The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-11 00:00:00

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I,OST -OFFICE LONDON DIRI..CTORY for
1847 —MARCH EDlTlON.—Corrected in the Parliamentary
and Postal divisions to the latest period. To how recent a date th •
a teration: have been lirought down may be judged from the fact that
he changes cons quent on the dent's: of the la e Duke f Northum-
berland have been introduced in their proper order n the Parli:.men-
tary division of the work.
MORNING CHRONICLE, Nov 20, 1846.

The powe;s,:if expansion exhibited by this most useffil annual
volume appear real'y unlimited. Publishe 1 during a series of firty-
eght years, in a metropolis whose dwellings increase In number by
a yearly average of some fourteen thous and, and whose commerce
expands In st 11 larger measure, tha " Post-office Directory" has be-
come enormously enhanced in bet k, as also in the complicated
variety of its indispensable contents The admirable success with
which the reallyenorinous difficulties of his task have been overcome
by the indefatigable publisher has been proved by the experience
of many years ; and we need say little more than that the present
volume presents the same tokens as its predecessors, of intel !gent.
method and ingenuity of arrangement in packing into reasonable
compass, and producing in lucid order its mil ions of facts and
reference. Within two thousand pages every man unity learn
everything he ought to know about every one of his co-dwellers in
thegreat metropolis, their businesses, as wet as everything neces-
sary to facilitate him in his own. The very rapid ex, ension of our
railway system, and the new postal arrangements with some conti-
nental states, have rendered necessary some extensive additions to
the sections appropriated to Conveyance and the Post-office. We
find the information given under those heads not only as full and ac-
curate as it was well possible to make them, but more new and re-
cent than we should have thought attainable in a work of such mag-
nitude. Prefixed to the volume is about the best Map of London we
happen to have met with.
TIMES, Nov. 18, 1846.
The forty-eighth annual publication of this work--the volume for
1847—is now issued. It is a wonderfully different affair from the
old Directory, which used to consist of little or nothing snore than
the alphabetical list of tradesmen ; it comprises now, and has for
some years, a " Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Court
Directory," a " Postal Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," with
a host of other little digests. The volume appears to have been very
carefully revised, and supplies the latest Information. Of course,
the postal treaty with Prussia has not been everlookeil ; and In
minoz
points the work seems to bear the test of search into matters in
which changes have been very recent.
MORNING FOS r, Nov. 19, 1846.

The forty-eighth annual publication of the admirable work has
ust been issued. Any dissertation on the usefulness of this volume,
after its well-proven service in almost every counting-house in the
metropolis for so many years past, must be quite unnecessary. Suf-
fice it to say, the present edition possesses all the merit of its prede-
ce-sors, while the alterations and corrections in the various depart-
ments have been carried down to the latest period.
MORNING HERALD Nov. 21, 1846,
BOW' AS the proportiOuireflbltbsdispensable work have hithirto
been, the volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still
ureter enlargement. The experience of 47 years has obviously
enabled the proprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory
of unrivalled completeness, wherein every species of fact likely to be
wanted by the merchant and trader is placed within convenient
Deems. The volume contains upwards of 2,000 closely-printed royal
octavo pages, betokening a singular amount of industry as a matter
of compilation, and awakening astonishment at the comprehensive-
ness of the machinery which could bring within a common focus
so much varied and scattered intelligence—embracing, as it does, a
multiplicity of heeds' and involving the services of a vast number
of contributors. We believe that the present volume is not to be
matched in the whole world, for such a mammoth aggregate of local
and specific information is no less a typographical wonder than a
Prodigious monument of diligence and enterprise. Seme dozen or so
of separate Directors are included in this huge periodical—the only
one, it seems, of the annual tribe destined to a permanent existence
a veritable triumph, indeed, of the utilitarian principle over the
ornamental. The " Official Directory" is a key to the whole of the
Government offices, and a record of official personages. This is fol-
lowed by a " Street Directory," exhibiting the tradesmen in every
thoroughfare, and the points at which the streets are intersected by
those at right angles; while the "Commercial and Professional
Directory" is an alphabetical arrangement of the above. Then comes
a " Trades' Directory," in which the names are allocated under their
respective callings. The "Law Directory" is a list of judge,*,
Queen's counsel, sergeants, barristers, attorneys, &c., with a cata-
logue of the various Courts of Law, their officers, and their peculiari-
ties of jurisdiction. The "Court Directory" comprises the addresses
of the nobility and gentry ; and the " Parliamentary Directory" is
a record of the Members of the House of Lords and Commons, with
an alphabetical list of the boroughs, cities, and counties returning
Members to Parliament, the surnames and eldest eons of peers, &c.
The " Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt and delivery o
every Post-office in the kingdom ; the cities and principal places
throughout the world to which mails are dispatched from London ; the
rates of foreign postage ; the railway mails and the cross-road mails,
&c. The " City Directory" registers the civic authorities, the public
companies, the brokers, the incumbents and ministers of the
churches and chapels, the newspapers, &c. ; and the "conveyance
Directory" includes the railway tables, the coach and booking offices,
the wharfs, &c. The volume closes with Banking and Assurance
Directories. These various heads will serve to indicate the multi-
tudinous nature of the contents, for out of them come a variety of
subordinate directories, which meet every conceivable want, pre-
senting a curious analysis of the public and private institutions of
the metropolis and of the commercial world. Every person is to be
found under his proper section, from a prime minister down to a
sheriff's officer—every establishment, from a palace to a lodging-
house. The editor, in his preface, takes occasion to congratulate
himself on the many improvements he has this year introduced,
principally flowing from the employment of " selected agents," instead
of the ordinary carriers of the Post-office. Among the specific
alterations, the sew postage treaty, with Prussia, which came into
operation on the Ist of January, 1847, and disturbs to a considerable
extent the rates of postage over a great part of the Continent, seems
the most important
MORNING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846.
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work. None of the leading towns can well be without it ; it must
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be an essential to every counting-house in the kingdom, as well as to
Post-officep apparently t
every place of business is and about the metropolis. It is an invalu-
able work of its kind ; and the extent and minuteness of its useful de-
tails are truly wonderful. Being prepared " under the immediate and
@vela' patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General," the amplest
and completest means were, of course, at the command of the pro-
prietor, Mr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the voluminous
and crowded contents of the bulky work. The present is the forty-
eighth annual publieatioo. Few commercial and trading men can
now require part,cular description of the retell, important and useffil
information, to almost every party in any sort of business, occupying
the two thousand closely but clearly printed octave pages of this Di-
rectory. Preceded by an admirable and pers,iicuous Map of London,
prepared expressly, it is declared, fbr the work, by Mr. E. R. Davies,
there are divisions comprising, ammig other information, "Official,"
" Street," " Commercial," " Trades,.. " " Court," " Parlia-
mentary," " Postal,' " City," " Conveyance," "Bankikn" and many
other Directories.
The hope is expressed in the preface that this forty-eighth annual
edition of the " Post-office London Directory" may be found "in all
respects to equal the best of its predecessors." From very consider
able examination of the marvellously full and varied contents and
information en matters which it must be so difficult, labort,us, and
expensive to collect, wo hesitate not to say, that this unassuming
wish is liberally realised. It not only equals the best of its prede-
cessors, but in several particulars it surpasses all Its predecessors.
The information is not only fuller in many respects, but there are
several important alterations and addition., largely adding to the
usefulness of the book. It is intimated, and truly, that although all
competition has disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous proof
that there has been no relaxation in the multifarious labours to per-
fect aid extraordinary work. In speaking of past success, it is
observed that it has been, " even in a pecuniary point of view;bene-
ficial to the public, is proved by the fact that important improve
menus and additions are annually made without any increase of
price "—a result that, it is declared, " could not have been the
case, had the public patronage been divided." With reference
to the price, we certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderful
how it can be profitable to provide such varied materials
—and materials constantly changing and requiring so much
and such ceaseless labour and cost to procure, and then to classify.
Nothing but a tremendous sale could make the speculation answer.
Among the important alterations will be found those introduced into
the " Postal" Directory. It is, indeed, singularly full, useful, and
complete ; and must much increase the daily, it might be more truly
pronounced its hourly value, particularly to the merchant, the
trader, or the professional man. As the new treaty with Prussia
caused very considerable changes in the rates of postage as effecting
the Austrian dominions, Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, Denmark, the
German States, Hamburg, Manover, Lubeck, Mecklenburgh, Olden-
burgh, Poland, Prussia, Saxony, Sweden and Norway, Wurtemburg,
&c. &c. tkc., those changes are detailed " precisely as they arranged
to come into operation on the Ist of January, 1847." The other
changes are not only numerous, but all the intelligence is announced
to he brought down to a period as late as was compatible with the
appearance of such a 'volume in sufficient time for general circulation,
prior to the commencement of the year for which it is designed. The
business merits of the work are of the highest order, and render it,
of its kind, we imagine, a publication unexampled in the world for
its completeness, fulness, and usefulness.
SUN, Nov. 18,1846.
The present is the forty-eighth annual edition of the "Post-office
London Directory," and a truly marvellous effort of compilation it
is. The " Post-office Directory" has been for some years under
the management of Mr. Kelly. Until he became the manager of
this work, there were divers other Directories in the field. They
have, however, all disappeared, and the " Post-aface Directory"
now rules alone. This astonishing success, however, has not had
the effect of making the proprietor of this gigantic work careless.
He is too thorough a man of business nut to be perfectly aware
that the fruits of his success can only be reaped by a continuance
of the same untiring energy by which the success was In the first
instance achieved, and accordingly we find that the " Post-office
Directory" for 1847, Is even more highly finished in all its elaborate
arrangements than any former edition of the book. The extent and
minuteness of the details furnished, render the work indispensable
to every commercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably,
however, is this multifarious information digested and arranged, that
there is not the slightest difficulty experienced In referring to the
articalar page required to flirnish the information—a marvellous
nstance of clearness of arrangement in a n ork coosisting of upwards
of two thousand closely but clearly printed octavo pages. This
Directory is certainly the most complete work of the sort ever
offered to the public. Of not only the usefulness, but the indispen-
sable necessity of such a work, no man of business can for a moment
entertain a doubt ; and consicering the completeness and fulness of
the information furnished, and the enormous outlay of time and o
capital that must have been made in order to acquire and digest the
information, the very reasonable price at which the work is published
Is really wonderful.

GLOBE, Nov. 21, 1546.

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absolutely necessary as s part of the office furniture of
business; and scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else,
who requires to know anything concerning the trades, professions,
and localities of the great metropolis. In its present extended form,
the book is en absolute curiosity; the labour and expense which it
has cost to bring it to its present state of perfection mast have been
immense. In turning over its two thousand pagee, ens hardly
knows which most to be struck with and admire—the excellent
arrangement and utility of such a compilation, or the magnitude of
the eity which requires such a directory. The volume, moreover,
contains an excellent., map of London and the suburbs, corrected
down to the latest strides of " bricks and mortar."
WEEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15, 1845.
The forty-eighth annual publication of this highly-imporhtanatt and
useful work has just been issued ; and we must confess t its
bulk y appeance as urprised us not a little ; and when we reflect
that the price contains unaltered, although the expense of collecting
the materials must have increased, we are pleased at the liberality
of Mr, Kelly, the proprietor. In a commercial point of view, per-
haps, no hook ever contained so much useful matter. A
irmongectory other
information, there is an " Ofticlal Directory'," a " Street D,"
a " Commercial Directory," " Trades' Directory," a " Law Direc-
tory," a " Court Directory," a " Parliamentary Directory," a "City
Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," and a " Banking Dime-
tory,"—in fact, the volume contains much that is interesting and
valuable to the tradesman, the merchant, the lawyer, and pers. ns in
ordinary life, as well as to the gentleman who occasionally dabbles in
trade. Every description of information has been corrected to
the latest possible period, and that information is arranged with a
clearness and simplicity winch must have involved great activity of
mind and exertion of body. Sewed with the book is au excellently
engraved Map of London, mere extended and accurate as to the
suburbs than any map we have seen ; and to make It as complete a
reference as possible, an almanac is introduced. In the " Postal
Directory" there are the new rates with various ports if the Con-
tinent which will come into operation on the Ist of January.
Altogether this new issue surpasses any of its predecessors • and we
are not surprised that other Directories should have gone to the
tomb of all the Capalets.
BRIT.A.NITIA, Nov. 21, 1646.

The French people have done themselves some credit by their in-
destrial expositions. But it must be acknowledged that, though in-
genious and pretty, they appear quite insignificant compared with
the I:•dustrial exposition presented to the mind by this mighty
volume. Keeping pace with the advancing trade and population of
London, it still increases in hulk, and keeping pace with the move-
ment of society in a more important particular, it vigilantly seizes
every opportunity of improvement to insure inure perfect accuracy
and more complete classitication. IVe find in this volume many in-
stances of superiority to former issues, which, though comparatively
fettling, show the intelligence and care exercised over every depart-
ment. It may be mentione4l, that by the employment of private
agents, the changes of residence are now brought down to a later
period than formerly, and the value of the " Directory" is conce-
quenfly enhanced. We have before spoken of it as indispensable to
the proper management of business. Its authority is new so univor-
s illy established, both at the Post-office and throughout the metro-
polis,; that any further recommendation of it is superfluous.

JOHN BILL, Nov. 2R, 1846.

This annual leviathan is alreuly completed and published ; but
as a proof that the rapidity with which it must have passed through
the press has not operated against its careful accuracy, we may
mention that the changes rendered necessary by the very recent
demise of Mr. Stewart, M.P. for Renfrevrshire, are duly attended
to (Sea pages 1669 and 1676). We have so fl'equently expressed our
approbation of this most valuable work, that we hardly know how
to vary our commendation. It coutains everything that can pos-
sibly be required iu a directory—so full, so complete, so compre-
hensive are all its details. And whets to this we add the extreme
accuracy which pervade§ every department, we linOW not what else

can be said in its praise. The machinery by which such volu-
minous information is obtained, arraiwea, and superintended, so as
o avoid errors, must 01 itself be amore the " curiosities" of modern
literature.

ATLAS, Nov. 28, 1846.
A book of this kind. brought out even without much pretension,
would be indispensable to every gentlem in's library, every merchant's
^ounting•house, and every trader's shop. But edited as this is, with
.ne utmost care—lts materials being collected through the most au-
thentic channels, and embracing in its range every head of personal
and commercial intelligence essential to the completeness of sun a
work, we cannot suppose that any house, public or private, which
can afford a b ,ok of reference, will be without this compendious
volume. The arrangement is admirable. You can find any name
you want In a moment. All the heads are clear and complete—the
Coert—trades—streets—offices—hotels, forming, upon the whole, a
mass of local information such as could not he brought together with-
out extraordinary Industry, assisted by an entire command of all
equisite ofßcial facilities. As a mere compilation, it is probably the
most wonderful on record.

ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 28, 1846.
This huge volume, the forty-eighth edition of the work, well sus-
tains the reputation enjoyed by the " Directory" of late years. In
the preface the proprietor maintains that the high character of the
work is n:)t reerable to its mere connexion with the Post•otilc ;

for an important change has been gradually introduced into the man-
ner of collecting the information ; and a larger portion of the wor!:
than heretofore has been confided to selected agents entirely uncon-
nected with the Post-office, this being, in great part, the plan of
compiling the editions for 1845 and 1846. Nor has the proprietor
rested content with his past success, but has introduced many impor-
tant alterations in this volume for 1847, and added to its bulk with-
out any increase of price. The ' Postal Directory' is especially im-
proved, and there are numerous changes throughout the volume, to
insure its completeness. The compilation roust be a vast labour, to
he accomplished only by systematic subdivision and the most pains-
taking minuteness. The appearance of the volume has suggested a
very lively effusion, to be seen in another oolumn; and we trust the
enterprising proprietor of the "Directory" will tied that his labours
are duly appreciated and remunerated. To a great commercial
country this is an indispensable volume.
RAILWAY lIERILD, Nov. 21, 1846.
The dew volume of the Post-office Directory for 1847 is already
in our hands, and we can only express our wonder that a work so
laborious, extensive, and minute, could be in any degree improved.
It would have been a sufficient merit to have maintained its former
reputation ; it is a great merit to have surpassed itself. Tee pro-
duction et a work unequalled for accuracy and for clearness has
placed in the hands of the commercial public a most valuable and
indispensable aid in carrying on the business of this vast metropolis,
which would indeed In subjected to the greatest inconvenience and
expense if it were not for a work of this kind. In a short time our
readers will have an opon^`•-- •• .`"--1110130•Pres. On pur-

Ipportuni

Ipatary notice b In any

chasing the new voltusiii,
degree exaggetated.
HERAPATH'S RAILWAY JOURNAL, Nov. 21, 1846.
The Post-office Directory for 1847 appears with additions and
Improvements neon its valuable predecessor, but with no enlarge•
ment in the price. The continued enterprising spirit with which
this important, and it is not a misapplication of terms to say,
national work is conducted, merits the highest commendation. We
know net whether the same illiberal and unjustifiable attempt will
be made in the ensuing session as was done in the last, t• wrest it
from the hands of the present proprietary, and to place it by the
force of might over right in the possession of Government. But
should it be attempted, surely the following statement of its con-
ductors will go home to the consciences, if they have any, of the
parties seeking to draw down the grasping interference of Govern-
ment. "It can only be necessary to efer to a copy of the work pub-
lished before the purchase of the copyright by its present proprietor,
to be convinced that the mere connexion of the Directory' with
the Post •office has little, if at all, contributed to its present high cha-
racter. That the improvements (the result of many years of un-
wearied toil and application on the part of those engaged in the com-
pilation of the work) are duly appreciated, is now happily beyond all
question ; prior to the ' Directory' passing to its present proprietor,
rival books contended successfully with this. They have di=appeared."
Kelly and Co., 19 and 20, Old Roswell-ceUrt, Temple Bar, and all
booksellers.

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Just published,
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Price in cloth, 2s. 6d. ; as a pocket-book, with metallic paper,

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN CIRCVIT.—York, March 9.
CROWN COURT.—( Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.)
Henry Walton, aged :37, stood charged with having on the
3d of December, 1846, at Midgley, in the parish of Halifax,
feloniously assaulted Thomas Greenwood, and violently
stolen from his person 35 half crowns, and some shillings, his
property.
Mr. Pickering, with whom was Mr. Eastwood, conducted
the prosecution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr.
Matthews.
It appeared that the prisoner and the prosecutor, who is
also a farmer, had both been working for a Mr. Smith, of
Hebden-bridge, from whom they had taken out wool to comb.
and the prisoner had been so employed for several years be-
tore the robbery. On the 3d cf December Greenwood, toge-
ther with others in the same employ, had brought work to
the factors-, and they had there received a 101. note, which
wa; to be divided among them according to the several
amounts of their wages. They went to an inn, called the
Shuttle and Anchor, near the factory, and there,
being
fatigued, had something to c:rink. While there the-prose-
cutor saw the prisoner enter, and he also stayed some time
drinking. Greenwood did not leave till between eight and
nine, or after nine, and then had about two miles to go from
that place, Luddenfoot, to his residente, which was
near to where the prisoner lived. When about half
way two persons came behind him suddenly, and one
of them knocked him down, when his money
was taken and carried 011. The blow was
made with a bludgeon. and inflicted a wound on his head,
which bled much. Ile was for 'some time deprived of his
senses, and lay in the road; but 'won coming again to him-
self he got up and went to the limse of a man named Whit-
taker. It was a little before midilAbt. Whittaker took him
in, and afterwards conducted him back to the public-house
he had left. Greenwood was positive that the prisoner was
one of the men by whom he hadtbeen robbed; said he was
not drunk, though he might be a Rttle flconcerned" by what
he had taken, which consisted of two glaises of rum and one
quart of ale, and denied that he bad told Whittaker he could
not speak to the persons of those who had robbed him.
In addition to this, Mr. Smith;; one of Greenwood's em-
ployers, stated that he bad -seen. th:-G.reenwood and the
At.
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prisoner at the Shaul. and A'. •3. t _availing, -,01. 3411 e,
Greenwood was certainly some ' ' toe. worse for liquor.
And two women, living close by,,,stated that the prisoner
had been at their houses that night, and had left one of them
just before the robbery. To go to his own house he would
have to take the road upon which the prosecutor had met
with the violence.
The whcle case appeared to depend upon the evidence of
the prosecutor, and whether he had really been sufficiently in
his senses to identify either of the robbers, and to recollect
what account he had himself give* of the transaction. -
For the defence, Mr. Matthews having ascertained from
Smith that the prisoner had been' working as a woolcomber
for four or five years, and constantly maintaining his family
by his wages, proceeded to examine witnesses to prove an
alibi, and to show that Walton was, in fact, at home and in
bed at the time of the offence. This was spoken to by the
prisoner's sister, and another person who had met him on the
road near his house. In addition to which, Wm. Whittaker,
to whom the prosecutor went that night, swore that he
(Greenwood) had declared immediately after the robbery
that he was unable to say who committed it. He had said
that there were two men who so came behind him, but that
he did not know them.
Acquitted.Afte .some deliberation by the jury, the prisoner was

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Salisbury, March 9.
CROWN COURT.--(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.)
James Russell was indicted for having feloniously set fire
to a certain rick of straw, the property of Eliza Bell.
Mr. Slade was counsel for the prosecution. The prisoner
was undefended.
It appeared that on the night of the 2d February last, a
neighbour of Mrs. Bell's was looking out of his window just
before going to bed, and his attention was attracted to a light
in the rick yard of Mrs. Bell, and on looking more particu-
larly he saw that one of her ricks was on fire. The fire
flashed up the rick, and the witness saw a man stooping
down under the rick by the fire. On the fire flashing up, as
it was described to do by the witness,.the man stood up and
became distinctly visible, the rick not being above 100 yards
from the window. The man was dressed in a pair of leather
gaiters, smock frock, and high-crowned hat. He then_ ran
away. The witness immediately went to the rick to give
assistance, and there saw a policeman, who came up at the
same moment, and whom he informed as to what he had
seen, and the direction which the man who had been seen by
him at the rick had taken, and also described his dress.
Evidence was then given to show that the prisoner was ap-
prehended between four and five o'clock the next morning,
when he was dressed in the way described by the first wit-
ness. He was found in an outhouse, lying amongst some
straw, and said, when he was apprehended, that lie had been
lying there ever since nine the night before. It was then
proved that the prisoner, who was a labourer and out of
work, had on various occasions threatened to injure the pro-
secutrix, because her bailiff had refitsed to give him work,
it was also proved that the prisoner was going towards the
place where the rick was burned just before the fire broke
out.

Mr. Justice CRESSWELL having summed up,
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was then sen-
tenced to ten years' transportation.
James Glass was indicted for having stolen two promissory
notes of the value of 51. each, the property of Mark Sawyer.
Mr. Rogers and Mr. Ponlden conducted the prosecution;
the prisoner was undefended.
Mr. Roo as having opened the case to thei nry.
Mr. Justice CRESWELL stated that it appeared to him that
a very important question would be raised in it, as to whether
any larceny had been committed; but he should not stop the
case, but let it go to the jury, and, if nece.sary, reserve the
point for the consideration of the fifteen judges.
Mr. Mark Sawyer, a mil wright, living at Cheveril, stated
that he had occasion to make a remittance to a Mr. Ormond,
of Milksham, and Mr. Rawlings, (f Trov, brh:ge. Ile ad-
dressed two envelopes to those gentlemen. He gave them
to his wife with two 5/. notes, with some instructions on
paper to the postmistress to obtain a po.-1-oftice order for Si.
for Mr. Rawlings, and one for Mr. Ormond. The notes were
shown to him two day§ after.
Mary Sawyer, the wife of the last witness, proved taking
the notes and the envelopes to Mrs. Dutch, the postmistress
at Cheveril, and also the paper of instructions.
Mrs. Dutch proved that she received the notes, envelopes,
and instructions from Mrs. Sawyer. The Cheveril office was
a sub-office Westbury,
and the prisoner was the letter-
carrier from Westbury to Cheveril. She
gave hi n the two
5/. notes with the envelopes and instructions, directing him
to get post-office orders for them, and put them in the enve-
lopes and send them. She then asked him it she should put
them in the Cheveril letter-bag. lie said yes, and she did
so, with the letters, wrapping up the notes and envelopes in
the paper of instructions. She then tied up the bag, which
was one kept for the convenience of the postmistress, that
the letters should not become mixed. The letter bill was
also put in the bag. The prisoner had authority to open the
bag at Bratton. This bag was then put into a pouch, which
he wore around his shoulders, with another bag. It was no
part of her duty to obtain post-office orders for persons, nor
was it the duty of the prisoner to carry instructions to obtain
such orders.
Miss Hurd, the niece of the postmistress at Westbury, wag
then called, and stated that on the morning of the -- the
prisoner came to the Westbury office with the Icttirs. lie gavel
her his pouch, saying, " There are two 51. notes in Clieve:a
bag for post-office orders for Mr. Sawyer." The
witness,nont'
looking into the pouch, round that the Cheveril bag Was
there. She told the prisoner this, and he said,
een "Tiler.' I rim
ei
a ruined man." He then said that he had b tak
ouch to look
ill
on the road to Bratton that he had opened the no
for a piece of paper which had been wrapped round some let-
_ _ e
tern which had been given him to post, and he suppose
had dropped the Cheveril bag out. Be then went
awdah
Some
saying he would go back and see if he could find t.
d eve
little time after he returned with the Cheveril bag, an g
it to witness. The letters were all right, and correspondel
s were not
with the writing in the letter bill, dot but the n
se id he had
there. He then held up two envelopes,
an
re twisted up,
found them by the side of the bag: They we
e was
and he said he had found them in that state, and ther
inspector of police,
nothing in them. Upon this Warner, an b
was sent for. The prisoner was then asked y the inspector
how he came to lose the money, and he gave the same ac-
count of the transaction as he did to the last witness.
The inspector told him that his story
Was
inconsistent,
which, after
and asked him to allow himself to be searched,
some hesitation, he consented to. lie
was
searched, tint
nothing was found on him,and he then took the inspector
n e
to the place whet,' he sad he ha stopped o
Nothing, however, was found therad He was thenth takenroad. to
the station.
A policeman was
then called, who stated that he saw the
prisoner's
wife's son on the morning after the prisoner was
taken. up. He went to the lock-up-house, where his father
tined. He then went away, and returned in about
washalfn
cson hour; he then spoke to the witness, and gave him
d
two five-pound notes, which were pro.duce
oner'. wife s was then
Edwin Orchard, the son of the pro
called, and stated that he carried the prisoner Ins breakfast
in the lock-up-house. His father-in-law told him to go
home and ask his mother for two five-pound notes, and carry
them about a mile out on the Bratton road, put them down
and then bring them back and swear that he found them.
nested. He
man then went
h
He did so—did as he
notes was req . to West-
bury, and gave t
11 d and ident•fi tl ei le notes which
Mr. Sawyer was re-ca
had been given to the policem.n as those he had given to
the prisoner.
This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL having summed up, the jury
found the prisoner Guilty.
Mr. Justice CRESsWELL then said that the impression on
his mind was, that be ought to reserve a point for the con-
sideration of the judges on the question of whether the pri-
soner was not a mere bailee, and not a servant to the pro-
secutor, and therefore could not commit a larceny of the
property; and it was clear that it was no part of his duty as
letter-carrier to take the money from the prosecutor and
carry it to the postmistress. He however would consider
the point.
William Harrell, a strong, athletic, resolute-looking man,
of middle age, was indicted for robbery with violence,
Mr. BALL conducted the prosecution,
The prosecutor, an old man of the name of Roger Watts,
stated that he was a shoemaker by trade, but that he was
also employed to collect rents. On the day of the robbery
he had been out collecting rents, and in the evening went
into a beer-house in the parish of Keovil with money, con
sisting of two or three sovereigns and a good many shillings
and sixpences. There were several Persons in the beer-house
who appeared to be conducting themselves somewhat riot-
ously, and to have alarmed the old man a good deal, for he
asked a person who was there, whom he happened to know
to accompany him home, for fear there should be any dim:
ger, and then ordered and paid tor a quart of beer, to be
drunk by the other men at the house. This person did ac-
cordingly accompany him a short distance, when he left
him and went back. On his way back he met the prisoner,
one of the persons who had been lett at the beer-house, and
said to him, " So, William, you didn't wait to have the beer.'
The prisoner said," D—n the beer," and walked hastily on.
Shortly after this he must have knocked down the prosecutor
and robbed him. The prosecutor swore that he knew the
man who knocked him down, and called him by his name,
saying, " William Harrell, if you rob me, don't murder me."
He then became insensible for some time, and when he
came to himself he found that all his money was gone ex-
cept one sixpence. The prisoner was afterwards seen at abeer-
house at Bath, in the possession of a good deal of money, and
when he was afterwards taken into custody he had upon him
one half-sovereign and a great many shillings and sixpences.
He had been in regular work till rately, but for the last week

or so he had been out of employ. It appeared by the cross-
examination that the prosecutor had been drinking in the
course of the day, but he swore that he knew very well what
he was about.

Mr. C. SANDERS addressed the jury for the defence, and
submitted that it was a question of identity, and that they
ought not to rely upon the uncorroborated testimony of Watts
on this point. lie also called a witness, who gave the pri•
saner a good character for honesty.
The jury almost immediately found the prisoner Guilty.
Sentence deferred. •

HHOML• ClRCUlT.—Chdrnsfa (I, March 10.

CROWN SIDE —(Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.)
'Valliant Mason, 20, John Clegg, 21, and William Smith, 17,
three miserable-looking lads, were indicted for feloniously
setting fire to fire stacks of corr, the property of Arthur
Shut tleworth.

Mr. Rodwell conducted the prosecution.
It appeared from the evidence-that the prosecutor is a
farmer at Upminster, and on the 26th of September, about
one o'clock in the day, he saw that the stacks in question
were safe in the rick-yard, and the prisoners were observed
sitting upon the gate leading into it. Very soon afterwards
the stacks were observed to be on fire, and although the
neighbours speedily rendered all the assistance in their
power the result was that two stacks of wheat, and three
others composed of beans, peas, and oats, worth altogether
2401., Were entirely consumed.
The case against the prisoners was that they were upon
the spot at th moment the fire appeared to break out, and
they immediately made oil; without offering to render any
assistance, and were taken into custody a mile and. a half
from the place, and upon their being searched an empty
lucifer match-box was found in Smith's pocket. The pri-
soners were entire strangers to the neighbourhood, and-it
would seem that they had been begging about the country.
There did not appear to be the slightest motive for the act,
except that it was suspected they had not received much
charity from the persona living in the neighbourhood, and
committed the offence out of a feeling of revenge.
The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE having summed up, the jury
returned a verdict. of Guilty apinst all the prisoners, but re-
commended them to the merciful consideration of the Court
on account of their rah.
Lonnsinr,- in passing sentence, said that he was
always anxious to give effect to a recommendation of mercy
coming from the jury, and he should do so in this case, to
the extent of not inflicting the full sentence of transportation,
but it was absolutely necessary that persons convicted of this
odious offence should receive a severe punishment. In the
present state of the country, and the prospects before them,
the destruction of grain was not only doing a great mischief
to the owners of such property, but to the whole population
of the country, and if the crime should go on spreading, the
consequences could hardly be conceived. He then sentenced
the prisoners to be transported for ten years.
In the course of the day, the grand jury returned two true
bills of perjury and conspiracy against some of the parties
who were examined as witnesses before the coroner, in the
inquiry respecting the murder of the police-constable at
Dagenham. The ti ial will not come on at the present assizes,
as the charges only amount to a misdemeanour, which entitles
the defendants to traverse, and the indictment, therefore, will
not be disposed of until the summer assizes.

PRICE SD.

Mary Bailey, Eliza Smith, Mary Shaw, Mary Galvin, Rachel
Willis, Am n Bailey, Mary A. M'Lochlin, Charlotte Harding,
Elizabeth Grady, T. George, C. Jones, G. Bryant, H.
'Jones, G. Glenn, E. hlotts, T. " Baker, J. Muggeridge, W.
Carmichael, T. Crawford, J. Thomas Prince, T. Halleghan,
T. Sanders, E. Tornser, T. Mayhew, A. Driscoll, W. J. Ban-
field, C. Mahoney, G. Oliver, T. Ediker, J. Conell, D. Murfitt,
W. Simpson, T. Bartlett. T. Kennedy.
Four Atonths—G. Smith, N. Watkins, F. Brown, A. Ha- .
milton, J. Cornell, G. Collins, Mary Perkirs.
Three Months—J. Holding, T. George, W. Bullam, J.
Farrall, C. Phillips, S. Moots' W. Stokes, B. Coombs, J.
Meads, J. Kelly, C. Jones, 11. South, J. A. Darling-, C. God-
frey, Ellen Burke, Lukford, W. S. Lukford, Sarah Castle,
Caroline Weston, C. Peters, T. Croney, J. Tomkins, 1..
Burke, T. Elliott. . .

A number of other prieoners were sentenced to minor terms
of imprisonment, and several to be privately whipped.
The grand jury ignored the bills of indictment preferred
against the under-named persons, who were discharged by
proclamation :
Helen Allega4in. Letty Singleton. Edward Hatton, Fred
Howe, William Howe, Aaron Eden, James Cooke, John
Rogers, John Jones, William Langdon, J. Holmes, William
Hogan, Henry Moon, William Cole, Mary Mocklar, Patrick
Moeklar, Mary Lynes.
The following were acquitted by the petit jury :—J.
James, M. Jewitt, J. Morris, J. Jones, J. Smith, E. Bean,
Richard Donovan, J. Lyons, J. Jones, T. Higgins, Ann
MuAge:idge, Margaret Oxley, William Tallogar, William.
Burke, George Burr, John Nicholson, Abraham Manger,
George Phillips, Henry Colegate, HenrvSmallbones, Caroline
Alberry, Margaret Hoare, T. Williams; J. Dowling, J. Chap-
man, J. Sutton, John Hyde, Mary Ann Hyde, James Newitt,
Peter Joy, John Barnard, Eliza Harrison, Mary Ann Brooks,
William Churchill, John Ashford, Mary Ann Davis, John
Iliggin, William John Hunt, Abraham Beaumont, William
Fillmer, Joseph Harris, William King.
Imprisoned for two months, 9 ; six weeks, 6 ; a month, 4 ;
fourteen days and under (in Newgate), 14; privately
whipped in gaol, 9; pleaded guilty, 40; surrendered, 6;
bailed, 6.
The number of prisoners upon whom the Court sat was
280 ; who were committed as follows :—London, 50 ; Mid-
dlesex, 160 ; Surrey, 46 ; Kent, 13 ; Admiralty, 5 ; Essex,
6.—Total, 280.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

(From the Vetes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)

WEDNESDAY:MARCH 10.

The following Railway Bills were presented, read a first
time, and ordered to be read a second time :
South Devon (Extension and Amendment)—" to enable
the South Devon Railway Company to construct Railways
to Tavistock and Launceston, and to extend the Line of the
South Devon Railway to Torquay and to Brixham, and for
other purposes."
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Act Amendment
and Branches—" to enable the Shrewsbury and Birmingham
Railway Company to make Branch Railways to 3ladeley and
Ironbridge, and for other purposes."
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Branch to the Caledo-
nian Railway and Diversion of Canal)—" to enable the
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway Company to make
a certain Branch Railway to the Caledonian Railway at
Glasgow, and to divert part of the Glasgow, Paisley, and
Ardrossan Canal." _ _

Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Branches at Port Glas-
gow)—" to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Rail-
way Company to make certain Branch Railways at Port
Glasgow."
York and Newcastle (Main Line Improvement, &e.)—
" for enabling the York and Newcastle Railway Company to
improve their Main Line of Railway, and to make certain
Branches in the county of Durham, and for other purposes."
The following Railway Bills were read a second time, com-
mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection :
Great Northern (Deviations between Peterborough, Boston,
and Gainsborough).
Great Northern (Deviations between Gainsborough and

Doncaster).
Wexford and Valencia (Killarney to Valencia).
Great SDuthern and Western Extension (Portarlington to
Tullamore).
Edinburgh and Glasgow.

NOTICES GIVEN AT TILE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE.
The following Railway Bill is appointed to be read a
second time on Monday, March 15 :
Parkgate and Chester and Birkenhead Junction.

THE EDUCATIONAL MEASURES

We copy below 211 those portions of the minutes of
the Committee of Council which have the slightest
reference to the religious instruction to be given in the
schools aided frJm the public funds :

PUPIL-TEACIIERS.-QUALIFICATIONS OF CANDIDATES.

The following qualifications will be required from
candidates for apprenticeship . .
6. In schools connected with the Church of England
they will be required to repeat the Catechism, and to
show that they understand its meaning, and are ac-
quainted with the outline of Scripture history. The
parochial clergyman will assist in this part of the exami-
nation.

In ether schools the state of the religious knowledge
will be certified by the managers.

QUALIFICATIONS OF PUPIL TEACHERS IN EACH YEAR

OP THEIR APPRENTICE:HIP.

At the end of the first year pupil-teachers will be
examined by the inspector : • •
5. In the Holy Scriptures and in the Catechism, with
illustrations by passages from Holy Writ, in Church of
England schools, the parochial clergyman assisting in
the examination.—The mana,ers will, in other• schools,
certify in this and in the succeeding years of thc appren-
ticeship, that they are satisfied with the state of the re-.
ligious knowledge of ;he pupil-teachers.
At the end of :he !re ,rl year, pupil-teachers will b_•
examined by the: inspector : • •
5. In th:• Holy Scriptures, Liturgy, and Catech:sm, in
Church of England schools, more fully than in the pre-
ceding year, the parochial clergyman assisting in the ex-
amination.

At the end of the third year, pupil teachers will be
examined by the inspector : • •
6. More fully in the Holy Scriptures, Liturgy, and
Catechism, in Church of England schools, the parochial
clergyman assisting in the examination.
Scriptures, At the end of the fourth year, pupil-teachers will be
exasm. iAtlco,d
rebyfuthlley iilinspetchteoricly
SCript Liturgy, and
Catechism, in Church of England schools, the parochial
clergyman assisting in the examination.
At the end of the fifth year, pupil.teachers will be
examined by the inspector:— • •
5. More completely in the Holy Scriptures, Liturgy,
and Catechism, in Church of England Schools, the
parochial clergyman assisting in the examination.

STIPENDIARY MONITORS.- QUALIFICATIONS OF
CANDIDATES.

5. In Church of England schools, to repeat the cate-
chism, and show a knowledge of its meaning, the
parochial clergyman assisting in the religious examina-
tion.—ln other schools, the managers will certify that
they are satisfied with tilt state of their religious know-

ledg c.
QUALIFICATIONS OF STIPENDIARY MONITORS IN EACH

YEAR.

The stipendiary monitors will be examined at the end
of each year of service, and will be required—
At the end of the first year,— • •
6. In Church of England schools, to show a general
acquaintance with the Scriptures ; the parochial clergy.
man, in this and the succeeding years. assisting in the
religious examinatit.n.—ln other schools, the managers
will certify, in this and succeeding years, that the
religious knowledge of the stipendiary monitors is satis-
factory to them.
At the end of the second year,— • •
6. In Church of England schools, to give illustrations
of the Catechism from the Bible, and show a more com-
plete acquaintance with the Scriptures.
At the end of the third year,-
5. In Church of England schools, to possess a more
extensive knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, and of the
Liturgy and Catechism.
At the end of the fourth year,—

6. In Uhurch of Englauci schuols, to chow a more per-
fect knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, Catechism, and
Liturgy.

CERTIFICATES OF CHARACTER AND CONDUCT TO BE
ANNUALLY REQUIRED FROM PUPIL-TEACHERS AND

STIPENDIARY MONITORS.

At the close of each year, pupil leachers or stipendiary
monitors will be required to present certificates of good
conduct from the managers of the school, and of punc-
tuality, diligence, obedience, and attention to their du-
ties, from the master or_mistress. _ _

In Church of England schools, the parochial clergy.
man, and in other schools, the managers, will also certify
that the pupil-teachers or stipendiary monitors have been
attentive to their religious duties.

DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH
POACHERS.
On Saturday morning, as Keys and Frost, keepers to
the Rev. John Braroston Stane of Forest Hall, High
Ongar, were going their rounds between two and three
o'clock, they came upon some poachers in the wood near
Norton Hall, and when within five or six yards of them
the villains fired a gun before a word had been spoken,
but providentially the shot passed between the men, and
they escaped injury. The poachers then took to their
heels, and the keepers gave chase, when Frost came up
with a man named Blowes, who turned round upon him,
whirling the butt end of the gun, and had not Frost
evaded the blow the consequences would doubtless have
proved fatal to him. He, however, closed with the
fellow, whose companion stopped to rescue him, when
the other keeper came up, and with the butt end of his
gun levelled the other poacher to the ground. The
keepers then secured them both. During the affray a
bull dog which Keys had with him seized Blowes near
the eye, and almost tore it out, and Keys in rescuing the
dog was bitten through the hand. The prisoners were
taken on Saturday by Superintendent Flood before the
Ongar bench of magistrates. Henry. Bullock, I. T.
Wright, Capel Cure, and John Bramston Stane, Eaqrs. ,
and the Rev. H. J. Earle, when the above facts were
sworn to by the keepers, and the prisoners, John c Pag3
and Charles Blowes, both labourers of Fyfield, were com-
mitted to take their trial on the charge of havin
feloniously shot at Keys and Frost with intent to murder
them. The men were both in work, and the police took
from Page a good silver watch, with 295. in silver, and
from Blowes 21s. 6d. A more determined case has not
occurred in the neighbourhood for some time ; the
poachers' gun was fractured intthree places, and the
keeper's gun broken in half. A
affray took place there was a pool oftbhleoosdp,oatswifhaersehethepe
had been killed, and Page was ot in the thigh b the
keeper, who fired after he had been shot at.—Cambridge
Advertiser.