The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-20 00:00:00

CITY OF LONDON ELECTION. On Saturday night a public aie- t,s Lib,rd electors in the wards of Bridge, Candlewick, Walbrook, Cordwainers, Dowgate, and Cheap, was held in the Bay Tree Tavern, St. Swithin's-lane. Soon after eight o'clock, Sir George Larpent, Baron Lionel de Roths child, and Mr. Pattison, jun., entered the room, accom panied by several members of the Liberal Committee, and were loudly cheered. On the motion of Mr. TRAVERS, Mr. Alderman Wood WAS called to the chair. The Worthy ALDERMAN addressed the meeting at some length, and observed that the day was gone by for religious distinctions.—(Loud cheers.) Moral worth and personal integrity was all they had to do with ; and the time would soon come when the electors would have an opportunity of acting upon that principle by the choice they would make of four candidates possessing such qualifications to represent them in Parliament. — (Cheers.) He concluded by introducing three of the candidates—one of theta would be represented by his son (Mr. Pattison. jun.); and he doubted . not that the citizens would return them in conjunction with Lord John Russell as their representatives in the House o Commons.—(Loud cheers.) Sir George Larpent and Baron Rothschild then en tered into explanations of their political sentiments precisely similar to those given by them at the previous meetings. In answer to a question put about the proposed new bishops, Sir GEORGE LARPENT said, the question was one which referred entirely to the Church of England. The members of that Church might think, perhaps, that more bishops were required, but he would n o t h ave any more bishops unless they were paid out of the revenues of the Church—(Cheers)—and he deprecated the conduct of giving large sums out of the ecclesiastical revenues for the building of palac e s. —(Ch eers.) He was further of opinion, as reg aded the bishops having seats in the House of Peers, they ought to be confined to performing the duties of their respective dioceses.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Parrisost, jun., apologised for the absence of his father, which was caused, he said, by the fatigue his father had already undergone in attending a number of meetings, otherwise he should have had the pleasure of meeting the electors that evening.— (Loud cheers.) He did not know that it was neces sary for him to add anything to what had been already stated by his father. The electors had known him for many years in Parliament, and there was no great question during the period he had sat as one of their re presentatives on which his vote had not been recorded. —(Loud cheers.) He could assure the meeting that the interest his father felt in the present election was not so much upon his own account as for the sake of the great principles which were involved.—(Loud cheers.) In 1843 the question before the electors of London was that of free trade, and they had decided in the affirma • tive.—(Cheers.) The question now was that of civil and religious liberty, and everything denoted that their suet: ss was certair.—(Loud cheers.) An ELECTOR—WiI, your father vote for the repeal of the window-tax? Mr. PATTISON, jun., said that a motion for the repeal of that tax had been repeat( dly brought forward by Lord Duncan, and on all these occasions his father had voted for the repeal.—(Loud cheers.) An ELECTOR wished to know Sir George Larpent's opinion about reforming the Corporation of London. Sir GEORGE LARPENT, in answering the question, re peated what he had said at the Hall of Commerce on Friday, namely, that it petitions were sent into the House of Commons he would give them every support, and would go into the fullest details to expose every abuse that should be proved.—(Loud cheers.) An ELECTOR—WiII you vote for the separation of Church and State?—(lnterruption , several calling out, " Don't answer that question.") The question being pressed, Sir GEORGE LARPENT said, in reply, that he could not.—(Loud cheers and some hisses.) Mr. TRAYERS, jun., then rose to propose a resolution for the adoption of the meeting; and said that as a Radical himself, and the son of a Radical, he could fairly say, that the four candidates proposed to their support represented every shade of liberal opinion in the city of London.—(Cheers.) The votes of Mr. Pattison spoke for him sufficiently.—(Cheers.) Of Sir George Larpent he might say, that he was the friend of his father, and that fact might be taken as a proof of Sir George's ra dical or liberal principles.—(Cheers.) Baron Rothchild represented a principle—(Cheers),—and he believed that no more fitting man could be found to be one of their Members in Parliament.—(Cheers.) To the Baron's exertions, in 1843, the return of Mr. Pattison was in a great measure owing; and he believed he was juAtified in saying that Mr. Pattison's success on that occasion had a very important bearing on the efforts of the League in battling for the repeal of the corn-laws.— (Loud cheers.) Mr. Travers then referred to the other candidate, Lord John Russell, on whom he passed a warm eulogium; and concluded by moving a resolution to the effect, that Lord John Russell, Mr. Pattison, Sir George Larpent. and Baron Rothschild, were fit and proper persons to represent the city of London in Par liament, and that the meeting pledged itself to use every exertion to procure their return•—(Loud cheers.) Mr. KEELING briefly seconded the resolution. Mr. COLEMAN moved an amendment to the effect that the names should be put separately, as he could not, he said, vote for Sir George Larpent and Lord J. Russell. An ELECTOR—WiII you have Colonel Sibthorp and Lord George Bentinck in their room?—(Laughter.) A gentleman named Tamer here rose to address the meeting, but from some cause or other he appeared to be at loss to explain himself, and the patience of the meet ing becoming exhausted, considerable interruption ensued. Silence being at length restored, The CHAIRMAN said, as the amendment had not been seconded, he should put the original resolution, which was accordingly agreed to by a large majority amid loud cheering, very few hands being held up against it. A vote of Thanks was then passed to Alderman Wood, for his excellent conduct in the chair, and the worthy Alderman having expressed his acknowledgments for the honour, the meeting separated. MARYLEBONE ELECTION. Saturday the arrangements tor toe ballot of the 16,000 ele.:iors of this great metropolitan constituency, which took place at Hall's Riding-school yes•( r ;ay, in order to decide whether Mr. D. W. Harvey, Sergeant Shee, or Lord Dudley Stu.ArT, should stand as the Liberal candi date in conjunction with Sir B. Hall at the ensuing *le( I cn, were finally completed, and were upon a - very extensive sea e. - - As a preliminary stop, on Saturday morning ever elector received a circular, of which the following is a copy, containing a balloting card:— "BOROUGH or ➢IARYLEBh NE UNITED REFORM A SSOCIA 1 lON. " Committee-room, Cato' Colosseum. July 13, 1847. - - "Sir,—We, the undersigned candidatas tor the re presentation of the borough of Marylebone at the en suing election, respectfully invite your attention to the following resolution unanimously agreed to at a meeting of the Association held the Bth iustant:___ That the Association, deeply impressed with the importance of avoiding the danger of a Tory repre senting the borough of Marylebone, cordially approve of the course which the candidates now in the field in the Liberal interest have agreed to preserve, and whish course is set forth as follows: " ' That a ballot card or letter shall be addressed to each registered elector, Stith a declaration to be signed before the elector ballots, pledging his honour not, to vote, in the event of a poll, for any other than the Reform candidates, it being clearly understood that the two candidates having the lowest number of vot e s shall im mediately re ti re . " To carry the above resolutions into effect, we have to request that you will attend at Captain Hall's Riding School, Albany street, %gem's Park, on Monday, 19th of July, to give your vote by ballot, in accordance with the resolution. To enable you to do so, you will per sonally deliver this letter at the door, having previously signed the declaration. " Be so good as to attend to the instructions on the enclosed card ; and, to save time, we ear.,estly recom mend you to sign the declaration, and strike out the names you do not vote for, before leaving the meeting. " WILLIAM SHEE. DUDLEY COUTTS STUART. "DANIEL WHITTLE HARVEY. " This letter unlit be brought entire, and the declara tion hereunder must be signed : " DECLARATION. " I pledge my honour not to vote (in the event or a poll at the ensuing election) fur any other tha❑ the Retorm candidates. " Name, "NOTE.—Ballot to commence at „ nine in the morning, and close at e i g h t i n t h e even i ng . On the p ostscr i pt of this letter is the number of taking fea in c g h elee - or on t h e register, and the arra ngem ents for the ballot are as follo ws: Sc " hoo Ba rriers ha ve b een erected all round the R id ing l, and there are ten votincr divisions and ballot boxes, viz., one for Paddington, five for the five electoral di.tricts of Marylebone, and four for the electoral dtstriets of St. Pancras. Each di v i s i on w il l b e ind i cated by a printed placard, corresponding with the ballot card held g. " by he elector, showing the division to which he may The f-llowinz is a copy of ono of the ballot cards : " Voting Card 'or West Pancras. SIIEE. STUART. HARVEY. Strike out two names, and leave only one, or the vote will not be counted." TO COLD PUNCH DRINHERs.---Is it ge nera ll y known 2. g ood fellows that wate r is the gr ea t est enemy to i bz . ? these Sunshine dissolve arles srap ic i. , !4 rn - ,t)hra.nrucpoi :ilii;atht,a,tii Water at 40 Ll,,grees will dry air at 70 degrees. ACCIDENT AND Or LIFE ON THE BLACEW ALL n.vr RaAY.—Betwee Loss n eleven and twelve o'clock on Saturday f o r e noon en eccidenti loss o happened life. t It a the Black. wall R a il way , w hi c h terminated was proceeding along pears t h at the Stepney carriage the li ne, between the .Limehou,e and West India Dock station, towards Blackwell, when the guard. of perceived line. iveda m en walki ng near the rails on the south Bide Seein g the iminin-nt danger t h e man w a s in, the guard mm.ediate:3r blew hi s h and whistle, and by shouting en. The poor f eavoured to apprise hi m of the approaching carriago ellow, however, seemed to pay but little heed to the cries, probably not hearing them from the noise of the ropes and wheels, which were going at the time, / and in a few se con d s the carriage struck him with such fearful violence that he was killed instantaneously. He was line, name Ccognisedollier as being a plate-layer, emp l oyed on the 31r. Walton, who has been connected with the Princess's Theatre ever since its first opening, as an actor (and occasionally as acting manager), died on Sa turday last, after few a days' illness. 'THE GUN COTTON EXPLOSION. The explosion of a gun cotton mill at Faversham has prev, ev,.o wore disastrous than was at first stated. So loud was the explosion that the noise was heard within two miles of Maidstone, a distance of seventeen miles. The sound resembled thunder heard at a great distance. The houses within the circumference of a mile were all as if by the shock of an earth- Tu o a r k e e. or lessAs theaf fe day c td ' e was beautifully clear large volumes of smoke which followed the explosion were seen at a distance of several miles. One gentleman travelling on the Dover-road perceived the smoke upwards of ten miles from Faversham. Mr. Topping, the superinten dent of the works, who had entered the premises only a few seconds before, and who is one of the victims, was a practical chemist, of considerable ability, from Lon don. The escape of Faversham from injury is sur prising. Within a distance of thirty yards of the spot where the explosion occurred, there are premises containing no fewer than 136 barrels of gunpowder. These premises were saved by means of high mounds of earth which separated them from the mill in which the explosion took place. One of these enormous mounds is said to have been moved from its place by the terrible force of the explosion. One boy escaped with his life under very extraordinary circumstances. He was dug out of the ruins after being buried in them upwards of two hours. He lay between two other boys, both of whom were quite dead. A large piece of timber pre vented the ruinous mass from pressing on him, as it had done on the others, with fatal effect. The entire number of persons who have suffered is supposed to be thirty-four; of these, twenty. one have already died. Their funeral, or rather the interment of the fragments of their bodies that remained, took place on Saturday, on which occa , sion the town presented a scene of distress difficult to describe. Ot the twenty-one dead, the remains of ten only have been identified, owing to the dreadfully mangled state of their bodies. Of the sixteen still living, several are not expected to recover. Awfully destruc tive of human life as the accident has been, it might, and but for a providential circumstance would, have proved more so. It fortunately happened that a consi derable number of those usually employed in the works were at the time the catastrophe occurred engaged in haymaking. The immediate cause of the accident still remains, and most probably ever will remain, a mystery. At the Coroner's inquest, held on Friday last, on the bodies of the sufferers, nothing that could be relied on as to the cause of the catastrophe was elicited. Four witnesses were examined, among them Mr. Hall, one of the proprietors of the works, but neither of them could give evidence throwing any light on the cause of the mischief. Mr. Hall stated that the house in Faversham was con nected with the German inventor of the gun-cotton, and that they had been manufacturing the article on a much larger scale than had ever been before thought of in this country, Mr. H. Davy said, I reside in Ospringe-road, in the parish of Faversham, and am superintendent of the gun cotton manufactory at the Marsh works. I have been five weeks in Messrs. Hall's employ, and came down here expressly to superintend these works, with the management of which I am acq ua i n t e d. Mr. Henry Topping was the resident engineer and chief superin tendent. On Wednesday morning last I was in the stove, a drying room, with Mr. Hall, during the work ing hours. I went in at six o'clock and remained till breakfast time, at eight o'clock. I was away about halt an hour and then returned, and remained in the works and about the building until within a minute ef the accident occurring. I wanted to see Mr. William Hall, and went to find him, and met him within a half minute's walk of the buildings. I had only exchanged two or three words with him, when I felt a concussion of the air, which appeared to strike me in the back. I in stantly found myself covered with dust, and heard an explosion Immediately afterwards. It did not appear to me very loud; it was more of a rumbling noise than an explosion. The materiais of the buildings flew about in all directions after the explosion. As soon as I con sidered it safe to move I ran after Mr. Hall, who had left me, and we then returned together to the stoves. I found the premises in ruins. All the labourers who could be procured were immediately set to work to get out the workpeople buried in No. 3, and in rendering assistance generally. Several of the bodies were taken up a.ive, and carried away. It was part of my duty see that the orders of Mr. Topping and Messrs. Hall were carried into effect. To the best of my knowledge they always were so. The factory was conducted in such a way, that I always con sidered myself, as well as the persons employed therein, perfectly safe. Mr. William Hall had ordered the stoves to be kept at a certain degree of heat, No. 3 never to be more than 120, and No. 4, 110. To the best of my knowledge these orders were always adhered to. I consider that degree of heat perfectly safe, and that a much higher degree of heat might be used without danger. I cannot account in any way for the explosion. There appeared to be two explosions, or rather a con tinuation of one ; the two were so close I could hardly distinguish them separately. After the accident, Mr. Hall, individually and by giving directions, used every exertion to relieve the sufferers and get them from the ruins. Every precaution was always taken for the safety of the work-people while employed in the fac tories, even though it was considered there was r.o danger beyond that ordinarily attending the manufacture of gunpowder. CORONER—Did you hear Mr. Topping say, on Satur day last, that if the prevailing hot weather continued he feared some accident would happen ? Witness—l did not hear him say anything of the kind. Examination continued—Robert Cheesman was fire man, and had charge of the fire during the hour pre ceding the explosion. He is seriously injured, and un able to attend here to-day. I examined the state of the thermometer about ten minutes previous to the explo sion. The one in No. 4 marked 108 degrees, and the other, in No. 3, ranged between 119 and 120 degrees. Even in the event of a larger fire having been made up, the heat could not have increased to so great a degree in the interval as to have caused an explosion. The ther mometers were always regulated by the heat of the fires, and not by the state of the atmosphere. Mr. His/DE, the coroner, finding that neither of the witnesses could give any evidence immediately bearing on the cause of the catastrophe, adjourned the inquest for a month, in the hope that some of the fourteen still surviving sufferers may be so far recovered as to be able to lay before the jury more definite information re girding the circumstances under which the catastrophe took place. The following has been given as a correct list of the deceased parties whose remains have been identified : H. Topping, T. Tilley, J. Hammond, A. Wyles, J. Petty, H. Knowler, E. Irish, Mercy Clark, Sarah Hinds, G. Ransom. The following are also known to have been at work in No. 4 stove when the explosion took place, and are, therefore, returned as dead, though only fragments of the bodies of any of these have been dis covered :—J. Redrnau, Mary Cheeseman, Anne Stringe, H. Irish, Catharine Hall, J. Coppin, J. Rose, G. Mar moueh, IL Bourn, W. C o ppi n , H. A mos. The following have been more or less seriously injured by the explo sion, and are now lying under medical treatment in Faversham and the neighbourhood :—R. Cheesman, T. Smith, W. Smith, G. Wraight, J. Vidion, J. Kempsall, J. Chambers, J. M'Kewen, H. Alliott, T. Stringer, 11. Sparkes, R. Cullen, J. Denne, W. Rogers, T. Woolley, Mary M'Kewen. In addition to the numerous deaths caused by the explosion, another death took place under very peculiar circumstances. A young man who had been employed in the neighbourhood having gone to assist in extricating the sufferers, and digging the dead out of the mass of ruins, suddenly felt himself taken ill in consequence of the inhalation of the noxious atmosphere caused by the explosion. He went and represented to a medical gen tleman in Faversham how ill he felt, and the medical gentleman told him to walk about for an hour or two in the open air, adding that it he did not feel better then, be must call on him and he would prescribe some medi tine for him. In the course of three hours the unfor tunate man died. An inquest was held on the body, when the medical gentleman referred to gave it as his decided opinion that he had died from the effects of in haling the noxious air. The jury returned a verdic accordingly. SINGULAR CASE O F S OMNAMBU LISM.—A most fear ful and accident oc curre d on Sunday morning, between one l o t o'clock, to a little boy only ten years of age, the son o t f w r. Charles Stuar m t V r. o s ul i e ll s, a solicitor, residing in .setvreoeati breakinge sWindsor.of g hearingl a sa s t that early Park toM hr-ell, an articled clerk e t wa h r e y sound of something hour in the morn fin:lint g heavily on the , and the sound of something falling heavily on the paved yard below, immediately descended from his bedroom,p when he discovered Mr. Voules's son completely doubled up on the stones and insensible. Mr. George Chapman, and other medical men in the town, were speedily aroused from their beds and were in attendance. Although the poor littl e f e ll ow y was most dreadfully b ru i se d , hi s body showing o one mass of contusions, no bones fortunately were bro i ll tg n gathered from the little suff erer , as soon h ee as . he lt was restored to sensibility, that he had been dreamingwas bathing in the river, and it is supposed th at when he was in the imaginary act of leaping from a bank into the water, he sprang from the dressing table through the window, falling from a height (his bedroom being o n the second floor) of upwards of 28 feet. Although- the glass he leaped through was little more than a foot square, of sciu are, he sustained not the least injury from the br ken glass. We regret to state, that from the ex tremely severe nature of the injuries he has sustained but very faint hopes are entertained of his recovery. A FOREIGN VICTIMISER. —On Saturday informa tion was circulated, with a description of a foreigner, who, on Friday afternoon, stole a quantity of valuable Property under the following circumstances, from Mr. eatchpole, a watchmaker and jeweller, in Regent-street. Theperson ment i one d , w h o, a l t h oug h a foreigner, gave the name of Th ompson, ca l le d at t h e s h op , an d se l ec t e d a adpigapin:l:olvnadwl rims (valued gold guard-chain and brequet key attached, a gold ring, set with an emerald; and two , F ,.. ( . v 1 a 5 1 1ue , 4 j altogether at 340, to be sent for however, took the shopman to I,ord-street, and a shopman ac companied him to the with E i a the d,o 3,,s goods. Hotel H e Seven v e then, II cheque for the amount, anrd, eight houses distant, to 151, and got possession of the valuable which he made off, lie is described thirty . N ears of age, fire feet mustachios and whiskers, cut close and wore a black frock coat and blact pretence of getting him a him there, returned valuable property, with souT r i o l u A s ‘ ers. eight as apparently about D . e IP e To wN , S A . 3se inches high, with and turning grey, THE WEST Royal Mail iLs;t—earn.ship TURDAY.—The Allan, Esq., commander, left Southampton, at thre William with the mails for the West Indies and South America, She She t ,kes out 46 passengers for the different islands, nd a vary large and general cargo, including 60,0004 in dollars and English coin on Government account for Barbadoes and Bermuda, also a large suns on merchants' account. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Jupiter, Captain Mehan, left at three o'clock, for the Peninsula, with the mails, a full cargo, a n d a largo number of passengers. LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COUifT, July 19. IN BE WILLIAM HAMBER, JUN. The insolvent, a surveyor, was opposed by two of his assistants, named Newland and Walker. He was sup ported by Mr. Nichols. It appeared that the insolvent had been engaged in the Great Leeds and Direct Railway Company, from whom he now claimed upwards of 8001. He had em ployed about 4 men. Newland, the creditor, stated that he was to have been paid two guineas a day for his services. He op posed as for a debt contracted without reasonable means of payment. The insolvent denied that Newland was to have more than one guinea a day. The other creditor, Walker, claimed 8/. It further appeared that the insolvent bad 1,1001. owing to him. lie owed about 3,0001., and had a great many creditors and debtors on the schedule. He had been connected with several lines, and had employed a great number of assistants. _ The COURT Si as of opinion that no complaint had been proved under the Act of Parliament against the insolvent. The insolvent was discharged. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Winchester, July 17. (Before Lord Chief Justice WILDE and a Special Jury BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—HARVEY V. JOHNSTONE. Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Phinn were counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. SergeantKinglake and Mr. C. Saunders for the defendant. The declaration stated that the plaintiff, in August, 1845, was unmarried, and living in America, and that in consideration that she would leave America and return to Ireland for the purpose of marrying the defendant, he (the defendant) would marry her; that the plaintiff re turned to Ireland, and the defendant had notice thereof, and was required to marry her, but he refused to do so, and that by reason of her leaving Canada she lost her business of a milliner and dress-maker. The defendant pleaded that he did not promise; that the plaintiff did not arrive in Ireland within reasonable time after making the promise; that he had not due notice that she had arrived; that the plaintiff was not ready and willing to marry the defendant; that he bad not due notice that the plaintiff was ready to marry him; that a reasonable time had not elapsed when he was required to marry; and that the plaintiff absolved him from the promise. Mr. COCKBURN, in stating the case to the jury, said the plaintiff complained of the defendant, and brought this action to recover compensation in damages for the breach, on his part, of one of the most important and solemn engagements that any individual could enter into. It had been said with truth that this was one of a class of cases which might differ in the most extreme degree; which might be of the most aggravated character, and embrace circumstances of great ,mitigation, which might seriously tend to diminish the wrong of which the party complained, and the redress to which the party was entitled. He felt that he was justified in stating that this case was one of the most aggravated nature. In the whole course of his expe rience he had never heard of a case of so aggravated a charalter, and when he had stated the facts he was sure they would sanction his statement. The plaintiff was a young lady about thirty years of age, the daughter of a highly respectable farmer residing in the north of Ireland. The defendant was a surgeon in the navy, at the present moment serving on board her Majesty's ship Spartan, now on foreign service ; he was also a native of Ireland. So far back as 1839 the mother of Miss Harvey was taken ill of a fever, of which she died. The defendant was residing in the neighbourhood. He was connected by marriage with the plaintiff, and from that circumstance; an acquaintance existed between them. The defendant conceived a passion and attachment for Miss Harvey, who was the eldest of the daughters, and paid his addresses to her. This went on till 1841. He then manifested some falling off in his attentions, and paid them to another young woman, but in 1842 he re newed his attentions, and a correspondence took place; and it was necessary to remind the jury, that the imagina tion of parties in the sister kingdom was more warm than was to be found in persons living in this country. The Learned Counsel then read an immense number of letters written by the defendant to the plaintiff, of which we have only room for some extracts:— " All I want now to complete my happiness is my own sweet Jeannie. 0 ! but I seriously feel the want of my Jeannie, when I see others enjoying the sweets of their better halves. 0! Jeannie, it was my chief desire, even long before the bathing season set in, to have the pleasure of your society here a few weeks, or some such place. I had a dream con cerning you last night. Miserable Tommy ! " The last links are broken which bound me to thee (No.no!) And the words thou hest spoken have rendered me free, That bright glance misleading, on others may shine (No!), Those eyes smiled unheeding when tears burst from mine; If my love was deemed boldness, that error is o'er, I have witnessed thy coldness, and prize thee no more. Oh ! I have not loved lightly, I'll think on thee yet (Yes,yes !), And pray for thee nightly till life's sun hath set. (True, true, [true, I hope.) "Tommy, being thus overwhelmed with grief and sorrow that Jeanie has thus estranged herself from him, she speaks to Tommy as follow: " When thy bosom heaves the sigh, When the tear o'erflows thine eye, May sweet hope afford relief, Cheer thy heart and calm thy grief.' "How can it be cheered when absent from Jeanie?" "Oh, my Jeannie, I did not see you this morning, and I dread the cause of your non-appearance. Oh, Jeannie, have you so little confidence in your own Tommy? Oh that we were united, that there iright be an end to your doubts and fears. Oh, my Jeannie, do not doubt the sincerity of my affection, for indeed and in truth I prize my beloved Jeannie , above all the world. Oh do not doubt my love. Oh, it is only too xr r e o a , t 4 , it la To _sin B iik- BELOVED JEANNIE. " Come, rest in this bosom, my own stricken deer, Tho' thy friends have fled from thee thy home is still here; Here still is the smile that no cloud can o'ercast, And my heart and my hand all thy own to the last (true). Oh, what was love made for if 'tis not the same Thro' joy and thro' torments, thro' glory and shame. I know not, I ask not, if guilt's in that heart (oh, no!) I but know that I love thee, whatever thou art (I do most truly). Thou bast call'd me thy angel in moments of bliss, And thy angel I'll be 'mid the horrors of this. Through the furnace unshrinking thy steps to pursue, And shield thee and serve thee, or perish there too. " Oh, my beloved Jeannie ; how can I part from my be loved Jeannie—my love—my love —my love—my love and delight. "It is, my beloved, quite plain that my heart yearns to be with my heart's delight. Oh beloved, beloved Jeannie, what will become of your own Tommy ? Alas, peor Tommy ; his heart will certainly break. Oh, Jeannie, do not stay long away if you go, my love—my dove —my beloved. " Thursday, 7 afternoon.—Saw my only beloved Jeannie. Did ever any creature love as I do? surely not. Oh, my Jeannie, I fear we must be separated. I believe there is nothing else for it. " No, never shall I break the solemn promise I have made, I'll keep it, though the world may frown and many will upbraid. " I shall be faithful unto death. The Lord has seen that we idolised and worshipped each other, and neglected him; therefore it seems to be his will that we should be parted. How often does God snatch away the darling of our heart when we set our affections too much on the object of our love. If it had been the Lord's will that we should have been joined by the ties of wedlock, how Jeannie would have shone in her own house. But alas! it seems it is not to be, at least with her Tommy." Miss Harvey's father having married again, and as she perceived there would be a difficulty in procuring the consent of the defendant's friends to the match, and having a brother residing at Toronto in Canada, she and her sister, considering that they might establish them. selves in business, then determined to go to Canada, and they sailed on the 17th June, 1844. Still the defendant continued to keep up the correspondence, and the follow ing are some of the extracts from his letters:— " Sept. 25, 1844.—Beloved, although you are now in a far distant land, still I have the strong hope that you may still be mine. August 25—Dreamed of having my Jeannie in my arms ; distance makes no change in your Tommy's affections. Oh come, come, and you will see that you will not be disappointed ; come and console your broken-hearted Tommy, I dreamed you had been home ; I met you and implanted a long kiss on your sweet ruby lips ; neither did my Jeannie refuse me. I am aware, beloved, you have experienced the danger of the sea, but I have the confidence you would u n d ergo twice as much danger for the sake of your Tommy ; and again, speaking of your faithfulness to your Tommy, call to my mind how you refused entering into plays at Mrs. Sproule's less you should be obliged to kiss any one but your Tommy. Saturday, September 28—I was at our poor mother's tomb to-day renewing your dear initials with a nail. September 24-1 dreamed I saw our late mother • she looked better than e ver I saw h er. S he appeared to be in a perspiration, and held an infant at her heart. Beloved, let me know if you are perfectly willing to come home to your Tommy. Oh, come and be a com fort to your own Tommy. Beloved, lam sacrificing all the young ladies of this place for my Jeannie's sake. Beloved, please to write to me often. Do not consider the postage expense. Come to me, come to me, and you shall be mine. Dec. 31, 1844.—Ah, beloved, how the tears ran down your Tommy's cheeks when he spied the tea things in a drawer which Jeannie was wont to handle o e e a t m i n n so adroitly i n company w i t h h er Tommy. The Lon; in atoknows my writing mercy pardon our s i n i n t h us id o li z i ng each other. My inof my to you.ysending m y a o n u y t this, and has escaped ndhes no b j from my bosom since you left. One day I was sighing deeply; she said, `if we had known you had loved her so dearly it was a hardship to let her go.' Beloved, I think they had the idea that it was you that was after me, and that I did not care so much b a out you. I write on all the covers of newspapers, and also mostly on their blank margins. May 27, 1845 .—My y dearly be loved Jeannie—shall I say, my spouse. Now, beloved, a gleam of hope arises in my hitherto disconsolate bosom; praise be to the Lord that if there be sorrow in the night joy cometh in the morning. Certainly, sell off what goods you have on hand. Now, you have nothing to fear on your arrival; we will have our union consum mated as speedily as possible after your arrival. You will very dearly have bought your Tommy when you get him." On the 31st of May, 1845, the defendant wrote the fol lowing letter to Miss Harvey in milk upon a newspaper, which when held to the fire became legible:— " Beloved,—My friends' order is now, send for her if you cannot live without her. Now, beloved, I cannot possibly live without you and be happy. Oh, no, I must have you now. Beloved, come to me, you shall not be disappointed; no delay on your arrival, it will be done as soon as possible, let nothing prevent you; my friends will not stand in the way of your happiness any longer, therefore, do not fear disappointment, it verily shall not he —you shall most certainly be mine on your arrival. Beloved, in your last letter of the 17th of April, you pro mised to come home if I thought it right you shoul I lose There e e r r e y nt of the house, viz., 35/. Now, beloved, keep good your p rwn i se, and come home, your T ommy d oes not hesitate one m oment to say to you come h om e and b e his; what signifies the loss o f 351. to the loss of my Jean? takeowvillThoemmnoy,osbwstoaredle forin ‘ t h h a e t. wa v y o n n ot your arrival, uly o SUN,___ LONDON, TUESDAY M,ORNING, JULY 20, 1847. will be provided for, we will not see her destitute for want of a home; she will have a share of ours till we see what can be done for her. Now, beloved, come to your Tommy it you have any regard tor his happiness, and may the Lord put it into your heart to come; God bless you and send you safe; you alone have your poor Tommy's heart; now, be sure to come, 'Rake no delay, you shall assuredly be mine. Anything that you have that you think will pay carriage and be useful to us, bring with you—such as feather-beds. Now, in God's name, do not disappoint your own Tommy. Adieu!" Upon the receipt of the newspaper, stating that his friends consented to the union, Miss Harvey packed up her all, left Canada, and arrived in Ireland on the 9th of September, and on the following day Miss Harvey's bro ther wrote to the defendant and asked him to visit her; but, the man who had b een wr i t i ng t h ese letters, who had induced this young woman to give up everything to quit her quiet home, to cross the sea, and to return to Ireland upon the sacred promise that he would make her his wife, never after this took the slightest notice of her. Mr. Bates, a friend of the plaintiff's family, on the 25th of September, 1845, wrote the following letter to thl de fame taut.— " Sir,—The relatives of Miss Harvey have laid before me, as their professional friend, the circumstances con nected with your recent conduct towards that lady. I have read your letters and heard the details of the case with great pain. From a sincere desire to induce you even yet to act with honour towards Miss Harvey, and a proper regard to your own character, I make the pre sent communication. You have professed a very strong attachment to Miss Harvey, and in the most urgent terms requested her to return to Ireland to be your a ife. She has given you credit for sincerity and honour, and complied with your request. You have done all in your power to secure her atiCctions, and by inducing her to give up business and return to Ireland you have placed her in a most painful position betore the world. She has done notbing to merit this conduct at your hands. You know her character stands unimpeachable, except to the extent it will be injured by your tt eatment of her; but this you can repair. You have made a solemn en gagement with Miss Harvey; you are in a situation to perform it if you please to do so. You have uncontrolled power over your own actions and property. I therefore call upon you as a Christian and a gentleman to fulfil your engagement by now marrying Miss Harvey. Take you will act justly tow ar d s ta hi isss course Harvey, 'oll will save yours e lf f rom a degree of odium which I will not d escr ib e , y ou w ill h ave done what you can to recov e r y our posit i on an d the this esteem of your friends. I beg y ou w ill care f u ll y con eondno whilew, and ) con sider this important matter, and let me hear from you. " I am, &c. " JOHN BATES." He was at a loss to conceive what rag of a defence his Learner: Friend could make. As soon as the defendant found the plaintiff was ready to marry him, be packed up his goods and left the country, for he had several letters written to him, asking him to marry her, but the defendant had not condescended to notice them. He could not conceive treachery, perfidy, or cowardice equal to this. One would have supposed that the most hardened villain would at least have some feeling of compassion for the unfortunate victim whose chance of happiness he was destroying, an I would have taken some notice of her ; but no, the miserable coward skulked away from the country to evade the legal con sequences of his conduct. Fortunately, however, a writ reached .him at Portsmouth, as he was joining his ship ; and he (Mr. Cockburn) submitted they would consider the plaintiff entitled to the largest damages. The writing to the different letters was proved to be that of the defendant. A witness said that the plaintiff's father was a re spectable farmer, though he took a little whisky. The plaintiff herself keeps a grocer's and baker's shop. She lived with her father before she went to Canada. Every one in Ireland had his own way of making love. Miss Lilly Harvey—l am the sister of the plaintiff. The defendant visited at our house when my mother was ill in 1839. He paid particular attention to my sister. The defendant lived with his mother. The de fendant and my sister corresponded frequently during the first twelve months. The correspondence was then broken off, and he paid attention to another lady. He ' called again on us in another twelve months, and then he got a very cold reception. We were going to meeting, and the defendant walked by my sister's side, and the in timacy was then renewed. He was received as my sister's suitor. I knew his friends objected. I had a brother settled in Toronto, in America. My sister and myself went out there, and my sister took lessons as a milliner, and then commenced business there. It pros pered very much, and we were doing well. She receive(' letters from the defendant. At last she sold off all her things at a very great loss, and we sailed for Ireland on the 28th of July. I arrived in Ireland on the 9th of December. The defendant never came to see my sister after her arrival. She was very much distrease d in her mind in consequence of the defendant's conduct. She and I have now set up in business as grocers and bakers. My sister is about thirty, and the defendant about forty-six. Cross-examined—lt seems that the defendant was very fickle. It was merely to break off the correspon dence with the defendant that my sister went to Ame rica, because she did not think that it would come to a marriage. His mamma interfered, and did not approve of the match. My sister was very fond of the defen dant. I went out to accompany my sister. I have seen lovely Tommy" intoxicated. I read the defendant's letters, and thought they were very pleasing. Of course they caused a smile. When my sister understood from the defendant's letters that all obstacles were removed she did not hesitate to leave America. I could not swear to my sister's writing. I have always lived with s e enmy sister, cud letter to no in l4erritiz k i.tel not believe b ;,tu e r v irh y this Toronto. He was a carpenter. He used to help me to wash the tea-things. Of course I should have pre ferred staying there. What is in the letter is very true, but I cannot swear it is in my sister's writing. Upon my oath I can't form a belief as to the writing, lum not certain of my own age, but I understand I ion about 22. I think I can recollect my sister telling me that she had written to the defendant to say she would not leave America. About a month after we returned to Ireland my sister received a letter from the defen dant, which had been sent to Toronto, telling her not to come. Re-examined —Mr. Murphy paid me attention. A letter from the defendant, of the 18th of August, 1845, stated, that as the plaintiff had said she would not come, he had written to tell her not to come. Mr. Sergeant KiNGEAHE submitted that the declara tion did not set out a proper consideration. The decla ration alleged that the plaintiff was sole and unmarried, and resided at Toronto, and that in consideration of her leaving and causing to Ireland for the purpose of marry ing hi m , he promised to marry her; but there was no allegation that the plaintiff had entered into the contract. Mr. CocEMTEN applied to amend the declaration. The CHIEF JUSTICE said he would allow an amend ment, giving the defendant leave to move the Court for a nonsuit, if the Court should be of opinion that the de claration was bad, and that he ought not to have allowed it to be awarded. Mr. Sergeant KiNGLaxx then addressed the jury for the defendant. He regretted very much that this Irish cause had not been tried on the other side of the water. They had been treated with letters which, to an English man, were the most ridiculous that any man having lucid intervals ever wrote, for he declared that if a com mission of lunacy had been taken out against the defen dant, he believed those letters would have been sufficient to have induced a jury to pronounce him insane. In stead of this being a case of the aggravated character described by his friend, it was one only of pounds, shil lings, and pence. The Learned Sergeant then com mented upon the letters, and contended that it was clear the defendant had written to the plaintiff desiring her not to come, as his friends would not give their consent. He then urged that he apprehended they would give a verdict for the defendant; but if not, they would give the very smallest damages. Chief Justice WILDE, in summing up, said, that in his opinion the plaintiff was entitled to their verdict, and the question would be the amount o f d amages t h ey should give- The jury re t u rned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da usages 4001. Solicitors for the pla i ntiff, Messrs. Bevan and Good eve ; for the d e fendant, Messrs. Sutton, Prud ence , and Co. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Worcester, July 16. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justrice COLERIDGE.) Thomas Bill was indicted for burglary. Mr. Sergeant Allen and Mr. Selfe conducted the pro secution ; and Mr. Huddlestone the defence. On the night of the 23d of February last the offices of Messrs. Oldker, Woodwa rd, and Bail, att. rneys, at Pershore, in this county, we re broken open, the priv a t e drawers of Mr. Ball ransacked, and a quantity of trin kets and jew e llery and thirty railway shares abst rac t e d . Till the 19th o f March no clue whatever was discovered as to received ved an envelopeperpetrators of th e enclosing robbery. the railway s cr i p, On that day M r . with the wor d s " Y ou robbers, written on one of the scrip ; and " You rogues and robbers, on the inside of the envelope. Mr. Ball at once recognised the writing as that of the prisoner, To make sure that he was not mistaken he showed it to one of the clerks, without saying anything of the circumstances under which he received it ; the clerk, too, at once pronounced it to bei the writing of the prisoner. It was shown in the same manner to three nr other persons, wh o a ll unhesitatingly declared it to be the prisoner's writing. The prisoner was a leather cutter and currier, in a respectable way of business, at Upton-on-S evern , a nd had former l y been a client of the prosecutors, and in that capacity had been frequently in Mr. B a ll' s p r i vate room at the office, and knew where he kept his money and valuable sec urities ; and, in short, .had an opportunity of becoming acquainted with all the internal arrangements of the office. The . prosecutors subsequently brought an action against. him, and . levied he fixed an execution upon him. For some irregularity con nected with the mode of making the levy, the defendant brought an action against the sheriff, and recovered 1871. damages and costs. In consequence of these circum stances, the defendant had ceased for some time to em ploy the prosecutors as nis advisers. Suspicion having lie was taken into custody. No part of the lost property upon him, a search warrant was obtained, and was found. On the constable asking him for his keys he produced a bunch of six. These were common keys, and opened his own drawers, and he produced them without any attempt at concealment, but there was this remarkable c i rcumstance connecte d with them:—Of th e drawers that w ere ransac k e d s everal had been broken. One was opened without violence, as with a key, and another was f orce d open w i t h the bolt halfway down. Not one of th e prisoner's keys wou ld o pen the d rawers that had been broken. One would open quite easily the one that had b een opened, an d ano ther would force th e bolt of the o th er lock just so far on l y as it was f oun d to have been forced. It further appeared that the address OB the enYelope was 4 dims /1 )14 band from the writing nside and on the scrip, and that the letter was posted in Worcester on the Bth of March, and it was prcyed that the prisoner and his son, who is an apprentice to a surgeon, were together in Worcester on that day, and that the address on the envelope was in the handwriting of the son. Mr. HUDDLESTONE, having addressed the jury for the prisoner, contended that the case was scarcely one of suspicion, and called witnes ses t o c h aracter . His LORDSHIP summed up strongly in support of a conviction, but The jury, without many minutes' hesitation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Hercules Lovell Blewitt was indicted for the murder of his wife, at Dudley, on the 9th of June last. Mr. Huddlesione and Mr. Hill appeared for the pro secution, and Mr. H. Cooke for the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner, who was a travelling tinker, had lived for some time on very bad terms with his wife, constantly abusing and ill-treating her, and cohabiting with another woman. On the da3 in ques tion he was more than usually disposed to ill-treat her. He had abused her repeatedly in the course of the day, and struck her, and she was so much in dread of hini that she ran out of th.- lodgings which they had in Wol verhampton-street, Dudley, and would not come back to tea till he promised her solemnly that he would not again (parr. I with her. She then went into the house. Tiny remained quiet for half-an-hour or so. He was then heard to beat her, and the first person who came in, and who had been attrackd by her cries, sound her lying in a coal-hole under the stairs, with the prisoner stand ing over her, and trying to pour the contents of a kettle of boiling water on her, she crying out that she was scalded, and imploring him not to injure her amore, and trying to turn the spout of the kettle from her. He, however, succeeded in scalding her to such an ex t en t that she died in a few days. The surgeon who a:tended her said that she was in very bad health before, but that the scalds were so se vere tl at they would have killed her had she been in the soundest health. Mr. COOKE having addressed the jury for the prisoner, His LORDSHIP summed up, and the jury baying re turned a verdict of Manslaughter, the prisoner was sen tenced to be transported for 20 years. NORTHERN CIRCUI F.—York, July 16. THE MIRFIELD MURDERS. It was fixed to-day that the trial of this case should take place the first thing next Monday morning. There were two persons com m i tte d on t h e chargel Michael M'Cabe and Patrick Reid. But the bill has been found against Reid only, M'Cabe having been adulitted as Queen's evid nee against his accomplice. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WictlTtuAN.) George Bradshaw, a young man of ret•pectabie ap pearance, was charged with having, on the 19th of April last, near Sheffield, assaulted Emma Copley, ' with in tent to commit a rape. Mr. Overend and Mi. Pickering were for the prose cution, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins tor the defence. Prosecutrix is 14 years of age, and in the service of John Wilkinson, of Gtimesthorpe. On the 'plight in question she was returning from Attercliffe, when she met with the prisoner, who walked with her. a short distance, and then attempted to commit the crime im puted to him. The jury were out for &bove an hour in deliberation. Verdict—Guilty of a common assault. Sentence—To be imprismed, with hard labour, for twelve calendar months. Emily Naylor was indicted for the manslaughter of Henrietta Earnshaw, at Alaiondbury. Mr. Overend and Mr. Pearce conducted the case for the prosecution; Mr. Wasney was for the defence. On the 26th of February last, the prisoner and the de ceased, who worked together in a factory, were leaving their employment, when an altercation took place be tween them, during which the prisoner struck Earnshaw a violent blow, which knocked her down, and whilst she was on the ground kicked her several times on 'different parts of her body. The deceased got up, pioceeded home, and complained of being ill. She, however, went to the factory next morning, and worked till five o'clock in the afternoon, when she became so seriously indis posed, that she was obliged to return home, where she was put to bed. She lingered for two or three weeks, when she died. A post mortem examination was made upon her body, and then it was found that death had been caused by an abscess under one of her breasts, which had been caused by a severe kick or blow. When the case for the prosecution had concluded, The Learned JUDGE thought there was no evidence that a kick had been given on the breast of the deceased, although she had been kicked on different parts of the body. Acquitted. IN THE MAGISTRATES' ROOM.—(Before Mr. 2.1 URPH Y. James C'orney, Thomas Tristan, and John Robinson were charged with having, on the 16th of May last, at Huddersfield, together with other persons, riotously assembled together, and assaulted George Dickinson, Reuben Megson, and Samuel Sharpe. Mr. Hardy and Mr. Pashley appeared for the pro secution ; Smith defended the prisoners. On the night of Sunday, the 16th of May, Dickinson was going up the street with some friends, when he met a large crowd of persons, by two or three of whom he was very severely assaulted. Dickinson made his escape, and the parties then created a disturbance amongst themselv-s, and upon Megson and Sharpe, two watch men, attempting to take the offenders into custody, they were also assaulted in a brutal manner, Megson having been thrown down and severely wounded on the head. All the defendants were identified as having taken part in these proceedings. The jury found all the prisoners Guilty. Corney, six months' imprisonments Tristan and 'Robinson, three months'. There was no cause of any public interest tried on Civil Side to-day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Basil Henry Stron.sbe? g, the manager of a building society called " The Tim: s," holding its im etings at Exeter Hall, the Guildhall Coffee-house, and the South wark and Eastern Literary Institutions, was brought before Mr. Alderman Hughes Hughes on Saturday, charged with absconding with some moneys belonging to the society. Messrs. Tilson conducted the prose cution. The solicitor stated that he should show the embezzle ment of one sum by the prisoner, and then pray time to investigate the accounts. The prisoner having been missed, Mr. Newton, one of the members, went in pursuit of him to Southampton, and found the prisoner on board the Washington, bound to New York. Stye had actually sailed, but the vessel was obliged to put back to change its supply of coals, those which had been shipped being o found ub t t o o t f a I his s u n g fi u t f i lt o , for butsteam he was navigation. i n a co n d H i t i on flight to offer some evidence. Mr. King, of Wild-street, Bedford-row, warehouse man, stated that the prisoner had been the manager of the society from its commencement. Witness held two shares and a half in the society, and he paid the prisoner 7/. 17s. on account of the society on the 6th instant. A Clerk in the London and Westminster Bank proved that no money had bean paid into the account of the so ciety since the latter end of June. Mr. Steines, agent to the New York Steam-boat Corn pany, identified the prisoner as having taken a passage last week for a Mr. Bartholdi, who went on board under that designation ; he had no opportunity of seeing him. Mr. Newton deposed to causing the prisoner to be taken out of the American steam-boat at Southampton. Mr. Aldo rman HUGHES HUGHES asked what amount of money was found in his possession ? The officer said about 191 The Alderman inquired whether the prisoner was a shareholder and consequently a partner, or whether ne was clearly a servant as well as a partner. What salary was he to have? The solicitor said his salary was to be a contribution of 2s. per share per annum. There was a case of " Rex v. Atkinson, where a member of an enrolled benefit society, and, consequently, a partner, was acting as steward, and embezzled moneys which came into his hands. He was indicted for stealing the money of the trustees, and convicted. Mr. Alderman Hughes HUGHES looked at the case, and observed that the judge reserved the point of the prisoner's liability to be indicted. The solicitor replied the issue was that the conviction was held to be right. He was aware there were legal difficulties in the case. Mr. Alderman HUGHES HUGHES called for proof of the enrolment under the Benefit Societies' Act. which enabled a society to proceed against its members for fraud. The solicitor put in the proof of enrolment. The prisoner then said there was a particular day in a month set apart for receiving subscriptions. No other was recognised by the society. The payments made to him were not made on that day, and, there fore, the money was received by him not on behalf of the society, but as the agent of the members. We wanted to have two days for receiving money, but Mr. Tidd Pratt would not permit it. All moneys he had received elsewhere than at the monthly meeting was on behalf of the individual. Mr. Alderman HUGHES HUGHES apprehended this subtlety would not serve. The indictment would con • tain two counts, one laying the money as that of a member individually. the other as that of the club ge nerally. He remanded the prisoner till Thursday on that charge. A second charge was then preferred on behalf of th- Fifty Pound Building Club, Victoria-street, Holborn bridge. Mr. Etheredge, the chairman of the society, said the prisoner was their manager, and 121. 19s. was entrusted to him on the 28th of June to pay into the banker's That was a meeting night. The prisoner had not paid in that sum. Cross examined by the prisoner. --The maney should bave been paid in by the director personally, but it was entrusted to prisoner instead. He was not to hold it because it was too small a sum to be paid in. Smaller sums had been paid in. Money had been allowed to remain in his hands by way of petty cash to pay current disbursements. His salary might have been deduclei from the cash in hand, instead of being paid by check. But the practice of stopping money had not been sanc tioned. By Mr. Alderman HUGHES HUGHES.- - No money had been paid into the banker's since the Ist of June. The prisoner was distinctly directed to pay the money late the bank cn the 29th of June. Mr. Nevitt, of Johnson's -court, Fleet street, the treasurer, said the 121. 19s. was a balance that remained at the close of the business, after taking contributions and nuking advances. The prisoner said he had rts ceived some moneys which he had not accounted for, which would make u 20L, and that he was going to deposit a d ee d i n the Society's box at the banker's next day, and he would save him the trouble of going 41E0. it was on this representation witness gave him the 121.195. The ALDERMAN asked how it was that the manager Was not called to amount, Goll making the winged= that he had withheld money ?—Mr. Nevitt replied that it was said confidentially to him—All the business was over. Cross-examined by the prisoner The expression might have been not that the prisoner could make up twenty pounds, but that he might do so from payments he expected. Mr. Alderman H. HUGHES said these societies, if well looked after, must operate beneficially to those who embarked in them, but they required great care. In the present case the rule required to be carefully read, to see how the law could be applied. He remanded this case also till Thursday. Several informations were filed by the Commissioners of Sewers against the owners of houses in Aldgate for permitting foul cesspools and privies to remain on their premises, instead of opening a commu n i ca ti on w i t h t h e sewers close to them. Mr. Tyrrell appeared on behalf of the Commissioners. The Magistrates allowed the several defendants a week to concert with the freeholders the means of abating the nuisance. Mr. Alderman H. HUGHES assured them these nui sances would now be so continually looked after and in terfered with, that it would be the cheapest way at once to make drains to the common sewer. MARLBOROUGH- STREET. A Rica BEGGAR.—Michael Scanlan, a sturdy bioking fellow, was placed before Mr. Hardwick for begging in Oxford-street. l'OliCe-constable Smith, 115 C, stated that on the pre vious afternoon ho was walking along Oxford-street, in private clothes, when his attention was called to the pri soner, who was soliciting alms from every person that passed, and if his wishes were not complied wi , h he began to abuse them in the foulest manner. Witness watched him for some time, when he came up and begged of him (witness) stating that he was without the means of getting a night's lodging, and that he had not tasted food for several days. Witness told him to go about his business, and that he must not beg about the streets. He then went away. Witness followed him into the Nag's Headpublic house, where the prisoner begged of several persons, who refused to give him anything. The prisoner then said, "if you will not give me money I will have beer," and deliberately seized hold of a full pot of porter, and nearly emptied it at a draught. By the aid of the landlord, witness took him into custody. On their arrival at the station, the prisoner was searched, and 21. 13s. 3id. found upon him, secreted in his small clothes, besides five pounds of bread in his coat-pocket. The prisoner, in his defence, said he was too decent to beg. The money was the produce of his own hard earn ings at haymaking. Mr. HARDWICK said, it could not be allowed that a strong man like the prisoner, with all that money in his possession, should impose upon the public with a tale of pretended distress. He should commit him to the House of Correction for fourteen days, and a portion of the money set k7art for his keep. THAMES. Patrick Gbrman, an ex-policeman, who was recently dismissed the force for most infamous conduct to some very respectable females, was charged with an indecent assault on a married woman, named Eleanor Moore, re siding at No. 10, Brunswick-street, Comaiercial-road East. The complainant stated that she keeps a general shop. On Thursday last the prisoner came into her shop, and coming round the counter pinched her, and conducted himself in a most shameful manner. She struggled violently, and at last got away. He then took up a ginger beer bottle, and threatened that he would kill her if she did not comply with his importunities. He struck at her, but missed his aim, and witness screaming, he ran away. He came again on Saturday morning, and said "Are you in a better humour this morning ?" wben she recognised him as the individual who had so un justifiably assaulted ber, and a policeman coming by, she gave him into custody. It appeared that he was on the eve of sailing for America, having paid his passage money. He offered her two sovereigns not to press the charge, which she indignantly refused. This evidence was corroborated by a young woman named Rosetta Brown, who witnessed a portion of the occurrence, and saw the prisoner conduct himself in a most disgraceful manner. Mr. Pelham defended the prisoner. Mr. YARDLEY observed that this was a most unwar rantable end scoundrelly attack, and sentenced him to pay a fine of 40s. to the Queen, or be imprisoned for 14 days. The fine was immediately paid. Gorman then, with the utmost impudence, walked into the witness box, and complained of his not having been admitted to bail. Inspector Scott said he did not think he should have been justified in admitting a man to bail on such a charge who was known to have taken his passage to America. Mr. YARDLEY thought the inspector perfectly right, and if Gorman had any complaint against him he must make it to the Police Commissioners. CLERKEN W ELL. Ann Kennedy was charged with stealing a silver spoon and pepper caster at the Duke of Wellington Tavern, Brighton-street, Brunswick square. It appeared from the statement of the landlord, Mr. Pottinger, that on Saturday the prisoner entered his house and he served him with something at the bar, when he was informed by his barman that the prisoner had taken the above articles from off a shelf and hidden them under her cloak. She was about leaving the house when the prosecutor asked her what she had of I,is under her shawl, when she denied having anything, but upon being searched the articles were found concealed in her bosom. The prisoner, who stated that she was induced to com mit the robbery through want, was fully committed to take her trial at the sessions. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. BROXBOERNE, SATURDAY,.—This morning, at nine o'clock, an inquiry was entered into at the Black Bull, in this place, before Mr. Sworder, Coroner for the county, and a numerous jury, touching the death of Thomas Parker, agt d twenty-eight, the driver of the engine, numbered 155, belonging to the Eastern Counties Railway Company. During the proceedings the following testimony was furnished Thomas Horrold, a fireman in the employ of the com pany, stated that yesterday (Friday) he was with de ceased upon the engine, about forty-five minutes past eleven o'clock, at a hich time ;hey were passing Manser's bridge, near the junction of the Hertford with the Cam bridge line of railway. They were going to Wisheach with a luggage train. At the moment of passing the bridge, which is technically denominated " a truss bridge," deceased and witness were talking together about something being the matter with the feed pipe of the engine. Deceased was reaching over the side of the locomotive, in order to obtain a better view of the feed pipe, when the centre truss of the bridge caught him and knocked him off the engine on to the line. In con sequence of the width of the wood work of the bridge, which taus its main support, and which rises between the up and down line of the rails, the deceased had not room to tnrn out of the way of the engine, the wheels of which passed over him, crushing him in a most frightful manner. Medical assistance was procured without delay, but deceased was quite dead. Mr. Gossee, surgeon, of this place, having stated the nature of the injuries deceased had received, and that they had caused death, Samuel Barrow, an officer in the employ of the com pany, said that he saw the deceased lying between the metals. There was not sufficient space for him to turn out of the engine, because of the truss of the bridge taking up so much room. By a Juror—Has there not been some other accident at this bridge? Witness—Yes, within the last twelve months. At that time one of the servants of the com p -fly had his legs cut off by the wheels of an engine. Foreman— Is that man now alive? Witness—l be lieve he is. I saw him in the hospital. CORONER—Do you think the bridge is dangerous? Witness—l am sure it is; it ought to be altered. Robert Reese, driver, in the employ of the company, expressed a similar opinion as to the dangerous con struction of the bridge. He, and others, had complained of it, and now he (witness) and some of the other men, had determined to memoralise the Board, so that it might be removed. Deceased was a steady young man; he had left a wife and two children. The CORONER having summed up, the jury, after a brief consultation, agreed to the foLowing verdict:— " We find that Thomas Parker was accidentally killed by .lanser's-bridge, on the Eastern Counties hoe of rail way; but bet Ore we separate we wish to give our opi mon, derived from the evidence in this case, that such bridge is dangerous, and that it ought to be removed, and we desire the coroner to send this our verdict to the directors of the said line." The CORONER agreed to do so, adding, that if no no tice was taken of it he should feel it to be his duty to bring the matter before the Commissioners of Railways. RIAL OF A WOMAN FOR HANGING HER THREE CHILDREN.—CARMARTHEN, FRIDAY.—At the Assize Court yesterda), before Mr. Justice Cresswell, Mary Hughes, a pleasing lookii.g, middle-aged woman (al tnough by her manner it was evident that her mind was deranged),. was i n di cte d for the wilful murder of her three children, Sarah, Mary, and Even Hughes, under the most horrible circumstances. The husband of the wretched woman, who is a mason, rented a cottage at the foot of the Llanbyther Mountain, and, on the morning of the 28th of April, when he left for work, the children were in good health, and the mother seemingly in her usual spirits. In the course of the day her sister bad occasion to visit the house, but, not finding the un fortunate woman in the building, she proceeded to examine the place, and on entering a loft she was horror. stricken on seeing tho three lifeless children, suspended by handkerchiefs from a large beam running across the roof. On being called on to plead to the indictment, she stared steadfastly at the Learned Judge, and seemed to have no knowledge of what was pssing around. The demand was made to her in Welch, still she heeded not the chal- lenge, and remained mute. The Judge examined the medical officer ot the prison as to the capability of her mind to plead, wh*' pronounced her to be insane. The Learned Judge then explained the law to the jury, as to the incapacity of prisoners to plead when their minds were affected, and directed them to return a verdict of Not Guilty in her case. This was accordingly done, and the unhappy woman will, therefore, be detained during her Majesty's pleasure. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JULY 16.—The market continues to be badly supplied with samples, and the transactions of the week are consequently very limited; but prices remain steady. The refined market is de cidedly better, both as regards demand and value. Very little doing in rum.—Bristol Mercury. To ELECTORS.—We beg to impress upon the atten tion of electors that, to entitle them to appear on the registration lists for the ensuing year, all poor-rates and assessed taxes, due before the 6th of April last, must be paid this day at the latest. .... A. . MARKET NEWS.—(YESTERD - Y ) CORN EXCHANGE. 1 For our market last we e k th e a rrivals of all k i n ds o f eee i grain, as well a s fl o u r , o f h ome p ro duce, were one' „ limited scale ; whil e th e receipts from Ireland awl land were trill ng. F r om abroad the imports Wei led to full average scale-they having principally anaotit tle y, 30,847 quarters of Wheat, 5403 ditto of '''' o ro, 12,435 ditto of Oats, 6,412 ditto of Ind ian •On of .... and 20,000 barrels of Fl o ur, a large P o - ' t bo which was landed in warehouse. Fresh u P„ ts of morning there was a decided increase in the recd` oth er Wheat from Essex and Kent, but those from all le of quarters were small. Notwithstanding the allti t he that article was larger than for many past we actual quantity of English Wheat on offer rins e ou r. This fact, together with severalsomewhat un' t i es ge able accounts having come to hand from° tr o t see agricultural districts respecting the appeertll lee me e the growing wheats, and the inferior condition 11 2 le__,' - ue.seet foreign supplies are now coming to hand, produeeu s i o et more inquiry fcr Wheat of home produce, &ta n 100? in the quotations of from is to 2s per quarter• poi or two instances 3s per quarter more money Yf al e sie for very superior pa rce l s o f K ent i s h R e d of 10 '40 growth. There was a large supply of foreign white on offer. Selected qualities of both Red SIP A , et? were in steady request, at an i m p r o ve ment in 'r at , la rencies paid on Monday'last of fully is per que r i ngesoe the middling and inferior kinds only a limited ' 0 44 was doing, at late rates. The Sound list of t eil e l s shows that upwards of fifty sail of vessels pe es Dleol. S:.und on Saeurday laden with Wheat an efo rciftl No English Barley was at market. The show e; for 0 0 was by no means extensive ; yet the demeau, :t ag, descriptions was in a very sluggish state, at bat a 4 any, alteration in value. The supply of Malt r s e ediS trifling. Still, however, the trade was very dull' teed, some instances the rates were no m inally 0 1, 8 .0 0 Owing to the short arrival of O a t s f rom all quarw'i e „ fee Oat trade was steady ; but we can no tice no htdet‘ ment in value, as large supplies are shortly elf"lbe Beans were ineffectually held at more money po i transactions in them were small, at late rates. ..„ly P scarcely a transaction was reported. The attr4, OS Indian Corn was good, and sales progressed el ° of the late rates, Flour was dell, and the nominal price gloat best town-made was 65s per 2801bs. Barrelle d commanded very little attention. mos CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.- 30 Wheat-Essex & Kent, Malt-chevaiier• •• • , an; 7 0 Red. ........72s to 80s Oats- Yorkshire :os i r,‘ Ditto,White, New 78s 86s Lincolnsh., Fee"' 3 00 ' Norfolk and Lin- Potato ........ _ A , 01 coin, Red..... 75s 80s Youghal andCor.. 0 Ditto, White.... • . 78s 84s Black. .... . 281 Irish, Red • . .... • • -s -s Cork, White •• • • 33e # Ditto, White .... • • -s -s Scotch, Feed. •• " 4 4• 1 0 Rye-Old ---••• • • • -s -s Beans-Ti c k . ..... • ' . ll 111 New... .... • ..... 60s 63s Pigeons .••••• •• • . 60 5 31 i f/ Barley-Grinding ... .. 37s 42s Peas-Grey .. ••• • " ... 621 10 Malting . ........ 47s 50s Maple. ••••• "' '. p5l O Chevalier •• • • .• • 51s 52a White .. •••• • '' • of 60 Nfalt-Suffolk and Nor- Boilers • .... "': 600 600 f01k... Brown Kingston and Ware 70s 73s Stockta &NOrfOi . SMITHFIELD. ' 0 11 The past week's imports of live stock into . have been as under:- o e, From whence. Oxen. Sheep. Lamb& 17! Rotterdam Antwerp - ••• ..."" ••• , 1 Boulogne ...... Nieu lliep ...... - "' 1 Hamburgh - "' h" Harlingen 224 ... 531 ... 195 ••• Total 724 ... 2,312 ... 258 *" o fie'' The arrivals at Hull, Newcastle, & c ., have e e e i tslft nearly 2,000 head of Beasts, Sheep, L a mbs, st lL se ee e s' with a few Pigs, chiefly from H o ll an d. There y ir offer this morning about 400 Ox en and Cow s ' 00 Sheep and Lambs, and 40 Calves, from abroad th . of the for mer were ex t reme l y we ll ma d e ups info general general condition of the foreign s upply ere, h sresJ Still, however, a t o t a l c l earance was effecteart wet! last week's quotation s . Wi t h h ome -f e d B e asts " . ;012,7, the time of year consider e d, scan tily su pplied, ea' have to report a great deficiency in their qilul i tY;ele_e ill scarcity of really prime Beef, the favourable ee fo ts? the weather for slaughtering, and the i nc reased Se ril /, ante of country buyers-mostly from the Wes t - - d e e t 1 land-produced a very steady, though not ecese/ 0 s? inquiry for the best Scots, Herefords, i unts, Delee ' tlg short horns, at fully the currencies obtained on esl o i se'nnight-the fol mer breed selling freely at fr e tedi.,, to 5s per Blbs, but the middling and inferior 0 oty Beef met a slow sale, yet late rates were fre s 1•04 ported. Our adviccs from the large northers g ote u districts are to the effect that very moderate 61 „ i t tr short horns will be received hither during the l3 ,: e je t! ti l, or four weeks; hence the prices of Beef are Itse - ile PA fully supported during that period. F r om NoroLott folk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received aw r geas Scots, home-bred:6, and short-horns; from the 00110 1 counties, 500 shirt-horns; from the western a0, d ,,, o__,,,pa' districts, 800 Herefords, runts, Devons, t&e.,„' t e r f e T e n', B parts of England, 350 of various breeds; see T p i of.' land, 200 he rned and polled Scots-the reinah l " e enf supply being. derived from abroad, and the Oe'o di lf ee hood of' the metropolis. On the whole, the .„ 11 ; trn ia Sheep was limited, owing to which, the Mut%," ftr i , h l 4 was steady, at prices quite equal to those pte-id e o L e last-being 2d per 81bs higher than on 65 1 " 11 ',7ef-hr em ee best old Downs sold at 5s 4d, and superior ;`' e fee;i l / quite ss-per bibs, at which rates a clearance 1 ' 55 00. , without difficulty. The number of Lambe v/3 „ g ar ecl °l oo good, but or very middling quality. Ct iv , l " days , s e/ that experienced on some previous mark et ne e /Lee Lamb trade was very firm, a t F r id a y's 110°-(10 01 .0. quotations of 2d per albs, the best DoVi ii 00 . - ; 4 , realising 6s 4d per Blhs. With Calves we Or e m. row derately suppli e d, a hil e t h e trade was heavy at 1-te In Pigs next to nothing was doing. Per Sibs. to sink th e o ff a l . A t Ol. l s. d. to s. d. 11. ••• 4 0 Inferior Beasta- , - 0 6 4 Second quality .- 4 2 4 4 C oarse - weo ll e dditto 4 ~, 6 i Prime large Oxen .• 4 6 4 8 soutlidown Wetter 5 ' 4 / 0 1 Prime Scots Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Large Hogs •••• •• 4 f b a H Prime:mall ditto , ucklimc Calves lB 0 28 0 Quarter old Pigs • .16 : 6 Inferior Sheep • • 4 2 4 4 Lambs •• • • .....• 5. ' SUPPLY AT MARKET. rie ! mean I 1 .. Sheep. Calves. 1 0 2,968 26,290 327 AZ*. 1,0 4 NEWGATE AND 1.13.11.DEN0.- -- to v _A, Scarcely any country-killed meat has cure° c, for our markets since M on d a y l as t, o wing to the_ a bal ingly hot wettiti,r; end as most of' the butehe7oooo been compelled to increase their purchases in St s the ret e from that cause, the supplies on tifer killed ill o org tropolis have tet n v e ry sma ll. G enera lly sP es 00 demand ha s btu') steady, ut, in most illets i l is ee et ; prices. About 500 carcase s of foreign me ld 0 . peered on s al e , an d b een di sposed of at l ate rate ,d' At per scone by th e C arcase . d j .W; 1 s. d. s. d. Beet,lnterior.... •• 3 4 to 3 6 Mutton, inferior •• 3 , 4 1 1 f middling .... 3 8 3 10 --' middling•• i 10 i : prime large . • 4 0 4 2 -- prime •••• iio 4ly prime Small •• 4 2 4 4 Pork, large. .... •• - 6 Veal— -- •• •... 310 410 small .• •••• '. 4 Lamb. 5s to Gs. _ g e ill DOROUGH HOP MARlCZll.;nerenoll With the exception of there being a slight ''" at • o i the demand fur the beet yearlings in pockets'ioN prices, the Hop trade is In a very depressed L o ilife barely late rates. The supply on offer is ° l ee, e s 00 " r ood; and the duty is hacked by some parties et el ' s , Sussex pockets, 4/ to 41 10s; Weald of Kent digi t - 4 0 4 0 to 5/ ss; Mid and East Kent ditto, 5/12s to 71 7 s P . ..,no. „OP EOROUGH AND SPIT.A.L.FIEJ ..- „ beeP,,k Very large supOt a of new Potatoes bev - et eem o i offer in these markets since Monday last; nev er flee the demand is active, at from 7s to 16s per eli t ser , '" all parts we continue to receive the most accounts respecting the new crop. „ e l !, WOOL. f Last week the imports of Wool into Logu e % fru' o composed of 250 bides fr o m Hamburgh, 82 d 7": di .h fr e • St , Petersburgh, 78 ditto fr om M onte Video, OO f lits from Sydney. and 500 ditto from Algoa 80. 1 0 0 , whole, there is more firmness i n th e d ema nd by foie; contract. and iu some few instances a trifle more has been realised for selected qualities of Engli sh. e , TALLOW. Sg r Our market still centilitres in a vet ' i inacti v e o i and, when sal es h ave b een pressed, ) a fort her t tie depression has been submitted to in the et Wl 'll T.Y.C. on th e s p ot i s heavy above figures. The for forward delivery is 47s 3d p e r cwt. The a u r a se' Town Tallow i s by no means a bundant, yet the tle price does not exceed 46s to 488 3d per cwt. he WI At Essex House, Putney, on th e 16th of July, t As John Rose Cormack,daughter. the 11 " On the 13th inst., at Clarence-street, Greenwv"' ber s of Mr. B. Ackland, of a daughter. a 11° On the 15th inst., at Blackheath-pa r k, Mrs. Ge r i' Stephenson, of a daughter. the AP" On the 15th inst., at Frith. street, Soho-oquare• d Edward Lewis, Eq., of a son. lee l f On the 15th inst., at Riverhead, Sevenoaks, the 10 11 Charles R. C. Petley, Esq , of a daughter. r On the 15th inst., at Shawford, near Winches . 4- of Major-General Frederick, C. 8., of a son. Cso On the 16th inst., at the Parsonage, St. George e' r s, well, the wife of the Rev. Samuel Smith, of a son. ,ire„ On the 16th inst., at Broxmore-park, ,A 4 Bristow, of a daughter. ;f 0 14)11 On the 16th inst., at C a d ogan -pl ace , th e w if e ° Synnot, Esq., M.D., of a daughter. the leafOn the 17th inst., a t Fit zroy - par k, Ilighgater William Gladstone, Esq., of a daughter. BIRTLI .......-- MARRIED. gt "I ei On the 17th inst., at Trinity Church, Paddin_ ,° l3 ', ult. Rev. J. W. Buckley, Alexander, fourth son of the t s ther w o f Wilkinson, Esq., of No. 138, Leadenhall-street, t,. ° OA" Stewart, only daughter of the late John Lau" .414 Edinburgh. ~ be , On the 18th inst., a t St. G eorge ' s Ch ur ch, , A n iislui-- Mr. Frederick Haydon, of Dulwich, to Miss Emai l ' f jar of the same place. Iv F. 41 l i • On the 15th inst., at Calhampton Church, .• '...$ 0, 1 1 1 1, ton, Esq., of Brytiel, county of Devon, to Ellen Lair Vow beth, third daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colo nel P ll4 worth, of Lea Grange. On the 15th inst., at St. Alphage, Greenwich, th c h e ild ° I John Young Hughes, 8.A., to Justina Mercy, " 11/ Richard Rhodes, Esq., of Greenwich. ___.------- lED. h Sr On the 16th of M a r c h, o n D board the Wanda/lig-, Lieu nant W. F. Ands: ton, of the 9th Lancers. At Putney, Thomas Gibson, Esq., aged 29. a 0'0 013611' On the Bth inst., at York, th e Rev. John %Aa r- A. 8., Vicar of Godalming, Surrey, aged 55. ,0 0 e n t t h h e e 16th 13th i i n e s s f. t. , , a a t t C H ro) e - a d t o h n tie l% d ' .. . p S a . f tb Bart., aged 22. . wife ° On the 15th inst., at Upton, Essex, Frances' • ~,,,e , PO Rev. John Woodwark. On the 15th inst., Miss Browne, of Coburg - Pu — ",_, nington. ha 11°412. On the 15th inst., at Kensington, 'Mrs. Elisatil Its .. i tkß,obsiirnsowniAkw. joipt, A ropoTa of London : Printed and Pub:ished by MURDO -- - 'the gb" St: and, Printer, at The 34n oftie., N.. I iz. Strand, in of the s avoy, in the County of Middlesex, Tg urw '' ' MT. • -