The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MOnDAY, APRIL. 12. IQ4C

STEA. ri NAVIGAT 0 P

So much bas been done of late in the L, vAi t
steam. that everybody is now alive !o its a.eiti
an element either of war or peace, and is ready to ask,
What will it, du next ?" lb aiiim Patina oat) only at
count for his loss of the coast of Syria in a week, I)!,
confessing that the " steam-boats conveyed the enemy
here, there, and everywhere, so suddenly, that it would
nave required wind to keep up with them I One might
as well think of fighting with gen'i I" Commodore
N Tier, on the other hand, seems to think that steam is
only in its cradle ou the ocean, and is still swathed an('
bandaged down in many ways by the old-fashioned mid-
wifery of our " naval architects." It is many years
since he advocated the systematic introduction of war
steamers as a branch of the service, to forte, as it
were, " the cavalry of the navy ;" but they have
never yet launched the kind of vessel he re
commended ; capacious, to hold a months' fuel, instead
of a mere ten days' supply, as at present ; shalleu
and broad•bottomed, to skim over the water (instea.
of ploughing through it) with the least expense of fuel ;
and furnished with cast iron tanks or' reservoirs for coal
so that as it was expended water might be pumped into
them, and the best bailing line be preserved or re-esta-
blished at pleasure. These broad bottoms, he con-
fesses, might roll about more than the Cyclops and
Stromboli, but what would that signify ? There could
be no danger where the centre of gravity was properly
arranged ; and they would be thrice as effective in a
blockade, as transports, or in any long voyage, or
lengthy service. Toe Commodore has lost money
enough, and won renown enough, in the employment of
steamers, to entitle him to give a good practical opinion
in the matter ; and it is to be hoped, for the sake o'
all concerned, that it will not be further postponed.

. .
The Commodore declares that he has never seen a
river better adapted to steam navigation than the Nile,
nor one worse furnished. Tile Pacha lent him his bee
and newest on the trip to Cairo lately, and the deck
took fire on the way. The Pacha will not pay for the
boat, and has, I bear, returned it on the hands of the
builders. He is very anxious to have some good steam-
boats on the river, a d gave an order for one recently
on the principle of the screw propeller ; but withdrew ii
on hearing that this construction required a greater depth
of wilier than the river coul I maintain ; sinking, as it
does in the dry season, to li feet in some parts. He
has granted the Peninsular and Oriental Company per.
mission to place one steamer thereupon for the conveni-
ence of their passengers, and the boat destined for that
purpose is now making the best of its way out, coasting
carefully along the shores of the Peninsula and the Me:ii-
terianean—a dangerous trip for a river-boat drawing
only 24 inches. This Company has also undertaken to
bring out to Alexandria, in one of .ts monthly steamers
a double bottomed iron track-boat, ta be drawn by
' horses at a rapid pace, on the Mahmoudieh Canal,
whereby travellers mty be expedited to and from the
Nile and Alexandria. But there is much yet to be
done to fulfil the wants and wishes of travellers be-
tween England and India, and to render Egypt a de
s'rable place of residence, even en passant, for the Hon.
Company's officers on furlough. As fair as the Penin-
sular and Oriental Company are concerned, I am as-
surd that no ' exertion will be spared to accomplish
everything that can be desired. Tneir managing Direc-
tor, Mr. Anilereon, was lately here, and took a trip to
Cairo and Suez, inspecting everything connected with
the transit of travellers, and noting what might be re-
quired for their better accommodation. In going over
the Desert, be found a few miles of it rendered rugged
and unpleasant for ea-riages by loose stone: diet en-
cumber the surface ; and naturally began to inquire
how many men and how many dollars would suffice to
have them thrown aside. The Pacha, who is now par-
ticularly inquisitive about English sayings and doing,
beard of the passing inquiry. and jumping to the con-
clusion that the English were going to reform his De-
sert as they conquered Syria, sans phrase—sent word
there to say that whatever was wanting should be done
by himself—that is, as soon as political affairs were
settled, and he had leisure to attend to it; so that, in
short, his ways are as far from being metaled as ever.
As soon as our treaty of " freedom of commerce and
navigation" is worked out, and the Nile is thrown open,
I understand that it is the intention of the Peninsular
and Oriental Company to place a second steam-boat
on it, so as to enable passengers to ascend as well
as descend the river at the same time, and thus
accommodate both travellers to England and
India, who now, very inconveniently, cross each
other en route between Suez and Alexandria.
A little five-horse power steamer, employed by Mr.
Hill, has hitherto been the only available steam-boot
for passengers on the Nile. This is now refitting with a
10-horse power engine, and will probably be the first in
the flood ; but it only holds 14 persons. The Pacha
long since promised the Bombay Fund Committee to
build a station, or reception-house, at Kennett or
Luxor, and another at Kosseir, so as to enable travel-
lers arriving from India to enter Egypt at the latter
port if they pleased, and (by an easy journey of four
days across a country well supplied with water) pro-
ceed direct to visit Thebes and the most interesting
ruins in Upper Egypt. Pass ngers proceeding to India
also might, if this route were available, enjoy a trip up
the Nile, imlulge their curiosity with a sight of those
far-famed antiquities, and finally emb trk at Kosseir on
board the Victoria, B •reuice, or Cleopatra. But,
alas, there i • much yet to be done eretliis can be counted
on. Tne station-bons, s have yet to be built and the
second st •am boat pl iced on the river ; but the Pacha
shows no inclination to permit either to be done until
his own affairs arc settled favourably at Constaetinople
(a great mistake on his part) ; then the three steamers
on the Red Sea must he repl iced by larger ones, ere
passengers who stop at Kosseir can expect to find ac-
commodation. Last month the B-renige sailed away,l
I.•aving four at Suez, having all her berths am' sofas full,
filled b 20 passengers, and 20 more besides stowed on
the open deck, hopeless of any better accommodation in
the a ay of couch or canopy !
But. above all, and before all, voyagers from England
to India went an extension of accommodation in the
time allotted to perform their voyage through Egypt.
It is killing work to hurry through the desert
night and day to keep up with the mails in their transit
from Alexandria to Suez. Each passenger takes e ght '
horses at present to perform the 90 miles between Cairo
and the Red Sea. Ladies complain bitterly, and with
justice, of the continuous driviig, hurrying, loss of rest,
Sze. But the ma l: must go through at the quickest rate.
The public service cennot stop for the comfort, the health, I
or even the lives of ladies and gentlemen ; and the
steamer at Seez must sail as soon as the mails are on
board ! The fact is, that travellers require some days
in advance to cross the Isthmus safely and properly,
without leaving their baggage behind, or wotrying
themselves into a fever. This will require an interme-
diate steamer from England, properly a passengers'
steatite-. The present boats (Oriental and Great
Liverpool) are ma•l steamers, and the bags and boxes
they bring must go a-head, whoever may be left be-
hind. General Sir Colin Campbell looked very much
surprised, the other day in Cairo, when he saw a
lot of forty-fine camels provided to carry the baggage
of his party, seized on tout-a-coup by the Governor
of Cairo to expedite the British mail ! However,
the Governor subsequently seized as many more
from somebody else to oblige Sir Colin, other-
wise he and his friends would have been left be-
hind and been too late at Suez, notwithstanding
the Pacha had lent him his own steamer to ascend
tl.e Nile with expedition. Travelers in Egypt are
always liable to these things, and the only way to
avoid the ill consequences (such as being left to stay
a month at Suez, as Mrs. Turton lately wee, with her
nine children and servants) is to enter Egypt some
days in advance. The British and Indian public
ought at once to put their shoulders to the wheel,
and help the Peninsular and Oriental Company to do
this, otherwise the French will do it. They have
been beaten out of the Neapolitan line, and will, they
know, be soon beaten out of the Grecian and Turkish
tne (for both Austrians and English are setting te
work in competition with them—the former to resume
its lucrative occupation of carrying pilgrims, the latter
by the mere extension of its already successful efforts in
the Mediterranean), and shortly nothing will remain
for them to do its their own " French. Lake" but
to carry despatches to and from Algiers :and
Alexandria. They cannot continue to flounder on in
1 the wretched state we see them at present, throwing
' water on the axles of their 160 horse-engines, to pre-
vent the friction setting the vessels on fire. They must
eiteer retire or improve. They say that they are
building steam-vessels in Toulon, to be furnished with
200 horse-engines, and then that they will run direct
between Marseilles and Alexandria, bringing hither
passengers from England fi r India 48 hours before the
arrival of our monthly steamers, and hastening back
to the Toulon telegraph with whatever fait accompli
may be wafted on the wings of steam from India o
China.

This undertaking would certainly be very desirable
for voyagers to India, who will, therefore, doubtless en-
courage if the British public do not step forward in
time to remedy the deficiency for their own pro!'t, and
as their own affair.—Letter from Alexandria, of March
16th.

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towndining the week A D UTIFULSbek
N.— A letter has been received
inifira,m)medCGhei.osaran,e mveanktinotniii:leg, the
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death of a soldier there, named
sc)o6l tdhi e r about n.nr,. and a nativ.• of Paisley.
s.n.hhi.a'eti he has spent to years, fourteen or
dineyointritrh very
i‘li.tne.gilnial gs
of which
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'lndia. During that
at various tim,ss to the
time he has
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p:mendoi u
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aoy/a.mi,onei wi.ne'-thffilefeht,li 1 ibnviai:thh°
banks On
leaving
India
order.o /. loOns
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article for
consideration, he made over
phlaerentolt:ehterjasrhd? inf his abed
go, f the savings'
to his mo-
ther before sailing on the Chinese expyediwtioll The sale
.2dl
death-hed forbade being sold, and that was his Bible
°n
his
theof his
letter effects
contains produced
daunc
Bible
which is to be sent home by first opportunity to his
n"
ever. as a token of affee.ionatc remembrance. p
aisley
Advertiser.
It is said that a dividend of 10s. in the pound
will shortly be paid from the estate of the late firm of
HammwAley and Co.

LN i E

PR/1/ Y C(I C/L. tlPttll. 1(1
Th Jii, t et! e •

wh-n
The SOLICIT, It GENE AL rv,uil to t c
case of

WOOD AND OTHERS V. GOODLAKE AND HITCHINGs.

After roading the conimunicathn which had r ken plac,
netween the executors and his client respectirg codiet',
!se contended tha', from their perfect knowledge of the
hand-writing of Mr. Wood, and the probable disposition (-f
his property, and from their conduct when they in
-pected the document at that time they had no doubt w
es authenticity. When they in.peeted it they expres,e,
•to surprise. It was unfortunate that almost evert, ste
taken by the executors was open to suspicion. Mr. Help.
•tesired to be present at the search among the documents
of the deceased, but an application being made by him fpr
that purpose, it was refine 1. The Mayor of Gloucester,
who was interested in the property merely as a member
!he c wporati.,n, was to be present, but Mr. Helps, a re-
lation of the deceased, and one deeply inter,• red in th,
search, was refused. It was not. therefore, a f,ir and otse,
search. The parties were well aware of the inference which
a uld natural,y he driwn from their conduc,, for ci Ir r
ea,d to the burning of papers they had concealed Etet.s;
sad they burned them believing bona fide that they
Nete useless and of no consequence, wh-n it nue .re.l
that they were of the utmost importance, they would
lave come forward at once and told what they had
done. Instead of acting in that open and candid m inner
:he evidence showed that Mr. Chadborn actually denied
that any testamentary papers had been burned at all. The
Learned Gentleman read riveYi&nce given upon this point
in the Court below, from which it appeared that alts ugh
Mr. Chadborn had deposed that no papers had be--n
burned, the fact was proved by the servants of the do-
oessed, and that the respondents had afterwards ado itte'l
that they had burned papers, one of which was an inAtruc-
rion fora disposition of the property, and was not that a
.estamerta,y paper?
Lord LYNDHURST—What led them to m>lte such an ad-
mission—to admit that they had burned a paper of a te.t
mentary nature?

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL--In answer to the generil
allegation, they disclosed the whole truth upon their oaths.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL denied that they bad do,e so.
The question was not woether the nape,* destroyed were
itselesa or not; in sue:) a case it was requisite that every
tiaper„ if it was in any form, or in any way could he non.
:trued to be, at all a testate ntary pater, sllllcl have teen
~reserved. Trio admissions of Mr. Ch idhorn had no:
een brought out by any regard to truth—they were made
in the first place in the fiar that some oti er person had
given some ierirmation, and he would put it to
their Lordships whetbe- Mr. Chadborn, who had been
in the profession fot 27 years in Woucester, had
male the admissions in such a manner, and at such time.;
as t I show that they were the prompting; of an PX, rr me
desire that truth shonld be known. He confilentls
stated that the whole evidence showed an anxious dt sire
to conceal the f set of burning any papers ; and when that
could no longer be kept in darkness, the admissions were
made in such a manner as to show that much was kept back.
The case which these parties put forward, was that they
were entitid to proiba e of these three papers, as bsiog th
last will and testament of the testa', r. They alleged that
r, he papers marked A and B were duly attested by three
witnesses. Their Lordships would observe that the par-
ties who made that ,tat ment were deeply intereved in the
matt •r. The attesting witnesses positively denied that
:he paper was net produce s in the presence of the par-
t:es, On the contrari, the testator was repre.ented to
have taken it into his hand,. and in the pretence of
the attesting witnesses, to have stated, ' I publish
this as my last will and testament." It wa:
said that he then gave the paper ti Chadborn, and sail
Take care of this," and that it was put Into a cash h ,x in
t•ie room where the t stator was in the nabit i,f keepi-g
gold and notes, and that with the sanction of the testator
it was afterwards removed up stairs to his private bank-
ing-room. Now, their Lordships would observe that the
Safi' ants who had in the fir-t instance, before ten or
twelve re4eetible parties, dcnii>d that any papers were
destroyed or burned, afterwards on their attic; mate I that
they were, and the only object apteared t , be to endeavour
to throw discredit ution the testimony of these persons.
The Learned Counsel then proceeded at some length to
comment upon the evidence of the subscrioi .g witnesses.
Now, the evidence of Mr. Hyatt. as to the handwriting must
re received with censiderable caution. He received
front Chadborn a statement of the manner in which
he had been nest far to receive instructions about the
preparation oft e will—that h was desired to come the
following day fur further instructions, but having frit.
(Featly rem iced similar directions which had come to
nothing, he neglected to go; that, having been suddenly
tent for, he left a party, dressed as he was, and drew up the
will on the moment; and, in short, there was so m ch of
detail given to lull suspicion that it was clear a very con-
sider.ble Impression was intended to be produced upon
the witness. It appeared that Mr. Hyatt had some rea-
son to believe that Mr. Wood would remember him i i his
Hill, but his name not having been mentioned in the
codicil, it was natural that he should view a codicil so
drawn up with very great jealousy and suspicion, and state
that " he hardly knew what to say, and could not
tell whether it was his handwri-iag or not, and that
it looked so badly he could not think it was his."
The next witness to the handwriting, Hieks, sa'd tha' he
did net believe the staature of Mr. Wood to the codicil
was in his handwriting. Both these witnesses gave ih it
evidence in such a way as showed that they were net form-
ing an opinion merely upon the character of the hand-
writing, but that they took it in connexion with ce.t.in
other circumstances as to the probability of the to t tor
having acted in a particular way. Such testimony mist
certainly be rece,v.id with considerable cauti ,n; and then
they had the t vidence of the engraver, who stated that
fac-similes of the signature were made t• for the purpose of
discovering the author of the forgery." It woul I appear
from that what the animus of the witness was. It was
clear that he bell. ved that a forgery had been c
mitted, and the facsimiles were taken for the
purpose of having it generally understood and
believed that a forgery had been committed.
The Learned Judge had commented very strongly upon
the impropriety of allowing fee similes to be made of such
a document ; it was calculated to create a prejudice in the
rinds of the witnesses and might have led to the destruc-
tion of the document itsel'. He (the Solicitor-General)
challenged his Learned Friend to show any precedent for
resorting to such a peewee ling, and he thought it looked
somewhat like a deception upon the Court, because it com-
menced by a direct tampering with the witnesses. One
witness disbelieved the handwriting, because the word
" council " was written for " counsel " another because a
sum was written in figures instead of at length, and
iii short, it was front corresponding circumstances, and
not fr m any consideration of ihe character of the writing,
that the evidence of most of the witless, s was deduced.
Alt the witnesses, as the Learned Jit,lge had observed,
had come to the considers i in of the handwr;ti g of the
codicil impre-sill with the conviction that it w,s, as Mr.
Chadborn had desisnated it, "an atrocious forgery." The
Court could, then f ire, place no reliance upon testimony
so given Again, a class of witnesses had deni, d the
bandwiting, on the ground that, the letters were not firmed
in the manner in which Mr. Wood usually wrote them.
They relied upon the inspection and examination of other
hooks and documents written by the testator, but wleol
these documents wee reluctantly produced io Cowl
they established the utter fallacy of the statements
~f the witnesses. Was he not, therefore, just fi'd
in asserting that the case had been got up by
fraud, misrepresentation, and in breach of good faith,
and that the difficulties of the case, as it at present stoetl,
had been produced by the attempt to deprive parties of
-he property to which they were justly entitled. If their
Lordships were insensible to the mode in which the case
had been brought before them—.if they omitted to look at
the quarter from whence the witnesses were produced,
and the boas that had evidently been given to their minds,
they would forget all tho'e points wnich could guide them
to a proper consideration of the case. The words in paper
B were exclusive of any other document, and not inclusiie
No man could have conceived B to refer to another pre-
vious paper without some words which specifically attached
t ) it. The paper from beginning to end was prospective.
It referred to legacies to be pivi.n, and to executors to be
appointed; and, therefore, there vial nothing to excite
suspicion that any other paper could be brought into opera.
lion by it. There was nothing to show that the paper re-
ferred to another, and the question was not whether it
might, but whether it did. When his friends had shown
the existence of such a paper they might proceed to ex-
ercise their great powers to prove that it was ih ,t respect.
ing which they were contending To say that A con-
tained instructions that were carried out by B was not
the fact. The ral estate was not disposed of by indorse-
ment, the personal estate was not disposed of by joint
tenantcy, but by tenantcy in common. When attic Lord
ships looked at the person who was instructing Mr. Wood,
and considered that be was one who was bound to protect
aim, they would never allow the words employed in it to
prove the existence of another document. There was
ether mode by which it was supposed this paper was ene
proved, that was by recognition, but that which was ca led
recognition applied to so malty papers that it trossht be
used with equal force in support of any one of them.
The Learned Gentleman was commentirg upon the evi-
dence in support of this part of his case, when, it being
four o'clock their Lnrdships adjourned.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he should conclude his
address on Monday.

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to “ir •e i
At that ig in ca 'e f on tier
d said h. o,iugh she should oo arre her hisband. fur
:he thought him long away; and then, turning abruptly
'Lind she added '' toe shod is dead " S!ie went on ti,
ay she did it, and c•i d excee tingly. Her sister-in.
tw eat into her house, a•,d there saw the bed% f
•he babe nicely covered up and lying in the cradle;
othirg was visible but its face bu' by that she saw it
,as di a]. She fled in great alarm, arid called a neigh-
tour to her ai t, arid they uncovered the chill and
Ruud it dead and quite cold. It appeared ,hat i pd-
oner's yard there was a p ind of fi:thy water, shallow and
nuddy, and cover,cl with a green slime; and at th gate
ceding from the street into this yard the prisoner wan seen
standing by a man named Carter, at seven in the morning
which the &slid mi t ci h its death She had the
Aild in her arms, dressed in its bed-clothes, and ap-
peared to be " hu,bifig" it. The dew], of the unfor_
unate infant having been noised abroad, its mother,
%lvy K•Trison, came to the prisoner's house before
noon, and the prisoner no sooner saw her than she threw
nFr arms round her neck turd cried bitterly, observing
to her Oh, Mary I I did i,, I did it ; but your poor
ehild is happy now." The mother asked her why she
did it, and she said " She would till her by and by," add-
ing, that " the child was weil at seven, and dead at a
quarter past." Upon her house being searched on the fol-
loeilg day, the night-clothes of the poor babe were found
concealed under the prisoner's bed. They were rolled
up together, and were even then thoroughly wet in every
part. They had, however, ben wetted with perfectly
clean w4.2r, and could not possiAy have been im-
mersed in the dirty pond in her yard which has ben
already mentioned. Indeed, to this very hour the place
where the poor child was drowned is quite unknown,
except to her who perpetrate.] the crime ; but
the probability is, that she must have immersed i!
in a pail of water. She told the constable sl e did
nit fear to die, she was so unhappy; and she did i to get
rid of her own life ; but she would not say where she did it
till the hour of h r death. These were the leading tea-
tires of this mel,richoly and mysterious case. No motive,
except possibly that which she assigned to the constable,
could be suggested for the commission of this murder
Dislike to the ehild did not appear to have infheaced her,
as she was invariaoly fond of and kind to it ; and she had
even Muted her husband to allow a shillii.g a week to
its mother out of his own scanty earnings for its support.
Th Jury dr'i ,eratJd half air hour, aid thee tound a
verdict of G.
The prisoner, who during the trial bad been in tears and
in great di.tress, appeared to be utterly subdue. and pros-
tra,ed by this awful announcement.
After a pause of intense interest,

Ttie LEARNED JUDGE said, under all the ri”cumstancei
of her case, he iihould order the sentence of deith t r be
recorded, and should recommend to her Majesty to spare
her life, but it would be an condition of ter being trans-
ported for life from her naive country.
The ri ioner was then removed, crying, from the bar,

CENTRAL Cal VIINAW COURT.

OLD COURT.

Bef,re Mr. 13-tron GURNEY and Mr. Je.tlce PATTIS,N.)
MURDER.—Harriet Longlea la. Harris, ~.vms indict d
for ;h, vilful murder of her female child, on the 19th of
M.rch last, by throwing it int, t%),) New Riy,r.
N Counsel aipeared for the prosecution. Cl trkson
defended the pri..oner,
A numuer of witne-ses were examined. bu' the deta.'l3 are
fresh in the recollection of the public, therefore it is one.
cessary to repeat them.

Aft;r Mr. CLirkson had addressed the Jury to th..
def..neP,

M. -iron GURNEY said that the ',imp!, goestion for
e Jlry to conti r, was, did Oita woman KtlfullF throw
child into the water, and thus occasion her death.
He was afraid Viat tie could hardly point out any
lence to support the assumption t-ken by the
Learned Counsel, Lila- at the tim of throwing the child
i Ito the water she was not in a sta'e to be morally and
Legally accountable. Thee were yumtnnit, however, for
then t i determine, and he shoull leave them to their con-
sideration.

Tho Jury, after deliberating a short time, returned the
following verdlot :—" We find the prisoner Guilty, but
we strongly recommend her to meres, in c nsequence of
the d,stressirg circumstances which have appeared in evi-
dence b fIT us.'

Tnc COURT ordered sentence of death to be recorded
against the prisoner, and
Mr. Baron GURNEY, who seemed much affected, address-
ed h-t• as follows :—" Harriet Langley, the Jury have re-
turned the only verdict they could return ; but taking all the
facts of h • ca c into their consideration, they have earnestly
recommended you to mercy, and my Learned Brother and I,
from a very anxious consideration of your casa, trust we shall
nut be failing in our duty to the public in recommending )ou
to her Majesty ai; an object for her merciful i:onsider-ition.
Oh that young women would take warning by sour fate when
they first listen to the voice of seduction—they little know to
what dreadful consequences a first false step may lead."
The prisoner, who had been in tears during almost the
whole trial, was then removed from the bar.
William Buchanan, 17, was indicted for having stolen
five B ink of England note; value 451,, the property of
George Buchanan, his father.

Mrs. Buchanan, the mtd.h,.r t f the prisoner, :tet.•d that
oti toe day tie robbery aa, committed. her Roll was in the
bons,. She perc•'tved that her husband's box was open,
and called the prisoner up stairs, and asked Idol what he
had be .n doing, he made answer, and said •• nothing ;"
then asked him if he had taken anything out of the box
and if he Iry to put it bark again, he said he had not
taken anything, and Rent down stairs again ; the prisoner
tett the house, and the witness did not see him rga, n for
three a eAs.

The Learned Jut.. was about to pit some questions to
the wt ness, but she became so much affected that he di-
rectld her t withdraw.

George Hochanan, the proiveutor, and father of the
prisoner, said that on the day in question he had seen lis
mosey safe in the chest, and he went out, and returned
about six o'clock in the evening, and his wife commu-
nicated to him the state of his chest, and on proceeding
to it be discovered that the money was gone. He did not
hear of the prisoner for thre we •ks, and from information
he received, he proceeded to a house in the Commerc!a -
road, and there apprehended the prisoner.
Jtitts Porch, the officer who took the prisoner to the
staiion-house, said that on his way thither, he asked the
prisecer if he had spent the money by himself. .rid he said
he had not, but he did not know schl h,vi companion wa.:,
or where he lived, and that they had spent the money at
differ..nt wateriag-places.
The LEARNED J17133E having summed up ,he ev;denee
the Jury immediately found the prisoner Guilty, a d be-
fore passing sentence the Learned Judge rcqueqed that
the parents should leave tee Cour-, which they accord-
ingly did, and he then, in a very impresaiva manner, ad-
dressed the prisoner, and c .nelorle I by .entei,cing him to
be t, aasparted f the term of his natural life.
It appeared that the prisoner had been prey ously con-
victed of a felony.

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!it solo as the r.,ltii•tte, hU • no per-
son ilv. 1 at rill]. T. of t Ow Pri'oo'r's lots;; logs
Oxlord-4reet, t •ti dupl cate.
found for property of (Afferent description.
way to the st ttion-house she said the spoon came front
St. James's Palace, that it was given to her by one of
the servants whom she could not. now find, as he had
lett his stuation. She afterwa-ds stated that Site used
tl serve milk t.e Palace, and a little boy connect d
with the establishment gave it to her, but she could
give no informatwa respecting him, as he was gone
away. To the Magistrate the prisoner related a def-
t .vet stary. Sue said that at one pe.iod she use! to
work ar. the of l Palace and that a youog man em-
ployed there, but since dead, eav:r her the spoon in-
stmd of some money he owed her. L had been in her
box a-year, and she did n,,t know it. was of any great
Tne spoon was evidenily Royal property. Two
crowns were eograven on it—beneath tt.e upper (tee
were the initials " C. R.," and under the lower one
" A. S."

The MAGISTRATE directed inquiries to be instituted,
and rcniaru'e I the prisoner.

Mr. 13.-ekei, Chairman of the Marylebone Loan
Discount Society, in Great Portland-street, attended,
with his solicitor, to explain the circumstances under
which 20/. expenses had been incurred to recover a
loan of 11/. from Mr. Perot. It Appeared that the
loan was granted in June, that ten weekly.- payments be-
came in arrear, and that ten lett,q.s were sent to the
borrower, and two to the surety, af.er which more strin-
gent measures were adopted. It was also shown that
as the Society was not enrolled, the Loan Societies Act
bad no control over P.

The MAGISTRATE acknowledged such to be the case,
but said it ought to be known to the borrowers, who
%ere supposed to b nec*•ssitous persons, that in the
event of arrears of payment accruing, they would he
liable to arrest and considerable expense on their
stamped notes.