The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-19 00:00:00

A distiller may not send spirits out of his distillery to be warehoused , or to be shipped for exportation, before nine o'clock, A.M., nor after two, P.M., thus being allowed only five hours out of the four and twenty for the conducti n g of this very important branch of his business. (Sec. 67 and 75.) A distiller is obliged to pay duty on all deficiencies which may occur wh ilst his spirits arein warehouse, from evaporation, leakage, or any other unavoidable cause—a charge from which foreign or colonial spirits are wholly free. This obligation is extremely burdensome, as it wholly prevents a distiller from keeping his spirits in bond, to improve by age; he is thus obliged to hurry his manufacture upon the market in an unripe state, to the injury of himself and the consumer, who is thus forced, by the arbitrary regulations of the Excise, to be satisfied with an unwholesome article, instead of one mellowed by age. (Sec. 81.) A distiller or proprietor of any spirits bonded in a Government warehouse (for which warehousing he is charged rent at a most exorbitant rate), is prohibited from claiming, or demanding, or maintaining any action for any compensation or damages should his spirits be destroyed by fire, or by the falling in of the warehouse, instances of which have frequently hap pened from the gross carelessness and reckless neglect of the servants of the Crown themselves. (Sec. 82.) If a distiller does not immediately admit any Excise officer on demand into his distillery, either by night or by day, the officer may break open and enter the distillery by force ; it is not even necessary that he should have a constable or any other officer of the peace present. (Sec. 104 and 107.) A distiller is obliged to furnish any Excise officer with ladders and lights whenever he may demand them. (Sec. 105.) A distiller may sell his spirits only at three strengths, viz., '25 and 11 per cent. over, and 10 per cent. under proof, while he is prohibited warehousing them at any strength except 25 and 11 o.p. (Sec. 66 and 120.) A distiller is prohibited being a retailer of spirits. A distiller is prohibited being a dealer in spirits. A distiller is prohibited being a rectifier. A distiller must assist any Excise officer in distil ling the contents of any wash-back in his distillery (Sec. 123.) Minors, being distillers, are liable to all duties of Excise, and to all penalties and forfeitures, as fully to all intents and purposes as if they were adult and of full age. (Sec. 127.) —Edinburgh News. EXCISE RESTRICTIONS UPON DISTILLERS. We have lately amused ourselves by making a few extracts from the laws regulating the distillery trade. 'Our extracts have been made chiefly from the 4th of Geo. IV. cap. 94, which refers more particularly to the Scottish distilleries, and we have not meddled with the 6th Geo. IV. cap. 80, which regulates the English distilleries, except as regards those clauses affecting the Scotch trade, and we have then expressly named the statute. We by no means intend the fol lowing to be understood as the whole of the Excise regulations regarding distillers ; on the contrary, it is only a selection of a few which we beg to present to our readers as a specimen of the system. The public will, no doubt, think the following a most wearisome article to wade through, and few, if any, will read it to the end, however much astonished they they may be at the facts contained in it ; but, if we presented them with extracts from the Acts of Par liament themselves, expressed in all the language used in such documents, they woul d be even still more astounded. In fact, to u nderstand and pick out the meaning from their confused mass of unintelligible jargon is a work of the most onerous description. We hope a g lance at the following will convince the public that the work we have set ourselves to accomplish is one which is much needed, and we hope the legal information here conveyed, in a -tabular and condensed form, will be of use to our contemporaries, in enabling them to expose the dis graceful nature of the Excise system. The 4th Geo. IV., cap. 94, an Act now twenty-four years old, is the latest enactment regarding the Scotch distillery trade; and although it contains no less than 137 sections, it yet does not contain the whole of the dis tillery law, for by it many former laws were only 'artially repealed, so that the unrepealed portions are till the law of the land. The preamble of this Bill, 00, is singularly complicated and confused, and to - xtract the meaning out of it is a task that few but a very clear-headed lawyer is fitted to undertake ; for ourselves, we do not profess to be perfect in our un derstanding of it. Before be dare presume to work, a distiller is obliged, by 4th Geo. IV., cap 94,- Ist. To obtain a licence, and have it renewed an nually. (See 3 and 8.) 2d. To erect certain vessels prescribed by law. (Sec. 18.) 3d. To provide, at his own expense,' certain cocks, pumps, locks, and fastenings, prescribed by law ; the keys of all the locks to be kept by the Excise officer. (Sec. 28.) 4th. To paint on each vessel or - utensil, and the outside doors of every store or apartment in his distil lery, its name and number. (Sec. 33.) sth. To paint every pipe in his distillery a specified colour, according to the purpose for which it is in tended to be used, viz., every pipe for the conveyance of wort or wash must be painted red ; of low wines or feints, blue ; of spirits, black ; and of water, white. (Sec. 36.) 6th. To make entry of all his premises, vessels, and utensils, and to deliver a drawing of every fixed pipe kills distillery. (Sec. 34 to 36.) 7th. To give sit days' notice before commencing to brew.-(Sec. 42.) Bth. To give six days' notice of the gravity of worts intended to be made.-(Sec. 44.) 9th. To give six hours' notice of each brewing of wort.-(Sec. 43.) The distiller having duly performed all the fore going may now commence working his distillery, and is obliged then 10th. To give six hours' notice to make a hub.- (Sec. 50.) 11th. To give a declaration in writing of the quan tity and gravity of the wort collected in each fer menting back.-(Sec. 48.) 12th. To declare, twelve hours before commencing to distil, that all the wort and wash is collected into the fermenting backs.-(Sec. 51.) 13th. To give eight hours' notice before removing wash from each fermenting back to the wash charger. -(Sec. 52.) 14th. To give four hours notice before removing any low wines, feints, or spirits from their respective receivers to the low wines or feints chargers, or to the spirit store respectively. (Sec. 54.) 15th. To give two days' notice before bonding .spirits. (Sec. 57.) 16th. To give a request in writing for a permit to remove spirits which are required for home consump tion, stating the number of the casks and their con tents in gallons. After a permit is granted, one hour only is allowed to remove the spirits. (Sec. 72.) 17th. To give one day's notice before removing spirits for exportation to Ireland, or any foreign port. (Sec. 73 and 89.) And to give bond for double the value of the spirits, and the duty thereon. (Sec. 74.) 18th. To give one day's notice before removing spirits in England, and band for double the value of the spirits and duty thereon. (6th Geo. IV., cap. 80, sec. 92.) The foregoing, along with certain other clauses (noted below), impose certain hardships, restrictions, and prohibitions, which are of a most annoying, vex atious, and oppressive character. At the offset, the distiller meets with a strange anomaly in a country calling itself free, and, above all, boasting of free trade. He finds hat, in the process of distillation he is compelled to choose one of two evils-he must either use a still of rude construction, and not adapted' to the manufacture of a marketable spirit, or work with an apparatus not formally recognised by the Excise law, and on that account he will incur the risk of being stopped at any moment, and deprived of his licence to use this improved apparatus, without any reason being assigned. All who are acquainted with the arbitrary nature of the Excise-laws, are aware that the negli gence, ignorance, or unfaithfulness of a servant may, at any time, be the means of accumulating on the distiller penalties to a ruinous extent ; but in addition to this, should he have embarked his capital in the erection of improved machinery, the Excise have the power to prevent him from using such improvement, although other distillers are allowed to work an apparatus precisely similar. This is no imaginary case of oppression and one-sided dealing; it is the -ordinary operation of the present law, and we could point to more than one instance where this arbitrary power has been exercised. Ist Clause.-No person can be licensed to keep a still of less content than 40 gallons (Sec. 9), and no licence will he granted for any still of less content than 500 gallons without a certificate, signed by three Justices of the Peace, of the fitness of the person to be licensed (Sec. 10). The Commissioners of Ex cise may refuse to licence stills of any content what ever, in situations near rectifying distilleries or brew eries, and vice versa (Sec. 13.) When a distillery is more than one mile from a market town the distiller is obliged, on pain of a re vocal of hie licence, to provide suitable iodgings for the residence of the officers, and that at a cost not ex ceeding 101. a year, and those lodgings may not he a portion cf his own dwelling-house, or of the distillery. (Sec. 14.) Distillers are prohibited from manufacturing spirits from any material except grain (Sec. 18); however, by special favour they are permitted the use of potatoes and manglewurzel, and by an Act passed in the present session of Parliament, they are allowed to distil from sugar, whilst the cheaper mate rial, molasses, is still prohibited. But they must use each of these articles separately, and make special entry of their premises for whatever articles they intend to distil from. 2d Clause-The vessels required by the Excise to be erected are solely calculated to suit their own convenience, without regard to the distil ler's interest at all. Some of them he could do without altogether, whilst in the case of others, where he is limited to only one, several would be more convenient. As an instance of the first, take the wash c h arger • * the distiller has to pump his wash from the fermenting to pump it a back to the wash charger, the n second time from the wash charger to theill, whilst, were it not for the interference of the Excise, he might pump ther i eb tstraight from the ferment ing back to the still, y saving the expense of a second pumping, and the original cost o f the wash charger. As an instance o f the to nd, take the spirit receiver-the distiller is limited to only a h o . ne, into which he is, of course, obliged to run his spirits, whereas, had ' he several, he might run the qualities of spirits in each charge into separate vessels, rent whereby he could have some of his spirits mu o c f h w fi hceh than the average. These are only examples, there exist a multitude of cases. 3d Clause. The hardship of a man being obliged to provide locks and fastenings for the purpose of lock ing himself up against his will, is self evident, and requires no comment. The penalty for a man damaging his own locks or f as tenings is 200/. 4th Clause. Painting the name and number on every vessel and utensil, and t he outside door of every store or apartment is expensive. sth Clause. Painting every fixed pipe in a distillery is extremely expensive. 6th Clause. The entry of a distiller's premises, vessels, and utensils, is lengthy and troublesome to draw up, and has to be renewed after on the premi ses . any alteration To draw a plan showing every fixed ripe in a large distillery is a thing which is almost Impracticable. The remaining clauses, from amount: of 7th to . the 18th inclusive, entail a vast u ac n erldoceent ve p t r a e t v io e u nt s d a el d ay is. ; and should any unforeseen tiller from commencing an s exactly . at the time ,cified in the notice, any obliged a to give in a fres n d keep his distillery and standing ii 1,114, peat__ cilleYilf the term that the notice has npiapye, without even the 1 ' - Itiager Mitt 'ha - salter the size ; "fitsfs46,o, - 0f 9- •veil, utensil, z o e ; a v n k , pii v i ol is noticeisto the Excise.-(S ec . 39 . ) -- : 4 1i.,. distiller may not brew and distil at the same ,s which renders__his distillery capable of doing oay one-half of the work which it could do, were it 'offer this restriction. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1847. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Winchester, July 17. :Before Lord Chief Justice WU.DE 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 notbing 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 the plaintiff entitled to the largest damages. The writing to the different letters was proved to be that of the defendant. 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 loss, 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 its 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 went 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 out 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 sister 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 KINGLAXE 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 - mente givint 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 KINGLAKE 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 (leen 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 peace. 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 ; fur the defendant, Messrs. Sutton, Prudence, and Co. JOHNSTONE. Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Phinn were counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. SergeantKinglako and ?Ir. C. Saunders for the defendant. The declaration 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, which 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 he 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 ! but I seriously feel the want of 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 hast 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 Jeanie 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, Jeannie, 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 in 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. " 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 Thou truly) hast 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 tan 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 ...atnr._ love as I do? surely not. Oh, my Jeannie, I fear we must be separated. I believe there is nothing else for it. " No, never shall I break the solemn promise I have made, 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 our affections too much on the object of our love. If it had been the Lord's will that we should have been joined by the ties of wedlock, how Jeannie would have shone in her own house. But alas! it seems it is not to be, at least with her Tommy." 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 to the match, and having a brother residing at Toronto in Canada, she and her sister, considering that they might establish them• selves in business, then determined to go to Canada, and they sailed on the 17th June, 1844. Still the defendant continued to keep up the correspondence, and the follow ing are some of the extracts from hls letters:— " Sept. 25, 1844.—Beloved, although you are now in a far distant land, still I have the strong hope that you may still be mine. August 2 5—Dreamed of having my Jeannie in my arms ; distance makes no change in your come, and you will see disappointed ; come and console that Tommy's you will affections. not be O d h isa c p come your broken-hearted Tommy. I dreamed you had been home ; I met you and implanted a long kiss on your sweet ruby lips ; neither did my Jeannie refuse me. I am aware, beloved, you have experienced the danger of the sea, but I have the confidence you would undergo twice as much danger for the sake of your Tommy ; and 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—I was at our poor mother's tomb today renewing your dear initials with a nail. September 24--I dreamed I saw our late mother ; she looked better than ever I saw her. She appeared to be in a perspiration, and held an infant at her heart. Beloved, let me know if you are p er f ec tly willing to come home to your Tommy- Oh, come and be a com fort to your own Tommy. Beloved, lam sacrificing all the young ladies of this place for my Jeannie's sake. Beloved, please to write to me often. Do not consider the postage expense. Come to me, come to me, and you shall be mine. Dec. 31, 1844.—Ah, beloved, how the tears ran down your Tommy's cheeks when he spied the tea things in a drawer which Jeannie was wont to handle so adroitly in company with her Tommy. The Lord in mercy pardon our sin in thus idolizing each other. 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 on 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 Mai." On the 31st of May, 1845, the defendant wrote the fol lowing letter to Miss in milk Harve)upon l a newspaper, Harvey which when held to the fire becameib leg w send fo " Beloved,—My friends' or der is no beloved I r c her if annot you cannot live without her . Now, Oh, no, I must possibly live without you and be happy. some to me, you shall have you now. Beloved, c disappointed; no delay on your a rrival, it will be done as my friends will soon as possible, let nothing prevent you; ss an to er not stand in the way of your happme. y . g therefore, do not fear aisappoint ment it verily shall a on your arrival. not he—you shall most certainly be mine on April, you Beloved, in your last letter of the . 17t you should lose pro mised to come home if I thought it right the rent of the house, viz., 351. Now, beloved, keep good does not your promise, and come home, your Tommy hesitate one moment to say to you come home and be his; what signifies the loss of 351. to the loss of my Jean? arrival, There will be no obstacle in th e way on your arri Do not fear, Lilly take your Tommy' s word for that. f will be provid e d f or , we will not see her destitute iir want of a h ome; s h e w ill have a sharee of ours till we see what can be done for her. Now, beloved, come to your Tommy if y ou h ave an y regard for hishappiness, and may the Lord put it into your he art to come; God bless you and send you safe; you alone have your poor Tommy' s h ear t ; now , be sure to com e, make no delay, you shall assuredly be mine. Anything that you have that you think will pay carriage and be useful to us, bring with you—such as feather-beds. Now, in God's ” name, do not disappoint your ow n Tommy. Adieu!" Upon the receipt of the newsp a p er, stating that his friends co nsente d to the union, Miss Harvey packed up her all, left Canada, and arrived in Ire land 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 everything to quit her qui e t home, to cross the sea, and 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 family, on the 25th of September, 1845, wrote the following letter to the de fendant:— " Sir,—Tho relatives of Miss Harvey have lead before 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. Huddlestone the defence. On the night of the 23d of February last the offices of Messrs. Oldker, Woodward, and Ball, awrneys, at Pershore, in this county, were broken open, the private drawers of Mr. Ball ransacked, and a quantity of trin kets and jeweller) , 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 enclosing 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 for 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 he 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 the address on the envelope was in a different hand from the writing inside and en the scrip, and that the letter was posted in Worcester on the Bth of March, and it was proved that the prisoner and his son, who is an apprentice to a surgeon, were together in Worcester on that day, and that the address on the envelope was in the handwriting of the son. Mr. HErDD LESTO NE, having addressed the jury for the prisoner, contended that the 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. Huddlestone and Mr. Hill appeared for the pro secution, and Mr. H. Cooke for the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner, who was a travelling tinker, had lived 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 hid in Wol- THE GAELIC LANGUAGE. The following are passages from a petition recently presented to the House of Commons on the Gaelic Lan guage, (respecting the Appointment of Professors,) &c. It states " That the Gaelic language is the vernacular tongue of the Scottish Highlanders, who amount to 400,000, a great proportion of whom understand no other. " That a proper knowledge of Gaelic is indispensable for the efficiency of those who officiate as clergymen, and the persons to whom is committed the instruction of Highland youth. That there is not in any university or national semi nary a teacher of Gaelic, nor any acknowledged means forimparting a grammatical knowledge of the lan guage, &c. " That your humble petitioner, having written seve ral works illustrative of the history and present state of the Highlanders, found exceeding inconvenience in there being no professor from whom instruction in their ver nacular language could be obtained, without a know ledge of which the historical and antiquarian literature of Britain must remain defective. " Your petitioner, impressed with the importance of a proper knowledge of Gaelic, particularly by those to whom is consigned the temporal and spiritual instruction of so many, he most humbly prays that your honourable House may see it right that the instruction of students destined to labour in the Highland districts in the lan guage of the people shall be part of their qualification, and that a Professor of Gaelic be established in one of the northern colleges, or elsewhere, and in such way as in your wisdoms may appear right. (Signed) " JAMES LOGAN." EDUCATION OF IDIOTS. A German newspaper contains the following : "The instruction of idiots has succeeded; the problem th, , oretically, and practically, has been solved by Mr. Sargent, in conjunction with M. Sacks, first teacher of the Deaf and Dumb Institution of Berlin. So fully assured are the Prussian Government of the complete efficacy of the system, that a portion of the Deaf and Dumb Institution of Berlin is to be set apart as an hospital for idiots, where the most effect ive methods of education can be tested and carried out. All were imbeciles intrusted to the care of M. Sargent : they were twelve in number. After. a lapse of some months those who could hear were learning to speak, some were beginning to draw and write, and some to sew : some played more cor rectly, and sang and danced as other people ; all appeared neat and cheerful, improved in mind 1 and body. A deaf boy, who was one of the worst cases, washed and dressed himself daily without assist ance, and was learning to draw ; he made his picture upon a slate, and evinced quite a passion for his em ployment. Most of them appeared in a hopeful way to attain ultimate restoration to the rank and society of rational beings. M. Sequin, of Paris, was also in trusted with the care of ten idiots, who were inmates of the Hospital of Incurables, and who formed the subject of his experiments. In his observations or treatise, he gives a lucid statement of the moral and intellectual condition of his eleves ' also accurately describing their habits. His task was an arduous one, and such as would have made many an indi vidual shrink from attempting it. He had to en counter a Babel of discordant sounds, hideous and unearthly cries, and the most determined resistance at first to controul, on the part of almost all these children. But in spite of every difficulty, his labours were attended with the most marked success, as the following will show in his own words. lie says -Ist. I have developed and applied, as much as the material means permitted, the muscular system of the childreh. 2d. The nervous irritability of several has disappeared or sensibly diminished. 3d. They have learned to run, jump, and perform several gymnastics so useful in early life to young children. 4th. They have learned to seize hold of, handle, throw, and carry burdens, the weight of which surpassed even the ordi nary strength of their age. sth. Five among them have learned to read, write, count, to a certain limit, which encourages the hope that they are yet capable of being further improved by instruction. The no tions of the children, too, have become precise and exact : ideas have begun to form themselves in their minds, and to manifest themselves in their conduct and speech ; obedience and morality, principles which had to be entirely created in them, have begun to re gulate a portion of their actions and their existence. On a calm review of the labours of this excellent man, one cannot but be struck with the fact that obsta cles which formerly appeared insurmountable, in the education of idiots, have been overcome, and the de velopment of hidden powers have been made apparent, to an extent quite beyond human calculation. Doctor Guggenbuhl, a young German physician, has devoted his talents and his property, likewise, to the great and noble purpose of ameliorating the condition of the youthful idiots. Such is his zeal to alleviate the con dition of this unhappy class of sufferers, that he has sold his property in order to purchase a house and premises where he may be enabled to conduct his benevolent object with great prospects of success. Theana by mostthe published There he resides with his f am ily o f idi o tic children. encouraging be have ee puts ffollowedforth h ; of the working of his institution, mony of those who have visited there, he has earned a great name in Germany, among such as are best able to appreciate hi s disinterested labours. 'What an amount of misery may be relieved in this our kindred fallen world by the establishm en t o f institu tions, to elevate the creature from his isolated, forlorn, and hopeless condition, to the social pleasures o f lif e ,' the pursuits of science, and the advantages of edu cation. The public mind, through the press, needs only to be informed of the rise and progress of such institutions which have done so much for the benefit of mankind, and the alleviation of misery in one of its worst forms, to be awakened to the importance of raising one of a similar character in this country commensurate' with the wants of the population. It is not too much to hope that a benevolent Christian people, whose aims and pu r p oses in the cause of phi lanthropy embrace the universe, will be alive to the appeals that are made on behalf of the poor, neglected and wretched idiot, and, by a generous impulse of noble and right-hearted feeling, decide that England shall no longer remain in the back grou nd, for g etful of these outcasts of society.—Correspondent of the Medical Times. A cor respondent of the Morning Chronicle gives the King of the at some length a st atement of the alleged intention of destitute of foundatio n. Belgians 3. to abdicate his throne—a statement which w e health is given as the moti ve n.reason to believe is entirely Leopold for this strange proceeding. The state of his Majesty's The illness of King then ed the time. It never amounted t o greatly exaggerated at after satisfied and his Majesty's to more than a slight , withttisfied his friends that bilious attack, as was presence in London soon red no . other evil effects redaction of the system. he was then in sound health consulted the Go from the attack than a trifling t propriety of to London It is specially mentioned that he has Go vernments of England and of France ont . august rela his intended abdication. His Majesty's vi was for a very different purpose ; indeed Nwas no more than his usual friendly re-union with hi s tions. We believe that the consultation with the King of the French res pecting a step which is neither - medi tated nor necessary, is equally erroneous.—Observer. Nothing is settled respecting the person to b e selected for the new see of Manchester. The rumours in the public papers are, therefore, premature, and only calculated to excite unpleasant.feelings in some quarters. No appointment can be considered until the Bill for the creation of the Bishopric of Manchester shall be passed. The Commissioners of the Merchant Seamen's Fund had a meeting on Saturday at the Board of Trade, Lord Ellenborough in the chair, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 17. Their Lordships were announced to assemble to-day at one o'clock, for the purpose of advancing several Bills a stage, but no business was proceeded with till past three o'clock, owing to the absence of a Bishop, for their Lordships could not proceed to business without prayers being read by one Right Rev. Prelate. During the interim Noble Lords hurried about in all directions in the vain hope of finding the missing Pre late, the Bishop of St. Asaph, the youngest Bishop, whilst messengers were dispatched for the Right Rev. Prelates who reside but a short distance from the Houses of Parliament—the Bishop of Worcester, in the Cloisters, and the Bishop of London, but with no better result. A heavy debate raged within the walls of the House, in which Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, Lord Redesdale, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Earl of Shaftesbury took part, as to what should be done. It appeared that the House of Commons was waiting, as they had completed their business, for the purpose of receiving the Poor-law Amendment and other Bills, and that the Commons had instructed Members to bring up a number of Bills; in fact, the business of both branches of the Legislature was at a standstill—the one for two hours and the other for more than half an hour. At length the Bishop of Bath and Wells was found, and the Right Rev. Prelate having read prayers, the galleries were thrown open, and business commenced at nearly a quarter after three; the Earl of SHAFTESBURY acting both as Chancellor and as Chairman of Corn mittees. LEITH HARBOUR. Lord REDESD ALE moved for copies of the correspon dence which had taken place between the Commissioners of this harbour and the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, in order that their Lordships might know what sums of money had been advanced for this public work. _ Lord CAMPBELL did not object to the return. Lord REDESDALE said the Commissioners sought enormous powers by the Bill. The cost of the work was stated to be 35,0001., but they sought power to borrow 200,0001. As the Bill had been passed almost without discussion in the other House, it was necessary that their Lordships and the public should have the fullest information on the subject. The return was then agreed to. COMMITTEE. The following Bills were passed through Committee: Canal Companies Bill. Destitute Persons (Ireland) Bill, No. 3. Highway Rates Bill. Militia Bill. Copyright (Colonies) Bill. Public Works and Drainage (Ireland) Bill. London-bridge Approaches Fund Bill. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed:— Post-office Bill. Navigation (No. 2) Bill. Recovery of Public Monies (Ireland) Bill. Muscle Fisheries Bill. COMMONS' AMENDMENTS. The Commons' Amendments to the following Bills were agreed to: — Saint Aubyn's Estate Bill. Tunstall Market Company Bill. Sir Henry Willoughby Rouke's Estate Bill. A considerable number of Bills were brought up from the House of Commons by list, and not singly and with grave and formal ceremony, as heretofore. Their Lordships then adjourned at Half past Three. ROUSE OF COMMONS, July 17. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION AMEND. MEN T BILL. The House went into Committee on this Bill. The clauses were read over and agreed to, and the re port was ordered to be brought up on Monday next. The House then resumed. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES (No. 2) BILL. The Committee on this Bill was deterred till Monday, BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL. On the motion that this Bill be read a third time, Lord G. BENTINCK moved that it be postponed till Honourable and Learned Members who were not present should be in the House to take part in the dis elusion. Sir G. GREY acceded to the suggestion of the Noble Lord, and postponed the Bill till Monday. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. A message from the Lords brought up several Bills. The House, at a Quarter past Three o'clock, adjourned till Monday at Three o'clock. IMPORTANT DECISION TO OMNIBUS RIDERS. On Saturday, at the Hammersmith Police-court, a decision of considerable importance to the omnibus riding public, was come to by Mr. W. Beadon, the sitting magistrate. The question was mooted at the hearing of a summons under the Metropolitan Carriage Act (6 and 7 Victoria, cap. 86), against Henry Tiley, a conductor in the employ of the Hammersmith Conveyance Company, for refusing to admit into his omnibus Mr. Robert Cogan; for whom there was then room, and to whose admission no reasonable objection was made. Mr. Cogan stated that about eight o'clock on the morning of the Bth inst., having occasion to go to town on important business, he stopped the omnibus of which the defendant was the conductor, at the Broadway, Ham mersmith, and on his attempting to get in the defendant shut the door, saying he had other passengers to take up, and would not let complainant into the omr.ibtis, although there was room for four persons, if not for six. The defendai.t, in answer to the charge, admitted hav ing done so, and stated that his omnibus leaves Turn ham green IA a quarter to eight o'clock; that on starting he has ;eleven inside and four outside passengers booked daily, and therefore he had only two places for chance passengers. On the day in question he had already taken two chance passengers in at Black Lion-lane, and therefore could not take in the complainant, the remain ing vacant places belonging to gentlemen whom he had still to take up, and who paid for their places, whether they went or not. To prove that fact he called Mr. Cecil, of St. George's-terrace, Kensington, who deposed that he had for the last three years paid for a seat in the omnibus in question, whether he travelled daily with it or not, and that if he was ill the next morn ing he should pay for his place. He also proved that to his personal knowledge there were many gentlemen who made a practice of doing the same. Mr. Beadon said, the words of the Act of Parliament ) touching the question, were part of the 33d section, viz., who shall refuse to admit and carry, at the lawful fare, any passenger, for whom there is room, and to whose admission no reasonable objection is made." Mr. Cogan contended that the objection meant by the statute was a personal one, such as a drunken man or other objectionable individual hailing an omnibus in its progress along the road. His only object in taking out the summons was the public benefit, in order that the question at issue might be decidr d. Mr. Beadon said it was for him to decide whether or not the objection made by the defendant to the admission of the complainant into his omnibus was a reasonable objection within the meaning of the Act of Parliament. • A public conveyance of the kind of which tht- defendant was the conductor, was, in his opinion, of the nature of a stage coach, and the rule laid down with stage coaches was, that when a passenger paid his fare, or even a deposit, the proprietors have the right to keep the place open the whole of the way, or if they let it, to provide some other conveyance for the passenger. He consi -1 dered, therefore, that an omnibus was a public convey ance for the benefit of the inhabitants along the road which it travelled, and if any number of them contracted to pay whether they went or not, the proprietors had the right to keep the places for them. The statement of that fact to a person wishing to enter as a passenger was, therefore, a reasonable objection to their admission, and consequently the summons must be dismissed. WAKEFIELD CORN AERKET, JULY 16.—We 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 at. 2s. to 3s. per quarter more money. FINANCE COMMITTEE.—REJECTED ADDRESSES.— Through the kindness of a " friend in court" we have been favoured with copies of several applications for the post of clerk of a relief committee, forwarded to the Finance Committee in reply to the advertisement which appeared in our l as t p u bli ca ti on . W e se l ec t one of th e s e applications for the edification of our readers. We regret to learn that the can did ate was " di sapprove d o f" on a d iv ision , by the Fi nance C omm i ttee . " . Bavium non odit, amet tua Carmina, Itoevi." Virg. Eel. lIL , 90. Ego sum—l am Parvus homo—A little man, Aptus Vivere—Fit to live In quod dabis—On what you'll give; Per totum diem—And, the whole day, Familiariter—" In the family way," Distribuere—Out to deal Farinam Indicam—lndian meal, Aut jus Soyerum—Or Soyer's soup, Multo agmini—To many a troop Mulierum et hominum—Of woman and man Stanneo vase—With a tin can, Hoc tibi mitto—l send this in, (Ne pecatum—No murtherin' sin), Nam locum quxro—For a place I seek, Ut quaque hebomada—That every week Fruar et potiar—We may " hob and nob" Quindecim " Robertullis' —On Fifteen " Bob." CAIUS JULIUS BATTUS, Philomoath Ballinahown, V. Prid. Id. Maii, MDCCCXLVII. EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES OF MONEYS.—Saturday's Government Police Gazette contained information of the following robberies:—On the 13th, from the Dolphin public-house, Hungerford-market, the property of Mr. Johnson, of Newbold, Yorkshire, 551 . in Bank of Eng land notes. On the 6th, between the post -office at Melton M ow b ray an d th e o ne at Grantham, a parcel tlaantd for Monaghan , 112/. 10s. Ireland containin g twenty-seven 5/. notes, of Messrs. Har d y' s bank, uke of Rutland Grantha m , an d a cheque on account of the Ab , • scoonndtehde 14th±ro William R. m the public w orks De Rimy, stealing 6004 in provincial bank notes, which he changed at Dublin for English bank notes and post bill s; 504 reward is offered for his appre hension verhatnpton• street, Dudley, and would not come back to tea till he promised her solemnly that he would not again quarrel 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, sound 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 had health before, but that the scalds were so :e -vere tl at 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 11/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 WIG HTMAN.) George Bradshaw, a young man of respectable ap pearance, 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 01 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 alak TO 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 Henrietta 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 - A 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. URPH Y.) James Corney, Thomas Tristan, and John Robinson were charged with having, on the 16th of May last, at fluddersfind, 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 ; idr. Smith defended the prisoners. .')n 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 themselves, 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 OF EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT.—A young man of fashionable appearance, named William H. 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 ;I:l3ployment 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 ary 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. Jonson, 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. H. 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 countiug-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. He had, he said, received 401. from John Forrester, the officer, who apprehended the prisoner, on the general account of the prisoner. The counsel for the prisoner put several questions to the witness with the view of obtaining an answer to the effect that the 40/. handed over to him by John For rester was upon the account of the particular cheque for 50/. drawn by the prisoner upon the house of H. and J. Johnson, of Bush-lane. The witness replied that he received the 401. on ac count of the defalcations of the prisoner (as our reporter understood the evidence.) The witness, lin his re-examination, skated 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 case, no embezzlement had been made out. Mr. Humphreys was satisfied that the Lord Mayor would see as clear a case of 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.: Mr. Humphreys—There is a great deal said abo ut 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 ? 4 ; o w ol o . Td ugh t mMrr.. Humphreys—You Judd—The j o h hard n F u p o r o r n e s l t , e o r o b o r / 0 . you y no o t u b4eol.veuryponglaadccoifunhteofb his u ht d e falcations you brad c 3 le v r e k ray to gl llies ign sr d s e . e H d. . and J. John. Judd—Most isir:T. E. c certainly uran g 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. H. Thompson, and the letter with the same signature. By virtue of that cheque and that letter be gave the bearer a cheque for 501. upon the house of Messrs. Payne and Smith, to the best of his re collection. The cheque was returned in due course by the bankers. Mr. Judd, in answer to other questions, said the pri soner had a commission upon sates, 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 oc 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 Hushes Hughes on Saturday, charged with absconding with some moneys belonging 1 0 ' of ITeottoci LonOon : Printed ano reblislica by ytatoo YuliatDer." " Strand, Printer, at Tile , S , zn Offic e, No. 112. Strana,'„gab -11 of the BaToy, in tto County. of Middle/300 Al ;$47, to tho society. Messrs. Tilson conduetsd the prof, cution. The solicitor stated that he should show the embookr ment of one sum by the prisoner, and then pray time W investigate the accounts The prisoner having been misse:l, Mr. Newton, one of the members, went in pursuit of him to Southampton, and found the prisoner on board the Washington, bound to New York. S he 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 t° 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 p royec, that no money had been paid into the account of the 5 0 " ciety since the latter end of June. Mr. Steines, agent to the New York Steam-boat Con' pany, identifit d the prisoner as having taken a passage last week for a Mr. I3art holdi, who went on board undet that designation ; he had 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 Ilucties HuGHEs asked what amoun t 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 B ala,' was he to have? The solicitor said his salary was to be a contributio n of 2a. per share per annum. There was a case,of "Re% v. Atkinson, where a member of an enrolled benefit society, and, consequently, a partner, was acting $ l , steward, and embezzled moneys which came into his • hands. He was indicted for stealing the money of the trustees, and convicted. Mr. Alderman Hughes HuGuEs looked at the ease , and observed that the judge reserved the point of the prisoner's liability to be indicted. The solicitor replied the issue was that the contictiett was held to be right. He was aware there were legal difficulties in the case. Mr. Alderman HUGHES HUGHES called for proof of tbe enrolment under the Benefit Societies' Act, Whiec_..l/ enabled a society to proceed against its members 10' fraud. The solicitor put in the proof of enrolment. The prisoner then said there was a particular day' a month set apart for receiving subscriptions. 24° • other was recognised by the society. The paymests made to him were not made on that day, and, there; fore, the money was received by him not on behalf nr ol the society, but as the agent of the mem bers. wanted to have two days for receiving money, but _ 1 ; Tidd Pratt would not permit it. All moneys Ito 1111 : received elsewhere than at the monthly meeting was oa behalf of the individual. • Mr. Alderman 1-luGriEs HUGHES apprehended this subtlety would not serve. The indictment would con', tain two counts, one laying the money as that of member individually. the other as that of the club ge • nerally. He remanded the prisoner till Thursday ° ll that con Chare. se and charge was then preferred on behalf of th ' Fifty Pound Building Club, Victoria-street, Holborn . ' bridge. Mr. Etheredge, the chairman of the society, said !A l° prisoner was their manager, and 121 . 19 s. w as entruSte,; to him on the 28th of June to pay into t he banker A That was a meeting night. The prisoner had not r— in that sum. Cross examined by the prisoner.—The money sho have been paid in by the director personally, but it 11 , 1/ 1, entrusted to prisoner instead. He Was not to NA% ' r because it was too small a sum to be paid in. Situt ue m sums . had been paid in. Money had been a llowed ""; remain in his hands by way of petty cash to pay nurre:a di s bursements. His salary might have been ded uot . „ from the cash in hand, instead of being paid by the v ;: But the practice of stopping money bad not been soi ll • tinned. hn i By Mr. Alderman llticHEs liticEtEs.—No money,to been paid into the b.nkcr's since the Ist of June. . 'm. , ti p prisoner was distinctly directed to pay the money • the bank en the 29th of June. th° Mr. Nevitt, of Johnson's-court, Fleet-street , treasurer, said the 12/. 19s. was a balance that reran ) , at the close of the business, after taking co ntributo L , and making advances. The prisoner said he had ceived some morseys which he had not accounteo 0 which would make up 201., and that he was going,o deposit a deed in the Society's box at the banker's °To, day, and he would save him the trouble of going, 9,90 It was on this representation witness gave him the 1.2 rasa l.llo The ALDERMAN asked how it was that the rasa was not called to account, on making the admission t o he had withheld money ?—Mr. Nevitt replied that vi said confidentially to him—All the business was 0 9 1; 0 Cross-examined by the prisoner The exPr,_el/s nat might have been not that the prisoner could o'cleot. twenty pounds, but that he might do so from pa' he expected. .f 01 1 Mr. Alderman H ,vie. HuGHEs said these societies,' e looked atter, must operate beneficially to thnse f „ t he embarked in them, hut they required great care. "' eg o present case the rule required to be carefully read, how the law could be applied. He remanded this also till Thursday. 00 81° Several infermat ions were filed by the Coransissifor of Sewers against the owners of houses in Aldg at lhejt permitting foul ces:pools and privies to remain 0n t ile premises, instead of opening a communication wit ba lf sewers close to them. Mr. Tyrrell appeared on of the Commission( rs. esl c: The Magistrates allowed the several defendants x W Aa .o co ncert with the freeholders the means of abating "" nuisance. Mr. Alderman 11. HtiGnEs assured them these n sa uces would now ha so continuall y looked after and I'o terfered with, that it would be the cheapest way at ono to make drains to the common sew er, vice , Mr. T. Lennon Hunt has been a pp ointed Consul of England at Monte Video , i n the place of e s , Ayr Hood, recently appointed Consul at Bue nos Observer be THE ATRAFILATORY, OR LIQUID. 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On the 15th inst ., at Frith. street, Soho-square, the Ise 0( Edward Lewis, Esq ., of a son. On the 15th inst., at Riverhead, Sevenoaks, the _ At Charles R. C. Pettey, Esq, of a daughter. On the 15th inst., at Shawford, near Winchester, tbC be l of Major - G eneral Frederick, C. 13., of a son. , On the 16th inst., at the Parsonage, St. George', • _„ e , well, the wife of the Rev. Samuel Smith, of a son- hire 10. 1 " On the 16th inst., at Broxmore-park, B r istow, of a daughter. f $Ol O/4 On the 16th inst., at Cadogan-pl ac e, the wife o f of SynnOt, Esq., M.D., of a daughter. t hela d y On the 17th inst., at Fitzroy-park, Highgate, William Gladstone, Esq., of a daughter. r ho . , e s On the 17th inst., at Trinity MARRIED Church, Paddingt°" Cijo J$ Y I `co Rev. J. W. Buckley, Al exan d er , f our th son of the 1 $ 0,00 of Wilkinson, Esq., of No. 138, Leadenhall-street• t°_, Stewart, only daughter of the late John L am "' Edinburgh. i no-- On the 18th inst., at St. George's Church, . 4,- Field' Mr. Frederick Haydon, of Dulwich, to Miss Enlin a of the same place. Vi r - On the 15th inst., at Calhampton Church , ton, Esq., of Bryfield, county of Devon, to Ellen 141 i Shy" beth, third daughter of the late Lieutena nt-Colone ‘,43 On 'tor t wor, of Lea . th the 15th Grange inst., at St. Alph ag e, Greenvlich4::hild John Young Hughes, 13. A., to Justine Mere'', Richard Rhodes, Eeri., of Greenwich. te DIED. darsgbo tVeti On the 16th of March, on board the Glen nant W. F. Anderton, of the 9th Lancers. 13i $1h At Putney, Thomas Gibson, Esq. aged 29. „_.. yro ed On the Bth inst., at York, the 'Rev. John uo` A. 8., Vicar of Godalming, Surrey, aged 55. _ _ h os On the 16th inst., at Croydon, NV. S. Robinsersiter .1P On the 13th inst., at Heathfield-park, Sir " 0 00 , Bart., aged 22. es, w ife On the 15th inst., at Upton, Essex, F ran ces, op Rev. John Woodwark. bur& - P laces „ b e* On the 15th inst., Miss Browne , of co nington. On the 15th inst., at Kensington, I,lo.acar' Mrs. Elizabeth " ,4 A J f.r." ~~