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LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1848.

necessary for him to remark that the last half-year was
one of great embarrassment and difficulty to the com-
munity, but more especially to the railway interest.
The present Government, he regretted, had taken office
with an unaccountable prejudice against railway
companies, instead of fostering the industry
which it was apparent they were the means
of creating—(Hear, hear)—and an endeavour was
made to fix :disgrace upon those who had the manage-
ment of railway undulatings. He thought, however,
the Government might have been might have been much
better employed than in devising unjust and stringent
measures with :regard to the bye laws and other petty
arrangements of companies in which scores of millions
of money had been invested. There seemed to be very
little regard for the propection of railway property, and
that being the case, they must now protect themselves.
After alluding to the charges which had been made
against railway companies, that their statements of ac-
counts were falsified, and did not present a true picture
of their financial affairs, and which he denied,
he stated that the expenses for the last half
year had been considerably increased by the
Gravesend and Rochester branch, and also, in conse-
quence of a considerable increase in the amount of rates
and taxes as compared with the last half-year. They
were, however, determined to resist to their utmost the
extra demand for rates and taxes, which they considered
unwarranted.—(Hear, hear.) The agreement which had
been entered into with the Brighton Company would be
equally beneficial to both companies, And he trusted
would receive the sanction of the proprietors. The dis-
prisable balance in the hands of the company would ena-
ble them to declare a dividend of 21s. per share upon the
paid up shares, 13s. sd. on No. 1 shares, and
105. Bd. on No. 2 shares.—(Loud cheers.) A
balance would be also left to the credit side of the
profit and loss account of 6,8291. 3s. 9d.—(Cheers.)
The Chairman then conluded by moving that the report
be read, adopted, and circulated among the proprietors.
In answer to a question, the CHAIRMAN said that the
salaries of the company's officers were extremely mo-
derate, and that no company in Great Britain could be
managed more economically. The secretary, who was
the principal officer, only received a salary of 400/. a
year, and the others were paid at an equally moderate
rate.

The motion having been seconded, was carried unani-
mously.. _

A resolution was then passed directing the payment
of the dividend mentioned by the chairman, on the 22d
inst.; aleo another, requesting the directors to carry out
the arrangements entered into with the Brighton Com-
pany.
The gentlemen who had been appointed by the
directors to fill the vacancies in the board were ap-
proved of, and the following gentlemen, who retired by
rotation, were re-elected :—James M'Gregor, Esq.,
Robert Browne, Esq., and Wm. Gordon Thompson, Esq.
It was resolved that a sum of 8,2691. 6s. Id. due to
the company, which had been remitted to a proprietor
in 1841, but had been since paid by him, should be
placed to the profit and loss account.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman
and directors, and the meeting separated.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the
Woolsack at Five o'clock.

The Earl of DEVON presented a petition from
Dundee against the repeal of the navigation laws.
The LORD CHANCELLOR read a letter from
Mr. Birch, thanking the House for the vote of appro-
bation they had passed on his conduct.
Lord STANLEY presented a petition against the
increase of the income-tax; also a petition from Glas-
gow, for protection to the West India colonies, and a
petition from some union in Ireland, praying for an
alteration in the method of assessment of the poor
rates.

A desultory conversation took place, in which the
Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord
Monteagle, and Lord Campbell took part, after which
the petition was laid on the table.

The Bishop of OXFORD presented a petition
against the emancipation of the Jews ; also several
petitions against the publication of the bull In ccena
Domini.

the decision of the courts, no written laws, and I
decisions were given, according to the most
perfect whim and caprice of the Supreme Judge.
Besides being subjected to heavy taxation, the inha-
bitants of the Isle of Man, who numbered upwards
of 60,000, were denied the privileges of constitu-
tional representation, while the improvement,
the drainage, and lighting of their towns
are left to parties who grossly neglected
their duty.—(Hear.) It was, therefore, high time
that some remedy was applied to the state of things.
The feeling of the island was strongly in favour of a
reformed system of Government, and Ministers
could hare no excuse for not stopping in
and applying the pruning knife to the taxes extorted
from the people by the Government of the island.
That Government, as at present constituted, was irre-
sponsible, and the natural result was, that the poor were
taxed at a much heavier rate than the rich. He did
not, however, ask for the total abolition of the pre-
sent system of Government ; all that he wanted was,
that the benefits of electoral representation, which
were not even withheld from New Zealand, should
be applied to the Isle of Man and in
order to facilitate the application of those benefits
he now called upon her Majsty's Ministers to in-
stitute an inquiry into the state and condition of the
various institutions of the island.—(llear, hear.) It
was unfair to deny to so large a body of her
Majesty's subjects as those who inhabited the Isle of
Man the right of citizenship, and he, therefore,
should move that a commission be appointed to in-
quire into the present mode of governing the island.
Mr. EWART could see no reason why the rights
which were freely granted to distant colonies, should
be withheld from the Inhabitants of the Isle of Man,
and he had much pleasure in seconding the motion of
his Hon. Friend.

Sir GEORGE GREY said the Isle of Man
was situated at so short a distance from the
British coast, that it ought to be considered as
a portion of the electoral area of England. He
did not deny the existence of the evils corn-
plained
of, but very much doubted whether an
improved internal government would get rid of them.
The remedy was only to be: found in allowing the
island to send representative to that House, but the
people did not appear to be favourable to a remedy of
that nature. He could not, therefore, see what good
the appointment of this Commission would produce.
and he felt himself constrained to oppose its appoint-
ment.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir R. INGLIS doubted much whether the island
would be benefited by being incorporated with this
country. Such a measure would impose on the islanders
the income-tax and many other imposts inflicted upon
the people of this country, and it was quite clear
that, so far as taxation was concerned, the
adoption of the Right Honourable Baronet's
suggestion would place the 50,000 inhabitant;
of the Isle of Man in worse position than they stood
in at present. Ile trusted, therefore, that the lion.
Gentleman who had brought this subject before
them, would not think it advisable to take the opinion
of the House upon it.—(Hear' hear.)
Dr. BROWNING said he had recently had much
intercourse with the inhabitants of the island, and he
could assure the House that the majority of
them were favourable to the introduction of
some of the institutions which this country en-
joyed. Still after what had fallen from the
the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, he did not feel himself justified
in going to a division on his motion, and with the
permission of the House, he begged leave to with-
draw it.

The motion was accordingly withdrawn.
GREECE.

Mr. B. COCHRANE then rose to move, pursuant
to notice, for copies of certain dispatches which had
passed between Sir Edmund Lyan and the Noble
Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, re-
atiye to Greece, and was left speaking.

LAW INTELLIGENCE,
PRIVY COUNCIL, Feb. 29.
CEYLON.—ANSTRUTIIER V. ARABIN.
In this appeal Mr. M. D. Hill, Mr. Bethel:, and Mr.
M'Christio appeared for the appellants; Sir Frederick
Thesiger, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. Lloyd, and Mr. Wilde
for the defendant.
It was an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court
of the island of Ceylon, dated Bth October, 1846, and
was the first appeal which has been made to the Privy
Council from that island. The facts were these:—The
late Right Hon. James Alex. Stewart Mackenzie was
Governor of and Commander-in-Chief in the island of
Ceylon, from 1837 to 1841. Upon retiring from that
office, in the early part of 1841, he appointed the Hon.
Philip Anstruther, Captain Lillie, and James Steuart,
Esq., to be his:attorneys and agents, generally to transact,
manage, and conduct all his affairs, matters, and con-
corns in Ceylon. On the 3d of April, 1843, Mr. Steuart,
one of the agents, enterer: into an agreement with a
Mr. Frederick Lock, tho agent in Ceylon of Captain
Arabin, in France, for the sale to Mr. Lock, on be-
half of Captain Arabiq of an estate in the
island, consisting of about 2,200 acres of land (a con-
siderahle portion of which was cultivated as a coffee
plantation), belonging to 'Mr. Stewart Mackenzie for
8,000/., Mr. Lock depositing 2,0011. in the Ceylon Bank
to abide the completion of the purchase, and receiving
possession of the estate. Mr. Stewart swore that that
agreement for a sale was purely conditional ; thut the
ratification of it was to depend on the approval of Mr.
Stewart Mackenzie, who had then left the island ; that
if he did not approve of it, possession of the estate was
to be returned to him (Mr. Stewart), and Mr. Lock was
to be repaid the reasonable expenses ho might have in-
curred during his interim possession, upon the proper
cultivation of the estate, he not being at liberty to lay
out any money in making roads or erecting buildings
upon the land until after Mr. Stewart Mackenzie's plea-
sure should be known. As early as the 27th of April,
1843, Mr. Lock was informed by a letter from Mr.
Steuart, that from letters he had received from Mrs.
Stewart Mackenzie there was likely to be disappoint-
ment in obtaining Mr. Stewart Mackenzie's approval of
the sale ; and very soon afterwards that Mr. Stewart
Mackenzie had absolutely objected to the sale.
Mr. Steuart then and repeatedly afterwards ap-
plied to Mr. Lock for the return of the
possession of !the estate,' offering to refund to him the
outlay ho had been at upon the property, but which Mr.
Lock declined to accede to, alleging that the sale had
been unconditional, and that Mr. Stewart Mackenzie
was bound to convey the estate. Mr. Stewart Mackenzie
died at Southampton upon his return to this country in
September, 1843. His family threatened Mr. Lock
with legal proceedings for the recovery of the estate, but
still he persisted in retaining possession of it. In 1841
Captain Arabin filed a bill in the Court of Chancery is
England against the Hon. Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie,
widow of the late governor, to compel her specifically to
perform the alleged contract, and praying that she might
be restrained from resorting to legal proceedings in Cey-
lon. In 1844 Mr. Anstruther, and other gentlemen,
became the administrators in the island of the estate and
effects of the late Governor; and in May, 1845, they
coramenced an action in the district court of Kandy, in
which district the estate is situate, against Mr. Lock,
for the purpose of ejecting him from the possession, and
claiming damages to the amount of 10,0001.,Mr. Lock filed
his answer to that action, by which he denied his
liability, on the ground of being merely an agent.
The plaintiffs demurred to that answer, but the district
court held the answer to be a good defence. Much delay
then took place, and Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie felt her-
self under the necessity of sending a gentleman (Mr.
M'Christie) from the English bar to Ceylon to assist in
the conduct of her cause, and to expedite tho proceedings
there. Mr. M`Christie arrived in Ceylon in the spring
of 1846, and immediately advised an appeal to the
Supreme Court at Colombo against the decision of the
district court. Upon that appeal coming on, the Chief
Justice held that Mr. Lock's form of answer was no bar
to the suit, but upon his suggestion that, as Captain
Arabin's title to the estate must be tried, it might be
more neatly tried in an action against himself rather
than against his agent, and upon Mr. Lock's consenting
to appear, answer, and defend such action for Captain
Arabin without delay, by consent a new action against
Captain Arabia was thereupon brought, the then action
being to lie in abeyance until tho result of the new
action should be known. That action was commenced
in April, 1846, and Mr. Lock pleaded to it that he had
purchased the estate of one James Steuart for Captaia
Arabin, and that Captain Arabia claimed to be the
owner thereof by virtue of an alleged sale of it
to his agent, Mr. Lock, for him. He also set up an ob-
jection to the title of Mr. Stewart Mackenzie to the
estate. The cause became ripe for hearing in May,
1846, and upon the plaintiff's application to that effect
it was set down for trial at Kandy, on the 22d of June.
The defendant then applied for a commission to examine
witnesses in England, and that the trial might be stayed
until after the return of the commission, which the
district court refused. The defendant appealed from that
order to the Supreme Court at Colombo, and which it
dismissed, but granting leave to the parties to amend
their pleadings; it also set aside the order for the trial to
take place on the 22d of June. The defendant took no
step to amend his pleadings ; and upon another appli-
cation made by the plaintiffs to the district court the
trial was again fixed for the 31st of July. On the day
appointed for: the trial the defendant again applied for
a commission to examine witnesses in England, which
was again refused, and the trial proceeded. The judg-
ment and verdict were that the defendant be ejected from
the estate ; that possession of it be delivered to the
plaintiffs, and that the defendant pay to the plaintiffs
6,0001. as and for damages and mesne profits,
together with the costs of the suits The de-
fendant appealed to the Supreme Court against
the order of the district court refusing for a second tiara
the commission on the morning of the day of trial. The
Supreme Court dismissed his appeal with costs. He
next appealed from that order to the Judges of the
Supreme Coart collectively, and they likewise dismissed
his appeal. lie subsequently moved the Supreme Court
to set aside the judgment and verdict of the district
court of the 31st July, and to grant him liberty to amend
his answer and pleadings. The Supreme Court referred
that motion to the Supreme Court collectively, which
court dismissed the motion with costs. He then pre-
sented a petition of appeal to the Supreme Court against
the verdict and judgment of the 31st July, and prayed
that they might be set aside. On the Bth October,lB46,
the Supreme Court, upon the hearing of that appeal, se!
.!!1,7; v•rdiet and
the defendant to amend his
judgment
wtthout
him under any terms either as to payment of costs,
security for damages (he being out of the jurisdiction),or

time within which he must proceed. Mr. M`Christie,
on behalf of the plaintiffs, thereupon moved the Supreme
Court for leave to appeal to the Privy Council, and to
have a certified copy of the record of the proceedings.
The Court considered the plaintiffs had not a right to
appeal to the Privy Council, under the charter, from an
order which was merely interlocutory.! The plaintiff's
counsel submitted that the plaintiffs wore perfectly at
liberty, as well under, as independently of, the charter
to petition her Majesty for leave to appeal to her Privy
Council against an order which, though interlocutory,
had the effect of setting aside a final judgment, where-
upon the Court ordered the certified copy of the
record. Mr. M'Christie then immediately returned to
this country with the record ; a petition to her Ma-
jesty was presented ; liberty to appeal was granted,
and the appeal was argued on the 19th and 21st of
February last. It was contended on behalf of the
plaintiffs that there had been no irregularity on their
parts ; that the defendant had had every opportunity
of defondinge himself; that all the proceedings he had
resorted to had been mere debatories ; that he had
chosen Ceylon as the place in which to raise his legal
points; that he had adopted the Court of Chancery here as
the tribunal which ought to decide upon his equitable
claims, which he might press on whenever he pleased;
that he had allowed the action to be tried
as an undefended cause ; that there was
no valid ground or pretence for the order of the
Supremo Court appealed against, and that therefore that
order ought to be reversed, and the verdict and judg-
ment of the 31st of July affirmed. For the defendant
it was urged, that he being out of the jurisdiction, more
time ought to have been allowed to him for framing and
conducting his defence ; that his agent had written to
England for instructions for his defence ; hut
that owing to the precipitancy with which the pro-
ceedings had been hurried on by Mr. M'Christie in
Ceylon, the action had been tried before those instruc-
tions had arrived; and, therefore, before he had been
able properly to defend himself;' that the trial had been
a mere e.rprri-tc proceeding; that upon such a proceed-
"Mg, it would be unjust that the defendant should have
to deliver up possession of the estate, and pay such
enormous damage's; and that, consequently, there ought
to be a new trial, and the present appeal dismissed.
Lord LANGDALE delivered judgment, 'and after going
over all the proCeedinge with great minuteness, lie said,
if Mr. l‘PChristie'srepresentations were true, which there
was. no reaeoet to doubt, it was perfectly clear
the •defendaut had been struggling through-
out for delay, but he had never made any
application' to the courts below for further time
than he had had. It was also manifest that he had
claimed a right to the estate in a manner in which he
was not entitled •to claim any such right, and, if injus-
tice had been done to him, it was his own fault. Still
it was evident, that the principal question between the
parties had not yet been Vied, namely, the conditional or
unconditional character of the alleged agreement, and
therefore the trial had not been satisfactory in this re-
spect. If the questions arising in this case could hare
been properly tried here, their Lordships would have
preferred to recommend that course, but as the property
in dispute was situated in a part of Ceylon where the
Roman-Dutch law prevailed, they thought they could
not be so conveniently or appropriately disposed of in
the first place here as in Ceylon. Under these, and all
the circumstances of the case, what their Lordships had

considered it would be just in them to report to her
Majesty was, that if the defendant would consent to pay
the plaintiffs the costs of the trial of the 31st July, 1846,
and consent to dismiss his bill in Chancery against Mrs.
Stewart Mackenzie, and pay to her the costs of that
suit, and also perfect a security within a
month from this time to the amount of 6,000/., to anawir
the damages and costs that might be awarded against
him upon having a new trial, the trial of the 31st of July
should be set aside ; that he should have a fortnight's
time to consider whether he should consent to these con-
ditions or not ; and that, if he should not so consent,
then that the order of the Supreme Court of the Bth of
October should be reversed; that the judgment and ver-
dict of the 31st July be affirmed, except as to damages
and costs; that the defendant should deliver up imme-
diate possession of the estate to the plaintifff ; and that
the Court in Ceylon should proceed to ascertain the
amount of damages and costs due to the plaintiffs down
to the day on which the possession should be delivered
to the administrators.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME ClRCUlT.—llertford, Marehl.

The business of this circuit commenced to-day. The
commission was opened on Tuesday, and this morning
both courts proceeded to business, the Lord Chief
Justice presiding at NM Prius, and Mr. Justice Cole-
ridge in the Crown Court. The cause list is heavier
than usual, there being 22 causes set down for trial, six
of which are special jury cases. The cases in the
criminal side are of the ordinary character. None of
the causes disposed of yesterday contained any feature
of public interest.

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Reading, March 1.

CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTifiON.)
His Lordship took his seat this morning at nine
o'clock, when

George Banbury, 32, was arraigned for burglarionsly
breaking into the dwelling-house of Esther Lawrence,
on the Ist of January, and committing a criminal assault
on the person of the said Esther Lawrence.
Mr. Powys prosecuted, but the prisoner (a stalwart,
bold-looking labourer) had no counsel.
The case having been gone into, it terminated in a
verdict of Not Guilty.
George Cox, 35, was convicted of poaching, armed with
a gun, in company with two other men (not in custody),
in the night time of the 22d of November last, on the
lands of Robert Palmer, Esq., M.P., threatening the
keepers, and shooting a pheasant.
It appeared he had been convicted six times in the
last four years, at the Quarter Sessions, for offences
against the game-laws.
The JUDGE told him he would give him one more
chance of remaining in the country, and as he never
liked persons such as him to come out of prison just at
the season of the year when they would be likely to re-
new their depredations, and labour was scarce, he should
sentence him to three months' imprisonment, so as to
enable him to get work in June.
This completed the business of these assivs. Mr.
Justice Creaswell having been called to London by the
illness of his sister, did not hold a court to-day, and
Mr. Justice Patteson proceeded on to open the'Commis-
sion at Oxford.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Winchester, March 1.
CROWN SlDE.—(Before Sir T. J. PLATT, Knight.)
James Ayres, aged 48, a reapectable.looking man, was
charged with having, on the 15th day of January last,
at the town of Southampton, uttered and disposed of a
banker's cheque, purporting to be the order or draught
of Messrs. Withers and Borill, upon Messrs. Maddison
and Pearse, with intent to defraud one George Bullock,
he the said James Ayres well knowing the same to be
forged.

The prisoner defended himself. Ultimately
The jury found the prisoner Guilty of uttering the
cheque, knowing it to be forged. Sentenced to ten years'
transportation.
Henry Willis, aged 23, stood charged with having, on
the night of the 19th of July last, in the borough of
Portsmouth, burglariously broken and entered the dwel-
ling-house of Elizabeth Alley, and stolen therefrom OIN
silver spoon, two rings, &c. &c.
Found Guilty and sentenced to twelve calendar months'
imprisonment with hard labour.

George Greengrass, found Guilty yesterday of stealing
a post-office order, was this morning sentenced to six
month's hard labour.

MIDLAND CHlGUlT.—Northampton, March 1.
The commission for this county was opened yesterday
about five o'clock, by Mr. Justice Maule, who this
morning proceeded to All Saints Church, where Divine
service was performed. llis Lordship, at the close of the
service, took his seat in the Nisi Prins Court, Chief Jus-
tice Wilde presiding in the Criminal Court.
There are but six causes ; one is .a special jury, in-
volving the question of the validity of a bill of sale.
The calendar contains the names of sixty-three pri-
soners. The following is a summary of the charges :
Murder, l ; arson, 2; manslaughter, 2; sheep-stealing,
1; forgery, 1 ; embezzlement, 1; Post-office robbery, I ;
offences against the game-laws, 5 ; involving nine pri-
soners, the remainder being common cases of stealing.
We observe ono prisoner is charged with stealing two-
pennyworth of bread, another a pint and a half of bran
and peas, valued at 2d. Of the sixty-three prisoners
eleven can neither read nor write.

ATKINS 0, MARQUIS OF NORTLIAMFTON.
This was an action for nuisance, brought by the plain-
tiff, who formerly carried on the business of a nursery-
man, but has since retired on his property. The real
defendants wore the Governors, &c., of the Northamp-
ton Lunatic Asylum, and the nuisance complained of
was the smoke produced from a chimney, and also from
the presence of certain pig-sties closely adjacent to the
pleasure-grounds of Mr. Atkins.
Tho case for the plaintiff was proceeding, when
Mr. WHITHURST intimated he could not struggle with
the case making sgainst him.

A verdict was accordingly taken for the plaintiff-
40s. and costs.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
NEW COURT.

James Wright, 27, was indicted for having stolen three
pair of trowsers, value 555., and other articles, value 101.,
the property of Joseph Baxendale, and others.
Mr. PRENDERGAST, for the prosecution, stated that the
prosecutors were the well-known railway carriers,
Messrs. Pickford and Co. The Learned Gentleman
shortly stated the facts of the case, which clearly estab-
lished the prisoner's guilt. A policeman saw him with
several parcels in his possession, and giving a very un-
satisfactory account of them, he was detalced, and it was
discovered that the goods had been stolen from one of
Messrs. Pickford's vans. _

This being proved in evidence,
The prisoner was called upon for his defence. lie
said that a man hired him to carry the parcels.
The COMMON SERJEANT—Gentlemen of the jury, if
you believe what he says, acquit him; if you do not,
you'll convict him. Consider your verdict, gentivint n.
The laconic mode of summing up caused considerable
laughter in Court.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
The CommoN SERGEANT said it was evident that this
species of offence was only committed by experienced
thieves. The prisoner was sentenced to be kept to hard
labour for six months.

Christian Nyle, a Gorman
.journeyman baker, was in-
dicted for st,aling, and Caroline Louisa Rzjle, his
wife, was charged with receiving, well knowing to have
been stolen, a great quantity of flour, the property of J.
ITurst.

IT;sonr.r was in the prosecutor's :1
had availed himself of means to carry ofT considerable
quantities of flour. It was proved that he admitted the
heft, and begged for mercy.

`With regard to the female, it being proved that she
and the other prisoner lived together as man and wife,
and the prosecutor not denying the fact,
The COMMON SERGEANT held that the case against her
could not bo sustained, as the law presumed that she
acted under the coercion of hor husband.
She was then found Not Guilty. _

Th© case against the man proceeded, and he was con-
victed.

The prosecutor said the prisoner had plundered him
to the extent of upwards of 100/. The custom was for
the prisoner to steal the flour, and send his wife to sell
it, at less than half the market price.
The COMMON SERGEANT said the sentence was, that
the prisoner be transported for seven years.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Robert Moore Dixon, a man of respectable appearance,
who was formerly a clerk at Messrs. Welch's, army con-
tractors, in Leadenhall-street, was finally examined be-
fore Mr. Alderman Gibbs, charged with uttering several
forged requests for the delivery of pieces of linen,
whereby he had defrauded Messrs. Lewellin, Truman,
and Hitchcock, Manchester warehousemen, Wood-street,
of goods to the amount of 551.
Mr. Wontner conducted the prosecution.
The porter at Messrs. Lewellin's, proved that the pri-
soner called on the 22d ult., and left an order, purport-
ing to be written by Mr. Leeds, the purveyor and steward
of the East India Military College at Addiscombe. He
said he would call again in an hour. He had called six
or seven times before during the last two months, with
like orders, when the goods were delivered to him, and
he signed the delivery-book as Grantham, the Croydon
carrier. The fraud having been discovered, a parcel
was made up, and delivered to him on the 22d ult., as
usual, but two officers were waiting fur him in the ware-
house, and they followed him.
John Mark Bull and Robert Packman, two of the
City detective police, stated that they followed the pri-
soner to Lincoln's Inn-fields, when he turned on them,
and asked why they were following him. They said
they wanted to know how he came by the parcel, and
where he wss going, The prisoner said he had brought
it from Lewellin's, in Wood-street, and was going with
it to meet his employer, Mr. Grantham, the Croydon
carrier. They offered to go with him, and he then raid
it was of no use to do so ; he had obtained the goods
by a forged order, and lie had obtained goods in the
same way before. On the way to Guildhall he a,kcd if
the case would be decided that day. The officers said
it would not, because they must endeavour to trace the
property. The prisoner said he would save them all the
trouble he could, and told them where he had pledged
the property, and at those places the property was
found.

Mr. Leeds, from the Addiscombe College, looked at
eight orders for goods purporting to bo signed by him,
and declared they were neither written by him nor by his
authority.
A dozen pawnbrokers attended to produce the pro-
perty, and those who gave up th• goods on receiving
one-third of the sum lent, were allowed to do so, and
were excused from being bound to attend at the Old
Bailey.
The prisoner offered:no defence.
Mr. Alderman Gins committed the prisoner for trial.