The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-12 00:00:00

yitlE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12,
_1846.

1 without specifying what one, and singular enough, it
I says, " the said Act of Parliament has not been regis-
tered." Really, this slovenly way of rendering judgment
is unpardonable. The Act of the Court then goes on to
say, " considering that the project of law passed by the
States, on the 7th March, 1842, in order to assimilate
the law in this island to that now in England, respecting
the Quakers and Moravians, has not obtained the royal
sanction, and that therefore if Philip Lempriere was to
make a false declaration, there exists no law by virtue
of which he would be punishable, as a witness would be
who should falsify his oath, the Court has adjudged that
he is bound to take the customary oath as contained in
the code of 1771." Thus, this judgment is not founded
on the pretension, but is altogether beside tise question.
The witness claimed the benefit of the law, and no power
upon earth can lawfully withhold it. The affirmation of
Quakers has long been known in Jersey and pro-
vided for by the laws of the island, enacted by competent
authority, but then those laws have been repudiated.
So then the Court, take advantage of their own wrong
or disobedience towards her Majesty, by declaring that
the Act of Parliament which they
refused to register,
has not acquired force of lawl They say nothing of the
Order in Council which ccsmmanded them to register it,
and which order, as well as several others, have not
been registered, kithough Mr. Le Breton assured the
Commissioners that " Orders in Council were always re-
gistered, notwithstanding the Court bad the power to
suspend them until a representation was made." Again:
becatre the States have passed a project to supersede
the Act of Parliament, which project has been disallow d,
the Royal Court declare there is no law for the punish-
ment of Quakers, who may make a false declaration.
Now what said Mr. Le Breton before the Commis-
sioners? " Although we have no criminal law, but the
coutumier, yet the Court uses its discretion in the
punishment of crime." Then why not have done so in
the present case? whether there is or not, a law, for the
punishment of a false declaration, the Court was bound
to admit the witness to affirm, conformably to Act of
Parliament. It was bound to administer the law just as
they found it, and not to anticipate, that the witness
would perjure himself. By doing so, they have violated
a positive law to prevent a bare contingency—which is a
grave dereliction of their duty. If they did not think
proper to admit Lempriere to depose on his affirmation
they ought to have dispensed with his evidence, and not
to have imprisoned him for non-conformity.
The Act of Parliament under which Lempriere
claimed exemption was applicable to all the British
dominions; besides, there was an express provision made
in the Code of Laws, permitting persons calling them-
selves Quakers to be heard on their solemn affirmation
in certain cases, which is a recognition of the right. It
was an Act of George IL, for collecting moneys for the
support of Greenwich Hospital, and contains the fol-
lowing clause:—"Provided and be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, that in all cases, wherein by
this Act an oath is required or appointed to be taken,
the solemn affirmation or declaration of the people
called Quakers, shall be accepted instead of such oaths,
in such manner and form, as by laws and statutes of this
kingdom is directed and appointed; and if any such
Quaker shall refuse to make such solemn affirmation
and declaration in any case, wherein any other person
is hereby required to take an oath, every such Quaker
so refusing, shall for every such offence, be subject to
the like forfeitures and penalties, as any other person
refusing to take an oath, is made liable to by this Act.
And in case any such Quaker shall upon his solemn
affirmation or declaration, affirm or declare any matter
which shall be false, or if any other person before any
such receiver or other person hereby authorised to
administer oaths shall wilfully make a false oath, every
such Quaker or other person being thereof lawfully
convicted, shall for every such offence, suffer and be
' liable to the like fines, pains, penalties, and punish-
ments, as persons convicted of wilful and corrupt per-
jury are subject and liable to by the laws of the re-
spective places, where such offence shall be committed."
The Court have acted under the erroneous impression
that an Act of Parliament, in which the islands are in
eluded, under general terms, have not force of law, but
this objection has been anticipated and provided for by
the Order in Council, which is the statute law of the
country. As for the notion that an Act of Parlisment
has not force until registered it is preposterous. It bai
been everruled by the Lords of the Council, the Queen's
Bench, and the Court of Exchequer. The authorities
may petiti,in the I'rivy Council against an Act, but in
vain. It is not within the competency of the Crown to
release them from its obligations, as may b 3 seen by the
1)110 w ing Order in C,-)uncil :

At the Court at Hampton Court, the first day of July,
(
1731, upon reading this day at the Board a report for
the .IZi;ht Hon. the Lords of the Committee, for the
affairs if Jersey and Guernsey, dated the 16th of last
month, in the words following, viz., "Your Majesty
caving been pleased, by your order in Council of the 9th
df July, 1730, to refer unto this Committee the humble i
petition of the States of your Majesty's Island of Guern-
sey, setting forth that by an Act passed in the second
year of your Majesty's reign, it is enacted that some
former Acts made concerning the raising sixpenco per
month from all seamen's wages, towards the support of
Greenwich Hospital, should be extended to the ships and
vessels belonging to any of the subjects of the said Island
of Guernsey, and that the said duty should he collected
and levied in that island. That apprehending the col-
lecting and levying the said duty within the said
island is ' contrary to the charters and privi-
leges' granted to the inhabitants by your Ma-
jesty's royal progenitors ; they, therefore, humbly
prayed that they might be heard in maintenance of their
privileges, and that your Majesty will be pleased to
grant them your royal protection, and such relief in the
premises, as to your Majesty shall seem meet. The
Lords of' the Committee, in obedience to your Majesty's
said order of reference this day, took the said petition
into consideration, and were attended by counsel for the
States of the sad Island of Guernsey, as also for the re-
ceivers of the said duty. But it appearing on the face of
the said petition, to he a complaint "against an Act of
Parliament," their Lordships did not think proper to
near the counsel on the merits of the said petition,
" being of opinion that the same was not cognisald,
More your Majesty in Council ;" and therefore humbly
report to your Maje:tty, that the said petition ought to
be rejected.
We have now only one more observation to make.
Lempriere has been robbed of his property. He has
charged two persons with the commission of the offence,
m,l thoy hive been liberated on bail ; one has forfeited
' nis recognisance, the other may do the same, but Lem-
priere, who comes forward on behalf of the public to
bring them to justice, is made the scape goat. He is
first robbed of his property, and thin of his liberty also.
And yet this is a Christian country. Hurrah for
reform

THE AFFRAY ON THE NEW-
CASTLE AND BERWICK RAILWAY.
NEWCASTLE UPON-TYNE, SATURDAY.—The prisoners
George Mathews and John Hughes, were brought up
before the Magistrates, Mr E. J. Collingwoe.d and Sir
M. W. Ridley, Bart., at the Moot-hall, this day, when
William Oliver, Mary Bryson, and Captain :Potts were
Examined.
•
William Hunter, police-officer at Walker, was then
,worn—He said, I received information of tht murder on
Monday afternoon, and traced the prisoner Hughes to
Sunderland, where I apprehended him betwe ,n one and
two o'clock on Tuesday morning. On core ;eying him
to Newcastle, when we reached the Pelaw• station, the
prisoner asked me if the man was dead? and on my
telling him that he was, he said, " I told n iy companion
he had done wrong in stabbing the wan with the knife,
and that we were sure to be taken; but ghat I would
take one way, and ho another."
John Blenkinsopp said—l am a butcher iirt. Newcastle,
and was going towards Long Benton when met Cap-
tain Potts, who told me a man had been sts tbbed, and
gate me a description of the person who h ad done it,
and the direction he had taken. I prom, in the
direction pointed out, and overtook t. e prisoner
Mathews near Byker, where I passed him 6 ~nd gave in-
formation to the police, at the Ouseburn 6 tation, and
when he came up one of the policemen too( him into
custody.
John Potts, inspector of police, said—l es me into the
station soon after the prisoner Mathews was appre-
hended, and searched him, but did not find , knife upon
him.

John Turaer, police-officer, said--I seam ed the road
which the parties had taken after the man t vas stabbed,
and found a penknife open, lying on the side of the foot-
path, about 180 paces from where the murde : took place.
It was rusty, but the ground was wet, and i t had rained
the night before. There was the appearat ee of blood
on the knife.
Thomas Commons, surgeon, said—l re ade a post-
mortem examination of the body of the -ceased, and
found a wound on the inside of the left th ig h, nearly in
the groin. It was two and a half inches lcol one and a
half inches in depth, and three-quarters of ax t inch wide.
It appeared to have been made by a plungs and a rush
upwards. The femoral artery was transfima d and lace-
rated upwards nearly an inch, and the vein in: td also been
opened. Death was caused by the loss of: blood conse-
quent on that wound. The animal life wou; Id be extinct
in a few seconds. A penknife is an instrumfmt t that would
make such a wound.
The clerk to the magistrates stated that II to next wit-
ness was expected to prove that Mathew:: a nd the de-
ceased had had a battle on that day month, -wi ten the pri-
soner Hughes acted as the second of Math/ mvs, but he
found that he was not able to identify the Try rties.
No other witness was called, and the 'risoners on
being charged—Mathews with the inurde c of the de-
' ceased, and Hughes with aiding and ass :isting—said
they were not guilty. The prisoners were t hen formally
committed for trial at the Northumberland assizes.
Mr. REED, the coroner, was present du .r ing this exa-
mination, and at its close he said he had i t :omplaint to
make against the gaoler, for having disol ae yed his war-
rant in not bringing the prisoner before hi in at the in-
quest -which was held on Wednesday.
The gaoler said he was ordered not to do so by the
magistrates.
The CORONER said that made no el Terence. He
ought to have obeyed the order. As it happened, it
was (if no consequence, for the prisoners '4l ere identified
by Captain Potts, who had had an opportuel ity of seeing
there,.

T' ae Clerk of the Peace said the prisoner .I were com-
mitted by the magistrates into the custody .) f the gaoler,
to be produced before them on Thursdr j, and they
had subsequently altered the time to Sa urday. The
gaoler was to keep the prisoners in this c c unty, and if
he had taken them to the inquest they worl Id have had
to pass through the borough of Newcastle, • which would
hav a been virtually putting them out of ' his custody
alt( )gether.
IChe COURT—When the prisoners wei .0 remanded
int.) the custody of the gaoler, he was req n.ired to pro-
due a them before this Court, and he onl_ ir obeyed the
ins tractions of the Court in keeping thee i in custody
wi thin the jurisdiction over which this Col at -t exercises
its authority.
'The CORONEB, was then asked if he wi she d the Ni-
s-AWN to kto produced before laimeu Iticed:PV T 41914 he

replied that he would leave the matter entirely in the
hands of the magistrates.
The Court, after a brief consultation, deferred signing
the committal until Tuesday, to which day the prisoners
were accordingly remanded.
The immediate cause of the brutal attack seems at
presentinvolved in considerable mystery. It appears
that frequent quarrels have lately occurred between the
Irish and English labourers. The deceased was often
heard to complain that the Irishmen were always
molesting him, and he appears to have had a fight
with one of them. He had the reputation of a
good fighter, but was, nevertheless, of a very peaceable
disposition. The evidence of the girl Bryson, as to what
deceased said to her, would lead one to suppose that
the men had robbed him, but there does not appear to be
any good ground for that supposition. From the pay-
ments which deceased was understood to have made after
receiving his wages on Saturday, he was not likely to
have had any more money in his pocket than what was
actually found upon him, which was 6d. and some
copper. The only circumstance which might lead to a
suspicion of robbery was that of Murray throwing
away a pair of trousers in attempting to escape, but the
trousers have since been identified by his landlady as his
own, so that his throwing them away could only have
been to facilitate his escape.
Hughes, the taller of the prisoners, is a good and in-
telligent looking man, of strong muscular powers, keen
eye, and large perceptive faculties. Mathews presents
a remarkable contrast to him in all these respects. He
has, besides, a vacant stare, which gives him an appear-
ance almost idiotic. Both prisoners were dressed in the
ordinary costume of their class—fustian trousers and a
white smock frock. Hughes stated that his name was
not John Hughes Murray, but John llughes.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
A lad, named John Pye, was brought before the Lord
Mayor, charged with having infringed the Act for the
Protection of Merchant Seamen, by giving a false answer,
in stating that he had not received a register ticket, and
Captain Gardner of the ship Pacific, was charged with
having aided and abetted the boy in committing the mis-
demeanour.
The solicitor to the Board of Admiralty attended for
the prosecution, which excited much interest, and termi-
nated in a manner very different from what was ex-
pected on the first view of the case. The solicitor to
the Admiralty stated that the Merchant Seaman's Act
required that each person in the merchant service should
be registered, in order that if able-bodied seamen should
be wanted for her Majesty's service upon any emergency
the Government might be able to procure without trou-
ble the necessary amount of assistance.
Mr. E. 11. R. Coleman, clerk in the General Register
and Record Office for Seamen of the Port of London,
Hamet-street, Minories, stated that when seamen were
registered at the outports, duplicates of the register
tickets were returned in pursuance of the Act of Par-
liament to the office in London within a week from the
time of such registration. In the present case the dupli-
cate register ticket was signed in the handwriting of Mr.
Bentley, the proper officer at Hull, and was numbered
204,730, and issued to John Pye, at Hull, on the 11th of
September, 1846. Witness, in consequence of some in-
formation which he received, went on board the Pacific,
lying in the London Docks, to make inquiries. The
prisoner Pye was on board, and witness asked him
where his Hull ticket was? He replied that he never
had a Hull ticket, and witness took him into custody.
Pye then took witness to his lodging, and gave to him
the original register ticket produced, acknowledging that
he had been registered at Hull, and that he knew he had
done wrong, but it was the fault of the captain who had
made him do it. Witness then accompanied Pye to-,
wards the Mansion-house, and in passing the house of
Thomas King, a licensed shipping agent, that agent
identified the boy as a person whom he had bound
apprentice.
Mr. R. Peppercorn, clerk in the Register and Record-
office for Seamen in the Custom House, said it was part
of his duty to register apprentices to seamen, and to put
the necessary questions previously to granting a regis-
ter. On the 2d of October a youth, whom witness be-
lieved to be Pye, applied to him to be registered as an
apprentice, and was accompanied by a Captain Gardner,
the captain of the Pacific. Witness put to him, amongst
other questions, the following:—" Have you, or have
you not, been registered before ?" and he said, " Nu."
Witness then asked him where and when he was born ?
and he replied in Kirkahly, county of Montrose,
29th June, 1830. In consequence of his answers he had
a register ticket granted, a duplicate of which was pro-
ducsd, and the captain took the indenture and-the ticket
away with him.
Mr. Thomas King, licensed shipping agent under the
Bo trd of Trade, said that he was employed by Captain
Gardner, the captain of the Pacific, and bound Pye to
that person as an apprentice on the 2d of October. The
b,3- was called forward by the captain, in order that the
indenture might be made out, and said that he hail ob-
tained a register at Hull, and that he was eighteen years
old. Witness said to the captain that the lad could not
be bound, as he was eighteen years of age. The captain
then told the boy to put the Hull ticket out of the way, and
say nothing about it, and witness said it would be illegal,
and the captain would he liable for his own actions. The
captain then said that witness would do him a favour by
filling up the indentures according to the instructions,
and witness directed the indentures to be filled up ac-
cordingly.
The LORD MAYOR here said it appeared to him that
the agent who had been licensed by the Board of Trade
was much more culpable than either of the individuals
accused, as it was evident the imposition was sanctioned
by the authority of tt:c agent. The case having been
postponed for further evi :eller-, Mr. Hobler appeared as
solicitor for Captain Gardner.
Mr. George Burnell, assistant to Mr. King, was called
for the prosecution. He stated, that on the Ist of Octo-
ber he went en board the Pacific, in the London Docks,
and received instructions from the boy as to his age and
birth-place. The boy said he was sixteen years of age.
'nett was merely a visit preliminary to drawing up the
indentures; and on the following day witness went on
board again, and the captain and the boy and Mr. King
were On hoard. The captain pointed to the boy as the
person he wished to be bound, and Mr. King said he
would fill in the name in the indentures. The boy said he
was just upon eighteen years of age, and Mr. King said he
could not be bound at that age, and the captain said to
the boy, " You must make it a little younger than that;"
and the boy said, " Say sixteen, then—but how about my
other re :inter ticket?" The captain said, " Oh, just
keep that out of the way. You have no occasion to let
them see it, as it is only a matter of form, merely a
nominal thing just to work the vessel out."
Mr. King said, "You must mind what you are about
captain—you are acting contrary to the law." The
captain said, " It's only just to work the vessel out to
Hobart Town." Witness then filled in the indentures,
and witnessed the signatures of the captain and the
crew.
Mr. King was called and re-examined by Mr. Hobler.
Mr. Ruttier—You being a Government officer, didyeu,
knowing that the boy could not be apprenticed at
eighteen years of age, fill up the indentures and per-
form the necessary forms? Mr. King—l did not. It
was my assistant.—(Laughter.)
Mr. Hobler—Wily did you not, knowing that the
whole of the business was illegal, tell the captain that
you could not act at all? Mr. King—l did tell him so.
But he entreated me very much.
Mr. Hobler—And you allowed him to do an illegal
act ? Mr. King—lt was not I that did it •it was my
young man.—(Laughter.)
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sition to the law.
The LORD MAYOR—And still you obeyed the instruc-
tions of the captain ?
Mr. King—l did not. It was my assistant that filled
up the indentures. I assured the captain that he was
not justified, but there was no use in talking to him. Ile
would have the boy bound.—(Laughter.)
Mr. nobler submitted that the case was a most flagrant
one against the Government agent, who had solicited to
be employed in the matter, and had afterwards betrayed
the captain, who, having 'been absent from England
twenty years, was not aware of the state of the law, and
relied entirely upon the judgment of the agent.
The LORD MAYOR said that Mr. Tlobler's view of the
case was perfectly correct. The Government agent was
the offender, and he hoped the solicitor to the Admiralty
would take care that the matter should be represented
to the Board of Trade.
The Solicitor to the Admiralty said that if he had
known what had come out in the presence of his Lord-
ship, he certainly would have hesitated before he charged
the captain, and that he should take care that the case
should be represented to the Board of Trade.
The Captain, in answer to the Lord Mayor, said that
he should take the boy with him as a seaman, and his
Lordship discharged both defendants.

GUILDHALL.
Mr. Joshua Freeman, one of the inspectors of forged
notes at the Bank of England, attended before Mr.
Alderman Gibbs, on summons for detaining a sheet of
paper belonging to Mr. Alfred Mortimer Job, a stationer,
in Bread-street.
Mr. C. Freshfield, one of the solicitors to the bank, ap-
peared on behalf of the defendant.
Mr. Job said he complained of the detention of a sheet
of paper manfactured by him, and bearing the name of
Dupont and Co. in the water mark. Mr. Freeman took
it from him a month ago at the Bank of England. He
called on complainant and inquired about some paper he
had made for Mr. Thornton, the same gentleman that
committed suicide in a station-house a short time since.
Witness told him he thought he had preserved ORO sheet
of it for his register of specimens, but of course he could
not part with that. He found the sheet and took it to
the bank to show Mr. Freeman, who seemed to want to
keep it. Witness told him he could not part with it, but
he delivered it to him to show to the governor. After
keeping him waiting for a long time he returned, and
said he intended to detain it. Complainant said this was a
very arbitrary proceeding towards a respectable trades-
man, and insisted that his property should be returned to
him. After some discussion, Mr. Freeman promised
to return it by noon that day. He, however, did not
do so, and witness was obliged to take this course, upon
principle, to show that even the bank could not be suf-
fered to treat people in an arbitrary manner,
Mr. Freshfield replied that the circumstances of the
case were rather extraordinary. A man named Thorn-
ton destroyed himself a short time since while in cus-
tody, charged with having possession of a forged bAta-
note. At his lodgings were found - ' -
Tawas Sfla imple-
ments for preparing foro‘-'
that Mr. Job I,^'
, _..41 manufactured the paper for him.
notes, and discovered
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with a curved or waving bar watermark, on pain of
trusportitieh for 14 forgery, and
years. The way FOicialx•

Job met the inquiry induced the banik to believe he had
(attended inadvertently, and no proceeding was taken
against him, though the mischief he had enabled Thorn-
ton to commit was enormous. He had manufactured for
him paper for 10,000 notes, which might have been filled
up as 1001. or 1,000/. notes, and circulated in India and Eu-
rope. The paper had fortunately been seized at Alex-
andria on its way to Cairo, where Thornton had an
establishment. If Mr. Job flattered himself that he
might lawfully have possession of paper on which he
could fabricate false notes, he was mistaken. It was
declared to be a felonious act to make such a water mark
or to have such a sheet of paper in possession. He
warned Mr. Job that he would be treated as a felon if ho
were found offending again.
Mr. Job said the Act which Mr. Freshfield referred
to only related to the making of paper to be used in
England, but he had a perfect right to make paper in
any fashion for exportation, to be used by banks in
foreign countries. The Act could not be so stringent as
to making water marks of curved lines, or as to having
possession of paper so marked, for many of the country
banks printed their notes on such paper. It was a com-
mon thing to find the water mark of a local note of a
wavy pattern like a Bank of England note.
Mr. Freshfield said he was not aware of any such in-
fringement of the law.
Mr. Alderman GIBBS inquired for the section of the
Act to which Mr. Freshfield had referred.
Mr. Freshfield handed to him the 11th George IV.,
cap. 66, sec. 13, 14.
Mr. Alderman GIBES read it, and said Mr. Job was
certainly mistaken. There were no words of limitation
in favour of paper made to be used abroad. It was un-
lawful under any eircumstances for any one but the
Bank of England to make paper like theirs in respect to
curved or waving watermark lines. He gave the Act to
Mr. Job to see if he could discover any exception that
would avail him.
Mr. Job and a friend turned over the statute for a
few moments, till Mr. Freshfield said he would make
him a present of that copy, that he might look at it care-
fully. He took this opportunity of recommending him
to get rid of an instrument which had been seen in his
house, and which was used by manufacturers of spurious
gold ceins.
Mr. Job said this was mentioned to prejudice him as
a respectable tradesman. They were used by his father,
and he had a right to have them, for they were simply
implements to be used in gilding, a mere battery.
Mr. Alderman GIBBS recommended Mr. Job to with-
draw his complaint. If he asked for a decision another
magistrate must be called in, for one magistrate could
not determine on the complaint.
Mr. Job at first said he would have a decision.
Mr. Alderman GIBBS again recommended him not to
press for it.
Mr. Job said, then at all events he hoped it would be
a lesson to the directors to treat respectable tradesmen
with due respect, and not take the same arbitrary course
as they had with him.
Mr. Freshfield (laughing) said no doubt the directors
would take the lecture from his bands.
The bank, therefore, retained the sheet of paper in
issue. It was produced in Court. It was larger than a
bank note, and had a border of watermark all round, the
words " Dupont and Co." appearing at the top and
bottom, and " Egypt" on each side ; but a distinct
water line showed where this border might be cut off,
leaving a centre piece exactly the size of a bank note,
and leaving a watermark of curved or waving lines ex-
actly resembling the bank note.
BOW-STREET.
MISCONDUCT OF A. SOLDIER.—Edward Ferby, a pri-
vate in the Scots Fusileer Guards, was charged with
wantonly breaking windows in a public-house, while in
a state of intoxication.
Mr. Perry, of the Crooked Billet, Wych-street,
Strand, proved, that at, nine o'clock on the previous
evening, the prisoner and two other soldiers, all of whom
were drunk, came in and had three half-pints of rum.
They entered into conversation with a bystander, and
offered to measure the muscles of their arms with his,
but he declined, on which they wished to have a spar-
ring-match with him ; but witness prevented this by
turning them out of the house, and shutting the door.
This rendered them very furious, and the prisoner broke
no less than seven panes of glass, some of which were
worth 265.
The prisoner, in his defence, declared that ho was
drunk, and had no recollection of the acts charged
against him.
Mr. Wilson, of the Two Spies, Catherine-street, also
preferred a charge of breaking windows against the
prisoner.
It appeared that as he was being conveyed to the
station-house on the first charge he took off his belt
and, dashing it through the window, broke two squares
of glass, and also part of the sash. He conducted him-
self in such a violent manner that it required twelve con •
stables to convey him to the station-house, one of whom,
135 F, he kicked in a most severe manner, and threatened
to murder any one who touched him.
Mr. HALL said it was evident that the mischief was
occasioned by Mr. Perry allowing liquor to persons in a
state of intoxication, and it was an offence on his part to
admit such persons into his house. He would take care
that the facts should be laid before the licensing magis-
trates at the annual licensing day, as Mr. Perry ought to
be punished. At the same time the prisoner should be
made to feel that he could not be permitted to commit
such violent acts, and also that intoxication was no ex-
cuse. He therefore committed Min for 21 days for the
assault on the police, and ordered him to pay 265. for the
destruction of Mr. Perry's windows, or, in default, 15
days' imprisonment, and also ss. or five days' imprison-
meet for the damage done at Mr. Wilson's.
Mr. Perry assured the magistrate that he had not sup-
plied the peisoners with liquor, but that they were treated
by persons who were present.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
THE CASE OF MRS. LoMAx.—Mr. Lomax, a solicitor,
the eldest son of General Lomax, attended the Court
on Saturday morning to give some explanation of the
circumstances under which General Lomax left his son,
Captain Lomax's wife, and her infant child to remain in
such a state of destitution as necessitated the application
made by her for relief to the Strand Union.
Mr. Lomax said General Lomax felt much anno

mica at the publicity given to the case ; he was not,
however, disposed to do more for his son than he did at
present, namely, to allow him a sufficient sum to main-
tain him. Captain Lomax was a person of such reckless
and dissipated habits, that it was quite impossible to en-
trust him with money. If Captain Lomax was furnished
with money, he would spend it in dissipation, or if he
immediately.
was supplied with clothes, he would make away with
them
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stated
theG
a divided interest between husband and wife, he could
only refer the wife to his son for support.
Mr. HARDWICKE said, from the statement of Mr. Lo.
allowance, ad a Generals
max, it was quite clear she had no prospect of receiving
assistance from her husband. Besides, the state of mind
of Captain Lomax, and his general violence towards her,
made it quite impossible for her to live again with him.
Under these circumstances it appeared to him that it
was a question for General Lomax to determine, whether
it would not be the most advisable course, instead of pay-
ing the whole allowance to his son, to set aside a portion
of it for the use of his daughter-in-law and his infant
granddaughter.
Mr. Lomax could not recommend the General to adopt
this course.
Mr. HARDWICKE said that he had hoped, from the
respectable situation in society occupied by General Lo-
max, that some arrangement would have been made to
prevent extreme measures being used. Mrs. Lomax was
in so deplorable a state of destitution as to render a re-
sort to parish relief inevitable, consequently it would be
necessary that a warrant should issue against Captain
Lomax, and if he did not satisfy the parish he would be
sent to the House of Correction.
Mr. Lomax said ho would not interfere, nor would
General Lomax, to check the operation of the law.
WORSHIP-STREET.
PRECOCIOUS VILLANY.—Jinnes Ilor#'orth and William
Neville, two lads in the service of Mr. Henry Le Lievre,
an extensive silk dyer in Cleveland-street, Mile-end-
road, were brought up fur final examination, charged
upon their own confession with having carried on a
wholesale system of plunder on their master's premises,
Mr. Heritage, who conducted the case, stated that the
prisoners had been for several months in Ithe service
of the prosecutor, and that almost daily during that
period portions of undressed silk had disappeared in an
unaccountable manner from the premises. About fifty
workmen wore constantly employed at the establishment
several of whom had been successively suspected, and
consequently discharged from their situations ; and
about a week ago the private watchman was also dis-
missed at a moment's notice, in consequence of another
robbery, which had taken place on the previous night,
and which the prosecutor inferred could not have been
committed without this knowledge and co operation.
Shortly after the poor man had been discharged, how-
ever, the prisoner Horsforth made a voluntary confession
to one of his master's female servants, to the effect
that the whole of the discarded workmen were entirely
innocent of the offence, of which he himself was alone
guilty, as he had been in the constant habit of con-
cealing the silk underneath his clothes, and that he
afterwards sold it, and shared the proceeds with the
other prisoner. On making the disclosure, the little
rascal chuckled in high glee at the disgrace and odium
which had fallen upon so many innocent men in conse-
quence of his successful depredations, and begged her not
to mention the matter to any one ; but she refused to
accede to his request, and immediately communicated
the circumstance to her master, who gave the prisoners
into custody.
Ellen Cotterel, the girl above referred to, deposed to
the communication she had received from Horsforth, as
already detailed.
Police-constable Smith, of the X division, proved that
on taking the prisoners into custody, the lad Neville ad-
mitted that ho had two shillings as his share of the
last booty, and had also participated in the produce of
two previous robberies.
knamoned
tAhenn
Mr. BROUGHTON said that it was a most serious offence,
and, as the charge had been clearly established against
the prisoners, he should order the depositions to be at
once taken, and commit them both for trial.
The magistrate received information that Daniel
tbwyelavewoom'culonc
Crawley, the Irishman who was stabbed on the 3d inst.,
previousTu soon
after
The
woman who was accused of the murder, and who is now
under remand, said that the deceased came into her shop
and threw some meat in her face and treated her in-
dece"ey, rner,dahyad(Edriiedda)..
, and that she put her hands up to protect her-
self, but without any intention of running the knife into

SOUTHWARK.
James Ling,a tall thin fellow, well known to the po-
lice, was charged before Mr. Seeker with breaking into
an uninhabited house, reputed to be haunted, at the
corner of Stamford street, and stealing a copper, the
property of Mr. Reid, to whom the premises also belong.
A policeman of the L division stated that about two
o'clock that morning he was passing the house, and per-
ceiving the hall door open he entered, and by the light

of his bull's-eye saw the prisoner making his escape at
the rear with a large copper on his shoulder. The pri-
soner, however, dropped the copper, but was secured in
his attempt to jump over a high wall. The policeman
added that the house in question, with others adjoining
in a similar state of dilapidation, gave the police a great
deal of trouble, owing to a rumour that they were
haunted, which caused crowds to assemble, who demo •
lished all tho windows with stones.

The prisoner made a singular defence. He said that
he was without a home, and seeing the door of the house
open he went in for shelter from the rain ; that, while
lying down on the staircase, he was alarmed o❑ seeing
what he thought was a ball of fire approaching him.
Being frightened, he tried to make his escape, and
fell over the copper, and then found what he first mis-
took for a ball of fire was the policeman's bull's-eye
lantern.
He was committed.

A tall emaciated looking woman entered the court
nearly at the close of business, and made the following
singular statement :—She said that she was an invalid,
and that about eighteen months ago she became a pa-
tient to a mesmeric doctor, and had been frequently
operated upon by him at various exhibitions. On the
last occasion when he mesmerised her he beat her and
brutally ill-used her, and, to add to his iniquities, he had
plundered her of almost every article she possessed.
She had on various occasions attempted to seek protec-
tion from his violence, and gave notice to the police of
the robbery ; but she being still under mesmeric influ-
ence was prevented from describing other serious casu-
aides which had befallen her since she placed herself in
such hands. Every time she went out for that purpose
she saw the mesmeriser's hand putting paper in her
face ; he actually had her mind under control, and at tho
present moment she felt under his influence. She here
handed in a long written statement, which set forth her
grievances.
Mr. Seeker, after perusing the paper, said be could
not assist her, as the offence which she complained of
was committed so long ago. It was very extraordinary
on her part that she should allow any person to try ex-
periments upon her. The best thing she could do,
however, was to take the advice of her relatives, who
were the best persons to apply to for protection.
The applicant, who hastily gathered up her papers,
then left the court.