The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-28 00:00:00

romsn BALL AT GUILDHALL.

The committee for the management of this enter-
tainment met at Guildhall on Thursday last. In the
absence of Mr. Deputy Peacock, Mr. Holt,
the deputy chairman, presided. The atten-
dance was very numerous, and great inte-
rest expressed in the success of the ball.
It was resolved that the ball and concert be given on
Thursday, the 16th of November next, and that
every exertion should be made to render it as
attractive as the former one. Lord Dudley
Stuart then announced that several persons of
distinction had already granted their patron-
age, and promised to honour the ball with
their presence, and that many distinguished artistes
have tendered their gratuitous services at the concert,

which will be under the direction of Mr. Benedict
and Mr. Lindsay Sloper. Some of the members
present having expressed their sympathy and offered
their co-operation with the object in view,
Lord DUDLEY STUART rose and said—Gentlemen,
I am very happy to meet you here again, and once
more to be associated with you in this good cause.
The cause is a good one ; it is that of benevolence,
of kindness towards min in difficulty and distress ;
and, although it may want the charm of novelty, and
may not be so attractive to the public as it once was,
the cause of Poland is, as it ever has been,
that of truth and of justice. Without, however,
going into the merits of the Polish question at all in
its political aspect--without inquiring whether it be
such as to deserve our sympathy or not—it is enough
. for us to know that there are foreigners here among
us requiring our aid, and brought into the melan-
choly condition of exile by their resolute discharge
of that which in their view they considered to be
their duty. It is to assuage their pain, to
mitigate their sufferings, and not for any political
purpose, that those who promote the Polish ball
combine together. We may have, we have, different
political views and feelings; and the Poles, like our-
selves, must have different political opinions ; but our
object on this occasion is not to further or assist any
political designs, either of our own or of theirs, but
simply to render their lot more tolerable while they
are among us, and to preserve them from complete des-
titution. We have never had any cause to complain of
the support given us by the public ; neither shall we,
I trust, on the present occasion ; but was the real
state of things generally known, the feeling in our
favour would be still stronger and more universal.
What are the facts of the case ? Some few years ago
there were about 700 Poles receiving a weekly
allowance from the Treasury, and about sixty or
seventy whose cases did not come within the
rules of the Treasury, and who formed a sort
of supplementary body, and received weekly relief
from the Association of the Friends of Poland.
The number of the former is now reduced to about
350, and that of the latter to about 30. The weekly
allowances are, however, very small; for no man, let
his rank in the army or in society be what it may
(and some of them are of high rank) receives more
than 15s. per week, while captains and subalterns
receive but 10s. a week, and privates only ss. ad. I
have always felt the officers to be greater objects of
compassion than the private soldiers, not because they
are in themselves more meritorious, but because their
position in this country is much more different from
witat it was in their own, than that of the private
soldier's is. •We are all creatures of habit, and that
will soon be felt if any one here present should con-
sider what amount of means would make a day
labourer feel himself immensely rich ; and then reflect
whether if he himself were told that the same amount
was to form his sole dependence he would not think
himself miserably poor. The money collected at the
ball i$ employed by the association—first, in these
small allowances to those not on the Government list,
and next, in furnishing extra assistance to all Poles
of good ,conduct who may be overtaken by sickness,
accident, or any casualty. These, surely, are proper
objects ; and those who employ in this manner
funds collected at an entertainment which affords
amusement to a large number of persons, and
occasions a good deal of money to be circulated,
seem to deserve rather encouragement than censure.
Some persons seem inclined to grudge to us the use
of the Guidhall, and to think it would be better be-
stowed on some charitable undertaking for the relief
of the poor of this country. But it does seem hard,
when there are charities of every description for
our own poor (as it is most proper there should be),
when dinners, balls, concerts, sermons, bazaars, and
every mode of obtaining assistance for the distressed
of our own nation is continually put in practice in
this metropolis, and more especially in the city of
London, that when we come forward once in the
year with a request to the Common Council, not fur
money, but for the use of the hall, that any invidious I

comparisons between our objects and those of other
charitable institutions should be drawn, and that an
attempt should be made to deprive us of that advan-
tage which has been accorded to us now for a
series of years. Why has this favour been granted
to us ? Because our object was recognised
AS good; because our institution inspired confidence
as to the management of the funds ; and because we
were the first to show how the hall might be ren-
dered permanently serviceable to a charitable purpose.
I cannot affirm that no ball of this nature was ever
given before tne Polish halls began ; but it is certain,
that our society is the first that has ever established
the custom of having a ball annually at Guild-
hall. We have shown how the hall may be
turned to account ; and now persons, who but
for us would probably not have thought of it,
come forward with an attempt to deprive us of it.
Hitherto we have never applied for the ball without
obtaining it ; for it was incorrectly stated in the debate
in the Court of Common Council, that it was refused to
us in the Mayoralty of Alderman Johnson, in order
to be given to the City Ward Schools. It was not
refused then ; for it was not applied for. Finding
that it was required for a City charity in hands
likely to make it successful, we made no application
for it; but, on the contrary, we gave to the ball got
up for the City Ward Schools our active co operation,
and all the assistance in our power. Since 1834,
when the first ball for the Poles was given at Guild-
hall, there has been a Polish ball here every -year,
with the exception of three, one of them being the
year in which the City Ward Schools' Ball was
given ; in the other years, no ball whatever baying
taken place, the hall was not asked for, and
stood empty, a fact which affords some colour
to the opinion that it is not every, charitable institu-
tion that can employ the hall advantageously, and
that our balls, while they have benefited the Poles,
have- occasioned no loss to any one. How we might
hare acted with regard to the charity for which the
use of the hall was asked the other day, in opposition
to us, I am not prepared to say. If those who conduct
it had had the courtesy to communicate with us,
and satigiy us with regard to their objects and
capabilities of making the hall available, it is possi-
ble that we might have made way for them, as we
did for the City Ward Schools. As to their conduct,
I de not wish to express an opinion further than to say,
that if I know myself at all, I feel convinced that if I
had found a charitable institution, no matter for whose
benefit, which had been in the habit of obtaining the
grant of Guildhall, I should never have come forward
to interfere with them by asking for it for the Poles,
or for any charity in which I felt a peculiar interest ;
d
and that if I had felt bound by ut3, - t
and friendly
odo s?, yet
that, being on terms of acquaintance
intercourse with those at its head, I should, at any
rate, have been impelled by my own feelings of what
was right and becoming to communicate with them
on the subject, and amain- them I was guided by
no unkind motive. But no communication of any
sort or-kind was made to ua of the intention of the
society in question to apply for the ball; we learnt it
only from the, formal official notice, and could not be
expected, under those circumstances, to waive our,
claim. Whenever we come forward in behalf of the
Poles some invidious comparisons are drawn between
the claims of the Poles and those of our own poor. To
the latter we are by no means insensible, and can
safely appeal to all who are acquainted with our lives
to say whether we are in any degree more niggardly
than other men. But, while we are ready and wil—
ling to assist our own people to the utmost of our
power, we do not wish to see the Poles, who have
come among us to seek an asylum, find here nothing
but a grave. If that were suffered to happen the
character for humane feelings and for generous hos-
pitality, which England has through all ages main-
tained, would be belied. It never will be so belied in
this city. Some members of the Common Council in
the recent discussion observed that, although they
bad not a word to say against the Poles, the City
had done enough for them. I could not help re•
marking that not one of those who spoke against
the petition', not even the most vehement, said anything
in disparagement against the Poles ; but every one, on
the contrary, carefully guarded himself against being
supposed to ground his opposition on any dislike of
those brave patriots. With regard, however, to the
observation, that enough had been done for them, I
think those who made it forgot that the petition was
not for any money, but simply for the use of the hall.
I agree that the Corporation has done enough with
reference to pecuniary assistance. I do not forget,
and none of the Poles, and none of the friends of
Poland forget the munificence of the Common Council,
which, a few years ago, voted a sum of 5001. for
the relief of the Poles. That was a noble donation ;
.nobecly would think of its being repeated; it was done
once, and it was enough: What we have obtained

now is not one farthing more from the funds of the
Corporation, but simply the means of obtaining sup-
plies from those willing to contribute them. True it
is that the Poles have been here for many years, and
it is often said that they ought by this time to be able
to provide for themselves ; and so a great many have
provided themselves either here or by removing else-
where, and hence it is that their number has within a
certain period been reduced by one-half. But there
are others who have not been so fortunate. Foreigners
in this country always find a great difficulty in procur-
ing employment, and particularly those not bred to any
particular trade or calling ; they are also without the
resources which almost all the people have more or
less in their own country, that of relatives in some
degree better off than themselves to afford them tem-
porary aid of some kind ; and if it be difficult for
them to find work at all times, it is doubly so in
periods of general distress. Those who once em-
ployed them, perhaps cannot, from a change in their
own circumstances, continue to do so. Thus many
Poles who once could get a living here, now cannot,
and they feel the hardness of the times to the
full as much as our own people. Then it is asked,
and sometimes in a tone of indignation, why do they
not return to their own country? If, indeed, they
could do so, and they only remained here from
choice, they would have little claim to our assistance.
But the simple answer to the question " Why do they
not go to Poland ?" is,—" they cannot." People
suppose that, like Italians, Spaniards, or Germans,
there is nothing to hinder their return, but that is a
complete mistake. Poland being divided between
Prussia, Austria, and Russia, those who belong to
that part under Prussia have been at liberty to re-
turn any time since the accession of the present
King, and they have all long been gone ; those be-
longing to that part under Austria have, since the
new state of things in Germany, been at liberty to
go to their homes, and have also gone ; but
those belonging to that part under Russia, who are
by far the most numerous, can no more return now
than they could the year after the Polish revolution.
They would be refused passports; and if they were
to attempt to find their way into the country, they
would at once be seized, and a dungeon or Siberia
would be their fate. In the course of last month I
attempted to transmit, through the intervention of a
British firm, and the British consul in a Russian
port, a letter from a refugee to his brother in Poland.
The letter was open, and I was furnished with a
translation. It related entirely to private and pecu-
niary affairs, yet such is the suspicion with which
every person residing in the Russian dominions is
viewed, who is supposed to have anything
to do with a refugee, that neither the Consul nor the
firm dared to transmit the letter, and it was accord-
ingly sent back to me. It is not many months since
a young refugee, known to me, impelled by a sorfOr
irresistible desire to revisit his native land, determined,
at all hazards, to make the attempt ; but he had
scarcely crossed the frontier, when he was taken and
—hung. The Poles, therefore, who are here do
not reside here-, as some seem to suppose, be-
, cause they find it an eligible country, but
because they cannot do otherwise ; for, let
it be recollected, Prussia and Austria, while they admit
Poles who belong to that part of Poland, which is
subject to them, do not admit Poles belonging
to that part subject to Russia. France supports
a large number of Poles ; bat, not choosing to
augment the number, does not admit Poles
coming from England.; and some who have this
summer attempted to go there have been sent back.
Shall we then not assist those foreigners, thus
compelled to remain among us, to a bit of bread ?
Shall we not care for them in their nakedness, their
infirmity, their sickness, their old age ? It is for
men in such condition that our exertions are made,
that our funds are expended, and not for the encou-
ragement of revolution or disorder. Some are in-
disposed to assist the Poles on account of their
conduct on the continent. Those who allege such
a reason are bound, I think, to state what they be-
lieve the Poles to have done wrong; else they
will be open to the charge of vague prejudice.
I do not mean to say that every Pole is immaculate.
But I really do net know that anything can be laid
to their charge as a body. They have been grossly
calumniated with regard to their conduct in Prussia;
but I believe that the press of this country, which,.
last summer, repeated stories about them, in-
vented by their German enemies, was grossly
deceived on the subject ; and all those
who hare taken pains to inquire into the
matter are now convinced that they were guiltless of
the atrocities laid to their charge, and, at all events,
much more sinned against than sinning. I know
that they are considered by many as turbulent, un-
quiet spirits. For my part, I own, I think it is sur-
prising they are not much more so. If you maltreat
people, enslave, oppress, and studiously demoralize
them, deprive them of their country, persecute their
religion, proscribe their language, and take
from them every motive and incitement to be good
citizens, or suffer those things to be done, you
must not be surprised if those people are restless, un-
quiet, disaffected, and reckless ; if they are filled
with resentment, and ready for any change. Suppose
that such a thing were to happen as that this country
were to be partitioned by foreigners, and that we were
compelled to pay taxes to them, to see their language
used in courts and public place, and to go to mass
instead of to our own service. I have a strong
suspicion that we should be ready for any
alternative, however desperate, that should
give us but a chance of escape from such a state of
things, and that we should care mighty little what
foreign countries were inconvenienced or endan-
gered in our attempt to recover our rights. If that
be so, we ought to look at least with compassion on
the Poles, even when hurried into undertakings which
we may disapprove cr condemn. At any rate we ought
not to withhold sympathy from the many for the
faults of the few, or punish the unoffending for the
misdeeds of the guilty. Shall I suffer because
Smith O'Brien is guilty of high treason ? Shall
the Poles in England, whose conduct has been
exemplary, be denied assistance because some
other Poles in some other place are alleged
to have done something worthy of reprobation ? The
answer is obvious. The Court of Common Council
have given it in granting the hall. You, gentlemen,
whom I have the honour to address, have given it in
offering here your services as a committee. The
public will give it in crowding to Guildhall, and
crowning our ball with that success which has never
failed to attend it.—(Loud cheers.)
The committee, after transacting some routine
business, adjourned till Tuesday next.

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FOREIGN GRAIN.—The following very numerous
arrivals of grain and flour took place at this metropolis
on Mondayfrom the 'ports of France and Belgium:—
The vessel Jane, from Dunkirk, brought 315 quarters
of wheat and 24 bags of flour; the James Watt, from
Havre,. 100 bales of seed; the Isabella, from St. Valery,
670 quarters of wheat; the Pirate, from Dunkirk, 427
quarters of wheat; the Soho, from Antwerp, 312 bags '
of wheat; the Ouse, from Dunkirk, 630 sacks of flour;
the Thomas and Mary, from Rouen, 1,025 sacks of flour,
319 sacks of Indian corn, and 50 quarters of wheat; the
Adele from Rotten, 800 quarters or. rye and 175 sacks of
flour; the St. Pierre Justine, from Rouen, 625 sacks of
sour; the' Elizs; from • Dunkirk, 410 sacks of flour ;
the Jenne, :Emilie,' from 80, . 1,111 hectolitres
of rye and 125 hectolitres of barley;rand the Midge, from
Rouen, 830-bags of flour, 100 bags of tares, and -69
quarters.of barley. T.he following numerous arrivals
from the. same countries took place here in the course cf
the previous four or aye days:—The Friends from Ant-
werp brought 1,348 hectoliths of wheat; the Commerce-
de Gand from Ghent, 130 quarters of wheat, 15 pack-
ticirturtaarrt%sofo-
fwtehaetrta, the John :tenrcsl
pack-
ages of vetches, and. 300 bap-of flour; the Director,
fAronmn,.
Antwerp, -473
3111
of oats, and 300 sacks of flour} _the Columbine; from
Havre, 204 sacks of fleury tha.Jays, from Antwerp, 664
quarters of wheat; -the:Concord,: irtnn 'Autvierp; '476
quarters of wheat; the Elizabeth, from: Abbeville; `bo quarters-of oats.; the Prosperity, from Antwerp,- 441
quarters of wheat; the Alert, ...from Dunkirk, 672- quar-: tors of wheat; the Henry, from Dankirk,• 10 barrels of
farina; the Alarm, from': Abbeville,. 400 (fanners of -
wheat and 55 bags of flour; the, Jules ex-Lelia, from
Dunkirk, 478 sacks of sfloun' the Felicity, (rein 'Dim-
kirk, 643- barrels of flour;':the : Providence, from Dun-
kirk, 613 barrels of flour and 100 barrels of potato flour;
the Soho, from Antwerp, 30 sacks of flour and 52 of
seed; the Marie, from Dunkirk, 260 sacks of flour; the
Sisters, from Dunkirk, 575 barrels of flour and 35
quarters of Indian corn; the James Watt, from Havre,
203 sacks of flour; the Elizabeth and Mary, from Dun-
kirk, 675 bags of flour; and the Elizabeth, frog Dun-
kirk, 496 quarters of wheat.

RUINS Or NINEYEIL—We afterwards went to visit
the ruins of Nineveh, and when beholding the large
heaps of earth that cover the ruins of this mighty
city, I could not but think on the striking fulfilment
of prophecy respecting that city. Before my visit to
this place, I read through the Book of Nahum, and
up)n inspecting some of the recent excavations, made
under -the- superintendence of Mr. "toss, I found some
parts of Nahun's prophecy most minutely accomplished.
" There shall the fire devour thee," says the prophet ;
and from what I saw, there is no doubt that part of the
city has been consumed by fire, and 'the gentleman ale
luded to also regrets that many of the sculptures have
been destroyed and altogether effaced by firc.—Jewish
Chronicle.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COUR7.
THE CHARTIST TRIALS.
(The trial of Mullins, continued from our Afternoon
Edition of yesterday.)
Inspector Russell, and several other policemen, proved
finding in different places where some of the prisoners
who were tried and convicted last session resided, a
quantity of pikes, pistols, gunpowder, and balls.
The Court here adjourned for half an hour.
Thomas Barry, a shoemaker, of Lisson-grove, was
one of the members of the Chartist Association in
August last. Had seen the prisoner Mullins at several
meetings, and heard him address them. On one
occasion he said it was necessary for every one
to prepare for the crisis that was coming,
and it was also necessary for every one to make a small
sacrafiee to aid the Committee of Progress in their un-
dertaking. On the 16th of August recollected Mullins
coming into a meeting that was held in witness's
locality, when a man of the name of Smith
tapped him on the shoulder, and said, I was afraid •
you was tuken; to which Mullins replied, " No, they
will only take me with my life." A man of the name
of Cruikshanks followed Mullins into the room, and laid
a musket on the table; there wore several guns and
pistols in the room. Smith said that they must
prepare to go to the Seven Dials. A question was
asked how they were to take their arms, which were
called toothpicks, to which a reply was made, " in the
best way they could." Witness then went to Crown-
street, Soho, where he saw many persons he had seen
at the meeting.
Cross-examined by Mr. PARRY—Did not join the
Chartists to betray them. Had had 1/. a week since he
had teen unable to work at his trade. Had been in pri-
son for the unlawful possession of a pint pot. Had
also been in prison about four years ago for
taking some bread out of a baker's cart for
a drunken spree. He had four months' imprisonment
for it, as his companions ran away. He was living at
Willesden at that time. Had never been found in a
wine-cellar at Willesden. When he was an apprentice,
about nine years ago, he had been sentenced to a month's
imprisonment for trespassing after game. Knew a man
of the name of Russell, but had never been charged by
him with stealing a cape.
John Baldwinson, tailor, of Webber-street, Blackfriars-
road, proved that he was a class leader of the Chartists
meeting at the South London Chartist Hall, and that
on the day Ernest Jones was tried he was at the George
public-house in the Old. Bailey, in company with the
prisoner Mullins and others, when it was agreed that a
meeting should be held of secretaries and delegates.
Witness was not allowed to sit with them, as he was
neither a secretary orot delegate. The prisoner Mullins
wrote something on 'Separate slips of paper, which
he handed to each of them, and one to_Pedley, who
was then elected a delegate to the secret com-
mittee in Milton-street, On the following Wed-
nesday, the 12th of August, witness went with
Pedley and Mullins to Milton-street, and in going
there the prisoner took them through some courts and
-alleys;-which he pointed out as good places from which
to fire upon the military and police. The prisoner re-
marked that if the alleys had not thoroughfares, they
would not do. -The vtitness detailed further proceed-
ing% of the Chartist body up to the 15th August, and
proved that he gave information to the police on the
16th of August, after he and the others had been taken
into custody at the Angel public-house.
Cross examined by Mr. PARRY—Did not intend to
have given up the men at the time he acted with them.
Had a pike and a pistol, both-of-which he bought for
himself in the month of June.
Henry Jones, a police-constable, proved that at four
o'clock on the morning of the lfth of August, he found
a basket containing 280 rounds of perfect ball-cartridges,
and 50 imperfect ones, in Clerkenwell Church-yard.
After the examination of Inspector Black, and several
other members of the Metropolitan Police, who gave the
same evidence they did on the trials of Dowling and
Cuffey, and the others tried at the last session, several
chemical gentlemen were called, who proved that the dif-
ferent balls and articles found in the houses of the pri-
soners who were tried last session were of .a most dan-
gerous and combustible character.; --- --
Sergeant Thompson stated that he apprehended the
prisoner on the 18th of September last at No. sf;
Tatham's-court, John-street, East-street, Old Kent-road.
The prisoner came down stairs dressed in female clothes,
and witness thought he was a female, till the prisoner
held up his finger and said--"s1 surrender."
This closed the case for the prosecution.
Mr. PARRY then addressed the jury for the prisoner,
and, after some preliminary observations, he said he
must admit that the case_for She prosecution had been
most fairly conducted by:the Attorney-General, and if any
man bad ever had a fair trial tho prisoner at the bar had
certainly had had that fair trial. While admitting this,
however, he expressed his opinion that, if the jury came
into the box without being prejudiced by what had
already taken place, or by the circumstances of the
country, or the comments of the public press, they must
acquit the prisoner, upon the ground that the charge was
not proved against him by fair,. proper, and legal evi-
dence. He would not say a word regarding the altera-
tion of the law, which declared this offence—which, cer-
tainly, substantially amounted to the crime of high
treason—only to be an ordinary felony. It was
the law, and it was his duty as an " aivocate,
and it was their duty, and the duty of them all,
to obey it ; but he would repeat that if this case was
treated as an ordinary case of felony, the prisoner
must be acquitted upon the evidence that had
been adduced. It was perfectly clear that the evidence
was not of a character to demand any favourable consi-
deration. The Attorney-General, in the performance of
the high duty cast upon him, could only make use of the
materials within his power to support the charge he
sought to make out, and he bad no alternative; and he
must say that the evidence which had been brought for-
ward on this occasion was as tainted as any that had
ever been adduced upon a State trial. The jury would
remember that he had cross-examined the witnesses
Powell and Davis at considerable length, and that his
Lordship had expressed an opinion that the facts which
he had endeavoured to establish were not material, and
that it was an unnecessary waste of time. That this

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inquiry had occupied a very considerable time, and had
cast onerous duties upon their Lordships and all who
were concerned in it, he would admit, and he regretted
it, but it was no fault of his; it wa's a most important
and solemn inquiry, requiring serious and deliberate
consideration, and with all respect for the judicial
character of his Lordship he could not help_ feeling that
in the course he had purstiedlieTbad- only performed his
duty. They were at,are that a great many unfortunate
persons had already been convicted of taking a share in
this transaction, and he could not help entertaining an
opinion that many of these men ought more to be re-
garded in the light of victims than criminals, and if this
were the case surely it was most important to show the
jury that these'men, Powell and Davis,- were goading on
men to their destruction for the purpose of earning their
wages—their blood money from the Government, and
that their evident object was to increase their title to that
blood money by increasing the number of their victims.
With all due deference, therefore, to the Bench, he must
repeat his opinion that the course he adopted was not
only not irrelevant, but that it was perfectly relevant,
and german to the question at issue, and that he should
have neglected his duty if he had not adopted the course
he did. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to com-
ment upon the course adopted by the Government
in employing such men as Powell and Davis, and
giving them the opportunity of going among people Who
entertained perhaps extreme political opinions, and goad
them on to commit the crime which the Government
was anxious to punish.—The prisoner, he said, had been
introduced to them by the Attorney-General as a sur-
geon, a man holding a. responsible position, and this was
inade....an aggravation of his guilt; but what was the
fact? He should show them that the prisoner was
merely a -surgeon's apprentice, only twenty-two years of
age, and just entering upon manhood, and therefore this
topic of aggravation could hardly apply. With regard
to the conspiracy, he considered he should be insulting
their understandings if he were to attempt to deny that
such a conspiracy as had been suggested really existed;
but the question which the, jury, had to. decide was,.'
whether the prisoner 'bad taken a guilty share in that
conspiracy, and whether the evidence which had been
-adduced made out that fact, to their satisfaction.. lie sub-
mitted to them that the charge rested entirely upon the
evidence of the infamous accomplices who had been ex•
stained, and although several of such persons had been
examined to prove this fact, the•jury ought not to rely
upon such testimony unless it was corroborated by in-
'dependent and uncontaminated evidence. In this case
he contended that there was no such corroboration, and
that the only attempt at it which had been given was
the production of the letter to Davis and the plan of the
Seven. Dials, about which he would offer a few observa-
tions in the course of his address. He then referred to
observations made by Mr. BarorrAlderaon, Mr. Justice
Littledale, and Lord Abinger, to the effect that the cor-
roboration given by accomplices to each other ought not
to have any weight with a jury, and that they should
only give, effect to such testimony when it received
corroboration in some material and essential particu-
lar by unimpeachable testimony. The only corrobo-
ration of this kind was the letter and the plan to
which he had alluded-; but he 'asked them
whether they could rely on the proof of the hand-
writing upon the evidence of a man who had only
seen the prisoner write his name once ? If this had been
a charge of forgery, he asked them would they for a mo-
ment think of convicting the prisoner upon such evi-
dence ? He therefore called upon them not to place
reliance upon this testimony, and said:--Thus,' then, the
roborated, and;
ni
wadhdie, hb wouldy the
evidence of the atchcisomhepieligcetshweoeuaslde,
hbee
saulbtonfietttehderthuantetohre-
dictates prisoner, 0 f both
commonby n s these law, a
e
and proper phe
r he
feeling,ld
direct the not to place reliance upon such tainted testi-
wo u
testi-
mony,'would be entitled to an acquittal. The. Learned
Counsel then went on at:some length to comment upon
the absence of anything like direct or conclusive testi-
mony to connect the prisoner with' the conspiracy, and
concluded a very able address by expressing a confident
opinion that the jury would acquit the prisoner.
At the conclusion of the speech for the defence the
Court adjourned.

NEW COURT.
Joint Hadland, 25, porter, was indicted for intermar-
rying with Caroline Amelia Bassett,
his wife, Lucy
(4reen, being then and now alive.
Mr. Parnel prosecuted, and Mr. Ballantine defended.
It appeared that the prisoner and his first wife had
been. fellow-servants. and they were married in October,
1842, at Islington Church. tie being unable to provide
a home for her, they lived apart, but corresponded until
January in the present
month, he was married to his second wife at St. Mary's,
Nfortlake, Surrey; .year; when, on the 17th of that
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sen-
tenced to three months' imprisonment.
John Hayes, 19, tailor, was indicted for stealing a
handkerchief from the person of Richard Parker.

r !

The case was most clearly established. The prose-
Cutor, who resides in the Old Bailey; felt' a tug et his
pocket, and an officer saw the prisoner throw the hand-
kerchief away, and then run off.
Amidst much laughter, the prosecutor complained of
his having been compelled to prosecute against his
will, more especially as he wished the magistrate,
if convinced of the prisoner's guilt, to convict him sum-
marily.
The RECORDER said he could not help it.
Prosecutor (with some warmth)—l would not have
appeared against a man for picking my pocket of a hand-
kerchief, when I am robbed by the rich and cannot ob-
tain justice. I ca❑ button up my pockets against the
poor, and stop them from robbing me ; but not against
the rich—their position protects them.
The RECORDER—It is not our province to inquire
into these matters. The grand jury are now sitting.
The prosecutor, with increased warmth, asserted that
he was daily being robbed by the rich, and if he could
not be protected it was not fair to compel him to prose-
cute a poor man.
The RECORDER said if he could adduce evidence of
the fact of his being robbed, he could bring it before the
Court.
The prosecutor said it would be of no use, for men in
their position he could not bring evidence against: they
were bankers, merchants, and other rich people. He
then left the witness-box in high dudgeon, and seemed
very averse to identifying his handkerchief.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and being an old
offender, he was transported for seven years.
Jane Charlton, 26, spinster, and James Langley, 29, a
cabinet maker, were indicted fur stealing a quantity of
plate and wearing apparel, valued at 801., the property of
William Wier Marshall.

Mr. lluddlestone appeared for the prosecution, and
the prisoners were undefended.
Mr. litmiThEsToNE stated the following case to the
jury:—The prosecutor is a bookseller in the Edgware-
road, and the female prisoner, who had lived with the
Rale prisoner, had entered that gentleman's service, by
means of a false character, in June last. On the let of
September the prosecutor left town to meet his wife at
Lewes, in Sussex, and remained there until the 4th,
when he received a communication" from town stating
that his house had been broken open. Ho immediately
returned, and found the plate chest had been opened by
means of a false key, and that the whole of the property
named in the indictment Was stolen. He then learnt
that the female prisoner stated that the place had bee❑
entered by some .one between the hours of nine
and eleven in the evening, but by whom she did not
know. The police, however, feeling convinced
that the robbery• • had been effected with the
connivance of some eno inside of the house, took the
female into custody, and subsequently they discovered
that a man named Churchill :had been employed by
Langley To call at
_the prosecutors after the shop was
closed, and fetch a carpet bag, which was handed out at
the door to him by a female. Langley having left his
lodgings, information was sent to the provincial police,
and he was apprehended at Warminster with a large
sum of money and a portion of the stolen` wearing
apparel upon him. Other portions of the stolen property
were also found to have been in his possession.
The prisoners, who -declined making any defence, were
both found Guilty.
The police stated that at a former place where the
female lived 80/. worth of plate was stolen under similar
circumstances, and there was no doubt but that Langley
had been concerned in that robbery.
The RECORDER said that it was a most flagrant case,
and he shoutd--make "example of them, by passing the
sentence of fifteen years' transportation.
The female left the dock pouring out a torrent o.
abuse against the prosecutor.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.
INSULT TO THE NATIONAL G 'MS.—Yesterday
William Smith, a private in the Scetch Fusilier Guards,
at present at the, W:ellington Barrack, was charged be-
fore Alderman Gibbs with being drunk and disorderly
and assaulting the police in Fleet- street.
Previous to going - into- the case the sergeant of the
prisoner's company reported that it was the wish of the
officers of the re&Aentthat_ if he were not dealt with by
the magistrate he should be handed over to be tried by
a court-martial, and he should have to request the at-
tendance of the police at the Court to prove the prisoner's
drunkenness. _
Alderman GIBBS said he would consider it after hear-
ing something of the case.
William Price, the constable, said that on behalf of
himself and brother officer he did not wish to press the
charge heavily, as the prisoner, in their opinion, was
so drunk, that he was quits unconscious of what he was
doing.
Alderman Goes said he should like to hear what had
taken place.
Price proceeded to state that about half-past twelve
o'clock the previous day he observed the prisoner in a
state of intoxication, annoying and insulting some Na-
tional Guards who were making purchases in Fleet.
street. He was.quite- standing on the kerb of the
pavement, flinging hi* cap about in front of them, ex-
claiming, "It's against my religion to see any of you in
this country.' The National Guards took no notice of
it, and witness interfered and made the soldier go on.
He did so, when he encountered another National Guard,
whom he assailed in the same offensive manner. A
crowd of people were following the soldier, and ex-
citing him by their observations, and for the preser•
vation of the peace he took him into custody, when
the prisoner made a sturdy resistance, threw
himself on the ground, kicked and struck him, and
it was with the greatest difficulty he, with the assistance
of some other officers, conveyed him to the station-house.
On coming to his senses, he exclaimed that he had been
treated by an old friend, and appeared to be exceedingly
sorry.

Alderman Gns3 asked if be had any money in his
possession? Price replied that he had not.

- Alderman Gauss wished to know whether the pri-
soner struck any of the National Guards? Price said
he did not.

Police-constable 367 corroborated Price's evidence,
and said they were pelted by the lookers-on with all
sorts of things while on the way to the station-house.
Alderman GIBBS asked the prisoner what he had to
say in defence? Smith replied that he was very sorry for
what had occurred.

Alderman GlMPS—Without taking into consideration
what course your officers may hereafter pursue, I shall
find you 10s., or fourteen days' imprisonment.—He was
locked up.

BO W-STREET.
ROBBERY or GOLD Dus-r.—Yesterday a seaman,
named James Lewis, was charged with being concerned
with others in custody, with stealing five cases of gold
'dust, value 9,0001., from the ship Lemuel, at the Elmina
roadstead, on the coast of Africa.
-gentleiiiiii-froin;the office of Messrs. Oliverson and
Co., solicitors, said that the prisoner was sent up by the
authorities at Bristol, and as it appeared that another
seaman, named Watts, and Powell, the mate of the ves-
sel, were on their way to this country on the same
charge, he was at a loss what course to pursue with
regard to the prisoner until their arrival in London.
Mr. JARDINE said he was quite ready to hear the state-
ment of the officer who had the prisoner in custody, with
a view to have him remanded, but it appeared to him the
best and most direct course would be to take the prisoner
before the Lord Mayor, in order that he might undergo
an examination with the others when they would arrive
in town.
The prisoner was then removed in the custody of the
officer.
/11A R YL E BONE.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A RAILWAY PORTER.—
James House;--a-:piitter- in the employ of the Great
Western Railway Company, was charged with robbery
to a considerable amount._ -- -
Michael Giles, yard clerk and time keeper at the Pad-
dington terminus, deposed that on the previous night,
between eleven and twelve o'clock, he observed a bottle
of brandy lying under some grass close to the wall at
the back of the porter's room. He secreted himself near
at hand, and at five in the morning saw the prlsoh
approach and take up the- bottle in question, which he
deposited in one of the pockets of his trowser 5 ;
he (wit-
ness) captured him as he was walking w
him into custody, at which period he had aealayio, and gave
When a bottle of
capers concealed beneath his apron.
denied having any property of the kind\ in his pf oisnsfeosrsmi oan:
Mr. Collard stated that, in consequencet
27, !lamp-len-
tion which he had received, he repaired
street, Hampstead-road, where, in
a box
MOM, he found numerous bottles of wino and brandy, asin the prisoner's
also a quantity of fish-sauce, "lingaa of which had
no pencils, lace,
bonnets, and a varietyof other articles,ers
and parcels in
doubt been stolen from h
trusted to the compdny for deliveryamn u
pi ndifferent t partshre daoyf
the country. He (witness) thatsaid
he should be preparedwith such evidence as would, he
quite expected, clearly show that the
oy
Propert now pro-
part f the corn-
duced had been abstracted from that
pany's premises to which the prisoner had, from the
nature of his situation, access-
The prisoner, who seemed much dejected,'and had no
answer to make to the question as to w
be brought up again on another day, was remanded for
further examination till to-morrow (Saturday) week.,
_

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, FHIDAY.—John WDonald, the marine
sentenced by court-martial in July to transportation for
life, for having struck Captain Baynes, of the Belloro-
phon, whilst in the execution of his duty on board the
said ship, has received a free pardon, and has been set at
liberty.
The Driver steam-sloop, Commander C. R. Johnson,
went out of harbour this afternoon, and anchored at
Spithead, She is ordered to be kept ready for an imme-
diate move as soon as her final orders arrive, but not to
get up steam. Her movement to Spithead is understood
to originate in the desire of Commander Johnson to
keep his crew in a state of perfect efficiency, which was
sadly endangered by the cupidity of the vagabonds, male
and female, who make a living by selling deleterious
compounds, called spirituous liquors, to the seamen, and
whose nefarious practices, in the present state of the law
it is difficult to guard against.
The Orestes, 14, is ordered to be commissioned at this
port by Commander henry Samuel Hawker (1846), with
130 men. This officer is not re!ated to Admiral Haw-
ker, but has been most strenuously qualifying himself
for command by study at the Royal Naval College for
some time. lie enjoys the reputation of being a smart
and zealous officer.
The Encounter screw-sloop, tried yesterday, made
10.178 knots per hour, at the mean of six runs at the
measured mile in Stokes Bay, with 71b. of steam to the
square inch, making 78 revolutions, at a draught of 12
feet 1 inches aft, and 10 feet 6 inches forward, at which
the slip of the screw was rather more than 11 per cent.
She will be commissioned shortly.
In Port and Fitting.—Victory, 22, flag•ship; Illus-
trious, 10, ordinary guard-ship; Victoria and Albert
Royal Yacht; Excellent gunnery exercise-ship; Bien-

heim,s6, guard-ship of steamers; Kingfisher, 12; Orestes,
14; and Rolla, boys' exercise brig; Stroniboll,.. Sharp-
shooter, Rifleman, Reynard, Black Eagle, Fairy, Myrtle,
Fire Queen, Bee, and Echo steamen; Fanny and Ports-
mouth, Admiral's yacbts.

At Spithead.—St. Vincent, 120; Prince Regent, 92;
Powerful, 84; and Driver steam-sloop.
In the Old Basin.—Ajax, 56; Defence, 72, convict-
depot; Dauntless, steam-frigate; Itr.ynard and Plumper,
steam-schooners.

I❑ Dock—Princess Charlotte, 104 ; Collingwood, SO;
Pembroke, 72 ; Malabar, coal depot ; Flying Fish, 12 ;
and Fairy steam tender.
In the New Basin—Centaur and Retribution, steam-
frigates ; Cormorant, Salamander, Phmnix, and Strom-
boli, steam-sloops ; Otter and Jackal!, steam-vessels.
Wind, S.W. Strong breezes, and squally, with heavy
showers.

PLYMOUTH, OCT. 26. —Her Majesty's steam-sloop
Hermes, with jurymasts and gear for the frigate Are-
thusa, and gear for the steam-vessel Magicienne, sails
to day for Pembroke.

Iler Majesty's ship Impregnable will be docked to day.
Mr. James Meek, Controller of the Victualling, Board,
arrived yesterday, at ten o'clock, at the It )yal William
Victualling-yard, Stonehouse. Mr. Meek inspected the
bake-house and mill, the Melville slop store, cooperage,
and Clarence spirit store for revenue goods, and then re-
tired to the office of the Master-Attendant, Mr. Arm-
strong, with whom he was in conference all day.