The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-15 00:00:00

LEEDS AND THIRSE RAILWAY (NORTH

.IE,STEEN EXTENSION.

The Committee assembled at the usual hour this morning, and
were occupied in passing the various clauses in the Bill. The whole
of them were agreed to with some trifling alterations, with the ex-
ception of the clause relating to tolls, which was postponed in order
that a schedule of the rates might be prepared for the Committee to
decide on.
A clause for making the junction with the Great Not it of England
was proposed and agreed to. A few additional clauses were intro-
duced, and the Committee adjourned till to-morrow.

GROUP
czrrszison TO"NCTXON
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)

Mr. Cowen, owner and driver of a coach from Skipton to Preston.
There was little •r no traffic between those places. Me hardly ever
had a passenger, and frequently had to treat" the passengers, by
which he was at a loss. There certainly was no traffic between
Skipton and Preston, that could suppot t a railway, the road was
very lonesome.
Cross-examined by Mr. MUREWEVIER—The only reason why he
had " had the heart" (as the Learned Counsel expressed it) to keep
up the coach for the last two years was, that he was " kept up by
Government," his coach being the Skipton and Preston mail. Some
letters went by that mail now and then.
The cross-examination extended to a considerable length, and ex-
cited considerable mirth, but it consisted entirely of jokes as to the
" desert waste," "sad solitude," &c., and was of no public interest.
Mr. Cowsdale and Mr. Haycock, two carriers on the same line of
road, gave evidence corroborative of Mr. Cowen's.
Mr. Robert Trapps, town-clerk of Clitheroe, spoke to the feeling of
the people of Clitheroe, and more especially of the corporation, in
favour of the line.
Mr. Gooch, the engineer to the line, conjointly with Mr. Cawley
(who was examined yesterday), proceeded to give the engineering
evidence. He described the course of the line. It was utterly im-
possible to avoid the gorge in which Mr. Taylor's property was
situated. A series of mountainous ridges extended the whole way
from Coln to that place. The estimate (700,0001.) was 100,0001. less
than that of the Blackburn and Preston.
The witness was cross-examined at length by Mr. MZEREWETHER,
and the cross-examination lasted till four o'clock, when the Speaker
was announced at prayers. Notwithstanding the fact that the Com-
mittee had now risen, a discussion connected with the case of Mr.
Peters, a petitioner, took place, and occupied a considerable time, so
that it was half-past four o'clock when the Members left the room.
The Committee will meet again to-morrow at twelve.

NORTH GRAVESEND RAILWAY.

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SPECIAL MEETING.
A special meeting of the proprietors of the North Graves •
end Railway vas held yesterday, at the station of the Eastern
Counties Railway, in pursuance of the sessional orders of
the Houses of Parliament, at half-past eleven o'clock. The
chair was taken by Mr. Routb.
The.CnAnotAN, having shortly explained the objects of
the meeting, and having stated that scrip, repre,enting 7,520
shares, had been entrusted to him, which was three-fourths
of the capital, observed that the meeting was legally consti •
tuted. Gentlemen had, therefore, to consider whether it was
expedient to proceed with the line. He would therefore move
that the scripholders considered the Bill should be proceeded
with.
Mr. RICHARD HARRISON, of Liverpool, seconded the
resolution, which was carried unanimously.
The meeting then broke up.

ILFORD AND EPPING RAILWAY.
A special meeting of the proprietors, shareholders, and
scripholders took place, yesterday, at the station of the Eastern
Railway Counties Company, at twelve o'clock. The chair
was taken by Mr. Routh.
The CHAIRMAN having explained the object of the Bill,
stated that 8,250 scrip had been intrusted to the Board of
Directors, for the purpose of voting in favour of the Bill.
The SECRETARY then read the advertisement calling the
meeting.
The CHAIRMAN observed, that now the meeting was le-
gally constituted he would move that the directors be em-
powered to proceed with the Bill.
Mr. HAuassoN, of Liverpool, seconded the motion, which
was carried unanimously.
The meeting then separated.

EASTERN COUNTIES and THAMES
JUNCTION BRANCH RAILWAY.
A special meeting of the above Company, in pursuance of
the sessional orders of both Houses of Parliament, was also
held at the Eastern Counties Railway Station yesterday, at
one o'clock. The chair was taken by Mr. Routh.
The SECRETARY having read the advertisement calling
the meeting, and having stated that one thousand five hun-
dred shares were represented at the meeting, in favour of
the continuance of the scheme in Parliament,
The Citaunt.tx put the question to the meeting, whether
it was their opinion that the Bill should be proceeded with ?
Mr. HARRISON seconded the motion, which was carried
unanimously, and a vote of thanks having been given to the
Chairman, the meeting separated.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY
(YORK EXTENSION). SPECIAL MEETING.
A special meeting of the proprietors, shareholders, and
scripholders of this Company, in compliance with the ses-
sional orders of the Houses of Parliament, took place, at half-
part one o'clock yesterday, in the London Tavern, Bishops-
gate-street ; George Hudson, Esq., in the chair.
The SECRETARY having read the advertisement convening
the meeting,
The CHAIRMAN, briefly stated the objects of the meeting,
and proposed that the several extensions should be adopted.
He dilated upon the favourable prospects of the line, and
said that the traffic of the line was increasing so
fast, that the directors found it necessary to in-
crease their staff of locomotive engines. Their present want
cau.ed some few irregularities, but he pledued himself that
after a few months the Eastern Counties Railway would not
only be one of the best managed, but the most paying line in
the country. Many of the statements respecting mismanage-
ment which appeared in the newspapers were perfectly un-
true, but the directors were much better employed than in
answering them. Resolutions were then put in favour of pro-
ceeding with the Bill, which were carried unanimously.
Mr. DYSON then proposed a vote of thanks to the chair-
man, which was passed by acclamation.
The CRAIR3IAN briefly thanked the meeting, which then
broke up.

SERIOUS CHARGE OF SINKING

A Sll IP.
On Wednesday, Robert Henry Leighton, late master, John
Bowmaker, mate, and Thomas Tairclough, William Grozier,
and Thomas Wallis, three of the crew of the schooner Helen,
of Sunderland, who were formally arraigned, on Friday last,
before the magistrates at the Police-court, Sunderland, were
again placed at the bar, charged with having scuttled the
schooner Helen, of Sunderland, coal laden from that port to
Stettin, on the high seas, with intent to defraud the under-
writers of the Indemnity Insurance Society, London, of the
insurance effected upon the said vessel.
William Snowball, Esq., solicitor, appeared in support of
the nrosecution, instituted by the under-writers of the Helen,
and 'Messrs. G. S. Ranson and Christopher T. Potts attended
on behalf of the p isoners.
Mr. Cooper appeared for Mr. R. Hutchinson, the owner,
and stated the case.
Mr. Snowball called John Hodge, who deposed that he is
a fisherman, and lives at Bridlington Quay. On the night
of Sunday, the 26th of April last, he went off to a schooner
with John Boddy, which had just come round Flamborough
Head ; as soon as the vessel saw us approach her in our
coble, she altered her course, and stood away from us ; we
then went ashore again, it was half-ebb of the tide.
Cros-examined by Mr. Hanson—When we first saw the
vessel she was about three miles from Bridlington ; was
within a coble's length of the schooner when she bore away
from us; cannot tell whether the crew were pumping the
vessel or not, but thinks they were not; saw four men upon
the deck ; cannot say whether the vessel was by the head or
the stern.
Re-examined by Mr. Snowball—Has no doubt but she
was the same vessel which we saw on the 26th of April, that
afterwards came ashore upon the beach to the northward of
Bridlington harbour.
John Boddy, who is also a fisherman, deposed that he
went off with the last witness to a schooner in Bridlington
Bay, about half-past seven o'clock in the evening of the 26th
of April ; the course the vessel was steering would have
taken. her to land about five miles to the south of
Bridlington; between four and five o'clock on the
morning of the 27th of April, I was standing on the cliff at
Bridlington-quay along with Francis Gray and others, when
I saw the schooner sink which had been previously riding at
her anchor. We saw the vessel sink all but her masts ;on
the Wednesday following the vessel discharged herself of her
cargo of coals, and we towed her on shore. She turned out
to be the Helen, of Sunderland. Has no doubt but she is the
same vessel that Hodge, Miles, and himself, went off too on
the Sunday night. She came on shore on her starboard side ;
there were between fifty and sixty vessels in the bay at the
time she sunk.

Robert Usher —ls a sailor at Bridlington. Saw the
Helen sink on the morning of the 27th of April. She made
no signal of distress before she sunk.
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These holes were covered with water until the Saturday. I
was present when the two pieces of plank and timber, which
had the holes bored in them, were cut out of the vessel. (The
plank and timber were here produced in Court.) Has no
doubt whatever but that the holes had been bored from the
inside of the ship. Found the chisel and auger now pro-
duced in the cabin of the Helen.
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The magistrates committed all filiewporuilsdonbeerstaflrentr.ial at the
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Mr. C. K. Murray had an interview with the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence
in Downing-street,

LAW INTELLIGENCE,
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, May 14.
Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN and
Common Juries.)
MOOPER V. M'DONALD.

This action was brought by a newspaper agent to recover
from the defendant the amount of a bill for advertisements
inserted in the London papers for the announcement of a pro-
ject which was called the Cape of Good Hope Western Rail-
way, which was brought forward in August last, and of
which the defendant was a provisional committeeman. The
amount of the bill was 450/., and it was made up of money
paid by the plaintiff for the insertion of the advertisements,
and of a demand for his personal trouble in procuring the
insertion.

Mr. KNOWLES (with whom was Mr. Francillon, stated
the plaintiff's case to the jury in a short, but amusing ad-
dress.

Colonel Lothian Dixon was then called and sworn—He
said that he held an office under the Crown at the Cape, and
that he was a director of the project in question. The wit •
ness, by the direction of the defendant himself, caused the
defendant's name to be inserted in the list of the committee,
which he attended upon one occasion.
Cross-examined—Major M'Donald, upon having been ap-
pointed a provisional committeeman, declared himself dis-
satisfied, as he had expected to be made a director. This was,
however, after his appointment as a provisional committee-
man had actually been made.
Mr. Oldershaw, the attorney of the company, stated that
all the insertions had been either directed or sanctioned by
the witness and by the board.
Another witness proved that the plaintiff had paid every
farthing of the bill to the several newspapers in which the
advertisements had been inserted. _ _ .

Mr. HAYWARD appeared upon the part of the defendant,
and contended that the authority which the defendant had
given Colonel Dixon to put his name upon the committee
was coupled with the condition of his being made a director,
and that, net having been so appointed, he took no further
trouble upon the subject. In such circumstances the Learned
Counsel contended that the evidence was not sufficient to
establish the liability of the defendant.
The jury, under the direction of the Learned Judge, found
a verdict for the plaintiff for the whole amount.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 14.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, Guildhall, before Lord Chief Justice
TINDAL and Common Juries.)
A oase was called on this morning shortly after the sitting
of the Court, in which was involved an action for a breach of
contract against the owner of a vessel, but there was not the
least interest attached to that or any other case heard during
the day.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, May 14.
(Sittings in Guildhall.)
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN was occupied during the day in
disposing of cases, the leading features in almost all of which
were breaches of contract, or actions for the recovery of debts
of small amount. .

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, May 14.
,Before the CHIEF ComussioxEn and Mr. Commissioner
POLLOCK.)
IN RE THE REV. CHARLES WETHERELL.

The rule in this case for the rescinding of The vesting
order was specially appointed for this day.
The insolvent, whose name is unfortunately too notorious,
obtained a rule nisi on the ground that the petitioning cre-
ditor, Mr. Thurmott, a coal-merchant, of Bedford-street,
Strand, had been induced to take that step by means of
fraudulent representations on the part of other persons, and
that he was new willing that the vesting order should be
annulled.

To-day Mr. Cooke appeared in support of the rule, and
Mr. Nicholls and Mr. Dowse to show cause.
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Affidavits on the part of the respondents were read from
several parties—one of whom, William Revell, a creditor
of the insolvent's to the extent of 1041., swore that he
had applied to Mr. Thurmott to obtain the vesting order,
that the insolvent's estate might be preserved for the
creditors. He also stated that he had seen Mr. Thur-
mott's attorney (Mr. Moseley) on the subject. The affi-
davit of John Mynde Cooke stated that the insolvent
was in custody at the suit of Mr. Langston for the sum of
14,4841., the amount of a judgment in an action of covenant
on the post-nuptial settlement of deponent's wife and insol-
vent's daughter; that the insolvent had named as trustee
Lord Glenelg, without that nobleman's sanction, who refused
to act; and, consequently, Mr. Langston, deponent's brother-
in-law, was the only trustee ; that insolvent's daughter, on
obtaining her majority, had become entitled to a fortune of
about 21,0001., which had been expended by the insolvent in
about two years ; that 14,480/. is the amount admitted by
the insolvent to be due to his daughter as part of the
sum obtained from her, and it was settled that seques-
tration should issue against the insolvent's living at
Byfield, Northamptonshire; that the insolvent had en-
deavoured to avail himself of an inaccuracy to the at-
testation of the warrant of attorney given as collateral secu-
rity; that insolvent had brought a writ of error against Mr.
Langston, but deponent was advised and believed that there
were no grounds for it, and that it had only been brought
by the insolvent for the purpose of annoyance.
Mr. Nicitou.s commenced his arguments against the rule
by urging that the best evidence of the motives by which
the creditor had been actuated in obtaining the vesting order,
viz., his own, had not been produced. It was insinuated that
King and Cooke had induced him by fraudulent representa-
tions to obtain the vesting order, and that he was now willing
to its being annulled. The next best evidence, that of Mr.
Moseley, the petitioning creditor's attorney, was not forth-
coming, and the whole case rested upon relined and subtle
statements. _

The COULT intimated that the affidavits of the gentleman
referred to were highly desirable.
Mr. COOK.E hoped the Court would permit him to put them
in now.

Mr. Commissioner Poitocx said the insolvent knew what
he had asserted, and should have been prepared to support
his statement. The affidavit of Mr. Thurmott and Mr.
Moseley could not be received now.
The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER expressed his opinion
that the absence of these affidavits was conclusive, and com-
pelled the Court to dismiss the rule.
Mr. Commissioner PeLLocK concurred.

Mr. Is-4cl-toms applied for costs from the estate.
Mr. Commissioner Pou.ocic said the Court could not forget
that Mr. Thurmott had been set in motion by some persons,
and that all the detaining creditors except Mr. Langston were
willing that the vesting order should be rescinded.
Rule discharged. Costs refused.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

John Spence, who lately carried on the business of a-book.
seller in Holywell-street, Strand, was brought before Sir P.
Laurie for further examination, for being in possession of
stolen goods, and not accounting satisfactorily for them.
Mr. Robinson conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Joyce, a
barrister, defended the prisoner.
Mr. Robinson stated the nature of the case. The Govern-
ment printed the Nautical Almanac, for the use of naviga-
tors, three years in advance. The almanac for the year 1848
was commenced in August, 1844, and the printing of it was
completed in the December of that year. Messrs. Clowes, of
Stamford-street, printed all the Government work, and of
10,000 copies of the almanac they had issued only 1,500.
Mr. Cope, of St. Martin's-lane, contracted to bind the whole
number, and to deliver them to the Government publisher,
Mr. Murray, of Albemarle-street. It having been ascer-
tained that 16 copies of the almanac bad been sold at an
auction of pawnbroker's pledges for less than the cost price,
inquiry was made, five of the copies were recovered, and
were found to have been stolen from the printing-office. This
was ascertained by the style of binding, which was unlike
that adopted by Mr. Cope. The stock at the printers' was
then counted, and a deficiency of more than 40 was disco-
covered. The pawnbroker who had sent them to the auction
was next applied to, and he pointed out the prisoner as the
pawner. The prisoner's account was that he purchased them
of a stranger in the way of business.
Mr. Attenborough, the pawnbroker in Fleet-street, iden-
tified the prisoner as having pawned sixteen copies of the
almanac in three parcels in January and February, 1845.
He lent him 9s. on four copies, and 12s. on six copies.
He believed the five copies produced were the same, from
their general appearance, but he had put no mark on
them.
Cross-examined by Mr. Joyce—He knew the prisoner, and
had employed him to bind books. In April, 1846, he
sent the sixteen copies to be sold by auction. When the
prisoner used the name of Cole as the pawner it could not
have been for purposes of concealment.
Charles Assam, foreman to the bookbinder, proved that
the five copies were not part of the 1,500 that had been
bound for the publisher.
Daniel Phipps, from Messrs. Clowea's, deposed to missing
forty copies from the stock.
Cross-examined by Mr. Joyce—Did not send out any
copies in sheets to reviewers prior to publication. Never
sold any copies at the printing-office, or delivered any on
the publisher's order to any person or to any other book-
binder than the one who contracted with the Stationery-office
to bind the whole.

Sir P. Laeitin said he knew it must be the practice to
send copies to reviewers before publication, because the re-
view and publication sometimes appeared together.
Mr. Phipps said the almanac presented no materials for a
reviewer.

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Mr. Joyce said his client purchased the books in the ordi-
nary course of his trade, and dealers in second-hand books
were not to be expected to make personal inquiries how their
customers came possessed of the works, or even as to the accu-
racy of the names and addresses they gave. Persons who
were reduced to sell their plate or their watches to a silver-
smith, or their books at a book-stall, were not to be expected
to give their real address very readily, and the shopkeeper
must be satisfied with general appearanappearanceswhere the goods
themselves presented no ground of suspicipn.
Sir P. LAITRIE said that might be a fair observation as to
the sale of a spoon, but the book'- had the publisher's address
on the face of it, and there was no difficulty in making in-
quiry at the proper place. Here was the defendant in pos-
session of stolen copies of a new work immediately after the
publication, and disposing of them by pawning them for less
than half their price. He was not satisfied with the prisoner's
account, and should not take upon himself to discharge him.
It was a fit case for further inquiry, and he therefore com-
mitted the prisoner for receiving stolen goods.

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The complainant stated that he was returning from the
Union Bank, with the cheque in his pocket, when he felt
some one treading on his heels. He immediately felt for his
pocket-book, but it was gone. Thie occurred in Duncannon-
street, West Strand. He looked round, and saw the prisoner
walking towards the Lowther Arcade, while another young
man, who had been with him, took a different direction.
Witness followed the prisoner into the Adelaide Gallery, and
there gave him into the custody of a policeman.
The prisoner said he knew nothing at all of the occur-
rence. He was a very respectable man, and had twenty-
five cabs and horses. He had just sent for his friends, and
"Master Ballantine," whom he had no doubt would be in
court prefiotly, if his worship would wait.
The OM constables who brought the prisoner to the
station-house proved that he had offered them money, with-
out, however, assigning any reason for so doing.
Mr. JARDINE remanded him to Tuesday.

WORSHIP-STREET.
An intelligent little girl, named Esther Hobson, about
twelve years of age, was placed at the bar before Mr.
Broughton, charged with attempting to commit self-
destruction.

It appeared from the evidence of a woman named Caroline
Yorke, that in consequence of the prisoner's mother having
some time since deserted her home and family, the witness
had been induced by her father to take care of his two
children, and manage his domestic affairs in her absence.
This arrangement, however, appeared to have excited feel•
ings of great dislike in the mind of the prisoner, who was a
girl of very headstrong and violent temper, and, having
found it necessary on the preceding day to correct her for
some misconduct of which she had been guilty, the girl
became greatly excited, and exclaiming that that was
the last time she should behave so towards her, instantly ran
up-stairs to a closet in which two phials, containing extract
of lead, and labelled " poison," were deposited. Fearing she
meditated 4chrne wrioua misctuet t 4,4 witaew haiMilect atter

her, and on entering the room found the prisoner dis-
coloured round the mouth, with one of the bottles clasped
tightly in her hand, and that she had just swallowed the
whole of its contents, A surgeon was instantly sent for, and
a powerful emetic administered, which had the effect of dis-
lodging the poison, but the prisoner had ever since been suf-
fering acutely from its effects ; and, a 3 she had several times
afterwards declared her determination to destroy herself at
the first opportunity, the witness felt it her duty to give her
into custody.
The prisoner's father here stepped forward, and stated that
the conduct of the girl for several weeks past had caused him
the greatest discomfort and uneasiness, and he was appre-
hensive that her mind had been influenced by an elder sister,
who had so misconducted herself some time since that she
had been committed to the Westminster Bridewell, and died
while confined there.
The MAGISTRATE questioned the prisoner as to the cause of
her attempting such an act, and the girl, who appeared the
picture tof melancholy and wretchedness, burst into tears,
and sobbing said she felt so miserable and unhappy at being
kept forcibly separated from her mother, that she could not

live any longer without seeing her.
Mr. BROUGHTON said that the circumstances of the case
were certainly of a.remarkable description, as he had never
before witnessed such an utter recklessness of life in so young
a child, and he thought he should be acting most kindly to
the prisoner herself if he sent her for a week to Bridewell,
where she would be properly admonished on the heinousness
of her attempt, and an opportunity would be afforded in the
meantime for some arrangement being come to to obviate
her continued residence at home, to which it was manifest
she had the greatest repugnance.
The child seemed pleased with this decision, and accom-
panied the gaoler to the cells with obvious willingness.
WESTMJNS I En.

William Luff; alias Munford, who stands charged with
brutally assaulting and throwing a woman with whom he
cohabited out of window, was again brought before the
magistrate.
It had been supposed by the prisoner's acquaintances that
the extraordinary exculpatory statement made by the injured
woman at the hospital on Tuesday, and which was opposed
to the evidence of the whole of the witnesses who had been
examined, would have the effect of procuring his liberation ;
but they had, however, fallen into error, as, upon the prisoner
entering the dock,
Mr. BURRELL informed him that he was further remanded
for a fortnight.
Prisoner—May I not have bail, your worship?
Mr. BURRELL—I shall not take bail.

He was then removed.
THE RIGHT OF REDEEMING PLEDGES —Yesterday Mr.
Burrell gave his decision in a matter of some importance to
pawnbrokers and those who are driven by necessity to
their shops. The case arose out of an information exhibited
by Birch, a common informer, against Mr. Perkins, a pawn-
broker at Chelsea, charging him with taking more than the
legal interest on a pledge of 3s. The article had been pledged
on the 2d of January, 1845, backed at the expiration of a
year for three months, and ultimately "redeemed." as the
informer alleged, on the 3d of last April. The facts, save the
" redemption," were not disputed, but it was contended, on
behalf of the pawnbroker, that the article had become for-
feited, and that he was consequenly justified in selling it at
any price he thought fit, and further that it could not be
termed a redemption, because the time having expired in
which, according to the Act of Parliament, it became for-
feited, the pawner had absolutely lost all right to it. The
law expressly laid down the rules which should apply to
pledges above 10s., reserving a right to the pawner to receive
any overplus which the property might fetch after the ex-
penses of sale, fec., were deducted ; but there was no such
proviso with ieference to minor pawns, and the words clearly
expressed, that unless the article under 10s., should be re-
deemed within the limited time it "should become forfeited,
and might be sold."
Mr. Perkins's solicitor handed an opinion of the Attorney-
General to the magistrate. Its purport did not transpire ;
but it must be presumed that it was favourable to their
view of the matter, or it would not otherwise have been pro-
duced.
Mr. BURRELL, after adverting to the case of Walker v.
!Smith, in Barnewall and Alderso n's Reports (where a verdict
was given against a pawnbroker in an action for trover for
refusing to deliver up a gold watch and appendves after a
year and a day and a new trial moved unsuccessfully), and
in which Chief Justice Abbott, Judges Bayley, Holroyd, and
Best, were of opinion that a pawnbroker had no right to sell
unredemed pledges after the expiration of a year from the
time the goods were pledged, if the original owner tender the
principal and interest due, said he did not consider the for-
feiture complete until the absolute sale, and up to which
period the article was redeemable. As Mr. Perkins acted
under the impression that he was justified, he (the Magis-
trate) of course should not inflict a greater penalty than 40s.
Mr. Perkins's solicitor applied to have it made 3/. 38., in
order to give his client the power of appeal.
Mr. BURRELL expressed himself most desirous of affording
the defendant an opportunity of appealing, and increased the
penalty as requested, in order to enable him to do so.
Birch, the informer, pressed the magistrate to make it 101.,
as he should be put to great expense in going to the sessions
on the appeal.
Mr. BURRELL refused.

Birch then said he would, with the magi3trate's permis-
sion, exhibit two other informations for similar offences
against defendant, as he should like to go to the sessions
with a brace of cases, lest one should break down.

Mr. BURRELL refused the application.
CLERKENWELL.

CRUEL CONDUCT OF A MASTER TOWARDS HUI APPREN-
TICE.—Mr. John Stokenhamt a master taiior, residing at 18,
Camden-street, Islington, was charged by John Cone, his
apprentice, a lad of sixteen, with an assault of a very
savage nature upon him. The poor lad, whose body exhi-
bited marks of severe personal violence, his thighs being
covered with stripes, was bred in the Foundling Hospital, and
bound to the defendant about two years ago, who received a
premiam of 101. from that Institution. In order to encou-
rage good apprentices, and to prove to masters that the con-
ductors of the Foundling cherish a parental regard for de-
serving youths who are bound from it, they make presents
to the boys from time to time, upon a certificate of good be-
haviour from the master. In this case the defendant sent
the boy to the Foundling at Easter with a certificate, and
the boy received 15s. as a present. He had no sooner re-
turned than the master took the money from him and
pocketed it, saying he would buy clothes for the boy with it,
although by the indenture he was bound to clothe him. On
Tuesday morning last, the master returned home after an
absence of half an hour, and called the prosecutor to ac-
count for his time, saying he had done nothing during that
half-hour. The lad replied he had been at breakfast. The
master thereupon took up a yard measure, and beat the boy
for ten minutes with it, so as to cover his arms and thighs
with stripes.
The MAGISTRATE said the master behaved like a tyrant,
and bad beaten him in a most savage manner. Even in the
factory districts, about which they heard so much, half an
hour was allowed for breakfast. He would fine the de-
fendant 51.—The money was paid at once.