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MARCH 25, 1848.

prepared to give the application his most determined
opposition, for he was satisfied the permitting of sweeps
for money in horse racing was of the most pernicious
character, not only tendinc, to the demoralisation of the
poorer classes, but productive of misery in its worst
shape; to such an extent had it arrived that children and
women spent all their earnings in what he contended
was gambling. It was absurd to say that these lotteries
and sweeps were not illegal: although he :Omitted there
was no express Act of Parliament upon the point, yet
the very tenor of the license granted to a publican was
that he should not permit gaming in his house.
Alderman COPELAND said there was no law stating
that these lotteries and sweeps for horse racing was
illegal, and he believed, as the law now stood, they were
perfectly legal, and it was unfair to deprive the applicant
of his license on such grounds. If it was an evil, which
he was not prepared to admit,-why not at once attack
the larger houses at the %Vest-end, where gaming and
speculation were carried out to an enormous extent?
Sir P LAURIE could assure the applicant that if the
case had been within his own ward, or at Marylebone,
the licence should not be granted.
Mr. Wire repeated his assurance that the sweeps
should be discontinued:
After a brief consultation amongst the Aldermen,
The Loan MAYOR said the Court would, in considers
tion of the assurance given by Mr. Wire, on the part of
the applicant, that all sweeps should be discontinued,
allow the license to be renewed.

SURREY SESSIONS.
(Before Mr. PUCKLE, Chairman.)
Mackinson, aged 19, and John Lane, aged 15,
were brought up on an indictment, charging them with
feloniously stealing one rump and loin of beef, the pro-
perty of Henry Casswell, butcher, residing in the parish
of St. George the Martyr.
Two witnesses were called, who stated that they saw
the prisoners take the property in question. Upon their
cross-examination it appeared. that one ofiltegt, a Ude
had recently undergone- a month's imprisonment for
felony; and the other witness, a female, was at present
cohabiting with a person in the absence of her husband,
who was undergoing a punishment of 14 years' transpor-
tation for felony.
It was contended upon these facts, that no reliance
could be placed on their evidence.
The jury found both prisoners Guilty, and they were
eack sentenced to four months' hard labour.
Several charges of misdemeanour for obtaining goods
and money upon false pretences, to all of which the pri•
soners pleaded Guilty, were disposed of by the Court.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
WORSHIP-STREET.
A young widow, who gave her name Sarah Wood,
and her residence as Tabernacle-walk, Finsbury, applied
to Mr. Hamill to afford her redress for a grievance she
had sustained at the hands of a master baker, and which,
it was stated by one of the officers, was a practice of by
no means unfrequent occurrence.
The applicant said, that on Saturday night last she,
with some difficulty, provide:. herself with a loin of mut-
ton for the Sunday's dinner of herself and family, and
left it at the baker's shop next morning for the purpose
of being cooked in his oven. Having noticed a very
visible decrease in the siu of her joints on other occa-
sions in the course of their transit to and from various
bakers', she took the precaution this time of previously
counting the number of ribs the joint contained, and
having found, upon calling for it at dinner time, that
two of the ribs had been cut off, she complained to the
baker's wife of the robbery, but, so tar from hearing any
expression of regret, her complaint was treated with de-
rision, and any allowance for the portion stolen was
refused. She had made several subsequent applications,
but with no better success, and as the loss was a matter
of consideration to her, she having been left with two
children in very impoverished circumstances on the death
of her husband, who committed suicide a few weeks ago,
she was anxious to know whether she could not have
some redress for the injury.
Mr. Hamm'. directed Bricknell, one of the warrant-
officers, to go at once to the house of the person com-
plained of, and endeavour to effect some advantageous
arrangement for the poor woman ; but on his return to
the court the officer reported that all his attempts at
mediation had been peremptorily rejected by the baker,
who strangely argued that if the complainant's state-
ment were correct, it was clear that the meat had been
stolen ,by one of his servants, and said that he con-
sidered both the magistrate and the officer were ex-
ceeding their duty in endeavouring to make him a party
to the composition of a felony.
Upon hearing this, the magistrate said that he should
certainly adopt some more stringent means of enforcing
the claim of the woman, and immediately issued a sum-
mons against the baker for an illegal detention of the
meat, which he directed to be served forthwith.
This step had the desired effect, ftr the defendant
himself shortly after made his appearance with a material
abatement of his tone, and after declaring that he meant
no intentional disrespect to the Bench by what he had
previously said, stated that he had been absent from
home the whole of the day in question, and as it was
impossible for him to rebut the allegation made against
him, he was willing, if the magistrate would allow him,
to afford the woman any recompense that might be con-
sidered reasonable.
This course was ultimately acceded to by the poor
widow, and a satisfactory compensation having been
offered her, which she accepted, she withdrew her com-
plaint, and Mr. Hemmer, then ordered the summons to
be discharged and the defendant with it.
WESTMINSTER.
William Clare and Robert Hall, the former of whom
is a very powerful-looking man, were charged with
being concerned, with a man named Calton, at present
under remand, in a very daring highway robbery, the
particulars of which were detailed in The Sun of
yesterday.
The prisoner Clare is the person described in the
'ormer report of the case as the man in the flannel

jacket.
Mr. Cole, the prosecutor, repeated at full length his
statement of the previous day, in the course of which he
said he saw both the prisoners at the public-house at
the foot of Westminster-bridge, and Clare joined with
the man Cayton in conversation with him. Prosecutor
could not swear positively to the person of Hall as the
man who held the bar of iron in his hand and robbed
him while Cayton pinioned him, but in general appear-
ance he closely resembled him.
Francis Sullivan, the labourer who gave some impor-
tant evidence on Wednesday, stated that he saw the
prisoner Hall in company with two others, at the Nag's
Head, Tethill-street, Westminster (immediately after
the robbery). Ho saw Hall with what appeared to be a
gold watch in his hand showing it to the others. The
men Caxton and Clare then came immediately after-
wards and spoke to Hall ; and then a dispute arose
amongst them about the watch.
Evidence was given to show that prosecutor and the
man Cayton were seen together a few minutes before the
robbery, and Halls and others were a short distance be-
hind, following them.
Mark Loon, a sergeant of the N division, proved ap-
prehending the prisoners on Thursday night. Hall said
he would go quietly, and declared he knew nothing
about the robbery. Clare, who was drunk at the time
he was taken into custody, observed that he knew the
man that had been robbed, but was innocent about the
watch.
Mr. BURRELL asked the prisoners what they had to
say to the charge ?
Clare admitted that he was in conversation with the
prosecutor at the public house near Westminster-bridge,
but denied that he spoke to Hall at the Nag's Head, in
Tothill-Areet, or knew anything of the robbery.
Hall said, he could prove that he was in bed at half-
past twelve o'clock on Wednesday night (about an hour
before the robbery).
Mr. Cumming, an inspector of the B division, ob
served, that if it were necessary he could show that
Hall was seen in the streets two hours after the time he
alleged.
Mr. BURRELL did not consider there was any necessity
to call a witneos to that circumstance in the preset'
stage of the proceedings, and remanded the prisoners
Thursday next.

would lend me sixpence to get a bed with to-night I
shall soon have some money and I can manage.
Nir:TYRWHITT declined this; and
The prisoner expressed his willingness to go into the
workhouse.
He was brought to St. Luke's parish with a caution
that if he was brought to this Court again under similar
circumstances the law would be put in force against him.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
(From the Votes and Pr&cecdings of the House of Commons.)
FRIDAY, MARCH 24.
STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
The following Resolution was reported from the above
Committee:—
That in the case of the Dublin Consolidation Im-
provements and Waterworks (No. 2) petition, for leave
to deposit a petition for a Bill, the standing orders ought
not to be dispensed with.—Report to lie en the table.

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.
The following Railway Bills are ordered to be read a
second time on Monday, March 27:
Stirling and Dunfermline (Amendment and Deviations).
Stirling and Dunfermline (repeal of leasing Powers to
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company).
North Wares (Dissolution of Company).
Newry and Enniskillen (Amendment of Acts, and to
authorise Arrangements with other Companies).
London and North-Western (Branches and Extensions
from Leamington, &c.)
East Indian Company Incorporation.
Edinburgh and Glasgow (No. I—Amendment of Acts,
and Branches, &o.)
North Staffordshire (Ashbourne Branch and Approach
to Congleton Station).
Eastern Counties (Enlargement of London and Strat-
ford Stations and Amendment of Acts (Amendment
of Act.)
Edinburgh and Perth (from North Queensferry to the
Scottish Central Railway, with Branches, &c.)
Glasgow Barrhead, and Neilston Direct (Amendment
-la • intuebes; 8b).
Scottish Midland Junction (Amendment and Branches

to Birnan, &c.)
Whitehaven Junction.
Whitehaven Junction (Extension, Alteration, and
Branches, &c.)
TUESDAY, MARCH 28.
Birmingham:and Oxford (Deviation from Leamington to
Warwick, and Purchase of Stratford-upon-Avon
Canal iNuvigation).
Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Edinburgh and Bsthgate
Amalgamation.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

From the Totes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.'

FRIDAY, MARCH 24.
NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY (No. 2—JUNCTION
WITH LEITH BRANCH OF THE EDINBURGH
AND DALKEITH RAILWAY, &c.) BILL.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill be
now read a second time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave
out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add
the words " upon this day six months." Question put,
" That the word now' stand part of the Question." The
House divided:—

MINORITY-AYES, 60.
Anderson, Arthur Greene, John Saudars, George
Birch, Sir Thomas Hastie, Archibald Scott, F.
Bowring, Dr. Holland, Robert, Scrope, G. P.
Bright, John Hope, Sir J. spearman,i.H. J.
Chaplin,:W. J. ilornby John Strickland, Sir G.
Charters, Francis Hume, Joseph Stuart, H.
C tibia, William Humphery, Ald. Stuart, John
Davie, Sir 11, Kershaw, James 'ferment, .J.
Denison, J. E. Lockhart, A. E. Thompson, Colonel
Dodd, G. Macnamara, Major Tolleinache, John
Dencan, George M'Cullagli,W. T. Trelawny, J. S.
Edwards, Henry NPTa,ggart, Sir J. Tynte, Colonel
Elliot, J. E. Maitland, Thomas Walmsley, Sir J.
Ewart, William Sorreys, Lord Ward, H. G.
Ferguson, Sir It. Parker, John Willcox, Brodie
Fordyce, A. H. Pilkington, James Williams, John
Forster, M. Reudlesham, Lord
Fox, Richard M. Renton, John C.
Fox, W. J. Reynolds, John
French, F. Rutherford. A.
1 Granger, T. C. Salwey, Colonel

TELLESS.
Mackemsie, W. F.
Cowan, Charles

MAJORITY-NOES, 105.

Adare, Viscount Fagan, William Meux, Sir Henry
Adderley, C. B. Fern: 7, James Miles, Philip W. S.
Alcock, Thomas Ferguson, Colonel Molesworth, Sir W.
Arbuthaott, Hugh Foley, J. H. Morris, David
Arkwright, George Fuller, A. E. Nugent, Sir Percy
Arundel, Earl of Gaskell, J. M. 0 Connor, Feargus
/Millie, H. J. Gladstone, W. E. Patten, J. W.
Baring, Henry Gordon, Admiral Pattison, J.
Barnard, E. G. Goulburn, Henry Plowden, W. H.
Benbow, John Grenfell, C. Pascoe Raphael, Alexander
Beresford, William Grenfell, Charles W. Repton, G. W.
Bolling, William Male, R. B. Ricardo, Osman
Bourke, Richard S. Hall, Sir Benjamin Robartes, T. J.
Bowles, Admiral Hallyburton, Lord Rolleston,:Colonel
Bramston, T. W. Hayes, Sir E. Russell, F. C.
Bruce, Lord E. kleathcote, Sir W. Sumer, Henry Ker
Bruce, C. L. C. Ilerrles, J. C. Shaft, R. 1).
Buck, L. W. Hogg, Sir J. W. Stafford, Augustus
Buller, Sir J. Y. Hood, Sir A. Stansileld, W. R.
Callaghan, D. liouldsworth, T. Staunton, Sir G.
Carew, W. P. Hughes, W. B. Stun, Henry G.
Chichester, Lord J. Inglis, Sir It. Thesiger, Sir F.
Christy, Samuel . Johnstone, Sir J. Thicknesse, Ralph
Cripps, W. Jolliffe, Sir W. H. Thornely, T.
Currie, Henry Jones, Captain Townley, R. G.
Deedes, W. King, Peter John Vane, Lord 11.
Disraeli, B. Lascelles, W. S. Verner, Sir W.
Divett, E. Lewis, Sir T. Vyvyan, Sir R. R.
Drummond, Henry Lincoln, Earl of Wall, C. B.
Duff, G. S. Lindsay, Colonel West, F. R.
Duncan, Viscount Littleton, E. It. Wertley, J. S.
Duncombe, 0. Lushington, Charles Wyvill, Marmadttke
Dundas, George Lygon, General Yorke, H. R.
Dunne, F. P. Mackinnon, W. TELLERS.
Egerton, W. T. Masterman, John Clerk Sir George
Ellice, E., Jun. Mattle, Fox Sotheron, T. H. S.