The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-14 00:00:00

SEPTEMbER 1646.

which has necessarily been hitherto withheld from
public observation. The facts are within a narrow
compass :—A foreigner comes from abroad to London
with a considerable sum of money. He is introduced
to this house, No. 22, Jewry-street, very unfortu-
nately for him, and, being a man of kindly feeling,
he joins in pleasure parties, in the course of which
the idea of matrimony enters into the lady's mind.
Determined to accomplish her object, she not only
puts up the bans herself, but she actually registers
the marriage, and, as I am instructed, altogether
without the knowledge of my client, who not reliih •
ing the business, is now treated with the alternative
of a charge of robbery to the amount of
301. There are some matters connected with this
affair with which your Lordship is not acquainted.
You do not know that the lady sold the furniture of
the house for 100/., and that she did not pay one
shilling of the money she owed in the neighbourhood ;
so that her landlord' is not the only person who "has
reason to complain. She has acknowledged too that
she has offered to drop the prosecution altogether for
101. Under all the circumstances, I trust that your
Lordship will not allow this poor foreigner's cha-
racter to be tarnished by a trial on a charge the
grounds for which are so extremely weak and im-
probable.
The LORD MAYOR—I have gven the subject a great
deal of consideration, and the result is that I am per-
suaded the prisoner has by systematic attempts suc-
ceeded in defrauding this poor woman of her 301.
He first goes to board in the house, and he contracts
a debt with the prosecutrix and borrows her money.
Not satisfied, however, with defrauding her to
the extent of 201., he perseveres in his unprincipled
system, and, under pretence of a permanent union,
prevails upon her to dispose of her goods, and to de-
posit the proceeds in his hands for the payment of her
rent ; after which he disappears, and she is left dis-
tressed and miserable, after having made a sacrifice of
everything upon his positive assurance of the promised
event. It is true she got up the bans, but it was at
his desire; and that she registered the marriage, but
it was by his direction, and while he waited outside
witnessing the success of his schemes. You men-
tioned at a former examination that, -is he was a
Hebrew it was absurd to suppose he could think of a
marriage with the prosecutrix. I consider that such
a promise as, he made 'is aggravated by the fact that
there existed an insurmountable impediment. Taking
all the circumstances into consideration, I am con-
.l/inced that the prisoner has acted upon a deliberate
systematic plan for the purpose of defrauding this
poor woman, and I therefore commit him for trial at
the Central Criminal Court.
The prisoner was then committed for trial.
Trinham, the unfortunate,creature who leaped
with her child in her arms into the Thames from the
London Pride'steamer, was brought up for final ex-
amination, The certificate of the surgeon of the
Compter stated that she was in a very desponding
condition. There was no additional evidence, and
The LORD MAYOR said he had no alternative hut
to send the case to a jury, who would of course dis-
pose of it to the best of their judgment.
BOW-STREET.
The examination of Emma Beaumont, Jane Fitz-
gerald, and Thomas Fry, the prisoners in the arson
case, was resumed before Mr. Jardine.
Ann Garrett—ls now a waitress at the Aldersgate
dining-rooms in the Minories, and is a married
woman. In May last she was in the service of the
prisoner Beaumont, at the European Coffee-house,
Long-acre, where she remained six weeks only,
having left in June. On one occasion Beaumont told
her that she wished the house to be set on fire, -as she
was insured and wanted money. She wanted witness
to go to, the theatre with her one evening, as Bagster,
the young man lodging in the house, was going to
fire it in their absence. Witness declined having
anything to do with it, and left the situation in
consequence of the proposal Beaumont had made to
her. Her mistress offered to make her a present if
she would stop, but she refused to do so. She called
at the house several times in the course of the fort
night afterwards, because she bore her mistress no
ill-will and wanted to see the newspaper advertise-
ments with the view of getting another place.
Catharine Mathews, of Is, York-street, Borough, a
married sister of Beaumont, produced a number of
duplicates and a 51. note, which were found among
the prisoner's bundles ; the note being one of those
given by, the pawnbroker upon the articles pledged
by the prisoner before the fire. Witness recollected
hearing her sister (the prisoner) in conversation with
Mrs. Robins, of Oxford-street, the morning after the
fire, when the latter was advising her to " make a
confident of her brother." She did not know what
was referred to, but she heard her sister reply, " No,
I cannot do that.", Witness had not been on friendly
:terms with. tNe prisoner for several years prior
to the fiie Lorig-ricre, ~which, she :said, happened,
while she was 34 Cremnrne, but she did notknoW:how.
A Clerk in the West,minster Fire-office 'proved the
transfer of the insurance policy, -about a year age.,
from Ann Beaumont to Emma Beattrnont, the 'pri-
soner. It was originally held, in 1838, by Hannah
Beaumont, the prisoner's mother.
• There were several witnesses whose evidence, being,
merely corroborative of what has already appeared
at the previous examinations, it is unnecessary 'to
report.
Thompson and Pocock,_ detective officers, cTepeised
to the apprehension of the prisoner, and the discovery-
of the duplicates .which related to property of bonsi-'
derable value, collectively, but had been included in
'the claim _Made by Beaumont upon' the fire-Office,
'among the goods said to have been destroyed by the
fire. . .
The"prisoner Fitzgerald, after being `cautioned in
,the usual way, made a very long- statement to the
Court, which,differed only in .a few particulars frdin
that :which she had volunteered ;to. Mr. Storr4: and
which appeared in The Sun of,Tueiday. It included
liVeever, several important additions.- Sh,e'said that
from the time when her mistress first talked to her .
about setting fire'to the house she would not let her
go out to see her friends. She stated that ,sho-,waa
insured'for 4604., and -when' she had:-get the money]
_she intended. to go, to Anstralia with her - younig
inan (Pty)' and take a farm. A .few ~
before the fire she
„made „her assist in cutting' esp
the bedti6k4 and" 'making s.cbolsters.
with the feathers, whiek
_together` ,with her
dresses, linen, 'and quantities- o otheC: '
(Fitzgeriild)'tnoli,' from tithe to time,, to the! pawn-
broker's, wearing out it pair of. boots' that cost hef
4s: 6d. Then her Miaress Ya".
se sloe, saidthas.,tm
e Tiler belp_to :chop up
a bedstead for' firewood, -I;Jecau
many bedsteads and no beds would_ look suspicious.
She wanted her to chopup,anotlier bedstead and some
other things, enipty- boxes, &C., but she refused to
do it. In reference to the fire, the prisoner said :
" My mistress and -her, young. man ,went to the
theatre on the Thursday, expecting that Bagster
would fire the house as agreed upon. She returned
before the theatre was over, and she told me that
she could not stop at the play because she was so
miserable from 'thinking that the house was on
fire, and she wanted te' know how it was getting
on.
the three When she fonnd that Bagster had taken away
pounds, and did not fire, the place, she. went
.up stairs and looked out of
.the window for an hour
and a half, thinking he would return. She said Bagster
did right not to fire it that night, because it was an
opera night, and there were a great many people
about. The next morning Fry came to breakfast
with her, and she said, if nobody else would set fire to
the house, she would -do it herself. Fry advised her'
to send out for some powder, and she said she thought
turpentine would do better. She offered Fry and me
201. to dolt, but he declined. I did not say that I
would or I would not. She said that Mrs. Robins
had advised her to be very careful in doing it, so as
not to let it appear as if it had been done by the
hand ; and she said that Mrs. Robins had a brother-
in-law!
it
dwtaihtse;
enavenevdneirin
/fog:
told her
etroouzidott When Mrs.
who did the same thing for the insurance-
money,
was surprised my
carefulm Robinsoney
hgcloanwmdel
pne touzbielevit:7-4e..1.
She said that
mistress let so'
many into the secret, as it would certainly be found
out, and blamed her for leaving the written pledge
ofenn secreay which we had made upon a ihree-
p y stamp in one of her bundles. When Mrs.
Robins went away she took so many things—
books, dresses, linen, &c., that she said she should'
he obliged to have a cab ; but she brought' back a
tea-canister, saying it would not do to have that in-'
her possession, as her husband would find it out.
She said that he hated Miss Beaumont, and she and
he were going to part, because they could not agree.
When I was left in the house alone I shut-up the
coffee-house. Bagster came and spoke to me at the
door, and I told, him that perhaps I should fire the'
place. At about half-past .ten • o'clock put the
boilers over the fire and the kettle over the gas, as I
was bid ; and then I put some aprons on the horse
before the fire, near enough to catch. There were
lots of old files and papers lying close to the horse.
After this I went up to bed, and in about an hour's
time I heard the police at the door, and my room was
full of smoke. I got into the cockloft, and two men
lifted me over the roof to 'Mr. Tucker's. The psi.
Boner concluded her statement by mentioning a
number of very respectable establishments where she
bad been in service, and exclaiming—"l am-sorry to
say I have been led astray by my mistress, and
must now deliver myself up to the will of God."
She hoped his worship would let her out on bail for
the sake of her child."

Beaumont was anxious to make a statement to the
Court, in spite of the remonstrance of her solicitor,
whom she wished to pay for his trouble, and then
confess it all.
Mr. Binns (who appeared for Fry) offered re-
spectable bail for his client, if his worship should
think there was enough to commit him for trial. liis•i
father (a jeweller) had baesn a householder. im.the
nighbourhood for a great many years.
Beaumont exclaimed—" For God's sake detain him,
for they are all guilty. I must tell all."

She was with difficulty removed from the dock.' .;
The prisoners were fully committed for trial; bail
being accepted for Fry.
TIMMES.
Thomas and Jenhin Jones, brothers, in tbe employ-•'‘ of Mr. R. B. Byass, -wide, ale, and porter merchant, -
of No. 1, Langbourn-chambers, Fenchurch.street,
were brought before Mr. Yardley, charged • with,
causing the death of Susan Colledge.
The deceased was servant to Mrs. Haddon, of 121,
High-street, Whitechapel, and was sent to the oppo-
site side of the way upon an errand on Wednesday
evening. She was returning, and while crossing the
road a horse and cart belonging to Mr. Byass, and
driven by the prisoner Thomas. Jones, which was • ,
coming along at a quick pace, knocked her down,
and one of the wheels pissed over her body. She •
was conveyed to the surgery of Mr. Cook, in the
High-street,- who said she could not exist long, but
advised that she should be immediately removed to
the London Hospital. She died before her arrival
there. The prisoners were detained, and information
having been conveyed to the station-house in Leman- •
street, Police-Sergeant Oram, 18 H, repaired to the
spot and took both prisoners into custody.
Mr. YARDLEY having ascertained that the coroner's
inquest would not be held until this evening, remanded
the prisoners until to morrow.
Mr. Pelham tendered bail for the prisoners.. • ' ,
Mr. YARDLEY—No, I cannot take bail. for the. --
present.

THE LATE FO,RGERy. • ' • ,
MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY .—At the Borough Court
this morning William Francis M`Naughten, the .young
man charged with forging a cheque on the branch Bank
of England here, purporting to be signed by /heirs. A.
and S. Henry and Co., in whose employment he-was,
for 3,4501., was brought up. He was remanded from
Saturday last to allow time to have sufficient evidence -
before the Court to warrant his committal.
Mr. Newman, from the office of Mr. Freshfield, of
London, solicitor to, the Bank of. England, attended to
prosecute.

. .
Mr. Alexander Balfour, late teller of the branch Bank
of England in Manchester, stated that on the 29th of
March last he cashed a cheque, purporting to be signed
by A. and S, Henry and Co., for 3,4501. The prisoner
was not the person who presented the cheque. He paid •
the person who did so six 500/. notes, four 1001.
notes, and 501. -in 'gold. He here ' recognised . the
three 5001. notes stopped at the• bank of Messrs.
Cunliffe and Brooks, as three of the notes which he •
had paid for the cheque. He believed the signature .
" A. and S. Henry" to that cheque was a forgery.
Mr. W. R. Johnston, one of the partners in the firm
of A. and S. Henry anti. Co., stated that the signature to
the cheque produced was a forgery. It purported to be
his signature on the Part of the firm, and was extremely
like it. He.drew no cheque for 3,4504 on-the 29th of
Mara. The, prisoner was assistant-cashier at Messrs.
Henry's, and was frequently employed in taking cheques
to the bank. 'He did not return to the office of Messrs. • ,
Henry after the 29th of March.
• Mr. Kearsley, the manager of Messrs. Cunliffe and
Brooks's bank, proved that ho had stopped three ,500 L
notes, for which another person and the prisoner wanted
a letter of credit on Liverpool. He told them he re-
quired a reference, and they said they could procure a reference from Messrs. Henry. They then left the bank.
and did not return. He recognised the three notes
which Mr. Balfour stated he paid for the cheque as being
the three which he stopped. •
Mr. James Finley, high-constable of Newfoundland, ,
stated that on the Ist of August last a warrant was
placed in his hands by Mr. Carter, a magistrate, for the
apprehension of two persons named William Philip '
O'Kelly and Thomas Bradshaw.- Witness, in company
with ;some police, proceeded to the lodgings of those-
persons, and found Bradshaw in his room, and had him
immediately conveyed to the police-office, and stayed alt
the house until -Bradshaw's luggage was removed. Shortly afterwards William Philip O'Kelly was appre-
hended, and a watch was found on his person. Witness
subsequently found a trunk in the prisoner's bedrooms -j,
and two trunks' in the parlour which he occupied. Oa
the following day witness went again to the lodgings
which the prisoners occupied, and there found another
trunk, marked with O'Kelly's name, in which he found .
a purse containing three 5004 Bank of England notes,
a hich are now produced. Having fohnd the notes wit-
ness returned to the police-office, and having given the
prisoner O'Kelly the usual caution, asked him did- the' -
trunk belong to him? The prisoneradmitted that,itcdids and said he bought it at 'New York for five dollars. The ,
purse WriA afterwardi exhibited in a private -officesWhett
both prisoners were-presen4 and Bradshaw said that
the purse belonged to O'Kelly ; the. latter said nothing
to this. Whilst on tho voy.age.to England theprisontls
in conversation with witneas, called Bradshaw for the , , , ~I•
first time Brady. - •
Mr. Beswick, chief superintendentaaf the Masichethiter
police, stated that upon the arrival of the prisoner,. -
M'Naughten, 'dim/ William Philip O'Kellx, at PAR- -
chester,- he read a bill to•him; 'describing his appearance,
and charging him with forgery;-andhe elsotold himthat'
he would be identified as Sorg* the cheque aad taking; '
it. and getting the money. INTAineits,,thenueantigneilnulm... '
"Prisoner, who said tharitrady forged the cheque, re-
sewed it, 'and hadlaken di) the money as the bi-hk.
Mr, Harding, aolicitor...onahe partioUthevisosier nes' - • milted there-was. no evidenet; against- 4/w buA, his own • ; 'admission; The evidence went to show that Aradi had .
committed the forgery 'and ' obtained the Money, and all
M'Naughten had. done was :to,Aceompany -him 'out 'of ' •,.
the country.
Mr. Maude said it wolljd, hay,eippektpoN,agsfactory
had it been shtivOti 1164 the chAtie Fagot into the hands
of Brady or M`Natightets.' However, he need not go 4,
through the circumstances of the case. It waaquiteclear'
the prisoner had left his situation- on: the day of the- for•
iery Wittibit.notice ; tie was seen vouching for the. man
Who obtained the Money; and nOihing more was needed.
'The prisoner M'Naughten *as then committeid to take
his trial at the next assizes at Liverpool;. • • '

• RAILWAY SITARA,_4I.A.RIKETS. ;
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tendenc
STOCK: XXONANGIC:-,The Share-Market has an upwatd
y, The sales are—Greet Westertt,, Quarter.-Shares,
4% dis.—Great Western, 17/. Shares, 3IA
N:it,A —Ditto; Preferenee;' % Taff' Vile', Qiikiters, 261. A.•
LIVERPO L,: Szrr.7l3.. '
&mac EXCHANOR.--, We have,. had rather a depressad
market for shaier Stbck ivaS'*freely Offered, and
prices lower. The sales are--Birminghimi and Oxfdrd, 244"
-Caledonian, 20%—Laticashire and Yorkshire. Fifths, .„.,;
' ISs. 9d, clls.LondOzi and 'N'orth- Western, New Quarters,
!utdia+-- Ditto,- :Quailed and B); 'l4-I)2
..-_Midland Stocks
85 div,-Ditte,, New • I.lalvesi. orth Staffoid-
shire, ,-,4%*dis.—SfireWelury and Chester_ t Shrawabury,t. 911'Y
;e4stryi and Cheater), o,', dis;—Sotitli-Eastern and Dover,
'o, 4; Thirds, 61V)dis.-. Neircastle, and Berwick Purchas9,;4
-NIAtsN,IitSTER, Err. 13. ,
STOCX
''—The sales are— Birkenhead, Lands-
shire, and ‘Glieshire.iJunction, 9%,die." ex int.—Eat Lan-
Cashire; 1614--LaneaShire and Yorkshire,. Fifths, 3.
Ditto, VrefeferieS/ 346 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lis-
cOlnshire • (Grimsby), '5O/. Shares, 29- diai—Ditto (Grinisby
Dock),'l4% dis. North -Staffordshire, c. dis.--!Shrews-
bury and: Chester, Preference, 12%—South-Eastern and
Dover, No. 6.1316: '

1,...„-4 BIRMINGHAM, Sari'. 13:' '•- ' 1
STOCK EXCHANGE. 7 The_ sakes arer.gaedonian, . Prefe-
rence, 3s.'9ii. iffs:—Midliiiiiit lirisfol and Birmlingham), 6 per
cen t , 115'56,4;4:e1k, ,Newcaittle, anct-Bovriek,'2B% ex div.
North Staffordshir,e,_
.91i5.7-61irewsbary and Birmingham
(B), 4t dii:

• ••YORK, Surr.l2.' •
STOCK, XQ8A1T01C,....-.Thwbusinees transacted today 'waft
as follows : - Great Northern, Cl. 14—Great .North: of Eng-
-land, 230- Midland, New, ll—North British, Quirters,
4%
—York, .Now,castlar and Berwick (G.' N. 'E. Purchase); 8%.
GLASGOW, Barr. 12.
STOCK ..EXCHA Nl:M.—The sales are--Caledonian, .rrefe- -
rence, 495.--Edinburgfr and glasgo.4, 4,11 N
Salves, I—Glas-
gow', Kilmarnock and Ayr, 58.4.—Ditto, Halves, No. 1,
5/. 16s.— .Great Northern, 6/. 168,—North British, Thirds,
5/. 10. 6d.—Paisley, Barrhead; and linnet, 20&—Scottish
Central, 22%. •

IN' MIND:-.-" Does the Court tinder-
stind you to say, Mr. Jones, that' ou-saw the editor of
the Augur of Freedom intoxicated?", ”Not at all, sir;
I merely said that I hive seen hint frequently so flurried in his mind that he would undertake to cut out copy with'
the snuffers—that's all."—New York Harbinger.

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1111C21,14.
On the 6th inst., at Markham-square, Chelsea, Mrs. W
Creswick, of a son..
At Eim-field, Upper Clapton, Mrs. Joseph Savory, of a
daughter.
• On the. 9th inst., at Salcey-lodge, near Northampton, the
wife of G. T. Stone, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 10th inst., at 'spring-vale, Ityde, Isle of Wight, the
lion. gm G. H. Holland, of a son.
On the 10th inst., the lady of T. Wilkinson, Esq., of Port-
land-place, Lower Clapton, of a daughter.
On the
L. Holistic], 11t:sq. ,th insof t., a
8071: at tipper Harley street, the wife of H.
• On the
&12t inst., at Camden-road-villas,
Dirs. G. A.
Young, asonh .
,Bic k
On
ers'eth, of a so the_.l.2th inst.,
n. at Claph..ana-rise, the wife of the Rev. R.
,

AtAARIZD.• '
1 On the 11th' inst., at Pinner, Mr. Jame', Gibbs, of Pall-
mall, to Ellen, eldest daughter of Mr. :a. Tilbury, of the
New-road. ~
•
'On the 9th inst., at Stewkley, Bucks, Edward Smith, Esq.,
of
_Uxbridge; to Catherine Jane, younreit daughter of the
- late John Cowzei Esq', of Streatham, S'arrey.
On the 12th inst., at St. George's Church, Hanover-square,
Alexander Clendinning Lambert, Esq., of Cranmore,park,
Mayo to Emma Maria, daughter or the late Guy Lenox
yo, to
of Gratton-street,
On the 12th inst., at
,St. Maryl,ebone Church, IL Grant,
E q ~late orMadras Civil Service, to Isabella Charlotte,,
eldest surviving daughtet of J. W. Grant, Esq., 8.C.5., and
of .Elsie Morayshire.

On the 10th inst., at St, George's-place, Ilyde-parkscorner,
the Right lion. Charles Lord Douglas, aged 73.
On the Bth inst., at Brighton, Ann, relict of the late John
Cooper, Esq., of Sutton's-gate, Hornchurch.
On the 9th inst:,' at Rose-hill, Utley, Richard Woogen,
Esq., banker,!Oxford, aged 84.
At Notting-hill, on tha-9tit inst.', 'Wuhan. Bickerton, Esq.,
of Pall-mall East, aged 54.
On the 10th inst., at South-place, Fins:bury, Mr., Robert
Denton, aged 52.
On the 10th inst., at Norwood,.Sarah, relict of the bite F.
Burton, 'Esq.,' M.D., of the 12th Royal Lancers, and of Cuni-
berland-street, Brynnston-square.
Oa the 11th inst., at llowland-strett., Titzroy-square,!G:.'
Gowing, Esq., aged 81.
On the 11th inst., at Brook-green, Hanirriramitli, aged 81,
W.. Cox, Esq., formerly of the Coldstream Guard&
~Villim. Dickson.
On the 11th inst., at Benham-house, Berls, Mikior-General

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