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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1846.

601. in money for a hundred and fifty dozen of port and
sherry wine, which was taken down very privately in
the night and placed in the cellars of Bower Hall, and
afterwards figured in the catalogue and at the sale as
" fine old wine" of Mr. Stevens.

16. This expensive diet would be unnecessary in the
proposed asylum ; air and exercise will develop the
physical energies of youth, without the aid of a better 1
diet than the sons of an honest labourer partake of. In
the prisons in Ireland the cost of provisioning the adult
inmates does not amount to 2s. 6d. per week, and yet
complaint has never been made that the prison diet of
the Irish labourer impairs his physical capabilies, or
stints the growth of the younger prisoners. It will be
equally just in principle and wise in policy that no un-
necessary expense should be incurred in exciting artifi-
cial wants in youth maintained at the public expense,
which when thrown upon their own resources they tray
find it difficult to supply—wants, which when they have
the means of honestly gratifying, they will never find it
difficult to acquire.
17. If, as this paper assumes, the proposed establish-
ment will be equally beneficial to the public, and to
parents and paishes, as well as the children for whose
education and subsistence it is intended to provide, the
only quesions which remain to be solved are, hy:ss?hom
should the charges of the asylum be defrayed, and what
measures should to taken to prevent the multiplication
of objects seeking a refuge within its walls. To both
questions one answer will suffice. Let those who will
derive the benefit from the institution defray the ex-
penae of its cost and maintenance—the loss and waste
from plunder by young thieves now fall upon the public ;
the public pay the cost of their numerous apprehensions,
prosecutions, and convictions, the expense of their im-
prisonment in tile hulks, or their transportation to the
penal settlements, and the charges of their confinement
and coercion there. As a sub iiitute for these expenses, the
public should provide the land, the buildings, and the outfit
fur the proposed asylums ; the public should defray the
charges of governing, educating, and traitung the in-
mates ; the public should furnish the means, if means
are requisite, to apprentice them at home, or to assist
them as voluntary emigrants to our colonies, where
youth of both sexes, as domestic or farm servants, are in
great demand. If a debtor and creditor account be
kept of the difference in expense between the present
and the contemplated system, a large item e ill probably
be found at the end of seven years to the credit of the
proposed plan.
18. The cost of clothing and provisioning the inmates,
should be borne by the children's parents or their
parishes—by those who, by the laws of God and man,
are now bound to provide them as destitute children with
shelter, and with food and clothes.
19. It is a notorious fact that immoral and dishonest
parents encourage their children to commit crime ; ne-
gligent and thoughtless parents permit their miscon-
duct ; selfish and unnatural parents leave them in a state
of destitution, which they know must infallibly lead to
starvation or thieving ; and even parochial authorities,
by their neglect of parentless and friendless children—
though they may close their eyes against the conse-
quences of their neglect—do in fact contribute to the
same result. Both parents and parishes know that they
are by law bound to provide for children in a state of
destitution ; the child has however only to add crime to
destitution—has only to join the criminal classes—and
the trouble of its future government, and the expense of
its future maintenance is, as the law now stands, trans-
ferred at once from the parent and the pariah to the
county and the State.
20. No man can have watched the working of the
present system without feeling that to the last-mentioned
circumstances the country is largely indebted for the in-
crease of juvenile criminals, and if that is so, the estab-
lishment of such an asylum as is here proposed (or in
fact any plan that might be adopted for the maintenance
and reform of juvenile offenders) would but multiply
the number of children cast destitute upon the world,
unless it were accompanied with some attendant regula-
tions, to check the influence of parochial indifference, and
prevent the increase of parental neglect. This object
could only be achieved by continuing to the parent, and
failing the parent's ability, by continuine to the parish,
the obligation to defray the expense of the child's diet
and clothing in the asylum, as they are now by law
compelled to provide him with food and clothing if found
destitute in the streets. There would be no injustice
and no impolicy in such a law ; it would but fasten upon
parents and parishes the responsibilities which already
exist ; but, by rendering that practical e hick is now
frequently theoretical only, it would stimulate them to
the performance of duties which they now neglect.
21. To effect these great objects, great changes in the
law will be required; for that purpose it is proposed to
enact that all children under a given age, say sixteen years
fund violating the law, or in a state of destitution
which will inevitably lead to crime, shall be taken before
the magistrate, and, instead of ,being committed, as is
now the case, to a criminal prison, they shall be sent to
the proposed asylum, and the parents, and failing the
parents' ability, the parishes to which they belong, shall
pay the dry expense of diet and clothing—say 2s. or 3s.
per week, as the case may be. The effect of such a
legal enactment would be, that parents and parochial
authorities would exert themselves to control, educate,
and obtain employment for those for whom they
are bound by law to provide; and, if they failed to do
this, parishes and parents would have no right to com-
plain, that, having neglected to perform the' duty, the
State should interpose and do their duty for them:—
Parishes and parents will have no right to complain if
the State places itself in loco parentis for the purpose of
making those happy and useful who would otherwise
be wretched and useless Members of society, charging
the parent or the parish with the expense of their sup-
port; an expense which has hitherto been thrown most
unjustly upon the county rates, or has been defrayed out
of the consolidated fund, raised from the taxation of the
nation at large.

Sergeant SUEE, on behalf of the defendant, urged that
the proceeding was a disgraceful fraud on the part of the
auctioneer, and that he had no right to recover in this
action. It was all very well fur him to tell the company
at the sale, after the genuine wino had been disposed of,
that the other wine did not belong to Mr. Stevens, but
this fraud consisted in publishing to the whole
country, that there were two hundred dozen of fine
wine, the property of a gentleman, who, it was well
known, would not have anything but a genuine article in
his cellar, when the pluintiff was perfectly well aware
that the greater portion of it was mere rubbish, pur-
chased for the occasion. _ _ _

Witnesses were then called, who proved that they
went to the sale under the impression that the wine
was the property. of Mr. Stevens, and purchased some
of it under that impression. They likewise stated that
they did not hear the plaintiff say a single word about
the wine not being the property of Mr. Stevens, but
they said they did hear him repeatedly declare that
" the wine had been in bottle ever since the devil was
an infant." These witnesses admitted, on cross-exami-
nation by Mr. Chamber;, that Mr. Cutts was pie sent at
the commencement of the sale, and that he tasted nearly
all the samples before he bid for them.
Mr. CHAMRE AS, in reply, argued, that without at-
tempting to justify the condect, of the auctioneer in
introducing the wine, it was quite clear that the defendant
had not been deceived. He had tasted the samples, and
bid for them according to his opinion, and it would be
monstrous under such circumstances to allow him to go
back from his bargain.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON having summed up, the jury,
after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the
plaintiff for the full amount claimed ; at the same time,
expressing their opinion that it was a very improper
proceeding for an auctioneer to place property in a side
under such circumstances.
CROWN SIDE —(Before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN.)
William Spence, a Trinity House pilot, surrendered to
answer an indictment, charm6ing him with the man-
slaughter of William Ingram Emery.
Mr. Rodwell conducted the prosecution, and Mr.
Ryland appeared for the defendant.
From the evidence it appeared that on the 14:h of
August, last year, the defendant, in his capacity of
pilot, was conducting a Portuguese vessel, called the
Duarte Quarto down the river, and when in the north
channel off the coast of Southend, where there were a
number of boats with fishermen in them pursuing their
avocation, the vessel ran down one of them, in which
were the deceased and another person, both of whom
were drowned. The defence was that the prisoner had
given the proper orders to the man at the helm to avoid
the boat, but in consequence of his not understanding
English, he put the helaa in the wrong direction, and
thus caused the accident.
At the close of the case for ,the prosecution, Mr.
Ryland, on behalf of the prisoner, submitted that there
was no case to go to the jury, inasmuch as it had not
been shown that the death of the deceased was caused
by any act done by the prisoner, and that, on order to
constitute the crime of manslaughter, it had been held
by the Judges in recent cases that a mere omission to
perform some act which it was his duty to have per-
formed, and whereby death ensued, was not sufficient to
subject a party to a charge of felony.
Mr. Rod well argued that the present case came within
the meaning of the decision referred to, as an act had
been committed. The prisoner was acting by the man
at the helm, who had no will or direction of his own,
but was subject to the control of the pilot, who gave
the order which resulted in the death of the deceased.
If that order was given in so careless a manner as to
cause the man at the helm to steer in an improper
course, he was criminally responsible for the conse-
• quences of such negligence, and in point of fact the act
of the man at the helm was the act of the prisoner.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE having consulted Mr. Baron
Alderson upon the point of law, said he should not stop

the case.
Mr. RYLAND then addressed the jury upon the facts,
and called several witnesses, who gave the prisoner an
excellent character for good conduct and skill in his pro-

cession.
The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
...kipturday, Ma'c'e 7.
(Before Lord Cnief Ju,tice DENUAN and a Spe-
cial Jury.)
LEWSAY V. WILLIS.

This was an action to recover damages for an assaul
committed by the defendant upon the plaintiff.
Mr. Ryland and Mr. Hawkins were for the plaintiff,
and Mr. Montague Chambers and gr. Lush for the de-
fendant.
In this case it appeared that the plaintiff was the son
of a farmer residing at Stebbing, and the defendant, who
was the churchwarden of that parish, was charged with
comfhitting an assault upon him in the gallery of the
church at that place. It appeared that on the Ist of June
the plaintiff, with some other young men, was in the gal-
lery in question, and in consequence of some proceedings
that had previously taken place, the defendant was re-
quested by the vicar to remove the plaintiff, as he appre-
hended a disturbance to divine service if he was allowed
to remain. The defendant accordingly requested him to
retiro from the gallery, and upon his refusing, he
laid hold of him and a scuffle took place,
which was the ground of the present action.
The defence set up was, that a party of young
men belonging to the village, companions of the plaintiff,
were in the habit of going into this gallery, and con-
ducting themselves in such a manner as to annoy and
interrupt the congregation, and shortly before the Ist of
June, the seat had been taken from the gallery in
question to prevent their going there. Notwithstand-
ing this the plaintiff, on the Sunday, proceeded to the
gallery, evidently, as was conjectured, for the purpose of
creating a disturbance ; and, with a view to prevent
scandal, the vicar directed that ho should be removed;
and it was contended that the defendant, as church-
warden, was perfectly justified in the steps he took
to effect that object.
The LoRD CHIEF JUSTICE having summed up, the
jury found for the plaintiff. Damages ls.
(Before Baron ALDERSON and a Special Jury.)
action
neighbourhood bro ughtb
PHIGoTT V. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY.
ythe plaintiff, who is a
Thisfarmr, , in wasof Kelvedon, to recover
the value of some sheds and other property which had
been destroyed by fire, owing, as was alleged, to theneg-
e tahne
theneg-
ligence of the defendants. On the part of the com-
pany, it was denied that there had been any negligence,
and they, therefore, pleaded that they were not liable.
Mr. Sergeant Channell, Mr. Deedes, and Mr. Bovill,
were for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant Slice,' Mr. Edwin
James and gr. Alcock for the company.
From the evidence adduced for the plaintiff, it 'ap-
peared that his land and premises adjoined the
railway, and on the 27th of last August, im-
mediately after the down mail train had passed,
a spark, or piece of ignited coke, was thrown
from the engine, which set fire to the thatch of one of
the sheds, and eventually spread to the building, and
before the fire could be extinguished a great deal of
property was consumed. The on;v evidence in support
of the plea of negligence was the evidence of Mr. Farey
and Mr. Homersham, engineers, who stated that when
engines threw out fire to any extent, it was a proof that
they were overworked, and were not sufficiently power-
ful for the load they had to convey, and that the throw-
ing out the fire might be prevented by turning a wire-
guard over the top of the chimney, or else a plate
perforated with boles in the smoke box, neither of which
contrivances, it wou!d app:ar, were male use of by the
company in question.
Mr. Sergeant SURE, at the close of the case for the
plaintiff, submitted that there was no evidence to go to
the jury in support of the plea of negligence.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON said he thought the case must
go to the jury upon the point whether ti e company had
taken the reasonable precaution to prevent such accident,
and whether their neglecting to employ the wire guard,
or the perforated plate amounted to negligence.
Mr. Sergeant SHER then adressed the jury, and said
he should contend with great confidence that the com-
pany were not responsible for the injury that had been
done to the plaintiff's property in the present instance,
and he submitted that there was an entire absence of
proof of anything like negligence on their part. The
Legislature had sanctioned -the formation of this line of
railway, being well aware that the trains could only be
propelled by engines set in motion by fire and steam, and
the company were merely carrying out the powers given.
them by the law; and if by accident the engine so made
use of did cause any damage, it would he monstrous to
charge the company with neglect. The real question
was, had the company done any more than they were
entitled to do, or had they in any way shown a want of
due care and caution? It was said that they ought to
have made use of a wire guard or a pet furated plate, but
the witnesses who had been called upon that point had
admitted that some fire would still escape, and that
they could by no means certainly prevent it ; while, at
the same time, it was admitted that either of those con•
trivances would, to a certain extent, by reducing the
draught, dimicieh the power and speed of the engine,
and thereby deprive the public of the benefit of that
iu-
creased velocity of locomotion which had now become
such an important desideratum.
The driver of the engine on the day in question, and
some other witnesses, were then examined ; and from
their concurrent testimony it appeared that this engine
was one of the most powerful belonging to the com•
pany, and that on the day in question, so far from
being overworked, it had a very light load, there
being only eleven carriages attached to it, and it had
frequently taken a much heavier load up the steep in-
cline at Brentwood, at the rate of twenty miles an hour.
It was likewise deposed to, that before the train arrived
near the plaintiff's farm, the steam had been shut 'off,
and that it passed, there being an incline at that spot,
by its own momentum, and that no fire at all issued
from the funneL It was also s ated that wire guards
had been tried, and that owing to their wearing out so
rapidly, from the great heat and draught to which they
were subjected, they were found to be of very little use.
Mr. Sergeant CLIANNE!.L replied.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON then summed up, and left the
the case to the jury, who, after deliberating about twenty
minutes, returned a verdict for the plaintiff.
JONES V. WATTS.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who
had been engaged as a clerk upon a railway speculation
called the Irish West Coast Railway, to recover from
the defendant, as one of the provisional directors of the
company, compensation for his services in that capacity.
Mr. Sergeant Channell and Mr. Bramwell were for
the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Bovill for
the defendant.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, at the rate
of seven shillings a day for seven weeks.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, March 7.

A RAILWAY CONTRACTOR.—IN RE THOMAS ELKINGTON.
The insolvent, who had been sub-contractor of the
Richmond Railway, was opposed by Mr. Sturgeon, for
several creditors.
The complaints urged against the insolvent were, that
he had property which had not been given up, and that
he had transferred a " tallyshop" on the Richmond line,
to his son, in fraud of his creditors.
The case was heard before Mr. Commissioner PANE,
and occupied some time. Throughout the hearing, a
scene of confusion prevailed, the Commissioner seemed to
be labouring under a good deal of irritation, and in other
respects the business of the Court was conducted in a
manner to be regretted, considering that judicial pro-
ceedings were before the public.
It appeared that the insolvent had entered into a con-
tract with Knill, the contractor of the Richmond Rail-
way, and it was alleged that it could be shown that there
was more than sufficient to pay the creditors in full, if
the Court would reqnire the attendance of that gentle-
man. In relation to the other objection, it seemed that
the insolvent had a " tally-shop" on the line, from
whence he supplied slops, grocery, and bread, to the
men on the line, and had tickets printed. About
Christmas last, the business (according to the evidence
of a person named Davis), was transferred to his son,
John Elkington, to whom it was stated the horses and
carts now on the line, under the contract with Mr.
Knill, also belonged. Fresh tickets had been printed,
and the creditors alleged that the shop was the property
of the insolvent, and, of course, belonged to them.
The learned counsel for the opposition (Mr. Sturgeon)
placed the two points before the Court, and asked for a
refusal of the final order.
The attorney fer the insolvent (Mr. Hartley) ad-
dressed the Court at some length, representing his client
as a man more sinned against than sinning, required the
attendance of Mr. Knill, and declared that it was a very
hard case.

Mr. Commissioner FANE, who said he could not
clearly se: his way through the mass of confusion,
granted time, on the application for the insolvent, to
explain the transfer of the property to his son. He de-
clined to proceed on the other question. The case was
adjourned to the 18th inst.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—Aylesbury, March 6.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PARKE.)
MURDER. —Francis Fleet was charged with the wilful
murder of Aga Ray, at Dunlop, in tbi* county, by adminia-

tering.to her two drachms of corrosive sublimate on the 26th • found he was gone, and in a few minutes afterwards it
of June last. was discovered that a great coat, belonging to Mr. Dun-
Mr. Sanders was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. can's son, which had been hung up in the passage but a
Power defended the prisoner. few minutes previously, had been carried off.
From the testimony of the various witnesses examined in
The fellow attempted to pray the same trick off at a
support of this most serious charge, it appeared that the next door neighbour's, a few days afterwards, when 11,1
the former beingrisoner and the dthe shepherdeceased were feand thellow-servantslatter at
the Dun
only ton,
was apprehended. He was remanded until Thursday
female attendant of a Mr. Duncombe, a farmer in that next.
village. For acme time before the date of this transaction
it had become known to their fellow-servants that an illicit
connexion had sprung up between these parties, and it was
suspected that the deceased was in the family-way by
him. On the 26th of June the prisoner was work-
ing with some other men in the rickvard till one o'clock,
when he went into the house, as he said, to get some
bread and cheese from " the gal." In a few minutes,
however, he returned, and calling one of the labourers to
him told him that " the gal" was taken ill, and asked him
to go in while he went for assistance. On going into the
kitchen, the poor creature was discovered in great agony,
vomiting dreadfully, and complaining of a burning sensa-
tien in her throat and stomach. For some days she con-
tinued to suffer much, ulcers having appeared in her mouth
and on her tongue,—and during all that time the prisoner
evinced great anxiety on her acc,unt, making frequent in-
qairies after her condition. On one of these occasions, he
was taxed with having given her " some stuff," when he
replied that "he had nut compelled her to take it." On the
9th of July the deceased was removed to the Winslow Union
in a gig, and soon after that exerti n she grew rapidly worse,
till one of the ulcers broke, and she died of exhaustion.
Daring her illness tha prisoner was taken into custody, and
she made a deposition before a magistrate in his presence,
from which it appeared that on his coming into the kitchen
on the 26th of June, he had put some white powder into a
glass of water and told her to drink it off, declaring that he
would not leave the house till she did so. This she declined
o do at tirst, but being at last persuaded by him she swallowed
it, and on the instant was attacked with the sickness and
pains which had been deposed to by the other witnesses, and
were attributed by medical testimony to her having taken a
quantity of white mercury, or corrosive sublimate. The de-
ceased also swore that she was then two months advanced in
the family-way by the prisoner, who kn-w that fact, and had
on a previous occasion caused her to take something to do
away with the child, but without effect. In addition to this,
she stated that the_ prisoner had some more of the same stuff
by him, and on being searched, a rag was found in his
pocket, containing a small quantity of corrosive sublimate,
an article which appeared to have been kept on the farm for
the purprise of application to the sheep under prisoner's care.
Mr. POWER having addressed the jury,
His LORDSHIP summed up the case to them with great
care and perspicuity, telling them that if they should be of
opinion that the prisoner had administered this noxious sub-
stance to the deceased with the wicked design of procuring
abortion, he was, in the eye of the law, guilty of murder,
even though there was, in fact, an at settee of any malice
towards the unfortunate objcct of his practices. If, there-
fore, they thought that he had administered this poison
with that design, and that her death ensued from her having
so taken it, it was their duty, however painful it might be,
to return a verdict of wilful murder against the prisoner at
the bar.
The jury then retired to consider their verdict, and ulti-
mately found that the prisoner had administered the poison
to the deceased to procure abortion, and that she had died
in consequence thereof; on which a verdict of Guilty was
recorded.
Mr. Baron PARKE then put on the black cap, and pro-
ceeded to pass the awful sentence of the law upon the pri-
soner; after which the jury begged to recommend him to
mercy, as in their opinion he had not contemplated any in-
jury to the deceaed. His Lordship then intimated to him
that he should take care that the recommendation of the
ju7 should be conveyed to the proper quarter, though he
could not take upon himself to hold out any prospect of
mercy in this world.

HEAVY GALE of WIND AND
MELANCHOLY CASUALTIES IN EDIN-
BURGH.
(From the Caledonian Mercury of Thursday.)
In the course of yesterday morning this city was visit-
ed by a gale of wind from the south-west, surpassing in
violence any which has been experienced here for many
a day, and, we are sorry to add, attended not only with
some destruction to property, bat also in one case with
loss of life. The heaviest casualty took place in a hcuse
No. 16, Hope street, the residence of. Captain Christie,
R.N., whose famils generally had left for London only
the day before A chimney stalk on the back part
of the house fell about eight o'clock in the morning
upon the roof, which it penetrated, and carried down
to the area floor part of the attic and three
other floors. Stewart Robertson, servant to Captain
Christie, who it appears had been left in charge of
the house, was either killed or suffocated by the falling
ruins, his body being only got out about mid-day. A
very extraordinary, we might, almost say miraculous
escape was made here. Catherine Morrison, servant in
a family which occupied the upper and attic stories,
was carried down by the debris through the three floors,
and was taken out with some severe bruises, none of
them, however, conceived to be dangerous. -She was
conveyed to the Royal Infirmary. In George-street. a
man named Robert Dick, servant to Mr. Mathew. on, 39,
was blown off his feet, and falling on the back of his
head, was severely hurt. In the High-street, a woman
named Rough, or Wilkie, was struck down by some
chimney cans falling upon her, and had a l-g and arm
broken. A large sign at the head of Careubber's- close,
High-street,- 30 inches in length and four in depth, was
blown from the wall, fortunately without hurt to any
one; and at Leopold-place, the 'greater part of the
balustrades on the tops of the houses, from Elm-row to
Windsor-street, were blown clown; but from the quarter
which the wind blew, they fell inwards and rested on
the roof. The whole of our streets wele strewed
iu the morning with broken cans, Wes, &e.,
brought down from the roofs, and in the .cuntry
stacks were blown down in farm yards, and trees
in various exposed situations. Only cne boat was
enabled to cross from Burntisland to Granton. in the
course of the morning and forenoon. About ten o'clock,
during the heaviest of the gale, the ferry boat f. om
Granton, having the Defiance coach on board, made the
point of .Burntisland Pier ; but, another steamer lying
there at the time, she could not be got in, and was
obliged to back out again, when she got away over about
Inchkeith, but not being able to remain there, she was
compelled to wear and run down for shelter below King-
horn. However, by two or three o'clock the wind fell,
and the boats resumed their ordinary course.
It would appear that the s orm was as severely felt in
the west as here, and that in Glasgow it was also attended
with loss of life. For the following particulars we are
indebted to the Editor of the Glasgow Chronicle:—
" Early this morning we were visi ed with a tremen-
dous hurricane of wind, such as has not occurred here
for a long period, by which numerous accidents were oc-
casioned, and several lives lost. The gale raged with its
greatest fierceness between six and ten o'clock, and in
that time the streets, particulai ly in the suburbs, were
strewed with broken chimney cans, slates,-and other mis-
siles from the house-tops. The most serious accident in
connexion with the storm that has come to our
knowledge is that of the blowing down of a house
(about nine o'clock) in the printworks of Messrs.
H. Monteith & Co. at Barrowfield, by which two
girls were killed on the spot, and five others
so much injured, that they are not expected to sur-
vive. Such was the force of the wind at one time, that the
driver of a city omnibus was blown off his seat while his
vehicle was passing through Great Hamilton-street, by
which ho was violently thrown to the ground. In the
fall, the wheels passed over his legs, and the poor man
was severely injured. The roof of a house in Great
Hamilton-street was blown in about the same time, but
we have not heard if any persons were in it when the
accident occurred. The entire stone chimney of a house
in Galloweeate was blown down, but no one was hurt.
A man aboutb 80 years of age was thrown to the ground
near Charlotte-street, by the force of the wind, and
was so much bruised, that he had' to be carried home ;
while in Jamaica-street an aged female was knocked
over, and had one of her shoulders dislocated
and her thigh bone broken. The gable of a new
house in Garnet Hill was blown down, but no
person was injured. In several houses in the
same locality, the whole of' the windows fronting the
street were blown in, and a number of the tenants,
through fear, left their houses. Two or three houses
in that part of the town have been unroofed. A chimney
stalk fell through the roof of a house in Anderston, the
inmates of 'which had a narrow escape. Several trees
were torn up by the roots in the Green, and in the
neighbourhood a fourteen-inch wall and gate es ere
blown down. These and other casualties of a similar
nature all occurred about the same time. At the hour
we went to press a considerable quantity of rain had
fallen, which somewhat helped to allay the
.force of the
hurricane, which is now nearly abated. From all parts
of the country we learn that the storm had raged with
fearful violence, in many cases nearly blocking up the
turnpike roads with uprooted trees, hedges, &c. The
gale was from the south-West.

NORTHERN RCUI7'.-&-Durham, March 6.
CROWN SIDE.--(Before Mr. Justice PA'rEF-SON.)
CuARGE OF MURDER.—Margaret Stoker, a girl 23 years
of age, was indicted for having. on the 24th day of Novem-
ber last, at Pattington Hallgarth, wilfully killed and mur-
dered Hannah Stoker, her chit!, aged 13 months.
Mr. Monteath and Mr. A. D. Johnstone appeared to con-
duct the prosecution; and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins defended
the prisoner.
Isabella Davison—On Sunday, the 23d of November last,
Margaret Stoker came to our house, between six and seven
o'clock at night. The prisoner had not a child with her
then. I heard one of the people in the house ask how she
had wet her gown, and she said she had fallen down. Her
face was dirty. I saw her again between eight and nine
next morning. She said a woman had put her child into
the beck. She appeared distressed, and cried much. I went
to the burn side with her, and lifted the child out. It was
quite dead. It appeared to have been so for some time.
When I took the child out of the beck I placed it on the
grass. I then saw that one of the hands was eaten off. I
thought it might have been eaten off by the water-rats. The
flesh was all jagged and torn. Prisoner said she was bet
with the child; it was too much for her. The same after-
noon she told me she had tossed it into the beck herself.
Ocher witnesses were examined; after which
The jury retired for about ten minutes, and then pro-
nounced the following verdict—Guilty, bat with the
strongest and most earnest recommendation to your Lord-
ship's mercy.
The Learned JUDGF then passed sentence of death upon
the prisoner.
The prisoner was much affected, and shrieked as she was
removed from the dock.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

A HUSBAND AT FIFTEEN, AND A THIEF.—Mr. Gil-
bert; of Paternoster-row, prosecuted a youthful couple,
the man 15 and the woman 19, under the following cir-
cumstances :—lt appeared Richard Ives, the lad in
question, was in the employ of Mr. Gilbert, who in-
trusted him with 311. the latter end of the last month, in
order that he might procure for him the various maga-
zines, so that they might be distributed to his cuhtomtrs.
The boy took the money, but instead of fulfilling the
mission of his master, he forthwith betook himself to a
fair lady in his own vicinity, Fore-street, and in-
duced her to elope with him to Manchester, where they
re-clothed themselves from top to toe, and afterwards got
joined together by special license-in holy wedlock. When
the happy couple were takes only 11. was found upon
the male prisoner, so that in the short space of seven
(lays, their honeymoon, they had managed to get rid of
the remainder. Both the parents of the parties appeared
to disapprove of the step which the young pair had taken,
and even the father of the youth actually adopted the im-
prudent course of turning him out of his house, in order
that he might not continue the. courtship; and even the
happy couple themselves did not appear to enjoy that
bliss which ought to be a consequence of a happy mar-
riage. Mr. Gilbert (who acted with humanity through-
out), after stating his case, somewhat relented, and said
he wished to see the youth provided for by his friends,
in which case ho offered to withdraw the charge, but Mr.
Alderman Kelly thought it his duty to remand the hus-
band until Tuesday, and discharged the wife.