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London, England, 1847-05-26 00:00:00

ru!e of the Courts, and there ought, consequently, to be
judgment for the plaintiff.
The ot.,er Learned Judges coinciding in this opinion,
the verdict was ordered to be rotA,t;.reti accordingly.

COURT OF RE VIE W.—(THISDAY
His Honour Vief, Chancellor Knight Bruce sat this
morning as Chief Judge in Bankruptcy, but nothing of
public interest wtts brought.before the Court.

SECONDARIES.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.)
LOCKE V. CAUFER.-CURIOUS CABE OF ALLEGED FAL'

SIFIC VTION OF VOUCHERS.
The plaintiff in this action is a brickmaker and mer-
chant, and defendant a builder, &c., at New-crass'
Deptferd. The action was brought to recover the sus;
of 11/ 55., the balance of an account for goods sold sea
delivered.
and pleaded
The defendant paid 31. 12s. into Court,
nil d- bit as to the remainder.
Mr. Sadgrove, solicitor for the plaintiff, called TbO.
son, a clerk to the plaintiff, who stated the account:br"e
tween the plaintiff and.defendant, and that the WS
was due.
Mr. MILLER, who appeared as counsel for the defend'
ant, produced a book and cross-examined the whiles! 61
to an entry in the defendant's book of a sum of Wi•
received. The witness distinctly swore that ke
received 101. on the-day in question ; that although
signature appeared on the book, the figures and Wail;
writing of the amount in full were not in his hand
writinc. He generally signed the books. The figures
had been altered from 10 to 20; the writing had been
ulterd.
Mr. MILLER, for the defendant, concluded the
he Altera:
tion of tau to twenty had been occasioned by t it._o
ness pressing ter a large sum on account. This be (In,
Learned Counsel) would rove in evidence. Tbere (was
to call
no alteration in the written part, and he begged
the attention of the jury to the tact that sums of twg
were written at full length in cheques and on, bile
to check the figures ; in this case the figures had be...
first put in as ten but altered to twenty, at which spa* I'
was tilted up in writing.
A juror said that he thought with the witness the
the writing had been altered—that the figures had was
evident. in that
Mr.
MILLER said he could not see the case d
light ; the alteration et the 10 to 20 might be accountedtor, but in the writing it was impossible to alter
lead eat()
to .‘ twenty" without -.uch visible difference es °
de
teett,,n ; where suspicion was raised by other cal
eurastancvs, if !mud had been contemplated a the
chelakr
for
process would have discnarged the ink, and if
words" wily not for the "figures ?" then, as °lie.
nature was admitted, an end would have been put W Lb
claim. The tact was, the witness loved his gista
id make mistakes occasionally, and had wade a°l
calculation.
The witness said he had never been charged withwithsuch neglect by his master, and there was no foundati
fur it except in the brief of the Learned Cu'uesel bat
Evidence was adduced to make out the defence, not
failed, but showed that the "book-keepieg" was :bat
very accurate on the side of the defendant, AD'
such mistakes were likely to happen.
The. jury found for the plaintiff.

SURREY SESSIONS.—(THIS PA-"/
(Before TH031.40 ~ PUCKLE, Esq., and Beue—h
°
Henry Wilson, a young fellow well known Magistrates.) to Fo°
n the
police, was convicted of picking pi:ckets at Epsom,
.
Derby day, and sentenced to ten years' transport/1"v le
June Green, aged 30, was indicted for teloniotte
stealing at Kingston-on-Thames, tqo pieces of
property ofMeasrs. Shrubsoles, linen, draper, of that P 1.7;
It appeared from the evidence, that on the eveningree'
the 21st inst. the prisoner entered the shop, and
quested to look at some silk. Several pieces were At,e
her, but she made no purchase, but lett the shop. FL,
had not proceeded far before the two pieces of silk wit:
missed from the counter. One of the proseoutore,r,
mediately pursued the prisoner, and while be was as
her about the property, she dropped it on the Weisirs
from under her dress. The two pieces of silk were
produced, and identified by the prosecutor. a
prisoner said that she did ?ill
steal the silk, nor did she know how it came on PI
pavement.
The jury immediately returned verdict of GI:
and the Chairman sentenced the prisoner tn. six won
imprisonment. y _

DA)
MARLBRO'-STREET—.-cri
41... 2d
°ming~ls to-.--
David Griffiths, a private soldier,
battalion of the Coldstreani Guards,
Mums NQ. 4,
bar charged with assaulting Mr. John W
Westbourne-street, Hyde Park.
The com I •
stated that on the previous evening'
waa—p.laced at the
r! want
about six -o'clock. he was proceeding through Ha.noleorr:
square, when his attention was called to the pris
on
who appeared to be quarrelling with a female. After
the
watching them a s ,rt time he saw him strike
woman: a yi.dent blow in the face. Complainant rent° •
Strafed el h the defendant upon his cowardly. eondtlegi
-when, without the least reply, he (defendant) turned
round, struck him on the head, and kicked his lee
Complainant then called for a police-constable and gave
him in charge.
Mr. William Taylor, 285, Regent-street, corroborated
the evidence of complainant.
The defendant, in answer to the charge, admitted
striking the female, and said she was his wife, and he
14 as only correcting her, wLen the gentleman
an" interfer.d with him. He denied assaulting came
ulting:thl
compaiwit.

Nlr. Ilmouam said hr. was surprised that a man hice
the defendant should so couttnit himself, and as he had
no doubt that he bv,tild b punished elsewhere, he (Sfr•
gingham) should only it fl et the moderate fine of 205.•
or seven days' imprs-nufent in the House of Correction.

CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.
John .1 ack.on, a caiman, in the r m ploy ot Mr. Spencer*
carrier, 78. thiswell-strett, was charged with robbing
his employer and the New Gas and Coke Cofer.*
under the tollowing circumstances:—
It appeared that Mr. Spencer had contracted with the
Company for the p .rforicance of thdr carting work, in
which the prisoner was e,nployed, and yesterday
the latter went to the Company's works for the purpose
of taking out twenty four sacks ot coke. In about two
heitirs afterwards Mr. Spencer-saw his waggon and horses
standing in Golden lane without any person attending
to theta, when his suspicion was excit.ed, and he counted
only twenty-three sacks. Orders had been sent for the
removal of twenty-four by the company.
soon afterwards came out of a court, The prisoner
made, and as it was found that he had sold a bag of
coke there, he was given into custody.
The prisoner w-As fully fitted.cornni when inquiries were

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT lIIINGERFORD-MARKET:'"
This morning, about twenty minutes past four' o'clock,
a tire broke out in the house of Mr. Milligan, corn and
hay merchan', Hoi!gerfOrd-market. It was first disco-
vered by the watchmen in the market, who instantly
gave the alarm, and, having broken opt n the door of the
star le, succeeded in rescuing Iwo valuable horses, which
otherwise would have become a prey to the devouring
element. Shortly afterwards the Chaiidos- street Brigade-
(;nt.giihnees
‘4,a,rersitve,it, aEndgzenrde ianitinidi•(doaittenityytloltlrdoew.oedfficebysi;hanosde_
plentiful supply of water,
andho wgeare waiting for
sit to
tmarket, and
opaennupEnrbeesernotf,
already attained a. o
fearfulw rk
hot!i
gthhte flames,Great
which
wt
they were without di-lay
of the adjoining pee
Brotherton as an oil manufactory; wises, occupied by Mr.
ft afs. were fur a considerable ebettabertaihned
exertionsfor the
of the fir* men. police, anadrieihrhoutbsiet'aenetusj
subdued until seven o'clock. The warehouseetuelyotifieeprrptfieerereo wallsruwitemisdbi
.sec joftoriginated
fined to Mr Milligan's w
leftare totally destroyed,
nding. It t
supposednothi but
th attthoetaho was
and
dt
contentsenti rei
from an overheated flue belorgi g
boiling shell-fish by the salesmen in the market. The
am ant of property destroyed cannot yet be ascertained.
ROBBERY AND NARROW ESCAPE.—This day at
noon, as Mr. Joseph Yardley, tin [lardy a captain in the
army but now a city merchant, was proceeding down
Chiswell-street, Finsbury, he felt a sudden tug at Ws,
coat pucker, and saw a man dart .into the Paul's Beau
gin shop, which is situate at the corner of Milton-street
Chiswell- treet. Without waiting to ascertain
whether be had been robbed or nut, and remembering
that there was a side door, he rushed round :the
corner into Milton-street, and was just in time to
collar the thief who had opened the door for him, and
had got his silk handkerchief in his possession. Mr.
Yardley 011 fee ling his other coat pocket, however, found
that his pocket-book, which eimtuined nearly 3001 which
he hid just received, was safe. I 1 had no doubt been
watched and followed by the thitlf, who had by mistake
picked the wrong pocket, and who, on being given into
cos:ody was recognised as the notorious swell-mob-man
"Bill K.efe."

CELEBRATION OF HER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY.""
GRAND SiILITARS Z^ FECTACLE IN T. JAMES'S YARN.
—To-morrow (Thursday) being
set apart for the cele-
bration of her Maj.-sty's birthd .y, there will, should the
weather continue propitious, be a grand military jo-
StilPeeCtliiiiillteliaiiii
pthroegTrailmt-myaerdi,ssSitte.dJaprienns's rhtterkkaugoereeGabularcito.
halt-
laA evening. The troops are to be on the ground at
in full dress, and to wear gold sashes. The Queen's
Past nine o'clock. Officers attending are to aPPear
exclusive
guard, comprising one hundred rank and file,
of sentries, will mount at Sr. James's Palace at a quarter
after one. The band will attend. The troops, band,
&c., having formed into line, will await the approach of
his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and his Grace the
Conunsnder-in-Chief; who, it is understood,
will be ac-
companied by his Loyal Highness the Grand Duke Con-
stantine of Russia and the distinguished personages of
his suite. On entering-
they will be received by the
military compliments due to their rank, after which the
party will ri ,e round the line. The usual movements

will -then follow.
The Belgian Free-Trade Association has convoked
at Brussels, for the 16th of September next, a meeting. of
economists of all cow:tries, to discuss their respective *no
ter,sts and views on the broad principles of free trade.
The committee of tho Association had deputed WPariS
two of its members, Messrs. Curr-Vandermaeren, Judge
of the Tribunal of Commerce of Brussels, and Leber:li
de Beaulieu, a civil engineer, to invite the most eminent
advocates of free trad in Paris to attend the Belgian
Congress. The invitation had been already cheerfully
accepted by the Duke d'Harcourt, and M. Anisson Dtt•
perron, Peer of France ; Messrs. Lamartine and Leon
Fanch-r. and other deputies ; M. Michel Chevalier, M.

WOIOWESki, &c.
BOXLEY, AILESTORD, AND BURHAM.—The hop bine
in these parishes has grown amazingly during the past
week; so much so, thst it is impossible to find sufliolent
women to tie them. They are at prewar, poziecOy.,4o
foal say laud of veragu.