The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-15 00:00:00

N°. 1) 7 855 LONDON, SATURDAY E
7 DCEMBER 15, 1849.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, DEC. 12, 1849,

rru R E COURT of DIEoTORS" of the EAE
INDIA COMPANY do hereby gire notice—

Teat a Proprietor of East India Sto2k has given notice, that 1-at
the Quarterly General Court of the said Company appointed to be
held at their house in Leadcnhall•street, on WEDNESDAY, the I! kb
in:tant, he w:11 submit the following motion, via.:—
" That copies of all correspondence relative to a Co,rt-mart L
held on the 111 September, IS 14, on certain Sepoys of the taut Math ais
Cavalry, be laid before this Court, and copies of all or inions giv sti
by law officers on the .subject.'!
That another Proprietor has given notice of his intention to sr at-
mit the following motions itt the said Quarterly General Cots n
viz. :

" That this Court, deeply lamenting the prolonged exile of I be
Princes of Seindh, and the failure of those endeavours f'om time Ito

time made for the termination of their uninerite 1 sufferiimm, trr let
earnestly recommend to the Court of Directors that an opportuM ty
be afforded such of them as survlv,., to be heard in their defence, 1 e-
fore some competent and impartial tribunal to be nominated by I tte
Government of India, and if innocent, that they be reinstated fn
tlrir private rt_ilits ; also that alike consideration, where the Ca i.e
may appear equitable, he extended to the heirs of such 011112 Amy a s
as have died in captivity." . .„.

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That the following papers. be laid before the Court of Prop; fa-
:ors :

Copy of the treaty un;ered into 1,3- Captain Seaton, in beh E if
of the Bombay Government, with the Ilydrabad State, in the yt str
NOS.

" Copy of the instructions furnished the Envoy who wps depu' A d
to Hydrabad to annul the above treaty.
" Copies of the returned letters to the late Nor Mahomed, Cl dVef
Ameer of Hydrabad, alluded to is the Governor-General's d!spatehOo
the Secret Committee, under date 21st February, 1338.
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"Copies of other unpublished leters from Nur Mahomed, ab 3tlt
the same time, explanatory of his unwillingness to accede to the 3,0-
vernor-Generafs proposal;.
"Copy of the unpublished portion of the Secretary to the Govern vr-
General's letter to the Resident of Scindh, tinier date Gth Septeml r,
1434.
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Statement of the respective portions of territory which were e Ta-
ranteed by separate treaties to theillydrabid Ameers by the treaty '•of
the 11th March, 1839.
" List of the Ameers who have been consigned to exile, show.lXig
the stipends which they have from time to time received."
JAMES C. :N.IELVILL, Secretary...

ROYAL HIGHLAND SCHOOL SOCIETY,
Established 1709.
PATRON-11.er Majesty the QUEEN.
VICE-PATRON—His Royal highness Prince ALBERT. K.G.
CHAIRMAN —His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE,
TREASURER —Benj::min Bond Cahhell, Esq., M.P.
BANKERS—.Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street.
The very powerful claim which this national Charity prefers- -to
the patriotic a'sistance of every and vldttal connected with Scotia and
will sufficiently apologise for the present effort in behalf of an Ins
i-
tution to the unceasing exertions of which, during 150 years, 1 he
moral and intellectual improvement of the inhabitants of tbe
n,,rthern section of the kingdom hears the most unequivocal tee
mossy.
Ma sy thousands of poor ignorant Highlanders have, by the Me
B-
ing of God and the operations of this Society, been sent abroad in i7to
the
,world with an English education and an Englishman's Indust; u,
and have become ornaments to society, who would have otherw.
remained in a primeval state of poverty and mental destitut•on.
Much remains to be accomplished, and the success of the Societ:g's
efforts depends principaqy upon tile liberality of those who can lx Lst
appreciate the inestimable blessings of education.
The 'present establishment consists of 320 teachers and missio
giving education to 20,000 children, at an annual expendltrcre
of upwards of 5,0001.
In ail of this Charity a SERMON will be preached in St. Jame S's
Scottish National Church, Swallow-street, Piccadilly, on ,FUND. Y
EVENING, December 10, by the Rev. 11. DOU.;LAS, M.. 1., Ministx r
of the Scottish Jewish Mission Church. Divine service to co xi-
men- e at 7 o'clock (instead of half-past 6).
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James M. Fisher, M.A., 2, Lower-grove, Brompton, Chaplains of t Lie
Society, and at 72, Farringdon-street, City.
CHAULES MACKIE, Hon. Sec. pro tens.

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cal. Provisionally registered, 7 and 8 Vic., cap. ex.
Offices, Wellington-street North, Strand.
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Capital 200,000/. Shares 71. W each, to be paid in full on allotment,
thereby avoiding any calls, and unless the Company complete tt e
purchase of the property, the whole amount will be returned ;to
the shareholders.

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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN CIRCOIT.---Liverpool, Dec. 14.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice
WIGHTMAN.)
CHARGE OF MURDER.

Bernard Sheridan, aged 28, was indicted for hav•
ing, at Manchester, on the 25th of November last,
wilfully murdered John Hayes.
Mr. Joseph Pollock and Mr. Ovens conducted the
prosecution.
Mr. James, at the request of the Learned Judge,
defended the prisoner.
It appeared that the prisoner, who is a bricklayer,
lived with his wife in a cellar in Turner. street, Man-
che,,ter, over which is a beer-house, in which the
prisoner and a man named Tootal were drinking
between one and two o'clock on Sunday; the 25th
of November. Shortly after he left the beer-house
the pr sonar was seen heating his wife at the
top of the steps which led down to the cel-
lar, upon which an old man named Grindley
went out of the beer. house, and, addressing the
prisoner, said it was a shame to use a' woman in
that manner. Upon which the prisoner exclaimed,
"Do you say so ?' and then rushed down into its
cellar, and having procured a chisel, returned, sayi ,
" Who dare face me now ?" Those who were insi c
the beer-house, hearing the noise of the wom n
screaming, were attracted to the window, and seeing
the prisoner approach the old man Grindley with the
chisel in his hand, the deceased went out to protect
him, and then the prisoner thrust at him with the
chisel in the breast. Teotal a,ked the deceased to
go the infirmary, but he replied that he was not much
hurt, and walked a little way, when he fell doWn, and
was carried by Tootal to theinfirmary,_where jdied
almost immediately. It was found; oe examilititton;
that the chisel wound extended completely through
the wall of the chest, between the cartilages of the
sixth and seventh ribs, into the right cavity of the
heart. The surgeon, on being shown a chisel,
which was found in the prisoner's cellar, shortly
after the act was committed, was of opinion that it
did not produce the wound which caused the death.
Mr. JAMES addressed the jury fur the prisoner,
contending that the charge against him only amounted
to manslaughter.
His LORDSHIP having summed up, the jury re-
turned a verdict of Manslaughter.
Sentence of transportation for life.
Thomas Bedford was indicted for a misdemeanour
at common law' in forging at the foot of a petition to
her Majesty's Commissioners of Customs a recom-
mendation of the prayer of the petition, with intent
to defraud the said Commissioners.
Mr. Blair conducted the case for the prosecution.
The prisoner was defended by Mr. Atkinson,
Mr. ATKINSON, at the close of the case, objected
that the evidence disclosed no legal offence. The
penalties did not go to the Commissioners for their
own use, but to the Crown, and they would not be
defrauded in case the penalty were improperly re-
mitted.
His LORDSHIP ruled that it was not necessary, to
support the indictment, that the Commissioners should
have any personal interest in the penalty. Forgery at
common law was the making malo aoimo of any writ-
ten instrument for the purpose of fraud and deceit;
and if by this act of the prisoner it was sought to
induce the Commissioners to discharge Macfarlane,
without payment of the penalty, contrary to their,
duty, it would be a forgery.
Verdict, Guilty—to be imprisoned three calender
months.
John Middleton, Hugh Jones, Thomas Welsh, and
Joseph Ellis were charged with the manslaugter o
Richard Lilley, at Stratford, on the sth day of Sep.
tember last.

NOTICE.
MESSRS. CHAPMAN and HALL beg to an-
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Tales nisi Romances of W,llarr:son Ainsworth, Esq., containing

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r " ART-JOURNAL,
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The responsibility limited to the amount of the shares.
The rental of tho houses, &c., on the Islington Market Estate ensunes
Interest on the subscribed capital, independent of the removal of
Smithfield Market.

TRUSTEES.
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John Twells, Esq. (Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co.), Gracc-

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church-street-
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Society), Strand.

COMMITTEE.
*WILLIAM SHAW, Esq., Strand, Chairman.
W. Anderson, Esq., Oakley, Bedforshire.
B. Beman, Esq., Donnington, Gloucestershire
*J. Clarke, Esq., Wcstbourne-park-road
*Major Cresswell, :North!'lect, Kent
T. Crisp, Esq., Gedgrave Hall, Suffolk
*S. Grantham, Esq., Stoneham, Lewes
*W. Hamilton, Esq., Hampstead
*H. A. Harrison, Esq., Greenend llouse, Little Munden,
lidrta
John 41r. Jeycs, Esq., Uppingham, Rutlandshire
*Hy. Kirk, Esq., St. James's-square
E. Lewis, Esq., llertinglordhury-park, Herts
W. Loft, Esq.. Trusthorpe. Alford, Lincolnshire
G. Parsons, Esq., South Petherton, Somerset
J. G. Phipps, Esq., Csnnaught-terrace, Hyde Park
*G. Sherborn, Esq., Ashford, Middlesex
James Smith, Esq., C.E., Deanston, N.B.
George Turner, Esq., Barton, Exeter, Devon
0. Wants, Esq., Overstone Grange, Northamptonshire
*A. B. Wall, Esq., Bishop's-road, Bayswater
J. Williams, Esq., Bucklul, Faringdon, Uerks
W. Wingate, Esq , Hareby, Bolingbrol:c, Lincolnshire
* embers of the Acting Committee.

SOLICITORS —Messrs. Armstrong and Westbrook, 2, Great J3.mos-
street, Beecird-row.
A day for the Allotment of the Shares will shortly be fixed, until
which lime applications will continue to be received at the Office of
the Compaay by the Sotijtors ; Thomas Allso,, E.sq , Royal Ex-
chaage-buildings ; and by the Members of the Acting Committee.
JOHN T. TIDD, Secrcary.

THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL
LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION and BENEYOLEMT
FUND, 42,:11foorgate-street, December 12, 1849.

Notice is herely}- given, tint in purstutric,:.; of a requisition, signed by
seven members and upwards, a srlicrnr, MEETING of the MEM-
BEIN of the BENEFIT DEPART BENT will be held at the Lon-
don Targrn, Bishopsgate-street, in th^. City of London, on WEDNES-
DAY, the 2d of January, 180, at Six o'clock in the evening precisely,
for the purpose of considering the propriety of altering, amending,
awl adding to the rules of the Associat'on.

In order to avoid the necessity of another Special Meeting, it is
also proposed that the members then and there present shall name
the Auditors tor the examination of the accounts for 1849.
By order of the Board,
PHILIP HENRY BYRNE, Secretary..

'rHE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL
LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION and BENEVOLENT
FUND, 42, Moorgate-strect, December 12, 1849.
Notice is hereby given, that the NINTH ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING of the MEMBER 3 of the MUTUAL BENEFIT I)E_
PARTME.Nr will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street,
in the City of London, on Monday, the 21st January, 1150, at Six
o'clock in the evening precisely.
The following managers, in accordance with Rule Seven, go out of
office, by rotation, and, being eligible, offer themselves lor re-elec-
tion, viz. —Mr. John Clarke, Mr. James Lintott, Mr. Alexander
Dawson, Mr. John White Welch.
. The annual accounts may be inspectel at the office, one week
prior to the general meeting.
By order of the Board.
PHILIP HENRY BYRNE, Secretary.

Any member, duly qualified, Intending to offer himself as a candi-
date for in imager, must, according to Mile 10, signify the same in
writing, addressed to the chairman of this association; at least four
weeks previous to the day of election.
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All parties assuring previous to the 31st December, will participate
in the nest divi7ion of profits.

LONDON LIFE ASSOCIATION.
INSTITUTED 1806.
OFFICE, 81, KING WILLIAM-STREET.
President—Sir CLAUDILTS STEPHEN HUNTER, Bart.
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Vice-President—CHAßLES FRANKS, Esq.
This Society is essentially one of Mutual Assurance, in which
the Premiums of its Members are reduced after seven years.
The rate of reduction of the Premiums of the present year was
67 ne7 .ent., leaving less than one-third of the original Premium
to be pat d.
The society also undertakes other descriptions of Assurance, In
which the Assured do not become Members, and having ceased to
allow any commission to Agents, the Society has been enabled to
reduce the Premiums for this class of Assarancea to the following
Tory low rates :
Annual Freiniums for the Assurance of £lOO.

Age A s. d. Age £ s. d. Age s. d.
20 1 13 7 35 2 7 6 50 4 1 2
25 117 0 40 I 215 5 55 5 I
30 2 1 5 45 3 6 0 60 6 5 10

The Court of Directors arc authorised by the Deed of Settlement
to advance money on the security of Policies in this Association.
EDWARD DOCKER, Secretary.

Of the JANUARY PART, 1850, or the ART-JOURNAL,
TWENTY THOUSAND COPIES will be printed. To secure in-
sertion Advertisements must be so-t to the Publisher, or to the
Office, on or before December 18th. It is unnecnssary to state, that
from its largo circulation through the best channels in the Kingdom,
this Journal is a peculiarly desirable medium for all kinds of re-
spectable Advertisements.

Publisher. George Virtue, 25, Paternoster-row; Id-Journal
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rr E ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
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en the Evenings of Tuesday and Thursday, at Eight.—An entirely
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and as it now .is, with a Descriptive Lecture, daily, at Half-past
Four, and in the Evenings at a Quarter to Ten.—The Views of
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of the Voice and on the Art of 3iuging, by G. Clifford, Esq., on Tues-
day, Thursday, and Saturday, at a Quarter to Four, and on the al-
terna•c Evenings, at Eight.—Lectures on Chemistry, by Mr. Ashley.
--Exhibition of the Oxy-Hydregen Microscope, Diver and Diving-
bell, , &c.

THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' and
GENERAL FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCE comrAx-Y.
Adelaide-place, London-bridge.
Edinbur;h, Manchester, Liverpool, Dublin, Glasgow.
(Empowered by Act of Parliament.)
DIRECTORS.
JOHN MUSGROVE, Esq and Ald., Chairman.
J. K. HOOTER, Esq. and Ald., Deputy-Chairman.
John Addis, Esq. J. G. Hammack, Esq.
C. S. Butler, E'q. William Knott, Esq.
George 11. Child, Esq. Robert Main, Esq.
William Float, Esq. Francis Witham, Esq.
William Game, Esq.
Dine Tons ELECTED BY THE COMMITTEE.
Mr. Bryon. Mr. Stennett. Mr. Wallis.
Assurers in this °Mee will please to take notice, that their
Fire Policies falling due at the ensuing Christmas must be renewed
within fifteen days therefrom to protect themselves from loss.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.—PoIicies issued on advantageous terms
to Assurers from 201. up to 5,0001. on any one life.
JOHN BIGG, Secretary.

Admission. IL Schools, Half-price.

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the stomach, or any other part of the body. A bottle containing
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MECIIPS DESKS, WORK-BOXES, and
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Dressing-cases, Ba7atelle-tables, Ivory Chess-men and Chess-hoards,
rich Card-cases, Tablets, and, in fact, everything for the work-table
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Castellated Tooth-brushes, Magic Strop and Paste, the Peculiar Steel
Razor, the Cushioned Bagatelle-tables, and various Improvements in
Portable Desks and Dressing-cases combined.

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Application for Shares to be addreised to tke Directors at the
Offices of the Society. Marine, Fire, and Life Assurances grated
on the most liberal terms.

Immediate and Deferred Annuities granted on terms especially
advantageous for investment of capital.
By order,
AUG. COLLINGAIDGE, Managing Director.

A TATTLE on the CATTLE,

Two gentlemen (myself and Mr. Dyall)
Conversed toKether in familiar speech ;
And now, for Moses' sake, I'll make a trial

To tell, verbatim, what was said by each.
" Sir (said my friend), do you intend to go
To see this famous Smithfield Cattle Show ?"
" Tes, Sir (said I,
In my reply),
Hall be well, I'm certa'n to be there,
For I enjoy the sight at Portman-square,
Not only fnr the oxen, sheep, and pigs,
On which Friend Punch delights to play his rigs,
But for the well-dressel gentlemen and ladies,
Whose fashions are a proof what Moses' trade is."
" Exactly so (said Dyal:), I and you
On such a subject have the self-same view.
1 never went, I do declare,
To see the prizes at the square,
Without admiring Moses' dresses there.
I certainly confess
(Said Mr. Dyall),
That such superior dress
Should cause us every one to make a trial."
"Just se (said I), I acquiesce
In all you say of Moses' dress.
The raletots (and you I see have one),
Do credit to the Mart of M. mid Sou."

A second count charged the prisoner, John Mid•
dleton, with the assault, and the other prisoners as
eiders and abettors.

Mr. Monk and Mr. Barlow conducted the prose-
cution ; Mr. Cross defended the prisoner Jones ; the
other prisoners were undefended.

It appeared from the opening of the counsel that
the death of the unfortunate man was occasioned by
prize fight, which took place on the 6th of September,
with the deceased and the prisoner John Middleton,
at a place near Throstlenest, in the neighbourhood of
Manchester. About 200 persons were assembled to
witness the fight between the two men, who were
stripped ; and the usual persons, such as the referee,
time-keeper, seconds, and bottle-holders, were duly
appointed. The fight lasted about two hours, at the end
of which period the deceased being unable to "come up,"
was declared to be " knociest9„nt of time "and the fight
was at an end. It was a fair stand-up,
iog having taken place on either side, but several
falls took place. When the fight was concluded
those around the deceased began to rub his arm, and
resting his head on the knee of a bystander, poured
seine brandy into his mouth, but the deceased had
not power to swallow it, and it only gurgled in his
throat. After this he was taken across the ferry,
over the Irwell, to the Northumberland Arms in
Stratford, but the unfortunate man was dead before
they could get him into the house. The next day a
surgeon examined the body, and found that there
were numerous contusions and bruises on the chest,
neck, and face. On opening the scalp two or three
extravasations of blood were discovered, and on re-
moving the skullcap four or five ounces of blood
effused were found at the back part of the smaller
brain, which caused the death of the deceased. The
prisoner Joseph Ellis two days after the fight sent for a
police officer, for the purpose of surrendering himself
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into custody, and when the officer took him be said,
" You know all about it. I am sorry for what has
happened, it was not my fault, it will be a warning to
me as long as I live." The other prisoners were
afterwards taken into custody as Riders and abettors,
having acted as bottle-holders, referees, seconds, and
the like.
Mr. Caoss addressed the jury for the prisoner Jones.
His LOIMIIIP, in sentencing the prisoners, said
that after the contrition expressed by the prisoner
Middleton, the chief actor in the case, and considering
all the circumstances, he thought the ends of justice
would be answered if they were sentenced to ten
days' imprisonment.
NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Befora Justice TALFOURD
Richard Cheetham was charged with having at
Over Dar wen, on the 15th of November last, wilfully
murdered Isabella Cheetham.

A it ti I A
One half the world are desolately single, aid the other
opposing them married, questionaly contented. Dilldence, or a
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emtproeine, harry; but the truth lies deeper. rhyslical Incapacity,
tnd hroten health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
tai social content. 'rho dowry shet;l4 not be the only marriage set-
tlement. Honour and jurtice demand tkat health ehouldform an item
In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er
coglect weend more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if
ter, „mins concern you, procure Dr. CITLVERWELL'S little
I'.
ifEMOIRS " Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., le.
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together, are a disgrace to the ago. Furthermore, two other
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rout Is. Ed.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and
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mere tphemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's
ife sell, owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob.
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The raletot,handsontely and warmly trimreed 1 16 0
The Eglinton Wrapper, a very ekgant style of
Over Coat •••• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• ..... ••• 2 9 0
The Strathmore Witucy Over Coat, newest
style, lined throughout ••• • •• • • ••• • • • 2 10 0
Autumn and Winter Trowsers, in Tweed and
Doeskin ...... ••• • • • 0 10 6
Best Black Cassineere ditto •• • • .......... 1 6
Autumn and Winter Tests .• .• ...... •• .. 0 8 6
Best Black Cloth ditto ................ •• 11 13 6
Black Silk Velvet ditto ...........• .. • • .... 0 18 6
„ Dress C0at5.............. from 325. to 2 IA I
~ Frock • •.•• .. • • from 355. to 3 3 0
Hussar and Tunic from 1
Men's Shooting Coat • • ••••.. • • • • . 0 16 0
Elegant Dressing Robes, In great variety,
from • • ..... ••••• •• • .
A Large Stock of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 60s. to 201.
Naval and Military liniforms, Liveries, &o.
Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes' notice.
A Suit of Mourning oomplete for 11. 10s.

the new book, entitled "The Minion of the Million," with full
directions far Self-measurement, can be had on application, or for-
warded, post free, to any part of the kingdom.
Notice--The Fur Department is new replete with every novelty
of the season.

Observe—Any article purchased, either ready made, or rasAle to
measure, if not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned.
E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapors, Clothiers, Hatters,
Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154,
155, 156, and 157 and 81, 81, 85, and 86 Aidgate, City,
London ; all communicating with each other, and forming one vast
Establishment.

percussion cap, said " that was a bad one," and threw
it away. •He then got another out of his pocket and
said, '" that was a good one, that would du ;" and
going towards the witness, placed the cap on the
nipple of the gun, which he again presented and
I snapped at him. One of the witnesses present sail
that then he thought the gun was loaded, and it was
taken from him and a constable sent for. On the
arrival of the constable the gun was examined, and
found to be loaded with a charge of shot, which was
drawn, and on a fresh percussion-cap being placed on
the nipple, the charge of powder exploded.
Another witness stated that he overtook the prisoner
on the road, going to the house of the prosecutor'.•
grandfather, and carrying the gun; and he then said
he intended to blow his son in-law's brains out, and
then blow his own out.

This was the case for the prosecution.
The Learned COUNSEL for the defence admitted the
common assault, but contended that the prisoner's
conduct and expressions about his son•in law, and in
placing the percussion cap on the gun, showed more
of anger than of malice, land were merely expressions
of empty bravado, which he would not have used had
he meant to commit the crime with which he was
charged.

HIS LORDSHIP having summed up,
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but strongly
recommended him to mercy because of the exciting
circumstances in which he was placed.
His LORDSHIP said their recommendation would
be attended to, and he would consider until to•morrow
before passing sentence.
There were no other cases of any interest tried in
either court in the course of the day.

Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public
against imposition ; but having heard that the suitradesmaninte
falsehood of being connected with them, sr " It is the same concern,"
has keen resorted is in many instances, and far obvious reasons,
hey beg to state that they have ao connexion with any other boys
In or out of London, except their Branch Establishments, 36, Far-
'ate, Shernali ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire;
tni t lose who require cheap and genuine clothing, &e., should call
at or send to the Miliories and Aldgate, City, London ; or either of
the Branch EEtabllshments, as above.

Mr. Whigham and Mr. James prosecuted ; Mr.
Joseph Pollock defended the prisoner.
The principal evidence against the prisoner, who is
a collier, was his sister-in-law, an intelligent little
girl, named Mary Knowles, who deposed to the brutal
ill-treatment of the unfortunate deceased, as inflicted
in her presence, on the 15th November, death ensuing
on the 30.. h.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
AIANSION-HO US E.
George Trower was brought before Alderman
CARDEN. He wore a dirty nightcap, and was in
every respect dressed for the character which he has
been playing for many years with extraordinary
success in and round the metropolis.
Mr. F. M. Beresford, of Half-moon-street, Picca-
dilly, said the prisoner, whom he knew to be a pro-
fessional beggar, met him in Bartholomew-lane, and
solicited charity in a most pressing manner. There
was no office? in the neighbourhood at the moment,
or no time would have been lost in introducing the
beggar to the Alderman and Mr. Goodman, the chief
clerk, to both of whom he was well known, and the
witness was satisfied with giving him peremptory
notice to leave the place. The prisoner disappeared
with theatrical promptitude down one of the turnings
until he thought his monitor had departed from the
vicinity of the Stock Exchange. He then emerged
from his place of refuge and resumed his old occupa-
tion with increased assiduity, and it struck Mr Beres-
ford that the hint which had been given him would not
be of any permanent effect upon so hardy a veteran
in the art. Accordingly the gentleman once more
presented himself, and was once more solicited with
great earnestness. An officer having then caught a
glimpse of the fellow, seized him, and kept him in
custody until he was placed opposite to the Alderman
at the bar where he had so often been accused.
Alderman CARDRN—Did he carry anything ap•
parently for sale as a blind to his real character ?
Mr. Beresford—He carried a pencil or two. Although
he is so clever as to be, as I understand, the per-
manent chairman of a begging club, he did not
recognise me, for be, I am sure, hates me if possible
more than I hate him.—(Laughter.) I have reason
to know that although he is here in the genuine
habiliments of beggary, he dresses in the evening in a
respectable suit of black.
Alderman CARDEN—To take the chair at his club,
uo doubt. Well, he must sit by deputy for some
time at any rate.—(Laughter.)
City Policeman .470—1 have been trying to catch
him for a length of time, for I have known him to
be the most " out and out" beggar in the whole City,
but the moment he sees one of the police he exhibits
a few pencils.
Several of the officers said, the prisoner had been
convicted of mendicancy at least thirty times, and
that his skill seemed to increase with his captivity.
Mr. Beresford said, that an inexperienced person
woull be unable to resist the temptation to give
something to eQ miserable an object as the prisoner
was capable of making himself appear. He had the
power of drawing a long face that was enough to
break any one's heart.—(Laughter.)
The prisoner said, the public were quite mistaken
about him. He did not know what was meant by
saying that he was chairman of a club, and that he
dressed in black. He supported himself erer.gikifee be
_
had lost his situation as clerk to a steekbroker,b:y
selling trifling matters to the gentlemen of the Stock
Exchange, and he was waiting to speak to Sir Moses
Montefiore, when the complainant gave him into
custody. Anything pro or con. he had never uttered,
hut he believed he was born to be eternally incarce-
rated by some villany or other.
Alderman CARDEN—I shall remand you till Mon-
day, in order that the convictions at the instance of
'the Mendicity Society may be brought against you,
and then I shall send you to fill the chair in Bride.
well for three months.
GUILDHALL.

Tate Notlee.—Thls Establishment is closed from Bullet Friday,
to ',unmet Saturday. when busyness is resumed till twelve o'eloek.

MANCHESTER, S lIEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE

HAILWAY.—At n meeting of shareholders held at the
Town-hall, Sheffield, on Wednesday afternoon—Mr. W.
P. Bradshaw in the chair; Messrs. Woodhead, of Mottram
Old Hall; Samuel Lees, of Manchester; Charles Morton,
of Waif efield ; W. P. Bradshaw, of Barton; H. Cadman, of
Sheffield; Charles Comer, jun., of Manchester; Harrison
Blair, of Manchester; John Green, J. H. Winder, and J.
Spencer, of Sheffield; and Wm. Wilkinson, of Retford,
with power to add to their number, were appointed a
committee for thorough and unrestricted investigation
into the finances, affairs, and past and present policy and
management of the company. It was also resolved, on the
motion of Mr. Green (Neepsend Brewery, Sheffield),
" That the unexpected proposition of the directors to apply
for an Act to enable them to create' new stock to the
amount of 500,0001., in the next session of Parliament,
when by the present Acts they are possessed of borrow-
ing powers still unexhausted, is, in the opinion of this
meeting, inexpedient, and should not be further prose-
cuted until the investigation referred to in the foregoing
resolution shall have been made."
BATHS IN PRITAT/I DWELLINGS.--Throughout the
vast empire of Russia, through all Finland, Lapland,
Sweden, and Norway, there is no cottage so poor, no
hut so destitute, but it possesses its vapour bath, in which
all its inhabitants every Saturday at least, and every day
in cases of sickness. experience comfort and salubrity.
It is true with us now, the first-rate buildings generally
have attached to them a private bath; but the use of
them among the middle class is not so geLeral as might
be. In Ameries a bath-room is a part of every modern
dwelling, and no one wilt occupy a house 'without one—the
bath itself being provided with hot water from a peculiar
and ingenious kind of cooking stove, somewhat like those
used in the houses of our nobility, but on a more econo-
mical plan. In the suburban districts of London, the
houses generally erected have not these conveniences
supplied, but it is owing to the bad management of the
speculating builders—to supply these deficiencies is a
moral duty they owe to all. Builders themselves must
bear in mind, that during the progress of the building, a
bath-room might be built at half the cost, when the ma-
terials and labour are there on the spot; and, that after
a house is finished few are willing to incur such an ad-
ditional trouble and expense. If cement were less used
for external effect, which even in the hands of a skilfnl
architect is rarely treated successfully, that additional
expense would be saved, and the conveniences internally
might be more generally attended to; and the saving in
this respect might be employed for the erection of a
bath-room.—Builder.

This witness's testimony was contradicted, how-
ever, in most important points by three other wit-
nesses ; and a chemist, who bad prescribed for the
deceased, had treated her for influenza. She had never
mentioned her husband's ill-treatment to him.
His LORDSHIP, in summing up, said the jury would
have to direct their attention to the question as to
whether the unfortunate young woman died from
natural causes, or from blows inflicted upon her by
the prisoner. Another question was, whether the
blows were inflicted with such malice and intention as
would constitute the "crime of murder, oT whether
under such circumstances as would reduce' the crime
to manslaughter. His Lordship then went carefully
through the evidence.
The jury retired to their own room, and had not
returned their verdict when our report came away.

YORK, Dec. 13.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice CRESS..

WELL.)
Richard Scott, a well-dressed farmer, aged 47, was
charged with having, on the Bth of September last,'
feloniously attempted to discharge a loaded gun at.
one George Pullow, with intent to murder him.
Mr. Blanchard prosecuted ; and Mr. Dearsley
defended the prisoner.

It appeared from the statement of the prosecuter,
a young man of about twenty-four years of age, that
on the morning in question he was married to the
prisoner's daughter at Ripon, and had returned to his
grandfather's house, at Bishop Thornton, with his
bride and some friends. In the evening the prisoner
entered the house, carrying a gun, and asked for his
daughter, at the same time striking the witness with
his gun. They struggled together, when some of the
men present seized him and put him out of the house.
The prisoner, however, ran round to the window,
which he broke in and forced his way into the house
again, through the window. The prosecutor, to evade
him, went up a ladder leading to the bedchamber of
the house, and the prisoner attempted to follow him,
but he was again seized by the men present, and held
until he promised to be quiet. He then went up the
ladder to the chamber where the prosecutor was,
and demanded again to see his daughter. The pro-
secutor told her to come from under the bed, where
she had hid herself, and went down the ladder, and
out of the house, into the road, followed by the pri-
soner, who threw stones at him, and wished "he had
hold of him." The prosecutor then went into the
house, out of his way, still followed by the prisoner,
who asked for his gun. It was given to him, one of
the men present saying it was not loaded. He im-
mediately presented it and snapped it at the witness,
who went into another room away from him. He
then put his hand into his pocket, and pulling out a

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Yesterday George Clamp, of 4, Flmk•r ow,
Ebury- square, Pinilico, was again placed at the bar,
charged with uttering a cheque for 4901. at Messrs.
Child and Co.'s, the bankers well knowing the same
to be a forgery.
A gentleman from the office of ➢tessrs. Pickering
and Co. appeared to conduct the case on behalf of
Messrs Child.

It will be recollected that the prisoner presented a
cheque for the above amount on the 6th inst., pur-
porting to be drawn by a Mr. Temple, solicitor, of
Park-lane, but it was instantly detected to be a
forgery. At the last examination there was some
mystery about the case, for Mr. Temple identified a
cheque for 201. which he had given a few days before,
and repudiated the 4901, although, as the Alderman
said, they were both evidently the handwriting of the
same person, and, what made it atill more strange,
was that those two cheques were not like any of the
other cheques which Mr. Temple used to send to the
bank.

The solicitor for the prosecution said he wished to
cross-examine Mr. Temple respecting those two
cheques.
Mr. Temple, being sworn, said—l am a solicitor
in practice. The 4901. cheque is not in my hand-
writing ; but I believe the 201. one is, as I gave it on
the Ist of December. I hare known Mr. Coyle, to
whom I gave it, eight or nine years, and have had
many transactions with him. I believe Coyle holds
a situation as clerk to Sir F. Booth. About a year
before that he was a sort of agent in getting bills
discounted, and he always passed by the name of
Coyle. I can't tell how many transactions I have had
with him, but they have been to the extent of
some thousands of pounds. I always paid him in
cheques made payable to him. These were bills I had
given him cash for; but he never discounted a bill for
me. The cheques produced I believe to be all in my
handwriting, and were paid to Mr. Coyle. I gave
the 201. cheque to Coyle in exchange for a 501. note,
placing 301. which he owed me to his credit. The
501. note I paid to Childs and Co., but I cannot tell
the number of it. i seldom write cheques at my own
house, but being written on paper I use confirms me
in the belief that the 201. cheque is mine. In the 201.
cheque which is doubted the word " Child " is
separated both from Messrs." at the beginning and
" Co." at the end, a fact I do not see in any other
cheque. There is a great similarity in the 201. cheque
and the 4901. cheque.

Alderman MUSGROYE.---I see one cheque here for
20/. Gs. has a dot, while the 201. and 490/. cheques
• have no dot., You have noticed that ? Mr. Temple
&fat Use;`tom case.
~444artisairAusGteOrn.—Will you tell me candidly
wfiether the. 201. cheque and the cheque for 4901 are
more alike.than the:2ol. 6s. and the 4901. cheques?
Mr. Temple—Yes; the two first are most alike.
Alderman MU/4G ROVE. —Then you perceive that
the 201. cheque and the 201.6+. cheque are not alike ?
Mr. Temple—l write different hands at different
times, and my opinion is, that the 490/. cheque is a
copy of the 201. cheque. There are many things
that convince me that the 4901. cheque is not in my
handwriting. for the word " hundred" is not mine,
and I never in my life made such a figure " 4." The
letter " T "is also formed different from what I
write. I don't know whether Coyle it a director of
the Metropolitan Gas Campany,
Alderman MusGao VE—Do you know any
person named Haywood. Mr. Temple—l do not.
I was in my dining room when I gave the
cheque. It was then about 12 o'clock. I
agreed to give Coyle 201. back, although he owed
mo mnre, because I thought it better to take
the 30/. he offered me than run any risk of not get- '
ting that much I first became acquainted with Coyle
through having a bill of his. I know his handwriting
and think there is no similarity between it and the
cheque for 490/.

Alderman MUEGROVE—Did you ever authorise
Coyle to write a cheque in your name ? Mr. Tern
ple—l did not ; nor any other person.
Alderman MUSGROVE—Have you any of Mr.
Cuyle's writing with you ? Mr. Temple—l have
not.

Mr. Thomas Colbrook Coyle, collector to Dlessrs.
Grimble, Clarke and Co., distillers, then entered the
witness box, tud before being sworn,

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Aldermen MUSGROVE askel the prisoner, as he had
given a description of the party who gave him the
cheque, whether Mr. Coyle was that individual ?
The prisoner replied that he was not.
Mr. Coyle then said—l am collector to Messrs.
Grimble, Clarke, and Co., the distillers, and have
been there about two years. lam nothing else. I
receive nothing but my salary from Messrs. Grimble
and Co. I was formerly a bill broker, and know
Mr. Temple. On the Ist of December I paid him
301. with a5Ol noteond he gave me the cheque for 20/.
I presented it the same day about three o'clock in the
afternoon, and got the money in gold. I received it
from Mr. Temple, and saw him write it ; and it was
never out of my possession Irons the time I received it
until I presented it at the b-n k.
Alderman MusottovE—Did you show it to any-
body ? coylQ—l did not let any one see it.
Alderman MosotiorE—D.) you know the number
of the 50/ note you gave to Mr. Temple? Mr.
Coy le—l do not. I took it from a Mr. Rushton, an
hotelkeeper, the evening before.
Alderman iluscaovE—Dicl you ever see the pri-
soner before ? Mr. Coyle—Not that lam aware of.
Mr. Pemberton, of 37, Ebury-p-lace, Pimlico, here
stepped forward, and said the prisoner was formerly
in his service, but in consequence of a quarrel between
him and another servant he discharged them both;
but he must say, in justice to the prisoner, that he
was a strictly honest man, and when he entered his
service brought a fifteen years' character from a
family in Oxfordshire. He had a very high opinion
of the prisoner, and had trusted him with cheques for
large amounts on Messrs. Hoare, the bankers.
Alderman MUSGROVE—This certainly is a most
important case, and the question with me is had the
prisoner a guilty knowledge of the forgery, for there
is no doubt bout the-presenting.
Mr. Pemberton—My saddler has informed me that
on the same day the prisoner called and asked him if
he knew of a situation, at the same time mentioning
that he was going on an errand for a gentleman.
Mr. Mortimer said that perhaps it would be as well
to discharge the prisoner, if he would promise to give
every aid in his power to discover the real delinquents.
Alderman MUSGROVE said there was a great deal of
mystery about the transaction from the commence-
ment. He should like to know what amount of assets
there was at the bank to meet the 4901. cheque.
Mr. Mortimer replied that there was only about
half the amount.
Both Mr. Mortimer and Daniel Forrester, the
officer, said, from inquiries made, the prisoner bore
an excellent character in all directions.
Alderman MUSGROVE said, he was much pleased to
hear that he hal such an excellent character, and as
there was no evidence to show that he was aware that
it was a forgery, he should discharge him, hoping he
would give every assistance to discover the really
guilty parties.
The prisoner promised to do so, and thus ended this
mysterious case of forgery.
BOW-STREET.
Alexander Waddilow, an elderly man, was charged
with forgery and obtaining money under false pre
tences.

James Nixon, of 10, Albany-street, Regent's-park,
►tated that he was a partner in the University Loan
Society, established at 3, Gower•street North. In
the early part of the present year the prisoner called
upon him, and representing himself as a former bor-
rower of the society, stated that he was in want of a
further loan of 51. The usual printed form was
given to him to fill up, and he paid 2d. for it. He then
wrote upon it the name of his alleged surety, namely
Mr. John Bolton, of 8, Church-row, Camden-town, a
clerk in the house of Messrs. Palmer and Drysalter
in the City. The inquiries made respecting Mr.
Bolton's respectability being satisfactory to the Loan
Society, the 5/. was advanced to the prisoner, who
brought a man to the office to sign the promissory
note, calling him Mr. Bolton, and inducing the so-
ciety to believe that the man and the signature were
both genuine. When the time arrived for the re-
payment of the loan, or a portion of it, it was found
necessary to summon Mr. Bolton to the Clerkenwell
Police-court, when it was discovered that a fraud had
been practiced upon the society, and that the sig-
nature purporting to be that of Mr. Bolton was a
forgery.

Mr. J. Bolton stated that he resided at Islington,
having lately removed from Church•row. He knew
nothing of the transaction in question, and never au-
thorised the use of his name as security for the
prisoner.

The prisoner, who statel that he could explain
everything aetiefiactorily, was remanded for further
examination: •

WORS IP- S TREE T.
Yesterday Thonum Bagley, a tall, respectably-
dressed man, about thirty years of age, describing
himself upon the police-sheet as a merchant of St.
Thomas Apostle, was placed at the bar before Mr.
Arnold, charged with feloniously and maliciously
cutting and wounding a young woman named
Sarah Cox, with intent to do her some grievous
bodily harm.

The prosecutrix, who appeared to have been cruelly
maltreated, and, notwithstanding a week had elapsed
since the commission of the outrage, still laboured
under such debility that considerable difficulty was
experienced in preventing her fainting whilst her
depositions were being taken by the chief clerk, said
—I an-i a milliner and dressmaker, residing at 31,
Buttisland-street, Hoxton, and was returning home
at two o'clock on the morning of the 7th inst. from
Clapham, where I had been to visit a friend, when,
whilst passing the end of the East-road, City-road,
I was followed by the prisoner, who engaged me
in conversation. and insisted upon seeing me
home. I consented to his so doing, and on
reaching my house he expressed a wish to stop
there all night, and offered me money to permit
him, but I objected and insisted upon his leaving,
when he positively refused to do so, and after staying
nearly an hour in my apartments I told him deci-
sively if he would not go I must procure the assistance
of other persons to compel him. I left the room for
a few minutes, and on returning he placed his back
against the door to prevent my getting out, but a
scuffle ensued between us and lat length succeeded
in getting the door open. He must then have taken
the poker from the fireplace of the first floor room,
and carried it down stairs with him, as on my
following him into the passage to let him out he
raised the latch, and advancing towards me as I
was standing at the foot of the stairs vvith a candle
in my hand, commenced a violent attack upon me with
it, striking me several blows in rapid succession
upon my head, shoulders, and arms. With one of
the blows upon my head the poker was broken from
the force of it clear in two, about the middle, and, in
addition to a severe wound upon the right side of
my head, my shoulder was very much bruised, and
my arm also, the last injuries being sustained whilst
holding my arm to ward off the blows of the poker
from my head. I was very much terrified and hurt,
but by some means I contrived to stagger to the
street door and got it open, and the instant I had
done so I fell, from loss of blood. The prisoner then,
whilst I was lying in the passage, struck me again
with one of the broken parts of the poker, and I called
" Police" and " Murder" as loudly as I could, when
I just saw a constable turn the corner of the street;
but that is all I can remember, and I then became
perfectly insensible. Upon sufficiently recovering
from the effects of the ill-usage I had sustained to en-
able me to do so, I went with the officer to prefer the
charge against the prisoner, and upon reaching the
police station a surgeon was sent for, who dressed my
wounds, and I have been under his care ever since.
The prosecutrix was subjected to a close cross-
examination by Mr. Wontner, who attended for the
defence, with a view to establish the fact that the
witness was intoxicated, had attempted to deprive the
prisoner of a valuable watch, and that the ill-treatment
to which she had been subjected had resulted from a
reasonable apprehension the prisoner entertained of
violence being offered to himself by some man whose
name the young woman had mentioned. The prose-
cutrix, however, declared that this was entirely false,
as no man whatever resided in the house, and that the
person for whose assistance she had called was only
the woman servant, and so far from her being intoxi-
cated, she was never in her lifee but was peefectly
sober, as was also the prisoner himself. It the pri-
soner had a watch about him at the time, she was
wholly unconscious of it, as he had not displayed it
to her, nor had she seen any indications of one being
in his possession.
M'Carthy, a constable of the N division, stated,
that upon hearing loud cries of " Murder" in Buttis-
land-street, he hastened to the house 31, from which
they proceeded, and upon getting up to the door saw
the prisoner run 'out of the house and hurry away.
He pursued end overtook him, and on asking Lim
what he had been doing he replied that he lied only
been having it bit of a row p ith a prostitute. He,
however, insisted upon the prisoner going back with
him, and on entering the house he found the young
vromart lying on her side in the passage in a large pool
of blood, grasping one-half of a broken poker, which
she appeared to have instinctively caught hold of, and
bleeding profusely from a serious wound in the head,
in addition to which there were numerous contusions
upon her arms, seemingly inflicted by the same
weapon, and those injuries, upon recovering con-
sciousness, she stated had been caused by the prisoner,
who had broken the poker by one of his blows upon
her head. The prisoner heard this observation, and

acting as he had done, and
ing conveyed to the station.
a detail of the particulars of
)bservation importing a denial
to the station he stated that
him, and that he had only

acted in self-defence.
I Mr. Hugh Hughes, a surgeon, of St. John's.
terrace, Hoxton, described the nature of the injuries
the prosecutrix had sustained, inconsequence of which
he had been compelled to be in daily attendance upon
her ever since, and gave it as his opinion that they
were most probably inflicted by the poker, the pieces
of which the constable bad produced.
Mr. Wontner addressed the magistrate upon behalf
of his client much to the same effect as that which he
had endeavoured to establish hi his cross examination
of the prosecutrix herself, and urged that a summary
adjudication upon the matter would best meet the.ar,.3
of justice.
,•,-•
Mr, ARNOLD, however, said that it was not, in
i,;---'s
opinion, a case which could be properly dealt with
any other manner than by a jury, before whom the
prisoner could adduce any acts of aggression on the
part of the young woman, if any had been offered, at,
he should therefore at once cotnrnit him to Newg7:.::,
for trial.
The. deposition's were consequently taltEn, and the
prisoner, who appearod much agitated, was tiken
away in the van.

:METROPOL [TAN COMMISSION:
OF SEWERS.
A Court of Sewers was herd yesterday at the ofli
of the Commissioners, Greek-street, Soho. Comm'
sinners present : —Viscount Ebrington, M.P., in t
chair; Captain Vetch, Sir John Burgoyne, Capta
Dawson, Sir IL De La Beebe, Mr. Lawes, and M
Hawes.
RETIRING ALLOWANCES.
A resolution of the general committee was Co
firmed, to the effect that persons receiving retiri
allowances shall be bound to hold at the service
the commission the information acquired by the
during their tenure of office, their pensions being f
garded as general retainers in the service of the com-
mission. The allowance recommended by the com•
inittee to be made to Mr. J. Beck, and Mr. J. W.
Unwin, late surveyor, and clerk to the Tower Herne
lets' Commission, was sanctioned.
TRIAL WORKS COMMITTER.
The CHAIRMAN said that the report of the late
Trial Works Committee had not yet been received in
its final shape, nor circulated amorgst the commis-
sioners. Such being the state of the case, it was with
considerable surprise that he had observed in a late
number of the Mechanics' Magazine a latter which
was headed " Experiments on the Discharge of Water
from Pipes made under the sanction of the Metropo-
litan Commissioners of Sewers," and which ended
with " I am, sir, yours, &c., J. L. Hale." Mr. Hale,
as the commissioners were aware, was an officer
appointed by the Court to waist in carrying on the
investigations which had been instituted by the
commission, and it appeared to him to be a gross
breach of confidence on the pert of their officers to
take upon himself to lay before the public the substance
of a report which was not his property, and which
had not been submitted to the commissioners.—(Hear,
hear.) If Mr. Hale had been present, he (the
chairman) would have said more on the subject,
but he thought that the conduct of th It officer
required their very serious notice.—(Hear) It was
obvious that the publication of such incomplete in-
formation must be 'embarrassing to the Court, and
that it tended no less to the embarrassment of the
public than of the Court, as statements were thereby
given out on authority, which had not yet been
tested, and which had not received the sanction of
the commissioners.—(Hear, hear.) That breach of
confidence, on the part of their officers, led him (the
chairman) to say something with regard to other
disclosures. He alluded to a paper drawn up by Sir
John Burgoyne, which appeared in a morning journal
of the 12th inst., and was entitled " Subjects that
may be wokthy ocattention in considering plans or
systems for the general Sewerage of the Metropolis."
This was a paper of an essentially confidential nature,
which had been drawn'up for the sole consideration
of the members of the commission, none of whom,
not even Sir J. Burgoyne himself, had det.!rmitied
on the correctness of the views contained The
only object of the paper had been to raise certain
subjects for discussion, and Sir J. Burgoyne had not
intended to do more than to take them into his own
consideration and discuss them with his colleagues
(Hear, hear.) It was evident that if disclosures of
this kind continued to take place the business of the
commission must be very much impeded. On subjects
of so doubt'ul a nature as those on.which they ware
engaged, gentlemen should not be considered as
having pledged therr=elves to particulacviews, but
as open to receive every argument that might be laid
before them ; but really if every note written by a
commissioner to his colleagues were to be given to
the world, they would be supposed to be compromised
to certain opinions, and it would be impossible for
the very important object of the commission to be
attained.—(Hear, hear.) In making these observa-
tions he wished it to be understood that he did not
allude to the gentlemen of the press, rhoV had without
doubt obtained these documents by honourable means,
but he thought they had also great reason to complain
of some person or other for a breach of good faith;
and for the sake of the ratepayers and the public, as
much as for their own, he trusted that the commis-
sioners would not have to complain of a similar occur-
rence in future.—(llear, hear.)
Sir JOHN BertooreE fully concurred in what had
fallen from the Noble Chairman. With regard to the
paper drawn up by him, no great harm had been done
by the publication of it ; but still it was incorrect in
principle to publish that document in an unauthorised
manner, and might have subjected him to animadver-
sion and remark. The paper merely contained his
first impressions on the subject, which might have
been afterwards abandoned; but it had been treated
as if it were the expression of his mature and fully
formed opinions. He had no reason to complain of
the editor of the paper in which it had been inserted,
nor of the manner in which he had treated it, though
he (Sir John Burgoyne) had not seen anything to
induee him to alter the opinions he entertained before.
The Noble Lord had stated the matter as regarded
Mr. Hale with perfect justice; the papers which had
been published by that gentleman did not belong to
him, but were the property of the commissioners. It
was not an unfrequent case for officers of public
bodies to ask permission to use in their own name
papers which belonged to their employers, but to
make use of them in the first instance without the
permission of those whose property they were, as in
the present case, was a strange and most irregular
proceeding--(Hear, hear.)
The Court then adjourned to this day (Saturda,

RIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.--An accident of a fright-
character occurred on Wednesday to three men, named
John Ready, aged twenty-six, Abraham Scholes, aged
thirty-four, and Junes, aged twenty-nine, labourers, in
the service of Mr. Myers, an extensive builder, who
bad got the contract to erect a new church in Lark-hall.
lane, Clapham. It appears that the three men were
engaged on a scaffold nearly fifty feet high, when same
portion of the woodwork gave way, precipitating the
whole of them to the ground with fearful violence. As-
sistance was speedily rendered, and two were found to
be most shockingly injured, their bodies being much
lacerated ; they had alio sustained fractured ribs, and
one a scalp would, and other external violence. A cab
was procured, and two were conveyed to the nearest
surgeon, and afterwards to Guy's Hospital. The other
man was subsequently placed on a stretcher, and taken
to the same institution, where they had ivory attention
from the house surgeon, and the three are going on as
favourably as can be expected.
SALL! or ♦ WIFE.—One of these no le!s, rare than
disgusting exhibitions took place in the market-place of
Goole on Wednesday, the sth instant. A person named
Ashton, a Waterman, residing at Thorne, has for some
time past been suffering severely from a❑ affection iu the
knee joint, and has recently been an in-patient of the
Hull General Infirmary. During his stay in tho infir-
mary it would appear that his wife, who is a buxom
young woman, formed an acquaintance with a paramour,
and eloped with him, taking with her a great part of the
husband's effects. Un Ashton's arrival at home he dis-
covered the frailty of his fair:one, and very soon after-
wards he ascertained their hiding place, when matters
were talked •►er, and a sale agreed upon. Accordingly,
on the day in question Ashton led his wife into the
market-place with a halter round her waist, and there
made her mount a chair for public exhibition, and the
" lot" was put up by an itinerant auctioneer, the first
bid being 3d.; an oid man' who was present afterwards
bid ls. for the lot, at which price she stood for sumo
time ; a little spirited competition then took place, and
the woman was eventually knocked down to her par-
amour for ti s. 9d., when, snapping her fingers in her hus-
band's face, she exclaimed, " There, good-for-noug►:t,
that's more than you would fetch," and departed, appa-
rently in high glee with her new lord and master, the
husband a; they were passing him, holding (ut his
hand U her, and saying, " Give us a wag of your hand,
old lass, afore we part."—Doncastcr Chronicle.
SEIZURE OF SPIRITS BY THE COAST GUARD AT
DOVER.—At about a quarter- past seven A N. on We (I-
nesday, the 12 h December, an attempt to land 35
casks of spirits was made near Shakspere's Cliff,
but the crew of the smuggling-baat observing
the vigilant watch kept by the coast-guard,
under the command of Lt' utenant Pearson, R.N., of
the Townsend station, the tubs were thrown over-
board and floated ; i 5 no doubt being intended to
take them up in the course of the day under Lho
cover of fishing. The guard, however, Lbseive.4l the
casks, and succeeded in seizing them and depu-
siting them in safety in the Dover Custom-house. The
smugglers hero are aware of the vigilant watch kept
by Li_ utenant Pennon and his crew, and aro very
careful how they make au attempt upon his station. The
twelve years' experience which this able officer has' bad'
upon this part of the coast gives them but little chance
et' effecting a run.

It is almokt .n incredible fact, that as tunny as
38,000 illegitimate children are born annually in this
country, being one•serenth per cent. of all the births
which take place during that tine throughout England
and Wales,