The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-07 00:00:00

THE SUN LONDON, THURSDAY MORN LNG, JA.NUARY 8817.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
SECONDARIES' COURT, Jan. 6.
BLACK3IAN V. WEBB.
This was an action to recover the sum of 41., the
balance due on a promissory note. The defendant de-
nied making the note.
The plaintiff's solicitor said he should be able to prove
the defendant's signature, and that 11. was paid on ac-
count, and called
Henry Baker.—An objection was taken to this witness
being examined, on the ground that the money was ad-
vanced by a loan society in which he was interested.
The ,s:ECONDARY said that did not show that the wit-
ness was an incompetent witness: he might hold some
appointment.
The defendant's attorney asked whether witness was
not a shareholder as well as clerk, and was answered
in the negative.
The witness then deposed that the defendant signed
the note. In cross-examination he admitted entries in
a pass-book of payments to the amount of 11. ss.
The SECONDARY said that he could not receive evi-
dence of payment under the plea. The defendant denied
his signature, and on that plea plaintiff was entitled to a
verdict for the amount of the bill ; but he had admitted,
by the particulars, the payment of 11., which was the
only sum could be deducted, notwithstanding any evi-
dence of further payment— the difference in amount was
only 55., but large or small, the principle was the saute.
The jury gave a verdict for 41.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
MURDER COMMITTED UNDER INSANITY.—Mary Ann
Kiny, a healthy-looking woman, aged 25, was charged,
on the coroner's inquisition, with the wilful murder of
James King, an infant, to whom she had shortly before
given birth. The prisoner had been removed to this
court by an order of the Secretary of State for the Home
Department, from the Criminal Lunatic Asylum, in
which she was placed shortly after the occurrence, in
consequence of being afflicted with insanity, under the
influence of which, it was assumed, she had committed
the crime. As she subsequently became sane, and was
deemed in a fit state to be set free, it was necessary
that she should undergo the ordeal of a trial here, in
order that a jury might decide upon the matter, and if
proved to their satisfaction that she was not a free agent
at the time, that she might be liberated.
Mr. Duane appeared for the prosecution.
Amelia Lyons, the mother of the prisoner,
stated, that on the 22d of January last her
daughter was delivered of twins, a boy (the
deceased) and a girl. Shortly afterwards she
appeared to be labouring under insanity, as she talked
incoherently upon religious subjects, and about her chil-
dren, and dying. On the 31st of that month, she was
in her room ; her (the prisoner's) husband was also
there. Her daughter was in bed suckling the infants.
Having observed indications of insanity on the previous
Thursday, she was afraid to leave her alone, and having
occasion to go to the fire place, she desired her husband
to watch her. She turned towards the tire, and the next
moment the husband exclaimed, " Oh ! mother, she has
thrown herself on one of the children." He pulled her
up, but she again flew at the child, and bit him on the
cheek. "1 hey succeeded in getting the child away, on
whose face they found two marks and a little blood. She
took the child to Mr. Mason, a surgeon, in the neigh-
bourhood, whilst her husband held her daughter down
on the bed with a sheet. She raved and besought him
to take care of her children. The child died three
weeks and two days after.
Mr. Mason, a surgeon, in High-street, Newington,
stated that the child was brought to him about ten
o'clock in the evening in question. He found his face,
especially the left cheek and the mouth, covered with
blood. On removing the blood, he found several punc-
tured wounds—one on the upper lip, one on the nostrils,
and another near the eye, which bore the imprints of
teeth. Inflammation ensued, and he attended the child
until his death. From feelings of humanity he visited
the prisoner the same night, and found her perfectly in-
sane. She was wholly unconscious of what she was
saying or doing.
Mr. Justice ERLE suggested to the jury, that if they
were satisfied that the woman was unconscious at the
time, that they should acquit her on the grouni of
insanity.
The jury accordingly Acquitted the prisoner on that
ground.
Mr. DoaNE said the prisener became in a similar state
on the birth of her first child.
Mr. Justice ERLE said a representation would be
made to the Secretary of State, setting forth the state
of her mind at the time, and the verdict of the jury,
and she would be liberated.
The woman was then removed.

COINING.—James Morris, aged 36, described as a
labourer, was convicted on two indictments, charging
him with having counterfeited a half crown, and of
having a mould in his possession.
Sergeant Brenan, an active and intelligent officer, and
a body of constables, proceeded to a house in Duck-lane,
Westminster. He brake into a room, and found the
prisoner with a pipkin in his hand at the window, from
which he threw several articles, amongst which were
several counterfeit shillings. He was crushing a halt'-
crown mould under his feet. A counterfeit half-crown
was taken from him, but it was so hot that the sergeant
was obliged to put it into his pocket, and another
from the same mould was found in his possession.
There was a clear fire and a galvanic battery in the
room. The prisoner shouted from the window, and
brought some hundreds of the denizens of that part of
the metropolis, who assaulted the police severe►y, and
enabled the prisoner to escape. Sometime after he was
arrested at a house in the Borough in the very act of

coining; several dies and other coining implements were
found; and twenty-two counterfeit half-crowns, fifty
shillings, and a number of crown pieces. He blew out a
candle which was on the table and jumped out of the
window. He was, however, immediately arrested. It
appeared that the prisoner had been known to the police
as a coiner for sixteen years.
The prisoner besought the Court to deal mercifully
with him on account of his having a wife and five young
children. He said he had been driven to the crime in
order to provide food for them. His parish had refused
him relief.
Mr. Justice MAULE sentenced the prisoner to be
transported for fifteen years on each indictment—thirty
years altogether.

William Round, 21, a post-office letter carrier, pleaded
guilty to two indictments, charging him with stealing
letters containing money and other articles, the property
of the Postmaster-General. _ _

Mr. Justice ERLE sentenced him to bo transportad for
ten years.
George WiMott, 55, labourer, was indicted for cutting
and wounding Sus nnah Haynes, with intent to murder
her. In other counts, the intention of the prisoner was
laid to be to d ) the prosecutrix grievous bodily harm.
It appeared from the evidence, that Mrs. Haynes lived
with her husband, in a cottage situated in rather a lonely
position, et Holloway, called Paradise-terrace. The pri-
soner lived in the same neighbourhood, and appeared to
have been on friendly terms with the prosecutrix and
her husband up to the time of the transaction in ques-
tion, which took place on the evening of the 14th of
November. At that time it appeared that the prisoner
went to the cottage, where Mrs. Haynes was alone at
the time, awaiting her husband's return to supper, and,
after some ordinary conversation, while the prosecutrix
was in the act of turning towards the fire, she received a
tremendous blow upon the head from the prisoner. She
seized him, en 1 a struggle took place between them,
during which she received other injuries, but at length
her cries brought assistance, and the prisoner made his
escape. The prosecutrix was found in a fainting state,
and almost covered with blood ; and it appeared, from
the testimony of the surgeon, that the injuries she re-
ceived were of a very serious character, and that, at one
time, he apprehended a fatal result. iThen the prisoner
was apprehended, he admitted he had assaulted the pro-
secutrix, and said hal had, done it for satisfaction and
revenge.
The prisoner, in his defense, denied that he had ever
said anything about satisfaction :or revenge, but said
that on the night in question, he went to the prosecu-
trix's cottage, and they had a little dispute, and she
seized him by the collar and threatened to give him in
charge for dens rting his wife. This excited him, and he
took up the candlestick and " jobbed" her on the head,
hi order to make her lose her hold, but she kept push-
ing him along, and when she got him outside she left
hold of him, and he walked away, and this, he said, was
"the long and short of it."
The jury found the prisoner Guilty upon that count
in the indictment charging his intent to be to do grievous
bodily harm, and Mr Justice Earle sentenced him to be
transported for life.
Robert Warrington Crowther, 34, described as a la-
bourer, was indicted for feloniously forging and uttering
an order for 301., with intent to defraud Messrs. Dixon,
the bankers, Chancery-lane.
Mr. Clarkson prosecuted, and Mr. Ballantine defended
the prisoner.

It appeared that the prisoner had been employed as
clerk to an attorney named Simmons, who kept an ac-
count at Messrs. Dixon's, and it was proved that the
forged cheque was in the handwriting of the prisoner,
and one of the notes that had been paid for it was after-
wards traced to him.

The prisoner received a good character from his
brother, who is a clergyman of the Church of England,
and other respec:able persons.
The jury found him guilty, but recommended him to
mercy, and Mr. Justice Maule sentenced him to trans-
portation for ten years.
There were other charges of a similar character against
the prisoner ; and the clerk of the New Church at Chel-
sea applied to the CLurt to order the restitution of some
money that was found upon the prisoner, and which had
been obtained from him by a forged cheque that had
been given to him by the prisoner on payment of the
church fees on the occasion of his marriage. He had,
it appeared, given the clerk an order for four pounds
up,:n Messrs. Dixon, and received the difference.
Mr. Justice Mainx said he should not make any
order, but he did nut think the policeman ought to
bjeet to give up the in itey, under the circumstances.
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ME COURT.
ROBBERY OF THE W
HUNTINGDON AND WISBEACH
RAILWAY.—Wm. Poole, a ve:y respectable young man
in appearance, at,d lately a clerk in the service of the
Huntingdon and Wisbesch Railway, was indicted with
stealing an order for the payment of 101, the property of
the company.
The jury acquitted the prisoner.

EXTENSIVE' itußßEar.--:-The case of Francis Olffreres,
described in the calendar as a hair-worker, and who
stands charged with stealing property to the amount of
upwards of 400/., was postponed to tho next session.

Mr. CIARKSON having made an application this morn-
ing to the Common-Sergeant, to delay the taking of the
witnesses before the grand jury till that period, on the
ground of the absence of a most material one, the
Learned Common-Sergeant, upon an application for that
purpose, refused to liberate th,'; pri
rat soner upon bail, de-
clining. tq take upon hims.elf so g r&n,ponsib;liesy.
Tha parties if they wished to obtain the liberation of the
prisoner till the next sessions, must go before one of
the Learned Judges of the land and see if they could
persuade him to take bail.

SURREI SESSIONS.
Jane Morris, a woman fifty-five years of age, was in-
dicted for stealing le. 6d. out of a drawer in the bar of
the house of Mr. James Coles, at Godalming, on the
28th of December, where she was employed as a char-
woman. Mr. Coles, the landlord, saw her unlock the
till and take something from it. He immediately
stopped her, and found the money produced in the
Court, which he marked, :lad handed, with her, over to
the constable.
The jury found her Guilty, but recommended her to
mercy. She was sentenced to solitary confinement fur
21 days.
Win. White, aged 28, was indicted for stealing a ewe
' sheep at Ripley, the property of Mr. John Metcalfe. in
another count he wag charged with killing the sheep
with intent to carry off the fore and hind quarters.
Mr, Locke was retained for the prosecution, and Mr.
Robinson defended the prisoner.
Mr. LOCKE, having stated the case, called
William Hulington, inspector of police at Guildf, rd,
who was sent for on the 28th of December, and was
shown the place where the sheCp had been slaughtered.
Near to it he observed the tracks of a man's shoes for
for some distance where the carcase had been dragged
along. From information which he received he went to
the prisoner's house, where he found a neck of mutton,
and, afterwards, the carcase of a sheep tied up in a bag,
with the name upon it of Mr. Lambert, by whom White
was employed. Witness subsequently compared the
head of the sheep with the carcase, as also the saddle
with the place from which it was taken, and found them
to fit exactly. He bad also compared the prisoner's
shoes with the marks in the field, and found them to
agree. The prisoner was apprehended at a barn be-
, longing to Mr. Lambert.
Cross-examined—The foot-marks were plain, but
there was nothing particular about them, and he did not
compare the nails with the indentations.
By the CHAIRMAN—He had traced the marks from the
fold to the place where the sheep was killed. The place
was about half a mile from the prisoner's house.
Mr. John Metcalfe, a farmer and innkeeper at Ripley,
stated that, on the 25th of December, he missed one of
a flock of fifty sheep, and on searching, with the assist-
ance of his man, on the following Monday, he found the
skin and entrails of a sheep. Ile recognised the skin as
having been part of the sheep he had lost from discover-
ing the marks of E. L. on the horns and on the sides of
the animal He also found a lamb with the entrails, and
the sheep he had lost was, when taken away, ready to
drop her lamb.
Mr. Dawes, a butcher at Ripley, had examined the
mutton found in the prisoner's premises, and the remains
of the sheep discovered by the last witness, and believed
them to be the same.
Mr. ROBINSON then addressed the jury on behalf of
the prisoner.
The CriAtaarati summed up, and the jury found the
prisoner Guilty.—He was sentenced to ten years' trans
portation.

APPEALS.
The CHAIRMAN stated that appeal cases would not be
taken before Saturday.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET.

TVilliam Harrison was placed at the bar before Mr.
Henry, on a charge of " being a disorderly person, and
driving through a file of foot soldiers, thereby endanger-
ing their lives."
Sergeant John Hanington, of the 3d battalion Grena-
dier Guards, said that that morning about 11 o'clock, he
was marching with a single file of soldiers through the
Strand, on their way from the Tower, where the batta-
lion was stationed, to the tailor's, where they were to be
fitted with caps, when the prisoner, in a cart, came down
Wellington-street, " at a foot pace," just as they were
crossing the road. Although he and two of the privates
called out to him to stop, and the two privates attempted
to stop him; he still went on. He broke through the
file, and was driving down Wellington-street South,
towards the bridge, when he was stopped and brought
back. He did not say a word, but allowed himself to be
given in custody. There were 18 men in the file. They
were ordered to walk in single file to give as little ob-
struction as possible to passengers.
The two privates mentioned by last witness, John
Woodwall and George Macktellow, gave evidence in
corroboration. The prisoner was going at a slow trot.
He made no attempt to stop. Woodwall was obliged to
retreat, and Macktellow to spring forward in order to
avoid being run over. They had tried to stop the cart,
but could not do so. The file was completely broken.

The prisoner said that the file was already- broken by '
a van, and that he only passed through the opening
.already made. He did attempt to stop the cart.
'1 he three witnesses denied this altogether. The van
drew up and waited till they were gono over, and the
prisoner (whose cart was alongside the van) might easily
have done the same. The file was not broken till he
broke it. He made no attempt to stop.
Mr. HEsity said the prisoner was like most obstinate
people, he insisted that he was right when it was clear
he was in the wrong. To convince him of his error it
was necessary to punish him.
The sergeant said that if the prisoner would admit his
error and apologise, he and his comrades did not wish
to press the charge. They did not want to hurt him,
and if it was "a warning to him "that was en,:,ugh.
The prisoner gave the required apology.
Mr. DENRY said that as the complainants did not
wish to press the charge, he would not inflict a heavy
penalty, but it was necessary to inflict a nominal penalty
to convince him that he was liable to punishment. He
would therefore fine him 2s. 6d., which, together with
the expense of taking his horse from the green-yard,
would be enough.
The prisoner sent for the money, and on receiving it
paid the penalty and was liberated.
William Fletcher, who has been repeatedly remanded
on a charge of furiously driving a market gardener's
cart in Whitehall, and knocking down and driving over
an old fruit woman cf seventy years of age, who, with
her husband, was wheeling a barrow of fruit, was finally
brought before Mr. Henry this morning.
The complainant now said that as the prisoner was a
poor man, and had a wife and large family, and as he
showed great contrition, and " paid every attention" i❑
his power to her while laid up, she " did not want to
hurt him."

Mr. HENRY, yielding to the very earnest request of
the complainant, agreed to let the prisoner off un-
punished, a 3 far as the charge of injuring her was con-
cerned, but as no man must be allowed to get into a cart
drunk and drive at a furious rate in a crowded street,
for that offence he would fine him in the full penalty of
2/. As the complainant was very much to be pitied he
would order her 1/. out of the poor-box.

which would he a benefit to society.
The boys then made • their depositions to the above
facts, and Harrison was committed to take his trial.
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Mr. Ballantine, the barrister, and Mr. Shaw, of Fur-
nival's Inn, who hail only been instructed at eleven
o'clock on the previous night, attended for the defence ;
whilst Mr. Potbury, from the office of the solicitor to the
Customs, conducted the prosecution.
Mr. Potbury opened the case by stating that as
Colonel Wright had only been taken into custody at six
o'clock on the previous night, he was not in a position to
call more than two witnesses, but he was of opinion that
they would furnish sufficient evidence to warrant a
remand.
Mr. BALLANTINE requested to know upon what charge,
or under what clause of the Act, his client was brought
before the magistrate ? Mr. Potbury replied, that he
was there under the 23 clause of the Act, charged with
unlawfully enlisting British subjects for foreign mili•ary
and naval service.
The first %s iniess called was Mr.llarvey Garnett Phipps
Tuckett, who described himself ar having ben some tine
a captain in the 11th Hussars. He hart retired from
that service, and about the month of October last, hear-
ing of an intended expedition to the Ecuador, he
called upon Colonel Wright, to whom he handed a
letter, which that gentleman having read, he asked wit-
ness whether he was desirous of joining; in the enterprise?
to which he (Tuckett) replied, that it would all depend
upon the rank which was offered to him ; to which the
defendant replied that he should receive the appointment
of Lieutenant- Colonel. Witness asked what was to be
the pay? to which Colonel Wright replied 201. a month.
Witness asked what part of South America it was in-
tended to proceed to? to which the defendant replied t o
the Ecuador. Witness asked if there was to be any ad-
vance? to which Colonel Wright replied there would be
an advance of two months.
Mr. YARDLEY—Under what Government did you
suppose you were to act? Witness—l understood under
the Spanish, and not under the English Government.
Mr. YARDLEY—What became of the letter which you
took to Colonel Wright ? Witness—He put it in his
pocket, and I am not aware what has since become of it.
Mr. BALL ANTINE—We hare not the slightestobjection
to the production of any document which can threw the
fullest light on this subject.
The witness proceeded thus—Colonel Wright told me
that I should like General Flores very much ; that he
(the General) had been in a hundred actions, in all of
which he had proved victorious. I asked the nature of
the command I should have when the Colonel told me
that 1,200 men had been raised in Ireland, and that they
should be under my command, as I was the only person
holding the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel going out upon
the expedition.
Mr. YARDLEY—DO you know General Flores? Wit-
ness—l understand he is by birth a Venezuelan, and
ex president of the Ecuador.
To Mr. Potbury—l inquired as to the uniform, and
Colonel Wright told me it was to be similar to the Eng-
lish light inantry uniform, with bright yellow facings,
which is the Spanish national colour, cocked hats and
plumes, epaulettes of a Spanish fashion, and he himself
was to wear a sash. At a later period Colonel Wright
directed me to go to Mr. Gurney, a tailor in St. James's-
' street, who had buttons cast purposely for the service. I
procured some, and found they had the word " Ecuador"
marked upon them, together with the marks " G. Del.
Pres."

Here one of the buttons was handed in by Mr. Pot-
bury, upon which the Magistrate asked the witness what
he understood those marks to mean? Witness—l under-
stood them to be the title of the troop I was to command,
viz., " The President's Guard."
Mr. Potbury—Did you question Colonel Wright as to
the officers under your command? Witness—l asked
him if there was to be any patronage; to which he re-
plied that I was to have the nomination of all the officers
under my command up to the rank of captain. I replied
I had no wish to exercise any patronage, as I wanted no
followers. I was subsequently introduced by Colonel
Wright to Captain Butts, as the senior captain; to Cap-
tain Rigg, as the second captain; to Captains Maturin
and M'Clean, Lieutenant Butts, Ensigns Rochford,
Hay, Hall, Lamont, and Tudor. I can give the dates
of the commissions from a note which I took.
Mr. BALLANTINE—I have no objection to the production
of any documents, but will not consent to admit any
garbled portion.
Mr. YARDLEY—How do you know that they were en-
gaged for the service ? Witness—Some of them were
engaged in my presence by Colonel Wright, and were
introduced to me as the officers who were to be under
my command. When Captain Tudor was engaged,
Colonel Wright observed to me that he would make a
very good adjutant. Oa the 29th of October I spoke to
Colonel Wright as to the advance which was to be made,
and on the next day he gave me a cheque for 50/.
Mr. YARDLEY—Was anything said about arms or
equipments ? Witness—Yes : we talked on the subject
several times, and Colonel Wright said that an order had
been sent out of rockets, 56-pounders, and 4,000 stand of
arms, the Colonel at the same time observing it would
be dangerous to seni them out is the same ship with the
men. The expedition was in the first place to touch at
Corunna, where it was to be joined by the Spanish troops
raised by General Flores. On the 20:h of November,
however, I was told that we were to go to Ferrol. The
witness then proceeded to state that to avoid all military
appearances the men were ranked under the following
heads :—Overseers, furemen, labourers, and youths.
Mr. Potbury—ln your numerous interviews with
Colonel Wright did he tell you he was in communication
with any party? Witness—Yes ; he said he was in
constant communication with General Flores, whose
agent he was, and that any rank, naval or military, con-
ferred by him (defendant) would be confirmed by the
General. He also stated that he (Colonel Wright) was
in constant communication with Lord Palmerston, who
was intimately acquainted with all the details of the
expedition, and under whose advice, after leaving Co-
runna, it was still to continue under English colours, as
it would thereby run less risk from any English cruisers
that might be hovering about. I proceeded on board
the Glenelg, on the 20th of November, where I found
220 men ; they were in a state of dreadful destitution,
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On the 16th I called upon Colonel Wright with the
officers tender my command, and asked what were his
further orders? He replied, we were perfectly free to
go where we pleased, as he had no necessity for our
further services. I replied, that the officers were without
money, had been put to great expense in the purchase
of uniforms, and that it would be most unjust to dismiss
them without some provision. In the afternoon of the
same day Colonel Wright sent down by Sir James Hay
21. for each officer.
Mr. BALLANTINE—I presume I may take it, Captain
Tuckett, that you are the informer in this case ?
Exactly so.
Mr. BALLANTINE—And became so because you could
not get 65L
?—No; p—Ne; I claimed it on my own behalf, and
that of the other officers.
Mr. BALLANTINE—Come, answer my question plainly
—yes or no?—No.
Mr. BALLANTINE—Then what other motive had you?
_Celonel Wright has not only behaved unhandsomely
to me and the officers under me, but has made ins vio-
late my word of honour to the half-starved emigrants,
who were without food or clothes.
Mr. BALLANTINE—You say you were a captain in the
11th Hussars?—Yes, about eleven years since.
Mr. BALLANTINE—Pray, was that the last profession
you followed?—No, I was a merchant in the City.
Mr. BALLANTINE—What merchant?—An East India
merchant.
Mr. BALLANTINE—In what commodities did you deal?
—ln everything that you could name.— (Lauesititer.)
Mr. BALLANTINE—Then you were what is called a
general dealer?—No, I was an East India agent, and
furnished the messes with wine, plate, and other com-
modities.
Mr. BALLANTINE—Oh, that is what you call an East
India merchant I believe you failed in that capacity ?
I did.
Mr. BALLANTINE—WeII, what did you try next? I
think you turned actor?—Yes; and played at the Pa-
vilion, the Lyceum, and other theatres.
Mr. BALLANTINE—Who recommended you to Colonel
Wright ?--Mr. Henderson, secretary to the Spanish
bondholders.
Mr. BALLANTINE— Did you not say to Colonel Wright
that you were perfectly destitute ?—I did not ; I had
251. with me, and no person can call himself destitute with
that sum.
Mr. BALLANTINE—What expense were you put to
that would warrant a demand of 651. ?—The expenses of
my outfit.
Mr. I3ALLANTINE—Did yon pay for what you pur-
chased did.
Mr. BALLANTINE—Where P—At various shops in
London.
Mr. BALLANTINE—And you can show that P—l can.
After some further questions, Mr. Ballantine put in
the following document
" Ship Glenelg, Blackwell, Nov, 29, 1846.
" We, the undersigned, having seen a paragraph in
the public papers stating, under the head of General
Flores, that there was on board the Glenelg about 250
emigrants or enlisted soldiers, most of whom have been
severely ill•treated and imprisoned in the vessel, declare
there is not a word of truth in the statement. We are
emigrants in the strictest sense of the word. We have
been treated with every kindness on board the vessel,
and no individual ever expressed a wish to leave the
vessel without his being immediately and without hesi-
tation permitted to do so."
The witness, on being closely examined as to this do-
cument, admitted that he was a party to its being framed,
and also acknowiedged that he was himself one of those
who gave his assent to the following petition addressed
to the Lords of the Treasury:—
"Showeth that your memorialists had taken their pas-
sage as emigrants, and embarked on the 19th of Novem-
ber ult., on board the ship Glenelg, for the purpose of
proceeding to Corunna; that the said ship has been de-
tained by the authority of her Majesty's Customs, and
now is said to be under order of condemnation; that your
memorialists, being emigrants practising different trades
and professions as stated in the returns given to her Ma
jesty's officers of Customs to ask the various questions
(a duplicate we humbly beg now to forward with the
memorial); that your memorialists are suffering much
loss and difficulty in this inclement season, from the un-
expected detention; your memorialists humbly pray to
be allowed to proceed on their voyage in the ship Glenelg,


in which all the effects of your inern,)rialis'
have been
embarked, awl ther pa,ssfiges have been sr
,ttled for; and
that your memorialists if sent on shore urr
_; without homes
or means of living."

,-examined by Mr.
BaTuhare)tiwnei,tn:nssa haedrieniltit-n„; crosr
thw igh be knew these
documents were f4l. e, he bad recognj count,haf:e3d
them.

Mr. BALLANTINE.—Was 116tyr/ur lacy also lodged and
boarded in the vessel?—She was,

Mr. BALLANTINE.—That lac) y Ipresume is your wife?
—She is not. She passes ac •m} wife.
Mr. Potbury here said tb at he supposed the magis-
trate would presume a sufficient case tor a remand had
been made out, without calling another witness whose
evidence would be of a precisely similar character.
Mr. BALLANTINE—I do not see that any case has been
made out against my client which wouhl either call for
bail or remand. I do not think it is likely that the
Board of Customs would wish to have thi, important
case tried at any inferior tribunal, and my client, is too
high-minded and too honourable to throw upon the
shoulders of any subordinates a responsibility which he
considers lie himself ought to bear. Ile is prepared to
meet any legal inquiry whatsoever.
Mr. YAUDLEY consilere'd that it was a case which
called for bail, wi.ereupou

Mr. Potbury said he was instructed by the Customs to
require higher bail than was put in for Captain Sleigh,
who held a subordinate position in the expedition.
Mr. YARDLEY considered that if the defendant were
held to bail, himself in 4001:, and two sureties of 2001.
each, it would be quite sufficient security.
Mr. Potbury ~rged that the defendant should be held,
himself in 1,0001., and two sureties of 5004 each, but the
Bench overruled the objection.
The securities were immediately entered into, and the
case was remanded for a week.

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Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. I Price
Annum. Share.
--
£ s. d. £ s. d.
sustralasia ••••• • • • • • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
ilritsh North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0
:lommerclal of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
_loloni al . 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Londn and Westminstr 61. par cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 .-
Metropolitan - 25 0 0 710 0
Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto, New... -. . -8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
National of Ireland • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 -
Kat. Provncial of Eng. 5!. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
Ditto, New... .• •• • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
Union of Australia- •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Union of London. - -5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
INSURANCE COrlzPeA. Nd.i:S.s
I.d. d. Price
Dividendper Amount
Name of Company.
of ra
Annum. Share.
Albion •• .... ••••• • • • 3/. 105 500 0 0, 50 0 0 75
Alliance )grit. and For. G par cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 18%
Ditto Marine••• •• • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 5%
Atlas .••••••• • • • . • • • • 1.43. al. pr st . 50 0 0 5 0 0 1514
British Commercial - 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 7%
Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life Si. per cent. 100 0 0 I 210 0 10
cmunty .... ••••• • • • • • 3/. 100 0 0 10 0 0
10s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 -
Eagle ••• • • • ...... •• • • Gs. 50 0 0 5 0 0 514xd
Eng. & Scot. Law •• •• 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 3
1 European Life •••• -5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20
03 0 0
(
126
Guardian ••-••• • • • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 48 ti
Freer e
.. . n. o its s
.' . ..
. . .
•••• : : : : 5611.. perper cent. 20
Imperial Fire ........C1. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 230
Imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Indemnity Marine •• • 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 31
.. aw Life... ...... ... 11. Ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 3 s
,egal and General Life - 20Stotek. -
50 0 0 2 0 0 6is
:andon Fire •••. • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14N
andon Ship •.••• • • • 101. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15
Marine.. ••• • • ...... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 -
Ved. Invlid&Gen.Life 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
t•Tational Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 -
National Life
I alladium Life ......
Phoenix . U. p. ct. & bs. - - 195
Protector Life.... ... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 245. 6d
Provident Life•• -. . -1/. 55. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23
Rock Life •.• . • ....... 45. 5 0 0 010 0 4%
Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - -
San Fire • • ••.• • - - - - . 210
Ditto Life .... - - 49
Universal Lite -
LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. . Price.
Annum. Share.
i
£ 3. d. £ s. d I
Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 176
Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 , 160
British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 1220
Commercial Bank •• • • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 167
National Bank ...... - 10 0 0 14/.los
Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. - 50 0 0 91
Western Bank .. • ..• • • 6/. per cent. - 50 0 0 8414
North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 7%
Clydesdale Bank ••• . • • 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 131.85
Eastern Bank •• •.•• • • 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 12
Caledonian Bank - 2 10 0 4/. Ils
Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. - 5 0 0 71. 2s
City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 13/. 78
Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 255. 9d
['arcades Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1414
Incur. Co. of Scetlnd Si. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 934
North British Insur..• 5341. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 2754
Caledonian Fire Inaur. 10/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 224,
Edinburgh Life Incur. Cl. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 184
Edin.&4.llasg. Railway 1/.los. per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 7814
Ditto, 14 Shares 75.60. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 1914
Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 18%
Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 7/.percent. 50 0 0 All paid. 6914
Glasgw &Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 16%
illsov &Garnkirk Rail. 5/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39':
Dundee & Arbroth Rail. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. , 37
standard LifeAssernce.l M. per cent. 50 0 0 I 210 0 : 9

MARKET NEWS.-( VESTERDA Y).

C RN-EXCE/LNG E.
The show of English Wheat samples here was again very
small; yet, owing to the extreme rates demanded by the
holders, the amount of business actually passing was trifling.
However, in every instance, Monday's prices were we:l
supported. In free Foreign Wheat the sales were to a fair
extent, and the late advance in the currencies were freely
maintained. Several parcels of inferior bonded Wheat were
taken on Irish account, at high rates. The Barley trade
was firm ; but we can notice no further improvement in value.
Malt was in moderate request, at unusually high rates-87s.
having been paid for fine Chevalier. Oats, Beans, and Peas
supported the late advances; while the top price of Flour
was 655. per 2801bs.

Enlist)
Irish
Foreign

Wheat.
1,130 qrs.

ARRIVALS.
1 Barley,
1,F)60 qr 2.

Oats I,lou,
qn. 11,420 sks,
700

2,600

Ma1t.1.910 qrs.
ViTHITECHAPEZ.
The supplies of each kind of meat being on the increase,
the demand was in a very sluggish state, and prices were
with difficulty supported. Beef, from 24 8d to 3s 8d • Mut-
ton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d; and Pork, is 8d to
4s 10d per 81b, by the carcase.

Another claimant to the Estate and Earldom of
Crawford and Lindsay has appeared in the person of
William Lindsay litrfoot, Esq , 30, Queen .street, Edge-
ware-road ; (the title has lain dormant since 1808):
He claims as a lineal descendant of Sir Alexander Lind-
say, of Dumod, (A. D. 1500, or thereabout,) and im-
mediate steps are about to be taken to bring his claims
before the House of Lords, where he calculates upon
success. In consequence of his predecessors, for five
generations, having been clergymen their records have
been kept with great care and regard for correctness.
A RIOUTEOUS DECISION.—Some time ago., a poor
fugitive escaped from ~Laryland, and, hotly followed by
the pursuer, on his way to safety beneath the broad flag
of England, in Canada, was overtaken and seized in
Vermont. The abolitionists instantly got out a habeas
corpus, and carried all parties before court, to see what
warrant they had to arrest any man in Vermont
who had committed no crime. Three judges were on
the bench, two of them young and energetic, one aged
and feeble, who came to his seat by the habit of
years, but seldom spoke, his eyes being dim and
his strength abated. The counsel spoke—the defence
wished to know why the man was kept in custody.
The lawyer for the slaveholder rose to reply, and
said he should move that the offender was guilty of
a breach of the laws of Maryland State ; he vi as a
slave, and had stolen himself. The other lawyer then
said he should require proof that he was a slave.
The slaveowner then stood up and held forth a docu-
ment ; this, he said, is a bill of sale, made in my favour,
for this man, signed b) his original owner. Then tha
old judge rose to his feet, and with a voice of thunder,
strangely loud for one so old, demanded " who signed it,
Sir ?" " John Williams," replied the astonished owner.
" Take it away ! take it away !" said the old man,,rais-
ing his hands to heaven. "It is not valid, Sir ; it is
falsely signed, Sir ; it is a blasphemous forgery ; none
can sign the bill of sale but God Almighty." The court
Was electrified.; the slaveholder slunk out, and Vermont
awakened like a sleeper, gave twenty thousand abolition
votes at the next election.—Extract of a letter from Troy,
State of New York, Oct. 1845.
GOLDEN RULES IN SHOOTING.—Never take a shot
from) our neighbour, although, should he be a bungler,
be always prepared with a barrel -to give the coup de
grace. Never walk with the muzzle of your gun pointed,
except towards the ground or to the sky. Always un-
lock your weapon in crossing a ditch, or getting through
a fence, or over a gate. After firing one barrel, never
fail to ram down the other, as the charge may have got
loose. Never load one barrel with the other cocked, or
the ramrod down it. In cover shooting, be particularly
careful to ascertain where your companions, beaters, and
dogs are, so as not to mistake them for game. Always un •
load youi gun, or see it done younelf. Keep your powder
or copper caps dry. Never put your hand or arm over
the muzzle of a gun, or lean over it. Never blow into
the barrel of a gun, and always treat it as if it was
loaded ; for no sooner does an accident take place, than
the first exclamation is, " I had no idea it was loaded."
Never take a loaded gun into a house ; I remember
hearing of one of Lord Anglesey's brothers walking
across the hall at Goodwood, with both barrels loaded,
and the cocks down ; in a second, without any ap-
parent reason, both went off, and might have caused
considerable havoc ; fortunately, no one was in the hall
at the time. Be particularly• careful where you
keep your powder, for housemaids and chil-
dren will poke their noses into cupboards and
drawers with lighted candles. Never fire near
a hayrick or any outbuildings. Whenever you
come to a difficult pass, such as a large ditch, stiff
fence, high gate, wall, or very thick covert, take off your
copper caps. In the event of your ram-rod sticking fast
in your gun, do not allow a clod to try to extract it with
his teeth, but, having removed the cap, force the ramrod
by knocking it against a tree. To these I will add two
maxims, the one from Colonel Hawker, the other from

Daniel. The Colonel thus writes :—" Never suffer a
gun at any time to be held in the direction of either man
or beast." And the author of " Field Sports" gives the
following excellent advice :—" In shooting with a
stranger, who perhaps keeps his gun cocked, and muzzle
usually pointed to the left, plead for the right hand sta-
tion, and urge that you cannot hit a bird flying to the
left. With a gamekeeper, take the right hand without
ceremony."—Sporting Magazine.
ANOTH ER SINGING M OUdE.—ln our journal, of
May 4, 1844, we recorded the capture of a singing mouse,
which was exhibited at the Exchange public-house•,
Charlton ; and we have now to record that a simner
lusus nature has been caught at the residence of a
labouring man named Samuelson, living in Stroud lane,
Dover. It appears that the family have for the past
three months heard a chirping behind the fire-place,
which was supposed to be from a cricket. The gude
wife, however, one evening saw a mouse run into a hole,
and at night set up a live trap, and in the morning was
much surprised at hearing a singing noise proceeding
from the trap in which the mouse was caught. It was
than transferred to a more roomy cage, and has since
daily amused numbers who have been to visit this musical
genius, which at times sings very loud, and much like a
bird. The animal is very similar to the common mouse,
except that the tail is much longer, and the head smaller,
with very sharp eyes.—Dover Telegraph.
CHURCH EXTENSION.—The following new churches
are at present in course of erection in various parts of
the country,*under the auspices of her Majesty's Com-
missioners:—Ashton-under-Lyne, 696 seats, 500 free,

founded October 9, 1846; Birstail Wyke, Yorkshire,
704 seats, all free, founded, October 1, 1845; Brighton,
(All Saints,) 1,200 seats, 701, free, founded April 18,
1846; Bury, Lancaster, 832 seats, 365 free, founded

December, 1844; Gateshead, Durham, 588 eats, 284
free; Howard's Town, Glossop, 1,000 seats, 500 free,
founded September 27, 1844; Homerton, 607 seats, all
free, founded September 16, 1845; Hackney, 1,507 seats.
935 free, founded May 15, 1845; King's Cross, Halifax.
596 seats, 364 free, founded May 8, 1845; Keighley,
York, 595 seats, 319 free, founded August, 1845; Pens-
nett, Staffordshire. 936, all free, founded March 27, 1846;
Quarrybank, Staffordshire, 748 seats, all free, founded
October 28, 1845 ; Llangollen, 322 seats, all free,
founded June 24, 1845; Hamilton-terrace, St. John's
Wood, 1,454 seats, 400 free, founded November, 145;

Well-street, St. Marylebone, 1,200 seats, all free,
founded January 13, 1846; Merthyr Tydvil, 1,208 seats,
600 free, founded March 23, 1846; Monkwcarmouth,
Durham, 584 seats, 184 free; East Compton, Oldham,
586 seats, 340 free; Waterhead Mill, Oldham, 300 seat,,
all free, founded March 11, 1846; Walsden, Lancashire,
633 seats, 246 free, founded May 1, 1846; Rowley
Regis, 1,216 seats, 716 free, founded October '24, 1845;
Whitechapel, 1,006 seats, all free, founded Michaelmas,
1845 ; Woolwich, 1,250 seats, 653 free, founded Ma)
7, 1845.
HAPPY IS THE WOOING THAT'S NOT LONG A
DOING.—In a single recent number of the Washington
Intelligencer are paragraphed three marriages. The
first was a couple who had met at Vicksburg, on their
way westward, and as the boat in which they had to
embark was waiting, they were married in the strret,
not to lose the boat. The second couple were mat rigid
in a Newhaven steamer, chancing to agree during the
six hours' passage, and a clergyman being on board.
The third case was rather more romantic. A Spaniard,
just arrived at New Orleans from Rio Grande, went on
board a steamer bound for St. Louis. A German lady,
just landed from a voyage across the Atlantic, and be-
longing to a party of emigrants, chanced to be a pas-
senger in the same boat. On the second day of their
passage to the Mississippi, though they did not under-
stand a word of each other's language, they were married
by a justice of peace, who was on board, having courted
and made the bargain by aid of an interpreter ! To
these examples of notable diligence (all recorded in one
day's paper) may be added one more instance of much
the same spirit, as to making the most of the present
moment. A Texas paper complained, a few days ago,
that a certain candidate for Congress, Judge Baylor, hns
an unfair advantage over his competitor, as he can, and
does, electioneer from the pulpit and bench as well as
from the stump (hustings or platform). He is a clergy-
man as well as a judge and politician.—American paper
LYCEUM THEATRE.—Dickens's Battle of Life has
proved a most successful hit for the treasury of this
theatre, the house being nightly crowded to witness the
performance of it. The new grand Christmas panto-
mime of The Butterfly's Ball increases nightly in
attraction. Miss Olivia Hicks (owing to an accident to
Miss Laidlaw) appsared for the first time on Monday
last, as Columbine ; her dancing was truly admirable—
the gracefulness of which elicited the most rapturous ap-
plause ; and when it is considered that she took the part
without any preparation, she certainly acquitted herself
in a manner that gives promise of a brilliant and suc-
cessful career in the profession she has chosen—a pret-
tier Columbine we have not seen for a verflong time.

Already has the address from his Holiness the Pope
from the Animals' Friend Society, of 18, Strand, been
responded to by the humane Pontiff, in his causing an
edict forbidding all dog fighting at Rome, even among
the English residents ; and having also passed some
other regulations of a like nature. The address, as we
understand, caused a strong sensation on the Continent;
and owing to the exertions of the society, through its
foreign lion. Secretary Dr. Forster, cruelty to animals is
now checked by the police there. The society also, last
week, caused Wm. Shrale to be fined in costs at the
Southwark Court by Mr. Seeker for great cruelty to a
horse.

A GOOD STREAK OF LUCK.—A correspondent
from Havannah writes to our friends of La Patria that
the grand prize of the Royal Lottery—the 100,000 dol-
lars—was drawn by 50 negroes, most of them slaves.
They had joined to buy three whole tickets, and gave one
dollar each for that purpose. One of those tickets was
the number 3,997, and on the morning of the 18th they
found that each of them had won 2,000 dollars. This,
surely, is more than sufficient to buy the slaves freedom,
as their regular value is from 400 dollars to 750 dollars,
and when they have the money and wish to buy their
freedom their masters are obliged to sell them.-IVew
York Evening Express.