The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-17 00:00:00

DERBY ELECTION.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16.—At nine o'clock this morn-
ing the members of the Town Council took their places
around the council table of the Guildhall, and W.
Mousley, Esq., the mayor, his seat as returning officer,
when the doors were opened, and every seat in the large
room was soon filled with voters and other inhabitants
of the town. The Hon. Mr. Gower and his friends took
their seats on the right of the mayor, and Mr. M‘Grath
and three of his friends placed themselves on the left.
The precept was then read, and also the Bribery Act,
after which the Mayor briefly stated the object of the
meeting, and hoped they would allow every party to
have an impartial hearing.
DOUGLAS Fox, Esq., then rose amidst loud cheers,
and nominated the Hon. Frederick Leveson Gower as a
fit and proper person to represent the borough of Derby
in Parliament.

Mr. MADELEY seconded the nomination.
A Chartist of the name of M'Grath was also nomi-
nated, and received with great cheering by the crowd.
The Hon. Mr. GOWER then arose, amidst great cheer-
ing, and stated his political views on many of those
questions that had been mooted by those gentlemen who
had moved and seconded his nomination. He thanked
them that though a comparative stranger amongst them,
he had during his canvass received much kindness at
their hands, and that if elected it would be his greatest
honour and happiness to promote their welfare and that
of the community of which they formed a part.—(Cheers.)
The Honourable Gentleman stated that he detested
bigotry, whether amongst the Catnolics in foreign
countries, or amongst the " No-Popery" party in
England—was opposed to church rates, and objected to
paying the priesthood of Ireland out of the public funds;
that the surplus resources of the Irish Church ought to
be appropriated to the purposes of education in that
country. Reason and experience had taught him that
free trade was beneficial to the country at large, and the
greatest guarantee of peace with other countries. He
was an advocate for shortening the duration of Parlia-
ments, and his opinions in favour of vote by ballot had
been confirmed during .his canvass, where. he. had met
with many parties who had wished him success, and pro-
mised that if he were endangered by a Tory they would
come to the rescue, who otherwise were inclined, from a
fear of their superiors or employers, not to vote at all.
He rhould do all he could to put an end to such a spirit
of cruel intimidation. The Hon. Gentleman then went on
to deplore the extreme views of many dissenters on the
subject of Government aid in education, and hoped they
would never allow those things to give an advantage to
their common enemy—the Tories. He (Mr. G.) repudiated
the doctaine of finality, as it respected the franchise,
which he thought should be extended. Many were now
excluded by education and otherwise, that ought to be
admitted to so great a principle ; but the best friends of
this cease were those who promoted education—enlighten
the people, and then their cause is irresistible.
(Cheers.) He did not look upon the Government
scheme of education as a perfect plan. Money was
proposed to be given to aid voluntary efforts—
this was soon objected to by those who in 1839, when
such a measure was proposed, not only unopposed
it, but petitioned for it ; therefore, however greatly
he respected the body of dissenters, he deprecated the
divisions they might create on this subject.—(Cheers.)
The Hon. Gentlemen then referred to other measures
affecting the amelioration of the condition of the work-
ing classes, and the removal of taxes from articles of
necessity, to which he should give his attention, if re-
turned their member, and hoped that if ever he voted
against their interests in this respect, it would be an
error of judgment and not of the heart.—(The Hon. Gen-
tleman sat down amidst loud applause.)
After a long speech from Mr. M`GRATIT,
The MAYOR called upon the electors for a show of
hands, stating that none were eligible to do so but such
as were voters, and after declaring the saline to be in
avour of the Hon. Mr. Gower, his Worship declared
(*he Hon. F. Leveson Gower duly elected, who returned
thanks in a few words, and the return was there and
then made, the proceedings having lasted three hours.

INSTITUTION OF CIVIL
ENGINEERS.

JUNE 15.—Sir John Rennie, president, in the chair.
The paper read was, " On the law which governs the
discharge of elastic fluids under pressure, through short
tubes and orifices." By William Fronde, M. Inst. C.E.
The subject of the paper admitted of a much longer
communication than could be read at one meet-
ing, and the train of reasoning was such as
could scarcely be perfectly entered into on merely
hearing it read ; nor is it possible within our limits,
to give a complete analysis of a paper which, for
accuracy of perception, closeness of reasoning, and terse-
ness of diction, has rarely been equalled in any scientific
society. A succinct review of it must suffice. The law
proposed was a modification of that which has been
usually assumed, viz. a simple application of that
which holds good with respect to non-elastic
fluids. This law is, generally, that the velocity
of issue is directly as the square root of the pres-
sure, and inversely as the square root of the density;
but this law neglects wholly the reaction that must
arise from the expasion necessarily taking place in
the course of issue. The nature of the aetion was il-
lustrated by the following example :—lf a balance be
supposed, with an equal weight in each scale, one of the
weights being
a spiral spring, like that of a spring ba-
lancehe in a state
compressed lengthwise with its axis vertical, and
Id
of compression by a cord. Now let
the cord be suddenly reversed so that the spring is
enabled to extend itself verticaily. The scale in
which it stands will obviously be depressed, the
spring reacting on it as it expands upwards, and conti-
nuing to press till wholly relaxed ; or if the scale in
which it stands were ascending by a preponderance
given to the other scale, the rate of its ascent would
be in the same way retarded. The amount of the
retardation would depend on the strength and the
weight of the spring, and on the length to which it
would extend itself when released. Now in the dis•
charge of an elastic fluid, there is an action, strictly
analogous, operating continuously however instead of
per saltum, the strength and weight of the spring being
represented by the elasticity and density of the fluid, and
the length to which it would extend itself by the degree
of expansion, in the course of issue. The reduction
in quantity of discharge, due to the action, was to be
measured by the velocity imparted by expansion, to
each particle of the elastic fluid in
,course of issue, the
velocity of each particle after expansion, would be its
velocity before expansion, multiplied into the rate of
expansion, and the primary force must be subdivided
in generating each additional unit of velocity, so that
the portion applicable to the generation of velocity be-
fore expansion would be the whole force divided by the
rate of expansion; thua the velocity before expansion
would be divided by the square root of that rate. For
instance, an elastic fluid expanding four times in course
of issue, would be discharged with only half the velocity
of a non-elastic fluid, under the same circumstances of
pressure and density. This modification was shown to
fulfil the general dynamical law
"that a given force acting
for a given time will produce a given momentum, whatever
be the weight of the mass acted upon." This seemed
to be the essence of the law for non-elastic fluids ; but it
was disregarded by the unmodified:application of that law
to elastic fluids, in which there would be a great accession
of velocity, of particles issuing under a given pressure,with-
out any reduction of quantity discharged in a given time;
if, however, the quantity be produced as proposed, in the
ratio of the square root in the density, and the velocity be
accelerated in the same ratio; the final momentum would
be the true equivalent of the pressure. This, in its practical
application, explained what was inexplicable by the ordi-
nary theory ; the difficulty experienced from the back
pressure of the waste steam in locomotive engines, and
a diagram was given, showing that, at sixty miles per
hour, this would be at least equivalent to Blbs per
inch throughout the stroke, thus showing a loss of
r.early 50 H. P. As applied to the case of air
discharged into an exhausted receiver the re •
suit was highly curious. The rate of discharge
instead of increasing throughout as the degree of
vacuum was increased, would be maximum at fifteen
inches of vacuum, although nearly uniform for many
inches above and below that point ; it would, how-
ever, progressively decrease above that point, because
the expansion would increase in a higher ratio than
the pressure, and ultimately, at the point of per-
fect vacuum, it would be at a minimum (indeed
stationary, were air perfectly elastic), because at
that point the expansion would be infinite, but the pres-
sure only finite, viz., thirty inches of mercury. Experi-
ments made, by permission of Mr. Brunel, with the
qouth)Devon Railway atmospheric apparatus, confirmed

the theory. The line traced by an indicator apparatus
was shown to accord very closely with one traced by this
theory, whilst it was widely at variance with the result
of the ordinary theory.
After the meeting, Mr. Lambert exhibited his flexible
diaphragm water ♦alve, which was intended to remedy
some of the defects of the plug-cock. It avoided the
leakage, and necessity of repairs. There was apparently
no friction, and appeared very durable, and well calcu-
lated for the newly introduced system of constant
pressure.

- The paper announced to be read at the next meeting,
Tuesday, June 22, was " A review of the Plans which
have been proposed for connecting the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans by a navigable Canal." By Joseph
Glynn, M. Inst., C.E.

EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.—Last night, a public
meeting was held in the United Presbyterian Church,
Oakshaw-street, Paisley, in furtherance of the objects of
the Evangelical Alliance. John Hart, Esq., of Cartvale,
was called to the chair. The Rev. Mr. Banks commenced
the proceedings by leading the devotional exercises;
Rev. Mr. France briefly explained the objects of the
Alliance ; Rev. Mr. Jordan, in a neat address, refuted
some objections to the Alliance ; Mr. Whitelaw, of Nor-
wich, delivered a short address ; and the Rev. Mr. James
followed, in his usually masterly style. The attendance
was good, and the spirit which evidently characterised
the meeting, was of a very pleasing nature.—North
British Mail of Wednesday.
WHALES.—About seventy whales were captured at
Stronsay last week, and have since been sold at about 2/.
each, on an average, leaving to a great number, who were
engaged in the capture, about 155. to 20s. each—a very
good day's wage for the few hours spent in driving the
bottle-noses ashore.—Caledonian Mercury.
CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.—The Governors of this Insti-
tabion, at a Court held on Tuesday, unanimously voted a tes-
timonial of their approbation to Mr. G. J. Gill, of Emanuel
College, Cambridge, a former pupil and present exhibi-
tioner of the hospital, to whom the Porson prize of this
year has been adjudged. Mr. Gill also gained the Porsen
prize last year.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, June 16.

(Sittings at Nisi Prius before Mr. Justice WlLLisms )

RICHARDSON V. STEELE.

This was an action for damages for a breach of pro-
mise of marriage.
Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Ryland appeared for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Spinks for
the defendant.

Mr. Sergeant BYLES, in opening the case, said, the
plaintiff complained against the defendant, who was a
chemist and druggist at Brighton, for having inflicted
upon her a most serious injury. The plaintiff was the
daughter of a tradesman at Messing, near Kelvedon, in
Essex. In the years 1842 and 1843 the plaintiff and the
defendant lived together at the house of a Mr. Waugh, a
chemist in Regent-street, the one as an assistant, the
other as a lady'smaid. An attachment had sprung up
between them, and without any reason whatever the de-
fendant had returned the letters of the plaintiff, and had
repudiated the contract he had entered into. The
plaintiff became ardently attached to the defendant
whilst at Mr. Waugh's house. Fortunately, although
the defendant had destroyed the letters the plaintiff had
written to him, she bad preserved those she had received
from him, and they should be laid before the jury in
order that they might see whether justice could be ad-
ministered to the plaintiff in a court of law. The plain-
tiff's brother had thought it necessary to see the de-
fendant with respect to his intentions, and the defendant
then expressed his love for the plaintiff and his intention
to marry her. He would call the brother before the
jury, and would prove a voluminous correspondence to
have taken place, from 1843 to 1846, between the plain-
tiff and defendant; and although he would not read all
the letters, he would refer to two or three, to show the
terms on which the parties were contracted to each
other. The first letter was as follows:

" Friday, June 2, 1843.
" My heart is axed,
I cannot range;
I love my choice
Too well to change.
" First impressions (carefully made) of those we find some-
thing in to admire, esteem, and love, are seldom, if ever,
effaced from our memory, and stand proof against the slander
of our most secret enemy.
" Love has many doubts, but without proofs should cherish
none."

The Learned Sergeant" then read several long and rather
tedious letters, in which, mixed up with allusions to
business and other matters, were occasional expressions
of attachment. One letter mentioned "sending a news-
paper" to the plaintiff, which " contained three cases of
murder;" another mentioned sending her " Ilumphrey's
Clock;" and most of these letters concluded, " Yours
truly and affectionately, Stephen ;" " Your affectionate
Stephen, with love ;" " Your absent lover," and so on.
During the whole of this long courtship the defendant
had been looking out for a settlement in life. The op-
portunity at length presented itself, and he was set up
by his father in a very flourishing business at Brighton.
The jury should now hear what the effect of that pros-
perity was upon 'he defendant, in his conduct to this in-
nocent and confiding young woman. His neglect and
long silence induced her to write to him, and, broken-
hearted, to go uown:to Brighton to see him; after which
she received from him a letter, which he would read to
the jury:—

" Nov. 29, 1845.

" Elisabeth,—l received yours of the 25th, and feel sorry
you should have troubled yourself with any such apology, as
I had not the least desire to receive any such thing. You
appear to quite misconstrue the meaning, that the future
may, perhaps, make amends for the past; but understand it
this way for your own good—if you wish to gain respect in
future, reflect before you act, your actions will be less likely
to give offence. You must be well aware that two possessing
opposite feelings and opinions never can be happy together;
such undoubtedly is the case; therefore it is my wish, which
I trust will meet yours, that no further correspondence will
be carried on between us upon the terms unfortunately that
have been ; but I shall always feel that interest by which I
hope to hear of your success and happiness. I hope, by re-
flection, you will be of the same opinion, and put the best
construction upon this letter. which I feel will be decidedly
to the advantage of both.—l remain, still your well-wisher,

" Miss Richardson, 17, Vere-street,
Oxiord-street, London."
Probably it would have been better that she should have
sent her father or her mother down to Brighton than
have gone down there herself. The young woman most
earnestly solicited one more interview with the defendant.
lie cuuld not lay the plaintiff's letters before them, as the
defendant had burnt them, and she kept no c.pies of
them. She wished t) know if there had been anything
in her conduct to give reasonable offence, and the fol-
lowing was the answer she received (Post-mark,
Brighton, Jan. 8, 1846):—
"Elizabeth,--I received yours on the 6th instant, and am
at a loss to know why you wish an interview, as I thought
my last letter was sufficiently explicit; but it there be any
matter you wish explained, it you write and name it, I shall
be happy to satisfy you ; otherwise, for the benfit of both par-
ties, let there be no further communication."

No signature or date was appended to the letter, and it
was addressed the same as the last. In the course of
the courtship many little pledges of affection had been
interchanged; and in May, 1846, the p:aintiff received
an envelope containing everything the defendant had
ever received from her, with this letter:—
"I forward to you everything I possessed that once belonged
to you, as I wish that every circumstance connected with the
past may be forgotten. The letters I had have been long
since destroyed, so that now I have not a single thing.
Trusting they will arrive safe, I wish you health, happiness,
and prosperity."
There was no address at either the beginning or end of
the letter, end so terminated the correspondence. He
need not inform the jury of the irreparable injury
which had been inflicted on this young woman. The
bloom of her youth had been sacrificed, her feelings
had been wounded, her chances of a comfortable set-
tlement in the world had been wasted by this in-
sincere and heartless man. The evils of our dense
population tell most heavily upon young women;
many of them, in every way capable of making
good wives, were, from the circumstances of the
other sex, compelled to waste their existence;
and the man who took the bloom of a young woman's
life and deluded her out of a chance of future settlement,
inflicted upon her an injury which no damages of a jury
could compensate. From the age of 19 to 24 this young
woman's life had been thus wasted. If left to herself she
would never have brought this actio❑ ; but her family
and friends insisted upon it, and determined to obtain
for her justice in a court of law. It was the duty of the
jury to mark their sense of this conduct. He should
show that the defendant was in a flourishing business at
Brighton, and able to pay damages. The damages were
laid at 5001., every shilling of which he thought would
not be too much to give. It was the duty of the jury to
mark their sense of the injury which the plaintiff had
received. He called

- Wm. Henry Richardson (who was examined by Mr.
RYLAND), brother of the plaintiff. Was a shoemaker
in London. His parents lived In Messing, in Essex.
His sister was about 28 years of age. The defendant
was formerly an assistant to a chemist named Waugh,
in Regent-street,;and his sister was living as lady's-maid
to Mrs. Waugh. In May, 1843, the defendant sent for
him, and told him he had formed an attachment to his
sister, and wished to make her family acquainted with
it; that he was satisfied of her suitability for his wife,
and wished to marry her. Witness wished him to un-
derstand that his sister had no property, and wished him
to consider that. He replied that he had property of his
own to set him up in a first-rate way of business. It was
not he said money that he looked for in the choice of a
wife, but manners and disposition. He was admitted
to the family on the terms of a suitor till June,
1845. During that time he said he was looking out
for a business, that he had property to take a first-rate
business, but could not find one. He had repeatedly
been out with the defendant and his sister together. On
one occasion he was looking at a newspaper, and there
was a very long name in it, and that led to conversation
about names, and defendant said to his sister, "Yours is
a very long name, Elizabeth, but I will soon change it
for a short one." He also said he did not wish his
sister to take another situation on her leaving Mrs.
Waugh's, as he did not wish it to be afterwards said
that his wife had been a lady's-maid. There was no
change in his manner until March, 1846, when he had
another conversation with defendant about his sister. De-
fendant bad then taken a business at Brighton, and wit-
ness went to see him. He was carrying on a very large
business as a chemist and druggist, in St. James's• street,
in Brighton. It was on Sunday. Witness told him he
had come to see him, as he was informed by his sister
that he (the defendant) had altered his mind in regard
to her, and he (witness) wished to know if anything had
occurred on her part to effect this change. He told wit-
ness, there had not; on which witness expressed hissurprise at such conduct, and told him that his sister
had kept herself respectable and disengaged, relying on
his former promises, and was willing and ready to marry
him, and asked his reasons for now ref using to fulfil
his promises. He said, therendwebree shoamdeftilltixtlemmadae ptteurs
about which they disagreed, a

his mind not to marry her. He knew the defendant's
handwriting perfectly well. The letters put in were in
defendant's handwriting.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILKINs —He car-
ried on business at 2, Mulberry-court, Vincent street,
Finsbury. His: sister was in court, in the gallery, in a
blue shawl. He had made boots for the defendant.
There was no one with him but his sister when the con-
versation about the name of his sister took place. They
were on board a steamer going to Greenwich. He knew
nothing about the art of distilling, and never proposed
to supply defendant's employers with spirits of wine.
His sister, after leaving Mrs. Waugh, went to live with a
friend of his at Islington, then to Kilburn, then to Kensal-
green, to his aunt's, and resided amongst different friends
until she took a situation, in which she stayed a few
months. Then she went to her father's unwell with a
bad leg, and then went to live with a lady named Mash,
in Wales, and went with her to Paris, and then came to
London. She then went to live with Mr. Birch, in Vera-
street, Oxford-street, an Irish linen repository, as shop-
woman, where she now was. Did not tell defendant that
he would publish his conduct throughout Brighton when
he saw him. Never told defendant "he had better pay
him 1001." he denied that altogether. His sister had
been " two years, come July," in Yere-street. First
heard defendant refused to marry his sister in Novem-
ber, 1845. He had other sisters, some of whom were in
service, and others, young ones, living at home with his
father. His sister was educated at Messing. His sister,
the plaintiff, was about 17 years of age when she went
to service.

Re-examined by Mr. Sergeant BYLES—His father had
nine children, and did not send them all to boarding-
schools; but his sister was competently educated. Wit-
ness had been ten years in business as a bootmaker in
London. His sisters went out to service when they were
competent for it.

Mrs. Bars, aunt to the plaintiff, examined by Mr.
Sergeant BYLES—In 1843 the plaintiff was visiting
witness, and subsequently; and on those occasions the
defendant, Mr. Steele, bad visited the plaintiff at wit-
ness's house. She objected to his attentions, thinking
they might not be honourably meant, but the defendant
said his intentions were honourable, and he meant to
marry her. _ _ _

The correspondence opened by Mr. Sergeant Byles
was then put in and read, together with the following let-
ters, after the conclusion of the defendant's correspond-
ence, demanding the fulfilment of his promise,
" 26, Carey-street, London.
" Sir,--Miss Richardson has consulted me relative to your
conduct towards her, in desiring that no further correspond-
ence be had between her and yourself. She is totally at a loss
to account for so sudden a determination on your part, after
so long an intimacy and your promises made to marry her,
and am to request the favour of your informing me if it be
your determination not to marry her, and if so on what
grounds you refuse to do so.
" I am, Sir, yours very obediently,
" THOS. BISGOOD.
" Mr. Stephen Steele, chemist and druggist,
" St. James's-street, Brighton."

There was no reply to this letter, and ultimately, to a
subsequent letter, demanding a reply, a reference was
given by the defendant to his solicitor.

Mr. John Cook (tailed and examined by Mr. Ser-
geant BYLES) lives in. Crawley-street, Oakley-square.
Knows St. James's-street, Brighton, and had seen the de-
fendant's shop there. It is one of the principal thorough-
fares in Brighton. Had been at defendant's shop two or
three times. It was a good-sized and a very respectable
shop. The defendant was in a very excellent way of
business, from what he had seen. He had heard de-
fendant's father had retired from business. Did not
know it.

Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Wu.x.ms—What
are you ?—A gentleman.
Were you ever in business ?—Yes.
What business ?—No answer.

Were you a draper's assistant ?—No answer.
Were you one of those gentlemen who stand behind a
counter in a draper's shop, rub their hands, and ask " If
they can show the ladies and gentlemen anything else ?"
—(Laughter).—Was in the employment of his brother,
who was a draper. Had been in bu.iness since on his
own account, but it did not answer.

What took you to Brighton ?—Went there when he
was married.

Oh, married ! What ! had you to go to the drug-
gist's shop after you were married ?—(Laughter). What
did you want ?—A few little things. He knew nothing
else about the defendant or his shop.
This was the plaintiff's case.
Mr. Sergeant WILKINS then addressed the jury for
the defendant. He said, his Learned Brother had stated
that the plaintiff's friends were determined to bring her
case before a jury, to see if they eould obtain justice in
a court of law. Had he been sincere in that desire he
would have refrained from many topics he had intro-
duced, and from many manoeuvrings he had resorted to.
An inquiry of this kind was calculated to set the feelings
of the jury at war with their judgments. It was one of
those cases which engaged the best feelings of our hu•
manity, and which required the strongest exercise of
the mind and judgment to keep those feelings in control.
They had had a strange mélange read, to them for the
last half hour, composed of love, murder, physic, "Hum-
phrey's Clock," and last not least, about " the man with
the white hat of asinine qualities." Never before that
day, though having some experience in love corre-
spondence, had he heard read such a correspondence as
this. His Learned Brother had talked of the plaintiff
being broken-hearted—it was a phrase which often
meant nothing—and when he heard it said of the buxom
young woman in the gallery, he could not help thinking
of the Irishman who went blubbering out of court after
hearing his counsel's statement of the injuries done him,
crying out, "By the mother of Muses, I did not think
I was half so badly threated as I am." Laying aside
his Learned Brother's poetic effusions, let them turn
their attention to the plaintiff and the defendant in 1843,
when the attachment spoken of began. His Learned
Friend had spoken of the plaintiff's humble circum-
stances. The plaintiff and the defendant were living in
the same house, and the defendant then wrote to her a
kind of Valentine:— •

" If you loves I
As I loves you,
No knife shall cut
Our loves in two."—(Laughter.)
What sort of love that was every boy knew. The plain-
tiff and defendant were in the same house together.
The defendant sees Betsey in the same house together.
The defendant sees Betsey in the morning sweeping the
stairs; he sees her in the daytime waiting at table, and
he sees her at night carrying a light to the bedrooms,
and has a sly n hiiper to her. But time had begun to
have upon him its proper effect. Some of the jury
might have sons. What would they think of an at-
tachment between one of their sons and the housemaid
of the people with whom he was placed? No doubt
when the defendant was a boy he had written those
passionate epistles, but the later letters were very dif-
ferent. When the plaintiff returned from France, the
defendant discovered that his boyish impressions were
very different from what a great many silly people mis-
took for affection and:love, though widely different things
The defendant had attempted no disparagement of the
plaintiff's character. His affections were not under his
control, and intercourse with life had so changed his
views that the daydream of his youth had vanished
before a sounder discretion. His Learned Brother had
spoken of the defendant's " wasting the bloom of the
plaintiff's life." He might, indeed, have wasted the
bloom of her life, for it appeared that she had been
completely under his control; but he had never in the
slightest degree transgressed the rules of propriety.
The defendant at length discovered, what he did no
choose to explain to the brother, that there were many
little points in which they differed ; but it was those
little points, however impalpable, which constituted the
happiness of
it human life ; and under those circum-
stances, was not more just, nay, more religious (if he
might use the phrase), to break off rather than complete
such a contract, which would not only take away the
bloom, but the fruition of life itself ? They had heard a
great deal about the defendant's property, but they had
not proved
that he was worth Is. It was quite compa-
tible, and in accordance with the statements made, that
his friends had set him up in business ; and as to his
fine shop, there were a great many shopkeepers in
Regent-street who would be but too glad to get out of
them, as well off as when they got into them, and they
all knew that a few gilded bottles and mahogany
drawers made a great display at little cost in druggists'
shops. As to the young woman being broken-hearted,
true sorrow never paraded itself, and never called to its
assistance the meretricious aids of rhetoric. The beggar
in the streets who stood shivering in our view was not
the man that demanded pity, but the quiet man who
sought to hide his misery in retirement. True grief
never paraded itself ; and the very circumstance of any
woman parading a transaction of this kind before a jury
was always a very strong proof to his mind that there
was a far greater desire to get money than to get public
sympathy.
His Loapstar, in summing up, said, it was not dit--
puted that the plaintiff had successfully proved the de-
fendant's promise to marry her. The defendant had most
deliberately formed the engagement, and the plaintiff was
entitled to a fair compensation. Their disparity in life
was no answer, as the defendant was aware of it at the
time.
The: jury, after a. short consultation, found a verdict
for the plaintiff—Damages, 2501.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
LAMBETH.

Mr. Alfred Marshall, the young man charged with
firing a pistol at Miss Louisa Rote, with intent to do
her some grievous bodily harm, was again placed at
the bar.
Mr. Binns attended for the prosecution, and Mr.
Games for the defence.
Mr. William Smith, the first witness called, deposed
that he lodged in Swan-street, Kent-road, at the house
of Mr. Bailey, who was stepfather to Miss Rofe, and
knew tho prisoner Marshall very well. Had heard
Marshall abuse Mr. Bailey and his Wife, and say, he
should wait for the former some time or other. He had
.also heard him say, he had advised Miss Role to leave
her home, and told her that her stepfather was no father
to her; and at that time lie indulged in strong terms of
abuse of Mr. Bailey.
Mrs. Mary Ann Buller, who resides in Swan-street,
opposite to the house of Mr. Bailey, said, that about
three weeks ago she heard the prisoner say, he should
not mind being hung for shooting Mr. Bailey. On the
night of Sunday week witness was in her sitting
and heard a stone thrown at the door of room,
o
This was about nine o'clock, and she went outi,. andßaisia.
the prisoner a short distance from Mr. Bailey's house.
In her cross-examinttion by Mr. Games, the witness
said, she had not seen either a pistol or a gun in the pos-
session of the prisoner at the time she spoke of.
A lady named Hobbs was called, but her evidence was
not of the slightest importance as affecting the prisoner.
The next witness called was Miss Rofe, and, after her
former evidence had been read over to her, she swore to
its perfect truth, and to having seen
,hearing the report the prisoner
swtoitlhona
pistol in his hand, anti

his discharging it at the house. She was no party to
the publication of the banns for marriage with the pri-
soner; but understood that the prisoner had got the m
put up and published.
Mr. Binns said that this was his cose ; and after call-
ing his Worship's atteution to the facts of the threats
made use of by the prisoner, about shooting Mr. Bailey,
and his not caring being hung for shooting him; and
further, the fact of both Mr. Bailey and Miss Rofe see-
ing the prisoner not only with a pistol in his hands, but
also their hearing the report of a pistol shot, he should
leave the case in his Worship's hands to deal with as he
might think proper.
Mr. Games replied that he should not trouble the
Court with any remarks, but would proceed to cell
witnesses, whose testimony he had no doubt would
negative the more serious part of the charge against
o hnce
i'
client, mei induce his Worship, after hearing it, at
to discharge him out of custody. stated
Richard Davis, 55 P, was then sworn, and
that on the night of Sunday week Mr. Bailey came to
the station-house in Lock's-fields, and complamed of e
shot being fired at his house by Alfred Marshelly
which broke his window. Witness in consequence ac-
companied him back to his house, and, on examining
the window that he represented to have been broken
slo 11,
the discharge from the pistol, he found that a w'
piece of one of the squares was broken ; but upon 1'
ex.:
amining it more clearly he felt quite convinced that
had been broken from the inside, and in this belief be
was confirmed by the fact that the glass was found on
the outside. lie did not perceive the slightest War ear:
ante of shot or a ball, though Mr. Bailey had decle!!
he heard the shot, after the pistol had been fired, rattle
against th window. tbet
Two coe nstables were next called, who deposed
the marks in the brickwork in front of Mr. Bailey
1
house, and which were alleged to have been occessi°ll.%
by the shot discharged from the pistol,
been caused by knocking at an early hour in the mornw'
ing with their truncheons to awake a young man
lodged there. shot,
Inspector Valentine produced three grains of mr
which he said he had found close to the Well boi
Bailey's house on the morning of Monday week.
lied in resen.s.
could not say whether they had been discharged from
gun or pistol.
Mr. ELLIOTT remarked, that had the evidence gone:
far enough to show that the prisoner had, an nhenla
against him, discharged a pistol at the young woman
with the intention of doing her some serious ie/..
harm, he should have felt it to be his duty to c°1111.•
him for trial. The evidence, however, fell short
iat the
blishing the charge of shooting with intent, 1211t,;(Mr.
same time there was sufficient shown to justiftn:Tit hail
Elliott) in calling on the prisoner to find eulne`— ads
to keep the peace, and be of good behaviour toYi
majestY
Mr. Bailey, his family, and all others of her
subjects, for six months. the
The required bail was put in and accepted. 50d
prisoner discharged.
WORSHIP-STREET. charged
A well-dressed man, named Alfred Evans, Was rel
with having feloniously obtained and disposed of seYetto
chests of tea and other grocery goods, of the Ye
of 751. the
his Taylor, the prosecutor, stated the prisoner Tn the
his service as shopman, and left in August last' :alien,
following March he was in expectation of an lase
he
and went to consult the prisoner as to what cou'itioa
should pursue. He told him to come to a cOnWne,;oo
with his creditors, but to remove a considerable P°l is
of his stock, and he would bring a cart and e 11.% he
away himself to the house of his mother, and P°sl3- est'
could dispose of it at an advantageous price to it
and
relative of his; assent was given to this proposition' isee
a few mornings after he came to Mr. Taylor's Pre, .Air
with a horse and cart, accompanied by his brotueis, of
law, a man named Price, and removed a large clutLieti tint
goods. The conditions upon which he entraste",ito
with the goods were expressly that he was to turn to
into a fair money value if he could do so, and if not to
return them. A rough agreement was drawn up' 00.
signed by Mr. Taylor's creditors, by
seated to receive ss. in the pound, and as the paillire..
of the first instalment of 2s. 6d. entirely depended the
ceiving the goods, or the produce of the goods in the prig
soner's possession, he applied to him repeatedly for
which they went
restoration of them or their value, but could never
ceed in obtaining them, or the slightest infortnettur!,
further than that they were in the possession of Peeso,
son named Ratcliffe, in Granby-street, Betbnel4loo.
In consequence of this conduct he (Mr. Taylor) n'ae,
able to meet the approaching dividend, and, thereleso„
he called his creditors together, and made thensved
quainted with the way in which the prisoner had screed
him and having by their kindness and liberaliti_'-to
trieved his embarrassment, and finding it useler to
treat any further with the prisoner, he gave On 10
custody.
John Purday, the alleged purchaser of the prosenlvo
tor's goods, said, about five weeks ago, the prisoner,rs,
was an entire stranger to him, and his brother-inloj
Price, with whom he was slightly acquainted, ee'bis
upon him. Price said he would put a sovereign bang.
pocket. He said a tradesman he knew was going off
rupt, that he and the prisoner had got some goon bey
his premises away from the creditors, and that es ken,
could not find the person to whom they wereliod
they wanted him to say that he was the party who 00
had them and sold them. They said there a' next
danger. at all. He agreed to meet them at ten 11'„,
morning at the Grapes, in Old-street-road, where be 71-0,
cordingly went with a man named Duke, and wet the
prisoner and Price, the prosecutor (Taylor) being,eeti-
in the parlour. hen he (Purday) went in the rat
soner addressed him as "Mr. Ratcliffe." He had bad
told him he was to go by that name, and said thee
ybe
come about " those goods." Purday said, " We," „i"
brought them to his place, and told him to get tue—„ciad
as fast as he could." Taylor instantly started uP at
exclaimed, " Why, he must have goods of mine to
value of 751.; surely lie don't mean to say tbat bas
made away with all those?" Taylor further said be °sod
a great rascal for selling his goods in that triaoner,_
turned away in a rage. On Taylor, in four or five
rs.,
afterwards, calling upon him and asking where th
perry was, he told him that he did not know lea upon
_„ss
about it. The prisoner shortly afterwards called
him, and asked, if he knew sand P house, to ri!1_11-1
li
he could bring Mr. Taylor and say that he bad 1141.;
there and run away. When he found that it sum°
to 751., he got frightened.
Mr. Pelham shortly
contended that although there might hare been odiuseree
between the prosecutor and prisoner for a not veloved
addressed the Magistrate sad
ditable purpose, nothing more than that bad !leen pro
•
against his client, and it was really scantle-lorge se
man should be placed at the bar on so serious 6 once!
such
that of felony, under
as had been disclosed. extraordinary Circe/31j
anew to ate case
Mr. BROUGHTON said, the only en— enr authorised
would be that the prisoner was a partner, that.,--! was not
to dispose of the goods in this manner, snu e;h might
established. It was a monstrous fraud, wu'e d the
have been the ruin of Taylor. Ile itt
depositions of the witnesses to be taken for trials,
be furs
should or but
the mean time would accept the same bail a Ol,
offered—the prisoner in SOL, and two sureties in
each, and the officer must inquire into their i
solve
suer
The bail was immediately found, and the Psa-
thereupon liberated.
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On the 14th inst.,, at Hornsey, Mrs. J. L. Aubert, 0,fro„,111.
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Richmond-terrace, Queen's-road, Dalston, of a son.
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the Rev. Robert Inchbald, M.A., of a daughter. yOf I:.
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On the 10th inst., at St. John's Episcopal ChaPel ' O
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youngest daughter of the late Rev. Edward Dewing, '
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8.A., of Exeter College, Oxford, to Georgina Theress,se'
daughter of Mr. Pyle, of Barnes terrace.

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ander Hagerman, one of the Judges of her Majesty s Cour"
Queen's Bench, Upper Canada.
On the 10th inst., at Montpellier-road, Brighton, Carollo
third daughter of the late Kilpin Warner, Esq.
On the 10th inst., at Beverley, Thomas B. Phillips, 11ci.00,
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Esq., barrister-at-law, aged 38. of
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Odiham, Hants, aged 57. Clara
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On l, Cambridge, aged 21. mouth
the 12th inst., Mr. Thomas White, of Mims Hal],
Mims, Middlesex, aged 46. A !Ds'
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73.
On the 12th inst., at Pimlico, Miss Sophia Burt, aged of
On the 13th inst., at Streatham-paragon, Harriet,
daughter of S. anst, Esq., aged 4. cv
On the 13thS instg., erat The Firs, 4
Great Malvern, 1
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On the 13th instq., at Brixton-hill, Cordelia, relict of
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