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London, England, 1849-03-05 00:00:00

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BELFAST, MARCH 3.—Wind W., fine.—Sld. Annie, New
York; Sir Colin Campbell, New York.
OFF CORK, MARCH 2.—Wind W.S.W.—Alice Haviland,
St. Domingo, and proceeded for Liverpool.
SWANSEA, 11.1 ARCH 4. W ind S.E.—Arrd. Pirce, Cuba.

ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
The Master of the Rolls sat in his court in the Rolls'-yard,
Chancery-lane, to-day.

LOCKHART V. ALDER.

The further arguments in this part-heard case were re—
sumed this morning, and occupied his Lordship the whole
day, The object of the suit is to recover from the estate of
a deceased tenant fur life compensation for timber cut by him
while in possession. A reference had been made to the
Master on the subject, and the exceptions takeo to his report
were opened on Saturday, and the arguments upin them re-
sumed this morning.

VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELDOR OF ENGLAND.)
HATTON V. HAYLEY.
His HoNotra gave judgment in this case to-day, which.
was argued before him in the course of last week. His
Honour said, the only dispute raised was with respect to the
third security, and it was urged on behalf of the defendant
that it was void because it was given by the father of the
defendant by way of compounding a felony, that felony being
a forgery committed by Richard, the son, upon his
father ; and it was required of the Court that it
should, on the mere allegation of Richard that he
had committed the forgery, place implicit belief on that
statement, and admit that evidence. His Honour said that
he should be acting most wrongly if he adopted such
course. He would, however, give the defendants an oppor-
tunity, if they thought fit to take it, of trying the following
issue—whether Richard, the witness, did commit the forgery
in question by feloniously filling up the bill with the sum a
500/. The defendants must, however, consider for them-
selves whether they would try that issue or not.
The other two securities in the case were not questioned.
The defendants, by their counsel, consented to try the issue.
After some discussion, it was arranged that if the defendant
did not keep down the interest on the two securities that
were not objected to, the plaintiff should be at liberty to take
possession of them.
His Hoaoun, in the course of the discussion, observed that
this was the first time in his experience that he had seen se-
curity for 99 years given upon stock.—(A laugh.)
Mr. SMITH—The securities were drawn up on the other
side of the water.—(A laugh.)
The Court then proceeded to hear causes.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.)
ANDREWS V. ANDREWS.
The further hearing of the arguments in this part.heard
cause occupied the Court the whole morning.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor WI.RAM.)
His HONOUR having disposed of the case of Hart v. Tulke,
which stood on the paper for judgment, proceeded to hear
causes; but no ease calling for a special report came before
his Honour during the morning.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT

(Before the COMMON SERGEANT and Mr. Alderman Grans.)
BURGLARY.-George Phillips, alias Johnson, aged--16,
Thomas Jackson, alias Sydney Hall, aged 19, Mary Ann
Allen, aged 17, and Eliza Brown, aged 17, were indicted with
feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mr.
Henry Raven, surgeon, Compton-street, and stealing there-
from a workbox and other articles, value 21. 95., his goods
and moneys; one hat, value 55., the property of George
Edward Francis; one coat and other articles, value 41., the
property of Robert Turnbull; and John Phillips, alias Neal,
aged 16, with feloniously inciting, moving, procuring, &c.,
the other prisoners to do and commit the said felony. John,
George, and Thomas bad been previously convicted of felony.
It appeared that John Phillips had been in the service of
Mr. Raven as errand-boy, and that it was his duty to put up
the shutters of the shop. On closing the shop on the 27th
of January, he intentionally left a portion of the shutters
unfastened, and the burglary was committed the same even-
ing. Part of the property was found in the prisoners'
lodgings, who lived together in a brothel.
The male prisoners, who were sharp little fellows, con-
ducted their own defence, aid severally cross-examined the
witnesses, and addressed the jury with much tact and skill.
Mr. O'Brien appeared for the female prisoners.
The jury found the two female prisoners Not Guilty, and
the other two prisoners Guilty.
Thomas Jackson, on being told by the Common Sergeant
that the Court thought it necessary to send them both abroad
for a considerable period said, " My Lord, they won't send
us across the seas."

The COMMON 3IRGEANT—The Government will take care
of that, I assure you, and they will see you are made to work,
and it will not be long before you come to your senses. I
sentence you both to be transported for ten years.
Jackson—Thank you, my Lord. I had written the sen-
tence down on this paper before you gave it.
The prisoners were then removed.

IVEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner BuLtoca..)
The Court was occupied throughout the morning in trying
I,fc, cases of petty larceny, which did not possess the slighteelt
interest.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Ann Wilday was charged before Mr. Henry with attempt-
ing to murder her husband. It appears that on saturday
last the parties, who keep a cats' meat shop in Great Wadi.
street, Drury-lane, had a violent quarrel, g,'
of the afternoon, the husband being- - , ..11 guard, or, as is
acked him with a knife, and
supposed, asleep, the prison—. -" ,.. ~.... course
He was removed
to tho hospit.t • and as he cannot
inflicted a desperate —pad in his neck.
yet be pronounced out of
,1„„6„,-, the rdsoner was remanded to Wednesday next.

MARLBRO'-STREET-(THISDAY.)
IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—James Dixon, a waiter out of em•
ploy, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having
stolen a great coat, a pair of Wellington boots, and five silver
table spoons, the property of Mr. Crux, landlord of the Argyle
Arms, Argyle-street.
James Woodgate, a waiter in the employ of the prosecti'
tor, stated, that on Sunday morning, about a quarter to eight
o'clock, he was taking down the door shutters, when the
prisoner, who had previously lived with Mr. Crux, came
up and asked witness to allow him to go into the yard
for a few minutes, as he was taken suddenly ill.
Witness not having the least suspicion of the pri-
soner granted his request, and went out for the
purpose of taking down the remainder of the aliutt!re•
On his return indoors he was surprised at hearing
some plates fall in the bar-parlour, and on going
to the door he met the prisoner coming out with Mr. Cruz
great coat on. Witness asked him what he had been et,
and accused him with having stolen the coat. The prisoner
immediately pulled it off and begged of witness to let
go. Witness refused and insisted upon searching him. Wit"
ness then felt in the prisoner's coat pocket and found the five
spoons produced. The pair of boots were found in the pocket
of the great coat. Witness then went to the door and called
a police constable, who took charge of the prisoner. The
prisoner said he should reserve his defence, and was fttlll
committed for trial.

MYSTERIO US CASE of BURGLARY
AND ALLEGED VIOLATION AT LEA"
MINGTON.

At half-past three o'clock, on Friday morning, as a yellog
man was walking down the Lower Parade, he heard sonr
one crying, in a very weak tone of voice," Help 1 help? WO
any oue come and help me?" Upon looking round be Ps"
oeived the figure of a woman in the balcony of No. 8, in bet
night-dress, and in consequence of her peculiar appearance,
evidently labouring under intense excitement, he said, 9.°
back," when she replied, " If I do so, they will kill me." lu"
police broke open a door in front of the house. The woman'
who is a widow named Lardor, and was left in charge of Or
house, stated that she had been alarmed two hours pre
ously by hearing a noise upon the staircase leading to bet,
bed-room, which is in the rear of the building, and while'
making her way to the door of the apartment, it wse
forced open by two men. They demanded the plate be-
longing to the house, and, on being told that she
had delivered it up to her master on the pre-
vious night, in consequence of the lodgings halloo
been vacated the day before, and that all 011
possessed in money was half-a-crown, the fellows attempted
to induce her to swallow something from a tumbler, whi!i,
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she managed to knock from the hand of the person holding
The men then violated her person each of them more 061/
once, under circumstances of great barbarity. She state'
that the persons, one of whom she could identify, were 'O5
respectably attired, but had black ribbons or crape plact—
over their face.. They brought with them a dark hinter!:
the light from which enabled her to distinguish the featur7.
1
of one of them. She further stated that they compelled bet
to follow them from room to room, where they tarot!:
over every bed, and having led her into tarok
drawing-room, tied her hands together and blind-
folded her, they attempted to strangle her. W. hen
the superintendent of police (Mr. Roby) arrived a relort,
inspection of the house was made, and it was ascertained tl
every drawer and cupboard in the place had been ransacked'
as if in search of the valuable plate known to have bee_;
there the day before, but no property of any description 101
removed, although the kitchen was left in a state of gee
confusion, from the number of articles scattered abort'
Every door in the back part of the premises had been lei
;
open, and egress thus easily afforded to the thieves, 111„,8
whose escape the woman crawled to the drawing-07e
window, and made an alarm. In fact, the appearance of
house corroborated her statement as to a burglary hal
been attempted ; and on further search it was models'
that a pane of glass had been removed from the sculled
window, but at a great distance from the fastening, Abide
was also so very rusty and difficult to unfasten as to prec, icds
led
the possibility of opening the window, which reinsorl
closed, as it was left on the previous evening. No clue coup,
therefore be obtained as to how the men had gained en k
trance. The woman has been very ill since the affair.toeco
place, although we hear that medical opinion is at varialli
as to the precise nature of the injuries she has received.

IRELAND.
THE AGITATION IN ULSTER.
DUILIN, SUNDAY EVENING.—The northern papers
teem with the reports of speeches with resolutions denunci
tory
The the " Rate in Aid" projec tb°
of
Belfast meeting on Friday,t. and that of Lurgan Oow.
same day, were most influentially attended. The spes"re;
spared no terms of reprobation of the Ministerial mails ts.
several clergymen being amongst its most violent opponel_2,,,,
The Rev. Dr. Drewe, of Belfast, protested against +7O,
poor-law, except one for the sick and aged; and Athol
same time soundly abused the Ulster representatives, st"os
ke designated as the twenty-nine sleeping beauties ill
wood.

Two of the resolutions ran as follow :
" That if there be any force in the maxim that the Pr.();
party of a country should support its poverty, that Inal,im-it
must apply indifferently to the whole country. That to
it to Ireland is to falsify the maxim, and that, too, ill do
present instance, for an oppressive purpose, and those Ilneir
so are violating the principle of the union, transgressing t nj
duty to the Sovereign of a kingdom said to be united, stile
laying a foundation for deep discontent, prejudicial t° tfte
peace and prosperityof Ireland, and calculated topreveot,ed
cotnpleticn of that harmony which we desire to see establis'
among the three sections of the same kingdom. • si'
" That as the proposed schemes •
the loa
tion of a tax without our consent by an authority over wilot
we shall have no control, and also the expenditure ofdtbr
tax in a manner wholly irrespective of our wishes, an yos
yond the reach of any superintendence or check from us,r._,
regard the project as an inexcusa4le_, wanton, and d: 1_9`21
attempt to violate our rights as British subjects—an att
pregnant with the principles of evil, and dangerous to
°_,,„
liberties, and calling for our prompt and unmitigated rel"
bation."

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We are authorised to state that Mr. Wyld,
has nothing whatever to do with the project of paying tts:c. or
to Perim, in return to that paid some time since h3' or
Li.e NaLioual Gum dto the li,itish metropolis. The will. hi/
Johu liLP., has squally been used Without
satiation.