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London, England, 1848-03-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LO DON, THURSDAY__ EVENING, MARCH
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
ROUSE OF COM AlOll S. Alapch 29.
ELECTION RECOGNIZANCES BILL.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Mr. S. WORTLEY here proposed the addition of
a clause, giving to the Committee the power of decid-
ing that in the cases of any recognizances which
should prove void or invalid, but which invalidity
was not owing to the "aches or neglect of the parties,
or in the cases of recognizances which were not clearly
void, then that such recognizances should be allowed
to be received.
Mr. ELLIOT opposed the clause.
Sir R. INGLIS, thinking that no discretion ought
to be allowed to the Committee, felt bound to oppose
the introduction of the clause also.
After a good deal of desultory conversation,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the omis-
sion of certain words, upon which the Committee
divided, when there appeared—
For the amendment . 72.
Against it
Majority
The amendment was accordingly lost, and the
clause was agreed to. . _

The ATTOR4ITEY-GENERAL sail he should
take the sense oii'he House on the Bill as amended
on the bringing up of the report.
Mr. S. ‘VORTLEY said he intended to bring lup
the report to-morrow, so that the Bill might Le
printed and placed in the hands of Hon. Members in
the mean time. He should move the consideration of
the report to-morrow.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said all ha was
desirous of doing, after the Bill was in the hands of
lion. Members, was to state to the house the effect
of the alterations they had made.

The House then resumed.
Sir R. H. INGLIS considered that further time
than to- morrow should be given for the perusal of
the Bill, the original form of which had to-day been
materially altered.
Mr. ELLIOT said many Hon. Members did not
jearly understand the alterations that had been made
the Bill, and therefore ample time should be given
ler its consideration.
The notice of the Hon. and Learned Member was,
however, nct departed from.
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL.
The Earl of SURREY, after a short discussion,
as to whether this Bill should be proceeded with,
it being a quarter to four, the understanding having
been that it should not be taken after four o'clock,
moved that the House go into Committee.
Mr. LAW moved—first, that the other orders of
the day be proceeded with ; next, that the House
should adjourn, which was met with loud cries of
" No, no ; ' he then moved that the order be postponed
until the 19th of April. The two former motions
he withdrew, taking his stand upon the last, which he
submittki as an amendment.
Mr. WALPOLE said he had just come from the
Court of Chancery, and that he left Mr. Anstey
speaking.
Mr. R. YORKE said the business of the country
would be neglected if it was allowed to give way to
private convenience.
Sir R. 11. INGLIS considered that the position
in which the House was now placed arose from not
taking the orders and disposing of them as they
stood.
Sir G. CLERK hoped the House would not be
forced to divide, and appealed to the Noble Lord
to withdraw his motion, and to consent to the
amendment.
Lord MOUPETH said the understanding was,
that the Bill should not be taken after four o'clock ;
that hour had virtually arrived, and as a long discus-
sion might be anticipated, the object of the Hon.
Gentleman with whom the Bill originated would be
better answered if the motion were postponed.
Mr. MONSELL said the Hon. and Learned Gen-
tleman (Mr. Anstey) had informed him if he had an
opportunity of bringing in the Bill at a minute before
four, he should do so.—(Hear, hear.)
The Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY said the
fact was he was fighting against his own inclination ;
he would, therefore, consent to the postponement of
the Committee until the 19th of April.
FRAME-WORK KNITTERS.

Sir HENRY HALFORD then rose to move for
a Select Committee, to take into consideration the
report and evidence laid before Parliament, in 1844,
by her Majesty's Commissioner for inquiry into the
condition of the frame-work knitters, and to make
such further inquiries as may appear necessary, in
order to ascertain whether any, and if any, what
legislative measures can be devised for the
relief of their lone-continued distress.—(Hear.)
In the last session of Parliament he had introduced a
Dill upon the subject, but his object at the present
tirne was to move for the appointment of a Com-
mittee to consider the nature of the reports which
isad been presented to the Ilouse, and report whether
any- and what legislative measures were necessary
to be adopted for the purpose of amelio-
sating the condition of the people.—(Hear, hear.)
Ile did not think that the House would
auction any such mockery as that of instituting ex-
tensive inquiries into the subject, and then refuse to
_propose any legislative measures called for by the
_propose
of those inquiries. The parties seeking for
relief had been informed by the Government that
steps would be taken to remove the causes of their
grievances. Ile could assure the House that grievances
etid exist, and all that he now asked fur was the ap
pointment of a Committee to inquire into these
further grievances.—(Hear, hear.) He knew it
might be objected that it was improper to
interfere with the regulation of trade. He did not
agree with that abstract principle, without references
to particular cases. If the House should adopt the
principle of non-interference, when would they con-
sent to repeal all the laws which had been passed for
that object ? Would they repeal, for instance, the
law prohibiting the payment of wages in any other
manner than by money ?—(Hear, hear.) He trusted
that the Right Hon. the President of the Board of
Trade would concur with him in the opinion that it
was advisable to appoint the Committee in question.
Mr. HUME said he was most decidedly of opinion
that masters and men ought to be allowed to make
their own terms withoEt any interference on the part
of the Legislature. He thought that the Ilonourable
Member was introducing a very dangerous doctrine ;
they might take a lesson from what was going on
on the other side of the Channel, where they
might see- numbers of workmen demanding of
the Government regulations respecting the wages
of workmen, and the Government had foolishly ac-
ceded to their demands ; and he had no doubt within
a twelvemonth the House would see the la-
mentable result of that interference. Masters
were already leaving the country in great numbers,
on the ground that they could not carry on their
business upon the terms prescribed by the Go-
vernment. Every result that had been brought about
by this interference had proved most ruinous.—
(Hear, hear.) He maintained that no Act of
Parliament could beneficially arrange the amount of
labour and of wages between masters and work-
men. At the period when the frame-work knitters
,were carrying on their disturbances in the coun-
try, the distress was as great, if not greater, than
it was at the present time. The Commissioners
appointed to inquire into that subject reported that
the only effectual remedy for the great distress was
a more equitable distribution of labour.—(" Hear,
hear," from Sir H. Halford.) But then no act
of Parliament was able to regulate that dis-
tribution ; there was the fallacy into which
iici,nourable Members tell on this subject. He
did not think that any further amount of informa-
tion could be obtained than the House was already in
possession of, and he should most certainly oppose the
appointment of the Committee.

- Sir J. WALMSLEY thought it was time they
should have a full and ample inquiry into this subject.
It was admitted on all hands that the artizsns in this
trade were suffering great privations, and he
firmly believed that the manufacturers themselves
wit,uld join most cordially in the inquiry. He thought
it would be dangerous not to grant an inquiry on so
momentous a subject, and he trusted therefore that
her Majesty's Government would not hesitate for one
moment in acceding to the motion of the Honourable
Btaronet.

Mr. NEWDEGATE supported the motion for the
appointment of a Committee, and deprecated the re-
finance that had been made by the lion. Member for
sontrose to what had taken place in France, and the
case of the Luddites. He contended that what had
taken place in France clearly showed that t
he course
adopted in England was right, and that in France
wrong.
Dr. BOYtING objected to the motion. Expe-
rience hs.d;thown the impossibility of attempt-
ing to regulate between masters and men.
thought the motion, if carried, was cal-
dilated to raise false hopes among the working
frame-work knitters, and if it did notking else, he
thought that was sufficient objection to it. lle depre-
edged bolding out to the working classes that their ,
wages could be raised by means of Acts of rarlia-

Mr. SLANEY thought that by the means of the
Committee frauds might be put an end to, and
thereby the condition of the woaking classes im-
proved. In stating this, he begged clearly
to be understood as not for one moment
supposing that the condition of the working
classes could be improved with respect to
wages by the passing of Acts of Parliament. He
thought, if no other good could be effected by the
appointment of the Committee than that of con
wincing tho working classes that they were willing to
inquire in'to their grievances, Parliament would be
amply compensated for appointing the Committee.
Mr. LABOUCIIERE said it was not without
severe concern that he felt it his duty to oppose this
motion. He lamented for the distress under which
the large body of frame-work knitters were labour-

ing, and if he was convinced that this Committee
would be the means of alleviating their distresses he
would be the last man in the House to oppose its
appointment. Inquiries had frequently taken place
before a Committee of the House on the subject of
the distress of the frame-work knitters, and he be-
lieved the House had now before it all the materials
that could be collected on the subject ; and such
being the case, be thought the appointment
of such a Committee as was now proposed would
only have the effect of holding out hopes to the hand-
loom weavers which never could be realised, that
their condition might be improved by the in-
terference of Parliament between themselves
and their masters. All the evidence that
had been brought forward clearly showed that it
would be impossible by direct legislation to improve
the condition of the hand-loom weavers.—(Hear.)
Frame-work knitting was open to all classes of un-
skilled labourers, while women and children could
always find employment in this description of work,
and he put it to the House whether, under these
circumstances, it would not be dangerous to hold out
the delusive hope that in a trade like this they could
safely legislate for the regulation of wages ?
(Hear, hear.) The Honourable Gentleman the
Member for Shrewsbury, although he did not
advocate the principle of direct legislation upon
the subject, drew attention to the defects which
he represented as existing in the savings' hank
system, and to certain frauds which prevailed in this
particular trade. For his part, he bad no hesitation
in telling the Hon. Gentleman, that if he introduced
any measure for remedying these defects, it
should have the best consideration of her Majesty's
Government; but, although he regretted that he felt
it was his duty to do so, he was convinced that in the
end it would be found that he had acted for the best
interest of those poor people in resisting the motion
of the Hon. Gentleman opposite.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. PACKE regretted to hear the speech of the
Right Hon. Gentleman the President of the Board of
Trade, for it would go far to confirm the feeling of
the humble classes of the midland counties that it
was hopeless for them to look to this House for help.
No less than 100,000 men were employed in the frame-
knitting trade, and he knew of his own know-
ledge that they had long been subject to
great injustice and oppression. It was seldom indeed
that they ever obtain a fair day's wage for a fair day's
work, and it was perfectly ridiculous to tell him, who
lived amongst them, that there were periods of the
year when they were in the receipt of high
tide wages. So far from that being the case,
they had always to struggle most severely
to obtain even a paltry livelihood, and he trusted that
ere long Government would be made to feel the
necessity of taking up the question.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. GARDNER said it was absurd to apply ab-
stract principles of political economy to this question,
and he hoped the Government would take heed in
time and see the folly of non-interference.--(Hear )
Colonel SIBTHORP trusted the Hon. Baronet
who had introduced the question would carry it to a
division, and then the country would see who really
were the friends of the working•classee. There
were a good many Members in that House who made
a point of talking largely of their sympathy
for the working classes, but they took good care not
to do anything practically for their benefit.—(llear.)
The Corn-law League and those who supported
them, could plead most eloquently about the rights
of landlord and tenant, but when the rights of master
and servant were brought under discussion, they took
good care to pooh pooh it, and to tell the House and the
country that agitating the rights of the working man
was mere delusion, for their rights and privileges—
nay, their daily bread—was dependent upon and
regulated by the abstract principle of supply and
demand.—(Hear, hear.) Let the House act
honestly with these poor, patient, suffering
people, and if they could not afford them
a legislative remedy, prove it to them by inquiry, and
not refuse to hear their case stated by those whom
they believed to be their friends.—(Cheers.).
Sir H. HALFORD replied, remarking that he
regretted to hear that it was the determination of
Government to resist the inquiry because it
would lead to misapprehension out of doors. He did
not want to interfere with the principle of demand
and supply ; all that he wanted was, that certain
frauds which prevailed in the frame-work knitting
trade, and demoralised those who were engaged in it,
should be inquired into, with the view to their
removal, and he hoped that ere long Government
would be induced to grant the inquiry.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the Committeee 5l
Against it • • B5
Majority
The motion was therefore lost.
SCOTCH SCHOOLMASTERS.

COCEIRANE then rose for leave to introduce
a Bill to facilitate the removal of schoolmasters in
Scotland. At present the removal of those persons,
on account of immoral or other improper conduct,
could not be brought about without the greatest
difficulty, on account of the ambiguity of the Act,
the 431 of Geo. 111. He did not propose to do away
with the jurisdiction of the Presbytery,but he proposed
when a schoolmaster proved inefficient, or was guilty
of misconduct, that one or more of the heritors
should apply to the Lord Advocate, who should act
as a grand juror, and investigate the charge ; or he
might remit the case to the Sheriff-Substitute, who
should try it, his decision being final. He had fully
investigated the subject, and believed that the Bill
would meet the object he had in view
The LORD ADVOCATE admitted that there
was great difficulty in removing an objectionable
schoolmaster, and that the law on the subject required
alteration. As the matter was an important one, he
ilid not consider he should discharge his duty if he
threw any impediment in the way of the introduction
of the Bill. He did, not, however, wish it to be un-
derstood that he should give his support to the Bill.
After a few words from Mr. MACKENZIE and Mr.
FORBES,

Mr. HUME inquired if the Government intended
to bring in a Bill on the subject ? No reply having
been given, he gave notice that he should ask the
question to-morrow.

Leave was then given to bring in the Bill ; it was
read a first time, and ordered to be read a second
time on Monday, the 17th April.
HORSHAM.

In reply to Captain PECHELL,
The Earl of MARCH intimated that he had given
notice that he should move, to-morrow, that the writ
be issued.

Mr. HUME said, in the event of the Noble Lord
doing so, he should submit that the issuing of the
writ ought to be deferred.
_ RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.

Mr. BA.NKES gave notice that, on Tuesday next,
he should move for leave to introduce a Bill to repeal
the Act under which the Railway Commissioners were
constituted.

THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS.
Mr. HUME gave notice that he should tomorrow
call the attention of the House to the va-
cant office of Sergeant-at-Arms, and suggest
the propriety of instituting an inquiry with a view
to consider the expediency of separating the office of
housekeeper from that office, with a view to the better
accommodation of the House.

The House adjour►►ed at five minutes to Six o'clock

ELECTION COMMITTEE.

BODMIN.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Mr. Woanswonni, on the part of Mr. Wyld, then
entered into a long and elaborate argument, with the
view of showing that the Committee had the power of
deciding whether the recognizances were good or bad.
Mr. Sergeant WRANCUAM, on behalf of Mr Lacey,
followed in the same line of argument, contending that
the 7th and Bth of Victoria, the last Act passed upon
this subject, did not deprive, but reserved to the Com
mittee the jurisdiction of determining these preliminary
points.
Mr. Sergeant KINCLAKE replied for the petitioners,
insisting that the decision of the Examiner of Recog-
nizances appointed by the -House was final, and in the
face of that officer's certificate on the back of the recog-
nizances the Committee had no power whatever to re-
open the question. It was the House that delegated its
authority to the Examiner, and it was the House alone
that could recal it, or alter or revise the decision which
the Examiner had arrived at in his official capacity, and
it must therefore be taken for granted that this was not
the tribunal to decide upon the validity or invalidity of
the recognizances entered into in the case of the present
petitioner.

The arguments had not closed when tho Committee
adjourned.

THE Anmv.—Desertion is prevalent to a great
extent from the ranks of the 20th Regiment of Foot, at
present stationed at Kingston, in Canada. On Sunday,
the 27th of February last, twelve men left the garrison
(luring the night, and made their way across Long
Island, trusting to get over the main channel of the
Saint Lawrence to the American side, but owing to a
heavy gale from the westward the ice there was broken,
rendering it difficult to cross by a boat, and impossible
to accomplish on foot. In the attempt four of the de-
serters were drowned, and the remaining eight were cap-
tured and brought back to the barracks. In their cow.
pany was an American, said to be a sergeant in the
Unit' d States army, and some of the men accuse him of
having enticed them to desert.
The members of the Provisional Government have
become ten years older during the month they have been
in power. M. Ledru Rollin, who had a head of fine
black hair, is become perfectly grey. M. Flocon has
been at the point of death. M. Louis Blanc, who had a
fresh juvenile countenance, is no more recognizable.
MM. Lamartine and Gamier Pages spit blood. M.
Cremieux has lost his voice. M. Marrast seems worn
out with fatigue. In fine, there is only M. Arago, who
appears formed of Pyrennian granite, who supports the
weight of the Provisional Government, the weight of
two ministerial offices—the direction of the Academy of
Science, and the Obsprvatory. Ide alone has not
quitted his post.—Paris Paper.

IMAGINARY CONVERSATION. `1

BY WALTER. SAVAGE LANDOR.
M. TmER6 AND M. LAMARTINE.

niers—You look somewhat shy at me, M. Lamartine,
now you are in power, and I am out.
Lantartine—M. Thiers! we neither of us ever wera
out of power sine° we cune to years of discretion,
if indeed the poet and the public man may be said at any
times of their lives to have come to them: for in poetry
imagination leads us astray, in politics ambition.
niers —I never was ambitious.

- -- - Lamartine.—l always was. The love of fame, in other
words, of approbation, drew me forward not unwillingly.
Reflection comes down to us in the deep recesses where
imagination rests, and higher and more substantial forms
rise around us and come nearer. The mind, after wan-
dering in distant and in unknown regions, returns home
at last and reposes on the bosom of our country. Her
agitations render her only the more inviting and the
dearer to us. We love her in her tranquillity, we adore
her in her pangs. Ido not rejoice, tior do I repent, that
the voice of the people has called me to the station I now
hold.

i/tiers—lt is an elevated and a glorious, but it is also
an uncertain and a dangerous one ; ►ake my word fur it.
Lamarti,,e—Pardun my frankness ; I would rather
take your word than your example.
7/hers—My example in what ?
Lanuathie—May I without offence to you speak my
mind at large ?

Thiers—Speak it unreservedly, as becomes a repub
lican in all his Ireshness.

Lamartine—First, then, I should be sorry to grow rich
among the spliations of my country. Secondly, I scorn
to countenance the pissions of tke vulgar, and more
espacially in their madness for war.
Thie, s—W e may put meihod into this madness. Be
sure, M. Latnartine, that no earthly power can withhold
for a twelvemonth an agitated army of three hundred
thousand men, smarting under past disgraces. We
must, whether we will or no, send forty thousand from
Algiers to Triest, and seventy thousand from our
southern departments to the Gulphs of Genoa and
Spezzia. lam a moderate man; I would leave the duchy
of Austria to its ancient duke ; Bohemia to whomsoever
the nation shall elect as king. Hungary was already
free and independent from the moment that Metternich
in the frenzy of his dotage consented to aecept the in-
tervention of Russia. She rises both against the hungry
and wolfish pack of Russia, and the somnolent and
swinish herd that rubs her into intolerable soreness from
over-gorged Vienna.* Whatsoever was once Poland
must be Poland again. She roust extend from the Baltic
to the Black Sea; from Dantzic to Odessa, and inclusive.
Anything short of this will only cause fresh struggles.
Men can never be quiet in the cramp; they will cry out
and kick until the paroxysm is over..
Lan►urtine—l am afraid you are too precipitate.
Thier.v —There are many good men who are afraid of
hearing or even of thinking the truth. They may lie in
a ditch with their hats over their faces, nevertheless the
light will come in upon them somewhere.
Lamartine --Probably the King of Sardinia will de-
mand our aid against Austria, and insist on the evacua
ation of Modena and Parma: we may then, with policy
and justice, interfere. Why do you smile?
Thiers—l was thinking at the moment that some
laurels grow best on loose soil, M. Lamartine, but nei-
ther that laurel which crowns the warrior, nor that oak
which crowns the saviour of a citizen. It is our duty
not to wait for danger, but to meet it : not to parley
with insolent and stupid despots, but to bind them hands
and feet with their own indigenous plants.
Laniurline—And yet, M. niers, you are a royalist !
Thiers—ls any man a royalist when he knows he can
be greater ? I had other means of serving my country,
or (let me speak it frankly) myself. King. have wont
down their high-heeled shoes by their incessant
strut and swagger. People would have only laughed at
them if they had merely told common lies and practised
only ordinary deceptions. But when the sleights-of-
hand emptied every man's pocket, the whole crowd
became vociferous ; up flew the benches, and the con-
juror took to his heels. At first we were tickled, at last
we were triturated.

Lumartlue—Not quite into dust, nor into mud, but
only into a state, I trust, i❑ wh:ch, with some new
elements and combinations, we may attain greater
solidity and consistency. Democracy is always the
work of kings. Ashes, which in themselves are sterile,
fertilize the land they are cast on.
Thiers—You remind me of what happened in England
at the commencement of our first revolution. The
beautiful Duchess de Vienne was solicited too amorously
by the Prince of Wales. " Sir," replied she, "it is
Princes like you who make democrats." lie never for-
gave her ; indeed he never pardoned any offence, espe-
cially when it came from the intelligent and the
virtuous.

Lanuatine—llaving lived all his life among cheats
and swindlers, he would probably have received with
courtesy and amity Louis Philippe; and having broken
his word until there was not enough of it to be broken
again, and having deceived his friends until there was
no friend to deceive, perhaps he would have naturalized
the good Protestant Guizot, and have given him a seat
in the Cabinet. At the present day there is a
Guizot Administration in England. The same
reckless expenditure, the same deafness to the popu-
lar reclamations, the same stupid, self-sufficient,
subservient, and secure, majority in Parliament. It is
well for England that iii the most vulnerable and unquiet
part of her dominions there is a chief magistrate of con-
summate wisdom, temperate and firm, energetic and
humane. Such a functionary is sadly wanted to preside
over the coun,els of Great Britain.

Thiers-1I" is beat where he is. Tie English are
so ueeu„Loined Li huilling trot, that they would grow
impatient at a steady amble. They think that the
roadster must be %ranting in spitit and action unless
they see plenty of froth upon the bit.—Examiner.

* It is due to Mr. Landor (some of whose opinions in
this paper the reader will find not a little at variance
with our own) to state that we had received and printed
this f.:onversation before the intelligence of the revolu-
tion in Vienna had reached England.—ED. Ex.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
JUDGES' CHAMBERS, Sergeant's Inn, March 29.
(Before Mr. Baron PARSE )
COUCH V. ROSS.

In this case Mr. Baron PARKE gave judgment on a
matter of some importance, respecting the discharge of
a prisoner. The defendant, who is connected with the
Ileir•at-Law Society, was heard in the Insolvent
Debtors' Court on Wednesday last, and his petition was
dismissed. lie had applied under the Protection Act,
and when outside the court was arrested at the suit of
the plaintiff, one of the opposing creditors. An applica-
tion was made for his discharge to the Chief Commis-
sioner, :but be declined to interfere, and hence the
application to a Judge at Chambers. The point was
argued on Saturday. It was submitted that the appli-
cant was entitled to return home after attending court
on hie hearing, and, in reply it was urged that inas-
much as the application was a voluntary one, the case
did not come within the general principle, besides which
his protection ceased on the dismissal of his petition.
The question was considered by his Lordship an im-
portant one, and he reserved his opinion to the present
occasion.

Mr. Baron PARKE now decided that the defendant
must be discharged. Ile was entitled to protection on
his return after attending the Commissioner.
An application was made for costs, and for the plain-
tiff protection was asked against an action.
His LORDSHIP gave costs on the consent of the plain-
tiff, binding the defendant not to bring any action.
The defendant was ordered to be discharged from
Whitecross-street prison.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME ClRCUlT.—Kingston, Marsh 28.
The commission for the county of Surrey eas opened
on Monday. There are 70 causes entered for trial, 12 of
which are special jury cases; and on the Crown side
there are 32 prisoners, but all the cases are of the ordi-
nary description, with ono or two exceptions.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, on charging the grand jury
in the Crown Court, expressed his great satisfaction at
the numerous attendance of magistrates, and the anxiety
they had evinced to perform the duties of grand jurors,
and he said he hoped that country gentlemen would
always continue to feel the importance of the duty
they were now called upon to perform. In some places,
and particularly in the metropolis and its neighbour.
hood, a feeling appeared to exist that grand juries were
not useful, but were, on the contrary, detrimental
to the interests of justice; but he must say the argu-
ments which had been adduced in support of such an
opinion had failed to induce him to entertain a similar
view regarding the institution of a grand jury, and he
must say that he looked upon them as part of that
great scheme which had placed the country gentlemen of
England in a very different position to those of any
other country. Ile did not merely look at the service
which was performed of ignoring or returning bills
against the parties accused, but ho considered it of equal
importance that country gentlemen should be called to-
gether at certain periods, in order that they might
obtain that information with regard to the law and to
criminal jurisprudence which it was so necessary for
gentleman in their situation to bo acquainted with.
Perhaps in London, where there were so many facilities
to tamper with the witnesses in support of a charge, and
where also the cases underwent very strict investigation
by the magistrates, some inconvenience might
occasionally arise, but he could not help thinking that
it was very much exaggerated ; even admitting there
was occasionally seine inconvenience, be thought the
advantages that were derived from grand juries more
than equalled any of the disadvantages which had been
suggested as arising from them. 'rhe Learned Judge
then said it appeared to him that there were only two
cases in the cal( ndar which required any observa-
tions from him. Tho first was a charge against two
prisoners for cutting and wounding the game-
keeper who attempted to apprehend them. In this
case, he said, there might be a doubt whether, under
the particular circumstances, the keepers were legally
justified in endeavouring to take the prisoners into cus-
tody, but it was his duty to tell them that the mere
fact of a keeper laying his hand upon a person in the
situation of the prisoners was no justification for their
resorting to the use of such deadly weapons as they
appeared to have made use of. Even if a blow was
given by one person to another, it would not justify
tlaat other in resorting to any act of deadly violence. A
person was bound to retreat from his assailant as far as
he possibly could, and it was only when he had done so,
and his own life was actually threatened, that he would
bee justified in killing his assailant. In this case,
therefore, he should recommend them to find the bills
in the form in which they would be presented to them.
The other case was a charge against the persons
having the care of a goods train upon the railway
of having caused the death of the engineer of
another train, which had been stopped in conseqaence
of some detect or accident to the engine, by the
negligent manner in which they conducted their own
train. The law required that every person who under-
took to perform a particular duty should exercise the
proper care and caution which that duty required, and
in proportion as it was onerous or dangerous, so in pro-
portion was that care and caution expected to be exer-
ci t.ed; and the only question, therefore, which the jury
w‘auld have to decide was, whether the accused parties
had exercised that caution which would be required
of them under the circumstances in which they were
pl aced. His Lordship then proceeded to express his
regret at observing, that out of 32 prisoners whose
na alias appeared in the calendar only one was able to read
anal write well, the whole of the remainder being utterly
tillable to do either, or only possessing an imperfect
knowledge of those rudiments of education ; and he
co deluded by impressing upon them the importance of
ex tending education among the lower orders of the
co tininunity as the most effectual means of preventing
cri Inc.

Joan Ilesdy, 42, labourer, was indicted for a misde-
mei mour, in being unlawfully in company with two other
persons, and armed with a gun, upon certain land in
pur suit of game.
Mr. Clarkson prosecuted, and Mr. Charnock appeared
frit- the defendant. _

From tits evidence it appeared that on the night of
the 7th of January two keepers, named Mansell and
Fitchell, who had the care of some land called the
Witley-park Estate, hearing the sound of fire-arms,
proceeded io the direction whence it proceeded, and
they found the defendant and two other men in the
wood. One of the keepers came up with the defendant,
who pointed a gun at him, and told him to stand back,
but did not proceed to any act of violence ; and when
the keeper went towards him be ran off, and was not
taken till some time afterwards.

Mr. CUARNOCK, in addressing the jury, said that this
prosecution arose out of those game-laws which bad
been the source of so much crime, and which, he believed,
it was the geuerul wish of the community to see abolished.
The defendant, he said, although only charged with a
misdemeanour, would, if convicted, be liable to a sentence
of transportation for fourteen years, and although it was
not likely that such a sentence would be passed upon
him by the learned and humane Judge who was now
presiding, yet he felt it his duty to make the jury ac-
quainted with what might be the possible result of a
conviction.

Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, in summing up, told the jury
that they had no right to consider the policy or imp°.
Hey of any particular law, and so long us the Legisla-
ture thought fit to continue any law, it was their duty,
and it was his also, to see that it was carried out. He
then adverted to the facts of the case, and said the only
question the jury had to consider was, whether the evi-
dence made out the charge against the accused.
The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a ver-
dict of Not Guilty.
March
29.

CROWN SlDE.—(Beleve Mr: Justice COLERIDGE.)
William Jones, 28, and Lewis Fleming, 22, the former
an e agine-driver, and the latter a stoker, in the service
of the South-Western Railway Company, were indicted
for the manslaughter o Wavid Markland.
Kr. Sergeant Ghthelee and Mr. Helps conducted the
prosoaution. Mr. Ballantiue was for the defence.
It a ppeared from the testimony of the witnesses for
the prosecution, which it will be unnecessary to give in
detail, as the whole of the facts were given very fully
upon the different proceedings that were held by ad-
.
Journrnent before the coroner, that on the 14th January,
the deceased, who was an engine-driver, in the service
of the same company as the prisioners, started with a
train from Southampton at six o'clock in the evening,
and when he arrived within a couple of miles of the
Woking station, in consequence of something going
wrong with the engine, it was found necessary to bring
the train to a stand still, and the deceased, who, it ap-
peared, was a clever ingenious fellow, set about perrorm-
ing the necessary repairs which the engine required,
and it seemed that to enable him to effect this object
he was obliged to get underneath the engine.
While in this position it appeared that a luggage
train, composed of 31 carriages and an engine and ten•
der, upon which were the two defendants, came up,
and ran into the passenger train, crushing the car-
riages together, and driving the engine over the unfor-
tunate deceased, who received such injury as to cause
immediate death. In order to establish that the de-
fendants had acted with negligence, it was shown that
the stationary train had three red lamps at the rear,
which would be visible at a very considerable distance,
and it appeared that the front lamp of the luggage train
was seen by the passengers of the other train for a con-
siderable time before the collision took place, and a man
named Brownsrnith, who acted as under guard to the
passenger train, was sent down the line to signal the ap-
proaching train to stop; but, according to his evidence,
ho could not ace either the engineer or fireman
belonging to the luggage train in his proper position,
and his signal was altogether disregarded, and
thus the collision and its fatal result was alleged
to have been occasioned by the negligence of
the defendants, in' not keeping a proper look-out.
The witnesses were subjected to a searching cross-
examination by Mr. Ballantine, and there appeared a
good deal of discrepancy in their testimony with regard
to the state of the atmosphere at this time the accident
happened, some of the witnesses stating that it was a
clear night, and others that it was foggy, and in the
result it appeared that the ground in the neighbourhood
of the line being marshy, it was possible that there were
patches of fog in different places, which might have
prevente d the lights of the passenger train being seen,
and the witness lirownsmith, who was sent to stop the
defendant's train, admitted that he had been charged
with nep:lecting his duty, because he did not place deto-
nating balls upon the rails, the explosion of which
would have been an effectual signal of danger to the
approaching train, and would, in all probability, have
prevented the accident from taking place. It was ad-
mitted that the defendants were men of excellent cha-
racter, and it appeared that they bad been in the
service of the company for several years, and that they
hsdnever before been charged with any act of mis-
conduct_

_________
Mr. aiLLANTINE made an energetic appeal to the
jury on behalf of the defendants, and in the course of

his certainly very able address, he urged that the evi -
dence would not warrant the jury in convicting the de-
fendants of manslaughter, for he said, from all the facts
that were before them, it appeared quite as probable that
the accident had arisen from the under guard not hav-
ing placed the tletonating balls, or fog signals, upon the
line, and thus given the proper warning of danger to the
defendants, as that it was occasioned by any negligence
on their part, and under all the circumstances he called
upon the jury to return a verdict of acquittal.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, in summing up, said that al-
though no doubt the law required all persons having the
charge and management of powers of this description
should use the utmost care in that management, still,
even if they should be of opinion that the persons hav-
ing the charge of the passenger or stationary train had
not doce all that was required of them, if they were
satisfied from the evidence that the defendants might
hare seen the lights at the rear of it, and that it was
owing to their negligence, and not keeping a proper
look-out that the collision and consequent fatal result
happened, they would under such circumstances be still
amenable to the charge of manslaughter. The Learned
Judge then went carefully through the whole of the evi-
dence.

The jury, after deliberating for about a quarter of an
hour, returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
There was an attempt at a manifestation of applause,
when the jury gave the verdict, but it was, of course,
promptly repressed.
The defendants were ordered to be immediately dis-
charged.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE )
STRONG V. CLAYTON.

This was an action to recover damages for slanderous
words spoken by the defendant, of and concerning the
plaintiff.
The case having been briefly stated,
The jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 401.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, March 27.
(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.)
Richard Jackson, a wretched looking man, about 44
years of age, was indicted for cutting and wounding his
step-daughter, Catherine Harrison, with intent to do her
some grievous bodily harm.
Mr. Wheeler conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner
was not defended by counsel.
It appeared from the statement of the prosecutrix that
her mother, the prisoner's wife, led a very miserable life
with her helpmate, and that especially when he was in-
toxicated his violence was so great that she always
endeavoured to escape from the house when he came
into it. On the day when this occurrence took place he
was coming into the house, using frightful threats and
saying he had a razor in his pocket. with which
he would finish them. Tho prosecutrix's mother
was the chief object of his anger, and on the prose-
cutrix interfering for the purpose of protecting her
from his violence, he seized the poker, gave her several
severe blows on the legs and shoulders, and finally
struck her twice on the head, inflicting a very severe
wound. The prosecutrix fell to the ground, and was so
found by the neighbours, perfectly insensible, and was
for some time, in rather a precarious condition. The
prisoner, on being told he had killed her, said he had
done for her and ho was sorry be had not dune for his
wife.

The prisoner In his defence entered into a statement
of his domestic quarrels, and alleged he had been very
cruelly treated by his wife and her children ; that they
had turned him out of the house, and on that ♦ery
morning had thrown his clothes out of the window,
and intimated an intention of serving him in the same
way. _ _ _

The prisoner was found Guilty of an assanit.
Sentence deferred.

John Jackson, Thomas Williams, and TVilliam Swift,
were indicted for robbing Henry Hardy, at Manchester,
on the 27th of Dec(Amber last.

Mr. Monk conducted the prosecution. The prisoners
Jackson and Williams were defended by Mr. Atkinson,
and Mr. Pollock appeared for the prisoner Swift.
It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor, who
is a medical student, that he had in the course of the
evening in question been attending a lecture at the School
of Medicine, in Manchester, and afterwards spent part
of the evening at an hotel. Between 12 and 1 o'clock
he went with a groom, with whom he had been in treaty
for the purchase of a dog, to see the animal at the stables
where it was kept, and they were coming back with the
dog, and had passed the end of Ducie bridge, when he
was assailed by three persons, who, he said, were the pri-
soners at the bar, who threw him down, dragged him
across the street, and attempted to rifle his pockets. One of
them put his hand into his trousers pocket and got some
money out, and they then attempted to get his watch.
The man who accompanied him, however, and who
was some paces in advance, struck a staff which he had
repeatedly on the pavement, and called for the police,
upon which the robbers ran away. The prosecutor then
found he had lost two sovereigns, which, with other
moneys, were in his trousers pocket. It appeared from
other evidence, that the prisoners had been sees together
at the spot in question a few minutes before the time
named in the indictment, and when the alarm was given
were observed running away.
Mr. POLLOCK and Mr. ATKINSON addressed the jury
for the defence, contending there was not sufficient evi-
dence of any robbery having been in fact committed,
and that even on the question of assault the testimony as
to the identity of the prisoners was not to be relied on.
Verdict—Guilty of an assault.
His LORDSHIP sentenced Swift to be imprisoned for
nine months, and Jackson and Williams, on whose cha-
racters there was a previous stain, to be impriso❑ed—
Jackson fur two years, and Williams for eighteen
months.

Liverpool, March 2S.

CROWN.COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDEUBON
Thon►a; Harrison, Adam Gillibrand, aged 30, John
Mauldsley, 55, and Josiah Eales, 21, were innicted for
shouting at Robert Cookson, with intent to murder him,
at Tarleton, on tho tat of February last.
Robert Cookson ►aid he was gamekeeper to A. L.
Keck, Esq., of Bank Hall, between Ormekirk and I'res-
ton. On the moraine- of the above day, about two
o'clock, being in bed, he heard a gun fired in the plan-
tation, and got up and sent his son for assistance.
While in a lane near he saw five men coming from the
direction of the plantation, and some of them began
throwing stones, one of which knocked witness down,
and as he was rising another hit him. However, witness
and his party followed itheca for 550 yards, saying they
would follow them till morning. The poachers then
turned, and witness heard a gun cocked, and as he
turned his back the gun was fired, and he was shot. He
received about 127 pellets into his back and side, and
some in his hand. He could not identify any of the
prisoners. He was taken home, and put to bed.
Robert Holliday, an accomplice, said he was a pavior
at Preston. The night before the above affair he, Gilli-
brand, Harrison, Eales, and Mawdaley, were at one
Pearson's house, and they agreed to go out into the
Tarleton plantations. They had three guns and sticks.
They shot one pheasant in one plantation, eight in an-
other, and four in a third. I heard a gun go off, turned
round, and saw it was Gillibrand who had fired. One
of the other party called out murder, and we all ran
away. The other party fired at us three times, but did
no mischief. Gillibrand said we have stopped him from
running after us. Pearson said it would be a good job
if he were neither killed nor blinded. We all said we
were sorry it had happened, except Gillibrand. Pearson
had said, my man, you had better keep back; there will
perhaps be some damage done. We all then got away.
Adam Churchbank was called to corroborate the ac-
complice, but he could not fix the day, and addressing
Mr. Pollock,
Mr.:Baron ALDERSON said, if you could have shown the
accomplice, and the others going to or coming from the
place at the time mentioned, that would have been some
corroboration, but you only show them together about
that time, not showing the day, and that is in fact no
corroboration. Had you been able to corroborate the ac-
complice, a question would have arisen whether any one
was guilty of the offence charged besides the man who
fired the gun, and that would have depended on the
question whether or not the prisoners had a common
purpose. His Lordship then advised the jury to acquit
the prisoners, on the ground of there being no evidence
in fact to corroborate that of the accomplice, and they
acquitted them accordingly.
Titus Slater, 26, and who had been committed with
John Hunt and William Lightfoot, was indicted for a
burglary at Widness, in West Derby, in the house of
Robert Sutton, and stealing therein cheese and divers
other articles, and 265. in money, on the 9th December
last.

The prosecutor was a farmer, and kept a provision
shop, which was properly secured on that night. On
the following morning it was discovered that it had been
broken into by opening the shutters, breaking out a
square of glass, and so opening the window.
William Lightfoot, a young man, a maker of watch
movements, said that he met the prisoner at Hunt's
workshop at nine o'clock at night by appointment,
where they remained till eleven, and then left, and went
to the prosecutor's. The prisoner opened the window
shutters, which he believed were not fastened. He then
broke a square of glass and opened the window, and
witness got into the shop and reached out to him the
articles mentioned. Ho got also out of a drawer Hi. in
money, and then came out, and they went and concealed
them in a haystack at Green Haughs farm. They then
returned to Hunt's workshop. The prisoner and witness
had changed clothes during the preceding day.
Job Hughes, a farm bailiff, said he saw the prisoner
and the witness Lightfoot near the haystack at
Green }laughs, and saw the things found in that stack
on the Eth of January. It was in a public footpath he
saw them.
The prisoner addressed the jury, and especially denied
the policeman's evidence was true, and said that a person
in Kirkdale could, if there, prove it was false; and his
Lordship, therefore, suspended the proceeding while that
person was sent for. On his arrival, however, his evi-
dence did not help the prisoner's defence.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON suminrd up, pointing out the
necessity of corroboration as to Lightfoot's evidence, and
what evidence did corroborate it; and the jury at once
found the prisoner Guilty.
His Loapsult. then sentenced the prisoner to be im-
prisoned for eighteen calendar months.

MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Warwick, March 29.
(Before Mr. Commissioner BALGUY.)
Thomas Burke was indicted for uttering a five-pound
forged note, purporting to be of the Warwick and Lea-
mington Banking Company.
Mr. Waddington and Mr. Mellon prosecuted.
It was proved that, about twenty minutes past seven
P.M., on Wednesday, the 22d, prisoner called at Sim-
month's, a watchmaker at Warwick, and bought a watch
for five pounds, and paid in a note resembling one of the
Warwick and Leamington Bank. Suspecting the note
was a forgery he set a watch upon the prisoner, while
he himself went to the Bank, when he found it was a
forgery. lle then proceeded to the railway station,
where Burke had not arrived, but shortly after he came
up, and was taken into custody. Upon his person was
found four forged notes, also fifteen sovereigns, six

half-sovereigns, fifteen half-crowns, thirty-ono shillings,
eight sixpences, &c., and a flag-basket, in which were two
packets of tobacco, a pair of stays, a bottle of brandy,
halt-a•pound of tea, &c., all which things he had paid
for in forged five-pound notes, and got the change.
Guilty.—To be transported for ten years.
David Bullock and John Tunialty were also charged
with a similar offence.

These parties were part of the same gang of utterers.
They went to the King's Arms at Kenilworth, and had
gin and sherry, and paid for it with a forged note. The
landlord suspecting them, sent for a constable and
charged them with passing bad notes. Bullock 'ex-
pressed his surprise. Tumalty went to the fire, from
which was subsequently taken some burning paper, which
proved to be forged notes. They had previously passed
and attempted to pass several others.
They were found Guilty, and sentenced to be trans-
ported for ten years.
There are others of the gang lying in gaol at Coventry
on similar charges.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.— Bury St Edmunds,
March 27.

CROWN COURT.—(Before the CHIEF BARON.)

Robert IVelham, aged 32, was indicted for wounding
Michael M'Derwott, on the 7th of July last, with intent
to murder him.

Mr. Prendergast and Mr. Worlledge were counsel for
the prosecution ; the prisoner was not defended.
The prosecutor is an Irishman, in the habit of fre-
quenting the markets in this and the adjoining counties.
where he was well known to be an extensive cattle
dealer. On the 7th of July last he attended Bury
market, and, as usual, made large purchases of beasts.
which he retained the prisoner to assist him in driving
to Lavenham and Colchester. Having paid for his
purchases from a canvass bag, in the presence
of the prisoner, the prosecutor deposited the bag and
its contents, about 701., in an loner pocket of his waist-
coat, after which he and the prisoner commenced their
journey towards Colchester. At this time, about nine
o'clock at night, the prosecutor, who had been on foot
for the two preceding nights driving boasts to the mar-
ket, was not only tired, but also tipsy, though not so
much so, to use his own expression, as not to be " able
to make a good guess at what he was after." A few
miles out of Bury, on the road to Lavenham, is called
Chapel. hill, and at the top of that bill the prosecutor
and the prisoner met a man in a gig, who was thanked by
the former for driving quietly through his cattle. At that
time he appeared to be rather tipsy, so much so as to be
supported by the prisoner along the road. This was at
nine o'clock, and beyond that spot and hour the two men
were not seen together, though the prisoner was traced
with the beasts along the road to Lavenham, where they
rested for the night at the premises of Mr. Biker, while
be went to his own residence, and pursued his journey
towards Colchester. At six o'clock in the morning, a
labourer going to work saw the prosecutor lying on the
side of the road at the top of Chapel hill, a few yards
beyond the spot at which he had last been seen in the
company of the prisoner. He was then speechless or in-
sensible, for he put his band to his head, which bore
marks of several blows, and was covered with blood. In
the road were his hat and three large pools of blood; and
about a yard from the place where he lay was a round
flint, about the size of a cricket- ball, on which were two
spots of blood and two human hairs. He was immedi-
ately taken to the hospital, where he remained in a most
critical condition,butultimatelyrecovered though the blows
he had received had fractured his skull, and produced a
pressure on the brain, which in one part actually pro-
truded through the fracture. As soon as the bone was
removed, he became conscious, though still speechless,
and being unable to give any account of the transaction,
the prisoner was brought into his room. As soon as the
prosecutor saw him he sprung up, seized him by the
hand, and examining his pocket, went through a panto-
mimic action—a scene which was evidently meant to
convey to the persons assembled a history of the attack
on him. When speech was restored to him he directly
charged the prisoner with having attacked, robbed, and
knocked him down, soon after the gentleman had driven
through the beasts; after which he became unconscious
till he came to himself in the hospital. When the prose-
cutor was found on the road he had only a few shillings
in one of his pockets, his bag and notes being nowhere
visible, nor was there any of the missing property traced
to the possession of the prisoner, who, when he was
taken into custody, stated that he had left his master
drunk on the road at the bottom of Chapel-hill, the spot
pointed out by him to the constable being a mile nearer
Bury than the top of the hill where he and the
prosecutor were seen by the gentleman. The pri-
soner also stated that when he last saw his master he was
lying on the roadside, and a strange man went up to him,
atter which he went on with the beasts, and saw him no
more that night.
The prisoner having repeated this etatment when called
on for his defence at the conclusion of the case for the
prosecution,
The CHIEF BARON summed up the evidence to the
jury, leaving it to them to say whether they were
satisfied that the prosecutor had accurately described
the occurrences of the night to them, and had spoken
correctly when he attributed the injuries to the prisoner.
The jury, without hesitation, found a verdict of
Guilty, and sentence of death was recorded against him.
It was understood that a liberal subscription was
made in court amongst the bar for the "poor Irishman,"
at the bead of which stood the name of the noble High
Sheriff.

(Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.)
John Potter, aged 22, was indicted for cutting and
wounding Golding Cousins, on the 28th of August last,
with intent to prevent his lawful apprehension and to
disable him.

Mr. Dasent conducted the case for the prisoner ; Mr.
Prendergast that for the defence.

It appeared from the statement of several witnesses
called by the Learned Counsel in support of his opening
statement, that the prisoner had formerly been in the
service of Mr. Ransorne, of Ipswich, who has
a country house at Rushmere, attached, to
which is a large and productive garden. In
this garden the prisoner had formerly worked, but in
August last he had employment at Mr. Ransome's
oundry in the town. The garden having been constantly
pillaged, the prosecutor and another man were employed
to watch it on the 27th of August, and having set up a
bell with a " spider's web" of twine about it, they
watched till half-past one. At that hour they heard the
bell go, and rushing forward, they saw a man in the act
of making the bell " hold its tongue." As soon as the
watchers came up they called out, and the intruder took
to his heels, but not till the moon had disclosed the well
known features of the prisoner to the prosecutor, who
seized his coat as he got over a hedge, and told him " it
was no use running, as he knew him." The prisoner,
however, thought otherwise, and, taking a spring knife,
called in these parts a " snick and yer," deliberately
cut at the fingers of the prosecutor, one of which
he severed the bone of. Had ho withheld his knife
a moment longer he would have owned his escape to
a less objectionable course, for his coat parted, and
the skirts remained in the hands of the prosecutor,
while he fell over the hedge, where he dropped his cap
and then made off. In the pocket of the skirt so re-
tained by the prosecutor was s tobacco-box, which,
together with the cap and skirt, were handed over
to the gardener, who forthwith repaired to the police-
station and gave information against the prisoner by
name. At six o'clock the police apprehended the pri-
soner as he was going to his work, and he then had on
a cap and a coat, in the pocket of which was a spring
knife, while his shirt bore marks of recent blood, which
appeared to have been partially obliterated by the appli-
cation of a damp cloth.
In addition to the direct testimony of the prosecutor,
all the other witnesses deposed to having seen the pri-
soner wear such a coat and cap, and to his having pos
sessed such a tobacco-box, as those which remained in
the custody of the prosecutor, on the night in question;
but it appeared that they could not be exactly identified
as his property, while the cap and coat in which he was
arrested almost as much resembled his ordinary dress
as those now produced, and his counsel adroitly pro-
duced a tobacco-box, which was put forward indirectly
as that which the prisoner was in the habit of using.
Mr. PRENDERGAST, in addressing the jury, commented
on the inability of the witnesses to identity the property
produced as those of the prisoner, who was not likely to
have two coats, and whose conduct evidently showed that
he was unconscious of guilt. The only circumstance
against him was the evidence of the prosecutor, who
might well have been mistaken in the hurry and confu-
sion of the rencontre, and whose oath ought, therefore,
not to be adopted by the jury without confirmation, which
was not only not shown in this case, but had actually
been disproved to a certain extent.
His LORDSHIP left the ease to the jury to say, first,
whether they thought the prisoner was engaged in steal-
ing the fruit in the garden. If so, he might lawfully
have been apprehended, and the first count would be
sustained. At the same time it was competent to the
jury to negative the following part of the charge, and
to convict the prisoner of a common assault it they were
satisfied of his identity, a question which was certainly
open to the remarks of the Learned Counsel.
The jury not being able to agree, retired from court,
and after a lengthened absence returned with a verdict
of Guilty on the first count.
His LORDSHIP, taking into consideration the fact that
the prisoner had already been iii prison seven months,
sentenced him to three months' imprisonment, with hard
labour.
With this case the Suffolk assizes terminated.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE.)
Yesterday William 11. Warren, aged 22, and Jane, his
wife, wore indicted, charged with having assaulted
andill-treated Margaret Warren, their infant child,
only two years old.
From the evidence of Mary Ann Brock, who stated
that she kept a school in James street, Finsbury, it
ap-
peared that about a month ago the female prisoner
placed the child Margaret Warren under her care. From
the child's uneasiness one day she theught something
was irritating it, and on undoing its clothes, to see what
was the cause, she found its back and loins one mass of
bruises. On this occasion she said nothing to the child's
mother, but on a subsequent day she found on examina-
tion, that there were fresh marks of violence on the
child, and then asked the mother how the marks were
occasioned. The latter replied that the child had cer-
tainly been beaten, and merely remarked that the child's
flesh "bruised so easily." A day or two after this the
child went to school again with a black eye, and. when
Mrs. Brock directed the mother's attention to it, she
excused herself by saying that " the child was naughty,
and passionate, and as she (the child) had had a black
eye before, she would be satisfied now." The next Wed-
nesday the child did not attend school, and on inquiring
the cause, the witness was told that it was ~The,follovvi-
ng morning, however, the child did attend, and as it
had a sickly look, witness again proceeded to examine
it, and found that it had been cruelly beaten, being
bruised nearly over the whole body. She then took the
poor little creature to a surgeon, by whose direction the

witness took it to a magistrate, who granted a warrant
under which the prisoners were taken into custody.
The prisoners' landlady proved that she had heard
the child continually screaming. This was cerrobo,
rated by several witnesses who lived in the house, and
it was also stated by a man who lived in the adjoining
house, that he had frequently heard them beating the
child, as if with the open hand.
Police-constable N 140 deposed that on taking the
prisoners into custody both of them said that they bad
a right to do what they liked with their own. It Wet
their own child, and they had a right to:beat it if thef
chose. On examining the child witness found several
marks on its body, as if caused by pinching with tb
finger-nails. The child was altogether in a frightful
state, and exhibited strong proofs of the cruel usage
which had been inflicted upon it.
i •It was shown that, when before the committing magi'''.
trate, the male prisoner admitted having flogged the child
with a piece of knotted whipcord, which the constable now
produced, having found it in a cupboard in the room. It
resembled a double• thonged whip, but more torturing in
its application, as it was closely knotted on both lashes. Its
production in court caused a thrill of horror to pus
through the court, and those present could scarcely stir
press their indignation at the prisoner's cruel and ill'
human conduct.

The surgeon who examined the child in the first in-
stance, stated that its body presented the appearance of
having been severely flogged, and was of opinion that
the cords produced would inflict such bruises as those
found on the child's person.
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When called upon.for their defence, the male prisoner
admitted having beaten the child, that she was very ob-
stinate, and was continually screaming without provocr
Lion. In chastising it he did not consider that he had,
used more violence than was necessary, or that he had
gone beyond the limits a parent was justified in adminir
tering to his own child.

The female prisoner did not say anything in bet
defence.

John Warren, the male prisoner's father, was called
by the prisoner. He said that his son was a very kind
and humane young man. He ha,l been married about
six months, and he (witness) did not know that there
was a child living until a fortnight ago. The child was
an illegitimate one.

The ASSISTANT JUDGE said that the jury were to saf
whether the punishment inflicted exceeded the due and
proper correction which a parent was justified in adult'
nistering.

The ju—ry returned a verdict of Guilty.
The ASSISTANT JUDGE, in passing sentence, said that
this was what Le expected, for no jury of Englishmen
could come to any other conclusion. It would be absurd
to imagine, that the prisoners considered they were
justified in so cruelly illusing their own child, and it was
impossible that they could conceive themselves that they
were acting properly. They could not expect, that by
such a brutal mode of chastisement, the child's temper
or habits would be mended. The evidence of Warren's
father showed, unfortunately, but too well, what were
the motives that induced the prisoners to use the poor
little creatures so cruelly. It was clear as the noon day,
that they wished to get rid of it altogether. The sen-
tence on each was imprisonment, with hard labour for
the space ofitwo months, in the House of Correction.
Mrs. Brock, the witness who first discovered the
child's unhappy position, brought the little creature into
the court, and in reply: to the judge, the witness said
that it was but two years and two months old, and that
it was as sweet-tempered and well-dispoied a child as
ever lived.

The ASSISTANT JUDGE expressed his entire approval
of the line of conduct pursued by Mrs. Brock, and di-
rected the child to be taken to St. Luke's Workhouse.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.
Samuel Smith, Frederick Jones, and George Wilkes,
were again placed at the bar, charged with stealing be-
tween 401. and 501., besides a quantity of jewellery, &c.,
from the Red Lion public-house, King Edward-street.
Newgate-street, and Matilda and Mary Richards, with
having tendered a 10/, note, part of the proceeds of the
robbery, well knowing it to be stolen.
Mr. Humphreys said he should apply for a remand
for a fortnight, as it was a very important case, and
the police were anxious to have as much time as possible.
All five prisoners were remanded accordingly.
Mrs. Lloyd then gave her servants Jane Walker and
Mary Smith into custody, and they were immediately
placed at the bar, evidently much astonished at the turn
affairs had taken.

Mr. Humphreys said, his application now was that the
prisoners should be remanded for a similar period.
Alderman CHALLIS remanded them also, but directed
that at the Compter they should be kept apart from the
other prisoners.
They were then removed, both of them crying, and
wanting to know why they were to be locked up.
MARYLEBONE.
Yesterday the court was much crowded in consequence
of its having been the day appointed for the re-examina-
tion of William Jones, a corporal in the Ist Life Guards,
who on Monday last was brought up by Inspector
Haines, of the detective police, on the charge of having
broken open a box in a room in the Regent's Park 13? r"
racks, and stolen therefrom 14/. in silver, together with
six sovereigns and four half. sovereigns, the property of
Troop Corporal-Major Henry Jones, a part of whose
duty it is to pay the men composing his own troop.
Upon the application of Mr. Jarman,
Mr. BROUGHTON consented to accept bail for the pri-
soner's appearance on Monday next, himself in 190/ and
two sureties in 1001. each.

The prisoner, who was not immediately prepared to
comply with these conditions, was then locked up.

THAMES.

Mr. Charles Poilett, of 4, Sidney street, Commercial-
road East, clerk, whose case was noticed in the House of
Commons on Monday night, and who, it will be recol-
lected, was subjected to the treatment of a felon while he
was incarcerated in the House of Correction for five days
under an execution from the Whitechapel County Court
for not being able to pay a debt of 2/., applied to Mr.
Yardley for relief.
The poor man has been for some time without em-
ployment; ho has a wife and six children, who are in a
starving condition, to maintain, and the degrading treat-
ment to which he was subjected in the House of Cor-
rection because he was unable to pay a debt of 40s. has
nearly broken his heart. He stated to the officers of the
court that his incarceration i❑ such a place as the House
of Correction, and the fact of his hair and whiskers be-
ing cut close were a bar to his obtaining employment.
He handed one of his circulars, containing an appeal to
the public and a statement of his case, to the magistrate
in the first instance, but Mr. Yardley could not con-
sistently with the rules of the court receive any private
application for a subscription while sitting as a magis-
trate, and the paper was handed back to him. Some
hours afterwards Mr. Follett made a public application
for relief, and said he had not the means of procuring •
meal for himself and his children.

Mr. YARDLEY regretted that he had no funds with
which he could relieve the applicant, who then left the
court, apparently much dejected, observing that poor
debtors who owed a few shillings wore treated worse
than the fraudulent who owed thousands.