The Sun. — London, England, 1840-08-17 00:00:00

EN 'NG EDITI In a daily newspaper is not a suffic:ent refutatii , nt of I en official and detached statement like that lateli' Siven -a the French journals. We pass oe, howev to more important matters. What is 0 - - farce, even in its best point of view j ses this " statement derived from off , That England has under its 'Rare some •tedi: -Y reat colonies, severe s N•sfisn ex t sat and in irriportaies , ''lt'c''s,'",rieftially at war—a maritime war's' e;:s .k . .et'seteigt - binpire, in ter- ritory and population, which exists on the face of the eat ; and, not content with this, has just resolved to interfere I, etween Turkey and Egypt, France and Itussia, in a was , which requires an extensive naval ar mament. And with all these responsibilities nn its hands, acting, as it must do, wholly by sea, what is the British fleet in commission at this moment? We pause with amazement while we write the words—the navy of' England at this moment in commission con sists of " '22 sail of the line and 29 frigates ." Need another word be said? (From the Morning Advertiser.) Amongst the Bills mischievously defeated in the late Session of Parliament, there are few whose loss is more to be regretted than that proposed by the Lord Chan cellor for regulating proceedings in Chancery. In this branch of our jurisprudence, more than in any other, have long been grievously felt the " law's delay,' and the pecuniary inflictions through which justice has been administered, and rights established, or rather, retarded in their establishment. To those at all acquainted— and wise is not acquainted ?—with the notorious expense and delay of Chancery proceedings, the good which has been prevented from accomplishment will be manifest from the following recapitulation, from a Contem porary, of the effect of some of its provisions :—" As to delay—ln ordinary suits it would have dimi nished the delay about Jour years ; in those suits where a second hearing on further directions is ne cessary, sir years' delay would have been removed ; and so in proportion for every additional hearing that might be required. As regards expense—The saving in useless term fees to clerks in court and solicitors, fees for useless attendances of solicitors in court on hearings, motions, and petitions, fees to counsel for re. freshers, expense of supplemental bills and bills of re visor, would have amounted to about 30,0001. a year— more than enough to pay the salaries of two Judges and a full complement of all the additional officers that could be required." Yet to these provisions was it tio. Sir Edward Sugden expressed his determination to give all the opposition which the forms of the House might leave at his disposal—and for an opposition so e 'forced this distinguished Jurist could assign no more rational motive than the necessity of first providing for the more satisfactory administration of justice in the House of Lords and . Privy Council. (From the Morning Herald.) We know of no state of society worse than a state of war, except a state of peace over which war seems to be always impending. Such is Whig peace. It is a j peace in which all nations, save England, are armed to the teeth, and which is continually disturbed by the alarms, and excited by the preparations of war. As Whig " RETRENCHMENT" means a prodigal expendi ture and increased taxes, so Whig " PEACE " signifies " wars and rumours of wars." Already has Whig " peace" engendered three " little wars," and one great one, and now another greater than any is threatened. The three ° little wars " were the buccaneering war in Spain, the Anglo-Gallic war in the Netherlands, and the Anglo-Indian war in Affghanistan. The first of these little wars, which the Duke of Wellington rightly described a 3 a war for the promotion of stock jobbing interests, cost the lives of at least 10,000 Bri tish subjects, and a waste of public money equivalent to many years' savings of the starve-pauper system, which was the Whig-boon to " the masses" for assisting them, by demonstrations of physical force, to carry the RSfA . M . , Act. Toe buccaneering war also deeply tar ni3AFti the fame of British soldiership on the soil covered with the monuments of its former glory. It is enough for Europe, and will be enough for posterity to know, that the general of a Tory Government was Wellington, and the chosen hero (save the mark !) of the Whig Cabinet was De Lacy Evans. The force of antithesis can go no farther. If the British Legion from the Isle of Dogs was routed by its enemies, and robbed by its friends, was not its general, who un derstood better how to flog the Westminster grenadiers than to thrash the Carliats, rewarded with the blush ing riband of Lord Palmerston ? If he had the oppo site of glory elsewhere, had he not honour in Downing street. Surely the diplomatist and the general of the quadruple treaty were worthy of each other. The war of the Anglo-Gallic convention was executed by a French army, amounting to 50,000 men, who had undertaken the heroic task of dislodging four thousand Dutch troops from the fortress of Ant werp—an exploit which, after much slaughter, they eventually accomplished, while a combined fleet of English and French ships of war threatened the coast of Holland, and an embargo on Dutch vessels in Bri tish ports, without a declaration of war, piratically inter cepted the commerce of our best customer. The slaugh ter in the trenches, and on the ramparts, at Antwerp, was the tragical sequel to the " pacific" protocols, as the frightful destruction of British life in the Biscayan pro vinces was the appropriate result of the quadruple treaty. The Anglo-Indian war is Atfghanistan, though, by means of the skill of a general educated in the school of Wellington, and the bravery of British troops, it succeeded so far as to place upon the tbloste of Cabal the vassal prince whose quarrel we bad espoused, seems to have entailed upon England , as we anticipated it would, the expensive necessity of support ing that vassal King by British bayonets. Already, in-, deed, are things rapidly hastening to that point when the Anglo-Indian Government will have all its work to do over again. The next " little war" in India will be a great one in its calamitous consequences. We do not place the Whig opium war with China in the category , of tette wars. It is great in the enormity of the wicked ness in which it had its origin—great in the magnitude of the operations which it wilt require to make any serious imnreasioa on the most extensive and populous of the em pires of the east. It is a war which is at once a great blancher and a great crime. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The Times 9roves very satisfactorily to itself that on the chief contests of last Session Ministers were in a minority. Taking ten divisions (on the chief contests), " Ministers could muster only 2,472 votes, or 247 on each on an ave rage; while the Opposition brought forward 2,517, or 251,n acts on an average. Can anything be more clear," adds our contemporary, " than that to all practical purposes the Whig majority is wholly annihilated ?" How is it, then, that the Tories could not turn to the proper account these majorities in their favour? Four times were they vic torious on Lord Ssanley's Bill, and yet the Whigs are in office. " It is hardly to, be told," says our contemporary the Examiner, " how many times Lord Stanley beat the Government—he beat them, and beet them, again and ::gain till he could do no more, and was obliged to give in. When Miss Kitty, in High Life Below Stairs, is in vited to step through a minuet, she confesses her success in the dance, but at the same time declines the perform ance, pleading that she ' has not room for her motions.' Lord Stanley, like Miss Kitty, had not room for his mo tions, in the latter part of the Session, and therefore dropped Lis Bill in its mid career of victory." " The times have been That when the brains were out tho man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again With twenty mortal murders ou their crowns, And push us from our stools." No wonder that the Times is in such sad perplexity to know what comes next. " Every man of business," re marks our Contemporary, " will naturally ask himself what is the next step in this progress ? Clearly it is towards an absolute minority. But what follows then ? We can not tell with any precision, considering the extraordinary characters and doings of the persons in question." What is the use of gaining victories if the result is to depend on the vanquished ? When the Duke of Wellington gained the battle of Waterloo, he did not stand still exclaiming, He is &strange fellow, that Bonaparte. I wish I knew what he would do, in order that I might know what to do." The leader who followed closely on the heels of Bonaparte, and gave him no time to rally, is now the leader of the Tories ; and yet they know not what to do after their victories. The Whigs are suck strange fellows, that they do not know when they are beaten, and prevent the Tories from deriving due benefit from their victories. No one will tell the latter what is the next step in this progress. If any one who had not seen an English newspaper for four or five years were to recommence his reading with the article in the Times of Saturday, he would at once say, there is mystification here. This cannot be a correct account of the present state of parties. There is evi dently some concealment of faete material to a true under standing of the question. And auch is the case. The T or i e s, on all questions for trying the strength of parties, are unquestionably in a minority, and therefore it is out of their power to turn the Whigs out. (From the Moining Post.) Th. finsmission of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotind, which met on Wednesday l ast , h ave decided b y a majority of 180 to 66 in favour of the appointment of mmictee prepare a libel against the seven suspended a m : is — tem o f the Presbytery cif Strathbogie. The pro ceectins of that party in the Church of Scotland which poses itself to the la w of the land, as ex p ounded b y the authorised and constitutional expounders of the law, are evidently the pr ocee dings of determined man. They do rut present any o f t he characteristics of timidity or inde. cision. This does not prove that these proceedings arc right; but it does prove that they are formidable. The non-intrusion party a dvance in their pretensions as the dis cussion proceeds. H itherto they have only seemed to re quire that the communicants should possess an absolute veto on the nominations of the patrons of livings. They now seem disposed to struggle for the tota l abolition of patronage, and for the right of the congregitious to elect tbei t e he pas la to tt r e s r . We do not dissemble our beiiti n that upon ground they wilt be stronger than they over could have been on the f orme r ; and if their object be merely to con tendte for victory, th a t i n placing their quarrel upon t he broadest democratic basis they are politically right. But We own we a re a t a l oss to conce i ve b ow ieligi o us an d pa triotic men can ha ve ma d e up t h e i r m i n ds to a;pose th e Church and State of Scotland to the danger of well calamities as are likely to arise from the warfare which they provoke. They talk of the renewal of the so lemn league and covenant. Can they renovate the feelings and spirit which gave to that national pledge the gigantic force which it possessed and exercised? The course which the Church of Scotland is now pursuing, whatever may be its immediate result, must end in dividing Scotland btt - ween the voluntaries and the episcopalians. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD CIRCUI7'-I}loxmormi, ACC. 14. (Before Mr. Baron PAURE.) 31 - r. William Foster Gearh, the swi-in-law of' Mr. Frost (who waa convicted of high treason), was elnrged with basing uttered a forged acceptance on a bill (f ex change for 1,057/. 16s. 9J. B e fore the Jury were czlled, Mr. Geach applied to have all the jurors who came from Pontypool and Newport set aside, on the ground that they would entertain a prejudice against him, because he had acted as solicitor for certain parties who had been tried on the special commission. Mr. Baron PARKE observed that it was idle to suppose that, in trying this case, the Jury could entertain i , ny pre ',idle, against Mr. Geach as having been the attorney of Mr. Frost. A great many jurors were objected to on both sides, and it was nearly an hour before a full jury was sworn. Mr. RICHARD! stated that the prisoner had long been a solicitor in exten3ive practice ct Pont: pool and Newport, and that in the year 1831 he opened an account with Messrs. Williams, the bankers at Newport. who had dis counted bills for him to a large amount. Some of these were regular bills. Others were accommodation bills, taken up by Mr. Geach himself, either by payments or by other bills to a larger amount. However, it was not till the year 1835 that Mr. Geach's dis count account became very large, and in the month of March in that year he wrote a letter to Messrs. Williams, the bankers, stating that Mr. Edmund Williams, of Maesruddud, would give his bill for 2,0001., and asking that his (Mr. Geach's) discounts might be increased from 5,0001. to 6,0001 ; but it was not till the year 1837 that the transaction occurred which was the subject of the pre sent charge. In the month of July in that year, Mr. Geach asserted that Mr. Edmund Williams owed him 2,500/. and interest on the mortgage of an estate which Mr. Guest had contracted to buy of Mr. Edmund Wil liams, and that Mr. Edmund Williams had accepted three bills, making up the whole amount of principal and interest, one of which bills (the bill in question) had been dis counted by Messrs. Williams, the bankers, for the pri soner. It would be proved that Mr. Edmund Williams had never accepted this bill, and that the whole of the alleged transactions with him were a fiction. There was no doubt that other bills had been paid to the bankers since the bill in question ; but that would not alter the case, as the offence was completed by the uttering, and whatever occurred afterwards could make no difference. Mr. William Williams—l am a banker, residing at Newport. We carry on business in the name of William Williams and Sons. The prisoner, Mr. Geach, was in the habit of discounting with us. This bill was discounted by us. (It was the bill in question. It came enclosed in a letter. ) The letter was to the following effect : " Dear Sirs,—Herewith you will receive the three bills of Mr. Williams, together with a statement showing the amount. The deeds, &c., you shall have about Thurs day next. We are now using them, making out the ab stract for Mr. Guest's solicitor. You may have them if you wish, though it will a little inconvenience me. How ever, you will say by return, and I will thank you to send me my book also.—Your obedient servant, July 25, 1837. W. F. GEACH. Mr. William Williams, being cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant Lcntow, said—The prisoner married a lady of considerable fortune. A considerable number of bills came into our hands from Mr. Geach. We are not aware that all, or nearly all, were accommodation bills. We shoull not have advanced money to the prisoner on his own credit. He never asked it. Since the bill in question was paid to us we have had other bills to more than equal the amount. Mr. Geach did not have back his satisfied securities; they were left with us. He had any that he chose to send for. I never made any application to Mr. Edmund Williams, the supposed acceptor of the bill, till the present year. I did not know that this was a forged bill till the present year. Mr. Geach was bankrupt in 1838. Mr. Geach asked us to prove under the fiat. I did not prove for the bill in question, though I did for other bills. Mr. Geach promised to pay us, notwithstanding the proof under his bankruptcy. I proved for two bills, but this was not one of them. I proved, by affidavit: 2,2831. Os. 7d. is the balance due to us. I made no application to Mr. Geach for money after 1837. Mr. Ford's clerk brought down Mr. Geach in custody. Mr. Ford is our attorney ; he lives in London. He is only our attorney for this spe cific business. We have no attorney in particular. We employ several occasionally. I have not said that these two bills were my only claim against Mr. Geach. I never said that Mr. Ford had advised this prosecution, because Mr. Geach had set aside his warrant of attorney for some debt of his own in the Court of Queen's Bench. Re-examined—Mr. Geach mentioned two parties to accommodation bills, who were Mr. E. Williams and Miss Rachel Herbert. This bill was paid by figures in the account from other bills. Mr. Ford was in the country, and knowing that he banked with our London banker, we employed him to try to get payment of the two over-due bills. [Four letters written by Mr. Geach to Messrs. Wil liams, the bankers, were read.] The first letter, which was dated the 26th of March, 1835, stated that Mr. Edmund Williams had consented to give Mr. Geach his bills for 2,0004, and by this letter Mr. Geach asked Messrs. Williams to increase the limit of his discounts from 5,0001. to 6,0001., stating that there could be no risk on anything with his name to it. The second letter which was dated the Bth of March, 1837, stated that Mr. Edmund Williams wished to have certain bills renewed. The third letter, which was dated the 22d of July, 1837, stated that Mr. Williams, of Maesruddud, owed Mr. Geach 2,5001. and interest since 1832, on a mortgage of property sold to Mr. Guest, to be paid for on the 2d of November, and by this letter Mr. Geach asked accommodation till that time, on three bills of Mr. Wil.. liams for the amount ; and by this letter Mr. Geach also offered to send the title-deeds, and an order on Mr. Guest for the money. Tho fourth letter, which was dated the 7th of June, 1839, was written after Mr. Geach's bankruptcy, and contained the following passage:—" I will not rest till I have hon. curably discharged every shilling of principal and interest due to you " Mr. Edmund Williams—l live at Maesruddud, which is 16 miles from Newport. I have known the prisoner for many years. I never consented to give the prisoner my bills for 2,0001., or for any other sum. The acceptance in question is not of my handwriting. I never accepted any bill drawn by the prisoner. I never said that I wanted bills renewed by any other bills. I never owed Mr. Geach 2,000/. Ido not think I ever owed him a shilling, except for what he did for me as an attorney. I never sold any property to Mr. Guest, or any other man in my life. Mr. Geach never had my title deeds to make an abstract for Mr. Guest. My son, who is twelve years of age, is named Edmund Williams. There is no other be aides him and me of that name at Maesruddud. Cross. examined by Mr. Sergeant TaLrouno---.1 was a client of Mr. Geach. He had my confidence, and Ido not know that I have suffered by it. I have not paid any thing on this bill. 1 never told Mr. Geach that if my name was of use to him he might use it. lam quite cer tain of that. Re-examined—l never, directly or indirectly, authorised Geach to use my name to an acceptance. I employed Geach in transferring mortgages on which money was due to me. Mr. John Maund--I am a solicitor at Dudley. I know the prisoner. I became acquainted with him in April, 1837. I visited him in May, 1837. I went with him to the Rock Inn. We t aw the last witness. The prisoner said that Mr. Edmund Williams was a friend of his and a gentlemen of good fortune, and he added, " He owes me 4,0001." I afterwards went into Mr. Geachss office, and he came to me with three stamps of about 15s. each, and he said he wished me to assist him in some interest calcu lations. Mr. Geach dictated the principal sums and the heading, and divided it into three bills. By his own in structions 1 wrote the body of the bill in question for one of the three sums. The bill was read. It was as follows " 1,0571. 163. 91 Pontypool, July 27, 1837. " One month after date pay to my order one thousand and fifty-seven pounds sixteen shillings and nine-pence, for value received. , 4 W. F. GEACI - 1." To Edmund Williaq s, HET, Mae.:ruddud, near New port." Across this bill was the following acceptance : " Accepted at Messrs. Cox, Riddulph, and Co., bankers, London. " EDM. WILLIAMS." Mr. Maund, in his cross-examination, said—l advanced 2,000/. to Mr. Geach to become a partner with him; that has been repaid me, and 300/. fur my services, as was stipulated. Re-examined—l had security for the 2,0001. Mr. Sergeant LUDLOW (with whom was Mr. Sergeant TAisourin) said, that Mr. Geach was a solicitor in very extensive practice, who had married a lady of considerable fortune. He had no doubt made some personal enemies, and although there was no Statute of I,i,nitations in cri minal cases, yet charges of this kind ought not to be stale, or brought forward from personal motives, but ought always to be brought forward at the earliest possible period, and for the advancement of public justice only. The bill which was the subject of the present indictment ad been satis fied, and had becom e waste paper, and was h it not too hard to rake up the ashes of this bill for the purpose of over whelming a young man who had already had the mis fortune to become bankrupt. If it were to be taken that this was was not a genuine acceptance, and that Mr. Gulch uttered it without his being able to show that he had fair grounds to believe that he might use Mr. Williams's name. there remained the still more important question, whether Mr. Geach had any intent to defraud. It had been said that the inference of frau' Was an inference of law. For example, if one person fired a pistol at another, and killed him, it would be an inference of law that he intended to do so ; but yet that inference might be rebutted by the surrounding circuu.stances, as by showing that the pistol went off by accident or the like. Here was a person in credit who wanted no other names to enable him to get money at this bank. The bill was paid in and was dis charged w ith out any application to coy one, and it lay for two years at the bankers' among Mr. Geach's vouchers, which he might have called for at any time that he chose. If it was fair argument that if a fraud be equally a fair inference that if had been committed a fraud a committed no fraud was intended, intended; far ,nToa hshat ht fraude no so bankers fhr a i a t ud w d . bohheuaael had been committed in this case was el called upon. Here was an alleged o an ge a r d y (seen paid, and Mr. Edmund Williams e i n n ev l e B r 37 be ; en a bankruptcy in 1838, when all t a hvr transactions of Mr. aa thatup the e e a se,sai conduct d Geach must have been gone into, remained in the conntry.d yet ,tilt. Geach had o th f a e t guilty man ? Mr. Baron PARKE, in summing upon the questions whether the acceptance was a forgery, and that the prison er knew it to be so, there could be no doubt if the jury believed the evidence of Mr. Edmund 1 Williams ; and with re s p ect to the intent to defr aud , he I had no doubt that thy' jury would take the law from him. which was this, that a person is guilty of the offence of forgery, notwithstanding that be may himself intend ul. timately to take up the bill, and may suppose that the party whose name is forged shall be no loser. It, in the present case, the jury were satisfied that the prisoner knew this acceptance to be forged, and uttered it as true, and be lieved that the bankers would advance money on it, which they would not otherwise do—that was ample evidence of an intent to defraud, and evidence upon which a jury ought to act. It app2ared that bill had since been paid that would make no difference if the cffenee had been once completed at the time of the uttering:. The jury retired for about half an hour, and then re , turned into court and pronounced a verdict of Guilty, but recommended the prisoner to mercy. Mr. Baron PARKE—On what ground, gentlemen? The Foreman of the Jury—On the ground that the thing occurred some time ago. A Juror—We don't think he intended to defraud. Mr. Baron PARKE—If you are not satisfied of an intent to defraud, taking the facts of the case into your considera tion, the facts subject to the propositions of law that I have stated, you ought to acquit. Mr. Geach—The foreman says that they are not antis fie,l on the intent to defraud. Mr. Baron PARKE-It was not the foreman ; it was another gentleman. The question is, gentlemen, whether you are satisfied that by this mode the prisoner meant to get false credit at his bankers, so as to get bills discounted that he would not have got discounted without. The Foreman—We are satisfied of that. Mr. C. Bellamy, the Clerk of Arraigns—" How say you, gentlemen, is the prisoner guilty of this felony, or not guilty ?" The Foreman—Guilty, but we recommend him to mercy. Mr. C. Bellamy—Hearken to your verdict as the Court bath recorded it. You say that the prisoner is guilty— that is your verdict, and so you say all. A verdict of guilty was recorded. Mr. Geach was again indicted for having uttered a forged promissory note for 1,0001., which purported to be signed by Miss Rachel Herbert. Mr. Geach conducted his own defence. It appeared from the evidence, that Mr. Geach had paid this note in at his bankers', together with another promis sory note of the like amount, which purported also to have been si g ned by Miss Herbert, and it was proved by that lady that her signature had been forged. The Jury, after near an hour's deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty. The trial was not over till midnight. SATURDAY. At the sitting of the Court, Mr. Geach was called upon to say why sentence should not be pronounced upon him. Mr. Geach—My Lord, I shall not make any objection in arrest of judgment, but I wish to address a few observa tions to your Lordship in mitigation of punishment. In the year 1831, 1 enteted into business as a solicitor, and by industry and perseverance I acquired a considerable practice. In the years 1830 and 1831 there was a great depression in the iron trade, and in the town of Pontypool and its neighbourhood there was great embarrassment and distress among the tradesmen. I assisted them with discounts, and also as surety under composition deeds, and in this way I became embarrassed myself. In an evil hour I had recourse to these bills, but with no intent to defraud any person. The whole circumstances rebut such an idea. This is not like the case of a man going to a banker's un known and in a false name, for this money was used to liquidate the liabilities I had incurred. At the time of my bankruptcy, after an examination by counsel, which lasted twenty-three days, and two days more the commissioners took to read over the evidence, the commissioners would not adjourn my examination sine die, although asked to do so by the other side. And although my pecuniary transactions, while in business, amounted to more than half a million, there was only about 2001. unaccounted for. I have had no bill transaction for two years, and I was trying to get into business, in which I should have, no doubt, succeeded, if this had not come upon me. Since my bankruptcy, I have not tried to shield myself by a cer tificate, because I did not mean to avail myself of it, in tensing, as soon as I got into business, to offer all my cre ditors the best security I could give them ; though a gen tleman in court has a power of attorney, which would give me my certificate at once, upon asking for it. I have been convicted of an attempt to defraud in law. Ido not say that the verdict is wrong ; but although by a fair construc tion of law lam found guilty, yet as the intent, in fact, is negatived by the jury, I hope it will have its effect with your Lordship in mitigating my punishment. I hare now only to thank your Lordship for the patience with which my case was heard ; and also for certain licence which was allowed to me, which would not have been allowed to counsel. Mr. Baron PARKE—William Fester Geach, it is with pain that I pass the sentence of the law upon you. It is no answer to the crime committed by you that you intended that the bankers should be no losers. The sentence of the Court upon you is, that you be transported beyond the seas far the term of 20 years. Mr. Geach is of gentlemanly appearance, and about 35 years of age. It was understood that he is the son of Mrs. Frost by her first husband, and that Mrs. Geach is the niece of Miss Herbert, who is a lady of wealth and benevolence. It was also understood that Mr. Geach himself had been in extensive practice, and formerly lived in style, keeping his carriage, coachman, footman, &c. William Pritchard and John Williams were charged with having maliciously set fire to a wood, the property of the Duke of Beaufort. It appeared that the wood, which was situate at Trelleck, was set on fire on the 18th of March, and that 150 acres of underwood and young oaks were destroyed before the fire could be extinguished. There was no evidence against the prisoner Pritchard, except that of his being near the spot. The evidence against the prisoner Williams was his confession before Mr. Oakley, the Magistrate, in whicn he stated that Pritchard had proposed to him that as they had no money they should go and set fire to the wood, that they might be employed to put out the fire, and that, after he ( Williams) had refased, Pritchard said he would do it alone, when he ( Williams) consented to accompany him and keep watch, which he did, while Pritchard set tire to the wood. Mr. Baron PARKE directed the acquittal of the pri soner Pritchard, leaving the case to the Jury as to Wil liams, and observed that in cases of :his kind malice might be inferred from the act itself. The Jury, after consulting together for some time, found the prisoner Williams Not Guiltx. Mr, Baron PARSE—What I after his own confession ? The Foreman of the Jury—Yes, my Lord, we do not link it was malicious. MIDLAND CIRCUIT— We R WICK, Arc. 14. PARRoTT V. OAKES. This was the second trial of an action of trespass brought by John Parrott, a butcher, of Birmingham, against his landlord, for an illegal distress. From the statement of counsel, and from the evidence, it appeared that the plaintiff occupied a house belonging to the defendant, and there was an account between them, a supply of meat, by the butcher, being against the rent. Pending this account the defendant sent persons to dis train for rent on the night of Saturday, the last in July, 1839, and these persons distrained the butcher's meat among, other things. The defendant had about six weeks before made a distress for rent, and sold out on that occa sion, and he insisted that the plaintiff was tenant from week to week only, but the phintiti insisted that he was a yearly tenant. 'I he only questions in the cause were, whether the plaintiff was a weekly or yearly tenant, and whether the distress ..vas illegal as to the fresh meat in the plaintiff's shop? Chief Justic,!! TINDAL told the Jury that the butcher's meat was not liable to distress, as, if taken in pledge for rent—the original meaning of distress—it could not be given up in the same state (in the month of July), in which the distress was made. As to the question whether the plaintiff was a weekly or yearly tenant, he left it to the Jury upon the evidence, which his Lordship read to them. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff on both points, damages 501.—viz., 151. for distraining the raw meat on Saturday night, and 351. for distraining on the plaintiff as weekly tenant when he was in truth a }early tenant. John 111. Gennis, aged 25, and 7homas 31' Cortan, aged 29, were indicted for forging the stamp of the Birmingham Assay-office, and forging an impression of the same, and also for having a forged stamp in their possession. Guilty of having the dies in their possession. The Counsel for tl.e prosecution said they abstained from indicting the prisoners for having stamped the Queen's head on the plate, as by some omission in the late acts for altering the criminal law, that offence was still capital. Benjamin Bradnock,. aged 62, and Sarah Purchass, aged 56, were indicted for forging Bank of England notes at Birmingham, and for having such forged notes and the plates for forging them in their possession. The man pleaded guilty to that and to three other simi lar indictments. The woman was tried and found Guilty, the evidence being that they were both caught in the fact of striking off the impressions on 5/. notes. The woman was recommended to mercy on the ground that she was acting as servant to the other prisoner, and under his control. Both were sentenced to fourteen years' transportation, the law having left the Learned Judge no discretion as to the punishment. Robert Morley, aged 38, was found guilty, on three separate indictments, for le:oniously marrying three wo men, viz., Anne Rennie, Mary Sweepson, and Eliza Mil ner, his first and lawful wife being still alive. The Learned JUDGE sentenced the prisoner, upon two of the verdicts only, to be transported for fourteen years ; seven years for each offence. WESTERN CIRCUIT— IA ..TICLLS, JUNE 13. AFFECTING CASE OF MURDER. Edward Garrett was indicted for the wilful murder of Edwin Garrett, near Bath, on the 23d of July last. Mr. Hodges conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Stone defended the prisoner. This case was one of the most painf u l ever w it nesse d in a Court of Justice. The prisoner, when placed in the dock, suffered the most dreadful mental anguish ; during the greater part of the trial his head reclined upon the bar, and he was scarcely visible ; his counte nance was far from indicating that lie co uld comm i t any crime of atrocity, and his whole bearing wa s such as to induce all to sympathise with him. The tale, as stated by the witnesses, was one of woe and misery ; the man was peaceable, honest, industrious, but bent to the very earth by want and indigence ; he was a shoemaker, and had a wife and three young children, all of whom he tenderly loved ; he sew t h e m go crying to bed, because he had no food to give them, and this taking place night after night drove him to distraction ; it tore from the father his better feelin gs ; or rather, we shou id sa y , plunged. him . into such a gulf of misery and des p air as to rob hint of his senses, and in this moment of oppression and perplexity, too much for human weakneis to bear up against, he seized the means of destruction that happened to be within his reach—a bottle of laudanum—poured part of it down the throats of his darling infants, and then swallowed the remainder himself, not having the fortitude to the himself a!oce, without taking with him the wretched beings «ho owed their birth to him. He was a kind and most affeetioaate lather. The world bad 4oue THE su . N.:LoNnoN. rvioNY, AUGUST 17 Isio wrong with him. 11.3 had written to his friends to as sist him ; his application met with a cold refusal ; he was pressed by his creditors whom he could not pay; he was goaded to madness by the starving crtcs of his children, whose mouths he could not fill ; he bad only one resource b4urc him—a Poor-law union—to place himself, his wife, and children in that prison—to live, not together, but as if estranged from each other, sepa rate, and apart—to this, death seemed far preferable, despait took firm possession of his mind, and brought him to that bar where ho now stood charged with being the murderer of his own offspring. The whole scene was distressing beyond what any description can convey. From the evidence it appeared that Mr. Hill, the surgeon, was called into the prisoner's house on the 0 3d of June. He found the prisoner lying on a bed in a state of stupor. Mr. Hill asked him what he had taken. He said he had taken laudanum, and had given half a bottle to his two children ; that the bottle was on a shelf down stairs. The bottle was found, and it contained the remainder of some laudanum. Mr. Hill asked him what could be his motive for commit ting such an act. He said his circumstances were so embarrassed that he could not live, and he felt that his life was not safe. Mr. Hill administered emetics to the prisoner and to his two children, but no effect was produced on the younger child, and it died about ten o'clock that night. The prisoner and the elder child recovered. Mr. Hill had signed a certificate that the prisoner was not a sound mi n d, an d was i ncapa bl e of taking care of himself ; but when asked his reasons for having done so, he could give no explanation. After the prisoner was in cus t o d y h e wrote t h e following letter to his sister :—" Dear sister—l know not whether any one has written to you tolet you know where I am, or whether you hav e seen i n the paper an ac count of it. You know I ma d e app li cat i on to you for a few pounds, but in vain. If my own flesh and blood would not help me, where am Ito go for aid'? My children have gone to bed crying for feod, which I could not give them, and my creditors were pressing me, and I could not pay them. All these things came pressing upon me and drove me to distraction. I at tempted my own life and those of my children. The youngest is dead, poor little soul. To-morrow I ex pect I shall be sent to prison ; but I have one favour to ask of you—pray for my own dying soul—your un happy brother. The Coroner's Jury returned a ver dict of Temporary Insanity. Excuse the writing. I hardly know what lam doing. Pray for me." The prisoner had always been a good father, was exceedingly fond of his children, and was a quiet in !offensive man. His house exhibited marks of desti tution. Mr. STONE having addressed the Jury for the pri soner, Mr. Justice COLERIDGE summed up, and the Jury having consulted together for fifteen minutes, returned a verdict of Guilty, but recommended the prisoner to mercy on account of the distressed state of his mind. The Learned JUDGE then put on the black cap, and addressed the prisoner in the following words :—Ed• ward Garrett, you have been found guilty, after a very full consideration of your case by the Jury, who have recommended you to mercy, of having been the means of putting out of existence one of your own children. There are so many circumstances of the most painful nature in this case that I cannot trust myself to enter upon it ; and, as far as regards you, I hope and trust it is necessary for me to say but little. The Jury, who in the discharge of their most painful duty have felt themselves bound to declare you guilty, have re commended you to mercy. lam not at liberty myself to yield to that recommendation ; all that I can do—and I am bound to do that—is to take care that their re commendation shall be transmitted to the quarter which can alone give it proper effect ; but for my self, I feel that I should not do what I am bound to do, if I were to take upon myself other than to sentence you to the last painful pe nalty of the law. You have committed this crime undoubtedly not in the ordinary way— not under the impulse of strong and excited passion —not under the feelings of anything malignant or hateful t owar d s t h a t unfortunate chil, for that child no doubt you tenderly loved ; but it is perhaps that very circumstance that makes your crime a most dange rous one to pass over, for if it was once supposed that a person under any circumstances of distress, however great, could with impunity lay hands upon the life of any human being, or if, by attempting his own at the same time, supposed he presented therefore a more mi tigated case to the consideration of a Jury, I am afraid to consider what dangerous consequences might arise. I hold out no hopes to you that your life will be spared. I shall be the means of transmitting the recommendation of the Jury, but, for myself, I hold out to you no hope. I exhort you, most earnestly to repent of what you have done. I can't believe you can have the consolation of think ing that at the time you did the act you did not know its nature, and if that be so, I desire you to coasider of what heavy crimes you were guilty when you dared to attempt :your own life, and when you further ven tured upon the lives of your own children. Whether your life be now spared, or whether it is shortly to be terminated by a public execution—be your days many or few—depend upon it you have not a moment too long to spend in supplication and prayer. To the ad vice of the clergyman who will attend you, but above all, to the mercy of your Redeemer, I commit you for the time to come. It remains only now that I desire you to consider no longer the affairs of this life ; wholly awl solely direct your attention to Heaven ; throw yourself upon the mercy of your Redeemer ; study that good hook which I am delighted to find you asked for, and prepare yourself for that end that awaits you. The Learned Judge then passed upon the prisoner the awful sentence of the law. During this address the prisoner appeared to be ab sorbed in grief, and was taken from the bar in a most pitiable state. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. and Knight, the magistrat es , h e ld a spec i a l P et i t Ses sionUNJUST SCALES AND W EIG ElTS. —M essrs. W arner to inquire into a number of charges brought for ward by Mr. Childe, the Inspector of weights and measures, against different tradesmen for alleged frauds. The proceedings occasioned much interest. The first summons heard was against Jennies Perkins, cheese• monger, of Exmouth-street, Clerkenwell. Mr. Turner, who was in company of Mr. Childe when that gentleman exam i ned defendant ' s weights and scales, said that he discovered affixed on the defend- ant's scales a halfpenny piece, which gave a draught of half an ounce against the p urc h aser. ' H e was fined 20s. and costs. Richard Pert Let, coal and potatoe-dealer, in Hollo way-row, Islington, was compl a i ne d o f f or h av i ng hi s weighing machine with a balance of three quarters of a pound deficient. Mr. Childe informed the Bench that he thought the deficiency was the result of negligence. The Court said that intimation was much in his favour, but they could not look over the offence, and they fined him ss. and costs. Charles Faulkner, 26, Eyre -street-hill, Hatton. garden, marine-store-dealer, was also charged with havin false weights. Mr. Turner said he found two weights—one purporting to be a pound, just seven ounces over that quantity. This was a weight which defendant used when he was making purchases from poor people ; the other weight was light eight drachms.—Fined lOs. and costs. iriManz Menet., cheesernonger, of Whiteerozs-itreat, was charged with having underneath his weighing scale a halfpenny piece.— He was ordered to piiy '2os. and costs. Thomas Mager, cheesenionger, Whitecross-street, was next heard. Mr. Turner said that he also disco vered under the defendant's scale a halfpenny piece. This was the second tima that he had been detected in a similar fraud. Mr. Warner said it was a very bad case, and as the first penalty had not checked the de fendant in his fraudulent transactions, they would in this case make him pay 503. and costs. James Hutton, 133, Golden-lane, cheesemonger, was likewise charged with having false weights. Mr. Turner produced one half-pound weight short an ounce, which the defendant was using in his trade ; the beam and scale was also unjust. A fine of 40s. and costs was inflicted. Richard Marks, Duke of York , L i q uor pond - street, Leather-lane, was complained of for having in use a quart pot deficient more than half a gill, and a pint measure short half a gill. The oth er pots were correc t. Fined 20 s . an d costs. Henry D ean, mar i ne-store dealer, of St. Helena place, Clerkenwell, appeared to answer a similar sum mons. In thi s case the sca l e h a d a " Jerry, weigh ing seven ounces, hanging upon Fined 20s. and costs. John Alyburt, tea-dealer, Back-bill, Hatton-garden, was charged with having a false weighing-machine, and fined 10s. and costs. Richard Nurse, grocer and tea-dealer, Margaret street, Cletkenwell was summoned for having two scales of '4' false balance. Mr. 'Turner produced two wiiiLy he found affixed to each scale , which caused their, t.o be against the purchaser a quarter of an ounce. l e wa or d ere d to pay 20 s. and costs. Thoma s . binso'., 40, Exmouth - str e e t, C lerke n w ell , baker, was lase summoned by Mr. Childe. Turner said that on the Ist of August he discovered on defen dant's counter one pound weight light half an ounce. A witness for the defendant said that it was not in use. Fined 10s. and costs. Ann Lamb, butcher. L ow er-street, Islington, was gt on, char ge d w i t h having a he' ok, weighing three - quarters of an "nee, attach e d to h er weighing-machine. Ordered to pay 10 s . an d costs. The next charg e was against James Richards, 12 , High-street, Isli n was ten d rac h ms aga i nst the b uyer . e was fined 20s. and costs. checsemonger. Defenda n t's scale H .111 r. Benjamin Riley, cheesemonger , High-street, Clerkenw e ll, plcade.l guilty to a charge of havinv two beams and sca l es with an unj ust balance, caused by a penny piece being affixed to each. Mr. Knight said that was the worst case they had heard, but as it was the first off nce, they would no , inflict a hie.her penalty than 80s. and costs. James ili'Carthy, coal-dealer, Eyre-street Hill, wa , ordered to pay 10s. and costs, for having affixed to hi: wei r 4hing machine a piece of coal, giving a draugh against the purchaser of 12 ounces. Is Powell, potatoc-dealer, 48, Leather-lane, wa charged with a like offence. A machine in which a sack of potatoes is weighed, was found deficient a pound and a half. Mr. Childe said it was but fair to say that the ma chine was under repair at the time ; all the other scales and weights were correct. The Magistrates said they believed no fraud had been committed, but the possession of such a machine sub jected the defendant to a punishment. They mitigated the penalty to 10s. iFillianz Barrett, pork-butcher, 6s, Leather-lane, was charged with selling with a false balance. Affixed to one scale in defendant's shop was a piece of fat of the weight of two ounces and a half, and under another was s halfpenny piece. Fined 40s. and costs. .lames Goodchill, coal-dealer, Holloway, was charged with having in his possession five light weights, and or dered to pay 10s. and costs. _ _ John Wilkinson, a chandler's shopkeeper in Hollo way, was summoned for having in use two light weights, and fined Ms. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-110USE. On S iturday, a cobbler named Hrwson was charged by a policeman with having acted in a most disorderly manner, and with having, when expostulated with, stepped into the county of Middlesex, and d—d the City force, the Commissioner, and even the Lord Mayor. The defendant was one of those surly fellows who do their work, and when they pocket their profits, " care nothing for nobody." The policeman stated that at half-past one o'clock he saw the cobbler, who was in liquor, walking along Pet ticoat-lane, one side of which is in the city and the other in the county, with a woman, whom he was abusing right and left. The language in which he indulged was unfit for the ears of either sex, and witness re quested that he would not disturb the neighbour hood. "Go to h-11," said he, stepping into the county ; " you musn't move to this side, you despicable slave." Witness told him that all that was wanted was quiet at that hour of the night. " Oh, if that's what you want you shall have a bellyful of it," replied the cobler, and began to sing in such a style as had the magical effect of raising the sashes of several windows, and producing a general cry of " police." The cobler seemed to be at that moment in his element, and joined in the general chorus, never supposing that the po liceman would dare to venture out of the Lord Mayor s jurisdiction. He was mistaken, however, for witness darted upon him, and with the assistance of a person whom he called to his aid, hauled the cobler to the sta tion-house, notwithstanding a great deal of hitting and kicking. The woman very prudently stepped away in the midst of the row. The Lon» MAYOR—Why, Mr. Hewson, this is very rough work. The Cobler—The fellow has told a lie. I was going along quietly by myself wh en th e po li ceman called out, " Holloa, you fellow !" Well, I wan't going to answer varmint of the kind, when he comes up and seized me by the collar, and shakes me. Now I'd jist be glad to larn who'd like to be shaked by a policeman ?—(A laugh.) The LORD MAYOR—But the man swears that you were round the whole neighbourhood. It was his duty to take you to the station-house. Cobbler—l ax any body as knows me if lam the body to wake people up out of their beds that has to go to their work as well as myself. I call upon a respec table policeman of the county, who was present, whether I said a word that would hurt the feelings either of man or beast ? The metropolitan policeman then stepped forward, and the cobbler addressed him—Now, my good man, you was present at this here rumpus ? Witness—l was. Cobbler—Now, from your oath, mind me, did you hear me say one word indecent or disrespectable? Wit ness—l never heard more disgraceful language. Cobbler—You mean the language as he used to me ? Witness—No ; I mean the language you used to him. Cobbler-0 Lord, 0 Lord! Well, thank God, there was other people b). An inhabitant of the neighbourhood then appeared at the summons of the defendant. Cobbler—My Lord, this is one that aint paid to give his hevidence. Now, then, Sir, you was a listening to this here scrummage ? Inhabitant—l was. Cobbler—Now,upon your oath, did you hear me say a word as ought sot to come out of a gentleman's mouth ? Inhabitant—l did ; you said a great many very had words indeed.—(Laughter.) Cobbler—What did I say ? Mind, now, be cautious, for Pm blest if I don't pull you for what you say. In habitant—You told the policeman that he was a b—y convicted, white-buttoned. scabby-headed b—y (Great laughter.) Now, I don't call that very polite. The other witnesses said that they heard these and other words which were as bad, or worse. The Jews in the lane were all shocked at the row, and, although the night was very warm, closed their window shutters that they might hear no more. The LORD - MAYOR—WeII, Mr. Hewson, you see what your own witnesses say against you. Cobbler— Say ! Why you 'ant a going to believe what sich a b—y conwic— The 1,03 p MAYOR—HaIIo, Mr. Hewson, you're at it Again, are you ? Come, come, I see you are so used to the language that you arc not aware when you speak it ; it is with you a secret sin. You must pay 53. penalty. Here the cobbler's wife, who appeared at the head of four children, all of whom he was bringing up to the trade, eloquently raised her apron to her eyes, and his Lordship was at once convinced that the lock-up at the Coinpter for the night was sufficient punishment, and mitigated the penalty. B 0 LV. S IBEE T. Alin Gilbert Cox, shoptnan to Mr. Garrett, a pawn broker in Long Acre, was charged with obtaining the sum of eight shillings, under false pretences from John I3ei.ven, a private in the Coldstream Guards, under the following circumstances. The complainant stated that on Wednesday last he saw a watch-key in Mr, Garrett's shop window which was ticketed—" This gold chased key 9s. Gd." He went into the shop, and after examining the article of fe:ed Bs. for it, at the same time stating that he was no judge of such articles, and asking the shopmen (three of whom, including the defendant, were behind the counter) if' it was gold, and they all assured him that it was as good gold as could be got in London. Upon their representations he was induced to give 8.. for the key. He afterwards took it to another pawnbroker in the neighbourhood to inquire what be would advance upon it, when he was told that it was brass, and not worth more than twopence ; and finding he had been cheated, he applied at this office for a summons against the defendant. Charles Wood, a shopman to Mr. Lightmore, a pawnbroker, stated that he had examined the key in question U' testing it with aquafortis, when it turned quite green. It was nothing more than brass very highly polished—it was not even plated with gold. It was worth about twopence, but was " got up" in a mari ner calculated to deceive the unwary. The defendant denied that he was the person who actually said complainant the key. Complainant said he could not say which of the shopmen actually took his money, but that all assured him that they key was a gold one. Defendant further said that the key was plated with gold, there was in filet sufficient gold about it to justify him in calling it a gold key. Mr. HALT—You mean there is just enough for you to swear by? Defendant said there was enough gold to justify bins in calling it a gold key. The complainant could not expect to buy a solid gold key for Bs. ; the manufacture of the key in question cost ss. Mr. Hau.—How can you make such a declaration, when a witness has sworn it is not worth 2d. Defend ant said that he would admit the key was a brass one very thinly plated with gold. Mr. HALL—The witness has sworn there is no gold in it ; that it is nothing but brass very highly polished. Unless you can rebut his evidence, I shall commit you for trial. . - 13elendant said there was no proof that he was the person who actually sold the key. Mr. HALL said then he would have all the shopmen sent for, and then the case would be complete against one or other of them. But if the defendant chose to return the complainat his money, he would allow the case to be settled in that way. The defendant gladly availed himself of this offer and paid the complainant his Ss. back again. Mr. HALL said now that the case is over, I will tell you candidly that I would not have allowed it to be settled in this manner, had there not been a defect in the evidence as to the fact that you were the person by whom the key was actually sold. Had the evidence in that respect bee❑ complete, I would most assuredly have committed you for trial. You have throughout treated the matter very lightly, bat I consider your offence a most aggravated one. You had better not play these tricks again ; if you do you will get yourself into a very serious difficulty. The defendant, who did not all relish the worthy Magistrate's observations, said that he had done nothing beyond what was daily practised by half the pawn brokers in London. Mr. H ALL sa id he did not know anything about that, but he would state that if any case of the kind should be proved before him, he would most assuredly commit the offenders for trial for obtaining money under false pretences. UNION-HALL. James Taylor and Janus Keene, two fashionably. dressed young men, were summoned before Mr. Trail!, for discharging fireworks at the Royal Brunswick Gar dens, during the concert. Mr. King, the proprietor, stated that on a late gala the defendants entered the Brunswick Gardens at an ' early period of the evening during the concert, and while the audience were engaged in listening to the per formances, the letting off fireworks threw the whole ,rchestra, vocalists and all, into a state of con'usion. On examining into the cause of the uproar that ensued, it was discovered that some persons had obtained access to that part of the gardens where the pyrotechnic exhi bition takes place, and, setting fire to some of the rockets and other combustible materials, occasioned such an interruption to the proceedings of the evening. He (complainant) did not happen to witness the trans action, but there were persons in attendance who did, and would also describe the interruption given to the entertainments by such an act of wanton folly. Mr. TRAILL said, that in granting the summonses against the defendants, he imagined that the alleged offence was for discharging fireworks in a public tho roughfare. Now, it was certain that the Brunswick Gardens were inclosed, therefore he could not punish the defendants under the Police Act. The Magistrate added, that the complainant must proceed against them ' under the Wilful Damage Act, and it was necessary that he should now state the amount of the damage he sustained by the wilful act of the defendants. Complainant—l cannot state the amount of the da mage, which could not be much, the most important being that of letting off the fireworks, and disturbing the concert. Mr. TRAILL—Were the fire-works to have been dis charged on the night in question Complainant—Certainly they were; but not until an advanced period, and when the concert was over. Such an act as that of discharging the fireworks in the midst of the concert had a very ridiculous appearance, and threw a good deal of odium on the performances altogether. Mr. TRAILL said that in his opinion there ought to be a more sharp look nut kept in the firerork gallery, to prevent such an accident. The Magistrate then said that it was necessary that the complainant should state the amount of his loss. The complainant said that he had no means of deter mining that ; that as to the value of the fireworks dis charged, it was trifling in comparison to the interrup• tion given to the concert. Mr. TRAILL said that if the complainant could not put a price on the damage he had sustained, the de. fondants could not be punished. The defendants declared that they were not the parties who set light to the fireworks. They admitted that they were in the gardens and not far from the fire work gallery, but again protested their innocence of any participation in the act. The complainant said that there were witnesses in attendance who would clearly identify the defendants as having committed the offence ; but as the complainant did not feel inclined to fix the amount of damage he sustained by the act, he should, therefore, decline pro ceeding any further in the affair, but would take especial care in future, and prevent a similar interrup tion to the amusements of the Brunswick Gardens. The Magistrate said that in this case he should dis charge the defendants, but if the complainant only stated the extent of the damage, he should assuredly have fined the defendants. An Irishman, named Pat Dacey, with the top of his head plastered all over, charged two men named Cr•aw ley (brothers), with haying wounded him with a poker and a hatchet. The complainant, a genuine specimen of the " Eme rald Isle," said that he and the two defendants were all countrymen, and that a bit of a shindy having taken place in the "court" where he lived, he (Dacey) went out to see what was the matter, when Tim Crawley hit him a crack on the skull with a poker, and his brother Thady followed it up with another blow over the same place. (Here Dacey tore the plasters off his head, and exhibited two recent cuts, besides the marks of at least a dozen others.) Mr. TRAILL—HOW old are you ? Dacey—Faith, I believe I'm about thirty. Mr. TRILL—You appear to hive as many cuts on your head as you are ye.trs old ; how did you get them all ?—Dacey (petting his hand up to his head.) These two last cuts I got from the Crawleys, bad luck to them, but there ought to be another, for they het me two or three cracks with the pocker and hatchet. As to the other scars they are all healed up—l got them in mild Ireland, where I hope to be soon by the ble►sin of God. Mr. TRAILL—Did the defendants strike you without provocation ? Dacey—By my soul they they did that, too, for there's not a quieter boy from here to Cork than I am myself, and I'd scorn to strike a man with a deadly weapon except he was murderin me. The ould scars I got in Ireland I didn t think anything of. Mr. TRAILL said that the defendants acted with great brutality in striking a defenceless man with such instruments. Tim Crawley said it was not all gospel Dacey preached, for he was known to be one of the biggest liars that ever came from Paddy's land. Arrald Dacey, now tell his worship what you did before you got that crack of the crown, for if you don't, I will. Dacey was silent. _ _ Tim Crawley—Don't you know, Dacey, that you called me v?ife a --, and that when I tould you she was vartous, you gave me the lie, and struck me in the bargain. Dacey said that he hail no recollection of having used such language. Crawley—The drink was in you, I know that, but you brought it all on yourself by your bad tongue. Crawley then declared that he used no weapon but his fist on the occasion, and his brother also denied having used a pol%er or any other instrument, and that that the hurts Dacey received were in falling, for they had several rounds of boxing. The police said that the court near Tooley.street was full of Irish people, and that scarcely a night passed that they were not breaking each other's heads, and the next morning they were to be seen on the best terms imaginable with each other. Mr. TRAILL said that such riots were disgraceful ; it was, no doubt, produced by liquor, and he should fine the defendants 3/. each, or, in default of payment, com mit them for six weeks. The defendants were committed. HATTON-GARDEN. A man named Harris was charged with neglecting to provide for his wife and family. Mr. Hill, a gentleman connected with the parochial affairs of Clerkenwell, said that on the night previously , he was in the workhouse of that parish when the de fendant came with a rat-a-tat-tat at the door, and de manded that his wife and four children should be pro vided for there, at the same time shoving his unfortu nate offspring and their mother with great violence into the place. After this be endeavoured to quit the spot, but was prevented by witness seizing his collar, and in forming him that he had a great deal to explain before he would he prmitted to retire alone. Witness then endeavoured to prevail on him to see to the wants of his family, hut he could make no impression on him ; he persisted in leaving them in the workhouse, he called in policeman and had him removed to the station house. The wife said that on Friday afternoon her husband called in a broker and sold every article of furniture. and then forcibly removed her and her children to the workhouse. Mr. GREENWGOD asked the defendant the meaning of his conduct ?—He said she went too frequently to the gin -shop. The wife denied this, and Mr. Hill said that the ac cusation was false. Mr. GREENWOOD-It is quite evident to me that she is no drunkard. (To Mr. Stevens, one of the over seers)—lf I commit him to prison, what will become of his family ? Mr. Stevens—We will see that she is well provided for. Mr. GREENwoon—He's a great ruffian, and entirely at your mercy. if you request me I will certainly send him for a month to the House of Correction. Mr. Stevens—He deserves no mercy at our hands, for he has none for his poor wife and children. I shall certainly press for his committal. Mr. Hill agreed with Mr. Stevens, and the defendant was sent to the treadmill for the above period. Mr. Ashley, one of the overseers of Islington, then brought into the office another of the same stamp, named Andrews, charged with deserting his wife and M. Ashley said he knew nothing of the merits of the case. The woman had applied to him for relief for herself and two children, and he had given her money and food. Mr. GaEENwoon (to defendant)—What have you to say to the charge ? Defendant—Nothing further than that I shall not live with them. Mr. GREENWOOD —What is your reason ? De fend:nit—Nothing particular. I choose to do it, and that is nothing to any one. Mr. GREENWOOD—Why, you swore to love and to cherish her. Now, let me induce you to perform that solemn vow. Defendant—l'll give them a few shillings a week. Mr. GREENWOOD —You are a hardened fellow. To the Wife—What suns per week will satisfy you for the maintenance of you and your children ? Wife—Eight shillings I whi manage with, Sir. Defendant—l'll give her no more than ss. a week. Mr. GREENWOOD —You are a disgrace to man, and I sincerely wish I hud the power to send you to the treadmill for twelve months. If the overseer thinks that you ought to pay 7s. per week I will confirm the order, and send you to gaol if you disobey it. Wife—Oh, do not do that, Sir, I implore you. I will take 55., or even 45., or evca go without, rather than he should be sent to prison. The poor creature here sunk exhausted on the ground. For the first time it was noticed by the Ma gistrate and the other gentlemen in Court that the child in her arms was totally blind. The effect of this discovery, coupled with the agonizing sobs of the poor creature, moved to tears every one present except the husband, who did not seem to notice it. Mr. GREENWOOD said that every one present viewed the conduct of the defendant with disgust and indigna tion ; and, in pity to his unfortunate wife, he, by the advice of the parish, would make an order on him to pay towards the maintenance of his family 6s. weekly. EVI- - 41N NT(-: FDITIONs OLTCI-1 AND F , ..ANDERS MALL' BRUSSELS, AUG. 13.--In consequence of the further examination of the persons arrested the evening b fJre yesterday, about twenty persons have been transferred from the Atnigoto, the Petits Cannes, escorted I.Y brigade of gendarmes. These persons belong to the working classes, except two or three who appear to be In better circumstances. This morning at nine o'cl ock the number of persons in confinement was 03. Yester day and last night have passed off without any d star bance. The Rue Ilaute was, however, crowded with people discussing the deplorable events of the prece din4 day. Yesterday morning early the officers of justice madeL a domiciliary visit in the residence of Bats, in wh ich, it is said, they seized several important papers, particu larly the list of the names of all the partisans. Anot her visit was made in the h o u se o f a s h oema k e r, who is o ne of the persons arrested, and is said to be one of th e most ardent adherents of Rats. The Politiques (of Liege) says :—" The statement of a P-ench journal, that Major Kessels was present in the ridiculous attempt of Louis Bonaparte is n° 6l : pletely false. M. Ke sse l s h as no t qu i t t e d Liege , is ill, and even confined to his bed. F RONTIERS OF POLAND, AUG. the lett ers from Eastern Pola n d agree i n announc i ng the gre 3 " , movements of troops in those provinces. Not only from Poland itself, but from Podolia, Volhynia, and Lithn ania, regiments are proceeding by forced marches t ° the south, and will be replaced by others from th e Baltic provinces. It is not stated whither these troops are going, to Bessarabia or to the ports in the 1 3111 % Sea. Great events must, h owever , b e ex pected wb e " the Russian Government makes such extraordin ary exertions. It may be affirmed, without exaggernt . ' ° , l ° ,, that two-thirds of the whole Ru s si an f orc e are alrea d y concentrated on the coasts of the Black Sea, or on their march thither. The whole army hope that a Ros si / 11 corps will sho r tly sa il f or th e B os ph orus , an d eventua ll y occupy Constantinople. We learn from St. Petersburgh that the Emper or has deferred his dep ar t ure to t h e army , because w e negotiations with th e W es t ern P owers.req uire his r e ' sence at St. Petersburgh. TIIE HAGUE, AUG. 13.—THE STATES-GENERAL P ' The Address in reply to hi s M a j esty ' s speec h from t„ , P ; Throne on opening the Ext raor di nary S ess i on of t"- States-General, as voted successively by the t s “ ) Chambers, is of the following tenor : Sire !—lt is with the most lively satisfaction thsat we all, who are convoked to this extraordinary a n d solemn Session of the States-General, are assemble round your Majesty, and have seen you open o ur Sass sion in person. " Assembled to deliberate on the changes and tions to their fundamental law, which circumstance i ' ,° ' experience, have caused to be considered as necessary' we fully appreciate the importance of this task. 4, The fundamental law is in fact the sheet-anchor of the liberty of the Netherlands and of national wcit' Are ,i Every modification of this law is inseparably connect: with our dearest interests. For this reason the fun,; mental law itself has wisely indi c at e d the manner which changes or additions may be made. or) " Already the legislative pow e r h as been Theengsge this subject, according to the existi ng r e g ul a tions. object of our most zealous efforts must now be to e % ; amine what it has done, maturely to consider it, the consequently to co-operate in consolidating ; happiness of our dear country. We shall have not h !`:, more at heart, in concert with your Majesty, and 1 ,7 t, ' yoking the Divine blessing, th a n t o attain this ohi ° '" during the course of this extraordinary Session." The following is his Majesty's answer to the Adafe-5, " His Majesty sees with satisfaction from the Aciu• P o of the States-General, the unanimity of the sentimcnof which animate theai ; he hopes that, by the blessi n g God, their deliberations will tend to the perm t° advantage of our dear country, and in all resP ec consolidate and promote its welfare." DUTCH FUN DS.—AmiTERDAN, AUG. 14. Mon . 1 0 " . I)Cbt, :44 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. ,t •oto I syndic, 454 per cent 9O Ditto, ditto, 3N, per cent '7s'% 75 Commercial Company, 4 , 4 per cent l6s.y 1 i 170 Dqt., (M 35 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1e37, 5 per cent Exchange on London, One month ll 9 5 Two months Dutch Papers, Aug. 15. ri.ELU , I AN f UNDS—Bitugime, AVG'. 14. Actual Delft, *;', per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent lOl% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent.... --- 3 per Cent. Thirty•seven---- 7 2 % Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent Society of Commerce, 4;,iper Cent le °/1 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent National Society . Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, Aug. 14. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vieresu, Ana. 3, 1 034 Five per Cents. Metalliqucs Four per Cents f."2 Three per Cents. Flank shares ••• .............................. •••••••••••••••••• 1733 —Alizemeine Zeitung. Aug. 11, PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BgaLIH, Ana. 11. jgonti. St. Schuld. Sch., 44,, per cent. lO3 103 1 a Prussian English Loan, 1830,4 p er cent 103 14 101% km:flange on London, three months 6 17%, —Prussian State Gazette, Aug. 12. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER—FRIDAY EVENING. The attendance this morning was tolerably good, but ther e were no important changes in the St. Luger bettings. TAO:, celot was certainly a better favourite than on Tuesday; 5 to ; in one or two instances was obtained, then 2 to 1 became tha top offer. 8 and 9to 1 against Crucifix was laid. Galen 9 n' friends. Broadwath would have been backed at 14 tw o: , 12 to 1 was offered. Viceroy (thought by some of the col id ) centi to be " gone " last night, when 1,000 to 20 wa s ere ac came again, and 200 to 5, 500 to 15, and other bets, " . 0 5 to cepted. Maroon is at 100 to 8 offered. Dr. Caius, "1 s to off. take 28. Gibraltar's friends declined accepting 8 re d a fraction beyond would have been taken. There aPP ea e beat great desire to back Launcelot, and to take 7 to 4 that t 5 the field. n pie- THE DONCASTER Cur.—N o bettinr, on either Hem — ots toff or Lanereost to-day, 7 to 1 would have been taken Charles XII., and 10 to I on St. Francis. SUNDAY TRAVELLING. Our revers os aware of the unfortunate competition at present P i r ."o- between the Birmi ng h am an d D er b y an d Midland st ties' Railway Co m p an i es, as not i ce d i n our number °'Will week, and elsewhere in our publication of to-day,„,:rlsi it be believed th a t certa i n o f t h e op p onen ts of travelling hav e i ssue d an a dd ress i n some of the i, "" r t be papers, in whi c h th e y hi n t th a t P rov id ence will t B° ,; n ue side of that party which shall be the first to disee n o re the practice of Sunday travelling 1 Such, we can 355 q 0 our readers, is the case. Can fanaticism and fo ll y further ?—Railway Times. I 'ES: MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT ON THE .. I n i a co. —An inquest was held on Saturday afternoon at th e 'city Bull, Upper Thames-street, before Mr. Payne, th e occi Coroner, on view of the body of Michael Donovan, 31, who was drowned in the Thames, under the f° ll° : os ed circumstances :—Henry Godfrey, a Waterman, ue r - flos that between four and five o'clock on Tuesday alt ers - 0o last, he was on Southwark-bridge Pier, when he saw and deceased in the water. Witr.ess jumped into his boa t ' be pulled towards him, but the deceased sunk befer: en' reached him. Witness the n w en t i n t o the river, 0 %0, deavoured to save the deceased by every oss ible 01e - e a but was unsuccessful. By th e Coroner—The P &cllo had come up to the pier in a b oa t, an d l a m of oPi ri h p o that he fell out whilst making the boat fast. Mr• ed man, builder, of Stangate, deposed that he had enl — tirs the deceased in doing some work on the pier. T ha n be witness heard of the accident was a getlman t e i - to t ea° bridge calling out that a man was in the water. N'",bel then offered several of his men a handsome reward if "bat would use their exertions to save the poor felleohno owing to his not havin g b een seen w h en h e first fe 1 . ,,,. a r the river, and the tid e r u nn i ng f ast at t h e ti m e, he ". A peered ; the deceased was a sober industrious Inari,j the waterman proved finding the body of the deceascd,„ ° o ' f aict previous day, near where the accid e nt happeued.---'— Accidental Death _ SILVER TEA. and COFFEE Sbit v` na i," Drawings of the newest patterns, will be forwarded, F O L. St i .r a i l l e; any part of the country, in answer to a paid letter, fue 0 culars of size, weight, and price ; or Purchasers W l `,.. sll° most extensive assortment of the Silver Services in t " - cefe e ' Rooms. Either Tea-pot, Sugar Basin, Cream Ewer or put, may be had separately. T. COX SAVORY, Silversmith, &c., 47, Cornhill (Seven doors from Grao4ea- street), London BIR TB'S. f I.‘ On the 11th in s t , at Nortrooi, Surrey, the lady °- Laurie, Esq., M. D., of a son. of al ' On the 13th inst., the lady of Le M. Thomas, Egg' f J. On the 13th i ns t., a t Cl a ph am , S urrey , th e lady ° Daniel, Esq., of a son. Elno te‘j' On the 13th inst., the lady of J. F. Pott, Esq., of of a!on. I l 3irs• On the 14th inst., at St. P e ter-street, Islington , Ellis, jun., of a daughter. MARIED. On the 6th inst., at Haarle R m, Louis Van oYerbeke• °r 13r65 . sell, barrister, to Eliza Jane, daughter of T. Wilson, E,: ( 1 1 ;, On the 13th inst., at Thorganby, Lincolnshire, ' sli%3' Was:;. jun., of Charlotte. street, Fitzroy-square, to S ara only child of the late \lr. J. Rawiiwon, of ThorganbY. Jr. .1 On the 13th inst., at Trinity church, Newin,Yton, ,r. _0 WilkinAm, of Peckham, to Sarah, e ld es t daughter .P Cetsworth, of Southwark. cbir e l On the 13th inst., by license, at St. Thomas's-squ — - Colo ° t Fields, W. A. Fallon, eldest son of th e 'ate Lieutenant- odes D. S. Fallon, of the Bombay Army, to Mary Al l° ' daughter of D. Herbert, Esq. Lie ute : On the 14th inst., at Al! Souls', Langharn - V ac- iLofa e l nant-Colonel Losack, B. A.L., son o f th e l a te Achnir a a go to Grace Grant, widow of Melville C. Losack, Artillery, son of the late Captain W. Losack, Digit. .--- 0 le g On the 16th inst., at Th zo b a ld' s , Waltham-cross, aft e g r Olt hours' illness, Julia, the see nsd daughter of :Alit. G. 1 -1 . - . /3 aged 20. an Art hu r °f Alter a few hours' illness, R a lph, the youngst !c-- Ed ( e Zth 'g e e l d 2 l o o l . iast., at BriAton, — Alary, wil l ' s° 0 o f the lit* Tibbits, Esq., of Barton SePolave `Northamptcnshse• Ater of On the 13th inst., at fien'singto ' n, Sarah, eke' t dall° al _sco ot: the late Dr. Latham, of liexley, Kent. On the 13th inst., in Glocaster ' plate, Macdalene, the wife of Captain R. C. - 111angin , R' N. dauth tir On the 14th in=t., at Tunbridge-wells, Cathtrine, of F. Gibson, of Turnham-green, Esq. , t ; of _______ London : Printed and Published by 111I111D0 o • t olid, I No. 112, Strand, at The SIM Office, No. 11- '1640. the county of Mithileses..-Mondo.y, Atigust 17; . Portm 1