The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-08 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT, MONDAY.

(Before Mr. RAFFLES.)
Tim TROUBLES OF A NICE YOUNG MAN.---Ann Sperling was
brought up for having annoyed George Hunter, employed by
Messrs. Carmichael and Co. drapers, Church-street. Mr.
Bluck appeared for the complainant; and Mr. Cobb for the
defendant: 'lt appears that the parties met each other in
Manchester, and since then they had lived together, as the
defendant said, as mau and wife for three years, but when the
defendant's money was all spent, he turned her and her child
adrift. The truth of this statement was denied by the com-
plainant, who appeared very distressed. He had lost one
situation through her, and he was afraid that he would lose
his presni position also. The defendant was bound over to
keep the peace in £lO.
ATTEMPTING TO THROW,A MAN OVERBOARD.—A young man,
named James Tierney, was brought up on a charge of el- un-
kermess and disorderly conduct, on board one of the Woodside
ferry boats. The captain of the boat stated that about a
quarter to nine o'clock OR Sunday evening two gentlemen
called his attention to the prisoner, who was then attempting
to throw a man overboard. Fined 20s and costs.
"APOSTOLIC Blows AND KNocas."—Two labouring men were
charged with having been fighting on Sunday, in Islington
Market. The officers in charge of the case stated that the
prisoners were arguing about religion, but being unable to
settle the dispute by the strength of their words, they pro-
ceeded to blows and a hand-to-hand fight. Dismissed.
Rosalie air A CLERK.-s-John Beatson, a respectably attired
middle-aged man,- in.the employ of Messrs. Moore, Stationers,
Islington, was brought up on a charge of having stolen a cash-
box. Mr. Cobb appeared for the prisoner. On Saturday after-
noon the prisoner went out of the Shop onbusiness, and almost
immediately afterwards the oox was missed. It cantained, it
was said, an insurance policy, a ten-pound note, half of a five-
pound note, a bank draft for £lO, and post-office orders for £1
19s. 6d. and 4s. 6d. Mr. Moore immediately gave information
to Mr. Carlisle, at the police-office, where the box was brought
by a constable, who had been shown it. by a little girl. On
returning to the shop, the prisoner was given into custody. He
desired to speak to the prosecutor, saying, "If you'll forego
the charge, I'll tell you where the money is;" and prosecutor
said, " Very well, tell me," when the prisoner accounted for
all the contents of the box, with: the exception of the £lO note
and the post-office order for Z 1 19s. 6d. The bank draft was
found in the Post-office, addressed to "James Graham." The
prisoner stated that the £lO note had been paid by him, at the
prosecutor's request, to a Mr. Sherlock; another note to the
same amount, spoken to by Mr. Moore, having been paid to the
London Publishing Company. The case was remanded. -
HIGHWAY ROBBERY WITS' VIOLENCE.--James Turner and
Maria Smith were brought up on remand, charged with having
violently robbed James Rolston, an elderly man, who had his
arm in a sling. On Sunday night week, about ten o'clock, the
prosecutor met a woman in Christian-street. In a few minutes
the male prisoner came up, and knocked the prosecutor down
and robbed him of-a watch, which he passed into the hands of
the female. Two men, nettled Thos. Read and Allan Tare, saw
the offence committed, and the former immediately captured
the male prisoner. Tare ran after the woman, who threw the
watch through a cellar grating, from which it was taken by '
Tare. The prisoners were remanded to enable the police to
make inquiries respecting them.

CLAIM AGAINST THE OVERSEERS OF
THE PARISH OF WEST DERBY.

At the County Court, yesterday, judgment was
delivered in the case of Musker v. the Overseers of
West Derby. The judgment was as follows :—.This
Was an action brought by a collector of rates in West
Derby against the overseers. The substantial :claim
was,for assisting the overseers in making out the list of
municipal , voters. There was another claim against
them for attending the Revision Court, but I may say
at once that upon that part of the case the plaintiff
ought not to recover, because by the Act of Parliament

the collector is bound
,to attend the Revision Court.
That claim, therefore, cannot be substantiated. He had
a duty thrown upon him by the Act of Parliament, and
he makes a claim upon the overseers for attending to
that-duty. It would have been very different if it had
been shown that the overseers, in making out their bill
of expenses. against the Corporation, had made a specific
charge for the collector's attendance. In that case, of
Course, he would be entitled to recover against them as
for money had and received to his use ; but no such
evidence was laid before me, and therefore it rests simply
on the question whether when the plaintiff was told to
attend as collector, he could claim his expenses against
the overseers; and I don't think myself, that upon that
part of the case he is entitled to recover. The next
question—the question really before me—is whether he
is entitled to recover for assisting in making out the list
of municipal voters. He would not certainly have been
entitled .to recover, if there had been any obligation
upon him to do what he did ; but I don't apprehend
there was any obligation in his appointment as collector
of Fates. By his bond, which he gives, he is bound to
perform all the duties prescribed, or which may here-
after be prescribed by the Poor-law Board, or those
lawfully required of him by the guardians of the Union.
I don't find that that is one of the duties he is required
to perform. The overseers are the persons to make out
the list ;it is not thrown upon the collector. There is
nothing intis-appointment, or in the Act of Parliament,
to oblige the collector to assist in that duty. It
was admitted that he' had done so, and therefore
they had had the advantage of his services in
making out these lists. The question now is,
whether they are bound .to pay him. Certainly parties
may give gratuitous services, but it is not very common
to do so, and slight evidence perhaps would induce a
court to say that where services which parties are not
bound to offer- have been performed they were under a
contract to pay. In this case I think there is evidence
on that point. It seems to have been the practice for
some years—certainly in this case for one or two years
—for collectors to assist, and then for the overseers to
divide something they receive from the Corporation
amongst the persons who so assist. The plaintiff ,him-
self has in more than one instance received money from
the overseers. Therefore, inasmuch as the overseers
did not repudiate paying for the work, I think it is to
be maintained that he performed this work for the
overseers under the same contract as on previous years,
and that he has a right to be paid by them for his
services. And, inasmuch as some of the overseers have
paid on previous occasions—the present overseers being
parties to that payment—the sum of £5 for the services
he has performed, he is entitled to recover the same sum
now.—A verdict was accordingly given for £5 55., that
being the sum paid on previous occasions.

AUSTRALIA.

THE PASSAGE OF THE GREAT BRITAIN.

The screw steamer Great Britain, Captain Gray,
arrived off Queenstown on Sunday, making another very
rapid passage from Melbourne in 58 days. This,
together with her outward passage of 55 days 16 hours,
is additional proof that the direct route by auxiliary
clipper vessels is now brought almost to a certainty as
to time. Captain Gray has, as usual, won the goodwill
and confidence of his passengers, receiving, both *out-
wards and homewards, testimonials full of good
feeling, together with handsome presents. He
brought home over 500 passengers, and it is delight-
ful to hear how highly without exception, they speak
of his attention, of the capatntities of the ship,
and of all the arrangements made for their comfort—as
a proof of which, all those who intend shortly returning
to the colony declare their intention of going back in no
other ship. For the first two days after leaving Mel-
bourne the ship had to contend with strong contrary
winds, but afterwards bad a fine run to Cape Horn,
which she rounded in 23 days; from thence to the line
she encountered chiefly baffling winds, and crossed the
equator in 19 days ; from thence to Queenstown she had
to depend principally on her steam, meeting with strong
easterly gales in the channel. From the log we learn
that the greatest distance run in one day was 324 miles,
and the shortest 101 miles. On only eight days was
the progress less than 200 miles a day, whilst for about
twelve she averaged nearly 300 miles a day. She brings
saloon, 46 second-class, 173 intermediate, and 177
steerage passengers, 48,000 ounce gold, some wool, and
general cargo. The gold was forwarded to London last
night. Her mails were landed at Queenstown.

SALOON PASSENGERS BY THE GREAT BRITAIN.—
Mr. G. M'Kerrow, Mr. J. Alderson, Mr. H. Meinertz-
hazem, Mr. Kettle, Mr. Dailey, Mrs. Sanderson and
infant, Mr. Wm. Branscombe, Mr. Etheridge, Mrs.
Hockin and family, Mr. G. Duff, Mr. A. Philippi, Mr.
R. B. Sibley, Mrs. Sibley and infant, Mr. and Mrs. G.
M'Leod and infant, Mr. G. L. Woodworth and wife,
Hon. Goo. Harker, wife, and family, Mrs. Sanders,
Dr. and Mrs. Eadie and family, Mr. and Mrs. M'lntyre
and family, Miss Reid, Miss Kate Reid, Mr. and Mrs.
Cole and family, Mrs. Lankher and infant, Mr. Dodgson,
Rev. Thos. Williams, Leo. Lichtenstein, Elias Greaves,
Mr. Monk, Z. Lazarus, Mr. J. Harpur, Mr. J. Brandt,
Mr. Wm. Green, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Foulks and family,
Mrs. Kerford and infant, Mr. W. Prowse, Mr. George
Leary, Mr. G. Attwood and family, Mr. W. J. Murray,
Mr. R. W. Grace, Dr. J. 'Williams, wife, and infant,
Miss Rigby and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Milligan and
infant, Mr. Barrett, Mrs. Rodgers, Miss Beveridge, Mr.
Schroeder, Mr. Browning, Mr. Mahson, Mr. J. Collins,
Mr. Donald Cameron, wife, and family, Mr. William
Patterson, Mr. Wm. Knowles, and Mr. J. B. Anderson.

COLLISION IN THE RlVER.—Yesterday morning as
the Cunard steam-ship Arabia was coming into the
river from the Sandon Dock she came into collision
with the screw steamer Great Britain, from Melbourne.
The Arabia had her fore rigging on the port side sarried
away, but the Great Britain escaped uninjured.
Her Majesty's screw frigate Euryalus sailed from
Portsmouth, on Saturday, for a long cruise. She will, it
isici;
proceed direct to the Cape of Good Hope, and
will so sail round Cape Horn. A telegram announces
that Euryalus put into Plymouth Sound on Sunday, in
consequence
of damage dune to some part of her
ROTTENmachinery
chinery.
MORTAR VESSELS LYING AT CHATHAM.--
Two mortarealviessels, laid up at Chatham, have been
carefully
but: ed and found to be in a deplorable state.
They wereil
and by contract atowards the close of the Russian war,
the slightest supetr private establishments, without even
sion on the part of the Admiralty.
Notwithstanding
materials are so rotten they have seen little or no service, the
the Admiralty has ordered them
both to be broken up,
for examination previouslyat
nTliese two vessels were selected
h fromth the squadron of that
are so rotten, fears ar
class of vessels laid up
etileenaetur
emed lest the whole or
Chatham, and, as the first two
greater part of them are

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

The monthly meeting of the council was held yester.
day, W. J. Tomlinson, Esq., president, in the chair.

THE LAW AS TO THE TRANSFER AND DELIVERY OF

GOODS

This was further considered. Its adoption was deferred
until the next monthly. meeting.

FRENCH TREATY,

The report of the committee appointed to inquire into
the questions submitted by the Board of Trade
,was
brought up and adopted.

UPPER ELBE TOLLS.

A letter from the Foreign-office, in reply to the
memorial of the chamber for the abolition of these tolls,
was read, stating that the subject was before Govern-
ment, with a view to negotiations at a future time.

LIEN FOR FREIGHT.
This question was referred to the Shipowners' Asso.
ciation for their opinion.

SUMMARY OF COMMERCIAL NEWS, BY TELEQRAPII,

FROM INDIA.

A letter was read from the Bengal Chamber of Com-
merce, offering to exchange market reports weekly. The
question was,ordered to be brought under the notice of
the Exchange Newsroom proprietors.

POST-OFFICE SAVINGS BANK.
It was resolved to communicate with the directots of
the Savings Bank, with a view to support the plan pro-
posed 'by Mr. Sikes, of Huddersfield, for the establish-
ment of Savings Banks (through the Post-office) in those
towns where there are no Savings Banks.

INQUIRY AS TO THE CAUSE OF FIRES.

A resolution was passed suggesting
.the adoption 01
official inquiry into cases where incendiarism is suspected

STAMP. ACT.
Referred to the Commercial Law Committee.

THE STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE FOR
MANCHESTER.

The Mayor of Manchester received a communication
on Saturday morning from Sir G. C. Lewis, Secretary
of State for the Home Department, informing him that
the Queen has been pleased to appoint Cuthbert Edward
Ellison, Esq., barrister-at-law, as stipendiary magistrate
of the City of Manchester, in succession to Mr. Maude.
Mr. Ellison is a barrister of fifteen years' standing, and
is at present the police magistrate for Newcastle-on-
Tyne. Mr. Ellison has been stipendiary magistrate of
Newcastle since the commencement of 1864, and the
local Chronicle remarks that "his courtesy, urbanity,
and ability have won for hint the respect of the whole
town and district."

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-YESTERDAY.

Yesterday morning the May session of the Central
Criminal Court was opened before the Recorder of

London.

The Recorder, in his charge to the grand jury, said
there was one case which would come before them on
two indictments, to which he must allude. It was the
case of a person named Pullinger, who was charged
with robbing his employers, the directors of a joint-
stock bank in the City. He was not aware that
there was any difficulty in the case, for the
evidence appeared to be tolerably clear, and the,
prisoner did not appear to deny his guilt One
circumstance he could not help adverting to, namely,
the fact that nearly the whole of the produce of these
robberies, charged in these two indictments, found their
way to the stockbrokers in payment of losses incurred
on the Stock Exchange. Gambling of that descriptiou
under any circumstances was calculated to be mis-
chievous, but it appeared to him to be an exceeding
impropriety, to use the mildest terms, in any stock-
broker to engage in transactions of that description
for persons in such positions as that which Pullinger
occupied without the knowledge of their employers.
It was impossible that these negotiations on the
Stock Exchange could be carried on by such persons
without great losses occasionally, and it was hardly
to be expected that persons would at all times resist
the temptation, when large funds were temporarily placed
in their hands, of appropriating them to their own pur-
poses, and it was scarcely possible that any broker engaged
in these transactions should not have some suspicion
that the money used in them *came from the till of the
masters. No person, therefore, should engage in these
transactions with persons placed in the confidential
position of clerks and cashiers in banks without the
full understanding that he should be at liberty to com-
municate with the employers of the persons employing
him. He could not help thinking that in many cases
in which large businesses were carried on, there must
be something wrong between masters and their servants.
He was not willing to encourage suspicion between
employed and employers. On the contrary, when he saw
how busineas was conducted, he was astonished that
such cases were not more frequent. Such suspicion, he
believed,would be unfounded and unjust, and he thought
it was the duty of employers not to encourage temptation
by any unnecessary unwatchfulness on their part. Care-
lessness, inertness, or unwatchfulness would give facili-

ties for crime, and any employer who was thus careless
was guilty of the no mean offence of casting a stumbling
block in his brother's way.
There are one or two circumstances connected with
the present session which may be mentioned, but which
did not properly come within the scope of the recorder's
charge to the grand jury. Pullinger does not appear, as
yet, to have given any informatibn as to the manner in
which he got rid of the enormous sum of money that he
appears to have misappropriated, and there is a very
general impression that he still has the control of a con-
siderable portion of it ; and this opinion is strengthened
by the fact that it is known that in his operations upon
the turf, he was, in many instances, a very large win-
ner, and that he won considerable sums by backing the
well-known and lucky racehorse Fisherman, who has
run winner a great many times, and frequently with
long odds against him. The bills will in all probability
go before the grand jury on Tuesday or Wednesday,
and until they are found no proceedings can of course
be taken ; and if the prisoner should plead guilty, it is
probable that the judgment upon him will be respited
to the June session, in order to afford an opportunity
for him to make any disclosures he may think proper to
the authorities of the bank. Another case of very
considerable public interest will also have to be dis-
posed of, namely, the charge against Mary Eugenia
Plummer, a girl of 11 years of age, the daughter of
a gentleman of fortune, residing in Wiltshire, of having
committed wilful and corrupt perjury in the evidence
given by her against the Rev. Mr. Hatch, the late
chaplain of the House of Correction at Wandsworth,
upon a charge of indecently assaulting her and a
younger sister WOO had been placed with bun at school.
Mr. Hatch, it will be remembered, was convicted of
those offences, and was sentenced by Mr. Baron Bram-
well, who tried the case, to four years' imprisonment
and hard labour. All application was subsequently
made to the learned judge, on behalf of Mr. Hatch, for
permission to indict both the sisters for the offence of
perjury, but his lordship refused to consent to this,
and only gave permission that an indictment for this
offence should be preferred against the elder sister,
Eugenia Plummer, and the grand jury returned a true
bill at the last session. The child was at once bailed
by her father, and it is understood that she will sur-
render on Wednesday morning, and take her trial. The
Rev. Mr. Hatch, who has not been removed from New-
gate pending these proceedings, will, necessarily, be the
principal witness for the prosecution, and his wife and
a female servant, and another pupil named Lucy, an
adopted child of Mr. Hatch, are the other witnesses
on the back of the bill. The defendant's youngest sister
will be examined on her behalf, to confirm the testimony
she originally gave, and upon which the allegations of
perjury are founded, so that the inquiry must necessarily
be of the most painful character.

The death of Major-General Berkeley Drummond is
announced.

RUSSIAN HOSPITALITY.—We read in a letter from
Florence :—A nobleman, Cavalier Luigi Villarosa,
befriended by Mr. Goodwin, the British Consul (a func-
tionary highly respected and cherished at Palermo,)
applied for refuge to one of the English ships anchored
in the harbour. The captain repulsed him, alleging his
instructions, which only allowed him to extend his pro-
tection to British subjects. The unhappy Villarosa
was more fortunate in his appeal to the humanity of a
Russian captain, who took him on board, and when the
police called for their prisoner, laconically pointed to
the colours at his yardarm, and said the fugitive was
heady in Russia. "
ANOTHER NINE HOURS' AGITATION.—A meeting of
journeymen carpenters was held at the White Hart,
Drury-lane, for the purpose of further agitation on this
vexed question. Mr. Booth was moved to take the
chair, and briefly explained the object of the meeting,
which he unhesitatingly affirmed to be to take such
measures as would secure the object by which so many
had suffered in endeavouring to obtain. Mr. Osman, a
plasterer, then pointed out the measures adopted by them
as a body ; they had long been amalgamated, and now
steps were being taken to amalgamate throughout the
country, as that was the only security the labourer had
against the growing tyranny of his employer. 150 men
had struck, of whom 45 were non-society men, in the
employ of Messrs. Myers, and who were engaged on the
Palace Hotel. These men had " turned out " principally
because of the treatment they had received from the
men who had signed the " odious document." These
men were continually taunting those belonging to the
society about the late strike. A deputation had waited
on Messrs. Myers, at first without success, but the pre-
vious day a disinterested party further waited on Messrs.
Myers, and the quarrel was arranged by the non-society
men being placed at the basement of the building (which
is considered the worst part), with an intimation that
any further offending, the offender, on being pointed
out, should be instantly dismissed. Other speakers
addressed the meeting, whioh was by no means a
numerous one, calling on those who had met to give
their names without delay in support of the short-time
I mownent, 40;c1 Ritigaiktely $14199e44 Vf9414

THE ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER IN
CLAPHAM.

On Saturday, John Gay, aged 31 years, a shoemaker,

living at No. 4, New-road Clapham, who has been in
cnstody since the sth ult., was placed in the dock at the
Wandsworth Police-court, before Mr. Dayman, for final
examination, on the charge of attempting to murder his
wife, by cutting her throat with a razor.
The prisoner had been remanded several times, in
consequence of the inability of the wife to appear. On
this occasion she attended, and was brought from the
hospital in a cab. She appeared very weak, and was
unable to raise her head, from the serious nature of the
wounds in her throat. The prisoner is a short, thick-
set young man, exceedingly pale, and he seemed to feel
his position most acutely. He cried several times, and
was supplied with a glass of water to prevent him from
fainting.
The wife was allowed to be seated during the time
she was under examination. She stated that her name
was Mary Ann Gay, and she lodged at No. 5, Park-
place, Clapham. She had been separated from her
husband about a fortnight before the occurrence. On
the night of the 4th of April she returned home about a
quarter before ten o'clock, from her day's work, and she
saw her husband standing against the fence, close to
the door. He said, "Is that you Polly : will you give
me my little hat-brush." She replied that she would,
and went in-doors to get it. He followed her into
the house, and asked her to have some beer. She
refused, and went up stairs for the brush, which
she -afterwards gave him. She tLen went out, leaving
him talking with the landlord. She went to meet her
landlady, and returned with her. Her husband again
pressed her to have some beer. She at first refused ;
but, upon the persuasion of her landlady, she consented,
and partook of some with him, and they were joined by
the landlord and landlady. After the beer had been
drank, he wanted to get some more; but her landlord
wished him to leave. He then said something about her

leaving him, and that he had not ROM there for any
words. He asked her if she had sold her things, but she
made him no answer. He was about going, when he said,
"Polly, won't you shake hands ?" She consented, and he
shook her hand. He then asked her if he should not stop
with her the night, and she told him " No," and said
that as he had comfortable lodgings, he had better go
to them, and also that she would not trouble him, and
that he had better not trouble her. He then uttered
an oath, and declared that he would stop, and ran
upstairs. She opened the door of her room, to show
that the things did not belong to her, and her landlady
told him that she was only a lodger. 1e then returned
downstairs, and the landlady told him not to come there
and make a disturbance, as she had treated him
kindly. He said that he had not come to make any
disturbance, and he put his arm round witness's
neck and kissed her. Je then wanted her to go out
to have some gin, but she refused, and shut the
door. She went to bed, and nothing more transpired
that night. About ten minutes before six o'clock
the next morning, she was getting her breakfast,
when she heard a knock at the door. Upon opening it,
she saw her husband, who asked her for a bag he had
left the night before. She told him that his bag was
not there. He said it was, and then came in, and
looked round for it, but it could not be found. He
then asked for a drink of water, but not liking his
looks, she declined going for any, She asked him why
he did not remain at his lodgings, and have his break-
fast or wash there. He answered that he had not come
to hurt her. At that time she was standing with her
hand upon the handle of the door, and he came forward,
and with an oath, declared that he would cut her throat.
He sprang at her, as if to strike her, and she then felt a
cut across her throat. She struggled with him, and tried
to get to the front door. She at last got into the passage,
and then fell down. Her husband then fell upon her,
and drew a razor across under the left ear, and endea-
voured to cut the front part of her throat again. She
resisted with her left hand, and after a desperate struggle,
she succeeded in wrenching the razor from him. Her
hands were severely cut with the razor in the struggle.
He then put his fingers to the wound in her throat, and
pulled it open, causing the blood to flow much faster.
(Sensation.) He then got up and ran away, leaving
her in the passage. She also succeeded in reaching the
street, and called " Murder !" She became exhausted
and sat down upon the pavement, and she remembered
some one coming up and saying, " She has cut her
throat—she has the razor in her hand !" She said
" No," and told them that her husband had done it.
She remembered no more until she found herself in her

landlady's room. She was afterwards removed to the
hospital, where she had remained until that morning.
In answer to questions, the witness also said that her
husband had frequently threatened to do for her.
Mr. Dayman asked the prisoner if he had any ques-
tions to put to his wife.
The prisoner said he did it through jealousy.
Sarah Williams, barmaid at the Oxford Arms, Park-
road, Clapham, deposed that about five o'clock on the
morning of the fifth ult., the prisoner entered the house
and had threepennyworth of brandy and half-a-pint of
beer. He remained until about a quarter to six o'clock,
when he left. He returned shortly afterwards, and
asked for another threepenny worth of brandy. She
hesitated to serve him, and he then said that he would
pay for it, and that it was the last he should ever drink.
He also said that he had cut his wife's throat, and that
he had come there to wait for the police to take him.
She begged of him not to remain, and after stopping a
few minutes in the parlour he went away. The witness
further said that when the prisoner said he had cut his
wife's throat, he added. " Look here," and showed his
hands, which were covered with blood.
Mr. W. Young, a builder, heard the screams of the
wife, and saw her sitting upon the pavement. He took
the razor from her, and it was dripping with blood. He
went in search of the prisoner, and saw him go to a
pond in front of the Cock public-house, in Clapham,
and rinse his hands in the wateT.

Sergeant Newman apprehended the prisoner in the
Old Town, Clapham. He was followed by a mob of
persons, who said he had cut his wife's throat. The
prisoner said he had done it, and that he was going to
the station to give himself up.
Mr. James Bankard, house-surgeon at Guy's Hospital,
said the wife was admitted. on the morning of the sth
ult. ; she had two wounds on her throat, one about four
inches iu length, commencing about an inch below the
left ear, and extending downwards across the front of
the neck to the other side. The second wenud was
about three inches long, nearly in the same direction, a
little above the other. They were extensive wounds,
but not sufficiently deep to endanger life. There were
also wounds on the hand.

The depositions having been completed and read over
by Mr. Andrew, the second clerk, the usual caution was
put to the prisoner, who said he had nothing to say.
Mr. Daymau then fully committed the prisoner for
trial at the forthcoming sessions of the Central Criminal
Court.

Sergeant Newman wished to know what he could do
with the injured woman. She had now left the hospital,
and had no means of supporting herself.
Mr. Dayman thought, that in her present condition,
she had better be taken to the union.

DEATH Or A PARLIAMENTARY VETERAN.—The late
John Round, Esq., formerly of Danbury-place, Essex,
who died at Brighton on the 28th ult., at the age of 78,

was one of the earliest friends and fellow-workers of the

[ate Sir Robart Peel, and represented the borotighs of
Ipswich and Maldou at various times between the years
1312 and 1847, when he retired from public life. Mr.

Round, as we learn from the " County Families,"
represented a house long settled in Essex. He was an
honorary D.C.', of Oxford, and for many years held
the office of High Steward of Colchester. It will be
remembered that his wife was accidentally burnt to
death at Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, fifteen years
ago.

A PICTURE BY TALLEYRAND.-011 one side stood the
Emperor Alexander, attired in a suit of black, with no
mark of his high rank save the glittering of brilliants
on his bosom. On the other side, leaning backward in
the chair with the most perfect nonchalance, sat the
King of Prussia. Bergasse and the sombre Jungstilling
(two German illumines) sat on a low stool at the feet of
the prophetess. All on a sudden deadly silence ensued.
Madame started from her seat, her lung robe dropping
in graceful folds about her person, and the loose sleeves
falling back from the extended arms. " Let us pray !"
she exclaimed ; and in a moment every person present,
from Czar Alexander to the very footman, sank down
upon their knees.—Once a Week.

REFORM.—We earnestly hope for the sake of the
country that the deform bill will not pass. If this
injurious measure should be carried iato effect, we expect
that the consequences will be of a very detrimeoal
character. It appears that Lord John Russell is sadly
astray in his figures. Ile had said that Maryleboue
would gain not more than 500 electors by the propc-Jed
scheme ; but Mr. James asserts that the increase will
amount to 3,760 ! Again, Lord John computes that
the entire augmentation of the metropolitan electoral
roll would reach the number of 13,922 ; but Mr. James
shows that 109,960 is nearer the mark. Here, then,
are most serious discrepancies between his lordship's
figures and the facts of the case, warranting us in the
belief that Lord John himself is not fully master of the
subject, and is not aware of the depths into which he is
about, if lie be allowed, to plunge his country. The
Times states that from 1847 to 1857 no less than fifty-
seven members have been unseated, some for bribery,
some for treating, and some for both, and that in all
these cases the elections have taken place in boroughs !
And now, by way of reform, Lord John proposes such
changes in our electoral system as will add about half a
million of voters to the very class in which bribery and
corruption have been so successful. We ask is this
reform? Will it add to the morality of the hustings ?
Will it not, on the contrary, increase the very evil of
which we may justly be ashamed ? We, therefore, say
that the Government scheme should not be called a
measure of reform, blit 9f d-efmn,—Friikhirf Acirr9?,