The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-24 00:00:00

THE SURPLUS.

TO HZ KAJEITT.II COMIIIBsIONTRA TOR THE ORRAT

EX HIBITION OP INDUSTRY OF

The Memorial of the Warrington Local Committee

shewetb,

That it appears from the report of recent proceed-
ings in parliament, that her Majesty's government have
decided on taking no steps to prevent the destruction of the
Great Exhibition building, known by the name of the
Crystal Palace; and your memorialists have further been
intormed, that your recommendation to her Majesty, as to
the dispo-al of the surplus funds subscribed for the purpose
of the Exhibition, and realised from the admission of visi-
tors, is likely to result in the appropriation of inch fund to
the erection of a building in or near London fur the pur-
pose of a museum or picture gallery.
That whatever may be the propriety of so appropriating
such portion of the surplus fund as is derived from
the admission of visitors, your memorialists submit that
the subscriptions raised throughout the kingdom were given
in consequence of the public pledge of her Majesty's Com-
missioners that "should soy surplus remain after giving
every facility to the exhibitors, KIM increasing the facilities
of the public as spectators, her Majesty's Commissioners
intended to apply the same to purposes strictly in connexion
with the ends of the Exhibition, or for the establishment of
similar exhibitions fur the future." And such subscriptions,
though given unconditionally, were essentially a guarantee
fund to provide against the possible failure of a stupendous
scheme, the success of which at the time of such subscrip-
tions being asked for, was considered doubtful, and your
memorialists believe that a very small portion of those sub-
scriptions would have been given, except as a guarantee to
be called for pro rata, had it not been for the pledges given
by the authorised agent of her Majesty s Commissioners,
that in case of the Exhibition proving self-sup-
porting, the surplus would be reserved for the pro-
motion of similar exhibitions which would probably be
held at decennial or other periodical intervals. A project
which appears now to be wholly abandoned, and even if
not abandoned, the unparalleled success of the late Ex-
hibition has proved that whenever it may be proper to
hold another, at will be found self-supporting without the
aid of any public subscription.
' That except the providing for future exhibitions of the
same character as the last, or the preservation of the Crystal
Palace, your memorialists do not recognise any of the
schemes which have yet been suggested as a legitimate ap-
propriation of the surplus fund, and they contend that the
application of subscriptions obtained under the circum-
stances alluded to, to the erection of a public building in
London, or its neighbourhood, would be an act of great
injustice to provincial subscribers.
' That your memorialists observe in one of the daily
papers a suggestion for the appropriation of the surplus
subscriptions to the promotion of libraries and museums,
or other educational establishments in the towns from
which such subscriptions have been received, and it is
submitted that such an appropriation would be only
an act of justice to the provincial towns, and would confer
an amount of public benefit on the nation at large, with
which the erection of a metropolitan building cannot bear a
moment's comparison.
That to apply this principle to the circumstances of War-
rington as an illustration of its effect on towns of similar
I size, your memorialists beg to state, that in the year 1848,
a public museum and library was established in Warrington
under the Museums Act (the first of its kind in the king-
dom), which in the first three years of its existence has
been visited by upwards of 25,000 persons—that its annual
income is amply sufficient for its support and extension—
but that at present it is carried on in a building temporarily
hired fur the purpose, until sufficient funds can be raised
for the erection of a permanent museum—that towards this
object a fund of between 600/. and 7001. has been subscribed
—and that the 1601. remitted by the Warrington local
committee to her Majesty's Commissioners fur the Great
Exhibition, though forming an extremely insignificant pro-
portion of the surplus fund now waiting to be apptopriated,
would, if returned to the town of Warrington, probably be
sufficient to enable its inhabitants at once to commence the
erection of their local museum.

Your memorialists therefore pray that you will make
such recommendation ti
.her,,ll,loaijetbst!ns may bare the effect

of procuring the appropriation or thO sums iespectively sub-
embed towards the Great Exhibition fund by the various
provincial towns, to such public objects connected with the
progress of art, science, and education, in the towns from
which such subscriptions have been raised, as may be ap-
proved by yourselves, her Majesty's government, or other
controlling power ; and, in particular, that the sum of 1501.
remitted to her Majesty's Commissioners from the bo-
rough of Warrington may be appropriated to the building
fund of the Warrington museum and library.
And your memorialists will ever pray, &c.,
Signed on behalf of the committee,
BENJAMIN PIEItI'OINT, Chairman.

Trig LONDON-BRIDGE CLOCK.—The Southwark
Paving Board have determined to erect a lofty and elegant
quadrangular clock tower to contain the large clock manu-
factured by Mr. George W. Bennett, of Blackheath, for the
Crystal Palace. The tower, which will be constructed of
cast iron and glue, and in general form not very dissimilar
to the market crosses to be seen at Winchester and else-
where, will stand about 32 feet high, and be surmounted by
an elegant octagonal open work spire of 20 fret, making a
total height of 52 foot, will he placed nearly in the middle
of the road, on the Southwark side of London-bridge, so
that the dials, which will be of glass and about six feet in
diameter, will be distinctly visible both by night and day,
over London-bridge and as far as Union-street in the
Borough, as well as down 'Pooley.street and the approach to
the railway terminus; and, as they will be illuminated,
cannot fail to be of infinite service to the vast multitudes of
rnains constantly traversing those thoroughfares.—Sentish
Mercury.

Kam *ntelligencr.

EQUITY COURTB.-YLSTERDAY.
Banns Toss Iturra ay rim llow.
SANER r. DRAT IN -PRACTICE OF TNT. COURT.

Terrell ..pPll.7lltOthe court to haysthis cues. struck
oat of the list. The suit was abated in consequence of one
of the parties having died, sad he mentioned the matter to
the registrar in court yesterday, in ceder that it might not
be inserted in this day's list of causes, that being the coarse
be had pursued in other abated mums. which, in tows-
quence had not been included in the list.
The Master of the Rolls asked why Mr. Terrell had met
mentioned it to the court yesterday. Mr. Beale bad applied
'char* the suit dismissed. . .

Mr. Terrell said be bad adopted the course which be bad
always adopted on previous occasion, and whiethad hitherto
been sufficient.

The Master of the Rolls said that was not sufficient.
With very little trouble the solicitors might have prevented
the cause appearing in the daily list, by going to the regis-
trar and into' ming him of the abatement of the suit. He
would then have made a note of the fact, and prevented its
insertion in the list ; instead ol which they did nothing, and
in the ordinary course of thing., the cause was put down for
bearing, and the other side was compelled to appear. That
aissa sourer of great inconvenience to them, and also to the
court, a cause being put %won the list which turned out to
be abated, in the piaci- of another which might have come
on and been disposed of. Such want of attention must be
checked, and he should consider whether Mr. Ternsll's
clients ought not to pay the costs of the day for their negli-
gence.

throw. V.

..-
MANCULATER. AND LINCOLNIIIIIRZ RAIL-
M•AY CONIPANY r. HUF•R

This was a bill tiled seeking to make the defendants an-
swerable for the runt of 11,0001. upon an alleged breach of
trust. The MAC !AMC on upon an objection fur want of par-
ties. The facts were as follows. In the year IRIS a com-
pany was provisionally registered called the Great Grimsby
and Shs-ffield Junction Railway. Company, and it was
thought desirable by the provisional committee of that
company to purchase certain ferries across the (lumber.
The hitl Alleged that these ferries had been eurcham4 by
the defendant and others, for the sum of Isionig., as trus-
tees for the company, and that they had afterwards sold
them to the company at the advanced price of 21,0001. ;
that the plaintiffs had afterwards purchased the interest of
that company, and as a part of it the interest in these fer-
ries At the advanced price of 21,0001., and had therefore a
right to :all upon the defendants to refund the difference
between that sum and the sum which they had actually
Paid.
Sir W. Page Wood and Mr. Barber now appeared for
ate of the defendants in support of the objection for sweat of
parties, and Mr. Holt and Mr. Speed for the plaintiffs, who
argued that the lusts showed a direct breach of trust, and
that if the ilirecto-s who had not participated in the profit
were UAW.• at all, they were not primarily liable, and were
not, therefore, necessary parties.
The Vice-l'hancellor said it appeared to him to be a
question which could not be decided until the hearing of
the cause. . .

Sir rage M ood said that it would be a great hardship on
the defendants to keep the question open until the hearing.
Mr. Bolt said the practice established by Sir Knight
Bruce bad born that if an objection for want of parties ap-
peared upon the bill itself, then to decide it at once; but if
it woo only raised by the answer, then to let it stand over
till the hearing. as it was impossible to say to what client
the record might be altered in the meantime. But in a
case lise thi., the plaintiff could not, when the objection
was p muted out, Willy omit to set the case down fur argu-
ment unit, r the• general order of 1811, although it was
very improbable that it could be decided.
Sir rage Wood said if that were the case, the sooner
the rule wan altemil the better, as it led to useless expense.
The Vics•tbancellor said he quite concurred in that.
During the whole eleven yearn that the rule had been in
force, he had known a single instance in which it had
operated beneficially.

11 TICI.Comoin lot RITDOOLIT.
lINFORD.—BILL TO I/WRACK TUX VALIDITT
OF A MUJITOkOZ.

In this ease it appeared that John Punter, by his will
dated in January, 1846, gave all his properly, including
three houses in Earl•street, Linon•grove, to his son John
Punter, in trust, to pay his debts, and subject thereto, to
be equally divided between his son John and his other sons
and daughters. He also appointed John Punter and the
plaintiff Miles his elecuton. The testator died in May,
1841, and John Punter, the son, entered into possession of
the property, and mortgaged the three houses to the defen-
dant Mrs. u he alleged, for the purpose of
pitying off the debts of the testator. John Punter the
younger then died, and his will was proved by the plaintiff
Miles, his elevator. The mortgage money not having been
paid off, the property was advertised for sale, and the plain-
tiff Mled this bill to neutrals the sale, on the ground that the
mortgage deed was invalid, in consequence of John Punter
the younger having borrowed the money for his own pur-
Mar..and not fur paying GE the debts of the testator his
The Vice-Cluuseellor said it was deer that part of the
money advanced upon the mortgage was applied in payment
of the testator's debts, and under such circumstances the
tarsal course would be to refer it to the Muter to state for
what purpose the money was applied. It appeared, how-
ever, that the plaiatif had been appointed joint ',mentor of
the original testator, and therefore he did not think such a
refereace could be made. His opinion was that so mach of
the bill as sought to charge the parties with mieepplientina
mast be dismissed, and there mast be the Wed diNIINI *it
redemptios and foreclosure.

DISOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—YznEaDAy.

Boma Ma. CONIIIMOOM Law.
MATTiII or WILLIAM Hoax'.

The insolvent, the coachmaker, of Loaracre, appeared
on hie petition.
An application was made by his attorney, Mr. Limb,
(Lewis and Lewis,) for a farther adjournment to settle;
be expected that on the nest occasion be lihould boils a con-
dition to ask the court to dismiss the petition, cm a settle-
ment bring effected with the creditors.
. . .

Mr. Commarinner Law, alluding to a matter in bank-
ruptcy of Mr. Horne under the Private Arrangement Act,
iteW whether any point was likely to arise before him on
that awe ?

Mr. Lewu was not aware that nay point could arise. He
would only say that Mr. Hone expected a release from his
arditors unt6r that arrangement.
The discharge ea bail was enlarged to the 14th of May.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—KINosToN, MARCH 23.
The comaiseica for the county of Surrey was opened at
thisplan es Mesday. sad to-thip beanie was proceeded
lei* la both courts, Mr. Baron Parke preoldias at the eivil
del, sad Mr. Juana Coleridge la the news court. There
an &I primmer, tee trial os SGa crows Bide, and 44 noses
are eaters" at nisi prin. In of which are special jury
owe.
ors

MI MIL RAM, PAW MID • OOOOx 'CIT.
Jamximes r. Czoccsa.

This was an a;triii;;reco.nr damages fora breath of
promise of marriage. Mr. Chamben, Q.C., and Mr. &mill,
appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. James, Q.C., and Mr.
Wordsworth, were counsel for the defendant.
The plaintiff in this action it appeared war a cook, and
in the years 1848 and 1849 she filled a situation is that
capacity in the family of a geratiensaa weed Clark, NOW
iag at Peckham. The defendant, who wee at that time sat
men than 18, wee la the amble of a battier is the neiei-
bourbood, end Azar it appeared Mame sedates with
oath others die enneent if the neletren of the
MMUS, tbe wee Awed M visit ben la the
and wa, received by her end lee fellow-eertants
as a Wier, eau on several -excites be Intimated his ismer
ties to early her, mid said be elmmii set up is heels= fur
Meisel?, ant este of the other sertente d tbe estahhiemat
woe to be taken into their sanest whin they were
married. Deming the (*nimbly the delondast sent weal
Valencia.* and ether peallsal
_epistles to ti*
M, bat, se she uaftetaaately was usiddadels, • deal
their istamadad sabot was doubtless paellas,
bowswar, asatimad a comes uatil tbe
small sf Amu* is 1851, wCiir = wrote a
letter M the *Ma in whisk Its addroassd her as
" Mali.," and went on to sa that bo was samba she
should have said that be had left l'adahma hussies ho was
aimed to stay there any longer, sad that is bad done
sodsimnbel was ashamed of, sad be Wended Mimam
y. He also said that be had baud du bed boss
:oelia uncle's to complain about bias, and wished bee
ta be very careful what elm said in future. The let-
ter west on to state that be did not care what
she an any one else mid about bin. He was had
of bowleg " • girt" sod ho woad have sus as
Meg as he lived, sad the MOW audadal by stating Mat it
aim behaved well when be mat to Nab= he would r
and we her. The letter wow alguak ram Os., I. B. c.,
and it appeared that two meths afterwards the dshadist
pot married.
Bvidesse was gives to prove these farts, sod it appeared
that the defendant had stated to ens af th• wieners* that
as mods hal died sr i hit bin a tbsomad powads, arid
after ibis a seals= was obierred au part wars the
Stall
plaialt Ilht e
e=mftst the latter win Ave or six years
4a4ar

Jams mak a mat humorous speech to the jury on
behalf of lie ildlandant. He said ha we quite sum this
astir' nmedd gross lime been heard of if it had not
has for lais silly bred si the defendant that his uncle had
left Idan alinumei mast* for Mak dor* wag set the
Leal astles Mt w uM no doubt ham bees
pawl al IS awl basmemble at mast TM am be sub.
*Mad was at • nod imley obareelsr. What were the
• bahises bay. for 16 really was embiag else, in
she tares se ha Wm. Mb Is ime with a lovely cook.
Wkiik was Woe It we SIR Ihr Ms le say, bat cooks
ears maimbiely saeseyWdle. (Lossiesr.) Whether It
ins *Wm IP the Mat et the Ithass, or to the peculiar
Nam seis pegiestes M mai set say, bat cortalaly
=ls 46 Mar of lie albstassa Ow
M _poemof inks s
et est
Mow god Is liemitsgst Mame Is Mt begs • MIMI"
101100 eastesded that Uwe hod boss
but • sub Imindirs lidados ; and Slot *a
leal was Me balaisee bey. asssi Mt=
• this wollasei ihopesial arbar
am, gal aims* immeh as the email sgol
mil do mid =Sham bus vary casks MINIM iLthega ;
Latita atliar" s rear
last larthietts the M-
illis th "lambi one," brim/

beasts," and such matters, concluded by stating as a post-
script. "In haste, as I am going to kill." lo another
letter he gars an account of his old mare having
" slipped up " as he was riding very fast down
a hill ; and he said that it he had nut "stuck
I to her " he must have been seriously injured, but as it was
they both got up together, and he found nothing was the
matter with either, so that be went off again as fast as
ever. The learned counsel concluded by calling upon the
jury, if they gave a verdict at all for tie plaintiff, only to
award very moderate damages es any others must inevi-
tably cause the utter rain of the defendant.
Mr. Baron Parke summed up, and the jury after a very
brief deliberation returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da-
mages SOL
Csoww on
_ Ooeaa /41?. Jam. !lemmas..

His Lordship, in his charge to the grand jury, emigrate-
lated them upon the comparative lightness of the calendar
and also upon the fact that the county was not disgraced
by a single instance of the offence of poisoning. The
learned judge said he regretted to observe that this dread-
ful offence was but too common in ether parts of the
country, and he felt that he was only doing his duty in
reminding the grand jury that it was an offence very easily
committed upon one another by persons nearly aced dearly
related, and that it was a lamentable,fact that in the majority
of eases it was resorted to by women either to get rid of
their husbands or other relatives. Ile therefore thought it
right to state to them that it appeared to that in their
capacity of magistrates, whenever there was the slightest
suspicion of such a crime having been committed, no pains
or expense should be spared to detect the guilty part, and
that every such Me should unuergo the fullest possible in-
quiry. In former days they were all aware poisoning was
earned on as a trade, and there was no doubt that many
persons had talks victims to the crime without their
deaths causing any inquiry, and possibly at that period
even if suspicion had existed, from the defective state
of science detection could nut have taken place.
At the present period, however, and particularly
I with reference to that description of poison which was
most commonly resorted to, namely arsenic, the discovery
of its existence in the human body, in any case where it
had been administered, was rendered a perfect certainty,
and therefore it was most essential that every Me of sus-
picion should undergo full inquiry. His lordship then
directed the attention of the grand jury to the recent
statute upon the subject of the sale of arsenic, and said he
regretted to find, from what hail come under his own ob-
servation, that the provisions of this most important statute
were ei.ber unknown in many of the country districts, or
else were disregarded, and he said he thought the magi*.
uates in the different divisions of the country would do well to
publish the provisions of the statute in question, either in
a handbill, or some other manner; and, also, that the police
should he instructed to take proceedings against all persons
who infringed the law,'and if only a small fine were to be
indicted in the first instance, it would have the effect of •
warning to others. lithe provisions of this statute relating
to the colouring of arsenic with indigo or soot, and the regu-
lation requiring the shopkeeper to take down the name and
address of every person to whom she vended the article,
were fully carried out, they would almost effectually pre-
vent the commission of the offence, particularly in the latter
ease, because one of the greatest difficulties in bringing
home a charge of poisoning was to identify the party accused
of having purchased the poison, and, if any doubt was
raised upon that point, the case frequently fell to the
ground.
Geo. JoAnson, 22, pleaded guilty to au indictment charg-
ing him with feloniously setting fire to • stack of tare-
haulm, the property of John Mills.
When the prisoner was before the magistrate, itappeared
that he made a statement to the effect that he and another
man bad gone down to °oilstone to rob a certain house, and
that they laid down in • bam and slept beyond the time
when they could have committed the robbery, and out of
spite at being prevented from carrying out his original in-
tention, he set fire to the stick in question.
He was sentenced to be transported for IS years.
WESTERN CIRCUIT.—ExErea, MARCH 22.
BRPOSS Ma, drones TALFOCIW.
CH.tilOg SIVIUAR.
_ .

A decent-looking man, iVas:aildori, a mechanic,
was charged with the wilful murder aloha Thomas, a
boy aged two years, at St. Mary Church, near Torquay.
From the opening of the learned counsel, Mr. Conk r,
and the evidence, it appeared that the deceased was the il-
legitimate child of the prisoner's wife, and lived with them
at Mary Church. On the sth of March the child was seen
by an old lady named Mrs. Steer, with whom the pri-
loner's wife had lived as a servant, and it was then in good
health. The only thing noticed by Mn Steer at the time
was a mark under the deceased's eye, which she mentioned
to Mrs. Oildon, the prisoner's wile, who seemed confused,
but said nothing. The prisoner came home from work
about seven o'clock in the evening, and alter his wife had
given him his supper she sommpanied Mrs. Steer about
three quarters of a mile on the road to Torquay. Just
after eight o'clock, and whilst Mrs. Oildon was away,
the prisoner celled upon Elisabeth Dashing, seal
her mother Agues Jeronimo, wile lived three doors
from his hoew, and asked them to come and see
" Little Johnny," who was very IL he he thought he was
dying. On going thither they ANNA the child in bed, and
ill. Dashing raked Wm how bag it had been so. lie
" About three gewlems of am beer." The women no-
' that the ehlM's mesa led bees Weeding, and there
was bimodal the ted-elothes. hemmer appeared very much
flurried, mil sail that so:Weida ...• been giving the
child No Ohba to make it se He readily agreed that a
surgema shenld- be sent t,r, sad Mr. AgipMeem sees Meer-
wards allemded. It appeared that when llmi modem came
home, obi woe very mask distressed, send mid, "If
I hod met gems away, garbage this would not
have " The risme odd M bee, whilst
giving sotorseekes to hoe deep grief iho the child,
dilemma! what are mown making Mat noise about ? You
dearer a good hossawkipping." When in custody the pri- '
soner said to his father-in-law OM if it had net been for
Ann's, (meaning his wife) hag assigns the neighbours
would not have known anything at all about it. Mr.
Appleton, the surgeon, found the child in • dying' state.
Having expressed his surprise to the prisoner that he had
not called assistance, he said he was alone with the child,
and it was struggling so ho could not leave the house. Mr.
Appleton ordered medicine, and called again the nest
morning. lie found the child lead. On examination he
found the right side of the head was much puffed and
swollen—the right ear, the right side of the Mad, and the
right temple had marks of contusions of a livid colour,
which he believed had been given within twelve boors.
He believed that theme contusions were caused by
direct violence, such as might be produced by •
blow ; he believed it meet probable that they
were caused by a man's Ast. He did not be-
lieve that such contusions could have been produced by
the child's felling out of bed. He mad* a post mortem an.
lamination, and found coagulated blood on the right tem-
poral muscle corresponding with the external anatedsms.
He also found a large quantity of coagulated bleed ma the
side of the right hemisphere et the
with the external contusions dtbe alliessarfl=
He did not believe these sonlinslimo happeted whilst the
child wee in a fit.

Mr.6MMniean eloquent Behan for the primmer. He
aosteneted that the cam was made yap of salaam Leta et a
panty ekenemirodsl mature. It• wwillMi that
no. lee
peeibelle than that the ehild bed fobs eat of is a it, mil led t
ear the
named. injuies which lad been

Hislonbhip lades semseol op,
The jury
oaegfuillor the phew dmurder, but found
him guilty measkteghter.
His lordship mid the primmer be had had a narrow es-
cape of bin life. TM jury bar* there to be a pomi-
bilky his met having ineiialad the Mews with the inns.
ties of eameeittimr murder, had gres him the benefit of
It. He seatimeabba to be treamened for life, hoping be
weeki repot et the erres of whir be bad as doubt been
Comma op Arrow.
Monism Lana ma Grose, Ida wit', were charged with
mew an to their mrs penises, with • 'tar to defend the
Welt of England hOONIIIIIII4IIse.
It sp=l that the phew Moldiew Las, was a car-
at Blachearee, sod the War of Milo houses
rttelliege. la re of them be veried, letting out a
Weaof the hire to • bear aimed Mary Watson.
rier et the odor sod wee occupied by •
ear mmed Minh The middle Mum was
Oa the Plat dOctober, shoat sena o'clock
in the sesala the eslaltheme Anna isalag heat
the met of Nash% Maw Oa obi Was. Imemer, eke
trees et the Me wee alesevate-4 ea/y la the mew.
The are was sees ealiegalehed. sal ea ens the roof
of die meessiploi beer, the setaltheme aireemeed • hole
in the rest Ant 111 imam k whim\ ems hessing
straw wee hum& • bad agisswtili hem
seed in mak* Ns ask, was else haat ilwe smile
power west my the we. day, esl bft the key of the bee
door, by whir mem was sahaml to the uoreopled
here, with the ledam. Alma them er four o'elaelt the
mom aftoreem the mole primmer him for the key, and
went to the rear of the primiem. $e was not mesa
afterweele, vatil the fro bed bees eztimahheL
Fran lee ablesh serest, who the are esearrea, It
wee 51Ira the wale *yeah was at the thelmeath
Ina and Wmid M }artist there that the !awe
wen as te Wm, and he hoped they would be bum&
dawn the came sigkL It seemed dm at five e'desit the
kerb prow returned, and 111 • eerie at the hems et
• seislasur. About halrmobees yemiens is the
she ateried • brie gustily of wombeg appord to the
boa The premise hal hem and
iVad ibilliehol hem !must dews. The @deem 6i Late
of robeikliog it. awl the maim seelpal by tha ....
he the eesmirim et this dime was Mat he min M.pl.
gat the hi
e. reitialing it. These hew baths hem yressi
mlim
11r. Cut aselealei that the may got up by the yeses-
mass we alleisther improbable i in the first Free, the
///41bl&ina. was • quarter of • mils away when the fire
leek sod kith, neat place, bow improbable wan it
dint bomb Omer could have got up to the ceiling
sal lighted the strew.
Er. Collier, for the female prisoner, contended that the
Maio nee 'grad her wee full of improbabilities ; than.
wee se widener te show that sat wee Malay way connected
wile the tegemiller

His Webb having enenned up, the jury returned e
mast el Nei Omer, M tbe evident mrprke of hi lord-
ship aid every poem In swot.

THE CHYME PALACE.—A ismusittes of noblemen
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ASSAULT OE A CHILD •T ITS FUMES.

&Now, Rawimowd, 3S, a brewer's (Imams, and Mary
!brownout!, hi. wife, were indicted Ise having unlaw-
ludy and violeutly assaulted, beaten, ma in treated William
llanamond. _

--Thi7p;;Mentor was a child 9 yews of up, the son of the
male defendant by • former wit% amil be gave anowers to
the questions put to him him the bee& with remarkable
shrewdness and perversity. It eggelliel ken hie evidence
that the defendants bed been in rhe habit of severely beat-
ing him, principally bemuse he had on ewe occasion stayed
out ell night through fear of kis reerhat,in-law, and be-
cause he bed gene and begged breed, wed geeteld that he
dared net pe hems hems. the bad threatened sulssig hkw
The mete t seed be beat him whit a bothers elk.ar
having en iron buckle at the end, which he were rotted his
waist, and from the cvidemo of a woman whe ant sought
the interference of the polies tar the child's protection, and
that of a police constable of the B division, it was clear that
the poor little fellow had Dena treated with excessive
cruelty. The latter stated that he was covered with black
end blue bruises from bead to foot, both his eyes were
blackened, and there appeared on his nose marks indica-
tive of his having been struck there with the iron buckle
of the strap. The officer declared be bad never before wit
mooed such a sight as the child's person presented.
The defence was that the child had been disobedient and
war ineorrieible, and that he had only been beaten by way
of correction.

The Deputy Assistant Judge having summed up,
The jury found the man Guilty of a common assault, and
Acquitted the woman.
Mr. Witham said it was the duty of parents to correct
their children in a proper manner when they went wrong,
hut it was quite clear that this poor child had been out
rageously beaten.
A police officer said, from inquiries he had made sine. the
committal of the defendants, he had found that the male
defendant's treatment of his children was cruel in the ex-
treme. He had the reputation of an idle, dissipated fellow.
The court sentenced him to two months' imprisonment.

THE POLICE COURTS.
MANSION-HOUSE.

Sophia Johnson, who appeared to be about 16 or 17 years
of age, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with
having robbed several female children.
The prisoner had been in the habit of watching the chi!.
dren of the poor hardworking people employed by some of
the wholesale houses in the City, when they have been sent
by their parents to receive the value of their labours at the
end of the week, and by some ingenious manccuvres con-
triving to possess herself of the whole amount; and in some
instances the distress arising from the robberies has been so
great as to compel application for parochial relief for the
sufferers. When the victim exercised caution, the prisoner
did not hesitate to use violence.

Sophia Butler, 13 years old, who lives with her mother,
and whose father is dead, said—On the Bth of November I
went to Messrs. Ellis, in Ludirateatreet, for whom my
mother works, and received If. 6d. in half-crowns, which
I wrapped up in a piece of paper. As I was coming akum
Cheapside, the prisoner touched me on the shoulder, and
said, " You are getting too proud to speak." When I told
her I did not know her, she said alto knewiline, and she told
me my name and my age, sod when my father died. I
consented to go with her to her aunt, who she said lived
close by, and was desirous to see me ; and after telling me
to take care of my money, as there were many thieves
about, she told me to wait for her a moment, and then she
disappeared, and I missed the money I had in my pocket
when she addreesedl me. On Saturday, as I was passing
along Jewin-street, Cripplegate, with my brother, I saw
her and told my brother, who ran up and secured her.
A younger child said the prisoner, whom she bad never
seen before, claimed acquaintance with her in the street,
just after she had received 3 shillings and teopence for •
job done by her father, from a customer. The witness had
denied that she had received any money, but the prisoner
whipped the silver out of her hand, and ran off with it.
There were other similar cases.
The prisoner said she had never set her eyes upon any
one of the children before the day they appeared before her.
She was remanded till Saturday.
GUILDHALL.

The Stewards et the " Grand Hope Benefit Society"
held at the Bell Tavern, Old Bailey, were summoned for
refusing to pay Susan Jackson the balance of 41., to which
she alleged she was entitled by the death of her husband,
who was a free member.

The defendants stated that they had by the rules of the
society buried the deceased, the expenses of which
amounted to 6J., leaving a balance of 41. due to the nest
of kin, or to whomsoever the deceased may have
appointed to receive it. In this instance the =cip-
her (complainant's husband) bad separated horn his wife,
who in his absence called at his lodgings and carried away
everything moveable in the apartments. When the
husband returned home, and discovered what had taken
' place, he became very depressed in spirits, and shortly after
his eldest child ran down stairs and gave the alarm, when
the deceased was found hanging by the neck from a nail.
At the inquest the coroner refused to allow the body of de-
ceased to be given up to the complainant, and the, after
paying the burial expenses, considered she was not Iproper
person to receive the money, and reserved it fur the benefit
of the three Andrea.

Alderman Challis said, under those circumstance., he
would dismiss tlie asusassos.
....

Complainant asked if she was to have the money ?
Alderman Challis said not a single farthing. She was a
very bad woman. Not content with causing the death of
bar husband, abs now wished to rob her children. A worse
ere had never come under his notice. He however thought
the society had not exercised • wise discretion in having
such an expensive funeral.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Mr. Josepli Tennyson. a surgeon in the royal navy, re-
siding in liroughton-place, Ileckney-road, was charged
with having attempted to stab police-constable Arnold,
N 143, while in the execution of his duty.
Tbe complainant stated that between 4 and 5 o'clock on
the preceding afternoon be was on duty in the Hackney-
read, when some information was communicated to him
respecting the violent conduct of the defendant towards his
wife, winch induced him to hasten to his surgery, on enter-
ing which he observed the lady, who was in a state of
extreme terror and agitation, standing near the defendant,
who held in his hand a long sharp-pointed knife, with
which she charged him with having threatened to stab bat.
Bhe also accused him of having endeavoured to s=
her on a previous occasion, and with having
other attempts of a similar kind, by reigns
laudanum in her food. The defendant, who vas
greatly intoxicated, had in the mean time threw
the knife upon a sideboard ; but, on hearing his wile's
statement, he declared with an oath that " he would do it
yet," and made towards her in such a threatening manner
that she run out into the street. Witness then secured the
knife, which the defendant had dropped, but the Instant he'
had done so the latter opened • box behind the counter,
from which he took out two dissecting-halves, one ol

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which he throe tato his pocket, mad `-
wpto—g-the other in
his hand, advanced to witness, and, after deaaadiaswhat
business he bad in the shop, threatened that he would in-
stantly run him through unless he delivered up the knife
he bad in his possession. Witness refused to do so, upon
which the defendant made a sudden rush at kiss and at-
tempted to stab him, but be fortunately avoided tie attack
by stepping:hastily on seaside, and, after a severodseigle,
the defendant was ultimately disarmed and lira sato
custody.
In answer to the dry. Ns. Vann, who aelloold he the I
defeat",
_said that in esaampossee of the ardaese mature of
his preermiesol dodos Or several days p ass defendant
had bola named to auk a state of that be was
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sash a Moises effect wpm hlsa • ved him
d aill soatrol over his asikaw, and anal sot ia a
=saes whisk he new deeply regretted' bat with raped
le his alleged illissatnise of his wife, he was towns's&
OA such a Amp was wholly without foundation,.
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fat she had no amapiaint whatever to prefer against S.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said, that it wea:a very.paintialcase, but afar
Oa widows et the onotable be had ao alswastivs bat ea
saw rho dolmans to had subsamilal kaY is be easwesahle
&fhb lead behavior's he the sin thole meas.
Tlia required sureties were imagist* prosared, old
Ow Oelbodant was liberated.

THE GREAT BRITAIN'S RUN TO HOLTHEAD.—We
yesterday noticed the departure from Liverpool of this
amble stem chip Wa her trial trip. We have since been
tarnished with 4s lh of her run is far es Holyrsd. The
unless walked bewstifally, and the trip, so fax, was in
every way wiskilessery. At 12 o'clock she left the Bandon-
dock, and la 43 minutes passed the Crosby Light-ship, en-
gines going 18 revolutions. The Admiral, Havre steamer,
which left at the same time, a quarter of • mile astern,
12.46, with topsail let, passed the Hormby Light-ship,
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11 knots, engines making 211 revolutions. At 1.10
the Bell Buoy, about 13 miles from the Hawlea-deek, the
Admiral half-a-mile astern. At 2.30 was abreast of Ithyl
stepped the engines for heated bearings. At 2.66 tweed
rhaull 3.17 Great Ormeshead, 8.8:W. 6 mils.; 6.20
wWM the Bkerries, the Admiral inside:abveset, wind
M., we sell set. At 8 p.m. at Holyhead, and exchanged
signet with the R.M.8.8. Africa. /thwart the company
on bawd were Mr. Penn, the maker of the engines; Mr.
Hams, Landon ; Mr. Smith, the originator of the
screw propeller; Mr. Paterson, of Bristol, the builder of
the vessel; Captain Claxton, R.N. ; Captain Kthado, of
the Spanish service; Captain Bibby; Mr. 8. Bright; sad
Mr. T. Bright.

UNPLELIANT INTERRUPTION OF A Saamox.—At
Worms, on the evening of the 14th instant, as Father Div
was preaching in the cathedral at Worms, and was setting
forth the proof. of the divinity of Christ, ashot etrach ow of
the decors of the church. Thom of the who
sat near the entrance ran out, but the father
all to tranqsillity and devout attention, the incident war
allowed t, pier Nothing is known of the author of this
interruption.

JOE MILLEL—Tbs rondos of this
inpatriareh of
puns and jokes, Wane josseably resting the burial-
ground in Portagalilmwt, will sew be disturbed to sake
way for the new hisildip of King's College Hospital.
Surely " Old Joe" Nibs set to be carted away, sad shut
es rabbish. amp pleb memorial of him night moon be
mind if est appeal woe mode se the public, and if envy
ow obese ssomisolle told him he had ever boot todebeed
to Miller wadi sobearibe sal, a peas to the ssamorisi
fund the rorslite Om would ass is Nan end
tim.