The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-02 00:00:00

FRASER'S MAGAZINE.

In an article on National Education, which may
perhaps be considered as the manifesto of the more
enlightened portion of the Conservative party, it is
candidly admitted that it would be impossible to de-
fer longer the consideration of this subject, in com-
parison with which all others must be considered as
unimportant. The writer also admits that the oppo-
sition to the plans proposed by the two preceding
Governments was ill-judged and bigoted, and
agrees with Dr. Hook as to the necessity of the
State undertaking to establish a system of education,
and as to thenecessity of mutual concessions being made
by the Church and by the Dissenting bodies ; but he
does not approve of the purely secular State education
proposed by Dr. Hook, and albeit he would give up
the Church Catechism, and consent not to use the
Bible as a school-book, he insists upon the Creed, the
Ten Commandments, and the Lord's Prayer being
taught in the schools. He admits that the teaching
the Creed would exclude the Unitarians, but thinks
that a matter of no importance, because they are a
small body, exhibiting in this a little of the old Tory
leaven, which concedes a right, not because as a
matter of principle it is proper to do so, but
because those to whom the concession is made
are strong enough to wrest by force that which may
be refused to their entreaties. He, moreover, forgets,
that the Roman Catholics will probably protest
against the use of the Church of England
version of the Ten Commandments. It is,
however, gratifying to find that the Conserva-
tives are now disposed to consider this question rather
as a national than as a party one. The other articles
of this number, with the exception of a smartly-
written sketch of Mr. T. S. Duncombe, among the
contemporary orators, are of a purely literary cha-
racter. The first, entitled " The Life of a Strolling
Player," is an interesting sketch (interspersed with
original letters) of the career of John Cunningham,
the actor and pastoral poet, whose sweet song, " Kate
of Aberdeen," will live as long as the English lan
gunge shall last. Poor fellow ! he was the greater
part of his life a strolling player, and seems to have
made friends wherever he went. In jvstice to the me-
mory of a true-hearted man, we cannot omit giving the
following letter from Digges, the actor and manager of
the Edinburgh Theatre, to poor Cunningham. Digges
must have been one of nature's own gentlemen, for
he knew how to confer a favour with delicacy on a
man of genius, so as not to wound his sensitive
feelings :
" So much for business," he writes from Edinburgh in
August, 1762 ; " and now for your affairs. I am very
sincerely concerned at the disappointment you met in
London. I hope Dr. Hawkesworth will prove a sincere
friend. However, permit me to beg you will not be
chagrined, let what will happen. Mrs. Digges and my-
self shall think ourselves really happy if you will
imagine yourself related to us, and come and stay with
us as long as you please here. I have great want of a
companionable man like yourself. I have suffered much
sorrow and misfortune in this odd world, and, there-
fore, can easily imagine what you must suffer under the
oppressions you are daily exposed to. The life you
lead must be a life of anxiety. This invitation is not
the result of whim or a start of fancy ; we have talked
uarnedyruouantyo writeeven ginse,waoll;dl. whether you
at la,t, I am
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are at present in Northampton. I hate friendships by
halves, or in a mean way conferred. lam very open to
you, but my intention is what you would thoroughly
esteem me for could you see its basis.
" A dependence in London," the generous DiT,ges
continues, " may be precarious. You shall have money
to bring you to me, and shall command what you want
to make your appearance as decent as it ought to be.
Now if you have that solid understanding I think you
possessed of, you will accept what I offer, with as much
frankness as my offer is made. I live much at home. I
have prepared a snug bed-chamber under my roof for
you, and we will live like friends and philosophers
L together. D— strolling! leave it off. Come to me di-
rectly. I don't want you to play, for our company is
full ; but, for God's sake, take time, and look about
you before you go up to London. A man is always re-
spected in this mean world just according to the credit he
seems to have with his tailor. Now I have, in my life-
time, been out of my tailor's good graces, and so may
you be, or any honest fellow, without shame or scaNdal.
Look you, my good and grave sir, do not hesitate, but
take a friend's advice whose heart beats to servo ycu.
Write to me by next post ; not a letter of thanks, but a
plain declaration that I shall see you. We are at my
old house at the bottom of the Canongate, which I have
taken for a year • there we will sit down and alter plays
and amuse ourselves, as well as we can.

" No negative, but write to your assured friend,
" W. DIGGES.
" Mrs. Digges' kind compliments to you. I will send
a small bill directly to bring you by return of post."
Honour to the memory of high-minded, true-hearted,
generous IN. Digges. This is followed by an Essay
on old Montaigne, which is very pleasant reading. We
have also two stories of French romance—one, "The
Pretty Old Woman of Vevey," a legend of the Revo-
lution," ' and the other the " Ecrivain Public," a ro-
mance of the present day, both of which we commend
to the attention of those industrious gentlemen, the
"Dramatisers :" the first would furnish materials for a
stirring melodrama, the second for a domestic drama
of " intense interest." The papers on the Shet-
landers are continued, and M. A. Titmarsh concludes
his proposals for a continuation of Ivanhoe, addressed
to Alexandre Dumas. This paper is full of rich
humour, and shows up the gross impudence and
grosser ignorance of the French historical novellists
(historical ut /ucus a non lucendo) in the most amus-
ing manner. Colonel Mitchell, the prince of bores,
proses away after his wont concerning the campaigns
of Napoleon, proving, of course, that he, Colonel
Mitchell, is an infinitely greater General than.Napo-
le:,n, and that if the Austrians had but been blessed
with the presence of Lieutenant-Colonel Mitchell at
head-quarters, every one of Napoleon's victories
would have been defeats. We cannot conclude our
notice without mentioning " A Glance at Prague
during the Feast of St. Nepomuk." It is a delight-
fully graphic account of a fine old town, which is not
known to our English tourists so well as it deserves
to be known.

SMUGGLING AT SHEERNESS.-011 Friday afternoon
about half-past two P.M., as Edward Sargent and Alfred
Bell, two of the coast-guard officers, were on the look-out off
the Lampnell, they descried a boat with two men in her,
which, on boarding, they found to be the Blossom, belong-
ing to Rochester, and, on searching, they discovered several
gallons of rum in stone and glass bottles under the cabin
deck, which they seized. Anxious for the attendance of
their superior officer, Sargent was left in care of the boat
and men, whilst Bell went to Sheerness to fetch the tide-
surveyor, Mr. George Batten. Availing themselves of this
opportunity, the two men attacked Sargent, and one of them
held him whilst the other commenced breaking the bottles
and throwing them overboard. A struggle ensued, but,
before the return of Bell and Mr. Batten, they had succeeded
in getting rid of the whole of the seizure, saying it should

not be known to whom it belonged. The revenue officers

then procured the assistance of aconstable, and the prisoners
were safely lodged in the lock-up house at Sheerness, and the
boat taken to the Custom-house. On Saturday morning the
prisoners were brought before the mayor and magistrates at
the Guildhall, Rochester, when they gave their names John

Thackray and George liPMullen. On the application of
Mr. Buckett, the Controller of Customs at the port of
Rochester, the prisoners were remanded for further exami-
nation. The prisoners are labouring men belonging to Up-
church.

EXTENSIVE FlRE.—About one o'clock ycster3ay,
an alarming and extensive fire broke out in the Patent Saw
Mills of Messrs. James Taylor and Brothers, No. 5, Main-
street, Anderston. An alarm was instantly given, and the

West of England and Anderston fire-engine were soon on
the spot. They were speedily followed by the Glasgow Fire
Brigade. The fire (owing to the combustible nature of the
materials) spread with great rapidity, and presented an
alarming appearance, the whole of the adjacent buildings
and streets being brilliantly lighted up, while the reflection
in the sky was seen at a great distance, and the means of col-
lecting an immense crowd of onlookers. At three o'clock
the fire (which was confined to
.the range of buildings in

which it originated) was completely extinguished. The
amount of property destroyed must be considerable • but the
proprietors, we understand are insured.—Glasgow Sat. Pap.
ALARMING FIRE AT SMITHFIELD BARS.— Monday

night, between eleven and twelve, a fire broke out in the
premises occupied by the London Hat Company, No. 16,
West Smithfield Bars, adjoining the extensive building be-
longing to Mr. Edgington, the rick-cloth and tarpauling
manufacturer. The fire commenced in the front shop, in
which a llrge stock of hats were deposited. Owing to the
combustible nature of the goods a very few minutes elapsed
before the flames had obtained possession of the shop and its

contents. The upper portion of the building was occupied
by numerous families, and the smoke being so dense, the
parties had great difficulty in effecting a retreat from the
place. As it was, three or four children were taken from
the top of the house by a sergeant of the City police. The
firemen, as usual, exerted themselves vigorously, and the
flames were got under soon after midnight, but the damage
done was considerable.
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, A tra. 28.—The arrivals
of grain during the past week have been rather small, con-
trary winds have disappointed vessels from entering the
Humber, coniequently the show of new wheat to-day is ex-
tremely small, the little offered is sure to. find ready sales,
and fetches full prices. Old is slow of sale; holders, how-

ever, evince no disposition to give way, and prices remain
the same as before. Barley nominal. For new there is an

active inquiry. The value of oats and shelling is advanced.
Beans are Is. per quarter higher; other articles remain the
same as last quoted.
Tim PORTION OF A FEMALE FOUND IN THE THAMES
OFF GREENWICH.—There is every reason to believe, from
circumstances that have come to the knowledge of the police,
that the legs and trunk of the female recently found off
Greenwich, are the remains of one of the sufferers by the
accident at Hungerford-market steam-boat pier on Easter
Sunday last.
EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.—The fourth general meet-
ing of the Evangelical Alliance was held on Monday evening
in Exeter-hall. The hall and galleries were completely filled,
and also the platform. At a quarter past six o'clock, on th
motion of Sir C. E. Smith, which was seconded by Dr. Alder
Thomas Farmer, Esq., was called to preside, and who stated
that the great object of those meetings was to extend the
knowledge of the principles and the proceedings of the Evan-
gelical Alliance, to ensure a larger amount of Christian
sympathy, as well as to afford to friends who came from
America and the continent of Europe the opportunity to ex-
press those sentiments by which they all ,professed to be
associated. The meeting was subsequently addressed by the
Rev. Thomas Mortimer, the Rev. Mr. Pomeroy, of Bangor,
United States, P. D. Hady, Esq., of Dublin, &c. The re-

solutions were adopted, recommending that the first Lord's-
day in each year should be observed by the members and
friends of the Alliance throughout the world as a season for
concert in prayer on behalf of the objects of the Alliance;
that orthodox Christians of all sects should exercise Christian

charity towards each other, pledging thempelv,es in their
controversies to avoid all rash or groundless insinuations, and
to maintain the meekness and gentleness of Christians by
speaking the truth only in love.
EAST INDIA HOUSE NOTICES.—The following notices
were on Monday issued from the East India House :—" By
the Judicial Committee .of the Privy Council, 'Whitehall,
August 28.—Upon a motion made this day to their Lord-
ships for a peremptory order requiring the Judges of the
Supreme Court of Justice of Van Diemen's Land to appear to
the appeal of Sidney Stephen, from Van Diemen's Land,
their Lordships are pleased peremptorily to order that the
respondents do enter an appearance within six weeks from
the - date hereof, otherwise their Lordships will proceed to
hear the said appeal er-parte. Upon a motion made this day to
their Lordships for a peremptory order requiring Sir Edward
John Gambia, Ent., Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
Judicature of Madras, and the Hon. Sir William Westbrook
Barton, Ent., one of her Majesty's Justices, to appear to the
appeal of James Machin, Esq., of Madras, their Lordships
are pleased peremptorily to orer that the said respondents
do enter an appearance to the said appeal within six weeks
from the date hereof, otherwise their Lordships will proceed
to hear the said appeal ex. parte.—C. C. GREVILLE."
ASCENT AND DESCENT OF THE GREAT NASSAU
BALLOON.—On Monday evening, a little before seven o'clock,
Mr. Charles Green, together with a party of ladies and gen-
tlemen, amounting in all to twelve, ascended in the Great
Nassau Balloon, from Cremorne Gardens, Chelsea, and after a
Toy pleasant voyage of rather more than forty minutes, safely
descended in l'regast-green, a short distance from Norwood.
Mr. Green returned to Cremorne Gardens about eleven o'clock,
and announced the result of his very pleasant voyage.
DERBY ELECTION.—The Tories are starting Sir Digby
Mackworth against Mr. Strutt, who has addressed the con-
stituency, calling on them for a renewal of their confidence.
A YORKSHIRE " PROTECTIONIST GATHERING."—
A large and influential gathering of Protectionists in the
East-Riding of Yorkshire is said to be in contemplation
during the Parliamentary recess, at which Lord George Ben-
tinck, the Marquis of Granby, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Hudson, and
other leaders will be present.—Yorkshireman.
ENGAGEMENT OF MR. MACREADY AT THE SURREY
THEATRE.—The spirited lady who conducts this favourite
place of amusement, Mrs. Frances Davidge, has engaged for
a few nights that eminent tragedian, Mr. Macready, who
will, it is expected, commence his duties next week.
MERCHANT SEAMEN'S ORPHAN ASYLUM.—The half-
yearly election of chileren into this asylum took place on
Monday, at the London Tavern, Eishopsgate-street Henry
Nelson, Esq., took the chair, when the election of six boys
and three girls was proceeded with, and terminated at three
o'clock, when the result was stated to be as follows :
Rutter, 2,768 •, Watson, 1,762 ; Robson, 2,248 ; Glover,
2,074 ; Edwards. 1,965 ; South, 1,687 ; Minton, 828 :
Nichols, 1,127 ; and Griffin, 1,731 votes. The report was
then read, which stated that, from the low state of the
funds the committee were precluded from electing on the
present occasion more than six boys and three girls, although
there was room for many more inmates. The committee
felt grateful for the munificent gift of 333/. 6s. Bd., from
Mrs. Somes, widow of the late Joseph Somes, Esq., once a
vice-president of the society. They also acknowledged the
gift of 100/. from the Honourable Corporation of Trinity
House, and 501. from the Honourable East India Company.
At the annual dinner held at the London Tavern, (the Right
Hon. Lord Ellenborough in the chair), a sum of 9001. was
collected in subscriptions. A further sum of 53/. 3s. Bd. was
collected, after a sermon, at the St. Mark's Church, Ken-
nington, by the Rev. S. Bridges, M.A. The report con-
cluded by a vote of thanks to the treasurer and honoraty
officers of the society, and to the ladies' committee. The
adoption of the report was followed by a vote of thanks to
the chairman, when the meeting separated.
LAMENTABLE CATASTROPHE IN THE CHANNEL.—
Information of a most melancholy nature has reached us.
The steam-ship Hibernia, which arrived on Friday from
America, while on her passage up the channel, in a dense
fog, ran down a small vessel. We regret to state that tlqee
or four of her crew, together with her captain, were drowned,
though the steamer's boats were lowered, and every effort was
made to save the unfortunate men. No authentic particulars
have come into our possession.—Liverpool

THE CONVICT JOHN SMITH.
TO THg,EDI7'OR OF THE SUN.

Sra,—The case of the convict John Smith is one in
which every one, even an advocate for capital punish-
ments, may interest himself, becauso there were ex-
tenuating;circumstances in his case which induced the
jury to recommend him to mercy. Why, as is the case
in France, is that recommendation not considered deci-
sive ? Sentence of death is never passed there after the
jury have pronounced that there were extenuating cir
cumstances in the case. How is it that we who
boast of that palladium of British liberty, trial by
jury? allow a judge to unite in his own person
the judicial and executive powers, for it comes to that
if the solemn and ever-to-be-respected recommendation
of twelve English jurymen is to be overruled by the
opinion of one man. Now, how has Baron Platt's mind
been influenced in this case against Smith? It is said
he was leaning to the side of mercy until the use of the
knife was urged as a reason for hanging Smith. No
doubt that cowardly weapon has been too much used of
late, and ought to be put down by the most stringent
measures, but I deny that Smith comes under that accu-
sation, even although he did kill Sarah Tolleday with a
knife, because the knife is almost the symbol of his
occupation. He carried it about his person fir
necessary use—for professional purposes. He did
not go in search of it. He used it in the
heat of passion, finding it at his side or in his
hand. lie did not think or pause to meditate the rash
act; it was the result of a sudden outburst of wrath,
which tqe constant provocation and annoyance to which
he was subjected naturally excited. Besides, let us
take into consideration. Smith's occupation. He, as a
cools, was necessarily exposed to a scorching fire, con-
fined in a steaming atmosphere, and no doubt anxious
about and harassed with his duties. I may say confi-
dently, as a medical man, that the occupation of a cook
must produce a greater amount of cerebral irritability
than almost any other trade; indeed, it is notorious
that cooks are extremely irascible ; their occupa
Lion is the cause. Combine, then, the provocation
with constitutional irritability, and the furious passion
is easily accounted for, and ought to be considered as an
extenuating circumstance, especially when it is remem-
bered that the knife was Smith's legitimate weapon, and
was neither sought for, snatched up, nor unclasped with
premeditation.
Lord Tenterden sentenced a gentleman to be hung for
Shooting a fisherman on the banks of the Thames, be-
cause he went home for a gun and came back and shot
the poor man. His Lordship said that act was the main
thing which constituted the murder, for it proved malice
with premeditation. If, therefore, Lord Tenterden was
right in that case, Baron Platt is wrong in this ;
for he ought, according to that interpretation
of the law, to have recommended the jury
to bring in a verdict of manslaughter, because Smith
seized a weapon which he was compelled to carry about
his person, and without premeditation or malice, but after
sufficient provocation, committed the rash deed; therefore,
I maintain that he is only guilty of manslaughter; and,
in my humble opinion, if he should be hung a legal
murder will have been committed to all intents and
purposes.

rthink, Sir, in conclusion, that the solemn recommen-
dation of a British jury should, at all times, affect a
sentence. Their powers want extension. If the
chances of death were left in their hands none, save such
monsters as Burke, Greenacre, or Tawell, would suffer.
Justice would be administered with mercy, rather than
with vengeance. We would cease to be accused as a
people of possessing the most sanguinary code in Europe.
The demoralising and barbarous scaffold would be re-
moved with horror and disgust, and that dark and foul
feudal stain, capital punishments, be for ever blotted out
oche criminal code of a powerful, civilised, and commer-
cial people. Sincerely trusting that public opinion may
at least save one scandalous scene, I beg leave, Sir, to
subscribe myself your obedient servant,
P. M. M'DOWALL.
6, Wellington-place, Newington Butts.

SEDUCTION, SUICIDE, AND RE-

VENGE.
A young lady named Eulalie, now aged 18, about two
years ago lost her widowed mother, whom till then she
had never quitted. She came to Paris on the invitation
of an aunt, who undertook to find a situation fur her.
She was presently offered, and she accepted, the place of
superintendent of the house of one Barnage, a bachelor
of 45, who promised to be as a father to her, and ulti-
mately to provide for her, should her conduct be satis-
factory to him. Eulalie was beautiful—Barnage soon
manifested intentions which were anything but paternal ;
he left untried no means of success, and finally
the young lady became his victim. In a few days,
however, she bitterly repented her fault, and at
once determined on the course she would pursue.
She declared to Barnage that nothing should
induce her to continue in a position so repugnant to
her feelings, and so contrary to the principles in which
she had been brought up, and consequently that she
would instantly return to her aunt. The attempts of
Barnage to induce her to remain with him were un-
availing, and it was with a sort of savage spirit that he
witnessed her departure. Returning to her relative, the
poor girl, saddened by the remembrance 11 of ,-,r ault,
applied herself diligently to the task of needlework, de-
clining to partake of those pleasures and amusements so
natural to her age, and which were frequently proposed
to her. In this way did two months pass. It happened
that in the same house there dwelt a young man, a work -
ingjeweller. He had often noticed Eulalie; and struck with
the modesty of her appearance, as well as by her assiduity
at her work, he, after making certain inquiries con-
cerning her, asked her hand in marriage. His offer
was accepted ; he became more and more enamoured of
her ; and the wedding-day was fixed. They looked
forward to a, life of happiness ; but, alas ! who can
command the future ? One morning the bridegroom
received a letter, which informed him that a person,
who had his interest at heart, would make certain re-
velations calculated to induce him to pause ere he
fulfilled his promise of marriage to Eulalie. This
letter was from Barnage. Instantly the young man
presented himself at his house. Barnage related
all that had occurred between himself and Eu-
lalie, but falsely boasted that she adored him, and
that to captivate him she had had recourse to every
mode of female seduction. The lover desired some proof
of this, which the other being unable to supply, he, in a
paroxysm of rage and indignation, struck Barnage to the
ground and fled. Returning to the object of his love, he
related to her what had occurred, and asked, " Was there
any truth in the allegations of Barnage ?" Eulalia
would not be guilty of a falsehood. Her afflicted lover
declared that the engagement between them was void.
In hopeles despair the poor girl resolved upon
suicide. She lighted a pan of charcoal, and after
writing to her lover these few simple and tcuch-
ing words, she prepared to die :—" I have at
once lost your love and your esteem. I have no
hope but in God, who sees into my heart, and by that
will he judge me. Adieu! adieu ! or rather let us hope
to meet above." Fortunately, assistance was at hand,
and the life of the unhappy girl was saved. The news-
papers, continues the Gazette, have related this attempted
suicide, but without stating the motive of it. This day
the young man appeared before the correctional police,
to answer for the blow he gave to Barnage4who laid bis
damages at 3,000 f. The President, after having in the
severest terms commented on the conduct of Barnage,
asked the accused if the marriage would yet take place?
The young man, with tears in his eyes, replied, " I
shall never marry." He was adjudged to pay a fine of
16f. and the expenses, as sufficient compensation.—
Gazelle de Tribunaux.

TUE MOORS.—The accounts from the hill continue
to be as favourable, as to the success of the sportsmen, as at
first. Last week, the weather was dry and wet each alter-
nate day till Thursday ; but, subsequently, it has been fair
and more seasonably cool. The moors attached to Blair
Castle were strictly preserved last year and this, it is under-
stood, for his Royal Highness Prince Albert.—Perth Courier.
SKYE —DEER-STALKING.—MacIeod of Macleod has
at present among his visitors at Dunvegan Castle, Lord St.
John and his lady, Mr. Henryi Baillie, M.P., and his lady,
Sic. After a few days at grouse shooting (in which the party
have been very successful) they are now going off to deer-
stalking among the precipices and ravines of the Coolin Hills,
and to fish the streams that issue from them. Lord Mac-

donald has been highly successful in that sport in the same
direction, having already killed eight deer, some of which
were noble animals with full grown antlers. Such is his
Lordship's fondness for this sport that he has converted the
Inn of Sconser into a shooting lodge, where he and his Lady
have been residing fur some weeks. The loss of this inn to
tourists is not felt, as that of Sligichan is only three miles
distant, and two inns were rather near each other on a road
not greatly frequented.—lnrerness Courier.
ANOTHER FIRE IN ESSEX.—On Saturday morning,
between one and two o'clock, a fire broke out at North
Ockenden, on the premises of William Eve, Esq., of Ocken-
den-hall, in consequence of the heating of a stack of clover.
The fire was speedily communicated to four other stacks, all
of which burnt with fury for three hours before assistance
could be procured, when two engines belonging to the Board
of Ordnance arrived from Purfeet, closely followed by one
from Romford. By great exertions the fire was confined to
the five stacks, although fourteen large corn stacks were so
closely adjoining the burning masses, as barely to allow room
for a carriage to pass between them. The property is for-
nately insured. _

DEGRADING PUNISHMENTS IN THE Anion—Under a
recent order of the Commander-in-Chief, commanding
officers of regiments, battalions, or depots, are empowered to
sentence military offenders to solitary confinement in the
cells, or " black holes," as they are technically called. In
many cases, as soon as a prisoner is delivered over to the
garrison proviit of the Royal Artillery, that functionary has
orders to crop the hair of the delinquent as close as possible.
On Sundays the whole of the men who may chance to be thus
confined are marched to the barrack chapel in charge of an
armed escort, and placed in the chapel in a conspicuous
place, with the armed escort on either side of them.
A TEA PARTY POISONED.—The practice of making
the best teapot a repository for small articles was nearly pro-
ductive of a fatal result on Sunday evening last.. It appears
that Mr. Chappell, a carpenter, residing in the Cheltenham-
road, his wife, and four friends, had been taking tea together,
when one of the party complained of sickness at the stomach.
Almost at the same moment two of the others likewise felt
unwell, and a fourth was seized with vomiting. It suddenly
occurred to one of them to look into the teapot, when, to her
surprise, she discovered a packet of a substance labelled
" Butler's Fly and Insect Killer—Poison." They all became
alarmed, especially when Mrs. Chappell remembered on the
instant that she had placed the said packet some weeks pre-
viously, in the teapot, out of the way of her grandchild, and
had forgotten to take it out when she made the tea, not
having even rinsed ont the teapot. A person lodging in the
house, hearing some confusion, came into the room, and find-
ing that poison of some sort had been taken by every one of
them, and that they were all more or less affected by it, im-
mediately ran off for a medical man. Mr. Bartley, surgeon,
of Stoke's-croft, was fortunately at home, and on arriving
at the house administered to each a powerful emetic and
afterwards antidotes, and continued with them until nearly
ten o'clock. The remedies used were successful, and with
the exception of Mrs. Chappell, who is still suffering from
the effects of the poison, as well as from much mental anxiety,
as being the innocent cause of the accident, the other parties
are convalescent. Mr. Bartley, it appears, tested the contents
of the paper,'and found that it contained arsenic.—Bristol
Journal,

ATTEMPTED MURDER-SUICIDE

THROUGH JEALOUSY.
(From the Manchester Examiner, Aug. 29 )
An inquest was yesterday held by Mr. Chapman, the
borough coroner, and a respectable jury, at the Bank of
England Tavern, Pollard-street, Manchester, relative to
the death of Abraham Ashworth, a weaver. The evi-
dence showed that twelve mouths ago, yesterday, the
deoeased was married to a young woman seventeen
years of age, who was employed in a factory ; that he
was of a jealous temperament, and that his weakness
was turned into a source of mirth by his fellow-work
men. He frequently charged his wife with being too
intimate with a man named Royle, and on this score
beat and quarrelled with her ; but he, nevertheless,
seems to have loved her, and when he was in a play-
ful humour she endeavoured to disabuse his mind of
the foul thoughts that had fixed themselves there.
Her efforts, however, were vain, and seven weeks
ago the unhappy pair separated, and she went to live
with her mother in a cellar in Junction-street, occupied
by a married couple named Gregory. On Tuesday
night last the deceased went, for the first time s'.nce the
separation, to see his wife, told her that he was going to
Bury-lane, near Leigh, and asked her to accompany
him to the railway station. She went, and just before
starting he bade her farewell in a friendly manner, and
promised to return in about a fortnight. In the course
of the following night, after having been for some time
asleep in Mrs. Gregory's, she awoke, and to her asto-
nishment, saw her husband near her, " looking very
vicious, and turning his eyes away from her very
savage." He seemed to have had some liquor. She
got up, and offered to prepare him some supper ;
but he refused to have any thing to eat. He requested,
however, to have a quart of beer ; this she went for,
and he drank the whole of it, with the exception
of a teacupful, which was divided between Mr. and Mrs.
Gregory. He then began to accuse his wife of im
proper conduct with Roy le, who works in the same
factory with her. She offered to go to the factory, and
have the whole matter cleared up, and to this the de-
ceased consented, declaring that reports of her infidelity
were current through the mill. He soon after went to
bed. In the morning, at five o'clock, the mother of
Mrs. Ashworth, Gregory, and his elder son went to
work. In about half an hour after Ashworth sat up in
bed, and his wife saw him take something from the
pocket of his trousers. He asked her to lie with her
face upwards, tied her cap. strings, and seemed in a
more affectionate mood; and this opportunity the young
wife seized to beseech him not to listen to the silly tales
which he had mentioned on the previous night. He
burst into tears, and attempted to jump out of bed;
but she caught hold of him, and he had to rise.
He then threw himself back, and attempted to
raise his arm, as though he was struggling with
powerful emotions and a deep resolution. The action,
however, was sufficient to disclose to the alarmed wife
something bright and flashing in his hand ; she thought
it was a penknife, but it was a razor, and she screamed
out violently. He caught hold of her, and mingled his
cries with hers ; but, when he was unable to hold her
any longer, he raised both his hands, and inflicted a
ghastly wound on his throat. Terrified, the young
wife ran screaming into the street ; he hastily followed
her ; but she had the presence of mind to close the door,
and she held it so firmly that he failed in his efforts to
open it. A man, attracted by her screams of " Murder!"
came from a cellar on the opposite side of the street, and
as soon as she saw him, she ran towards him, fainted,
and fell. On recovering she found that her finger
had been cut. Several persons soon entered the cellar.
The unfortunate man was sitting on the fender, in his
shirt ; t:round him was a pool of blood, in the midst of
which lay the razor with which he had, no doubt, in-
tended to murder his wife, and with which ho had in-
flicted on himself a wound, of which he died in about
an hour and a half. The cellar, in almost every part of
it, bore marks of blood. No one knew where he got the
razor ; but there can be but little doubt of the object
for which he had possessed himself of it ; for he had
often threatened, as he expressed it, to put both himself
and his wife out of the road. On one occasion, about two
or three months before the separation, he was fondling
his wife, as they sat alone •, and when her head
was resting on his lap, he took out his penknife, and
pointing it at her throat, said, "Jenny, I want your
throat." He made a movement with the weapon, and
it penetrated the skin of her neck. The jealous man had
evidently for some time entertained the notion of put-
ting an end to his own misery and life, and of punishing
the supposed infidelity of his wife.
The jury brought in a verdict, that the deceased had
cut his throat with a razor when in a state of unsound
mind and distraction.

THE MURDER OF THE CHEVA-
LIER STEWART.
(Extract of a letter dated Ancona, August 1.)
If you have not already heard through the public
papers of a shocking crime that has been perpetrated in
this vicinity, it is my painful duty to communicate the
sad and atrocious deed. Our mutual friend, the Chevalier
Abbe Stewart, was, on the 17th ult., most inhumanly
and deliberately murdered on the shore between this
and Sinigaglia. Poor Stewart put up at Casabrugiate
for a few days, for the benefit of sea bathing, previous
to visiting the fair of Sinigaglia. On the morning of the
17th he bathed at a secluded part of the shore, when
a peasant approached him and tendered his services to
hold an umbrella, which he accepted, and remunerated
the man for his trouble, upon which the peasant in-
quired if Mr. Stewart intended bathing again in the
evening. He replied he should, but would not require
his services. However, the peasant dodged him to the
shore between four and five o'clock in the afternoon, and
waited his opportunity for committing his premeditated
mime, having prepared, and partly manufactured, a long
stiletto since the morning. He took advantage of the
moment that Stewart was passing his shirt over his head,
and inflicted three stabs, which Stewart received on his
left arm, arid at once faced his murderer, without weapon
or covering to his body, and demanded his intentions.
The wretch replied " Plunder." Poor Stewart pointed
to his clothes, watch, ring, and money, and besought
him to take everything and decamp, and spare his
life. The monster h esitated for a moment, and that
rushed again upon Stewart, and stabbed him eight
times more, two of which wounds extended to the whole
length of the stiletto. Stewart fell, and the murderer
made off with his things. Then poor Stewart rose to
his feet,
,wrapped himself in a sheet, and proceeding
nearly half a mile to the nearest cottage, falling twice
before he could accomplish the distance. Medical aid
from Monte Marciano soon reached him, but mortal
aid was of no avail ; about an hour after midnight ho
expired, praying fervently, and wonderfully composed
to the last moment. Half an hour previous to his
last gasp he took up a pen and wrote to his brother,
who, I believe, is his heir—" Dearest George, I am
dying. T. Stewart." By poor Stewart's descrip-
tion, the , assassin was arrested within an hour of
the bloody deed. Though there is all necessary
proof of the identity of the culprit, yet I ap-
prehend the extreme penalty of the law may not
reach him, being under age (nineteen), according to the
hies of this country. I understood that in the case of
great atrocity the Pope can lend (as it is called here) a
few years to the criminal. The British Consul has re-
presented this case to Rome, as one requiring the exer-
tion of this power, and awaits the decision. The Cousul
has had poor Stewart's body embalmed, and placed in
the church of Santa Maria, preparatory to embarkation
for England. Now comes the extraordinary and almost
incredible sequel to this most melancholy and dreadful
deed. The priests (I presume) having learnt that
the deceased belonged to a rich family, began as usual,
to speculate upon what might turn up most to their
advantage. All at once a child, a cripple from its birth,
was cured by crawling over the coffin, and left
his crutches there. The fame of this miracle spread
throughout the town and neighbourhood, and the lame
and halt flocked in from all sides. Numerous other
miracles are said to have been performed—offerings of
wax began to drop in to the church—scores of children
were brought in to be cured of all kinds of diseases. At
length the crowds of deluded beings reached such an
extent that the British Consul feared they would
destroy the coffin, and accordingly ordered it to de
removed out of the body of the church to a vault ;
but this was an undertaking of some difficulty, and
he was obliged to call in the aid of the gendarme*
theto cc! or
crow
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enitcrwa nacye,
atnod tphreocehnutrtchh and
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populace
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outside from rushing in. By half-past nine o'clock at
night they succeeded in clearing the church, and re-
moving the coffin. Next morning the church was again
beset with crowds, who kissed and adored the ground
upon which the coffin had been plac-d, and strewed it
with flowers and garlands. It is said also that tie
ground has wrought miracles. It is also said that the
priests will endeavour to oppose the Consul when 'a e
claims the body for shipment, as they hope the family
will canonise their relative, and let them reap the ad-
vantages attendant upon such ceremonies, leaving the
, body with them.

NEW CA7.:tOLIC COLLEGE IN SCOTLAND.—Th. Scot-
tish Guardtou states that the estate of Delbeth, about three
miles to the east of Glasgow, comprising upwards of seventy,
imperial acres, has been purchased for the purpose of esta-
blishing a Roman Catholic College.
DANGEROUS FRACAS ON A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE.—
On Saturday evening, when the 6.30 A m. mixed train from
Bristol was between Steventen and Didcot stations, on the
Great Western Railway, a quarrel arose between Temple,
the engine driver, and Poole, the stoker. A fight ensues on
the engine, and if both had fallen off the consequences 'lust
have been dreadful, as the train was going at the rge of
nearly thirty miles an hour, and there was no possibiliy of
the guards getting to the engine to stop it, the high turd-
class carriage being between them ; nor were they aware of
the fight until Temple, finding himself worsted, stopped the
engine, to endeavour to throw Poole off, when the guards
alighted, and succeeded in obtaining a cession of hostilities
until their arrival at Didcot, when they were reported to
Mr. Bishop, the superintendent, who gave them into custody
of the guards of the fast train, and conveyed them to Pad-
dington, where their conduct will be investigated by the
directors. Their places were supplied by others at Didcot,
and the train reached Paddington in safety. Both men have
very irritable tempers.
SHOCKING COOL.—MOSt people have heard the story
of the Irishman who, on being awakened one night with the
intimation that the house was on tire, coolly turner: hintsell,
and as coolly replied, "It is nothing to me, I ass only a
lodger." The anecdote has generally been looked upon as a
joke, but the following incident may prove that it may have
been no joke at all. One day last week, as the stage coach
was being rapidly driven past a small village between Ayr
and Maybole, a child, apparently between four and five years
of age, was Observed playing in the middle of the road, un-
conscious of the _approaching danger. The driver, having
given the alarm without effect, succeeded in pulling up just
in the nick of time. A woman, who was observed lasily
resting herself against the wall of a house, and looking upon
the whole transaction with the utmost composure, while
every person on the coach was painfully alarmed, on being
asked by the indignant driver why she had not rushed to the
rescue of a child in such imminent dane•er, replied, with s
look of surprise, and in tones of innocent
bairn's no mine." Improbable as this may appear,
theleas a fact.— Glasgow Examiner. it Is never..

•

THE DISMISSED REPEAL MAGIS-

TR ATE S.

The following correspondence has taken place between
the Irish Chancellor's Secretary, Mr. F. W. Brady, and
Mr. Joseph Miles M`Donnell, one of the Members for
Mayo, who was deprived of the Commission of the Peace
in consequence of some violent political sentiments
which he delivered at a repeal meeting held in Sligo :
" Secretary's Office, Four Courts, Dublin,
August 25, 1846.
" Sir,—l am directed by the Lord Chancellor to ac-
quaint you that the attention of the Lord Lieutenant
having been given to the circumstance of the removal of
magistrates at various times from the Commission of the
Peace, on account of their conduct in relation to political
meetings and demonstrations, his Excellency has been
pleased to convey to him the opinion that those cases
might be severally reconsidered with a view of deciding
upon the propriety of restoring to the Commission such
of those gentlemen as he might think properly qualified
for the office ; and the Lord Chancellor has felt it to be
his duty to act upon this opinion.
" In referring to lists of Magistrates who have been
so removed, it appears that pursuant to an order bearing
date 2ad of June, 1843, your name was removed from
the commission of the peace for the counties of Mayo
and Sligo.
" Mr. Sugden's letters to you of the 24th and 30th
May, and sth June, 1843, with yours of the 26th May
and 2nd June, in that year, exhibit the grounds of this
order.
On the best consideration he has given to the sub-
ject, and to the circumstances under which your remove
took place, the Lord Chancellor is of opinion that the
letters contain nothing which onght now to preclude
your being restored to the commission of the peace.
" Ile desires me to say that if it should be your wish
to resume the office of a Magistrate, he is prepared to
give the necessary directions for your being replaced.
" I have the honour to be, Sir, your very humble and
obedient servant,
" FRANCIS WILLIAM BRADY, Sec.
" To Joseph Miles M•Donnell, Esq. M P."
" Reform Club, London, Aug. 31.

" Sir,—Your letter of the 25th inst., with whiCh I am
favoured, having been directed to Doo Castle during my
attendance here on my Parliamentary duties, will ex-
plain why it has not been earlier acknowledged. It con-
veys to me the gratifying intelligence that the Lord
Chancellor, on the late consideration he has given the
subject of my removal from the Commission of the Peace
in June, 1843, and to the circumstances under which
that removal took place, is of opinion that the letters
which passed between Mr. Sugden and me on that occa-
sion contain nothing which ought now to preclude my
being restored to the Commission. You will pardon my
adding they contain nothing which then justified my
removal, or else I presume I should not be now re-
stored. What a practical commentary on the adminis-
tration of Irish affairs the dismissal and the necessity
for the restoration of the Repeal Magistrates of the
kingdom presents ! With such facts staring the world
in the face can it be a matter of wonder that Ireland
,should have been a ' difficulty' to those who have under-
taken to do the business of the aristocracy of Eng-
land. This one act of the late Government, and I
wish to speak with all leniency of the dead, annihilated
the confidence of that immense class, the peasantry of
Ireland, as well as all other classes, in the administra-
tion of the law. I apprise you of a literal fact when I
tell you that the people in my province wept with grief
and alarm when those in whom they confided at all times
were removed from the bench, and they crowded round
their venerated clergy declaring that they had no longer
any hope of safety. There was a truth in this declara-
tion not credible in other parts of the world. Was it
not natural that the people should have trembled at
being left exposed to the violence of local factions,
when the very Executive itself had ventured openly to
sweep the bench of the very magistrates themselves,
merely for the legal, constitutional, and rightful
expression of political opinion ? The Lord Chancel-
lor, by restoring to the Commission the magistrates then
xemoved, and doing so, as you are pleased to apprise me,
in compliance with the expressed opinion of the Lord
Lieutenant, obviously does much towards restoring
public confidence, likewise by giving an assurance that
henceforth the laws in Ireland will be administered by
the friends of Ireland I beg you will therefore convey
to the Lord Chancellor the expression of my gratitude,
not only on personal, but on public grounds. It is indeed
to me peculiarly gratifying to receive the Commission
:from the Lord Chancellor's hands. I had, in consequence
of my removal on account of my adherence to the na-
tional principles, pledged myself not to accept the Com-
mission, except from an Irish Chancellor. The election
of the eminent judge who now holds the seals has re-
moved the difficulty in which I might be placed. Sin-
cerely wishing that his Lordship may long administer
the high office which his learning, impartiality, and
char'.cter are certain to dignify ; and also that I may
yet hare the pride and pleasure of seeing his Lordship
presiding on the Woolsack in the Irish House of Lords.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
"Your most obedient servant,
"J. M. M'DONNELL.
" F. W. Brady, Esq., &c. &c. &c."

ROYAL COLLEGE of CHEMISTRY.
Yesterday afternoon the annual general meeting of
the members of the above college was held in the rooms
of the institution, Hanover-square. In the absence of
the Earl of Clarendon, the chair was occupied by Ben-
jamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., and supported by the Earl of
Antrim, Sir James Clarke, M.D., Colonel Wylde,
Equerry to his Royal Highness Prince Albert ; Dr.Har-
nett, Professor Hoffer, Dr Daniell, Dr. Aston Key, Dr.
Bevan, Mr. Tite, &c. After seme'introductory remarks
from the chairman, the report (the first presented to
the members) was read ; i:s details, as might be ex-
pected, bore reference more particularly to the positive
transactions of the institution than to matters of public
interest connected with the chemical art. Since the
establishment in 1844 the total receipts, including
those for the purposes of the new building, amounted
to 5,556/. 195., and the disbursements to 4,5171. ss. 9d.,
thus leaving a balance of 1,033/. 3s. 3d. The sub-
scriptions, &c., amounted to 1,5711., and the donations
to 2,6931. 3s. ; of the latter the sum of 100/. was re-
ceived from his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and a
like amount was also forwarded by his Royal Highness
:as the representative of the Duchy of Cornwall. The
donations to the building fund now amount to 1,7631.,
taut .more than 2,0001. will be required for carrying out'
the otjeets in view. It appears that with regard to the
laboratory, the total cost of the building will exceed the
original estimate, and will amount to 5,000/. Mr.
.Blakemore, M.P. for Wells, offered to supply 500/, on
fifteen other gentlemen subscribing 100/. each, and by
this means the sum of 2,0001. was. raised, under the de-
nomination of the Blakemore Fund, being, it appears,
distinct from the general building fund. In the first
year the number of students was twenty-six, and in the
cite just finished thirty-seven, fifteen having remained
from the previous year. According to the statements of
Professor Hoffer, the students had in each session exhi-
bits d a considerable degree of proficiency. The fees paid
by them amounted to 5271. 17s. The laboratory expenses
amounted to 921/. 13s. This department will be fully
opened in October next. We may add, that the new build
i og at the rear of the house in Hanover square is fast
approaching to completion. It extends into Oxford-
street. The foundation-stone, our readers may recollect,
vas laid a short time since by his Royal Highness
1 'eince Albert. The report added, that through tho
la mmentai3ty of his Royal Highness Prince Albert ne-
gotiations had been concluded with the Prussian Go-
vef.nment, by which, in the event of tt-e college not
saerceeding, M. Hoffman will be permitted to continue
bin professorship at Bonn. The report having been
aceeed to, the meeting proceeded to the election of pre•
sident, vice-presidents, and council. His Royal High-
ness Prince Albert was re-elected to the former post,
which is not merely an honorary one, as the prince has
an excellent knowledge of chemistry, and several times
du ring the last session satisfied himself as to the pro-
fit iency of the students by interrogatories in the various
departments of the art. The vice-presidents and counc:l
nprise upwards of fifty members of the nobility and
•,ge otry, &c., one of them being Lord John Russell.
Ater votes of thanks to his Royal Highness Prince
All)ert, the chairman, &c., the meeting was dissolved.

''HE GREAT MEETING OF THE

MONTH.

As the great meeting of the passing month was a
Zr ighty convention of teetotalers, it may appropriately
hi called the " Meeting of the Waters." The repre-
ae ntatives of the pumps, well=, ponds, cisterns, gutters,
at ,d rivers of the world were all present. Yankee tee-
to tallers—cold damp people—arrived, it is said, packed
in Wenham Lake ice, to represent the Niagara ;
wi the the Fleet-ditch rolled its tribute of temperance
)ple to the Convention. All sorts of waters, indeed,
bat! their delegates, except strong waters ; and the ap-
peat ance of the august conclave reminded one of an
t ')lyLipus of river gods turned out of their beds.
The hall of meeting was surrounded by a guard of
hanottr of metropolitan turncocks, while a strong de-
t achme•nt of the " brigade," with hose in their hands
twa.4 sto.lkings on their feet, werein readiness to spout
sin eau de joie from several engines of great calibre. The
ita:d was tastefully decorated with branches of the weep-
log • willow and the water lily. Above the president's
cha it was placed the representation of a "jolly young
waterman," in a saltatory attitude.
A fter a light and frugal repast, consisting of water-
swat hee and water-gruel, followed by a dessert of water-
melt .as and water-eresses,

:DA r. Wishy Washy, the chairman, and representative
of ti a Holborn Baths, proposed the loyal and national
toa st of " Father Thames, and the various branches of
the royal family." DraLk with acclamation in toast-
and tater.
dr. 0 )zy, M.P. for Peerless Pool, next gave " The
flo, rer of transatlantic tidies, Miss Isiopi and Miss
i." Judge Drench, of Repudiation Villa, Gouging
Tow ut, U.S., resyonded.
A, i er these fa: Live proceedings, the Secretary was
called' upon to real the report—a very elaborate docu-
ment. .on the statistics of fiow-came you-Soishness. It
aßesen a that within the last year upwards of 30,000,000
of" go e s" had been called for and[ dispatched in London
(Groans, and a cheer I..`rot a medical student,
who. wan immediately turned out.j ,Beer was also tippled
in an as,tounding manner. There were monsters in
l'umtan form, such as stokers in stet, niers, workmen in
g 'ass-lionses, &c., who actually constimed several pints
nay.— (General shuddering.) The society had also
as ertained that in many localities, part.;cularly on the
ri% 'er banks, the manufacture of a pernicienni compound,
ca' Ica " 6handy-gaff," was carried on with: unblushing
au tracity.—(G roan s.)
rale reports was unanimously adopted. --i.lbnanack of
the Month, for September.

) W-e.are,Seved to learn that ale potato
dise as' it` tengtit begat to appear in Orkney_ It was
hoplidtthat these remote islands of the deep would' lave es-
cap the visitation of this destructive malady— but alas for
htute an hopes !—Cceedonian Mercury,

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
ROLLS' COURT, Aug. 31.
GUINNESS V. FRIEND.

Mr. KENTON PARKER, Q.C., applied for an injunction
to restrain the defendant, a bottled porter dealer, at
Dover, from selling as Guinness's stout malt liquor not
brewed by Messrs. Guinness and Co., and from selling
it in bottles with forged labels thereon.
It appeared in evidence that the plaintiffs, who are the
well-known brewers of Dublin, have for many years past,
with the view of securing the public from imposition,
been in the habit of shipping their stout to Mr. Moline,
of London-bridge (their sole consignee for London and
the eastern division of England), or to his order, and
that Mr. Moline appoints agents, who sell the stout in
bottles with certain labels thereon, which are printed
exclusively by his order, and are by him supplied solely
to the agents, who are bound not to sell any bottled
stout without such labels. It was proved that the de-
fendant had been detected in selling considerable quan-
tities of malt liquor, of a very inferior quality, as
Guinness's stout, in bottles with forged labels, being an
exact imitation of Messrs. Guinness's labels, and con-
taining a fac-simile of the signature of the firm.
The MASTER of the ROLLS compared the defendant's
labels with the plaintiffs' labels, and said that they closely
resembled each other, and that the plaintiffs were en-
titled to the order.—lnjunction granted.
The solicitors for the plaintiffs were Messrs. Amory,
Sewell, and Moores.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, September 1.
(Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.)
IN RE 'MAYHEW.

This bankrupt, who is well known in the literary
world, came up to pass his last examination, and was
supported by Mr. Sturgeon, and opposed by Mr.
Cooke. From the evidence given by the bankrupt,
it appeared that he had been connected with
the Era newspaper, but had assigned his
interest, and had not made any entry in his
balance-sheet, as it was of no value. He had disclosed
everything to his creditors—his property, which had cost
about 1,6001., had been seized in execution and sold at a
loss of 1,1851. Ife considered himself justified in his
expenses, as up to the beginning of the year he ought to
have received 1,5001. a-year for his literary la-
bours. He originated Punch, and was suc-
ceeded by an editor, Mr. Mark Lemon, under
an arrangement to receive one-half, but Mr. Lemon had
refused to ratify the agreement. Out of 2,900/. he had
only received 1,2151., and owed 2,4111. His embarrass-
ment arose in consequence of losing two arrange-
ments, amounting to 1,0001. and 3001. a-year.
But he had offered to pay 51. a-week out
of his profits, and make it up the
full half of his earnings if he made more, but the propo-
sition was rejected.

The CommissioNEß considered an adjournment must
take place, for the balance-sheet to be amended, and
the costs should depend on the opinion of the official
assignee. _ .

The examination was then adjourned for six weeks.
The bankrupt estimated the profits of Punch at 10,0001.
a year ; he also claimed 1,0001. from the Iron Times'
estate fur one year's salary he was entitled to in lieu of
notice.

THE LATE FORGERY AT COUTTS'

RE-EXAMINATION OF CAPT. RICHARDSON.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Considerable excitement was created yesterday in
the neighbourhood of this Court, as it was known that
Captain William Richardson, chairman of the Tenbury,
Worcester, and Ludlow Railway Company, was to be
brought up a second time before the Lord Mayor, on a
charge of having altered a cheque on Coutts' banking-
house, from the sum of 10/. to 5,600/. The cheque for
101., it will be remembered by our readers, had been
signed, in the first instance, by the chairman
and, again, by Thomas Stevenson, and William Letch-
mere Whitmore, two of the directors, who afterwards
returned the cheque to the prisoner. On its being pre-
sented at the banking-house, the amount appeared as
5,000/., which was honoured, and five 1,0001. notes were
paid to the person who presented the cheque. It after-
wards appeared in evidence, that these notes were taken
to the Bank of England on the same day by the pri-
soner, who received gold in exchange, he giving his ad-
dress " Linen Hall, Dublin." and Furnival's Inn Hotel"
in town. Subsequent inquiries led to the prisoner's
being taken into custody.
At twelve o'clock this day the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor took his seat. Aldermen Wood and Musgrove
sat beside his Lordship.
After the morning cases had been disposed of,
Captain William Richardson was placed at the bar at
two o'clock.
Mr. Bushe, of the firm of Bushe and Mullins, appeared
to prosecute ; Mr. Woolf, from Mr. Flower's office, ap-
peared for the prisoner.
Mr. Bushe said that, on the 7th of July, a Board of
the Tenbury, Worcester, and Ludlow Railway Com-
pany was held, when a cheque was drawn for 10/.,
signed by Captain Richardson, and containing on the
counterfoil the name of the person to whom it
was intended to be paid. That person was now
present. On the 20th of the same month the same
cheque, signed by the prisoner and by two
of the directors was presented at Messrs. Coutts'
bank, purporting to be drawn for 5,0004 which was
paid by one of the clerks in five 1,0001. notes. The
next part of his case would be to bring home the fact,
that on the same day the prisoner himself, under a false
name and address, changed three of these notes at the
Bank of England. The rest of the case was rather
complicated, but it all tended to the same thing, that the
amount received from the cheque had come into the pos-
session of the prisoner.
Robert Hare, called and examined.—He was clerk and
cashier at Coutts' bank. On the 20th of July he paid
the cheque produced, in five notes of 1,000/. each. The
numbers were dated the 13th of February, and were
96,087, 96,091-2-3-4, consecutive numbers. He could
not identify the person to whom he paid
the cheque. He paid these notes to the
account of William Richardson, William Letchmere
Whitmore, Thomas Stevenson, and another person.
'Three of those persons were authorised to draw, Mr.
Richardson being always one of the party. The principal
partner of Coutts' house was Edward Majoribanks, Esq.
The instructions to the banker's clerk on entering cash
to the account of the railway company was then proved
by the witness. It was precisely the same as already
stated by him. He (witness) did not know the prisoner
personally at the time the account was opened.
Cross-examined by Mr. Woolf—ri he account was
opened with Messrs. Coutts by the gentleman mentioned
in April. Ile had no doubt that the genuine signatures
were affixed to the cheque. It was regarded as a pri-
vate account, Messrs. Coutts declining to do anything
with railway companies. There still remained a
balance of 5001. or 6001. in the hands of the bankers.
Mr. W. Pulsford examined—Was secretary to the
Worcester, Tenbury, and Ludlow Railway Company.
Had been secretary since its first formation.
The offices of the company were at No. 5,
New Palace-yard, Westminster. He found in
the minute-book of the board of directors a meeting of
the 7th July. That minute was Verified by the signa-
ture of the chairman and directors in the usual way.
Captain Richardson was present at that meeting, and
signed the minute.
Mr. Bushe read from the book—" And also that a
cheque for lot. be given to Mr. Howell's messenger for
his services," with the initial letters W. R. attached.
Witness's examination continued--He found an
entry in the cheque-book in Captain Richard-
son's writing "No. 11, Messenger from Mr.
Howell, his services, July 10." He heard of
a letter from this party, and a conversation fol-
lowed, in which gentlemen round the table ob-
served that they would give a sovereign a piece
rather than this sum should come out of the funds
of the company. He afterwards received from
Captain Richardson a cheque for 101., which agreed in
every respect with the counterfoil. It was then only
signed by Captain Richardson himself. Looking at the
cheque produced, he could see that the dif-
ference consisted in the cheque being now
for 5,000/., instead of 10/., and in the
addition of two more signatures. Having been instructed
by Captain Richardson to get these signatures, he en-
closed the cheque to Mr. Whitmore. (The letter-book
was produced to show that a note from witness,
enclosing the cheque, was posted on the day fellow-
ing, Bth July). He found also on the cheque that
the date had from the 7th been changed to the 17th
July. He was positive that the " one'' had not been
placed before the " seven" when the cheque was first
drawn. (The witness then read the letters addressed
to the directors, requesting their signatures to three
cheques, one being the one in question. The cheques
carne back for the respective sums of 1001., 20/.. and 101.,
es they had gone. Another signature was attached
to the cheque afterwards—that of Mr. Stevenson, which
witness subseqeently obtained. The signatures, to the
best of witness's belief, were not in the order in which
they appeared in the cheque produced. After receiving
the particular cheque for 10!. from Mr. Whitmore, witness
gave, on 16th, the same cheque to Mr. Richardson. Had
nut seen tile cheque since. The cheque was not altered
in any way. The prisoner never stated to him to whom
he had delivered the cheque. There was some talk
about as to whom it was to be paid. Witness was
at Mr. Bushe's office on Wednesday last, when
Captain Richardson said he had delivered it to a person
ith thin roustasehtos, rather sallow complexion, and
thin stature. Witness thought the prisoner then
suit: d that he had never seen the person before. Was
n>t positive about that. Thought the prisoner said
that the man called upon him at his private
house, and he thought he said he delivered the cheque to
him there. Never had had any conversation with the pri-
soner about it before any person.
Cross-examined—The prisoner, witness believed, said
that the person to whom he gave the cheque was Howell's
messenger.
Mr. Bushe here stated that Mr. Whitmore and Mr.
Stephenson had not arrived from the country.
Mr. Fry, the solicitor to the company, was then called,
who stated that Mr. Whitmore and Mr. Stephenson were
travelling, and he had done all in his power to find them,
but had not accomplished that object. lie believed that
if time was given Mr. Whitmore would attend, and that
no warrant was necessary to compel the attendance of
either gentlemen.
Cross-examined—Mr. Whitmore was in Calais, but
he did not know where Stephenson was.
Mr. Pulsford recalled and examined by the solicitor

for the prisoner.—As a cautious man, he should say he
had never seen the identical cheque for 5,0001. before.
Mr. Baine, one of the solicitors of the company, was
present at Mr. Bushe's office on Wednesday last, when
the prisoner made a statement concerning a cheque for
5,030/., paid by Coutts and Co. The prisoner said he
had seen the cheque, and referred to a previous interview
he had had with Coutts and Company with respect to
the cheque. _ _

The solicitor for the prisoner objected to the exami-
nation, which was not pressed by Mr. Bushe.
Mr. Coulthurst, a partner in the house of Coutts and
Co.—Recollected Capt. Richardson, in company with Mr.
Fry, and Mr. Baine coming to the hank. A clerk of the
company applied to witness, in the presence of the pri-
soner, to take away the paid vouchers, which witness re-
fused as irregular, as the account had not received the
sanction of all parties. Witness said to the prisoner
this is a frightful fraud; to which he answered, it was.
He then said he had drawn the cheque (the 5,0001.)
for 10/., and that it had been altered to 5,000/.;
that his signature was genuine, and that he
believed the other two were also. He said that the
number of the cheque was in his handwriting, and that
all was except the figure one and the 5,0001. He said
that he had given the cheque to some person in the em-
ploy of an individual on the Stock Exchange.
Cross-examined—Was not aware whether the pri-
soner knew it was against the rule of Coutts and Co. to
give up paid cheques.
Joseph Long-den, a clerk in the house of Coutts and
Co.. recollected the prisoner and others coming to the
bank on Tuesday the 25th of August. The prisoner
asked for the vouchers of the paid cheques, which were
produced by Mr. Inglebach, a clerk in the house of
Coutts and Co., but they were refused to be given up.
Mr. Jernineham, a clerk in the issue department of
the Bank of England, changed three 1,000/. notes on the
20th of July last. The person who presented them was
the prisoner, and he gave the name of Jones, and
addressed them Dublin. The prisoner was in
his presence half an hour, and he had
not the slightest doubt of his identity. Witness parti-
cularly recollected the transaction, as he had a suspicion
that they would hear further abeutit, and in consequence
made a particular memorandum in the book. Upon being
pressed for a more particular address, he said Linen Hall,
Dublin, and Furnival's Inn Hotel, London. He appeared
much agitated, and upon being asked to put his name
to the note, he appeared nervous, and asked others
present to do it.
Mr. Thomas Ager corroborated the evidence of the
last witness. He was also a clerk in the issue depart.
tnent of the Bank of England. Witness supplied
the gold for the notes to the prisoner, who
asked a porter to carry it for him to a cab outside the
Bank. The prisoner then left the Bank, and wit-
ness followed him. Stated that he was sorry,
but he must have the money back to
reweigh it. The prisoner said it was all right, but ulti-
mately came back, the money was reweighed, and the
prisoner went away with it. Had no doubt of the iden-
tity of the prisoner.
Mr. Iligman, chief clerk of the issue department,
gave the same evidence he did on Saturday. He had no
doubt the prisoner was the party who came to the Bank
with the notes, and obtained the gold.
Mr. Payne, an inspector of notes in the Bank of
England, stated that the prisoner, on the 20th of July,
applied to him for gold for the notes, stating that the
commission for transmitting money to Dublin was so
heavy, that he thought it better to take it over himself.

Witness had no doubt of the prisoner's identity.
Early, a porter of the Bank of England, recollected the
prisoner coming to the Bank in July. He was going
away in a cab, when he was called back, and afterwards
Ile left in the cab, which was at the gate of the Bank for
twenty minutes.
Leonard Dean, hall-porter of the Bank of England—
Carried the gold to the cab, and he believed for the
prisoner at the bar.
Mr. Bushe said he had completed the first branch of
his evidence, and he would now call evidence to show

what occurred at the apprehension of the prisoner.
James Dyne, 8,268, eab-driver of 262 patent safety
cab—Was hired at the stand, Gray's Inn, to drive to the
Bank. The prisoner looked like the gentleman who
hired him. After reaching the Bank, he stopped about
three. quarters of an hour, and received four or five bags
of money, when the gentleman ordered him to drive to
Furnival's Inn. Just as he was about to drive off, the
porter came out, and after saying something to the
prisoner, the money and he went inside, and he
(witness) waited ten minutes longer, when the gentleman
and bags came out, and he drove to Furnival's Inn. He
was going inside when the gentleman said, drive on, and
he (cabman) went up Gray's Inn-lane, up John-street,
towards Russell-square, when the gentleman told him to
go on to Montague p'ace, what number he did not know,
but he (cabman) took out the bags, and laid them down
in the passage of the house they stopped at. The house
was half way up on the left-hand side.
Cross-examined by Mr. Woolf—lie thought there was
a gentleman in Court more like " the fare" than the
prisoner. The witness being asked to point out one
person more like, pointed, amidst considerable laughter,
to the secretary for the railway company, of which
prisoner was the chairman.
Mr. Howell, who had been extensively employed by
railway companies, never did apply, by himself or
messenger, for 101., and never received such.
Mr. James Davies, a director of the company—Wit-
ness was present at a special meeting of the board on
the 21st day of May, 1846, when the then supposed
fraud was discovered. The chairman took the chair at
a meeting held on the present day week (Aug. 25). The
secretary read the minutes of last meeting, and the circular
convening the one then hold. The secretary produced
the banker's book. One of the directors, showing the
book to Mr. Richardson, asked him, "Do you know
anything of this?" Ile said, " I do' not. I think the
first thing to be done is to see our bankers." Witness then
said, " I think we had better wait till Mr. Fry arrives."
A conversation ensued, but witness could not remember

the particulars. Certain resolutions were come to at the
board.

Mr. Pulsford (secretary), then produced the minute,
which did not appear of vital importance to the case.
George Russell, 34 City Police, apprehended the pri-
soner on Saturday last in St. Mildred's-court (the offices
of Messrs. Bushe and Mullins). He was searched, and
six keys were found on him, five of which were now
produced. He said, " Supposing that all the Bank
clerks say is true, it is my own money ; I have the
power, as chairman, to sign cheques." This was said in
the justice-room.

Cross-examined—He was at the house of the prisoner
after he had been examined before Mr. Alderman Mus-
grove. No violence was offered, as, with the exception
of one cupboard, every place was opened with keys.
Daniel Douglas, No. 13 City Police, went to No. 6,
Charlotte street, Russell-square, accompanied by one or
two more. On proceeding to the house his authority
was demanded by the persons there. He showed them
it, and in one of the drawers he found a quantity of
papers and a bag containing one hundred, and one fifty,
besides some Bank of England notes. These were sent
off in the cab. Witness remained in the house, and
when Mr. Mullins came a further search was made, and
a cupboard, of which no key could be found, was broken
open.

John W. Murphy, clerk to Bushe and Mullins, went
with the last officer and assisted in the search. Found

two pocket-books in the long drawer of prisoner's
study. Found a bag of gold in the same drawer.
Found a bag of gold in one-of the drawers of the same
desk. Found four 101. notes and two 51. notes in the
same place. SAw both pocket-books inspected. Found
another locked book in the same drawer. Witness having
received these, returned to the office of Bushe and Mul-
lins in a cab, accompanied by the prisoner's butler.
Richard Mullins, of Bushe and Mullins, proceeded to
make a second search on the same evening. On forcing
open the cupboard, he found the present cash-box, which
was not made till the other evening. On last evening
examined the cash-box, and found two packages, each
containing fifty sovereigns.
Mr. Bushe sworn, said that on examining the two poc-
kets ho found in a small pocket-book four note, of
50L, now produced ; he also examined the other
book and found one 10/., and three 51. notes.
After opening the diary, he found between the leaves
two 501. notes, and behind the cover, which was loose,
he discovered money to a great amount. He found five
Bank notes of 1001., six of 50/., four of 100/. ; in another
parcel five of 1001., six of 50/. ; in another parcel six
bank post bills of 100/. each, payable to John Powell,
which made the whole value of property found in
prisoner's house, 3,225 i. He (Mr. Mullins) would prove
further that three SOO/. notes had been obtained at the
Bank, in exchange for gold, and the same amount in
another bank.

Horatio Nelson, stepson of the prisoner, and living at
No. 6, Charlotte-street—He (witness) did not know any
person in Montague-place, and was not there within the
last twenty-four hours. After some conversation, the
witness admitted that he had been in Montague-place,
but he entered into no house there.

Mr. Bushe then craved a remand to a future day, and
requested that the property discovered should be placed
in safe custody.
The case was then remanded till the 9th of September'

ENFIELD PETTY (SPECIAL)
SESSIONS.
Before Messrs. EDWARD JONES WILLIAms, jun., Chair-

man, EDWARD WILLIAMS, sen., and PRiSTON.)
VIOLENT ASSAULT.—On Monday the above sessions
were specially called for the purpose of receiving evi-
dence against George Cohen, a gunsmith, at the factory,
Enfield-lock, which is under the control of the Board of
Ordnance, who was charged under Lord Ellenborough's
Act with cutting and maiminz Mr. Lovell, inspector of
small arms, both Cohen and Lovell being iu danger from
the injuries they respectively received. On Saturday
week, about noon, Cohen gave Mr. Lovell a most violent
blow on the back of the head with a file. Mr. Lovell
was going out through the door at the time, and was
for a moment stunned. On recovering himself, while
turning round to see who had struck him, he was again
attacked by Cohen, who exclaimed, " I am the man.
Sir ; I am the man. You have starved me, my wife
and family, and ruined us." Three of his fellow-
workmen closed upon him and prevented him doing
further mischief to Mr. L,well, who was bleeding
profusely. At this juncture Mr. James Gunner, acting
inspector of the works, with a gun-barrel gave Cohen a
dreadful blow upon his head, than rendered him insen-
sible, and from the effect of which serious results are
expected. Both the wounded men were promptly at
tended by medical gentlemen. Information was given
to the police, when Cohen was given into custody,
charged with assaulting Mr. Lovell. On the Chairman
directing the case to be brought on, Mr. Clarke, who
attended for Mr. Lovell, said that his client was unable
to attend, as he was still suffering from the injury he
had received upon his head. After a long discussion GII
a point of form, and after an application of Mr. Dun-
combe, a solicitor, who attended on behalf of Cohen,
Mr. Gunner was bound over to appear to answer Cohen's
charge against him, and the inquiry was adjourned for a

week. The alleged cause of Cohen's assault is a breach
of contract on the part of the authorities, by which
Cohen's wages were much reduced, and of which he sup-
posed Lovell to be the author.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Thomas Foley Taylor, a clerk, was charged before
Mr. Alderman Sidney, with coultuitting an assault on
a young woman, who described herself as being the wife
of a manufacturer of imitation teeth, at present cut of
employment.
The complainant, Mrs. Cromwell, of Brunswick-
street, Blackfriars road, stated that about nine o'clock
on Saturday evening, as she was in Fleet street, turn-
ing into Shoe-lane, the prisoner, who had a frit nd with
him, accosted her. He said, "My dear, are you going
to market ?" She replied " I am." He then put the
lighted end of his cigar down upon her hand. She
said, "Do not be foolish, you will burn my hand."
Without saying anything further, or any other provoca-
tion, he seized hold of her, threw her down, and threw
her clothes over her head. Her clothes were not
spoiled, but she had a bruise upon her knee.
Thomas Wray, a labourer at the City Gas Works,
stated that he was present, and saw the prisoner take
hold of the young woman, lift her off the ground at
arm's length, and let her fall. Her clothes came up and
her person was exposed from the manner in which he
caught hold of her. She was stunned by the fall.
Two women corroborated his statement.

The prisoner stated that he was walking with a friend,
and had been indulging a little too freely with drink,
having been visit€d by an old acquaintance. He should
not have interfered with the young woman if she had
not endeavoured to force her company upon them, and
to get rid cf her he merely gave her a push, which
caused her to fall. He called his friend to substantiate
this representation.
David Kilo, of No. 6, Hatfield-street, Stamford-street,
clerk, said, they found the prosecutrix and another
woman, standing at the coroner of Shoe-lane. The
women spoke to them, and they told them they would
not have anything to do with them. The women per-
sisted in accompanying them down Shoe-lane. Witness
walked first, and the prisoner and complainant were be-
hind him. He heard a noise which made him look
round, and he saw the prosecutrix lying down, and his
friend picking her up.
Thomas Quarterman, the policeman, said he was at-
tracted by seeing a crowd, and finding the young woman
had been hurt by the prisoner, who was drunk, he took
him in to custody.

Mr. Alderman SIDNEY questioned the young woman
as to who commenced the conversation 7—She declared
she did not.

Mr. Alderman SIDNEY said it would have been more
discreet if she had made no answer, and turned a deaf
ear when she was accosted by the prisoner, sup-
posing her statement to be true. The prisoner might
not have anticipated what would result from his foolish
conduct, which amounted to brutality, and his drunken-
ness would not excuse him from the legal consequnces.
He adjudged him to pay 11., as a compensation to
the complainant for the hurt done to her ; and 21.,
as a tine for drunken and riotous behaviour in the street.
In default of payment he would be imprisoned for one
month.

The prisoner paid the fines in the course of the day.

BOW-STREET.
A ferocious-lcoking fellow, named William Norris,
was charged with stabbing Henry Figgins with a shoe-
maker's paring knife.
The case was only partially heard, owing to the
inability of the prosecutor to attend. The two men were
living together in Feathers-court, Drury-lane, and hay.
ing quarrelled, the prisoner inflicted seven wounds in the
side of Figgins, or on two of them being of a serious
character. He expressed his regret to the constable that
he did not take away his life.
This is the third or fourth case of stabbing which has
been investigated at Bow-street within as many weeks.
Mr. JARDINE remanded the prisoner for further ex-
amination.