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ertirlY Nbitton BUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. WATVERSALL'S-THIS EVENING, Six O'CLOCK. GOODWOOD STAKES. 7 to 1 Not Stuits S to 1 agst Questionable 11 to 1 agst Miss Elis 11 to 1 agst Lothario 12 to 1 agst Milliner 25 to 1 agst Hydrangea. GOODWOOD cur. 3 to 1 agst Eryx 4 to 1 agst The Hero 7 to 1 agst Wolf-dog 11 to 1 agst Halo 30 to 1 agst DEBBY. 25 to 1 agst Flatcatcher 25 to 1 igst Surpiice. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT Rumours pare very rife about the Houses of Parliament this evening that Parliament will not be prorogued til to-morrow (Tuesday) week, in consequence of the evi. dent intention of Ministers to pass the Bishopric of Man. cheater BM in the present session. IMPERIAL PA RLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool• sack at Five o'clock. Jord BEAUMONT presented 100 petitions agains the Government plan of education from several places. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. _ _ A Messenger from theoommonsbronihinp several Bills, which were read a first time, and ordered to be printed, The Duke of RICHMOND presented petitions from Norwich, praying for the alteration of the law of settlement. The NOBLE DUKE also presented a petition from Sussex, praying for the repeal of the malt-tax. IRISH DISTRESS. Earl GREY presented a dispatch from the Governor- General of Canada, stating that the sum subscribed in the North American colonies, for the distressed Irish, amounted to no less a sum than 33,0001. BUSINESS OF THE SESSION. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice of his intention to morrow to move an address to the Crown upon the sub ject of the business of the session. LEITH HARBOUR BILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved the third reading of the Leith Harbour Bill, and explained its provisions at con siderable length. He said the object of the Bill was to empower the commissioners of the harbour to expend the surplus of their capital on improving the harbour, and to raise, if necessary, 125,0001. by loan, for the same purpose. He, however, had no objection to strike out the clause empowering the commissioners to create additional capital to this amount, as he believed the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Redesdale) objected to the Bill on account of that clause. He could not, however, consent to the re-committal of the Bill. Lord REDESDALE said he was perfectly justified in characterising the Bill as a "job." Why there never was a❑ instance of a Minister of the Crown proceeding with a Bill to its third reading, and then consenting, for the purpose of neutralising opposition, to withdraw the leading clause. The Commissioners sought power to raise far more money than they themselves admitted they required. He moved that the Bill be read a third time this day three months. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COALVIONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Three o'clock FEVER HOSPITAL. Mr. FORSTER presented a petition against the Fever Hospital Bill. RAJA OF SATTARA. Sir J. EI3MIOUSE moved for a copy of some letters and other documents connected with the ex-Raja of Sattara. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. AIL S. OBRIEN was led to put a question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer relative to the Charitable Trusts Bill. The Right Hon. Gentleman had on a former occasion stated that the Lord Chancellor had introduced a Bill into the House of Lords for the purpose of regulating charitable trusts, but finding there was so much opposition to the measure proceeding in the present session, that Noble and Learned Lord bad thought it his duty to withdraw it. Now what he wanted to know was, whether the Right Hon. Gentleman had any objection to the Bill now being read a first time, in order that it might be printed, and its provisions considered in the interval between the disso lution of the presont and the meeting of a new Par• liament. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Hon. Member had, in some respects, misunder stood what he had stated on a former occasion. The Bill had been introduced in the Lords and printed, and he had a copy of it, which was very much at the service of the Hon. Member. FACTORIES BILL. the Noble Lord the Member for Shropshire (Lord 1 Clive) could support the Bill. Certainly, under such circumstances, Earl Powis ought to be Chancellor of the University of Cambridge instead of Prince Albert. He was anxious also to hear the Hon. Gentleman the Recorder of Loudon (Mr. Law) state his reasons for supporting the Bill. But he wished to address himself also to those who aspired to be leaders of the country party, though he might m ention in passing that the country did not support them.—(Hear.) Where was the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn (Lord G. Ben tinck) ?—(Hear.) He called upon him to state his rea sons. Did the Bentincks come from the " Low countries" for the purpose of supporting four new bishops ? Was it for the purpose of creating four " Brummagem \ mitres," as the s uccessors of land, that his ancestor came ov er with William?—(Hear, hear.) But where was the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Shrewsbury (Mr. Disraeli)?—(Hear, hear.) He was busily engaged ad dressing the farmers of Buckinghamshire—he was riding on John Hampden's saddle through that county; but he he was w sisancotendtoteknnt with owf popular romhimho p w rin h c i i s pe s l u s prAt Ha o e ft r. e th e Bill Would some friend of his tell him how the creation of four new bishops was consistent with liberal principles? He would tell the House and the public why they did not rise in their places and defend their votes. They knew that division lists were not much looked at in the country.—(Hear, hear.) They knew that they were not printed in country newspapers. The expense of these new bishops would have to be paid by the hard-working clergy of the Church, and he there fore denounced the measure as unjust and uncalled for. Let the House remember the objections that were once raised against putting the Church into commission, ana bear in mind the manner in which those objections were Lord J. RUSSELL explained. Mr. COLLETT continued to think the measure un just and objectionable in every respect, and he was de termined to resist it in all its stages. The Hon. Gen tleman proceeded to read several letters expressive of tne hostility of the writers to the creation of any new bishoprics, which excited much laughter. Mr. WYNNE thought it was not in accordance with the rules of the House that any Gentleman should read any doccument without the permission of the House. Mr. HUME said that this was done every day by Members of the Government as well as by other Mem bers of the House. The SPEAKER did not think the Hon. Member was out of order. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE hoped the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Winchester would not proceed further with his amendment, as he could not give it his support, being bound by the arrangement he had made with the Go vernment on Friday last, not to give any further opposi tion to the House going into Committee on this Bill. Mr. B. OSBORNE concurred with the Hon. Gentle man the Member for Finsbury, that after what took place on Friday night, he could not support the amend ment of the Hon. Baronet the Member for Winchester, and he hoped the Hon. Member would withdraw it. Mr. B. ESTCOTT said, that after what had fallen from the Hon. Member who had just spoken, he would not press his amendment to a division. The amendment was then by leave withdrawn. The House then went into Committee on the Bill. Mr. M. PHILIPS said a deputation of his consti tuents had with him waited upon the Noble Lord at the head of the Government not to allow this Bill to pass in its present form, and he took that opportunity of requesting of her Majesty's Government, that when they came to legislate again upon this sub ject, the views and statements would not be lost sight of. There could be no doubt that Manchester was greatly in want of spiritual education ; but he did not think this Bill was calculated to supply the defi ciency. He must therefore move a verbal amendment to the preamble of the Bill, to prevent certain parochial funds in Manchester being appropriated to the purposes of this Bill. overcome. The leaders of the popular party were told by the then Government that the measure was proposed by them for the benefiting of the working clergy, and upon that understanding, and through the aid of these arguments, the measure was allowed to pass. Had that understanding been carried out? Did this measure carry it out ? No such thing; and again he denounced it as an act of in justice towards the people, and an act of breach of faith towards that House.—(Hear, hear.) Suppose the estates of some of the aristocracy of the country had been put in commission for the purpose of raising a fund for relieving the wants of the poor, and when a surplus fund had been raised by that means, it was pro posed to devote them to the support of addi tional Lords of the Treasury, what would have been said of such conduct ? Could it have been denounced in language too strong or too severe ? And S et that was just the case here ; and, considering that a majority of the whole House had never expressed any opinion upon this Bill, he felt it to be his duty to persevere in the opposition that had been raised against it.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord might prorogue on Thursday, but on Thursday he should not pass this Bill.—(Hear.) He concluded, by moving as an amendment, that the other orders of the day be now read. Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH seconded the amendment. Mr. AGLIONBY wished to allude to a point which had been touched upon in the course of this de bate. The Bishops of London and St. Asaph stated, before the Commissioners appointed by that House to inquire into this subject, that it was highly advantageous to keep up the distinction between the episcopal and ecclesiastical funds, because the Church wanted provi sion for more bishops. He thought that evidence bore upon the present question, and he hoped the House would not lose sight of it in deciding this Bill. The Bishop of St. Asaph's opinion was, that if more bishops were created they would be enabled to induce the laity to subscribe towards a charitable fund for increasing the number of poor working clergy.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME said if the spirit and feeling of the Bishop of London were to be taken as the spirit and feeling of the bishops generally, he did fear there was no hope for improving the poor working clergy of this country. But if they were to create these new bishops, or to establish colonial bishops, why did they ' not give St. Andrew's, Edinburgh, and Glasgow bishops ?—(Hear, hear.) Ile regretted that the Noble Lord had not come down to the House stating that he was prepared entirely to withdraw, or at least to post pone this question till the next session of Parliament, because he felt it to be his bounden duty to resist to the last breath, and he should, therefore, strongly protest against the continuance of this Bill.—(Bear, hear.) He implored the Noble Lord for- his own sake to post pone the Bill till another session. Then, if they still saw it necessary to press it, let them bring it. forward in the beginning of the session, so that the measure would at least have the benefit of a full consideration. Ile was anxious that the opinion of the country should be taken upon this subject; moderation would be the better means offpreserving his own power, than by an arbitrary exercise of that power to push a Bill through Parliament against the opinions and wishes of the people. Of the mass of the clergy who really attended to the religious wants of the people, few were adequately paid ' • and yet it was now proposed to add to the number of luxuriously paid bishops—to add to those who were now rolling in their carriages in the midst of a depressed and starving popu lation. He did on every ground protest against pro ceeding with this Bill, because they were now wasting the time of the House.—(Hear, hear, from the Opposi- 1 tion.) It was wasting the time of the House to prevent a greater waste. He considered that the introduction of this Bill was a breach of public faith, and he trusted that the Bill would be sent to join so many of the Bills which had been brought in this session.—(Laughter.) Lord J. B.USSELL could not but think, after hearing the speech of the Hon. Member who had just sat down, that the present opposition arose from a misapprehension of the question. The Hon. Member seemed to represent that the ecclesiastical measures generally introduced by her Majesty's Government had for their object the in crease of the resources of the hierarchy, while they depressed those who had more immediately the cure of souls. But he would remind the Honourable Member that when this Commission was appointed many of the higher clergy held pluralities and other means of emolument, which did not now exist. The Commission applied its attention to this state of things. They applied themselves in the first place to the incomes of the bishops, and it appeared to them that the fact that the bishops held many amounts for the purpose of eking out their salaries was a considerable abuse, and they thought that by reducing the salaries of the better paid bishops, so as to equalise the emoluments of the different diocesans, without trenching on other funds, it appeared to them that by this mode of equalisation the efficiency of the Church might be greatly increased ; and in this way the emoluments of the bishopric of Durham had been reduced from 22,0001. to 8,0001. Then they thought that the number of deans and canons might be greatly reduced, and by such means they found au amount per annum of 134,0001., but owing to the better management of property, this amount was in creased to 300,000/. Now, to what purpose was this sum to be applied? It was to be devoted to the augmentation of the cure of souls, as far as these might be seen necessary, due consideration being always had to the wants and wishes of the different districts. How, then, were the expressions of Hon. Gentlemen justified? Here it appeared that the Government, by diminishing the superfluous dignities of the Church, and by abrogating the patronage of the Crown and of the bishops, had a sum of 300,000/. per annum, a portion of which they wished now to devote to the extension of the English bishoprics. He did not wish to argue again the whole merits of the question; it was sufficient for him to say that the pre sent was to be viewed in the light of one of a series of measures, and looking to the reforms which had been already obtained by the abolition of pluralities, the more effectual provision for the cure of souls, and many other reforms, he really thought that if a case could be made out for the establishment of a new bishopric, it would not be right, to prevent the Church from the exercise of that power which belonged to all dissentients, whether civil, ecclesiastical, or political, viz., an extension of the means of government of such bodies. He thought that it was an essential part of the plan which he had hinted at that there should be an increase of the number of bishops beyond that of Manchester. He was fully per suaded of the correctness of that opinion, and he did not purpose to take one single farthing from the taxation of the country, or to in• creaseboipsihnoiop Prelates,ns the ahi la: w p ah o ai flo w s efftoorhrremtoi other ted t hd h e e prb ay C r tthhuoe Hous e rf opinionc h ot hf b e by givingo fParliament. Ia thatnew commission.the Right whole bench of bishops were quite satisfied with the arrangements, that there should be \ a creation of new bishops who should not ha ve sea t s i n t h e Upper House. He trusted, therefore, that the House would not refuse to go into committee this evening on the Bill, especially as he had given up the sitting of the House on Saturday on the express condition that the House should go i n t o committee to-day for the purpose of hearing the objec tions of the Hon. Member for Manchester, and those of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Dorch ester, in opposition to the details of the Bill. Sir W. MOLES WORTH thought that the whole of the argument of the Noble Lord might be summed up in one sentence, viz., " that we have hitherto done some am ount of good, ad it is right,therefortei,that we should now do a little evil." He did not hnk that such was an argument fitted to be used in favour of a measure for the creation of a new bishop. He thought o that h ite H oughtouse that toesatanbelicsehaesditytofotrhea new w isf b ac is t h lo op n before the Bill was allowed to p ass into law. So far from be there clearly was such a case having been made out, there had been twenty speakers on his side of the House upon the Bill, and of that number seventeen had spoken against the Bill. No pressing emergency had been brought forward by the Noble Lord, or by any other speaker, for pushing this measure f orwar d with so much haste. The Noble Lord saidfa new the comm i ss i on ha d recommen d e d the creation o sees o e f w St. b i A sh s o a p pb of an M d a ß n a c n hesteruponth w e u m niO ol nof or t t h h e ) thoaght that th ere m i ght be probably h e(Sir something asw in that, and let the Noble Lord bring in a measure to carry that recommendation, but there certainly could not be any reason for pressing forward a Lord had measure of this nature, only esp a cial p l o y rt w io h n en of th a e g N re o a b t le and Coal said better was the subject. He thought that the course would be to postpone the Bill till next when a full opportunity would be session, for the consideration and discussion of the whole given bear ings of the q uestion ; and he for one would prome; when such a measure was brought forward, to give it hit; best and most attentive consideration. Mr. TRELAWNY said that he would diviCs uoo; every stage of the Bill; but he would not be a party to any factious opposition. ASSAGES f r om the Lords appear e d a t the bar, and Messengers lE FROM THE LORDS. other Member s demLoarnddedj.a severalcßonufesrseEncLeLwiwthitthheCommons. then retired, and after the lap se of returned tenm i c n o u n t f eesncejust s and intimated to the House , t hat at the re t Chancery i nstead of held, Lords t i h n e f y tt t h a a r d a agreed e to Masterr e c receiven m essages from the two as at want. isi.4.----4 (LEFT SITTING.) THE GUN COTTON EXPLOSION. The explosion of a gun cotton mill at Faversham has proved even more disastrous than was at first stated. So loud was the explosion that the noise was heard within two miles of Maidstone, a distance of seventeem miles. The sound resembled thunder heard at a great distance. The houses within the circumference of a mile were all more or less affected, as if by the shock of an earth quake. As the day was beautifully clear large volumes of smoke which followed the explosion were seen at a distance of several miles. One gentleman travelling on the Dover-road perceived the smoke upwards of ten miles from Faversham. Mr. Topping, the superinten dent of the works, who had entered the premises only a few seconds before, and who is one of the victims, was a practical chemist, of considerable ability, from Lon don. The escape of Faversham from injury is sur prising. Within a distance of thirty yards of the spot where the explosion occurred, there are premises containing no fewer than 136 barrels of gunpowder. These premises were saved by means of high mounds of earth which separated them from the mill in which the explosion took place. One of these enormous mounds is said to have been moved from its place by the terrible force of the explosion. One boy escaped with his life under very extraordinary circumstances. He was dug out of the ruins after being buried in them upwards of two hours. He lay between two other boys, both of whom were quite dead. A large piece of timber pre vented the ruinous mass from pressing on him, as it had done on the others, with fatal effect. The entire number of persons who have suffered is supposed to be thirty-four; of these, twenty-one have already died. Their funeral, or rather the interment of the fragments of their bodies that remained, took place on Saturday, on which occa sion the town presented a scene of distress difficult to describe. Of the twenty-one dead, the remains of ten only have been identified, owing to the dreadfully mangled state of their bodies. Of the sixteen still living, several are not expected to recover. Awfully destruc tive of human life as the accident has been, it might, and but for a providential circumstance would, have proved more so. It fortunately happened that a consi derable number of those usually employed in the works were at the time the catastrophe occurred engaged in haymaking. The immediate cause of the accident still remains, and most probably ever will remain, a my s t er y. At the Coroner's inquest, held on Friday last, on the bodies of the sufferers, nothing that could be relied on as to the cause of the catastrophe was elicited. Four witnesses were examined, among them Mr. Hall, one of the proprietors of the works, but neither of them could give evidence throwing any light on the cause of the mischief. Mr. Hall stated that the house in Faversham was con nected with the German inventor of the gun-cotton, and that they had been manufacturing the article on a much larger scale than had ever been before thought of in this country. Mr. H. Davy said, I reside in Ospringe-road, in the parish of Faversham, and am superintendent of the gun cotton manufactory at the Marsh works. I have been five weeks in Messrs. Hall's employ, and came down here expressly to superintend these works, with the management of which I am acquainted. Mr. Henry Topping was the resident engineer and chief superin tendent. On Wednesday morning last I was in the I stove, a drying room, with Mr. H a ll, d ur i ng th o work I ing hours. I went in at sin o'clock and remained till breakfast time, at eight o'clock. I was away about half an hour and then returned, and remained in the works and about the building until within a minute of the accident occurring. I wanted to see Mr. William Hall, and went to find him, and met him within a half minute's walk of the buildings. I had only exchanged two or three words with him, when I felt a concussion of the air , which appeared to strike me in the back. I in stantly found myself covered with dust, and heard an explosion Immediately afterwards. It did not appear to me very loud; it was more of a rumbling noise than an explosion. The materials of the buildings flew about in all directions after the explosion. As soon as I con sidered it safe to move I ran after Mr. Hall, who had left me, and we then returned together to the stoves. I found the premises in ruins. All the labourers who could be procured were immediately set to work to get out the workpeople buried in No. 3, and in rendering assistance generally. Several of the bodies were taken up :Live, and carried away. It was part of my duty see that the orders 'of Mr. Topping and Messrs. Hall were carried into effect. To the best of my knowledge they always were so. The factory WAS conducted in such a way, that I always con sidered myself, as well as the persons employed therein, perfectly safe. Mr. William Hall had ordered the stoves to be kept at a certain degree of heat, No. 3 never to be more than 120, and No. 4, 110. To the best of my knowledge these orders were always adhered to. I consider that degree of heat perfectly safe, and that a much higher degree of heat might be used without danger. I cannot account in any way for the explosion. There appeared to be two explosions, or rather a con tinuation of one ; the two were so close I could hardly distinguish them separately. After the accident, Mr. Hall, individually and by giving directions, used every exertion to relieve the sufferers and get them from the ruins. Every precaution was always taken for the safety of the work-people while employed in the fac tories, even though it was considered there was no danger beyond that ordinarily attending the manufacture of gunpowder. CORONER—Did you hear Mr. Topping say, on Satur day last, that if the prevailing hot weather continued he feared some accident would happen ? Witness—l did not hear him say anything of the kind. Examination continued—Robert Cheesman was fire man, and had charge of the fire during the hour pre ceding the explosion. He is seriously injured, and un able to attend here to-day. I examined the state of the thermometer about ten minutes previous to the explo sion. The one in No. 4 marked 108 degrees, and the other, in No. 3, ranged between 119 and 120 degrees. Even in the event of a larger fire having been made up, the heat could not have increased to so great a degree in the interval as to have caused an explosion. The ther mometers were always regulated by the heat of the fires, and not by the state of the atmosphere. Mr. HINDE, the coroner, finding that neither of the witnesses could give any evidence immediately bearing on the cause of the catastrophe, adjourned the inquest for a month, in the hope that some of the fourteen still surviving sufferers may be so far recovered as to be able to lay before the jury more definite information re garding the circumstances under which the catastrophe took place. The following has been given as a correct list of the deceased parties whose remains have been identified : H. Topping, J. Tilley, J. Hammond, A. Wyles, J. Petty, R. Knowler, E. Irish, Mercy Clark, Sarah Hinds, G. Ransom. The following are also known to have been at work in No. 4 stove when the explosion took place, and are, therefore, returned as dead, though only fragments of the bodies of any of these have been dis covered:—J. Redman, Mary Cheeseman, Anne Stringe, h m e o r u e e h b ,e been 1 m B o o r u e r no, lessC 0 s p e p r i i D o , u H sly . A in m j o u s r . ed g - have sion, and are no w l y i ng under medical H. Irish, C a th ar i ne H a ll , J . Coppin, J. Rose, G. Mar rW. P treatment in Faversham and the neighbourhood :—R. Cheesman, T. Smith, W. Smith, G. Wraight, J. Vidion, J. Kempsall, J. Chambers, J. M'Kewen, H. Alliott, T. Stringer, 11. Sparkes, R. Cullen, J. Deane, W. Rogers, T. - Woolley, Mary M'Kewen. In addition to the numerous deaths caused by the explosion, another death took place under very peculiar circumstances. A young man who had be en emp l oyed in the neighbourhood having gone to assist in extricating the sufferers, and digging the dead out of the mass of ruins, suddenly felt himself taken ill in consequence of the inhalation of the noxious atmosphere caused by the explosion. He went and represented to a medical gen tleman in Faversham how ill he felt, and the medical gentleman told him to walk about for an hour or two in the open air, adding that if he did not feel better then, he must call on him and he would prescribe some medi , tine for him. In the course of three hours the unfor tunate" man died. An inquest was held on the body, when the medical gentleman referred to gave it as his decided opinion that he had died from the effects of in haling the noxious air. The jury returned a verdict accordingly. m - We h Mr. TRELAWNY wished to know from the Chan cellor of the Exchequer whether it was his intention to allow the present Parliament to separate without intro ducing a Bill to compensate properly those persons who would work twelve hours a day in factories, which they were prohibited from doing by the enactments of the Bill that had been passed in the present session.l The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could hold out no hope to the Hon. Member of the introduction of such a Bill (luring the present session. LEEDS FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL ESTATE BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' Amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to : Edinburgh and Northern Railway, Saint Andrew's and Newburgh Harbour Branches and Road Crossings (Newport Railway Extension). Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction Railway (Cowlairs Branch). Leeds Waterworks (No. 2). Leicester Waterworks. - London and North Western Railway (Kenilworth to Berkswell, Branches and Extensions, &c.) Wolverhampton General Cemetry. ASSISTANT SURGEONS IN THE NAVY. Mr. WAKLEY inquired whether it was the intention of the Admiralty to afford greater facilities to the as sistant surgeons on board of ship for the purpose of study than they possessed at present. Mr. WARD said the assistant surgeons had as many facilities for this purpose as the other professional young men on board ship. The Board of Admiralty were of the Same opinion, and they did not intend to make any alteration. Mr. WAKLEY said he should feel it his duty next session, when the navy estimates were before the House, to bring the subject under its attention, and to propose that greater facilities should be afforded to them for pursuing their studies alone on board ship. BISHOPRIC OF MANCHESTER BILL. ADJOURNED DEBATE. On the motion for going into Committee, Mr. ESCOTT rose. He thanked the Noble Lord for his courtesy in postponing the debate until to-day. He called upon those who were oppose d to the measure not to be daunted because th e y hadbeenbeaten—he called upon them not to shrink from giving the measu re al l opposi tion in their power. As yet the mem bers of tl! h e e Govern ment had spoken but sparingly on the subject. They had not argued this question at all—whether the fact there being a surplus of money for church p ( rw e e s r r t e ; justified the creation of another bishopric.— le should like to know from the Noble Lord who repre sented) a part of Yorkshire (Lord Morpeth) what were the sentiments of the people of that county on the subject. He had not spoken, but he could tell him that not all the blood of the Howards could cram four new Bishops down the throats of the people.—(Hear, hear.) Now, there was the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Sheffield (Mr. Ward), he should like to know if Sheffield was in favour of the Bill ?-1-11r. Ward said that his con stituents 11'4 not said one word on the matter.] Then the Bon. Gentleman assumed that silence gave consent. (Mr. W r.1 1.4.—"11.° ' 11°9 I have not said a word on the consent .:-.- -- (Laughter ) Oh ! then " silence did not give (Hear ) * But no onemore strenuously sup ported the appropr i at ion. a greate r advocate of the liberties and of on what ground he 81 i 7 l -8. He was at a loss to know tottered with the weigllterwh* this Bill, when the fabric But saw t c ia eh another h b e e r e H n o p n l . ace d Gentlemanu pon it already.—(Hear.) —(Laughter)—the Hon. and Member for Dun (Mr. Sheil).—(Hear, hear.) wished to know garvon Gentleman had his sentiments.—(Hear.) Th e been borne down this session by th e encumbrance of his office as Master of the hint.—Gear, hear.) There was a time when his time an'd were devoted to the promotion and protection t ot ale t h e nts liberties of the people. — (Hear, hear.) He should like to know from him if Ireland was in fav our of the Bill. (Hear, hear.) But he saw another Hon. Gentleman Member of the Governmentthe Right Hon. Member and laughter, caused by the for Edinburgh_( Right Honourable Gentleman sitting forward and taking off his hat.) He came to the Right Honourable Gentleman, and he would ask him if Edinburgh—if Scotland was in favour of the creation of four new bishops. He had read the able "bays of the Right Hon. Gentleman, and he had read and heard the speeches he had made in Par -lismeat, but he recollected 119 thing in ei th er w hich would Justify him in supporting this Bill. He called upon him to state the grounds on which he supported it. He would address himself to another member of the Government, to ask himeraent, the Attorney - Genera l ; he whether it was respectful whether it was constitut ional, tful to express the sentiments of the Sovereign in wanted an argument i P n. preamble of this Bill. But if he Bill, he might refer to th e avour of the opposition to the amd intelligent journal, ofwhich Chronicle, an able :i h the Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Sheffield, wa s m emit proprietor. He was happy to turn from the of the Govern ment, who supported the Bi ll, H o e. Baronet, the Member fo'r bporchtheesterßi(thirt where J. Graham), who was opposed to it was the Right Hon. Baronet the Member foriVain wor t (Sir R., Peel). Why was be not in his place to state _ his v iews and those of his constituents on the Bill ? S urely be would be better do in g t his t h an addressing pam p hlets i Lo his constituents , H e was at a l o ss to understan ho w WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, JULY 16. , e have moderate arrivals to this day's market. At prices rather exceeding those obtainable last Friday, we have a retail demand for wheat ; the fineness of the weather preventing extensive operations. Little passing in barley, and no change in value. Oats and shelling fully as well sold. There is an improved demand for beans The had a meetin g at 2s. to 3 s . p er quarter more money. Commissioners of the Merchant Seamen's Fund on Saturday at th e Board of Trade, Lord Ellenborou g h i n. t h e chair, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY _EVENING, JULY 19, 1847. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Winchester, July 17. 'Before Lora Chief Justice WILDE and a Special Jury). BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.-HARVEY V. me, as their professional friend, the circumstances con nected with your recent conduct towards that lady. I have read your letters and heard the details of the case with great pain. From a sincere desire to induce you even yet to act with honour towards Miss Harvey, and a proper regard to your own character, I make the pre sent communication. You have professed a very strong attachment to Miss Harvey, and in the most urgent terms requested her to return to Ireland to be your wife. She has given you credit for sincerity and honour, and complied with your request. You have done all in your power to secure her affections, and by inducing her to give up business and return to Ireland you have placed her in a most painful position before the world. She has done nothing to merit this conduct at your hands. You know her character stands unimpeachable, except to the extent it will be injured by your treatment of her; but this you can repair. You have made a solemn en gagement with Miss Harvey; you are in a situation to perform it if you please to do so. You have uncontrolled power over your own actions and property. I therefore call upon you as a Christian and a gentleman to fulfil your engagement by now marrying Miss Harvey. Take this course even now, and you will act justly towards Miss Harvey, and while you will save yourself from a degree of odium which I will not describe, you will have done what you can to recover your position and the esteem of your friends. I beg you will carefully con sider this important matter, and let me hear from you. "I am, &c. " JOHN BATES." He was at a loss to conceive what rag of a defence his Learned Friend could make. As soon as the defendant found the plaintiff was ready to marry him, he packed up his goods and left the country, for he had several letters written to him, asking him to marry her, but the defendant had not condescended to notice them. He could not conceive treachery, perfidy, or cowardice equal to this. One would have supposed that the most hardened villain would at least have some feeling of compassion for the unfortunate victim whose chance of happiness he was destroying, and would have taken some notice of her ; but no, the miserable coward skulked away from the country to evade the legal con sequences of his conduct. Fortunately, however, a writ reached him at Portsmouth, as he was joining his ship ; and he (Mr. Cockburn) submitted they would consider he plaintiff entitled to the largest damages. The writing to the different letters was proved to be that of the defendant JOHNSTONE. Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Phinn were counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. SergeantKinglake and Mr. C. Saunders for the defendant. The Ceclaration stated that the plaintiff, in August, 1845, was unmarried, and living in America, and that in consideration that she would leave America and return to Ireland for the purpose of marrying the defendant, he (the defendant) would marry her; that the plaintiff re turned to Ireland, and the defendant had notice thereof, and was required to marry her, but he refused to do so, and that by reason of her leaving Canada she lost her business of a milliner and dress-maker. The defendant pleaded that he did not promise; that the plaintiff did not arrive in Ireland within reasonable time after making the promise; that he had not due notice that she had arrived; that the plaintiff was not ready and willing to marry the defendant; that he had not due notice that the plaintiff was ready to marry him; that a reasonable time had not elapsed when he was required to marry; and that the plaintiff absolved him from the promise. Mr. COCKBURN, in stating the case to the jury, said the plaintiff complained of the defendant, and brought this action to recover compensation in damages for the breach, on his part, of one of the most important and solemn engagements that any individual could enter into. It had been said with truth that this was one of a class of cases which might differ in the most extreme degree; which might be of the most aggravated character, and embrace circumstances of great mitigation, w hich might seriously tend to diminish the wrong of which the party complained, and the redress to which the party was entitled. He felt that he was justified in stating that this case was one of the most aggravated nature. In ,the whole course of his expe rience he had never heard of a case of so aggravated a character, and when be had stated the facts he was sure they would sanction his statement. The plaintiff was a young lady about thirty years of age, the daughter of a highly respectable farmer residing in the north of Ireland. The defendant was a surgeon in the navy, at the present moment serving on board her Majesty's ship Spartan, now on foreign service ; he was also a native of Ireland. So far back as 1839 the mother of Miss Harvey was taken ill of a fever, of which she died. The defendant was residing in the neighbourhood. He was connected by marriage with the plaintiff, and from that circumstance: an acquaintance existed between them. The defendant conceived a passion and attachment for Miss Harvey, who was the eldest of the daughters, and paid his addresses to her. This went on till 1841. He then manifested some falling off in his attentions, and paid them to another young woman, but in 1842 he re newed his attentions, and a correspondence took place; and it was necessary to remind the jury, that the imagina tion of parties in the sister kingdom was more warm than was to be found in persons living in this country. The Learned Counsel then read an immense number of letters written by the defendant to the plaintiff, of which we have only room for some extracts:— " All I want now to complete my happiness is my own sweet Jeannie. 0 1 but I seriously feel the wantof my Jeannie, when I see others enjoying the sweets of their better halves. 0 Jeannie, it was my chief desire, even long before the bathing season set in, to have the pleasure of your society here a few weeks, or some such place. I had a dream con cerning you last night. Miserable Tommy ! " The last links are broken which bound me to thee (No,no!) And the words thou bast spoken have rendered me free, That bright glance misleading, on others may shine (No!), Those eyes smiled unheeding when tears burst from mine ; If my love was deemed boldness, that error is o'er, I have witnessed thy coldness, and prize thee no more. Oh I have not loved lightly, I'll think on thee yet (Yes,yes !), And pray for thee nightly till life's sun hath set. (True, true, [true, I hope.) "Tommy, being thus overwhelmed with grief and sorrow that Jeauie has thus estranged herself from him, she speaks to Tommy as follow : " When thy bosom heaves the sigh, When the tear o'erflows thine eye, May sweet hope afford relief, Cheer thy heart and calm thy grief.' "How can it be cheered when absent from Jeanie?" "Oh, my Jeannie, I did not see you this morning, and I dread the cause of your non-appearance. Oh, Jennie, have you so little confidence in your own Tommy? Oh that we were united, that there might be an end to your doubts and fears. Oh, my Jeannie, do not doubt the sincerity of my affection, for indeed and truth I prize my beloved Jeannie above all the world. Oh do not doubt my love. Oh, it is only too great, it is sinful—it is stronger than death. " TOMMY TO HIS BEST BELOVED JEANNIE. A witness said that the plaintiff's father was a re spectable farmer, though he took a little whisky. The plaintiff herself keeps a grocer's and baker's shop. She lived with her father before she went to Canada. Every one in Ireland had his own way of making love. Miss Lilly Harvey—l am the sister of the plaintiff. The defendant visited at our house when my mother was ill in 1839. He paid particular attention to my sister. The defendant lived with his mother. The de fendant and my sister corresponded frequently during the first twelve months. The correspondence was then broken off, and he paid attention to another lady. He called again on us in another twelve months, and then he got a very cold reception. We were going to meeting, and the defendant walked by my sister's side, and the in timacy was then renewed. He was received as my sister's suitor. I knew his friends objected. I had a brother settled in Toronto, in America. My sister and myself went out there, and my sister took lessons as a milliner, and then commenced business there. It pros pered very much, and we were doing well. She received letters from the defendant. At last she sold off all her things at a very great lq . ss, and we sailed for Ireland on the 28th of July. I arrived in Ireland on the 9th of December. The defendant never came to see my sister after her arrival. She was very much distressed in her mind in consequence of the defendant's conduct. She and I have now set up in business as grocers and bakers. My sister is about thirty, and the defendant about forty-six. Cross-examined—lt seems that the defendant was very fickle. It was merely to break off the correspon dence with the defendant that my sister vvent to Ame rica, because she did not think that it would come to a marriage. His mamma interfered, and did not approve of the match. My sister was very fond of the defen dant. I went nut to accompany my sister. I have seen "lovely Tommy" intoxicated. I read the defendant's letters, and thought they were very pleasing. Of course they caused a smile. When my sitter understood from the defendant's letters that all obstacles were removed she did not hesitate to leave America. I could not swear to my sister's writing. I have always lived with my sister, and seen her write. I do not believe this letter to be in her writing. I knew Mr. Murphy at Toronto. He was a carpenter. He used to help me to wash the tea-things. Of course I should have pre ferred staying there. What is in the letter is very true, but I cannot swear it is in my sister's writing. Upon my oath I can't form a belief as to the writing. lam not certain of my own age, but I understand I am about 22. I think I can recollect my sister telling me that she had written to the defendant to say she would not leave America. About a month after we returned to Ireland my sister received a letter from the defen dant, which had been sent to Toronto, telling her not to come. Re-examined—Mr. Murphy paid me attention. A letter from the defendant, of the 18th of August, 1845, stated, that as the plaintiff had said she would not come, he had written to tell her not to come. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE submitted that the declara tion did not set out a proper consideration. The decla ration alleged that the plaintiff was sole and unmarried, and resided at Toronto, and that in consideration of her leaving and coming to Ireland for the purpose of marry ing him, he promised to marry her; but there was no allegation that the plaintiff had entered into the contract. Mr. COCKBURN applied to amend the declaration. The CHIEF JUSTICE said he would allow an amend ment, giving the defendant leave to move the Court for a nonsuit, if the Court should be of opinion that the de claration was bad, and that he ought not to have allowed it to be awarded. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAIE then addressed the jury for the defendant. He regretted very much that this Irish cause had not been tried on the other side of the water. They had been treated with letters which, to an English man, were the most ridiculous that any man having lucid intervals ever wrote, for he declared that if a com mission of lunacy had been taken out against the defen dant, he believed those letters would have been sufficient to have induced a jury to pronounce him insane. In stead of this being a case of the aggravated character described by his friend, it was one only of pounds, shil lings, and pence. The Learned Sergeant then com mented upon the letters, and contended that it was clear the defendant had written to the plaintiff desiring her not to come, as his friends would not give their consent. He then urged that he apprehended they would give a verdict for the defendant; but if not, they would give the very smallest damages. Chief Justice WILDE, in summing up, said, that in his opinion the plaintiff was entitled to their verdict, and the question would be the amount of damages they should give. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da mages, 4001. Solicitors for the plaintiff, Messrs. Bevan and Good eve ; for the defendant, Messrs. Sutton, Prudence, and Co. " Come, rest in this bosom, my own stricken deer, Tho' thy friends have fled from thee thy home is still here Here still is the smile that no cloud can o'ercast, And my heart and my hand all thy own to the last (true). Oh, what was love made for if 'tis not the same Thro' joy and thro' torments, thro' glory and shame. I know not, I ask not, if guilt's in that heart (oh, no !) I but know that I love thee, whatever thou art (I do most truly). Thou hest call'd me thy angel in moments of bliss, And thy angel I'll be 'mid the horrors of this. Through the furnace unshrinking thy steps to pursue, And shield thee and serve thee, or perish there too. " Oh, my beloved Jeannie; how can I part from my be loved Jeannie—my love—my love—my love—my love and delight. "It is, my beloved, quite plain that my heart yearns to be with my heart's delight. Oh beloved, beloved Jeannie, what will become of your own Tommy? Alas, poor Tommy; his heart will certainly break. Oh, Jeannie, do not stay long away if you go, my love—my dove—my beloved. "Thursday, 7 afternoon.—Saw my only beloved Jeannie. Did ever any creature love as I do? surely not. Oh, my Jeannie, I fear we must be separated. I believe there is Irirerrfere7=it 'I beeek tlaiw sole...pro Ise I hav e .1. 1 / 2 I'll keep it, though the world may frown and many will upbraid. " I shall be faithful unto death. The Lord has seen that we idolised and worshipped each other, and neglected him; therefore it seems to be his will that we should be parted. How often does God snatch away the darling of our heart when we set oar affections too much on the object of our love. If it had been th e Lord ' s will that we should have , how Jeannie would have as! it seems it is not to be, s b a ht e oelnne leas soli in her hr by ohlev t r h n ehtoieusseo.f Tommy. , 11 3 e u d t l wok, k Miss Harvey's father having married again, and as she perceived there would be a difficulty in procuring the consent of the defendant's friends mightto tebsetambliasthch,theamnd. having a brother residing at ToinroendttooingoCtaoncadaan,asdhae, and Still the defendant *—Beloved, the strong hope that you althoughB44 you are now in ts her helerye s a i s s ai t ni e l sister , considering s et i t d se e , rtiibn7egt then thatdjeutne June, ~n, they l continued to keep up the correspondence, and the follow ing August 25 —Dreamed of having my distance makes no change in your are some of the extracts from his letters : e Jeannie ea f: l a y ' nrSi still l d e i p e i s t t: anb2nemst mine.,y land , lB ar i n t s ; Tommy's affections. Oh come, come, and you will see that you will not be disappointed ; come and console your broken-hearted Tommy. 1 dreamed you had been home ; I met you and implanted a long kiss on your sweet ruby lips ; n e ither did my Jeannie refuse me. I am aware, beloved , y ou have e xperienced the danger of the sea, but I have the confiden ce you would undergo twice as much clangr for the sak e o f your T ommy ; an d again, speaking of your faithfulness to your Tommy, call to my mind how you refused entering into plays at Mrs. Sproule's less you should be obliged to kiss any one but your Tommy. Saturday, September 28-1 was at our poor mother's tomb to-day renewing your.dear initials with a nail. Septe mber 24—1 d reamed I saw our late .mreßloved, I am sac rifi c in g all appeared d ,• t she b e l o i n o k a e p d e r b s e p t i t r e a r ti o than aon e hd v , e bo r eol l md s ea a na w ni nd h f e ab r ne . t aa et o S bto h e e r place for my J eann i e ' s sa k e . heart. Beloved , let me know if yo u are per f ect l y w illi ng t me often. D o no t cons id er the postage expen se. Come to me, come to me, and you — ch A ee h k ' s when he spied the tea things in a dra wer which Jeanni e was wont to handle beloved, how the Beloved,t fort h o e ycometo young uynohguro your please ladies own wsi e t e n o s t rr y e o 0 o ofw u n Irr this i r oTt write Tommy. t 0 s te h a a r l a l b r e an m d i o n w e. n your Tommy 1. 3 0 1, m m 1 83 , 4 , 4 5. so adroitly in company with her Tommy. The Lord in mercy pardon our sin in thus idolizing eac h o th er . My mamma knows of my sending you this, and has no ob jection to my writing to you. Many a sigh has escaped from my bosom since you left. One day I was sighing deeply; she said, ` if we had known you had loved her so dearly it was a hardship to let her go. Beloved, I think they had the idea that it was you that was after me, and that I did not care so much about you. I write on all the covers of newspapers, and also mostly o n their blank margins. May 27, 1845.—My dearly be loved Jeannie—shall I say,. my spouse. Now, beloved, a gleam of hope arises in my hitherto disconsolate bosom; praise be to the Lord that if there be sorrow in the night joy cometh in the morning. Certainly, sell off what goods you have on hand. Now, you have nothing to fear on your arrival; we will have our union consum mated as speedily as possible after your arrival. You will very dearly have bought your Tommy when you get him." On the 31st of May, 1845, the defendant wrote the lk upon a newspaper, fol lowing letter to Miss Harvey in milk upon legible:— which when held to the fire b ecame " Beloved,—My friends' or der is nowe send for her "1 f you cannot live without her. Now, beloved, no, I loved, I cannot possibly live without you and be happy ou shall not be have you now. Beloved, come to . me, , y l it will be done as disappointed; no delay on your arrivt al, it my friends will soon as possible, let nothing prevebna y piness any longer, not stand in the way of your p ia, it verily shall therefore, do not fear disap.pointme on your arrival. not he—you shall most certainly be mine_ . 17th of April, you pro- Beloved, in your last letter of the . mised to come home if I thought it ri htyou should lose beloved, keep good the rent of the house, via., 35/. Now, Tommy does not your promise, and come home, your ome home and be hesitate one moment to say to y ou e he loss of my Jean? his; what signifies the loss of 35 /. to t on your arrival, There will be no obstacle in the wa y take your Tommy's word for that. Do h not fear, Lillyer destitute for will be provided for, we will not s ee want of a home; she will have a shar e of ours till we see what can be done for her. Now, beloved, come to your Tommy if you h ave any regard for his happiness, and may the Lord put it into your heart to come; God bless you and send you safe; you alone have your poor Tommy's heart; now, be sure to come, make no delay, you shall assuredly be mine. Anything that you have that you think will pay carriage and be useful Gods, bring with y ou — suc h as f eat h e r-beds. Now, ins name, do not disappoint our own Tommy. Adieu!" Upon the receipt of the newspaper, stating that his friends consented to the union, Miss Harvey packed up her all, left Canada, and arrived in Ireland on the 9th of September, and on the following* day Miss Harvey's bro ther wrote to the defendant and asked him to visit her; but, the man who had been writing these letters, who had induced this young wom an to give up ever y thin g to quit her quiet home, to cros s the sea, an d to return to Ireland upon the sacred promise that he would make her his wife, never after this took the slightest notice of her. Mr. Bates, a friend of the plaintiff's f amil y , ou the 25th of September, 1845, wrote the following letter to the de fendant.— " Sir,—The relatives of bliss Harvey have laid befere OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Worcester, July 16. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justrice COLERIDGE.) Thomas Bill was indicted for burglary. Mr. Sergeant Allen and Mr. Selfe conducted the pro secution ; and Mr. lluddlestone the defence. On the night of the 23d of February last the offices of Messrs. Oldker, Woodward, and Ball, attorneys, at Pershore, in this county, were broken open, the . private drawers of Mr. Ball ransacked, and a quantity of trin kets and jewellery and thirty railway shares abstracted. Till the 19th of March no clue whatever was discovered as to the perpetrators of the robbery. On that day Mr. Ball received an envelope enclos in g the railway scrip, with the words " You robbers," written on one of the scrip ; and " You rogues and robbers," on the inside of the envelope. Mr. Ball at once recognised the writing as that of the prisoner, To make sure that he was not mistaken he showed it to one of the clerks, without saying anything of the circumstances under which he received it ; the clerk, too, at once pronounced it to be the writing of the prisoner. It was shown in the same manner to .three or four other persons, who all unhesitatingly declared it to be the prisoner's writing. The prisoner was a leather cutter and currier, in a respectable way of business, at Upton-on-Severn, and had formerly been a client of the prosecutors, and in that capacity had been frequently in Mr. Ball's private room at the office, and knew where he kept his money and valuable securities; and, in short, had an opportunity of becoming acquainted with all the internal arrangements of the office. The prosecutors subsequently brought an action against him, and levied an execution upon him. For some irregularity con nected with the mode of making the levy, the defendant brought an action against the sheriff, and recovered 1871. damages and costs. In consequence of these circum stances, the defendant had ceased fur some time to em ploy the prosecutors as his advisers. Suspicion having been fixed upon him, a search warrant was obtained, and he was taken into custody. No part of the lost property was found. On the constable asking him for his keys he produced a bunch of six. These were common keys, and opened his own drawers, and ho produced them without any attempt at concealment, but there was this remarkable circumstance connected with them :—Of the drawers that were ransacked several had been broken. One was opened without violence, as with a key, and another was forced open with the bolt halfway down. Not one of the prisoner's keys would open the drawers that had been broken. One would open quite easily the one that had been opened, and another would force the bolt of the other lock just so far only as it was found to have been forced. It further appeared that th e a dd ress onthe envelope was in a different hand fro m th e wr i t i ng inside and on the scrip, and that the letter was posted in S Worcester on the Bth of March, an d it was proved that the prisoner and his son, who i s an apprentteet to a surgeon, were together in Wo rces t er on that day, and that the address on the en ve l o p e was i n the handwriting of the son. Mr. HUDDLESTONE, having addressed the jury for the . prisoner, contend e d th a t th e case was scarcely one of suspicion, and called witnesses to character. His LORDSHIP summed up strongly in support of a conviction, but The jury, without many minutes' hesitation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Hercules Lovell Blewitt was indicted for the murder of his wife, at Dudley, on the 9th of June last. Mr. lluddlextone and Mr. Hill appeared for the pro secution, and Mr. 11. Cooke for the prisoner. It appearedtbat the prisoner, who was a travelling tinker, had 4ved for some time on very bad terms with his wife,, constantly abusing and ill-treating her, and cohabiting with another woman. On the day in ques tion he was more than usually disposed to ill-treat her. He had abused her repeatedly in the course of the day, and struck her, and she was so much in dread of him that she ran Out of the lodgings which they had iu Wol- verhampton• street, Dudley, and would not come back to tea till he promised her solemnly that he would not again quarra with her. She then went into the house. They remained quiet for half-an-hour or so. He was then heard to beat her, and the first person who came in, and who had been attracted by her cries, found her lying in a coal-hole under the stairs, with the prisoner stand ing over her, and trying to pour the contents of a kettle of boiling water on her, she crying out that she was scalded, and imploring him not to injure her more, and trying to turn the spout of the kettle from her. He, however, succeeded in scalding her to such an extent that she died in a few days. The surgeon who attended her said that she was in very bad health before, but that the scalds were so se vere that they would have killed her had she been in the soundest health. Mr. COOKE having addressed the jury for the prisoner, His LORDSHIP summed up, and the jury having re turned a verdict of Manslaughter, the prisoner was sen tenced to be transported for 20 years. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, July 16. THE MIRFIELD MURDERS. It was fixed to-day that the trial of this case should take place the first thing next Monday morning. There were two persons committed on the charge, Michael M'Cabe and Patrick Reid. But the bill has been found against Reid only, M'Cabe having been admitted as Queen's evidence against his accomplice. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WroirraiA.N.) George Bradshaw, a young man of respectable ap peat ance, was charged with having, on the 19th of April last, near Sheffield, assaulted Emma Copley, with in tent to commit a rape. Mr. Overend and Mr. Pickering were for the prose• cution, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins for the defence. Prosecutrix is 14 years of age, and in the service of John Wilkinson, of Grimesthorpe. On the night in question she was returning from Attercliffe, when she met with the prisoner, who walked with her a short distance, and then attempted to commit the crime im puted to him. The jury were out for above an hour in deliberation. Verdict—Guilty of a common assault. Sentence—To be imprisoned, with hard labour, for twelve calendar months. Emily Naylor was indicted for the manslaughter of IlenritAta Earnshaw, at Almondbury. Mr. Overend and Mr. Pearce conducted the case for the prosecution; Mr. Wasney was for the defence. On the 26th of February last, the prisoner and the de ceased, who worked together in a factory, were leaving their employment, when an altercation took place be tween them, during which the prisoner struck Earnshaw a violent blow, which knocked her down, and whilst she was on the ground kicked her several times on different parts of her body. The deceased got up, proceeded home, and complained of being ill. She, however, went to the factory next morning, and worked till five o'clock in the afternoon, when she became so seriously indis posed, that she was obliged to return home, where she was put to bed. She lingered for two or three weeks, when she died. A post mortem examination was made upon her body, and then,it was found that death had been caused by an abscess under one of her breasts, which had been caused by a severe kick or blow. When the case for the prosecution had concluded, The Learned JUDGE thought there was no evidence that a kick had been given on the breast of the deceased, although she had been kicked on different parts of the body.—Acquitted. IN THE MAGISTRATES' ROOM.— (Before Mr. MURPHY.) James Corney, Thomas Tristan, and John Robinson were charged with having, on the 16th of May last, at Huddersfield, together with other persons, riotously assembled together, and assaulted George Dickinson, Reuben Megson, and Samuel Sharpe. Mr. Hardy and Mr. Pashley appeared for the pro secution ; .elr. Smith defended the prisoners. On the night of Sunday, the 16th of May, Dickinson was going up the street with some friends, when he met a large crowd of persons, by two or three of whom he was very severely assaulted. Dickinson made his escape, and the parties then created a disturbance amongst themselv!s, and upon Megson and Sharpe, two watch men, attempting to take the offenders into custody, they were also assaulted in a brutal manner, Megson having been thrown down and severely wounded on the head. All the defendants were identified as having taken part in these proceedings. The jury found all the prisoners Guilty. Corney, six months' imprisonment ; Tristan and Robinson, three months'. There was no cause of any public interest tried on the Civil Side to-day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. CHARGE or EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT.—A young man of fashionable appearance, named Brilliant Ho Thompson, was brou:ht before the Lord Mayor on Satur day, in custody of John Forrester, the officer, charged with having embezzled considerable sums of money, the property of Messrs. Nathaniel Johnson and Sons, of Mark-lane, wine merchants. Mr. Humphreys appeared for the prosecution, and a gentleman of the bar attended for the prisoner. Mr. Humphreys stated that the evidence he had to bring forward comprehended a great variety of deficien cies in the accounts of the prisoner, who had been in the employment of the prosecutors between six and seven years. The firm having some cause to disapprove of the manner in which the prisoner's books were regulated, expressed their dissatisfaction to him, and on Saturday, the 13th of June, 1846, directed him to attend on the following Monday to give the necessary explanations. Instead, however, of punctually observing the engage ment, he absconded, and on the very day he disappeared, he received upon the account of his employer the sum of 501. Messrs. Nathaniel Johnson and Co., it was neces sary to state, kept an account with Messrs. H. and J. Johnson, of Bush-lane, and it was from the latter firm the prisoner received the amount first mentioned. It was the duty of the prisoner upon receiving any money for his employers to enter the amount in his books, and in the absence of any of the principals of the firm from town to town, to apply, if money should be required for the transaction of business, to Messrs. H. and J. Jenson, of Bush-lane, for the necessary sum, and advantage had been taken of the power thus given, to cause deficiencies of no slight magnitude. Mr. Judd said—l reside at No. 6, Mark-lane, and carry on business there under the name of Nathaniel Johnson and Sons, wine merchants. On the 13th of June the prisoner was in my service, and had been so during the six preceding years. It was his duty to re ceive monies on my account and to account for all so received in the cash-book. For the purpose of business, I had a letter of credit upon H. and J. Johnson. of No. 15, Bush-lane, to whom, when I was out of town, it was occasionally the duty of the prisoner to apply. It was also his duty occasionally to write a cheque from my house to enable Messrs. IL and J. Johnson to send a counter cheque.—(Here a cheque for 501. and a letter were handed to witness.) This cheque, signed W. H. Thompson, and dated 13th June, and this letter, without a date, are in the handwriting of the prisoner. The cheque is upon the banking-house of Smith, Payne, and Smiths, but it was never entered in our books. I told the prisoner to meet me in our counting-house at ten o'clock on Monday, as I was not satisfied with the way in which he made up his books. He did not meet me according to appointment. I knew he was in the city on the day appointed, but I have not seen him since until now. In his cross-examination, the witness said he could not tell the exact time at which the prisoner became superior clerk in the establishment, but the prisoner had the total charge of the business of the house after the death of Mr. Miller, who had been principally employed. When witness was in London, the prisoner certainly was not empowered to sign cheques. The Learned Counsel for the prisoner then proceeded to put questions to the witness relative to the kind of confidence reposed in clerks in wine houses, connected with those secrets of trade which commercial men are not compellable to disclose, but the Lord Mayor objected to such a course. The witness admitted that he reposed confidence in the prisoner. Ile had, he said, received 40/. from John Forrester, the officer, who apprehended the prisoner, on the general account of the prisoner. The coum•el for the prisoner put . several questions to the witness with the view of obtaining an answer to the effect that the 401. handed over to him by John For rester was upon the account of the particular cheque for 501. drawn by the prisoner upon the house of H. and J. Johnson, of Bush-lane. The witness replied that he received the 40/. on ac count of the defalcations of the prisoner (as our reporter understood the evidence.) The witness, [in hie re-examination, stated that the prisoner had no authority whatever to draw the cheque for the 501., and that the letter address to Messrs. M. and J. Bush, representing that there was occasion for that money to pay duties on certain wines, contained a misrepresentation altogether. The counsel for the prisoner submitted that it ap peared that the prisoner had acted upon a general order, and that such being the cas e , no em b ezzlement had b een made out. would Mr. Humphreys see as clear umphrel•r aas s was satisfied of embezzlement that the Lord Mayor embezzlement in the facts stated as could be exhibited. The LORD MAYOR—The case distinctly amounts to this—that the prisoner has not accounted for the 50. 1 Mr. Humphreys--There is a greet deal said about a doubt as to the embezzlement of this sum of 501. There are several other cases which I shall call upon a future day ; in the meantime, I shall ask Mr. Judd the amount of the prisoner's defalcations ? Mr. Judd—They are certainly hard upon 1,000/. Mr. Humphreys —You say that John Forrester brought you 401. upun account of his defalcations ; would you not be very glad if he had brought you 4001.: Mr. Judd—Most certainly ; very glad indeed. Mr. T. E. Cawing, clerk to Messrs. H. and J. John• son, said he was in the service of his present employers on the 13th of June , 1846, on which day he received the cheque signed W. 11. Thompson, and the letter with the same signature. By virtue of that cheque and th a t letter he gave the hearer a cheque for 50/. upon the house of Messrs. Payne and Smith, to the best of his re collection. The cheque WE S returned in due course by the bankers. Mr. Judd, in answer to other questions, said the pri soner had a commission upon sales, and a certain sum annually as clerk, and witness had heard from him that he was in partnership with another firm. By the consent of both sides it was then determined that the prisoner should be remanded till the 10th August. GUILDHALL. Basil Henry Stronsberg, the manager of a building society called " The Times," holding its meetings at Exeter Hall, the Guildhall Coffee-house, and the South wark and Eastern Literary Institutions, was brought before Mr. Alderman Hughes Hughes on Saturday, charged with absconding with some moneys belonging to the society. Messrs. Tilson concluded the prose cution. The solicitor stated that he should show the embeade ment of one sum by the prisoner, and then pray time to investigate the accounts. The prisoner having been. missed, Mr. Newton, one of the members, went is pursuit of him to Southampton, and found the prisoner on board the Washington, bound to New York. She had actually sailed, but the vessel was obliged to put back to change its supply of coals, those which had been shipped being found totally unfit for steam navigation. His flight left no doubt of his guilt, but he was in a condition to offer some evidence. . _ Mr. King, of Wild-street, Bedford-row, warehouse man, stated that the prisoner had been the manager of the society from its commencement. Witness held two shares and a half in the society, and he paid the prisoner 71. 17s. on account of the society on the 6th instant. A Clerk in the London and Westminster Bank proved that no money had been paid into the account of the so ciety since the latter ead of June. Mr. Steines, ag ent to the New York Steam-boat Comd pany, identified the prisoner as having taken a passage last week for a Mr. Bartholdi, who went on board under that designation ; he bad no opportunity of seeing him. Mr. Newton deposed to causing the prisoner to be taken out of the American steam-boat at Southampton. Mr. Alderman HUGHES HUGHES asked what amount of money was found in his possession ? The officer said about 191. The Alderman inquired whether the prisoner was shareholder and consequently a partner, or whether he was clearly a servant as well as a partner. What salary was he to - have? The solicitor said his salary was to be a contribution of 2s. per share per annum. There was a case:of "Rex v. Atkinson, where a member of an enrolled benefit society, and, consequently, a partner, was acting as steward, and embezzled moneys which came into his hands. He was indicted for stealing the money of the trustees, and convicted. Mr. Alderman Hughes HUGHES looked at the case, and observed that the judge reserved the point of the prisoner's liability to be indicted. The solicitor replied the issue was that the convictien was held to be right. He was aware there were legal difficulties in the case. Mr. Alderman HUGHES HUGHES called for proof of the enrolment under the Benefit Societies' Act, which enabled a society to proceed against its members for fraud. _ _ The solicitor put in the proof of enrolment. The prisoner then said there was a particular day in a month set apart for receiving subscriptions. No other was recognised by the society. The payments made to him were not made on that day, and, there fore, the money was received by him not on behalf of the society, but as the agent of the members. We wanted to have two days for receiving money, but Mr. Tidd Pratt would not permit it. All moneys he bad received elsewhere than at the monthly meeting was on behalf of the individual. Mr. Alderman HUGHES HUGHES apprehended this subtlety would not serve. The indictment would con• tain two counts, one laying the money as that of s member individually. the other as that of the club go" nerally. He remanded the prisoner till Thursday 0 0 that charge. A second charge was then preferred on behalf of th- Fifty Pound Building Club, Victoria-street, Holborn .- bridge. Mr. Etheredge, the chairman of the society, said the prisoner was their manager, and 121. 19s. was entrusted , to him on the 28th of June to pay into the bankers That was a meeting night. The prisoner had not Pa la in that sum. Cross examined by the prisoner.—The money should bave been paid in by the director personally, but it vas entrusted to prisoner instead. He was not to hold it because it was too small a sum to be paid in. Smaller sums had been paid in. Money had been allowed t o remain in his hands by way of petty cash to pay current disbursements. His salary might have been deducted from the cash in hand, instead of being paid by cheeks But the practice of stopping money had not been sane' tioned. By Mr. Alderman Huouns HUGHES.—No money had been paid into the banker's since the Ist of June. The prisoner was distinctly directed to pay the money int ° the bank on the 29th of June. Mr. Nevitt, of Johnson's-court, Fleet-street, th e treasurer, said the 121. 19s. was a balance that remained at the close of the business, after taking contributio ns and making advances. The prisoner said he had re' ceived some moneys which he had not accounted for, which would make up 20L, and that he was going tt deposit a deed in the Society's box at the banker's nes t day, and he would save him the trouble of going sir: It was on this representation witness gavehim the 121.191" The ALDERMAN asked how it was that the manage r was not called to account, on making the admission th at he had withheld money ?—Mr. Nevitt replied that it iv' said confidentially to him—All the business was over. Cross-examined by the prisoner The expression might have been not that the prisoner could make 11 1 / twenty pounds, but that he might do so from pare en " . he expected. Mr. Alderman H. HUGHES said these societies, if weldlooked after, must operate beneficially to those II h : be embarked in them, but they required great care. In present case the rule required to be carefully read, to ou how the law could be applied. He remanded this ea se also till Thursday. Several informations were filed by the Commission e 4 of Sewers against the owners of houses in Aldga te Llt permitting foul cesspools and privies to remain on Wl4 premises, instead of opening a communication with S`iiif sewers close to them. Mr. 'Tyrrell appeared on beb of the Commissioners. The Magistrates allowed the several defendants a WI ! to concert with the freeholders the means of abating nuisance. Mr. Alderman H. HUGHES assured them these nil' sances would now be so continually looked after and in' terfered with, that it would be the cheapest way at once to make drains to the common sewer. Mr. T. 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