The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-21 00:00:00

AQUATICS. LAMBETH REGATTA. The annual oars' contest for a purse of sovereigns, subscribed by the ladies and genthJnien of Lambeth, took place on Monday. and was both numerously and respecta bly attended. The race was in three heats, with twelve watermen, many of whose names must be familiar to our aquatic readers. FIRST BEAT. John Maynard and E. Perry, jun. (White) 1 Joseph Arthur and John Wyld ..(Blue) 2 George Wilson and E. Perry, sen. (Pink) 0 The distance in this and in the second heat was from Westminster-bridge, up round a boat moored off Bur nett's Distillery, down the Surrey shore, round a boat off the King's Arms stairs, and back to Lambeth-stairs. It was a good heat throughout, but the winners took the lead and kept it, although pressed for the greater part of the distance sharply by the second pair. SECOND HEAT. *Tames Maynard and Wm. Richards (Yellow) 1 Richard Wilson and Henry Shelton (Scarlet) 2 Wm. Wilson and Lewis Richards (Green) 0 A bustling start was succeeded by the winners going off with the lead, which they held. The two other pair made a close match. GRAND HEAT. J. Maynard and E. Perry Jas. Maynard and Wm. Richards 2 Joseph Arthur and J. Wyld In this heat the course was reversed; the men start ing from Vauxhall -bridge down to King's Arms-stairs, up to Burnett's distillery, and back to Lambeth-stairs. It was a capital heat all the way. The men all got away well excepting blue, who having soon got to work well, and with white and yellow were level. White then slightly led, but blue and yellow both putting on a spirt, were, off Wentzell's again oar and oar, in which order they remained for three minutes. White then obtained a good lead, and on the return up was, when off Lam ,beth Palace, six lengths a head; yellow being second. In this position the heat was finished. BANKSIDE REGATTA. The watermen at Bankside on Monday rowed for a purse of sovereigns, subscribed by the inhabitants of the Clink Liberty, Southwark. The contest was in three heats, with several competitors, the course extending from Blackfriars bridge down, round a boat off the Phoenix Coal Wharf, up to Messrs. Horse's road, down again to the Phoenix, and finished at Thames-streeet stairs. FIRST HEAT. John Harris and E. Lipscombe (Yellow) I J. G. Moore and G. Farmer (White) 2 Thomas Aver and W. Ardley (Green) 0 Blue took the lead, followed by green. Yellow then went to work in plucky style, overhauled green, and went into the second place. Yellow then challenged blue, and rowed outside of them against the tide, and won the heat in first rate style. SECOND NEAT. George Johnes and Thomas Harrison (Pink) 1 John Harrison and Thomas Martin (Brown) 2 Robert Simmonds and Henry Weilatts (Red) 0 The winters took the lead and kept it. GRAND HEAT. John Harris and E. Lipscombe J. P. Moore and G. Farmer . They were together for a few minutes at a rattling pace, then yellow went in front, and kept it in gallant style. Upon a moderate calculation, we should say there were 5,000 persons present at this mc.tch. LIMELIOUSE REGATTA. This event also came off on Monday, and was exceed ingly well contested, in the presence of a vast concourse of spectators. The prize was a new skiff for the first man, to which were added V. for the second man, and other amounts for the remainder. The race was in five beats, with six scullers. FIRST HEAT. George Rice William Skinner (Pink) 1 (Red) 2 Joseph Champion (Yellow) 0 A beautiful start; Skinner took the lead fur some dis• tance, when Rice passed him, and came in first by four lengths. SECOND SEAT. William Newman (Green) I William Boughton (Blue) 2 Charles Quanell (Crimson) 0 Boughton took the lead, but was unable to r,tain it, and gate place to Newman.—Won by five lengths. THIRD HEAT. Sherman Boughton (Blue) 2 An indifferent heat. The winner went away from the others. FOURTH HEAT. Rice (Pink) 1 Skinner (Red) 2 A beautiful race. Skinner took the lead, followed by Rice, who shortly overhauled him. GRAND HEAT. William Skinner (Red) Rice (Fink) 2 The heat was well contested. Although the winner took the start, and kept it, his opponent was close on his quarter all the way. The distance extended from Rat cliffe-cross to the City Canal Buoy—twice round each heat. THE STATUE of PRINCE ALBERT. Monday, according to the previous announcement, the marble statue of his Royal Highness Prince Albert was opened to public view at two o'clock precisely. The committee for erecting the statue, and the committee of Lloyd's, proceeded through the underwriters' room to the vestibule, which was crowded with subscribers and ,the public. On the covering being removed an universal buzz of approbation ensued, which on subsiding Mr. THOMAS BARING, M.P., addressed the assembly, and observed that they were all aware that the mer chants and underwriters, in order to commemorate the laying of the first stone of the Royal Exchange, had subscribed to plaee a statue of his Royal Highness Prince Albert in some conspicuous part of the building, and he felt assured that those who now witnessed the guec ess which had attended the labours of the committee would congratulate them on the beautiful statue which had just been uncovered to their view. Mr. Baring then observed that his Royal Highness occupied a high station in the country, and the members of Lloyd's, in contemplating the elevated position in which the statue appeared in their rooms, would feel gratified that they were in the possession of such a work of art, reflecting, as it did, the highest credit on the sculptor. The sub scribers were aware that it was mainly owing to the ex ertions of his friend Mr. Thomas Chapman, the deputy eilairman of the committee., that the splendid and appro priate tribute to his Royal Highness had been placed in their rooms, and he felt convinced that, on their behalf, he might congratulate Mr. Chapman on the happy ter mination of his labours. Three hearty cheers were then given for the statue, followed by three other cheers for Mr. Lough, the sculptor. The meetin4 then separated, but the vestibule continued crowded during the remainder of the day by persona anxious to see the statue. There were present Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., Chair man; Mr. Thomas Chapman, Deputy Chairman; Baron Goldsmid, Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart., Deputy Master of the Trinity House; Sir George Larpent, Sir Peter Laurie, and Mr. Charles Graham, the honorary secretary to the committee for erecting the statue. The statue, as a work of art in the class to which it belongs, appears faultless. The easy poise and dignity of the figure, and the natural expression of the coun tenance—perfectly true, yet elevated in character— exhibit his Royal Highness in a style consistent with his station, and admirably suited to the position in which it is placed. The artist has also succeeded greatly, by hi s skilful management of the drapery, in giving sim plicity to the robe of state, and rendering that which generally looks so cumbrous, both becoming and oTaceful. ROYAL VISIT TO VAUXHALL.—On Monday a g rid gala was given at the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, whi c h was honoured by the presence of her Royal High. ness the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, the Duke an n . Duchess of Somerset, Lady Augusta Somer. set, the Hallo verian Minister, the Baron de Nieumann, the Earl and Countess of Jersey, Baron Knesebeck, the Countess de la Tour, Lor W d W. Lennox, Baron Roths child, & c . Th e royal party were received by Mr. R. War dell and Mr. R. Brown, the lessees, and were conducted to a suite of rooms, the came that were set a p art for her .Majesty when Princess Victoria, on the occasion of her visit with with th e D uc h ess o f K en t, Prince George, and the and Duchess o f C am bridge, to the gardens. A salute of 21 guns yvas fired, and there was a superb em blematical coup de feu exhibited. The s tage was fitted up with a royal box.reostelegantly decorated for the occasion. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess fary repeatedly expressed their gratification at the per formances. DEATH OF HUGH W. BOULTO Nt IST LIFE GUARDS.—It is our painefnul: Esc4 duty to o r announce uTE the death of the above youthful g place at an early hour on Sunday meo rn maP m , which took c eased caught a violent cold early in the month The de ceased of June, while quartered at W ind sor with his regiment, which, terminating in inflammation of the lungs, caused 'a death. :The deceased was second son of the late Matthew Boulton, Esq., of Tew Park, Oxfordshire, a n d .Staffordshire. He was universally esteemed and beloved by his brother officers. His loss will be deeply felt. CAUTION TO STEAM-BOAT PASSENGERS. —O n Sunday morning a young woman named Donovan, re siding in Church -street, Soho, having received the pro. ceeds of a half-year's pension due to her father, took .her passage by a Gravesend steam-boat for the purpose (se conveying the money to her parent. It was not until sh e ar r i ve d at her destination that she discovered she had been robbed of her purse containing all she pos sessed, viz., 71. los. in gold an d silver, when she recol lected that duriner, the passage two genteelly-dressed sheyoung men had engeged her in conversation, to whom unsuspectingly wbo Un n sou doubt told the object of her journey, and d similarly dexterous effected the heartless depredation in a us manner to which the omnibus rob beries are perpetrated, and against which the pub lic have been so frequently cautioned. The hardship of the case is greatly ao• ated by the circumstance of the poor man Donovat i l; a ei h it i lan infirm state of health, (depending for subsistene_o n a n u g ,hte s rma ll pension and the precarious assistance his daughter can afford him i fr n o d m i. her earnings as a shirtmaker. A widuals on board, commiserating th y : distress of the father and daughter, made a small collection to relieve their immediate necessities. S MIT HFIELD MARKET. —To obviate th e numerous celomplaints lately made as to the obstructions ea vehicle;, &c., the Lord Mayor has issued notice that by the thoroughfare through Smithfield-market for waggons, carts, and carr ia g es will be for the future closed s' . from tour o'clock in the morning of Monday's market till twelve et noon on the ;tee day. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ARCHES' COURT, July 19. 7•11 E OFFICE OF THE JUDGE PROMOTED BY VARNALL v. CRAIG, CLERK. This was a cause of office promoted by Mr. George Hooke Parnell, of Burley Park, in the county of South ampton, against the Rev. John Kershaw Craig, a clerk in holy orders of the United Church of England and Ireland, and minister of the new church of St. john the Baptist, at Burley, in the said county, touching his soul's health, and the lawful correction and reformation of his manners and excesses, and more especially for having been guilty of the crime of adultery, fornication, or incontinence. Although the pleadings and evidence have extended to very unusual length, yet the substance of the case lies in a very narrow compass. A libel was given in on behalf of the promoter, which after the usual formal articles went on to charge the 11ev. Gentleman, being a married man, with entering the l,edroom of his female servants in the years 1844 and 1845, and remaining with them frequently for several hours. That on or about the 3d of June, 1344, he com mitted adultery with a woman who had been one of his servants, in Ridley Wood, near to his residence. That in December, 1944, and January, 1845, he fre quently in the kitchen of his house sat before the fire between two of the servants; and that on some of such occasions one of them laid her head upon his lap, and also sat upon his knee. That on a Sunday, shortly before Christmas, 1844, two or three young girls, who were his parishioners, and among them one Ann Smith, went to drink tea in the kitchen of his house, and that after tea his wife played to them in the drawing-room upon the organ, and with him sang or chanted part of the service of the church. That the girls having had their supper in the kitchen, Mr. Craig being in the kitchen pulled back the chair whereon Ann Smith was sitting, and putting his hands round her kissed or attempted to kiss her; and that with one of his hands he tickled the knees of Jane Shelley, saying that he did so to see if she was jealous, or to that effect. The libel then referred to the proceedings which had taken place before a commission of inquiry instituted by the Lord Bishop of Winchester, under the Church Discipline Act, and concluded by praying that Mr. Craig might be duly and canonically corrected and punished according to the exigency of the law, and also be condemned in the costs. In answer to this libel a plea was given in by Mr. Craig, setting forth that since his residence at Burley he had faithfully and diligently discharged his duty thereat as minister, had acquired the good-will, and had conducted himself to the entire satisfaction of the great majority of the inhabitants of the district committed to his care, among whom he was held in high esteem and regard, as well for the manner in which he performed his public ministrations as for his attention to the schools, and also to the poor and sick of the district,and such esteem and regard continued undiminished up to the present moment. That Mr. Craig and his wife, who had been married 14 years, and had issue of their mar riage four children, had always lived and cohabited to gether, and still did so on terms of great and uninter rupted affection. That Mr. Farnall, the promoter of the suit, had entertained and manifested in various ways a feeling of great personal enmity and towards Mr. Craig, and that all the charges made against him had been wickedly and maliciously brought against him by Mr. Farnall, and were utterly false and unfounded. That he had never been guilty of any act of adultery, fornication, or incontinence, and had never taken any indecent, improper, or unbecoming liberty or familarity with any woman whatever. That the charge of adultery in Ridley Wood was falsely and foully pleaded. That the only person examined on that charge before the commission deposed to the offence being com mitted on the evening of the 3d of June, 1844, at the hour of seven o'clock. That the wood consisted of full grown beech trees, without underwood of any sort, had a public road leading from Ridley Wood directly through it, and was crossed by paths in various direc tions ; that it was the play place of children in the neighbourhood ; was much frequented by such and ethers, especially on summer evenings, and was exposed .hroughout to public observation. That on the 3d of June, 1844, Jane Shelley was at home with her parents, from between five and six o'clock in the evening until she went to bed, and that during no part of such even ing was she at all in the company of Mr. Craig, either in Ridley Wood or elsewhere. That he did nut ent-r the bedroom of his female servants, neither did he ever sit between them at the kitchen fire, nor did any one of them lay her head upon his lap. That the charge relating to Ann Smith, contained in part a perversion of the truth, and in part au averment of what was absolutely false. That what really then and there occurred was as follows : namely, that Ann Smith having, with her father and brother, recently become an attendant at the church, was asked by Mrs. Craig to come to their house to drink tea with the servants, which she accordingly did, on the 19th of October; that, between tea and supper, four young girls, including Ann Smith, had gone up stairs, into the parlour, and assisted, or been present at the singing of some hymns whilst Mrs. Craig played upon the organ, and just as those four girls were preparing to leave the house after supper Mr. Craig had some con versation with Ann Smith relative to purchasing a couple of prayer-books, which she requested him to do for her; but neither on this nor on any other occasion did he either kiss or attempt to kiss Ann Smith or tickle the knees of Jane Shelley. That Mr. Farnall, previous to the institution of the suit, had been repeatedly told and assured by Ann Smith, that neither on that nor on any other occasion had she been treated with or had ever witnessed any impropriety whatever on the part of Mr. Craig. In reply to this statement a responsive allegation was brought in by Mr. Farnall, pleading that Mr. Craig had been and was in the habit of performing his public ministrations in an irregular manner. That he had al lowed the clerk to be in the reading desk with him, and to therein read the lessons, and had on many Sundays omitted to read the Ten Commandments and the prayers immediately connected therewith. That, partly owing to such irregularities, the church, which was capable of containing about 280 persons, was during the year 1843 seldom attended on the mornings of Sun day by more than six or eight person= ' and in the even ings by more than twenty persons, exclusive of children, many of the inhabitants having attended, since the com mencement of 1845, a Dissenting chapel, built in 1841. That in or about the year 1840 several of the subscri bers to the parochial school discontinued their subscrip tions in consequence of the inattention of Mr. Craig, and that the school had decreased from about sixty boys and girls to about eight girls and two boys, while in 1845 a school in connexion with the Dissenting chapel was opened, and was attended by about forty-six boys and girls. That Mr. Farnall had not manifested in various ways a feeling of great personal enmity and to wards Mr. Craig; that the charges had not been wick edly and maliciously brought against him; but that Mr. Farnall bad exhibited the articles at the instance and re quest of the Lord Bishop of Winchester. That Ridley Wood consisted of oak as well as beech trees; that there was a great abundance of fern, which on the 3d of June was upwards of three feet in height; that the only road through it was a forest track, and that it was not fre quented by children. A further allegation was given in on behalf of Mr. Craig, denying that the clerk had been admitted to the minister's desk, or had read the lessons therefrom since the end of 1342 or beginning of 1843, when the practice, which had not been in use more than a few Sundays, had been discontinued. That the reading of the lessons by the clerk from his own desk in the morning, but never in the evening service, had been continued in considera tion of Mr. Craig having been long suhiect to a spitting of blood and of the fatigue occasioned by the walk of twelve miles every Sunday. That it was untrue that 11r. Craig bad omitted to read the Ten Commandments and the prayers connected therewith on many Sundays; that it was only done on one occasion, and that in 1842, in consequence et' Mr. Craig's alarm and anxiety about a son, six years of age, who on the preceding day had met with a serious accident. That the average nuns • ber of the congregation at the church of Burley through out the year 1845 was eighty in the morning and 130 in the evening, about one-third of whom might be children. That except those of the families of Mr. Farnall and Mr. Rill no pew or sitting in the church was given up in, or for long prior to, 1845. That a meeting-house for Dissenters with a scho o l a tt ac h e d to i t had existed in the district of Burley for the last half century. That the persons who withdrew their support from the Burley schools in 1840 were o n ly fi ve i n number. That the sequence nseuffnefretdhea master r ra a r n y d d m e i p s r t e re ss s i s o h n a i v n in l gon 845, in left con ob taining higher appointments ; and that it now contained nearly as many children as at any former period, any diminution which it might have 's us t a i ne d b e i ng solely eaused by the exertions of Mr. Farnall, his family and friends, to impair its efficiency, and to sustain the Dis senters' school in opposition to it. After publication of the evidence, exceptive pleas to some of the witnesses examined on each side were brought in by the respective parties. Dr. HAGGARD appeared on behalf of Mr. Farnall. lie had, he said, no objection to the admission of certain letters from the Bishop of Winchester to Mr. Craig, except on princ,iple. In what way the counsel for Mr. Craig intended to make use of them he had yet to learn. They only showed how very little Mr. Craig in 1846 merited the good opinion which his diocesan entertained of him is 1836 or 1839. The defendant had been or dained by the Bishop of Winchester, who, forming a favourable opinion of him at that time, when t he church at Burley was ready for consecration, in a compli mentary letter offered the incumbency to Mr. Craig, expressing hi s regret that the va l ue o f t h e living would not exceed 1001. per annum. Mr. Craig accepted the offer, and was regularly inducted into the church. It was due to Mr. Farnall, the would not have been built; promoter of this suit, to state that without his exertions he had no sooner beentoccarry appointed and th l a i n ber i t ali a t p y p t e h a e re church t and to do Mr. Craig justice, r h ,p e p t e o n o d k ag ac e ti t v o e m a e d a is s t u r r i e c s t church, rry into effect that necessary te building of schools. From some cause, however, had been put t hose echraiivi schools had subse tesesteem for the subse quently greatly declined. for ward as a person entitled to M t r l; It appeared, general discharge of his ministerialgduetsi n th from the however, that some persons had withdr.aewf it church, and, according to the evidence clerk, he some sometimes read the lessons ; be e t said that that only took place when Mr. Craig laboured under under indisposition, and suffered from spitting of The best evidence on that point would have been the testimony of a medical man, but it rested principally on the statement of the clerk. He (Dr. Haggard) was not o,kere to inculpate Mr. Craig on that point, nor would it be necessary to say more on the matter except that i t was extremely irregular a nd ver y unusual, more espee.i ery sober man. r. Crai a d -eacher but it appeared had been represented as a goo p. i lly as the clerk was not a v M g that he was in the habit of referri n g in the p ulpit to the quarrel between him and Mr. Farna ll, althou g h he did not mention that gentleman's name, a nd some of the congregation had discountenanced it by their wit hdrawal. La 1846 Mr. Craig wrote si letter to Miss Angus, who , THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNIN&, JULY 21 1 1847. had formerly been in his service, in which, with refe rence to these proceedings, he employed terms in speak ing both of Mr. Farnall and the Bishop of Winchester, which showed how little he was en ti t l e d t o th e good opinion which his Lordship formerly entertained of him. They must have proceeded either from a very perverted mind, or have been the offspring of a wicked heart. That letter was addressed to a person who was to come for ward and give unbiassed evidence in the cause. The testimony of three clergymen had been adduced in fa vour of Mr. Craig, but they had not been on close terms of intimacy with him of late years. Mr. Farnall was charged with being actuated by malicious motives; it was too trite to say that motives had nothing to do with the case. There were rumours floating about in 1844 regarding the character of Mr. Craig, which reach ing the ears of Mr. Farnall, or of any other individual, could not fail to arouse his attention, and lead to the adoption of measures to bring the matter to a public dis. cussion. He (Dr. Haggard) knew not how Mr. Craig could justify the highly offensive expressions which he had used regarding his diocesan. The commis sioners before whom the preliminary inquiry was held had unanimously reported that there was ground for further proceedings; the Bishop therefore had a duty to discharge, and that he had fearlessly done, but in the kindest way. It was clear from the evidence that the female servants of Mr. Craig were all young. He (Dr. Haggard) would consider the direct charges against Mr. Craig, not in order of time, but according to their de gree of magnitude. There was a discrepancy as to the date when Mr. Craig was alleged to have kissed, or attempted to kiss Ann Smith; but he was willing to fix it as occurring on the 19th of October, 1844. He con tended that the result of the evidence indisputably proved that he actually kissed her. She had herself deposed to it, and was so disgusted with his conduct that she im mediately ceased to attend the church. The fact of tickling Jane Shelley's knees was equally well esta blished. The story was consistent with other parts of the case proved against Mr. Craig, and was fully entitled to credit. It manifested a depravity of feeling and thought in the propensities and habits of Mr. Craig such as justly to bring him within the censure of the law. As soon as the rev. gentleman was aware that Mr. Farnall had been informed of that act of indecency towards Ann Smith, he went to the house of her mother, and subse quently wrote her a letter, which must be taken as con clusive against him, as showing that he was desirous of getting her to his house, he (Dr. Haggard) would not say for the purpose of tampering with her, but convers ing with her respecting the charge, which he knew must mainly depend upon her testimony. He could not tell what would have occurred had that young person gone to Mr. Craig's house, but another who had made charges against him had been induced to sign her name to a document, stating that he had not conducted him self improperly. Archer's evidence proved beyond a doubt that the defendant had gone into his servants' bedroom, and on one occasion into the bed where two of them were lying, although it did not appear that cri minal intercourse had taken place. The charge of corn • witting adultery in Ridley Wood on the Ist of June rested upon the testimony of William White, a carter, in the employ of Mr. Farnall, who deposed to having wit nessed it, while in a tree, about ten yards off, getting some dead wood. The description given by the wit nesses of the character of Ridley Wood showed that there was nothing improbable in White's statement. Evidence had been adduced by Mr. Craig with a view to prove an alibi with regard both to himself and Jane Shelley, the person with whom he was said to have com mitted the adultery. The principal witnesses were Charles Young and his son, who swore at the time when the act was said to hare taken place they were delivering 1 coal at Mr. Craig's house, and that he was present while they were so engaged. It was not a desirable posi tion for Mr. Craig on a fine summer's evening, without any assignable reason, to be mixing himself up with the (lust and dirt of unloading coals. There were, however, discrepancies between the statements of the father and the son, and their evidence was not such as would justify the Court in coming to the conclusion that White had deposed falsely and corruptly with regard to that particular trans action. It was said that Shelley was engaged in help inf.?, her sister to make some wedding dresses for a young lady in the neighbourhood who was to be married on the following Tuesday, but the marriage did not take place until the Thursday, and it turned out that that was the day first fixed upon. Shelley had been examined, but her evidence was not to be relied upon. She had before the transaction took place lived in the service of Mr. Craig, and had been dismissed for rudeness to Mrs. Craig, over whom she was represented to have domi neered. On one examination she had denied that she was discharged for that rudeness, and then, on the fol lowing day, expressed a wish to retract it, and admitted that it was true. Mr. Craig, however, had taken so much interest in her that when the schoolmistress at Burley left in consequence of obtaining a better appoint ment, Mr. Craig gave her the vacant situation. The adultery was first alleged to have been committed on the 3d of June, and an alibi had been set up for Shelley on that day; but it was impossible to give credence to the witnesses who deposed to it. They were at variance with each other on several points. It was not necessary; however, to plead with precision the exact day. That principle was clearly laid down in Phillips on Evidence. Upon the whole, he submitted that the charges against Mr. Craig were fully proved; that he must be found guilty and condemned in the costs. Dr. JENNER followed on the same side. Dr. ADDAMS appeared on behalf of Mr. Craig, and said that he certainly took a very different view of this case from that taken by the counsel for the prosecution. A case of greater oppression and iniquity, and one more unsupported by evidence, never came before the Court. It was indisputably proved that the case had arisen en tirely through the malice of the nominal promoter, a person of the name of Farnall, who had contrived by some means or other to hook in the Bishop of Win. chester, who, it was asserted, had made himself respon sible for the costs. It was not necessary to go particu larly into the character of Mr. Craig, especially as a great deal of diligence had been used to exclude many docu ments from the cause to which, if the Bishop of Win chester had been the prosecutor, he should have expected him to direct his counsel to offer no formal objection. It was not to be supposed that his Lordship had invited Mr. Craig to become the minister of Burley church with out being well acquainted with his character; but a letter written by his Lordship to Mr. Craig in 1839, inviting him to accept the living, placed the matter beyond all doubt, and in March of that year he was duly put in possession of that piece of preferment. He had not, however, been very long in the parish before, by some means. which were not very apparent, he provoked the hostility of Mr. Farnall. It was perfectly ludicrous, in the face of the evidence, to suggest that Mr. Farnall had not been accused by the bitterest malice in the whole proceeding. Mr. Edwards, a wit ness to whom Mr. Farnall could not object, inasmuch as he was produced to prove the absence of malice, showed that all that Mr. Farnall wanted was to see the gown of Mr. Craig stripped off his shoulders. That there was any cause for Mr. Farnall's hostility to Mr. Craig at that time, arising from irregularity in the performance of his duties, was negatived by the evidence of Mr. Ed wards. Early in 1840 a resolution was passed by the committee of the school, nearly all of whom were rela tives of Mr. Farnall, disapproving of Mr. Craig's ma nagement of it, and a copy of it was sent to him, under seal, through the master. Notwithstanding Mr. Far nail's anxiety to depose Mr. Craig, that gentleman would have maintained his ground, but for some such proceedings as these now instituted against him. There was a document dated 1843, proving that Mr. Craig made every endeavour to promote a better feeling be tween Mr. Farnall and himself: Not only, however, had Mr. Craig's conduct been arraigned with regard to several young women, but he had been charged with irregularity in the discharge of his official duties during the whole time that he had been in the parish. It might have been expected that the latter charges would be supported by something like credible evidence. Those charges, it must be remembered, had been brought for ward before a breath of calumny had been whispered against Mr. Craig. The person called to prove the non attendance at the church, and the numbers frequenting the Dissenting chapel was a labourer, and had married one of Mr. Farnall's servants. Some of the witnesses did not like Mr. Craig's manner of expounding the Scrip tures, but that was a matter of taste. Other witnesses had been brought forward to prove the irregularities and the attendance at the Dissenting school, but they knew very little about it. It had been pleaded that the Dis senting chapel was built in 1841, but the evidence showed that it was only rebuilt in that year—its first erection took place half a century ago, and the Dissenters never had a school-room before 1845—prior to which they taught the children in a cottage. The rumours against Mr. Craig's character were set afloat by a person who had been in his service, but who had left it shortly before Christmas, 1844. Up to that period his character had been irreproachable, and yet he was now represented by White as going about Ringwood dressed like a bashaw, with one of his female servants on each arm. How was it that no other person had been adduced to substantiats that charge? In December, 1844, a very wicked person, not a witness in the cause, left the service of Mr. Craig, and went to reside, not in the same cottage, but under the same roof as Mr. and Mrs. White, and in January, 1845, she was introduced to Mr. Farnall, when she made certain revelations to him of the alleged misconduct of Mr. Craig. It appeared that on the 16th of January, in that year, Mr. Farnall communicated with the Bishop, and on the 17th he had directed proceedings to be taken. It was impossible not to suppose that there had been a previous communica tion. Every effort had been made by Mr. Craig, to ob tain a copy of the letter written to the Bishop with a view of ascertaining the charges contained in it, but with out effect. Those attempts had been uniformly defeated and he (Dr. Addams) must say that it was a matter of hardship: beyond expression to Mr. Craig. There was another letter on the 20th of January, and on the 4th of February, 1845, a formal application was made for a com mission. That was summary vengeance, and if that course were followed up the Church Discipline Act would prove a great nuisance. The charge against Mr. Craig of indecent conduct towards his female servants was attempted to be supported by . a witness unworthy of credit; while there was the testimony of the other thing Craig o f were the kindserva . nt l s t t w ha a t s tshaeidy thathad n t e h s e a! r e r n all young, but that arose from his limited moans, he could only afford to pay low wages. The statements as to Mr. servants observed df any Alri Craig entering his servants' bed had either not been given to Mr. Farnall before the 4th of February, or, if fur nished to him, he did not believe one word of it, otherwise it would have constituted the principal charge in the first instance. Between the 16th of January and the formal a w ; aa d tsi advisable d n svhi s his oat l Ideh reply, toank ex hisc Craig'se application f or th e i ssue o f t h e comm i ss i on , Mrs. Craig, it unknown to he r h us b an d , h a d Ns r itt en to the Bishop, beggi ng hi m, if possible, to put a stop to these proceedings, , Lordship, addeda t a account f t h e o r that stating the re joice mo re t h an himself in Mr. Craig's vindication. Certainly, no one could would inthvae st suppose after that letter that there would be any obstacle on the part of the Bishop of Winchester in giving Mr. Craig the fullest oppor tunity to vinnicate himself from the cherges made against him- But, notwithstanding the application fur the commission was made as early as the 4.h of Fe bruary, it did not issue till the 25th of March, and the examination before the commissioners did not take place till the 24th of April, although Mr. Craig desired to have the case investigated at the earliest pos • sible period. When the commission issued, the principal commissioner named in it declined to act, and the Rev. Mr. Young, a magistrate, who frequently acted with Mr. Farnall in that capacity, occupied his place. Mr. Young stated that he would not be bound by the strict rules of evidence, that nothing should be permitted on the one side which was not allowed on tho other, but in the course of the proceedings that rule had been departed from, adversely to the interests of Mr. Craig. In his (Dr. Addams') opinion the commission had been con ' ducted in the most partial way, and Mr. Craig had had , anything but fair play before the commissioners. I There could not be a better instance of the extreme bad working of the Church Discipline Act than this case, and of the necessity, in the event of , a new Act being passed, of some reference being made by the Legislature as to the mode in which these inquiries should take place. Mr. Craig had been corn pletely victimised, and the hopes and fears of the parties were, that, provided a report could be procured, which should recommend further proceedings, then the I terror, the expense, the exposure, and the difficulty which would surround Mr. Craig would, in all proba bility, effectually prevent him from defending himself, and induce a submission, so that his enemies might gain their end. The report of the commissioners recom mending further proceedings was made on the 15th of'' May, but the letters of request, forming the basis of the ' present proceedings, did not issue until November, and then Mr. Craig, certainly most unwisely and injudi ciously, attempted to avoid the service of the cita tion. Articles were then given in, and it might have been supposed that some pains would be taken in their concoction. But what was the fact ? Mr. Craig was charged with the " habit " of visiting the room of his female servants after they had retired to bed, but there was only one instance attempted to be proved, and that by a witness perjured up to her teeth, but who stated that no act of adultery had then taken place. There was nothing criminal in the charge with re gard to kissing Ann Smith, but he denied that her evidence could be relied upon; in some circumstances that she had stated she was directly contradicted by other witnesses. The testimony of White as to the act of adultery alleged to be committed in Ridley Wood was so completely fete de se that he (Dr. Addams) would not trouble himself to refer to the evidence by which the alibi was clearly established. According to White's own ac count he was, at the time he witnessed the transaction, engaged in an act of felony, for which he was liable to be imprisoned and whipped. That was the respectable witness to prove a fact against a clergyman of the high character of Mr. Craig. White called himself a church man, and said that he continued to attend the church at Burley until this matter broke out. His conscience, then, would not allow him to sit any longer under the ministry of Mr. Craig. His conscience was of a very different description to that of Miss Ann Smith, who affirmed that in the whole course of her life she had never heard anything against the character of Mr. Craig, but who nevertheless was so outrageously modest that because, as she alleged, Mr. Craig was guilty of the enormity of attempting to kiss her she would never go to the church again, because it would remind her of what Mr. Craig had done. White stated that he had kept the occurrence in Ridley Wood secret for a period of nine months, notwithstanding the rumours re specting Mr. Craig were the gossip of the place during that time. White knew that nothing would gratify his master, Mr. Farnall, more than his ability to assist him in this prosecution ; and, although he was in con versation with him de die in diem, yet ha never opened his lips about it until his examination under the commis sion at Ibsley. Jane Shelley had been examined and cross-examined ; it was admitted that she had given her evidence with great modesty and propriety, and she utterly denied the conduct imputed to her and Mr. Craig. Shelley had made use of a rude remark to Mrs. Craig ; Mr. Craig wai apprised of it, and what did he do? He instantly dismissed her from his service. Had there been the least truth in the charge now made, dare he have done so ? It had been said that Jane Shelley domineered over Mrs. Craig, that Mrs. Craig was seen crying for hours together ; but the whole tenor of the evidence proved that Mr. and Mrs. Craig lived together I with the utmost harmony and affection. There was not a single report against Mr. Craig which might not be traced up to a girl of deplorable wickedness named Sim, who had been seduced, not by Mr. Craig, but by some one while living in his service. If no witnesses had been examined on behalf of Mr. Craig, if that gentleman had given in no allegation, there would have been a total and entire failure of the case, and he ought not to have been subjected to a prose cution on such articles as those exhibited against him. Some of the parties who had invented stories respecting Mr. Craig had, when brought to a better state of mind, retracted them. It could not be said that Mr. Craig had bribed them, for it was well known that he had not the means of doing it. Influence and station were on the side of Mr. Farnall, not of Mr. Craig. Various insinua tions were thrown out in the interrogatories addressed to the witnesses examined by Mr. Craig, but they were every one negatived. With the exception of Sim, Mr. Craig had produced every servant who had lived in his house, and they had all negatived the charges made. One female only had left the house of Mr. Craig enceinte, but that gentleman was not the reputed father of the child. But what, however, was the state of Mr. Farnall's household? Several of the servants had left it in that condition. He entirely exonerated Mr. Farnall per sonally, but the evidence proved that a footman, the reputed father of one or two of the children, had been retained in Mr. Farnall's house. It was said, however, that he was the servant of Miss Elliott, a relative of Mr. Farnall's, who resided with him and took the head of the table. It was true that Mr. Craig had written a letter to Miss Angus, in which he had employed strong language; but Mr. Craig was described as an eccentric man; he had expressed himself with warmth and fervour; the letter was utterly incon sistent with guilt, and was penned when he was goaded almost to madness by the attack which had been made on his character. He (Dr. Addams) was perfectly satis fied that there was not a tittle of proof of the charges contained in the articles, which had been moat improperly framed. It was a prosecution to which the Bishop of Winchester had been misled to give his countenance, and the inevitable consequence must be that Mr. Craig must be dismissed from the suit with his full costs. Dr. R. PHILLI3IORE was heard on the same side, and in the course of his comments on the commission held at The Learned JUDGE took the opportunity of express ing his strong disapprobation of the preliminary inquiries held under the Church Discipline Act. Dr. HAGGARD, in reply, said that it was not at all a matter of surprise that observations should be made on the gentlemen who conducted the commission at Ibsley. The very fact, however, of their appointment gave them a favourable standing before the Court, and it was im possible to say that they had not conducted the inquiry to the best of their ability, with the utmost attention to Mr. Craig, and with the strictest impartiality. He ad mitted that Mr. Farnall had been a contributor to the erection of the Dissenting chapel at Burley, but it was only to the extent of it.. which sum was given either out of respect to the minister of the chapel, or to prove his goodwill to his fellow parishioners, but himself, family, and domestics, had always attended the church until the matters which were now the subject of inquiry had been brought conclusively before him. He con tended that the evidence disclosed facts which fully en titled the promoter of the suit to plead Mr. Craig's " habit " of frequenting his servants bedroom. There was nothing, he maintained, to discredit Ann Smith's testimony as to the kissing. The transaction in Ridley Wood must stand upon the testimony of White, and he (Dr. Haggard) submitted that the witness was fully entitled to belief. Mr. Farnall had been charged with being actuated by malicious motives, but the fact was these matters had been forced on his attention by parties repairing to him with their complaints, and he was bound to take notice of them. Dr. JENNER having also been heard in reply, the other. evidenc l e t ad as w The Learned JUDGE said he must tak e time to con sider the case. It was much too important to dispose of innocence ht of Mr. withoutndou tcet (hi everybmotehrequestion o great utehseti oo nneosf consideration idteheagnudon ut o o r f t Craig, but it was a matter of great moment to the in terests of the whole of the parishioners. A xF S O S R I D CIRCUI T.— i L vo I r G CE. cest7July 17. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice Elms and Common Juries.) WILLIAMS V. GRANATT. Mr. Whateley and Mr. Selfe appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Alexander and Mr. Whitmore for the defendant. This was an action of debt to recover 660/., for services rendered by the plaintiff, as sub-engineer of the Wor cester and Leominster Railway, to the defendant, as engineer of that line. In 1845 the defendant was the engineer of a great many railways in this neighbour bourhood, and when he was appointed engineer of the above line, mentioned to one of the directors of the company that ho wanted assistance. That gentleman said he thought the plaintiff would suit him (the de fendant). The plaintiff was thereupon engaged by the defendant to survey the line, and he did so, and all the lines to which the defendant was engineer in this neigh bourhood. This was the only one the survey of which was completed in time for the deposit of the Parliamen tary plans on the 30th of November. Some difference having arisen between the defendant and the directors, the plaintiff sent in his bill to the directors ; but their d answer being that h e was not em ployed by them but by the defendant, he then applied to the de fendant. The F p or la t in h t e itr defendant merelyfe it r latter was annoy e d that w the plaintiff had no t a pp lied to him in the fi rs t i nstance. He and thereup on th e action was broug h t . It was proved that the defend ant received from t h e co mpany 1, 500 /. for the survey of th e li ne. himself thought so wa s c lear from the fa c t that he sent in his bill t o t h e company in the fi rs t instance. A the as company contended and that t h a l 1: theemployed theplain tiff number of letters that had passed between the parties were also put in to corroborate this view. Mr. WHATELEY having replied, His LORDSHIP summed up, and the jury ret urned a verdict for th e pl a i nt i ff for the full amount claimed. BOWLEY AND OTHERS V. WIIITFIELLD AND OTHERS. Mr. Godson and Mr. Keatin wore for the plaintiffs; d Mr. Ph . and Mr. Sergeant All en an g -on for the de fendants. irh This case occupied the Court for the greater part of the . day. It was an i nterpleader i ssue b e tween the as signees of a bankrupt and execution creditors as to whether the latter had received notice of the bankruptcy prior to the levy. Witnesses were called on both sides, and the upshot of all WAS A verdict for the plaintiffs, The business in this court was over at seven o'clock. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) David Roberts was Indicted ior burglary on the 20th o! May last in this city. Mr.'Greaves and gr. Gray were for the prosecution; and Mr. Cooke for the defence. The prisoner is a young man of nineteen, and at the time of the burglary was footman in the service of the prosecutor, a Mr. Manta, an elderly gentleman, who re sided in a place called " the Commandery," in this city, his household consisting of his wife and daughter, two servant-women, and the prisoner. The house is large, having a long hall running from one end to the other, with a door at one end leading into the garden, and at the other, to the carriageway. The drawing room and kitchen were on opposite sides of the hall passace. On the morning of the robbery the _cook got up about five o'clock, and was surprised to find the doors at both ends of the hall open, and secured so with mats, her master's pocketbook a few yards outside the door leading into the garden, and two silver candlesticks, which had been left in the drawing-room over night, a little further out. She looked up to her master's window aid found it, too, open. She, thereupon, ran to the pri soner's door, and knocked him up. He was tan minutes in dressing, and when lie was dressed he went to his master's door and knocked at it, and told his master that the house had been robbsd, who thereupon looked particularly at everything about him, and found that the window had been opened, and also the door of his bedroom, and that his purse, containing notes, gold, and silver, to the extent of 901., had been taken. He thereupon expressed his surprise how such a thing should have been done, when the prisoner explained to him how easily a person on the outside might have brought a ladder to the window (it was on the first floor), and with a common dinner knife open it, and pointed out the marks of a ladder on the gravel below. The cook found, about the same time, a dinner knife, that had been placed in a drawer in the kitchen on the previous night, lying on the dresser in the kitchen; and it was afterwards discovered that the lad der used by the burglar was the prosecutor's own. This ladder lay in an outhouse near the door leading from the hall to the garden; and the premises were so constructed that if a stranger had used the ladder he must have taken it round the house through the street, and then taken it back again by the same direction; whereas an inmate could with ease, and without observation, carry it in by one end of the hall and out by the other. The prisoner was not at first suspected; but he almost imme diately affected to be indignant at suspicions which he said his master entertained of him, and on this ground left the prosecutor's service in less than a week. In a very short time he was found to be spending money at a most extravagant rate, changing 5/. notes in every direction, and spending half-sovereigns as if they were coppers. He was then taken up, and five 51. notes were found on him, and another was traced to him. None of the money traced to him was identified as the prosecutor's; but it so happened that the notes lost by the prosecutor were all Bank of England notes except one of the old Worcester bank, and another of Farley's bank, and the sovereigns lost by him were all old Victorias, whilst one of the notes traced to him was of Farley's bank, and all the others were Bank of England notes, and all the gold coins traced to him were old Victorias. It further appeared that the prisoner had ample opportunities of knowing where his master left his money at night. The prisoner had borne an excellent character for honesty. Mr. CooKE, in addressing the jury for the prisoner, contended that everything connected with the burglary indicated the conduct of an experienced thief, and not that of a mere innocent country lad, and submitted that he was not called on to explain how the prisoner came by the money with which he was found dealing till a clear and otherwise unanswerable case was made out, and that on the whole the prisoner was entitled to an acquittal. His LORDSWIP summed up. Verdict—Guilty. Sentence—Ten years' transportation. This was the last case in this court; it occupied several hours, there having been 33 witnQsses examined on behalf of the prosecution, and was over about five o'clo)ck. Mr. Sergeant Allen assisted yesterday, and also this morning in trying criminal cases, and Mr. Alexander did so to day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION- II 0 IJS E._ A boy, not 14 years of age, named Wm. Barber, who is employed by Mr. Lee, of Leadeuhall- market, was charged before Sir J. Pirie, by Mr. Thomas, the Se cretary to the Society for tne Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with ill-treatiag two cats. The prosecution was instituted at the suggestion of Mr. Cook, the C,,mmon Councilman for the district in which the market is situated. The boy was seen, at an early hour in the morning, amusing himself with dragging a cat along, which ap peared to suffer greatly from such rough treatment. Expostulation, instead of abating the cruelty of the pri soner, provoked him to more fierce violence, and he not only lifted up and dashed the poor animal upon the pavement, but leaped upon it and appeared to enjoy its last agonies. Soon afterwards the brutal young fellow was seen worrying another car, to finish whose existence he had whistled for the help of a dog. The case was considered to be peculiarly worthy of the attention of the society, on account of the extraordi nary brutality of a boy of' such tender years. Sir Joux Pisan expressed surprise at the statement, and asked whether the.defendant was under any parental authority. The defendant's father stood forward and expressed deep regret at the misconduct of his son, who had, he said, been already sentenced by Mr. Lee, his master, to the penalty of suspension for three weeks. Sir J. PIRIE said, the notice which Mr. Lee had taken of the offence was very creditable to that gentleman ; but it was also the duty of the magistrate to prevent re petitions of such brut a l c on d uc t as far as was consistent with his functions. The sentence, therefore, upon the boy was, that he should pay a penalty of 21. 10s. and costs, or go to Bridewell for seven days. The father of the defendant said, it was out of his power to pay the fine. Mr. Lee had already suspended the boy, but had promised to take him back at the end of three weeks in_consequence of his previous most ex cellent conduct. Sir J. nem could not in such a case reduee the amount of the penalty, and the defendant was committed. WORS HIP-STREET. A young man named Henry Bolingbroke was charged with a desperate attempt at self-destruction. Mary Anne Pryme stated, that she and the prisoner had lived together as man and wife for a considerable time past, and that latterly the prisoner had been re duced to a state of extreme distress and mental depres sion in consequence of his inability to procure employ ment. Witness had occasion to leave home on the pre ceding evening, and on her return at a late hour at night she was horrified at finding the prisoner stretched upon the bed in a state of stupor, and bleeding profusely from a frightful wound in the upper part of the left arm, evidently inflicted with a razor which was lying open at his side. Nearly a quart of blood had poured down upon the floor and became partially coagulated under the bedstead, and there was almost an equal quantity in a basin on a table by the side of the bed. She immediately alarmed the other inmates of the house, who called in two policemen and procured the attendance of Mr. Mather, the divisional surgeon, who dressed the wound and analied proper restoratives, and the prisoner, for his own security, was conveyed to the station-house. Police. constable Watts, 115 G, stated that upon being called in and interrogating the prisoner as to his motives for the commission of the act, he sullenly evaded the question, and pointed to the wall, on which the initials of the preceding witness were distinctly traced in blood, and followed by the words, " You are the cause of this." When called upon for his defence, however, the pri soner, who displayed the deepest despondency, said that he had been reduced to the greatest destitution from want of employment, and that that was the immediate cause of his attempting his life, but that other circum, stances, which he declined mentioning, had also combined to render him weary of existence. Mr. BROUGHTON said, it would be manifestly unsafe to entrust the prisoner with his liberty in the frame of mind he then exhibited, and he should therefore remand him and direct his immediate admission into the infir mary of the prison, where his mental and physical state would be properly attended to, and that in the course of a week, when thoroughly recovered, he could be brought up again,.and he would then consider what should be done with him. The prisoner offered no observation, and was removed in the van. Ellen Moriarty, alias Macarthy, who stood charged upon suspicion of having caused the death of her land lady, a middle-aged woman named Catherine Lawson, in llenrietta-street, City-road, was brought up for final ex amination. No additional evidence calulated to throw light upon the means by which the deceased came by her death was now adduced than that brought forward before the co roner and at the previous examination at this court, and the prisoner having declared that she had neither offered any violence to the woman Lawson nor taken any of her money, as alleged by some of the witnesses, and that the reason of hor getting out of the cab before it reached the deceased's door, and subsequently denying that she bad ever been in the cab at all, was entirely the fright and confusion she laboured under at finding herself suddenly in the presence of the corpse of a woman she had just before spoken to. Mr. BROUGHTON said, that although the cirearn. stances were undoubtedly suspicious, and had been in some degree strengthened by the prisoner's own t h h dubious conduct, he did n o t f ee l hi mself justified in sending her for t r i a l on so serious a charge upon the insufficient evid ence w hi ch had been ad duced, and he should the re f ore di sc h arge her, as it was beimprobableen stated that h h a a tt she e y jhuardy beenwould n convict;before r e convicted, but would eu g warn her to be caref u l o f h er f uture conduct, as it had of minor offences. CLERKENWELL. James Wilson, a young man, was finally examined, charged by Catherine Trussell, aged 23, with having committed a rape. Mr. VV akeling, of St. John's-square, attended for the prosecution; and Mr. Lofty, of the firm of Lofty, Potter, and Son, of King-street, Cheapside, for the prisoner. The prosecutrix, a fine young woman, deposed that she is niece of Mrs. Howe, of the Nag's Head, Gray's Inn-lane, with whom she lived. The prisoner lodged there, and mixed with them as one of the family. On Thursday night, whilst she was in his bedroom, he came up stairs to bed, and began to undress, saying he did not mind her. She was about to leave, when be threw her on his bed and effected his purpose. As soon as she went down stairs she informed her stint and her cousin, and the prisoner was turned out of the house, and a warrant was applied for. The aunt and cousin in part confirmed her testimony. The prisoner was cornrni;te.l t , ,r Daniel [Caddy, a barman, in the service of Mr. Payne, landlord of the Black Boy public• house, in Whitecross•street, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Combe, under the following singular circumstances : It appeared that certain circumstances having induced the prosecutor to suspect the barman of robbery, on last Sunday morning he searched the prisoner's box ; at first the prisoner refused to allow it, but eventually consented, Shen Mr. Payne discovered, scattered about the bottom of it, upwards of 200 sovereigns. He ques tioned him closely, but the prisoner refused to render him the slightest information. A constable at length being sent for he said that one morning, a long time ago, as he was passing the Bank of England, he picked up a bag containing 180 sovereigns, opposite the large door going towards Cornhill. . . - The prisoner—l did pick up 1801. right opposite the Bank of England in September, 1845. There was no ground for Mr. Payne's suspicion. The officer who had the prisoner in custody said, the prisoner's statement with respect to his mode of becoming possessed of the money found in his box, must be false, because no less than twenty-five of the sovereigns were of the coinage of 1847. and consequently could not have been picked up in 1845. The prisoner said those coins might have formed a part of the money he received as wages. Mr. Vickers, who kept the Black-boy before Mr. Payne took it, stated that the prisoner had been in his service for seven months, and during that time he seemed to be in want of money, as, whenever he went out for a holiday, he always asked for a small sum in advance. He never saw anything in the prisoner's con duct to induce him to suspect his honesty. The prisoner was remanded. Mr. COMBE said that, under all the circumstances of the case, he should accept the prisoner's own recogni zances in the sum of 2001. for his appearance. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE ON ASSAULT.— George Henry Destrabogi Neviile Plantagenet Harrison, Esq., 13, Verulam-buildings, Brigadier-General, Peru, Argen tina, Uruguay, and Yutacan, &c., was placed before Mr. Bingham, charged by Richard Leslie Dundas, Esq., with violently assaulting him. The complainant on being sworn, said, lam a major in the army, and reside at No. 27, Panton-street. On Tuesday between the hours of eight and nine, I was asleep in bed, when I was awoke by the defendant break ing into my room. Directly he had entered he came to my bedside and in a furious manner addressed me, and presenting his card demanded to know why I had tra duced the characters of certain young ladies. I replied, that I certainly did not do any such things. Noticing something in the defendant's accent, I asked him if he was an Englishman. He said he was, and that if I did not give him a written paper, denying that assertion, he would flog me with his stick. I told him if he attempted to strike me, I would do my best to hand him down stairs. He then demanded to know if I was a gentleman. I said yes, I am an officer in the army. I then requested him to sit down and compose himself for a few minutes. He re tused, and immediately made a rush at me, and whilst my head was on the pillow struck me several blows with a thick walking cane. I got up and defended myself the best way I could, but the defendant followed me up so closely that I was obliged to call for assistance. Subse quently some gentlemen who lodged in the same house came to my aid, and the prisoner was given into custody. Mr. Ballantine, who appeared for the defendant, said that as the case would probably be carried to the ses sions, he should decline offering any remarks or calling any witnesses. Mr. BINGHAM said the case of assault had been proved against the defendant. It was a case that he could not adjudicate himself. He should therefore send it to the quarter sessions, and hold the defendant to bail in two sureties of 1001. each, and himself in the sum of 2001., for his appearance. THAMES. At the opening of the court this morning several par ties, one after the other, were placed in the dock, charged with assaults, &c., in all which cases no prose cutor appeared. In one case, particularly that of Susanna Atkinson, charged with crewing a disturbance, the police-constable K 251 acknowleeged that he had not witnessed any part of the transaction, upon which Mr. YARDLEY observed he• had noticed that police constables in this district were by far too ready in taking people into custody. It was well known that, particularly in cases of assault, the party aggrieved was frequently given in charge by the aggressors, as there was in all such cases, generally speaking, most conflicting evi dence, and th party charging being on oath, their testi mony was generally received. Now, with regard to this young woman no one appeared to press the charge, the presumption therefore was, that she was innocent, and if this were the case the constable had added greatly to her wrongs by incarcerating her for the night. He trusted these remarks w, uld have the effect of discounte nancing a practice which actually threatened to degene rate into a perfect nuisance. Policemen probably might not be aware that in such matters they were liable to have proceedings commenced against them for false im prisonment. MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY. HAY MAHHETS SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ to 41; New ditto, 2/ 5s to 3/ 5s ; Old Clover, 41 to 5/ ss; New ditto, 3/ 5s to 41 ss; and Straw. 1/ lOs to 11 16s per load. Trade rather dull, at barely late rates. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 3s to 4/ 4s ; New ditto, 21 5s to 31 Se ; Old ,Clover, 4/ to 51; New ditto, 3/ to 41; and Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 16s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WHITICHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ to 4/ ; New ditto, 2/ 5s to 3/ 3s; Old Clover, 4/ to Si 58; New ditto, 31 to 4/; and Straw, 1/ lOs to 11 15s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. COLONIAL. SITGA.R.—There has been a good demand for British Plantation, and about 950 hhds have been sold, without material alteration, including 110 hhds Trinidad by auction, which brought 38s for mixed low to mid yellow. The public sales have likewise consisted of 1,400 bags Bengal, 410 bags Madras, and 1,000 bags Mauritius, which went off heavily, but the chief portion of the Bengal found buyers at steady prices, viz. 42s to 48s for good yellow to good white Benares; there was no disposition to purchase the Mauritius or Madras, the whole were withdrawn at about the previous currency. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 2,097 hhds 327 tierces 504 barrels, and there were taken for home con sumption 1,617 hhds 209 tierces 567 barrels. The stock in the same places is 16,228 hhds 2,367 tierces 3,864 barrels. COFFEE.—The public sales have comprised 82 barrels 17 trcs Jamaica, 82 barrels Berbice, 1,867 bags Ceylon, 519 bales and 365 half-bales Mocha. Only a few lots of the Jamaica sold at very full prices : good 90s, low mid 71s, and good ord 42s to 43s 6d per cwt. The remainder was withdrawn above the market value, as also the Ber bice and Mocha; the Ceylon was nearly all sold at full prices: real good ord 37s 6d to 38s, mid plantation 68s to 68s 6d, and pea-berry 85s per cwt. ittm.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 472 puns 50 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 154 puns 39 hhds, and exported 249 puns 15 hhds. The stock in the same place is 10,831 puns 1,417 hhds. RICE.-1,768 bags East India sold, but at a further decline of 6J to is per cwt. as compared with the pro mos currency, 14s 61 to 15s 61, with one lot at 16s, for mid to good white Java. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 48s per cwt. on the spot, and Town 50s 6d. TEA.—The market is steady. (From the London New Price Current of July 20.) SUGAR.—To-dtly the home trade came forward with greater freedom, and the purchases made in Sugar for exportation were also upon a more extended scale, and in several instances better prices were obtained. There was an extensive demand for West India Muscovado, both for grocery and refining purposes, while the rates paid were in several cases 6ti per cwt above those of Friday for all sorts. Tho total quantity sold amounted to 1,350 hhds and trcs, including, at puble sale, 219 hhds 13 trcs and 8 brls Barbadoes, which s.)ld at lull rates. REFINED.—To day there was much desire evinced by the home trade to operate in all sorts of refined goods, indeed they nearly cleared the market of all sorts pay ing advanced rates—brown grocery lumps were sold at 58s 6d to 595, and standard lumps 59s 6d to 60s per cwt. Bended crushed Sugar is dull of sale, first quality at 31s 6d to 32s per cwt. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the public sales of Mauritius Sugar consisted of 5,187 bags 18 casks, nearly the whole being inferior kinds of yellow grey and brown, which sold at former rates, the few piles of middling and good yellow selling 6d per cwt. higher. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Madras Sugar was more in demand privately at former rates, and 80 bags at public sale sold at 37s 6d to 38s for guod damp and washed yellow. Of Bengal 3,605 bags were offered, when the whole sold at f u ll rates, indee white ' went Gd to is per cwt higher. FOREIGN.—To-day sales to a fair extent were made in Foreign Sugar by exporters and the home trade privately, and full rates were paid; at public sale 13 caws 470 bags damaged Maceio sold. COCOA.—To-day at public sale 400 bags Para Cocoa were sold at 39s to 40s for good dark greyish red, which is cheaper, but chiefly at 393 per cwt. COFFEE. —This afternoon, at public sale, 1,230 bags Native Ceylon were offered, and all sold at full rates; real good ordinary at 37s Gd to 383, good ordinary 37s 6d; one lot 375, sea damaged, first class 36s to 375, second and third 34s to 365, fourth ditto 3ls 6d, ditto and re packed 303 6d to 31s 6d. Of Penang 20 bags at public sale went at 26s 6d to 27s 6d for good ordinary trown heated, and at 23s Gd to 26s for damaged. TEA.—Holders of Congou are not inclined to take lower rates, but the demand has been less active for all kinds, and only a small amount of business has been transacted during the last few days ; still common quality cannot be obtained under 9d, and good common 9id per lb cash ; there is not a large quantity on offer of any sort. Pouchong is dull of sale, but not offered upon lower terms. Fine green Tea has been in good request at the rates of last Tuesday, but the lower kinds met with little attention, still there are not sellers upon lower terms, and there is not a large quantity on offer; the lowest price of sound Twankay is 7d, and of Hyson is 4d. At public sale on Thursday, 5,750 chests were offered, but only 400 sold. The arrivals since this day week are 21,000 pkgs, whilst duty was paid on 537,9661 es during that time. Rim-I'o-day the purchases made in Rice were upon a more extended scale, _ and. at stiffer.rates.; 15 8 6d to 18a 6d paid for low to fine white Bengal ; 1,099 bags yellow from the Mauritius at public sale were, however, mostly taken in. Seco.—This afternoon there was not much desire shown to operate ; and 999 boxes at public sale went 2$ to 3s under former rates—fine large pearl selling at 22s 6d to 23s 6d, fine small white 20s 6d to 21s Ed, goad 19s 6d to 20s ; hut the whole found buyers. SPICES o-day et public sale I,Buu gags of Zanzibar Cloves were all sold, but at a fall in prices of ld per lb SPIRITS.—There are still willing sellers of all desci ip tions of Jamaica Rum, and the rates accepted show * further decline of 2d per gallon, making the fall from the highest point of the market this year of is 3d to la 6d per:gallon ; still exporters have operated with much caution since our last report, while the home trade only purchase sufficient for present wants. Over proof 3s ld to 3s tod. In Lee ~► ard Island the purchases made have been very trifling. East India is heavy of disposal, whilst prices continue to give way. Demerara is little required, and is offered upon further reduced terms. There is still a large quantity of all kinds of Rum on offer, and an impression exists that prices ha , * not yet arrived at their lowest point. Brandy of all sorts has been operated in with caution by exporters and the home trade, whilst holders are willing to sell upon previous reduced terms, as the stock is heavy and greater than last year. The older Brandies, and those of the vintage of 1844 are still the most pressed for sale. Geneva is in good request for exportation. For British Corn Spirits the demand is dull. INDIGO.—To-Cay during the progress of the sale 510 chests were withdrawn ; 1,094 chests (seeond hand goods) have passed this day. This afternoon at public sale 75 serons Spanish Indigo were offered, and mostly v sold at 2s 8d to 4s for ord and good sobres, being ld to 2d per lb dearer. COCHINEAL.—The public sale this day consisted of 118 bags: viz., 30 ordinary to good and fine Mexican blacks, all sold at from 5s 2d to 5s 6d-30 middling to good white silvers, all bought in at from 5s to 5s ld--5 8 ordinary to good and fine Honduras silvers, all sold at from 5s 4d to 5s 9d, being very full prices. SALTPETRE.—By private treaty Rough has been largely dealt in since our last report, and the advanced rates previously established are well supported. This afternoon at public sale 676 bags of Calcutta were taken in is above the value. OILS.—A further decline has taken place in the value of Cecoa Nut Oil, the supply having exceeded the demand. By private treaty few purchases have been made, and at public sale part only of 30 tons of Cochin repacked out of tanks sold. Rapeseed Oil is less required, and prices have declined. For Palm prices have slightly given way, and the stock been further increased, but a good business has been transacted. Linseed Oil is little required for home consumption at present, whilst only trifling parcels have been taken for exportation. For forward delivery few buyers are to be met with. The market is better supplied with oil, but the consumption does not decrease. Prices are very remunerating to the crushers, and are above those of last year by 3s to 3s 6d. Holders of 011/0 evince firmness, and the demand is on the increase. Lard Oil in small quantities fetched 43s to 495, and African ground Nut 41s to 425. For all sorts of Fish Oils prices have ruled firm, although there are again large arrivals, whilst others are near at hand, and the stock here being heavy, but the consumption is going on satisfactorily. Pale Seal has been in excellent request. In Southern purchases to a fair extent have been made upon former terms. Sperm does not improve in value, but there is a good demand. There is still a plentiful supply. The value of Head matter is 87/. to 881. Seal and Sperm are lower in place than last year, but Southern is higher by 40s to 50s per tun. TALLow.—Althou2h Russian on the spot is offered !it a further reduction in prices of is to is 6d per cwt, still the amount of business transacted has been to a small extent only. For fine Petersburgh Yellow Candle 47s 61 to 48s are the prices taken, and at which there id a desire to realise. For forward delivery little has been. done. Home made moves off slowly at 47s 6d to 48s On the spot, and the supply is large. Other sorts met with little attention, and are offered upon lower terms. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JULY 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and B •ston, 1 1 4 dis.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., Pre ferentials, 3 1 / s p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 4 1 4 p. ex int.-- London and North-Western, 179—Ditto, Quarters, 107 —Manchester and Leeds, Halves (late L. and B.), 32 Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 3s. 9d. p.—Mid land, New, o,i, p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 4 1 4 North Staffordshire, 234 p.—North Union (A), 215—Royston and Ilitchin, Is. 3d. dis —Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Cheshire, New, IA p.—South-Eastern and Dover (iss. es Thirds at 6 2-3 d), N dis.—York and Newcastle, New, O's P. MANCHESTER, JULY 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 1 1 4, dis.— Derby. Stafford, and Worcester. 9.16 dis.—East Lancashire, New Scrip, 14 p,—Great North ern, London and York Extension (scrip ), dis.—London and North-Western (Manchester and Birmingham), 70- - Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 4 3 4 c. p.—Ditto, Halves (Li verpool and Bury), 3 1 4 p.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), IA p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Shef field and Lincolnshire), 3% dis.—Newcastle and Berwick. New, 4% p.—North Staffordshire, 2 13-16—Oldham Alliance, 1-16 p.—Preston and Wyre Halves (A), 42 p.—South- Eastern and Dover, N 0.4. % dis. LEEDS, JULY 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting' harp, and Boston, 265. dis.—Eastern Counties, York Exten sion, 15s. dis.—East Lancashire, New, 10s. dis.—Ditto, Nair Scrip, 2s. 6d. p.—East and West Yorkshire, 265. dis.—Great Northern Extensions, 9s. dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester. 2% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 4 1 / 2 p.--Ditto, Halves, 2 p.- Leeds and Thirak, 6 1 4 n. dis.—Ditto, New, 5 dis.—Ditto , Preference, 12s. 6d. dis.—Manchester and Leeds (West Riding Union), 4s. p.—Manchester and Southampton, 20s dis.—Midland, Preference, 4 p.—Newcastle and Berwick , New, 4% s. p.—North-Western, 31 s . 6d. di s .—Wh ar fdale t 18s. dia. SHEFFIELD, JULY. 19. STOCK ExcHANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, New Scrip, Is. 6d. p.—Gfeat Northern, I3A dis.—Manchester a nd Leeds (West Riding Union), IA p. — Manchester, Shef f ield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby apd Sheffield), B—Ditto (Shef field and Lincoln), 3 1 A dis.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 4 1 4 f P. HULL, JULY 19. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., Preference, 3 1 4 ; p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 41. 12s.—North British, Extension ( scrip), 3s. —Ditto, Thirds, 525. EDINBURGH, JULY 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 49 1 / 2 —Clydesdale Junction, 50 1 / 2 —Dundee and Perth, 23-- East Lothian Central, 365. 6d.— Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, Quarters, 13s. 6d.—Edinburgh and Northern, 18 — Ditto, New, 77s.—Ditto, Newport, 71. Bs.—Ditto, did*. New, 525. 6d. —North British, 33—Ditto, New, Quarters (scrip), 15s. 9d.—Ditto, Thirds, 535. 6d.—Scottish Central. 28—East Indian, ss. 3d. SOUTH DEVON.—The corn fields are ripening fast Should the weather continue fine, as we have had it for several weeks past, harvest will shortly commenc e ' Some early plots of corn are already cut, and housed is flee condition. Wednesday last was the warmest dal we have known for yea' s; the thermometer stood at 117. On Sunday night we had some fine showers of rain- , This is greatly wanted on hi g h corn l an d s. Potatoes, &c., will also be greatly benefited. The crops of earl/ potatoes still appear very strong and healthy, and tura out well; and the late sorts never looked finer. Ne w " potatoes, Blbs. for 6d.; green p eas ed . per pec k . AD kinds of vegetables exceedinglj plentiful. EADV ERTIS EM ENT.] —B RUSHES , NEWI NVENTIO NS--"" THE TRIPLE HAIR BRUSIL—One stroke of this is equal to the effect of one penetrating, tive small-toothed combs, and one even cut brush. The Double Anti-Pressure Nail Brush , which does not divide the quick from the nail, no pressure being required, and thoroughly cleans and polishes the nails In a tenth part of the time of any other method. 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