Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-19 00:00:00

Cd'USE LIST FIRST LIST.-SALFORD HUNDRED. I laintiffs, Flaintiffs' Attorneys. I Q 13.. Ctin'iffes and 8... .. Be tver 3 QB..Sl::ter and C) . . Ilamp3on and ano 8 1. x —Sale and CD.. Hinton.. g x Sam a Moorhouse. 10 QB...Satne ..The Q seen . Holdin and r !inner 30 QB.. w Andrew .. Mackay anl ors.. 31 QB.. Worthington and E .. SECOND LIST.-WEST DERBY HUNDRED. 3 QB..Lmwndea and Co .. Smith .. (sa) v rile .. Young and Co 4 QB. Rade itfe .. Brown and ano (s.r , v Lek: . .• .. Stone 6 Ex... o . . y ..Peet . , ..v Ha lam .. .. .. Banry 7QB . Young and C 3 rile.. .. v .. • • .. ..H Forahaw 8 QB—Binney.. Yeomans .. ..v Gray and ors.. .. C'aambers and W 16 Ea— R Wells ..L B of Health King upon Hall (sa) v T inity Ho :se of Hull.. E S Wilsen 11 Ea— Rowson and Co .. . (F.') v Beattie 12 Fa... WICTy or —F !is ..v Martin .. .. Neal and 51 14 QB.. Francis and A .. Yeowa.rd ...v Schaffer „Fir tcher and H 15 CP .. Grimmer .. .. —Same Frown r ,nci. and ft 16 c PL.J Y‘tes jun.. M.-Manus v Lan. and York. Railway Co ..Higharn an C 17 CP.. Same .. Ells (s.; ) v Barber .. Fletcher and H 18 Ex --tamp and .1 rth a :d ano (sJ) v ma.on ag Ex... Pell and Holmes v Kidd and ano .• . Evans and Son 20 QB.. Statham anl Co .. ..s , lornon . • .. •.v Rawns ey Brierley 22 Ex .. Barrow .. Manley admix .• ...v St Helens Canal and Rail Co .. Whitby 23 Ex... •am e Hawk•ey ..v Carter 24 Q 3.. Holden and San W.,o:l• , croft v Watson Bell and S 25 Ex._ T Eas•ham ...Easthaiu . v Wh illey Colt en and 26 Ex.— Fletche , and H ..Taylor .. (sa) v McCa'man .. Neal and M 2$ C P Ylarnaigh —Hargreaves . • • .. •.. ..v Thomas .. Cheater and Co 29 Ex,..Th-tckerab Fitzpatrick.. .. v Lan. and York. Railway Co ..Lew'..on ICo 31 CP ..J Yale; jun .. Raven .. ..v Ball .. Pemberton 99 CP ..Sam- ... • • .. ..v Jameson .. Ward 33 QB.. ft Stevanon ......Yd (s 3) v Lon. and N. West Rail. Co.. —Swift and Co 34 a... Rowe ' ..Wari^r jun.. v Everth ..Woodcock and Co 35 0' Nail .. ..v Acton ..Leigh 36 CPL.I3It , khttrst Wrlght ..v C owes 37 QB—Carson and E _Brooks and ors exors ..v Bainbr:dge ..Gregory and Co z 9 QB.. 511:m and ..Sana.,elson and ors (Li) v H in. a. d or.— Preston 3J CP.. Goodwin and A .. Cooke (sa) v Wilson and ano ..1 owndes and Co 41 CaL Fenwic ..Vose admix ... . ..v Lan. and Yore. Railway Co.. ..T A a , ,1 J G undy 4.9 CP.. J Y ates, jun . Wright and ano ..v Kirby.. .. Hinds 43 F.. m.. R M ore ..S , -ott and ano ..v Hsrnanaan 44 CP.. Evans and Son .. Stevens and ano v Cleraent..on .. 45 QB.. C and it Frost .. Wallower h ..v and S 47 Ex.— ‘l,-tcher and H.. Higgin .. • . , . .. v Rubins „Chilcatt 48 En —Broker.. .. Hatton and ano ..v Ro,le . Spackle on and Co 4 Ex. :.Co.)way.. „Nsls n (ea) v Seddon .. Hien and Son 50 CPL.Tnrner and Son.. Waddington admor ..v I.an. and York. Railway Co. ..R a a nd W Aszroit ki CP f..."ame same ..v Same.. (dtnurrcr) Same 32 QB..Littled...la and B Pemberton ..v A , kle and ano.. . 63 CP.. Bog .ie Buxton . v Venn and ano.. . 54 Ex...T i Smith .. ..Collins v Morphia . 65 CPL. Pal:hou e Fazar and ano ..v Brennaud and. ano 56 CPL.S wne _Same v same.. . 57 C .L. 4 me ..gagar ..v Same.. .. 58 CP '..Snowball .. • • .. Woodhead ..v l'l3.ckharst 59 c PL.Bretherton Assop ..v Yates .. 61 Ex. ..Cobb ...Grant ..v D-nham. . 42 QB.. tittle Tale and Co Pares ..v Crßeh'ey 63 Ex... 13 .rber . Weisman .. • . ..v Taylor .. 64 Ex .. - way.. Nelson . v Brownel end ano 65 Ex . T S Smith v Moore End ano. 67 CPL.II and W A szroa ..B ackbnrn and ano ..v am; Fra,tis and A. Sw.ft and Co . Sale and Co (demurrer, Same Sarre _NV Mae:antra ▪ Hoiden and Got ▪ Higham and C ..Miler and P ..J B ~ :oyd Sa!e and Ca Defendants. Defendants' Attorney& (s.l) v The Mayor of Manchester Chester and Co (sJ) v Ha:npson.. • • • • (si) v and N. west. Railway Co.. Swift and Co (sJ) v Alcock slims (sJ) v Spence .. Cooper and Sons (CJ) v Knowles and ors .. .. • • (sJ) v crephenson . —Mame an 3 J (s.r) v The Mayor, &c of Wigan .. • • Lord and A ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE SOUTH LANCASHIRE.—LivicarooL, August 18 CROWN COURT. BEFORE MR 1311101 WiTSON. His Lordship en'ered Court at nice o'clock yesterday, and proceeded to pass the following sentences : James Gray, who was found guilty on Monday of assault and robbery, was sentenced to six years' penal servitude. George Whitham, who was found guilty on Monday of pacing a bottle containing gunpowder, and other explo sive materials, against the house of Mr. Redmain, in Manchester, was sentenced to four years' penal servitude. Owen M'Conville was Eentenced to twelve months' im prisoument f unhewfully wounding Riehsrd Bleasdsle was sentenced to eighteen months' impris - inment for unlawfully wounding. - George Jones was sentenced to eight months' imprison ment, for burglary at Parr James Ryder, who pleaded guilty of forgery, at Man chester, was sentenced t 3 four months' imprisonment. Henry Rimmer, and James Bennett, who pleaded guilty cf burglary, at Live:poi, were sentenced to six months' imprisonment each. Thomas Booth, convicted of a garotte robbery at Rcch dale, was sentenced to eight years' penal servitude. VIOLATION. William Bull, aged 23, farm-labourer, was charged with having, on the 31st July, 1837, at a place called Heaton Norris, feloniously and violently assaultsl and ravished one Betty Wilson There were several serious discrepancies in the statement of the prosecutrix, in consequence of which his Lordship directed an acquittal. James Brocklehurst, who was charged as a party in the same ease, was then pot up. No evidence was offered by the crown, in accordance with his Lordship's suggestion to that eft et, end the prisoner was discharged. STABBING- -Catherine Woods, aged D, hawker,. wag charged with having at Liverpool, en the 7th April, 1857, feloniously cut, stabbed, and wounded one Elizabeth ll'Orlynn, with intnt to do her some grievous bodily harm. It appeared that the prisoner an I her sister were in the house cf the prosecutrix, and some glance' toek place between the latter and the sister. The prosecutrix state that the prisoner, who was at the tine cutting a child's hair, jumped up, and struck her over the eye with the scissors she be d in her hand, ittlictirg a severe wound. Mr. Horioby prosecuted. The jury found the prisoner net guilty, and ehe was accordirgly discharged. AS3 S.ULT UPON A WIFE. - J01:13. Cuff, aged 36, cutler, was charged with having, at Liverpool, on the 29th March, 1837, feloniously aesanhed Frances Cuff by kicking her on the heal, and on various parts ef the body, with intent to do her Some grievious bodily harm. The prosecutrix was the wife of the prism , r, wile lived in Ben Jonson street, Liverpool. The statement made by her wag, that on the night in question, she left her house about eight o'clock, and went to a public house in the neighbourhood, where sbe had some drink. After that, she went to the house of a neighbour in Ben Jonson-street, where she f-ll asleep. She was roused by a violent blow, and was able to perceive that it was her hui.benl who gave her the blow, when she became insensible from its effects. Other wit nesses deposed that the prisoner struck her on the head with a quart pot, kicked her on several parts cf the body, jumped on her, t nd threw her into the street. The prose. cutrix admitted, however, on cress-examination, that she was f equenly in the habit of going to the public house, and that on the night in question, her hush vnd brought home his wages, 53, which he gave to her, and told her to buy something to eat, but Ins:eed of doing so, she went to the public house and spent 3s 61 of it with another woman. It also appeared that in the house wee-e the prisoner found the prosecutrix —a lodgin g -house kept by a woman named Money—there lodged a man named Burrs, a returned convict, of whom the prisoner was jealous, an whom he had frequently accused her of going to Mrs. Mooney's to meet. The prosecution in thi. care was condec el by Mr Whigham, and Mr. Simon defended the prisoner. The jury found the prisoner guilty of unlawfully vrcundirg. VIOLATION. —John Smith, aged 40, a provision dealer, living in Stretford-road, Manchester, was charged with having vialated the person of Mary Jane Griffith., aged fourteen, a servant employed by him. Mr. lave prose cuted, and M. Blair defended the prhonar. The jury acquitted the prisoner. MANSLAUGUTER.—Moses Wo dward, aged 25, and James Woodward, aged 28, both colliers, were charged with having, at Sutton, on the 29 h June lest, killed John Rob , nson. Mr. Lareische prosecuted, and Mr. Aspinall defended. It appeared from the case f r the prosecution, that on the 2)ch of June last, the prisoner Moses Wood ward met with the deceased at the back of a public-house where the two prisoners were drinking A quarrel too k place, but without at that time resulting in anything serione. The prisoner Noses returned into the public. house, and the deceased went away. Later in the day, however, the prisoner; again met the deceased at the Sutton Copper Srneltir g Works an I the pri-oner Moses immediately set upon him, and knocked him down. Bo h the prisoners teem kicker him when down with such violence that one of the wit: eases declared he heard the skull of the deceased ' crack." The deceased at once became insensible. and while in that condition he was taken to a house in the neighbeurhe _d. Subsequently he was retnavel to the workhhouse, and there erysipelas ensued. He died on the 29th of June. Tee jury returned a verdict of geilty. His lordship deferre I sentence. AIieLAVOiITT,A —Luke Burn, 51, hawker, Thomas Gantley, fteory operative. Hugh Gantley, 19, factory operative, Itdicard Gtn.l-y, 19, labourer, and Michael Mitchell, 23, dye-, were charged on a cerener's warrant with having, at Meneh e o e e, killed Bernard Harrington. Mr llopwatid prosecuted ; llr. Fearnley defendel t fro of the Gentler. eh l the other Prisoners were uulefended. It appeared that on S aturday, the Ilea July, t .e deceased, who was 22 years of age, met the prisoner Burns in the street, near his res;dence. The uncle of deceased was with and accused Burns of not having b e h ave d we ll to deceased, by to ning him cut of h islod g in g s hout notice. ' Soon after deceased was siting in his uncle s cella r , ti l ien an attack was made upon the door by the priso ners and other men, and in the " row" which ensued, it was alle g ed that the deceased received blows which catnel his death. It did not appean however., that any of the prisoners was seen to u e violence against the deceased, except the prisoner Burns, and a man named MtLaren, wh) was not in custody. His Lord hip directed an acqiittal in the ease of all the prisoners, oxeept Barns. The jury found Burns guilty. Sentence deferred. CUTTING AND WoUNDING —Timms. , Howard, aged 30, factory-hand, was charged with having, on the 4th July, at Wigan, feloniously cut and stabbed one Gerard Ashcroft. Mr. Evans proseeutel, and Mr. Bowler defended. It appeared that the prisoner and some other men met the prosecutor upon a road on the day in petition, awl a fight originated among them. The prosecutor was stabbed in the neck with a knife, and the wound, he alleged, was inflicted by the prisoner. The jery found the prisoner guilty Sentence deferred. ROBBERY writ VIOLENCE.— Charles G. Allen, aged 22. seaman, and John Maenzie, 23 seaman, were charged with having at Liverpool. on the Bth of July, 1857, feloniously assaulted one Joseph :Martin, an 1 stolen from him 15s , a cap, and other articles. Mr. Tinthl Atkinson prosen tel. The prisoners were nnilAfended. The pro secutor was a labourer, living at Southport. He had taken a passage to Boston in the Sca-King, which was then lying in the Huskisson Dock, and some days before she sailed, he went on board to look at-her. H 3 there s tw the prisoners and other seamen, and in order to ingratiate himself with them he sent out for 53. worth of drink. When the &irk had been consumed, the prisoners invited him into the forecastle, it being then about nine o'clock in the morning. He went in, and was immeliately attacked by the prisoners, who struck him with a slung shot. threw him down, searched him all over, and robbed him of 15s, a cap, and other articles. When he succeeded in escaping ashen, he at once went to a policeman ; he was then so much exhausted and faint that it was some time before he could state what had happened. He was covered with blool at the time, and the officer, on going on hoard the vessel, found much blood in the fore ca 41e Several articles identified as the property of the prosecutor, were found by the officer in the possession of the prisoners. Thti' jury found both prisoners guilty. The Court adjourned at six o'clock to nine o'clock this morning, when the case against the parties concerned in the death of the seaman, Andrew Bose, on board the Martha Jane, w 11 he proceeded with. BEFORE MQ. ATTORNEY-GENSRIL BLISS., Q.C. TRIAL OF T. F. LISGB F3lt EMBEZZLENIENT.—Mr. Monck, Q C., and Mr. Ovens, appeared for the prosecution in this case, and Mr. Wheeler for the defence. Mr. Monck, in opening the case said: That the prisoner had been for some twenty years in the service of _Messrs. Kershaw and Co., of Manchester, and had held during the whole of that time, situations of more or less confidence in their emplosment ; their confidence in hint beirg always con sidereble, and latterly almost mann:lll - e 1. For ten or twelve years. he had been the principal caihier, anti such an idea as d oubting his perfect intsgrity. never entered their heads until very recently. His duties were to receive all monies which came to their firm in the way of business, and to keep them in his possession until in the discharge cf his ordinary duty, he had to pay them over ei her to the bank, or by paying accounts which became due from the firm to var . ous pers •ns The books under his control, and in which he had to make entries for the purposes of these cash accounts, were a cash receipt book, cash payment hook, barker's cash ledger, and the ordinary bark pass book. The firm had two banking accounts ; one for particular transactions, such as the receipt of money by hills, and things of that kind, and the payment of monies in the same way, at the bank of Eegland, and a general deposit bsn'zing, account with another bulk adow ing interest, which the bank of England did not allow. It was the prisoners duty to receive money, to keep it in a d-aver of which he had the exclusive possession ..nd key, and then to make payments in she usual course entering in the cash receipt book the amount and corresp tinting date, accurately and properly, when he received the money ; entering in the cash payment bock the time when he pcid it; and keeping in the bankers ledger a true account with the hanker of all transactions on one side and the other. He htd for the purpose of assisting him, in the parrot manee "f then dutien, a cub-csahier or clerk, nana:ei helmerdine, whom he (counsel) should call before them. Now it happened that in February of the present year, a circumstance occurred which attached some suspicion to the prisoner; and Mr. Sidebottom, one of the partners, eying been informed of it, took an opportunity of speaking to him and sekng for the key of his drawer. Having ob tained the key, Mr. Sidebottom charged him with a defi ciency in his accounts The prisoner used some exprea sion which amounted to an admission that he was wrong in his accounts, and Mr Sidebottom then said to him " how much is it ;" is it £5,000 ? The prisoner said it was more than that, it was about £B,OOO. Mr. Sidebottom and he then wont to the prisoner's horse, where Liogs pro lueed some papers in the nature of vouchers and receipts for money, from a person or persons to whom he had lent or given it upon deposit, in his own name, and as his own money. They returned to the warehr use for the purpose of investigating the books, and going through them print by point, until they ascertained where the first deficiency arose, and where, in point of date and trans acti-n, the first misappropriation took place. It was due to the prisoner to say, that he net only very freely con fessed what he had done, but rendered all the assistance in his pone*, and, inasmech as he knew a hat had taken place, he frankly pointed out the different .entries which ware improper, and this one transaction was so pointed out by him. th A he ('he learned counsel) now charged him with :he misappropriation cf his master's money, a circumstance which amounted 'e embezzlement. Considerable ingenuity had been practised with regard to this particular transaction. About the 28th of December, 1855, a stock-taking took place 'which would occupy some little time but which would be completed upon the 28th. at that stork-taking an account would be taken of the cash account, as appearing upon the two cash becks of the prisoner, and of the cash which would remain at that time in his drawer, to represent the difference between the one and the other ; and if all the books had been brought in fo: one view upon the 28th, the facility for committing the offence with which the prisoner was charged would not have existed, because the whole would have been open to one view, and the inaccuracy of the balance would have been apparent. Bat they were not. The time of taking stock did not correspond with the time at which the bankers balanced up the pass bo )1e and re turned it in its balanced state, they net returning it until the 31st of December ; so that there was a period of three dais for any person who so chose, and who had access to the beaks, to make any entry 'which mignt conceal any deficiency which existed in the banker's pass book. Upon t' e entries in the b )ok as exhibited before the 27th of Decsml'er, there appeared to be a balance in hand of £3843 6s 91—a very large balance, and which showed the magnitude of the confidence reposed in the prisoner by his employers. Supposing that this had remained unaccounted for when the banket's pass bock was returned on the 31st, the defalcation would at once have been apparent On the 27th however, the day before the balance is made up, there appeared an entry in the cash payment book of -t2.000, 4. sum for which he would have credit as part of the £3.000, and which would reduce that amount to some £l,BOO and odd. If that had been accurate all would have been right; but it was not In the meantime the prispner received from time to time monies into his possession, and br the 31st, the sum which he would have in his posses sion, was swelled to upwards of £6,000. It would be perfectly easy, therefore/ ke hiTa to pay 42,000 Ito the hank, and obtain be'ore the 31st (the time to which the banker's pass book was made up), credit for that £2,000, though the dates would not correspond. In conclusion, the learned counsel summed up the charge in a few words. In the oash-payment book the prisoner took credit for £2,900, as paid by him into the Bank of England, when, in fact, no such sum was ever paid. In that lay the embezzlement with which he now stood charged. Mr. Sidebottom was examined : He said he was a partner in the firm of Kersnaw and Co , and that the prisoner had been in their service for twenty years—for the last twelve years as cashier. He had charge of the bank ledger, cash payment book, cash receipt book, and bank pass-book. In February last the bank ledger was in arrest., and wits ess, in the presence of the prisoner, directed Mr. Shelmedine, the assistant cashier, to post it up. In May, in conse quence of a communication made to him by Mr. Shelme dine, he had a conversation with the prisoner in the private office, in presence of another of the partners. He asked him if his cash account was corre^t, and the prisoner, after hesitating, replied that it was. Witness then asked him for the key of the cash drawer, and when it was given up said, " I know now it is not right. How much is it—is it £5,000 ?" The prisoner said it was more—that it was between £B,oooand 49,000. Witness then went with him in a cab to his house, and the prisoner wont up stairs and brought down a pocket book containig receipt vouchers for several thousand pounds. He also produced two bills— promissory notes—one for £lOOO and the other for £2OOO, and also his draft rccepted by Walter Glover for £5 500 He lent the money to Glover, who carries on the business of finishsr and dyer in Manchester. He was in the habit of doing work for the firm. Next day he had another in terview with the prisoner in the presence of Mr. Kershaw. Mr. Kershaw said it was a bad affair. and ailed the prisoner if he ware at liberty or able to point out the way in which he had managed the account. The prisoner replied that he could do it and would do it The prisoner then brought the cash-payment book, and pointed to an entry of £200)0 as having been paid into the Btnk of England on the 27th December, 1855 There was no corresponding entry in the bank pass-book. He explained that it wa in that manner he ccvered his deficiencies. The witness then explained, by reference to the hooks, that on the 27th December, 1855, the balance on the books appearing to the debit of the prisoner was £1,843 Os. Di It should have been £2,000 more, as that sum, though appearing in the cash payment b - mk and bank ledger, NM never paid into the bank. OA the 31st December £2,000 was paid by the prisoner into the bank, but between the 28th and 31st he had received several thou sands more than that sum. Mr. F. Hampson, solic'tor, of Manchester, deposed to the prisoner and Mr. Side bottom coming to his office on the 7th of last May. Mr Sidebottom observed that the prisoner had robbed them to a considerable amount, and the prisoner said it was so. Witness asked him what h: did with the money, [ and the prisoner replied that the rem - hers which Mr. Sidebottom had would show that he had lent it to two parties—one of them Mr. Walter Glover. The vouchers represented far more than XS,' CO, but the prisoner accounted for that by stating that some of the money had been re-paid, bat that he had never given up the vouchers relating to those sums. He then made out an account, showing that £8,825 was the full amount. he had taken. Witness wired what he proposed doing, and the prisoner said he should like to make any restitu tion in his power. Witness asked if he would make au assignment of the debt from Glover to Kershiw and Co , and the prisoner consented. The assignment was executed. After that, Glover petitioned the Bankrnpo7 Court, under the arrangement clause, and offtred a compo sition of Bs. in the pound. Cross-examined by Mr. Wheeler Glover paid nothing, but offered Bs. in the pound. The whole arrangement was not yet completed. Mr. J. S. Kipping, clerk to the Bank of England at Man chester, produced the pass-book. There was no entry of £2,000 as having been paid in on he 27th of December, 1855. Mr. Wheeler addressed the court for the defence. He urged that though the prisoner had been gtvlty of a grave moral wrong, he was not guilty of the crime laid to his charge in the indictment. He had not appropriated one farthing of the money to his own purpose, bat had been guilty of the folly and imprudence of lending it to a man whom he believed perfectly solvent. It was improper for him to have done so, but when he was guilty of the imprudence he never believed that his employers would suffer from it, nor would they, had not Glover became insolvent. If Glover had continued solvent, the money would have found its way back into the coffers of the pro secutors, and the prisoner would In.ve been saved from the dangerous and disgraceful position in which he now stood. His Lordship, in bumming up. said that nothing could be clearer than that the prisoner had, to use his own words, robbed his masters of £8,825, and the only question for the jury was, whether the offence was one of larceny or embezzlement. The jury, after a brief consultation, re turned a verdict of guilty of embezzlement. His Lordship deferred sentence. TEM/MING STONES AT RAILITIYS.—Martin Clarke, 13, and Patrick Clarke, 13, watchmakers, were indicted for having, at Manchester, on the 27th of le-t May, maliciously thrown stones at a train in motion, on the L :ncashire and • Yorkshire railway. Mr. Saunders prosecute - ±, and Mr. Wheeler defended. The offence was clearly es'ablished against the prisoners, and they were each sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour. The Court rose at five o'clock. NISI PRIUS COURT. BEFORE MR. BARON CIIANNELL. Ilia Lordsh.p took his seat on the bench this morning at rine o'clock. TOPPER V. lllG Z AND ANOTEIER. —This action was brought to recover the snm , 4 £216. The plaintiffs and the de fendants lived in Manchester. After the case had been proceeded with for ''t short time, a legal technical objection was taken to the firm of action, the result of which was that the case was v ithdrawn. Ts MPL AND 0 MIMS V. HINDLZ AND °TIMES —This action was brought to recover £lB3 13s. Gl, the value of 420 pieces of shirting. The plaintiffs were Messrs. Temple and 3utclifte, cotton spinners, of Manchester; and the defend ants were Messrs. J. and T. Hindle, commission agents, of the same place. Mr. Atherton, Q.C., with whom was Mr, Millivard, was for the plaintiffs, and Me. Hill, Q.C., with whom was Mr. Spink , , was for the defendants. Mr. Sutcliffe, a partner of the firm, proved the sale of the shirting to the defend ants in the mouth of April last, and to the delivery of the goods to the defendants, but denied that they had ever authorised them to sell them to a parson of the name of Whittaker, who was insolvent, and therefore held the de fendants as their agents as responsible. A. verdict was given for the plaintiffs for the amount claimed. CECIL V. TAYLOR.—In this action Mr. Joseph Cecil, the assignee of Henry Oakes, was the plaintiff, and Mr. Ben jamin Taylor, a builder, was the defendant. Both the partite carried on business in Sheffield. Mr. Hill, Q.C., was for the plaintiff; and Mr. Atherton, Q.C., was for the defendant: The facts of this case consisted principally in the vali dity of a bill of sat, given by the insolvent, Oakes, to the defendant, Taylor, to whom he was rola•ed by marriage. The jury retired to consider their verdict, bat had not come to a decision on the rising of the court at a quarter to seven o'clock. They were accorlingly locked up. THE FASTEST SHIP IN THE WORLD." TO THF. EDITOR OF THE NORTHER , T TIMES Sir,—Being a constazt reader of your valuable •, and wide-circulating journal, I beg leave to correct an erroneous assertion made in your edition of this morning, viz., that the Lightning is the " fastest ship in tho world." With all due defference to yourself and her owners, I beg to say that the ship Dreadnought beat the Lightning, on a fair trial, side and side, on the 9ih December, 1855 ; con sequently the Lightning cannot be the fastest ship. The Dreadnought has never been beaten by any ship, side by side. The full plrticulars of the race can be given, if necessary Being sure, on the part of fair play, that you will insert he above article, —I am, sir, your humble servant, S. SAM eELS, Commander of the Dreadnought. Liverpool, August 18, 1857. LITERATURE. EASY METHOD OF LEARNING FRENCH. Liverpool: E. Howell. 'I he importance of a knowledge of the French language, in the friendly intercourse of civilities between this country and the subjects of our im perial ally, is too obvious to require emphasis at this juncture. The little book before us is really what it professes to be, ‘• a new, practical, and easy method of learning French, upon the system most used on the continent for the study of languages." Mr. Hasson, the author, has had considerable ex perience in imparting to pupils a knowledge of the French and German languages; and in this instance he has succeeded in producing a manual of excellent examples illustrative of every rule, thus rendering French easy of acquirement, and its study less erring awl irkeoule than under the old system. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—YEsT F. RDAY. LIVERPOOL. BEFORE MIL MANSFIELD. A " PLITTRILIR."—A very powerful fellow, named Edward MGM, was charged by - Inspector Comlyn under the following circumstances. It appeared that on Monday the prisoner sold the shirt off his back for eighteen pence, and, along with his wife, got drunk in a public house in Vauxhall-road. When he had no more money, he created a great disturbonae. The inspector was called on to re move the prisoner's wife, and on doing so he was knocked down by the prisoner. A crowd of nearly 1,000 persOns collected very quickly, and began flinging stones in all directions, cracking squares of glass in windows, or crack ing skulls, if met with. Officers 153 and 783 cams up, when the prisoner actually tore the coats off their backs. (Here the garments were exhibited, and such " flitters never were looked on.) The prisoner was sent to jail for twe months VIOLENT ASSAULT.—Mary Reddington, of New Bird street, was brought up on remand, charged with having committed a violent assault on Salina Weetan, on the 10th ingt , by striking her a violent blow on the forehead with a stone, during a fight that took place in the above street on the eveeing in question. A fall report of this case appeared a few days ago in our paper. Mr. Cobb (for Mr. Campbell) defended, and elicited from the prose cetrix that she was not quite sober at thb time, and she also admitted that she went about the streets with a frying pan " taking sketches of peoples heads"—(loud laughter) —this sort of " sketching" was explained by the woman, as giving the peop'e cracks on the skull with the frying pan. Some ha'f dozen witne-ses were examined pro and con, an I at the termination, his Worship sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of £5, or to be imprisoned for three months. Tile Snip Pet -omen —The four dumpers who stood re manded en a charge of stealing 21 b Atlas of ale f om the ship Molvolia ware brought no Mr. Bluek defended. The case was healed de novo, and the prisoners were C3M min ed for sevea days with hard labour, under the Criminal Justice Act. DESERTING A WIFE - AN b DESERTING THE ARMY.—John Keegan, a tailor, was charged by Mr. Hughes for deserting his wife and three children. Two years aero the prisoner deserted his family and enlisted, and latterly he got tired of th , military life and deserted that also. He was con victed of the former offence and sentenced to three months hard labour. SHOPLITTING.—Three young women, named Mary Burns. Laura Edwarde, and Mary Jones, were brought up by John Griffi , h4, a market constable f James's Market, who said he saw them in St. James's-road, with a dress in their possession, which he suspected they had stolen. He arrested them aid it was discovered that the dress was stolen from Mr. Darling - on's, of Greet George's-street Burns pleaded guilty, and was sent to gird for three months; the others were discharged, The evidence not being sufficient. Ass ~U..T.—Walter- Carr, charged his brother-in-law, William Jardine, a carpenter, with having assaulted him on the 13th April. Mc. Dagears was fir the complainant, and Ms. Pemberton for the defendant. It appeared that complainant was maerie l to the prisoners sister, and there Was sets dispute of a family n tture between them. The parties were in the employment of Messrs. D. and C. M'lver, and on the day in question, the alleged assault was committed. The prisoner then went to sea, and was arrested on a warrant when he came back. Mr. Pember ton attempted to show that the assault was committed in censequence of the complainant having assaulted his wife, the sisterof the prisoner.. The prisoner was bound in his own recognizance in a £lOO to keep the peace. A DARING THIEF.—A young fellow, named James Sloane, was chage] with having stolen a quantity of Guernsey frocks, value Sc. each, from the shop of Mr George Davis, of Park lane. Tee prisoner sn ore] the Chop, took a bundle of 20 frocks, and ran off with them. He was arrested with the things in his possession. The prisoner was sent for trial. HEFORE MES3R3 EMI AND HAYWOOD. AS3AULT —Edward Hugh Lewis, of 12, Croston-street, Great Homer-street, was charged with having assaulted a yourg married woman, nam.d Elizabeth Harris, of the same street. Mr. Bluck was fir the prosecution, and Mr. Dangers defended. The facts were these :—The defendant is the owner of some houses in the street, and on the night of the 23rd July he req tested Mrs. Harris to let him know if one of his tenants, whom he imagined was about to decamp, without paying rent, would make an at tempt to remove the property. Some time about 10 o'clock, it appeared the complainant calle'l on defendant, when she alleged that he committed the assault complained of Her husband was at sea, and she mentioned the affair to some neighbour4, and when her husband came home, the charge wa3 brought Mr. ID - aggars cross-examined the complainant, with the view of showing that she was not free front blame, bnt failed to do so, and the bench inflicted . a fine of £5 on the defendant. A warrant was issue] for the arrest of an emigrant runner, named James Montgomery; who stands charged with the violation of the last act of parliament on this subject. THE NORTHERN TDIES.-LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1857. WANTED A MAGI3TRATE. Our. readers are aware that, from time to tine), we have, on the part of the public, complained of the non-attendance of me,gistra'es at the second police-court, to the vast incon venience and loss of the public, who are obliged to resort to this court for justice. The complaints were so unmis takable at one time, that we believe some representations were made to the Executive on the subject, and for a brief period there was a tolerable fair attendance of borough magistrates at the court. The attendance, however, was only of short duration, and a falling off sat in as rapidly as the flu xi of attendance g :shed forth:at public remonstrates. Again the complaints have become loud ald deep. Yester day it was long after twelve o'clock before any magistrate appeared ou the second court, although the building was crowded to excess by suit ors, witnesses, &c , and a gent many mercantile parsons ware present on dock and town informatioas, no doulo: very much to their loss and incon venienee. Lbw long will the public suffer this state of things to exist? Or how is it that the ill-judged parsimony of a corporation, which. is expeediug thousands weekly in London on lawyers fees, and who have spent newly a million on the grossest job ever perpetrated—:lie Pike—refuse to appoint' a second magistrate to discharge the important burin 333 of this court ? The people have a right to this—to have justice promptly, ably, and itnpar daily administered by a stipendiary, when the reat unpaid refuse and neglect to act. It is moat dkraceful to see the contempt with which the public are treated in this respect. PERMA.NENT INCRE-ISE OF THE ARMY. The Tines adduces the following arguments in f,vmr of this plan :—We cannot bear to have an army eating its head off; we want to have an army exactly when there is a use f it. it, and immediately the use is ov,r to be without one. About once in but N ears we want to hare ago A army. In 1834 a war did break out, and then of course we immediately wished that we had a good army, but we had not got one, and we had trouble enough to make one. Does not this sudd , n periodical call for solders, this costly and undignified hurry, every four or five yea-s to arm our selves. and prepare for some emergency, inculcate the leeson that we want a better standing army than we have ?, It may not be wanted at this very moment, but we know of a law of events acc)raing to which !he country has a want of an army at certain intervals. Then why not acquiesce in this law and anticipate events. We look around us now in vain for some remnants of our Crimean force. Tney are all gone. 2,009 artillery are disbanded ; they would have been invaluable in India. 39,000 of the line are disbanded, and seamen in great numbers. The pressure is now for eoldiers at arty price, and not a seaman can be got. But Lord J. Russell and Mr. Gladstone would not allow any remnants. Reduction was forced at all cost on the last parliament, and these two statesmen ran a race for the prize of economical popularity. It is an easy a,ga ment at the time, but we question whether the Indian mutiny ratifies it. FIRE AND SERIOUS ACCIDENTS AT DEVJNPORT.— Between twelve and one o'clock on Sunday morning, the inhabitants of D3vonport were aroused from their slumber by the repo , t3 of signal-guns from the battoty on lilouqt Wise, which announced the fact that a fire had broken It was in the direction of the Victualling Yard, and fears were at first entertained that the 11 e was th€re. The Commander-is-lief and stsff were soon on the reeve, haste-inz to the spot, which proved to be some premises cawiguous to the Victualling Yard, at the back of Duns ford-str, et, Stonehouse. The engines were soon under weigh, and assistance was rendered from the various ships in the Sound and harbour ; and a plentiful supply of water being lyonght to bear on the flames, the fire was kept within the limits of the building in which it had or'gineted. The general and numerous other military officers wore present ; and, we regret to add, that CJlouel Hickey mat with a severe fall from his horse in hastening to render assistance, by which he injured his hand and was for some time insensible. Captain Seymour, R. N., anxious to arrest the fire, got top uear, and had Uis hand burnt, HO RRIB LE TRAGEDY. A WIFE CUT TO PIECES, SUICIDE OF THE --HUSBAND. A terrible outrage has been committed in our settlement Living, as I do, near the scene of slaughter and being acquainted with the circumstances and the, parties, I have thought it best to give you a short sketch of the same. About a mile north of me there is, (or was), living a family by the name of Hurt, consisting of Hurt, his wife, his wife's methe-, and four children. The other day Heil went to the city for the purpose of ascertaining the truth of the report in circulation, which was, that his wife had succeeded in oh wining a bill of divorce. He came home a little before sunset, went to the well. got a drink of water, then picked up an axe and drove his wife from the house. Overtaking her is the yard he struck her with the axa on the back of hq• head. She fell to the ground and he ties hacked her up in the most shameful manner ; cat her right arm nearly off, and sunk the bit of the axe several times in her back and sides. He then left her for dead, and took after his mother-ir-law, who was running through the field to one of the neighbours. She had got so far off that he left her, went in'o the house, took some fire, went up stairs and set the beds on fire. In half an hour the .house and everything in it was in ruins. Two of his sons, yaung men, were present at the time, but dare not make the least resistance. While the house was burn in,e, Hurt was seen going through the fidd towards a thicket. About dark, some thirty of the neighbours c)l -ected around the burning ruins. Mrs. Hurt was found in a potato patch, senseless. She was carried to a neigh boor's house, and it wee arranged to meet at daylight the text morning, to hunt for Hur'. The search was short. He went about twenty rods to the edge of a thicket, and stabbA himself twice will a pocket-knife.. ,He was heard c ying and moaning all night by some of the neighbours. He had lost his lode in the grass, and had no other wee poa with which to finish the work of self-destruction. One man was despatched to the city for a doctor. He had a double-barrel shot gun with him, and, in leaving for the city, he left the gun sanding under the shed. Hurt left the thicket in the night, earn to the house, or where it stood, polled off his right, boot, fas'ened it to a pole with his handkerchief, and got water from the well to drink. As soon as it was light lie saw the gun, and placing the m'rzzie to his lett ear, he di-eharged the piece, as is sup posed with his toes. He was found lying on his back, with his left arm around the gun. Hurt was a drinking, shift less, and evidently a desperate man. His wife was a hard working, iuitustrious woman. The family were left with out shelter, or a change of clothes. Mrs. Hurt had lived in constant fear of her life for the last four years, and seff:red a thousand deaths. The family formerly live in ihe northern part of Ohio. Some fifteen years ago Hurt killed a neighbour of his in a drunken affray, aue fled to Canal , . She remaiued in Ohio until about four years ego, when she received a deter from bins from Michie,an, stating that ha hod land there, and waned her to sell rut and join him. Her children heirig tux- : ono to come Wes she did so. Hart was in debt fur grog and board bill when she foend him. She paid it, for she had about 1,800 do's. with her. She beught a place here; and not seeing any reformation in the man, the secure] the title in her owu name. Tory lived to;;: Cher as men and for a short tune. He Caine near killing he two years ago. She swore her life on him and applied tor a bill. Ha has been living in the family ever since, a terror to them ail. She employed Clarke & Brother to get a divorce. At her request t wrote them once or twice in her behalf_ Knowing her, as I did, (e'ag haviag worked for us several times, when compelled ter fl e her own home) I informed them of hertroubles, and they secured the diyeree, a,el her right to the little property she possess d. But she is not here now to thank them for it ; for I hive just learned that she is dead, and is to he buried this evening ; her hush ind has already hen buried. Thus ends 'he tragic scene.—Cor respondence of the lowa Republican (SohnEoa County.) PURCHASE OF C0313/11S . S102.TS IN THE ARMY On Monday morning was issued, in a large blue book of 500 pages, the report of the cemmiesionere appointed to in vire into the system of purchase and sale of commissions in the army, with evidence and appendix. The com missioners endeavour to show that, if the purchase system be abolished, it will become indiswinsable, for the purpose of maintaining the efficiency Of the British army, to adopt a new system of retirement and promotion—rtz., to make retirement after a fixel age or period of service coinpulsory. and to give promotions by selection. They endeavour further to show that compulsory retirement will be alone an inadequate substitute for the sale of cepa missions ; but they consider that its partial adoption would Neil:tate a tneasuee which they prep tso for the selection f lieutenant-colonels , while they do not suggest dis turbing the existing system as regards the purchase and sale of commissions up to the rank of major inclusiv-. The commissioners recommend that hereafter the lieutocoloneley of a regiment should he an eppoiettnetit male by the selec tion of the Commander-n-C lief from all the majors in that part of the service, and that the period of holding this command should for the future be limited, and that a time shout Ihe fixed—eight or pe.haps tan years—as the longest duration of such command. Officers, however, who rani:- quish the command of a regiment, after holding it for the prescribed time, must not suffer any pecuniary loss from the change ; the government must also be prepared to purchase the lieutenant-coloneley from any offier now holding the command of a regiment whenever any one mey he desirous of selling his commission. The com missioners are taus cautious ia introlucing the principle of selection " from an earnest desire that its application should be fairly tested by experienee." They segeest farther, that pronaetiel to the staff might be made the means of stimulating military edusation, rewarding me ritori 1 113 officers, and obviating some of the hardships which • must ariseueder the purchase system." A course of traieiag in Ihe senior dep rtmeat at Sandhurst might be made an ie diseensable cenditioe to the attaintu nt of a staff appoint ment and the limitation ofthe time during which officers shall hold such situations would render these appointments addit ion illy servieeeble. "All these eltang, , s," add the commission.; ers, "inasmuch as they introduce he principle of advance ment by selection, tend towards the ebelition ( f the purchase seetem. When experi nee ash ill h - ly 3 proved that officers ap pointed to the command of regiments and to situaiiens on the staff have been chosen with due regard to their professional aigniretneets, to their past service awl to their present fitnms the distrust of the prierip'e of selection will be lessened, and one great obstacle to the change of system will be remove I.'' A system Of perio inspection by efficers speci lily appointed for the perpese, as is practised by the French Army. wool 1 prebahll be found, the commissioners think, a beneficial m asore. Beare any scheme of prom , - flon by selection is extensively ietr educed in the English army, there shoeid be a generat coofi ience, observe the com missioners, that the power of selection will net be misused. The military eppeiatineets made during late years, as well in this country as in the Crimea, hove not tended to satisfy the tufty with the mode o:i which the principle of selection !len been applied." Tee sport is signed by the Duke of S enerset, Lord Stanley, the Right Honourable Sidney Herbert, Sir D Lacy Evans, Sir Harry D. Jones, and Mr. George Carr Glyn. There is a statement, however, annexed to the report, in which Sir Do Lacy Evans observes that he concurs in the recommendations as far as they go, but " as the evideree adduced has strengthened the convictions which he previously hell on this subject, and as he believes that some addition of me isuree nut - , whia advantage to the public, be adopted, having for object a mere early termination of the system of sale and parch Ise of commis ions the Rm my than is provided for is this report—he will feel it his duty to transmit as soon as practicable to the office of the commission a repreaen tetion of his humble opinion; to this effect." The following are the witnesses who were examined by the commissioners; we give them in the ord rt. of their examinadoe :—Major. Genm - al Sir Charles Yorke, Lie et.-Colonel Yolland, P. Fog • General it. J. H. Vivian. C. Hammerslev, Eso., Major-General Dupuis, and Lent - Colonel Bingham . ; Sir - B. Hawes, J. Roberts, Esq., H. J. Higgins, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel Claremont, General Sir George Brown, Colonel Chas. Stuart, Sir Duncan Macdeugall, Sir 'Richard Airey, Colonel Steele, Lieutenant-General Sir De Lacy Evans, Colonel Lord West, General Sir James Simpson, Colonel Wesley, Mojor-General Sir James Scarlet t, Colonel Franks, Lieutenant-General Sir Orlin Campbell, Brigadier- General Spencer, Lord Perineum, Major-General Sir H. Barnard, Capt. Mac Pherson, Earl Grey, His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and Sir Charles Treve- Ivan. A scheme fir the abolition of purchase and for the substitution of another. s)stem of army promotion and retirement was submitted to the commissioners by Sir C. Trevelyan, the assistant secretary of the treasury, and this scheme is printed in the appendix to the report, together with the financial statements adduced in its support. The general principle of this scheme is borrowed from the French military system, qualified, however, by the adoption of regulations which have of late years been partially introduc d into our own civil service. DUTY ON LuntErtus.—The Cu:tems net duty on lucife r° ' in the year ended March last, was 42,327 7s. 41 1 i if LORD Jon RtisseLL. AND TF! MiNrYray.—After n•-' o f Lord Palmerston's rule is a dictatorship, it is like that he t Louis XVI., a despotism tempued by wit—wit, too , 0% se ldom wounds, and is never malignant. Without saY t r j that the lest ep!thot would apply to the line which 14° j John Russell has felt , it incumb upon him to take t ; j SEASONABLE BENEvoLictics.—About a vrzek since we must say that the word generous is the last with s ad recorded the fact of a poor young widow, named Clayton, should co nnect it. V ,, ting for t he second reading or having, in a fit of delirious destitution, attempted to professing to approve the measure, his remarks in c en t, poison herself. Latterly she supported herself by nuking mittee, even while apparently assisting the Govcron' carpet slippers, but for want of materials she was reduced have always had towards them a p oisoned side. giiibena to the lowest state of misery; and hence the attempt on her bukes sometimes curt, and yesterday elaborate, have , t it life. The publication of her sorrowful cese attracted the exclusively for the treasury bench , who certainl y ere %cell attention of a benevolent vonag gentleman, who sent the as good tempered as their opponents. His sates have h 0 4 magistrate £1 for her benefit. Inspector Kehoe generally on one side ; but the quart er from which e, went to the Liver Establishment, in order to p urc ha s e gained his applan = e i s si g nificant of the tendency °Lod some carpeting to put the poor woman in bu siness a gain, speeches. To damp wit h faint p raise is the hankaa.ool when Mr. Allman, one of the partners in that house, in art of a small critic—and a mean one. An an a lroer the kindest manner, made her a present of thirty shilling's rouse wi,l hardly make the reputation of a great hes tef worth of fine materials, in order to se t u p the p oo r woman man, or a generous (Am—Corespondent of Alan ° again, It is needles* to comment on this seasouhlg, liCt, Examiner. LIVERPOOL GAS COMPANY'S HALF-YE&RLT MEETING. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Liverpool Gas Company was held at 12 o'clock, yesterday , in the company's offices, Newington. The chair was taken by Mr. Alderman Cooper, chairman of the company. The secretary, Mr. Carson, real the notice calling the meeting, and the seal of the company was affixed to the register of shareholders. The fAlowing report of the directors was then read : REPORT. The directors in submitting to the proprietors the accounts of the company for the financial year ending the 30th Jun° last, have the satisfaction of reporting that the business of the company continues to increase. 'I he proprietors will remember that, to make up the divi dends for the year ending 30th June, 1866, it was necessary to draw from the reserved fund the sum of £1,335 764 whereas the accounts of the year just closed show that the profits of the company enable the directors to recommend the payment of the fu'l amount of dividend to which the pro prietors are entitled by the company's Act of Parliament, and to carry to the credit of the reserved fund the sum 01 £660 18s. The directors hope that the prosperity of the company will continue, so as to enable them at no distant period, to make s further reduction in the price of gas ; but they must remind the proprietors that this entirely depends on the company being I enabled to enter into contracts for cannel coal on favourable; terms. The dire,ctors have pleasure in stating that the works of the company are in a most efficient state. The dividend for the half-year ending 30. h June last, if the recommenelation of the directors is ficlop•ed, will be £5 per cen , . on the consolidated stock of the company, which may 10 paid on the 20th instant. Tue directors beg to inform the proprietors that the four following gentlemen retire by ro•aion from the board of director., but aro eligible for re-election, namely, Dr. Bran droth, Mr. James Bateson, Mr. Joepli CloopA., and Mr. Daniel Mather ; that Mr. Wm. Di ury Chidson, one of the auditor , , who was elec'ed last year in the place of Mr. William Mann, who resgned, retires by rotation, but is eligible for re-election. JosEril COCP:at, Chairman. Gas Company's Offices, Newington' Aug. 12, 1857. - - The CHAIRMAN in movirg that the report now read, together with the accounts, be received, adopted, and con firmed, said, he had to congratulate the shareholders 0 0 the great improvement which had taken place in th e concern, and also on the great increase in she demand for gas. While wages during the last year or two had be en greatly increased, and raw material of almost every descrip tion had also greatly gone up, that company was still able to maintain its dividend and to leave a small sum again for the reserve fund. The ( Wavertres works were now completed, and were so ex m agi's as to be capable of meeting all the demand s which would be made for the present, and for some years of the future; so that they would not, very likely, hava much capital outlay for some years. Taese works were doing esaential service to them, and the gradual increase of their income would enable them to meet the domande of the raw material. Mr. CLARE seconded the motion, which was unanimous l y agreed to. The Chetenee moved a resolution declaring; the divi dend as recommended in the report. Mr. A LEXANDER seconded the motion, which w B5 agreed to. The out-going directors and the auditor were nasal' mously re-elected. The remuneration to the directors, being £5OO, the saute as the previous year, was passed. .Mr. Bertram said, it might be satisfactory to all to 101 0/1 that, the question which nad been raised in the TOO Council with respect to the testing of metres, had be en fairly met. Ho thought it would be well to have som e r information given to the proprietors upon that point, as, 1; he understeod rightly, the company was placed in a W O5 satisfactory position regarding it. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN : I can state that the Corporation hal now got the testing machinery, and have comme nce operations. It is exceedingly satisfactory both to thiS company and the Corporation. I believe it will be great advantage to the public, and elso to this company' inasmuch as our metres will now be registered and sta m p ed with the Corporation stamp, which will take a grey reTankibility off our shoulders. Mr. BANNER then moved a vote of thanks to the man and Directors of the Company. The motion was carried by acclamation. This concluded the business. EXIMA.ORDINARY CHARGE OF RAPE• A well-dressed man, named Elias Davis, described t? jeweller, was placed at the bar of the Marylebone P. bee" court, London, on Monday, charged with having cot!l' mitted a rape on G-eorgiana Waite, aged 17. ProsecutO, on being sworn, said : I came up to London yesterday' by the cheap train from Bath, where my mother lilt and I arrived at Paddingion between ten and eler: o'clock. I have a brother living in Wych-street, Stra p° ' On leaving the station I inquired of several persons for s . lodging house called the "Servant's Home," where I vir, anxious to sleep for the night, as I did not like I m,„ disturb my brother by going to his house at so 1 _1" an hour. The prisoner was one of those of whom I plal inquiry, when he said that he did not know the place. wanted, but that, if I liked, I might go home with 11111 for the night. I gave him to understand that I woul d lic) do anything of the sort, upon which he told me tha t friend of his, who had two children, wanted a servant, 51„1„ that if I suited him, and ha 4 an engagement, I mig ht . 6 ; out with the children into'the park every day, and eil.rlo myself, and that I need not think of going to my brother t at all Mr. Broughton : Then you had stated to him rbJl you were about to go to your brother Prosecutrix : sir. I walked with him a long distance, and rapeate d l asked !aim how much further he Was going, and upon eac, o occasion he said, t‘- Oh, not much." After wishing me i t ride in an onanibu., which I refused to do,telling him tn I was not at all tired, as I had ridden so fir, he went act? s ,,, to a cab-stand and spoke to a cabman, leaving me stsndil on the pavement; in five minutes he returned, and told 0 , 0 to follow him, which I did. I then got into a curb, and followed me. He gave directions to the cabman as to where he was to go, but I did not hear what he said. The was then driven on, and in a very short time the prisone" pulled me on his lap and began kissing me. (She hoe, stated such particulars as went to show that he had critel o naily assaulted her in the cab.) Mr. Broughton : rid if f call out ? Prosecutrix: It, would have been useless J‘),„ me, to have done so, sir, as the prisoner had one hand 0, my mouth., and the cabman was going so fast that if I 1 1 1 0 been enabled to cry out it would have been useless. about ten minutes the cab was pulled up at some 105 '; 11 when the prisoner alighted and went in. 'There were tit women at the door at the time. I asked the cabman 5%„,-' 11 !, sort of a house it was, and he said he could not tell. J34l;f. Broughton : Did you tell the cabman what had occarre',a Prosecutrix : No, sir. Mr. Broughton : After the P,'9, sonar entered the home what next happen 06 Prosecutr;x: Prisoner came to the door and bec koe % me to go in, but I would not, and he then paid to the driver, who wont off as fast as he co.g' t , A police constable came up,. and I gave the prisoner V 3 r , custody. At the station a constable was sent by the se a g.eint on duty to take me to a respectable house; he 'l a so, and I there slept. Read. 412 8, gave evidence es el y his taking the prisoner in charge, and also the prisooFl;., denial of his guilt. In answer to the magistrate's i n q u a; as to what he had to say, the prisoner declared irn solemnly that he had not used any violence wha tev,e o towards the prosecutria, and alleged that, in taking het t o tic) cab to the house of his friend, he had no impr e .&, object in view. After some further proceeding', Broughton came to the cinclusion that, although, ill opinion, the prisoner had taken advantage of the opP or "0, nity afforded him, while in the cab with the young wonlltt, the charge of rape had not been satisfactorily made e the prosecutrix, not having stated that she made such re' sistance as. under the circumstances, it was in her po /1 to have done. The prisoner was discharged.