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directly unfler the Bayswater-road. One or other would
answer, although, for reasons which we omit for the
moment, the first proposition would seem to offer most
convenience to the tiders. They would not sens bly be
disturbed from their old ground. They would ent r the
civic by the old gate, simply baring away a little to the
right, in place of entering Rotten.row to the left. It is
at this moment as possible for Lord Seymour and his
friends to elect for Hyde-park as for lienEington-gar-
dens. We bid them fairly be warned of the storm of
unpopularity which will be the consequence of their act,
if they persist in the latter resolution.

been attacked with smallpox, and in two cases with
fatal effect. None of these patients had been vac-
cinated.
A case of destitution, which proved fatal to the suf-
ferer, was registered last week. A case of lead cholic
was reported in the previous return. The deceased
was a painter. The death of another man, aged 56,
who had formerly followed the same profession, is re-
ported this week from " lead palsy ; phtbisis pulmo-
nulls (for years)."

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. April 23.

and had been a number of years in Indi2, and also
referred to Captain EdPr), who he said would give him
a character.

(Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistnt Judge )

John Thomas Cox, 46, was indicted for unlawfully
publishing and having for sale a number of obscene
and indecent prints and publications.
Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prosecution (which
was instituted by the Society for tne Suppression of
Vice); and Mr. Payne for the prisoner.
The evidence in support of the prosecution was
shortly this :—lnspector Lewis, of the Thames Police,
who was also an officer under the Board of Customs,
and Police.sergesnt Chadwick, went to It shop kept
by the prisoner, No. 4. Holy well-street, and there, in
the prisoner's presence, and wi:hout any opposition
on his part, took possession of a large quantity of
window-tickets and an immense number of prints
(chiefly French) and books, which were now pro-
duced, and which were of a must disgusting cha-
racter.

Mr. HENRY, considering the case required further
investigation, ordered the prisoner to be remanded.
CLERKEN WELL.

John Henry Eaton appeared to his biil9 to answer
the charge of having violated RizA Smith, a pauper
girl in the workbous«, of St. Pancras.
The particulars of the case have already been de-
tailed in our columns.

STATE or THE WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK.
SUNDAY.--The sky was for the moat part covered with
cloud during the morning and afternoon, and clear at night.
MoNDAT.—The sky was overcast throughout the day;
cirrostratus.
TUESDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day;
cirrostratus

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
DINNER TO ADMIRAL SIR J. A. OMMA'NNEY, K.C.B.
he dinner given in honour of Admiral Sir J. Om-
manoey, K.C.B. at the Portland Hotel, by the Ports-
mouth Naval Club, Lock place on Tuesday. It was a
most recherche afrsir, and -went off with considerable
eclat. The following are the names of the officers and
gentlemen who dined :—Admiral Sir John Acworth
Ommannev, K.C.8., and Lord George Lennox (guests),
Admirals the Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel (chairman),
111.Wnley. Prescott, C. 8., Purvis; Captains—Sir James
Stirling (vice-chairman), Chad',} C 8., Lord E.iwurd
Bkckwooti, Header-:..n, CrisOn, Mathia,,
Solivsn, Turner. Sherringham.
albs, A.D.C., Bitch, L"we, Sir Riche, ti
Gaut. Pritchard. Hendry, Al.st•son. O'Callaghan, Re-
vas, Luwsden, ; L•entenan,s P.-liege and Aplin,
colunds Willis, R.M., Stevens, E.M.A., Chads; Cap-
tains Lawrence, R.M.A., Savage, R.M.A., Agnew, Law-
ler, Royal Artillery; Messrs. Halliday, Haig (secretary:
to the C .mmander-in-Chief), Edwards, Vinfer, Hos-
ins, Skelton, Gale, Langley, together with se
j f vera.
friends.

The most intense interest was manifested, and the
court was crowded to excess by the parish authorities
and others who telt an interest in the case.

Mr. Ballantine attended for the prosecution ; and
Mr. Richard Field, on account of the London Society
for the Protection of Youcg Females, was also in at.
tendance to watch the proceedit,gs. 111 r. Huddleaton,
with Mr. Wontner, attended for the defence.
What ..00k place was a mere reiteration of what
occurred on the first ex,itnination, and the defendant
was remanded.

WEDNESDAY.—The sky was overcast till near noon; three-
fourths covered dtiring the afternoon, an.! overcast at night;
cumuli ostrati and cirrostrati. Rain fell occasionally.
THURSDAY.—The sky was overcast till noon, during the
remainder of the day the • mount of cloud was variable;
umulostrati, cirrostrati, and fleecy clouds.
FRIDAY. Light clouds prevailed during the morning;
at other times during the day the sky was almost cloudless.
SATURDAY.— The ,ky was generally one-half covered with
light cloud during the morning, and it was for the most part
cfra afterwards.

Mr. PAYNE, on behalf of the prisoner, said he had
no defence whatever to offer with reiereoce to the,
morality or immorality of the prisoner's conduct, but
he contended Mit in point of law the evidence did not
render the prisoner liable to conviction, inasmuch as
it was not shown that he had the prints and books
in his possession openly and expressly for the pur-
pose of sellit'g them, as the indictment charged, to
her Majesty's subjects, or that he had exposed them in
a manner that infringed the law. The prisoner was
charged simply with having them in his pofovssion,
with intent to sell and publish, and that, he submitted,
was not sufficient.

The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main-
mast, and read each day at 9n. A.M , was 49.0' ; and the
mean reading at 9h. P.M. was 47.0° ; the mean readings at
the Royal Ouservatory for the same times were 44.6 Q, and
42.8° respectively.
The reading of the barometer increased from 29112 in. at
the I eginning of the week to 29.84 in. on the 13th at 10 A.m.;
decreased to 29 64 in.. by 3h. P m. on the 15th ; increased to
29 76 in by 9h. A. m. on the 16th ; decreased to 29'68
in. by 9 A.x. on the 17th; increased to 29.92 in. by 9 A.M.
on the 19th ; and after noon began to decrease, and the
reading at the end of the week was 29'84 in.

We understand the gallant Admiral Sir John Om-
manney will leave this neighbourhood about the 29. h
instant; he will down with Lady Ommanney and his
effe,ts in the Sprightly, to take up his appointment as
Cornmande-r-in-Chief there.
VISIT OF THE LIEUTENANT•GOVERNOR OF PORTS-
MoIITH TO THE TURKISH Z'QUADR.N —The Lietrenant
Governor of Portsmouth, Major General Lard Fr,-de-
rick Fi.zularenee, attended by Major Harvey, A.D.C.,
paid a visit to the Turkish Commodore Mehemet Bey,
on board the frigate Mirati Zafri, on Tuesday, going out
t., Spithead for that purpose in the Sprightly steamer.
On g-ing on board his Lordship was received by Me-
hemet Bey and the officers of the Turkish. frigate and
Commander. Sir Godfrey Webster. The crew of the
frigate manned the rigging from the dead-eyes to the
topgallantmast-heads. The visit was anticipated, and a
dejeuner or coffee, &c., was prepared. His Ldrdship re-
(Lamed on board for about two hours, and on leaving
the ship 4 salute ,pt fifteen guns was fired . from. her
main-de cli'kuns. The salute_ not being returned on
Tuesday by the garrison, some inquiry was made about
it, aua the amend was made on Thursday by the garrison
battery firing fif een guns in return.
Commodore Mehemet Bey, with the principal officers
of the frigate and brig, were entertained this day at the
Government House by Lord Fttzclarence at a splendid
dejeuner. Admiral Sir Biaden Cape], Lady Capel, Corn-
wanoer Sir Godfrey Webster, &c., &c., were present et
the dejeuner. It is said the Turkish vessels will not
leave bpithead for Constantinople till the arrival of the
Turkish steam-frigate Feiri Baari, now daily expected
at Southampton, as it is expected she will bring dis-
patches for Commodore Mehemet Bey.

The Learned JUDGE, in summing up, told the jury
that in his opinion, if they were satisfied that the pri-
soner had the horrible prints and books produced in
his possession with the intention of publishing and
selling them, they would be perfectly justified in
finding him guilty, intimating at the same time, that
if the prisoner's counsel thought proper to take the
point he had rai"ed to the Court of Criminal Appeal,
there would be no qbjection to his doing so.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.-
Mr. CLARssosi said that in 1847 a similar seizure
had been made upon the prisoner's premises, when an
immense number of prints, &c., were destroyed, but
the society did not prosecute him on account of his
family, and he sent a letter, which be (Mr. Clark-
son) would now hand to the Court, to the. solicitors of
the society. (The letter was handed to the bench.)
The Learned JUDGE read the letter. It was as
follows :

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDIEG SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1851. •
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*217
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 43
lubercular Diseases ... 168
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 120
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 41
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
.Respiration • a.. - ... 17.1
Oiseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs

of Digestion... ... ... -... ... •.• 62
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •• ••• ••• 15
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ... ... 8
Diseases of thq joiuts, Bones,. and Muscles . - ... . 4
Diseases of the Skin, ilkc. ••• ••• ••• ... 2.
Malformations... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 3
Premature Birth ... ... •• ••• ••• 27
Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 20
Old Age ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 48
.udders ••• .•• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 0
Violence. Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ... 25
Causes not specified ... ... ... ... ... 24

" 10, Holywell-street, Nov. 19, 1847.
" Gentlemen,—l am desirous through your medium to
express to the committee of the Society for the Suppres-
sion of Vice the very grateful feelings they have ex-
cited, by sparing myself and family from the disgrace
and ruin which must inevitably have fallen upon
them and myself, had the prosecution which im-
pended over me been permitted to proceed. Much
of the time that has elapsed since the committee had
the goodness to pardon my fault has been spent in
serious reff7ction on the nature and consequences
of the offince I committed, which I view with so much
detestation and abhorrence as to make it impossible that
any temptation of profit, or any degree of security that
could be offered against detection or punishment, amount-
ing even to a certainty of escape, could shake for one
moment my fixed de,ermination to abandon for ever as
traffic in these intameus and dangerous productions. It
is, indeed, greatly to be deplored that any such publica-
tions ever should have existence, or that writers can be
fund so thoughtless of the consequences to society, and
so lost to shame as to prostitute their talents to the com-
pilation of works so eminently calculated to undermine
the virtue of youth, and to spread contagion and immo-
rality in every rank, Bed I entreat the committee to be-
lieve that not only Anil I never again suffer any such
pollution to reach my possession, but that to the utmost
of my power I shall discountenance and denounce every
attempt to give them circutation by others when any such
shall come within my observation or knowledge. Such,
gentlemen, are the sincere and contrite sentiments of
my heart, in the expression of which I find great relict
and plessure, and which I have to beg you will do me
the favour of laying before the committee at the first.
convenient opp,flutdry, and taking leave to repeat my
very grestful thanks for the lenity they have shown we,
of which I am fiimly resolved to prove myself worthy,
" I remain GI uneaten, with great respect,
Your most obedient servant,
"JOHN THOMAS COX.
_ _

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 998
Population Deaths in corro- Deems
Enumerated, oponding week in the

1841. of 1850. Week
West Districts... 301,189 .. 123 ... 174
North Districts.. 376,568 .. 206 ... 204
Central Districts 374,199 ... 143 ... 182
East Districts ... 393,067 ... 167 ... 194
:South Districts.. 503,346 ... 227 ... 244

rotals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 866 ... 998
Males ... 554

... ... 444

" MerFrs. Pritchard and Co., Lincoln's Inn-fields."

The Learned JUDGE then proceeded to say that the
Court rt quired no other grounds for pas-iug a sevore
sentence than those stated by the prisoner himself in
his letter. The sentence of the Court was (and he
was sincerely sorry he had not the power to award
hard labour) that he be imprisoned in the House of
Correction for two years, that he afterwards should
enter into his own recognizance of 501., with two sure-
ties of 251. each, to be of good behaviour for one year,
and be imprisoned until such recognizance and sure-
ties be entered into.

Emma Thomas, a respectably-dressed young
woman, was indicted for stealing from the person of
Wilhelmina Wagner a purse, and the sum of Si. ss. 6d.
Mr. Addison appeared for the prisoner.
Mr. Kinloch, a tradesman in Jermyn-street, stated
that, on the 7th inst., he was in an omnibus going
from the Haymarket to the City, and the prosecutrix
was also a passenger in the same vehicle. In the Hay-
market the prisoner and two other females entered the
omnibus. The prisoner sat next to him, and the other
women took seats on the opposite side, next to the
prosecutrix. One of them had a basket, and he saw
her hand fumbling about the prosecutrix's dress.
Directly afterwards she gave a significant nod
to the prisoner, who thereupon desired a pas-
senger who sat nearest the door to request the
conductor to stop, which he did, and the prisoner and
the two women, with whom she entered the omnibus,
got out. Witness noticed in the hand of the woman
who had the basket, the end of a scarlet purse, where-
upon he spoke to the prosecutrix, and having ascer-
tained that she had been robbed, he got out of the om-
nibus and, accompanied by the prosecutrix, followed
the women. The one that had the basket got away.
When the women got out the omnibus was at the
Gulden•cross, Coaring-cross, and he followed the
prisoner and one of her companions round into Tra-
falgar-square. They crossed over towards Spring-
gardens, when, perceiving that they were followed,
they ran towards a court They parted at the end of
Spring-garden-mews. He followed the prisoner,
captured her, and had her taken to Scotland-yard in
custody. The other got away.
The prosecutrix, a German lady, proved that when
she entered the omnibus, her purse, which was a
scarlet one, and which contained a Si note and ss. 61.
in silver, was safe in her pocket, and that when Mr.
Kinloch spoke to her it was gone.
Police-constable Budd, 59 A, produced a purse,
which he found torn in two in Spring-garden-mews,
near the spot pissed by the woman who got away.
The prosecutrix identified the purse as hers.
Mr. ADDISON, in his address to the jury, said the
prisoner was a respectable woman, the wife of a car-
ver and gilder, and the mother of a family. Her
answer to the charge was, that on the day in question
she was proceeding from her home to the Westmins-
ter Hospital, in reference to the case of one of her
children, who was deformed, and that it was purely
by accident that she got into the omnibus with the
two other women spoken of. The reason she got
when they did %yes' that when the omnibus stopped
to let them out she found that, she was going in the
wrong direction, and therefore took that opportunity
to leave the vehicle. It was entirely by accident
that she was mixed up in this transaction, the woman
she walked towards Spring gardens with having, at
her request, undertaken to show her the nearest way
to Westminster Hospital, which, she said, was
through Spring-gardens and thence through Storey's-
gate. _ _

- Mrs. Gordon, a woman of respectable appearance,
said, the prisoner was a married woman and the
mother of a family. She was a person of unques-
tionable -character. One of her children was de-
formed. She lived in the Old Kent-road. _ _

The Learned JUDGE summed up the case with
great minuteness, and remarked that it was unex-
plained how it was that whilst the prisoner lived in
the Old Kent•road, she took an omnibus in the Hay-
market to go, to Westminster Hospital.
The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
The prisoner, who had cried bitterly throughout
the trial of the case, on heiring the verdict, exclaimed,
" Oh, thank God !" and she left the court with a
number of persons who appeared to be anxiously
awaiting the result.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BO VV-STREET.
An elderly man, named Thomas Gordon, was
charged with obtaining money by .representing that
he had claims on the Government.

It appeared fi:om—tha evidence that the prisoner
took apartments at No. 2, Bedford-row, Streatham,
representing that he was a half-pay lieutenant in the
navy, and would on the 23d inst. be entitled to 1001
as pension, in confirmation of which he requested of
Mrs. Pearce, the landlady, to accompany him to the
Admiralty to
to defrayoget
themoney,•and to assist him with
five shillings
expenses of his journey
there and back, to which she agreed ; but on arriving
with her at Whitehall he contrived to slip aside, and
after a short absence came back to say that the money
would not be paid until the next day, in consequence
of which they remained in town, and at the hour ap-
pointed next day, having made the same excuse, he
made inquiries of the messenger, who informed her
that no such person was entitled to a pension of the
Admiralty, and that several frauds had been practised
by such means. He was then given in charge.
The proaecutrix's sister, who corroborated her
statement, stated that the prisoner had said in her
hearing that he was entitled to prize money, having
fought at the battle of Anglers ; that his toes had been
(tarried away by a shot on board the Ocean in the
engagement.
Sergeant Thornton, a detective officer, said that
several cases of a similar description could be brought
against the prisoner if be was remanded.
' --The prisoner being closely queifioned- by the ma-
gistrate, said h bad been a Rage on board a MHO)

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 1851.

about 121. in gold end silver of my own money in
the chest. The whole of the other money was the
property of the Board of Ordnance. I left my cffiee
between htlf past one and half-past two o'clock on the
Btb. Tho money was safe then. I first heard of the
robbery about half-past six on the following morning. I
found the office door open, and the chest presenting all
the appearance of having been torcsd open by gun-
pow•der. The numbers of the tvolen notes are from
96,364 to 96,379, and 74,314 anti 74,322. I know
Cornish and Eve. They were termed will-w'•u. I he-
lm) that Captain Tulloh eau t-peek more poiidvely as
to this.

John Barker exatnireni—l am office-keeper and mes-
senger at the Royal Gunpowder Works. I remember
having I,,cked the dour of the outer ffice on the evening
of the 801 instant, about 20 minutes past 5 o'clock. I
put the key in my pocket, and went into my garden, which
adjoins the office. From this place I should have a
view of the office, but not if the door. I afterwards
came home to my cottage, near the entrance-gate, and
hung up the 11,y as usual. I loeke,d the ou er d, ur
and :we inner door, anti I row that the other inner door
was shut. I vv,nt to the otfic,a next morning shout ti n
unnutes patt six o'clock. The ote,r dour waA
tockel. On Pit, log, I found the shutter f the lobby
den, and the g up; this w +4as
for, I t the I,ri- ?,er door. The inner door hmi
heti/ loc, d (,p. 1,, ;Aid sus iu :plintkis. I raw that the..
next i• n, rd. had el-.o hrek, n cp2u, and ih,u 1
Cain, away. I went and H&krd the muster tuoc,r. J stin
Fleming, to come and lm.k, fie came, and I then loek“i
the oilier door, arkd went for Mr. Toppti, who calm.
with other genlemen. I know Cornish and Eve. They
were mixing-house •men and watchmen, and would, to
turn, he on duty as night watt:mu:len. Their rounds on
Sutiday and on holiday nights would be where this
office was.

William Line was next called. Alter the oath had
been adminit.t-red,_

Mr. iiriffiars, addressing the witness from the bench,
said in his capacity as a migistrate. he had undersiotri
that he had been threatened, in the event of his giving
any information as to the robbery. The bench were
desirous he should understand that be might rely upon
them for protection, and they hoped the witness would
not be afraid to speak the truth.
The witness thanked the magistrate, and proceeded to
make the following extraordinary statement;—
I nava gunsmith employed at Enfield-lock, and reside
at 'Waltham Abbey. I know the tour prisoners. I re-
member being at Rowe's public-house on the evening
after the robbery, about eight o'clock. Griffiths was
there when I went in. He called me out of the tap-
rooni, and we went together outside of the door into
the yard. He said, " Bill, I suppose you have heard of
what was done last night?" " What?" I said. He re-
plied, "The robbery at the Powder Mills." I said, "Yes."
He said, "Cornish and Eve are the two that done it." I
said, " How do'you know?" He replied, "I fetched the
tools from Frank Harvey's field, and gave them to Cur-
nish." Frank Harvey's field is just below the Compasses.
Griffidls added, " I had to be iu it, but I was shoved
out of it." We retured into the house. Rowe was there.
He said tome, " What bas Jess. been saying to you?" I
said, " Nothing." He then said, " What have you been
saying to Jess?" 1 replied, " Nothing." Rowe, then,
making use of an oath, said, " your eyes, I will
make you as right as myself if I get hold of the notes."
I said, " Hold your tongue, you can tell me another
time." Nothing else took place tha: night. Charles
Colverd. Edward Speller, Charles Eve, and his brother,
Joseph Eve, were present at the time. I can't say that
these persons heard what Rowe said to me. Grith ha, I
think, did. On the Thursday evening I again went to
Rowe's bouie about seven or eight o'clock. When I
wont in Cornish and Rowe were in the tap-room by
themselves. I was there about an hour; nothing took
place during that rime, but as I left the house Rowe fol-
lowed me out and said, "Cornish wants me to go to
London arid see what I con get for the notes." H.- said,
" I shall go up in the morning with King the horse
dealer." He gild me here were eighteen 201. notes. On
'the tollowing day I was at the Compas,es from haP-past
four to five. I saw Rowe then. He said, "I have been
to Lonfion, and I flan get 15Z for each of the 20/. notes,
which will make 2701." He added, " I have net got the
notes yet, hut I expect Corni,h will come down with
them to-night; he promie d me he would." I steppe
there till about eight o'clock. I thin went our, and said
to Rowe, "Has he bt-ee?" He said, "Yes; but he d.es
not like 'o let m have the notes, for fear I should stick
to the lot." lie added that Cornish had said, "It would
be a pretty thing if he stuck to the lot, and did us al
out of them." ft two said he bad toad Cornish that It he
was afraid to let him have the whole. of the notes, to ler
him have bal., and he would get the money for them
'first. Aoout ten o'clock on the same night Rowe
came to my house and !Irked me to lend hint
my stick. I asked him, " Have you got the notes?"
He said, "Yes." He added, "I have a great mitre
to go off to-night. I shall get there before they get to
bed." On the Saturday, about six o'clock in the even-
iug, Rowe came to my house, and beckoned me out. He
says, " Here's a pretty thing, I can only get rid of two
of those notes out of the eighteen." I arcked " Why ?"
He said, " Because they had not got the banker's signa
Lure on them." I did not undtrstand what he meant.
He said he had got 30/. for the two notes h. hedathangtd.
and that he should stick to. He'said he should return
the other notes to Cornish. I have seen Rowe since tl,e
Saturday. On the Tuesday following I was attacked by
Joseph Eve in the market-place for accusing him of be-
ing in the robbery. I asked him " Who said so?" He
told me John Cornish. I said I had not; I never knew
nothing about it, and of course I could not say nothing.
On Tuesday night I saw Rowe, and told him of the cir-
cumstances. He said, " Never mind what he says; take
no notice of it. If anybody asks you anything about the
robbery you know nothing about it." He then took me
into• his house, and said, "-- your eyes, have a glass
of brandy ;" and he gave me one. On the Sunday after
the robbery I went into. Rowe's taproom. Rowe was
there, and some other gentleman.—(Laughter.) I suid
to Rowe, "Where is my shillelagh?" He called me on
one sid,t, and said, "You ,-- fool, why don't you mind
what you say—that is a"detective police."
After some other unimportant evidence,

Mr. Prentice asked the Bench to grant a remand.
Mr. Parnell and the other legal gentlemen strove hard
to get their respective clients admitted to bail, but the
Bench unanimously refused the applicstion, and decided
on remanding the prisoners until Tuesday next.