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NIN G, JULY 30, 1846.

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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Excter, July 27.

The commission for this county was opened here on
Saturday by Mr. Justice Erie and Mr. Baron Platt.
On Sunday both the learned judges attended divine
service at the Cathedral.

The business of the assizes commenced this morning,
Mr. Justice Erie presiding in the Nisi Prins Court, and
Mr. Baron Platt in the Crown Court. The business is
rather heavy, there being 27 causes entered for trial, of
which six are marked for special juries.
The calendar is heavy, there being 52 prisoners for
trial, and many of the charges against them are of a
serious nature. They may thus be classed :—Manslaugh-
ter, 4 ; rape, 2 ; arson, 4 ; unnatural, 1 ; assault with
intent, 1 ; shooting with intent to murder, 1 ; burglary,
10 ; sheep stealirg, 4 ; borsE. stealing, 1 ; bigamy, 1 ;
false pretences, 1 ; embezzlement, 2 ; larceny, 20. Or
these only 5 can read and write well, 27 imperfectly, 16
neither read nor write, and of 4 th,,re is no account.

CROWN COURT.
BEFORE MR. BARON PLATT.

JaMes Hill was indicted for having feloniously stolen
a ram, the property of William Manning. There was a
second count charging him with killing the same with
intent to steal the carcase.

Mr. Cole conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Cox de•
fended the prisoner.
From the evidence adduced on the part of the prose-
cution, it appeared that the prosecutor was a farmer. re-
siding at East Ansty, in this county. On the 3d of May
last, his shepherd saw his flock of sheep safe in a field
near to a road, but on going to the field on the morning of
the 4th, he found the gate of the field unbunr, and one of
the flock (a ram sheep) missing. Upon this the prose-
cutor went to his field, and on examination found tracks
of where the sheep had been caught and.killed. Tracks
of blood were then found, together with the footsteps of
a man, leading along the road towards a cottage where
the prisoner lived, and one drop of blood was found on
the stairs in front of the cottage door. A search•war-
rant being obtained, the house of the prisoner was
searched, and in a jug in the cupboard some ram's mut-
ton fat was found, and also two pieces of mutton. Fur-
ther examination of the premises being made, tracks of a
man's footstep were found leading frcm the back of the
cottage across the garden into a ploughed field, and
over tne hedge into a furze brake, and under a furze
bush was found a bag containing about thirty pounds'
weight of mutton, which had been recently killed,
and which appeared to be ram's mutton. Of this
one piece matched exactly with one of the pieces
found in the cottage, and a witness was called,
wf.o identified the bag in which the mutton was
found as a bag belonging to the prisoner, and which had
been left at his master's house by the prisoner for some
days. The constable who apprehended the prisoner
also proved that one of the marks of the footsteps found
where the sheep was killed corresponded with a track
made by the boots which the prisoner wore, and was
also precisely similar with the track which led to the
furze bosh from the prisoner's cottage.
Mr. Cox then addressed the jury for the prisoner, and
Mr. Baron PLATT having summed up, the jury found
the prisoner Guilty.
A former conviction for felony was then proved
against him, and he was sentenced to be transported for
ten years.

This is tl7 o only case worthy of report in the Crown
Court, and nothing of the slightest public interest has
been taken at Nisi Prius.

HOME CIRCUIT. Lewes, Tuesday, July 28.
The Commission for Sussex was opened on Monday.
The calendar and cause list are both very light, there
being only twenty prisoners for trial, and fourteen com-
mon jury causes on the civil side.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PARKE.)
Daniel Steer, 28, was indicted under the statute, for
having feloniously threatened to charge Percy Burrell
with having committed a felonious assault, with the in-
tent thereby to extort money from him.
Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Johnson con-
ducted the prosecution. The prisoner had no counsel.
Mr. CLARKSON stated the case for the prosecution,
and the circumstances appeared to be of rather an ex-
traordinary character. The prosecutor is the eldest son
of Sir C. Burrell, M.P., and is also related to the family
of Colonel Wyndham. The defendant is the son of one
of the lodge-keepers to Colonel Wyndham, and the
transaction which led to the present prosecution was re-
presented to have taken place in Paris three or four
years ago. It appeared that Mr. Percy Burrell had
been travelling on the Continent, and while at Paris met
the prisoner, who introduced himself to him as having
formerly been connected with the establishment of Col.
Wyndham ; and, upon his representing himself to be in
distress, Mr. Burrell gave him a small sum of money to
help him home, and soon after this a parson named
Bowyer, who acted as an attorney at Petworth, made a
communication to the solicitor of Sir C. Burrell, as from
the prisoner, to the effect of charging Mr. Percy Burrell
with the offence in question, and it appeared that upon the
prisoner being subsequently confined in gaol upon
another cause, he confessed to the chaplain that the
charge against Mr. Percy Burrell was without founda-
tion, and that he had been instigated to make it by Mr.
Bowyer for the purpose of extorting money from Sir C.
Burrell. Mr. Clarkson, in the course of his address, said
that of course all along the family had scorned any idea
of compromise, and the moment they obtained the neces-
sary evidence, they instituted proceedings against the
defendant, and also against Mr. Bowyer, but he at the
same time told the jury that there was reason to doubt
the truth of the story told by the prisoner as to Mr.
Bowyer having been the original instigator of the of-
fence; and as the share taken by that person in the
transaction would no doubt have to be investigated by
another jury, who would form their own opinion upon
the evidence that would be adduced, he should refrain
from saying anything that might prejudice that inquiry,
and would merely observe that doubt was entertained
whether the prisoner told the truth when he stated that
Mr. Bowyer was the person who incited him to make the
charge. The Learned Counsel having concluded his ad-
dress, the following evidence was adduced:—
The Rev. Mr. Langshawe deposed that he was chap-
' lain at the Petworth gaol. He remembered the prisoner
being brought there to undergo a sentence of six months'
imprisonment. Shortly after the prisoner came into the
gaol he made a communication to him in reference to
the charges he had made against Mr. Percy Burrell, and
ultimately, after having been cautioned with regard to
the serious effect of the admissions he had made, he per-
sisted in them, and witness took his statement down in
writing, and the prisoner signed it, and the same paper
he now produced.
The statement was then put in and read. It was of
great length, and commenced by a solemn declaration
that the charge he had made against Mr. Percy Burrell
was utterly false, and a most wicked fabrication. He
then went on to give a detailed statement of the share
Mr. Bowyer had in the transaction, and asserted that he
had first instigated him to make the charge, assuring him
that it would be the means of getting a large sum of
money from the Burrell family, and sufficient to make
them both" gentlemen." .113 also declared in the state-
ment that Mr. Bo%,yer had written letters for him to
copy as from Mr. Percy Burrell, in the feigned name of
John Smith, and that, in fact, all he had done was by his
advice and instigation. The prisoner likewise admitted
that nothing more took place at Paris between him and
Mr. Burrell, except that he received 15 francs from him,
upon his representing to him that he was in great dis-
tress, to assist him to return to England.
Mr. C. Coppard deposed that he was a solicitor at
Horsham., and acted as the local agent and attorney for
Sir C. Burrell. In the month of January, 1845, he
was at Psetworth, when Mr. Bowyer made a communi-
cation to him, and, afterwards handed to him two letters
which he now prciguced:

Mr. CLARKiON called upon Mr. Bowyer to produce
the letters in question, and he did so; and they were
handed to Mr. Straight and read as evidence.
The first letter was dated Paris, December 23, 1844;
and the second, December 29, in the same year, and the
latter distinctly made the charge against Mr. Burrell
referred to in the indictment.
Mr. Coppard's examination was then proceeded with
—lie said that Mr. Bowyer also produced a third letter,
signed " John Smith," which he represented to be the
name assumed by Mr. Percy Burrell in his communica-
tion with the prisoner. He also asked witness if he was
sufficiently acquainted with Colonel Wyndham to get
an interview with him, and he told him he was not. Mr.
Bowyer then asked him if he knew Mr. Percy Burrell,
and he replied that he did, but not intimately. Witness
commtmicated what had taken place to Mr. Walter
Burrell, the brother of Mr. Percy, and subsequently bad
an interview with Sir C. Burrell.

Mr. Jo ANSON asked the witness whether at this inter-
view anytthing was said by Mr. Bowyer about the eum
of 1,0001 ?

Mr. Ccippard said he did not recollect that any par-
ticular srim was mentioned, but Mr. Bowyer said that
the mattor was one of very great importance, and the
sooner something was done to hush it up the bettor, He
also suggested the propriety of his being sent to Paris
to see Mr. Percy Burrell, and ho said that he thought
Sir Chortles had better entrust him with some money,
and he be lieved the sum mentioned was 1,0001. He also
said that if when he saw Mr. Burrell at Paris he was
not provided with sufficient money of his own, he (Mr.
Bowyer) would propose to advance the money out of his
own pocket, and would take his note of hand or pro-
missory note for the amount, which he would endorse to
Sig C. Burrell upon his return to England, for him to
hold as security against his son. Witness mentioned the
proposiltion to Sir C. Burrell, omitting that portion of it
respecting the advance of the money, which be was
quite sure would not be agreed to, or even listened to,
and Sfr Charles repudiated it altogether, and said he
did not believe the charge, and he would not give the
tenth part of a farthing to hush it up, and the -whole
matter should, on the contrary, be fully investin-s.ted if
any charge was made. The witness then stated that
Mr. Bowyer distinctly represented that the letter signed
John Smith was written by Mr. Percy Burrell.
Mr. :Baron PARKE here interposed, and expressed an
opinion that upon the evidence as it stood at present,
Bowyer was made out to be the principal in the trans-
action, and the only share the prisoner appeared to have
taken was that of accessory before the fact.
Mr. Bonxtrt said that the case for the prosecution
was, that the prisoner's statements with regard to his
being instigated by Bowyer, were all false, and that he
had merely acted as his agent.
Mr. Baron PARLE said that did not alter the facts.
The charge was made by Bowyer by the production of
the letters, and he also suggested the advance of money
to enable him to go to Paris, as he said, to hush up the
business ; and if the evidence amounted to anything it
made :aim a principal.

"11;.-CLARKSONegplained that a difficulty had been
throicn. in the way of the prosecution by tilt) letters being
withheld by Mr. Dowycr until that moment. A. 3 it was
uncertain,. therefor o, as to thn Course that migbt be talzen,
he begged to culy to thr: Court to order th 2 iet:ers and
all the other ducumcnts that had been produced, to be
impounded.
138:92 Passe aid colgulY; he 61144 Gag

them to be impounded in order that they might be pro-
duced on any future occasion if they were required.
James Brooker, the constable of West Grinstead, was
then called, and he deposed that in April, 1845, the
prisoner, whom he had previously known, came to his
house, and after some conversation had taken place
between them, he made a charge of a certain descrip-
tion against Mr. Percy Burrell, and at the same time
said he would make him pay dearly fur what be had
done.

Mr. Baron PARKE said that this evidence did not
carry the case any further. The statute, in his opinion,
only applied where the charge was made directly to the
person accused of the offence, and that it would not do
where it was made to a third party. He would, how-
ever, take the opinion of Mr. Justice Coltman upon the
poin t.
His Lordship accordingly retired to the other court
to confer with his learned brother, and upon his return
he said that Mr. Justice Coltman concurred with him in
the opinion that the present indictment against the
prisoner, as principal, could not be supported, and that
the course that ought to have been adopted was to indict
Bowyer as the principal and the defendant a 3 an ac-
cessory before the fact. The prisoner must therefore he
acquitted on the present indictment ; but he should
'order him to be detained, so thnt another indictment,
charging him as an accessory before the fact, might be
pref( rred against him at the next assizes.
Mr. Wishaw inquired whether the Court would give
any directions with regard to Bowyer.
Mr. Baron PARKE said he should make no order with
regard to him. The parties would proceed in the ordi-
nary way before the Magistrates.
Mr. Bodkin said that the grand jury had returned a
bill against Bowyer and the prisoner Steer, for con-
spiracy, and he now applied to the Court to fix the
amount of bail to be entered into by the defendant
Bowyer.
Mr. Baron PARKE said that the amount must be larger
than in an ordinary case, and the defendant Bowyer
must enter into his own recognisance in 2001., and find
two sureties in 1001. each, and give 48 hours' notice to
the prosecutor's attorney, in order that the sufficiency of
the bail might be inquired into.
Boyer, who had been in Court during the trial of the
other defendant, was then called upon to plead, and,
having pleaded not guilty, he was ordered into custody.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT,—Durham, 17t1,11 27.

CROWN COURT.--(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.)
Jchn Bell, aged 26, was indicted for having feloniously,
and against her will, c -tntnitted a rape upon Jane Ste-
venson, his own szsiv; njrl of 17 years of ago.
Mr. Otter appeal -e prosecution, and Mr. Bliss
and Mr. Matthews for the prosecutor, who
is a married man, carrying on the husincs of master
coachmaker, in the town of Barnard Castle.

The prosecutrix, upon being examined, said that she
came into the prisoner's service on the 23d of last May,
and that on Sunday, the 28th of June, her sister. who
lives at Staindrop, had been over to Barnard Castle,
when, in the afternoon, at about four o'clock, the sister
being on her return home, she, the witness, went about
two miles with her on the way. Having left her to come
back to Barnard Castle, she met the prisoner, who had
followed them, and he, after some persuasion, represent-
ing that there was a nearer road across some fields,
caused her to accompany him that way. She
soon found when they had got some hundreds
of 3 ards from the road that he was leading her
where there was ro public path. He said, how
ever that they should come to one a little way on, and
that induced her to accompany him into sonic fields,
where, taking anvatrage of the loneliness of the place,
he began to take liberties with her, and finalty by
violence accomplished his purpose. She said that she
had a long struggle with him, which was perceptible
from the state of the ground in a grass field where this
happened, and in which the grass was beaten down for
about five yards. He afterwards forcibly detained her
there for upwards of half an hour. Bet in the mean-
time she had once made her escape for a distance, having
ran into a corn-field, and there trodden down a good deal
of the corn in her endeavours to get away.
The girl, who was a person of most respectable ap-
pearance for her station, then said that she had men-
tioned the matter immediately on getting to the town,
towards which the prisoner accompanied her. She had
not told it to the first female she saw, but did to a Mrs.
Raines, with whom she was better acquainted. That
she had done so was proved by Mrs. Raines and others.
A surgeon was called in to see her the same night,
and an officer, sent to look at the spot, confirmed her
as to the condition of the grass-field and the corn-field.
In her cross-examination the prosecutrix admitted
that she had stolen 25., about two years ago, from a Mrs.
Railton, having as she proceeded to say, obtained the
money by breaking into the window of the house. She
had also been charged with stealing 2s. in the same way
from another person. She now admitted that she had
committed that theft also, and in the same way, by get-
ting in at the window.
Mrs. Railton, one of the witnesses for the defence,
swore that she would not believe the girl upon her oath.
It had been asserted by the witnesses for the prosecu-
tion that the girl was much disturbed and distressed, and
and that her bonnet and dress bore evident marks of
violence, when she came home on the Sunday. Other
witnesses, for the defence, denied both these, and several
of the prisoner's witnesses, stated that they had pre-
viously seen the prosecutrix and the prisoner upon such
terms of familiarity as to occasion jealousy between the
husband and his wife.

After his Lordship's summing up, the jury were
about an hour in deliberating upon their verdict, when
they came in, returning a verdict of Not Guilty, adding,
that they entertained a doubt, and gave the prisoner the
benefit of it.

MIDLAND ClRCUl7'.—Derby, July 28.
CRIMINAL COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
DAMAGING A STOCKING FRAME.
Samuel Scottern, aged 42. was charged with having,
on the 23d of June last, damaged, at Stretton, a stocking
machine, the property of Messrs. Ward, at Alfreton.
The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
Nothing of importance had transpired on the Nisi
Prius side up to the time of sending off our dispatch.

IRISH ASSIZES.

COUNTY OF DONEGAL—Lifford, July 24.

Judge Torrens entered the Court shortly after nine
o'clock, A.M. As the important libel cases against Mr.
Houghton, agcat for the property of the late Mr. Mur-
ray, were appointed fur trial, the Court was greatly
crowded.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Yesterday a great deal of interest was excited by the
examination of a young man, named John Pryce Hum-
phrey, who was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged
with having uttered a forged acceptance, purporting to
be the acceptance of Hugh Stamford, Esq., for 181. 188.,
there being no such person as Hugh Stamford, Esq., in
existence.
Mr. Vyner, solicitor, of Ironmonger Hall, attended for
the prosecution, and a solicitor, appeared for the prisoner.
Mr. B. Knight, clerk to Mr. D. Birkett, jun., of Bill-
court, Mincing-lane, wine-merchant, stated that, on the
11th of -March he received from the prisoner the bill of
exchange produced, dated 7th of March, drawn by him
and purporting to be accepted by Hugh Stamford, Esq.,
Ivy-cottage, Hampton Wick,- and made payable two
months after date, at 78, Park-street, Grosvenor-square.
The prisoner endorsed the bill in presence of witness,
who received it on behalf of his employer, in part pay-
ment for goods sold, either wine or guano. Wheat the
bill became due, witness sent a letter directed to Hugh
Stamford, Esq., Ivy-cottage Hampton Wick, Middlesex,
but the letter was returned, endorsed "no such person
of that name at Ivy-cottage."
Upon his cross-examination the witness said be could
not swear that he received the identical bill from the
prisoner, for he had received a great many bills on that
very day, but he believed that such • was the case. It
was certainly paid into the house.
The prisoner's solicitor—There is no question as to
its -being paid into the house.
Mr. Vyner, solicitor to Mr. Birkett, jun., then gave
evidence=-He had, in consequence of instructions from
Mr. Birkett, applied to the alleged acceptor for payment,
and-upon the return of the letter unopened, he went to
Ivy Cottage, but could get no information about
Hugh Stamford, Esq., either there or from the postmen
or some old inhabitants of the place. The prisoner, he
learned, was known in the neighbourhood, having dealt
in guano and other articles there.
The prisoner's solicitor said he could prove that the
acceptance was no forgery; that it was in the hand-
-1 writing of Mr. Hugh Stamford.
Mr. Arthur Burke, clerk to a solicitor, proved that he
knew a gentleman of the name of Hugh Stamford, and
swore tha: the acceptance was in the handwriting of
Mr. Stamford, who was what was formerly called
a sharebroker, but what was now called a stag.—
(Laughter.) Witness knew the prisoner, but bad never
done bnsiness with him. Mr. Hugh Stamford went by
the name of Thorn in London, and Stamford in the
country. Witness took persons to him who wanted to
sell scrip letters, and get a commission upon, tl,e
business. " I never," said he, " work without being
paid for it." I have an impression that his name
was Thorn. Before this business, my impression
was that his bona fide name was Stamford. but
now my impression is that. his name is Thorn. When I
introduced parties to him for the sale of letters, the
name of Thorn was on the counting-house door. I al-
ways treated Mr. Stamford as the principal. There was
a grey-beaded man there whom I considered to be his
cicr's.
The LORD MAYOR said the witness just examined
had proved the case for the prosecution. Mr. Thorn
was the acceptor of the bill.
The prisoner's solicitor submitted that it was clearly
shown that his blient had committed no offence. Mr.
Hugh Stamford, as the prisoner knew the gentleman, was
the acknowledged acceptor of the bill.
The Loan MAYOR—Produce your other witness.
Mr. Herbert Wall,- of No. 4, Cross Keys-square,
Little Britain, was then called for the prisoner. He said,
lam now out of business. I was in the wine trade some
years ago. I know a Mr. Hugh Stamford. I knew him
when he resided at Chapel-place, Poultry, and after-
wards at No. 21, Nelson-street, City-road. He is a dealer
in shares. I have seen him write many times. This
acceptance is his. I have known him by the names of
Stamford and Thorn promiscuously.
Cross-examined by Mr. Vyner —I have seen him
write in the name of Thorn. I have seen him both ac-
cept and indorse bills in that name. He is now at Good-
wood races. lie is a sporting man, and has been very
fortunate this year on the Derby. Ido not know that
he had any christian name, for he was never baptised.
The prisoner's solicitor said the evidence of Mr. Wall
confirmed the fact of his client's innocence. If it pleased
Mr. Stanford, he might have gone in the name of Thomas
Williams, or John Thomas, but he accepted the bill in
the name by which he is known to Mr. Humphrey.
There was no pretence for saying that the prisoner had
uttered a forgery.
Mr. Wall's cross examination was continued—Mr.
Hugh Stamford first came up to London in the name of
Thorn. I was not aware that he then used another
name, but he came to my office as a clerk in the name of
James Thorn. I was then a wine-merchant in Hart-
street, Mark-lane. It was seven or eight years ago.
He was with me seven or eight years ago about a couple
of years. I have known him, in the share market both
as Hugh Stamford and Thorn. He took a manor in
Kent last year, and I always addressed letters to him
there as Hugh Stamford. I called upon him in Chapel-
place. He went by the name of Thorn in London, and
by that of Stamford in the country. I have addressed
letters to him et Lurbiton and Hampton Wick in the hit-
ter name. They were letters which I re-addressed or
put in an envelope, which had been sent to his country
house in the name of Thorns or Thorne Brothers.
Never received any letters from him from Hampton
Wick. The landlord took possession of the premises I
believe, for rent, either in December 1844 or 1845.
The body of the bill is one in my handwriting. I drew
it at 78, Park-street, Grosvenor-square.
The LORD MAYOR—Knowing that he went by two
names, did you not ask in which he intended to accept ?
Witness—The prisoner asked me to draw the bill, and
I did so by his dictation. I put the address, Ivy Cot-
tage, Hampton Wick, by the prisoner's direction, and I
saw Mr. Stamford sign the bill in the prisoner's pre-
sence. I did not see any money pass at the time.
The LORD MAYOR—And you knew at the time that
bill was accepted in the name of Stamford, that it was
accepted by your old clerk Thorn ? Witness—l did. I
knew him in both names. I beard him say that ho was
not baptised, and that he might take any name he
pleased,--(A laugh.)
The prisoner's solicitor said it was quite impossible
that after what had been stated his client could be sup-
posed to be guilty of having uttered a forged acceptance.
The LORD MAYOR said he should remand the case till
Saturday, and refused to take bail for the appearance of
the prisoner. His Lordship directed that Mr. Wall and
Mr. Burke, the witnesses, should attend upon the next
examination.

THE COBDEN FREE TRADE

DOCKS.

The supporters ,of the free-trade cause are determined
not only to' bestow upon ' their champion, Richard
Cobden, the personal munificent tribute now being sub-
scribed for throughout the country, as u public token of
approbation for his laborious exertions in behalf o 7 free-
trade, but also to hand down to posterity some national
record of utility connected with the cause itself, that
will perpetuate this great commercial advantage, and
open a legitimate channel for the investment of capital.
An Act of Parliament has recently passed for the for-
mation of docks at the mouth of the Thames, adjacent to
Carwey Island; and about thirty-six miles from London,
to consist of 200 acres; and it is the intention of the pro-
moters of the Cob len Free-trade:Docks—composed prin-
cipally of ship-owners, merchants, honkers. coal-owners,
and other eminent capitalists of Landon, Liverpool,
Manchester, Birmingham, and the northern districts—to
make such arrangements as will empower them under
that Act of Parliament to construct docks forthwith,
to be called " The, Cobden Free-trade Docks,"
that will afford accommodation to vessels of all
nations, with separate docks for the British and foreign
steam-boats, and the collier ships from the north. These
docks will be accessible at all times of tide, from the
great depth of water at that spot. There will be also an
extensive steamboat pier and landing wharf, for the
accommodation of passengers embarking for the con-
tinent and the watering places on the Kentish coast ;
which, by this route, will effect a great savieg in time,
distance, and expense. A short branch railway will be
made from the docks to join the Eastern Counties line
at Romford, and unite with the Blackwall Extension
line at Stratford, thereby affording a two-fold terminus
in the very heart of London (the Blackwell terminus
being contiguous to the corn, coal, and fish markets), so
that in one hour, passengers will be on the sea journey
for the continent; and the steam-boats to I.larrate,
Ramsgate, Herne-bay, Sheerness, and Southend, will be
able. to make a double voyage by day-light. This
route will also be the neatest for the landing of
the Indian mail by forty-six miles in distance, and
a saving of two hours in time, aid Ostend.
The great increase of the shipping trade requires that
additional dock room should be immediately afforded,
and the further het ease of vessels laden with free-trade
preduce will tend more and more to add to the present
requirement; and at this very juncta, when every free
trader is rejoicing at the victory gained, and the pro-
spect before him of the benefits to be derived from that
event, what can be so consistent a national memento to
record the victory, or so legitimate a national invest-
ment of capital, as the Cobden Free-trade Docks?—the
commencement of which is proposed to take place next
month.

GREENWICH WATERMEN'S PIER.
;At an early hour on Tuesdaymorning, a number of persons
assembled at Garden-stairs, Greenwich, to witness the pro-
ceedings taken by Mr. Saunders, the water-baff, in remov-
ing and taking. forcible possession of the gatermen's
pier. •
the proceedings, it appears, arose out of a summons issued
in October last to William Watkins, and 16 others, for plac-
ing certain barges in the Thames, so as to cause an obstruc-
tion. The question had been adjourned from time to time,
had been argued by counsel, and ultimately referred to the
navigation committee.
On Saturday last, Mr. M. Saunders, the water-bailiff,
caused notices to be served on the defendants, that he should
on Tuesday morning attend and take steps to remove the
pier to the Commercial Docks. •
On Tuesday morning, at an early hour, the watermen
were in attendance at Garden Stairs, awaitiog the arrival
of the water-bailiff. Precisely- at seven .o'clock the
Michael steam tug, and the Peacock Li gliter: brought to
opposite the Salutation Tavern. At this time Mr..~.alla-
leux,
the superintendent of the R division of police,
was on the spot with a few men under his -orders;
having a large body in reserve at the station-
house in case of an outbreak, which was anticipated. On
the water, a number of police galleys followed the steam-
tug, and kept at hand in case their services were needed.
The houses in front of the river were fully occupied hy per-
sons expecting-to see force opposed to the removal of the
pier. Such, however, was not the case, and a dozen of the
pierowners let go their chains and anchors and removed the
stages, when the floating pier drifted with the tide upon the
dummies and steam-boats lying in front. the water-ballift
placed a rope from the tug and drew them outside. Those
on board the monkey barge, believing they were being taken
to the Commercial Dock, one of their number with a hatchet
cut the hawser by which the barge was attached to the tug,
and thus left- themselves drifting with the tide down the
river. - When off Greenwich Hospital they threw out a spare
anchor, and were brought up. The next flood tide saw their
moorings shifted to an anchorage opposite Garden-stairs,
where, at particular states of the tide, passengers embark
and land over the Queen steamer, placed near the stairs for
a receiving vessel. Parties connected with the pier attended
before the navigation committee on Tuesday, to .obtain per-
mission to replace their pier, but without success. A public
meeting will shortly be held on the subject, at which the
Members for the borough have promisedt3 attend. lit the
mean time the greatest excitement prevails.

KING'S COLLEGE llosrtrAL.—The first meeting of the
Committee for promoting the building fund was held in the
Library of King's College, cn Saturday, the Duke of Cam-
bridge, President of the Building Committee, in the chair.
A most favourable report, with reference to the funds al-
ready raised (amounting to nearly 3,0000 was read. His
Royal Highness was pleased to express his interest in the
success of this Hospital, and at the same time stated his in-
' tention of doing everything in his power to foward the
proposed plans for enlarging the building and increasing the
usefulness of the institution. It was remarked by his Royal
Highness, that it was most desirable that there should be
a large Hospital in such a central part of the metropolis,
and be expressed his astonishment that amidst a popula-
tion so dense there had not been, long before, any insti-
tution of the kind, between such distant points as Bar-
tholomew and Charing-cross. His Royal Highness made
many particular inquiries regarding the medical school at
King's College, and the business of the meeting having been
completed, proceeded to inspect the various museums within
the College, in all of which he seemed to take great interest.
His Royal Highness was conducted over the establishment
by a large body of 'the Governors of the Hospital ; and on
leaving expressed his intention of presiding again, so soon
as
the Committee should intimate that his presence would be of
service.
RoIMERy AT MESSRO. BARNETT AND ITOATtv,''S.—
On Saturday, about one o'clock, a gentleman named John-
son went into the banking-house of Messrs. Barnett, Hoare,
and Co., to receive cash for a cheque of 1951. He received
bank notes to the amount of 100/., which lie placed in his
pocket-book, and deposited In his coat pocket. The re-
mainder was paid in gold, which Mr. Johnson also placed
in l.is pocket, when he discovered that his pocket4uok, with
100/. in notes, was gone. This must have been stoleil from
bins by some parties while he was counting the gold. :60
or three of the swell mob had been previously observed near'
the spot, and as they are known the police expect shortly to
have them in custody. Payment of the notes was imme-
diately stoppsd at the Bank.
THE WELLINGTON STATUE.—On Saturday the further
erection of the scaffolding over the triumphal arch at Eyde-
park Corner, intended for the raising of the colossal statue of
toe Duke of Wellington, was suspended by order of Lord
Morpeth, the new Chief Commissioner of Woods and
Fortsts. It is now fully believed that the site chosen by the
committee, upon which several hundred pounds must have
Ucn expended, even in the present scaffolding erected, will
bi• given up, and that the parade in St. James's-park will be
the place on which this trophy to the Lucite of the illustrious
Dalio will ultimately In

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