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London, England, 1847-08-12 00:00:00

Lib. Peel.

Gwyn, H.—Penryn and Falmouth ... 0
Haggitt, R. J.—Herefordshire 0
Hale, R. B.—Gloucestershire (West) 0
Halford, Sir H.—Leicestershire (South) ... 0
Hall, Colonel—Buckingham (borough): ... 0
Hall, Sir B.—Marylebone 1
Halsey, T. P.—Hertfordshire .• ... 0
Hallybtuton, Lord F. G.—Forfarshire ... 1
Hamilton, J. H.—Dublin (County) ... 0
Hanster, Sir T.—Flint (boroughs)4 1
Hsu-court, G.—Oxfordshire
lxrdcastle, J. A.—Colchester ... ... 1
Harris, E. A. J.—Christchurch ... 0
Hastie, A.—Paisley • •• 1

Hasti% 1
Hay, Lord J.—Windsor 1
ilftte W. G.—Wells 1
lieYadlarin, T. E.—Newcastle-on-Tyne ... 1
Heald, J.—Stockport 0
Heathcoat, J.—Tiverton
Heathcote, G. J.—Rutlandshire ... 1
Heathcote, Sir W.—Hampshire (North) ... 0
Heneage, E.—Great Grimsby ... 1.
Heneage, G. H. W.—Devizes ...
Henley, J. W.—Oxfordshire ...
Herbert, Rt. Hon. S.—Wiltshire (South).,.. 0
Reales, Right Hon. J. C.—Stamford .. 0
Hervey, Lord A.—Brighton ... 0
Heywood—Lancashire ... 0
Hildyard, R. C.—Whitehaven 0
Hildyard, T. B.— Nottinghamshire (South) 0
Hill, Lord E.—. Down County ... 0
Hill, Lord M.—Evesham ... 1
Hindley, C.—Ashton.ender-Lyne... 1
Hodges, T.—Rochmter 1
Hodges, T. L.—lilent (West) ... 0
Hodgson, W. ... 0
Hogg, Sir .—lioniton. . 0
Hollond, '4.--Hastings 1
Hope, ;"1.. J. B.—Maidstone 0
Horr,e, H. T.—Gloucester (city) 0
goet, Sir J.—Edinburghshire ... 0
Hornby, J.—Blackburne 0
Horsman, G.—Cockermouth

Hotham, Lord-Yorkshire (East) ... 0
Houldsworth, T.-Nottingham (North) ... 0
Howard, Hon. C.-Cumberland (East) .... 1
Howard, Hon. E. G.-Morpeth ... ~. 1
Howard, Hon. J. K.-Malmesbury ... 1
Hudson, George-Sunderland ... ... 0
Hughes, W. 8.-Carnarvon .. ... 0
Humphery, Alderman-Southwark ... 1
Hutt, W.-Gateshead ... ... ... 1
Ingestrie, Lord-Staffordshire (South) ... 0
Inglis, Sir R. H.-Oxford University ... 0
Ireland, T. J.-Bewdley ... .. ... 0
Jackson, M.-Newcastle-under-Lyme ... 1
Jermyn, Earl-Bury St. Edmund's ~. 0
Jervis, Sir J.-Chester ... .. ... 1
Jervis, J.-Horsham ••• ••. ••. 1
iJocelyn, Lord-King's Lynn ... „. 0
Johnstone, Sir J. B. V.-Scarborough ... 0
Joinne. sir W. ti. ti.-retersneid ... ... 0
Jones, Sir W.-Cheltenham ... ... 0
Keppel, Colonel-Lymington ... ... 1
Kerr, R.-Downpatrick ... ... .. 0
Keogh, -.-Athlone
Kerrison, Sir E.-Eye ... ... ... 0
' King, P. J. L.-Surrey (East) ... ... 1
Knight, F. W.-Worcester (West) ... 0
Knightley, Sir C.-Northamptonshire (Sth) 0
Knox, Colonel 8.-Marlow ••• ••• 0
Labouchere, Right Hon. H.-Taunton ... 1
Lacy, C. -lodmin ... ... ... ... 1
Langston, J. IL-Oxford (city) ... ... 1
Lascelles, Hon. E.-Ripon
Lascelles, Hon. W. S.--Kmaresborough ... 0
Law, Hon. C. E.-Cambridge University... 0
Lawless, Hon. C.-Clonmel
Lefevre, Right Hon. C. S.-Hampsh. (N.) 1
Lemon, Sir C.-Cornwall ( West) ... ... 1
Lennard, T. 8.-blaldon ••• ••
Lennox, Lord A.-Yarmouth ...
Lennox, Lord H. G.-Chichester ...
Lethbridge, A.-Cricklade .• •.•
Lewis, G. C.-Herefordshire
Lewis, Sir T. F.-Radnor (district) ... I
Lincoln, Lord-Falkirk (Burghs) ... 0
Lindsay, Colonel-Wigan ... ... ... 0
Littleton, Hon. E. R.-Walsall .. ... 1
Locke, J.-Honiton ... ... .. ... '
Lockhart, A. E.-Selkirkshire ... ..
Lockhart, W.-Lanarkshire •••
Long, W.-Wilts (North) ...
Lowther, Hon. H. C.-Westmoreland
Lushington, C.-Westminster ... ...
Lygon. H. 8.-Worcester (West) ... ... 0
M'Carthy, A.-Cork (city)
McGregor, J.-Glasgow .. .. ... 1
Mackinnon, W. A.-Lyinington ... ... 0
M'Neill, D.-Argyleshire ... ... ... 0
M'Taggart, Sir J.-Wigtown (borough) ... 1
M'Taviah, -.-Dundalk ••• ••• 1
Magan, -.-Westmeath ... ... ... 1
Mahon, Lord-Hertford ... ... ... 0
Mahon, O'G.-Ennis
Maitland, T.-Kirkcudbrightshire... ... 1
Mangles, R. D.-Guildford... ... ... 1
Manners, Lord C. S.-Leicester (North) ... 0
Manners, Lord G. J.-Cambridgeshire ... 0
March, Earl of-Sussex (West) ... ... 0
Marshall, J. G.-Leeds ... ... ... 1
Marshall, W.-Cumberland (East) ... 1
Martin, S.-Pontefract ... ... ... 1
Martin, C. W.-Newport ... ... .. 0
Martin, J.-Tewkesbury ... ..• ... 1
Masterman, J.-London ... ... ... 0
Matheson, -.-Inverness burghs ... I
Matheson, T.-Ashburton ... ... ... 1
Maule, Right Hon. Fox-Perth ... ... 1
Maunsell, T. P.-Northampton (North) ... 0
Maxwell, Hon. J.-Cavan ... ...
Meagher-Waterford (city)
Melgund, Lord-Greenock
Meux, Sir H.-Hertfordshire
Miles, P. W. S.-Bristol ... ...
Miles, W.-Somersetshire (East) ...
Miloes, R. M.-Pontefract ... ...
Milton, Lord-Wicklow (county)
Mitchell, T. A.-Bridport ... ...
Moffatt, G.-Dartmouth ... ... ... 1
Molesworth, Sir W.-Southwark" ... 1
Morpeth, Lord-Yorkshire (West) ... 1
Morris, D.-Carmarthen ... .. ... 1
Morrison, Gen.-Clackmannan and Kinross 1
Mostyn, E. M. L.-Flintshire ......1
Mowatt, P.-Penryn and Falmouth ... 1
Mulgrave, Earl of-Scarborough ... ... 1
Mundy, E. M. Derbyshire (South) ... 0
Mentz, G. F.-Birmingham ... ... "
Mure, Colonel-Renfrewshire ... ~
Nadi, J.-Cricklade •• •••
Neeld, Joseph-Chippenham ...
Newport, Viscount-Salop ( South)
Newry, Lord-Newry ... ...
Nicholl, Dr. J.-Cardiff ... ...
Noel, Hon. G.-Rutlandshire ...
Norreys, Sir D.-Mallow ...
Norreys, Lord-Oxfordshire ...
Northland, Lord-Dungannon ...
Nugent, Lord-Aylesbury ... ...
Nugent, Sir P.-Westmeath •••
O'Brien, J.-Limerick (city) ~.
O'Brien, T.-Cashel
O'Connell, D.-Waterford (city) 1
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O'Connell, J.-Kilkenny (Borough)
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O'Connell, J.-Limerick (city) ... ... I
O'Connell, M.-Tralee ... 1
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O'Connor, F.-Nottingham
O'Flaherty, A.-Galway (borough) . 1
Ogle, S.-Northumberland (South) ::. 1
Ord, W.-Newcastle-on-Tyne ... ... 1
Osborne, R.-Middlesex ...
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Oswald, A.-Ayrshire
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Owen, Sir J.-Pembroke (district) ... 1
Packs, Sir C. W.-Leicestershire (South) 0
Paget, Lord A.-Lichfield ... I
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Paget, Lord C.-Sandwich •••
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Paget, Lord G. A. F.-Beaumaris ... 1
Pakington, Sir J.-Droitwitch ... .. 0
Palmerston, Viscount-Tiverton
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Palmer, R.-Berkshire ... ...
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Palmer, R.-Plymouth ... .. . 0
Parker, J.-Sheffield
Patten, J. W.-Lancashire
Pattison, J.-London ... ...
Paulet, Lord-St. lye's...
Pearson, C.-Lambeth ...
Pechell, Captain -Brighton •••
Peel, J.-Huntington ••• •• .
Peel, Sir 11.-Tamworth ... ... ...
Peel, W. Yates-Tamworth ... ... 0
Pendarves, E. W. W.-Comvrall (West)... 1
Pennant-Carnarvonshire ... ... ... 0
Perfect, R.-Lewes ...
PPto, S. M.-Norwich
Phillips, S. R.-Poole
Pigott, F.-Reading •••
Piga, Sir R.-Bridgenorth
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Price, Sir R.-HerefordPrime, R.-Sussex (West)... - '
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PrYse, P.--Cardigan (district) ::: .. ...
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Pugh, D.--MontgornerY •
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Armagh .......: •....... 11
Reid, Colonel-Windsor
Rendlesham, Lord-Suffolk (East)
Renton, J. C.-Berwick . ... 0
Repton, G. W. J.-St. Alban•bi ...
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Reynolds-. Dublin (city) ..
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Ricardo, J. L .-Stoke-on-Trent
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Ricardo, 0.-Worcester ...
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Rice, B. R.-Dover ... ... ... :.: I
Rich, IL-Richmond
Richards, R.-Merionethshire ..„ ... •
Roberts, T. A. J.-Cornwall (East) . 1
Robinson, G. R.- Poole ... ... ... 0
Rolleston, Col.-Nottinghamshire (South) 0
Romilly, J.-Devonport ... ... ... 1
Rothschild, the Baron L. dep-London ... 1
Raiford, F.-Worcester ... ... ... 0
Rushout, Captain-Worcestershire (East) 0
Russell, Lord J.-London ... ... ... 1
Russell, T. C. H.-Bedfordshire ... .. 1
Russell, W.-Tavistock ... ••• ••• ,1
Rutherford.-Leith (borough) ... ••• I
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Salwey, Colonel.-Ludlow .. ... ... 1
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Shirley, E.
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.staney, R. A.-Shrewsbury
Smith, Right Hon. R. V.-_Northampton t a 1
Smith, J. A.-Chichester ..• - °- *" -
Smith, J. 8.-Stirling ... ''' -• 1
Smith, M. T.-Wycombe .. ..
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Smyth, Sir G. H.-Colchester ... .. 0
Smyth, J. G.-York (city) ... ...
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Smythe, G. A. F. P. S.-Canterbury ... 0
Somers, J. P.-Sligo (borough) ... ... 1
Somerton, Viscount-Wilton ••• ... 0
Somerville, Sir W.-Drogheda ... ... 1
Sotheron, T. IL-Wilts (North) ... 0
Spearman, R. J.-Durham (city) ... ... 1

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Lib.
Stafibrd, A.—Northampton (North) ... 0
Stanley, Rt. Hon. E. J.—Cheshire (North) 1
Stansfield, W. R. C.—Huddersfield ... 1
Stanton, W. IL—Stroud ... 1
Bunton, Sir G.—Portsmouth ...
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Stephenson' R.—Whitby ... . 0
Sraickland, Sir G.—Preston 1
6trutt, Right lion. E.—Derby I
Stuart, Lord D. C.—Diarylebone ... 1
Stuart, H.—Bedford (borough) ... 0
Shut, J.—Newark
Start, H. G.—Dorchester ...
Sutton, M.—Newark ••• •.•
Sydney, Alderman—Stafford ...
Talfourd, T. N.—Reading ...
Tancred, H. W.—Banbury —.
Taylor, Colonel—Dublin (County)
Tennant, —.—Belfast
Thesiger, Sir F.—Abingdon
Thicknesse, R. A.—Wigan 1
Thompson, Alderman—Westmoreland ... 0
Thompson, Colonel P.—Bradford ...
Thompson, G.—Tower Hamlets
Thornely, T.—Wolverhampton ...
Thornhill, G.—Huntingdonshire ...
Towneley, J.—Beverley
Townley, R. G.—Cambridgeshire ...
Tollemache; F.— Grantham ...
Tollemache—Cheshire (South)
Traill, G.—Caithnesshire 1
Trelawney, J. T.—Tavistoek 1
Trevor, Hon. G. It—Carmarthenshire ... 0
Trollope, Sir J.—Lincolnshire (South) ... 0
Tufnell, H.—Devonport 1
Turner, E.—Truro 1
Turner, G. J.—Coventry 0
Tynte, E. K.— Bridgewater 1
Tyrell, Sir J. T.—Essex (North) 0
Vane, Lord 11.—Durham (South) ... 1
Verner, Sir W.—Armagh 0
Verney, Sir H.—Bedford (borough) .„ 1
Vesey, —.—Queen's County ... 0
Villiers, Hon. C. P.—Lancashire (South)... 1
Villiers, Hon. C. P.—Wolverhampton ... 1
Villiers, Lord—Cirencester ... ••• 0
Vivian, J. E.—Truro
Vivian, J. IL—Swansea 1
Vyse, R. K. H.—Northamptonshire (South) 0
Vyvyan, Sir R. R.—Helston
Urquhart, D.—Stafford •• ••• ••• 0
Waddington, D.—Maldon 0
Waddington. H. S.—Suffolk(West) 0
Wakley, T.—Finsbury ;.• 1
Walmsley, Sir R. J.—Leicester (borough)... 1
Walker, R.—Bury, Lancashire ... 1
Walsh, Sir J.—Radnorshire
Walter, J.—Nottingham
Wall, C. B.—Salisbury
Walpole, S. 11. Midhurst •
Ward, H. G.---Sheffield
Wawa, J. T.—South Shields ...
Welby, G. E.—Grantham ...
Wellesley, Lord C,—Hants (South)
West, F. R.—Denbigh (district) ..
Westenra, Colonel—King's County
Westhead, J. P.—Knaresborough
Whitmore, T. C.—Bridgenorth
Wilcox, P. M.—Southampton
Williams, T. P.—Marlow
Williams, —.—Macclesfield ••
Willoughby, Sir 11.—Evesham
Wilson, James—Westbury
Wilson, M.—Clitheroe
Wodehouse, E.—Norfolk (East) ...
Wood, Sir C.—Halifax „..
Wood, W. P.—Oxford (city) ... 1
Worcester, Marquis of—Gloucestershire (E.) 0
Wortley, S.—Buteshire „.. 0
Wrightson, W. B.—Northallerton ... 1
Wyld, J.—Bodmin
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Wynn, Sir W.—Denbighshire ...
Wyvill, M.—Richmond
Yorke, Hon. E. T.—Cambridgeshire
Yorke, H. R.—York (city) ...
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Peel.

Prot.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Aug. 11.
(Before Sir L. SHAMVELL.)
NICOLLS V. 'WOOLF.
This was a motion for an injunction, on notice, to re-
strain the defendant from exhibiting in his shop windows
a coat advertised as " Woolf's Registered Llama Cloth
Paletot." It appeared that the plaintiff under the act
for registering designs, had registered an overcoat, or
paletot, on the llth of March, 1845, and had ever since
sold, and was now selling, the coat so registered under
the name of " The Registered Paletot," and the ground
upon which the present motion was made was, that by
reason of the defendant's shop being very near that
of the public might be induced, by the
similaritylaitionff's
of the description appearing upon the arti-
cles, to purchase the defendant's in mistake fot the
plaintiff's. It was argued in support of the motion,
that the defendant had no right to use the word
" registered," which was calculated materially to in.
juro the sale of the plaintiff's coats, and might be re-
garded almost in the same light as if the trade-
mark of the plaintiff had been actually taken. Several
affidavits were read in opposition to the motion,
whereby lit appeared that the defendant had been
in business for a period of 10 years, and had only
adopted the name "paletot" of late, in compliance with
the fashion which now existed of so denominating over-
coats. The defendant had never sold his overcoats as
" Nicolls's," but had distinctly explained to his custo-
mers that they were not so. The term " Llama" cloth
was inappropriate to the material of which the plaintiff's
coats were made, those articles being in fact composed of
a substance known to the trade as " medium-cloth," and
commonly in use. The word " registered" also was
merely used in like manner.
Mr. J. Parker and Mr. Southgate appeared in support
of the motion; Mr. Rolt and Mr. Lloyd contra.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR observed, that the question
was, whether there had been an improper use by the de-
fendant of the plaintiff's title. Supposing that the plain-
tiff was entitled to be protected, it must be in respect of
the title of" the registered paletot." Now, the defendant
in the five words which he used had not used the word
" the," and four other intermediate words occurred not
used by the plaintiff. Thero was such a difference be-
tween the two titles that this was not a case in which the
Court ought to interfere. In granting injunctions it was
absolutely necessary that some injury which had oc-
curred by the conduct of the defendant should be proved.
It did not appear to his Honour that in the present case
the words used amounted to an invasion of the plaintiff's
rights. The injunction must, therefore, be refused, the
motion to stand over, that the plaintiff might bring such
action as he should be advised.

The Court rose this day for the long vacation.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, Aug. 10.
The business in the Crown Court -was brought to a
close to-day, at three o'clock. The cases were of the
ordinary class of larcenies, assaults, and embezzlements.
The business of the Nisi Prius Court was not over till a
later hour of the day.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and a
Special Jury.)
COCEIRA.NE AND OTHERS V. CLUTTERRUCK.
Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, Mr. Greaves, and Mr. Phip-
son appeared for the plaintiffs ; Mr. Whateley and Mr.
Keating for the defendant.
The plaintiffs, who had commenced the business of
making paper from straw by a newly-invented and
patented process, rented some paper-mills near Chal-
ford, in this county, of the defendant, and obtained a
lease, with the usual covenants, for free ingress, egress,
and regress, quiet enjoyment, repairs, &c., and now sued
him for breaches of these various covenants. The prin-
cipal question was, whether a certain road, leading from
the mills to the Chalford turnpike-road, was a good and
sufficierlt road for the purposes of the plaintiffs' business.
A great deal of evidence was called on the part of the
plaintiffs, to show that the defendant had built a wall on
or across the road in such a manner as to render it almost
impassable for heavy laden waggons.
Some evidence was called for the defence.
After an investigation of five hours, the result was a
verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 40s.
This was the last case for the county of Gloucester.
In the city there was. only one case, an action of tres-
pass by a jeweller against a butcher and his wife, who
lived on the opposite side of the street, for going into
his house to search for a missing flower-pot, and not
finding it themselves, calling in a constable to assist at
the investigation, which turned out unsuccessful; but
so' far as the gentlemen of the long robe were concerned,
it afforded another illustration of the truth of the old
maxim concerning the wind that does nobody good.

THE CONTEST ON THE THAMES
BETWEEN THE COOMBESES AND THE
CLASPERS.
The great race we are about to record, between
Robert and Thomas Coombes (the Champion of the
Thames and his brother) and Henry and Robert Clasper,
of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for 2001., which came off yes-
terday, was one of a most peculiar and exciting cha-
racter, and had for weeks past been the theme of con-
versation, not only amongst the aquatic clubs of London,
Newcastle, and Liverpool, but amongst persons of all
grades at various parts of the kingdom. It may be
remembered by our readers that the Claspers' four-
oared crew " put in an appearance" first on the London
river, in the Thames Regatta, about three years ago,
and by their peculiarity of style, added to a very unique
boat, not only were the theme of general conversation,
but established, or set the pattern of a new order of boat
called the outrigger, until that time unknown upon_ the.
the London river. At their at which they elicited'
the admiration of all beholders, they carried off the
Stranger's Prize in gallant style; and in the following
year again contended for the One Hundred Guineas
Champion Prize, four-oared crews, and after one of the
greatest races ever witnessed, carried away, contrary to
the expectation of thousands, the laurel—defeating two
crack London crews of watermen, the one being com-
posed of Robert Coombes (the champion), Thomas
Coombes, Phelps, Goodman, and George Goodrum, and
the other Robert Newel, Pocock, Dodd, and Robins.
This great victory caused much consternation amongst
the Thames watermen, and subsequentiy—not to tire our
readers with too minute a description of all that has
been done—Henry Clasper has since defeated Pocock,
of Lambeth, but has been beaten by Robert Coombe3,
and by Newel,—the whole of these matches having
been, contested on the Tyne. Of Coombes it behoves
us now to offer a few remarks. Robert (the champion),
has achieved more than any rowing man has ever done
before him as a waterman. He has defeated man after
man of superior weight, until he has arrived, by
dint of hard work, great denial, and unflinching
game, to the proud distinction he now bears. Thomas
Coombes has rowed some very excellent sculler's wagers,
and but a fortnight since beat a very good man, Lett, of
Lambeth. The spirit of emulation existing between the
heroes of the Thames and the Tyne was such as to
warrant, at a very early period of the season, a very
reasonable conjecture, that there would net be many
weeks elapse ere they were again found in conflict, and
the challenge of the Coombeses, given about two months
ago, to row any other two brothers in the world, found
ready acceptance on the part of the Claspers, who replied
immediately to it. A meeting took place in London, at
which articles were entered into to row a right-away wager
(no fouling), from Putney-bridge to Barker's-rails,
Mortlake, a distance of four miles and a quarter, with
the tide, for 1004 a-side. The novelty in the race of
yesterday was, there being a cockswain in a pair-oared
race—frequent in provincial regattas, but of rare occur-
rence upon the London water, and it requires but little
to convince the reader, however indifferently he may be
informed on the subject of aquatics, that the less the
yoke-lines were used the better for the rowers. It was
obvious, by the appearance of the approaches to the
starting-place, and the course itself, that the interest
created by this great event was of no ordinary character.
The note of preparation sounded at an early hour in the
day at the various boat-houses on the banks of the
Thames, and boats of all denominations, from the pa-
trician eight down to the humble but not to be despised
dingy, were put in:requisition. The Childe Harold had
been chartered for a select party, and the Sunbeam,
Eclipse, and Cardinal Wolsey had also been en-
gaged to accompany the match. The coup d'ccil
from the Thames, just above Putney-bridge, a few minutes
before :the start, was of the most imposing character.
The shore on the Surrey side was one moving mass of
anxious spectators; Putney-bridge was almost impass-
able, and the broa reach of water was literally studded
with boats. At twenty minutes to three Mr. Geddes, as
umpire for the Coombeses, Mr. Joseph Clayton, umpire
for the Claspers, and Mr. Layton, many years a member
of the Leander Club, the referee, took their places on the
paddle-box of the Childe Harold. The Coombeses first
made their appearance afloat in a beautiful outrigger
built by Cownden. They exhibited the effects of fine
training; Robert Coombes weighing 9st sitting on the
bow thwart, and his brother who weighs gat 101bs, being
aft; the cockswain, Henry Cownden, being a boy, 13
years of age, weighing 4st 51bs. In the Claspers' host
Robert was forward, and he and his brother's weigh;
which we could not correctly ascertain, appeared to be
slightly over that of the Londoners. They were steered
by their brother, Thomas Clasper, 13 years of age, and
weighing sst 71bs. They also both looked well, and
rowed in a boat built by Henry Clasper, or rather, on the
boat, the sitting thwart, as it might be termed, being on
the deck. The oars used by the Londoners were of the
ordinary character, but those of their opponents most
peculiar ; they were shorter from the loom to the
blade six or seven inches than their opponents', and had.
a feather of no less a depth than six inches. The men
started thence at a quarter to three, Coombes being on
the Surrey side of the centre arch, and his opponent on
the Middlesex side of it. At the instant of starting
Coombeses jumped away with a lead, and stroke by
stroke gradually drew away, and between the Star and.
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The Coombeses w iththe greatest ease went on in advance
and won by 46 seconds, accomplishing the distance in
28} minutes. The Claspers gallantly endeavoured
throughout to mend their position, but without effect.
Their style differed materially from their former efforts,
there was a want of activity in the stroke, the ponde-
rous blades being two long out of water before they
again were dipped, and their opponents taking at least
four strokes to their three. Betting had been strictly
even before the start, but three minutes after it, 6 and
7 to 1 could find no takers. The style of the Coombeses
was beautiful.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Lancaster, August 10.
CROWN COURT.—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.)
Samuel Mills, a stout railway labourer, was indicted
for a felonious assault upon Jane Edmondson, a little
girl under the age of ten years, at Blackburn.
Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Whigham appeared
for the prosecution, and Mr. Macoubrey for the prisoner.
The prisoner was convicted upon very clear testimony,
and sentenced to be transported for life.
Richard Dickinson, aged 15, charged with a misde-
meanour, in attempting to perpetrate a similar felony,
was also convicted.

Sentence--To be imprisoned, in Preston House of
Correction for fifteen months, and kept to hard labour.
Joseph Goadby stood charged with having, on the 3d
instant, at Preston, feloniously stabbed and wounded
Richard Miller, with intent, as variously laid, to murder,
maim, &c.
Mr. James conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Ser-
geant Wilkins appeared to defend the prisoner.
The prosecutor, Miller, stated that he had been work-
ing as a railway labourer, and was in the employ of Mr.
Sharp at Preston. Prisoner was in the same employ
when the offence was committed; and on that day they
had met together, at the Bank Tavern, which the pri-
soner entered in company with two other men. Some
dispute arose between him (Miller) and the prisoner,
when the prisoner threw a bottle of harm at him, which,
however, did not hit him. But shortly after, more words
having passed between them, and Miller having gone
outside the house, and being engaged in wrestling with
another man, the prisoner, who had threatened to cause
him to be turned away from his employ, approached him,
holding a knife, and stabbed him in the ribs. The pri-
soner, after the bottle had been thrown, and before using
the knife, had exclaimed, "I'll do you before you leave
this house."

On cross-examination Miller admitted that he had
been the keeper of a house of ill-fame, that he had been
before the magistrates, and by them fined for an assault,
and also that he had been tried for receiving stolen
goods, and convicted.
Two other witnesses were called for the prosecution;
but their evidence varying on material points from that
Of Miller, Mr. James, at his Lordship's suggestion, gave
up the charge of felony.
Upon the question of the common assault,
The Learned JUDGE said, that by Miller's own admis-
sion his previous conduct and character had been bad,
and his manner as a witness had been flippant. His
Lordship should not deem it necessary on the present
occasion to inquire into the charge of assault; it might
be inquired of before another tribunal.
The prisoner was therefore acquitted generally, and
ordered to be discharged.

John Shaw, who liad pleaded Guilty to two several
charges of stealing, in each case a watch, was sentenced
for each offence to three months' imprisonment, with hard
labour.
John Longstaff, convicted of stealing 41., the property
of William Sayer, his master, was sentenced to six
months' imprisonment, with bard labour.
Ham Hyde, convicted of manslaughter, in killing and
slaying Richard Marsden, at Over Darwen, in a fight, was
then put up to receive sentence, in proceedinc, to pronounce
which his Lordship told the prisoner, in reference to the
mode of fighting pursued upon the occasion of the death,
that he (the Learned Judge) had felt ashamed that so un-
manly a mode of contest should be called, as it had been,
" fighting Lancashire." The striking an adversary after
getting him down, and sparing no part of his person, was
a practice most cruel and barbarous, and calculated to
arouse, with those among whom it might prevail, pas-
sions of the fiercest and most savage description. It was
Rot the prisoner who, in the present instance, had given
the challenge to fight; otherwise, if deceased had killed
the prisoner, instead of the prisoner him, his Lordship,
in stigmatising the offence in the manner it became
every judge to do, would certainly have transported the
offender. As it was, he (the Lord Chief Baron) had felt
himself constrained not to pass sentence hastily, but to
postpone the doing of that duty from yesteaday until
to-day, in order that, having calmly reflected, he might
safely trust himself in the sentence he should award, and
which was that of eight calendar months' imprisonment,
with hard labour.

BALLOON ASCENT.—The veteran Green made a
most splendid ascent with his Victoria balloon from
Cardiff, at half-past six on Monday evening, in the pre-
sence of many thousand persons. The inclosure from
which the ascent took place was filled with all the rank
and fashion of the neighbourhood. The balloon shot
up rapidly to a great height, and then proceeded in a
direction east by south, crossing the Channel, and having
passed over above twenty miles of water, reached the
Somerset shore on the northern extremity of Clevedon,
where Mr. Green intended to effect his descent; but on
approaching the earth the balloon fell into another cur-
rent, and its course varied to east by north; and per-
ceiving he was moving direct for Bristol with consider-
able velocity, he determined to effect his descent before
he neared that populous district; and having been in the
atmosphere fifty minutes, h.: rea2hccl the earth at Smoak'
Hail, in the parish of .Naisley, about seven miles west of
Bristol, where he met with every assistance he required
from the peasantry,
and proceeded to the railway a tation
at Briatcor with Slzo balloon uninjured.

The business of the assizes here terminated at between
oats and two o'clock this afternoon.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Bridgewater, August 10.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Chief Justice WiLDE.)
James Cave was indicted for having committed wilful
and corrupt perjury at the last assizes for Sornersetshire.
Mr. Phum and Mr. Karslake were counsel for the
prosecution, and Mr. Slade and Mr. Stone for the pri-
soner.
At the last assizes, held at Taunton in the spring,
two men of the names of Beeline and Compton were in-
dicted at the instance of Thomas White, for maliciously
maiming a horse, the property of White, who lived near
Bath, and who was a small farmer. Upon that occa-
sion White and the prisoner were the witnesses for the
prosecution. In consequence of the evidence given by
those two persons, and of testimony given by witnesses
called for the then prisoners, both of them were ac-
quitted, and Mr. Justice Cresswell, who tried the case,
directed White and Cave to be detained, and a bill of in-
dictment to be preferred against them for perjury. This
was done and the grand jury were
detained for a con-
siderable, longth of time in order to take that indictment
into their consideration. The bill was then found, but
White and Cave traversed until the present assizes. On
the trial, White and Cave swore that a hole had been
made in the head of the horse with a pickaxe, and they
produced a large
nail, which White declared he had
taken from the • •
intestines of the horse; and Cave, who
was the nephew of White, stated that he had seen Beel-
ing and Compton enter the stable in the middle of the
night, that he then heard the horse making a great
noise, and that he saw those two men come out of the
stable and go away ; one of them said, " That horse
won't do any more good." It appeared that White
had belonged to a society for the prosecution of felons,
and that after the death of the horse be had gone to
the secretary, and asked him to offer a reward for the
apprehension and conviction of the parties who had
killed the horse, and handbills were printed and circu-
lated offering 151. re,eard to be paid upon the conviction
of the offender.

I‘, Nl4nY witnesses were now called to show that the
evidence given by th©
untrue, prisoner on the former trial was

A deublifolum

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, IM7.

On behalf of the prisoner R itnesses were examined to
support the testimony as given by him.
After a very long trial, the jury found the prisoner
Guilty, and he was sentenced to seven years' trans-
portation,
Thomas White, the person alluded to in the former
case, was then arraigned upon a similar indictment, but
about eleven o'clock the trial was adjourned to the next
morning.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

Yesterday John Bull, charged with having under false
pretences obtained the acceptance of John Alexander,
draper, of Kelso, for 2001., was brought up for final ex-
amination.
The following was the additional evidence :
Mr. Augustus Adams, of No. 6, Great St. Helen's—
Knew the prisoner. Had had transactions in business
with him. In consequence of a transaction which wit,•
ness had had with a Mr. Ascoli, he had an interview
with {the prisoner, who said he had become the pur-
chaser of some otter of roses which witness had sold to
that gentleman. Asked Mr. Bull for money for the
otter of roses, and he said he bad not the money just at
that time, but that he had to send those goods into the
country, and should receive the money in a day or two,
and he wished to deposit the bill produced until he
should pay the amount. This took place on the 19th or
20th of May. When he offered me the bill he told me
that Alexander lived at Kelso ; that he was a large
linendraper, and had given references to Leaf, Coles, and
Co., and Grocock and Co., of London. He said that he
resided in Church •court, Clement's lane. The prisoner
said at first that he did not wish the bill to be discounted,
but afterwards he gave leave to have it discounted, pro-
vided he should get the full value. He (witness) said
there was a difficulty about the endorsement, and that if
he would get another bill from Mr. Alexander, done in
the usual way, he would undertake to return the one
deposited with him. It was about a week after the first
bill was handed to him that he proposed that.
Thain (City policeman 19) made the following state-
ment in addition to that which he had previously
given:—On Saturday, the 31st of July, on going with
the prisoner from the Mansion-house to the Compter, he
told me he had been regularly duped out of the bill, and
that he should like to place the party who had duped
him in the same position as that in which he was himself,
placed.
Jacob Ansel!, of Lower Rutland-street, Mile-end,
said—l saw the prisoner once and received a bill with
his endorsement on it in May last, accepted by Mr. John
Alexander, of Kelso, for 2001. I think it was payable to
John Bull. I think the hill was dated the 21st of May,
at three months. I received it from Mr. Ascoli, of Ni-
chol-square, in the Hackney•roa,d. I was applied to by
Mr. .Ascoli to discount it. I said I had no money, but I
had some pictures at Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn. The
prisoner came and looked at the pictures with Mr. As-
coli, and subsequently I received the bill from Mr. As-
coli, and paid it to Mr. Watt, of Bartlett's-buildings.
Mr. Alexander, the prosecutor, made the following
addition to his testimony in cross-examination by Mr.
Wolff—l received the first bill about the 17th of May.
I returned it the same day I got it. I believed it to be
a good bill when I sent it. I produce a letter dated the
21st of May, 1847, addressed to myself in answer to my
letter returning the first bill. I received the second bill
about a week after I bad returned the first. The stamp
on the second bill was the property of the prisoner, and
also bore the prisoner's signature as the drawer. I sent
back the second bill, bearing my signature, a day or two
afterwards. I have never given the prisoner one penny
in reference to these transactions. I wrote two letters
to the prisoner before I made this charge against him,
and they were returned to me, as directed to a party not
known.
The LORD MAYOR said the impression upon his mind
was, that a very gross fraud had been contemplated by
the prisoner, and that a jury should have the opportu-
nity of deciding upon the merits of the case.
The prisoner was then committed to Newgate.
William Henry Thompson was brought up for final
examination, charged with having embezzled his em-
ployers' property to a considerable amount, and with
having stolen a checque for 351.
Mr. 11. B.. Parsons, clerk to Messrs. 11. and J. John-
ston and Co., of 15, Bush-lane, said—l received the
cheque signed W. H. Thompson, and the letter with the
same signature, and in exchange drew the cheque for
50/. on Smith, Payne and Smith, and signed by Mr.
Butler, one of our firm.
Mr. Tessier, cashier in Smith, Payne and Smith's
banking house, said—Nathaniel Johnston and Sons keep
an account with us, and the firm of H. and J. Johnston
also keep an account with us. A cheque signed H. and
J. Johnston and Co,, for 50Z, was paid over the counter
in gold, and not paid into the account of Nathaniel
Johnston and Co.
Mr. J. P. Judd, a partner in the firm of Nathaniel
Johnston and others, stated—On the 13th of June, 1846,
the prisoner was in our service, and had been so for six
years previously. His duty was to receive moneys on
our account, and to enter them in the cash-book. We
had cash transactions with H. and J. Johnston and Co.,
of Bush-lane, and for the purposes of business, when I
was out of town, it was occasionally his duty to use a
letter of credit which I had given him on that house. It
was also occasionally his duty to write a checque to ena-
ble them to send a counter checque. The letter without
date, and the cheque dated 13th of June, are in the pri-
soner's handwriting. There would be nothing irregular
in H. and J. Johnsonston's sending in return on receiv-
ing such letter and cheque from the prisoner. The
cheque of the 13th of June, 1846, drawn by 11. and J.
Johnston and Co., in favour of Nathaniel Johnston and
Sons; on Smith, Payne and Smith, has never been en-
tered in our books. It ought to have been entered. On
Friday, the 12th of June, 1846, I had a conversation
with the prisoner, and I told him to meet me on the fol-
lowing Monday morning, not being satisfied with the
way in which he had made up the bankers' books. He
did not come, and I never saw him after that day until
he was apprehended.
Mr. Humphrey called upon the Lord Mayor to com-
mit the prisoner upon the charge of embezzlement.
Mr. Hoggins said that the hope of a conviction in
such a case was a desperate speculation, for there was
nothing in it containing legal grounds for such a charge.
The LORD MAYOR said he thought there were very
powerful legal grounds for convicting the prisoner. He
was perfectly satisfied with what he had heard, and
would commit the prisoner for trial.
The next case against the prisoner was one of robbery.
Mr. W. B. Butler said—l am clerk to Messrs. Green-
wood and Butler, of 110, Fenchurch-street. On the
13th of June, 1846, I took the cheque produced for
351. 13s. to the house of Nathaniel Johnston and Sons,
and paid it to a clerk there (not the prisoner).
Mr. T. Whitlock, clerk to Nathaniel Johnston and
eShoengsn,
e said—On
produced
nreceived thet to
Mr. C. Thompson, the prisoner's brother.
Mr. B. Morris, cashier to Sapte and Co., Lombard-
street, bankers, said—ln June, 1846, the prisoner kept
an account at our house, and on the 13th of that month
the cheque produced for 351. 13s. was brought to me and
paid in on his account. I have no doubt that the pri-
soner was the person who paid it in.
Mr. Judd, partner in the house of the prosecutors, said
—ln June, 1846, we had an account with Greenwood
and Butler. Neither the cheque produced nor the
amount is entered in our books. If the prisoner had
received it it was his duty to enter it in his cash
book. It was the prisoner's duty to see that the books
were kept correctly. I gave strict directions to the
officer who had the warrant against the prisoner to ap-
prehend him, and I never retracted nor qualified those
directions.

The prisoner said ho had met Mr. Judd in the street
in London upon returning from Brussels, and he might
have been taken into custody long ago.
Mr. Judd—Our directions were that the prisoner
should be apprehended whenever the officer could secure
him.

The prisoner was committed for trial.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Mademoiselle Esther de Villars, a young French girl
of very considerable personal attractions, was summoned
before Mr. Bingham by Jules Chack, for detaining a
volume of the " Memoirs of the Countess of Wolfen-
buttel."

The defendant is sister to the Leoline de Villars, who
appeared at this court under circumstances with which
the public are familiar.
The complainant, whose age and appearance were a
counterpart of his friend's who dated his love epistles
from the Commander-in-Chief's Office, proceeded to
state that in the course of his visits to Mademoiselle he
had lent her the volume in question.
The reply to this on the part of Mademoiselle, who
darted looks of merriment and scorn at her quondam
admirer, was that the book, among other love tokens,
had been given to her by the complainant. The de-
fendant further stated that a liaison of the most intimate
description had occurred between them.
The complainant, lifting up his eyes, swore by the
" tomb of his fathers" that nothing beyond innocent
friendship had passed. He begged to be permitted to
read a statement of the whole of the circumstances, for
the purpose of showing how he and his friend had been
choused out of their money and property by the two
girls, who had since proved themselves neither so inno-
cent or highborn as they appeared in the first instance.
The manuscript, which would have made a respect-
able volume, was here produced and read. It com-
menced, " Statement of Jules Check, Great Pulteney-
street." It went on to state, that while walking down
Regent-street with his friend one Sunday evening, near
the Quadrant, they met two well-dressed and very
good-looking young ladies. They followed these young
ladies, and, finding they were French, walked with
them till they came to their residence in Foley-place,
the door of which was opened by a servant in livery.
After some letters had been exchanged complainant and
friend obtained permission to call. When they called
they were shown into the drawing-room by the butler,
who said his young mistresses were at their toilette, but
would be down directly. They came down dressed
superbly in the French fashion, received them with
great distinction, and altogether made the visit so
pleasant as to induce the complainant to beg per-
mission to send for wine. Port and sherry were too
strong, and a bottle of French wine was procured
(for which, said the complainant by way of episode, they
charged me a sovereign). He told the young ladies on
taking leave—the young ladies having let them into the
secret of their distinguished birth, their mother being
the Countess de Villars, and their family seat the castle
of the Isle of Bonn,—that the wine was dear and bad ;
and that he (complainant) would send them some better
wine. Called the next evening; had another bottle of
French wine (for which, said the complainant, shaking
his head, they made me pay another sovereign); and
was then shown a letter, signed " Your mother, the
Coitutess de Villars." Was told that this later had
just been received, Believed all the young ladies said.
Had another bottle of French wine.—(Another sovereign
said the complainant). On taking leave had his cane
dethined by Esther; ditto, his friend's by Leoline,

Called the next evening. Found the young ladies very
dull. Implored them to disclose the cause. Learned
that the cause was the neglect of a lady, to whom they
had lent 2,000/., in not repaying the money, and that
they feared their valuable property at the Custom-
House would be lost for want of a sum of 351. to pay
the duty. Agreed with his friend to raise the money.
Did raise it. and with the young ladies to the Custom.
house to release their valuables. Complainant's friends
told the young ladies he had an uncle at the Horse
Guards. At the request of the young ladies went with
them to see over the building, but did not stop many
minutes there. Had a bottle of champagne—another
sovereign. Next day sent the young ladies six bottles
of Hermitage and three bottles of Chambertin ; sent
also his portrait, with a letter. The reply, which came
immediately after the payment of the 35L, and the re•
ceipt of the portrait, was as follows :
" Mon bien tendre ami,—Moi aussi, j'eprouve un
sensible bonheur vous tracer quelques lignes expres-
sives de ma franchise et do toes sentiments d'affection
pour vous.
" Ce n'est pas au premier jour que l'amitie s'acheve ;
c'est eta voyant les bons et nobles prece les que l'on a
votre egard. Aussi cheque jour I mon revell je pense
maintenant a vous.
" Genereux ami ! qui dans un moment de souci you-
lez venir mon aide. C'est Id oit les cceurs aimants se
connaissent et s'apprecient.
" Croiriez-vous qu'un jour I venir la jetme fille-d'au- ,
jourd'hui, maitresse de ses titres et de sa fortune et de
ses biens, ne saura pas aussi vous combler de ses faveurs,
et vous rendre au centuple ce que vous lul aurez prate
avec tant de devoument. Mais gardez ma pensee ; la
votre en ce moment remplit mon cceur ; et cette lettre
vous ports l'empreint de toute l'affeetion. a de la ten-
dress° dont je serai capable.
" Votre portrait ! objet si pr&seiux pour mon cmur et
qui davra remplir le vuide de votre absence.. Ah ! je
suis bien tourmentee. Je voudrais etre de4arrassee de
cette douane, et que Samedi,- domain s'il etait possible,
la moiti6 de ma maison 9oi S. vous eta votre ami ; que
j'aime eommeuu p4;sre, quo jaurais aims audele-si.mon
cceur n'itait t6ut entier irvouS." -
" A bietitilt-sans double je'plicerai de boii-Mar un
baiser d'amour sur votes front bien aim 6.
" Mon awe et pens 4 yous solvent.
"..ESTIIER DE VILLARS."
Up to this-period all went smoothly and without suspi-
cion. A note, directed to his friend, not to be shown
to him (complainant), soliciting 25L, aroused the first sus-
picion. A similar note, directed to himself, for the
same object increased the suspicion. A watch .on the
movements of-the young countesses was kept, and the
result was, according to the manuscript, that himself
and friend became perfectly satisfied the young ladies
were certainly. no better than they should be, and that
they had been done out of their cash and sundries of
considerable value. They called on the young ladies to
return their property; the young ladies laughed in their
faces, and complainant's friend resorted to a magistrate,
with what-success need not-here be told.
The complainant handed to Mr. Bingham a whole
bundle of love epistles from Mdlle. Esther to him.
Mr. BINGHAM said he need not read these letters, as
Mademoiselle-Esther 'Mars had placed the answers to
these letters in his hand's ; and those answers, written
by the complainant, appeared to be counterparts in. 'style
and warmth to the lady's letters.
The complainant said he was only anxious to have the
whole matter fully explained, to show how egregiously
his friend and himself had been duped.
The defendant retorted the charge. The complainant
had introduced himself under a false name and address.
The complainant admitted this was true, but he had
afterwards given his correct name and address.
Mr. BINGHAM said, as the complainant was a foreigner,
and unacquainted with the rules proper to observed in
an English court of justice, he had been permitted to
read the long history or novel which he had brought
with him, and to travel into all manner of matters not
immediately connected with the question before the
court, which was simply whether a book had been lent
or given to the defendant. The complainant's case re-
sembled closely the case of his friend, which had been
recently heard and decided by Mr. Hardwick. In Mr.
Hardwick's decision he entirely acquiesced; and as his
colleague had refused to interfere under the peculiar cir-
cumstances of the case, he should adopt a similar course,
and make no order with respect to the book. It ap-
peared to be a case of mutual deception, and he should
dismiss the summons accordingly.
WORSHIP-STREET.

Mr. Frederick Winter, the proprietor of a blonde and
lace warehouse in Wood-street, Cheapside, was yester-
day charged with an indecent assault, with intent, &c.,
upon the person of a young woman► named Jana Booth,
lately in his service as housemaid.

The complainant, a delicate looking girl, about 18
years of age, stated, that the defendant having, within
the last month, taken another house of business in
Union-street, Spitalfields, she %% as dispatched there on
Sunday morning last, at 10 o'clock, by her mistress,
with a basket containing provisions and other articles
for her master, who was superintending the necessary
arrangements for taking possession. On reaching the
house she was admitted by the defendant hinistlf, who
was the only person in it, and who desired her to deposit
the basket in the first floor apartments, which she did,
and was about to leave, when the defendant immediately
seized hold of her, and proceeded to acts of the grossest
indecency. A struggle ensued between them, which
terminated in her escaping from him and rushing down
the stairs, upon which she threw the basket, in
the hope of his falling over it, or impeding him
until she could get into the street. • The de-
fendant, however, pursued her, and having discovered,
upon reaching the street door, that he had locked it, she
was again seized upon by her master before she could
unfasten it, and forced back along the passage to the
stairs, upon which he flung her, and used every effort to
perpetrate the offence alleged against him. She at-
tempted to scream for assistance, but was stopped by the
F defendant, and resisted him with such strength and de-
termination, that after a prolonged struggle between
them, in the course of which she reminded him of the
unhappiness it would bring upon his wife if his infamous
conduct should reach her ears, she at length succeeded
in preventing the accomplishment of his purpose, and
was permitted to leave the house. She did not like,
under the circumstances, to immediately make her mis-
tress acquainted with the behaviour of her husband, to
whom she was sent back by her a short time afterwards
with the infant, and upon that occasion was allowed to
leave without molestation; but she availed herself of the
first opportunity that presented itself on her return, and
having informed her aunt of the scandalous treatment to
which she had been subjected, the present pro-
ceedings were adopted.
Ann Cooke, a widow and aunt of the prosecutrix, de-
posed that upon meeting her niece, who was in great
trouble and despondency, she detailed to her the parti-
culars of the defendant's conduct, precisely as she now
related them; and Richard Booth, the lather of the pro-
secntrix, stated, that upon calling at the house of the de-
fendant for an explanation of his behaviour towards his
daughter, the defendant, whose wife was present, treated
him with contempt, made no answer to the charge, and
refused to hold any communication with him.
Mr. Vann, who appeared for the defence, and closely
cross-examined the witnesses, but without eliciting any-
thing in favour of his client, said that he was instructed
to deny the charge in the most positive terms, and, as
he was of course unprovided with evidence to rebut the
young woman's statement, he should reserve the de-
fence for another court, if the magistrate determined
upon sending the case there; but he must draw the
attention of the Bench to the fact that the prosecutrix
had gone back a second time to the house without men-
tioning her ill usage to her mistress, and that the whole
case rested upon the young woman's evidence almost
entirely.
Mr. CO3IBE said that it was not to be supposed that
attacks of this description were ever attempted in the
presence of third persons, or conviction would be certain
to follow their commission; and, with regard to the
young woman's abstaining from divulging the matter
forthwith to her mistress, that was probably done to
spare the feelings of the latter; and he thought that all
expedition had been used by the prosecutrix in making
known the ill-treatment to which she had been sub-
jected. He saw nothing tangible in either objection,
and should order the defendant to find substantial bail—
himself in 801., and. two sureties in 401. each, to appear
and answer the charge at the next sessions of the Central
Criminal Court.
The depositions of the witnesses were then taken by
Mr. Vine, the chief clerk, and the defendant, who
treated the matter with much indifference throughout,
was removed.