The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-04 00:00:00

CHAILGE OF WILFUL MtRDER.

Uillinaf Per;, 42, morbid, inoffensive, motherly-
looking woman, attired in deep mourning, was indicted
for the wilful murder of Swum Smith l'age, her daughter,
by cutting her throat. Mr. Ityland conducted the prosecu-
tion. The prisoner wax defended by Mr. T. Chambers.
The learned counsel, in stating the case fur the proem-
tion, add that the prisoner had been arraigned upon the
present charge at the Lent assizes in 1e.50, and was then
found to be insane and unfit to plead, and since that period
she had been confined in gaol, but having now recovered,
ehe was placed upon her trial. Ile apprehended the only
question the jury would have to decide was as to the state
of mind of the prisoner at the time she committed the act
imputed to her.
Sums witnesses were then examined, from whose evidence
it appeared that the prisoner was the wife of a labouring
man in this town, and that up to the time of the occurrence
she had always borne the character of an affectionate wife
and mother. In November, 1849, she was delivered of the
child in question, and it appeared that shortly after she had
recovered from her confinement she was observed to be in
a very low and desponding way, and she was frequently
beard to exclaim that she did not know how she should he
able to live, as her husband had had his wages reduced.
It appeared that soon afterthis, her husband was discharged
from his employment, and this still further preyed upon
her mind. On the morning of the day named in the indict-
ment she went in her night clothes to the house of a neigh-
bour named Cooke, a shoemaker, in a wild and excited
state, and she exclaimed to him, " I have killed my poor
ikar babe, and hare tried to kill myself, but I can't." Mr.
Cooke said he hoped what she rant was not true, and she
said it was, and put her hand up to her threat, and he oh-
-erred blend oozing between her fingers. Its then ob-
tained assistance and proceeded immediately to the pri-
soner's house, where he found the child with its throat cut,
covered user with the bedclothes and quite dead a and a
razor, with which the dreadful act had been committed,
was lying by its side.
The Lord Chief Justice, after a portion of the evidence
had been gone through, 'aid it appeared to him to be un-
neeemary to proceed further with the examination of the
witnesses, as he apprehended the jury could not entertain
any reasonable doubt that at the time the prisoner commit-
ted the act she was not in such a state of mind as to render
her responsible for her actions.
The jury concurred with the opinion expressed by his
lordship, and at once returned a verdict of Not Ciesilty, on
the ground of insanity.
Totgi )ouutso iii nee Memos: t.—The trial of the young
man. Thomas Droory, who stands charged with the wilful
murder of Jowl Denny, will take place in the course of this
week, before Lord Campbell.

OXFORD C'lRCU'lT.—Oxeonn. MARCH 3.
somas Ma. Jena PAITIM/S.
BURGLAKIE4.
William For was convietavl of a burglary at Sibford, and
stealing aarinus artielis, and was sentenced to ten years'
transportation.
lt'Ulwas Gilkes, a publican, was charged with breaking
into a dwelling-house, and stealing ten promissory notes,
value U. each, and gold and silver coin value 201.
Mr. Cooke fur the prosecution, Mr. Cripps for the defence.
The trial occupied a considerable time, :end the cue rested
entirely on circumstantial evidence.
'the jury ervmalad the prisoner.
Some trifling caw, were also disposed of in the same
court. The trial of John Lamhouni, for the murder of his
wife, at Wallington. is fixed to take place to morrow.
isi hail's COCHT.
11.V1,1. Ma Junin' Talent.
CAYnwaLLe. MILLEIt.
Mr. Alexander for the plaintiff, Mr. Keating fur the
defendant.
In this case the plaintiff, who has earned great notoriety
in Oxford as a mon. y lender. sought to *mover powv,ion
of some .Iml'. in a Inch lie had an interest, and which had
his a deposited by oilier parties in the hands of the dein).
duit, a chemist, in Oxford, as security for money advanced
toy him.
The case which was a very complicated one, lasted sere-
rid boon, and terminated in favour of the defendant.

wEsTEnN ClltCUlT.—WiscnrsrrEß, MARCH 3.

The Chief liarm, Sir F. Pollock, and Mr. Baron Martin,
arrived here, and .pen. d the commission on Saturday. Bu-
siness commenced this morning, the Chief Baron sitting at
Prim, and Mr. Baron Martin presiding in the Crown
Court. line ealetotte contain the mimes of 139 prisoners,
and it is prodialde that before the grand jury is discharged
the number will amount to 1.14)--a greater number than
can he rem inhered at any former assizes, but the offenet
are of a trivial character. _ _

}our cases wen disposed of in the Civil Court in the
eour of Monday, but all were totally devoid of public 'u-
teri4. The CAM+ triad in the Crown Court were also of a
trivial character.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT:NtwcASTLE, MARCU

IN Be. DAWN PI ATT.
I'narulvu ACWYLAY.

Luke Melly and Iranian Melly wen. indicted for baring
in October, 1149, shot at John Smith and others, game-
keepers, in the employ of A. B. Crenwell, Esq., with in-
tent to murder. They were further charged with intents of
a less serious character. The skirmish took place at Old
Bewick, near Alnwick, there being tour poaches and throe
keepers. Smith distinctly stated that Luke Skelly fired at
him, and the discharge blew otf his cap, the powder blacken-
ing hiv face ; and that a man named Richardson also pulhd
his trigger, but his gun missed tire. Another man had a
gun, and ran away. William Skelly had not • gun ; he
was armed with a stick; but it was asserted that he had
aided and abetted. 'r be prisoner had since absconded.
The Judge haying carefully summed up, the jury retired
for half an hour, and returned with a verdict of Ustilty of
shooting with intent to present their lawful appreheasion,
but acquitting th, in of the first three counts an the indict-
ment.

They were nentencesl to he tran.sported for 10 year,.
After his lortlfthiy had disposed of the county fiusincse, he
took town eases.

MANALACONTFR.

Monads Baglee was charged with the manslaughter of
Robert Johnson, in the Cloth-market, on the night of Dec.
6. The partici had then acquaintances; they bail both been
drinking. It appearcd that Baglee had pushed decvaied's
wife, which bad led to a tight between them. After he was
down, prisoner kicked him with great violence on the
head, which, according to the surgical evidence, producul
an effusion upon the brain, which caused almost immediate
death.

Mr. Ingham was for the prosecution, and Mr. Otter for
the defence, who 'aid he could not deny the fact charged,
but he called a wittieps to show that, in a previous quar-
rel, deceased had kieled Baglce when be was down.
His Lordship, who had characterised the kicking of a man
when down us most euieardly and savage, then addreocil
the jary, and they immediately convict the prisoner, who
was sentenced to 12 months' hard labour.

This ended the criminal bueiuess, and the court rose.
CmL SlDA—Numaa M. IIOTICA CA...WALL &SD A SrNICIA..
FENWICIC C. TAYLOR AND 01116 RA.

This action was brought toreeo recover the coin of 1,1111.,
being the value of the plaintiff's vessel, which was run
down and sunk by the defendants' vessel.
A great number of witnesses were called on both aides,
whose evidence was exceedingly conflicting; but, after a
long hearing, the jury finally returned a verdict for the
pbuntiff—Dassages, 1,1114.
Bnrrn.

This was another eincialjuryne7for running down at
sea, and the jury also returned a verdict fur theplaintiff—
Damages, 3321.
The court then row.

STEALING MONET LETTER... —At tho Bristol
Police-court, this week, Thomas Huckman, one of the dis-
trict messengers, was fully committed to take kis trial for'
stealing from the letter bag a letter, containing a sovereign
and four postage stamps. Mr. Hammy, her Majesty's In-
speetor-Gcseral, attended by direction of the Postmaster-
General, assisted by Mr. Bretton, solicitor, to prosecute the
complaint, which was preferred under • section of the act
of parliament which imposes the penalty of transportation
' for life. The prisoner's duty was to convey the litter bag
from the Stole's Croft district "Mee to the general re-
ceiving office iu Corn-street, and several money letters
having been meant a representation was made to the Post-
assitcr-General, who scut down Mr. Ramsay to inquire into
it. The prisoner was suspected, sad a sovereign and some
Nampo were inclosed in a letter, which was addressed to •
m osir inManchester,stamped, and posted in Stoke's
When t e bag was received and opened it was dis-
covered that the letter was not contained in it. This in-
creasing the suspicion against ths prisoner, he, on his pre-
senting himself in the evening, was taken into custody and
saarelted, and the four postage stamps, upon which Mr.
Ramsay had put a private marls, were found in his pocket.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL CO URT.

This court resumed its sittings yesterday, pursuant to the
adjournment from the last session. The commissioners pre-
sent at the opening of the business were the Right lion. the
Lord Mayor, the Recorder, the Common Serjeant, Alder-
men Hunter, Solomon., Sir C. Marshall. and Lawrence;
Messrs. Garden and Hodgkinson, sheriffs; Messrs. Law and
Elba, under-sheriffs, &e. The calendar at present contains
the names of 147 prisoners.
The Recorder, after the grand jury had been sworn, said,
in addressing them, that it was a matter of c mgratulatiou
that the eats of the calendar was such as would not
render it necessary for him to detain them more than a
few minutes, and indeed when he first came into court
he anticipated that he should at once have been
able to remit them to the performance of their
duties. Since he had token his seat upon the bench, how-
ever, the depositions in two or three cases hail been put
into his hands, to which he considered it necessary to call
their attention by a few observations. He was glad to per-
ceive that the calendar was not only light in numbers, but
also in the quality of the crimes charged in it, and that it
did nut contain a single charge of the highest nature known
to the law—that of murder. There were, however, those
cases involving the destruction of human life, which were
of rather a peculiar character, and he thought it right very
briefly to call their attention to those C 2506. In the first of
them it appeared that the injury inflicted was of
a very trifling description, and consisted merely
of a puncture in the hand by a fork, and the
death of the party appeared to have been owing
to his bad state of body at the time he received the injury.
It was his duty, however, to tell them, that if it should ap-
pear that the injury, although trifling in itself, still by rea-
son of the bad state of body of the deceased eventually
proved fatal, the party would still be liable to the charge of
manslaughter. In the next cue it appeared that the de-
ceased was suffering from a malady which must have termi-
nated her existence within a comparatively short period,
but notwithstanding this, if it should be established that
the injury inflicted by tho accused party accelerated
even to the very smallest possible degree the death
of the deceased, he would be equally guilty of the crime of
manslaughter, although the period of the dissolution might
only have been anticipated by a very short interval. The
third ease of manslaughter was one of an unusual character.
It appeared that a little girl, seven years old, had been sent
into the room occupied by the prisoner, to request her to be
quiet, she being at the time intoxicated and making a great
noise, and there could be no doubt that the prisoner gave
her a quantity of gin, the effect of which was to cause
immediate insensibility, and she was removed to the hos-
pital, when• she died in three or four days afterwards.
fliese being the facts, he should recommend the grand jury,
if they should he of opinion from the evidence that would
be laid before them that the prisoner had recklessly and in-
cautiously administered a quantity of spirits to a girl
of tender years, and that death was the result, to re-
turn a true bill, and he might remark, that the
fact of the prisoner being in a state of intoxication at the
time would not afford any excuse fur her conduct. The
learned judge then said there was a case of a must disgust-
ing character, in which a person filling the position of a
gentleman, and a member of the College of Surgeons, was
charged with felonious assaults upon no less than seven
young girls. It would not be advisable fur him to make
any reference to the disgusting evidence that appeared in
the depositions, and he would merely remark that, if the
grand jury should think that it was made out that there
had been anything of what the law called durum., either
by intimidation or by the administration of spirits and wine
to the girls who were brought forward us witnesses, so as
to hinder them from offering that resistance which other-
wise would have been expected from them, he considered
the grand jury would be justified in finding a true bill in
all the cases in which these facts were made to appear.
The grand jury then retired to their room, and the court
proceeded to dispose of the business of thesessiou.

ItHAIEEKT AT THE .0 DO DHCIO.

Conks Foote", 3S, • person of respectable appearance,
described as an agent, w•s indicted for stealing • quantity
of coffee, the property of the London Dock Company.
In other counts Cie prisoner was charged with feloniously
reviving the co&•e, knowing it to have been i•tolen.
Mr. Bodkin, Mr. Ballantine, and Mr. Gordon conducted
the prosecution, which was instituted by the Board of Cus-
toms. Mr. Parry defended the prisoner.
Mr. Bodkin having briefly explained the nature of the
charge against the prisoner, the following witnesses were
examined.

William Compton deposed that in the year 1849 he was
in the service of the London Dock Company, and he was
engaged as delivery foreman at the South Quay warehouse.
The prisoner, he understood, was a commission agent, and
he had known him in that capacity for seven years, but for
six mouths before October, 1849, they were on intimate
terms. It was witness's duty to deliver out goods from the
warehouse, and shortly before October hj: arranged with
the prisoner that he should purchase a quantity of rice, and
send a delivery order for it, and witness agreed to substitute
coffee for the rice. Ile shortly afterwards received an
order from the prisoner for the delivery of four bags of
rice that were lying at the South Quay warehouse, and
witness made up tour bags of coffee instead of rice, and
they were taken assay in a truck. Ile took the coffee
from the stores of the company, and when the bags had
been put into the truck he gave u pass for four bags of rice.
The prisoner afterwards gave him (id. per pound for the
coffee, which was his share of the amount it fetched, after
deducting the price that had been paid for the rice.
Cross-examined by Mr. Parry—Rice and coffee were kept
in the same warehouse. Witness left the service of the
Duck Company in Map 18,50. lie was discharged, but it
was not fora fraud. the company discharged him because
he substituted one hag of coffee for another, and not for any
fraud. Ile was put in prison for u supposed fraud upon
her Majesty's Customs. lie war nut now in any employment,
but received Dis. per week from the Customs. lie was
suhloenaed as a witness upon time trial that took place in
the Court of Exchequer, but was not examined. There were
a good many discharged dock servants at the present time
in the pay of the Customs, and he had received his pay
since the commencement of the present prosecution in
January bat. The coffee he sent away was taken from the
bulk of sweepings and from bags that ought to have been
delivered before.

Mr. E. 0. Weak', superintendeat locker under the
Castunis, deposed that, in October, 1849, the' average price
of coffees, duty paid was Is. per pound. The duty on rice
was only &I. per cwt.
By Mr. l'arry—llad never seen coffee quoted at so low a
price• as Irrs. pa•r ewt., nor even 1 ss than 30s. per cwt.
Comptim, the hot witness, had been wanted at the
Custom-
house to give his evidence almost every day.
Mr. l'arry—Van you give ns an idea 'bow many of the
discharged dock servants were " wanted" at the tustom-
house fur the same reason ?

'l•he witness ut jo tied to answer the question.
Mr. Parry insisted upon his right to have the question
answered; and the learned lteeorder ruled that it should be.
The win., ss then said he believed there werebetween
twenty and torty discharged dock servants at present in the
pay of the Customs. There were different scale♦ of pay-
ment fur thew• persons. Some of them received twenty-five
shillings per week, and others tee shillings only.
Ite-esamine•d—believed that some of the persons he re-
forresl to had been discharged because they refused to sign
certain documents that were required of them by the Lock
Company. Some of them had been in communication with
the hoard of Customs before they were discharged.
Wit:llan' Elston, a carman, deposed that he went with a
truck to the South Quay warehouse in October, 1849, by
direction of the prisoner, to bring away four bags of rice,
and took tlo m afterwards to the office of the prisoner, in
139 liter-street. As he was going along, he observed there
were ear e berries sticking upon one of the bags, and this
circumstance excited his attention.

--Cross-examined—Witness was paid by the Customs for
his loss of time. He had received four sovereigns alto-
gether, winch was at the rate of ten shillings a day. Ten
shillings a day was his " figure." Ile was a master car-
man, but did not keep any liorrsv or carts, and on the dap
in question he borrowed the truck from a person named
Ilu had been in trouble himself, but he would rather
not tell what it was about. Upon another occasion he was
also locked up in Arbour.square police station, but he
should deciine to state what it was for.
By Mr. Dialkin—He was only kept in custody a few days
and then discharged. He would rather not say what the
eharg, was that was made against him.
A lad named Collins, who was in the service of the pri-
soner at the tune of the transaction, was then examined,
and lu• dowsed, that the witness Elston brought four bags
of coffee to the mitre in Billiter-street, and that the pa-
wner received the hags, and took samples from them.
This cloud the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Parry made a very enurgetic addreu to the jury on
behalf of the prisoner, and in the course of his address be
commented with considerable severity upon the conduct of
the Custom-house authorities in tampering with the dis-
charged servants of the dock company, and inducing them,
by the rayment of money to a considerable amount, toeome
furssrs sau support a raarge of this description. He then
remarked at sumo length upon the testimony of the wit-
nesses Elston and Compton, and urged upon the jury that,
under the circumstances, they ought not to place any re-
liance upon their evidence ; and he concluded by asking the
jury not to sanction such a proceeding as had been adopted
by a public body like the Board of Customs as shown on the
present sin:skims, or countenance the expenditure of the
public money for unworthy purposes
The jury retired to consider their verdict at a quarter to
3 o'clock, and after being some time in deliberation they
returned into court, and gave a verdict of Guilty against
the prisoner upon the count the indictment which charged
him with feloniously receiving the property.
Judgment was postponed.

PRINTERS' PENSION SOClETT.—Yesterday the an-
nual general meeting and 29th election of the above insti-
tution took place et the London Tavern, Frederick Shep-
hard, Erg., in the chair, when, with the Whittinghant pen-
sioner, seven pensioners were elected, in addition to the 48
now on the establishment. The report stated that the
annual and life subscriptions were 497/. Ils. 5d., nearly the
same as last year. Notwithstanding that the increase of
pensioners, and amount of pensions, and the payments of
accounts due the previous year had rendered it necessary to
draw 60/. from the funds, yet 1511. 7s. 2d. had been added
to the fneded stock, veh'eh now amounted to 5,6641. Bs. 5d..
During the yetr seven pensioners—five men and two women
—dkd, one of whom had horn 21 Joan on the funds. The ,I total receipts were 1,1721. Bs. 9d., and the gross expendi-
ture 1,1261: leaving a balance of 451. 14a. 91d.
The ballot having been taken, the following went declared
ontersaful candidates : Joseph W. Bush, 63 ; John Dineen,
61 ; Mary Bradley. 67, Jane Ileclgeland, 66; John Hum-
phries, 72; Sarah Conte, Of ; scald Elisabeth Waives, 73.
After the appointment of the committee, treasurer, Incr.-
tary, &e., for the year ensuing, thanks were unanimously
awarded to the chairman, and the meting broke up.

THE POLICE COURTS.
MANSION-1101.-SE.
John William, was charged with having picked a gentle-
man's pock, t of a silk handkerchief.
A voting tradesman saw the prisoner, who waa °tromps-
ni,al by another man, who appeared to be "nn the loose,"
following a gentleman. The prisoner expertly transferred
the gentleman's handkerchief from the pocket to which it
belonged to his own, but upon hearing a cry of "atop
thief," let it fall upon the ground, and ran away. His
companion also speedily cut off, hut was more lucky than
the Actual spoliator, who was at once stopped and taken to
the station-house.
The Lord Mayor—Now, prisoner, what do you sayto this
charge ?
Pnsoner—'Tis all false, my lord. I never took any hand-
kerchief. But the fact is, the witness against me wanted
a job, and as he gets money by accusing ininic(nt people, he
tried it on with me, but it would'ut do. I've seen hint my-
self at the work.
The Lord Mayor—You hear what he says, witness. Have
you appeared against other persons ?
The witness—l appeared against a thief about three
weeks ago at Guildhall. As I was standing at the corner
of Ave Maria-lane I saw the man distinctly pick a pocket,
and I pointed him out, and caused him to be taken into cus-
tody and conveyed to Guildhall.
The Lord Mayor—And what was the result ?
The witness—He was committed for fourteen days. That
and the present were the only occasions on which I ever
charged any busty, and I would not accept a profit from it.
The prisoner—l'm just as innocent as the baby that's a
sucking of that young woman.
George Scott, the officer, said—l apprehended the pri-
soner three months riga on London-bridge for robbing a
gentleman of his handkerchief; but the moment he saw me
he dung the handkerchief over the bridge. Ile was then
committed from this court for fourteen days.
The prisoner—That was all as wrong u this. You mis-
took the party, that's all.
The Lord Mayor—Well, if you are innocent you are
very unfortunate. But why did you run away when you
threw down this last handkerchief.
The prisoner—Why ! Because they all run after me.
(Laughter.)
The Lord Mayor—Now I asked the witness who first
gave evidence against you, not for a moment supposing
that what you said was true, but to show you that your
defence should receive all the credit to which it could be
entitled. You shall now go to Bridewell fur a month.
The prisoner—Well, I certainly am obliged to your lord-
'h
o other young men were charged with having picked
gentlemen's pockets of handkerchietk
One of them said it was quite impossible that he could be
guilty, as he could not sec well enough to pick a pocket.
The other said the streets were now so crowded that any
body might be taken for a pickpocket, particularly as the
tailors made the pockets so shallow that handkerchiefs were
continually falling out of 'em.
They were each of them committed for 14 days.
LAMBETH.
Julia Colter and Mary Sexton were charged with begging
at the catholic chapel, St. George's-fields.
Police constable 72 L deposed that he observed the pri-
soners begging near the chapel from eight to ten o'clock on
Sunday morning, and on making an effort to take them
into custody, they made their way into the sacred edifier,
and by this means got away front him. By concealing
himself from their view he at length secured them. The
prisoner Sexton had been charged at this court, on a former
occasion, with a similar offence, but was let off on her pro-
mising not to repeat the act.
The prisoners, in reply to the charge, said they had at-
tended the chapel for devotional purposes ; but the con-
stable having sworn distinctly to both receiving alms, they
were committed to prison l,r seven days.
Julia Brien, a middle aged woman, with an infant in her
arms, was charged with a similar offence to that of the other
two females, and was also committed to prison for seven
days.
Mr. Joseph Harris, of Brook-street, Kennington, was
charged with creating a disturbance, and using threatening
language, in the shop of Mr. Joseph Buck, a saw and tool
maker, in the Waterloo-roud.
Mr. George Buck deposed that at about 10 o'clock on that
ntorniug the prisonsr came to the shop and asked for his
father. Witness told him that his father was out, and
that if he had any nu,sage to leave he should deli-
ver it to hiss on his return home; but the 'prisoner
declared he should nut kayo the house, and began to
bully and create such a disturbance that a crowd as-
sembled round the door, and he (witness) was ultimately
obliged to send for a constable, and give him into custody.
He said that my father owed hint 238/. on some gambling
transaction, made use of threatening language towards my
father, and said he should not leave the house until he had
his life or the money.
Police-constable L, said that about half past ten that
forenoon he was sent for by the last witness, and on going
to Mr. Buck's shop he found a crowd outside, and the pri-
soner making a sitt‘iderable disturbance within, and, by
the desire of Mr. Buck, jun., he tole him into custody.
Mr. Elliott (to the prisoner)—You have heard the charge,
what have you to say to it ?
Prisoner—Well, sir, the fact is that shout eight or nine
days ago I met Mr. Joseph Buck in the City, and on
seeing me he said I was the very person he wanted, and
that he had been looking for me. Ile said the reason lie
wanted to see me was to Nick for him a horse called " Vain-
hope," for the Liverpool Steeple Chase, for one or even two
thousand pounds. Under his instructions I backed the
horw for him to the amount of 238/., and told him the par-
ties with whom I made the bets, and the odds I took, and
for this he expressed himself ntost grateful, and invited
me to his house to tea ; but finding that the horse " Vain-
hope" had not won the race he now refused to pay me
the 2381. 1 had made myself liable to pay, and which I
must pay to those persons at Tattersall's with whom I made
the beta. Feeling annoyed at the lasition in which I wan
placed, and knowing that I have no alternative between
paying this large sum, or being pointed out as a cheat and
defaulter if I du not, I may have said all that has been
complained of.
Mr. Elliott—What are you ?
l'risouer—l am what they call a sporting man, a book
maker, and make bets on horse racing, both un my own
account, and on commission.
Mr. Elliott—You must enter into your own recognis.anees
in 201. to keep the peace, and be of good behaviour foe one
month.

The preconer entered into the required bail, and was at
once di.charged.

RECOVERY OF STOLEN PROPERTY AT LIVERPOOL.
—On Saturday a man named Thomas Watson, the keeper
of a beerhousu of doubtful character, in Ilanover.street,
Manchester, and a well-known thief named Carney, were
brought up, having been apprehended by Inspector Bates,
of the detective force in Liverpool. The inspector having
reason to suspect that Watson's house was the repository of
stolen property, proceeded to Manchester, where he ob-
tained the assistance of Inspector M'Mullen, of the Man-
chester police. In one of the rooms of this house, which
was locked up, the key being in Watson's possession, they
found a large quantity of props rty, including a considerable
quantity of leather for soles and "uppers," twelve barrels
of mustard, boxes of cayenne pepper, mustard seed, a
churn, a bag of glue, some shears, some pewter mea-
sures, a number of wire tire-guard, several circular saws,
• large quantity of new lead piping, some hand saws
and plane, several new huts, four silver watches, a
quantity of twine, two violoncellos, a quantity of sash-curd,
two gallon bottle* containing whisky, three boxes of col-
lars, and three of worsted cuffs, the rib of a whale, • large
tub, a bag of iron rivets, a garden engine (Bead's patent),
five thermometers, a telescope, a black silk handkerchief,
a quantity of spices, • smith's anvil, a bag of linseed, some
sieves, come sealer, • number of blacksmiths' tools, a hag of
screws, and tome cloth and restinp of which Bates was in
search. They also found a large book in which were en-
tries of the parties from whom all this property had
been purchased, with the sums paid for it, and from
this it appeared that the prices paid by Watson for
the several lots was not one-quarter of their real value. Ile
also appeared to have done some business as • money-lender,
for in one of the hats was written, " Lent 2a., to be paid on
the 22nd of February, or to become my property," and the
silk handkerchief was marked 2s. Oid. The four watches,

too, he said had been left with him as security for money
Iwhich he had lent ; hut he did not know the parties vrlio
had left them. His wife was seen to hand something to
the servant girl, and on examination it proved to lie a hag
containing twelve sovereigns, and a quantity of foreign
coins was found in a room upstairs. Watson was taken
into custody, and removed by Elates to Liverpool, together
with the property supposed to have been stolen from hence.
The remainder of the property was removed in carts to the
Town-hall, Manchester. 'the police have no doubt but
that much of this property has been obtained by means of
fraudulent orders, in SSSII111(Ii names. The prisoner Carney,
above alluded to, was subsequently taken into custody. In-
spear Batt.o, on Saturday, produced a quantity of cloth
and some waistcoat pieces, part of which was identified by
Mr. Swanwich as having been stolen from Mr. Earp's esta-
blishment in July last. A waistcoat piece was also spoken
to by Mr. Crenshaw. Mr. Clough asked for a remand,
stating his conviction that much of the property found in
Watson's possession was the produce of robberies in Liver
pool, for instance, about 1001. worth of leather was disco-
vered of the same description as SOW stolen in Liverpool
some time ago. Mr. Davenport, who defended the pri-
soners, said that the property had been deposited with Witt-
wm by Carney, who hat him 51. upon them. Watson had
also lent Carney 11. on a chest of drawers. Watson, when
called upon to speak for himself, corroborated this state-
ment, and said that on his expressing surprise that Carney
should be in possession of such " stuff, the latter said it
belonged to a friend of his, and that he would fetch it away
again in two or these months. Carney, however, was not
so Judicious in his statement. Turning to Watson, he said,
" Ton said you would lend me it. on the property, which
you knew very well could not be mine—a working manlike
me." Both prisoners were remanded till Wednesday.—
Limped Albion.
SUICIDE IN TILE LEEDS GAOL.—On Saturday last
a prisoner in custody at Leeds destroyed himself whilst la-
i bouring under an attack of temporary insanity. His name
i 'SAS George Midglev, supbo, and 23 yearsof age. The
is prisoner was brought in custody on Saturday on the
charge of having stolen nine sheep from a field at Addle,
! near Leeds, and the evidence being clear against him, he
was committed for trial at the assizes. Soon after his eom-
i mittal his father and mother visited him in gaol, and spoke
somewhat harshly to hint, threatening to discard him for
his conduct. In about an hour afterwards the police officer,
who was to convey him to York, went into his cell and
found him suspended by the neck from one of the window
stanchions. Instead of a rope, he had used a scarf which
he wore round his neck. Tke eorouer'sjury .:pressed their
opinion that the man had committed the rash act whilst la-
boozing under an attack of insanity.

Tills

Coarse et Mad. Strength of t►faa. ;We
W.N. W. Stragdg Wind.
The returns from the following places dt
office in time for publication yesterday
indicate the state of the weather on Satur
nine o'clock.

Wens= W.
Sau.meaa
1N.., N.
Livtarvol. N.W.
You N W.
i AVICAWIR W.
WusTot,
DA/I.IIIOTINg W.by N.
I II."
wurnmsna ....„ ti.W.
1 Zama= N.W.

tkrotig breeze
CAlm

Beetle Breese
es 4 title We l@

Strong Breese
Calm

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%troeg &erre
Gentle Breese
rketl Meese
Gentle limns
Strung Enloe

&tidier
Prat
Partially Moody
Madam
earthily (lowly
Miami
ffierca-t
Melt ?mat
Partially Cloudy
Pardally Cloudy
Partiagy taairly

LUNAR RAINBOW.—This Phenomenon, which was
noticed as being seen during the last moon, was again ob-
servable during the present one. On Tuesday evening
about eleven o'clock, the weather being of the same nature
as on the 19th of last month, when the last lunar rainbow
was seen, namely, a strong wind drifting rain from gather-
ing clouds in the west, and a comparatively clear sky in the
east, and the moon having risen, and hanging in the south-
eastern heaven, • complete bow was formed in the north-
western quarter of the heavens. The moon being a little
less than full, and slightly obscured by a thin veil of strato
cirrous cloud, the bow was not brilliant, though prismatic
colours were observable at either extremity, the centre part
presenting a clear pearly light. The lunar rainbow is
sometimes confounded with the halo, from which it differs
in being much more rarely seen, the relative position of the
moon and state of the weather, necessary for its production
only occurring occasionally in the course of perhaps three
or four years, although it so happens that two have been
seen already in this year.—Edinburgh Courant.
SERIOUS ASSAULT.—On Tuesday a most cowardly
assault was made by George Osborne, a lurcber to Lord
Harborough, upon Mr. Musson, of Melton Mowbray. It
appears • that Osborne came to Melton to prefer a
charge of poaching against two young men, and was
asked by some one what he should say when he got before
the magistrates. His reply was, " I can say and awear
any mortal thing;" and, when expostulated with for such
a declaration by Mr. MllllOl3, he pulled out alife-preserver
and dealt a blow at Mr. Musson, who was fortunate enough
to parry it off with his arm, but not without receiving a
severe Wow, which, if it had caught him where Awes in-
tended, would probably have kill d him ou the spot. Mr.
Musson closed upon Osborne, and, after a severe struggle,
succeeded in taking the deadly weapon from him.—Lewes-
terehire Mercwry.