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

JUNE 17, 1847.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. BULLOCK.)
John Haywood, waiter, 23, pleaded " Guilty" to a
charge of stealing a watch and chain, and money and
valuable securities to a very large amount, the property of
General Sir Alexander Mackenzie.
Sir Alexander recommended the prisoner to the mer-
ciful consideration of the Court, on the grounds that be
was a young man and had previously borne a very good
character.
Mr. BULLOCK sentenced him to twelve months' im-
prisonment and hard labour.
(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.)
Edward Thomas, 26, was indicted for the manslaughter
of Joseph Dawson.
Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner.
It appeared that Thomas was the captain of a canal
boat, which was upon the Grand Junction Canal at
Brentford at the time the occurrence happened. The de-
ceased was also a boatman, and it appeared that on the
2d of May he had some quarrel with the prisoner at a
beer-shop, and wanted to fight with him, but the prisoner
refused and left the house. At a later period in the day,
the deceased was found lying upon the bank of the canal
suffering under mortal injury upon his stomach, but the
circumstances under which he met his death were alto-
gether involved in mystery, except that the deceased
stated that he had been kicked by the prisoner. It ap-
peared, however, from the evidence that the deceased,
who was stated to be a much more powerful man than
the prisoner, and who was also described to be a " des-
perate" fighter, had waylaid the prisoner on his return
to his boat, and there was very good ground for believing
that if he had rea►ly inflicted the fatal injury upon the
deceased, it was only done in self-defence from the attack
of a man who was very much his superior in physical
power, and who had waylaid him, and forced the
struggle upon him.
The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
Sarah Cooper, thirty-one, spinster, was indicted for
the wilful murder of her male illegitimate child, by neg-
lecting the usual necessary precautions after she had
been delivered, and by casting the child into a privy,
where it was discovered.
No counsel appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner
was defended by Mr. Parnell, through the humane in-
strumentality of the Sheriffs.
The evidence given in support of this charge was of a
nature to render it quite unfit for publication.
The jury acquitted the prisoner of the murder, but
found her guilty of concealing the birth of her child,
and she was sentenced to be kept to hard labour for
one year.
Thomas Martin, forty-two, "carrier, was indicted for
the manslaughter of Mary Anne Martin, his wife, by
casting her down a staircase, and thereby causing mortal
injuries, of which she died.
Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner. -
Jn this case a mass of depositions had been returned
by the coroner, and, as no counsel was employed to
conduct the prosecution, it was necessary for his Lord-
ship to read through the whole of them, in order to
ascertain which were the material witnesses; and while
doing so,
The Learned JUDGE remarked, that nearly the whole
of the statements taken down were inadmissible as evi-
dence, and several of the witnesses appeared to have
been called merely to state what they had heard other
people say, which, of course, could not be evidence
against an accused party.
Mr. CLARKSON said the examinations were certainly
more of a medical than a legal character.
The description given of the case by the witnesses was
of rather a confused character, but so well as it could be
gathered from their testimony, it appeared that the
prisoner was a carrier, iind lived with the deceased and
his family in some apartments over his stable in a mews
near Dorset-square. On the 7th of May the prisoner
and the deceased were together in one of the rooms, and
a son and daughter, who were in an adjoining room,
heard an altercation between them, and the deceased
suddenly rushed along the landing, followed by the pri-
soner, and immediately afterwards a shriek was heard,
and the deceased was seen to fall down a steep ladder
into the stable, whereby she received such serious injury
as caused her death a few days afterwards. The only
question in the case was whether this fall was accidental,
or whether it was occasioned by any act of violence on
the part of the prisoner by striking or pushing the
deceased down the ladder. The evidence in support
of the latter alternative was certainly of the most
meagre description, and mainly consisted of state-
ments alleged to have been made by the prisoner
immediately after the transaction, to the effect
that he bad knocked her down the ladder. These
statements were alleged to have been uttered in the pre-
sence of Mr. Guy, the surgeon, who was called in to
the deceased, but that gentleman in his evidence de-
clared that no such statements were made to his recol-
lection, and he also said that after the unfortunate oc-
currence the prisoner expressed deep regret at what had
happened, and did all he could to render assistance to
the deceased. It also appeared tbat the staircase ladder
in question was very steep and in a most dangerous posi-
tion, and it seemed exceedimgly probable that the de-
ceased, in endeavouring to get away from the prisoner,
had fallen down it accidentally.
Mr. CLARKSON having addressed the jury, the Learned
Judge summed up, and they then returned a verdict of
Not Guilty.
THE MARYLEBONE MURDER.—Upon the application
of Mr. Clarkson, the trial of Mary Anne Hunt, for the
murder at Marylebone, was postponed until next session.
The ground upon which the trial was postponed was an
affidavit made by Mr. Humphreys, the prisoner's attor-
ney, to the effect that he had reason to believe that he
should be able to establish the fact of the prisoner's
insanity, and that time was required to procure the ne-
cessary witnesses. 4

FALLING OF
ON BRIDGE THE DEE SUSPEN.
SI.
CHESTER, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The Coroner's
inquiry relating to the late loss of life, by the falling of
the Chester and Holyhead Railway-bridge, over the Dee,
was resumed this morning at ten o'clock, for the fourth
time, at the Exchange Hall of this city, before Mr.
Hostage, the Coroner, and the jury of citizens previously
empannelled.
The CORONER, in re-opening the inquiry, announced
that he had a list of nineteen additional witnesses handed
to him by the superintendent of the police; they com-
prised passengers by the train and other parties, whom
he was informed could speak to some new facts.
Previous to calling them, Sir E. S. Walker, the fore-
man of the jury, begged to ask Mr. Stephenson why he
adopted timber baulks in a bridge of 30 feet span, as was
the case with the one over the King's Ferry, and omitted
them in one of 90 feet span?
Mr. Tyrrell put It to the Coroner whether the ques-
tion had any reference to the inquiry.
Sir E. S. Walker contended that it had.
The CORONER thought they had better keep to the
bridge that had led to the accident.
Mr. Stephenson said he was ready to give the worthy
Knight the fullest explanation, and which could be
answered by any scientific gentleman. He was content
to leave it to Mr. Walker. He had nothing to conceal,
and it was well known that their use or omission was a
mere matter of convenience, and did not affect the secu-
rity of the structure.
Mr. J. Torokinson, merchant, of Liverpool, was then
sworn—l was a passenger in the train that met with the
accident. I was sitting in the skond compartment of
the first-class carriage next to the tender. To the best
of my recollection the speed of the train before it got to
the bridge was about ten miles an hour. I was engaged
in conversation with one of the passengers, when sud-
denly our attention was drawn to a rumbling, as we were
crossing the bridge. We had apparently got across,
when we felt the line give way from us, and we dropped.
The carriage fell on the bank, and rolled over several
times, stopping on the brink of the river. The reason
r it rolled over is. that I was on my head
several times. Having no bones broken, I got out, and
found that all the train had fallen through the bridge.
Several carriages, wrecks of them at least, were lying on
the bank, and some immersed in water. Seeing a wo-
man struggling, I ran forward, and kept her up till as-
sistance came and rescued her.
By the CORONER—I do not think the accident resulted
from any blow on the bridge, for, at the time, I was
sitting with my face towards the road.
By Mr. Walker—Up to the time of the sinking, I
heard no bumping of the carriage, to show that the
tender was off the line. There might have been a la-
teral blow given the girder, but I did not hear it. The
carriage did not fall sideways, but seemed to go down as
the bridge sunk.
After much further evidence of a similar character,
he inquiry was again adjourned.
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BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY. —The
annual examination of the Model School for Girls connecte
l-
d
with this institution took place yesterday, at the schoo
room in the Borough-road. Sir John P. Boileau, Bart., was
in the chair, supported by Viscount Ebrington, Mr. Sergeant
Thompson, and other friends of the society. The room was
crowded with visitors. The examination included, in addi-
tion to the Scriptures, English hist, modern and sacred
geography, arithmetic, and Englisoryh grammar. The chil-
dren presented a very neat appearance, and their answers to
the various questions proposed frequently indicated superior
intelligence. Numerous specime presented needlework and mo-
dels of cutting out garments were as well as maps
and drawings. At the conclusion, Sir John Boileau, Sergeant
Thompson, and Mr. Robert Foster severally addressed the
company, expressing the high gratification they experienced.
CLOSE OF THE MATTHEIVSON AND COOKE SUR..
SCRIPTION.—Last night a meeting o escha f t
dh committof ee ap-
pointed for the purpose of procuring the i rge M
thewson and Cooke from the 7th Hussars, was held at the
House of trhe treasurhennaerin, Mthe chairs eor WAfteraltersom , Bluee
conversation,
Posts, Shoe-
lane ; M. Be
it was moved and seconded that, as the amount of subscrip-
tion in the bands of the. treasurer, through the kindness of
the public and the exertions of the committee, had now
reached the sum of 501. and a few odd shillings, that the
amount in hand be forthwith handed to Thomas Wakley,
Esq., M.P., for the purpose of carrying out the objects
originally contemplated by the committee. After a vote of
thanks to the chairman and to the treasurer for their several
services, the body was dissolved.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—The following accident
occurred at Sleahead, parish of Ventry, on Monday last. A
married woman, named Fenaghty, brought her husband his
breakfast on the road making there. On their retiring to
eat it above the road, a clift they were sitting under fell on
them and cru3hed them to atom% The unfortunate parents
left six orphans to deplore their 1055,..-Tralee Chronicle.

CHARGE OF FELONY AGAINST
AN ALLEGED GERMAN BARONESS.
On Tuesday Frederika Asge, a handsome-looking and
fashionably attired native of Germany, was finally exa-
mined at Westminster Police Court, charged with steal-
ing ten sovereigns from the residence of Mr. James
Thomas Roberts, a short-liani writer.
The facts detailed by the NI itnesses are briefly these :
The prisoner bad resided for the last three weeks at the
house of Mr. Robert's mother, in Water street, Black-
friars, and hence an intimacy arose between the prosecu-
trix and the prisoner, the latter of whom represented
herself to her as a German Baroness. The accused called
at Mrs. Roberts's residence, 15, Holywell-street, Mill-
bank, on Friday last, and during her stay had an oppor-
tunity of knowing that there was a considerable sum of
money in gold and silver in a cash box, and deposited in
a trunk ; and manifested considerable desire to know
the exact amount, besides which she examined the pro-
secutrix's bunch of keys, alleging as a reason for so '
doing that she had lost her own and thought some of
Mrs. Roberts's keys might fit her locks. At about one
on the following day she repeated her visit, and so pressed
Mrs. Roberts, who at first declined, but ultimately re-
luctantly consented, to fetch her some ham, as she could
procure it so much better than the servant, that she
complied, and was absent about twenty minutes, during
which time the prisoner was alone in the apartment.
On Mrs. Roberts's return the prisener declined to take
any of the ham, and invited Mrs. Roberts to take a drive
with her round the Regent's-park ; she went with her,
and returned home in two hours and a half, her apart
ments being during her absence left open, and there
being other residents in the house. At a little after
nine at night Mr. Roberts went to the cash-box, and
finding that the key would not turn in the lock, forced
it, and discovered that ten sovereigns had been extracted.
In consequence of his wife communicating the above cir-
cumstances to him, and the landlady of the house stating
that she had distinctly heard the prisoner go towards
the place where the box was deposited, during Mrs. Ro-
berts's absence, the prosecutor suspected the prisoner,
and immediately repaired to her residence. Be asked
her for the ten suvei eigns,-when she replied that she had
no ten sovereigns, but immediately placed her purse,
containing two sovereigns, upon the table, and taking a
gold chain and eye-glass and some jewellery from a
drawer, offered them to the prosecutor, and also re-
quested her landlady to lend her eight sovereigns, which,
with the two she had, would make 101. She at the
same time repeatedly declared that she had no other
money than that in her purse, but, upon a minute search,
six sovereigns were found between a table and a look-
ing glass, in which the latter was placed. These with
the two found in the purse, were all quite new, and in
this respect corresponded with the ten stolen from Mrs.
Roberts.

The prisoner's answer to the charge, through an in-
terpreter, was that she was perfectly innocent. She
accounted sovereigns, for the possession of the six by
stating that Frederick, the head waiter at the Royal
Hotel, Blackfriars, had lent her the money, as she was
about to start on a journey, and might require it.
She said she could have no necessity to steal, as she
could procure any sum of money she wanted at the
Royal Ilotel. With respect to the ham, she observed
that Mrs. Roberts said she was fond of it, and went out
and fetched some.
A gentleman from the office of Messrs. Wire and
Child, who attended on the part of the accused, repre-
sented her to be most respectably connected ; put some
questions to Mrs. Roberts, with a view of showing that
at the time the prisoner offered the chain, jewels, and
money to Mr. Roberts, that she did not clearly under-
stand the nature of his visit, or of the observations made
to her. In reply, Mr. Roberts said that she did perfectly
nderstand him ; he spoke to her partly in German,
partly in English, his reason for which was that the offi-
eer, who was nresent, might understand what he said to
the prisoner. "•he at the time of offering the things said,
" Take them, only let me be till to-morrow." Mrs. Ro-
berts, in her • ross-examination, agreed with her hus-
band that the prisoner could carry on a conversation in
tolerably good English, and added that she could read
an English book.
Mr. Broderip considered it his duty to commit the
prisoner to Newgate for trial.—She was committed
accordingly.
We understand that it will be proved on the trial that
she obtained the sovereigns in the manner stated!

STATE OF TRADE.

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MANCHESTER, TUESDAY, JUNE 15.—The market has
been firmer to-clay for both goods and yarn. In the
morning there was a good deal of inquiry, which re-
sulted in more business in the afternoon. In low print-
ing cloths an advance of 11d. or 2d. was established; but .
other fabrics are without a change. The transactions in
yarn have been limited by spinners asking higher
prices; the demand is chiefly for the German and Levant
markets.
We have to announce the failure of an extensive ma-
nnfacturer in the neighbourhood of Preston, Mr. Wil-
liana Eccles, of Bamber-bridge. His liabilities are stated
at 80,0001.; but three. fourths of this amount is said to
be owing to family connexions. A Preston bank is
also reported as a heavy creditor.
We regret to learn that letters received to-day from
Rio de Janeiro give an unfavourable account of the
market for British manufactures. The absence of all
demand at home, and in several of the countries which
usually take large quantities of our goods, had stimulated
consignments to Brazil, when, from the high price which
the produce of that country now bears, a good demand
was expected. The result was, that the markets were
glutted ; and it was found necessary to resort to sales by
auction in order to reduce the stocks which had accu-
mulated at Rio.
We stated in our last that, in consequence of the
passing of the Factory Bill, several manufacturers in
Preston and the neighbourhood had determined at once
to reduce their hours of working to ten. To-day we
learn that a similar course has been resolved on by an
extensive firm in the neighbourhood of Bolton, and by
some others ; and in all probability it will be generally
adopted.
ROCHDALE, MONDAY, JUNE 14.—There has been a
somewhat better inquiry for goods to-day, and rather
more business transacted than on the previous Monday,
but prices have been very low. There is little change in
the wool market, though it is perhaps easier to buy at
former prices.
HALIFAX, SATURDAY, JUNE 12.—There was no change
observable in the piece hall to-day, either in the amount
of goods sold or in prices. There is a little more de-
mand for yarn, but prices continue without improve-
ment. In wool there is no alteration, either in demand

or prices.
HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY, JUNE 15.—There is a
slight improvement in our market to-day, principally in
fancy goods. There is more doing in wool, and business
altogether wears a more cheering aspect.
LEEDS, TUESDAY, JUNE 15.—Our market to-day has
been without animation. The accounts from the Ger-
man wool fairs bring higher prices for the finer sorts,
and the principal buyers were again the continental con-
sumers, which augurs badly for our manufacturers.—
Manchester Guardian of Wednesday.

MONEY MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris
is 15 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s
of
1014 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange
25.52 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being
25.571, it follows that gold is 0.22 per cent. dearer in
London than in Paris. The price of gold at Ham burgh
is 4351 per mark, which, at the English blint price of 31. 17e.
101 Ad. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of
13.101 ; and the exchange at Hamburg
h on London at short
being 13.8 a, it follows that gold is 0.87 per cent. dearer in
Hamburgh than in London. 'The course of exchange at New
York on London is 107* per cent., and the par of ex-
change between England and America being 109 23-40 per
cent., it follows that the exchange is 2.33 per cent. against
England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for
bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from
the above difference.
Puo -vr. Ann..4...aanksnweno hOWOVA that
a series of important and extensive alterations in the
dispatch and arrivals of the mails for all parts of
Scotland are in contemplation by the Post-
office authorities, and will probably come into
operation in the course of the next two or three
weeks. In the first place, it is expected that the
London mails will shortly be considerably expedited on
the opening of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway.
When this line opens, the London day mail, which ar-
rives here at present about 9 A.M., is expected to arrive
about 6 A.M.; and the London night mail, now arriving
about 8 P.M.,will arrive about 5 pin., being a gain of
about three ours in both instances.--Scotsman.
HERRING TRADE. -WICK, JUNE 3.—During the
past week 355 barrels of herrings have been landed here,
from the Lews, making the total import, up to this date,
from that island, 976 barrels. By recent accounts the
fishing was progressing favourably. A good many boats
have attempted the fishing, with the hook, in this neigh•
bourhood, during the week. On Monday evening they
were partially successful, several having a few dozens of
herrings which were used for bait. On the subsequent
evenings the success was less, as very few were got. The
fishermen will now, as the season is advancing, persevere
in their efforts, and will be trying the nets in about a
month hence, if not less. Preparations for the fishing
are now going on, somewhat slowly. The fishermen are
busily employed in barking their nets, and making other
preliminary arrangements.
Mr. Ellis, silversmith, of this city, has in his pos-
session an ingot of fine silver, weighing several hundred.
ounces, the produce of the Cobmartin Mines, in this county
—Western Luminary.
CONTINENTAL ACCOUNTS.—From Marseilles we
learn that, in consequence of the sudden decline in the price
of wheat, one of the most extensive houses engaged in that
i
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failure
trade had suspended payment. The liabilities are stated
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countrydoOerl.
S others
would follow in consequence. While a sudden fall had taken
h3l:ortou:sce'rsMe iant efidhCcsl
place in the prices of wheat at Marseilles, several of the
markets in itnhatthoefnporatrihsa.resaodmveiseodf
our
rbreeinziershigher, and amongh
beetroot snow of France in a raw (muscovadao)
an attempt was made some - time ago to introduce the
hope it wouldb find a market among our refiners. Th sugar
looked extremely well, but the taste and flavour were so bad
state,
that the attempt has entirely failed, and we learn that the
greatest part of that which was imported has again already
been returned to France.
An Antwerp journal complains that even the crabs
which are caught in the Scheldt are cent to England.