The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-06 00:00:00

VACANT.

Oxford—St. CVIRS Perpetual Curacy, Ifulyarell ; value,
801. ; patrons, Merton College, Oxford ; Rev. C. E. Prichard,
resigned.

NAVAL

ADYMALTT. AUGUST 5. -API
ncr : R. Yealland, to Centaur. Boitawains : J. Stanley,
to Centaur ; and H. Collins, to Calypso. Carpenter R.
Sargeont, to Centaur.
1 -110 MOTIONS, AUGUST 5.—J. G. Phillips, to Retired
Captain, 1110. lion. M. Stopford, to IVaterloo. Captain
Greville, to Trafalgar. Commander H. Stevrart, to
Virago. Commander lion. 0. D. Keane, to Gre,ian.
Commander C. E. Ilillgax, to Penelope.

-Gun-

SPORTING.
RIPON RACES.—MosDAY.
Two Yataz OLD SULU.
RDCharles .....................
Captain Flesh
Paddy EWA »...«................. 3
BILLIXO STAKES.

Mary Noble. ____---- -----.
1
Joe Sutherhod
Tv lISDAY.
GILAXD LITALIES.

Captain Flash.
Sir Charles Napier
BT. WILTED HAXDICILIP.
Mr.. Birth
Lid L as-of
Little It'aint

AllATErt STAKES.

Prudery
Joe Sutherland

STOKE-UPON-TRENT RACES.-TuESDAY.

IiERCAOTLE STAK Y.

Tame
Langtry
NoitTll STARR. (lIANDICAP)
lady Ulb.na
Young England 2
Caltulaar
HANLEY STAKES.
Atari
Nell Gwynn

TRADESMEN'S PLATA.

The hftwe -T_.
Aldg.de .....

BRIGHTON RACES.

TVEADAY ERWIN°, 7 o'cLoCa.—The fol-
lowing plates, &c., dosed this evening at 6 o'clock.
TRIAL STARES.--MtPaPT, 3 yrs; The squaw, 3 yrs;
Cheerful, 5 yrs; Margellina filly, 3 yrs.
HOTEL KEEPER. I'LATE.—Gloom, 3 yrs; Tordesillas,
4 yrs; Iraeundus, 3 yn; Guardsman, 3 yrs; Euro., 3 yn;
Hurry Scurry, 3 yn; Margellina filly, 3 yrs; Exeter, 3
yrs; Ilippogritf, 3 yn; Preslaw, 4 yr+ ; Abdallab, 4 yn;
Handsome Doe, 4 yrs; Timid Fawn, 3 yrs; Ella, 3 yrs;
Miirnon, aged ; Catalpa, 3 yrs.
SPEW AND.' PLATE.—Ploughboy, 5 yrs; Preslaw, 4 jT, I
The Moor, 6 yrs; Iresinc, 2 yn; St. Ann, 6 yrs ; Miss
Landon, 2 yn.
Tows, PLATE.—The Verdercr, 4 yn (1001.); Cheerful,
5 yrs (IOU); Ella, 3 yn (1061.) ; (Mimi.yrs (1001) ;
Aristocrat, 4 yrs (I 00!.) ; Manilla, 3yn 5100 .5
/4
Locaxsto yn
PLATE.-1 imid Fawn, 3 yrs;
Ploughboy, 6 yrs; Hurry Scurry, 3 yrs; The Squaw, 3 yrs ;
llippogritl, 3 yn ; Preslaw, 4 yrs ; Ftrnande, 4yn ; Forg-
one, 5 yrs; Eurus. 3 yrs; Iracundu., 3 yrs; Knight of the
Thistle, 3 yrs; Mignon, aged; Alicia, 5 yrs; Handsome
Doe, 4 yrs; Kakistos, 3 yrs; Forest Flower, aged; Chat-
terer, 5 yrs; Catalpa, 3 yrs; Kick up the Dirt (late Protec-
tionist), 3 yn ; St. Ann, 6 yrs; Eva, 5 yrs ; Prestige, 3 yrs;
Gloom, 3 yrs; Tordesillas, 4 yrs ; Fallow Derr, 6 yrs.
ILAN DICA P for 2 and 3-yr-olds—half-a-mile.—Leybourne,
3yn ; Prestige, 3 yr.; Hampton, 2 yrs; Herschel, 2 yrs;
f by Epirus, dam by Emilius, 3 yrs; Julia 3 yn; The
Squaw, 3 yrs; Iresinc, 2 yrs; Spark, 2 yrs; Miss Landon,
2 yrs ; Eurus, 3 yr.; c by Venison—Passion, yn ;
France, 2 yes; Wedastra filly, 3yn ; Lady Isabel, 2 yrs;
Ethelwolf, 2 yrs; Freedom, 2 yr..
Sessns PLATE.—Perjury (late Pandora), 4 yrs (.591.) ;
Ella, 3 yrs (801.) ; Duster, 3 yrs (sa) ; Chatterer, 5 yrs
OW.); Norton, 3 yrs (50/.) ; Mignon, 7ed (501 ; Manilla,
3yn (SO/.) ; Hurry Scurry, 3 yrs (501. ;f by Epirus, d
by Emilius, 3 yrs (50/.) ; Cusachia, age (501.) ; Aristocrat,
4 yrs (50/.)
HANDICAP for the GRAND STAND PLATE.-IAtIdgPITP,
4 yrs, 9st ; Westow, 4 yrs, R 4 MD ; Due and Dhurras, 6
yr., Bst 416 ; Rewil, 5 yrs, Bst 21b ; Agi., 6 yn, 7st 1 Ilb ;
Cheerful, 5 yrs, 7st 91b ; Remunerator, 4 yrs, 7st 91b ; Gm--
forth, 4 yrs, Ist 716; Mrs. Taft, 6 yrs, 7st 51b; Cnoeus, 3
yrs, ist IA) b ; Beebe.) llunnoo, 5 yrs, bet 10lb ; Aristocrat, 4
yrs, Ost 71b; Ingratitude, 3 yrs, sst 101 b; Ischia, 3 yrs,
sst 416.

Gillyflower is scratched fur the Brighton Stakes.
AUKIVALB.—The following is a complete account of the
horses now in the neighbourhood, or who will be here be-
fore the commencement of the races =Lord George, Due
an Dhurras, Catalpa, Herschel, Tilsit, Sir Rowland Tren-
chard, Fifty-one, Chatterer, Manilla, Ethelwolf, Ischia,
Falcon, Champion, Pelerinc filly, Landgrave, Ploughboy,
Guardsman, Miss Landon, '2 yrs, Cossack, Pitsford, Ingra-
titude, Spark, Wadastra filly, Newport, The Moor, Fer-
nand,-, Upton, Freedom, Glen Saddel, Cnams, Backbiter,
l'erjury (late Pandea), Windischgratx, Remunerator, Agis,
Eva, Aristocrat, hurry-scurry, Cheerful, Alicia, Narcissus,
(Ethyl's, The Ileriot, Sulky, Tordesillas, Exeter, Duster,
The Verdercr, Kakistos, Prestige, Harp, Hampton, l'ren-
law, Westow, St. Ann, Alatalluh, Mr.. Taft, Valentine,
Kick-up-the-Dust (late Protectionist), Julia, Hippogrilf,
Baroness, Margellina filly, Lady Isabel, Handsome Doe,
Norton, The Nautch Girl, Iresine, Mignon, Timid Fawn,
The Squaw, Iracundus, Knight of the Thistle, Waterfall.
A two-year old from Goodwood, either Ilarbin.rer or
Maidstone, will be here, tn-morrow, for the Marine Stakes.
The races commence at '2 o'clock.

INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.—WARWICK, 1551.
FOIL TUE LEAIIINOTOB STAILEti of 25 sum
each, 15 ft, and 6 only if declared on or before Tuesday
next.—Cossack, aged, Bst 12Ib ; Landgmve, 5 yrs, Sat slb ;
Olauca, 5 yrs Sit 31b; Elthiron, 5 yrs, Bst ; Pitsford, 4 yrs,
7st 12Ib ; Backbiter, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b; Turnus, 5 yrs, 7st Olb ;
The Nigger, 4 yrs. 7st Blh ; Lady Evelyn, 5 yrs, 7st bib;
Alonzo, 4 yrs, 7st 51b; Old Dan Tucker, 5 yn, 7g 61b;
Windiselagrats, 4 yrs, let 31h; Montague, 5 yrs, 7st 21b;
Mark Tapley, 4 yrs, ist '216; Vampyre, aged, 7st 21b;
Doubt, 6 yrs, 7.1 21b; Clothworker, 5 yrs, 7st; Italian,
4 yrs. 7st; Little Jack, 4 yrs, ist ; Fugleman, 6 yrs,
Est 121 b; Sauter la Coupe, b yrs, list I'2lb; Musician, 4 yrs,
6st 121 b; Herbert, 5 yrs, fret 10Th; Borneo, 5 yrs, Gat 101 b;
Glenalvin, 5 yrs, 6st 91b; Officious, 4 yrs, Get 911); The
Cocktail, 5 yrs, Est 716 ; Abdallah, 4 yrs, Gist 71b; Admi-
nistrator, aged, Gst 6lb ; The Baronets, 5 yrs, Gut 41b; Re-
munerator, 4 yrs, 6st 41b ; Windhound, 4 yes, 6st 4lb ;
Tophana, 6 yrs, Est 41h; Nutcracker, 4 yrs, 6st 31b ; Gar-
forth, 4 yrs, fret 316; Calmer, 4 yrs, Got 31b ; Haricot, 4 yn,
Got 21b Flareup, 4 yrs 6st 21b; Joe Mugging, 4 yrs, 6st ;
Valentine, 4 yrs, 6s;; Clarissa, .5 yrs, 6st; Carus,
3 yrs, Gat; Chief Justice, 4 yrs, Got; Quicksand,
aged, sst 121 b; Warwick, 4 yrk, sst 121 b; Humphrey,
4 yrs, sst 101 b ; Theseus, 3 yrs. sst 10Ib ; Enter-
prise colt, 3 yrs, sst 1016; The Castle, 4 pis, fist 1016;
La Fiancee, 4 yrs, sst 1016; Sprite filly, 4 yrs, sst 101 b;
The Heriot, 3 yrs, sst 1016; lanthe, 3 yrs, sst Jib; Consola-
tion, 3 yrs, sst 9lb ; Grief, 5 yrs, sst 91b; Ilippogriff, 6 yn,
sst 916; The Tout, 3 yrs, sst gib; liungerford, 3 yrs,
sst 91b ; Miss Julia, 5 xrs, sst klb ; Glenhawk, 3 yrs,
sst 81b; Sunrise, 3 yrs, ost bib ; Unity, 3 yrs, sst /lb:
Salute, 4 yrs, sst 71b; Guldfinder, 3 yrs, sst 51b; Tight-
waist, 3 yrs, sst 516; Ringleader, 3 yrs, sst 51b; Aaron
Smith, 3 yrs, sst slb ; lteindeer, 3 yrs, sst 4lb ; Colsterdale,
3 yrs, sst 31b; Entrc Nous, 3 yrs, fist 316 ; The Wren, 4
yrs, sst '2lb ; Coryphee, 3 yn, .t ; e by Prince Caradoc out
of Miss Julia Bennett, 3 yrs, ost ; Tilsit, 5 yrs, sst; Lough
Bawn, 3 yrs, sst ; b c by Coranna out of Monica, 3 yrs,
tist; Knook Kuoll, 3 yrs, fist; Louis Napoleon, 3 yrs,
4st 121 b; Cyclops' 3 yrs, 4st 12Ib ; Waterfall, 3 yrs,
ist 121 b; Reaper, 3 yrs, 4st 1211. ; Avis, 3 yrs. 4st 121 b;
Minna, 3 yrs, 4st 91b ; Heart of Oak, 3 yrs, 4st 91b ; Ischia,
3 yrs, 4st 81b ; Leap Year, 3 yrs, 4st 61b; Once more, 3yrs,
4stelb; True Blue, 3 yrs, 4st 216. If the highest weigh;
accepting be under Sat 71b. it will he raised. &c.

CRICKET.

TIIE PUBLIC SCHOOLS MATCHES.-ETON v.

WINCHESTER.
The Wykehamists have, by their proceedings during yes-
terday, accomplished that which many a long year has
failed to witness—the Eleven of this year having won both
matches—the representatives of Harrow they vanquished
by two wickets, whilst those of Eton fell behind by 26 runs.
The goal state of this latter match was as follows:

Mr. E. Llaworobe, b Tel mlt Ct. 7..72V-1. Hoare, b Trentlett 24
Hon. W. ',wanes, b Unto.... ...... 5 I b tr, b lteay
Mr. G. Fuller, Ibw, b Hoar,
Mr. t. Panther, b Hoare
Mr. G. Bennett, b Hoare l4 b Hoer* .... —.— l5
Mr. B. TrLyiltan, b Tieralott ..... ... 7 b Brown
Mr. V. Brdie, b Ilo.re
Mr. E. Grant, b Hoare 0 b Brown
Mr. Y. Pode, not out
Mr. J. Stonboww, b H0ww........... 4 not Mt
Mr. J. Gdlett, b Itauy
L 0,1; w, 1

Mr. T. Tremlett, b ileums 4 b Stobbowot
4r. 11. Ilo•re, a Bennett, b Gillett II b 11•aam
Mr. J. B. Morey, b &tabour'
Mr. T. Bess, b VuLer
Mr. C. Th atm, b :ton►urt lO • Brandt, b litoabouto
Mr. A. Coleridge, c Brodie, billows 29 b Fuller
Mr. W. Brown, b Fuller .
Mr. A. Wilma's, b Piennes
Mr. G. Dupuis, b Ileums - 3
Mr. D. Iltyter, oat out
Mr. A. 11. Younger, run out 0 not out
B, 7 ; I b, I ; w,7

FRENCH EMIGRANTS TO CALIFORNIA.—The lot-
tery of golden ingots, of which to moch bas been seen
and heard in France, has already realised a sum sufficient
for carrying out the purposes which g.ive rise to it. 6,000
emigrants are to be sent to California with the pmceeds
of the lottery. The house of V. Marron and Co., of
Havre, has obtained the concession from goverrment of tho
transport of these emigrants.

if.ain intelligence.

EQUITY COURTS.-YESTERDA T.
BRIORB THE LORD CRANCII.I4OI.
SITTINGS OF THZ COUNT.

On application by counsel to hear a certain matter to-
morrow (this day), Isis lordship said he would not sit us
court ; and in the course of the dny his lordship intimated
that he would sit in the House of Lords to hear Heller v.
*Bright et contra canes in the winding-up acts; and that on
Friday morning also he would have to sit in the house to
give some judgments; and also that, ns it had been settled
that these courts would terminate their sittings on Friday,
he would not interfere with that arrangement, but any
petition or other matter that was pressing he would hear in
hie room on Saturday.
IN Tltli MATTNIt OP MKS. Er.wr.u, A LUNATIC.—AP.

POINTIIF.NT OF COMIIITTE FS.

Ms lordship addressing the counsel in this matter said ho
had read the papers' and propouils sent to him from Mr.
Elwe., and from Mr. Aykes. 110 thought Mr. Sykes asked
too much—he asked to be the committee practiellly.
Ir THE MATTER OF Miss BAGSTER LL'Y \TIC

There were several petitions in this matter, one by
Mr. Lyall, now acting as a friend of the young lady;
another from Miss Hopwood, who had been her companion
for some years, but has not been yet paid ; and a third
from three persons who had been servants in the establi-h-
-meat which Mrs. Waddell, the young lady's mother, kept
for her. The allowance to Miss Bagster at that time was
1,000/. a year, hut in consequence of the income of tho
property to which she was entitled from her grandfather,
the late Alderman Crowder, falling short of that income,
great embarrassment arose, to the motherly' well as to these
petitioners. The allowance is now reduced to 600!. a year.
. .

The Lord Chancellor directed a refer:nee to the M;utter
on all the petitions, to inquire into the removal of tho
clauses, with a view to payment so faros the present allow-
ance could be made applicable to them.

ZULVETTA C. VINC;;T.-INJUNCTION.-AWNDMENTS.

PRA( ricz.

This was a motion to alter or reverse an order of the pre-
sent Master of the Rolls, and the question appeared to be,
whether an injunction which was dissolved en the coming in
of the defendant's answer, could be revived and extended
upon ❑ntendment of the bill, and before an.wer to the
amendment.. The suit has for its obj• et to obtain dis-
covery in aid of a defence to nn action brought by the above
defendant, as consignor of good. from Cuba to the plaintiffs,
the consignees), who applied the proceeds differently front
the instructions given by the consignor.
Mr. Roupell was opening the apptal motion when thu
court rose.

Btrota Vlca-Cluomritos Kerner Pave,

IlAuvra r. IlumiAlcu.—Cosbritucrium OF• CILARITABLIII

BEYUEST.
Mr. 11. Nicholls and Mr !Lassiter appeared for the plain-
tiff in this case,
_in which the principal question turned on
the effect to be given to a charitable bequest, contained in
the will of Mr. Isaac Bean, of Siloldea, Keut. By the will,
dated in September, 1119, the testator gave to Mr. Harvey
and Mr. Hammond all his estate upon trust, to sell the
same and pay his debts and legacies; and he gave his per-
sonal estate upon the same trust, and gave .-ninth of
the residue to the Spanish and Portuguese Hospital, called
Bethlehem, or Bethulesu' in the Mile-end-road ; one-ninth
to the London Hospital, Whitechapel-road ; one-ninth to
the Ophthalmic Iluspital, MoortickLi ; onc-ninth to the Deaf
and Dumb Asylum, in the Kent-road; one-ninth to the
school of the Indigent Blind, St. Gcorge's.tiehls ; one-
ninth to the St. George's Hospital ; one-ninth to
the Society fur the Propagation of the Gospel in
Foreign darts, Pall-mall, in the county of Middlesex;
one-ninth to the Society for Translatin; the Scriptures;
also in Middlesex ; and the other remaining one-ninth to
the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, in
Lincoln's-inn Fields in the county of Middlesex ; and
he directed that the residuary personal estate or the
produce should be paid in the shares aforesaid to the
treasurer,re-
'ecrtiir institution-., to
the
b time
abP:pited for
gort
the p the aforesaid
r°"u'rapiseisdns of
ttatlt
such institutions respectively. The question was what so-
ciety was intended by the Society for Translating the
Scriptures in Middlesex now having that title.

Mr. Wigratn, Mr.J . Parker, M r.B:con,'M r.Cotton ,and Mr.
Baggalay appeared for the Society for Promoting Christian
Knowledge, the Trinitarian Bible Society, and the British
and Foreign Bible Society, and relivetively contended for
the claims of each of these societies as that Intended by the
testator.

The Vice-Chancellor said that there were two difficulties
in the way of construing the bequest, one was the gene-
rality of the title used by him, the Society for Translating
the Scriptures ; the other arose out of the words " in
Ilia llonour's opinion woo that the meaning WAS
uncertain, and that the court was itself at liberty to direct
a scheme. Ile should feel disposed to dime% the money to
be divided between the three aocieties.

Mr. W. M. James, for the Attorney-General, said the
same course had been pursued in the Guernsey Hos-
pital case.
The Vice-Chancellor said that such a mode of applying
the fund would probably carry into effect the testator's
general object, as they were all their very useful instill,-
lions and would all do good. lle had his own titivate opi-
nion which of them would do most good, hut he did not
thiuk he ought judicially to give weight to it.

ARCHES COURT-YESTERDA v.
w■ _

The attention of the learned judge was confined to ii...ig-
natiour and motion* of no public importance.

PREROGATIVE COURT.—YF.STERIMY.
Smut I4i IL J. Ems..
DEIGIITUN C. lIANCOX.—JUDOMENT.

A report of this case has already appeared in our journal.
The learned Judgo Raid the question for the decision of
the court wan as to the state of the deceased, Mrs. Mary
Edwards, of Tiddiugton, Warwickshire, at the time of the
execution of a codicil to her will, dated the Ist of January,
There was no opposition to the will, but it appeared
that between the date of the will and the date of the codicil
in question the deceased had an attack of paralysis, under
which she eventually sank, and it was contended that at 'he
time the latter instrument was executed the weak state of
her mental faculties would nut allow of her doing any act
requiring thought, judgment, or reflection. Atter going
carefully through the evidence, the learned judge could not
say he was satisfied the transaction took the course repre-
sented by the witnesses for the codicil. Upon the whole
facts he was of opinion the case was one in which the party
had failed in establishing the codicil propounded. Thu
court therefore pronounced against it, and decreed probate
to the will, but as there was a question so to the jurisdic-
tion of the learned judge, he should make no order as to
costs.

IIooKER AND ANOTHER AGAINST AYLING AND OTiltdie.
A report of this case appeared in our columns on the Vith
July last. The learned judge, in giving his decision to-day,
said it came before the court under circumstances some-
what similar to the one just disposed of. The deceased Mr.
William hooker, lute of Midhurst, Sussex, by a will dated
in April, Isis, distributed the residue of his estate among
his children in equal proportions, but it appears that under
former wills all advances made to the several children in
the testator's lifetime, were to he taken into account, and to
form a part of the residue to which each would be
entitled. By the latter paper Mr. William Hooker,
the son of the deceased, who had received an advance
in his father's lifetime, would still take equally with the
rest. Its validity was opposed ou• the ground of the tes-
tator's incapacity, arising from an attack of paralysis. The
court held. as it, the former case, it was one in which the
party had failed to establish that the will was executed by
a testator with a full knowledge of the act he was perform-
ing. It pronounced against the will, and decreed probate
of a former will executed in MIL to the executors.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—YINTERDAY.
Snou Mt. COlllll.lO/411
IN SP BENTON.

This was the last examination meeting in the rase of
John 11,:nton, dm-crib cd as a corn mail coal merchant, of
Stepney. The balanee-sheet, prepared by Messrs. Harding
and PuNein, of Gresham-street, extended over a year and a
half prior to June !ant, and showed a sum of 1,2:13/. due to
creditors, with about 3601. of assets in good debts and pro-
perty. The prolits had been 2181.; trade expenses, 2841. ;
personal do., 222'.; haws, 3161.; deficiency at the eoni-
mencctueut of the account, 2'36i.

Mr. Linklater supported the bankrupt.
Mr. Ifilleary, fur the assignees, offered no opposition, and
the bankrupt palmed.
THE CHEAP" SYSTEM.

Mr. Linklater made an application, under the '2s3rd c
tion of the new act, as to the filing of a certificate of ar-
rangement with creditors, which is directed to be tiled with
"the registrar of the court," and a question had arisen
whether these words designated the registrar of the parti-
cular court in which the arrangement had been made or the
chief registrar.

His Ifonour said that as the office of chief registrar was
now vacant the document must be filed with Mr. Pollak,
the registrar of this court—at all evetds until the office of
chief rvgiqrar was filled up. The economists advocated
the restating of eserything connected with that court to
the loweat possible figure ; but, if he was not much mis-
taken, people would soon find out that what was so very
cheap was, alter all, not worth the money.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.-YESTEIWAY.

Sarno vs. (RU CON111.10:41[1.

INSOLVENCY Ur Mk. INU EitSON, -1•11E-L.ATE or

DRURY-LANE TWEATRE.

This insolvent, the late lessee of Drury-lane 'Theatre,
applied to be discharged.
There was no opposition entered to the application' not-
withstanding there were 201 creditors on the schedule.
The accounts filed by the insolvent (prepared by Messrs.
Lewis and Lewis) make the debts amount to 5,6811. Ls. 1 1 1.,
and the in...olveney to have arisen by the loss sustained in
the manag.mient of the theatre ; the whole of his capita,
exceeding 4,0001. in money, being absorbed in the specula-
tion, independent of the debts now owing. During the
two seasons (1849-50 and 1840,51) that Mr. Auderon
had the theatre the losses amounted to 9,161/. 3s. Id. In the
first season the thoatre was open 98 nights, and the takings
were 11,211 4s. 6d ; the payments were 14,2611. 12s. I(J.,
'hewing a leas of 2,90.5/. 34. 4d. ; being equal to 30/. 51. per
night. The resnit of the last season, in which nearly all
the debts wero in.-mined, showed the takings to be. in 134
nights, 13,66 V. ti 584 and the payments, 14,3671. 15s. Id.
The loss in ta•ntry was 7021. 10A. 7d , and, with the deals,
made the a':out 441.. per night during the whole period.
The total loss in the ..41rst seasoiluirtg
2,9651. 3s. 4d., and in debts, 4931.
second season Ole lass, in payments, ds.
in debts, 5,0001 making
ofll6ll. 3s. The*.
some few ilet).; owinz t6' the iniorvewt. Be giVltpilit
Cash, 2831., and his theatrical seardrobs. a
-t.

• .

tie theatre bad 3,6001. in the
odds,food, besides money at his
banker's, and a cottage. More o-thirds of his this
di,ors were I. rformci,, fur balance of salaries.
The case being called and no creditor appearing, a
person in the body of the court ado 41 hether some allow-
ance could not be made on an order I.y a magistrate. '1 he
party was requeNteil to conic forward. dal hr was accom-
roam! by .syuung wunt.to, who stated name to be
limy Connor.
The Chief Colannesioner asked her whether she was a

EOTTRILL (ABRAHAM) T. SMALWOOD (EDWARD).
This was a very singular case. It appeared (earn
the statement of the learned counsel that the plain-
tiff was a brassfounder an-1 publican at Birmingham,
and the defendant the lies per of the Leather Bottle public-
house there. At plaintiff's house was held a 601. money
club, of which there were us many in Birmingham, and of
this club defendant was a r..tinber. When a certain sum
of money (SOL) was in hand the right to "draw" it was
put up by auction, and this right sometimes realised two,
three, or four shillings. In the present ewe the
usual course had been adopted, the " draw " was
put up for sale, and defendant, through a third
party, bid for it. It was, however, bought by a
man named Mace, who offered Oil. more for the " drew "
than defendant's friend. The landlord, who was the pre
sent plaintiff, however, imagined the " draw " to have been
purchased by the defendant, and next club night he called
him into the bar and handed to him the 50/. In a very
few minutes after this had been done Mace appeared and
claimed the 501., and plaintiff explained that he had given
it to defendant as he thought he had been the
purchaser and not Mace. Mace undeceived him, and they
went into the club-room to see defendant, whom they re-
quested to return the money. This, however, he flatly re-
fused to do, remarking that "he had got the money, and
he would stick to it.' Ile even refused to give a re-
cipt for it, and eventually left with the money in his pos-
session.
Power, a member of the club, stated that he heard
plaintiff say to the defendant, " I have paid you the 501. in
mistake. I really thought it was you who purchased it."
To this defendant replied, " There's no mistake ; you have
paid me out of respect." In answer to othv applications
he said he had changed a sovereign of it, ann Cottrell
answered, " Give me the 49/. then, and I'll forgive you the
sovereign." Defendant said he " wouldn't," and he refused
to rive a receipt fur it.
In his cross-examination witness stated that defendant
had paid in June sixpence carh week for this very 501.
Re-examined—As sous W. this was discovered by the club
those payments were sent back to the defendant.
Verdict fur the plaintiff for 501.

toedfix.
Mary Connor replied that she was a creditor for 5!. She
had sot entered an opposition.
The Chief Commissioner asked her the nature of the debt.
The young woman mid else was servant at the insolvent's
house, sad he owed her the money for the support of an
Illegitimate ehild.
The Chief Commissioner inquired whether she was a cre-
ditor in the sit...llWe.
Mr. Oeorge Lewis (the attorney) referred to No. liar
where the young woman was set forth as a creditor. He
said he would arrange with her.
The Chief Cunimissioncr told her Mr. Lewis would
*peak to her. Perhaps he should be told that she had no
r =plaint to make.
The young woman withdrew in order to be paid her debt.
Mr. lon is mentioned that the sum of 283!. had been pall
fm the insolvent's banker's into court, and he had to ask
Piero court to al:ow hi, tints out of the estate in preparing
the schedule. The taxed bill woo 37!. 3.. 4d.
Mr. Cooke remarked that Meyer'. Lewis preferred=
the money into court, and then asking fur theM costa,
of basing them paid in the tint instance.
Mr. Lewis informed the court that, in addition to the
money at the banker., the theatrisal wardrobe of Mr. An-
derson had been sold, and there would be further sum of
about 1:4 paid into court.
Tile bill of oasts was Lauded to the learned commissioner,
Irons which it appeared that the Master had taxed off
3.. Id. Mr. Lewis said he had only charged Co. Md. fur
getting the addresses of two hundred creditors, and from
that 3, td. had lams taken off. Such a circumstance he
thought was unheard of in a case.
Ills Honour suspected the bill, and ordered payment out
of the money in court.
Mr. referred to the debt in the schedule of Mr.
Laurent, the Mailer of the band, and applied to divide it
into stout thirty creditors, the members of the band, from
11. IN. and upwards.
The amendment was ordered to be mole.
The Chef Commissioner hoped he should be told that
young woman had no complaint to make, and on that
being arranged, the insolvent might be sworn to his
schedule.
The young woman was paid her debt by Mr. Lewis.
..... r, in adjudisatiog upon the ease, observed that
it was a creditable circumstance that out of 100 creditors
nut one had opposed. lie had looked over the scheduls.
sod sew no debt of reckless extravagance, hut that they
were principally for balances of salary in connexion with
the theatre in which be hail embarked, expeetiLg a different
result. Afti r a few further remarks to the same effect the
learned Commissioner declared the insolvent entitled to the
levielit of the act, and ordered him to be discharged teeth-
with.

Nt)ItTIIERN CIRCUIT.—NewcAnce., AuG. 4.
llamas 31s. Scenes FIAT,
COLLINnW,I4)i) r. Luso.
This was an action brought to determine the boundary of
a dock at the west part of North Shields, in the river Tyne,
which Lad been sold to the defendant in 1512 by the
assignees of Messrs. Henry. who, at that time, had become
bankrupts, and soon after the purchase was let on lease to
Messrs. Smith, eminent ship-builders, whose lease of the
premises terminated in 1519, and since that period the
boundary line had been re-built, encroaching to the west
eonsiderably on the plaintiff 's premises.
A great number of witnesses were examined, and several
plans put in, shewiog the line of division between the two
prop rtes.
' Mr. Knowles, fur the defence, contended that the newly-
erretest division wall was built on the original devisee's
boundary, and that the discrepancy of the plans produced,
and the absence of confirmation on the part of the wit-
nesses, clearly entitled the defendant to a verdict in his
favour.
The learned counsel called several witnesses in support of
his observations, and produced several old plans showing
the line of boundary.
After a few observations from the Judge the jury retired
and returned a verdict for the plaintiff, Is. damages.
The cause, which created considerable interest, occupied
the court the whole of the day, and terminated the assizes.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
11()ME CIItCU r.—l.EwEs, At!GuiT
The commission for the county of Sussex was opened
blonclay afti•rnevan by thief Justice Jervis, and his lordship
afterwards chimed the grand jury, and proceeded to try
some of the prisoners. Tho gaol calendar is rather health r
than tisual, tl.ter being 11 prisoner. fur trial. (In the civil
side wily two eases were entered ; one a special ease, and
the other an undefended common jury.
i sew St ow. • - biros* twiny avwfWillVltcc..
TiIkOWINO STMILIA AT A RAILWAY TWAIN.
1E111141,n !lorry Challis, 13, errand boy, pleaded guilty
to an indictment charging hint with having unlawfully
thrown a et rtain substance Intl one of the carrianss travel-
ling upon the Brighton Itailauy, and thereby endangering
the safely of the pleiengers.— Sentence way deterred.
CHAltne Or
Elizal,ll/, Itiekrria, 20, was indicted for wilful and cot
tupt perjury.
The perjury imputed to the defendant WOO that at the
Lent A. 014.4, for this county in 11440, she had falsely charged
three men, 'monist Waters, leewis, and Wilkinson, with
having committed a rubbery with voilesire upon her. Upon
thi; occasion she swore that on the 11th Septemher, 1849,
while sh, via. in her way from Sate hurt to Cranhrook,
slits was uttlekeil by the three men, who knocked
her dortii :11111 robbed her of u purse containing a
sovereign anti either niuneys, and upon this evidence
they were all eon% nted and sentenced to he transported for
fourteen years. The priesuers were subsequently removed
to the Penitentiary in punitunter of their set:brim, and in
consequent. • of representatiomi that were made by them to
the authorities, inquiries were made, the result of which
was that the tiresent elmrge was preteens' against the de-
fendant. The three prisoners who had been convicted were
rasiniated to twine that they dill not colt the defendant as
she bad represented, and there was some little confirmation
111 their stony in the evidence of the daughter of a farmer,
named Übmoeman, who resided near the place where the
robbery ante allotted to have been cennmitted, and who
stated that she 11,1f11 the
three
call out that site hail
4 1. her money before the three men came up to her, and
also that none of the men ran away into a wood close hy.
after the imeurrenre. It appeared, however, that the des
fondant was very drunk tithe time, and that she went to a
public bone. cline by immediately afterwards and told the
same story shit Mel at the trial, and that she had all along
pennslell in the troth of her statement.
'Use thief Juotive, at the close of the cam for the prose-
cution, expressed an opinion that the evidence was hardly
sudirient to justify the jury in coining to the conclusion
that the defeiclant hail wilfully and corruptly swum what
alit knew to be filse. The deltntlinit was in Minor at the
time, and it was possible that she 'night have made a mis-
take as to OW parties who had robbed :ter.
Mr. Crecy, upon this intimation from the court, with-
drew from the proaerution, and the jury returned a verdict
of Not gritty.
Owe MIL P•••• ALlawm. •51, • APWIAL
IIIItUOILRIt toe Y.leNtirall r.
IMPILISONIINNT. _ . .

I%IIDI/LESEX SESSIONS.—YESTEILDAT.
MaiORS Ma 81.611.11 T ADAM%
The August general of the peace for the county
of Middlesex commenced yesterday morning at the Sm.
Clerkenwell, before Mr. Serjeant Adams, as-
aistunt judge; Mr. Witham, Mr. Turner, Mr. Botch, Mr.
Wilson, dec. The calendar contains the names of 90 pri-
soners for trial, di being cases of misdemeanour, and the
others felonies.
The learned judge, in charging the grand jury, remarked
that recently an net of parliament had been passed which
would have the effect of rendering the administration of
justice in that court the more effectual, as it removed the
ditheulties that had existed an to the court formally receiv-
ing and acting upon former convictions, it not having un-
frequently happened that an old thief, who had been re-
peatedly convicted, was to ied for wine petty larceny, and
the court could nut award that punishment the cane de-
served, became• the former convictions could not be in-
cluded in the indictment. Under the new act the court
could sentence to transportation prisoners who were con-
victed of simie lire& ny, if they were proved to have been
previously convicted.
After receiving the usual directions as to the duty they
had to perform, the grand jury retired.
Tan BLACIVI/kI.L RAILWAY RATE ACPEALII.—AWARD

tor Tilt Iteregue.
It will be remembered that a number of appeals by the
Blackwell Railway Company against the rates of various
parishes through which their limo of railway passes, were re-
ferred to Mr. Bodkin as arbitrator. This morning that gentle-
man made his award, which was adopted by the court, and
orders made accordingly. 'f he allowing is the award :
" The Blackwell Railway Company against the l'oor and
Paving rates of Poplar. the poor end conjunct rate of
Limehouse, the like of Ratcliffe, the like of St. George,
the poor-rate of Whitschapel, the like of Mile End Old
Town, the like of Bromley, and the like of Bow.
"'These several appeals were referred to me at the last
Quarter Seasions for Middlesex, together with several other
appeals in respect of parishes out of the jurisdiction of this I
east, the references, including in tact the whole main
line and stations. and the branch line and stations, and
other premises in the occupation of the company. The
accounts of the company were produced, and they
formed the basis of the inquiry. Those accounts were
out confined to the rwrior.6 at which the rates
appealed against were made, ,but were made up
to the latest period possible, and I was desired by all parties
to endeavour to estimate the probable future increase or
diminution of the rateable value of the property, b 0 far as
those accounts tend the other evidence enabled me to do so.
Acting upon this request, I have maturely considered the
whole of the evidence adduced by the respective parties,
and the able observations and arguments of the counsel and
solicitors in the several eases, and 1 recommend the rates I
appealed against to be amended in the following manner:
First, as to the main line and stations. That in the l'oplar
rates the rateable value be alter,' from 1,8591. to 1,8371. ;
in Limehouse, from 6001. to 610/. ; in Ratcliffe, from 8111.
to GIS!. ; is St. George's, from 93)1. to 811/. ; in White-
chapel, 1,265'. to 5201. 111 the places out of the juria-
dictioooo this court the alterations will be: Aldgeste, from
1.0001. to 4971. ; St. Olive, Hart-street, from I,ooo'. to
' 6731. • in All hallows, from 24: to 1711., making the total
rateable value of the main lines, stations, Ate., :5,996/. Se-
I goad, as to the branch line. I rec•mmend the following
amendment, Itatelilfe. from 27:4. to 135/. ; Limehouse,
5.111. to 2621.; )lilt-end, 2001. to 2161 ; Bromley, 3001.
to 1221. ; Bow, 290/. to 193/.; making the rateable
value of the branch line, &c., 1,263/., and of the main and
branch lines 7,2591. This is exelu.ive of the rating of the
parish of St. Katherine Coleman. which was not formally
before me, but which is not to affect the sums appropriated
to the other paeishcs. I further recommend that the appel-
lants and the resr 3ndents severally bear their own costs of
these appeals, mid that the referees' expenses be borne one
moiety by the appellants mud the other by the several res-
pondeute, iu proportion to the amount of toe rateable value
found in each parish respectively.—W. 11. Donuts—Tem-
ple. August 4, DOI."
Mr. Bodkin also madeahis award in the cases of John
Faruell and another, and Charles Yarnell, who appealed
against the poor rate of Islewortli. These appeals were
referred to him on the 26th of May last.
The report stated that the appeals were against • rate
made upon a survey of the parish undertaken by sanction
of the poor law commissioners. and the grounds of ap-
peal contained averments of the general inequality
of the rate. That general objection war, however,
withdrawn, and Mr. Bodkin confined his attention to the
rateable value of the property of the appellants anti that of
the other inhabitants named in the notice of appeal. One
ground of objection was that there were discrepancies be-
tween the sums inserted as " gross rental" and " ratable
value." and upon this objection much reliance had been
placed by the appellants, but the general question being
withdrawn, the amount iu the grows rental column became
immaterial. Another ground of appeal was that land held
by one occupier under several landlords ought not to have
been included in one sum, but Mr. Bodkin's opinion was
that such a fact was no valid objection to the rate. Mr.
Bodkin recommended the rate to be confirmed in the cases
of Mrs. Wilson, Mr. Harris, Mr. Simpson, Madame De
Ilimett, Mr. Portsmouth, the appellants, Mr. Jackson and
Mr. Bwsile—that in the case of Mr. Stanborough the rate
be reduced from 270 to 250, and that it be increased in the
following eases' Rev. 11. Glossop. 75 to 90; Mr. Wilmot,
SOO to Sin; Ditto, from 50 to 57 ; Dr. Bascombe, 210 to
212; Mr. Blackwell, 75 to 81 ; and Mr. Singleton, from
44. to 121. The costs of the reference to be paid in equal
moieties by the parties on both sides,
The court made orders is accordance with the mom-
mendatioss. _

This was an action to recover damage's for Mae
ationsent.
It appeared that the plaintiff was one of the flymen of I
Brighton, tool the dettaidant was the clerk to the commia-
'loners of that town. It will be rtrollected that at the let- I
t.t part of tat year «NOV dispute ample Iktwevn the railway '
company and the tly proprietor. of Brighton, the n-kult of
which was that to arty the whole of the Nies were taken
from the strode. the object being no doubt to in. onvenience
the poldke and the railway eunipany, the proprietor..
porting then, by to obtain some adiantage for which they
ilLtd to a contending. On the morning of the Ills of
October it appear.ll that LI tly, the owner of which
kept aloof front the proceeding, of his fellows,
was ply ing near the Ohl Ship hotel, when the
plaintiff and two other cab proprielon or clovers, one of
whom bad no coat on and his shirt sleeves turned up, came
along and insisted upon engasting the My tor an hour. This
Ord to some altercation, during which a policeman up,
who, seeing what was going on, ordered the vehicle with
the plaintiff and his two companions to be driven to the
Town hall, where, by direction of the defendant, who hap-
pened to he there at the time, they were detained until the
arrival of a magistrate, and they eventually expressed their
regret at what hail occurred and were discharged from CLAM
tody, but after this had happened the plaintiff brought the
present action, and hi; two companions also brought sepa
rate actions for the alleged false imprisonment they had sus-
tained at the hands of the deft admit.
Chambers. on behalf of Mr. Slight, submitted to the
jury that the phstrattf and his companions had brought all
the auemmenikmce upon them.elves by their own miscon-
duct. Ile mid that, having caused a disturbance in the
public thoroughfare cat the town, the policeman was per-
belly juatified in taking them to the town-hall. It was
rob/allow; to suppose that they really intended to hire the
fiy. !mallet it was perfectly clear that, seeing the, single tly
in the dealt at a periml when iu all probability its services
might have been required by some pa...eager going to the
/Odin, they were determined that it ,hould not be so made
was bat that, in order to Nether (brit own object, what-
ever that was, they revolved to engage the sehiele them-
selves. and this improper proceeding It d to their subsequent
detention
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff--damages one
farthing,
Mr Baron Alderson refused to certify, his lordship at the
same nate observing, that after tl.e .edict that had been
111.11111Wd, be did nut suppose they should hear tusytliime
mere of the other two notions.

htIDLAND CIRCUIT.—WaItWICK, Arc. Cr.
hisses *a harm P.n.s
tiorom (Basun) r. FIIIIINIS •111) Mixon.
Mr. Thinsfrey amid that in this ease the defendants were
al Zalpersetiang at P ean hip.ton.asoar, wed executors of
tatsei Mr. JAW Henry Clarke, of the same place, solici-
tor, deceased, sad the plaintif a penes formerly in Mr.
Clarke's employ es housekeeper. Plaintiff lived in that
capacity with Mr. Clarke fur 11 years, but unfortunately in
MI eke gave birth to a child, of which Mr. Clarke was the
father. The confinement took place at Mr. Clarke's house,
and soon afterwards he removed plaintiff and 0 e child to
Cheltenham, and, during the remainder of his life, took the
greatest possible care of both of them. At his death he left
the two notes upon which the present action was brought to
i tll.. tiff, which were handed ro her by the executors, one
kw 4001. and the other fur 200!. Of thew sums 20111.
W paid to plaintiff, and the balance had also been
promised, and It ass to mover that balance
=tlll. /rest that the present claim was brought.
The correspondence wu put in and read, and testator's
bead-wiitiag was proved. The notes were found in the
Malator's desk, with his will, after his decease, the one ad-
enoid to "Sarah Gough," the other "to be delivered to
Weerathesseekeeper, Barak Gough." The noteseekeer, were
essearting to the tositator's directions, and the
eseetegengensa ale chewed then the executors had promised
to pop flee moose of tbe wen when Mr. aarkes Akin
were "mad sop. The piolotiers solicitor also proud that
delholant Ream bag premised to pay the balm* by in-
eleiggate of UK at amain periods.
We larisbios, 111 plaintiff's OM beieg cloud, said the
illemsente we lasempiete, fee _ *ay Warm. home
poosobery solo is dr serowe's lifstiort Is was beyond
A oroliss that fee pisioilf woo eaddol to ems refry,
- ' -.4 the , sr tiros tie arms 1111.111 MO broil inimmeate.
i Prosal• I • Pin iw tow drain am was in
as oalertorsio os are eseLl be
Clarks bed istorisd le mei& Ire Obis en-
bet Ibis Wooden bad bees dolbord by
is vials bo bad ordserwored to do aw
was egiegffspffy ,reassited. Ids Moab*
tie illeirdir to Par that 'a redid be

A Tict-rocarr,
Williams WinoCeLi was indicted for having stolen a
purse containing money from the person of Charlotte
Cooper.
It appeared that on Monday last the proseeutrix was
walking down Hanover-street, when the prisoner was ob-
served to put his band into her pocket, take a purse out of
it, and pus it over his shoulder to another man who was
with him, and who pushed against the prosecntria at tie
asoment the purse was stolen. The perms wit* saw tMs
was about to lay hold of the prisoeue ma hie menegerhos
when two other men prevented his datag se. if., awq
by knocking one of them down, and he succeededin cap-
turing the prisoner.
Mr. Ribton addressed the jury, and urged that there was
no
proof that the prisoner bad had the purse in hie MOW
aims.
Mr. Witham, who was then presiding, recalled the pre-
ateutria, and asked her the colour of the purse of which she
was robbed.
Mr. Ribton said, rather warmly, that the chairman had
no right to put any such question alter the case for the pro-
seeutaon was closed and the prisoner'scounsel had addressed
the jury. It was unjust to the prisoner that questions
should be put after the case was over, to answer a point
raised ea We babel!.

court of justice in England, and which no one of the judges
of the superior courts at Westminster would stiffer counsel
to take. The chairman had gathered the vr.ak points of
the ease for the prosecution from his (Mr. Ribtotio) address,
when he re-opened it, and put questions to stnugthen it—
a course which he would say, though with grea respect to
the court, was highly improper, and extremely unjust to
the prisoner. A few eLlys ato he was prevented by Mr.
Baron Alderson putting a question to a witness after his
awe was concluded. That learned judge said such it course
was an improper one, and one he would not teerate.
Mr. Witham said he should do so.
Mr. Ribton then proceeded to adduces the jary, and was
commenting with earnestness on the course the chairman
had adopted, when
Mr. Witham said—Sit down, sir.
Mr. Ribton—l shall not.
Mr. Witham—l say you shall.
Mr. Ribton—l will not.
Mr. Witham—lf you do not I will commit you. I will
not allow you to comment upon:me personally.
Mr. Ribton—Well, then, as I have done tormenting
allow me to proceed with my address to the jolty.
The learned gentleman then made a few brief observa-
tions upon the answers given to the chairman's questions.
The jury found the prisoner Oniffy, and it was proved
that he was a regular member of the swell mob.
Mr. Witham said he should have sentenced :he prisoner
to 7 years' transportation, had it not been proved that he
had been assisted in the rubbery by other thieves, two of
whom had attacked the witness. Considering that circum-
stance he felt it to he his duty to sentence the prisoner to
be transported for 10 years.

THE POLICE COURTS.
NIANSI6N-HOUSE.
Georye Themes was brought before Sir Peter Laurie fur
final examination upon the charge of being concerned with
others in stealing a cash-box containing upwards of 60/., the
property of Amon Scherringer, proprietor of the Hone and
Trumpeter public-house in Crutehedfriars.
Upon a former examination evidence was given to chow
that the prisoner and three other fellows had been in the
house on the day of the robbery ; that means hail been
taken to get the landlord out of the way for a few minutes,
and that during his tlWellef the ehiffonniere in the bar
parlour, in which the cash-box hail been kept, was
broken open and plundered of that valuable depositary. It
was also on that occasion proved that the prisoner and one
of the men who had been seen with him on the day of the
robbery had visited the house as customers several Mecca-
sive days previously, and invariably occupied a box imme-
diately opposite to the bar-parlour, from which they could
have observed the chiffonniere and the cash-box.
Mrs. Scherzinger, the wife of the landlord, corroborated
several points of the previous evidence, and mid the pri-
I !once had upon a former occasion come in with his used
companion, and when she was alone in the bar parlour
endeavoured to persuade her to get him a little cheese to
take the taste of ale out of his mouth, as his employers
might smell it upon him, and consider it to be a bail ex-
ample to the junior clerks of the establishment. As, how-
ever, she had neither husband nor domestic near her, she
would not stir from the spot, and the thieves :oat that
opportunity—a loss which was soon supplied by a little
more exercise of their ingenuity.
Sir Peter Laurie then read the words used according to
act of parliament by magistrates to prisoners previously to
committal, and asked the prisoner whether he wished,
under the circumstances, to make any observations.
The prisoner—l do. I deny that I know anything at
all of the transaction, and I could have gone away at the
time it appeared the robbery took place. The fact is I
went into the house and called for a glass of ale. I hail
been there four or five times previously, and there was ge-
nerally a young man with me. On the day in question I
had come from the docks. and there was no person with
me when I entered the house. A tall man was standing
at the bar when I went in. lie seemed to me to be a
foreigner, and wore moustachios ; and he asked me how I
did, although I did not know him.
The landlord.—There was no foreigner amongst the set.
The prisoner—l thought he belonged to the house ; and
be asked pie to go into the common parlour and have a
glass of ale with him. lie spoke quite familiarly to me,
and I went in and drank with him. Ile soon afterwards
left the house, but I never stirred from the place till the
landlord came in and there was a noise about the robbery,
but of which I knew nothing in the world.
Sir Peter Laurie—You are committed upon the charge
brought against you. Are there any other persons in at-
tendance against the prisoner ?
Storey, the officer, answered in the affirmative, and called
Mrs. Louisa Barr, of the Two Brewers public house,
in New Park-street, Southwark Bridge-road, who said—
The prisoner robbed my house on the 3rd of June. Ile had
been there two or three times before the robbery was com-
mitted, and there was always another person with him.
On the Friday before Tuesday June 3, he and the other per-
son had been at my house. They went into the bar parlour
having expressed a wish for a private room. They went
into the bar parlour also on the 3rd of June, and they re-
mained there none time. One of them had a glass of ale,
and the other had a glass of half-and-half, and they also
I had some cold brandy and water. Between 4 and 5 o'clock
they left the house together. The cash box was kept in a
cupboard in the bar parlour, and it contained 731. in gold,
two 51. notes, a promissory note for 51. 55., and a mining
share of .51. The cupboard was locked. I had changed a
sovereign before they came into the house, and 1 then
locked the door of the cupboard, and put the key in my
pocket. There had been nobody in the room between the
time at which I locked the cupboard and the time during
which the prisoner and his companion were in the room,
but myself and my husband.
Sir Peter Laurie—Had the lock been forced ?
Witness—No; no violence at all seemed to have been
used. They must have opened the door, I should think,
with a key. I recollect that the prisoner closed the deor
of the room every time after I quitted it.
The prisoner was also identified by a person who, in the
house of the last witness, served him with ale and half-
and-half there.
Sir Peter Laurie—ls the prisoner known as a plunderer
of public houses?
Trew and Burgett, and other experienced officers of the
City police force, said this man was one of a notorious gang
of thieves, who had acquired wonderful skill in getting hold
of publicans' cash-boxes just before the visits of the brewers
and distiller.. To their knowledge upwards of 6001. had
been stolen in public houses within the last six weeks it, the
way described by the evidence ; but it was extremely diffi-
cult to prevail upon the sufferers to come forward, as they
were apprehensive of being laughed at for not benefitting
by the constant examples before their eyes.
Sir Peter Laurie said it was quite evident that the rob-
beries of the present day were d,stisguined from the ordi
nary practices amongst thieves of termer times, by their
intellectual character. The head worked with greater
vigour than the band.
The prisoner—l don't know what the witnesses in the
last ease are alluding to. I know nothing of cash boxes
William Women, in the service of a cooper, said—On the
24th of May the prisoner came to me to our counting-house
when my employer was out, under pretence of purchas-
ing a quantity of hoops. He persuaded me to accompany
him from the counting-boom to the warehouse, and
there he detained me some time while he op.
peered to be looking over his pocketbook for the descrip-
tion of hoops which he was anxious to purchase. Upon my
return to the counting-house I found that the desks and
other places of imagined security had been broken open,
that my watch sod whatever cash had been deposited in the
cashbox were absent, and that the thieves had locked the
iron safe and taken the key with them.
Sir Peter Laurie said he. felt real gratification in the per-
formance of duties which brought before him accomplished
thieves who laid themselves out so completely for wholesale
depredation. At the suggestion of the officers he remanded
the prisoner upon the two last charges, but directed that
the warrant of committal on the first should be forthwith

completed.
BOW-STREET.
Three young men, stated to belong to the swell mob,
named Rear, Kelly, and Wallace, were finally examined on
a charge of highway robbery, committed on the person of
Mr. William Day, trunk-maker, 353, Strand.
Mr. Day stated that between 11 and 12 on the night of
Sunday week he was on his way home from Golden-square.
When pasmng from Little White Lion-street into Mercer-
street, Long-acre, he saw a man cross to the same side of
Mercer street as that on which he was walking, namely, the
left-hand side. When prosecutor had proceeded about 20
yards up the street. he observed another man cross to the
left-hand side of the road, as though to meet the first person,
but instead of doing so be stopped within two feet of wit-
ness, and suddenly placed one hand under his throat and
another at the back of his head. Witness then felt the
man behind him also place his hands round his neck, and
heard the one before him say, " Squeeze him tighter."
Witness was able to see the face of this man, and declared
on his oath that it was the prisoner Best. Having been
held in this manner fur about two minutes, during which
time he held his hand on his watch, prosecutor swooned
from the intense compression his neck suffered. Oncoming
to himself some time afterwards he found he had lost his
watch and chain, vane 211., end 2!. 18s. in coin. He then
shouted police, and directly two or three constables came
up. After giving a description of the patties he was taken
home, and was confined to his bed for five days.
George Appleton, labourer, of Mercer-street, stated that
at 20 minutes to 12 on the night in question, he was stead-
iest at the corner of Mercer-street, Long-acre, when he saw
Best and Kelly come down Mercer-street, and after entering
a public-house, leave it and look about es if watching for
some one. lie then saw them follow a gentleman, and
place their hands round his neck. About two minutes
after, all three fell down together. He then directly
observed the two prisoners get up and run away. On going
to the fallen man, witness found him lying on his
back, quite black in the face, and tears flowing
from his eyes. Witness raised him, and in a few minutes
he recovered and helloed faintly " Police." Witness
joined in the cry, and some policemen then came up. Hu 1
known the two prisoners, Best and Kelly, four months.
About half-pat nine o'clock the same evening witness had
seen Wallace in their company in Seven Dials.
Richard Long, of 18, Mereer-street, saw from his room-
window two men knock down the prosecutor and then run
off' to join two other men who were on the opposite side of
the street. All four then ran off together. Is sure that
Hess is one.4.th, men. He had then, as now, a handker-

r. Witham—Don't interrupt me, sir. thief round ble beat. __
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question, and lam rare you would entertain such an obits). Polion-amilakb P 87, stated that at one ed.& 411 OM
non, if I were to attempt to pursue well a course. morning of Om 29th ult., he apprehended Best in Chest
Mr. Witham asked the nastiest, and then calla the Earl-street, &Ten Dials. He add to prisoner "Charley,
witness who SSW the mad melted hiat the woe I want you to go to the station-house with me." " What
question. for ?" mid Beet. Haring explained the charge to him, the
Mr. MM.", said be claimed • reply on the questions pat! = answered, " Why. I have hardylud tau to
by the newt, sad be west say that the eisminnen hod token ! I not been out • week." light shillings
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THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1851

Joseph Jells stated that about half-put ten on Sunday
night week, he saw Wallace in Seven Dials in ths company
of the two other prisoners. He also saw all three together
I in Mercertrect.
31r. Jardine said he did not think there was sufficient
evidence to criminate Wallace. He should, therefore, dia.
charge him.
Deg and Kelly were theft fully committed.

WORSIIIP-STREET.
Hersey resey, a respectable-looking middle-aged man, de-
scribed as a soda-water manufacturer, was charged with the
following series of unprovoked and aggravated assault*
upon tradesmen, who had exerted themselves to procure
apprehension.
It appeared from the evidence that a number of charity
children, of both sexes, belonging to the parish of Bethnal-
' green, had been treated to an excursion by some benevo-
lently disposed persons, and while setting out, between 8
and y o'clock that morning, and marching in procession
across the Bethnal-green-road, the defendant, who was ac-
companied by his son, drove down the road at a rapid pace,
and without the slightest warning to the children drove in
amongst them, in such a fearful manner as to scatter them
in all directions, and it seemed almost a miracle that some
of them had not been run over and crushed. The
defendant's reckless conduct was witnessed by Mr.
James White, a shoemaker in the Hackney road, who
called out to him, for God's sake to mind what he was
about, and ran forward to stop the horse, but the instant
be laid hold of the reins the defendant lashed him so se-
verely across the head and shoulders that he was compelled,
by the pain he endured, to relinquish his hold. Mr. Stubbs,
a weaver, in Sale-street, seeing the imminent danger the
children were placed in, then sprang forward and attempted
to get into the cart for the purpose of taking the reins from
him, but he had no sooner got upon the step of the shaft
than he was seized by the hair of his head, by either the de-
fendant or his son, and dragged forcibly into the cart, where
he was pinned down upon the knee of the elder defendant,
who hail bceu menacing the crowd around him with a
ginger-beer bottle he held in his hand, which he imme-
diately raised, and dealt hint such a terrible blow on the
head with it as to inflict a severe gash, from which the blood
poured profusely down his face and neck, and rendered him
almost senseless. After struggling with defendant for some
time he aucceded in extricating himself from his grasp, and
contrived to scramble over the opposite side of the cart,
from which he dropped to the ground and was assisted into
t the shop of a neighbouring surgeon, who dressed his wound
and pronounced it to be of a serious description. By this
, time Mr. David Cornwall, an ironmonger its the Bethnal-
green-road, and who is also one of the parish officers, made
his appearance, and observing the defendant cutting about
him with his whip indiscriminately at every one around
him, advanced to the head of the horse and requested the
defendant to remain quiet till a constable came up to settle
the matter, but the only answer he rece‘ved was a severe
lashing across the free, which drew blood and kit a livid
mark down his cheek, which he also exhibited to the ma-
gistrate. By the united exertions of the bystanders the
defendant was ultimately overpowered and detained until a
I policeman could be procured, when he was at length given
into custody.
Mr. Heritage, who appeared for the defence, accounted
for the occurrence by stating that one of his client's
nephews was in the procession of children, whom lie was
anxious to speak to; but, finding he had passed, he re.
(mated the children at the rear to step on one side, to allow
him to pass, which they did, and he had in reality passed
them when the witnesses came up, seised by the bridle the
horse, which was a very spirited animal, and handled it so
roughly that he was obliged, to prevent a more serious affair
resulting, to lay about him with his whip in a manner he
would not have otherwise done.

The learned gentleman called three witnesses to support
this line of defence, and they partially did so; but, while I
some did not see the commencement of the occurrence, the 1
es idenee of the whole was somewhat contradictory, and
Mr. Arnold said that, after considering the entire evi-
donee adduced, he could come to no other conclusion than ,
that the defendant's conduct had been both violent and out
ragouts in the extreme, and he therefore felt it was his duty
to sentence him to pay two separate penalties of CsOs. each
for the assaults upon Messrs. Nt bite and Cornwall, together
with a third penalty of 5/. for his attack upon Mr. Stubbs,
in the whole 101. ; or, in default, he must stand committed
for terms of imprisonment in the House of Correction
amounting to four months, and each of the terms mug
commence at the expiration of the one preceding.
LAMBETH.
Richard King, a livery stable-keeper, at No. 30, Union-
street, Borough-road, was chard, d with committing a most
violent assault upon the Rev. Alexander Bishop, a clergy-
man of the established church, residing at Nu. 21, Brook-
street, Lambeth.
Mr. William Cooper, residing at No. 7, Mint-street,
Borough, said that he observed the prisoner lead a grey
horse along the St. George's-road, and saw hint strike a
gentleman then present on the face with the bit part of a
bridle he had in his hand. The blow was a very violent
one, so much so that the gentleman instantly fell to the
ground, and blood flowed profusely from a wound under
his left eye and his mouth.
The Rev. Alexander Bishop next entered the witness-
box. His countenance was concealed by a white handker-
chief that passed over the left eye, which appeared to be
very seriously injured, and his mouth seemed much swollen
and exhibited marks of a severe blow. Ile said that hir
knowledge or recollection of the assault was very imperfect
indeed, as ho was inebriated when it occurred. His recol-
lection merely extended to the fact of his suddenly falling
from the effects of a violent blow on the face, and on his
recovering his senses and putting his hand to his mouth
three of his teeth dropped into it. Ile had from that time
and woo still suffering from the effects of the lujuries he
sustained.
The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said he was leading
a horse along the St. George's-road for exercise, when the
complainant, who was much intoxicated, and without the
slightest provocation on his part, struck him with his stick
across the bridge of the nose and on the right eye, causing
a wound on the former, and blackening the latter, and
finding himself thus assaulted without provocation, he
would acknowledge that he struck him with the bit part of
a bridle which he had in his hand at the time.
Mr. Norton, to the complainant—ls it true, ns has been
stated by the prisoner, that you struck him with your
stick ?
The Rev. Mr. Bishop—l cannot swear positively that I
did not, sir, from the state I wns in, but I don't think it
possible that I did, for it is so unlike my habit, striking
anybody.
Mr. Norton—Pray what are you, Mr. Bishop?
Mr. Bishop—l am a clerk, a clergyman in holy orders, sir.
Rikerlian, a constable, here said that several persons who
had witnessed the assault, had described it as one of a
cowardly and desperate character. A deep wound was
inflicted under the left eye of the complainant, and he was
obliged to be taken to the shop of a surgeon to have it
dressed.
Mr. Norton said he should be glad to see one or more of
the persons who had been present before and at the time
of the assault, and remanded the prisoner for that purpose,
' but admitted him to bail.

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