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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1819,

CHURCH-RATE CASE.

AYLESBURY QUARTER bESSIONS—JAN. 6.
(Before Sir T. D. AUBREY.)
IN THE CASE OF MR. SIMONDS.

Long before the doors of the Town-hall were
opened, a crowd had assembled outside, anxiously
waiting to obtain admission ; and, as soon as the court
opened, every part of the building appropriated to the
public was crowded, and, in a short time, every avail-
able part of the hall was studded with people anxious
to obtain a hearing of this important case. There
was also a very full attendance of magistrates. Among
those present were Sir T. D. Aubrey, who presided;
B. Disraeli, Esq., M.P.; G. C. Du Pre, Esq., M.P.;
Lord Nugent, ALP. • J. P. Deering, Esq., M.P. ;
Colonel Hall, ALP. ; 'Hon. C. C. Cavendish, M.P. ;
R. R. Clayton, Esq., C. Tower, Esq., J. Lee, Esq ,
LL.D.; M. Swabey, Esq., J. Newman, Esq., P.
Dauncey, Esq , G. Carrington, Esq., G. Carrington,
jun., Esq., T. _R. Barker, Esq., and several clerical
magistrates.
After some little difficulty in forming a jury, in
consequence of several challenges on each side,
Simonds was placed at the bar. The indictment con-
tained one count, of great length, detailing the history
of the non-payment of the rate, and charging Simonds
with wilfully resisting an order of the magistrates tor
its payment.

Simonds pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Sanders was counsel for the prosecution. Mr.
Willis of Winslow, acted as attorney connected with
the prosecution.
The defence was conducted by Mr. Stammers
(who was specially retained), and Mr. Wells. Mr.
T. H. Boykett, of Chancery-lane, was attorney for
the defence.

Mr. Sanders, in opening the case, stated that he
appeared on the part of the parish-officers of Mursley.
The facts of the case were that on the 30th of July
last a church-rate for the parish of Mursley was
made, and that the defender was then the occupier of
a cottage and garden, and liable to be assessed, and
was assessed in the said rate at the sum of fivepence.
The prisoner objected to pay the rate on the ground
of principle, and the churchwarden consequently sum-
moned Simonds before the magistrates to show cause
why he refused to pay. He still refused to pay and
the magistrates issued their order, for contempt of
which toe present prosecution was instituted.
Mr. Sanders then called—

Joseph 1.% alter Simonds, who stated he was a
churchwarden of the parish of Mursley. On the 30th
of July last a vestry was held for the purpose of
making a church-rate, a notice of which vestry was
given on the 25th inst. He called upon the defendant
fora small rate, but did not mention the amount.

Mr. Stammers—lt is not yet shown that a rate
was made at all.

Mr. T. R. Barker—l don't think that necessary.
Chairman—l think the making of the rate should
be proved.
After some discussion, the rate was produced.
Cross-examined by dr. Stammers—Simonds said
he had nothing to do with the rate, and he refused
to pay it. I therefore gave information to the ma-
gistrates, and applied to Mr. Dauncey for a summons
against Simonds. A summons was granted, and to
which Simonds appeared on the 28th of October.
The magistrates made an order on Simonds to pay.
I served the order on Simonds, by giving it to him
personally. He looked .at it, but nothing further
passed.
By the Court—l did not tell him what it was, but
said, " I have brought a little bit of paper from the
magistrates."
Here Mr. Stammers put the following question to
the witness—Why was the rate made in July ?
Witness—Because we were a good deal of money
out of pocket.
Mr. Sanders rose and protested against this answer
being put on the Chairman's minutes.
Mr. Stammers contended at length that the answer
should be taken down. The Answer elicited the fact
that the rate was made for retrospective, and not for
prospective purposes, and was therefore illegal. lie
should show in evidence that the prisoner questioned
the validity of the rate made upon him on tne ground
of its retrospective character.
Mr. Wells also supported this view.
Mr. Sanders replied. He fully agreed with the
Learned Counsel that it would be unjust to adjudi-
cate upon a disputed rate; but it could not be shown
that the prisoner had disputed the rate.
Lord Nugent said he thought it would be a 'very
improper course for the Court to allow counsel to ob-
ject to an answer which had been elicited from wit-
nesses. When the answer came it formed part of the
truth, upon which the jury would decide.
Dr. Lee rose ,and slid—l think the question
irrelevant to the case, and the answer falls to the
ground.— (A hiss from the gallery.)
Mr. Newman, a magistrate, was about to refer to
a disputed case, when the chairman and the bench
retired to decide the point, the Rev. G. Chetwode and
Mr. P. Dauncey remaining behind.
The Chairman (on returning) said, the Court had
decided that the answer to the question should be
taken down.
The cross-examination of the churchwarden was
again proceeded with.
Mr. Stammers—You say that a rate was made in
July because you were out of pocket; when did you
begin to be out of pocket?
Mr. Sanders objected to this question upon the
same grounds—namely, first, because the prisoner was
indicted for disobeying an order ; and, second, be-
cause the prisoner did not contest the rate.
The Court refused to entertain the objection.
The Churchwarden (cross-examination continued)
made the following statement :—I cannot say how
often I applied for a summons against the defendant.
I remember applying for three against him. I cannot
remember their dates exactly. I cannot say I ever
summoned him before the 20th of October. I re-
member summoning him then. I believe the prisoner
did attend. I don't know what he said; he said he
could not pay it. The magistrate will tell you what
took place.—(Laughter.) I cannot.
Mr. Stammers—Come now, did not the prisoner
say he had conscientious objections to the rate ?
‘‘' itness—Yes, he did say so.—(Loud laughter.)
Mr. Stammers—Did he not also say, " I object to
the rate in its retrospective department ?"
'Witness—l heard nothing of that.
Mr. Stammers—Did you ever hear of such a word
as " retrospective ?"—(No answer.)
Mr. Stammers was about to put more questions
about the accounts of the parish, but Mr. Sanders
continually objected, and lie desisted.
Benjamin Willis, the other churchwarden of
Mursley, was called, who simply proved that prisoner
had paid no church-rate.
Daniel l'hotnas Willis sworn—l am clerk to the
magistrates at Winslow. Saw the order and the
summonses now produced signed. When the prisoner
appeared he was told for what he was summoned.
lie said he objected to pay on the ground of religious
and conscientious scruples. Two persons subse-
quently offered to pay the money for him, but he
objected. He never said he had any objections, in
point of law, to pay the rate.
By Mr. Stammers—l am attorney for the prosecu-
tion. I do not remember prisoner making any ob-
jection to the rate as a retrospective one. He said
something like this, " I believe the rate is made partly
for previous expenses." I do not recollect him using
the phrase " retrospective department."
By Mr. Sanders—He said—" I do not intend to
contest the rates," after making the allusion to its
retrospective character.
This closed the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Stammers rose and addressed the Court, in
order to show that the indictment did not lie. He
did this the more earnestly, because a new era had
arisen in the history of our country, since the deci-
sion of the case Reg. v. Bidwell, at Cambridge. Until
the decision of that case, it was never before heard of
that dissenters from the Church of England could be
subjected to an indictment for refusing to pay church-
rates. This method was entirely unknown to the law,
and the reason was because these rates were origi-
nally of ecclesiastical cognizance. Indeed the law
gave no remedy at all, until the passing of 53 George
111., c. cxxvii.; and even in this Act they would
search in vain for anything like the mention of
an indictment. He proceeded to explain this Act.
It was called " An Act for the better regula-
tion of Ecclesiastical Courts, and the more easy
recovery of church-rates." Its object was to recover
church-rates by an easy process, distraint ; indict-
ment was never mentioned or contemplated. Ile
read the 7th section, which referred to this matter,
and which showed that it only took cognizance of
sums below 10!., and the remedy for the recovery of
the poor man's rate being distraint. If this Act
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"The true rule of distinction seems to be, that where
the offence intended to be guarded against by a sta-
tute was punishable before the making of such sta-
tute, prescribing a particular method of punishment,
then such particular remedy is cumulative, and does
not take away the former remedy. But when the
statute only enacts that the doing any act not punish-
able before, shall for the future be punishable in
such end such a particular manner, then it is neces-
sary that such particular method, by such Act
prescribed, must be specially pursued, and not the
common law method of an indictment." He there-
fore contended that the indictment did not lie.
Mr. Wells also addressed the Bench. He thought
it was of great importance to observe, that if the.
_magistrates decided-thatthis indictment should notlie

against the prisoner, they had no means of questioning
that decision in a superior court. •I'he Bench was
thus called upon to decide one of the most momentous
questions which ever came before a civil court in
England, involving a new and harsh mode of treat-
ment to hundreds and thousands of conscientious men ;
and from the knowledge he had of the magistrates, he
was sure every one of them most anxiously wished to
do his duty faithfully. If it had not been for the re-
cent case at Cambridge, he was quite sure that
Simonds's would never have been heard of.

Mr. Sanders replied.
Mr. Newman was in the act of quoting a case in
support of Mr. Stammers' view; but the Bench re-
tired to deliberate upon the question, Messrs. Chet-
wode and Dauncey remaining behind.
The Chairman (on his return) announced that a
majority of the Court had decided that the indictment
would lie. Whereupon
Mr. Stammers rose, and addressed the jury in the
following terms :—Gentlemen of the Jury, it occurs
in this case, as it has done in most others where great
constitutional questions are concerned, that the re-
sponsibility of its ultimate decision is cast upon the
jury. The Bench have decided the law. We submit
with the most implicit respect and obedience to that
decision ; but we are glad to find that we can turn
away from that decision, and appeal to a jury of the
country. Gentlemen, the importance of this case it
is impossible to exaggerate. There has not been in
the history of the law, from the Revolution down to
the present period, a case in which larger interests are
more deeply involved. For what is it that you are
about to decide to-day ? A question not merely affect-
ing the poor lame man charged with a misdemeanour,
the commission, therefore, of a crime; but the inte-
rests of the Nonconforming Dissenters of every de-
nomination in the kingdom, who conscientiously hold
that State establishments in religion are inconsistent
with the Divine law, and with the religious liberties
of the country. Gentlemen, let use review the facts.
They are few and simple. The humble man at the bar
is admitted by my Learned Friend who conducts the
prosecution to be respectable. Gentlemen, it is not
necessary for me to dispute the due making of the rate
in my address to you. For the present purpose I
may suppose it to have been duly made. The pro-
portion of it which the prisoner was called upon to
pay was fivepence. and the prisoner, when before the
magistrates, objected upon what he considered to he
conscientious and religious grounds. Does this.
gentlemen, constitute the crime of a misdemeanour ?
Why, a large number of the justices here assembled
are of opinion that it is no indictable offence at all
By the statute of the 53d George 111., c. 127, the
only remedy given is Ey distress. Why did they not
distrain ? What are the circumstances which ob-
structed the summary remedy of distress for fivepence?
Why did they not distrain for it? Did the prisoner
barricade his doors ? Did he resist the officers ? No ;
all that he said was, "In my conscience, I cannot
pay." Why not ?—" There is something in my mind
says No.' " Well, hut some one will pay it for you ?
" No," says the prisoner, " that would he the same
thing; but there is my house—there is my shop ;
you have a magistrate's 'order—take your authority,
and, having added ten shillings to the amount by
way of expenses, levy it upon my goods, if you are
determined so to do." Gentlemen, there is a large,
and influential and religious body of men in this
country (the Quakers), who have exactly the same
obj• ctions to the payment of church-rates as the pri-
soner Gentlemen, in the report read at their yearly
conferences nothing is more common than such a
sentence as this :—" The society have suffered during
the past year to the amount of twenty thousand
pounds in seizures for church-rates." They never
pay. Are they all criminals ? If the prisoner is a
criminal, the whole body of the Society of Friends
are as criminal as he. Gentlemen, I earnestly beg
of you to exercise your rights as jurymen to-day,
and not to be led away from the necessity of a cri-
minal intention to constitute any man guilty of a
criminal charge. Gentlemen, if you pronounce a
verdict of " Not Guilty," you will not only relieve
many members of the Church of England from the
shame and disgrace of this proceeding, but you will
give peace and security for their personal liberty to
the great body of Nonconformists throughout the
land.
After the charge of the Chairman, Sir Thomas
Aubrey, the jury retired, and were absent about ten
minutes, when a verdict of " Guilty " was returned.
The magistrates then retired, and when they came
in again, Sir Thomas Aubrey addressed the prisoner
in the following terms :—" John Simonds, you have
been convicted of a misdemeanour, in disobeying an

order of magistrates for the payment of church- rates.
You state, and we hope it may be so, tnat you ob-
jectod to pay on conscientious and religious grounds.
There is, no doubt, a great difference of opinion
existing upon the subject of church-rates; but the
payment of them is require,' by law, and the law
must be obeyed. You have already been in prison
fur a month. The sentence of the Court upon you
therefore is, that you be further imprisoned for one
week, without hard labour."
Mr. Derding, M.P., one of the magistrates, imme-
diately moved that the prisoner should be confined
with the first class of misdemeanants, which would
enable him to wear his own clothes, which was
carried.

The prisoner then retired from the bar.—Abridged
from the Berhs Gazette and Aylesbury News.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDIIAL.

John Dean was committed for stealing a pocket-
book containing 11. 35., and a passport, from the
pocket of a poor German cap-maker, named Maks
Henoch. He determined to have a good view of Sale's
execution, and, with another German, went to the Old
Bailey atone in the morning. After spending some time
in a coffee-shop, he went to the barrier, and shortly after
detected the prisoner in picking his pocket. The
book was passed away to confederates, the German
only caring to keep fast hold of the thief. This oc-
curred at five in the morning►, and, being obliged to
go to the station to give charge, he lust the front
position he had coveted.

heard the sound of footsteps in the passage. She re-
turned
to the street door in two or three minutes, and
left the house with the man, taking care to close the
street door after her. The man walked at a great
pace for some time, during which he said that Mrs.
Lewis was very ill ; he then suddenly slackened his
pace, and at last walked so slowly that she implored
him to go faster, as her mistress might be worse, and
she was anxious to see her as soon as possible. The
man who had, without her having previously observed
it, taken her out of the direction of Lowndes-square,
pretended that he was out of breath, and in a minute
or two afterwards desired her to stop, and he crossed
the road. She followed, but he started off at such
speed, that, after following for a short distance, she
became so exhausted that she was obliged to stop, and
the man was soon out of sight. Suspecting that
something was wrong, she communicated what had
occurred to Thomas Carmoody, 148 B, who came up
before she had recovered her breath, and he immedi-
ately accompanied her to her mistress's house. As
they got within sight of it, a gentleman named
Delsare, who had been staying there for a short
time upon a visit, and who had for some
minutes been ineffectually endeavouring to admit
himself to the house with the latch key, rang the
bell, presuming that the servant had fastened the
door. After ringing several times the door was sud-
denly quietly opened, and the prisoner rushed out of
the house, knocking the gentleman down. The latter
immediately jumped up and seized the fellow, but
he had no idea that he was a thief, until he was soon,
however, convinced of his character by seeing him
drop a very valuable breast-pin, which satisfie the
gentleman that the fellow had been ransacking his
carpet bag and pocket-book, which had been two or
three hours previously in the house safe. The pri-
soner, in his struggle to get away, drooped some
papers, and threw the gentleman s pocket-book,
which cont tined five 5/. notes, Some jewellery, and
various coins, down in the street. A very handsome
bracelet, which had been safe on the lady's toilette-
table just before the servant was induced to leave the
house, was found in his possession, but the gentle-
man's travelling-bag was found in the house, cut
open, and a dove, composed of brilliants, some sove-
reigns, coins, and other articles were missing. Mrs.
Lewis had left her house in a carriage, and it is
supposed that her orders to the coachman had been
overheard by some thieves who had been prowling
about the place and watched her departure.
The prisoner made no defence, and was remanded
for a week.

.„.
BENEVOLENCE.—The annual donation of 101. for
the poor-box was received from the Mercers' Com-
pany.
MARY BONE.LE

A number of pawnbrokers and other witnesses
were from an early hour in attendance at this Court,
in consequence of its having been the day appointed
for the further examination of a very respectably
attired female, named kabella Davidson, who was
first brought before Mr Broughton, on the sth inst.,
upon charges of robbery.
The evidence gone into upon the former occasion
was to the effect, that in the early part of last No-
vember the prisoner, upon the representation that she
was a married woman, and that her husband was at
13ath upon some importanthusiness relative to railway
matters, took a ready furnished room, at the rent of
10s. 6d. per week, at Mr. King's Coflqe-house,
Seymour-street, Euston-square. She remained there
until the 10th ult., when she went out early and did
not return. Shortly after her departure a gold
watch, a gold chain, and a large quantity of silk and
other articles were discovered to have been stolen,
and information of the robbery was immediately
communicated to the police. The prisoner was at
length traced, and given into the custody of Sergeant
Leonard, 25 S, who produced a number of pawn-
brokers' duplicates found by him at a house in Lam-
beth, and it was clearly shown that they had been left
there by the prisoner.
The pawnbrokers now brought forward many arti-
cles to which the said duplicates referred, arid they
were identified by Mrs. King as forming a portion of
her loss.

Another charge was preferred by Mrs. Edwards,
Queen-square, Holborn, from whose evidence it ap
peared that she was robbed of a table-cloth by the
prisoner, who on the 9th of November absconded
from an apartment which she had occupied at her
residence. Upon her engaging the room she repre-
sented herself to be the wife of a solicitor, and a gen-
tleman whom she (Mrs. Edwards) imagined to be the
husband, slept in the said apartment every night
during the three weeks which the room wai occupied.
When the prisoner quitted there were two weeks'
rent due.

Mr. Kendrich, 244, Tottenham-court-road, said
that the prisoner had worked at his establishment in
the millinery (epartment for four months, and that
she had obtained from Mrs. Kendrich several pairs of
stays, her object being, as alleged by her, that of
showing them to some friends, who would most
likely be purchasers. She made excuses from time
to time with respect to her not returning them, and
after she had left, without any intimation of her in-
tention to do so, it was ascertained that she had
pawned them.
The stays were produced and identified, and after
some further particulars had been gone into, the case
was disposed of by the articles being returned to Mr.
Kendrick, upon his paying to the pawnbroker a moiety
of the sum for which they were pledged.
Upon the first tIVO charges the prisoner, who had
nothing to say, was fully committed for trial.
James PickPii was charged with the following
daring mid-day robbery at the residence of Dr.
Drummond, 103, Gloster-place, Portman-square.
On the same day (yesterday), at one o'clock, the
prisoner was observed by the servant of Captain Hen-
derson, next door, in the area of the house first al-
luded to. He (prisoner) was questioned as to his
business, when he took from his pocket something
having the appearance of silver, and hastily placed the
same inside of the pantry window, which was partly
open, ran up the steps, making his egress in the same
way he must have entered, viz., by climbing over the
railings. He made off as fast as he could, and, on a
cry of " Stop thief" being raised, he was at length
captured by 13ulham, 180 B. A silver cream ewer
was, beyond all doui.)t, the article which the prisoner
had possessed himself of, as before stated.
The prisoner, who denied having been in the area
at all, was, in order to afford time for further inquiry
to be instituted, remanded till next Monday, an opi-
nion having been expressed that it would probably
turn out that he is known to the police on the Surrey
side of the water.

Wm. Smith alias King, and George Jones alias
Busnell, both of them notorious young thieves, were
placed at the bar charged with having been found at
an early hour in the morning by 53 S, with pigeons
in their possession, supposed to have been stolen.
Evidence was given to show that the prisoners
were stopped on Haverstock-hill by the officer
alluded to, and that as they gave a very unsatisfactory
account of themselves, they were conveyed to the
station house. From their pockets were taken tour
live pigeons of a curious kind, and upon inquiry being
instituted, it was ascertained that they had been
stolen from the back part of the premises of Mr.
Priest, landlord of the George public house, Hamp-
stead. They were identified by him (Mr. Priest),
who said that he had been robbed of many others.
The defence set up by the prisoners was, that
seeing the pigeons flying about the road they caught
them.

In default of paying 155., the value of the birds,
and 40s. each for the unlawful possessian of them,
Smith was committed for two months, and Jones for
six weeks to the House of Correction.
WORSHIP-STREET.

William Hurst, an interesting-looking boy, only
ten years of age, and a stylishly-dressed man named
Isaac Simmons, were placed at the bar before Mr.
Hamtnill, charged with having been concerned, with
others, in hustling with intent to rob a lady in the
Whitechapel road.
Police constable Jenkinson, 53 G, stated that while
passing through the above road, at eleven o'clock in
the morning, he saw the prisoner Simmons, and three
other well-dressed men, following a lady, whom they
at length so surrounded as to impede her progress,
and at the same moment the boy Hurst crept steal-
thily to her side and dexterously inserted his hand
into her pocket. The lady immediately raised a cry
of alarm and exclaimed that she had been robbed,
when the whole party made off in different directions;
but witness succeeded in securing the two prisoners,
and brought them back to the lady, who examined
her pocket, and discovered that though her money had
been disturbed, she had lost nothing. Notwithstand-
ing the extreme youth of the younger prisoner, be
was well known as one of the most useful instruments
in the hands of the male and female members of the
swell mob who infested the Whitechapel district, and
had only been a few days released from the House of
Correction, to which he was committed for three
months, by Mr. Arnold, for a similar offence.
When called upon for his defence, the boy llurst,
with 11R air of well dissembled distress and contrition,
attributed his situation to the cruel conduct of his
mother, who had turned him out of doors, and forced
him to get a living in the best way he could.
This statement, however, was positively contra-
dicted by one of the officers, who proved that he had
been connected for a long time past with a notorious
gang of thieves, and, in addition to the sentence above
specified, he had been convicted of attempted felonies
upon two previous occasions. The other prisoner
was also known to the police as an accomplished mem-
ber of the swell mob.

Mr. HAMMILL said that, under these circumstances,
however painful it might be to his feelings to consign
a child of such tender years to prison, he felt it his
duty to commit both the prisoners to the House of
Correction for the full term of three months.

CHARITY.—The second half of a 51. note, the first half
of which Ilad been previously transmitted, was received
by the magistrate, through the medium of Sir W.

I Call and Co., for the poor-box, from " E. P.," with a
t request that its receipt might be acknowledged in the
newspapers.

SOUTHWARK.

A man named Arthur Pasco, formerly a police-
constable of the M. division, was brought before Mr.
Cottingham on a double charge, the desertion of his
wife and three children, and committing a rape on a
young girl naned Gains, the daughter of a respectable
butcher, residing near the police-court.
Mr. Caslake, one of the relieving officers of St.
George's parish, Southwark, said that about a month
ago the wife of the prisoner came to the workhouse
and demanded admission for herself and family. She
was at the timc far advanced in pregnancy, and had
three children in a famishing state. She was taken
before the board of guardians, and in answer to
questions put by the guardians, she said that her
husband was gone into the country in search of em-
ployment. lie (Mr. Caslake) found her statement to
be false, as he saw him a few days after lounging
abriut the doors of the police-court, and he ascertained
that he had been dismissed from the police. He,
therefore, applied for the warrant to apprehend him
for deserting his family.
'The prisoner urged that he could not support his
family, being out of employ, but he would as soon as
he could obtain employment.
Mr. COTTINGIIAM—Can you give security to the
parish that your family shall not be chargeable to
the parish, and can you take them from the work-
house ? Prisoner—l have friends at Birmingham
who will assist me, and I will take my family there
if your Worship will discharge me.
Mr. COTTINGIIAM was about to make some obser-
vation to him, when
Caslake, the relieving officer, remarked that there
was a charge of a more serious nature against the
prisoner—that of violating the perso❑ of a respect-
able tradesman's daughter, a young girl sixteen years
of age.
Mr. Gains, a butcher, formerly carrying on an
extensive business near the Police-court, here as-
cended the witness-box, and said that the prisoner,
when in the police force, his usual beat was near his
shop. He used to supply him with steaks, give him
food and money, and actually treat him as one of his
own family. One evening he came when all his
family were out except his daughter and himself.
After some conversation in the shop, the prisoner
asked him to go to an adjoining public house and
partake of a glass of grog. He consented, and after
they had been in the house a few minutes, the pri
soner made an excuse to leave for a short time, but,
instead of returning, he went into complainant's house
and violated his daughter.
Prisoner—Oh, nonsense about that ; it's all false.
Mr. Gains said it was quite true his daughter was
now in confinement with a child, the result of that
man's conduct.

COTTINGHAM said it was a pity he did not
make the charge against
,him at the time. So long
had elapsed, that he thought the charge of violation
could not be sustained. lie inquired when it was
likely his daughter wvull be able to appear and give
her evidence.

Mr. Gaines replied, that in about a fortnight's time
she would be able to attend. The reason he did not
bring the charge against him was, that he did not I;ke
the exposure. He also thought that the prisoner was
a single man.
Mr. CorriNctiam, after commenting on the con-
duct of the prisoner, said that for deserting his wife
and family, and leaving them chargeable to the parish,
he should commit him to the House of Correction for
14 days, and at the expiration of that term of impri-
sonment the other more serious charge would be
investigated.
The Magistrate begs to acknowledge the receipt of
a 5/. Bank of England note from "E. P.," for the
poor-box of the Police-court.
LAMBETH.

Win Harding, a stiff•built young fellow, was
placed at the bar before Mr. Norton for final exami-
nation, on a charge of stealing a quantity of lead, the
property of his master, Mr. Spink, a plumber in South
Lambeth.

From the evidence of Mr. Collard, the superinten-
dent of police on the Great Western Railway, it ap-
pears that the prisioner had been tried at the
Clerkenwell Sessions, and sentenced to six months'
imprisonment, on a charge of stealing a portmanteau
from the Paddington terminus. He was subsequently
tried for stealing a seaman's chest from the same
terminus, and sentenced to four months' incarceration.
Since his release he had been in custody for a robbery
at the house of Mr. Thorn, the brewer of South
Lambeth, and after his discharge Mr. Thorn kindly
interested himself on his behalf on account of his
sister, who is a servant, and well-conducted young
woman in his family. He ultimately procured him
a very good situation with Mr. Spinks, a hig-hly
respectable tradesman, but he was not long in, his
situation when he commenced a system of plunder,
and was tiken with a quantity of lead belonging to
his master in his possession.—He was fully com-
mitted for trial.

Henry Newton and George Mathews, the former a
servant to Mr. Pashler, and the latter a butcher out
of business, were brought up for final examination on
a charge of stealing a sack of fat, the property of Mr.
Pushier.

From the evidence in this case it was evident that
the prisoner Newton had plundered his master to a
very considerable extent, and that the other prisoner
received the plunder.
It was stated that Newton, whose honesty had been
first doubted, from his declaring that he had nine
young women in tow, had been transported for seven
years, and that Mathews had also been in custody.
Both prisoners were fully committed for trial.
WANDS WORTH.

Mary Ann Dawson and Elizabeth Roberts, two
women of masculine proportion, who for some years
have infested Clapham Common, and been in custody
several times for robbing gentlemen, were placed in
the dock before Mr. Paynter upon a charge of robbing
William Newman, groom to Mr. Pulley, a proctor,
living in Nightingale-lane, Clapham.
The prosecutor sated that on Sunday night, about
half-past eight o'clock, he was crossing Clapham
Common, when he met the prisoners. Dawson threw
her arms round his neck, and Roberts placed her hand
near his right-hand breeches pocket. He asked them
what they wanted ; they said nothing, and walked
away. lie afterwards missed from his breeches
pocket a sovereign and a half in gold, and 3s. 6d. in
silver, and some halfpence. He called "Police,"
when five or six men, who appeared to be in league
with the women, came up, and one of them struck
him a blow on the side which knocked him down.
He was afraid of remaining any longer, and went
home.

Police-constable Tomkins, 119 IT, said, in conse-
quence of some information he received, he appre-
hended the prisoner between nine and ten o'clock.
They denied committing any robbery, but upon
searching Roberts he found a sovereign and a half
sovereign.
Mr. PAYNT ER said, after the clear and straightfor-
ward evidence given by the constable in support of
the prosecutor's statement, he must commit the pri-
soners for trial.

was jealous of his cousin, who had been his house-
keeper before his marriage, and that his wife had
slandered her, and that she came on Wednesday
morning to ask for an explanation, and attempted to
strike his wife. He caught the blow on his eye in
defending her. He denied in the most positive
manner that ha had ever ill-used his wife, and said
the goods she had brought him were still in the house,
and that he had laid out 501. in cows and pigs.
Bridget Hall, a cousin of the defendant's, and sister
of the woman who appeared to have made all the
strife, was then called, and she objected to take the
oath.

Sheridan—Take hold of the book and swear
for me.

The young woman was then sworn, and said she
had been two months only from Ireland, and was
servant to Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan. She never saw
her cousin raise his hand to strike his wife, or heard
him make use of any threats; but had heard him
speak very harshly to her. She heard them disputing
about the gloves which her mistress took out of
her master's pocket. The witness further stated that
her sister came late on Tuesday night to her
master's bedside, to inquire about her wages.—
(Laughter.)
Mr. YARDLEY was not surprised that such a state-
ment should be received with a smile of incredulity,
and he was afraid the defendant had married the
victim of his brutality for the money and property
she brought him. The parties were ill matched, and
he would advise Sheridan to allow his wife a separate
maintenance.

Mr=. Sheridan said she could not live with such a
brutal tyrant again, and would be satisfied with os.
per week.
Mr. YARDLEY said that was little enough.
Sheridan said he could not afford so much.

Mr. YARDLEY said if the defendant did not properly
maintain his wife, and the parish officers lodged a
complaint against him, he would compelled him to
support her in a p,o, er manner or commit him to
prison. The health of the wife was impaired by her
husband's brutality, and he had not heard of a case
of such cruelty and profligacy for some time. He
called upon Sheridan to find bail, himself in 40t. and
two sureties of 201., to keep the peace towards his
wife for the next six months.

Mary Hall, the cousin, was next charged with
assaulting Mrs. Sheridan while she was in bed, on
lib-dnesday morning.
Mr. YARDLEY fined her 405., and said the conduct
of the defendant and her relative had been mast Lut-
rageous.

BI RTfl3.
On the sth inst., at Purtmadoc, Carnarvonshire, the wife
of N. N. Sully, Esq., of a son, still-born.
On the 6th inst., the lad.) of J. P. Theobald, Esq., of Cam-
den-road-villas, of a daughter.
On the 7th inst., at Croydon, Surrey, the wife of Robert
A. Heath, Esq., of a son, who survived his birth only a few
minutes.

On the 7th inst., in Montagu-square, the lady of James
Clay, Eeq., M.P., of a son.
tin the 7th inst., in Michael's-place, Brompton, the lady
of J. D. Hewett, Esq., of a daughter.
On the.Bth inst., the wife of William Longman, EN., of
llyde park-square, of a daughter.
On the Bth inst., Mrs. Lewis Engelbach, of Brompton-
crescent, of a son.
On the 6th inst., at Clarendon-road, Nutting-hill, Mrs. W.
H. Cook, of a son.
On the 6th inst., at Southampton, the lady of Lieutenant-
Colonel Mulct, of a daughter. •

CONTRACTS for PEAS and OATS.
Department of the Coinptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-place, Jan. 7, 1546.
The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral
of the 'United Kingdom of Groat Britain and Ireland do hereby give
notice, that or, THURSDAY, the 13th Instant, at One o'clock, they will
be ready to treat with Mch Persons as may be 'willing to Contract
for supplying and delivering Into her Majesty's Victualling itores at
Deptford, the undermentioned Articles, viz.;

?E15....

When to be delivttei•
Quarters. Half in a fortnight,
and the remainder
500 in a fortnight After

wards.
OATS (scotc.h Potato) •••••• .• • • • • "° Within to days.
Samples (not less than two quarts of each) mwst be produced
by the parties tendering.
The conditions of tke Contracts way be seea at the said Office.
No Tender will be received utter One o'clock. on the day of treaty,
nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an aicat for
dnly authorised in writing.
Every Tender intuit be whiressed to tho Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left hand comer the words " Tender for ," and
Mast also be delivered at Soraerset•placo.

GRAVESEND via BLACKWALL RAIL-
WAY, and STAR and ELACKIVALL PACKETS.
Railway au/. moat Included in one Payment.
Fore Cahill alai Second (Aims Railway. NINEPENCE;
Saloon ail First ('lase ditto, ONB SHILLING.
To or trout illackwall or intermediate ?ism,
Fore Cabin.
No other Packets call at the Grays or Greeohlthe Piers.
Front The Terraca I'ler, Gravesend, at 7%. SY., I 1, 3'
sad 4. Sumter,. N, ;, and b.
Pram the Itrurlswick Wharf, Illackwall, at 11, 12, 1!4, 1,4,
and o*. Sundays, at 9t4. 11, 1,4, and I.*.
The TRAINS starting oue quarter of La hour before ouch of these
taw.
Packets marked * are run direct, the Packets not being Per-
mitted to stop at Piers or for Boats.
Otnnineses ;lent Ft...church-street Station to all parte* Lendou
every quarter of an hour.
BOAT TICKETS.—Twelve Months, 4/. 4e. ; Six Months, 21. lbs.
'Three Months, 11. lbs. ; to he had et tho Collectors ~ boar.l the
Peokete ; Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; t'r of Mr. Saunders,
Brunswick Wharf, lilackwall.
Noveinber 22, 1047.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
YORK EXTENSION SHARES.
IThe Holders of these Shares upon which 41., Dl. 58.• 61* 11'. or 71.
(11• per Sherchavo been paid, are required to pay to the Company's
Bankers, on or before the.22d ef January next, all arrears ui on the
said uhare,, and also to deliver their Scrip t,liaree when so paid up,at this Office, in order that they may be exchanged for Consolidated
stock Certificates, otherwise they will not he entitlest to receive the
Dividends en the A Quarters, or the Interest on the B Quarters,
ivialeh will be payable under the Resolutions of the next leit-3 early
AlLeeting of the Company, to be held in February next.
By order of the iioard,
C. P. RONEY, lecretary.
Ilishopscate Station, December 30, 1547.

111-1 E REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT.
Pursuant to Act 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65. The new design for
an Overcoat, upon which this title was conferral, has met with the
a►probation t•f every conuoisseur of select taste or distinguished
indgment. It has been assumed by the potentates of the Courts of
Europe, and celebrated, beyond conception, by the nature of the pa-
tronage which received It at home. By Messrs. SWAIN and CO,
Court Tailors, 379, Oxford-street. Price 2/.

WELLINGTON SURTOUT—Patronised by
Prince Albert, the Heys' Family, the Duke of Wellington,
lad principal Nobility and Officers of the Geards—Tw•-and-a-lialt
411, inead• ♦ stout milled substance of superlative quality fir winter,
at Three Guineas, is now 0.60 ready•
It i 3 presumed that the reputation if the Patentee as a West-end
Taller fer the last 24 years, as also the fart that this popular gar•
Ilatlat la Cow worn by almost every nobleman and gentleman in the
gdalln. renders cotninent en Its quality and style unnecessary.
in London only of FOUIDERC, Patentee, NUMBER SIX, CON-
DI:IT-ST/BET, Remit-street, and NUlils/SR ONR, BUCKLERS-
BURY, adjoining SO, Cheapsido.
Agutti•—tlrminghara : Hollingsworth, New-street—Livepsel :
liaotaggart, (told-street—Manchester : Brown, Market-street I:din-
bank Marsha2l stud Altkel —Glasgow : Brodie, Macleod, aid Co.;
sad principal tailors Is all large tow's.

NOTICE.
PREVIOUS TO TILE CLOSE OF. THE
ROYAL POLITECHNIC INSTITUTION,
en the 29th instant, for Additions and Decorations, Dr. RYAN
Will LECTURE en SANITARY DI EASURES, and on the nature of
DISINFECTING AGENTS, in connexion with this Important sub-
J•ci, on Islondays, Wedn7sdays, and Fridays, at Ilalf-past Three,
P.m., and every Evening, except Saturday, at Nine e'cleck. On
the alternate days other Lectures en CIIENIISTRY. Dr. ItACII-
- will LECTURE on RESPIRATION and VENTILA-
TION, in connexion with the above Subject, Daily at Two, ?.M.,
ID which a JET et MTEAM, as a Ventilating Agent, will be ex-
hibited. The Opitical Effects include the OTT-HYDROGEN MI-
CROIWOPE, New DISSOLVING VIEWS, &c. WORKING MO-
DELS of MACHINERY explained. The DIVING SELL and
BITER, &e.

Admlsslon, le.; Schools, Half-prim

ETEBROIVS, MIJUSTACHIOS, and WIIIS-
KARA 'produced In a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGF,I(E-
KATOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers,
a few drops of which curs headache in a few minutes ; it is also a
Meet delightftiL fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only In trlasqralar
bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size,
7i.; and doubts this size, I Is. each ; enclosed IPt a Pamphlet, cen•
tabling teetimonials ot undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes'
Advice on the Growth aid Preservation of the Hanna Hair, ke."
717 Post, 4s. 64., Ts. ad„ and 12a., for money orders emir.
Sold wholesale only at Grtinstone's Herbary, Highgate, near
Loudon ; and by Means. Barclay and Son, Yarrtngdon-street ; Sanger,
Oktbrd-street; Moyers. Butler and Co.,Cheiipside Fisher and Toiler,
Condult-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 48, Cornhill •
and by
fnce. all ..herniate. Perfumers, and ethers For Edinburgh, J. and
Ralmes, Loath-walk ; for M mu:heater, ereeehe and Sea, Advor
tlser-o

S/MD
This lady had the following IetterLADIES. insested in the "Times" 'thwa-
rt., per on Aug. 7, 1446. Reader, remember, this letter was put into
Paper by the lady herself, ass. testimony to me.
" Mrs. Weekley. fMe ,
- ,wan-street, Borough, takes this oppor•
kitty of publicly thanking Mr. R. Grimatone.
gate for the efficacy of .1 of the !tertiary, High-
...l Aromatic Regenerator, in having com-
pletely restored the hat ren her head, after using it About tour months,
and the whole of ><K hair is much st'ronger and more
lever luxuriant than
1.2 was before the baldness appeared.
Ifni' Waskier tluterts this testimony to the virtues of Mr. G.'a
...agitator, haling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase
1114 lie. battle it they were as certain et its virtues as she Is, from ex-
Perience, net end •-7 In the restoration aid produatiel of hair in &mad-
-5,11311. bit as a cure of nervous headache ; as a toilet poem:sett far
seYond any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any
lady of respectability ti the above fact Swan-street, Borough."
""". et the. hr.ll. thin, weak. or turning aver ere w
drips on the crows et the bead ocoasionally. every week, will pre-
vent the hair from coming away with the comb, smote it strong, and
Prevent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A
_WI' drops OS your hairbrush belbre brushing the hair, will give the
afar brilliancy, causing it to eurl.
The most delicate ladjit may use this delightful product of the
most aromatic herbs -flowers with conlideace ; its refreshing
blear removes headache and makes it a Most necessary companion
• the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour tea er twelve drops
a the growl, of the head ; if v-ry bad, repeat it every quarter of an
oar. In mos; miss relief is eortaiu in ten minutes. It produces
air on ehlldrerrs heads in a few appplicatlons. It used on infants'
sada, it has snort a peculiar cooling innuenee on the brat* ae to pro-
vent convulstotis, as well as promoting the growth of hair.—See
pamphlet of testimonials.
All lettere addressed to William Grinastose, Methary. Itskgste.
eIK I N G G 0 L D. "

Wherever we wander, the eye may behold,
TM work of that wonderful monarch, " King Gold."
His sceptre is swayed, like a magical wand,
And neraberiese scenes to its bidding respond ;
While cities and kingdoms, with splendo:;r unfold,
The work of the Harlequin monarch, " flog Gold."
In London's proud city, wherever we steer,
His Majesty's triumphs and trophies appear;
Ills pantomime changes are daily displayed,
In templet+, and mansion; and houses of trade ;
And nothing is purchased, and nothing is soli,
Rat speaks of the magical ruler, " King Gold."
See, see, what the geld-sceptered monarch has done,
At the palace-like Warehouse of MOSES and SON ;
The Dress Mart itself, like a epeeists domain,
Rises tip, as a proof the Emperor's reign ;
And the drum which at MOSES and SON'S we behold,
Is a proof what is done by the wand of " King Gold."
Many thousands their bright golden tributes have pail
To MOSES and SON, at their Houses of trade;
For Gold has enabled E. MOSES and SON.
To gain you more savings than any hare done ;
And the prices at which all their dresses are sold,
Are bright golden proofs of the rule of " King Gold."

LIST OF PRICIES.
SEAMY YAM

BeaverTagPont .............• ••• • • • • • from XS 11
•
Chesterfield and Codrington's, and every
description of Over-coat, handsomely
trimmed...—. ••• • •
The Pasha Coat •. . .
The Bulltner, especially adapted for snowy and
wet veJather.. .
•• •
The Trent ier....
•
Boy's Winter Coate, in every style.. ........ •• •6 I
/dealt Do. Trousers, lined
•
Doeskin ••••••.• • • .. • 12 6
Drees Coats ... 1 0 0
Frock do..
Deitble-breasted Winter 2
•
Roll collar•••••••••• • • ..... ......e 1 6
Boys' Hussar and Tanio Suits II 16 6
MADI To XIMIIIES.
Winter Coats, in every style and shape, hand-
*singly trimmed • .... ........ from 1 6 I
Milled cloth Over-mats, velvet collar and cuffs • 2 4 0
Tweed Wrapper.... •• •••••• • • • • • • 0 18 11
Doeskin Trousers
Best, er Dress • • ........ 1 0 1
Dress Coat •• ••
Best quality 2 16 0
•
Best quality made— •• .. 3 a 0
Satins. Plain er Fancy ••
•
Boy's Ilussar and Tunic Suits ..... ••.•.•• •• • • • 012
..... •••• .. • • 1 6 0
Great Coat....
A Suit of Clothes complete.... ........ ••
••
••
••
1 16 •
Mounting to any extent at Five Minutes notice.
Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea-
sure, if not approved of, will be exchanged, er if preferred, the
money returned.
E. MOrIES and Seli, Tailors, Weollendrapert, Clothiers, Batters,
Benders, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Ontfltters, for
Ladles and Gentlensen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Ilinorios, and 83,
84, 85, and AR Aligate, City, London.
Ca.utbn.-1:. Moses and Son regret being obliged te guard the
public against impostors, but have leaned that the untradesman-
Fite falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern,
km been resorted to in many instances, and for ebvieas reasons.
They have no connexion with any other house la er cut of London;
sad these wire desire genuine and chens clothing, /co., shonld call at,
or send to, ',fineries and Aldgate, City, London.
Notice.—Wo hurl:less transacted at this establishment irons sun-
set rriday, till sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve
O'clock.

Frock. do.

ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAI PREYS ON THE
HEALTH AND SHORTENS 'r DURATION Or HUMAN
LIFY.

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Suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive Indulgence,
terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional
Ir tlmanese,'lndigestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehen-
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Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory et the varlets
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evidenced in the production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and other
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_titles of Married Life, and on tho unhappiness tensed by Unfruitful
unicins• Chap. 3,—Debility and Exhaustion of the principal Vital
Finctions, the nature and treatment of Impotence and Sterility, and
the Imperfect performance of the Marital act, ceased hyt he practice
Ofself-Indalgence. Chap. 4.—Gonorrhosa, its symptoms, complies.-
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Chap• h•—gyphills, and Its attendant maladies and. treatment. Coes,
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AND MATURITY.—WITII 46 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON
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Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma-
turity, usually acquired at an early period of lift., which enervate
the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural
feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical
Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion,
whether aright; from these causes, close study, or the influence of
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Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Ind's.
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Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseasee of the Reproductive Organs,
explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the ♦arious
injuries that are produced in thorn by selitary habits, excesses, and
Infection.

BT SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
9, BEDFORD-STREET. BEDFORD•SQULRIC

LONDON.

eetor et Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member
thatM
of the London Hospital Medical Society, kc.
Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions. in °rear
yeti. it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the
and
its
shtirch eevers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised,
pointments. ElheYesasiceasladreiscivalitic
It
be
trac:((ii
to physical
in every instance disclosed, in hei7 many could
tiiwensriand. theirattendan attendant
always u ens . the gift, which when
used in moderation is fraught
i with advantage, becomes, when
abused, the prolific source
to the constitutional and ;Ditailni'ehelel. and
.f.
greater or less injury
.ho nature and consequence of w"hiwhrs. The
particular excesses. on
are
producti„
or
greater
severity
this Treatise professes to dilate,
than any ether to which it is subject.
This misery to the kursan frame,
This work contains as accurate and
Anatomy and Phytdology of the Reproductivecomplete account of the
their relative conditions in' health and disease. It deservedly
Organs, and of
requires the closest attention and study, for what subject can
be ot more importance than the preservatioa of
the health,
and of the physical capabilities et which every man
be possessed. It unfortunately hapnens that Sheshould
unhappy
victim ot excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acqred
in early life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering
from their Invariable consequences. unwisely entertains a tear of Rp-
-
plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so
frequently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are
beyond the reach of art, altse restrict him and prevent his seeking
for assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he
forgets that accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of
disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva-
riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the
medical man who can show by hl., posse sion of the requisite legal
qualifications that he is entitled to esteem arid respect in his profes-
sional pursuits, the utmost coafielence should be extended. Dr.
LA'SIE HT has obtained the highest medical honours, as kis diplomas
certify, and the great extent of' his practice for many years is a
guarantee for his professional experienee, which has reference almost
solely to the treatment of these dilemes.
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