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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, JTTNE 7. IAI7.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, June 5
noßsoN V. LYALL.

The arguments in this appeal trom a decision of the
Vice-Chancellor of England occupied the Lord Chan-
cellor the whole morning. The qu«•stion in the case re-
lates to a bottouary bond on a vessel c,dled the Tam o'
Shanter, and possesses no interest except toAtho parties
concerned.

COURT OF QUEEX.S BENCH, June 5.
(Sittings in Banco.)
THE QUEEN V. ORIMSHAW.
This case, which related to the appointment of the coroner
of Wigan, came before the Court for argument. A quo war-
rant() had been issued, calling upon the defendant to show
by what authority he exercised the office of coroner of the
borough. A person named Rogerson had been elected, hut
he had been deposed by a resolution of those who had elected
him, and the defendant had been appointed in his stead ;
but, as he considered himself legally coroner, as he was en-
titled to hold it for life, unless he was guilty of any impro-
priety which would justify his removal, both had, there-
fore, acted as coroner for the borough for some years—in fact,
they were rival coroners, and interfered materially with
what each considered his d uties and fees. The case was
tried, and a special verdict was given raising several issues,
with which it now became the province of the Court to deal.
Mr. MARTIN, Q.C., now contended, at some length, that
Rogerson had been duly elected, and that he could not be
removed from the office save for misconduct, and that Grim-
shaw had no right to exercise the office, as the meeting at
which he was elected was not legally called.
Mr. WATSON, on the other hand, argued that the parties
who appointed Rogerson were not entitled to do so, and that
therefore he was an usurper, and that Grimshaw, having
been duly elected, was entitled to act as coroner of the
borough. The act of Geo. 111. referred simply to the elec-
tion of the officers of the borough ; it did not say that a
coroner was one of those officers; he was, therefore, an inde-
pendent officer, amenable, it was true, to the council for his
condnct, but wholly independent in his functions. Quarterly
meetings might be held without giving the notice which was
requisite for special and other meetings. Mr. Grimshaw
was elected at an adjourned quarterly meeting, which, he
contended, was perfectly legal, and that no notice was re-
quired.

Lord DENMAN said the most important business might be
transacted at one of these adjourned meetings, and surely it
was too much to say that no notice was to be given of it.
Mr. MARTIN replied, and
The COURT deferred its decision.
The Court rose at two o'clock, in order that their Lord-
ships might attend in the Exchequer Chamber.

COURT OF COMMON,PLEAS, June 4.
(Sittings in Banco.—Trinity Term.)
IN THE MATTER OF THOMAS KINNING.
Binning,
brought PASIILEY moved, this morning, that Thomas Kinning,
brought up out of custody on a writ of habeas corpus, ob-
tained yesterday, be forthwith discharged. The prisoner
had been committed to custody for the non-payment of an
instalment of a debt owing by him, and which he was or-
dered to pay off by instalments, after hearing the statement
of his circumstances, by one of the judges of the County
Courts. The Bth and 9th Victoria, chap. 127, sec. I, gives
power to the judge to commit a debtor to prison for not
more than forty days fur any fraud, or concealment of his
ability to pay, and for non-payment of such instalments of
the debt as, after hearing the case, the judge may deem him
to be capable of paying. In the applicant's case he failed to
pay an instalment of his debt thus ordered to be paid ; and
*--- on proof of this, to the satisfaction of the judge ex parte by
C the creditor, the applicant was committed to gaol. The
- u.-
Learned Counsel now raed several technical objections to
6,:, the sufficiency of the warrant of commitment; and a 1,,) 7" urged as the chief ground why the prisoner should be dis-
ca:i charged, that before any such commitment, on default of
3_B
I paying an instalment, the prisoner was entitled to he heard,
11 because the punishment to be awarded was discretio
inary the
t 1
statute enacting ~
that it should not be "more than forty
days," and he might be able to show a sufficient reason to the
o 3 Judge to excuse the default or to mitigate the punishment.
.2.1 This was the chief argument relied on, and it is not nt_ces-
sary, the judgment being founded on this, to notice the other
.27 ob j.ct IOnS.
Mr. PETERSDORFF, on behalf of the creditor or a party
interested, contended that this was not a penal enactment.
333 but a power given to the creditor, suspended on the perform-
-339 stirs .1 the c-ndition of payment. It gave the creditor a
33 limited ca. sa. against the debtor. Au arrest of a debtor on
139
131 an ex parte statement was not unusual. Au arrest o,i mesue
.41 process was always• on ex parte statemen. ; for notice to the
37 debtor would defeat the whole of j: of the c:cditor in m .k-
-03 ing the application to a judge for the wart ant. So notice here
00 to the debtor might have the same effect.. He might auseond
14 and avoid the arrest.
75 H Toe LORD CHIEP JUSTICE said, the Court had lo..ked very
.97 anxiously at the question which had arisen on this part of
,09 the statute, it having come before another Court, which had
• not been able to come to a satisfactory conclusion upon i',
. the very Learned Judges of that Court differing as to the
" construction of the statute. The Court thought that this
al return was not sufficient, and that the defendant was en-
-7t3
titled to be discharged by reason of the insufficiency of the
warrant under which he was taken into custody. This sta-
,O6 tute was to a considerable extent penal, because it gave a
e 4 power of imprisonment not by way of satistactit.n of the debt.
If a party was taken upon a capias ad satisfaciendum the im-
prisonment suffered under that writ was a satisfaction of the
debt; but here it was simply used apparently by way
of punishment or coercion, and the party was sub-
jected to an imprisonment which was to vary accord-
ing to the circumstances of his particular case. It
appeared by the section in question that, if a party
wished to enforce payment of his debt, he was to apply-
to some one of the Courts for an order on his debtor.
The debtor was to be summoned, and an inquiry was
to take place on certain matters. One of those matters
was the debtor's means of payment, and the judge was to
exercise a discretion as to the time for the payment of the
debt, which was to be regulated by the means of the debtor
to pay ; and the judge had the power of imprisonment for
the concealment of those means or for failure of pay-
ment ; but that was not a satisfaction of the debt, it was
a punishment. If a judge found that a debtor had the
means to pay and would not pay, the judge had the
power of committing him. It was obvious that it was
material at all times to know when the debtor had the
means of payment. The general purview of the Act seemed
to be this, that it was inhuman to send a man to prison for
non-payment of his debt when he had not the means of pay-
ing it, reserving power to punish him for fraudulently with-
holding the debt if he had the means of paying it. A judge
was to inquire into the then circumstances of the party,
and as to his future probable means of paying the debt.
It was only on the presumption that he had not the
(
present means of payment that the judge would be
authorised to grant time for payment. Then if time was
granted in reference to the debtor's means of payment, and
it appeared that payment was not made according to the
order of the judge, the judge had a power of commit-
ment not exceeding forty days. What was to be the
foundation of the judgment to be formed with regard to
the time for which the debtor was to be committed ?
Could it be doubted that the debtor's means of payment
must be one of the essential points of the inquiry? And
if it was, could the judge by possibility make an effectual
inquiry into a person's means of payment unless he heard
the debtor, who might be the only person to know his
means ? Many circumstances might exist, either of
bodily misfortune or of loss, which his creditor might
have no means of knowing. As the period of commitment
was discretionary, it pre-supposed such an inquiry to re-
gulate" the discretion, and common justice seemed to re-
quire that a party should be heard before being sent to gaol.
When, therefore, the Act distinctly pointed to an inquiry of
some kind, as it must be taken to do when it made the
period of imprisonment discretionary, it seemed on general
principles that the parties should be heard. The Caurt
thought that the safest rule of construction was, that a
debtor should have notice before he was committed. 1
The 'Court found the statute based- altogether on the
principle that the debtor should not be imprisoned who had
not the means of payment. He thought, therefore, that the
warrant was defective, and that the prisoner was entitled to
his discharge.
Their Lordships severally gave judgments concurring with
that of the Lord Chief Justice.
The prisoner was, therefore, ordered to be discharged.

COURT OF BA.NKRUPTCY, June 5.
(Before Mr. Commissioner GouLucitx.)
IN RE DENMAN.
This bankrupt, who is a sculptor, &c., in the Quadrant,
came up to pass his last examination.
Mr. Lewis appeared on behalf of the assignee, and
also for the bankrupt.
An application was made on behalf of the representa-
tives of the late Mr. Flaxman, the eminent sculptor, to
whom the bankrupt was related, for the delivery up of cer-
tain models which had been in the bankrupt's possession
for twenty years. It was submitted that his Honour
could make an order to that effect.
His HONOUR said he had no power to make any order
except by consent, and be had power then under the
19th sec., 7 and 8 Vic., c. 111, an Act where it might be
least expected, being an Act for winding up the affairs
of joint-stock companies. He did not even see how
the Court of Review could make an order until they
bad had the issue tried as to whom the property be-
longed.
Mr. FOLLETT, the official assignee, said that the ques-
tion was, whether the property was not at the dis-
position of the bankrupt at the time of his bankruptcy.
It was then proposed that the models should be valued
by the broker of the Court, and given up to the claimants,
on depositing the value pending the inquiry.
His HoNoun said he did not consider the broker of ,
this Court competent exactly to appreciate the works of
Flaxman, they had better agree on a price.
Mr. FOLLETT named 1301, wbich it was agreed should
be paid in, and the right to the property be left by con-
sent to the decision of the Subdivision Court.
The insolvent was allowed to pass on his accounts.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARYLEBONE.

COMMITTAL OF MARY ANNE HUNT FOR THE MURDER
or MARY STOWELL.—On Saturday Mary Anne Hunt was
brought up for final examination at the Marylebone
police court, and placed at the bar, before Mr. Rawlin-
son, the sitting magistrate. The court and the avenues
thereto were crowded in every part. When placed at
the bar the prisoner appeared much paler than when
first examined on Wednesday last. During the whole of
the proceedings the placidity of her countenance was i
remarkably apparent ; she betrayed no emotion what-
ever, except in one portion of the evidence, which had
reference to the coagulated blood found near the body,
when a slight quivering of her lips was perceptible, and
tears stood in and ran down from her ayes.
Mr. Phillips, the clerk, read over tho evidence taken
on Wednesday last, and added portions to the evidence
i‘f Mr. Moat, the surgeon, and that of the policeman,
Battersby, who produced four letters which he had found
in the prisoner's reticule at the station-house. One was
from her brother, in which he had inclosed her a Post-
m r .
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Litt iNqsuoe,ii. t .
oftßeurwdehr
whole
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given a . of the evidence was a repetition of that
thing t.‘",
and might be used eithetr
went she mi
say, at the conclusion,
At its •
tof make would be taken down,
asked the prisoner if she had any-
or against, her at her trial.
ght
think time telling her that any state..
fie was about to sendthlaietroartzrNorgate, and he thought
it right to inform her
a verdict of Wilful Murder against her.
had returned
I
The prisoner said, " 1 shall nut s an ,-
then fiilly committed to Nevigacyt..ellsfs7antrlaali
only this:, that I did not do it; I ant noti guilty now,
andSb:
as4s.atsaken from the bar to one of the
half-past two o'clock was conveyed in the Government I
van to Newgate
The prisoner it appears is an illegitimate daughter of
a gentleman who formerly resided at Havant, in Ramp-

shire, and who-left a considerable deal of property to a
brother. She rived with Lady P..rsons, at Brighton,
for Eve years, with much credit to herself; and after-
wards went to Colonel Wyndham's, Connaught-place,
where she conducted hers,lf well, and was looked upon
as a very feeling and humane person. She has been
subject to fits, and it is suppose/ that she has not been in
full possession of her reasoning faculties.
Inspector Tedman has also asn,rtained that twelve
months ago she lived as servant with Mrs. Richardson,
liarley-stret t, and winle there was accused of stealing
ten sovtr,,igns ; but she ptotestr-d the knew Hotting
about the rob,),ry, and it afterwards transpired that she
was innocent.

THE MURDER AT BRISTOL.
Ine inquiry into the causes of the death of the untoi-
turste wontin, Sarah Skinner, took place on Thursday
everntig before Mr. Grindon, the city caroner.
James Irwin, the brother of the deceased, depaae't
that the di ceased, together with her husband and two
children, occupied an upper room in the house, No. 4,
Limekiln-lane, which was the only apartment they had,
the accused being a mechanic. At about haif-pa•t seven
o'clock on the evening of Tuesday deponent called in
upon them to see his sister, who was at home; her hus-
band was lying down undressed in bed, and complati c d
of not being well The witness recommended him to
take some castor-oil, and the wife set herself about pre
paring some tea for her husband. They were both of
them perfectly sober. While witness was sitting down
he noticed that the handle of a small sweeping or hearth
brush was broken, and asked how it came so, and the
prisoner replied, "I broke it on Sally (meaning his
wife) yesterday beating her," and she then complained
of bruises. Witness replied that it was a shame for a hus-
band and wile to be quarrelling and disagreeing, and that
if he were married, rather than he would be beating his
wire, he would separate from her, if he went to
the furthest part of the earth. The husband replied
that was what she wanted, and the deceased said, " No,
indeed, it is not," and that she had no wish to leave him
after having been for several years married. Witness
then said, he was sorry that he had beaten her, for it
never belonged to one of her family to be ill conducted.
The husband replied, that witness knew nothing about
it, and ordered him out of the room. Witness said he
would go, and got up to do so, but his sister caught hold
of him, and would not let him go, exclaiming, that if he
left, her husband would murder her. The prisoner then
lumped out of bed, undressed as he was, and struck at
her ; a sort of scuffle ensued, in which they all three fell
on the bed, and he (witness) endeavoured to hold the
husband, to prevent his beating her. He, however, got
away, and ran to a shelf, and seized an ivory-handled
table knife, with which he ran at either witness or the
deceased, he could not say which, and drove witness out
of the room down two or three of the stairs. The pri-
soner then returned to the room, and almost immediately-
witness heard a crash, but supposed it to be the break-
age of some cups and saucers, and went down arairs,
when the first thing that met his view was his sister
lying on the pavement of the street in a dying state.
When witness left the rocm the window was closed.
W. Watkins, a coach painter, was the next witness
called, and stated, that having left his work at about a
quarter la lure eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, he was
passing down Liniekiln-lane, when on coming near the
house No. 4, he noticed the body of a woman falling,
and looking up to see whence she tell, he saw the third
window up from the street in the art of being cleat d,
rlthotteh he could nut see who it was that was ciosingit
lie ran to the un!'ortunate woman, who was c-Yeri d with
blood, and iifteo her up. She was in a dying state, and
was carried into the !tense, .wtere she very shun ly died.
A poliee-cot.stalle deposed that he v as not. on duty at
the time of the' ccJrrence, but was standing at the door
of the house in wnioh he resided, arid which wa, not
more than thirty yards from the housa in querion.
Hearing a crash, he: ran into the sire, t, and saw the
p woman dashed on the pavement. He rin to her.
and assisted her into the house, and sent for hits ticai
assistant:.; but before ray could arrive th,-, wetnan .as
dean. She was perfectly insensible, and never spoke.
the ti returned to bis house, and having put 4.t.
his uniform coat, and got his staff, not b mg away min (-
than two winute, went up-stairs into the roan occupied
by the e, asted and her husband. The prisoner was in
the roam, and the two little children; he was lying on the
bed undressed. Witness asked him if he knew what
hail occurred, and he said he did not. Witness then
asked him if he knew his wife had fallen out of the
window, to which the prisoner rellied that she had
thrown herselr out, and that he had just seen her heir
outside the window as she was falling. Ile then asked
witness what had become of tier? aid upon being ati-
swered that she was lying dead in the kitchen, he looked
up in the policeman's face and smiled, but said nothing.
Witness then examined the room, and on looking at the
window found it shut and buttoned on the inside. The
bottom of the window was about a font from the floor of
the room. The window itself contained nine panes of
glass, and was about a yard square; it shut with hinges
on the one side like a door, and there was a wooden
button to fasten it. This button was fastened. One pane
of glass was broken, which appeared to have been
broken from the inside, as there was no broken glass
about the room. He then took the prisoner into custody.
Mr. lletling, surgeon, deposed that he had made an
examination of the body; the viscera were healthy, there
were no signs of recent intoxication. There were some
bruises on the left arm and one on the leg. The fourth
left rib was broken, and the skull was most extensively
fractured from the front to the base, extending down
through the eye and the nose. The injury to the brain
caused by these fractures was no doubt the cause of ,
death.

The Coroner then summed up, and the jury delibe-
rated for a lengthened period, when it was understood
that 12 were for a verdict of wilful murder, and three
against. The inquiry was then adjourned till to day,
when two additional witnesses were produced, one of
whom, a woman, deposed to her having seen a man's
arm in his shirt sleeves closing the window as the woman
was falling.

The jury then returned a verdict of " Wilful Mur
der," and the prisoner was committed accordingly.

MURDER AT KIDDERMINSTER.
KIDDERMINSTER, THDRSDAT.—The inquest on the
body of Phillpotts was re-opened last evening, before
Mr. R. Docker, at the Town-hall. ,The excitement con-
tinued as great as on the previous day.
It will be seen from the following report that a num-
ber of witnesses were examined, and in consequence of
the reluctance of one of them to appear, the Coroner
issued a summons for his appearance.
Tho evidence of Cornelius Thomas, painter, was first
taken. This witness was in the street at the time the
affray took place. After some quarrelling and fighting
he saw Lloyd , take refuge in the house of Lockley, and
saw Phillpotts and Dept strike each other in :he door-
way, immediately on which Phillpotts rushed back into
the street Covered with blood.rhe witness corroberated
several portions of the evidence given by the witnesses
en Tuesday evening. He was the party who first saw
the knife in the back kitchen. When he picked it up he
did not notice that it was bloody, the light being bad.
It was a two-bladed knite. The witness on being exa-
mined by the attorney fur the prisoner, and by the jury,
still he did not see any person strike l'hillpotts. Any
one might have done so without his (witness's) observ-
ing it.
The next witness, Joseph Hill, fruiterer, saw the
whole of Ob• transaction from beginning to end. lie
deposed that on his return homeward from a club- waA
he encountered a body of nearly 20 people on Lion-hill.
Thy were quarrelling, and witness, it app-ars, did his
best to restore peace among them. Two of the Kidder
aftercae
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nt
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house,pole
and Lloyd and Loekley retired to the house of the
latter, as already stated in the evidence of other wit-
nesses. Lloyd aid Mrs. Lockley stood at the door, anti
Phillpotts coming to the footpath before L, yekley's door, a
called to Lloyd to " come out," and he would have
round or two at him." To this Lloyd made answer—
"lf you'll come here, I will show you the way to Brum-
magem." Some of Phillpotts's friends then incited him
to "go at Lloyd," upon which Phillpotts rushed at
Lloyd to strike him, and Lloyd and I'hillpetts struck
at each other in the doorway. As soon as they had
struck at each other, Phillpotts turned back into the
street, and cried in a deep voice, "Oh, dear," and
then a cry was raised that his throat had been cut.
The witness was holding Lockley in a chair to pre-
vent him fighting with Pardoe, but hearing this he
got up, and running into the street, saw the blood
spouting from a wound in Phillpott's throat nearly a
yard in front of him. The deceased fell to the ground
shortly after he ran from Lockley's house, and was
picked up by a young man, who held him in a sitting
posture on the ground. He appeared almost insensible,
and witness sent for a surgeon, and fetched Phillpotts's
brother's wife. The deceased was then gasping, and
died shortly afterwards. The witness then detailed the
circumstances of the finding of the knife, as already de-
posed to by the witness Thomas. On the knife being
found Mrs. Lockley declared that it belonged to Lloyd,
but Lloyd denied it. Mrs. Lockley's hand was slightly
cut; and the
,inspector of police having asked her how it
happened, she replied that she did not know, but sup-
posed she must have received it in the scuffle when Lloyd
turned from the door. The several parties were then
questioned by the police, and the prisoner Lloyd was
taken off to the police-station.
Police-inspector Peters, on being called to the spot,
about two o'clock on Sunday morning, found the de.
ceased in a dying state, with his clothes saturated with
blood, which had flowed upon the ground in consider-
able quantities. Having looked to the deceased, he
entered Lockley's house and searched it with Inspector
Merrefield. The knife already spoken of was produced
by the witness Thomas, and witness asked Lloyd if it
belonged to him. He replied in the negative, but Mrs.
Lockley declared that it did, and said that she had bor-
rowed it of him frequently. On looking at the knife by
the light of a candle, witness found marks of blood upon
the handle and blade. Witness told Lloyd that, believing
he was the guilty party, he should take him to the sta-
tion-house, which he did. When at the station-house
he examined the prisoner very minutely, and found
three spots of blood on the back of his right hand, and
a stain of blood on his waistcoat. The blood on his
hands was quite dry, and two of the spots were as large
as a fourpenny piece. The prisoner said he did not know
how he got the blood upon him. There were marks of
blood on Lockley's front door.
Mr. Bradley, surgeon, of Kidderminster, deposed to
the nature of the wound in the deceased's throat. The
wound was a clean cot wound, nearly three inches long
by two deep, and upwards of an inch wide. The external
carotid arbery was completely severed, as were also the
external jugular vein and four other arteres and veins
in the neck. The bade on examination was in a III?"
hi;alacyleetdheybau;oltnaliition, but quite drained of blood in all its
parts. There could be no doubt that death had been
caused by the wound in the neck, which was sufficient to
Inspector
pientetrhsrmeeio.mhtinhuatevse.
inTfliheete(ki itihifee
uo:
ries of which the deceased died.' The knife is sharp, and.

must have been used with considerab:e force by the
'Arty by wh;n the wound was inflicted.
Oth,-r witnesses were at hind, but the jury said it was
unnecessuri to call them. as they were quite satisfied.
The CORONER then addressed the jury on this bhuck-
lug case, and pointed out the distinction bt twcen the
crimes of murd4 r and manslaughter. lie also read o%er
the whole ,if the evidence, and

Th. jury having retired for a few minutes, returned a
verdict of •• Manslaughter" against Lloyd, who, accord
ingly, stands conitnittt'd for trial at the Worcester as-
size, to be held next month.

THE MURDER IN MAIIYI.EBONE.
INQUEST ON THE BODY.
On Friday, at six o'clock, a 1.13,,5L respectable jury
was ernpeturr bed before Mr. Nlills, &puts- coronsr fo•
the we:ate n division of Middlesex, at the Carpenters'
Arms. Arlariestreet West, Bryansion iq ,tire, to iweeso-
gate the circumstances connected with the death of Mary
,toieil, the abed w, roan alleged to have been warder: u
by a woman named Mary Ann Hunt, on the night 0:
Tuesday last.
The
viewed the body, which lay in the
back kitcr)he.nk tving
of the house, No. 40, Adam. street West,
the evidence a as en,ered into.
Charles Bartersby, police-constable 124 D, was first
sworn. He said, on the morning of Wednesday last, I
found the deceased dead in the back kitchen of the house.
No. 40, Adam-street West, at about a quarter-past tilt
o'clock. About a quarter-past four on the same morn-
ing, I was passing through Adam-street West, and saw
a woman, named Mary Ann Hunt, put her head outside
the street door of Nu. 40. She hail her bonnet on, and
the moment she saw me she drew her head back and
closed the door. I thought this looked suspicious, and
I concealed myself. About a quarter before five the same
woman came out with two bundles ; but seeing. me she
threw the bundles in again, and then went in and shut the
door. Shortly after the door was opened, and I gut
my hand in, and forced it open. I then saw Mary Ann
sHt:emnstai
i
or
h the passage,ed
oand I could
go up and see if I liked. went up a few stairs, and
said "I suppose it is no use telling you a lie." I said
" No, nor a thousand, unless I see the old lady." She
sSeh she
livedsaiwtiu'd Yes."
said "Do these bundles belong
to
She with an old lady, have tried to avoid the police.
stairs n'l said she was not an honest
woman,
you?"an
then said she lodged with the old lady in the front
kitchen. I went down stairs with her, and she said, "It
is no use knocking, she is as deaf as a stone." I went
into the area, and on looking through the window, saw
the room was quite empty. I said, " This is the second
lie you have told me, when are we to come to the truth?
As we passed back towards the back kitchen door, m 3
shoulder touched it, and she then said, "You have come
to the truth now, but don't say I did it, for I haven't
seen her since last night." The woman Hunt had a reti-
cule on her arm, and sne took a pound's worth of silver
from it, and said she would give it me if I would let her
go. I said, " I was suspicious before, but I am confi-
dent now that something is wrong." I then took her up
to the person who lived in the shop, and she identified
the woman as living with the deceased in the bask
kitchen. I then took her down stairs again, and aftei
knocking at the door without effect, I went into the
yard to look in at the window, and whilst I was doing
so the accused endeavoured to escape by means of s
water-pipe on to the wall, but I prevented her. She
tnen aske i to go into the closet, arid I allowed her, but
as she tried to shut the door, I looked in, and found he:
trying to strangle her-elf. I then took her up, and
eavine- given her into easterly of another constrt'ile, i
went cdown stairs rind got into the hack kitchen h.
awaits Of the wileiove. I then discovered the b,dv ref
'tie decease d !vine with her head under the grate, with
the rope I now produce tied tightly six tuna retina tir
neck. I found a great deal of bloo,l on my hands, are
then saw her lace was ts awed with filo:A. It appear, rk
t.,1 M., from the th.ceaspd's hands being up, that ,h
had struggled vt ry much. Her cap was by her sid.
Saw the at -rks of a severe blew tin the left jaw, appit-
reroly inflctert with a poker or some sueh instrument.
if, r hair was completely saturared with blood. Ar,
lie discovery. I ran up stairs. and having sent the
weinen Hunt to the station-house, I sent for Mr. Aloat.
a surgeon, who came in a few minutes. The ;Jerson wh
'Nemeth ted the act must hate got out of the kitchen wit
'low as the door was locked, and • I fhund the key undee
set eredy. There was no money in the room, but I have
two watches, a brooch, ring, and other trinkets, which I
fund in deceits, d's p-ickets, and her oaughrer has iden
Afied them as the deceased's property. On examinit,
he woman hunt at the station I found that the.grer
she had on at the time I took her into custody wa
ovvi ed with blood. It wag stained on the left arm tr
the extent of thr.-e or four inches There were
several spots of blood on the breast and front of the
gown. Her hands were clean, and there was an appeal'
mice as if she had attempted to wash some of the blocs!
from the Nrist of the gown.
The witness here produced the poker, which was
covered with blood and hair, as also the clothes of the
accused, for examination by the coroner and jury.
Susannah Ni'bett examined—l reside at No. 40.
Adam-street West. I last saw the deceased aliie abut
three o'clock on the afternoon of Tuesday. I was then
in the yard, and deceased was on the kitchen stairs.
She then appeared as usual. The woman Mary Ann
Hunt lived with the deceased, and was, I believe, a ser-.
vant out of place. She bad lived ten or eleven week-
as a fellow-lodger with the deceased. I last saw Hunt
about nine o'clock on Tuesday night, coming along the
passage from the kitchen stairs. She held down her
head and appeared ashamed. I heard Hunt quarrellin'k
with the deceased on Monday night, and in the course of
it I heard one of the voices, which I believe to be Hunt's,
say, "I will do for you."
Sarah Sinclair, another lodger in the house where the
murder took place, stated, that she did not see deceased
alive after three o'clock on Tuesday. About half-past
nine o'clock I saw the accused, Mary Ann Hunt, lying
on the kitchen stairs. I had a conversation with the
deceased at three o'clock on the Tuesday afternoon. De-
ceased asked me if I heard her quarrelling over night
with Hunt, as she was afraid to go to bed, as Hunt
said she would do for her. I advised her to lock Mary
Ann Hunt out, and we then prated.
The witness Nisbett was recalled, and in answer to it
question, stated, that she had heard the accused, Hunt,
say that she knew the deceased.was an old tniSer;and had
got plenty of money.in that drawer, pointing to one in
the kitchen.
Elizabeth Wills, the daughter of the deceased, stated
that she took tea with her 'Dither on Sunday, when she
said she wanted to get rid of Hunt as a lodger, as she_
would have a man come and visit her. She said she
became acquainted with Hunt at Colonel Wyndham
Smith's, where she had been at service, and having left
her place, she touk her to lodge with her. She had seen
her mother take money from a drawer in the kitchen..
Constable Battersby said he found the drawer in ques-
tion open with a key in it. but it was perfectly empty.
Another daughter of deceased said, her mother had,
told her she was saving a little money to bury hereelfs
decently. She was 78 years of age.
Mr. Hayman said, I am the landlord of the house,
No. 40, Adam-street %Vest, but reside at 43. I was called
in on Monday evening on account of the quarrel bi,tween
Hunt and deceased. The deceased said Hunt had br en
abusing her because she asked for her rent. On speak-
ing to Hunt she said deceased was acovetous old wretch,.
arid would not lend her daughter 6d., although she had
plenty in that drawer, pointing to a draeer in the
kitchen, and that she had seen it.
Mr. W. Crofton Moat-1 reside at 28, Tlpper Berke-
lev-street, and at half-past five o'clock on Tuesday morn-
ing I was called to see the body. It was shine cold, and
the limbs were rigid. Blood was flowing from the nose
and mouth. I found the cord produced tied six times
roiled the neck, but it was not tight enough to product.
strangulation. My impression is that the deceased had
been dead about eight hours. I have, by order of the
Coroner, made a post mortem examination. Externally
blood had flowed over the chest and right arm, and the
head laid in a pool of blood. On the right side of the
scalp there was a mark of violence, but the skull was
sound. Great ecehymosis existed around the right eye;
the eye was prominent, caused by a severe bruise ; the
tongue projected three -quarters of an inch beyond the
gums. The marks on the neck did not indicate
that the cord was tight. Under the left side of
the jaw there was ecchymosis extending from the
chin to the angle. A similar mark was near the
spinal vertebrae. The ribs on both sides were
very extensively fractured, indeed broken quite
through. There was great congestion of the vessels
of the chest aroun.l the fractures. The rings of the
windpipe were fractured by violence and the troches was
gorged with blood. The lungs were crushed by the
fractured ribs. The cause of the deceased's death was
the rush of blood into the air vessels of the lungs, caused
by the crushing in of the ribs upon them. The ribs
might have been broken in by stamping with the feet,
but I should think it was done by a larger surface. I
believe that she was first injured over the right eye by
an instrument at least two inches in circumference. I
do not think the poker produced was the weapon used.
I have no doubt that death has been produced from the
crushing in of the chest. I have seen the gown prodnced,
and I have no doubt the spots on them are marks of
blood.
Elisabeth Quarterman proved that the cord produced
was the part of a clothes-line she had placed along the
passage of the kitchens in the house where deceased
resided.
There being no further evidence, some discussion en-
sued between the Deputy-Coroner and jury as to the non-
production of the accused before the court.
The DEPOTY-CORONES then proceeded to sum up the
evidence, and the jury, after a short deliberation, re-
turned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against Mary Ann
Hunt, and the Deputy-Coroner issued his warrant for
her committal to Newgate.
The inquiry did not terminate until a late hour.

_MONEY INIARKET.—'I2b.e p
nglish Mint price of at. 178.
remium on gold at Paris
is 17 per mille, which,
at the E
1054 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of
25.58 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being
is 4344 per mark, which, at the English Mint
25.621, it follows that gold is 0.18 per cent. dearer in London
than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold
101;0. per ounce for standardgold, gives an exchange of
1394; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
being 13. n, it follows that gold is 0.')9 per cent. dearer in
price of 3/. 17s.
Hamburgh than in London. The course of exchange at New
York on London is 107 per cent., and the par of ex-
change between England and America being 109 23-40 per
cent., it follows that the exchange is 2.58
per cent. against
England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for
bills at CO days' sight, tke interest must be deducted from 1
the above difference.
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY —The sup-
plies this week are moderate. To-day there is a complete
revival in the demand for wheat, which is met by much
firmness on the part of holders, who require an advance of ss.
per quarter; a good amount of business is done at this im-
provement. Beans are fully as dear. Oats and shelling are
sold at better prices. Barley is not much inquired for, yet
quite maintains its late value.
LONDONDEI4RY, MAY 25.--Arrd. Marchioness of Aber-
corn, Hagarty, New Orleans ; 28th, Envoy, Grilling, ditto ;
Washington
: Curtis, New York, Sld.26tb, Vestal, Quebec.

BANK RETURNS.

(From the London Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Ac... seventh and eighth
Victoria, zap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank
Notes. ol the several Banks of Issue in England and
Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur-
day, the 22d day of May, 1847: Average
PRIVATE BA NKS. Amount.
Abingdon Bark, Abingdon—Knapp and Co.. . 25,017
Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and C.... 14.811
Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jen:mitt and Pomfret 10,359
Aylshu,n Bank, Aylaham—R. and E. Copeman 5,375
leshury Old Bank, kyles b u ry—Rickfurd
and 11. ant
dablock Bank and Ba'..d.,ck and Biggleswsde
.41,1nek—Wells. 11 ogg, and Lindsell 35,042
flat n itar.ie Bank, Barnstaple—D:uke and Co 15,5(.4
Basingstoke and Odihatv. Bank, Basingstokt
(1, )le, Seymour, an.
BeJlot d Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard
Tedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford—
rapr, Halfhead, and Co.
3euilley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and
I illllO
iticestet. and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bank, Bicester—Tubb, Wootten, and Co. ... 26,428
itirmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwoods,
Srooner, and Co 22,506
"lirtnirgilam and Warwickshire Bank, Birming-
ham —Lewis, Moilliett, and Co • 16.926
3landtord Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak 8,398
Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 73,963
Boston Rank, Boston—Gee and Co 13,547
itridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—E. &J. Seeley 9.306
13t4stel Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co. 36.316
ilrosele, and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and
Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 23,643
Bac:kite.; ham, Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett,
Parrett, and Co.

7,552

... 15,08

25,055
. _

dory and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market
Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co.
Banbury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. 41,647
danbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb... 54,818
daft-. City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son
Redvordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard—Bassett and Grant 34,920
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and
Lloyds
Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H
and A. Harris
Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 58,510
Ilritiporf Bank, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry 22,374
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West,
and Bolter
Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington—
Harding, Smith, and Co
Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds—
d. and Co.
dromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms-
grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Biggs,
and Co. 16,375
:ilambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and
Sons .
i.!ambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
bridge—Messrs. Forsters
u.nterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and
30,304
larmarthen Bank, Carmanhen—Moriis and
Sons
1 hertst'y tiank,tChertsey—Messrs. La Caste 138
11olehester Bank, Colchester—Round, Gre(n,
and Co. 20,265
(.%olcheAcr and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex
Bank, and fludleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester
—Mills, Bawtree, and Co 39,707
7ornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co.
.;(tivciitry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood-
cock
ity Bank, Exeter—Milfwd'and Co 21.055
raven Bank, Settle-13irkbecks and. Co.
:Thristehurch Bank, Chribtchurch—Tice, Welsh,
and Co 2,675
(;ardiff Bank. Carddf—Towgood and Co 6,703
Thepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon-
mouth Old Bank, Monali uth Bank, Brecon
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank,
Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co.
)erby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans
Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co
Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co 26,116
I)evizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-;-Hughes,
Locke, and Co 18.170
)iss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,540
Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham,. Tew,
and Co.
I )oncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster--
Cook .and Co.
Dover Union Bank, Dover—Latham,. and Co
Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton- -
on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, and
Co 86,735
)evonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor-
man

21,236

)orchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank,
Dorchester-Williams and Co.
East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster,
and Co. :03,195
East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower, Hutton,
and. Co.
Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank,
Chelmsford-Walford, and Co. 53;130
Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co
Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk-
beck, and Co.
Varringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far-
. ringdon-Barnes and Medley 8,323
Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs. Knight 144704
Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co 5;304
Godalming Bank, Godalming--Mellersh and
Keen . • 6,176
Grantham Bank, Grantham-Kewney and King 19,235
Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon 13.133
Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and Co 1Z 30,124
Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder,
and Co. 30,839
Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-
Matthews and Co.
Hertfordshire Bank toad Ware Bank, Ware-
s. Adams and Co. ....v 19,339
Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank; Hull
-Smith, Brothers, and Co. - -•-
Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting-
don-Rust and Veasey
Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co 5,50
Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead-
Smith, and Whittingstall
Ifoniton Bank, Honiton-Flood and Co.
Ilertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen-Sharpies ,
and Co.
terot;3rd, Rosa, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross
and Itrchenfield Balk, Hereford-Morgan,
Hoskins, and Co 24.309
Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co,
.:;,.21;165
; pewich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk,
Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley '
Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich-
Alexarders ani Co.
iCentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall,
and Mercer
filin,zton and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-j•
Davies and Co 23.000
Knighton Bank Knighton--J. Davies and Co 8,229
Knaresnorough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Kna:eshorough-Terry and Co
Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson,
and Cc,
Kettering Bank, Kettering-Clutch and Sons... 8;832
Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C
Harv,y and Son
Leeds Bank. Leeds-Beckett and Co ' 49,467
Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W.Williams, Brown,
and C s. 33090
Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and
Congleton Ba,nk,Leek-Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. " 1437
Lev:ester Bank, Leicester--Pagets and Kirby 29,'452
1.,w0s Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co 39,853
LioliFeld Bank, Lichfield-Paltner and Green lBlOl3
faticuin Bank, Lincoln-Smith land Co 90,873
LliaLlovery Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando-
v cry -David Jones and Co.
LowAborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle-
tons and Cradock • •
Lymington Bank, Lymington-C. and S. St
Barba
4,126
Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis
-Gurneys and Co. 40,608
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis-
Massey and Co.
Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst
and Co 12;704
Iranningtree Bank,Man ningtree-Nunn and Co 5 786
,
Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts '
Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl-
borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank,
and' Hungerford Bank, Marlborough-Tanner
and Pinckney 15,692
Marlborough sad North Wiltshire New Bank,
Marlborough-Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 11,788
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Jones and
Williams ..
Miners Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co 16,696
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial
Bank, Abergavenny-Baileys and Co 26,320
Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon
Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank,
and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth
-Bromage and Snead.
Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport
-W. Williams and Sons ..................... 8,134
Newark Bank, Newark-Godfreys and Hutton 28,471
Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and
Newark Bank, Newark-Haudleyt Peacock,
and Co
Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny and Sloeock. 36,066
Newmarket Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, Ham-
mond, and Son
20,618
Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss-Taylor and
Dyson
Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich-Harveys and
'lnds ons
Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich- 43,884
Gnr.
neys and Co
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not-
72,054
tinghara--Hart, Fellows, and Co
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddcock and
Naval Bank, Plymouth-Harris, Mudge, and 5,230
Co
..... New Sarum_- 23 681
t•-nrum Bank, SaruHetley, and
Nottin
Co ................................ . . . ..... 14,451
gham Bank, Nottingham -Smith-a.n-d Co. 28,291
Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os-
westry-Oroxm and C 0.......
16.181
•
%lord Bank, Oxford-J. and fR.•
Morrell 13,128
Oxford 31d Bank, Oxford-Robinson, Parsons,
and Thompson
Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tunbridge
Wells Old Bank, Tunbridge and Tonbridge
Wells and Serenoaki Bank., Tunbridge-
Beeching and 80na......... ............ 9,215

6,819

12,519

3,103