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N THURSDAY _?!fIORNINa:, MARCH 11, 1847.
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t i }n, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That
the parties be r•ertnitted to proceed with !heir Bill.
3. That in the case of the Manchester and Southampton
Railway petition, the standing orders ought not to be dis-
pensed with.
4. That in the case of the Waterford Road petition, the
standing orders ought to be dispensed with .—That the par-
ties be perinitt,l to proceed with their Bill, on proving
before the Com.oittee on the Bill that the Notices have been
inserted in the Dablin Gazette sod County Newspaper for
three successive we-ks in the month of December last.

.L..A.W INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCEii Y. March 10.
(Sittings in Lincoln's Inn.)
THE HUNGERFoRD MARKET COMPANY V. THE CHARING

CROSS BRIDGE COMPANY.
This important case, the facts of which have from time
to time appeared in The Stat, came before the Lord
Chancellor this morning, oa au appeal trout the decd ;on of
the Vice-Chancellor, who directed that the differences be-
tween the two companies slit uld be submitted to a jury.
Mr BETHEL ( who, with Mr. Gifford, appeared tor the
Market Company) pitceeded .o address his Lordship iu
support of the appeal. He said be had hoped that
sonic arrangement would have been come to between the
parties. which would have put an eno to legal proceedings,
but unfortunately the conduct of the Bridge Company had
prevented any amiable underatanduig being come to be-
tween them, as the proposal which they had made, and
from which they refused to depart, was of the most
objectionable kind. What they proposed was, that each pas-
senger disembarking at the float, shoulu be under the obliga-
tion to receive Irons the collector of the Bridge Company a
ticket to entitle him to go over the bridge to the market; so
that the, huri.lreds who thus disembarked—and some-
times three hundred disembarked at the same titne—
would only be permitted to have egress by producing this
ticket at the iron gates on the Middh.sex side, so that, in
fact, but one person could pass out at once. Now, this was
a mode of egress which was open to the greatest
objection, as, on long days, half an hour or
three-quarters of an hour might not untrequently elapse from
the time of a passenger leattiug the steam-boat to the time of
his obtainingegress at the gates. Fortunately the Market
Company had the means of showing the utter futility of
such a plan by the affidavit of Mr. Ilawes, the Deputy
Chairman of the Bridge Company. He stated that the
railing off of six feet would be attended with most serious
co-sequences to the great crowds continually embarking amid
disembarking at the float, particularly on Sundays, when
seve -al thousands passed to and fro, and as the number was
increasing, greater iticonvenience c,uld not fail, to be the
result. In afloat he sated that it would be quite impossible
that such an immense numbsr of passengers could pass on
aod off by a passage only six feet wide. It was clear, how-
ever, that the m ditet company had no right to demand
more space, and therehire they must be content with it.
The LORD CHANCELLOR inquired the nature of the pro-
vision which gave the Market Company the right they
claimed.
Mr. BETHEL said a covenant in the lease gave the Market
Company "free and uninterrupted access" over the bridge
to the float. The Bridge Company reserved to themselves
the right of railing off a compartment ut six feet fur this
purpose.
Mr. BOLT, who appeared for the Bridge Company, denied
that the Market Company were to have an " uninterrupted"
right of way.
Mr. BETHEL went on to urge, on the faith of this affidavit,
that it would be quite impossible for the whole of the steam-
boat passengers to pass to and fro in this we, owing to the
obstructions. Not only would the greatest contusion be
created by the toll-gates, as the parties would have to pass
out and in one at a time, but a continual series of squabbles
would be the natural result of the confusion which they
would engender, and in addition would destroy. the value of
the accommodation which the bridge itself professed to afford.
Mr. Hawes stated, that frequently during the summer
Sundays, 10,000 persons passed over the bridge in a few
hours and that a gate which was kept closed during the
week, was obliged to be kept open on those days. They
should, in tact, state that the bridge itself, without the
addition of the steam-boat passengers, was insufficient for
their own passengers. lie went on to state that the width
of the 'midge between the chains was only 13 feet, and that
for some parts it was only 12 feet 2 inches; or that if 6 feet
were taken, little more than 6 feet 2 inches would be left
for the ordinary passage of the bri.,ge ; and that a
person might say he was going to the steam-
' boats, and bs allowed to pass • but there w is nothing to pre-
vent him from going to the Lat. getting a ticket there, and
so being enabled to chest the bridge.
The LORD CHANCELLOR wished to know how persons
passing acres- the bridge to the other side were to be
dealt. with.
Mr. Rosy said they would have to pay at the Lambeth
side, and rice rural.
Mr. BETHEL contended that even that plan would be
most inconvenient, and would enable persons to use the
bridge, and to iacoinmode the steam-boat passengers,
without paying the toll ; and, consequently, without
having any right on die bridge at all. The Learned
Gentleman then read a list of various objections,
which had been made to the offers of the Bridge Company.
It was simply set forth that the mode of access by turnstiles
was not such an one as the Market Company was entitled to,
that the bridge passengers would be pressed upon
the steam-boat passengers, and that great inconve-
nience would be the result, and an evasion of
the toll rendered extremely easy, so much so, that thou-
sands would adopt it, and that therefore the interests
of both companies would be injured ; besides, a con-
tinual squabble would be going on as to whether
the pedestrians had or had not landed from the
iaeam-boats; the place would obtain an unenviable notoriety
and offered an excellent field for pickpockets. The advan-
tage of this bridge consisted not only in its cheapness, but in
the saving of time; but if these turn-tables were placed as
proposed, loss of time to passengers would be the re-
sult, and the advantage of the bridge materially
deteriorated, as to many the logs of five or six minutes was
often of serious consequence. It had been proved that
2,000,000 had landed at the float in one year, four-
fifths of whom landed in the summer months alone; but
what delay would take place if they were compelled to pass off
in" single file." When the cause came first betore his Lordship
the Bridge Company contended that the obligation of distin-
guishing the steam -boat passengers from the public rested
with the Market Company, who stated in reply that every ob-
struction bad been offered to prevent the free ingress and
egress of the passengers. They contended further that they
were not entitled to the full benefit of the covenant, in con-
sequence of not having devised any proper plan by which the
passengers might be distinguished, where,:s the Market Com-
pany contended that the covenant did not impose any such
obligation upon them. The Vice-Chancellor having decided
in the way men, toned, they now came before the Court in
the same condition as on the former occasion, with the ex-
ception of the affidavit of Mr. Hawes, arid that the company
bad consented to remove the hoard they had erected. No
of would be gained by raising the question before a jury,
as the facts were riot in dispute between the portico, as the
right of the Market Company was admitted. It mast be
looked at simply as a question of construction ; besides, the
delay of an action would be a clear obstruction of justice,
because the Market Company had the undoubted right Id
free access over the bridge to the pier without obstruction.
There was no reason why the toll-gates and turnstiles should
not be removed to the first pier, so that the passenger traffic
would not interfere with the bridge traffic, and, what was
most important, would not be impeded. He trusted his
Lordship would decide against the decision of the Vice-
Chancellor, and order the removal of everything preventing
the free ingress and egress of the steam-boat passengers.
Mr. GIFFARD followed briefly on the same side.
Mr. Roar then proceeded to address his Lordship on
behalf of the Bridge Company. He contended, if his
Lordship acceded to the injunction prayed for. that
the toll-gates and turnstiles would, in contravention of
the Act, have to be removed to the pier next the Mid-
dlesex side, and that part of the bridge thrown open to
the whole world, or else the bridge would have to be shorn of
half its dimensions, to the great injury of its legitimate pur-
pose, for a great portion of its length. But the Bridge Com-
pany had always beet, arid were most willing to listen
to any suggestion from the Market Company, by which their
own objects might be promoted without injury to the inte-
rests of the Bridge Company. To throw open the bridge to
the first pier would be utterly destructive of its int, rests;
but, in reply to all the propositions of th t Bridge Company,
they had received a reply, " You can't do that—we claim a
free way of 6 feenor sotneother free access to the float ; but we
shall accept no other term; than these." Toe Acts of both com-
panies simply gave them power to enter into contracts with
each other. This was evident from the fact that they were
not to be permitted to take merchandise over the bridge to
the flat without the permission in writing of the Bridge
Company. The Market Company had no power over the
bridge; it could do nothing in connexion with it without the
sanction of the proprietors. By the lease it was expressly
stipulated that the Bridge Company were to be empowered
to build their toll-houses on the Middlesex side, "south of
the tavern," and they bad done so in pursuance of that right.
The Bridge Company were also to have an uninterrupted right
of way through the market to the bridge; but to say that
the Market Company were to have " uninterrupted and un-
rerricted" way was incorrect, as the toll-houses so erected
could not but be considered to some extent obstructions.
The LORD CHANCELLoR said it clearly appeared by the
lease that a space of six feet was to be appropriated to the
Market Cotnpany, and to be railed off.
Mr. Roar reputed that the company were willing to make
all consistent and suitable provision for the accommodatioo
of the Market Company. Fur instance, they might hay,
an abutmeat of three feet on each site of the bridge; but if
the bridge were opened in the way proposed it would be
almost impossible to distinguish the steam-boat passengers
from the others. Certainly the Bridge Company had never
impugned the right of way without paying toll; but they were
not compelled to remove the hoarding at the stairs until the
Market Company had discontinued the pier now used by them.
They proposed to have three turnstiles, so that the fullest
accommodation might be given the steam-boat passengers,
and if they were dissatisfied with their servants they might
epaulet servants of their own. The turnstiles would not let
a person come back without producing an authority to pass,
so that they could not well use, in that case, the bridge
without paying. The question, he thought, was one which
came within the province of a jury. However, be
trusted his Lordship would riot grant the injunction prayed
for, but leave the company to adopt one of the many plans
that had been proposed for the protection of their mutual
interests.
The Loan CHANCELLOR said the words in the covenant
were perfectly clear—the Market Company had an undoubted
right of way, free of toll, to the pier. He had heard nothing
to lead him to form an opposite conclusion. It was equally
clear that the Bridge Company ha -1 refused to comply with
theconditions of their lease. Nocloubt at the time it was made
the question of distinguishing the passengers did not enter
into their consideration, but that did not alter its meaning.
He felt it his duty, therefore, to grant the injunction as
prayed for,—namely, that the objectionable hoard should be
removed, and that free ingress and egress should be given
by the Bridge Company for the steam-boat pas..
sengers. The removal of the turnstiles was a
question not before him, and therefore he could give no
opinion upon it ; but it appeared to him that both parties
were injuring themselves by these proceedings. No doubt,
if the parties could frame a proper question for the decision
of a jury, no objection might arise as to the adoption of such
a course, but he could not recommend it.

5. That in the case of the -hrewsbury and Birmingham
Railway Act Amendment and Bra.iches petition, the stand-
ing orders ought to be dispensed with:—That the parties
be permitted to proceed with their Bill, with the exception
of that part which enables them to make a Branch from '
Wo!verhampton to Wellenhall.
That the Committees on: the two preceding Bills do exa-
mine, in the first place, how far such orders have been com-
plied with ; and do report the same to the House on the re- '
port of the Bill.
6. That in the case of the South Devon Railway (Exten-
sion and Amendment) petition, the standing:orders ought
to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to
proceed with their Bill.
7. Th:tt in the case of the York and Newcastle Railway
(Main Line Improvement, &e.) petition, the standing
orders ought to be dispensed with :--That the parties be
permitted to proceed with their Bill.
First, second, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh resolutions
agreed to.—Report to lie on the table.

PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
(Room 22, before Mr. Examiner Smrrif.)
MANCHESTER, LONDON, AND BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY.
In this case the Examiner decided that the standing orders
had not been complied with.
There was no other case on the list to-day.

REGISTRY of BIRTHS and DEATHS
DURING THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 6.
I
Deaths registered in the week. Births registered in the week.
Males ... ... ... 526 Males ... ... ... 714
Females ... ... 482 Females ... ... 676

Total ... 1,008

Total ••• 1,390

THE HANOVER JEWELS.
MEMORANDUM OF PROCEEDINGS WITH RESPECT
TO JEWELS CLAIMED BY THE CROWN OF
HANOVER FROM THE BRITISH CROWN.
The claims of the Crown of Hanover are of twofold origin,
and embrace jewels of two classes:-
1 Jewels originally belonging to the electors of Hanover,
and bequeathed to his successors in the electorate by King
George 11. These jewels were brought over from Hanover
to England by order of King George 111. on his accession.
2. Jewels which King George 111. bought of his uncle, the
Duke of Cumberland, for 54,000 L, and gave as a wedding
present to Queen Charlotte, who beqeathed them (in the
events which have happened) to the House of Hanover,
to be settled in the direct line of succession of that House as
established by the laws and constitution of the House of
Hanover.
The jewels of beth classes were claimed by the Crown of
Hanover immediately after the demiee of King William IV.
(which caused the Separation of the Hanoverian from the
British Crown); and they were delivered into the possession
of her Majesty's Lord Chamberlain, with notice that they
were so claimed in the month of July, 1837.
The claim to Queen Charlotte's legacy jewels (Class II.)
was afterwards preferred in an offiei•J shape, in a letter ad-
dressed by Mr. Pemberton to Sir Henry Wheatley, son of
the King's executors, under date the Bth of November, 1837.
And the particulars of both claims were stated officially
to the Secretary of the Lord Chancellor, in a letter dated
4th December, 1837.
The claim to Queen Charlotte's legacy jewels (Class II)
was referred to the Law Officers of the British Crown ; the
claim to the A,cient Hanoverian Jewels (Class being
reserved for dipleinatic correspondence between the Hano-
verian Minkter in this country and her Majesty's Secretary
it State for Foreign heirs.
Vanoue oleections were raised by her Majesty's law officers
to the claim to the legacy jewels, which were answered by
the counsel of the Crown of Hanover; and ultimately, after
two years' correipoedence, it was agreed that, for the purpose
of o:itaining a judicial decision upon the claim, the legacy
jewels should be deemed to be still in the possession of the
executors of King b'illiarn IV., and that the King of Hano-
ver should file a bill in Chancery against the executors and
against her Majesty's Attorney. General, asserting his right
to tee jewel,, and praying the delivery of them, and that the
executors and the Attorney, General should forthwith put in
Vteir answers to the bill, so that the question might be
brought to a speedy decision.
Accordingly, the bill was filed on the 20th August, 1839.
The defendants did not put in their answers till November,
1840; and the cause being at length brought to issue, wit-
nesses were examined on both sides, but the depositions
mained under seal. _ .

This vas the state of the proceedings on the claim to
Queen Charlotte's legacy jewels (Class IL) in the month of
November, 1813.
Io the meanwhile a correspondence has been carried on
between the Hanoverian Minister in this country and the
Secretary for Foreign Affairs in regard to the ancient Hano-
verian jewels (Class I.)
The first official movement upon the claim to the ancient
jewels was a note addressed by Baron Munchausen to Vis-
count Palmerston, under date 18th April, 1839 . • which was
followed by a subsequent note, dated 10th August, 1840,
stating. in compliance with Lord Palmerston's requisition,
the grounds upon which the jewels were claimed by the
Crown of Hanover, and the documents by which the claim
was supported.
To this note of the 10th August, 1840, no answer was re-
turned till the 29th of December, 1842, when it was answered
by Lord Aberdeen. The correspondence was continued
during the year 1843, an injerval of two or three months
being suffered to elapse between every note of the Hano-
verian Minister and the reply to it on the part of her Ma-
jesty's Government.
The result of the correspondence was an agreement on the
part of both the Hanoverian and the British Governments,
that Commissioners should be appointed to inquire into and
determine the quesiien of right with respect to the jewels
claimed from the British Crown by the Crown of Hanover,
including as well the jewels claimed under the will of Queen
Charlotte, as those claimed as being originally Hanoverian,
or as passing to Hanover under the will of King George II.;
and that the commissioners should be Lord Lyndhurst, the
then Lord Chancellor, Lord Langdale. the Master of the
Rolls, and the late Lord Chief Justice Tindal.
The commivion was accordingly issued, dated 18th of
December, 1843, appointing the above-named CoT mission-
ers to hear and determine the premises. and empowering
them, or any two of them, to proceed from time to time in
the execution of the commission, and to report their proceed-
pigs and what they should find and determine therein.

. A
A statement of the claim of the Crown of Hanover to the
ancient klinoverian jewels (Class I.) was delivered to the
Commissioners and to the Treasury solicitor on the 18th of
January, 1844, accompanied with-the documents on which
it rested, and the corre,pontlence which had passed in rela-
tion to it. And a statement of the claim to Queen Char-
lotte's legacy jewels ((}lass II.) was delivered on the 23d of
February, 1844, the advisers of the Crown of Hanover having
waited in vain diningthe interval fur a statement in answer
to their firs. head of claim.

The statement on behalt of the British Crown, in answer
to the two claims of the Hanoverian Crown, was not de-
livered till the 1•lt4 of June, 1844.

The reply to it was delivered on the 9th of July.
The first meeting of the commissioners to hear the claims
was held on the 1 Ali January. 1845; and the meetings were
continued at long intervals till the 28th June, 1845, when
the arguments on both sides were concluded.

No judgment has yet been given ; and-by the death of the
late Chief Justice Tindall, which happened in July, 1846,
the commission has been annulled.
In the same month in which the late Chief Justice died,
the Hanoverian Minister made tbe following proposal to her
‘lnjesty's Government :—" Although in point of law, Lord
Lyndhurst and the Master of the Itr,lls, as the two surviving
commissio,ters, may not, under the striet terms of the com-
mission, be enabled to report, is proposed that, by the
consent of the respective Governments, the surviving com-
missioners shall determine and report in like manlier, and
tnat their report shall be as binding in all respects as if the
late Lord Chief Justice were still alive; and that all neces-
sary authorities shall be given to the surviving commission
ers for that purple."
To this proposal no answer was returned. But on the 18th
of Decem'mr, 1846, Viscount Palmerston transmitted
to Count Kielmansegge a statement. which his Lordship had
obtained from Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Langdale, and which
he treated as decisive against the claim of the Crown of Ha-
nover to Queen Charlotte's legacy jewels; and he proposed
that the King of Hanover should withdraw his claim to any
jewels as having passed under the will of Queen Charlotte,
,till leaving open his other claim to any portion of the jewels
in dispute.
In answer to Lord Palmerston's proposal, Count Kielrnan-
segge, by letters dated January 7, 1847. referred his Lordship
to the offer which t2ount Kielmansegge had made in July,
1846, and expressed the readiness of his Government still to
abide by it, and to acquiesce in any determination which the
two surviving commissioners might deliberately come to
upon the whole case referred to them ; but he declined to be
bound by an informal expression of opinion, which but par-
tially touched even that part of the case which Lord Palmer.
ston considered it to decide, and left the rest of the case alto-
gether undecided and uncertain.
Thus tbe matter reas at present, and Count Kielmansegge
has in vain urged Lord Palmerstone to reply.
March, 1847.

FOREIGN CORN.—The arrivals of corn from the
continent of Europe, during -the last three or four days,
which are doubtless much less in number than would be the
case were it not fur the prevalence of a strong north-
easterly wind, have comprised an unusually large number
from the ports of Denmark and the Hanoverian dominions,
which, in addition to those mentioned in our journal of
Monday, as having taken place from Holland and the neigh-
bouring states, in the absence of arrivals from the usual
countries of supply, assume a degree of considerable im-
portance at the present time.
NOTTINGHAM :MARCH FAIR.--This large annual
fair commenced on Monday last, under favourable auspices,
the weather being tine and mild. There was rather a large
show of cattle of all descriptions, which readily exchanged
harms at the prices maintained for several weeks past. The
supply of cheese was less than an average, and prices ranged
front 625. to 685.; inferior quality from 455. to 50s. per cwt.
Trade is still flat, but, if anything, a shade better.
MURDEROUS ATTACK BY A CONVICT AT PORTS-
MouTH.—On Friday morning, at six o'clock, as the convicts
were employed in slowing away their hammocks, one of the
prig ,ners, a oung man about 20 years of age, who is under-
g>ing sentence of transportation for 15 years, two of which
nave expired, made a desperate attack on Mr. Meatyard, the
chief mate, kv striking him over the head with a broomstick,
to which a piece of chain was attached, felling him to the
deck by the second blow ; and there appears to be no doubt
that the villain would have accomplished the murder of his
victim, if one of the keepers, named Duncanron, at whom
the prisoner also threw the broomstick, had not run to the
chief mate's assistance. So serious are the injuries inflicted
on Mr. Meatyard. that he continued insensible for four hours,
and now lies-in a dangerous state. This atrocious attack
has been communicated to Mr. Capper, of the Home Office,
and the culprit will, of course, be dealt with as he de-
serves._ Ile has only one arm. We understand that his
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VICE-CHANCERY COURT, March 10.
(Before the VICE•CIIANCEI.LOR of ENGLAND.)
TILE PUOVRIETORS or THZ PATEWs JOURNAL V. NEWTON

AbID orates.
Mr. Stuart, Q.C., and Mr. Renshaw, appeared for the
plaintiffs; and Mr. J. Parker and Mr. Eldertou, for the de
fendants.
This was a suit for an injunction to restrain the defendants
from publishing the drawings and the tranlation ofan article on
the protection for passengers by railway from injury. The plain-
t iffetated that the document was originally written in French,
and for the use of the members of the C.iamber of Deputies
in France only. The proprietors of the Patents Journal had
caused a translation of this document to be made, together
with illustrations, in the way of engravings, from drawings.
These had been copied by the defendants, and the question
arose as to whether any public documents were in-
titled to copyright ; as, if they were not, there
was no ground for suing for the injunction now
sought. There was also a ground of defeuce, inasmuch
as there had not been time to make a suffici,nt
reply. On the part of the plaintiffs, it was contended that
.uffieient notice had been given of their proceeding, and tl 114
the defendant ought consequently to have been ready.
Mr. Renshaw, on behalf of the plaintiffs, further contended,
that although it was allowed that no copyright could subsist
in public documents, which were meant for the use of all the
members of the state, yet that, according to the decision of
Lord Eldon in several cases, there was a copyright in an
original translation.
Time was given for reply.

end, if you hat -e any questions to puS to the witness, put
then properly.
Prisener—l s ey it is all false.
James Ely, a :share and intelligent lad, deposel that he
MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. was in the sere ice of Mr. Jeffery, of Tinntry. On Sunday,
Mary Brian was indicted for steeling tour chairs and see "7- the Ist of Notes ether last, he obtained p rntiseion from his
ral other articles, the property of Wm. Bright, master to go at d see his mother. He came beck about a
The prisoner formed an intimacy with the prosecutor, •marter past six , t'clock, and on going along the close he saw,
with a quantity of furniture, and sae he thought, a beast getting up from under a thorn bush,
twhhet3i,sereisnitdeeldi e ri
,si u iii,pelri e:(ltti
but on going ..g ainer," he saw it was a man. The man
Ir:either's) house. Eventually the
prisoner removed to (oiler lodgings in Drury-laea and there watkeel on the fast er. Seeing that he Os it ness) was observ-
er who the man was. Where lie came up
they both sold a portion of the furniture; but some disagree- ive him, eee mete celled out and told eim to stop. At the
meat arising between the m, the prosecutor gave her in '
_laid his hand on his right shoulder and
charge fur robbery, on account of tour of the chairs she had ttsoiamidwe.iht,n,eLevatali?d,tnh.woethrokr;
sold. r:enoare von going?"
Police-constable 25 F had charge of the case, and in giving Mr. Je ,eice PArrasow—Cart you tell me who the man
his evidence hesitated, and was unable to answer any of the was? V eitness--" Yes, the prisoner, Jams Brunt." Wit-
questions put to him by the Jude. He seemed to
nogg, poi ming to his master's house, replied that he was
have forgotten every word the prisoner said by way
the goinis I
want.' tl :ere. The prisoner then said, " You are just the lad
of explanation when taken into custody, or when tue " Witness rejoined, "Oh, am I ? Then I think you
charge was entered by the inspector at the station-house,
von't hi ire me, though." Prisoner instantly pulled a knife
although he detailed all the conversation before the magic- :mt. of le 's seat pocket, and struck him on tie bat and head,
trate by whom she was committed for trial. d then pulled it back again. He gave him another job on
and then a , and the hat fell off. While this was going The 'Assiereer-J epee said he should like to know how it
for-
was that this p ,liceinan could remember every word telling thea 0 .ie• prisoner exclaimed, "The people at the farm-
ee,d not give me anything; have you got any
agaiest the prisoner, while he could not remember one word Iwour .t'
•
which told in her favour. Ni) poison was more ready than
he was to give the police every protection, but such a fact 1 -as slie
money in eeur pocket?" Witness replied, " No; if I had a
der N w
h I would give it to you." Ile then said he would
refpenne e
deserved severe comment. He threw him up by the heels on the
itness.
The jtoy at once acquitted the prisoner, and 'murder
ana got his hands on his throat. Witness saw him
The LEARNED JUDO said he should not allow the police- el'o"n - • • f his knife,
when in that position reaching out or which was
man in this ca,e his expenses.
stuck in his (witness's) hat at some distance, but it was too
Ann Shand Halris, a very elegant and lady-like female
far cff, and he
could not obtain it without getting T up. hey
in her manners and ale-Rater:cc, was indicted for stealing a
got up together,
when the prisoner caught hold of the knife
coat, the property of Cnarles Vandergucht.
i and passed it round witness's throat. He marked his throat
It appeared that the prosecutor lodged with the priaoners r • chin 'th the
the wink sharp point of the knife. Witness
who kept a board aed lodging-bons: in Bentinck-street, under .
dike, butwhether he • el - •
made his escape over a jump "d tit er it
Marylebone, and, according to the prosecutor's statement, . ldnot tell. He tl prisoner stretch tt ••
or not he con
site pawned his coat, without his knowledge, for ss. hand to lay hold of his "smock." Witness never stopped
The prisoner said the p••osecutor owed tier at the time thet .
coat wee pawl ei 4/. 18s. for board and lodging ; and in re-Murder until he got home, when
and out "" 1
running . crying
1 he told his master of what bad occurred. They went out
ply to her ht ark ! wledged that he owed her IL 103. I together in search of the prisoner, but could not find him.
The jury n tarn i a verdict of uilty.
When on the pound he recollected having Ids halide on the
She was next i 'dieted for stealing a china plate, half a , er% face, but did not know whether or not lie had
fing
er gla-ses, and other articles, the property of Pe ;sellcited him. lie seine observed slits in his hat, and also
Miss Elizabeth Clew -
er. sera, ,
• in November last took the house in Ben-ne prisoner
felt shee In the ba . p
His face was scratched. The constable, Thomas
tinck-street, furnished, from the prosecutrix, at a rent of next day. .
took •ofland frock. possession witness's let
170 guineas aes ear. and • used it as a board and lodging- Copperihweute.
stifled by the prisoner—W hen did you see me?
house. From information the protsecutrix received, inquiry 9r"ss-ex3'.
was made at two pawnbrokers in the neighbourh .oe, Witness—l sae' Pt' e
first o • n the Sunday morning. soon after
when it was ascertained that the above articles, which nine o'clock. Y•'° feet „
d to me,"Good
and then went ' •
morning • and I said
formed part of the furniture of the house, had been pledged. to you, "Good moelefee
6again,
T b•V? ".
The prig lilt.
• denied that she had pawned the articles Mr. Thomas Jefleies, farmer,
of um e, ems, sworn, stated
hers‘lf. They were part of the furniture used by a lodger that the last witness, e
came home between six and seven
'clock nhe ni slit of Sunday, the Ist of November, crying
who pawned them, then appealed to tier mercy, and in a " ,
short time afterwards left her, owing her 211. She begged nut , Murder! and ei-
"l' d ,cribell the manner in which lie" 1 had ia
They teetit out in search of the assailant,
been assaulted. ,
the Learned Assistant Judge to read the agreement en but. could not find bins. a etey found, however, the boy's hat
feted into between her and Miss Chewer.
bundle. When he cam" in he wee bleeding profusely
The Learned Judge real the document, which stipulated '!
fromnd head. The skin of the head was divided half an
that the prisoner should deliver up the house and furniture inch
the. liNv. .
at first thought the boy
at the end of a year in the same condition in which she re- inchwide in two p aces. h
e 1 trn esti •
-vas. Could. not sweary
,path. more iejured than really .
ceived them, either paying for, or causing to be made, suchene
positively that he had ever seen the pm. rbegging,
repairs or restorations as were necessary.
;
The prisoner—l am innocent of it atil. if ever I get
The prisoner in both cases was undefended,
and Mr. Payne, .
clear of it, 1 will go to the Queen
and make you (witness)
with the assent of several of his learned brethren beside him,
said he would undertake the prisoner's defence, and address pay for it.
apprehended theprisoner, and
Thomas Copperthwaite
the jury. The Learned Gentleman ascribed the prosecution
took the knife he now produced from his possession. The
as having been got up in revenge, on account of rent being
wound on the boy's head seemed to have been produced
unpaid, and which she was prevented from paying, because
ms by such an instrument. The risoner, when apprehended,
she ceuld not get the money wheel was due to her by those - • • P •
had a small scratch on his face. Witness also produced the
whom she boarded and lodged. He wonld wish again to ask
prosecutor's hat. It presented two cuts, effected by some
Mr. Vandergucht how much rent he owed the prisoner at the
sharp instrument.
time his coat was pawned? The prisoner—That man has got money to come and swear
Mr. Vandergucht replied that what he stated was, that he
anything. He has got a sovereign and a shilling. I saw it.
now owed her 305., but when the coat was pawned the debt
I am as innocent as a bob • unborn
might amount to about 6/. He was one of her lodgers; heft . 3 •
This was the case for the prosecution.
owing her a good deal of money. he time for you
Mr. Justice Parrasox—Now, prisoner, is t
Mr. PAYNE contended there was ro evidence of stealieg
to say anything in your defence, if you choose .
established against the prisoner, because she had not put it
This prisoner—l don't know the boy;
out of her power to get the property back, against the time
me to be sworn.
her contract required her to give it up again to the prose-
eh.. Justice Parrissox—No, I cant allow you to be sworn,
cutrix. , e but von may say anything you like.
The ASSIsTANT-JUDGE, in addressing the jury said, with
The •
respect to the previeus conviction, he should respite judgment
whole
affair;
repeated that he was
until next sessions as there were circumstances connected l,rair; he knew nothing of theh, prosecutor.
th
Justice PATTESON here inquired. • w
said it
prisoner
with the case into which lie should wish to make further in- i e
got his living? when the witness Addison said it was by
quiry. The question for them to consider was, whether the .
begging.
property was pledged with the intention of stealing it.
The gaoler of Louth prison, in answer to questions from
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, when the Learned
pose that the risoner wags emetimes not in a
the judee, de d•
Judge said in this case, he would also respite the judgment ~ Itt fandwhen in his tid
aeoia sa e o mind,
to the next sessions. very viceent.
-- Mr. Cellison, the Clerk of the Arraigns, observed that one
o• the jurymen knew the prisoner, and could speak to the
state of his mind.
Mr. Justice Perrasom—Well, I see no reason why a jury-
man should not give his evidence upon such a question.
Mr. Dean, a tradesman of Louth (one of the jury), then
depesed, that he had known the prisoner for many years, and
thee he was generally considered by the inhabitants not to
possess his proper reason. Sometimes he was known to eat
putrid matter which fell from the butchers' shambles. In his
opinion, at times, he did not know right from wrong; the
present was the first time he had ever known him guilty of
an act of violence.
Mr. Justice Pesrwesox, in summing up the case to the
jury, observed that the charge aeainst the prisoner was, ac-
cording to the evidence adduced, for stabbing with an intent
to commit murder, or do some bodily harm. It was one
or the other of these; the other counts in the indictment
ought not, therefore, to be taken at all into their considera-
tion. The jury would then have to consider whether at the
time he committed the offence the prisoner was possessed of
his proper reason—not whether or not, when he committed
the assault he knew the murder was contrary to the law of
God and man. If they believed that tie did not, then they
would acquit him on the ground of insanity; if they be-
lieved that he did, then they would find him guilty of stab-
bing with the intent to murder or do some grievous bodily
harm.
The jury Acquitted the prisoner on the ground of insanity,
and he was ordered to be detained to await her Majesty's
pleasure.
The Court this morning was occupied with the trial of
two cases, one an attempt to commit a nameless offence, in
which the prisoner was convicted and sentenced to twelve
months' imprisonment and hard labour; the other a charge
of a rape against an Irishman named William Daley. There
was a second count, charging the prisoner with the assault
with intent to commit. The jury had not returned a verdict
when our parcel left.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron PARKE.)
MELVILLE AND ANOTHER V. CHRISTIE AND ANOTHER.
This was an action upon the case.
Mr. Humfrey, Q.C., and Mr. Waddington appeared as
counsel for the plaintiffs; Mr. Whitehurst, QC.,forthe
fendants.
The action was brought to recover the sum of 2701, being
the value of a vessel called the Ino, under the following
circumstances :—The plaintiffs represent at Boston a branch
of the National and Provincial Bank of England. The de-
fendants were the official and trade assignees of a person of
the name of Carroll. The amount in dispute was admitted.
Tne question, whether the plaintiffs were entitled to recover,
depended upon two points • first, was an act of bankruptcy
committed by Carroll on the 2d of January? and, if so, se-
condly, had the bank notice of that act of bankruptcy before
the transfer of the Ino to them? The negativing those
questions would establish the pleintiffee rights. It appeared
Carroll was a person interested in certain vessels and cargoes,
and, among others, in a vessel called the Inc, and its cargo,
consisting of from 25 to 30 tons of carrots. Carroll lodged
in the house of a widow named Harrison, and there appeared
to be no doubt that being in difficulties in December, and
having a bill becoming due on the 2d of January, that he
quitted Boston for Sheffield by coach on the morning of that
day, the object of his going, as was now alleged, being to ex-
pedite the sale of the cargo of the Ino, in order to enable
him to meet and satisfy his pecuniary engagements At
the time Carroll quitted Boston he did not discharge his
lodgings which he held as a weekly tenant, but contented
himself by saying to Mrs. Harrison, " that he was going into
Yorkshire, and might be absent a week, a fortnight, or a
month;" but it also appeared that the day after he quitted
Boston he wrote from Sheffield to a friend of his, of the name of
Green, stating where he was, and giving his address at " The
Lincolnshire Potato Warehouse, Sheffield." It seems that ru-
mours had been afloat that Carroll had left Boston to delay, if not
defeat, his creditors; and upon that rumour coming to the
knowledge of the bank, steps were taken to seize the Ino.
Upon this becoming known to Green, the friend of Carroll,
he wrote to the latter, who, thereupon came to Boston, and
ultimately got the vessel released upon payment of 30/. down,
and agreeing to pay 71 or 8/. per month, or more if lie could.
until the claim of the bank was satisfied. In the meanwhile
a conveyance of the Ino having been made to the bank as a
collateral security, a flat in bankruptcy was issued out
against Carroll by the holder of a dishonoured bill, and the
present defendants were appointed assignees. By their
direction the Ino was sold, and the proceeds formed the sub-
ject of contention on the present occasion. There was evi-
.lence that he had been denied by young Harrison, who re-
fused to give his address to one of the crede ors ; and in reply
to a letter written to Carroll by Harrison, mentioning what
he had done, and asking whether he had done right, the
answer of Carroll was, that he had done quite right. Ulti-
mately the questions submitted to the jury were, the two
already mentioned; namely, had Carroll committed an act
of bankruptcy? and, if so, was it brought under the notice
of the trustees of the bank before the transfer of the Ino took
place?
The jury answered both questions in the affirmative, and
consequently a verdict passed for the defendants.

There were some other cases, but this was UK' only one of
:11.• public importance.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
OXP 0110 GIRL: I I:—Uxfiwd, March 9.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Sergeant GAZZLEE.)
Aden HoVeld was indicted for having, in company with two
other persons, entered iuto a wood belonging to the Duke W
Marlborough, tor the purpose of poaching. It was proved
that two of the pi isoner's accomplices were seen in the
wood, and that the prisoner was seen a few yards outside it,
acting in concert with them.
The prisoner was undefended.
Mr. Co•KE, who appeared for the prosecution, cited some
decisions to show that it was not necessary under the statute
that all the three men should have been bodily in the wood,
and asked his Lordship, who expressed an ntention to rule
otherwise, at least to reserve the point for the fifteen judges,
as there were conflicting decisions upon it.
His Lottustur said, however, as he had no doubt whatever
on the point, he would not reserve it; and then told the
jury that he was of opinion that all the three men must
have been bodily present in the wood, in order to satisfy the
statute, which was a highly penal one, and therefore should
not be strained against the prisoner.
The jury thereupon Acquitted the prisoner.

NORFOLK GIRGUI I.—Aylesbury, March 9.
This circuit commenced yesterday, the commission for the
county of Bucks having been opened at three o'clock by the
Chief Baron of the Exchequer. His Lordship was met out-
side this town by the elegant cortege of the Baron Meyer
Amschel de Rothschild, by whom tne office of high sheriff
has been entered upon with a degree of magnificence com-
mensurate with the dignity of the law and the welt-known
liberality of the occupier, and unprecedented in these parts.
This county, which has been characterised at agricultural
meetings as one which was '6from end to end pre-eminently
Conservative," liae hitherto earned that title in one sense by
the niggardly manner in which the shrievalty has been dis•
charged by its squires, and it has been reserved to the Baron
de Bethschild to rescue his adopted county from this oppro
Mimi!. It is said that the present assizes will be signalised
by a series of magnifici•nt entertainments, to which the bar,
as well as the magistracy and clergy of the county, have been
in cited, a circumstance which has only once before occurred
within our recollection on this circuit, when the office of high
sheritl for Norfolk was lilted by Sir James Flower, some years
since.
a special jury. His ianigbythe day by an uniutere,ting
The Civil Court was opened this morning, at ten o'clock,
by Mr. Justice Coleridge, there being aa entry of seven
Lord-
shipt:a causes, ews,asennemoinf
action of ejectment, wherein the title to a certain "sterile
dell" was in issue.
issy. iccchu
pi si tdo rd turri
On the Crown side the calendar is lighter in quality than
that which this county generally furnishes at the spring
,sizes; but it contains the names of nearly 70 prisoners; of
these there ate upwards of 50 charged with ordinary
larcenies, one with arson, two with cutting and wounding,
three with burglary, tine like number with manslaughter,
two with horse-steating, four with night poaching, two with
sheep-stealing, and two with felonious assaults.
CROWN UOURT.—( Before the CHIEF Ratios.)
The proceedings of the day in the criminal court were
not of a very interesting description. •
Ile following may be
selected as a fair sample.
James Jackernan, aged 48, and Thomas Blake, aged 24,
were respectively indicted for stealing and receiving two
sacks and a quantity of peas and beans, mixed, on the lat
of January last.
Mr. Wells appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Prender-
gast defended the prisoners.
The prosecutor is an eAtensive farmer, living on the bor-
ders of Oxfordshire, and occupying a farm in this county,
where, during the last season, he grew a large quantity of
peas and beaus in one field. On the Ist of January last orders
were given to the bailiff to send off 24 sacks of these articles
to Oxford market, and they were accordingly loaded in a
waggon one night. The farm being remote from the high
road, the waggon and its contents were left standing in the
road opposite the barn, the intention being to start at three
in the morning. At that hour the carter discovered
that two of the sacks had been abstracted, and a vigorous
search was instituted after the lost property. In the course
of M indav, the 4th, tte house of Jackernan, the village con-
stable, was searched. but nothing was found in it, though a
new sack, marked with the Froseeutor's name and containing
two peas corresponding in quality and character with those
in question, was discovered l.)itig on the top of au oven which
was outside the house and exposed to public view. Soon
after this r•uspicion fell on the prisoner; fur the house of one
Sawyer being sear cheti, arri the missing quantity of peas and
beans being found, and shown to have been there carried by
Blake, it was ascertained that he had fully admitted his
guilty partiiip,tion in the transaction, concerning which be
gave a long account.
His Loabsitir having left the case to the jury, they ac-
quitted Jacket nan, but convicatal Blake.
Sentence deferred.

MI DLAII.D CI lit U 1 l.—Lincoln, March 9.
CROWN COURT.—( Before Mr. Justice PArrEsox.)
Yesterday, Samuel Kinder and Thomas Frudd were
charged with being armed in the night of the 30th of
October last, at Fillingthun, in this c.ninty, and, together
with other persons, entering certain lands in the occupation
of William Glover, for the purpose of taking game.
Mr. Wildman conducted the prosecution, and Mr. W. H.
Adams defended the prisoners.
The circumstances of the case were fully detailed in The
Sun. at the period when they occurred. It appeared that
tour persons, of whom the prisoners were two, were met
by a keeper on the estate of Mr. Dalton, of
Fillingham-
hall, and, on the watcher asking them their business, one
of them struck at hint with the butt end of a gun. The
consequence was that the piece exploded, the contents en-
tered the body' of the assailant (the muzzle of the gun being
presented in the direction of his belly), and he died on the
pt. A coroner's inquest was held upon the body of :he
deceased, and the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental
death." The two prisoners were apprehended, but the third
man escaped.
-',The charge to-day was proved by the evidence already
ebblished, and
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
Sentence deferred.
CHARGE OF ArrEMFT TO "WADER.
James Brunt, who was represented to he a common beggar,
but who had the appearance, when placed in the box, of
being a working mechanic, was indicted for stabbing James
Ely, with intent to murder him. There were other counts,
charging the prisoner •%ith cutting with an intention to maim,
to disable, or to do some grievous b,dily harm.
Mr. WiLnmaN, without any opening observations, pro-
ceded to call witnesses in suppori of this prosecution. The
prisoner was undefended.
Betsy Jeffery deposed that she was the daughter of
Thomas Jeffery, a farmer, residing at Tumby, near Horn-
castle. She saw the prisoner coming to the door of her
father's house some day in the month of October last. He
asked for alms, but she refused to give him anything, be-
cause, as she stated to him, he came so very often. The
prisoner replied, "I hop.: Almighty Goa will set a curse
unon the house," and added, " I will serve you out before I
have done."
11y the prix •oor—Had seen him at the door often, but she
would not say 100 times.
By Mr. Jusi t'ArrEsos—The time of which she spoke
was a few day a before tile boy Ely was injured. It might be
10 days before.
Susan Addison being sworn, stated that she had known'
the prisoner for many years. On Sund-ty. the let of Novem-
ber, she saw him about a mile and a half from Mr. Jeffery's
house, going in that direction. Witness said to him,
"Jemmy," but lie would not speak She cAltinued " Wnat !
not speak, Jemmy, to au old n,ighb,,ur ?" lie s,til re
maimed silent, but took something oat of his coat pocket and
r3ss",l on. This was about half-past four o'clock on the
Sunday afternoon.
Prisoner—That is false. I was in bed at the time. ("1 he
prisoner spike in a wild and heated manner.)
Mr. J us. ice PArri,soN—Prismer, von stand there charged
1 with a (Tittle which, atlttcts your lite. -Pray be calm and quiet,

WESTERN ClRCUlT—Salisbury, March S.
NISI PRIUS COURT.

Mr. Justice Williams, having disposed of all the civil
cases, took prisoners.
Anna Maria Sampson was indicted for stealing, on the 9th
of January, silver teaspoons and other property belonging to
Ism New. her master.

Mr. Slade conducted the case for the prosecution.
From the evidence these very extraordinary facts were
elicited :—Mr. and Mrs. New, with their three ail4ren, lived
in Castle-street, Salisbury, and the prisoner had lived
two years and a half with them, during some part of that
time as their only servant. She had been considered trust-
worthy. Ott the evening of the 30th of December. Mr. and
Mrs. New were from home. On their return in the evening
they fOund they could not open the door with the latch-key,
as "ley had been in the habit of doing. Having tried to
Open the door, they heard an upstairs window open, and in
a short time the prisoner opened the door. She was in
considerable alarm, and she then told them a most extraor-
dinary. story. She said that about ten o'clock she had heard
the front door open very gently, she went into the passage
and she saw a man there who had on worsted slippers; he
asked tier it her master was at home? She replied that he
was, but was engaged. He then walked into the parlour,
and she followed him. He then pulled out a pistol, and
threatened to blow her brains out if she did not tell him
where the plate was. She said " You wouldn't do that,"
and retiring before him towards the fire-place, a thought
occurred to her about the bell, and she said, " My master is
engaged with two gentlemen up stairs, I will ring the bell."
The man then struck her with a bunch of keys on her head,
and immediately retreated. The next day Mr. and Mrs.
New were again out, but Mrs. New was spending the even-
ing in the neighbourhood, when a most extraordinary kind of
letter was brought to her, and which was in the prisoner's
handwriting; it was to this effect:—
"Mv dear Madain,—l was in the nursery about utie belltrnine
o'clock, grating up the bread for the here.
ring gentle; I we:it to the door, and thereote, an
walsdhtl aeisaekmed me to
an who
came last night. He said he had a note,
give it to my master. I did not take it. I have written this
that Mr Falford may speak to Mr. Blake about it, as I am
certain he was the sante man. He
The man went one way and the boy hl another.tremble d a boy
so with hin
much la ma fra
eyaonu'tviiii write be hardlytt better.—Tour able
u rt oubreeta this.iden t

" MARY."
This letter, of course, i,ccasioned MrP. New considerable ap-
prehension ; she return( d home immediately, and the pri-
soner gave her the same account as she had given in the
letter. Not only Mr. and 111. rs. New, but almost all the in-
habitanis o i
f the towit became in great alarm: for the ace .unt
given by the girl spread all over the city. The servant I
lived two rears and a halt with IMr and Mrs. New, and
therefore not the s!igh..est suspicion was created as to her !
veracity. Nothing further, however. took pl ice till the 9th
ofJanuary, when ahaut two o'clock in the nurning Nlr. and
Mrs New were ;woke by ,1 great nose owside the
door, and they heard the prisoner crying put, "There's a man '

n the house—there's a man in the house." Mr. New opined
his dour, am! tinind the prisoner standing there with a inebt
in her hand. She said, " There's a man in the 'sense, he has
Just run down stairs;" she then said, n Sir, look here,
he has done this ;" and Mr. New dun saw a carvieg-knife
apparently sticking in her body. Mr. New'e first act was to
take the knife out, which turned out only to have been in
her dress, for no blood came, and she complained of no pain.
Mr. New then went down stairs, and the girl followed him.
He found the front deer was sate. The parlour th or, which
had been locked the night Beth. e, was open. They eent into
the parlour; there was a bundle ot things on the table. A
cupboard in the parlour had been broken open, and three
silver teaspoons and other things had been taken away. He
then went into the passage, and on the passage floor he found
a pair of silver sugar tongs. The passage-door, against
which a chair had been placed the previous evening, was
wide open, and the chair had been put back against the wall.
The back door was open. The prisoner minted out. to him
that the upper bolt had been withdrawn, and she suggested
that it must have been done by a man putting his arm
through a hole at the top of the door, which was left open
at night as a kind of air-hole to the larder. The staple of
the lower bolt had been drawn out, but the wood there was
so rotten that a child might have done it. Mr. New then
went to the nursery, and saw a missionary-lsox on the table,
which had
.been broken, and the money taken away. He
then went into a pantry that was in the nursery, and the
prisoner then-said to him that the knives we. e gone. There
were not any knives there there About this time Mrs.
New went to the study window and gave an alarm. The
police came, and Mr. New opened the :boor and let them in,
together with one or teen other persoes They made a search
in the house and in the back garden, but could not find any
one, nor could they see any marks to lead them to
suppose that any one had got over the wall. Upon
examining the bundle which was found on the parlour
table, they discovered many things belooging to Mr. and
Mrs. New; still no suspicion was entertained of the pri-
soner. About noon, however, Mr. Hill. who was the attor-
ney for the prosecution, asked the prisoner to show him
wfiet had occurred in the night, and she took him to the
d ffe.rent rooms, and to the back door, and p..in-ed 'eat
where the party must have put in his hand to have undone
the bolt ehe also took him to the bottom of the garden,
and showed bins the spot where she said the thief had got
over the wall. Mr. Hill narrowly looked at the wall, but
could not discover any marks whatever. He then went
into the ho se with the prisoner; they went into the pantry
and the nursery. She took from the shelf a lot of knives,
and said that bundle had been retied and left in the parlour.
Mr. Hill asked her if she was certain the carver had been in
the bundle; she said she was, because she had put it. in the
bundle herself. He asked her how the parlour door had been
opened, and she said some one had said that it had been
opened with a key; that she had locked it herself the night
before, and had taken the key up into her own room. She
said the only doors that had been brokers open were the back
door and the cupboard door. Mr. Hill said none of the doors
of which she had [the keys had been forced; and she said
they had not. In about half-an-hour after this, Mr. Hill
chirged her with having concocted all the proceedings of the
night with the intention of robbing her roaster. She said,
" Oh, don't say so," He said the things had been found in
her box. She sal I she would not believe it until she had
seen them, and if there were any things in her box they must
have been put there to injure her character; or, if she lied
done it herself, it must hare been when she did not know
what she was doing. The inspector of police' asked the pri-
soner to show him her boxes. She pointed out one in her
room that was open, and in it he found some books and a
work-cane. He told her she was charged with stealing a
great variety of articles. She said she had not stolen them.
She then went up a step or two, put her hand up to a beam,
and produced the throe silver spoons. Mrs. New identified
the different articles,
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS having summed up,
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and
The prisoner was sentenced to one year's imprisonment
with hard labour.

NORTHERN cmcrur—York, March 8.
Saturday being the commission day, the business at these
assizes commenced this morning, when Mr. Baron Rolfe pre-
sided in the Crown Court, and Mr. Baron Alderson at
Nisi Prins.

The criminal calendar, which is less heavy than some others
of late, contains the names of seventy-nine persons, and these
are charged as follows :—With stealing from the person, 19;
•
burglary, 9; robbery with violence, 4; stabbing or wound-
ing, 6; rape, 2; attempting ;rape and robbery, 3 ; stealing
from a dwelling-house, ; manslaughter, 3; sending a
threatening letter, 1 ; housebreaking, I ; embezzlement, 1 ;
horse-stealing, 1; sheep-stealing, 1 ; forgery, 1 ; robbing a
shop, 1 ; larceny, 3; attempting rape, 1; concealing the
birth of a child, I ; bigamy, 1 ; riot, 9.
Their Lordships took their seats at the usual time for the
first day of the assizes, soon after twelve o'clock. Nothing
of public interest occurred on the civil side, the whole after-
noon being occupied in trying two causes, one in which the
question was as to the right to goods seized under a distress,
and the other an ejectment.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron R.LFE.)
William Fisher was indicted for having, on the 12th of
March, 1844, along with others, broken and entered the shop
or warehouse of Isaac Beaumont, at the parish of Gildersham,
near Leeds, and stolen therein a large quantity of prints,
merinos, cloths, silk handkerchiefs, &c.
Mr. Blanchard and Mr. Pickering appeared for the prose-
cution, and Mr. Overend for the defence.
The indictment, charging the prisoner with this offence,
was one upon which several other men, concerned in the
same transaction, have been already tried. Their trial took
place in July. 1844, and they were convicted upon evidence
similar to that now adduced against Fisher. He having
escaped, from fear of detection, soon after the burglary, was
not committed until January last.

It appeared, from the evidence of Mr. Beaumont and his
wife, that at the time of the offence they kept a shop,
dealing in groce•ies and drapery, in Gildersham. Their
shop, and a warehouse connected with it, were broken
into on the night of Wednesday, the 12th of March, and
the goods above-mentioned taken away. The robbery was
discovered at an early hour hour the next morning by a
witness passing by on going to his work, who perceived a
ladder put up against a window, the shop door open, and
one of the sacks employed by the robbers lying at the shop
door-

Sarah Hudson, wife of Joseph Hudson, one of the men
transported in 1844, proved the circumstance of her husband,
his brother James, the prisoner, and others, assembling to-
gether at the house of Jo,aph, at Westgate-conimon, near
Leeds, and settling upon the mode of proceeding, to effect the
robbery. They had all started off at ni4ht, carrying sacks
in which to put their booty. Two oft Item only, her husbartd
and the prisoner, returned the next morning at an early
hour, bringing a large portion of what they had obtained at
Beaumont's. The prisoner, who also lived at Westgate-
common, escaped, taking his wife with him, and leaving be-
hind them four children. the youngest but a year and a half
old. The wife had, before her departure, taken some of the
stolen property, in a box, to deposit with a female neighbour,
to whom she reported herself ac setting off for Sheffield, her
husband having, as she represented, been "paying her,"
(giving her a beating).
The prisoner was convicted.
His Lonostur, after remarking upon the seriousness of the
crime, and the daring with which it had been perpetrated,
sentenced him to be transported for 20 years.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
o:causal,: or FORGERY. Charles Brown, a plumber, in
very respectable business in the City, was brought before
the Lord Mayor, in the custody of Michael Haydon (City
policeman No. 274), charged with having forged a bill of
exchange fur 228/. 15s.
Mr. Bush, the solicitor to the Committee of Bankers for
Protection against Forgeries and Frauds, appeared for the
prosecutor, and Mr. Hobler for the defence.
William Henry Williams, clerk at Glyn's banking-house,
stated that a bill for 2281. 155., dated the 2d November,
drawn by the prisoner, upon Messrs. Moses awl Son, of Ald-
gate, and purportipg to be accepted by him, and to be in-
dorsed by the prisoner to Mr. W. P. Gray, was received at
the banking-house, from Mr. Gray, who was a customer there.
Mr. Gray, lead merchant, Cammomile-street, stated that
he was in the habit of supplying lead to plumbers, and that
he had known the prisoner thirteen or fourteen years, and
had frequently had business transactions with him. Witness
received the bill produced from the prisoner to take up
another bill, which the in isouer intimated that he could not
honour, and which had been drawn by witness upon him.
Witness thought the prisoner said he had some difficulty in
settling with Messrs. Moses and Son, in consequence of their
refusal to mix their trade account with their building ac-
count. On the day the bill became due witness received a
letter from the prisoner, stating that it was a forgery, and
that another bill which would become due in a month was
also a forgery, but that the estate c-uld pay twenty shillings
in the pound, and that witness should not sustain any loss.
In his cross-examination by Mr. nobler, Mr. Gray said
he knew the prisoner to be engaged for Mr. Moses, and he
considered tilt bill to be in paynkut of part of the work done
for the latter.
Mr. Hobler—You have done a good deal of business with
him? Mr. Gray—Yes; or he would not owe me 640/.
Mr. Isaac Moses stated that his tat her having retired from
business, he carried it on at the premises at Aldgate and the
Mim rivs alone lie had known the prisoner many years,
and had paid hint, for the last t ansaction they had had,
with a cheque upon Robarts and Cu., as was his custom;
and never on any occasion had givea him a bill of exchange.
He b,lieved the body of the hill to be in the prisoner's hand-
writing, and had the same opinion as to the letter directed
to Mr. Gray.
Mr. Bush having stated that another forgery would on
a future day be produced,
The LORD MAYOR remanded the prisoner till Nednesday
next.

7-- Francis .3PReilly was charged with having embezzled
considerable sums of money, the property of Mr. R. D. Rea,
of Upper Thames-street, merchant.
Mr. Child, of the firm of Wive and Child, attended for
the prosecution; and Mr. Clarkson, the banister, and Mr.
J. Solomon, appeared for the prisoner.
William Sanderson, chee,emonger, of Hackney-road, said,
lam in the habit of dealing with Mr. Rea. I owed hini on
the 17th March, 1815, 25/. 14e. 6d., and on that day 1 paid
the prisoner that sum, and took his receipt, and on the Bth
July I paid him a further sum of 401., and took his receipt.
Mr. Charles Lickfold, cheesemongers, Islington, al-o a
customer of Mr. Rea, said, on the 28th of August, 1845, 1
paid the prisoner 200/. on account of Mr. Rea, and the pri
toner signed the acknowledgment I produce.
A clerk and book-keeper to Mr. Rea said the prisoner was
collector in the house, and it was his duty to account for
all sums of money he received every evening or the following.
morning to the cashier, to be entered in the cash book, but
no such entries were made respecting the sums of 25/ 145.6 d.
and 401. ; but on the ',9th of August, 1845, credit was given
by the prisoner, in his handwriting for 115/.
It was proved t! at the prisoner had not at all accounted
for the 25/. 14s. 6i4. or the 40/., or the difference between the
1151. and the 2001. received by Mr. Lickfold.
William Rea, in his cross-examinutiou by Mr. Clarkson,
said the prisoner left my employment at the end of 1545. I
believed he was a defaulter when he left me. I repeatedly
pressed him for his private account, not fur these deficiencies.
In June last I received 121., but not directly from him ; other
circumstances induced me to take these steps, and if it had
not been for these circumstances, I should not hare acted.
The sum for which he has been a defaulter is 2921. 93. 7d.
Mr. Clarkson—Have not these defalcations been placed to
his debt ? Mr. flea—They have been mixed together b• my
y
clerk, not by me.
Mr. Clarkson—lf he had offered you the money since 1846,
wowd you not have taken it ? Mr Rea— I would.
In his re-examination, Mr. Rea said he had m: de the pri-
s,rl:•r 4,lvanceS to supply his necessaries, and sued him for
those advances.
Mr Clarkson submitted that there was no ground for de-
taining the pris,ner in custody. lle ado.itted that the pri-
soner bad received the several sumo, but how had Mr. Rea,
upon the kn..wledge that the prisoner had so received the
noyiev, ? Why, he had allowed the accused to go at
large, and treated the deficiency as a mere debt. It
e
“ would
be idle to send such a case to a jury. It would never_ler b
en-
dured that a person should say to his servant, It
nee in le,sgoor,
and pay me when you can, but if you don't pHs
16 mouths, I'll prosecute you as a felon." The case_ was evi-
dently got up to operate as a•screw, to compel the payment
ti what was, upon show,,,, 01 tue . 11111.1tP,
ill); upon the part of the prisoner.

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MARRIED. by the °l.:
On the 9th inst., at St. 'Michael's Church, Coventry. - ... o01 •
1
Collisson, Mr. Frederick Byers, of Devonport, to Mary Ja''''
daughter of Francis Hart, Esq., of Stwichall Villa, CoventrY.
DIED. , setlef
On the 24th Feb., at Florence, Edmund Lomax, Esq, o'
I'ark, in the Cot.nty of Surrey. rooy,
On the morning of the 9th inst., Allan Eliza Isepha Clo
daughter of the late Captain Allan Cameron, Bengal Horse Ar
On the 28th ult., at Exmouth, Anne Itornby, aged 87. , n iriOr
0,1 the 4th inst., at Brighton, the Rev. George Henry G.)r--,
of Ilenhafn, Essex, aged :,1. )t al .
On the 6th inst., at bliddleton House, Sussex, Vice-Adraa
Tomlinson, aged 83.
On the 7th inst., at the Royal Hospital, Greenwich; Philip Carts
Le Geyt, Esq., aged 68
On the 7th lust., in Alexander. square, Brompton, Abigail,
On
Robert. Bradley, Esq.
On the Stli inst., Christopher Graham, Esq., of Herne-hil.. too
On the Ist inst., at Southampton, Frances, widow of ThcanaS ."
demon Rudd, Esq. • .etott.
on te 3d inst., at Averhm Rectoy, Notts, Henry John D
Req., lahte Captain in the 7tha (Queen'sr Own) llussars, nod 32'ite0ri
On the 4th inst., at Ilainilton-terraee, St. John's -Wood. "-•
an, Esq., aged 63.
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