The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-05 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5, 1847.

COMMITTAL OP .Igiilipl:EitON FIVE CITARCE9.
—Yesterday, the notorious swindler, William Wilenhurst,
was agsin brought before the magistrate at Oxford, when
the evidence necessary to complete the cases was adduced.—
The first charge entered into was the forgery of a letter of
credit on Mears. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., bankers, Lon-
don, for 3001., which the prisoner received at the bank of
Messrs. Williams end Co, of Dorchester, on the llth of
June.—Charles Good, clerk in Messrs. Williams' bank, de-
posed that on the 11th of January lest a person, »pre-
venting himself to be Mr. W. S. Mason, called at Mears.
WillMnas took, and applied for 3001., in compliance with •
letter of credit previously received, purporting to be from
Mesas. Cocks, Biddnlph, and Co. Witness filled up a draft for
2671. 10s., which he produced in mutt. The prisoner gars
a draft on Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., for 2671. 10s., and
at the prisoner's request witness drew a draft for
321. 10.. on Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., and the prisoner
signed it and received that amount is halkdietes and gold.
—William Vickers, clerk to Meters. Williams, Deacon, and
Co., banker', London, stated, that on the 12th of January
last the draft now produced for 267!. 10s. was presented to
him for payment, and he cashed it by giving two 1001. Bank
of England notes, one 501. note, and the rest in gold and
silver. The person who presented the draft wrote on the
back of it " Received, G. T. Lee." Witness had no recol-
lection of the person.—Richard John Sykes, clerk in the
issuing department of the Bank of England, deposed to
changing the above notes for gold on the 12th of January
last, when on applying to the person for his London address
he wrote on the hack of one of the notes " Castle and
Falcon." He, the witness, did not sufficiently recollect the
person as to recognise him now.—Reginald Thistlewaite
Cocks, of the firm of Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., de.
posed that the letter of credit produced was • forgery,
and had not been written or signed by himself or any
of the firm, and that no person of the name of W. S. Mason
had any account at their bank.—The prisoner made no
defence, and was committed to take his trial at the
next anises, in March; and on applying to be allowed
bail, the sitting magistrate declined to accede to
it, and referred his application to a judge.—The
second charge was for forging •• 101. note on Mears.
Robinson, Parsons, and Co., bankers, Oxford. The ad-
ditional evidence brought forward was that of the police in-
serec,toori., JafLori Azles.bdurjo, produced
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with the cheque of 101. paid to Mr. Tomlinson, of Theme,
and signed John Elison. Mr. Josh. Phillips, clerk to
Messrs. Robinson and Co., identified the cheque book as the
same which he gave to the prisoner on the 9th of Sept. last.
There was no account at their bank in the name of John
Elison. The remaining charges were for forging a draft in
the name of Sir E. Filmer, Bark, on Overend, Gurney, and
Co., for 3.7241. lfla. ; for forging a cheque in the name orb!.
C. Planted, EN., on the London and County Bank for
2511. ' • for forging another in the name of W. T. Taylor on
the London and County Bank for 3101. The forgeries were
distinctly proved, and, as no defence of any kind was set up
by the prisoner, he was committed to take his trial upon
each.

BRISTOL. —A melancholy accident, accompanied by
the loss of one life and injury to two workmen, occurred
on Saturday at the extensive steam-engine manufactory
of Messrs. Stothert, Slaughter, and Co., Avon-street, St.
Phillips. A number of men were employed at a piece of
machinery, called a "shears," in raising • new locomotive
engine for the purpose of placing on a railway waggon, pre-
paratory to its being hauled to the railway terminus in
Temple-meads. The engine, which weighed 14 tons, had
been raised to • height of about three feet, and was within a
short distance of the level of the waggon, when the shears
suddenly broke, the engine was dashed to the ground, and a
large piece of the broken machinery struck a labouring man,
named Hobbs, and killed him on the spot. Two other
workmen received injuries, more or lens extensive, and one
of the engineers of the works. Mr. Moses, who was superin-
tending the operation, had a narrow escape of death.
It was stated at an inquest held before the Bristol
coroner on the body of Hobbs that the shears had been made
about six years ago, of the very best materials which could
be procured for the purpose. They had frequently raised
much greater weights, and even within the last three weeks
had been used to lift engines of sixteen and eighteen tons
weight. They had never shown any symptom of flaw or weak-
ness, and had been considered fully equal to the weight sus-
pended from them. The jury returned • verdict of " Acci-
dental death." The deceased, whe bore al excellent
character, was a married man with three children.

DORCHESTER, WRTMOUTH, AND CREME DISTRICT
ASSOCIAT/ON FOR VII IMPROVEMENT OF TR, CONDITION
or ?RE LABOURING Ccassrs.—The first annual meeting of
this association, which took place on Wednesday, at the
County-hall, Dorchester, was attended by a considerable
number of the clergy, gentry, and others, who take an inte-
rest in the welfare of the labouring classes. There was a very
good exhibition of vegetables, consisting of potatoes, carrots,
parsnips, beans, onions, cabbages, and mangold wurtwel,
which showed that much care had been taken in their culti-
vation. Upon the whole the display was very creditable to
the cottages, and satisfactory to those who patronised them.
A number of premiums to labourers—for the superior ealti•
vation of allotments of land—for the cleanliness and neatness
of the interiors of their cottages—for length of service to an
employer--for the superior education of their children, &c.,
were award..d.

BERWICK-UPON-TWEED.
SEVERAL RIOTA took place in Berwick during the
early part of lest week, between the labourers employed on
the Berwick and Kelso Railway on one side, and a somber of
fishermen and workmen belonging to the town on the ether.
The disturbance first arose at Tweedmouth, in consequence, as
it is alleged, of a portion of the wages of the "navvies" being
withheld by the sub-contractor, Mr. Skelsey, contrary to
agreement made at the beginning of the harvest. While
Mr. fikelsey was paying the men, in Forster's public-hew',
at the High Gate, some of them, who were dissatisfied with
the wages they had received, pushed in the window of the
room in which Mr. Skelsey was paying the men, seized the
money which was lying upon the table, to the amount of
1101., in silver and gold, knocked him down, and kicked and
beat bins, and would certainly have despatched him,
had not some of the others, more humane than the
rest, succeeded in getting hint out of the room and con-
veying him across the road to the office of Mr. Morris. The
men followed, and threatened to pull the premises down.
Nearly 801. was thus distributed; but many of the men
were not satiefied, and broke the windows, besides com-
mitting other mischief. The tumult was ultimately quelled
by the arrival of a number of the men under Mr. Moms, who
succeeded in expelling those who remained in the yard.
Only one of the rioters has as yet been apprehended; but it
is expected that several of them will be discovered. One of
the men, named Patrick Cavanagh, died on Wednesday
morning from an injury received on the head. On Sunday
morning the riot broke out in the town. How it originated
has not been discovered; but between one and two o'clock
the streets were nearly filled. The windows of a lodging-
house for navvies in Wallace's-green were smashed, and
'the furniture brought out to the street and completely
destroyed. The windows and furniture of two houses in
Chapel-street were also destroyed in a similar manner.
Daring all these proceedings the police were of little avail.
Mr Preudfoot, chief officer, received a blow on the head
from a hoe, the wound extending from the temple to the
lower part of the face, and he had, in consequence, to be
conveyed home. In the course of the fight, which was not
confined to one street, but spread through Chapel-street,
Walkergate-lane, Church-street, the High•stmet, and
Golden-square, even knives were used, and a fisherman sus-
tained a flesh wound of three and a half inches deep in the
left side. From the absolute want of an efficient quelling
force not a single individual was taken into custody. The
men have sines continued quiet, though for several days
they did not return to their work. A company of the 76th
Regiment have since arrived, and it is hoped that their pre-
sence will prove an effectual check, should further riots be
contemplated.

Sint faits.
OPENING OF THE SUFFOLK-STREET SCHOOL.—
Thenewly incorporated Societyof British Artists opened their
School of Art feat night, in the great room of the society in
Suffolk-street. Mr. Hurlotone, the president, made a short
explanatory address, and them Mr. Marion delivered a lecture
on anatomy to a large and an attentive audience. On the
general principles of anatomy it would be difficult to offer
anything that is new, nor did Mr. Marion attempt much
more than the plain practical illustrations which lecturers
usually deliver on such a subject. At the conclusion of the
lecture Mr. Hurlatone informed the meeting that a clan for
ladies would be opened next week. At present a charge is
made of two guineas for the coarse, but this is only tempo-
rary, and next year there will be no charge made. the
bolus at the Royal Academy are irons eight to ten—at
Suffolk-street from seven to nine. Students will be ad-
mitted to draw from the living model at the age of 20, one
year earlier than the period permitted by the academy. It
would be idle at present to form any notion of the value of
the school : the lectures, at least, can do no harm.
THE NATIONAL GALLERY AND TIIE ROYAL
ACADEXT.—When the Royal Academy was established,
King George 111. (in whose gift all matters of the kind then
were) assigned to the members certain apartments in So-
merset House, and when the National Gallery was erected
the government gave one half of the gallery to the trustees,
and the other half to the members of the Academy in ex-
change for their apartments in Somerset House. Now there
is a talk of building a national gallery elsewhere, and of
ving up the whole of the present gallery to the Royal
Academy. There are artists who complain of this; but we
think without much reason. The academicians, it is said,
are rich enough to build for themselves. and therefore the
Royal Academy and not the National Gallery should be
sett to the right about. It is evident, however, from the
grant of King George 111 , that the Academy cannot be
turned out, and that the half of the National Gallery belongs
to the Academy by the exchange effected in 1536. The go-
vernnsent, therefore, however willing, could never fo-ce the
Academy into its old George the Third apartments,
and what is to be done in the present juncture
is a matter of some moment. The royal academicians
don't want to move. They claim possession by exchange,
and the trustees of the National Gallery must move, because
they want room for the recent acquisition of the Vernon
gift. In moving elsewhere, the trustee*, it is true, resign
" the finest site in Europe," as Sir Robert Peel perhaps ap-
propriately described it, and lose at the same time the very
worst of tie public buildings in the greatest eity in the
world. The academicians, on the other hand, obtain a noble
site, double room, and the reputation of poescesing an ugly
structure, the favourite work of one of its own pet members.
But the matter is still unsettled ; the trustees can only
recommend to the treasury, and the treasury must come to
parliament for the money before the old gallery is sur-
rendered. or a stone of the new one carted from its quarry.

TEE NEW DECORATTONS OY DR CRT-LA NE fIIEA7RE
an simple, altlieugh exceedingly effective. The ground of

the whole is a faint blossom colour, approaching a white, and
the ornaments, which are all applique, are gilt. The fronts
of all the boxes are laced with a trellis of large mesh, formed
of an enriched moulding gilt, and upon this, festoons of de-
tached flowers, very nicely modelled, and also gilt, are sus-
pended. On the dress boxes the festoons are looped through
wreaths; on the next tier, tied with a gilt riband,
and on the front of the third tier the festoon con-
sists of riband only. The tinted Corinthian co-
lumns which form the 'um, two oa each side,
have their caps and bases t, ant the flutes entwined by a
continuous wreath of flowers gilt, u have also the small
column which support the boxes throughout the house. The
whole of the ornaments, fruit and flower work, are of papier
ealclie,—the ornamented moulding which forms the trellis
being of a now patent machine-made kind, and were made,
gilt, and fixed, in five weeks, by Mr. Bielefeld. The ceiling
is painted to represent the sky seen from a roofless building,
and much ingenuity is exhibited in the endeavour. A con-
tinuation of the gilt trellis work, rising from the walls, forms
en inclosure around the lower part of the circle ; and the
central glue chandelier, a new one, is made to present, by
masses of drops, six flags, with lines of the union.jack marked
on each of them by light. lt is kept close up to the ceiling,
and is seen to be held by six flying cupids. For colour, en-
tire dependence is placed on the draperies, in respect of which
Mr. Frederick Oye has taken a bold step. Acting probably
on the proverbial partiality of the fairer portion of the British
public for a red coat, he has adopted nothing more nor less
for his draperies than bright scarlet cloth with yellow edging,
which must produce a brilliant effect. The boxes are lined
with a yellow-patterned paper en a crimson ground. The
"family boxes " have been cleared away, so u to form au
Massed area for standing spectators.— The Builder.

Me Banta.
HATNIARKRT.—The ,4 Lady of Lyons" was played
here yesterday evening with a cast such nano theatre but the
Haymarket can afford. After an abeence of three years,
!dim Helen Faucit resumed her old and favourite part of
Pauline Deschappelks, and played it with her accustomed
grace and pathos. She seemed thinner, but otherwise looked
exceedingly well, and in her acting left nothing to
be desired. Her reception was most enthusiastic. The
new actor, Mr. Creawick, played Claude ifelnolte,
and to judge by the applause he received, with full
and complete success. In out judgment he is too
conventional ever to become a great actor; but he has youth,
vigour, anti a good appearance, and with these aide he will
no doubt do exceedingly well for such parts as he played
yesterday evenirg. The farce of "Twice Killed" intro-
duced Mr. and Mrs. Keeley to a Haymarket audience. It is
almost needless to say that they received a hearty welcome,
and that they kept the house in a roar of laughter from the
beginning to the end of the piece. The evening concluded
with the piece of " The Invisible Prince."
PanicEss's.—This pleasant theatre opened for the
season yesterday evening, under the direction of Mr. Mad-
don, when Mr. Macready appeared as Macbeth, supported
by His. Cushman. This actress, very able in many cha-
racters, is by no means the Lady Macbeth of our imaginings,
her notion of the part appearing to have much more imme-
diate connexion with physical than with intellectual power;
but still she is the best Lady Macbeth available, and we must
welcome her accordingly. Possibly the too melodramatic
turn of her impersonation may have been induced, in the
progress of rehearsal, by the example of Mr. Maeready,
whose Macbeth, we must confess, suggests to us a decided re-
miniacence of his Rob Roy Macgregor Campbell. Both artists
were cordially received. Mr. Cooper, as Macduff, declaimed
with his accustomed correctness of elocution. cke's music
was performed with tolerable effect ; but excellent and tell-
ing as it is in itself, we are no ways satisfied as to the pro-
priety of its introduction. The popular vaudeville " Ladies,
beware" followed, and the entertainments concluded with
Kenny's pleasant farce " Love, Law, and Physic," a revival
deserving of all commendation. Mien Susan Cushman ap-
pears with bee sister on Thursday, as Romeo and Juliet, and
we are promised Anna Thillon early in the season.

POLICE:-Y EBTERDAT.

MANSION.HOUSE.—AeIIitILT IT A BAILIFF'S FOL-
, LOWEIL—J. Bray, aged 68, was charged with anaulting the
wife of • person es when house he was appointed to keep
ponession.—Mr. T. C. Lewis, music-seller, of No. 96, Cheap-
aide, amid the defendant was left in possession of his pre-
mises from the Sheriff.' Court, open a judgmeut for 191.
odd, and had been in pension three wnks. Since he had
been there witness slept out, his wife, two children, and a
servant being left on the premises. On Friday morning he
could fled no one except the defendant, and his young man
and boy in the shop. Hits bedroom was in disorder, and the
bed and bedstead were in the middle of the room, the draw-
er, against the door, and all in confusion. He asked
the defendant what had transpired during his absence.
He answered with such insulting language concerning his
wife that he threatened to knock defendant down, and he
replied " Oh, lam in possession, and I dare you to do it. I
have arms in my possession, and I will use them." He af-
terwards repeated the offensive words with still more dis-
gusting additions in the presence of the sheriff 's officer, who
ordered him out, end, added the plaintiff, I knocked him
down in the shop. He then declared that he would cut
my own and my wife's throat.—Mrs. Mary Ann Lewis,
wife of the last witness, said : On Friday I went to
a friend's house, and returned home at 10 o'clock. I took
off my bonnet, end was going up stain, and the defen-
dent stood between me and the door, and said, "Now you
cannot pass without giving me a kiss." He used exceedingly
gross and abstain language, and I threw up the window
and screamed for the police. He followed me and seized me
by the arm and pulled me away, and I ran up stain to my
bedroom and put a chest of drawers against the door, and
he tried to get in. I was in such a state of agitation I could
not go to bed at all, end he remained outside the door. The
witness then stated that she felt reluctant to increase her
husband's troubles by telling him what had occurred. The
defendant, however, continued hie solicitations on another
night, regardless of the presence of Mrs. Lewis's sister-in-law,
who, teeing an open razor in his hand, threw up the window
and called out "murder." The police, however, would not
take him into custody uhe was in possession. For the first
time then he used expressions against her reputation, and the
annoyance became so intolerable thee exposure became in-
dispensable—Mrs. Hughes stated that she went to sleep
with Mrs. Lewis in the absence of that lady's husband, and
witnessed the extraordinary nature of the persecution with
which the old fool harassed the poor woman.—Bray said
the story had gathered a great deal in the telling, and that
he had never used any threats, for indeed there was no occa-
sion for any.—The Lord Mayor said the case was a very
aggravated one, for the defendant bad not only taken advan-
tage of the distressed condition of the family, but was base
enough to reflect upon the character of the lady upon being
steadily repulsed.—He was committed for trial.
Bmtrooeteo.—Three men, named Lambridge, Rake, and
Chip, who have been employed on board the Venezuela,
steamer, from Ostend, were charged with having on board a
quantity of tobacco, on which the duty had not been paid.—
C. A. Davie, officer of the customs, stated that in consequence
of information which lie had received, he went on board the
Venezuela with an officer. In the bow of the vessel they
discovered a pack, containing 65 packages of leaf and three
packages of manufactured tobacco. When Rake saw them
he shook most violently, and upon being asked whether he
had got the ague made some confused and unintelligible an-
swer. Chip, however, talked about a little cold steel for
them—lnspector Evans confirmed the account given by the
officer. —The prisoners were each of them convicted, and
fined in the penalty of 1001.
GIIILDHALL.—IsITORTATION OP DISRIRED MIR/NO
SHEEP INTO SMITHFIELD MARKET FOR SALR.—Polico-
cosetable White, 5, requested the advice of Alderman Mus-
grove under the following eircumstancen:—He stated that,
while on duty in Smithfield market that morning, he ob-
served a number of Merino sheep, which to him were appa-
rently diseased with the small-pox. He therefore wished to
know how he should act with respect to them. As far as
his knowledge went he believed the disease to be infectious.
—AldermanMusgrove directed the officer to request Mr.
Nice, a veterinary surgeon, to examine the sheep, and hare
the goodness to come and report as to the nature of the
disease, and whether it was infectious—Mr. Nice and the
policeman entered, when the former said he had examimed
tho sheep, and there were a number of them diseased in the
skin, and numerous ruptures under their shoulders, which
appeared to him to be of the character of the human small-
pox. He was not sufficiently experienced in the diseases of
sheep to pronounce whether or not it was infectious ; but lie
had read of several eases, and the present appearance of the
sheep appeared to be of a similar character. It struck
him that they had had the disease, as the ulcers
were passing oft in the usual manner, and the animals seemed
to be en ing on in It very favourable way.—Alderman Mus-
grave wished to know whether the disease of those in the
market was of such a character al to justify him in ordering
'their removal ?—Mr. Niceowould not take upon himself to
say.—Alderman Musgrove wished to know if Mr. Nice had
twenty sheep, were those now complained of so far well that
he would have no objection to letting his own mix with
them in the some pen ?—Mr. Nice said he certainly should
not like his own to come into contact with them.—White
said that above 300, to all appearance similarly diseased, had
been turned out of the market, as there was a dull sale. A
number had been sold at 16s. each since he first called the
alderman's attention to the subject. All those of which he
complained had just been purchased by a butcher.—Alder-
man Musgrove said he could hardly believe they were in a
fit state for killing. The officer was to go to the owner, and
state what bad transpired at the court, and detain him to
remove them.

THE GRUEL TN THE WEST LONDON UNION. —J. Pole,
age 22, J. Deoine,l9, 0. Dredge, 16, G. (harm, lb, J.
Leary,l6, and Dennis Leary, hie brother, who have all
been several times in prison, were charged with creating a
disturbance in the union.—Prom the statement of Mr.
Thompson, the master of the union, and the porter, it ap-
peared that, in consequence of the refractory conduct of tho
prisoners, they were placed in an apartment by themselves.
That morning they came down to get their breakfast, which
was banded to them through a window in the kitchen. On
the gruel and bread being handed to them they flatly refused
to take it, saying that the former was not good enough.
Potts then leaped through the window, followed by Devine
and the others, with the exception of Dennis Leary, when,
having taken some bread, they proceeded into the hall and
commenced creating • disturbance during the time the
other inmates were at prayers. They also took off their
blots, and threateaed to break Mr. Thompson's head,
at the same time swearing at a great rate. In
defence, the prisoners stated that they were confined in •
room not fit for a dog, and that the noise occurred through
their objecting to the gruel, which they could not breakfast
on, nor could any one else.—Ald. Musgrove observed that
the course the prisoners pursued war not the proper one. If
they had a complaint to make they should discharge them-
selves, and come before the magistrates, who would soon
inquire into their case. Ile wished to know if Mr. Thomp-
son had any of the gruel in court.—The porter handed up
, half • mug full, which appeared of a very dark colour, and
to have been made of a very inferior sort of meal.—Ald.
Musgrove asked what was the reason it was such a dark
colour. It was not a fair sort of gruel.—Mr. Thompson
replied because it was cold, having been made some hours.
They salted it according to their own taste—Potts said it
was the same directly after coming out of the copper.--
Ald. Musgrove asked who supplied the meal, and,if it turned
out to be indifferentorhose duty was it to examine and reject
it.--Mr. Thompson said it was contracted for by a meet
respectable house in Farringdon-street, and the put week
was the first one of the new contract. He always examined
the meal himself, and had found that it was perfectly agree-
able to the conditions of the sgreemene.—Ald. Musgrove ob-
served that the colour of the gruel was objectionable. He
bad been in the habit of visiting both Nowpate and Giltspur-
street prisons, and it was very different there. Ile hail
some difficulty in dealing with the prisoners. A
distinction should be drawn between persons who
wilfully broke windows, and those who caused a
disturbance by complaining of the food. The parish
authorities had a power of punishing offenders.—Mr.
Thompson. said that a only amounted to 12 hours' confine-
went, during which time they received 18 ounces of breed;
and that in fact it was no punishment to such persons as the
prisoners. The parochial authorities wanted the protection
of the magistrates.—Alderman Musgrove, after lecturing the
prisoners en their misconduct, sent Potts and Devine to
seven days imprisonment each, and ordered the others back
to the workhouse for the master to punish if he thought
proper.—After they were removed Alderman Musgrove oh-
served to Mr. Thompson that be thought some process might
be discovered to make better gruel, and to look better, for he
felt convinced, however distressed in circumstances he (the ,
alderman) might be, he did not think be could bring himself
to eat it.
WORSH IP-STREET.—THE ALLZOED ROBBERY ET A
L ADV.—Atm Anne Quin, the wife of a respectable trades-
man at Poplar, was finally examined, charged with having
stolen a gold pearl-mounted ring from the shop of Messrs.
Walker and Brown, eilveremiths and jewellers in the White-
chapel-road. At the former examination Henry Perkins,
shopman to the prosecutors, deposed that the prisoner called
at their shop on the afternoon of Wednesday last, and re-
queued to be shown some wedding-rings ; while she was
examining some he saw her endeavour to substitute • large
brass ring, which she wore upon her finger, for one of the
gold ones which had been taken from the card. Having
failed in her object, the prisoner requested to look at a card
of fancy rings,which she returned to him without purchasing
any, and he immediately dimovered that one of them had
disappeared. Upon communicating the circumstance to the
prisoner, she denied having seen it, and having purchased a
summon gold ring for as. 6d., she left the shop, but was over-
' taken two doors off, and detained till the arrival
of a policeman.—The witness was now severely cross-
' examined by Mr. Pelham, on behalf of the defence.
but strictly adhered to his original statement, and I
nothing at all favourable to the prisoner was elicited, but the
fact of her having voluntarily challenged an imoyediate
search when brought back to the shop, 6..1 that the missing
ring was not found in her possession.—Mr. Pelham assured
the magistrate that the character of the prisoner, who was
closely connected with a family of effluence and respectabi-
lity, had never before been in the slightest degree impeached,
and after urging the extreme improbability that a person in
such a position could be guilty of such a paltry theft, sub-
mitted, as the most probable solution of the disappearance of
the ring, that it had accidentally slipped off the card, and
rolled unobserved into the street.—Mr. Hammill said that
it was clearly a question for the consideration of a jury, and
he had no alternative, in the face of such positive evidence,
than to commit the prisoner for trial, but sh•mtld allow the
bail she bad already put in to be extended for her future ap-
pearance.
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DAHT,O nOIITIEB.Y.—J. Leather, a bang fellow of noto-
rious character' WWI charged with haring stolen two lever
watches, of the value of 101. from the shop of Mr. Peter
Robertson, a watch-maker, in the Kingsland-road. The
prosecutor was seated In the parlour at the bark of his shop
about mid-day on the sth of August last, when, hearing the
sudden smash of glass in the shop-front, he hastened out and

saw the prisoner and another man standing outside before a
broken pane, through which one of them had inserted his
hand, and was in the act of removing two watches off the
hooks by which they were suspended. He instantly ran
into the street, down which the prisoner and his confederate
darted away in different directions, and they had since eluded
the vigilance of the police until a few days ago, when the
prisoner was Wed to a low lodgingn-house in Shoreditch,
and taken into eurtody. Neithe he watches; had been
recovered, and on *earthing the prisoner, the only article
found upon him was a skeleton key. The prisoner reserved
and was fully committed to Newgate for trial.
his defense,
luinE
NWELL.—Caartox or MURDER.—IV. J.
Clifton, aged 42, was charged with the wilful murder of
Matilda Clifton, his wife, aged 38.—Martin, sergeant, No.
144 0, deposed that the previous morning, about half-past 1
o'clock, he received information that a woman had been M-
used by her husband, at No. 6, Beacham-street, St. Andrew's,
Holborn. He proceeded thither, and heard that the woman
was dead. He left a constable at the door of the house, and
went to Mr. Pollock, surgeon, of Hatton.garden, and saw
his assistant, who said the woman had received a blow and a
kick. Witness returned, and went upstairs with the pri.
*Deer to the back attic, where he found the deceased lytng
on a bed. There was blood on the 'Mire and floor. When
in the room with the prisoner witness said, " f must take
you into custody for this." The prisoner &aid, " Very well,
I am sorry for it • she was drunk at the time, and she aggra-
vated me." He repeated this at the station-house.—
Mr. 8. Caldargh, surgeon and assistant to Mr. Pollock,
deposed that he was called upon to attend the de-
ceased at about half.past two o'clock in the morning.
Did not see the person who called, but thought it was the
prisoner. He went to the house, and noticed blood on two
of the upper stairs. Saw a woman lying on the floor, and
another woman by her side. The face of the former was
pallid, and she was almost insensible. She said she was ill,
and used disgusting language. She said she had been
drinking. Witness went into the adjoining room, and found
the prisoner sitting on the side of the bed. Asked if he
knew the cause of his wife's illness. A little girl, his
daughter, said her mother had bees quarrelling with her
father. She had been ill for two or three days. She said
her father had kicked her mother. The bleeding had begun
before he kicked her. The prisoner inquired of witness if
be thought it a serious case. Witness replied, " Indeed it
is." The prisoner said, " I am sorry for it. She was a
dreadful temper." She had quarrelled with him because he
would not let her have more liquor. She threw a knife, a
shovel, a poker, and tongs, at him. The poker struck him
on the nose, and he kicked her. Witness received infor-
mation that she died at four o'clock in the morning.—Mrs.
Margaret Goodwin, a lodger in the same bowie, deposed
that the deceased's daughter called her to attend her mother. I
Bhe found the prisoner supporting his wife. She was sitting
on the floor. Saw blood before she entered the room. De-
ceased was insensible. There was blood near the room door.
The prisoner requested her to go and fetch a medical gen-
tleman. She told him to go himself, and he did so imme-
diately.—By Mr. Tyrwhatt There was not less than a
quart of blood. Asked the prisoner how it happened. He
said they had been quarrelling. She had drunk a quartem
of gin off at a dranzht, and half a pint of beer. The pri-
soner supported his wife whilst witness administered the
medicine. The deceased was a quarrelsome woman when
sober. On Saturday night, at twelve o'clock, heard them
quarrelling, Dining the absence of the doctor the deceased
said she was very ill, and desired her to raise her up. She
said nothing how it happened in the presence of the pri-
soner.—T. Human, a lodger in the house, heard the
screams of the prisoner's daughter about two o'clock in the
morning, and cries of "Oh, come to my mother." It was
not unusual to hear them quarrelling. He confirmed the
above testimony.—Elizaheth Clifton, the prisoner's daughter,
aged twelve, said that her mother came home with
her father about ten o'clock. She slept in the
front room, and her parents in the back room.
She was asleep when they returned home, and they awoke
I her. They were kind to one another at first, and then they
began to quarrel. Her mother began the quarrel, and it
continued for some time, when she called her father a very
bad name. They were sitting at the table at supper. There
was a quartern cf gin and a pint of porter on the table.
Her mother drank the gin and the beer. Her father was
sitting still before this. She then called him bad names, and
threw a table-knife at him, and then hit him with a shovel.
I lie was going away, and not going to strike her, when her
I mother would not let him go. About six o'clock the same
evening her mother told her she should not live till the
morning, and gave her a piece of black ribbon to wear es
mourning for her. Her father kicked her mother alter
having been called the names, and the blood came on the top
of the stairs. Her back was towards him at the time. She
was running out of the way when he kicked her. Her
mother cried nut immediately after her father kicked her.
She did not fall after the kick. When she cried oat her
(ether put his arm round her neck and supported her into
the room, and the bleeding commenced. Her father cried
at the time, and said he had no wish to do it. He said,
" How foolish you w.re to suffer me to kick you ; I did not
wish to de it, but you are such a bad temper."—The pri-
soner, who was much affected, said nothing, and he was
remanded.

WESTMINSTER.—Onsince Rerriateisse.—F. Death,
conductor of a Chelsea omnibus, badge 1115, appeared to
answer two complaints exhibited against him by Mr. T. C.
Anstey, a banister, 11, New-square, Lincoln'teian, for using
insulting language and behaviour, and for neglecting towers,
his :nudge conspicuously.—Mr. Ansteyeald that on the even-
ing of September 19 he entered defendant's omnibus at the
Regenteeircus, when he found an elderly gentleman, who
appeared to be in a very delicate state of health, complaining
to the conductor that a person was smoking in the omnibus.
Defendant declined to Interfere, when Mr. Anstey, finding
that the gentleman, who he afterwards learned was
a major in the army, experienced great annoyance
from the fumes of the tobacco, he also joined him
in entreating the conductor to put a stop to the annoy-
ante, which he refused to do. The major then re-
quested the offending party to desist, but he only
leaned forward nearer the major's face, and smoked
the more, upon which Mr. Anstey told the defen-
dant that he was doing very wrong in not interfering,
informed him that he was a banister, and that he should
take proceedings against him if he did not insist upon the
smoking being discontinued. Defendant having told the
smoker to desist, that person immediately did so, but com-
menced • volley of abuse upon Mr. Anstey. The latter
affected not to hear him, but the fellow come closer and
closer to him until he almost jammed him up sgainst the
door of the carriage, making most offensive allusions to the
profession of which Mr. Anstey had declared himself to be a
member. Defendant then put his head into the carriage
and joined the other in his abuse of barristers. This was
continued until the end of the journey, when Mr.
Amity asked defendant for his number' several times,
but he refused to produce it. He subsequently took it out
of his pocket or from under his clothing.—After some further
evidence, Mr. Broderip observed that he could not, con-
, eistently with the evidence, convict on the first summons,
'that of using insulting language and behaviour.—
The second case having been gone into, and supported in
every particular by Mr. Robinson, Mr. Broderip asked the
defendant what he had to say ?—Defendant, in a loud inso-
lent tone, asseverated that his badge was on his button, as it
then hung, on the centre of his breast, and tbat both gentle-
men knew it was—Mr. Broderip observed that if any proof
were wanting of his general behaviour, it was to be found in
the tone and manner in which he had conducted himself
before him. He had found it difficult to convict on the first
ease, feeling that, if there was any matter of doubt, he, an a
magistrate, was bound to give it in favour of the accused. In I
the second case he should inflict the full penalty of 40s. and
costs, or one month's imprisonment; and, if defendant were
ever again brought before him, and his misconduct proved,
he would treat him with the greatest severity of the law.—
Defendant was locked up.
LAMBETH.—CIiARGE or FRAIID.—Me. A. Argles, a
person of respectable appearance., who described himself as a
law stationer, was charged with defrauding Mr.W. Johnson,
• plumber and glazier, residing in Robert-street, Blooms-
bury, out of 751.—Mr. Johnson stated that some time ago
the prisoner had applied to him to purchase the reversionary
interest in some funded property, which should revert to
him on the death of his mother, who had a life interest in it.
He stated that Mr. Thomas Atkins, a gentleman residing at
Weymouth, was the executor, and that ho would give the
most satisfactory assurances that the property should be his
at the death of his mother. A letter was in consequence
forwarded to Weymouth, addressed to Mr. Atkins, and to
that a most satisfactory answer had been received, and the
751. was at once given to him. Since that time, however, he,
Mr. Johnson, had discovered that Mr. Atkins, the executor
to the property, did not live at Weymouth, and he had
no doubt that the letter forwarded there to him had
fallen into the hands of the prisoner, and that the lat-
ter had himself written the answer to it. He, witness, had
also ascertained by a communication with Mr. Atkins, that
the prisoner had disposed of his interest in the property
before he had applied to him, so that he sold it twice.—A
solicitor, on the part of the complainant, produced • letter,
which purported to have been written by Mr. Atkins in reply
to one forwarded to him, arid said he had no doubt it was in
the prisoner's handwriting. He also said he would be able
to rove by the testimony of a witness present that the letter
before mentioned, and which had been forwarded to Mr.
Atkin., was seen in the prisoner'. possession. Under these
circumstances he applied for a remand.—Mr. Games, on be-
half of the prisoner, requested to know what the precise na-
ture of the charge against his client was ? and tha solicitor on
the other side replied that the charge was one of fraud, in
receiving 741. from Mr. Johnson under false pretences.—Mr.
Games said that there were witnesses in court who knew the
prisoner's handwriting, and who would disprove the state-
ment made that the note received by the complainant's soli-
citor, in reply to one written by him to Mr. Atkins, was
written by Argles, the prisoner. —Two persona in court, to
whom the note was shown, elbowed that it was not in the
prisoner's handwriting; and Mr. Games submitted that
there was no evidence before the court to justify the pri-
soner's detention.—Mr. Elliott admitted that such was the
case, and the prisoner was discharged from this offence. He
was, however, charged with obtaining 21. on account of a
person and not acknowledging it; but as the eomplainant
had given him authority to nceive the money, the case be-
came ono of civil and not criminal character.
DIMIONDCVTDIANCOND.—Meey Far was fiaallyezianined,
charged with stealing from Lydia Hart, • gipey, four silver
sauce ladles, four dessert spoons, one silver teapot stand, and
one gravy spoon, of the value of 201.—0 n the 14th of May
last, the pnsoner, who had been left in care of the property,
absconded with it, and Hart, the alleged owner, on calling
at the station-house to give information of the robbery, was
taken into custody herself, and was committed from this
court for three months to Brixton, for defrauding • servant
of various articles of wearing apparel under pretence of toll.
tog her her fortune. The prisoner remained at large until
the evening of Saturday week, wLen she was taken into
custody by Quinine:, 20 P, who met her in the Walworth
road, and she was remanded for the attendance of the pro-
secutrix.—Quinner informed Mr. Elliott that he had made
every effort to find out Mrs. Hart, but could not succeed.
He bad, however, seen some members of the gipsy tribe, and

they all informed him that it was not her intention to curie
forward, fearing that several charges would be made against
herself. The officer added, that she (Mrs. Hart) was quite
right in that particular, as there were persona in attendance
to make charges against her if she had shown herself at the
court —The prisoner was discharged, and Quinner was told
to keep a sharp look.eut for the gipsy.
THAMES.—EXTEMPITE Bstroommo.—S. Cuzzi, the
captain of the Greek ship Belle Esperanza, from Malta, and
laden with barley, was charged on a Custom-house informa-
tion with being concerned with N. Stonat, the chief mate
(already convicted), in unshipping 15016 a. of foreign manu-
factured cigars on the 18th ult., in the Downs —The consul
of Greece attended to watch the case on the part of the pri.
loser. A full report of the transaction appeared in our paper
of Friday last, and the evidence given by two seamen named
G. Suarovitch and F. Kovanovich was repeated, with the
addition that when Stonat, the mate, was bargaining for the
sale of the cigars with two men in the cabin, the captain was
present. Four men came alongside in a boat at four o'clock
In the afternoon, again at six, and lastly at nine o'clock, and
took cigars away each time; the mate receiving payment for
them. It was stated by the first witness that the boxes of
cigars were put into a bag whole on one occasion, and not
broken, and Mr. Mohler pointed out thediacrepancy between
his evidence on this occasion and what he said on Thursday
last, when he swore the boxes were broken up each time
before the cigars were put into the sacks. He called
upon Mr. Beverly to give up the cage after such a
variation in the evidence. Mr. Beverly refused to do so, and
Mr. Yardley saidthe three transactions were not an distinctly
pointed out last week as they had been that day, nor was tha
former interpreter so clear in his translation, and was liable
besides to centinual interruptions from another interpreter.
Tomaso Casinguens, the pilot of the vessel from Malta, was
called to prove that the vessel was in the Downs from the
17th to the 19th of September, and it was also elicited from
him that 11 sacks of cigars were placed under the official
seal by a revenue officer at Falmouth, and that they were
afterwards broken into. He believed the quantity of
cigars put under seal was one hundred boxes, contain-
ing one hundred and fifty each.—This witness was
examined at great length, and he appeared unwilling to say
much about the transaction, lest be might criminate himself.
His testimony, however, threw considerable doubt on the
statements of the two seamen.—R. Gray, a Custom-house
officer, rummaged the vessel on the 24th ult., and found
only 6,300 cigars' on board.—Mr. Yardley said there was a
deficiency of 5,700 cigars unaccounted for, taking the pilot's
view of the case, which he should do; but if the Custom-
house officer's report was taken, the deficiency would be
12,700. He convicted the defendant, and sentenced him to
six months' imprisonment and hard labour.

MONEY MARKET.

MONDAY EVENING.

We have unfortunately more sinister events in the
commercial world to record to-day. The highly re-
spectable house of Thomas, Son, and Lefevre, largely,
engaged in the Jersey and Baltic trade, found it
necessary to suspend their payments. It is asserted
that the assets will be found more than ample to
fulfil all engagements. One of the partners of the
firm is said to be closely connected by relationship
with parties holding distinguished political offices.
A stoppage which created more sensation still was
that of Messrs. Rougemont, Brothers, one of the
oldest and moat respected firms in the City. They
were both merchants and continental bankers. In
the latter capacity they acted as the agents and cor-
respondents of the Bank of Flanders, or of Belgium,
for the reports vary, and it is stated that they
stop payment with good assets, equal to the pay-
ment of 60s. in the pound. The bankers of,
the house, with a balance of many thousands in hand,
are said to have been quite taken by surprise at the
notice served upon them to make no more payments
on account of the concern. The determination to sus-
pend is stated to have been resolved upon, not in
consequence of any present pressure of claims, but in
view of obligations maturing prospectively, which it
VMS ascertained or felt it would be impossible to
satisfy under actual circumstances, and the rigour of
which seemed little susceptible of mitigation for some
time to come. Under the influence of such impres-
sions, and with such convictions, the partners of this
house of ancient and honourable name came to the
resolution of suspending the course of their business
as a matter of equal fairness and justice towards
all to whom they were indebted. So highly
esteemed was this house, an long rooted in
the commerce of this metropolis, that among the
many and important commercial casualties which
have latterly taken place, it may be safely asserted
that not one has occasioned more concern, or has been
more sincerely lamented, than the misfortune which
has overtaken the estimable members of this long-
established firm.

Some other failures were loosely reported to-dny,
and among them that of a respectable firm which, we
are enabled to say, upon the best authority, was '
entirely without foundation. The firm in question,
whom it is not necessary to designate, and whose fair'
name might be injuriously reflected upon by the men-
tion of a rumour so vague and unfounded, has given
notice that they are ready to pay all demands upon
them at prompt; that is, to discount their own
accep+ances. In such times as these, rumours run riot,
and houses of undoubted standing are or may be
placed in the utmost peril from what may chance,
and does chance in many instances, to be the incon-
siderate tattle of the day.
Oar Liverpool correspondent's report mentions a
failure in the iron trade—that of Vincent Higgins
and Son—for 100,0001. Higgins, Brothers, sons of
the head of the above house, ceased payment a few
weeks since. In other respects, the news from Liver-
pool is cheering. Maury has resumed payment In
all probability this house—like that of Rougemoat
and Co.—stopped as a precautionary measure, rather
than as one of necessity, against such additional
pressure as might have arrived from India, in the
trade of which it is largely interested. Tho mail,
perhaps, brought such favourable advices as showed
that the precaution, though, in the present condition
of things, wise, need not have been taken, and hence
the resumption of payments. As regards T. and H.
Murray, the report now runs that they will not wind
up, but resume business in a day or two.
Reports to-day have circulated about intentions of
the government, in concert with the Bank, to make
an issue of one pound notes. We place no faith in
the rumour, though government is expected do some-
thing.
The Three per Cent. Consols have been done to-day as '
low as 831, with the singularity that the sellers at that
price have bought back fur the account on the 14th at
841 and above, thus establishing a contango for 12 days
only of 1 per cent, and more ! They iisproved, how-
ever, towards the close sf business, and left off 84 to 1 1
for money, and 841 to ! for account Exchequer Bills,
275. to 235. die. hull; Bonds were quoted widely
from Ids. to 253. dis. In other home stocks no busi-
ness was done or quotations made.
The foreign stock market was to-day exceedingly
depressed, owing to the state of business in English
securities, and most of the quotations were nominal.
Mexican was marked at the close of business 181 to
19 ; Hamden 104 to 103 ; Spanish Three per Cents.,
271 to i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 331 to I ;
and Granada, 17 to 18.
ENOLI9II FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Cons. Area. 841 4i 4 Et lf. £l,OOO. Si, 10 20 12 IS
1n1114161a, tinder /LOW, 10 26 elk. Din.,, £s;t9, 9 2 t'o
Coma, fur Account, 84 41 111 i Ditto. &pa. 2W. iaz 15 3:1
210 dls.
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'metro:lg
6 per Ct. B^-"'-n Bonds, Small. id 3 per Ct. Sianlab Bonds, Adtoant,
1 per Ct. Orererle Bend.. 17, Oct. 18, 27
S per CL Mexican, 181 d. 184 24 per Ct. Patch Ex., IT 001.531
5 per ('C Itu...lar. M., 1822, 1014 5 1 per Ct. Dutch Cert., 821 i d
per Ct. Spdttl,l3 Paddy° lid... 4 Ditto. Accuttat, lh.. 18..53
Ditto, Mimed 86.., 1 1