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London, England, 1848-08-07 00:00:00

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Newcastle, Aug. 4.
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Mr. Justice Cresswell and Mr. Justice Erie arrived
here yesterday from Durham. They were met by the
High Sheriff in a carriage and four, at Gateshead Fell.
Their Lordships proceeded to open the commissions, and
afterwards attended divine service at St. Nicholas Church.
This morning business commenced at 10 o'clock, Mr.
Justice Cresswell presiding iu the Moot Hall, and taking,
till one o'clock, the town cases, whore there are 16 pri-
soners for trial, one charged with murder. There are
13 causes in the county, nine of them being proceedings
in scire facies, arising out of the failing of the North of
England Bank.

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James .M.lVichol, an Irish navvy, aged 21, was in-
dicted for an assault on George Chaytor, and with
wounding him, intending to do him grievous bodily
harm, on the 42d of April, in this town.
The prosecutor said that in the evening of the day
named in the indictment, as he was passing through an
entry oat of St. Nicholas-square, he saw four or five men
quarrelling. As he tried to push past, the prisoner
struck prosecutor. He ran away, shouting murder and
police, but the prisoner and another overtook him. He
entreated the prisoner not to murder him, but the
prisoner struck him a violent blow, and knocked him
down, and then kicked him so violently on the left
temple that he became insensible.
Mr. Rayne, a surgeon, said be found a large triangular
wound on the prosecutor's left temple. It was a dan-
gerous wound, and even now he was not restored. ills
memory was still impaired and very confused.
M. GRANGER addressed the Jury for the prisoner, and
contended he had ❑ot the intention alleged.
The Jury, after considerable hesitation, found the
prisoner Guilty. Imprisoned eighteen months with hard
labour.

In the county calender there arc eight prisoners only;
one charged with murder, and one with an attempt to
suffocate.

(Before Mr. Justice ERLE.)
George Skelley, a farm labourer, aged 21, was indicted
for wilful perjury, committed in the following poaching
case, on an information before Dixon Dixon, Esq.:—
It appeared that a person of the name of Harvey was
charged, on the sth of February, for shooting, at Aln-
wick, in some preserves of the Duke of Northumberland,
on new year's day last. A witness of the name of
Thompson then swore that Harvey and three others
were out at half-past two o'clock, and that they were
seen near the place whence the report of a gun was
heard.

In answer to this evidence, the prisoner stated that he
was at a public-house about 1,500 yards distant from
the place where Harvey was alleged to have been seen,
in company with Harvey from two till eight o'clock, and
that he could not therefore be absent from it at the time
alleged by Thompson.
Witnesses were called to prove that Harvey was out
with a gun at the time and place mentioned by
Thompson.
Mr. OVEREND, for the prisoner, contended that the
prisoner's statement might merely be a mistake on his
part,
Mr. Ingham and Mr. Manisty for the prosecution.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
Sentence deferred.

August 5.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice ERLE.)
Margaret Kennedy, a single woman, aged 23, was
charged with the wilful murder of her child at Shotton
Edge, seven wiles from this place on the 3d May last.
Isabella Heaton said she lived as a servant at Mr.
Daniel Turner's, at Shotton Edge. The prisoner was
also servant there. They both went on the Ist of May.
On the 3d of May she was waiting on the family at
dinner about two o'clock; she had been absent from the
kitchen only ten minutes, and on returning the prisfm-r
was not there. A quarter of an hour afterwards she
saw the prisoner in the passage, kneeling, and having a
cloth in her hand and blood upon it. Witness asked her
what was the matter with her hand; she answered she
had cut it. Soon afterwards she went to the coal-house
and found the prisoner lying on the coals, and asked her
what was the matter. She answered she had been in a
fit. Witness went and told Miss Turner, and they re-
turned, and the prisoner gave the same answer to Miss
Turner, and they took her and put her on two chairs.
About six o'clock witness again went into the coal-
house, and saw the hand of a baby in a kit, covered
over with coals.

Cross-examined—Mrs. Tucker, with whom the pri-
soner had lived, and whom she called mother, took her
home. 'rho prisoner and witness were the only ser-
vants at Mr. Turner's. When witness first saw prisoner
in the coal house she was so ill she could not be re-
moved into the house. The baby was found about six
o'clock, and the prisoner was removed about eight,
when witness first saw the prisoner.
William Wailes said he first saw the prisoner in the
act of falling at the door. One Robson came up. They
raised her on her knees, bathed her temples, and she
said, " That will 'do—l shall soon be better." They
proposed to fetch the other girl, but she refused, saying,
she was busy with the dinner. They then went to their
employment, but went to look twice at her in the coal-
hole. She seemed to be sitting, but the place was dark,
he could hardly see her. Witness went a third time
and as she was still very bad, he sent Robson to fetch
Isabella Heaton.

Cross-examined—Witness was in the place half an
hour. The prisoner seemed to have fainted when wit-
ness first saw her.
Henry Dobson corroborated the last witness.
Jane Halliday, an old woman, living near, said that
about three o'clock she was sent for, and went to the
prisoner. Witness asked her if she had had a miscar-
riage, and she said no. Isabella then brought out the
kit from among the coals, saying, Here's a child."
The child was lying at the bottom of the kit. It was
cold. It was a full-grown child. She observed it had
a black place on one side of the neck.
Mr; Murray, surgeon—The child was lying on its
Side, its length turned by the circumference of the kit.
He saw no external marks of violence, but he saw a
projection on the throat. There was a slight contusion
on the skull, but very slight.
Mr. • Turner, surgeon, said he examined the body.
It was a female, and full grown, the head and face wero

swollen. A piece of coal had been forced down the
throat, which it had torn. tThe piece of coat was pro-
de.ced, it was about an inch long, and three-quarters of
an inch square.] There was a great deal of congealed
blood betAeen the scalp and the skull, which covered a
fraction of the skull one inch and a half in length, and
one inch across. That was sufficient to cause almost
immediate death. It might hare been produced by a
fall during the birth. The position made it probable.
He also inferred that the child bad breathed, because
blood was congealed in the brain,
His Lordships summed up and said it was not satisfac-
torily made out to his mind that she was guilty of mur-
der, and if they were of the same mind they would acquit
her of that charge, and find her guilty of concealing the
birth.

The jury, after some consideration, acquitted her of
murder, and found her Guilty of concealing the birth, and
His LowasHlP sentenced her to be imprisoned, with
hard labour, 18 calendar months.

George Dixon, aged 17, was indicted for attempting to
strangle James Cameron, a child, at Hattwhistle, on the
17th of March last.

John Cameron, father of the child, said it was four
years old. They travelled from Glasgow on the 14th of
March, and at Edinburgh he met the prisoner in the
workhouse, and they travelled together two days. Wit-
ness went on the 17th March into a shop al llextram to
ask fur work, leaving the child with the prisoner, and
on coming out the prisoner was gone. The child was
then in perfi ct health. He went in pursuit, and found
him again at Hattwhistle, a village 16 miles distant.
The child was then very ill, and was attended by a sur-
geon. He was all over bruises. (The child was here
produced, a fine, fat, healthy boy.
Wm, Pickering saw the prisoner ill-using the child on
the road.

Mary Johnson said she saw the prisoner on the 18th,
at a barn door, about midday, with the child on his
knee. It was black in the face, and its e} es were closed.
She took it from him. It-just opened its eyes and shut
them again. It rattled sorely in the throat, and she said
he was dying. The prisoner said the same.
Margaret Frazer said she, her husband, and Mary Ann
Rogers went in search of the child, and they found the
prisoner sitting by the road side, with the child across
his knee. They tried to get a little water down its
throat, and could not. The prisoner said there was some-
thing very tight on the throat, and if it were taken off
the water would go down. He pointed out a worsted
neckcloth. They took it off. In about a quarter of an
hour the child gave signs of life, and gradually came
round. The prisoner had wished to get away, but they
would not letnitn.

John Wilkinson, a constable, asked prisoner why he
he had so used the child. He said it was such a dirty
beast, and he beat it with a strap. He said, if the child
had died he would have taken it to Edinburgh (supposed
for disiectien),

Mr. Elliod(surgeon), said the child had black marks
over both sides of the face and under the chin. He
thought a handkerchief tied tight round would have pro-
duced these marks. The symptons were such that he
thought they had been caused by strangulation. It had
two fits. Ile attributed them to the child having been.
tried to be strangled.
The prisoner made a long statement. lie said, the
father had given him the child to go begging with.
His Loepsnir summed up, and
The jury, in a moment, found the prisoner Guilty.
His LORDSHIP sentenced him to be transported for 20
years. _ _ _

- George Skel4 and John Robson were this morning
brought up for judgment.
His LORDSHIP said it was quite clear that they had
combined deliberately to commit the crime of perjury,
and that combination very much increased the enormity
of the offence ; and he should not do his duty by passing
a less sentence, and he sentenced each to be transported
seven years.

SOUTH WALES ClRCUlT.—Cardigan, Aug. 4,
(Before Justice WIGUTMAN.)
SAUNDERS, CLERK, V. HARRIES.
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This was an action brought to recover damages from
the Rev. Percy Bysshe Harries, rector of the parish of
Corbay, near Rockingham, and llso holding a living in
the parish of Deena, both in Northamptonshire, for a
breach of promise of marriage. Damages were laid at
1,0001.

Mr. Sergeant JONES said that the plaintiff was Miss
Mary Saunders, daughter of the late Rev. John Saun-
ders, a clergyman of the Church of England, formerly
residing at Bettw's Lodge, in the -county of Monmouth,
and vicar of the parishes of Llantrissent and Llanhowell.
He was no more, and his daughter was an unprotected
female since she had lost her parents, and never had any
brothers or sisters. The defendant (they had already
heard) was a clergyman of the Church of England, and
he regretted that that circumstance would compel him,
in the exercise of his duty, to urge it in aggravation of
the flagrancy of his conduct. The Rev. Defendant
had, for the last eight or ten years, been an inhabitant
of Aberyatwith, whither he had repaired to recruit his
health. The plaintiff, being in delicate health, was
directed, by her medical adviser, to repair to that
fashionable resort, in the hope th •t she might derive
strength from its salubrious air, She induced a young
lady, named Jones, o accompany her, and also a young
lady named Smith. The latter left in the course of a
month, but Miss Saunders extended her stay at ALeryst-
with. In October last her appearance attracted the at-
tention of the reverend defendant, who frequently met
her in the course of her walks. He then, influenced by
an attraction which he could not resist, having been im-
pelled by that inexplicable problem, " love at first sight,"
of the young lady, resolved to visit her. He accordingly
sent her the following epistle:--
"Madam,—lf pardon can be conceded for intrusion,
may I venture to ask it of you? There is a general
principle among strangers at watering places of intro-
ducing and being introduced to each other. I shall plead
this privilege in my behalf, and add to it the,impossibility
of becoming introduced to you by participation in the
public amusements, and also I have no knowledge of a
fit person to act as a friend in the case. Having premised
thus far, I beg to place in your hands a curie blanche of
introduction, and await your pleasure in making use of
it, and I trust this mode of giving power to the lady
cannot offend against delicacy, although it may, perhaps,
appear at first sight to encroach rather too much upon
the bounds of etiquette.—l beg to remain, madam, your
devoted servant, "P. B. HARRIES;
" Alfred-place, Aberyatwith, Oct. 23, 1847."
This letter-was delivered on the Saturday, and the
plaintiff took no notice of it. On the following Tuesday
the reverend defendant presented himself at the young
lady's lodgings, and was admitted to an interview with
her in the presence of Miss Jones. An intimacy then
commenced between the parties, and he paid her daily
visits, and a few days afterwards he sent her the follow-
ing letter :
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" My dear Miss Saunders,—ln personal attraction, in
ease, and elegance, and accomplishments, in kindness
and cheerful temper, and if there be any other social
qualities requisite to constitute domestic happiness, I be-
have that you possess them in an eminent degree. Lot
me now, in my own straightforward way, place my
situation before you, that you may at once a< e what pros-
pect you may have of continuing that happiness you so
well deserve. It has ever been my wish to keep a good
establishment, rather than an empty show. Comfort
before elegance, and utility rather than fasbior,. My
income is Church property, and, therefore, departs with
my life. Excuse me if I look on the dark side for the
future. I assure you that such anticipation is calculated
rather to make the bright look brighter, and, with God's
blessing, there may be golden days, and much real un-
mingled bliss in a rich competency. If, in God's provi-
dence, he should call me hence, I would wish to leave
you in no worse circumstances than I find you at pre-
sent. I have now done with preaching, and Paul and
Barnabas shall succumb to Lady Mystery and the chari-
ties of domestic life.

The produce of two livings
£7OB
Curates, taxes, repairs, and general expenditure 334

Leaving an annual income for me £374
If it be worth your acceptance unencumbered, I say, with
Mother Church, With all my worldly goods I thee
endow.'—l am yours, devotedly,
" PERCY lIYSSHE HARRIES.
" Alfred-place, Oct. 27, 1847."
On another occasion he sent her a long poetioal effusion,
commencing;.—

" Tell me, Mary, how to woo thee,
Kind and gentle as thou art;
How declare my love unto thee,
How bare the secret of my heart."
The Learned Counsel proceeded to observe that time
waxed on, and the defendant became exceedingly anxious
that the marriage should be celebrated forthwith; but
Miss Saunders, with great propriety would not suffer it
to take place until twelve months had elapsed from 'the
death of defendant's first wife. At length the wedding-
day was fixed for the sth of April, and matters pro-
gressed harmoniously till the 26th of February, when the
tender swain became metamorphosed into a wretched
brute. He first evinced it by charging the plai❑tiff with
being head-over•ears in debt, with being drunken, old,
and ugly, on the faith of an anononymous letter. -He
then showed his true character, and snatched from her
some present he had given her—a gold watch and chain
and other things, and made his escape. He returned in
the course of half-an-hour, conducted himself very vio-
lently, and intimated his determination not to marry her.

Miss Eliza Jones and several other witnesses were
called, who proved the facts mentioned in the above
statement.

Mr. EvANs,P.C., addressed the jury for the defendant.
Ile said there was no doubt the doendant had wade an
engagement, and had broken it ; but the jury would put
out of the question all injury to tha affections, by reason
of the plaintiff's loss of an old man who had St. VittlS'ii
dance.

Mr. Justice WIGIITMAN then summed up ; and
The jury found for the plaintiff'—Damagi•s 1001.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE:
BO W-S7'REET.

ANOTHER CHARTIST ARREST.-1?oberl Crotty, &-
scribed as a tailor, was placed at the bar before Mr.
Jardine, charged with having, on Monday last, attemied
a seditioas meeting at a Chartist assembly-rootn, in
Dcan•.strcet, Soho, and with having at that meeting thed
certai❑ seditious language.

Mr. ILtywarl, from the office of the solicitor to the
Treasury, attended for the prosecution.
Reuben
,Brothers, 155, C division, stated that on Mon-
day last he attended at a meeting in a house, 83, Dean-
street, Soho, which was used for the purpose of Chartist
meetings. • He was in plain clothes.. The meeting was
held in a, room on the first floor, capable of accommo-
dating 200 persons conveniently. Ile was not present
at the commencement of the meeting. When he arrived
there were about 150 persons present, consisting of me-
chanics, women, children, and the lower order of Irish.
The prisoner made a speech, in the course of which he
used the following expression:—" The late insurrection
in Paris has shown how easily a crown can be crumbled.
Now is the time to be ready—now is the time to be reso-
lute, and the game is our own. I do not care for those

persons present who wear other people's clothes. Ido
not care if what I say is criminal. I, for my own part,
s'sa!l do ull in my power next week to put a stop to trade,
and tarp the Irish in Linden to rebellion." This last
expression was receivd with loud applause.
The prisoner asked whether the constable *had taken
notes of his speech?
Brothers sail not at the time ; he quoted entirely
from memory. lie was satisfied what he stated was
Correct.

The prisoner said he denied the accuracy of the oon-
stable's evidence. He had not uttered the language im-
puted to him.

John Gray, sergeant 15 C division, apprehended the
prisoner at ten o'clock that morning at his residence, 1,
Archer-street, Camden-town. lie told him fur what he
apprehended him, to which he replied, " Oh, I expected
it; I heard of it last night." He then put his hand in his
p 'diet, and handed to a female a paper, produced, which
witness took from her. Witness soon after searched his
lodging, but fund nothing important beyond a few
Chartist resolutions.

Mr. JARDINE perused the paper the prisoner had
handed to the tem.de, but he was of opinion it had no-
thing to do with the present charge.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner said the whole
of the evidence, with very little exception, was entirely
a fabrication. Ho was only surprised that any magis-
trate could entertain a charge so vsguely stated, and by
a person who bad taken no notes of the proceedingt. 4►
he supposed, however, the case would go elsewhere, be
should not call witnesses, or make any defence.
Mr. JARDINE ordered him to enter into his own re-
co,:nizance in the sum of 1001., and to find two sureties
i❑ 50/. each, to answer the charge at the Central Crimi-
nal Court.

MARLBOROUGH-STREE T. -
BEGGING PETITION IMPOSTORS.—CharIes Smith. and
W. Johnson, both of whom have a number of other
names, were re-examined before Mr. Bingham, the
former on a charge of having attempted to obtain money
from Sir Henry Meux under false pretences, and the
latter for having defrauded the same Baronet of 101. by
means of a fraudulent begging petition.
Mr. BINGHAM said he did not entertain the lead
doubt that the evid,nce taken established a clear case of
fraud against the prisoner Johnson, and he should,
therefore, send him to prison for three months. With
regard to the other prisoner, Smith, proof of a former
conviction had been given against him, and he should
send him to prison for the same period also.

ETON COLLEGE SWIMMING SCHOOL GAME&
An excellent law has for some time past been enforced
at Eton College, which requires that every boy shall pas
the "Swimming Test,"' before he is allowed to enter a
boat on the Thames. Ile is required to jump from the
bank into deep water, to swim well fifty yards, and then
to swim back to the place from whence he started. To
encourage the practice of diving, as the most ready-way'
of saving life in case of sudden accidents upon the water,
as well as to give confidence to swimmers, Frizes have
recently been instituted, under the superintendence of
committee, consisting of the Rev. E. Coleridge, Rev. W.
G. Cookesley, Rev. W. A. Carter, W. Evans, Esal,.and
the Rev. H. Duperis. The swimming school games
took place at Athens, on the Thames, about a mile above
Windsor-bridge, in the presence of the committee,
nearly the whole of the masters, and a large' as-
semblage of spectators. There were nearly 100 com-
petitors for the various prizes, which were thus
awarded:—Alfred Coleridge, as the best swimmer (dia...
risme 300 yards) gained the silver medal, given by lb*
Windsor and Eton Royal Humane Society. The second
best swimmer was Graham, to whom was awarded -6
silver seal, with the motto, "Floreat Etona." The prise
for diving (also a silver medal, given by the same $0
ciety) was awarded to Fletcher, who, in three dives,
brought up from the bottom of the river, in deep water,
19 eggs. Thackeray obtained the good seal, as the best
header; the second in point of merit being Sutton, So
whom was presented a valuable agate seal. Ssveral
pr,z,s were also given by the wasters to those boys who
particularly distinguished themselves. The aquatic pro..
fessorships for this year have h en conferred as fallow:--•
Tachynectic (swift swimmer), Alfred Coleridge;,- Kolym-
betic (diver), Fletcher; and Cephalic (header), Thacke.
ray. During the games a boy named Goudlake was
seized with the cramp, and immediately sunh. Mr.
Evans, one of the committee (the drawing-master at the
College), dived atter the boy, without divesting himself
of his clothes, and, fortunately, succeeded in rescuing
him. Since the establishment of the swimming school,
which was founded by the Btshop of New Zealand, in
1836, '1,644 bo%s have passed the swimming test; 105
have passed during the present summer.

CRICKET.
HARROW V. WINCHESTER.
The final score exhibited tor the Harrovian' 79 and
76, total 155 ; while the Wincbestonians mustered but.
36 and 101, and thus loft "the boys on the bill" victor
by 18 runs. _

- The ground was then cleared for Harrow T. - E toe •
which at the close of play left Harrow with 45 scores for
six wickets down.

At the close of the play on Saturday evening it Wig
riot finished, but the score up to that period, as will be
st.en, presents a_most favcurable appearance in favour (
na,row, who headed the Etonians by 32 on the first
innings, whilst with seven wickets down they had
creased that advantage by 42, or ‘• 74 on." }farrow—•
Ist innings, 100; seccnd innings, 42. Eton—lst innings.
68. This match will be. followed by that between Eton
and Wi7lchester.

TIRE ETON MASTERS V. TrIE PRESENT ETONIONS.
The annual match between the Eton masters and the
"crack eleven "of the present Etonians, took place io
shooting fields, Eton College, just betore the 'wade&
On the side of the masters were the Revs. Messrs.
Cotikesley, Elliot, YGunge, and Abraham, and IMlesir6
Pickering, G. Younge, Chittie, Coleridge, Whyteport
and Blore, with the celebrated Lillywhite. The scholars
wore Aitkin, Barnett, A. Coleridge, Chealles, Moor.
Norman, Bailey, Norris, Marshall, Stacey, and RIP
mantle. The masters scored 106, and the boys 75 ruirs'