The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-28 00:00:00

WANDSWORTH COUXTY COURT.

On Saturday, at this court, the Rev. Mr. Caton, of
Bryanstone-square, brought an action against Mr. Car-
penter, proprietor of the Balloon Tea Gardens, Batter-
sea, to recover the sum of 451., the alleged value of a
horse the property of the plaintiff, which was stated to
have died from wounds received from a collision with
the defendant's pony chaise in Leicester-square, on tha
28to of May last. The plaintiff said he was driving his
cab through Leicester-square at the rate of six or seven
miles an hour, when the defendant came along on his
wrong side, driving at about twelve miles a❑ hour, and
before it wss possible for him to get out of the way, the
shaft of the defendant's chaise cart came against
his horse's chest, and wounded it so seriously
that it died in a few days. He had given 55r.
for the animal. The evidence for the defence was
that the detendant and a friend were driving to a
house in Leicester-square, where they had business;
that the defendant was drawing up at the house, and
behind a cart, which was before the door; that he was
not at the time going more than one mile and a half
an hour when the plaintiff drove against his chaise,
injured his pony. and materially damaged the chaise.
He asked plaintiff for his name, when the plaintiff said
it was purely an accident, and could not be helped. This
evidence was corroborated by the defendant's friend,
and a policeman who was passing. The jury, having
delibera'ed for about half an hour, returned a verdict
for the defendants. An application was made for a new
trial, on the gr-und that the verdict was contrary to the
evidence. The judge refused the application, stating
that it was a very proper verdict, and, had there been no
jury, his decision would have been the same.

DEPARTURE OF THE SCREW STEAM-SHIP CITY OF
MANCHESTER ON lIER FIRST VOYAGE TO PIIIZADELPIIIA
The splendid new screw steam-ship City of Manchester, W.
0. Campbell, commander, sailed hence on Saturday morning,
on her first voyage to Philadelphia. She left her dock on
Friday evening, shortly after sevnn o'clock, came to an anchor
until the ensuing morning off the Magazines, and at 6 A.M.
weighed anchor and proceeded to sea; arriving off the Bell
Buoy at 7 15, A.M, having run the distance, against a flood
tide, in an hour and twenty minutes. She carried no fewer
than 179 passengers, with a fair cargo of fine goods, and in
this respect, at least, her first trip cannot but be regarded as
most successful. She is the largest screw steam-ship now
sailing out of the port of Liverpool, and will doubtless make
a quick run out to the United States. The City of Man-
chester lay in the Nelson Dock, and had several hundred
visitors, by whom she was greatly admired.—Liverpool
Albion.

UTILITY OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.-013 Sa•
turday a striking incident occurred illustrative i.f the superi-
ority of the electric telegraph over the semaphore system
which heretofore formed the sole means of communication be-
tween the Mersey and Holyhead. Shortly before five o'clock,
about 4.45 P. at., the Royal Mail steam-ship Africa, whose
arrival was anxiously expected, arrived off the Head ; and in
ten minutes, although the Electric Telegraph officers' quarters
at Holyhead are far remote from the mountain whereon the
semaphore stands, and not in a situation to enable them to ob-
serve ships for themselves, the announcement was posted in the
Exchange-newsroom in Liverpool ; having traversed a circuit-
ous route vid Chester and Crewe. Some ime elapsed ere the
marine telegraph dispatched its report to the rooms. Several
instances have also recently occurred in which, whilst the
marine telegraph has been rendered valueless by fogs and
mists, &c., the electric wires have kept the frequenters of
the 'Change au courant on nautical poiuts.—Liverpool Albion.
The Marquis of Lansdowne left town on Saturday for
the residence of the Hon. J. Howard, near Newbury.
Lieutenant. General the Right Hon. Sir Edward Blake-
ney, G.C.B. and G.C.H., commanding the forces in
Ireland, has left Dublin for England on leave of absence.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Poat-oMc•
by the night—and NI by the morning—dispatch.]

When made up in From what when
PLACES. !General Post-aloe port dis- due:
London. patched.
America (by Brit. pkt.)N Aag. .. Liverpool .. Arrived
America (by U.S. pkt.) N Aug. 5 .. .. Liverpool -. July 30
America (by U.S. pkt.) M July 30 .. iSouthampt. Arrived
Africa (West coaM)• • N 14th of the month 'Plymouth Aug. 3
Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. July 25
Belgium .. •• N Daily • • .. .. Dover .. Daily
Brazil . M 9th of the month Southampt. Aug. 12
Bnonos Ayres .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Aug. 12
California(viaChagres) M 2d & 17th of month Southampt. Aug. 5
Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month ;Plymouth.. Aug. 3
Constantinople* .. •• N 7th 17th 27th of mo 'Dover .. July 30
Central America M Id & 17th of mon. Southampt. Aug. 5
Channel Isles • . N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. Tn. Th•S a
Chili .. . M 17th of the month Southampt. Aug 5
France .. M& N Twice daily .. .. Dover • • Toricedaili
Greece* .. N 7th 17th 27th ef mo Dover •• July 30
Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat.
Holland .• M,Wednes. & Satur. London .. Mon.Thrr
Honduras Nll7th of the month Southampt. Aug. 5
Ireland .. M& N Twice daily Holyhead .. Twre,vlaily
India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. Aug. 23
India (via:Marseilles) N 7 th& 24th of monthlDover • • AuL 1
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) .. Di 20th of the month Southampt. Aug. 23
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) .. N 7th&24tkofmonth Dover • • Aug. 1
Mexico .. M2d of the month.. Southampt. Aug. 5
Madeira 2(9th of the month Southampt. Aug. 12
Malta° • • ' • N N 7th, 7 th,l9th,27th Dover July 25
& 30th of month
Naples* .. N,sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover • • Aug. 2
Papal States* .. Nstli 15th 25th am° Dover .. Aug. 2
Peninsular.. .. Ml7th 17th 27thof mo Southampt. Aug. 5
Peru .. .. • . 2,117 th of the month Sonthampt. 'Aug. 5
Tuscany* N sth 15th 25th °fin° Dover Aug. 2
West Indies .. M 17th of the month Southampt. Aug. 20
West Indies (except
Havanna & Nassau) Mild of the month ..,Southampt. Aug. 5
* The mails to those c ountries thus marked (0) are conveyed 13%
French packet vl4 Marseilles.

*4,• The renin,ular mail will be made ■p on the morning of the
28th, in consequence of the 27th falling upon a Sunday.
CALIFORNIA. —.Mails to and from California, via the United States
are now despatched and due by every American packet.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
ORTHE 1?N CIRCUIT.—York, July 25.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice Wu.eta)es
The following case was tried last night:—
William Hodgson was indicted for wilful and corrupt
perjury at Leeds before the Bankrupt Commissioner for
the Leeds district on the 25th of April last.
Mr. Hardy and Mr. West appeared for the prosecu-
tion, and Mr. Pickering defended the prisoner.
It appeared that previous to last December the
prisoner had been in the service of Mr. Joshua Unwin,
stuff manufacturer of Bradford, who had done business
with the firm of Armistead and Co., of Leeds. In the
early part of December Unwin absconded to America,
being then largely in debt to Armistead and Co., who
filed a petition in the Leeds District Bankruptcy Court,
praying for an adjudication of bankruptcy against him;
and Unwin was duly adjudged bankrupt, Messrs. Armis-
tead, the petitioning creditors, proving their debt to be
5251. 16s. sd. The bankrupt bad been in the habit of
consigning goods to them for sale, drawing upon them
for the amount; and a bill of exchange for 2501., purport-
ing to be drawn upon them by the bankrupt and
accepted by them, was indorsed to Mr. Watkinson
for value. This bill Watkinson paid away, and
nothing more was heard of it until after Unwin
had absconded, and it then appeared that the ac-
ceptance was a forgery, and it was of course dis-
honoured when it became due. Watkinson then made
inquiries of the prisoner about the acceptance, and he
said it was Armistead's acceptance, and that it was writ-
ten by Armistead's clerk. Mr. Watkinson, feeling con-
vinced that the acceptance was a forgery, and as it ap-
peared to have been uttered by the prisoner, indicted him
at the last assizes for uttering the forged acceptance, on
which charge he was acquitted. The prisoner was after-
wards summoned on the 23d of last April before the
Bankruptcy Court for the Leeds district, to give evidence
relating to the bankrupt's affairs. He accordingly at-
tended before the Commissioner, and on being sworn and
shown the Bill in question he said he remembered the
Bill, and that he had paid it to Mr. Watkinson, on ac-
count of money owing to him by the bankrupt. The
body of the Bill was in his handwriting, and it was signed
per procuration on behalf of the bankrupt. The signa-
ture to the acceptance was in the handwriting of Richard
Collett, Messrs. Armistead's clerk. It was signed in the
presence of Armistead, with his sanction. It was signed
on the 4th of October, at their country house, and pri-
soner was present when it was signed. The whole of
this statement was alleged to be false, and perjury was
assigned upon the several allegations, Mr. Armistead and
his clerk, Mr. Collett, swearing the whole statement to
be untrue. Another Bill, accepted by Collett, was pro-
duced, and it was contended on behalf of the prisoner
that he had made a mistake as to the two transactions,
and that the prisoner had no motive or interest whatever
to induce him to state that which was tads° in making the
statement which he had done, while Si, tsars. Armistead
would be absolved from responsibility on the bill if the
prisoner were convicted.
Witnesses were called who gave the prisoner a good
character.
His LORDSHIP having summed up at near eleven
o'clock last night, the jury, after an absene e of half-an-
hour, found the prisoner Not Guilty.
His LORDSHIP this morning sentenced six prisoners,
who had been convicted on different charges of highway
robbery, making thirtee❑ in all who have be en convicted
of that crime at these assizes, to be severally transported
for fifteen years.
His LORDSHIP remarked that this crime v vas so pre-
valent in this county that peaceable people walking
about after nightfall appeared to be con tinually in
danger of being violently attacked and robbed by two or
three ruffians banded together. It was therefore tweets-
sary, by a severe example, to put a stop to this crime.
Sarah Harrison was indicted for the murder of her
infant child at Thirtleby, in the East Rh bug, on the 4th
of February last.
Mr. Dearslcy and Mr. Newton prosecute d, and Mr.
Seymour defended the prisoner.
It appeared, from the opening of the Lean ied Counsel,
and from the testimony of the witnesses ex amined, that
the prisoner being pregnant, became an iui nate of the
Skirlaugh Union Workhouse, where she was confined of
a child on the 14th of January law. On the 4th of Feb. ;
following she lett the workhouse early in th e morning, 1
taking the child with her. At noon the pr :loner was
met at Brigham's-gate, about a mile from veLich place
the body of a child was afterwards found in : t ditch by ,
the road side. Between three and four in the afternoon
the prisoner was at a place called Humbleton, where she I
gave to a Mrs. Rayne the clothes which the , ehtld had
on when it left the workhouse in the morning in good
health. The prisoner then stated to Mrs. Ha) 'n© that
her child had died of convulsions on the preview; Wed-
nesday, and was buried on Friday. On the 4th of
March the body of a child was found in a ditch the
road between Thirtleby and Coniston. It was extra mined
by a augeon, who was of opizi,7n that the (10 had