The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-19 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1851.

17.403 3intellitence.
COURT OF EXCHEQUEIL—IESTERDAT.
4ITTIN•• AT NI% farce.—RSMOS INS LORD Lean? BAIO. •ND •
enciaL ICUT.
r.sr r. Tilt Snaornutaa UnioN RAILWAY AND
CANAL CUArANY.—Airlox TO litfoaLlt TIC Ancit:sT
OE A CALL Asti DLeuslT PAID croN CERTAIN SRARRS.
This was an action brought to recover two SUM of
5'21. 10s. and 47'. 10s., being the amount of a dcpaa owl
call upon 2.4 shares in the Shropebire Union Railway MI
easel Company.
Sir F. T:i,,ager, in stating the ease to the jury, sail
the ground oa welch the plaintiff sought to recover these
two sums of money fawn the fairway company was, tbat
13' I such shares es those on which la* had p iid the deposit
cal call were ever created, and the scheme, from be-
ginning to earl, out a contrivauce fur the purpose of relieve
heet cert a n teasel proprietors trout a state of pecuniary difil-
tePy, soil was, in feet, a fraud on tee police. The com-
peny ui gut dion was project. el in the year 1815. It
appeared that the plaiutit had been a shareholder in the
original cormany, called "The Worcester, Shrewsbury,
111 R Crewe Union Railway Company," which was after-
ward.* amahniinateil with the pre sent company. The
S'empeliire Uiden Refit-ay and Canal Company was
provisionally registered, and its nhject was stated
to be the conversien of ean:de into railways forth* purpose
if eying a complete system of teilwey accommodation
westward of the Grand Junction Railway, and between
Chaster and the north, sail Bristol and the south. In 1816
the company applied to parliament for three separate bills
for eonstruetiug three distinct lines of railway. While the
Wile were in pmgri-, a prospectus was issued inviting the
public to tale, shares, ru whieli the projector+ described the
'theme as a legitimate and sound undertaking, not got tap
Gtr speculative purposes, but for converting a series of ex-
trusive and ng existing canals into railways. The =-
ter who was a mlieiter, reading at King's
Walk, in the Temple, was coptirated by the
prosaism held out to the public, and he be-
came • shareholder to a large amount. The deposit
upon the shares was at the rate of 2!. 2a. per share. The
plaintiff had previously paid 11. is. Gd. a share on those
aliases which he held in the Worcester, Shrewsbury, and
, Crewe hallway Company, and when it was amalgamated
with the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company,
be hail ids shares converted, and mud au etdditiriaal Pia.
ashen, in order to make up the 21. On the 22nd of
May. lel6, • meting of the shareholders in tin railway
company was held at Shrewsbury, and the late Earl fowls
was the chairman of that meeting. Ills lordship then gave
a Souriehing account of the protect, and said the profits
would realize 7 per cent. upon the capital invested. He
(Sr: F. Thesiger) felt bound to state that he did not believe
the late respetted nobleman could have been aware
of the circumstances, as there could be no doubt
that he had been misled by the misrepresentations
of inter( eted parties to whose '.totem' nts lee hail unfortu-
nately given too much credeece. lie (Sir F. Thesiger)
would shrew that one of the canal companies—theEdesmere
and Chester Canal Company—was in a hopeless state of
bankruptcy only eight days before this meeting had been
held. The directore of it had borrowed si sum of money
from the l'uhlic Works Loan Commissioners, and had
mortgaged the canal to them. The ancars of interest upon
Ithis loan amounted to upwards of 10,000/. The commis.
' Metiers threatened to take possession of the canal under the
motif .1,,e deed and to sell it, and the company having been
placed in this difficulty made an application to the Royal
Exchange Assurance Company to advance them a auto of
money to enable the en to discharge their mere pressing liabi-
lities. The commissioners he I offered to reduce the interest
upon their loan from 4/. to 31. Ids. per cent., on condition
of the arrears being paid up. The Royal Exchange Assn-
ranee Company undertook tv advance the canal company
upwards of *2.52,9904., the canal company undertaking to
gave them, by way of security, bowie to the extent of
MlO,Orlet. This was the hupetem state of insolvency in
which the mail company was pieced. It was apparent,
therefore, that the contrivance was to relieve the canal
companies from their serious revonsibilities and to place
thern'an a better position with regard to their shares, which
had Gecome utterly worthless. 'l' he railway company suc-
ceeded in obtaining their three acts of parliament, under
which they were empowered to raise the mina of 1,0110,0001.
1,500,000 C, and tkM,OOO/.. The bankrupt stock of the
anal companies was converted into railway shares
without the additional payineat of a single farthing,
and these shares were to hear interest until the railway was
eonapleted. It was, however, necessary to raise a fund to
carry out the undertaking. The 42nal section of the act
empowered the company to robe money by the creation of
sew shares to the extent of h 4.10,0001. 'they were to be
created at • special general na sting. No such meeting*
however, was called, hut the sharer were, nevertheless,
Ismael to the public and signed by the IIiTCCI9TS and acre-
tary in the usual way. Mr. Vinceet had taken up a portion
of these shares under the belief that they had been created
Ia accordance with the act of parliament. Mr. Vincent
was now placid iu chi. situation—be had gut certain share
ertilicetie, which reirmented a certain amount ef capital;
but to supfo-.c that they were 7,CHNI shares was a mere de-
lusion, for they hail never been created at all. Supping
the Mill= had turned out to be profitable, the
directors might have appropriated all the proceeds
to themselves, and then turned round upon the plaintiff
and have said he was not entitled to any money because his
Mures but never been created. The canal companies had
been extricated from their difficultice by the arrangement
which had been made, fee their et:cumbrances hail been
paid ulf, and the directors of those companies hail bean ,
cured against the bonds which they had given to the Royal
Exchange Assurance Company. lice railway compuiy heart
turned out to be almost abortive. Two of the hues fur
which bills had been obtained were abandoned, and twenty
miles of the third line had only been executed, although
seemly one million hail been expended upon it. The learned
counsel in comlusion raid that it woo perfectly clear Mr.
Vincent was not a shareholder in the Shropshire Unice ,
Railway mad Canal Company, and that he was therefore
entiOell to recover the awned paid on the shares which
had been issued in direct anatravennon of the provisions of
the act of parliament.
Mr. Viecemt, the plaintiff, was then called and examined
at comiderable length, and he proved most of the facts
stated by Sir F. The sieve in his opening address. He also
stated that in the year 18ii he held :Sea scrip shares in the
Shropshire Colon Railway and Causal Cuunnuiy.
Mr. llollyouke, a director in the Shropshire Union Rail-
way and Canal Company, proved that there never had been
any special general meeting of the company fur the purpose
of the creation it shires. lf, ai said that he cuuel out
remember that may special general meeting was held on the
creetion of the new 211/. shares.
The Lord Chief Baron here stated that he entertained a
strong opinion with reference to the case. The only clues-
lion raised by Sir F. Thesiger was this—" You have coked
toy client to pay a call upon a certain numher of shares,
and ne ouch shares are in existenee." He did not think
that questior could be tried in an action for money had and
received. There did not appear to him to he any deception
in the else, and it by nil means followed that the shares in
question were not real shares because no meeting had been
Mr. Watson mid that the company hail been charged
with freed. Thai was an imputation which they were pre-
pared to meet.
After some discussion, the examination of Mr. Hollyoske
was rieumed, MI, at ice conclusion,
1 he Lint Chief Baran mid that he thought the plaintiff
could not carry his ease any further. lie was too late in
requiring the repivment of the money, as he hal agreed
to take shares in the amalgamated company. If the come
piney hail turned out QS prosperous at it hail proved unfor-
tunate, then the plaintiff, both in law and equity, might
have demanded to IT conside red as a shareholder. He
should therefore direct a uonsuit, subject to a verdict, to
be enteral for the plaintiff, should the court be of opinion
that he was entitled to either el his demands.
The plaintiff wee then nousuited.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Youx, WEDNESDII%

%tors AL Jr•TICIR
CIIAUGII Ur Arringrnsu Nu:Kunz.

77.0xusa l'atrick, 20, was charged with having, on the
_6th of November last, at Leeds, discharged against Jane
Bunter and Mary Anis Mill. a loaded pistil, with intent to
murder or du them some grievous bodily harm.
The facts of this rasa wire very liriel. It appeared that
Sutter, who is years of age, and lives with her parents
in Catherine-street, Leeds, hail been the sweetheart of the
prisoner for the last twelve months. On the 26th of
November last the prisoner went to we her, when some
quarrel ensued between them. sad Sunter refused
to see hint any more. The prisoner, however, expressed
his determination to continue her company, and said he
w. ul.l see der on the followin4 night. lie accordingly
waited upon h. r, another iju and took place, and even-
tually he was t ‘pciieti the house of Studer a parents. In a
short time, however, he returned, and as alleged against
him he fired a pideel at Jane Santry, and snottier female
named Mary Ann Mill., who wen standing at the door of
the house. Mill, no, injured in the face, but Sunter was
not hurt. '1 he prisoner ran off, but was apprehended a few
bones afterward.. Prisoner denied having fired a pistol,
and in this he was corroborated by J.IIIIC Sunter, who said
that she neither saw a pistol nor heard it fired. Jane Mills,
however, swore just the reverse. The surge on who
attended upon Mills deposed that the injury might have
been produced by the throwing of a piece of earthenware
with gnat violence. No pistol had been found, and as the
wound. sustained by Mills were very slight it was pre-
sumed that the injury had probably been caused by a piece
of broken pot.
The jury consulted together for a short time, and then
Atpitted the prison r.
The other C 2.76 tried were derail et interest.

teed to have b..en occasional. As the law now stool, a
prisoner was mertly chsrg• d with having caused the de..th,
u.d neither he, nor say one had the rli el.o st clue to
.'certain by what means the death was represented to be

canto
Mr. Briarly said there certain y was that inconvenience
created by the r. cent clteration GI the t eve. Ile then went
lon to state that the poi-enm were charged with CAtt:•iilZ
the death of the child, by neglecting to give it proper
food and nourishment, and also by a want of cleanliness
and attention ; and after giving a brief detail of the facts,
the following witnesses were evamined;
Mrs. Amelia Walsh deposed that the lived with her hus-
h ind at No. 39, Middle Grove-street, Commercial-rend.
On the 22nd November the fe nude prisoner hired a par-
lour in her house, and brou,,,:kt her children there. The re
were two other children besides the deceased. She did not
Ile anything of the male prisoner until two days afterwards.
On the Monday after they came into her house the female
prisoner came home very drunk, and witness went into her
room, and saw the deceased child lying on the lied with a
dirty nightgown on, and with its head in a basket.
The child appeared very languid and weak from neg-
lect and want, and its body seemed to be nothing
but skin and bone. IVitness took the deceased
and one of the other children down to her own kitchen,
and placed them by the tire, and she gave some food to the
child Bridget, which it ate ravenou.!y. The male prisoner
came home shortly afterwards, and site showed hint the state
the child was in, and said that it would be a 'Amity to send
it to the workhouse. lie then went up stairs to his wife,
and she heard them quarrelling, and there were screams of
murder. Witness went into the prisoners' room. They
were in the dark, and the Lusband asked his wife to give
hint some money, and she hanklyd him her purse, which
contained a sixpence and some half-pe nee. A light was
then fetched, and witness left them, and they began qutrrel-
Mg again and the femala prisoner went out, taking the
baby with her, and she LAW no more of her until
the following morning. The conduct of the prisoners wan
such while they were in the house that she gave them
money to leave, and offered to forgive them the weele's rent
if they would ge at once. On the Wednesday morning she
aearrl the fetnale prisoner s ky that she wished all her chil-
dren were dead, and she would then not live with her hus-
band an hour longer. They continued quarrelling all day
on Thursday, nod us Friday she insisted upon their shutting
the door, when the husband said to her " You don't know
what trouble we are in," and the female prisoner then told
her that two of her children were dead. Witness went
into the room and saw the deceased child lying upon a bible
dead.

s.ieeseeeaes...... by the female prisoner—You toll me
when you first came to the house that your children had
been very ill. You as id th. y had hail the hooping-cough, and
had been under the rare of Dr. Tripe. Your husband
was drunk when he ram" home on the Monday night.
Mr. Henry Bullock deposed that the male prisoner had
been in his service as a cooper fur about lire weeks previous
to the death of the child. The first four weeks lie earned
it. 4s. per week, and the last week he earned 14s. The
reason ho had earned so little was that he had left his work
and had gone drinking. Ile could easily earn 21s. per
week, and more if he pleased to attend to his work, as he
was a very good workman.
Dr. Tripe deposed that the female prisoner brought
one of her children to him on the 24th of November,
but he could not say whether it was the deceased Bridget,
or another child. It was labouring under bronchitis, and
he prescribed for it, and the mother took it away. Ou the
Sunday following he saw the &ceased child Bridget. The
body was exceedingly emaciated, and the neck wet so be-
grimed with dirt, that it could not be washed off. Upon
making a post-mortim examination, he discovered that the
vessels of the braii, were slightly congested, and there was
also a small quantity of watery fluid in the ventricles of the
brain. The air vessels of tie lungs were dilated to a very
considerable extent, but were otherwise healthy, and the
dilatation would be the result of hooping cough. The
stomach was pale and empty ; the intestines were very
small, pale, and vu arty empty, and from all the appear
antes he saw ho was of opinion the child would not have
died when it did if it had had proper food. In his opinion
the child hail not had uuy "Mid food for thirty-six hours be-
fore its death.
By Mr. Baron Alderson—The child had undoubtedly
had the hooping cough, and all the appearances he observed
might have been the combined result of that disorder and
want of proper fund. lie did not think that the wont of
food alone would be suflirient to account for the death.
Sometimes the effeet of the hooping cough was to take
eiw4 the appetite of a child altogether, and in other eases
the child wenld vomit the food immediately after taking it,
and would thus require a larger supoly when the stomach
became empty. lithe child had suffered from diarrhoea, it
woold account fur no food being in the stomach.
When the prisoners were called upon for their defence,
the man declared that lie had always done ail in his power
to support his family, and on the Saturday before this
occurred he had given his wife t2s. and some tea and stew.
Ile also said that on the Weilneowlay morning before the
child died he himself made sonic breakfast for it before he
want to Ide work. The female prisoner Said, ale), that she
It never neglected her c!,ildren, but she said that her hus-
band had been out of work. and during the time she had
pawned all her clothes to get food for the family. She like-
wiee said that the children were all ill when they went to
Mrs. Walsh 's, and the deceased could nut cat anything for
SG hours before it
Margaret Murphy, the stepmother of the male prisoner,
was culled as a witness for the defence, and she stated
that the prisoners always appeared to treat their children
kindly. A better father, she said, could not be ; and the
mother was a very good mother, only she would some-
times take a drop. The day before the child died, she was
in convulsions, and they were compelled to force her
:south open with a spoon to give her food. She was at
the eame time also suffering from hooping-cough and
ilkorrhasn.
Mr. Baron Alderson, upon licarims this evidence, asked
the jury whether they did not think the case was too doubt-
ful to justify thcm iu coming to a vonelusion against the
prisoners ?
The jury said they were quite of that opinion.
His lordship Miserved that it could not be expected of
poor pc ,ph' that they should take the same care and pro-
vide the same remedies for their children as the rich, and
h: was afraid that a great number of children died among,
the poor whose lives might have been saved if proper care
had been taken of them.
A verdict of NM Gulley was then taken.
His lordship, in ordering the prisoners to be discharged,
exhorted the man in an impressive manner to abstain from
drinking in future, and to employ the good wages which it
; appeared he was able to earn in presiding properly for his
family, and thus avoid the probability of such a deplorable
again taking place.

NEW COE RT.—YESTERDAT.
&rot% TIM ItM/Ilkl.lla.
PERJURY.

Dotiklen, a repectable looking middle-aged man, was
indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury.
The facts of the case, which occupied the court until a
Late hour, lay in a very narrow compass. The defendant
it nppeared was a fruiterer, and had for nearly 20 years
carried on business at Nu. :el, Albany-street, Regent's-
park. The landlord of the house was a Mr. Gee. Healy, of
the King's-head, New Oxford-street, and down to the year
1418, the defendant had always paid his rent, at first 80/.
auil then 701. u-year, most punctually down to 1818, aol
then becoming enthralled in some legal proceedings hu fell
in arrears with his rent, and in the December of last year
he owed five quarters' rent. At that quarter hr paid a
quarter's rent, which would have cleared him up'
to the December quarter, 1849 ; but the present
prosecutor at the time he made out the receipt,
being engaged making cut several fur the year 18
made out the one in question to that date and transmitted it
through the post to defendant, and it was not until sometime
atter that he found out his mistake, and then not thinking
but that the defendant was a man of honour, did not men-
tion the affair until some time afterwards, and then de-
fendant affected to have forgotten the rent due, said that
having his receipt up to 13-4 l hr was but indebted to him
the quarter then due, and, after some interviews, defendant
said he should put the affair in the hands of his solicitor,
and ultimately Mr. Healy put a distraint into defendant's
house and sold off all his goods. The defendant contended
he had no right to seize for more than one quarter, and
ultimately brought an acti,in against Mr. Healy for exces-
sive distraint, and the trial came on before Mr. Ilaron Platt
in the Court of Exchequer on the 24th of November
and lasted two days. The prevent defendant then
swore in a most reckless manner to a number of falsehoods
to suppert his claim, all of which were in the most distinct
manner negatived by the present 'prosecutor, and, after a
most patient invedigation, the jury at once found for Mr.
Healy, and Mr. Baron Platt committed the defendant fur
qury
. r. Villiam Dennison, short-hand writer, produced his
notes of the defendant's examination on the trial, and the
evidence of Me Healy and his son, which most clearly
proved the allegations of perjury named in the indictment.
Mr. Mohan addressed the jury, pnd contended that the
prisoner might have thought the amount had been paid.
His Lordship having summed up,
The jury immediately found the prisoner Gtsiley.
Sentence deferred.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-YESTIRDAY.
BUM' NZ. SIIJI OR Ao*x, AMISTANT JCDOZ.

Sam ut,l Candler, collector of assessed taxes, for Clerken-
well,
surrendered in discharge of bail to answer an indict-
ment in which he was charged with having assaulted Kesia
Bayley.
The prosecutrix was the wife of a tinplate worker, living
at No. 21, King-street, Clerkenwell, and the principal fea-
tures of the charge she preferred against the defendant hero
recently been made public in the police reports. She de-
posed that on the afternoon of the Ist of the present month,
I the defendant, whom she hod known for some time as the
coileetor of the assessed tales, called at her house, at about
three o'clock, and asked if Mr. Bayley was at home. She
answered his knock at the door, and informed him that Mr.
Bayley was not at home. Tho defendant was alone then.
lie walked into the passage, and proceeded to chuck
her under the chin, which he repeated several times,
and the door against which he was leaning happen-
ing to creak, he remarked that the hinges ought
to be greased, and that Mr. Bayley was a lazy fellow not
to have greased them. Ile then stooped down as if to look
at the hingts, and whilst doing so attempted to place his
hand under her petticoats, but she prevented his doing so,
and said, if he attempted such a thing again she would slap
his face. Upon this he went away, and returned again in
about an hour with two men. She was then up stairs in
her bedroom dressing, and the door was opened to the
1 def,a.l4lit be a lad named Tour g, and the defendant went
up stain and knocked at her bedroom door, and demanded
admittaacia nit said they could not ems in then, up=
which the dsfsodant said she moat maks hasty or he would

Pieta.

break the door open, and he then went into a back room
to take an inventory of the goods. lie then went hack to
her bedroom door and said it' it
.was not soon opened he
should get a policeman to break it open, and told one of his
men to break- it open. Ile then went down stairs, and called
the man down stairs. She afterwards took some money from
her husband'scash-box, and went down stairs. She found the
defendant and the two men in the back parlour, which was
used as a kitchen. Iler servant and a boy, named Young,
were also there. She then asked Mr. Candler his business.
Ile made no reply, but kissed his hand to her half a-dozen
times or so. He stroked his hand down her face, and
poked her about inch cently. She desired him to desist,
when he told her nut to bring her obnoxious breath near
him. She then said she should send for assistance, and did
send the hey Young to Ptah her brother, but he W. 1,4 nut at
'tame. The defendant had attempted to take liberties
Mere, hut she had never sanctioned his doing so. Iler
husband came home about five that afternoon, and, when
he arrived,she told hi.o what the defendant had beet, doing.
On Pemer occasions the defendant had asked her indecent
questions.
In cross-examination, she said she remained in the pas-
sow, after the defendaut had tried to take liberties with
her, five minutes. The servant girl was cleaning the front
windows at the time. She did not call hoe. Thero was a
hell at teas door, which communicated with tho workshop.
She did nut call out ur ring the bell, because, as the door
wee open, she thought the defendant would go. 'There
were lodgers in the house, hut she did not call them.
She aid not know that Mr. Centiler had come to the house
to levy fur the aeseosed taxes; that she would swear. She
could not tell whether he had levied for taxes before in the
teelve months they had been in the house.
Mr. Bayucy deposed to his wile having informed him of
what the delentlant had dune, and to his having waited on
hint in consequence. He said witness had not got a wife
worthy of having liberties taken with her, and said he might
summons, get a warr no, bring an action, or do what he
liked. On the day in question Canner hod put • man in
possession for 11. 3'. 4d.
The witness was cross-examined at great length relative
to his liabilities tar assessed taxes. It appeared that be had
lived in the house some time as tenant of his brother, who
was executor'', of his father's will, but had only had the
house on his awn responsibility since Midsummer last.
There was the sum of 6/. I3s. owing fur taxes, bat thcre
was a dispute as to who should pay it. A man was put in
possession in April and the October of the present year, but
they were withdrawn. Witncss signed a request for the
withdrawal in April, but on being shown the document he
at first denied his signature, but afterwards admitted it.
lie could not say that the man was withdrawn in October
because he had denied his signature to that document. lie
did not know that Mr. Candler had paid the money out of
his own pocket.
The witness prevaricated to such an extent as to call
forth a severe admonition from the learned judge.
A witness, named Stanton, who was
_pre seta at the in-
terview between the defendant and Mr. Bayley, the taivant
girl, and the boy Young, gave evidence.
Mr. l'arry made a long address to the jury, dwelling on
the importance of the issue to the defendant. Ile said the
charge was utterly and entirely false, and was trumped up
in • spitit of revenge against Mr. Candler, and that it was
the result of a conspiracy between Bayley and his wife,
who felt aggrieved at the course taken by Mr. Candler with
reference to arrears of taxes.
Evidence was then given. A number of witnesses proved
that on the afternoon of the day iu que,tion Mr. Candler
slid u d leave home until half-past 3 oalet lc, and then in'
company with two men named l'rice and Yeoman's. Those
two individuals aworo that they all proceeded direct to
Bayley's house to make a levy. Price: entered first, Candler
and ]commas afterwards. They described in evidence what
t sult place, materially contradicting the witnesses for the
prosecution. Mr. Candler, they swore, did not go alone to
the house at all that day, and what took place was in their
presence. The defenotant made is remark about the Leek
door requiring a little grease, and told the boy Young
he was lazy not to do it. When they were all in
the hack parlour together, MN. Bayley asked what
Candler wanted. Ile said the property-tax. She ..aid she
should leave Mr. Bayley to pay that, and askeil Cendler
what he came there to insult her for, and threatened to
give him into custody. Candler said he would go without
being given in charge, ne he saw she was a woman who
would swear a man's life away, and at the same time he
made a gesture with his fingers on his mouth, signifying
that he was dumb, and would say no mare to her. She had
construed that into his having kissed his hand to her. They
must positively denied that any assault was committed by
the defendant. The defendant held his hand toward Mr..
Bayley when she was in the kitchen.
A number of witnesses gave the defendant a high cha-
racter Mr morality and good behaviour Mr from 18 to 40
years.
Mr. O'Brien replied.
The learned judge summed up the case with great care
anti minuteness. lie said it was quite clear there was per-
jury on one side or the other, and left it to the jury to say,
first, whetie r they believed Mrs. Bayley ant all ; and if they
did, whether they believed her story of the assault in the
passage, when, as she said, the defentiant was alone, or that
the defendant might have touched her in such a way as to
constitute an assault in point of law, when She was la the
back parlour.
The Jury, after an hour's deliberation, Acquitted the
defendant of having assaulted Mrs. Bayley in the passage,
but found him Galley of having committed a mutation as-
sault in the kitchen, by laying his hand upon her, in the
preeence of the other parties. They wished their verdict to
be as " as possible.
The learned Judge said that verdict was equivalent to one
of acquittal generally, as far as Mr. Candler's character was
concerned—he was acquittcd of the serious part of the
charge. Ile quite concurred in the verdict. Having made
some severe strictures upon the prosecutrix and her hus-
band, he sentenced the defendantto pay a tine of Is., and to
be then discharged.
The defendant left the court with a greet number of hie
friends. 'the court was crowded, and the verdict was not
returned until a quarter past 8 o'clock.

THE POLICE_ COU.II7'S.
GUILL;IILL._ _ _

Josep4 Cor,dePeribedasataorand draper, 22, Drum-
mond.strect, Easton-square, was brought up for further
examination on a charge of endeavouring to obtain a loan
of lOW. from the trustees of a charity entitled " Wilson's
Trust," for assisting tradesmen, by forgery and false pre-
tences, and was again remanded.
C LE ltK EN WELL.

Henry Marthi Ilumayan was again placed at the bar,
charged with having by rabic and fraudulent means ob-
tained 1/. 3s. 6d. from Mrs. Ann White.
The prisoner, it will be recollected was apprehended by
Fisher, 127 0, of the detective force by the instructions of
Mr. Serjeant Adams, the Assist ,nt Judge of the Middlesex
Sessions, brought to this court, and remanded at his awn
request for the purpose of procuring the attendance of Mr.
Horry, the barrister.
The prisoner hail pretended to be clerk to a Mr. Hadwin,
and had, it was alleged, received money of Mrs. White to
engage Mr. Harry to defend her husband.
Mrs. Ann White was called, and having been sworn, she
repeated her previous statement. She added, that she did not
see Mr. !Lorry in the court, and she engaged Mr. O'Brien.
Mr. Tvrwhitt—ls Mr. Horry pr,sent ?
Mr. Wakeling—lle is not; and the cage was pck,tponed
at the prisoner's reques', in order to secure his attendance.
Prigmer—l wish to question Mrs. White, and that all the
witnesses may be ordered out of the court.
Mr. Wakeling —I shall apply for a summons to compel
the attendance of Mr. liorry.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—Have you taken soy trouble to fetch Mr.
Holy here ?
Prisoner (dramatically)—l can prove fearlessly, by a
witness, a gentleman of property, that I am innocent. I
never had a farthing of the woman's money. All that I
want is justice ; uud as Shakespeare says--.. He who steals
my purse, steals trash ; but he who robs me of my good
name," ece. I swear solemnly to God, that I never had a
halfpenny from her. It is very well for Mr. Wakeling,
with all his talents and legal acquirements, to stand there
against me, but lam innocent. You may as well take my
life as my integrity. And to be dragged from my family !
I have two brothers barristers, and was educated to the
profession myself, and am incapable of what is attributed
to Mt.

Mr. Tyrwhitt-1 can only say that I do not otnr any
opinion or remark as to the absence of Mr. Horsy. The
prisoner has not, perhaps, requested hint to attend here.
Prisoner—l wish the Ctillt, to go on. I can prove au alibi.
William Fisher, 127 0, gave evidence as to the appre-
hension of the prisoner.
Mr. Tyrwbitt said he would remand the prisoner, and
suggested that under the circumstances, an application
should be made to Mr. Hurry, instead of serving a sum-
mons to compel his attendance. If he was not willing to
attend, then a summons might be served upon him.
Mr. Wakeling said that the notice taken of the case by
the press, he thought, ought to operate as sufficient sum.
mons for his attendance. He (Mr. Wakeling), however,
would adopt the course suggested by the worthy magistrate.
The prisoner was then taken from the bsr, protesting his
innocence.

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

The State of the Weather at
Nine o'clock yesterday
arranged is order of latitni
Sure, Yel a'weewhidfi I

FRIDAY, Dec. 19, 1851.
lath of the following places at
morning. The stations are

INlrfatt of

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CAMIALDIM
LANCARKR
811 AP

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Lw.
Lw.
La.
LW
I.
II
SAW.
B.
N.W.

Strain's
cou.

StaUb of Waitker.

Go* Breeze
Cleatie Sze
Ontl•
Haed Wind
Gentle Mr.-4.
Owls Breeze
Woe
01111t11111m,se
Cain
Gentir Breeze _
&mg Breen Overcast
End Wind Cloudy
Peak Breese Prtneepaiusazr
IWO Breese
Cieetle Anne Overuse
Strealißreser Overeezz
THIS DAT, Nowt.
MM. Shoe alas lhighlf.
1111116 Fair.

Owner
Overcast
Orman
°masa
Overesst
...Warsest
Noreen
Omelet
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o...almet

TEE VACANT MASTERSHIP IN CRANCERY.—NO
formal appointment to the Maaterahip va^ant by the eleva-
tion of Master Hindersley to the Vice-Chancellorship hu
been made. cad all the blames of that Übe*, bye general
order
Ma of
tta court, hie been distributed amass the other

LIVERPOOL, DEC. 18.
The tales to-day are—Sugar: 400 hhds. Demerara, ave-
rage, 295. ; 20 hhds. Pnrto Rico, 331. to 345. ; 800 hags
dams, 30s. Gd. to 325.; 300 bags Khans, 221. Gd. to 222. 041. ;
500 bags low brown Itencal, ; 950 ditto, 245. Gd. to
311. Gd. ; 3,400 mats Mauritiu', 235. to 33r. ; 500 mats low
eloped Manilla, 13r. 6d. bond. !lice: 1,100 bags Bengal, at
10s. 6d. to lls. GI. Sago : Pearl, 225 bags at 161. to 165.9 d. ;
flour, 730 bags, 13s. ca. Jute: 50 bales, at 121. 15s.

COTTON—LIVERPOOL, Dec. 18. There is rather a
better feeling in the market to day, which does not close
more heavily than yesterday. Compared with Friday's
rates, prices of American are a full hd. per lb. down, Maze io
id., hut other sorts are less changed. The sales arc esti-
mated at 6,0u0 bales, 500 of which were on speculation,
and include 150 Pernam and Maranham at s:d. to Od.;
1410 Egyptian, chiefly, fell.; and 1,000 Surat, 2:41. to 3:d.
Imports since Thursday, 15,000 hales.
MINCIIEATER, 18.—There is still hut little doing in
cotton yarns and cloth, but there is more animation than
hos been observable since the occurrence of the recent start-
ling events in France, though operations are chiefly con-
fined to the immediate and pressing wants of the buyer.
The season is one when German operations are generally
confined to the smallest limits ; but within this last day or
two there have been more buyers in the market for the
home trade and for India, and these have created a more
cheerful feeling in the market. Prices have given way
slightly under the influence of a drooping cotton market,
and American whim, which s,•eak of a larger crop than
in any previous year. Indian advice' arc considered mere
favourable than soy received for some months past, and
Imo led to operations as already stated, but still all parties
are disposed to buy cautiously.

WOOL.—DgAriroan, Dcc. 18.—There is more doing in
some kinds of combing Wools. The supply of good Wools
is very limited, and held for firm prices.

MANUFACTURES.-- Bitanronn, Dec. 18.—Yarns arc
better sale, both for: home consumption and export. The
prices sought for Wool malcNi the position worse than
ever, and unless higher prices are realised, we fear the
short-time workingi must continue. Pieces : There is more
inquiry for Foods, which it is not improbable may lead to
active -business, as every one seems satisfied that they have
seen the lowest point.

HOSIERY AND LACE TRADES.—Norrixottxm,
Dec. 18.—It is somewhat consoling, in the present distressed
state of the trade of Nottingham, that there is an unex-
pected revival in the silk glove branch, which has been so
Hat since March last, and that the distressed hands are get-
ting to work once more. The finer descriptions of cotton
hose are in a very fair condition, the round frames not yet
Laing come into competition with them ; in fact, they seem
only calculated to make cat-ups and piece, to be footed on
the common frame+. The attempts to make straight frames,
or turn-agains having a list web, have not yet succeeded.
It is said that a mechanic has succeeded in applying an ap-
paratus to them to make eyelet-hole work. The bobbin net
tra le, with the exception of a few pusher and plain uct.,,, is '
in a lamentable state of depression. Must of the warehouses
are working halkime, and the machines arc tither stint,d,
stopped, o: altering: great distress prevails. The warp lace
and warp fabric generally is in a much better condition, and
as spring approaches greater exertions will be made.

CORN. -BAsnutts, Dec. 18. - The grain trade here
today Is very dull in ail its broaches; peals must be conwdered as
last quoted. Wheat, 4w. to 4a ad. per bushel. Ridley, 22e. to .13w
per qr. Beans, 3e. Cad. to Y. 14. per bushel. Oats, 13e. to 225.
ThltMlNOuam, Dee. 18.-At this day's market there was
a less supply of Wheat, sod the currency of this slay se'rinight was
millesimal. More doing in flunky, at a decline of 64. pie qr. Little
1,..A.i02 in Oats, and t'ti v due Is nominally una tern'. There sae
an improved iminatul for F,eneh talons. Peas neglected. Priem :-
English, white, per bushel of i2lbs., ss. 02. to ss. 54.; neer,
i 5.0.1. to 34.3 d.; r16.&1. to 4a. ed.; new, 4e. bd. to 4e. 9iL ; Hattie,
white M. 4.1. to 3s. en.; Polisu Oiliest; 41. 4d. to 4... &I.; I smuts',
to. ~11. to 4s. 2d.; Barley. per nap. qr., 255. to 285.; grinding. per
3150. ed. to 25.. ; lingisui, white, per imp. qr., 225. to
etta; Welsh, tilacland whi.e, per it-lbs., le,, 44. to t 0.,; Irieh (401 bis.
to 12034.), 1110.0.1. to 220. Pd.; (37.44. to 3tlits.), its. Ed. to 2Ua. W,;
black, IS.. 8.1. to Ills. Oil. Ilesas, English, old, per liailbs.,l3s. to I4e. ;
sew, i le. Oil. to 11...94.; new. Ile. lel. 10 lid.; Egyptian,
10e. led. to lie. ad. ; Frene.h, 111. ad. to 12s. eiL Yeas, hoiling, p T
imperial or., 34M. to 12..; grinding, pet 12..0d. to 124. dd.
Lentil., per 19611 m., Pie. ad. to 111.. Gil. Indian Corn, per Ibrilbe.,
lib. Go. to Ila Ott. Flour, English, One, per cock of diellbs., •:94. to
12..; seounds, 270. to 234.

Din6lan:7, Ike. 18.--The supply of Wheat to-day was
good, but the greeter portion was alfmted by the late damp we ,ther ;
tar all such parcels the iterol.id was slow. and, to make ',dew, is. per
qr. n auction In price bad IX. ,alani,ted W. rine, dry samples re-
alised lan week's pence. Barley WAS a heavy trait, at abnat the
current rut, sof this day with. Oats, Deane, and IIC-14 in tuolerate
rtwatst, and their motivative value. are without alteration. %Vara!,
write, I. 1. to 111. 10.. • red, sl.lo*. to 91. Iw. tan ley, 265. W 245.
(Edo, 17 Cd. to 16s. 61. beans, 20e. W 301. Pear, ans. to 365.

DMIsTOL, Dec. 18.—Intluenced by the tone of the other
cotp.try um Icel.', that of tbi- day was characterised by du:n..4, and
.ales ot English Wheat amid nal be effe.ded at fully the Lite
Vertigo twill in some mine t, m.d with [CUM suppl,A, wag firmly
he:cl, and quite ao Ile, as last week. for malting Earley (hire was a
slintrish rile, and currer.e tr. is tower by in. per qr. Grindirg
qusatien wen: of triter eA e, but were still rah. per qr. be.uw the cur-
rencies*: thin day re'uniebt. than were also lid, per imperil quarter
heioer. Deans without alterstion. The hi:lowing are the priers :
. . .

F.nalish Wheat, 30.1. to 41.. per Imperial quart;; foreign, while,
4.15. to 425. per ginlb; ditto, red (extra tine to 443... p r
430tbi.; ditto tine quatltke, 31e. to We.; ditto, ordinary
qu diner, 31.. to 745. ; r.sur, Edictll4h, seconle, 23.. to 3la per rack ;
Called Staten, So. (sweet) 19.. to 20s. per 13 arrei. Buie), Euglinh,
mak hig, 23.. to IN. per kaperi .1 quarter; English and foreign,
grinding, 23.. to 23e. rel. par 4o0:14. Oate, Devon and Welch, hid,
16e. 0.1. to 17e. 6d. per imp. qr.; Irish, white, 18s. Gil. to rd. tar
320 Its.; Irkh, black, 17.. to it.. M. pr imp. qr. Been., English,
In.. to 32e. per ono. qt.; foreign, 24.. to as.. per 4.08 K The
arrieuis have been :-W bent, 510 qr..; Oat., 960 bele., 210 qrs.;
livens, 254-1 gm.; Hour, 301 sacks. The average.
were; %heat, 375. 10d.; Oats, 17s. 10d.; Barley, lbs. 3d.; beans,
Pro. 3d.
IIEVIZEA, Dec. 18.-We had a good supply of Wheat
; at the commencement the deal, es tried to buy cheaper, but
the farmer. woulo not wise way, and ultimately a good clearance was
o ale, at fully lag week's price.. Barley was again g. florally inte-
rior in quality, but the trade was brink. and a eraran re was quickly
erected, at 1.. per qr. advance. In Oats, Beane, and l'ea. the trade
wee dull, but no alteratitm in price. Wheat, white, per qr., 44.. ; beet
red, 33.. to 47e. moldling, d 9.. to .95.; inlet air, 26.. to ige. Barley,
23e. to 32•.. Oats, lee. to 21., Peen., 29e.,t0 37e. Pea., 30e. to
Me. tee or. Flour. rine, per sack, 23.. to 32e.; eeetatek, 27e, to
290. Bread, 9d. the Bib. loaf.
GIORALMINO, Dec. 17.-The trade was dull at this
market b-alay, and former prier!, were barely supported. %VOA!, red,
dos, to 31..; white, 40n. to 421, ; tlne, 43e. to 46.. Barley, 23e. to
.10e. Pea*, 295. to alc Beams 2bs. to 31e. Oats, 171. to 20e. per qr.
M.ANNINGTREE, Dec. 18.-Very little business was doing
to-.ley; every article of grain dull at lot. idiom
NEWARK, Dec. 17.-On the corn exchange this day fine
Wheat and Barley was literally *mall, and prices hem ; ragaid quali-
ties ory pleatiK and the turn 'beeper. Oats and Beene steady.
Boiling Peas 2s. per qr. Lower.

NEWBURY, Dec. 18.—The quantity of Wheat on offer
contunoa to exceed the demand, which led to a mall reduction in
pine. norley orao not in excear, and cold steadily at fully late rates.
Oita, Bean.., and PO. met a `IOW role at reeedtng price,

l'lsmourii, Dec. 13.—Several cargoes of Wheat arrived
here ve•tef day tram F an. e, and at the 4118Itket this morning gales to
some extent were ode, at lolly la. ner qr. below the rates previously
current. Ihe supple of farmer.' Vt heat Continues good, but not equal
to the bow: eommingtion. Barley moves off slowly for inaltirg, and
Is in very little demand for grinding. Oats in large supply from
gnome, and of dull sale.

ROYSTON, Dec. 17.—Fino Wheat and Barley, of first
quoin), made fully as mutt money ; ihe middling iloieryttors were
bought on easier term•. Wheat, YO, to 265. it load. Barley, .to.
per qr. Mu. 16a. to 245.

- -
UXBRIDGE, Dec. 18.—Wheat is a heavy sale at to•day'a
markt t; it is mostly not in good condition, the supply small, and
price• Is. to Is. lower than last wet k. Barley is Is. per qr. cheaper,
and twitch Meiling. In Oats little doing. Beans and duds a slow sale.

WATERFOItD, Dec. 17.—We have not had any arrivals of
foreign grainoiter Saturday, and from farmers our supplies have
Fern again one limited scale. Our market coatinues firm for all
articles, and we c oinot note any change is prints since last week.

• • - •
EalNnuaou, Dec. 17.—For the season, we had a fair
auppl, of ge.in. Wheat went off readily, but not quick, but week's
q .otationa being barely maintained. Barley wag dull, and fell con.
elleral.ly. (his were quick, and rose In price. beans were Plow,
and down. Wheat, 31a. t' 41.. Burley, 2es. Gd. to 2ra. Gluts,
l.a. Id. to nu. ad. Bean., 32a. to 3r.s.

GLASGOW, Dec. 17.—The arrivals for the week, as re-
ported in the Clyde List, were cumporcd of i 1,1115 qrs. Wheat from
Egypt, and I.l6itqrs. together with 3,297 barrels Flour from New
York. and 1,111 narks Flour tram trance ; the Lrish sapplies amino.
ins of about 2,3tr0 qrs. ties, rill qtr. Beam, iiss racks Flour, and Pao
load. ii teneal. Pen Crane. mouth 3,141 ark Barley, and 714 sacks
Flour co...twit., were the rally imports worth naming. The weather
continues ezenedinnty miid :or We PP.L.411 of the year. The o...teem-
noon iiiiritar the week ware a tunnel character, without any 00-
teriel altektiou incurring in prices. Ibis day'. market wan thinly
Intended, buts Wheat and Flour met a sloe sale, ut previous
There wan little change in the value of Oats, Barley, or
cease, the demand foe each being very moderate.

CATTLE, &C.—LINCOLN fat stock market on Wednes-
dAy 1.. t pre-e,,ted a Lir supply or Beasts, but Sheep wtre
nutretr, and dearer. Beet, 3s. 6d. to Ga per stone. Mutton, 3d. to
yid. per lb.

LLEUS, Dec. 17.—The Christmas fair was held this day.
There was an eiekllent snow al huge, well-fed Bears, brought chiefly
the with. the number ant quality far ezee,ding any f Tour
show ever held in Leeds. Buyers were nituterutp, and a gad bust.
newt was done Vraue 13^ar.s tediced fully 7.. per stone of Ud Mt.
Others radii at tree 6•. Ist. to tra. Md. There Rif only a moderate
show of p, which roll at an average of s.d. p r lb.

SALFO4I.D, Dec. 17.—We had a large show of Beasts, but
f s Christara. ealub.tion pour to quality in the maim flood Beef wan
In ,ryas t, and the turn to favour of the seller, whilet interior sold
exceedinirly heavy. Marten without change.
Entszymon, Dec. 17.2 The supply of cattle wan large
this wishing, there being 381, or es more than 1.1.4 market. gales
dull, aid prime a Mahe lower, and a dieurenee was not effected.
One lot of very superior animals, fed by Simon hunter Blyth, brought
7e. 1d , being the mg price; current top, Te.; current price, ea. 6d. •
condary sod ioderlirr, from Is. 6d. to es. per Duich atone. The
number of sheep 43 4, beteg 65 Inv than lest week. Sams were
dull. and last week's prices harey maintained, and at the chart of the
'dirket a great many were unsold. Top price of the hest Mutton,
5.d.; current, 14.; middlicg hill inferior eorte from 4d. to 12,1.

• .
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without a rival. Future parliaments will do justice to this
remarkable man, still the most hardworking member of the
house of which he is now the father. His labours on public
committees will be often referred to hereafter, and then,
perhaps, it will be remembered that, during a career of
forty years, and often under circumstances of great provo-
cation, he never once lost his temper.—Diararne a Life of
Lord George Berdinek.
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