The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-06 00:00:00

PEERS DECEASED IN 1851.

brother, Hon. Richard Hoba xt " Fitzgibbon, `present and
33 Earl.
September 12. John, Earl of Donoughmore, succeeded
by his eldest son, Richard, V Lis :,ount Suirdale, present and
4th Earl.
September 26. George, L( in 3 Calthorpe, succeeded by
his brother, Hon. Frederick : Calthorpe Gough, present
and 4th Lord.
October 3. Charles Cecil C ape, Earl of Liverpool, dying
without issue, his titles are tztinet.
October 1. Henry Viscou vr, Bolingbroke, succeeded by
his eldest son, lion. Henry ,St. John, present and sth
Viscount.
October 4. George Willis m, Lord Stafford, succeeded
by his eldest son, Hon. He my Valentine Stafford Jer-
ningham, present and')th L. ird.
November 12. William, I (cod de Blaquiere, succeeded
by his eldest son, lion. Joh ade Blaqulere, present and
4th Lord.
November 18. Ernest At igustus, Duke of Cumber-
land (King of Hanover), succeeded by his only son,
George, Prince Royal of Ha uover, now Duke of Cumber-
land in England, and King at Hanover.
December 4. Thomas, E Lrl of Suffolk, succeeded by
his eldest son, Charles John 'Viscount Andover, present
an

Ld 17th Earl.
Also the following eldest eons of peers died during
she past year:—Viscount Ali Pc ,rd, son of Earl Brownlow;
Lord Burghorsh, son of the '4l of Westmoreland; Lord
Dalmeney, of Rosebery; Viscount
Newry,alsae
taya,n saofnthoef
Earl
ofE aKV
raorey.

SEABORN E MAILS.
[ll algnifles that the mails are le at front the General Post-office
by the night—and Mby the morn it B—dispatch.]

' When m a; ie up is : From what
PLACES. When
General) ?c It-office port (ills-
Lot ill m. patched.
_ ...- ......_
America (by Brit. pkt.)N Jan 9 .• .. Liverpeel... Arrived
America (by U.S. pkt.) N Jan. 6 .. .. Liverpool -• Jan. 21
America (by IT.S. pkt.) Mi •• .. Southampt. Jul. 9
Africa (West coast)• • N,l4th of tl to month plyntosth Jan. 3
Alexandria* •••• • • • • Ni.„.,,
19th it 31,U lof mo. Dover • • Jan. 18
Belgium • • • • •• 5 '''''Y •• •• •• Dover .. Daily
Brazil .. • • .. M 9th of the month Sonthampt. Jan. 16
cßlen oornis Ayres .. .. 31!9th of the. month Soathampt. Jan. 18
viaChagree) 2,1,2 d & 17th 01 e montblSouthampt. Jan. 5
if
Cape of Good Hope Nll4th of it c, ith Plymouth.. Jas. 3
Constantinople* .. •• N, 7th 17th 271h0f mo Dover .. Jam. 10
Central America .. 2112 d & 17th o f Rion.
.. .. Nihon., Southampt.,Jaa. 5
.
Channel Isles We' 1., & Fri. SouthamPt. ' Ts. Th. Sat
chili
..
.. .. M 17th of th a month ISouthampt. Jan. 20
Franco .. .. M & N.Twice dal I
2• • .. Dover .. Twicedaily
Greece* •• .. .. N!7thl7th27 thof mo 'Dover .. Jan. 10
liambargh .. • • NlTllesdaY & • Friday ,London .. Taco. sat.
Holland .. .. .. MlWednes. 2
• t Satan Loudon .. Mes. Thur
Honduras .. .. . Nll7th of the mouth Sonthampt. Jan. 21)
Ireland .. .. MSD NI Twice dai, y.. .. ' Holyhead • • Twicedaily
India (via Southamp.) 31,20 th of th a month Sonthampt. Jf 1, 23
India (viaMszseilles) Ni ethlt 24th if month Dover • • Jan. 11
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) •• 2d 20th of the; monthlSontharapt. Jan. 23
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) .. .. N Bth&24th( i month Dover • • ,Jan• 18
Mexico .. .. .. M 2cl of the r 2. ;nth .. I Southampt. !Jan. 5
Madeira • • .. .. M 9th of the r,onth 'Southampt. !Jan. 16
Malta* .. .. 7th,l7th,li. rt.S,27th 1° D yer 'Jan. 10
I &30th of month 1
Naples* .. • • • • Nisth 15th 25 ri ofm• Dover .. Jan. 12
Papal States* .. .. N511115th25 cl ;of mo Dover • . Jas. 12
Peninsular.. • • .. II 7thl7th 27 :t of mo Southampt. Jan. 6
Peru • • .. .. •• M 17th of the n ;oath 15outhampt.1Jan. 20
Tuscany* .. .. • • N sth 15 th 25' 23 of mo' Dover . • Jan. 12
West Indies .. .. 21;17th of the rx ;oath Sonthampt. Jan. 20
West Indies (except 1
Havanna & Nassau) AI 2d of the m 4; ith .. Southampt. Jan. 5
* The mails to those c ountries th ai ; marked (*) are conveye4 by
French packet via Marseilles.
The direct Havre mail from Londo a via Southampton during this
month will be made up three times a. week only, instead of dail.r.
CALIZORNIA. —Mails to and from C a, .iforma, via the United btato.;
are now despatched and due by every , tmerican ;make

LAW INTELE,IGENCE.
INSOLVENT DEBToNs' COURT, Jan. 5.
(Before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS.)
IN THE MATTER OF LECONABD COLLINS.
This case, before reported,
wag further heard • Mr.
Way appeared as counsel for a.
person named Fobigg
and wife.
The complaint was a breac'h
of trust. The insol-
vent was co-trustee with a peieion named Martindale
for the opposing creditor an cl his wife. Stock to
about 6001. was sold out to be: lent to the insolvent,
on good security. He said Ma r tindale objected to the
security he offered and kept this money. He was not
6
now to be found. He adulate, I that he had borrowedo/. of Martindale since the :xioney was sold out of
the funds. The question was whether the insolvent
had in the part he had taken committed a breach of
trust.
Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS was of opinion that
the insolvent had committed a breach of trust. Since
h
the case was before the Court on the former occasion,
had taken the opinion of on e of the other Commis-
sioners, and he concurred with. him in his view of the
who had been a cadet
case. He would consider the judgment he should
GRIFFIN.
pronounce.—Judgment defers ed.
IN
ss
toTrrivaEe
nn MATTERt,a y
serviceou
inngOriii
ary, applied under the
in ThetheAli
Protection Act. There was ao opposition ; Mr. Sar-
good supported.
It appeared that the insolvent and another person
made a bill for 251. to raise money for their mutual
iDn:ARD
accommodation. It was plan's(' in the hands of a per-
son to be discounted, but no money was obtained, and
it was now in the hands of a. third party, who had
threatened to sue him on it. He had therefore in-
serted him as a creditor in his schedule.
Mr. Commissioner I'HILIPII thought the bill in
question would preclude him from naming a day for a
tin al order.
Mr. SARGOOD submitted thist it was not what was
generally termed an accommodation bill. It was
sought to raise money on a bill, and it had not been
obtained.
In answer to the Learned Commissioner, :the insol-
vent said he expected to pay the bill by money from
his father. He had Oxford debts in his schedule. His
father had paid 1,7001. of debts contracted whilst he
was at Oxford, and the parties now in his schedule
had omitted to send in their accounts, or they would
have been paid.
Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS asked him what allow-
ance his father made him when he was at Oxford ?
The insolvent said 300/. a year.
Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS--And pray how long
were you there ?—The insolvent said three years.
Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS—And besides the
allowance of 3001. a year your father paid 1,7001. for
debts contracted in that period ?—The insolvent an-
swered affirmatively.
He further stated, in answer to the Court, that be
University in 1643,
entered the when he was 19.
There were people who gave him credit, and he was
led away. lie went " too fast," as it was called.
Mr. SARGOOD said it was his own fault.
Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS thought it was not his
own fault. It was the system of credit at the place.
He had contemplated the schedules of Oxford debts
with horror. lie Was quite amazed that the heads of
Colleges had not stopped the system. Since he had
had the first case before him, he had heard of eight or
nine instances of clergymen in the Church of England
who were now struggling to pay debts contracted in
their minority. It was high time there was some
enactment on the subject.
The insolvent, in answer to further questions, said
his father was a clergyman with an income of about
1,0001. a year. He was the only son, and there were
three daughters.
Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPs said it
seemed to him
that young men went to Oxford to get initiated into
debt—that seemed to be the education
they got at
Oxford.
A creditor applied to be assignee.
He was an
Oxford creditor, and had lent money. He lent money
at 30 per cent.
His Hortoua thought a person lending money at 30
per cent. was not a person to be appointed
assignee.
The case was adjourned, for the Learned Commis-
sioner to consult another Comm' •
issioner on the point
1 on the bill of exchange mentioned.

January 12. Henry Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, suc-
ceeded
by his eldest son, Henry, Earl of Lincoln, present
and sth Duke.
January 17. Spencer Joshua Alwyne, Marquis of
Northampton, succeeded by his eldest son, Charles Earl
of Compton, present and 3d Marquis.
January 17. raalyn Reginald Serb°, Marquis of
Hastings, succeeded by his only brother, Lord Henry
Rawdon Hastings, present and 4th Marquis.
February 8. Nicholas, Lord Bexley, dying, s.p., his
title is extinct.
February 26. Henry, Lord Berners, succeeded by his
only surviving son, Hon. Henry William Wilson, pre-
sent Lord Bernera.
March 3. Charles, Earl of Harrington, dying without
male issue, ho was succeeded by his brother, Hon.
Leicester Fitzgerald Charles Stanhope, present and sth
Earl.
March 4. Philip, Lord de Lisle and Dudley, succeeded
by his only son, Hon. Philip Fouslis Sidney, present and
2d Lord
March.
15. John, Earl of Meath, succeeded by his
Lord Brabazon, present and 11th
eldest son, William,

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
Henry Allen surrendered to take his trial for wilful
and corrupt perjury.
Mr. Clarkson prosecuted ; and Mr. Parry was
counsel for the defendant.

The Learned Comeau, in the course of his
opening speech for the prosecution, observed, that the
cent alteration in the lay,
charge against the defendant was the result of a re-
civil proceeding were allowed to give evidence on
their own behalf, and the jury, when they bad heard
the evidence he should Iv before them, would, he
feared, have no alternative but to come to the con-
clusion that the defend
giving evidence in -ant uon the occasion of his
by which the parties in a
Countybeer-shop
eCr
-osuhrotp,
had attempted to defeat a just claim upon him by
wilful and deliberate Perjury.
that the defendant hathdek:pt
Evidence was then adduced, from which it appeared
in Great Wild-street, and that he had been in the
habit of purchasing the patent fuel manufactured by
a Mr. Walstab, and in
December last he was sum-
moned to the Westminster County Court for a stun
of 1/. is. Bd. for wond that had been furnished
to him in the month of a coal-shedWestminster
December, 1850. When the
hearing took w
D!
place witnesses were examined who
proved that the defendant had ordered the fuel, that it
was delivered to him at his shop, and that he signed the
delivery-book acknowledging its receipt, and also that
when he was applied to shortly afterwards for the
amount, he said he would look over the bill, and pay
it the next time the collector called. In answer to
this case, the defendant himself was sworn, and he
then gave evidence, denying all knowledge of the
transaction, declaring that he had never ordered or
received the fuel, and that he bad never seen the per-
sons who had been examined as witnesses to prove the
debt. The judge of the County Court decided in
favour of the claim, and ordered the defendant to pay
the debt and costs forthwith, and be at the same time
directed that an indictment for' perjury should be pre-
ferred against the defendant. All the witnesses that
bad been called in the County Court were now ex-
amined, and the evidence given by the defendant was
likewise put in, establishing the facts above narrated.
Mr. PARRY, in addressing the jury for the defence,
complained that his Learned Friends should have
described the case as being the result of the recent
alteration in the law, which enabled parties to be
witnesses in their owu mile) And said it Appeared as

is29e.xteinhcatr.YlaChristopher,
Earl.
Hon. George Keppel,
•neat brother,
Frederick, Earl of Albemarle,
succeeded by his n
present
c hiha
brotherni 1251. ..
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lArtrentinuhorEgoynintla.sratl:u. 8
, present and idieutenant-General Henry °may
i'revor, ' 92d Lord.
_orLdorLangdale, late Master of the
April 30. lienroaLord Montford, dying without issue,
eldest son Richard, Viscount BerehaYen, present and 2d
March 2. Richard, Earl of Bantry, succeeded by his
Ihßaiotle'ltlsiPitlroedirlYdilaCg'iiilllor of
Earl of Bantry.
't
issue, his title is extinct.
Italy, succeeded by his eldest son, Charles Edward,
Viscount Crowhurst, present and 2d Earl. fpCieotrtatesnahnatam:
May 14. James, Viscount Strathallan, succeeded by
his eldest son, mmond, present
and 9th Viicoant.
Hon. William Henry Dru
June 2. Copley, Earl of Shaftesbury, succeeded by his
England,
dEieadrlsot
eldest son, Anthony, Lord Ashley, present and 7th Earl.
Jane 10. Robert, Viscount Melville succeeded by his
eldest son, Hon. Colonel Sir Henry Dundits, 1C.C.8., pre-
sent and 3i Viscount. . . _ - •

June 30. Edward, Earl of Derby, succeeded by his
eldest son, Edward Geoffrey, Lord Stanley, present and
14th Earl.
July 14. Charles William, Earl of Charleville, suc-
ceed, d by his eldest son, Charles William George, Lord
TUII9MOre, present and 3d Earl.
august 18. John, Earl of Clare, succeeded byhia only

though he would almost have it inferred ti iat such a
thing as perjury was unheard of before the oassing of
this law. It was not for him to place his humble
opinion in opposition to that of his Learned, Friend,
who had had so much more experience and. know.
ledge, but he could not help stating that it appeared
to him that a more wise, sensible, and rational Act
of Parliament than the one in question bed never
been passed, and that it removed a very great stigma
from the law of England, and was the meaan of ena-
bling many persons to obtain their rights who other-
wise never could have done so. The Learned Counsel
then proceeded to remark upoa the facts of the case,
contending that it was possible there was some mis-
take in the matter, and that it was not at all probable
that a person of good character, such as be should
show them the defendant was, would delibera'mly per-
jure himself for such a trifling amount.
Some witnesses were called for the defence, to
show that the signature in the delivery-book was not
the prisoner's handwriting, but their evidence was
very far from establishing the fact. They all, how-
ever, gave him a very good character.
The Learned JUDGE, in summing up, said it was
no part of his duty, or that of the jury, to discuss the
policy or impolicy of the law which permitted persons
to be witnesses iu their own cause, but it was per-
fectly clear that, while the law gave persons in that
position the right to appear as witnesses, it was the
duty of all to take care that any wilful deviation from
the truth should be punished in a manner likely to
prevent a repetition of the offence. His Lordship
then proceeded to call the attention of the jury to the
principal points in the case, and said it was for them
to decide whether or not the defendant had been
proved to have deliberately sworn that which lie knew
to be false.

The jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty,
but recommended the defendant to mercy on account
of his previous good character. Sentence was post-
poned.
Thomas East, 21, pleaded guilty to three indict-
ments charging him with embezzlement.
The prisoner was in the service of Messrs. Staples,
the proprietors of the Albion Tavern, in Aldersgate-
street, as clerk. It was his duty to pay the servants
and make other disbursements, and money was given
to him for that purpose ; and it appeared that for a
considerable time he had been in the habit of keeping
back and appropriating to his own use a portion of
the money so intrusted to him, the whole amount of
his defalcations being over 1001. since May last.
He was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to
hard labour for 12 months.

John Cook, 20, pleaded guilty to an indictment
charging him with stealing two pewter pots, and to
another charge of feloniously stabbing and wounding
Charles Jacobi, a police-constable, with intent to
prevent his apprehension.
In answer to questions put to the officer Jacobi by
the Court, he stated that the prisoner was given into
custody for stealing a pot from a public-house, and he
walked with him quietly for a short distance; when
he suddenly stopped and drew a knife from his pocket
and stabbed him with it in the breast. It appeared
that the prisoner used such force as to cause the knife
to pass through the constable's greatcoat and all his
other clothing, and the point of the blade entered
his breast and slightly injured the lung. It also ap-
peared that upon another constable coming up to the
assistance of the prosecutor, the prisoner also attempted
to stab him, and cut through his clothes in two or
three places.
The prisoner was aentened to be transported for
seven years.
Margaret Tennent, 38, was charged with feloniously
wounding Peter Burrell, with intent to do him
grievous bodily harm.
The prosecutor, an old man, stated that he got his
living by having a coffee-stall uring the night in the
negbbourhood of Cheapside. On the Ist of Decem-
ber, about one o'clock in the morning, he was stand-
ing as usual at his stall, when the prisoner came up
to him, and, on his saying to her, " Oh, you are
there I see," she attacked him with r poker, and
struck him several violent blows on the head. He

felt that he was very much injured and went to the
hospital, where be had remained until last Friday.
In answer to questions that were put by the Court
the prosecutor said that he was a married man with a
family, but that he had deserted his own wife and had
cohabited with the prisoner, who was a married
woman, for several years. He also admitted that she
had left her husband at his solicitation.

The prisoner made a long statement in her own de-
fence, asserting that she bad been treated with the
utmost cruelty by the prosecutor, and she also said
that shortly before the night in question the prose-
cutor had told her that he would drive her to do some-

thing that should send her out of the country or cause
her to lose her life. He had left her without money or
food, and she had not a single article left upon which
she could raise a farthing, and it was under these
circumstances that she had been driven to commit the
assault.

The RECORDER, in summing up, said that the
case presented a melancholy picture of profligacy,
end the uiNery resulting trom it. It was evident
that the prosecutor had conducted himself in a most
disgraceful manner, but this was no justification for
the act committed by the prisoner, and the only ques-
tions for the jury were whether she had committed
the assault with the more serious intention imputed
to her by the indictment, or whether the circum-
stances would justify them in coming to the conclu-
sion that she had only committed the minor offence of
unlawfully wounding, without the felonious intent.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty of unlawfully
wounding the prosecutor.
The RECORDER respited the judgment, and he at
the same time told the prosecutor that he had brought
it all upon himself by his own misconduct, and he
would therefore not be allowed any expenses.

DEW COURT.
(Before the Commori SERGEANT.)
Thomas AI-Pherson, 49, and Charles H.pkins, 41,
tailors, were indicted for embezzling and stealing the
moneys of John Varley, their master.
Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Poland prosecuted, and Mr.
Woollett defended.

The case against the prisoners was this :—The pro-
secutor is a tailor carrying on two large ready-made
establishments, one in Tottenham-court-road, and an-
other in the Edgeware-road. In July, 1849, Hop-
kins came into his service at a salary of 11. 15s. a week,
and 5 per cent. upon all custom that he brought to the
firm, but it was subsequently arranged that Hopkins
should have 21. a week, and no per-tentage allowed.
In the June of 1850 Al'Pherson came into prosecu-
tor's employ, being recommended by Hopkins, and he
was also to have the same per-centage as Hopkins had
been allowed, the prosecutor distinctly telling them
that all the business they did was to be done in pro-
secutor's name. The prisoner's remained in his ser-
vice until the autumn in the past year, when, there
being a number of outstanding debts, the prosecutor
went over his books, and, upon making inquiry, dis-
covered that those debts which had been set down to
the prisoners' orders had been all paid, as also several
sums due to the prosecutor from customers wholly irre-
spective of the prisoners. They were in consequence
taken before Mr. Long, the magistrate, who gave
it as his opinion that the offence was not one of em-
bezzlement. The prosecutor then took the opinion of
counsel, and the result was that the prisoners were
summoned to again appear before the magistrate and
answer a fresh charge, but, the prosecutor having to
employ another solicitor, some time elapsed before
they were again charged, and in the interim Miner-
son brought an action against the prosecutor for false
imprisonment, laying the damages at 661.; but on
their again appearing they were committed for embez-
zlement and conspiracy. Independently of the em-
bezzlement, it was clearly shown that prosecutor's
goods had been made up and sold by the prisoners to
their own private customers, and some memoranda
found by the police showed an account of the division
of the money between the prisoners.
Mr. WOLLETT having addressed the jury,
They, after a few minutes' deliberation, returned a
verdict of Guilty.
The COMMON-SERGEANT ordered them to be im-
prisoned for twelve months.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE
MANSION-HOUSE.
Arnold Gerber, William Wagner, Pulp Kessler,
and Solomon Krakauer, Germans, were brought be-
fore the Lord Mayor, in custody of Spittle and Jar-
vis City officers, charged, the first with having ut-
tered a forged cheque for 3401., the others with having
been concerned in forging the document, with intent
to defraud the London and Westminster Bank.
Mr. George Tozer, cashier in the London and
Westminster Bank, St. James's square, said—l pro-
duce a cheque for 340/., which was presented for pay-
ment at the bank about the 20th December. It is
dated the 19th of December, 1851, purports to be
drawn by Selim Dean and Co., and is made payable
to Mr. J. Sims. I believe that the prisoner Gerber
was the person who presented it. I was not
quite satisfied as to the accuracy of the signa-
ture, and referred it to one of my fellow-clerks,
the person who presented it remaining in the bank.
lie had stated to me that he would have the amount
in ten 20/. notes and the rest in gold. Subst quently
Mr. Dean, by whom the cheque purported to be
drawn, was communicated with, and Gerber was
given into custody upon the charge of having uttered
the cheque, knowing it to be a forged instrument.
Gerber—That is all quite correct.
_ .

Webb, sergeant of the C division of Metropolitan
Police, said—l apprehended the prisoner Gerber at
the London and Westminster Bank, at 11 o'clock on
the 20th of December. He was given into my cus-
tody for uttering this cheque, and, after having been
detained three days, was discharged by the magistrate
at Marlborough. street. I found upon him a paper re-
lating to the insertion of an advertisement in the
Morning Advertiser, and also a letter calling upon
him to meet a gentleman named Sims, at Osmond's

Sarah Dunk, waitress at O.mond'a coffee-house, in
the Strand, said—A fortnight ago last Friday a man
came into the coffee-room and ordered a chop. The
prisoner Wagner is the person. He said "If any one
asks for Mr. Sims send him to me." After he finished
his chop, and nobody had called, he told me to bring
him a sheet of paper. fle then wrote on a slip of
paper and handed it to me, saying, "If any one in-
quires for Mr. Sims give him that." The paper con-
tains the words, " Mr. Sims has been waiting."
Wagner then went away. About ten minutes after-
wards the prisoner Gerber came in and asked for Mr.
Sims, and I gave him the slip of paper, which he read,
and, thanking me, took it away with him.
Cross-examined by Wagner—Had you any doubt
as to my identity when I first went into the coffee.
room with the officer? Witness—l saw no particu-
lar mark by which I could identify you, any more
than your general person. I did not know you at
first when you were brought in, for your hat was on,
hut when you passed the bar and took off your hat
I recognised you. I was asked by the officer
whether I knew you, and I said I believed you to be
the man.
Wagner—Did you recognise me while I was sit-
ting near the officer till the officer made some remark
to you ? Witness—l did not recognise you till the
officer said to me, "Do you know this man ?" 1
said, "I believe him to be the man." I never asked
you if you had been in the house before, and had
given a card_ Mr. Oennot,d, the proprietor, asked the
question.
Wagner—lf this slip of paper is what you said I
left with you, where is the remainder of the sheet ?
Witness—lt was left in the room.
Gerber (to the witness)—ls this man (pointing
to Wagner) the Mr. Sims who gave you the piece
of paper fur me ? Witness—l believe that person to
be the same.
Gerber—My Lord, this is not the man I saw at
the Duke of York's monument.
Wagner—The prisoner who has just spoken knows
well that I was not the person.
Robert Badcock, City policeman—l have taken
notes of all that occurred to my knowledge, relative
to the prisoners, and have dates of all the transac-
tions. From information which I had received in the
beginning of December, 1 was employed with Jarvis,
the officer, to watch the movements of Krakauer and
Wagner. Here the witness gave the dates of a num-
ber of occasions upon which he had seen Wagner and
Krakauer together, and excited no small degree of
surprise at the skill and perseverance with which
the pursuit from place to place was conducted.
The witness also stated that he had seen Kessler
frequently go into Waguer's house in Long-acre,
at the side door.
This witness, upon his cross-examination by Mr.
Wright, for Kessler, particularized several occasions
on which he had seen Kessler enter Wagner's house,
and said that the visits were so frequent as to lead to
the inference that Kessler lived in the house. Wit-
ness had reasons for not taking any of the prisoners
into custody while they were meeting.
Inspector Teague (of the City force), who has the
case in hand, requested the Lord Mayor would re-
mand the prisoners for a week, and stated that he had
reason to believe, from information which he had re-
ceived, that he should be able to connect all the per-
sons at the bar with the forgery of the chope for 3401.
upon the London and Westminster Bank.
Mr. Tilson, on behalf of the London Joint-Stock
Bank, said, he had reason to believe that he should b 3
able to show a connexion between the person now in
prison under the charge of having uttered a forgery
upon that establishment and the prisoners.
Mr. Wright submitted that there was not sufficient
evidence to justify the remand of Kessler, his client,
who was a person of well-known respectability.
The LORD MAYOR said, he considered the case cal-
culated to affect this great commercial community ;
quite enough had been shown to justify a remand of
all the prisoners, and he could not for a moment think
of taking bail to any amount for any one of them.—
The prisoners were then remanded for a week.
GUILDHALL.
John Barker, alias Murphy, was again placed at
the bar before Mr. Alderman Copeland upon the
charge of conspiring with others not in, custody in
obtaining goods of Mr. Brock, of Bartlett Ts-buildings,
to the value of upwards of 3001., by means of frau-
dulent representations.
Mr. Lewis attended for the prosecution, and stated
that, in addition to the charge of conspiracy, he in-
tended to charge the prisoner with forgery, in draw-
ing and uttering two bills of exchange for 100/. and
1501. in the name of John Barker, his real name being
Murphy. • person named Alexander Honeyman
had been summoned, but he had sent a parcel of these
identical goods to his solicitor, placing them at the
prosecutor's service, and declining to attend. His
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future day, to prove that the prisoner on his oath at
that court stated his name was John Murphy.—Re-
manded.

CLERKENW ELL.
Mrs. Flanagan, the wife of Henry Martin Flanagan,
who was charged with obtaining 11.35. 6d. under false
pretences from a Mrs. White, to whom he represented
that he was a clerk to Mr. Horry, the barrister, at-
tended before Mr. Tyrwhitt, who heard the case and
committed the prisoner to Newgate for trial, to state
that her unfortunate husband had perpetrated self-
destruction by keeping his bead down in a pail of
water, and to request that a trifling sum of money
found upon him when he was apprehended
might b e
banded over to her, as she and her family were in
the greatest distress.
Mr. Trawnirr could not make any order upon
the subject, but the poor woman was referred to
Mr. Sergeant Adams, and we
.
money was delivered up to her the
course of the
day.
She is a respectable and evidently an educated
woman, and bears a good character. She was much
affected, and considerable sympathy was manifested
towards her.

coffee-house in the Strand. The latter was to the 'appearance indicated that they had been very grossly
effect that "if A. G. had not already met with an neglected. There were marks of violence on their
engagement, he was to call upon Mr. Sims, at backs and faces, and the lips of the elder child were
Osmoud's coffee-house, and if found to be suitable he cut and swollen. The prisoner was remanded.
would obtain employment." I also found upon him a A poor widow named Mary Sheridan came before
piece of paper containing words to the effect that Mr. Mr. Yardley for the second time to complain of the
Sims had been waiting for him at the coffee-house, conduct of the authorities of the London Hospital,
and requesting that he would meet that gentleman at who had, in opposition to her wishes, and against the
the Duke of York's column. He told me, in answer express desire of her country people and their preju-
to my question from whom he had got the cheque, dices, caused the body of her late husband, Philip
that he had put an advertisement for a situation on the Sheridan, an Irishman, to be dissected. The man died
12th inst. in the Morning Advertiser, that he had re- in the hospital on Sunday, the 28th ult, and when his
ceived the letter in answer, and had accordingly widowapplied for his body for the purpose of " waking"
called at Osmond's coffee-house, and subsequently and burying it, the people in the hospital refueled to
met a gentleman who called himself Mr. Sims at the deliver it to her, and one of the medical gen';lemen
Duke of York's column, by whom, after some con- asked her if she had any objection to the body being
versation, he was sent to the London and Westminster opened. She expressed the very strongest objections
Bank to get cash for the cheque. In the interim to such a proceeding, and said her husband, previous
between the day he was apprehended and the 23d of to his going into the hospital, said he would not on
December, nothing having been ascertained which any consideration have his body opened.
connected Gerber with Mr. Sims, be was discharged. Mr. YARDLEY asked if the body had been delivered
I have since communicated with the City Police upon to the widow ? Mrs. Sheridan—Yes, and buried
the subject. your worship.
The Lone) MAYOR having asked the witness whether Mr. YARDLEY—What do you want m.e to do ?
he had anything to say of the other prisoners? Mrs. Sheridan—l want redress, your worship, for
Webb continued—l saw the prisoner Kessler at his cutting up my husband's body in the way they have
house, a coffee-shop or coffee-house in Cranbourne- done. It was against his wishes. Can they do it ?
street, Leicester-square, in the presence of Mr. Selim Mr. YARDLEY—But, my good woman, it is done,
Dean, and asked him whether he did not go to Mr. and you can't remedy it. It is a pity, I think, you
Dean and get a cheque from that gentleman on the did not consent to it; but I don't wi-h to insult any
12th? He said he did. Mr. Dean then said, in Kess- prejudices you may have on the subject.
ler's presence, that Kessler came into his shop about Mrs. Sheridan—They did it shamefully, your wor-
five in the evening, and asked for the accommodation ship. Can't you punish them for it ?
of a cheque, as it was after post time, for some Ger- Mr. YARDLEY said he had no jurisdiction in the
man notes and French money, which he had got to matter at all. He had no power to interfere.
send to a person living in a street near the City- road, An Officer—lf she goes to the hospital at one
and that the cheque was accordingly given. I told o'clock to-morrow the committee will hear her.
Kessler it was necessary that he should be particular, Mrs. Sheridan (pie-sionately)—Very well; there
and produce the letter from the person who had ap- is no justice here at all for a poor woman. She then
plied to him to get the foreign (aches-Ted for Eog- hurriedly left the court with her friends, who were
lish money. He took down a bundle of letters, greatly excited.
looked them over, and said that he had told Mr.
Dean he could not find the letter, that he must
have destroyed it, and that, having received the
money and sent it to the person who had applied
to him, he did not conceive it to be of any import-
ance. I said to him " Try and tax your memory ; I
must know where' you sent that money to, or
to whom you directed it." He asked what was the
matter? I told him that the cheque which he had re-
ceived from Mr. Dean on the 12th was not offered for
payment till the 16th, and that the cheque which bad
been forged upon the London and Westminster Bank
was a copy, or nearly so, of the one which had been
received by him from Mr. Selim Deau ; that Mr.
Dean said that such was the case, and was prepared
to swear that it was not his usual practice to form
one of the letters as it was formed in that cheque ; that
the formation of the letter in the forgery was precisely
similar to that of the corresponding letter in the cheque
with which Mr. Dean accommodated Kessler; and
that, in fact, Mr. Dean had not signed in that manner
four times in his life. I then asked him, "Now, do
you remember where you sent the money to ?" lie
replied, "I do not. lam very sorry that I destroyed
the letter. I cannot tell whether I sent the cheque to
the City-road, to St. John's-wood, or anywhere else."
I produce the cheque which Mr. Dean gave to Kessler,
and which exactly corresponds with Mr. Dean's de-
scription and with the forged cheque, and I produce
other cheques signed by Mr. Dean according to his
usual practice.
Cross-examined for Kessler by Mr. Wright—
There were four or five persons at Kessler's house
when I went into it. I cannot say anything in his
favour.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.

WOOLWICH, JAN. 3.—Captain Dunlop's company,
7th battalion, were inspected this morning in their
new clothing by Lieutenant-Colonel Thorndike, com-
manding officer of the 7ch battalion, the company
being under orders to proceed to Sheerness by steamer
on January 29, to relieve Captain Nedham's company,
11th battalion, ordered to head-quarters to prepare for
foreign service.

Captain Riddell's company, 6th battalion, have also
been inspected in their new clothing, and are under
orders to proceed to Dover by railway on January 22,
to relieve Major Tulloch's company 11th battalion,
ordered to return to head-quarters preparatory to
their embarkation for foreign service.
Captain Gambier's company, Bth battalion, have
been placed under orders to proceed by railway to
Portsmouth on January 15, to relieve Captain Cheat-
ham's company, 11th battalion, ordered to return to
Woolwich to prepare for foreign service.
A memorandum, dated December 30, 1851, was
sent from the Adjutant General's-office to the offices
of officers commanding bAttalions and corps, request-
ing them to furnish by an early hour on December 31,
a return, prepared with the greatest accuracy, of the
distribution and strength of the Royal Artillery at
present in the United Kingdom.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
The following is the official statement of the quantiti
corn, &c., received in the port of London from the po,
Essex, from the 27th Dec., 1851, to the 3d Jan., 1
both inclusive :

, •
0

;les nt
at& in
1N52,

Colchester
Harwich
Leigh
Dia!don

O Ca

14 15.

39
1-'

650