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London, England, 1847-03-15 00:00:00

SOYER'S FOOD FOR THE POOR

Receipt No. 5.
NOURISHING MEAGRE FOOD FOR LENT.

Put two ounces of butter or oil into a two gallon and a-
half stewpan, peel two ounces of onions, cut thin, put them
on the fire till lightly brown (stirring it now and then), and
half a pound of vegetables, as turnips, leeks, celery, carrots,
&c.; Co not peel them or throw away anythi4g except that
part which may be iecayed, but wash them Well,cut them in
a slanting direction, put them in the stewpp; and fry ten
minutes longer; put in a pound and a quarter,of peas, till up
with two gallons of water; let it simmer for three hours, 6r
till the peas are in a pulp; mix half a pound of oatmeal with
a pint of water, make it into a liquid paste, pour it into the
stewpan, stirring it with a spoon ; add three ounces of salt,
half an ounce of brown sugar, boil it ten minutes, and it is
ready for use; a little mint, bay leaf, thyme, marjoram,
winter savoury, in small quantities, is an improvement,
and also soaking the peas in soft water. Although this
food is entirely deprived of animal substance, yet the fari-
naceous ingredients will act generously on the digestive
organs, particularly to a stomach which has suffered from
want of food.

Receipt No. 6.
THE FISHER,IIAN'S FOOD FOR THE COAST.

Cut four pounds of fresh fish of any kind in large pieces;
put it into your pan, with three ounces of salt, half-an -
ounce of sugar, a little pepper, two bay leaves, a little
thyme, one quart of water, and let it stew gently ; mix
one pound of oatmeal with seven quarts of lukewarm
water, and pour it over the fish; stir it gently, so as not
to break it too much; let it boil twenty minutes and it is
done.

A red herring or dried salt fish, previously soaked, is ex-
ceedingly good to make this food; but omit the salt if all salt
fiah is used.
SAVORY RICE FOOD.

Having saved the bones of the previous day, a very good
food may be made as follows :—Take six pounds of bones,
which break into small pieces, and boil in ten quarts of
water, for four hours; having added three ounces of salt,
a small bunch of thyme, bay, leaf, and savory. Put into a
stew-pan two onions cut thin, half a•pound cf vegetables, as
carrots, turnips, celery, &c., cut very thin ; half an ounce of
sugar ; put it on the tire for fifteen minutes, stirring it oc-
casionally ; add half pound of oatmeal, and mix well ;
moisten with two gallons of the stock from the bones ;
add one and a quirter pounds of rice, previously soaked:
boil till tender, and serve.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, March 13.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE MERCHANT ADVENTURERS OF
BRISTOb.

- - - - This was an appeal from the decision of the Master of the
Rolls. The facts are as follow :—Edward Coniston left cer-
tain estates in trust with the Corporation of the Merchant
Adventurers of Bristol in 1705, to be devoted to the erection
of an hospital or almshouses in that city, for the reception of
100 boys, who were to be supported, educated, and provided
with trades. The question at issue was, whether or not the
trustees were entitled to any beneficial interest in the trusts,
and turned upon the technical construction of the deed vest-
ing the trusts in the defendants, who laid claim to the sur-
plus that had accrued since the foundation of the charity, to
indemnify them against certain sums which they had ad-
vanced, but which on the other side it was contended were
provided for from casual sources specified in the deed.
The Attorney-General opened the case, and was followed
by Mr. Twiss on the same side.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, March 13.
(Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBORN.)
IN EX RAINEY.
This day having been appointed for the bankrupt's last
examination,
Mr. FaamyroN, solicitor for the bankrupt, requested that
the matter might be postponed, as, although they had been
busily engaged with the accountant (Mr. Wright) for some
days past, they had been unable to make a statement of
accounts in such a complete state as would warrant
them in producing it in Court. They requested, therefore,
that his Honour would grant them a postponement for trio
months. This would give the bankrupt an opportunity of
bringing his accounts up satisfactorily, and enable them to send
them in to the official assignee at the end of six weeks, giv-
ing him thereby a fortnight to examine into their correct•
ness. He might inform his Honour that they had already
progressed in some degree, for they had delivered in accounts
to the amount of 4,000/. ; but there still remained about
eighty to examine_ Mr. Payne (the trade assignee) had a
claim to prefer relatis e to one of these accounts, in connexion
with some property lodged with Coutts and Co. • and, until
that question was decided, it would be folly for them to make
up the statement in a hasty and imperfect manner.
The official assignee ( Mr. Green) concurred in the applica-
tion. He conceived that time was necessary to furnish a
satisfactory statement.
After some further conversation, the final examination was
adjourned to the 14th of May.
The solicitor for one of the creditors (Dr. Ogle) wished to
put a few questions to the bankrupt.
Mr. COOK said that he was retained for Mr. Rainey. He
had no objection to urge against that gentleman's examining
the bankrupt, and therefore he wished it understood that he
did not interfere with his right of doing so, but as Mr.
Rainey did not come prepared for any examination in con-
sequence of the imperfect state of his balance-sheet, he
trusted that any question, excepting in the matter of pro-
perty, and with a view to such property being made avail-
able, would not be pressed. He would therefore put it to the
Learned Gentleman whether he would not prefer to leave
the matter in the hands of the assignees, or wait the time
when the subject would come in its proper course before his
Honour.
After some further remarks his Honour permitted the
solicitor to put his questions, at the same time requesting
him to confine these to matters important to the estate.
Mr. Cools: suggested that the cash book of the bankrupt
would furnish every information desired by Mr. Ogle, but
this course not being deemed satisfactory by that gentleman's
solicitor, he proceeded to subject the bankrupt to examina-
tion.

The Solicitor then began a very objectionable course of
examination, which was, after some little time stopped by
His HONOUR, who said that he did not see what these
questions had to do with the estate. The object seemed
rather to be to show up the bankrupt as a man guilty of
breach of trust. The proper period for such a course of ex-
amination would be when the bankrupt came up for his cer-
tificate, when these questions might be put with great pro-
priety.
The Solicitor proceeded to put another question, when
His HONOUR said that it was quite plain what the object
of the examination was, that these questions prematurely
asked should be the means of holding Mr. Rainey up to
reprobation. He (the Commissioner) considered that no
creditor had in that stage any right to put such questions.
The law did indeed give the creditor power to ask such
questions, when the bankrupt came up for his certificate,
but it never contemplated that the bankrupt should be asked
a series of questions not with the view of bettering the
estate, but of holding him up to scorn and contumely. He
could not therefore allow this course of examination to con-
tinue.
Mr. COOKE was proceeding to address the Court, when
His HONOUR desired that he should hear nothing further
on either side. He thought he had sufficiently marked his
sense of the impropriety of the course of examination, and
he desired that the matter should be dropped.
Mr. PAYNE then put questions relative to papers and letters
still in the possession of the bankrupt or his solicitor, and
they were ordered by his Honour to be delivered up to the
official assignees forthwith.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME ClRCUlT.—Chelmsfurd, March 12.

THE POISONINGS AT CLAVEIIING.-At the conclusion
of the former trial the jury were challenged by the
Counsel for the prosecution, and it was some time before
a fresh jury could be empanelled. At a late hour the
prisoner ras again arraigned upon another indictment,
charging her with the wilful murder of James Chesham,
another of her children, by means of poison.
The same counsel were engaged in the case.

The evidence was preciselYWe same as on the former
trial, with the addition that it was proved there was a
much larger quantity of poison in the stomach of the
deceased child than appeared in that of his brother.
Mr. Sergeant JONES again made a most able and
forcible address to the jury, commenting upon the ab-
sence of all direct proof that the prisoner had ever been
in possession of any poison, and also calling their
attention to the fact that had deposed to by all the
itnesses, that the prisoner had alis ays borne the cha•
racter of a most kind and affectionate mother, and that
therefore it was most improbable, if not indeed impos-
sible, that she should have perpetrated such a diabolical
act, as to murder two of her children, without there ap-
pearing to be any wsignable motive for it.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, in summing up, said the
case was a very proper one to be fully inquired into, as it
appeared perfectly clear that there had been two most
mysterious deaths by poison within a very short period,
and the question for the jury was, whether the evidence
made out that the prisoner was the person who adminis-
tered that poison.
The jury, after deliberating for some time, returned a
verdict of Not Guilty.
At the sitting of the Court this morning, Thomas
Newport, the person whose name was alluded to in the
tormer trials, and who, it appears, is a farmer, and a man
of some property at Clavermg, surrendered in discharge
of his bail, and to plead to an indictment that had been
returned against him by the grand jury.
The indictment alleged that Sarah Chesham bad un-
lawfully administered to Solomon Taylor, the illegitimate
child of one Lydia Taylor,:a large quantity of poison, or
some other deadly ingredient unknown, and that
she did thereby kill and murder the said child, and
Thomas Newport was charged with aiding, coun-
selling, and abetting her in the commission of the felony
and murder.

The defendant pleaded not guilty.
He was also arraigned upon an indictment for misde-
meanour arrising out of the same charge, and to this he
also pleaded not guilty.
It was then stated that an arrangement had been made
that the trial should stand over until the next assizes,
and he was liberated upon entering into a recognizance
in the sum of 4001, and finding two sureties in 2001.
each.

Sarah Cheshant was then placed at the bar to take
her trial as the principal in the murder of Solomon
Taylor.
The prisoner, who appeared quite collected, and ex-
hibited almost indifference to the result during the whole
of the proceedings, was seated during the trial.
Mr. M. Chambers, Mr. Wordsworth, and Mr. T.
Chambers conducted the case for the Crown. Sergeant
C. Jones and Mr. Charnock again appeared for the
prisoner. _ _

Mr.. M. CHAMBERS, in opening the case for the prose-
cution, called upon the jury to dismiss from their minds
all that they might have heard, or that had come out on
the evidence in the inquiry regarding the two former
charges. The only object of those who conducted the
prosecution was to endeavour to ascertain the truth,
and they had no desire that any prejudice which might
be created by former proceedings should at all affect the
prisoner. Ile therefore requested the jury only to pay
attention to the evidence that would be produced in
support of the:specific charge against the prisoner, of hav-
ing, by means of poison, or some other deadly ingredient,
caused the death of an infant called Solomon Taylor,
and he would proceed to lay before them the evi-
dence upon which that charge rested. The Learned
Counsel then proceeded to state the nature of the evi-
dence against the prisoner, and which will be found in
the following narrative, it being more intelligible in that
form :—lt appeared that in the commencement of the
year 1845, Lydia Taylor, the mother of the deceased
infant, went into the service of Mrs. Newport, who car •
ries on the business of a farmer, at Clavering, her affairs
being managed by her sou, Thomas Newport, who was
included as an accessory in the present indictment.
There appeared to be no doubt that this Thomas New-
prt carried on an improper intimacy with the prisoner
Chesham, who, as has already been stated, is a married
woman, her husband being a labourer. employed by
another branch of the Newport family. Very soon after
Lydia Taylor came into the service Newport seduced
her, and she became in the family way, and the moment
the fact was discovered by her mistress she discharged
her, and she went home to her mother's house at Ma-
nuden, a village in the neighbourhood of Clavering.
Newport never appeared to deny the paternity of the
child, and for sonic time he gave money to the mother.
The child was born on the 18:11 of December, 1845, and
was appruntly a healthy infant, and the mother and
the child continued to reside at the house of the
mother of the former, at Manuden, Thomas Newport
continually, as above stated, sending money to Lydia
Taylor . for her support. It seemed that while
she was in the service of Mrs. Newport, the pri-
soner, Sarah Chesham, had been in the habit
of coming to the house, but she hardly knew her, and
about a month after the birth of the child, the mother
was somewhat surprised at the prisoner coming to her
mother's cottage to see her, and she then condoled with
her upon her situation, and made some observations con-
demnatory of the conduct of Thomas Newport towards
her, and she at the same time caressed the child, and ap-
peared to be very fond of it. The prisoner paid a second
visit to the mother, and, upon her saying that she was
surprised at it, and that she had nothing to give her, the
prisoner said 3 he wanted to take nothing from
.her, but
she had brought her something, and gave her a rice pud-
ding, an apple tart, some tea, and other articles. Upon
this occasion the prisoner took the baby from the mother,
and said she would feed it. The mother told her it had
been fed, and did not require anything, but the prisoner
persisted in taking the child down stairs, and when
Lydia Taylor went down after her in a few moments, she
saw her in the act of wiping her fingers down her gown,
and there was :an appearance round the child's mouth,
as though it had been fed, and it also appeared to
.have
been sick. The prisoner, it appeared, fed the child a
second time in this day, and immediately after she had
done so the infant's lips and face assumed the expression
as if something nauseous had been administered to it,

and the prisoner herself exclaimed, " My God, Lydia,
it has turned as callow as a rat." The mother asked
her what she had been giving the child, and she
replied, " only some sugar." The mother then observed
that the child's lips looked very slimy and whi:e,
and it vomited, and it was with considerable diffi-
culty that she could wipe the stuff from its mouth and
face. From time to time it appeared that the child was
continually ill, and never recovered. Upon this occa-
sion, when the prisoner left, she repeated her protesta-
tions of friendship to the mother of the child, and in-
vited her to her own cottage, and it appeared that she
did go there to visit her, and while she was there took the
child in her arms, and said that its father would soon be
there. A man was at this time observed coming across
the fields towards the house, and the prisoner said it
was Newport, and she wanted the mother to go and
meet him. She refused to do so, and the prisoner
snatched up the child and ran down stairs. At this
time it would appear the mother entertained some sus-
picions of the prisoner's conduct towards her child, and
she followed her immediately, and on getting down
stairs she saw her walking very fast by the side of the
field ; and she also observed her again wiping her
fingers down her dress, and the child appeared to have
been sick, and some sort of food wee round its lips.
She asked the prisoner what she had given to the child,
and she replied that she had only given it a sucker, or
some sweetmeat, for it to suck. The mother took the
child away, and when she got home she observed some
spots upon the child's dress, and when it was afterwards
washed these places became holes, and it appeared as
though some corrosive substance had been throw upon
the dress to cause that effect. The child after thisappeared
again to be very ill, and the same night, when the pri-
soner accompanied her part of the way home, the mother
a second time saw the prisoner put something into the
child's mouth, and observed that it was sick immediately
afterwards, and during the greater part of the following
night the child was very sick and in convulsions. In June
1846, the mother went to service, leaving her child in
the charge of her mother, at Manuden, and it seemed
that the prisoner went to the mother's house, and she
was then observed to give the child something, which ap •
peered to make it sick directly afterwards, and it never
again appeared to be healthy, but lingered on to the
27th of September, when it died. At this time it ap-
peared that there was no suspicion of the child having
come to its death unfairly, and it was buried in the usual
course ; but it appeared that when the circumstances
connected with the death of the prisoner's own children
became known, it was deemed advisable that the body of
the deceased infant should be exhumed, in order that
the stomach should undergo a medical examination.
This, it appeared, had been done, but no trace of any
poison was discovered ; and, in addition to this favour-
able circumstance for the prisoner, it seemed that there
were indications of disease which might have occasioned
the death of the infant.
The evidence was then gone into, the witness, Lydia
Taylor, being subjected to a most searching cross-exa-
mination by Sergeant Jones ; she however persisted in
the statements she made in her evidence in chief, and
they supported in all the material points the opening of
the counsel for the prosecution.
Professor Taylor was then examined ; and his evi-
dence negatived entirely the fact of any poison or cor-
rosive substance being the cause of the death of the
infant, and also that, according to his opinion, it might
be accounted for by perfectly natural causes.
Mr. CHAMBERS. upon this evidence, said he did not
think there was sufficient to justify a conviction; and he
therefore withdrew from the prosecution.
The jury accordingly returned a verdict of Not
Guilty.
Sarah Blight, 20, was indicted for the wilful murder
of her illegitimate child, known as David Gray Bright,
by administering to it a quantity of laudanum, and
David Gray, 21, a labourer, was indicted for feloniously
inciting her to commit the murder.
Mr. Ryland and Mr. Hawkins prosecuted, and Mr.
W ordsworth defended Gray, and Mr. Charnocic, with
Mr. Rodwell, appeared for the other prisoner.
In this case the legal evidence was very slight indeed
against the prisoners. It appeared they had been keep-
ing company together, and the result wee the birth of a
child in the month of November last. This child died
on the 11th January following, and the coroner's jury
returned a verdict that it died of convulsions. From
subsequent inquiries that were made, it was thought
proper to apprehend the prisoner Bright, and she then
admitted that she had given the child three or four drops
of soap liniment, which she said she thought would do it
good, and when the body was opened there did not ap-
pear the slightest trace of death being occasioned by poi-
son. With regard to the man, the only evidence against
him was, that he had been keeping company with an.
other young woman, and that she refused to heve any-
thing more to do with him after the female prisoner was
delivered of a child by him, and upon this he said, that
he would not mind killing the child any more than a
sparrow if it was not for the law, and some other ex-
pressions of a similar character.
Mr. CHARNOCK suggested that it would be advisable
to call the surgeon as the first witness, and accordingly,
Mr. Bell, surgeon, of Chelmsford, was examined, and
his evidence tended to show that there was no proof of
the child having died from any other than natural
causes.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE upon this stopped the case,
and the jury, under his Lordship's direction, returned a
verdict of Not Guilty.

By the JUDGE—I have never seen that old man before
or since.

Abraham Marsden corroborated the last witness. I
did not see the mark or seal on either of the deeds
or on the memorial. I did not know the old man that
came in. I have never seen him since. Harrison is not
that man.

George Raley, a schoolmaster, the other attested wit-
ness, corroborated the other witnesses as to the signing,
and added, that the words, " Signed, sealed, and deli-
vered by the said John Harrison," were not there when
they signed the deeds, nor the words, " Lease for a
year."
Betty Guant said the prisoner's wife showed her the
deeds in October last. The prisoner was not at home.
She read them over. I gave information to the prose-
cutor, and to the constable. After he had been examined
on this charge, before he was taken from the rosin, the
prisoner said it was a forged deed; it was his father
Elaste's doing. He said he would do anythirg if they
would get Harrison to make it up. He said the same
several times over.

Cross examined—She expected to have part of the
land.

E. Sharp—The prisoner's wife asked me to take the
deeds to him at York Castle (he was then in the prison
on some other charge). I told him an offer had been
made to induce him to give them up. Ha declined, sad
requested her to retain possession of them till his return
home.

Cross-examined—No part of the attestation was in
the prisoner's handwriting. The seals of the deeds
,were the seals of the late Mr. Lister, who was the pri-
soner's solicitor.

Mr. Baron ROLFE told the jury that the prisoner was
charged with having forged the deed, which gave the
estates to the prisoner himself for life ; after his death
to the prisoner's wife for life, with remainder to the
prisoner and his heirs. He said there had been no
uttering, and the only quzistion, therefore, was, were
they satisfied that the prisoner forged the deeds. On
this point, was the old man's testimony given in such
a manner that they could place implicit reliance on
it ? He then made some remarks on the attesting
witnesses having attested the deeds without having, ac-
cording to their present account, seen it actually exe-
cuted. He said that, on his examination before the
magistrates, Sugden had sworn that the deeds were lying
folded up on the table when the old man came into the
room. He had also sworn that the old than was like
Ilarrison, but that he was not sure whether it was he
or not. His Lordship also told the jury, that as the
deeds had been prepared, it was highly probable that
the words " signed, sealed," &c., were put on before
they left his cflice ; but his Lordship did not tell the
jury, nor did Counsel remark on the absence of the
words " being first read over to him," which the at-
testation ought to have contained, as Harrison was a
marksman, and would have contained, had the deeds been
executed in the presence of, or the attestation drawn by,
a lawyer.
The jury retired, and after being absent some time,
returned into Court, and gave a verdict of Not Guilty.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

TIIE PARCEL POST COMPANY.—EXTRAORDINARY
SEIZURE.—On Saturday, shortly after the public busi-
ness of this Court had commenced, a number of the
employes of the Parcel-Post Company attended before
the presiding magistrates, Sir Peter Laurie and Sir
William Magnay, to solicit advice as to how they
should act in the very unfortunate dilemma they were
placed in.
A gentlemanly-looking individual, who stated him-
self to be the superintendent of the Parcel-Post Com-
pany's office, in Fleet•street, said that in the course of
the previous day, several of the company's vans, in
passing through the streets with their contents, were
seized by real or assumed creditors and detained. At
present he had no less than 1,000 parcels at his office,
and he was afraid if they were not sent out for distribu-
tion, they would share the same fate. Another unfortu-
nate circumstance was, that the servants of the company
had not been paid their salaries, and should the parcels be
entrusted to them it was possible they might help
themselves and dispose of them. The directors had re-
signed, and the management of the company, in its
present state of affairs, was entirely left to his own
discretion. Under such circumstances, he applied for
the magistrates' advice. It was his wish that the public
should have their parcels properly delivered; many of
them, no doubt, were of considerable importance, and
probably their non-delivery might ruin several persons.
Mr. Teague, the chief clerk, remarked that the Court
during the last few days had been beset by a number of
poor men who had advanced 101. or 121. to the company,
in order to get employment in it.
Roe, the officer, informed the Alderman that several
of these men were then waiting outside the Court.
Here a host of unfortunate fellows, dressed in the
Company's livery were ushered before the Bench. They
stated that they had put in the company's hands sums
varying from 91. to 12/. 104. as a security for being en-
gaged as drivers and conductors to the vans. Thay had
been unable to obtain their salaries or any of the money
they had advanced; the offices were closed, the vans
were ceased, and now what were they to do.
Sir PETER LAURIE asked how many had paid the se-
curity money. He was told one hundred.
A driver wished to know what they were to do with
the vans and horses they had still left in their charge.
Sir P. LAURIE said they were creditors, and probably
they had the best right to hold possession of
them. He would advise them to place the horses and
vans in the green yard. As for the parcels, however, he
would wish them to understand, that shouldthey dispose
of them improperly, they would certainly be guilty of an
I act of felony.
The superintendent remarked that he had as great a
reason to complain as the drivers, for he and others had
paid no less than 140/. to be employed as managers. It
was, however, only an act of justice to observe, that
there were several high minded gentlemen connected
with the company.

MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Nottingham, March 11.
The commission was opened this morning in the
Shire-hall, at half-past ten o'clock, by Mr. Baron Parke
and Mr. Justice Patteson, their Lordships having been
met at Lady Baybridge, and escorted into the town by
John Vere, of Carlton-upon-Trent,'Esq., High Sheriff,
and a numerous retinue of attendants, officers, and
javelin men.
The calendar for the county contains 17 prisoners—
one tor shooting with intent to do some grievous bodily
harm; one for poisoning ; one for stabbing, cutting,
wounding, and maiming; one for sheep-stealing; one for
killing and slaying; one for highway robbery; and the
others for minor offences.
In the town calendar there are also 17 prisoners—two
for forgery, one highway robbery, and the rest for
larceny.
Among the prisoners in the town is Emmanuel White,
a well-known Chartist, who is charged with forgery.
After Mr. Justice PATTESON had opened the commis-
sion in the Borough Court, he called attention to the
case of White in his charge to the grand jury.:;
There are nine causes and one special jury case on the
civil side, some of which are said to be of considerable
interest. An indictment is about to be preferred, at the
instance of the Commissioners in Lunacy, against a per-
son of the name of Large, lately a keeper in the Lunatic
Asylum, having been guilty of alleged gross neglect in
his duty. Some weeks ago a person of the name of
Doubleday was removed to the asylum, after-attempting
self-destruction, and committed to the care of Large, with
strict injunctions on no account to leave him, as he was
predisposed to commit suicide. Large undertook the
patient; but instead of remaining with him, he went out
of the room between eleven and twelve at night (the
very first night of Doubleday being in the asylum), to
get his tea. He remained for a considerable length of
ti
he found the patient had been out of bed, torn up his
shirt, tied it round his neck, and attaching it to the bed-
post, hung himself. He was quite dead.
re-
turn
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Amongst the causes to be heard in the County Court is
recovera an election bill against Sir John
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lain, and immediately afterwards proceeded to the County
Hall, and in both courts tried the prisoners in the town
calendar, Mr. Baron Parke sitting in the Nisi Prius, and
Mr. Justice Patteson in the Crown Court.
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Sir P. LAURIE did not doubt the integrity of several
of those gentlemen. He could not, however, but ex-
press his surprise that so many persons could be so
foolish as to expend the little wealth they possessed in
such hazardous employment.
Sir W. MAGNA; in answer to a question from the
superintendent relative to the parcels in his possession,
advised them to be sent to the London Parcels Deliver),
Company, who would no doubt see them properly de-
livered.

The Superintendent—But who is to pay the other
company if they undertook to forward the parcels for
the delivery of which we have been paid ?
Sir P. LAURIE would advise the parcels to be returned
to the receiving houses, the owners of which were to an
extent responsible for them.
The Superintendent said such should be done, as far
as possible.
The drivers begged the Alderman to direct them how
to recover the moneys they had advanced.
Sir P. LAURIE told them to consult a respectable
lawyer.
The poor fellows said they would, but declared their
intention to stick to what remained of the vans and horses.

IVOR THERN CHIC UlT.—Yorh, March 11.
(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.)
Joshua Sharp, aged 39, a woolstapler, was pat on his
trial on a charge
Mr. of forgardy ery
with of !I conveyance
stated of land
the case
Mr. Overend ( H
for the prosecution, and called
John Harrison, the prosecutor, a man 82 years of
age, who said—l live at Bramley. I know the prisoner.
His wife is my sister's daughter. Her maiden name was
Sarah Haste. I have land (between five and six acres)
at Bradley Hill. I never conveyed it away. I never
gave any deed respecting it to the prisoner. I cannot
write. I never put my mark to any deed for the pri-
soner. Ile once wanted me to put my mark to some-
thing, but I wanted some one to see it that understood
it. I did not see what it was. I,wouldn't say nothing.
I never put a mark of nooakind nattier to that nor nowt
else. I never saw it (the deeds of lease and release,
which were attached together), before last October. I
never had any conversation with the prisoner about dis-
posing of my land at Bradley Hill. I have had it 37
years. I have never disposed of it in favour of the pri-
soner's wife.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WiLitisis--It is
happen (perhaps) four or five weeks since I made my
will. Betty Guant wor (was) happen there. She is my
brother's daughter. Her husband first told me of this
deed. I have another piece of land of 1 acres, in the
same parish, with four houses upon it, in one of which I
live. I lent the prisoner 100/. when he married. I never
intended his wife to have that land, or any part of it.
Richard Sugden, formerly a worsted manufacturer,
examined— I was at the rrisoner's seven years ago last
June. My partner, Abraham Marsden, was there too.
George Haley was sent for. When he came the prisoner
asked if we would sign a parchment document (the deeds
of lease and release). It was not opened out. The pri-
soner said, " It's all right; it purports to be a deed of
gift from my old uncle to his niece " (prisoner's wife), so
I than signed it (both). There was no other person
present. I also signed this (the memorial). I did not
see the seal on it. I cannot tell whether it was on or
not. After it was signed the prisoner folded it up im-
mediately, and took it up stairs, from whence he had
fetched it. I saw Haley and Marsden sign it. Haley
went away directly when he had signed. As he went
away the prisoner opened a door, and an aged man en-
tered the room in which we were. He was deaf. The
prisoner said to the old man, " It's all right, uncle." He
said that in a loud voice, and then in a lower he said
to Marsden and me, " This is the uncle that is making
the property to my wife." The witness Harrison is not
that man.
Cross-examined—The old man did not say " Very
well " when the prisoner said " It's all right. The mat-
ter (the signing) was not mentioned to the old man.
I and Marsden had gone to the prisoner's about business,
It was done in a hurry, and I was more occupied with
our own business than the signing of the deed, and I had
forgot that I had done such a thing till the present
question was started in October last. The deed was not
on the table when the old man came in. I never saw
the witness Harrison till October last. I knew at the
moment he was not the old man who had come into the
room.

In the course of the afternoon atrangetnents were
made by the London Parcels Delivery Company to for-
ward the parcels as directed.
BO W-STREET.

CHARGE OF FORGERY.—Benjamin Frond, described as
a builder, was charged with being concerned with Fre-
derick Williamson, alias John Alfred Gallon, at present
under remand with forging and uttering a cheque for
171. 65., under the following circumstances :
Mr. Christopher Marsh, managing clerk to Mr. Nooks,
timber merchant, Commercial Wharf, Lambeth, stated
that on Saturday, 27th ult., the prisoner and another
man came into the yard and looked at some goods, and
having selected some deals, they said they would give an
order if he would take a cheque on Messrs. Ransom's,
Pall-mall, for 371. and upwards in payment, but witness
refused ; the cheque was signed " James E. Green,"
and they wanted to have the balance, above 171., out of
it, or a cheque upon a bank for the amount. Witness
then handed the other man a blank cheque, and he
filled it up for the amount in question. The prisoner
then wanted Bs. 6d. as discount upon the goods, but wit-
ness told him, when the amount of the cheque was paid
he would do so, and not till then. They then left, say-
ing they would send for the goods on Monday morning.
On inquiry, it was found that no such person kept an
account at Messrs. Ransom's. Witness never saw them
again until the prisoner was apprehended.
The prisoner declined saying anything, except that he
was not present when the cheque was written.
A clerk from Messrs. Ransom's said that no such per-
sons kept an account at the bank.
Mr. Henry Dearlove, a timber merchant, of the Com-
mercial-wharf, Lambeth, who appeared on Thursday
last, to prefer a charge against Williamson, for uttering
another forged cheque for 121. 17s. in the purchase of
goods amounting to 61. Bs. 9d., identified the prisoner
as being the person who accompanied him on the 27th of
February. The signature was Chas. Kinnaire, and. upon
Williamson writing his name and address, which was
found to be fictitious, he received the difference in cash.
The prisoners both accompanied witness round the yard,
selecting the goods they required, and when their
cheque was presented on the following Tuesday it WAS
pronounced a forgery.
Sergeant Thompson, 62 F, said that he apprehended
the prisoner on the premises of Mr. Kinnaird, silver-
smith and jeweller, 16, Gerrard-street, Soho, where he
was engaged superintending a building; and on asking
him if he knew Catton, he denied that he did, but being
confronted with the two witnesses they immediately
identified him. Sabs -quently he discovered he had
deserted his family, and was living with a woman in
Wych -street, when the other prisoner was taken into
custody.
Mr. Kinnaird, who banked at Messrs. Ransom, found
that nine cheques had been recently stolen from his
book.
The prisoner denied having seen the last-named
cheque passed, and he never heard anything of it before.
Mr. Dearlove assured the magistrate that the pri-
soner was with his companions in the counting-house
during the entire transaction.
The prisoner was then ordered to be remanded.
WORSHIP-STREET.
A man about 60 years of age was Saturday morning brought
before Mr. Broughton, the sitting magistrate, for re-exami-
nation, charged with fraudulently obtaining goods of divers
tradesmen iu various parts of the metropolis.
The court was crammed with tradesmen whom theprisoner
had victimised. It appeared that the prisoner called at the
warehouse of Mr. Knight, house-decorator, Brick-lane,
Spi-
talfields, on the 9th of January last, and selected 29 pieces
of stained paper, which he requested might be immediately
forwarded, with a receipt and invoice, to the Fountain :ta-
vern, Shoreditch, and the amountran oy wasbed-bwould
paid
onerrand-boy
on delivery. Mr. Knight:s
dis-
patched with the goods. Thelatter, however, re-
turned after a protracted absence, and informed
his master that he bad delivered the paper to the prisoner,
who desired him to wait for the money, but after a lengthened
delay he found that the latter had made his exit with the
property through the back door of the house and effected his
escape. Lie was, however, subsequently traced by Sergeant

Brannan to a coffee-shop in Tabernacle-row, Finsbury, and
there taken into custody. (From cite
BUSINESS.. )
e Vines awl caiL9 tia• "louse of Coa.a:4.n.f.
William Ra,thbone, a blind-maker, in Clifton-street, Fins- FRIDAY, MARCH 12.
bury, produced the whole of the above purloined property,
and which the prisoner had sold to him for 21. 10s. on the day The following Railway Bills were read a second time, cal'
mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection:—
it came into his possession. Enfield and Edmonton Extension.
Several other'cases of a similar nature were brought, and
MancheEter and Birmingham and North Staffordshire Junction.
evidence given against the prisoner, who was committed for
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (No. I—Extension
trial on several charges. and Amendment).
THE PARCEL POST COMPANY.—On Saturday four Edinburgh and Northern (Improvement of the Ferry beoi
very decent looking young men, who were accompanied i tween Ferry Port on Craig and the Northern Shore
by Mr. Vann, a solicitor, came before Mr. Broughton, the River Tay).
the sitting magistrate, to ask his advice and assistance, Axholme (from the Leeds and Selby Railway to Gait*.
in a matter connected with the Parcels Post Delivery borough, with Branches).
Company.
The applicants in this case were the drivers of the cabs
belonging to the company, and they wanted to know if
they were justified in retaining the horses and cabs until
they were paid.
Mr. BROUGHTON said he had no knowledge of the
company, or of the circumstances, except what the
applicants now stated, and, sitting there as magistrate,
he could give them no assistance or advice on such a
subject, but must leave them entirely to the solicitor.
The applicants retired in a state of perplexity, but
exprussed their intention to hold possession of the horses
and carts as security for their looney.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
James Byrne, who was said to be a medical man, residing
in the neighbourhood of Oxford-street, was placed at the bar
before Mr. Hardwick, charged with the following outrageous
freak

The servant of Mr. Taunton, shoemaker, of Marylebone-
street, stated, that his master's cart was standing opposite
the door, about half-past three o'clock on Friday afternoon,
when the prisoner, who was quite drunk, jumped in, seized
the whip and reins, and drove off at a lurious rate, to the
great affright and danger of the passers by. He drove
round the neighbouring streets in this way for nearly an
hour, when he was with difficulty stopped, and given into
custody, the cart having, in the meantime, sustained damage
to the amount of upwards of 21.
The prisoner, who had no excuse to offer beyond that of
having drank too freely, was sent to the House of Correction
for fourteen days, and ordered to pay the cost of the injury
done to the cart.

The Magistrate was occupied the rest of the morning with
hearing charges of begging, chiefly against Irish persons.
WEST.,IIINS7ER.
IMPORTANT TO TRADESMEN —OR Saturday John
Fletcher Betts, of 262, Oxford-street, grocer, appeared to
a summons charging him with neglecting to supply a
carriage and horses to remove the luggage of her Ma•
jesty's regiment of Scots Fusilier Guards, in obedience
to a warrant issued by ono of the police magistrates of
the metropolis.
Sergeant Beckerson, 22 A, said that, in the latter end
of February be received orders to furnish 35 waggons to
remove the luggage of the Scots Fusilier Guards. De-
fendant received a summons, on the 26th ult.. to supply a
wagon and horses on the 2d inst. Although it would
be seen by this that he had three clear days' notice,
he did not supply the wago❑ and horses. In conse-
quence of this the regiment was put to considerable in-
convenience ; and, after waiting two hours in expecta-
tion of the arrival of defendant's wagon and horses, the
police had to go to several places to procure others, and
were uniformly met with the reply that it was exceed-
ingly unfair to come to 'them without timely notice.
Mr. Dalgleish, a coal-merchant, at Scotland-yard, very
kindly took his horses from a wagon laden with coals,
and supplied them for their use. The witness added,
that the defendant had offered him l Os. on a previous
occasion not to leave the summons with him requiring
him to supply his carriage and horses.
The defendant did not deny the charge, but stated
that, owing to the severe winter, his horses were so
lame that they were unequal to the duty in question.
Mr. BURRELL observed, that the charge against the
defendant of offering a bribe to the officer was one of a
very serious character. Under the peculiar circum-
stances of the case, he should fine defendant 3/. and
costs.

Defendant undertook to send the money, and left the
Court.

LAMBETH.

• EMBEZZLEMENT BY A NEWS-BOY.—Yesterday Wil-
liam Lacy, ayouth of seventeen years of age, se, vent in
the employment of Mr. Tucker, a news agent in the
Wandsworth-road, was placed at the bar b..fore Mr.
Norton, on a charge of appropriating money received on
account of his master, _ _

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
The following Resolutions were reported from the above
Committee:-
1. That in the case of the South Metropolitan Waterworks
petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed
2. That in tbe case of the Westminster and Part of an
diesex Sewers petitiop, for leave to deposit a petition 7,1.4
Bill, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with: .'.
the parties be permitted to deposit their petition according!!
3. Thar the Committee having considered the Special Kt
port made by the Examiners on the Glasgow, liiilnnave°e„d
and Ardrossan Railway (Amendment, Deviations. 271,
Branches) petition, are of opinion that, with reference to the
facts therein stated, the standing orders have been comPliesn
with ; and that, with reference to so much or their rert...,
relates to the petition for the Bill referred back to the Co'(df..
mittee for re-consideration (together with the above-nlef,
tioned Special Report), they are of opinion that the staaw;
orders ought to be dispensed with, and that the parties
permitted to proceed with their Bill. lig 'oil
Second and third resolutions agreed to.—Report to
the table.
NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICF
..a
The following Railway Bills are appointed to be it—
second time:—

Mr. Tucker deposed that he had latterly reason to
suspect the honesty of the prisoner, who had been in his
service for about 17 months, and upon making inquiry
he discovered that he had received from Dr. Leach
9s. 4d., from Mr. Phillips 155., and from Mr. Evans,
landlord of the Pine-apple public•house in Hercules
buildings, 3s. 3d., for which he did not account. On
making the discovery, he questioned the prisoner on the
subject, when he stoutly denied his guilt. On mention
ing the name. of Dr. Leach, he acknowledged having me-
ceived the 9s. 4d., but he declared that this was the only
sum he had received. He (witness) then asked him
whether he received any money from Mr. Phillips or
Mrs. Evans, and those sums before mentioned he also
aeknowlenged to having received, and added after each
acknowledgment that those were_the only sums,
Mr. NORTON—How was the prisoner employed by
you? Mr. Tucker—By the week, Sir; I have paid him
Bs. a week, and I tear be has received many other'sums
from my customers, and therefore wish for time to make
some further inquiries.
The prisoner, who merely expressed his sorrow for
what had occurred, was remanded until Thursday next.

ALARMING INCREASE OF SMASHERS.—There were no
less than four persons charged with passing counterfeit
half sovereigns, but though all were notorious smashers,
and two of them had been tried and found guilty of that
oftence, such is the lax state of the law at present,
that they were obliged to be again turned loose on the
public.

Mr. NORTON regretted that the magistrates had not
the power of dealing summarily with such notorious
offenders as the prisoners, and expressed it as his con-
viction that such a power would materially tend to lessen
the offence and protect tradesmen from the present im-
pudent system of passing counterfeit coin.