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Pi E SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1848.

ever it had extended, had been pacific in the extreme. !
But after he lied heard the speech of the, !Ton. I
Clentltrnan--=afier he had heard him accused of fraud
upon fraud, and lie after lie—after he had heard
the Speaker interpose to preserve the dig-
nity of the House—after he had heard
him wish he could call Mr. nackhouse from
the grave, whom he stated Lord Palmerston
had suborned to tell a lie and to commit
fraud, he had come to the conclusion
that the conduct of the Hon. Member deserved to be
treated with apathy, not, however, without commise-
ration.— (Hear, hear.) The counsel had been heard.
let the client and the witness now come forward
and substantiate their charge. His Noble Friend
was free from the imputations cast so plentifully
upon him.—(Cheers.)
Mr. URQUHART admitted if he and his Learned
Friend were in the wrong they must be madmen to
bring the motion forward; but though they might
not now be believed—and he begged to
remind the House that there had been
times when Parliament had been deluded
even in the face of truth—the time would come
when the charge that had been brought forward to-
day, which he firmly believed, wont!! become clearly
Palpable. The Hon. Gentleman then went on to de-
fend his conduct, but admitted that after he had been
recalled from Turkey, where he held the office of
secretary to the legation, that he addressed a letter
to Lord Palmerston, stating that he had no per-
sonal feelings of hostility against him. It was
only when he found that his (Mr. Urquhart's)
conduct had been misrepresented—that he had been
maligned by the Noble Lord when he was not in the
House to defend himself—that he felt it his duty to
come forward and defend himself. The charges
that had for the first time been brought
forward as a whole to-day had been long whis-
pered in the Courts of Europe, and even in
that House ; and was it not remarkable that he had
never stood up in his place and defended himself ?
Not long ago the Noble Lord the Member for Mary-
lebone (Lord D. Stuart) stated that the policy of the
Noble Lord towards foreign nations was that of a bully
and a coward ; that he oppressed the weak, and was a
time• server, but the Noble Lord's opinion seemed
now to have undergone a great change. He was
prepared to substantiate this allegation—and he called
upon the House to let its utmost censure
fall upon him if he failed—that changes
had been made by the Noble Lord
(Lord Palmerston) in the stipulations of the
treaty with Turkey, for the purpose of serving the
interests of Prueia or Turkey. He appealed
to the Speaker in his judicial capacity to
see that this charge was investigated, because
it was no small matter—it was an impeachment of
one of the first Ministers of the Crown. He wished
to God that, in this matter, he could be proved an
enthusiast and a madman. (Great Laughter.)
Honourable Gentlemen might laugh ; what he
meant was that he wished to God the had
not these things in his mind, and that he did not feel
so deeply for his injured country. He ap-
pealed to the Speaker not to refuse this prayer.
If there was a Whig present who valued
the character of that great party—if there
was an honest man present—(Laughter)--who
valued the alliance of Prussia as well as of France,
he called upon them to support this inquiry.
Nay, more, he appealed to the admirers of
free-trade, for it had been said with truth
that the conduct of the Noble Lord prevented
its proper carrying out, and made the slave trade one
great cause of contention with other countries, to
grant the inquiry. But he was not moving for an
inquiry—(Laughter)—he was simply supporting a
motion for papers as a preliminary step.—(Hear,
hear.) The papers moved for extended over sixteen
years, and could not be disposed of in an ordinary
debate.

Lord D. STUART moved the adjournment of the
debate.

Lord PALMERSTON then rose amidst general
cries for a division. He should not lose his temper,
neither should he disgrace himself by violating the
ordinary courtesies of life and the conduct usually
adopted by gentlemen.—(Loud cheers.) He at
once unreservedly and fully denied every one of the
charges—he repelled them all. If the question
were merely one between the Honourable
Member and himself he did not know that
he should have condescended to reply to them—nay,
he did not think he should disgrace himself by even
simply repeating them.—Loud cheers.) But,
if it were the pleasure of the House to institute
an inquiry, lie should not object to it—
nay more, he had not the slightest objection to an
inquiry into his conduct from the moment he entered
the public service up to the moment he was
addressing them, including the inspection of every
document in the Foreign-office.— (Hear, hear,
and loud cheers.) The Honourable and Learned Gen-
tlemen had so mistated facts, so jumbled them, that
he considered he was perfectly justified in calling his
speech not unlike a kaleidoscope out of order.—
(Roars of laughter.) Mr. Backhouse was quite in-
capable of telling an untruth for the sake of any wau.
The charge made against that gentleman he had
never expected to hear in the House of Com-
mons.—(Hear.) He should not now enter into
any foreign policy that took place before
the Honourable and Learned Gentleman was born—
(Laughter)—nor before he entered official life. He
confessed he was utterly at a loss to understand
how the Honourable and Learned Gentleman
could conceive that the fall cf the diffe-
rent nations of the world depended upon his
mere caprice.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman
appeared to have one fixed notion—first, that he
(Lord Palmerston) had some magical power by which
he had been able, ever since 1830, to sway the minds
and govern the conduct of mankind throughout the
world, and that the manner in which he had exercised
that power had produced the abasement of England,
and the predominancy of Russia. The result was
obvious, said he—England was a Russian pro-
vince, and annihilated as a nation. Having
once made a good speech, was made a charge
of treachery against him. Now no one
could lay such a charge at the door of
the Hon. and Learned Gentleman.--(Con-
tinued laughter.) Anterior to the treaty of Adrian-
ople, he considered , that Turkey having violated
some of her treaties with Russia, had good cause
to proceed against her. Unfortunately Turkey
acted under the advice of bad and evil counsellors
in the matter. The Noble Lord was proceeding to
enter more into detail on this matter, when
The SPEAKER interrupted him, and announced
that the debate must stand adjourned until to-
morrow, amidst some laughter.
The House adjourned precisely at Six o'clock.

to Swansea in the following spring. East of Chepstow, the
opening of the line must depend upon the completion of the
GloUcester ^nd :Forest of Dean Railway, which may be
effected in the course of ti►e summer of 1849. From
Swansea to Llanelly the works might be completed in
the same time as those from Cardiff to Swansea. Be-
yond Llanelly there had been more delay, but the works
were in progress to a short distance beyond the junction
with the Haverfordwest branch.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving that the report be received,
adopted, printed, and circulated amongst the members,
observed at some lenght upon its details. He said that,
as the pressure upon the money market had passed away,
it was time to press on the works as actively as pos-
sible. With that view, the directors proposed to make
a call of 51. per share, which would bring into operation
the borrowing powers of the company, after which the
proprietors would not be likely to have further calls
made upon them.
A discursive conversation then ensued upon the
several topics of the report, but nothing material was
elicited, except an earnest protest on the part of the
Chairman (with whom the meeting cordially concurred)
against any Government or legislatorial interference
with the accounts or business management of the corn-
pang.
The resolution, for the adoption, &c., of the report,
was unanimously agreed to.
The directors retiring by rotation were reelected, and
the usual routine business having been disposed of, the
meeting separated.

TENBY, SAUNDERSFOOT, AND
SOUTH WALES RAILWAY COMPANY.

The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the proprietors
of this company was held yesterday afternoon, at the offices,
Gresham Rooms, Basingliall-street. Thomas Chadwick,
Esq., occupied the chair.
The report which was read stated that, from the late
pressure in the money• market, the works on the South
Wales Railway had not proceeded as rapidly as had been
anticipated, in consequence of which the directors
of this company had availed themselves of the Act
passed at the commencement of the present session
of Parliament, and had obtained from the Railway
Commissioners an extension of the time allowed
for making the line for two years. Since the last
meeting Mr. Hay, the engineer, had resurveyed the line,
in order to find whether some reduction in the estimated
cost of construction could not be made, and also some
improvement in the gradients, and the directors were
justified in stating that the capital subscribed for would
be amply sufficient to complete the line. The Pem-
brokeshire Iron and Coal Company were proceeding very
successfully in opening up the resources of their iron
and coal mines, and they intended erecting blast fur-
naces during the ensuing summer; and as soon as the
furnaces were got into working order, and the col-
liers properly opened, the directors believe that sufficient
income would be derived from the tolls and harbour
dues to balance the interest now paid by this company
for the purchase of that undertaking. The directors
had obtained the services of a gentlemen as secretary,
in conjunction with the Pembrokeshire Iron and Coal
Company, who had consented for the present to accept
a very limited salary. The directors, in consequence of
the works remaining in abeyance for the present, had
agreed to accept only a moiety of the sum of 5001. which
was voted for their services.
The statement of accounts showed the receipts to be
30,4251. Bs. Bd., and the expenditure 27,4911. 3s. 3d.,
leaving a balance of 2,9341. ss. 3d.
After a short statement by the CHAIRMAN, the report
and accounts were unanimously received and adopted.
John Laurie, Esq., Patrick Andrew, Esq., and Thomas
Longbourne, Esq., were re-elected directors of the
company, and Lewis Pocock, Esq., auditor.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman,
and the meeting separated.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
PEEBLESIIIRE.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
The Learned Gentleman was proceeding to call a
witness named Scott, who voted at the election, to prove
that his vote was bad, but he was interrupted by
Mr. Sergeant WRANGUAM, who objected to the exami-
nation of the witness on the ground that his vote was not
challenged in the Sheriff's Court, or when it was tendered
at the election. Election Committees, he said, in cases
of scrutiny, stood in the position of a court of' appeal,
and no testimony could be admitted which had not been
tendered and rejected in the inferior court.
The decision of this point was adjourned till to-
morrow.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORHEI?IV CIRCUIT, Lancaster, Feb. 19.

The circuit commenced here to-day. Their Lord-
ships, Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Baron Rolfe, sat at
ten o'clock, and proceeded with the business for the
Northern Division of the county. The cause list con-
tains the names of six causes. There are 33 prisoners
for trial. There is one case of alleged murder, one of
burglary, one of cutting and wounding, and two of man
slaughter. The greater number of the other offences
charged are petty thefts.
Mr. Baron Rolfe was engaged a great part of the day
in trying a case on a builder's bill, and another on a
bill of exchange, in which the defence was the alleged
drunkenness of the acceptor at the time of his execu-
tion of the instrument. Neither case was of any public
interest.

(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.)
William henry Skate and John Hamer were indicted
for a conspiracy to defraud the Yorkshire Insurance
Company.
Mr. Jiliss and Mr. Pollock conducted the prosecution.
The defendants, who wero out on bail, were defended by
Mr. James and Mr. Wharton.

Mr. &Ass opened the case with a very minute detail
of the circumstances connected with the case, from which
it appeared that the prisoner Shaw had for some time
carried on business as a cotton-spinner at llaslingden,
where he had, in the year 1846, taken a mill from James
Ashworth. lie was assisted in his business by the other
defendant, his brother-in-law. The machinery and
stock in the mill was in November, 1846, insured with
the Yorkshire Insurance Company, and it was burnt in
April, 1847. It was alleged that false accounts had
been made up for the purpose of increasing the amount
of the alleged loss, and that both the present parties
were privy to the making up of these false accounts and
invoices. In two cases especially it was alleged that
Shaw was represented to have purchased some engines
from Hamer as part of the stock of the mill, and that
this transaction was entirely fictitious, and that in an-
other instance, where he had purchased some cards from
a person of the name of Whitely, Whitely's son, who
kept his books, was induced to make out a false invoice
to nearly three tunes the amount which had been really
purchased.
Joseph Hall, whose father is agent for the Yorkshire
Insurance Company at Laysight, near Manchester, stated
that Shaw applied to effect an insurance in November,
1846. The proposal was at first for 1,000/., but it was
finally settled at 1,5001. The policy was at first made
out for the date of renewal to fall in December, 1847, but
after it was received from York it was, at Shaw's re-
quest, returned, and the date of renewal altered to Sep-
tember. Shaw received the policy in December, 1846.
The Learned Counsel, proceeding to inquire into the
contents of the policy,
Mr. JAMES objected that proper evidence had not been
laid for the introduction of secondary evidence. Notice
to produce had been given to the defendants, but the
prosecution was quite aware, as he should show, that
the defendants at that time had it not under their
control.

Mr. Stansfield was called, and stated that he is a
banker at Burnley, and that, seven or eight months ago,
the policy was deposited with the firm as security. The
firm held it as against Mr. Shaw. Had told the solicitor
for the insurance company that it was in the possession
of the bank, and that it was held by them as their secu-
rity, as stated.
On further examination it appeared that Mr. Stans-
field had been desired by the solicitor for the defendant
Shaw not to bring the policy with him. Had not re-
ceived a subpana duces tccum. The ;policy was now in
Lancaster.

His LORDSHIP said it must be produced. The witness
could not for any possible private interests of himself or
the firm defeat the ends of justice.
Mr. Stansfield then left the court, and in the mean time
the examination of the witnesses proceeded.
The witness John Hall, stated that about the 10th of
April he got the information of a fire at ilaslingden, and
went to see the premises. Shaw drew up hastily an ac-
count of his claim, now produced. On the 14th, went
with Mr. Cass, the agent of the insurance company, to
Haslingden, and found in the warehouse which was not
burnt down a press and carding engine, which were un-
injured. On the 21st, Mr. Shaw told witness he had
sent in a claim to the office at York.

Witness, on cross•examination, stated that when the
proposal for the insurance was made he went over to
Haslingden and examined the premises.
Mr. Cass, cashier to the insurance company, said that
about the 21st of April the claim of Shaw and a bundle
of vouchers were received at York. The claim was
about 1,4001., and, allowing for salvage, 1,2601. Among
the Touchers were two produced, marked D. and E.
Witness, on the 30th of April, went to Haslingden with
the copy, claim, and the Touchers. Saw the defendants
there, and examined them separately. There was a
statement made by each, now produced. There are two
vouchers, one for 171. 155., and another for 11. ss. There
was an agent tor the company at Haslingden, Richard
Howarth.

From the cross-examination it appeared that the
statements of the defendants were made in answer to
questions put by the witness. No charge was then made
against Shaw. Gave Hamer into custody. Did not re-
turn to Haslingden till the Bth of May. Thinks that
before that time there was a letter intimating that pro-
ceedings would be taken by Hamer.
Thomas Wright Hodgson, a valuer of machinery,
stated that haying received a copy of a claim from Mr.
Cass, and the vouchers, he went to Haslingden with Mr.
Cass, and saw Shaw at the inn. Got from him an
account of what was injured or destroyed at the mill.
Witness valued the loss, according to Mr. Shaw's state-
ment, at 6631. odd. Shaw claimed four carding engines
destroyed. lie said he had bought some cards at Man-
chester for 181. There were among the vouchers seine
more looms than were destroyed. Witness inquired
about these, and, after some hesitation, Shaw said they
had never left Manchester. There was in the claim a
carding-engine and press. On inquiry about these Shaw
at last said they were in the warehouse adjoining the
mill, which was nut burnt down, and were uninjured.
There is a statement in the claim of 225/. worth of goods
purchased from Hamer.
It appeared from the statement of Eli Whitely that
his father is a cardinaker at Rochdale. Shaw pur-
chased some cards in April, 1846, to the amount of 474
Hamer was present when Shaw gave the order. They
were paid for by Mr. Shaw. In April, 1847, saw
Hamer at Rochdale. He wanted an invoice made out
for the cards which had been purchased, and told wit-
ness that Mr. Shaw had purchased some more at Man-
chester, and that they must all be put in the one invoice,
and Is. a sheet or more per card added to the price.
Witness made out an invoice to this effect. It is the
paper now produced, marked E, which was one of the
vouchers sent to the company. The gross amount was
1191. odd. Witness acknowledged the receipt at the
bottom of the invoice as paid in three several sums.
Those sums were not paid, only the 471. and about 101.
for extras.
The witness, in cross-examination, said that he and
his father assisted in putting on the cards on the en-
gines. There were more put on than came from wit-
ness's place. Some of them were new. They would be
about as valuable as those supplied by witness. There
were also filletings put on, and the other things men-
tioned in the invoice. There were four engines covered
in all. They were worth more than the amount of the
invoice. It is a common practice to bring cards to Man-
chester to sell. llamer said they had no invoice of the
cards which were bought at Manchester, it had been
burnt; 4s. 6d. would be a fair charge for the sheets which
his father had supplied. In the invoice made out by
Hamer's direction they were charged at ss. 6d. The
greater number of sheets put on were old. About fifty
were new.
his LORDSHIP said he had received a note from Mr.
Stansfield, declining to abide by the direction of the
Court as to producing the policy. He desired that one
of the bailiffs of the court should go to Mr. Stansfield
and desire his attendance in court. Mr. Stansfield,
however, did not appear, and it was intimated that he
had not been at the Royal Oak (where he was stopping)
for more than an hour. His Lordship strongly censured
the course pursued by Mr. Stansfield, and after consul-
tation with Mr. Baron Rolfe, admitted secondary evi-
dence of the policy, intimating that Mr. Stansfield had
probably rendered himself liable to an attachment.
Evidence was adduced to show that in the latter part
of 1845 Shaw had purchased a number of cards at a
bankrupt's sale at Manchester, which it was supposed
had formed part of those put in by Whitely. They were
claimed for separately, and the invoice given at the sale
to the amount of 171. ss. was among the vouchers sent to
the company.
It appeared from the testimony of other parties that in
their opinion the machinery in the mill was worth about
5401., exclusive of the cards, straps, &c.
William Dale, a machine broker at Burnley, deposed
to Shaw and Hamer having, in November, 1845, pur-
chased three carding-engines. Showed them two. They
purchased them at 441. Hamer brought a deposit of 201.
Shaw was the purchaser. Hamer said he was to work
the engines. They were not purchased by Hamer, but
by Shaw. Shaw got an invoice.
The several documents were then put in, including
the fictitious invoice from Whitely, the invoice of the
cards purchased at the bankrupt's sale by Shaw, and
the claim made by Shaw, amounting, with salvage, to
1,2601.
Mr. JAMES addressed the jury for the defence, and his
Lordship having summed up,
The jury retired, and after being absent a considerable
time, returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

Feb. 22.
(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.)
RAMER V. CASS.
This was an action of trespass and false imprisonment.
The plaintiff was one of the defendants in the indict-
ment for conspiracy tried yesterday, and which resulted
in an acquittal. The present action arose out of the
same circumstances which led to the indictment.
The defendant pleaded " Not guilty" by statute.
Mr. James and Mr. Warton were for the plaintiff,
Mr. Bliss and Mr. Pollock for the defence.
It appeared that the plaintiff, Mr. Hamer, 'is the
brother-in-law of Mr. Shaw, who some time since occu-
pied a mill :at Haslingden, where he carried on the
business of :a cotton spinner. The machinery in the
mill had been insured in the Yorkshire Fire and Lifo
Insurance Company in the latter part of the year 1846.
The mill took fire in April, 1847, and the greater part
of the machinery was destroyed. Mr. Hamer, the
plaintiff, had assisted him in conducting the mill, and
on Mr. Cass, the defendant, who is cashier to the insu-
rance company, coming over to llaslingden to inquire
into the particulars of the loss, he had an interview with
Mr. Hamer. Mr. Shaw had before this sent in his
claim to the company, with a bundle of vouchers, and
on an examination of these as compMar.e rd with
was induced
to suppose that some parts of the claim were fictitious,
and he finally gave Mr. Ilamer into custody as a party
implicated in this attempt to defraud. Mr. Hamer was
taken by the constable to the lock-up, and kept in a cell

for the night. The cell was warmed with hot air, but
the only place of rest was a sloping wooden bench raised
a short way above the ground. This was on the 30th of
April, seine weeks after the fire. On giving Mr. Hamer
into custody, Mr. Cass left llaslingden, and did not
return for several days. In the meantime Mr. Hamer
was bailed out, and it would seem before Mr. Cass re-
turned to llaslingden some intimation had been con-
veyed to him that proceedings would be taken by Mr.
Hamer to recover compensation for a false imprisonment.
On Mr. Cass's return, however, Mr. Shaw and Mr.
Ilainer were both included in a charge of conspiracy to
defraud the insurance company, and were committed for
trial. After a long investigation yesterday a verdict of
"Not guilty" was returned.
At the close of the plaintiff's case,
Mr. BLISS contended that the defendant was entitled
to a month's notice of action under the provisions of the
Bth and 9th George IV., c. 30, by which the owner of
any property was entitled to take into custody any per-
son found committing any of the offences specified in
the Act ; and in any action brought against any one for
anything done under the provisions of that Act the de•
fendant was entitled to a month's notice of action. He
submitted that in this case the plaintiff by making any
false pretences as to the amount of the goods destroyed
in the mill was " committing " an offence specified in the
Act, namely, the obtaining money by false pretences,
and that it was sufficient to bring the defendant within
the privilege of the Act if he bona fide believed he was
acting under it, and that an offence forbidden by the Act
was actually being committed by the plaintiff.
His LORDSHIP, however, overruled the objection.

Mr. Buss then addressed the jury on the question lof
the amount of damages, and a verdict was finally re-
turned for the plaintiff—Damages, 301.
(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.)
William Myers was indicted for the wilful murder of
William Johnson, at Dalton, by stabbing him with a
knife.

Mr.l Pollock and Mr. Sowler conducted the prosecu•
tion; the prisoner was defended by Mr. James and Mr.
Maule.

The prisoner and deceased were, it appears, both
persons employed as railway excavators, and on the day
in question, which was the 2d of October, they had, with
a large number of others, received their fortnightly
wages. In consequence, many of them became intoxi-
cated. It appeared from the evidence of John Pick-
thorpe, that he and the deceased were between nine and
ten o'clock at the White Horse public-house, in Dalton.
They left together, and went for some distance along the
street, when they parted to go home. The witness went
a short way, when he heard voices in the direction the
deceased had gone, as of two persons quarrelling,
and in going in the direction indicated by the noise,
be found the prisoner, the deceased, and a man
of the name of Lewis together. It appeared
from Lewis's evidence, that in the interval the
deceased had come up with two others, and while
they passed on deceased and Lewis went up the street.
They had gone some way, when they were passed by the
prisoner, who was whistling, and, after some foolish jest-
ing on this matter, the deceased became Irritated, and
threatened to strike the prisoner. They went some dis-
tance along the street, and several times squared at one
another. They finally came to blows, and prisoner was
knocked down. lie got up again, and they closed a
second time. He was again knocked down, and while
on the ground, deceased stooping over him, seven or
eight blows were exchanged. The deceased then cried
out he was stabbed, and prisoner got up and went away.
Deceased was assisted into a house, and was found to be
bleeding copiously from a wound in the arm. The con-
stable, who apprehended Myers, said that he had seen
him about eleven o'clock coming out of the Queen's Arms
entry, in Dalton. He had not his hand tied up then, nor
was it bleeding. This was before the scuffle with the
deceased. On going to apprehend him, which was after
twelve o'clock, he found him in his own house in bed,
very much intoxicated. His hand was then cut and tied
up with a pocket-handkerchief. On being told the charge
against him he said he wanted to see the deceased and
make it up with him.
From the statement of the medical man, it appeared
that, when he was called in to see the deceased he found
him bleeding very much from a wound in his arm,
which had divided the brachial artery. He had also a
wound between the 11th and 12th ribs, penetrating in
an oblique direction for about four inches. There was
some air appearing at the orifice, showing that the lungs
were touched. There was also a wound in the back.
He lingered for a considerable time, but gangrene came
on in the arm, and amputation became necessary. On
a post mortem examination it appeared the immediate
cause of death was inflammation of the pleura and the
adjoining parts in consequence of the wound.
His LORDSHIP having intimated that he thought in this
evidence the charge of murder was not made out, Mr.
James admitted that he could not hope to contend sue-
eessfully against the evidence on the charge of man-
slaughter.
Verdict—Guilty.
To be imprisoned two years.
Thomas Scarborough and Mary Scarborough, who
lived with the former as his wife, were indicted, the
male prisoner for a rape on the person of Alice Brace-
well, and the female prisoner with aiding and abetting.
Mr. Overend was for the prosecution, Mr. Monk for
the defence. . .

The case, as opened, was of a most revolting kind,
but depended almost entirely upon the testimony of the
prosecutrix. She, it appeared, was so deaf that it was
almost impossible to make her understand what was
said, while her own articulation was so imperfect that
her sister alone, who appeared as an interpreter, could
understand what she meant. It was evident also from
her demeanour in the witness box, that her:intellect was
very weak, and, alter a very long endeavour to ascertain
whether she was sensible of the obligation of an oath,
his Lordship intiurtted that he thought it would be very
dangerous to rely on such testimony—an opinion in
which the jury concurred.
Though the evidence was not gone into, even on the
depositions as they stood it seemed very doubtful, how-
ever shocking the conduct of the prisoners appeared to
be, whether the offence of rape had been committed.
Verdict—Not Guilty.

a clerk in the employ of the same firm, was charged with
embezzlement.

The prisoner reserved his defence, and he was fully
committed for trial,
SOUTH WARK.

Mrs. Elizabeth Letton was charged with administering
to her husband, Mr. Edwin Richard Robson Letton, of
Chislehurst, in Kent, a certain drug, with intent to poison
him, or do him some other serious bodily harm.
Mrs. Elizabeth Moore stated that she lived at No. 5,
Montague-terrace, Trinity-square, and that the prisoner
and her husband occupied apartments in her house for
eleven months previously to their removal to Chislehurst;
that while they were lodging withher Mr. Letton was in
the habit of drinking to excess, and while in a state of
intoxication she has frequently seen t he prisoner give
him powders, :either mixed in rum and water or milk ;
that after taking the powders she observed that Mr. Let-
ton:was seized with violent sickness and retching, aed has
seen him vomit quantities of blood ; and the witness
spoke to the prisoner on those occasions and told her
that they seemed to do him more harm than good, and
said that if she continued to administer them, she should
acquaint Mr. Letton of the fact when he was sober. The
prisoner then informed her that a Mr. Goodall had sup-
plied her with the receipt for the powders. and added
that she gave them to her husband for the purpose of
doing him good, and carrying of the effects of what he
drank. Witness had seen the prisoner give her husband
two of the powders in the course of the day, and both
she (witness) and her servant had fetched the powders
1 from the shop of Mr. Preddie, in the neighbourhood, at
the prisoner's request.
It was here explained that the powders consisted of
tartar emetic, and that the quantity administered on the
above occasions was attended with great danger, and
that Mr. Letton was in a very precarious state of health
at present.
The witness, upon being recalled, said that it was
about three months ago that she saw the powders ad-
ministered to Mr. Letton, and that he was always under
the influence of liquor when the prisoner gave them to
him, and that he seemed to be totally unconscious of
what he was taking. The witness also reminded the
magistrate that Mr. Letton had been brought up to
that court some time ago for setting fire to some articles
of furniture in her house while he was intoxicated.

Esther Moody, servant to the last witness, stated that
while the prisoner and her husband lodged at her mis-
tress's house the former was in the habit of sending her
to the shop of a Mr. Preddie for the powders.
A Mr. Percival, who stated himself to he the brother-
in-law of Mr. Letton, put some questions to the witness
with the view to show that Mr. Preddie hud cautioned
her not to let it be known that he served her with two of
the powders the same day, but she replied that he (lid
not caution her on the subject ; but the witness added
!hat the day on which she fetched two powders from Mr.
Preddie's the prisoner desired her to tell him, if he in-
quired, that the former one was lost, and therefore had
not been administered.
Mr. Preddie was next examined, and he stated that
he had supplied the last witness with powders, which
consisted of tartar emetic, each paper containing four
grains of that article; that he had given the last witness
two of the powders in one day, on its being represented
to him that the former powder was lost.
Mr. COTTINGUAN—Did you, as a medical man, con-
sider that it was safe to administer two powders such as
those described in one day to a patient ?—The witness
replied that he should not have sent two powders in one
day if it had not been represented that the former one
was not administered. _ .

Mr. COTTINGIJAM said that he considered the con-
duct of the witness highly censurable in sending pow-
ders of the description to Mr. Luton by a girl like the
witness.
Elizabeth Moor, the daughter of the first witness,
stated that while the prisoner and her husband were
lodging at her mother's house, she went into their
apartment one day, at a time when he was drinking a
glass of rum and water. When he put the glass to his
lips and tasted the contents, he said, addressing witness,
his wife being out of the room at the time, " Betsy,
taste this; I think my wife is trying to poison me."
She added that she did not see the prisoner mix the rum
and water, and after Mr. Letton had used the above
words she (witness) left the room without making any
remark.
Policeman Wild, 94 M, stated that ho apprehended
the prisoner that morning at Chislehurat, in Kent, and
that having stated to her the nature of the charge, she
merely said she was innocent, and wi►lingly accompanied
him to town.

Mr. COTTINGHAM said that he should, under all the
circumstances, admit the prisoner to bail in two sureties
of 501. each to appear again on Monday, and that in
order to secure the attendance of Mr. Preddie, who acted
so incautiously in selling the powders, he should call
upon him to enter into his own recognisance of 401.
The Magistrate, then addressing the accused, who is a
very lady-like woman, told her that it was of the utmost
importance to her that she should produce the recipe or
prescription she mentioned to Mrs. Moor she had got
from a Mr. Goodall, recommending the powders for her
husband.

The prisoner's father and another geatlemln at once
entered into tho required sureties for her attendance, and
she was liberated, and left the court with them.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF

TUESDAY.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
J. Shirt, Broad-street, Lambeth, grocer, March 16, at
two—G. Clarke, Isham Mills and Burton Mills, Burton
Latimer, Northamptonshire, carpet manufacturer and
worsted spinner, March 14. at eleven—C. Stuart, Her-
bert-street, New North-road, wholesale milliner, March
14, at twelve—W. Reeve and R. lt,eve, New Bond street,
upholsterers, March 14, at two—S. Street, Bedford,
draper, March 14, at eleven.
In the Country.
J. Edwards, Allington, Dorsetshire, sack twine and
shoe thread manufacturer, March 15, at eleven, at the
Court, Exeter—G. D. Ewens, Axminster, Devonshire,
butter merchant, March 15, at eleven, at the Court,
Exeter—G. Bradford, Bridport, Dorsetshire, baker and
confectioner, March 15, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter
—W. 11. Pine, Honiton, Devonshire, maltster, March
15, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter—T. Howarth, Roch-
dale, Lancashire, chemist and druggist, March 14, at
twelve, at the Court, Manchester—T. Slater, Burnley,
Lancashire, pawnbroker and salesman, March 15, at
twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. J. Flitch, New-
castle-upon-Tyne, leather dresser, March IG, at one, at
the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—T. Hunter, Bishops-
wearmouth, Durham, grocer, March 16, at eleven, at the
Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—R. Peck, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, grocer and tea dealer, March 16, at twelve, at the
Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
A. 11. Chambers, sen., New Bond-street, and South
Molten-street, banker, 4s. 6d., on Saturday, Eeb. 19, and
three following Saturdays, between the hours of eleven
and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane.
'l'. Carter, Reading:, jeweller, 4s. 6d., en Satur-
day, Feb. 19, and three following Saturdays, between
the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom,
Abchurch-lane.
W. Quincey, Old street, St. Luke's, tin plate worker,
Bd., on Saturday, Feb. 19, and three following Satur-
days, between the hours of eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane.
J. Rawlins, Foley-place, coach maker, 4s. 11(I., any
Wednesday, between the hours of eleven and three, at
the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street.
J. Imray, Old Fish- street- hill, stationer, and Minorics,
chartseller, 2d.. any Wednesday, between the hours of
eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basing-
hall-street.

J. H. Shanklin, Liscard, Cheshire, landing waiter, ls.,
on Thursday, Feb. 24, or any subsequent Thursday, be-
tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Cazenove, Liverpool.
G. Baker, Newport, Monmouthshire, grocer, 2s. 6d.,
on Wednesday, Feb. 23, or any subsequent Wednesday,
between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Miller, Bristol•

- .
E. J. Staples, Bristol, surgeon, as., on Wednesday,
Feb. 23, or any subsequent Wednesday, between the
hours of eleven and two, at the office of Miller, Bristol.

J. Andrews, Llantrissant, Glamorgaushire, grocer,
2s. 9d., on Wednesday, Feb. 23, or any subsequent
Wednesday, between the hones of eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Miller, Bristol.
J. Judd, Brvnmawr, Breconshire, shop keeper, sd.
(together with the first dividend of 4s. on new proofs), on
Wednesday, Feb. 23, or any subsequent Wednesday, be-
tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Miller, Bristol.
E. Coweher, Bath, apothecary, 11 d., on Wednesday,
Feb. 23, or any subsequent Wednesday, between the
hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Miller,
Brist,d.
J. Collins and J. Collins, Bath, jewellers, Is. I Id., on
Vednesday, Feb. 23, or any subsequent Wednesday, be-
tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Miller, Bristol.
C. Malpus, Manchester, victualler, 7id., on Tuesday,
Feb. 22, and every following Tuesday, between the
hours of ton and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson. Man-
chester.
coach builder, 2s. 104,
G. Shuffiebottom, Macclesfield,
on Tuesday, Feb. 22, and every following Tuesday„ be.
tween the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Hob-
son, Manchester.
T. Bowser, Morpeth, draper and mercer, 12s. Gd.,
Saturdays, between the hours of ten and three, at the
office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
W. Ferguson, Liverpool, tea dealer and draper, 2d., on
Thursdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
W. J. Ward, Bermondsey-street, Southwark, wine and
spirit merchant. sid., on Wednesday, Feb. 2:3, and two
following Wednesdays, between the hours of ten and two,
at the office of Mr. Turq9nd, Guildhall-chambers, City.
I. Aldebert, C. C. Becher, and J. Hargreaves, Cop-
thall-buildings, City, merchants, Is. lid., on Wednesday,
Feb. 23, and three following Wednesdays, between the
hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquaud,
G uildhall -chambers.

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
J. Morrison, Cheapside, tailor, March 15, at twelve—
W. Gribblo, Boston-street, Dorset-square, builder,
March 15, at twelve—C. Skingley, Malden, Essex,
commission agent, March 15, at eleven—W. Tiley,
Reading, common brewer, March 15, at one—R. N.
Reeve, Clerkenwell-green, licensed victualler, March 16,
at twelve—A. I'. Owen, Aylesbury, surgeon, March 14,
at half-past eleven—T. M. Inchbold, Ludgate hill, sta-
tioner, March 16, at eleven—W. Flick, Oat-lane, City,
and Trafalgar-terrace, Mortimer-road, De Beauvoir-
square, hosier, March 15, at ono—J. Knight, Waltham
at. Lawrence, Berks, brewer, March 16, at eleven—G.
Clarke, Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, carpet ma-
nufacturer, March 14, at eleven—T. Richmond, Peter-
borough, Northamptonshire, builder, March 17' at
twelve—J. Artus, Pall-mall, cigar importer, March 17,
two—W. U, Stray, Lambeth-walk, hat manufacturer,

March 17, at one—J. Clarke, Conduit-mews, Padding'
ton, job•master, March 17, at eleven.
In the Country.
C. 'Wade, Willabridge, Gloucestershire, miller And
corn dealer, March 28, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol
—ff. Keddy and T. Reddy, Bridlington, Yorkshire, prin-
ters, March 29, at halt-past ten, at the Town-hall,
Kingston.upon-Hull—F. Marshall, Sunderland, chemist,
March 16, at half-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne—J. J. Flitch, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
leather
dresser, March 16, at one, at the Court, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne—W. Henshall. Frestbury, Cheshire, mineral
miller, March 14, at 12, at the Court, Manchester---E.
Briggs, Castleton Mills, Lancashire, hatter and silk spin'
ner, March 16, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester--
A. Clarke, Longton, Staffordshire, china manufacturer,
March 21, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—s
Hansor, Hanley, Staffordshire, hop merchant and
druggist, March 18, at twelve, at the Court, Bir
miugham —J. Thompson, Tamworth, Stafford-
shire, stationer, March 16, at eleven, at the
Court, Birmingham—J. D. Blake, Honiton, Devon-
shire, March 23, at one, at the Court, Exeter—W. 0.
Pine, Honiton. Devonshire, maltster, March 23, at one,
at the Court, Exeter—D. Watkins, Abergavenny, shoe'
maker, March 14, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—G.
Baker, Newport, Monmouthshire, grocer, March 16, at
eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Lea, Cheltenham,
brick and tile-maker, March 21, at eleven, at the
Bristol.

At the Court of Review, March 14.
J. Brittan, Redlynch, Wiltshire, market gardener and
nurseryman—J. Jordan, Coventry, brewer and maltster
—E. Ellanson, Liverpool, wine merchant—J, White,
Coventry, brewer and maltster—j. L. Aldridge, Coven'
try, brewer and maltster-11. Price, Waterloo, Lanes'
shire, dealer in coals—W. Evans, Derby, lamp manu•
facturer—T. Howarth, Rochdale, chyrnist and druggisl
—G. Bradford, Bridport, Dorsetshire, baker and con•
fectioner—W. H. Pitcher. Guildford-street, Russell'
square, dealer—J. Hudson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, dealer
in marine stores—J. Smith, Suuth-place, Finsbury'
square, surgeon and apothecary--W. Harris, Aberyst'
with, Cardiganshire, mineral agent—T. Morley, Oxford-
street, jeweller—S. 13. Moody, Fenchurch-§treet, City
and Georgetown, Demerara, civil and colonial engineer
PARTNERSHI PS DISSOLVED.

F. G. 0. Taylor and J. Tirgey, Hardingham, Nor
folk, merchants and millers—W. Hall and r. Yeat
K,ngston- upon-Hull, commission agents—J. Part too
J. Blackstone, I3ayham-terrace, Camden- town, surgeons
—S. J. Heilbut and R. A. Ruben, Prince's-etuare, S.
George-in-the East, clearers in leeches—R. Langford
and W. F. Russell, West Smithfield, beast and sheep
salesmen—J. Midgley and A. Midgley, Huddersfield,
cloth manufacturers—W. Beale, J. Beale, and
Beale, Jefferey's-square, City, brokers—W. J. Turner
and T. Houghton, Southampton, grocers—E. Taylor ara
11. W. Taylor, Colchester, Essex. upholsterers and
auctioneers—R. W. Ashley and W. Ashley, Liverpool,
ship brokers—Anne Naish, W. Naish, H. Naish, and J.
Naish, Bristol, hosiers and glovers (so far as
regards W. Naish) —J. Davis and W. Walker,
builders —E. Gosden and J. Gosden, Midhurstt
Sussex, harness makers—T. Parkin and E. Steer,
brush manufacturers—J. M. Lovell and W. White, Bed-
ford, curriers and leather sellers—J. Leadbeater,
Butterell, S. Leadheater, and A. Leadbeater, coal miners
—J. Andrews and W. Cooper, Milk-street, Cheapsidet
silk warehousemenS. J. Stafford and T. Francis,
Brighton, cheesemongers—J. H. Taylor and J. Todd,
Preston, Lancashire, cotton spinners—W. Saber and I"
Saber, Liverpool, watchmakers and jewellers—J. Wrir
ley and W. Birks, Hackney, linen drapers—J. Wheatlel
and W. :Ingram,; Southwell, Nottinghamshire, drapers
and grocers—R. Plant, F. Plant, J. L. Plant, and Fe
Plant, East Retford and Worksop, Nottinghamshire,
linen and woollen drapers (so far as regards F. Plant)S. Alcock, C. Keeling, and R. E. Alcock, Buralem,
Staffordshire, and New York, china and earthenware
manufacturers.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
John Fenby Parker, West Derby.
Adam Snodgrass, Liverpool, warehouseman.
Robert Scott, Lymington, Hampshire, grocer.
William Fletcher, Sedgley, Staffordshire, farmer.
William Phelps, Ilminster, Somersetahire, tailor.
James Tennant, Salford, Lancashire, provision dealer.
James Hall Farmer, Fearnal-heath, Worcestershire,
painter.
William White Thompson, Warwick, tobacconist.
Charles John Chambers, Leeds, clerk.
_ _

Hugh Morrison, Leeds, commercial traveller.
John Moorhouse, Leeds, plumber.
John Cox, Leeds, scribbling miller.
William John Bartlett, Wood's-corner, Sussex, licensed
victualler.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
J. Macarthur, Glasgow, merchant, to meet, Feb. 291
and March 21, at twelve, within Comrie's Hotel, Glasgow.
W. Dick, Dryhurgh Mains, Berwick, banker, to meet,
Feb. 29, and March 28, at three, within Hownam's Inn,
Dunse.

It. and G. Dick, Edinburgh, merchants, to meet, Feb.
28, and March 27, at two, within Stevenson's Rooms,
Edinburgh.
T. Wright, Glasgow, fruit merchant, to meet, Fab.
25, and March 17, at two, within the King's Arms Inn,
Glasgow.
W. Hunter, Glasgow, merchant, to meet, Feb. 28, and
March 20, at two, within the Globe Hotel, Glagow.
B. and J. Crosbie, Edinburgh, ale and spirit mer-
chants, to meet, Feb. 28, and March 20, at one, within
Ferguson's Ship Tavern, Edinburgh.
J. Hamilton, Blackland-mill, merchant, to meet, Feb.
28, and March 20, at one, within the Saracen's Head
Inn, Paisley.
Jarnes Bridge. Glasgow, coal merchant, to meet, Feb.
25, and March 17, at two, within the Prince of Wales
Tavern, Glasgow. . . .

M. INPLeod, Glasgow, commission and provision mer-
chart, to meet, Feb. 26, and March 18, at twelve, within
the Eagle Hotel or Inn, Glasgow.
A. Jamieson, Stirling, upholsterer, to meet Feb. 26,
and Nlarch 18, at twelve, within the Golden Lion Hotel,
Stirling.
W. Chalmers, Edinburgh, land surveyor, to meet, Feb.
28, and March 20, at twelve, within Stevenson's Rooms,
Edinburgh.
J. M'lndoe and R. Bell, Glasgow, commission mer-
chants, to meet, Feb. 28, and March 29, at two, within
the Star Hotel, Glasgow.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, FEn.:23.
STOCK EXCITANGIL—The Share market Las been rather
flat to-day, and quotations a shade lower. The sales are—
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late C. and B.),
161/2—Glasgow and Greenock, 16:Y1—Lancashire and York-
shire, Sixteenths, 1/2 p.—Ditto, Fifths (West Riding Union),
2/. Bs. 9d. dis.—London and North-Western, New Quarters,
5 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No.
2, 17% Ditto, 10/. Preference, IA p.—Ditto, 20/. Shares,
s%dis. Midland, 401. Shares, 451/2—Shropshire Union Rail-
way and Canal, 2/. 11s. 3d. di,.—South-Eastern and Dover,
311/2—Ditto, No. 4,1% dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick
(G. N. E. Purchase), 2% c.
MANCHESTER, FEB. 23.
STOCK ExcirmiGn.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire Junction, 5% dis.—Lancashire and York-
shire, Fifths, 9-16 p.—Ditto, 32!. Shares, 5 dis.—Ditto (West
Riding Union), 21/2 dis.—Nianchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire, Preference, p.—North Staffordshire, 3,4 p.—South-
Eastern and Dover, N0.„1,.3Vi dis.—Ditto, No 4, 19-16 die.