The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1841.

case, as drawn up by themselves, before the public, and
accordingly just so much of what passed on the occasion,
and no more, was in the form of a paragraph issued to
the press of that locality.
The amount of losses, confessed to be " serious," and
in the " aggregate" a large sum, sustained in the past
year are said to have been carefully estimated and
written off, but there is not one word or figure to inti-
mate what those losses were, or the quarters where in-
curred. That information is, it seems, snugly monopo-
lized for the recesses of the bank " sweating-room,"
where it must be left to the chosen few who have die
keys. In respect of the reserved surplus fund amounting,
losses deducted accordinc, to estimate unknown, to
19,3001. only, the Manchester Chronicle inquires what
has become of the 130,0001. surplus reserve fund so tri-
umphatly paraded a year or two since ? The same paper
dwells emphatically upon the necessity of an examina-
tion into the Directors' own accounts with the bank, as
well as into the accounts generally, and assuredly had the
appointment of auditors been entertained, as it ought to
have been, there could be no reason why one class should
be sifted and the other not.

POST.—The failure expected to take place at Ham-
burgh in consequence of that of Mr. Soares, the Portu-
guese merchant here, has been advised from thence.
The relaxation of the Usury Law which has taken
place within the last two or tliree years seems to be cal-
culated to work changes in our social system extending
beyond the sphere of ;imitation contemplated by the ori-
ginators and promoters of the measure. Under the ope-
ration of the new principle, the understanding between
a country banking firm end its London agent, to the ef-
fect that a balance arising upon a monthly rest shall be
carried on with the interest accumulated from interval to
interval as principal merely, that principal being again
upon each occasion entitled to a fresh computation of
interest, is held to be strictly binding. In the case
recently decided, as between the two insolvent firms of
Whitmore, Wells, and Co., and I)aintry, Ryle, and
Co. (Manchester), a substantial question mooted was,
whether or not the debt claimed by the former upon
the letter were tainted with usury. Messrs. Whit-
more and Co. had been in the practice of making up
their account month by month, adding interest to the
balances duo to them, and, by this process, including in
that account (the transactions being of an extensive cha-
racter) a very large amount of compound interest. It
is, however, held that, although the charge for interest
could not, prior to the late enactment, have been main-
tained, it is now perfectly admissible. The agreement
entered into, and the course of proceeding, to the effect
s'afted, arising out of that agreement, are found to be
equally legitimate. The fact that, at the commencement
of the banking transactions of the parties, it was arranged
that Messrs. ‘Vhitmore and Co. should be in the con
stant possession of a cash balance on neon nut of Messrs.
Daintry and Co., to the amount of 5,0011., is held to be
no bar to the interest-claim referred to of 5 per cent.
per annum, as established upon the principle of monthly
rests. It is considered that the deposit of 5,0001. was
not designed as a means or cover for obtaining more
than the ordinary rate of interest for the loan or forbear-
ance of money ; but that it was intended simply as a re-
muneration for the trouble and expense the London
house would incur in conducting the agency of the Man-
chester bank, according to the usual course of such a
business.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
SECONDARIES' COURT, Oct. 19.
RYLES V. BENNET.

This was an action to recover the sum of 4/. being
the balance due oa a bill of exchange, drawn by the
defendant, and endorsed by him, and negotiated to the
plaintiff.
Mr. Charnock appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Thomas on the part of the defendant.

Mr. CHARNOCR stated the case, and it appeared
that on the 23d April, 1840, the defendant drew a bill
for 201. upon a gentleman of the name of Hunter,
which bill was dishonoured on its becoming due. The
plaintiff bad given the defendant considerable time, and
he had paid 161. by instalments, which bit a balance of
4/., for which the present action was brought. The
defendant had first pleaded that he never drew the bill,
but he subsequently obtained a Judge's order, and had
that plea cancelled, since which he had pleaded full
payment. As the defendant had admitted his hand-
writing to the bill, the only answer he h,d to make was
to prove the paymerv.
Mr. THOMAS addressed the Jury, and called two
witnesses, one the son of the de'enclaut who proved
that he had taken at differ, nt times sums of two and
three pounds to the plaintiff, in nil amounting to 161.
The other witness, who was a porter, deposed that he
had taken letters to the Paintiff which he believed con-
tained money, but he could net say the amount.
Mr. CHAILNOCIC addressed the Jury in reply, and
produced several letters from the defendant asking for
time, with regard to the bill in question, some months
after the delivery of the letters alluded to by the last
witness.

The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF having summol up,
the Jury retired, and returned with a verdict far the
pldiatiff.

SURREY QUARTER SESSIONS.
KINGSTJN, OCT. 19.—The General Quarter Sessions
for the county of Surrey were held tliis day before Sir
W. Freshfiele, Esq., Chairman ; 11. Kemble, Eiq., M.P.;
W. J. Denison, M.P.; J. Trotter, Esq., M.P. ; B.
Hawes, Esq., ; D. Barclay, Esq., M.P. ; Sir H.
Fletcher, Sir R. Frederick, Colonel Challener, T.
Puckle, Esq. ; Sir W. Roberts, Esq. ; G. S. Briscoe,
Esq., &c.
The calendar contains the names of eighteen prisoners,
only four of whom it appears can read and write.
The Governors of the different gaols in the county re-
ported that their respective establishments were in a
healthy condition, and that the rules and regulations
of each had been properly encoroed.
The Rev. Mr. BENSON, the chaplain of Horsemonger-
lane Gaol made his annual Report, in which he stated
that he lamented he was unable to inform the Court
that there was any diminution of crime, and that during
the year 1,330 males and 580 females had been under
his care in the gaol, and many of them were chatered
with most serious and revolting offences.He dien
went on to state, that owing to the short period many of
the prisoners were under his charge, he had very little
opportunity of giving them instruction, and although
many of the prisoners were anxious to have books, he
doubted whether it was not more from a desire to pass
away the time, than to obtain mental instruction. The
Report proceeded to state that 37 of the prisoners were
under 12 years of age, 187 were tinder 16, 511 were be-
tween 20 and 30, 544 between 30 and 10, 197 between
40 and 50, 117 between 50 and 60, 19 between 60 and
70, and only 6 between 70 end 80, and one man 85 years
of age, had likewise been in the gaol. These persons
were generally destitute of anything like education, and
many were so ignorant of their religious duties as to be
unable to repeat the Lord's Prayer. Some few of
the prisoners had received a good education. From
the inquiries he had made of the prisoners he was
induced to believe that the Sabbath, instead of
being properly employed, was in a great many
instances devoted to reading the cheap weekly
immoral publications, and this he considered a prolific
source of crime. In his inquiries he had reason to be-
lieve that a great many of the. offences had been com-
mitted under the pressure of distress, and that in a few
cases offences had been committed by par ties in conse-
queece f the refusal of Poor law officers to grant re-
lief. The Report then went on, at very great length, to
allude to a variety of other topics.
Mr. ILtwEs expressed his opinion that the Chaplain
of the County Gael had very much exceeded his duty in
sending such a Report to the Court. The Magistrates
could not take any steps upon that Report, and he con-
sidered it was a complete waste of their time for the
Chaplain to enter into a long detail upon almost every
subject of jurisprudence, which could not lead to any
result. He had no wish to act in any way unkindly to-
wards the Rev. Gentleman, who, he had no doubt, was
actuated by the very best motives ; but he felt called
upon to protest against the time of the Court being oc-
cupied by any such statements as those which had just
been read.

The CLERK of the PEACE said, that by the Gaol Act
the Chaplain was:bound to make an annual Report to the
Quarter Session.

Mr. HAWES said that the Report should be confined
to a description of the state and condition of the prison-
ers, and his observations thereon ; but that would not
justify• him in making such a Report as the present.
Colonel CHALLENOR concurred in what had been stated
by Mr. Hawes, and he suggested that the Visiting Jus-
tices should be directed to make a communication to the
Rev. Gentleman upon the subject. '

COUNTY FINANCES.

Mr. SMALLPIECE, the County Treasurer, reported
the state of the county finances to be as follows : —The
bftl.T.-cc last quarter was 8,7831. 12s. 5d., which
was afterwards increased by the receipt of different sums
to 9,9401. 4s. 6d. He had since paid on account of the
County 12,0471. 15.4 d., being an excess of 2,1061. 16s. 10d.
over the amount specified. That sum would be in-
creased by outstanding amounts, now due, to 7,4311. 1 ls.
2d., which would be provided fur by the rate now in
collection, and which, when wholly collected, would leave
a balance in his hands of somewhere about 7,000!.
Mr. TROTTER said before the Report was received he
would beg to bring before the notice of the Court the
very partial and unsatisfactory manner, in which the
county rate was at present levied. Sonic of the parishes
had been valued under the new Amendment Act, others
were valued in a very different manner, and the result
was that the county rate was most unfairly levied, some
parishes paying a great deal too much and others a great
deal too little, and he thought it was the duty of the Court
to do all in its power to remedy such a state of things.
Captain ROBERTS said that at the Bench where he
acted he had frequent opportunities of noticing the gross
inequality of the assessments in the several parishes, and
he thought it was absolutely necessary that some remedy
should be afforded.

After some discussion it was arrang( d that the Clerk
of the Peace should write to all the pay sessions in the
different parishes in the county, fur the purpose of ob-
taining information as to their mode of assessment, in
order to enable the Court to take some steps upon the
subject.

COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM.

The Visiting Justices appointedtos—uperintend the
crtetion of the County Lunatic Asylum reported that
the building was now completed at a co it of
90,8601. 103. 5d., and it was capable of receiving
three hundred inmates. There were at present
258 patients in the Asylums four of whom only afforded
the slightest probability of their being cured of their
malady ; and the cases of the others might be con-
sidered as incurable from the long duration of the
disease. One patient, a woman ninety years old, bed
died hi the asyldm, anti ohe had been sent home, cured,
to her friends,

The Report was received; and after SOrde routine bu=
siness had been dispdsed Of; UI Codit

POLICE INTELL R,ENCE.
MAN S lON-Ii 0 USA'.
Mr. John Dent, linen-draper and. silk-mercer; of ilde;
31. and l;►2s Crawibrd-strcets M 1 lehhiie, Cppe.;i:eti bekifki
ir Peter Laurie, to answer a complaint made by Mr.
Edward Thorpe, landing waiter in her Majesty's Cus-
toms. The complaint rose out of a charge which was
, heard before the Lord Mayor at the beginning th"
present mohtin WhichroilTasien Mr. Thorpe thiso
t. 6 iipOil eily posieetnan.
Sir P. LAURIE, after ascertaining the nature of the
charge, asked la hat was the result of the application to
the Commissioner of the City Poli.e
Mr. Thorpe said that he trio tile .Cdninlis
sionm; that thfs hitt
the CornMlSeidnef was nOf idclined to punish the-po' lice-
man, and he (Mr. Thorpe) said that he should take the
case to another C,ottit. The el)ttitflis&lolief th n 11iititA that
he stionld otit. du the subject; but fez
commended the owner of ca: and li"ts aPPeth.
before Ma;Vehatia
Hie Lbl'osiiip., flowerer; refuted to take the oath of one
party agai,nst the Oath Of the liter;
but upon,hearing
Mr.
,Dent's MAtc:4liliti; 663,--itihu td
tpiZion which his Lordship had e:tpressied en tits fuiniet
occasion; U'hen he (Mr. Thorke) iali
the etirt 111±t'!e. L'et.iiiged he 'determined to Wing the
owner for yard in Order to hare it dttided whether there
443 tc;diiiiitaint in the
case which the 'aril tnai the footpath was Obstncted;
Sir PETER hate -tithing to de With the
o las
shall give tie opinion upon it: Lei Mc hai-e the evidence
road., landing-Witer
to th'oto the ok4h6troti. 'On :fie f, •
'dr( tay deitkd; ithd
Ath 44riik44 1; Dbisetterrace,uopuial
that as he and Thorpe iVeff returning from duty
toetiict oh the day specified he saw the earl Oh the
pavemmt: He had no doubt that it *ds the
nicht td the eiitent fthrh
'in her Majesty's Customs; stated
tO,thfe,i'bei.;., au
ifiqttielit Was tisith to six tent '-the s""L ds
Z•ro,,vdtd at the time; and it was almost imiossible to pass
at the footpath: •
d,the
riHto LaphiE theo Called upog.Mr, Dent to de-
111W.i.eit ilisiinst the enaige or aistftickti the
pathwit,y with his carts
Mn Milt their called hie sealant, John Dent, who
di-tivti the cart. 'ihe witness stated that according to
the order of his master lie drove over the cart to take the
luggage. A cart which was driving by broke it in the.:
hack part and he proceeded tri tithe Ow twtpt?cr of 1,!1,
fort I'A'. 111; poNeinan Moved tile cart on the pftirtmeni,
where it was not more than three minutes; and theft the
other carts went on. I'6 tAftnilint iti the
street. Mr. Thorpe cried out to the policeman to take
off the cart, and threatened to report him if he did not,
and the policeman said, "If you think so, you had better
change coats with me." There was a great quantity of
people, and as he was a countryman and had heard of the
" swell mob," he did not know but Mr. Thorpe and his
friends might belong to the swell mob.
After some further evidence the defendant was ordered I
to pay a fine of 10s.
Sir p. LAURIE then said, I wish we had faithful and
regular returns of the
tropolitan districts we have faithful returns, and I regret
that to be obliged to saypolice in the City. In the me_
I fear the animosity between

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the police and the public is increasing. In 1837 the
charges for obstructing the metropolitan police on duty
were 187, while in 1840 they amounted to 354, On the
establishment of the metropolitan police in May, 1830,
there were 2,896 constables, of which number there only
remained serving at the end of the year 1838 the extra-
ordinary diminished number of 352 ; the dismissals up
to 31st Dec. 1838 were 4,858, the resignations were
6,046, and the deaths 239. The changes in the metro-
politan police force amount to 25 per cent. I trust we
shall soon be supplied with accounts similarly accurate
of our police force, and I hope to have fewer complaints
than have of late reached me.

Mr. Dent paid the fine and costs, and the case thus
finally terminated.

GUILDHALL.

Three persons were on Monday charged before Mr.
Alderman Lainson with attempting to drown themselYes
at Blackfriars-bridge.
The first was Henry Taverner, aged 40 years, whom
George Brissenden, a City policeman, saw on Sunday
afternoon standing at the water's edge i❑ a way that ex-
cited his suspicion, and upon approaching and question-
ing him the prisoner confessed he had come there to
drown himself, and said he was determined to do it.
Witness caught hold of his collar, and the prisoner
dropped on his knees in order to fall into the water.

Alderman LuNsos observed that it was, no
doubt. convenient not to do that before he felt himself
safely held by the collar. lie asked him %% hat he had to
say about the matter.
The prisoner said he was driven to desperation by ill-
usage from his wife. She had pawned everything she
could take, and turned his children out of doors.

The prisoner was remanded, that some inquiry might
be mado about him.

Ellen Sullivan, 30 years of ago, who stated herself to
be a married woman, was next placed at the bar.
Mr. C. Farina, staying at the Cathedral Coffee-house,
St. Paul's Churchyard, stated that about five o'clock on
Saturday afternoon, he saw the prisoner sitting on one
of the steps at the causeway, close to the water, as if
waiting there until she should be immersed when the
tide rose sufficiently. He called the attention of Bris-
senden to her. She was sullen, and would not answer
their questions ; but she admitted she had come there to
drown herself.

The policeman said she cried very much, and refused
to give her address. Ile urged her to go home, but she
said she would not ; she had determined to finish her
life. He took her into custody, and she afterwards said
she was in great distress ; she had two children, and her
husband had been out' of work a year. She gave an ad-
dress in Drury-lane, and Mr. Farina very kindly gave
him some money to go and relie►e her family, but he was
.usable to find her horns,.

The gaoler said she had stated in the prison that she
lodged in Whiteeross-street.
She gave some explanation in an undertone respect-
ing her address.
Mr. Alderman LAINSON said he should take care of
her for a day or two till she became more calm, and
some inquiry should bo made about her.
Catlietine Pretty, a shoemaker's wite, who came from
St. Giles's to Bluckfriars• bridge to drown herself on
Wednesday night, because her husband found fault with
her careless sewing (she assisting him in his business),
was again brought up. She was now on good terms
with her husband, and eras anxious to return home.

Mr. Alderman LAINSON gave her up to the care of her
husband, with an admonition.
OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—A
young man, dressed as a carter, named John Shiphouse,
was placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman Lainson, on
the charge of fraudulently obtaining a quantity of goods,
the property of Mr. Samuel Dewdney.
James Chester said he was a clerk in the employment
of the prosecutor, who carried on business at 25, Lud•
gate-hill. On the 25th of August the prisoner presented
a document to him, purporting to be an order for a quan-
tity of cloth and silks, signed by Mr. Cheevers, of Eton,
who had been a long time dealing with their firm. The pri-
soner having frequently received goods on Mr. Cheever's
order before, no suspicions were entertained, and the goods
were handed over to him. On the 25th he came with a
similar order, which was executed by a fellow shopman
of his (witness's).
The Alderman having inquired whether Mr. Cheevers
or the shopman who executed the latter order were in
attendance, and being answered in the negative, ordered
the case to stand over until next Thursday.
MELANCHOLY DESTITUTION.—NO less than three
cases were brought before the sitting Alderman this
morning, of persons breaking lamps and windows for
the purpose of gaining the temporary shelter of the
station-house during the night. -
KENSINGTON POLICE.

Mr. Henry Morland, a person of fashionable ap-
pearance, described as proprietor and manager of the
Royal Kent Theatre. Kensington, appeared before Mr.
I'aynter, the sitting Magistrate, on a summons to show
•cause why he detained a Dutch clock, eight cane-bot
toured chairs, one washing-stand, and other articles, the
property of James Chambers Hutchinson.
H The complainant, on coming forward to be sworn,
said, " There is a lady, I see, present who is passing her-
self off as Mrs. Morland, against whom I intend to pre-
fer a charge of bigamy, if not of polygamy, and with the
proofs of which I am prepared. I have, therefore, to
request that she may be detained until after this case is
gor.e into."
Mr. PAYNTER said, if such were his intentions he had
better give her into the custody of t'&.: police, when the
case would come before him in the usual way.
Mr. Hutchinson then gave Mrs. Morland into the cus-
tody of Inspector Smith, of the 'l' division, who was pre
sent, and she was removed to bhe charge-room.
In a few minutes afterwards Julia Elizabeth Morland
Placed at the bar, charged with having intermarried
with James Chambers Hutchinson, her former husband,
William Cook Seward, being at the time alive.
The accused was a remarkably good-looking female,
between 20 and 30 years of age, and was dressed in a
crimson dress, with deep orange scarf shawl, and a white
chip bonnet, with a profusion of white ribands and ostrich
feathers, and wore round her neck a gold chain, to
which was suspended a gold watch.
Mr. Hutchinson deposed that he was an attorney's
clerk, and resided in Dean-street, Holborn. On the 20th
of (Tidy, 1831, he intermarried with the prisoner at the
palish church of St: Pancras, the certificate of which so-
lemnity he produced. He had subsequently ascertained
that she had been previously married in the city of Exeter
in the year 1826 to a person named William Cook
Seward, who was afterwards transported to New South
Wales, and he produced a certificate from the Colonial-
office, certifying that Seward was alive when the returns
were made in 1839.
Mrs. Morland acknowledged that she had been mar-
ried to Mr. Seward, and also to the complainant.

PAYNTER inquired at what inn at Exeter it was
that Mrs. Morland had lived ?

Mrs. Morland replied at the Wheatsheaf Inn, which
• her father had kept for several years. She then proceeded
to state that she was but 12 years and six months old when
her mother took her to church, a child with a pinafore on,
and married her to herfirst husband, Mr. fieward, for (as
she was understood to say) a consideration of 1,0001. After
Seward was sentenced to transportation the complainant,
Mr. Hutchinson, became acquainted with her, and led
her to suppose, as did also, his Solicitor, to whom he
referred her, that her marriage with Seward was not a
legal one, and it was under that belief that she had
married him. When she married him she was quite
inexperienced, not being 19 years of age, and since then
she had kept him for seven years in all the idleness and
debauchery of a skittle-ground, he never, from the day
of their marriage, having done a singe day's work.
Mr. PAYNTEn then said he was of opinion that the
first marriage was a valid one. He was, however, not
inclined to keep her locked up in custody for so hang a
period as would be necessary to procure evidence from
Sidney as to her first husband being still living. He
Wonld, therefore, tehe her own bail for her appearance
to answer the charge when( Veil required to do so.
Mr, Morland then offered to enter into the required
suretr4
Tile atop against Mr. Morland for detaining the
Oh* ii'lo then gone into:
Mr. Morlancl admitted inti;ink the articles In his pos-
session, but contended they did not belong ft-t Mr, Hut-
chinson. The fact was, he said, that when Mr. Hutchin•
ecin came ent of prison for debt, in January last, he
10!ried oileAtalf df, the things which were in Mrs. Mor-
• • • •' • • tana•s c %eted tip to him. The
other half he (the defendant) eordehtle.fa tti6 complainant
had never fought, paid fur, or wont to prOiti fo'f# but
tht;,t were bought by or given to Mrs. Morland.
Mr; linteifirisOn admitted Mrs. Morland had bought
tll u; ittit It OtO during the years she was living with him
as his wite. iud affltS!4lo Id tittestion were inserted in his
schedule as excepted articles.
, Mrs. Morlar.d said, the fact was the articles in qtleAs
iion Were all §1.1k4 hy the landlord for rent, who had
tierti f6vt of the things bacic, and had half kept her
6onitilainant was in prison. The chairs had
been given her b ti ittdy residing at No. 52, Sloane_
street, and the mattress, another of the articles claimed,
Hy Miss Tallent, of No. 10, York-place.
the COmpininant declared the things were moved
ff.t?tii his lodgings by Mrs. Morland while he was in
prison through her extravagance, and that before he
dadie out of prison she and Mr. Mm-land were living
titan and *Vife: _

V After a deal of
violent contention between the par.
ties, the defendant consented to give up the property
claimed upon the production of an office copy of Mr.
fiutchingon's gq.ncdule, provided they were therein inn
tiotted: . _

, 116 WsPPZET
William Mos ttua Joseph Payb'addy were yesterday
brought before Mr. Jardine for rd-t•Atirrihiatidni Charged
with forging and uttering a cheque for the stitti of 200/..
With. I.ntent to defraud Mr. Robert Wynnne
a spliiit44 tit'itaper-latildings, Temple.
Ott', ~sritl etiticfikted the prosecution, Mr. Clarkson
appeared as coutis6l iiiggs, and Mr. Robinson as
solicitor for the other prisoner.
It appeared, on the former examination, that the pri.
sorer ;,1314g5; who had been some months past in the ser-
vice ( f: Willlfini9 cierii, Presented the cheque at
the banking-house of Ilfeti3fs, Firtoit; Paul, and Co., on
the 10th inst. for payment, and it being ttfiiiilgO lietween
the firm and Mr. Williams that none except cheques
drawn on plalii paper 4hould be sent to him, he was in-
YW,iTP custody, the account he gave of the
tarsier vthiell came p-x2sessed of it not proving satis-
factory. The other prisoner, who had been a clerk in
the same office accompanied him to the bank, but went
away without him, and as no evidence could be adduced
to fix him with the guilty knowledge, ho was ordered to
be discharged,
The prisoners were again charged with uttering a
forged cheque for 1001., on the 16th of June.
it appeared that the cheque was presented on the 16th
hot! mut eashnd, and on the following day two of the
noies
- maid into the bankingbankinghouse of Packing ton
in Lidaeld, to
`_l'_ll credit of Mr. Billing, for a numt 0.
of
,sheep, to 13t,' purehased by
whose house in G00n... treet TottenhariPiato)umrltd-i:op
they were driven. Two .o-;her II:: we"
yaxidonoensthine
Ilex day at the banking- bv-us° of

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Smithfield, to the credit of Mr. Turner for sheep, which
were also driven to the house of Pavboddy, and a firth
note was found in the possession of tile prisoner-Biggs.
Mr. Williams proved that the several cheques produced
were forgeries, and he did not authorise any person ,to
sign them for him.
Mr. Long said he was prepared with two other Mel
against the prisoner.
Mr. JARDINE said he had made up bis mind to remand
both the prisOners for a week, as the cases appeared to
him, to demand a patient investigation. The prisoners
were then removed from the bar. _ _

Patrick O'Rann, an honest-looking Irishman, was
placed at the bar, charged with being found dead drunk
and incapable of taking care of himself, last night, in the
neighbourhood of St. Giles's
Police constable 28 F, stated that he found the prisoner
in such a state of unconscious drunkennes:- that he could
do nothing with him. He could neither sit, stand, nor
speak; and having got the assistance of a brother officer
and the use of a " stretcher," witness took him off to the
station-house.

Mr. HALL—WeII, what have you to say to the charge?
—O'Rann—Your Worship, I have nothing to say ; I
don't know how I got drunk. I had been in a public-
house, it is true, and was sober enough when I left ; but
no sooner did I get into the air, than down I went like
a shot.--(Laughter.) It's happened once or twice to
me before, I can't tell the reason ; but after taking ever
so little, no sooner do I get out in the air than down I
go like a shot.—(Renewed'laughter.)
Mr. HALL—Then it's the air which makes you drunk,
I suppose ; is it ?—O'Rann (with much simplicity of
manner)—l don't know:what it was, your Worship. All
I recollect is, that I came out of the public-house per-
fectly sober, but no sooner did I get into the air than
down went like a shot.—(Much laughter.)
Mr. HALL—WeII, I shall fine you Is. for being drunk,
and for the use of the stretcher. You cannot ride on the
stretcher for nothing, remember ; and I would haVe you
take care for the future not to get " into the air," after
leaving the public-house, however sober you may be.
GREENWICH POLICE.

On Monday Michael Murphy, the young man who was
committed a short
.time ago by Mr. Grove, on a charge
of assaulting and attempting to stab Sergeant Lovell,
applied to Mr. Jeremy for a warrant against that officer.
The applicant was accompanied to the Court by Mr.
Drury.
Mr. JEREMY, who evidently was not aware that
Murphy was the individual whose case had created such
attention, requested him to state the nature of his appli-
cation. Murphy replied, that a month, ago last Satur
day he was at home.at night, when a lodger was brought
in quite drunk by Lovell, who then went away. After
he had gone the lodger said :something to the appli-
cant which Lovell overheard, and he immediately broke
open the dour and rushed in, saying to the lodger,
" You rascal,,is that your thanks for bringing you here?"
The applicant told him it was not intended for him,
when he (Lovell) said, " I want none of your sauce," and
seized him by the hair, adding, " I'll pull the top of your
skull off'," and dragged him oat of his father's house to the
station-house, where he was charged with creating a
disturbance, and attempting to stab Lovell. He (the
applicant) was taking his supper when Lovell broke open
the door ; but he put the knife down, and never in the
least offered or intended doing any injury with it.
Mr. JEREMY said in such a case notice should be given
to the superintendent, who would order the policeman to
attend before him, for the case to be investigated without
granting a summons. He wishod to know why the ap-
plicant had not applied before?
The applicant replied that he had been committed for
one month by Mr. Grove.
Mr. JEREMY, after looking over the depoitions taken
on that occasion, said he did not think he could again
hear a case that had been disposed of by his brother
Magistrate.

Mr. Drury here rose and said, he much regretted that
the case had not been brought before Mr. Jeremy, whose
honest and honourable conduct on the bench assured
him that the case would have been treated with impar-
tial justice.
Mr. JEREMY said he could not allow such an opinion
to be expressed.
Mr. Drury repeated with great energy, that he was
convinced that if Mr. Jeremy had examinei the wit-
nesses instead of Mr. Grove, the case would have ter-
minated differently, adding, that it was not his
opinion only, but the opinion of the public. If po-
licemen were to be allowed to forcibly enter houses,
and drag persons out by the hair of the head, without
such conduct being inquired into, then no more " Jus-
tice for Ireland" in England. What can be expected
when the Irish are toll they will swear anything ? " I
repeat," added Mr. Drury, " that the case was not heard
with equal justice. The first witness placed in the box,
on the applicant's behalf, was threatened by Mr. G rove
to be committed for perjury. Another had told him,
after the case, that he was so frightened by Mr. Grove
that he could not speak. I regret that the applicant had
not the benefit of Your adjudication."
Mr. JEREMY-1 cannot consent to be complimented
at the expense of my colleague. By your statement you
do no-, give your countrymen much credit for courage
when before the Court. I suppose you were not fright-
ened ?

Mr. Drury—Not in the least, your WOrahip, although
Mr. Grove threatened to commit me. Had he treated
me outside this Court as he did in it, little as I am, he
should have answered for his conduct.
Mr. JEREMY, who smiled at the warmth with which
Mr.. Drury defenl d his cause , said, " The case has
created a very gre It interest in the public mind ; but I
believe that the intention of Mr. Grove, in what he
stated, was not precisely in the senso in which it has
Leen taken ;" adding, he must decline re-hearing the
case, but he would recommend Mr. Drury to lay the
facts before the Police Commissioners, who 'no doubt
would order the case to be investigated.
Mr. Drury, after condemning Lovell for various alleged
acts of impropriety as an officer, and after thanking Mr.
Jeremy for the urbanity with which the application had
been listened to, assuring him that he would prosecute
the inquiry before the Co:mnissioners, loft the Court.

THE MARKETS.-YESTERDAY.
COLONIAL MARKET.

The operations were fair and prices were firm. The
home trade, however, were still the chief operator 3.
TEA MARKET.
The demand was good at the public sales, and full
rates were paid for all sorts. Company's Congou ls. 91id.
for cash.