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MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—WARwicur, JULY 30.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE OP ROBBING.— WilliamDowling,
a man of gentlemanly exterior, was placed at the bar,
charged with having robbed Francis Hart of a quantity of
ibbon.

Mr. DANIEL conducted the case on the part of the pro-
secution; Mr. Sergeant ADAMS and Mr. MELLOI the
defence.

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Hart, having lost great quantities of goods, and thinking
he had grounds for suspicion against the prisoner, de-
termined to set a watch; and accordingly, on the 3d
of July, he desired Hughes, }iis warehouse-boy, to count
the ribbons that lay in a drawer an his
_lower ware-
house. They were counted in Hart's presence and
marked, and found to consist of sixty-four pieces.
About ten o'clock of the same day the prisoner came in,
and, after staying a quarter of an hour, he left, after
looking over the drawer in question. He was ob-
served to lay his hand flat on the ribbons, and take up
three half pieces, when he let one of them fall, putting
his hand with the other half pieces behind him. He
afterwards took three other half pieces up with his
other hand, and put his hands behind him. The prosecutor
said be was so nervous with what he saw that he could not
write, it was done so barefaced. A person coming in at
the time engaged Mr. Hart's attention, and Dowling left
the shop. Mr. Hart then ordered all the ribbons in the
lower warehouse to be counted, which was done as before.
D owling came in again about twelve. Hart was showing
silk to a Mr. Villiers. Prisoner passed quickly by into the
inner warehouse, Hughes waiting upon him. He drew out
the drawer, and prisoner leaned over it, and began taking
up the ribbon as he had done before. Hart went on the
opposite side, with his back to Dowling, but turned his
head occasionally to see, and saw prisoner put his hands
behind him more than once, and then stand upright, and
to appear to pay attention to what Hart was saying to the
weavers. When the prisoner went on Hart followed,
overtook and scarred him about six yards from his door,
and charged him with robbing him. Dowling said,
" You don't say so?" and appeared to make light of it ;
but he was kept in custody, searched, and the property
found on him.
The trial lasted a long time, and prisoner was very ably
defended; the Jury, however, found him Guilty.—Sen-
tence deferred.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.---NEWCASTLE, JULY 30.
TRIAL OF BOLAM FOR MURDER.
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manager of the savings' bank at this place, was to be put
on his trial, the feeling of excitement manifestly increased,
and, until the recent violent proceedings of the mob, it
was the all-engrossing subject of conversation, not merely
in the town itself, but throughout the county. In addition,
too, probably as a matter of policy and of precaution
against more confusion arising in and about the Court on
the day of trial than could by possibility be avoided, the
Judges arranged that Mr. Justice Coltman should take one
of the Chartist cases at the town. Court on the same morn.
ing as that on which Belem was to be tried. The mob
has been very much divided, inasmuch as there have this
day been two objects instead of one calling for general
attention. The Court and every avenue leading to it
have, however, been densely crowded from a very early
hour, but so excellent were the arrangements which had
been under the direction of Mr. Under- Sheriff Adamson,
that the greatest order has prevailed. To that gentleman,
also, those who attended from the London as well as the
provincial journals, were greatly indected for the admirable
accommodation afforded to them by the erection of a tem-
porary gallery.
The trial was fixed to come on at nine o'clock, and at
that hour Mr. Baron Maule took his seat on the bench.
Archibald Bolan& was then placed at the bar, and in-
dicted, charged with the murder of Joseph Millie.
The prisoner pleaded " Not guilty."
The prisoner presented the appearance of a man who
had shrunk very considerably during the period of his con-
finement in gaol, and looked as if he had undergone great
mental suffering. He was dressed in black, and his face,
on his first taking his position in the dock, was much
flushed. In a minute or two it became pale as death, and,
after having pressed his chest with his right hand, he
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to prevent him from falling backwards. Afterwards he
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Matthew Cree—ln December last I was in the service
of the Savings' Bank as porter. I had been so sixteen
years. The prisoner Bolam was a clerk before I went
there. I knew Millie. He had occasionally been em-
ployed in the bank for a twelvemonth. He was appointed
a regular clerk on the 4th of December. He succeeded
George Ridley. I dined with Bolam on the 4th of
December. Millie was there. The house is in Sedg-
wick-place. Mr. Bolam gave us a treat that day. I do
not know the reason. It was not an annual dinner. After
dinner Mr. Bolam brought out a bottle of wine, and drank
to Millie's health, wishing him a long life to enjoy his situ-
ation. We all came back to the bank. My hours at the
bank were from 10 till 3. The woman brought coals in the
morning, and if there was any more wanted I brought them
up. Mary Bolam was cleaner of the bank. Millie and Bo-
lam were at the bank the day after the dinner. On Thurs
day I went to the bank. Bolam and Millie were both there.
Bolam dined in the bank that day between two and three.
I left the bank about half-past three. I brought coals up
between two and three o'clock. When I left both Millie
and Bolam were then sitting side by side, like two bro-
thers. I never heard an angry word between them. They
were sitting side by side at the long table in the middle.
When I left there were no chairs laid on the top of one
another. I went home, and did not return that day. I
left the bank by the waiting-room door. The partition
door was wide open. I pulled the waiting-room door to.
The key was in the inside, in the lock. The safes were all
right. There was a fire in the fireplace. One of these
sates is to keep the books, and any cash on the Saturday
evening is put in the iron chest, in the safe furthest from
the window. It is a fireproof safe. In the other closet is
a washhand-stand, brushes, and so forth. There was water
and two towels there that day, and a small one hanging
over the door of the safe, on which I wiped my hands when
I brought the coals. I cannot say whether there were any
towels in the drawer. I never saw any anonymous letter
in the hands of Bolam. He never mentioned any to me.
I never heard of any being put under the door of the bank.
Bolam is right-handed. The window-shutters are fastened
by cross-bars and springs. They were all open that day
when I left.
The two children, son and daughter, of deceased were
then respectively called to prove that the body lying at the
Savings' Bank was that of their murdered father.
Three policemen, Moore, Davis, and M'Pherson, were
afterwards called, and gave in succession evidence which
proved that from five o'clock to twenty
minutes past one
all was quiet, and that there was neither smoke nor fire
seen at the Savings' Bank on the night in question.
Mary Ann Latimer—l was up late on the night of the
ith of December. About eleven o'clock there were some
persons quarrelling under my windows. I looked out
from the third story. I can see the Savings' Bank windows
in the Manor-chare. I sawno light, About one o'clock
I heard a knocking at a door. looked out and saw a
policeman knocking at a door a little lower down, nearly
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opposite mine. It was at a bakers. Another policeman
came out of the Arcade. I heard the clock strike one.
The policeman from the Arcade went across the Manor-
chare to the [corner opposite the Savings' Bank and met the
one I saw first. I heard them speaking together. I saw
no light in the window of the bank or the waiting-room.
I saw the two men for about a minute and a half. I looked
out about a quarter of an hour after. I saw a light in the
windows of the waiting-room. The blinds were down. It
was a dim light, like the fire burning in the grate.
Cross-examined—l saw the light about sixteen minutes
after one.
James M'Pherson re-called—l did not knock at any door
that night.
Henry Davies re-called—There is a baker's in Pilgrim-
street, below the Manor-chare. I did not knock there that
night. That is on Golding's beat.
William Dunn—On the ith of December I went to the
post-office about twenty minutes before two. It is at the
further end of the Arcade. I did not notice the door of
the Savings' Bank. The clock at the foot of the Arcade
was twenty minutes to two. I neither saw nor smelt any
fire or smoke. I went back to the printing-office, and
came back with some money. On coming out of the entry
which is in !Pilgrim-street, on the same side with the
Arcade, I saw a light reflecting out of Manor-street. I
, went back and alarmed the office. On going to Manor-
-1 street I saw flames coming out of one of the windows in the

waiting room. This was about eight minutes after I saw
the clock in the Arcade. The flames increased. I saw
no window-blinds. The flames would have destroyed them.
I saw no shutters. I think they would not have been
entirely burnt away.
Daniel Golding—l am a policeman. I was on duty on
the 6th of December in the Manor-cbare. The lower
part of Pilgrim-street is on any beat. I know the baker's
shop. I did not knock at that door, or at any door. I saw
the fire twenty minutes before two.

William Appleton—l am foreman of the firemen of the
North British Insurance Office. The engine is kept in
Bell's-court. On the morning of the 7th of December
there was an alarm of fire. I advanced towards the fire-
place. There were some red cinders. I felt something
with my foot. I put down my hand and found that it was
a man's leg. I cried out, " Here's a man." I saw no one else.
I turned back to get a light. I met two men. One of them
had a lantern. I went past into the waiting room. There
were some of our own firemen there. I got a lantern
from one of them and went back to the body. The two
men were standing over the body. They were Mr. Arm-
strong, the cashier, and Inspector Bailey. I went towards
the head, and as soon as I saw it I cried out, " Oh, men,
there must be more than this." I went on towards the
windows in Pilgrim-street, and the light of the lantern
shaded on the head of a man on the floor. I cried out,
"Oh ! here's another man." He was lying on his left
elbow, his head towards Pilgrim-street. He was near the
high window in Manor-chare, nearest Pilgrim-street. He
had his hat on. He had his plaid. As soon as I said,
" Here's another man," he turned his head round. He
opened his eyes and looked at me. I cried out, "Oh !
it's Belem." There was no other one near him. He
dropped his head down, and shut his eyes, falling on his
back at the time. I went forward, pulled his hat and
plaid off, and let them fall on the floor about his legs. I
raised him up. Several people came up then. When he was
resting on his left elbow his face was towards the partition
door. I got on the table to open the windows. I tried
those in Pilgrim-street, but the shutters were fastened. I
tried those in Manor-steet, and they pulled open. Alder.
man Dunn and others I knew were then about Bolam.
Alderman Dunn got hold of his wrist, and said, " There's
a pulsation." He was raised on the table. I assisted.
Some one brought a basin, and he was asked if ho would
have a drink. He did not answer, but made signs with
his mouth. He drank two mouthfuls. Some one sug-
gested Mr. Glenton's, the apothecary. He was taken
there in a chair. There was a wound somewhere in his
neck. When his neckcloth was taken off there there was
a flannel round it. I remained in the bank. There was a
candlestick on the table opposite the fireplace. There
were two candles, four or five inches long. I took the
candlestick to light a candle. I think they wero moulds.
The wick was snuffed very close, so that I had to pull the
wick with my fingers before it would light.
After the cross-examination of this witness, which was
unimportant, Hale and Gale, two other firemen, were ex-
amined. Their evidence corroborated that of Appleton.
Joseph Armstrong, cashier of the Savings' Bank—On
the morning of the 7th December went for a surgeon for
Bolam. When I came back Bolam was supported on the
table. His legs, I think, were on it. There were a good
many people about. Mr. Glenton came, and Bolam was
taken away. About twenty minutes after I went to Mr.
Glenton's Bolam was lying on the kitchen table. His dress
about the collar was cut a good deal. His shirt breast
was open, and very bloody. The blood was wet. He
was moving his lips, as if attempting to swallow. He was
lying on his back, his head a little raised. He was mov-
ing his hands and head occasionally. I went to the office,
and came back to Mr. Glenton's about three. He was then
in a chair in the kitchen. Alderman Dunn and others
were there. He was speaking when I went in. He said
that, in consequence of an anonymous letter the day before,
threatening to do him harm, he was induced to go home
about half-past five o'clock in the evening. Millie had
previously gone to his tea. On his return, about seven
o'clock, he found the bank door locked. That he opened
it with his own key and put it in his pocket. Going to
his desk he saw Millie lying on the hearth-rug. On
attempting to open his desk he thought he heard some one
behind him. He turned round and received a blow
on his temple that knocked him down. He got up again
and ran screaming towards the window. The man fol-
lowed him, and threatened if he made a noise he would
serve him as he had served the other man, and he was
again knocked down. He then felt some one cutting at
his neck. He became insensible, and did not remember
anything more until he heard some one about the waiting-
room. He said the man was a little man, with a frock
coat, and his face blackened. He said he had shown the
anonymous letters to Mr. Bulman, and added—" Mr.
Armstrong, you know about them." He said he had left
the letter of the day before on the desk in the bank. About
a twelvemonth before there was a letter ordering some
money out, the name signed to which was not on the books ;
but I never heard of any anonymous letters. I searched
for the letter he mentioned, but did not find it. I exa-
mined his desk; it was in the usual state. The keys
were in it. Bolam had the keys of the fire-proof safe.
He always had the key of the outer safe as well as the
inner. The books were kept in it.
Cross-examined—l have known Mr. Bolam sixteen
years. I have been cashier of the bank seven years. He
was in the bank when I Jilt knew him. I never saw
anything but good of him. I knew Millie. I had known
him about a twelvemonth. I never knew of any disagree-
ment or quarrel between them. There is no inaccuracy
whatever in the accounts. When I got into the bank door
Bell went in with me. There was a great deal of smoke.
Bell's lantern was the only light I saw when I went in.
We did not go direct to the fire-place. We went to the
table at the end of the desk, then we went to the fire-
place, which is five or six feet off the table. We were
two or three minutes beside Millie's body. Several firemen
and some policemen came in while we were there. When
I first saw Belem he was not sitting up.
Re-examined—Ridley had been clerk in the bank for
about two years.
Edward Bell, a sub-inspector of police, was the next
witness. He produced the poker, tongs, fender and
hearth-rug. [The poker was very much bent, and nu-
merous traces of blood still remaining upon it. The
fender, also, was covered with blood, and the rug at the
spot where the head had been lying seemed thoroughly
saturated for nearly two feet across.] Produced the pri.
soner's plaid. Could find no traces of blood upon it,
though it was used to cover the body. There were no cuts
in it. Searched for a letter the next morning, but could
not find it. The iron safe was opened by two blacksmiths.
G. R. Dunn went to the Arcade on the morning in
question. Saw Bolam. Some persons raised him up, and
took his handkerchief off. I saw blood on his shirt.
There was water brought in a basin, and I put it to his
mouth. lam morally certain he drank from the position
in which the water was held. I judge from the quantity
of water in the basin, and the position in which I held it.
I did not see him swallow. His handkerchief came a
good way up his jaw. When his stock was taken off I
saw the wound on his neck. Mr. Glenton came shortly
after. He was removed to Mr. Glenton's. I went to
Mr. Glenton's some time after, about twenty minutes. He
was lying on a table in Mr. Glenton's kitchen. He
seemed sensible, and pointed to his throat and side, as if
complaining of pain. He took some coffee and some weak
spirit and water. It was about hal fan hour after I arrived
that I heard him speak. He looked at me very earnestly,
and said in a whisper, " There hai been some one moving
in the bank ail night." He made several other observa-
tions, some in answer to questions put to him by the per-
sons around. He said he had received an anonymous let-
ter the day before, put under the door of the waiting-
room, saying that something would happen at home;
that he showed it to Millie, who advised him to go
home ; that Millie went to his tea between four and five,
and he left the bank a little after five ; that he went home
and desired his housekeeper to put up the window shutters
and make all safe. He did not tell her of the anonymous
letter, but said he had come for a key, as he did not wish
to alarm her. When he left the bank he locked the door
and took the key. When he returned, about seven o'clock,
he found the bank door locked. When he went in he saw
Mille lying on the hearth-rug, and as he thought, asleep.
Millie, he said, was in the habit of locking himself in the
bank. He was at his desk and in the act of opening it
when he heard a noise. or something behind him. He
I turned round, and immediately received a blow that
knocked him down, and his hat was knocked off. He arose
immediately, and saw a man standing between him and
the bank door, with his face blackened. He ran up to the
window, crying out. He said there was little light in the
room, and he could give no other description than that the
man was about the middle size. In going up the room the
plaid fell off, or was pulled off. When he got about the mid-
dle of the room the man again knocked him down, and said
that if he made any noise he should be served like the other
man. While he was down he felt a man cutting at his neck,
I asked him if he made no resistance. He said no, he
thought it was useless. He said while on the ground the
man struck him severely on both sides, and he became
insensible, but he heard some one moving in the bank
during the night. He said he had received two or three
anonymous letters, which he had burnt, and that he left the
last one on his desk. He said he had 801. in the safe in
the bank. Next morning I saw him at breakfast. He
then said that there were 4s. 10s. in his desk belonging
to Mr. Airey, and a sovereign and twenty shillings in
silver of his own. I said Iha examined his desk, and it
was not there. He replied, "Dear me, that's very strange."
I went to the bank, and in the closet in the waiting-room
I found some water in the basin, covered with soot, and a

,owl. On the towel were two brown marks. I searched

for the letter he mentioned, but did not find any. I ex-
amined the prisoner's coat. It was then in the possession
of Litton, the inspector of police, and afterwards at the
Coroner's inquest. I had previously observed on the inside
of the sleeve some stains which had been washed, and ex-
amined the lining underneath. There was a stain there,
slightly tinged with red. The sleeves of the coat seemed
fresher than the other part of the cloth, and I had already
noticed this to Inspector Litton.
Mr. John Baird, surgeon--.I was called in to examine
the body of Millie. I found two serious wounds on each
side of the head, which were sufficient to cause death. I
observed a wound across the face under the nose, which
was likely to have been inflicted by a poker. On the left
arm I found a bruise, which had probably been obtained
in lifting his arm to defend himself. On Saturday, the
Bth of December, I saw the prisoner at the gaol, and
examined his person. I found a wound on the left side
of his neck, running parallel with the base of the jaw,
and merely skin deep. I thought a person intending to
do serious injury would have cut more irregularly and
deeper. On his side there were three or four scratches, ap-
parently made with a penknife. If the person had been
struck with a sharp instrument, it could not have caused
! the marks I saw. I compared the marks on the prisoner's

clothes with the marks on his body, and the conclusion I
came to was, that the scratches had been given with the
clothes off. One reason for this is, that there is no blood
on the flannel shirt, and we all know that the skin bleeds
as much as any part of the body. There were many cuts
in the coat, without corresponding wounds on Bolam's
person, or on his waistcoat. I examined the head of the
prisoner, and could find no evidence of a blow having
been struck on the temples. I saw the shoes, gaiters, and
trousers afterwards. On the former were one or two very
distinct marks of blood, and on the latter blood also.
Mr. Wm. Neesham—l have been 15 years in practice.
On the morning in question, I saw Bolam in Glenton's
kitchen; his pulse was about 80, and rather weak and
irregular. The state of his eyes was natural. The
pulse was not such as I should have expected from a
person recovering from a state of insensibility produced
by concussion of the brain, but rather a person
coming out of a bad atmosphere. Prisoner put his
hand to his neck, apparently concerned about it ; I said he
need be under no apprehension from the wound on his neck,
as it was of a very slight character. He then put his
hand up to the right side of his head. I examined it
carefully, but found no bruise or wound. It is very im-
probable that if a person received a blow sufficient to pro-
duce insensibility for several hours, there would be no mark
left. When I saw Bolam, I had heard what had happened
from Mr. Glenton, and my impression was that if he was
recovering from insensibility, the insensibility had been
been caused by smoke. While I was there, Bolam turned
his right hand round, and looked at it.
By the JUDGE—I never knew a case in which a blow on
the temple produced insensibility without a mark being left.
Mary Barrow, servant to Mr. Glenton, heard Mr. Bolam
come down stairs about eight o'clock, he was near the
door. Mr. Glenton called out that he had gone too far
down, on which he said " I beg your pardon," andreturned
up stairs.
Mr. Swann, resides next door to Mr. Bolam's in Gates-
head. On the night of the murder she was at home, and
about five o'clock heard a square of glass broken, and the
back door of Bolaun's yard open and shut several times
before ten o'clock.
By the JUDGE.—The pane of glass fell outwards I
think, and there was not a greater noise than usual in
the house.
Mr. Jonathan Drury, share broker, had been in the habit
of transacting business with the prisoner. About half-
past six he saw him pass down the Side in Newcastle,
which was not in the direct line to the Savings' Bank; he
appeared to walk in a hurried step, and though he had busi-
ness with him, he did not detain him.
Wm. Armstrong, clerk in the Water Company's Office,
saw the prisoner coming on Sandhill, towards the Side,
at seven or eight minutes to seven o'clock, on the night of
the murder.
Cross-examined—That is a regular way to the Savings'
Bank.

Mary Bolam was employed to clean the Savings' Bank.
On the 6th of December there was a basin with water left
in the closet; I remember seeing towels, but I do not
know how many; I cannot say whether they were clean or
not.

By the JUDGE—The prisoner's housekeeper is Mary
Walker; I have no acquaintance with her.
John Gilchrist spoke to seeing a great quantity of blood
near the fire-place, under one of the chairs.
Mary Walker was then called ; on her appearing in the
box, a great sensation was manifested, and there were loud
hisses and shouts of " Down, down," which cries were sup-
pressed by the interference of the Sheriff and the Judge.
Sir GREGORY LEWIN merely asked her if she was commit-
ted to prison on this charge, to which she replied is the
affirmative.
Mr. William Stoker, Coroner for Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
produced the depositions, amongst which was the volun-
tary examination of the prisoner. I said to him there is no
suspicion against any person at present, but I think it my
dfity, under the peculiar circumstances in which you were
found, to caution you that you need not answer any ques•
tion which may tend to criminate yourself, but that what
you do say may hereafter be used against you.
Mr. DUNDAS objected to the reception of this exami-
nation, on the ground that he was not
,then under any
charge, and it was not pressed by Sir Gregory Lewin.
Inspector Grey then produced the towels found in the
drawer of the wash-stand ; one of these was stained with
blood.
Sir. G. LEWIN.—That is the case for the prosecution,
my Lord.
The trial was then adjourned.
°WEDNESDAY, JULY 31.
The LEARNED JUDGE took his scat on the bench at nine
o'clock.
Mr. DUNDAS, the Counsel for the defence, addressed
the Jury.
Several most respectable witnesses were then examined,
who gave a very high character to the prisoner.
The Learned JUDGE then summed up at great length,
noting all the points in the prisoner's favour with great
care, and directing the Jury first, to satisfy
themselves that the prisoner was concerned in the
murder of Millie ; second, whether he had malice afore-
thought. The latter part he thought quite clear from
the evidence ; and he was glad to be able to state
that if the jury were satisfied that the prisoner
in a struggle, struck the deceased and caused his
death, that would amount to manslaughter, and they could
return a verdict to that effect. However, they would
consider the evidence as adduced before them, and he
would now leave the case in their hands.
The Jury retired at twenty minutes to two o'clock, and
on their return into Court pronounced a verdict of I
Guilty of Manslaughter.—Sentence deferred.

DURHAM JULY 26.
CHARGE OF RATlL—Robert Carswell, 36, was indicted
for a rape on the person of Ann Brown, at South
Shields.

The prisoner had been out on bail. He was described
in the indictment as a " gentleman," but was a Minister of
the Church of Scotland, at Shields. He is a good-
looking man, of dark complexion, and respectable exte-
rior. He was genteely dressed in black. On being
called upon to plead, he replied, " Not Guilty," in a firm
voice.

Sir GREGORY LEWIN, in stating the case to the Jury, said
the prisoner was a married man, with four children : his
wife was absent in Scotland, with two of the children ; and
he was left at home with a little boy, an infant, and a
female servant, the prosecutrix, who was fifteen years of
age. The girl slept on the second floor, and her master on
the same floor, both rooms communicating with the sitting
room. The little boy, as well as the infant, was in the
habit of sleeping with her ; but on the night of Friday,
the 31st of May, the prisoner desired that the ..boy should
be put into his bed. This was done also on the Saturday
and Sunday nights. On Monday morning, very early, the
prisoner went to her bed and placed himself upon it. She
became alarmed, and told him to begone, or she would
inform her mother. He went away, but returned again,
and threw himself upon the bed a second time, upon which
she told him that if he did not go away she would knock
through the wall to a neighbour, named Mrs. Davis. He
left the room, but came back a third time, and forced him-
self into her bed, while his infant child was lying at her
breast, and succeeded in violating her person. A Magis-
trate directed two medical gentlemen to attend her, whose
opinion decidedly was that there had been, on her part,
no earlier act of sexual intercourse, and that she had not
arrived at the state of puberty. Another admission made
by the Learned Counsel for the prosecution was, that
though several persons had called at the prisoner's house
during the Monday, she had made no disclosure of the cir-
cumstance to any of them.

The prosecutiix was called in support of the Learned
Counsel's statement, and deposed to the various circum-
stances in a remarkably straight-forward and intelligent,
but at the same time modest and becoming manner.
Additional evidence, which we deem unfit for publica-
tion, having been given, and the Learned Judge having
summed up at considerable length, the Jury, after retiring
for a few minutes, returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
As the prisoner was about to leave the bar, the Learned
Judge addressed him, saying he was a person who, from
his station and calling, ought to have known his duty, but
be was afraid he bad greatly forgotten it in this instance.
It was very disgraceful conduct in a master towards a ser-
vant, and particularly one of such tender years. His Lord
ship did not, however, quarrel with the verdict, which he
thought a proper one under the circumstances of the case.

HOME CIRCUIT.—.LEwrs, JuLr 31.
LIBEL.-Mr. William Eave Smither, the proprietor of
the Brighton Patriot newspaper surrendered to an indict-
ment charging him with publishing in that newspaper a
certain false and defamatorylibel of, and concerning a person
named Elmes, ore of the headboroughs of that town.
Mr. Shee, who appeared for the defendant, said that he
was instructed that the defendant requested permission to
retract his plea of Not Guilty, and to plead Guilty to
the indictment, and at the same time he was requested by
his client to state that the imputations upon the plaintiff
contained in the libel, were unfounded, and to express his
regret that he should have been instrumental to its publi-
cation.

Mr. CLARKSON, who appeared in support of the indict-
ment, said that his client was actuated by no vindictive
feeling, but as the libel imputed to him the most gross
misconduct in his public capacity, he had no alternat►ve
but to adopt the present course. As the defendant, how-
ever, had admitted the falsehood of the statement in ques-
tion, he had no wish to proceed any further in the matter.
The Court expressed an opinion that the prosecutor was
perfectly justified in the course he had adopted for the vin.
dication of his character.

The defendant then entered into recognizances to ap-
pear and receive the judgment of the Court when called
upon so to do.

ETON COLLEGE.—Her Majesty has expressed
a desire that the Provost of Eton would grant an additional
week's holidays to the Eton boys, and the week's holidays
have been granted accordingly.

GENERAL INTERNATIONAL SIIIPWRECK SO-
CIETY. Pat r o n Theirßoye HMajestieshn ess
thethe
iunkge andef
Sussex Queen,
of the French, His
Her Highness the Duchess of Kent. President :
__The Marshal rshal Marquis of Grouchy, Peer of France.
The Council of the International Shipwreck Society, de-
sirous of testifying their entire approbation of the useful,
invention of John Dennett, Esq., of the Isle of Wight,
in applying rockets to the saving of human life in cases
of shipwreck, as well as for his zeal and bravery in divers
misfortunes of the like nature, have voted to him a gold
medal, which has been forwarded to him by Mr. Rodwell,
the Secretary of the British section of the Society.

TIMES.—It is now understood that some arrangement be-
tween the Bank of England and the Paris capitalists is made,
by which the former will obtain the power of drawing on that
capital to the amount of 2,000,000/., or, as some accounts state,
of 4,000,000/. Under what sort of a guarantee or on what se-
curity this is to be effected does not very clearly appear, nor is
that, if the parties themselves are satisfied, a very material fea-
ture of the question. The really important view of it is, that
the Bank should have lowered its character with us and with
foreign countries by being driven to this course, and that it
should also, as a natural consequence, be driven into the exchange
market so largely as a dealer, and thus embarrass all the com-
mercial operations of the country. The fluctuatiens there are
as much a matter of calculation on the part of the merchant, as
those which take place in cotton, silk, or any other commodity,and
he is as much interfered with and put out of hisnatural course by
the Bank, as if it became an actual exporter or trafficker in
goods. The knowledge to a merchant, that the Bank possesses
this large option of drawing bills, is the same as that of an
enormous stock of goods held by a capitalist so powerful as to
be able to hold or dispose of them at pleasure, and paralyses all
operations by inferior men until it is seen what course is taken
with them. With new arrangement, the Bank may either
do all, or part, or nothing, and being to be governed by the
course of events, must be in total uncertainty itself on the sub-
ject. What then must be the situation of the merchant who is
looking on? and how can he make the usual calculations by
which all commercial transactions are governed ? It is not
exaggeration to say that there is scarcely an individual in the
city beyond the influence of the Bank parlour who does not
regard this affair as alike humiliating and mischievous to the
country.
But, putting these considerations aside, the experiment is
not to be viewed by any means as a safe one, and certain of at-
taining its object, while it is quite certain that it must be an
expensive one, and attended with great loss to the Bank. The
houses by whom the bills are drawn here, as well as the accep
tors and negotiators in Paris, must have a good commission,
and then there is the interest of the money to be advanced,
with the re-drawings which are to take place when the crisis is
over, and the funds are to be remitted back to this country. If
the balance of trade shall prove to be decidedly against us, it is
not the two or the four millions thus placed at disposal which
can turn it, and what then will be the position of the Bank?
It must be recollected, that it is not the Paris exchange alone,
but all the Continental exchanges, that must be turned before
it will be safe, as one acts upon another until they obtain the
same level. The effect of the experiment, however, still re.-
mains to be seen, and it need not be remarked that its progress
will be very anxiously watched by the whole of the trading
interest.

The following notice was issued at the Bank late this after-
noon, so much so as scarcely to have transpired at all during
the hours of business :

" Bank of England.
" At a Court of Directors, held the Ist of August, lan,
" Resolved,—That the rate of interest on bills of exchange
and notes, discounted at the Bank of England, be 6 per cent.
from this day."
It is needless to go over the objections which have been
heretofore made to this sort of interference with the merchant
in another shape, or to state the anomalous situation in which
he is-placed by being compelled to pay this high rate for ad-
vances, when he cannot charge it in commissions without being
subject to the usury laws. It would seem to imply that the Bank
Directors do not wholly rely on their operations in exchanges
for restoring the circulation.
In the early part of the day the funds partly recovered the
depression of yesterday, and the market altogether showed
firmness, to which the favourable state of the weather contri-
buted. But at the close of business, as the Bank notice be-
came known among the dealers who had not left the house,
prices receded.
A meeting of Proprietors of tke Croydon Railway took place
to-day (Thursday). It was convened for the purpose of call-
ing upon the Directors for explanations in reference to the call
for a further instalment upon the shares, recently advertised, at
a time when, as the railway was completed and actually in work,
it was conceived that no more money could be wanted. The
call represented a further sum to be paid up of 75,9001. After
some angry discussion, the meeting was adjourned to the 23d
instant, in order to afford time to receive and consider the Report
of the Directors, who, meanwhile, have advertised a meeting
for the 22d. The shares are quoted 1014 to per share.

CHRONICLE._ We were in some degiee prepared for this
announcement; for throughout the morning, some of the lead-
ing private bankers, who had probably received a hint, refused
to discount any kind of paper, even the most approved, under 6
per cent., from which it is pretty evident they had reason to ex-
pect or apprehend coins further restrictive movement on the
part of the Bank of England. Since the rate at the Bank of
England has been 5i per cent. the price in Lombard-street has
been from 6 to 7, with a commission, moreover, in some in-
stances of per cent., which is equal to an additional one per
cent. per annum, and of course the charges for money will now
be raised in proportion to the advance of the Bank of England.
Here we only allude to first-rate paper, for so much as 2 per cent.
commission, or an additional 8 per cent. per annum, has been
given upon inferior bills.
How long are the public to be at the mercy of a corporation
which, when it suits their purpose, encourage speculation in
every article to an extravagant degree, when they ought rather
to mak& money scarce, and then as suddenly adopt restrictive
measures when they have lured people out of their depth ? The
notice from the Bank was issued at too late an hour to know
what effect it will produce upon the funds. The English Stock
Market throughout the day had been rather buoyant, in conse
quence of the favourable change in the weather; and Consols
recovered fully the depression they sustained yesterday, when
every thing looked gloomy in the extreme. Consols really
closed at 9.11 to 92 for money, and 94 to for the account;
but after business hours they were quoted at 914 to for money,
and 92i sellers for the account. Exehequer bills have rallied
to 12 to 14 prem., but Bank Stock has receded again to-day,
being last marked at 182 to 183, which is a further fall of 1i per
cent.
It now appears generally understood that the Bank of Eng-
land has at length come to an understanding with the Bank of
France, with a view of improving the state of the exchanges,
and preventing the exportation of bullion from this country ;
and from what we can learn, the details given by the Journal
des Debats, furnish the most correct information. Four firms
in London are commissioned to draw, and no less than twelve
house in Paris have arranged to accept the bills which we under-
stand will only be drawn when there is a great demand for bills,
and at a price just sufficient to prevent the transmission of
bullion being considered more desirable, the object being, it
would appear, rather to prevent any further exportation of gold
than with a view of bringing back specie too hastily, leaving the
return of the great bulk to the natural effect of the ex-
changes, resulting from a good harvest and an average
export trade. Had this plan been adopted long since, when
we first recommended it, the desired object of the Dirctors
would not only have been obtained, but much, if not the whole,
of the inconvenience and annoyance which the whole country
has experienced lately from the inefficient plans of the Bank.
would have been prevented, and a brisk export trade would be-
going on, for there are, no doubt, the elements for creating it.
at hand, the amount of orders from the Continent being very
large, of course they have not been carried into effect under
such an uncertain state of things as has existed lately, and
while there was a chance of purchasing at a great reduction of
prices. To-morrow it will be seen what effect is produced upon
the exchanges.

HERALD.—We have maintained for some that the Bank o
England must do something to help themselves. This afternoon
the Directors have determined upon raising the rate of interest
to six per cent. upon bills and notes. Of the policy of this.
measure we do not express an opinion ; we have only to state
that money continues much in request, and that, though the
announcement appeared at a very. late hour—namely, five
minutes to four, p.m.—the anticipation of it was felt through-
out the day, and had the effect of causing Consols to fall one-
eighth per cent. for the Account, no money transactions having
taken place after the intention of the Bank became known.
By the actual returns which have been received by us to-day
it appears that during the period embracing the 25th and the
31st of July, silver coin has been exported to the amount of
265,260 ounces, and in bars 22,353 ounces ; gold coin 2,280
ounces, and in bars 2,390. The major portion has been sent
to China and the Colonies.
. In the British Funds there has not been much business, and
the announcement that the Bank of England Direction had de-
termined to raise the rate of interest to six per cent., caused a
declination in Consols of per per cent. In other respects the
market has not materially altered.

POST, WEDNESDAr.—Nothing can be more preposterous
than the idea put forth that it is derogatory to the character
and dignity of the Bank of France or the Parisian capitalists
for the purpose of drawing back a portion of the gold. The
inuendo is that the Bank could not dispose of securities in our
Market, and that they are actually placed in difficulties for
want of means, an insinuation which carries in its face a self-
evident
absurdity. It is like a person who had been long known
to have conducted his affairs with probity and 'honour, apply-
ing to strangers in preference to his friends to relieve Inns
from a temporary difficulty. We do not -profess to know the
precise measures which the Bank of England may have in
contemplation for the object in question ; but this much
we do know, that the very best thing which they can do under
present circumstances is to find the means of so lodging a mil-
lion or two of securities in Paris, Holland, and Hamburg, so
as they can be drawn against, until the natural current of the
descriptione xcha ng e t uorfn
security
may
ober
employedfavo ur . Itf. thematterslittle
pu rpo se ; wahnacit.
the modus dperandi of the arrangement, whether through the
Bank of France, or any other medium, is of no earthly conse- i
quence to the public interest, so that the object be accona- ~
plished. We are the more surprised at seeing querulous objec-
tions
made in certain quarters from which, within twelve montler,
a strong recommendation emrnated to the Bank Directors to I
keep a few millions of their capital invested on the Continent,
against which they could, draw on such sin emergency ass
the present. We are preibably ourselves wrong in presuming
upon consistency in the 'quarter to which we allude.
POST, THURSDAY.--A few minutes before four o'clock the
Bank Directors issued notice that in future the rate of interest
charged upon bills and notes would be increased to six per cent.,
and there was not suffiTirmt time to ascertain the effect of this ,
intimation on the Mr Acylllartkee discountt;butth housesereha for thedbeen raencaiino-f
in-
creased pressure in ',he early part of the day, and the bankers
had generally give n notice to the
money held on sl' sort loan. The London Bankers will, how-
ever, in all prob ability, increase the rate of discount to their
customers to a
.e standard fixed by the Bank
DirectorsN
ebelieve of England.no l
otn he cir-
cumstancegerOtno
the notice ap peering on the Stock Exchange, Consols only
altered to 9v2 , Li
i, c she lfil enras
1, l for
y determined
e theter mAi
nc
ec
do utnht; v
wheat
the andla t
e other
few
dgaryasip. w
delay a fort' jer advance in the rate of interest was the dispatch
wet
tThese
weather orders;
bu
ahehr oe u gh o
of large or' tiers to the Continent within the last few days for the
ila tors may be disappointed of their object in realising
a tdhoepourbstPlit4.: .result
of
tl ie payments made will have the same effect upon the
excl'iang'e !'to lodge it in bond as if it weregoing into consumption.
t were
coin, ..1
be! lion exported during the week ending last night, ae-
purchase of
cording to the official returns, has beer., 265,260 oz. in silver
_4.1 53 in bars, 2,280 in gold coin, and 2,390 in bars ;
and this i! . a considerable increase in the export of silver com-
pared wi.ll
.1 the previous week.
We bq iPVB that the Bank Directors have completed arrange-
ments :fin
throuf p - drawing upon the principal points of the Continent
s Paris, by securities, in the manner we alluded to last
night. . The business will be transacted by some of the leading
etch'
arise , and the extent will be governed by contingent cirlcias
stan Llo ge houses in the usual manner, according as demands
ces. As, a temporary measure such an arrangement
to r o valid objection, and it is only in that view hatiteisiassbeeonf
ado pted. Its ultimate efficiency will be decided byr t,la state
the
cas,
' cams- ;A be attended with any injurious consequ .
crops, and the manner is which they are secured, in no

MAN. CHESTER AND BIRMINGHAX
EXTENSION RAILWAY•

HOUSE OF COMMONS, AUGUST 1, 1839.
At If ngth, after a sitting extending over 46 days, The
Conanai ttee have this day voted the preamble proved by a
majorit yof more than two to one. Under the new rules,
the M Aim adds a certain number of selected Members,
who
have r ,o interest in, or connexion with, the district wh;.ch the
Rr Div 'ay is intended to traverse, and the majorit7 in this
in Its nee comprises the names of all such Me tubers as
w present, excepting the chairman, who of Co urse, as the
r abcrs were not equal, did not vote.

,

LONDON:
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1830.

Lord ELLENBOROUGLI asked Viscount MELBOURNE
whether the information recently published from China
were well founded. The Noble Viscount said the
Government had no official information, but he believed
the facts to be as the Noble Lord had stated.
Lord BROUGHAM, prosecuting his hostility to late
legislation, had a message sent to the House of Commons
for a return of all the Bills brought into the House of
Commons since the Ist of July. •
On the Report of the Metropolis Police Bill being
brought up, and on Lord ELLENBOROUGH moving to
omit the clause concerning dogs, the Noble and
Learned Lord expatiated on the evil of employing
dogs in carts. We regret to see such a disposi-
tion in any Lord ; for the employment of dogs,
as Lord ELLENBOROUGH immediately afterwards
explained, is necessary for many of the poor to
obtain their living. Several Peers, however, followed
Lord BROUGHAM'S lead ; one said so employing dogs
was new, another that it was unsightly. Of course, if
the poor could keep carriage-horses like the Peers,
they would not employ dogs, and as they cannot have
horses, it seems to us cruel, not to say one-sided, par-
tial, and contemptible legislation to prohibit them from
employing dogs. But the Peers have more regard for
dogs than poor men and women, and so they protect
the former and starve the latter. What are they pre-
paring for themselves ? Lord ELLENBOROUGH gave
up his humane intentions, and the canine intentions of
the framers of the Bill received their Lordships' sane-
tine..
The Slave Treaties Bill • was thrown out on the
second reading. The Earl of MINTO moved it in a
speech which was not heard in the gallery. The Duke
of 1% ELLINGTON opposed the Bill, as having the effect
I of making war on Portugal. He admitted our right
I and duty to call on Portugal to carry out the treaties,
but he contended that the Government could do that
, better than by the instrumentality cf the Bill. Viscount
MELBOURNE defended the 1.:;111 as a pledge given to the
other House, and contended that so far from involving
this country in a war with Portugal it would enable the
I Government. to avoid a tv,ir. The Earl of DEVON supported
1 the views of the Duke of WELLINGTON, and on a division
i
they prevailed by 88 to-32. We have no recollection
that this Bill enecuntered any opposition in the Com-
mons, so that it adds to the number of legislative in-
! faints wantonly slaughtered by the Peers.
The Unlawful Oaths Ireland Bill, on which a discus-
sion 5,1,13 expected, was read a second time without any
discussion, which is to take place on going into Com-
mittee. Lord ELLENBOROUGH merely said that the
Bill was so carelessly drawn, that should it pass, all
their Lordships will be guilty of an unlawful confederacy.
We will not say that, whether the Bill pass or not, such
is the case ; but we will say, that their Lordships do form
a confederacy very dangerous to the public happiness.
Their Lordships sat till Nine o'Clock.
In the Commons a similar question as to China was
put, to that put in the Lords, and received a similar
answer.
Load JOHN RUSSELL brought the question of privi-
lege in the case of I'oLAcK v. HANSARD under the
notice of the House, and after showing the necessity
for the House now to defend its privileges, moved a
resolution, that Messrs. HANSARD acted under the
orders of the House, and that to bring, or assist in
bringing, any action against them on account of such
publication, would be a breach of the privileges of the
House.

Sir FRANCIS BURDETT spoke of the difficulty of
the case, and was afraid lest the House should involve
itself in trouble.
Sir R. INGLis, true to the superior respect he has
always evinced for the Courts of Law to the House of
Commons, opposedthe resolution, and contended that
it would be of no use ; that they were riot likely to sit
above three weeks ; and that if they imprisoned the
attornGiy, other attorneys would be found to carry on
the suit.
Sir R. PEEL spoke in favour of the tuotion, which
he described as extremely moderate. Ha quoted the
'
evidence eby
aM Pr. oLAck, to show tlivt, it was of
Z kindaland thatvoeu ht to be known to persons going to New
, and to the evidence of other persons, to show
what the characterotYinacx was, in order thet those
evidence
interested in his
might know what reliance to
place on it.
Sir S.LUSHINGTON spoke in favour of the resolutions,
and Mr. O'CONNELL advocated
Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated that still
stronger measures.
since he had first
addressed the House, he had receivedot a.letter from Mr.
fPOLACK, stating that he had n orized Mr. SHAW
to bring an action against Messrs
INGLis persisted in dividing the IiHANSARD snoin the question,
; Sir It.
and was supported by five Members
an other teller besides himself ; he was opposed Lei udj,i)ng
tile resolution passed, as well as other ;:ensso;lualtli(oinsso,
instructing the Messrs. HANSARD not, to
see the House
the
letter of the attorney. We rejoice to
involved in such contests, as they will compel it to place
the law on a proper footing. It is a disgrace to the Legi..te-
lature that any doubt whatever should exist as to what is
law or what is privilege, and as to what can or cannot b •
prosecuted and punished as libel. We do rit,; blame this
Legislature for not deciding the ever-varying relations of
profits, wages, and rent, which it does not create. But
law and privilege are its own offspring, and if it cannot
adjust them, what can it adjust ? The Courts are its
creatures, why does it not teach them to know their
maker?

The Bank of Ireland question, on brigging up the
Report, gale rise to another diseusson. Mr. O'Cc►N-
NELL, Mr. A. YATES, Mr. O'BRIEN, MR GISBOR/VE,
and several other Members, opposed the motion, chiefly

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