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TAR SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1853

age, considering the land is the heaviest description
.of. OLIC.E —INT,.ELLIGENCE
clay.
The steward, whose duty it is to superintend the farm- MANSION-HOUSE.—HIGHWAY ROBBERY BY A
ing operation, reports : FEMALE.—A well-dressed young woman, named Celia
" The marigold wurtzel averaged above 43 tons per Smith, was brought before Alderman Salomans, upon
acre upon the whole crop ; the wheat seven quarters per the charge of having assaulted and robbed a gentleman
acre, &c., which I attribute to the superior value of on the Queen's highway. The case attracted a crowd.
spade husbandry, complete draining, and the careful James Hall, potboy at a public-house in Hounsditch,
application of the sewage (liquid manure) from the said : Last night as I was leaving my place at a little
prison and barracks, farmyard, and every other avail- after twelve o'clock to go home, I saw the prisoner strike
able source. a gentleman in the stomach and knock him down. She
"We grew about three acres of flax, which has proved then put her hand in his side pocket and took out his
to be an excellent crop of first-rate quality ; and I be- pocket-book. He tried to get up, and I went and helped
lieve that if we had the means of preparing it (even if it him, along with another person, and the policeman then
were only so far as to render it marketable in its first came, and she threw the pocket-book into the road.
stage) we should find it not only a means of furnishing The policeman picked up the pocket-book and took the
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gentlemanbeen
profitable in-door employment for the prisoners in wet prisoner into custody. Whilst the officer held her, she
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weather and during the winter months, but it would be
found to be a fair paying crop."
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EXPENSES OF THE PRISON AND EARNINGS OF THE nrori
tdo robbed
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The total cost of the prison, exclusive of buildings,
amounted to 12,562/. 18s. 6d. After deducting the
woman
earnings of the prisoners, a sum of 2,008/. ls. 3d., and Mr. A. D. Ellis was next called, and the moment he
house-rent paid by officers, 192/. lis. 6d., the net cost appeared in the witness-box the prisoner said, in appeal-
of the prison was 10,362/. ss. 9d., and the daily average ing tones, to the alderman, " Oh,lord,this
my fellow's
number of prisoners during the year being 563, the net a Jew:,
(Laughter.) The witness said : As I was
cost of each was 18/. Bs. id. passing through Hounsditch, at ten minutes past twelve,
I saw a man fall upon his back in the street. I crossed
over to pick him up. The prisoner had her hand in his
pocket, and was taking out different things, and at the
same time intreating him to get up, "For' " said she,
"if the policemen come here and find you drunk, you
will be fined 51." I thought, from her manner and
what she said, that she was his wife ; and I was going
to leave them, when the policeman came up, and the
prisoner then flung a pocket-book which she had taken
from the gentleman into the road, and let some money
she had in her hand fall to the ground. I helped the
policeman to pick up the money. When the officer
took her into custody she saw another woman, who had
not interfered at all, and immediately accused her of
having robbed the gentleman, and made an effort to
seize her.
Alderman Salomons : Did you see the prisoner take
the pocket-book from his pocket ?—Witness : Most dis-
tinctly.
• Alderman Salomons : Did you see her strike him ?
Witness : No.
S. Obie, 694: At five minutes before twelve I saw the
prisoner and the prosecutor in Church-passage, Bishops.
gate-street. The gentleman was lying on the ground.
The prisoner said, "He has been drinking, and I can't
get him home. He is very obstinate." We then lifted
him up, and I asked him whether he could walk ? "Oh
yes," said the prisoner, "he can walk if he likes. We
have been to the Bank, and he has put in 1001. there
today." I said, "Do you know him then ?" She re-
plied, " Yes he married my sister ; " and she then said
to him, " Will you go home to Jane, or will you go to
the station-house ? ' He said that he would go home.
" Oh !" said she, " Jane will be in a dreadful way when
you get home." (Laughter.) I told him I'd take him
to the station-house if he would not walk home, and she
then took hold of him, and said, "Come along." I
thought then that she was his sister-in-law. While I
was taking her to the station-house she continued to
scream out " murder," and that the Jew had committed
a robbery upon her. At the station-house a half-sove-
reign dropped from her, and 3s 104 d. were found in her
pocket.

CONCLUSION.

Having briefly noticed the operreaet, anionodf thethe
probable
systemof
discipline which is now in for
ce, and
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to Van Diemen's Land, I would venture, in conclusion,
to call your lordship's attention to the great importance
of preventive measures.
Under this term I would be understood to include,
firta systematic pressure upon the acknowledged
causess of crime, such as drunkenness, lodging-houses
and resorts of thieves, penny theatres and low places of
amusement, receivers of stolen goods, &c.
Secondly, I would advocate measures calculated to
check the increase of juvenile criminals, by improve-
ments in the dwellings of the lower classes, so as to se-
cure the ordinary decencies of life, and generally by the
education and industrial training of the lowest classes of
children, who virtually derive no benefit whatever from
any provision at present made by the Government.
Thirdly, assuming a uniform corrective and reforma-
tory discipline suitable to different classes of criminals to
have been established in all prisons, it appears to me
essential, in order to diminish the number of re-commit-
tals, that some effort should be made in behalf of dis-
charged prisoners.
I feel persuaded that if the foregoing causes of crime
were grappled with in a vigorous manner by the com-
bined action of legislative and local authority, and if the
efforts of benevolence in applying remedial measures to
the neglected condition of the ragged children who in-
fest the streets, were duly encouraged by the State,
more good would be effected than any one unacquainted
with the magnitude of the evils would deem to be
possible.

The effect of such preventive measures would be a di-
minution in the number of criminals, and, if reference be
made to the very heavy expense which they entail on the
Government, it will be seen that, viewed merely on
economical and financial grounds, they are deserving of
attention.—l have the honour to be, my lord, your most
obedient servant,

J. JEBB, Lieut.-Col., &c. &c,

- Mr. E. Howell (the prosecutor) was then called. He
said : The prisoner is a stranger to me. I had been
making free with liquor, and was in Houndsditch at
about twelve o'clock last night. I met the prisoner first
in Bishopsgate street, but Ido not recollect where. I
walked with her. I had a pocket-book and a half-
sovereign and ss. or 6s. in my pocket. A bag in which
I kept the money was left in my pocket, but the money
was taken. I also lost a hankerchief. I recollect fall-
ing in Houndsditch. The prisoners gave me a violent
blow or push on the pit of the stomach, and I fell and
cut my head open. I lost nearly three half-pints of
blood, and was in a very weak state from the loss. I
did not speak to any other woman to my knowledge.
The prisoner : I am perfectly innocent, my lord. The
robbery was committed by another woman. I tried to
prevent the gentleman from being robbed, and he never
charged me at all with the robbery, and I called out
murder, because they told me they would murder me.
The prisoner was then committed for trial.

CLERKENWE LL. CHARGE AGAINST A ROMAN
, CATHOLIC PRIEST.— Pierre Paulzenntti, the Roman
Catholic priest, was finally examined before Mr. Tyr-
whitt, charged by Mrs. Jemima Downes, of No. 2,
Foundling-terrace, Gray's-inn-road, with having inde-
cently exposed himself, and also with attempting to
stab her with a knife.
Mr. Woollett, barrister, attended for the defence.
Mrs. Downes, having been sworn, reiterated her for-
mer evidence.
Mr. Woollett questioned her closely upon the various
points, but without shaking her evidence. She shed
tears, and sail she was very sorry that she was obliged
to come forward in so painful and delicate a case.
Henry Patman, a vender of fish, of No. 16. Pugh-
street Bagnigge-wells-road, gave confirmatory evidence.
He saw Mrs. Downes beckon to her husband, who
came up, and said something to the prisoner, when he
took something from his pocket like a knife, and made
a stab at him.
Thomas Downes, the husband, said—On his wife tell-
ing him of what had occurred he touched the prisoner
on the shoulder, and said, " What is this about," on
which the prisoner took out a knife and made a stab
at him.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—Might it not have been his spectacles,
and not a knife ?—Witness—lt might.
William Henry Maskell, sergeant of the G division,
produced the memorandums found in his possession, also
a knife and a pair of spectacles.
This being the whole of the evidence,
Mr. Tyrwhitt (addressing Mr. Woollett) said he had
looked over the papers found on the prisoner, from
which it would appear that he had come from the dio-
cese of Como, and that he was a missionary priest. They
had been signed by the Bishop of Como, and bore his
seal, entitling him to say mass and describing him to
be a " worthy character," &c.
Mr. Woollett here explained that it had appeared
in the public prints that the prisoner was connected
with convents in America. Such was not founded
in fact. He had no power or authority here
from Rome. He was connected with highly re-
spectable persons, whatever his state of mind might
be. He was introduced in January last to the Rev.
Dr. Melia. He was a foreign exile for political mo-
tives, and Dr. Melia was the party from whom he re-
ceived the papers alluded to. He (Mr. Woollett) sug-
gested that it might be a case for summary punishment,
but he could call witnesses to show that his mind was
not in a proper state. His present garb was more like
a pauper's than that of a Roman Catholic priest, and
the charge of attempting to stab he considered must fall
to the ground.

Mr.-Tyrwhitt said that Mrs. Downes had given her
evidence and conducted herself most creditably in the
matter.

Mr. Woollett made a powerful appeal to the bench,
and said that the prisoner, under all the circumstances,
was more a fit object of compassion than of scorn. He
called

The Rev. Dr. Raphaelle Melia, Roman Catholic priest,
of No. 54, Lincoln's-inn-fields, who having been sworn,
said that he was a missionary apostolic, and the only
one doing duty in this country. The document was an
authority given to him only to collect contributions for
a church for Italians. In. January last the prisoner
was introduced to him by Mr. Gattie. Saw the prisoner
three or four times, and observed something very pecu-
liar about his manner, but nothing indecent.
By Mr. Tyrwhitt--The papers were genuine. The
last time he saw the prisoners he said he was going back
to his own country. The prisoner had no connection
with convents in America. Witness appointed deputies
under the above authority.
Mr. Joseph Gattie chocolate maker, of Aldgate, had
known the prisoner since 1834 in France. Never ob-
served anything evil or indecent in him. Recently he
had noticed a change in his manners, so much so, that
he considered he ought to be under medical treatment.
He always dressed in the at yle of a priest (in black),
quite different to the garb h e now appeared in (a rough
brown suit).

Mr. Tyrwhitt said he had paid great attention to this
painful case, and after regro tting that a person of the
prisoner's description should be involved in such a
charge, said that under the circumstances, there was a
doubt which would act in his favour, and he would dis-
charge him. He believed irs. Downes to be a respect-
able woman, and there wa,l3 no distrust upon her evi-
dence.

The prisoner then left the court with his friends.

SOUTHWARK.—THE ADJEDEE OF ELIZA GRIM-
WOOD.—Peter Lameschall, th e Dane, was again examined
on the charge of having mur tiered Eliza Grimwood.
Mr. Combe said—ls there any further evidence in this
case ? Now Goff is present, I ie can tell me what he has
done.

Goff—l do not think there is any evidence to impli-
cate the prisoner. He is too short in stature, and does
not at all correspond with th e description given of the
foreigner who was last seen with the murdered Eliza
Grim wood. It appeared that she meta foreign gentleman
in the Strand, and was driven in a cab with him to her
lodgings in Wellington-terraci 3, Waterloo-road, at 3 o'clock
in the morning of the 26th" of May, 1838. At 6 o'clock
the same morning she was cUiscovered lying on the floor
of her bed-room with her throat cut from ear to ear, and
stabbed in several parts of 13 er body through her stays.
The foreigner was not apprel ►ended, although a descrip-
tion of him was widely circulated, and a reward of 1001.
was offered for his apprehHnsien. The cabman who
drove them from the Strand on that fatal morning stated
that the foreigner was a tall( a. man by two inches than
he was. The cabman was fr ye feet six inches in height,
and the prisoner therefore is considerably under the
height. The cabman was tr tnsported in 1846 for rob-
bing a gentleman of a goli I brooch near the Surrey
Theatre, and he is employei I. as a coachman to a judge
at Hobart Town. I have also examined the Police

Gazette and other document s, and I find the prisoner
don't answer the description given of the foreigner.
,ay Mr. Combe to Jennings—. What have you to say to-
-3;-• ? Do you still adhere tt ) your statement of Mon-
d

Jennings yes,
occa-
sions, when he thrashed me, 'that he would serve me in
the same
waterway that he had served Eliza Grimwood, over
the N only that, your vrorship, he said he
I do. He told me on several
viould cut me to pieces and put me in a pickle tub, and
send me to llolland. (Laughter.)
Mr. Combelt is a ridiculous affair altogether, and
the idle threat of a lazy vagabond towards a prostitute.
The words uttered by such a man were without mean-
ing, and there Was not the a) ighted pretence for charge

ing bim with the murder of Eliza Grimwood. Have
you any other evidence ?

BANK RETURNS.

Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross —Prich-
ards and Allaway
saffron WaldeD.. and North Essex Bank, Saffron
Walden—Gibsons and Co.
Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and
Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall
and Co.
Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and
Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons,
and Co.
Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne
—Valiance and Co.
Southampton Town and County Bank, South-
ampton—Maddison and Pearce
Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co
Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp-
ton—Atherley, Fell, and Co.
Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore
Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and
C 0...
Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton,
Cayley and Co.
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury
—Beck, Downward, and Co
Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle
Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and Co.
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton
Dunsford and Co.
Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton-
shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Eland
Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But-
cher and Son
Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—Percival and
Co
Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring-
wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led-
gard and Sons
Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and
Co

Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith,
and Co
Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Hedges,
Wells, and Co,
Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick—
K. and Co.
Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox,
Brothers, and Co
West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract
Bank, Wakefield. Leatham, Tew, and Co
WW:,by Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap-
man, and Co
Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win-
chester—Bulpett and Co
Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester
—Wickham and Co
Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank,
Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce
Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank,
Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co
Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech—
Gurneys and Co
Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe— P. and
W. Hancock
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good-
ricke and Holyoake
Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Laven-
der, and "Co
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old
Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and
Co

_ .......................................................
Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley,
Turner, and Co
Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Forster
and Sons
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R
and W. F. Fryer
Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth
and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys,
Birbeck, and Co
Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great
Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and
Co
York Bank, York— Swann, Clough, and Co

JOINT-STOCK BANKS
Bank of Westmorland, Kendal
Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley ,
Bradford Banking Company, Bradford
Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver-
hampton
Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven
Bradford Commercial Banking Company,
Bradford
Burton Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union
Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent
Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking
Company, Chesterfield
Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work-
ington
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com-
pony, Cheltenham
Coventry- and Warwickshire Banking Company,
Coventry
Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry
County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel-
tenham
Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company,
Carlisle
Carlisle. City and District Bank, Carlisle
Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company,
Dudley_
Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company,
Derby
19,408
Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com-
pany, Darlington
East of England Bank, Norwich 23,661
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 150,175
Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 18,202
Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 33,700
Hull Banking Company, Hull 26,605
Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,550
Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com-
pany, Halifax
Helston Banking Company, Helston
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford
Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company,
Knaresborough
Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge
Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster
Leeds Banking Company, Leeds
Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester....
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company
Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking
Company, Leamington Priors
Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow
Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank-
ing Company, Nottingham
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking
Company, Nottingham
Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union
Joint-Stock Banking Company, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne
National Provine ial Bank of England, Birming-
ham, Head-off ice, 112, Bishopsgate-street,
London
North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 44,179
Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 66,244
Northamptonshire Banking Company, North-
ampton
North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool
Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company,
Leicester
Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth.
Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield
Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com-
pany, Stamford
Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset-
shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang-
port
342,180
Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 41,656
Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com-
pany, Stourbridge
Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company,
Sheffield
Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking
Company, Sheffield
Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company,
Richmond
Storey and Thomas' Banking Company, Shaftes-
bury
Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking
Company, Wolverhampton 31,2 '63
Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake-
field
Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company,
Whitehaven
Warwick and Leamington Banking Company,
Warwick
West of England and South Wales District
Bank, Bristol
76,45 cz.:o
Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 70,U. II
West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud-
dersfield
Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company,
Whitchurch
Worcester City and County Banking Com-
pany, Worcester
5,20 2
York Union Banking Company, York 67,09 3
York City and County Banking Company, 88, 68. 0
Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 111,6 8 5
P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns.
Inland Revenue, Somerset-house,
August 13, 1853.

9,688
9,503
48,188

9,478
29,182

19,490

45,390

33,332

9,868

22,810
13,665

102,172

25,261
19,187

35,327

41,358
1,293
16,020

26,648
2,794
55,855
19,712
66,581
49,475

10,091
9,469

35,072

28,900

21,903
33,866

45,465
3,225
30,401

49,486

56,160

22,8'08

51,. 567

46,: 226

9,( 306

12,9. 37

25,7 i >5

26, 16 ;8

31,2/ ;9

2,79