Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-26 00:00:00

POLICE INTE LL IGEN CE - Tit URSD tY. LIVERPOOL. BXIPORE MR. DIXON. THE BOOT ON THE OTHETL LEG —Stamper Armstrong, a druggist in Falkner-st:eet, and Thomas Jones, described as a gentleman just returned from Australia, were brought up by police-officer, 634, charged under 'the following circum.tance. The officer said, at a quarter to three in the mornirg, he was on duty in Chatswo_th-street, when he saw Jones climb up a lamp post and put out the light ; he asked why they had done .this ? and Jones said he wanted to light his pipe ; Armstrong said, witness hal no right to interfere with them, and an altercation followed, when the officer told them they must go to the station ; this led to " handygrips," when Armstrong struck him on the head, and knocked off his hat into a pool of water; a struggle followed, and both rolled into the getter. He got assistance and took them to the station. He found that the prisoners had been at the s hoe makers shop of Mr. Shaw, 54 Wavertree-road, from which they took a pair of lasts. (produced them) hut Mr. Shaw would not appear to p oseeute. Ire eded that the prisoners took a pole out of a field on Wavertree-road, on - which was a board, with " commit no nuis nco," and this they stuck up on a sign board of - a public house, put the lasts on the top of the b and and crowns I all with an old hat. Some ore saw this and alarmed the house. saying there were robbers breakg in, thinking the pole was a man, because it. had the old hat on the top of it (laughter.) In reply to the magistrate, Jones said he merely wanted a light for his pipe, and unfortunately the lamp went cut. Mr Dixon : Well you had no right to put out the lamp, mad then interfere with the police. Mr Armstrong : Interfere with the police ? Why sir it was the police who interfered- with us—most illegally interfered with us, (laughter.) The police always interfere with people who are going home about their proper business. Mr. Dixon : What are you sir ? A druggist ; I have two shop•. Mr. Dix n : Then you ought to have been at home like a respectable man. I was going home sir, when the police interfered illegally with me and my friend. Mr. Dixon : You are fined £2 for the assault, and Jones is discharged. THE VALIIE OF CHARACTER.—An old woman, named Frances Smith, and Mary Smith, her daughter, who reside at 46, Field -street. were brought up by Inspector Wilson, on a charge of living attempted to pick pockets, in Bold-street. Tho inspector said, he watched the prisoners feeling the pockets of several ladies at Mr. Cr:pp's eindow, and when they saw him. they ran away ; he caught the younger prisoner, and while taking her to the station, the old woman joined, and the young one passed to hor two soverigns and a half. when he seized the old woman's hand, and took the coin from her. In reply to Mr. Bluck, who appeared far the prisoner, the officer said, there was no complaint of any loss ; he did not know the prisoner, but he suspected, from their appearance at first, that they were pickpockets, and when he watched them, this was confirmed by what he saw. Mr. Bluck called detective officer Scaife, as he said his clients desired him to call that officer to give them a character Scaife was then sworn, and said ha knew the old woman's house, in which there was scantly any furniture. Mr Bluck: Do you not know that. she has an income? I know she has not, for her second husband has left her in - consequence of her conduct. Mr. Bluck: What conduct ? She is a thief, and was committed at sessions for picking pockets; she was charged here several times. Mr. Bluck : That will do ; you need say no more, (laughter). The prisoners were sent to jail for three months with hard labour. Ting ROBBaRY BY. A CAPTAlN.—Alexander Gray, was brought up on remand. The facts of this case appeared in our paper of Wednesday. 126 10s of the money was got in the cell where the prisoner was. He pleaded guilty; but said he did not know what he was doing, as he and the other parties were all drunk together. He was sent to jail for three months A joiner, named Andrew Watson, was fined £2, or, in defAult of payment, two months imprisonment, for assaulting a gentleman named Richard Jones, and knocking one of his teeth out, in James-stree', the previous night._ "Fox Alin Goma !"—Ellen Fox, was charged with stealing a goose from Edward Quill-am, in St. John's Market. The most extraordinary portion of the affair was the names—Fos, Goose, and Quill-am. She was ant to jail for seven days. A Bovrox MRECHANT GAROTTED.—Mr. John Short, described as a Bolton merchant, charged three women of the town with having robbed him of his gold watch and chain, value £24, £5 in cash, and a handkerchief, in Bolton-street. He was seized by the woman, when two men came up, and they all rubbed him. The prisoners were remanded. George Mills, the carpenter of a ship, was fined £2, for an assault on Grace Belle; who keeps a pie shop in James-street. BEFORE MESSRS. CROPPER AND HOLME. PUB LICANb' AND BE ERHOUSE CASES.— Jane Wriet, publican, Pembroke-street, was fined 103. and costs for refusing admittance to the police after hour 3. Richard Harmer, beerseller, Carpenters'-row, fined 203 and costs for Sunday trading. William Corn, Regersstreet, Windsor, charged with Sunday trading, dismissed. Joseph Grief', beerseller, Pritre Edwin street, fined 20s. and costs far Sunday trading. John Collins, beerteller, White Mill. street, selling after hours, acquitted. Thomas Mooney, beerseller, Vauxhall-road, selling after hours, fined 103. and costs. William Jones, beerseder, Earle-street, Sunday trading, 10s. and costs. Peter Moor, beerseller, Edgar street. Sunday trading. 40s. and costs. Louisa Blundell, beerseller, St. Martin-street, Sunday trading, 103 and costs. Matthew Gallagher,able beerseller, Crosshall street, fined 10s. and costs for Sunday trading. Edward Kelly, St. Martin-street, Sunday trading, les. and costs. LIME Womes NMANCIO.—Mr. MiGowan appeared on behalf of the Health Committee to prosecute Mr. Wain, proprietor of the lime works. Vendrie-street, on the charge of a nuisance created by his works. It appears that from the works in question arises a noxious vapour, injurious to the neighbourhood, on account a the chimney being too low to carry the smoke over the adjacent houses. Mr. , Leece appeared for the defendant. The first witness called for the prosecution was Mr. Weeeon ; he is pro prietor of the United States Hotel, now occupied by Mr. Henry Grant, The hotel is situated on the opposite corner of Vendrie street, in Waterloo.road. The height of it is about 60 or 70 feet. Adjoining those premises are a block of high warehouses, and on the opposite side stand the lime works, the chimney of which is about thirty feet high. When the works aro in operation and the wind blowing in the direction of the hotel, the smoke struck against those warehouses and sweep along and enveloped the hotel and the houses adjoinieg. The smoke was most unpleasant, causing a choking sensation in the throat, and detrimental, ho considered, to the health. The smoke, he said, was stifling and suffocating. In crone-examinatlon, the witness state] that there was less black smoke than there formerly had been, but he did notlnow w'lethe: it was less injurious. He did not know they had existed there for 50 years. He had known them 5 or 6 years. He did not know any inconvenience from the smoke from smithies in the same street. He did not take much notice of them. Mr. Grant was next examined. He stated that he was the tenant of the United States Hotel, and that the nuisance had become so great that he was obliged to remove his family out of the hotel. It was sometimes filled with that unpleasant smoke. He was sorry to be the means of this prosecution, but the health of his family and his business together obliged him. The smoke would sometimes make him cough for half an hour at a time. When the wind blew S E. they could scarcey see the door sometimes. Several other gentlemen in the neigh bourhood were called and endorsed the statements of the previous witnesses Dr. Duncan certified to the smoke being injurious to the health of the people in the immediate neighbourhood. In cross-examination ho said these were the only lime works in town that he over heard complained of as being a nuisance. After some discussion it was suggested by the bench that three months should be all o wed far Mr. Wain to raise his chimney sufficiently high to carry off the smoke, which would no doubt a; , ate the nuisance. This was agreed to by both parties. The case stands adjourned to that time. BIRKENHEAD. BEFORE MESSRS. FtELDEN, SIIAW, AND BRTANS A GAME COCK.—Samuel Edwards, an ill-looking fellow, and who has, several times before, been in custody for various offences, was charged with sealing a game cock, the property of Mr. Richard Charrington, of Tranmere. Grath Jones, one of the 'Cheshire County Police, stated that he w&s on duty in Sc. Paul's road, on Wednesday night last, between ten and eleven o'clock, when he received inf , rmation of some person being on the premises of Mr. Charrington. He immediately went there, having, on the way, got the assistance of a brother constable, named Williams, and, upon searching the premises, thoy found the prisoner in tha hen pen, with the game cock he then produced in his hand. He immediately seized the prisoner, and asked him what he was doing there, to which the prisoner made answer " Oh, its all right" He (the constable) did not, however, think so, and took the.prieoner to the Birkenhead bridewell. Mr. Charrington identified tha cock as his property, and added, that he had, at diffetent times, lost six other fowls Th e prisoner denied having stolen the fowl, but admitted being on the premises. Ha aimed to be tried under the Criminal Justice Act, and was sentenced to three calendar months imprisonment, with hard labour, at Knatsford. ROBBING LODGINGS.—Mary Jones, a decent looking young woman, but who, unfortunately, has turned on the town, was charged with robbing her lodgings of two blanketr, two sheets, and two towels. The offence was committed in the month of October last, but the property could not be traced until a day or two since. The prisoner took lodgings of s Mrs. Owens, at No. 230, Chester-street, and, after being there about a fortnight, she suddenly left, and then it was that the articles were missed. Two pawnbrokers produced the articles, which were identified by Mrs. Owens and the prisoner, having pleaded guilty, she was committed under the Criminal Justice Act, and sentenced to three calendar months hard labour in Chester Castle, and, after the expiration of that sentence, to some reformatory for females. BEFORE J. S. JACKSON AND R. BRUNS, ESQ. AN INCORK' IB LE YOUNG RAF C AL.—William Jones. only ten years of age, was brought up as a suspicious person, having been fourd in the ship building yard of Mr. Redhead, at Tranmere. Joseph Dennett, the foreman over the smiths' in Mr. Re ltead's employ, stated that he found the prisoner concealed behind some timber in one of the workshops, and, upan asking him what he was doing there, he said he had come to do something for himself 7 he then took him into custody, and handed him over to the police. The prisoner is of that class of boys' who, from their diminutive size, can conceal themselves almost anywhere ; they get into wokshops, and, after the men have gone, they take whatever may lay in their way, aed throw it over the wall to their companions, who are waiting on the other side, so that when they are detected themselves, nothing is foend on them The prisoner was in custody, a short time since, for stealing a quantity of iron feore the Birkenhead railway station, but was then discharged, upon his father being bound over for his pod behaviour. The prisoner's mother was in attendance to day, and, with tears in her eyes, said that both her and her husband had done all that lay in their power to reclaim him, but conk' not do so ; and, although he appeared in the r-gged dirty state he then was, it was only a few hours before he ,was taken into custody, that she had pat on him clean cloth-s, even the trowsers he then had on were a pair of his father's that he had altered, and when the prisoner put them on they were white and clean, now they were filthy_ Her husband was but a labouring man but he would gladly pay something towards keeping the prisoner in some place of confinement, where he would be kept from the loose companions he hal become acquainted with, as she was sure that before long he would be transported. The prisoner did not appear at all moved by his mother's statement or her tears. The magistrates, who seemed to feel for the mother, said it was quite clear that good a ivice took no effect upon him, they would therefore see what effect a punishment would have, and in the hope that he would become a better boy, they sentenced him to two calander months hard labour at Kuutsford, and at the expiration of that time to be sent to the Bradwall Refor matory School at Sandbach for the term of four y e a r s. The prisoner then lightly stepped from the dock as if he was going to be discharged. THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOLI SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2G, 1857. THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY. THI4 MIWZRN BANK OF SCOTLAND AND ITS SAVINGS BANK DEPOSITORS. A large number of persons who hold deposit reeeipts from the sa , lugs bank branches of the Weste n Bank have boon applying at that In 4titntion for re ief under the distre=sing circumstances in which thoy are placid. Many of them have bsea several weeks out of employ meat, and now th •y are without money to procure even the necessaries of life ; and, morJover, several of them are threatened with expulsion fr.nn their dwe lings, as their viartiumns rents are still unpa'd. The Western t ank, thouqh cot formnr'y bankrupt, is justly enough regard d b 7 its directors as in an insolvent position ; and in these circumstances, they cannot legs ly give one class of creditors a preference over another, notwithstanding the strong chim which these humble people can urge for relief. The other banks eo not so reedit/ take up these deposits as those of larg?r amonnt, simply because, in a business point. of view, the tra to is not wo th cultivating.—Glasgo v Herald.. CORONER'S COURT-THURSDAY. The Coroner held the following inquests : On the body of Thomas Shaw ' a ship keeper, on board the Diana!, in the Albert Deck. The deceased and another man were putting on the hatches, when he fell, by accident, into the hold, add died soon after, from the effects of the injuries. Verdict, f 1 Accidental death." - On the body of a female child that was found lapped up in paper, in Lodge lane. Oa examination, it was found that the child was born alive, and that it died from exposure, Verdict, " Wilful murder against soma person or persons unknown." Oa the body of a child, named Sarah M'Alister, five years oil, who was killed by one of the Aigburth omnibusses, on Wednesday. Mr. Snowball attended on behalf of the driver, whose name is James Donne. It appeared that, at eleven o'clock. on Wednesday, the omnibus was coming along Great George's-place, when the child was crossing, and, coming into contact with the horses, got under the vehicle and was killed. The only question was, whether there was any blame to the driver or not ? Some witnesses alleged that he was going too quick, and was not careful enough, whilst others made quite a different statement. After the examination of several witnesses on the above point., the jury found a verdict of " Manslaughter against the driver, Dunne," and the Coroner issued his warrant for his com mittal. The man is at present in the hand's of the police. B ViTKRUPTC Y COURT.-THURSDAY. BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER STEVENSON. Re JAMES MACKAY.—This bankrupt, late of Liverpool, timber merchant, applied to pass his Last examination. Mr. Woodburn, on the part of the assignees, expressed himself satisfied with the accounts as filed by the bank rupt. The latter passed accordingly, and the certificate Bitting was appointed for the 21st January. Re JOHN MACKAY.—Tno bankrupt was brother to the last-mentioned. and was also a timber merekant of Liver posl. He came up to pass his last examination. Mr, Peel, on the part of the assignees, did not oppose, and the bankrupt passed accordingly. The certificate meeting was appointed for the 21st January. Re J. R. HYDE.—Thisinnkrapt, who lately carried on the business of clothier at Chester, applied to pass his last examination. Mr. Ivrett, of Manchester, who repre sented the assignees, stated that ha was not instructed to oppose. The bankrupt passed, and the 22nd January was fixed for his certificate. Re Jong WALKER.—This bankrupt, who lately carried on the business of a wholesale and retail tobacconist in this town, came np on his adjourned last examination. Mr. Aspinall, instructed by Messrs. Hamp and Tyndall, opposed on the part cf a creditor, and examined the bankrupt at some length as to certain books and papers relative to his business transactions, extending over a paricd of several years, not being in the custody of the C3Urt, from which it appeared that the contents of these books were transcribed into the books which were in nse at the time of his bankruptcy, and which Were given up to the court at the time ; —the bankrupt further stated that he looked upon them as so much waste paper. His Honour said that, for the satisfaction of all parties, the messenger had better take pomession of them. The books, after some time had elapsed, were produced in court. The bankrupt passed his examination. CANADA. The publication of Lovell's Canada Directory for 1857 and 1858, contains a vast amount of commer cial information, and should be in the possession of every merchant as a valuable work of reference, now that the great importance of Canada is begin ning to be understood and appreciated, in connexion with the Hudson Bay Company's usurpations of ter riritory, and the eventual construction of a railway to Vancouver's Island through British territory, from the head of Lake Superior. As an instance of the remarkable progress of Canada, since Lord Elgin's despatch of 1852 f urn i s h e d data, it will be found that the population has increased from 1,812,265 in 1851, to 2,500.000 in 1856 ; the revenue from 602,2161. to 1,235 6661 in 1850 The .yatite of goods that passed through th e U n i te d States in bond to Canada, was in 1856, 1,231,7301., while the goods purchased from the United States reached six 'millions sterling. The value of agri cultural produce in 1851, was 941,5971, and in' 1856, 3,743,068/. The produce of mines nil in 1850, and 41,4111. in 1856 The tonnage and produce passing through the Welland Canal in 1851, was 1,741,918/; in 1856, 2,155,8021. This great and increasing traffi3 has been directed to New York by canals and railways, since the repeal of the Corn and Navigation Laws ; and it was to regain this traffic that the Canadian Government projected the Grand Trunk Railway, which, when finished, will intercept the traffic of the Western lakes at &irides, and convey it without a break to the seaports of Quebec and Portland. Toi,varis this great provincial work the Government has given X 3,111,500 ; the authorised capital was £12,900,000 ; the estimated coat, including the Vic'oria Bridge, £9,500,000 ; the capital consists of two millions 6 per cent. preference bonds, one million eight hundred and eighty-eight thousand 6 per cent. debentures, two millions of 7 per cent. bonds, and three millions of share capital—total .C 8,888,100, of which, exclusive of the Government aid, £5,144,900 has been expended up to 30th June last, so that with a return to an easy money market, the company will have ample funds at their disposal to complete the works, the whole capital bonds, vs well as shares, bearing interest at 0 per cent until the line is finished in 1860. The directors also give the acts of the Legislature regulating public; schools, tariffs of Canada an d the United States, the laws regulating the forwarding of goods in bond, besides other matters not only necessary to the merchant but useful to the general reader and statesman. Tha growing importance of Canada cannot be over-estimated by our merchants, shipowners, and manufacturers. If it has progressed so rapidly without steam and railways, what will be the increased speed of developement when brought within eight days of Liverpool. and New Orleans in twelve days from Liverpool in 1860. The ignorant cannot realize such changes in transit, and the prejudiced and interested shut their eyes to coming events. THE LEIGH WOODS MURDER-TRIAL OF BEALE. This trial commenced on Tuesday morning, at nine o'clock, at the Somerset winter assizes, aa Taunton Castle, before Mr. Jasace Wines. John William Beale was indicted fo: the murder of Charlotte Pug.ley, in Leigh Woods, near Bristol. Mr. Storie and Mr. Cole. ridge appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. T. W. Saunders (in structed by Mr. Timis, of • Bath) defended the prisoner. The prisoner e.tterel the dock with a firm step,- and being canoe on, pleade I " Not Guilty." Mr. Storie than rose and drew the attention of thejury to the serious nature of the charge upon which it would be their ditty to come to a decision. The murder was committed on the 10th or 1 ith of September, at a place of romantic besu'y at the heed of Nightingale Valley, is Leigh Woods, near Bristol, and was discovered on the afternoon of the . 11th, by a man named Wort, gamekeeper to W. Wee, Esq , M.P. Wort was going his rowed in the woods at a place called the Warren, when his attention was attraeted to the corner of a bloody poze et hankerchal pointing out of the earth ; and, on taking hold of it, he drew the hankerchief out of the ground, and on looking over a precipice near the spot, about which the gamekeeper's dog seemed very curious, Wort saw under a ledge of rock the dead body of a young woman, and, on examining it, he foand the throat to be cut, and observed a ballet wound over the tight temple. The murder crested the greatest excitement in the neighbourhood of Br.stol, and after the body had been conveyed to the inn at Rownham, it was there viewed by some thousands of persons, and was 3t length identified as that of Charlotte Pagsley. The murder was evidently a moat barbarous one, and whoever might he, e committed it was highly deserving of the severest penalties of the law. The prisoner, in his early days, resided in this neighbourhood, sad, while a few years ago eegage4 as but'er at Kingsweston, he courted the deceased, and it was understood he would marry her. He di I not do so. however, and I,ft t .is neighbourhood to ester the employ of the late Captain Watkins, of Daventry, Nortbannamashire, who was accident illy tailed last week, on his way to Plymouth. On the 6th of September, the prisoner left Captain Watkins, at Daventry, to go to Bath, having represented to his master that his father had met with a sad accident, and that his sister, on learning c f the accident, had been thrown into premature labour. All this would be shown to be untrue, bat on the Monday he was in Bristol. and on the way ha went to the hoes: of Mr. Bytheson, at Fresh'ori, and took away the dweesed, whom he said he we, going to marry at South ampton, after which they would proceed to America. 'fhe prisoner assisted the young women to pack up her boxes, and put upon them his own name only. On lea, lag Mrs. Bythesees, the prison?, and deceased avant to taimpney stoke htation ' with the Ingeaae, acetone penied by a man named 1511 er, the bailer of 11. e. Bytnesea. At the staran the prisoner added to the direction of the trunks "to be ctlldil for," making the plane of destination Bristol. The prisoner proceeded to Bristol w'th 'he deceased, and at ten o'clock p.m. ha called at the Bristol Station for the luggage, is company with a young woman, and there was a dispute as to the charge between prisoner and a clerk named Vn T. On the following morning, the 10th of September, prisoner avert calael at the station about the luggage and had it transferred to the Midland Station. Toe prisoner had at that time —the morning of the day on which it was almost certain the murder was committed—a young woman with him, and they went away tam in arm. At eleven o'cloek in the forenoon of that day, the prisoner and the deceased ware seen going along the road leading from Bristol to Howniasm Ferry, near Leigh Woods ; and in the afternoon they were seen again walking with their arms round each other, near the spot where the body was found. Now, looking at these plain facts, as they wont ibo proved, and also at an extraordinary cling of mis-statements which the prisoner made, woat could be the man's object in decoying the deceased from her situation, on the prcteace that he was about to marry her? The prisoner was a married man, and what, therefore, could be his objet in walking with the deceased about 1 eigh Weeds? There was an object, and it was murder; and if the prisoner was not the murderer, who collet be? But that be was—if there con d be any doubt from the circumstances that occurred before the fact—would be proved by the proceedings of the prisoner after the deal was committed. The prisoner, then left Bristol, and took away with him the deceiteed's boxes; and at ha lodgings at Daventry had been found the barege shawl, which the deceased had on when she left with the prisoner, and which, therefore, must have been taken 'rem her person, as it could not have been pat into any of the boxes. The prisoner returned to Daventry, and said his sister was dead; and in a few days after his return he presented a s.lk dress to a good looking young woman, named Gulliver, in Daventry, telling her that it had belonged to his deceased sister. It would be showi that that dress belonged to.the decease I young women; and evidence weulci be offered to prove tact the prisoner had an his possession a d sciverged pistol, and ballets precisely similar to the one found is the exult of the deceased. All the circumstances snrrona lug the murder ware very clear, and he doubted not would be strong enough to convict the prisoner. The first witness called was G 3 3rga wort, the gamekeeper, who described the finding of the bod, ,on the 10th of September, under a ledge of rock at the to of Nightingale Valley. lie and Superintendent Jones conveyed the body to the liewaham Inn. Saperintendeara Jones saw the body under the precipice, and assisted in its removal to tae inn at Rownham, where he locked it up in the coach-house; and observed that the clothes oa the body ware marked " C. I'." Those initials were also visible on the handkerchief when it was washed. Witness took charge of the clothes. Mr. Lucas, surgeon, of Long Ashton, sail he examined the body of the deceased the day after it was disc mead. There was a bubet ffoanit in the right side of the head, and the throat was cut almod from ear to ear; the windpipe and the jugular vein being completely severed. He found a bullet in the head. and it was nearly the same weight and of the s.am a size as some given to him by Policeman Unsettle to weigh, and which were said to be found its the possession of the prisoner. "1 he balite: was a grain or two lighter than the others, is consequence of having had a bit cut off, by com ing in contact with the bone of the scull. Saw a knife, whit', wis each a one as would have inflicted the wound, and it had bleed epee it. Took out the teal of the dmeased, which he produced, and they were peculiarly stuffed. Cross-examined: The stain on the Italia was not a print stain, bat a blood stain. William Jones, in the em ploy of Mr. Aplin, tailor, of Bristol, and Mr. Edward Aplin, raid they saw Beale on the Monday before the murder, when he ordere a coat, and had with him a pistol similar to the one produced. alley saw Beale g -in en the Friday, when he said he was going to the Casino, and that ha had not been out sine) Tuesday. Louesa Farr, house keeper to stir. Bythe3ea, of Fre hford, said she lived with the decearei and slept with her for about twelve months, at the house of Mrs. Western, of Bath, and while the deceased was there the prisoner, who Lved with Mr. Mogga, near Bath, was in the habit of coming to see her as her lover; and he sad he intended to marry her. Withers and Pagsley, in December, .1856, went into the service of Mr. Bythsea, and Lleale want to Daventry, to take the situation of butler In the house of Captain Watkins, of Hadley House, Northampton. On the 9th September la-t. the prisoner came down to Mr. Bytheeea's, at Hill Hone, Freshford, to fetch Pagsley away. H 3 said to witness that h e Pagsley were going to be manned at St. Mary's Cfiurcit, Soathampton. after which they ehould go to Upper Canada. Warless asked where Pagsley woad sleep until she was married, and why the prisoner proposed to go to Southampton by the roundabout way of Bristol. The praoaer replied that Pagsley would sleep at the house of the porish clerk of St. Mary's, in Southampton ; and ho said he was going by way of Bristol because he had business there. The prisoner sit ha had left the service of Captain Watkins, because that gentleman and h:3 fermiy had all proceeded to India about a fortnight before Pagsley went away with Beale, and iieale cords I up her boxes, and directed them wren teey went away. Pugaley had on her arm a green barege shawl, and she carried in her hand a carpet-bag and a little fancy be oret. Those now produced are the same. [rho boxes were here predated, and the witness identified tnem as the fame that Beare had corded up for Pagsley. She kes3 identified toe articles they contained as Pugsley's proper'y.l Superintendent Jones produced the wearing apparel taken Coat the body of the deceased, and marked "C. P." Witness could posi ively identify all the articles as those worn by Charlotte Pagsley, when she loft Mr. Bytheseaes. Mare Ann Kelson, a dress maker, from Froshford, said she made several (tithe articles produced, for• Puzsley, among others the frock found on tile end body. Charlotte Beezor, a fellow-servant of the deceased, gave 811114 evidence John Miller, batter to Me. Bythesea, stated that he isecompsnied the deceased and the p Isouer to the Limp nay stoke Station. Ms prisoner said Ise was going to marry Pagsley, and then proceed with her to Qaebec. The camoasel carried a green barege shawl. John Ash, Henry Vane, and Thomas Siverthorpe, servants at the railway station at Bristol, preyed that Beale, in company with a young fema'e, was at teat station on the morning of the 10th September. and sent his lulgage into the Midland office, saying, " We are going to Liverpool." This war about tea o'clock. Louisa Davy raid, that about eleven o'clock on the 10th September, she saw the prisoner, and a young woman dressed in a grey alpaca gown walking on the road leading from the Bristol Station towards Rowell tea Ferry. Edward Hand cock, c ereenter, stated that he saw the prisoner, and a young woman n a grey alpaca dress, in the efte - nOOO of tao 10th September, about 100 yards from the ferry, going towards tee - Down. The dead ,Oung we nun that ha saw on the Saintly after was the same that he saw with the man. Wilearn Jacesen, of Clifton, stated that on the latter part of the afternoen of the 10th Septemeer, he saw a man all woman in tee Down. near Nightingale Vol ey. sae was leaning her head on the man ssh older. The murdered young woman was the same he tea. Inspector Norris, of Bath, and telemeter Seasome, of Daventry, described tire aepreitensioe of the prisoner and tee finding in his possession the bares identified as Pagsley's. 'The keys that unlocked them, tee bloody aura, a dis charged pistol, E 0313 ballets, and a bullet mould On tee Bth October, eanic ma found in the house of Captain Watkins a new Wick cloth mat, on which were spots of blood, and under the fire-plane, in his bed-room, he found the remains of a straw bonnet and some net. Mrs. Gulliver stated that woes Beale returned from his visit ha presented her w th a silk dress and other articles, which he said had belmg, dto his deceased sister. Mrs. Ford identified those articles as Pagsley'a. Title was the case for the trosecutiou. Mr. *Winders, at mach length addressed the jury for the defence; asking them to find a verdict of manslanaister. His Lordship then summed up. erhe jury, after a few minutes' consideration, returned a verdict of " Guilty." His lordship then passed seatence in the usual terms, adding that for the prisoner them wa s no hope of mercy. FRIGHTFUL DEATH OF A BOY. On 9aturday, two boys ware playing near a limekiln, at Broughton Low Houses, in the neighbourhood of Cockermonth. The material in the kiln was on a level with the e lge, and was emitting dense volumes of smoke. One of the b .ys, Alexander Mavoir, about seven years of age, probably raislei by the smoke. s'epp,d up as the sur face of the burning mass. He instantly sank into thr mass. The opening made by his buy eau - ,ei a furious rash of flame, which provested the approach of the workmen to ex ,: r,cate the agonised sufferer. r s soon as the flame abated, the boy Vn3 seen to be several yards from the to?. It was still impossible to rulers him and the, watched the effects of the fire, until they actually observed the Door buy's Ana burst asunder. Notoing but his bone. were recovered. When his mother was told of the acLident, she rushed to the kiln, and would have precipitatel herself into it, if the bystande s had not held her. THE DULLING HAM FORGERIES -IMPORTANT J UDGMEA T. Re 0. AND A. KING. The bankrupts, Octavius and Alfred King, corn merchants end farmers, holding a high position in Cambridgeshire, were brought up at the London Court of Bankruptcy on Tuesday. Octavius King had been convicted of forgery, and the Unity Bank had made a lar g e claim against his estate They held security also for a large amount. His Honour the Senior Commissioner. delivere I the following judgment, which we subjoin verbatim :—The question for deeisioa in this case was whether the Unity Bank had a right to prove against the separate estate of Octavius King. The claim in this case had l'eon entered in tbs proceedings. It was contended, therefore, it w. 5 too late to disputa it. On the proceedings it epp arod to have been admitted In the form of a proof, but a memorandum on the vileged proof reduces it to a mere c'aim to be turned into a proof if the Court was satisfied, consequently the Unity Bank must prove their case, and the assignees era entiti-d to make any objection. The objection was. that the proof was sought to bo made on ajoint and several b and given by Octavius King end his brother to secure any advances made to the firm which was onstitnted by the two brothers. It was a Zmittet that at the tune of giving the bond Octavius King was an infant, and only became of a.o a short time before the bankruptcy. uctavius King did nothing to c mfirm the bond after he came of age. It was con tended that Octavius King to n; an infant, was not bound by s ich a band, and the foil ovlng cases were cited in support :—Fisher v. Mowbray, 8 Kast,33o, wiiere it was decided That an infant can cn no account bind hialte!f in a bond with a nenalty condition for pay ment of interest as well as principal," also the case of Baylis v. Dortelly, 3 Mettle and Selwyn, 477. 1 have looked into all the cases cited, but it does not appear to me that there is any decision in cont adiction to those .cited, and I am therefore of opinion that the Unity Bank cannot be ailowed to prove on the vperate eAate of Oetav-ins King. TILE STIttIKM IN BTAFFORD3IIIRII. It has been reliably ascers ailed that deputations from the Pat'ery co Hers, wh are on strik-, ha, e been in Bilst nt and the s prounding district, with a view of organising a general strike.—Birminglu,ni Post. THE TRADIS AF SWANSEA. As a pro3f of the rapidly increasing trade of the port, we may mention that one firm alone has re,eivel aln:e Monday las , , the folowing impartation of ores :—From Coquimbo, the Richardsons, 4+55 tons ; CAdara, th 2 Shak pare, 730 ; the Parraaa, 650 ; Caps o" God Hope. the Royal Saxon, 375 ; Geelong, 450; b'e'nt a total of 2,690 tons ; and of the value of nearly£lso,o,o.—Cambrian. STATg OF TRADE IN ROCHDALE. Since. last week, there have been in the cotton trade symptoms of a slight improvement in the outskirts of ,he town. A mill nea • Small. bridge, belonging to the Messrs. Schofield, has begun to work full time ; as ha, that of Mr. Kershaw. at MVO° •ough. One or two othz.ra have also been mentioned as having begun fall time. The mills in the town are rt,t much altered. T pressure on the parochi i funds is still on the increase ; and in Wardleworth there are many indientions this waelc of a larger increase than horet fore. The gross number relieved last week was 2,883, at a cost of £l7O 123 3d. The corresponding week last year, 2,143; cos , , £133 19s ltd; showing an incress I of 737. and an increased cost of £36 12s 4d. The increase of paupers on he week has been 74. THE STATE OF TRADE AND THE DISTRESS IN CIELISLE. Flundreas of hand-loom weavers are still unemployed, and tho forma a ate enough to obtain webs at intervals have to submit to another real - action in prices. The sapplios from Glasgow continue scanty, although momewhat in , :rea3ed. The demand has been gradual 'y pressing upon th, relief fund. The claim upon the guar Hans by able-bodied pact ere has ills) been unusually heavy. S me of t:e factories are rather brisker, Messrs. Donald. of Carlisl'., and Mesa's. Dalton, of Cammeradale, having commenced to run lull t,me. The other mills are working four days a week, excepting Messrs. Dixon, who have reduced their time to th es and a half days. Many of the factory hands are suffering great privation. Notwithstanding the nrasures to mitigate the distress. I s eiistenca is mantle ted by the increa numh,r of f:mllcs who go from door to door seeking alms. —Carl.ale Journal. THE TRADE OF SREFF.ELD. The present " ball week" is passing over with scarcely any signs of increased act vity is on- m mufactone '1 here are a taw estiollsh ments in the town whore the workman are frilly employed ; and others where the "stint" has bean partial y removed ; bat for the groat majority of the workmen Vlore is no change fir the better. The loc,l falla.es of the week are unimportant. With the clos-ng year we may report as follows of some of the morn important branches of the trade of Shefid3l4 :—The steel trade, which has long been depressed, continues 1 nguid. File trada is gecerally du 1, but there are houses who have on hand orders of considerable value. For iailwav sp lugs, there has recently been a brisk demand, which, however, now seems to b 3 slackening. In the saw trade, moat houses share in the common prostration. With rare exceAlons. the cut lery trade is extremely bad. Taose iron founders who are engaged in the manufacture of fine store-grates, fenders, &c. are mostly well emp , oyed ; and we believe there is moderate call for many articles Of metal and plated ware.—Sheffield Independent. BrATN or TRAM; IN BIR3IINGFIA3i. The accounts received this week in reference to the a ate of trade in Birmingham are of a most unsatisfactory eharailter ; the utmost quietude prevails in almost every branch. Tho fasters' orders have been getting sin ller for seve-al weeks past; Ole week very fsw have bean given out, and with the exception of a moderate amount of acsivity in some of the fancy trades, which hi , sprang up during the last few days, chiefly on acc]unt of small .orders for Chri tmas preients and so forth, there is scarcely an exception to the languor which pravals, tho workpoople hells g kept on (Though not as a rale making three or four days) in getting a few ord-rs which drib',le in from various quarieres. The falling off in the or ere from the agricul tural di stria s has been more observable during the last f:w days; and with the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire asd Lancashire there is scarcely any business ding. The tin-plain workers have suffered less than some other trades; in Birmingham the mann(ac turers are p ietty well off fo- orders. The eleetro and plating tradss generally are slack, as is the Vibe trade, both in Birmingham and the district; the edge-toil trade continues tolerably brisk, but this and one or two other instmu)s, are the only ,exciip ions as regards the trade of the town to the dulness which pervades b 'illness generally. Birmingham Journal. THE ABERDARE STRIKE. On Wednesday aboat 60 men resumed work at the Gad'eys Co.liery, the property of Messrs. Waine and Co. Some of Mr. Wil liwns's men. of Yniscynon, hava also gone in • like visa those at the Lletty Shenkin Colliery, the proper), of Mr. Rees ; and at the Upper Duffryn Colit3ry, the property of Mr. Pavan. It is said that there are other collieries whore a fe v - en have gone down to do sours repairs. Soma of the pits, where the ventilation has been ne .lec'e aro fall of fire up .to the mo sth of the pit, and it is feared that, unless great precaution is take,, explosions must take place. Hnndrede of workin.; men are rej Aced at this movemant. Indeed, tho majority of real wor.:men hail it with strisfiat on. But the Abirdare Valley has, for the list faw years, been swarming with tramps from ail pa f ts o r the kinzdo v., and it is to the tyrannical inflaenceof these fallows that the strike is mainly to be attributed.— Camsrian. MERITING OF COLLIERS AND THEIR MASTIRS ON WAGES. On Tuesday. in pursuance of a resolution passed at a colliers' meeting at Willenh 11, lost week, a deputation of four colliers met the chairman and secretary (Mr. Philip Williams and Mr. John Hartley) of the iron trade, respecting the ones'i na of wages, at the Swan Hotel, WolVerhamoton. The Earl of Dartmouth, Colonel Hogg (chief constable of Staffordshire), and Mr. Southern, ground bailiff to mr.Willizras, were also present. The Chairman said he believed the masters 'were as willing as himself to meet a de, , ntation of the men, and hear their statements as to any grievance or supposed grievance. Ths note had been (as he since fouon) addressed to him alone; but he had Invited the Earl of D srtmouth and the other gentiespen to be present. [the deputation said they wis ied to Invite three other employers, Messrs. Slackwall. Bagnall, and Thorne croft, but did not know their addresses.] William Creswell, tone of the deputation, after some explanations, and offering to postpone the interqiew, so as to have more masters present, handed a note to the chairman, which was read aloud: It stated that the coliera c:nsidered the present reduction of wages an unjust one, looking at the prices of provisions They complained o? the oppression of the " buttlas" in adding to their stoats, and working the - n from 6 a.m., to 2 p.m. for half a day, and other things. A fortnight ago they received noice of a redaction of 6d a day; a d they wished this reduction not to be male. They also complained of the battle; compelling them to spend part of their wages in drink. Mr. Williams and Mr. Hartley raid it was impossible. if the masters ware to pay their way and to compete with other dist ids, for them to give previous rates of wages. Mr. Williams read a letter he had received that morning from Lo :don, as follows :—" As regards a reduction. I wish with all my heart that you could remain as you are, but with Welsh bars at £6, and no buyers, I do not see how it is possible for Staffordshire to remain stationary. I can assure you that a redaction of £2 per ton is more widely advocatel and expected than I could have believed if I had not titian' it. For myself I am utterly opposed to it, as it woold lead to the widest spicalation, which would punish us hereafter. I repeat my regret that even a 23s (redaction) appears to be inevitable. Th-re is nothing doing; people will not buy at any price, even though we offer (as we have done for weeks past) subject to guitar day." Lord Dartmouth and these two gentlemen, howeve*, strongly reprobated the bottles interferi ig with the coll , e , s iu spending their money, and promised that all shoed bs done to tint an end to this. The deputation then received Is. each, and withdrew." MEETING 4F SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE COLLIERS. On Tuesday afternoon, aboat 5 0 colliers assembled at , Villenhall, to receive the disputation appo used at a previ ,us meeting to hare an interview witU the masters. Caswell, one of the deputation, reported the result of the interview, and recommended the m-n to return to work, as the waste s had shown that they were reducing wages only in proportion to the declice in the price of iron ; and especially as Mr. Williams and Mr. Hartley hal eatd that as soon a , pr ces im• prove', colliers' wages would Also be increased. This he thoeght was all that the men had a right to expect from their employers as to wages. The masters gave the deputation a very favourable reception, and promised to do all in their power to repress their goi , vances, if they would only make them (the masters) acquainted with them. James Loyd. a member of the depntation, supported the remarks of the chairman, bnt expregsed himself diesatistled with rho position in which the question of the " stent " was left. Isaoc Platts, an intelligent collier, recommended his fie low-7 - :rkmee to take the chairman's advice; bat with the view of being better pr pared for a sine•lar emergency, by being better informed and and in order:also to pmenre unity of aetion, and. therefore, sympathy amongst the colliers throughout the South Stdff•aelshire cod field, he recommended that a commit:ea should be appointed, with power to procure a room, and furnish it with newspapers, from which the men might ascertain the state of the iron mai het a, to price, and thus know how to regula'e neir proceedings with their employers, upon th e question of wages. This committee, he suqge3tcal, should meet every weak, and. register the price of iron weekly, so as ts be ab'e to compare the prices of w-ages now with future pri^es. This committee should also have authority to take into consideration. any grievance; of particular pits or fields, and should be expected to devise means for bringing those grievances before the maeters, and aidieg lily men who might be compelled to leave work in consequence of an unjust infringement a f their rights by buttes or masters. The appointment of each a committee with the powers entrusted to them, ought alma to be the nucleus of an institution fur the better education of the colliers, whose want of education was the re' , uke levelled at them by every other description of workmen, and which levered them beneath their true po , itio t. Why should ever/ at er cless of operative educate himself to attain to higher positio es in society, and the collier remelts in his low estate, and continue deplorable ignorant? There must be no rising —no breaches of the peace —no doing any thieg that would make them amenable to the law ; they mast first understand what were their rights. and then be able to enforce them with the self-respect and the dignity that belongtd to their noiltion. It appeared teat, under present circumstanc s. they had nothing* to do but to return to their work on their masters' terms Let them de so pe ceahly, and with good grace. and in the future learn a lesson from the past, and be more watchful of their interests. A committee was then appointed, consisting o' th'rteen c.lliera, and they were entrusted with the powers set out for them Resolutions were then priced approving the course taken by the depntaton at the meeting with the masters, thanking them for th,ir services, and the masters for the reception which they hid given to them—par ticular'y for promising to redress real grievances when the men brought them before thorn. _ It was then determine I by resolution, to which there were on'y a few d'svntionts, that the men should retarn peacoahly to their work yesierdey. A vote of thanks .sit passed to the chairman, and tha meeting, which was oreerly throughout, tormmated. 81X PERSONS KILLED AND WOUNDED. On Monday last an inquest was held at Thome, in the West Riding, berm.: Mr. Mat rel. coroner, touching the cause of death of Thomas Johnson, Christopher and Fre :crick Maud, who were killed by the explost, n of a portable steam engine, on Sltiarday last, upon the farm premises of air. Mend, at ',theme Moors. Johnson was the proprietor of the machine, and the two other deceased were youths who were looking on. The engine was about to start the machine, when from some canto not yet ascertained, it catphylcd with a tn.. na-ndons noise. killed the three persons before named, and wounded three others, one of whom is not expected to survive. Johnson was is the act of starting the engine t begin work when the explosioe took place, killed the three insta , itaneously, harle.cl a fourth right across the riial into a dry dyke, another was blown over a haystack into an adjoining close, and a sixth was frlghtrully scalded. The men who had chsrge of the machine escapcsi unhurt. The loss of life would ha• e been much greater, bat for the persons who attended being behind a haystack. One haystack was pearly blown down, and a part of the other was disturbed. The accident is supposed to have occurred through the incapacity of Johnson, the proprietor of the machine, who attended to it himself. The waterguage had bean al.owed to fall into disuse. The jury minul.ely examined the engine, an i after the deposition of one witness had been t ken, an adjournment to neat Tuesday was made, .to enable a scientific gentleman to report as to the cause ef the expleJon. CURIOUS CASE. SUBLIMITY OF FORTUNE HUNTING. In the Court of Exchequer, on Monday, before the Chief Baron and a common jury, a very amusing action was tried, Jones e. Waszkowski. Mr. Edwin James and Mr. Bell, were counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Serjoant Thomas appeared for the defendant. It was an action to recover the sum of £lOO, money lent. The defendant pleaded that he never was indebted, and a set off. • Mr. James, in his opening speech, said: The plaintiff, the Hon. Mary Jones, was the daughter of the late, and sister of the present, Lord Ranelagh, and was possessed of a fair average income, and that the defendant, styling himself the Count de Waszkowski, and who had said that he was the son of the celebrated Prince Wittgenstein, occupied apartments in the same house in which the plaintiff was then residing, namely, 74, Ebury-street. The defendant commenced making overtures for an introduc tion to the plaintiff, and began the attack by loading Miss Jones's maid with bouquets and letters, but they were returned—the flowers unruffled, and the letters unopened. The plaintiff, finding herself a great deal annoyed, determined to see the defendant, and personally to req ues t a discontinuance of au annoyance which made her residence in Ebury-street displeasing to her. The defendant, with great adroitness contrived to squeeze into the interview the sad tale of his private history. He stated that he was the son of Prince Wittgenstein, and, owing to political misfortunes, he wandered the earth an exile ; he had strayed to Lyons, studied medicine there, and ultimately received notice from the French Government to leave, and consequently found his way to England; during his resi. dence in this country some differences had occurred between himself and his father, which had resulted in the discontinuance of his allowance, that as a dernier ressort he was compelled to support himself by giving instruction in military tactics and languages ; he mentioned inciden tally that at the death of his father he should stand possessed of estates realising £40,000 per annum. The tale melted the gentle Desderaona ; she said, " 'Twas 'twas wandroua pitiful" and before three months had elapsed they, the plaintiff and defendant, were en gaged to be married. About this time the count told the plaintiff that his remittances were not forwarded with that punctual regularity as heretofore, in consequence of which he had been obliged to part with his watch and c lain, and asked the plaintiff to lend him £lOO to redeem it, and to put him in Hinds until his remittances arrived. To this proposal the plaintiff good naturedly assented, and going to her bankers, Messrs. Drummond, she obtained the money by drawing a cheque for the amount, and handed the proceeds over to the defendant. A. few day attewards he gave to the plaintiff the following memoran dum, written on a penny receipt stamp : I promise to pif.the Hon. Mary Jones, the 4th of November last., the sum of £lOO iu value received. C. Ps WA •ZKOWSZI. Oct. 25, 1556. Four ;or five days afterwords the*ihappy pair were to have been united, and the plaintiff intimated her inten tion of going to her lawyer's to see about the settlement of her own property. .To this proceeding the;defendant strongly objected, and said that where honour and affection existed marriage settlements were not required. Finding that the plaintiff was firm in her intention of protecting herself, the defendant suggested that as his pecuniary difficulties rather pressed upon him a moiety of the property should be sealed upon him. Now, the the defendant had pleaded a plea of set-off, and the fol. lowing were the particulars of it : To amount paid to Mesirs. Nichol', to lors, by plaintiff's direction, fur defand ant's wedding equipment.. elo 0 0 To amount paid by defendant to Messrs. Davies alai for cl athes supplied by direction and order of plaintiff for defendant...... To cash paid by defendant for a guitar at plaintiff's request 15 10 0 Money paid by defendant to Messrs. Morley for goods sup plied to plaintiff by her direction . Rent paid to landlady, 74, Ebary-strest, at plaintiff's request 10 0 0 Te amount paid to pawnbroker by defendant, at request of plaintiff, to redeem a watch and chain, the property of the defendant .......................... • • ..... 21 0 0 The like for a diamond ring.. . ... Amount pa d by defendant for a wedding cake, provided atplaintiff's order and request. . . 2 2 0 Arnonat paid for a wedding rang at plaintiff's request .... 014 0 Money paid for a phot:Tra,pn likeness of defendant, taker by direction of plaintiff ........... 0 5 0 This (said Mr. James) is the defendant's set-off ; his set.off against the plaintiff's .eloo—money lent. lie was sure the jury would not ,be surprised to hear that differences arose between the parties ; no remittances arrived from the princely father; the fair one became doubtful, hesitated, and finally refused to marry the defendant. A. witness named David was then called and examined by Mr. Bell. He said : I live in Somerset -street, Port man-square. I was introduced to the defendant. He said ho was Count' Waszkowski and the son o the Prince Wittgenstein. He came to my office several times, and he mentioned a loan he was about to negotiate. That failed. He told ma that he was going to be married to the plaintiff, and that she had a large income; there had been some little misunderstanding, but all things had been settled ; that his father was immensely wealthy, and that ko was his heir. Ho said his father's income was £40,000 per annum. One night the defendant slept at my house. lie seemed uneasy and unsettled in his mind, and said that a loan of £lOO would make him a happy man. This was in Juiy. Some time afterwards he said that he was engaged to Miss Jones, and had borrowed £lOO of her, and, as he intended breaking off he wanted to pay her back the money. I said, "Is she going to sue you ?" and he said, " No, she can't she me, for I took great care to put the affair on the wrong stamp." I was greatly surprised at his declaratio n , an d declined lending him any money. Tuis was the plaintiff's case. The defendant was then put into the box and examined by Serjeant Thomas, and said: lam a Pole by birth. In October, 1856, 1 lived in the same house in which the plaintiff had apartments. I became acquainted with her immediately. She sought an introduction to me through the landlady's daughter. I never waylaid her with a bouquet. I made proposals to her, and she accepted rue. We settled the wedding-day; it was to take place on the day the note is dated. I have never lived under the name of " Count." Before she advanced me the £lOO she asked nee about the state of my affairs. I said I was an exile and lived by giving lessons is languages, and that I had i nt money to pay for our nuptials. She begged I would accept the £lOO. She want into the bank and brought the money out to me. She did not like the " cut" or "colour" of my clothes, and sent me to Davies;and Son. I went there and ordered the things. I bought all the things mentioned in the particulars at her request. She knew I had no mans. I was with David. He sail, " You aro under pecuniary obligations to a lady." The traitor pro fessed great friendship. I then told him the whole truth. I never said that I had cheated her by giving her a wrong stamp, I would rather pay £l,OOO than do it, and can do it. The plaintiff made me write on the stamp ; it was done in joke. I did not know that the receipt required a shilling instead of a penny stamp. I was friendly with the plaintiff for months afterwards. I received many letters from her. Her attorney had the management of the settlement. I introduced Miss Fourdrinier. I had known her in Russia. I am 26, and the plaintiff is 42 years of age I never told David that I had borrowed £lOO, and that I could get off it for .4'60. Cross-examined by Mr. Edwin James : I am a professor of science and languages. I know that Miss Fourdrinier is in court. I have never written begging letters with her. I have wr itt en to Lord Dudley Stuart. I do not know that Miss Fourdrinier had written to Lord Elles mere. She wrote forme to Lerd Harrowby. I knew she wrote to him. I shall not say what she wrote about—it has nothing to do,with the case. I went to Staffordshire. I knew Mrs. Swnfyn. I got .€3OO from her. She was the plaintiff in " Swrifyn v. Swafyn." I was engaged to her. I saw her three years ago. ['roe witness here became very excited, and refused to answer the questions put to him, and appealed to the Chief Baron.] His lornshi - p said that the witness was obliged to answer any question that Mr. James might think prorer to put to him ; that the questions were put with a view of testing his credit ; it was to ascertain whether he was a worthy or an unworthy witness. The questions were fair and legitimate. Examination continued : I gat the £330 from the family. They objected to my being married to her. They said, " Give back the letters and go." I got £3OO when I gave the letters ba c k. I paid Davies and Sons £2O on account. I owe them 412 or 445 now. I pawned my watch and ring with Mr. Chapman. Everybody has got his pawnbroker, and I have mine. The landlady has got the receipt for the rent. I did away with the guitar. I refused to say what I have done with it, and I don't mean to tell. I bought it in Clerkenwell. The wedding cake is still in existence. By the Judge : The lady broke off the match. Examination continued : Tne match was broken off because I would not settle all the money upon her. If I married her I wanted her :and:her money. I only asked for half of the money 1 never said that I was the sou of Prince Wittgenstein. I have received money from many people. I have had money from a great many ladies. I know a Madame Du Barry. I have not got money from her. She took me to the Surrey Gardens. She treated me. I know a Miss Chadwick. Shs has got money from me. I tried to borrow £5O from her about a year ago, She was engaged to me about four years ago. Her father broke that off. He did not say that he had made inquiries at the Me.ndicity Society. I once produced an almanac to Madame Du Barry, but I never pointed out my father's seat. She wanted to marry me. When I have done with ono lady I take on with another. The Chief Baron : Mr. James, there arc a great many ladies in England, pray spare us. Miss Fourdrinier was called, but her evidence was not at all material. She admitted having written letters to various noblemen, but denied having written a begging letter. Miss Romsey : I know that some rent was paid by the defendant for the plaintiff, but I dont know how much. Cross-examined : The defendant has paid his addres ses to me. It was soon after he came. He promised to marry me, but I ref u sed to hav e him. I told Miss Fourdrinier that be had proposed both to me and my sitter. A servant girl, named Payne was called, and said that plaintiff said to her it was silly of her mamma to bother her so about lending the money. Mr. Serjeant Thomas summed up his evidence. Mr. Edwin James replied upon the whole case, The Chief Baron very briefly left the whole question before the jury, and they almost immediately found a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. THE LATE MR. JAMES COPPO6 10 1 Mr. Coppock was born on the tad of Septa ° 0 and was a native of St )ckpart, in Cheshire. 118 oldest son of a respectable mercer in that boroos after a good middle-class edecatioe, he served biso 0 ticeship in his father's business. In 1823 he Wig P i l l p a clerk is the establishmeat of a large sg en haberdasher in Load. He early commenced b : 1 on his own account, employing a sma'l capita l i° ol l firm in the city. In that connection, partly in e/ri''re of the commercial disasters whici followed on ° a lo e revolution of 1830, he wis unsuccessful. He li si 0 a s'i in 1829, but, upon his failure as a mercer! e - el abandoned trade, and resolved to adopt the P-rofe del the law; ant in 1831, he articled himself to a ll ,; 0 :0 solicitor in Farnival's lan. D ering his dee yelt' dij el he earned his livelihood, and iadastrie isly P i rsti ! Iti ff avocation. Although ait admitted on the lei!' or a e o till 1833, he acted as as earnest voluntary Pl: e " l i first Finsbury election coatest following the it ' f ' , r slii 1832. At that period he first publi hel the sags Manual." After the seemed general eleioi 11-' o ' las i reformed representative system, the liberal 0 Landon, profiting by the late Sir Robert Peers 1 0 "register, register!" faanlal a coenter 1P4 , 1 if Sooiety, with branches throughout Englani 1 ° ,ittl Mr. Cappock was, by the late Mr. Satteatto recommended as the trust fitting secretary t° o o l association, and especially as the author of the r oe Manual." Cantinuing his articles of clerkship , M a th we believe, a salary of X3OO a year as such sco o p, a residence in the society's reoeas in Cleveland -I° ot o new orcapation naturally brought him into csro u/ r9 of with all the principal liberal agents and soliet el provincial counties and boroughs, personally or d pondence. Three or four years afterwards, orit e " e o the society's operations, ha ly!came lessee of i[teed Cleveland-row, where he first established hinesa"o' for and parr amentary agent. His original Widel r poc nection with the constienencies of the Unite: A l imm idiately censtituted Mr. Coppock's office tlvil many election arrangements and contests, 0 13 "„er, professional employment in the con luct of 0 1,10: turns in the H iuse of Cammons. His z 3 1 5 11 ",,,ped fighting political opponents with their own 'lr e c'' too well remembarad to need detail. Fortunateiroi practices and illegal acts at elections have b ee i years largely diminished, partly by legislation lot meat, and partly by the improved m..ral co c ur borough constituencies, though "Othello's ° c o may not yet have entirely vanished. None I!, the filelity of Mr. Coppock's services to ' l- 0 ellen% and his word was invariably relied 0 1 3 , 4 ° ponents in all arrangements and " complain ' oj el desire, in this brief obituary notice, not t 0 r e ,;01 1 electioneering feuds and public inquiries il a ; o 4 connected with M^. Coppock's personal sor g; oo' administrations and former whin and radical ctie for seats in our legislature. Such bygone traOt rather matters for future history than for Pre seri sot t ' commenters, and the Public Press of the day 1 1 tt e ' 1 criticised the two great political parties an te 100 dividual election doings. It is en 3ug h to o', o o i l Coppock entered the electioneering arena as i ;o os , partisan of the liberal party. His best friely; el approve of all his acts, but he hid a univers al f pit ability and integrity in his representation ° 0 .1 0 His self reliance and indomitable courage t,OO involved him in diffietalCes, and hi often te% 3l er ofe : his physical and mental powers. indeed, 0 r o 'fo over-exertion in the nunerous election o°3 il' 4 the last session probably shor'ened his l ife i . eirig e ) as manager sometimes of four committees 9 „% w",, same day ; sometimes singly concerned for sitt`",et' and petitioners, or acting as agent for country, `yea, r .ii ' was also in the spring and simmer of 1 . 13 , 15 0; unfortunately, involved as a shareholder nou,„ l e l" rector in the Surrey Gardens,he had the addi t :: ( l l ' e on his mind of that unfortunate speculatio , ' — e f v" abridged leisure for attention to the interest, is and co-proprietors. Receiving last Auglis he refi l went as county courts' treasurer, and being t,`,: t be, public ofncial capacity, be must acutely fe l ' h ', reflections he incurred in common with hid directors, and the more so because, as he e s l',:i e II", self in a letter in our columns, he almitted ''""' t , c' of judgment, den ) ing all imputation on hi' c „ r j elil• an honest man. Certainly he was the largeEo",,rte loser by the failure of the company. Thug 1 p holy and mind nature gave way under sev ar j its l) An hydraulic machire cannot be worked be 103104,0 power. Perhaps the best tribute to the In 000 peculiar public man (and we do not record his s ! A death as that of a private individual) is the 740,? private forture he made no gain by his Breil; busy political career. He had arranged to II 0 0 0 business. His estate wilt probably rea l ise a svi 3 r ,i l b oi dente, and one really earned by his more nat ur 1 as a solicitor. His death willbe regretted by 113 1 3 : 3 ; VI friends, and his less to the " party" may 11 ° ,..;ji11, supplied. He was a man sui generis. so u , e r e 8 ' his calling and his pleasure. Probably our ftt e li el system will never create nor need a s ' Coppock. , AZ l b A N soranchch Br k , Seed, 15 1 e l th e ex, 4 67 -215, Lo IS 'At CI 4W M 1 I f V,N4W , ALBum Pt.,'S PIA Sc e ,l lA.R. ~ ebrated ; Girl. Gd. r Itl s 4 .n , f i r o C a :j e , r PS ALI w `e OPE 1. 1 , 1 4. ,c 1 3, Pil e , ; C 0 . 48 C4,‘ 3 . and 5g 'tett from l ,!.° l `T hai ~.•••joad SE , ' ; , 12 . Al , i - .1110 AD, 67 , ( _______ 4112 . 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And, by way of illustration, he obser' g rte tio .a li f oo t „ add 'only one word more, by way of os` le f young men of this country, for the purpose °„ grlf ° :,%4Y, to induce them to abandon the habit, whle, - , 0 10 prevails to a great extent', of seskieg to eu,," % eit,: e lr; under Government. This habit does not -s a i l s amoeg the working classes as among e the and among the wealthiest ranks of societit a tsc l sition of mind tends much to d egra le the C o f s tl , , irf , 4 country and to check the nat ura l energies iO 4 ,: r ei,i6 I am confident that it wo u ld be f oun d, uP ° ol o l °_, for every appointment u nd er gevernmeot editor !' t ea an Irishman there are at least twenty co p „ P t he c 'be if this be the case, it is m a n if es t that . , oP c)- 03 e 4t ,0 5 , 1 i r i tli each vacancy, at least nineteen perso ll9 "tlit 0; t o pointed ; and these nineteen persons are, hop e, induced to hang on, relying upon a vagoe.: theseeifl state of expectation, instead of Wei n " c e for e r e t energies to make an independent position 00 00 bo o the honourable occupation of industry 0r,,, e , the e fi eldol system of expectancy tends also to degrs'l i e tti l° ol our public men. It is well understood at nr eps o eere t o patronage is given only to those who ar e r i be g„ e see an equivalent for it is support affor.!ed tt"o reef bed of the day. How is it passible, then, dis co if " e ittl io can maintain a parliamentary indepold en b is c en t ilti4 stantly urged to solicit situations for, to • 0 0 0 0 These rema-ks do not, however, ap1e1 4 , 70 0 :10'0 promotion dependent upon comPe tl ,„bli ,ll „,tio e ,go If such a system could be universally 6S r r o upon with integrity, the acquirement o. ` ett ec° - ea' government would be honourable to the a tbe n u 0 hs big O. and even those who might fiil would lisl e tt o be o bse 4 t ,blii of an educational preparation, which 0.0 jet l/ h e 6 5 411 0 to them in what aver path of life they el f ibal, t- at'e a ,g4 choose. But I fear that we are st'll felt 1 0 0 ; to . "coo ment of a system of promotion which we for aesp upon merit ; and I spzak not with r e t o l b 001 which may possibly hereafter occur, b ut , a Trit„„ot,, exis - s. Few living men have mingled so Tht different grades of society, or have se en tae le e% tfi tudes of life ; and this experience ho no rp P i o 1 moral worth and intellee' ual prowess wads ifoesd inheritance of any particular clses• be t oe I am convinced that there is of:e° to h eil d breast of an industrious mechanic 11 10re ne er. es ,. S il o it , thsn inhabits that of the haughties t , r o otlg no tst e te), in lordly mansions and in thatche' u iee experience has convinced me that 0, 1 1 ro of eO O 9 often to be found beneath the 10 0 '4 geo l i o r c c o fl palece. Among the men that I 119 feg ion' itee tS obtained the highest success in a P r° the are h o o b 0 11 cis( career the greater part have Izin to their 2 1 , 11 , 44 own fortunes ; have owed everytut m c o to e l P to lie and perseverance. lam able there,f o ies o igh t ;oo of encouragement to the young tneeiltheta to- 01'41 me the honour to ask me to address to w heill aaf er reA assure them, as well as the c laeses, iv ouel,., o 0 , A beet more propitious, that beat ble- 411 7.. se c t ' r te e 0 0 ! ei° and national veatnese c3n, nutle t. , 0, the 10 to r 0 1 A deuce, be secured only by cheri °l ; la Tedeec l ' 5 e. 0.11 of self reliance. We ought n e e ." t biee 1 "03 3 ,0rty co-operation of these whose sYmr - . n deav p roir e k h oe - claim. On the contrary, J• + 0 might be ideil tj o s i f to-night how many useful iienct.eresta 00.04 of p oo the combination of those whoset o f Corvi, der t i gte c oD i tf i we ought to practise the habit of but we e the 1s b 4 might be done for us by others, „.ieciple this ° c b ourselves. By acting °P. °r ` r to te ekB d W it b e of Ireland have it in their Po wer llle o f 1 11 1 ,0 1 _, realm whose name shall be 11 . ati ciu° aeg i s 5, A 00 013 ' 00P•oP Since we cannot erase from ott a ' n - throughout all ages and d degra' fiat of dissension and sufferi l 2g r t ity ma y herl e l it least pray that our record a history that shalilsteealise our foau att")lTar.anals the p. 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