The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-03 00:00:00

Daniel M'Cormack—l am a tailor and deputy-beadle
of the church. On the 28th of January last she sent for
me to a beer-shop in a court in the Strand. Mrs. Em-
merson was at the bar with a glass of malt liquor before
her. She opened both hands, and said, " I'm so glad
you are coming." I went with her into the tap-room.
She asked me If I ever saw Mr. Ramsay take liberties
with her. I said, " No, never." She asked me if I knew
whether Hall ever did. She took out a long purse, and
turned out two or three sovereigns into her hand, and
said, " This is not the end," and she took the other end,
and took out a shilling and gave the landlady, which
looked very queer to rae. She said she had money enough
yet. She said she was sure it was I who looked into
the vestry. She said she was sorry to say she had not
much witnesss but old Clark, and he was not of much
use. She said she could do anything with Manning.
She gave me 2s. She said, " Recollect, you are a poor
man; look to those that will lock to you. Witness the
vestry for me, and I'll be a friend to you for life." " No,"
says [, " I'll die in a ditch first." She said she had
employed Mr. Nobler and Mr. Bodkin, and would pert r
be satisfied till she had stripped Mr. Ramsay of his
gown.
William Hall—l am the beliringer of this church. I
went to see Mrs. Emtnerson in January last year, by
her request, at her house. She shook hands with me,
and asked if I had ever seen Mr. Ramsay and her in
the vestry; I said I had not. She said some one had,
and that Mr. Jones knew who it was. I asked her if
she had any witness to Mr. Ramsay's taking liberties
with her, and she said, " Yes, when he did so at her
house."

Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN then carefully and elabort Sully
summed up the evidence. He commented -upon the
extraordinary conduct of the prosecutrix in having suf-
fered the defendant to take any indecent liberties with
her without communicating the fact to her husband or
to any one; and left it to the jury to say whether, looking
at the whole of the case, they considered the defendant
guilty of the offence imputed to him. The Learned
Judge concluded his summing up at half-past eight
o'clock, and
The jury consulted about two minutes, when
The Foreman turned round and announced that their
verdict was for the defendant.

Some imputation having been cast upon the paternity of
the children of the prosecutrix—that they were not all
the children of her husband—they were taken into the
Court this morning, and, certainly they bore more re-
semblance to each other than the generality of the chil-
dren of one family.

• SECONDARIES' COURT, July 2.
The Court was occupied the whole of the morn-
ing in hearing a case respecting the price and quality of
some cheese. It was totally devoid of interest.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, July 2.
IN RE THOMAS WOODHOUSE STEVENS.

This insolvent, who was opposed on the part of seven
Chinese merchants on the ground of fraud, appeared
for judgment. The debts exceeded 23,0001.

Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS said, in giving judgment
this morning, that the CAW' had occupied his attention
for some time, and he was not at all clear that he was
right in arriving at the conclusion he had, namely, to
give the insolvent the benefit of the doubt he had en-
tertained. He had, however, the saisfaction of knowing
that. if he erred, he erred on the side of mercy. The
insolvent was oppriised on the part of several Chinese mer-
chants, from whom he bad obtained large quantities of
teas, in respect to whom it was of the utmost importance,
in the present state of affairs with this country, that the
good faith of our merchants should be kept. The op-
position was on the ground that the insolvent had con-
tracted debts without an intention of paying them, or,
in ether words, that the goods had been fraudulently
obtained; but he (Mr. Commissioner Phillips) did
not think that he could safely come to that
conclusion. In the course of the case an-
other point had turned up which the counsel
for the insolvent had urged on his behalf, and
that was that he had twelve months to complete his
contract with the Chinese merchants. He, however,
could not forget, that the insolvent had realised a large
sum, which undoubtedly belonged to his creditors, from
whom he had obtained the goods, but he had thought
proper to spend the money ou himself and family. Feel•
ing, as he did, that he could not conscientiously come to
the determination that at the time the insolvent obtained
the goods he had no invention to pay for them, yet it
was impossible that justice could be done in such a case
by an immediate discharge. It was a case for the full
exercise' of the discretionary clause. The judgment was
that the insolvent be imprisoned for a period of six
months from the vesting order.

J. J. Wright—l knew Mrs. Emmerson in 1843. at the
Tivoli-gardens, at Margate, where I was cash-taker. I
was present when she was discharged; it was not in con-
sequence of the death of the manager.
Cross-examined—Mr. Reed succeeded the former ma-
nager. He discharged her.
Richard Reed—l was at the Tivoli-gardens in 1843,
as acting man for Mr. Ashley. Mrs. Emmerson sang
there in 1843. She was discharged in September, when
the gardens were closed, but that was not the reason.
Cross examined—The gardens were opened in a few
days. She did not continue, but most of the others did.
Re-examined—The gardens were closed to get rid of
three performers, but particularly Mrs. Emmerson.
W. H. Walton—I was master of the ceremonies at
the Tivoli-gardens in 1843. Mrs. Emmerson offered
me a remuneration on what she might receive from all
the gentlemen I might introduce her to; and said that
rich old men were best, and that I should be received
gratis.
Cross-examined—l had been at the gardens two years
before, and am a resident at Margate, at Ivy-cottage.
The season begins in June, and ends the first week in
October. I had been proprietor of the gardens. I then
had a salary. I challenged Mrs. Emmerson with having
made me this offer. She came at the commencement of
the season, and my belief is she made me the offer within
a fortnight. She came down as " Miss Suedes." Mr.
Emmerson, when loudly applauding her, denied having
any knowledge of her. I don't know now that she is a
married woman. It was within a week atter I knew
her that she made me the proposal. It was in the ball-
room. She used the words " rich old gentlemen and
dashing young blades." I had had no intimacy with
her before. I was a married man. It was on a dull
evening, and there were no visitors in the ball-room. A
Miss Harrington was with her at the time. I deny
having made any proposal to her. I was first spoken to
on this subject a fortnight since. It is false that she
ever spurned me. It is false that I ever made the pro-
posal to her to introduce gentlemen to her. Mr. Em-
merson did not threaten to horsewhip me. I should like
him to have done it. He used insulting language to me
after her dismissal. I can't say that I do know Mrs.
Adams. Ido know this woman (Mrs. Adams). I swear
that Mr. Emmerson did not threaten to horsewhip me
in the presence of Mrs. Adams. I did not beg his
pardon.
John Rix—l was organist at Belgrave Chapel. Mrs.
Emmerson was engaged there, and was discharged. She
told me that she was very fond of Blatch, and that he was
the father of one of her children. I would not believe
her on her oath.
Cross-examined—I am a teacher of music at Bromp-
ton. I was engaged at Dr. Thorpe's chapel in 1838. I
first became acquainted with Mrs. Emmerson there in
1840. Mrs. Emmerson indicted me for an assault before
a magistrate, and I had to pay 2s • for the hearing. I
was discharged, but not admonished. That was in
1843. I have been on visiting terms with her and her
husband. Mr. Blatch is a printer, and now lives at
Bristol. The conversation took place in the organ loft.
Mr. Emmerson was sitting by her side at the time she
made this communication to me. He might have been
four or five feet off. I was telling her that one of her
children was not much like its father, and she said,
" You have never seen its father." I can't recollect
whether it was like her other children. She said, " Mr.
Blatch used to fetch her from the Opera, and take her to
the oyster-rooms and give her supper." I was very often
astonished at her conversations.
C. Peters—l am the collector of the Canada Com-
mittee, and Mr. Ramsay is secretary—the estimation of
him has been most favourable. I sat in the organ-loft
of St. Michael's. Mrs. Emmerson always expressed
herself of Mr. Ramsay in terms most respectful.
Miss Eleanor Fisher—l am the sister of Mrs. Ramsay.
My mother lived in the Old Kent-road, near Liverpool-
street. Mr. Ramsay was in the habit of coming to see
my mother. He returned from Ireland in the autumn of
1845, and he came to see us shortly afterwards.
Jane Clarke—l kept a coffee- house in Burleigh street.
In January last Mrs. Emmerson was in my house, and
told me she had made Mr. Ramsay a present of a purse
like the one she bad in her hand.
The Bishop of London—l know the defendant. I
have always had every reason to believe very highly of
him as a minister, and also of his morality. I never
heard a whisper against his character or any reason to
believe he had done anything to the injury of his cha-
racter as a clergyman.
The Rev. Sir H. Dukinfield, vicar of St. Martin's-
in-the-Fields, Archdeacon Sinclair, the Rev. Mr. Auders,
Sir John Bayley, Bart., Mr. Nairn, the feel,. Canon
Dale, the Rev. Mr. Flukes, Sir Walter Clarkson. the
Hun. and Rev. Baptist Noel, the Rev. Montague Villiers,
the Rev. Mr. Mortimer, Mr. Wollaston. barrister-at-law,
Mr. Shirley Wooliner, Mr. Frederick SrniA, and Mr.
Corbett, jun., all spoke in the very highest terms of the
defendant both as regarded his religious and mend cha-
racter. They had never heard a breath against him.
It was a pride to be acquainted with him, and they
never would believe him to he guilty of such a charge.
This was the case for the defend int.
The following witnesses were called in reply:—
Mary Ann Adams—l know Walton, who has been
examined here to-day. I was present when Mr. Em-
merson went up to Walton, and said, "What have you
to say against Mrs. Emmerson?” He said, "Nothing
at all." Mr. Emmerson said, "I have a great mind to
give you and Reed a d—d good horsewhipping," upon
which they both begged his pardon.
Cross-examined—l live at L akhall-lane now.
James Emmerson—l told Walton that I would horse-
whip him in the Tivoli gardens; he said he was sorry
for what he had said, and begged my pardon.
Mr. HOGGINS, who now appeared for the defendant,
declined to address the jury upon this additional evi
deuce.
Mr. Sereant SAFE then prneeeFed to address the
jury for the prosecirion. He said, when it was
his duty, as counsel fur the prosecution, to open
the case against the Reverend defendant, he had
refrained from saying anything which would pre
judice their minds or interfere with their calm
and dispassionate judgment. He felt it due to him, mid
the Church of which he was a minister, in a case of such
a serious nature, and ineolvieg all his prospects in life,
peace of mind, and happiness, and usefulness in the
ministration which he exercised, not to submit any-
thing which would divert their minds from the
dispassionate consideration of the case. It was
with great grief that he was compelled to say that
it was his firm belief and conviction, after all the
evidence which he had heard, that the Rev. Septimus
Ramsay was guilty of the offence imputed to him
on the record, to the last letter, and that he
was one of the most shameless and abandoned
profligates ever brought to justice before a jury.
—(Sensation.) His Learned Friend Sir F. Thesiger
with a degree of eloquence which he never heard sur-
passed in a court of justice,- thought proper to draw a
comparison between the positions if the prosecutrix and
the defendant—the woman, he said, ass looked
upon with great commiseration by every ooe
present in the Court, whereas the defendant ap
peered with prejudice against him, charged with a
crime which it was almost impossible to disprove.
But he (Mr. Sergeant Shee) considered they would find,
on a comparison of the pos,tion of the two parties, that ,
the reverend defendant had a great advantage over the •
prosecutrix. Twenty or thirty witnesses of all classes
of society, some dignitaries of the church, and some
barristers spoke to the high moral and religious re-
putation of the reverend defendant. When look-j
ing calmly and considerately at the evidence
which had been produced, he could not help thinking
that they would be of opinion that the rev. defendant
was guilty of the crime with which he had been charged.
It was a matter of experience that even among the
priesthood of the very church to which the de
fendant belonged there were men who, although
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racter, had been satisfactorily found guilty of
the most abominable crimes. Such men were gene- BOROUGH HOP Mazy
rally watchful and wary in their conduct, and were Notwithstanding
the prevailing easterly winds, the
careful its selecting a moment for satisfying their lusts accounts received from the plantations
to day e very
and appetites. They put on a saintly appearance to their , satisfactory; hence the demand for all kind of Hops is
congregation and friends, and seemed to the whole world exceedingly heavy, and last week's
supported. T
not only incapanle of such a charge as this, but even in- difficulty quotations are with
the duty next to nothing is
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it was only by some unfortunate accident that the real of Rent ot. p akets 4/ 12s to 51 bs ditto; Mid and East
charge was brought to light and the people all ; Kent pockets, 5/ 12s to 717 s ditto.
amend held up their hands in astonishment. It was
impossible for the witnesses, who had been called to
speak of the defendant's character, to know his conduct
towards Mrs. Emmerson. How was the Bishop of '
London capable of knowing if he had committed the
crime charged against him? In truth, nothing
was more absurd and preposterous than to
call a number of witnesses who might per-
haps be the most moral and religious men in London,
to say that they never heard of the defendant 'being
guilty of such misconduct. Two of his Learned Friends
at the bar had given evidence of the respectable cha-
racter of the defendant, and he thought their testimony
was worth more reliance being placed upon it
than of all the reverend gentlemen in London.—
(Laughter.) It amounted to nothing more than this
they never heard anything against him, and they were
the last persons who were likely to hear of his conduct
towards this woman. These and the other witnesses
should have called upon the young women
who had been insulted by the defendant. The Learned
Counsel then proceeded in a very pathetic manner to
implore the jury to consider the painful importance of
the case to the young womon,hor husband, and five ehil-
dren. The prosecutrix was as unitnpeached in point of
character as any Innocent WOlUallgould be.--(Laughtsr.)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET.

Henry Johnson was placed at the bar before Mr.
Henry, charged with forging a certificate of the Court
of Examiners of the Apothecaries' Company.
Mr. Bundle, on the part of the Apothecaries' Company,
explained the nature of the certificate granted by the
Court of Examiners. It was such a certificate that the
prisoner was charged with forging. The prisoner had
been a candidate for examination, but the Court refused
to examine him, as he was under 114 years of age.
Evidence was given that of two documents produced
one was a genuine certificate of the Court of Examiners,
Ind the other was a forgery.
Mr. Salt, engraver and printer, of 19, Great Turnstile,
Lincoln's Inn-fields, said that, on the 24th of May the
prisoner entered his shop, and said, " Mr. Salt, I want
a plate engraved," at the same time showing him the
genuine certificate produced. Witness took the order,
and agreed to get the plate ready in the course
of ten days, fixing the price at 101. 19s. The
name of the person licensed was to be left blank-.
The prisoner call, d again several times before the
plates were finished, and on one occasion left a deposit
of 41. Thursday the prisoner again called, and witness
gave him the plates, twenty proofs, and the original
certificate. The prisoner gave him a 51. note. Being
asked to put his name on the note. he wrote, "J. Hunter,
H►gh•st,eet, Gravesend." He had given the name
Hooter on the first occasion. Witness had given infor-
mation to the Apothecaries' Company in the first in-
stance.

Da..iel Forrester apprehended the prisoner. lie had
in his p ssesion the plates, proofs, and certificate, and
Mr. Salt's receipt for 8/. 19s.
Mr. HENRY remanued the prisoner till Tuesday next.
An application waa made to bail the prisoner, which
Mr. Henry r..fused.

(From the London New Price Current of July 2.)
SUGAR. To day any further decline in the value of
Raw Su,,rar was prevented by merchants offering a less
quantity for sale by private treaty ; whilst there was
only one small parcel submitted to public competition.
Tnere was, however, no increase in the amount of busi
ness done for export or home consumption. West India
Muscovado
thev was operated in with caution for all purposes,
private sales did not exceed 200 hhds and tierces
aoad
at the reduced rates previously quoted, or at a fall on the
prices of last Friday of is per cwt.
REFINED.—To-d,y there was a large business trans-
acted in refilled goods by the home trade, in consequence
of rather lower rates being accepted. Brown grocery
lumps were sold at 575, and standard at 58s to 58s 6d.
Bonded crushed Sugar is dull of sale at 32s to 32s 6d for
fine quality.
MAURITIUS.—None at present has been submitted to
public competition. By private treaty few purchases
have been made by riluers or grocers in any kinds,
although there are sellers at even a further reduction in
prices. The deliveries are not so large of late, and fur.
ther parcels have been received, but prices are 5s to 6s
per cwt under those current at this time in 1846.
E.t.a ilitiL4.—By private treaty little business has bees