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LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1831.

A long and desultory conversation took place last
night in the House of Commons, touching the
authorship of certain numbers of the Republican.
Sir H. HARDINGE called Mr. HOME to account for
having asserted that the publication in question pro-
ceeded from the enemy's camp, and asked him whe-
ther he was able to substantiate his assertion, or
whether he was prepared to admit that he
had made an improper statement. Mr. HOME
replied that he was not prepared to admit
that he had made an improper statement;
on the contrary, he was prepared to re-say what he

had said on a former day. He had traced the
authorship of the Republican to the West-end of
the town, and was besides, from the internal evi-
dence afforded by the work itself, of opinion that the
man who wrote it could not be an honest Reformer,
His arguments were so preposterous, and the lan•
guage in which he clothed them so perfectly offen-
sive and intemperate, that they would unavoidably
have the effect of retarding, not advancing, the
cause which they professed to serve. Sir ROBERT
PEEL repelled, with suitable solemnity of style, the
insinuation that either himself,or any of his party, were
in the slightest degreeconnected with the Republican,
or any such monstrous publication. The insinuation
was a weak invention of the enemy, got up doubtless
for party purposes. We think that in refuting this
charge, the Right Hon. Ex-Secretary threw away
much virtuous indignation. No one ever suspected
him of having even the remotest connection with the
Republican. The discus-ion was wholly unnecessary.
Late in the evening Mr. STANLEY moved for leave
to bring in a Bill to regulate the importation of
arms into Ireland, and the method of keeping them
there. The chef novelty of the plan was, that it
would provide for a general registration of arms, and
that every weapon should be marked with certain

letters and number, whereby it might be identified
and traced. The Right Hon. Gentleman observed that
clatu,e would be introduced into the 13111, subjecting
to transportation for seven years any person, within
districts declared in a state of disturbance, having in
his possession unregistered arms. This is a
most important clau,e, and one that deserves
the most attentive and rigid attention. With
regard to the registration of arms : this, though
we have little doubt, it will at first be gene-
rally unpopular throughout Ireland, will at least
have the good effect of checking any future mas-
sacres of the people by bodies of yeomanry, with
whom guns seem to be as much a personal appendage
as their dress itself.

The following are extracts from Brussels Papers,
but we have not yet heard how the Deputation from
London was received, nor of the communication to
the National Congress. If the Belgians do not
settle the business, the French will settle it for
them. It is clearly impossible for things to go on
much longer as they have hitherto done, evidently to
serve the murderous policy of Russia with regard to
Poland :

BRUSS'ELS.

NATIONAL CONGRESS.—SITTING OF IkIoNnA r,

JUNE 27.

The law relative to the stamp due to he paid on regis-
tering the oaths of public functionaries, after some debate,
was passed by a mjority of 102 to 18.
M. Van Meenen—l have the honour to propose to the
Congress, to require the Minister of Foreign Affiirs to ap.
pear in the assembly to•day, to give us, first, such informa-
tion as he has in his power relative to the negociations
which have been going on at London for three weeks, as
well with the conference as with the Prince of Saxe Co_
burg. Second, to inform us what is the nature of the com-
munications that will be made to us on the 30th June.

M. Gendebien seconded the motion of M. Van Meenen.
Since the departure of our deputation, said he, it has given
no sign of life, yet I understand it has had communication
with the Regent and the Minister, when it might have
communicated directly with the Congress. Since it has
not done so we must ask the Minister for the information
which he has received.

The motion being carried by a great majority, the Pre.
sident said that a message should be sent to the Minister,
who soon after entered. M. Van Meenen then repeated
his motion in a few words, and the arguments in favour of it.
M. Lebeau (Minister of Foreign Affairs)—The motion
seems to me to be founded on an error in point of fact. It
suppose@ that the deputation communicates with the
Government, whereas it has received its powers only
from the Congress, to which it has to give an ac-
count. The deputation therefore has communicated
nothing to the Government, and even if it had
made some communication to it, if it had not been actuated
by a sense of propriety and circumspection, what happened
on a former occasion would have served it as a lesson. As
for the information that we have had, it appears that when
the last dispatches came away the negociations were still
goiag on. It stems that they have not been restricted
within the same limits, and that delicate questions have
been raised which are on the point of being solved,
but the solution of which has not been announced
to me. If acy positive resolutions had reached roe,
I should not wait till the 30th to allay the unea-
siness of the nation by communicating them to the
assembly. When negociations have not reached their
close, it may be very prejudicial to reveal them. You
will therefore allow the Government to observe the silence
' which propriety and pru fence prescribe.
M. Van Meenen wished only, as the Minister must
have formed some opinion, that he would say what he fears
or what he hopes.

M. Lebeau—An opinion, which I cannot support by any
document or any fact, would have no weight. I have only
hopes which have rather increased than diminisheol. I have
reason to think that at thi• moment something is determined.
we cannot fail to be acquainted with it on the 30th of
June ; the deputation will by that time have returned ; it
will either give an account or enable the Government to
do so.

M. A. Gendebien—l want to know the opinion of M.
Lebeau as Minister.—(Murmurs.)
M. Lebeau—My hopes are that the Prince of Saxe
Coburg will accept the Crown of Belginin.
BRUSSELS, JUNE 28.—M. Nothomb, one of our Com-
missioners at London, arrived here yesterday evening.
The Deputation of the Belgic Congress arrived this
morning from London. Nothing has yet transpired of
the result of the mission.

The 7th Regiment of the line left Namur yesterday to
proceed to the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg.
In consequence of the instructions given to the Go-
vernor of the province by the Minister for Foreign Affairs,
who acts as Minister of the Marine, the Governor of
West Flanders, (Bruges) has just issued a decree,
the purport of which is, that as the cholera may
be introduced by the shipwreck of vends on the

:'oast, or tiy goods east 00 shore, the inhabitants o
•he districts of Bruges. Ostend, and Fumes, within 1,

league of the coast, from the age of IS to 60, are to fu,-
~ish patrolee, day and night, to prevent any communi-
•ation between the inhabitants and persons or effects coming
from threatened vessels.
On the 24th of June, the Minister wrote a letter to
t .e same Governor in reply to one of the 23d, in which
t w Governor sent the report of a meeting of the Magis-
t rtes of the Chamber of Commerce of Ostend, summoned
b the Governor to consider of measures to prevent the
i .troduction of the cholera into Belgium. The Minister
e ,inci,fes in opinion with the meeting that the port of
Ostend does not afford the necessary facilities for subject
ing vessels to strict quarantine, and therefore though he
regrets the injury that the merchants will suffer, he
cannot but approve of the closing of the port against ves-
sels coining from infected places. He therefore, desires the
Governor to give the necessary instructions, that for the
present, and till further orders, no vessel coming
from the Baltic, from Hamburg, Lubeck, Bremen, Ros-
tuck, Riga, and other places where the contagion prevails,
shall be admitted at Ostend. The Minister agrees also in
what the meeting thought respecting Nieuport, and there-
fore the mr asures advised for Ostend must also be ex.
tended to that place. He, however, requests the Governor
to go to Nieuport, and see whether means cannot be
found of arranging near the channel of that port a spot
where ships may perform quarantine, leaving the breadth
of the channel free for fishing vessels to pass without ap-
proaching them.

A Dutch Mail has brought us some additional
news from the theatre of war, but of so conflicting
a character that little dependence is to be placed
on it—the more particularly as it comes through
Berlin. By Monday we may expect to hear of
something decisive having taken place in the vicinity
of Warsaw, and possibly the capture of Wilna
will be confirmed
WA ESAW, Jute 20.—We now know that the Gene.
rali,sinui has not gene north-east towards Nur, but east-
ward to Siennica, where his head-quarters were fixed on
the 16th, and, according to the, State Gazette of yester-
day, had remained there for some time. The same p ,per
says, that Siedlec and Miendzyrzecz, farther east, and a
little to the south, were taken by the corps of General
Rybinski, but when this happened is not stated ; or
whether there was any action with General Kreutz, who,
according to the last accounts, had marched to Siedlec,
and who is now said to be still fat titer north, viz , near
Erohyczin. At Lublin General Kreutz is supposed to
have been succeeded by Genet al Rudiger, whose corps set
out for that place on the 13th from the environs of Za-
masc. Whether the diminution of the Russian force in
the province of Lublin has had any effect on the corps of
General Chrzanowski, who is near Zamoac, is not known.
Some of our papers speak of a great victory gained
by him over General Rudiger, hi which they say many Rus-
sian officers were killed and taken prisoners, among the
latter they mention Prince Adam of Wurtemberg. They.
however, give no particulrrs. The State Gazette of
Warsaw says no official accounts of such an event have
been received.
The Russian main army seems to be making prepara-
tions to lay three bridges over the Narew, between Modlin
and Sierosk. The Grand Duke Michael, with the Guards,
were at Makow.
BERLIN, JUNE 24.—Our State Gazette has the ful-
lowine article :--
" POLISH FRONTIERS, JUNE 21.—According to the
1 it,.st accounts considerable fermentation prevailed at
Warsaw. A change in the chief command of the army
was spoken of, the motive of which seems to be the unex-
pected return of the general staffof the army. The expedition
planned by Gen. Sk zynecki on the 14th seems to have failed.
on which account the main army itself is expected back,
and it is supposed that an attempt will be made to execute
some other plan. The Russian army is said to have occu-
pied a position at Siedlec, Sir rozk, &c., where it is now
concentrated. It is believed that it will attempt in the
course of this week to cross the Vistula.

13enr.1x, Ju Nit 23.—0 n the 15th and 16th there were
some trifling skirmishes in the environs of Warsaw. On
the 17th there was no fighting along the whole line of the
Narew, as far as Siedlec. In the night of the 19th the
Russians, it seems, occupied Plozk, and in consequence of
this the Citneralissimo is said to have returned to Warsaw.
The letters from Lithuania state that en the 19th
the Russians were still in undisturbed possession of Po-
langen and Krottingen, and that there were so insurgents
in those parts. This seems to confirm the report that
they had gone towards Wi!na.

WARSAW, Jar 20.—Our Papers have no latter news
from the theatre of war, hut return to what is already
known. Thus the State Gazette dwells on the frvour-
able accounts of the expedition to Lithuania, where Ge-
neral Gielgud has no reason to apprehend being attacked
by a superior force. The insurgents who were before
badly organized, and quite left to themselves, have now
an able commander, and regularity is introduced into there
operations. Gen. Dorobrouski had crossed the Niemen, and
seemed disposed to advance with Gen. Chrapowski against
\Vilna, which the insurgents still invested with 2 500
men. In Wilna there is a Russian garrison of 6,000 in-
fantry and 2,000 cavalry, the latter for the most part
Kirghis. In Kauen are Generals Frieken, Sicken, and
Annenkoff, with 5,000 men. The Samogitians on the
other side of the Niemen, are commanded by Oginski,
Zaluski, Potozki, and Countess Platen, who has formed a
Regiment of Hulans.

The Warsaw Gazette adds, that General Gielgud
entered Ka!vary on the Ist with hie whole corps, and pro-
ceeded on his march the next day. The report of Gen.
Frickers being made prisoner is not confirmed; but Gen.
Sacken is said to be wounded. Jankowski is said to have
gained some advantages over the Russians near Sierozk.
The latter crossed the Narew on the night of the 15th,
and appeared on the left bank, but speedily retreated on
tl:e appearance of a squadron of the Polish cavalry. This
paper says that the Russian General Davidoff had lost a
hg in an action with General Chrzanowski.
The State Gazette says that Bobrisk on the Beresina
was taken by the Lithuanian in.urgents by the following
stratagem : The Governor had ordered one thousand
waggons with provisions far the fortress to be delivered as
soon as possible. The insurgents, disguised as peasants
and with their arms concealed, entered the place with the
waggons, surprised and took the Governor, and got poi-
session of the place without further opposition.
The Konigsburg Journal speaks of vague reports of the
taking of Kowna by the insurgents after a desperate conflict.
BERLIN, JUNE 24.—The cholera is abating at Dantzic,
latterly only 14, 18, and 20 persons had been attacked.
Up to the 19th there were 268 persons attacked, of whom
188 had died.

Lubeck and Petersburgh were perfectly healthy.
THE }TAG UE, JUNE 28.—A Cabinet Council was held
yesterday, which sat a long time. It is said it was in con-
sequence of despatches received yesterday by the English
Ambassador.

His Royal Highness Prince Frederick returned yesterday
From I3reda.

AMSTERDAM, JUNE 29.
Actual Debt, 9.34 per cent. 56% to 374
Amort Syndic, .1,, per cent.
Ditto, ditto, 3!..; per cent. 49i to 4934
Exchange on London ll !"2;10
Two Months

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THE CHOLERA MORBUS.—The mortality of
the cholera morbus is, we understand, very great on board
the vessels coming from Riga. A letter was received in
Leith a day or two ago from the master of a vessel be-
longing to that port, dated the Sound, June 14, in which
he statrs that the account of the loss of life from cholera
in all the ships that arrived from the Russian ports was
most melancholy. One vessel from Riga had reached the
Sound,all the crew of which had died except two.—
Endiur
bgh Evening Courant.

The accounts from Dantzic state, that the dis-
ease there was rather less fatal than previously.
NEWTONBARRY.--In the discussion on Mr.
LAMBERT'S motion respecting the affair at Newtonbarry,
Thursday night, Mr. BLAKENEY is reported in the
Chronicle to have stated that he was present in the neigh-
bourhood at the time, and hail witnessed nearly the whole
of the proceedings, and several strong charges against the
Magistrates themselves are connected with this assertion.
Mr. 13LAKENEY slid not state that be was present at the
transaction, and any observations he made upon the
Magistrates referred to quite a different proceeding.
what Mr. BLAKENEY actually did say was this t--
,‘ He complained of the conduct of some of the Magi.
strates, in not detaining or holding to bail some of the
yeomanry, against whom a felony hail been clearly esta-
!dished in the informations taken before them. Pe had
volunteered his services to go in quest of some of the ac-
cused parties, but his services were dispensed with. One
Magistrate went out with one or two policemen, and
brought in five of the yeomen, but he did not bring in
the one who could be identified as the most guilty party.
He condemned the conduct of the yeomanry, whom he de-
scribed as a set of ragatnuffins, who deserved as little to
be called the protectors of the peace as a set of butchers'
boys with arms in their hands. On a future occasion he
would take an opportunity of giving to Ministers more in-
formation as to this force, which, in every respect, he con-
sidered most objectionab!e."

LAW INTELLIGENCE-(TIIIS DAV.)

VICE- CHANCELLOR'S CO UR T.
Nothing of importance occurred in this Court up to the period
of our going to press.

ROLLS COURT.
ST. GEORGE v. WAKE.
This was a bill tiled by the Rev. Henry St. George, an Irish
clergyman, against Dr. and Mrs Wake, and a solicitor of the
name of Lander, for the purpose of having a gift made by Miss
Noble, while under promise of marriage to the plaintiff, set aside
as a fraud of his marital rights. The Case was part heard on
thursday last, when
Mr. PEMBERTON, who appeared for the plaitit iff,stated that
the testatrix in the cause (Mrs. Daniels) had three nieces,
Miss Noble, her sister, Mrs. Wake, and another who had been
married to Mr. J. St. George, the brother of the plaintiff: Mrs.
ikmiels, it appeared had, accompanied by Miss Noble, gone in
ND to spend some time at Cheltenham, where meeting' with
the Rev. Mr. St. George Miss Noble came under an engagement
if marriage to hhn. The plaintiff having occasion to return to
Ireland, in order to make some arrangements previous to his mar-
riage, left Cheltenham, but before his return Mrs. D. died, leaving
amonguy her will considerable property, and the bequests she
gave to Mrs. \lake alife-interest in au sum of two thousand
pounds, with reversion, if she left no children, to 'Miss Noble,
whom she appointed residuary legatee. Lander had been the
law-adviser of Mrs. Daniel, and he, on the day on which the
testatrix died, wrote a letter to Miss Noble, stating his conviction
that the testatrix, previous to her death, had formed an
intention of altering her will in favour of Doctor and Mrs.
Wake, and suggesting to her the propriety of resigning her
reversionary interest in the 2,0001. bequeathed to Mrs. Wake
Miss Noble having assented, on the next day a person of the
name of Hutchinson, a connection of the family, having also
interested himself on behalf of Mr. Wake, wished Miss Noble to
make a further concession, which application she refused at first,
but in consideration' as she said, of the good feeling with which
her sister had received the former concession, she consigned to
tier certain Liverpool Dock Bonds, amounting in value to 1,2004
Miss Noble's own peculiar property. On the reception of this
Dr. Wake immediately posted oft to London, and on the follow_
ing day after his arrival in town, the conveyances being pre-
pared, were both executed by Miss Noble. It wa s sub-
mitted on the part of the plaintiff that transactions of such a
nature, under circumstances of such precipitancy, and in the
absence of the Rev. Henry St. George, to whom the lady was then
under promise of marriage, could not be supported upon the
principle either of a Court of Law or Equity.
Sir C. WETHERELL, Mr. BICKERSTETH, and Mr.
RUSSELL, appeared for the defendant, contending that it was
for the plaintiff to make out three propositions—tirst, that at
the time of executing the instruments in question, marriage
was in contemplation between the parties; secondly, that the
instrument was executed in contemplation of that future mar-
riage; and, lastly, that the facts were concealed from the
husband, none of which the Learned Counsel submitted had
been substantiated.

Mr. PEMBERTON rose to reply, xvlieti
The MASTER of the ROLLS observed, that the only diffi-
culty he felt was with respect to the knowledge of the husband.
He must presume that the husband was aware of the facts at the
time of the marriage, because it came to the knowledge of his
brother and his wife, and he must also presume it because the
plaintiff did not allege in his bill that he was not.

• Mr. PEMBERTON replied, it never could be the rule of the
Court, after an engagement for a marriage, that any person
acquainted with that engagement might obtain from the in-
tended wife a gift of any part of her property without the consent
of the intended husband, nor was it enough to say that the
husband just before the ring was put on his wife's finger was
aware of the gift, it must be clearly proved that he had know-
ledge of, and sanctioned it. No person collie look at this trans-
action without seeing that the cause of the precipitancy that had
been used was to get the instruments executed before the return
from Ireland of a Mr. St. George.
The M ASTER of the HO LS considered that Mrs. St. George,
if she had not been married, never could have obtained relief
in a Court of Equity against this gift. As at present advised with
respect to marriage, the Court was of opinion that it could not
be considered as a fraud on the marital rights, if immediately be-
fore the marriage the husband was made acquainted with the
fact of the gift, and still felt himself bound to cuter into the •
marriage. He must, in the opinion of the Court, take the wife
as he found her. His Honour, however, would look in the au-
thorities on the subject, and give his opinion on a future day.—
With respect, however, to Mr. Lander, the Court considered
the course he had pursued a violation of his professional
duty. On the same day as the death of Mrs. Daniels took
place, he wrote a letter to Miss Noble, advising her to re-
lease her interest in the 001. On the 113th of the same
month Mr. Hutchinson said it would be reasonable she should
do something more, and immediately when consenting to do that
Mr. Lander thought it fit to sit up the whole night, in order to
prepare the assignments of the two gifts, the inference on which
clearly was that such precipitation was used fur the purpose of
completing Miss Noble's gift before the return of her intended
husband. Such conduct was a great breach of professional duty
on the part of Mr. Lander. Under such circumstances, if upon con-
sideration the Court felt bound to dismiss the Bill, it would not
give Mr. Lander his costs, his conduct having been totally incon.
sistent with his professional duty. 'lie Court could not but
think that Mr. St. George was acquainted with these gifts.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
BUDD v. FAIRMANER.
This was an action for breach of warrantry.
Mr. Serjeant WILDE stated the case, from which it appeared
that the plaintiff bad bought a colt of the defendant, which lie
alleged was warranted to him as a four-year old, and fit for car-
riage work. The colt had, however, turned out to be neither
four years old nor fit for work, and the present action was in
consequence brought to recover the amount.—Plaintiffnonsuited.

OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.

-—— -
William Pearson, a young man who was convicted last session
of stealing a letter with a bank note in it, he tieing employed in
the Post-office, was brought up to receive the opinion of the
Judges upon a point which had been submitted to them.
Mr. Justice GASELEE, addressing the prisoner, said, the
indictment charged him, that he being employed in the Post-
office, stole a letter containing money, and on other counts,
with merely stealing a bank note. The Jury acquitted him
of stealing the letter, but found him guilty of stealing
the bank note. On behalf of the prisoner it had
been objected in arrest of judgment, that the offence
was not stated robe against the statute, nor was it stated that the
sum of money stated in the bank note remained unsatisfied.—
Those points had been reserved for the opinion of the Judges,
who were unanimous in declaring that the objections were fatal
to the indictment, and that therethre the judgment should be
arrested. The Learned Judge stated the law as applicable to
thed
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this u•
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promissory notes and bills of exchange, and gave it as his opinion
andpt
that an indictment for stealing a bank note should state that it
was,le
againstt hen ntihmei
statutean d i n
unsatisfied, and alsosaendmade provided that
indictment those material facts had been omitted, and therefore
the judgment of the Court would be arrested.
The Clerk of the Arraigns having stated that there was another
indictment against the prisoner, he was ordered to be detained. '
George Smith, who had been capitally convicted at the last
Sessions for feloniously selling stamps that had been cut off cer-
tain deeds, and affixed to new pieces of parchment, with intent
to defraud his Majesty of the duty payable thereon, anti whose
case had been reserved for the opinion of the Judges, was
brought up.
Mr. Justice GASELEE recapitulated the circumstances of the
case, and the nature of the objections made by the prisoner's
Counsel to the indictment, and delivered the opinion of the
Judges to whom the points had been reserved, which was, that
the objections were invalid, and therefore that the conviction
was good ; the prisoner would therefore receive judgment at the
.-end of the Sessions.
James Coles, a respectable looking young man aged 21, was
indicted for forging and uttering a cheque for 100/, with intent
to defraud Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co. bankers.
Mr. BODKIN (with whom was Mr. BALL) stated the case
for the prosecution, and then called the following witnesses :
Charles Walton Cord, clerk to Messrs. Robarts and Co ,
bankers, in Lombard-street, stated that Messrs. John Smith and
son, wholesale grocers, in Aldersgate-street, kept an account at
the house of Robarts and Co. ; they had no other customers of
the name of John Smith and son. The cheque now produced,
for 1001., purporting to be signed by John Smith and son, was
presented to witness on Monday, May by the prisoner. \\ 'it-
nets, on taking the cheque, asked him how lie would have it
cashed. The prisoner said, 44 Short." itness asked if he
would have a 1001. note. He rather hesitated, and said, 0 No,
two fifties." Witness perceived a difference in the signature
front John Smith and son's usual way of signing, and inquired
of the prisoner if he got it from Smith and son. He
" No;" he either brought it from Messrs. Garnetts, in whose
favour eh was drawn, or Mr. Garnett, witness could not
recollalleihich ;witness
shewed the signature to Mr. London,
anotherclerk • the prisoner was shewn into the room where Mr.
London was; this was about three o'clock in the day. Witness
was of opinion that the signature was not that of Mr. Smith.
• by Mr ADOLPHUS—Never saw the pri.
Cross-examined - •
soner before to his recollection.
Mr. Thomas London, also a clerk at Robarts and Curtis's,
stated that the preceding witness shewed him the cheque in
question, and
introduced the prisoner into his office. Witness
asked the prisoner from whom he had received it, and he said
from Garnett anti Co., the wholesale grocers. (Witness did not
then know there was such a firm as Garnett and Co. Witness
then left the room and went to Garnett and Co., in
Ironwheel-lane, having first looked in the Directory for the
address. One of the firm of Garnett and Co. came to
Roberts and Co.: and upon his arrival the prisoner was given
into custody. Before witness went to. Garnett's, he told the pri-
soner he woad go to John Smith and son ; upon which the
prisoner -said he had to receive another cheque at Barclay's and
he would call on his return, but witness desired him to wait until
his return.

Cross-examined—Never saw the prisoner before to his
knowledge.

John Garnett, of the firm of Garnett and Co. wholesale gro-
cers, 'rurnwheel.lane, Cannon-street, stated (on looking at the
cheque purporting to be drawn in favour of his firm) that the
cheque was never in his possession; he had never had any
dealings with John Smith and son; he had never seen the
prisoner before the 23cl May, when he saw him detained at
Robarts and Co.'s house.
Mr. Cope, City Marshal, stated that on the of May he
was sent for to Robarts and Curtis's banking-house, and the pri-
soner was there given into his custody for presenting this forged
cheque for 1001. He searched him, and found some blank
cheques (produced) on Robarts and Curtis's house ; the four
blank cheques were in a sheet ; he found no cheque on Barclay's
house on his person. On asking the prisoner where he lived, he
said he had no residence, but he had been living with Messrs.
Smith and son, Aldersgate-street; among the things found on
his person were twelve sovereigns and some silver, which were
given up to him by the Magistrate's order. Witness asked the pri-
soner how he could be so foolish, and he said he was so distressed.
Mr. J. Smith, wholesale grocer in Aldersgate, of the firm of J.
Smith and son, stated that in May last he kept a cash account
with Robarts and Co. • the prisoner had been in his employ, but
left his service on the :2.3d May, at half.past two o'clock in the
afternoon ; he kept a cheque—book, to which the prisoner had
had access whenever he pleased... The cheque in question was
neither written by witness nor his son ; he believe I it to be in
the prisoner's hand-writing. The cheques produced as having
been found on the prisoner, corresponded with a leaf missing
from his cheque-book.
Mr. R. Smith, son of the last witness, gave similar evidence.
This being the case for the prosecuti,,n, the prisoner handed
in a written defence; but Mr. Adolphus (his Counsel) having
first looked over it, did not deem it advisable for the prisoner to
have it read, and it was withdrawn.
The Rev. Thomas Wharton, of St. John's-wood, stated that
the prisoner was at one time a pupil of his ; the prisoner had lett
him about seven years ago, and since that time he had not known
much of him. His friends reside some distance in the country.
I-his age was about 21 years.
Mr. A DOLPH US declined, as the Rev. Gentleman had known
very bias of the prisoner for sonic years, to ask him any ques-
tions as ho character.

His LORDSHIP having summed up the evidence, the Jury
found the prisoner Guilty of uttering the cheque, knowing it to
be forged, but strongly recommended him to mercy on account
of his youth.

THE CHOLERA MORBUS.—The accounts
received from Riga, this morning, are to the 16th ult.,
and state that the cholera still continued its ravages there.
Up to that date 2,678 persons had been attacked, of
whom 1,312 had died, and 936 cured. There were 120
in progress of recovery, and 310 still diseased. The malady
had assumed rather a milder shape.