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DIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. SOUSE OF COMMONS. July 14. COLLIERIES BILL. _((iontinued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Lord HARRY VANE said, if accidents were caused to pea eons employed in mines by the wilful neglect of their employers, they might recover compensation in the present state of the Jaw. •He was told that in the north of England contracts for twelve months were mot entered into. Certainly since the late strike the system of entering into such lengthy contracts had been abolished. As the Government had promised to take the whole subject into considera tion, and to bring in a Bill ton the subject next session, he trusted the House would not assent to the second reading of the Bill. Mr. HINDLEY rose to make some observations, but he was called to order. Mr. B. ESCOTT said from 500 to 600 lives were an nually lost in collieries and mines, which showed that an improved system of supervision was necessary.—(Hear.) He considered, however, that the Hon. Gentleman should strike out the objectionable parts of the Bill, and retain those provisions which the House approved of ; it be did se the Bill might pass into a law this session. The House then divided, when there appeared — For the second reading ........ . 23 Against it Majority against the second reading —33 The Bill is consequently lost. PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORS BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Sir DE LACY EVANS said a large number of elec tors in the m etropolis, and in fact throughout the whole country, were disfranchised, in consequence of the day en which the rates were obliged to be paid, in order to give votes a qualification. The rates by the Re form Bill were to be paid on the sth of April. Ile proposed by this Bill that they should be paid on the sth of October, which would give th voters, six instead of three months to pay them in. This pro position was one of the mildest kinds of reform that could be suggested; and he would remind those who were about to present themselves to their constituents, that if they objected to such a mild reform as this they would be considered advocates of the old rotten-borough system (Laughter) and he, therefore, called upon those on the other side, who supported " liberal prin ciples and popular principles," to give their assent to the Bill. Mr. NEWDEGATE objected to the Bill. It might, or it might not, be expedient to abolish the rate paying clauses of the Reform Act, but it was most ob jectionable to make such an alteration on the eve of a • general election for the convenience of a certain body of electors. Mr. WAKLEY said the Bill would not apply at the ensuing generel election. Mr. NEWDEGATE saw no reason, then, why the Bill should not be deferred until a future session, and trusted the Government would not allow it to proceed further. They had pledged themselves to bring in a Bill on the subject, and therefore no benefit could arise from proceding with this measure during the present session. He called upon the House to pause before they passed the Bill, the proposer of which stated that his ultimate object was to obtain household suffrage, if not universal suffrage, which was a consum mation few would wish for.. He trusted, as the Bill was brought forward as an election cry, that the House would support him in placing every impediment in the way of the passing of the Bill. Sir W. CLAY supported the Bill. The ancient system of voting consisted in possessing the franchise by occupation and the payment of taxes, but he defied any one to say that before the passing of the Reform Bill the one was conjoined to the other. He supported the Bill, not because it accomplished all he wished, but as it wGuld take away an unfair restriction. The Hon. Gentlemen said that the Bill was brought forward as an election clap-trap. It was by no means an unwise step, at the end of a Parliament, to show the people of this country who were their friends and wile were opposed to their liberties. The am. Gentleman who used the expression " popular principles and liberal principles " was more noted for mooting difficult political problems than of ever answering them, but he (Sir W. Clay) considered that no principles would be popular unless they were essentially liberal.—(Hear.) Mr. WAKLEY supported the Bill, as he considered that it would enfranchise an immense body of properly qualified persons. The Honourable Gentleman the Member for Warwickshire (Mr. Newdegate) was, no doubt, a fair man, and a friend of the people, for he had voted for the Ten Hours Bill, but he had a crotchet in his head. with respect to this Bill which he trusted he would soon get rid of. The 26th clause of the Reform Act merely said that persons should be registered by a certain day, and did not make the anomalous distinction between county and borough voters. He wished to see the rate-paying clauses of the Reform Bill repealed— (llear)—because if a man did not pay his rates he was answerable to the law, and his goods might be distrained upon ; and surely this was an unfair restriction to con tinue when they had such a power. Why he did not object to annual Parliaments was, because "short reckonings made long friends," and that the cha- racter of the House would be elevated by more fre quent communion with those who sent them there When a member was about to meet his constituents it was.: astonishing what attention he paid to questions which his constituents were likely to discuss with him.— (Laughter.) Under the present law many persons of property were disfranchised. The Governor of the Bank had his vote disallowed on one occasion because he had not paid his rates by a certain day. He trusted the op position would be withdrawn, aud'that the Bill would be carried. Mr. CRIPPS opposed the Bill, and moved that it be read a Second time that day three months. If the Hon. Member for Finsbury (Mr. Wakley) brought forward a Bill for Annual Parliaments next session, he trusted that he would couple with it a Bill to render the office of county coroner open to annual election.—(Laughter.) Mr. WAKLEY said he was ready to resign whenever called upon to do so. Mr. CRIPPS said the difference between counties and boroughs was this—in the first persons might vote who neither paid rates nor assessed taxes, whilst in the other the franchise was only obtained by rating. It would be better if Hon. Gentleman would reserve their addresses on the subject until they were on the hustings, instead of making them in the House and having their sentiments made known to their constituents through the newspaper.—(Laughter.) Sir B. HALL denied that this Bill was an infringe ment of the Reform Act, as had been stated, for in his opinion it was only carrying out the principles of that measure. All that the constituents of towns wanted was to be placed upon the same footing as the constituencies of counties. He therefore hoped the Bill would meet with the approbation of the House, and that late as the session was it would receive the sanction of the Legislature before the ter mination of their labours. Mr. HENLEY opposed the Bill on the ground that it would operate injuriously, not only on the franchise, but on the poor. Ho was also of opinion that the Bill could not pass into a law on account of tk lateness of the session, and that being the case he did nut see the use of pressing it forward. Captain PECHELL supported the Bill. He thought it a most moderate measure, and they would be only approving themselves the friends of the poor by passing it into a law. Sir DE LACY EVANS considered the Bill was called for by the present state of the law respecting the fran chise, and if the opposition to it was successful, it would be only perpetuating the system of corruption which at present prevailed. The House then divided, when there appeared : For the Amendment 54 Against it 54 The SPEAKER then gave his vote, the numbers being equal, against the amendment, which was consequently lost. The House again divided on the original motion, when the numbers were— For the second reading Against it 53 Majority —1 The Bill was consequently lost. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL. On the question that the report on this Bill be re ceived, Mr. HAMILTON moved the following clause:— "And be it enacted and declared, that in the construction of this Act -and the several Acts herein referred shall mean the expression barrister -et-law, or' mean a barrister-at. law called to the bar eit h e r in Eng land • : or Ireland; and the expression attorney at - law, shall mean an attorney-at-law either for En " ;land or Ireland, except where it is ot h erwise p r ovided. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the clause. Mr. STWART also opposed the clause, and hoped the Hon. Gentleman would withdraw it. Mr. BOUVERIE supported the clause. After a few words from Mr. HENLEY, Sir J. GRAHAM took that opportunity of asking the Attorney-General valAtla er a j u d ge County Courts Bill, was eligible to under the New be elected a Member of Parliament, as he saw that one of the judges of the County Courts was setting up as a candidate for the next election. If the Learned Attorto be ne- General was of opinion that t h ey were eligible elected it would be his duty on the third reading of this Bill to propose a clause for their disq ua l i fi cation - . The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the matter w as doubtful, and he did not wish to give any op i nion upon it. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that in that case, as the state of the law was such, he would, on th e third reading o f the present Bill move a clause fo r th e i r dis qualification. —ear, hear.) "sl . then withdrew this clause, as i t did not appear Mr. RAWL , -I t ? ) I mee t with the approbation of th e /louse. The report was then received. FEVER HOSPITAL BILL. This Bill was read a second time. PUBLIC WORKS AND DRAD AGE (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill w as rea d a third time and passed ; as also the Constabulary Force (Ireland) Bill, and the London bridge Approaches Bill. DESTITUTE PERSONS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion that this Bill be read a third time, Sir G. GREY explained that there had been raised in voluntary contributions for the relief of the destitute poor in Ireland, under the Queen's letter, a sum of 171,0001., and from other channels sums that made a total of 424.764/. Of this sum 1 70,000/. had bees ad iranaed to the Committee cr tne British Association for distribution. The remaining portion of the feud was distributed r', r: li.rh other ciliritie COPYRIGHT COLONIES BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. MILITIA PAY BILL. The report on this Bill was received, as also the , THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1847. reports on the New Zealand (No. 2) Bill, and the Trus tees Relief Bill. COMMONS ENCLOSURE BILL. This Bill passed through Committee, and was ordered to be reported. PUBLIC BUSINESS. In reply to Sir J. Sir G. GREY baid that the House would meet to morrow at three o'clock ; that public business would commence at half-past three, when the Committee on the Consolidated Fund Bill would be taken first ; then unopposed third readings, and after that the Bishopric of Manchester Bill. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Four o'clock. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHALVCERY, Lincoln's Inn, July 14. IN REeDYCE SOMBRE (LUNACY). Mr. BOLT (Mr. Shadwell was with him) again men tioned the petition in this matter, and stated that the object of it was to have a rehearingof Mr.Dyce Sombre's case, in order to prove that at the present time that gen tleman was perfectly competent to manage his own affairs. Mr. Dyce Sombre's property in India was getting into a very perplexed condition, and therefore he was extremely desirous of going out there to superintend its management. Mr. Tinney and Mr. Moore appeared for the commit tees of the estate, hut took no part in the discussion. Mr. BETHELL (with Mr. Calvert) for the committee of the person, resisted the application, which they stated was in effect the same that had recently been heard before his Lordship, and refused. The only result which would accrue from rehearing the matter would be to add to the already enormous costs. The LORD CHANCELLOR inquired whether Mr. Dyce Sombre was within the jurisdiction of the Court? Mr. Rorr answered that he was not at present. elf, however,, his presence were required, he could be in England within 48 hours—the instructions having been forwarded from Boulogne. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he would look through the affidavits before he expressed his decision upon the application. The petition stood over accordingly. CON SISTORY COURT, July 14. (Before Dr. LUSHINGTON.) HODGSON V. THE INHABITANTS OF HILLINGDON. The COURT, on the motion of Dr. R. Phillimore, de creed a faculty to issue for the repair and enlargemont of the parish church of Hillingdon, in the county of Mid dlesex. FITZGERALD V. FITZGERALD. This was a suit for a divorce by reason of adultery and cruelty promoted by the wife against the husband. The proceedings were carried on in pxnam. The Learned Judge was quite satisfied with the proof, and granted the prayer of Mrs. Fitzgerald. TUCKER V. TUCKER. This also was a cause of divorce by reason of adultery, and was instituted by Mr. Tucker against his wife. The parties were married i❑ the presidency of Bengal on the 14th of October, 1842. The lady was a native of France, and there were three children, the issue of the marriage. She arrived in England with her husband in 1846, and the adultery was pleaded to have occurred in the course of the voyage, and also since the arrival of the parties in this country. The Queens's Advocate and Dr. Addams appeared for Mr. Tucker; Dr. Haggard and Dr. R. Phillimore for the wife. The Learned JUDGE called on the counsel for Mrs. Tucker first to address the Court. Dr. HAGGARD submitted that there was no principle better established than that it was impossible to pro nounce for a divorce on the confession of the party alone. What was the evidence relied upon to establish the charges made in this case ? There were the letters of the wife, and from the language used in them it would be contended that there was an admission of her having been unfaithful to her husband; but he was quite at a loss to discover anything in the shape of supple. mental evidencs. There were conversations proved be tween Mrs. Tucker and a witness who had been examined, but still they were the admissions of the lady herself, and the canon precluded the Court from pro. nouncing for a separation under such circumstances. There were several passengers on board the ship, one of whom only had been examined, and he stated that there wits nothing to justify him drawing the conclusion that there had been any criminality on the part of Mrs. Tucker. He (Dr. Haggard) denied that since the parties reached this country there had been any oppor tunity for the commission of adultery. Mrs. Tucker,. shortly after her arrival, was entrusted to the care of Mr. and Mrs. Suecole, and whatever admissions had been made to the latter must be taken with reference to the state of her mind at the time, for it was evident that she had been labouring under insanity. Dr. R. PIIILLIMORE having followed on the same side, The Learned JUDGE, without hearing the Counsel for Mr. Tucker, said, that if he had entertained any douht whatever as to the sufficiency of the evidence in this case, it would have been both his duty and his inclina tion to avail himself of any benefit that he could derive from the argument of counsel; but as he really could not bring himself to think that there was any deficiency of proof either in law, or morally speaking, to affect the conviction of his own mind, it was unnecessary to trouble them. He did not in the slightest degree dissent from the wisdom of the canon which prevented the Court from pronouncing for a divorce in a suit for sepa ration whether I mensi et thoro or pro dividendo matri monii vinculo, upon the confession of the wife or the husband, unless for the best and plainest reasons, be cause it enabled the Court to guard against the possi bility of imposition. He hoped that of late years there had not been many attempts to obtain a separation by reeon of adultery through a confession, when in fact the act had not taken place. He must, however, take care that he did not stretch the principle beyond those hounds within which it ought fairly to be confined; otherwise, cases would be left without remedy in which there was a real grievance. The present case did not fall within the decision in " Mortimer v. Mortimer" or " Hammerton v. Hammerton ;" the case of " Grant v. Grant" was much more applicable to it. He had looked at the letters written by Mrs. Tucker addressed bath to the father and the husband, and it was impossible to do so without coming to the conclusion that they contained a confession of adultery. What was the auxiliary evidence? It was proved that Mrs. Tucker was ready to receive and did receive aletter written by the gentleman with whom it was alleged she had committed adultery, and nobody could peruse that letter without being satisfied that it was an admission of an improper intercourse having taken place between the parties. It was to be regretted that more evidence had not been procured from on board the ship, but it was clear that the parties had remained together a day in Liverpool. Was it possible for him to doubt that criminal intercourse had then taken place? No one was bound to prove the precise time and place where it occurred, There were also de clarations made to Mrs. Succol6 at a time when Mrs. Tucker was not in a disturbed state of mind. He had no doubt of the guilt of the wife, and must therefore pronounce for the decree prayed. CATTERALL V. CATTERALL. This was originally a cause of nullity of marriage, promoted by the husband against the wife, who is resi dent in New South Wales. That suit was abandoned, and the husband then proceeded on the ground of adultery. Dr. ADDAMS (with Dr. Robertson) appeared for the husband, and submitted that e ,the case was clearly estab lished, there having, been a child born twelve months after Mr. Catterall left his wife in New South Wales, and proceeded via India to this country. The QUEEN'S ADVOCATE (with whom was Dr. R. Phillimore) called the attention of the Court to two or three technical objections with regard to the marriage; but, The Learned JUDGE thought they had no weight, and pronounced for the divorce. ADMIRALTY COURT, July 14. (Before Dr. LIISHINGTON.) THE MELLONA—COLLISION. This case, which was partly - i;;;;c1;; Saturday last, was brought to a conclusion. The brig George, of the burden of 108 tons, bound from Newcastle to Cowes in the Isle of Wight, and the schooner Mellona, of 106 tons, proceeding from Shields to Guernsey, came into contact with each other while passing through the Cockle-gat on the night of the 511 of March, 1845. Both vessels were coal laden, the brig close hauled on the starboard, and the schooner on the larboard tack. The wind was blowing from the E.N.E. There was considerable dispute as to the character of the night. The brig represented it as starlight, with occasional snowstorms; the schooner as thick and hazy between the storms. The George was a very old vessel, and, after the collision, ran upon the Barber sand, where, striking heavily, she went to pieces, and three of the crew, including the master, were drowned. The QUEEN'S ADVOCATE (with whom was Dr. Bayford) contended, on behalf of the George, that the accident arose from the want of a good look out being kept on board the schooner. Dr. ADDAMS (with whom was Dr. Robinson) appeared on the part of the Meßona, and submitted that the collision arose from unavoidable accident ; that at the period when it occurred the night was so dark that with every precaution and care it was impossible to prevent the vessels coming in contact. He also contended that the running upon the sand was not attributable to the collision, but to the want of skill on the part of the person at the helm. The Learned JUDGE submitted to the Trinity Mas ters (by whom he was assisted) three questions—first, whether, considering the state of the weather and the part of the sea where the two vessels were sailing, and the chance of meeting with other ships, the master of the Mellona ought, as admitted, to have left the deck with only two seamen—in other words—was there a good look out kept? Secondly, whether, considering the state of the weather, if a good look out had been kept, there was a possibility of avoiding the collision? Thirdly, whether there was sufficient evidence to justify the con clusion th a t th e G eorge was subseqnently lost by the ig norance or misconduct of her master? The TRINITY MISTERS were of opinion that there was hadno t a g h el o a o d look a good out lo on o k out,board e there w e a Dal e a l lo p n o a that s s ; hty i f o f therethe collision being avoided; and that the subsequent loss of the George was not attributable to any want of skill on the Thepa part Learned the mister j IGE h a ng rc w. expressed his concurrence in the views entertained by his assessors, pronounced for the damage with costs; and added, that he hoped the result of this investigation would operate in some degree to prevent that utter carelessness which the Court every day perceived to exist in colliers trading from the north to the south. These vessels must not forget that they had in many respects a dangerous navigatiou, and that from the multitude of vessels that now occupied that part of the ocean the danger of collision was influitely increased beyond what. it was formerly. FATAL ACCIDENT AT BLACKFRIAII,S.—OD Mon day evening, about half-past eight o'clock, a melancholy •JasTta'r, and fatal occurrence took place to a youth, apparently about fifteen years of age, off Albion Whart, Black friars. It appears that he was amusing himself with several others by bathing, and while in the act of swim ming through the second arch on the Surrey side, the current carried him too far out. lie became alarmed, and before assistance could he rendered the tide drifted him under some coal 13 , trges moored off Falcon W' Banbsinot bee .t t ot 1 % , ,, uee, who were near, and haring, rowed to the ;pot t a y l a o r i' ll3 the i Y i'n:AL-,1:•Aly t h rew t ;,. _.; „ j „ witho fosaunelr.teerthe periodbody, 0 fbut the a eveningunfortunately th e body a etdinformation means where . b i c y adisappeared. gigives n a ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HUME ClRCUlT.—Chelmlford, July 14. (Before Mr. Baron PARSE.) THE DAGENHAM MURDER. Thomas Kimpton, formerly a police-constable of the K division, surrendered to take his trial upon an indictment, charging him with having committed wilful and corrupt perjury, upon an examination taken before Mr. Lewis, the coroner for Essex. Mr. Clarkson (with Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clarke) con ducted the prosecution for the Treasury ; Mr. Hawkins appeared for the defence. Mr. CLARKSON, in opening the case, said that the charge against the defendant was one of a most serious character, and the offence was aggravated by the circum stances that the defendant was at the time he was alleged to have committed it a member of the metro politan police force, and the perjury was committed upon his examination as a witness before a public autho rity, upon an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the death of another constable, named George Clarke, who, there was no doubt, had been murdered in the execution of his duty. It would appear that the deceased (Clarke), the defendant, and some other con stables whose names would be mentioned in the course of the examination, were stationed at Dagenham, in this county, and they were under the superintendence of a sergeant named Parsons. On the 29th of June, 1846, —which was the day on which the murder was com m.tted—the deceased and the other men were put on their beats as usual, that of the deceased commencing at a place called the Four Wants, and it was the duty of the sergeant to patrol during the night, and meet the men at different places, in order to see that the duty was properly performed; and, in the course of the night, he should have met the deceased at the Four Wants. Clarke, it appeared, was missed from his proper post, and, although every search was made, nothing was beard of him until the 3d of July following, when his body was found in a wheat-field in the neighbourhood, cruelly mutilated, and there was no doubt that he had been most foully murdered. An inquiry took place before the coroner, and it of course then became a very material point of inquiry to ascertain when the unfortunate de ceased was last seen alive. Upon the first examination the sergeant was summoned as a witness, and in con sequence of some portion of the statement made by him, a belief was entertained that whereas he should have been to meet the deceased at the Four Wants at one o'clock on the morning of the 30th, he did not go there at all, and the inquiry was adjourned for the production of further evidence. Kimpton was examined upon this occa sion, and. he merely deposed to finding the body. An adjournment took place till the 14th of July, and on that day he was again examined. Prior to this it appeared that Mrs. Page, the wirnof a farmer in the neighbour hood, who had lent the policemen a cart to take away the dead body of their comrade, was examined as a witness, and she stated that when Kimpton brought the cart home with some of his comrades, she asked them to have some refreshment, and while they were partaking of it she asked Kimpton at what time the sergeant last saw the deceased, and he answerd that he did not see him at all, for that, being unwell, he had asked him (Kimpton) to do his duty for him, and had told him to take his horse for that purpose. Kimpton, upon being again examined, swore that he never did do duty for him on the night of the murder, and, also, that he had never made any such statement as that deposed to by Mrs. Page. Some further adjournments, took place, and at the different inq u i r i es t h e ev id ence g i ven by Mrs.i Page was confirmed by her daughter and other witnesses, am: at length, on the 20th of August, when, the coroner's inquest was concluded, the . defendant himself admitted that his statement regarding his not having done duty fur the sergeant was untrue, and that on the night of the warder he really did take his horse and do his duty, and that the sergeant was not near the Four Wants at the time he swore he was there on the night in question. The Learned Counsel said there could be no doubt that this false statement of the prisoner had the effect of ma terially interfering with the course of justice, as it had the effect of diverting the inquiry that would probably have taken place into a totally different channel, and it was for making that false statement the present indict ment was preferred against him. The following evidence was then adduced:— Mr. Charles Carne Lewis, one of the coroners for Essex, proved the holding of the inquest after the find ing of the body, and he produced the depositions taken on the different days to which the inquest was adjourned. The depositions were read at length, but it will not be necessary to refer to them more particularly than to state that, on the 14th of July, when the jury met for the second time, the prisoner swore positively that he did not do duty for the sergeant (Parsons) on the night of the murder, and that he saw him on horseback per forming his own duty of inspecting the men at nine, at twelve, and at three the next morning, and that when he went off duty in the morning, he told him that he had not been able to find Clarke on his beat. The other material deposition was that made by the defendant on the 20th of August, when he admitted that his previous statement was false, and that at twelve o'clock on the night of the murder the sergeant told him that he was unwell, and asked bim to take his horse and do his duty for him, and that he went to the Four Wants to look for Clarke but could not find him, and he brought the horse home at two o'clock in the morning, and saw nothing of Parsons until six, when he awoke him and told him that all the men were on, except Clarke. The defendant, upon this occasion, also said that Parsons told him he must say that he saw Clarke at one o'clock, and said that he (Parsons) should say the same, and Hickton and the other men must tell the same story. Cross-examined—Witness was quite sure that the de fendant was re-sworn upon every examination. A great number of witnesses were examined at di,e different 13y Mr. CLanKsost—For certain reasons, ho was very particular in observing that the oath was duly adminis tered to the policemen who were examined. Mrs. Elizabeth Page, the wife of a farmer at Dagen ham, deposed to the fact of the police making a search upon her farm for the body of the deceased, and that when it was found she lent the defendant a cart to re move it. The defendant and some other policemen came home with the cart late at night, and she asked them to have some supper. While they were conversing upon the subject she asked the defendant at what time Ser geant Parsons last saw the deceased on the night he was murdered, and he replied that he did not see him at all, for that he (Kimpton) had done his duty for him on the night in question, as he was unwell. Priscilla Page, the daughter of the last witness, con firmed her testimony respecting the statement alleged to have been made by the defendant on the night in question. John Stevens said that at the time of the murder he was one of the police stationed at Dagenham. There was but one horse at the police-station, which 'was used by Sergeant Parsons. By the COURT —Sergeant Parsons was on duty some portion of the night of the murder. He saw him at half-past ten and at twelve o'clock. He was on horse back both times he saw him. He was discharged from the police after this occurrence. Thomas Archer said he was employed on a farm near the Four Wants, and on the morning of the 30th of June he was up about half -past twelve o'clock, and was engaged in preparing a horse and cart to go to market. While so engaged, about two o'clock in the morning, the defendant came up on horseback, and he gave him a light for his pipe. After he had lighted it he asked him if he had seen his mate (meaning Clarke), and he said he 'lad not. By the COURT—He supposed ho meant Clarke, be cause he was the only constable who did duty about that neighbourhood. Abiah Batley deposed that he was also one cf the police stationed at Dagenham at the time of the murder. He did not of his own knowledge know whether the sergeant was on duty or not on the night in question, but in the course of a conversation that took place be tween him, the defendant, and Hickton, the defendant said that on the night of the murder Sergeant Parsons gave him the usual nightly report, and told him to take his horse and go to the Four Wants and meet Clarke, and give him the report, and he also said that that was after twelve o'clock at night. Kimpton also said, that when he got to the Four Wants he could not find Clarke, and he rode on to another man's beat; and that he after wards wont over part of Clarke's beat, and kept the horse out until nearly daylight. The witness stated that he also heard the defendant say that the evidence had been given before the coroner in order to exonerate Parsons. Some more policemen had been sent down to Dagenham in order to strengthen their force; and it was agreed that they should endeavour to prevent the young hands from knowing that the evidence which had been given before the coroner was false. Cross-examined—Witness was now living at Bethnal green, where he worked at his trade of a broad silk weaver. By the COURT--Dia not know what had become of Sergeant Parsons. John Stevens recalled. —He saw Parsons on horse back near the Church Elms about 12 o'clock on the night of the murder. John Barnes, another constable, deposed that after the first examination before the coroner the defendant said that if they did not keep to the story that Parsons had written down for them about his being on duty on the night of the murder they should all get into trouble. By Mr. HAWKINS—Parsons wrote out a statement of what they were to say before the coroner. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. HAWKING addressed the jury for the prisoner; but it was very evident, from the tenor of the Learned Counsel's address, that he felt he could not offer any an swer to the facts. sum med up, the jury r©- Baron PARKE having turned a verdict of Guilty. Mr. HAwKrNs then took an objection to the form of indictment, which, he said, merely averred that the offence w a s comm itted or: a certain da y 1846, and he submitted that the i n dictment should have contained the words " in the year of our Lord." Mr. Baron P ARKE a pp e ared to be of op inion that the was something i n th e o bj e ction,*and he said he should take tim e t o cons id er o f i t. re Isaac n ic 4 ton , another constable of the same division, was then arraigned upon a similar indictment, arising out of the same transaction. The evidence was of precisely the same kind, and it will therefore not be necessary to repeat it. The prisoner, who had no counsel, admitted that he had told some lies with regard to his meeting the ser geant on the night the murder was committed ; but he said he was induced to do so at the solicitation of his superior officer, and to screen him from censure for neglecting his duty. The jury found him Guilty, but recommended him to morey.—Judirm.nt (I,.ferrH, .NORFOLK J 4 14. The commigoion fnr thi s cnrnlty was openPci yesterday Lcuthiiip b , +Nilo viue betViee, bt.) that the two Courts were opened for the dispatch of business this morning. On the Civil side, where Mr. Baron Alderson presides, there vitis An entry of three causes; one of these was undisputed, the second involved a-disputed right to a moat, and the third was a case of assault. The calendar contained the names of ten prisoners, whose offences, excepting one of arson, one of man slaughter, two of burglary, and one of stealing Post office letters, to which the prisoner pleaded guilty, were of an insignificant character. Besides these, there was an indictment for a misdemeanour under the Bankrupt Act, which, having been found at the last assizes, was taken at the sitting of the Court. CROWN COURT.—(.Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) John Bickerton, aged 22, pleaded not guilty to an in dictment which charged that he, being a trader, had committed an act of bankruptcy on the 24th day of No vember, 1846, by a declaration of his inability to meet his engagements, whereupon he was afterwards duly de clared a bankrupt, and that theretofore, and within three months, he had, by falsely pretending that he had a large shipping order, obtained certain goods to the value of 501. from one J. Taylor, at Luton, with intent to de fraud him. Mr. Prendergast and Mr. Power appeared for the pro secution; Mr. Dasent conducted the defence. It appeared that the defendant, whose brother-in-law resided at Luton, in this county, where there is an exten sive trade in the straw-plait carried on, repaired to that place in June, 1845, and there established himself as a dealer in straw-plait and bonnets. Although without any capital, he contrived to push himself into business, and shortly after married the daughter of a rich man. His marriage did not check his pursuits of business, and the prisoner accordingly entered into some further trans actions which did not appear to have led to any favour able result. Be that as it may, he repaired on the 22d of August to the warehouse of Mr. Taylor, who dealt in bonnets, and representing to him that he had received an extensive shipping order from Liverpool for such ar ticles, requested to be immediately supplied with 410 bonnets, adding that if he could not have them he be lieved he should lose a good customer. On this repre sentation Mr. Taylor consented to take the order, and the goods were forthwith supplied. In about a week the prosecutor heard some sinister rumours touching the sol vency of his customer, and repaired to his warehouse, where be ascertained that the whole stock on hand was not worth more than Si.lt should be stated, that when the goods were sent the defendant, according to the cus tom of Luton, gave his acceptance at three months for them. This, like many others such, was not paid, for in the meantime the crash came and the defendant corn• mitted an act of bankruptcy on the 27th of November by the means stated in the indictment. At the close of the case for the prosecution, Mr. DASENT objected to the reception of the bank rupt's examination in evidence against him now, as he had not been cautioned before he gave his answers, and the examination itself was on oath and compulsory. This question, ho believed, was still under consideration, by the fifteen judges in Garbett's case. The Learned Counsel, also, at the close of the case for the prosecution (which embraced an admission by the defendant of the fact that he had not had any shipping order from Liver pool), submitted that the case did not fall within the Act, which contemplated the fraudulent assumption of the character of a trader by a bankrupt rather than the fraudulent obtaining goods by an admitted trader. The words cf the Act 5 and 6 Victoria, chap. 122, sect. 35, were—" If any bankrupt, under the false colour and pretence of carrying on business and dealing in the ordinary course of trade, shall have obtained goods on credit from any other person with intent to defraud the owners ;" and he submitted that the facts of this case did not fall within the spirit of these words. Mr. Justice PATTESON (having consulted Mr. Baron Alderson,) intimated that they were both agreed in overruling the objection of the Learned Counsel, it being their clear opinion that the statute applied to the case of a trader who obtained goods, in the way of his trade and in the ordinary course of dealing, with a view to defraud the owner. He might also say that he had spoken to his Learned Brother on the other objection, as to the admissibility of the bankrupt's ex amination against him, and that they both thought it was receivable. It was not necessary to caution a bank rupt, and he was obliged to answer all questions put to him on oath under the pressure of the laws relating to bankrupts. • He (Mr. Justice Patteson) never had enter tained any doubt as to the propriety of receiving such evidence on the ground of its having been given under the compulsion of such an examination ; and he might say that, though no judgment was yet pronounced in Garbett's case, there was no difference of opinion among the judges on this particular point. The case must, therefore, go to the jury. Mr. DASENT having addressed the jury on the merits His LORDSHIP summed up the evidence to them, leaving it to them to say whether they thought the de fendant had been actuated by the intent laid in the in dictment. The jury having found the defendant Guilty, he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, without hard labour. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) EUSTACE V. NEAL. Mr. O'Malley and Mr. Wells were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Byles appeared for the de fondant. This was an action of trespass, in which the plaintiff complained that the defendant had interfered with and interrupted his rights in respect of three sides of a cer tain moat dividing his land from that of the defendant. From the evidence adduced it appeared that the moat in question surrounded a piece of land belonging to the de• fendant, called Moat Close; that that close was ap proached by a road across a common and by a causeway, and that on three aides the moat was bounded by the property of the plaintiff, and on the fourth by that of one Holmes. On the part of the plaintiff it was shown that he derived his property from the Ellingham family, who held for three generations under old Molly Ellingham; that during the earliest times the Ellinghams had exercised rights of ownership over the moat adjoining their lands tilt within the last twenty-five years; while Holmes, who bought from one Falcon, had claimed and exercised similar rights during the corresponding period of time. On the part of the defendant it was proved that he had derived the moat close from the Fountains, who held it for three generations, and it was also shown that rights of ownership similar to those proved by the plaintiff had been exercised by the Fountains, but not later than 41 years back. Mr. Baron ALDERSON left it to the jury to say to which side they would incline. There was proof of ownership on both shies, but that of the defendant had not been brought down to so recent a period as that of the plaintiff; but it wa 3 for them to say whether the moat in question belonged to the moat close or to the adjoining lands. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, July 13. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WIGIITMAN.) William Pinder and Thomas Robinson were charged with having, on the 26th of February last, at Rothwell, in the West Riding, feloniously assaulted James Heald with violence, and stolen from his person 117 sove reigns, 10 promissory notes for the payment of Si. each, and 100 shillings, the property of Robert Plummer and others, to whom the money belonged as trustees. The prisoner Pinder pleaded Guilty. Mr. Ellis and Mr. Hall appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Price for the prisoner Robinson. Two men were already convicted upon this charge at the last York assizes. One of them, a . man named Brook, was now called for the prosecution, against Robinson, and the evidence of the accomplice was con firmed by other testimony. After a lengthened investigation the jury retired, and remained out of court for more than an hour, when they found Robinson Guilty. Sentence—The two prisoners to be severally trans ported for 15 years. Christopher Atkinson stood charged with having, on the 4th of April, at Wathgill, feloniously stolen a gelding, the property of William Horner, a farmer residing at that place. Mr. Blanchard and Mr. Overend appeared to prosecute, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Matthews. William Horner stated that the horse in question had been missed from his stable on the morning of the 4th, which was a Sunday. It was s a f e i n t h e stable over night, and was subsequently di scovere d at Barnard Castle, which is from 18 to 20 miles from Wathgill. The witness and his wife, M ar i a H orner, had been living . apart for 18 monUss, she having l e f t hi s h ouse. She had since been there, however, during his absence from home, had broken the windows, and taken away some clothes and other articles. Several witnesses were called to prove the finding of foot tracks, on the Sunday morning, near the stable, and leading to the highway. There appeared the tracks of the horse, and the foot steps both of a man and a woman. The imprint made by the man corresponded in size with a pair of boots afterwards found upon the prisoner upon his ap prehension at Barnard Castle. The witnesses said that they supposed that the two persons must have both mounted the horse on arriving at the public road after getting through two or three fields from the stable, be cause there were no tracks but those of the horse beyond the prosecutor's premises, and from these the horse's steps went in the direction of Barnard Castle. Prisoner and Maria Horner (prosecutoC's wife), were seen toge ther that morning going towards Horner's, at a place called Marsk, three miles on the Barnard Castle side of Wath gill. They were afterwards seen together at a public house on the same road, where they remained for about half an hour, having something to eat and drink. The prisoner was afterwards found at Barnard Castle, and the horse in the stable attached to the house of one Barker, near whom Atkinsoa was living. Richard Pearson, constable of Barnard Castle, stated that he had found the horse on the sth. The stable in which it was had been locked, and he saw the horse through the keyhole. Snowden, a constable, since de. ceased, brought the key into the yard, but the witness could not say whether he had obtained it from Mts. Horner or from the prisoner. Witness having spoken to Atkinson about this charge, the latter replied— " What made me go there, I was led away; I went with Maria Horner to bring away the horse." The Learned JUDGE intimated that the prisoner could not be convicted of larceny upon.sueh evidence. Acquitted. The prisoner, w h o h a d b een out on bail, was then discharged. His Lordship also directed that Maria Horner, the prosecutor's wife, should be set at large, She was committed upon this charge in April, and had remained in custody till this day. No causo list has yet appeared; but it is stated that thre will not be more than about half as many causes at these as there were at the last assizes. A deputation from the Central Board of Scottish Dis santprs, headed by the Rev. Dr. Taylor, of Glasgow, by the Iliqht IT- n. the SPeretary at War, had au int e rview w ith the Lord President, at the Privy Council Office, yesterday, with reference to the recent minutes of the Committee of Council on Education. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. - H. G. Baugh, clerk to Mr. Lewis, solicitor, and co roner for Essex, was brought before t hel Lord Mayor in the custody of _John Forrester, the officer, charged with having committed a forgery upon the banking-house of Coutts and Co. to the amount of 2221. 15s. 6d. Messrs. Bush and Mullens, the solicitors to the Committee of Bankers for Protection against Forgeries and Frauds, at tended for the prosecution. Mr. Wontner appeared for the prisoner, who seemed to be a very young man, and in a delicate state of health. It was stated on the part of the prosecution that it was impossible at the present moment to produce some of the evidence, the witnesses living at a considerable distance from London, and pains having been taken to avoid de tr by ingenuity of more than ordinary extent and character. It would, however, be shown that a 501. note which had been traced as part of the proceeds of the money paid for the forged cheque was handed over by the prisoner to his tailor, Mr. Dowdney, in payment of a bill contracted by him with that shopkeeper, and that the prisoner, in accounting for the possession of such an instrument, said, it formed part of the proceeds of the sale of several horses by the prisoner in Smithfield market—a statement for which there did not appear to be any foundation. Mr. Frederick Esse, clerk at Messrs. Coutte's bank ing -house, said—l recollect perfectly well receiving on the 13th of April last a cheque for the payment of 2221. 15s. 6d., purporting to be signed by Mr. J. S. Caley, a customer of the firm. It was contained in an envelope, requesting that the amount might be given in a certain way. The letter containing the instructions had been destroyed as immaterial. I remember the contents, together with the cheque, were to the effect, that Mr. Anglican, in whose favour it was drawn, requested it might be paid in the manner expressed on the envelope —namely, in a note for 2001. and a note for 20/. and the rest in cash. I took it to Mr. Partridge, the cashier, who gave me the notes, which I enclosed in an envelope and gave back to the person who brought the letter. Mr. Joseph Partridge, cashier at Messrs. Coutts, said, —I delivered the amount of the draft to the last witness on the 13th of April, in a bank-note for 2001., No. 48,479, and dated 4th January, 1847, and a bank note for 201., No. 18,731, and dated 9th January, 1847, and the rest in gold. Mr. Wontner particularly examined the book in which the entries were, and asked the witness at what time he made them ? Witness—l made the entries on the 13th of April at the time I cashed the draft. Mr. J. S. Caley said, I reside at Brook-street, near Brentwood, and keep an account at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s. No part of the draft now exhibited to me was written by me, nor wall anybody authorised by me to write it. For the prosecution—Do you know the prisoner? Witness—l cannot undertake to say that I do. Do you know Mr. Lewis, the coroner? Witness—l know him very well. lie resides at Brentwood. Here the draft was read. It was dated Brook-street, April 7, 1847, and was as follows: " Please to pay to John Caley, Erg., 222/. 15s. 6d., and place the same to the account of " J. S. CALEY. " To Messrs. Coutts and Co- bankers, Strand." There was an endorsement on the draft to the follow. ing effect:—" Pay the contents, namely, 222/. 15s. 6d., to George Chris. Anglican, of Wimbledon Park, or bearer. John Caley, Jesus College, Oxford, April Bth, 1847." Witness in continuation—l have no relative of the name of John Caley. Mr. R. J. Sykes, clerk in the issue department of the Bank of England, said, I produce a 200/. note. On the 13th of April this note was brought to me to be changed, and I paid to the person who brought it 150/. in notes, and 501 in gold. I gave a ticket for the amount of the notes payable to " George," which appeared to me to be the surname of the person to whom the draft was payable. The writing of the name was bad and not very legible. Mr. J. Reece Adams, clerk in the issue department of the Bank of England, said—On the 13th of April I gave to Mr. Sykes, the last witness, 150/. in bank notes, pay able to " George." We can produce the ticket, but I have here an extract, from which it appears that there were ten lid. notes, numbered from 7,024 to 7,033 inclusive, and dated the 10th of March, 1847, three 5/. notes, 54.498 to 55,000 inclusive, and 60,651 to 60,657 inclu sive, dated the 13th of March, 1847. It was here stated for the prosecution that there was evidence to show an effort upon the part of the person who committed the offence to remove the track from the eye of detection by means of obtaining a cheque upon the Westminster Bank for several of the small notes which had been received at the bank. Mr. W. S. lligley, clerk to the London and Westmin ster Bank in Lothbury, agents to the North and South Wales Bank in Liverpool, was then called, and a cheque for 1521., drawn by the North and South of Wales Bank upon the former establishment was handed to him. He said—This draft was presented on the 12th of May to me, and I think, but am not sure, that I saw the party who presented it endorse it. I paid it in two 501. notes and 521. in gold. The notes were numbered 87,237 and 90,585, but I cannot now mention the dates. Melthart Sjamme Bott—l am in the employment of Mr. Dowdney, tailor, in Lombard-street. On the 14th of June I received a 50/. note from the prisoner, Mr. Baugh, who has been for some time a customer of the house. I was to take 3/. 19s. out of it, and I delivered it to Mr. George Dowdney, who went out and brought back ten 51. notes to me. I gave nine of those 5L notes to Mr. Baugh, and the difference between 31. 19s. and Si. I knew the name and address of the prisoner: it was Mr. Baugh, Brentwood. In answer to questions from Mr. Wontner, the witness said the prisoner at once attended upon being informed of the circumstance of the alleged forgery ; and when told that Mr. Bush was desirous to see him he took that gentleman's address, and expressed his immediate inten tion to call at the office of the solicitor to the bankers. Mr. E. Gooding, clerk at the banking-house of Bar clay] and Co., of Lombard-street, said, Mr. Dowdney keeps an account at our house. I changed for Mr. Dowdney, on the 14th of June, a 50/. note, the number of which was 87,237, and the date the 6th of Jan., 1847. It was stated for the prosecution that the clerk of the North and South Wales Bank at Liverpool would come forward to prove that the cheque upon the Westminster Bank was procured for the small notes which had been procured at the Bank of England; and it would be also distinctly shown that the prisoner had been in London and in Liverpool on the days the different transactions alluded to with respect to the forgery took place. An application was then made for a remand of the prisoner for a week. Mr. Wontner said he had no objection to a short re mand of his client, but in fact there was no case against him. If Mr. Baugh was at all conscious of guilty know ledge of the forgery, he certainly would not have gone to his tailor to change a note which had been received amongst the proceeds, neither would he have manifested a desire to go to Mr. Bush when informed that the note was the subject of awkward inquiry. The prisoner was then remanded. A poor man brought to the Lord Mayor a Bank of England note which he said he had found at the corner of Coleman-street, and requested that his Lordship would act according to his judgment about it, for the finder was too poor to advertise it, and too much em ployed for his own living to search fcr the owner. The LORD MAYOR said he bad no doubt that some notice would be taken of the loss, and if the loser could be found, a recommendation should be made to him to reward the finder. CLERKEN WELL. John Ramsay, a young man of respectable appearance, was charged upon his own confession with the wilful murder of Mr. Henry Williams. The prisoner, who was described in the police-sheet as a cheesemonger, residing at No. 1, Matilda-place, Caledonian-road, Islington, on being put into the felons' dock, was in a very dejected state. Mr. Henry Williams, the deceased, who was alleged to have been murdered, was formerly an attorney, whose prin cipal practice was in the Customs and Excise, and he re sided in Constitution-row, St. Pancras. About two years and a half ago he had to conduct a case professionally in the Customs, and at its conclusion he accompanied some friends to a tavern in the Sparrow's-gate, near Tower hill, where they indulged freely, and the deceased left the place. He was afterwards found in the Minories i nse nsible, and bleeding from an injury immediately over his eye, and at an early hour in the morning he was driven up to the door of his residence in Constitution row. He was quite insensible, saturated with blood, as was also the inside of the cabriolet. He was unable to speak; and, after having been put to bed, Dr. Fogarty, of Acton place, Bagnigge Wells-road, was sent for, who promptly adopted every means that medical skill could d-vise, but Mr. Williams died shortly afterwards, in con sequence of the injury he had received. A coroner's jury was called, and, after an adjournment, Inspector Penny traced the deceased to have been put into the cab and seen to the door of his house by a man named Strickland, who immediately afterwards left him. Strickland and the cabman were brought forward, but they could not give decided or satisfactory evidence as to the cause of the injury or death of the deceased, and the subject being involved in mystery, the jury came to no decided verdict, leaving the matter open for the pro duction of further evidence and future investigation. The injury over the eye must have been inflicted by a stick or umbrella. Ralph Rose, 248 G, now deposed, that on Tuesday night last, about twelve o'clock, he was on duty in Bag nigge-wells station-house, when the prisoner knocked at the door, which being opened by witness, he requested to speak with him He was drunk at the time. Witness admitted him, and he said he had come there to deliver himself up for a murder which he had committed two years and a half ago. Witness took him into the charge room, when he said he had hit a man on the head with a stick. He was in his company with another man named Strickland; and ever since he had committed the crime he had not been able to rest. He said the deceased's name was Williams. An inquest had been held upon the body at the Silver Cup public-house, Cromer-street, St. Pancras. Mr. ARNOLD.—Did he seem serious when he made this statement ? Witness answered in the affirmative. He gave his name and address, John Ramsay, No. 1, Matilda-place, Caledo nian-road, Islington, cheesemonger. He maintained the same sullenness all night that ho now preserved in court, and was silent. Inspector Penny gave confirmatory testimony as to the statement made by the prisoner. Mr. ARNOLD—Have you been to make inquiries in reference to the matter? Inspector Penny—l have, your Worship, and ascertained that the prisoner is what he ,I•?°3cribirs himself to be. I was pres( nt at the coroner's inquest en Mr. 'Williams. He was taken home wounded and covered with blood in a cabriolet, and the jury re. turned no verdict, I,2aving it op e n, in case any satisfac tory evidence could be traced. I traced Strickland, and he gave evidence before the coroner's jury. He is now a prisoner in the Queen's Bench Prison. The cabman ' who drove the deceased home gave evideuoe . thilt he bad A•m•••••••....4.10.........ner......... i I CIA taken deceased home from the Minories. W i t n ess V , to that at seven o'clock yesterday morning he went 0'„744 cell where the prisoner was confined, and intl",,a whether he wished him to send for any refresh ments s ullen should he send for his wife. The prisoner was n o , and replied, "No, all the world will know it n ' sba s know it." He (the inspeetor),pder an impre ssie . o the the prisoner might be deranges in his intellect, twos course of the night sent for the police surgeon mo d Mr. Sheehy attended, and dcei4ed.that he was O ' ! co if intellect, but advised that hek l „should be c an o b- watched in order to prevent,self-vvlence, which 'iv served % served all night. - 10 114 Mr. ARNOLD inquired whether the prisonerV il na ter been communicated with on the subject? e 2f - D sof Pennyl--Yes, your Worship, she is present. ( I ",; e 'ssa wife was in court much affected.) He sai d e " f hie three children. She was formerly in the serv ice , ° she Grace the Duke of Wellington as kitchen-main' they saved some money,: and married the prisoner, wb,e c sre st, set up in business as a cheesemonger in ChsP e s f ish Somers-town. Her husband became acquain t ' . ruis the deceased, and through him they were brought.tebisk and bankruptcy, and were obliged to give up th e , r she ness about two years and a half ago, and ever ou t ;idel had been the chief support of herself and fussily by in washing. to 511 Mr. ARNOLD asked the prisoner if he svieu e- g ar anything to the charge? He could do as he di proper; he was not bound to say anything. The prisoner declined saying anything. eelt' Mr. ARNoLD—Then I shall remand you for a w 0, The prisoner was then locked up in a state GSM , tion, when he requested an interview with his svir'oeS Mr. ARNOLD directed it to be granted, and she sra: o , o " into the gaoler's room by Inspector Penny, an ti ' ssi l panied by Mr. Sheehy. The prisoner kissed berg they both shed tears. After a short interval they separated. Ars 00 01 Mr. ARNOLD directed Inspector Penny to w - pl eeS possible inquiry about the extraordinary matter Ldp. this and the next examination, which he prontisedfaate In the course of the day the prisoner WAS eon /e l . :- prison in the police van. SOUTHWARK. Mary Ann West was charged with stealing ntei, * containing a 51. Bank of England note, five so/ ;;0111 and a cheque for 33/. Bs. 7d. from Mr. Themes il d sill' Cotton's Wharf, Tooley-street; and John BOP' 1 00+' Charles Burrell, two respectable-looking Yonec o dtt l described as holding situations in the City, wore c with aiding and assisting in the robbery. be isgt o The complainant stated that about half patjal% o'clock on the preceding night, as be was _„ 7- , - , d along the Dover-road, the prisoner West 0 ,1 " - f . sr to him, and wanted to prevail upon hinY'slo ll ,, ' 1 company her home. He refused, and sitt i . so_, thrust one of her hands into his trousers' poes'lsts' pulling out his purse, ran away. He was in Ol di e 0, proceeding after her when he was seized by t A " - to who came from the opposite side of the way ..--„ el him, although he struggled, until the woman h 5 ,,,01 0 out of sight by running down one of the adjacent, e Llitle The two men then ran away themselves in the dlO-01.0 of St. George's Church, and he went up to a tr" u A bee , standing at his door, and told him that he br e , robbed, when the former took him to a house iu,..,,5, street close by, where he saw the female pcison'olf gave her into custody. He added, that he sub s t g i tl i so went into the White Hart Inn in the Borough, o ir he had not been long before the two other prison e b , IP tered, and on seeing them he he believed them r,,,a In. men who held him while the prisoner who rou";datB escaped, and he called in two policemen and ° A o ttr charge against them ; but they were libera te " s PS station-house, the landlord of the White ge r 4 tit s having undertaken that they should apnea : - . 1 6' police-court. •A be v In reply to Mr. SECRER, the complainant sa'-,,,,1t•r suspected the prisoners were the men, from t" - iw gif pearance, although he admitted he had not 0,1 NI nity of distinguishing their features ; that he r a fir drinking, but he was perfectly capable of knoP cp , 4 he was about. , ~, sr, Mr. James Hughes, the tradesman alluded P.„ - 'Ol that while standing at the door he observed a " f t SF:, talking to the complainant at a short distane e ,,, ° 6o, l he afterwards saw her run away and turn in*"„bjer . , street. He also observed two men stop the coin.n., r as he was going after the woman, and they s'; o ol.t . away towards the Borough. Thinking that the,se, ~,,, had entered a house of ill fame in Swan-stree t . .„k a .. ,1r he took the complainant there, and they ftw - s, woman in the kitchen with the landlady and solne i f slo woman, with her bonnet and shawl on, just •;.) ore, had recently come there. The witness t ided, tu i ti ti t: his observation of the woman while she stood t ti ,. oo et w r the complainant in the road he believed the 1 31. :d e rtc be the same woman. He, however, could not, 11 „„ - listi to say that the two young men charged witi,„ -- ,,tatV the rescue were the men he saw stop the ne' - ` - 4 , when he wursuin the thief. The two as young men referred to said th at the ?ea plainant was quite mistaken with regard to ther,-,4 they had been at the fancy fair held at the .1 ":„„ Victuallers' Asylum, in the Kent-road, on the P. n .- Ora day, which they left at a late hour, and got on " - ns Abp bus at the Shard Arms in the Kent road, fr °- WV., they alighted in the Borough, opposite to the ls lair Hart Inn, which they entered, and had not bee . oil there before this extraordinary accusation A ss , ', l against them. Mr. Henry Brown, the landlord of the W h i . i :sq Inn, said, the complainant entered his house su o I sbv„ past twelve o'clock on the preceding nights . his ( 0 ; time the two young men, one of whom wit . 4o.; landlord's) relation. were sitting at supper. pa t OA the complainant started up, said he was going „ Pr" short time, and returned with four p o licenalbes charged the young men with assisting in the r c hi g• . The witness said that both the young men wer e .,„" e 3 P . respectable, and quite incapable of being co ne g el such an offence as that with which they were ohe rs3 o oo , Policeman 250 M said, that he saw the tw° : I s 0 men alight from a Greenwich omnibus oppus, White Hart Inn, which they firntered togesthaq.the foo l: In reply to Mr. SEORER, and ma. 'on-house, 0 prisoner was searched at the statt The house half-crown piece found in her possession. . ~. which she was taken, however, was not searcheums_nek the policeman ta Mr. SECHER said that, under all the circu Pf s be he should discharge the two young men and rea d ", other prisoner for further exanaination. al .P•em0mMe11...... 1 The seventh volume of Mr. Forbes Ca r e_ P t o v V. Translation of M. Thiers' History of the Conan is to the Empire (the only authorised English appear this week. From what we have bean:lo f t :o ~ tents, it will prove even more important and 1 alit"; than either of the preceding volumes. It Iv' 101 rs we are informed, Napoleon and Alexander f o d aii ir together the utter destruction of England , i 017 plunder of the whole world; and the author c l i s oil merit of being the first to disclose the real 1° 6,101 that famous treaty of Tilsit, by which the I rc P e 00 edition)... li spirators solemnly bound themselves to the ex ec •,,_ their nefarious schemes. _ n ails Da Cl-00 CADYERTISEMENT.]—GENUINE EAU -- tra d imported direct, and kept two years in the doe7 e nee w sold. Ross and Sons beg to say, that in conse c l, o An the spurious trash offered, they are induced ,1 4 t ,n0 . 1 known the system adopted by them for th e i sso f, ) ears of selling only the genuine, and that _„, o tte7, old. In consequence of their enormous cons_7o r, they are enabled to sell the best at little Inol: e nfe riofL charged for the spurious, the latter being !lel w bet British brandyt is to foreign. Prices —s sing %, 3s. ; a case of six, 16s. ; six cases at once, 1 0 7 0 1 va for cash only. Address Ross and Sons, 1 19 „OM' Biahopsgate-street, London.—N.B. They he'r._e ' bo nele / dozen left of some that has been seven years ; o af', [ADVERTIsEMENT.] —DEAFNESS, NEW DI SC t or, 39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY.—The Orgill-0C '' lbr a cin fir traordinary powerful small newly-invented instrument, 0 - 6 x itl , of entirely different from all others, to surpass anytning_.° r ma lled in r4 has been, or probably ever can be produced ; it 15 mod be ASt ear so that it rests within, w,thout projecting, which .P- 0 , 310 0 e; t r in the ears and removed in company unobserved ; and__ , e ra loir same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. The Pl ot ife e valuable new invention are so great as to bring very def i w h t ing, of long standing, to its perfect and natural state, ail,`_; la 4 , deat persons to enjoy general conversation, to hear r: - te li o i,4l church, on the bench, at the bar, and at public a ssembli.°' Ai l pleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears are e ntirl K a i and it affords to individuals affected with this dreadful itl ;Ire assistance that possibly could be desired. Also imps A i description. The newly-invented 11 + ,;;;;‘, immediatelyftheveeyryare placed betore extremely imperfect Viii iv— .. A . mist and dullness which appear before the eyes is at once I, every object becomes clear and distinct, so that the most w oo perfect sight becomes bright and brilliant, and is brought to RS ful, natural and original state. Also Achromatic Telescope& Glasses, Microscopes, &e. Caution-Messrs. B. and B. ~ 4 Opticians, are not in any way cpnnected with a person of :',./ a name in their immediate neighbcurhood, nor in any pa d 0' country. To prevent mistakes be cautious, and Observe-,Zikji had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly (oppodte the York finiAl; [AD VERTISEMENT.] —THE VIRTUE OF $0%,..5. OINTMENT AND PILLS lIIWILT ESTEEMED TilEollanoUT if is ejtilLO Editor of the " Eenares Recorder," publishes the relieve' or-,0 dinary cure :-Heerah Lall, a cloth merchant, residing 4 ,1 1 0 0 0 had suffered for more than eighteen months, with dreatuf, , 4 0' sores all over his legs and body, totally disabling him fret e, w i e he had expended large sums in medicine from the Halte . y t ee T a ft out relief, when an European gentleman, who had Pr°"" i beir 0 0 cacy of Holloway's Ointment and Pill's, recemlnend6Lllll, which advice he followed, and in the course of tvrentY,,";oooool' perfectly restored to health, from a disease which hia,„w r iester • down to death's door. Sold by all Druggists, and at . loway's establishment, 244, Strand, London. it . BIRTH'S. Al° On the 14th inst., in Montagu-place, R ussell , wife of Joseph Aldridge, Esq., of a daughter. , 10 110,'" On the 7th inst., at Alton, the wife of Low s fir e of a daughter, still- born. 016 r i v cle-P , On the 11th inst., in Westbourne-terrace, ..`-' sos oeXf lady of Thomas Faulconer, Esq., of a daughter. _..f._ On the 12th inst., at Pickford Lodge, Tins bc ra Ole the lady of C. E. Hayes Newington, Esq., l ""ginOrsse° On the 12th inst., at Glasse], Upper Banchorf,t,. of - , shire, North Britain, the lady of John Michell, , c'''' •et and heir. ; n . Ol d On the 13th inst., the lady of E. Edmonds, J il- ' i ,I. Bradford, Wilts, of a daughter. t he wif e ° On the 14th inst., at Haling-park, Croydo n, Giles, Esq., of a son. , ti ;so f MARRIED. near p e e e e On the 12th inst., at Ho ve Church, near —visa Hare, Esq., of King-street, Cheapside, to Mis: ._____ ___,,..- , of Bedford-square, Brighton. a lif DIED. On the 17th of April last, on board the Trouhe ci°-' iste tenant Hibernicus Scott, Bombay Artillery'-,,,,, / of the , On the 7th inst., at Rye, Rhoda Jane, f 1,19 r Richard Weeden Butler, aged 71. Richey e Oa the Bth inst., Mr. William Ambrose 111 _ w ee% Charles -street, Parliament , street, Westminster;s„, TA On the 10th inst., at Heron Villa, Mary Bradney, the wife of Captain Powell, H•i, Ga r-A On the 10th inst., at Bishopstoke, Hants , ".• S ' o lllel Colquitt, aged 71. William • On the 11th inst at Leeds, the Rev- Or ~ Monck. 00° Mr , Th ~4. On the 11th inst., in Wellclose-squar e, 1 a LP'` Worceste,a.4.- 404 buck, aged 76. of . 2 - r On the 13th hist., Mrs. Edward Munday, place, Islington, aged 78. 'ch. /I t =-.!--,a' oT i rr eat t Loneon : Printed and Published by MUSD° YO:i7i n Of 0 1/ • Strand, Printer, at The Sun Mee, N 0.112. Stra l , e . i hu rgtl2/ 0 of the savoy, in the County of bliddlellOSl .•' 1647. COURT OF ALDERMEN. On Tuesday a court of Aldermen was held for the transaction of public business. SMITHFIELD MARKET. A petition was presented from some of the principal salesmen and butchers in Smithfield-market, complaining of the interruption of the business of the market on Mon days by carts, waggons, &c., and praying that an order be issued by the court to prevent any future interruption within the market hours. After some conversation upon the subject, it was una nimously agreed to that the thoroughfare through the market be closed to carts, waggons, &c., from four in the morning till twelve in the day on market days, and that due notice of such arrangement be given by adver tisements in the newspapers, as well as by a placard in Smithfield. OVERCROWDING OF STEAM- VESSELS. The master, wardens, and other officers of the Water man's Company having appeared to be sworn before the court. __ _ _ _ Vv Alderman COPELAND *a he hoped the gentlemen at the. bar would do all in their power to prevent the steam vessels from admitting more passengers than could be safely conveyed to and from. London. He regretted to be obliged to acknowledge that, notwithstanding the passing of the bye-laws expressly for the regulation of steam-vessels, the appearance of no regulation at all was much more apparent than ever. The LORD MAYOR said he had just noticed the circum stance in a few observations which he had made at the Mansion-house, rather as an appeal to the public, and for their protection through their own co-operation, than for any other purpose. He had been given to un derstand that the steam-vessels, casting aside all appre hensions as to the effect of the operation of the bye-laws, admitted passengers until they stood up completely wedged together. Alderman HUSIPHERY said, the overcrowding was not at all to be w)ndered at when the magistrates themselves were personally instrumental to that very fact. He had seen some of the gentlemen who considered that the steamers were in so much danger of going to the bottom, actually forcing their way on board.—(Langhter.) So mnch for the consistency of those who inveighed against alleged nuisances. He was very desirous of preventing danger or inconvenience in adapting rules to the public accommodation, but the gentlemen to whom Alderman Copeland addressed himself possessed no authority capable of being exercised as regarded steam-vessels. They were part of a body appointed before any steam vessels were thought of, and nothing had taken place since the application of steam to navigation to give them any additional power. As for the bye-laws they were ineffective altogether. The RECORDER said, that steam-vessels were certainly responsible in penalties for receiving more passengers on board than they syere licensed to carry. Alderman COPELAND said, the bye-laws had been made by the company, confirmed by the court of Aldermen, and sanctioned by the judges. There was nothing else to be done but to carry them into execution, and it was, he considered the duty of the Waterman and Lighter men's Company to take measures for giving full effect to them. He was sure that they had cost the court of Al dermen trouble enough. Alderman WILSON was surprised at the difficulty which was complained of. The court had taken the greatest pains to establish a system of regulations cal culated to benefit the steam navigation of the Thames. They had heard all parties on all sides of the ques tion, and had agreed to bye-laws which had received the necessary judicial sanction. All then that was required was, that these bye-laws should be carried into effect. The LORD Mayon—The steamers can afford to pay the penalties of overloading. Alderman HIIMPHEILY supposed, if it were in the power of the court of Aldermen to inflict a penalty of 40s. for overloading, it would be in their power to inflict 10s. for the same offence. The RECORDER said there seemed to be some misun derstanding upon the important bye-law particularly alluded to. By that bye-law a penalty of 40s. was in flicted for every passenger above the regulated number. Alderman WILSON thought the master and wardens of the company were bound to employ persons to see that the bye-laws were effectually carried out. The Clerk to the Waterman's Company stated to the court, that every one of the convictions for violations of the bye-laws had been appealed against successfully. All of them had been quashed. The conversation ended, after some of the Aldermen stated that the quashing of the convictions ought not to prevent further experiments upon the efficacy of the bye-laws. RATES OF PILOTAGE IN CHINA. A. copy of the following proclamation issued by her Mai sty's Vtaperiatortasut of Trade in Chins has been transmitted to Lloyd's from the Board of Trade:— " GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. " His Excellency her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., is pleased to direct that the annexed rates of pilotage at the ports of trade, as settled by her Majesty's Consul, be published for general information:— " Shanghae—Five dollars for all vessels, irrespective of tonnage or draught of water. " Ningpo—Five dollars for each vessel from and to Square Island; ten dollars from and to the Chusan Islands. " Foo-chow.Foo—Fifty cents. for each foot the vessel draws up to twelve, and one dollar for every additional foot to the Woo-foo-Ilim Pass; from that to the an. chorage at Pagoda Island, 50 cents. additional for each foot; and from thence to the bridge at Nantae, 25 cents. for each foot—all exclusive of charge for tow boats. " Amoy—No pilots needed, and none employed. " Canton—Five cents. per ton, and one dollar for each bar boat when required. (By order) "A. R. JOHNSTON. " Victoria, Hong-Kong, March 4, 1847." STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, JULY 13.—The demand to-day has been much less active than et the close of last week; and the business done has been on a considerably smaller scale. Prices generally continue firm, but shirtings suit able for India were to be had rather lower. The dimi nished activity is attributed chiefly to the uneasy state of the money market. The occurrence within this few days of two or three failures, has also doubtless had an un favourable effect. We regret to learn that one house has liabilities to a considerable amount, variously stated at from 12,0001. to 20,0001., in Colne. This amount is distributed among several different firms. It is hoped that the estate will realise a handsome dividend, if there is not ultimately sufficient to pay the creditors in full. The other failures do not immediately affect this neigh bourhood. ROCHDALE, JULY 12.—We had rather more business doing in flannels to-day, but no improvement in prices. There is more inquiry for goods, and a greater willing. ness to buy. The wool market is much the same as last week, both as regards price and demand. HUDDERSFIELD, JULY 13.—The market to-day has not maintained the character of last week; nevertheless, we have had a fair amount of business doing. The American orders for winter goods are nearly completed. Orders from the German and continental merchants have been received, and from their tenor we may hope there will be an increase over those of last season. LEEDS, JULY 13.—There has been a good business doing to-day at our cloth halls, and altogether there is a much better f ee li ng i n our mar k e t s t h an w e have wit nessed for some time past. Prices are rather looking up, owing to the new wool being so much higher, and the old stock on hand getting very small.—Manchester Guardian. in Al .---lIRDER 0 n Tuesday Mr. Mill s h e ld an i nques t the Board-room of Marylebone Workhouse, on the hairdresser, Homer street, (ramble, wife of H. Gamble, male infant of ma ti:.: T it.;t he mother was brought in c h u a s d t o t d o y h into accommodatedt o the i inquest-room, st- t' r w o , a an h d was so weak that she t.t, appeared A great evidence was produced, from which it tmhaatssthoef prisoner had been for a lo husband, and that from circumstances e which her female friends observed in the water closet having given birth to a child there, which h ae s c h used her of adding that the birth was unexpected, and she admitted, place earlier than she imagined it would. Police -constable Bannister, D 124, deposed that he found the infant buried several inches under the soil of the water-closet. ial l e d G. Wilson, surgeon to the police of the district, stated that he was called in when the infant was taken out of the soil. It was then warm, but dead. Upon a post mortem examination he found that it was a full born and fall developed child, and that it lived some time after its birth. It was suffocated by the soil getting into its mouth, throat, and nostrils. A solicitor, who appeared for the prisoner, cross-examined the witnesses without shaking in the slightest degree their direct evidence. The inquest-room having been cleared of strangers, the j"Ty, after a very lengthened deliberation, returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against the parent, who nearly fain ted u n hearing it s announcement. The Coroner having made _ out her committal, she was con veyed by I n‘peet or Hunt to Newgate. The unfortunate woman, who hitherto is the mot h er of erto bore an irreproachable character, five children, all of whom, with the exception o f one, have died. DUNDEE T RADE REPORT. --- Our markets have undergone no change a u • possessed of c o l our and mg the last eight d a y s . Flax ansatity is in qu i re d a f ter, an d i s saleable in small quant i hemp and hemp codill a t h ere ati about former ra t es . In for want of supples. East India jute or n o thi eg d o i ng j scarce, and meets ready buyers, at prices contin ues rat h er a 22/. los. to 24/. 10s. per ton, according prices varyi ng f rom quality of the parcels. The fromarrivals foreignto the c o l our and during the past week consist of one vessel p orts one from Revel, and one from Altona, loadecf roln Riga ' th flax, &c. The last accounts from the different Baltic wi of f o th t e s advi , e n , important ehenee in the position ofany ports markets. P f'S of flax and m,iiiia worn thAintained, without , - .:_,,.:1 activity in basiness. The weather throughou: ill° e3utinent is still reported as uncom.: mitt; fine and favi: , !irable fur .the' young crops o f all sorts.— Dend,ee Courier., The Lord Advocate of Scotland and Mr. Gibson Craig had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-cace.