The Sun. — London, England, 1847-06-18 00:00:00

ORA.ND REVIEW IN HYDE-PAR) K. In consequence of an order issued from the Adjutant- General's oLdce on Wednesday appointing yesteti lay (weather permitting) for the grand review of the ti:oops quartered in the metropolis, the guards of honour:at St. James's and Buckingham Palaces, and the several g - cards furnished by the household troops, were relieved at six o'clock on Wednesday. The weather being fine thousands of persons of all ranks asse mbled as early as nine h o'clock , and took possession of the temporary scaffoldings whic surrou nded the ground appointed for the troops to form on. At half - past nine the Brigade-Major and sts marked out t i le groun d, which extended in length frc ark Stanhope g e to the shrubbery abutting the Oxfo!rd road, and in b r eadth from the railings of Parkelanai to the Serpentine. Videttes of the Royal Horse Graixds (Blue) assisted by about 500 of the Metropolitan police, kept the ground. At half-past ten o'clock the line was formed as follows :—the lst and 2d battalions of the Gre nadiete Guards on the right. Both battalions of the Cold stream Guards occupied the centre, and the second; bat taken of the Scots Fusileer Guards on the left. 'The 2d Regiment vi Life Guards took the right flank, and the light brigade, consisting of the 43d Light Intantry and the 60:h Royal Rifle Regiment, were posted on the extreme left. The sight was most interestin g when viewed from the rising ground near Grosvenor-gate. At eleven o'clock his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Grand Duke Constantine, Duke of Saxe Weimar, the Duke of Wellington, Major-General Sir Harry Smith, Marquis of Anglesea, &c., attended by a numerous and brilliant staff arrived, and almost simultaneously her Majesty , accompanied by the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and attended by the Marchioness of Douro, Lady Caro line Cocks, the Hon. Miss Paget, &c., drove into the ex tensive area in two open carriages and four. The royal party was reccived with the customary honours, the several bands playing the National Anthem. There were also present—The Marquis of Londonderry, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Major-General Macdonald, Sir Thomas Downham. K.C.8., General Eustace, K.C.8., Colonel of the 60th. His Imperial highness was attended by Adrairal3Lutke and Baron Friederick. After the salute, the line broke into double open order, and were minutely inspected by the Commander-in- Chief and the illustrious persons present, when grand divisions were formed, and the several battalions marc h e d past in slow and quick time. After the battalion move ments had been performed, the light b r i ga d e th rew out their skirmishing parties, and went through the light i n fantry and rifle evolutions with the u t mos t precision, the whole being performed by th e soun d of the bucrle The light brigade of the 43d an d 60th R eg i men t s Mils: tered nearly 1,500 strung, and the five battalions of Guards nearly 2,000. Of spectators there could not have been less than 12,000 present. The Field-Marshals and General Officers wore the uniform of their respec tive ranks, with the exception of General Eustace and Sir H. Smith, who wore the rifle uniform. THE NAVIGATION LAWS. The Select Committee appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the operation of these laws met on Tuesday, when the following Members were pre sent :—Mr. Milner Gibson f(chairman), Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Liddell, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Alderman Thomp son, Admiral Dundas, Sir 11. Douglas, Mr. Lyall, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Thomas Baring, Mr. M'Car. thy, and Mr. Hume. Mr. MeQueen, the witness who was under examina tion on Thursday la , t, was recalled, and examined by Mr. Alderman Thompson—He proceeded _in hs condemnation of the policy pursued by England in regard to the United States, by which the latter country had gained so much at the expense both of the colonies and the mother country. Of the tonnage engaged in the American foreign trade, six sevenths were in the British trade, which showed that the Americans had very little foreign trade except with England. He found that the Americans were increasing their tonnage at a much greater rate than the English. If England 1 ad given due eacouragement to her own colonies, C,-‘l , la would at this moment have bed a popu lation of 10,v00,000, with a trade in proportion. The imports of America in 1839 were 20,000,000 of dollars, and her exports in the same year were 29,000,000 of dollars. The amount of American tonnage engaged in the foreign trade, inwards and outwards, was 1,600,000 tons, while it" amount of foreign tonnage engaged in the same trade was 800,000. The foreign trade was a post prethable one to the Americans, because it was an exportation of their own domestic production-, chiefly agricultural, which required a large amount of tonnage to convey them—which employed great numbers of the people—which obtained full and large freights, end which enabled them to pay for foreign articles, chiefly luxuries, which they required, with their own productions, for which they would otherwise have to pay in specie. The operation of the American navi gation laws, therefore, was to increase in every way the prosperity of the United Statf's, by confining to their own population-the carriage of their own productions. Their rising navy showed how this commerce was re cruiting thLr naval strength. In further proof of this the witness was proceeding to read some extracts from a speech of Mr. Webster, delivered in February last, when Mr. Villiers protested against his doing so. Such a proceedile, '.vas unusual, and it a stop was not put to it there would he no end to this inquiry. The session was nearly at a el„se, and it was necessary that they should hear evidence only which bore immediately on the oper ation of the navigation-laws. The committee were not ' required to go into the whole question of protection, and he could not see what a great portion of the evidence given by the witness had to do with the naviga tion-laws. Mr. Alderman Thompson said his object was to show that the pe-eperity of the United States had increased during the operation of the navigation-laws. Mr. Mitchell also objected to the reading of Mr. Web ster's speech, and sulenitted that the evidence of the witness was irrelevant to the inquiry. The examination was then proceeded with. By Mr. Alderman Thompson—The trade carried on by the Americans with the British colonial possessions had been n-arly doubled in the five years from 1834 to 1839. In consequence of the increase of the provision and lumber trades between the United States and the British colonies, Ireland especially had been very much injured. He was decidedly of opinion that the repel of the navigation laws would prove prejudicial to British interests generally ; :that it would be ruinous to our shipping interests, and consequently deprive us of the means of efficiently manning our navy. Mr. Cumming, on underwriter at Lloyd's, was next called and ex nined. By Mr. Mitchell—He considered that the table of insurance rates handed in by Mr. Young was decidedly incorrect. He had Lever known Prussian, Bremen, or Swedish ships to have been insured for a twelvemonth's voyage. The rate of insurance on British ships for a voyage from Londo n t o J ava an d b ac k d ur i ng t h e l ast year had been TOs. par cent. He did not think that there were more than 'werity Prussian ships insured for twelve months in this country. They had been insured at from 10 to 14 guineas per cent. There had always been a different', in the rates of insurance paid on British and on foreign ships. The general opinion of underwriters was that a difference should be made in favour of the former. Six per cent, was usually paid on Dutch ships trading between Holland and Java. By Mr. Liddell—He thought that an A 1 Briti s h ship, standing fur nine y ears , on Lloyd's register, for a voyage to Canton and back, would be insu , e 1 at 903. per cent. ; and at a little lower rate for voyages to Bombay and Cal cutta. By Mr. Alderman Thompson—lt was, of course, na tural for foreigners to insure their ships in their own country, and it was quite true that whe'i foreigners came to this country to insure their ships, it was generally thought that there was a screw loose, and a higher rate of insurance was, therefore, asked The Committee adjourned. Wednesday the officers of the Guards entertained the staff of the Rifles and the 43d Foot at a banquet laid out beneath a tent on the ground facing the Wellington Barracks, Birdcage -walk. His Royal Highness Prince George presided. The Hon. Commissioned Staff of the Household Brigade also displayed a wonted hospitality to their brethren of the line. The Havre papers publishes the report of Captain Garbe, of the Allah-Kerinn, detailing the extremities to which himself and his crew were driven, and the privations suffered on a long and dangerous voyage from Rio Grande, whence they sailed in February last. This document con tains most serious complaints against the masters of two English vessels which he encountered on his route—one for not aflordie 4 - him assistance in the shape of a supply of bis cuit for els iamished men, notwithstanding the offer of pay ment ; the ether, for misdirecting him in the course the ship ought to have taken. The name of the Berward, of Newcastle is given, as the vessel refusing supplies of biscuit, although the crew themselves admitted, according to this statement, that they possessed more than sufficient for their own wants. The name of the other vessel is not recorded ; but the French Captain says he felt these incivilities the more since no longer ago than his last voyage to the same port (Rio Grande) he gave 20 days' provisions to aLiverpool (English) ship which found she was short of supply "with out receiving a single farthing." ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OF CAPTAIN JOHNSTON.— About three weeks since the notorious Captain Johnston, late master of the Tory, whose trial for the murder of several of his crew attracted so much attention, endeavoured to effect his escape from Bethlehem Hospital, and all but succeeded in the attempt. To facilitate his plans, it appears he had cut away all the wires connected with the alarm bell, and in all other respects made his arrangements with admirable skill. The rumour runs that he had bribed a person in the esta blishment to wink at his attempt by a promise of 201., and that the litter, not finding the money forthcoming, allowed him to go on till t h e l ast moment, when he gave information. The Ch ance ll or of the Exchequer has received from_" B. W." one-half of a Bank of England note for 500/. " for the use of her Majesty's Government." The Chan cellorai of the E xc h equer has also received 10/. from " R. 8.," n payment for d uty upon income that has been overlooked, to be accounted for in the regular way." The amount will be paid into the receipt o f the Exchequer. EXTENSIVE Ronilessy lli was receiyedAb PU B LIC -IIOUs E Wednesday information the police that Mr. Josiah lame, of the Blakeney's H cr e i de p n utl i i o c n -hsuse, Bar had, whilst in the en plundered Tavern, 3 in Bar tholomew-close, the Liberty of Glassheuse-yard. be 0/, namely, 20 sovereigns, eight 51., two 101., n 201., and two 501. Bank of England notes. Several of th e constables of the G division were called in, but although a most rie ° ous search was instituted the mone y could not be found. 'Prh r a - • numbers of the notes are known. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. Returns moved for by Mr. Evelyn Denison, respcting, the Ecclesias tical Commission, s how that the fees and emoluments paid to counsel and solicitors by the Commissioners amounted in 1845 to 3,637/., and in fB4G to 4,7701. The amount paid to architects was, in 1845, 6931., an d i n 1846, 1,010/, of which Mr. W. Railton, of London, received 1,0001. The amount paid to agents and surveyors was, in 1845, 2,3631., and in 1.8tp214,, _lpaB4s sev en sees were augme nted to the ex rBslllVAß6glither ; and in 1846, eight sees to the ex „teak of ~ Chichester, 6311. ; Hereford, 1,3 591 .; ~ t o sa ‘,4i) d, 3,463/. ; Peterborough, 1,1161.; ItoetCster, 1,820/. ; and St. David's, 1,553/. ir'ataitisi4ner44vibeeti toll' to the amount of 38,257/ , and es -147 tiaisienebsiestlife es - fount of 24,7001. . • Th e _ s. a rh a ry in /(0-Qv4rnment have just completed \ -- their conrracrfdr Lear rails for the great Turin Railway, for valid their had requested tenders. • `-= DERBY ELECTION. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16.—At nine o'clock this morn ing the members of the Town Council took their places around the council table of the Guildhall, and W. Mousley, Esq., the mayor, his seat as returning officer, 'when the doors were opened, and every seat in the large room was soon filled with voters and other inhabitants of the town. The Hon. Mr. Goweind his friends took their seats on the right of the mayor, and Mr. M‘Grath and three of his friends placed themselves on the left. The precept was then read, and also the Bribery Act, after which the Mayor briefly stated the object of the meeting, and hoped they would allow every party to have an impartial hearing. DOUGLAS Fox, Esq., then rose amidst loud cheers, and nominated the Hon. Frederick Leveson Gower as a fit and groper person to represent the borough of Derby in Parliament. Mr. MADELEY seconded the nomination. A Chartist of the name of M‘Grath was also nomi nated, and received with great cheering by the crowd. The Hon. Mr. GOWER then rose, amidst great cheer ing, and stated his political views on many of those questions that had been mooted by those gentlemen who had moved and seconded his nomination. He thanked them that though a comparative stranger amongst them, he had during his canvass received much kindness at their hands, and that if elected it would be his greatest honour and happiness to promote their welfare and that of the community of which they formed a part.—(Cheers.) The Honourable Gentleman stated that he detested bigotry, whether amongst the Catholics in foreign countries, or amongst the " No-Popery" party in England—was opposed to church rates, and objected to paying the priesthood of Ireland out of the public funds; that the surplus resources of the Irish Church ought to be appropriated to the purposes of education in that country. Reason and experience had taught him that free trade was beneficial to the country at large, and the greatest guarantee of peace with other countries. He was an advocate for shortening the duration of Parlia ments, and his opinions in favour of vote by ballot had been confirmed during his canvass, where he had met with many parties who had wished e him success, and pro mised that if he were endangered by a Tory they would come to the rescue, who othrwise were inclined, from a fear of their superiors or employers, not to vote at all. He should do all he could to put an end to such a spirit of cruel intimidation. The Hon. Gentleman then went on to deplore the extreme views of many Dissenters on the subject of Government aid in education, and hoped they would never allow those things to give an advantage to their common enemy—the Tories. He (Mr. G.) repudiated the doctrine of finality as it respected the franchise, which he thought should be extended. Many were now excluded by education and otherwise that ought to be admitted to so great a privilege ; but the best friends of this cause were those who promoted education—enlighten the people, and then their cause is irresistible. (Cheers.) He did not look upon the Government scheme of education as a perfect plan. Money was proposed to be given to aid voluntary efforts— this was soon objected to by those who in 1839, when such a measure was proposed, not only unopposed it, but petitioned for it ; therefore, however greatly he respected the body of dissenters, he deprecated the divisions they might create on this subject.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentlemen then referred to other measures affecting the amelioration of the condition of the work ing classes, and the removal of taxes from articles of necessity, to which he should give his attention, if re turned their Member, and hoped that if ever he voted against their interests in this respect, it would be an error of judgment and not of the heart.—(The Hon. Gen tleman sat down amidst loud applause.) After a long speech from Mr. MbGniTti, The Mayon called upon the electors for a show of hands, stating that nine were eligible to do so but such as were vottrs, and after declaring the same to be in favour of the Hon. Mr. Gower, his Worship declared the Hon. F. Leveson Gower duly elected, who returned thanks in a tew words, and the return was there and then made, the proceedings having lasted three hours. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. JUNE 15.—Sir John Rennie, president, in the chair. The viper read was, "On the law which governs the discharge of elastic fluids under pressure, through short tubes aed orifices." By William Fronde, M. Inst. C.E. The subject cf the paper admitted of a much longer communication than could be read at one meet ing, and the train of reasoning was such as could scarcely be perfectly entered into on merely hearing it read ; nor is it possible within our limits to give a complete analysis of a paper which, for accuracy of perception, closeness of reasoning, and terse ness of diction, has rarely been equalled in any scientific society. A succinct review of it must suffice. The law proposed was a modification of that which has been usually assumed, viz., a simple application of that which holds good with respect to non-elastic fluids. This law is, generally, that the velocity of issue is directly as the square root of the pres sure, and inversely as the square root of the density; but this law neglects wholly the reaction that must arise from the expansion necessarily taking place in the course of issue. The nature of the action was il lustrated by the following example :—lf a balance be supposed, with an equal weight in each scale, one of the weights being a spiral spring, like that of a spring ba lance compressed lengthwise with its axis vertical, and held in a state of compression by a cord. Now let the cord be suddenly reversed so that the spring is enabled to extend itself vertically. The scale in which it stands will obviously be depressed, the spring reacting on it as it expands upwards, and conti nuing to press till wholly relaxed ; or it the scale in which it stands were ase .eding by a preponderance given to the other scale, the rate of its ascent would be in the same way retarded. The amount of the retardation would depend on the strength and the weight of the spring, and on the length to which it would extend itself when released. Now in the dis• charge of an elastic fluid, there is an action, strictly analogous, operating continuously however instead of per saltum , the strength and weight of the spring being represented by the elasticity and density of the fluid, and the length to which it would extend itself by the degree of expansion, in the course of issue. The reduction in quantity of discharge, due to the action, was to be measured by the velocity imparted by expansion, to each particle of the elastic fluid in course of issue, the velocity of each particle after expansion would be its velocity before expansion, multiplied into the rate of expansion, and the primary force must be subdivided in generating each additional unit of velocity, so that the portion applicable to the generation of velocity be fore expansion would be the whole force divided by the rate of expansion; thus the velocity before expansion would be divided by the square root of that rate. For instance, an elastic fluid expanding four times in course of issue, would be discharged with only half the velocity of a non-elastic fluid, under the same circumstances of pressure and density. This modification was shown to fulfil the general dynamical law " that a given force acting for a given time will produce a given momentum, whatever be the weight of the mass acted upon." This seemed to be the essence of the law for non-elastic fluids ; but it was disregarded by the unmodified application of that law to elastic fluids, in which there would be a great accession of velocity, of particles issuing under a given pressure,with out any reduction of quantity discharged in a given time; if, however, the quantity be produced as proposed, in the ratio of the square root in the density, and the velocity be accelerated in the same ratio, the final momentum would be the true equivalent of the pressure. This, in its practical application, explained what was inexplicable by the ordi nary theory ; the difficulty experienced from the back pressure of the waste steam in locomotive engines, and a diagram was given, showing that, at sixty miles per hour, this would be at least equivalent to 81bs. per inch throughout the stroke, thus showing a loss of nearly 50 H. P. As applied to the case of air discharged into an exhausted receiver the re• suit was highly curious. The rate of discharge instead of increasing throughout as the degree of I vacuum was increased, would be maximum at fifteen inches of vacuum, although nearly uniform for many inches above and below that point ; it would, how ever, progressively decrease above that point, because the expansion would increase in a higher ratio than the pressure, and ultimately, at the point of per fect vacuum, it would be at a minimum (indeed stationary, were air perfectly elastic), because at that point the expansion would be infinite, but the pres sure only finite, viz., thirty inches of mercury. Experi ments made, by permission of Mr. Brunel, with the South Devon Railway atmospheric apparatus, confirmed the theory. The line traced by an indicator apparatus was shown to accord very closely with one traced by this theory, whilst it was widely at variance with the result of the ordinary theory. After the meeting, Mr. Lambert exhibited his flexible diaphragm water valve, which was intended to remedy some of the defects of the plug-cock. It avoided the leakage, and necessity of repairs. There was apparently no friction, and it appeared very durable, and well calcu lated for the newly introduced system of constant pressure. The paper announced to be read at the next meeting, Tuesday, June 22, was " A review of the Plans which have been proposed for connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by a Navigable Canal." By Joseph Wynn, M. Inst., C.E. SINGULAR RESTORATION OF A LOST NOSE.-011 Saturday night last, a quarrel took place at the Vine inn, Bilston, amongst a number of working men who were drinking there, when one of the party, of the name of Smith, succeeded in getting upon the floor a young man named Lowe, and in the most savage manner completely bit off his nose, the modern Crim-Tartar immediately making his escape. The injured party, accompanied by some friends, went to the residence of the nearest surgeon, where the denuded parts were dressed by his assistant, evi dently to the satisfaction of all parties. Lowe, how ever, on his returning home, began to reflect on the unpieturesque effect which a countenance bereft of the nasal appendage would produce, and he accordingly determined to have it remedied by any and every '.means possible. On a consultation with his friends, the idea occurred to them that all would be well if they could only restore to its original post of honour the msnseinrg remains of wh a t was once cons id ere d by th e owner not statto ed be w h a o t v h e e r r y es the respectable l nose, nose w al a t s ho h u o g o h k i e t d w o a r s hatchet, or whether it beloned to the snub, the pug, or the turned-up to the " Accordingly scenwei f so a i r esa il e ): : .. in,g '‘' they re turnedsearching for nearly an hour, ol the Vine, and after they in at length discovered the object of their a o nark red co t r h n e er of the room, begrimed with dirt. Having secured h i o r m p t ri h z e e y , party set off to a surgeon of th e town,theto w stated the case, and who very carefully u n it e d the parts t o gether, and in manner which co m pl etely restored te main element of facial beauty to its former shape and position, and a happy union of pa. for parts having ensued, the young man appears little the worse his singular mis fortune. —l3 irmingham Journal LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 17. COMMITTEE FOR PRIVILEGES. Their Lordships sat in a Committee for Privileges to-day. The Peers present were, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Brougham, Lord Lyndhurst, the Earl of Dartmouth, the Earl of Effingham, Earl Bathurst, the Earl of Yarborough, and the Bishop of St. Asaph. VISCOUNT CLIFDEN'S CLAIM. Counsel were heard, and witnesses examined, on behalf of the claim of Viscount Clifden to vote at the election of Representative Peers for Ireland ; and, Their LORDSHIPS resolved that the Noble Viscount had made out his claim.—Claim allowed. LORD ROKERY'S CLAIM. Mr. CALVERT was heard, and several witnesses ex• amined, among whom was Earl Bathurst and Mr. Goal. burn, the late Chancellor of the Exchequer, on behalf of the claim of Lord Rokeby's vote at the election of Re. presentative Peers for Ireland, and their Lordships re solved that the Noble Lord had made ' out his claim.— Claim allowed. THE PERTH AND DRUMMOND PEERAGE. Their Lordships then proceeded to hear the further arguments in this case, on which Mr. FLEMING, en behalf of the claimants, summed up the case on Thursday last. We have already given the facts of the case in detail, and we now only present our readers with a summary of these facts. In the year 1605, James, the fourth Lord Drummond, was created Earl of Perth, with limitation to his heirs male. He died in 1611, without male issue. His brother John then became second Earl of Perth, and was suc ceeded by his eldest son James, who became third earl, and died in 1675. The son of this last named person then succeeded to the title as fourth Earl of Perth. He attached himself to the fortunes of the Stuarts, and left Scotland in 1693, and went to reside at Saint Germains, where he was created by James 11. Duke of Perth. His son and grandson succeeded to this dignity, and were styled at the French Court Dukes of Perth. They joined in the schemes of the Pretender, and were suc cessively attainted in 1715 and 1745. The last of these persons dying without issue male, the dignity of Earl of Perth passed over to the male descendants of John Drummond, the brother of the fourth earl. The second son of this John had bee?' created by the French King a peer of France by the title of the Duke de Melfort. The pre sent claimant of the English earldom of Perth is the great grandson of the John Drummond who thus re ceived the grant of a French title. The LORD ADVOCATE addressed their Lordships to day against the claim, and occupied the Committee the whole morning. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, June 17. (Before Lord DENMAN.) COUNSEL AND CLIENTS. The Court during the morning was occupied with cases of interest only to the parties immediately con cerned. On the second case being called on, Mr. Sergeant SHEE, who appeared for the plaintiff, intimated that his Learned Friend, Mr. Parry, who ap peared for the defendant, was absent at the Central Criminal Court, and that it would bo well to postpone the case until his arrival. Lord DENMAN--What has that to do with the case ? Mr. Sergeant SHEE—I thought it right to mention his absence to your Lord,hip. Lord DENatax—lhe plaintiff must have a verdict if he is entitled to it, notwithstanding the absence of his counsel. The solicitor for the defendant intimated his readiness to conduct his client's case if his Lordship considered it right to proceed. Lord DENMAN considered that it should proceed, and it proceeded accordingly. Mr. Parry, however, made his appearance at the termination of the case of the plaintiff, whose witnesses the solicitor had cross examined. lle, however, arrived in time to address the jury on behalf of the defendant; he apologised to the Court and the jury for his absente, which he said had been caused by actual business. Shortly after Mr. Sergeant SHEE had made the above intimation he rose again, and applied to his Lordship to postpone the next case, in which both himself and Mr. Knowles were engaged, until to-morrow. Lord DENMAN—I am very unwilling to let it stand over until to-morrow, because it will interfere with other cases in the list. The parties ought to be ready. Mr. Sergeant SHEE said Mr. Knowles (who appea - red in the Queen's Counsel-room without his wig and gown), joined him in his application. Lard DENMAN (with much emphasis)—Have you the consent of the other parties who have cases on the list, who, if the case is postponed until to-morrow, may be displaced, and have no opportunity of having their cases tried for six months perhaps. Mr. Sergeant Shee resumed his seat disappointed at his application having proved abortive, and Mr. Knowles withdrew, and appeared some time after in the court, wearing his wig and gown. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, June 16. (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Mr. Justice WIII.IAMS RICHARDSON V. STEELE. This was an action for damages for a breach of pro mise of marriage. Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Ryland appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Spinks for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant BYLES, in opening the case, said, the plaintiff complained against the defendant, who was a chemist and druggist at Brighton, for having inflicted upon her a most serious injury. The plaintiff was the daughter of a tradesman at Messing, near lielvedon, in Essex. In the years 1842 and 1843 the plaintiff and the defendant lived together at the house of a Mr. Waugh, a chemist in Regent-street, the ene as an assistant, the other as a lady'smaid. An attachment had sprung up between them, and without any reason whatever the de. fendant had returned the letters of the plaintiff, and haul repudiated the contract he had entered into. The plaintiff became ardently attached to the defendant whilst at Mr. Waugh's house. Fortunately, although the defendant had destroyed the letters the plaintiff had written to him, she had preserved those she had received from him, and they should be laid before the jury in order that they might see whether justice could be ad ministered to the plaintiff in a court of law. The plain tiff's brother had thought it necessary to see the de fendant with respect to his intentions, and the defendant then expressed his love for the plaintiff and his intention to marry her. He would call the brother before the jury, and would prove a voluminous correspondence to have taken place, from 1843 to 1846, between the plain tiff and defendant; and although he would not read all the letters, he would refer to two or three, to show the terms on which the parties were contracted to each other. The first letter was as follows: " Friday, June 2, 1843. " My heart is fixed, I cannot range ; I love my choice Too well to change. _ _ " First impressions (carefully made) of those we find some thing in to admire, esteem, and love, are seldom, if ever, effaced from our memory, and stand proof against the slander of our most secret enemy. " Love has many doubts, but without proofs should cherish none." The Learned Sergeant then read several long and rather tedious letters, in which, mixed up with allusions to business and other matters, were occasional expressions of attachment. One letter mentioned "sending a news paper" to the plaintiff, which " contained three cases of murder;" another mentioned sending her " Humphrey's Clock;" and most of these letters concluded, " Yours truly and affectionately, Stephen;" " Your affectionate Stephen, with love ;" " Your absent lover," and so on. During the whole of this long courtship the defendant had been looking out for a settlement in life. The op portunity at length presented itself, and he was set up by his father iu a very flourishing business at Brighton. The jury should now hear what the effect of that pros perity was upon the defendant, in his conduct to this in nocent and confiding young woman. His neglect and long silence induced her to write to him, and, broken. hearted, to go ciown:to Brighton to see him; after which she received from him a letter, which he would read to the jury:— " Nov. 29, 1845. "Elizabeth,—l received yours of the 25th, and feel sorry you should have troubled yourself with any such apology, as I had not the least desire to receive any such thing. You appear to quite misconstrue the meaning, that the future may, perhaps, make amends for the past; but understand it this way for your own good—if you wish to gain respect in future, reflect before you act, your actions will be less likely to give offence. You must be well aware that two possessing 1 opposite feelings and opinions never can be happy together; ' such undoubtedly is the case; therefore it is my wish, which I trust will meet yours, that no further correspondence will be carried on between us upon the terms unfortunately that have been ; but I shall always feel that interest by which 1 hope to hear of your success and happiness. I hope, by re fi,ction, you will be of the same opinion, and put the best construction upon this letter, which I feel will be decidedly to the advantage of both.—l remain, still your well-wisher, " Miss Richardson, 17, 'ere-street, Oxford-street, London." Probably it would have been better that she should hare sent her father or her mother down to Brighton than have gone down there herself. The young woman most earnestly solicited one more interview with the defendant. He could not lay the plaintiff's letters before them, as the defendant had burnt them, and she kept no copies of them. She wished to know, if there had been anything in her conduct to give reasonable offence, and the fol lowing was the answer she received (Post-mark, Brighton, Jan. 8, 1846) : "Elizabeth,—l received yours on the 6th instant, and am at a loss to know why ,rou wish an interview, as I thought suffi ciently explicit; but if there be any matter you wish explained, if you write and name it, I shall be happy to satisfy you •, otherwise, for the benfit of both par ties, let there be no further communication." No signature or date was appended to the letter, and it was addressed the same as the last. In the course of the courtship many little pledges of affection had been interchanged; and in May, 1846, the plaintiff received an envelope containing everything the defendant had ever received from her, with this letter: — "I forward to you everything I possessed that once belonged to you, as I wish that every circumstance connected with the past may be forgotten. The letters I had have been long since destroyed, so that now I have not a single thing. Trusting they will arrive safe, I wish you health, happiness, and prosperity." There was no address at either the beginning or end of the letter, and so terminated the correspondence. He need not inform the jury of the irreparable injury which had been inflicted on this young woman. The bloom of her youth had been sacrificed, her feelings had been wounded, her chances of a comfortable set tlement in the world had been wasted by this in sincere and heartless man. The evils of our dense population tell most heavily upon young women; many of them, in every way capable of making good wives, were, from the circumstances of the other sex, compelled to waste their existence; and the man who took the bloom of a young woman's life and deluded her out of a chance of future settlement, inflicted upon her an injury which no damages of a jury could compensate. From the age of 19 to 24 this young woman's life had been thus wasted. If left to herself she would never have brought this action ; but her family and friends insisted upon it, and determined to obtain for her justice in a court of law. It was the duty of the jury to mark their sense of this conduct. He should show that the defendant was in a flourishing business at Brighton, and able to pay damages. The damages were laid at 5001., every shilling of which he thought would not be too much to give. It was the duty of the jury to mark their sense of the injury which the plaintiff had received. He called Wm. Henry Richardson (who was examined by Mr. RYLAND), brother of the plaintiff, Was a shoemaker in London. His parents lived in Messing, in Essex. His sister was about 28 years of age. The defendant was formerly an assistant to a chemist named Waugh, in Regent-street,:and his sister was living as lady's-maid to Mrs. Waugh. In May, 1843, the defendant sent for him, and told him he had formed an attachment to his sister, and wished to make her family acquainted with it; that he was satisfied of her suitability for his wife, and wished to marry her. Witness wished him to un derstand that his sister had no property, and wished him to consider th ,t. He replied that he had property of his own to set him up in a first-rate way of business. It was not he said money that he looked for in the choice of a wife, but manners and disposition. lie was admitted to the family on the terms of a suitor till June, 1845. During that time he said he was looking nut for a business, that he had property to take a first-rate business, but could not find one, He had repeatedly been out with the defendant and his sister together. On one occasion he was looking at a newspaper, and there was a very long name in it, and that L d to conversation Elizabeth, but I w ill soon it about names, and defendant said t o hi s s i ster , "Y ours i s He also said h e did no t w i s h his f a or ve a ry sh lo o n rt g change o n n a e m .,, sister to take another situation on her leaving Mrs. Waugh's, as he did not wish it to be afterwards said that his wife had been a lady's -maid. There was no change in his manner until March, 1846, when he had another conversation with defendant about his sister. De fendant had then taken a business at Brighton, and wit ness went to see him. He was carrying on a very large business as a chemist and druggist, in St. James's -street, in Brighton. It was on Sunday. Witness told him he had come to see him, as he was informed by his sister that he (the defendant) had altered his mind in regard to her, and he (witness) wished to know if anything had occurred on her part to effect this change. He told wit nets, there had not; on which witness expressed his surprise at such conduct, and told him that his sister had kept herself respectable and disengaged, relying on his former promises, and was willing and ready to marry him, and asked his reasons for now refusing to fulfil his promises. He said, there were some little matters about which they disagreed, and he had fully made up his mind not to marry her. He knew the defendant's handwriting perfectly well. The letters put in were in defendant's handwriting. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILT INS —He car ried on business at 2, Mulberry-court, Vincent street, Finsbury. His: sister was in court, in the gallery, in a blue shawl. He had made boots for the defendant. There was no one with him but his sister when the con versation about the name of his sister took place. They were on board a steamer going to Greenwich. He knew nothing about the art of distilling, and never proposed to supply defendant's employers with spirits of lake. His sister, after leaving Mrs. Waugh, went to live as it h a friend of his at Islington, then to Kilburn, then to Kensal green, to his aunt's, and resided amongst different friends until she took a situation, in which she stayed a few months. Then she went to her father's unwell with a bad leg, and then went to live with a lady named Ali.rsh, in Wales, and went with her to Paris, and then came to London. She then went to live with Mr. Birch, in Vere street, Oxford-street, an Irish linen repository, as shop woman, where she now was. Did not tell defendant that he would publish his conduct throughout Brighton when he saw him. Never told defendant "he had better pay him 100/." he denied that altogether. His sister had been " two years, come July," in Vere-street. First heard defendant refused to marry his sister in Novem ber, 1845. He had other sisters, some of whom were in service, and others, young ones, living at home with his father. His sister was educated at Messing. His sister, the plaintiff, was about 17 years of age when she went to service. Re-examined by Mr. Sergeant BYLES —llls father had nine children, and did not send them all to boarding schools; but his sister was competently educated. Wit ness had been ten years in business as a bootmaker in London. His sisters went out to service when they were competent for it. Mrs. Bars, aunt to the plaintiff, examined by Mr. Sergeant BYLES —ln 1843 the plaintiff was visiting witness, and subsequently; and on those occasions the defendant, Mr. Steele, had visited the plaintiff at wit ness's house. She objected to his attentions, thinking they might not be honourably meant, but the defendant said his intentions were honourable, and he meant to marry her. The correspondence opened by Mr. Sergeant Byles was then put in and read, together with the following let ters, after the conclu-ion of the defendant's correspond. ence, demanding the fulfilment of his promise, " 26, Carey-street, London. " Sir,—Miss Richardson has consulted me relative to your conduct towards her, in desiring that on further correspond ence be had between her and yourself. She is totally at a loss to account for so sudden a determination on your part, after so long an intimacy and your promises made to marry her, and am to request the favour of your informing me if it be your determination not to marry her, and if so on what grounds you refuse to do so. " I am, Sir, yours very obedieutly, " THOS. BISGOOD. " Mr. Stephen Steele, chemist and druggist, " St. James's-street, Brighton." There was no reply to this letter, and ultimately, to a subsequent letter, demanding a reply, a reference was given by the defendant to his solicitor. Mr. John Cook (called and examined by Mr. Ser geant BYLES) lives in Crawley-street, Oakley-square. Knows St. James's•street, Brighton, and had seen the de fendant's shop there. It is one of the principal thormigh fares in Brighton. Had been at defendant's shop two or three times. It was a good-sized and a very respectable shop. The defendant was in a very excellent way of business, from what he had seen. He had hoard de fendant's father had retired from business. Did not know it. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Wilancs—What ' are you ?—A gentleman. Were you ever in business ?—Yes. What business ?—No answer. Were you a draper's assistant ?—No answer. Were you one of those gentlemen who stand behind a counter in a draper's shop, rub their hands, and ask " If they can show the ladies and gentlemen anything else ?" —(Laughter).—Was in the employment of his brother, who was a draper. lied been in business since on his own account, but it did not answer. What took you to Brighton ?—Went there when he was married. Oh, married ! What ! had you to go to the drug gist's shop after you were married ?—(Laughter). What did you want ?—A few little things. He huew nothing else about the defendant or his shop. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS then addressed the jury for the defendant. He said, his Learned Brother had stated that the plaintiff's friends were determined to bring her case before a jury, to see if they could obtain justice in a court of law. Had he been sincere in that desire he would have refrained from many topics he had intro duced, and from many manoeuvrings he had resorted to. An inquiry of this kind was calculated to set the feelings of the jury at war with their judgments. It was one of those cases which engaged the best feelings of our hu manity, and which required the strongest exercise of the mind and judgment to keep those feelings in control. They had c ad l h oc ao k l ,,, a strange mélange read, to them for the last half hour, composed of love, murder, physic, " Hum and last not least, about " the man with the white hat of asinine qualities." Never before that day, though having , some experience in love corre spondence, had he neard read such a correspondence as this. His Learned Brother had talked of the plaintiff being broken-hearted—it was a phrase which often meant nothing—and when he heard it said of the buxom young woman in the gallery, he could not help thinking of the Irishman who went blubbering out of court after hearing his counsel's statement of the injuries done him, e e r d o a f s l Muses, am I d id i a d y n i n o g t think laside his was crying Le h a a orlunf out, B i3b r ay o d t tl h yh e e r t ' h s mroe p ta o ht e tie effusions, let them turn their attention to the plaintiff and the defendant in 1843, when the attachment spoken of began. His Learned Friend had spoken of the plaintiff's humble circum stances. The plaintiff and the defendant were living in the same house, and the defendant then wrote to her a kind of Valentine:— " If you loves I As I loves you, No knife shall cut Our loves in two."—(Laughter.) What sort of love that was every boy knew. The plain tiff and defendant were in the same house together. The defendant sees Betsey in the same house together. The defendant sees Betsey iu the morning sweeping the stairs; he sees her in the daytime waiting at table, and he sees her at night carrying a light to the bedrooms, and has a sly whisper to her. But time had begun to have upon him its proper effect. Some of the jury might have sons. What would they think of an at tachment between one of their sons and the housemaid of the people with whom he was placed? No doubt when the defendant was a boy he had written those passionate epistles, but the later letters were very dif ferent. When the plaintiff returned from France, the defendant discovered that his boyish impressions were very different from what a great many silly people mis took for affection and:love, though widely different things The defendant had attempted no disparagement of the plaintiff's character. His affections were not under his control, and intercourse with life had so changed his views that the daydream of his youth had vanished before a sounder discretion. His Learned Brother had spoken of the defendant's " wasting the bloom of the plaintiff's life." He might, indeed, have wasted the bloom of her life, for it appeared that she had been completely under his control; but he had never in the slightest degree transgressed the rules of propriety. The defendant at length discovered, what he did not choose to explain to the brother, that there were many little points in which they differed ; but it was those little points, however impalpable, which constituted the happiness of human life ; and under those circum stances, was it not more just, nay, more religious (if he might use the phrase), to break off' rather than complete such a contract, which would not only take away the bloom, but the fruition of life itself ? They had heard a great deal about the defendant's property, but they had not proved that he was worth ls. It was quite compa tible, and in accordance with the statements made, that his friends had set him up in business ; and as to his fine shop, there were a great many shopkeepers in Regent-street who would be but too glad to get out of them, as well off as when they got into them, and they all knew that a few gilded bottles and mahogany drawers made a great display at little cost in druggists' shops. As to the young woman being broken-hearted, true sorrow never paraded itself, and never called to its assistance the meretricious aids of rhetoric. The beggar in the s'rects who stood shivering in our view was not the man that demanded pity, but the quiet man who sought to bide his misery in retirement. True grief never paraded itself ; and the very circumstance of any woman parading a transaction of this kind before a jury was always a very strong proof to his mind that there was a far greater desire to get money than to get public sympathy. His LORDSHIP, in summing up, said, it was not diF puted that the plaintiff had successfully proved the de fendant's promise to marry her. The defendant had most deliberately formed the engagement, and the plaintiff was entitled to a fair compensation. Their disparity in life was no answer, as the defendant was aware of it at the time. The: jury, after a short consultation, found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 250/. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 17. (Sittings at Nisi Prins before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Common Jury.) CROWN CASES —ATTJRNEY GENERAL V. POWELL. This was an information filed by the Attorney-General end the Board of Customs, charging the defendant with having fraudulently concealed and brought into con sumption tw.•nty-your chests of tea without the payment of duty. The manner in which the fraud was committed was as follow,:—A sailor of the name of Partridge, formerly resident in Jersy in 1845, became acquainted with the defendant Powell in the mmth of November. Powell was at that time in charge of the steam• boat called Lord Collingwood. At Christmas in the above year they left Jersey and came to London. In the mean time Powell told Partridge that he could put him in the way of making his fortune, by run ning tea through the Custom-house, coastwise. Partridge immediately concocted the plan, and they arranged it that a bond should be given to the Custom house, and purloined, and that the profits arising from it were to be distributed between Powell, Walsh and Partridge. This having been settled, Partridge obtained drafts upon the London and Westminster Bank, to purchase tea in bond, and he carried this busi ness on for twelve months, under the name of Clark. He obtained a parcel of tea from the Custom-house, the destination of which purported to be Liverpool, but the goods were removed to a warehouse, and never for warded to their destination, but were brought into con sumption. Ultimately Partridge was taken into cus tody, and put into Whitecross-street Prison, and information that he gave led to prosecutions against his confederates, Powell and Walsh. It was proved by the Comptroller of Customs at Liverpool that he only received a packet in respect of the bonds, and he searched in vain for the con signees. For the defence it was agreed at length that the known character of Partridge rendered him un worthy of credence, and that the jury could not give a verdict against Powell on his evidence. The jury returned a verdict against the defendant in the single value of 3201. The Attorney-General appeared for the Crown, and Mr M. Chambers, Q.C., for the defendant. SHERIFFS' COURT, June 17. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) IRWIN AND ANOTHER V. ROGERS. The plaintiffs in this action are attorneys, and the action was brought to recover the sum of 94 Is. 6d. fur a bill of costs. The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted. Mr. Inall, clerk to the plaintiffs, was called, and proved that an appearance was entered for the defendant in an action brought against him, and special pleas were put on the record that the defendant had been absolved from liability by having taken the benefit of the Insol vent Act. and in consequence the proceedings were stopped. The defendant had admitted to him that he had retained the plaintiff, but only to enter an appearance for him. Mr. Newington, an attorney, was called, and said that the charges were reasonable and the proceedings neces sary under the circumstances of the case. The first item was for making a demand of the attorney whether the writ was issued by his authority, and searching whether he had taken out his certificate; there was also another item for attending for answer to demand. These were ordinary charges where any doubt existed. There were ten charges previous to the entering the appear ance. Mr. THOMAS, for the defendant, argued that there .was not sufficient proof of the retainer, but if the ad mission of the defendant was to be taken at all, it could be only as to entering an appearance, which would only cost about 65., although in this bill preliminary charges were made amounting to 335. It was the first time in his experience that he ever knew of such inquiries being charged for; it was " making" business. _ _ The Learned UNDER SHERIFF said that he could readily conceive that such inquiries were very prudent, for no doubt that a great many writs were issued by persons not attorneys, or in the names of attorneys who knew nothing of the proceedings, which in that event would be set aside. It had been urged for the defendant that the plaintiffs ought at once to have• entered the appearance without going to the preliminary expenses. That question might have been more satisfactorily deter mined if the defendant had had the bill taxed by the proper officer. As it now stood the jury were the judges of all the facts, and could also tax the bill. If they found that there had been a retainer, they would say what amount the plaintiffs were entitled to; but it was hardly credible any attorney would take a retainer merely to enter an appearance, which would involve him in serious responsibilities before the Court, if, having done so, he did not proceed with the action, and a defendant could enter an appearance himself if that were all required. The jury, after a short consultation, gave a verdict for 5Z CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Lord Chief Justice WILDE and Mr. Justice PATTESON.) MURDER.— Gilbert M•Donald, - aged 46, described as a carpenter, was charged with the wilful murder of Agnes M'Donald, his wife. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was in the habit of constantly getting intoxicated, and on the night of her death had been indulging her unfortu nate propensity. Some words arose between her and the prisoner, and a quarrel ensued which led to the event with which the prisoner was charged. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of manslaughter, and he was sentenced to be transported for lite. (Before Mr. BULLOCK.) John Haywood, waiter, 23, pleaded " Guilty" to a charge of stealing a watch and chain, and money and valuable securities to a very large amount, the property of General Sir Alexander Mackenzie. Sir Alexander recommended the prisoner to the mer ciful consideration of the Court, on the grounds that he as a young man and had previously borne a very good character. Mr. BULLOCK sentenced him to twelve months' im prisonment and hard labour. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) Edward Thomas, 26, was indicted for the manslaughter of Joseph Dawson. Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner. It appeared that Thomas was the captain of a canal boat, which was upon the Grand Junction Canal at Brentford at the time the occurrence happened. The de c,ased was also a boatman, and it appeared that on the 2d of May he had some quarrel with the prisoner at a beer-shop, and wanted to fight with him, but the prisoner refused and left the house. At a later period in the day, the deceased was found lying upon the bank of the canal suffering under mortal injury upou his stomach, but the circumstances under which he met his death were alto gether involved in mystery, except that the deceased stated that he had been kicked by the prisoner. It ap peared, however, from the evidence that the deceased, who was stated to be a much more powerful man than the prisoner, and who was also described to be a " des perate" fighter, had waylaid the prisoner on his return to his boat, and there was very good ground for believing that if he had really inflicted the fatal injury upon the deceased, it was only done in self-defence from the attack of a man who was very much his superior in physical power, and who had waylaid him, and forced th e struggle upon him. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Sarah Cooper, thirty-one, spinster, was indicted for thu wilful murder of her male illegitimate child, by neg. letting the usual necessary precautions after she had been delivered, and by casting the child into a privy, where it was discovered. No counsel appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Parnell, through the humane in strumentality of the Sheriffs. The evidence given in support of this charge was of a nature to render it quite unfit for publication. The jury acquitted the prisoner of the murder, but found her guilty of concealing the birth of her child, and she was sentenced to be kept to hard labour for one year. Thomas Martin, forty-two, "carrier, was indicted for the manslaughter of Mary Anne Martin, his wife, by casting her down a staircase, and thereby causing mortal injuries, of which she died. Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner. In this case a mass of depositions had been returned by the coroner, and, as no counsel was employed to conduct the prosecution, it was necessary for his Lord ship to read through the whole of them, in order to ascertain which were the material witnesses; and while doing so, The Learned JUDGE remarked, that nearly the whole of the statements taken down were inadmissible as evi dence, and several of the witnesses appeared to have been called merely to state what they had heard other people say, which, of course, could not be evidence against an accused party. Mr. CLARKSON said the examinations were certainly more of a medical than a legal character. The description given of the case by the witnesses was of rather a confused character, but so well as it could be gathered from their testimony, it appeared that the prisoner was a carrier, and lived with the deceased and his family in some apartments over his stable in a mews near Dorset•square. Oa the 7th of May the prisoner and the deceased were together in one of the rooms, and a son and daughter, who were in an adjoining room, heard an altercation between them, and the deceased suddenly rushed along the landing, followed by the pri soner, and immediately afterwards a shriek was heard, and the deceased was seen to fall down a steep ladder into the stable, whereby she received such serious injury as caused her death a few days afterwards. The only question in the case was whether this fall was accidental, or whether it was occasioned by any act of violence on the part of the prisoner by striking or pushing the deceased down the ladder. The evidence in support of the latter alternative tvtis certainly of the moot meagre description, and mainly consisted of state ments alleged to hare been made by the prisoner immediately after the transaetion, to the effect that ho had knocked her down the ladder. These statements were alleged to have been uttered in the pre sence of Mr. Guy, the surgeon, who was called in to the deceased, but that gentleman in his evidence de clared that no such statements were made to his recol lection, and he also said that after the unfortunate oc currence the prisoner expressed deep regret at what had happened, and did all he could to render assistance to the deceased. It also appeared that the staircase ladder in question was very steep and in a most dangerous posi tion, and it seemed exceedimgly probable that the de ceased, in endeavouring to get away from the prisoner, had fallen down it accidentally. Mr. CLARKSON having addressed the jury, the Learned Judge summed up, and they then returned a verdict of Not Guilty. THE MARTLEBONE MURDER.- Upon :he application of Mr. Clarkson, the trial or Mary Anne Hunt, for the murder at Marylebone, wai postponed until next session. The ground upon which the trial was postponed was an affidavit made by Mr. Humphreys, the prisoner's attor• ney, to the effect that he had reason to believe that ho should be able to establish the fact of the prisoner's insanity, and that time was required to procure the ne cessary witnesses. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LAMBE7'H. Mr. Alfred Marshall, the young man charged with firing a pistol at Miss Louisa Rote, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm, was again placed at the bar. Mr. Binns attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Games for the defence. Mr. William Smith, the first witness called, deposed that he lodged in Swan-street, Kent-road, at the home of Mr. Bailey, who was stepfather to Miss Rofe, and knew the prisoner Marshall very well. Had heard Marshall abuse Mr. Bailey and his wife, and say, he should wait for the former some time or other. He had also heard him say, he had advised Miss Rofe to leave her home, and told her that her stepfather was no father to her; and at that time he indulged in strong terms of abuse of Mr. Bailey. Mrs. Mary Ann Buller, who resides in Swan-street, opposite to the house of Mr. Bailey, said, that about three weeks ago she heard the prisoner say, he should not mind being hung for shooting Mr. Bailey. On the night of Sunday week witness was in her sitting room, and heard a stone thrown at the door of Mr. Bailey. This was about nine o'clock, and she went out, and saw the prisoner a short distance from Mr. Bailey's house. In her cross-examination by Mr. Games, the witness said, she had not seen either a pistol or a gun in the pos session of the prisoner at the time she spoke of. A lady named Hobbs was called, but her evidence was not of the slightest importance as affecting the prisoner. The next witness called was Miss Rofe, and, after her former evidence had been read over to her, she swore to its perfect truth, and to having seen the prisoner with a pistol in his hand, and hearing the report of a pistol on his discharging it at the house. She was no party to the publication of the banns for marriage with the pri soner; but understood that the prisoner bad got them put up and published. Mr. Binns said that this was his cose ; and after call ing his Worship's attention to the facts of the threats made use of by the prisoner, about shooting Mr. Bailey, and his not caring being hung for shooting him; and further, the fact of both Mr. Bailey and Miss Rofe see ing the prisoner not only with a pistol in his hands, but also their hearing the report of a pistol shot, he should leave the case in his Worship's hands to deal with as he might think prop( r. Mr. Games replied that he should not trouble the Court with any remarks, but would proceed to call witnesses, whose testimony he had no doubt would negative the more serious part of the charge against his client, ant induce his Worship, after hearing it, at once to discharge him out of custody. Richard Davis, 55 P, was then sworn, and stated that on the night of Sunday week Mr. Bailey came to the station-house in Lock's-fields, and complained of a shot being fired at his house by Alfred Marshall, which broke his window. Witness in consequence ac companied him back to his house, and, on examining the window that he represented to have been broken by the discharge from the pistol, he found that a small piece of one of the squares was broken ; but upon ex amining it more clearly he felt quite convinced that it had been broken from the inside, and in this belief he was confirmed by the fact that the glass was found on the outside. He did not perceive the slightest appear ance of shot or a ball, though Mr. Bailey had declared he heard the shot, after the pistol had been fired, rattle against the window. Two constables were next called, who deposed that the marks in the brickwork in front of Mr. Bailey's house, and which were alleged to have been occasioned by the shot discharged from the pistol, had iu reality been caused by knocking at an early hour in the morn ing with their truncheons to awake a young man who lodged there. Inspector Valentine produced three grains of shot, which he said he had found close to the wall of Mr. Bailey's house on the morning of Monday week, but could not say whether they had been discharged from a gun or pistol. Mr. ELLIOTT remarked, that had the evidence gone far enough to show that the prisoner had, as charged against him, discharged a pistol at the young woman with the intention of doing her some serious bodily harm, he should have felt it to be his duty to commit him for trial. The evidence, however, fell short in esta blishing the charge of shooting with intent, but at the same time there was sufficient shown to justify him (Mr. Elliott) in calling on the prisoner to find sufficient bail to keep the peace, and be of good behaviour towards Mr. Bailey, his family, and all others of her Majesty's subjects, for six months. The required bail was put in and accepted, and the prisoner discharged. WORSHIP-STREET. A well-dressed man, named Allred Evans, was charged with having feloniously obtained and disposed of several chests of tea and other groeery goods, of the value of 751. Mr. Taylor, the prosecutor, stated the prisoner was in his service as shopman, and left in August last. In the following March he was in expectation of an execution, and went to consult the prisoner as to what course he should pursue. He told him to come to a composition with his creditors, but to remove a considerable portion of his stock, and he would bring a cart and carry it away himself to the house of his mother, and that he could dispose of it at an advantageous price to a near relative of his; assent was given to this proposition, and a few mornings after he came to Mr. Taylor's premises with a horse and cart, accompanied by his brother- in law, a man named Price, and removed a large quantity of goods. The conditions upon which he entrusted him with the goods were expressly that he was to turn them into a fair money value if he could do so, and if not to return them. A rough agreement was drawn up, and signed by Mr. Taylor's creditors, by which they con sented to receive ss. in the pound, and as the payment of the first instalment of 2s. 6d. entirely depended upon re ceiving the goods, or the produce of the goods in the pri soner's possession, he applied to him repeatedly for the restoration of them or their value, but could never suc ceed in obtaining them, or the slightest information, further than that they were in the possession of a per son named Ratcliffe, in Granby-street, Bethnal-green. In consequence of this conduct he (Mr. Taylor) was un able to meet the approaching dividend, and, therefore, he called his creditors together, and made them ac quainted with the way in which the prisoner had served him, and having by their kindness and liberality re trieved his e mbarrassment, and finding it useless to treat any further with the prisoner, he gave him into custody. John Purday, the alleged purchaser of the prosecu tor's goods, said, about five weeks ago, the prisoner,who was an entire stranger to him, and his brother-in. law, Price, with whom he was slightly acquainted, called upon him. Price said he would put a sovereign in his pocket. He said a tradesman he knew was going bank rupt, that he and the prisoner had got some goods off his premises away from the creditors, and that as they could not find the person to whom they were taken, they wanted him to say that he was the party who had had them and sold them. They said there was no danger at all. He agreed to meet them at ten next morning at the Grapes, in Old. street-road, where he ac cordingly went with a man named Duke, and met the prisoner and Price, the prosecutor (Taylor) being seated in the parlour. When he (Purday) went in the pri soner addressed him as " Mr. Ratcliffe." Ho had not told him he was to go by that name, and said they had come about " those goods." Purday said, " Well they brought them to his place, and told him to get them off as fast as he could." Taylor instantly started up and exclaimed, " Why, he must have goods of mine to the value of 751.; surely he don't mean to say that be has made away with all those?" Taylor further said he was a great rascal for selling his goods in that manner, and turned away in a rage. On Taylor, in four or five days afterwards, calling upon him and asking where the pro perty was, he told him that, he did not know anything about it. The prisoner shortly afterwards called upon him, and asked, if he knew any empty house, to which he could bring Mr. Taylor and say that ho had lived ag beeni st rat collisione , a n d there and run away. When he Lund that it amounted to 751., he got frightened. contended Air.smseidghtthheavMe Pelham that althoughshshortly a t d h d er re e between the prosecutor and p risoner for a not ver y cre ditable purpose, nothi n g more than that had been p roved against his client, and it was really scandalous that a man should be placed at the bar on so serious a charge as that of felony , u nder such extraordinary circumstances as had been disclosed. Mr. BROUGHTON said, the only answer to tho case would be that the prisoner was a partner, or authorised t o dispose of the goods in this manner, and that was not established. It wa s a monstrous fraud, which might have been the ruin o f Ta y lor. He should order the depositions of the witnesses to be taken for trial, but in the mean time would accept the same bail as before offered—the prisoner in 501., and two sureties in 40/. each, and the officer must inquire into their solvency. The bail was immediately found, and the prisoner thereupon liberated. THAMES. 11'illiamsShear chargeds, etlabdy his thirteen father, y Johnears old, e andrs, d nmaelrl of h i sthe age, was following distressing circumstances:-- The father, who is a labouring man, and of very re spectable appearance, stated that the boy was his and he had . done everything in his power f o aN' r ° e u cla it il ' lllna ' from his . evil courses. had fallen into t bad company, and since that period had been a continued source of trouble and anxiety to his parents, whom he had taken every opportunity o f p l undering. The poor man added that his son had b een f requently taken before several police - courts, charged w ith t h eft ; and once it cost him (witness) 1/. 14s. to pay a solicitor on his account, and this he could ill afford. About a nth since he got hold of a sum of money belong ing to his mother, and ran away with it. Yestercitly hip mother gave him some silver to buy some grocery Gra des with, but he again ran away with the money, and finding him to be perfectly incorrigible, be was compelled to bring him before the magistrate to see if anythin% coul be done with him. The lad, during this statement, appeared quite tirt• moved at his poor father's distress, and perfectly careless as to the results. Mr. BALLANTINE observed - that this was a most affecting case. He was loth to send so juvenile an offender to prison, where the chances were that he would only become a confirmed thief. He should order him ice t be remanded for a week, and directed t hat a ice should be placed on the commitment stating that he was to be kept in solitary confinement, and in the interim be would consider what could be done with him. The father thanked the magistrate, and retired. CLEI?KENWELL Mary Ill'Carthy was charged with stealing a O il watch and guard-cain, the property of John Langton. It appeared fro h m the statelnent of police-const able 101 G, that as he was passing up Field-lane that mornsing, ing, about two o'clock, he over heard the prisoner say tO another woman, " Well, I have eased that c ha p of big watch down at Eliza's." The policeman, knowing the place meant by the prisoner, went there, and found the prosecutor vehemently declaring that he had been robbedof his watch, and w o uld give the owner of the house 01 charge. The constable then took him back to Field: lane, where the prisoner was found near the same aP b where she was first seen by the constable, and u p on close examination of her lodgings the watch was 1 01111 concealed.—The prisoner was committed for trial. MARKET NEWS-(YESTERDA HAY IVIAREETS 31 S 5 sst to 14 4 F 1 7 5 1. 5 p ; . — a Meadownd st raw, , H i a i y 6 , 22 to 1i to l I p s e s r but moderate, and trade dull. 14 Clover CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3 1 d, ditto, 318 s to 41 14s; and Straw, 118 s to 11 12s per loads A fair average supply, and a heavy demand. r cl ov er WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow 2/ 53 to 3 1 I' s ' ditto, 3/ 5s to 4/ 18s; and Straw, 11 Gs to 11115 per load• Trade dull at the above quotations. ;loCadlo.versudpitptio; MEAT DTAILICETS. U 16.—Our market to-day Was w ell stir plied with L each kind of stock, the demand for which T i o_ heavy, at drooping prices. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s In to 4 5 b a l Mutton, 4s to 5s 4d; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 48 and Pork, 4s to 4s Sd per Blbs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, JUNE 16.—A fall of quite 4d per Sibs to ok place foni in the general quotations, with a heavy demand. 8,e 4 5 ; to 3s 6d to 4s lUd; Mutton, 5s to 5s 4d; Lanw , si b s . 6s 2d ; Veal, 4s to 4s Bth and Pork, 45 to 4s 6d Per 165 Suckling Calves, 20s to 28s; Quarter -old Store r g r th 201 to 223; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, lv each. 40 Dfutto LEWES, JUNE 15.—Beef, from 4a to 5s 4d; Ba t 9 to 5s 4d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 2d ; and Veal , 4e to 4 per 81bs. Supply moderate, and trade dull. 1V11176/GATE AND zainzralLA -1611" Moo Bee We bad a very dull trade he re on lower terms veal 31 1 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 4s to ss; Lamb, 55 to Ss; 10d to ss; and Pork 3s 8d to 5s per Sibs, by the carcase' CORN AVERAGES. Coa x GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISII _, 0 010 For the Week ended June 17, 1847, made up from the Retml v ole, Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England In per Imperial Quarter. i 1 rs- O , A • WHEAT. I BARLEY.' OITL 1675 E I t r " " a ",.t . I 5911 '- RI'ICE .. 1 885 10ii 52s Oil 34s Id ld s is '- The Duties on Foreign Grain are now suspended. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. 10101, LONDON, JUNE 17.—Wind S. W., light breeze, and mit OFF BEACHY HEAD, JUNE 10.—Charlotte, Gunther York, for Bremen. 16tbs LIVERPOOL JUNE 16.—Wind S.S.E., fresh•—• s 7i. Ann, Otterspool, Wickman, Calcutta • Tapley, ditto; Pernambuco ; Frances, Corkhill, Barbadoes; al ditto; Frances, New Orleans; Harry Lorrequer, JeL"" — igobile; Julius Caesar, Carter, ditto; Champion, Cochrane, r, N e w Urgent, Rogers, Apalachicola; New York , CrOe 16th. York; Affghau, Black, ditto; Ellerslie, Harvey, dittocoo, Cordelia, Hughes, Calcutta; Benjamin Boyd, Cla rk ' Boy roons; Picwick, Africa ; George, Mansanilla; London,. • New Orleans; William Penn, Canighlan, thagenian, Jack, ditto; Anglesea, Virginia; Mo d Que en of ner, Philadelphia; St. John, Richardson, ditto ;. .r ditto; the West, Woodhouse, New York; Lady Bruns - Southerner, Palmer, ditto; Warrior, St. Johns, r'e rr _..s s for wick. The Plums, Hannah, sailed from St. Andr.enrda; Liverpool, 4th January last, and has not since been h ai a ‘b,..... DEM, JUNE 16.—Wind S.W. to S.S.W. • ron., act ° Boor Arrd. Winscules, Sprout, Port Phillip ; Briery Grant, `Pe r bay ; Toup, Coast of Africa ; Arequipa, Crag. Callao; sallyr waldsen, St. Croix ; Emma, Walls, New Orleans ;_ Bruce, Mobile ; Emma, Wise, Newfoundland. The lope, of Jersey, has been lost on the coast of Africa. o r PLYMOUTH, JUNE 16.—Wind S.W.—Put back, b ar jesty's ship Growler, with damage. dittos; rtic. reeZeV:i FALMOUTH, JUNE 16.—Wind S.S.W., b v ow pa ssed a, o il Arrd. Anna Watson, Stirling, Colombo, which of about 300 tons, water-logged and abanduned, ane only bowsprit standing. no sed iii FALMOUTH, JUNE 16.—A vessel, bottom up , w as r- how lat. 47 N., lon. 9 W., by the Swedish brig Esperance, to Marseilles, spoken by the Eleanor, arrived here. . b• of MIDDLES/30b.OUGH, JUNE 15.—The William and Sart* was Exeter, got upon the Tees Breakwater yest erda y s bn assisted off next tide without much damage. WHITBY, JUNE 15.—The Bramble, a Idarwicb, for.--r•"_,knferi toffe, sprung a leak in Robin Hood Bay last n i g ht, aad master and tw o men drowned. NOTICE TO MARINERS. The following have been posted at Lloyds':- - t , 8 47. Hyd ro graphic Office, 20th Alay , HAVANNAH.—NEW LIGHTHOUSE ON Tl:th MORRO.COO Information has been received from her Majesty's , op the at Havannah, that a new lighthouse has been erecteu Morro of Havannah, in lat. 23 deg. 9 sec ., long. ht at sec. west of Greenwich, exhibiting a revoving long I t le i 01 minute intervals. The light is 158 feet above the e the sea, and may be seen at the distance of 20 maw. PUERTO RICO.—NEW LIGHT AT SAN J I-L°- `i,:the The new light has been exhibited at the entranee. a - d e g• harbour of San Juan, lat. 18 deg. 29 sec. north, long. the 7 sec. west of Greenwich, at the height of 187 fe et above Mal w ' level of the sea. It revolves in eight seconds, and seen 20 miles. POK E; GULF OF VENICE.—NEW LIGHT ON T HE ROCK, NEAR CAPE PROMONTORE. Ex _u Poser e Notice has been given by the Deputation o f the ‘" at Trieste that a new lighthouse has been built on th e g. Rock in lat. 44 deg. 46 min. N., and lon. 13 deg. 53, that of Greenwich, to replace the temporary one, a n a 11l fixed light is now exhibited thereon, at the height feet above the sea, and 88 feet above the rock. LLOYD'S. i The committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's ba Y r " ev had their attention directed to the important assisteAuess dered to British vessels in distress bi order of his Mehemet Ali Pacha, have unanimouily passed the f nu" resolutions : to ‘ h ‘ behalf of the subscribers to Lloyd's and the * and valuable iTshHatigthhneersesspiseicethfuelmthetanAklsiopf taheihsa?ovmicmeritorobfeeoEergnx.l733.ppreties:iei shipping interests, for the generous, prorn„P',, , „ e d s orders , assistance rendered on all occasions by his ' lig e — coast " der to British vessels stranded or in distress en tbother instance his Highness's government; thus affording !II , is Highness of that enlightened and liberal policy for whicn i S so justly distinguished." SUSPEN FALLING OF THE DEE SION BRIDGE. rrh Coroners CHESTER, WEDNESDAY EVENING. ---~."e lung o f inquiry relating to the late loss of life, by the fa , pee, the Chester and Holyhead Railway-bridge, over tn ;01,010. was resumed this morning at ten o'clock, for the time, at the Exchange Hall of this city , before .tuil Hostage, the Coroner, and the jury of citizens previously empannelled. The CORONER, in re-opening the inquiry, announce! that he had a list of nineteen additional witnesses hande d to him by the superintendent of the police; they coat prised passengers by the train and other parties, whot he was informed could speak to some new facts. maPnreovtitohtie j Previous t a o ry ca , ll b in eg g g t e h d crn to , a S s i k r E thr S . . s l t V ep a h lk e e n r a , oa th w e h for b e adopted timber baulks in a bridge of 30 f e et s p an , as y wa s the case with the one over the King's Ferry, an d omitted them in one of 90 feet span? Mr. Tyrrell put it to the Coroner whether the tr ey tion had any reference to the inquiry. Sir E. S. Walker contended that it had. The CORONER thought they had better keep to the bridge that had led to the accident. Mr. Stephenson said he was ready to give the w ort % Knight the fullest explanation, and which co uld answered by any scientific gentleman. He was ce nt° to leave it to Mr. Walker. He had nothing to conceal' and it was well known that their use or omission 1016 mere matter of convenience, and did not affect the secu rity of the structure. Mr. J. Tomkinson, merchant, of Liverpool, wa s th t e b li e sworn—l was a passenger in the train that met with , se accident. I was sitting in the second compartment dvi the first-class carriage next to the tender. To the b e t_ of my recollection the speed of the train before it got Pi nb s n rtwii about dongthewas ao t e sn W n e crossing n h re o e ncsio b syin r n i vo d geu g rr ea theaa wttit:edrawn miles f i l had ha s det a o napa apparently rumbling,et i l rys was:ost whenyren, seres do when we felt the line give way from us, and we drop Pen The carriage fell on the bank, and rolled over sever 7 times, stopping on the brink of the river. The resod why I think it rolled over is, that I was on fol:En several times. Having no bones broken, I got "'la e. found that all the train had fallen through the bri Several carriages, wrecks of them at least, were lying v o ., the bank, and some immersed in water. Seeing a lr man struggling, I ran forward, and kept her up till as' sistance came and rescued her. tea Hy the CORONER— I do not think the accident resul from any blow the b • times I wa. on ridge, for, at the sating with my face towards the road. „.. no By Mr. Walker—Up to the time of the moi""'" t 'he acros i heard no bumping of the carriage, to show that is . tender was off the line. There might have been a ahe teral blow given the girder, but I did not hear it. n 0 carriage did not fall sid ewa y s , but seemed to go doff the bridge sunk. After much further evidence of a similar chars° the inquiry was again adjourned. - -------7 t o t a l nub' PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND). —The gross ber of men employed on public works in Ireland during t'' ` - , c l ot Iv i eek ending Saturday, the sth of June last, amount 8,E87, and the total expense to 49,3"i_—..--____ _------ S. 2On the 13th inst., at the BIRTH Fort B r istol, the wife of T. 0 Tyndall, Esq , o a dau at ghter On the 18t h in f st., \Voila . ton Rectory, Nottingham, Dire Charles Willoug, of a son. On the 14th in hby ,t., at Hornsey, Mrs. J. L. Aubert,of 35°13. MARRIED. On the 12th inst., W. H. Yell, Esq. , to Mary Lancaster. DIED. On the 14th ult., at Toronto, the Hon. Christop,har ander Hagerman, one of the Judges of her Majesty C o urt ot Queen's Bench, Upper Canada. On the 10th inst., at Montpellier-road, Brighton, Caroline third daughter of the late Silpin \Varner, Esq. London : Printed and Published by MINDO YOUNG , of :in 1, Piinfn at The gun Office. 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