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Mulcot came forward, and said that rather than disturb
the parish by going to a poll, he would withdraw his
name as a candidate for the office of churchwarden, and
Mr. Hemmings was then declared duly elected to serve
as churchwarden for the ensuing year. Eight overseers
were then chosen, and the other minor offices filled up.

_
LAW IgTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, April 15.
This being the first day of Easter Term, the Judges
breakfasted with the Lord Chancellor at his house,
George- street, and afterwards proceeded in procession to
Westminster
The Lord Chancellor did not take his seat in Court
until after one o'clock.

Sir Thomas Wilde and Mr. Peacock appeared for the
appellant, and Mr. Montague Chambers and Mr. Clark
for the respondents.
The case occupied the Court from ten o'clock in the
morning until seven in the evening; but the brief facts
are these:—ln the year 1832 Mr. Curling was ap-
pointed to the situation of clerk to the trustees of the
waterside district of the parish, and enjoyed that office
until :the last session of Parliament, when a Bill was
passed which placed the whole of the parish of Ber-
mondsey under one commission, and abolished those
previously existing. On the passing of the Act, the
Commissioners tastier it elected Messrs. George and
George Henry Drew. solicitors in the parish, their clerk,
upon which Mr. Curling applied for compensation, under
the Act of Parliament, for loss of office. The Commis-
sioners. after due deliberation, made an award of 336/.
15s„. This amount Mr. Curling considered insufficient,
and gave notice of appeal, conceiving himself entitled,
according to his own calculation of loss, to 7,5001.
Sir Thomas WILDE addressed the bench at consider-
able length in advocacy of the claim of the appellant to
compensation immeasurably beyond the insignificant
sum offered, and called witnesses to prove, that with
salary and emoluments appertaining t) his office his in-
come atreraged 230/. per annum, and upon this amount
he required compensation. It also appeared that Me•.
Curling had brought an action against the trustees for
the balance of his account, got a verdict, and actually
arrested one of that body for the amount, nearly 1,0001.
Mr. CHAMBERS, in his address for the defence, cha-
racterised the claim on the part of the appellant as
perfectly monstrous. The appellant (Mr. Curling) ought
to consider himself fortunate in having, since his ap-
pointment to the office in 1832, been engaged in two
Acts of Parliament for the parish, by which his emolu-
ments were enormously increased. The Learned Coun-
sel contended that the appellant had no right to add
those sums as ordinary estimates to swell the average,
and that he ought to be quite content with the handsome
sum he had made by these proceedings, without attempt-
ing to get them paid a second time. On a fair calcula-
tion the applicant's salary and emoluments could not
have been more than 100/. a year ; and as the Act of
Parliament only fixed the compensation at a quarter of
the income, the Commissioners had acted fairly and liber-
ally in offering Mr. Curling 238/.
The Magistrates withdrew to consider the decision,
and after an absence of about twenty minutes returned
into court, when
The CHAIRMAN said they had fixed the award at
750/. ; and with respect to costs, it was their opinion
that each party should pay their own. As, however, the
Act of Parliament made it necessary that costs should be
given, they fixed those at 40s.

ST. CLEMENT DANES.
The usual Easter vestry meeting, of this parish was
held on Monday at the vestry-room in the Strand, the
Rev. W. W. Ellis, the rector, in the chair.
The following gentlemen were put in nomination for
the office of churchwardens, the election to take place
on Friday, viz.:—For the Upper Liberty, Messrs. J-
kin, Bovell, and Partington aid for the Lower
Liberty, Messrs. Woodward, Spencer, Younger, and
Jacqeet.
The ordinary routine business was afterwards dis-
posed of, and the vestry separated.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Aprills,
The Vice-Chancellor of England did not take his seat
on the Bench until after one o'clock. Being the first
day of term, his Honour, with the other Judges. had
breakfasted with the Lord Chancellor.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, April 15.
(Sittings in Banco, at Westminster Hall, before Lord
DENMAN, Mr. Justice PATTESON, Mr. Justice WIL-
LIAMS, and Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.)
Their Lordships entered the Court shortly after one
o'clock, and heard a few motions for rules for new trials,
which were not of the least public interest.

ST. MARTIN-IN-THE FIELDS.
On Monday a meeting of the inhabitants of this
parish, according to ancient custom and usage, was held
in the vestry-room, for the purpose of electing church-
wardens, sidesmen, and other parochial officers for the
year ensuing, and also to receive the accounts of the
committee for paving, cleansing, and lighting of the
parish for the last year. The Rev. Sir R. 11. Dukin-
rield, Bart., the vicar, in the chair. For four or five
years the gentlemen nominated for churchwardens and
sidesmen have been chosen unanimously. Such was the
case yesterday ; and Messrs. Hall and Dalton were ap-
pointed, without opposition, as churchwardens. The
other officers having been proposed and seconded, no op-
position was offered. A desultory conversation took
place upon the paving committee's accounts, with respect
to the Health of Towns Bill, and the good that might be
done by the committee in inquiring into the nature of the
drainage, &c., in some of the crowded courts in the
parish, which seemed to be the general wish of those
present.

BERMONDSEY.
On Tuesday a very crowded meeting cf the inhabitants
of St. Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, was held in the
chapel, for the purpose of electing officers for the year
ensuing, the appointment of trustees of St. James's
Church, and also to consider what sum should be paid
to Om rector in lieu of Easter offerings, and other very
important business ; Mr. Churchwarden Crisp in the

PARISH OF ST. JAMES, CLERKENWELL.
On Tuesday, at eleven o'clock, the parishioners of St.
James's, Clerkenwell, assembled in the vestry-room o
the parish church, to elect the churchwardens, vestry-
clerk, and the usual parochial officers for the ensuing
year; Mr. Sabel in the chair.
Messrs. Ellis and Whitelock having been chosen,
churchwardens, in opposition to Messrs. Mason, Mills-
and Thompson, and Mr. Wakeling having been res
chosen vestry-clerk, and the other parochial officere
being appointed, the vestry broke up, a very amicabl-
feeling having been displayed throughout the pro-
ceedings.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-DOUSE.
THE STEAM NAVIGATION OF THE THAMES.-Mr.
Young, one of the governors of the Watermen's and
Lightermen's Company, attended by Mr.' Banyon, the
clerk to the Company, waited upon the Lord Mnyor ;
his Lordship having intimated on the preceding day that
he was desirous of communicating with them upon the
subject of the alleged overcrowding of their vessels on
the Thames.
His LORDSHIP asked what steps the Company had
taken in order to diminish the dangers attendant upon
steam-boat travelling ?
Mr. Banyon said that placards, of a large size, to the
following effect, had been placed for public inspection
at every steam-boat station from Yantlet Creek to Chis-

PARISH OF LAMBETH.
Tuesday last being Easter Tuesday, the annual vestry
meeting was held in the Boys' School-room, Lambeth-
green, to nominate parish officers for the ensuing year,
and appoint new trustees to the various parochial chari-
ties, in the room of Dr. George D'Oyly, and of John
Field and John Charles Stalschimidt, Esqs., deceased ;
also to elect duly qualified persons to serve as sur-
veyors of highways, and for the general dispatch of
business.
The chair was filled by the Rector, the Rev. Mr.
Dalton, and the matters brought forward were dis-
cussed in a friendly spirit not always observed at Lam-
beth assemblies.

wick :
" To free watermen and lightermen, and the owners and
masters of steam-boats navigated upon the River
Thames ;
"The Court of Master, Warden, and Assistants of
the Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the
River Thames. hereby give notice, that the Court of
Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Londcn, in pur-
suance of the power contained in the Act 7th and Bth
George IV., c. 75, have made certain bye-laws, which
have been allowed by Sir T. J. Platt, one of the Barons
uer, for the following
of her Majesty's Court of Excheq
purposes, viz.:--
"For granting licenses to persons to act as masters of
such boats.
" For regulating the rate of speed of all steam-boats
navigated within the limits mentioned in the bye-laws.
" For regulating the placing of lights upon all steam-
boats navigated within the limits mentioned in the bye-

KENSINGTON.
On Monday last a meeting of the inhabitant rate-
payers of the parish of St. Mary Abbots, Kensington,
was held in the large room of the National Schools, for
the purpose of electing churchwardens and other paro-
chial officers for the ensuing year.
The Venerable and Rev. John Sinclair, M.A., Arch-
deacon of Middlesex, and Vicar of Kensington, having
taken the chair,
The reappointment of Mr. Beliworthy was carried by
acclamation.
The Venerable CHAIR3IAN then nominated Mr. J.
Sheppard, of Kensington-square (Registrar to the
Bishop of London), as his churchwarden for the en•
suing year.
Several of the leading inhabitants having borne testi-
mony to the eminent qualifications of Mr. Sheppard for
the office, that gentleman explained at some length the
principles on which he should act while churchwarden,
and the other appointments having been filled up, the
vestry broke up.

laws.
" For regulating the burthen, size, and dimensions of
wherries, skiffs. and other boats, and the number of pas-
sengers carried therein ; and for regulating the manner
of plying turnway.
" The Company of Watermen and Lightermen are
now prepared to grant such licenses, and all persons
navigating such boats without the same, or acting con-
trary to the bye-laws, will subject themselves to the
penalties mentioned therein.
" Copies of the bye-laws, and printed forms of appli-
ction for license, may be obtained, on application, at
Watermen's Hall, St. Mary-at-Hill, Lower Thames-
street. " JOHN BANYON, Clerk.
" February 9th, 1846."
These bills had, it was to be regretted, produced no
effect ; and until a day or two ago not a single applica-
tion had been made for a license by the commander of
a steam-boat. On Monday; in consequence, it was sup-
posed, of the conviction of the commander of the Green-
wich steam-vessel, upon the complaint of Mr. Nias,
one application had been made.
The LORD MAYOR said, the Watermen's and Lighter-
men's Company, who had the power of licensing., were
bound to see the regulation carried out effectually, and
he should expect to find the Company actively engaged
in the business.
Mr. Young said, the Company would most readily
act upon the suggestions of his Lordship, and wished to
know what course was considered most advisable.
The LORD MAYOR replied, that the Company were
bound to send their beadle to act against the commanders
of any of the steamers who had no licenses. If the
beadle did his duty properly, there would be as many
penalties secured in one week, as would pay his salary
for years, so that the Company were strongly interested
in the zeal of their officer. As for the duty of the Lord
Mayor upon such occasions, there should occur no neg-
lected opportunity. Every one should be fined the full
penalty for violation of the rules.
His LORDSHIP again directed that placards similar
to those which had been already issued, should be de-
livered to the various stations.
It is believed that in every case brought before the
Lord Mayor an appeal will be made, and if such appeal
prove ineffectual, the Queen's Beach will be applied to
for its decision.
Two oysterman, named Norton and Chaplin, were
charged with having excited a mob at Billingsgate
against the police.
A fight, it appeared, had taken place in Billingsgate
market between two of the dealers, and a policeman
stationed there interfered to prevent further violence.
Norton, who used formerly to indulge in active amuse-
ment of this kind, considered that the policeman was
impertinently interfering between the two combatants,
and called upon those around him to put the officer
aside and give the men an opportunity of taking a belly-
full of vengeance. It was an easy matter to gather to-
gether the blackguards and to set up a shout against the
policeman, who, perceiving that the crowd was unani-
MOll3, called the assist -,nce of some of his brethren, and
they seized the two prisoners as the most furious of the
instigators.
The LORD MAYOR asked the prisoners how they
could think of breaking the peace on the very spot on
which they made their livelihood ? Norton said the
policeman had interfered with the liberty of the subject,
before a word had been said to him.
The LORD MAYOR—The liberty of the subject ?
Norton—Yes, my Lord, I say the liberty of the subject.
He came up and laid his hands upon one of the men who
was doing nothing to him whatsoever. That I call
meddling with the liberty of the subject. Then I cer-
tainly did accuse him before the public, and they hissed
and shouted at him.
The Complainant—MY Lord, he said he had influence
on a Sunday newspaper, and that he would write an ar-
ticle blowing me up for my conduct, and he addressed
the mob in a speech against the whole body of police.
Norton—l think they interfere with the liberty of the
subject, and I won't stand that upon any ground. What,
my Lord, are we to be stopped in our lawful pursuits by
men like these ? If a man gives me a lick in the head,
an't Ito give him nothing in return ? He knew I never
took part or parc,l in the fight, and yet he appre-
hended me, and lodged me in the station-house.
The Complainant—lt was with difficulty my brother
purpose.tihea Ti
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policemen and I got the prisoners along, and if we had
not exerted ourselves very much, we should have been
overpowered.
The LORD MAYOR—Then there must have been an
men was fighting
obstruction to business ? The Complainant—The ob-
struction was very great, and the crowd were particularly
influenced by Norton's address.
Norton—l only spoke the truth. lam a lover of
liberty, and I don't like to see its enemies flourish. The
Eng-
lishman but to see it was all fair, and what would we be
but for fair fighting any on us ?
fair, but I had nothing to do as an
TNhoertLono_en MAc eit—l shall flee you, Mr. Norton, ten
shillings for so improperly interfering with the police-
man,the policemaMn
who was doing his duty in endeavouring to pre-
vent breaches of the peace.
Norton—l haven't got ten shillings for any such
Norton—Well,
ctoymeof MAYOR—jecThen you must go to prison fur
ten days.
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ythLaotrodu,
glhstatyo yboeutirndeedc,ifs,i,
roninitserwrerroinogg with
your liberty for tea days, if you don't pay the pc-
MAyon,—l shall certainly interfere with
I suppose I must go. I ain't the first,
es
at any rate, that suffered for the good of my country.
The prisoner was then token from the bar, loudly de-
precating the liberty which the Lord Mayor was taking
with the liberty of the subject. In the car, however,
his patrieti,m began to ebb ; and before an hour elapsed
the flue was paid, and ho walked off quietly to Bil-
The other prisoner, who was comparatively harmless,
and by no means eloquent, was discharged.
Information was received at the Mansion-house, that
a clerk in the house of Coutts and Co. was robbed, be-
tween twelve and one o'clock in the day, of his pocket-
book, containing nearly .1,5001. in Bank of England
note, in Lombard-street.
notes, He had just received the money at Hankey's
banking-house, in Fenchurch-street, and had not reached
Gracechurch-street when he missed the pocket book.
On Tuesday a banker's clerk was robbed of a 100/.
BOW STREET.
Christopher EVon, an advertising agent, was charged
with obtainin
to the Universig ty Insurance Society, under false pre-
3/. 9s. from Nathaniel Willick, secretary
tences, and with intent to defraud William Harris, the
proprietor of a weekly publication of a religious cha-
racter, called the Alliance.

ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR, SOUTHWARK.
On Tuesday a public vestry was held in accordance to
annual custom in the vestry-room, which was afterwards
adjourned to the church.
Mr. DAY, the vestry-clerk stated that a communica-
tion had been received from the Rector, stating that the
Rev. Gentleman, in consequence of ill. health, would be
unable to attend ; but that he had deputed his curate,
the Rev. Mr. O'Neill, to be present to nominate the
rector's-warden, and sidesman, for the next year.
Mr. H. Hoole was then re-appointed the rector's-
warden.
A resolution was carried for the appointment of a
committee to report to a future vestry as to the building
of a rectory-house.
The vestry then proceeded to the election of the
various parochial officers for the year ensuing.

STEPNEY FAIR.—The amusements at this fair ter-
minated for the first day at twelve o'clock on Monday night,
when every booth, show, and house of public entertainment
was cleared by the police acting under the immediate direc-
tions of Mr. Marquard, the superintendent, and Mr. Horn,
inspector of the K division. The conduct of the multitude
who visited the fair during the day was exceedingly good.
The utmost good humour prevailed, and there were no out-
rages, assaults, or accidents of any description. The people
dispersed in the most orderly manner when Mr. Marquard
closed the fair. The largest exhibition in the fair was
Wombwell's menagerie, which was visited by 10,000 per-
sons. The crowds were so great in some of the dancing
booths that the people were unable to dance at all. There
are no fewer than 100 swings, ups-and-downs, and round-
abouts in the fair. Ginger-bread stalls are in profusion, and
altogether it outshines any Bartholomew fair in the olden
time. Mr. Marquard, an old and intelligent police officer,
has estimated the numbers who visited the fair on Monday
on the lowest calculation, at 200,000.
DEATH OF LADY ELIZABETH MACGREGOR.—We have
to record the demise of Lady Elizabeth Macgregor, widow
of Major-General Sir Evan John Murray Macgregor, Bart.,
K.C.8., and K.C.H., formerly Governor and Commander-in-
Chief of the Leeward Islands, who expired on Sunday last in
Hanover- square.
DEATH OF VICE-ADMIRAL H. GARRETT.—' have
to record the death of another flag-officer. The above gallant
Admiral died on Monday morning, at his residence at Angle-
sea, near Gosport, in the seventy-third year of his age. He
had been above sixty years in the service. When Lieute-
nant of the Princess Royal he served on shore during the
occupation of Toulon in 1793, and in 1797, while in com-
mand of the Trial cutter, he captured a French privateer of
far superior force. In the following year he assisted at the
destruction of the French frigate eonflante off Havre. His
commissions were dated as annexed :—Lieutenant 18th Feb-
ruary, 1793 ; Commander 27th December, 1798 ; Captain,
16th September, 1799 ; and retired Rear-Admiral, 16th
October, 1833. In pursuance of her Majesty's pleasure, in
1839 he was transferred to the active list of flag-officers,
with the rank of Vice-Admiral of the Blue. He was in the
receipt of an annual income of above 3001. for his services.
COMPARATIVE STATE OF THE MERCANTILE NAVIES
OF EUROPE.—At the annual meeting of the Seamen's Hos-
pital Society, held last week, the report gave the following
statement of the number of patients admitted on board the
Grampus and Dreadnought from March, 1821, to January,
1846, which in some measure gives a criterion of the average
trade of each nation whom they represent to London :—The
total number was 51,406, of which 2,709 belonged to her Ma-
jesty's navy, 1,797 to the East India Company's service, and
46,900 to merchant vessels of different nations. Of these
there were 30,346 Englishmen, 6,264 Scotchmen, 4,775 II ish-
men, 1,574 Swedes and Norwegians, 969 Prussians, 926
Americans, 904 West Indians, 786 East Indians, 682 Germans,
652 Rile:liens, 632 British Americans,43s Italians and Maltese,
398. Portuguese, 298 Africans, 196 Frenchmen, 176 South Sea
126lamaxdreerfruekla,1021:6DIFLabitat sea;
28 Chinese, 26 New Zealanders,
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Tess 'RAILWAY On Saturday night last a young man, son
t) f d
Company,r . Snow,clerk
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at
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tieswith his life. It
ponerntrlithe tickets
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appears that, as is his usual practice, shortly
had been taken from the passengers, he yate
upon the step of one of the carriages u
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intendingthe
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the side of the footway, where he had the
of the footway. Happily, he fell close to and
to lie motionless upon his back until all the
steps of which projected over him—haddeinthgeserm stone-kerb'ofwel.l
presence
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to the astonishment of all who witnessed the occurrence, h
escaped without the slightest injury.
GENERAL POST OFFICE.-011 Tuesday morning the
following notice was affixed atlhe General Post-office, St.
Martin's-le-Grand :—" Her Majesty's ship Ferrett has not
yet sailed from Devonport for the Island of Ascension. It
is probable she will be detained for some days longer."
FIRE AT MESSRS. KINAUAN'S SPIRIT STORE Room.
—Tuesday morning, about half-past eight o'clock, the inha-1
bitante of King William-street, Charing- cross, were alarmed '1
by an outbreak of fire on the premises of the above firm.,
The porters, it appeared, had been to their breakfasts, and on
their return they found a portion of the flooring on fire.
The tire threatened, for a time, the most serious consequences,
but the firemen ultimately succeeded in subduing it, though
not until great damage had been done to a portion of the
stores. It is supposed that a spark must have fallen among
some loose straw, whilst the porters were engaged in corking
same bottles (1 whisky for order. The firm is insured with
the Licensed Victuallers' Company.
A curious ca:e has occurred at Plymouth. In conse-
quence of some remarks made by a relative, the body of
Rebecca Wyatt has been disinterred after being three
months in the grave, and an Liam h
been held upon
the remains, the husband, William Wyatt, has been com-.
mated to gaol for manslaughter.
MEETING OF THE CREDITORS OF MESSRS. STOCK-
DALE AND SON.—On Tuesday last a meeting of the creditors
of this firm was lief" at the Clarendon
of t Rhooms, Hugh Hreornby d
,
• the chair. By a statement e affairs, it appea
Esq., in
that the liabilities ex(ceexecileudsiv3el4o,
f 4
the.
setopamraeteetewsthaitcehs
otfhteirwe
was about 114,000'.
resolved that all claims on the estate
partners), which would allow of a dividend. of 6s. Bd. or 7s. in
the pound. It was .
of Mr. Stockdale's great age, his household furniture, &c.
under 501. should be paid in full; and that in consideration
should be returned to him. The ►
private estate of Mr. John
Stockdale, including property in several ships, will, it is ex.
footed, be separately adjusted, and the debts paid in full.
Losses on important speculations and foreign busines,s
mere
e
the sole cause of the insolvency of the firm.— 'P°
le
MEHEMET Am.—The Augsburg Gazette states that
the Pacha has again expressed his intention to retire from
office, and to entrust the Government to Abbas Pacha, his
erandson. to whom, however, will be added the assistance of

THE SUN, LON DON, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL lA_ 1646.

Mr. Kean appeared to defend the prisoner, and stated, i the outhouse where the prisoner was found. One of
at an early part of the investigation, that the case arose out them opened the street-door of Mr. Williams's house, and
of a dispute between the proprietors of the paper. The another was -applied to the lock of the bedroom, and
prisoner had certainly obtained the motley, but he had opened that also. O'Conner also found an old boot in
been authorised to do so by the pres:.cutor s partners. the soil, and in a yard adjoining the prosecutor's house
The prosecutor said, in a very vehement manner, thatadjoininghe. picked up a blanket. Other evidence inculpating the
he was the sole proprietor of the paper, and that " the prisoner was given, and a strong case made out against
party" who had sent the prisoner to take the money had hi.
no property in the paper. The prisoner, in def,nce, said he heard the cry of
The, prosecutor heving been rebuked by Mr. Henry thieves, and jumped over a wall in pursuit of them.
fur the expressions he had made use of, proceeded with Mr. BRODARIP committed him for trial for barglsry,
his evidence ; from which it appeared that the prisoner the offence having been committed after the clock struck
had been employed by him to collect advertisements and nine.
obtain subscribers for the Alliance newspaper, but left
his employment abruptly in the course of last week. He
was paid by commission. He was not authorised to re-
ceive any money for advertisements. Witness wrote
yesterday to Mr. YVillick, requesting him to pay .a sum
of 31. 9s. due for advertisements of the University In-
surance Society, inserted in the Alliance. Mr. N't illicit
sent answer that he had already paid the amount to the
prisoner. Witness immediately gave information to the
police, and the prisoner was arrested in the course of
the day.
In cross-examination, partly by Mr. Kean, and partly
by the Court, Mr. Harris admitted that other persors
besides himself had an interest in the paper. He had
entered into an agre,ment with a Mr. Rebell Holt, a
Mr. William Holt, and a Mr. William Bright, that on
condition of their lending him certain sums of money,
they should hold certain situations (as editor and sub-
editors) widi fixed salaries, and should have a sharp in
the profits of the piper. Ho, however, was the sole
proprietor.
The payment of the money to the prisoner having
been proved,
Mr. HENRY observed that there was no proof of any
false representation being made to Mr. Willick, and the
very essence of the offence was the false pretence. It
was clear that there were partners in the cone, in, who
might have authorized the prisoner to receive the money.
The prisoner was discharged.
Mr. Holt wished to make a statement in answer to
that of the prosecutor, and other personal charges, but
Mr. HENRY said he could not hear anything that had
reference to disputes between partners, which must be
settled in a court of equity, and not in a criminal court.
MARLBOROUGH STREET.
Margan t Mackay. a young woman of decent appear-
ance, was charged with the following robbery :
Madame L. Crewe. of No. 20, Grafton-street, Fitzroy-
square, stated that the prisoner had been in her service
about a fortnight, having received with her an excellent
character from a lady with whom she had lived for six
months. On Monday evening last she absconded from
the house, and it was then discovered that she had taken
away with her two shawls, a new pair of stays, a silver
table-spoon, and two tea-spoons. A half-sovereign had
been missed by prosecutrix a day or two before.
Police-sergeant No. 7 of the F division stated that he
accompanied the prosecutrix to the house of the pri-
soner's mother, in Queen-street, Seven Dials. The pri-
soner was there, and on his asking her about the spoons,
the mother banded him the tea-spoons, and afterwards
gave to him a duplictde of a silver table-spoon. The
prosecutrix's stays were found on the prisoner's person.
James Gray, shopman to Mr. William Brown, of No.
4, Ryder's-court, Leicester-square, pawnbroker, stated
that the prisoner pawned the table-spoon at his em-
ployer's shop for 6s.
The prisoner, who was very anxious to speak, was
then cailsd upon for her defence.
She stated that the prosecutrix had given her permis-
sion to wear the stays, and on Monday last she sent her
to pawn the spoon as she was short of money; the tea-
spoons were only German metal, and were refrised to be
taken in pledge. She obtained the 6s. on the table-
spoon, but on her way back she lost the money through
a hole in her pocket. She therefore did not then return
to her mistress, intending to make up the money as soon
as she possibly could. As to any other property she
knew nothing about it.
Mr. MALTBY asked the prosecutrix if it was true that
she had sent the prisoner to pawn the spoons ? The
prosecutrix said she had done so.
Mr. Maurer—Do you perfectly understand my ques-
tion ? Prosecutrix—l do. I certainly gave her per-
mission to pawn the spoons.
Mr. MALTBY—The prisoner is discharged.
Prosecutrix (very indignantly)—But she hed no right
to wear my stays ; she ought to be punished for that.
I think the magistrate does not well to me to discharge
the prisoner.—The parties then left the court.
MARYLEBONE.
William Restall was charged before Mr. Hawlinson
with the following offence :
Serjeant Bennet, 18 D, deposed that on the same
morning, between two and three o'clock, he saw the pri-
soner down the area of 23, Allsop-terrace, New-road,
and on asking him what he did there, he replied, "It's
all right, we have been out on the spree, and are trying
to get in ;" at the same time tapping at the kitchen
window, and saying, " Susan, open the door." In a short
time after this another man, whom witness had not in
the first instance perceived, made his escape over the
wall, and got away, notwithstanding a second constable
was placed at the spot to keep a look-out. Witness
added that he took the prisoner into custody and coa-
-1 veyed him to the station, and that on going back to
examine the premises, he found a large chisel and a box
of lucifer matches close to the water-butt in the area
The prisoner was not known to any one at the house,
and his object, and that of his companion, was un-
doubtedly that of committing; a robbery.
Lennard 50 D said, that be knew the prisoner, who
had before been charged at this Court under very sus-
picious circumstances. On that occasion he had various
mplements for house-breaking in his possession. He
was then sent to the House of Correction for a month;
he had also been sent from Clerkenwell Police-court for
three months ; and had been tried at the Old Bailey,
where he was found guilty, and sentenced to six months'
imprisonment.
Prisoner—l have only this to say, the chisel and the
lucifers are not mine, I know nothing about them; if I
had not drank too much I should not have been in the
place I was.
Jacobs 81 D deposed, that he heard the prisoner, who
had seen the chisel on the mantel-piece at the station,
say to another who was locked up with him in the cell,
" They have found the chisel, and I shall be safe for a
" drag', (three months).
He was committed for the period which the slang
word " drag" denotes, and on his being removed from the
bar he thaned the magistrate for the sentence.
William Jones was charged by Skidmore, 160 S, who
stated that on the previous afternoon he was on duty at
Chalk Farm fair, in private clothes, when he saw the
prisoner " dive" into a gentleman's pocket, and imme-
diately took him into custody. On searching him at the
station-house witness found in his possession three silk
handkerchiefs, one of which was in his hat, another con-
cealed beneath the upper part of his shirt, and a third
tied round his neck.
The prisoner, who gave a very unsatisfactory account
of himself, was committed for six weeks to the House of
Correction.
James Williamsand Henry Ewbank were charged with
having stolen a silk handkerchief from the pocket of
John Goding, 50, Castle-street, Oxford-market.
The prisoners, while at Chalk Farm, were for some
time standing behind the prosecutor, from whose coat
pocket Williams took the handkerchief and passed it to
his companion,Ewbank.—They were committed for trial.
LAMBETH.
Janus Spernmore, a middle-aged man, of rather re-
spectable appearance, was brought before Mr. Elliott,
for final examination, on various charges of obtaining
property, but particularly boots, by false representations.
The prisoner it appeared, by making inquiries in the
neighbourhood, obtained the names of several gentlemen
engaged in the middle of the day in the City ; and when
they were from home he called upon the servants, and
giving the name of some bootmaker, represented that he
had been sent for the boots to have them made water-
proof. By this means he managed to get, some hundreds
of pairs of bouts from servants in all the outlets of
London, but was at length apprehended at Camberwell,
with two pair of boots in his possession, which he had
just obtained.
He was committed for trial on six clear cases, these
being considered quite sufficient to transport him.
THAMES.
Thomas Cole, a tall young man, who belongs to a
Whitechapel gang of thieves, was brought before Mr.
Broderip, charged with breaking and entering the dwell-
ing-house of Mr. George Frederick Williams, an officer
belonging to the West India Dock, and stealing a large
quantity of wearing apparel and other property.
It appeared from the evidence, that Mr. Williams and
his family left home at half-past seven o'clock on
Monday evening, and requested Mrs Brown, a neigh-
bour, to look after the baby, which was left in its cradle,
during their absence. Soon after nine o'clock Mrs.
Brown was going towards the house, No. 1, George-
street, Limehouse- fields, when she saw a light in the
front room up stairs. She put the key in the street-
door, and the light was immediately extinguished. The,
woman called a young man, her nephew, to her assist-
ance,
and directly they entered the house they heard a,
noise up stairs and a jump. They called Mr. Williams,'
and Mr. Knight, his father-in-law, by name, but neither
dfAhem answered; and concluding there was a thief in
tiff house, made all the haste they could into the first-
floor back room, where they saw a tall Window.resernbng
the prisoner, making: his escape by the Before
they could seize him, he jumped into the yard before
scaled a wall, and got into a garden at. the rear of the.
adjoining premises. An alarm was raised, and the ins
habitants were soon on the alert, an,d formed a cordoa
so as to prevent the thief escaping. The fellow got over
several walls, and after being pursued for some time he
found his way into the yard at the back of the house,
No. 1, Catherine-street, inhabited by Mr. Marshall, an
East India Company's messenger. Mr. Marshall was
seated in his parlour, when he heard his dog barking in
the back kitchen, and fearing an attempt was being made
to enter his dweliing. he went into the yard, and was
informed by his neighbours that there was a thief
secreted there. Mr. Marshall procured a light, and
upon opening the door of a privy, found the prisoner
there. He seized the prisoner, and detained him until
the police arrived. Re had on two coats, which were
the property of Mr. Williams, and had been stolen from
his le else. A silk handkerchief and a money-box also
belonging to the prosecutor, was found in his pockets.
Two silk handkerchiefs which he had stolen were taken
off his neck. Overton and Prescott, policemen of the K
division, Nos. 43 and 75, afterwards proceeded to Mr.
Williams's house, and found it in a state of great confu-
sion. Everything had been disturbed, and several boxes
and drawers ransacked, and the contents removed. Se-
veral bundles containing wearing apparel, linen, and
silk dresses were found both in the upper and lower
rooms, ready to ba taken away, and if the thief had not
been so opportunely disturbed, he would have carried
off a rich booty. The prisoner's boots were fitted to the
foot-marks in the grass and gardens he had passed over
in his retreat, and they corresponded exactly. A police-
man named James O'Connor afterwards made a farther
search, and discovered ten skeleton keys in the soil of

WANDS WORTH.
Mr. Henry Knill, the contractor for the Richmond
Railway, charged Charles Harris, one of the drivers,
with negligent driving, and thereby injuring two horses,
his property.
It appeared from the evidene3 given by Thomas Cook,
another driver, that about half past six ocleFic that
morning he saw the prisoner, who had charge of a long
train of empty carter waggons drawn by two hones, go
behind the waggons, and the consequence was that the
horses went off the " fatter," or roadway, and were only
prevented falling down the embankment Ly b Ing held
up by their collars. To prevent the animals being stran-
gled, however, it was necessary to cut the harnes:4, are
then they fell about sixteen feat, injuring iheznAlves
very much. had the prisoner not left the head of his
horses the accident could not harp oe.:tirt,e,l,
The prisoner treated the afriiir very lightly, and said
the accident arose from the many waegons being
attached, and the horses in straining themselves got off
the line.
Mr. CLIVE said his only wonder was how such great
works could be carried on when so much dependence
was obliged to he placed in such a careless, abusive set of
men as wore invariably to be niet with on new railway
lines. The contractor had kindly pressed fur no punish-
ment, otherwise he would have convicted the prisoner in
the full fine of 40s.—The prisoner was then discharged,
Mr. Knill afterwards charged a lad named John West,
about sixteen years of age, with the following miscon-
duct f

The contractor stated, that about half-past eight
o'clock that morning, he saw the prisoner with one (,f
the railway barrows, running a quantity of gravel into a
ditch, and as it approached the edge, another boy
" spragged" the wheel, that is, inserted a log of wood
between the spokes, which caused the barrow to tip, as
the trucks do on the line. By this amusement he had
had between thirty and forty harrows destroyed ; and
as he found this lad was much older than those who
were with him, he gave him into custody. Mr. Kniil
said he had no desire to press for a conviction, as he
thought that his being apprehended would be a sufficient
punishment.
Mr. CLIVE told the lad he was very fortunate this
time, and trusted that would be a caution to him.

IREL AND.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
DUBLIN, APRIL 13.—1 n consequence of the return
from London of the principal repeal Members the pro-
ceedings at Conciliation Hall to-day were advertised to
be of more than ordinary importance. The " hall" was
crowded to suffocation—number, having left despairing
of obtaining even standing room. At one o'clock the
Lord Mayor, in full corporate attire, and attended by his
officers, upon the motion of Mr. O'Connell, took the

chair.
His LORDSHIP said he considered that the honour
conferred on him was one of no ordinary character, as
it was a time when they were threatened with a Coercion
Bill, or rather, he should say, the suspension of thecon-
stitution.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) He was happy to
say that he had very little apprehension about this
horrible Bill passing, for they had no less than thirty-
five patriotic Members of Parliament working under that
great and good man Mr. O'Connell, in opposition to it,
who was in himself sufficient to prevent its passing.--
(Hear, hear.) " Separation" was also a cry in the
mouths of the enemies of Ireland; but they never
wanted separation or anything but justice, and he be-
lieved that whilst the Liberator lived—and it should be
the prayer of every man that his life should be prolonged
until at least repeal was obtained—there would not be
separation ; for he believed in his heart that Ireland
would fall back 300 years if he was lost to her suns.—

(Hear, hear.) With the blessing of God, his precious
life would be protracted until justice was obtained, and
nothing was justice but repeal.—(Lot:d cheers.)
Mr. RAY having read the minutes of last week's pro-
ceedings,
Mr. O'CONNELL handed in several sums of money, the
subscriptions of himself, and relatives and friends, after

which,
Mr. J. M. NPDONNELL, the newly elected Member for
the county Mayo, rose and addressed the meeting.
Mr. O'CONNELL said he supposed his friends ex-
peeled that he would make a speech, and if they did
they would not be disappointed, as he had, in fact,
come from England solely for that purpose—for the
purpose of having his voice echoed in the Irish Na-
tional Hall, and sent through the land—through the
entire nation, which was awaiting the crisis of affairs
(Hear)—at that moment with an anxious eye.—(Cheers).
They had arrived at a period of extraordinary and anti-
cipatory results for either good or evil ; he (Mr. O'Con-
nell) trusted for good.—(Hear.) He came to tell the
Irish people to be peaceable and tranquil—he came not
to check or control the public spirit—he came not to
suggest the insinuations of a desponding spirit, for he
knew of no despair ; as long as the people were true
to themselves so long their country was in a fair way
of success. As long as the people were peaceable

and quiet, justice should be done--for 8,000,000 people
never asked for relief in vain.—(Cheers.) " Peace and
perseverance," and failure was impossible. If the peo-
ple were but true, Irishmen should succeed.—
(Great applause.) Having made these preliminary ob-
servations, the first topic which presented itself to his
mind was the. state of the country as to famine and dis-
ease. There was great difference of opinion on this sub-
ject, which was the subject, above all others, of vital
importance: It was the subject which induced him to
go to London, in order to work, by some means or
other, a remedy, so as to prevent his fellow-country-
men from dying on the roadsides by starvation • to save
them from a visitation which, he hoped, was but short
and transitory ; for he was confident that the all-
powerful Being who watched over Ireland and all the
world would not let a faithful people continue to suffer
beyond their capacity for endurance. He (Mr. O'Con-
nell) brought- them befbre the House ; he showed the
spreading nature of the calamity, and he met a response in
almost every quarter. He found a ready compliance
with his wishes from the Government itself. .He gave
Sir R. Peel credit, and he was willing to allow him the
merit he deserved; he gave the Government credit for
their endeavour_ to relieve Ireland at the present crisis.
—(Hear, hear.) He was convinced if Sir R. Peel had
succeeded as he ought, more efficient relief would alrealy
have been given. The famine would have been already
anticipated and prevented; but while he gave the Govern-
ment credit for sincerity in their design in this respect,
he did not consider that they had done all they ought to
have done; bat they had done much, and what they had
done would have been more valuable, but for the mode
in which it was administered in this country. He did
not like Lard Heytesbury ; he was a most unfit man to
be in this country at that moment. He disliked him for
his tediousness in giving to the people of Ireland the re-
lief afforded by the Government.—(Hear.) He believed
he would rather issue an Ai/natant than a hag of meal
—(Hear, and laughter.) Nothing but relief, permanent
sad immediate, would save Ireland, but let not the people
be guilty of any violence whatever in this period of
famine; nothing could be more absurd awe the practice
of stopping the transit of provisions.—(Hear.) Let the
people meet and raise their voice too loud to be
misconceived or neglected at the Castle, and if not lis-
tened to there, let them apply at St. James's—(Hear,
hear)—let them send a memorial to the Ministry, and
let them petition the Queen to remove Lord Heytes-
bury, and to send over a man that will work out what
the Ministry intended for the relief of Ireland.—
(Cheers.) The next thing he had to call the attention
of the meeting to was the Coercion Bill.—(Groans and
hisses.) It deserved to be groaned at. It was exceed-
iugly criminal in its nature. Only let them think of the
idea of any Government to make this a perpetual
law. He exclaimed against it.—(Cheers.) He de-
nounced it as a permanent law in the newspapers. The Go-
vernment said nothing; but yet they removed the perma-
nent clause, and made it only to endure for a year. But
heedid not want it for a year—(Cheers)—and he de-
spised the wretch who consented to endure it for a day,
or even an hour—to be a slave to any law of that ktinlle
—(Loud cheers.) There was never anything so totally
mistaken as this Coercion Bill. The fact was,
shockedi
they were
were committed, they all knew ;
t fyine- them.
trated.—(Hear, hear.)
at the assassinations and
emreurwd
Thman should be board to jus-
Heaven forbid that any
oright to Spill the blood of • his
tify them. aeasrnsdnotnjauts Niveree Perile-
genhheas whon did so raised the red arm of
edtebrrnoaulgvhent
goenahnictne himself the
hean
punishment
fe
1 (;cud'slo w
-yme vengeance ::nredemanover
a nhdi him,
at the murders which had been committed,
hear)—but whilst he spoke in the accents
:fndhorwrhor
whilst he denounced them as outrages against
everything human and divine, he did not forget that
there were murderers that went unpunished.—(Hear,
hear.) He alluded to the clearance syAem—the turning
out of the naked, the unfed, and unclothed poor of Ire-
land.—(Hear, hear, and hisses.) Oh, he did not know of
what materials they were comp sed who could read those
accounts in the newspapers without being depres•ed in
heart at such a sate of misery—the little children
wailing in their mother's arms, and saying—" Why
don't you take us home ?" Oh, that home was pros-
trated around them, and the wretched mothers have
no home for their beloved children but their
shelterless arms. Oh, they were monsters who could
rejoice at such a scene. He trusted that England was
beginning to understand the true state of Ireland.
—(Cheers.) Lord Devon's Committee had put its true
condition on record, and had made a strong impres-
sion on the !louse of Commons.—(Cla ere.) How long
that impression would last ho (Mr. O'Connell) knew
not, but while he repeated the words of Lord Levan, and
when he found in the words of that Commission—that
the people of Ireland were badly housed, clothed, and
fed, he would raise his voice in their behalf.—(Cheer:.)
Their sufferings were more than those of any other
nation in the civilized world. They had been hitherto
successful against the Coercion Bill, and the Ministers
had been unable to succeed in the fiat teadinz.—
(Hear, and cheers.) Just let them observe how the
Coercion Bill was brought into the House of Com-
mons from the House of Lords. The House of Com-
mons, with few exceptions, agr, ed in the impropriety
of introducing such a Bill, to inflict coercion
on the people of Ireland, instead of giving them
bread.—(Cheers.) They were offering them a stone in
lieu of bread, and for a fish they gave them a serpent.--
(Hear, hear.) They would not, however, receive them
in the language of the serpent ; but if it was true, as he
took it that it was—that there was, no proof before the
House of Lords further than was put before the Com-