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swollen. A piece of coal had been forced down the
throat, which it had torn. [The piece of coal was pro-
duced, it was about an inch long, and three•quarters of
an inch square.] There was a great deal of congealed
blood between the scalp and the skull, which covered a
fraction of the skull one inch and a half in length, and
one inch across. That was sufficient to cause almost
immediate death. It might have been produced by a
fall during the birth. The position made it probable.
He also inferred that. the child had breathed, because
blood was congealed in the brain.
His Lordships sammedup and said it was not satisfao-
torily made out to his mind that she was guilty of mur-
der, and if they were of the same mind they would acquit
her of that charge, and find her guilty of concealing the
birth.

The jury, after some consideration, acquitted her of
murder, and found her Guilty of concealing the birth, and
His LORDSHIP sentenced her to be imprisoned, with
hard labour, 18 calendar months.

George Dixon, aged 17, was indicted for attempting to
strangle James Cameron, a child, at liattwhistle, on the
17th of March lest.

John Cameron, father of the child, said it was four
years old. They travelled from Glasgow on the 14th of
March, and at Edinburgh he met the prisoner in the
workhouse, and they travelled together two days. Wit-
ness went on the 17th March into a shop at Ilexham to
ask for work, leaving the child with the prisoner, and
on coming out the prisoner was gone. The child was
then in perfect health. He went in pursuit, and found
him again at Hattwhistle, a village 16 miles distant.
The child was then very ill, and was attended by a sur-
geon. He was all over bruises. •(The child was here
produced, a fine, fat, healthy boy.
Wm. Pickering saw the prisoner ill-using the child on
the road.

Mary Johnson said she saw the prisoner on the 18th,
at a barn door, about midday, with the child on his
knee. It was black in the 'ace, and its 0) es were closed.
She took it from him. It just opened its eyes and shut
them again. It rattled sorely in the throat, and she said
he was dying: The prisoner said the same. _ _

Margaret Frazer said she, her husband, and Mary Ann
Rogers went in search of the child, and they found the
prisoner sitting by the road side, with the child across
his knee. They tried to get a little water down its
throat, and could not. The prisoner said there was some-
thing very tight on the throat, and if it were taken off
the water wow(' go down. He pointed out a worsted
neckcloth. They took it off. In about a quarter of an
hour the child gave signs of life, and gradually came
round. The prisoner had wished to get away, but they
would not let him.

John Wilkinson, a constable, asked prisoner why he
he had so used the child. He said it was such a dirty
beast, and he beat it with a strap. Ile said, if the child
had died he would have taken it to Edinburgh (supposed
for dissecticn).
Mr. Elliott (surgeon), said the child had black marks
over both sides of the face and under the chin. He
thought a handkerchief tied tight round would have pro-
duced those marks. The sy mptous were such that be
thought they had been caused by strangulation. It had
two fits. He attributed them to the child baying been
tried to be strangled.
The prisoner made a long statement. He said, the
father had given him the child to go begging with.
His LORDSHIP summed up, and
The jury, in a moment, found the prisoner Guilty.
His LORDSHIP sentenced him to be transported for 20
years.
George Shelle3, and John Robson were this morning
brought up for judgment.
His LORDSHIP said it was quite clear that they had
combined deliberately to commit the crime of perjury,
and that combination very much increased the enormity
of the offence ; and he should not do his duty by passing
a less sentence, and he sentenced each tube transported
seven years.

SOUTH WALES ClRCUlT.—Cardigan, Aug. 4.
(Before Justice WIGHTMAN.)
SAUNDERS, CLERK, V. HARRIES.

This was an action brought to recover damages from
the Rev. Percy Bysshe Hurries, rector of the parish of
Corbay, Rear Rockingham, and also holding a living in
the parish of Deena, both in Northamptonshire, for a
breach of ,promise of marriage. Damages were laid at
1,0001.

Mr. Sergeant JONES said that the plaintiff was Miss
Mary Saunders, daughter of the late Rev. John Saun-
ders, a clergyman of the Church of England, formerly
residing at Bettw's Lodge, in the county of Monmouth,
and vicar of the parishes of Llantrissent and Llanhowell.
He was no more, and his daughter was a❑ unprotected
female since she had lost her parents, and never had any
brothers or sisters. Tho defendant (they had already
heard) was a clergyman of the Church of England, and
he regretted that that circumstance would compel him,
in the exercise of his duty, to urge, it in aggravation of
the flagrancy of his conduct. The Rev. Defendant
had, for the last eight or ten years, been an inhabitant
of Aberystwith, whither he had repaired to recruit his
health. The plaintiff, being in delicate health, was
directed, by her medical adviser, to repair to that
fashionable resort, in the hope th r she might derive
strength from its salubrious air. She induced a young
lady, named Jones, o accompany her, and also a young
lady named Smith. The latter left in the course of a
month, but Miss Saunders extended her stay at Aberyst•
with. In October last her appearance attracted the at-
tention of the reverend defendant, who frequently met
her in the course of her walks. He then, influenced by
an attraction which he could not resist, having been im-
pelled by that inexplicable problem, •' love at first sight,"
of the young lady, resolved to visit her. He accordingly
sent her the following epistle:—
• Madam,—lt pardon ean be conceded for intrusion,
may I veature to edk it of you? There is a general
principle among strangers at watering places of intro-
ducing and being introduced to each other. I shall plead
this privilege in my behalf,-and add to it the;impossibility
of becoming introduced to you by participation in the
public amusements, and also I have no knowledge of a
fit person to act asa friend is the case. Having premised
thus far, I beg to place in your h Ands a carte blanche of
introduction, and await your pleasure in making use of
it, and I trust this mode of giving po,,er to the lady
cannot offend against delicacy, al thaugn it may, perhaps,
appear at first sight to encroach rather too much upon
the bounds of etiquette.—l beg to remain, madam, your
devoted servant, " P. B. HARRIES.

" Alfred-place, Aberystwith, Oct. 23, 1847."
This letter was delivered on the Saturday, and the
plaintiff took no notice of it. On the following Tuesday
the reverend defendant presented himself' at the young
lady's lodgings, and was admitted to an interview with
her in the presence of Miss Jones. An intimacy then
commenced between the parties, and he paid her daily
visits, and a few days afterwards he sent her the follow-
ing letter :
" My dear Miss Saunders,—ln personal attraction, in
ease, and elegance, and accomplishments, in kindness
and cheerful temper, and if there be any oilier social
qualities requisite to constitute domestic happiness, I be-
lieve that you possess them in an eminent degree. Let
me now, in my own straightforward way, place my
situation before you, that you may at once see what pros-
pect you may have of continuing that happiness you so
well deserve. It has ever been my wish to keep a good
establishment, rather than an empty show. Comfort
before elegance, and utility rather thsn fashion. My
income is Church property, and, therefore, departs with
my life. Excuse me if I look on the dark side for the
future. I assure you that such anticipation is calculated
rather to make the bright look brighter, and, with God's
blessing, there may be golden days, and much real un-
mingled bliss in a rich competency. If, in God's provi-
dence, he should call me hence, I would wish to leave
you in no worse circumstances than I find you at pre-
sent. I have now done with preaching, and Paul and
Barnabas shall succumb to Lady Mystery and the chari-
ties of domestic life.
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Leaving an annual income for me £374
If it be worth your acceptance unencure bored, I say, with
Mother Church, With all my
worldly goods I thee
endow.'—l am yours, devotedly,
" PERCY BYSSHE HARRIES.
" Alfred-place, Oct. 27, 1847."
On another occasion he sent her a long poetical effusion,
commencing:—
" Tell me, Mary, how to woo thee,
Kind and gentle as thou art;
How declare my love unto thee,
How bare the secret of my heart."
The Learnea Counsel proceeded to observe that time
waxed on, and the defendant became exceedingly anxious
that the marriage should be celebrated forthwith; but
Miss Saunders, with great propriety would not suffer it
to take place until twelve months had elapsed from the
death of defendant's first wife. At length the wedding-
day was fixed for the sth of April, and matters pro-
gressed harmoniously till the 26th of hebruary, when the
tender swain became metamorphosed into a wretched
brute. He first evinced it by charging the plaintiff with
being head-over ears in debt, with being drunken, old,
and ugly, on the faith of an anononywous letter. He
then showed his true character, and snatched from her
some present he had given her—a gold watch and chain
and other things, and made his escape. lie returned in
the course of half-an-hour, conducted himself very vio-
lently, and intimated his determination not to marry her.
Miss Eliza Jones and several other witnesses were
called, who proved the facts mentioned in the above
statement.
Mr. ETANsIQ.C., addressed the jury for the defendant.
He said there was no doubt the defendant had made an
engagement, and had broken it ; but the jury would put
out of the question all injury to the atiections, by reason
of the plaintiff's loss of an old man who had St. Vitus's
dance.
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN then summed up ; and
The • found for the plaintiff—Damages 1001.

jury

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET.

ANOTHER CHARTIST ARREST.—Robert Crowe, de-
scribed as a tailor, was placed at the bar before Mr.
Jardine, charged with having, on Monday last, attended
a seditious meeting at a Chartist assembly-room, in
Dean-street, Suho, and with having at that meeting used
certain seditious language.
➢ir. Hayward, from the office of the solicitor to the
Treasury, attended for the prosecution.
Reube❑ Brothers, 155, C division, stated that on Mon-
day last he attended at a meeting in a house, E 3, Dean-
street, Soho, which was used for the purpose of Chartist
meetings. He was in plain clothes. The meeting was
held in a room on the first floor, capable of accommo-
dating 200 persons conveniently. He was not present
at the commencement of the meeting. When be arrived
there were about 150 persons present, consisting of me-
chanics, women, children, and the lower order of Irish.
The prisoner made a speech, in the course of which he
used the following expression:—"The late insurrection
in Paris has shown bow easily a crown can be crumbled.
Now is the time to be ready—now is the time to be reso-
lute, the gems is our own. I clo not care. for_those