The Express.
London, England, 1848-07-14 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY ETENING, JULY 14, 1848,

Ineophilus.
Mr. E. Ferrer examined by 'kir. Hill.—Wu a surgeon
reskling in Guildford-street, 11•4.441.sauare, anew td
him
he in-
testate, and was his medical man. Hew to atten
from 1838 until the time o'c
him daily. rrst knew his death. Latterly be attended
.he intestate in 1837 through a Mrs.
Watts, a friendof id r. Turner'.. Had been present on oe-
"liana with Mrs. W atte when witness had said torte
would
intee
tate that be bad Me
tter make his will, or his prope
70 to the mown. Mr. Turner was in the habit of saying, ths,
alihough hi 1,04 no relations be would take are that the
~Qataa,..ditiaa's ble property. He said his sae was about
"L'a Kr"
-rimer,
at an interview between Mire. le. tersley
Vidness remembered.
htip " 'urn *ed by coming
,se room, scoompamtwo xunger females, an
saying, "Ah ! that is my dear brother John ; I should
know him anywhere. ' The intestate then rcee, and shook
hands with Mrs. Denies,. One of the young women asked
hint if he knew Mrs. Dersley, and he said, " No, no ;"
but be was glad to see ber, and talked of
intestat his fatheasr,
which he was always doing. At this time the e w
a lunette. The name of "Theophilns" wee not mentioned.
Mrs. Dinh did not resemble the intestate. Witness was
present at the interview between the intestate and Last,
Lost looked at him, and said " That is John Turner." Last
asked him if he remembered Dr. Ord, to which he replied,
" No, no," his usual manner of answering all questions after
ha became a lunatic. Never heard of a person called
Wright, an win, Mending upon the intestate, or that

such a person had ever syringed his ears, which be Lad done
as his medical man.
Cross-ezamined by Sir F. Thesiger.—Was in the habit of
" plying " the old gentleman to make his will from 1839,
Mr. J. Turner laboured under delusions. He did not
labour under a delusion with regard to his age. There was
not the least resemblance between Thomas 'Turner Beesley'
and the intestate.
Dr. Agar examined by Mr. Walaby. —ls a doctor of
hysic. Vitae es's father and the intestate were on intimate
Wats. Mr. Turner was godfather to a brother of his. The
&testate used to visit witness, first in 1812, and often said
that he was the same age es his (witness's) father, which was
80 when ho died. The intestate called on him about
fag • will, and said it would not be necessary adve
be had no relations. The intestate then produced • rough
draft of an intended will. This was when he lived in Great
Itausellatreet.
Clowszamined by Sir F. Thesiger.—The mental faculties
of the intestate began to fail four years before he became a
lunatic. (The witness then described the different delusions
under which the intestate bad laboured.)
Mr. J. F. Prescott was next examined by Mr. Hill, and
elated that he was the committee of the person of Mr.
Turner. He held a situation in the War-offi, end was
the great grandson of Sir Charles Frederick. lie used to
meet the intestate at a Mn. Frederick's, and o el occa
sions that lady aid to Mr. Turner, " unless you melee a will
your property will go to the crown." He used to reply," No,
ma'am, it shan't" And on several occasions he said, " You
know, madam, I have not a single relation in the wor'd."
These conversations must have taken place between the years
1814 and 1822, when Mrs. Frederick died. Mr. Turner ap-
plied to him to be one of his executors in conjunction with
Mr. Watts and Mr. Delmar. Never saw any books or papers
belonging to the intestate with " Theophilus " written in
them, or heard him called by that name. lie made a search,
with Mr. Delmar and Mr. Watts, through all Mr.
Turner's books and papers, and never found anything to
I 'educe him to believe that he bad any relations. In
some of the old school-books " John Turner " and " J.
Turner " was written in the intestate's handwriting.—
Cross-examined by Sir F. Thesiger: Had received a dona-
tion of 8001. from the crown, and given a bond to restore it
in case of the plaintiffs' succeeding.
Mr. John Fitzgerald examined by Mr. Hill.—Had received
5001. of the testator's property, and had given a bond for
1,0001. His children had received 601. each, and he had
become surety to the crown for the repayment of the same,
if the plaintiffs should recover. He knew the intestate inti-
mately ; he was in the habit, from 1794, of being acquainted
most intimately with his uncle, Mr. Fitzgerald, who died in
1818. He bad walked with the late Mr. Turner by
the Tabernacle, in Tottenham-court-road, and the intes-
tate said, " If you want to know my age, that stone will show
you," and he afterwards said " The date of the building
being erected was the year in which I was born." The
intestate used to say, in joke, that if he wanted to make him-
self younger, he must my that he was born when the chapel
was repaired. When Mr. Fitzgerald died in 1818 Mr. Turner
attended the funeral, and said that he wee older than his
good friend, Mr. Fitzgerald, by several years. When Mr.
Fitzgerald died he was fifty-eight years of age. In the year
1835, Mr. Turner said he was a fine old boy for eighty. In
1802 witness became the pommel of Bretkeldhouee, in Suf-
folk, and Mr. Turner came down in October 1802, and he then
said he had never been in the county of Suffolk before. Mr.
Turner never bad a pair of Hessian boots, but once had a
pair of top boots. He never carried a cane, but always an
umbrella. lie always came down to Bretfield in the shooting
season. He never was called Theophilus, or said that was
his name. He was a thorough " Cockney "in his habits.
Cross-examined by Sir F. Thesiger.—Mr. Turner bad lent
him 7,0001., which he owed him at the time of his death;
but he always paid the interest. The principal was now
paid. Mr. Turner was a constant visitor at his house in
London, and be never mentioned his origin or who his rela-
tions were (a paper was here given to the witness, which he
acknowledged to be in his handwriting). It was net correct
that Mr. Turner came down into Suffolk every year ; some-
times two or three years would elapse between his visits.
Edmund Turner Watts examined by Mr. Welsby.—This
witness proved that he was the committee of the estate of
the late Mr. Turner. Hie mother knew the intestate well.
Mr. Turner said to her that he had no relations. This was
between the years 1832 and 1838. He never heard Mr.
Turner mention the name of Ord. Between the years 1836
and 1838 the intestate said he was born in London. He
mentioned the parish, and he (the witness) thought it was
St. Giles's. Mr. Turner always dined with him on his
birthday. It was in the month of August. He dined with
him on about three or four occasions when he commemo-
rated his birthday. He was a person of veracity and mo-
rality. This witness corroborated several of the preceding
witnesses as to searching among the papers of the intestate
and finding the scrap of paper containing the date when Mr.
Turner was born, and also that the name of Theophilua was
not found in the books of the deceased.
Cron-examined bylSir F. Thesiger.—He had received alto
gather from the crown 1,1001. out of the intestate's property,
and had given a bond to return it if the claimants should be
successful.
John Warren, examined by Mr. Hill, proved that he was
butler to Mr. Fitzgerald. He knew the late Mr. Turner
well; he was in the habit of visiting Mr. Fitzgerald in Lon-
don about twice a week. lie never saw Mr. Turner at Bret-
field. He had never heard Mr. Turner called Theophilus
or all himself by that name. He first became butler to Mr.
Fitzgerald ia 1810. Mr. Fitzgerald used to send parcels of
game up to Mr. Turner. The direction upon them was al-
ways " John Turner, Esq., Huntley-strest."—Croas-ex-
&mined by Sir F. Thesiger, lie never directed the parcels of
game. The gamekeeper did that.
Lucy Clapperton examined by the Attorney-General.—She
stated that she had lived 17 or 18 years with the late Mr.
Turner. She was five years with him before she became I
housekeeper. He told her that he went to school at Chelsea,
and that he was a parlour boarder. She bad often asked Mr.
Turner whether he had any relations, and he said he had
none living. Before he became a lunatic her master told
her that he had a half sister, of whom he was very fond, but
that she was dead, and had been a teacher in a school. Mr.
Turner told her that he caught the small-pox when at
school at Chelsea. The intestate called her Sally, because
he was fend of that name. He said he wished to settle his
affairs and leave his property to certain charities and among
his friends. When Mrs. Dersley saw Mr. Turner he had
quite lost his recollection, and said his father was living.
He never lost that impression. He said he was born about
the year in which Whitfield's Tabernacle was built. He
said he was baptised in St. James's Church, Piccadilly, and
that he should some day get the certificate of his baptism, by
paying 2s. eel. for it. Mr. Turner never had a cane with a
gold knob, but always carried a cotton umbrella.
Cross-examined by Sir F. Thesiger.—Witneu bad received
1601. from the crown, but had given no bond to return it.
She and her husband had set up in the business of a baker.
Mr. Turner told her that his eyebrows were burnt off with
gunpowder when he was a boy at school.
Mr. Clipperton examined by Mr. Welsby.—This witness
was the husband of Lucy Clipperton, end corroborated his
wife as to the fact of Mr. Turner believing that his father
was alive at the time when he was a lunatic.
John Parker examined by Mr. Welsby.—Proved that he
was formerly butler to the late Mr. Fitzgerald. His master
was acquainted with Mr. Turner most intimately. Mr.
Turner never came to Bretfield, in Suffolk, which belonged
to Mr. Fitzgerald, but had seen him once at Worsted, in the
same county, which also belonged to Mr. Fitzgerald. Mr.
Turner was never called Theopbilus, and was:most reserved
in his conduct towards the servants.
Charles Hodgkinson produced the rate books of the parish
st ft. Giles's, from 1759 to 1772, by which it appeared that a
"James Turner, of Great Ruiselizteeet," was rated at 11.5 a.
William Gratehurst, the coachman to Mr. Fitzgerald, was
examined by Mr. Welsby, but he proved no new fact of any
'kind.
Mr. Waymond, from Doctors' Commons, produced the
testamentary ?apers of the deceased, bywhich he left the
various legacies to different parties, which the crown had
paid.
This concluded the case on the part of the crown.
Sir F. Thesiger, as evidence in reply, called a whams of
the name of Allsoep, who put in a copy of the baptismal ft-
gister of Mary, the daughter of Keen Fitzgerald. The
register was dated, "Parish of St. James, Westminster,
June, 1755."
The Attorney-General objected to this as not being rele-
vant to the matter at issue.
Mr. Justice Erle inquired what motive the learned counsel
had for producing this evidence?
Sir F. Theaiger said that the late Mr. Turner was a great
friend of Mr. Fitzgerald's, who bad married Mary, the
daughter of Mr. Keen Fitzgerald ; and that it was possible
he might have gone to see the registry of the parish of St.
James, Westminster, for some purpose of Mr. Fitzgerald's,
and there having discovered the name of a John
Turner SA being born in 1755, had adopted it as
his own register. He should also put in the cer-
tificate of the burial of a John Turner, who wss buried in
1751, and described in the certificate as a child. Therefore
it was possible that the John Turner set up by the crown
had died the same year in which he was born.—The Attor-
ney-General said his learned friend was mistaken upon that
point, as the John Turner whose burial certificate he had
was the son of a Henry Turner, whereas the John Turner
whom he said wee the ustestate, was the son of a James and
Elizabeth Turner.
Mr. Raven was then recalled to prove this fact, and he
stated that he had searched the register of the parish of St.
James's, Westmitister. and found that a John Turner, a
child, was buried in 1755 ; he was, however, the son of a
Henry Turner, but witness bad not the copy he made of the
certificate.
The copy of the certificate in question was then sent for,
and two burial certificates were subeequently produced in
court, by which it appeared that two childrea of the name of
John Tomer were buried in 1755, in the parish of St.
James's, Westminster, the father of one of whom was a per-
son natirad Henry Turner.
Sir F. Thesiger then replied upon the whole case in a
11100:‘ powerful and argumentative speech, which lasted up-
**wards of three hours.
to
Mr. Justice Erie then proceeded sum up, but we are
u nable to give the learned judge's observations at any
length. The question for the jury to consider was, w
Turner
hether
John Turner of Huntley-street, was the Theophilus
who was said to he born at Fornharn St. Martin's, near Bury.
Front the year 1780 one Mr. Turner only was set up on both
sides; but the matter in question was as to the origin of
this !tenon before that period. There was but
one link necerary for the plaintiffs to prove, and
that was to join Theophilns Turner to the John
who became a clerk in the Ordnance department in the year
1780. Another question for their consideration was, did
they believe the intestate to have been a Suffolk man ? The
learned judge then went through the facts connected with
the case of the plaintiffs. The case of the defendant was,
that John Turner was another person, but there was no
proof of the childhood of John Turner, and who
of paper his associates
or sonnesions were. Then there was a piece upon
which was written twice over, " John Turner, herrn August
1766." New he (the wawa )singe) should We welled alga

the jury to pause upon this fact were it not that it was not
found until a considerable time after a search d hemp made
for papers, and then only discovered by Dirs. Clapperton in
a bendboz, and could hardly be taken to he the solemn act
of a men intending to give information to thew, who were to
follow him. The next great fact upon which the defendant
relied was, that Jeha Turner was born in 1765,
and not in 1763, as the plaintiffs alleged, and that
he was compelled to get the rule of the Sun Fire Offitte,
which was that no ;won above 30 years of age could enter
their service, set aside. It would be for the jury to give is
that fact its proper weight. Then there was the evidence of
Mr. Fitzgerald, who deposed that Mr. Turner had not coins
down so often into Suffolk as stated by the coachman of the
stage coach, who nail sworn to the conversations he had
with the intestate, about his being a Suffolk man. The
learned judge, after remarking upon the various cireum-
stencem brought forward by the defendant to show therJohn
and Theophilus Turner were different individuals, said he
wished the jury to answer two questions :—first, whether
John Turner to whom the defendant had administered was
the eon of John and Elisabeth Turner who resided in Suf-
folk ? and, secondly, whether John Turner was the person
baptised under the name of Theophilus Turner at Badwell-
ash, in Suffolk, on Jan. 14, 17631
The jury then requested the learned judge to read the
evidence of two witnesses for the plaintiffs, of the name of
Last and Lees. His lordship having done so, the jury imme-
diately returned a verdict for the plaintiffs.
The trial of this cause occupied the court until half-past
8 o'clock at night.

COURT OP COMMON PLEAS.
Before Chief Justice Wilde and • Special Jury.
MOSS-AND OTWrath O. SMITH AND ANOT NEEL—MARINE
INSVANCIL—TOTAL Lolol.—Mr. Q.C., Mr. Ser.
jeantß Bytes, and Mr. Barstow e
aredappefor the plaintiffs,
Meagre !sloes and Co., who are shipbrokers, and the At-
torney-General, Sir Frederick Thesiger, and Mr. Wilde, for
the defendants, who are trustee' of the Marine Insurance
Society. The action was brought upon two polities of in-
surance, dated the 4th of May, 1844, effected upon the chip
Alfred, and upon its freight, in respect of an alleged eoa-
structive total loin by the perils of the sea on its homeward
voyage from Valparaiso, in South America, to a port in the
United Kingdom. It appeared the Alfred left London in
the autumn of 1843, and proceeded to Sydney with a cargo
which she there discharged, and thence sailed under charter
to fetch a cargo of guano from the coast of South America.
She reached Valparaiso on the 28th of May, 1844, and after
taking in guano at Cobiga and Pacquico, returned •again to
Valparaiso, and on the 12th of September left Val-
paraiso for England, having on board • cargo, con-
testing of guano, six toss of specie, and six tons of whsle
bone and oil. From the evidence of Captain Brett, the
muter, and those on board, it teemed the weather
became tempestuous soon after petting sail, the vessel ship-
ping large quantities of water fore and aft, with the wind
ahead • that front a continuance of heavy seas there was
• general strain of the Teasel from stem to stern, and a leak
was sprung in the stern, and three men beeame ill ; and
finally, the thiplaboured so much that it was resolved, on the
29th of September, to bear up for Valparaiso as theonly
resource to save the ship and cargo and the men's lioves.
When they had put back, going be
fore the wind, it was
found the vessel went easier. On arrival at Valparaiso on
the 16th of October, where a protest was duly made, the
captain immediately put himself under the advice of Mr.
Roue, the British consul there. Part of the cargo was after-
wards removed in order to a minute survey, which, upon
the captain's request, at the consul's direction, was made, as
well as an estimate of the repairs neceeaary to proceed home-
wards. Three gentlemen, to whom the consul's warrant
was on this occasion directed, a port surveyor, mater
mariner, and shipwriaht, 'reported upon the stab of the
vessel, which they reported extensively injured, the timbers
in some parts requiring to be replaced, and recommended
repairs, and estimated the expense of repairs at 11,700
dollars, without ineludin g injuries which might
appear when the vessel was heeled over. An estimate of in-
cidental expenses in unloading and reloading, made by the
ship's agents, amounted to 6,800 dollars is addition. En-
deavours were made by the captain to obtain the money on
bottomry bonds, but in vain. Finally, at the desire of the
captain, the consul directed the surveyors to report what,
under the circumstances, should be done, and their advice
was, that--considering the difficulty of repairing the vessel at
Valparaiso, the amount of money necessary to put her into a
condition to carry her cargo with gaiety to England, being in
their opinion more than she would fetch when completed, the
impossibility of obtaining the money except at a ntinous loss,
and the serious inconveliiences of delay—the interests of all
parties concerned would be best protected by • sale of the
vessel. It was, in consequence, sold, realising 9,000 dollars
(1,7001.), and her cargo of guano was transhipped by other
vessels to England. After tale the Alfred underwent repair,
and it appeared had since tailed to Hamburg with • light
cargo. Lengthened examinations of the surveyors and
others taken at Valparaiso were read, and other evidence given
in confirmation of the bona fides of the muter and the men,
and that the selling of the ship was the course which a pru-
dent owner would have taken. It was further elicited in the
course of plaintiffs case, that 'survey by some officers of liar
Majesty's ship Daphne, then at Valparaiso, was made of the
Alfred likewise, by the desire of the captain ; out it was a
hurried survey, and not made in company with the sur-
veyors, as was requested. Likewise, on the voyage out to
Sydney, a leak was darns ered in the stern of the refill,
caused by a rat-hole, which was repaired there; and it was
at one time believed by captain and men that the new leak
sprung from a similar cause, and was so entered in the log-
book, under date the 29th of September; but at Valparaiso
it was discovered to be an opening of the wooden ends along
the stern post, aid no mention of any rat-hole was therefore
made in the protest ; also the average depth of water at the
pumping' was, as it appeared by the log, nearly as great
going to Sydney as coming from Valparaiso. When the
news of what bad occurred reached England notice of aban-
donment was given by the plaintiffs, and they now claimed
for constructive total loss of ship end freight, which together
were insured in different of to the amount of 16,0001.,
12,0001. upon the ship and 4,0001. on the freight. There was
evidence that the value of the ship wass,oool.—The Attorney-
General addressed the jury for the defendants, and contended
the captain had not acted as a prudent uninsured
owner would have done. A moderate outlay
would have put the ship in a navigable state.
sufficient to bring. home the whole r part of her cargo, nor
was there any legitimate ground for an abandonment of her,
as her subsequent history and the other facts in the cue
proved. For the defence, Capt. Bunicksen was called, who
stated he was at Valparaiso is April, 1845, and after its sale
was applied to to become captain of the Alfred. He super-
intended her repairs. She sou coppered where the copper
was washed off, and was caulked almest throughout. The
whole repairs done at Valparaiso cost 1,269 dollars (under
3001.). On the 14th June, 1845, he sailed with tier under
the name Caesar Godfrey, having on board a light cargo, to
Hamburg, where he arrived in safety. lie went with her
in ballast frem Hamburg to Bremen, there took in emigrants
whom betook in gaiety to New Orleans, encountering very bad
weather ; the ship still did not make more water than before.
He stayed three months at New Orlems, and brought back
a cargo of cotton to Hamburg. There her copper was strip-
ped off and large repairs were done to her, and she was re-
covered with yellow metal. He sailed in full cargo in Nov.,
1646, to Omaha, and returned with a general cargo and de-
livered it in good condition at Hamburg, when he sailed
for Bahia, and, bringing back a cargo of sugar,
arrived in safety in May of this year at Ham-
burg. The Alfred was nos. pierced fer 14 guns as a
frigate in the service of the Prussian government. It was
further proved by a surveyor who saw the Alfred at Ham-
burg before it was largely repaired, that it was not in a
seriously damaged state, and was then worth six or seven
thousand pounds. Testimony to the same effect as to the
state of the ship from a surveyor at Valparaiso, who saw the
ship before it left there, was also read. The report of the
officers of the Daphne likewise showed that very moderate
repairswould have put the vessel into a state fit to carry one-
half her original cargo in perfect safety home. Captain
Peacock, who saw the Alfred at Valparaiso, gave his opinion
that it might without difficulty have been repaired there,
and was well worth it as to value. The evidence for the
defendants showed that without me fit the Alfred was worth
between six and seven thousand pounds before she left
England, and was a good ship. Further, the certificate of
surveeors at Vidparaiso. stating the Alfred, after the
repairs which there took place, was tit to go to
sea with a light cargo, was read. Mr. Martin,
Q.C., having replied, the Chief Justice summed up,
and said the question for the jury was whether there
was a total lots ? There had not been an actual total
loss because the thip still remained. But what was contended
for by the plaintiffs was, that there had been constructively
a total loss. To establish that it must be shown that the oost
of repairing the ship at Valparaiso would have been more
then its value on its return home. That was the question
they would have to decide. In cues of this kind there must
always be bunt fides, bat 'hat was not sufficient; the point
was, whether a sound judgment was exf reified in the tale of
the ship, in order to warrant charging the underwriters for
• total lows. The sale must be a rate of necessity—that is, a
sale dictated by the interests of all parties, the result 431 a
sound judgment upon the question of repairs, It was not
necessary that the repairs should be such as to enable the
ship to carry her full cargo home, but enough only to put the
ship in a navigable state fit to return home. They would
consider all the circumstances of the case, and say whether
such a sound judgment had been exercised on this occasion,
and find their verdict accordingly. The question of freight
would follow that of the ship itself.—Verdict for defendants.
—The trial of this came occupied the court all Wednesday
and yesterday, when the court sat till half-past 8.

COURT OF EXCIIEQUER
Nitt Perm—Before Sir F. Pollock, C. 8., and a Special Jam
LEWELLTN AND CO. O. PEARABOUBB AND CO.—WAE-
RANTY IN 711 E SALE OP GOODS.—This was an action
on a contract for the purchase of 160 pieces of cord
to be need for making clothes for porters ern.
ployed on railways. In October, 1846, the plaintiffs,
who are woollen merchants in Wood-street, Cheapaide, had
an order for GO pieces of cord from Messrs. Doolan and Co.,
and ordered the defer. dents, who carry on business at Man- '
cheater, to supply the article. The 60 pieces were accord-
ingly finished and paid for by the plaipliffs, at the rate of
la. 64d. per yard. In December following 100 pi were
ordered, and a portion of them supplied by the defendants
in January. All the goods supplied by the defendanta were
forwarded to Doolan and Co. by the plaintiffs, without
'breaking bulk and nottaken into their stock. Doolan and Co.
had the cord made into jackets, trowsers, and waistcoats,
which, however, became soon worn out. It was alleged that
the material itself wiui quite rotten and unfit for use, as
many of the garments split up on the first day they were
used. Meter. Doolan returned 21 pieces without being made
up, and the expenses of making the remainder were calm.
lated to be between 6001. and 7001. The present action was
brought to recover that amount on the ground that there
was an implied contract that the goods were reasonably fit
for the use for which they were Intended. For the de-
fendants it was submitted that the article in question was
not more monad than any cord of the ease pries venally

was, that there was no warranty eMPPOINedi Of UP" a
its quality, and that, as the plaintiffs hat set ernallimal
it for more than a month after they reeeived the gaw,
the defendants could not be called upon to take them back
or to pay the expenses incurred in making clothes.
—The 07, after a lengthened investigation, fond a verdict
for the plaintiffs.—Damages 4731.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
Before Mr. Commissioner Ooulburn.
LLiarrricitßANKßCPTCY.—This was tbe day
apApointed for a dividend on the joint estate of Lesley Alex-
ander and Co., merchants, of Old Broad-street. A con-
siderable time was occupied in receiving proofs of debts.
With reference to one proof, on which a long argument arose
at the last meeting (which we fully reported at the time),
arising out of extra charges on some American bills wch
sub-
dad twice crossed the Atlantic, it was desired that a
ivs court should be held ; but, owing to the absence of
Mr. Commissioner Holroyd, his Honour was unable to name
the day.—The amount of dividend was note ascertained when
the court rose, but will be officially announced In the usual
way.

POLICE.-YEBTERDAT.
BOW STREET. Romany OF • Cnenns.—Mary
Filer was charged with being concerned with another,
not in custody, with stealing • cheque for 391. 75. Id.
Cremer, nephew of the prisoner, stated that
on Monday morning his aunt 'eked him to show her
where the Duke of York's Column wax, which he did,
and on going up the steps she went up to a postman with
whom she conversed until they get to the Rent's-circus,
where the man gave her what witness thought was • shilling
and the prisoner then came back to witness and having given
him a shilling, told him he was to go to Messrs. Motes and
Son's, tailors, in the Minorite, with the letter produced, and
to bring hick a parcel they would give him. She also told
him to say nothing about seeing a postman, and if any
quations were put to him about the letter, to say that
a gentleman gave it to him, and the Is. for his trouble, at
Temple-bar, where he was to meet him at two o'clock. On
presenting the letter, he received the parcel, which be took
with him until he arrived at Cheapside, when he was con-
veyed to the General Post-office.—Mr. Henry Grainger, a
merchant, carrying on business at 17, Pudding-lane,
Thame•-street, said that on the Ist instant he wrote a letter
to Mr. James Ponsford, 9, Southwark-road, Paddington,
enclosing the cheque, which was not then indorsed, but had
the words " and Co." written across, and on Tuesday
he learned that it never arrived at its destination.—
A. clerk in the service of the witness having proved the
patting of the letter, en assistant in the firm of Mons
and Son said, that on the 4th instant two men, who gave
the names of Marshall and Spring, came to his
employers shop, and having given orders for clothes, he ask-
ed them for a deposit, upon which Marshall agreed to pay
for the entire, and having tendered the cheque as payment
witness handed it to the cashier, who sent it to the bank for
the purpose of making the necessary inquiries, and In
the interval the balance was given to the new customers.
The goods were to be called for:on the following Thursday,
and on Monday the lad Cremer, having brought the letter
produced, they were delivered to him and he went away.—
The letter-carrier alluded to, who was • near relation of the
prisoner, has since absconded, and the post office authorities
have offered a reward of 201. for his apprehension.—The pri-
soner said she knew the postman, wbo was on Irish-
men and a countryman of hen, but she was entirely ignorant
of his name or wt ere he was to be found.—Mr. Hall ordered
her to be remanded until further inquiries could be made.
ROBBERY BY • Powntsw.—G. T, Mitchell, • letter-
carrier in the London district, was charged with stealing a
letter containing a shilling, a pawnbroker's duplicate, and
two postage stamps, the property of the Postmester•General.
On the previous morning the prisoner, who was engaged in
sorting for the Shoreditch branch, was observed to thrust a
letter into a memorandum-book that lay before him, evi-
dently watching it he was seen by the other sorters. He
then put the book into his breast coat pocket. Information
of the circumetanos was given to the superior officers, and
LS the prisoner was on his way to the yard he was called into
the president's room, but the letter not being discovered in
the hook be was allowed to go to the yard, where the frag-
ments of the letter produced, bearing the signature of
" John Williams, 18, Beach street, Deal," and dated 12th
July, were found. The prisoner was then taxed with haying
stolen another letter on the previous day, which he denied,
but admitted having stolen the letter in question, which he
i was induced to do through distress.— The prisoner WU re

mended.
WORSHIP-STREET.—BIORWAY ROBBERY.— E.
two
was charged with having been concerned, with two
men not in custody, is assaulting and robbing Mr. James
Wright, a fishmonger in Billingsgate market. The com-
plainant stated that while passing through Osborne-I[r et,
Whitechapel, at 12 o'clock on the preceding night, he was
accosted by the prisoner, who requested him to " treat her,"
and in order to pot an end to her importunities, he accom-
panied her to a public-house for that purpose. On leaving
the house he asked her to direct him the nearest way to
Whitechapel Church, and the prisoner took him down an
adjoining court, at the end of which he observed that
they were closely followed by two men, and at the same
oment he eived • blow at the back of the head which
felledm him for the ground. The two fellows then held him
forcibly down while the female proceeded to ransack his
pockets, but finding some difficulty in getting hold of hie
purse, which contained two sovereigns and a quantity of
silver, she tore off the pocket in which it was deposited and
started off with it. Her male confederates also disappeared
in the same direction after kicking him in a brutal manner
about the heed to disable him from pursuit, but he in-
stantly raised the cry of "
theef !" which attracted
the attention of a policeman, and prisoner wu secured.—
A police.constable stated that the prisoner was given into
his custody by two gentlemen who caught held of her as
she was running down the street, and while conveying her
to the station-house she stealthily dropped some money
through the gratings of an area where it was afterwards
found, but the miming purse had not been recovered.—Mr.
Arnold committed the prisoner for trial.
CLERKENWELL. TAKING PLEDGES PROM Cllll,
DREN.—CatAerine Bally, under twelve years ofd e, was '
charged with robbing her parents. The girl was firmed
in very bad habits, and had frequently stolen monoy and
clothes, On Monday she stole a new pair of trousers of her
father's, which she now acknowledged to have pawned.—
The magistrate, on questioning the parents, found that they
did not live together, and that the father was cohabiting with
another woman. They said that the separation was by
mutual consent; and the mother strongly denied that the
girl was ill-treated by either of them. They were both
very anxious that she should be sent to prison, in order
that she might get into a penitentiary. The ma-
gistrate said that he thought this was a fit case
for the exercise of the discretion which the law allowed him.
The haer could afford to keep another woman besides his
wife, and be should afford to keep his child. He would
therefore send the prisoner to the workhou, where she
would be put to • good school, and subject to se a
wholesome
discipline. The father must reimburse the parish for her
cost.—The Chief Clerk, addressing Henry Reid, the shop-
man of Mr. Flood, of St. George-street, pawnbroker (who
had taken in pawn from the little prisoner the trousers
which he now produced), asked him whether he had brought
31. to pay the fine for taking • pledge from so young a child ?
—The ehopmsn said that he bad not,
himnd a proceed the actins were
ordered to be forthwith taken agai underof
parliament.
LAMBETH.—Pusitte-norseßOßPEßlES.—J.Lawrence
and C.Paappel, alias Chapman, two notorious "cracksnien,"
were further exa r iced on • charge of being concerned
with two others, not yet in custody, with committing
robberies at various taverns, public-houses, and beer-shops,
and stealing cash to the amount of some thousands.—On
the evening of the 21st of September last the prisoners and
two other men had been at the Bricklayers' Arms public.
house, Elizabeth-street, Pimlico, and soon after they were
gone it was discovered that the bedroom of Mr. Smith had
been unlocked. a closet inside forced open, and 100 sove-
reigns and 401. in silver stolen. On Oct. 5 the same parties
had been to the Stage beerhouse, in Manor place, Walworth,
where one of them (Chapman) managed to go up stain,
force open the bedroom, and steal 10 sovereigns. On
Jan. 8 they were at the house of Mrs. Richardson, the Jolly
Sailors, in South Lambeth, and carried away 401. in gold
and silver. The witnesses in several other cases, wherein some
thousan‘ls of pounds had been carried
attendy the prisoners
and their companions, were not in ance, and the
prisoners were remanded.
SOUTHWARK —A RETURNED Convicr.—G. Pearson,
a very powerful young man, • returned transport, was
brought before Mr. Seeker charged with attempting to stab
a policeman.— Sergeant Derrig, M division, stattd that,
having received information that the prisoner was at large
after having been sentenced 'o 20 years' transportation, two
years ago, for highway robbery, he (the sergeant) proceeded
with a policeman to a fair held on some ruins in the Mint,
where he was likely to be found. They, however, did not
succeed in their search, and at a later period of the evening
they entered • house called the Union, a receptacle for
thieve*, in the Mint, and there found the man they west in
search of dancing with some women in one of the rooms up
stairs. The moment the prisoner saw the police move after
him he made a bolt out of the 70001 down stair",
followed by the policemen, but, instead of running out
of the house, he stopped short and concealed him-
self in a dark corner on the staireme. The police-
man, aware that the prisoner was still on the premises, began
to search about for his man, and when he approached the
spot where he was concealed, the prisoner made • stab at
him with a knife, which fortunately ho avoided by falling
back, and haeing his truncheon out he struck his assailant a
blow on the arm which disabled it, and made him drop the
i weapon. The prisoner was then secured and taken to the
station-house.—The prisoner said the police were mistaken
lin his identity, and that he had not returned from tremor-
tation before the expiration of his sentence.—Serge Watkins,
however, was called, and he proved that the prisoner was
tried and convicted of highway robbery at the Old Bailey, in
1846, and sentenced to 20 years' transportation.—The pd.
sonar then said that he should decline saying asyth
further on the subject of the charge until • more fitting op
I portunity:—The magistrate committed the prisoner for trial.
THAMES.—CONIICTION OF A CONSTABLE.—R. ANTI',
of the metropolitan police force, was charged with smisslting
Henry Watson, • shipwright, 3, Bromley-lane, Poplar. The
assault, by which the complainant's leg was broken, occurred
as far back as the I.sth of April, since which time the pear-
tutor has been confined from the injuries which he sae-
tained. He stated that on the evening of the 16th of April
he met the constable Avery, whom he had previously known,
and asked him for a trifle of rent which the latter owed him.
Avery moved on, upon which the complainant touched him
on the cape, and said he would be compelled to put him into
court for the amount, upon which the defendant turned
round, and either kicked or struck him with his staff on the
shin, breaking both the bones of his leg. Corroborative
evidence having been given, it was urged for the defence
that the affair was purely accidental—The prisoner was
ordered to pay a penalty to the Queen of M., at be impri-
soned for two months.