The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-25 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.)
Horatio Nelson West was placed at the bar.
It will be recollected that the prisoner was con-
victed at the June session of feloniously uttering
forged scrip of the South- Western Railway Company,
but judgment was respited upon a point raised by
Mr. Ballantine, the prisoner's counsel, whether rail-
way scrip constituted an instrument of a character
contemplated: by the statute relating to forgery.
There was another indictment, against
a person
named Charles Farmery, for an offence of the same
character, and that indictment was postponed to the
present session, as it was expected that during the
interval the Learned Judges would give their deci-
sion upon the point of law. It appears that the pro-
secutors, in the anticipation that the decision might
be in favour of the prisoner, have since preferred an
indictment for misdemeanour against both prisoners,
and West was now placed at the bar to take his trial
upon that charge.
Mr. BALLANTINR, addressing the Court, said that
he should apply
for a postponement of the trial for
misdemeanour to the next session. The Judges, he
understood, had not yet decided upon the point of law
submitted to them, and it might perhaps not be neces-
sary to proceed at all with the indictment for misde-
meanour; and as the prisoner had not, of course,
taken any steps for his defence upon that charge until
the question as to the felony was disposed of, he
trusted the Court would consent to his application.
Mr. Justice COLTMAN said he
was a reasonable
he thought that, under
the circunlstancea, the application
one, and he should direct the indictment for misde-
meanour to stand over to the next session.
Mr. HUDDLESTON then made an application with
regard to the other defendant, Farmery, who had been
admitted to bail ; and
The COURT said, that his trial must also stand over,
but the prisoner would be required to surrender at the
present session, and enter into fresh recognizances for
his future appearance.
John Walker, 25, was convicted of uttering coun-
terfeit coin, after having been convicted of a similar
offence, and he was sentenced to be transported/ for
seven years.
William Jones, alias Cole, pleaded Guilty to a
similar charge, and he was also sentenced to be trans-
ported for seven years.
John Chittenden, 42, hop-factor, was indicted for
feloniously forging and utterpisr:gwaitnh
intent to de-
fraudorder for the
delivery m
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C0.,h0 the owners of Pickle
Herring Wharf.
Mr. Huddleston prosecuted, and ;Mr_ Ballantine
defended the prisoner.
It appeared from the evidence that Mr. Collins, a
hop-factor in the Borough, had, in the month of
October, a quantity of hops at the above wharf, and
the prisoner, who was known to him as a broker and
dealer in such property, having received a sample of
these hops, called upon him on the Bth of that month,
and told him that he could sell the hops to Messrs.
Haines and Son, of Paddington, if he would take 70s.
per cwt. for them. Mr. Collins agreed to sell them
at that price, and the prisoner was to have all he
could get over that amount as commission. Mr.
Collins then gave him an order for the delivery of the
hopsto Messrs, Haines and Son, and the next day
the order in question, purporting to be endorsed by
Messrs. Haines at the back of the delivery order of
Mr. Collins, was presented at the wharf, and the
goods were obtained. According to the evidence of
Mr. Haines, he did purchase one of the pockets of
hops of the prisoner, but he said he knew nothing
more of the transaction; and it appeared that the pri-
soner dealt with the remaining pockets of hops for his
own purposes. The witnesses, who were acquainted
with the prisoner, said that he always bore a most
excellent character, and had been for twenty years
engaged as a hop factor, and it likewise appeared that
at the time of the transaction with Mr Collins the
prisoner gave a written undertaking to pay for the
hops if Messrs. Haines and Son did not do so.
Mr. BALLANTINE, for the prisoner, contended that
the charge of forgery could not be sustained under
these circumstances, and that there was no proof of
the least intention on the part of the prisoner to de-
fraud any person. He submitted that the prisoner
had merely acted as the bond fide agent of Mr.
Collins, and that though he had represented the
hops were intended for Messrs. Haines, he considered
he had the right to dispose of them to the beat advan-
tage, and probably if he had been allowed to do so, he
would have paid for them according to the written
undertaking he had given.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but strongly
recommended him to mercy.
He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and
hard labour.

MARYLEBON.E.
Thomas Duck, a labourer employed to work for
the parish of Marylebone, was placed at the bar on
the charge of having attempted to poison Jane, his
wife, by putting opium into a cup of tea.
From the evidence of complainant (a sickly-look-
ing woman, carrying an infant in her arms), it ap-
peared that the prisoner had for a long period ill-
treated her in a most shameful manner. She had
lately occupied a back parlour at No. 2, White Lion-
place, Edgeware road. On the previous evening the
prisoner came home to tea, and having poured out
three cups of tea, she sent her little girl out for some
milk, and waited at the door till she came back ;
having put milk into the cups, the prisoner laid hold
of his and up et it, whether by accident or not she
could not telf. She poured out another for him, of
which he partook, and she drank from her own cup,
which had about it a very curious taste, so much so
as to induce in her mind a belief that poison had been
mixed therein. She emptied what remained into a
basin, and finding something adhering to the sides of
the cup she took it to a chymist, who told her that
there was poison in it. Complainant added that it
must have been put into her cup while she was wait-
ing for the milk.
Mr. Falkner, surgeon, Harrow-road, said, that
when the cup was brought to him there was some
substance adhering to the inside of it, and, from the
smell, he had no doubt of its being opium.
Pollard, 125 D, who took the prisoner into custody,
stated, that the prisoner declared to God that he was
perfectly innocent, and alleged that if there was any
poison in the cup it must have been placed there by
his wife. He was either ill or feigned to he so,
and wished for the stomach pump to be applied to
himself.
The prisoner, in answer to the charge, denied all
knowledge of any poison whatever being in the cup,
awl asserted that the case had altogether been trumped
up against him by his wife, who a few days ago
made an attempt, as he verily believed, to induce him
to partake of a fresh herring in which poison was no
doubt mixed, as she was extremely desirous for him
to eat one which she selected from several others
which she had been cooking.
The MAGISTRATE considered that the matter was
at present involved in much mystery, and remanded
the prisoner, with liberty for him to put in good bail
for his being again forthcoming on Wednesday next.
The officer was instructed to make, in the meantime,
diligent inquiries of chemists, &c., as to whether either
of the parties had purchased opium of them or not.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Yesterday an elderly man, named James :Barring-
ton, a journeyman weaver, was placed at' the bar
before Mr. Arnold, charged upon suspicion of having
caused the death of a bricklayer's labourer, named
William Cheeseman, aged 52.
Brooke, a constable of the G division, stated that
while on duty in Shoreditch, between seven and
eight o'clock on the preceding evening, he was in-
formed that a man was lying dead in a house in
King's Head-court adjoining, who it was suspected
had come to his end by unfair means. He immedi-
ately repaired to a house pointed out to him, No. 3,
and upon entering one of the lower rooms found the
man Cheeseman seated in a chair before the fire,
apparently lifeless. There were several other persons
also in the room, amongst whom were the prisoner
and a woman who represented herself. as the wife of
deceased,, both of whom were intoxicated ; and the
latter in answer to his inquiries stated that her hus-
band had been engaged in an altercation with the
prisoner, who had knocked him down, and that he
never spoke afterwards. Witness upon this sent for
two medical gentlemen, who promptly attended and
pronounced the man to be dead, but expressed them-
selves unable to explain the cause of his death with-
out a post mortem examination ; and as the circum-
stances attaching to the occurrence bore a suspicious
appearance, the prisoner was taken into custody.
Anne Wilson, the woman referred to, stated that
after drinking at a neighbouring public-house on the
preceding afternoon with the prisoner, a man named
Glasse, and the deceased, as whose wife she had passed
for the last three years, she returned home to pfepare
tea, and was shortly after followed by Glasse and the
prisoner. In about half an hour they were joined by
the deceased, with whom she had a few words, and
he ultimately struck her, when the prisoner interposed,
in her behalf, and was immediately attacked by the
deceased ; a struggle ensued between them, which
was terminated by the interference of Glasse, who re-
moved the prisoner to the further end of the room.
and the deceased in endeavouring to renew the stack
threw over the table, fell heavily upon the back of
his head, and upon raising him up it was discovered
that he was dead. The witness stated positively
that the prisoner was several yards distant at the
time, and she had no recollection whatever of having
told the police that he had struck the deceased before
he fell, which was not the fact.
The man Glasse confirmed the account given by
the last witness as to the deceased's death being
caused by pitching over the table, but denied that he
had himself interfered at all upon the occasion, and
prevaricated so much in other particulars that the
magistrate reproved him repeatedly.
Police-constable Murrell, 60 q, was thereupon
called, arid corroborated the testimony of, the
other officer,i BrOoke, relative •to the statement the
woman had made to him on the previous night; that
the deceased had really fallen in consequence of a
blow from the prisoner, to which she had likewise
added that the quarrel had solely arisen from the
jealousy the deceased entertained of the latter, whom
she had been acquainted with for two years.. The
woman's dattgfiterYwho was present at, the wias
about to rnaVe,sometommunication; hut WaS sharply
rebuked bylicr mother, who told
.her to ...hold her
tongue, as-she knew nothing about it, and she did so.
The daughter, a girl of 17, was then questioned
by the magistrate, but stated that all she knew of
the transaction was that she had been sent out upon
an errand, leaving the deceased in perfect health,
and that upon her return she found him dead.
The woman Wilson was also recalled, and on being
asked by the magistrate to account for the wide
difference in the statements she had made to the
police and to himself which were totally opposed to
each other, stated that she was so flurried at the time
that she scarcely knew what she said.
The prisoner, upon being called on for his defence,
admitted that he had interposed to protect the woman,
as she had stated, but said that he had no recollection
of having struck the deceased.
Mr. ARNOLD said that the conflicting and contra.
dictory statements of the only persons present upon
the occasion were such as to involve the case in
great suspicion, and he should, therefore, order the
prisoner to be remanded to await the result of the
post mortem examination by the surgeons.
SOUTHWARK.
The sum of 51. was received by the magistrate for
the poor-box of this court, the donor, "W. D.," re•
questing that its receipt might be acknowledged
the newspapers.

fROTECTIONIST MEETINGS.—The following Peers
assembled yesterday at Lord Stanley's:—The Duke of
Richmond, Lord Rollo, the Earl of Airlie, the Earl of
Dii;by, Viscount Combermere, Lord Redesdale, the Earl
of Lucan, the Duke of Buckingham, the Duke of Mon-
trose, the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Polwarth, the Earl
of Sheffield, Viscount Strangford, Lord Sinclair, Lord
Gray, Lord Hereford, Lord Southampton, the Marquis
of Dovvnshire, Lord Castlemaine, the Earl of Longford,
Lord Farnham, the Earl of Selkirk, Lord Colchester,
the Earl of Eglintoun, the Earl of Desart, the Earl of
Bandon, Lord de Roo, the Earl of Warwick, Lord Lake,
the Earl of Wilton, the Earl Stanhope, Lord Colville,
the Earl De la Warr, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Mar-
quis of Exeter, Lord Northwick, the Earl of Carnarvon,
the Duke of Newcastle, the Earl of Stradbroke, the Earl
of Cardigan, Viscount Canterbury, Lord Ashburton. The
following Protectionist members of the House of Com-
mons met at Lord Stanley's on the preceding day :—Lord
G. Bentinek, the Marquis of Granby, the Earl of March,
Viscount Alford. Viscount Ingestre, Viscount Newp,rt,
Lord C. Manners, Lord G. Manners, Lord H. Gordon
Lennox, Lord Brooke, Lord Burghley, Zion. Colonel
Lowther, Hon. Captain Harris, lion. Cecil Forester,
Hon. W. Bagot, lion. F. Scott, Sir W. Jolliffe, Sir H.
Halford, Sir W. Codrington, Sir Willoughby Jones, Sir
H. Meux, Sir J. Yards Buller, Sir A. Hood, Sir H. Wil-
loughby, Colonel Knox, Major Beresford, Captain Rush-
out, Mr. Alderman Thompson, Mr. G. Arkwright, Mr.
G. Bankes, Mr. P. Bennet, Mr. W. S. Blackstone, Mr.
R. Bourke, Mr. R. Bremridge, Mr. M. Briscoe, Mr.
L. W. Buck, Mr. B. B. Cabbell, Mr. J. C. Cobbold, Mr.
W. Deedes, Mr. C. G. Dupre, Mr. W. Forbes, Mr. S.
Lane Fox, Mr. G. Hudson, Mr. T. Ifouldsworth, Mr.
W. R. Hodgson, Mr. T. B. Ilildyard, Mr. It. C. ildd-
yard, Mr. G. A Hamilton, Mr. 'F. P. Halsey, Mr. H.
Gwyn, Mr. T. J. Ireland, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Joseph
Neck', Mr. E. M. Mundy, Mr. 0. Morgan, Mr. C. A.
Moody, Mr. W. Miles, Mr. C. W. Packe, Mr. R. Prime,
Mr. J. C. Renton, Mr. R. Spooner, Mr. Augustus Staf-
ford, Mr. J. G. Smyth, Mr. E. Wodehouse, Mr. G. E.
Welby, Mr. 11. S. Waddington, Mr. E. Waddington,
and Mr. Howard Vyse.
Mary Ann Turford, who was convicted et the
Central Criminal Court in October last of stealing a
watch and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, and
whose innocence was clearly established on the recent
trial of James William Ward, who was convicted and
sentenced to transportation for the same offence, has been
sentence that
released from the House of Correction at Brixton, by
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We have received the following communications with
reference to the Spanish American Bondholders and
Messrs. Schneider and Co.:—
" 13, Austin-friars, Nov. 22, 1847.
" Gentlemen,—Having laid before the committee of
Spanish American Bondholders your letter of the 17th
inst., the committee request me to state that it is the
opinion of the committee, that if you decline to distri-
bute the funds in your hands towards the Mexican divi-
denc':s, the same should be invested in Exchequer-bills,
and deposited in the Bank of England in your joint
names and that of some members of the committee.

" I remain, &c.,
(Signed) "G R. ROBINSON,
"Messrs. John Schneider and Co."

" 10, New Broad-street Mews, Nov. 23, 1847.
" Sir,—ln rEply to your letter of yeaterday's date, we
beg to say that the suggestion you make being at variance
with the terms of our agreement with the Mexican
Government, we must decline to adopt it.
" By that agreement, the custody of the fund in ques-
tion, tor which we only are responsible, is duly provided
fur, and will of course continue to be strictly observed.
" We are, &c.,
(Signed) "JOHN SCHNEIDER and CO.
" G. R. Robinson, Esq."

The following are the letters referred to in the pre-
ceding communications:—
" 13, Austin-friars, Nov. 11, 1847.
" Gentlemen—The committee of Spanish American
bondholders have received a communication from Mr.
.J. Lizardi, of the 3d inst., of which you will receive
a copy enclosed. [This letter has been already pub-
lished.]
" The committee beg to inquire, for the information
of the bondholders, whether it is your intention to pro-
ceed to the distribution of the sums which have been
remitted to you on account of the dividends on the
Mexican debt.

" I remain, &c.,
(Signed) " G. R. ROBINSON,
" Messrs. John Schneider and Co."

" 10, New Broad-street Mews, Nov. 17, 1847.
" Sir,—We have to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of the 11th instant, enclosing copy of a communi-
cation from Mr. M. J. de Lizardi to the committee of
Spanish American bondholders, wherein it is stated
that the agency of the Mexican Government has been
removed from our hands, and placed in those of that
gentleman.

" The peculiar condition in which this matter stands
• renders it necessary that we should go into a brief state-
ment of its actual position, in doing which we beg to
disclaim all intention of speakinz in any other than
, terms of the utmost respect of the Mexican Government.
It is doubtless to the rapid changes of Administration
which have taken place in that country, and the political
difficulties consequent on a state of warfare, that the
irregular :aspect presented by the proceedings of the
Government is to be attributed.
" On the arrival in Mexico of the intelligence of the
arrangement which took place in London in June of
last year in relation to the consolidation of the Mexican
foreign debt (a change in the Government having in-
tervened), that arrangement, as the committee are aware,
was not confirmed by the then-existing Government.
Notice was, therefore, given to us that our appointment
as agents of 'the Government was suspended,' and we
were instructed to deliver up to the Mexican Consul all
moneys and effects which might be in our possession in
relation to the Mexican debt.
" The committee immediately intimated to us that it
demurred to that order of the Mexican Government, and
reminded us of the responsible position in which we
stood towards the bondholders.'
" Subsequently the Government, on being more fully
informed of the particulars of the proceedings which had
taken place in relation to the consolidation of the debt,
determined on ratifying the act of its minister in
London; whereupon we were instructed immediately
to resume' the agency.
" Subsequently again to this notification, and without
any previous intimation to us, we were apprized that the
Government had appointed Mr. M. J. de Lizardi its
agent in London.
" And, since that announcement, a remittance has
been made to us in our capacity of agents for this debt.
" These proceedings are sufficiently contradictory.
Our position in the matter is this. We were induced to
undertake on behalf of the Mexican Government the
arrangement of a laborious and responsible operation,
in consideration of enjoying the legitimate mercantile
advantages resulting therefrom. The agency was se-
cured to us by a condition incorporated into the bonds
issued for the debt, and forming part of the agreement
with the bondholders. We have performed and shall
continue to perform, our part of the contract. We ex-
pect the Mexican Government on its part to do the
same. We respectfully deny the right of that Govern-
ment to make use of our services and then to deprive
us of the return which it had itself stipulated to make
to us.

" Not having sufficient funds in hand for the purpose,
we are of emirs.? unable to pay a dividend to the bond-
holders. We have submittt d the whole of the pro-
ceedings in this matter to our legal advisers, who re-
commend us to mention in the matter the exact position
assigned to us by the agreement of June, 1846, and in
no re.pect to depart therefrom. The committee will
see that we have no other course to pursue. We have
the honour, &c.,
(Signed) "JOHN SCHNEIDER and CO.
" G. R..Bobinson, Esq., M.P."

THE LORD Citartchr.Loa.—Upon inquiry at the
residence of his Lordship yesterday evening, it was
stated that he was much better, and had been enabled
to leave his bed for a few hours in the course of the day.
flis Lordship suffers from a severe cold, but it is hoped
that in a few days his health will be quite restored.
SIR CHARLES NAPIER VINDICATED.—We have
only space enough at present to refer oar naval readers
to cur Parliamentary report this day, in which it will
be seen that Rear-Admiral-Sir Charles Napier, and with
hiss the honour of the naval profession, have been
vindicated from the " false and calumnious charges"
brought against the gallant Commander-in-Chief.—
Herald.
The New York packet-ship, Montezuma, Captain
Lowber, arrived at Liverpool yesterday, with dates to
the 3d, which have, however, been anticipated by the
previous arrival of the Ocean Monarch of Boston.
ASIIBURTON.—From the depressed state of the
northern woollen markets, most of the workmen here
and at Buckfastleigh are thrown out of employment.
What with the approaching winter and the want of
labour, we fear that the working classes of this place, as
well as elsewhere, will undergo great privations.
MUNICIPAL HONOURS AT A DISCOUNT —The
office of Mayor at Exeter is going a-begging. Mr.
Snow, banker, who was unanimoasly elected last week,
has declined to qualify, and the council is specially con-
vened for Monday next, to take measures to supply his
place. Two of the newly-elected Aldermen, Dr. Pen-
nell and Mr. Miles, have followed the example of the
Mayor. The penalty for non-acceptance of the office of
Alderman, is, at present, only 203. ; but by a bye-law
passed at the last meeting of the council, which will
come into operation in a few weeks, it will in future be
501. The Mayor's penalty, at present 251., will be raised
to 1001.—Local Paper.
CONYOCATION.—The Convocation met yesterday,
and we understand that the address sent down from the
Upper House was amended in one or two not unimpor-
tant particulars. It will, we are informed, be found to
imply an earned desire that Convocation may be per-
mitted to meet for the consideration of the great in-
terests of the Church; an expression of thanks to her
Majesty for giving the royal consent to the measure for
securing the separate existence of the sees of St. Asaph
and Bangor; and a prayer that the Episcopate may be
more proportionate to the wants of the Church, and the
rapid growth of the population. The question of Dr.
Hampden'a appointment was mooted, and a proposition
made for petitioning her Majesty to delay a conge d'etire
till certain passages in Dr. Hampden's works had been
subjected to a careful examination by the proper autho-
rities. Although there was a general condemnation of
the appointment, yet, as many doubted whether it pro-
perly came within the sphere ;of Convocation to pro-
nounce upon it, the proposition itself was negatived.—
Manchester Guardian.

PORTSMOUTH., Nov. 24.—Rear-Admiral Hornby
is ordered to call off Madeira, in her Majesty's ship
Asia, with dispatches for her Majesty the Queen Dowa-
ger. The Belleisle troop ship has sailed. The Terrible
was taken out of dock this morning, and is
.now fitting
under the sheers, and will there take in her new arma-

ment. The Kite steamer is to go in dock.
PORTSMOUTH Nov. 24.—A message came by elec-
tric telegraph this morning fora steamer to be held
_ in
readiness to convey Earl Spencer to Osborne House,
and at three o'clock this afternoon the Lightning went
down to Cowes with his Lordship. It is understood
that Earl Spencer waited on her Majesty in his official
capacity as Lord Chamberlain, to receive her Majesty's
commands on what day and hour it will be convenient
for her Majesty to receive the deputation of Peers and
Members of the House of Commons to be appointed to
preient the Addresses voted by the Houses of Parliament
on Tuesday. The Lord Chamberlain returned by the
Lightning. in the afternoon. It is expected her Majesty,
Prince Albert, and the Royal Family will remainnseeEadirttlzyo.
a month at Osborne, as her Majesty has been pleased
dispense with the attendance of Lord Adolphus_e
elarence in the Royal yacht for that period.r
as usual, goes to Cowes every day f
orders. or herMheajFeasitry.%
SOCIETY or ARTS.—The third ordinary meeting,
of the Society of Arts was held yhe.s t e rid, evening at
the Society's house in the Adel ahye subject of
discussion was the very important one of communication
between the guard and driver of a railway train, ot
which five different schemes were submitted to the
Society. That of Messrs, Brett and Little, and the
electric telegraph principle,
communication, attracte and Mr. Dutton's acoustic
the greatest attention, and
were approvM of for ingenuity and efficiency ; the chief
characteristic of the former being its power of getting
an alarum bell into motion ; and of the latter its propa-
gating sound along a tube and finally through a whistle.