The Sun. — London, England, 1857-12-23 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIOHNCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT. TAUNTON 'ATESDAY, 11),:e. 22. THE LEIGH- WOUDS' 31.1i - RDEE. (Before Mr. Justi , i;e Wines.) John Beak, aged 30, iudkted f(a. the wilful naurcler of Charotte lcugyley at Long Ashton, on the 11th September. Mr. Stone and Mr. Coleridge. were counsel for the prisoner, instructed by Mr. Edward Chadwick, of Long Ashton, and Mr. T. M. Saunders, instruct el _ _ _ by Mr. Harris, 'of Bath, defended the prisoner. This was a Cl3O which excited the greatest inte rest, it being the trial (if the prisoner for t' e murder of the poor woman in Leigh-woods, near Clifton, in September last. Leigh-woods are situated close to the river Avon, but on the opposite side to the vil lage of Clifcon ; they are extremely beautiful, and are the resort of all the pleasure-seekers of Bristol aud Clifton. There is a particular valley there, callel Nightingale Valley, which is one of the most lovely spots in England, and it is to this valley the mind of the reader must be directed. On the tap of the hill is a rabbit warren, sur?ounded by trees and underwood, and for the protection of the game a gamekeeper is kept, who lives near the warren. The gamekeeper's name is Worth. He is in the habit of walking all over this place daily. On the morning of the 10th September Worth went his rounds exa mining every part closely, bat he saw nothing un common. He did not pas that way again until half past 5 in the afternoon, when, as he was looking aboult, he noticed a handkerchief on the ground, apparently saturated with blood. He then saw a pool of blood on the top of a precipice overlooking Nightingale Valley, partly coveted with mould. He looked over the precipice, and about 12 feet below, in a kind of natural vault, he saw what appeared to him to be a woman. He descended the bill, and then he found it was the body of a woman, com pletely laid out, the clothes being in perfect. order; the body had not any shawl or bonnet on. There was no blood about it. Worth instantly went and fetched a policeman named Jones, and they then observed that the throat was cut, and there was a hole in its temple. It was evident that a murder had been committed. Worth and Jones then took the body to the New Inn at Rownham Ferry, which is a ferry over the River Avon, lead ing from the Hot Wells to Long Ashton and Leigh \Voeds. The body was exhibited to any one who cane in order that it might be identified. The face and head were much disfigured. On Monday, 14th Sept. ' an inquest was held, and a t that time her clothes were removed from her person. The hand kerchief and clothes were examined, and the lett !is " UP.," were upon them ; but no one came for ward who cou'd identify the person. A post-mor tem examination was made, and a bullet was found in the bead. The teeth were very peculiar, having been stopped in a particular manner, and the sur geon therefore took out the jaw. He had no doubt that the poor woman hail been murdered, and, in his opinion, she bad been first shot and then her throat had been cut. The question then came as to who she was, and by whom she had been murdered. The matter, of course, soon b !came knewn, and it was then found that a woman answering the descrip tion of the deceased had lived as cook in the ser vice of Mr. Bythesea, at Fresliford, near Bath. The servants there saw the clothes which had been found on the body, and they identified them as those of Charlotte Pugsley, tee cook of Mr. Bythe sea. She had left his service on Wednesday, the 9th Sept., with the prisoner. It then appeared that the prisoner had formerly lived at Long Ashton, in the neighbourhood of Leigh Woods, and be hid courted the deceased, but latterly he had been iu the service of Capt . . Watkins, who resided at Da ventry ; but the court-hip between him . ..and the deceased still continued, notwithstaedieg the pri soner was a married man and had a wife hying near Daventry. On Sunday, the 6th of &le tember, the prisoner obtained permission from Captain Watkins (who unfortunately met with that dreadful accident the other day on the South Devon Railway) to no out for a week. He stated that his father was a builder at Bath, and had fallen from a scaffold and broke n his thi g h' s ; that his sis ter was so much frightened that she had died, and he wished, therefore, to ge and see his father at Bath. He left Daventry on Sunday, Sept. 6. On Monday, Sept. 7, the prisoner called at a shop in Bristol, kept by a tailor named Aplin, and he there ordered a coat, and in measuring him Apliu saw , that he had a pistol in his breastpocket ' • he said ho was going to Bath. B e t ween 3 an d 4 o'cl..ck on Wednesday, Sept 9, he went to Mr. Bytheeea's, and gave the servants to understand that his master, Capt. Watkin., had discharged all his servants and had gone to India, and that, according to previous arrangement, he had corne tofetchCherf tte Puf,sley, that they were going to Southampton to be m tr, ied, and were then going to America. He assisted in c nrding three boxes belonnin4 to C',Aarlot.te Pugs- Icy, which contained all she had in the world. He directed them in his own name, " Beale, Bris . tel." The housekeeper of Mr. Bythe3ea asked him as he was going to Southampton why he went to Bristol, and he said he had some basinem to trans act there. Theprisoner and Charlotte Pugsleythen left Mr. Bythese es together. They went, accom panied by the butler, to the . Freshford station, but finding the train did not stop there they walked to Lymply Stoke station, the butler carrying Char lotte's shawl and carpetbag. The prisoner and Charlotte then got into the train and proceeded on their way. The luggage was forwarded by another train after them. The prisoner and a woman were at the railway station at Bristol waiting for the ar rival of the 9.40 train ; the prisoner then selected the luggage, but as it came by another train the officer charged them 3s. 10d. for the carriage. The prisoner demurred to this charge, and it was ar ranged that the luggage, consisting of three boxes, should remain till the next morning. The prisoner and the woman tien left the nation at 10 minutia' before 10 o'clock. The next miming the prisoeer and a woman again went to the station, and after some discussion he-p a id th e 33. 10d. He then left the woman, alid tild the officer he was going to Liverpool, and he had the boxes removed, across to the Midland st ttioa al . , Bristol. They were put in the lug,gage-reom, and. he took the usual tickets for them. He thee joiued the woman and they went away. This was on the morning of the 10th of Sept., the day on which the murder was committed. In the course of that day ho and a wo man were seen going in the direction of Downham ferry. Ab elf sin the afternoon of that Thursday, the 10th of Sept., the deceased was se:n by a per son named Hancock at the foot of the hill leading to the warren • ho could swear to her, because at first he thou ; hl it was his sweetheart, and he went and looked particularly at her, she was walking with a min woo was unknown t'. him. On the t of the hill, near the scene of the murder, the pri soner and the deceased were seen by a man named Jackson walking together, appaxeutly in a most af fectionate manner ; he hid his arm round her waist, and ehe had her heal neon his shoal ler. 'What a te tale! contrast to the dr eadfel c im., that was shortly to be sum eia.ed, aul which it was evi dent the prisoner must for so ne days have htd in contemplation. She at that time was contidir.g in his love, and he was full of murderous intent—for what reason it is difficult to conjecture. From that moment the poor woman was never soon again alive. On the next day, Friday, the prisoner went to Alpin's shop fir his coat, and said he hid been having a glorious spree at Bath. On the Saturday morning the three boxes were fetched from the Mid land station, and on the evening of that day the pt is )her arrived at Daventry, haviry , three boxes with him, which were taken to Capt, Watkius's. The prisoner told his fellow-servants that he had buried his sister, that he had maintained. her a long time, and he hai brought away all her cl ,thes, which were in the boxes. On the It n. lay morning he gave the wife of a shoemaker a silk dress and other articles, the properay of the unfortunate wo man. He told the shoemaker's wife that they had b.donged to his sister. In a cupboard in the pri:onees room thekeys of the boxes were found, as well as two pistols, one loaded and the other unloaded. The buret found in the bent of the deceased Atr,ed these pistols. •In one of the boxes were three new s-ec, which the pocr woman had !might for her marriage. The prisoner ha l dealt in lie , . Capt tie NI/attune had not Ift Daveutry. The prieoner's fath er had not met with an accident ; and his sister no dead. He must have contemplated. this act before he, left Daventty, for ho had brought th e ( p ic is i tomile.l,'lih. him and had it in his pocket whey he place d of 4 peer v i c ti m and took her from her servtce ot A te ul w ar more deliberate d m e u liberate cruel heart deeided enneiive.i. The cwie rder Co ' ald I;a:rdly be s %ii g e et eh u l p . with ere . at care,. fur tin re was not a link is, t u watitmg. The evidence i g.veu e tinning of the e' b ; the .tlise ( death ,ae eteutity of th • b and the te•th ; • o y by the clotees - • the fa t f net courted her ; 108 b • • 1" soaer haviriZ with Vie pistol ; his gong to lay. and C wiling the boxes, and directeig them ; soner and the deceaze I le lying Mr. Bythasea to gether, I going from th . Bristol ; the art ival in Bristol ; the dispute it th hvgage ; the pr:soner being soar at Bristol . and near Leigh-wood ; his r:-turn to Daveh , tl3 7 the. finding th e b oxes con t a i n i ng the dec2ase:l',s clot.ics ; the pistol s a n d b u ll e t s, and a, knife with b!ood on it; and the shawl the unfortunate WOULin were (n the day she left Mr. By theeea'e. Mr. Saunde:s a ldressed the jury for the prix ant r. He did not deny that the Lody was that of Ciitirlo: to Pugsley, but he denied that the priserier iitaS the Murderer. No mo•ive had bent shown, and, lie contended that the evidessail of the prisoner b ,inn with tile woman near Leigh-wood was of-too doubtful a chara,:ter to justify the jury in finding the prisoner guilty. With regard to the pistol, the prsoner had—foolishly, no doubt—been in the habit of carrying a pistol about him. The case, he submitted, was 011.3 - of extreme mystery. There was nothing to show but that this woman had gone from Bristol with some other man, and the prisoner might foolishly have taken away toe poor woman's boxoe, but even that not with any feloninsintrmt. He then submitted that, even A the jury .;%ould be of opinion that the woman had met with her death by the hands of the prisoner, it did not ne c?ssarily follow that it was a murder. The death mivlit even have been accidental. kr. Justice \Villas, in summing up, said the pri soner was charged with the wilful murder of Char lotte Pug,sley. No doubt there were cases in which the charge of murder contained as alternative of manslaughter—in which there might be evidence to reduce it to something less than murder ; but, with reference to the observations which the learned counsel had addressed to them, it was his duty tc say that if a person took away the life of another it was prima facie murder, and there must be some thing to show it was not before a jury should jump to a conclusion that it was not the greater c There was not in this case a shadow of evidence upon which, if they should be of opinion the prisoner took away the life of the woman, they could in law or common sense find him guilty of anything le - is than the offence of murder. He thought it right to make these observations, because the learned counsel had used an argument which was not founded on the facts or on the law. The woman was found not only with a bullet in her brain, but with her throat cut, and there were no appearances of her having made any resistance to the violence offered to her. If they were of opinion that she came to her death by the hands of the prisoner they ought to find him guilty of murder ; if they were not of that opinion they ought to acquit him. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and the learned judge, in an impressive manner, sentenced him to death. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—WARWICK, DEC. 21 (Before Mr. Baron Chappell.) ALLEGED ROBBERY OF GOVERNMENT STORES. We resume our report of this case : The learned Judge, in summing up, directel the jury that they had first to inquire whether the pri soner was proved, to their satisfaction, to have sold and delivered the guns contained in the case No. 2 ; secondly, whether those guns belonged to her Ma jesty ; and thirdly, whether he sold them knowing they were the property of her Majesty. As to the remarks which had b.en made upon the witness, Clarke, he must tell them that although they might not in all respects approve of his cos luct, still, if they believed him to be the witness of truth, they muat act upon his evidence. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. Sergeant Hayes said they did not propose to offer any evidence on the second indictment. Sentence deferred. William and George Brueton were next tried, charged with having, at Birmingham, on 31st Oct., wittingly and knowingly, in their custody and pos session, certain stores of war and goods, marked as in the :statute in that behalf is expressed, 29 gun stocks and 29 gun-barrel; the property ofthe Qu, ( iy. The same counsel appeared as in the last case, Mr. Elora only being retained for the Bruetous. This c ise was, in many respect?, similar to the. last, but some of the evidence showed additional p irticulars a to how thegoods were obtained. Itap peared that the prisoner, William, was in the em ploy of Mr. Turner, contractor, for the setting up of Gove nnent st :res. Guns were given to him (Brueton) in their screwed-together state, in order to be completely finished. During the year upwards of 100 had been so issued to him, but net many more than 50 returned. Some time ago Mr. Turner ordered him not to take any guns from the manu factory, but work at them third. Williams was much in the company of the BructoLs, and on his being seen by Blaudford to bring guns from a shop which they (the Bruetons) occupied, they were ap prehended. They took the officer to their shop, and up ward.; of 30of the raiS 3iuggun we:e there. Evidence was given, not only that the guns were Govern ment stores, but that some of them had been in Mr. Turner's establishment, and had been given out to Brueton, there being remarks made by his different workmen upon them. At the conclusion of the case for the prosecuticn, Mr. Elora submitted that there was no case to go to the jury against George B:uoton. His Lordship, agreeing in that view, directed a verdict of acquittal. Mr. Elers then addressed the jury on behalf of William Brueton, contending that there was not sufficient evidence upon which to convict. His Lordship having summed up, the jury re turned a verdict of guilty against William Brueton and Williams: NORTHERN C IRCUlT.—Dcrart am, Dan. 21. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) The court resumed this morning at nine o'clock. Oswald Storey, 50, silversmith ; George Harris, 26, shopkeeper ; John Hepburn, 59, jeweller ; James Cunningham, 24, publican, and James Atkinson, 24, watchmaker, were indicted for having, on the 15th November, at Sunderland, s'olen a quantity of jewellery and other articles, the pro perty of Thomas Wilson Ranson. • Mr. W. D. Seymour and Mr. Lewers prosecuted. The Hon. A. 0. Liddell defended Atkinson ; Mr. Price defended Harris ; Mr. Davison defended Cunningham. Mr. Seymour briefly opened the case fur the pro secution' and called, Mary Ball, who said she was servant with Mr. Ranson, the prosecutor, and left her master's house on the afternoon of Sunday the 15th November, bolting all the doors wit• sshe went. 0:1 return ing, about nine o'clock, she found the back street door, the kitchea window, and the door leading from the kitchen to the yard wide open. Thomas Wilson Ransoa, solicitor, s - m of the Mayor of Sunderland, said he left the house in charge of the last wanes?, on the 15th November. She came to him in the evening, and on going home with her they found the house in the condi tion she had de;crit-ed. Went to his wife's bed roo:n' and found that his wife's the sing-c :se bad been broken open, and the jewellery and mountings of the case taken away. The mountings bore the initials of his wife's name, "F. D." An evil tea pot, which bore the initial " R." on one side, and "J. and A. W." on the other, was also taken. His dressing-ease was broken open, and three sets of shirt-studs and a breast-pin abstracted. David Marks, a jeweller, in Newcastle-oh-Tyne, deposed that on the 18th November Atkinson came to his house and offered to purchase some watches, which he proposed to pay for with a tea pot and some silver heads of a work box. The tea pot was broken up, of an oval shape, and bore the letter "R" on one side. He did nit take the silver. John Elliott, sworn—Am Inspector of D.ftec tive Police at Newcastle. On Vie Ist December was in Pilgrim-street with Detective Douglas, and saw Atkinson come out of Mr. Sufton's pawn-Atop, where ho works, and join Hepburn, wish wh.an he went to the house of the latter, in St. Nicholas Churchyard. Followed them, and saw Hepburn put his hand has'ily into his pocket. Took hold of it and found it contained a Scotch pebble brooch. Charged the n with the robbery at Sunderland. Atkinson said he got the brooch fr m H trris. Harris, when apprehended, said he had found the brooch on the Quay-side, with some more stme3. At the s:atiou-house Harris told me to look in his collar box, in his bedroom, and I should find some shirt studs and stones in it. Found them as he directed, together with a hair necklace. Storey, on being apprehended and interrogated, denied Navin; had anything trllo with any silver- and gokl belonging to Barris. Cunningham, when told that Harris Lad said that Cunningham had given him some old gold and silver, said h e w i s h e d he was as sure of the kingdom of heaven as he was of being free of that. Harris sent for me t o th e ce ll , an d said he wished to makea statement,and have it taken down in writing. The other prisoners were called in, and Atkinson stepped forward and said he wishel to make a statement too. The s'at-ments of Atkinson and Harris, which were rather voluminous, wire read. Harris's state ment was to the effect that he had received a quan tity of old gold and slyer to sell for Cunningham, and that the stones and studs found in his collar box were portions of it. Atkinson said he got the goods which were traced to his possession from Harris, not knowing they were stolen, and that he offired them for sehs to. Mr. Marks, and tint even tually Hepburn sold them for him. Detective Douglas corroborated ElliutZs ,testi monv. John Reed; a newsagent, spoke to having vet) II .1 ri I near - Idr. Itanzon's house on the :night of the robbery. Jame; °fawn, a cabna,n,' &loos that 113 stw Cunningham and Harris is the vicinity of the, house on the (iv before and the evening of, the reh')cty. Mrs. llansun identified a brooch, hair-clv in,' a pearl, and ttio amethyritg, and Mr. Ransin identi d the 4hirt ands found in Harris's cAlar-box. Mr. • p - true, an, i i t a ec ii c mien:led that Harris's stated. lit was that A.tk-na;nA. Tite, Ron 0u.3. fide account of the transaction. Liddell called witnen:os to prove 11 iglit Of the. ro zat his home at Walls-end on the the count i, ti , i, I, and in addressing hiinself t.) ••f_lcniously receivinc,telh nt charging his cli4nt with flairi's watement -eorert o n perty, contended that that t he Ovidence ' went tl t.tyliaoo,tui,evtati d i Atkiti3o4'e, and . i n a e t i Alkiuron. did ~ not know. it 'was clisl:onestl Mr. .Dayifon b, jay aiddreised. the ' court on be half of Cunningham. The jury retired for about half an hour, and re- THE Se N, L rl 10 N, 1 1 7 E D N E,'S V p, v 71r; tyr% turned with a verdict of guilty of housebreaking. and stcalin_?, therein against Harris and Cunning ham, and guilty of receiving against Hepburn and Atkinson ' • Storey not guilty. Harris, after a previous conviction for felony, had been sentenced to 4 years' penal servitude in 1855, but was libe,rated on account of a cancer from which he is fs, offering. His lordship sentenced the prisoners as follows : —Harris, 6 years' and Cunningham 3 years' penal servitude, and Hepburn and Atkinson 1 year's im prisonment with hard labour. The business of the assize was concluded at 3 o'clock, and his lordship left this city shortly alter wards, and opened his commission in Newcastle. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. Pashley, Q.C., Assistant-Judge. SENTENCES. George Nathaniel Hosking, surgeon, convicted on Monday, upon his own confession, of embezzle ment, was brought up, and sentenced to 12 months' hard labour. George Cuthbertson, 26, clerk, was indicted for embezzling three sums of money, amounting to 2/. 12s. Gd., received by him on account of George Craker, his master. He pleaded guilty ; and being brought up for judgment was sentenced to eight months' hard labour. Michael Hannon, 28, pleaded guilty of stealitig a cask of white lead, the property of Wm. Petra. Former convictions were proved against him, and the court sentenced him to 3 years' penal servitude. Thomas Carmoody, 22, and Thomas Reeves, 20, were found guilty of s t ea li ng 20 p oun d s o f lead, the property of John Leo Sullivan, the same being fixed to a building. Both prisoners were known. Carmoody was sentenced to 18, and Reeves to 12 months' hard labour. John Scott, 42, a Life Guardsman, pleaded guilty of having stolen two guns, and other artiiiles, of the value of 2501., the property of the Hon. Charles Ba`eman Hanbury. The prosecutor is a lieutenant in the 2d Life Guards, and the prisoner was his servant. On the Ist of August, Lieut. Hanbury went on leave, and returned on the 4th of November. The prisoner was left in charge of his wardrobe, but during; his absence he purloined a great variety of articles of clothing, the gold lace from his uniform, two guns, a violin, opera-glass, and altogether of the value of 2501. The prisoner absented himself from barracks until the 7th, when the prosecutor saw him in the yard, and asked him what he had to s a y f or him self ? He said he was very sorry, and told where he had pawned the property. The prisoner , had been twenty-one years in the regiment, and seven and a half the prosecutor's servant, great confidence being reposed in him. The court sentenced him to be kept to turd labour for one year. Lieutenant Hanbury stated that there were two other John Scotts in the regiment, young soldiers of very good character, and he was anxious, on their acc,unt, that it should not be supposed that either of them was the John Scott who had brew guilty of this dishonesty. The distinction between them was, that they were young men, while the prisoner was an old soldier, having been in the ser vice over twenty years. Edward Scott, a well-known thief, was indicted for stealing a basket containing a number of plated articles, value 5/., the property of John Stratford Best. His last sentence was twelve months. The court now passed one of four years' penal servitude. (Before Mr. Creasy.) Catherine Vale was indicted for stealing a quantity of I.nen, the property of Roland Webster. There were two other indictments against her. Mr. Langford prosecuted ; Mr. Ribton was counsel for the prisoner. The priiouer committed three offences charged against her by going to houses stating that she had been sent for the washing, which was untrue. She was found guilty in two cases, although an alibi was set up for the defence. She 11%d been convicted before. Mr. Creasy sentenced her to eight months' hard labour. Alexander Cumming, a journeyman baker, was found guilty of embezzling money received by him from customers on account of John Todd, his master. He wal sentenced to ten months' hard labour. Mary Ann Dickson was indicted for having ob tained by false pretences a silk dress, wish intent to defraud. Mr. Orridge prosecuted ; Mr. Sleigh appeared for the prisoner. It app - cared from the evidenc3 that the prisoner was in the employment of a dressmaker, named Tulley, and availing herself of her knowledge of her mistress's cuitomers, she applied to one of them a lady named Mayhew, for the silk in que‘tinn, stating that she had been sent for it by Mrs. Tntly. It was given to her, but she never returnel to her employment. Mrs. Tully had not, given her any authority to go for the silk. The prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to two months' hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENOE.—Det. 22. MANSION-HOUSE.—The Rev. Mr. May, the head master of the Brewers' Company's School, Tower-hill, appeared before the Lord Mayor to answer a charge preferred against him of having unlawfully assaulted and beaten John Henry Grossmith, of the Three Tuns Inn, Jewry-street, Aldgate. Mr. Daniels appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Holder for the defence. The justice-room was crowded, and very great interest was excited during the investigation. The defendant pleaded "Not guilty." John H. Grossmith said—l am ten years and a half old, 'and go to the defendant's school, at No. 9, Tower-hill. Last Friday I was sent to sclnol at about half past 3by my mother's desire. I was detained at home till that hour, and took a note from my mother to him, and I believe he read it. He said it was nothing about going home. 1 had told him that my mother had sent a note about my going home. He told me to go to my place and work, and I made an attempt to run out of school, because my mother had told me to come home. I had no other reason. I went towards the door with the intention of leaving the school, and I was followed by Mr. Ilattermole (one of the ether masters), who brought me back into the school. I did not use any improper language to him. Mr. May then told me to come to him and he would cane me. I went to him, and he caned me. He did not say anything nor did I. He caned me on the thighs. It took about ten minutes. I asked him to f.rgive me. I said, " Fergive me—l did not mean to do it ;" and he kept on caning me. I went to my place. I saw afterwards that my trowsers had a hole in them from the effects of the care. I stayed at the school about three-quarters of an hour, and then went home. I felt a little difficulty in going borne. I saw my mother, who examined me and sent for a doctor. Cross-examined by Mr. Hobler—l saw my mother write the letter produced. It is as follows :—"Sir, I have kept my son at hothe for a few hours, re quiring him particularly.—M. GROSSMITH. Dec. 18, 1857." I hal been complained of for keeping from school. My master did not tell me to bring the note—my mother sent me with the note. I told my master that my mother told me to go homy. There was a scuffle between Mr. Cat termole and me when I stopped. School braaks up at half-pa:t 4. I don't know how Mr. Cattermole got struck unlcs3 it was with the satchel I had with we. Mrs. Grossmith, the mother of the boy - , said—l sent a note by my son on Friday, and told him to give it to his master and bring back his books as it was so late. I had forgot to mention in the note for him to come home, and so I sent that as a message by my son. I saw him when he came home. He had his head forward, and he staggered across the bar to me and began to cry. I said, "John, you have been punished." He was very pallid. He brought the fol lowing note with him from Mr. May.- , " Tower hill Grammar School, Dec. 18, 1857. Sir,—l have frequently complained of your son being late in his attendance at school. He always tells me it has not been his fault. He tells me so again to-day for b-ing late both morning and afternoon, the second time, notwithstanding my remonstrances to him. I mentioned the case at the court last Fri day, and they requested we to be very strict in re quiring punctuality 'from him, and in punishing when failing therein. Tue register shows his regu lar absence. This afternoon, as. soon as he came, he wanted to go home again on pretence that his mother told him to do so ; the net.) 'sent with him being thus :--‘ have kept my son at home for a few hours, requiring bier particularly.—M. GROSSMITH2 And in no way making mention of his letup]. On my showing him this and tel.ing him to go t 9 his place and work, he ran off to ge: away and would not cime back when called, and jvken Mr. C:ttteimole, the mater, was a-led to fetch him he struck and kicked him; for all which he has been sevqely caned; and I c innot for (ne moment allow such fl 'arrant disobediencs. Had I thought that he had struck his ntast'r intentionally he would have been visited' with far n:bre severe punishment. I !Mot now mgain request his regular and punctual attendance, otherwise the court !thy() n.quested -ine to bring..it officially b Aure their node?, and I shall not fail to 'do an: The result will be altogether your own ifault.—l beg - to remain, sir, yours. obediently, :—.• . "ED. J.No. 1114. Y, M A., Head Master. "To Mr. Grossinith." • The witness lfere stated that the boy, who was a deli , ,ato child, had boen before punished by the under master. , M-. Sequerie, a lic.ttiate of the Apotheoari- Company, resident in Jewry-street, said—l was called to examine John 11. Grossmith between six and seven o'clock in the evening of Friday. Ho came hobbling in, evidently sneering from some thing which prevented his walking stiaight. I examined his legs, and counted about twenty moat severe contusions, one almost through the skin. I directed that he should go to bed directly and keep perfectly quiet. The blows appear to have been very severe. There would have been a leas ap pearance had he been a stronger boy. The marks may be vi ibis a week or ten days to come. Cross-examined by Mr. fabler The marks were on the thighs, just under the buttocks. It is not the usual place. Mr. Hobler—The boy, my lord, has bean con stantly staying away, and he has been constantly in the habit of behaving in the rudest manner in the school. The Lord Mayor—But I do not consider this (pointing to a long and rather thick cane which was exhibited) a fit instrument for the punish ment of a boy of the age of 10 years and a half. Mr. Hobler said there were present the fathers of several of the boys who were under instruction in the school, and they, and their boys, many of whom were in attendance, were ready to prove thatjthe defendant was admired and respected for his judgment and humanity. The general con duct of the boy, too, would be described. The Lord Mayor—l really would rather leave it to another court to decide whether a man is justi fied in using such an instrument in punishing a ohild. I saw the boy's person when the summons was applied for, and certainly criminals who have been flogged in Newgate have not shown such evidence of punishment. I observed, to , ?, that the - punishment had not been inflicted on the part to which it is usually applied in the case of boys. I believe that a great deal more can be done in schools by the exercise of another sort of authority. Others are of a different opinion, but corporal punishment appears to me to b 3 peculiarly objec tionable except in instances of uncontrollable vice. The question here is whether unnecessary violence has been used, and as the character of the school is concerned, I would wish the case to be sent to the sessions. I am perfectly aware of the respec'a billty of Mr. May, and the estimation in which he is held, and I dare say he has no objection to go before another tribunal. Mr. May—Certainly not, my lord, but I wish to say a few words. This hss been simply an ex parte statement, and I wish to say something on the op posite side. Your lordship has not heard anything of the gross insolence of that boy to me beforehand. I will merely state that here are a number of the boys present who witnessed the whole transaction, excepting the kicking and striking Mr. Ca . Lermele, which took place in the passage. Mr. Cattercnole's face still bears the marks of the boy's violence. Here are present a number of the fathers of the boys to testify as to their opinion of the system pursued, and a number of the &der boys who have loft the school, and to give their opinion as to whe ther I am cruel or kind to the boys. The Lord Mayor—ls the practice of caning the boys sanctioned by the authorities 1 Mr. May—Certainly. Mr. Grossmith said he was perfectly satisfied with what had fallen from the Lord Mayor on the sub ject, and had no desire to proceed any further in the matter. He would therefore willingly drop the prosecution if Mr. May would make a concession to the extent of expressing his regret for the severity of the infliction. Mr. May said he could not for a moment think of making an apology f or the course he had pur sue d. The Lord Mayor —I am sure it is better to t tke the case to the quarter sessions, and I shall he glad to have the responsibility taken off my shoulders. The Rev. Mr. May was then bound over in his own recognisauces to the amount of 101. to appear at the next quarter sessions to answer the accusa tion, and Mr. Grossmith was bound over to prose cute. A Lascar named Shakabid was charged as follows: A Policeman—Yesterday the defendant allied a gentlethan for a penny to buy bread, and having seen him beg frequently, I took him to the station after a great deal of trouble, as ho resisted viol 'llly. The Lord Mayor—l SAW' that you had a great deal of trouble with him. Take him to the union, and the authorities there will take care that the Etat India Company send him home, ac cording to the act, as soon as possiblo. We can send all persons of this description home, and that will be a great relief to the public thorough fares. Jas. Hordin was charged with having stolen a hamper containing linen and bread. Watkins (a detective officer) said—Last evening I saw this man go to a truck on which was a ham per, and after throwing a smock frock over the hamper ho took it up and weitt d-3wn a lane with it. I immediately followed and took him into cos toiy, together with the hamper, which he had thrown down. Two men had been with him. The prisoner —I was in fault, my lord, it is very true, but then I was drunk at the time, and k'mw nothing of what took place.. I hope you will try it short. Committed for trial. Timothy Orowe was charged with haring stolen a beer-barrel, the property of Messrs. Thorne, the brewers. The prisoner said he had g ot it from his sister, and she appeared and said she had got it from a neighbour. Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk, said that the woman was under an obligation to produce the person who had given the cask to her, or be respon sible for the unlawful possession herself, and b,3 sub ject to a penalty of a serious kind. The woman—l only speak the truth. My neigh blur kept a beer-shop, and on leaviu it gave me the cask t 3 cut into two tubs, and I let my brother have it. The Lord Mayor—We mint trace this matter, your own rec .gni zaAnndeeysou must in 51 .(naTttheunrdsdhaeyrewoitnh your friend. The woman—Certainly I shall. BOW-STREET. —Richard Potts, a fashionably dressed man, who said he had been an officer in the army, and was now independent, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Jardine, on a charge of stealing 2001. which had been entrusted to him to get it dis counted. Mr. R. Augustus Bingham Jennings, the cam plainant, stated that he was a gentleman, residing at Pimlico. In Sept. last he gave a bill for 2001. to a Mr. Chancey to get discounted, and afterwards ' authorised Mr. Chancey to entrust it to the pri soner. The latter had several times written to him saying that he had been unable to get it dis c )anted. Ho had since ascertained,'Lowever, that it had been discounted by a Mr. Lee. It had been taken up by afrieud of his, Mr. Banks, whose name was upon it. Witness had neverreceived any money from defendant on account of the bill, though he had on one occasion borrowed 11. of him. Defendant called the Mr. Chancey referred 0, who deposed that complainant had in his preszalce authorised defendant to obtain an advance on the bi 1, and had subsequently received from deft ndant a 201. note, and some other sums. Defendant then proceeded to cross-examine the complainant, and elicited that he had very recently pasted through the Insolvent Court. He did not enter this bill in his schedule, as he had received no money for it. He had been arrested on another bill, also signed by Mr. Banks, who, however, did net pay it, because it was signed when he was a minor, and he had recei ve d no mone y f o r it. Seve ral judgmentsi against Mr. Banks had been set aside on the ground that he was in his minority when the debts were alleged toh .ve b - en contracted. Mr. Chancey observed that he had received letters from an attorney threatening criminal proceedings, but had called on the attorney and explained matters apparently to his satisfaction. He was will defend ant that afternoon, when they met the complainant with a friend, to whom he pointed them out as "swindlers." Defendant c Ailed a policeman to pro tect them, and then complainant gave him in cust.Aly on this charge. Mr. Jardine said there yeas no evidence to justify him in remanding the defendant to prison. Hughes,f o solicitor, i r t . o o r here , 0 eie eay, addressed grandsontho e fthe magis trate Mr C,n behalf Earl of Devon, who, he said, had a similar charge against defendant. Mr. Clurtenay had entrusted him with three bills, one of which was for 4001., and ano h x for 6001., for the purpose of getting them discounted. e understood that defendant was hawking them about the town, and trying to get ?hem discounted. At all events be (Mr. Cour tenay) couldnot get them back, and had instructed him (Mr. Hughes) to prosecute him if be could be found. Every endeavour bad been wade to find Advertisements had been ins. rted in the papors, and all sorts of inquiries made, but in vain. Defendant said he Las had never left his pocke', and he was prepared t o g i ve them up on receipt of au ( rdor from Mr. C o u r t ena y. Mr. Hughes—lf your worship discharges the prisoner I shall apply on b e half of . Mr. Courtmay fora summons against hi m , to show cause why he detans the bills. I sh a ll ask your worship to eraut it at once, that it may be served on him before he leaves the court, as we do not know where to find him. Mr. Jar line cation, as he could not grant a summons without could pay no attention to this appli evidence. Ile would remand the prisoner on the foe his appearance t o answer it. but would take his own recorguisanecs first charge, CLERKENWELL.—EIIen E m inerson, aged 29, who refused her address, was charged with stealing or 11 13 P 73 : CI f 0 3 • a fulnale child named Johanna Richardson, atout . 11 wont; s old. It appeared from the evidence that the mother of the child had been a w . dow for about throe years —but, as she herself stated, "had unfortunately had a chance or love child." The prisoner, who was also suckling a child, undertook for a email daily recompense to mind the prosecutrix's child while she went ot4t to work. Oa the day on which the child was stolen the prisoner asked the mother to return as early as she could in the evening, but upon her doing so she found the child and the prisoner gone. Nothing could be seen of the prisoner or child until last evening, when the prisoner was given into custody. On her way to the police-station she informed the constable that the child was dead, and had been buried in the Victoria-park Cemetery. She also stated that she took the child ,because a gentleman was allowing her ss. per weekfor it. The constable had made inquiries of a surgeon at Spital fields, who informed him that he attended a child of the name of Richardson, for the prisoner, and that after a short illness it died of the measles, but the prosecutrix now stated that that could not be her infant, as it had already had that disease, and someparties had recently seen it alive in the care of the prisoner. _ _ Police constable Cook, 198 S, informed the court that on the same week another child had been stolen, and no trace could Le found of that. The prisoner, in defence, did not deny taking the child, but said it was now dead and buried. Mr. Corrie remanded the prisoner for a week. Philip M'Guiness, a poor dirty-looking boy, only six years of age, residing at 17, Short's-gardens, Drury-lane, was placed at the bar before Mr. Corrie, charged with feloniously cutting and wounding John Hall, an errand boy, living with his mother, at 3, Bryan-street, Catalonian road. From the evidfit ce it appeared that when the offence was committed the mother of the prisoner was charged with being drunk and creating a ( is turbance in the Pentonville-road. A mob had collected n and the woman, and when the pi ose cutor, who was only about nine years of age, went near her, he said to his companion, " Oh, it is only a drunken woman, let's go on." The words were no sooner out of his mouth than the prisoner in the most determined manner, rushed at him with an open knife, and stabbed the prosecutor in the shoulder. The injured boy ran away, when he was pursued by the prisoner and again stabbed in the ribs, and became so weak from loss of blood that ho fainted away. Police-constable Holloway, 197 G, then came up, and took the prisoner into custody, and having conveyed the pi osecutor to a surgeon's was informed that if the stab in the ribs had been a little lower, death might have ensued. The prosecutor was so weak that he was unable to go to his work, and in answer to Mr. Corrie, said that he now felt much better, but was still very weak. The mother of the prisoner, a low, sot.ish-looking woman, fell upon her knees, and begged for mercy "for her poor, innocent, and blessed child." Mr. Cords said if it had not been for the drunken and dissolute habits of the mother, the prisoner would not have got into the trouble. After censuring a boy for using a knife, and cautioning him how he did so in future, he discharged him. Ho then directed the mother of the prosecutor to send him the doctor's bill, which he would pay out of the funds of the poor-box, as well as allow him something for his loss of time. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Report of tla Registrar General.) The deaths registered in London, which were 1,428 in the first week of the current month, and Poll to 1,240 in the second, were in the week that ended last Saturday (December 19th) 1,234. In the ten years 1847-56 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,249, which if raised in proportion to increase of population (to admit of comparison with last we3k's return) will become 1,3 X. In the third week of December, 1847, influenza raised the deaths from all causes to 1,946, and consequently, to some extent, augments the average which is now given ; and if this element is eliminated from the calculation, it will be found that the present rate of mortality approximates very nearly to that which is to be expected towards the close of the year. - Tint those pulmonary complaints (the result of influenz L) which lately swelled the mortality con tinue to grow less fatal appears from comparing the facts of the last two weeks ; the deaths from diseases of the respiratory organs (exclusive of phthisis) were in the previous week 336, last week they wei e 298 ; in the former week those from bronchitis were 185, last week they were 159 ; while pneumonia declined from 119 to 107, and ca -es, in which influenza is specially mentioned, from 19 to 15. The fluctuations in the mortality from plititi3is (or consumption) are apparently not ruled by the same atmospheric conditions, fur the deaths from that disease rose in the two weeks from 114 to 161. In the same periods hooping cough was fatal in 47 and 48 cases. On reference to the zymotic class of diseases it will be seen with satisfaction that small-pox con tinues to exhibit a mortality singularly small in a population so large ; the deaths in the present re. turn are 3, and since the present year began the weekly average has been only 3. Last week measles, scarlatina, acid hooping-cough produced very similar numerical results, for the first was fatal in 45 cases, and each of the two latter in 48. Fourteen young children died of croup ; 13 persons of diarrhoea, two of whom were children in a family at 20, Canal-road, Haggeratone West, and had 13,,en surrounded by circumstances of insalu brity which, if correctly described, are sufficient to account for any amount of diarrhea t amongst persons so unfavourably situated. Three children died of measles in Plums:ead, where it has been preval.±nt lately ; in a family of five children in that locality three have died of the complaint, and two others are clangerouily ill. The medical attendant considers that the extreme severity of the disease in this case is due to the bad condition of the premises. Of three nonagenarians whose deaths are returned a woman was 90 years of age, a man in Poplar 94, and a widow who died in Albion-terrace, Lime house, was 96. La:t week the births of 936 boys and 894 girls, in all 1,830 children, were registered in Loudon. In the ten corresponding weeks (f the years 1847• 56 the average number was 1,503. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 19. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases . . l9O Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 45 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration . . 298 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion / 6l Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations .... 3 Premature Birth an d D e bili ty 37 Atrophy 2B Old Age Vudden .. 15 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemp erance 46 Causes not sp ec ifi e d DEATHS THOM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corro- Deaths Enumerated. spending week in the 1851. 0(1856. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts 1,060 Totals Males.... Females. 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' for , Sir William Page Wood, granted an Injunction on tho 10th March, 1851, against Alfred Hooper Novill, for imitating "Du Barry'e Raakuta Arabic 4 Food." From the London Gazette of Last ---w- - WHITEHALL, DEC. 21. The Queen has teen pleased. to give and grant unto Captain Frederick Sayer, late of the 23d Regiment, and now Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, her Majesty's royal licence and permission that he may accept and wear the Insignia of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour of the Fifth Class, which his Majesty the Em peror of the French bath been pleased to confer upon him as a mare of his Imperial Majesty's approbation of his dis tinguished services before the enemy during the late war. VICTORIA Cnoss. —Erratum in the London Gazette of Friday, Nov. 20 :--The date of Lieutenant Symons's Act of Bravery, is the Eth of June, 1855, and not the 18th of October, 1854. _ _ CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 21. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Burghs of Elgin, Cullen, Banff, Inverury, Kintore, and Poterhead.—Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff, Esq., younger, of Eden, in the room o f G eorge Sk ene D u ff , Esq., who has accepted tho office of Steward of her Ma jesty's Chiltern Hundreds. DECEMBER 22. County of Northampton—Northern Division —George Ward Hunt, Esq., in the room of Augustus Stafford O'Brien Stafford, Esq., deceased. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 21. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Berne, report ing that the Swiss Federal Government have reduced the import duties upon meat, bacon, sausages, and sewing silk, of British produce or manufacture, if accompanied with a certificate stating them to be of British origin, to 3f. LOc., per quintal, and that a ll ar ti c l es i n t en d e d for transit through Switzerland should be accompanied with a similar certificate in order to ba admitted at the lowest rate of duty. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 22. Corps of Royal Engineers--Brevet-Colonel William Biddle comb Marlow to be Colonel, vice Portlock, retired on full pay; Captain Cunolly McCausland to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, vice Marlow; Second Captain John Gor don Jervois to be Captain, vice McCausland ; Lieu tenant Wilbraham Oates Lennox to be Second Captain, ♦ice Jervois. The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieutenants, viz. :—Joseph Allan Millar, Edward Pelham Hardingo, John Robert Hogg, Napier George Sturt, Thomas Pilkington White, Charles John O'Neill Fergusson, George Herbert Boliand, Richard Warren Stewart, and William Salmond. 91st Foot—Ensign Elliot Armstrong to be Lieutenant, by purchase. vice Dobie, who retires ; Win. Hunter Baillie, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Armstrong. BREVET. Colonel Joseph Ellison Poi Clock, on the retired fell-pay of the Royal Engineers, to be Major-General, the rank being honorary. Lieut.-Colonel George Sandham, retired full-pay Royal Artillery, to be Colonel, under the Royal Warrant of 3d Nov., 1854, in consequence of the promotion of Colonel Cockburn, who stood below him on the Effective List of the Regiment at the time of his retirement. The undermentioned Officers of the Royal Artillery, having completed three years' service in the rank of Lieu tenant-Colonel, to be Colonels in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of 3d November, 1854 . Lieutenant-Colonel St. John Thomas Browne. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Aylmer. Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Irving, C.B. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Bingham. COMMISSIONS SIGN ED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. Regiment of Royal London Militia—Brevet-Lieutenant- Colonel Henry Boys Harvey, late 95th Regiment, to be Major, vice Graham Elmslie, resigned ; Lieutenant Ed ward Vere Jones to be Captain, vice Charles Mackinnon Walmisley, resigned ; Lieutenant Thomas William An drews to be Captain, vice Robert Wallen Jones, super seded ; Captain Miles Fisher Monckton, late 6th Regiment of Osmanli Irregular Cavalry, to be Lieu tenant, vice Edward Sackville Smith, resigned. Captain John Lambrick Vivian, late 3d Regiment Os manli Irregular Cavalry, to be Lieutenant, vice Edgar Wainwright Bishop, resigned ; Lieutenant Wm. Henry Emerson, late 63d Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Ed ward Kelly Obbard, resigned ; Thurlby Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Augustus Bole (le Lasalle, promoted ; Henry Frank Otte Golding, Gent., to be Ensign, vice James Cunningham, promoted ; Sergeant-Major John Birkin to be Quartermaster. 3d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia En sign Walter Mainwaring Coyney to bo Lieutenant, vice Mainwaring, resigned. Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Pimlott Oates to be Surgeon, vice Lishman, deceased ; Charles Edward Elliot, Welchman, Gent., to bo Assistant-Surgeon, vice Oates, promoted. King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia -J. F. Wilkinson, late Lieut. 2d Somerset Militia, to be Lieut. ; George Waugh, Gent., to be Lieut. Bedfordshire Militia—John James Spedding, Gent., to be Ensign ; S. K. Wentworth, Gent., to be Ensign. 2d Somerset Regiment of Militia—Lieut. Win. Henry Spurway to be Captain, vice Edward Sawyer, resigned ; Lieut. Wm. Barrett, the younger, to be Captain, vice Richards, resigned ; Lieutenant Alfred .kiudson Ricketts to be Captain, vice Barrett, resigned ' • Ensign Kil ner Augustus Arthur Brasier Creagh to be Lieute nant, vice Willliam John Evered Poole, appointed to the 60th Rifles ; Ensign Richard Marker to be Lieu tenant, vice W. H. Spurway, promoted ; Ensign Edward Fox to be Lieutenant, vice William Barrett, jun., promoted; William Frederic Holt, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Parkes, promoted ; William Frederic Gore Lang . ton, Gent., lo be Ensign, vice Edwards, resigned; Spencer Cargill, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Bellamy, ap pointed to the 2d West India Regiment; Christopher Lucas Salmon, Gent., to be Ensign, Tice Chamli,rs, ap pointed to East India Company's Service. Ist Somerset Regiment of Militia—Captain John Mat thew Quantock to be Major ; Lieutenant George Deedes Warry, to be Captain, vice Quantock, promoted ; Ensign Ralph Sadler, to be Lieutenant, vice G. D. Warry, promoted; Septimus James Barrett, Gent., to bo Ensign, vice Winsloe, promoted. 90th, Stirlingshire, &c., Militia, Highland Borderers Light Infantry—James Dunlop, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Baird, resigned; George Scott, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Doering, appointed to tho Line. BANKRUPTS, Samuel Edward Steane, soap and blue manufacturer, Oiford, to surrender Jan. 5 and Feb. 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Samuel Harris an I rsaac Gabriel Costa, wholesale clothiers, Commercial-street, Whitechapel, Dec. 29, at one, and Jan. 23, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. A petition for arrangement was presented by John Britten, dealer in silk and worsted, Noble-street, Falcon. square, City, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Andrew Veitch, music-seller, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dee. 30, at eleven, and Feb. 19, at twelve, at the Royal arcade, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Charles Hubbard, builder, Queen's-road, Hs.verstock hill, Jan. 5, at three, and Feb. 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Starkey anti John Frederick Adcock, percussion cap makers, Birmingham, Jan. 9 and 28, at half-past eleven. at the Birmingham District Court. John Collinson, licensed victualler, Ohl-street, St. Luke's, Dec. 31, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 29, at eleven, at the Court of BaLleruptcy. William Wainwan, builder, Sheffield, Jan. 2 and Feb. 6, at ten, at the Council-ball, Sheffield. James Raynes, shipowner, Liverpool, Jan. 4 and 25, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. .. John Jamieson WRae, tailor, Newark-upon-Trent, Jan 5 and 26, at half-past ten, at the Shirehall, Nottingham• Thomas Gullick, victualler, Bristol, Jan. 5 and Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Thomas Bins, tualster, Sedgley, Staffordshire, Jan. 4 and 25, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Henry Johnson, licensed victualler, West Bromwich, Jan. 4 and 25, at half-past ton, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. William Goundrill, farmer, Eastrington, Yorkshire, Jan. 13 and Feb. 10, at t waive, at the Leeds District Court. Samuel Barlow, grocer, Sheffield, Jan. 9 and F e b. 6, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. John Buckley Sharp, paper merchant, Bradford, Jan. 8 and 29, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Roberts and aimon, worsted spinners, Halifax, Jan. 8 and 22, at eleven, at the Lee's District Court. John Hampton, grocer, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Jan. 4 and 25, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. William Skirving Walker, shipbroker, Liverpool, Ja'. 4 and 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. • Robert Cave, fishmonger, Windsor, Jan. 4, at twelve, and Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Marjory Moon, child-bed linen manufacturer, Green street, Grosvenor-square, Jan. 3, at one, and Feb. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Stead, builder, Dewsbury, Jan. 12, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Wm. Crossley and Geo. Crossley, cotton spinners, Elland, Yorkshire, Jan. 8 and Feb. 12, at eLven, at the Leeds District Court. Ed win Spence Roberts, shipowner, Liverpool, Jan. 7, and 28, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. George Worsdell, iron manufacturer, Warrington, Jan. 4, and Feb. 1, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Edward Smyth, draper, Swansea, Jan. 4, and Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Alexander Bryson, brewer, Railcar, Yorkshire ' Jan. 11, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 9 , at eleven , at the Leeds District Court. MANCEIESTER TRADE REPORT.—MANCHESTER, Tues. day.—Last Friday was about the most depressed day in this market since the crisis ; and, _notwithstanding the rise ad. per lb. in the cotton market since Thursday last, there is no response here. Prices of last Friday are ma i n tained for yarns ; for cloths, the prices of to-day. -- SPECTA CLES --•• (ADVERTISEME • l s a c s a t re w e e ly ek are not mr It t s a l i o n i a rr ble to ANo - HEARINGte POWERFUL. T ELES COPES OPERA, RACE, AN D P ERSPECTIVE GLASSES.—S. and B. Solomon, opticians, 39, Albenaarle tfhoer val York oa b le Hotel aoa , o N x V . . street, Piceadill s y. Observe—opposite Patent t ß ra y o l i i .d er in M a a y jesty improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances. These Telescopes possess ' such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three-and-a-half miles distant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the waist ‘ coat-pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. --A valu small, pow er f u l, W a i s t coa t- poc k e t able, newly-invented, very Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a-half mile distant. They answer every pur pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. 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Deafness.— w_ 14°rful, small, newly-invented with it, and those who have not m p ac is l cconarsooryof spectacles by Vibrator, an extraordiearily powe different from all others, instrument for deafness, entirety ~ p easan sensatic net as the s in, is —39. Alb° lleing o (leaf persons surpassing anything of the kind that sam c h c a o s lo b u e r ei, or prokb.abl.y can, be produced. onables; it)che unpleasant to i hear t distinct lyat not perceptible. It chum:hand at public as semblies , , singinwnoises in the ears is entirely ',moved, and it aflards all the ' a ssistance that possibly could be desired. marls-street, Piccadilly,—Opposite th e york Hotel, W, TILE BRUTAL 111URDed? 1N NOATH DEVON. COMMUTAL OF THE MURDERER. The brutal murd er o f a young woman , named Maria Blackmore, on Wednesday night, at the fashionable watering-place of Lynton, in North Devon, has already been recorded. On Saturday' last an inquest was held on the body at the Castle Inn, Lynton, before R. Brernrid4e, Esq., coron er of the district, when a young woman named Han nah Mogridge, an acquaintance of the deceased, said that on the evening of Wednesday she met deceased near the Valley of Rocks Hotel. The latter said, she heard there had been fine work at the Globe Inn, and that Barwick (the man in cus tody charged with the murder) and a man, named Lethaby, had been fighting. Deceased said she should like to see Barwick (with whom she kept company), and, on her suggestion, the witness Mogridge went over to his residence, and told him that he must go over to deceased as she wanted to see him. This was a little after nine o'clock, and on Barwick joining the deceased the witness heardo her say to him, 4, You have been drinking to-day? Barwick replied that he had not. Deceased said, " Yes, you have, for I have been told so." She also said, 4, I heard you had been fighting," and he replied that he had. Witness then went for some milk, and on returning to where the deceased and Barwick were standing, she said to the former, " Are you coming ?" Deceased replied, "Not for a few minutes," and witness passed on ; but in a few minutes deceased ran into herlodgings, bleed ing at the neck, and was pl ace .' in a chair, but in hss than five minutes fell on the floor a corp se. Before she expired the d ecease d sa id that Barwick had inflicted on her the f a t a l w oun d. Mr. John Clark, surgeon, who was called in to the deceased, said he found her quite dead. O n examination witness discovered a wound in the throat, about an inch and a-half in length and the same in depth, in the direction of the internal jugu lar vein and common carotid artery. The wound appeared to have been made by a knife. Death was caused by the division of the arteries. Police-constable Woodrow, who apprehended Barwick at Lynton on the night of the murder, said he asked prisoner what he had been doing. Se replied, " If you had not come when you did, yon would not have found me alive." Whilst witness was there, James Ridge and Richard Norman came in, and the latter said, "She is dead." Witness said to Norman, " Who is dead ?" and he replied " Maria Blackmon." Witness then told Barwick that he should take him in charge for the murder of Maria Blackmore. On searching Barwick he found in his pocket two knives and a razor, he produced. The large k n if e had a quantity of blood upon it, which w as a pp aren tly fresh. The re were spots of blood on B a r w i c k' s b au d when be too k him into custody. Aft er caut i on i n g Barwick, he said to witness, "Sh e t o ld me t h a t s he should breakff o all correspondence with me that night; and that caused it." which The jury found a verdict of wilful murder against _ John Barwick, who was then conveyed by the North D e v on Railway to the Devon coun t y g ael a t at Exeter, and will b e tried for the capital °llene at the Devon March assizes. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL—DJs. 22. There was only a slender attendance this morning, and thetransa3tions in wheat, flour and Indian corn were re ; strieted to the daily requirernoLte for consumpti on, Ana rather better p r i ces were insisted upon and obtained bY holders, who looked forward to easier monetary matters, and an upwardly tendency in prices with the new year._ No marked change oi cured in the value of any article of the corn trade this morning. HULL— DE J. 52. Wheat, English red, 48s to 51s ; white 56s to 6Cs; oat', 29s to 32s ; barley, 42s to 46s ; Indian corn, 39s ; linseed cakes, Hull, 11/ Os to —1 —s Od; ditto, foreign 8/ 15s to 10/ 108 ; rape cakes, 61 5s Od to 6/10s ; guano, 4. to 15 1 . ; bones, 140 s Od.; flour, —s to --s; tares, —s to —O. LEEDS-DEC. 22. The supply of grain is only moderate, and millers art ►ery slow purchasers. There is a dull tone in the market. and prices scarcely equal to - Friday. Barley inacti►e, and without material alteration. Beans in limited demand• Oats and other articles at late rates. Averages week ending Dees 19 :-- Wheat, 49s OAd Oats, Vs 10Id Peas, 41 s 0.3 d. Barley, 35s s:id I Beans, 40e 7 dj Rye, 36s 10d. COURSE OF EXCHANGF,YEsTERDAr. &meter(lam.... • . -- - •• 11 16% Gibraltar ..•• .• •• •• •• •• -. Ditto, three months .. 12 1% Leghorn ..•.•...• ~.. 30 7 0 Rotterdam - •• •• • • •• •• 12 1 $.4 Genoa Antwerp - .. - .. .. •• .. 25 80 , Milan •••••••• .• .• .• .• - Brussels .• •... •• •• •• •• 25 80 , Venice .• • • •• •••• •. •... aamburgh •• •• •• •• •• •• 13 10 1 .4 Naples •• •• ~,,,„„, .....• •• 41 Altona •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• • • Palermo ••.• pari5.............•• .... 25:323 4 Messina •• • • •• 123 Do. three months .. .. 25 80 Lisbon .. .......... .... 51 1 4 Marseilles •• •• •••• •• •• 25 85 'Oporto •• - •• •• •• •••• •• 52% Bourdeaux ..•• .. .. .. .• .. 'Rio Janeiro ....... • ...• Frankfort-on-Maine .... 121 V ißuenos Ayre5........:. Berlin •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• • • New York ,60 days' sight •—• Vienna .••••••••••• .... 10 55 Philadelphia .. .. ..... rrieste.• •• •• •• - •• .• .. 10 55 PRICES OF BULLION, PIZ oa: Petersburg ............ 333( Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 Madrid ... .. •• .• ~ .... 47% Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 Cadiz ................. 47% Mexican Dollars 0 0 0 B vcelona ............ .. New Dollars 0 0 0 Seville,- •• „ ..• •• •• • . •• •• ;Silver in bars •• •• •• 0 0 0 LOCAL BHAIIE MAREBTL LIVERPOOL. Du. 22. STOOK EXCLTANGE.—The market opened steady to-day. with a marked improvement, and prices of all the leading stocks are again a shade better. Chester and Holyhead, 173—Caledonian, 41a I—Grand Trunk of Canada, 11 1---• London and North Westerns, 96I—Sheffields, 39 Great Westerns, 543—Midlands, 89k—South Eastern, 201 Great Luxembourg constit., 7 —North British, 121.--- Great Western of Canada, 18 2-16—Lancashire and York• alike, 94—Royal Insurance, 31 pm.—East Lancashire, 92 North Union, A, 220—Dutch Rhenish, 41 dia. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 22. STOCK EXCHANOIL—Basiness in the nearket generally active to-day, with the prices in advance. In local shares little doing. MANCHESTER, Dizo. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were very strong, but prices closed rather easier. Loadons 97-- East Lanctshiro, 92—Sheffields ' 39i—Ditto, Prof., 115— South Eastern, 20 11 . 16 - North Staffords, 33 d —Eastern Counties, 11 13-16—Midlands ' 88j—Grand Trunk of Cauada, 11A—Great Western, 543 -Berwicks, 24 un —Cale. donian, 411— Union Bank, par. • RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTII-EASTEItif RAILWAY.--Traffie • Me turn for the week ending Dec. 19, 1857 ...... 216,090 6 8 Corresponding week last year Ds cease in 1857 £579 2 11 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. Traffic return for the week ending Dec. 19, 1857 £12,579 3 2 Correspondingof the half-yearw eek last to this yo date, 1857 41 1 2 2 :6 5 7 7 3 6 1 4 9 3 7 Total r Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 416,986 16 2 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the 7 week ending Dec. 20, 1857 £l,OOO 17 Corresponding week last year ,,, 713 13 4 MERCANTILE HONol73.—Thin week the creditors of the firm of W. and F. Ibbotson, who accepted a com position of 10a. in the pound several years ago, have had the pleasure to receive from Messrs. Ibbotson Brothers a circular, informing them the firm were now in a posi- tion to carry out their long-cherished desire to pay oft those debts in full, and requesting their attendance at the office of Mr. A. Clark Branson last Friday forenoon to receive payment. It is needless to say that an ins vitation of this agreeable kind received a general response, and many were the congratulations and expressions of esteem addressed to Messrs. Ibbotson for their honourable conduct. The smaller creditors were paid in foil some time ago.—Sheffield and Bother• ham Independent. BIRTHS. DVNSMIIRE—On the 21st jest:, at Wickham, !rents, the wife of Lieut.. Colonel C. DT:lmmure, of a ion. DIIRLAOHE-Ou the 20th inst., 77, New 801141-BiTOOt. Mrs. Henry Durlaehe, of a daughter. WlLHErms—On the 21st inst., at 14, Poultry , oity, Mrs. K. Wilhelms, of a son. WESTON—On the 21st inst., at Forest Lodger Shirley, Southampton, Mrs. Weston, of a eon. MARRIAGES. SUDLOW— • ALDERSON—On the 21 s t inst., at Isleworth, Algernon Sudlow , Esq., of Castle Combo, Wilts, the youngest sari of John J. J. Sudlow, Esq., of Bedford- row, 0 f a t n h d e V a e t y e bridge , award A to I Rebecca d er sn E EI s i zq of bet h, older daugh ters ymond's-ion, Chancery-lane. DEATHS. AsirwELL—On the 21st inst., at 30, Brook-street. Gros• venor-square, suddenly, of disease of the heart, Samuel Ash wol l , Esq. M.D., aged 59. ABII.I.IIAMS On the 19th inst., at Dartford Bent, Mr. R. A b ra hams, aged 59. , D/L oe the 21st inst., at 10, Claremont•row, Islington, Mr. Christopher Dix, aged 63. NUTTER On the 11th inst., Mr. Thomas Nutter, brewer; Cambridge, aged 66. RIIDDOOR-00 the 20th inst., the ROY. Richard Hastw ell Ruddock, M.A., incumbent of All Saints', Bishopsg&W, aged 54. WEST j th o e hn ls l t v h e i s zat m .,.a A t . C , l a i g p e s d ha 6 m 3. Reotory, 11316^na ' U:1 0 WILLIS—On the 20th inst., Mrs. Willis, of 4, Rill-street, Berkeley -square, aged 78. 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