The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-26 00:00:00

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No. 16,67;3. LONDON, THURSDAYF. sti a FA wa„..-10rKu A
FEBRUARY 26, 1846.

LONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK.—
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of
the Proprietors of this Company will be held at the Bank, in Loth-
bury, OR WEDNXIDAY, the 4th day of March next, at one o'clock
precisely, to declare a Dividend, and for other purposes.
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At this Meeting, Joseph Esdaile, Esq. ; John Stewart, Esq., M.P. ;
and Sir John Kirkland, retire by rotation, but, being elogible for re-
election, offer themselves accordingly.
By order of the Board,
JAMES WILLIAM GELBAJIT, General Manager.
Lothbnry, January 21st, 1846.
The Transfer Books will be closed to prepare for the Dividends
from Feb. 17 to March 10, 1846.

UNIVERSAL GAS-LIGHT COMPANY
iJ Capital, 100,0001., in 6,000 Shares of 201. per Share.
Deposit, 2e. per Share. in accordance with the Act.
'(Provisionally Registered.)
Names of the Working Cinsimittet, ii whose hands the affairs of the
Company are placed until fully registered.
William Stiles, Esq. Professor Ryan, M.D., LL.D.
Captain Kenyon Robert Nicholson, Esq.
_Henry Frauds, Esq., Patentee Dominique Causse, Esq.
Joseph Peplow, Esq. Henry Ault, Esq.
Charles Brooke, Seq. John Kissick, Esq.
SOLICITOR—J. F. W. Fesenmeyer, Esq.
BANKIIRS—air Claude Scott, Mart., and Co.
This Company is formed for the purpose of carrying out, and bring-
ng into general use, an invention (secured by letters patent) for an
unproved manufacture of gas of a superior quality, and at niuch less
expense than the usual cost, by an apparatus so simple in construc-
tion, and se compendious in form, as to be available in any building
or situation where the ordinary supplies if gas are not accessible.
Full details in prospectus, which may be had at the offices of the
Company, 159, Drury-lane, with forms of applieatien for shares, and
where may be seen the apparatus at work, and the brilliancy if the
gas exemplified. Mr. William Nicholson, Secretary, to whom must
be made all esnamsinieallons, pest free.

UNIVERSAL GAS-LIGHT COMPANY.-
@ON-TRACTS TAKEN for lighting op with a superior GAS,
and at a reduced rate, towns, Tillages, lighthouses, dockyards, hos-
pitals, theatres, public einem manufactories, printing-offices, prisons,
barracks, railway-stations, asylums, schools, and other large build-
ings, where the ordinary gas is not accessible. Letters to be ad-
dressed to Mr. William Nicholson, Secretary, 15!, Drury-lane.

UNIVERSAL GAS-LIGHT COMPANY.
At a meeting of the Provisional Committee, held at the
offices, 159, Drury-lane, London, on Saturday, the 21st February,
1846,

JOHN RYAN, Esq., M.D., LL.D., in the chair,

It was resolved—That the allotment of shares in the above
Company shall take place on MONDAY, the 16th day of March next
ensuing.
Applications for shares to be made to the Secretary, Mr. William
Nicholson, to wham all letters must be addressed, prepaid.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This institution. offal's important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all oceasiens, the power to borrw►, without ex-
pense er forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table); also the option of selecting benefits, an the conversion
of his interests to meet ether conveniences er necessity. Assurances
for term* of years are granted en the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PitOFITt.
The success and increasing presparity of the Society has enabled
the Directors, at the last anunal investigation, to declare a third
Bonus, varying from 3u to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on
each Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPL.MS.

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1637 £l9l 13 6 £B7 13 5 £l3 17 1 £395 11 1
1836 165 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2
60 1000 74 3 4 1830: 138 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4
1840, 89 0 0 41 13 4 6 0 247 4

The dinislon of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De-
cember of the present year.

F. rEuGusoN CAMROUX, Bee.

_BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
1, Princes-street, Bank, London.
Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 4th Pict., cap. 9.
ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION.
MUTUAL ASSURANCE SEANCE.
Complete security afforded to the Assured by means of an ample
subscribed capital, and the large funds accumulated from the pre-
miums on upwards of 6,000 policies.
Half the amount only of the annual premium required during the
first five years, the remaining half premiums being paid out of the
profits, which, after five years, will be annually divided among the
Assured.

s. d. d.
100 2 0 0
122 2 4 4
1 4 11 2 9 10
1 8 6 2 17 0
113 3 3 6 6
1 19 6 3 19 0
2 7 9 4 15 6
2 18 10 s 17 8
PETER

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25
30
35
40
45
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1 9 2
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Whole Pre-
mium, after
seven years.

X s. d.
1 16 0
1 19 2
2 3 6
2 19 10
2 15 4
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A Director.

NICOLL'S PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH.
Registered 6th and 7th 'Victoria, tap. 66.
Patron'sed by the Plinio Consort, Prince George of Cambridge, &e.

"In its appearance there is a gentlemanly neatness, and an ab-
sence of all unsightly vulgarity. It has met-with the highest appro-
bation in the Ceurt circle."—(See Morning Post.)
This invention is an over-coat, adapted for a variable climate,
composed of the purest Llama wool. The fleece of this singular
animal is naturally repellent of water, yet is amply porous to admit
a due escape of bodily heat, and is allowed to be lighter, softer, more
durable, and more elastic, than any other description of cloth.
Registered Paletots of this fabric, in colours black, blue, brown,
olive, Oxford grey, &c., are to be had of their recognised agents in
the eountry, and in London only at the extensive ware-rooms of
the Patentees, who are tailors to the Court, and makers of the most
fashionable plain dress garments, with Foreign and British diplo-
matic and regimental uniforms. In these the same spirit for mo-
derate prices is maintained as exemplified by the Registered Pstlitot.
The patronage so generally bestowed on this patented invention,
has induced some unprincipled persons an attempt the fraudnlent
imposition of assuming a similarity of name; being an attempt to
deceive the public with some trashy substitute. A. reward of Fifty
Pounds is offered for the actual detection of an Infringement.
Messrs. Nicoll think it due to their own reputation thus respect-
fully to cannon the Public, and to request a close observance of the
address, and that each Registered Paletot is distinctly marked on the
inside, 11. I. and D. NICOLL, 114, Regent-street, London.

AN AF ECTING- GOOD BYE
A gentleman, not many days remote,
Was heard in conversation with his coat.
" My faithful friend," said he, " it makes me grieve
To think that I'm constrain'd to take my leave.
You've been a worthy garment in your time, •
But now, alas I I think you've seen your prime.
And, therefore, dearest coat I I think it best
To fold you up and pop you in thy chest.
Good bye, my worthy coat ! good bye! good bye I".
(And here he wip'd a tear-drop from his eye).
" Well," said the garment. "If it must be so,
It can't be help'd ; but I regret to go.
Of course you'll haste to MOSES for another;
At MOSES' mart I've.many a worthy brother.
You'll get a coat of MOSE,: and his RON
To serve you just as well as I have done.
I'm only one from such a boundless stock ;
They've charming coats in thousands—dress and frock.
Cheer up, good master I pray cheer up," said lie,
" You'll get another coat as good as me."

LIST OF PRICES.
READY MADE.

g. d.
'Beaver Taglionls ....... ........... ..... from 0 8 6
Chesterfields or Codringtons ........................ 0 10 6
D'Orsays, Attols, Pembroke, and every cteseriptiod of
Winter Coats . ..... • • ............................ 1 8 0
Bcys' Winter Coats in every style .............. from 0 8 6

Winter troasers, lined .... ... ....
Doeskin, ..

Dress Coate, edged ..•••••• •• •• .

. _
Frock, ditto . • • • • • .... .
Ben Cellar Veat.................

.............. 0 10 6

... ...... ..... 1

.............. t
.............. 0

Double-breasted • .................. .
Rot's' Hussar and Tunic suits.... • •

Ditto, Winter 1 r0u5er5........ ...• • ..• ............ • • 0 a 0
Ditto; ditto Tests . .

FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HE AL TH
The manifold advantages to the heads' of families from the
possession of a Medicine of known efficacy, that may be resorted to
with confidence, and used with success in cases of temporary sick-
ness, occurring In families more or less every day, are so obvious to
all, that no question can be raised of its importance to every. holm_
holder in the kingdom. From among numerous testmonials, the
°Rowing is respectfully submitted:—
"TO MR. THOMAS PROTIT, 29, STRAND, LONDON.
" h, Cooper-street, Manchester, March 12, 1842.

Sir,—l have much satisfaction in communicating to you the re-
suit of my experience, after repeated trials, of FRAMPTON'S PILL
OF HEALTH, and I feel it but justice to state, that in the course of
many years' trial of various Aperient Medicines, I have never found
results at once so salutary and efficient in the relief of the system
from redundant bile, &c., &c.. with so little inconvenience; I am
therefore, warranted in declaring that they supply to me a means
ong wanting, of being able to recommend to families, schools, and
especially mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the road, a most
valuable resource In an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit
to myself if, in giving thii testimony, I am the means of making
FRAMPTON'S PILLS more generally known and appreciated.
" I am, Sir, respectfully yours, " WILLIAM SMITH."
The unprecedentd sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest re-
commendations of the many thousands who have derived benefit
from their use, render any lengthened comment necessary ; they are
not put forth as a cure for all diseases to which mankind is liable, but
for Bilious and Liver COmplaints, with their many well-known at-
tendants, Bilious-and Sick Headache, Pain and Oppression after meals,
Giddiness, Dizziness, Singing Noise in Head and Ears, Drowsiness,
Heartburn, Loss of Appetite, Wind, Spasms, &c
Two or three doses willl convince the afflicted of their salutary
effects. The stomach will speedily regain its strength; a healthy
action of the .Liver, Bowels, and Kidneys, will rapidly take place ;
and instead of listlessness, heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance,
strength, activity, and renewed health, extending to good old age,
will be the result of taking this Medicine,. according to the directions
accompanying each box.
Sold by T. Front, 229, Strand, London. Price Is. 134 d. and 2s. 9d.
per box, also by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the
kingdom.
Ask for FRAMPTON'S SILL OF HEALTH, and observe the
Name and Addressof " Thornaa ?rout 229 Strand, London," on the
Goyernineet fitaWp .
•

GREAT NORTH AND SOUTH WALES
AND WORCESTER RAILWAY.
A GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders in the above Com-
pany will be held at the London Tavern, on SeTimbal,' next, the 28th
inst., at One o'clock precisely.
As matters of the greatest importance will come before the meeting,
it is earnestly requested that every Shareholder will be punctual, and
wait till the conclusion of the business.
FREDERIC LAWRANCE,
Chairman of the Committee of Shareholders.
Founders' Hall, T.othbury, 25th Feb., 1846.

TO RAILWAY PROPRIETORS AND SHAREIIOLDERS.
VIESSRS. WICK LIAM and CO., Share
Auctioneers, inform their friends and the public, that their
PUBLIC SALES. OF RAILWAY IIifIARES, &c., are held every
MONDAY and TIIITRSD_PLY, at the HALL F COMMERCIi,
Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, or to the office of the
Auctioneers, 2d, Threadneedle-street, all favours and instructions are
requested to be addressed.
All Scrip and Share Certificates must be forwarded to or deposited
at the office of the Auctioneers, as above, at least the day preceding
the day of public sale, and advises of the result of the sales will be
forwarded by the list post after the sale, and the proceeds 110710..
dlately disposed of a oeording to instructions.

_ -
SGALE OP CHAltOP.B.—Uuder 20/., Is. per share; under 501., la. 6t
under 1001., 2s. 6d. ; and ss. for all above.

TO INNKEEPERS

TO BE LET, WITH IMMEDIATE POSSES
SION, an Old-established FAMILY HOTEL, COMMERCIAL
INS, and POSTING HOUSE.
For reference apply to Mr. John Roderick, Auctioneer and Ap
praiser, Birmingham.

GOALS
THBEYsirsTRAILWAY
WALLSTEONTpir
ED CI
oAr OF

beT, through the medians of your paper, to Inform the'
public that the METROPOLITAN is the only Coal Company who,
deliver the. Best Scrtened Sunderland Wallscnd at 255. per full ton,
unmixed with inferior•serts ; Prime Newcastle, commonly sold for
best, 235. screened ; C.ke, 17s. Delivered freo of extra ohargo
within Ave miles.—Your obedient servants,

279, High Holborn

E. BEARDSIVORTH and CO,

ippRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL•
The GALLERY, for the EXHIBITION and SALE of the
WORKS_ of BRITISH ARTISTS, is OPEN DAILT from Ten till
Five.

Admission, ls. Catal6gue, Is.
WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
Lectures on CHEMISTRY, with Brilliant Experiments,
by 1)r. Ryan, daily at Half-past Three, and on the hveaiugs of
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at Nine o'Clock. • During
Lent a series of LECTURES on ASTRONOMY, by Dr. Bachhoffner
on the Mornings and Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days, illustrated by a beautiful DISSOLVING ORRERY. A daily
LECTURE on the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, illustrated by a
Working Model carrying Visitors. A New and Powerful Working
Model of COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, which
ascends and descends'lnclined Planes with one or wore passengers.
Me PHYSIOSCOPE, ,OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING
VIEWS, CHROM VTROPE, &c. Experiments with the DIVING
BELL and DITER. Open front Eleven to Half-past Five, and
rom Seven to Half-past Ten in the Evening.
Admittance, One Shilling. Schools, Half-Price.

COMMERCIAL AND GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE. Annuity, Family Endowment, and Loan
ASSOCIATION, 112 and 113, Cheapside, London. Under Act of
Parliament 7 and 8 Vic., cap. 110. Established 1841.
At the Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors of the Com-
mercial and General Life-office, held at the Company's offices, as
above, on February 13, 1846.
- •

H. G. WARD, Esq., M.P., in the chair,
it was resolved unanimously,-
1. That the report now read be adopted by this meeting.
2. That a dividend of 61. per cent. upon the paid up capital for the
half-year ending the Ist of Jailuary, 184 G, be declared.
3'. That 11. G. Ward, Esq., M.P., William ilastow, Esq., and T.
Bush 'Saunders, Esq., be re-elected Directors of this Company.
4. That W. Wellington Cooper, Esq., be re-elected Auditor.
5. That the Directors be empowered to take such steps as they may
deem advisable for increasing the working capital of the Company,
by an issue of the reserved shares.
Thanks were voted to the Chairman and the Directors, and the
meeting broke

By order of the Board,
FRED. LAWRANCE, Resident Sec.
Offices, 112 and 113, Cheapside.
For the purpose of carrying out the fifth resolution the Directors
have resolved upon issuing the reserved shares at par.
The sum now paid up is 12s. on each share of 101.

. .
Applications for allotments may laatde in the following form,
and addressed to Frederic Lawrence, the Resident Secretary, at the
Company's offices, 112 and 113, Cheapside, London.
Form of Application for shares.
. _

To the Trustees and Directors of the Commercial and General Life
Office, 112 and 113, Cheapside, London.

Gentlemen,—l* requot you will allot me shares of 101.
each, and I undertake to pay 12s. per share on allotment, and to
sign the deed of settlement on delivery of the stock.
Name . .
Address ...
Business or profession
Date of application,
Reference ......... ......

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 25.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, Guildhall, before Lord DENMAN and

a Special Jury.)
WESTON, EXECUTORS OF EVERS V. LADD.
In this case the executors of a Mr. Evers, deceased, sought
to recover a sum of 7,0001. from the defendant, Major Ladd,
nephew of the deceased. It appeared that deceased was in •
volved in a Chancery suit, which he was apprehensive
would go against him, a result that would embarrass him
very much ; that he withdrew from his banker a sum of
7,000/., which he had in notes; and that shortly before his
death he sent his maid servant to c.. 11 his nephew ;
that she returned with him ; that in her presence, in the bed-
room, the deceased handed defendant a sum of money, saying,
at the same time, "Take this as a gift, and let nobody know
that you have got it;" that defendant took the money, and
after the death of the deceased he consulted the servant as
to where he should conceal the money, and that he ulti-
mately concealed 6,0001. in the mattress, and changed one of
the 1,0001. notes for 1001. notes; that a search was made for
the money after the death of the deceased, but defendant
denied all knowledge of the money; but it was found in a
mattrass, and lodged in a bank. 'The executors now sought
to recover the money, and contended that it was never given
to the defendant as a gift, but had only been entrusted to his
care by the deceased as a safe place of deposit for it.
Thejury found for the defendant.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 25.
(London Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the LORD CHIEF
BARON and a Special Jury.)
AU-NUTT v. RAY.

Mr. Martin and Mr. Ogle appeared for the plaintiff, ani
Mr. Jervis and Mr. Peacock for the defendant.

This was an action brought for the recovery of the sum of
640/. 95., for goods sold and delivered. The plaintiff is a wine
and spirit merchant, and the defendant an extensive wine-
merchant, carrying on business in Mincing-lane. It appeared
that, in the year 1844, the plaintiff sold, through his broker,
a quantity of brandy to defendant, to recover the amount of
which this action was brought.
Defendant pleaded that the debt accrued to the plaintiff
under the firm of John Ray and Company„ and that it
was not a personal debt, and that, consequently, he was not
liable.

The point on which the whole case turned, was whether
there was a real partnership or one only in form existing
between defendant and his nephew, his. reputed partner at
the time the transaction took place.

The case occupied the whole day, and a number of `vi
nesses were examined on both sides.

The LEARNED JUDGE, in summing up, said that the only
question for the consideration of the jury was whether a
partnership really existed between defendant and his nephew,
or not. If there was, the defendant would be entitled to the
verdict; but if not, the verdict must be for the plaintiff;
The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for
plaintiff fur the full amount of the debt, 640/. 9s.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT, Carlisle, Feb. 23.
CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.)
John Hobday, a thick-set, powerful man, with a shock
head of hair, and a deep gash in his cheek, giving him a
very ferocious appearance, was put to the bar, charged with
cutting and wounding Dennis Salmon, with intent to maim
him, to disfigure him, and to do him some grievous bodily
harm.

Mr. Knowles and Mr. Matthews conducted the prosecu
tion; the prisoner (in the absence of Mr. Ramshay) was de.
fended by Mr. James.

Mr. KNOWLES stated the case to the jury. He said the
prisoner and prosecutor were both engaged in the works of
the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, and the circumstances
which had resulted in the present trial arose out of some
disputes which the jury were, no doubt, aware had arisen
between the Irish and English labourers on the line. He
regretted to see, from his instructions in the present case,
that some of the persons engaged as workmen on that line
seemed to think their Irish fellow-subjects were out of the
pale and the protection of the law, but they must be taught
that they were all on an equality in that respect, and that
they all, as they owed obedience to the law, were under
the law's safeguard. After detailing the facts of the case,
the Learned Counsel proceeded to call the several witnesses.
It appeared, that in the beginning of the present month,
in consequence of some serious disputes between the English
and the Irish labourers on the line, it was arranged that the
Irish should be employed to the north and the English to
the south of Penrith. About Penrith, however, they were
a good deal mingled. On the 11th of February a number of
the Irish had assembled and gone to Eamont-bridge for the
purpose of bringing away their effects there, and their wives
and children. They did so peaceably and without outrage.
The following day a number of English " navvies," from
2,000 to 3,000, entered the town of Penrith. The yeomanry
were called out, and for some time succeeded in preserving
the public peace. They were called off, however, in another
quarter, and immediately a number of the " navvies" pro-
ceeded to a house kept by a person of the name of M‘Levi,
where several of the Irish were lodging. They tried to
break open the front door, but failed. They then went to
the back, and succeeded in effecting an entrance. The Irish-
men had concealed themselves in various parts of the house,
but were palled out one by one, taken down stairs, and
beaten most severely, four or five of them being left insen-
sible on the ground. Among the most active was the pri-
soner at the bar, who, conspicuous by his long hair and
shaggy beard, had headed a large body of " navvies" in their
entrance into Penrith in the morning. The prosecutor was
left insensible. He had two severe cuts on the head, his elbow
was shattered, and the upper part of his body one mass of
bruises,
Verdict, Guilty.—Sentence. deferred.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Mr. William Challis, tobacconist in the Hackney-road, was
placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged with having
criminally assaulted Jane Wilson, a child 12 years of age.
The complainant stated, that as she was proceeding home
at 9 o'clock on the preceding evening, the defendant, who
was standing at the door of his shop smoking a cigar, stopped
her, and induced her to enter the house under the pretence of
sending her upon an errand. He next led her into a room at
the back of the shop, instantly threw her down, and, in spite of
her resistance, succeeded in perpetrating the offence imputed
to him. The defendant then promised her ss. if she would
not mention his, conduct towards her, and placed 18.6 d. in her
hand, but she indignantly flung it upon the ground, and a
customer having fortunately entered the shop at the moment,
she availed herself of this interruption to escape into the
street, where she informed the first woman she met of the
treatment she had sustained, and requested to be led home to
her parents.
Elizabeth Blake, the woman just referred to, proved that
the girl, upon leaving the defendant's, house, accosted her in
a state of great distress and alarm, and having informed her
of the circumstances, she conveyed her to the house of her
aunt, who returned with her to the defendant, and gave him
into custody.
Mrs. Esther Bostock, a lodger of the defendant, deposed
that at the time of the alleged assault she heard the cries
and sobs of a child in the room beneath her; and the con-
stable who apprehended him stated that on reaching the
house he found a crowd of several hundred persons assem-
bled in front of it, amongst whom were numerous women,
who threatened to tear the defendant to pieces, and altogether
expressed such exasperation against him, that the witness
was compelled to procure a cab and the assistance of several
other officers to enable him to convey Challis in safety to the
police-station. _ _

Upon being asked if he wished to say anything in answer
to the charge, the defendant declared that it was altogether
destitute of foundation ; but
Mr. BROUGHTON expressed his opinion that a clearer case
had never come under his notice, and said he had no hesita-
tion whatever in committing the defendant for trial, but as
the depositions could not be taken that day, he must be
brought up again upon a future occasion for that purpose.
LAMBETH.

Frederick Minton, a master tailor, residing at No. 3, Hal-
ford-terrace, Penton-place, Walworth, who has been in cus-
tody for several weeks, on a charge of cutting the throat of
his wife, was placed at the bar before Mr. Henry for final
examination.

There are several circumstances attending this case which
render it ono of a very peculiar character. In the first place
an aged woman, the mother-in-law of the prisdner, and who
was a most important witness, has been found dead in her
bed since the prisoner's apprehension and his examination in
this Court. In the first place, notwithstanding the force of
the evidence, the wife herself declares her husband perfectly
innocent of the charge, and asserts that her own was the
hand with which the wound on her throat had been inflicted.
The circumstance took place on the morning of Sunday, the
25th of last month.

Mr. Otway, the gentleman 'who was first called in, and
under whose treatment the prisoner's wife has nearly reco-
vered, expresses it to be his decided opinion that Mrs. Mun-
ton had inflicted the wound herself, and speaks of the situa-
tion of the wound itself, being in front of the throat, as in a
great measure confirmatory of that opinion.
Mr. Hewitt, a surgeon, who had been called in by the po-
lice, gives a different and opposite opinion. The latter gen-
tleman thought that if Mrs. Munton had attempted the act
herself she would have commenced the wound further back,
on the left side. Having once commenced,-he (Mr. Hewitt)
did not think she could have left off so soon as appeared to
have been done in the present wound. On going to the sta-
tion-house he requested the prisoner to strip, and found a
number of scratches on his person. Three fingers on the left
hand were cut across, apparently by the cut of a hard-pointed
sharp instrumented. There were no other marks about him,
but he was much discoloured with blood all over, especially
his feet. His shirt, both the front and sleeves, were satu-
rated with blood. The prisoner said he could account for
this. He said he was in the habit of sleeping without his
shirt occasionally, and was going on to say something fur-
ther, when Inspector Collier and himself (witness) cautioned
him, and told him he had better say nothing about it.
Mr. HENRY remarked, that it was not the duty of an officer
to check or prevent a prisoner from any statement he might
think proper to make, though such appeared to be the pre-
vailing opinion. Their duty, as frequently expressed by the
Judges, was to hear anything a prisoner chose to disclose, but
not by questions or conversation lead them to makestatements
which might be again used against them.
Mrs. Munton, the prisoner's wife, was next examined.—She
is a tall, middle-aged woman, was very pale, and seemed very
weak from the excessive loss of blood and the effects of the
wound, which it appeared is nearly healed. Upon being
sworn, she, in a low tone, deposed that she had been mar-
ried to the prisoner for about three years, and, with the ex-
ception of a few words about business, which they soon made
up again, they lived happily together. She was subjected to
an unusual flow of blood to her head, and this disturbed her
mind a good deal. On the morning of Sunday, the 25th of
last month, she got out of bed from her husband for the pur-
pose of lighting the fire, and while she went along the pas-
sage, her mind became so distressed that she could not tell
what her feelings were. There was something going before
her which excited her very much, and said, " You must do
the rash act !" She then went into the kitchen and got the
razor. She was at the time in a dreadful state of madness,
and gave one cut in the passage and the other in the room.
She imagined, for she was not sure, she called her husband,
who was in bed, and he came to her assistance. 'While she
lay on the floor she was unconscious of what passed for a
short time, and until she heard her mother's voice when
asking "who had done it?" and she, witness, merely shook
her head, as she could, not speak.

Mr. HENRY—Are you sure you did not point to your hus-
band and say, "He did it?" Now be careful, Mrs. Munton,
and don't answer the question hastily.
Mrs. Murton,
_with some animation—l am quite certain I

did not point, or say so, as I could not speak at the time
and I merely shook my head. I have nothing further to,
say, but that my husband is quite innocent, and that I did
it myself. There had been no scuffling in the passage.
Mr. HENRY—One of the surgeons examined swears to
some scratches being on the person of your husband. Do
you know how he became so scratched ? Mrs. Munton—
Oh, my husband was in the habit, when I let my nails
grow, of asking me to scratch his back, and I did so some
weeks ago. Mrs. Munton denied having had a quarrel with
her husband of any serious nature, or any dispute beyond
a few words on business since their marriage, and then they
soon made it up again.
The sister of Mrs. Menton, a respectable married woman,
contradicted the latter part of her sister's evidence, de-
clared that the prisoner was frequently in tte habit of ill-
using her, that her sister had, on many occasions, com-
plained of his ill-treatment, and being black and blue from
his violence, and she actually saw the prisoner ill-use her
herself.
Arthur Joy Vesey, a little boy, ten years of age, the
illegitimate son of Mrs. Munton, said that for some weeks
before Sunday, the 25th January, he lived with his grand-
mother and uncle, in the house of the prisoner. On the
Thursday night before the 25th lie slept in the same room
with his mother and the prisoner. On that night the pri-
soner came home about one o'clock, and from that time until
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throat, and told his wife he should do for him.• Nis mother
replied that there would be no occasion for that, as she
should take her boy with her, and should either drown or
hang herself.
Mr. HENRY remarlyd, that taking the whole of the evi-
dence into consideration, he should send the case before a
jury and leave it to them to say whether they believed the
statement of Mrs. Munton, or whether she was not giving a
false colouring:to the case in order to screen her husband from
the charge.