The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-17 00:00:00

INDIAN COTTON.

Mr. BRIGHT brought up the report of the Select
Committee on Indian cotton.
SUGAR DUTIES.

Mr. HUME said he had a notice on the paper
to the effect that the Chamber of Commerce of
Jamaica be heard, by their agent, at the bar of this
House, against the Bill for admitting slave-grown sugar,
and against the breach of faith and tbe injuries inflicted
thereby on the island of Jamaica, as prayed for in their
petition, printed in the Appendix to the 55th Report on
Public Petitions, No. 1,153. Since giving the notice, he
had ascertained that the parties ought to have petitioned
to have been heard against the Bill of 1846, and that
they could not be heard against the present measure.
The SPEAKER said the information the Hon. Mem-
ber had received was quite correct. This was not a case
in which petitioners could be heard.
Mr. HUME said, under those circumstances he must
withdraw his motion.

MONDAY EVENING, JULY 17, 1848

proceeded to do so when the lamentable event took
place. That was the answer, and he anxiously looked
for an acquittal.
The Learned JUDGE having summed up, the jury re-
turned a verdict of—Not Guilty.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
SOUTHWARK.

Margaret Courtnay, alias Black Meg, and Thomas and
Mary White, the keepers of a low house in Essex-
street, Gravel-lane, Southwark, were placed at the bar
before Mr. Seeker, charged with attempting to murder
Thomas Fletcher and robbing him of fourteen shillings,
under the following circumstances :
The prosecutor, whose face was covered with bruises,
said that on the night of the Ist inst. he saw the pri-
soner Courtnay in the Red House Tavern, at the corner
of Ewer-street. Hearing her make some observations
respecting Buckinghamshire, they got into conversation,
and partook of some stout and gin together. A little
before twelve o'clock he left the house, followed by
Courtnay, who told him she was a married woman, and
lived in Ewer•street, and that if he would accompany
her home she would introduce him to her hus-
band. Believing from ber statement that she was a
respectable mechanic's wife, and that he might
know something of her husband, he went with her,
but as soon as they entered she ran out and in a
few minutes returned with the male prisoner, who came
up to him and in the most insolent manner demanded
what business he had in his house, and before be could
return an answer he was knocked down by him, and
kicked most violently in the face. The other female
then came out of au adjoining room, and assisted in ill-
treating him, and while on the ground the prisoner
Courtnay took 14s. from his pocket and ran away. The
other prisoner brutally kicked him, and exclaimed,
"Let's murder the —," at the same time he was
thrown with great violence into the middle of the street.
His cries brought some persons to the spot, when he was
taken to the hospital. He was certain that the priso-
ners were the persons who so brutally attacked him and
robbed him.

Police-constable 44 M, said that on the night in ques-
tion he was informed that a murder bad been committed
in Ewer-street, and on hastening to the spot he found the
complainant lying in the middle of the street in a pool of
blood. He procured assistance, and had him conveyed
to the hospital, after which he traced the blood to the
house occupied by White, and on entering he found blood
scattered about the floor, but he could not find anybody
there, or gain any information respecting the parties who
had committed the outrage, until the complainant reco-
vered, when complainant called at the police-station, and
gave the names of the prisoners. Witness had been on
the look-out for them ever since, but they eluded pursuit
until the previous day, when they were apprehended in
their " old haunts."

In answer to the charge, the male prisoner said, that
he knew nothing whatever of Courtnay, but the other
female was his wife. On the night of the first of July,
he returned home a little before twelve o'clock, and on
opening the door was much surprised at seeing the pro-
secutor sitting on his bed. He demanded his business
there, and requested him to leave, and on his refusing
to do so he took hold of him and carried him into the
street He denies using any further violence or any
knowledge of the robbery. He had seen the prosecutor
since then, when he told him that he would have acted
in the same way had he been placed in his situation.
He never intimated any intention of giving him in
charge then.
Complainant said it was true he had seen the man, but
he had been advised not to give him into custody until
he found Courtnay.
The latter prisoner denied the robbery, but said no.
thing about taking the complainant to White's house.
Mr. SEcJER said that he had no doubt they would
have murdered the man had they not so easily succeeded
in robbing him of his money. It was quite clear they
were all implicated in the affair, therefore he should feel
it his duty to commit them all for trial at the ensuing
summer assizes at Guildford.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF FRIDAY.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
E. Evans, Dorking, Surrey, stonemason, Aug. 7, at
twelve—B. Spikins, Lichfield-street, Sr. Ann's, Soho,
timber merchant, Aug. 7, at eleven--J. Russell, jun.,
Whittlesea, Isle of Ely, builder, Aug. 4, at one—H.
Monson, East-street, Manchester-square, builder, Aug.
3, at eleven.

In the Country.
J. Hurley, Halesowen, Worcestershire, victualler, Aug.
8, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—R. Woolston,
Stamford, Lincolnshire, brickmaker, Aug. 4, at eleven,
at the Court, Nottingham—J. Meads, Nottingham,
grocer, Aug. 4, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham--T.
Bate, Rugeley, Staffordshire, brewer, Aug. 8, at eleven,
at the Court, Birmingham—J. Burbury, Leek, Wootton,
Warwickshire, maltster, Aug. 8, at ten, at the Court,
Birmingham—C. Williams, Liverpool, victualler, Aug. 8,
at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—T. M‘Tear, W. Had-
field, and E. Thompson, Liverpool, merchants, Aug. 10,
at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—H. Hollis, Liverpool,
tea dealer, Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—
G. Cappur, Nantwich, Cheshire, cheese factor, Aug. 8,
at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—R. Capper, Nant-
wich, Cheshire, cheese factor, Aug. 8, at twelve, at the
Court, Liverpool— W. H. Osborn, Sheffield, wine and
spirit merchant, Aug. 5, at eleven, at the Court, Shef•
field—J. S. Austwick, Bradford, Yorkshire, draper, Aug.
11. .t eleven, at the Court. Leeds—J. Morris, Walsall,
Staffordshire, saddler's ironmonger, Aug. 10, at half-
past ten, at the Court, Birmingham—J. J. Ferens and
R. Ferens, Durham, drapers, Aug. 8, at half-past one, at
the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.