The Sun. — London, England, 1840-08-21 00:00:00

`AN ING EDITION. Ti I 4EA.TIIICAL ANECDOTES OF THE FRENCH. (From the Charivari.) Political comedy having this day allowed us a little more room, we shall take advantage thereof in relating divers anecdotes which have latterly enriched the annals of dramatic comedy. Two journals have spoken of a young man who, having vainly attempted to gain an interview with an actress of the Gy7rnase had recourse to suicide. The Droit gives us some particulars of this event " For several months past Mdlle. Nathalie, an actress of the Gymnase, had inspired a young man i with one of those passions which are akin to madness. The admirer of the actress presented him self on every occasion to the notice of his divinity—. at the hours of rehearsal, at leaving the theatr the sighing sentimalist was ever parading on the Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle, in anxious exp.eta tion of a look, a smile. At night, during the per formance, he was invariably to be seen in the box con tiguous to the stage, and there he sat absorbed in the contemplation of the woman he adored, intoxicated with her voice and appearance.. The lover wrote several ardent and supplicating epistles, to which no answer was ever returned. One day he presented himself at her residence, in the Rue de Provence, where he was received and dismissed by the mother of Aladile. Nathaiie. On Sunday he returned ; again received by the mother of the actress, he was told that her daughter was not within, and desired to withdraw. While the young man was endeavour ing to penetrate into the apartment of Mdlle. Nathalie, the mother perceived that the visitor was armed, at the same time her daughter, attracted by the disturbance, opening her door, " Fly, fly, my dearest," exclaimed the affrighod parent, " he seeks thy life !" Mdlle. Isiathalie, however, despising her counsel, advanced to pacify the dung man, who, grasping a pistol, discharged it at her. Fortunately, however the ball missed her, and, passing through the door which she had just opened, shattered a mirror in the adjoining room. Upon this the mother, making one tremendous effort, seized the young man by the collar, pulled him down upon the staircase, and bolted the door upon him. Another pistol-shot was then heard on the stairs. The neighbours attracted by the noise, hastened to the door, and discovered the young man upon the landing-place, wounded in the arm. The Commissary of Police and se lieral men from the neighbouring station immediately proceeded to the spot, and arrested the young man, who was conducted to the prison." This piece of news, which bears every appearance of being a puff, is, nevertheless, with but few variations, exact. The aspirant, who is of a known family, is about to be called to account for the freaks of his passion be fore the Cour d'Assi.ies. The affair has created much gossip at all the theatres, where, however, the matter is not thought to be of so serious a nature as to exclude a j ,, ke. One of our comedians was saying yesterday, " Egad, it serves him right ; with such a flame we ought to be careful how to meddle with gunpowder." Let us proceed to news of a less dramatic interest. A Contemporary announces the following fact : " An Italian co median has recently act up at Bologna a theatrical newspaper, of a nature as novel as it is ori ginal, to which we boldly prophesy success. The inven tor, judging that the spectators would be delighted if they could dispel the ennui of the entr (ides with some dainties, was inspired with the idea of starting a paper which should give a programme of the performances, and to employ, instead of paper, a delicious paste, which, by a process in the pastrycook's art, should be trans formed into so many little leaves, on which should be printed the most witty articles, not with ink, but with chocolate juice ; and thus this paper, after having served the purpose of a programme, is still available as a puff cake." However witty the articles may be, this journal seems to have been destined as a humbug, and we fear that the speculator, in palming it. off, is committing a gross mistake.* We give another anecdote related by a little theatri cal journal :—" A vaudeville has recently been enacted with certain variations at one of our second-rate theatres. 'cite manager, aiming at candle-end economy, resolved in open council that. he would never again supply wine for the service of the stage. An actor, in performing his part, asks for wine : he container, not the con tents, being brought, he replies, I don't ask you for an empty bottle, but for wine." There is none.' Here's a five franc piece to buy seine, if your master has no money.' The actor throws down the piece of money on the hoards ; the actress, not daring to pick it up, makes her exit. The actor continues, That's it, eh then go and fetch some myself. Meanwhile, ad dressing himself to his brethren, you can get up a game of earth.' The audience, not knowing how to take all this, proved, however, very patient, but began to murmur on seeing the actor come in with two bottles tilled a iih the juice of the grape, and having placed them on a table, advance towards the lamps. A deep silence ensued ; the actor, making a low bow, began as fol lows :—" Gentlemen. I entreat your forgiveness for an attack in which 1 car mot forgive myself for having. taken the initiative, but I can justify myself in what concerns me. You reqttiee that-au actor !should be natural in his performance. How is it possible to be so, when a ma nager deprives you of the most simple means of gaining such an end ? If lam to drink a glass of Cote Rotie, which should espaed my countenance with enjoyment, and that I am presented with Surene, causing me to make the- West distorted grimaces, you will not be satiqied. Vett will he right, but I shall not be wrong. It tap room wash ought to be given to me, and that I am sup• plied with nothing at all, the illusion is again dispelled, and I sin not to blame. Brunet, when taking the part of a lame maw, never failed putting pebbles in his shoes, that he might not forget to limp. The same comedian, it being required in his part that he should prick himself on touching the arm of one of the actors, was careful before each performance of the play, to ask his compa mon whether he had stuck pins on his sleeve. I'll prick myself in reality,' said he, it will be more natural.' Cer tem4 the opinion of Brunet, in theatrical matters, is not to be despised ; therefore I conclude that I have done wed in insisting on the wine required in the first scene of this vaudeville, and the more so because it was only done in the interest of the illusion, without which no dramatic performance is possible, and that my aim, gentlemen, was your satisfaction. Ido not repeat my apologies, when 1. express the hope that the piece may hereafter be performed without additions.'" " This impromptu address was received with raptu rous applause." This is indeed a puff which we detect in flogrante delicto. The author might have placed his innocent false hood elsewhere than in a bottle, and not have put him self to the necessity of giving the lie to the old proverb, In vino yeritas. a A pun is here conveyed, the wo. ds " galette" and " brioche," which both designate a species of cake, are em ployed in their secondary sense, a " humbug" and a " gross mistake." SINGULAR DEATH FROM STRANGULATION. SHAMEFUL CONDUCT OF MEDICAL ASSISTANTS.— On Wedneseay afternoon, at one o'clock, en inquest was held before Mr. Gell, at the Prince of Orange. Palmer's-village, Tothill-fields, Westminster, on the body of Joseph Saiellie, aged 26. It appeared from the evidence that for the last week the deceased had been effected with the tooth-ache, and on Tuesday night he retired to bed at au early hour, having first wrapped a fl innel petticoat round his head, the strings of which he tied loosely round his neck. His brother, who slept in the same bed with him, returned home about a quarter before eleven, and shortly after he had got into bed the deceased commenced coughing violently, which sud denly stopped, and, on the brother putting his hand round the deceased's neck, he found the strings of the petticoat so tight that he could not pass his finger under them. The brother then knocked for assistance, when his mother came into the room with a lighted candle, but was forced to leave again for the purpose of getting another light, the wind from the door having blown out the first. During this inte rva l t h e b rot h er s li ppe d o ff one string fr om th e deceased' s neck, and broke the other by main force. Tice brother then dressed himself, went to Mr. Paynter's, surgeon, Broadway, Westminster, and was answered from the window. Mr. Paynter's assistant then came to the door, and, on being informed of the occurrence, told the brother to wait. The assistant went up-stairs, and shortly returned, saying, " No one *as at home, and that he had better go to Mr. Davis's further on." The brother went as directed, and on telling the assistant ; to Mr. D av i s t h e nature of then case, and that it was one of life and death, the latter replied, " Oh ! let him lie still for two or three hours, and we'll bleed him in :he morning, as th ere i s no us : , in going at present." The brother returned home and foand the deceased still alive. A messenger was again sent to Mr. Davis, who was seen by the person sent, and who accompanied him to the residence of the deceased, who had expired before his arrival. Mr. Davis said he received no intelligence of the occurrence from his assistant the first time the person called ; had he known of it at that time he had no doubt he could have saved the deceased's life. The Coroner hoped that in future medical assistants would not take too much upon themselves, but inform their employers of all cases of urgency. After some deliberation the Jury returned a verdict that the deceased was accidentally strangled ; and beg to add that, in their opinion, the conduct of Mr. Paynter's assistant in particular was highly reprebevisible, and deserving of the severest censure." On Wedneiday evening, about seven or eight o'clock, the follo w i ng fatal accident occurred to a young man, named George Wighton, aged twenty years, Who was drowned w hil e bathing off Battersea. It appears that Wighton, accompanied by a friend, named Chapman, agreed to go and have a bathe, and after being in the wa ter some time Wighton got out of his depth, and not being a swimmer he sunk before any assistance could come. Mr. Chapman, in endeavouring to save his friend from a watery grave, had a very narrow escape from drowning himself. The Duke of Wellington left Apslev House, on Wednesday, for Walmer Castle, where his brace will remain until the Ist of November, SFI RIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. (PROM THE DAILY PAPERS of YESTEkDAY.) (From the Globe.) The dissensions on vital questions among the Tories in Parliament, and the abuse and contumely poured on the Tory leaders by the principal journals o the party, had long shown but too plainly that there w s " some thing rotten in the state of Denmark." it had be come a mere supererogatory undertaking for the Liberal journals to expose the fallacies and inconsistences of the Opposition in Parliament. The task was taken out of their hands. The schisms were too nume mins and too wide to be concealed from the public eye. I 'The smouldering enmity which the ultra-Tories had , long cherished against Sir Robert Peel and the more reasonable and moderate of those who recognised him as their chief, could no longer be restrained. Their organs ceased, i❑ a great degree, from their attacks on the Members and measures of the Government, to wreak their malignity on their own chiefs. They col lected and concentrated the venom of their nature, to give energy and effect to their attacks on the conduct and motives of the very men whom they formerly ' lauded as the only statesmen whose counsels could pre serve the Constitution, and save the country from ruin! That the Liberals should derive fresh confidence from this state of things i❑ the enemy's camp was only natural : that these proofs of weakness—the reproaches, upbraidings, and objurations, the doleful predictions of approaching ruin to the party, through the " apos tacy and treachery" of those to whom its interests had been committed—should be held up as de monstrative of the utter absence of that union, with out which an Opposition may be powerful to annoy and obstruct a Government, but must be utterly in competent to conduct the affairs of the country—was a duty at once imperative and pleasing. We confess we have applied ourselves, con amore, to the subject. It is, therefore, with no small satisfaction that we find the Times at length entering the field. In an article of enormous length, but loose in reasoning, and far from exhilarating in its conclusions, the " Leading Journal" attempts to prove that though things are not so satisfactory as they might be, yet they might be worse. (From the Standard.) We rejoice exceedingly at the recent reception which his Majesty Louis Philippe appears to have met with, both at Calais and Boulogne. Had France but allowed herself the benefit of his sound sense and estimable qua lities of heart, there would have been no ground for the ill-will which has been so designedly, and we may say, wickedly created between her and England ; nor would his Majesty's friendly disposition to this country have ever become matter of the slightest question. It will be seen by the letter of our Boulogne Cor respondent, in another column, that the remark made in English by his Majesty Louis Philippe to Mr. Coates, of theatrical celebrity, in reply to the demonstration of that gentleman's respect for his Majesty, that whilst he lived peace should be maintained, verifies our impression that we are indebted for the whole of the present ex• citement to the manoeuvres of M. Thiers. It is said that his Majesty, with the good taste and good feeling which have hitherto distinguished him, exclaimed in a very loud voice, " Eternal prosperity to England and to France ; eternal peace between them ; and I promise you that WHILE I LIVE YOU SHALL lIAVE PEACE 1 " What will M. Thiers and his Parisian Badauds say to this ? (From the Courier.) The Chronicle, in a repetition of the silly stuff about Thorogood and Church -rates, with which it occa sionally shows its contempt for the understanding of its readers, displays as profound a knowledge of ecclesiastical history as of ecclesiastical power. The following is this sage's last exhibition of his profundity :—" The churchwardens (he says) cannot make a valid rate in defiance of the votes of a ma jority of the rate-payers in vestry assembled. That is the law. The parish is said to be legally chargeable with the repairs of the church. The responsibility, it may be replied, is merely one of the impositions of priestcraft, the history of which can be distinctly traced. Up to a period within what lawyers call ' the memory of man,' the sustentation of the fabric of the church was a burden upon the tithes. The priests shuffled it upon the parish, by the sordid pervcrsioa of their spi ritual influence." Sir William Blackstone says that these officers can make the rate, and that the Spiritual Courts can enforce the payment. Older writers, con densing cases in point, lay down in substance that the Spiritual Court may compel the parishioners to ,repair their church, and excom:nunicate them until it b 3 re paired. If it can thus deprive the whole body of the parishioners of the powers which they, or any of them, might otherwise exercise as subjects of the realm, it can compel refractory individuals to obedience to the law ; but, as the censure of excommunication carries with it such a tremendous penalty as outlawry, it is not resorted to, but the milder process of distraint is adopted. As to the Chronicle's history of Church-rates, there pro bably was never so great a want of acquaintance with a subject contained in so small a space. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Brighton Gazette.) PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 19.—The Vanguard, 84, Cap ' tain Sir D. Dunn, is prevented proceeding to sea, owing to the want of seamen to complete her complement ; as is likewise the Rodney, 92, Captain Maunsell. These ships will proceed to the Mediterranean, when manned. The Inconstant, ;36, Captain Pring, C. 8., was still at Cork on the 14th inst., raising voluetecr seamen for the navy, but having been very unsuccessful both there and at Dublin, wah shortly to return to Plymouth. The Earl of Minto, with Sir William Parker, and Sir Thomas Troubridge, Lords of the Admiralty, are expected this evening on an official visit to this port. The flag ships, Britannia, 120, llowc, 120, and Royal Adelaide, 120, arc forthwith to be taken into dock, and prepared for sea service. The Pembroke, 72, and Imaum. 72, are also preparing for the pendant. Sir Charles Adam, one of the Lords of the Admi ralty, is to succeed Sir Robert Stopford in the corr.- mand of the Mediterranean fleet, and is to proceed thither in the Britannia, 120, now Rag-ship at this port. The Medea and Shearwatcr steamers, recently com missioned in the river, are, it is said, both to proceed to the West Indies. The Apollo troop-ship is to proceed to Cork about Thursday, to embark troops for Corfu and Malta. The Pestonjee Bomanjee transport, Lieutenant Crawford, agent, destined for China with pros isions, &c., retrains at Spithead, wind bound. The new three decker, Queen, 110, is now intended to bear the flag of Sir Edward Codrington, Comman der-in-Chief at Portsmouth, instead of the Britannia, 120, which goes to the Mediterranean. Lieutenant G B. Stewart is to be Flag-Lieutenant to Rear. Admiral Bouveric, in this dock lard, vice Richards, promoted. The Stromboli steamer, Commander W. Williams, is the only vessel fitting out here, and although only a few days commissioned, is nearly complete in her crew. The North Star, 26, Savage, 10, and Comet and Salamander steamers, are ordered home from the north coast of Spain to be paid off. At Spithead.—Vanguard, 94. In Harbour.—Britannia, Victory, Excellent, Royal George yacht, Apollo, Stromboli, Echo, and flag tenders. IRELAND. DUBLIN, A co. 18—It has been blowing a gale all rester day, last night, and to-day ; so much so that the London Papers, due at half-past six, A. M., have not as yet arrived, three, PM. The Liverpool mail- boat, due at six, P. M., yesterday, did not arrive until five, A.M., this morning; and the mail for London and passengers were not for warded until this morning. Appearances arc, however, somewhat better to-day. We regret to learn that a considerable portion of the heavy Oat crop has been prostrated ; but, if fine weather should set in, the grain would ripen even in this position. The Wheat crop has been more fortunate, having suffered very little ii jury since the unfavourable change in the weather on Sunday week. Reaping has commenced pretty generally in the early districts around Dublin. Our re ports of the Potato crop continue favourable. We have heard that two line-of-battle ships, the Van guard and the Rodney, are shortly expected at Cork, to convey the 19th and 38th regiments to Gibraltar. We learn that the Clonmel election is fixed for Friday next, and that the Attorney-General has left town to-day for the purpose of presenting himself to the constituency. There will be no contest, nor show of opposition. It ix almost to be wished that there were, so complete would be the triumph. This is a state of things exceedingly gratifying to the friends of the Government. Here is one of the most in dependent popular constituencies of Ireland voluntarily se lecting the First Law Officer of the Crown as their re presentative, without dictation, without solicitation of any man, wholly uninfluenced by any consideration or control, save their own good sense of the honest claims of the Go vernment to their support, and their un biassed a pp robation of the i n di vi d ua l w h o comes before them as the represen tative of that Government. We put the fact before the public, with our emohatic commendation, as a proof of the title the honest men of Clonmel possess to our hearty ap plause.—Dublin E ven i ng P ost , T o n f ear s t h y er a e s is a paragraph in the Evening Mail of yester day, relating to tile new Chief Baron, which co ntains many lies a s lin es , invented for the purpose 'staining the audacious assertions of the Editor, that the Lord Lieutenant favours and encourages political agitation. It is affirmed that the new Chief Baron is an out and out Rtheepn hiseale Repealer. .That he " owes hi s a d v ancement first, a promotion to, \Jr. O'Connell ;" and conse quently, that his elevation 4 o the Bench is, on the part of the Lord Lieutenant, a .direct act of encouragement to the Repealers. It is . scarcely necessary to do more than mention these absurdities, in order to expose has their utter falsehood. —lbid. i c s o r a dm. at th e el n e c n e g d t h aroused r o u operationssed to o n The Ulster Association the very stronghold of Oran ' the Northern Province have been,geThe Reformers of combined and effective exertion, and , as sueeessw hich has already attended the movement, demonstrated th at the preliminary meeting on Friday, has induced M ail to treat it with such lofty contempt. The Asso e t c i iation is, therefore, a humbug, a farce, and, moreover, i and absurd ! We promise Jeremiah that he will soon have to alter his tone. The Orange Magnates of Ulstereen regard the Association with far different feelings...bids LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, AuG. 20. IN THE MATTER OF BENJAMIN LETTIS. The insolvent in this case applied to be discharged on bail. Mr. Wtionnorn, on the part of the creditors, op posed the application. In support of his opposition, he read an affidavit by the attorney against the insolvent, stating that the two persons named as bail—James William Loyd and Martin Mahar—were insufficient se curity for the insolvent's liabilities, which amounted to 210/. James William Loyd, examined by Mr. Woon- F.OFFE—I am a dairyman in Old-street-road. My house and fiirniture is worth upwards of 2001. I have also a quantity of plate. Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS—State to the Court the several articles which you say amount to 2001. in value. The witness entered into a detail of the " plate" and furniture, by which it appeared that the former con sisted of one silver cream ewer, and half a dozen spoons ; and of the latter, although he enumerated even the most trifling of the kitchen utensils, the amount did not reach 60/. The description of the several articles, and the prices named for them, together with the cross-examination of this witness, kept the Court in roars of laughter. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER said he would at once reject this application, on the ground of the insufficiency of the bail. Loyd—But I have several houses besides. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER—That will not do. The insolvent is remanded. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Au.. 20. (Before Mr. Commissioner MEttivALE.) IN THE MATTER OF WILLIAM CARROL. This was the day fixed for the choice of assignees in the matter of this bankrupt, who was described as a wine-merchant, carrying on business in Finsbury-circus. The bankrupt was examined at considerable length by Mr. MaxoN (a barrister), who also sought to prove for a sum of 6101, ; and the evidence in effect was that he had given up all his books and papers this morning to the official assignee, reserving only the private corre spondence with his wife and family, who had been re siding abroad for the last four years and a half. Mr. AARON—Yon lent some thousands to your fa ther-in-law, Mr. Shea ; have you any letters or vouchers for such large advances ? Bankrupt—No, I have not, neither bond nor bills. To what amount did you trust John and Joseph Shea? From 14,000/. to 16,000/. ; several sums were repaid ; and now, including principal and interest, they owe me 18,000/. Have you no claim upon their distillery in Irelan i? —I have ; and I have not. In 1831, Mr. Kerman, myself, and another of Shea's largest creditors, agreed to take a composition for our debts of ss. in the pound, but not to enforce our claim until Mr. Kerman should be first repaid the sum of 12,000/., with which the distillery was to oe set at work. It ultimately proved a failure, and Mr. Kcrma❑ lost the whole of his money. Was not Mr. Kerman a partner with the Sheas ?—I believed him to be so, and thought to make him liable, but I have since been informed that if I did so, ho could take the benefit of the act. _ . Did you not make an assignment of all the furniture contained in your house in Eaton-square to a Mr. Thompson, for 8501.? Pray who is Mr. Thompson ? —He lives at Cheltenham, and I made the assignment to him as far hack as three or four years ago. He had become security for me to a Mr. Walton, who is now one of my creditors. When you called upon me to ask me to take a war rant of attorney at ss. in the pound, for the two thou sand guineas lent you by my uncle in Paris, did you ever mention a word of that assignment, although you now parade forth that furniture as a large item in your assets ?—No, I did not, as I did not think it to be necessary. The fact is, that about two years and a half ago I fell into difficulties, and my creditors agreed to take ss. in the pound. As, however, very shortly after I found that I had no claim upon Kerman, I told my creditors that I owed about 3,5001., and that I had about 2,700/. to pay them, and they signed a deed, to which Mr. Mahon was hostile ; and being asked by him to show how I arrived at these amounts, I put down, on the instant, the memorandum which he now holds in his hand. The Learned COMMISSIONER did not think that the bankrupt should be pressed so much upon this point until his last examination. Examined by Mr. Walton, a creditor—l had 130 doz..Jl of claret in my cellars, and I'2 cases of cham pagne, but not to the extent of 230 dozen. Mr. Walton—You told me you had 130 dozen of champagne. The Bankrupt—That I never did ; I spoke of the claret. Mr. Walton—From what has passed here to-day I shall never ask the bankrupt again a single question as I to a matter of fact. _ ..._ ......... The Bankrupt—l am upon my oath, and I have told the truth. .. . .. Mr. Commissioner NIEttivALE said he could not prevent this altercation, but the bankrupt was bound to answer such questions as a creditor might feel it his duty to put to him. Mr. MaxoN—Have you any wines elsewhere ? Mr. Commissioner MERIVALE could not a:lotv this examination to be further protracted, as this was not the fitting occasion for it. Messrs. Johnson and Co. claimed for a debt of 681. under the deed of composition, but as they never ob tained any one payment, they put it to the Court if they might ❑ot be allowed to prove for their original debts. Mr. MAHON said he was in nearly a similar position, the only difference being, that he had taken a warrant of attorney for his composition, but had received nothing. He therefore wished to know if he were to be excluded from proving for his 2,000 guineas. The Learned COMMISSIONER thought that Mr. Mahon having taken a new security, was excluded ; but that the Messrs. Johnson might prove for their old debt, as the bankrupt had made them no payment from the date of the execution of the deed up to the period of his bankruptcy. Mr. Walton said he had been induced by the bank rupt to discount a bill for a Sir J. Webster \Vedder burnc, who had lately died, and the bill was unpaid. He therefore wished the bankrupt to give him up tile note of introduction which certain solicitors had written to the bankrupt, and who knew, from circumstances which he could prove, that when they so introduced him to Carroll, his bill was worth nothing. The examination was subsequently directed to the houses in which the bankrupt lived, and the disposal of certain articles of furniture, in the course of which he became violently convulsed, but, having been accom modated with a seat, recovered again in a few minutes, when he said he had a painting in his possession belong ing to Colonel O'Malley which he wished to restore to him, but— The Learned COMMISSIONER said he could give no directions about it, as it was at present the bankrupt's reputed property. The bankrupt asked if be might have an allowance made to him, and also obtain his protection. The Learned COMMISSIONER. told him the Court would grant the latter, but he must apply to the assignee for an allowance. Mr. John Phillips Judge and Mr. J. Henry Price were then chosen assignees. CENTRAL CREVIINAL COURT. OLD COURT. Robert Fairbairn, the Captain of the Princess Vic toria, steam-vessel, surrendered to take his trial upon the Coroner's inquest, for the manslaughter of John Brister, by oversetting the wherry in which he was, end thereby drowning him. Mr. CLARKSON appeared for the defendant. The Grand Jury ignored the bill that had been preferred before them. The first witness called was a person named Wilde, and from his evidence, it appeared that on the Ist of July, about eleven o'clock in the morning, the Princess Victoria was on her way down the river, and when she arrived off Greenwich, a boat, in which was a water man, two ladies, the deceased, and a boy, came off for the purpose of putting the ladies and the deceased on board the steamer. She was hooked on to the gangway ladder, and while one of the ladies was in the act of getting into the boat, the steamer went on, and the wherry was dragged through the water and swamped, and the deceased was washed out and drowned. The witness stated that there was a sailing barge coming in a contrary direction, which must have struck the steamer if she had not gone on as she did. John Welsh — deposed that he was mate of the barge 41ary ; and he was sailing with the barge up the river, with the tide. When he arrived off Greenwich, it w ne h s e s r ,s ry ba si r ri g k e: an T d he sh E e n r i a e n ral i d nto st h e e a r m o e n ; washe saw the Victoria, an d a w h erry a l ongs i de her, and a h s e t e s r a n w o f thew e quarter, and carried away the barge's mizen mast. Ile considered that if the Victoria had not moved on at the instant she did, his barge would have struck her. As the steamer went on, the barge cleared her. Cross-examined--Did not think the barge would have struck the wherry if the Victoria had remained still. Thought she would have had her more astern. William Thomas, the waterman who had charge of the wherry, deposed that he was engaged to couvey the deceased and two ladies on board the Victoria, and she stopped to receive them, and the boat was hooked on in the usual way. Just as one of the ladies stepped on to the steamer's . ladder, she went on , and the boat was dragged into the water, and sunk immediately. He did not hear any order given for the boat to go on. He supposed the steamer moved on, on account of the barge that was coming towards them. The deceased was drowned, but the other passengers, with himself, were picked up. It was a spring tide, and there was what they call half a gale of wind from the west,. He gave uo aig.iai to the steamer to go on, because he had two more passengers THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1840. to deliver. If the steamer had not gone on, he and his passengers would have been quite safe. He did not think the barge that was approaching them would have struck his boat, but she might have struck the steamer. Cross-examined—lt was blowing hard at the time, and there was a great swell. He did say to the per sons in the wherry " For God's sake be quick, or the barge will be into us." Captain Fairbairn was on the paddle-box of his vessel. He had said that in his opi nion the steamer went on to prevent the barge from striking her. Mr. John \Vinkfield deposed that he was captain of the Emerald steam-vessel, and at the time in question he was up the river. H e was as t ern o f the sailing s barge, and his ves se l struc k t h e barge and carried her mizen mast. H e o b serve d the posi la tion of the Victoria and the wherry, and from the state of the wind, and the " way" the barge had on her, he was s ure that she must have struck the s team e r, and that the lives of the people on board, and likewise those in the away wherry, would have been endangered. He was decid edly of opinion that both the steamer and the boat were endangered by the barge. Cross-examined—ln my opinion, if the steamer had stood still, the barge would have crushed the wherry, and destroyed the lives of all the people in her. I con sider that Captain Fairbairn did all he could, and that by going on, as he did, he avoided the greatest and most serious danger. Mr. Baron GURNEY here addressed the Jury, and said that upon looking over the depositions, he did not see that there was any more material evidence that could be adduced, and he did not think the charge had been at all made out against the defendant. At the same time it was a most prope r inquiry, because for the preservation of human life on the River it was very ne cessary that persons having the charge of steam vessels navigating it should be taught to exercise the utmost care and caution in so doing. The jury then returned a verdict of—Not Guilty. Mr. Baron GURNEY said he quite concurred in the verdict, and before Captain Fairbairn left the bar, he could not help expressing his opinion that he was not at all to blame in the transaction. It appeared by the testimony of all the witneises that he had been placed in a situation of great difficulty and danger, and that he had done all in his power to prevent a more serious accident. He hoped that he would al 7 ways exercise great care and caution in the performance of his duty. Captain Fairbairn said that he had always endea voured to do his duty, and had on no occasion wilfully endangered the life of any one. He was then ordered to be discharged from custody. Elizabeth Cleveland, aged 53, was indicted for felo niously casting a quantity of oil of vitriol upon George Day, with intent to maim, disfigure, and disable him. Mr. CLAItKSON defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that the transaction in question took place on July 13, in Lucas street, St. Pancras. The prosecutor was walking down the street in question, where there are some disreputable houses, and the pro secutor went into one of them, where he saw the prisoner and another female, who requested him to treat them. He refused, and wished to leave the house, and as he was doing so, the prisoner threw the liquid in his face, the consequence of which was that he was severely burned, and that he lost the sight of one of his eyes. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Mr. O'Hay, whose real name is supposed to be O'Sullivan, an old military man upon half-pay, was brought before the Lord Mayor charged with having indulged on the preceding night in his favourite drink of whiskey punch, until he became unable to take care of himself. He made himself comfortable, as the night was warm, in a damp corner of an alley, which he, no doubt, with the entitling which drunken fellows sometimes possess, thought he should have all to him self. He then began to snooze, and although many gentlemen who had been carousing in the neighbouring public-house paid occasional visits of short duration to the spot, he was unconscious of any one's approach until a policeman, who was informed that there was some extraordinary obstruction in the sink, pulled him out of his odoriferous chamber by the heels. The Captain, whose eyes were swollen with drink, stared about him, and at last fixing one of them on the policeman, and closing the other, he said contempt uously, " Well, what of that ? I abused nobody. I kicked up no row. Can any one say I broke the peace ? No, I'd see the peace d—d before I'd break it." The LORD MAYOR-But, Sir, this example of drunkenness set by a man of your rank in society is most discredita',le. The Captain—Society would have known nothing at all about it, high or low, if the officer had been quiet. Where was the use of bringing me here? The Sergeant said, that two 5/. notes and other money having been found upon the person of the gen tleman, it was necessary to introduce him to the Ma gistrate. - Gooch, the principal turnkey of the Compter, said that the Captain was very food of a glass indeed. Al though an old man who had seen a good deal of service, and often hard pressed to make both ends meet, he was in the habit of breaking out for eight or ten days when he handled his money, and nothing could check him. He had been frequently in the Compter, and the sur geon of the establishment was of opinion that drink was turning his brain decidedly. The Captain—Oh ! he thinks so, does he ? Pray what are my symptoms ? I should be glad to know. Gooch—Mr. M'Murdo can tell particularly ; but. the moment you are brought into the prison at night, you arc known by the noise you make like a goose ; when you get a drop you are certainly mad. Alderman Pirie was obliged to fine you the last time he saw you, which was yesterday.—(A laugh.) The Loan PdAvott---Oh ! then he is keeping it up now ? Gooch—Yes, my Lord, and he'll never be at ease till he has spent the whole of the money which was found upon him. The Captain—l suppose I may convert my own pro perty into the shape of whiskey or gin if I please. 1 don't see what money is good for if not capable of such transformation. Besides, teetotalism is running riot so desperately, that it must be a sort of pleasing novelty to see a man in a helpless state of intoxication. The LORD MAYOR --I wish we had somebody to take care of him. The Captain—Oh ! dear, I thank you for your kind ness, but I have now for a great many years taken care of myself. The LORD MAYOR—Then I must request that you will be good enough not to come into the City any more. The Captain—Certainly. Nothing shall ever induce me to step within your jurisdiction again. I can't re ceive higher satisfaction than I do from the belief that I shall see you no more, my Lord, except, indeed, it may be upon your invitation.—(A laugh.) The Captain then paid the fine of 3s. and departed. BO W-STREET. INFORMATION AGAINST THE NEW STRAND THEA TRE—AN INFORMER DEFEATED.—Yesterday, Mr. Charles Melville, 31r. Curries Selby, and Mr. Frede rick Salter, actors at the New Strand Theatre, appeared before Mr. Henry, at the instance of Atkinson, the common informer, to show cause why they performed dramatic pieces in the theatre without being duly li. censed according to the provisions of 10th Geo. 111., cap. 20. Mr. Chambers appeared for the defendants. The information set forth that they, being persons without any authority by patent from her Majesty the ak Q cctnil u ieoa e amwm e nenb,,tasr certainnl Chamberlain ihanen without oepNsrlehci wiens stahhtnraedavnci deputy,noi gun Theatre,noa tn n cye y trhot a aef u t n2: o ipi tndrrhiedtt premises syreepoxsoam, of July called oydt t. Lord haasetsltldt h id and there represent and perform a certain farce and en tertainment called Hunting the Turtle, without hav ing any such patent, licence, or authority, for hire, gain, and reward, against the statute, &c. ; for which they had forfeited the sum of 50/., to be distributed as the Act directs and appoints, Sze. Mr. Chambers said that although he appeared for the three defendants he did not profess to do so until the service of the summons was proved. Atkinson said that before such a course was adopted he should like to know if a gentleman from the Lord Chamberlain's office was in attendance, as he had caused a summons to be served upon h im ' Mr. Tupper, the gentlemen alluded to, shortly after came into Court, and the case of Mr. Selby, one of t h e defendants, was proceeded with. Constable Earl, F division, proved that on Friday last he served the defendant personally with a summons, of which that produced was the original. Atkinson sum on s said for the that ci e fe nandoatni notice e to had o b d e u e c n e h appended e t if the m any such was in existence. Mr. HENRY was of opinion that the summons was served upon the defendant for his attendance at the Court, to answer the information, and it remained for the party complaining to show if he had been guilty of a breach of the law as stated in the information. Mr. Nichols, the clerk, having read the information against the defendant, Mr. Chambers said he did not wish to make any ob servations respecting the technical difficulties of the in formation, but would call upon the complaining party to bring forward proofs of the case. Edward Brown, describing himself as an attorney's clerk, and producing p l a y-bills and a boo k of t he piece in question, proved that on the night of the 28th July, he went to the Strand Theatre, where he saw the farce of Hunting the Turtle played, with various other per formances. Mr. Chambers—You must put that printed book away, for I know you wish to give your evidence by reading the title-page. Witness denied that lie was reading it. He paid 2s. entrance mousy, and one penny fo r a bill. The defend an t was on the stage at the time, perform ing in the character of Mr. Levingson. The theatre, he believed, was is the palish of Clements D., ;; , 5 , and he did not know if he had got any license. Mr. Chambers—Now say, on your oath, do you know that he has got a license ? Witness—No, he has not. Mr. Chambers—ls that all the evidence you have to offer ? Atkinson—Yes, my case is closed. Mr. Chambers—Then I have no observation to make. Mr. HENRY—Under such circumstances there must be an end to the case. Atkinson—According to the provisions of the Act, I consider that the defendant is liable to the penalty, having taken a part in the performance on the night in question. Mr. HENRY—That may be, but you have failed to show that he performed for hire, gain, or reward, al though it has been proved that money was taken at the door. Atkinson—l shall be prepared, in another case, that the defendant did so. Mr. HENRY—The case is dismissed — Mr. Chambers—And I hope with costs. Mr. HENRY said he would not settle that part of the question until the other eases were disposed of. The case of Mr. Salter was then called, and after the information was read over, . The witness Brown proved that, on the same night, he went to the theatre, where he witnessed a farce on the stage. Mr. Chambers objected to the term " farce" being applied to the piece that was performed. Atkinson—Did you see a representation on the stage ? Witness—Yes ; I saw the Hunting the Turtle played. Mr. HENRY—Do you call it farce, for that is the expression used in the Act? Witness—Yes ; I call it a farce. Atkinson—You saw the defendant—what was he doing ? Witness—Yes ; I saw him. He was watering flowers and acting as a soldier on the stage. Atkinson—You know what parish the theatre is in ? Witness—lt is in St. Clements Danes to which the taxes are paid. Atkinson—You say that you paid money on enter ing ? Witness—l paid 25., and afterwards got a bottle of ginger beer. _ _ Atkinson—l cannot carry the case any further, your Worship. Mr. HENRY—Then it must be dismissed as well as the other. Atkinson—And I must withdraw the next case, your Worship. Mr. HENRY—Then they are all dismissed. The crowd of persons connected with the theatre, who had collected in the court, anxious to know the issue, on hearing how the cases had terminated, ex pressed themselves in terms not to he misunderstood by the unfortunate common informers, who now discovered that they had got into a dilemma they did not calculate upon when they laid the information. Mr. Chambers then rose and spoke as follows :—I have very strong reasons, which I shall shortly state, why I should apply for costs in each of the cases 'which have just been dismissed. It is quite true that the law inflicts a certain penalty upon persons found infringing upon the Act under which the informations have been laid, and it is also quite true, that in this great metro polis, where, each night throughout the entire year, theatrical pieces are represented, there should be found a number of persons ready to lay complaints against performers, for the purpose of extorting money from them, which might be the case whether they go to the theatres in the east or the west, or cross the water into the Surrey parts of town ; and it is also perfectly true, that information might be given against all the performers, and heavy penalties inflicted, under the 10th Geo. 111. It was also beyond dispute, that when MadanneVestris opened the Olympic, there were not only burlettas, vaudevilles, and farces played, and that no respectable person connected with the Government, ever came forward with a complaint ; but it does so happen that no Government prosecution was ever pre ferred against them. This prosecution was brought forward, without any possible excuse, except the worst motives ; and I am entitled to say, from what was heard to fall from the witness, that should the cases which have just been dismissed have turned out in a dif ferent way, he would be prepared for a prosecution against thirty actors, which would not be the case if he had armed himself with the names of the proprietors, unless he was guided by improper motives. Without intending any insult to the gentlemen for whom I ap pear, I am bound to say, that they support their families by their abilities ; and while they are by their talents affording amusement to the public, I cannot forget that they are not a rich class. While we drop our two shillings or four shillings into the box of the receiver, we should re►aember that we do so not only in consideration of the talents of the performers, but also to contribute to the support of their fami lies—(Applause)—the salaries of such actors being very slender. I would draw your attention to the late case of Drury-lane Theatre. When Mr. Hammond took it, he was followed by several actors from the country, who were willing to hazard their fortunes and time in the speculation, and when he failed, they shared in his mis fortunes. Persons pursuing the profession the defen dants did could ill appear in Courts of Justice, when they might be called upon to pay a penalty of 50/. each, and in order to make such persons as the complainant more cautious in future of bringing forward such cases, I submit that he ought to be compelled to pay the costs, particularly in the present instance, where the failure has been so complete. Any person passing by the Strand Theatre within the last few nights must have seen that it had been closed in consequence of these proceedings, and who knows but that tinny hungry mouths may have been caused by it. The complainant has not considered how much mischief he was entailing on the defendant by bringing forward these informations, for he had actually taken horn their pockets the counsel's fees, and as the Act had been tortured to bring each of them into Court, they bad acted most wisely in employing professional men be fore they would subject themselves to such a penalty, for the witness had said that there would be thirty-three others. I submit with confidence, that the gentleme❑ are justly entitled to remuneration for the loss of time while the theatre was closed, and for the injury in flicted upon them. Atkinson said, that if there were not other grounds in the Metropolitan Police Act, there was no reason why they should have closed the theatre, and feel alarmed, and he would rest upon the grounds of their being alarmed.—(A laugh.) Mr. HENRY asked if there was any evidence to show the expenses the defendants had been put to. Mr. Cuming, the defendants' solicitor, said that the lowest amount he could charge was two guineas each. Mr. Pyle, a solicitor for the informer, who had just entered the Court, said, that such expenses do not come within the Act. Mr. HENRY observed, that " to award such costs as seemed meet to the Magistrate," were the words of the Act. If the cause had been dismissed on technical grounds the costs would be more limited ; but as the merits had been gone into, he had power to award costs and amends. He would, however, take the milder course, confining himself to costs, and order the informer to pay two guineas to each of the defendants, or go to prison for one month. Atkinson—Although I give security for the payment? Mr. HENRY—There may be a distress unless you pay within eight days ; but if you are prepared with security I shall accept it. Mr. Pyle was then accepted. Mr. Chambers asked what goods the informer was possessed of, in case of a distress warrant. Atkinson—Household furniture in two rooms. Mr. Chambers—Take care they are not removed within the time. Atkinson—l assure you they shall not, Sir. Mr. Chambers—l am afraid of you. Atkinson—That's more than I am of you. The parties then left the Court. WORSHIP-STREET. BILL DiscouNTlNG.—James Barrett, a well-dressed man, was placed at the bar before Mr. Grove, upon a charge of having fraudulently obtained possession of a bill of exchange for 151., and 91 pounds of leather, va lue `2O/., the property of Mr. Archer, a shoemaker, re siding at Warwick. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor (who was an elderly man, apparently imbued with no small share of rustic simplicity), that he had come to London on business, and was proceeding along Holborn about three weeks ago, when he met the prisoner in the company of an old gentleman named White, with whom he had formed a slight acquaintance a few years ago. He entered into conversation with White, and happened in the course of it to mention that he was rather pressed for ready cash, which he was desirous of raising on a bill with other more substantial security ; upon hearing which White intro duced him to the prisoner, his companion, who, he as serted, would willingly oblige him, as he was an exten sive bill-broker, an assertion which the prisoner confirm ed, with the observation, " Yes, William, I think about 15,0001. to 20,0001, a year pass through my hands in such transactions." The prosecutor thereupon invited them into a neighbouring public•house, where he en dorsed the bill and handed it to the prisoner, who, on receiving it, said that he had not the money about him at the moment, but he would meet him with it on the ensuing morning at a house in Wormwood -street, Bishopsgate, and the prosecutor, on his part, en gaged to bring with him 201. worth of leather as a collateral security, as he was a stranger. The prisoner, with his friend White, was faithful to his ap• pointment, and it was arranged that they should all re pair to the shop of a shoemaker named Farr, near Shoreditch Church, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the leather formed an adequate security. upon examining it, Mr. Farr pronounced it to be amply ade quate, on which the prisoner expressed himself perfectly satisfied, and requested the prosecutor to accompany him into the city to receive the amount of the bill. Having placed the leather under the care of Mr. Farr, they proceeded to Garraway's, where the prisoner left the complainant and White, and after three hours' absence he returned, and told them he had met with ~expected disappointment. " The . fact i s ,' sa i d he, " a bill for 1001 ., drawn upon Sir Robert Peel's steward, has been returned upon my hands, in con- t sequence of his having broken the neck of a valuable hunter, which he has been compelled at great cost to re place, but if you meet me at twelve to-morrow you'll be sure to have the money." Instead of attending the appointment, however, the prisoner sent his friend White with some frivolous excuse, and the prosecutor saw nothing of him until several days afterwards, when he met him by accident, and insisted on receiving a voucher for his bill, or having it returned. The prisoner ac cordingly prepared a document, written upon a dirty scrap of paper. After giving him the memorandum, the prisoner expressly promised to meet him the next day and bring the money ; but he failed to do so, and the prosecutor, becoming alarmed, hastened to the shop of Mr. Farr, the shoemaker, with whom the leather had been left, to see that it remained safe. On his arrival he found the prisoner in the very act of packing it up to carry off, and the shoemaker said he hal represented it as his own property, and asserted that he had obtained a cus tomer for it. The shoemaker added that the prisoner had already taken away a portion of it, and had bor rowed from him a sovereign on the remainder. During the conversation the prisoner hastily withdrew, and the prosecutor soon afterwards gave information of the transaction at the station-house. The prisoner had pledged part of the leather, and a portion of the residue was detained by the shoemaker as a security for the sovereign he had lent him. The prosecutor met him that morning, and gave him into custody. The prisoner, upon being asked if he wished to say anything, produced a bill, which was handed to the pro secutor, who, on inspecting it, said that it was the one he entrusted to the prisoner. The prisoner, who called himself a bill-broker, at tempted to prove, through a Jew witness, the payment of money, but he failed, and Mr. Grove remanded him until next Tuesday, refusing to, take bail. The bill broker was then ushered into a cell. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT—LzrRRPOOL, Aua, 19. John Matthews, a coarse strong-featured man, but whose countenance and mode of conducting his case indicated considerable shrewdness and intelligence, was indicted, under somewhat singular circumstances, for having in his possession, without lawful excuse, a mould for coining shillings. It appeared that some five weeks before the occur rence took place that forms the subject of the present indictment, the prisoner met one of the police officers of Manchester in the streets of that town. He en tered into conversation with him on the subject of the great quantity of counterfeit money in circulation. stated that he knew one person who was a very exten sive manufacturer, and mentioned his name to be Ken nedy, a tinker,: residing within a few doors of the pri soner. The officer thought it his duty to attend to this information, and inquired of the prisoner whether he could not purchase from Kennedy some counterfeit money. He said he thought he could, and received some money for that purpose. He accordingly some time after left with the officer a number of counterfeit sixpences which he said he had purchased from Kennedy at the rate of 2d. a-piece. He brought one or two other parcels in the same way, and also, at the request of the officer, a number of counterfeit shillings. On one occasion he came and gave information that on that night Kennedy would be at work making bad money. The officers had, however, become suspicious of the bona fides of their informant. They kept a watch upon the cellar in which Kennedy resided, but seeing nothing suspicious they did not go in. The cellar was, it appeared, ori ginally double, but the back part had been separated from the front, and let as a bakehouse. The door of communication, however, still remained, though closed. The officers, at the suggestion of the prisoner, pro cured the key of this back cellar, and made a hole through the door, by which they could see what was doing in Kennedy's residence. At this hole they fre quently reconnoitred, but without seeing anything'to ex cite their suspicions. In the beginning of June, after the officers had inquired of the prisoner whether it would not be possible to detect Kennedy in the act of coining, he informed them he thought they might, but that at all events they would find a mould concealed on a ledge a little way up the chimney in his house. Some days after the officers, whose suspicions of the prisoner had continued to increase, arranged that he should meet them at the Canteen, which is near Kennedy's resi dence, and go to make another purchase of counterfeit coin. He did so, and received two marked shillings. An officer had previously been stationed in such a posi tion that he could command a view both of Kennedy's cellar and that of the prisoner. He saw the prisoner go, in the first instance, into his own cellar. He came out with something in his hand, with which he proceeded to Kennedy's. It was a small parcal in white paper, so small as to be almost concealed in his hand ; but before he went down Kennedy's steps be lookedlat it, and the officer could then see it was a' small square or round parcel, loosely wrapped in paper. He went into Ken nedy's, remained there a few minutes, came out, walked along the street towards his own cellar, looked back, and seemed very much agitated. He then went for a little while into the cellar, and afterwards rejoined the officers at the Canteen. He then trembled excessively. They took him into custody and searched him. They found on his person but one good sixpence and some half. pence. Two of the officers then went to Kennedy's. They found him and his son with two persons, a man and his wife, to whom he was selling some little article of his furniture. None of the parties showed any alarm on their entrance. The officers asked if the prisoner had been there. Kennedy said he had about five mi nutes before lit his pipe and gone away. The house and all the parties present were then searched. In the spot indicated by the prisoner was found a mould for a shilling, but there was nothing else whatever in the house tending to show that the manufacture of bad money had been carried en. In the prisoner's cellar was found concealed some plaster of Paris, a material used in making counterfeits, a ladle, which had been used to melt metal, and, concealed in the earth in a flowerpot, a number of pieces of lead. This metal would, it appeared, enter into the composition of a very inferior, kind of counterfeit coin, such as many of those which the prisoner had brought to the officers, and which, in the opinion of the inspector of the Mint, had been cast from the mould found in the cnimney at Kennedy's. Kennedy himself, and the other parties who were present when the officers came in, were called, and stated that the prisoner had come to the cellar a few minutes before. That he did not say anything, but seeing them engaged in making a bargain respecting the furniture, crossed to the fire-place, lit his pipe, lin gered a little while, and then went out. Kcnnedv de nied that he had ever s o ld th e pr i soner any counterfeit coin. The prisoner examined all the witnesses at some length, to show that on several occasions he had given the officers information, which, if acted on at the time, would have enabled them to take Kennedy in the act. From other testimony it appeared that the prisoner and Kennedy about two years ago had a quarrel and fight, on occasion of an assault by the former on a per son of the name of O'Neil. That the prisoner on that occasion was imprisoned for some months, and had re peatedly since that time expressed his determination to be revenged on Kennedy, and to have him transported. The prisoner addressed the Jury in his defence, and called several witnesses to show that Kennedy was in the habit of making bad money. Verdict—Guilty. His LORDSHIP, saying that the circumstances of this case called for the severest punishment which the law awarded for this offence, sentenced the prisoner to be transported for life. OXFORD CIRCUI7', GLOUCESTER, Aua. 19. NISI PRIUS COURT. ABEL U. PRICE. It appeared that the plaintiff was a horsedealer, of XVinstone, in this county, and that the defendant was a farmer, of Withington, in the adjoining parish. It ap peared also that the plaintiff had been indicted by the present defendant at the general Quarter Sessions for the County on a charge of stealing some hay, the charge having been previously investigated before the Magis trates when the now plaintiff was put upon his defence and compelled to give evidence of an alibi. Upon the indictment, however, being preferred before the Grand Jury at the Sessions the bill was ignored, and this action was now brought by the present plaintiff on the ground that the charge of felony preferred against hitn had been malicious and without probable cause. The constable who had taken the plaintiff into custody proved that the defendant applied to the Magistrates for a war rant against the plaintiff, and produced the warrant which had been granted on that occasion. Mr. Baron Parke said that if the plantiff's case could not be car ried further, the remedy should have been in trespass and not case. For the plaintiff the information taken before the Magistrates was put in. The records of two indictments preferred by the defendant against the plaintiff for stealing hay, and which had been ignored, were then put in. Mr. Baron PARKE, however, held that there was no sufficient proof of want of probable cause to sustain the actions, and directed a nonsuit.—Nonsuit accordingly. CROWN COURT. James Gardner and IVilliam Jackson were indicted for stealing, at Cheltenham, fifty bushels of malt and ten sacks, the property of Charles Halford. This was not the ca s e of an ordinary larceny ; the property having been obtained by means of a stratagem, the prisoners belonging to a well known description of persons called " victimizers." The prosecutor was a maltster of Tewkesbury. The prisoner Gardner re presented himself to be a general dealer, and the prisoner (Jackson had been a servant in the employ of one Mr. Mellish, who was concerned with the prisoners in the commission of this offence, but it had been im possible to succeed in apprehending him. It appeared in evidence that the prosecutor, Mr. Halford, sent off the malt in question by his servant, who was met by:the prisoner Jackson. The latter requested that the malt should be left at a public base, which was accordingly done. In the evening of the same day, the prisoner was seen at Tewkesbury in possession of the malt. When Gardner was to ea into custody he had some cards with different addresses in his possession. ..../ Mr. Greaves addressed the Jui:Y contending that the offence did nof t o law, Anl 1° larceny. The Jury found both prisoners guilty.' iting Sentence—lmprisonment for one year. There was a policeman from Portsmot t th in wa( to take Gardner into custody on two othe r eh' Ir g es ° swindling, if he had been acquitted. EVENING EDITIO '7 SPORTING INTELLIGE3 0-3E' TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. NO The betting this afternoon, though exceedingl f gu"e tb; prehend9d nearly all the horses at present in then t arket t an , St. Leger. and led to two or three slight alterati ons. 1 ,0 celot declined to sto 2 which was laid to about 4 t 0 1 . , t n es i. it seemed to us, might ' have been obtained without z la" p re ing. Gibraltar rose to 7to 1, with backers, and .0 r uciii% and in precisely the same position as on Monday - we ho and I° ,l to en turP-• 12 to 1 laid, and were informed that one party had v bet three points more; the middle of the three' pric "%rcllg't as we could guess, was the average at the close. If ' - ; „, d as the Young-un and Viceroy were backed at improNesi Pr' c 'l os - ' . 14 shall have disposed of all that was worthy of tiel • odds : LEAMINGTON STAKES." 5 to 2 agst Hetwan Platoff—taken. • Offers to back Clarion 6 to.l. ST. LEBER. 5 to 2 agst Launcelot—taken 7 to 1 agst Gibraltar—taken 12 to 1 agst Crucifix 14 to 1 agst Maroon—taken 16 to 1 agst Brnadwath—taken 25 to 1 agst Viceroy —taken 25 to 1 agst Young-un—taken 25 to 1 agst Dr. Caius—taken DERBY, 1841. 25 to 1 agst Coronation—taken 40 to 1 agst Mobarek—taken r 20 to 1 each was laid agst Yorkshire Lad an d colt, and 10 to 1 afterwards agst the two. RIPON RACES.—TuEsDAY. ht a fir The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 tarsi ed : half. I ner to he sold for 150 sovs., &c. Mile and a i j o i) , Mr. Hutchinson's Maria Monk, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b ..... ' ',, Colonel Thompson's Mazurka, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b ....... .... Is Mr. Thompson's Vermillion, 3 yrs, Est 131 b 4 Mr. Peck's Cleanthes, 4 yrs, cyst 21b '''''' .. 5 "'' '' 1311)••• A Mr. Smith's f by Voltaire, out of Pucelle, 4 yrs, .Ist ', s ,aso The St. Wilfred's Gold Cup of 1001., by subs. of : 10 s° ' with 20 added. Two miles. Lfe) 1 Mr. Peace's Lord Mayor, 4 yrs, Bst 31b ..... 3 Mr. Wormald's Bolus, 4 yrs, Bst 31b . . . ...... . Mr. Bell's Fearnley, 4 yrs, Bst 31b . .... Mr. Hodgson's Fieschi, 6 yrs, Bst 131 b •• .... .... . , . Mr. Jaques's Burletta, aged, Bst 131 b t ...... „s, The Town Plate of 501. ; for three-yrs-old, 7 it ;. four Jpres 4lb ; five yrs, Bst 11th; six yrs, and aged, 9st 21 1 ) , 31b; and gelding allowed 31bs. Winners once this )e tl '3o is twice, bibs. extra. Horses that have star ted three il 1840, and not won, allowed 31bs. Two n aile heats. I I Mr. A. Smith's b f The Maid, 3 yrs. .. ...... (Ly e) 3 5 Mr- Jaques's Burletta, aged Mr. R. Peck's Cleanthes, 4 yrs Mr. Hutchinson's Maria Monk, 4 yrs :.:...E....... ............ ..... ............. 1 3 BURTON-UPON-TRENT RACES.—Tels pi 'l i i to 1 The Bretby Cup of 1001., added by Lord Chesterfileciol! Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, an d 5 only if I. e ' ( 14 The second saves his stake. Once ro and and SO Subs, 5 of whom declared.) Mr. E. Peel's gr c Saul, 5 yrs, Bst 31b ............ Mr. T. Walters's gr h Vertumnus, 5 yrs, 1 st 61b ••••"•:, Lord Warwick's ch f Petty Larceny, 4 yrs, 7 st 31 b• • Mr. Ogden's br h apuriie, 5 yrs, ist 111 b ••• .... The Anglesey Plate r of 501. y , the gift of tht• ; , ot glesey ; heats, two miles and .a dist. ; was won by M r. e ° b h The Plover, beating Lord Chesterfield's York, and three others. HUNTINGDON RAC,ES.—WaragzsnAl• itb to The Ladies' Plate of 50/., by Subs. of 2 sovs. each, 0' added from the fund. Heats, (Nice round and a c lis. winner to be sold for 100/., &c. 1 I c o tton Mr. Barcham's Diana, 3 yrs, 7st Mb: r ydt Colonel Peel's Mistake, 3 yrs, 7st I ....• ••• Mr. Booth's Hahneman, 5 yrs, Bst 1 Mr. Nightingale's Ada, aged (h b), Ost 21b ..............'. for Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, and 10 added from thenifilni,, three-years-old. The winner to be sold for au' , Heats, once round. (8 Subs.) 1 Mr. Berestord's Marialva, Bst 21b Butler or Colonel Peel's Maid of Ipswich, Bst 21b.....•..•••••• OXFORD RACES--WEDNa soAY. a sts lP The Cup of 100/., by subs. of 10 sovs. each, with a l i e , ; four; of 5 sovs. each added; for three yrs old, 6sl 10 , l co , ' bst 21b ; five, Bst 12lb ; six and aged, 9st ; winner' Zoo! or Goodwood Cups, 61b; all other winnet. 4 of 1 dibsa d ; Plate or other given prize of 100 sovs. (matches and T cap excepted) in 1840, 5113 ;of two or more, 71b ent ll.- 1 miles and a quarter. (10 Subs.) i. , lig) 4 Mr. Collins's Isaac, aged -••• (r. Mr. Rawlinson's Chilson, 4 yrs.. Mr. I. Day's Caravan, 6 yrs TMhre. City Cirb Members' et'sJenny P J l o a n t e e s ( , )f 4 s y o r l s . . ; . fur.. ......... ............... 0. . izt i n i sa i r ' e ?,, , l ri bl four, 8A 21b ; five, Elst 10lb ; six and aged, 95t "; 18409 3 / 1 , geldings allowed 3lb : wieners of one Plate i•:!,., f o r 0 0 ' of two or more, 51b extra. The winner to be e t" . 1 1 &c. Heats. cl , s ppel) a Mr. I. Day's Mulciber, 3 yrs ...... . ...... ...0-"-'.„,.. '',, a, Mr. Samwell's b g The Knight, 4 yrs ......••• ....... • ' Mr. Bryan's b m Dewdrop, aged Y• s ei TUNBRIDGE WELLS RACES.--V 0o c ii.. '- The Manor Plate of 501. Heats two miles and a 1 winner to be sold for 1501 ., &c . N 1 e Mr. Balchin's Slang, aged, 9st 51b... ...... (W. Balchin/ 0 n ' Mr. Wickham's Curate, 4 yrs, Bst 6lb ..................... 0 Mr. Stirling's Orange Boy, 5 yrs, Bst 211 , ... ............... 0 1 bil o Mr. Coleman's Bristolian, 5 yrs, Bst 12 1 1 , ....... 1 ' The Visitors' Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 40 added. .111j' e a half heats. I Mr. Erskine's Armall, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (Higgins) 1° I Mr. Shepherd's Maid Marian, 6 yrs, 9st 3lb Mr. Felix's Cupid (late Rustic), aged, 9st 31b ~ M /•• r. Coleman's Bristolian, 5 yrs, Bst 91b 9 a • Mt While running for the County Plate at Oxford, on I n l ° the Longwaist colt was thrown by corn. 4 og in contact Fly rope left across the course, and his jockey COnollY) gerously injured. THE MARKETS. eitO ....?„. _...:. ..... , 1; s. .0. , Per Quarter.l s. to s. ,s. s. s. to s. s. to S , I , Bath Blandlord --..., 60 71 - 33 32 - 48 '' ..." 'Pt, Bridport --. 1 - 68 - - - - ..... 7,7 0 4 1 ' Chard --.I 56 78 32 06 30 31 43 t5,..7 31 ..' Gloucester ,68 72 32 46 26 33 52 o'" ..- .." Exe,er - . 44 4 Os Guildford ; - - 40 46 58 :;4 40 , 4. , N ' T e wbur Y ----- 5 6 76 24 34 24 35 50 5 c 7 ,0 / Reading ...,-. ,; 54 82 1:2 42 1.1'6 35 47 s 'i,'? '' "s" Salisbury —I 54 79 30 34 26 34 44 • sr; ' 45' Shusborne '66 72 3d 31 26 30 44 l 'i 46 .." Stieptonillallet 58 80 31 38 30 36 53 „.... "" '..,,,,, Uxbridge , r 1 4 - 4 - 72 27 37 3 4 3 3 ' 3 28 2 3 3 5 2 5-.3 ...- 55 --.-- /- Winchester 164 76 - --", 58 --* ...„ Yeovil 156 CS 30 38 30 34 3 ' /ile. l iT 18. LEEDS CORN MA lIKET.-Angs . e5g..t .. ° - 1,, 0 Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk 601 b. --- York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk ................................... ',),,5. to gas,;' A - Yorkshire and Lincolnshire ........................ : - 2 '4 5. t ), l: --- Grinding ..................................... ... ....... '•'. 40. t o 345. f Beans .„, s. to ~tort; j/ats, Potatoe .............. . ......................................... , i'2 . . d. pe, lot'''' to , 04 .1 ,, —Meshing, For. -d. to-d .......... ......Eng. 16d. ;belling 3:is. to' A. i• ill DEVIZES CORN MARKET. s. d. 31 0 Per Sack. s. 0. s. U. Per Quarter. „., ot ° , ;:s 0 first Wheat '3 , 1 6to 37 0 Oats... ............. .. ..,: 2 0 54 0 Second 32 0 31 0 Beans (per sack)... ':... 0 ~.. :bird darley 27 GUILDFORD 0 33 0 Broad (per gall.).•• to 2 ' 11 Ir y 9 . . t Wheat, Old (Per Load) 191. to 201. Os.-New, in' 40. (1 6 Bar:ey (Per Oats 2 :16 Rye. ..................... Grey Pease, 4' s. to 48s. W heat. cl ~ •_ „.... ...• A d iViCi f li fi GREAT WESTERN STEAM-SHIP. ------ 0 00-' l O of 1/ 4s. per share on the capital stock of the c tist o ce for the half-year ending the 30th of June, ha s i declared.— Western Luminary. _ ----_, s .1.--- , ---_--..--.-- 0 . A i 11' 1 tit LADY'S GOLD NECK C r Viit° ff 'Zis may be selected from of several patterns, price, ''l t ';/of , ,iiii sovereigns, Five Guineas; weight of five so s'er" ,' 5, Guineas : weight of six sovereigns, Seven Guille°,ereill-0, weight is given by comparison with the weight of s an d a sc k eil being more easily referred to than if stated in ounces ",,, Ro rk The quality of the Gold is warranted equal to any that is articles of this description. hi t T. COX SAVORY, , 7 CO° Goldsmith, Silversmith, We-zhmaker, 8.. - c., don . a r , (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street )t `1 f r ee, " Drawings of the newest patterns will be sent Pe/ s : plication be made post paid. Ol d BIRTHS. are, On the 16th inst., at,Leicester. place, Leiceste r-silu DO r. wife of J. Nichols, Esq., surgeon, of a daugh te f the W I. On the 16th inst., at Winchester, the wife o - of ° Moberly, of a son. Bristo w ' On the 17th inst., at Greenwich, Mrs. g' sif daughter. on th e 17th inst., at Petworth, Sussex, g,. 0 A of , - Seawen Blunt, Esq., oat rabbett of a son. the 134 ofd' 1 , wit ° On the 18th inst., Osidge ' Southgate, the Bosanquet, Esq., of a son. dg ' f Sh el. hARRLED. v. E arl c' al' s ' On the 18th i ns t., at Wilton Church, the -'-', 3 o GeOr i S K. c., l burne, son of th e M arqu i s o f L ans d o wne, i%ir fifth daughter of the late Earl of Pembroke. hirg tonvo On the 15th inst., at the parish church of Bi", d ot 0 4 , W. P. Fairbairn, of Leadenhall-market, to Mary , e a ' te, I‘,P eiii ? ter of J. Graves, Esq., of Birchington, near M.eg_ c , P4O, On the 18th inst., at Theydon-mount Cll;latilsbovart, Bullock, Esq., eldest son of J. Bullock, IA" e f sir sg es' Hall, Essex, to Cicely Abigail, eldest daughter 0 Ha ll, _ o p/ Bowyer Smyth, Bart., of Hill Hall, and Florham iyenrollio. On the 18th inst., at St. Mark's Church, i": to Psof' Mr. John Coombs, of North Wootton, Sonaelle, G r eat youngest daughter of the late Mr. John Cusens, at a rt/ e folk-street, Borough, Southwark. C• Hay betD• On the 18th inst., at Streatham Church , J. r,liaa Eq., of Quedgeley House, Glocestershire, to n , 00 1! daughter of B. Harrison, Esq., of Clapham-corn 00,,,,et, On the 18th inst., at the house of her fathe!,',xforpn daughter of Mr. B. Moses, of Hanway-street, u to et to Mr. Myers, of Winchester. itlar bet b ' On the 19th inst., at St. Matthew's Church , da Oiza t o, ci i ,"! e stele R. Moir, Esq., of Aberdeen, to Judith Lu ) oungest daughter of the Rev. N. Watts, °f 1 " 1 ° does' Devon. 01 nor lira . On the 19th inst., at All Souls Church, Wi e .l ha ik , to t o t eldest son of William Borders, of Treston, SuuemarYle• beth, eldest daughter of Mr. Garrod, UPPe r street, Fitzroy-square. lat e DIED. krn „ Esq., On the 13th inst., in London, Isaac T. Pac- al ugh tel ,°` of Gushmere, near Feversham, Kent, aged 81. ., eldest O On the 15th inst at Windsor, Cath erine, of ding. of William de St. Croix, Esq., aged 17. , a' , kino , _ On the 16th inst., Ann, wife of Mr. W. N v ee l • ton, Herefordshire, aged 81. Bethnal -W. t 1 0 On the 17th inst., John Garnet, Esq., of , g o o I Lan kf r lir' On the 17th inst., at Farningharn Sanford, aged 78. wary of , On the 18th inst., in Oxford-street, Mrs. daughter On the 19th inst., Eleanor Doyle, the ________. Charles Eieke. ---- ---- UN G. • DO V ) . am l 1 London : Printed and Published by Mtn", 11 , 2 sti . Vicaragi, 0 j. No. I Ist Strand, at :(he SYii. N Office, s.' Fl o i&4O. the county of Middlesex. —FridAy, Augu t COUNTRY MARKETS. Barley. ; Oats. I Bew.s•