The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-26 00:00:00

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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY
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FRANCE. ►! cannot be the slightest doubt of the truth of the whole
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. There is no change in the wool market; prices are firm,
and the eno end is steady. The Cernmitt-e oil the reviee,n ,e ,le C,JlJJiliti::i.ll ''""1""“
!es
HOUSE OF COMMONS. June 25 MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.-The demand fir Manll- C. G. PoSIERoY, M.D.
remained assembled on Tuesday from eleven to four
REV. D. S. CHASE.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)___ lectured goods remains without improvement ;
ENCUMBERED ESTATES LEASES (IRELAND) coupled with the low rates now current, tends ti check I
this, o'clock. After an animated discussion, the propositions
I have ' in my possession other depositions from persons
residing in Rochester, who have been confederates of the
BILL. any increase of production, which continues to be ex- I submitted to the Assembly by MM. Croton, Larabit,
B h• de l'Fcluse were rejected, and the Co
• o• of this
m- Fox girls in thehe ra • pping business, which, in due time
Mr. L'I‘CULLAGLI moved the second rearing trernely limited. • Home-thrown-This article has been
mittee adjourned to Thursday to decide on those of form,
Broglie and Payer, and to elect its reporter. poetors is nearly at an end, and the few editors who have
andl\i v
do
ou ~.Bi erro
and. will made public. The reign of these im-
Bill, and explained that the object of the measure was to marked by a considerable increase of business, several
give power to the Encumbered Estates Commissioners large parcels (chiefly China organzine) having found -B.
to grant leases, under certain circumstance:, to the purchasers at a reduction equal to that on raves at
DENI'4IARK AND THE DUCHIES. been the means of deceiving the public in relation to
might value and Liverpool. Raw Silk-The public sales at London, theirthe real character, will, I trust, have their reward in
occupying tenants of lends, which they
M. de Reedtz; the Danish Minister of Foreign
dispose ost As the law now stood great injustice had which commence to-morrow, have had the usual effect of
Affairs,
has deep indignation and scorn of those whose credulity
been done to the occupying tenants of the encumbered suspending business until their result is known.
.passed b h his from
am urg on return Ber- has been abused,
estates which had been sold in the Commissioners' Court, HALIFAX, SATURDAY,-We have had a very quietday.Copenhagen.
lin to There is a rumour of a crisis in Pittsburg, May 20, 1851, H. BURR,
and he proposed that in future the tenant should have the in our piece hail, and the amount of business transacted the Danish Cabinet. Messrs. Madvig and Claussen, - --_
option of obtaining a lease in perpetuity upon paying a has not been large in any description of worsted goods. the two Ultra. Liberal Members of that Cabinet, will, PRICES OF SHARES fourth of the valuation and the remaining three-fourths With regard to both the yarn and wool markets, we can it is said, be induced to resign.
in the shape of rental; an arrangement which would pre- only repeat our last week's report. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM.,
vent many of those painful ejectments that bad recently HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.-The Manufacturers in ITALY. PANIES' STOCK.
From the Official List.
followed the sale of encumbered estates in Ireland, and the cloth hall complain very much of the slackness The Turin journals of the 20th inst. announce the PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.
that, too, after the tenant had devoted his time and means of the market, there scarcely having been any buyers
departure for London of Count de Revel with powers
low, and
_ LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 24.
for a long series of years to the improvement of the pro- in town. Stocks in the hall at present are
from the Sardinian Government to contract a loan of
perty so disposed ott . the kind and quality of goods that seemed to be gene-75 . .
very millions of francs.
Upon the question being put,
rally asked for, were not on hand, consequently
SOINT-STOCIL 33A311103.
Mr. FRENCH said the proposition of the Honour- few sales:. were effected. In the warehouses about an
able and Learned Member was a monstrous one. It average trade has been done during the week, as is RACE between SE WARD and IIIAT7'IIEWS. same of Company. Dividend
A mou at
per of Paid. Price.
was nothing more than this--that the purchaser of an usual at this time of the season. Rather more has been This great foot race, which has caused so much excite- Annum. Share.
encumbered estate should be compelled, whether be done in the wool market at steady pricefs.. went, was brought to a satisfactory conclusion on Mon-
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would or no, to grant a lease in perpetuity to a party LEEDS, TUESDAY.-VVe have bad a. fair market both day, at Hyde-park, Sheffield. Nearly 5,000 spectators Australasia .... -•• •• 41, per cent. 40 00400 0 34
whom he knew nothing whatever of. He hoped Go- to-day and on Saturday last. There is rather more bu- assembled to view the race. The distance was 1,100 BritshNorth A.merican 51. per cent. 50 0050 0 0 -
vernment would not allow such an unjust Bill to be read siness doing to order, and stocks continue low.
yards, for 501. a side and the championship; and the Ceylon ........ .... .. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Co ercia. of London 61. - per cent. too o 0 20 0 0 -
a second time.
match was between George Seward, " The Ame- colonial.. ..
-
Mr. NAPIER could hardly believe that the Hon. and DESTRUCTIVE HAILSTORM. titan Wonder," and William Matthews, of Bir- Gloucesteralire •• •.• -151 per cent. - - -
Learned Member had any serious intention of proceed- some portions of Lancashire were visited with a mingham. A great deal of betting took place tonian - - ....•• •• •• 15/. pr cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
lug with this measure, because if it were passed it would storm on Saturday last, which, though of short duration, on Sunday evening, at all the sporting houses lan
onna anidi dvv-2eosut unatiyas.t.r
6511.. tee; cant.
cent. I 5"0 0 0 202
0 0 -
have - in Sheffield, at 12 to 10 on Seward. A special train of LondonJoint-Stock..• 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 --
Encumbered Estates Act, which was sanctioned by the perty. It appears to have come from St. George's 17 carriages was run from Birmingham, and discharged Provineialof :reland- 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 44
Legislature for the purpose of encouraging the invest- Channel, and to have pasted over Holyhead, Chester, its cargo safely into Sheffield about half-past nine in the NationalDltto,New of i;e.l it-n.d. :.•
58f. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - 'Dent of capital in Irish land. Now, who would and Birkenhead, in its course, at all which morning. It would be superfluous to give a detailed ac- Nat. Provncia. of Eng. 61.-p
peerr cceennt..
10050 0 0 2235 10 g - purchase an encumbered estate if one of the places travellers speak of its violence at early count of Seward's performances. He commenced his pe- Ditto, New....., •• 5/. per cent, 20 0 0 10 0 0 --
conditions of sale was to be that the purchaser should periods of the afternoon. It reached the neighbour- destriancareerinlB4o,in America, beating the well-known sucTotinAofureut •• 61, per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Australia......,
grant a lease for 999 years to the occupying tenant? The hood of Manchester between 7 and 8 o'clock in the Belden, for 1,000 dollars, distance 100 yards. He also beat Ditto .... , 61.87. perper `exit. 25 0 0
10 00 - bear idea of such a law was absurd, and he trusted the evening, but the town felt comparatively little of its Ainsworth, and several others, at distances varying from Union of Londen•::. •• 6/. percent. 50 -0
0 10 0 0 -13%
Rouse would rejtct the Bill at once. force. The main fury of the elements seems to have 100 to 200 yards. He trained under the care of J. Howard, Union of Madris ..... - 40 0040 0 0 -
Colonel DUNNE said this was one of the most extra- fallen upon the villages and towns skirting the Cheshire of Bradford, at Barnet, near London, and was in first-rate
ordinary schemes of legislation he had ever beard of. border of the county-Cheadle, Didsbury, Levenhulme, condition. He is 33 years of age, weighs llst. 71b., and ileirsenlitA.NCE COMPANIES.
The Encumbered Estates Act was an attempt at confica- Gorton, Denton, Droylarlen, Fairfield, Anton, Old- stands five feet seven inches high. Matthews's doings 1 Dividend Amount I
tion, but this Bid was nothing less than a species of
ham, Middleton, and Rochdale. The commingling are not of so recent a date. He has run some good men, Name of Company. . per of Paid. Price
wholesale robbery, and the House ought not to enter- of the elements was fearfully grand, though including the celebrated Charles Westhall,
Lain it far a single momen:. terrific. Masses of heavy, dark clouds loomed in one mile, for 50/. a side, completing the distance, it
.e s. d. X s. d.
House the necese
Mr. E. B. ROCEE urged upon the the western horizon lung before the storm ac- was said, under four minutes and a halr. He is a well. Albion .••••••• - • • • • 3/ 102 500 0 0 50
. 1 0 0 86
Alliance Brit and F * 0.r..
sits of reforming the law of landlord and tenant. The tually burst forth, and lightning darted from them in built fellow, stands five feet seven inches and a half
Ditto•Marin•e.- .• 781p14cst6i &I)
Bbs loog
oo 0
2151 0 0 23,17%
recent census disclosed the startling fact, that the popu- such rapid flashes, that it appeared to spread through high, and weighed Bst. 101 b. He trained under Atlas ............•• •• 135.6 d. 50 0 0 510 0 1711!
ration of Ireland had fallen from between nine the atmosphere like waves of vivid flame. There was the care of William Shepherd. After a few Argus Life .. - - ••• 41. per cent. low 1 oo -
and ten millions to something like six millions, not a breath of wind at this time, and the sultriness preliminaries the men prepared to start a little caireitish commercial - es. 6d. 50 0 0 50 0 7
which he attributed to the restricted nature was almost intolerable. A few heavy drops of rain after half-past six o'clock, each with a smile of confi- c„
urni ct1;51..e!...&
•• ••
..L. i.f.c 5p r c4t .I.&bs. 100 t 0 0 101
00 0
82g
of tenant - right in that country. Now this sprinkled the earthe and came like an avant courtier dente on his countenance. 7to 4 was freely offered on Crown .. .. --- •• -14 s. 50 0 0 50 0 15
Bill recognised the principle of tenant right, and he was to announce the near approach of the storm. Seward. Matthews won the toss, and placed his man on Eagle •. ••
therefore disposed to supper's the second reading; but it More vivid flashes of lightning, and peals of the left. They bounded away at the first attempt, Eqity and Law .... •• 4% per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 5
,turopean Life •••• • • 10s. 20 0 0 All paid. 12
mast not be supposed from that circumstance that he thunder like distant artillery. Then came the elements Matthews leading by a clear yard. This distance he in- General -••• •• - - 50 0 51,‘
was anxious to see all its provisions adopted, because he together in a general burst, as if they would bear •creased to three yards on going down by the house, and Gbue ••• •• ••• •• •••••••••• 67. per cent. Stock. - 136
W*7l a opposed to that
,),art alit which was likely to °ECM- down, tear up, or destroy everything in their course. maintained this lead until reaching the hill the second Guardianf -.. •• •••• - 51. per cent 100 0 0 45 0 0 56l
rage rent chargeS% e tie Hon. and Learned Member who Hail, rain; thunder, lightning, and wind all comming- time, where Seward passed his opponent, and eventually 7.iappeertil FLiifree :.•
••••• •• 12/. ple2rB cent. 500100 0 0 501 0 0 245
last addressed tic. House told them that what the land ling in terrific combination, brewed a storm such as is won easily by thirty yards. Time two minutes and forty- Indemnity Marina....-• ll.sh.ic iss. 100 0 0 20 0 0 504
wanted was to be let alone, and he should be glad to seldom witnessed. The wind blew in fearful gusts, and five seconds.-Manchester Guardian. Law Fire ............ - 100 0 0 210 0 3
know whether her Niejesty'S Government subscribed to the hail fell in masses which rendered it unusually de.. Law Life- .. .. •••• •. 1/. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 46
that doctrine,
or
Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 4%
whether they thought something ought structive. Oar correspondent had not the means of col- ed TALITY in the METROPOLIS. London Fire ........ 20s. 25 0012 10 0 19
to bo done to improve the relations subsisting be letting an account of all the mischief done by it, but ' OR London Ship
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES R, _ EGISTERED IN 20s 25 0 0 12 10 0 19
tween landlord and tenant in that c The E - ; . in '
ountry. n wonested many of its results the neighbourhood of THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1551. urine.. ....• •• • lss. •
per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 16
cumbered Estates Oommiesioners had made many las Fairfield. At Gorton, about a mil© from the Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*205 wee. invne&Goneefe etet. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
he
eentahle mistake: in the valuation of land, and celebrated Moravian establishment of Fairfield, the Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ... ••• ••• 35 A 1
Nationaloa rci
L• •e•a•n• •F• u• 1'd.... 5/. per- cent.
should pause before he gave them the power to •windows of the cotton-mill of Mr. John It:stands, on the tubercular Diseases ... 189 Palladium Life •• • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 -
value leases under this Bill, but that was a matter of de- western front, were struck with such violence by the Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ••• 109 ,icenix ... ..... • ..• • • 3/. p. sh. & bs. - - 156
tail which •
Professional Life...... 51. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 17s. 65
might be left fn. consideration in Committee, hail that upwards of 500 squares of glass were broken. Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ..• ••• 5$
The
Provident Life- -• •• 1/. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 30
ATTORNEY GENERAL for IRELAND con- A gentleman who witnessed the storm here says that the Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of lock Life ........ ... ss. 5000 10 0 6%
CeiTed that the Bill was objectionable not only in its de- hail-fell in halls which were generally as large or larger Respiration ... ... ... ... ..• ... 112 ies'al Eitehanee• • ••• 6/. p.a. & be, Stock. - 221
tails ~, but in principle also, and if it were carried he very than hezlenute, and manyof them were nearly as large as Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs sun Fire - - 209
Ditt6, Life .- .. • •
flinch doubted Whether it could be put into operation. walnuts. Though most el the hailstones were of a roundish of Digestion... ... ... - ••• ••• 59 United Kingdom ••.: 4'. pl.lc• t6.aicbs. 20 -0
0 4-0
0 448
It would be an act of gross injustice to confer form, many of them were mere flattened pieces of Diseases of the Kidneys, &e. ... ... ... 12 Jliiversal Life.... ~.. 10% ct.& bs. 100 0010 0 0 -
upon the Encumbered Estates Commissioners the power ice, more like the squares of ivory used for dice. Several Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ... .h. g Victoria Life......... 5/. per mat. - 412 6 5%
Of leasing which it proposed, Such a power was indeed of these which were gathered up by some other parties Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 8
utter} . ey opposed to the rights of property known either were measured, and varied from three-fourths to seven- Diseases of tlee Skin, .&tc. ... ... ••• ..• 3 - WATER-WOILIES.
in England or Ireland; and he therefore felt bound to eighths of an inch in breadth. No wonder that they eialformations... ... - ••• ••• - 3 1 Dividend Amount
give ~he Bill his most determined opposition. He d e • t •' h ' 1) •
moved proved so ts ructive o the glass with wow tney e reinatureßirthel Pismo of Conapan,. per of
Annum. Share. Paid. Price.
as an amendment en- the Bill be real a second time came in contact. At Dtoyleden, which is between Atrophy
.._
this dap tex months,, . .-

DESTRUCTIVE HAILSTORM.
Some portions of Lancashire were visited with a
m on
Saturdayenit,
ast which, though of short duration,
was t o r
fearfully
viol
and destroyed a good deal of pro-
s
pro-
perty. It appears to have come from St. George's
Channel, and to have passed over Holyhead, Chester,
and Birkenhead, in its course, at all which
places travellers speak of its violence at early
periods of the afternoon. It reached the neighbour-
hood of Manchester between 7 and 8 o'clock in the
evening, but the town felt comparatively little of its
force. The main fury of the elements seems to have
fallen upon the villages and towns skirting the Cheshire
border of the county—Cheadle, Didsbury, Levenhulme,
Gorton, Denton, Droylarlen, Fairfield, Anton, Old-
ham, Middleton, and Rochdale. The commingling
of the elements was fearfully grand, though
terrific. Masses of heavy, dark clouds loomed in
the western horizon long before 4he storm ac-
tually burst forth, and lightning darted from them in
such rapid flashes, that it appeared to spread through
the atmosphere like waves of vivid flame. There was
not a breath of wind at this time, and the sultriness
was almost intolerable. A few heavy drops of rain
sprinkled the earthe and came like an avant courrier
to announce the near approach of the storm.
More vivid flashes of lightning, and peals of
thunder like distant artillery. Then came the elements
together in a general burst, as if they would bear
down, tear up, or destroy everything in their course.
Hail, rain; thunder, lightning, and wind all comming-
ling in terrific combination, brewed a storm such as is
seldom witnessed. The wind blew in fearful gusts, and
the hail fell in masses which rendered it unusually d
structive. Our correspondent had not the means of co,
letting an account of all the mischief done by it, bta
witnessed many of its results in the neighbourhood of
Fairfield. At Gorton, about a mile from the
celebrated Moravian establishment of Fairfield, the
windows of the cotton-mill of Mr. John Rylands, on the
western front, were struck with such violence by the
hail that upwards of 500 squares of glass were broken.
A gentleman who witnessed the storm here says that the
hail fell in balls which were generally as large or larger
than hezlenute, and many of them were nearly as large as
walnuts. Though most el the hailstones were of a roundish
form, many of them were mere flattened pieces of
ice, more like the squares of ivory used for dice. Several
of these which were gaehered up by some other parties
sere measured, and varied from three-fourths to seven-
eighths of an inch in breadth. No wonder that they
proved so dsstructive to the glass with which they
came in contact. At Dsoyleden, which is between
Gorton fled Fairfield, they were yet more destructive.
The windows of the Catholic chapel were struck
by them, and nearly 200 squares of glass were de-
stroyed in them. Great numbers of the cottages of the
poor were struck at the same time by the storm, and
their windows were completely riddled by the hailstones.
Nearly all the cotton-mills, both in Droylsden and Fair-
field, and many of the houses suffered more or less.
Strange to say, one of the mills, apparently most ex-
posed, had but few windows broken. This was
the mill of the late Air. 011erenshaw, now in
the hands of his executors; but the windows of two
small cottages belonging to the same estate, and near
to the mill, had no less than 89 squares of
glass in them broken. The windows of Messrs. Christy's
mill suffered a good deal, and those of Messrs. Lees'
rnill to some extent. The hands employed in Mr.
Christy's mill, or many of them, occupy cottage houses
near the premises in Queen-street, and the windows of
these were so riddled by the hail that upwards of 200
squares of glass were destroyed. The greatest sufferers
in this neighbourhood from the storm, however, are
Messrs. Worthington and Benson, spinners and menu-
tacturi ra, in whose mill, according to the statement of
a member of the firm, upwards of 1.000 squares of glass
(another person said he counted 1,200 and upwards, in-
dependent of broken skylights in the weaving sheds)
were broken. But it would be almost impossible to
convey an accurate idea of the mischief done in this
way. Few houses have entirely escaped being marked
by the fury of the elements, and one singular
feature we noticed in these broken windows
was, that in some case; the hail had taken out pieces
of glass without fracture of the remaiuing portion
of the squares—much as a ball from a gun or a pistol
would perforate a window. Some of the cotton mills at
Stockport suffered a good deal. The windows of the
mill belonging to Messrs. James Marshall and Sons
were a good deal broken, and many of the windows in
Mr. Marshall's private house were knocked in. In
the Sunday-school at Eveleigh, between Stockport
and Hszelgrove, scarcely a square of glass in the
windows was left entire. In Heaton-lane, Stockport,
such was the force of the storm that shops had to be
closed, and a draper suffered severe loss from the break-
ing of his windows and injury to his goods. Hailstones
were picked up in the market-place, and on the castle
hill, as large as pigeons' eggs. The storm was severely
felt at Middleton, Radcliffe-bridge, and Bury. At Rad-
cliffe-bridge a horse was killed by lightning, and an in-
fant in its mother's arms was struck by the electric
fluid at Bury, and killed. Tne mother escaped
with scorched neck and arms. Some large
poplar trees were torn up by the roots in Alkrinton-
wood, near Middleton, and a good deal of property
was destroyed in that neighbourhood. Further in this
direction, at Rochdale, Littleborough, and the Vale of
Todmorden, the hailstorm was not so heavy, but much
damage was done by the floods which sueceded the heavy
tell of rain. The growing timber along one side of the vale
was injured and torn up a good deal. At Moses-gate rail-
way station, near Fern worth, Bolton, a beerhouse belong-
ing to a, man named Smith was set on fire by the lightning,
but the flames were extinguished without any great da-
mage. Another house at the same place was struck by the
electric fluid, and injured. At Newton, near Manches-
ter, where Shooter's-brook and the Bluebottone brook
term a junctior, tr number of corteges were flooded; and
at a beerhouse kept by Mr. Gagg3, several barrels of
ale were stove in, a pig and piecote carried away,
and other damage was done, inflicting a loss of up-
warde of 101. esa Manchester the damage was prieci•
pally con fined to the blowing down of a few walls; but
et Peel-perk, Selford, where the working classes had
been promenadiag, and enjoying in their own public
park the music of a flue military band lent fur toe occre

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1551.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*205
Diseas©s of Uncertain Seat ... ... 35
Tubercular Diseases ... ... 189
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 109
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 58
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... I
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ...
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ••
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of tte Skin, &c.
2reinature Birth
atrophy
Old Age •••
Sudden
Violence, -Privation, Cold, and Intemperance
,;apses not specified ...

M-. S. CIIAvvFOLID support:A the Bill, because it
gave hire a hope that some slight step would be taken
to alleviate ttle disadvantrirses under which the Irish
people laboured. Lie would' support every proposition
of a similar nature until some
,comprehensive mea-
sures were brought forward by the Government. At
the same thee he considered that the only relief
for the cvils o Ireland was an entire re-adjustment of
the law of landlord and tenant.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the second reacting 15
Against it
... 94
Majority against second reading —79
The Bill was consenuently lost.
The Larallord and Tenant Bill, as amended, was con-
sidered, and ordered to be raid a third time to•morrow.
The Gunpowder Stores (Liverpool) Exemption Re-
peal Bill was read a third time and passed.
MEDICAL, CHARITIES (IRELAND) BILL.
The House went into Committee on this Bill.
On the question that the preamble be postponed,
Lorl NAAS objected to the principle of rating con-
tained in the Bill. It was the first occasion on which
rates had been raised after the manner of the poor's-
rate for the support of charitable institutions, and he
was afraid that this instance would lie used as a prece-
dent for future purposes.
Sir WILLIANI SOMERVILLE explained that the
object of the Bill was to distribute the expenses of these
charities, which had formerly been borne by the occupiers
alone, over ail classes equally, and that was the reason why
this system of rating, had been pursued.
After some desultory discussion
some verbal amendments, was agreed the clause, with
On clause 2 being proposed,
Sir R. FERGUSON. moved the omission of the words
" or hospital district or d.stricts," for the purpose of not
conferring any other power on the commissioners over
hospitals than that of inspection.
Mr. REYNOLDS opposed the amendment. In con-
sequence of the want of inspection in county and work-
house hospitals thousands or people had died from wilful
neglect and need of proper medical advice and treatment.
. Sir W. SOMERVILLE hoped the House would not
agreo to the proposition or the Hon. Baronet; for great
as the abuares were in connexion with hospitals and in-
firmaries in Ireland, they would be increased if Cnose
institutions were not included within the operations of
the Bill.

.., 23
... 37

X s. d. X s. d.
East London.... •• ••• • 81. per cent. 100 0 0 155
Grand Junction •••• 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 69
Kent........ •••• • • 41. per cot. 100 0 0 82
Lambeth
New ltivr Lndn Brd:e 41. Os. 57%
Vauxhall •••. . 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 97
West Middlesex . • • 61.05. pr cnt. 110
DC/CMS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company, per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
----- -- -- ----.--
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Commercial ...... •• .. U. pr cent. Stock. 84
East, and West India... 6/. pr cent. Stock. 144
East Country ....• .. 20s. per sta. 100 0 0
London . .
Ditto 80nd5.... • • •• 4/. per cent.
it. Katharine .... •• .. 3s per cent. Stock. 77
Ditto 80nd5........ 4%1. pr cent.
Southampton •• —— .• 2/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 15
DEIDGZS
Dividend Amount
Name of Company, per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
---------
X. s. d. X. s. d.
Hungerford.. • • .. - 15
Southwrk .. .. .... .. 100 0 0
Ditto Nw of 7% p. c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 16
Waterloo .......... 100 0 0 3
Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 11. 4s. Od. SO 0 0 25
Ditto Nw ditto of 71, 11. is. Od. 40 0 0
Vauxhall .... ... Av. 11. 70 10 8 18

52

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ...
Popnlztion Deaths In corre-
Enumera/ed, sponding week
1841. of 1850.
Vest Districts... 301,189 . . 133 .
North Districts.. 376,568 .. 164 .
Central Districts 374,199 ... 128 .
East Districts ... 393,067 ... 140
loath Districts 503,346 ... 210 .

963
Deatr.s
in the
Week
169
188
165
186
260

Totals... ..... 1,948,369

Males
Females

CAZit.A.X.I3.
r
1 0; Dividend
Names of E phMend Names of
Price. pe
C"VanieS* .a Annum. Price'
CompanieS. der
cc Ainum.
X
Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. 140 Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. 50
Barnsley • • • • 160 Neath •• • • • • 1001 161.
griciali&Abrg 1501 51. 85 Oxford.... • • 100 201. 135
Birmingham 40i 41. 92 Peak Forest. 78 31.185. 70
Coventry.. •• 100 251. 200 Regent's 331 11. 3s. 19%
Derby • • • • • 1001 61. 63 Rochdale.. •• 85 41. 42
Ellsmre&Chs 133 355. 26% Somrset Coal 150 71.103.
.4rand,Junctn 100 I/. pr.ct. 59 Do.LkFd St 12 61. p. c.
Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 I 11 Stffrd&Worc 140 281. 405
Grand Surrey 100 21. Os. 3214 Shrewsbury.. 125
,rand Union 100 1/. 10s. 24 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 290
Rennt& Avu 39 4s. Od. 4% Severn and 2 1. Os. 24
Lancaster • 100 41. Wye Rail. 26
Leeds& Livrp 100 201. 400 Warwick&
44 40
:,eicester •• 100 5/. 66 Itirming. j 100
Leicstr&N.th 83 4/. 44% Warwick& / 28
100 31. Loughborogh,l4s 701. 510 Napton..
Nionmouthsh!lo( 81. Worcstr & 78 31. 40%
',lntg4narysh!lo( Birming.
MeltnMwbry lot Wilts & Brks, lls. 6d. 714

Sir D. NORREYS opposed thc) amendment, and
hoped the Biilwould be;given up altogether if it were
carried.

Colonel DUNNE said the Bill was only an experi-
ment, and he thought it would be best to try it upon
dispensaries first, and if it were found to work well, then
its provisions could be extended to hospitals.
Lord BERNARD did not
_think it would be advisable
to introduce the amendment into the Bill now.
Mr. FRENCH was not disposed to support the amend-
ment.

Mr. VESEY recommended the Government to adopt
the plan of tce Honourable Member tor Londonderry, and
then they would get rid of all the other amendments that
were to be proposed in the Bill.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD expressed a hope that the
amendment would net be carried, as ho felt all medical
charities ought to be placed on the same footing, arid
under the same control.
Mr. O'FLAHERTYaIso called upon the Committee to
reject the amendment, and allow all the medical charities
to rest upon one general fund. If, however, the Bill
was not to be adopted in its integrity he would much
atn,..r wait for another year before legislating on the
BUl),lect at nll.
r. CLEMENTS supported the amendment, adding
that it could to easily recalled next session if it did not
succeed.

After a 1,5, .
SomartviLLE, words from Mr. CONOLLY and Sir W.
fiord Np as
2 t
the Bin
if
hs:ittlh ho should be the first person to sup-
eetzght it would do Ireland any good,
but he had heard
proved against the existing
management of the hoar'?
sepeitals, and in the absence of an
such proof he could
no reason for changing the
system.
flColonel ItAWDON implored the Committee not to
allow the Bill to be defeated, as
was calculated to co:li-
fer a great and lasting bo )n. up,,
Ireland.
'fir. HAMILTON did not wiea to see
the Bill thrown
out, but he could see no reason why it should not in-
clude dispensaries, and ho should certainly support the
amendment.
After a few words or explanation from s• d
,
SOMERIqLLE and Col. DUNNED the ConarnitLe I':i? ided T131,'
Committee
wheu there appeared—

.....„...-
sion, the museum had a narrow-escape from the electric
fluid, which was happily attracted from the roof to some
adjoining trees, whose branches were stripped of their
leaves, and left scorched and withered by the blast.
Very considerable damage was caused by the storm in
the neighbourhood of Oldham, and several persons were
severely injured, although no one was killed. At the
house of Mr. Richard Evans, the proprietor of some ex-
tensive collieries at Royton, the damage sustained
could not amount to less than 2001. The whole of the
roof of the back part of the house and those of some
outbuildings were completely stripped off by the wind,
and some very valuable furniture destroyed, in-
cluding a mirror of 501. value. A large chimney at the
colliery was blown entirely down. Two cottages belong-
ing to the same gentleman sustained damage to tne
amount of at A barn belonging to Mr. Thomas Platt,
farmer, at Crompton, near Oldham, was blown entirely
down. The loss in this case was about 40/. Part of the
roof of another barn at the same pimps.; belonging to Mr.
William Taylor, was also blown off, the damage
amounting to 101. Oa the road between Oldham and
Middleton, in the township of Chadderton, the
gable_ end of a newly-built cottage was en-
tlrc,,iy blown down, and part of the roof carried away.
Z,,wtinall fell upon some boys who ~.,,are standing near it,
wiil6l,n fractured, nearly
bone
Scott,wanl'
williamg very severe injuries. One of them, named Joseph
,r:eoe, 18 years of age, had both arms and his jaw-
all his teeth being knocked our.
Tend, James oadan, Peter Holt, and
youg men from 18 to 20 years of age,
Joseph
fractures of the legs and arms. Another
also sustained 41
was blown entirely down.
eitadtbuythis place were much damaged
small cottag©
Nine other Cottagesw
omfoounnetooffthdealnage rustaincd j d.
jvs; the roof and chimneys of one
about the roof and
windows were
and the glass and
were entirely destro-e
of them were carried
by the cottages
at nearly
Chad-
derton Park the ground was torn
m2OOl.
places,ln
on fife by the.' lightnilintg,Wand the
..,,rn up iny
ifTnrhaCme hetaworltodarelkrat o n is estimated
140 trees were blown down. T
-0 the towanrs?:i-) T and
80 other trees were similarly destroyed, . ,
.__ i•ige
arrin
ton. a housewerewcaalslesdetout, but the flames were fortunate)
y
. being done. , A
named Ibbetson was sitting in his
shop .
person
extinguished without much damage b •
Salford, when the lightning , e of the
and w four "t
windows, and smashed a pane of plate glass, f
hours. He is now
by. two. lie himself was stunned, .as unable
Ptr-
to speak for upwards of two
per-
sons were killed at Chorlton-cum-Hardy, but we have
fectly recovered. There is a rumour that. two
_not been able to trace it to any authentic source._
inFol-
lowingo the course of the storm from Holyhead t
Yorkshire, the wire coils of at least 25 of the telegraph
instruments were completely fused. In Boobd al e
six cottages in course of erection were washed away by
the flood, and carried to the gasworks, which were at once
stopped from working. The loose sand and earth got into
the syphon which communicates between the purifier and
condenser. At Milla-bill, near Middleton, a barn was
completely
A servant blown down, and some stabling much injured.
girl was struck by lightning et Rochdale, and
lay insensible for several hours aftemards.

For the amendment ...
Against it ... ..

••• 24
•••
••• -61

Majority ... •••
The amendment was consequently lost.
On the motion of Mr. CLEMENTS, the Chairman
Was instructed to report progre2,s, and the liousa having
resumed, he did an accordingly.
The remaining orders were then disposed of, and the
kionse adjourned at Six o'clock.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian.)
MANCHESTER, TIIESDAY.—The prospects of supPIY
from the present crop of cotton, of which 2,224,976
bales are officially reported as having reached the Ame-
rican ports, together with the forwardness in some dis-
tricts of that which is now in the ground, and the gene-
rally favourable state of the weather, have had the
effect of checking the upward tendency of the Liver-
pool market, and indeed of giving to prices
a slight turn in the buyers' favour. Our own
market has been SO far affected by this cause as
that a less lively state of things has prevailed to-day,
than wo had to describe in the two past weeks. It has
produced a little more chariness amongst the buyers, who
are inclined to inquire how prices may be influenced by
its becoming speedily evident, not only that we shall have
a crop of 2,400,000 bides this year, but a still larger
one in the next. Oa the other hand, the spinners have
maintained a firm and independent attitude, being
to a large extent well supplied with orders, and
having great confidence in the sufficiency of the
home tied foreign demand together, to sustain the
value of their production, even if that of the raw mate-
rial should more than lose what it has lately regained—
a result which seems indeed necessary to a satisfactory
condition of the trade of this district. With a somewhat
diminished inquiry, therefore, there is yet a prevailing
firmness in the prices of yarns, particularly of water
twist. Many spinners are so much engaged as to be
unable to take orders for some articles. In goods, also,
there has been a general quietness; but, though in this
department sellers do not show txactly the same degree
of ease about selling or not, selling as in yarns, still the
quotations remain unchanged.
ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—WO have had rather more in-
quiry for goods to-day, as well as a little improved de-
mand for pieces; and the manufacturers are in better
spirits, at witnessing symptoms of better times coming.

CHLOROFORM AS A MOTIVE POWER. —E x peri-
ments with chloroform as a propelling power, in the place of
steam, are now making in the port of Lorient ; and there is
reason to hope, from the success which has already attended
them, that they will result in cau-ing a considerable saving
to be effected in coat 4nd apace.—Gulignani.

THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, lB5l.

14 W Evr.rELLTGRW:i.re,
OF Jiu.A PLkteleS', J uhe 25.
(Nisi Prius Sittings ler Middlesex, before Lord Chief
Justice JERVIS.)
COFFEY v. BERNARD.
This was an action oa the case to recover compenea-
lion in damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff in
consequence of the negligent and improper construction
of a stand on the Epsom race course, belonging to the
defendant, which fell during a race; the plaintiff and
others who were standing upon it being thereby seriously
injured.
Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Bramwell were counsel
for the plaintiff; and Mr. James, Q.C., and Mr. Lush, for
the defendant.
The plaintiff is a grocer and cheesemonger, carryine,
on business at No. 1, Norfolk-place, Marlborough-road,
Chelsea; the defendant is a market gardener and seeds-
man at Epsons, who has for many years been accus-
tomed to erect and let stands for the accommodation of
the visitors to the Epsom races. On the 11th of April,
1850, the plaintiff and some friends were attending the
races, and took places on one of the defendant's stands,
called " Barnard's stand," for which they paid 3s. each.
The witnesses gave very different accounts of the
numbers OR the stand—some saying 500, and others
2,000. Daring the race for the Great Metropolitan
Stakes the stand fell, and several of the occupants were
severely injured. Amongst other sufferers the plaintiff
sustained a compound fracture of the leg, which confined
him to his bed for several weeks, and has, it is feared,
induced a permanent lameness. It was also stated by
witnesses in his behalf, that during the three months he
was prevented by the accident from attending to his
business his receipts from it fell off 20/. per week.
The jury, after hearing an address from the defen-
dant's counsel, and the Learned Judge's summing up,
returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with 1001. damages.
It was mentioned in court after the trial that the
plaintiff had previously offered to take 50/, and that the
defendant would not give more than 201.
POCHIN V. GOODAY.
as This was an action on the case against an attorney to
at recover back 6,000/, entrusted to him by the plaintiff
for investment, which it was alleged he had negligently
and improperly invested.
Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Joseph Brown were
Ice counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Shea and Mr
A. A. Fry for the defendant.
Mr. Sergeant Beaas, in opening the plaintiff's ease,
stated that the plaintiff was a gentleman who had for-
%
wetly resided at Ipswich, but who now resided at Isling-
i% ton. The defendant was an attorney, who lived iu
Doughty-street, Mecklenburg. square. In 1846 the
defendant was desirous of disposing of a reversionary
, interest he possessed in the Lawford Hall estate, near
Manningtree; and it was ultimately purchased for 6,000/.
;% by Mr. Garrod, of Ipswich. At this time Mr.
Am-
brose, of Ipswich, was the plaintiff's attorney; but the
,u defendant's father, who was acquainted with the plain-
; iff, was extremely anxious that his son should become
14 the plaintiff's attorney, and, after several applications
ah co him on the subject, the plaintiff at length consented
hat the defendant should manage the sale of the rever-
I sion, and receive the money on his behalf. Unfortu-
nately the plaintiff was a person of very intemperate
134 habits, and in consequence buffered from delirium tre-
t mans. On the morning the deed was to be executed the
; Defendant's father went to the plaintiff's house and
Brought him to the defendant's chambers in Gray's Inn
tet 'n a cab. The plaintiff had had no breakfast, but in-
.read had been drinking tea and brandy. It had been
Asa Lrrenged that all three were to return and dine at the
) Aaintiff 's house, but the deed being executed and the
isoney paid to Ike defendant, the plaintiff, instead of re-
tuning home to dinner with the defeedant and his father,
hey all went to the defendant's house, where the plain-
tiff drank to such an extent that the defendant meow-
needed his lather to get him home as quick as he could.
Ilse father did so, and when the plaintiff got home they
;sad some more brandy. The defendant's father then
left, and the plaintiff, overcome with liquor, went to
sleep in his easy chair. In the course ef toe same after-
noon, and whilst the plaintiff was still asleep, the de-
- tendant's father came again to his house, and, producing a
paper, told a person who lived a ith the plaintiff as his
wife, that the plaintiff must sign it or he would lose all
eis money. She represented that he was not in a fit
trate to do it; but he said it must be done or the plain-
ill' would lose every farthing. The plaintiff was then
awakened and told what was required of him, and the
defendant's father said to him, You have often asked
lee to take wine with you, and now I'll have some," and
a bottle of port wine was sent for. The defendant's
tee. father then persuaded the plaintiff to sign the paper, and
pouring out a tumbler of port wine gave it to the plain-
- iff and said, " Here, take this, and it will make your
band steady." The plaintiff drank the wine, and then
signed the paper. That paper purported to be an autho-
r city to the defendant to pay the 6,000/. to his own father,
N and upon receiving that paper the defendant did give his
father an authority to receive the money from his
banker's. He should call on his Learned Friend to pro-
_ duce the document, and if he did so the jury would be
able to see from the signature what was the condition of
the plaintiff at the time he signed it. Having obtained
.he paper the defendant's father gave the woman pro-
missory notes for 3,0001, 2,0001., and 1,000/., payable at
12, 18, and 24 months respectively, with interest at four
per cent.; but as the interest was not payable until the
notes were due the plaintiff was thus despoiled not only
of his principal but of every sixpence he had to live
on. These notes he left with the woman, and told her
to take care of them, but such was the state of the
plaintiff that she was unable to tell him of what had
taken place for several days afterwards. In the mean-
time the defendant called, and the woman expressed
her alarm to him that the plaintiff had done wrong in
-ighiet, the paper, but ho said it was " all right," and
told her "not to mind, for that his father would
take care of her and her children." The plaintiff was
afterwards informed of what had taken place, and ulti-
mately he consulted Mr. Rooke, a solicitor, on the sub-
ject, and Mr. Rooke advised him to see the defendant,
and :endeavour to get from him the best security
he could. The plaintiff did so, and when he returned
to Mr. Rooke produced a bond, by which the defend-
Ines father bound himself to pay the plaintiff's execu-
tors 6,000/., with inter, at, by instalments, within two
years of the plaintiff's math. That was rejected, and
afterwards one of the parties—he was sure which—went
co the plaintiff's, when Mr. Rooke was not present, and
took away the promissory notes, leaving in their place
a bond no better than the first, for they had signed
judgment upon it, but had been unable to get any:money.
Under these circumstances, the plaintiff said, that hav-
ing entrusted the money to the defendant to invest on
good security, and the defendant having lent it to his
own father on security that was worthless, the de-
endant was responsible for the money. The defendant's
Answer was a plea of leave and licence; but the plain-
tiff's reply to this was, that that leave and licence was
obtained from him when he was intoxicated, and did not
know what he was doing; that it was, therefore, no au-
hotity to the defendant to part with the money; and,
noreover, that the defendant and his father were well
Lware of this when the plaintiff was induced to sign that
toeument. That was the plaintiff's case; and although
they had had many important oases at those sittings,
no did not think they had tried one more important
both to the parties and to the public. Since the action
sad been commenced the plaintiff had received what
was equivalent to 900/., and this, of course, would be al-
lowed for in the verdict.
Th,, following witnesses were then called for the
plaintiff:—
Mr. I'. J. Rooke—l am a solicitor in Bedford-row. In
November, 1846, I was consulted by plaintiff about a
sum of 6,000/. I saw him once or twice afterwards. In
ice. December he brought me a draft of a post obit bond. It
was rejected. I waited on defendant on the 7th Decem-
ber, at his chambers in Gray's Inn, and conferred fully
on the matter. He stated 6,000/. had been placed by
!, the plaintiff in his hands, and he had placed it in his
bankers', intending to find security for it, but after-
;l4 wards plaintiff gave him an authority to pay it to his
7s father, and he had done so. He admitted plaintiff was in
. liquor when he received the notes, but said he was not so
,hen he signed the authority; that his father was a man
of large property, and he had title-deeds of his father's
props ray of double or treple the amount. I asked him
to give a mortgage, and he said his father would rather
return the money, but any security that could be agreed
on he would prepare. He pointed to a tin box, and
said there were title-deeds in it of an estate belonging
to his father worth treble the money. He also said
plaintiff was a man of such intemperate habits, that
he had handed it to his father to take care of it for
him. From what he stated I was perfectly satisfied
of the security, and believed his father to be a rich
man. I communicated the result of the interview to the
plaintiff. In Jan., 1847, the plaintiff came and consulted
me about a bond from Mr. Gooday. I prepared one
and furnished him with it on the 21 of February, 1847.
I did not see him again till May 5, 1848. He was angry
that I thought Mr. Gooday was a rich man. In July,
1848, plaintiff gave me instructions to get defendant's bill
costs, and to get it taxed. I did so, and after taxa-
tion 771. was payable to the defendant. At the taxation
defendant produced the authority to pay his father
6,000/. This is the document. The body of it is in the
defendant's handwriting:—
" To Mr. E. W. Gooday, solicitor, Gray's Inn.
" 29, Spencer-street, Islington, Nov, 7, 1846.
" Dear Sir,—Be pleased to hand over to Mr. John
Chrisp Gooday the sum of six thousand pounds, which
you have at your bankers, belonging to me, and for so
doing this shall be for you a sufficient authority.
" I remain, your truly,
" Witness, J. Bradlougn." " W. E. Pontine."
lam well acquainted with plaintiff's handwriting. The
signature to that paper is far different to his usual sig-
nature. In June, 1850, he consulted with me again.
lie has since employed me to sue old Mr. Gooday. I
have a judgment against him on this bond, which is con-
ditioned for payment of 6,000/., within two years of his
death, by instalments, with interest; the whole to he re-
coverable at once upon non-payment of interest. No in;
terest has been paid since last Christmas. We have nio
got anything on the judgment. Old Mr. Gooday tel
me a few weeks ago he had not 51 in the world. _
until
knew nothing of the plain
he consulted me on this business. He is about 4tesff. HY
was vest' iii when he came
to me. I could not tell whe-
ther his illness was the result of drinkdorrn_rn.ot.dh,D,ine:
De-
fendant told me plaintiff was addicted to
rni. r;
t;ff never told me he bad been an htto. a3-Ihavle
heard he was once in an attorney's office la Ipswich,
heard from plaintiff he had kra
until his father in-
for
many years, but not the defendant
troduced him. Old Mr. G.ifie told use he never would tc-
:dav was then inspector of
taxes at Islington. Plaint'
cc pt th post obit bond, and he took the draft of my
o
bond, and said he hoped old Mr. Goodayd, would execute
1
it, and I concluded he had dons so. The letters shown
to me are plaintiff's handwriting. Eacopt when under
the influence of liquor, plaintiff was a man of ordinary
capacity. I have seen him in a state of intoxication, and
have then refused to transact business with him. The
person called Mrs. Pochin is named Hannah LAbrook.

She livnG with fnienoo on
the .;1- to the
11..-3•exsinined—l know that the plaintiff's wife had
been living away from him for fifteen years. Plaintiff
told me old Mr. Go3day was very anxious that he
should employ his son as his attorney, instead of Mr.
Ambrose; that he declined to do so, but ultimately old
Mr. Gooday brought his son, and introduced him. The
sale of the reversion to Mr. Garrod for 6,0001. was ad-
mitted.

. Hannah Ladbrook—l have been living with the plain.
tiff as his wife. He formerly lived at Ipswich, and came
to London about Michaelmas, 1846. He came to 29,
Spencer-street, Islington. I knew old Mr. Gooday. He
was in the habit of calling at plaintiff's. I remember
his introducing his son. I remember a conversation
about the money for the purchase. Old Mr. Goieday
wished plaintiff to take the business out of Mr. Am-
brose's hands, and place it in his son's. Plaintiff would
not consent.- Defendant said he would place it out for
plaintiff, and get 51. per cent, for it. Several other inter-
views took place. At the second old Mr. Gooday asked
me to bring pen, ink, and paper, and leave the room. I
did so. I remember the morning of the 7th inst. Plain-
tiff had some brandy and tea before he got up, and before
he went out he had a glass of brandy and water. Old
Gooday called for him, and told me to give him a glass,
of brandy and water, as it would do him good. Plaintiff
complained of being very ill. Old and young Goody
were both to have dined with us that day. Plaintiff
came home about twelve o'clock. Old Mr. Gooday cause
with him. Plaintiff was intoxicated. He did not have
any dinner, but sat iu his easy chair and slept. Old
Gooday came again about three o'clock. He walked
into the parlour and said, " Mr. Pochin has done
wrong here; he has not secured the money; he must
sign a paper." The plaintiff was asleep. I awoke
him and told him. He was very angry, and said
he would not sign any more. Old Gooday walked in,
and said, " Well, you've done wrong; you must sign
this paper, or you'll lose your money." Plaintiff said he
would not sign anything more that day. Old Gooday
said he must, or the money would be lost. He then said,
"You have asked me several times to take wine with
you, and now I will take some." He then told me to
bring some. Julius Bradlough brought a bottle of port
wine up. I was about to pour some into a wine glass.
There was a tumbler on the table, in which the plaintiff
had had some brandy and water when he came home
with old Gooday. Old Gooday took the wine out of my
hand, and filled a tumbler and gave it to him, and said it
would steady his hand. He drank it off. I tried to pre-
vent it, but old Gooday gave it to him. He was not in
a fit state to transact business. Old Gooday said he must
have Julius up to see the paper signed. It was not read
over. Old Gooday said there was no time; he must
make haste, or the money would be lost. I did not know
the contents of the paper. Gooday laid the paper be-
fore plaintiff, and at first he would not sign it, and was
very angry. Gooday said to me, You must hurry him
on, or you will lose all the money." Plaintiff then tried to
sign. Gooday said it was done so bad nobody could read
it. Plaintiff was angry, and said " Give it me again then,"
and he then wrote again, but old Gooday said that
was worse. Julius Bradlough witnessed it. Old Gooday
then gave me three papers, and told me to lock them up,
for they were of great importance. ( these were the
three promissory notes.) Directly Gooday left, plain-
tiff, being very tipsy, was taken up to bed. After that
I called a medical man in to see 'him. I think it was
the same evening. I showed the papers to Bradlough.
I did not know what they were. I did not tell plaintiff
about them. I dared not. His was nut fit to be told. I
did not tell him for nine or ten days, when I had the
doctor's permission. I remember defendant's afterwards
calling at the house. He asked for plaintiff. I said he
could not see him. He then asked me it I had taken
care of the papers Mr. Gooday had given me. I aid,
" Yes, and I was afraid the plaintiff had done wrong."
He said "Why?" I said, because plaintiff had always
said he should not have the money, and that he must have
known plaintiff was not right by the signature. I told
him plaintiff said the money should be put out on mort-
gage. Ile said, "Oh, never mind, the money is quite safe;
it is as safe in my father's hands as mine;" and said I
need not be uneasy, his father would take care of me and
my children. Another time he said "he had quarrelled
with his father two hours before he let him have the
money, and he only let him have it to keep
his credit up at the bunk." I remember his asking me
a few nights afterwards to let him go up stairs to see
the plaintiff. Ho went up. I was present at the whole
interview. I had told the plaintiff that morning about
the notes. He went and sat down at the foot of the bed.
Plaintiff said to him, " You are a pretty trusty steward,
you are, to hand that money over to your father." He
said it was quite sa!e. Plaintiff said, " You know it was
to be on mortgage."
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—I should be sorry to
prejudge this case, brother Shee, but what answer can
there be to it ? Suppose this were an application to
strike the defendant off the rolls, it would be very diffi-
cult for him to explain this transaction. In fact, it is
impossible that it could be satisfactorily explained. In-
stead of sanctioning the plaintiff's giving his own father
authority to receive this money, it was his duty, as the
plaintiff's attorney, to have warned him against it.
After this intimation the plaintiff's case proceeded for
a short time, and then a conference took place between
the counsel; after which
Mr. Sergeant BYLES said—My Learned Friend and
myself have come to an arrangement to take a verdict
for the plaintiff with 1,000/. damages. I will only add
that I trust the defendant thought his father was a man
of property.
Mr. Sergeant SHEE—As ho undoubtedly was.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—AII I can say about it is,
that the delendent, as attorney for the plaintiff, ought
not, under any circumstances, to have acted in the trans-
fer of this money to his father. Even if the plaintiff had
been willing the father should have it, it was the defen-
dant's duty to have taken care that another attorney had
been employed in the transaction.
Mr. Sergeant SHEE--And all I can say for my client
is that this young man trusted in his own father.
'Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 1,0001.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

John Thompson, a porter in the employ of Mr. Harris,
of 51, Old Change, warehouseman, was charged with
stealing about 40 pieces of mousseline de laine, value
about 301., the property of his master.
Upwards of 20 pawnbrokers appeared, and produced a
large quantity of goods, pledged by the prisoner for
much less than their value.

Mr. Harris said he had ❑o wish to prosecute the case
any !anther, as the pawnbrokers all appeared willi g to
give up the property without obtaining a conviction
against the prisoner.

—Alderman FAREBROTHER said he could not allow this
case to be compromised. It might be very incouveniPi t
for the pawnbrokers to attend upon the trial at the Old
Bailey, but they should be more careful in taking in
pledges that were offered for advances so considerably
b4ow their value. If the pawnbrokers were willing to
give up the property, he would not trouble them all to
go to the Old Bailey, but merely select three or f3ur of
the strongest cases, and commit prisoner for trial on
those only. _

All the pawnbrokers consented to this arrangement,
and prisoner was then remanded, to prepare the depo-
sitions.

WORSHIP-STREET.
FORGERIES UPON MESSRS. BLACKWOOD, THE PCD-
LISHERS.—Among the remanded cases appointed for re-
examination before Mr. Hammill was that of Mary
Johnson, a young woman of very lady. like appearance,
and stated to be highly connected, who stood charged
with having feloniously uttered three forged promissory
notes purported to be drawn by Messrs. Blackwood, the
publishers, with intent to defraud Mr. Frank Senior, a
chemist and druggist in the Queen's-road, Dalston.
On the arrival of the prison van containing the several
prisoners under remand at the usual hour in the morn-
ing, considerable surprise was occasioned by the disco-
very of the absence of the accused, who did not reach
the court until nearly two hours afterwards, when she
was brought from the House of Detention in a cab in
the charge of ono of the female turnkeys, who intimated
that she had been directed by the prison authorities to
remain till the close of the investigation, and to conduct
her brick by the same conveyance.
At the termination of the night charges the prisoner
was placed at the bar, and on the prosecutor being called
forward,
A gentleman, whose name did not transpire, but who an-
nounced himself as the solicitor engaged to conduct the
case, addressed the magistrate, and stated that he had been
instructed on behalf of Mr. Senior to express an anxious
wish that he might be permitted to abandon the prosecu-
tion. He had been induced to adopt that course in
itu
into
the con-
sequenceof having instituted a rigid investigation
of
the matter since the last examination, the
result had
which was such as to satisfy him that the prisoner
been the victim of a cruel hoax which had been practised
upon her by some designing persons, and that she was
under the firm impression at the th.ese she passed the
notes that they were the genuine
at present to
signaturesitinn of Messrs.
Blackwood. He was not in setnstut
own he thought it
enter more fully into the subject;nnr;s
suggestion he
right to add, that at the .
fix,and hed accompanied Mr. Senthprribtsono her lodgings at Dalston,
assembled family with
where, in the presence ofdt
whichb she had
whom she resided, he
magazines, the rough manu-
script openedher
dis-
covered, among other literary productions
allusion had been made as
furnished for the leadinbigob
script for the novel to w
he accused; and from other
having been written by
Ewesthey had arrived at the con-
clusionconcurrent circumstances
been made the dupe of a
that sho had.lheartless
imposition, and was altogether gut t es of any fraudulent
intention whatever..
that be
„.Ty Said e could
Air. riAMMILLnot for a moment
entertain such an application, and
that any observation
in exculpation of the prisoner's conduct had better be
reserved for another tribunal, as he had made up his
mind to send the case before a jury. He should take
that opportunity of referring to a letter on behalf of the
prisoner of a most unusual character, which bad reached
him thst morning frenn the chaplain of the House of
Detention, and he could not but express his extreme
surprise at the receipt of such a communication from a
gentlemen holding that position. He had also received
a let' ,er of a very different 'description in reference to
the prisoner from a tradesman at Leamington; but he
should abstain, however, from adverting to its contents,
as it conveyed anything bet a favourable impression of
her former habits and character.
The solicitor for the prosecution said that be was
completely taken by surprise by such an announceaa,nt,
and he was most anxious that the communication last
referred to should be publicly read, as he had been given
to understand that the conduct and character of the
prisoner had been hitherto irreproachable.
The letter, which was written by a bookseller at Lea-
mington, name d Robertson, was accordingly read, to the
effect that the prisoner had obtained books from him to
the amount of 4/., which she had immediately afterwards
disposed of for half their value, and absconded from the
town.