The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-07 00:00:00

THE RELIEP ADVANCES.

The organ of the Irish Government says :
" The movement among the indebted unions proceeds
with increased activity, with a view to secure a post-
ponement of the demand for payment of the first instal-
ment, and a reduction, if not a remission, of the claim
for interest upon the sums advanced during a period of
unprecedented destitution. We need not further refer
to the single instance of an attempt at repudiation, be-
cause the unions generally have disavowed any such
intention, and wisely based their claims upon the pecu-
liar and calamitous circumstances under which the
money had been allocated by the Legislature, and
the formidable financial difficulties with which the
guardians and ratepayers have still to contend. It has
been arranged that advantage should be taken of the great
fair of Ballinasloe,which commenced this day,for a general
assemblage of guardians from all the unions in Connaught.
We understand that a provincial meeting, composed
of members of the several boards, will be held at the
court-house in that town on Wednesday next, to con-
sider the recent demand by the Treasury fur the im-
mediate payment of the first instalment of the sums
advanced during the famine for the relief of distress.'
The guardians of Belmullet Union, situate in the ex-
treme west, in which there had been such appalling des-
titution daring the famine years, have received a com-
munication from the Commissioners, in which, after the
usual demand for repayment, they say they ' are not
disposed to insist un the guardians making a higher rate
than can be generally collected from the ratepayers.'
The Tyrawley Herald, in referring to this official inti-
mation, mentions that an important communication, to
the following effect, was made to the Belmullet guar-
dians by Mr. Hamilton, the inspector of the union :
On the authority of the Commissioners he requested
the guardians to include the annuities in the rates to be
struck, promising that they would sanction a correspond-
ing deduction equivalent to the amount of annuities.' "

FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT
NEAR BRISTOL.
Oa Friday morning we announced that another
fatal colliery accident had been added to the many
which have recently taken place in the coal district
surrounding Bristol. The accident, it appears, oc-
curred at the Old Welton Pit, which is situate amidst
a cluster of collieries in the parish of Alidsorner
Norton, about a mile from Radstock. It is usual at
all the other collieries in the neighbourhood to let the
men down the shaft, several together, by means of the
steam engine, in the " hutch" which brings up the
coals ; at the Old Welton Pit, however, the old
system is retained of letting the men down three at a
time by means of a " drum," the rope being fastened
round the thigh of the first man, and the two ethers
sitting respectively across the shoulders of the man
beneath him ; and the reason assigned for continuing
this system is, that the Welton pit is not so deep as
any of the surrounding collieries. In this method
to
between fifty and sixty men and boys had descended
their work on the morning of the accident, and
about a dozen others were waiting to go down when
about five o'clock when two men, named George
rope breakingoccurred. It was
themselves Taylor, together
to
the accident of the
William Hill, attacbed
Dal-
limore and Samuel
down, and in a few ytoou tgho,
begun to lower them intominutesthe after the drum had
twheithropae
Briant, heard a noise as of pit the bailiff, Isaac
the pit. He immediate)
ransomething falling down
y
pit and called down the shaft to as
the mouth of the
the matter, but receiving no
re ceirtain what was
hold of the rope, and, from its slackness i,
he
cau„h
ceived the fact that it was broken, and
that
°ll ce cont-
at h
poor fellows had been precipitated to the btoteouu
t three
the shaft and met their deaths. Two other men wee'
immediately let down, by means of the drumbr
another rope, which is always kept upon it to be used
in case of accident, and the engineer, being sum_
'nosed immediately, let down several other men in a
hutch by means of the steam-engine. In a short
time the two men Taylor and Dallimore were brought
up quite dead; the body of the first was dreadfully
crushed, but the body of Dallimore, whose spine is
supposed to have been broken, presented few external
marks of injury. The unfortunate youth llill was
alive when brought to the bank, and was immediately
conveyed to his home, but died in about 20 minutes.
The pit, it appears, is about 63 fathoms in depth. and
when the rope broke the men were about 15 fathoms
hem the bottom of the shaft. The rope is a round
Pe one 3t. •
inches in circumference, and has
been in us,s'f.
up and downofrothe sole purpose of letting the men
fathoms long, serclhe last three years. It was 70
capable of sustainlis said, when new, to have been
said that similar class
three tons weight, *and it is
,work safely at the pit for°pea have been known to
lt is stated, had been made
of
Ne complaints,
clO Qf the rope, and there

was a new one lying at the month of the pit, which
the bailiff had been instructed to apply to the drum
immediately he found the cne in use in any way
defective. The deceased were all steady, well-con-
ducted men. Taylor has left a widow and three
children ; Dallimore was to have been married in a
few days, and Hill was a youth of about eighteen
years of age. An inquest has been formally com-
menced upon the bodies, but adjourned in order to
allow time to communicate with the Secretary of
State.

GLASGO ff' AUTUMN CIRCUIT.
GLASGOW, FRIDAY.—The Glasgow Autumn Cir-
cuit Court was opened in the beginning of this week
by Lords Colonsay and Cowan. Numerically speak-
ing, the calendar is a heavy one, comprising 101
cases, in which 129 persons are implicated ; and at
the same time there is an increase of aggravated cases,
including deaths by violence, and injuries by cutting
and stabbing.
Yesterday the Court over which Lord Colonsay
presides was occupied till a late hour at night in the
trial of an Irishman named Archibald Hare, charged
with the murder, at Blantyre Works village, of a
man named Ronald M'Gregor, by stabbing him in
the belly with a knife. He was found Guilty, and
sentenced to be hanged in Glasgow on the morning of
Thursday, the 23d of October current.

From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner
and some four or five associates, who are all either
colliers or iron paddlers, came to the village of Blan-
tyre Works on the night of the 16th of August, and
having partaken of a quantity of whiskey, sallied
forth to the street. The prisoner, who is an Orange-
man, and excited by the Wiseman controversy, com-
menced exclaimirg, "To hell with the Pope and
Popery, and if there is any Popish b— here let him
turn out." Whlle in this excited state James
Agnew, a dyer, was accosted by the prisoner, who
asked him if he was a Roman Catholic. The man
replied he was Lot. The prisoner then said,
"If you were a Catholic I would rip you
up and let your puddings out." The prisoner then
insisted on Agnew giving bim the Orange grip, which
he was unable to do; but, finally, he got rid of him.
Meanwhile Ronald M'Gregor, who was spoken of by
the witnesses as a quiet peaceful man, came out upon
Blantyre-street to seek his nephew, when he encoun-
tered the prisoner, who, without any provocation, was
seen to plunge a knife twice Into M'Gregor's belly,
so that his entrails hung out, and from the effects of
which he died in a few days. The prisoner on his
way home boasted to his companions that he had
stabbed a man, and that " he had used Jack," which
is understood to be a cant name for a knifeor poinard.
The MD who was thus murdered was not a Catholic
after all. After a lengthened trial, the jury brought
in a verdict of " Guilty of murder," and Hare was
sentenced to death as above recorded.

Before the same Court, Peter Browit was charged
with murdering his wife, in Great Hamilton-street,
Glasgow, by kicking her in the lower part of her
belly to the great effusion of her blood and subsequent
death. After a long trial the jury brought in a ver-
dict of " Culpable homicide," and yesterday morn-
ing the prisoner was sentenced to transportation for
life.

There are still a number of aggravated cases to try,
which may be principally attributed to the great
numbers of the lower claw; of Irish who have of late
years congregated in and £round Glasgow.

BANK OF FRANCE.
The following is a return of the situation of the Bank
of France on Oct. 2:—

AMTS.

... f. 498,203,767
... 127,534,212
1,096,919

Cash in hand ...
Ditto in branch banks
Bills past due ••• ••• •••
Bills discounted, but not yet due, of
which 10,754,627 f. oc. were received
from the Branch Banta 34,091,387
Bills in the branch banks ~. ... 62,206,569
Advances on coins and ingots... ••• 208,800
Ditto by the branch banes 2,071,000
Ditto on French public securities ... 8,160,954
Ditto by branch banks... ... 3,267,756
Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000
Ditto on the loan of 75 millions ... 50,000,000
Rentes of the reserve fund ... 10,000,000
Rentes, disposable funds ... 42,590,368
Investments of the new branch banks in
the public funds ... ... 12,952,725 74
Hotel and furniture of the Politic 4,000,000 0
Real property of the branch n-aiks ... 3,533,211 0
Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 0
Ditto branch banks ... 108,000 0
Expenses of administration of tie Bank 293,209 13
Ditto at the branches ... ••• 235,721 0
Miscellaneous ... 140,136 48

f. 910,894,737 45

Capital ... ••• f. 67,900,000 0
Ditto of the Branch Banks ... ... 23,350,000 0
Reserve fund ... 10,000,000 0
Ditto of the branch banks ... 2,980,750 14
Reserve-immobiliere 4,000,000 0
Notes to bearer, in circulation ... 418,224,000 0
Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 116,856,700 0
Ditto to order (post-bills) ... 7,659,514 37
Account-current with Treasury creditor 91,295,632 4
Various accounts current 117,996,214 46
Ditto in branches ... 31,282,414 0
Bills payable at sight ... ... 10,501,500 0
Ditto at branches 3,837,424 0
Dividends payable . . 506,186 25
Liquidation of the Algiers Bank 7,760 0
Expenses anticipated ... 261,782 18
Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 1,897,154 83
Ditto of branch banks ... ... 882,963 0
Re-discounts of the last six months ... 96,733 70
Ditto in branch banks ... 227.245 0
Interest on protested bills ... 533,222 93
Miscellaneous 597,540 55

L 910,894,737 45
Certified by the Governor of the Bank,

D'ARGOIIT.
It appears from the preceding account that the cash in
hand has increased by 600,000 f. The commercial bills
discounted have increased by 1,100,0001. The Bank
notes in circulation have increased by 4,400,0001.
Tho balance to the credit of the Treasury has de-
creased by 5,700,000 f. Sundry credits have decreased
by 300,000 f.

SEABORNE MAULS.
EN signifies that the malls are sent from the General Post-office
by the night—end Mby the morning—dispatch.]

When made up in! From what When
PLACES. General Post-office port dis- due.
London: patched.
America (by Brit. pkt.)N Oct. 10 .. !Liverpool • • Arrived America (by U.S. pkt.) N Oct. 14 .. Liverpool Oct. 8
America (by U.S. pkt.) M Oct. 8 • • .. 'Southampt. Oct. 16
Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month Plyreonth (Oct. 3
Alexandria* •....... N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. :Oct. 18
Belgium • • .. •• N Daily Dover .. Daily
Brazil .. • .. M 9th of the month Southampt. lOct. 16
Buenos Ayres .. .. 31 9th of the month :Southampt. Oct. 16
California(viaCisagres) M 2d& 17th of month! Southampt. Oct. 5
Capo of Good Hope 17114th of month Plymouth•• Oct. 3
Constantinople* .. • • Nl7th 17th 27thof mo:Dover .. Oct, 10
Central America .. llf2d & 17th of mon. ,Southampt. Oct. 5
Channel Isles • • .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri.Southampt. Ta. Th. sat
Chill M 17th of the month !Southampt. Oct. 5
France .• 111 &N Twice daily .. ..;Dover Twicedally
Greece* . • .. N 7th 17th 27 th of mo 'Dover .. ,Oct. 10
Ilamburgh N Tuesday & Friday !London .. Sat.
Holland M Wednes. & Satur. 'London .. Mon. Thur.
Honduras .. N 17th of the menthlSouthampt. Oct. 20
Ireland .. M& N Twice daily.. !Holyhead.. Twicedaily
India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southarapt. Oct. 23
India (via Marseilles) N Bth& 24th efmonth Dover Nov. 2
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) •• M 20th of the month ,Sonthampt. Oct. 23
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) N Bth&24thofmonth'Dover ;Nov. 2
Mexico .. M2d of the month.. ISouthampt. Oct. 5
Madeira • • • • .. M 9th of the month ISoutharapt. 'Oct. 16
Malta* f 7 th,l7 th,l9th,27th Dover Oct. 10
& 30th of month
Naples* .. N sth 15th 25th ofme Dover .. ;Oct. 12
Papal States* .. N sth 15th25thefrao!Dover .. 'Oct. 12
Peninsular.. • • .. Mlth 17th 27th of moSouthampt. !Oct. 16
Peru •• M 17th of the month Soathampt.lOct. 5
Tuscany* .. .. 1.1,5 th 15th 25 th ofmo Dover .. [Oct. 12
West Indies .. Mll7th of the month Southampt. !Oct. 20
West Indies (except
Havana & Nassau) 3dc2d of the month .. Sonthanspt. Oet. 5
* The mails to those countries thus marked (*) are conveyed by
French packet via Marseilles.
CALIFORNIA.—MaIIs to and from California, via the United States
are now despatched and due by every American nankaf

and from Ca.
no by every Amer!.

via the United. States
lean packet.

I NOYEL "EXHIRITORS" IN THE CRYSTAL PALACE.
[ —As the Great Exhibition will be for ever closed to the
sight-seeing public in a few brief days, we shall offer no
excuse for speaking at the eleventh hour of what is yet to
be seen within its walls. We allude to the domestication of
four splendid robins (in the spacious refreshment-room of
Masters and Co.), whose powers of song joyously put forth
in their extensive flight from end to end of the apartment,
can hardly be imagined unless heard. All who doubt what
we have so long asserted about the great natural affection, the
extreme loveliness, and the musical execution of this bird,
may now prove our veracity, and for ever satisfy their own
doubts. The birds in question have free ingress and egress;
but so truly do they love the society of man (and woman,
of course), that they are the last to quit the building after
the bell has rung. The best mode of access to this room is
through the eastern entrance of the building. It will be
found immediately under the American Gallery, or more pro-
perly speaking, under the Gallery of Stained Glass. We,
of course, are often "found" here; nor do we consider,
20,000
though we are no bad hands at "refreshment," that we ever
Pay " too dear for our whistle."— William Kidd, in the" Gar-
ria used were 2,
dener3' Chronicle."
The new water-works to supply the city of Nor-
wichwer opened,with[much ceremony, on Tuesday. Their con-
-4,000 yards in lengstollo,,a
svoriuvcet:iien required the labour of several hundred men. It in-
yards of excavation. The quantities of ma-
te • l
has arrived at
sNheismweass,
yards of filterin
g sand, 7 COO yards of filtering stone, 3,000
yards of concrete, and '
.
40d toes of lead. The rising main is
l 5 inches
e slsin,ooodiaymaertdesr.of clay, 5,000
al
dea mvisulE:sgTivhe es
thec el efborl
following
gßaocsceo
account
t
obliged to be carried
ROSE T
preparatory to her undergoing her
so ill on her arrival that she was
or
second trial.
into the cell allotted to her. The
passing through A • vignon:—" hose 'l'' • •
re-
moved to Nismes. She ar i eimisier has been 81110 f i 8 heri e r
o'clock in the morning, in
ar vced
.here on Friday, at ten
crowd was collected at the door roige from Gazagne. A
poor girl, who firmly believed herselfthe house to see this
destined to perform
miracles. The saint was seat d e on a sofa. ller
stance expressed no painful feeling; aal counte-
reigned on her features; she appeared to be
yisntical calmness
a
Ciro ecstacy ; her sunken eyes were without exrceosnterepla-
hands remained motionless, and crossed over her
chest. T. hhere
curiosity of the public appeared not to affect her in the
slightest way, and the natural impassibility was net disturbed.
by the numerous yizitors that were AClAlitted tO He the ill
u 4-
triipm priieller.."

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct 6.
(Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.)
IN RE HICKMAN AND CO.
The bimkrupts, Anue Ellen Hickman and Moses
J. Hickman, of Cannon•street•road, and Princes-
place, Co mmercial-road East, undertakers, applied
for their certificates. The balance-sheet showed they
owed 546/. They had good debts to the amount of
211., and the doubtful were estimated to realize 1001.,
and their property was put down at 721.
Mr. Linklater appeared for Mrs. Hickman ; Mr.
Chidley for Moses Hickman ; and Mr. Cooper, for the
assignees.
Mr. LINICLATER said the bankrupts were under-
takers, and in partnership, and the certificate at the
last meeting was adjourned for the official assignee to
report upon the debts collected. He submitted there
was no reason the certificates should be further de-
layed.
Mr. CRIDLEY, for the other bankrupt, asked for an
adjournment for a month, to make such an arrange-
ment with the assignees as would be satisfactory.
Mr. COOPER, for the assignees, would not object
to an adjournment if the estate were to be indemni-
fied. He (Mr. Cooper) complained that Mrs. Hick-
man had rnisconducted herself with regard to the
getting rid of some furniture just before the fiat was
issued.
Mr. LIVIRLATER contended that there bad been
nothing stated as a reason why the certificate should
be suspended. The bankrupts had carried on a large
business among a humble class of people. One great
reason of the failure was the Government Bill which
prevented burials within the City, which had a great
effect upon the property of these persons, which if it
had not been for this Bill would have realised more.
With respect to Mrs. Hickman's misconduct as to
the furniture, there was no evidence before his Ho-
nour, and he (Mr. Linklater) asked for an immediate
certificate.
His HONOUR said the bankrupts must stand or fall
together ; they must take the consequences of their
partnership. There was a large amount of debts,
but probably more would be got in. His Honour
oould not separate the interest of Mrs. Hickman
from that of her son, and there must be an adjourn-
ment.

ford, said his son Montague Turner had an indepen-
dent income.

By Mr. COOKE—His (the bankrupt's) bad health
had been greatly aggravated since his imprisonment.
Mr. COOKE said this gentleman was made bank-
rupt the first day this year, since which time he had
been opposed with a spirit and an energy which
justified him in saying that it generated into persecu-
tion. He had seldom an opportunity of seeing a case
conducted with more vehemence than that which had
all along characterized these proceedings. Even to-
day an attempt had been made to postpone the hear-
ing, upon a proceeding taken at the last hour almost—
only on Saturday they had been served with notice
of petition. He (Mr. Cooke) submitted that there
was nothing fraudulent proved against the bankrupt,
nor that his transactions with Mr. Salmon had been
conducted under false pretences.
The COMMISSIONER said he would not trouble Mr.
Cooke to go into the charge of the fictitious debt.
Mr. Coosa continued—The bankrupt had been in
custody for two years and a half at the suit of a rela-
tive of his wife's ; family suits did sometimes assume
a vindictive character. The debts were debts of his
own family, with whom he had lived in harmony, and
now none of his family made any complaint, and they
were the only sufferers. He (Mr. Cooke) hoped there
was nothing in the bankrupt's conduct to prevent the
Court from granting a certificate and enabling the
bankrupt to obtain his discharge from custody. In-
dependent of his family suffering, his imprisonment
had been rendered more painful by severe illness,
which had been acted upon by the extension of his
imprisonment. The Learned Counsel said none of the
points had been sustained, and he prayed for an
immediate certificate.

The COMMISSIONER said, the only question was as
regarded the class of certificate, The first objection,
that he had allowed a fictitious debt to be proved
against him, had not been made out. As regarded the
other point, with respect to Salmon it could not be
said that the charge of false pretences had been made
out, as Salmon was referred to the bankrupt's solicitor,
who said the property was in Chancery, and if he had
looked about he would have found there was difficul-
ties about being paid. He did not think the bankrupt
could be charged with contracting debts fraudulently.
The other charge, of not keeping books, he (the Com-
missioner) must have suspended his certificate for
that, but he had suffered much in prison. With regard
to the expenditure, that had been also explained.
Under all the circumstances, the bankrupt was en-
titled to have his certificate granted to him, but as the
bankruptcy had not arisen from unavoidable loss and
misfortune, he could only award a third class cer-
tificate.

Adjourned until the 11th of November.
IN RE MERRYWEATHER.

, The bankrupt was described as a brickmaker of
West Ham. This was a certificate meeting. The
accounts show—debts, 13,4901. for cash advanced by
members of his family ; other debts, 3,5141.; liabi-
lities, 1,8231.; assets, good debts, 621.; doubtful,
1,735/. ; domestic and other expenses for five years,
13,0001.
Mr. STAFFORD, who appeared for a judgment cre-
ditor, asked for an adjournment. It might be said
that the petitioner in whose behalf he applied was
dilatory in his proceeding, but he thought that could
be no objection on this occasion. He thought there
could be no hardship in having the certificate ad-
journed. He submitted that the justice of the case,
as set out in the petition, was such as to lead the
Court to accede to its prayer.
Mr. COOKE said that the justice of the case could
only be met by hearing the present application of the
bankrupt for his certificate. There had been a spirit
of opposition carried on from the first time that this
case appeared before the Conrt. On the Ist of Ja-
nuary Mr. Merryweather was made bankrupt, and
his case had been before the Commissioner on several
occasions. He had passed his last examination,
which was suspended several times, and his accounts
at last were held to be satisfactory. The bankrupt
had made preparations to meet every opposition, and
it would be contrary to all justice if this case were
adjourned. The bankrupt had been in custody for
two years and a half—and that might have satisfied
any vindictive feelings—at the suit of Mr. Turner,
who was dead, and had never proved his debt, but
his executors still continued their opposition. He
(Mr. Cooke) prayed the Court that the case might
go on.
Mr. Fin' said he appeared on behalf of the execu-
tors of Mr. Turner.
Mr. COOKE objected to his friend appearing on
behalf of creditors who had not proved their debt.
Mr. Full said that was no objection at all.
The COMMISSIONER thought Mr. Fish could not be
heard, as his clients had not proved their debt.
Mr. STANFORD said he now appeared on behalf of
Mr. Salmon to oppose the application for the bank-
rupt's certificate, upon the grounds Rhich the statute
had said should be one of the causes to disentitle the
bankrupt to his certificate, viz., that he had allowed a
fictitious debt to be proved against his estate ; the
other grounds would be of a more general character,
such as appearing as a trader when in point of law he
was not a trader in the true meaning of the 4ankrupt
Act ; be bad never kept any books of account such as
this Court required of every trader for the satisfac-
tion of his creditors. The balance-sheet of the bank-
rupt showed a reckless disregard of the interests of
his creditors, and he had contracted his client's (Mr.
Salmon's) debt under false pretences, without proba-
ble means of paying it at the time of its being con-
tracted, notwithstanding the income was more or less
under the bankrupt's control. He had put his client to
unnecessary expense in pleading to an action brought
to recover that debt, and he now came to the Court
without a farthing of assets, either for his (Mr. Staf-
ford's) client or any other creditor. In 1849 the
bankrupt bad furnished his house at great expense,
and then executed an assignment in favour of three
children to whom he said he was indebted. In 1849
he applied to Mr. Salmon for plans fur the erection of
buildings upon his estate at West Ham. He sought
to let the land on building leases, and having no
money for the erection of the buildings, he had
offered to supply bricks on credit. Having a quan-
tity bad by that act made himself
a tra odfr bricks.
for
Mr. 0
Stafford then referred to an adverse
to disputes with members of
verdicte
ro made,o a d
his family. Ile bankrupt had expressed his intention
i
to remain n gaol sooner than pay the amount of that
verdict, and it was not until his client bad presented
a petition to the Insolvent Court that the bankrupt's
estate should be vested in the official assignee of that
court that the petition in bankruptcy had been pre-
sented. The petition in Eankruptcy was filed by the
anddefendant's son,a if
debt there was, it was a debt
that bad been kept alive fcr the purpose of this bank-
ruptoY• The bankrupt had been gazetted under the
name
ionf I\6lgnryc
Chancery-lane
ne re
the
, whereas his son had on his
door
name of Merryweather
Turner. He would call Mr. Salmon to prove that
the bankrupt had not properly contracted his debt
with that gentleman.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
WORSHIP-STREET.
John Whitmore, a respectable-looking middle-aged
man, was placed at the bar before Mr. D'Eyncourt
upon numerous charges of fraud and one of forgery.
The prisoner's plan of operations, which appeared
to have been conducted upon a very extensive scale
and in a regularly systematized manner, was partially
developed by the evidence of William Tarrant, in the
service of Mr. Maybury, a master carman in Mitre-
street, Aldgate, who stated—On Saturday, the 23d of
August last, the prisoner came to the premises of my
master, who, after some conversation with him, or-
dered me to take a cart and horse and go with him to
Mr. Gray's, a publican in the Whitechapel-road, to
fetch away some brewer's casks. I accordingly did
so, and we went to Mr. Gray's, but we got no casks
there, and he then took me to numerous other places,
where we were equally unsuccessful in getting them,
and he then told me to drive to Cheshire-street, Beth-
nal-green, where he made me draw up in sight of a
public-house kept by Mr. Richard Pratt, to whom
he directed me to go and say that I was sent by
Messrs. Lockwood, the brewers of Woodbridge, in
Essex, for four of their empty casks that were in his
possession. I did as he told me, and after being
questioned by Mr. Pratt, who said there had been
some trouble about casks upon a former occasion, I
was allowed to take the barrels away, and set off in
the direction of the Eastern Counties Railway, where
he had said he would meet me, but before I got 600
yards I was stopped by the prisoner, who told me to
drive to a cooper's in Exmouth-street, Clerkenwell,
and there the casks were disposed of, the prisoner
assisting me in transferring them to the cooperage.
Edward Tracey, in the service of Mr. Dunstan,
the cooper referred to, proved the sale of the stolen
barrels to his employer, to whom the prisoner had
represented himself as one of the Messrs. Lockwood,
and gave a written acknowledgment for the amount
of the purchase money in the name of that gentleman.
Mr. Robert Watson, Messrs. Lock woud's agent,
proved that the prisoner had formerly been agent to
that firm, but dismissed about five months ago, and
that the prisoner had no authority whatever to re-
ceive or dispose of any of their property.
The next charge, preferred by Messrs. Berwick
and Co., Scotch ale brewers, of Old Swan-wharf,
Upper Thames-street, exhibited the manner in which
the prisoner obtained his knowledge of the means to
gain possession of such property, and in this case it
appeared that the prisoner called at the Birdcage
Tavern, in Shoreditch, on Saturday morning last,
and after ordering some refreshment went into the
back premises, where he was seen by a young woman
named Emmeline Purchase to remove some wort
from the tops of two barrels there, be-
longing to Messrs. Berwick, so as to see the names
upon them, and then to leave the house. The same
afternoon he returned with a horse and cart, and a
carman named Smith, in the service of a Mr. Jervis at
Mile-end, whom he directed to draw up at the side
entrance ; and, having represented that he had been
sent by Messrs. Berwick for their empty casks and
barrels, was allowed, to remove those in question
to the cart, but while driving away with them the
landlord, Mr. Mills, entertained some suspicions,
called him back and questioned him, and it being
perfectly evident then that he was stealing the casks
a constable was procured, and he was given into
custody ; while the witness carried the casks on to
Smithfield, and, after waiting a long time uselessly
for the prisoner, at length delivered them up to the
police.
A third case was then conclusively established
against the prisoner, who, it was proved, had in this
instance obtained possession of three more barrels, the
property of another brewing firm, under almost
identical circumstances, from Mrs. Anne Bushell, a
licensed victualler in Wellington-road, Mile-end ;
and, in addition to all these, it was likewise inti-
mated by Sergeant Teakle, of the H division, that, if
the magistrate considered it necessary that they
should be gone into, he could, if the prisoner were
remanded, bring forward several other charges of the
same description.
The prisoner, however, by the advice of his soli-
citor, reserved his defence, and was ordered to be
committed until that day week for the completion of
the depositions against him.
LAMBETH.
Yesterday James Bell and Sarah, his wife, were
placed at the bar before the lion. G. C. Norton, on a
charge of obtaining money by false pretences and
pretending to tell fortunes.
Some idea of the extent to which the prisoners car-
ried their practices may be formed from the fact of
the officer who apprehended them finding at their
house nearly 10,000 printed bills and cards, of which
the following is a copy:—
"Your Destiny.—Any lady or gentleman wishing to
know their fate through life can have their nativity cal-
culated or questions answered correctly and in a superior
manner relating to the past, present, or future—respect-
ing love, marriage, friendship, or any other important
affair of life. Ten questions answered on receipt of a
letter stating age and sex and containing a directed en-
velope and thirteen uncut postage stamps. Mr. Bell is
a qualified professor of astrology of many years' practice,
and may be consulted personally at his residence from
ten in the morning until nine at night. Advice given in
all cases of law proceedings; missing, lost, or mislaid
property; and in cases of doubt, trouble, or difficulty.-
1, Holland-place, Camberwell New-road."
Sergeant Quinnear, 1 P, upon being sworn, said—
In consequence of a letter forwarded to the magis-
trates of this court by a gentleman, and theinstruc-
tions I received from my superintendent, Mr. Lund,
to apprehend the prisoners, I on the 3d of October
got two women to go to their house to have their for-
tunes told, and gave them some marked money to pay
them. The women acted as I had told them I
myself subsequently, accompanied by a friend, went
to the house of Bell, and the door having been opened
by the female prisoner, she, in reply to a question of
mine, said that Mr. Bell was not within. On pro-
ducing one of the printed cards, however, myself and
the person who accompanied me were admitted into
the parlour, and Mr. Bell immediately afterwards
made his appearance. On his entering the room I
said, " I presume you are Mr. Bell?" and he replied
" Yes ; what is your pleasure ?" I told him I had
been speculating and had been unfortunate, and hav-
ing a few pounds left, and hearing of his being a
clever man, I wished to know what I should do. He
asked me my age, and where born. I told him my
age was 38, and that I had been born in Glasgow ;
upon which he said I was a countryman of his own.
Mr. NORTON—He did not discover either by his
pretended supernatural knowledge or your accent
that you were an Irishman ?
Quinnear—No, your worship, he did not discover
that, but said I was a countryman of his, when I said
I was a native of Glasgow.—(Laughter.)
Mr. NORTON—WeII, go on ; what further did he
say ? Quinnear—Well, your Worship, he then pre-
tended to look attentively at a globe that was placed
on the table, and said, I had been very unfortunate
these last two years, and there was a promissory note
or bill of exchange that I should not be able to meet,
and that as I thought of emigrating I had better cut
away immediately. I told him I had a son I did not
like to lose sight of, and be asked me his age. I told
him his age was ten years; upon which he again con-
sulted the globe, and said, "Ile is very delicate, and
will not live log.",

Mr.examined, said the bank-
rupt Itself as the proprietor of the
estate, and not as an agent for another party. He
bricks. An actioa against him was settled
had Sal representedMon,upon bheiing
first said he could advance money, and then offered
to supply
by the bankrupt consenting to give a judge's order for
1301., including costs. The bankrupt had not paid
any of this. He had been the bankrupt's residence
at Woodeute, which was fit for a gentleman of large
property.
By Mr. Coosa—Witnessstated he was positive the
bankrupt had represented tht property in question to
be his own. He did not tell him that his son had been
appointed receiver of his estates under Chancery. The
bankrupt represented himself as the owner of lands at
West Ham. He used langutge to convey the impres-
sion that it was his own. ;is claim upon the bank-
rupt had been 2601. His reason for compromising this
claim was the bankrupt's attorney said he could not
pay more.
The bankrupt was examired, and said the name of
his son, the petitioning creditor, was Marcus William
Turner, his name previousty was Marcus William
Merryweather. His other sin, Montague, had taken
the name of Turner.

Mr. CooKs—The Act of ?arliament by which the
sons took the name of Turner authorized theta to take
that name only.
F. Russel, a clerk of I,lr. Stafford's, said tha t
Mr. Turner had on his door, in Chancery-lane " Mr
Merryweather Turner."

The bankrupt, in continuation, said his wife's father
died in 1829, and he and hit wife had since disputed
the validity of 'the will. One of the executors was
Mr. John Turner, the cred,tor at whose suit he had
been so long in custody. He (the bankrupt) had
published a pamphlet containing an account of the
circumstances, for which legal proceedings were taken
against him. He (the bankrupt) :had indicted Mr.
Turner for perjury, and bill was found against
him. Afterwards an agreement was come to that he
should withdraw this prosecution of Mr. Turner.
Contrary to agreement, he (the bankrupt) was subse-
quently arrested the suit )f Mr. Turner. Since he
had been in gaol his children had offered all the cre-
ditors, including Mr. Stlmon, five shillings in the
pound. He did not consider that Mr. Salmon had a
just claim upon him for more than 401. His (bank-
rupt's son) had proved against the estate for 2,5001.
The petition had not been filed at his request. He
had offered to pay the costs in Mr. Turner's action,
but not the damages.
Marcus William Tuner, barrister, upon being ex-
amined, said that he might have been called by the
name of Merryweather—the name of Merryweather
Turner, he believed, was on his door. In the Law
List he appears as M. W. M. Turner.
The COMMISSIONEx said there was no doubt the
witness was authorised to use the name of Turner
only, though he might have used the surname of
of Merry weather also occasionally.
By Mr. CooKE—Mr. Turner said be had been pre-
sent on one occasion when his father had distinctly
told Mr. Salmon that the property that had been re-
ferred to belonged to his children. Mr. Salmon knew
that his brother was receiver. In omitting the name
of Merryweather on filing the petition he had not in-
tended to deceive the Court the least in the world. The

petition was filed in opposition to the wish of his
father. Interest upon his debt had been paid within

az years.
The bAnkropt,, ppm t•-expaluatiou by Stafl

TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER v, 1851.

Mr. NORTON..—IS it a fact that you have a son ten I
years of age, and that he is delicate ? Quinnear—
Not at all, Sir. Bell then recommended me to go
to Port Philip, Sydney, or New Orleans, as places
that would suit me very well. My friend then told
his case, which, like my own, was perfectly imagi-
nary, and he told him he would be in possession, in
a short time, of 60,0001. My friend replied that he
did not think that he should be in. possession of quite
so much, or in so short a time as a few weeks, upon
which Bell appeared to consult a map with several
figures on it, and repeated that he would. I then, your
Worship, told the prisoner we had learned all we re-
quired then to know, and asked the prisoner what his
charge was. He replied, " I don't generally charge
gentlemen anything, but receive anything they wish
to give," and therefore we might give what we liked.
I then said "I am a police-sergeant, and your destiny
is to go with me to the police-station ;" upon which
he said, " Indeed what for ?" I repied, " For ob•
taining money under false and fraudulent pretences
from two women about half an hour since," and he
made no further reply. I then took him into custody
and also Mrs. Bell, for acting with him in defrauding
their victims. Quinnear added to his testimony that
the house in which the prisoners lived appeared to be
elegantly furnished, and there were some bottles in
the window to give it the appearance of an apothe-
cary's. He also said he had no doubt, from the
vast number of letters found, from different parts of
the country, and directed to the male prisoner, that he
carried on a most extensive system of fraud and de-
ception.

The male prisoner, who said that he had been un-
fortunate in business and adopted fortune-telling as a
means of existence, was remanded to a future day, and
his wife was discharged.