The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-25 00:00:00

THE DISABILITIES OF THE JEWS.

Mr. ANDERTON rose to move " That this Court do
petition Parliament to remove the disabilities of the Jews
from sitting in the House of Commons."
Mr. WIRE seconded the motion.

The motion was agreed to amidst loud acclamations,
and the Remcmbrancer was directed to apply to a Peer
of Parliament to present the petition to the House of
Lords.

THE POST OFFICE SUB-SORTERS AND LETTER-CARRIERS.

Mr. BLAKE (the Chairman of the Bridge-house Com-
mittee) presented a petition from the members of the
General Post-office, Sub-sorters', and Letter-carriers'
Widows' and Orphans' Pension Institution, for a con-
tribution in aid of the funds. He made a very able and
impressive appeal to the Court, but there were but few
members present at the time, and they were not "in the
vain."

Mr. DE JERSEY moved, as an amendment, that the
petition do lie on the table, and carried it.—Adjourned.

TROOPS FROM INDIA.—CHATHAM, JUNE 21.—Last
night the following detachments of regiments serving in
India arrived at the Invalid Depot, Fort Pitt :—one private
of the 3d Light Dragoons, six men uf the Oth root, three
,eciceacct. andthroe privates of the 32c1, twenty-three privates
of the 53d, one sergeant and one private of the 61st, and one
sergeant and thirteen privates of the 98th Regiment, under
command of Lieutenant Drought, R. Croasdaile, of the 61st,
with seven women and sixteen children; and after medical
inspection by the chief medical officer, Dr. M. Henry, seven-
teen were sent into the hospital. The whole of the troops
are from the Sutlej, and landed at Gravesend from the ship
Trafalgar, Captain Robson. The ship sailed from Calcutta
on the 11th of February, and put in at the Cape on the 15th
of April, where she remained four days. The number of
casualties on board were seven previous to the ship arriving
at the Cape. Captain T. Hussey Burgh, of the 61st, died on
board, and at the Cape private Ratcliffe, of the 53d, fell down
the companion into the hold of the vessel and was killed.
The following soldiers died on the voyage :—Private P. Re-
mington and private Joseph M'Grath, both of the 10th
Foot; private John Driscoll, of the 29th ; private Hugh
Hughes, of the 32d, and private J. Owen, of the 53d. Those
troops that did not require medical treatment were sent to
St. Mary's Invalid Depot for examination by a Chelsea board.
The 17th Regiment will arrive at Chatham in two divisions;
the first division under command of Brevet Lieutenant-
Colonel M'Pherson, comes in on Friday, the 22d ; and
the head-quarters, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel
Stoyte, arrives on Saturday, the 23d. The strength of the
corps is as follows :—four field officers, ten captains, twenty
subalterns, five staff, forty-seven sergeants, sixteen drummers,
and 738 rank and file.

DEATH OF " THE BARD OF COLOUR."—OD '
Tuesday morning, between ten and eleven o'clock,
Robert Rose, a West Indian, who is the author of
.everal poems, and is known as " the bard of colour,"
lied suddenly, at the Salford lock-ups, under the in-
fluence of a fit of delirium tremens. For some time past,
ae has been very intemperate in his habits, more espe-
cially durieg the last three weeks, and on the evening
of Saturday last, he is said to have drank the almost
incredible quantity of a pint of whiskey, a pint of
brandy, two quarts of ale, and three bottles of porter;
and on Sunday morning, the servant of the house
where he lodged, in St. Stephen-street, fetched him
acme more liquor. For seven or eight days previ-
ously to this, he is said not to have been in bed at all.
Ind to have taken no food since Friday last. On Mon-
day evening last, he had been spending the evening with
some friends at the Manor Inn, Salford, and at twelve
~'clock was taken home by a friend in a drunken state.
On getting home, however, he behaved in a very violent
manner, and eventually turned out into the street, where
he commenced to undress himself. A police-officer was
ent for upon this, and he tried to persuade Rose
to go home, and behave quietly. He would not, however,
do so, and was altogether so violent that the officer was
obliged to take him to the lock-ups. He was brought
up before the magistrates at the Salford Borough
Court on the following morning, when it was so
evident from his behaviour that he was labour-
ing under delirium tremens, that ho was re-
manded back to the cell, and notice was given
to the relieving officers of the Salford union, that
they might remove him to the workhouse, in order that he
might afterwards be sent to the lunatic asylum. Mr. Dean
had accordingly visited him, and he was remaining in the
cell until his removal could be effected, under the charge of
twoodic.ers, when his violence suddenly subsided, and he
appeared gradually to sink. The chief constable, on being
informed of the state in which he was, sent for medical
assistance, but before his arrived he had expired. An
inquest was held upon the body last evening, before Mr.
Henshall, deputy-coroner for this division of the county,
when a verdict of " Foun4 dead" was returned, the jury
at the same time adding the expression of their opinion
that his death was caused by the excessive drinking of
ardent spirits.—Manchester Guardian.
DEATH FROM ASIATIC CHOLERA IN READING.—
We regret to state that a decided and fatal case of this
disease occurred in Reading, in a wharf near Blake's-
bridge, which, as many of our readers know, is at the back
of the county gaol. The patient was a married woman
named Bowman, aged twenty-three years. It appears that
about three weeks ago the man Bowman, his wife, and a
family of three little children came from Wokingham,
lodging in a miserable loft over a stable, sur-
and the parents found employment in bark-stripping on
offal heaps and close to the water. Soon
after
arrival they were all more or less affected
the wharf,
roundedtheir
ibry
by sickness, except the deceased, but no one
applied for medical assistance until Wednesday
last, when the youngest child (eighteen months
old) was brought to Mr. Walford, surgeon, suffering
from low fever, after an attack of vomiting, &c.
Mr. Walford prescribed end the child grew better ;
but on Thursday night the unfortunate mother
symptoms of the same kind.
nighto
and until nine o'clock ,
anz yet idumuwoe irdtni iitnhvgui lweahnleltn Bowman went to Mr. ySwehasest yesterday
Wal-
ford. That gentleman was out and engaged in a case
he could not leave, but the man finding him, was sent
on to Mr. Vines, who immediately prescribed, and paid
the greatest attention to the case. At two
"'clock in the afternoon Mr. Walford joined Mr.
Vines in his exertions, but between three and four
o'clock the poor woman expired. The body was interred
this morning very early in the Cemetery, and the family
have been removed. They had been, as may be sup•
posed, in a state of great destitution, and the external
circumstances were such as to account for the aggra-
vated nature of the attack.—Berkshire Chronicle.
FOREIGN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.—Every sea-
sonable variety of fruits and vegetables has now begun
to arrive in large quantities from several of the conti-
nental states, including more particularly Holland and
France. The vessel Magnet, from Rotterdam has brought
69 baskets of new potatoes, 18 baskets of gooseberries,
and 4 baskets of cucumbers ; the Soho, from Antwerp,
20 baskets of vegetables, 5 baskets of strawberries (a
novel and interesting article of supply from the
continent), and 50 baskets of various other kinds of
fruit ; the Rainbow, from Rotterdam, 565 baskets
of new potatoes, 301 baskets of gooseberries, 16 bas-
kets of cucumbers, and 7 baskets of cherries ;
the Columbine, from Havre, 29 baskets of green peas, 7
baskets of new potatoes, and 373 baskets of various kinds
of fruit; the Batavier, from Rotterdam, 460 baskets of new
potatoes, 3 baskets ofcucumbers, 17 baskets of cherries. 19
baskets of gooseberries, and some packages of melons and
vegetables of different kinds; the Sir Edward Banks, from
Ostend, a quantity of new potatoes; the Ocean, from Rot-
terdam, 1,327 baskets of new potatoes, 231 baskets of
gooseberries, 158 baskets of cherries, and 238 baskets
of currants and other fruit ; the City of Better-
dam, from Rotterdam, 140 bags and 362 baskets of
new potatoes, 4 baskets of cucumbers, and 451
baskets of gooseberries ; the Antwerpen, from Ant-
werp, 147 baskets of cherries, 3 baskets of strawberries,
and 6 baskets of new potatoes; and the Venezuela, from
Havre, 589 baskets of various kinds of fruits, the pro-
duce of France. These extensive supplies of fruits and
vegetables from abroad must, doubtless, be an important
addition to the profuse supplies of home-growth in the
metropolitan markets at the present time.
DUTY ON PAPER.—Messrs. W. and R. Chambers,
of Edinburgh. have presented a petition 'to the House of
Commons against the paper duties. In the course of the
document they state, that they had abandoned a perio-
dical work which had a sale of 80,000 copies weekly, be-
cause of its being unprofitable ; whilst the duties would
have made a very high remuneration for their capital
and labour. Another fact which they impress upon the
House is, that in five years they have paid for printing
paper 63,4251,, of which 14,335 was exacted as Excise
duties. And 'lastly, they point out an ;anomaly which
only requires, we think, to be properly known to secure
a remedy in some shape or other. It is, that works can
be printed in the Isle of Man on paper duty free ; and
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SHORT CRAFTERS ON KISSING._When a Bahl-
mare girl is kissed she says she is taking chloroform,
and remains imensible as long as the operation lasts.
Balt. paper. When a Tennessee girl is kissed, she ex-
, claims, " Now put that tack where you got it from."—
Tenn. paper. When a Buckeye girl is kissed, she throws
up her hands, and ejaculates, " Blissful moments, how
they fly."—Gin. paper. When a Louisiana girl is kissed,
she gets miffed, and says, " I'd like to see you do that
again—I would."—/V. 0. Delta. When a Teledo girl is
kissed, she acts on the principle: " If any one smack
thee on one cheek, turn to him the other also."— Toledo
Republican. When a Chester girl is kissed, she says,
" Now, if you do that again, I'll retaliate, I will."---
Village Pecan!. We may add to the above, that when
a Philadelphia girl is kissed, she says, in the most inno-
cent manner imaginable,"
father.—Phil Post.
Yes, you may go and ask my

AW E S T.E LI, IGEa, C E.
VICE t.,1 -IA N Y COI R 7', Jun. 23,
,1.
ctucinx V I:•_,WE.----FREEMAS.,NS' ASYLUM.
Ire ebria :,1 ihi, p talon ~t, !..ill tire tln,qi,,n
of ti.e Court to the inserti.4l in dc,.,d of trust. of a
i,roviso tar the app-mtroent of new trooees, re that, if
rier'es,,ary. iv: might be referred to the ga.ter to Settl_
nit approve of art-rd. br• ex,co±,,j by 1.,,rd
Colonel (4,..)rg An 11, a:.,!
B. B. Cabbell, and the petitioner, Mr. R. T. Crucifix (a
subscriber to the charity), for the purpose of declaring
the trusts upon which the funds of the charity were to be
held by the trustees; and that the Muster might be di-
rected, in settling such deed, to make provision for keep-
ing up the number of trustees appointed, as any of them
should from time to time die, or otherwise cease to act.
The petition was presented by Mr. Crucifix, on 13,tialf
of himself and all others the subscribers to the charity
called " The Asylum for Worthy Aged and Decayed
Freemasons," except the five defendants. The charita-
ble association was formed in 1835, by several of the
brethren of the order of freemasons, and others, arid
considerable sums had been subscribed for the support
of the charity, the management and direction of which
were vested in a committee of the subscribers, but with-
out any deed of trust. The present funds consisted of
about 2,066/., which was vested in the funds in the de-
fendant's names. In 1845, one of the defendants was
removed from his office of trustee, by a decree of the
Court; and the other defendants declining to act, a re-
terence was made to the Master to appoint five new
trustees. The Master had appointed Lord Southamp-
ton, Lord Aboyne, Colonel Anson, Mr. Cabbell, and the
petitioner trustees.

Mr. Elderton appeared for the petitions, Mr. Goren
consenting on the part of the trustees. The order was
made accordingly.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 23.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before tho LORD CHIEF BARON
and a Special Jury.)
NOTTIDGE V. RIPLEY AND ANOTHER.

This was an action of trespass by a maiden lady
against her brother-in-law, and another person, occupy-
ing the position of her trustee, for an assault and false
imprisonment. The defendants pleaded not guilty, and
also a plea in justification, alleging that the plaintiff
was a person of unsound mind, dangerous to herself and
others, and that they had, therefore, caused her to be
placed and kept under restraint, using no more violence.
than Was necessary for her safe custody, which was the
trespass now complained of.
Mr. Cockburn (with whom was Mr. Montague Smith)
conducted the case for the plaintiff; and Sir F. Thesiger
(with Mr. Crowder and Mr. Bovill) represented the de-
fendants.
It appeared from the opening statement of the plain-
tiff's counsel, as well as the testimony of the witnesses,
that the plaintiff is one of five sisters, and the only one
now unmarried, and that, up to the close of the autumn
of 1846, she resided with her mother at Rose-hill, in
Suffolk. The plaintiff is, and her sisters, previous to
their respective marriages, were, possessed of fortunes
in their own right, amounting to about 6,0001., invested
in the Government funds. Three of the plaintiff's
sisters were married about the same time to three per-
sons, named Price, Cobb, and Thomas, who were
members of a sort of religious community, known
as the " Lampeter Brethren," who entertain
peculiar views upon religious subjects, and
amongst other things denied the efficacy of
prayer, and did not think the Sabbath entitled to any
particular respect or observance. A number of persons
belonging to this community, amongst whom are the
brothers-in-law of the plaintiff, Price, Cobb, and Thomas,
and their respective wives, have lately established them-
selves in a large building at Charlidge, in Somerset-
shire, which is called " Agapemone," or " The Abode
of Love ;" but before this establishment was prepared
fur them they travelled through different parts of the
country. At the close of the year, 1846, the plaintiff,
who, it appeared, was particularly attached to her sisters
(Mrs. Price and Mrs. Cobb), left her mother's residence,
and went to the west of England, and in company with
one or both of her sisters successively visited and resided
roe some time at Weymouth, Bridgewater, and Spaxton.
Before the " Agapemone" was completed and fitted for
the reception of the present occupiers, a Mrs. Prince and
the plaintiff had lodgings at Spaxton, at the house of a
person named Waterman, and it was whilst the plaintiff
was residing at this place the occurrence took place
which occasioned the present action. In November,
1846, the defendant Ripley, who is brother-in-law of the
plaintiff, and engaged in business at No.ll, Great Tower-
street, London, accompanied by the other defendant,
proceeded to the cottage where the plaintiff was
living, and having obtained an entrance by the back
of the house, went into the room where she was sit-
ting, and laying hold of her, dragged her out of the
house, notwithstanding her struggles and screams, and
forced her into a carriage, without either bonnet or
shawl, having nothing on her feet but carpet slippers, and
then drove off as fast as they could. Eventually they
brought the plaintiff to London, when they proceeded
to place her in a lunatic asylum belonging to a Dr. :still-
well. Here she was kept, notwithstanding her appeals
to the heads of the hoase, from November, 1846, to
January 1848, when she effected her escape, and wrote
to her relatives at Cambridge. Mr. Cobb, one of her
brothers-in-law, instantly came up to London, and met
the plaintiff at an hotel where she was staying after her
escape from the lunatic asylum. He accompanied her
to the railway, with the intention of conveying her
back, but on their arrival at the Farriegclon-road sta-
tion, one of Dr. 6tillweli's keepers met them, and in-
sisted upon re-conveying the plaintiff to the asylum.
Mr. Cobb accompanied the plaintiff and keeper, but
when he got to the place he was turned out, whilst the
lady was kept. The relative, having now ascertained
where the plaintiff was, applied to the commissioners
in lunacy, by whom an inquiry was instituted, of which
the result was the order for her release. After the
plaintiff had obtained her release, through the interven-
tion of the lunatic commissioners, she proceeded to Char-
lidge, and took up her abole at the " Agapemone,"
where she is now residing. The action was brought to
recover compensation in damages for taking her by force
from Spaxton, and her subsequent detention in Dr. Still-
well's establishment.
Two or three witnesses were called in the first instance
to depose to the actual circumstances attending the re-
moval of the plaintiff from Spaxton, and to show that
the defendants were the parties by whom her removal
was effected. It was expressly admitted, however, by
the defendant's counsel, at an early stage of the trial,
that they were the persons who had authorised the
plaintiff's removal.
The Rev. Louis Price, the brother-in-law, of the
plaintiff, deposed as follows:—I was married to a sister
of the plaintiff in June, 1845. I have known the plaintiff
since 1844. There has always been a great intimacy
between the sisters. The plaintiff came at the end of
1845 to stay with us at Weymouth. We removed to
Bridgewater. There is another sister married to Mr.
Cobb. Eventually we all went to Charlidge. I had
great opportunities of seeing the state of the plaintiff's
mind. I and my wife dwell at the " Agapemone," and
Mr. and Mrs. Cobb also. It is considered as " a private
family," entertaining religious views of our own, and in
those views the plaintiff concurred. There was no un-
soundness of mind about her. She was very gentle,
quiet, and lady-like. I was not at Spaxton when she
was taken away. We did not know for some time after
where she had been taken to. We heard in 1848, be-
fore April, where she was. Mr. Cobb went up to see
her, and I went up in consequence of the miserable let-
ter she wrote to us. I went to the defendant Ripley's,
but not to the asylum. I wrote several letters to the
lunacy commissioners, the first on the 9th of April, 1848,
and she was liberated in the next month.

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Cross-examined—Ours
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family," and OursOurs
religious society. We do n,,t call ourselves by any name
from that time the family has been living in " Agapeinone.*
eme(l
now, but we at one time called ourselves " Lampeter
Brethren." This family has existed for a year or two, and
Before that we used to go about the country together
and preached anywhere--in the open air, if we could not
I get a house. We made announcements of our arrival.
God is the head of our family, and no one under God.
It was not a part of our belief that God was manifested
in the flesh of any individual amongst us; no, nor any
such blasphemy. %Ve did not pa) any peculiar homage to
Mr. Prince. If a person said that he was God incarnate,
he was not of sound mind, or at all events he was under
a delusion. I was ordained a priest of the Church
of England, and had a curacy in South Wales. Prince,
after he left Charlidge, was curate at Stoke, in
Suffolk, near to Mrs. Nottidge. The bishop dis-
missed me from my curacy. I cannot tell of my
own knowledge that Prince was also dismissed. Mr.
Thomas was ordained a deacon of the Church of Eng-
land, andiMr. Starkic was the rector of Charlidge, but has
ceased to be so some years. We at length established
"the family" at Charlidge, in the " Agapeinone." I had no
money, nor had the others any until we married the
Misses Nottidge. My curacy in Wales was 70/. a year. Mr.
Rouse, the attorney for the plaintiff, is one of " the
family," and lives at " Agapemone." There are 50 or
60 in " the family" circle living in the house. We have
horses and carriages and live in good style. There has
been a farm purchased. There was a chapel there; but
we have converted that into a dwelling. Some of our
friends are in the Bank, and some elsewhere. We ab-
jure prayer altogether as a matter of religion, but we
pray by offering up praises to God, by a life of goodness
to God, and by outward manifestation, such as singing,
and by healthy exercises, and "hockey" is one. I con-
sider that all we do is to the " glory of God." That is
the commandment of God. I consider that we are
glorifying God when we eat and drink. Every one does
as he pleases on the Sunday. We make no difference
between that day or any other day. All play at
"Hockey," females as well as males. I married Harriet,
1 Mr. Thomas married Agnes, and Mr. Cobb married
Clara. We were all married on the same day at Swan-
sea. The five sisters were at Charlidge, to be present at
the opening of the chapel. I was married on the 9th of
July 1845, and saw my wife at Brighton in 1844. I
never preached on the sea shore at the time I was a mi-
nister of the Church of England. I knew them before.
Those living in the house aro " the family," but we call
every one a " brother" who lives in God.

In answer to the CHIEF BARON, the witness said, if it
be true that once a priest is a priest for ever, then I am
still of the Church of England.

Cross-examination continued —I saw my wife in 1844
at Brighton, but never went to her mother's house there;
and after they left Brighton I then corresponded with
her. My wife is about 40, and is older than the plain-
tiff. The day after my wife went to CharHdge I do not
know that Prince told her that it was the will of God
that she should marry Thomas, and Clara that she
should marry Cobb. lie never told ma so. I made her
an offer. I considered that it was the will of God that
we should marry, but I did not tell her so. The five
ladies were at Charlidge, and in one day thr,,e of teem
agreed to marry three of "the family." The young
ladies came there with Thomas and Turner, two of " the
family." the day After their arrival the matters

.-Were completed- tar 'our .-marriage,t.--- The. day on wh7ch
the earn atony was to be perfOrtned I rEeert tth Mr.
Princ-, and he di.l not, tell us tha;', three
the had cwiet.ted, ";n b. d . -exe
to the will of G',,)," t..e marry Miss .Not.iclge
w•e.s present on that. oce,4si,m. I cannot
that anything was t,a.iti except tbto we intended
to a,y-,rry. Each of urt said ae. I'V <j: %hi. it toge.th,F-r.
I do not ;ii it h -eying 1,-.1-1 f r U.S
to be married Lhet ;t. ,
auutti be better, tattOii k M N, Ltmge, , w.ts
at Brighton. Ido not know that either of th,• ladies ob-
jected to the marriage taking place until a cotnmunica-
tion had been made to the mother on the subject. I
never heard it said to them tHat they must lead the
" Book of Jonah," and then they would see the conse.
quence of their disobeying " God's c,mtnancl." I in-
tended to marry one of them before they came. There
were not any marriage settlements made. Each lady had
60001 I have received my share. After the chapel had
been opened the plaintiff and the other sister returned to
Brighton, and my wife went to Rose hill, her mother's
house, to fetch her clothes. Her moth. r was then at
Brighton. Mrs. Thcmas also went to Rose-hill, but
Mrs Cobb remained behind. In ab,ut a wet k they
returned, and then we all went to Swims, a, where the
marriage took place, Mrs. Cobb and Mr. Cobb, and I
and my wife, are living in the " Agapeua.me." Mr.
Prince does not assume the signature of "Amen."
I have never seen these letters before. They are not his
handwriting that I can tell. I have seen him write, but
I cannot give a belief as to these having been written by
him, although lam familiar with his writing. It re-
sembles his writing, however, in some resp,.ets. There
are some of "the family " whose writing is very much
like Prince's, and I think the letters are from one of
those—one of " the family." There are two or three of
"the family" who write very much alike. Mrs. 13, ince, Mrs.
Starkie, eta]. Mr. Price, write very much alike. Mr. Prince
has used the word "Amen," and frequently puts it at
the end of the letter, and no other signature, but I do not
mean it as a signature. lie puts " Amen "at the end of
his letters, but I cannot say that he does so as a signa-
ture. The plaintiff has been at the " Agapetnone " ever
since her return from the asylum. When she came back
she made over all her property to Mr. Prince to protect
it from any other persons—from the defendants. I knew
from her that her property was in the Bank, in her own
name. I cannot tell whether Prince has it in his own
name in the Bank. I did not know that Miss Nottidge
has had a note signed Amen," stating that " the lord
had need of 501. for his glory," before she gave the
money. We have all our separate properties. The ex-
penses are paid by the managers; Mrs. Cubb is some-
times manager, and several others. Whoever wants
money can have it.

Sir F. THESIGER—What a pleasant establishment.
Is there any vacancy?—(A laugh.)
Cross-examination continued—So far as I know, the
plaintiff pays the expenses of this action. Her money
is in the Bank in the name of Mr. Prince, and she can
have anything she likes. We have some bloodhounds
in the establishment, and we take them out when we
like. They were not loose when the attorney's clerk
was there. The doors were not locked to prevent him
from corning in any more than against any one else. I
don't know that subpcenas were thrown over the wall.
The plaintiff does not play at "hockey," but she some-
tinas rides out in the carriage and four. When Mrs.
Prince was living at Waterman's, Mr. Prince was at
Weymouth. We do not all kneel down in a circle round
Mr. Prince.

Re-examined—l was dismissed from my curacy about
1844 or 1845. It was nut in consequence of my holding
Peculiar opinions, but because I had held certain meet-
ings for religious purposes of which the bishop did not
approve. At that time I had not preached in the open
air. All our singing is the singing hymns, and our in-
strumental music is of a sacred character. There are
hundreds of the same community besides those who are
in the " Agapemone." We breakfast and take all our
meals in the same room together. We have a large
room. Our praises of God are by singing sometimes
in the open air, and at other times in the rooms. It is a
very large building. They have never made an attempt
to make out my wife to be mad, nor that I was mad, or
Mrs. Thomas, or Mrs. Cobb. The plaintiff told us
what the defendants had been doing with her money
whilst she was shut up—namely, Mr. Ripley had taken
it contrary to her wish or will, and that the reason of
her wanting it to be placed in other hands was, that she
would not let him take it, aLd so it was put to Mr.
Prince's name.

Mr. William Cobb, the next witness, corroborated the
testimony previously given ; and
The Learned COUNSEL for the plaintiff having an-
nounced that there were several witnesses in attendance,
the conclusion of the trial was postponed until Monday
(this day).

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARLBOROUGII-STREET.

George Burnham, shopman to Mr. Stockbridge, silk
mercer, 34, Oxford street., was summoned for indecently
assaulting Miss Eliza Heather, a girl nine years of age,
daughter of a solicitor living in Camden-town. It ap-
peared that the young lady was taken by her mother to
the shop where the defendant was, for the purpose of
being fitted with a visite. The defendant tried this gar
nient on the young lady while her mother turned her
back for a minute or two to examine an article of dress,
and having made a purchase she left the shop. On reach-
ing the street the child told her mother that the defen-
dant had put his hands beneath her clothes when he
tried the visite on her. The mother was very indignant,
and returned to the shop and demanded the defendant's
name. The defendant said he was a married man, and
it was not likely that he should asault the chill when
he could get plenty of girls ol,ler than she was. The
child, however, persisted that he had committed the of-
fence charged, The defendant denied the charge, and
said the mother was dissatisfied with the purchase she
had made, and this was the way she had adopted to get
back her money.
Mr. HARDWICK said he considered the charge proved,
and fined the defendant in the highest penalty of 51. and
costs.