The Press.
London, England, 1853-08-20 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

Bath family were present in Gloucester to show that
they had never heard of such a person at Longleat,
or in connection with their house, as the plaintiff; and
the governor of Uchester gaol was prepared to iden-
tify him as the man who had so narrowly escaped the
gallows for horsestealing. The untoward result of
the trial will be a source of great mortification to
numerous persons at Clifton and Bristol, who had
been freely trusting the self-styled baronet with a
handsomely-furnished house and abundant supplies
of creature comforts. It is reported that four keen
Israelitish gentlemen in London have advanced
I,OOW. each upon the claimant undertaking, when
his estates came into hand, to pay them severally
that amount per annum.

EDOUARD R&YNAVD, the French tailor, charged
with conspiring to assassinate Louis Napoleon, and
with unlawfully soliciting the Prince de Joinville to
concur in that conspiracy, was tried at the Central
Criminal Court on Wednesday. The charge was
confessed by the counsel for the prosecution to be
singular in nature and not very easy to bring within
the range of the English law. It was founded on
two letters received by the Prince some time since,
and of which there was sufficient proof that the pri-
soner was the writer. Their contents were published
at length in the reports of proceedings before the
magistrates. In them the prisoner professed much
devotion to the Orleans family, and a deep hatred
against the present Emperor, founded both on their
wrongs and his own. He declared himself on the
point of starting for France, where he darkly hinted
his intention of "doing something to change the
tiovernment," but asked for pecuniary assistance
towards his journey. The tenor of these letters, it
was contended, amounted to a misdemeanour in the
eye of the law, as being designed to " compass the
death of a foreign sovereign at amity with this
country." The prisoner's counsel pooh-poohed the
charge. The letters, he said, were but a silly artifice to
extort a little money from the Prince de Joinville ; and
it was ridiculous to suppose that such a wretched
creature could entertain serious intentions of assas-
sinating the Emperor of France and revolutionising
Europe. The jury coincided in this view of the case,
and pronounced a verdict of acquittal.
MANY PUBLICANS have been 'victimised by a gang
of fellows who walk into their houses and commence
a series of talk and dodging which they close by de-
manding change for money which they never laid
down. Two members of this gang, Cooper and
Hewett, were committed for trial at the Mansion
house, on Tuesday, after a display of cool impudence
which even the metropolitan police courts rarely
witness :

The barmaid of one of the complainants said, in answer to a
question from Cooper, " I am sure you are the luau."
Cooper: Why, you would swear I was the man if you saw my
head upon another man's body. My lord, we know the value of
the evidence of people of this kind. sow, I never was in the
fellow's house in any life, and I never see this here gentleman
(Hewett) iu all any life before I see him in this here dock.
(Laughter.)
The Lonn MAYOR: Oh, you did not! Let some of the officers
who apprehended the prisoners stand up.
The policeman who took the prisoner Cooper into custody:
My lord, Hewett walked along with Cooper as Cooper and I were
coining to the Mansion-house &mu the station-house, and they
were talking together all the times
Cooper: You don't say so!
Policeman: I do; and Hewett lent you his short pipe as we
walked along, and I took it out of youa mouth.
Hewett: There's nothing too hot or too heavy for these here
officers to swallow. Why, you know I never seed you before
(to Cooper).
Cooper: At any rate, I never seed you, and no mistake.
(Laughter.)
The Barmaid: That prisoner (pointing to Hewett) had a smock-
frock on when he came into the house, and he pretended to be
drunk. _ _

Hewett: There's more of it. I never had a smock-frock over
my carcass ; and I declare 1 never was the least in Wilier.
'Me LOUD MAYOR: Several witnesses havo sworn that you had
a smock-hock on.
liewett: To be mire they have. You could get plenty to swear
that I was born with a smock-frock on. (Laughter.) Swear the
next officer, and I'm blowed if he won't tell you I bad two on, if
you wish him.
The Loup Mayon: It is my intention to commit you both.
Do you wish to say anything?
Cooper: No; I should think not. Show me the use of it.
You'd believe these people as has been swearing black was white.
I don't know what this gentleman (Hewett) may have to say,
'cause I never seed him afore with my blessed eyes.
Hewett: No; I have just as bad an opinion of the lot as you
have. I an't got nothing to say till I gets afore a real justice.
The Loan MAYOR: Well, i hope you will meet with real
justice.
Cooper: Ay ; I hope so, for 1 am blessed if we can get the
thing here.

DAMAGES !OR SLANDER were demanded by a mil-
liner of Manchester named Wild from one Hobson, a
shopman and traveller for Mr. Dunn, draper, of New-
castle-on-Tyne. When about to visit Manchester last
Christmas, defendant was told by his master to col-
lect an account of 50/. due from a Miss Wild, adding
for his information that tie debtor was a slippery cha-
racter, who would deny her identity, and had been in
gaol for forgery. Defendant went unfortunately to
the wrong party, calling upon the plaintiff, because
her name was Wild, for an account of which she
knew nothing. Upon her repudiating the debt,
however, he proceeded to use the information given
him by his employer, and shaped it into expressions
which the plaintiff contended were slanderous and
likely to damage her seriously in credit and character.

SATURDAY,

An apology had, it appeared, been offered both by
the defendant and Mr. Dunn when the mistake was
discovered. At Liverpool, on the Northern Circuit,
the case was tried on Monday, and a jury gave 1001.
damages for the slander.
THE SALFORD UNION has been robbed to a con-
siderable extent by Barlow, a relieving officer. His
duty was to disburse the union relief-money to the
several paupers, duly entering every payment in a
book which was periodically checked by the board of
guardians. In this book he seems to have entered
names of parties who never claimed relief, or who
were actually dead, and, a discovery being made, he
was tried at the Liverpool Assizes for embezzling
certain moneys, the property of his masters the
guardians. His salary had been 100!. a year. He
was found Guilty, but sentence deferred in order to
dispose of a technical plea raised in his favour, on
the point that the money, which came into his hands
in slump and by a cheque, could not be " embezzled"
in a criminal sense by the misappropriation of certain
portions of it.
THE ALLEGED BRIBERY CASES AT DERBY have been
made the subject of au indictment which was pre-
sented at the Central Criminal Court, and a true bill
found on Wednesday against Major Wm. Beresford,
M.P., George Henry Richardson Cox, Wm. Thomas
Cox, John Huish, Alfred Ackerman, John Clark,
Christopher Hibburt, John Calow, John Savage,
Thomas Morgan, and Thomas Lund. The indict.
ment is very lcng and special, and charges the de-
fendants with having conspired to bribe the electors
of Derby, and to carry the election by illegal and un-
constitutional means. On Thursday the defendants
entered into the usual recognisances to answer the
charge at the next sessions of that court. Mr. E.
James, Q.C., Mr. Ballantine, and Mr. Hawkins are
already retained for the prosecution ; Sir F. Thesiger,
Mr. Bodkin, and several other learned counsel, will
appear for the defendants.
A PRISONER FOR DEBT, who had been thirty-six
years in custody, applied at Judges' Chambers for
release, pleading that his detention was illegal, and
that he had been wrongfully kept in prison for the
last twenty years. His original place of incarcera-
tion was Montgomery Gaol, where he was confined
in 1817, and had since resided in the Fleet and
Queen's Bench. He now urged Various technical
pleas to show that he had become entitled to his
discharge when the prison in Wales was closed,
nearly twenty years ago. The officer of the Queen's
Prison produced a long roll of parchment, containing
the various writs and commitments that had been
issued against the prisoner from the beginning.
After examining them, Mr. Justice Williams decided
that the detention was perfectly regular, and the
prisoner must apply to the Insolvent Court for
release.
AN INNOCENT "STRIKE'S" MAN, named Reynolds,
applied at Marlborough-street Police Office for
relief ►:nd advice on Monday. He had been em••
ployed at the West India Docks, but was now
deprived of employment, and yet refused relief by
the parish overseer, on the ground that he had joined
in the strike

Mr. HARDWICK : And why did you strike ?
Reynolds: 1 was obliged to do so. 1 did not want to strike.
I got pretty good wages for my work, and would have kept at
work if it had not been for the Irish labourers. The Irish
labourers came round in a body and half murdered any one that
would not join the strike. I did not want to have my bead
smashed or to be half-kicked to death, by refusing to join, as I
knew the law gave me no protection, or what was the same as
no protection, for what satisfaction would it have been to ine, if
crippled, to learn that somebody had been tined • few shillings
for injuring me ? When the strike was over 1 went back to the
docks to get work again, but everything was slack, and there was
no work for at least half of us. The dock people had got all the
hands they could to do our work while on the strike, and when
we got back there was nothing to do. I stood at the chain wait-
ing ever since Thursday for a turn. I could not get on, and as
my wife is sick and starving, and so ant 1, we tried the parish.
but could get nothing.
Mr. fannwicx, believing there was some truth in the appli-
eant's statement, ordered him 2s. from the poor•bor.

THE ROBBERY Or Gow Dun.' amounting to more
than 2,0001. value, from the ship Lady Flora, has al •
ready resulted in the conviction of one culprit, who is
sentenced to transportation, and on Monday formed a
charge against two alleged accomplices, men named
Blanchett and Simpson, at the Clerkenwell Court.
John Gore, the convicted man, was brought in cus-
tody from Liverpool to give evidence, and recited
curious history of the life on board an emigrant-ship
returning from Australia

Witness was second mate of the fatty Flora. from Melbourne
to Rio. The prisoners were passengers on board. Gambling
was carried on among the passengers and crew to a great extent,
and a good deal of money was lost and won. Simpson lost his
money. Ho (Simpson) had a conversation with witness, when
the gambling was at its height, and while he (witness) was on
deck on the night watch. On that night he bad lost 201. with
Simpson at gambling. Simpson said he had been an old smug-
gler, and to make up the loss they had sustained there was plenty
of gold below, and they could easily get all the gold-dust, and
there would be little difficulty in taking possession of the ship.
He then suggested that they should have a third party, and
that a passenger named Aaron Crakuw should be in it, as he
(Crakow) was a " tly kid," aman of the world, and they could not
do well without him in the matter. Witness was introduced by
Simpson to Cralow, who said, " You know where the gold-dust is
Mowed." and proposed to have a look at it; and Simpson, cra-
kow, and witness went down to Crakow's cabin, and the next day
they were to examine the gold-room before they got to Rio. Cra-
kow and Blauchett slept Just alma the gold-dust roust, from

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Which them was an easy communication, Witness then detailed
the method by which they stole the gold-dust. They found three
bags of gold-dust. illanehett gave him one of the bags, and the
two others were left iu Cralow's chest. lilauchett said he had
1501. He sold it at 3/. an oz. Simpson said he had got 701., mid
witness got 601. lie was to have 140/. when he arrived iu
England.
The case occupied Mr. Corrie nearly two days in ex-
amination, when he ordered Simpson to put in bail
for his appearance, and remanded Blanchett for exa-
mination on a future day, when it was stud further
and stronger evidence would be brought forward
against them.