The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-14 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THII MORNING HERALD.

SIR,—I perceive that the ninrs of this day comments
pretty freely upon the speech which was uttered by Mr.
John Bright at the banquet given to Mr. Ingersoll in this
town on Friday last. The speech itself was in the very worst
possible taste, and was charact erised by the usual bitter-
ness of feeling which always escapes from the lips of our
honourable representative. But there are some circum-
stances connected with it which are not yet known ; and as
that dinner was attended by gentlemen of every political
shade, for the purpose of doing honour to a distinguished
man, and exemplifying our regard for his private worth as
well as his diplomatic ability, I am not tho only one in
this town who is of opinion that the whole facts should be
known.

Mr. Ingersoll had been feted in Liverpool by the Awri-
can Chamber of Commerce, previous to his visit to Mat-
chester, and the Mayor of that town, Mr. Samuel Holme,
had also invited a party to meet his Excellency at the Town-
hall. His worship had forwarded an invitation to the Mayor
of Manchester, and to Mr. Bazley and to Mr. Aspinall Tur-
ner, the representatives of our two commercial chambers, and
as an act of courtesy the Mayor of Manchester forwarded
an invitation to his brother Mayor to be present at the
banquet given to his Excellency in Manchester. Mr. Hohne
was consequently present at our dinner on Friday; and both
ho and Mr. Ingersoll were for several days the guests of
Mr. Robert Barnes, our excellent chief magistrate. Mr.
Bright spoke late in the evening, and as his remarks have
been given to the world, I need not say that his speech was
most bitter, and both in tone and matter was a departure
from that com Leousness and harmony which had pre-
viously existed. When he sat down, which ho did amidst
the regret of all present that he had introduced topics
which must have been most unpleasant—if not actually
offensive—to Mr. Ingersoll, all the repel ters, thinking the
business at an end, rose in a body and left the room. This
was unfortunate, for, immediately afterwards, the Chair-
man proposed " The health of the Mayor of Liverpool,"
coupling it with " Our Municipal Institutions." Mr.
Holme, who is well known for zeal and loyalty, and for
the prominent part which he has always taken in public
matters, administered a most cutting and dignified rebuke
to Mr. Bright, whose remarks he designated as " most un-
just and injudicious," and in a strain of great warmth
and amidst general applause defended the House of
Lords from the virulent attacks of Mr. Bright. Ho
challenged the honourable member to show any act
of the House of Lords which could be considered an
invasion of the constitutional liberties of the people
—showed that from the days of Runnymede, when
the barons wou the Magna Ciarta, up to the present time,
true freedom had always been more endang-e7ed by the
too arbitrary power demanded by the Commons than by
any act of the heredfualy peerage, and that municipal
institutions wero needed as a counterpoise to all arbi-
trary power, however it was exercised. The House of
Commons, he said, though elected by the people, was
just as likely to exercise tyranny as either of the other
two branches of the Legislature, and it was the duty of
the people to take care that the House of Commons did
not, by acts of an overbearing nature, destroy the equili-
brium of our institutions by rendering the pHs lieges of the
House of Lords nugatory. He contended that there was
no analogy between a comparatively new country like the
United States and an old country like England, whose
institutions had struck theii roots deeply in the soil of
ages ; and therefore the remarks of Mr. Bright were as
illogical as they were injudicious. He stated that he
had recently passed th=-ough the greater part of France, and
had seen every town and village bristling with bayonets,
and her dockyards and naval depots displaying greater ac-
tivity than he had witnessed in Portsmouth or Plymouth.
He had seen 1,500 guns, and acres of land. at Strasbourg and
other places covered with the munitions of war, and he
warned the meeting against the silly advice of those who
declaimed against naval and military armaments, while
we were living close to a nation whose destinies were
wielded by a fatalist—whose libei lies were extinguished,
and when upon the firing of the first hostile shot, the trade
of England would be impeded, and Manchester, with its
costly and magnificent machinery, and its numerous and ac-
tive pdpulation, would be suddenly paralysed. He re-
gretted to have felt the necessity of urging such topics,
being only an invited guest; but said that he felt it his
conscientious duty to protest against the doctrines of the
previous speaker, as much as he regretted the want of judg-
ment which had dictated them.

The above is a meagre outline of what the Mayor of
Liverpool said, and I only give it as far as I can recollect
it ; but I may add, they were well received at a meeting
where nearly all who were present were men of the highest
mark, and amongst the most distinguished in our town.
The republican notions of John Bright are not those of the
people of Manchester.
The majority of us arc free-traders ; but we are not Re-
publicans. Our member made a woful mistake on the
occasion to which I allude ; and while i admire his talents
I must condemn his bad taste ; and I fear that if any
ministry had his sei vices in office, they would not long
retain them, for his pugnacity and.lack of judgment would
lead him to make shipwreck of himself, or of the ministry
with which he was connected. You will agree with me,
that it would have been well had the reporters not left the
room so early, so that the bane and antidote might have
gone together, as it is impossible for any one from mere
recollection to supply a correct version, much less the tone
and spirit with which the rebuke—l had nearly said the
castigation—was administered.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
Manchester, Jan. 12, 1853. Ow's.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCLXI.
ANALYSIS OF THE SEVENTY-FOURTH
DERBY.

I have yet three animals to review before leaving the
Whitewall division of the Malton stables.
. Lord Derby's br c UMBRIEL, by Touchstone or Mel-
bourne, out of Verbena, was but little thought of until
he made his debt at the Liverpool July Meeting on the
Cup day, beating Lord Glasgow's Miss Sarah filly, in a
Triennial Produce Match, by a neck—not a particularly
brilliant performance—when he was backed at 30 to 1
for the Derby, not on the strength of his running in the
match, but for his good looks, bidding fair, as he does,
to be the best of Verbena's numerous progeny. He was
very quiet in the market until the St. Leger day, whe z
he won the Municipal Stakes easily, beating War-whoop,
Incense, and Doublethong, and immediately rose ten
points in the odds, at which price his chance was invest-
ed on by the aristocratic partisans of the stable to a con-
siderable amount, between 40,0001. and 50,0001. having
been taken off the books in the course of a few days.
He remained until lately, notwithstanding a heavy and
continuous outlay in his favour by his patrician support-
ers, at the same figure at which he was first backed in
earnest-20 to 1. Within the last few weeks, however,
his opponents have fought shyer, and 18 to 1 is now the
longest offer against him. At Doncaster he received
forfeit in a match with Doublethong ; and in the Hough-
ton Meeting walked over for a 300 sovs. sweepstakes.
These were his last performances as a two-years-
old, he is consequently unbeaten. He has been backed
to win already not less than 80,0001., which is a toler-
able proof of the confidence reposed in. him by his
friends. Umbriel is rather a smallish horse than other-
wise ; and in the barrel and quarters strongly reminds
me of Tadmor. His action resembles the Nigger's, and
is admirably adapted to a hilly course. He is doing
good work, and has every appearance of going on all
right. His brother Uriel ran fifth for the Derby ;if he
can obtain a position two places nearer the winner it
will be quite as much as I can at the present moment
give him credit for being able to do.
Lord Derby's eh c HOBBY HORSE, by Ithuriel, out of
Tour de Force, has never been backed, that I am aware
of, for a single shilling. His performances have been
very inferior ; and out of the seven engagements that he
has in the present year, I cannot fancy he has the most
remote chance of winning any.
Baron Rothschild's ch c BREAK o' DAY BOY (own
brother to Peep o' Day Boy), by Harkaway, out
of Rosetta, by Roller, was nominated by Mr.
Braddell, and first saw the break of day in
February, 1850, at Kilfera, in the county of
Kilkenny, at which time he was considered by good
judges to be one of the finest foals ever dropped.
The splendid prospect which his promising foalhood held
out has not yet been realised, for he is, by no manner of
raeans, at the present time, a first-rate specimen of horse
flesh. He is a slow coach, but possesses, or lam very
much deceived, capital staying powers, and, not impro-
bably, will be heard of satisfactorily in some of the
handicap races, but not in the race for the Derby, for
which I am given to understand he will not run. He
made his first, and I presume his last appearance, in the
Derby betting at the Liverpool Autumn Meeting—the
price 100 to 1. Has not run. Is engaged in the Two
Thousand Guineas, for which I doubt his starting.

C. PECK,
of Grove-house, Malton, has only one horse in training
engaged in the Derby—the Hon. S. Hawke's b. c.
TOWTON by Melbourne, out of Cinizelli, by Touchstone,
out of irocade, by Pantaloon, who, in the only race he
has figured in—the T. Y. 0. Sweepstakes at Doncaster
—came off second best to Lambton, beating the Queen
(third), and several others, easily. He is an improving
sort of animal, and will be heard of hereafter, but is of
little use, I fancy, for the Derby.
W. I'ANSON,
of Spring Cottage, Malton, has also a solitary Derby
animal in his care, nominated by Mr. J. Brown,
yclept BALCOWNIE, by Annandale, out of Queen Mary,
by Gladiator. But little is to be expected of this horse
before the summer or autumn; and nothing of him at
Epsom.

J. SHEPHERD'S
is the only other Malton stable possessing a Derby horse.
and it has two.
Mr. Spence's b c ST. ANDREW, by Lanercost, out of
Sultana, nominated by Mr. J. Conroy, has figured in
five races without obtaining the place of honour in one.
Is of no use for the Derby.
Mr. Shepherd's b c ACE OF TRUMPS, by Assault, out
of Portion, by Lot, nominated by Mr.. Bumby, has run
in six races, and been defeated easily in all. Like the
preceding, he is of no use for tne Derby.
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

STAMFORD RACER.—The following are the nominations
for the Steward's Plate :—Hesse Homburg, 5 yrs ; Rack-
apelt, 3 yrs ; Garforth, 6 yrs; Ben Nevis, 4 yrs ; Pe-
lion, 3 yrs ; Poodle, 4 yrs ; Feramorz, :3 yrs ; Sackbut,
4 yrs ; Cobnut, 3 yrs ; Ilex, 4 yrs ; c. by Don John,
3 yrs ; Kingston, 4 yrs ; Hungerford, 5 yrs ; Brother
to Visitor, 3 yrs ; Constantine, 4 yrs ; Locket, 3 yrs ;
Weathergage 4 yrs ; Jordan, 3 yrs ; Dofiance, 3 yrs ;
Georgy, 3 yrs- ; Dear Poll, 3 yrs ; Janey, 3 yrs ; Honey-
wood, 3 yrs ; Cariboo, G yrs ; Dabchick, 3 yrs ; Gavotte,
3 yrs •; King of Troy, 4 yrs ; Audubon, 3 yrs ; Kha-
didjah, 4 yrs ; Minerva (h. b.), 3 yrs •; Pride, 3 yrs.—
Nominations for the Two-year-old Stakes :- Weather-
cock, Oleaster, b. f. by Van Tromp, IVlacduff, Marga-
retta, ch. f. by John O'G-aunt, f. by Van Tromp—Queen
Mab, b. f. by Sweetmeat.—Nominations for the St.
Leger:--Cock Pheasant, Pelion, Dove, Estrella.

• LA W. T ELL.TiGENO.E.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH-JAN. 13.

BESSEL V. WILSON.-FALSE IMPRISONMENT.-SEARC
ING PRISONERS AT STATION-HOUSES.
_

This was an action against Alderman Wilson to reco-
ver damages for false imprisonment. The matter arose
out of a conviction against the plaintiff under the Copy-
right and Designs Act, 5 and 6 Viet., cap. 100. Mr.
Bessel was imprisoned, under a warrant of the defendant,
for not having personally attended a summons issued
against him, although at one of the hearings to which
the summons referred he was represented by his attorney,
and at another by his attorney and by counsel also.
The action was tried by Lord Campell, at Guildhall, and
resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff, with damages 1501.
A rule nisi for a new trial had been obtained on the
ground that the warrant required the plaintiff's attend-
ance in person, and therefore the Alderman was justified
in the course he had taken, which now came on for

argument

Lord Campbell read his note of the proceedings
at the trial. His lordship then said that he would take
this opportunity of repeating the observations he had
made on that occasion. He had then expressed his
astonishment and disapprobation at the manner in which
the plaintiff had been treated. He had bed-n searched
like a felon upon his apprehension, a course, of the pro-
priety of which, his lordship still retained his former
opinion—viz., that it was one which no one had a right
to pursue under the circumstances. But he (Lord
Campbell) also desired to remove a misapprehension
which existed upon the subject of his remarks at the
trial. It had been said that he denied there was ever
any right to search a person taken into custody for
felony. That was far from being his opinion. In
cases of felony, such a right no doubt existed, and
might be most properly and usefully exercised. His
lordship had, however, understood from a most use-
ful public officer, Sir R. Mayne-,to whom the coun-
try was highly indebted for the manner in which he
had on all occasions exercised his important duties—that
an idea had got abroad that to search a person taken
into custody on the charge of the commission of a felony
was illegal. Such a doctrine had never been laid down
by him, nor did he believe its would ever be laid down
from the bench upon which he had the honour to sit.
On the contrary, he had no hesitation in saying that it
might often be highly conducive to the ends of justice
that a person should be searched ; but he would again
say, that when a tradesman of London was apprehended
under a warrant from an alderman, merely because be
had not appeared when summoned, to search his person
in the manner in which the plaintiff's had been searched
was contrary to law. The only pretence was that he
might commit suicide or attack the alderman—a most
absurd supposition.
Mr. O'Malley (with whom was Mr. Lush) said his
lordship had very clearly distinguished between the case
where a prisoner ought to be searched, and where not at
the trial. The learned counsel then addressed himself
to the question before the Court, and contended that
under the 11 and 12 Viet., c. 43 and 44, the summons
issued by the alderman was amply satisfied by the ap-
pearance of the attorney and counsel. The cases of
" King v. Simpson" (1 Strange 46), " the Queen v.
Hardwick" (2 Strange 110), " the Queen v. Tanner"
(2 Lord Raym 1,284), were cited in support.

,
Mr. H. Hill and Mr. Willes contended that the alder-
man was protected from this action under the act 11 and
12 Vict.,c. 44.
The ourt took time to consider.

BAIL COURT—JAN. 13.
Sittings at Nisi Prins.'
(Before Mr. Justice Erle and Common Juries.)
POINT OF PRACTICE.
Mr. Justice Erle said the judges had made a rule ap-
plicable to executions after verdict in term. Under this
rule execution was to issue within 14 days after verdict.
This would be the general rule, subject to exceptions in
case of special circumstances, such as the defendant mak-
ing away with his goods. The rule would take effect
from the present day.
CLAPSON AND WIPE V. ALLEN.
This was an action to recover damages from the defend-
ant, a linen draper in High-street, Kensington, for in-
jury sustained, from the defendant's negligence, by the
female plaintiff, whose husband is a plasterer and dealer
in marine stores at Kensington. It appeared that on the
night of the 16th Oct. last, about 12 o'clock, Mrs. Clapson
went to the defendant's shop to make a purchase. Whilst
she was there the shutters were put up and the door
fastened. She inquired the way out, and was directed by
the defendant to proceed through a private duor and then
turn to the left, in doing which she fell down a trap-door
and broke her leg. She was attended by a surgeon,
who discovered that two of her uncle bones had been
fractured, in consequence of which she was confined to
her bed for a month, and was obliged for some time after
to walk on crutches. Plaintiff, who was much from
home, was obliged to close his shop during the greater
part of his wife's illness.
Mr. Lush put the defendant into the box, who stated
that Mrs. Clapson left the shop without inquiring the
rfollowing
been
shown
owpne rtshoenwcaayl le. d Tue went
admitted,m a who n
on
cross-
examination, oha ssd
jweuxasaytmboienuftion, that when the writ was served on him, he
said the woman was drunk, and he should repeat that
statement.
Mrs. Clapson and another witness were recalled, and
both positively swore that she was quite sober.
Mr. Justice Erie, in summing up, said that a man
might keep a private house as lie chose, but if he invited
the public into his house, and they were exposed to dan-
ger from which any injury arose, he must be liable for it.
Verdict for the plaintiff, with damages to the hus-
band and 201. to the wife.

COURT OF BA NICRUPTCY—JAN. 13.,
(Before Mr. Commissioner Pane.)
IN RE A. A. LACKERSTEEN.
The bankrupt was described as an East India mer-
chant, of Broad-street-buildings. This was the certifi-
cate meeting, but the bankrupt did not appear, and it
was stated that he had left the country. The accounts,
which were published at the time of the last examina-
tion showed an amount of 27,0001. due to uncovered
creditors ; 43,0001. to those holding the acceptances of
J. G. Lacy ; and 176,000/. to creditors holding goods as
security. There has been a dividend of ls. in the pound
on the debts proved.
Mr. Lowrance said he appeared for the assignees in
this case ; but he was informed that the bankrupt had
left this country, and presumed that no one was instructed
to appear for him. He did not know what course
his Honour would pursue under the circum-
stances—whether to adjourn the consideration of
the certificate sine die, or to refuse it altogether.
In a similar case--that of Bunyard, a seedsman,
in Mark-lane—the court, in the absence of the bankrupt,
and upon the application of the assignees, had gone fully
into the case, and had wholly refused the certificate.
He did not ask the court to take that course in the pre-
sent instance. The assignees had no particular objec-
tion except what appeared on the face of the balance-
sheet ; and this would certainly have involved a long
suspension, for reckless trading, of a very serious nature.
His Honour said he had been requested not to enter
into this matter at the time, as, in order to make out
the case, it was necessary to get certain information from
the other side the world. Had the information been
obtained ?
Mr. Lowrance said he understood the Oriental Bank
had a case to prefer, and also Messrs. Collmann and
Stolterfoht.
Mr. Lowe (representing Messrs. Chatfield and Hart)
said the Oriental Bank wished the certificate to be ad-
ourned altogether.
The Commissioner—Do you mean refused altogether ?
If I am to. do that I must go into a long discussion ; and
Ido not see of what use that is. I grant him no pro-
tection ; and you may send out and take any steps you
think proper, as he has not chosen to come here and ask
for his certificate.
After looking through part of the proceedings,
His Honour maid—I think if the assignees are satisfied
that frauds have been committed, it is a duty which they
owe to the creditors and to the
public to take the neces-
sary steps for bringing this man to justice.
Mr. Lawrance—The difficulty is in knowing what
steps to take. He has left the
country, and we under-
stand has gone to Australia.
The Commissioner—But if he has committed a crime
in this country, surely there must be some ordinary
means of getting at him in any part of the Queen's do-
minions.
Mr. Lawrance—The course would be for the Oriental
Bank, or any other creditor aggrieved, to prefer his bill
of indictment for the particular fraud alleged to have
been committed by the bankrupt.
His Honour asked what dividend had been received ?
Mr. Canaan replied 1,3001., upon which a dividend
of ls. in the pound had been paid.
His Honour—How much are. the debts
Mr. Cannan—The debts and liabilities aro about
120,000/. Some further assets are expected—the pro-
duce of consignments to Bombay and China, and from
other sources—about 1,2001. probably.
His Honour ultimatety observed that the assignees
and the Oriental Bank ought to well consider the course
they intended to take. For his own part, though he
might not be
empowered to order a prosecution, he
would say this much, that if the assignees considered it
their duty to institute any proceedings against the bank-
rupt, he would sanction all the expenses necessary for
that purpose. Surely the man who behaved so fraudu-
lently to his creditors should not be allowed to go un-
punished—a man whose conduct greatly deserved the
treadmill. The meeting would be adjourned till the Ist
of July next, without protection. At all events, let the
bankrupt be got at either by civil or criminal process.
Adjourned accordingly, without protection.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT—JAN. 13.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Phillips.)
IN THE MATTER OF TAMES FRY.-SINGULAR. CASE.
Mr. Nichols applied on the part of the insolvent for a
day to be named for the protecting order under singular
circumstances. The insolvent, who had been a miller
at Sunbury, Middlesex,
was heard under the Protection
Act some time back, and Mr. Macrae, the barrister,
ipposed for a creditor named Impey. No day was
named for the final order, with leave to apply for
protection in three months. Being without protec-
tion, the insolvent was arrested, and confined in
Maidstone gaol. Subsequently he applied for a pro-
tecting order and discharge, and obtained both with-
out giving notice to Mr. Impey. An application was
afterwards made to the full court, and the protecting
order was rescinded because notice had not been given,
and the insolvent left without p
order was rescinded on
rotection, with permis-
sion to apply in a month. The
the 6th December, and on the 21st of the same month
he was arrested at the suit of Mr. Impey, and was now
confined' in Gloucester Gaol. As the month had ex-
pired, the present application was made to have a day
named for a protecting order.
The chief clerk (Mr. Simpson) said that as the insol-

vent was now in Gloucester Gaol, an, order must issue to
the keeper, -to bring him before the court.
Mr. Commissioner Phillips directed an order to issue
to the gaoler, to bring the insolvent up from Gloucester,
and for a day to be named when he might apply for a
protecting order.

The 31d inst. was appooirited for the further hearing
of this singular case.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.—Toanna Neville, a decent-looking
young woman, was placed before Alderman Wire, charged
with attempting to commit suicide.
John Ware, the pierman at Blackfriar's-bridge, stated
that his wife was bringing him his supper about eleven
o'clock on Wednesday night, when she saw the prisoner
preceding her towards the dummy, on reaching which
she (prisoner) endeavoured to get under the rails for the
purpose of plunging into the water, when witness's wife
seized her by the clothing and detained her until witness
arrived. The prisoner told witness that she had been
seduced by a man who had since refused to acknowledge
the child, and being unable to support it she determined
to destroy herself.

Inquiry was made of .the prisoner's late mistress, in
whose service she had been up to seven o'clock on the
previous evening, when she discharged herself, leaving
the following note :
" May the Lord have mercy on us. My dear friend,
before this letter reaches you perhaps I shall be no more.
Ay mind is very unhappy, and I cannot live to bear any
longer this want, distress, and disgrace which I have
brought on myself by giving myself up to him. Ho has
used mo in a most shameful manner. lie knows he is the
father of my child ; but I bear him no malice. I only wish
that his conscience may prick him when he lies down in his
bed, for there is ono God that knows all. I now take my
last farewell of all my dear friends and my dear mother ; I
wish you all and my dear baby to follow me to my grave."
This letter was addressed to Charles Love, a letter-
carrier in the Post-office, who, she stated, had seduced
her. She had tried in two courts to compel him to sup-
port the child, but the witnesses who gave evidence
were not thought sufficient to enable the magistrates to
make an order. Her child was at wet nurse in Ber-
mondsey, and she had paid ss. per week hitherto, but
being unable to keep up that payment, she was reduced
to the greatest distress of mind.

Alderman Wire said the fact of the father of the child
refusing to support it was not the question ho had to de-
termine upon. The prisoner was charged with an offence
against the laws of God and man, and it was for that he
had to punish her. However, a. 9 her mistress declined,
under the circumstances, to receive her back into her
service, he would remand her f9r further inquiries to be
made into all the facts of the case.

Alderman Wire begged to acknowledge the receipt of
10/, for the poor-box from the Leathersellers' Company.

CLERKEN WELL. A prepossessing, respectable-
looking young woman, named Green, a servant,. applied
to Mr. Tyrwhitt for his advice and assistance under the
following peculiar circumstances :
It appeared from her statement that, in December last,
she left her situation with a lady at Tunbridge Wells,
and came to London, when she applied to " The Na-
tional Guardian Institution for hiring Servants," &c.,
No. 46, Bedford-row, for the purpose of becom-
ing a member. Her name was taken down, and
she paid five shillings. Her mistress was applied to for
a character, and she forwarded a letter to the institu-
tion speaking highly of her. She (applicant), however,
procured a situation herself at Hanwell, and on applying
to the institution for her character they refused to give
it to her, and although she explained to them that the
lady at Hanwell would feel perfectly satisfied with the
written character, she could not prevail upon them to
deliver it up to her, and thus she was kept out of her
situation and thrown on the world, and prevented get-
ting her livelihood. She wrote to her mother at Ton-
bridge, requesting her to apply to her late mistress for
another written character, and explain the circumstances
as to the detention of the one she had already given her
by the institution, but this the lady refused to do, say-
ing she would not be troubled any further in the matter.
Mr. Tyrwhitt thought it a very peculiar proceeding on
the part of the institution, and he directed an, officer to
accompany the applicant and make inquiries, and, if
possible, to cause the character to be delivered up to her.
They shortly afterwards returned, and said the institu-
tion refused to deliver up the character, it being contrary
to the rules.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said that the "National Guardian In-
stitution" exhibited anything but a respectable figure in
the affair. He would bear it in mind.

The young woman left the court convulsed with grief

LAMBETH.—James Mitchell and Joke Smith, the

'former a middle-aged man, and the latter a well-dressed
youth, were charged with being concerned with Fre-
admeri.curkn.
tßporufitnl7ecoreoadl.nd others not yet apprehended, with bur-
glariously breaking into the premises of Mr. Thomas
Prince, a jeweller, in Beckford-row, Walworth-road, and
carrying away property of various descriptions to the
deposed that on Friday night last his shop
and premises were secured as usual, and on coming down
on the following morning to business he discovered that
his shop had been erftered in the course of the night and
plundered of a vast quantity of valuable property. The
entrance to the shop had been effected by a skylight in
the roof being forced open and a sort of rope or line lad-
der suspended from a gimblet worked into the frame.
The prisoner Mitchell had been in his employment for
about twelve months, but had left about six or seven
months ago. Smith, he (Mr. Prince) knew by sight,
and he recollected that about a month ago he had ap-
plied to him for a situation. He (witness) was in .the
habit of keeping a cash-box under his bed, and he did
not think it improbable that the fact of his doing so was
known to Mitchell.
William Postell deposed that about the 29th or 30th
of last month the prisoner Mitchell came to his house,
and informed him that there was a cash-box deposited
under the bed of Mr. Prince, in Beckford-row, Wal-
worth-road, and asked him if he would assist iim in
getting it. Mitchell further stated that it would be very
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an evening, and that at that time the servants were usu-
ally in the idtchen. Witness declined having anything
to do with it. Mitchell called on him several days after,
and said he had got a man to assist him, and that they

had attempted to get at the cash-box the Saturday night
before ; that they had got up at Mr. Peacock's, the
builder's, but were disturbed by a boy coming
to Mr. Peacock's with some butter. He said

the person who was to assist him was a person named
Smith, a young man about 19 years of age, with dark
hair and eyes, residing in Trafalgar-street, Walworth,
and who had been occasionally employed by him. On
Monday Mitchell again called on him, and said that the
robbery had been effected, and that he had expected
Smith to call at his house for his "regulars," as he had
told him (Smith). where the cash-box was.
The prisoner Mitchell here said that it was the witness
who had first proposed the robbery, and in the course of
their conversations used frequently to ask if there was
much " sugar" about Mr. Prince's ; by which expression
" sugar "he meant " cash." The prisoner went on to
say also that the witness had been discharged from his
employment for dishonest practices, and had lived for
some time in Kent-street.
The witness anied this, and said his character for
years would bear the strictest investigation. He ad-
mitted that he had talked familiarly with the prisoner
Mitchell about robberies, but his motive in doing so was
to get information from him.
Prisoner : You know very well that you said that you
would not be committed for any paltry affair, and that

if you got taken it would be fora grand haul. •
The witness repeated that his observations to the
prisoner were made for the solo purpose of getting in-
formation from him.

Mr. Superintendent Lund said he went in search of
the prisoner Mitchell on the evening before, and met
him near the Catholic Church, in the St. George's-road.
Addressing him, he asked him if he had ever been in the
service of Mr. Prince, in the Walworth-road, and on his
answering in the affirmative, he told him who he was,
and said he must take him into custody for being con-
cerned in a burglary on Mr. Prince's premises on the
Friday night before, and removed him in a cab to
the Walworth station. At the station-house the pri-
soner said he would tell the truth, and made the fol-
lowing statement, which he (Mr. Lund) took down in
writing :—"About a fortnight since a man named Smith
-came and asked me if there was any money about Mr.
Prince's, for if there is, says he, I'm —if I must not
have it in some form or some how. The most likely way to
enter Mr. Prince's premises will be by getting on the leads
of Mr. Peacock's, the builder. I told him there was a
cash-box under Mr. Prince's bed, as I had seen it when
cleaning the windows. Smith then told me he must
break into the house sometime, and said he had attempted
the robbery on the Saturday night week, but that they
were disturbed by a butterman coming to Mr. Pea-
cock's. I told Postell that I expected Smith to do i.;;
very soon. Smith called at my house on Tuesday or
Wednesday, and asked me to go out with him, but I re-
fused, and he then said he had got a party who would
very soon assist him in doing it, and you shall see me
after the robbery. Smith did call at my house after the
robbery, but I was out ; and that is all I know about '
Sergeant Quinnear said he accompanied his superin-
tendent to the house, No. 8, Trafalgar-street, Walworth,
aed there took the prisoner Smith into custody. At the
s Cation-house, and when brought into the presence of
etitchell, the latter at once pointed him out as the per-
son he had mentioned in his statement. Smith's reply.
N vas, "I don't care what you say. I dare say you. com-
mitted the robbery yourself, and wanted to lay it on
n ie."

The prisoner Smith called three or four witnesses with
the view of proving an alibi, but in this they signally
E and both prisoners were remanded.

HAMMERSMITH.—John Gaywood, an omnibus
&river, badge No. 3,467, the son of a proprietor, ap-
)ared before Mr. Paynter, to answer a summons charg-
in .g him with having been guilty of wilful misbehaviour
d wring his employment in not carrying a passenger to
his destination when requested to do so.
Mr. Robert James, a gentleman residing at No. 2,
Atfithchurch Villas, New-road, Starch-green, deposed that
between 11 and 12 o'clock on the night of the 4th inst.
bZ entered the defendant's omnibus at Notting-ha , and
a
that time there was a conductor in charge of the
v ehicle, but on reaching the gate at Shepherd's-bush he
q witted his post, after having taken his fare, and also
fi •om another inside passenger, and the defendant then
d rove on without a conductor. He proceeded along
tl ie New-road, and upon reaching a point about a
q darter of a mile from the destination of the omnibus
thich was beyond witness's residence, he stopped',
a nd his (witness's) fellow-passenger alighted. The
eiefendant immediately turned his horses round, and be-
I tore witness was aware of his intention, drove off in a ;

contrary direction to the end of his journey. Witness
got on to the step of the omnibus, and called out as loudly
as the possibly could to the defendant, as he knew that he
was very deaf. No notice was taken by the defendant,
who continued to drive on, and as it was raining very
fast, witness was desirous that he should be conveyed to
his home, as the omnibus would pass if the defendant
drove the whole distance. Witness, therefore, climbed
on the roof, and then crawled along to the front seat,
and made the defendant aware of his presence. He told
the driver that he had not finished his journey, and re-
quested him to turn his horses, and take him where he
wanted to get down. The defendant stoutly refused to
turn his horses, and said he was driving to the stables,
and he (witness) might go there also.
Mr. Paynter asked the defendant the reason he did
not turn his horses again when the complainant spoke to
him, after he had climbed on to the roof.

The question having been repeated by one of the sum-
moning officers in the defendant's ear, he said the gravel
in the road was so very heavy, and the complainant told
him that he would have his three-pennyworth out of the
omnibus.

Mr. Paynter said the complainant had a very good
right to have his three-pennyworth. He, however, con-
sidered the defendant a very improper person to be an
omnibus driver. He fined him 20s. and 2s. costs, and
awarded half the penalty to the complainant.
The complainant desired that the 10s. might be added
to the funds of the poor-box.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN-(AMER

SHAM BRANCH)
A very crowded meeting of the landowners, lessees,
occupiers, and others interested in supporting the pro-
posed railway from the Watford station, on the London
and North-Western Railway, through Rickmansworth,
Chorley Wood, Chenies, and Chalfont, St. Giles, to
Amersham, was held at the Griffin Inn, Amersham, on
Wednesday.

Mr. WILLIAM WELLER •having been called to the
chair,
__

Mr. WEST said that the present railway was
to be constructed by the London and North-
Western Company, and he trusted there would be
no division of opinion amongst them to prevent its
being carried out, as he was satisfied the railway
must prove of the greatest importance to both towns.
Some persons were of opinion that trade might be injured
if their customers were placed too closely in communica-
tion with the metropolitan markets; but they must re-
collect that they would have the same advantage, which,
united with their skill and experience, would prevent
their losing any great portion of their trade, which would
be more than compensated by the increase of the sur-
rounding neighbourhood, and the flood of wealth which
would come in in consequence of the improved means of
communication. Things were not now as they formerly
were—business was transacted faster, and larger profits
were made through quicker and increased returns. Then
let them consider the great advantage to life of being
placed within an hour of the best medical advice the king-
dom could afford, great danger often ensuing through the
delays which now prevailed in obtaining a second opinion.
He looked upon railways as the great emancipator of the
human race. By them the people became freer both in
mind and body ; and if work was scarce in one place,
they could easily move, at the expense of a id. a mile,
to look for employment elsewhere. He, therefore, begged
to move—" That, considering the population and the
elements of the great traffic in and about the district
through which the proposed railway from Watford sta-
tion to Amersham is intended to be made, there exists
the necessity of a more ready and expeditious commu-
nication with the metropolis ; and that it would be ex-
tremely beneficial and advantageous that the proposal
of the London and North-West9rn Railway Company to
make a line from the station at Watford through Rick-
mansworth, Chorley Wood, Chenies, and Chalfont St.
Giles, to Amersharn, be approved and accepted."
(Cheers.)
_ _

Mr. MORTON had great pleasure in rising to second
the resolution.

The resolution was carried unanimously amidst loud
cheers.

The Hon. C. C. CAVENDISH, M.P., moved the next
resolution for the appointment of a committee to endea-
vour to obtain the assent of the various landowners of
the district to the proposed line, and thanking the Lon-
don and North-Western Company for their liberal con-
duct in proposing to make the line.
Mr. BLAKE seconded the motion, which was carried
unanimously.

The committee having been formed, a vote of thanks
to the chairman closed the proceedings.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffie return for the
week ending Jan. 9, 1853 £1,949 12 4
Corresponding week last year 1,609 1 1
CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY.—Traffic return for the
week ending Jan. 8, 1853 £l9l 19 11
Corresponding week last year... 123 12 9

DESPERATE STRUGGLE WITH A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG.
—A gentleman residing at Saint Josse ten Moodie, at
Brussels, possessed a Newfoundland dog, which was con-
sidered the largest and finest in that capital. A few
clays ago, the animal was accidentally left unfastened,
and when the cook went to carry him his food, ho
rushed on her, and mutilated her arm in a dreadful way.
Her cries attracted her master to the spot ; he attempted
to seize the animal, but he rushed on him. Fortunately
the gentleman was able to seize him by the throat. The
dog rose on his hind legs, and attempted to break away
from him. After a violent struggle both dog and
master fell ; the latter, however, still continued to grasp
the throat, and at length he got the dog's head beneath
his knees, and pressed it so tightly that he made him
howl piteously. The animal, finding himself beaten,
gave up the conflict, and allowed himself to be fastened
up. It was, however, deemed prudent to kill him.
SINGULAR ENTHUSIASM FOR THE FRENCH EMPEROR.
—A singular case has just been submitted to the tri-
bunal of the Juge-de-Pair at Toulouse. Louis Napo-
leon, in the course of his visit to that city in the month
of October last, appeared to be much struck with the
enthusiasm with which a party of ladies in a hatter's
shop in the Rue St. Etienne, cried " Vive l'Empereur !
Vive Louis Napoldon !" and be threw to them a bou-
quet of artificial flowers which he carried in his hand.
The bouquet was picked up by the hatter, and presented
by him either to one of the ladies, a MadameS—,
or to
his little child, whom his wife was carrying in her arms.
Which of the two it was could not in the confusion
be accurately ascertained ; but Madame took the
bouquet home with her. The hatter subsequently
obtained it from her, and intimated that he should
not return it. Madame S— insisted that it was her
property, as' he had presented it her, and that she had
only lent it to him to show to a sick person ; the hatter,
on the contrary, maintained that it was his, and that he
had only let her take it home to show her husband. The
dispute grew " fast and furious," and as there was no
likelihood of its being brought to a friendly conclusion,
Madame 'S—• cited the hatter before the Judge-de-Fair
to have him condemned to give up the bouquet. The
judge, after making a searching investigation into the
facts of the case, was unable to come to any Other con-
clusion than that Madame S--, and Madame B—, the
hatter's wife, had displayed equal enthusiasm for
the Emperor, and that there was nothing to show
that his Majesty had destined the bouquet for either of
them in particular ; he therefore, like another Solomon.
decided that it should be equally divided, and that in the
event of the latter refusing to give up half of it, he
should pay 100 fr.
THE ATTEMPT TO BURN A VILLAGE.—The several acts of incendiarism committed near Newport Pagnel, in-
volving the destruction of a vast amount of property,
and more lamentable still the loss of two lives, of which
this hitherto undisturbed little town has been the scene
within the last three weeks, are now the subject of
official inquiry. From the preliminary investigation
made by the local authorities, sufficient transpired to
satisfy them that the several fires were not only wilful
and malicious, but that from the persevering and metho-
dical manner in which they had been carried into effect,
more than one person must be implicated. In accord-
ance with the request of the local authorities the Home-
office has sent down three active officers from Scotland-
yard, who have so far pursued their inquiries as to have
gained somethine, like a clue to the perpetrators of the
atrocious acts. something
reward of 2001., and a free pardon
from her Majesty to any one coming forward to give
such evidence as will fix the guilt upon the offenders, is
to be made public to-morrow. It may be stated that
suspicion attaches to parties not of the labouring class.
THE HAVRE CUSTOMS.—The receipts of the Customs
in the port of Havre, in 1852, amounted to 34,611,401 f.,
showing an increase of 8,527,229 f., as compared with
those of 1851. The increase was divided as follows :
Foreign sugars, 2,650,000 f. ; colonial sugar, 916,000 f. ;
tobacco, 76,000 f. ; merchandise, but cotton in particu-
lar, 4,800,000 f. here was a diminution in the boun.
ties on export of 94,130 f. ; those paid in 1852 being
only 100,016 f., while they had amounted in 1851 to
194,146 f.
AGES OF AMERICAN PRESIDENTS,--Franklin Pierce is
the youngest man who has ever been elected President.
He is 48 years of age. Washington, John Adams, Jef-
ferson, Maddison, Munroe, John Quincy Adams, and
Van Buren, were each 58, Jackson 62, Harrison 68,
Taylor, 66, and Polk 49.
MILD WINTER.—The mean temperature of the last
month (December) at Greenwich was 46°7 Fahrenheit,
—the highest, probably, for that month since the regis-
tering by thermometer has been employed. The mean
for December for the last 40 years is about 39°4 ; there-
fore the December of 1852 has been 7°3-10ths in excess,
or above the mean ; and the thermometer only descended
once below the freezing point. The quantity of rain which
fell during the month was two inches, making in all for
the past year (1852) a depth of 351 inches at Greenwich,
and the wettest year during the last 40 years.
PORT NATAL.—Colonel Boys, the acting Lieutenant
Governor of Port Natal, in his speech to the Council,,
states that the estimated balance in the Treasi,l,7o/01,
Advances unrecovered for 1853 are taken
and including that sum he estimates the raetveriue
as
49,8301., and the expenditure at 47 016/. 19s. But
the estimated revenue includes 9,0001. under land sales
per drawback certificates ; and as the expenditure also
includes the like sum under immigration per
certificates, it is necessary, in order to show
tihethteruseamree-
sult, to deduct that amount from each, which leaves the
net estimated revenue 40,8301., and
aumentations expenditure 38,0161.
19s. It is proposed to make certain
un-
der the head of establishments,
which heg thinks are de-
manded by the exigencies of the public service.
FINE CRUSTED ADMIRALS.—AImost all our Admirals
may be regarded as Port Admirals, their principal quali:
fication appearing to consist in having been laid down
many years, like Port._ Punch,
EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA.—SchooIs upon the system
carried out by the Board of National Education at
home are rapidly being extended all over the three
colonies.