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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 1851.

peareri in the recent report of the Commissioners wbo
tried the case of Duncan Chisholm (alias Geerge
Mathews), late clerk in the same office ; it Government
were about to give Mr. Winter a pension for his past
services ; if any inf.:ramjet' had been yet received of
the arrest of the said Duncan Chisholm ; the date of
the instructions to the police authorities for same, and
the stfp4 since taken to carry them out ?
Sir W. SOMERVILLE said the retirement of Mr.
Winter was entirely voluntary. He had been a public
servaut for nearly 40 years. and atter that length of ser-
vice he had expressed a wish to retire. He had always
been a very efficient and able officer. He did not
know what arrangement bad been made with respect
to his retiring pension. As to t
he did not think it advisable at
e
d arresteueh
prlel:ntotthoerstareeswtihoant,
steps .had been taken by the
he
was Gov yetra a
Government
latforge and
for h
of Duncan Chisholm,
information might d-f. at the ends of justice.
SUVPRESSION t iF SLAVE MADE AT BRAZIL.
Sir J. PAKING VON asked the secretary of State
for the Home Departme.nt whether he intended to make
thellouosfe,thoarr tpoarlaaygraanpyh tifittpheerr.
on
any
tchoem
tab's,
communication
e M..j-sty's Speech at the opening of the seesiun, in which
itd,caitnion explication to
Ala stated that "the GovernaPnt of Brazil has taken
Tie e, and, I hope, e fficient rneastr es for the suppression
of the atr. CUM, tratfiic iu slaves ?"
Lord J. RUSSELL said his Noble Friend (Lord
Palweratoo) would. in) doubt, if he were in the House.
give UT) an-Aer to the Hon. Gentleman's qu.stion; loar
he was happy to say that the accounts which had been
received gave fresh cok.tirmation ot the statement as to
the extinction of 11,e trade at Bier!.
MR. II UNI F.'S MO I lON.
Mr. T. DUNG( MBE apologised fur his absence in
the House at tour te'ci,,ek on Tie s fey, saying he thought
he b h ..1141 bay- ben iu plectir of time at half-past four,
sw andt ravenJe
.ntutt(i.eiet,the, as Mr. Hume hail gxe,i his motion
tor .he of J.toe, oe eh uld on that clay m ive at,
to the etr.ct that the Hou e could at
theefpr:i'derrl' 4,Bit.onPrhor,:urr,pirry. tatkhef. b
pr ol►le weiltihOU:
Vlt W a
to the erimion of the elec ive crlechite.
HE Eet:LESIA•sTICAL -ri ruq:s BILL.
KEOGH asked the Hon. Member for Miahursi.
(qr.
alpol bad veva'. et
9 whetrier the which
tune urh.
that some tied ,ratandieg or arrangement existed beta eon
bum and th eiovernment wi.h rderctice to the
Went of which he had given notice, ta,sprcting the E_cle
tiostical Titles Bill was true, and if so, whether his views
were in e.ina. nee likely to be altered?---Crias or
" Hear," ant " No.")
Mr. WALPOLE rose for the purpose of giving a
reply, but in dekrence to a gener..l cry of "No, no," he
resumed his seat without saying a word.
Mr. REYNOLDS then.put a similir question to Lord
Juhu Russell.

siatance to female teachers. No less than 879 ladies,
in the most varied positions of distress, almost sleeps
originaing from stckness brought on by the self-imposed
lab..sar of the daughter for the parent's supprt, had
received such assistance as amounted altogether to
4,981/. 93.
His Lordship then stated the other object
msoOaffatidittshefcaemacitslivtooedenri
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the
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trbheau.tt
r department was conducted. The Noble Marquis the',
bait of women, who, as he obaervei, having been
educated in circumstances of comparaive afflaetice, had
been obliged, in after life, to devote their talents to
the training and rearing up of the children of our no-
bility ; and he pointedly alluded to the very Equivocal
position in which those ladies were placed, depend-
ing as they did upon the generous and forbearing treat-
ment they experienced from those to the advantages of
whose nff.pring they were devoting the best energies
of their lives. The secretary stated that the &na-
tions were very liberal :-250/. fr.,m her xlajestv. 201.
from the Duke of Clathr,dge, 501. from the Noble Cha r-
man (the 1114rquis of We.ttnin,t.t) 101 from Earl
Fitzsvilliam. 101. from L .rd Feversham, tvid various other
quiver contributions, amounting altogether to 1.4501.
there was a large assemblage of ladi-s at that dinner,
,he greater part . f whom wee ra:roliess,s of .he itisitittl-
"on ; the rest were the amiable sad iaterestit.g recipient,
of its henefi,s, to whom the Nlarquis of Westminster tof k
,very appr. pnute occmf.ion to evince the most g.,ntle•
manly and cordial rec ,gt,i-i,.n.

INSTITU PION oF mu, ENGINEE;tS.
Eq.. Pteoitieut, ur the their.)
The paper read on Tu, eday was " On the Peeu uric
Method odop.ed in constructing the Flundaiioes o' the.
sew Bridge, across the :slid...ay, at ituchesLer," by M.
J•:Phn Hughes, Assoc. Inst,
This hti Ige was described, as bi ing designed tip con.
cist i.f thre, huge openings, a cen#ral one of 170 feet in
width, and two others, each of 144 feet in width,
venned by cast-iron segmental girders, wet a passage
to admit masted vessels to the upper parts of the ruse,
,crot.s whiCh a moveaele bridge would be placed. Each
the river piers occupied an area or 1.118 square feet,
and rested upon a series of cast-iron cylinder piles, 7
Bret in diameter, placed 9 feet spirt longitudinally-, acrd
10 feet transversely, ao that there were tourteeu unite r
each pier. The cylinder piles in the abutments were 6
feet in diameter, of which the " Straus" abutment re-
quired thirty, and the "R#cheeter" abutment twelve.
E ich pile was composed of two, three, or more cylinders,
9 feet in length, bolted tog they through stout fl inges;
the bottom length had its lower edge bevelled, so as to
facilitate the cutting through the ground. The bed of
the river was orignally presumed to consist of soft clay,
send, and grarel, overlying the chalk, and accordingly
the application of Dr. Potts' peetuntatic method for
fircing the cylinder piles into the ground, which had
been successfully carried out in similar positions, was
contemplated; but after a few trials, the ground was
found to consist of a compact mass of Kentish rag stone,
so that the mere atmospheric action upon the piles.
induced by a tartial vacuum, would be ineff-ctive in such
a situation. It was then tore decided that the pne.utnsuc
process should be reversed, so as to give each pile the
&erecter of a diving-bell; fur which purpose one of the
cylinders, 7 feet in diameter, and 9 feet, in length. had e
wrought iron cover securely b.lted to it, through which
two caet iron chambers, D shaped in plan, with a sec-
tional area of about 6 scpare feet, appropriately called
"air locks," projected 2 feet 6 inches above the top of
the cylinder, and 3 feet 9 inches below the cover. The
top of each "air lock" was provided with a circular open-
lug ,2 feet in diameter, with a flap working on a hurnautsl
hinge, and au iron door, 2 feet by 3 feet 4 inches, with
vertical hinges below the cover; each "air luck" was
also furnished with two sets of cocks, the one for
forming a communication between the cylinders and the
chamber, the other between the chamber and the atmos-
phere. Compressed air was supplied to the cylinder
pile by a double-barrelled pump. 12 itches in eismeter,
and 18 inches stroke, driven by a 6 H. P. non-condensing
steam engine. At first the expelled water was made Le
pass into the river, from beneath the lower edge of the
pile, but when the stratum became's() compact es to op-
pose a high degree of resistance to the passage of the
air, an outlet was formed through the side of the upper-
most cylinder, by the introduction of a pipe, having tne
form of a syphon, the lung leg of which reached to the
bottom of the pile, and ress subject to the pressure
of the condensed air on the surface of the water within,
whilst the abort leg, leading into the river, ha i the effect
f relieving the amount of compression, provided a re-
cuum was 'ewe obtain d in in the body of the syphon.
Such au effect was readily produced In count ettug the
summit with the exhaust side ut the sir pumps, by &I
pipe which could be up-ne•l or closed at pleasure
ro insure the downward motion of the pile, anti to give
it a Wright which should be at all tames .uperior to the
upward pressure., two stout trussed umber bthith4 were:
laid on the top of the Cylinder, in a direction suitable for
bringing the adjacent pitee_ late action as coutiter,
tpdtsfice weights, by tutu- dhaius pa-sing ov( r cast iro.
shear. a.

Lord J. :RUSSELL said the proper time to ask such
a question would be when the House wont into a Com-
mune on the Bid.—(Cheers.)
Ou the motion for going into Committee being read,
Mr. REYNOLDS presented petitions from the Ca-
tholic inhabi:ahrs of the following places against the
Ecelesiasticsl Titlesi Bill, and the Religious Houses
Bill :—Baly more Estrre; Calfeightoine, Antrim; Kil-
lievaiie, County tf Cavan; Dranerie, Armagh; Dran-
crilly, Leitrim; Donegal, Donegal; Bsllinarcreen, Lon-
donderry; Holloywood, Wicklow; Crosserlaugh, Cavan;
All Saints, Donegal ; Angleton, Lancaster ; Leagon.
Armagh ; Bsllyneose, Sligo; Clonclane, Leitrim;
Geogar arid liaihdowny, Queen's County ; Donagh.
Monaghan ; Doorane and Mayo, Queen's County ;
•Bercon, BrickniTkphire ; Kamcron. Blessing.
ton, Wicklow; Navan, Mes:h; Durcmff, Kildare.
The reading of the pray fta of this number of peti
lions by the Hun. Gentleman occupied nearly twenty
minutia.

Mr. O'FLAHERTY presented Several petition:imam
the Bill from various ports of Ireland ; al did also Mr,
Greene, Mr. Keegb, Mr. Mogan, and Mr. John O'Con-
nell.

(LEFT SITTING.)

'wo light wrought iron crimes were fixed inside the
oyliuder, the jots ut which swept over the apace tietwe,
the air bias and windlasses, inside and oursid,-, for the
purpo,e ot hoisting the loaded buckets and lowering the
empty
The method followed in working the apparatus was
totind to be so t•itnple in detail, as to be perfec.ly
in:eligible to all the workmen employed. Ttte
pumps being re .t in motion, the flap of one of th
air lucks, and the door ot the other, were
closed; tvvr struke, eimpresbed the air within the pile
•utfiLitently to seal the joints and whilst the putirpi,:,,te wss
in progrem., the men passed through the air heir, to
Their r, sp,c.ive stations. When the wAter was shallow,
the pile nest,-etied by rcurcdy sensible dente.-ea, as f Di; U. 4
:ne r Activation by hand pettnittcd; but. whets the water
t7elw the edge of the which then descended,
so de p, the exesvationpiwle7 carrredtiown full 11
once, through the whole space, as soon as the pressure
was eased cif.
Toe most perfect certainty and success had attended
the employment of this simple system, and as it pro-
mised to stford considerable assis-ante to engineers in
'he prosecution of similar works, the author laid the ac-
count be'ore the Institution with the sanction of Mr.
Cubitt, Piesident Inst. C.E, the Engineer in-Chief, anti
%leasing. Fox, Henderscn, and Co., the contractors for
the works.
Mr. Eaton Flodgkinson, who had been recently elected
au honorary member, and the Chevalier Conrad, mem-
tier, were presented to the meting, on attending tur
the first time since their election.
It was again announce t from the chair, that the Pre-
sident's Annual Conversazione would be held on Tues-
day evening. May 27tn, for which the cipoperation of
the m' tubers and others was rt quested, so that an iti-
teregiug collection of m .dels of engineeriug con-
structions, and of specimens of works of art, might be
made ; and the meeting was adj ,urned until Tuesday,
May 20, when the following paper would be resd;--•. On
the Isthmus of Su x, and the Canals of Egypt" by Mr.
Joseph Glynn, M. lust. C.E.

stables, who are now remunerated by fees. The com-
mittee have no hesitation in condemning the use of
juries at inquests ; and with regard to the consolida-
tion of the office with the jurisdiction of the in 'gig-
tracy, they recommend that, if that suggestion be
adopted, the present appointments should not be inter-
fered with ; but that as vacancies occur, they should
not be filled up, and the duties at once transferred to
the magistrates. The committee think that, so long
as the coroner's office exists, the expenses attendant
upon it should be paid out of the Consolidated Fund,
and not out7of the county rate." After recommend-
ing the appointment of a medical gentleman, at a per-
manent salary, to make post mortem examinations,
the report says :—" The committee would advert to
one measure that has been on several occasions sug-
gested by persons who have interested themselves in
the reform of the law, and which, though propo,ed
with a view to other proceedings, might, the
committee think, be applied with greet utility to
those which form the sui-ject of the present reference."
The measure alluded to is the appointment of
public prowl utors on the same footing to a consi •
siderabie extent with the Procurators Fi.cal in Sc o-
land, to conduct criminal proceedings on behalf of the
Crown. To such officers, if in existence, notices of
all deaths apparently requiring the holding an inquest
might he given, and it would then be their duty to
inquire into the circumstances, and bring then), where
to- cesssry, before the prover tribunal. It might still
he left open for any other individual to bring forward
on his own tespoosibility any case which the public
prosecutor might not think proper to take up. The
report will bs extensively circulated.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF QUEENS BENCH, May 14.
(Sittings in Middlesex. at Nisi Prius, after Easter Term,
before Lord CAMPBELL and Common Juries.)
CUTTING (PAUPER) v. LE BLANC.
Mr. Hungrey and Mr. Bell conducted the case for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Lush was counsel for the defendant.
This was an action to recover compensation in
damaees for the breach of an alleged promise of
marriage.
The defendant by his plea denied the promise.
It appeared that the plaintiff is the daughter of a
small farmer, and the defendant is an attorney. In the
year 1839 the plaintiff, who was at that time 17 years
of age, having become acquainted with the defendant,
went into his service in the capacity of his housekeeper.
After she had been with the defendant some time an in-
tirnacy sprang up between master and maid, in the pro-
gress of which the former made the promise of marriage
in querien. Ie the year 1847 a child was born as the
result of the itifirreeey which bad existed between the
;lames. Matters appeared to bare run on smoothly until
1850, when, dispures having arisen between them, the
feedgfit desired that the plaintiff should quit his
house—a step which she erelined to take. The
fen-tent offered to give her 2001., but this she refused to
accept, and required that he should fulfil his promise to
marry her. Eventually the defendant tureen the wain.
off and her child out ot doom, and in the course of :iine
the pre-to-lit aciii n was inqituted for the recovery of
ceinpeneatien for the breach alleged.
Several witnesses were examined in support of the
case for the plaintiff, among whom were
Charles Painter, who said—l am a gentlernae's coach-
man, living in Cadogam- place. I visited my sister-in-
law at Stanhope terrace. The defendant treated her in
the kindest manner possible. He used to cell her his
" dear Pussey,' and always kissed her before he left her
In the year 1842 the detendent and the plaintiff were
living in furnished apartments, and the servants of the
house waited upon them. The pl-ontiff was accustomed
to el, ire the drawing-mum. In 1847 she hruueht me a
pack t of letters, among which were 27 from the de-
fendant himself, addressed to her. I read a great (4al
of them, but I could not wake all out. In some of there
letters the defendant asked her why she should vex end
annoy herself unnecessarily, and then added, " You are
already my wife in the sight of heaven, and as soon as
my circumstences enable we-I will give you the honour.
able name of wife." Some of the letters were dated in
1839. There were many of this sort of letters. The
defendant in some of them spoke of his uncle Charles,
and said he did not wish to offend his uncle, as he ex-
pected a legacy at his death. In February, 1850, the de-
/pedant turned the plaintiff out of the house, and put a
padlock on the gate, and said that neither she nor the child
should ever enter the house again. I took the child in
my arms. She got over the gate. I then gave her
the child. She begged the defendant to let her in, and
said she was very cold, and the dear child would alto
take cold. He said he would not let her in. She then
told me to go away, for that perhaps when I had gone
he would let her in. I went away, and in five minutes
I went back again. There were then two policemen at
the house. Defendant was telling the policemen that
this was a person who had lived with him, and who had
had a child. He told them to take me away, and to take
her to an hotel. or a house, and be would pay every ex-
pense. Of course I told the policemen the truth, and
they advised him to take her in, for that they would not
take her in charge. and they advised him not to let her
stand there in the cold on a Sunday night. The defen-
dant would not take her in, and they then got an old
shawl from the servants to wrap the child in. She sat
on the steps. She remained there from 9 that night
till 12 the next day. Le Blanc Came out, and 1 was
walking about with him till tour in the morning. Be.
tween this matter and the going before the magistrates
the defendant came to my hems& He said he
would summon her, but he did not wish to
press the charge against her, and wished me
to go over to get her to come to s.,me arrangement. The
magistrate recommended a settle ment of the matter. The
defendant paid the costs. He came afterwards to my
house and said that he was willing to make her every re-
cotapenso that lay in his power. I said I did not believe
that he really wished it, else he would have done it long
before. He said, "To convince you, I have brought
1004 now, and I will give it to you if you will give up
,ny letters of mine you have got, and will give up all the
rest ; I will sign an agreement to have another 10(1h paid
within a twelvemonth, and that he had the agreement
written on a sixpenny stamp." I said that was not •utH
dent; he said it was: but I would not have it. and I said
my wife and I would go over the next day. He said he
wished we would, aed he flung down a half-sovereign.
The next day we went over. The servants were there,
We had a few words about the s-amp. I wanted to call
is a lawyer to draw up the agreement. He said, *1 No,
he would not have a lot of lawyers." He then said he
would hot do anything. He would turn us out, and she
might do what she liked.
Cross-examined—l read the letters in 1847, at the
time when she brought the letters to my house. Ido
not remember the date t.f the leiter which mentioned
ut his uncle.
Mr. Hawkins examined—l heard that the plaintiff
wee living with the defendant as his housekeeper.
I visited her at Cambridge terrace, and afterwards
at Bayswater, three or . tour times.. That was about
1843 or 1844. He treated her with respect—very much
so. Atter she was turned out I never spoke to Le
Blanc.

Criss-examined—l did not know Elia4beth Cutt;ng
betore bhe carne t'► me at Clapham. I thought she aa.
a married woman before she first came. I understood
she was married. I tol I Le Banc so. He did not say
he w, uld pa) her 1001. on her marriage. I knew that at
that tim.• she hat summoned him Co the county court for
wages - fir about 11/. or 12/. When he spoke of offer-
ing her 100/. he did riot bay anything stout her giving
up a gild watch and some pawn tickets. He said she
had taken a gold watch. She told me she had taken
it ny his wish, for be had no money. He lived in a very
nice house in Bsyswater—a 10-roomed house. bhe
was a servant, but did not act as on,. There were two
other ser►ants in the house. I know Panter, her brother-
in-law. Ido not know from her that be and she broke
into Le Blanc's house at Bayswater. She told me that
she had been Luken by the policeman before the magis-
trate. She said she was taken for breaking a skylight.
When the defendant spoke of the 1001, he did not com-
plain that he was annoyed by other men coming to his
house after her.

Re-examined—During the whole time I ever saw him,
he never ssid or insinuated that any other man had had
iritereoutle with her. No other man ever did go after
her. That I firmly believe. At one time he treated her
with all the kindness and attention of a man about to be
married to a woman. She told me that on one occasion
she went to him and told him she had no money. He
said he had none then to give her, and she must take his
watch to pawn. When ebe was tAcen before the magic•
trace he said Le Blanc ought to give her 2001.
M.. Luau said that after the evidence which had been
given he WWI willing to consent to a verdict for the
plaintiff; with dsmages fur 2501.
A verdict we. accordingly taken for that amount.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
Thomas Reed, aged 3.5, wine merchant, was indicted
r feloniouslt forging an at:eel:ranee to a bill of ex
change fur 351. 4s. 6d., with intent to defraud John
Syminons.
Mr. W. Cooper prosecuted, and Mr. Parry defended
the prisoner.
Mr. Symmons, the prosecutor, deposed that he carried
on the business of a wine merchant under the firm of
rnmons and son, in Fencburch-street. Their firm
had been in the habit of doing business with Messrs.
Reed and Co., wine merchants, at Bath, and on ill,- 2d
of April the prisoner introduced himself to him as Mr.
!'homes Reed, a member of the firm, and believing him
to be that gentleman, they entered into a transaction
for the purchase, by the prisoner, of twelve dozen of
champaine on account of the Rath firm. At this tim-
theta; was a balauce of about 8L due tram Messrs. Reed,
and the E.,7isiiner requested him ro draw a bill of ex
and also for the value of the
change fur the:,' tql"3,
chaagisgne, and he ttd 13,, and sent the bill and a
juu." He de-
chernprigne to 28, Blooms,airy-
livery order for the
post the bill came back,
street, and in due course
bearing the acsr ptance of' "
had seen Mr. Thomas Reed, of the —*l'h firm, on pre-
vious and the prisoner resemble,4 him so much
that he had DO doubt, when he saw him in the ,::)nrltirT-
house, that. he was that gentleman.
Mr. Tnomss Reed deposed that be carried on business
as a wine merchant at B oh. The prisoner was his tss
in
brother, and his name was William. He had been a
meinfelf of i la, firm for some time, but the partnership
was dissolved about four years ago, and he had no autho-
r' y to accept any bills fni ate not of the firm since, tei,t
period. The bill now produced was a forgery, and he
had no doubt that the aec-ptance a as in the handwriting
of the prisoner.
' By Mr. PRAY—Witness's handwriting was not at all
similar to that of the prisoner. After the partnership
was dissolved the prisoner had no authority to acc-pt
bills, but he used to assist in the counting-house and
1 ok over the books. Ho never rt ceived any remunera-
tion for this service. He was not aware of anything that
could have operated upon the mind of the prisoner to
induce him to suppose that he had authority to draw
such a bill. lie had never had any quarrel with his
brother, and they had always bean on good terms. Wit-
ness bad nothing whatever to do with this bill, either
directly or indirectly.
Mr. PARRY, in his address to the jury for the defence,
said that whatever decision might eventually be arrived
at, it wr•os impossible to deny that it was a very melan-
choly spectacle to see one brother coming forward and
giving evidence against another on a charge of so serious
a kind. He had no instructions, and the circumstances
would not justify him in stating that Mr. Reed was not
speaking the truth, but he should contend that, under
the peculiar circumstances of the case, and taking into
consideration the anomalous position of the prisoner in
connexion with the firm, the jury would be perfectly
justified in coming to the conclusion that there was not
seffictent evidence to satisfy tbeal that the prisoner hadheard
that for a considerable time he had been a
committed the offence of forgery. They
the firm, and yet. when this serious charts hadwasd
to
speak
membermadoef
against him, the only witness that was cal
to his handwriting and to the fact of the tori
alet'v wai tils
own brother, and the eel'dm tce of this stegl- witness was
in any doubt;
a
nut corroborated in anyvemkssfn,ritethhre.o
jcluat:ye in this bare
was the duty
of
the prosecution not to h
and as they had chosen to leave
ought not t act upon any
Rate, he arg,
suspicion they
was not preyed to their satisfao-
'dmigthhattenttheerytain with togged to the trans-
tion
t
Baron ALDZIOON then summed up, and
actiitnh'ebyuLiitzhtthteocaascquit the prisoner.
After the jury bad deliberated fur a short time, the
foreman said that the majority of the jury were of
opinion that the evidence was not sufficient, and the
others had yielded to that ?pinion, and therefore they
found tire pilaff )Ton CAI*

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
~tiIANSION-HOUSh;.
Elsdon Thomas. the conductor of a Hackney omnibus,
was summoned before the Lord Mayor by Mr. Proud-
foot, of Norfolk-chambers, Strand, under the following
circurnatauces
The complainant said, I got into the defendant's ow'
nibus in the Strand fur the purpose of going to Hackney.
Ou arriving at the Royal Exchange the omnibus stopped
for ten minutes. It then went on to Tbreadneenle-stiect,
find stopped for about three minutes. The conductor got
down at the Hall of Commerce. I then complained of
the trrquent stoppings, and he tapped the side of the
omnibus—a notice to the driver—and it again moved on,
bat the horses inertly walked till we arrived at the
Flowerpot in Bishop.gute• street. The horses walked on
afterwards for a considerable time, and I told the defen-
dant that if he would not go on I would get out, He
said, " Very well, sir, you can get out•" and I accord.
ingly did get out. but I said to him that I did not intend
to pay him any►hing. " OA," said he. "you won't go
unless yi Is pay me 6d." I then took his number and
the numb, r if his own ibus, and paid him 6 1.. and I
called a cab and went the rest. of the journey. The fare
of the cab was 3s. 6,1. When I spoke to the d, fendant
m the Strand, be told me he would set me down at the
corner of the street in Hackney to which I wish, d to go.
The LORD MAYOR—I wish to see the defendant's
licence.
The defendant handed in the document.
The LORD M•=oß—l see that your licence ha. been
inn,,rsed twice wituin the month—once b) Mr. H nry,
at Biw-streer, and once by Mr. Alderman Cupeland, at
Guth hall.

Flour

Pot barley

• ••
...

The conductor said he could explain all about the in-
dorsements, and prove that Mr. Henry and Alderman
peland were all wrong.
The LORD MAYOR—What do you say to the present
charge?
Conductor—l know nothing at all about it. .The
" gent" must have made a mistake. I Lever bad any-
thing to say to him,
The LORD MAYOR—This sort of conduct upon the part
of the servants of omnibuses is the cause of frequent avd
heavy complaint. It has of la.e b•come so prevalent
that I consider it my duty to prevent by all the weans
in my power the continuance ti a spitem which oc•
elusions such vast public inconvenience. The con.
ducturs and drivers act just as they please. They
keep the passengers, particular ladies, prisoners, and
linger about in the course of their j,,urney without
raring a straw about the annoyance which they create,
I have hartrecently a great number of complaints, to
the effect that the omnibus wen act in the most arbitrary
manner to their passengers, and I am extremely glad
tindt a gentleman who has beau a sufferer comes for-
ward to give me au oppletunity of stating what it is
my intention to do. Tee judgment I shall pass upon the
defendant is meant, and will I trust tend to operwe to
correct the evil, and I shall give immediate directions to
the officers at the Ro)sl Exchange not to to.-emit the
tlackeey and Cl ruon omnibuLses to stop thi re a longer
(lino than will be necessary for the convenience of pas-
sengers in getting in or our. If ivy directions be. me
obeyed by the officers they shut, be discharged. In the
hope that all omnibus drivers and conduct.rs will I. uh
to the result of this case, I shall suspend the d4endatit's
licence for one month, and fine him 11. and cuss, or 14
days' imprisonment. Ladies are peculiarly liable to Ira-
potiithai and II treatment from this class of persons, who
now mike a practice of exercising the must tutulerable
tyranny.

••• 7ll Od 0.0.8 Od
—a Od --a Od
... Od —8 Od

COAL MARKET.—YESTERDAY.
Holywell
Howard's W. H. Neth. 1 ,f 4 6.1' Pensher
South Peareth
Canfield Moor Butes l2s tid Ricbmund.. ..
Towniev ... l2B cd 'Denison
A est Hartley ........ 14s 6,1 Hartlepool
West Wylam
Wylam .. ..
Wall's End, &c. Thornley
Acorn Close ............ 13$ 9d West Hartlepool ...
Brown ... . ........... lls 911 Xclelaide Tees
Gostorth ..... ......... las 9d Pease'
s •
West...
Hedley
Harton
Hilda
Riddell ..... ...
Eden Main ....
Lambton Primrose
Braddyll
Hatton ... 151 3 1
Ships at mark-t. 88. ~,,,Sold. 66 ....Unsold, 22.

MAIN LINZ.

Passengers
Parcels, H, C. and D.
Goods, cattle, &c.
Mails

... £1,059 4 6
... 64 12 4
... 635 14 10
... 575 0 0

Total

LAMBETH.
Patrick Cane, John Hickey, James AP Elliot, David
Harrington, John Fahey, IV it,iam Burke, Edmund Sha-
nahan, 1 limas Lynn. Thomas Burke, and _Edmund
Slattery, were brought up fur re-examination before Mr.
Elliott, charged with killing and slaying 114-hry Chaplin,
a constable of the L division of police, iu Vauxhall-walk,
on Sunday morning, the 4th instant.
Mr. Bodkin, the barrister, and Mr. Powell, from the
office of the solicitor to the Treasury, appeared fur the
prosecution, together with Superintendent Evens, of the
divisiun, who has charge of the case. Mr Gam s,
solicitor, appeared on behalf of some of the prisoners.
Mr. Bodkin, addressing the magistrate, said the Police
Commissioners considered the ca e to be of such serious
imporance that they had instructed him to attend oa
their behalf. From the ielormaliou he had received he
hit that the cave was not in a state to justly the magis-
trate iu (lisp.ising 4.f it immediately. Snould the, magis-
trate see fit to 1.4 mend the prisoners tor a few days he
understood that some adoitional evidence of imi.,or mime
would be brought forward. 'The Commissioners oi
Police, he need scarcely say, were only anxious that a
matter which termivated so painfully should be toll)
investigate d.
Mr. Gumea said that on behalf of three of th men
now in clarge—John Fahey, William Bailie, and Ed
friend Shanahan—he had to apply to the magistrate tha'
they be discharged out of cusiudy. These three men
were present at the former examinations, and there we:-
not a particle of evidence calculated to implicate them
in the unhappy affair. The evidence merely went to
show that the three men for whose relea.e he applied
had bean to a raffle held at the White Lion public-huu,e
but beyond that there was nothirg to connect teem with
the outrage. Under theme circunnearic,s he irti4tect teat
the Magistrive and the Learned Coun.el who appeared
for the prom, cution would be of opinion that there was
no necessity for detaining these three men any looser.
They had for a long time been constantly employed at
the gas works, whore they could always be found. He
felt natisfi,d that there as nu wish on the part of the
L 'tamed Counsel to d« taut the prisoners lungrr than re
gird for the due course of punhe justice required. lie
(afr. Gaines) adtnittd that the case of Hickey and
some oth, r of the prisoners was very different, but as
regarded them he should have something to say here-
after,

...
MOLD.

... £2,334 11 8

Passengers ••• •••
Parcels, 11. C. and D. ..,
Goods, cattle, &c.

... £35 15 7
... 2 2 0
... 111 11 5

Total

••• ••• ... £149 9 0
STEAM-BOATS.

Passengers •••
Parcels, H. C. and D.

... £l3B 8 10
... 12 8 4

Total

... £l5O 17 2

[ADVPIITISFMRNT.] ll(.lloway's Ointment and
Pills wonderfully ffieacious in curing several Wounds in a per-
son's Leg.—Extract of a le ter from Margaret Jones to
Ales.rs. Russell arid Watson, of Bacchus Marsh, Melbourne,
Port Philip, dated Jan 6, 1851. tientlemen,—Since I ap-
plied at your stores for a supply of Holloway's Ointm. nt and
Pills, I have mad- a sound cure of my leg af•er havingsuffered
from several wounds in it for more than two years. I tried
previously many doctors in the country without obtaining ant
relief whatever horn their remedies, but by using Holloway's
valuable medicines for a few weeks every wound is healed, and
toy
leg is nowll pet fectly sound."—Soldby all Druggists, and at
Professor Hooway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London.
Cm.Llnotv OF STnAllifES OFF LIVERPOOL.
liiOrsneTi
lueess, dua,ays
tiletr,i
nags
the the Genova screw steam-ship, from
Rock Ligi house, the
.4\'
which bo h vessels were so severely damaged that tbe Nim-
irn4;loedr:e3i al
chaos t e n o
st
euanmt rveeds. s
eul tbbye
rod had to be to. ed into dock and the Genova to tbe Cla-
rence basin. A rent of seven feet in the hull of the Genova
is p rceptible, and it will be a considerai le time before the
ships znurlyss
Theroncilgitlut a or the Genova will be again rendered seaworthy.
lay the treautfubliiyarjacele(a),
eacharid (t)thheero.fficFeorsauonf
no lives were lost The Genova has
t•uuk as far as the basin
will allow. Fortunately

Mr. Bodkin repliei that the gentleman who made the
application bud old) done him justice in s.ying that hi.
had.no-ohject in the further de,ention ot any of the pri
sons-ra than W:ss'consistent with regsrd to the ends of
iuvice. lint consitteriog the very serious nature ot the
eti,
'rge. and seeing that these three nii-n were in some
degree _;triplicated, he presumed the magistrate w,uld
agree wth . t,iire that they ought not to be discharged a
i ._, .
in" stage
~1 ihs... inquiry. If the, tosg}stra e would hx
Tu sd.sy next fin, v.!,e ie-examinstion, it wi.uld le no
very gee -t hardship for Ito m to rtmesiu in custody till
that dip.
Mr. ELLIOTT sail that under the circtims.ances, and
looking to the fauts disclosed by ;..he evitiri.ce, he id/
_,A the Fnitioner t
that he ought not to discharge up/ -- - d ' k-1
"th over 1111
present Ihe case would, theredore,. ...
Tuesday nPit.

SOUTHWARK.
„How, described as a 005ter
John Ryan,an ill-loonteg
monger, was placed at the bar to lore Mr. li'tieckett,
charged • with knocking down and robbing Mrs. Mary
Martin of a bundle ountaining clothing, end of tie
shillings.
The complainant, an elderly woman, stated that she
had been attending the be aside of a sick sister the Pre
vious night, and did not leave her until an early hour' in
the morning,
in order to go some s
o tohoprepare her hus-
band's and fsmily's breakfast.
bundle was walking
along Union-street, carrying a
containing some
clothes, sho observed two young men
the prisoner, who came up to her side,a7de aor,kwehdombewr aief
she would accept some refreshment, pointing to a pub
lic. house the shutters of which
w
down. She, however, relthed invitatitheereaht!t
iin,
tteollbiengtahkiemn
that she was on in r way home to her family ; and she
quickened her pace, leavinpanion some distance b hg
the
prisoner and his com-
e ind. When she turned into
Wellington-street, still walking quickly and not thinking
that any iwrson ivs
c
near her, she was euddenly se,z,d
from behind, thrown
and she then saw down with violence on the ground,
t at her assailant was the prisoner,
who tried to snatch her bundle out ut her hands. She
he'd it firmly, but the a prisoner tIL trot Yot it Isom her
by violence, and he also thrue
tone etefhishands it,to h. r
P"h(2(f, t and took out 5, and tin n ran (11. Site recovered
b•u !clew!, from the fright to be enabled to rise from the
ground, and pursue in tti, &Notion her ts,silant had
taken, and tn• cling with a policeman tor,,rmcd bite of the
robbery, and roan afrervrardi her airailant was taken in-
to cu,tt,iiy. The bundle of clothes was produced, and
the complainant identified it as the property of which
she had ti en robbed.
A policeman stated that, %hilt, on duty in Unions
street. at the time in qu—lion, he ob,,rved the c-rpplains ! .-- • - - -
aot walking along cat r)ing a bundle. al.d Saw two wen
,London : Printed and Published by HURD° YOUNG, ofwakingwking quickly atter her. He suspected at the time ' O. IN a , 6trana, Printer, Tie Sun Uffioa, No. 112,
m
that the u .wanted to rob her a the buudle, but A. Strand, in the Precinct •! rho Savoy, in tb a oxint 7of
* Tilladie UN ;lb two

BIRTHS.
OF A 8011.
On the 13th inst., in Guildford-street, Russell square, the
wife of John Cdsley, Erg.
On the 11 th inst., at Dorset-square, the wife of James
T. Blunt, Esq.
At Spring. lodge. Barnard Castle, on the 11th inst., the
wife of William Watson, Esq.

0) A LA UGATICE.
On the 10th inst., the lady of Alfred Hamilton, Egg , of
Gidea-hall, Eon:ex
On the 2r h inst., at Perry-hill, Sydenham, Kent, the wife
of Henry J. Brown, E-q.

I I i

On the 12th inst., at St. Mary's, Brompto.n, the Rev. H.
J. Swale, iticumb nt of St. Mary's, West Brompton, to
Emily Charlotte, eldest daughter of Mr. Vt. Fl. Gotert of
Ileretord-square, West B ompton.
On the 10th inst, at St. George Is Bloomsbury, George
Bullen, Esq , of the British Alweum, to Eliza Mary, only
child of the late Richard Martin, Esq.

The Learned JUDOS told the jury that their verdict turned into another street lesding towards Blackfriarie
be unanimous.
read; sod he lest sight of theta. Io about ten retautea
Mr. PARRY said that the verdict had been record. d, atter a ants he again saw c• mplainant, with her bonnet
and therefore it was now too late for the jury to re- aff and h..a hair hanging those, running W.Alington-
considkr the subject.
street, and on seeing him she stopped and informed
Mr. COOPER said that there was a second charge him of the assault and robbery, at the same time point-
'against the prisoner, which he proposed to proceed with. ing out the direction her assailant had taken. She also
The prisoner was accordingly charged, upon another mentioned that the man by whom she was assaulted was
indictment, with forging an acceptance to a bill of rx- very much pock-marked. fie lost no time in following
change fur 51!. 14s. 4d., with intent to defraud the same her assailant, and succeeded in apprehending him in
_lll
preaccutor.
dust-yard, and at-some distance from then pot discovered
The circumstances of this case were precisely similar the bundle, which was claimed by the complaieant. Theeu,
ti those of the former. The prisoner went into ;alts moment the complainant saw the prisoner she identified
Symmoes' counting house on the sth of April, and pur- him.
chased 27 dorm of champagne, representing that it vas The prisoner asserted that the conaplainant was wit'
for the firm of Reed and Co., of Bath, and a bill was taker, in her identity of liim.•
drawn fir the amount, which was accepted in the same The complainant expressed a wish not to Pr"s She
form as the one in the oth-r case, and the pria.ner'a charge, on the ground that, although she was abates'
brother deposed that he believed the eccep'anee to he in fully treated by her assailant, yet that, having a fa-
the handwriting of the prism er.
Mil', of chit, friar to look ,ft..r she had not tiaw.l° Pro.
Mr. PARRY again ad -fressiAl the jury, an.l caraended secure him ,
vated
that there was no more evidalwe in this ca-e 11.•rr. Mr. A'BECHETT said that it was a most eree,-4 _
was in the former, and that afar the they hid cape a
a,d al, 1,,.„0t o,wpirsi;ry:
given in reference to the former charge thy would h, was 4v-rse to pro,st ante, yet for the ,station th.m•elves they cawe a different a inclu- public he should e Intim the pri.riner far trial.
sion weh regatil 10 this oi.e.
Mr. Justice TaerrounD having summed up,
The jwy donate, atea a s,,ort time in the box, and
then stated th, y w. re net likaly to agr'e aad Y jibed to
retire. ey left the court at half past 4 o'clock
Shortly after six o'clock they reurtie,l and flout gay.,
a verdict f Net Guilty.
D Lniel Connell, 19, was indict, d for a burglary in the
•Iwe litue-h .use of Samuel Goss.
Mr. Carteen prosecuted, and Mr. O'Brien was counsel
for the prisoner.
It appeared that the praeaaautor resided in Herbert-
street, Hoxion, and that on the night of the 13th of
April, all the family had gone to rasa leaving the pre-
mises properly secured. About hall-pait two o'cl.iek
Oil the fallawing morning, a servant girl, named El -z
beth Wimble aha slept in the frere kitchen, was alarm. d
by seeing 4 men in the room with a lige', and in the act
of ransacking a box. Sh • hal tee courage and pre-
sence of maid, however. to remain pert, c.ly quiet until
the man wept ou. of the kitchen and proceeded up stairs,
when sho immediately got up and ran to the front door,
which she opened and gave an alarm; the conseq wimp
of which was that the prissier was taken into custody
as he was in the act of escaping from the premises by
jumping over the garden wall.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the pri
loner was aerate, ced to be transported for seven year,

THE COUNTRY NI A. ;I it WT
LIVERroOL, MAY 13. The attendance today
has been
good, but the t;emand r wheat being only moderate, no chenol:
in prices can be quoted. Flour sold in re.ail at last e
VI
rates Oats and oatmeal each the turn dearer. Beans
ito
6d clearer. Peas, barley, and malt, equally as dear. ,iM
aa
corn in good request at an advance of tid to Is per quarter.
LEEDS, MAY 13. We hail a good arrival of wheat, and
there was a fair show of samples from vessels, the greater part
of which was foreign. Trace was firm, but there war no
activi y on the part of buyers, still Friday's rates were fo.i
maintained. Barley as before. Peas and beans were quite
a. dear. Other articles no change.
NEWCASTLE CORN 111 A RENT, MAY 13.—The Duly of
ff
wheat from the farmers very small, and wa. readily taken 0
at rather more money than on Saturday, while in ship
little business was done, factors holding firmly for an ado!.
which millers we.e not disposed to give. In flour and ether
articles no variation.
of
NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, MAY 13.—The sup,
.t
m
beasts at to-day's iri.et was about In 2 head less than,'.
by
week. All breeds are in good request at former rates, °leo
good clearance. Sheep and lamb trade better; late reek
fully support d, and all sold. Beats. 665—corresponding W
last year, 23; sheep and lambs, :3,67B—corresponding
last year, 4,240. Beef, 4s to bs 6d per stone; sheep in
6c1.,.. shorn, 4d ; lambs 6d to Od per lb.
EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, MAY 13.—There werehLisi
the meal market to-day 12 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 'llsw---
imperial, which sold thus:-9 at ./ lls od and 3at •/10"
average price of the whole 1/ lOs 9d 0-12ths. 3 sacks 0.131...:
which solo at Vs. 5 sacks pot-barley, whereof 4 sold thus'
1 at 26s Od, 1 at 251, and 2 at 22s 6d.
EDINBURGH HAY AND STkAW MAZICET, MAY
Oat straw, from t4s Od to 9s Od per kemple of 16 stones tro
wheat ditto, 8s Od to 9, Od ; barley ditto, 7. t. d to 8.
Ha •, from 10d to Is per stone.
VALKEITH MEAL MARKET, MAY 12.—There of
bags oatmeal and 13 of barleymeal at this day's market. peasemeal, flour, and pot-barley, none in market. Ostls,,t;
the same on the top, second price Ed per bag up; barliP)
3d per bag duwn.
d. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. I First Second 0.--rd
imperial .. MI 30s Oil 29s 6d Barleymeal, per ditto ... 18s 6d
—s —5
od
0
Peasemeal

...1 6d

--iN

155 n,l
' 145 v-
•• od
148 iti6(l
14d v-
-156
15i °‘l
lbs „A
14. 0-
••
14. ,
-
6i
13. o
13. -„
--
9,
13. s 4
15,„,
v-
.257
IA v"7,1

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS of
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Rotors
Traffic fur the week ending May 11:—
Passengers, parcels, &c. £e7,681 19 2
Merchandise 16,692 12 5
Cattle 1,149 13 9

Total ... £4 ,52t 6 4
Corresponding week last year 46,959 1 2
tl3
Note.—The returns as published are exclusive o .
traffic of the Huddersfield Canal and Shropshire Union, N.
Union, Preston and Ilryre, South Junction, Manchester on:
Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and 01 the propor,
,ion DI traffic deducted under agreement with the Noro
Stafforoshire Company.

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 mil.
open ) Traffic for week ending May 11...£15,410 4 1
Corresponding week in last year, (224
miles open) ..
...X13,135 17 2
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. •_ (Miles open, 112.) ""
Return of traffic for the week ending May 13 :;
Railway and canal .. 0 0
Corresponding week last year ... 4,419 0 0
Note. The above is exclusive of the receipts available
under the agreement with the London and North •Wootere
Railway Company.
CHESTER AHD HOLYHEAD RAILWAY...Traffic for the
week ending May 11:

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL. MAY 14.
STOOL ExcliAsrox.—The share market still continues re-
markably flat, with little or no business doing.
1.1 V ki,t,ll‘). +I. MAY 14.
&rock EXCHANGFE.—Tbe market to-day is considerably
worse, and prices of al kinds of shams are materially lower.
The transactions were as follow :—Caleilonian, 14% Lan-
casbire an/ Yorkshire, 604 Ditto, Fifths, 9 15-16
London and North-Western, 116—Ditto, New Quarters. 44
p.— Midland. Halves, WA, die.—Kurth 9_ North
Thais!),
S'aff..rdshire, 7 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 26%—Leeds
and Think, 164.

MANCHESTER: MAY 14
riTocti EXCHANGE.— The market has been very inanimate
to-day, and prices were maintained with difficulty. The
t ransact ions were as follow:—East Lancashire ( West Ri ing
Union), 5.4, dis.— London and North-Western, New Quarters,
4 p. Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (0),
2 11• 16 p.-6outh-Eastern and Dover. '26%.

BIRMINGHAM. MAY 14.
SvocK ExcnAmatt. - The P hare market continues depreved,
and some descriptions of stock have fallen in price—Shrews-
bury and Birmingham amongst the number. The recent
amount of transfers made with the view of influencing the
late decision of the meeting of shareholders, held at Wolver-
hampton, has had a depreciating effect upon the stock of this
company The traasacrions reported on 'Change to-day were
as follow :—Ches,er and Holyhead, Preference, 164 - I ondsn
,nd North- V% ester n.
.North Staffordshire, 61. 18s. 9d.
dis.—Shrewsbury and eirtmogham (A), 5 dis.