The Sun. — London, England, 1857-02-12 00:00:00

I] WPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(YESTERDAY.) PRITATE BUSINESS. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. The following private bills were read a second time nd committed :—Blyth and Tyne Railway ; Burslem wind Tunstall Gas ; Caledonian Railway (lines to Gran. on) ; Cork and Bandon Railway ; Dorset Central Rail . wa y ; Dublin and Wicklow Railway ; Electric Tele- , ~graph Company ; Ely Valloy Railway ; Fife and -_Kinross Railway; Great Southern and Western Railway (capital) ; Great Western and Brent- 1 lord Railway ; Hartlepool Extension and Head land Improvement ; Kinross-shire Railway ; Mal low and Fermoy Railway ; Metropolitan New •Streets and Improvements ; Monkland Railways ; Nor folk E , tuary acts Amendment ; North Level Drainage ; _North Staffordshire Railway (Bridgewater Canals) ; .North-Western Railway; Portadown and Dungannon Railway ; Portsmouth Railway ; Pulteney Town Har bour ; Reading Railways Junction Railway ; Scottish Central Railway ; Sittingbourne and Sheerness Rail way; Stockton New Gas and Stockton Gas Consumers' Compani:s ; Tweed Fisheries; and Wilmslow and Law ton Road Bills. BIRKENHEAD DOCKS (CONSTRUCTION) BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. GIBSON withdrew his opposition to the bill. After some remarks from Mr. HADFIELD, Mr. G. BUTT said that the bill was substantially the same as the one rejected by the house last year, and was one of three bills bearing more or less on the same ques tion, viz., the conservancy of the Mersey and dock accom modation at Liverpool. Upon the understanding that the bill should be discussed in committee, he would with draw his opposition to the second reading of the bill. The bill was then read a second time and ordered to be committed. BIRKENHEAD DOCKS (MANAGEMENT) BILL. This bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. MERSEY CONSERVANCY AND DOCKS BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. HORSFALL moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. The object of the bill was to abolish the existing Liverpool Dock Trust, and to trans fer its powers to a body of 21 persons to be elected by the ratepayers. The constitution of the present Dock Committee embraced 12 members of the Town Council and 12 members elected by the ratepayers, and it acted in the most cordial manner for the g ood ot the commerce of Liverpool and the country. The Town Council had the power of exercising he right of veto over the proceedings of the committee, but they had only exercised that right 13 times within the last 32 years. The hon. gentleman then entered into the his tory of dock accommodation in Liverpool, and added that already the corporation of that port had expended for dock accommodation 1,143,0001., and were ready to expend one million and a half more to make the accom modation perfect, and in accordance with the report of a committee ot this house. Mr. J. EWART seconded the amendment. Mr. M. GIBSON said that he had hoped a similar course would have been pursued in this case as had been adopted with the two previous bills, and the discussion taken in committee. The measure was an attempt to carry ont the recommendations of the Admiralty, the Tidal Commissioners, a committee of this house, aid the requirements of an act of Parliament. (Hear, hear.) The question of town dues and local tolls on shipping was an incidental one, and did not constitute the prin ciple of the bill. The main principle of the bill was to consolidate the Liverpool and Birkenhead Docks, and to vest the management and control iu one public and in dependentl ;trust- --(bear, bear)—and make the trade of the port tributary to local interest, which was not the case under the present management. This, though a private bill, dealt with important national interests, connected with the trade and commerce of the country. The public had a right to demand the-e docks should be controlled by a responsible public board, and that the benefits accruing from it sheulJ go towards benefiting the trade and commerce of the country. Mr. L. DAVIES supported the second reading of the hi], on the ground that a sum of 13 millions annu ally was involved, affecting the trade and commerce of the country, and that it was a fit subject for the COLISi• deration of a committee. Mr. HARCOURT VERNON supported the sec )rld reading of the bill, and called upon the hon. member for Liverpool to withdraw his amendment, and allow the bill to go to a committee. Mr. J. EWART defended the present management of the Liverpool Docks, against which he Fad never heard a complaint. Mr. SPOO.NER supported the second reading of the bill. Mr. HEADLAM supported the second reading of the bill, that it might go to a committee, but he objected t„ the heu-e rec ogn i s i ng t h e pr i nc i p l e of one corporation being able to app:y for powers to transfer the property of another c')rporation to other hands. In this case it was the Great Western Railway Company who asked the house to transfer the management of these docks to other hands. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the bill was read a second time and ordeied to be committed. LEWES AND UCKFIELD RAILWAY. Tne adjourned debate on the committal of this bill was resumed, and after some discussion, in which Sir C. Burrell, Sir W. Jolliffe, Mr. Harcourt, Sir*J. Shelley, Mr. Brand, Mr. Bouverie, and Sir J. Pechell took part, the house divided, when the numbers were— For the motion Against it 4B Majority The bill was then ordered to be committed. ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. This bill was brought in and read a first time. NEW MEMBER. The Right Hon. W. COWPER took the olths and his seat on his re-election for Hertford. INCOME AND PROPERTY TAX, Petitions were presented against the present assess. meat of the income and property tax. BREACHES OF TRUST. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL gave notice that on Friday, the 20th, he would bring in a bill to render fraudulent breaches by trustees criminal offences. SIR .ROBERT PEEL AND RUSSIA. Mr. STAFFORD gave notice that to-morrow he would ask Mr R. Peel whether the report of a speech delivered by him on the ill January, at Saltley, near Birmingham, and reported in The Sun newspaper, was correct, especially those parts referring to the Grand Duke Constantine, General Mouravieff, and Prince de Ligne. POOR LAW. On the motion of Sir G. B. PECHELL, the follow, ing return was ordered :—Copies of all correspondence which has taken place since January, 1855; between the Poor-law Board and the 100 . l authorities of St. Marylebone and St. Pancras, in relation to the administration of the poor-law ; together with any letter or communication that may have been addressed to the poor law board by the churchwarden of * Saint Marylebone upon the same subject, or upon the manage ment of the workhouse, or the conduct of the board of guardians of that parish. PAUPERISM. On the motion of Mr. BOITVEkIE, a return was ordered showing the amount of pauperism on thw lot day of January, 1856, and the let day of January, 1857. JUDGMENTS, EXECUTION, clto., BILL. , On the motion for th e s ec on d reading of this MI-, FRENCH moved the eeccnd reading of the bi that day Nix months: Mr. - WMAHON seconded the amendment. The bill bad been through four committees, in as niany years, and was now imperfect. It disregarded every known element of justice, for the purpose of carrying out the views of some Scotch lawyers to elevate their jurisprudence above the common law of England. Mr. BLAND opposed tho bill, as injurious and ob jectionable to the profession and the country. -- Mr. 'FIADFIBLD supported the bill, as being an ex cellent one for the United Kingdom. A judgment once obtained should have effect in the three countries, and sot entail on creditors the necessity of following a debtor, and bring an action against him in each country for the same debt. The Irish members appeared to op pose the bit, because Ireland bad no money with which ID pay her debts. Mr. GEORGE and Mr. HUGHES opposed the bill. • The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for Ireland said that' the bill appeared to be misunderstood, or it had been misrepresented by hon. speakers. He excluded from his consideration when considering an Imperial measure the effect it would have on any profession, and said that i he thought it a disgrace that a creditor having obtained judgment against a debtor in one part of the United Kingdom, and he should leave and go to another, that the creditor should be compelled to follow hini, and commei , ce proceedings again. It was to prevent that state of things that this bill was introduced. The bill gave no great e r f ac ili t i es fur obtaining judgment for debt tiom now existed. Mr. NAPIER (lid not consider that the bill was in that clear and perfect state required before the house passed it. It was a very good bill in theory,- but it ',wilt not work well when pat in practice, Th e ATro Ftli EY-GENERA L supported the bill, an d 8 aid the various objections that had been urged against it ;night he remedied in committee. The measure would remed y au an omaly which existed at present, and that beingbill. the case he trusted the house would not reject the _ The house then divided, when there appeared -r For the second reading Against it .......... . Majority .. .... ............ ond tune, The 1,111 was then real sec a NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. HAYTERa new writ %a/ is nerl for Londonderry in the room of Sir Bateson, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. The committee on public moneys was reappointed. The house then adjourned. -10 • [ADTERTIBEitENT,]-110 1 - 1 OW-aav's Pills an extraordi r,my remedy f or Li ver an d Stomach Com P l a i nts " .—Mark Drewell, of Altlsom-qreet, Bath, was afflicted for seven Sears with a disorder of the liver and stomach, indigA tion, 1 ' 914 of appetiie, and extreme debility ; enniacinentkyf: quit , . unable to follow his occurati i o n n• the most eminent medical men to i st ha ancr c ri o li4h an , :y 4s without any beneficial result. At last he had recourse to, this valuable remedy, which, in a short time, effected a , wonderful change for the better, and ira three months his h ea lth was re.established.--Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world ; at Professor Holluvray's &fa- b 1 s h men tq, 244, Strand, Lo n d on, and 80, Matden4auf', it w , Y or k ; ki A. Stamps, Constantinople ; A. guide - , Si Vila ; and E. Muir, Malta. THE SIM I LONDON, THURSDAY• EV,_FNING, FEBRUARY 12, 1857. TDB FRAUDS O,V THE CITY BANKS. James Anderson and James Townsend Saward, who have been repeatedly examined upon charges of extensive forgery upon many of the first bank ing houses of the City, were brought before the Lord Mayor for final examination. Mr. Muliens, solicitor to the Committee of Bankers for Protection from Forgeries and Frauds, again attended for the prosecution. Mr. Giffard appeared for Saward ; Anderson was not repre sented by a legal adviser. Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk, proceeded to read the voluminous depositions of nearly 60 witnesses, which consumed nearly the whole of the day, at the conclusion of which Atwell, one of the appro vers, and who has recently been sentenced to transportation for life upon a charge of forgery, was called into the witness-box, and upon cross examination by Mr, Giffard said—Previous to my present sentence of transportation for life I was in business in Booth-street, Spitalfields. That was about three years ago. I never forged in my life. I was in the "public line" in Booth-street ; that is I was a licensed victualler. Mr. Giffard—ln your examination in chief you use the word "business." To what business did I you allude ? Witness—To forge and get money. Saward was to forge ;he was a professor of forgery. The word " business" meant forging. Mr. Giffard—When did you first begin the busi ness of forging ?—I never began it all, not ray own self. Mr. Giffard—You mean that you never traced the forged instrument with your own pen ?—No. Mr. Giffard—You are now under sentence of transportation for life, are you not ?—Yes. Mr. Giffard—Were you innocent or guilty cf the crime laid to your charge ? Witness—l was innocent of the charge brought against me. I was charged with forging and ut tering. Mr. Giffard—. You were not guilty of either charge ? Witness-4 was guilty as being an accessory. Mr. Giffard—Do you remember Markham being tried ? Witness —Yes. Mr. Giffard—You knew that he was innocent, did you not ? Witness.—Yes, I did. (Sensation.) Mr. Giffard—Was he tried with a brother of yours ? Witness—Yes he was. Mr. Giffard—You knew that your brother was guilty. Witness—Yes, I knew my br o th er was gu ilt y. Mr. Giffard—When did you take to dishonesty as a means of livelihood ? Witness-1 don't know that I have taken to that at all? Mr. Giffard—Were you ever committed upon any other charge than that one for which you are now undegoing a sentence of transportation for life ? Witnesa—Yes ' that was ab ou t th ree years b ack ; since I came out of business. Mr. Giffard—Was that the first criminal offence of which you had been guilty ? Witness—Oh, I don't know about that. It was the first time I was found out. "No catchy, s no havy." (Laughter.) Examination continued—l was for a time in the fur trade. I first met Hardwicke in Farringdon market about seven or eight months back. I did not know that Hardwicke was going to make dis closures to the Bank authorities till I was spoken to upon the subject by Mr. Mullens. I went by the name of Hawkes when I was a publican. • I have known Hardwicke pass by 'the name of Ralph in the country. In London he passed (is Thomas Hardwicke, and also as Thomas Salt- Hardwicke. Re-examined by Mr. Mullens—l webt by the name of Atwood at Yarmouth. Wheii I employed Mr. Turner, the solicitor, I used the name . of Hunter. Mr. Lewis was my attorney at my *trial, and I first communicated to him the transactions of which I have given evidence. You (Mr. Mullens) and Mr. Lewis afterwards called, to see me. I never had anything to do with forged cheques be fore I became acquainted with Saward. William Salt Hardwicke, who was convicted with Atwell, and who is also under sentence of transpor tation for life, was then called into the box and cross-examined. Mr. Giffard—ls William Salt Hardwicke the only name by which you have gone ? Witness—To the best of my knowledge at the present time it is. My position has been such, as you must be aware, that I have been obliged to change my name. I have gone by the name of William Salt. I was married in that name. Mr. Giffard—Did you ever go by the name of Pariah? Witness—Never. Mr. Giffard—ls this the first time that you have turned Queen's evidence '1 Witness—Yes. I never transported a man nor was the cause of his being transported ; but if you look at this list you will find the names of 11 men who have been transported by your client,. Mr. Sa ward. The witness handed a paper to the learned coun sel of which the following is a copy : " James Allen, life ; John Douglas, 20 years ; Henry Bradbury, 21 years; Thomas Ford, 1 year ; William Wilkinson, 10 years ; Nash, 10 years ; Agar, life ; William Hardwicke, life ; Henry Atwell, life ; J. Anderson, for trial ; Markham, 4 years (the last man innocent)." Mr. Giffard—Do you know Mr. Thomas Coeper ? Witness—l do not. [Mr. Cooper was a witness who described himlelg as a retired tradesman with no settled place of abode, and who said he was at the King's Arms public-house, in Bishopegate churchyard, on a cer- tain day j in June last, when he saw Hardwicke there ; and he added that he had known Saw .rd years ago as a " man about town." When Mr. Cooper was called to-day be did not answer.] Mr. Giffard—Did not M- 'Co , you upon the subject of on the day when be said Witness--I recollect a in an adjoining room for me, but I did not know his what I had for dinner at told him it was all right. appeared to me when 'he . of intoxication. He certainl icg ; he was talkin g ver y IMr. Gitfard—You say you never_ went b; name of Parish ?—No; I should consider that beggarly a name to go by. (Laughter.) , Mr. Giffard—Now,• tell me the names by whig you have gone.—l ha v e a l rea dy answere d tfal question. Mr. Giffard—Answer it again. —William rat Hardwicke. Mr. Giffard—Any other ?—I do not recollect. Mr. Giffard—Will you swear that ? Witness--I now recollect that I have passed in the name of Jenkins. I saved a girl's life at Hull, and on that occasion gave the name of Jenkins. The girl fell into the Humber, and I saved her from drowning. Mr. Giffard—Now, was it as Jenkins ar as Hard wke that you were under a charge of burglary at Brecon ?—No, it, was Salt. , Mr. Giffard—.ln what name were you trans ported at Plymouth ? Witness—William Salt, alias Hardwicke. When I was ordered to be transported and made my escape from Brecon "Gaol, Saward was perfectly aware that I was_ innocent, althou g h I su ff ere d for it. Savrard—l didn't know you at that time. Witness—Yes you did. I had nothing to do with the burglary which I was charged withlai-ing committed. The stolen property was founi on my premises. I went down there by Saward's advice. Mr. Giffard—Then, of that offence of which 'you were found guilty you were innocent ? Witne=s—l went down by the advice of Saward and a man named Alexander Fraser, to see that a person named Walter White had proper profes sional assistance. to defend him upon a charge 6f burglary. White was tried and acquitted. On our road how he stopped at a tree, from a hole in which he took the produce of the burglary which he had been tried for. The property consisted of watches and silver plate. He wished to borrow 10/. of me upon the produce of the burglary, 'but I declined to let him have it. He begged hard of me to show him some place in which he conld deposit the property. Ile said he did not like to take it to a strange place, and after some persua sion I allowed him to 'put it into an iron safe in a warehouse of which I held possession. On the following morning, upon his attempting to dispose of a portion of it, be was followed to my ware house, where the remainder of it was found. I was thereupon taken into custody and placed in Brecon Gaol, from which I escaped. Mr. Giffard—Were you innocent of the charge upon which you were apprehended at Plymouth, and for which you were transported Witness—l was. I was not in England when the offence was committed for which I was .sent abroad. 7 , 71 / 1 - r. T l3iffiiikti-e-. - Did yell not go to Saward in 1844 - rand 'ask him a ciliestion about the title to some , land that you - had. in Australia ?—I did, and *he drew out aeasrfor the opinion of counsel. Oro ss - examination continued.—lt was alwayli' Part of my scheme to represent myself as a respeetq' )abli, man. did represent myself as a e c k ft i,li trader, and-I -was- one. I had land in Australia. Mr. Burp. was the counsel whose opinion was ola-t t ined llyiSatkard. That was not the first *cc's sion upon which Saward and I had met. I was not in England when Markham was tried. When I heard that he had been innocently convicted, An derson, Saward, Atwell, a man named Thomas , Smith, and myself, met and subscribed a sovereign each for his wife. The 5/. was given to Atwell to leave for her at a public-house, the landlord of which has since told me that he gave her the mo ney. I reasoned with Anderson for .not trying to get Markham acquitted, upon which Saward said that " that wouldn't do, as he (Anderson) might draw himself into it." (Sensation.) I knew Ed ward Agar (the approver in the late bullion rob bery case) through Saward, with whom I first be came acquainted about 25 or 26 years ago. fie was e a m p p , e t a h r e b p e e t n te m r an . I do not than ' I am, but a w l a A n -a t y t s o k m no ak w: m a y s s ' e ' l J f Saward was known for years after I first became acquainted with him to be carrying skeleton keys through the city for a gang of burglars when they wanted them for a night. I cannot say that I cor rupted Saward. (Laughter.) I was in England when Agar was tried. Saward told me that he was in the habit of selling gold for Agar. Re-examined by Mr. Mullens—l arrived in Eng land on the 26th of May, 1856. From 1853 or 1854 to that time I was in the colonies. Saward had known me several years previous to my being confined in Brecon Gaol. Saward introduced me to Agar, to whom I sold a crape shawl which I had brought with me from the colonies. Saward told me I must trust Agar for the amount oflthe shawl, and I did so. In 1844 I met Alexande Frazer at Saward's chambers, 4 Hare-court, Temple. This closed the evidence for the prosecution. The Lord Mayor, after giving the prisoners the usual caution, asked them whether they had any thin°, to say in answer to the charge Anderson—No. Saward—l am not guilty of the charge. The prisoners were then fully committed for trial. THE DOUBLE MURDER IN WALWORTH. Yesterday Thomas Fuller Bacon and Martha Bacon, his wife, were brought up from Horsemonger-lane Gaol for further examination before Mr. Elliott, charged with the wilful murder of their two infant children. Long before the time appointed for the examination the court became Inconveniently crowded, and, judging from the anxiety evinced by a number of persons whom the court would not hold to bear the proceedings, the case at each examination seems to increase in interest. It was the opinion of some that Mr. Alfred Taylor, the eminent professor of chemistry at Guy's Hospital, would have been present to give evidence respecting the analy sis of the contents of the body of Mrs. Bacon, sen. ; but this was a mistake, as he has not yet, nor will he for some days have concluded his task. When the prisoner Bacon was brought to the court by the prison van he, on being removed to the cell, appeared much more cheerful than on any previous day, and the gaoler, observing him in such geed spirit', asked him if he was aware that the body of his mother had been exhumed and examined, and he replied in the affirmative, adding that he was quite well aware of it. Cook, the gaoler, also asked him if he was aware that his wife had confessed that she, by his desire, had put arsenic into the broth taken by the old woman, and that he (Bacon) had subsequently put some arsenic into her medicine ? His reply to this was that he knew nothing about it, and he should act under the advice of his solicitor. He then said he was very hungry, and requested Cook to order him a beefsteak, as he wished to have something before his examination. The steak was ordered at a neighbouring tavern, and the prisoner ate about three-quarters of a pound, with a slice of bread and a pint of beer, with the keenest appe tite. The who le of the night-charges havi ng b een di sposed of, and so licitors and witnes ses b e i ng in attendance, t f the priso ers were taken into court at a quarter to two o'clock. Bacon was the first to enter the dock. His manner on this (occasion was quite different from and formed a perfect contrast to that which he exhibited at his former examinations. He entered the dock with a firm step, and on geting to the upper end he turned round and faced the gaze of every one in the court. In fact his appearance was that of a person who was deter mined to brazen it out. Mrs. Bacon appears improving in health ; she was accomreodated with a seat at the solicitors' table, with her back to the dock, so that her husband, though be made several efforts, could not get a sight of her. Mr. Woodward, as on the former examinations, at tended for Bacon, and Mr. Crouch, from the office of Messrs. Wright and Bonner, solicitors, London-street, City, appeared on.bebalf of Mrs. Bacon. The first witness called was Mr. W. Harris, the sur geon to Herder:longer-lane Gaol, who said—l recollect the female prisoner Mrs. Bacon being brought to Horse monger-lane, and on that occasion the matron cslled my attention to some marks on her throat, which appeared to have been occasioned by a string having been drawn tightly round it. I should say it was a string, and not a rope. There were also some superficial wounds on the throat, but the prisoner said nothing to me about how they had been occasioned. I have watched her care fully, and I have come to the opinion that she is a per son of unsound mind. She has that appearance—has a vacant look—won't look at you—and says nothing, but is sullen and quiet. anyun l‘ ss vol otheru r t . nnde Fi mi nd B_wElliott—youaay 11,f ar btohmBot .her dirT appearancehd n merely em ot think a r t k es he o t h neartnht r deo mth state hearnoana eotprf person d of just above the cuts, arid was all round the neck, and the e mark was very perceptible at the back part of the neck, so that the cord must have been tied round very tight, and the cord itself must have been very sharp, something resembling whipcord. Mr. Elbott—Doyou think that such a mark may have been occasioned by her dress I . Witness—l think not, for it was too high up and too straight or circular. A piece of cord, between whipcord and sashline, which was found at the late residence of the prisoners, was here produced, and Mr. Harris said it was such a cord as was likely to produce the mark he had described. Mr. Elliett—Yeu say that the mark was above the wounds on the front of the throat. Is it your opinion that a cord might have been tied or drawn closely round so as to have caused that mark without its being stained or marked with blood ? Witness—lt is nay opinion that it might have been tied round and Lave no marks of blood. Cross-examined by Mr. Crouch—The cord produced would have caused the marks I have described. It did not require to be tied very tight to produce the mark ; fore if see-sawed when held tolerably tight, ie_would produce a similar mark as if tied very tight. She could herself have caused sueh.a mark, but it was not the mark of a person wee bed been hanging. I ask her daily how she is, and twin what I have seen of herl believe her to be of unsotied mind i and I believe also the cute on her 'throat were inflicted by herself, but they may have been done by anybody ebe. The cuts were so slight and super ficial that any other person inflicting. them must have been very careful not to kill her; and I think that if any irOdy else had done it it must have been by connivance; Mt. Crouch -Now, suppose it had been the object of the person - inflicting these cuts to deceive the police„and lead them to the supposition that Mrs. Bacon had in flicted, the -injuries herself, were not the wounds just such wounds as would have been inflicted ! Witness—Welt, they are: They are not such wounds . as were likely to have been inflicted by a person intend %g to till her. , _ A ttMr. Elliott-There is oncelluestion which I omitt e d. "What quantity of blood do you think, Mrs. Bacon lost at the time of receiving these injuries ? Witness—l should think the quantity lost must have been but small. The matron at the gaol showed me her chemise, and there was not much blood there. '. . Henry Woods was next called—He said he lived 'in High-street, Reigate, and was in the employment of Mr. Mailedge, an ironmonger there. On the Monday morn ing after-Christmas-day lie saw the male prisoner at the railway station at Reigatrafterhe got out of the feesip, and soon after he saw him mites master's shop. He no ticed something very particular in his manner, and he did not seem to know what he was doing. At a b ou t .haff-paet 12 he came into the :sive when he (witnessy y d i t e co a_ st v arniF er ; hiked him what o'clock it was, and he then saw him take a watch from hie tkickeisaby which - he tolcrhim the timer ee P a r s i" e ller viden bla tl For five miuutektet gron e d, t a ina nd e the pc mind. In the evening witness point out a shop to prisoner e eisiedd saw him at the Bell public-ho "•.: where he could get a wa klookinge distressed y ald n a eta ft t h - where ,fed, and he th en as k e d hi es t o sit dowel and el brandy and water, but h e re f use d as h e h have e so did not like his manner or appearance. The prisoner! ethen wore a pair of fustian trousers and an apron. Sieve Perry, another man in the service of Mr. Male saki the prisoner was in such a state of mind on the Oncif.y that he could not do a bit of work. He used to tlfrow his tools about, and stand as if study ing for a wh4le quarter of an hour. He did not do any work at all, but merely looked at it, and spent his time in walking between his master's shop and the job where they were at work. Chas. May, another workman who was employed with the prisoner on the Tuesday, said be did little or no work on that day, and did not seem to know what he was about. The next witness, Wm. Payne, of 15, Anglesea street, Stepney, engineer, gave most important testimony. He isaid—leacon is my wife's nephew. On the Sunday even ing after Christmas he came to me, to my wife's bro ther's, between 8 and 9 o'clock, but did not stop long ; my wife and he went off to see my daughter. I did not then notice that there was anything the matter with his finger, nor observe that it was tied up. I did not know that there was anything the matter with his finger till I saw it in the newspaper, and this induced me to look at it. I examined it, and told him I thought it had been done sharpening the knife on a steel. I thcught so by the cut, as it was right across the left hand forefinger, between the first and second joints ; be said he did not cut it that t way ; that he did it cutting a bit of meat at dinner ; hat his knives were new, and did not want sharpe nin g . [lt may here be marked as a strange and suspic ious co incidence that Dr. Bushell, on examining o n e of the knives found in the prisoner's room on the morning on which the murder was discovered, expressed his opinion l that it had all the appearance of having b een recenty to be deeply stained with blood, and was the instrument with which, child ren,B sharpened on a steel, and this knife, when s ubse q uently examined by a - microscope, was found according to his wife's oonfessioa, he cut his Id talked to the prisoner - a good ,deal about t affair,. his wife did not do it reason to throats.] Mr. Payne further proceeded to say—hellee because be said fie was sure , that he did not do it • and that he had every believe that someb o d had unlocked the do or, gone in, and had done a ll that had been done. I asked him if he bad l e ft th e k ey i n the door when hewent out, and he sa id h e b a d n ot, that he took it out y and hung it up, as was his common practice. I told him .that it lay b e t ween hi m an d his wife, for that no one would have go ne i s an d d one su ch a thing without taking the money th a t was there, an d he said nothing to that ; 1 but two or th ree d ays after he to ld me he bad been robbed of a great coa t an d other clothes, an d I asked him about the greatc oa t. H e said it was a roug h greatcoat, and as I bad nev er seen hi re with such a coa t I asked him who made it. H e h es i tated and ma de no answer, and I then 1 said, "Did your tailor make it? Because if he did the I police will find it out." He hesitated, and then said he took it for a d e b t. I asked hint of whom, and he again i I hesitated, a n d sa id he could not te ll me , but I considered his statement to be fa se, He also said he h ad lost a watch, but I never kn ew of his baying but one watch , a nd that he brought back w i th him from Reigate. The watch flow produced by Sergt, Broad is that watch, and its number is 32,798. I neve r saw the other wa t c h, No. 13,663, now in the hands of th e po li ce, in his possess ion until after be In came back from S tamford a week a ft er the murder. the trying to wind it: up at his house t h e p r isoner broke glees,. but, with th e excep tion of that inju r y , it eeentel ' to be perfect. I h a d not seen the watch 32,798, but subsequently saw ti e one 13,663, w ith the second-hand off, and the prison er th en sa id t h e police bad caused tlto injury done to it ; b u t at th a t time the face w as not da maged. I told him w h en ho adver tised for the watch that he was a great fool for doing so, sure to be picked up and brought that it woforward, when he would have 51 , to ray for it, when he said be wished shonld. When the p r i soner came the night before the murder he seemed very much con f use d. Mrs. B ac on sat ' alongside me, and I sa i d to her "1 wonder how 3_ o u 'can leave those Hula child ren ." And in a little time she . the he would replied, " Uncle, y ou h ave no cause to fret abo d u . c hildren ; they.ar e isapp ee " That was all s he said. Mr. Elliott—Wi en was t hi s ? after Christmas, just two days befo re t h e mur d er w as discovered. Mr. Elliott- Then they had not th e children with them when they ca ll ed on that n i g ht ? Witness—No si r , an d t h at wa s the reason I spoke about their leavin g th em. O n th e Wednesday morning Sunday Witness—On the ni g h t o f th e Sund after the murder, when Bacon came to my houQe, he said he was sure his wife did not do it ; and when he after wards told me he had been robbed, I told him I believed it to be false, but said, " If they find the things they will put you on your ogl)." He repli e d, " H o ld your tongue; I'll not swear to anything, and I'll not speak." The last time I spoke to him I said, "Suppose your wife turns round to-morrow and says you have dose it ?" He looked very hard at me, and then said, " My wife never did deceive me yet;" and I said "You cannot tell that." Mrs. Payne, wife of the last witness, was called, and her testimony established the fact that the watch ,hich the prisoner had alleged to have been stolen from his house, with the other things, was in his possession after the discovery of the murder, and was the some that had bees picked up by a child not far from the scene of the murder a week after the death of the children. Mrs. Harriet Munro, the daughter of the last witness, was called, and deposed to having seen the woman who had taken the ashes from under the fireplace at the house where the murder was committed throw a piece of cord in the fire. Inspector Young informed the magistrate that these were all the witnesses he had in attendance, and the professional gentlemen engaged declining to offer any observations to the Bench, Mr. Elliott remanded the priEonera to a future day, MIDDLESEX SESSION.y. (Before Mr. Pashley, Q.C., Assistant Judge.) Henry Kent, a I;glaterman, surrendered in court to take his trial on a cbarge of having stolen 180 pounds of Cavendish tobacco, the property of J. W. Dean, his master, and John Pearson, dealer, v, as indicted for felo niously receiving the same, knowing it to have been at, den. s p Metcalfeearso Pearson appeared t for wa s the not prosecution; defended. On Mr. lorry defended the 26th of December, the prosecutor, a master lighterman, at 12, Great Water-lane, gave the prisoner Kent an order for the delivery to him of 23 boxes of Cavendi,ll tobacco from the London Docks, with in structions to take them forthwith to a Liverpool steamer called the Laurie, then lying in the river, at such a dis tance from the docks as would have enabled him to have reached her in about half an hour after be had received the boxes. Redid not, however, go to the steamer until the following morning, alleging as the reason that he had lost the tide on the preceding day ; and when the number of boxes s hipp e d was compared with the order one was missing. The officer of the steamer at once called the prisoner's attention to that circumstance, when he exclaimed that he was done for, and said the box which was absent must have been stolen from his barge while he was temporarily absent from it. Evidence was given that before proceeding to the docks Kent solicited a person named Connoway to join with him in a tobacco job, to put three or four pounds in his pocket, but he refused, saying he got his living honestly. I'he prisoner signed the reoeipt for the boxes in the name of Johnson. It was shown that the prisoner Pearson had been en deavouring to sell tobacco answering the description of that stolen, and when be was taken some fragments of Cavendish were found in his pockets, some on a knife, and on an axe which he bad in his possession. A wit ness who gave important evidence when the case was be fore the magistrate was not now in attendance, baying gone to Holland. The jury found both prisoners guilty. Nothing was known detrimental to Pearson's character, but Inspec tor Brydges, Thames Police, proved that Kent had been p for a l oeg ti me associated with " river thieves " and con cerned in som e ex t ens i ve ro bb eries. Sentence d e f erre d . Henry Bu rrows, 50 , Eli za b eth Burrows, 27, and John Henry ert Brown, Miles,ls,ivere indicted on Tuesday for having stolen four sil ver t a bl espoons and other articles, the pro yof F Edward in his dwelling-place. The prosecutor resides in Park-road, Dalston, and on the 25th of January a basket of plate was missed from one of his bedrooms. The same night Clark, 220 N, and another constable named Cowen, went to a house, No. 3, Devonshire-place, Shoreditch, where they found the prisoners in a room, and upon information they had received took them all three into custody. On looking round the room the last-named officer noticed that one of the flooring boards had been raised and not properly fastened down, and on pulling it up he found a parcel underneath, which contained some of the stolen silver spoons, broken up. Burrows admitted that he and the lad did the robbery, and said the woman knew nothing about it. She lived with him as his wife. A lad named William Crockett, said he lived with his father, a jeweller, at No. 2, Seward-street, Goswell street. On the day of this robbery the prisoner Brown came to him, and said he wanted to see him down at a coffee-house, in St. John's-road, and accordingly he met him there at 6 o'clock. He asked him then to sell some spoons for him, which he agreed to do, and they went to Mr. Reeves, a refiner, in Goswell-street, where wit ness was known, having been in the habit of going there on errands for his father. Mr. Reeves melted the spoons down into a bar and then weighed it. It came to 3Z. Os, 6d., at 4s. 9d. per ounce. Brown was . waiting o u t s id e. money was given to him, and witness was rewarded with n W o te e n . h b o e u sgeo,t wheret h e money, Burrows he r w e t a u s r n w e a d i t w i g t h f o ßrown int. The 5-o. He admitted that he suspected something was wrong in the matter. Some of the Ipoons were like T lSC:ll w e le. n . o w i p ,h r o od sp uc o e o d n , s w those hich fo h u e n found tookud n t e h or the ee refiner'sfl(o)rat B we u r r e broken when he received them from Brown, and he told Mr. Reeves that he wanted them melted for his father. He had been en such errands before. Mr. Reeves deposed that the last witness brought him some broken apoonsifeadLins he came from his father, and be melted them as he requested. He had known the boy and his father for years. When melted the spoons weighed 12.15 dwt., and he gave Is. 1/d, per ounce, which was a fair price. The Assistant Judge said refiners should be very cau tious how they purchased broken•up spoons from boys, 41. c they would stand a good chance of being indicted ; but in this case the refiner was acquainted with the boy and his father, and bad done business for him, as a jewel ler, which of course led him not to suspect anything wrong. ----:. The defencemai thiS, that Brown meta stranger near Bow. bridge, who asked him if h e cou ld se ll some spoons. Knowing Crockett, and that he used to go to Reeves', -ke said he could, and went in search of him. The spoons were sold, and t . arrows by a cc id en t, an d h e (Brawn) asked him d the money until he met the tilati at an appoints. ~ ce cluote by, as he was afraid of '1 w ing it. They sa • ' mail, and gave hi m th e money. then gave bins ' $ - pet to hold while he we n t d own e street for a mi, -;7 01 ut as he did not return, he 'Went to Burrows's ; - .he lodged, an d, fi n di ng more spoons in the par -,,, ' •as afraid he might be taken up, so he forced a boa •_.l li 6 floor and concealed the par cel there, and ne:• arrows nor his wife knew any thing about it. 10 i The jury found I guilty. The Assistant.Jui Brown to four mont 'ptnan not guilty, and the others ' r , e sentenced Burrows to 12 and hard labour. The policeman produced two bare of silver, and asked the court what be was to do with them. One was ad mitted to be the produce of the spoons,. Mr. Reeves said the other was not, but the weight of the two corres ponded to the weight of the missing articles. Mr. Reeves said one only was the produce of Mr. Mien property. The Assistant Judge said be had better leave it where it was, and the police bad better give them both to Mr. Miles. If Mr. Reeves _was dissatisfied he could bring his action. of six years old, who also was in a wretched c( onditton, implored him to take them bothiway. He to - ok Terri to the workhouse, where the girl bad since beeU. under medical treatment. A woman who had been employed in Walk( es house as a nurse confirmed the beadle's evidence as to the ill treatment of the children. The magistrate remanded the defendant fora week. William Capsey, 22, was charged by his mother with a series of systematic robberies, under distreshing cir cumstances. The prosecutrix said ■he was 73 years of age, lived in Ivy-lane, Hox'on, an'i since the death of her husband, five years ago, had been reduced to most straitened means. The prisoner, notwithstanding this, "till car ried on continual depredations in her little dwelling, and since Sunday last he took away linen artichs of apparel and bed furniture, to the amount of 100. ; also an um brella., which he had pawned for a few pence, the dupli cats being found upon him. Mr. D'Eyncourt - -Does he do anything to as you? Mother—No, sir, not a farthing do I have from him, but he partakes of one shilling and a loaf that I have from the parish. Why, he even stole five bread and coal tickets that a charitable person gave me. Mr. D'Eyncourt—This is very shocking ; instead of being a comfort to and helping your poor parent yoi rob her of the last article of comfort she has. What do you say ! Prisoner—Nothing but this : if I had not got into bad company, it would not have happened. Mr. D'Eyncourt—l shall fine you 51., under the pawn- brokers' act, and in default you will go for 3 calendar months, with hard labour, to prison. His worship also ordered the poor widow to be relieved with 10s, from the poor-box. WESTMINSTER.—James Cowen, of 3, Grey Coat place, Westminster, who describes himself as a "medi cal, political, and social reformer," keeping an establish ment called "John Bull's Cabin," was charged with un lawfully exhibiting to public view a paper on which was written indecent words, to the annoyance of the inhabi tants and passengers. A gentleman named Fonblanc, residing at 152, Cam bridge-street, Pimlico, said that, on passing the defers• dant's premises he saw the offensive writing exhibited on a board. Nothing could be more thoroughly dis gusting and obscene, and many of the.crowd of labour ing men who were around expressed the disgust they felt. Defendant, in the most illiterate style, cross-examined the witness in order to show that he must possess a very corrupt mind to understand the meaning of the filth ex hibited, and concluded by inquiring whether, if he saw a brick in his way, he would not avoid it, which he an swered by observing tha,t it was the witness's duty, if he did not like the thing, to say nothing about it. The police produced a copy of the offensive placard, and proved that gentlemen came to the station, and re quested them to tear it down, in order to prevent its demoralising influence. After notice, the defendant erased the most obscene expression. Defendant pretended that he did not know the mean ing of the worst expression and argued that filth was not Alth if it could b e found in "Johnson." He concluded by observing that it had been written by his secretary, and that if there was anything indecent in it, it was the duty of people in general, and the police in particular, to come and tell him of it. Hr. Humphreys, an inspector of the B division, said that he could not leave his duty at the station-house, but immediately sent a sergeant to defendant. The latter,on receipt of the magistrate's summons, begrimed it with filth, and then added to it the miscellanies exhibited on the board in front of his premises. Mr. Paynter observed there could not be the slightest doubt of the grossly indecent character of the placards, and fined defendant 405., or in default one month's im prisonment, at the same time informing him.that if there was any repetition of the offence he would send him fur trial. • The fine was paid. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Cbarles Thorpe era , ' summoned before Mr. Beadon, by the police, for being the occupier of a room in the house No. 124, Jernayn street, kept open for persons to resort to for the purpose of betting upon horse races. Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, was for the defendant. John Ernsting, the same witness who gave evidence in the other cases, was put into the witness box. He proved that on the 20th January he went to 124, Jermyn-street, and made a bet with the defendant. Had made bets with the defendant before. He asked the defendant if he would give him a point more against a horse marked on the list on the board banging in the shop, and the de fendant agreed to do so. The bet was 6 to 1 against the Gipsy King for the Oundle Handicap Stakes. After the bet was made and the money paid, the de fendant gave him a card of the bet and entered the transaction in his book. C rass -examined—The person with whom he made the bet wrote the ticket in his presence. The ticket he now produced. Had seen the defendant write before, and would swear that the ticket - was 'in the defendant's handwriting. Had made only two bets within the last two years. Had occasioually pledged articles for hiS support.. Was giving evidence on his own account only against betting-hOuses, and had nothing what ever to d o w i t h the police, except giving them informa tion. Had received nothing for his trouble, nor any promise o f anyth i ng. The proceedings were' only f or the publi c goo d , and bemuse' he had l os t money atbetr ting, and had been waiting for an opportunity to se rvg , parties out w h o h a d got his m o ne y, and whO would pay bets when they lost. Inspector Webb, C division , proved that he went in company with Sup er i n t en d ent O' Br i en, to No. 124, Jermyn-street, and there found six persons in the shop looking at a betting board placed against the wail, with betting cards containing the odds against different horses for races to come off. Also found betting books ; and in a portfolio, on a piece of paper, the particulars of the bet on Gipsy King with Ernsting were written. Also, in a desk a quantity of betting cards, with printed names of races in prospect; and several ledgers and day-books of bets made with various persons. In one of the books the name of Southcombe appeared several times as having made bets. This persOn would l give evidence in thin case. Another better; named. Dodson, had also been summoned, but had, sent a medical certificate to say he was too unwell to attend. • - John Soutbcotnbe, 131, Jernayn-street, was called to prove that he was the person, entered in one of the de fendant's books ashaving made bets at the h ouse, 1 24, Jermyn-street, with the defendant. Mr. Lewis sug g ested that the witness should be can. tioned about answering questions, by which be might subject himself to a penalty. Mr. Beadon referred to 8 and 9 Vic. e. 100, and showed that it was competent for persons to be witne:s'i 8 in procuring a conviction against h ouses where unlawful games were carried on ,withorit being subject to any chonsequp roceedi ences, although they m i g ht have taken part in te ngs. Mr. Beadon then asked the witness if he would say whether he had, made a bet is the house The witness hesitated. a b ou t giving an answer. Mr. Beadon reminded him that by the 2 and 3 Vi o. 43, it a witne ss re f use d to answer a question of ttit: sort he was liable to au iMprisonment of 14 days. The witness thought it hard that a tradesman like he m might crimself should inate be called himsef give eviden ce b y which • Mr. Beadon said be was e mpowered to g i ve a certifi cate which wou ld exonerate th quences, or to sen d him to 'prison e fo w r i fourteen r o d m ay s Co i n f refused to give evidenCe. ho The witness, after a good deal of hesitation, admitted, first, that be bad been to Mr. Thorpe's and talk e d a b out betting, th a t he mi g h t have made a bet tb the might have made s everal bets, but he ,had not , made a bet on the Chester Cup. The defendant's ledger was prod uce d and shown to the Cueess, whe re an entry appeared of a b e t on th e Chester The witness said he might have made the bet, but Le could not swear whether he made the bet in his own house or in Thorpe's house. Mr. Lewis objected to the books being received as evidence, unless in the handwriting of the defendant. Mr. Beadon replied that the book he showed , 7itness was a b oo k with the words " Thorpe's Book" onit, found in Thorpe's bluse. Witness was again asked if he had made a bet on the Chester. Cup at Thorpe's ? Witness said there were several persons of the name of Southcornbe, and he could not say for certain that the entry on the book referred to the entry he had made. Mr. Beadon said he should decline to ask the witness any further questions. Mr. Scott, collector, proved that he had collected the rates of 124, Jermyn-strest, for the last six years, from the defendant. obj Mr. Lewis then proceeded to take several technical ections to the evidence, and appealed to the benctt to be gui d e d i n i ts d ec i s i on by any outcry against betting houses, or by a d es i re to acquire popularity, but to decid e on the m er it s o f th e ev id ence only. Mr. Beadon agreed that he had to confine his attention to what took place on the 20th January, and that he ought to look to the value of the evidence that had been laid before him, leaving out the evidence Of Southc9mhe, who would have stood in a better position had he given his evidence in a more straightfor ward and a more un reserved manner. With respect to occupation, that had been sufficiently proved by the evidence of the tax col lector. Then, with reference to the witness Ernsting, whatever might be his antecedents or motives, the ques tion for him to decide was this, was Ern-ting's evidence consistent, probable, and corroborated. On th ese points the evidence of the witness was sustained and confirmed, and taking all the circumstances brought out in evi dence, he could come to no other conclusion than that Thorpe was the occupier of the room, and that it Theopen on th e d ay in question for betting purposes. we. v ca lo s u e s w iy as co a n n v a i l c o t g ed ot:s to that of R a y, who had been and he s h ou ld th ere f o r e inflict a simi lar fine, 501., or four months' imprisonment. Mr. L ew i s was understood to bay he against th e conviction. should appeal CONFERENCE AT THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.—A conference was held at the C.ollege of Physicians, Pad mall, on Monday, of representatives from the medical colleges of England, Ireland, and Scotland, with tt e view of determining upon the course which they ought to adopt in respect of the anticipated "medical reform " bill. ft is understood that the conference was favour. able to the view recently adopted by the British' Medi cal Association, to the effect that a portion of the "medical conned" should be nominated by Government, but the " third part," as proposed by the asso c i a ti on ' s committee, was considered too much. The select coi n _ mittee of last year recommended that the whole of the council should be appointed by Government,and be direQtl responsible to Parliament through its chief, the President of the Board Health. STREET RA,ILTVAYS. Last evening, at the weekly meeting of the Society of Arts, Thomas Webster, Esq. V.R.S., in the chair, M r . V. Bridges Adam s rea d a paper on " The Application of Rails for Horse Traffic in the Streets and Environs of London, and also for Rail way Branches." The author began by saying that facility of tran sit might be taken as aconvertible term flor civilisa tion. The earliest and c h ea p es t transit being by water, the earliest settlements of man rind were consequently along the banks of rivers., He then enlarged upon the great natural advantages of the site of London, pointing out that the hills of Mid dlesex on one side, and the hills of Surrey on the other, are the true sites for North and South Lon don—the dwellings of health. - :The river flats are the garden grounds laid out-by nature, with the broad river rolling between for transit and drainage, space for air and exercise, and for interaecting roads communicating with north and south. With the constant increase of population the Surrey hills would assuredly be covered with dwellings, with the site of the Crystal Palace as a 'melons, and the expansion of London would take the direction of the high grounds, and out of the low river levels, if the means -of transit were facilitated. Some de tails were given of tke gradual improvements in the construction of wheels, and of the roads upon which they run, and the earliest kind of r a il way intro duced in the coal districts about the year 1600 was described. Passing to the subject of modern rail ways, Mr. Adams gave an account of the manner in ,which horse railways through cities and towns originated in the United States. When the first railways began ,to work the town authorities stipu lated that, tit% engines should be unhooked and horses used to dtaw the trains through the streets. Once familiarised with railway carriages drawn by horses the observant American mind soon per ceived that the arrangement was very inferior to omnibuses for town transit. Street after street, in New York and other cities, was laid down with rails, and on streets of great traffic many linesetrails were laid down side by side. A Frenchmard imported the plan to Paris, and it is probable that it will be come an universal continental practice. Mr. Adams enumerated various occasions on which he had brought the subject before public notice, par ticularly in a paper- before the Society of Arts in 1850, when ho advoapted the conversion of "turn pike roads into a system of practicable railways, b inserting rails level with the' surface, to: tral.-¢1 at _stage-coach speed by steam, f 'The ord b ar t fie *ould not be :interfered with by tlws pNn oT rails, as vehicles could cross and recross them." The structural detail was a 'matter of great import ance, the principal conditions being strength, sim plicity of structure, facility in` laying down, main-- taining, and replacing, non-interferen9e,- with drains and sewers, and water s'-below, and economy in cost. It had for a p oe turret/ to hiui that the - • le railway i worn out by the l ocomo ti ve were perfectly we adapted for aLreot usu. For ordinary wheels, Mr. Adams proposed to connect the common doulale-T rail used on the narroly . guage railways by a pa tented imel!"itdionpf his own, called the fish joint. Though sibfrice of these rails might have been worn by wheels of . 16temotives, and the lower surface aged in the tirs, the side) chann e l s remained intact, and in e the ordinary omni bus wjaeels could run ;,* supposing the gunge the salt, gordinary railfasy 'waggons could run e. well, the - whe9kamniiing on their flanges i s .of their tracks. Wt. Adams then gave fur th ails of his system o f cons t ruc ti on, s h owing 011ie bridge ria.i4 ht also be adapted to this of traffic, and.t passed to - the application oilk to the streets an to the - suburbs °fi t London. He pointed out thd propofted lines from !Charing cross, Tottenham-court-roa4 Gracecharch-street, and other central points *fa.tiottiv, ..11aca • ies! th e total length of lin e proposail..&ing-Osoo, - 40 es. He then went into some detailiakt -s mated cost of construction under different'av . . nces, stating that r a il wa y compan i es, w i th ` thhir own workmen and their own old rails, would make their lines..,At from . 7501. to 8001. per mile for a hoe' idividuale or small companies cost might be about 1,0001. total double mileage would L4O, and the capital 140,600/. and maintenance at 20 per ct. ml outlay would be 20,000/., 01. per mile, far beyond what t to in practice. The existing 000 in number. The result io diminish the traction by omnibuses going at present ,requires 8,000 horses. The interest and mainte nance must at least amount to 15s. a week each. If one-half were saved that would amount to 3,0001. per week, or 150,0001. per annum. • Mr. Adams concluded by giving the outlines for a proposal for carrying a line of this kind from the Strand over Waterloo-bridge to the Crystal Palace. The con struction of this he, estimated at 9,600/., and he 'calculates that with 24 vehicles, which might each carry 56 passengers, 16,000 per day could be conveyed. At 6d. per head .this would be 4001. a day, or, taking the vehicles only one-fourth full, 131,300/. per annum. The purchase of vehicles would raise the capital to about 18,6001., and de ducting working expenses, which are estimated at 22,4001. per annum, the profit would amount to 8,9001., which, Mr. Adams considers, would be much increased with the development of the traffic. A discussion ensued, .in which Messrs. Shanks, A. C. Hobbs, .F. .Marrable„F. Bennoch, Cole, C. 8., C. Vignoles, Perley, Aston, and the chair man, book part. • f • REDFATTION , 01P, _ITZTISDITART- PIIIMIONEI.---Laot year the sum of 304,358. 185...9d, was paid by the 'Goiern ment in the redemption of hereditary pensions: Cotner OF ALDEBMEN. —At the Court of Aldermen on Tuesday Mr Alderman Wilson called attention to the overcrowded state of Holloiday Prison, which, though constructed to hold only 420 prisoners pow contained 450. Sir Peter Laurie attribtted the increase in the number of inmates in the City prisona'to the power re cently conferred on.magistriateuof at once 'committing to prison persons who• pleaded guilty without sending them for trial. Mr. Alderman Copeland deprecateg the increased comforts and, improved diet of the prisoners. Mr. Alderman Wire considered the abandonment of the, system of transportation the chief cause of the ovet crowded state of the prisons, and suggested, in defence of the prison dietary, that it had been approved by the' most eminent men in the kingdom, and that a greater quantity of food Was required by prisoners than by per sons following their ordinary occupations. [Anyaarisessor.l--We quote Bettie interesting cures with out medicine of indigestion (dydpepsia), flatulency, constipa tion, nervous, bilious, and liver Complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, by Da Barry's delicious Revalen ta • Arabica Food : Fifty year? indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousnesb,. asthma, cough, constipation, fiatn leney, spasms, sickness, it 'the stomsCh, and vomitings, have been removed by Du Berry's excellent ReValenta Arabica Food.—Maria Jolly, Wertham Ling, _near Dias, Norfolk. Cure No.3,9o6.—Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and pee- • ral debility have been removed .by Du Barry's excellent Re valenta Arabica Feed.—James Porter, Athol-street, Perth. From the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart. Cure 52,612.-- Rosstrevor, County of -Doerit , Ireland; 9th December,.lB s4 . The Dowager Countess of Castlestuatt feels:induced, in the interest of Suffering: humanity, to state that Dn Barry's ex cellent Reialenta Arabica Food' hai cured her, after 'all Medicines' had 'failed, of iiiiiidestiou, bile, "great? nervous ness and irritability of Many years' standing. This food deserves the .confldenee of all sufferers 'and may be •con sidered a real blessing) luestirieswillbe.cheerfully answered. Supported by teetimoYoals 1 49n1. t i !telgibtst4d Trbfeasers of Chemistry Dr. Andrew 1,7 ,re; . Dr. Shorl,lnd.;,, HEFTeII Dr. Campbell ; bi. Gattiker ; Dr. Wqrher; l?r. Ingram; Lord Stuart de Decies;: the 'Dewager Conntetis ,of Castle stuart ; Major-GEL, Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, afteraii other means of - cure-Itad-failed..,,Pnr further particulars respect ißg this invaluable foadtur.readers-are refereed4o Du Barry's . a drertisemeut RA -0 Of t h -t a t P i rrtit cJ . • . 7:-"r1 m he in sa be w, i Y n o g ul - ~— , ' h i tt . stating that railway c Mr. Cooper converse with what 'ycin Iciad for d' r workmen and their i their lines ,at from .71 e single lioeftwiule o inc ik • - • • . the /I i• -. I t,. - ig --1 bU Yi r tg o n i . tit . -tile cc II .• his n: • - . or me per Fi ; • . i , ghe t " • jr7 140 the i - " 1 - ill I ther• 7 ' He 'a. •e, and Taki . 4 • 44 " ' • on an was h. - , • in a s t t t e P• ...”,• • • annual inly mu f. s -Af , een drink- ' . , .l''''. • ds• of 2001, wild. . . .'- i d really amount ~.,... " ' uses are about 1,( you never_ went by th e should consider that too . " he rails would be tl (Laughter.) one-half. To keep these POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Fei. 11. MANSION-HOUSE.—James Conway WAS brought up, charged with having stolen 49lbs. of beef. Policeman 635 said—As I was walking near Petticoat lane I saw the prisoner with a bundle on his head, and the moment he eaw me he threw it down and ran away, but I secured him, The beef was then identified by a Whitechapel sales man, and the prisoner said ; "I am guilty, but it was poverty that prompted me.' The Lord Mayor—You must have been in the habit of stealing, or you would not have taken so large a qu ail . tity. The prisoner was then remanded till Friday, when h e will plead guilty in petty sessions, and be sentenced by the Lord Mayor. Harriett Cad well, who appeared to be about 15 years of age, was charged with having stolen a jacket. Sh e pleaded poverty in excuse for the offence, and was also remanded till Friday. Joseph William Hawes, who was some days ago charged with having forged an accountable receipt for 2901., underwent another examination and was committed for trial. He declared that he did not do it feloniously. The prisoner had been engaged by Paul, who was con victed at the last petty session of the Central Criminal C urt of having robbed the guardians •f the City of Loudon. GUILDHALL,—Edward Shaw Blaker and Charles Mitchenson, two medical students of St. Bartholomew's, who were escorted to the court by a large number of their fraternity, were charged with assaulting William Wiekenden. The defendants were walking along Bartholomew -close when they met Wickenden and another man, both intoxi cated. By some meant, a dispute to o k place between s the two parties, and m and , a scuttle ensued, i n wh i ch Blakey cut open Wickenden 's head with a stick loaded with lead. Wiekenden got hold of the stick and took it home with him, and on the defendant's calling with a policeman to charge him with stealing it, he gave them into CUe tody for the assault. The magistrate fined Bicker 205., and discharged Mit chenson. Edward King and James Brown were charged with burglariously entering the premi ses o f Mr. linker, of Fleet-street, an stealing therefrom 19 pairs of boots and a dress coat, value 221., the property of the prosecutor. City policeman 345 said, about half-past 5 yesterday morning, while on duty in Fleet-street, he heard a noise in the prosecutor's shop, and upon obtaining the assist ance of another constab'e he aroused Mr. Baker, and secured the prisoners on the premises with the booty in their possesio n . Alderman Cubitt raid great praise was due to the Officer, and committed the prisoners, who pleaded guilty, for trial. WORSHIP-STREET. --John Walker, h a b erdasher, of Shaftesbury street Walker, was ch arged with neglect and cruelty towards his niece, an o r ph an, 8 years old. One of the b eadl®s of Shoreditted that on Satur- day last h e went to the defendant 's h st o a use and requested to see the little girl, He found her in an undergrou n d washhquss where there was no fire or fire-place, and was satisfied from her appiiai - ance, as well as from what she told him teath she laid been cruelly neglected and hihe was the k) the girl's brother, a child zi a, val and. Military intelligence. The 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment., now 8". tinned at Rangoori, it is expected, Will be removed $() China during the present summer, to be in readiness for any matter) operations in contemplation. Parties from the 2d and 3d Dragoon Guar's, Royal Dragoons, and 17th Lancers, embarked on Tuesday " Dublin, in charge of 58 horses for the military train nosr in the course of formation at York. The Major-Gener al commanding the cavalry and Staff attended the ember ka, ion. H.M.S. Diamond, 27, Capt. C B. Hamilton (1 85 T' arrived at Chatha m on Tuesday evening fr o m the get' terrantian, having b een towed from the Nore by th e African steamer, where she was previously inspected bi Captain E. P. Halsted. She has been in eosersie three years, during whi c h t ime she h as been employedd principally in the Medit erranean; S he w il l b e dietailow and paid off. The Dragoon, 6 guns, paddlewheel steam frigate, C a P t. William H. Stewart, C. 8., is ordered to be taken into the basin at Sheerness to-morrow, preparatory to her being paid off. Captain L o rd F re d er i c k K err , in corn' (nand of the flagship Waterloo, on inspecting the Dragon, passed high encomiums o n th e hi g h s t ate o f gnav el' discipline, &c., manifested by the officers and,hrew- 0 The Hawke, 80 gun s , screw s t eams h ip, C apta i n Agee Wilcox, at Sheerness, is ordered to the Nore to de . ; thence she proceed s t o P or t smout h to comp l e te I , " complement, and she will then go direct to her station on the coast of Ireland. • The Pembroke, 60 guns, screw steamship ? Capt. P h : Fras : r, is under o rd ers t o l eave Sh eerness th i s d ay dire° for Leitb. The iron screw steam troopship Megora, Command er Purvis, which sail e d f rom Pl ymouth on StindayV,h ~* detachments for the C a p e o f G oo d H ope an d the 01 ritius, put back on T ues d ay morn i ng, having susta,nit considerable damage in the g al e o f Sunday °:€4, and Monday. The tro o p s h ave b een p l aced onboard "" - Vigo hulk in Hanaoaze, and the ship is appointed to r into dock at Keyham this day (Thursday) for repair. la Yesterday morning a general inspection of the g° l o Artillery battalions took pl a c e a t W oo l w i c h . un der t sup.rintendecce of Col. Palliser, and Lieut.. Col. 13 1 ham, Assistant-Adjutant s -Ge nera l. Th e men wer e dray , up in separate detachments at head.quarters in the G.,3 1° ,.; nasitim and the several squ a r es o f th e es t a bli s h men t. object of the insp ec ti on was to note d own t h s name ° all those wh o ma y b e cons id ere d un fi t for duty, all N low the required height, and those of marked or doe; • fel character, and whom it may be considered advi o6 l 3 l., to dismiss, i n or d er t o meet the regulations recen issued for the discharge of 1,100 men, and thatehl deprive the service of as, ,few good Men as possible.lt medical board i s i n close attendance' t o ex a m in e and' attest each man noted down for The dismissals ordered by the Commander-in-Chief front the Royal Artillery alone are to the abOre amount, i l3. dependently of the ordinary. reduction of about 60 p er month, which occur i n consequ ence o f ,aickness crime. Five of the senior quartermasters are to be pe r ' witted to retire on full pay, and are to receive the hone. vary titles of captains in the corps.. ,Some of _these teran soldiers have acquired that boon by faithful set' vices of upwards of half a century in the regiment. The labours of the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich hat e again assum e d a war lik e appearance. The ,pyramids shot and shell are being removed and rolled towards th wharves, which are again covered with guns, wagg°l i cases of shot, & c ., w h ence they ar e conveyed n bare to St. Kattieriiia's.Docks, for shipment to China, wh il e ' s the North fleet freigittebip at...the:Arsenal pi e r is enfiag A , in embarking a h eavy cargo okrar,etores,of every r.,'"; scription, which by me ans o f the hydraulic .cranes shipped with extraordinary expedition and small of labour. , Country MarkOttg?' EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET. -FRB. 10. ' - Supplies of all kinds these last six, days again largo. Oat straw, from 7s 6d to lOs Od per kemple of ,/6 trop; wheat do., 6s Od to 8s Od; barley do., 7601 to Od. Hay front 12d to ls. 2d. EPINBURGH MEAL—Fas, 10. each There were in the market today 13 sacks: 0 0n 3 ea" weighing 2801 b imperial; which old' at 37a and —O. DA.LIKEITH MEAL MARKET—VD' 9. There were in the market to-day 11 bags'of oatmeal, oof barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales ready. Oatmeal,. per sack of 2801bs First. Secon d . 04 imperial 3ss Od --e Od 31 ' 3 00 Barleymeal, per ditto --s Od ,—a 4 Peasemeal, per ditto —s Od —a 0,1 Flour, new, per ditto —a Od I—sOdl9 04 Pot-barley, new, per ditto —a Od --a Oil DUBLIN, Fri. 10. We had an exceedingly dull and depressed mark/3 6 4; say. We do not a lt er our quotations of Frid4 last. " the tendency of everythhig was to lower rates.. White wheat, 31s 6d t o 34 s 6d ; red ditto 31s O d # 20 6d; ditto new, —5 ; barley, ma lti ng, 16 s t o 25 s 6d ; grt,il ing, 15s to 20s 6d ; oats, old, Its to 138; ditto, new, l g. Od to 15s Od ; oatmeal, 14 s t o 15 s Od ; b ore, new, 16 s to ;9, Od ; rapese d, 30s Od to 32s Od per brl ; bakers flour. L e 6d to 26s Od per cwt ; Indian corn, 3ls 01 to 378 Od 480 lbs. II :,L' 1 coAL MARKET,--FEB. 11. 0 4410e0 of Coal per ton at *We °lois of the market. e. 'd: - Walleend, tre. 4 Bebeide'l Hartley ......... 15 9 • r ; North Percy Hartley ...13 9 Hatton l6 ; Tanfield Moor ......... ..14 3 South Hatton 18 0 'Victoria ................. 13 9 Eambton l5 6 16 Stanley Main . . ....... :..15 6 Harton . . West Riding Hartley...l3 9 %hips at market._ 2. • I Sold LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. ' LIVERPOOL, FEB. 11. u . h t STGCX EXCHANGE. -- The market to-day is at a I.'. improvement in quotations. Blackburn - 6 per cent., astern Cotinties, 9i—Lancashire aid-Yorkshire, Lo 9 1 2 —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lilian, 3q—Midland, —ndon and North Western, 1064---Grand ° Lanca s Canada, 12I—Great Western of Can a d a , 24—BirkenhoP hire, and Cheshire, 66k. BIRMINGHAM, E ICE. .• t ST OO I4 EXCHANGE. —.Business was brisker - in , to-day, and prices are firm. Birmingham and Stour v L e Y'). 9 lNorth Stafford% 411 dis.,--Birminghain COI" , ii — Dudlez and West Bromwich Banks, 10. G ,• MANCHESTER, PIO . 11. STOOL EXCHANGE. —There was a firm business, improved. prices, principally. for, net account . Choir (20/. shares), IN—Dover, 2' 7-16-7-Midland, 824 -14e ' 6 98 1—East Lan cas hi re , 24 —London And" North' West" 1074—Sheffield, 341. . •at rather THE KNIGHTSBRIDGE CHUIt6feD/irtiii.oo Tuesday morning the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chill • cell,r, the Bish o p o f London, Sir W. H. Maule, Sir L Patteson, and th e Ri g ht ,H on. P emberton Leigh, tu e members o f the J u di cia l Committee, before w h o m Of appeal in the c ase o f Lidd e ll v. Westerton iebeing heard , re-assembled at the Privy Council Office, Downing: , street. Sir Fit zro y K e ll y continued his a rguments, spoke from the sitting to the roing of the Court, Se dirscted the attention of the committee prinCipally to the question of crosses, with a view to show that they sad always been tolerat e d by th e Church of England, 512 a that there was no prohibition in the canons or the gene° l law of the Church against their use. in LADY R last A.TOATCHERS.-4 custom has sprung up the twenty years of worry watching these d ogs in a are privat e arenas o f th e kind pit, and there whsle our fair cushioned ci rc l e, coun trywomen, leaning over the will witness with admiration the clever. ness of their husbands' or brothers' terriers. " Uncle Janes" might commend their taste, and think the 51) 4)4 " calculated to furnish them with "a fund of conversation , bu t and a spirit 6f che er f u l entee pr i se and pleasantry ;'' ~ except t h e fact had proved it to be otherwise, we shoal' have supposed that there was not an educated man in great Britain who would not have been shocked at this novel propensity of English ladies.—Quarterly .Retie" (new number). BIRTHS. OP ♦ SON. On tho 10th inst., at 2, Arbour street east, Stepney, the wife of Charles Vernon Young--twine. On the 26th ult., the Dowager Lady Blake. On the 10th inst., at Oxford, the wife of Dr. Bullet , President of Magdalen. 0? A DAtIGHTER. On the Bth inst., at Ness Castle, near Inverness, thd Lady SAltoun. On the 10th inst., at Edinburgh, Lady Leith. On the 10th inst., at Clifton House, Winchester, the wife of Colonel Notcott, MARRIED. On the sth inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Lord Alfred Spencer Churchill, second son of the Duke of Marl borough, to the Hon. Harriet Louisa E. Gough CalthorPei third daughter of Lord C a lth orpe. On the 10th inst., at St. P ancras Church, Esq., M. D., of 27, Tavi s t oc k -square, to Mary Isabella, tb• eldest daughter of J o h n W . Bridges, ESCI of 39, Tavistock' square, and Birch, E ssex. ". Adana Bexley', DIED. On the 11th Inst., Thomas Blanchard Coward, of Briv ton-place, Surrey, aged 71. On the 10th inst. On the 10th i nst., at 5, Pemberton-row, Gough,- Bgtilli re, , at Ch ar l o tt e - square, Edinburgh, El l * Maria, wif e o f S ir George 11. Leith, Bart., aged 24. Mrs. 1.1. Chubb, aged 51. On the 10th inst., at 27, flemingford Villas, Barnsburr park, Mr. H. W . Carter, aged 55. On the 10th inst., at the house of his brother, Grove bill, Camberwell, Edward Kernble, aged 65. On the 10th inst., at Moorville, near Burley, Yorkshire , Thomas Dunn, at Esq., lof Funchal, Made On th e 9 th in ,Mr ate eig . John Lhton, sen., ira. of 40, Brewer street, Golden-sU, aged 81. • Wont he Bth mat s , e at 31, Stanley Villas, Notting-bill' grarn Money, Esq , ag e d 72. On the 2d inst, atl Baldock, H er t s , M rs . M ary Ind, aged 100. She lived to see th e bi r th o f 10 c hild ren , 63 grand grandchildren 1 14 great grand c hild ren , an d t wo great children's children—in all 195 descendants. LONDON: Printed and Publiehed by MURDO YOUNG' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N O. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coup t 7 of Middlesex, Thursday, Februar 12, 1657.-