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PARLIAMEN TARY DIVISIONS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Con moor.)
WEDNESDAY, MAECII 8.
ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL.
(IN THE COMMITTEE.)
Amendment proposed, p. 3, 1. 5, to insert the words " also
so much of an Act passed in the thirteenth year of the reign
of the said Queen Elizabeth, intituled, An Act against the
bringing in and .putting hi execution of bulls, writings or
instruments, and other superstitious things from the fee of
Rome,' as does not relate to such bulls, writings, and other
things as are mentioned in the Preamble of the said Act,"
instead of the words left out : Question proposed, "'That the
proposed words be there inserted :"—Whereupon Motion
made, and Question put, " That the Chairman do now report
progress, and ask leave to sit again." The Committee di-
vided :
MINORITY—AYES, 124.

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Adderley, C. B. Duckworth, Sir,J. Mlles, Philip W. S.
Alexander, N. Duncombe, 0. Miles, W.
Archdall, Captain Dundas, George Moody, C. A.
Arkwright, George Da Pre, CG. Mundy, E..M.
!Inge, W. Ferrer, James Neeld, John
Bailey, Joseph Ffolliott, J. Neeld, Joseph
Baldock, E. 11. }Bluer, Sir E. Newdegate, N.
Banker, G. Forbes, William O'Brien, Sir Lucius
Beckett, "William Fox, S. L. Osauleton, Lor.i.
Bennet, P. Freweu, C. 11. Palmer, Robert
Beresford, William Fuller, A. E. Pennant, Colonci
Blackstone, W. Gooch, E. S. Plumptre;.J. P.
Bolder°, Henry Gore, W. It. 0. I'owell, Cal.
Brackley, Viscount Goring, Charles Prime, Richard
Itremridge, Richard Granby, Margula of Repton, G. W. J.
arise*. M. Greenall, Gilbert Richards, Richard
lsroadley, Henry, Gwyn, Bowel Rushout, Captain
Brooke, Lordl ) Hamilton, G. A. Saudars, Geor;;o
Brooke, Sir A. B. Harris, Captain Shirley, E. J.
Bruce, C. L.; Heald, James Sibthorp, Colonel
Buck, L. W. llerries, John C. S ruollett, A.
Buller, Sir J. Y. 1111dyard, 12. C. Sotheron, I. H. A.
t.tunbury, W. Hildyard, I. B. T. Stafford,
.Augustus
Burghley, Lord Hill, Lord E. Stanley, Edward
Cabbell, B. B. Hood, Sir A. Stuart, J.
Carew, W. P. Hope, Sir P. Sturt, Henry G.
Chaplin, W. J. Ilernby, John Thornhill, G.
Chichester, Lord J. llotham, Lord Tollemache, John
Christy, Samuel Hudson, George Turner, George
CiPre, 11. B. Inglis, Sir R. H. Tyrrell, Sir J. T.
Cobbold, John C. Ireland, Thomas J. lryvyan, Sir R.
Cecks, Thomas S. Jolliffc, Sir W G. H. Vyse, R. H.
Codrington, Sir W. Jones, Captain Waddington, H. S.
Cole, 11. A. Lascelles, E. Walsh, Sir J. E.
Coles, Henry N. Lindsay, Colonel West, F. RA
Colyile, C. R. Lockhart, W. Willoughby, Sir 11.
Compton, H. C. Long,',W. Wortley, J. S.
Conolly, Colonel Lowther, Henry Yorke, E. T.
Cotton, W. 11. Mackenzie, W. F.
Dcedes, W. Manners, Lord C. TELLERS.
Deering, John P. March, Earl of Law, C. E.
Dod, J. W. Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Spooner, Richard
Dodd, G. , liens, Sir Henry

MAJORITY--NOES, 175.
Adair, Hugh E. Gladstone, W. E. Peel, Colonel
Adair, R. Shafto Glyn, G. C. Perfect, Robert
Adare, Viscount Goulburn, Henry Philips, Sir G. R.
Alcock, Thomas Graham, Sir James Pigott, Francis
Armstrong, Sir A. Greene, John ' Pllkington, James
Arundel, Earl of Greene, Thomas Pinney, W.
Baines, M. T. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Power, Dr.
It arkly, Henry: Haggitt, F.. 8. Power, Nicholas
Barrington, Lord Hall, Sir B. Pusey, P.
Bellew, K. M. Headlam, T. E. Raphael, Alexander
Benbow, John Heneage, G. H. W. Rawdon, Colonel
Berkeley, 11. Henry, Alexander Reynolds, John
Blake, M. J. Hervey, Lord A. Ricardo, J. L.
Bowles, Admiral Heywood, James Itobartes, T. J.
Bowring, Dr. Hodges, T. L. Romilly, John
Bright, John Hope, Alexander Russell, F. C.
Brockman, H. D. Howard, C. W. Sedleir, Jokn
Brotherton, Joseph Howard, E. G. Scholelleld, William
Bruce, Lord E. Hughes, W. B. Scully, Francis
Buller, Charles Hume, Joseph Seymer, Henry Ker
Banbury, Edward Hutt, William Shell, R. L.
Burke, Sir T. J. Jervis, Sir John Shneon, John
Busfeild, W. Johnstone, Sir J. Stanley, E. J.
Campbell, W. F. Keating, John Smith, J. Benjamin
Carter, J. B. Keogh, William Somers, J. P.
Cavendish, G. H. Keppel, G. T. Somerville. Sir W.
Cayley, Edward S. Ker, Richard Statisticld, W. It.
Childers, J. W. Kershaw, James Strickland, Sir G.
Clay, James Lascelles, W. S. Stuart, Lord 1).
Clay, Sir W. Lemon, Sir Charles Stuart, Lord J.
Clifford, Henry M. Lennard, T. B. Sullivan, Michael
Coke, Edward K. Lewis, Sir T. Sutton, Henry
Corbally, M. E. Littleton, E. R. Talbot, J. 11.
Courtenay, Lord Lushington, Charles Tenison, E. K.
Crawford, W. C. Lygon, General Tenuent, .J.
Cubitt, William Alacnamara, Major Thicknesse, Ralph
Dalrymple, Captain Meagher, Thomas Thompson, Colonel
Darner, Colonel Mahon, O'Gorman Thorncly, Thomas
Dawson, T. V. Mahon, Viscount Towneley, John
Divett, Edward Maitland, Thomas Townshend, Captain
Drumlartrig, Vis. Marshall, J. G. Trelawny, J. S.
Drummond, H. li. Marshall, William Trevor, G.
Duff, George B. Martin, J. Turner, Edmund
Duncan, George Martin, C. W. Urquhart, David
Dunne, F. P. M atheson, Alex. Vane, Lord H.
East, Sir J. B. Melgund, Viscount Vesoy, Hon. T.
Ellice, E., jun. Mitchell, T. A. Walmsley, Sir J.
Evans, Sir De Lacy Moffatt, George Watkins, Colonel
Evans,:William hlolesworth, Sir W. Wawn, JT.
Ewart, William Monsen, William Wellesley, Lord C.
Fagan, William Morpeth, Viscount Wilson, Janice
Fitzpatrick, J. W. Mowatt, Francis Wilson, Matthew
Fordyce, A. D. Mulgrave, Earl Wood, Sir Charles
Forster, Mathew Muntz, G. F. Wood, ,W. P.
Fortescue, Chichester Nugent, Sir Percy Wyvill, Marmadike
Fortescue, J. W. O'Brien, Joha
Fox, Richard M. O'Connell, M. J. TELLERS.
Fox, W. J. O'Flaherty, Anthony Ansley, Thomas
Gardner. J. D. Patten, J. W. O'Brien, W. S.
Gibson, T. M. Pechell, Captain

THURSDAY, MARCIE 9.
POOR RELIEF EXTENSION (IRELAND).

Act read; Motion made, and Question put, " That leave
be given to bring in a ►.;ill to amend the said Act, with a
view to repeal the 10th section, commonly called ' the
quarter-acre Clause.' " The House divided :

MINORITY-AYES, 21.
Aglionby, 11. A. Meagher, Thomas Scully, Francis
Blake, M. J. O'Brien, J. Somers, J. It'.
Devereux, John T. O'Connor,:Feargus Sullivan, Michael
Fagan, William Power, Dr. Talbot, J. 11.
Fox, W. J. Rawdon, Celonel Wakley, Thomas
Greene, Jolla Reynolds, Joha TELLERS.
Henry, Alexander Roche, E. B. Crawford, W. S.
Keating, Robert Scrope, G. P. O'Flaherty, Anthony

One sum was lent on account of the society, but
the acknowle(l2ment was given in his name, he 14u
inserted the amount.

The individual complaint of RichArd Emerson via'
entered upon. He had inserted him as a "clots,
manufacturer, at Leeds," but it turned out that la
wal a bricklayer's labourer. In 1846 he ascertained
that Emerson was entitled to about 5001. from the
Court of Chancery, and he opened a correspondence
with him, and got his power of attorney to receive the
money. On the Gth of August he gave a receipt for
5201. is. 9d., and the money was received by Mr.
Steele, who had been attorney in the proceedingF :
his bill of costs was deducted, and he gave him (the
insolvent) a cheque for the balance, about 4501. 01:
the same day he remitted 200/. to Emerson.
Mr. DOWSE—What have you done with the rt
mainder—the 250/. ?

The insolvent said there was a commission charged
for getting the money-1251. on the money received
The commission was twenty per cent. on the amouni
received. Ile had inserted Emerson in the schedul
for the balance. There were heavy charges on th
balance for the proceedings and actions of ejectment.
The balance could not be brought into court. Tht
society could make their charges.
Mr. Dowsu stopped his examination, and asked art
Court to require the production of papers and books or,
the subject before the Court. It was necessary that
the matter should be sifted.

After some further discussion, the case was ad
journed to the 22d instant, the insolvent to tile all do-
cuments and to produce the books which he said be
longed to the society.—Adjourned accordingly.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT—Durham, March 8.

(Before Mr. Justice ALDERSON.)
VERDICT OF WILFUL MURDER AGAINST TWO
POACUERS. William Thompson (97), William
Dowson (28), and Joseph Old field (32), were seve-
rally charged with the wilful murder of John
Shirley, whipper-in of the Duke of Cleveland.
Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Matthews, and Mr.
Pashley appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. Blis►
and Mr. Digby Seymour for the prisoners.
Joseph Cotterell stated that he was game watch(..
to the Duke of Cleveland. On the 2d of February
he was at the house of John Shirley, about half pee
six o'clock in the evening. He left the house at
half-past seven, in company with Shirley. At that
time he heard the report of a gun, in the direction of
the Willow Bed. The Willow Bed was the game
preserve within Raby Park. Shirley was a whipper-
in. After hearing the shot we proceeded to the park,
in the direction of the Willow Bed, when they heard
another gun shot. That was about five minutes
after the first shot. On hearing the second
shot they went to the Bath Cottage, where wit-
ness resided, and, after remaining two minutes, they
left, and went across the Bath Cover, in the di
rection of Staindrop. There was a place called Mar-
vin Car, and heard three shots. They then went on
to where George Richardson lives, but he did not go
with them, because he was ill. Witness had a stick,
and Shirley got another at Richardson's. They then
left Richardson to go to the Willow Beds, and when
they got there they stood under a beech tree. They
then saw two men approaching, who came up to
within 10 or 20 yards of them, but they turned away
to the right. They then followed the men, and came
within three yards of them, when they saw other
three men. Witness recognised the prisoner Thomp-
son and Dowson. He had known them before.
Thompson was nearest to Shirley, and Dowson next
to him. The other men stood more to the right. He
did not know any other of the men at that time.
Thompson had a gun with him, and Thompson said,
" I will shoot, 1 will shoot." Dowson said, " Stand
back, or I will fire." Before the words were well
out of Dowson's mouth, Thompson fired. Thompson
was about three yards off when he fired. Shirley
instantly cried out, " I am shot through the
arm," upon which he stepped forward and
struck Thompson on the left side of the head
with the stick which he had in his possession. Wit-
ness distinctly saw Thompson, who was the man who
fired first. Dowson then fired two shots with his
double-barrelled gun between witness and Shirley.
He was about two yards from Shirley at that time.
He then went forward to a man who had a stick,
who attempted to strike, and he had a struggle with
him, when the man cried out, "Come up and knock
him down, because he could not get rid of witness,
nor could do anything with him." While struggling
he saw Shirley struck by Dowson with a gun, but
Shirley got Dowson down. Thompson then knocked
Shirley off Dowson with the butt end of his gun.
Shirley then cried out, " Joe, for God's sake if you
are not shot, come to my assistance, for I cannot sur-
vive many minutes."
Several other witnesses were examined, after which
the surgeon, who attended the deceased, deposed that
death ensued from gunshot wounds.
Mr. Buss addressed the jury two hours for the
prisoners, after which,
His LORDSHIP summed up, and the jury, after
being absent half an hour, acquitted Oldfield, but
returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Thomp-
son and Dowson, who were sentenced to be hanged.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.— Worcester, March 8.

CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.)
There were but four causes on the list, none of
which possessed any feature of interest.
To-day being Ash Wednesday, the judges attended
Divine service before opening their courts.
Janes Griffiths, 26, was indicted for cutting and
wounding Henry James, at Redditch, on the 20th of
September, with intent to kill and murder him.
The trial of this case occupied the court seven
hours.

On the day named in the indictment, which was
Redditch Races, a disturbance took place at the
house of a man named Ladbury. Several persons
there evincing a very riotous disposition, broke the
chairs and tables. A general row ensued, in the
course of which the prisoner seems to have been
treated with considerable violence. Griffiths was
sent for to assist in restoring order, and while at-
tempted to do so James stabbed him in the left side
with a knife, inflicting such a serious wound that his
life was considered in danger, and he kept his bed for
nearly thirteen weeks.
The jury acquitted the prisoner of the graver
charge, and fo,Und him guilty on the second count,
with intent to do bodily harm.
At the sitting of the Court on Thursday morning
his Lordship passed sentence of twelve months' im-
prisonment and hard labour.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Salisbury, March 8.
(Before the Hon. Sir WILLIAM WIGETM /N, Knt.)
George Smith was this morning put upon his trial,
charged with having (in company with three other
persons unknown, and being armed with offensive
weapons, to wit, bludgeons) feloniously robbed Mr.
John Parsons of one canvas bag, two guineas, 20
sovereigns, 205., one cheque for 441., one other cheque
for 251. 17s. 6d., five keys, and two account-books,
the property of the said John Parsons, of Enmore-
green, near Shaftesbury, in this county. The rob-
bery was committed on Tuesday, the 11th of January
last, near to the village of 13arford St. Martin's.

The prisoner was also charged with having robbed
James Pickett on the highway, and stealing from his
person one sovereign, ls., and other articles, his pro-
perty, at Little Bedwin, on the Bth of January last.
Also charged with having robbed one Oemond
Richens, and stealing from his person six 51. notes,
three sovereigns, one half-sovereign, and other articles,
his property, at Little Bedwin, on the Bth day of
January last. _ _ _

Mr. 'Stock prosecuted, and Mr. Harney defen icd
the prisoner.
Mr. John Parsons was first examined, who stated
that on Tuesday, the 11th of January last, he attended
Salisbury twelfth-day cheese. market. At about a
quarter past four in the afternoon he set out to go
home, when on the turnpike-road, near to Barford
Bridge, on the Shaftesbury-road, from Salisbury,
four men came out from behind the hedge, one with
a stick rushed out of the plantation near; this was
about twenty minutes past five, in the evening of
Tuesday, the 11th of January; one man took hold of
the reins of his horse, and called out " Money we
want, and money we will have," crying out at the
same time to his accomplices, " Turn him out of the
gig," waving at the same time a large stick in a
threatening manner. Two men then came behind the
gig, and turned out from his (prosecutor's) pockets
all the money he had about him. The thieves
appeared to have been on the spring of
the gig ; they took from him 301. in gold
and silver, two old guineas, and two cheques,
one for 441. on the Wilts and Dorset Bank ;
another for 25/. 17s. Gd. on the Shaftesbury Bank, a
bunch of keys, a banker's book, an account hook, and
two cheque books, all of which they took from him.
As the robbers were going away, he (Mr. Parsons)
asked them not to take the books, as they were of no
use to them. They then threw them on to the road.
He believed the prisoner to b: one of the men who
robbed him that night, but he would not positively
swear to him. The thieves went on towards Barford,
on the road to Salisbury. In the parish of Barford
St. Martin's he was robbed. His man went and
watched the thieves, while he went to a cottage, and
there found Lot Ilibberd ; he there asked for a stick,
when he again got into his gig, and returned to the
spot where he had been robbed, where he found his
man waiting. Then all three went in pursuit of the
robbers. Meeting a Mr. Brown about half a mile on
this side of Barford, he joined in the pursuit. He went
then to the village and got the assistance .3f a police-
constable. They all went in pursuit on the Hindon-
road. Hibberd and Brown went first, himself and
man followed. On coming up to the first men in
pursuit, he found them struggling with the prisoner.
A stick was taken from hhn, and the prisoner gives
into custody of the police.
Other evidence having been given,

The Learned JUDGE summed up; after which
:he jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
The prisoner was sentenced to fourteen y-ars'
transportation,
Charles Caynes, James Thompson, Thomas Miles,
tnd Joseph Downe, were placed at the bar charged
aith stealing a mare, the property of George Down-
ing Hooper, surgeon, of Wootten Bassett, on the 16th
Nrovember last. They were also charged with having
eloniously stolen a mare, the property of Mr. Francis
-Templar, at Wootten Bassett. James Thompson was
also further charged with stealing a saddle, the pro-
perty of Charles Day, at Wootten Bassett.
Mr. G. D. Hooper was first sworn and examined.
who stated that he knew a house occupied by a Mrs.
11ulcock, at Wootten Bassett ; it was outside the town.
tie had three horses in a field opposite her house, one
was a bay mare ; he missed her on the 23d October
'ast. He saw her on the 18th November at Swindon.
the was then saddled and much gored.
Evidence having been heard,
The jury almost immediately pronounced a verdict
.if Guilty, when the four prisoners were each sen-
tenced to seven years' transporrution.
George Smith, the prisoner who was found guilty
,f sheep-stealing yesterday, and who made his escape
last night from the cell under. the Council-chamber of
',his city, was retaken this morning.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—Lincola, March 8.
(Before Mr. Justice MAur.E.)
_ _

CHARGE OF MURDER.—Joseph Travis, aged 24, was
charged with the wilful murder of Charles Copeman.
Mr. Whitehurst, Q.C., and Mr. Wilmore prose-
cuted; Mr. Macauley and Mr. Adams conducted the
defence.

The prisoner and deceased were young farmers,
living near Kirton•in-Lindsey, in this county,
and had been schoolfellows and friends. On
the night of Saturday, the 18th of Decem-
ber, the two, with many other persons, nail-
,rators and others, were at the Greyhound Inn. The
deceased was "chaffing," and exhibiting his money,
ind there were four sovereign•, which it was stated
prisoner must have seen. There had been some words
between the prisoner and the deceased ; the prisoner
stripped to fight, and he had on a striped shirt. The
last that was seen of the deceased alive, was while
standing opposite the door of the house about one.
lie had with him his stick and his dog. Early on
the Sunday morning, a labourer discovered the body
of deceased lying on his face, his dog sat on his back,
and growled at those who came to touch his master.
The face and neck were dreadfully cut and bruised,
and on searching him some silver was found on his
person, but one of his pockets was turned inside out.
Words had passed between the prisoner and deceased
the previous night, and the prisoner had taken off his
coat to fight, when he was observed to have on a
striped shirt. It was noticed he had been short of
money, and had borrowed three shillings from a person
he knew, which he repaid on the Monday, and was
exhibiting two sovereigns on the same day at the Red
Lion. The prisoner stated that he had received 51. from
his mother on the 11th of December, this transaction
occurring on the 19th. It was also proved the pri
soner had that week used two striped shirts, the
second he put on on the Saturday, but his mother's
servant had only found one dirty one. His trowsers
were found to have stains of blood, with the appear-
'lnce of an attempt having been made to obliterate
he same. The prisoner accounted for this, by say-
ing he had knelt by the side of a dead foal, and after-
wards wiped his trowsers with a wisp of straw. A
broken knife was also found opposite to where the
body lay, and in a pool of blood from whence de-
ceased was removed, the point of a knife was found,
which fitted to the other part ; and a witness deposed
to se:ling a similar knife to Travis.
The prisoner did not deny it might be the knife,
but asserted he had lost one some few weeks back,
and some money at the same time.
The surgeon gave it as his opinion, though it was
possible a penknife might have inflicted the wounds
on Copeman, yet it was barely possible.
The Jury, after a lengthened investigation, acquitted
th• prisoner, apparently to the satisfaction of a crowded
Court.

The only special jury case was withdrawn. There
was not a single nisi prius case of any interest except
to the parties concerned.

SOUTH WALES ell?CUlr.—Swatssea, March 7.
John Griffith:, alias Siraasea Jach, Alexander
Thomas, James Jones, Alfred Burrows., Maria Mey-
rich, Bridget Kelly, and Mary Williams, who were
found guilty last week, at these assizes, of being con-
cerned in causing the death of William Morrison, at
Cardiff, were brought up to receive judgment.
Griffiths, Thomas, Meyrick and Kelly were ar-
raigned for the murder of the deceased, but the Jury
only convicted them of manslaughter, the other pri-
soners being feund guilty as accessories after the fact.
The Learned Judge (VAUGHAN WILLIAMS), in
passing sentence, observed that the prisoners had been
convicted of an outrage which was not only a disgrace
to the town in which it unfortunately happened, but
to the county. For the due protection of the public,
therefore, a severe example must be made. The sen-
tence of the Court on Griffiths and Thomas, as they
appeared to have been the principals in the affair,
was, that they be transported beyond the seas for the
term of 15 years. Moyrick, Kelly, and Jones, would
be imprisoned, with hard labour, for the space of
eighteen months, and Burrows and Williams for 12
months.

THE ROBBERY OF DR. 130WEING, M.P., AND Ins
BROTHER.—RECOVICRY OF THE WHOLE OF THE 1,0001.
—At the trial of the two men, Lloyd and Mahoney,
last week, at these assiz?l, for the daring attack on
Dr. Bowring and his brother, Mr. Charles Bowring,
it was stated that the greater portion of the 1,0001
stolen had been recovered. Of the part missing
there was about GO/. in silver, and the district being
haodtsreaecreetbeedinigt
underfouid of i it, it
ground.
being sentenced n
syentenced to transportation for
thewasrhalerl
ee
term
luiysuogsonehfeotrtuhstrhebeiader natural lives, means were adoptedt,i
to elicit from them lyherw they had secreted the re-
mailider of the spoil. Mahoney was at length in-
duced to give the required information, and on Mr.
Bowring returning home with a friend from Swansea,
they visited the Cwinnan Gwyn-wood, as the place
named, and there was discovered the silver tied up in
a handkerchief.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
WORSHIP-STREET.

Maria Hodges, a neatly-dressed and rather comely
young woman, was placed at the bar before Mr. Haim
mill, charged with feloniously cutting and wounding
a man named Benjamin Wenman, with intent to
murder him.
Police-constable Ross, II 50, stated that between
seven and eight o'clock that morning he was called
into the house, No. 'T, Angel-court, Whitechapel,
where he found the injured man supporting himself
against the wall in a lower :room, with the front of
his dress covered with blood, which was flowing pro-
fusely from a frightful wound in the right temple.
Having ascertained from the man that he had been
stabbed by a woman who was in the bedroom up
stairs, he proceeded there, and found the prisoner
standing near the bed, partly undressed, and she at
once exclaimed"! I have done it, and I don't care if
I am hung for it. The prisoner at the same time
pointed to a penknife which was lying on the pillow,
and the blade of which had been bruken off close to
the handle, and told him that she believed the other
part of it was buried in the man's head. She stated
further that she had been living for some time with
the man, and on apprising him that morning that she
was in a pregnant state, he answered with great
harshness that he should do nothing for her, and ,that
she must provide for herself in the best way shecould.
The prisoner was then conveyed in custody to the
station-house, and the wounded man was removed to
the London Hospital.
It having been intimated that the man was in a
state of great danger, Mr. Hammill immediately
proceeded to the hospital, accompanied by Mr. Hurl-
stone, the second clerk, and took down, in the pre-
sence of the prisoner, his deposition to the follow-
ing effect :—" I have been living with the prisoner
since Monday last, but had been intimate with her
for some time previously. I got up this morning at
six o'clock, but she persuaded me to lie down again,
which I did, and fell asleep. but Was awoke by a
sharp pain, and felt that I was wounded in the
temple. The prisoner was
standing at the bed-side
with a penknife in her hand, and seizing hold of my
hair, she turned my head
round, and attempted to
stab me on the other side. I jumped out of bed, and
struggled with her, but she got outside the bed-room
door, and kept hold of the handle, so as to prevent me
from following her. I ma ,
managed at last to make my
way down stairs, bleeding furiously' from the
head, and roused the people of the house, who sent
for a policeman. I have suffered great pain, and
felt very faint and sick since I received the injury."
The prisoner was then brought back to the court,
and Mr. Henry Welsh, house•surgeon at the hospital,
attended, and deposed that the man Wenman was
brought there at eight o'clock that morning, in a
state of exhaustion and suffering from an incised
wound on the temple, which had severed the tem•
poral artery. The wound was three•quarters of an
inch in depth, and must have been ii.flicted with
some sharp instrument. fle. had probed the wound;
but without being able to discover the fragment of
the blade. He did not consider the patient in immi-
nent danger at present, but the slightest exertion
inik.,ht cause the wound to be re-opened, and lead to
a fatal termination.
When called upon for her defence, the prisoner said
that the man Wenman had been the cause of great
trouble and anguish to her, and that she had left her
last situation n Monday night, at his instigation.
On the preceding evening she complained to him that
she felt so unhappy that she did not care how soon she
was out of the world, when he replied that the sooner
'she was out of it the better, and he did not oare what
she suffered, as he was determined to do nothing for

her. He afterwards abused her grossly, and made
repeated attempts to strike her ; but she had no in
tention of ijuring him, and merely took u? the
penknife to tri,zhtcn him, when he suddenly started
. up and received the wound, before she had time to
withdraw her hand.
The prisoner, who maintained throughout the ut-
most calmness and self-possession, was ordered to be
remanded for a week.
SOUTHWARK.
John It ober*, the son of a soda water manufacturer,
in Blackman-street, was brought before Mr. Seeker,
charged with having threatened to shoot his mother
and one of his sisters.
Mrs. Sophia Roberts stated that the prisoner, her
son, was following the same business as that of his
father, and that the latter, being very much from
home, engaged in his occupation, the prisoner took
advantage of his absence, and was in the habit of
behaving with extreme violence to the other members
of the family. She here produced a large cavalry
pistol, which she said her husband found at Waterloo,
and which, in commemoration of that battle, was
usually kept in the parlour. On a recent occasion
the prisoner, having had a disagreement with his
xi,:ter, purchased some powder and shot, and having
loaded the pistol referred to threatened to shoot her
with it. The girl, however, being much alarmed at
the threats, escaped out of the house, and the cir-
cumstance having been communicated to the pri-
soner's father, he remonstrated with him for acting
in such a manner, and from that period up to the
present time the weapon was deposited in a place of
concealment, in order to prevent the prisoner from
having access to it for such a purpose as that which he
had threatened. That on the preceding day she (the
in.,ther) having had occasion to expostulate with her
son for his general misconduct and neglect of business,
he became excessively enraged, threatened her with
violence, and eventually swore that he would serve
her as the young woman had the soldier in the park,
and added that although he was deprived of the
Waterloo piaol, he should purchase another to finish
her. The complainant added that she and the rest of
the family were in constant dread that the prisoner
would commit some dreadful act, and that they had
therefore resolved to have him brought up to this
court, with a view to have him bound over to keep
the peace.
The prisoner, who frequently interrupted his mo-
ther in the course of her statement, by asserting that
there was a plot against him, and that it was more
likely they would use the pistol against him than that
he would against them, then complained that he
was treated badly by his mother, while the other
members of the family were permitted to do as
they pleased, and that be acknowledged it soured his
temper against them.
Mr. SECKEU-Still, even if your assertions are
true, that did not justify you in holding out such a
threat against your mother as that of serving her in
the same manner as the young woman did the soldier
in the park, a threat the meaning of which was that
you intended to blow out her brains. That it was
really dreadful to hear a young man like the pri-
soner to his own mother using such threats,inde-
pendently of that towards his sister.
The prisoner said that it was in the heat of passion
he used the words, and that he had no intention of
harming any of his family if they treated him kindly,
and did not impose upon him too much ; that he
worked early and late at his father's business, which
was a most unpleasant one during the winter, owing
to the constant dabbling it required in cold water, yet
that for all he had done he was only treated with
scorn.
The mother declared that there was no difference
made in the treatment of her son to the other mem-
bers of the family, and that he was constitutionally
of a sullen and morose disposition.
Mr. SECKEA said that, after bearing the mother's
evidence, he was bound to call upon the prisoner to
put in bail to keep the peace.
The prisoner said that he knew no person who
would be bail for him, stating that he should from
henceforth refrain from using any more such threats
as those he had done in the heat of passion. His
mother, however, refused to intercede in his behalf,
and he was committed.