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39 subs.

Lord Clifden's Alembic _ (F. Butler) 1
Lord Derby's Sortie
Mr. W. Etwall's Andover 3
The following also ran :—Eccleston, Stonehenge, Boer,
Bealbac, and b c by Van Tromp, out of Reel.
Betting: 5 to 4 on Andover, 3 to 1 against Sortie, 6 to 1
against Boer, $ to 1 each against Alembic and Baa'bee, 10
to 1 against Reel colt. Won cleverly.
THE CIKATWICKE STAKES of 100 sous. each, for three-
year-olds. 34 subs.
Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourne (Rogers) 1
Lord Derby's Umbriel
Duke of Richmond's Pharos
Betting: 5 to 2 and 3 to 1 on Sittingbourne, who made
all the running, and won, hard held, by two lengths.

MATCH : 50, h ft. TN C.
Lord H. G. Lennox's Whittington ( Flatman ) 1
Mr. llorrien's Game Pullet 2
Betting : 2 to 1 on Whittington, who made all the run-
ning, and woa easily by two lengths.
THE LAVANT STAKES of 50 soya. each, for two-year-olds.
Mr. C Vickers's Hay Celia (A. Bay) 1
Captain 1) Lane's Epaminondas
Lord Exeter's Amos
Betting: 6to 4 against Bay Celia, 5 to 1 against any
other. A fine race with the three ended in favour of Bay
Celia by a head. A dead heat for second place.
SWEEPSTAKES of 300 soya. each, for four-year-olds.
Lord Exeter's ilex
Lord Clifden's Sackbut
General Anson's Greyleg
Betting :2to 1 on llex, to 1 against Sackbut, 6to I
against Ureyleg. Won by a length.

WEDNESDAY.
SWEEPSTAKE% of 34K) NOV'S. for fillies.
General Anson's Mayfair..... (F. Butler) I
Mr. tireville's Exhibition
Lord Exeter's Mrs. Nutting 3
Mr. Powney's Amazon 4
Betting: 5t02 on Mayfair. At the stand Exhibition
took the lead, but in the last three or four strides lost it to
Mayfair, who rushed in and won by half a length.

HANDICAP PLATE Of 501.
Lord Clifdon's Cheddar (Sly) I
Mr. Jordan's Jeaxamine 2
UOODWOOD STAKES Of 25 WWII. each. 105 subs.

Mr. Greville's Adine (Elliman) 1
Mr. T. Parr's Trifle 2
Duke of Richmond's Antigone 3
The following also ran :—Haricot, Kingston, Buckthorn,
Gossamer. Joe `filler, Retail, Waterfall, Atxlallali, Windex,
Lambton, Hobby Horse, Ireland's Eye, The Kafilr, na.
b. c. by The Emperor—eoral.

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Betting at starting: 7 to 4 against Hobby Hcrse, 3 to 1
against Joe Miller, 12 to 1 each against Haricot, %Index,
an.l Kingston, 13 to 1 amtinst Tride, 11 to 1 against Re-
tail, 14 to 1 against Aline. u► to 1 each against Ireland's
Eye and Alslal:rl►.
At the stand Aline took possession of the lead, which
she maintained without difficulty, and won by two
lengths. the second beating the third by a length ; Joe
Miller was fifth, \lndex and Hobby Horse sixth 11111
seventh.
Sw►:r:rsra►t:s of 300 says. each for colts.
Mr. Howard's Eulogist (A. !lay) l
Lord Eglinton's Vauderdecken
Lord Exeter's (About
Betting: 3 to 1 on t'obuut. Won cleverly zy half a
length.
STEWARDS' CUP of 300 so s., added to a Sweepstakes of 5
sovs. each. 55 subs.

Lord Derby** Longbow (F. Butler) 1
Mr. Drinkald'a Nabob
General Auson'a Nerva 3
The following also ran :—Knight of the Shire, Petits',
Redmond O'Hanlon, Esaet, Phamld, The Deformed. Clw
verhouse, Snowdon Dunhill, Michaelmas Maid, Mr. Sykes,
Octavia, The Black Swan, Old Rowley, Puritan. Beverlae,
SL Faith. dullien, Surprise, llycatclu•r, Young Norval,
Hybla, Allington, Anne Page, Apostate, Ernestine, and
Cyrus.
Betting: 4 to I against Pelion, 5 to I against Longbow,
6 to 1 against St. Faith, N to 1 each against The
Deformed and Nabob, 10 to 1 each against Oetavia and
Netts.
Longbow, lying about fourth or fifth until close at the
stand, then came out, followed by Nabob, sho made a
good effort, but failed, and was eventually beaten by two
lengths.
FIRST YEAR OF THE (NEAT NORTH AND SOUTH Dv
ERMAN!) BIENNIAL STAKES of 10 stns. each, with WO

added, for foals of 18.11. 174 subs.
Mr. Knowles 's Minya++ (11ashanil 1
General AIMOD'S Scythian
Mr Thellusson's King Toni
An interesting ra<'e• in with the thr►e ended in favour of
Martlas by thr►e•quarters of a length, a head only between
second and third.

SWEEPSTAKES of 10 Rom each, the winner to be sold for
311() SOVS.

Mr. Howard's VanKress
Mr. Magennis'a Maidstone '2
Lord Exeter's Itazlenut 3
Eight ran. Vaultress made all the running, and won
easily.

TilunsHAy.

PRODUCE MATCH of 6:1 Isom each, for two-year-old colts.
Mr. Dorrien's Empress Catherine (Kitchener) I
Lord H. li. Lenuox's Whittington
Betting : 7to 4 on► Whittington. The Empress won by
a short head.

SWEEPSTAKES of 100 NOM each, for three-year-olds.
Mr. J. Powney's Cineas ( Mann)) L
Lord Exeter's ('obnut
Betting: 5 n) I on Cinema, who won by twenty lengths.
THE RACINO STAKES of 5) SoVS. l'ach, fur three-year.olds.
Mr. H. U. Sturt's Unicelles (Rogers) I
Lord Derby's Umbriel
Betting: Even on Umbriel, S to 1 against Lancelies.
Five run.

FIRST YEAR 4W THE THIRD lIENTINCK MEMORIAL STAKES,
fur two-year-olds. 61 subs.
Mr. It. K Ctxmer's Autocrat
Lord Derby's Dervish ....
Lord Exeter's Dandelion 3
Betting : 6 to b on Autocrat, 5 to 4 against Dervish.
Autocrat made all the running.
Tim Goolowooo Cue, value 3(N) sovs., the rest in specie,
by subscription of 24) soya. each, with 1(N) added. 30

subs.
M. Lupin's Jouvenee (bred in France) (T. Sherwood) 1
M A umont's Hervine (bred in }'nuke)
Mr. Morris's Kingston
Mr. Greville's Muscovite
The following also ran :—Weathergage, Knight of the
Shire, Ambrose, Massa Mungo, Now or Never, Exact, Da-
Laniton, Rattle, Zephyr, Peggy.
Betting at starting: 7 to 4 against Muscovite, 4 to I
against Peggy, DI to 1 against Jouvence, 12 to 1 against.
Kingston, 211 to I against Weathergage. Only the first
two were bucked for money. Jouvenee won easily by two
lengths.
SECOND YEAR OF THE SEvOND SENTINCK MEMORIAL STAMEN

of 10 ROW earn, for thaw-year-olds. :Ni subs.
Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourne
THIRD YRAIt MT THE FIIOIT HENTINCK 11, STAKEn
Of 111 eovs. each, for fuar•year•olds. 70 Nubs.
Lord Clifden'e Poodle
Duke of Richmond's If athinger
Mr. Bowes's Daniel O'Rourke
Mr. Merry's Hobble Noble
Betting : Even on I taniel O'Rourke, 2to I against Poodle.
Daniel did not pass the post, and Hobble pulled up at the
distance and walked in.

SWEEPSTAKE% of AO nova. each, for two•year•olds.
Lord Elmter's Colonic ( Norman )

Mr. Wauchope's Catherine Hayes
THE MOLECOMb STAKES of 51) Nova. each, for two•year•olds.
Mr. Padwick's Andover (A. Day) 1
Mr. W. Cook's Mincemeat
Betting : Even on Andover, who won very cleverly by a
length and a half.

THE I►Caa OF RICHMOND'S PLAT,: (handicap) of 100 SOUL
Mr. Robinson's The Black Swau .. (S Steggles)
Mr. O. Munm's Corybantes
The following also ran :—Enlogist, Abdoßah, Ticton,
Octavio, Grapeshot, Mr. Sykes, Convulsion. St. Faith,
Jullien, Phrygia, Prevention, hider, Lads Cot'
vott,e, Siuldhunst.

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Betting : t to I against hider, 1 to I against Octavio'.
6to I against Lady Alannuet, 111 to I each against Cory-
banter, l'hrygia. Abdallah, and Clio, 11 to 1 against the
Black Swan. BO to 6 against Pnvcntion. Black Swan
won cleverly by a neck.
SwEEPSTAKES of '2OO soya. each, for two•year•ulds.
Isird I /erby's Sortie
Mr. Greville's Duriudana .l
Betting : i to 1 on Sortie, 7 to I against
Wtill
THE A%ui.►:r.: PLATE ( haildiCap ) of MI. Gentlemen
riders.

t'aptain I.ane's Agis ( Owner) 1
Captain Little na. Lady Isabel (t'apt. I.itt le ) '2
Mr. home Day's Wat 4 (fall ( Mr. ltoberts) a
Tin, SirssEl STAKENI Of 2:0 rove. each, for two.yesr.olds.
\lr. Knowles's Ludwig (ltiudituu) 1
Mr. Inn-iot's Telegraph 0
Betting :toto 1 ou Ludwig. Won by twenty lengths.

The subject for this year's thionwoon (lir is taken
from the history of our first wars with F►ance, and repro•
gents th:• incident in which originated the escutelleou and
motto of the Prince of Wales. At the battle of Cressy the
old King of Bohemia, who was blind, upon heating that
the Freneh had lost the day ordered his home to be tied
to the horses of two French knights, and then threw him-
self into the midst of the English army, wlt•ie ho was
killed. It is said that the Meek Wince took the feathers
out of the helmet of the king, anti that the Prince of
Wales's escutcheon then first contained the three feathers
and the motto, " leh I►ien." The group consists of three
figures, that of the King of Bohemia anti the two knights.
The aged and blind king is in the venire, mounted, wearing
in his helmet the plume now known as the Prince of
Wales's feathers. The two knights an• preparing to mount
their horses to fulfil his re•eluest. The group is designed
and modelled by Baron Mans•hetti, manuftiettired in saver
by Mr. Ilimeock, of itnitowstreot.

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Timm TimesAso Pouttos were awarded RS da.
mattes for breach of a promise of marriage to Miss
Tweddle, after an action tried on Matuttday last at.
York. The young lady was the daughter of a re
spectable farmer in Cumberland, and the defendant
was Mr. John Ranishay, steward to the Karl of Car.
lisle, under whom he also holds a fans of 1,400 acres,
and was stated to possess an income of I,OINIL or
;SAM per annum. A union between the parties
was arranged as long since as after a prolonged
acquaintance, and the intention to carry it into effect
frequently announced by the defendant during
many subsequent months to their mutual friends.
Its fulfilment. was, however, postponed under
various pretexts, and at. length Mr. Hamsbay, after
growing gradually colder, discontinued his visits
altogether. Being called upon for an explanation, he
wrote a letter, " pleading previous occurrences which
hung over his head" as the cause that compelled
him to abandon his intention with regard to the
plaintiff. These "occurrences" were understood to
refer to a 'manila, given to another lady before be.
coming attached to Miss Tweddle. In the end the
defendant kept word with neither, having since pro-
mised and really married a third lady. Dantagea
were laid at 5,0001., of which, after a brief consulta-
tion, the jury gave the plaintiff 3,000/.
ANOTHER BREACH Or 1)14011114E CASK was tried on
the same day at the same assizes. The parties in
this action were in rather humbler circumstances,
the plaintiff being a milliner, residing with her father,
who was an ironfounder at Bradford, and the de-
fendant. an elderly man, retired from business, in
which he was reported to have realised a good deal
of money. There had been a long acquaintance
between the defendant, whose name was Toad, and
the plaintiff's family, among whom he visited on
terms of much intimacy. This led finally to an un
derstood arrangement that he was to marry the
plaintiff, but, after robbing her of her virtue, the
defendant declared oft', and by his counsel at the
trial ridiculed the idea of having given any promise
of the sort, as being founded on words merely spoken
in jest. The jury considered the jest a sufficiently
serious one to warrant their assessing it, in the
damages they awarded to the plaintiff, at a value of
4001.
THE CASK AND ESTATIC or BICHARO DUNN, bar-
rister, so well known some years since as the perse-
cutor of Miss Burdett Coutts, occupied the attention
of Commissioner Law, at the Insolvent Court, during
nearly the whole of Saturday and Wednesday last,
the inquiry standing again adjourned until this day.
The !whelps' item in the insolvents schedule con-
sisted in a sum of 100,0110/., which, with large arrears
of interest, he claimed from Miss Coutts. In sup-
port of this claim he produced on Saturday a hill of
exchange, drawn for that amount by himself, on the
bank in the Strand; and as his warrant for so doing
showed a letter containing some doggrel verses.
These rhymes, though evidently designed as a hoax,
Mr. Dunn had repeatedly adduced as authentic evi-
dence in different examinations before courts of civil

and criminal jurkiliction ; and, notwithstanding many
decisions to th contrary, still seemed to rely upon
them as un:'..)tibteclly autographical, and as eased-

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tuting at once his justification for much singular
conduct, and his title to a very respectable amount of
property. As the actual character of these docu-
ments depended upon the testimony of Miss Burdett
Coutts, and as the insolvent insisted on having the
personal evidence of that lady, the case was adjourned
to Wednesday, when, although the customary for-
mality of a subpoena had been omitted, Miss Coutts
was in attendance, accompanied by Mr. Marjoribanks,
a partner in the bank, the Earl of Harrowby, and
Lord Charles Wellesley. A long and rambling exa-
mination was then commenced by the insolvent,
whose object, if his mind can be considered suet.
ciently sane to have one, seemed merely to be the
annoyance and mortification of his victim :
Miss Coutts,beingexaminell by the ineolvent, said she remem-
bered ruing to Harrogate in pol, preirionst to which she had
received two letters signed " Richard Dunn," which she took no
notice of, as she did nut know the writer. When at Harrogate
she scut fur Mr. Marjoribanks to come down to release her from
the annoyance she endured from the insolveet, who took up his
lodgings at the same hotel, and when she quitted that place and
went into private lodgings he was so annoying that the house
door was obliged to he kept barred. She also appealed to the
Rey. Mr. Rhodes, a magistrate, and the insolvent was taken Into
custody upon her complaint. and committed. She had never seen
the insolvent until she saw him at Harrogate. After he was
committed to prison for animal& at the petty sessions she came
to London but immediately after hi. release his annoyance re-
commenced, and she was obliged to keep a policeman constantly
in the house for a considerable time. She could not go to any pub-
he place for divine worship, but was obliged to attend a private
chapel in the vicinity of the house, and even there she heard the
insolvent bad attempted to enter, but was prevented by the inter-
ference of the clergyman. She had never written a lettter to the
insolvent in her life, but had received many letters from him,
most of which, after she was acquainted with his handwriting, she
forwarded unread to her attorney.
The alleged authority to draw upon Coutts' bank for an indeft-
nite amount was placed in Miss Otiutts' hands, but she denied
all knowledge of it.
The insolvent then read a her of letters written by him to
the witness, in which he alluded to other letters received by him,
which he believed to be in the handwriting of Miss Coutts, and
stated that he had acted bond Me upon a belief of the genuine-
ness of those which he had received.
Mr. Marjorihankis said the insolvent called upon him at the
bank in 15411, and showed the alleged authority of Miss Coutte to
draw upon the bank in her name. He said it was not that lady's
writing, and called in a clerk, who continued the statement. In-
solvent called afterwards with a bill of exchange tilled up fur
100.0001. and saw Sir E. Antrobust Witness joined them, and
told insolvent that he had no chance of getting payment, and re-
quested him to leave the place as goon as possible.
Mr. Dunn appended to these examinations divers re-
marks, c ,ntending that his own conduct throughout
was fair and gentlemanly, that he had acted under
the impression of the perfect authenticity both of the
verses and other letters, and that he was himself the
most injured party, having had his professional pros-
pects ruined and his character impugned, and having
been obliged to appear once before the Court of
Bankruptcy, besides enduring on the whole several
years' imprisonment. The case at six o'clock was
again postponed.
A SERlor Cit knits OF AssAl'l.T, whereon was founded
a claim for 500/. damages from a clergyman of the
Church of England, was tried on Saturday last at the
Exeter Assizes. The plaintiff in the case was Mr.
William Creed, a gentleman residing at Abbots-
kerswell, in Devonshire, and the defendant the Rev.
George Ingram Fisher, vicar of that parish, who, as
was stated by the plaintiff's counsel and witnesses,
being a " high churchman," was very unpopular
among a considerable section of his parishioners :
The plaintiff was an active teacher in the parish sundaY school,
and exerted himself zealously in the educe!' al work of the
neighbourhood. The defendant, however, made seine objections
to the teaching in the school, and a quarrel ensued between the
parties. Plaintiff, on his side, disapproved of the innovations in
the church, and on one ecestaion walked out when public baptism
walls being administered in the middle of divine service. Mr.
Creed hail afterwards mime conversation with the vicar on the
subject, who accused hint of " being no churchman," to which
that gentleman replied that he held the same views as the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury. Mr. Fisher then said " the Archbishop of
Canterbury is 1111 chureltman." Mr. Creed said, "Do yon mean
to tell me that the strelthishop of your plm+ is no churl-intim?"
Mr. Fisher thereupon shook his stick menacingly at Mr. Creed.
Subsequently there was a dispute about a tithe apportionment
map which Sir. Creed's brother kept. The reverend gentleman
wanted to get. this map into his possession. and, although two.
thirds of the parishioners signed a memorial against it. the
defendant, in his applieation to quarter mntions, stated that its
removal was prayed for by the general voiee of the parish. The
plaintiff thereupon wrote a letter to defendent, telling him that
' he felt called on in the strongest terms to reprobate so gross a
!Misrepresentation. an it was calculated to deceive the court, to
defeat the ends of justice, and to thwart the almost unanimous
wish of all interested in the matter." To this letter the defendant
did not reply: and 1111 the 24th of February the plaintiff met him,
and asked hint if he had received his letter which he did not
deism to answer. The plaintiff said, "If you do not answer it. I
will nuke public your statements in court." Defendant replied,
" You will say I ant a liar, I suppose?" Plaintiff tattd. 'lln-
questionebly l AWL without you give me some explenation."
The defendant made no answer, but struek the plaintiff a violent
blow with a stick, which stunned hint. He felt himself reeling,
and grasped a tree. When conecimumess returned, defendant
was standing besitie him, striking at his head with a portion of
the stick. After the defendant had broken his stick about the
plaintiff. he struck him violently with his lists, and then took hint
by the collar. dragged hint off the tree, and struck him in the
side as a finishing blow. The plaintiff did not strike the de-
fendant again. He suffered hin his head, and a surgeon
attended hint for a week afterwards. The counsel for the
defendant repressed his regret that his client should have
allowed Isis temper to get the mastery of his remain ; but con-
tended that the conduct of the plaintiff had been irritating, and
that much provocation lied been given. The jury deliberated for
half an hour, sod then gave a verdict for the plaintiff—damages,
300/.
SOME EXTF.SSIYE EissEzzi.v.mvsys had been com-
mitted on the Great Northern Railway Company by
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employed in the " coal department," and his duty
comprised the collection of money due from cus-
tomers for coals sent out. Three several cases, in
which the prisoner had converted to his own use
sums of 221., 271., and 301., thus collected on behalf
of the company, were charged and proved against
him on his trial at the Middlesex Sessions on Monday.
Defalcations of similar nature, and to a far larger
amount, were at the same time stated to have been
discovered, although legal proof was offered only of
the selected instances of misdoing. By way of defence
the prisoner gave in a written paper, in which he at
once confessed and extenuated his crime, to the fol-
lowing effect.:—
" I acknowledge with sorrow the charges brought against me,
but I humbly beg the merciful consideration of the court for the
following reasons:—l formerly for many years carried on a re-
spectable business as a wine-merchant in trutched-friars, Lon-
don. About eight years since I had the misfortune to become
bankrupt, but 1 obtained my certificate. I was unable to procure
a situation, and was out of employment fur a great length of time.
1 had a wife and six children to support, and I unavoidably con-
tracted many debts to procure them subsistence. About two
years since I was engaged as clerk in the coal department of the
company (G.N.IL) at a salary of lOW. per annum—a sum quite
inadequate to pay house-rent and taxes, to maintain myself, my
wife, anti six children—to educate the latter, and to present such
a respectable appearance as became a clerk of the company. So
soon as I obtained this situation my creditors became very
mo im-
portunate, and I was tempted, and dist appropriate thismoney
towards liquidating their demands. This crime I sincerely de-
lore. In consequence of my exertions my salary
last
for the
three months increased to MB. per annum, and I solemnly
assure the court that my intention was to replace any deficiency
out of my increased income. I have endeavoured in every way
(except in this instance) to promote the interests of the company,
and have brought by my personal exertions many hundreds of
po Is into itstreassury. The anguish of my mind occasioned
by my remoras has deprived me of reason, so that I was not fit
to be tried at the last sessions. I humbly beseech the court, for
the sake of my wife and my six innocent children, to extend its
mercy towards me , and to suffer me, at its own pleasure, to en-
deavour to regain my lost position in society. I have many
friends who have promised to attend to bear testimony to my
former good character."
The prosecutors' counsel, however, showed that
some of the prisoner's frauds had been committed
subsequently to the increase of his salary. The
court, therefore, treated the offence as not only
serious in character, but as testifying to much
ingratitude on the part of the offender, who was con-
sequently sentenced to two years' imprisonment with
hard labour.
ABOUT THE USUAL NUMBER OF INSTANCES have
occurred during the week in which men have ap-
peared at various police-courts charged with acts of
violence and brutality towards their wives. As a spe-
cimen of the class, the following case, heard at Wor-
ship-street Office on Monday, must suffice for the

present:—
James Burton, working jeweller, living in Wslbrook-place,
Hoxton,was accused of having cruelly ill-treated and threatened
the life of his wife.
On presenting herself in the witness-box, the complainant,
whose eyes were shockingly blackened and swollen, and her face
terribly disfigured, made an earnest appeal to the magistrate
that she might bepermitted to abandon the charge, and, on being
peremptorily required to disclose the facts of the case, gave her
evidence with the greatest reluctance and hesitation, and exhi-
hited throughout a manifest disposition to shield the prisoner
front the consequences of his brutal conduct towards her. It was
at length elicited that for a long time past the prisoner had been
in the habit of returning home every Saturday night in a state
of intoxication, on which occasions he constantly subjected her
to the most harsh and cruel treatment. About two o'clock on the
preceding morning he cause home in his usual drunken condition,
Mad on requesting him to furnish her with a portion of his wages
for the purchase of food and other necessaries, he instantly
knocked her down, and continued beating her about the head and
different parts of her person until a policeman made his ap-
pearance and took him into custody. The complainant added
that, notwithstanding his violent conduct towards her, he was a
good husband in his sober moments, and she trusted the magis-
trate would deal leniently with him, as she Billy believed it was
only in consequence of her own aggravating language that he at-
tacked her in this instance.
The policeman said that, having been attracted by loud cries
of "Murder!" to the house, on forcing open the door he found the
prisoner brutally beating his wife, who was leaning against the
wall in a state of exhaustion, with the blood streaming down her
face. The imminent he presented himself at the door, the prisoner
exclaimed, " Oh. you've got a policeman, have you? Then take
that !•• and instantly struck her down by a heavy blow under the
ear. Having been captured after much resistance, and while on
his way to the station-house, the prisoner assailed his wife with
threats and imprecations, and declared that he would murder
her outright as soon as he was released from custody.
and sen-
Mr d
}lmmix', considered it a very aggravated case,
tence the prisoner to Mx months in L
ards }
his
of
for anotheCorrection,
and to find ball to keep the peace towards his wife r
six months.
THREE. FEMALE " FENCES" of notorious character,
named Esther Tye, her daughter Ann, and Mrs.
Anstey, were tried on Tuesday at the Middlesex Ses-
sions. Their indictment was laid on the charge of
feloniously receiving a stolen piece of carpet, worth
3s. lid., and some beef, also stolen, worth Its. The
evidence detailed at their trial, which originated with
the parochial authorities of St. Luke's, revealed in a
striking manner the system of temptation and train-
ing by which so many unhappy children in the me-
tropolis are gradually nurtured into a career of crime.
The facts then disclosed were as follows :
A poor Industrious woman, living in St. 'Luke's parish. died
about Mx months since, leaving an orphan boy scarcely eleven
years of age, placed in the workhouse for protection. About a
month since the boy absconded, and it was not until a fortnight
afterwards any intelligence could be obtained of him. when it was
ascertained that he was to be found at a low house in the neigh-
bourhood of Whitecross-street• kept by the cider Tye. Being
with some difficulty discovered and reclaimed, his statements re-
vealed the infamous system pursued by the prisoner Tye, who
gave him his lodging. but he was to remunerate her for it by Bel.

SATURDAY,

ling to her all the articles he could steal from the neighbouring
shopkeepers during the day. One of these depredations wu the
case for which the prisoners were placed at the bar. MA said
that he watt with two boys, called woes and "TM atalanse,"
who had belonged to Mrs. Tria Mese far lame dna shoo pow
and lived by thieving, to a butcher's dap in Cogialhepimlia
Islington, and having stolen a large gime of best trove the
be web to Wiley, who put it bus his boodhossiiKsiatkagali
set off to Mrs. Tye's den with trait plunder. hest big
produced, a haggling took Ores, and eventually a bargain was
struck for the sum of 2s. for the beef, which she perfectly well
knew at the time was stolen. In the case of the carpet he said
he went with his tutors and companions to the shop of a broker
in Gulden-lane, where the piece of carpet was hanging up for
sale. Having got the carpet down the other boys took possession
of it, and at once proceeded with it to Mrs. Tye's, but as it was
not of a very good quality she refused to buy it, and they then
went with it to the house of Mrs. Austey, who shortly after went
with it to a " dolly" or " leaving shop" (a sort of unlicensed pawn-
' broker's), and on her return kite handed them sixpence for it,
which was spent among them for victuala.
Some further proof being given, and the carpet iden-
tified, a verdict of Guilty was returned against all the
prisoners. The police then gave in their testimony
as to previous character and conduct :
Sergeant Harvey said he bad known Mrs. Tye and her daugh-
ter for the last ten years, the elder having been tried at Newgate,
and had been several times in custody. She kept a house where
she sold illicit spirits when t theto public-houses were closed, and
nter.
she kept persona to go ou indu drunken se
men to e
Having supplied them with this strong liquor, they then took
advantage of their situation by robbing them of anything of value
they might chance to have in their possession. The husband
was now undergoing a sentence of imprisonment for these of.
fences. With respect to the prisoner Anatey, although be knew
of no charge of felony against her, yet he had known her for the
last four years as one of tho most drunken and reckless charac-
ters that was to be found in Whitecross-street, or its neighbour-
hood.
The elder Tye was sentenced to two years' imprison-
ment, her daughter to eighteen months', and Ansley
to one year, in each case with hard labour.
SEVERAL BOOKbELLERS' Emmovis have been
lately convicted of robbing their masters of newly
published works, which they sold at low prices to pri •
vote purchasers or the secondhand bookstalls. On
one charge of this nature being investigated, in a
case where Mr. Murray was the sufferer, it was stated
that this species of plunder had been organised into
a system, and was practised to a considerable extent.
On Monday last one of the "organisers" was brought
up at Guildhall, having been detected in his career
01' depredation. The prisoner was named Emery,
and employed as a porter by Messrs. Hamilton and
Co., publishers, in the " Row," but, as it was dis-
covered, also kept a coffee. house, though not with the
design of carrying on a legitimate business, the prin-
cipal purpose for which the place was used being
that of supplying a rendezvous and mart for porters
and other servants who had robbed their employers.
In this case, suspicion being once excited, a detective
officer was engaged and a trap laid. Certain books
were ordered at Emery's "house of call," and marked
copies being placed in his way were by him transferred
to the disguised policeman, and duly paid for with
marked moey. In this manner five or six acts of
theft were traced to the prisoner, and selected out of
a long list as being sufficient for the purposes of
justice. He stands remanded, but will be committed
for trial_ on the formal completion of the evidence

against him.
A CHARGE OF FELONY, committed under circum-
stances which induced the counsel for the prisoner
to plead insanity in his defence, was tried on Tues-
day at Shrewsbury. Richard Crosse was postmaster
at Whitehurch, Salop, and in April last purloined, on
two successive days, letters addressed respectively to
the London and County and Whitchnrch Banks, and
containing between them some 2,0001. in notes. He
omitted, however, to stop the letters of advice which
as usual were transmitted by the same post, and
nevertheless paid away some of the stolen notes to
various tradesmen in the town. One of these notes,
accordingly, came to he presented at the very bank
to which it pr perly belonged, on the same day that
it had been missed, and the clerk recognising it as
belonging to the series described in the letter of
advice, but never received, instituted some inquiries,
which resulted in the apprehension and trial of the
postmaster. Being found Guilty, he was sentenced
to ten years' transportation, the judge reserving for
another authority to determine upon the state of his
mind.
AN ATTEMFT AT MURDER, by administering poison,
was charged against a lad of twelve years old
at Marlborough Police Court on Tuesday. The
prisoner, named Dyson, was page in a family residing
in Howland-street, Fitzroy-square, and the person he
was accused of trying to poison was a female servant
in the same house. Having suspected him of mixing
deleterious substances with her beer and sugar, this
servant at length brought up for her master's inspec-
tion a cup of tea in which she
be imagineto d thath poison
had been infused; and, this proving te case,
a search was made, which resulted in the discovery of
a packet containing sugar of lead in the lad's posses •
sion. He thereupon confessed his crime, and begged
forgiveness. do motive was assigned for his crimi-
nal acts ; and. when examined, he offered no defence,
but stood blubbering at the bar. He was remanded
under the suspicion of partial insanity.