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London, England, 1852-02-02 00:00:00

MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1852,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jan. 31.
(Before Mr. Commissioner LAW.)
IN RE ERNEST CHARLES /ONES.

This insolvent, the well-known Chartist orator, peti-
tioned under the Protection Act, describing himself as a
barrister-at-law.

The schedule showed consideration debts to the
amount of 8431. The insolvency was stated to be
" owing to my having been deprived of my personal
liberty as a state prisoner for two years, during the
years 1848 to 1850, whereby I was deprived of the
means of pursuing my professional and literary labours,
and I also attribute my insolvency to the heavy expenses
I have been put to consequential on the very severe
illness brought on by my imprisonment, and the very
severe regimen imposed on me during my confinement."
In his balance-sheet the insolvent debited himself with
moneys received as sub-editor of the Northern Star,
newspaper, and as editor of the Labourers' Magazine.
There was also a statement under the date of 1848—
" About this time I was acting as one of the Chartist
delegates, and was in the habit of frequently attending
public meetings, and addressing them on matters con-
nected with their rights and privileges. I was, on the
6th of June, 1848, in this year taken into custody at
the instigation of her Majesty's Government, upon a
charge of using seditious language, for which I was tried
it the Central Criminal Court, on the 10th of July of
this year, and was sentenced to undergo an imprisonment
of two years, which sentence was carried into execu-
tion. During my imprisoment I endured the greatest
privations, arising chiefly from cold, bad diet separate
confinement, the silent system, and the rigorous prison
discipline, which produced a serious illness, from which
lam not now thoroughly recovered. The term of my
imprisonment expired on the 10th of July, 1850. On
obtaining my liberty it became absolutely necessary that
I should go into the country to recruit my health and
gain strength, for the means of doing which I am in-
debted to the voluntry aid of my friends." In the list
of creditors Mr. Charles Kean, the tragedian, was entered
as a creditor for 251., money lent and interest. The in-
solvent also stated that he petitioned the Bankruptcy,
Court as an insolvent debtor in January, 1846, and ob-
tained a final order of protection. His debts were then
9,7431. 13s. 4d., still unpaid.
Mr. Dowse appeared to-day in support of the petition,
and a creditor named Jackson opposed.
Mr. Commissioner LAW, upon examining the sche-
dule, said, this is a protection petition. I am told by the
papers that there is a protection petition still pending.
What am I to do?
Mr. Dowse—l am afraid, Sir, you will do that which
you have been accustomed to do in all previous cases of
this kind—consider that you have no jurisdiction. I
have told my client of the decisions of this Court, and
that this petition must be dismissed. It was filed through
a misapprehension of the law.
Mr. Commissioner LAW—Then there is nothing more
to be said. I see a statement about property, but it is
not necessary to read it, because whatever property this
party has, it belongs to the official assignee of the Bank-
ruptcy Court.
The petition was then dismissed.

POLICE INTELLIG'ENCE,
MANSION-HOUSE.
Henry Cromwell, who has undergone several examine
..ons upon charges made against him by wine merchants
of having defrauded them. was brought before the Lord
Mayor and Alderman Wilson for final examination.
Great numbers of the prisoner's customers were present.
Alderman WILSON said, the prisoner had written a
letter to the magistrate complaining of rigorous treat-
ment experienced by him from the policeman who had
apprehended him, and wished to be further informed
upon the subject.
The prisoner said the officer had thought proper, con-
trary to all precedent, to put irons upon his hands on
his way from the Mansion-house to the Compter after
the last examination.
Wardle, the policeman who had the care of the pri-
soner, said—l was obliged to handcuff the prisoner, be-
cause I knew that he would do everything he could to
escape from me. He would not let me put a hand
upon him, or walk with him, and I know his object was
to get away.
Alderman WlLSON—Prisoner, we are very sorry
when the police are obliged to resort to such measures
for the safe custody of those whom they apprehend,
but if you had escaped this man would have been sus-
pended.
Wardle—My dismissal from the force would cer-
tainly have been the consequence, and everybody who
knows the prisoner is convinced that he would have
taken every advantage. He would not allow me to take
him by the arm, so I was obliged to secure his hands.
The prisoner—Well, I would much rather go in
irons than condescend to go arm-in-arm with a po-
liceman.
Wardle—He wanted to stop at a public-house to take
a glass of ale with a person who stood at the door of it,
and who would most probably have assisted him to es-
cape, if I had been fool enough to permit it.
The prisoner—Well, if I am to be sent for trial, the
sooner the better. I would greatly prefer a jury to this
sort of humbug, and I shall soon make it appear to them
that everything that has been done towards me has net
only been harsh but illegal.
The evidence in several of the cases against the pri-
soner was then read over by the chief clerk.
The prisoner—NoW, if I had effected sales for these
people (the prosecutors) there would have been none of
this sort of persecution, for I shall make it plain to the
jury, to their shame, that it is nothing but persecution.
But I could not effect sales with spurious articles, for
the publicans are too wide awake to be done by such an
imposition.
When the prisoner was asked whether he wished to
sign the statement which he had made in answer to the
first charge, he said, " Not I. How do I know what I
may be signing? It may be my death warrant, for what
I know."
When the evidence in four separate cases of fraud and
one of embezzlement had been read,
The prisoner said—l dare say you can, in the case of
an unsuccessful man, easily get up 200 or 300 cases
against him, especially if the police run about to get
them up, as this officer has been doing. All these things
are concocted against me.—(Loud laughter.) I'll show
% the jury that all those who have appeared against me
are perjured. There are several of the fellows I never
laid my eyes upon before; and those I do know tried to
get me to do their dirty work, and they now come like
locusts to endeavour to destroy me.
Wardle—ln every quarter in which the prisoner ap-
:% peered ho has been sure to take in coffee-houses, public-
,% houses, beer shops, grocers' shops, and even private
houses. He has done everybody he came near out of
so
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d not been apprehended I would
have paid all my debts; and what he speaks of are
debts, and nothing else. But I have been obliged to
give up my situation in consequence of this impertinent
interruption to my business.—(Laughter.)
The prisoner was then committed to Newgate for
trial.

DEPUTATIONS TO LORD J. RUSSELL
Deputations from the parishes of Marylebone and
St. Paneras waited upon Lord John Russell on Sa-
turday at the Treasury, for the purpose of laying
before his Lordship the views of those two extensive
districts on the subject of extramural interments, and
to suggest such arrangements as appeared to them
most advisable for carrying out this object. The pa-
rish of Sr. Pancras was represented by Sir Benjamin
Hall, M.P. ; Mr. Baker and Mr. Pierce, cburchwar.
dens ; Mr. W. D. Cooper, Mr. Brettingham, Mr.
Healey, Mr. Turner, Mr. Glover, Dr. Gregory, Mr.
T. H. Smith, and Mr. Billett. The deputation from
the parish of Marylebone consisted of Lord Dudley
Stuart, M.P.; Mr. Soden, Mr. Nicholay, Mr. D'lf-
fanger, jun., Dr. Russell, r. A. Daniell, Mr. Swaine,
and dr. Poland.
Both the deputations were ushered into his Lord-
ship's presence at the same time. Lord John Russell
received them very courteously, and invited the lead-
ing members to be seated near the table. Sir George
Grey entered the room while the deputation were
discussing the question, but took no part in the pro-
ceedings.
Mr. GREENWELL, the vestry-clerk of the parish of
Marylebone, then read the memorial as follows :
" To the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, First Lord of
the Treasury, the Memorial of the Vestrymen of the
Parish of Marylebone.
" Showeth,—That under the provisions of a certain
Act of Parliament, made and passed in the 13th and
14th years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled
An Act to make better provision for the interment of
the dead in and near the metropolis,' certain powers
were given to the General Board of Health to act in the
execution of that Act, and from time to time to provide
burial-grounds of sufficient extent for the decent inter-
ment of all persons dying within the metropolitan burial
district.
" That the present state of tho metropolitan yards ge-
nerally is disgraceful to this country as a
in-
jurious to public health, and subversive of the morals of
the people.
t Act, above re-
" That the provisions of the Intermenb
the powers to
nutwn,
ferred to, have not been carriedi outs y
your memorial-
whom they were intrusted (main Yule of the incompe-
ists humbly conceive, in conseq
tferonmcy'he euvnabated, but continue to
to remedy, not only remain
Localofa control); and
toudsuewealhwicihthitawmaastpterropaopsaerdt
immediate and effective
call for the adoptio_
lintenod to their permanent removal.
increase with the increaf sesuocfbpopulation, and now loudly
proceedings as will
"That your memorialists have hitherto provided their
consideration for the -
own burial-grounds and regulated the interment of their
of the parishioners at large.
t your memorialists, therefore, humbly pray your
Lordship to bring a Bill early in the next session of
dheeedenvitiirthe saatdisefeactio.n
Parliament, allowing parochial authorities to purchase
Bites for extramural interment under local control, and
establishing such a scale of fees and charges as may be
sufficient to carry out the object.
" And your memorialists will ever pray, &e."
Mr. BARER said the parish of St. Pancras had a
similar petition to present to his Lordship.
Mr. BRETTINGHAM then read the memorial.
Mr. NICHOLAY had been requested by the deputa-
tion from the parish of Marylebone to state their
views. They were extremely anxious that the Go-
vernment should bring in a proper measure on the
subject; but they were anxious also that there should
be some control in the hands of the parish in car-
rying out its provisions. The local authorities were,
they believed, the fit parties for that purposP,
that
d
' they objected—and he had no hesitation in saying
they strongly objected—to any measure of centrerza-
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tiou which would place the affairs in the hands of a