The Express.
London, England, 1848-07-11 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY ETIYING, JULY 11, 1848.

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until twelve o'clock on Monday fallowing. Y. ter-
day, it being pub,icly known that the judgment of the
learned commissioner was to be given in this important cue,
st 12 oVeck the court was crowded with commercial gentle-
men and gentlemen connected with E.e legal profeuion-the
first nameii being induced to attend owing to the importance
of the commeretal point which the case involved, and the
others to bear decided the many nice points of law which
had been raised pro and cow The learned commissioner
gave judgment in a speech of very considerable length. His irbe ikama.
g this theatre
Honour said the present was an application made on behalf DattllT-Le:m—The performance
of Mr. Haynes Barrow Higginson. to annul the adjudication for .% ts tonefit of Ur. !decreed), took place last evening,
under a flat sued against turn be Mr. John Myers, one of
ossoese...s -..10:-..m...- er the Ra.., u..,, ~e Liv„,--, it
~ , when he made his last appearance previous to his departure
-- - s--"' '` for America. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured
• ebt due to that bank. a grounds o': objection which with their pretence, and went in state to the theatre, a tit-
hed been raised to the adjudication wto e :-Ist. That the act cumatance which, in addition to the attraction of the enter.
of bankruptcy was insufficient, because founded upon tainment, produced one of the mod crowded houses we have
an affidavit of debt made tinder the tat end " ever seen. Her Majesty was attended by a numerous suite,
Vie., cap. ILO, see. ii, which section of that and two yeomen of the guard, in their old English costume,
statute had, as contended by Mr. Deane, on behalf of Mr. were stationed on the stage under the royal box. On the
Higginson, been repealed by reason of its being inconsistent appearance of her Majesty and the Prince they were
with the provisions of the 5a 6 Vic., c. 122. The received with loud acclamations from every part of
send objection was that the affidavit of debt upon whicl the house, in the midst of which the curtain rose, and dis-
the fiat issued was made by a public officer of the bank, covered a strong party of vocalists drawn up in the front of
though the provisoes of the Joint Stock Banks Act did not toe stage, which was filled to the very back with a dense as.
warrant his taking such a proceeding, which could only be semblage of visitors. " God save the Queen " was sung very ,
taken by a creditor of the debtor. The third objection taken effectively, the solo parts being sustained by Mr. &sham,
was that the debt sworn to on that affidavit was 501. and Mr. Whitworth, Miss Rainforth, and the Misses Williams.
upwards, whereas it should have been 1001. and upwards, The sound of Draham's voice produced a burst of applause.
which was the lowest sum named in the Bth sec. of 1 & 2 The voice was not what it has been, but his declamation was
Vic., c. 110. The fourth objection was that the petitioning as emphatic and animated as ever. When the demonetra.
meditor'e debt was insufficient, being stated in Mr. Shea.'" Lions of loyal enthusiasm ceased, the play, which
affidavit to be 60,6001. upon a promissory note, and 53,0001. was " King Henry VIII.," began, but the noise in
pon a Guarantee ; sod the coneitions of' that guarantee not some parts of the house was so great, that the
h'aving been, as Mr. Deane had contended, fully complied actors for a considerable time were quite inaudible. When
with by the bank, and so the bank not being entitled to enforce Macready appeared as Cardinal H'olsey, he was received
it, the affidavit must be taken to have tailed as to a past tel with thunder' of applause ; but when it subsided the clamour
the d bt, and could not therefore &tippet the fiat. The from the gallery was renewe'l, and became so violent that,
fifth ohjectirn taken was that the trading was insufficient, alter some attempts to go on with the play, Macready ad-
Mr. Higgiuson haying ceased to trade from the time of dressed the audience, saying that he had discovered the cause
signing a deed of dissolution of partnership in Dec ,
1847 of the disturbance to be the overcrowded state of the gallery,
which dissolution was carried into effect by advertisement it. and requesting, as a great kindness to himself, that those
the Gault., on the 17th of March in the pros: of year. With who found themselves uncomfortably situated would take
respect to the first objection raised, the leare.e.l commissioner back their money. After thin the house gradually became
aid he had had occasion to consider it long before the pre- quiet, but the whole first act was effectually marred. It is
vent case hid been submitted to him, and the conclusion at unfortunate that such things should take place when
which he had arrived was, that there was not any such in the Queen visit' the theatres. Tho first three acts only
consistency. After a:win* his reasons for coming to this of the play were performed, very judiciously, wo think; for
conclusion his Honour stud two cases had occurred before this portion includes the principal action of the drama, ter.
Vice-Chancellor K' fight Bruce, one reported in Ist De minating with the fall of Cardinal Wolsey; and the re-
Gee, 334, and the ether Tiny recently; but in neither of minder is not only unconnected with that which goes be-
these cases had any decision been given as to the fore, but is quite ineffective on the stage. Macready's
constructive repeal of the let & 2nd Vic., c. 11C Wolsey is well known to every play-goer. It is one of this
a. 8 ; but in the latter case the Vice Chanc.dlor
great actor's greatest character', and he never performed it
was reported to have declined to have signed the point
more successfully. Phelps made a good King Henry; he
against the party suing out the Sat. Lord Denman, looked the part well, and acted with characteristic
however, in the case of the " Queen v. Dunn" (16,
(but a little exaggerated) bluffness and impetuosity.
Law Journal, sec. 382), had said, "The statute 1& 2 Vic t, Miss Cushman, as Queen Katharine, deserved and
c. 110, sec. 8, is not repealed." The second objection, that obtained much applause in the trial scene. Mrs.
the public officer of the bank could nut lie the affidavit of N jet:tett, ma Anne Bullen, looked very handsome; it
debt, which could only be filed by a creditor, was, he (the wu almost all she had to do. The after.pieee was Celman's
learned commissioner) thought, answered by the 9th sec. of celebrated play "The Jealous Wife," compressed into three
the 7 lied. IV., c. 46, which not only authorised the banking acts. Mr. and Mrs. Oakley were performed by Macready
company, in the name of their public officer, to commence, and Mrs. Warner. The scenes between them were admir-
institute, or prosecute all actions asset suits, and all other pros Able, and repeatedly produced roars of laughter. Mr.
eeedings in law or at equity, but also all petitions to found Phelps, by his plain and manly acting, gave good effect to
any commission of bankruptcy; and this statute extended the part of Major Oakley. Miss Jane Murdaunt gave
to fiats in bankruptcy, by the 16 two of 1& 2 Will. IV., c. 66. sweetness and interest to the little part of Harriet Itnaset;
Now, by the law and practice in bankruptcy the petition for a and Mr. Leigh, Murray, as Charles, was gallant and lover-
fiat must be supported b 7 an affidavit of debt; and it would like. In the other parts there was nothing remarkable,
be of little avail to provide that such petition might be pre- save that Mr. F. Vining acted Lord Trinket in the costume
rented by the public officer, without giving him the power of the last century, while all the other characters were in
to make the petition available by supporting it with the the dress of the present day. Tho piece went off very plea-
necessary affidavit, which power had, the learned commis- santly, and was much improved by the curtailment. When
stoner thought, been given by the woid " prosecute." The the curtain tell, Mr. Macready, who was loudly call, el for,
same act, moreover, in the 4th section, r:quired that the came forward to bow his acknowledgments and farewell to
public officer should be a member of the co-partnership, and -
so he (the officer) wu himself a creditor of the party against
whom he might proceed. The third objection rai"ed rela-
tive to the statement of the amount of debt appeared to
fail for this reason-that the necessity fur deposing
to the larger sum was to be found only in the case
of the affidavit filed under that section, and he the (commis-
sioner) knew no reason why the creditor who had filed the
affidavit of debt under the 1 & 2 Vic. for the purpose
of making the act of bankruptcy, was to be called upon to
depose to the larger sums in his affidavit for the fiat. As to
the fourth objecti n, as it seemed to him (the commissioner)
it had been already disposed of by the Lord Chancellor, in
his judgment, even supposing, as had been contended but
not proved, that the initials to the alteration in the letter of
the 13th of March were not in Mr. Higginson's heed.
writiog-though as to this matter, it might be
as will to notice the fact that arguments were
addressed by Mr. Higginson's csuntel to the Leo!
Chancellor to prove that the signature by initials
was not a sufficient signature. As to the fifth objection,
this wool! be well founded if the words of the Bffi sec. of
1 et 2 Viet., c. 110. were to be construed according to the
argument of Mr. Deane, who had interpreted the words " is
such trader as aforesaid," as if they were " is now engaged
In business as a trader ; " but it was obvious the act hail no
such restricted meaning. If the trader he a trader
within the meaning of the laws now in force respecting
bankrupts, the trading was sufficient to support a fiat, and it
bad been long since a settled point in the law of bankruptcy
that a trader who became indebted, while such trader, might
be made a bankrupt by his creditor to whom he was la in-
debted upon an act of bankruptcy which should have taken
place after Le bad ceased to trade. Indeed the case of
" Bailie against Grant," decided by the House of Lords in
1832, had gone further than this, for it was there held the*
a person, not a trader, contracting a debt which he did not pay
while he continued to trade might be made a bankrupt upon
an act of bankruptcy committed after he had ceased to trade.
The learned commissioner in conclusion said, " All the
grounds of objection therefore having failed, according to
ray view of the ease. I must, notwithstanding the hardship
of the case as it affects I' r. Haynes Borrow Iligginson, a
surety merely for Lis brother, confirm the adjud:catiou which
I Bel previously made."
TUE SUPPOSED MURDER AND SUICIDE. —An
accowit was given in the Express yesterday of a woman
named Ann Davies, of Manchester, who had murdered her
child, and left the house, with the view, it was supposed, of
putting a period to her own existence. The conjecture has
proved correct, the unfortunate woman's body having been
discovered on Sunday in a tub of water at the back of the
house. Though she had left home on Friday morning, and
the canal was searched, the water-butt was never examined,
from the circumstance that it was so elevated RS to lead to
the conclusion the she could cot have got at it. The means
by which she did ascend to it are not known. She had got
into the tub, feet downwards, and crouched down so that
the water might cover her. There can be little doubt that
she hail drowned herself in this way immediately after
destroying her child.

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property of John Edward Stacey, of Trent ; the third with
haring stolen, on the 11th of April, 17 sbtwp, the properiy of
Noah Ford, of Stowrli; the fourth with haring, on 04 7th
of April, stolen three sheep, thz property of W. Francis, of
Trent. Feur indictments charged., him with having reccis..ll
the same frlnniensly. wry convicted, and senteucQd to
ten years' transpc rtation.

the tudieuee.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL
PozritamENTs.—Rev. F. D. Punter to Brettenhom,
Norfolk ; dim. Norwich; 2001; pat., the lip. of Ely; vacant by death
of Ker. I'. L. Joriesh—Rev. G. Phillips, to Dringhouse, B. C.,
York; 121.; pat„ Mr. Trafford Leigh.--Itcv. U. D. tiewelL to be
chaplain to the British Embassy ut Constantinople.—B.cv. W. Smith
to Remick, St. John C., Wilts.; dim. Salisburr.—Rer. F. A. Swan, to
Chideciek C., Dorset; dm. Bdisbury.—Rer. W. 0. Wall, to Wester-
hens C., Kent ; arcbdio. Canterbury.
SCHOLASTIC APPOINTMENTS.ReT. W. Brown. M.A.,
Fellow of St. John's Coll, Comb, to be Principal of the I ludderelleld
Collegiate school ; nice lice. C. F. S. Weidenionn.—fter. C. S. firren,
of Christ Church, Oxford, to be head master of Lewes Grammar
School; Rev. Dr. Cary resigned.

YORKSHIRE.
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S MEETING.—
The tenth annual metting of the Royal Agricultural Society.
of England is being held at York during the present week.
The show yards, which are conveniently si-..nated, being cies*
to the York and Scarborough line of railway, are open to the
public to-day (Tuesday) for inspection of the implements,
the entries of which exceed those of any former year by
above 200. The arrival of implements during iast week was
very great, and especially on Thursday. The judges corn
menced their labours on Friday, and have found them
to be of a very arduous character, so much so that they
remained at the show-field until eieveu o'clock on
Saturday night, and resumed their operations at four o'clock
yesterday (Monday) morning. Their award of thepremiums
wuld be published this (Tuesday) morning, and will be
given in tur paper to-morrow. The city to be honoured
on the occasion of this meeting with the presence of Prince
Albert. His royal highness will visit the show-yard
on Wednesday afternoon, and afterwards dine at the
council dinner in tho Guildhall : he will also be
present at the great l'avilion dinner on Thursday,
and leave York for Buckingham Palace on Friday.
There is to be a grand concert and bell in the assembly
rooms this evening ; Jackson's Oratorio in the concert room
to-morrow ; and a grand ball at the Mansion-house on Thurs-
day, at which Prince Albert is to be present ; and, in addi-
tion, the theatres, circus, polytechnic exhibition, and the
ascent of the Cremorne balloon, will afford ample means to
the visitors for spending agreeable evenings.
FORGED BANK-NOTES.—A correspondent informs
us that a forgery of the 51. promissory notes of the Leeds
hank of Meson. Beckett and Co. WdB dttected on Saturday.
The forged note is extremely well executed, and purports to
be signed "For Beckett and Co., Wm. Beckett," bearing
date in February, 1848. The signature to the note is en-
graved, and does not present the lull dark character of the
genuine note.

SOMERSETSIIIRE.
DISHONEST SERVANTS.—At Taunton, on Tuesday,
Iley, butler to Dr. Moysey, and Mrs. Roger.. housekeeper to
the same gentleman, were charged with purloining counter
panes, sheets, towels, carpeting, and hooks, the property of
Pr. Moysey, with whom they had lived for nearly twenty
years. The accused were, alter a patient investigation, fully
committed fur trial. Their defence was, that the articles
found in their possession were given to them. Suspicion was
aroused by a letter being dropped. It is stated that Dr.
Moysey had in his will leR 201. a year and 1001. to each of
the accused persons, on account of their "long and faithful
servitude."

WHOLESALE ROBBERIES BY A MAN OF PROPERTY.
—At the Somerset adjourned 14.1610116 on Wednesday. Caleb
Bartlett, aged 71, was placed in the dock to take his trial on
several charges of sheepatealing. The prisoner had been
tried at the Dorset Sessions, in conjunction with his son and
a man named Longman ; both the latter were convicted, and
sentenced to ten years' transportation, while the former was
acquitted. He was then removed under a warrant of com•
mitts' to take his trial upon the sev.ral charges preferred
against him for felonies committed in this county. Tie
case excited a good deal of interest from the extraor-
dinary nature of the circumstances connected with it. The
prisoner, who bad carried on the business of a but-
cher, had regularly attended Sherborne market for many
yew, and was reputed to be a man of considerable pro-
pert) (it was current 4 reportrd that he was worth from
2,000/. to 3,0001.), and had always, up to the time of bis
Arrest, borne the character of an honest man. It appears,
however, from the evidence elicited during these trials,
that be had organised a system of depredation by which
,tho neighi;ouring farmers Were plundered with impunity,
wi,.ile he was shielded from suspicion by hie reputation
far wealth and honesty, and by his regular habits of busi-
ness. Lra ah,"„ came ea,-ly to the market, and returned
home early, being Invariably the first to come and the
first to go. At length, however, it was discovered that
the house of this old, wealthy, respectable, honest man
and eke receptacle of all, or
was in fact a den of thieves,
nearly all, tri,:s stock stolen in the at.2'rounding country.
The prisoner we; arraigned on eight indiOncnta—the first
on the Ist o
f
of which charged him with having_ stolen,
April, ten sheep, the 70perty of W. Francis o.Trent i the
!WWI with luring stolen, "iho ith 4;4411400u sliteePi tM

MILITARY.
Wootwlcu, JCLY 10.—The 4th company of the 4th bet-
tAlion of Boysl Artillery, Tinder the command of Major W. Fraser,
and the Ist eonipany of the 7th battalion, under the command of
Otpt. H. C. Mace, embarked this morning at 4 o'clock on board the
troop-ship Athol, Master Commander E. J. ream, for passage to
Canada, to relieve Capt. II: Poole and Capt. J. W. Collington's com-
panies, the former stationed at London, the latter at Kingston. A
strong detachment, nearly 100 nen•commi*eioned ofliceni and men,
embarked at the same time, to nll up lallIChNI in the other com-
panies stationed in Canada.

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TATTERSALL'I3—NoaOer.
LIMIRPOOL CISP.-5 to 2 apt Cawronah, 5 to 1 acct
Executor, 7 to 1 agst Prince Charlie (t), 8 to I apt Glen ?glide', 10 to
I egg Sylvan, It to 1 apt Jovial. 15 tot gGrirastem (t), IS to I
.eat Clyeees, 20 to 1 soot Mies Harrison, 30 to I apt Chanticleer.—
Very little business done, and only Cowyoush and Executor in force.
Chanticleer is at Liverpool, but is not expected to run.
GIOODNeccOD STAK6B.—G to 1 agst Chanticleer, 9 to 1 apt
Creole r (1), 12 to 1 apt Diplomatist (t), 13 to I apt Gaiety (t), 17 to 1
egst Prim. Charlie, 20 to 1 ugst Plaudit (t and aft off ), 30 to 1 apt
Chas—Crosier and filp3mosima wore in roma miaow, bat, 00 1•521 the
ease generally, scarcely any busineeg doing. Chat wax quite friend.
Teen
00015wOon 300 SOTS. STARER.—Even b:tween Comck
and Can Tromp, the latter for choice.
0000Woon Cup.-2 to 1 eget The Hero (t and aft off),
4 to 1 spt Can Tromp (t and aft off ),) 10 to 1 apt Miss Lydia lilly
(t 12 to I).
Sr. LEOEB.—G to I apt Justice to Ireland (t). No betting
about the two favourites. The odds quoted spt Justice to Ireland
sere taken several times.
I)r.RET.-10 to I apt The Firing Dutchman (1100 to
100 t), 16 to I apt Honeycomb (t), 20 to I mat Garrick (t to 1001.),
2 to I apt Elthiron (t and aft off) 25 to I aget Uriel (t), 25 to I apt
Borneo it and IA off 1,000 to 30 apt Windermere (t), 1,000 to 30
opt Pelham, 2,300 to WO each in one bet apt Elthiron and Romeo.
Illoneycomli was in immense force, but little or null:dug done, nearly
all tho books being full.
YORK AUGCSC 31EETING, 1849,
ACCEPTANCES FOR THE 0 HEAT Enutt
Bryan O'Lynn, Set '3lb ; Winewur, tist Bth; Lightning, rot Glb ;
Gisellc, Sot 41b; Ellerdele, Set 21b; Rowena, let 1 Ilb ; Mirmilio,
let 101 b; Executer, let bulb; King et Morrell, let 7lb; 30.1.thth
Wild, 7st 41b; Gaiety, let Sib ; Philneopher, 7st ; Little Casino, lot ;
Meaux, 7at ; dultoa.a. Got 13lb; Cymbo, Gst 12Ib Lally of the Lune,
Get 1110 ; AMOSilvt, Get 10lb; Pillage, Got alb ; Hornet, Get ; p
by Thorn out of Fernilero dam, 6sl. alb; Dointh, bet 21b; Sunny-
sule, Sot 13;b; hie Martin, Sit 13th; Paptioa, Met 131 b; Remembrance,
Set 1110; Sylvan, Set 111 b; Mallon, Set 1 1lb; Sampson, Sot 101 b;
Cornet, Set 10th ; Sat 81b; Prince (Snaky, Sot 716; Hall of
My Soul, Set 71b; Canedbol, Sat 71b; Lucaria, 5M -Eta The highest
weight moments being under Sot 91b, It has bear raised to that
weight and the others in proportion.

taken, or wh thee there was evidence to go to the jury of a
loan to 'lie
The
defendants ; he thought, indeed, there
WC': not. The result of his lordship's ruling wan, that the
plaintiff elected to be nonsuited, it bring agreed between the
parties that if the court above should be of opinion there was
evidence to go to the jury !spot all the material issues, that
is deciding ail the legal objections taken by the defendants
in favour of the plaintiff, then a verdict should be entered
for the amount claimed.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COVAT.—(Before (Stet Wilde.)
TRIAL OF MR. E_?.NEST JONES,

When the mai nce wee prono nc
ued, Jones addressed the
court, and sell, " Then, my lord, Irish your lordship good
night, with this motto, The charter, and no surrender.' "
This clo
ser! the baincss of the session, and the court then
adjourned to Mond uay, August 21.

POLICE v
_ESTERDAY.
GIJILDHALL.—Leooecs rots DILIOHTON.—A. Smith
was charged with felony. William Quimby, of the White
Horse in Fetter-lane, said that on the 29th of June last,
about,4 o'clock io the afternoon, the prisoner, who had for-
merly been in the employment of the proprietor, Mr, W. J. I
Chip, lin came Into the office, anti asked if there was any
luggage for the Brighton train. He replied e2.'.."ha"..nia;
and handed him a parcel. While going a little backward to
get the eigmbeok the prisoner left, and directly after the
right person entered and inquired if there was anything for
Brighton ? He told him that he had just given a parcel to
his mate, whom be supposed to be outside with it ; but on
looking for him he was no where to be found. The parcel
was directed to Mr. Stead of Brighton.—The prisoner de-
nied all knowledge of the transaction, and said that the
witness must be mistaken; and be was reminded.
ELOPEMENT.—A very pretty young woman, named
Sarah Elizabeth Markham, was brought before Alderman
'Moon, under the following circumstance,:—Mr. Edward
Edwards, of 21, East-road, City road, Heaton said,
that he was an intimate friend of Miss Marfeham's
family, and happening to be in Suffolk he called upon them,
when the parents informed him that she had eloped with a
young man named William Rolfe, who had been down in
the neighbourhood for some time. They requested that on
his arrival in London be would look out for them and
try and persuade their daughter to ro home, as they
were convinced she would not be happy with the man
she had chosen. He accordingly did as he was desired,
and haying found where she resided, went, in company with
the young man's father and a constable, to shout, where
he saw Miss Markham, and after trying all he could to per-
suade her to return to her parents, who were in the greatest
diAress about her, he thought it his duty to give her into
custody, according to the instruction he had received from
her father and mother. Ho gave in a letter for the Alder-
man to read from the parents, urging him to try all the
means he could use to induce her to return home.—Alder-
man Moon asked Miss Markham what she had to say for her-
self ? tier parents had evidently written under feelings of
extreme anxiety, and had not been comfortable since she
had left their roof. lie would put it to her whether she did
not think it would be infinitely better to obey the wishes of
her parents and return to them ? They must naturally feel
some uneasiness for one so young,she being only 19 yeanof age.
—Miss Markham replied, that she did not wish to go hack.
Alderman Moon You are not married?—bliss Markham:
1 am not.—William Rolfe, the intended husband, here
stepped forward, and said that as soon as he could obtain a
certificate, he intended marrying her, as he believed,
according to law, it was necessary that persons under age
should reside in the perish fifteen days before the marriage
c. remony could be performed. He had behaved honouraley
towards his intended wife, and still intended to do so, and
he had his father's consent to the marriage.—Alderman
Moon asked him what he was.—Rolfe replied, that he to:-
lowed no businms, hut bad been to sea two or three
times, and had a little money to receive.—Alderman
Moon raid, he thought that that might soon be ex-
pended, and his wife left I.ke many others who were
plum] in similar circumstances.—Rolfe said it was not likely
to be the case —Aid. Moon said it appeared to him that Miss
Markham was her own mistress to a great extent, and there-
fore he had no control in the matter, but he trusted that as
the young man appeared to be acting honour ibly, and had
his father's consent, as arrangements were been made for
their marriage, sod as there was not the slightest imputa-
tion on the young woman's character up to the present
moment, Mr. Edwards would try and reconcile her parents
to the match. There appeared to be true love (or he should
hope so l in the present case, but, as the course of true love
was said never to run smooth, tee y must put up with the in-
conveniences attending the common lot of lovers. Ile hoped
their marriage would prove a happy one.—Mr. Edwards
said he should shortly see her parents, and would try what
he could do. He had sir ady written to them to soy that he
thought they had better give their enflame—Alderman
Moon said the It aving home was evidently her own act; she
had not loin seduced, nor had there been any abduction.
—She was therefore discharge d.—The parties lett the court
to all appearance as happy as could be.

Yesterday morning, at ten, Lord Chief Justice Wilde
took his seat on the bench, and Ernest Charles Jones, 29,
barristeratlaw, was called upon to surrender. !laving
answered he was placed at the end of the counsel-table, and
was arraigned upon an indictment charging him with sedi-
tion, attending an unlawful assembly, and a riot.
The conceal for the crown were the Attorney General,
Mr. Bodkin, Mr. Webby, and Mr. Clarke. For the
defendant, Mr. Serjeant Wilkins and Mr. Clarkson.
We yesterday gave the proceedings in this case up to the
close of the speech fur the defence.
The Attorney-General having replied, the Lord Chief
Justice summed up, and the jury retired. After an absence
of about a quarter of an hour, they returned a verdict of
Guilty.
Mr. Jones was then taken into custody and placed in the
dock.
The court was then adjourned for an hour. At the expira-
tion of that period the learned judge again took his seat on
the bench, and the whole of the defendants who had been
convicted—Fussell, Williams, Vernon, Sharpe, Looney, and
Jones, were placed at the bar to receive sentence.
The Chief Justice, addressing them, said they had all been
severally convicted of misdemeanor, some of them fur
sedition, others for sttending an illegal meeting and sedi-
tion, and Williams had, in addition, been convicted of
riot ; but in that case, as the person who was tried with
him for an offence arisiag out of the same trans-
action, was acquitted of the riot, which probably
would have been the case welt him if he hail
not pleaded guilty, the Atterney.General had re-
quested that judgment might not be passed upon the
count charging him with riot. The offence of the whole
of them partook of one common character. Under pre tones
of exercising the most valuable right that an Englishman
could possess, that of public discussion, they had made it a
pretext for uttering seditious and inflammatory speechea for
the purpose of exciting disaffection in the minds of their hear-
ers, and stirring them up to oppose the authorities of the
country ; and they would find, upon referring to the circum-
stances of each particular meeting, that at no one of them
was any real or supposed grievance ever pointed out, and the
only object appeared to be to assail the government reel the
authorities of the country with violent and inflammatory epi-
thets and abuse. They had by these proceedings put in jeo-
pardy the valuable right and privilege of holding public mee t-
inge, for if thew were allowed to be made themeans of exciting
the people to revolution, it was quite evident that public
meetings must he done away with. It could nut be twine
that large numbers of people, many of whom were probably
suffering distress and privations, should be brought together,
and that they should be told by persons like the defendants
that they were entitled to share the wealth of the meaty,
and that their interest would be advanced by overthrowing
the government of the country, fur that was evidently the
of jest and effect of all the addresses that had formed the
subject of prosecution. They must all be well aware of
the nature and tendency of what they did, and
there could be no doubt that their object was to
inspire terror and alarm. The meetings were evidently
not convened for an honest purpose. They were con-
tinuaily imputing to the government that it was the cause
of all the misery in the country, and charging it with some
abominable act, the nature of which was never stated, the ob-
ject evidently being to excite and stir up the multitude to
overturn it, possibly with the expectation entertained by
some of them that the power would be transferred to their
own hands; and God only knew how they would have es•
(wised that nower. The learned judge tken brie fly alluded
to some of tie facts, and said that the circumstance of several
thousand excited men being suddenly marched about the
streets of the metropolis at midnight was calculated naturally
to excite the utmost teeter and alarm ; and it was
quite clear that such things could not be per-
mitted. The public mischief that had been done
was very great, but it might have been much greater, and it
was highly important that the law had been supported, and
that it was now very well understood. He believed that
they all knew well that they were offending against the law.
One of them had not scrupled to recommend the horrible
expedient of private assassination. (Fussell here exclaimed,
" I deny it.") It was useless to deny it. The witnesses Lad
deposed to the fact, and the jury had given their opinion.
The speeches of some of the others were equally bad. One
of them talked of using steel pens dipped in red ink, and
another had deliberately recommended the murder of the
police. They all apiware I to be clover shrewd men, and
perfectly conscious of what they were doing, and there did nut
appear to be any ground for supposing that they were in dis-
tress, or that their circumstances had any share in inducing
them to adopt those proceedings. They had all been de-
fended most zealously and Islay, and they must admit that
eh it several cases had been fairly left to the jury, and after
every careful consideration the jury had declared them guilty.
lie had himself referred to different authorities with a view
to guide him as to the punishment that ought to be pro-
nounced. Sedition had seldom risen to the heiress is had in
these cams, but it had always been punished very heavily ;
and even in cases where only a single sentence• had been
roved, the punishment had been very severe. He wished
p his duty would allow him to look at their cases in
a favourable light, but he must confess that he saw
no palliation for their offence. When he recollected the
nature of that offence—its possible result, and that they
were probably only deterred from exciting some desperate
outbreak by the zeal and energy with which their proceed-
ings were met by the government and the respectable cla-sea
of the community, he felt that the public safety and a warn-
ing to others required him to pass a severe sentence. The
learned judge then passed sentence. Fussell to be im.
prisoned upon the charge of sedition fur two years, and on
the charge of unlawful assembly for three months, and
he was, in addition, ordered to enter into his own recog-
nisance, in 1001. with two sureties in 501. each to keep the
peace for five years.
Fussell, before he was removed, begged to be allowed to
say a few words, and he then asserted in the most solemn
manner that he never made use en the expression attributed
to him, recommending private areassinstion. He said Ito
was an Englishman, and he had the feelings of an English-
man, and should be ashamed of such a diabolical expedient.
The learned Judge told him that such a denial could have
no effect. The jury had heard the evidence, and had
decided the question, and ho was bound to act upon their
verdict.
Williams was the next sentenced. Before judgment was
pseud he addressed the court, and said that he was a hard-
working men, and was engaged for twenty hours out of the
twenty-four for the wretched pittance of sixteen shilling. a
week. He considered he hat a right to endeavour to better
his condition, and this was his only object lie then went
on to deny that Fussell had made use of the recommenda-
tion to commit private assassination; and he said if he had
heard him du so he would have thrown him out of the
waggon.
Chief Justice Wilde then addressed him, and said ho had
taken a very prominent part in the meeting, and had called
on the people to tall in, and he had marched them about
the town at night, causing great terror and alarm. Thu
sentence upon him was, two years imprisonment on the
charge of sedition count, one week on the charge of unlawful
assembly, and to find sureties in the same amount as Fussell
to keep the peace for three years.
Sharpe was thee sentenced to two years imprisonment for
sedition, three months for the unlawful assembly, and to find
the same amount of sureties as the others to Keep the peace
for three years.
Vernon was next called forward. Before he WfUl sen-
tenced he declared he had nothing to do with the meeting on
Clerkenweli-green, and wos merely there by accident,
and gut into the van to escape the pressure of the
crowd. He also said that he afterwards followed the
procession from curiosity, as it was on his road home. He
admitted that he was a chartist, and he said lie was conscien-
tiously of opinion thot the charter would benefit the labour-
ing closes, and enable them to subsist by their labour.
The learned Judge told him that all these circumstances
had been brought to the attention of the jury, and they had
come to the conclusion that he was guilty, and he had now
only to pass sentence, which was, that he be imprisoned for
two years, and find the same sureties as the ethers to keep
the limee for three years.
Vernon inquired in what prison they were to be confined?
—The Chief Justice said in the New House of Correction for
Middlesex.
The defendant wished to know whether they were not to
be treated like human beings. Since they had been in gaol
they had been compelled to tear their meat to pieces with
their teeth, and to endeavour to get the peel from the pota-
toes, covered with grease, in the same manner.
The learned Judge said he had nothing to do with the
regulations of the gaol, bat they must of course abide by
them whatever they were.
Looney was then called up. Ile also addressed the court
and said they had called him an Irishman on Saturday.
Ile told them now that he was an Irishman, and more than
that, he would tell the Attorney-General that he was 83
pleased with the manner in which he and his government
treated his country that they might do what they liked
with him.—He was eentenced to two years' imprisonment
upon the count for sedition, two months for the unlawful
assembly, and to find the same amount of sureties as the
last defendant to keep the peace for two years. When the
sentence was passed, Looney laughed and said " Very well ;
that will do."
Jones was then brought forward. He hail evidently made
up his mind to deliver a political address, and lie commenced
by asking permission to make a few observations to the
court. —The Chief Justice told him that if he could direct
his attenti se to any circumstance that might tend to induce
him to review the d. c.sion he had come to he would wil-
lingly listen to him, but he must confine himself to that
point The defendant then proceeded to make a lung state-
ment of his political views, declaring that he was a chartist
from conviction ; that the charter was the only thing that
would save the country, and relieve the middle classes from
the burdens under which they laboured. He was going on
at great length when ho was stopped by
The Chief Justice, who said that he did not sit there to
discues political questions with him. If he could suggest
anything likely to iaduco him to reconsider his decision he
would willingly listen to him ; but it was uselera for him to
enter into matters !hat were totally irrelevant. The learned
judge then sentenced him to be imprisoned for toe yearn, to
find two sureties in 1601. each, And to enter into his given te-
Inlionces is 20W. to keep the plow fur five Pam

MARLBOROUGII.STREET.—EXTItAORDINAIa
CHARM; OF IMPOSITION.—CLAIRVOYANCL —J. Goen•
nern, who passes as Dr. Von Gomorra, of No. 22,
Great Pultetey-street, Regent-street, Wag charged with
having attempted to obtain money from liwrl Crewe by
Nbe and fraudulent pretences. The apprehension of the
prisoner ()centred in consequence of the following anony-
mous letter revived by the Mendieity f.lociety, the extra-
ordinary contents of which letter there is the strongest
ground for believing to be literally true :

To the Managers of the MemHedy Society.—air,—Know'ng the
object of tour society, I beg leave to address you in your capacity as
secretary, and to call your anenti in to the practices and imporatione
on the sympathy of the benevolent which have b rn carried on
for a length of time by an individual elylitur himself Dr. Von
Goennern. This individual lives at No. 22, Great Pulteney-
street, and 1 shall proceed to give you bin history and all the details
connected with his system of het et, in order that you mar take ouch
steps a. will put an end to thin nuecessful career of begging imparts
non. Die Itistorr is thin. lie in a tailor by trade, and a native of
none village in the duchy of N3/41014. A few years ago he journeyed
to Paris an foot, and bring unable to obtain employment in his trade,
be accepted the offer of a cofeee-ohop be. per to act WI waiter at Me
entahlidiment. In four "coke be was discharged. Ile then enters d
into the service of a vs-demist marchioness whit an Italian mom
(now in 15• gland practietnit as a claire') note In street). Thin
niarchionowo operated succeesfutly on the purees of the inhabitant, of
Paris, and the tailor Miring acquired enough of the mystery of elates
voy one, In a few weeks to pet up for himself, with the aid of a Ger-
man girl whom he took out of a house of ill-fame in Paris, and pawed
ote its his sister, the tailor sad olio girl (now in 'Dowell Lunatic
Asylum) came to Emden t, and eat up the trade of mesmerism anti
voyance. I will not detail till him frauds whilst carrying on this
trade. I will only mention that he gut loot. from a blind gentleman
in the Ink of Wight, for the puroliase, as pretended, Moonily remedies
discovered by hie clairvoyants sister in her sleep, which were seem d
to be able to restore has night lie has also obtained nearly the
last farthing (coin a German merchant', clerk, to bring out name dis-
coveries which he had made, as he said, by means of euirroyance.
The sum then obtain.' is not short of 200 f. After advertising for via
menthe that be attended .irises tor the purpoee of exhibiting the
extraordinary posvene of clairvoyance posse—r.l by his aster,
Fraulein Von Goennetn, he wan obiigrd to leave England on somant
or the girl proving enceinte. The tailor then into doted the woman,
not :ne boa elstee, but as his wife, and in that capacity they visited
Liverpool, Manchester, &c., an many tradesmen will bear testimony to
their est. The tailor then came again to Isuidon and took lodgings
in the I laymnrket. lie wrote a letter to the Baroness Rothschild,
stating that, by mean, of clainoysnoe, he had discovered that a great
inisfortune would happen unless he was paid lot. to avert it. Strange
to say lie got the !toner. His wife, for 1 must call her no, through
drink, diaaepatton, mid her efforts at clairvoyance, became deranged,
and she was removed to the workhouse and afterwat its to Ilanwell,
where she now is. The tailor made use of thin event, and excited the
symatthy of his countrymen. AI. Staudigl, the Anger, sent hint 20/.,
anti the )ter. Dr. Steinkopf gave him recommendations is the belief
that lie wan a distressed physician ; but the doctor 'con detected his
get. ignorance, 111111 inimethatel) wrote to his friends to put them on
their guard agaiod the tailor. Among the tobkmen und gentlemen
%loon he defrauded were Lord Fitewitliam, 90f.; Lord Crewe, 201. •
te. Exam*, Fad.,, M.P., 32/.; Lord Bexley, 10i.; Prince Albert., the
queen Dowager, the Duke of Cambridge,lhe Countess of Pembroke,
and a hundred others. A few weeks ago be obtaitml more money
from W. Evans, Fay. lie ties ranee °Wallies' money hoot
Lord ',downbeat and Mrs. Ferguson, of l'ortinan-qquitre, sir
C. Forbes*, Lord Morpeth, and others, wider preten .e of
paying his passage biek to Germany. To Miss 11. Count' lie has
rent wane Itrelin wool work, pretending that it had been done by his
wife during her confinement in "Lomeli. Lord Skelntemdale, the
lion. Mr. uowper, an I many more have been apts.:MA to. 110 has
a clerk that writes 40 letters daily. But now I Iconic to a point which
tided trail to his conviction. To-min row morning be is going to for-
ward a letter to Lord Crowe, 2, Ilillsdreet, plating that he has aup-
imrted himself se an artist, and t-ncluimg a sketch that he bail bought
forte. tal., thanking his lordship or the Ad. he sent litin laMyear, and
repeating the Karat tale he told to Mr. Remus last year. He will call
for his lordship's answer on Monday morning. Now' vtr, by waiting
on Mr. Evans tomorrow morning, you can ascertain the truth of my
etatement, and ia doubt that gentleman will co-operate with you to
bring the offender to Justice. Dr. rtrinkopf and the Rev. Mr.
Jamb, St. Thome. Apoptle, will also prove the way the toiler has
lived. He ht, also applied to Earl Fortes-cue, nod he is going to
Bath or Clifton directly. (Signed A. Z.
On the receipt of this letter inquiries were made, and the
authenticity of some of its details so far established as to
induce the society to employ Hoesford to apprehend the pri-
soner. Accordingly yesterday morning, Horsford watched
tho prisoner from ht, house in Great l'ulteney street to Lord
Crewe's, in Hill-street, having previously made arrange-
ments with the servants to ensure the or-limner's apprehen-
sion. As soon as the prisoner received the papers which he
had left on Saturday, Hereford came forward and teed: him
into custody. The prisoner did not deny that he had :eft
the letter and the drawing which had been returned to him
by the footman. Tito letter purported to thank his lord.
ship for past favours, and to state that the writer, from
his want of knowledge of the . English language, had
not obtained any practice as a physician, and was now about
to return to his native country as boon as he could raise the
cacaos. The accompanying drawing the writer sal ! was the
production of his own pencil, and be b, fitted his lordship's
aeceptance of it. The drawing was a common watercolour
drawing evidently purchased at some fancy station,r's.
lioralord "maul that he searched the prisoner, and found a
gold wale. and three sovereigns on his person, besides a
large bunch of keys and a quanity a f memoranda, bearing
out to a considerable extent the statements in the letter of
A.Z. One of the napery contained the nen:es of Lords Sigel.
mersdale, Fitzwilliam, Durant, Crewe, the Duke of Leeds,
Mr. 0. Gore, Mrs. liuskisson, Maj.-0:n. Gardiner, Lt.-Oen.
Sir J. Gardiner, T. S ,theron, Esq , M P., Lord Brougham,
and others from whom the prisoner had either obtained or
expected to obtain money. Muratori (tither said that the
i risoner in his hearing admitted he was not a physician, but
he said he was a schoolmaster.—The prisoner said it wan
tru^ he was going back to Germany as noon en his could get
money enough. lie could bring plenty of respectable people
to prove that Ito was what he represented himself to be.—
' limsford said he had no doubt whatever that all ti at
had been stated in the anonymous letter would
turn out to be true. Ile believed he should be able
to prove that th.• pri oner w a a tailor and not
a ph) sician.—Ntr. Bingham said the prisoner had
letter bring those respectable persons he had referred to me
being able to speak to his character at the next examina-
tion, as it was his intention to remand him until Monday
next. The prisoner was then removed. Hereford went away
to search the prisoner's lodgings. In a short time he re-
turned with the information that the prisoner lewd appa-
renily in great luxury. A 101. cheque just sent from W.
Evans, Esq. M.P. was found, which the prisoner hail not
yet got cashed: also scores of letters from charitable noble-
men i..nd gentlemen. A letter with two sovereigns in it was
also lying for the prisoner at Lsrd Fitzwillienes house.
MARYLEBONE.—OUTILAGEOUS CONDUCT op A So -
VIER.—J. Doull, a private in the Royal Scots Fusiliers, was
charged with drunkenness and misconduct —The prisoner
has been for several weeks under medical treatment by the
surgeon of his regiment, in consequence of hie having re-
ceived a severe blow on the head from a constable, who, in
self-defence, was compelled to use his truncheon, On the
20th ult., in the evening, the prisoner, who was " mad
drunk" was Sghtiag with another tolling in Dinton-street,

Derset-square ; he also wanted to fight the landlord of the
Sovereign public-house in the neighbourhood alluded to, as
well as polio-constable Knight. He suddenly ran away, and
rudely seized hold of a respectable female who was walking
quietly along, but one of the Grenadier Guards, who chanced
to witness his behaviour, rescued her from hie hold, and she
then proceeded on. He (prisoner) pulled off his belt, with
which he struck right and Left at various persons who were
passing along, and in Dorset-square he attempted to climb
over the area railings of No. 8. Ile was desired to desist,
when be struck the constable. Another soldier belonging to
the same regiment was at this time with the prisoner, and
when Knight, the officer, took the latter into custody, he
laid hold of the railing, and made a most determined resist-
ance. His comrade tried to release him from the officer,
noon which a severe struggle with all three of them took
place. The prisoner tLrew the conatiene with great
force into the load, and rushed at him for the purpose of
striking him, upon which he used his staff, and with it
struck the prisoner on the bead.—Mr. Broughton sentenced
the prisoner to one month's imprisonment, with hard labour,
to the Monet of Correction.
WESTMINSTEIt.—Sentiore AFPAIR.— W. Grady was
charged with violently assaulting F. Miles, whereby his life
is at present in danger. On Saturday night the prisoner and
Miles were in Lower Sloane-street, Chelsea, talking about
lighting, and although the injured man seemed at first very
desirous to engage in a pugilistic contest with the prison. er,
he at last expressed hisopinion that be should stand no chance
with him, and declined. Some further conversation occurred
between them, when theprisoner suddenly knocked the other
down, and on his getting up again felled him to the ground.
His head struck the kerb-stone, and he was taken up in an
insensible state, the blood gushing from one of his earn. He
was conveyed to St. Oeorge'n Hospital, and the prisoner
taken to the police-station. Three medical certificates were
produced from the house-surgeon at the hospital, from
which it appeared that Miles was in an insensible state when
taken there, had received a severe injury in the head, and
continued at the time the last certificate was given (yester-
day morning) inn very dangerous stale.—Prisoner, who
said the other struck him first, was remanded until Monday
next.
WANDSWORTIL—ANOTHER ASSAULT AND ROBBERY
AT THR WANDSWORTH UNlON.—Eight young men named
./ones, Wild, Smith, !Valiant, Dixon, Slater,7Kna, and
Edwards, were charged with assaulting sad robbing four
Irishmen named May, Walsh, King, and Foster. On
Sunday evening the four Irishmen went to the union, and
after being supplied with their supper were turned into the
casual ward, at the dow of which the prisoner Williams
mood armed with a bludgeon, and threatened all that came
in with a blow unless they gave him a portion of their
scanty meal. About eight o'clock the Irishmen went to bed,
when they were instantly surrounded by the prisoners and
several others. They first attacked May, dragged him from his
bed, and one of them, who had a knife, cut away his trousers-
pocket, containing a sixpence, a penny, a farthing, and a
pocket-knife. Whilst this was geing on, Williams stood
over May with his bludgeon, and addressed the mho rs as
their leader. Having pluedeied and ill-used May, they
went to Walsh, smothered his head in a rug, and endea-
voured to rob him of threepence which he had about him,
but of which he contrived to retain possession. King and
Foster came to their countrymen's assistance, and were also
maltreated. The proof was not very clear against Slater,
Wild, and Edwards, and they were discharged, and with
respect to the other prisoners, Sergeant Daly said no money
had been found on either of them, and it would be impos-
sible to convict them of the rubbery.—Mr. Paynter com-
mitted the five remaining prisoners to 14 days' hard labour
for misconduct in the wo7k hottest and assaulting the Irishmen.
The magistrate suggested that a night watch should be kept
in this casual ward, or :sometime there would be something
serious occur.