The Express.
London, England, 1849-11-14 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY ETENINO, NOVEMBER 14, 1849.

BAIL COURTYFAT ERDAL
BRIMS MR JIMICII PAT, IBM
IN TUN MATTIS or BIANNIA.-13TVIILINO Al ATZOILNIT
or? was ROLL.
Mr. Robinson moved for a rile calling ea an &Mort ey of the
name of Bra nner to showmen, why he timid not be struck
off the
felony s rtadrr il cat
mother the gru
usemd th he had bit n eoavicted of
at the Cestrel Criminal Cann.
The hat was slew as the altdavits, sad the rule was
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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—YZOTISIDAT.
&True, ammo
J—Barom Loan Cuter Jerrie" Wnam Ma Jensen
Mama, Ma. am ILLI s WAMS, ANDY JornesTALMelb.
Darr a CLAIM AND AXOTIIIK.-11xesuiva 11111T126.11.
This was as woks which was tried to Middlesex on Wed-
neidey Mat beats Mr. Janke Telfourd, sad reported In the
of Thooodev last. A verdict was said for the
901., an the two flat coasts, sad also the
Isom br the cones of tie ram el 31 61 ad •
would he asnosed Mt 141 13e. 91., tie amount a: 'y. OK:
dist. OK lb. K. The 141. 13s. 9.1. wee
hod wits Mid Intik counts. This was an action
brooght by a retired elesemebw value a rented omnibus
peopeistao sad a broker awed Dnan, to tamer manta
nation la damps far sa ettearsito &nom There were
Mn sena* la Ma *Miro deelesadeo i its bre was fee an
weenie alma be 7iL 10h, gamma fir set mil* the
geode fee a peeper value, Mall Mira esseetre dunes
or the lemma et sli• the thurth was
101 sot the femploe btbalel= of the aberift The
dobadoole fast galley by WOO ; hove and *mks
to mil lbs *MN's geode ; sad. leady._deolel that there
was say ~pion It egmeered at the teial that the pleinuff
had bonne teem! to ie debodent Omni of a bean at
flasseasunnith, at a ma fit NI. pie nava, and be paid
sae queer's rent at INT. Oa the lad of
September, 1849, the &tote, tbo anise of Ilho present es-
time, was wade, es whisk timalglisoft oosirtme• mot wee due.
Ia mate to *be lisillemlamt end fa Ms anion the war-
ned of dlettomillat DsMsil9peoineed was thews to Mr.
Cloud, oil 110 gbiatire eta WI gene to him and asked
his" whether bf mostiened M improper way in which
Dod o. woe series, *pea told& be odd shoald not
Welfare ht the matter as it will la Deis% lismin
Mr. Dawdeewellose behalf' et the ashmaaat Cloud, yes-
terday Wed the eourt, lied to-day seseladad hie argument
far Me to show eases why the verdict fhould not be set
Nib, Wad • sew Uhl had on the graced that there was no
evidwias awed at the trial to show that the charge of 341.
add midi\ was made for the expenses of the diskem was as
eon idea owe, and also that there was not sufficient evia.nee
to la Coed with a liability fur Dunning's acts. The learned
aimed oho submitted that the suss of 141. whkh the jury
had fiend for the ripeness of the distress beton too mush,
was ea neresive sea to fad, as they had also found 201. ow

the two drat counts.
The Lord Chief Justice said Gee of the questions raised in
thh case was the liability of Mr. Cloud. Mr. Cloud autho-
rised the distress, son what Dunning did was is prosecution
of the duty which Mr. Cloud had imposed upon him. Dun-
ning had dam nothing uneouneeted with the distress, and all
that he had done had been is the uncut/au of the or fen of
Cloud. It was said that Cloud was not liable for the excessive
charges made by Dunning for the expenses of the
distress. In support of this proposition the learned
counsel bad referred to the case an which masters
wen not liable for the wrongful acts of their servants, when
it WON in the prosecution of some act which their masters
had not ordered them to do. The case of " Milannis v.
Cregit," where a coachmen having a spite against a Bow-
street officer, went out of his way to run over him, was
said to be like the present case. In that ease the muter was
held not to be liable. The distinction between the cases
cited sad the present one was, that in those cuss the parties
somesitting the wrong had not been acting by the authority
of their masters or employen, and had done something
alined, and ultra the duty which was cast upon them, and
not hang at ell connected with it. In the present ease,
however, the offence was committed in prosecuting a duty
which Mr. Cloud had imposed on Dunnh,g. With respect
to the point raised with regard to the 141., he (Lord Chief
Justice Wilds) thought that sum was not excessive as
damages—in fact that sum was found to be the surplus due
to the plaintiff, alter deducting Si. 13s. 3d. due to the de-
fendant Cloud, ss balance of the rent. The court, la
mercy to suitors, never granted a rule for a new trial,
where damages were under 201., as the payment of the costs
would be more than that 83131 a grout deal, end it would only
inmate litigation to grant rules in such cases. Under the
whole circumstances of the case he (Lord Chief Justice
Wilde) thought there ought to be no rule granted.
The rest of their lordships soneurred.—Rule refused.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—YEBTZRDAT.
armDios a Basco.
WALLET, M.P., tr. CoOKI AND HSALlT.—Linnt.—Twa
HOUNSLOW FLOGGING Casa.—CollONlllB.
This was an union by the Coroner foe Middlesex to re-
cover compensation is damaged for certain libellee' articles
which appeared in August, 1846, in the Medical Times, of
which publication the d. fondants wen lively the registered
proprietors The articles whisk foamed the subject of the uticn
contained severe criticisms epee the plaintiff as ,coroner for
the aunty of Middlesex, sad imputed the mat cor-
rupt motives to him In etteductleg the celebrated
inquest at Hounslow upset private White of the 7th Hus-
sars, who died there shortly after haying received 60 lashes
under the sentence of a evert martial. It may be remem-
bered (as the facts have been frequently reported), that
tt.e libels charged the plaintiff, usage% other neaten, with
employing his own Mends to make post marl= examias-
tions at inquests, and puticdpetiog in their km. That le
had, at this inquest, tampered with the witaess§ mad the
reporters for the public pros. That be had endeavoured to
get the jury to return a verdict of murder spinet Dr. War.
ren and the offieen of the 7th Hunan. That he had eased
instructions to be sent to counsel (Mr. Peacock) to p=
a verdict to that effect, and refused to permit the
Or man of the regiment to be examined as winter's, although
they had tendered themselves for that purprie, and their
statements lad been taken down in writing by the deputy-
coroner. It was further alleged that the pkiutiff had pur-
sued that course in order to gain popular applause upon the
subject of military flogging, in which the public generally
felt a deep interest, and to recommend him favouraMy to
his con.tituente in Fiesbury on the eve of an election. The
libels also stated that Mr. Wsklsy was " • libellous )'oar-
oldest," " a violent agitator' " and • sham humanitarian."
The defendants plaaded not guilty, and a justification. The
caul* was tried before the Lord Chief Baron and •
special jury at Westminster at the sittings after last Hilary
Term. After occupying three entire days the jury were of
opinion that the pleas were not made out, and awarded the
plaintiff 3501. damages. A rule to show ease why that ea-
diet should not be set aside and a new trial had, upon the
=of etielirellielle wet subsequently obtained by 31..
t Wilkie., mid it wee arranged that the court would
smolder whether the damages were excessive, although the
rale meld net to ted on that ground.
The A metal, Mr. E. Jame, and Mr. Bramwell
mew apposed to show cause against the rule. The iniori-
mem aompkbed of was, that the learned judge told the
jury the amen of Beglend had been in the habit of retoo-
k. to amino es oath portent who might be implicated is
the Wow. et falsity. It appeared nob had been the sal.
fume peados in the county of Middlesex, and that the
pBeMslf hod sneinded the evidence of the wiener's who
Modered themselves for examination at Hounslow,
mutely beam, he was apprehensive it would tern
out that they were Imp' ietted in the transaction
which homed the subject of the inquest. The next
point of misdirection was as to the plea which justified
the allegation that the plaintiff was "a libellous journalist."
The plea stated that the plaintiff, being the proprietor and
editor of the Lancet, " maliciously' published therein " a
false, wicked, mandalous, and defamatory libel" of sad con-
doning Mr. Brushy Cooper in his profusion as a surgeon.
Mr. Cooper, who was celled, said he bad reason to know
that that libel was not written by the plaintiff, but by some
one else ; that a libellous article relating to an operation
performed by him at Guy's Hospital in 1828 was published in
the Lancet, and that he recovered& verdict against Mr.Wakley
with 1001. damages. To prove the plea, the judgment
roll was produced and ultimately admitted by consent. It
was the only evidence in support of the plias, and the learned
judge left it to the ivy to say whether, taken la connindea
with Mr. Cooper's evidence, it established the justification.
The jury found for the plaintiff. As to the damages, it was
submitted that nothing could be more souse than the libels
emplaned of ; the defendants thought proper to justify the
meet virulent pares of them and having failed to prove their
plus, there was ociikvas for disturbing the verdict.
Settlesot in ad Hr. Ilearsley were heard at
great booth to of the tole. They ceateaded that
the paned eietletrms of the pima were eo important that
eke )up 460011 IA Irma the fades of the erbium, at the
, ham swimdge hod s awe thos w
eled te irking damages.y
is alai The
learied ju oiedinehe jur thelr
attention to w mid to be Ma promise eK alt the ether
sortmen he , fa reketing the evidemee of pent=
who tendered ins he eminiMallen. There was no
'vides** whatever Mahal fast But the hefted judge told
the jut they weld use done their wee to what was
every day scarring mesa them, sad no doubt
that statement had a meet important effect on the
Wads of the jury is measuring the damages.
He had eke halm Into au error in submitting to the emol-
dentine of the jury the Imse woo the plea wide& justified
the elliptic's that the plaintiff was • libellous josnolist."
The Attorney- Geneval had admitted the libel in the Lancet
obi* was the mbetamo of that plea, and therefore the jury
should have been directed to dad for the defendant' *poi
that hane.
Tim whale day havittiatazdari.th the amounts,
The learned berme seriatim. They
wen unanimously of awe were
Thy
s▪
old whatever kw do verdict. They
mold net fay what view tla Pay bed taw
of the grave impotence, astaked fa the libels ; bat
it welt be difficult to some to the ateebtaion that the
whale amount of damages awarded was too mesh, if the
etalamosta mode by the dedenimata wore not true. They
Invoked Mr. Welders *candor os a member of podia.
moat. a wow, and • men. The wan had no means of
moirlakkg whether the were excemive. That
maim woe slat mired by the , god it was their proper
fenatlen to do at They might, ly, have given a
musk larger ens ostler the abommlowee of the cart, but
ft woe Mated OW Mt Wrier wag in us Wadi= to pa
largo dimegeei est It might haw km that thrg took
that doemallamlo has thakowniksafism weimpeunible
to make, the pogo& ogen whisk they famed tkek venfiet.
Is any Mew, kowtows It Moil ma WWII do deowlee mould
be emmikroil wholly wring. Value esiikkidso hod been
km end eat the mak* wee degetralove all doubt. It toes
sot the prelim of the mart to dhlosh-the verdict of a jug;
Thou
IS did net appearkot tie damages 1111.1 at all too/high
there was armed et
meta males of the ads wholly unjustified.
the tion 44 ma
of Mk* mommoiciei meek ammemend weak
the R*R*en kooky rot ea be lomenee. la we no ilbegaloa In
kw. Dm Wellies of Mows gym

charges might be wade was contrary to law. and ghoul ha
discontinued, bat the learned judge was qui.e right In the
conclusion he came to in directing the j'uy. Upon the
I other point likewise thr re was no astedireene-n The record
produced in support of the plea merely Droved the fret that
the action was brought against Mr. W kl.y, and that judg-
ement for 1004 woe recovered by Branch, Cooper. The plea
must be anden.ood to mesa that Mr. Wale, was nut only
mane ossaslon " a libellee, journalist." but that ►e was
habitually so. The verdict on that ism could not offset the
anteeat of damages at all, for if it was found for the de-
feadants, the pplaintiff would be entitled to judgment eon
*Wants teredieto. lhere was therefor, no ground for a
new trial, and the rule should be discharged.
The rule was accordingly diselLaged.
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Nlll FILMS AT WnxNnuru-.Bnoaa Mi. BARON PLATT AND A
NIDDIJONI COMKON JVST.
RYLAND V. ALLEN.
This was an action for Asada'. As the portion of tbs
evidence bard yesterday was entirely ex parte, we postpone
our report till du melt.= .1f we.

EXCHEQUER CHAMBER.....Y6BTERDAT.
BIPOIi LOAD QUIT harms Wane AND ms JUDOIS Of ma
Queues num AND Emma or Excavate'.
The court met foram purpose ot Hates theei..ning vocation
fittings as folio,' Tuesday, Wednesday, and Tuursday, the
27th, 28th, sad nth, for errors from the Court of Queen's
Bench ; Friday. the 30th, from the Comonon Pleas ; and
Saturday, the let, &ad Moaday, the 3rd a Decomber, for
errors from the Court of Exchequer.

ARCHES COURT.—YESTLRDAY.
lianas Rui RUM= Juts= Ftvr.
Tax °PVC' or THIS JUDGE PROMOTE, AGAINST THU
REV. EDWKILD Di:MD.—JUDGMENT.
. _ .

This CM was fully nperted in our papa of the 3rd inst.
The judge gave his decision to day. said this was a rage
promoted by Charles Henry Reaper, against the Rev. Ed.
ward Dodd, incumbent of the vicarage of St. Pater, near
Cambri!ge, in the diocese of Bly, and breugot into this court
from that diocese. The charge made was, that Mr. Dodd
had nfused to bury a person of the name of Shuts*, a pa.
Tightener of that pariah, due Irvin haling been given to Mr.
Dodd to inter the body. Mr. Dodd had been a,rved with a
citation, and neglecting to attead he was declared in contempt;
bat upon an appeal Mr. Dodd appeared before the court
fa person, end protested against the power of the court ; that
it had no jurisdicion over his case ; that he should have
been cited In his own diocese; that the 68th article was bad
In law and in religion ; and 'lrmo* that the proceedings of
contempt were null and void, &o. The Judge here went
through the whole of the pr. test presented to the court by
Mr. Dodd, and held that the court had Jurisdiction to pro-
nounce Mr. Dodd in contempt; and if Mr. Dodd was not.
satisfied with the decision of the court he had the power to
appeal to another tribunal. Toe question this court had to
decide was, had Mr. Dodd commated an offence ? If, se
Mr. Dodd says, the 68th canon is bad in law, all forma
decisions by this court mast be bad in law. The judge thee
quoted several eases that were decided before sad
titer the riming of the Discipline Aet ; and said that theft
was no doubt but the court had the pawn to decide this
point; and the 3rd & 4th Vic., sec. 10, was thei
act upon which the clergy must be proceeded
against. By the 13th section a discretionary power
was given to the bishop to send the Cato to a court of r
peal, and he had done so in this case ; but whether wisely
or unwisely it was not for the court to decide. It was said,
the bishop being the patron of the living could not set, but
he does so through the archbishop. An appeal is made to
this court, and the court felt it had the power to sat on it.
He (Sir H. Fun) therefore decided that the protest was not
good, that the letters of request were proper, that the pri-
mary decree was rood, that It was empowered to pronounce
Mr. Dodd in contempt for not appearing to the decree, and
that the whole of the proceedings were cornet. There was
no ground for the protest presented by Mr. Dodd; the
court had no doubt of the propriety of the proceedings, sad,
therefore directed Mr. Dodd to appear personally on the
nestcomet day.
CONNOLLY IP CONNOLLY.

This was a rtes whisk had Game psalteries, about it, and
which has ham tray reported daring the hat term, when
the allegations were sent back to he amended, and they, as
amended, came before the court to day, and were again
opposed by the husband. The brief forte are there: Mr. and
Mrs. Connolly were American born subjects and were mar-
tied by what is tiers called the English Protestant Church
of America. The fruits of the marriage were several sons
and daughters. Some years afterwards they agreed to miter
into the Roman catholic church, and for which purpose they
proceeded to 114ne, where each took the mammy oaths
and lived a life of celibacy. Mr. Connolly became a priest
of the church of Rome, sod Mn. Connolly took the veil.
They aiterwards came to England—Mr. Connolly helm
appointed chaplain to the Earl of Shrewsbury, and Mr&
°woolly entered the holy convent of the Sacred Heart, of
which she became the abbaes. Some years elapsed
when Mr. Connolly thought proper is leave the
church of Rome and again adopt oar protestant
church, and applied to his wife to do the same, and
return to her husband's root. Tnis she mimed to
do, assigning as • reason that she could not violate • so-
les& oath which she had taken when she entered into the
*me of Rotas. la consequence of this Mr. Connolly now
Nome before the court loans for conjugal rights.
Dos. Hayford and R. Phillimore were h-ard in opposition
le the amended allegations put in by the wi'e.
Drs. Addoms anu Robertson argued on the other aide, and
supported the allegations.
The
Court said it must take time to consider the question.
It wasaae whisk involved serious consequences to ah parties,
ani else the question whether the court had legal juriedie-
dem. the puila not being natural born eubjecta.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—YrsTERDAy.
BOOM Ma. Cumuusuoxica Houton,.

RI BiellOP.—Akalsr or ♦ B•Nuturr.—DzscLosuas

01 Puorzars.

_
Mr. Duncan stated that the bankrupt, R. Bishop, late
of the Oriental Hotel, Vere-street, against whom a warrant
had been issued, had been arrested last nigh,, and was now
brought au in custody of the facer of the wart. He pro
posed to ezarnine him forthwith.
Bankrupt stated that since 4th July, he had resided at 2,
Warren-street, Camden-town, and was out of business.
He occupied two rooms there, at 7s. • week. Did not
know where his wife resided. Had only slept three nights
in Warren-street since the 4th of July. Was there last on
Sunday nigbt, when he sent for a surgeon and got a
certificate of his being unable to appear as this court
in answer to • summons. Had frequently been at Mr.
Bellard'a, Tavistoek plan in the interval. About twelve
months ago Ballard eccapied • bill for 1001. drawn by bank-
rupt, whale was still unpaid. Bankrupt had given his en-
dorsement as security for BsDud to • bill for 401. or 601,
and had had other transactions with him. in February,lb4B,
became the_ proprietor of the Oriental Hotel. He took the
lease from Mr. Evans. The consideration money was about
700 L The fixtures belonged to Mr. Cabbell, the landlord,
but there were very few, and he put in a great many him-
self. Could not say about what money actually puled be-
tween him and Brans ; could not say about whet capital he
hadat the time.

Mr. Sturgeon, for the bankrupt, submitted that this lite
of examination ought not to be pursued, as an issue was new
pending Wore the Viee-Chancellor as to whether the maa
was a bankrupt or not.
Hu Honour thought this the only put of the examination
that was relevant.

B►nkrupt had been clerk to Mr. Henderson, the
Duke of Newcastle's solicitor, before he entered on tee hotel.
He owed 3001. to Mrs. Humphrey, of York, which bad been
advanced to him at different penods between 1846 and July,
1849. She held an security an agreement for • mortgage on
the' lease of the Oriental Hotel, which was executed in July,
184. The several advances were made in letters from Mrs.
RumOrey,whieh he destroyed. The first advance of 1001. was
by order on Kam Barclay, Bonn, and Co. All the other re
minium were in bask nom". These advances were entered
in his books, which were at Gravesend with a (thud named
Ives, to whoa he gave them some time subeequent to July
Lek They eutpneed a crib-book, ledger, a number of
daily entry books, banker' pass-books, four of five chi cps-
books, with the eunterfoffs. The small oath-book contained
the ace .unt of Mrs. Humphrey's advances, also of the into
paid theme. He knew nothing more of Mrs. Hum-
phrey's address than " York." He owed 161. to Mr. A. M.
Jobb, wholesale stationer, Breed.street. In October, 1848,
gave him a bill of sale for some furniture in the Oriental
Hotel, the consideration being 8001., of which 6601. was ad-
vanced at the time, and the remainder wee in hills at short
dates. Jobb... saw, Miss Angelina Jobb, had been then
pat iato possession, and remained so up to the 3rd Jell list,
assisting hi, wife ia the management of the hour. His
name was over the door till the date of the Bat, and he had
eontimied to carry on business there. In February
wet its ^remind en sesames sr 1,0001. ati.
John Young, on mortgage of the Oriental Hotel
prosaism, Mending the Mem, which he had agreed te
sedge to Mrs. Humph', . Said nothing to Mr. Young
about the lease being charged, or abut Mr. Jobb
having a person in possession. Mr. Charles H. Jobb also
held a bill of sale over • portion of the furniture, to secure
an whom, of 3001. This bill was given in January last.
!the A. Jobb was alto in possession for him, as well an her
other brother. He first saw Mr. Warner, who was now in
of the Oriental Hotel, about the 3rd July last.
Itsrecul eakhae, h• solicitor, brought him as the purchaeer of
the hotel: bankrupt agreed to sell him it for about 6,0001
altogether, red 4901 was given in money with three at:upt-
own, shoot 6001, each, at 12, 18, and 24 months. Witness
had *ors bills now, at nektonic-plass Had no communi-
cation with Warner before the 3rd olJuly, but communi-
sated with Hailias, whom be had previously einplled as
solicitor in sae or two small matters, and who had acted
for the Mums. Jobb In the advances of 8001. and 3001.
Having got Mr. Warner's bill on the 3rd of July, he went
oat of possession of the hotel, having then the 4901. He had
still between 3001. and 4001. at Mr. Ballard's. Oa the let
July he borrowed 601. from Dr. Jefferson,- this had not been
returned. Two deeds of assignment bad been executed to
Warner, which be had never had is his possession, but had
the control of them so far that he should not release the pro-
porty.till the bills were paid. The deeds were accordingly
deposited with Mr. Hoehn, wko gave an undertaking not
to part with them without witasses mincelon until the bids
were paid. The undertaking was at Ballard'.. The amigo.
meats were drawn by Mr. Hooking or his weasel. Mad set
I passed by an other name eines hie baakruptey. The 3001.
now aßallard's house belooglng to him was all in bank-
! notes, one kindred earl fear lilles.-The messy he borrowed
Rost Dr. Jamas, two days ham the flat, wee spent. The
3004 was in • bask siwwwd away La a pas, in a
O most m Re Is slats wham
His Roam saki the swollen moat be amairared.
The bsakrapt said tits money was behind the bookcase,
between it and the wall. It was tint up in a mks.* with
ashes of azeliange, Mr. licskfaa's eamingasir ant two or
' arse abirsileasess min. These thaws he ULM there
ANNa kortnight tip; no au knew 01 M bah WHIM We

solicitor Mr. Hamann, had had • good deal of the 1901,
about 1001. Witness bad a freehold house in Pleagh-eourt,
Fran-law. It was let to weekly tenants.
Mr. Dimas said he should net ram the imagination
further, but irked for a summons to require the bankrupt's
further selenium', and a warrant to take pommies of the
prisatty'whish he had disclosed.
Kr. Etturgonn said he did not object to a genera warrant,
His Room upraised an opinion that it wee sere is
which he wad licit nations the protection.
Kr. Bearrsen hoped that protection would be grouted.
None of the jedgmenta out against him had lama obtained
till after the fiat.
His Honour mid the last examination bad been adjourned
sine die, in consequence of the bankrupt not surrenderiag
all the last moment. He had refused to obey a summons
and had had to be takes on warrant. Even now he had not
given up hie books to the assignees, and it was clearly not a
one in which protection ought to be given. Though the fiat
was disputed, be was bound to submit to it so long as it
@elated ; sod th'a was 'armed in all* nrdata 9f * Ylee
Chatccilor on the subject.
Protection was accordingly refused. The nest meeting
was fixed for the 20th.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—YarrzaDAT.
Suomi Ma. COMUMIONiII Primus%
Its JOIIIPEL
This insolvent, whose cue was before the Gout on a
former day and repotted, wan again heard and remanded for
four months, under the discretionary clause. He had been a
leatherseller at Chelsea. Ia this care the Court held that one
of the creditors who appeared could not oppose, biome he
endeavoured to obtain pryment of his debt after he had
petitioned.
In a protection ease before the same Commissioner, an in-
solvent who admitted he had been drinking wan adjourned
to Saturday without protection. It was recorded of him
" that he wee not in a state to be examined."
FRIANDLY
In the cue of an insolvent named Jones, heard before the
Chief Commissioner on Monday, in which Mr. Birnie op-
posed for a creditor, the petition was dismissed on the ground
of a frii,ndly arrest. There was 141. in court, which WAS
ordered to be returned to the insolvent.

Potrem—YESTEILDA2'.
1501JVHWARK.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT THE EXECUTlON.—Elizabeth
Mice, a respectable-looking female, of rather masculine
appearance, was charged with being insane and threat-
ening to commit suicide near the place of executioninnoree-
monger lane.
Sergeant Watkins, of the bl division, stated that be wan
On duty near the Vacs of execution in Honemonger-lane
that morning, just after the convicts Frederick George Man-
ning, and Maria, his wife, were launched into eternity. The
prisoeer took a phial from her pocket, and placed it to her
mouth, and would have swallowed the contents had not wit-
ness seen her and knocked it out of her band. He seized
hold of her fur the pumas* of preventing her from commit- '
sing a serious injury on herself, when she became very vio-
lent, and asserted that she tem; one of Manning's sisters, and
that her brother had been unjustly condemned and hung,
and that she was determined to die with him. Witness had
some difficulty in getting her out of the crowd and placing
her in safe custody.
laseeetor Front said he took charge of the prisoner after-
wards, when she witted that she was Manning's sister, and
that she was determined to commit suicide. Her brother
hat been unjustly executed, and she was determined not to
be diograced by the exhibition.
Mr. Burrell—D, you think that she is in her right senses)
ll:vector Frond—l think she is insene,And that she was
not aware what she was about.
Mr. Burrell—Do you know any of her (rinds
Inspector Froud—Sergeant Watkins bad seen some of her
friends that morning, and they were willing to take are of
her. She had no connexion with the Manniegs, and 1 be-
lieve she merely went to the scene of execution through
curiosity.
Mr. Burrell asked the prisoner what she had to say in an-
swer to the charge ?
She replied that her feelings were excited, and she hardly
knew what she was about. She had come from Birmingham
with some of her friends, and had unfortunately left them
on the previous night to witness the elocution of Manning.
She was so horrified at the seen* that her feelings over-
powered her, and she knew not what she was about. She
was extremely sorry, and would promise to go home imme-
diately.
Mr. Burrell said he could not allow her to go at liberty
unless some of her friends came forward to answer for her
future conduct. She had acted very foolishly in assuming
to be the sister of the unfortunate man who hod been hung,
and then threatening to commit suicide.
Sergeant Watkins informed the magistrate that the pd.
104 C ea relations wets very respectable, and he would take
Care to convey her to a place of safety.
Mr. Burrell, after admonishing her as to her future con-
duct, placed her under the custody of the sergeant, and di-
' rected him to deliver bee to her friends.
110813ZAT AT TUE EXECI7IIO/I.—John Smith alias Titilser
Smith, a wi 11. known thief, wee charged with being con-
cerned in stealing a gold watch from the person of a gentle.
man named James Wood.
The prosecutor deposed that he was standing near the
Mason's Aims public-house, nearly opposite the jail, when a
rush was made upon him by a number of men. He turned
round and missed his watch, when the prisoner pulled him
'backwards, and prevented him from pursuing the thieves.
He seized hold of the prisoner, and after a severe sung-
' ale, Landed him over to the custody of a police-constable.
Witness was positive that the prisoner was connected with
the robbery, as he pressed upon him to hard, and prevented
him from following the other thieves.
Committed to Brixton for two months.