The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-02 00:00:00

MUSIC.

NEW PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
This society had its fourth concert of the season
last sight, at Ezetar•hall. The following was the pro-
gramme of the performances:
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Weida," Tie Widow at Wain y• lee arebestra
wad abloom. Ti. solos by UM Snob. MN
DOI, Harr Railwrt. and lon !basic ...—... =tsar.
no " Mask" ylamolinft and an.
Owns (W. Prwinaa).--.-- holiest.
01411.1) Warm

/be not Wal=lloo4the -roles by Ms
Dia% Mtn_ andierr Melba Menalsissolta.
"Ibedemlird Bum (Bwr TWINE) Usartiatirat.
Overftio_ ((Dm Preyeshota) ..-....—. Wm.
Hear Lisdpointser's Castata. ea the. saldset of the
nolresedeas restoration to life of the sea of the Widow of
Nils, is • imposition of mach merit, Omagh it doss not
display great origiaality of genius. The story is told, in
the regular cantata kea, la • series of recitatives, sit% sad
choruses, espeessiver first. of grief sad lamentation foe the
poses man's death, est this jay arid derma thanks.
soaks(. The mode is palely written, sad sheers in every
part the essemplkholl artist. The airs are miedieue, dom-
of Crain!. and spore_ Mate in imprint?. One lag,
% particular, " Weep on, wistber for a
ecervalto woke, is truly pathetic, sad, with Miss
Dolby's las 'Molar, mails a peat impoosiom.
The amass are mated,. semilisinai Me sow-
summate skill, and
hiss 11
osau:lnatuolt paud tad beau-
tiful harmony. The leak, • is 11111diests, is
magsifisest pima of tomTb fault of as whole
work. however. that it is ISO leallisikesk and seams we
closely to the resolved femme and =Mob of tie MO sew
turp. it has the sanative of butog piesedy dear and
map understood. eves es a flintßrealis hat it wants
novelty and freshness; morel of k to us like
music with which we were away familiar. But we
greatly prefer music of this had, paw, natural, and an-
affected, to the crude and laboured attempts at originality
so comatos'at palest.
Madame's overture to Dose Corks is are of thine en-
deavours to do a aim of whisk music is absolutely in-
capable—to embody is an instrumental movement the
scenes and int:ideate as dramatic story. This overture has
an "argument," from which it appears that it is intended
to comprise the principal points of Bchiller's tragedy ; but
the relation between the Omaha drama and /tr. Mae-
fernn's notes was quite beyosd our emprehansion. Hod
he written hie overture with no whet view than that of ex-
podia', his theme into a will-connected movement,
he would have produced a more agreeable composition.
M. Prudent's faatasia was of too sight sad trifling a cha-
racter for such a concert as this ; but it was very brilliantly
executed, and so violently applauded by a portion of the
audience that he thought proper to play it a second time.
Mozart's symphony (which has got, in this country, the
name of "Jupiter"), was the great feature of the concert.
It was excellently performed, and showed Herr Lind.
Mauler's ability as a conductor. The time of the first
movement wu taken a shade slower than is usual at the
Ilanuer-oquare Rooms ; but this was right, for the time of
a movement should be adapted to the locality. The finale,
a fugue of almost unparalleled complication, was given with
admirable proclaim and clearness.
The second part of the concert, as our musical readers
will i.e from the programme, was made up of pieces which
an familiar to every concert-goer. They were well exe-
cuted, and very satisfactory to the audience.

DRAMA.
FRENCH PLAYS.

Mdlle. Rachel commenced an-engagement -engagement here
last night, when was presented, for the first time since 1861,
Ruin's tragedy of Phedre. Rachel's impersonation of
Phedre is so generally well known, and his already been m
thoroughly criticised, as to render detailed comment super-
fluous on this occasion. The eminent tragedienne displayed
all her nodal powers of dedamatioo ; by the force of her
genius infusing deep pathos and intense human interest even
into what Carlyle as "the clear, icy glitter of Racine."
Ihe text of the gnat French poet becomes with Rachel
the language of nature and impulse,—losing the measured
artificiality of which only a genies like hers can divest it.
Her confession to Oenone of her unhallowed pantos for
Hippolyte, and her appeal to the object of bar love, wars
masterpieces of impudoned declamation, which draw forth
vehement and deserved applemse. The tragedy was on the
whole tolerably well mak X. Raphael being, as before, the
Ilippolyte —while M. INtary was an impresttve representa-
tive of Theses, and Mollie. Crooke as excellent Oenoae.
The house was mosoloi, and Mons: Rachel was several
times recalled be resehe the expressing of enthusiasm
excited by her odinienbie performed*.

Tun FLuAu or Oooao AT VAUXHALL GARDENS.
—A large isle: of vliton was attracted lut evening to
theme palms whim were the Rajah of Coorg and
suite. wbo aliened at the appearance of the
"royal Property." The scenes in the arena excited their
attention greatly. and the display of fireworks was also
such admired.

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Eats intelligence.
EQUITY COURTS.-YESTEED T.

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TLAUT.

STARLSCIIMIDT E. LETT.

The question in this ease was, whether an executor had a
right to retain for himself out of the testator's assets a sum
sufficient to pay the principal and interest of a debt due to
him from his testator, although such debt was barred by the
statute of limitations. The testator, in 18'22, borrowed of
' his son, whom he afterwards appointed his executor, lAOI.,
for which he paid interest for two years. In IMO the tes-
tator dird, the debt being then due six years and eleven
whys. In 1837 a legatee filed a bill against the executors.
It was in 1816 that the executor first claimed any right to
retain the amount of his debts, and this the Master had dia•
allowed. The case now came on upon exception to the
report.
Mr. Selwyn and Mr. Turner appeared for the executor ;
Mr. Bacon, Mr. Walker, Mr. Gifford, and Mr. Freeing op-
, posed the exception.
His Honour allowed the exception, being of opinion that
the executor had the right to retain the amount of the debt,
although he had allowed fifteen years to elapre before
making his Cilia.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.-YESTERDAY.
amigos to Barco.—Bareas Calm Ames laiatx, Ma. Janes
Mat LI, Ult. Janes CRIIIIIWALL, ANL MI6 JCSTICII TAINVID.

WZJIMAN V. ASH.-LIIML.

Mr. Serjeant Byles said that this was an action of libel,
and that at the trial before Mr. Justice Williams, the vex
din w►s for the plaintiff for 20e. The libel declared upon
accused the plaintiff of having taken a memorandum book
and some papers belonging to the defendant whilst the defen-
dant lodged in his house. This statement was contained in
a letter which was written by the defendant to the plain.
tiffs wife. It was now submitted to the court,
that, the jury having found that there was no
express malice, the defendant was not liable in
this action, upon the ground that the statement he bad
made was a pnvileged communication ; and another point
was, that the sending the letter to the plaiutiff's wile was
not such a publication as would support the action. The
motion was to eater a verdict for the defendant.
hut, granted.

EVANS V. EDNIONDS.—EXTRAOEDINARY PLEA.
This was an action to recover two quarterly instalments
of an annuity of 691. 19e. 61, which the defendant cove-
nanted, by a deed of separation, to pay to his wife. The
plaintiff sued as trustee for the wife, and the defendant
pleaded a general plea of fraud,and also a special plea—that
he was induced to execute the deed in consequence
of the plaintiff having falsely and fraudulently mis-
represented to him that the wife of the defend-
ant was a person of virtuous morals, and modest
conduct and behaviour, and that the plaintiff him-
self was virtuous, moral, and modest, such not being the
fact; but on the contrary, the plaintiff had been living in
adulterous intercourse with the defendant's wife, and he
got himself appointed trustee that he might have access to
I her, in order to maintain his adulterous intercourse with
her. The case was tried before the Chief Justice, and the
•
jury gave a verdict for the defendant. A rule, however,
' was obtained callirfg upon the plaintiff to show cause why
there should not bejudgment non obstante veredicto, or a
new trial; the question raised for the opinion of the court
being, whether the above-mentioned plea was an answer to
the action. The case stood over from time to time, to allow
the parties an opportunity of settling it; but they failed
to agree, and therefore the matter came on for argument.
The court, after hearing counsel on both sides, expressed
their opinion that the plea was an answer to the action, and
they directed the rule to be discharged.
Rule discharged.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—YESTERDAY.
Bin= nu Curry Ccemomexta.
Is RE THE REV. ROBERT LOVELACE HILL.

This insolvent, the incumbent of the district church of
St. &wadi's, Doswell-street-road, applied under the Pro-

teetioAct.

11;76;;Ii e appeared for the English and Scottish Amur-
mice Company, and three creditors opposed in person. Mr.
Nichols supported.
It appeared that the debts were about 2,8001., and the
present income about 340/. a year. The insolvent had a'
family of nine children, six of whom he supported. One of
his debts, 8001., arose for money borrowed, and he had to
pay large sums connected with such transactions. In 1839
his debts commenced, and he got involved in consequence
of the sudden death of his father-in-law, who had made

him an allowance. He was obliged to borrow money, and
had not been able to extricate himself. His present income
had only been received since 1851. He had made a pro-
posal to set 601. a year aside for the creditors.
Mr. Cooke asked 1001. a year to be set aside.
The creditors in person thought that 1501. a year should
be set aside, and Mr. Bower (one of them) complained that
a clergyman should get into debt.
Mr. Nichols said the insolvent bad explained the anise,
and there could be no reflection on him. He had received
an allowance from his father-in•law, and until lately his
iceman had been inconsider►ble.

Some discussion arose, and ultimately 100/. • year was
let aside. Protection was granted, and the first payment to
be made in November.

3001111 Xa. Comm/town. Law.

Ix 11 CILLRLES HANSON 111001110082.
This insolvent, an American actor, applied ander the
Protection Act. - _ _

Mr. Sargood opposed for Messn. Levy and Cr•gan, linen-
drapers at Philadelphia.
The insolvent was indebted to the opposing creditors, for
which they sued him, and obtained • judgment in New
York. He came to England, and they sued him here, to
which anion he pleaded, but they obtained a judgment ow
the American judgment. The opposition was that be bed
incurred a debt for law costa in this country in the seeped
action by pleading when be had no reasonable expectations
"payment.
Mr. Commissioner Law held that • debt had been con-
trasted without reasonable expectation of payment, and re-
fused to name • day for the final order.

Is as HMI! ANOZLO MICHLIL Cooss.
This insolvent, knows no " Grattan Cooke" the intuition
applied ambit the Poolestion Act. Mr. Barred appeared
for a Mr. Weallion" end Mr. Cooke s.ppaeted.
The ineelwent ie bowl marter of the Rawl t of Life
Guard% at VAL err. Ilia other professional emoluments
had sot boon stmeideraide, notwithstanding his position,
WIMPS be bed not a " foreign name." He had for a long
time bees corseted with the Philharmonic Society, but
had loot It ihstragh the foreign administration of the
anoty.
It appeared that the insolvent held a lees* of Mr. Wood-
house, white be last a short time book, aad which was
Pound sod met to Mr. Woodhouse.

The mead /min was appointed, with protection, and
• proposal was wrested. An offer of 2W. a year to be set
aside was made.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-YESTERDAY.
3uo.i ila. WrTz AT =a GUILDS/At. WhaIIIDIITIL.

John Prior was indicted for having vaulted and In-
dieted grievous bodily harm upon two persons named Cook
and Bingham.
The facts of this case, which occupied some time, were
these :—The prosecutor, Bingham, was the landlord of
some houses in Eaton-lane, Pimlico, and one of them had
been let by him to a person named Cfoker, between whom
and the defendant there had been an arrangement for •
slab-letting, and the defendant was the tenant in possession.
One of the defendant's neighbours was • sweep, named
Cook, who, it seemed, had at times been both on friendly
and unfriendly terms with him, and for some reason, the
nature of which did not clearly transpire, he went with
Bingham to the defendant's shop one day, about a month
ago,and they intruded,after knocking in the gentlest manner
with an iron weight on the counter, into a private
apartment, where the defendant was lying down, he being I
lame,and some conversation took place about palment of rent
and the nature of the defendant's occupation, in the course
of which Bingham intimated that he thought Prior had no
right to be there at all. Cook told Prior that he had better
give up the place, and then he might, if he plessed, become
his tenant, as Bingham would let it to him (Cook), but
this Bingham declined to sanction. Bingham then asked
the defendant whether he had been making assertions re-
earding himself and a female relative, but be could not
elicit an answer, and he then said that any man who would
make such observations, and insult and abuse a female of
whom he knew nothing, and scurrility character for the
mere sake of scurrility, was a vagabond; upon which Mrs.
Prior took up her husband's cause, and demanded of Bing-
ham why he called him a vagabond. Bingham denied
that be had done so—be had merely asserted that if a man
did certain things (and he charged the defendant with hav-
ing done them), he was a vagabond, and a regular quarrel
began. Cook went up to Prior, as if tostrike him violently,
but Bingham drew him aside, aad said there should be no
blows, and the defendant at that moment took up an iron
bar, as large as a kitchen poker, though facetiously termed
a nail, and struck a blow at Cook with it, but it fell on
Bingham's head, which it cut rather severely. Ho after-
wards succeeded in striking Cook and cutting his head, and
attempted to throw a kettle of boiling water over him, in
endeavouriog to prevent which Bingham had one of his feet
scalded. A policeman was then called, and the defendant
given into his custody.
Cook, in his evidence, stated that Bingham charged the
defendant with having said that be had slept with his wife'.
sister the denied that the slightest Formation was given,
either in word or deed, by himself or by Bingham, but the
latter, who gave his evidence in a fair and evidently im-
partial manner, admitted that he gave provocation by using
the word vagabond, and that Cook was the aggressor in
going up to I'rior as if to strike him. Cook's evidence was
contradicted in several particulars by Bingham's, and the
latter stated that though his bead was seriously hurt, he
really and truly believed that the blow was the result of
accident, and that the defendant did not intend to strike
him at all.
Mr. Ribton, in his address to the jury, commended the
manner in which Bingham had given his evidence, and
asked the juey not to believe Cook. He contended that the
defendant had a right to turn them out of his house, on the
principle that an Englishman's home sow his castle, into
which no one, not even the Sovereign of England, could
intrude, and that the violence used was not excessive when
it was remembered that it was a cripple that had to con-
tend with two strong men.
Mr. Witham having summed up,
The jury found the defendant Guilty of a exormon as-
sault.
Mr. Witham seatenced him to as weeks' imprisonment.

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1853.

Mr, J. P. Kwyht, R.A., and Secretary to the Royal
Ac,ult soy, attended, pursuant to notice to that 'Cott, to I
erase reasons why a fine of 101., imposed on him on Monday
for not attending the nowt to seise as a grand.turyman
when summoned by the high Bailiff to do so, should not
be I ntorced.

......
Me. Witham salted Mr. Knight why be did not attend ?
Mr. Knight replied that his duties as Secretary to the
Royal Academy prevented him.
Mr. Witham said the Secretary of the Royal Academy
should have appeared to his summon., and then have asked
'he court to eacuse him on the ground of the duties he had
to perform, and not stay away altogether.
Mr. Knight thought that his diploma as • Royal Acade-
mician exempted him from serving.
Mr. Witham said that was a wrong impression. A per-
son was not exempted legally because he happened to be a
Royal Academician. Mr. Knight should have attended and
state.' his reasons; but, under all the circumstance', he
should not enforce the fine.

THE POLICE COURTS.
MARLBOROUGH•STREET.

John TreMe,linendraper, No. 408 and 409, Osford-street,
was summoned for having committed an assault upon a
young lady named Rosa Cribb.
Miss Cribb said on Tuesday week she went with her,
mother into the defendant's shop to make a small purchase ;
not finding what she was in search of, her mother and
herself left the shop. The defendant ran after them, seised
her by the right arm and said, rudely, I heliere you ere
• couple of prigs, and only come to my shop to get what
you can." The defendant then laid hold of the strings of
her motker's bonnet, and, towing them up, told her she
was not a lady or she would not wear such dirty cringe,
and that she had better be off as quick as she oould. The
assault and the insulting language took place outside of the
shop in the public street.
Mr. Lewis, for the defendant, ercesessmined—She was
not half-an-hour tossing the things about. She was not
more than ten minutes in the shop. nor were 60 or 00
articles shown to her.

another who had been discharged from his lordship's ser-
vice for stealing a gold pin. Mrs. Coffey asked w but place
her toy was to fill, to which the prisoner replied that the
boy would have to clean bents and shoes, mad lay a knife
and fork fur his lordship and his guests, and that his wages
would be 21s. per month and his board. The prisoner
looked round Mrs. Coffey's humble dwelling, winch con-
sisted of one small room, on the floor of which 7 halt-naked
and poorly fed children, including two pairs of twins, were
lying, and said, " Why you have a house full of
young children, I don't know how you get •
living for :them. He then pretended to soli and pitied
the poor creature he was about to plunder and her children
very much. Mrs. Coffey said she had maintained them all
the winter in their father's absence as well as she could, and
that she could not afford to fit out her biggest boy, Daniel,
her eighth child, for a place in Lord Palmerston's house-
hold. The prisoner said if she did not it would be the
means of her losing • good Situation for the boy. Mrs.
Coffey said she could not obtain clothes for the boy without
pawning her only bed, and called in a neighbour, of whom
she took hasty counsel, and who said it would be a pity to
lose such a good situation for the boy. The prisoner said
his business was urgent, and that if she did it at
all she must do it at once, for his time was short,
and that she had better raise the money at the pawn-
broker's and he would take care she had her bed back
again. The woman hesitated, and the prisoner said
" Come, Mrs. Coffey, time is short; 1 have to meet his
lordship at between 4 anti 6 o'clock, to obtain his orders.
Here is a chance to make a man of your hey ; this is the
poorest day you will have fur some time. My aunt is house-
keeper and my uncle is head butler to Lord Palmerston,
and I am in hie lordship's entire confidence. You can come
up sod see your boy twice a week, and you can bring a
large basket with you, and take away broken victuals
enough to feed all your children all the week. I wish you
did not live so far off Mrs. Coffey, for my aunt could em-
ploy you for 3s. a day for 3 days in the week, and if the
boy is nicely fitted out, I will take him totally under my
care." This specious address, and a representation
that Mr. Finnegan, his uncle, would employ all her
boys on the railway, as they grew up, at last decided
her on pawning her bed for 11., to purchase
an outfit for the boy. While the duplicate was being made
out, and the boy was fitting on a corduroy jacket, the pri-
soner " bounced" into the pawnbroker's shop, and said
that was not a fit dress to go into his lordship's house, and
pulled off the jacket. He then insisted on her providing
her boy with a moleskin jacket and trousers, black vest,
cloth cap, and worsted wrapper, which very nearly ex-
hausted her sovereign. Mrs Coffey treated the prisoner
with some old ale, and he handed her and her boy into an
omnibus, which set them down at • public-house in
Charing-cross, neer some stables, where they alighted.
Mrs. Coffey paid the omnibus fares, and accompanied
the prisoner into the public-house, where he re-
galed himself with rum and water at her expense.
The boy and the prisoner soon afterwards went out toge-
ther, leaving Mrs. Coffey with the bundle, and the pri-
soner soon returned with a little thin man, dressed like a
groom, who was stated to have come from Lord Pal-
menton's stables. The prisoner called for some gin, and
the groom took some money out of his own pocket to pa
for it. The prisoner would not allow him to do so, and
said Mrs. Coffey would pay and that he intended to fetch
her the loan of 10s. directlilhe got home, and told the groom
her sun had been highly recommended for his honesty, and
when he was not at work in the garden he would be
very handy in the stable. The prisoner, after some further
communicat on, said he would go home and fetch a loan of
10s. to enable Mrs. Coffey to buy a pair of shoes for her son
and have his hair cut, that be would provide him with a
pail of water in the stable and a towel to wash himself, and
that he should not require payment of the loan till Mrs.
Coffey had redeemed her bed. The whole party then pro-
ceeded to a stable, which he said was Lord Palmenton's,
, where the boy and the groom remained, while the prisoner,
under pretence of gong home for some money, led Mrs.
i Coffey through several streets, pointing out Lord Palmer-
, stop's mansion in Carlton-terrace on the route, and at last

Mrs. Cribb, the mother of the last witness, confirmed her
daughter's evidence.
Mr. Lewis, in defence, urged that it was usual for ladies
to make linendrapers' shops morning lounges, pulling about
goods merely to 1,11111 trouble, and buying nothing. Mr.
Treble bad carried on business respectably for 12 years
without complaint. lie denied commandos any assault, and
if he had used offensive words, which ha had no recollection
of, it must be attributed to the excitement consequent on
the ladies basing made no purchase after giving so much
trouble. Mr. Treble was willing to offer an apology, and
that be thought would exactly suit the cue.
A shopman named Pound said the ladies were in the shop
about 10 minutes, and he did not see his employer leave the
shop at all.
Mr. Bingham said in that respect the statement of wit-
ness and complainant was conflicting. lie had n heard
a witness give testimony more to his satisfaction than the
complainant in this case had done, and in every particular
of that statement she had been confirmed by her mother.
lie gave, therefore, entire credit to the quiet and, as it
appeared to him, unexaggerated statement of the com-
plainant—enforced as it was in every material par-
ticular by the defendant's witness, who did not pretend
to assert that the ladies were in the shop half
an hour, and bad fifty or sixty articles shown
to them, as was intended to be inferred from the de-
fence. Believing uhe did the statement of the two ladies,
it appeared to him the defendant was attempting to carry
on his business by a system of intimidation, and this, there-
fore, gave even the mast trifling assault a seriousness which
it would not otherwise have, and it was his opinion if the
defendant was sued in a superior court for the assault, ac-
companied as it was with defamatory expressions' that he
would be mulcted is a severe penalty. And in his judg-
ment the defendant got off lightly in having imposed upon
him the highest penalty the law permitted a magistrate to
inflict-51. and coats. _ _

The money was inns vastly paid.
Edward Reeks, • person of respectable appearance, de-
eeribed on the police.sheet as agent, was charged with
baring obtained from John Rutherford four concert tickets,
value two guineas, with intent to defraud Miss Alleyne
Goode.

prevailed on the woman to part with the bundle contain-
ing her boy's clothes, by saying that he was so well known
in the west that he did not like any one to see him witk a
person carrying a bundle. lie had no sooner gained pos-
session of the bundle than he " Sew" across the street into
a butcher's shop, and after remaining. there a few minutes
left the bundle and came out again and rejoined the
woman. Lastly, he took the woman into a public-
house, called for a pint of ale, which he made her pay for,
and directed her to wait there while he went home and got
his dinner. lie promised to return with 10.. and a pair of
socks and a shirt for the boy, but the peor deluded creature
never saw him afterwards until he stepped into the felon's
dock that day. She searched in vain for the butcher's shop,
and upon making inquiries at Lord Pelmerston's residence,
ascertained that the prisoner was unknown there. Her boy
remained in the stable where she left him for several hours,
and the groom went out, and en his return said Lord Palmer-
ston knew nothing of him or the prisoner, and be must leave.
Mr. Yardley said he should commit the prisoner for trial
on four of the charges he bad heard, and the depositions
having been formally completed ► Mr. Symons, the chief
clerk, the magistrate awarded Mrs. Coffey a sovereign to
redeem her bed.

Mir Goode had issued tickets announcing that her con-
cert for the benefit of her aged widowed mother would take
place on Wednesday evening at the Hanover-square Rooms.
The defendant called on her agent, Mr. Rutherford, and
obtained four tickets, by representing that he bad been au-
thorised to make the application on account of the Morning
Chronicle newspaper.
A gentleman from the office of the Morning Chronicle
wished to be allowed to state the facts of the case before the
evidence was taken down, sa what he had to say might dis-
pose the court to consider that it was not necessary to record
the depositions.
Mr. Bingham had no objection to hear the statement,
and then he would decide on the course he would take.

The gentleman said he was afraid that the public, and
professionals especially, were often imposed upon by
persons like the prisoner, who made an unauthorised
see of the names of different newspapers in the way he
was about to explain. Miss Alleyne Cooke wee about
to give • concert ; the person at the bar made an appli-
eation to her agent for tickets, on the part of the Morn-
ing CAronica. The youag lady suspected some imposition,
sad she pet herself in communication with parties con-
nected with that journal, who caused a polies mailable
to be is readiness, and when the penon at the bar
made his appearance, he was given into custody. The
=told the polies constable on the way the station-
that he intended to sell the tickets when to
he obtained
the. and convert the money to his own nee. There was reason
to fear the prisoner had been guilty of many similar acts, for
oa searching him some tickets relating to the Orchestral
Unice epeeists were found, which no doubt were obtained
in the same way. It was, perhaps, hardly necessary to say
that the injulaat to the tirade and to professional persons
by this fraudulent practice was very great. Parties who
were applied to for tickets fancied that by giving them
they could assure • notice in the papers. They did not ob-
tain any notice, and then considered themselves deceived.
It was possible that no notice might have appeared in the
Morning Chronicle of that young lady's concert, in which
case surprise would naturally have been felt, as a special
application for tickets bad been made ; but there was
a still greater injustice perpetrated, for the person
who fraudulently obtained tickets sold them at • re-
duced price, hawking them about the town, and the repu-
tation of the artiste thereby suffered. He withal it to be
distinctly understood that the Morningehronkla made
applications for tickets to professional persons. No doubt
the names of other morning papers were also used in such
applications, but he thought he might say they acted on
the same rule. It was to stop the too common practice of
these fraudulent applications that this case was brought for-
ward, to warn professional persons that they should be re-
ailed, and to sbow parties nifty of such dishonest practices
that there was alaw to panM them, and that the law would
be enforced on all proper elisions. The person at the bar
looked as if he had diked • station—it was known
that he had been is the trade, and he said he
had a large family, add that it he would be ruined ;
and as the object of the Ysrw alresicis was not to press
the charge vindictively, they wen lite willing to leave the
matter in the hands or the spurt.

MILITARY.

REVIEW OF CHELSEA Pl

•Yesterdi!y

having been appointed by the Commander-in-Chief, for tie
review of the enrolled Chelsea Pensioners of the London
District, alertly before eleven o'clock the Duke of
Cambridge, accompanied by several general and staff
officers, and attended by his staff, arrived, and was received
with the customary honours; the bands of the several
divisions playing the national anthem. The general
°dicers having minutely inspected the linen, divisions were
formed by the right, and marched put in slow and quick
time; after which the battalion evolutions were performed
with precision, and the tiring by divisions, uh-divitions,
sections, the firing,een and by. volleys, could not be surpassed.
The line laying again formed, another general salute
was given, and the several battalions were marched to their
private parades, from whence they were diantimsed to their
respective homes.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE I.—The 38th and 93rd Regi-
ments were brigaded on Southsea Common this morning
by the Lieutenant-Governor, Major-General Simpson.
These two fine regiments have during the present and past
weeks been daily exercised in pitching tents, &0., in order
to habituate them to their forthcoming duties at the Chob-
ham encampment.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

The official report Bays the returns of mortality do
not yet indicate that improvement in the public health which
may have been anticipated from the favourable character of
the weather. The following are the deaths registered in
London in each week of May: 1159, 1099, 1098, and (in the
week that ended last Saturday)ll2B, showing a small increase
in the present on the two preceding returns. The mean
weekly temperatures of the month have been 471 degrees,
45.3 degrees, 55.2 degrees, and 591 degrees. In the ten
weeks, corresponding to last week, of the years 1843-52, the
ge number of deaths was 890, which, if raised in pro-
portion to increase of population, will give a mortality for
last week of 979. The actual result is therefore in canes.
of the estimated amount by 149. Last week the births
of 782 boys and 779 girls, in all 1,561 children, were
registered in London. The average number in eight
corresponding weeks of the years 1845.62 was 1,371.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of
the barometer in the week WAS 29.696 in. The reading of
the barometer decreased from 29.96 in. at the beginning of
the week to 29.4.5 in. by noon on the 26th, and increased to
29.60 in. by the end of the week. The mean temperature
of the week was 59.7 deg., which is 4.7 deg. above the ave-
rage of the same week in 38 years. On Thursday and Fri-
day, when the temperature was highest, the mean was
about 84 deg., and 8 deg. or 9 deg. above the average. The
highest temperature was 78.8 deg. on Friday, the lowest
41.6 deg., on Sundae. The wind blew from the north-east
on the first four days, it was Calm on the two following, and
on Saturday it blew from the south-west, the only day on
which the mean temperature was below the ge. The
mean difference between the dew point temperature and
air temperature was 10.9 deg. ; the greatest was 17.6 deg.
on Sunday and Thursday ; the least 1.1 deg., on Friday.

Mr. Bingham—Yourcharge is that he falsely represented
he was authorised by the Morning Chronicle to ask for
tickets ?

Mr.Rutherford—lle gars a receipt for the tickets in the
name of the Morning Chronicle.
Mr. Bingham (to the prisoner)—That fact you admit ?
Prisoner—l admit obtaining the tickets. Two of them I
intended to take to the Morning Chronicie, the other two I
intended to dispose of for myself. Nothing hut my despe..
rate circumst .aces induced me to do this. The young lady
promised me two tickets for myself.
Mr. Bingham—Does Mr. Rutherford concur on behalf of
Miss Goode, in the application of the gentleman who appears
for the Morning Chronicle
Mr. Rutherford—l do.

..... _ _
Mr. Sioghau,—Then, under the circumstances, I think it
my duty to ask the prisoner to enter into his own recogni-
sance, to be of gaol behaviour for 12 months.
The prisoner was then di.charged.
SOUTHWARK.

MOMS Revell, a powerful-looking young fellow, was
brought before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with assaulting
William Mingle, and robbing him of two shillings.
Prosecutor said he went into the Rising Sun public-house,
in Kent-street, last night, about ten o'clock, with two female
relations, and called for some gin and raspberry. While
being served, the prisoner, whom he had no previous know-
ledge of, rushed up to him and knocked him down without
any provocation. While on the ground, he put one of his
hands into witness's waistcoat pocket, and stole two shil-
lings, which he had jest deposited there. A police consta-
ble was called in, and he gave him into custody for the
assault and robbery.
Two females, who were with the prosecutor, said they
saw the prisoner attack him in a very ferocious manner,
and knock him down ; while on the ground they also saw
him take some silver from his waistcoat pocket. They
called in a constable, and he was given into custody.
The prisoner denied the robbery, and said be was Brat
assaulted by a man who was with the prosecutor. He had
known the latter some time, and was en friendly terms
with him; and as he was offering to shake hands with him
be was struck.

MARKETS.

JUNE I.—The market again

wig Out sal ehioge
in prices. Boweds, from Sd. to 61d per lb., have been in
good request, and t►e isles in them have been some-
what large. The total sales amount to 8,000 bales,
including 500 for export, and 1,200 on speculation,
and comprise 280 Pernam and Maranham, at 61d. to 71d. ;
200 Bahia, at 61d. to 81d.; 600 Egyptian, at 61d. to
9d.: 300 Surat, at 41d. to 4d. ; 70 Sea Islands, 21d. to
2s. 7d.

CORN.—Bozvos, June I.—Our Market has been moder-
ately supplied with Wheat to-day, which, meeting with a
brisk demand, realized Is. to 2s. per qr. ever last week's
rates. Red, 47.. to 495. ; White, 51s. ; Beans, 40s per qr.
STOCKTON-ON-TEES, June I.—The supply of grain from
growers to this day's market was moderate. Wheat met a
quick sale, at an advance of Is. to 2s. per qr. on last week's
currency. Oats were in fair demand at full prices. Beans
in great request. The price of Flour is fixed at 375. per
sack, net. In other articles no change. Imports during
the week : Wheat, foreign, 902 ; Oats, coutwise, 842.

Prosecutor denied that he bud any previous knowledge
of the prisoner, or that any other man wee with biol.
Mr. A'Beckett committed him for tri►l at tho next
Surrey Sessions.
THAMES.

Janus O'Grady, alias , alias Johnstone, alias
O'Leary, an Irishman, aged 32 years, who was formerly a
porter ou the South Eastern Railway, was charged with
committing a great number of robberies.
There were upwards of • hundred persons in attendance
in and about the court to give evidence against the prisoner,
who has been obtaining money under false pretences, and
robbing numerous poor people during the last two years.
A poor and industrious Irishwoman, named Johanna
Coffey, said that about two months ago the prisoner met a
poor boy, named Daniel Coffey, aged 13 years, who was in
search of employment, in the Orange-road, Bermondsey,
and, after obtaining his name, particulars of his father,
who is in America, and an account of his mother and
family, said he could provide him with a good situation in
a nobleman's family, and went home with the
boy to his mother's dwelling, at No. 3, Wood's.
court, Bermondsey. The prisoner told Mrs. Coffey
that her son had been highly recommended to him by
various persons, and that he was the nephew of Mr. Finni-
gan, superintendent of the South Eastern Railway. The
prisoner also represented that he was head gardener to Lord
Palmerston, and that he should take her boy down to Lord i
Palmerston's easatry Nat that very day to 811 the glace of

CATTLE.—Roknotto, June I.—Our market to-day was
fairly supplied with ell kind of stock, which sold at full
prices. Beef, 35.6 d. to 4s. 6d. Mutton, 4s. to 4s. Bd. Lamb,
Is. to 6s. Veal, 4s. to 41. Bd. Pork, 31. Bd. to 41. Bd.

COALS.-Lownox, 411:NE 1.-Sbips at market, 295 ;
sold, 108.-Bates West Hartley, 15s. 6d. ; Carr's Hartley,
154.9 d. ; Chester Main, 15s. ; Davison's West Hartley,
15s. 9d. ; Hasting's Hartley, 156.9 d.; Holywell, 16s. Gd. ;
Howard's West Hartley Netherton, 15s. 941. ; Longridge's
West Hartley, 151. 9d. ; North Pevcy Hartley, 15s Gd.;
Ravensworth West Hartley, 151. N.; Smith's West
Nutley, 15s. 9d. ; Tanfield Moor, Ms. ; Tanfield door
Butes, 150. ; Townley, 15s. ; Walker Primrose, 14s. 3d. ;
Walls End Pramwellgate, 15s. 3d.; Walls End Hoshwth,
151. 3d.; Walls End Barton, 15s. 3d.; Walls End Bed-
ley, 15s. 3d ; Hettons Lyons Main, 151. 9d.; Walls End
Bell, 15s. Gd.; Walls End Ketepier Orange, 164. ; Walls
End Lambton, 17s. ; Walls End Whitwell, 15s. ; Walls,Bud
Canto!). 164. 3d.; Walls End Ileunh Hall, 161. Gd.;
Walls End South Kellor, 16s. 6d. ; Walls End Tees, 17s. ;
Walt. End Pusses West, 15s. ; Birehgrove Oraigola, 2:244;
Grey's West Hartley. lbs. 3d.; Llangenneelt, 235.; Bid-
stsy's Hartley, 15s. 9d.

AMERICAN MARKETS.
NEW VOILE, MAY 19.
The supply of capital is on the increase, with a slight
reduction in the rates for loans. Prime paper is taken at
GI per cent. GO days, and 7 per cent. 4 months. The
balances for account of Southern and Western Danko, and
private bankers, arc increasing largely in this city, thus
adding to the facilities of our own merchants and traders.
Meetings were held yesterday at Albany and Syracuse b
all the companies, comprising the consolidated " New York
Central Railroad Company," at which the contract forming
the b.isis of consolidation, was formally
.adopted in dupli-
cate, and placed upon the record and signed by the Preei-
dent and Directors of all these companies. Under the act,
one copy of this agreement is to be filed with the
Secretary of State at Albany, and the other will remain
with the new company. This contract may be termed the
basis or charter of the company. Early in July neat a vote
will be taken, as directed by the act, of all the stockholders
of the several corporations embraced in this consolidation.
This vote will be a final one, and will be all that is nuw re-
quired to consiteusate this consolidation. No doubt is ez•
pressed in any quarter of the completion and operating of
this scheme ; the directors of these several companies
being fully aware that the measure will tend to the benefit
of all concerned, and secure uniformity of action, which is
essential in all trunk lines of roads.
. .

A new company has been organised in this city under the
name of the " Mexican Ocean Mail and Inland Company."
They propose the transportation of foreign and United
States mails, passengers, freight, metals, specie, &c., be-
tween New Orleans and San Francisco, via Vera Cruz and
Acapulco. In same experiments as to time made by Mr.
Ramsey the route was found to be practicable and short.
Public notice is given by an advertisement of the Trea-
surer of the State of Missouri that the Bonds of the State
falling due on the 16th and 30th of May and the Ist of June
respectively will be paid on presentation at the Bank of the
State of Missouri, in S:. Louis. Holders are required to
present them for prompt payment, as no interest will be
allowed after maturity.
The sales of the lands belonging to the State Bank of
Illinois took place on the 11th inst., at Belleville. The
attendance was very large, and the bidding spirited. The
prices varied from five to ten dollars per acre, payable in the
notes of the bank. Many persons were on hand with three
notes, which were held at 70 cents on the dollar. The
Bank of Missouri got rid of a portion at this rate. It is a
matter of ileubt whether the assets of the bank will be suffi-
cient to meet the circulation yet outstanding.
COITON.—Prior to the receipt this morning of the
Africa's 'deices of the 6th instant from Liverpool, 900
bales were sold at full rates of yesterday. After receipt
we heard of no transactions. The advice. are fully as
favourable as anticipated—no later accounts having been
received from this side since sailing of the Atlentic on 4th
instant. Our correspondent writes:—Some anxiety pre-
vails in the manufacturing districts in consequence of a
combination of the workmen, and it is feared that it may
lead to a strike, which would be very injurious."
STRICT IJTMVOL CLOGIFICATION.

L. Ord. Ord. G. OWLVW& Mid. O.
Wm °eases, Mobile,
and Teams
Melds and Uplands B/ 9 91 10 14 101
GnoWialaa.-180 bags Rio coffee sold at 91e. to 91c. ;
100 do. Jamaica do. at 9c. ; 200 Mids. Porto Rico sugar at
41e. to Sic. ; 150 do. Cubs do. at 41c. at 41c., 4 mos., and
250 do. do. on private terms.
Funs, &c.-The demand for flour is moderate at yes-
terday's prices. We continue our quotations : 4 dole. 661c.1
to 4 dole. 25c. per barrel ; superfine No. 2, 4 dole. 25c. to I
4 dots. 311 c.; state, common brands, !dole. 561 c. to 4 dole.'
621 c. ; favourite brands. 4 dole. 681 c. to 4 dole. 75e. ;
western mixed, 4 dole. 681 c. to 4 dole. 85c. ; Michigan and
Indiana straight do., 4 dole. 75c. to 4 dole. 811 c.; fancy
brands, 4 dols. 87}c. to 4 dole. 931 c. ; Ohio common to good
brands, 4 dols. 75c. to 4 dole. 871 c. ' • round hoop, common
4 do's, 75e. to 4 dots. 811 c. ; fancy brands, 5 dole. 06te. to
5 dole. 181 c. ; extra breads, 5 dole. 25c. to 5 dole. 8i Ic. ;
Michigan and lodine, extra do., 5 dole. 18.1 c. to 5 dole. 60c.;
Genesee, fancy brands, 6 dole. to 6 dole. 121 c. ; extra brands,
5 dole. 181 to 6 dole. ; Canada in bond, at 4 dole. 621 c. to
4 dole. 681 c.; common southern, 5 dole. to 5 dots. 311 c. for Bal-
timore, Alexandria, Georgians, &c. ; brandy wine,
&dole. 37c. to 5 dole. 651 e. ; fancy brands of southern,
5 dole. 621 c. to 6 dole. 75c.; Jersey meal, 3 dole. to
3 dole. 06Ic. ; rye flour, 3 dole. 871 c. to 4 dole. 371 e. Wheat
was inactive to-da7-Ohio red sold at 110 c. 111 c. • rye, 89c.
to 90c. Strictly pnme corn is scarce; large sales Of common
qualities were made at from 60c. to 64c. A lot of southern
white sold at 65e. ; Jersey yellow would bring Tic. ;
Jersey oats are steady at 46c. to 48c. ; Western ditto, 48c.
to 60c.

WHISKEY—The market was firmer to-day. 100 hhde.
drudge sold at 22c. ; 300 New York barrels at 221 c. to 23c.,
and 100 brie of Ohio at 221.
PEOVISIONS.—Men pork is held at 15 dole. 75c. to
16 dole., without any sales of importance. Prime is dull,
at 13 dole. to 13i dole. Lard in barrels is in demand at
10c. ; kegs are inactive, at 101 e. to 101 c. Beef ie without
alteration in prices ; the stock is ample and the demand is
moderate. Sales of prime mess have been made during the
last few days to the extent of 300 barrels at 20 dole.
Faziowts.—Freights are inactive at previous rates. To
Liverpool—Tobacco, bhcis. 30s. ; cotton, square bales, per
lb. Id. to 5.16 d.; flour and meal per bbl. 2s. to 2e. 3d. ;
Mein IS. 4d. to Is. Gd. ; heavy goods per too 20s. to 255.;
grain, in bulk, per bush., Sid. To London—Tobacco, per
hhd. 30e. ; flour per bbl. 2s. ; turpentine per 2801bs. 3s. ;
measurement goods per ton 171. 6d. to 30e.; heavy goods,
oil, etc., 255. to 305.; beef per tierce se. 6d. to 6e.; oilcake
per bbl. 3s. To Havre—Cotton, square bales, per lb. tc.;
ashes per ton 8 dole. to 10 dole.; rice 10 dole.; quercitron
hark 10 dole.; measurement goods 10 dole.; whalebone,
fc. to te. per lb.