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TICE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1 S 52.

FRANCE.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—Oct. 28.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

M. Charles Rivet, the Chairman of the Western of
France Railway Company, has addressed the follow-
ing letter to the papers, contradicting the report of
the fusion of that Company with others:-
4 Sir,—Reports circulated at the Bourse for some days
past, and repeated by several journals, would lead to a
belief that a fusion is being negotiated between the
railway companies, the lines of which are to traverse the
west of France and Normandy. The directors of the
Western of France Railway Company consider it to be
a duty they owe to the public and their shareholders, to
declare that those reports are unfounded. Tbey fear to
confirm them by remaining silent, and I pray you in
their name to aid in contradicting them."

OLD COURT.

(Before the Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Justice Cresawell.)
John Lewis, 19, who was convicted on Wednesday of
the crime of manslaughter, was placed at the;bar to re-
ceive judgment.
The Chief Baron, in passing sentence, said that the
jury had taken a very merciful view of the prisoner's
case, and they had acquitted him of the charge of murder,
which was the one originally preferred against him; and
they had also recommended him to mercy, on account of
his good character, and the provocation he had received.
To a certain extent he concurred in the view the jury
had taken of the matter. There was no doubt that,
originally, he had no intention to destroy life, but that
having been continually subjected to insult and annoy-
ance from the deceased and his fellow-workmen in the
shop, he had committed the act under the influence of
sudden excitement; and if he had only made USk3 of his
fists, or any other weapon of offence with which nature
had furnished him, and death had been the re,ult, he
should have considered the case ono which called for

M ANSION-HOUS E.—Giovanni Maraschovi, an
Austrian seamen, was charged by the Austrian Consul
under an Act of Parliament just come into operation,
which enables her Majesty to carry into effect arrange-
ments with foreign powers for the apprehension of sea-
men who desert from their ships when in British ports.
The conduct of the defendant excited some astonish-
ment.

Vincinzo Sapnicb, mate of an Austrian vessel called
the Rosa Maris, now lying in the London Docks, said,
through the medium of an interpreter, the defendant
signed the ship's articles, by which he engaged to navi-
gate the vessel from Constantinople to Venice, in the
course of which voyage she was to touch at certain
ports. Arrived at London he left the ship without con-
sent either of the captain or the mate, and refused to re-
turn, by which conduct he subjected the vessel to great
inconvenience.

The preliminary steps to the formation of an Im-
perial Guard are already taken. The 13th regiment
of Chasseurs and the two squadrons of Guides of the
staff are broken up. A regiment of Guides, of six
squadrons, comprising 63 offi3ers and 1,140 men-
-89 horses for the former, and 960 for the latter—is in
course of formation. The men will be recruited from

The defendant, with fierce gesticulations, swore that
he was determined not to return to the vessol, what-
ever might happen to him. He could accommodate
himself more to his own taste in some other ship, and no
one should attempt to compel him, if ho had any regard
for his life.

the cavalry soldiers of the proper height, with horses
corresponding. Their pay is to be regulated accord-
ing to the tariff of the sth of December, 1840. All
the officers of the 13th regiment of Chasseurs and of
the two squadrons of Guides, now disbanded, are to
be reappointed as soon as possible either in the regi-
ment of Guides or in some other cavalry regiment.
The officers of the 13th regiment of Chasseurs who
cannot find employment in the sub-division of the arm
to which they belong are to receive an indemnity.
The Paris, relates the following curious incident,
which occurred during the passage of the Prince
President through the department of the Deux Sevres.
The mayor of the commune of St. Maixent, thinking
that the review of the morning would be followed by
a breakfast, came to be present at it. He was after-
wards returning to his commune, when he saw the
Prince in his carriage, proceeding towards Saint
Maixent. He then took off his scarf, and waved
it over his head. The Prince, astonished at seeing

little more than nominal punishment. The prisoner,
however, had made use of a knife, a most dangerous
weapon; and in every case where such an instrument was
resorted to, it was impossible that the Court, having re-
gard to the safety and security of human life, could allow
such a case to be passed over without some severity of
punishment. The learned Judge then sentenced the
prisoner to be confined in the gaol of Newgate for nine
menthe.

The Lord Mayor (to the interpreter)—Tell him that
sort of language can have no effect here, and that we
are bound by the law between this country and Austria
to give him up as a deserter.

The defendant said he did not care about any regula-
tions ; that ho was determined to make the moat des-
perate opposition to any person who should attempt to
force him on board ; and that ho neither cared about his
own life nor about the lives of others.

The Lord Mayor then directed the officers to put
handcuffs on the defendant if they found he wqs danger-
ously inclined, and to place him as soon as possible
under the authority of his captain.
Giuseppe Losiah, a seaman on board the same vessel,
was charged with having committed a violent assault
upon the mate on the high seas. The complainant was
anxious that the defendant should be detained, but as
the vessel was to sail next morning, the necessary
evidence could not be produced. It was stated that
Giuseppe Losiah was ten times more formidable than
the former defendant, and that the rest of the crew were
actually in constant dread of his violence.
The defendant said no power on earth should prevail
upon him to return to the vessel he had left. He was
determined to attack all who opposed him.
The Lord Mayor said that as he was prevented from
going into the case from the absence of necessary evi-
dence, he should treat the defendant as a deserter, and
deliver him to the captain to be dealt with according to
the merchant seaman law of Austria.
The defendant was then conveyed on board.

this signal of distress, stopped his horses. Mon--
seigneur," said the mayor, " I was desirous of wit-
nessing the review which you have just passed,
but I had hoped to get back to my commune in
time to receive you, but I see that it is impossible,
for my carriage will not keep up with your post-
horses."—":l beg your pardon, Monsieur le Maim,'
replied the Prince, "it is very possible, for I have a
seat at your service." The mayor got into the car-
riage. They soon saw on the road a number of peo-
ple, in confusion, and a triumphal arch almost aban-
doned. The carriages stopped, and a Garde Cham-
petre approaching, said, "Ah Monseigneur, we are
very unhappy, for we have lost our mayor."—" Be
tranquillised, my good friend,"replied Louis Napoleon,
"for I have brought back your mayor to you.' The
mayor then alighted, and in the name of the com-
mune presented the Prince with a silver reaping-
hook, and conducted him under the triumphal arch,
formed of ploughs and agricultural implements and
produce of different kinds. The Prince expressed
his,A satisfaction, and presented the mayor with a
roleau of gold pieces, td distribute amongst the poor,
and let the place amidst cries of "Vive l'Empereur."
The police have• just arrested the Baron de la B—
on a charge4of having distributed money among the
workmen in the Faubourg St. Antoine, in order to
make them partisans of the Count de Chambord, and
of having used offensive language in speaking of the
Prince President, even to the extent of expressing
regret. at the failure of ,the plat at Marseilles. On
visiting, the lodgings of the prisoner, in the Place
Itoyale, the police found some military weapons, and
a large quantity of political lucubrations.

GUILDHALL.—SamueI Michallis, of 131, Bunhill-
row, and Jacob liyams, of 130, Petticoat-laue, general
dealers, were charged, the former with robbing Mr.
Baumann, of 25, London-wall, cap manufacturer, of
property to a very large amount, consisting of cloth,
velvet, and cap trimmings, and the latter with receiving
the said property knowing it to have been stolen.
Jobn Mark Bull, one of the City detective police, said
that in consequence of information he received a fort-
night ago from Mr. Baumann, in whose employ
the prisoner Michallis was as cutter and foreman,
ho watched him in company with another officer,
and on Wednesday night, a little past eight o'clock,
he saw him leave his employer's and proceed
across Fore-street to Milton-street, where he met
the prisoner Hyams. Before they entered into con-
versation they both looked cautiously around several
times. In a few minutes they parted, and Michallis
went to 131, Bunhill-row, where he lived, Hyaena fol-
lowing him. When Hyams got to Bunhill-row, he
walked to and fro in front of the house for ten minutes,
when the officers lost sight of him suddenly. Soon after
they saw him come out of Michallis's house with a car-
pet-bag, which was now produced. He went up Chis-
well-street to Finsbury-square at a rapid pace, when he
was overtaken by the officers, who asked him what he
had in his bag; to which at . first he made no answer,
but on being told that they were detective officers, after
some hesitation he said it contained cloth. On being asked
from whom he received it, ho again hesitated, but said,
if the officers would go back with him to Bunhill-row, he
would show them; that his name was Hyams, and that
he lived in Middlesex-street. At the station ho told
the inspector that he received the bag from Michallis,
but that he did not know for whom ho worked, but he
believed he was in the cap line ; that he did not know
whathe was to pay for the goods, as he was to meet Mi-
challis later in the evening. He gave up the key of the bag
to witness, who found it to contain two pieces of cloth,
four pieces of velvet, two pieces of glazed calico, six
pieces of leather, two pieces of dark ribbon, and a piece
of tape. He was subsequently asked, in the presence of
Michallis, if he was the man who gave him the bag, and
he said "Yes, he was."

In cross-examination by Mr. Lewis, who appeared for
the prisoner, Hyams, the witness said that Hyams' an-
swers were found to be correct, and that tho house in Bun-
hill-row was a respectable one.
Mr. Lewis said he could not resist a remand in this
case, but he would apply for Hymns to be admitted to
bail.

Sir It. W. Carden said—Nothing you can say, Mr.
Lewis, will induce me to accept bail; for this is one of
those cases that the magistrates are ever anxious to en-
tertain when brought under their notice, and for my
own part I would very willingly let off the thieves if I
could make sure of convicting the receivers.
The prisoners were then remanded till Wednesday
next. _ _ _

From a statement subsequently made by the officer
Packman, it appeared that the property found in
Hyams' home formed a much larger stock than was
required in that business, and consisted of large quanti-
ties of ribbons, buttons, leather, coloured and plain,
black leather for hat-linings, waterproof canvas, serges,
and sewing silk, three-fourths of which ho believed to
have been stolen, as he found some concealed behind a
knife-board in the cellar or kitchen, and other portions
crammed into every hole and corner in the house.

CLERKENWELL.—James Phair, a ruffianly-look-
ing fellow, 27 years of age, was charged with having
violently assaulted his wife, by which her life is in dan-
ger.
Several witnesses deposed that yesterday afternoon
the neighbourhood of Dean-street, Holborn, was alarmed
by the loud screams of the complainant, when the in•
jured woman made her appearance at the first-floor
window of No. 14. Dean-street, bleeding profusely,
whilst the prisoner was beating her over the head with
a heavy bludgeon. Police-constable Selby, 137 F, and
several other persons entered the house, when the
prisoner seized a poker, and made a ferocious attack on
the officer, and, sifter a desperate resistance, was se-
oured. He was taken to the station-house and his wife
to the hospital insensible. Her life was pronounced to
be in danger.
The prisoner said nothing in his defence.
Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded him for a week until the fate
of his wife should be made known.