The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENIN(3I-1 THE B 1? DELL MURDER MYSTERY. The New York papers ter m with the details of the trial of Mrs. Cunningham, on the charge of being a principal in the extraordinary murder of Dr. Burdell, the particulirs of which have already been pablished in our columns, and have excited world-wide interest. The standing of the murdered man in the commu nity, and that of the accused parties ; the quiet but public character of the street in which the murder was committed ; the my-tery attending the crime ; the siroumstauces which, from the tesiimonyelicited before the coroner's jury, seemed to them a well founded suspicion against the inmates of the house as the perpetrators of the crime ; and, following that verdict and the indictment, the fact that some of the most important witnesses were found to be of a charActer far beyond reproach, together with a re-action in public opinion, to a certain extent, as regards the guilt of the accused, have all tended to increase the mystery that surroun ed the crime. The trial, which took place in New York, lasted six days, and terminated on Saturday, May 9. On the last day of the trial the excitement arose to the highs st pitch of intensity. After the clos ing speeches of counsel on both sides, the judge de livered his ch arge , an d preserved throughout this remarkable effort the utmost impartiality. After lay ing down the law with remarkable clearness of lan guage and logical force the judge anslysed the evi dence inthe following manner :—lt would seem to be indisputable that it was arranged in the early part of the 3d of January, that Helen Cunning ham, the daughter of the prisoner, should go with Dr. Beecher the next day, at 11 o'clock, to Sara toga Springs, to school. As soon as this arrange ment was made the family commenced preparations for that event. Taking the testimony of the in mates of the house, except that of Hannah Contan, it would appear that all the members of the family, the prisoner, Eckel, the two daughters, and Snod grass, were engaged till 11 o'clock in these prepara tions, when they severally retired to rest, the pri soner and her two daughters occupying the same bed, according to their statement, in the third story front room ; that they so occupied it until morning, the prisoner sleeping in the middle be tween the two daughters ; that they arose the next morning, and all took breakfast together as usual, except Mr. Eckel, who was called away by a note from Mr.. Ely, as be proved.; that after breakfast they all returned to the apartment to gether, this third story front roo m , w h ere th e y were when lannah, the cook, •annotruced to them the death of the doctor. In this connection it is pro per to consider the theory of the case announced on the part of the prosecution. They rely upon the threatiby the prisoner towards the deceased, and the biter feeling of ill-will which she so fre quently manifested toward him ; that having been married to him she was desirous of getting speedy possession of a part of his property, which was the Inducement to the commission of this crime ; that these motives which are alleged actuated tier to per petrate this crime, are adequate.m tives therefore. They also allege that she did it ; and that on the day the deed was committed she ascertained that the only boarder in the house, except Mr. Eckel, Mr. Ullman, was not to be at home until a late In our that evening ; that she had prepared in the antic room a firetu be lighted at any moment fur the pur pose of destroying the evidence of her guilt ; that !he deed must have been committed by some one in the house, and that she was the only person in the house that day who had any adequate motive for committing the crime, and that necessarily it must have been done by her. That at about midnight an offensive smelt was perceived in Bond-s reef by se veral per-on 4, and teat the same was caused by the burning of clothes, d7c , in a grate of the front attic room, and that such burning took place, they say is evident from the testimony of Dr. Parrnly. In this connection you will bear in mind the statement of Dr. Smith and his son—the fact that Dr. Smith had that very afnernoon been burning in his stove pieces of wo )llen and pieces of leather. Whe ther or not this offensive odour may not have been created from that source it is for you to say. Y ou will remember the testimony of Dr. Main that he experienced the same offensive odour about one o'clock that morning, and also the testimony o f M r . Baldwin, who, wit his friends, noticed the same smell about the same hour. Then you have the tes timony of Mr. Ullmann ' who came into the hou se about 12 o'clock, and who experienced no smell, and the testimony of all the inmates of the house who concur in stating that they experienced nothing of that kind. Then, gentlemen, there is a theory which has been laid before you that it was impossible, from experiments which have been tried, that this matter could have been burned in that room with out its fermenting the whole house, and creating. an odour which must have existed for some hours— from 12 to 2 o'clock. Then, gentlemen, another evi dence, - which would have been a very striking one in this case, particularly where a strong, st..ut, ac tive, healthy man, as this deceased was testified to be by Dr. Francis, in the prime of life, was mur dered under circumstances that this man was, by a female, whether such a rencounter cold have taken place, and such a result have been produced by the prisoner at the bar without leaving on her person some marketer evidence of such rencounter. You remember the testimony of the physician in refe rence to indentations or marks remaining much longer upon the female than on the male, and the reasons that were glven for est .blishing that fact. As no marks were proven—the one alluded to under the shawl I believe was not made out by testimony at all. Now, upon the theory of the prosecution, they not having proved that any clothes in the house were defiled or sn &Del, it must be apparent, from the testimony of the physician and the evidences in the room which we have ourselves seen, that the persons who did inflict these injuries must neces sarily have been, to a considerable extent, covered with blood. I say that the prosecution, not having had it in their power to show any evidences of gar ments in or about the house thus defiled or stained, unless you shall find the theory that this fire in the room in the attic was prepared, having it ready for burning these clothes, and that this room was use d for a purpose like that on that night, is sustained, it follows that, there being no appearance of any stains or of any blood upon any of the garments of the prisoner, or of any in her house at the time, you are bound to consider that there were none. Now, gentlemen, another evidence—and a striking, if not controlling one, of the guilt of the person charged withimurder—is, finding upon the i accused weapons with which eitherthe deed was perpetrated, or with which it might have been perpetrated, or in any places, if not upon the person of the accused, over which the accuse d had exclusive control or possession —as, for instance, the case put by one of the counsel, of a person shot by a pistol-bail. A pistol was found in the possession of the ac cused with which it was possible the ball had been shot from ; and when the dissection took place, the ball found in the body of the deceased would not fit the pistol ; therefore, that presumpti on whi c h, i n an ordinary case, if the ballhad fitted the pistol, would have been regarded as conclusive, failed entirely because the two did not agree. The judge proceeded to argue that, from the nature of the wounds, and the position in which - Dr. Burdell sat when the fatal attack was made upon him, it was unlikely that a female like the prisoner would possess the amount of strength necessary to accomplish the murder. Then, he continued, there is another the ory in the case—that those wounds were, for the number of them, of a peculiarly mortal character ; that they were nearly every one of them fatal or mortal Mows, and that they must have been in flicted by a person having an anatomical knowledge of the human system. There is no proof on the subject that the prisoner has or has not such ana tomical knowledge ; and if you are satisfied that these blows were inflicted by a person having ana tomical knowledge, to have brought it home to the prisoner it would have been necessary for the pro secution to show that she had such anatomical knowledge. I have not felt it necessary to discuss the various theories in reference to whether persons might have got in from the back part of the house or the front, or to call attention to the various sug gestions madein reference to this subject. Gentlemen —you must look at this case with reference to the prisoner at the bar, whether the hypothesis is sus tained so as to exclude the idea that his death could have been caused by any other person than herself. My duty is now ended, and you have to retire to your room, calmly to decide on the fate of this unhappy woman at the bar. Meet your duty like men feeling your deep responsibilities and the solemniti. sof your oaths. Toy our decision I now commit the fate of t is unfortunate woman, and the future of herself and her family. While you deal justly by her, it is your privilege also to deal nier cifully ; for, as I have hefore'remarked, if you have any reasonable do elet of her guilt, that doubt is to be cast into the ,cale in her favour, and entitles her to your verdict of acquittal. If, on the con trary, on a reviow of the whole case, you deem the charge contained in the indictment proven, it is yn ur duty to yeeur country and your God to say so, though it be with anguish of heart, and may cause deep shame arid sorrow to others. But if in this final reviewvag you are not satisfied of her guilt, pronounce a verdict of acquittal, and let the accused go free. Luring the delivery of the charge the most pro found t.ii - ;_ince was observed throughout tthe vast as behibly :, at its c:ose there was an attempted maul lestatiou of approval, which, however, was quickly represt ied by the officers. Mr. Bartelf, au officer of the court, was then sworn and put in charge of the jury, who at seven retired. At this time Mrs. Cunningham Was re. iting her head upon a chair in front of her, hear cia v . : 1,4 tff,3 were still seated at her side, fanning themselves beneath their thick brown veils to par tially escape the effects of the heated and unhealthy atmosphere which pervaded the room. In half an hour the jury returned to their seats. In a moment the audience became involuntarily silent, and Mr. Vandervoort (the clerk) said, — Gentlemen of the j ury, have you considered your verdict ? Foreman—We have. Mr. Bartolf approached Mrs. Cunningham and directed her to aris3. She did so, evincing in the act a seeming unconsciousnes , of what was transpir ing about her ; she stood still and motionless until her eyes, without expression, turned towards the jury. . - Mr. Vandervoort—Jurors, look upon the pri soner; prisoner, look upon the jurors. How say you, gentlemen, do you find Emma Augusta Cun ningham, otherwise called Burdell, guilty or not guilty ? - The Foreman (in a subdued tone)—Not guilty. The words had hardly been announced before there was an attempt to applaud the verdict, but the prompt action of the officers checked the in appropriate expression of feeling. Mrs. Cunningham stood for a moment entirely unconscious, but the buzz of satisfaction that broke the silence startled her, and she sank into her chair in a state of partial swoon. Judge Dean and Mr. Clinton supported her e and gave her the assurance that it was " all right" which was the first con sciousness of her acquittal. A few brief moments passed, when she had sufficiently recovered to be conducted with her daughters from the court-room to the Marine Court chamber, when she received the congratulations of her friends and the jury. An hour later, she and her daughters, accompanied by Isaac J. Oliver, were rolling in a carriage towards the house, No. 31, Bond-street, where they will remain for the present. OUR RELATIONS WITH BRAZIL. -I-- (From the Daily News.) We have just received Sir Richard Bethell's Bill for the Punishment of Fraud committed by Trus- Mr. Roebuck proposes thi s even i n g to ask the Bankers of Commons to do a very sensible thing— tees, Bankers, and other p e rsons intrusted with appoint a Committee to inquire into and report on property. The bill is, happily, shod and intelli- I our relations with the Empiro of Brazil. He will, gible, qualities which do not always distinguish this I of course, be told that such a step is unusual and class of literature. We find in it seven short sec- an interference with the functions and responsibility tions, in which the offences to be henceforth • of the Queen's Government. But the circumstances s of the case are al-o unusual, and the policy of the brought under the cognizance of the Ctiminal Queen's Government is at variance with the inte- Courts are pointed out and defined. The first ie rests and hazardous to the commerce of the country. aimed at the class of "trustees ;"—how many If, then, Mr. Roebuck can establish these two among us in decent positions in life have the good Propositions—as we think he very easily may—no fortune to be neither trustees nor executo rs ? N ow , I formal or technical reasons ought to prevent an in trustees Quest beino held on a sub which are, for the moat part, at th e mercy o f the ' the honour ° and the welfare of ject England, affects both solicitors to the trust funds, unless they be very What are the relations between England and careful men indee 1, and do not shrink from cans- Brazil ? Nothing can be better than the relations ing trouble and expense. Some of this class will between British subjects and Brazilian citizens. upon the slightest provocation throw the affair ( No hing in peace can be worse than the relations , into Chancery, an d th us re li eve t h emse l ves f rom between the British and Brazilian Governments. Between the former there exists a large, valuable, responsibility at the expense of the es t a t e . With and increasing direct commerce ; and in England the terror of the Attorney-General's penal clause the balances of trade between Brazil and all other before their eyes we suspect that this class of nations are settled to our advantage. It is no over-careful trustees—and executors too—will re - exaggeration to assert that the pecuniary interest ceive a large addition. For the future, trustees who which Englishmen have in Brazil is seldom less "in violation of good faith, and wi t h i n t en t t o de- than fifteen millions st , rlino. Brazilian ports are fraud with English commercial houses and ship fraud," appropriate trust mone y or any part of it to ping ; Brazilian railways are being made with their own use are to be held guilty of a misdemean- English capital and English skill ; in English s our, punishable by penal servitude f or an y t erm shipyards the rapidly increasing Brazilian navy not exceeding seven years. The only check upon this is being built ; Rio de Janiero is about to be Draconic clause, which would otherwis e ren de r m e n lighted with gss by an English Company ; the as unwilling to meddle with the office of trustee, as g+ eat monumental works of that and other Bra with red-bot iron, is a provision in the 12 th s e c tion. zilian cities are directed by English intelligence ; No such prosecution is to be comm e nced w i t h o ut in short, the trading, industrial, and pecuniary the sanction of some Judge or of the Att orn ey- dealings between the two countries are of th e General, and it is supposed that in this way vexa- largest and best descriptions ; and hitherto w e tious and unjustifiable indictments may be avo ided. have maintained our superiority over th e U n it e d " Good faith" and " f rau d u l en t i n t en t" are ver y States and Germany in B raz il. plastic terms ; so it is to be h o p e d th e secur ity im- The relations between th e two G overnments are plied by the necessity of obtaining this previous deplorably bad, and threaten very seriously to dis sanction may avail. It is, no doubt, highly expedi- turb and diminish the good relationship existing ent to frame some s u c h c l ause as this fo r th e b ene fi t between the people of th e t wo coun t r i es. W e h ave ofpersons interested in trust funds, for few persons no Treaty of Amity and Friendship between the two if they be not members of the legal profe ss i on , can Crowns ;we have no T rea t yo f C ommerce ; we h ave nave the faintest idea of the amount of ini qu i t y an- not between the t wo G overnmen t s a s i ng l e obliga nually perpetrated by trustees. Any lawyer who tion or stipulation of any sort or kind, save and has seen much business wilt invariably advise his except one—the first article of the Slave Trade client not upon any con-iderasion to leave his affairs Cenvention of 1826, all the other articles having in the hands of a sole trustee. Trustees must be been terminated ; and about the construction and posted, like sene ries in the presence of an enemy, in m, aning of that article the two Governments have pairs, the one to be sentry or trustee over the other, so completely disagreed, that, while England has Were it your own brother, were it a man you have used it to in vade the territorial waters and to attack saved from drowning, were it the clergyman of your the forts of Brazil, the Brazilian Government has parish, never make him " sole" trustee. At the protested to the world against the violence to same time, the office is one which must be filled, which it has been subject under what it deems Were the law made so stringent that private indi- the misconstruction of the true meaning. Nay, viduals were al togs ther frightened away from the more, the Brazilian Government is resolved that, office of trustee, the only alternative would be an uut•l the English statute, which was passed in 1845, indefinite extension of the powers of the Court of to carry out the English view of that article, is re- Chancery. Trusts must be. A cestui-que trust pealed, it will enter into no compeer, whatever with would be made a ward of Chancery, as minors are this country. The English Government, on the now, under certain conditions. Now this would be contrary, adheres with exaggerated and mischievous a great evil, and therefore the honest trustee must tenacity to ast stute which nothing hut the strongest be protected in the discharge of his duties, and necessity cituldever justify, and which good faith as well as policy now requires the repeal of. even cases of dub ous malversation must not be We say good faith requires the repeal of 8 and 9 scanned with too severe au eye. W e wi ll n o t sa y the security is inadequete. A Judge or the Attor- Vic., cap. 122, and we proceed to prove the asser nest-General will surely be slow to allow a prosecu- tion. In procuring its enactment the B raz ili an time save upon very clear evide ice indeed. It would Government were expressly informed : be difficult to imagine any case for legislation, "Her Majesty's Goveroinent are f ar f rom wish wherein the interference of the Legislature is im- ing this mode of adjudicating vessels to be perma peratively called for, more surrounded with difli- nen , . "They will be ready, so soon as any measures of culties than the one before us. On the one hand we have rascality and malversation in office, on the the Brazilian Government shall enable theca to do other the danger that the most honourable men so, to repeal the bill now about to be brought for will shrink from the discharge of duties which may ward ; but whilst the present state of th ings continues, iuvolve them in such terrible consequences. Some- and until either the slave trade of Brazil shall have thing must be tried, and here is a definite proposi- entirely ceased, or the Brazilian Government tion. Time only will show whether it will work shell have entered into an arrangement with Great all the good we desire, and not the evil which we Britain jointly to carry into execution the declared apprehend. intenti•ms of the parties to the Convention of 1826, The second, third, and fourth sections re-enact in that course will not be open to them." more general terms the provisions of the 7th and Here an obligation was voluntarily incurred to Bth George IV., cap. 29, sec. 49. Under this Act repeal the Act in one of two cases :—either when it was provided that bankers, merchants, brokers, the slave trade shall have ceased without a new or other agents intrusted with money, or securities treaty ; or when a new treaty shall have been con for the payment of money, with "directions iu eluded before the cessation of the trade. Now, it writing" as to the application of the same, and who is a fact, beyond all controversy or doubt, that the should convert them to their own use, should be African slave trade with Brazil has " entirely held guilty of a misdemeanour. Further, where ceased." The Brazilian Minister has stated, with any valuable security or power of attorney for the out contradiction, in a document laid before Par sale or transfer of any shares in the public funds, liement, that during the last five years cnly twenty dtc., was intrusted to any banker, broker, mar- six Africans have been illicitly introduced into chant, attorney, or other agent, and such person, Brazil ; and so completely does the information of in violation of the purpose for which the security or the British Government accord with this statement, power of attorney was transferred to him, sold, ne- that in July last Lord Palmerston told the House gotiated, transferred, or pledged the security or the of Commons " the slave trade in Brazil may be proceeds for his own benefit, he was also guilty of considered to be extinct." One of the cases lon a misdemeanour. Such is a general outline of the templated by the British Government as a sufficient enactment which will be now virtually superseded motive for the repeal of the Act has, therefore, by the more general terms of Sir Richard B e th e ll' s occurred. But both Lords Palmerston and Claren new Bill. The second section provides—" That don refuse to fulfil the obligation Lord Aberdee n assumed on the part of the British Crown. in 1845. any banker, merchant, broker, attorney, or agent, , will perhaps be sug other person, and who shall, in violation of being intrusted as such with the property of any These Ministers may, i Bested, require the additional security of a new good faith, and with intent to defraud, sell, treaty before repealing the statute. If so , it i s n egotiate, transfer, pledge, or in any manner apparent from the slave trad e p a p ers l a id b e f ore convert or employ to or for his own use such Parliament that, proceeding in the negotiation on t p r operty, or any part thereof, shall be guilty of the basis of its repeal, the B raz ili an G overnment a misdemeanour." It would be difficult to have has always been willing to n ego ti a t e suc h a treaty. an enactment more sweeping, or one, we believe, But the British Government will not consent to negotiation as betvve; n two independ en t St ates ; more imperatively called for by th e c i rcums t ances i of the time. The form of crime c h arge d i s s i mp l y it insists on Brazil s i gn i ng , w ith ou t di scussion a theft of the most barefaced kind, with breach of or negotiation, the pre t jec of a tr• sty which it trust superadded.. It is a crime perpetrated not presents that Government. This was the course by ignorant men, but by persons of unusual pro- pursued in 1847, when Lord Howden pre fessional skill. They have sought the employment seated all ready for signature a treaty which under which their iniquities are perpetrated—it the Imperial Government, out of a sense of has not been thrust upon them. In fact, there is its own d gnity, refused , n that account to not the shadow of an excuse, not the faintest pal- sign. In 1853 the late Brazilian Minister at this liation, to be urged in their behalf. Iu the third Court presented a prject based on Lord How section the same penalty is fulminated against any den's treaty, with some modifications intended person "who, intrusted with any power of attor- chiefly to protect the coasting trade of the Empire, ney for the sale or transfer of any property, shall which had sufferel severely and unjustly from the fraudulently sell, transfe r , an d convert suc h pro - proceedings of our cruisers. L or d C laren d on sum perty, or any part thereof, to his own use." Th e madly rejeete ! l it, end replaced it by a coun t er pro general teuour of the remark s w hi c h we h ave offered Jeer' of his own. This ler a f t L or d Cl aren d on in upon the preceding section will a pply t o thi s one formed the Brazilian Minister-- we quo t e hi s own e also. By the fourth the security to s ,ciety i s ren - laug uag ultimat um , Of the on which we tiered more complet e . Th e , eby " bailees' of any could not consent to any mi.d—" was our ultimat um property who fraudulently convert it to their own character of this draft the public may judge when use are equally guilty of a misdemeanour. it miy we state that by its twelfth article it was proposed be unnecessary t o a dd th a t t hi s l ast prov i s i on h as a to establish a mixed commission i n B raz il , to in, far wider scope than the case of th e in re b tnker or quite list the legal status of all s l aves i mporte d broker, and is intended to cure a defect in the crie into the Euip.re subsequently to 1831. To such minal law, by which the practitio ner was cons t an tl y a proposition the Brazilian Alinister could only headed back, and the guilty escaped punishment. reply : No one who has read the unhappy and disgraceful " Une telle stipulation non seulement serait chronicles of commercial misconduct during the last contraire aux droits de souverainte du Bresil, mais few years will hesitate fora moment to asknowledge elle causerait la ruiue de Pt-mpire ; ell s l e boule that without such p rov i s i ons as these the business verserait completement, et l'exposerait a des con of this country could no longer be carried on with vuleious qui pourraient about ir ala disparition du credit and security. So vast is the extension of our Bresil de la lis e des nations civilisees." commerce, so great the temptation to unprincipled And so tire negotiations—if negotiation such pre men to embark in wild speculations at the expense ceedings can be cello t—ierminated. But surely the of their clients, so numerous the instances of trium- responsibility of their failure rests on the Govern pbant fraud of this description, as to inspire di smas ment, which proposed as an "ultimatum which it among fair traders and the henest portion of the could not consent to modify," a stipulation so out community. When we consider, moreover, how rageous as this. frequently persons in every way deserving of In truth the policy of Lord Palme'rston towards commiseration are the dupes of these re c kl ess Brazil is quit e i nexp li ca bl e. I n 1 8 50 Brazil enacted sharpers, there will be nothing wanting to compl e t e Paws making the s l ave t ra d e p i racy ; and in a de thes indignation of any man of ordinary probity a n d patch, dated 10th M arc h, 1851 , L ord Palmerston good faith. Let us think for a moment on the forwarded four printed copies of these laws to the class of persons who are ruined by Rich a failure Spanish Government, expressing his high ad.mira as that of Strahan and P au l. The custo m e rs tion of them, and urging th e Sp an i s h G everemeut of the house were not persons engaged profess to adopt them as models for its legislation. In sionally in mercantile pursuit s , an d th ere f ore p ie - , July, 1856, Lord Palmerston admitted th e suffici sumably upon their guard, but private gentlemen ency of these laws, and the vigour with which they who had a full right to rely upon the inte g rity of had been carried out, by telling the House of Com_ their bankers, ladies natur a lly ig noran t o f business, mons that the slave trade in Brazil was "extinct." And yet, to improve our relati ons w ith B raz il , h e aye, and the poor governess, wh o i n one moment of time found herself despoiled of the hard-won will neither propose the repeal of 8 and 9 Viet., c. earnings of her life. 122, nor enter into serious negotiations with Brazil The fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth sections of fur a new Slave Trade Treaty. Sir Richard Bethell's Act are pointed expressly at Surely it is a subject well worthy of the curiosity the directors or p u bli c officers of bodies corporate of the House of Commons "t o k now th e reason or public companies. The notorious defects of the why." criminal law with reference to such persons have at last compelled an enac t men t w hi c h d oes no t appear o err on the side o f over -l en i ency . H ence f or th it will be a misdemeanour in any such person to take "fraudulently" for hie own use any of the property of the tympany. This, we presume, provide s for the case of the deposit of slism securities. It will be a misd e himself ~ ,Ene .o7 atiour in a direc or, dec., to possess ", yof the money belonging to the com pany--otherwise th in • if he wilfully omit to o in payment of a just debt— ameake an entry of the transac tion in the books of demeanour in any such person It will be a mis deitroy, alter, or falsif mak iy y an of of the corep a , P e e c s° l l 3 l , to to be privy to themaking any fraZulen: l :t e ks ert ; try, or to any fraudulent omission. it will amisdemeanour i n any director, tic., to circulat-, or to e j e oin in cir culating, any false statement as t o the ir o f th e com p a ny with the inte n ti on of deo u i tnd n tar eel member, shareholder, or creditor of th e c o l esp g a all n-y y or with the intention of inducing any pen-mito' become a shareholder or p-olner in the concern, or to trust his moeey t o the custody of the cone -early, or to enter ieto any s. unity for the coul d say ' s benefit. 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Deafness.—New Dis v,r —Tt,e Or g:rveinetesidil7nasttrourrn' e a n n :. 1 o *'e ful, s Y. 1 ~ ot;,ers, surpasges anythi , gof tee kiYce ti Hess. naidPtiiht.'a;Ytrid,..aift: , ; :e •e ee n 'l n t, , f o re ' r ' n p i all bob y ever can be red9ced. Being of tin, same colour as sro kin, is not perc,ptibh,.nbliti:nables dear persons to hear distinctly at church uid at , sensation f inging n o i ses in thea eamrsile:cen;titr.:eh ly nn . . ra le o as i a ed nt , and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired. AThemarle-street, Otaeropposite the York Rotel. W. -, • POLICE INTELLIGENCE—May 27. WESTMINSTER—THE PRESENT LAW or DIVORCE. —C. Cannon, a very respectable-looking middle-aged man, described as a law-writer, was charged with hay iog violently assaulted Ann, his wife, a womau whose slatternly and dissipated appearance, unimproved by a severe black eye, denoted a person commonly addicted to drink. Complainant said that she had been married to the defendant upwards of 20 years. On the previous night she was with her husband in Princes-street, Westmin ster, when he gave their little boy 6d. to buy some bread ; but as she did not exactly want bread at that moment, she stooped to take it away from the child, when her husband struck her a blow on the eye with his stick which knocked her down, and he then kicked her. He fractured two or three of her ribs some weeks ago. The policeman proved a portion of the assault. The defendant said that his was a most pitiable con dition. He wished to maintain his wife and family in credit and respectability, but she was so notorious a drunkard, that she was not sober one day in the week. He entreated the magistrate to send to his home, and he would find that chairs, tables, cups and saucers, and ever % thing be had possessed had been disposed of to pro cure drink.' Whenever he took off a dirty shirt she Lumediately sold it, and he had to replace it with a new one. After squandering a sovereign which he bad given btr for the family, she came to him for 6d. to buy bread, and he had no sooner given it to one of the children when she attempted to take it away from him to get more gin with, when, maddened by her disgraceful con duct, be forgot himself and struck her. Complainant, who, in consequence of her noisy inter ruption, had been ordered to leave the court, was re called by the magistrate, but was found in a public-house iu the neighbourhood, instead of remaining in attendance in the waiting-room. She coolly admitted that she got urunk sometimes. It was proved by the police-sheet she was frequently seen in a state of intoxication, but was sober on Tuesday night. Mr. Arnold confessed that he had great difficulty in knowing-how to act in this case. The present defective state of the law did not enable poor persons to obtain a separation, which could be done by the rich, or the de fendant wou:d certainly be entitled to be removed from the society of such a woman as the complainant, and she from his violence, provoked as it might be by her miscon duct. Until some power was given to magistrates, or other tribunals, to separate persons in thehumbler walks of lffe, there was no chance of putting an end to such cases as the present, which, sooner or later, terminate in fatal results. Defendant was ordered to find bail till the police made further inquiries. THE PAVILION AT CREMORNE NOT A BUILDING.—A short time ago Mr. T. B. Simpson, the proprietor of Cremorne, was summoned by Mr. Biachcroft, the dis trict surveyor of St. Luke, Chelsea, for erecting a large pavilion, to be used as a theatre for marionettes, magic, &c., on his grounds, without first giving notice of it as a building. The whole question turned upon whether it was a building within the meaning of the act. Mr. Life, on the part of Mr. Simpson, contended that, though artisti cally got up, care had been taken that it should nut at tach to the freehold, to effect which she whole of the upright., which were merely covered vith canvass, were fastened with nuts and screws to the flooring, and could be taken down in sections, and removed in a couple of days to any other part of the ground. Mr Arnold went to look at it, and the matter was finaly adjourned until yesterday. Mr. Arnold, after quoting at some .ength various sec tions of the Act of Parliament, which gives no definition of what shall form a buiiding, and which Seems to show that although every building shall be a structure, every structure shall not be deemed to be a building, said that, looking at all the provisions of the act referring to the question, a building must mean a permanent structure— permanent in its component parts, and not capable of being taken down and put up again use the one in ques tion. The complaint was dismissed. SOUTHWARK.—DESPERATE GAROTTE ROBERRY —H. Webb, 25, hawker; 112. Howard, 20, porter; T. Cook, 21, potman; Ann Tobin, `,16, an i Catherine Brawn, 18, prostitutes, were charges with having com mitted a desperate garotte robber! in Disney-street, Southwark. Mr. Saul Lawrence, a clerk, of 36, Main-street, Aid gate, whose face was literally covered with bruises, and who could hardly articulate, from the injury inflicted on his throat, stated that about 8 o'cbck on the previous evening he came over Blackfriars-bridge, when he met two men, who asked him to treat them. He consented, and accompanied them to a public house in the Mint. As soon as they entered t wo ot h er men came in, and they seemed to know each other. Alter that the two females came in, and he treated them all to what they liked to drink. They did not sit down, but stood under a kind of shed. Mr. Seeker asked him to look round and see whether any of those persons he treated were in Court. Prosecutor, pointing to the dock, i-aid he thought he could swear to Cocker, Webb, a n d th e t wo females. The two ma l es h e believed to be those he met near Black friar's-bridge. He had at that time in his possession two watches, a gold chain, and 13i. in gold, besides a gold ring on his finger. Finding that he had had enough to drink, and wishing to get rid of his company, he left the premises. At that time Brown kept hold of his arm, and as soon as he got out, some one suddenly seized him him tightly by the throat from behind, nearly strangling bim. He then heard the voices of several men, and he struggled very hard for more than five minutes. Some one then struck him a heavy blow on the head, and he became insensible. When he was attacked, Catherine Brown had hold of his arm. When he recovered himself he was sitting on a door step, covered with blood from wounds on his face. Part of his waistcoat was torn away, and he missed his watches, money and rings. He had, however, a portion of his guard chain in his hand and a coat belonging to one of the men with whom he struggled. _Ann Cronin said she lodged in Sidney-street, and she knew all the prisoners by sight. - About half-past eight on the previous night she saw the prosecutor in the Black Bull pu ,lie-house. Cook and three other men were with him, as well as Brown and another female. About 11 o'clock she passed the house again, when she saw the prosecutor being knocked about and Brown running away. A moment or two afterwards she saw the prose cutor lying insensible in the gutter. Believing that he had been murdered, she went and fetched a police con stable, and on their return the prosecutor, was sitting on the step of a door, with his hands up, covered with blood. While the four men were attacking the prosecutor, she heard one of them say, "He'll best us." Another replied, "No, he won't." She could swear to Cook being one of those men. Mr. she r. Seeker a w the awedmen whether at ta any alarm when She repli e d t h a t s h e was a f ra id. She, however, went after a co ns t a bl e , w h om s h e met i n R e d-cross-street. A s soon as the p ro - e cietor partially recovered, he said he did ckth s e he prosecutor hadma made e l not care much about any of the property except the ring, which bad been his mother's. Sergeant Turpin said that if the prisoners were re manded he believed he should be able to obtain further evidence against them, and apprehend another party connected with the outrage and robbery. Mr. Seeker accordingly remanded them. ROBBERY OF 501. BY A DAUGHTER.—Margaret Rant, a diesipsted-looking female, 35 years of age, was charged with having stolen 501. in Bank of England notes, and 15a., the property of her father, an aged man, named John Mahony, a watchman, residing at 50, Commercial place, Lambeth. The prosecutor stated that owing to the death of the prisoner's husband some time ago, he allowed her to live with him and keep his house. In the early part of April last he bad, locked np in a box in his bedroom, 501. in Bank of England notes, and about 15s. in silver. On the 104 h inst. his daughter went away, and not coming back again, be went to his box, and found that it bad been opened, and all the money was gone. He examined the box, and ascertained that the nails of the lock had been withdrawn and put back again. He immediately gave information to the police, and saw nothing of her until the previous evening, when she was in custody at the Stones•end police-station. However, all his money, which was has bard earnings for years, was gone. Police-constable 259 Ist, said that from information he received be went into a low lodging-house in Kent- Street, and found the prisoner with her little boy. When he told her she was charged with steali❑g 501. from her father, she said " Somebody assaulted me and robbed me of it." He cautioned her and took her into custody. She was searched at the police station, but nothing was found on her. Ia answer to the charge the prisoner achaowiedgt4 ~. ~~ _..._~ ~~L . _~_~. _- MAX 28, 185 7, having taken the money but said she did not mean to keep it. She had got drunk, when she was knocked down and robbed of it all. The magistrate remanded her until Tuesday next, to enable the police to make further inquiries. LAMBETH.—ROBBERY Er A SERVANT.—Frances Bolding, a smartly-dressed young woman with a great profusion of red locks, and well-formed features, was charged with having plundered her master, Mr. Joseph Bumstead, an examiner of bank notes in the Bank of England. Sirs. Ellen Ann Bumetead, wife of the proseoutor, who resides in Holland-street, Brixton, deposed that the pri soner had lived in her service for about six weeks, and during that time, and up to Saturday last, she had no fault to find with her. On that evening, however, she absconded ; and soon after she (witness) missed a quan tity of linen which the prisoner had been employed in ironing, together with a 51. note, seven sovereigns, a half-sovereign, and 2a. 6d. in silver, which had been taken from a drawer in her bedroom. On a further search she had also missed a silk mantle and a pair of boots be longing to her daughter, and the latter the prisoner bad on when she was taken into custody. The other things missed were now produced by the constable, who found them in prisoner's possession. There was also produced a heart-shaped locket which the witness had missed about a fortnight ago, and spoke to the prisoner about it at the time, out she denied all knowledge of it, and declared she had not seen it. Sergeant Standage said that on the evening. before, in consequence of information be received, he went to the house, No. 17, Pitt-street. Old Kent-road, and seeing the prisoner there, he told her she must consider herself his prisoner on a charge of robbini her master. She began crying, and said she was very sorry for what ahe had done ; that she had brought it all on herself, and that she was going to start on the following morning for Liverpool. She further said that from Liverpool she was going to New York with some Mormons, on their way to the Salt Lake settlement. She then handed hint a purse, belonging to her mistress, containing three sove reigns and 10a. 6d. in silver, and said that was all she had left of the money. That she paid 51. 7.i. 9d. for her passage, and purchased some articles she required. Since apprehending the prisoner he had called ou Mr. Rudge, 35, Jewin-street, who is the Mormonite agent i • London, and received from that person 51. 7s. 9‘1., which the prisoner had paid to him for her passage to New Ynrk. The prisoner was committed for trial. CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD. John Hind May, of Huggin-lane, City, and Stanley street, Pumice, a;-nt ; W n, T ylor, 1, Church-passage, Gresham-street, agent ; and Geo. David Myers, 4, Mal vern-terrace, I-liogton, also described as an agent, bu who is reported to be a wealthy man, appeared befora Alderman Humphrey at Guildhall, yesterday, for final examination relative to the charge of conspiracy to de fraud Mr. Gorman, of Lurgan, in the county of Armagh, Ireland, of a quantity of cambric handkerchiefs, to the value of about 5001., and Mr. Lawson, a manufacture:, of the same part, of similar goods to the value of about 6001. Mr. Morgan, of the firm of Humphreys, Son, •and Morgan, appeared as before for the prosecution ; Mr. Huddleston, instructed by Messrs. Sole, Turner, and Co., appeared on behalf of Taylor ; Mr. Hawkins, in structed by Messrs. Overbury and Peak, attended for Myers; and Mr. Wontner defended May ; Mr. Bodkin, instructed by Messrs. Pontifex and Moginie, attended to watch the case for Mr. Chas. Meeking, of Holborn. The depositions taken on the last occasion having been read, E. H. Davis, the clerk from the Union Bank, re called, said—Myers and May had separate accounts at the Union Bank. On the 12. h of Marcie last, a cheque for 1241 was presented by Myers, and it was returned on the following day. Ido not know whose cheque that ' was, but it was dishonoured. There was a bill to which May was a party, for 231. 16s. 6d., which was returned to Myers on the 16th of March. That bill was origi nally for 231. 155., and it was paid in to Myers' account on the 14th of March, and the cost of notsng made it 231. 16s. 6d. A cheque for 301.. drawn by Myers on the 3d of April, and made payable to May, was paid by our bank, and debited to Myers' account on the 4th of April. It was a crossed cheque, and was credited to May's account. There was also on the 4th of April a cheque for 811. 10s., drawn, by Myers, and sayable to May, but I do not find it credited to May's account. The cheque for 1341. on the 12th of March was debited to Myers' account, but it does not appear in May's ac count. It would not, if dishonoured. Mr. Morgan said—ln a case of general conspiracy, it is competent for me to go into as many cases as I think proper ; I, therefore, propose to go into Mr. Lawson's case as an accumulative instance in support of the general charge. It is not necessary for me to prove that these parties met together for the purpose of conspiracy, but if I show by their acts that they are pursuing one common object to defraud a number of persons, as I shall do in the case, then I apprehend I shall proved }sufficient to substantiate the charge of conspiracy to warrant your committing them for trial. Mr. Huddleston—you have no objection to the legal part of that argument. In a charge of general conspir acy you may give evidence of different acts which may teiid to prove the general charge, and it was therefore very convenient for the prosecutors, when they found th e specific charge crumbling beneath them, to deal in gen rats; and finding ti,at Gorman's case was fail ' ing, they try to mend it by a prosecution on a general charge. Mr. Morgan now charges these parties, not with defrauding Mr. Gorm in, but the whole Irish trade of linen manufactuers in general; and, if this is to be the charge, undou Hy he can go irto as many accumulative instances as he can scrape together to support this charge, and I cannot legally offer any opposition t. that course ; but that is not the charge ; for, on the last occasion it was for conspiring to defraud Thomas Gorman, and I now find by the remand commitment that it has been made out for defrauding Thomas Gorman and otner persons, I insist, as an act of common ju.tice to Mr. Taylor, to call upon Mr. Lawson to state boldly if he is the pro secutor in this matter or not, so that Mr. Taylor may - know who are the responsible parties. I will withdraw my objection at once, if Mr. Lawson will s. and up awl say " I have prosecuted in this matter." (Great cheery. g.) Mr. Morgan—l call Mr. Lawson merely as a wit ness in Gorman's case ; and it is not, therefore, neces sary that he should prosecute. Alexander Lawson examined—l reside at Lurgan, in the county of Armagh, Ireland. I am a manufacturer of cambric handkerchiefs. I received a letter from Taylor, dated the 6th of December, 1856, in which he informed me that Mr. Swallow, from Gipestake and Co.'s, would be at Lurgan, and would look at the goods in bulk, as he was not content with sample dozens, and recommended me to try all I could, as they had a large trade and paid cash. He also said that if he had had the bulk be could have got offers for the goods from two parties. At Taylor's suggestion that he should have the stock, I sent up four cases con taining about 2,600 dozen of caesbric handkerchiefs ; and I afterwards received et letter from him, dated the 27th of December, 1856, in which he stated that his col lector had called for the amount of 21. or 31. for the car riage of the goods, and asking for directions as to pay ing it and sending back the empty cases. Upon the receipt of that letter, I sent up Henderson's (the ship ping agent) receipt for the carriage to London ; and On the 15th of January Taylor wrote again that he had in troduced my goods into two houses, and hoped to have a final answer that day. He expressed a wish that the jobbing was over, and said my Lurgan neighbours were keeping it up with a vengeance; and with regard to another case of rods, he advised me to send it forward at once. In c , nsequence of that letter, I t.ent up two cases, containing 916 or 926 dozen, I forget which, of handkerchiefs, and I afterwards received a letter from him, dated the 24th of January, acknowledging the ar rival of the two cases of goods, aedetating that he would not send me a bad bill, but that, if I was afraid, he would guarantee the accounts, including his commission, for four per cent. Tax for wrote me again on the 14th of February, to say that Morley and Nephew would take my goods at 17A off, and 21 and 60 days from the 20th of the month ; but that be thought, if pushed, they would take them at 15 off, and 21 and 90 days. In that letter he enclosed me the account sales of the goods to May, consisting of 1,701 dozen at 4501. Bs. 2d., which, after deducting 121 and 101. 2s 21 for discount, &c., left a balance of 3841. The terms were one bill for 1841. at a month and another hill for 2001. at three months. I received a let. ter, dated the 21st of March, from Taylor, stating he had cleared the whole of tiny g nods, and that I should have the cash for the large lot, amounting to 3001., on the 28th of March, but that he could not get the cash for the four small entries until the middle of April. He said the other 1,000 were in and opened, and that he would try and sell them the following week. On the 31st of March I received a letter from Taylor, dated the 28th, enclosing sake, and statement of account balanced for all sold, by which it appeared that the sales on the 12th Feb. amounted to 8841., and on the 7th, 18th, and 28th of March they amounted to 3931. 34. 6d., making a total of 7771. 33. 6d., from which bad to be deducted 201. 9s. 2d. for Taylor's . charges for comrni .sion, &c., and this account was balanced by bills sent for 3841., 761. 123. 6d., and a cheque for 2961. 2s. Thinking I might be depending on the amount for these goods, he enclosed me his acceptance at 90 days, to use until I got the cash for them. The cheque for 2961. 24, referred to in that account was enclosed in the letter. It was drawn by May on the Union Bauk, and payable to me. The amount of the cheque was leas the commission some 201. odd. The bill for 2001. was drawn by me, and ac cepted by May. It was sent to me already drawn out, and I signed it. It was drawn at three months, and dated the 14th of February. There was another bill for 1841. of the same date, and drawn at one month, and ac cepted by May. Both bills were enclosed to mein the letter I received from Taylor on the 16th February. These bills were for the first lot of goods. I paid the 1841. bill away. I heard no more of it ; but the 2001. bill was dishonoured. The cheque for 2961. was also dishonoured. I paid it into the Northern Bank of Ireland on the same day that I got it, and it was returned, there being no funds to meet it when presented. I also had a bill of Taylor's acceptance for 761. 12s. 6d., which was paid before it was due. I did not ask him for his acceptance, and he had no right to send it to me. On the 9th April I received the following letter from Taylor " 1, Church-passage, Gresham-street, London, Tuesday night, April 7, 1857. "Mr. A. Lawson.—Dear sir,—On receipt of yours yesterday, I went to May's some eight or ten times—he was not to be found. I sent my yeang man to his pri vate house, and he said he was too ill to attend, but had , made it all right for your cheque to be paid as this day ; and I am sure he has not, for I hear to-day he is off out of the country, and has robbed every one. He must have got about 3,0001. I am distracted. I'know not what steps to take for you or the others. I learn that he has intercepted Gorman's goods sold to Myers and Co , has sold them, and got the cash which was to be paid this day ; but don't rep-at this until I fired it is true. I will write to you again to morrow (Wedneedal). I hope to find out somethin g better. If it proves true I am ruined entirely. L e t me know if I have put your bill down correct—date in ray cash-bre •k, 60 dem from, March 10, due June 13. I feel beside myself. It your bill and cheque are met, I shall indeed be thankful. Say per re turn. I will devote all my time to the affair if moving. I hear Patrick Kerwati and Co., of Belfast, bad a large bill due last week (Saturday) and not met. This has brought every one down on May, and he cannot meet it. I will write yen by early pest to-morrosv.— Believe me, very truly yours, "W. TAYLOR." On the following day Taylor wrote again to the follow ing effect : " 1, Church-passare, Gresham-street, London, Wednesday, April 8, 1857. " Mr. A. Lawson —Sir, —I much regret to find this day that that infernal rogue May has not honoured your cheque. Pray write me what I can do to assist y , u. Draw on me, if you Eke, for two-thirds of the amount of the 1,000 dozen I now hold. Anything and every thing I can do shall be done. I feel completely done up, because I know the mi:ery he has caused. Any transaction I have ever had with the man, up to last week, was met honourably, and to the very letter of the word. He has promised me (through a friend) an inter view with my attorney to-morrow, at 10. Whatever transpires I will either write to you or telegraph. I feel confident it will be one of the worst cases ever made public —Yours truly, " Wes. TAYLOR." I accompanied Gorman to London on the 10th of April, and saw Taylor at his warehouse on the lltb. Some short time after, Mr. Turner, the solicitor, and Mr. Drew, an accountant, came in—th , former represented Taylor, and the latter May ; and the result of our inter view was that Mr. Gorman was to bring an action against Myers. I did not receive the same a dvice in my case, as I did not take counsel's o pi n i on upon it. I received tots letter from Taylor, dated April 25 : " Church-passage, London, April 25, 1857. " Mr. A. Lawson—Sir, —May has had, through Mr. Giles (118. London-wall), counsel's opinion, given in writing this day, as to his position with Myers, and the opinion is decidedly favourable to Myers' liability all through the affair ; and he (Gile-) advises ail the cre ditora to club together and try the case, and if all pay down enough for costs out of pocket for counsel, and the case is lest, Giles will charge nothing. Then you can fall back upon May and recover the si. offered, but the ss. will be paid down at once if accepted by all parties. I will be glad to hear from you, and all I can I will do to serve you."—Very truly yours, " W. TAYLOR." I know Mr. M'Cullagh. About the latter end of March last he showed me the two letters produced, addressed to him by Taylor. In the letter of the 18th of May March Taylor says, " I referred your friend Gorman to Mr. May as a man who wanted his handkerchiefs You're mistaken ; I did riot want his goods. You must stick to me with, goods and I will to you. We shall have a bard fight, but we will work a trade yet. I have cleared Lawson's little lot all save the case to this day, and I shall hope remit him cash and particulars on Sa turday first." In the letter of the 25th of March, from Taylor to Mr. M'Cullagh, he says--" May has tot got the other partner he spike to you about, nor is he likely to make any change. Gorman's goods are going out to him, but Myers and Co. buy them, and find the cash when due " Mr. M'Cullagh toll me in January that May owed him about 5001. or 6001. for goods. I never saw Taylor until I came up is April. Mr. Hawkins—What charge have you against Myers? Mr. Morgan—l have put Mr. Lawson in the box as a witness, arid I advise him not to answer that question, for no man is bound to answer a question which may tend to prejudice himself. Alderman Humphery—l see no harm in his answer ing the question. Mr. Lawson has lost his goods, and no doubt wishes to get them back, or to punish the parties who have got them from him. Mr. Morgan—l object to it, because these gentle. men have now been in London. three weeks upon this matter, and they cannot walk through the streets, or stir a step, without having threats held out to them for taking these proceedings. Mr. Lawson—That is quite true, sir. When I was at the Crystal Palace the other day, a lady who keeps a stall for the sale of needles held out threats to me if I prosecuted these proceedings any further; but I am not afraid of them, nor of any action they may bring against me. I have signed the charge sheet against ad the prisoners. Alderman Humphery—l see by this invoice that Meeking bought these goods at 42 per cent, discount, which is an important circumstance. It appears that goods to the amount of 4701 are sold by May, and Meeking's buyer deducts 2001., making the discount 42i per cent. It will be necessary for you to prove this invoice, as it shows that the goods were sold to Metkieg on the 12th of Feb., when, in Taylor's letter of advice about the sale he states they were not sold to May until the 14th of February—two days af , er. . _ Mr. Lawson cross-examined by Mr. Wentner—Taylor has been my agent since September last The first par cel of goods I sent him amounted to 285/ , after deduct ing 15 per cent. Those goods were, I believe, sold to May, and were paid for. He did not first tell me they were sold to May ; and tbe go els were paid for by a crossed cheque of Taylor's for 2001. or more. I never saw the cheque produced, dated Oct. 11, for 2171., until now. Idi receive a cheque for 611 16s. 11d. and 12s. in cash. I was paid fur the goods on toe 10dzi of Dec The next transaction was on the 14th of Feb., and was for 3841., for which I received the two bills fir 2001. at three months, and 1841 at one month. Toe 1841 was paid, but I never received a fraction upon the last parcel of goods. There is a balance of about 5001. now due from May to me. I have not received 201., nor 20 far things in cash ; but raylor received 201. 9,. 2d. fur his commission. Chas. Laing was next examined. He said—l am a carman in the employ of Thos. Fended, carman, of 40, Gresham-street. On the 12i,h of Feb. last I went to No. 1, Church-passage, to fetch some goods from Tay lor's warehouse, and on that day I took from there 131 Infres to Mr. Meeking'e, on Hoibore-hill. 0., the 13th of March I took 54 boxes, and on the 16th, 55 boxes. 1 took them all from Tayl ,r's warehouse to Mr. Meek ing's. Taylor was present wben I took the first lot away, and a young man from May's went with me to deliver at Meeking's ; but I took a delivery-book, which I got signed for the goods I took on the other two occasions. When I got the goods into my cart I went to May's warehouse, in Huggin-lane, for instruc tions where to take them. No one went with me from Taylor's, and no one at Taylor's told me where I was to go with the goods. I went to May on all three occa sions for instructions as to where the goods were to be delivered. Cross-examined by Mr. Wontner—l have carried goods for May about four times. Once from Huggin lane, and three times from Taylor's warehouse. I believe May has an account with Fardell, and I believe this job was booked to May, and that he paid the account which was taken into him for it. Cross examined hy Mr. Huddleston—When I took the goods from Taylor's warehouse we were employed by May, and before going to Meeking's I bad no instruc tions from Taylor whatever about these goods. I took them from Taylor's warehouse in the day-time. S. L. Whittingham said—l am a buyer of cambric handkerchiefs, in Mr. Meeking's employ. I bought the goods contained in the invoice of the 12th of February, amounting to 4701 153 id. They consisted of 131 boxes, containing 1,701 dozen of cambric handkerchiefs. The price I bought them at was 421 per cent. discount upon the invoice price. Ido not know who the goods bel inged to, but we bought of them May, supposing him to be a respectable agent. Huraphery—This invoice is for 4701. You must therefore know of whom you bought such a large quan tity of goods. Witness—Oa a previous occasion I had a dispute with Jail, and he therefore on this occasion went to Wood ward, who brought the samples to me, and I fixed tbe price ; but Woodward bought them, so that I might not have seen either May or Jail'. Alderman Humphrey— What are these private marks on the invoice ? Witness—They are the retail prices, and represent the profit we sell the goods at. Our profit upon this lot of goods is nearly 281. Alderman Humphrey—What ! only 281. upon 470/. ? Witues--Ne, sir ; we bought these goods for 270/,, and the 281. is the profit upon that amount. I marked upon the invoice the retail prices, and it was then passed into the countinghouse. We sold a great many of these handkerchiefs, but we bad not our window full of them. The boxes contained 600 dozen handkerchiefs, and the invoice amounted to 1081. 7s. 6d., for which a cheque was given. The two cheques produced—for 1501. and 1231.—are both signed iu Mr. Meeki , g's hand wetting, I bou g ht the 55 bi,xes, containing 725 dozen handi,-er chiefs, in the invoice of the 16th of March, and the gross amount of the invoice was 107/ 15s. 3d. I cannot say if the 131 boxes delivered on the 12th of February are the same that Laing has spoken of, but I passed teat quantity into our stock. Tee goods were brougnt do w n into the marking-room by Meredith, our warehouseman, and I saw them there on that day. Cross-examined by Mr. Wonteer—l have known May about four or five months. I do- not know Myers. I never saw him that I know of until I saw him in court. Never bought goods of him through an agent. I travel in the City to buy good , . We have bought goods of a great many houses of long standing very frequently at a very cheap rate, and of houses, too, the respectability of which no one would think of ques tioning. We have bought goods of such houses at so great a discount as in this instance, and grea• er. Some of them come and offer their goods to us. I have bought this class of goods of other houses at as low a rate, and they are houses that have stood the Auras, and are still going on. Mr. Wontner then addressed the magistrate on behalf of May, contending that May was placed in a critical position by Myers leaving him in the lurch ; and what ever his conduct may have been, the stivement he had to lay before his creditors was a bona fide one, and not made with the view of defrauding them. He therefore submitted that, as far as May is concerned, this transac tion cannot be tortured into one of a criminal nature. Mr. Huddleston trade an able address in defence of his client, contending that he was entirely innocent of the charge brought against him, and the sympathy of the audience was shown in his behalf by frequent applause. Mr. Hawkins then addressed the magistrate on behalf of Myers, contending that there was no evidence to chow that he had seen the goods, or knew of their raisaepio priation. Alderman Humphrey, after some observations on the principal features of the case, said that under all the cir cumstances he he felt it his duty to send the case for trial, w hen Taylor and Myers would have an opportunity of justifyiog themselves. The prisoners were then caaroitted for trial ; Taylor and Myers being hailed in the same amount as before, and "NlaY, in defaid , , ? . .4"ecvcate. rugioured that Tayl ,r' , 4 friends intenii to move for a certiorari to remove the , tciai into the Court of Queen's Benen. COMMITTAL, OF A NAVAL OFFICER ON A CHARG-11 OP FORGITRY. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. Thomas Moore Simeon, mate in the navy, and at present btl'inging to her Msjesty's ship Cordelia, 11, screw, Commander Vernon, !Ong in the Sound, *vas yesterday committed by the sitting magi orates at Devnnport to take hi , trial on a charge of uttering a forged navy for 801. 10 -., knowing the same to be forged. The prisoner eas brought up on remand from Friday._ Mr. Eastlake prosecuted for the Admiralty ; and Mr. J. E Elworthy defended the prisoner. Mr. Etstlake, having opened the case, called Mr. W. C,ombes, who stated that he was the manager of Messrs. Hodge and Co.'s bank. On tee afternoon of Wednesday, the 13th of May, a navy officer, whom be believed to he the prisoner, came to the bank and pro duced a navy paybill f.r 801 10e fie cashed the bill for him, giving Lint 801 5 , , Gd., upon which he left. After Mr. Elworthy had cross-examined this witness, Mr. John Ross. a clerk in the Welk of Messrs. Hodge and Co., was called, and stated that he saw the navy officer who offered the forged paybill, and ho believed the prisoner to be the came person. The Messenger of the bank was alem examined, and stated he had seen a navy officer pass a paybill at the bank, and believed the prisoner to be the person. Mr. H. W. S-ut, a clerk in the dockyard, proved that the pay hill was a forgery ; Lieut. P. E. Luard, of her Majesty's: ship Leopard, also proved that, the name of G. F. Mecham was not tee signature of Capt. 'Mecham, of her Majesty's ship Vixen, This concluded the case for the prosecution. Mr. Elworthy then aldressed the bench in defence at some length, remarking that he should show by the evidence of a number of gentlemen there had been some mistake on the part of the witnesses for the prosecution in the iden ity of his client. He (Mr. El worthy) meant to bring forward incontrovertible evi,ieuce, and show them that it was a mistake on the part of the Mes.rs. Coom)es and R )es, and the messenger. It would not then be a question of per jury, but, as he said before, mistaken identity ; and it was well known that very often persons were greatly de ceived,- even when they were intimately acquainted with the person they were speaking of. He then stated seve ral cases it point, and called Mr. Jas. Radcliffe, of the Electric Telegraph Office, Plymouth, and Mr. A. T. Celiter, midshipman of her Majesty's ship Cordelia, to prove that the prisoner was in their company about the time at which the offence was said to have been com mitted. After a short cros -examination, Mr. Bone said as it Wa 4 5 o'clock, the majstrates had decided to adjourn the case until the nex& day at 11 o'clock. TIIESDA.Y. The same magistrates attended on Monday, and seve ral other witnesses were called for the defence. The Bench, at the conclusion of the defence, retired for de liberation for about half an hour, and on their return into a urt committed the prisoner to take his trial at the nex: Devon Assizes, but consentel t.) take had of two ,ure:.ies in 2001. each, and the prisoner in 2001. himself. Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET. MAY 26. Supplies of all kinds these last six days again large. Oat straw, from 7s Od to 12s Od per kemple of it stones tron; wheat do., 6s 6d to 9e Od; barley do., 8s 01 to 9s Od. Hay from is to ls. 3d. EDINBURGH MEAL—HAT 26. There were in the market today 16 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 280Ib imperial, which sold at 42s Od and 41s. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET-MAY 25. There were in the market to-day 6 bags of oatmeal, oof barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales ready. _ - Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. I Third. imperial - 03 Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od —s Od —s Od Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto.... —s Od —s Od —s 03 Pot-barley, new, per ditto —s Od s Od —s Oa DUBLIN, MAT 26. We had a, brisk market to-day. Wheat of all qualities was 6d dearer than on Friday. Oats fully supported that day's currencies, and Indian corn realised an advance of is to 2e. White wheat, 35s 01 to 3.5 s 6cl; red ditto, 32s 6d to 36s 61 ditto new, —s; parley, malting, 16s Gd to 25s Gd; grind ing, —s to —s ; oats, old, 13s 3d to 16s; ditto, new, —5 Od to —s 01 ; oatmeal, 15s to 17801; bere, new, —a to —8 01; rano. , d, —s Od to —s Oct per brl ; flour, 19s 01 to 243 01 per cwt; Indian corn, 38s 01 co 40, 6d per 480 lbt. BRISTOL SUGAR-MAT 27. We have bad a good demand for sugar this weak, and rates have advanced fully is per cwt., at which nearly all the stocks ready for market, consisting of about 500 hhds. and tierces. found buyers. To-day the market is a little flat, in consequence of the large arrivals caused by the change of wind. COAL ti AHA Prices of Coals per ton at s. d.r Bebside's Hartley l6 31 s d Longridge's Wst Hartley 16 3 Eden .15 6 Canfield Moor l4 3 (4osfortli l4 3 Canfield Moor Butes 14 3 1Eden Main l6 0 Walker Primrose ... ...... 13 9 1 8 ra ddyn . 16 0 Holywell ...... .... ...... ...16 01Framwellgate ... 15 6 —MAY 27. the close of the market. Wallsenct, ..:uga, 16 0 deugh H.all l4 9 Walisenti. at. South Hetton 16 9 Cassop 15 6 South Hartlepool l6 0 Tees .17 0: Haswell 17 0 Acorn Close l5 6IS tevrart's . 17 3 Ruisal I's Hettoo ... !6 0, Riddell l4 2 West Kelloe 15 0 Whitworth l5 0 Wylain Ships at market, 94 ; sold, 63. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MAY 27. - - - STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has not recovered from its dullness, and closed quietly at about previous rates. Eastern Counties, 111 16s. 3d. Lancashire and York shire, 101 i —London and North Western, lati .—Ditto (Eighth shares, new), d. 3s. 9d—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 42 g c. 3 2i Midland, 83i —North British, bi— South Eastern, 221—Dutch Rhenish, d. 11. 16s. 3d. ll—Grand Trunk of Canada, 16—Great Western of Canada, new shares, p. li. 6dANCH ESTER, MAY 27. STOCK EXCHANGE. The market was quiet, but arm. Londons, 104 f —Electric Telegraph, 23—Eastern Counties, 11 a —Sheffields, 42;3—Midland, 13a n.—Berwicks, 2lf n. —Leeds, 101 I—Dove r ,, 22 i ;—Grand Trunks, 16—Great Western of Canada, 23g. BIRMINGHAM., MAY 27. STOCK EXCHANGE. —There was very little business doing in this market to-day, and prices were stationary. London and North- Western Eights were done at dis.—Midlands closed at 83--London and North-Westerns at 104—Shrop shire Unions at 50—Great Westerns, at 67—Manchester and Sheffields, at 42i. THE APPLE AND PEATI CROPS.—The Exeter Gazette Bays :—From all the fruit-growing districts of this county we have the most encouraging reports of the state of the apple and pear blossom. [ADVERTISEMENT] —Holloway's Pills wonderfully BUO• cessful in cases of chronic rheumatism.—Charles San ders of Cheltenham, having experienced the beneficial effects of this potent remedy, publicly testifies that for a very long period, he was suffering with chronic rhen• matisin, the paroxysms of pain being most torturing, attended with feverish and ii.flaintnatory symptoms, until life became a burthen, arid gradually failing he re scrred to various remedies without effect, when be was induced to give H loway'v Pzll a trial, a remarkable change soon manifested it,elf, the pain ceased, and be was restored to perfect health.—Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world, at Professor Holloway'S Establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden lane, New York; by A. Stamps, Constantinople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. BIRTHS. OF ♦ SON. On the 22d inst., at Clifton, the Lady Isabella C. Grant. On the 25th inst., at 16, Norfolk-square, Hyde-park, the wife of Francis James, Esq. OF A DAUOUTER On the 26th inst., at 15, Endsleigh-street, Tavistock.: square, the wife of J. P Simpson, Esq. On the 27th inst., at 4, Lonsdale-square, Islington, the wife of William Warry, Esq , of West Coker House, Somerset. MARRIED. On the 27th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, A- Buchanan, Esq., H. M.'s Envoy Extraordinary and Mini- ster Plenipotentiary at tho Court of Denmark, to the Hon. Georgina Eliza Stuai t, daughter of the late, and sister of the present, Lord Blantyre. On the 26th inst., at St Peter's Church, Eaton-square, the Earl of Stradbroke, to Augusta, widow of Colonel Bonham, of the 10th Hussars, and second daughter of the late Sir Christopher Musgrave, Bait. DIED. On the 27th inst., Mr. Thomas Hollis, of 283, Oxford' street, and Wootton, Bedfordshire. aged 1)9. On the 26th inst., at 37, Curzon-street, Lady Mar , ' Singleton, widow of Mark Singleton, Esq., and daught er of the first Marquis C ornwa lli s , aged 88. On the 26th just., at Albury, the Dowager Lady Gifford , aged 62. Ou the 25th inst., at 11, Bedford-place, Russell-squar e ' Samuel Driver, sq., aged 72. On the 25th inst., at Eluistead Vicarage, the Rev. Ni rll3 * Wilson, vicar, aged 74. On the 25th inst., at Esher, Surrey, Wm. IL PriuseP' aged 35. On the 25th inst., at Cheltenham, Ralph Gore, Lieut. E.N. of On th,-, 24th inst., at Reigate, Thomas 'Tornio'', E B q . ' St. 6' within's-lane, aged 68. LONDON : Printed and Pu bli ;hod by YOU NG ' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at T/e S'un. Office, 1C " 112, Straw!, in the Prooinot of the iilevoy, in the cor.nty of M itbnezcx, Thur,iday, , May 28, 107. - bos If 0 k LOY Us rams Admission 1 11 P 11 / NN a. , orni ng titans may .raohi haci at the ROY tess of the "I 'crtY At. 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