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London, England, 1847-06-02 00:00:00

NARY CASE.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, June 1.
(Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.)
IN RE MATTIIRWMAN.
Tbis insolvent, who was described as of Coleford, Glouces-
tershire, coal-mine proprietor, was brought up to be dis-
charged from custody. s.
His HONOUR, on looking at the schedule, said this was a
very unusual case. Toe debts were stated at 10,7001., and
property unencumbered 30,700/.
Mr. DuncAN said the princ►pal property was a coal-mine,
e died the Oaken and Chukchway Colliery, in the Forest of
Dean.

His HONOUR asked whether there was any opposition.
A &lien...tit replied that there could be no objection to the
insolvent's being discharged out of custody, but the question
was, what could be done with the property?
Mr. DUNCAN said that the insolvent proposed to pay his
debts in two years if the mine was worked under his direction,
or it could be leased fir 2,000/. a year at the least.
His HONOUR said that in this case it was very requisite
that a trade assignee should be appointed, and in or.,er to
give all the creditors en opportunity of considering the
matt,r, an intermediate meeting ought to be held, and notice
should be :riven in the Gazette.
Mr DUNCAN said there was a great difference of opinion
in-
solvent to the mode in which the mine ought to be worked. If the
was allowed to work it in his own way, it would,
beyond doubt, realise at least what had been stated.
His Hotfoots said, that perhaps it would be well to hear
the insolvent's views on the subject before any. proceeding:
were adop!ed, as the case was one quite out of the Common
course, and if there were gr,unds of opposition it would nut
be prudent to have the petition dismissed.
The case was then adjou ned, for the choice of an assignee,
to the 12th of June at t sio o'clock.

' BOROUGH COUN l'Y COURT, June 1.
([Before George Cum E.q., Judge.)
ATTORNEYS IN THE NEW COURTS.
This morning, just before the Learned Judge of the Court
was about to commence the business of the day, Mr. Francis
Herbert, an attorney of Staples Inn, made the subjoined ap-
plication to the Court, in reference to the costume of attor•
net's and solicitors, under the new Act of Parliament. '1 he
Learned Gentleman stated that the Act being new under
which the proceedings of the new County Courts were di-
rected, at the suggestion of several professional gentlemen,
he wished to put a question to the Judge, as to whether he
would prefer attorneys and solicitors appearing in an ordinary
costume, or in their professional robes. He understood that
at some of the new County Courts, attorneys appeared in
gowns, and in others without; and that being the case,
he merely wished to ascertain what rule he (the judge of the
`otyliwark Ccurt) had laid down in the matter. lie (Mr.
F. Herbert) appeared to conduct the case of the plaintiff in
the cause of Skeen v. Styles, and considering he ought to
appear in professional robes, he had that morning applied to
a robe maker's in Chancery-lane for a gown, but he was in-
formed that in consequence of the passing of the new Act, so
great a demand had been made for attorneys' robes, that he
could not be accommodated.
The Learned JUDGE, in reply, stated that he wished as far
as possible to follow the pra,:tice of the superior courts of law ;
attorneys, however, might appear to conduct cases in what-
ever costume they thought proper, therefore at present he
would not lay down any rule in the matter, but leave it to
the preference or discretion of the parties concerned.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
The June General Sessions for the county of Middlesex
commenced yesterday, before the Assistant-Judge and a
full bench of Magistrates, at the Court-house, Clerkenwell-
green.

- The number of prisoners for trial was 88, nine of whom
were misdemeanants, the remainder being charged with
felony. The following is an analysis of the educational con-
dition of the prisoners, which, unfortunately, at this great
metropolitan Court seems to be as low as it could possibly be
in the most neglected of the rural districts. Of the 88 pri-
soners for trial 35 could neither read nor write; 51 could
read and write imperfectly; while only 2 were described as
able to read and write well.
The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDOS briefly charged the grand
jury with respect to the nature of the duties they had to dis-
charge, after which they retired.
Joseph Squires, a fashionably-dressed young man, in-
dicted for stealing a pocket- book from the person of Captain i
Mervin Archdall, M.P., was found Guilty.—Sentence was
deferred, in order that inquiries might be made about him.
Mary Anne Brown pleaded Guilty to an indictment charg-
ings her with stealing seme drugget and other articles, the
property of John Rosier. Sentence, three months' imprison-
ment wi`h hard labour.
John .Entins pleaded Guilty to stealing a quantity of straw-
work from the premises ut Henry ICcharos, and was sentenced
to tour months' imprisonment and hard labour.
a
Mary Ann rain was found Guilty of stealing a quantity
of wearing appaiei, the property of Henry
William Bailey,—
She was sentenced to four mouths' imprisonment with hard
Mbar.

1/. THOMPSON.
Sir F. THISIGER said he had been instructed to apply
for a rule calling upon a person, whom he would presently
mention, to show cause why a criminal information should
not be filed against him. He had to make the application
under circumstances of the most extraordinary, painful, and
distressing nature. The necessary details were so painful
' and disgusting, and would be so disagreeable to the feelings
of the parties who would be affected by them, that he
trusted he might be permitted, as far ;as possible, to spare
their feelings, by making no mention of any name which was
not absolutely necessary for the purpose of the application.
The person on whose behalf he applied was a young man—
an heir to a title—who on coming of age in 1842,
inherited considerable possessions. He became acquainted
at Cambridge with the gentleman against whom the appli-
cation was made, a Mr. James Thompson, who was a fellow-
commoner there, and although not in the same college, great
intimacy had sprung up between them. In the month of
August, 1845, the complainant married his present
wile, who was the principal subject in this most
painful application. She was a young lady only seven-
teen years of age. She was educated in France. Per-
haps there was not that restraint in her manners
which resulted from an English education, she was of an
open, unsuspicious disposition, but lady-like in her manner,
and correct in her behaviour. In the course of last year the
complainant was induced to invite Mr. Thompson to
visit him at his estate in Wales, and he arrived there
on the 15th of July. At that time he was almost a
stranger to the lady, although she had seen him a
short time before her marriage. There was a mutual
friend of Mr. Thompson and the plaintiff, Count
Cannanas, who resided in Belgium, and who was invited to
join Mr. Thompson in this visit. ri consequence of this in-
vitation the Count arrived on the 18th of August. A very
few days after his arrival, Mr. Thompson began to excite
mspicions by hinting at certain familiarities which he sal:
had taken place between him and Mrs. H. 'this excited the
c riusity of the Count, and he was induced to put some ques-
tion: to him on the suljsct. He appeared unwilling at tirs,
to give any answer, but had stated on more than one occasion
that a criminal intercourse had taken place between him
dud the lady of the complainant. It was very important to
a pruper view of the case that the dates should be correctly
given- Mr. Ttiomp,on arrived on the Ifith July, almost a
stranger to the lady, and the Count met him at the house of
the comp:ainant on the 18th of August, and prior to the ar-
rival of the Count many of those circumstances which were
rrlited to him by the defendant were alleged to have taken
place. Having established in the mind of the
Count a perfect conviction of the sincerity and truth
of his statement, he proceeded to act a part cal-
culated to ri. et those suspicions in his mind.
[The Learned Counsel then proceeded to state several cir-
cumstances which went to show that the defendant had
frequently boasted of his intrigues with the lady in question,
and had followed her on various occasions, and conducted
himself purpcsely in such a manner as to give a colour to
his boastings.] His conduct became so extremely disawee-
able, and he had acted so rudely, that the lady complained to
her husband of his conduct. Her tusband, who was ill in bed,
desired her to request Mr. thompson to leave the house,
which she accordingly did on the 10th October. At the time
that th? Count and Mr. Thompson left the house, the hus-
band and his wife were utterly ignorant of the atrocious and
false statements which had been made. It was not until the
18th February, when a communication was made to the
uncle of the complainant, that the complainant be-
came aware of the statements made by Sir. Thompson.
The complainant had been in correspondence with
the Count after he left his house, and his letters
were so mysterious in tone and terms that they excited some
suspicion in the mind of the complainant, and understanding
that the Count had several of Mr. Thompson's letters in his
posses-ion, he thought it of essential importance to obtain
possession of them, or, at all events, a knowledge of their
contents, and he sent to Brussels, in toe month of
March, for this purpose. The Count delivered up,
on the 30th of April last, several letters which
were translated from the French, the language in which
they were written. (Sir F. Thesiger then read several letters,
in which the defendant repeated the assertions as to the
infidelity of the lady which he had before made. All
the letters were written in an incoherent strain; and he re-
peatedly asked in them the nature of the evidence which
the Count would be inclined to give, if the case came before
a legal tribunal.) Now (proceeded the Learned Counsel),
those letters I think will be sufficient to show that lam
entitled to the rule for which I have moved. Of course it
was necessary to communicate all those disgusting particulars.
The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to state that Mr.
Thompson had accused the lady of intriguing with a Rev.
Mr. Smith. He had an affidavit from that gentleman dis-
tinctly denying the accusation, and also an affidavit from the
lady herself, declaring that all the statements made by
Thompson regarding her were false.
Rule granted.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.
James M Cann, a journeyman tailor, working in
Fleet-lane, was charged with assaulting Maria Partridge,
a married woman, about 35 years of age.
The complainant stated that her husband carried on a
small business as a cook, supplying chops and steaks,
tea and coffee, to the men working at the printing-offices
in the neighbourhood. The prisoner was an acquaintance
nd an occasional customer. Oe Monday he came in, and
:tad a beef-steak in their parlour, in Fleet-lane. At one
o'clock her husband went out with some chops to a
printing-office in Bishop's-court, Old Bailey, and while
he was gone the prisoner asked her to give him a kiss.
73 he said she would do nothing of the sort, and he pro-
ceeded to try to get one by force. She struvgled with
him and foiled him, but ho threw her down upon the
floor, and kneeling down, attempted to raise her clothes.
rhis also she prevented, and compiled him to desist by
-creaming murder, which brought a neighbour to her
assistance.
Mrs. Waters, the neighbour, said she heard Mrs.
Partridge scream " murder" twice. She paid no atten-
tion to the first c4l!, but when she heard the cry re-
peated in the course of three minutes, she thought she
niel better see what was the matter. As she entered the
room the prisoner retired to the further end, sat down
mon ab. d, and hastily adjusted a portion of his dress.
Partri,lge was much excited, and had a child in her
arms, and she complained that the prisoner had thr-Nwn
r upon the flour and attempted to take liberties with
her.
t'he Frisoner said he had jest been drir king two pots
,f beer with her husband, and he did not know what he
was doing, but did no more than am- ra )t to take a k;sis.
Mr. Alderman MOON said the prisoner must find bail
answer the charge at the sesskris.
The prisoner found sureties.
MARLBORODGH STREET.
Mr. Henry Villebois, of Grosvenor-place, was sum-
moned before Mr. Be,ghain for an assault on Juhn Fra-
zier, coachman to a gentleman named Auldjo.
The complainant said, as he was coming down Park-
lane with the carriage one of the horses was injured by
another carriage, lie was desired to get down and asceT-
Lain the name of the owner. To do this effectually he
was obliged to lay hold of the heads of the horses in the
other carriage. The defendant got out of the carriage
and kneck,al him down.
Mr. Villebois admitted that when he found the com-
plainant holding his horses, he proceeded to free the
animals from the complainant. -
Mr. Bisionam—But the comp'ainant says you struck
him down. Mr. Villebois—Oh, yes; I freed them effec-
tually.
Mr. BINGRA3I said that the blow was more than ne-
cessary violence, and as the law would not justify blows,
the defendant must either come to some arrangement
with the complainant or he must be fined for the assault.
The defendant then gave the complainant 2/., and the
summons was dis,.harged.
Mr. Auldjo wished to know, in case an injury was in-
flicted by one carriage passing another, whether it was
lawful for the party sustaining injury to attempt to de-
tain the other party?
Mr. BINGHAM said he could give no advice in a sup-
positious case. The party aggrieved must act on his own
responsibility.

MARLBO.7?OCIGH-STREET.
THE EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT CHRISTI E'S HOTEL.—
John Heywood, a respectably-dressed man, late a waiter at
Christie's Hotel, St. James's-street, was placed before Mr.
Bingham. charged with stealing a writing-case, containing
1101 in Bank of England notes, 250/. in circular notes, a
letter of credit for 3004, sixteen sovereigns, a gold watch,
And various other articles, the property of General Sir
Alexander Mackenzie, Bart.
The prosecutor stated that he was staving at Christie's
Hotel, St. James's-street.. The prisomer was one of the
waiters there, and had frequent access to prosecutor's apart-
ments. On Thursday night last, previous to his cuing to his
bed-room, about twelve o'clock, he left no a table in his
itting-room a leather writing-csse, containing 1181. in Bank
notes, 18/. in sovereigns, 2501. in Coutts's circular notes, of
251. each, a letter of credit on a banker at Frankfort for
3001., a t.•.01d watch, and various other arti les. On enter-
ing the sitting-room the next morning he immediately dis-
covered that his writing-case was not in its usual place, and
that it wa• missing lie rang the bell for the servants and
informed them of the circumstance, but trip), all denied
having seen it.

Teinheld, the general's valet, proved seeing the writing-
ease sate in its accustomed place at half-past eight on Friday
morning. On being informed by the general of ifs dis•
,sppearance, he proceeded to the station and gave informs•
Lion to the police.
John Havnes, inspector of the detective force, said, on the
evening of Fiidav last he was •ent for to investigate a rob-
bery at. Christie's lintel. On proceeding there he found that
a writing case, containing the articles named by the pro-
secutor, had been stolen from his (the prosecutor's) room.
He examined the various servants, and among others the
Tirisoner, who he was informed was in the habit of attending
upon the general. ni continued his inquiry up to yesterday
attenat, when a circumstance transoir,d which induced
hint to go to No. 8, Hand-court, Holborn. He there re-
ceived from the landlady's daughter the black leather bag
produced, containing the whole of the general's property,
with the exception of a 5/. note and a couple of sovereigns.
Witness then returned to Christie's Hotel. and previous to
taking the prisoner into mit,- dv, questioned him as to whether
i,eever had a bag of the same description as the one produced,
and whether he ever lodged at No. 8, Iland•court, Holborn.
The prisoner replied that he never had a bag at all like
the one produced by witness, and denied :11 knowledge of
such a place as Hand-court. Witness then took him into

custody, and on searching his pockets found the key belong-
ing to the bag. -
Elizabeth Smith said she resided with her mother, who
keeps a coffee-house, No. 8, Hand-court. The prisoner and
a friend to!,k lodgings at her mother's house ab,,ut a month
ago. He occupied a room on the second floor. The bag pro-
duced by last witness was brmwht by the prisoner, who de-
livered it to her care on Friday night last.
The prisoner, who decliind to say anything in defence, was
fully c.nnmitted to take his trial at the ensuing sessions to be
holden at the Old Bailey.