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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1848;

to call in such persons from the superannuation list as
might be still capable of discharging their duty. He
hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the
Exchequer would state how many of the recommenda-
tions of the Committee he was prepared to adopt, and if
he rejected any, on what account he did so.
Mr. OSBORNE did not know whether the Right
Hon. Gentleman addressed his observations to the House
in his capacity of Chairman of the Committee, or
whether he had been deputed to make them by her Ma-
jesty's Government, because the usual practice was for a
Minister to come down and make a statument.—(Hear.)
The report on the miscellaneous estimates was in singular
contrast with the reports on the naval estimates.—
(Hear.) It was bare and meagre ; in parts there was
some pretty writing and a great deal of bad gram-
mar.—(Laughter.) The Committee decided on the sa-
laries of the Ministers of the Crown and of a few clerks,
and that was all. The Right Hon. Gentleman would
not go into the question of the salary of the Lord-Lieu-
tenant of Ireland, but the Committee recommended the
abolition of the queen's plates in Ireland. A more dis-
graceful estimate was never submitted to the House.
The most opposite things were put together, as Windsor
Castle and the Hackney Coach-office. Every item ought
to be distinctly set down, instead of which all was con-
fusion. He did not see why there should be any dis-
tinction between public and private accounts; the pre-
sent estimate was a fraudulent one, and contained posi-
tive misrepresentations. He called on the Committee
to insist on some explanation of the various items. The
Committee evidently gave the go-by to everything use-
ful.—(Hear, hear.) Their report, however, recom-
mended a more economic superintendence of the Woods
and Forests department.
Mr. H. DRUMMOND must confess that he was
called on to vote on a document on the present occasion
respecting which it was utterly impossible for him to 1
form any opinion.—(Hear, hear.) He had no means of
forming any opinion as to the soundness of any one of
the items contained in the papers before him. The
Hon. Gentleman who spoke last pointed out some ex-
traordinary blunders. Here was another incongruous
item all in ono line, " for oil, gas, and light in the
House of Commons and St. Martin's public baths and
washhouses."—(Hear, hear.) Certain he was, that
many things which were now brought forward in
this way would not have been tolerated in former times. '
He felt so sensibly on these matters, he thought them so
derogatory to the honour of the Crown, so fatal to the
interest of the Royal Family, that he should only add
to the evil which he deprecated by alluding any further
to them. But he would appeal to any Gentleman in
that House, and ask if he would like to have many parts
of his own establishment brought forward and made the
subject not only of discussion in that House, but in every
pothouse in the kingdom, and whether it wonld be a
proper way to uphold his dignity to have his establish-
ment so canvassed? He could not understand how the
public servants of the Crown, who must be brought into
intimate personal relationship with the Sovereign, could
allow such things. The Woods and Forests had been
alluded to. There was a large property in this country
possessed by the Sovereign, not as sovereign, but as the
largest landowner in this country. He knew enough
to know now that no one had been so ill served—no one
so grossly cheated—as the Crown.—(Cheers.) But he
did not intend to enter into these things; he merely rose
to protest against them.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then
rose. He said he never, within his experience, remem-
bered a speech being made upon the introduction of the
miscellaneous estimates. The reason why items were
lumped together was to afford to the House the fullest
information as to the particulars for which the public
money was required to be paid. With regard to the ob-
servations of Mr. Vernon Smith, he assured him he
thought the inquiry of the Miscellaneous Estimates
Committee had been attended with very beneficial re-
sults. He agreed with him in his opinion that the real
reduction of expenditure must be made by the Exe-
cutive Government; and in the greater portion of the
general recommendations of the report, he entirely
concurred. With regard to details, he would not go
into their consideration now, for they could be discussed
as each item was proposed fur the consideration of the
House.
Colonel SIBTHORP should like to ask why they
were sitting there upon the 11th of August? A greater
rigmarole—a more unsatisfactory chaos of a speech than
that of the Chancellor of the Exchequer—he had never
heard. He had told them nothing; he had left them to
conjecture everything. A book as large as a church
bible was laid upon the table, and they were told to get
their facts out of that as they could. But that would not
do for him. He was disposed to sit there de die in diem,
and go into every detail of these estimates before he voted
them.
Mr. OSBORNE said the Chancellor of the Exchequer
treated this subject in the jaunting sort of way in which
he usually addressed the House. Ho involved the sub-
ject in a cloud of words, and in reality said nothing. It
was all very well for him to get up in the flash-in-the-
pan and jack-in-office sort of way, and talk about the
matter as if he was at a family tea-party; but he (Mr
Osborne) called upon him in the name of the public to
explain.—(Hear, hear.) Now, let him ask, what was
meant by the Museum of Economic Geology? Let him
ask what was to be done about the royal palaces? Let
him ask what assurance was to be given that the esti-
mates should be laid before them in a better state next
year. Unless he received satisfactory replies he should
divide the House upon the first estimate.
Dr. BOWRING should be sorry if it were supposed'
that the Committee on these estimates had made a com-
plete report. It was impossible that they could do so
Their examination was not into matters of principle, but
into questions of detail. No less than 165 matters were
referred to them. Why, the Committee was not able
to do its duty. The immense mass of matter referred
to it precluded the possibility of a satisfactory perform-
ance of their duties. It was very natural, therefore,
that their report should be considered very bare and
meagre. He contended for the necessity of having a
central office of accounts, to investigate every item, and
that every pound that was paid to the state should be
handed over at once to the State Treasury, no depart-
ment being allowed, as now, to intercept millions of
money and apply it almost irresponsibly, rendering in a
vast proportion of cases no particular account either to
the general executive or to the House of Commons. He
was glad to understand that the Government was taking
measures for carrying into effect one very important sug-
gestion of the Committee, that all fees received by
public departments should be paid over in gross to the
public Treasury, to be applied by the responsible
authorities to the public service. The fact was, that
every department of the state would occupy the close
attention of a Committee, in order to arrive at any sa-
tisfactory result.
Mr. HUME certainly considered it would have been
most desirable to hear from the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, to what extent he proposed to act upon the re-
commendations of the Committee. It was a great de-
fect in the preparation of public information on this
subject, that the question of salaries had not been gone
into, and this was a point on which he should be glad to
have the views of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ex-
pressed. There had been a revision of public salaries
under the report of the Committee of 1831. Many re-
ductions had been effected, and the House was well dis-
posed now again to revise the salaries in all our depart.
meats. He did not concur with his Hon. Friend in
thinking that the report was all barren; he considered
that it contained much that was highly valuable. As
to the royal palaces, he had three months since moved
for detailed returns on this subject, but he had hitherto
seen nothing of the returns sought. He fully shared
the objections which had been stated to the incon-
gruous grouping of the various items which went to
make up the large estimates about to be proposed.
There was one item, which he would at once specify
as most objectionable: the estimate for rents of public
offices; these seemed to be perfectly preposterous in
several instances. As to the Museum of Economic
Geology he was of opinion that, if carried out as an-
nounced, this institution would be productive of great
benefit to the public. He repeated his desire that the
Government would give some explanation as to their
judgment on the report of the Committee.
Lord J. RUSSELL did not think it would be a con-
venient course to apply the example of the Secretary of
the Admiralty to the proposition of the miscellaneous
estimates. The prefacing the naval estimates with a
general statement was a perfectly convenient course,
because the Admiralty department was homogeneous in
its details, but this was not the case with the miscel-
laneous estimates, which had reference to a dozen dif-
ferent departments. The first estimate, for example,
having relation to the Woods and Forests, his Noble
Friend could fitly give any details which might be re-
quired respecting it, while any questions respecting the
particulars of the second estimate, which related to the
criminal law commission, would have to be answered,
not, by his Noble Friend, but by his Right Hon. Friend
at the head of the home department. It would, there-
fore, be obsiously the only convenient course to discuss
each item as it occurred. He quite agreed in the pros
priety of tra-isferring many of the items now paid out
of the Consoldated Fund to the columns of the miscel-
laneous estimates, and he should be prepared, in con-
currence with his Right Hon. Friend, to make this alte-
ration in very many cases next session, but he did not
feel that this principle could safely be applied in every
case. If the House was to be called upon to consider al]
the estimates of all the departments there would be no
time left for legislation. Ho regarded the report of the
Committee as contaicing a great deal of valuable matter,
and as being as full as under the circumstances could
hare been expected. The subject of salaries had been
considered by the Committee of 1831, and the salaries
of the heads of the various departments had, as he con-
ceived, been settled at that time to the satisfaction of
Parliament. Any questions, however, on this subject
could be answered as the items occurred. With respect
to any suggestions as to the item under discussion, as
the Committee had expressed a wish that it should
be set forth more at large itt the printed estimates, his
Noble Friend would take care that in future this should
be done.
Mr. BANKES said that the delay which had been
complained of in passing the estimates could not be
charged on the House, for they had been submitted to
examination before various Committees, and it was that
which had caused the present dilemma. The estimates
013 fore the Committee contained some very doubtful
items. He would not call theta disgraceful, but he must
say that the mode in which the accounts were presented
was very inconvenient to the House. He observed a
charge made for the Pavilion Palace at Brighton, which
was of no use to the Royal Family, and which ought to
be converted into money for the public service. There
was also a charge of 1.410/. for taking up and cleaning,
and for renewing the mats which covered the floor of the
House. He also observed very large sums charged for
the rent of temporary offices, which he thought might
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from the Noble Lord.
Lord MORPETEI:eaid that the estimate had been pre-

from a petition which had been presented by the officers
in question, complaining that they were completely shut
out from promotion, while at the same time their retired
allowance was not in proportion to that of the captains.
He (Captain Pechell) earnestly commended their case
to the attention of the House, and trusted that some-
thing would be done for these neglected but most de-
serving officers. As a mode of providing a fund for the
increase he asked for, he suggested the appropriation of
the freight paid to her Majesty's ships for the convey-
ance of specie from various parts of the world. It
amounted to about 30,0001. a year, and he thought it
could not be better employed than in augmenting the
retired allowances of the commanders and lieutenants.
Mr. WARD said that, although his Honourable and
Gallant Friend had acquainted him with his intention of
bringing this subject before the House, he had not given
any notice of the expedient he intended to propose for
providing a fund. He (Mr. Ward) feared that the freight
of specie from the Pacific was too fluctuating a source
of income to be calculated on for retired allowances. He
should not, however, lose sight of the suggestion.
After a few words from Capt. HARRIS,
Mr. HUME quoted a return, showing that since the
date of the order limiting promotions in 1830, 360 cap-
tains had died, and that agreeably to that order only 105
ought to havo been promoted, but that no less than 365
had received promotion. Of commanders 315 died, and
685 had been promoted instead of 105. Of lieutenants
1,049 had died, and 1,224 bad been promoted instead of
372. These were the things that kept up the dead
weight, and it was useless to talk of economy or retrench-
ment so long as that system continued.
Mr. COBDEN expressed his regret that the Hon.
Secretary to the Admiralty resisted the recommendation
of the Committee to reduce the number of the admirals.
At the commencement of the war with France they were
only 69, now they were 150. It was very hard he knew
to tell officers that they had no hope of promotion; but
they were bound to consider the interests of the country
and those who paid taxes. It appeared to him that the
remedy was to be found in the recommendation of stop-
ping the influx of youths into the navy. That was the
way of getting rid of the difficulty.
After a few words in reply from Mr. WARD, the vote
was agreed to, as were-
-300,2881. for military pensions and allowances.
152,0181. for civil pensions and allowances.
602,662/. for the packet service.
Mr. W. COWPER said (in reply to Mr. Cobden) that
this charge was entirely for Post-office purposes.
Mr. HENLEY complained of the exorbitant cost,
200,0001. a year, of the conveyance of the India mail.
A Committee of the other House had inquired into the
matter, and reported the possibility of making a more
economical arrangement. At present it was not well
managed, the responsibility being a divided one.
Mr. COWPER said the contract between Suez and
the East Indies and China did not expire till Ist Jan.,
1853. No doubt it was very expensive; but no altera-
tioncould be effected till the contract expired. In each
successive year it was probable the cost of convey-
ance would be lessened, as the facilities of travelling
were increased. It had always been the practice of the
Admiralty to contract for this service; but the parties
who tendered were very few.
Mr. MONSELL urged the importance of establishing
a line of packets from one of the western ports of Ire-
land to America, whereby the time occupied in the
passage to Halifax, now nine days, would be reduced
by 36 hours; an object, he conceived, of sufficient im-
portance to claim the attention of the Government. Rail-
way communication now extended to Limerick; but he
would not advocate its claims to the exclusion of the
other western ports.
Mr. COWPER said the matter would not be lost sight
of by the Admiralty. They had for some time thought
the port of Valentia would be most suitable for the pur-
pose.
He did not anticipate that the passage to Halifax
would be reduced below eight days and a half.
Mr. H. HERBERT advocated the claims of Valentia
to the consideration of the Admiralty.
Mr. ANSTEY hoped that Castletown would not be
overlooked.
Mr. HENLEY repeated his question, whether any
steps could be taken to secure a better and more
economical management of the India and China mail.
In extensive contracts of this kind, unless a prolonged
notice were given, the matter was sure to become a
monoply.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
no fresh arrangements could be made for three years, and
of course it was impossible for the Government now to
say what arrangements might then be possible. Other
competitors might materially reduce the charge of con-
veyance.
Mr. HENLEY complained that his question had not
been answered. The contract on this side the isthmus I
of Suez would expire very soon, and he hoped the Go-
vernment
would not deal with it so as to prevent them
from dealing properly with the whole when it did expire. I
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said this
question was totally different from the one the Hon.
1 Gentleman had originally put. He had now put a plain
question, and should have a plain answer. The next
contract for the conveyance on this side the isthmus of
Suez would be made to terminate at the same time as the
other part of the contract ; so that, in future, the whole
subject might be considered at once.
Mr. HENLEY expressed himself satisfied with the
answer.
Mr. HUME said that one of the Southampton mails
to Alexandria had been discontinued, so that now pas-
s.ngers could only go i,by that route to India once a
month. Government had put on their own boat to Malta,
which was more expensive than sending the mail twice a
month from Southampton.
Mr. COWPER said the alteration had been made to
save 15,000/. a year, and he was surprised the Hon.
Member should complain of that.—(hear, hear.) No
extra expense whatever was incurred; the 15 0001. a
year had been paid for sending letters by a double route,
which was wholly unnecessary. The letters were now
carried from Malta in a Government vessel, instead of a
contract vessel; but that did not increase the cost.
Mr. HUNIE contended that the people of India had a
right to complain of the alteration, whereby they only
received their letters through Southampton once a
month. The saving of 15,0001. was paltry in comparison
with the convenience of such important colonies.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that no mail communication whatever had been taken
off. The old arrangement was that letters went over-
lend to Marseilles twice a month, and joined the packet
at Malta. This conveyance continued ; and under all
the circumstances it had not been thought necessary to
continue the packet twice a month from Southampton.
As to the proposed packet-station on the west of Ire-
land, the Government would give the subject their best
attention ; but he could give positive pledges as to the
time when it would be carried out, as considerable ex-
pense must first be incurred.
Mr. MONSELL observed that there was already a
railway communication to Limerick.
Dr. BOWRING complained of the heavy postage on
communications to the East. A letter to Egypt cost Is.
6d., while one to Calcutta or Hong-Kong was only ls.
—the cost being 50 percent..more for only half the dis-
tance.—(hear.)
Mr. COBDEN said if these amounts were considered
as payments for the Post-office service merely, the cost
was most enormous—nearly a million for the whole
packet service.—(Hear, hear.) The ~um of 240,0001.
was paid for the West India service alone, while the re-
turn from postage probably would not reach 50,0001.
When these contracts ran out it would be worthy the
consideration of the Admiralty whether the cost could
not bo materially reduced.
Mr. GOLTLBIJRN said he had predicted that these
arrangements, made for the facility of conveying mer-
cantile correspondence, would be very onerous: but he
had been met by the assertion, on the part of those con-
nected with commerce, that the expense would be more
than compensated by the benefits which would be con-
ferred on other interests. He had no means of knowing
whether such benefits had been realised.
Mr. HENLEY said the Hon. Member for the West
Riding had not included the whole expense in his esti-
mate of a million, for there was the additional sum paid
by the Indian Government. He thought it a great hard-
ship that the public were compelled to pay the higher
postage on their India letters once a month.
Mr. MACGREGOR said the line of packets from
Liverpool to the United States fully repaid the expense.
Mr. HUME would undertake to contract to convey
the mail from Southampton to Alexandria twice a
month for the same amount as was now paid for the
monthly conveyance.—(Hear, and laughter.)
Mr. COWPER said it would not be fair to the Hun.
Member to accept his very generous offer. He could
not do the service for the amount now paid, as the
vessel which would otherwise be lying idle at Malta
was ROW sent on to Alexandria ; therefore the only
additional expense was the cost of the coals.
The vote was then agreed to.
MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES.
On the first vote, 40,923/., part of a sum of 120,9231.,
for the repairs, &e., of public buildings; furniture for
various public departments; charges for lighting and
watching, and rates and taxes; also for the mainte-
nance and repairs of royal palaces and works in the
royal gardens,
Mr. V. SMITH complained of the manner in which
the estimates were brought forward during the present
session. What appeared to him to be the result of the
inquiry into the naval and miscellaneous estimates, was
that there was wanted in the Governmental departments
of the country a proper financial check.—(Hear, hear.)
No Committee of that House, even if they were all as
well acquainted with the subject as his Hon. Friend the
Member for Montrose, could control the estimates as well
as an executive department.—(Hear, hear.) It was the
custom to prepare the estimates at a much larger amount
than was necessary; but on the other hand it often hap-
pended that a much larger expenditure was incurred than
the estimates would warrant. A considerable portion of
the expenses of the country, the revenue boards, for in-
stance, never came under the supervision of Parliament.
It was very doubtful whether those boards were necessary
at all. But at all events a great portion of the expendi-
ture of the country never came before that House. There
was one question of importance with which the Com-
mittee had not dealt, except partially—namely, the ques-
tion of public salaries. He was of opinion that that
question should be dealt with as a whole, and not sepa-
rately. If they took the report of 1831 as a basis, all
they would have to do would be to consider whether the
circumstances of the present day differed from those of
1831, as regarded the expenses incidental to official life.
He believed that they did, for railroads and other
economic improvements had been extended since that
period ; besides that, the tendency of their recent legis-
lation was to diminish the expenses of living. But the
largest question of all was the question of the colonial
estimates. When those estimates came under discussion
the Colonies
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emwds(ehmityyldesobfe able to say that a greater propor-
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sented in the form timidly adopted of late years, only a
little more in detail. He admitted there were good
grounds for the recommendation of the Committee that
the annual charge for repairing each palace should be
presented separately, for it was highly unjust to the so-
vereign that it should be supposed the outlay charged
was incurred for the Royal convenience, when, in point of
fact, the public convenience alone was consulted. With re-
spect to the Pavilion, it was the intention of the Govern-
ment to dispose of the site and the materials, and, if it
should be found that an Act of Parliament was neces•
sary for the purpose, the proper notices would ;be duly
served. With respect to the charge of 1,780!. for re •
pairine. Lanercost Abbey, that was for the restoring the
roof which' had fallen in, and it was deemed proper to
preserve a ruin which presented some of the finest
remains of antiquity that were in the possession of
the Crown.—(Hear.) The charge also included the cost
of keeping in repair Carisbrook and Carnarvon Castles,
which likewise presented valuable specimens of
archaeology. With respect to the charge for temporary
offices, the Woods and Forests had received orders to
provide accommodation for certain departments, and the
Hon. Member was aware that house rent in the neigh.
bourhood of Whitehall where it was necessary the (Aces
should be, was not very moderate.
Mr. V. SMITH said that he had been accused loy the
Hon. Member for Lincoln of attacking the Government,
and by the Hon. Member for Middlesex of defending
them with regard to the present estimates; but he begged
to say he had done neither. It appeared to him, from
the Noble Lord's statement, that the charge for Lanercost
was for building a new ruin.
Colonel SIB rtioup said he saw among the items a
heavy charge for the railway commission. Now he was
anxious to know why, if the enormous expense of a rail-
way commission was necessary, the railways did not pay
it themselves? The present Government had come into
office as an economical Government, but nearly all of
them had belied that character.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. ANSTEY complained of the absence of details
in the estimates. He objected to the House being asked
to vote away money without being at the same time fur-
nished with an account of its expenditure. He thought
that they should have some means of testing the national
expenditure similar to what had been possessed by the
Court of Exchequer until it was tampered with by the
Administration of 1834. He hoped that before the
Committee sat again Government would give them some
means of testing the merits of the various estimates sub-
mitted to them.
Sir R. INGLIS, in reference to the large items for
rent, said that there was a large and unsightly area of
unoccupied ground in Downing-street, and he thought
that the hest use that could be made of it would be to
erect on it a substantial set of buildings for the use of
the various commissions, or it might be appropriated to
the erection of a Foreign-office more suited to the
foreign business of the country than the present un-
sightly edifice.
Mr. GOULBURN wished to set the Hon. and Learned
Member for Youghal right on one point. If he looked
at the estimates he would find a statement of the diss
bursements of the past year.
Mr. ANSTEY explained that what he had asked for
were various accounts which were referred to in the esti-
mates but not produced.
Mr. HUME objected to any grant for court-houses in
the Isle of Man. He thought that this country had no
right to provide such structures for the people of that
island.
Dr. BOWRING said that the revenues of the island
were quite sufficient for all purposes if properly admi-
nistered.
The vote was agreed to.
10,0001. for enlarging and improving Buckingham
Palace.
Mr. OSBORNE hoped that the original estimate
would not lit exceeded. There was one point, however,
on which hi was anxious to get information. He saw
an item set down for pulling down the marble arch.
That arch hid cost the country 80,0001., and now it was
about to be pulled down the House had a right to know
what was to tie done with the ruins.
Lord MOR?ETH hoped that the House would grant
means for re-erecting the arch i n some place where it
would be an ornament to the metropolis.
The vote was agreed to.
8,4101., erecting a palm-house at Kew.
Mr. OSBORNE objected to the vote, as being in ex-
cess of the original estimate.
Lord MORPETH read a statement showing that the
number of visiors had vastly increased, and that there
had been 64 awes added to the gardens, together with
a most interestiig museum.
Mr. B. OSBORNE was satisfied with that statement,
as far as it wen; but the Noble Lord did not explain
why the increase of expenditure should have been so
great—nominaly stated at 2,9001., but in reality upwards
of 8,4001. shoving a false return to the House.
Lord MORPETH denied in the most distinct terms
that there was my mis-statement in the return justifying
the Hon. Gentbman's remark.
After a genesil conversation, the vote was agreed to.
The next vite of 4,2341., to defray the expenses of
temporary accommodation for the Houses of Parliament,
was, after a fey words from Mr. OSBORNE, agreed to.
The House mimed, the Chairman reported progress,
and obtained have to sit again on Monday next.
In answer tt a question put by Col. SIBTHORP,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he
should propos) to take a Committee of Supply on
Monday next, and to go on with the miscellaneous
estimates.

furnished during a period of five years, from 1833 to '
1638; and with regard to the law upon the subject, it
appeared to him that though a parent might be legally
bound to support a child, no such obligation was cast
upon a sister, and the plaintiff was therefore entitled to
recover in the present action. lie should produce testi-
mony which he apprehended would leave no doubt as to
the identity of the lady; and it he established that fact
he must confess he was astonished that the sister of the
plaintiff, who owed her present position entirely to the
kind assistance she had received from her, should now,
when her sister was in difficulties and poverty, refuse
to make her that recompense to which she was clearly

entitled.
Mrs. Anne Brand was then examined—She said, in
1836 I was residing in Berner-street, and Madame Scar-
pellini and her sister lodged in my house. The child
appeared to be from ten to thirteen years old. They
remained in my house three months, and during all that
time Madame Scarpellini treated the child with the ut-
most tenderness. I don't think I should know the sister
now. The child was a foreigner, and she and her sister
used to converse in Italian. I don't remember any-
thing remarkable about the nose or teeth of the child.
Sergeant SHEE said he should decline cross•examin-
ing any of the witnesses at present, as in the result it
might be unnecessary for him to do so at all.
Si.snor Giovanni Ileva said—l am a native of Milan.
In 1833, I was engaged as a professor of the Spanish
guitar and singing at Edinburgh. I was introduced in
that city to the plaintiff and her sister Marietta Searpel-
lini, and I taught the little girl the guitar for some
months, She was a very clever child, and made great
progress, and she played at a concert, and received much
applause. I knew the plaintiff and her sister afterwards
in London. I was paid ten guineas for teaching the
young lady the guitar. The plaintiff treated her sister
with great kindness during the whole time I was ac-
quainted with them. Besides music and singing, the
young lady received instruction in French from a lady
named Jourdain.
The Learned JUDGE here interposed and said, surely
these things could not be taken as necessaries for ayoung
person without any fortune or expectations.
Mr. GURNEY submitted that they were necessaries in
this point of view. The ,plaintiff was anxious to make
her sister accomplished in order that she might have a
better prospect of advancing her condition in life.
The CHIEF BARON said he could not look upon the
matter in that view. It might be all very well for a
minor at Oxford, highly connected, and who had large
expectations, to keep horses and incur other expenses,
and they might be considered as necessaries tor him,
having regard to the station he would ultimately have to
fill, but the case of a young woman who had neither for-
tune nor expectations was very different.
Examination continued.—The young lady was also
taught Italian, and likewise had a writing master.
Mr. OGLE—Can you describe the appearance of the
young lady? Witness—She was tall, her hair was in-
clining to dark or brown, and she had a very fair skin.
She had a very fine nose, but I cannot tell the name of
it.—(A laugh.) I was requested to go to St. Alban's,
three weeks ago, to try to see her, but when I got to
Mr. Seyranke's house, I found all the blinds down, and I
was refused admission. I could not get a sight of the
young lady.
Mr. Joseph Shipton said—l reside near Windier. I
know Mrs. Seyranke. She went from my house to be
married, in the name of Shipton. She had been living
in my house for ten years from the month of April, 1838.
She was entrusted to me by a woman whom I met at
Naples, who told me her name was Louisa Scarpellini,
but I have since heard that it is not her real name.
Mr. GURNEY—You have been an attorney, have you
not, Mr. Shipton? Witness—l have.
Mr. GURNEY—Then you ought to know that you
have no right to say anything about what you have
heard.
Sergeant SREE objected to the manner in which his
Learned Friend was examining his own witness.
Mr. GURNEY said he knew very well whose witness he
WAS.
Examination continued—l have not refused to give
any information to the plaintiff's attorney, and I have
not been in communication with the attorney for the
defendant. I was subpoenaed to give evidence for the
plaintiff.
Mr. GURNEY—Handing the witness a letter. Is that
your handwriting? Witness—l believe this letter is my
handwriting, but I have seen a similar one, which is a
forgery.
Mr. GURNEY—This letter, I believe was addressed to
Madame Scarpellini? Witness—This letter was ad-
dressed to the woman from whom I received Mrs. Sey-
ranke. I undertook to educate her and bring her up as
my daughter.
The CHIEF BARON—How old was she when you first
received her? Witness—She had the appearance of a
child nine or ten years old, but the woman who en-
trusted her to me told me she was eleven or twelve. She
was a very small child, and did not appear more than
nine or ten.
Mr. GURNEY said this was the case for the plaintiff.
Sergeant SHEE submitted that no contract whatever
had been proved, and that there was nothing to go to
the jury.
The CHIEF BARON said it certainly appeared to
him that the state of things disclosed by the evidence
did not establish any contract upon which a claim for
necessaries could be founded. What had been done by
the plaintiff for her sister was done from affection, or
would be supposed to have been done from that motive
in civil life, and it could hardly be supposed that it could
encumber a child with a debt to be paid in alter years.
It seemed to him that it was the most absurd claim
that had ever been brought into a court of justice,
and if the jury should be of opinion that no contract
had been proved, there would be an end of the case. If,
however, they were not satisfied upon that point, the
case should proceed.
The jury also immediately expressed themselves of
opinion that no contract for payment had been made
out, and they accordingly returned a verdict for the de-
endant.

NEW BILLS.

Leave was given to introduce the following Bills,
which were severally brought in and read a first
time :
Mr. C. LEVIS, a Bill to authorise the inclosure of
certain lands,in pursuance of a special report of the
Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales.
Mr. HUNII, a Bill to repeal an Act of 9 and 10 of
her present Mije‘ty, for making preliminary ingetiries
in certain case' of applications for local Acts.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, a Bill to amend the
law for the tr:Il of election petitions.
Mr. PARKER, a Bill to amend the Act 10 and 11
Vie., c. 9.
The House
con on
uuseadjou:ldnoend,ay.a t a Quarter before Two
o 'cl oek , till

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
ROME ClRCUlT.—Guildford, Aug. 11.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON and
Special Jury.)
,TARPELLINI V. SEYRANKE.
This was at action brought by Louisa Scarpellini
against the defendant and his wile Marietta. The decla-
ration alleged tiat before the marriage of the defendant,
his wife had cortracted a debt with the plaintiff for board
and lodging, edication, and necessaries, and this action
was brought to recover 2001., the amount of the alleged
debt so incurrel.
The defendants pleaded, first, that there had been no
contract; next,that the amount had been paid; thirdly,
that the lady was an infant at the time the debt was in-
curred;and, fturthly, the statute of limitations; but to
this last plea there was a demurrer, consequently it was
not involved ii the present inquiry.
Mr. Gurne, and Mr. Ogle were for the plaintiff; Ser-
geant Shee a&I Mr. Lush were for the defendants.
Mr. GURNEY stated the case, which appeared to be of
rather an extraordinary character. He said the plaintiff
was a
England, and only occasionally paid a
visit to her o'n country. The defendant was a resi-
dent of St. Allan's, and he believed he should be able
residednative Italy, but she had for a great many
years
to show that his wife was the sister of the plaintiff. He
made use of the expression believed, on account of the
peculiar character of the transaction, for the principal
question in the case would be, whether this lady was or
was not the sister of the plaintiff, as it was for neces-
saries furnished to her in that position, that the present
t
action was brought against the defendants. In the year
18
death 3 ofhe plaintiff having received an intimation of the
3a near relative, proceeded to her native village
in Italy, and she there found a younger sister, almost
in a state of destitution, and when she returned to
England she brought her back with her. That sister
remained with her, stopping at various places, until
the year 1838, and during all that period the plaintiff
provided for her, boarded, lodged her, and provided
her with wasters, and, in fact, did all that was. pos-
sible to give her an opportunity of providing for her-
self, incurring for these purposes very considerable
expense. ,In the year 1838, the child being at that
time between ten and twelve years old, a gentleman
who was struck with the talents she exhibited, offered to
adopt her as his child, and the sister consented that he
should do so, and she was taken away from her by the
gentleman in question. From that time to the present
the plaintiff had altogether lost sight of her sister. She
repeatedly applied to the gentleman who had taken
charge of to allow her to see her, but he refused, and
it was only by a combination of extraordinary circum-
stances that the plaintiff at length ascertained that the
defendant was married to a lady who, from the descrip-
tion given of her, and other circumstances, left no doubt
on her mind that she was her younger sister, who had
so long lived with her, and of whom for so many years
she had lot all trace. The plaintiff being satisfied of
this fact, went to the residence of the defendant, and
sent up her name, and requested to be permitted to
have an interview with his wife; but Mrs. Seyranke
refused to see her, and denied all knowledge of
her, or that she was under any obligation to her.
This was the defence now set up, and this
was the question which the jury would have to
decide. The plaintiff, acting under advice, had taken
every step to set the question at rest, and if her pro-
ceedings had been responded to by the defendantser
, the
would have been no doubt in the case. An application
had ben made for persons who were well acquainted
with the young lady to be permitted to have an interview
with her, but it was refused. Formal notice had also
been served upon the husband to produce his wife, but
he refused to do so. Persons who knew Miss Scarpellini
had applied to see her, but the only answer they received
was that she could not be seen. If an interview had
been allowed to take place, of course, the matter would
at once have been set at rest; but as this had been re-
fused, he should be unable to lay such clear evidence
before them of the identity of the lady as he had hoped
to have done; but he apprehended that in the result the
jury would entertain no doubt that the wife of the de-
fendant was in reality the sister of the plaintiff, by
whom the debt had been incurred. If the defence
really was that she was not the same person, he
thought that in common fairness the application
to allow persons who knew her to have an interview
with the lady ought not to have been refused;
but he considered the plea of infancy put upon the re
cord by the defendant settled the question, and that it
amounted to an admission that Mrs. Seyranke was in
reality the sister of the plaintiff, by whom the obliga-
tions had been incurred. That plea, however, was not
of any importance as affecting the plaintiff's claim, for
it was only for necessaries, and for them she would be
entitled in law to recover, although the party was
under age at the time. The claim, as he had before
stated, was for board, lodging, and other necessaries,

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Carlisle' August 9. told him it was said he was married to Mary Corrie.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. JusticeCRESSWELL.) Ile denied it, and said he wished his right arm might
CHARGE OF MURDER.—Joseph Todd was indicted for drop off his body if ever he married that woman. and
the wilful murder of Joseph Jackson, at Penrith, on the she consented, and they were married on the 31st of
28th of July last, by shooting him with a gun. January last, at Murray's, the toll-bar keeper, at Alli-
Mr. Matthews and Mr. Brett conducted the prose- son's Bank. Johu Cirey went with them. The prisoner
cution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Sergeant told Murray (no relation) that he wanted to marry wit•
Wilkins. ness. Murray asked them if they were both single,
The deceased, Joseph Jackson, had been for many and they replied they were. Ile then produced his book,
years a tenant on the farm of Mrs. Youngson, near Pen- and the prisoner wrote his name, and witness her mark.
rith, and at the time of this occurrence occupied a cot- It was in the evening, between seven and eight o'clock.
tage behind the mansion-house and communicating with She went home again to her father's, after remaining
the yard. The prisoner was the woodwarden and game- with hi'n three months. She slept at her father's for a
keeper of Mr. Youngson, and had for some time lodged fortnight after the marriage, before going to live with
at the cottage of the deceased. Mrs. Youngson and the the prisoner as his wife.
family were from home, and the house was left in the Cross examined by Mr. Marritews--She left him be-
care of two servants, Elizabeth Hobson the house- cause he promised to marry her over again, and then
maid, and Elizabeth Pearson, the cook. The de- would not. She wished to be married in a church. She
ceased, Joseph Jaskson, being a trustworthy person, used to get out unknown to her lecher and mother, and
was also directed to exercise a superintendence over the . go to see the prisoner at his house, but his sister was
establishment during Mrs. Youngson's absence. It there.
appeared that, on the 27th of July, a person of the name John Murray, toll-bar keeper at Allison's bank, in the
of Nicholson was at the house in the yard with Mr. parish of Gretna, corroborated the last witness, and gave
Jackson, and that he left about 10 o'clock. About 1 an account of the ceremony similar to that given by
o'clock a gun was fired in the neighbourhood of the Douglas.
house, supposed to be by Nicholson, and the deceased Mr. J. Little, said he was a writer, and was acquainted
Jackson, on going out the next morning, found one of with the scotch law, and he was of opinion the first
the gates open which had been shut the night before. marriage was made valid and binding, though the words
He made some inquiries respecting the matter from the used were " will have," by the evidence of their sleep-
servants, and told Todd at breakfast, on the 28th, that ing together a fortnight after, and the second would
Elizabeth Dobson had imputed the firing of the shot to have been valid if the former had not existed. By this
him. Todd merely smiled on this being told him, but law of Scotland a contract in verba in prozsenti consti-
made no observation. He went to his bedroom, where rates per sea valid marriage, but to make it perfect and
there were two guns, one a single barrel and the other a valid, when verba in futuro are used subsequent concu-
double barrel, the latter being the one he generally used. bitus is necessary.
The latter he loaded and left it in the room. This bed- Joseph Carmichael proved that the prisoner's wife was
room was at one end of the cottage, and was reached by alive on the 20th of July. She was in service near Bir-
a passage from the kitchen at the other end, at the mingham,
back of the bedroom which lay between them, and Mr. MATTHEWS, for the prisoner, renewed an ob-
was occupied by Mrs. Jackson and her daughters. jectiou he had made before the trial, that his Lordship
Out of this passage a descent of a few steps led hail no jurisdiction to try the offence, which was com-
to a back kitchen communicating with a small garden mitted in Scotland. The statute on this subject expressly
at the back. The prisoner came back to his dinner provided the Act should not extend to Scotland.
about 12 o'clock. While he was having his dinner he His Lordship said he had not changed the opinion he
leaned over the table to Mrs. Jackson, and said, expressed last evening, that there was nothing in the
" There's no getting into your house for your master is objection, and proceeded to sum up, and
always walking about." Shortly after he left the house, The jury found the prisoner Guilty, on which
and nothing more was seen of him until immediately His LORDSHIP said to the prisoner, that the offence he
before the time when the deceased was shot. When he had been convicted of was somewhat common in this
came back deceased, and a man of the name of Carru- country, in consequence of its proximity to Scotland,
thers, were engaged in loading a cart near the garden where the ceremony could be performed with so much
fence. The prisoner was without his coat, and his greater facility than in this country. He had committed
waistcoat open, with his sleeves tucked up. He came a very cruel injury on that young girl, but as she had
towards his house, as one of the witnesses said, rather herself contributed to it by her imprudence, he should
wildly, and seemed as if he bad been drinking. He not transport him. He sentenced him to be imprisoned
spoke to deceased and Carruthers as he passed, saying, for 12 calendar-months, with hard labour.
as Carruthers thought, they were loading rather heavy. The above being the last case for trial, his Lordship
He then went on into the house through the back passed sentence on the following prisoners:—
kitchen where Mrs. Jackson was washing the milk Thomas Richardson and John M'Shaw, for highway
dishes, and into the passage leading to the bedroom on one robbery together and with violence, to be transported for
side and the front kitchen on the other. He entered the 7 years.
front kitchen where there then were Elizabeth Dobson, William Graham, for breaking into a granary by
Elizabeth Pearson, Mrs. Lutenor (a married daughter night, and stealing 15 fleeces, to be transported for 7
of Mr. Jackson), and Mary Jackson, her sister. years.
He immediately seized Elizabeth Dobson by the Joseph Winthorp, who pleaded guilty to a charge of
neck and threw her down. Elizabeth Dobson burglary, to be imprisoned, with hard labour, for 12 ca-
cried out, and on Mrs. Jackson coming up into lender months.
the front kitchen she found her on the floor, and Charles Simpson pleaded guilty to stealing a piece of
the prisoner on his knees beside her, still holding her silk, four calendar months. .
by the throat. Mrs. Jackson endeavoured to release John Randale pleaded guilty to stealing a hankerchief,
her from his grasp, and she finally got away, on which bridle, some barley, and a bag, to be imprisoned three
she and Elizabeth Pearson ran out of the house across calendar months.
the yard to Mrs. Youngson's. Mrs. Lutenor endea- (Before Mr. Justice ERLE.)
voured to pacify the prisoner, and he sat down for a John Bradshaw and John Brown, each aged 17, were
minute or two on the window sill in the kitchen, when indicted for a burglary in the House of Elizabeth Good-
he suddenly sprang up, using violent threats towards fellow, in this city, on the 30th July last.
Elizabeth Dobson. He swore at Mrs. Jackson for assist- Mr. James and Mr. Lawrie conducted the prosecution;
ing her, said he wished he had choked her when he had Mr. Overend for the prisoners.
her down, and finally said he would shoot her that It appeared from the evidence that on the morning
night, and hastily went off towards his bedroom, appa- of Sunday, the 30th of July last, Mr. Reeves, a lodger
rently for the gun. Mrs. Jackson, in great alarm, ran in the house of the prosecutrix, was disturbed a little
down the steps into the back kitchen, and out through before four o'clock in the morning, whilst in bed, and"
the garden, to where her husband and Carruthers were, observed a man in his bed-room, who, on seeing Mr.
and told them to get out of the way as Todd was coining Reeves, immediately ran away. Mr. Reeves gave alarm
with his gun. Mr. Jackson said he would go and to the police, when two officers came up and followed two
pacify him, and immediately went into the house. He men (who were the prisoners) into some fields at the
went through the back kitchen, and up the steps lead- back of the house. One officer (Dodd) pursued and
ing into the passage, at the top of which he met the took Brown, who, whilst running away, had been ob-
prisoner with his gun. Ile put his hand across the door- served to throw something from him, which, on after-
way, and said, " Todd, what are you going to do?" The wards being taken up, was found to be a mustard
prisoner said, "Let me go, I will shoot the faggot before spoon, which had been Taken from the house; his
I rest." Jackson said, " Give me the gun;" on which waistcoat being also marked with mustard. Another
the prisoner drew back a step or two, and raised the gun officer (Kewley) followed the other prisoner, Bradshaw,
towards his left shoulder, when it went off, and the con- but being outstepped by him, lost sight of him. He was
tents lodged in the left breast of the deceased. He turned able to identify him, however, and he was subsequently
round, ran down the steps through the back kitchen and taken, and the evidence of his identity was corroborated
into the small garden, where he fell dead. Carruthers, by the circumstance of a pair of shoes being found close
on hearing the shot, went towards the house, and into to the house where the burglary had been committed,
the front kitchen, where he found the prisoner standing which were proved to have been seen on Bradshaw a
in the middle of the floor. He said to the prisoner, week before by the superintendent of the police. Several
" Oh, Joe, you have shot him dead," The prisoner ex- other articles were taken from the house, and two silver
claimed, " Oh, Joseph, Joseph," and returned with Car- spoons were found in the pocket of Mr. Reeves's great
ruthers into the garden, where he partly lifted up the coat, supposed to be put there by the prisoners with
hand of the deceased, and then returned back into the the intention of their being taken away.
house. He went out, it appeared, into the yard leading Mr. Reeves described the window as being closed by
to Mrs. Youngson's. He went to the door and called him on the previous night. After the alarm, the window
out, " Oh, Betty, Betty, open the door, what have I was found open, and several bottles had been removed
done?" He then went into the barn. In the mean- from the windows.
time an alarm was conveyed to the house of a person Mr. OVEREND objected that Mr. Reeves was the
of the name of Collins, who lived in the neighbourhood. tenant of the hoase, and not the prosecutrix Miss Good-
On Mr. Collins and his son going to the house they fellow.
found the prisoner coming out of the barn. Mr. Collins His objection was overruled, and
said to him, " Todd, what have you' been doing?" The Mr. OVEREND addressed the jury for the prisoners.
prisoner said, " What have I been doing?" Mr. Collins Mr. Justice ERLE summed up, and
said, " You've shot poor Jackson." Lie then seized the The jury found both prisoners Guilty. They were
prisoner, who resisted, but with the assistance of his then sentenced to be transported for ten years.
son, Mr. Collins tied his hands and feet, aed he remained This case ended the assizes here, at half-past one
there until the constable came from Penrith. lle told o'clock in the afternoon.
Collins when he was secured that the gun went off by
accident, that something caught the trigger.
The gun was found in the kitchen leaning against the
wall. The right barrel had been lately discharged, and
there was an exploded cap on the nipple. The left barrel
was loaded with an ordinary charge of shot. The charge
had passed nearly through the body of the deceased.
It appeared in the course of the trial that the deceased
was a most amiable man, and much liked by all who
knew him. There never had been any quarrel between
him and the prisoner.
No explanation appeared in the course of trial to
account for the extreme irritation under which the pri-
soner was labouring at the time he returned to the house.
Elizabeth Dobson stated that Nicholson had not been
paying her addresses, and that nothing had ever passed
between her and the prisoner but the most ordinary
civility. It was insinuated that Nicholson, who some-
times carried a gun, was a poacher, and had been on the
ground the night before for poaching purposes, but no
proof of this appeared.
Mr. Sergeant WThissats addressed the jury for the
defence, pointing out that there was no motive what-
ever to induce the prisoner to injure a hair of the head
of the deceased, and that they could not on their
con-
sciences convict the prisoner, seeing that the gun might
have gone off by accident, on the prisoner, in the state
of agitation and anger in which he was against
his
Eliza-
beth Dobson, drawing it back to prevent deceased get-
ting hold of it. If the hammer bad caught in dress,
and been partially raised, it would be quite sufficient to
cause the charge to explode.
His LORDSHIP having summed up,
The jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict
of Not Guilty.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, AUG. 11.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been more
active than for the last two days, and the sales effected have
been:—Bristol and Exeter Shares, 31% dis.—Ditto, New, 12
dis.—Great Western, Quarter Shares, 2% dis.—Midland, 6
per cent.—Birmingham and Gloucester, 117.
LIVERV OOL, AUG. 11.
Brom EXCHANGE.—LittIe business has been transacted
in our share market to-day. Prices have also receded a
little. The sales are— Caledonian. Preference. 7 per cent.,
Bs. 9d.— Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths (late Manchester
and Leeds), 1% dis.—Ditto, 10/. Preference, 6 per cent.,
34 p.— London and North-Western, 123 %—Ditio, New
Quarters, 76 p.—Midland Stock, 101% c.—Ditto, New.
Halves, dis.
MANCHESTER, AuG. 11.
STock ExcitiarGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead. Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire Junction, 31/. Shares, 8 dis.—
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 33—Lancashire and Yorkshire,
Preference, 6 per cent., 34 c. p.—Ditto (Preston and Wyre),
343 x —Lnalon and North-Western, Quarters (A and In'
13A p —Ditto, Quarters (C), p.—Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, 10/. Preference, 10143—Ditto (GrimsbY)+
20/. Shares, 9 dis.—North Staffordshire, 3% dis.—South-
Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 3 1-16 dis.
BIRAUNGLIAM, AUG. 11.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, Pre-
ference, 14 p.—North British, Thirds, 2% dis.—North
Staffordshire, 314 dis, x. d.—Shrewsbury and Birminghaul
(A), 5% dis.—Ditto (B), 334 dis.
YORK, AuG. 10.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-day was
as follows :—Great Northern, 5/. 19s.—North British, Thirds,
21.65. 6d.—York (original Newcastle and Berwick), 30k.

August 10.
CROWN COURT. —(Before Mr. Justice CRESSITELL.)
Alexander Montgomery, aged 17, a ditcher by occupa-
tion, was indicted tor the wilful murder of Rebecca Lett,
at Eaglesfield, on the 13th of May last.
Mr. GREIG (Mr. Brett with him) stated the case, and
called
Mary Lett, mother of the deceased, examined, said the
deceased lived with them at Eaglesfield. Her daughter
Ann was in service, but returned home ill of the small-
pox, and Rebecca, being afraid of the contagion, removed
to the house of her aunt. She was of a wesk mind, but
able to do any work suitable to her age and sex. On the
7th of May she was perfectly well, and witness did not
see her again till the 13th, when she was brought home
by her aunt (S. Brough). She was then so ill, that she
was obliged to be put to bed, and she grew worse and
worse till the 15th, when she said to witness she was
going to die, and told her what caused it. That was on
Monday, and on that evening she sent for a doctor.
There was one attending Ann, who had not been for two
days, and witness expected him that day. When she
said she was going to die, witness said " Oh no, it was
only a fever or the smallpox, and she would get better;"
and she the❑ began to tell her what had caused her
illness. _ _ _

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At this stage his LORDSHIP said that that answer
made the receipt of her statement of what had taken
place, as the dying declaration unsatisfactory, to his mind.
He was by no means satisfied that the deceased had any
real apprehension that she was on the point of death,
and as the case could not be supported without that de-
claration being put in evidence, it was useless to pro-
ceed further in a painful inquiry into details, which were
not at all calculated to improve public morals; and he
was the more satisfied to adopt that course, because,
even if that dying declaration bad been received, it
seemed to him that, in connexion with the other evidence
in the case, it was very doubtful whether the prisoner
was the cause of the girl's death. At worst it could
only have amounted to manslaughter, and he (the
Learned Judge) was surprised that a bill for murder
had been preferred. His Lordship then explained the
law of evidence as to that point to the jury, and directed
them to acquit the prisoner.
John Murray, aged 26, a watchmaker, was indicted
for bigamy, in marrying Martha Sanderson.
Mr. UNTHANK (Mr. Brett with him) stated the case
for the prosecution, as proved by the following evi-
dence:—
John Douglas said be resided at Springfield, in Darn-
frieshire' where be kept the Queen's Head Inn, and was
in the habit of marrying people. On the 6th of October,
1844, the prisoner, Mary Corrie, and John Hodgson,
and another girl, came there in the evening. The pri-
soner said he wished to get married to Mary Corrie.
Witness told him "he (witness) was ready for to do
her," and he married them. He asked them if they
were single people, and both answered they were. He
asked them " if they knew no cause or impediment that
they should not be married." The man said be acknow-
ledged Mary Corrie to be his wife, and the woman said
she acknowledged John Murray to be her husband.
Witness said to them, " they had acknowledged before
witnesses to be man and wile, and they were accorndincrb
to the law of Scotland." That was all they said. He
now produced a book,—(lt contained an entry of the
marriage.) The prisoner signed it, and Mary Carrie
made her mark, &c. Witness and his wife and Hobert
Hodgson signed it. A fortnight afterwards the prisoner
and his wife slept together at the inn. The marriage
took place after dark.
Jane Douglas, his wife, and R. Hodgson corroborated
. _

BIRTHS. f
On the 7th inst., at Hammersmith, Middlesex, the wife
J. C. Christopher, of a daughter.
On the 7th inst., at Glocester-road, Hyde-park-gardens,
Mrs. H. Grainger, of a son.
On the 9th inst., at York-crescent, Clifton, the wife of W'
Gray Clarke, Esq., of a son. a
--are hall
On the 10th inst., at Torrington-square, Mrs. ffl
Turner, of a son. Cole,
On the 10th inst., at Essex-street, the wife of WW. B.
Esq., of the Middle Temple, of a daughter.

MA XIIIED. malty
On the 10th inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, Mr. W. --- of
der, of Portland-place, to Mary Louisa, fourth daughter -
the late Captain Armstrong, of Plymouth.
At St. Mary's, Fulham, on the 10th inst., Captain J. Woi
Renny, Bombay Army, to Mary llarriet, only daughter
Captain W. Anderson, late Ist Life Guards.

this evidence.
Martha Sanderson, a very young and rather pretty
little girl, said she now resided in this city, and was
taught the straw bonnet business. She formerly resided
in Longtown, where she became acquainted with the pri-
sioner. After some time he offered her marriage. She

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DED.
On the 7th inst., at Bles!,I
ington-street, Dublin, A- SSr.
Maclean, aged 16, only son of Commander
Royal Navy. widow of
On the 7th inst , at Park, Nottingham, MarY,
G. L. Cox, Esq., aged 82. a
At Stockingtord, Warwickshire, on the Bth inst.,_age la
-
Christian, relict of the late T. Pinkerton, Esq., of CM°,
the same county. ick
On the 9th inst., at Langham, Norfolk, Captain Freder
Marryat, R.N., C. 8., F.R.S., aged 56. 61aclean,
On the 9th inst., at Bathurst-street, Hyde -
Susanna, the elder daughter
at
London: Printed and Published by MIJIWO TO" il2,
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 9. • a
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cooil
Middlesex; Saturday, August 12, 1848. aged
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