The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-06 00:00:00

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knew to be the property of my employer ; some of then]
had his name on them. I told her many of the articles
were Mr. Mo►cton's, and that I was sure they had not been,
regularly sold. She said they were bought by her hus-
band, and she could produce invoices of them from Birming-
ham. I gave her my card ; she said she did not know
me, and I asked, did she not know. Mr. Perkins. She
replied not. I told her he was the young man who went
out selling goods for our house, and to this she answered
that she might have seen that person. I sec in the salesbook
an entry of goods sold to Mrs. Stanford on 31st Oct. last.
I found goods on her stall answering the description. I
did not i❑ consequence take away those things. On the
following morning I went to No. 11, Carter-street, and
there found the female prisoner. Also sonic more of the
property. She was then given in custody. I saw her at
the same house when we were employing Perkins. She
then appeared to live there as his wife.
Cross-examined—The prisoner was entrusted with the
property to make sale of, but could not dispose of them on
credit without referring to ►nc. I found the articles on the
second day at Carter-street, in the trunk of the female pri-
soner. I told her, the night before, my suspicion that the
400ds were stolen. She might easily have removed them
in the meantime.
William Payne, clerk to the proprietors of the Pantheon,
Oxford-street, proved that on the Ist of October the female
prisoner made application for a stall in the name of Emma
Stanford. She took possession of it on the Gth. She
gave references, one of which was to Mr. Perkins, 11,
Carter-street, Walworth. No inquiry was made ;it was
taken for granted that she was respectable.
Cross-examined—During- the prisoner's remaining at the
Bazaar there was no concealment in the carrying on of her

business.
A policeman stated that in July, 1834, he took the male
prisoner into custody on a charge of bigamy. The female
prisoner came with him from 11, Carter-street, Walworth.
She refused to be examined, and was threatened by the Ma-
gistrates to be committed. She then had an opportunity
of knowing what Perkins was charged with. The first wife
was there, and was sworn. She was the complainant.
It was proved that on the 7th of July, 1834, the mar-
riage ceremony was performed between tho two prisoners
at the bar, at St. Peter's Church, Walworth. The first
wife was then and is now alive.
It was proposed to give in evidence the record of the
conviction for bigamy, but it appeared not to have been
made up, and Mr. Phillips objected to its receipt.
His LORDSHIP said he would take a note of the objec-
tion, and give Mr. Phillips the benefit of it.
Mr. PHILLIPS addressed the Jury on the part of the
prisoners. As regarded the female, he thought it sufficiently
established by the prosecutor that she was the wife of
Joseph Perkins—at all events, that she believed herself to
be his wife ; and therefore was entitled to the merciful con-
sideration of the law, which supposed her to act under the
coercion of her husband. But putting that out of the ease,
the Jury should be satisfied that she received the property
with a guilty knowledge, and fully aware that it was stolen.
The circumstances which were given in evidence forbid the
belief that she could suspect any thing wrong in the
transaction. If she had, it would be strange in her
to take a stall in the Bazaar, a place more public
than any shop in London, where she was surrounded
by rival artizans, and subject to the inspection of Mr.
Mosely, and indeed of every man in the city. Nor should
it be overlooked that having known the charge made upon
her, and while it remained in her power to secrete many
of the articles she kept in her possession, what would be
considered damning evidence of her guilt. As far as
Perkins was concerned, the question for the jury would
be, whether or not he acted in the capacity of agent, and
had as such a right to make sale of them as might seem to
him most fitting for the interest of his employers. If they were
satisfied that he had no such right they would be bound to
find him guilty ; if their minds were inclined to a contrary
conviction, they should acquit the prisoner.
The female prisoner received an excellent character from
several witnesses.
Mr. Justice VAUGIIAN summed up the evidence. He
said, as regarded the objection raised by Mr. Phillips, be
would be bound to take the opinion of the Judges, in case
a conviction of the female prisoner rendered it necessary.
The Jury found Joseph Perkins guilty, and acquitted
Emma Cesephine Perkins, alias Thornley, of the offence
laid to her charge. Both prisoners seemed much affected,
and wept bitterly during the progress of the trial.

WOOLWICH, DEC. s.—His Majesty's steam-vessel
Lightning, Lieut. Shambler, received on board this morn-
ing from the Tower 8,000 blankets, for Colonel Evans's
Legion, and will sail this evening for the north coast of
Spain, calling at Portsmouth for other necessaries.
The accounts of the ravages of the late storm from
various parts of the country are very distressing, though we
have not to record any additional loss of life. At the gas-
works, Blackrock, beyond Kemptown, a portion of a high
wall was blown through one of the gasometers, and several
thousand feet of gas escaped. At Lord Chichester's, at
Stammer, nearly a hundred fine trees have been blown
down, and at Lord Trevor's, Glynde, a complete
avenue of stately elms has been wholly levelled to the
earth. On the estate of Air. Bridger, of Buckingham, the
damage in timber alone is 3001. On the estate of Mr.
Danbury, at Broadwater, many valuable trees were up-
rooted, among which were several of remarkable age and
dimensions. The van going from Rottingdean to Brighton
was blown over, and the passengers, on being rescued, took
refuge in the coast-guard station, where they had not been
housed above a minute ere a part of the roof was blown
off. It is stated that on the property of the Duke of Rich-
mond, at Goodwood and the vicinity, more than 5,000
trees have been blown down.
Prince Polignac, since his arrival at the Clarendon
Hotel on Saturday, has received visits from several of those
distinguished friends with whom he was intimate while Am-i
bassador from the Court of France in this country.

WILFUL MURDER.—On Saturday, a woman,
named Elizabeth Stoddern, the wife of a tinman at Truro,
pointed out to her husband a lad named Richard May,
aged 16, as a person who had struck her some time, since,
and threatened to run her through 'the body. While the
woman was complaining, May's sister threw a stool at her,
on which Stoddern caught her by her cap, and pulled her
down. While he was holding her down May came from
the house with an axe in one hand and a long knife in the
other, and making a desperate lounge at Stoddern, stuck
the knife into her abdomen. The unfortunate woman stag-
gered
to the side of the street, where she called out that
she was murdered. A chair was procured, in which she
was carried home, but death put an end to her sufferings at
three the following morning. On Monday, at the inquest,
a verdict of " Wilful Murdr" against May was returned, and
he was committed to the county gaol for trial.— West Briton.
The severe storm which was felt in London on
Tuesday and Wednesday was not experienced in Edin-
burgh. Wednesday was particularly fine for the season in
, that city. On Friday, however, it was blowing a hard gale
from the N.W., with occasional heavy showers, but not
more severe than usual.

SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—One day last week, as
the workmen of Messrs. Thompson and Co., of Smithic-
gillfoot Mine, Cumberland, were coming out of the level
mouth from their work, they observed a hare hopping down
the plantation, and squat herself down under a tree. At
this moment a small sparrow-hawk, that was hovering in the
air above her, darted down upon poor puss ; and, before
the men could get to them, it had killed its victim, and ma-
nifested great reluctance on their approach to quit its prey.
The hare was bleeding profusely from behind the ears, the
little tyrant having struck his sharp talons into the neck
with fatal effect.—Whitekaven Herald.
THE LATE HURRICANE.—On Monday, Nov.
28, a tremendous hurricane of wind from the West, attended
by a:most unusual storm of lightning and thunder, did consi-
derage damage along our coast. We regret to learn that a
very lofty chimney, eighty feet high, at the Margam ti❑
works of Messrs. Robert, Smith, and Co., was blown down,
and its fall crushed a workman, who was lying on a bank
near, and killed him in an instant. The poor man was of
sober and industrious habits, and has left a widow and two
children to mourn his untimely death. Most providentially
the stack did not fall in a contrary direction ; had this been
the case it is probable that upwards of twenty persons would
have been hurried into eternity. Much injury was done to
the building by the violence of the tempest, as well as by this
accident of the stack.—Merthyr Guardian.
The Chicago American thus congratulates its
readers upon an anticipated early arrival of the mails :
" Postcript.—llighly important.—By afoot passenger from
the south, we learn that the long-expected mail may be
looked for in the course of next week."

The price of the best four-pound loaf, in Paris, is
fixed at eleven sous and a half for the first fortnight in De-
cember, and that of second quality at eight sous and a half.

A 0,4 J
TIEORNE.—TREASURE-TROVE.—On Tuesday af-
ternoon, as pipes for private lights were being laid on from
one of the street mains of the gas-wbrks in this town into
the ancient house of John Roberts, of the Green, shoe-
maker, the workmen discovered a small square recess, about
a foot in diameter, beneath the shop floor, by the front
window, bricked all round, and evidently constructed for
some private depository by a former tenant. A small red
earthen pot or pipkin was found in this aperture, containing
a number of silver coins of various sizes, and the reigns be-
tween Charles I. and George 1., in the whole about 41. in
representative value.—Doncaster Chronicle.
The Hereford Times contains the following
resting announcement :—" Mr. Ledgwood, the goEoeman
without arms and le,°s, whose astonishing and pleasing- per-
formances delighted large audiences in the neighbouring
towns is, each evening, attracting a number of Persons.
to
the scene of hiss e4hihipop‘"