The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-02 00:00:00

WALL ALHIA.

A correspondent at Constantinople writes on the
15th to the Univers :—" Important news is just ar-
rived from Aloldo-Wallachia. The domicile of Omer
Pacha, General of the Ottoman troops, had been
violate 1, upon the order of General Du Hamel, by
Russian soldiers, under the pretext of arresting a
young Wallachian officer, accused, but wrongfully,
of having taken part in the revolution. The real in-
tention of the diplomatic General was only to prove
to the people that the Turks could not protect them
against the Russians. Fuad Effendi, Commissary of
the Porte, has made a protest, and the Divan has as-
sembled, and again called upon Russia to withdraw
her troops. But the will of the Czar is that the oc-
cupation shall continue for four years. In this con-
flict, to which side will the policy of France incline ?
If she knows her own interest, she will not hesitate to
join the Porte. The position of Russia is not, in
reality, so strong as it is believed to be. A. .Tacquerie
has been declared in the Government of Pultowa,
and already about a hundred of the feudal lords
have been hung, and their castles plundered and
burnt. The gentleman-tourist who brought this
news adds, in all simplicity, that he was
obliged to leave the country, because who-
ever spoke of the insurrection of the peasantry was
condemned to Siberia, and he was not sure that he
should have resolution enough to refrain from doing
so. The Archbishop of Austrian Servia has just de-
clared himself Patriarch of the Sclavonians. General
Suplicatch, who commanded a brigade in Italy, hav-
ing been sent to the Servians as their Palatine, they
refused to accept him because he would not take an
oath to defend the nationality of the Sclavonians, con-
tenting himself with declaring that he would main-
tain the rights of the Emperor."

APPREHENSION OF A SUPPOSED
GANG OF SWINDLERS.
On Wednesday afternoon, a female and her son
and daughter were placed before William Jackson,
Esq., M.P., at the Birkenhead Police-court, on a
number of charges of having obtained goods
under false pretences from tradesmen in the town.
The two females gave their names as Mary
Green and Jane Green, the male prisoner being
tlie son of the former. The same parties are
well known to the Guardian Society of Liverpool
and other towns, having passed under the names of
White, Whitehouse, Waterhouse, Cooper, Robinson,
and latterly at 13irkenhead, first under the name of
Wilson, and then Green. 'Through the active exer-
tions of Mr. Reay, secretary to the Guardian Society,
they have been apprehended. On Tuesday they
were brought before the magistrates at Chester,
but there not being sufficient evidence to convict
them at Chester, they were brought to Birken-
head, where they hare latterly been lodging
at the house of Mr. Davidson, No. 6, Lord-
street. About a fortnight ago they took lodg-
ings at this house, in the absence of Mr. Davidson,
but giving directions that they (the prisoners) should
answer the door themselves when any person called
upon them. This and other circumstances excited
Mr. Davidson's suspicions on his return home, but no
attempt was made to dislodge them. The husband of
the pretended Mrs. Green was along with them, but
seldom went out. They had no luggage, but gated
that it would be sent in a week or ten days. Before it
arrived, however, all suddenly decamped, leaving a
candle lighted on the table, and, of course, forgetting
to pay for their lodgings During the time they
lodged at Mr. Davidson's, the females obtained goods
from Mr. E. Taylor, draper; Mr. M. Kirdy,
je.vellcr, Market-moss ; Mrs. Lucey ; INA Foley,
fishmonger ; Mr. Fullard, Livelier; Mrs. Bennett,
small ware dealer ; I\lr. Rhoden, pubhcau ; Mr.
Sabin, mat manufacturer, &c. Their general
pretence wt:s, that they had taken the house in
Lord-street, and were about to enter on larger pre-
rieses in Price-street. Several parcels of goods were
also sent, on the order of Mrs. Green, for the ap-
proval of Mr. Gre. n, but not returned. It appear( d
from the evidence of Mr. lleathcock, butcher, in the
market, that about three months ago Miss Green
visited his shop, and represented that her rather was
a Liverpool merchant, recently come to reside
in Clifton crescent ; that they had a large
family, and wished him to supply them with meat,
which " pa" always paid for every Saturday. They
contrived to obtain meat to the value of 50. t., but on
Saturday decamped without " pa" visiting the
butcher's shop. At this time the party passed under
the name of Wilson. There being reason to suppose
that further evidence would be obtained against
them, the females were remanded. The boy was set
at liberty. The females were remarkably well-
dressed, are fine, full-faced looking women, and their
address would lead to the conclusion that they are
well educated.
The prisoners were again placed before the magi-
strates yesterday afternoon, when further disclosures
were male. James Shillinglaw, jun., stated that, on
the 6th November, the young( r prisoner came to
his father's shop in Birkenhead, and purchased
eleven pennyworth of bread, fur she paid a five shil-
ling piece, which he afterwards discovered to be
counterfeit, and produced it. Mrs. Kerr, of Clifton-
et escent, said they engaged her lodgings at a weekly
rent, in July last, under the name of Wilson; but
at the end cf the week decamped without paying.
Mrs. Hatton, of Leece-street, Liverpool, said the
younger prisoner got fruit and butcher's =eat from
her husband's shop on the 13th, 14th, and 15th July,
to the extent of 11. Ils. 6d., on the pretence that they
w ere housekeepers, living at No. 9, Myrtle-street, but
on going to the house she found it empty. These
were obtained under the name of Cooper. She
added, that the elder prisoner told her they had
kept a druggist's shop in London-road for twenty-
five years. The elder prisoner said this was a
mistake. What she had stated was, that about
twenty-three years ago her husband had a shop in
London-road. It was also stated that goods had been
obtained from Mr. Moffat, druggist ; Mr. Craven,
baker; and Mr. M'Whirter, baker, all of Birkenhead,
under similar pretences. A large quantity of clothes
and other articles which had been seized by the
po:ice were produced in court, some of which had the
marks obliterated. One chemise was marked "Asylum
No. 46," and some collars were marked "L. W "
Mr. Reay then produced a witness from Manchester
with whom the prisoners had lodged. She gave her
name as Ann Buckstone, in Dale-street, Cheet-
ham- hill, and said that the prisoners, with the hus-
band of the elder, and another. son and daughter,
took lodging at her houseand thensix weeksd ago. They
remained three weeks,camped without.d
paying. After they
eleLft, several
a
an d
tw wereo
including ilslosewl
slips. A towel produced' by Polic-constable Rouke,
found on the prisoners, was identified by the
witness as part of the missing property. The son of
the elder female, who was in court, was also identified
as one of the party who lodged at her house, and was
placed in custody. She also stated that at least
thirty persons had applied for accounts since the pri-
soners decamped. They were then ordered to be
taken to Manchester on the charge of Mrs. Buck-
stone. It is but justice to add, that Mr. M'Harg,
superintendent of the Birkenhead police force, and
Police-constable Rouke, deserve the highest praise for
the activity and exertion they have exercised in their
endeavours to bring the prisoners to justice.—
Liverpool Mercury of yesterday.

LYME REGIS.—The brave town-clerk still main-
tains his ground behind the entrenchments of the law—
he will not surrender the books. The baffled Att-
woodites are in a fix, and having a reporter to watch
their proceedings, they have become savagely circum-
spect. They want to hold their meetings in secret to
vent their slander without responsibility, and an attempt
to do this was def'eated at the last meeting by Mr. Hil•-•
man, who made them ashamed of their corporate and
colt, etive cowardice. Vie Sun had an admirable leader
on the question last Thursday week, for which the Libe-
rals of Lyme feel greatly indebted to that trntepadede
and honest honest journal.— Western Times. ' . • 4P a-e•eqk,
SINGULAR EFFECTS PRODUCED BY TkIE AURORA "'"
BOREALIS.—On the evening of Friday, the 17th ult,, ti ,
nurse in the workhouse, Stonehouse, named Jane CroaS-
man, went to the infirmary window, and' on seeing tho
extraordinary appearance which the atatosplicip pre.
sewed, itnrutdiately exclaimed, " The world is on'fire,
and I for my sins shall receive everlasavg damna-
tion;" fell into fits, which have constantly recurred up
to the present time ; she has also been quite insane, no
symptom of either malady having ever before been
shown. Mr. Perry, the surgeon to the house, has been
unremitting in his attention to the case, and entertains
great hopes of her reoovery.—PhistouthGazette.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEENS BENCH, Dec.l.
(Sittings st Nisi Prius, before Lord Chief Justice DEN.
MAN and a Common Jury.)
HANKINSON AND ANOTHER V. ALCOCK.

This was an action of debt, brought by the executors
of Mr. Morgan, deceased, to recover the sum of 821.,
received by the defendant to the use of the deceased.
The defendant pleaded the general issue.
Mr. HUMFREY, who, with Mr. Bovu.L, appeared for
the plaintiffs, said the action was brought by the execu-
tors of Mr. Morgan, deceased, to recover the sum of 821.,
rind& these circumstances :—The deceased was an in-
valid; about sixty-nine years of age, living with his sister
and her husband, Mr. Babbitt, in Dorchester-place,
Blandford-street. On the 25th of October, 1847, the
defendant called upon the deceased, and was
left alone with him for some time ; and on the
afternoon of the same day the deceased having been
taken with a fit, the defendant and his brother were sent
for. They came immediately, and assisted him up stairs
to bed, where, upon undressing him as usual, Mrs.
Rabbett discovered that two heavy purses which were,in
Mr. Morgan's trousers:pockets in the morning were gone.
She immediately made inquiry for them, but the defen-
dant said nothing for a quarter of an hour or twenty
minutes; but at last, on Mrs. Rabbett saying she would
send for a policeman, John Alcock said that his brother,
the defendant, had got a purse which Mr. Morgan had
given him. Mrs. Rabbett inquired. " What for?" To
which he replied, "To take care of." A policeman was
then sent for, but the defendant having expressed him-
self ready to give up the money, Mr. Rabbett then
went with the policeman to John Alcock's house, where
a bag was produced containing the sum of 821. in notes
and gold. The defendant then refused to give it up
till claimed, as he said, by proper authority. In con-
sequence the plaintiffs had been compelled to bring this
action.

Me. and Mis. Rabbett, and also the policeman, were
called in support of the plaintiffs' case. Mrs. Rabbett
admitted that the defendant had been an acquaintance of
the deceased for upwards of thirty years, and that he was
always received by him as a friend; but she denied that
when the deceased was asked what he had done with his
money, he had said, " It's all right." Mr.or Maloirfias renwiaas
very rich, and hail provided handsome y f
flops, and had made his sister, Mrs. Rabbett, his resi-
cibary legatee.
Mr. Sergeant Swam, who, with another Learned Gen.
tleman, appeared for the defendant, called his brother,
John Alcock, who said—"l am the brother of the de.
fendant, living on my private property. I knew Mr.
Morgan for many years, and during the latter part of his
life I collected his rents. On the 25th of October, my
brother called upon me at about two o'clock in the
afternoon. He then went to Mr. Morgan's, and
returned at 5
o'clock. He brought a purse with
him, and lid it was a present which Mr.
Morgan had made to him. We counted the
money, and found if amounted to 811. We then put
the purse into a bag, and sealed it up. In the evening a
egrvaat came to say that Mr. Morgan had fallen eff the
eeija is a fit. We went there immediately, and after
some time we took him up stairs and laid him on the
bed. Mrs. Rabbett held his trousers up, and asked Mr.
Morgan what he bad done with his money. He made
no ans leer. I then said he had given my brother a
purse? Mrs. Rabbett asked what business he had to give
my brother the purse? Mr. Morgan said it was all
right. Mr. Morgan was conscious of what was passing.
We all shook hands with him. On coming down stairs
we were detained till the policeman came. The de-
ceaerd and my brother were always on good terms. My
brother never said that he would give up the purse.
The bag containing the purse was produced at my house,
but my brother retused to give it up. He said it was a
present to him, and ho would keep it."
lIIIMFREY having replied,
Lord DENMAN summed up the case to the jury, and
said the question for them to decide was, whether the
megby had been given to the defendant by the deceased,
or Wggther it had been obtained under circumstances of
a suspicions character?
The jury, after cotisidering for a few minutes, gave a
verdict for the defendant, and, in answer to a question
from his Lordship, said they were of opinion that the
money had been given to the defendant by the deceased.
Verdict for the defendant.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 1.
(Sitting at Nisi Prins, before Lord Chief Justice WILDE
and a Common Jury.)
'WILLIAMS V. ROWE.
In this case Mr. Sergeant C. Jones and Mr. Udall ap-
peared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Byles for the
derendant.

This was an action of trespass for an assault. It ap-
peared, on behalf of the plaintiff, that on the evening of
the 3d of October last the plaintiff, who is a cowkeeper,
and a friend went into the house of the defendant, the
Britannia public-house at Chelsea, of which the de-
fendant is the landlord, and while drinking some gin-
and-water at the bar and standing in the passage smok-
irrg the defendant struck the pipe out of the plaintiff's
mouth, saying he would have no smoking there, cut and
bruised his mouth, and eventually sent for a policeman
to take him into custody, by whom he was walked out of
the house.

Theis_jraa the case for the plaintiff.
l'arie defendant it was shown that the plaintiff,
whea he entered the ;defendant's house, appeared to
have been in some row, having on a torn coat and
blouse ; that he and his friend persisted in smoking at
the bar window, and puffing tobacco-smoke in the faces
of the customers coming for supper beer ; that the
plaintiff refused either to go into a room, or walk out,
Until he had finished his gin-and-water, which the pot-
boy described as " two-penn'orth, and a little drop in
it,"l ion which the landlord said he would not have
hie c, • ers annoyed, and struck the bowl off the
plaintiff's pipe, ',to prevent his smoking. The plaintiff
thereupon used violent language, and a policeman was
sent for to put him oat ; that he afterwards went to
another public-house, where he quarrelled with the
landlord, and received the blow which cut his lip.
This vas the defendant's case.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—One
Itrthing damages.
Mere was no other case warranting a report.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 1.
(Sittings in Banco after Term.)
JUDGMENT.—BURNSEDE V. DAYRELL.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, as the
allottee of scrip in an abortive railway schemed to reco-
ver the money paid by him as a deposit, it being con-
tended by him, that the consideration having failed on
which the money had been paid by him, he was entitled
to recover it from the defendant as a member of the com-
mittee of the scheme in question. This claim was put
forward on the authority of the well-known case of
" Waletab v. SpDttiswoode;" but it appeared that the
defendant in the present case had only attended the
committee on one occasion, having not taken any other
part in the management of the affairs of the company.
The COURT now said that this distinction between the
two cases was such as to warrant them in holding that
the plaintiff could not recover. The rule, therefore, to
enter a verdict for the plaintiff must be discharged.
Judgment accordingly.

ADMIRALTY COURT, Dec 1.
THE HARVEY.-SALVAGE.
In this case the vessel had been discovered on the
Matlin Sands, on the 13th of January, and was got off
by the assistance of two smacks and two yawls, con-
taining fifteen men. Zhe owners tendered 701. for the
service, which was reft/sed. The value of the property
was 1,3501.
Dr. LUSITINGTON, without entering into the facts,
allotted 1202

THE PRINCESS ALICE.- SALVAGE.
This was a suit to recover a salvage remuneration
for services rendered by the steam-boat Conquest, of
Stockton- on-Tees, to the schooner Princess Alice,
Lions Hamburgh, with a cargo of wheat, which had
arrived off the mouth of the Tees on the 24th of
April last, and wanted (as alleged on her part) only a
Pilot, whereas, on the part of the steam boat it was
alleged that she bad got entangled amongst the sands,
and was in imminent danger, from which she had been
rescued by the exertions of the salvors,' at great risk to
themselves. The owners of the Princess Alice, admit.
ting that services had been rendered to their ship, con-
tended that they amounted to no more than pilotage
(the master deposing in his affidavit that he had been
decoyed—meaning, apparently, misled—into danger by
the signals of the steam-boat), and they had paid 4l Is.,
the sum due for pilotage, into court. The conflicting
statements of the parties defy all attempt to reduce them
into a consiatent narrative; not only were the affidavits,
which were very numerous, more than usually contradic-
tory, but the chart brought in by each party did not
correspond with the other, and both disagreed with the
Admiralty chart. In short, almost every point in dis-
pute, except the points of the compass.
Jenner and Dr. Bayford were heard for the sal-
'r•_ id Dr. Addams finished his
argument for the
owners at a late hour, when
The COURT deferred bearing Dr. Robinson until next
court ay.

CENTRAL
11EIV CO MI CRIMINAL COURT.
) UR A
T.
(Before the RECORDER.)
Maria- Carlota Alvez Cabral, aged 50, married, and
Maria. Rosa, 35, also married, were indicted for stealing
a ,8r00c11,41 divers articles of linen, valued at 2/., the
proper of Hester Pitman, in her dwelling-house.
!fir-)3odkin proseculed, and Mr. ,Parnell defended both
Bonilla.
ice V elder prisoner, who is a singular, masculine-look-
-11"
ng woman, is a rarLguese Countess in her own right,
and the younger prisoner was her servant.
The Learned COUNSEL having stated the case to the
jary, called
Hester Pitman, the prosecutrix, who stated that she
Spanish keeps a Portugnese andand her
boarding-house in
werein
Finsbury-square. The prisoner
boarders in the house,
and fromwatchi whichspicions she en-
tertained that a valuable gold
lost, had been purloined by either the el der prisoner
Or hee'servant, she obtained theatptoelnids actide of Ser-
geant Brannan of the G division of
2d of last month, he with her, went up to the bedroom
the
of the servant, and having, through the medium of a gen
14ving is the house, made her acquainted with
the nature of thf... charge, proceeded to search the room,
where they found some towels hidden between the bed
sewed up in an apron, and also a
articles of a similar nature. They
the bedroom of the Countess, and
found several towels wrapped round
skin, and also several pieces of soap
lm and under her armpits. The ser-
1. about to conceal something in her
and, and found it to contain a silver
(prosecutrix) had lost some month()

eked whether any of the property

,

had been traced to have been pawned or otherwise made
away with ?
The prosecutrix said, No. The towels were part of
those she used in her boarding-house.
In cross-examination by Mr. PARNELL, the prosecu-
trix stated that the prisoner and her husban boarded
in the house and paid a guinea a-day. All ,he towels
faund were marked, and there had been no attempt to
obliterate the marks.
Sergeant Brannan produced the property, which con-
sisted of towels and linen of the ordinary household de-
scription.
The RECORDER said, it seemed to him more like light-
headedness thaa larceny on the part of the elder pri-
soner. He then recalled the prosecutrix, who stated that
the elder prisoner came to her establishment in April,
and in May she was married to a Portuguese gentleman.
She was not aware of her being insane, but previously
to her marriage there was a consultation of five physi-
cians to inquire into the state of her mind, and she had
heard of prisoner's confinement in her own country, but
she did not know what for.
Mr. BODKIN said, it did seem to him a case of eccen-
tricity.
The RECORDER said it struck him as being anything
but a larceny; and it was rather hard to charge a per-
son with felony for having a few more things in use than
the regulations of the house permitted. He then directed
an Acquittal.
Mr. BODKIN, in preferring the other charge, said it
was only fair to the prosecutrix to state that the charges
would not have been preferred for the trivial articles of
a domestic character, but finding the Countess in pos-
session of a brooch which had been lost, and which she
(the Countess) had been spoken to about, they had rea-
son to suspect she had stolen the watch, which, how-
ever, had not been traced. The watch was worth 27/
had
dt abeceansestaotfedsusopfichioern,
;
jury
which, fiad
eacticedn ttrhiec tyj u,
shteiallrditwhwaats
he was bound to say, had been borne out, and would
take that into their consideration. The • girl had only
acted as her servant.
An Acquittal was taken upon the other indictment and
e discharged
from RECORDER ordered the prisoners to b 9
from custody.
Susannah Cook, spinster, 19, and Thomas Maiers, 21,
stationer, were • •
indicted for stealing 120 pictures, valued
at 701., the property of Richard Gale, the master of
Cook, and Joseph Rowland was indicted for receiving the
same.

Mr. Clarkson prosecuted; Mr. Ballantine defended
Rowland, and Mr. O'Brien Cook.
The facts of the case lay in a very narrow compass,
though the case occupied some hours The prosecutor
is a picture dealer in High Holborn, and, whilst going
along St. Mary-axe, he saw some of his pictures exposed
for sale in a shop kept by Rowland. Upon instituting
inquiries, it turned out that he had bought them of
Maiers, who was paying his addresses to Cook. Abun-
dant evidence was adduced to prove that Maiers had
instigated the girl to rob her master, and used to go to
the house to carry off the property before the family
were up.
The RECORDER said the case was one of suspicion
against Rowland, but not enough for a jury.
The other two prisoners were then found Guilty; and
Maiers, having been before convicted, was transported
for ten years; and the woman ordered to imprisoned for
one year, without hard labour, in the "Westminster
Bridewell.
Henry Bramwell, 29, surgeon, was indicted for felo-
niously marrying Elizabeth Tinley, his wife being alive.
The;prosecution had been instituted by the City autho-
rities, and Mr. Ryland and Mr. Laurie, with whom was
Mr. Clarkson, appeared to support it. Mr. Ballantine
defended the prisoner.
Mr. RYLAND having opened the case,
Mr. BALLANTINE said, that having consulted with his
client, he wished to retract his plea and plead guilty.
The RECORDER wished the prisoner to understand, that
his pleading guilty would not make any difference in the
sentence, and he did not see how he could retract his plea
now the case had commenced.
After some discussion it was decided that the case
should be proved.
Evidence was then given of the prisoner's marriage by
license at the Prince's-street Chapel, Devonport, on the
18th of August, 1837, to Rebecca Cope, and on the 25th
of March, 1843, at Barnstaple, to Elizabeth Tinley.
A witness having been called who proved having seen
his wife at Liskeard, Cornwall, a few days ago,
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
The second wife, who was in court (and in such a
dreadful state of mental suffering that she was com-
pelled to be brought in on a chair), said that the pri-
soner lived with her three months after his marriage, and
had nearly ever since been at sea. She had seen him
when at home, and he had sent her money when away.
Since their marriage he had sold her furniture, plate,
and all she possessed.
Two other indictments (one for marrying Emma
Georgina Rose, at Calcutta, on the 13th October, 1847,
and another for marrying Hannah Amelia Bland, in
September last, at Liverpool), he pleaded Guilty to.
The RECORDER then said that upon the first indict-
ment he should sentence him to seven years' transporta-
tion, and added, that it was not under ordinary circum-
stances that the Court was called upon to pass sentence
upon a second indictment. There was no crime that
caused so much misery, or so tended to the derange-
ment of society, as the crime of bigamy, and he did
fear that the lenity with which such offences had been
visited had contributed to their very frequent recurrence
and had failed to deter others from committing them.
The facts had disclosed a case of the basest nature ; one
properly described by the counsel as resulting from
avarice and passion. He should avail himself of the dis-
cretion the Act allowed, and sentence the prisoner to
seven years' transportation upon the second indictment
—the second sentence to commence at the termination of
the first.
Jantes"Miller, aged 34, an engineer was indicted for
stealing 5501 b. of lead and a leaden cistern, valued at 61.,
the property of Harry Nicholls and another.
Mr. BALLANTINE, who appeared for the prosecution,
said that he had looked over the case, and found he could
not sustain the indictment.
The prisoner was thereupon ordered to be discharged.
THIRD COURT.
(Before Mr. BULLOCK.)

Frances Bar;ett, a very respectable-looking young
woman, surrendered to take her trial on a charge of
stealing a duplicate, by which she obtained possession of
a dress belonging to Frances Lee.
Mr. Huddlestone defended the prisoner.
It appeared that the prisoner and prosecutrix resided
together, and that the latter, having pledged a dress,
placed the duplicate in a box, whence she missed it, and,
going on the succeeding day to the pawnbroker's, she
found it had been redeemed by a person who wore a
bonnet and shawl somewhat similar to those possessed by
the prisoner. Upon this, prosecutrix went to the for-
tune-teller's, who, having performed some magic conju-
rations, told her that whoever had the dress would sell
it for more than it was worth. Upon this the prosecu-
trix communicated her suspicions, when, some further
magic spells having been completed, it was decided that
the prisoner was the guilty party, and she was accord-
ingly requested to accompany the prosecutrix to the
pawnbroker's, which she did, and the pawnbroker's as-
sistant having been asked by the prosecutrix whether the
prisoner was not the person who had redeemed the gown
said she was, and when he heard of the opinion pro-
nounced by the magic oracle, he became so strongly im
pressed in his belief as to induce the magistrate to
commit her for trial.
His evidence this day was so contradictory and pre-
varicating, that the jury discredited it altogether, and ac-
quitted the girl, stating that she left the court without
a stain upon her character.
William Sale, aged 19, a carman, was indicted for
stealing a pair of reins, valued at 65., the property of
IVilliam Winter.

The case was a very clear one, and the jury found
him Guilty.
From inquiries instituted by the Court, it appeared
that the prisoner formed a portion of a desperate gang
infesting the Surrey side of the water, and is brother of
the convict of the same name who was executed some
time back for the murder of Mr. Bellehambers, at We3t-
minster.
The COURT sentenced him to seven years' transporta-
tion.

John IPPNeiI, aged 26, a printer, was indicted for
feloniously intermarrying with Mary ElizAbeth Bonnet,
his wife being then alive.
The facts proved in evidence were these:—On the 4th
of August, 1839, the prisoner married his wife at St.
Pancras Church, and on the 13th of November, in the
present year, he married the second wife, at Blooms-
bury. Information having been received of the fact, he
was apprehended before he could get home with his new
bride.

The prisoner, in his defence, went into a long story, and
said that he lived happily enough with his first wife until
he had occasion to suspect her fi3elity. She, however,
persuaded him he was in error, and all went on smoothly
until one day he brought home a friend with whom he
had been having some drink. After they had been in
the room some time he fell asleep on the sofa, and when
he awoke he found his friend in bed with his wife. His
wife denied there had been anything criminal, but when
he told her he had only been feigning sleep for the pur-
pose of watching her, she admitted her guilt upon that
as well as previous occasions. Upon that they agreed to
part, and he therefore thought he was at liberty to marry
again; besides, his second wife was tome relative to his
first, and was aware of his beint, p married man.
The second wife, who was present, said in a loud tone,
Mr. Bnixocic. said,
" That's falser
ewraathneo harm
that was no excuse if she did
The prisoner said, there
know it.
done, as he had
been taken a short time aft
Mr. BULLOCK —That makes no difference.
The prisoner again asserted there ence.
d been no harm
done to the second wife.
The Learned COMMISSIONER then sentenced him to
eight months imprisonment and hard labour.
The other cases heard during the day in this coutt
did not possess any features of public interest.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-S7REET.

Mr. Barr, a Licensed Victualler, was charged with
permitting racing
sweeps in his house.
Mr. Child, of the Licensed Victuallers'
Protection
Society, appeared for the defendant.
Police-constable 58 F deposed that he went up to a
room on the second floor of the defendant's house, on
Wednesday, the 15th ult., and saw a number of persons
round the table. One of them had a bag containing
bone tickets, which were numbered, and the others were
drawing them out, previously putting
a shilling upon
the table. One person who drew the highest number
then took up the money upon the table. That was re-
peated several times in witness's presence. There were
about 12 persons there, and they continued wslkiNg. in
Ad out. A Mr. Knight sat at the table with a b-Ook, in
which he entered the names of the parties winning the
I,gukes, &c. The defendant was not present. Knight

was there all the time, and occasionally staked
money himself. After this there were two ma-
chines, used for " racing sweeps," brought into
the room, when the defendant wrote upon
some larger tickets, and placed them in the ma-
, chines, which were turned round by means of a handle.
Two men then drew tickets from each box, previously
depositing money upon the table. Seven or eight of the
company had paid a shilling each. When the tickets
• were drawn in this way, Knight called out the name of a
. " horse." Witness distinctly heard him call out " Cha-
rity," and other horses' names. When the names were
• pronounced some one of the party took up the stakes.
• This continued for about three-quarters of an hour, and
t the machines were then taken away, and the bag brought
, back again. The first game was renewed in the same
, way as before, but with heavier stakes, half-a-crown
each being laid down. The parties afterwards had up
refreshments and cigars, which were not paid for. They
were ordered of the waiter in the usual manner. Knight
occasionally asked the waiter the amount of what had
been brought up. The bags were placed in a drawer
and Knight took the book into the bar after the company
had broken up. It was about half-past twelve o'clock
when witness left. On the following night witness again
visited the room, and found precisely the same things
going on.
Mr. Child submitted that the proceedings of any other
night would be irrelevant to the present charge.
Mr. JARDINE would receive the testimony, not with
the view to a separate conviction, but only as tending to
confirm the statements as to the landlord's knowledge of
the transactions.
Witness continued to state that he went to the house
on two occasions afterwards, and heard a conversation
among the party as to the intention of the police to put
down " racing sweeps." He believed he was suspected
by them, and so did not remain. He saw both the land-
lord and Mr. Knight on these occasions. The landlord
was down stairs.
Cross-examined by Mr. Child—Witness was not ac-
companied by any one else when he visited the house.
Mr. Child submitted to the Court that there had been
no evidence to fix the defendant with a personal know-
ledge of the transactions referred to by the constable;
and, in fact, owing to a domestic calamity (the death of
his father) he was not there at the time. He had made
up his mind, since the decision of the City case, not to
suffer any more sweeps in his house, although he had
undouetedly sanctioned the " winding-up" of such of
them as were pending at the time their illegality was
determined. He had no knowledge whatever of the
drawing with the bag. He assured the Court that the
defendant had pledged himself since not to allow the
renewal Of those practices in the house, which was a
highly respectable establishment.
The officers admitted the respectability of the defen-
dant's house.
Mr. JARDINE could not allow himself to be a party to
any compromise. As the case stood before him there
was ample evidence that " gaming" was going on to a
great extent among a dozen or fifteen people, who were
served with refreshments ; and the landlord, who was in
the lower part of the house, should have made it his busi-
ness to acquaint himself with what was going on. Under
these circumstances, he should inflict the penalty of 51.,
with costs. His Worship said that the second charge
against the defendant might be withdrawn.
The fine was accordingly paid.
CLERKENWELL.

A youth, 16 years of age, named North, was placed
at the bar charged with having committed a capital
assault upon Mary North, a fine little girl, eight years
of age.
Evidence having been given,
The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and was
fully committed for trial.
WESTMINSTER.
Mr. BURRELL gave judgment in an adjourned case under
the " Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Act,"
in which Mr. W. Winks, of Queen's-road East, Chelsea,
was complained of by the authorities of St. Luke's,
Chelsea.
Fram the evidence given in support of the complaint,
it appeared that defendant was proprietor of a house in
the New-road, which was let out in separate tenements.
In the course of the inspection of this place, four 'feet of
stagnant putrescent water were found in the basement
of, the house, and in the rear a quantity of soil rising
to' the level of the yard, the whole emitting the most
offensive smell that could be imagined. There were
three families in the house, comprising the number of
twenty-six inmates ; four of the children in the house
had lately had the scarlet fever, but were now getting
better.

The defendant's answer to the charge was, that his
drain passed into a sewer at the back, and as the sewer
had for some time past become choked up, he could not,
in any way, be considered to blame. He had resorted
to every expedient in his power, and at great expense,
to prevent the offensive matters soaking through into
the basement of his premises, but without effect. He
had had his drain cleansed, but had no power to cleanse
the sewer, the state of which, he declared, gave rise to
the present complaint. He had written to the Commis.
sioners of Sewers on the subject, who, in reply, stated
that the matter should be inquired into.
Mr. Easdale, surveyor of St. Luke's, Chelsea, said
there was a sewer in front, into which defendant was
bound to make his drain, by the existing law.
Defendant intimated that it was very unreasonable to
ask him to run a drain into the sewer to carry off the
accumulation of offensive matter from other premises;
and further contended that it would be perfectly useless,
as, from the situation of his basement, it would be con•
actually running into it.
Mr. Easdale thought if he were to try the experiment,
he would not be annoyed by any soaking from other
premises, as the drain into the sewer in front would carry
all away.

f -
Defendant repeated his firm conviction that such
would not be the case, and called a witness, who stated
that every means had been resorted to for the purpose
of keeping the drain water and other matter out, but it
stlll came in from under the foundation. The pit of the
sewer was four inches above the floor of the kitchen, and
the sewer was full up to the crown.
Mr. BURRELL, who had taken time to give his deci-
sion, said he had carefully perused the Act of Parlia-
ment, and was satisfied that he could not look to any
remote cause of the nuisance, but only to the owner or
oecupier of the premises where the nuisance was found
to exist. The evidence was clear, and the facts undis-
puted, that there was a nuisance existing on defendant's
premises. The law was evidently intended to be
peremptory, on account of the object it had in view—
that of preventing disease; and if the remote cause were
to be inquired into at all, the provisions of the statute
would be rendered nugatory. There might be some
hardship in defendant's case, but if he could show that
he suffered through the default of others, he might seek
his remedy at law. The worthy Magistrate then or-
dbred the defendant to remove the offensive matter
within 48 hours of the time of receiving the notice.
I In reply to inquiries from Mr. Ryder, the chairman of
the board of guardians of the parish,
Mr. BURRELL intimated that costs would be allowed
for the necessary attendance of professional gentlemen to
support cases of this description.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF FRIDAY.
DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 1, 1848.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Robert
Ebenezer Brown, Esq., Doctor of Medicine, to be Co-
loniAl Surgeon for her Majesty's Forts and Settlements
cin the Gold Cuast.
WAR OFFICE, DEC. 1.
7th Dragoon Guards—Captain John Terry Liston,
from half-pay Unattached, to be Paymaster, vice Thomas
Smales, who has retired on half-pay as Captain Ist West
India Regiment, Dec. 1.
11th Dragoons--Lieutenant Joseph Rely, from the
38th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice William Houghton,
who has retired upon half-pay, Dec. 1.
12th Dragoons—Staff Surgeon of the Second Class
George Anderson to be Surgeon, vice James Lowry
Tighe, who retires upon half-pay, Dec. 1.
14th Dragoons—Lieutenant Charles William Thomp-
son to be Captain, by purchase, vice Longfield, who re-
; Cornet William Dundas Boyd to be Lieutenant, by
Purchase, vice Thompson ; Frederick Vansittart, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Boyd, Dec. 1.
6'h Regiment of Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Wm.
Mostyn, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Duncan, promoted in the 12th Foot, Dec. 1.
7th Foot—Captain Albany French Wallace, from the
26th Foot, to bo Captain, vice Hopson, who exchanges,
Dec. 1.

10th Foot—Captain William Fenwick to be Major,
without purchase, vice Montizambert, killed in action ;
Lieutenant Henry Andrew Hollinsworth to be Captain,
vice Fenwick, Sept. 13 ; Gentleman Cadet Frederick
Browne Sandwith, from the Royal Military College, to
be Ensign, without purchase, Dec. 1.
11th Foot—Ensign Richard Wingfield Cardiff to bo
Lieutenant, by purchase. vice Beres, who retires;
George Todington Osborn, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Cardiff, Dec. 1.

12th Foot—Assistant Surgeon William Duncan, from
the 6th Foot, to bo Surgeon, vice William Robertson,
M.D. who retires upon lf-pay, Dec. 1.
16th Foot—Lieutenant James William Bostock, from
the 29th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice James, who ex-
changes, Dec. 1.
21st Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Holland to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Andrews, who retires; Second-
Lieutenant William Thomas M'Grigor to be First-Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Holland; George James
Baitelott, Gent., to be Second-Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice M'Grigor; Lieutenant John Patrick Stuart to be
Adjutant, vice Holland, promoted, Dec. 1.
26th Foot—Captain William Hopson Hopson, from
the 7th Foot, to be Captain, vice Wallace, who ex-
changes, Dec. 1.
29th Foot—Lieutenant John Thomas James, from the
16th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bostock, who ex-
changes, Dec. 1.
32d Foot—Major Henry Vaughan Brooke to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Pattoun, killed in
action; Captain William Case, to be Major, vice Brooke;
Lieutenant Andrew Gram Brine to be Captain, vice Case;
Ensign John Swinburn to be Lieutenant, vice Brine,
killed 3
7t
hi n
Faocotti_o ns, Se
ceoputd. 13.
erSept. 13; Ensign John Alexander Shortt, from the 80th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Swinburn, Dec. 1; Colour Ser-
geant John Giddings to be Quartermaster, vice Taylor,
Lieutenant William B k f
a ,from
the Ceylon Rifle Regiment,
u
etrombaenErnestEnsign, G
vi
aciet
oLn mfreormt,
who exchanges, Dec? 1.
50th Foot—Lieutenant
the 60th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice O'Molony, who
excha,igos, Dec. 1.
60th Foot—Lieutenant H. Anthony
the 50th Foot, to be Lieutenant, O'Molony, from
vice Galten, who ex-
changes, Dec. 1.
66th Foot—Ensign David Robert Ross to be Lieute-
milt, without purchase, vice Pyne, deceased, Oct 26
aentlethan Cadet Richard Horner fromPaget, the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, vice Ross, Dec 1.
71st Foot—Lieutenant James Horne be Adjutant,
vice Adjutant,
vice Prince, who reoigns the Adjutantey only, Dec. 1.

75th Foot—Ensign Jemmet George Fox to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Mahony, who retires; Francis
Hardy, Gent., to ba Ensign, by purchase, vice Fox,
Dec. 1.

80th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Cecil Rice, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Shortt, appointed to the 32d Foot, Dec. 1.
82d Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Andrew Leith
Adams, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Webster,
promoted on the Staff, Dec. 1.

83d Foot—Lieutenant Charles Wilson Austen to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Woodgate, who retires; En-
sign William Mills Molony to be Lieutenant by pur-
chase, vice Austen • Richard Thomas Sweeny, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Molony, Dec. 1.
98th Foot—Ensign Richard Clancy to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Knox, who retires; Thomas Temple-
man, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Clancy,
Dec. 1.

Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant William Bagenall,
to bo Captain, without purchase, vice Gray, deceased;
Ensign George Feai Lamert, from the 37th Foot, to be
Second Lieutenant, vice William Baker, who exchanges;
Dec. 1.

STAFF.—Lieutenant-Colonel William James D'Urban,
Deputy Quartermaster-General in the Windward and
Leeward Islands, to be Deputy Quartermaster General
to the Forces serving in Nerth America, vice Lieutenant-
Colonel F. A. Mackenzie Frazer, deceased; Lieutenant
Colonel Henry John French, Deputy Quartermaster-
General in Jamaica, to be Deputy Quartermaster-
General to the Forces serving in the Windward and
Leeward Islands, vice Lieutenant Colonel D'Urban,
appointed to Canada, Dec. 1.

.HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon George Mur-
ray Webster, M.D., from the 82d Foot, to be Staff Sur-
geon of the Second Class, vice Anderson, appointed to
the 12th Light Dragoons ; Acting Assistant-Surgeon
Neil Henry Stewart, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon to
the Forces, vice Mostyn, appointed to the 6th Foot,
Dec. 1.

BREVET.—Captain Sir Richmond Campbell Shake-
spear, of the Bengal Artillery, to be Major in the Army
in the East Indies; Captain Harvey Terrick Combe, of
the Ist Bengal European Fusiliers, to be Major in the
Army in the East Indies.
MEMORANDUM.—The date of the commission of En-
sign Edward John Mathias, in the 80th Foot, has been
dated Aug. 25, 1848, instead of Oct. 9, 1846.
The removal of Lieutenant George Swaby, from the
18th Foot to the 96th Foot, on the 18th August,
.1848,
has been cancelled.

NAVAL MEDALS.
ADMIRALTY, Nov. 30.

Notice.—lt is requested that claims for a Naval Medal,
according to the forms shown in the Gazette of the 7th
of June last, be forthwith sent to the Admiralty.
It is not at present intended to limit the time for re-
ceiving applications, but it is desirable they should be
sent in by the 15th of Dec. _

W. A. 13. HAMILTON.

WHITEHALL, Nov. 15.
The Lord Chancellor has appoiuted Edward Bryan
Gooding, of Bridgwater, in the county of Somerset
Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Cour
of Chancery.

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