The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-02 00:00:00

POOR-LAW COMMISSION. The thirteenth annual report of the Poor-law Com missioners has just been printed. It opens with a state ment of the amount of poor-rate received and expended in England and Wales for the parochial year ending Lady-day, 1846, and which is compared with the expen diture of the preceding year. In the expenditure for the relief of the poor there was, in 1846, as compared with the previous year, a diminution of 77,677/. In the law charges there was a a decrease of 12,1121; in the county and borough rate an increase of 21,2801.; and in the total expenditure from the poor-rate there was a decrease of 102,5521. The following table shows t he expenditure for four years:— Expenditure for the Poor. Years ending Lady-day. 1843 £5,208,027 1844 1845 1846 The total number of paupers (in-door 3a3n0d505u. . t) d re e , . lieved in 1845 was 1,470' 0 70- in 1846, 1 c rease in 1846, 140,413. ' On the whole population o the last census, 15,906,741; this gives _a per tentage o paupers in 1845 of 9•2, and in 1846 of 8 . 4. The Commissioners are not able to state the corn , plete amount of the poor-law expenditure for the year ending at last Lady - day, but they entertain no doubt that it has considerably exceeded the amount for the preceding year. This increase they attribute to the failure of the potato cropof 1846, which, by raising the price of other previsions, materially influenced the condition of the poor; for whereas in April, 1846, the price of wheat was 5-ts. lid., in April, 1847, it had risen to 755. 6d. In the former year a quarter of the principal sorts of grain and pulse (wheat, barley, oats, rye, beans, and peas) could be purchased for 101. 9s. 2d., in the latter year their price had risen to 16L ss. 611. Amongst the agricultural labourers of Wiltshire, So mersetshire, and Devonshire, where the allotment system prevails, the effects of the potato blight have been severely felt, and out-door relief has beon granted to many who formerly relied on their gardens, and whose means were also crippled by an unusually cold winter. The report states-- " We may here mention, with reference to the failure of the potato crop, that it became necessary for us, in numerous unions, to sanction an alteration in the work house dietary by the substitution of some other article for potatoes. The substitutes have for the most part been bread or boiled rice; in other cases, turnips, car rots, parsnips, cabbage, peas, or hominy have been used. We have likewise, at the desire of the Board of Trade, instructed our Assistant-Commissioners to obtain infor mation upon certain particulars respecting the failure of the potatoes. From the reports which have been sent in, and which have been transmitted to the Board of Trade, it appears that the failure of the potatoes bas ex tended generally over the country, but that the earlier sorts of the potato have failed the least. " Other causes also have contributed to increase the expenditure for the relief of the poor since last autumn in the manufacturing districts and the large towns. Owing to the high price of cotton, and the diminished demand for manufactures, the hours of work have been shortened, or the work has been even temporarily sus pended in some factories in the Lancashire district. Moreover the severity of the distress in Ireland has produced an influx of Irish, in a state of extreme desti tution, into several towns on the western coast of Eng land. Liverpool, as being the port nearest to Dublin, and with which the principal steam communication is carried on, received the largest number of this class of immigrants. The numbers having begun to increase in December, advanced rapidly in January and February last, and still more rapidly in March and April. From the 13th of January to the 20th of April, during which period an accurate account of Irish immigrants was kept, there arrived at Liverpool 133,069 persons from Ireland. The Select Vestry adopted prompt and efficient mea sures for meeting the increased number of applications ; and it will be seen from the annexed Report of our Assistant Commissioner, Mr. Austin, that these mea sures were attended with considerable success in pre venting imposition, and in providing for the destitute. The precautions taken by the vestry against the spread of fever and disease, from the crowded dwellings of the Irish, are on a large and expensive scale ; but not, it is to be feared, beyond the necessity of the case. 77. "It has not been thought advisable by the local autho rities to make any attempt to pass the Irish immigrants back to Ireland under the 8 and 9 Vict. c. 117. Some have remained chargeable on the rates of Liverpool, others have proceeded further into the interior of the country, but several thousands have emigrated to Canada or the United States. Many have reached Manchester and the other manufacturing towns of Lancashire, as well as of the West Riding and Cheshire ; and we have received statements from several Boards of Guardians on the subject of a provision for the increased number of Irish vagrants. Large numbers of Irish have also landed at Newport and Chepstow, and have thence moved on to Cheltenham and other towns in the mid land counties. A considerable number of Irish poor (estimated at about 1,000 within a week) have recently been landed in London by steamers from Cork and DO; lin. In addition to these, some Irish have reached the metropolis from Bristcl and Newport. "The Removals Act of last session (to the operation of which we shall advert more particularly hereafter), has likewise increassd the amount of reliet to the Irish in the large towns, especially in the metropolis. By the operation of this Act, Irish and Scotch, who have been resident five years in an Engii-h parish, become irre movable from that parish ; and thus many Irish, who had been resident for that period, became applicants for relief, although previously to the passiz , g of that Act, they had been deterred from applying by the fear of being passed back to their own country. The expecta tions of benefit under this Act formed by the resident Irish in the metropolis appear to have been excessive, and led to their applying in large numbers to several London parishes and unions at the beginning of the winter. The pressure was, however, only temporary, for the applications have been generally met by an offar of the workhouse or out-door labour, and the offers were in few cases accepted, "Owing to the combined operation of the causes above stated, (namely, the general failure of the potato crop throughout England, the high prices of corn and other articles of food, the length and severity of the winter, the diminution of manufacturing pros perity, the large immigration of destitute Irish into England, and, in some degree, the operation of the Removal Act), the pressure upon the poor-rates has been considerably increased since last autumn, and the poor-law expenditure for the year ending Lady-day, 1847, will, when ascertained, doubtless prove to have been greater than that for the preceding year. We have, however, the satisfaction of being able to state that the boards of guardians and other local authorities have found no serious difficulty in overcoming the ob stacles against which they have had to contend, and that the system of relief has been efficient and orderly. In deed we are not aware that, at any time since we have held our present offices, the administration of the poor law has been in a more regular and satisfactory state than during that period since last autumn, or has been conducted with,a more willing co-operation on the part of the local authorities." In reference to appeals against the decisions of audi tors there occur the two following paragraphs*— "An important portion of our duty, in connexion with the audit, has been to receive application in the nature of an appeal under section 33 of 7 and 8 Viet., c. 101. We have considered that, as the object of the provision was remedial, the auditor might be called upon to state his reasons even after the conclu sion of the audit, and we have accordingly received applications from parties who had neglected, at the time of the audit, to require that the reasons for the allowance or disallowance of any item should be stated in the book by the auditor. Several such appeals have been made to us in a formal shape. In many of them, the party complaining has bees satisfied with the expression of our opinion, without wishing us to issue a formal order. In ten cases, how ever, such orders have been issued, of which seven went to establish the lawfulness of the reasons assigned by the auditor, and three decided against those reasons. None of these orders have yet been removed into the Court of Queen's Bench ; a course which it is compe tent for any party to take who is dissatisfied with our decision. " We are advised that, in these appeals, we are only competent to consider the lawfulness or unlawfulness of the reasons assigned by the auditor, and that we cannot go into equitable considerations, or make allowance for the good intentions of the officers against whom sa3 , surcharge or disallowance may be recorded. We have had, in some cases, reason to regret the hardship which is thus necessarily brought on individuals by the introduction of a system of greater strictness ; but we are satisfied it a discretion had been left to the com missioners, the result wouln have been great uncertainty on the part of the audi tors and the officers themselves ; each individ ua l ease Would efl.'ave presented some exas ing the money, an d each portfoliou person or body ex pend culated on the probability of the body would have cal enough in the pa r ti cu l ar instance to equity being strong conuntoissecure a favourable sioners. decision from the Poor•law these cases of hardships will gradual' auTdAihatewaiituildibise: tors, each acting over a large s urfaL ee , a ir . make known the principles on which theireotititry;owtihiel conducted ; and the chance of success on commissioners will be a matter capable oPbPeeal ascer tained with more certainty, in proportion as deci sionsmmogre are given with reference to similar cases." The total expenditure for medical relief, in 1845 a 174,3301. ; in 1116, 175,269/. The number of Persons vaccinated was, in 1845, 362,087 ; in 1846, 271,219. The ratio of persons successfully vaccinated to the number of births was, in 1845, 100 in 140 ; in 1846, 100 in 187. The law relating to pauper lunatics and the Sanatory Act, are thus noticed by the Commissioners : " The Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 5, which contained some amendments of the statute of the previous year relating to county lunatic asylums, removed one of the difficul ties which existed in regard to the removal of pauper lunatics, in cases where the lunatic was not such as to require confinement in an asylum, is one likely to be Cured by the medical treatment therein. Under the previous statute it was considered by the Justices that they had no discretion, but were bound to issue an order in every case which was brought before them. The Ist section of the new statute declares that it shall not be incumbent upon the Justices, and the °thee parties who are competent to act in this matter, in all cases to issue the order; and it requires such Justices and parties to satisfy themselves as to the propriety of confining the lunatic in an asylum before they sign the order, except, indeed, a medical certificate be obtained from the medical officer of the union, in which case this 4 tiseretion is removed. '" The Sanatory Act (9 and 10 Vict., c. 96), for the to -coeval of nuisances conferred certain powers upon boa , rds of guardians, to enable them to pr ocure the seta oval of such private nuisances as ar e o f a nature , calm .fted to injure health. We thought it El- • visable to issue a circular letter to all boards of guar dians to point out the nature of its provisions, and the powers and authorities which the statute conferred upon them ; and we urged upon the guardians the exercise of these powers. A difficulty was suggested as to the proper construction of the statute, with reference to the places in which the boards of guardians could act and we were consulted, on several occasions, as to the extent of its operation in rural districts. We expressed our opinion that the Act had a general operation in all parts of England and Wales ; and we are glad to learn, from a communication lately made to us by your direction, that the Law Officers of the Crown have given the same opinion. We believe that many boards of guardians have acted upon the statute with beneficial result. The report concludes with the details of the proceed ings in Ireland under the Poor-law Commission. AN AUSTRALIAN ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE. We have been favoured, says the Gateshead Observer, with the perusal of a letter received in Gatesbead from the other side of the globe, bearing date "Melbourne, Oct. 25, 1846." The writer, Mr. Jas. Nelson, formerly of Northumberland, but now a colonial farmer, reminds his friends that a vessel named the Britannia left this country with emigrants six years ago for Sydney, and never arrived at her destination, nor was heard of else where. Sometime, however, in 1846, a discovery was made which gave a clue to her fate. In Gipp's Land, on the sea-coast (a tract of country inhabited by only a few whites), a shepherd in search of a stray sheep, found the Christian name and surname of a stray female scratched on a tree. The first name was " Eliza," the second Mr. Nelson had not learned. He made known what he had seen, and an inquiry was immedi ately set on foot. One of the black women, who abound in the neighbourhood of Melbourne, averred that a white woman was among her countrymen, and that she had seen a child (or children) which she had by a black (or blacks). This woman, it is understood, was a passenger on board the Britannia , and the only survivor. The police—horse and foot, black and white—were set in motion, and ascertained that she was kept in durance by two superiors of a na tive tribe, who observed great wariness and secresy in their movements. One of the mounted police informed Mr. Nelson that he had one night slept within thirty or forty yards of the woman, but did not know of it until too late. One of the wives of the black men, the keepers of the Scotch woman, was taken, and gave the police some information. The authorities, who are most anxious to recover the prisoner, got a number of hand kerchiefs prepared, with inscriptions in Gaelic (from which we presume that she was known to be a High lander), intimating that armed white men were seeking her rescue, and suggesting that she should walk abroad in early dawn. These were to be dropped in various parts of the " bush," in the hope that they might meet her eye; for there was reason to believe that she was ignorant of the efforts that were being made to restore her to freedom. On the 22d of October, the Shamrock, Sydney and Launceston steam-vessel (which calls at Melbourne both ways), left Melbourne for Sydney with these handkerchiefs on board, in charge of a body of armed men (ten blacks and six whites). On the arrival of the steamer off Gipp's Land, the exploring party were to leave her in two whale-boats, and disperse the handkerchiefs. Other measures were also to be adopted, but, if possible, no violence was to be used. It would have been easy to resort to compulsion, but the colonial Governm en t were un willing to take any step which might place the pri soner in jeopardy, and bury in oblivion the fate of the emigrant ship. The blacks state that she was wrecked on the coast ; that some of the per sons on board got to land ; that the natives at tacked them ; and that they retreated to their boats, but were overtaken and destroyed, with the exception of this woman. The two men who have her in possession are said to be warmly attached to her, and determined not to give her up. " The natives around the towns, and for miles back," says Mr. Nelson, " are learning to speak English. They come to Melbourne every day— many of them with nothing but a blanket rolled round their bodies. They will not work, but go , about the town and beg from those that will give them.' GLASGOW PIG IRON TRADE.—During the past week the pig iron market has been generally very dull. Yesterday, however, there was a better feeling, and to day there is still greater firmness. The price may be quoted for No. 3, 635. 6d.; for mixed Nos. 655. ; and for No. 1, 665. to 665. 6d. per ton, f. o. b.—National Ad• vertiser. ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—On Monday after noon, as one of the Chelsea steamers was proceeding up the river with about 300 passengers on board, she ran foul of the new steamboat-pier at Vauxhall-bridge so violently that every one on board was thrown dowa and the funnel dashed on deck, injuring several persons, and not only causing the utmost confusion but great con sternation for the safety of the passengers, the paddle box and floats having been crushed in. With great pre sence of mind the commander of the boat instantly directed the engines to be reversed, and with the well timed assistance of the piermen succeeded in fastening the boat to the dummy, and enabling the passengers to escape by the pier. They were shortly after conveyed to their respective destinations by another boat, which arrived within a few minutes of the accident. The damage done to the boat will, it is expected, amount to between 50/. and 601. THE SCOTTISH HOSPlTAL.—Wednesday, at one o'clock, a quarterly Court of the Governors of the Scot. tish Hospital was held at the hall of the corporation, Crane -court, Fleet -street, Dr. Webster in the chair, to receive a report of the distribution of the funds of the institution for the quarter, and on other business. Major Adair, the Secretary, read the report, from which it ap peared that the sum of 659/. ss. had been given to desti tute Scottish persons, and that after paying the necessar) expenses there was a balance in hand of 470/. 1 ls. The receipts, which amounted to 1,3281. 19s. 7d., included 6151. 3s. interest on stock, 3111. 4s. donations, 90/ legacies, 801. 17s, annual subscriptions, and 230/. 15s. 7d. last year's balance. The report was received, when thanks were voted to the secretary for the presentation of the portrait of the Duke of Sutherland, which was hung up in the court. The other business was gone through and the court separated. DREADFUL SRI?WRECL.—By the recent arrivals from Quebec a most distressing shipwreck is announced to have occurred in the River St. Lawrence to an English ship, with the loss of 170 of its ill-fated passengers. The vessel is called the Carrick, a brig between 200 and 300 tons burden, Captain Thompson master, belonging to Sunderland. She was chartered, we understand, for Irish emigration, early in April last, by Lord Palmer ston, and left Sligo for Quebec in the latter part of that month with a living freight of nearly 200 emigrants. Previously she was properly surveyed by the Govern -1 ment emigration agent, in accordance with the Pas sengers Act, and proved to be perfectly seaworthy for the expedition. The voyage, up to the time of the ship's arrival in the river St. Lawrence, appeared to have been as desirable as could be wished at that period of the season excepting the sad condition of the emigrants, most of them suffering greatly from fever. On the night of the 19th of May she encountered a heavy gale of wind, which, at about two o'clock on the fol lowing morning, drove her ashore on a dangerous shoal, situate about sixty miles eastward of Cape Ro saries, where, in the course of two hours, she went to pieces. The scene is described to have been one truly appalling. Out of the 200 poor creatures, emigrants, on board, not more than 22 were saved. All the crew, except ing one boy, succeeded in saving themselves by clinging to the spars and boats. They were on the road to Quebec when the information was sent to England. The vessel is stated to be fully insured. Two other emigrant ships, chartered by Government, were lost about the same time as the Carrick. One is the Imogine, George Foreman, master, from Liverpool, and the other the Zenobia. The Imogene, which was 348 lOW burden, was wrecked Ave miles south-west of the island of Scattarie, on the 20th of May, by running ashore during a thick fog. She had 175 emigrants on board, who, fortunately, with the crew, effected a safe landing. The Zenobia was lost off Nana dian . She had 300 emigrants on board, who were also saved. The emigrant ship Miracle, recently wrecked off the Magdalen Island, with 60 of her passengers drowned, is stated to have been chartered by Government. The same communication announces the following:—The emigrant ship Loosthanke, from Dublin to Quebec, put into Miramichi on the 11th of June, having lost 117 passengers by fever, and in want of medical assistance and fresh provisions. The remainder of the emigrants, 350, were more or less attacked, and the crew were dis abled. The fever appears to have broken out on board before the vessel's departure from Dublin, and spread fearfully after she sailed. Immediately on her arrival at Miramichi she was brought up at the quarantine station, near the Middle Island, and the rest of the pas sengers landed, where temporary shelter was afforded them in sheds and tents. There had been 40 more deaths since the ship's arrival. Many others were ex pected. THE LATE GOVERNOR OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.-..- Lieutenant-Colonel Clarke, late Governor of Western Australia, entered the army as an Ensign in the Bth West India Regiment in 1806, at the early age of 13. At 15 he was appointed to a Lieutenancy in the 46th Foot, with which regiment he shortly after served at the taking of Guadaloupe. At 20 he commanded the troops in Van Diemen's Land, having in the mean time \ obtained his company. He subsequently commanded the th A 6 th Regime nt in Gibraltar, England, Ireland, and bo the Indie s , ln 1843 and 1844 he administered the Gcoolovneruraent of St. Lucia ; on retiring from which probation co Colonies, Was honoured by having her Majesty's ap- T l' i v e eyed to him by the Secretary for the with an address in f his inhabitants of St. Lucia also testified their appreciati on appointed Governor island, had rendered to the a kttewledgment of the services he government, by presenting him painful illness, underwhichthaarge which he continued° tWo In 1845 Colonel Clarke was Western Australia, the duties of through early age of 54, worn out by s ank at the comparatively a long and years, chiefly passed in tropical servicean a billion ? T 1 CotiNTustG, A BILLION.—What i'mobfeaulpthv'Y' n 2 , 1 ) 0 1; then reply is very simple--a million times 3 quickly written, and quicker still prono u nced, iinilciuendalaredlmiTslimihounaiftutsetn4eiso:;* man is able to cunt it. You count 160 or u but let us even suppose that you go as far7a()sa an hour will produce 12,000 a day, 288,000; or 365 days (for every four years you may rest from counting, during leap year), 1 05,120,000. Let us s u p. pose now, that Adam, at the beginning of his existenc e , P. had begun to count, had continued to do so, and was counting still, he would not even now, according to the usually supposed age of our globe, have counted near enough. For to count a billion he would require 9,512 years, 34 days, 5 hours, and 20 minutes, according to else above rule. Now, supposing we were to allow the poor counter twelve hours daily for rest, eating, and sleeping, he would need 19,024 years, 69 days, 10 hours, anti 40 minutes ;--simaican Litrary Gaunt, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 2, 1847. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Jtvie 30. (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster, before Mr. Jus tice WIGLITMAN and a special Jury.) THE QUEEN V. SEPTIMUS RAMSA.Y, CLERK. Upon this case being called on, only two special jury men answered to their names. The absentees were fined IN. each. A tales was then prayed on behalf of the defendant. Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Bodkin appeared fur the prosecution, and Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. Boville were eounsel for the defendant. This case excited the greatest interest. The Bishop of London, and sevpral other gentlemen were on the bench. Mr. Sergeant SMEE, in opening the case, stated to the jury that this was a case of the very highest importance, and he begged their most calm, and patient, and dispas sionate attention to it. The defendant is a clergyman attending St. Michael's Church, Burleigh-street, Strand, and he was called upon to answer a charge of having in decently assaulted Mrs. Emmerson. It would appear that the husband of this lady had formerly been in business at Bristol, but was unsuccessful, and, his wife having a very fine voice, she determined to take advan tacit:, of it, and she accordingly engaged herself in the choir of several churches in London, and thus obtained a livelihood for her family. bhe was about 29 years of age, and the mother of five children. In 1845 a proposal was made to her by the defendant to leave her then situation, at the church in the Savoy, and accept an engagement to lead the choir in his church. She acceded to this, first to sing only in the evenings, and afterwards mornings and evenings, in St. Michael's Church. She had not been long there before the defendant sent for her to the vestry, and, upon that occasion, he endea voured to take improper liberties with her. It was to be regretted that she had not at once disclosed this to her husband, but, feeling that if she did so she must lose her situation, and her children must starve, she refrained from doing so, and the defendant had taken advantage of this, and had several times repeated his conduct, until it had arrived to such an extremity that she felt she could no longer keep it from her husband, and she at once charged the defendant with his conduct, the matter was brought before the churchwardens, and then this indictment was preferred. As we give the evidence at great length the speech of the Learned Counsel, which was merely a statement of the facts, is abridged. The following evidence was adduced : Charlotte Emmerson—l have been married twelve years. My husband was formerly in business in Bristol, and was unsuccessful. I then turned my talent of sing ing to account. I was leader of the choir at the Savoy Chapel from 1843 to 1845. In the latter year I made an engagement with the defendant to sing at his church in the evening. I attended there, and after wards gave up the Savoy Chapel and attended alto ;ether at the defendant's. After I had been at the defendant's six or eight months, in July I was sent for to the vestry, and I went there; it was in the evening of a Sunday. In the vestry I found Mr. Ramsay. I was talking to him about making arrangements to sing in the morning. He had his surplice on. He said he must have a kiss. He kissed me, and behaved indecently to wards fordsr I met.holugthot some ldhim onetowould remember come the in. I position rushed e sed was h from him, dragged myself from him, and went up into the organ loft. On the following Wednesday ho sent for me, and I went down into the side aisle, and Mr. Ramsay came to me there. He said he had very nearly got into a dreadful scrape through last Sunday evening; that he had received a letter stating that he had been seen taking liberties with a lady in te vestry, and that that lady was one of the choir, but that I need not be alarmed, as, though the letter was addressed to Mrs. Ramsay, he had got hold of it and had answered it in the name of his wife, stating that the lady was his cousin. He said he believed the letter had been written by one of Deville's men. I was then residing in Liver pool-street, Walworth. The defendant called there about two months after this, between three and five o'clock. o w f a s M e au i n a g e q w u a a i s n t a u t n e m e y of h o u ni s y e o A n p t e h r u s t o n o e o o f a s t i h on e name ie husband's, and was in the kitchen at the time. I opened the door, and showed the defendant into the parlour. I went into the front parlour with him ; the folding doors were open. The defendant said he was very happy to think he had got my husband into a situation, at Mr. Hunt's, 10, White hall, and he should only expect me to pay him by giving him a kiss. He then endeavoured again to take indecent liberties with me. I resisted. The struggle lasted about five minutes. He then turned it off, and began to talk, and begged me not to say anything about it. My husband afterwards went to Mr. Hunt's. The ,lefenda.nt was in the house altogether about half an hour. Mr. Manning afterwards questioned me as to what had taken place, and I told him of the def'endant's conduct. I was at that time pregnant. I had four infant children living. I saw the defendant on the following Sunday. He said that on going home from my house on the Wednesday a little boy had struck him with a crowbar, which had made him very ill. I was confined in April, 1846. The de fendant called at my house about three months after my confinement. I was then living at Warwick-place, Pim lico. He then stayed about twenty minutes or half an hour. He. then took liberties with me by kissing me lad pulling me about. He came again in October, at one or two o'clock. He then proceeded in the same style he had before. He endeavoured to pull me on to his knee. I resisted him very strongly, and he said he would soon take that modesty out of me, and exposed his person. It is impossible I can state what else he did. He did nothing more. My husband was then in for re him. One T h o e; In the beginning of the present year some differences tt defendan th h e e e fi m r fm (3 w y a h s aodf a Mp m reos e cs m ur rsbeedAr thatc o k f e r tau . ta ß n i a 'o u a in n s ay's congregation. arose between the choir of Mr. Ramsay's church, and I addressed him a letter ; and the defendant shortly after wards called upon me, and destroyed the letter I had written him. I wrote to him in consequence of my salary having been some time due, and I told him that I had been very ill, and it had cost me Sd. every Sunday m to y g s o al t u o ry th , e an c d liuh ; that l r t c hooght he h it would be ve heh r r y tt nsu erf eh reduced or him to have paid my salary, for I had heard many things about his character that had astounded me. He told me he had come to ask me what I had referred to about his character. I told him I had heard he had ruined his nursery-maid, and sent her to Canada ; that she had since applied to come home, but he had sent her 50/. to keep her there. I told hill Mrs. Ward, the pew-opener, had said so. Ho made no reply. I then said I had heard remarks about him and Mrs. Ward. He asked me if I thought it was likely ; that if she had been a young woman of thirty it would be a different case. He said he thought he should turn her out of the church. I told him to be careful what he did. I then told him I had heard her say if he did discharge her she would blow him to the devil. He said, " Well, I must be careful what I do, and I had better burn this letter " (alluding to my letter) ; and he then burned it. This was on Monday or Tuesday. I went to the church next Sunday, but did not sing, and the choir was discharged. A letter had been sent me, from--Mr. Jones, the church warden, dismissing the choir, and I then wrote the de fendant this letter:— " In answer to Mr. Jones's letter, I wish you distinctly to understand that we have given the choir an engaee ment for twelve months. As regards myself, I suppose you have been calculating whom it would be most expe dient to get rid of, me or Mrs. Ward, but if you do not pay the 251., you will find to your sorrow the result, and unless matters are arranged to my satisfaction before Sunday I shall make my husband acquainted with all your conduct, and I would rather see you in the claws of a lion than in his." I then received a letter from Mr. Manning, the de fendant's solicitor's : " eth of January, 1847.—1 have been consulted b Mr. Ramsay and his f r i en d s on t h e slanderous reports raised by you, and particularly respecting a very extra ordinary letter which Mrs. Emmerson addressed to Mr. Ramsay, and which, if brought before the proper au thorities, would lead to the conclusion that it was an attempt to extort money. As the offence charged is a very serious one, I would caution you in a friendly spirit to avoid a repetition of the same, but, at the mime time, in justice to the character of Mr. Ramsay, I must call on you and Mrs. Emmerson to retract, in writing, all your slanders and reports against that gentleman ; otherwise, it will be my painful duty to adopt such proceedings, both civil and criminal, as will lead to ruinous conse quences. With regard to the salary, I shall be in a posi tion to transmit it.' That letter was received by my husband. On the Sun day afternoon another letter came from Mr. Manning " In furtherance of the view we mutually took of the matter, yesterday, and with a desire to afford an oppor tunity for explanation, I have arranged a meeting with Mr. Ramsay, Mr. Ackermann, and the chapelwardens, at my office to. morrow; and I beg to invite you and Mrs. Emmerson in a friendly spirit to attend such meeting. I shall not act professionally, but only assume the part of a friendly mediator." My husband and myself attended at that meeting at Mr. Manning's house. We did not take any friend with us. I found there Mr. Ackermann, Mr. Ramsay, the two churchwardens, and Mr. Manning. Upon our going in Mr. Manning said my letter insinuated many things against the character of Mr. Ramsay, and they had met to know what was the fact. He said it ap peared to him it was the effusion of an angry woman because I could not gain my end. It was then pro posed, that if I did not like to state all the facts before all the gentlemen, he would request my husband to re tire with two ,of the married gentlemen. Mr. Manning had asked me if I could adduce anything against Mr. P.amsay. I said I could. He said, " Has he ever taken any liberties with you?" I said " Yes." He then pro posed my leaving the room with two married gentlemen. I then said to Mr. Ramsay, "If he had had as much regard for his own character and the church as I had he would never have brought me to that meeting; that he had brought me there, and that I was bound to speak the truth as ho had tasked me to it." He made no answer. I then retired with the two gentlemen, Mr. Manning and Mr. Jones. Down to that time my husband was not aware of the particulars of what had taken place. I made a statement to the two gentlemen, and they retired into another room, and then into the room of the meeting. The defendant was in the latter room, and Mr. Manning then said that Mr. Emmerson had a wish that all I had said should be de tailed before all the gentlemen. That was done, and I asked the defendant if he could say it was untrue? He made no reply, and Mr. Manning repeated the question, and th e d efendant sa id , "Of course I d en y it." This July, end of believe, t i eo e fv r e jn e u iu e ni f was in January last. Cr oss - examined.—I can't fix the time when I was first li j e u v l e y , that the e!ooe:,,ka,g:acea.t the defendant's church. I was singing at gy en a d ttla a ta n ht t me ' l s church in the evening only up to the lat e conduct o and wasfthe the last defendant Sunday firstin dyesfae enteredlnadr defendant's w ti,us a t s ooh s tu l h . ree a he. y n • e g a lt r tg f we o n I r a singing senotn, rat hoer i n n 3i the no 4ths and evenings, to sing at the defendant's. It was about a fortnight before that that the first assault took place. It was ten minutes before the do;endant was about to commence the duties of the evening. I struggled, but I did not call out. There is a door that leads from the vestry into the church—it was shut, but not locked. Any one could have walked in. After this occurred I went and performed my duties, as did Mr. Ramsay. I was to have 161. per annum fur singing morning and evening. My husband was not a singer, but his name was nominally used. On the next occasion, in Liver pool-street, it was the 10:h of Soptember, 1845, between three and five o'clock. Mr. Ramsay did not go through the kitchen to go into the parlour, but he could see Manning smoking in the kitchen when he went into the parlour. There was a window in the parlour looking into the garden. There was a very large flower-stand before the window, which was paint( d in imitation of ground glans. I struggled from five to ten minutes. 1 did not call out at all. I knew Manning was near at hand, and that was the reason for not calling out, as I did not wish to expose Mr. Ramsay, and, from the situation I was in, I knew what the end of It would be if I raised any report; and the feelings of my husband formed another reason. I was able to defend mysdf, and therefore did not need assistance. My gown was torn out 1 of the gathers and my hair disturbed when I came out of th• room, and Manning said there had been sometrikg wrong, and therefore I told Manning, but begged him not to tell my husband. At Christmas, 1845, my husband presented Mr. and Mrs. Ratzzay with a turkey. I never consulted Mrs. Ward as to what would be a suitable pre sent to make to Mr. Ramsay. i.kfter Christmas, 1845, four of my children were christened by Mr. Ramsay. Manning was godfather for one. My children are all fair-haired. They were christened with my maiden name Sugden first, as "Sugden Ernmerson." There are two or three days that I have nut been asked stout. I mentioned what took place three months after my con finement, at the meeting. I wrote a narrative after the meeting. I said Mr. Ramsay had called several times, but I did not state particular dates. His conduct was repeated six or seven times.. I did not present a purse to Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay on the day following the 27th ~f Octcber, when he took very great liberties with me. I had made purses sums time before, and my nu , baud iisked me for them, and he gave them to Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay. I have some at home now. Sir F. THESIGER—I don't care about that. Mr. S9rgeatir SHEE —That's to show it vim not made for Mr. Ramsay. Sir F. TUESIGER -I don't think my friend has a right to interfere. Mr. Sergeant SHEE—Because I don't think you are treating the witness fairly. Sir F. THESIGER—I would appeal to your Lordshp whether I am acting unfairly. Mr. Justice WIGUTMAN—I think you are not acting unfairly. Sir E. THESIGER—I have a very difficult task to per l'orm in examining this witness. Mr. Sergeant SHEE—And my friend must recollect that the witness has a very difficult task to perform. Witness—l have not spoken in high terms of Mr. Ramsay since October, 1846, either to Peters or Mrs. Ward. I attended to my duties afterwards, because it was my bread and cheese. Mr. Ramsay has lent my husband 10/. My engagement en the 30th of July was by the churchwardens, but I have a written engagement with Mr. Ramsay. After we bad indicted Mr. Ramsay, we called upon Deville's men, but what took place be tween them and my husband Ido not know. I did not say that I had written the letter in anger, and that if Mr. Ramsay had paid me I should not have said any thing about it. The proposal to go out with two married men was not my proposal. I showed great reluctance at having to give these details before men. I did not state the particulars myself to all the men at the meeting when I returned into the room. Mr. Manning said that if it had only been a kiss he should not have thought anything of it ; but as it was so black a charge he could not be a party to a compromise. He said that any man would take a kiss from a woman where he thought it would be well received. Mr. Clark, the organist, told me to go to Mr. Hobler, and I should have justice done me. I know Mr. Braithwaite; he has sung in the choir at St. Michael's. I was at Mar gate, singing, about five or six years ago, at the Tivoli gardens; I sung there as Miss Sugden. I don't know that Wright was the cash-taker at those gardens. I have seen him to-day. No comp Lints were made of my conduct to men in those gardens. I never heard of such a thing in my life. I was not discharged in cons( quence of my bad conduct. I know Mr. W alton; he is here. I never asked him to introduce me to men, but he en deavoured in every way to seduce me; and he told me it I would submit to him he would introduce me to all the noblemen and gentlemen in London; and because I would not he has done all he can to injure me. I never offered hire a percentage, and slid that rich old met. were best. Oh God! it is too bad; it is shameful. I never walked with a man in my life at the gardens. They tried to defame my character, and could not succeed; and when my husband threatened to horsewhip them they begged his pardon. I had before that sung at Belgrave Chapel. I was not dismissed, but in conse quence of my sending a deputy the clergyman said I must come myself, We lived in the house of a Mr. Mitchell; we left before the last parter was due. Ha afterwards came drunk, and demanded his rent, and I charged him with brutal conduct to me. I never told M. Reekes that a Mr. Blatch, of Brompton, was the father of one of my children. I formerly sang at the Opera; I was discharged in consequence of my refusine to sing alto instead of treble. I dal not state that Mr. Costa had tuken liberties wi!h me. I did not tk:11 Mts. Want or Mr. Case so. I never told Mr. Braithwaite that I was passionately fond of Air. Ramsay and adored the ground he trod on, or that Mr. Ramsay had kissed me, and my husband knew of it., but did not care, or that I was intimate with Manning and hid been out a week together with him, or that I had been in France with gams Manning sometimes called for me at the church. I know Mr. Clark. I never threatened Mr. Ramsay in Clark's presence. My husband said at the meeting that if he found anything wrong between his wife and Ram say he would turn him out of the church or rot in a 2:1101. I did not state to Walker that Ramsay slept one night with Mrs. Vt and the next with her daughter. I know Daniel M'Cormaelt, the bellringer at the church. sent to a beer-shop for him, as I wanted to ask him a question. I asked him if he ever saw Mr. Ramsay taking libel ties with me in the vestry through the sky light ; he said he had seen nothing of the kind. I did not offer him a purse and say, " Always make a friend when you can ; you had better take this and witness the vestry for me, and I will take care you shall be well rewarded." Nor did I tell him that I had plenty of money, and had a friend who had plenty, and that we were determined to spend the last farthing in exposing R amsa y, unless I was reinstated. I was not present when my husband charged Mr. Jones, the churchwar den, with taking liberties with me. My husband was discharged by Mr. Ackermann after we indicted Mr. Ramsay. I have had two situations in churches since, and through Mr. Ramsay's insinuations I have been turned out. I have been told so by Staples, the organist of St. Mary'ia in the Strand, and I have his letter to prove it. I never heard from my husband that he had told Ramsay that he was a needy man, and if he gave him 2001. he would hush up the matter. This witness was four hours under examination, and con duct i e s d ,a !le a r b s( o ,l u f t wi t t o h e le x a t y rt e n t e h p e ro c pr o i u et r y t: She when Sir F. Thesiger called out, "Don't let her go out of court." One of the jury interposed, and said such an examina tion was no joke, and she ought to be permitted to go orai and get refreshment. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN said—Yes, with an officer, because she should not cnaraunicate with the other witnesses. gunning —nT am a Emmerson. In In September I was in the hou , e James:lrs l. bookseller. I know Mr. and when the defendant came there. Mrs. Etnmerson parlour. opened the door a s a t ra h was attracted ; they went into the back I the child crying, and I went and listetied at the parlou r door, and there I heard to by a bustle or struggle. It continued for ten minutes or a quarter of an hour. I heard nothing said. I then re turned to the kitchen, opened the yard-door, and knelt down on the step and looked through an opening in the window, an d I saw Mr. Ramsay pulling Mrs. Emmerson about, and pulling her tuwards him; she was endeavour ing to get away, and at last, by a desperate effort, she succeeded in getting from him, and sat down in a chair, and took the child, and appeared to be much exhausted. I then saw her putting up her hair. When she came out of the room I perceived the gathers of her gown were t or n out. She looked centusfd and exhausted. She said, " I'm glad the fellow's gone." I then a,ked her about it. She sail, "He has been pulling me about, and that it was not the first time." I said, " Where was it, then?" She said, "In the vestry." I asked her why she did not tell Mr. Emmerson? She sail, "If Emmerson knew it, he would pull him out of the pulpit, and he would lose Ills place, and my fam.ly be deprived of bread." She went on her knees, and begged me not to tell Emmerson of it. Cross-examin e d—On the previous Sunday I had pro mised Emmerson to g o to the rehearsal at Burleigh• street, and I called on my -"•Y* I drop in as it suits me to take my pip e . When before the grand jury I made a mistak e in my description of the window. When I heard the bustle in the parlour I did not go in, because it was no business of wine; but I went to the parlour wind o w to satisfy my cur iosity; and I then saw she was sufficiently master to gain the victory, and therefore there was no necessity for me to interfere. I never was in France. Emmerson was put into the box by the prosecution. Sir F. TREstoeit said, as he had been its the Court all the time, he should not ask him a question. This was the case for the prosecution. Sir F. Tnesicen then addressed the jury on behalf of the defendant, and said, as they must be aware, he did so under circumstances of some difficulty, because this ease had occupied a consider eble portion of their time, and he had been engaged from the tune of the Court sitting that morning, and he must necessarily be to v. certain extent exhausted and incapable of performing satisfactorily the important duties devolving upon him; but still he felt th e y must all be sensible of the extreme importance of this case, that they would consider how much depended on their determination, and would exer cise their own careful judgment and discretion upon all the circumstances, and form their judgment out of their own minds rasher than from the imperfect view he might be enabled to give them. He had the honour to appear before them as counsel for a gentleman who for a long series ofyears had held the highest character, and had per formed in a most exemplary manner all the sacred duties he had been c'dled upon to discharge. There never had been the slightest blemish on his reputation; but he was nowealled upon to an• swer charges which, Jur) should come to a conclusion adverse to him, would not only render it impossible to continue his sacred functions, .but would prev ent h is enter i ng i nto an y s t a t e o f soc i ety, He most earnestly entreated their most painful and most careful consideration of all the circumstances of this case. He called upon them, as the best safeguard and pryteCtiol2 030 ma MAO could live, Iv cosi* Ole facts before them, and the circumstances under which they were precinct d. The Learned Counsel then went through the evidence given by Mrs. Emmerson, com menting upon almost every sentence of it, urging that her conduct was not that of an injured woman ; that no one could for a torment imagine that a woman who had been so treated would continue to attend a church where a man who had acted in so base a manner preached the Gosrel, and this for the paltry pittance of 161. a year for the services of herself and her husband. He contsnd , d that her whole story was such that no one c , uld believe it. Would any woman have permitted her husband to make presents to the man who had en deavourrd to seduce her? But, as the case was without support, so must it be without contradiction. The de fendant, howe% er, must endeavour to destroy the credit of the only witness upon whom the charge rested. In 1843 she was a singer at the Tivoli-gardens, and dis charged for her immoral conduct, making overtures of the most disgusting description. Mr. Sergeant SHEE said, CS Learned Friend could not go into such matters. Sir F. THESIGER said, until he was told he was pur suing an improper course he should proceed to show the utter worthlessness of her character. He would show this woman tampering with witnesses, and endeavouring to induce them to givellse testimonyond if be found awoman endeavouring to pollute the pure source of justice what must she be. and what credit could they give to her— and doing this for the purpose of ruining a man against whom, except from her polluted lips, the breath of ca lumny never issued? When he found such a woman, whose reputation was so blasted, thus charging a man of so good and excellent a character as he should prove him to be, he felt it his duty to call upon :hem to dis miss him with the same high character he had hitherto enjoyed. Tremendous applause followed the address of the Learned Counsel, which was delivered in the most ener getic manner. The case was then adjourned until to-morrow morning. Thursday, July 1. The court, as yesterday, was crowded to excess with eager listeneri, and although all females had been de sired to leave it during the proceedings, there were seve ral female auditors in the out-of-the-way corners of the court. The Bishop of London, Archdeacon Sinclair, and the Rev. Sir il. R. Dukinfield, the vicar of St. Martin's parish, in which St. Michael's is situate, were on the bench. Of course the generality of the evidence, as in similar cases, is unfit for publication. A great number of witnesses were called for the de fence, including several members of the choir and two pew openers, and they concurred in stating that they had never heard anything disadvantageous to the cha racter of the defendant, except the statements circulated by Mrs. Emmerson. One witness, named James Clarke, said, that when he was speaking in a favourable manner of the character of Mr. Ramsay, Mrs. Emmerson re marked, " Oh, you do not know him as well as I do;" and she added, that he had taken improper liberties with her in the vestry, and she bad told her husband of the circumstance. bat her husband did not think anything the worse of Mr. Ramsay in consequence of it, The Bishop of London, the Rev. Mr. Dale, Sir J. Bailey, the barrister, and several other distinguished gentlemen were called, and gave the defendant a high character, both for religion, benevolence, and morality. Mr. Sergeant .SEA then proceeded to address the jury for the prosecution. He said, when it was his duty, 83 counsel for the prosecution, to open the case against the Reverend defendant, he had refrained from saying anything which would pre judice their minds or interfere with their calm and dispassionate judgment. lie felt it due to him, and the Church of which he was a minister, in a case of such a serious nature, and involving all his prospects in life, peace of mind, and happiness, and usefulness in the ministration which he exercised, not to submit any thing which would divert their minds from the dispassionate consideration of the case. It was with great grief that he was compelled to say that it was his firm belief and conviction, after all the evidence which he had heard, that the Rev. Septimus Ramsay was guilty of the offence imputed to him on the record, to the last letter, and that he was one of the most shameless and abandoned profligates ever brought to justice before a jury. —(Sensation.) His Learned Friend Sir F. Thesiger with a degree of eloquence which he never heard sur passed in a court of justice, thought proper to draw a comparison between the positions (.f the prosecutrix and the defendant—the woman, he said, was looked upon with great commiseration by every one present in the Court, whereas the defendant ap peered with prejudice against him, charged with a crime which it was almost impossible to disprove. But he (Mr. Sergeant Shee) considered they would find, on a comparison of the pos'tion of the two parties, that the reverend defendant had a great advantage over the prosecutrix Twenty or thirty witnesses of all classes of society, some dignitaries of the thurch, and some barristers spoke to the high moral and religious re putation of the reverend defendant. When look ing calmly and considerately at the evidence which had been produced, he could not help thinking that they would be of opinion that the rev. defendant was guilty of the crime with which he had been charged. It was a matter of experience that even among the priesthood of the very church to which the de fendant belonged there were men who, although they held a very moral and religious cha racter, bad been satisfactorily found guilty of the most abominable crimes. Such men were gene. rally watch , nl and wary in their conduct, and were careful in sel.cting a m•lment for sattslying their lusts and appetites. They put on a saintly appearance to their congregation and friends, and seemed to the whole world not only incapable of such a charge as this, but e✓en in capable of the slightest deviation in their conduct, and it was only by some unfortunate accident that the real charge was brought to light and the people all amazed held up their hands in astonishment. It was impossible for the witnesses, who had been called to speak of the defendant's character, to know his conduct towards Mrs. Enarnr-rson. How was the Bishop of London capable of knowing if he had committed the crime charged against him? In truth, nothing was more absurd and preposterous than to call a number of witnesses who might per_ bar be the most moral and religious men in London, to say that they never heard of the defendant being guilty of such misconduct. Two of his Learned Friends at the bar had given evidence of the respectable cha racter of the defendant, and he thought their testimony was worth more reliance being placed upon it than of all the reverend gentlemen in London.— (Laughter.) It amounted to nothing more than this they never heard anything against him, and they were the last persons who were likely to hear of his conduct towards this woman. These and the other witnesses s h ou ld h a ve called upon the young women who had been insulted by the defendant. The Learned Counsel then proceeded in a very pathetic manner to implore the jury to consider the painful importance of the case to the young womon,bac husband, and five shil• dren. The prosecutrix was as unimpeached in point of character as any innocent woman could be.—(Laughter.) Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN then carefully and elaborately summed up the evidence. lie commented upon the extraordinary conduct of the prosecutrix in having suf fered the defendant to take any indecent liberties with her without communicating the fact to her husband or to any one; and left it to the jury to say whether, looking at the whole of the case, they considered the defendant guilty of the offence imputed to him. The jury consulted about two minutes, when The Foreman turned round and announced that their verdict was for the defendant. The case did not conclude until eight o'clock. Some imputation having been cast upon the paternity of the children of the prosecutrix—that they were not all the children of her husband—they were taken into the Court this morning, and, certainly they bore more re semblance to each other than the generality of the chil dren of one family. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, July 1. (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.) IN RE ANDERSON.—TURF SPECULATIONS. This insolvent, who was described as of Lodge-road, Regent's-park, gentleman, came up for his final order. Mr. Lewi4, a solicitor, appeared on account of a debt of 241., incurred for costs. Mr. Cooke appeared on behalf of the insolvent. His HONOUR, after hearing the case, said ho did not consider it one in which he ought to refuse the final order. The creditors had trusted the insolvent with their eyes open, and knew the very precarious nature of his avocation, as he was known to indulge largely in turf speculations. A great portion of the debts arose from legal expenses. There did not appear to him to have been any fraud. The final order was then granted. The debts were above 5,0001. SHERIFFS' COURT, July 1. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL WEAVER V. SCOTT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, wiliq i t s a surgeon at Bayswater, to recover the sum, ail& 10s. 6A. for money lent. Mr. Wordsworth appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Thomas for the defendant, who pleaded that he was not indebted. It appeared from the evidence adduced on behalf of the plaintiff that the defendant was the widow of a gen tleman who had, up to the time of his death, been a partner with the plaintiff, and died in July, 1846, at Brighton. At that time there was a debt of 3L 14s. due for lodging. The defendant and her servant came up to London, and borrowed IL, and plaintiff afterwards went down to Brighton and paid the bill for lodging. These were the only items attempted to be proved, the others were for hotel expenses, cab hire, money lent, &c. The principal witness was a person named Murphy, who said that the money was got for some drink at the funeraL Mrs. Scott came to London with him to get the money, and when they got back they buried the deceased—iv. four days. Plaintiff was down, and at his solicitor, Mr. Bradley, was with h im .% Lne f uneral; •110 plaintiff 's son said plaintiff was a tenant to dee a know that hi 4 father had entered a 8(34. He did not Caveat at Dootors'- commons against the wife taking out letters of adminis tration; did not know that he had acted as administrator, or had been sued as executor. The UNDER-SHERIFF said this was not a question raised on the record, but if there had been any illegality it was subject matter for inquiry at another Court. (The penalty for administering to property without taking out letters of administration is IMO Mr. TrroMAS said he 1Y,14 pre0111( 1 9 ,1 rmra showing that the plaintiff' hill acted as adminiatrator, Out he must sukonit tlp4 the debt for lodging haying been contre , ,,l e d daring the lifetime of the husband, the dafenclaal wp not liable. Th e tavern-keepef M id 14°1 leg a ll y d etain the property, T h e 1.4114 R-SHERiF F was of opinion that if she could n( t get away her clothes till the acti*Llnt wu paid, and the money was advaeteed on t4at ground, it was a pay %et on 1 44 . account. arl T lV B 44i — Zi9t if Vatutig ft A>i activg ail err muter. The plaintiff took to the property, and if the defendant had been sued as administratrix or executrix the question would have been before the Court as to whether she was or not. I must now leave it to [the jury to infer that the plaintiff had advanced as a partner —whether he acted as administrator to his own wrong is not the question. The UNDER-SHERIFF—That question must be settled elsewhere. Mr. THOMAS then called on Mr. Bradley to give evi dence, but he objected, as he had not been subpoenaed ; but the Under-Sheriff held that he was bound to give evidence. The Learned Counsel then finally put it to the Learned Under-Sheriff whether he was not entitled to examine Mr. Bradley to show that plaintiff had acted as executor. The UNDER-SHERIFF said that was no answer in the present case, and he considered the claim had been made out for the 11. money lent and the 31. 14s. paid for rent. The jury gave a verdict for 41. 14s. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREET. A lady named Nowlan, the proprietress of an edu cational and boarding establishment at Upper Ulapton, made application to Mr. Broughton for his advice under the following circunasnces. The applicant stated, that in the early part of thi= year a man, of very respectable appearance, called at her establishment, accompanied by a little boy, and, representing himself as a merchant in the City, handed her his card, and requested to be made acquainted with her terms for the board and education of a child of the age of the one he had with him. She laid before him one of her prospectuses, and having drawn his attention to a note there, specifically mentioning that the money would be payable quarterly, the terms, about thirty guineas per annum, were a,f:ceded to, and the child received. On the first quarter expiring the account was sent in to the residence thl parent had given, but no notice was taken of it, and, all subsequent applications having met a similar result, she made a personal appli cation at the house specified on the father's card, in Fenchurch-street, and found that no such person lived there. By means of an acquaintance of the parent, however, she had succeeded in again communicating with him, but had been unable to find out his real address, which he carefully concealed, and although she had written occasionally to him, desiring that he would fetch his son away, or she must herself adopt measures to get rid of him, be had made nothing hut paltry excuses, evidently wall the intention of leaving the child upon her hands until the vacation expired, when she felt satisfied he would place it in some other estab lishment a d defraud the proprietor in the same manner, and she therefore wished the magistrate's advice how to act, as she did not like to turn the poor child into the street, even if she were justified in so doing, and it was evident the father did not care what became of him. Upon hearing this statement Mr. Ba UGHTON directed Holland, the warrant officer, to make inquiries into it with a view to induce the parent to come to terms, and prevent a further exposure, and Holland now stated, that he had called at the residence the father had given, which he found to be a most re spectable mercantile house, and on obtaining an inter view with one of the partners was informed by that gen tleman that the person complained of had certainly had chambers there formerly, but that he had vacated them a long time since, and was wholly unjustified in giving a reference there, as he was certainly a person not to be trusted even to the extent of 101.; and, from what he had heard of him, he was convinced that he was in the habit of practising similar impositions. He (the officer) had also used his endeavours to ascertain the man's residence, but had not succeeded in doing so, and he felt assured that he was keeping out of the way in tentionally. Mr. BROUGHTON told the applicant that she should have made proper inquiries as to the father's respecta bility before she received the child into her house, and as it was now quite manifest that she had not the re molest prospect of obtaining her money, he would advise her to apply to the parish officers of Stoke Newington, and, upon laying a statement of the cireumstanc , s before them, it would be their duty to receive the child into their workhouse. The applicant thanked the magistrate and quitted the court, and Holland yesterday announced that Mr. l)os• sett, the overseer of the parish, had given directions for the child to be paced in their union on the preceding night. The magistrate requests us to acknowledge his receip' of 11. Os. 6d. from " X Y. Z." for the poor•box, which he donor desired might he noticed in this paper. THAMES. Caroline Mitchell, a young woman who has given much trouble to the magistracy, tl-e police, and the sur geons of the London Hospital, by her repeated attempts to commit self-destruction, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with making another attempt of the same kind, in which she bad very nearly succf eded. A respectable woman named Clark stated, that on Monday night, at half-past eight o'clock, she saw the prisoner running towards the swivel bridge, over the London-dock entrance in Old Gravel-lane, exclaiming. " I will—l will do it." In a moment the prisoner slipped under the chains on to the pier head, and plunged into the water, which is there more than twenty-four feet in depth. IN itness was thunderstruck, but as soon as she recovered from her surprise she screamed aloud for help, and the servants of the dock company and others procured the drags, and threw ropes towards the prisoner, uho sank twice, and came up again, when the prisoner caught hold of one rope, and a Young sailor was lowered down by the side of the perpendicular wall, and, while she faintly held on, he seized her round the waist, and saved her. The prisoner was taken to a public-house near, and after some time had elapsed she was restored. When the prisoner came to her senses, she raved and said, " Why did you not let me go to the bottom ? I will destroy myself." John Putt, a police-constable, 177 K, sad the pri soner once threw herself into the Thames, and after a great deal of trouble was resuscitated, and since then had made other attempts on her life. On Monday night ho met the prisoner in Old Gravel-lane. She was then drunk, and said "I intend to do it, I will ;" and ran away from him. The prisoner was a woman of the town, and had just come out of prison, after being confined in default of finding sureties to keep the peace, in consequence of her having attempted to commit suicide. Ile knew that she had made, similar attempts repeatedly. James Wittleton, a police constable, No. 173 K, stated, that the prisoner was charged with attempting to drown herself about three months ago. She then selected the same place as she had done on Monday night, and was with difficulty saved by the medical attendants and others. after she was locked up in the station-house, he heard a rattling in the throat during the night, and upon open ing the door of the cell in which she was confined, he found a lump of oxalic acid in her mouth, which he took from her, and he had got it now. She was taken to the London Hospital, where she remained for several weeks before she was cured. The prisoner, who treated the affair with much uncon cern, said she had nothing at all to say. Mr. YARDLEY doubted whether the prisoner was a fit person to be at large at all, and said, that the public ought not to be shocked by these repeated attempts on the part of a woman to_commit suicide without taking some measures to restrain her. He should commit the prisoner for trial for the misdemeanour in attempting to commit self-murder. SOUTHWARK, Thomas Buckly was. charged with breaking into the premises of Mr. William Jenkioson, leather merchant, of York-place, Kent-road, and stealing forty-five dozen of dressed skins. On the night of the 16th ult. the complainant's pre mises were forcibly entered, and forty-five dozen of dressed leather skins carried off. Two days afterwards nine dozen of the skins were discovered in the house of a man named Armfield, a tailor in Bermiedsey, who with his son, a young man in the leather trade, was taken into custody on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery. After undergoing two examinations , however, the Armfields were discharged, it appearing, that three days subsequent to the robbery the prisoner Buckly met the younger Armfield, told him that he had forty-five dozen.of dressed skins to dispose of cheap, and entreated him to become a purchaser. The latter, how?ver, by his own account, declined having any dealings with him, and they separated on that understanding. The pri soner, however, not deterred by the refusal, the same evening conveyed nine dozen of the skins to the house of the elder Armfield, informing him that he had had one interview with his son, who agreed to become the purchaser of them, and adding that he should leave them there for him, to be paid for on another opportu nity. Armfield senior expressed his unwillingness to have the skins deposited in his house, but the prisoner hurried away, and, as already described, in a day or two afterwards they were traced to the place by the police, and both father and son were apprehended on the charge. When they were taken before the magistrate they related precisely the manner in which the skins came into their possession, and gave such information on the subject that they were admitted to bail until means were devised for the apprehension of the real offender. This, however, was not effect e d unt il w i t hi n the last few days, the prisoner since the burglary and robbery of the complainant's premises h av i ng r; need himself from his usual hani 4 t*. H e , howevw, fell into the hands of the police by havin4 -- tittemptett to piz-La gentleman's pocket, and, wh en t ie was ta k e n before a magistrate at one of the W est en d po li ce -conrts, he was identified by a constabl e w h o happened the man who had a b scon d e d an d was to won b.e pre d sent as site." upon the present charge. When the prisoner was asked what be had to say in answer to the ch arge , he admitted taking the nine dozen skins to Armfield's house an d leaving them there by the desire of his son, who, from the price he (prisoner\ offered them for, must have known they - honestly come by.. The prison ,. - was not concer,-1--- •, ..ere not “Lso asserted that he 4n ine burglary, and in accounting for we way in which the stolen property came into his pos session, said that on the I'th ult., as h e was standing nearliereiondsey Church, a young man whom he met asked him to sell the skins for him, and offered to pay him for his trouble; that be (prisoner) at once assented, and knowing the Armfields to be persons not very par ticular as to *hat they bought, so that they had it cheap, he concluded a bargain with the son as already described. Both the Armfields, however, repelled the insinuation,' cast upon their characters 4 And declared that the; : sion o i t h e t ransact i on was precisely "het, occuried o yer n *le occasion. Mr. SEcs committna the prisoner, and bound ove the Amitelde witnesses on the trial. CLSR.KENLY ELL. AN INCORRIMBLE YOUNG THIEF.— Henry Ward, a boy (114°10 twelve years of age, was charged with steal ing a pair of boots, the property of Mr. Wm. Ogle, boot and shoe maker, of Chapel-street, !•omers town. It appeared that the prisoner was seen to take the articles from the shop door, and when taken into custody by a policeman, it was ascertained that he had only von out of the Elmo of Correction at eight o'clock thai evening, when the governor of the prison gave him six pence and a loaf of bread. When the policeman searched hire he found part of the bread upon him as well as tba sixpence. - Mr. Comm:, after eenarneuting upon the little eff,=.e his punishments seemed to have hat upon him, corn milled him for trial at the Old Bailey. MARLBORO Gil-SIBEE T. ALLEGED MURDER OF A MAN BY HIS WIFE.—MafY Ann Maids, a poor, wretched-lookaig woman, with a child in her arms, was placed. before Mr. Bingham, charged on suspicion of causing the death of Edward James Maids, her husband, by stabbing him in the side with a knife on Monday, the 28th ult., at No. 4, Tower• street, Seven-dials. Police Sergeant, 15 F, on being sworn, deposed that ' about a quarter to six o'clock that morning he was on duty in Seven-dials. and received information that a man had been murdered, ai No. 4, Tower-street. Witness proceeded to the house, and . made inquiries, but could not obtain any information of the circumstance. The front door being open he entered the house, and pro ee(-ded up to the third floor front room. On knocking .4t, the door a man came out, and in answer to witness's inquiries said, that no person had been murdered in that house, but that a man had been carried to Charing-cross Hospital, suffering from a serious injury caused - by an accident. Witness went to the hospital, and was informed that a man named Edward James Maids was admitted on Monday evening last, at half past five, and that he was suffering from a wound in his right side, supposed to have been inflicted with a knife, and that he had died from the effects of that wound on Wednesday. Witness upon hearing that returned to i r No. 4, Tower-street, and went up stairs and entered the third floor front room, where he caw the prisoner in the act of dressing herself. Witness retired outside till the prisoner had completed her attire, and on entering the room again, she was in the act of drinking something from a glass. Directly she had drank she swooned away. When she came to her senses, witness told her the nature of the business that he had come about. The prisoner replied, that " If she did do that, God would punish her for it, but she did not know whether she had done it or not." Witness then told her to be cautious what she said to him. She did not afterwards allude to the sob. ject. On searching the room, witness found the two knives now produced. He also produced the surgeoll'e certificate, of which the subjoined is a copy:— " This is to certify that Edward Maids was admitted into this hospital on Monday evening, at half-past five. hating received a wound in the side, from the effects of which by died on Wednesday, at half-past two o'clock in the afternoon. (signet!) "GEORGE MARTIN YOUNG. " House- Surgeon, " Charing Cross hospital, July Ist, 1847! Robert Knightsbridge said, he lodged in the same house as the prisoner. He recollected hearing the noise of prisoner and the deceased quarrelling, on Monde): afternoon. He went upstairs, and saw the deceasee, strike the prisoner and kick the child. Witness ret ire' to his own room on the second floor, where he had Ile/ been many minutes before he heard the deceased cry °et " Oh, Bob, come here." Witness subsequently saw the prisoner come down stairs with a bloody knife in he r , hand. Witness became alarmed, an d rushee up stairs, hr.() the prisoner's room, where 138 saw the decease lying upon the child's bed, on the floor! with a stream of blood flowing from a wound in his righ t side. Witness immediately sent for a doctor, and her; ing- procured some water, washed the wound. Ti! A prisoner then entered the room, when the deceased sat " I am innocent of what you charge me with, and I free forgive you." Witness subst quently persuaded dece ased to be removed to the hospital, and previous to g oing' the prisoner said she w..uld tell the surgeon that decease' hid fallen over something and cut his side. The de. ceased and the prisoner did not live happily together' Witness once saw him throw her over the banisters, and from what he had heard, he conjectured that jealous,' was the cause of the prisoner's rash act. The prisoner, who seemed absorbed in the deepe st sorrow, declined to say anything in answer to the charg e ' Mt. BINGHAM remanded her till Monday next. MARKET NEWS.—(YESTERDAY' ) lIAT 'MARKETS. Smt - riwnELD.--Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 31 15s ; Clover ditl 3/ 5s to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 11 10s to 1/ 14s per load. full average Supply, and a heavy demand. CUMBE,LAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 31 16s; Clef ditto, 815 s to 41 14s; and Straw, 1 / lOs to 11 15 s p er lor Supply moderately good, and trade dull. 1 W HI TZCHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31 15 s; C 1 5.4, ditto. 3/ 5s to 41 18s; and Straw, 11 lOs to 1/ 14s per 10 Trade dull at the above quotations. MEAT MAREETS. 0 4 SOUTHALL, JUNE 30.—Prime Beasts and Sheep M O/ 0 off steadily, at fully last week's quotations. In all oth,, kinds of fat stock—the supply of which was moderate--0001' paratively little was doing. Beef, from 3s 8d to 5s ; 4s to 5s 2d ; Lamb, 5 s to 6 s 2 d ; Veal , 4 s to 4s 8d; °ll Pork, 4s to 4s cl p r Blbs, sink the oa. ROMFORD, JU S NZ i 30.—We to had only ff a l moderate del: 0 here this morning, but in prices we have no material altels tion to report. Beef, from 3s tOd to ss; Mutton, 49 0 41 5s 2d; Lamb, 5s 4 d to 6 s 4 d ; Veal , 3 s 10 d to 45 "-to and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per bibs. Suckling Calves, 18 5 0 28s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 18s to 21s; and Milch C ° with their small Calf, 16/ to 19/ each. A . 44 LEWIS, JUNE 29.—Beef, from 4s to 5s 2d; Mutton , m r y, to 5s 4d ; Lamb. 5s 4d to 6s ; Veal, 4s to 4 s 8 d ; and I'd& 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. A moderate supply, and a steady try NEV./GATE AND IMAXIENNAZ.I.o. .11; The supplies of each kind of Meat on offer were 011:1,74 yet the demand ruled heavy, at but little variation i n P r ro, Beef, from 3s 8d to 4 s 6 d; Mutton , 3 s 10 i to ss ; Lamb, to 6s 2d : Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 5 5 81bs, by the carcase. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH COO Obi For the Week ended July 1 , 1847 , made u p from the Return' ;oil Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England VA per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. 1 HASLET. I OATS. RTE. BEANS. RPICE • • 1 91 s 4d 52s 4d 32811 d 134 s lld I 1 57s Sd 15 0 The Duties on Foreign Grain are now suspended. . b ater. I.y e•lanr pr eckham, the will' —.0., of a daughter., Lne 28th ult., at L own d es-square, the wife of the 0‘ W. Pennefather, of a daughter, still-born. tt' On the 28th ult., at Strattoa Strawless, Norfolk, AD"' Keppel, of a son. MAR. On the 15th u lt ., at Dijon, RI in ED Burgundy, Sar a h, e l „et, d aughter of the l ate Willi am R obinson, Esq., of Bury-str ei St. Jam es ' s, to Joseph Bregenzer, of the canton of Luce"',,," Switzerland. ~ ~ On th e 28 t h ult., at Chester, Francis Pinney, r'sv of dr Tyndwr Llangollen, to Dorothy, fourth d aug ht er o f Ile - i Giaby, Esq., of II II - urdane, Thanet. o ) c DIED. On the 14th of May, at Georgetown, British Guiana, Alfred Fisher Abbott, merchant, aged 30. tf On the 22d u l t. , M r. J ohn Newell Paget, of Store-street" Bedford-square, aged 33. On the 25th u l t., at C ologne, Lieutenant-General $ll Henry Askew, C. 13 , late of the Grenadier Guards, aged 7 2 •,, On the 28th ult., Cornelius Haynes Butler, Esq., of Ingi t stone, Essex, aged 86. On the 23th ult., Edwin John Quekett, Esq., M.Rod• and F.L.S., of Wellclose-square, aged 38. On the 28th ult., at Hadley, Jeue, second daughter of t - 13. late John Read, Esq., aged 26. Longon : Print e d and Published by MUIIDO YOUNG, 0 1 NO. it and, Prin• at The Slti Office, N 0.112, Strand. In the Preolnio of t b° SaY O Y, in Os County of Middlesex. 71112,7'. 1147. lob THE COLONIAL BISOPRICIL—Wednesday a meet was held at the Hanover - square Rooms , for the 00'01 of raising funds to provide additional clergymen to the four bishops recently appointed for Australia an a gu r Cape. Lord Eldon, who has subscribed 1,0001. in the therance of the object of the meeting , was vot ed to pd chair. The Bishop of Antigua , after a very lengthe 01 address, in which he contrasted favourably t he p res o , with the past colonial episcopates, moved a resolutio l :,/ conded by the Rev. J. Anderson, to the following effee'io " That the recent establishment of four bishopeic s ,,, r i' the southern hemisphere, two to be supported bY r„r vate munificence, ought to cause deep feelings o f theLe fulness on the part of the community, and also sti ") late their energies towards providing and Ti porting clergymen for the new dioceses." ,j resolution was carried unanimously. The Right 1 4°P ; t og Gladstone said he had no doubt that the w e 0' and the public would sympathise in the object contoo plated, for he believed that they had a deep conviehet of the importance of the relations between the al e " be/ I country and her colonies. These relations could be , 0 0 , kept up and strengthened by extending to the c°'. ° o 6 in every possible way the religious advantages e1 3 J%0 1 at home. It was notorious that too much of our 044 and physical power was transmitted to the coloniest'.o3 ton little of the intellectual power which controls 'edf guides the former. There could not be a better reftott for this than the appointments which had recently ";,itr made. The Right Hon. Gentleman proposed a re s 4l o tion to this effect:—" That the meeting pledged Use' b$ str engthen the hands of the new colonial bishop 9 c o t aid , ng the society in providing additional clergym el3 o l them." Archdeacon Robinson and the Bishop of 01°00 having addressed the assembly, thanks were voted t° noble chairman, and the meeting separated. (.4, 00 DEATH OF THE ELEPHANT AT THE SURREY. tfi hA DENS.—On Tuesday morning, at seven o'clock' Of female elephant, so long a favourite with the visitull o rl I the Surley Gardens, expired, after a comparatively e,"0111 illness. Wednesday the b , dy was opened and care' 00 examined in the presence of several medical and scie o o o gentlemen, by Mr. Spooner, and the cause of death 11 evidently an inflammation and disease of the lungs' o d appears that the last long and severe winter has serjohofA affected the constitution of these animals as it has °boo of human beings, and the consequence to Mr. Tyl° been very serious. Within the last ten days he 109,1 lion, for which he bad been offered 300 guineas, %Poo short time ago he could have got 700 guineas tor elephant whose death is above recorded. tell A GORMANDIZER.—There was found dead P a y, on the banks of Pulganny, alias the Water of Bade l3 „/, of near Drumlanford-house, a craigy heron, the stotn s 'og which. when examined, actually contained the ag: os '' number of 39 fine burn trouts.—Ayr Adaertise r. BIBTEM. VP ? ' On the 18th of May, at the Union Estate, St. Lucia+, „ l ot; Indies, the lady of the Hon. blelcher Garner Todd, 01 and heir. if eo On the 24th ult., at the Recfory, Huish ChsonPf ici bteo Somerset, the lady of the Rev. J. Woodhouse, of a daag f oa On the 26th ult., at Clifton-place, Hyde-park, Mrs- Coysgarne Sim, of a at son. On the 17th ult., Rowling, near Wingham, maturely, the lady of John Riggs Miller, Esq., of twirl still- born. 1 0 1/ On the 27th ult., the wife of John C. F. S. Day, Es4' di O Pit n a t t: h tie e 2 2; ti t i h " 4,19^ 1 the." 11 w ea if P e ta of in :ev . ii il la . W 4e a l. r " d a ul i aat r T i of .4 . t i t e . L 2 B o t o h dle ult i ' °f a son.', On the 28th ult .,'B . R " e o i; a (jail " ' .0, •tyde-park, the wife Lodge, E s p.. •• etc. ?