The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-15 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, rOVEMBER 15, 1864.

nine pm., 71h extra; horses having started without being
placed la the Corporation or Sten ards' Cups allowed 31b. ;
the second to save his stake ; the winner to be sold for 2001.
About half a mile. (74 subs., 36 of whom pay 1 soy. etch
to the fund.) The highest weight accepting being Bst i lb,
it ham been ftised to (Jit, nod the others in proportion.
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A HANDICAP SWEEPSPA-WI Of 3 corm. each, with 20
added, for 3.yr-olds and upwards ; the ',Muer to be sold for
40/. ; • iuuers after the declarstiossa of the weights, 71b
t xtra. .Ibout 5 furlongs.
THE CN LDECOT CASTLE HANDICAP PLATE of 50 son., for
2-yr.olds and upwards ; soy number of horses the property
of the same owner may run ; • winner after the declaration
of tLe L.udiwp, 711, extra ; eutraoce, 2 suss. About 1 mile.
.1 HANDICAP of 3 soy., each, with 20 added, for all ages ;
• 'maker after the declaration of the weights, ilb extr►
About half a mile.

METROPOLITAN SEWAGE.

TO THE EDITOR or THE EXPRE&S..

SlR,—lu your impreasiou of this day's date ap-
pears the report of the Coal, Corn, and Flounce Committee
to the Corporation of the City of London, upon the subject
of sewage utilisation, along with a report of the proceedings
of the Court of Common Council on Saturday ; and, as our
scheme is there severely animadverted on, 1 toofidently
appeal to you to give the same publicity to our reply that
you have given to our antagonists, and therefore beg to
enclose the copy of a letter which we have this day ad-
dressed to the Metropolitan Board of Works.-1 am, an.,
Nov. 14, INA. W. 11UFE.
_

lIEPi,RT OF THE COAL, CORN, AND FINANCE
oMMITfEE TO THE CORPORATION OF THE

Clll OF LONDON.
JOHN THWAI/E-S CHAIRMAN METKOPOLITAN HOARD

paltry sum of 130,0001. • year as the value of sewage of the
entire metropolis. We could give further proof of the utter
worthlessness of the good gentleman's evidence, when he
pia out of his depth in abstruse calculations, but we should
only be wasting the time of the board as well as our own.
We will say a few words more upon the visionary and im.
practicable nature of the scheme of Dr. Brady, Lord Robert
Montagu, Mr. Ellis, and the Coal, Corn, and Finance
Committee, and then we have done with them. They
propose to pump the entire sewage of London, consisting
of upwards of 70,000 tons per diem, to a height, we believe,
of 400 feet, and from that lofty elevation to distribute it
through many thousands of wiles of pipes over several
ocanties. Now apart from the gigantic capital outlay re-
quired for such a project, and the ruinous expense of main-
tenance of such widespread works, we venture to draw your
attention to the fact, that the sieges of the labourers through
whom hands this enormous volume of liquid would hays to
parr in the hose and jet, would est up the whole of Dr.
Brady'. and Mr. Mechi's, and Mr. Ellis's 2d. per ton. It
would require no less than 20,000 men to hold 20,000 hoses
to dribble out the r-eage on their principle, and the wages
of these would amount to 1,136,000/. a year. And now,
air, we have done with the " moderate dressings" applied
through the boas and jet, recommended by the report of
the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee, having proved
what we undertook to prove, namely, that the report is
based upon a series of fallacies, but we cannot help thinking
that the very respectable gentletueu whose names are ap-
peoded to it, would act wisely, did they withdraw that re-
port, and either leave a subject alone that they know so
little about, or read the evidence to be reported upon before
they report upon it. We will now, sir, proceed to show that
Baron Liebig's letter is contrary to fact. The theme of the
Baron's letter is that sewage does notcoutain all the proper-
ties necessary fur the support of vegetable life, therefore,
unless those properties are added, in which it is deficient,
the crops will exhaust them from the soil, and, con-
sequently, afters year or two, the crops would diminish
and the land would be impoverished. The Baron enlarges,
at considerable length, upon this theme, but it is wholly
unnecessary to follow his arguments as his theory is con-
trary to fact, and we refute it, therefore, by the "inex-
orable logic of facts." The fact is that on the sea sand at
Craigailenny as uninterrupted sucoession of most luxuriant
crops has been obtained for upwards of 40 years, and these
crops were no poorer this year than the first year, nor
poorer the Srst year than they were this year, showing,
surely, that as Lord Essex says, and Professor Way, sod
Mr. Loess, and a host of other witnesses, grass is the crop
best adapted to utilize the manure contained in sewage ; for
growing grass in sea sand is like growing mustard and cress
in Impel ; the sand possesses no valuable properties of its
own, it is only the medium through which to apply the
nutritive element. Perhaps the singular theoretical error
into which the Baron has fallen may be explained by a
passage in his letter in which he says that " by baying the
turnip; eaten on the field, the soil (by the solid and liquid
excremental is erectly matured as if irrigated with a num-
ber of tons of sewage." But this is very wide of the truth ;
the Baron forgets the vast v ariety and immense quantity of
matter that eaters into Loodou sewage besides mere animal
excrements ; soapsuds, grease, and refuse of all kinds
from private houses ; blood from slaughter-houses, waste
and refuse from manufactories, pulverized granite arid iron
from the streets, Ass, the product of all which is a very
different stuff from the simple increments of sheep in a
turnip field.—We have the honour to be, air, your obedient
servants, for self and William Napier,
('tigned) W. Horz.
2, Old Palace-yard, Westminster, Nov. 14.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

EQUITY COURTS.—Nov. 14.
(Before the Lcrd Chancellor.)
BICHIL V. LiPtiel.L.

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The arguments in this part-heard ogee were renamed sad
concluded, and Judgment postponed.

COOKti ZOOKE-DICLLLTION OF ILLEGISLYACY.

This was an appeal from Vice-Chancellor Wood. It
appeared that in March, 1862, the wife of Sir William
Cooke, Bart., eloped from him with ODD Mansfeldt de Car-
damon EltnLIL In December. 1862, she was couhued of a
female child, which was baptised Mary de Cardounell
Elmaall. In March, 1863, a divorce suit was instituted by
Sir William Cooke against his wife, and in June, 1863, a
decree for dissolution of the marriage on the grouod of
the adultery of the wife was made, and imme•
diately afterwards the lady was married to Mi. ElmsalL
During the marriage and cohabitation of Sir William Cooke
and his wife no children were born to them, and it was
alleged on behalf of the plaintiff io the present suit that
who...tattoo had ceased between them in May, 1861. By
au dated in December, 1863, Isabella Lady
Cooke, the mother of Sir William, settled a sun, of I,OUU/.
on any children or any child by Sir William, the interest
to be applied to their education and maintenance ; and in
cos of there being no child or children the fund was to
pass to the plaintiff, Charles Edward Stephen Cooke, a
younger brother of Sir William. The plaintiff accordingly
tiled a bill against Mary de Cardonoell Elmsall, appearing
by her guardian and the trustee of the settlement, alleging
that the said Mary de Cardonnell Elmsall was called
Mary Cooks, sad was pretended to be a child of the
marriage of Sir William Cooke with his late wife, from
whom he bad been divorced ; that it was asserted that she
was entitled to the benefit of the settlement, and that the
interest of the fund ought to be applied to her maintenance
and education. The plaiotiff alleged that the child was
not the child of the marriage by Sir William Cooke, and
was not entitled under the settlement ; and it was prayed
that it might be declared that the plaintiff, Charles Edward
Stephen Cooke, took an immediate life interest in the set•
tlement, and also that it might be declared that there
neverpwu any child of the marriage by Sir William Cooke
and his late wife. The Vice. Chancellor decided against the
prayer of the plaintiff, and the present appeal was brought.
Mr. Giffard and Mr. Godfrey Lushington, for the appeal,
urged that this case was governed by that of " Gurney v.
Gurney," is which a settlement on the children of the
marriage of persons who had been divorced on the ground
of adultery by the wife was used by the court for the
porpoae of making a declaration of the illegitim..cy of 3.i:had,
of which, under the circumstances, the husband could nut
well have been the father. _ _ _

MrT6;ereU47l,Ofthecommou law bar, cod Mr. Bag-
shawesupported the decisloo of the court below.

Mr. Itourordell was for the trustee of the settlement.

At the close of the ►rguments for the appellant.

The Lord ehancellor,..who bed during the hearing seve-
ral times stated that this was • case of an unusual
and collusive settlement, the object of which was to get
a declaration of the illegitimacy of a child, a use of the ma-
chinery of this court to supply • defect in the law, which did
not provide the means of making such • declaration, without
calling on the respondent's counsel, said that he would take
some time to consider his decision. At present, the opinion
be entertained was toduenced by two considerations ; first,
that the suit was not intended for the beuebt of the infant,
but directed to its prejudice. Fictitious settlements had
beenallosrod by the court to prevail when they were for the
plains benefit of iofants, but never when they wore insti-
tuted against their benefit. In the second place, this was
• fictitious suit, brought for the purpose of accelerating the
trial of an issue which concerned another court, other
parties, and other property, when according to the law as
it existed such • proceeding could not be had. It was,
therefore, against the policy of the existing law. What
be might think of that policy was another question ; and
he might say th►t be desired that it should be altered, and
had attempted to alter it, so that such questions as this
should be tried in a regular and distinct manner. What be
now stated was only the expression of his present opinion:
he would consider the case anxiously and deliberately, and
if be had any doubt on the question he would hear the
respondent's counsel.

(Before Vice• Chancellor Sir R. T. Kitulereley.)
•LLIANt.I. BANK r. BROOM.

The bill in this case was tiled to enforce the specific per-
formance of • ccntnict to give to the plaintiff. certain dock
warrants in security for a debt. The plaintiffs rue hankers
at Liverpool and London, and defendants are merchants
or factors in Liverpool, carrying on business under the firm
of W. T. Broom and Co. Defendants had a loan account
with the plaintiffs, and on the ltith September were in-
debted to them in the sum of 20,20 d. The manager of the
bank applied to the defendants to give security, and one of
the defendants called on barn and brought him a letter to
the following purport "We beg to band you the follow.
ing particulars of produce, which we propose to hypothecate
against our loan account, and at the time time undertake to
pay the proceeds, as we receive them, to the credit of same
account." The list comprised articles of the aggregate
value of 19,2001. At the time he banded in this letter
Mr. Broom marked several of the items, which be said had
already been sold. On the following day Mr. Beckett,
the manager of the bank, called at the defendants' office
and asked for the dock warrants, and on that occasion one
of the defendants struck oat more of the goods, which Le
said h►d been previously hypothecated. On the following
day defendants wrote to the plaintiffs stating that they
wets advised not to deliver up the warrants, and that they
refused to do so. Plaintiffs thereupon filed the present bill,
to which defendants demurred on the ground of want of
equity, sod it was contended at the bar that the mere
existence of a debt, without any premise not to press pay.
meat or to make a further advance, was no consideration for
moving the defendants to enter into the contract.
Mr. Daniel and Mr. Higgins appeared in support of the
demurrer; and Mr. Beevor for the plaintiffs in support of
the hill.
lila Honour reserved his decision.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Nor. 14.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goolburn.)
IN NZ LABCABILA.-•DJUDICATION. _ _

G. P. Lahcarkb, merchant, of 12, Winchester.house, 01.1
Broad street, preeeated a petition for adjudication of
bsnkruptc7 against himself. The adjudication nag made.
The liabilities are stated at 30,000/. ; assets about 8,000/.
Mr. M. Abrahams, of Grashamatreet, is the solicitor
order the petition.

THE POLICE COURTS.
MANSION HOUSE.

Wm. Miller, described u a clerk, who was placed at the
bar last week charged with embezzling moneys to a large
amount, received by him on behalf of his employer, Mr.
Daniel D Dynes, of 9, Mincing-lass, merchant, was again
placed at the bar before the Lord Mayor, in the custody of
Detective Sergeant Huggett.
Mr. Humphreys, of the firm of Humphreys and Morgan,
again appeared oo behalf of Mr. Dyeing ; and Mr. Cole ap-
peared for the prisoner.
Mr. Humphreys said upon the last occasion he appeared
to support a prosecution against the prisoner at the bar,
and at that time, having been only momentarily instructed,
he certainly thought from the facie NJ they were Lid before
him that the prisoner bad been guilty of a very serious
offeoos. Since then, however, he had goo, through the
books and letters at Mr. Dymes's office, and from what be
bad since learnt, he had formed an opinion that if the
prisoner were committed for trial it would be
hopeless from the evidence to expect a conviction. '
and he appeared that day to ask his lordship's permission
under the circumstances, to withdraw from the prosecution.
He thought it right, however, to justify the course which
had been taken by Mr. Dymes in giving the prisoner into
custody, and he read a letter which Mr. Dying,' received
from the prisoner the day after he absconded, and which
at first sight led Mr. Dymes to suppose the prisoner was
1 '
guilty. The letter was signed by the prisoner, and was au
follows :—" Sir,—How deeply I have wronged you I can-
not say ; but it has been unintentionally, and but for the
continued pressure in the markets all would have been right.
But with depreciation in the cotton, of which, I regret to
say, I purchased more than I told you of ; jute, which also
I purchased to the extent of about 300 tons, and the stocks
, and shares at the Union Bank causing the bank to ask for
I more security, and my reluctance to tell you, have brought
matters to this crisis. God forgive me, I koow man won't,
and Ido not deserve it. Noose in the office is to blame but
myself. I shall go across to France, and anxiously watch
how matter, result. With the property in the cash chest
I you ought, sod I treat will, pull through. What is to be-
comsat my wife and children, God knows. 1 lope some
kind friend will be raised to protect them." Mr. Dyme,
having received this letter, was almost mire of the prisoner's
guilt, and that, in connexion with calls being made to
the extent of between 30,0010 and 40,000/. for transactions
of which he knew nothing, was the reason for Mr. Dymes's
taking the course he had. Having looked through this
letter be found that from certain allusions which the pri.
weer had made to transactions, it might be thought Mr.
Dross was fully aware of all the prisoner was doing, lied
that a jury might be of opioira that a partherthip
' existed between the parties, and this be said would arise
from the very great ooefideoce which Mr. Denies placed in
' the prisoner, who had managed his besieges for some time,
and whom he had known as the principal of a firm in
Madras. Taking all these facts into consideration. Mr.
Humphreys said he had come to the conclusion that a con-
, vietioo would not if the case was sent before • jury
and he thought it consistent with public justice to with.
draw from the charge.
i The Lord Mayor said be wasthere to administer justice,
! sod to commit cases for trial if he thought there was suf-
ficient to make sure of a conviction ; but, at the same time,
if the evidence was of such a nature as to lead him to be-
lieve that a conviction would not be the result, it was more
consistent with public justice to discharge the use, and in
the present one, after having heard the opinion of Mr.
Humphreys, the only course for him to adopt was to die'
charge the prisms/.
M 7. Cole, on the part of the prism; said that he, with
Mr. Humphreys, had gone carefully through the books
land letters, and he was of opinion that there was ne fel*-
, nious intention upon the pert of the pruowr , and that had
it sot been for the depreciation of markets all would
j have goes right. The bad returned without having
been communicated wit ,h having repented the course he had
adopted. He was glad on the part of the prisoner, that
Mr. Dimes had been able to go ea with bin bugaboos, and
I trusted ha would be successful, sod recover himself entirely
from the loos he had sustained.
The prisoner was then discharged.

EXTRAORDINARY CHAIR:Y AGAINST A CITY
CIaIWYNAIi.

A most protracted inquiry of a very extraor-
dinary character was held loot evening by Mr. W. Payne,
coroner for the City of London, at the Vestry-room, Pons.
tain-court.
. _ _

The inquest sou held on view of the body of • newly-
born male child, •od owing to the revolting rumours afloat,
the proceedings created in the locality remarkable interest
Mr. Clines, vestry clerk, attended to watch the case on
behalf of the parish authorities ; and the Rev. Mr. Rober-
ton, incutubent of St. Botolph, aldgate ; and the Rev. Mr.
John Hunt, curate; and Mr. Churchw►rden King, C.C.,
were also present.
The first wituess called was _ _

Walter Perkhole, 2, Spital-street, Mileeed, who said
that Le was steeple-keeper and gaslighter of the parish of
St. Botolph. Ott Friday last, at 12 o'clock, be saw the body
of the deceased child in the vault of the church of St.
Botolph, Abigote. It was wrapped up in • newspaper.
Miss Hammond, the se:toner, brought him • message from
the curate, the Rev. Mr. Hunt, to come to him in the
vestry-room. Witness accordingly went there, and Mr.
Hoot told him that there was a parcel down in the vaults,
and that he wetted the skeleton of • child. He said,"There
is no other way of doing it but to bod it." Mr. Hunt gave
witness • shilling to buy a saucepan to boil it in. Witness
had the shilling now. He wss to bring the pot to Mr.
Hind on Saturday evening. Wituesa went out and told
Mr. William Bigg and the sextoness.
By the Coroner—lt was after that conversation that
witness went into the vault and saw the body in the parcel.
Witheentook it up arid put it in ashen lest the cats should
get at it. Wituca did not buy the pot as he did not
think it right. /le did not see the curate after the Friday.
In consequence of information given to them the church•
wardens ordered the vaulter to be locked up.
Mary Hammond, wanness to the church, said that on
Weduesday last the curate came to the church and said to
whines " Open the vault door, and let me down there."
He said no more, and witness opened the vault and turned
on the gas. The curate hod • parcel, wad he took it down
into the vault and left it than. Winne. thought it WAS a
bundle of clothes. Witness then locked the vault. The
Rev. Mr. Hunt came on Friday to churchings and baptisms.
He told wanes* not to let the steeple-keeper go away haute
he (Mr. Hunt) saw him. The steeple-keeper CAMS out and
told witness that Mr. Hunt had given him • shilling to buy
spot to bull the child in.
Mr. David King. C.C., said that he was churchwarden of
the parish of St. Botolph. From information given to him
of Friday last he locked up the vault, of the church. On
Saturday he requested the Rev. Mr. Roberton, the Rev.
Mr. Hunt, and af. Clines, the vestry clerk, to meet him
in the vestry-room, and at three o'clock he met than there.
He cautioned the Rev. Mr. Hunt as to any statement he
'night wake, and asked him for ILI Clplituation of the charge.
Tufa rev. gentleman treated the matter with great levity.
He mid that the body was that of • foAus and not of a
child, and that he only wanted to boil it to get the akele-
too. When asked "How and from whom did you get itr
he declined to &tower. A surgeon was then sent for, and
from what transpired they seat to the coroner. Afterwards
Mr. Hind stated that he wanted the child for screotitic and
anatomical purposes.
Mr. Andrew Holman, M.R.C.S., said that be had ex-
&named the body of the deceased. It had been only very
recently born. Nu marks of violence were visible, but
there was a very peculiar appearance over the whole body.
It was perfectly bloodless, Tee umbilical cord was no tied,
as was usual when medical men were present at the birth.
Tee general practice among medical men was te tie the cord
before it was cut, iu order to prevent haimordage. In the
present case it was cut WILL, a sharp, and not, as was usual,
with • blunt instrument. Witness said to the clutch-
warden, " It is very suspicious ; the child has bled to
death." Upon ticking • postniorteea examination, he
found that the clitei was a well formed raven months child.
The luugo were goiged with blood. He believed the child
must have been alive up to the moment of birth, but might
have died dutiug birth. It might perhaps have given one
cry, but it had not fully breathed. The lungs sank in
water. He believed that it was the first child of • woman,
and that the poor creature had delivered herself.
The Rev, John Hunt, 4, George-street, Ilinories, was
then swore. He said that he was curate of the parish of
St. llotolpb. On the defence which he could make for him-
self depended the judgment of the public, for a case in
which a clergyman was concerned was not terminated by
the verdict of a jury. He was charged, he supposed,
with having placed under the church of which he
was curate • human tutus, and with having sig.
titled his intention to dissect the same. The lint
• question the multitude would ask waa, " What has • tier-
gymth to do with dissection'" Most people would an-
swer, " Nothicg at all • his doctrine is to be derived from
the written Word of God." But others would remember
that there was also a book of nature, wherein be might see
God too, and wherein, with purified haute and minds,
communion might be held with the Eternal. He might be
in the miuordy perhaps of his own profession, but he held
it to be Lis acted duty as a theologian to inquire into
every quarter of nature's. kingdom, to search out her mys-
teries, and see her glorious and miraculous works, for in
• studying nature he was studs iag (,od. The greatest both
in theology and science had declared that the two studies
should never be divorced, aid that from their union the
best results might be expected. It had been urged against
him that, as a clergyman, he could have no acquaintance
with practical scieu:e, and that his only object in dissecting
• Lean was the gratification of an idle and improper
curiosity. That be denied. He always had io view
the interests of theo.ogy. He had attended • com-
plete course of lectures of Mr. Savory, the eminent lecturer
on anatomy and physiology at St. Bartholomew's Hospital,
and that gentleman entui ly agreed with him as to the
benefit a theologian would derive from those studies. He
had also attended other lectures at other hospitals.
Dv. Hadlow, the medical officer of the parish, knew that
for weeks past he had been engaged in close study of
the homologies of vertebrate animals, sod that he had
written an article since forwarded to • scientific journal.
Dr. Thynne, last Wednesday, gave him the fatal as •
present. Having no convenience at his lodgings he took it
to the vaults and told Parkbol• to bring • pot of warm
water on Saturday for the purpose of dissection. He found
afterwards that be could not attend to it on Saturday night,
and he therefore went earlier, when the aextooais told him
that Mr. Churchwarden King ordered the vault to be kept
locked. As the words " bail" and "saucepan" are by no means
agreeable associated with the idea of butane, he must
solemnly declare in the sight of God and in the face of that
assecubly that the words were not used by him. He
first beard them from the lips of Mr. Churchwarden
King. It was too ridactdons to suppose that be was so igno-
rant of direction as to think of doing what would only have
defeated his object. He offered either to remove the rictus
or to dissect it it their presence. Both proposals were
refused. In 4:occlusion the rev gentleman complained
bitterly of the cooduct of Mr. King in bringing about the
present inquiry. The breath of public suspicion, arid die-
trust of his brethren in the ministry, or the disapprobation
of his diocesan, might produce irreparable injury to him.
He then called, foe the defence,

Dr. Thoma;.Thynne, 140, Minorite who said that he bad
known the Rev. Mr. Hunt intimately. He had asked
witness for a fcrtus some months beck. Os Wednesday last
witness was celled in to a woman nearly confined. The child
was dead. Witneee obtained the child, which was prema-
ture, and gave it to the Rev. Mr. Hunt. The mother had
bad a fall on the tiaturday previous to her delivery.
Dr. Hadlow said that the Rev. Mr. Hunt lived in his
house, and was always devoted to medical studies.
Dr. Barnes said that the Rev. Mr. Hunt had studied
medicine with him.

The Coroner said that it was clear that the rev. gentle-
man bad pursued medical studied, but whether wisely or
not it was not for him to say. Certainly in a country dis-
trict a clergyman might be called in to a woman to give her
religious consolation, and it might so happen that she might
become suddenly ill, and his medical asaiatance would be of
great use. In the present case the cbutchwardens had done
their duty. The public mind would not have been satisfied
without an inquiry.
The foreman then said that the verdict of the jury was aa
follows :—" That the deceased child was stillborn, and the
jury, while admitting the right of the Rev. Mr. Hunt to
study medicine, are of opinion that it would Le better if he
confined his studies to matters of a clerical character to the
exclesion of the study of anatomy."
Tim proceedings then terminated.

A DANGEROUS RAILWAY PASSENGER. —The
Belfast correspondent of the /memo writes that on Sa-
turday evening, at the Knock Station, on the County Down
Railway, upon the arrival of the train which left Belfast
for Dovropetrick at 5 o'clock, the guard was called to •
6rat-chiss carriage by a lady, who requested, with two or
three other ladies, to be shown into another compartment,
as the only gentleman in the compartment with them was
conducting himself io such • manner that they were afraid
to remain. The guard at once complied with their request.
On the arrival of the train at the Comber station a young
man who was about to enter the compartment the ladies had
left told the guard that the gentleman in that compartment
had a revolver in his hand. The guard, followed by the
station-master, entered the compartment, but had
no sooner done so than the gentleman put • re-
volver to the guard's breast. He. with great pre-
sence of mind, knocked the extended arm towards
the ground, and, after a struggle, took the re-
volver from him. The gentleman was apparently notion-
scions of his acts, as he was under the infusion of drink,
and had the appearance of having been thinking for two or
three days. On examining the revolver it was found to be
loaded with bullets io four cbarubers. The offending and
dangerous passenger had an information liken against him,
and he was committed for trial at the qaartir sessions, bail
being accepted.
THE LArr Nrw Excrraunrr.—lt is announced
that the notorious Brothers Davenport are about to put,
liab • biography, written by Dr. Nichols, author of "Forty
Years in America," and other works. We understand
that some of the "physical mod psychical phenomena"
to be therein recorded will be of a sufficiently startling
description.

ROBBERY OF FORMS AND FoRGERY OP POSY
OFFICE ORDERS.

At Bow-street Police-court yesterday (Monday),
• young man named Alfred Patterson, late assiatant clerk
in the post-office at Southend, Eases, was brought on by
Sergeant hackman, of the City detective force, on the charge
of stealing 74 forms of Post-o®ce orden and advice., .• I
also with forging and uttering orders and &deices on the ...al
forma

Mr. Peacock conducted the prosecution on behalf of tLs
General Post-offioe.

It appeared that the prisoner left his employmeet
tith February, and the frauds were dimoovered in the c 001...,
of the following week. Information had at once beer. iris,,
to the police. but no clue was obtained till Saturday last,
when the prisoner was apprehended by Packtuan.
obtained no leas a sum than 3701. by means of forged
orders, and bad spent the whole of the proceeds.
Mr. Peacock stated the facts of the cases and said Lc
should call the postmaster at Southend.
Mr. Fox—l am the postmaster at Southend. I carry
the business of a grocer there. On the 14th of Novel:).
1863, the prisoner came into my service as shopniin
assistant-clerk in the post-office, and he continued to To r.
form those duties till the 2rith February of this year, resid.
ing in my house. Money orders are issued etc' paid
office, and he assisted in making out these orders. He *oft
my service on that day. He said he hod obtained
in the Borough. He was to have left on the Mood.).
he asked me to let him go on the Sunday, as if he di.' r.•
get to his new place by 10 o'clock or. Monday morals: is
should lose it. lam supplied by the Poet-office rnb i,,„
containing forms of money orders soil letters i 4
Those orders and letters of advice are numbered
tively. On the Wednesday after the prisoner had left nv
ployl received a communication from one of the lost
London. which induced me to examine one of my Isoi,„
blank forms of money orders and advice.. I found tl.,t 74
forms of orders and advice. had been taken from the • !.r,
of the book, numbered consecutively from 1,47,2 to
consequently came to London, and some orders were >I.-w•
to me. I have seen orders f'-r 10!. each e,s t,
dated, which purported to have been issued from my
on the 27th February last, and drawn upon 1..
offices in London. The advice& of those order>
now with them. They are all in the 1.. v.!•
writing of the prisoner. The receipt, of the
payee on each of the orders, though all are ma.:c
able to different persons, are all in the prix,:,,
handwriting. It is ususl to send up to London .
counts of all the transactions with reference to
orders—money received, and money paid. The w
produced is the occurrence sheet for the 27t1i
and contains the account of those proceedings. There • ,
account of any of the 37 orders produced. That d.,th
was made out by the prisoner. It is in his handwiii,
The number of the last order issued on that bight -10
was Saturday night—was 703. Nose of those order. a. ;e
issued by my authority nor with my knowledge, nor
I ever received the money. The 3; orders sie
which are some of the 74 missing from my book.
Mr. Peacock--Where is the book front which these f its
are taken?

Mr. Fox—The hook is in my office. and now in U.e.
Mr. Peacock —Dal you at the tune you di.c. t; ..t
the forms were missing make a memorandum of tL.t f •,
and do you produce that memorandum ?
Mr. Fox—Yes ; here it is.
. . .

The prisouer, who offered no defence, was remat-h,', f r
further evidence.