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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1861,

the week, as they have been principally engaged in
taking stock. In the Botany and lower continental
wools a fair business has been done.
HALIFAX, SATUBDAY.—AIthough there has been
but a limited attendance of merchants in our Piece
Hall to-day, the new year has not commenced unfa-
vourably. The principal inquiry has been for cotton-
weft lastings, of which not many are now made. The de-
mand for fancy goods, of low quality, is pretty good ; but
buyers are not willing to give the advanced price
asked by the manufacturers. There is more confi-
dence in the yarn trade ; and both shippers and ma-
nufacturers are purchasing extensively, at improving
prices. There have been fewer transactions in wool ;
but the quotations are looking up.
LEEDS, TUESDAY.--There has been considerable
activity shown at the market, both to-day and on
Saturday last, and a very fair business has been done.
Ne change to notice in prices, which continue very
firm.

" The amount required for the payments to be made ,
under these arrangements is to be duly stopped by the I
regimental paymaster from his issues of pay to the se-
veral compsnies or detachments to which the articles
are supplied, and is to be paid by him, weekly, to the
parties who shall have supplied the articles.
" The bilis of charges of the supplying parties are to be
obtained from them, with the supply, either by the regi-
mental quartermaster or by the several officers in com-
mand of companies, as you shall find most eligible, and,
after being ascertained by those officers to be in due
conformity with the terms arranged by the commissariat
officers, and to be correct in the quantities, rates, and
amounts charged, are to be then handed to the paymaster,
to be paid by him; and he is at the same time to be duly
furnished by the officers in command of companies, and
also by the regimental quartermaster, should he be em-
ployed in receiving or distributing the supplies, with all
information necessary for the purpose of apportioning to
each company the proper amount chargeable thereto as
stoppages for the said supplies, and of settling with the
company accordingly.
You will take care to ascertain, by monthly inspec-
tion and inquiry, whether the requisite payments to the
supplying parties shall have been regularly made ac-
cording to the instructions herein conveyed; and, in the
event of any omission or neglect on the part of the pay-
master or any other regimental officer concerned, you
will cause the same to be immediately rectified, and you
will also report the particu'ars of the case to me, if the
circumstances be such as to render that course necessary.
"I have the honour to be,
" Sir, your obedient servant,
"• F. MAULE."

THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The following is Mr. Benton's Bill to provide for
the locatioa and construction of a central national
highway from the Mississippi River, at S. Louis, to
the Bay of San Francisco, on the Pacific Ocean :
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives of the United States of America in Congress as-
sembled, That a district of territory one hundred miles
wide, and entending from the western frontier of Mis-
souri to the Pacific Ocean, and corresponding as neatly
as may be to the central latitudes of the United States,
together with the revenue from lands and customs
in California, Oregon, Mexico, and Utah, so far as not
required for expenditure therein, shall be set apart
and reserved for opening communications vials Ca-
lifornia, Oregon, New Mexico, and Utah, by
means of a central national highway from St. Louis
to the bay of San Francisco, to connect the
ocean navigation in that bay with a branch of said
highway to Santa FCI, in New Mexico, and a branch
to the tidewater region of the Columbia river, so as to
connect the ocean navigation at that point, and also a
branch to the city of the Great Salt Lake, if said
central highway should not in its proper course pass
that city, and a breadth of fifty miles shall be set
apart and reserved for the location and construction of
Mil branch roads respectively.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said
central national highway Shall consist of a system of
parallel roads, adapted to different modes of travel
and transportation, and a margin for lines of electros
telegraphic wires, whereof one common road and
one iron railroad shell be imrnedietely opened and
constructed, and such other roads shall be here-
after opened and constructed as Congress from time
to time may authorise ; and in order that the said
national central highway may be constructed on a
scale commensurate to its importance, and adapted to
the wants of present and future time, and in order
to &law convenient space fur ail the parallel
lines of road which commerce and travel may
reTaire thereon, a breadth of one mile shall
be allowed through the reserve of one hun-
dred miles, and the said branch roads shall
equally consist of a common road and a railway, and
such other roads as Congress may from time to time
authorize, and direct, with a margin for a line of elec-
tric telegraph wires, and a breadth of 1,000 feet shall
be allowed through the reserve of fifty miles for such
branch roads each, respectively; and each track for a
road shall he entitled to a space of 100 feet wide,
and the telegraph line to a space of 100 feet wide.
and when finished the said iron railway, or ways,
31-=ell never be subject to any toil or tax beyond that
which may be necessary to provide repairs, and the
aeid common roads shall be fereaer free from any toll
or tax, and shall be kept in travelling order by the
care and expense of the Federal Government, or the
local Governments, if surrendered to them.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Presi-
dent he authorised and re quested to cause all the au-
thentic information in possession of the Government,
or in its power to procure, necessary to show the
practicability of a route for said central highway, to
be collected and digested into brief memoirs, illus-
trated by topographical and profile maps to be laid
before Congress as soon as possible ; also that be be
authorised and re quested to . cause further survey s
and examinations to be made, arid the results to be
laid before Congress as soon as possible, and for that
purpose to employ as many citiz .n civil engineers as
may be necessary.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That as soon as
Congress shall fix upon the route for the said central
highway and branches, the President shall be, and
hereby is, authorised and requested to cause the In-
dian title to be extinguished upon a breadth of 100
miles, to cover the route of said central highway, and
also to extinguish the Indian title upon suitable
breadths covering the said branch roads ; and the
location and construction of the central highway shall
immediately be commenced, both for the common
road and the rail way, and with a force calculated to
finish the common road in one year, so as to be pas-
sable for waggons and carriages, and the railway in
ten years.
Ssc. 5. And be it further enacted, That as soon as

" ISSUES OF PROVISIONS TO THE TROOPS ON FOREIGN 1
STATI,•NS, AND REDUCTION or THE RATE OF STOP-
PAGE ON ACCOUNT THEREOF.
" Victoria R.—Whereas, we have judged it expedient
to remove the existing inequalities in the supply of rations
of proviions to cur army through our commissariat on
foreign stations, and at the same time improve the situation
of our soldiers serving abroad in that respect, our will and
pleasure therefore is that the arrangements now existing,
whereby at sundry stations abroad various articles of diet,
in addition to bread or biscuit and meat, are issued as
component parts of the ration, shall cease on the 31st
of March, 1851, or as soon afterwards as the instruc-
tions on the subject shall reach the several stations and
posts; and that from and after such date there shall be
issued by our commissariat at every station abroad alike,
wherever our troops shall be serving on shore, except in
the territ!,ries of the East India Company, one uniform
daily ration for each soldier, consisting only of bread,
or biscuit, and meat, in tee following quantities, viz :
" One pound of bread, or three-quarters of a pound of
biscuit.
" One pound of fresh meet, or of salted beef, or pork.
" And when the troops shall be engaged in active
operations in the field, tie quantity of bread shall be
increased to one pound and a half, or the quantity of
biscuit to one pound, in each ration.
" And for every such daily ration issued for the sol-
dier, n ill or without the increased quantity of bread cr
biscuit, according to circumstances as herein set forth,
there shall be stopped from his daily pay the uniform
ate of threepence-halfpenny, and no more.
" Such other articles of diet, in addition to the rations
as are necessary fur the soldier, shall be supplied to him
under regimental arrangements according to the regula-
tions 01 our service.
Except in the foregoing particulars, the present
rules regarding rations rf provisions es nstahlished by
our v arrant of the Ist of July, 1848, shall continue to
have full force and eift.ct.
" Given a' cur Court at St. James's, the 24th day of
December, 1850, in the fourteenth year of our reign.
" By her Majesty's command,
" F. MAULE."

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
William Burgess Swift, 22, and Walter Scrivenor,
21, two Post-office clerks, pleaded guilty to ied,ct-
ments charging them with stealing letters the pro-
perty of the Postmaster General.
There were some mitigating circumstances in the
case of Swift, and he was sentenced to be transported
for seven years; the other prisoner was sentenced to
be transported for ten years.
Henry Hooper surrendered to take his trial upon
an indictment which alleged that, while a certain ves-
sel named the Mary was upon the high seas, and
within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England,
the defendant maliciously and feloniously cut and da-
maged the rigging of the said vessel, with intent to
render her useless.
Mr. 13 adkin appeared for the prosecution ; Mr.
Clarkson was instructed to defend the prisoner.
Mr. BODKIN, in opening the case, said that the pri-
soner was a person of respectability, and he had
brought himself into his present position by commit-
ting an act which was one of great impropriety, al-
though it would be a question for their Lordships
whether it came within the scope of the Act of Par-
liament under which the present indictment was pre-
ferred, and which made it a felony for a person to
damage a vessel otherwise than by fire, with
intent to render her useless. The circumstances
of the case were these :—The prisoner was a
mariner, and he was employed to put Outs on
board the vessels coming up the river, and on the
15. h of December he was with his boat otT Dunge-
ness with a pilot, and on the look out for an Indianian
which was expected. Another boat, the Mary, was
out with the same object, and it seemed that it was
the custom for the pilot to be taken from the first boat
which came up to the vessel, and when the ship that
was expected came in sight both the boats made the
best of their way towards her, and they both at-
tempted to lay hold of her ; but, in consequence of
the way that was upon the vessel they were unable to
do so, and both the pilot-boats became entangled with
each other, and while they were in this position the
prisoner cut the halyards of the other boat, the effect
of which was to cause the foresail to fall. The object
of the prisoner in doing this was possibly to give his
own boat some advantage in getting to the vessel first,
but he failed in that object, for the rival boat having
a small one with her, it was made use of, and the
persons in her succeeded in getting their pilot on board
the ship. The question would be, under these cir-
cumstances, whether the act committed by the prisoner
was done with an intent to render the vessel useless,
but it appeared to him that it would be more reason-
able to suppose that the prisoner only intended
to disable the boat for a short period, to enable his
own boat to get first to the ship, and that it would be
straining the law very much to say that such an act
as that imputed to the prisoner amounted to felony
within the meaning of the statute. The matter had
been investigated by a justice residing in the district,
and he had felt it his duty to send the case for trial,
and, the grand jury having returned a true bill, he
was bound to appear and state the facts to the jury ;
but he apprehended that, now he had done so, their
Lordships would be of opinion that it would not be
necessary to proceed any farther.
Mr. Justice TALFOURD said the Act of Parliament
appeared to apply only to the intention to render a
vessel entirely useless, and the mere act of doing
something with the object of impeding her progress
for a short time for a particular purpose would clearly
not come within the statute.
Mr. CLARKSON observed that bis Learned Friend
must " drop astern," as the boat did.— (A laugh )
Mr. BODKIN—Yes, but without your cutting my
halyards.—(Laughter.)
The CotaT ruled that the indictment could not be
supported under the circumstances, and
The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
Mr. CLLRKSON thought it right to state, on behalf
of the prisoner, that he was a hardworking, honest
fellow, and that there had never been the slightest
imputation upon his character up to the period of this
transaction. It was, perhaps, to be lamented that the
prisoner should have been compelled to come all the
way from Dover to answer this charge, but it was
quite as well he should know that he had no right to
make use of a knife in such a manner.
Mr. Justice PATTESON observed that it might be
rather a severe lesson in this particular instance, but
he hoped it would have a good effect in future.
The prisoner was ordered to be immediately dis-
charged from custody.

the said common road is finished, the same shall be a
post road, and a daily mail carried thereon in wag
goes, or coaches, cr sleighs, when necessary, at the
rate of at least 100 miles in 24 hours, and a daily
horse mail for light letters and printed slips, at the
rate of at least 200 miles in 24 hours.
See. 6. And be it further enacted, That as soon as
said railway, or any sufficient part thereof, shall be
completed and fit for use, the use thereof shall be
granted, for a limited time, to such individuals or
companies as shall, by contract with the Government,
agree to transport persons, mails, munitions of war,
and freights of all kinds, public and private, in vehicles
furnished by themselves, over the same, at such rea-
sonable rates as shall be agreed upon. Provided,
that if other roads shall hereafter be constructed on
1 the ground reserved for roads by this Act, the same
company or persons shall not be allowed to have the
contract for transportation, or any interest in more
then one road at the same time.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That military
stations shall be established on the line of the central
highway and its branches, at such places as the Pre-
sident shall direct.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That donations
of land, to the extent of 160 acres, shall be made to
each head of a family, widow, or single man over
eighteen years of age, who shall be settled on the line
of said central highway and branches, and within the
bounds of the extinguished Indian claim, within
twelve months after the time of such extincihn of
title ; and pre-emption rights, to the same extent,
shall be allowed to all similar settlers after twelve
months, and the residue of said reserved districts, ex
ezpt gold mines and placers, and private claims or do-
nations of preemption• tights,‘ shall be sold, and the
proceeds applied to the construc!ion of the roads.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the sum of
300,000 dollars, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, shall be and the same
he-ri:by is appropriated, and placed at the disposition
of the President, to defray the expenses of carrying
into effect the third and fourth sections of this Act,
for the collection and preparation of information and
the extinction of Indian titles necessary to the selec-
tion and location of the route for said central national
highway and branches.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That it shall
and may be lawful fm. the President of the United
States to contract with the Mississippi and Pacific
Railway Company for their interest in so much of the
said road as shall be within the state of Missouri, and
to purchase the same at a price not exceeding their
actual expenditure, the said purchase to be subject to
the ratification of Congress.
The Bill was read a first and second time by its
title, and referred to the Committee on Roads and
Canals, and ordered to be printed.

upon which he had been found guilty was not the only joined by a gentleman, who hired her as nurse to his
one of which he had been guilts, but his plan had been daughter, a child about six years old ; but, as he pro •
not only himself to participate inplunder,but tocorrupt I posed to her the Ferrer mance of services of a very
others. It therefore was necessary that a severe different kind, she had quitted him ; that she was
example should be made. The Act gave him the about to go to another place when her mother inter-
power to transport him for fourteen years, but he fered ; and that, in her passion, she had acted with
thought the ends of justice would be satisfied by the the unnatural violence described.
sentence he bad made up his mind to pass on him, In answer to questions put by the Lord MAYOR,
which was, that he be transported for the term of The policeman said he had reason to believe that
ten years. there were frequently to be seen prowling about the
The prisoner, who frequently kept asserting his in- immediate neighbourhoods in which (ffices for the re-
nocence, no sooner beard his sentence than he said gistration of servants were kept persons of loose
he had been falsely sworn against, and as he was morals, whose practice it was to hire such girls as
leaving the dock suddenly stopped, and, clasping his pleased the eye, and appeared to be in want of situa-
hands as if in prayer, said, with much apparent tions, and who, after convincing the poor creatures of
sanctity, " I am innocent," then, turning hie eyes their mistake, turned them adrift, upon being able to
upwards, he added, "I hope the Almighty God— ;" procure fresh substitutes by similar means. He had
he then seemed unable or unwilling to finish the no doubt that the girl before his Lordship had been
sentence. imposed upon by a man of this description.
The RECORDER—You had better say no more. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, defendant, what have
He then moved slowly and mechanically out of you to say to this, very bad account of you? The
the dock. girl said it was true the man by whom she had been
The few cases disposed of during the day were hired under the circumstances stated by the police-
totally devoid of interest. man had made vile proposals to her, but it was as
true that she had rejected them, and left his service
on that account. She had no idea that the father of
a female child, whom she was engage d to take care cf,
could entertain any bad design against her, although
it was the fact, as she afterwards learned, that he had
been in the halait of getting young nurses for the
little girl and turning them away after very short
trials indeed.
The LORD MAYOR said, he apprehended the case
was one of frequent occurrence, and directed Scott,
the Mansion-hou-e officer, to make inquiry into the
alleged practices of the person, arid to report the par-
ticulars of his investigation.
Yesterday Scott said he had ascertained that the
girl had been hired by a man who resided in Chart
street to attend to his daughter, and that the child
was thus made an unconscious pander to her father.
Of the unsurpassable baseness of the fellow there
could be no doubt, but it was to be feared that, in the
present case, it would be impossible to get together
evidence, especially as the girl denied that his plans
against her had succeeded.
Tne LORD MAYOR—How has the girl con-
ducted herself to her mother since she was first
brought before me ?
The complainant said the reproof and advice which
his Lordship had given to the defendant on the occa-
sion of the language and assault complained of pro-
duced a great change for the better ; indeed, so great
that she was likely to become a comfort to her family.
The peer woman was most grateful to his Lordship
for the resolute kindness he had diplayed, and ascribed
to that charitable interference the actual saving of her
child from eh structicn.
The, LORD MAYOR—I shall take care to have the
conduct of the person who has been pursuing these
vile practices more closely inquired into. We have
now an Act of Parliament which will enable the ma-
gistrates to protect young women from the fraudulent
practices so frequently resorted to fer procuring their
defilemsnte and there is no function of mine which I
should feel more pleasure in performing than that by
which I am empowered to inflict a heavy castigation
upon such atrocious malefactors.
The girl then retired with her mother, after re-
assuring the Lord Mayor that his Lordship's kind-
ness affected her almost as much as her mother's for-
giveness.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Jan. 8.
(Before Mr. WrrnAm, Chairman, and a Bench of
Migistrates.)
William Dasionan, aged 17, was indicted for having

stolen from the person of Louisa Millard a purse con-
taining two half-crowns and other moneys, the pro-
perty of Thomas Millard.
award Totman, A 393, stated that on the evening
of the 23i ult., about seven o'clock, he was on duty
in private clothes on the platform of the Great
Western Railway Company, at Paddington, when
just as a train was coming in he observed the pri-
soner, with five or six other boys and lads, upon the
platform. As soon as the train had stopped and the
passengers bad commenced to slight he saw the pri-
soner walk up to a woman and put his hand into one
of her pockets. From that woman the prisoner
walked off to another, whom he treated in precisely
the same manner. After this he went up to a third
woman, who proved to be the wife of the present
prosecutor, and put his hand into her pocket. The
lady moved onwards and the prisoner kept walking
by her side. Presently she stopped, and then he saw
the prisoner in the act of drawing the purse from her
pocket. The prisoner had nearly got char of the
lady's dress when she turned round and stood face to
face with the prisoner,who thereupon let:go of the purse
which fell back into her pocket. He then took hold
of the prisoner, and inquired of him what he w anted
with the lady's purse ? to which question he replied
that he had not got it. He then took the prisoner to
the end if the platform, where he searched him, and
found among other things a memorandum book in
which were entries carefully made of the hours of the
arrival of the different trains on the Great Western
line, and the times at which certain trains arrived on
some of the other lines.
The prisoner now denied the attempt to pick the
pocket of Mrs. Millard of any intention to commit a
robbery.
Toe CHAIRMAN having summed up the evidence,
The jury at once returned a verdict of Guilty.
The officer of the House of Correction requested
that the prisoner might be remanded until the next
sessions for judgment, as he expected by that time he
should be in a condition to prove several previous con-

victions against him.
The CHAIRM AN accordingly postponed the sentence
to the next sessions.
Mary Flynn, aged 25, was indicted for stealing a
box and other artich s, the property of the Bristol
and Exeter Railway Company.
Sirr conducted the case for the prosecution,
and Mr. Ilorry appeared for the prisoner.
it appeared that on the 13th ult. two young ladies,
one of the name of Davis, arrived at the terminus of
the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, at Bristol,
about ten o'clock in the morning, and, having to pro•
coed to Bridgewa'er, they placed four boxes in the
charge of a railway potter named Smith, by whom
they were deposited in one of the waiting-rooms. The
boxes consisted of three large and one small one.
About ten minutes after this had been done the pri-
soner came into the office and asked for a third-class
ticket, but as upwards of half an hour was still want-
ing to the time when a thirl-class train would start,
she was told she was too early. She thereupon went
into the waiting-room, where Miss Davis' boxes had
been deposited. As the porter was proceeding along
the platform, just before the starting of the Parlia-
mentary train, he was passed by the prisoner, who
' then not only was carrying the bundle :he bad
brought with her, but a small box which she had
placed under ber arm. After the train had started,
the prisoner having taken her seat in one of the car-
riages, the porter went into the waiting room,
and then discovered that Miss Davis' email box
was missing. It instantly occurred to his mind
that the prisoner must have taken it ; for he
then remembered that although he had noticed a box
under her arm as she was going to take her seat in
the train, she had only brought a bundle with her
when she first made her application for the ticket.
He instantly communicated to the suparintendent of
the station the fact of the loss, and his suspicion that
the prisoner was the thief. He accordingly obtained
a pass by the express train, and reached the Padding-
ton station about an hour and a half before the ar-
rival of the Parliamentary train. When this latter
train came in he accompanied the collector of the
tickets to the third-class carriages for the purpose of
finding out the prisoner, but could not see her. He
nevertheless kept a close watch upon all the women
as they alighted, and presently observed the prisoner
walk acrces the platform. He instantly pointed her
out to Lindon, one of the detective officers, by whom
she was accosted, and asked if she had come from
Bristol. She replied in the affirmative, and in answer
to another question stated that she had some luggage.
Upon this being examined the Bristol porter re-
cognised the lost box, which bore the address,
" Miss Davis, passenger, Bridgewater (Vicar-
age, Cannington), Somersetthire." The pri-
soner when questioned upon the subject as to
how this box had come into her possession, said that
it had been given to her by another woman, as she had
herself lost a black trunk at Bristol. She was then
taken into custody. The porter in the course of his
examination stated that the reason he had not recog-
nized the prisoner when he looked into the carriage
was, that when at the Bristol station she had worn a
straw bonnet, but that on her arrival at Paddington
she had got on a pink silk one, the exchange having
been made during the journey.
Evidence was given which supported the above out-
line of facts.
Mr. Hoear addressed the jury on behalf of the
prisoner.
The CHAIRMAN recapitulated the evidence, and
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
Mr. SIMI then said that be was instructed to pro-
secute the prisoner upon a second indictment, for
'having stolen a victorine, the property of one of the
female officers of the Great Western Railway Com-
pany ; but as she had been convicted upon the first
indictment he did not now propose to offer any evi-
dence in the second case. There was, too, a third
indictment, where the prisoner was *aged with
having stolen property . from a Captain Lewis,
amounting to 801. He merely mentioned this last
case for the purpose of obtaining the order of the
Court for the delivery up of the goods by the pawn-
broker.
Collard, the superintendent at the Paddington
station, stated that he had received an excellent cha-
racter of the prisoner from Messrs. Fox and Hender-
son, the contractors, with whom she lived as servant
for twelve months • and that with respect to the in-
dictment for the theft at Captain Lewis's, it was but
an act of justice he should state that it had been
ascertained that the robbery had been committed by
her sister.
The prisoner then withdrew her pleas of " Not
guilty" to the second and third indictments, and
pleaded " Guilty."
The CHAIRMAN then sentenced her to six months'
imprisonment on each indictment, each imprisonment
to commence at the same time.
On the application of Mr. PRENDBRGAST,
The CHAIRMAN made an order for the immediate
discharge of James Gordon, against whom a bill of
indictment had been preferred, but ignored by the
grand jury, for an indecent exposure in the park;
the Learned Counsel stated that his client was a gen-
tleman of wealth and station, and a scion of a noble

GUILDHALL.

John Palmer, a well-knuwu character as an asso-
ciate of thieves and burglars, was brought up, charged
with being found in a private dwelling-house for an
unlawful purpose.
The charge was clearly proved, and several officers
happt•ning to he in court who were acquainted with
the prisoner's more of obtaining his living, came for-
ward and stated that he had been previously convicted
of similar offences, and had en one occasion been
sentenced at the Old Bliley to twelve months' im•
prisonment.
Webb, a detective officer, said he knew the prisoner
as an accomplice of Hoare, who was transported a
short time ago for committing a burglary.
Prisoner said—lt's very hard, your Worship, that
I should be continually taken up for nothing at all.
Sir P. LAURIE—But you were found in this house
under very suspicious circumstances. Prisoner—l
went to see Mrs. Smith, that I thought lodged there.

Sir P. LAURIE—That won't do for us. Mrs.
Smith did not live there, and you knew it. You are
also well known to the police, and it appears you have
been previously convictid. Prisoner—lt's a cruel
thing, your Worship, that that one conviction should
be always brought up against me wherever I go. If
I am taken up at Bow street, his conviction is men-
tioned to prove the charge, and if I come up here it
is brought f)rward in a similar way. I have suf-
fered impescnment for that, and I think it ought to
be allowed to rest.
Webb—He is not very poor, sir, fur he keeps a
brothel.
Prisoner—Yes, Mr. Webb, and I lent you half-a-
crown one night to give a girl.— (Great laughter.)
I wish, your Worship, you could make it convenient
to transport me, for I shall never thrive in London.
Sir P. LAURIE—I wish I had the power. It would
materially benefit the public.
Prisoner—And it would be a great charity to me,
Sir, I assure you.
Sir P. Lanais—l shall send you for three months
to the House of Correction, with hard labour.
Prisoner—l don't_mind that, for I am equal to
any kind of work.
Sir P. LAURIE—But we have a new kind of in-
strument called the crank, at which we set prisoners
to work : it is rather harder work than the treadmill.
Prisoner—Webb has seen me with Hoare, who has
had 201. worth of stolen goods in his cart, and Webb
has drunk with me in a public•house and told Hoare

to take the goods home and get rid of them as soon
as possible.
Sir P. LAURIE-Why, even now you are admitting
a felony. I shall, however, only order you to be kept
to hard labour at the crank for the full time.
Webb, who denied the prisoner's assertion respect-
ing himself, was standing near the dock, when, as the
prisoner was leaving, he leaned over and aimed a most
desperate blow at Webb's head, which he, however,
luckily avoided.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION HOUSE.
A girl, aged fifteen, was brought up a few days
ago before the Lord Mayor, charged with having
beaten her mother, a widow, who had evidently seen
much better days.
The complainant, upon that occasion, said her
daughter had been at service for three or four years,
and had always acted with filial affection until very
lately; she had, about ten days age, gone out for the
purpose of inquiring after a place, and upon her re-
turn saying she had succeded, suddenly departed
from home, and stopped away nearly a week ; upon
her second return she proceeded to pack up her clothes
in a box, and said she was going to another situation ;
and upon being expostulated with, and requested to
give some explanation of such extraordinary conduct,
she not only used the most rev. lting language in reply
to the anxious request of her parent, but was depraved
enough to use blows.
The LORD MAYOR asked the complainant (who
appeared to be in deep affliction), whether she had
been able to ascertain at what place her daughter
bad spent the days of her ab ence from home ?
The Fo'ic.eman into whey ctuto ly it had been
found necessary to place the girl said she told him
she had been passing along. 01d-street, and was look-
ing at an advertisement in a window for a servant,
when a woman walked up to her, and asked her
whether she wanted a situation, and was immediately

fated in the Times and other morning papers of the 2d THE COUNTRY. MARKETS.
inst., relative to my daughter, I trust that you_will cause LEEDS, JAN. 7.—The supplies ( f wheat were mode-
the enclosed letter from my daughter to be inserted in rate, hut., wi h the restricted demand, were sufficient for
the Times and other papers at the earliest opportunity. the wants f the trade. This morning the market was
I make this request, as lam desirous that those persons extremely slow, and prices remained as last week. Bar-
shsuld not be led to view tee statement as a palpable Ira- ley does not rn,terially vary. Oats, shellings, and beans
position. " Your obedient servant, eteirdy in pri. e. Other articles as before.
"J. Hardwick, Eel " " J SIMMONS. NEWCASTLE. J.N. 7.—With moderate supplies of
" Sir,—l observe in the Times of the 4th inst., that both English and foreign wheat, the trade ruled dull.
Mr. Sing, Roman Catholic priest of Derby, has inserted Still the prier s of Saturday were maintained. Barley
therein a letter contradictory of the etarement I matte had a slow s de, and no change can be noted in its value.
toy eu, end which appeared in the Times and other Flour was, if anything, the turn in favour of the buyer.
morning papers of the 2d instant. Ills object is evi- In oats and other articles there was no change.
dently to cause the public to believe that the person NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, JAN. 7.—The sup-
making application to you was no other than a ply of beef this morning comprised 500 head of beasts,
wretched impostor.' It would be very easy for me to being about 120 less than last week. Trade was brisk
prove that lam not what Mr. Sing would represent me; at advanced rates, and al sold. The number of sheep
but, as this could not be done without introducing the on offer was 3,000, which also met a good demand at
names of certain respectable individuals into the public higher prices. Both kinds of stock were of middling
press, I forbear, merely remarking that the ' wretched quality. Beef 5d to 6i; mutton 5d to ad.
woman craving relief,' 84c., is well known to Mr. Sing, EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, JAN. 7.—There were in
and he has frequent), conversed with and is personally. the meal market to-day 12 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs.
known to her. This he dare not deny; and, further, imperial, whereof It sold thus:-3 at t 1 8s Od, 7at 117 s 6d,
although he can easily plead ignorance as to the fact of and I at 1/ 7s Od; average price of the whole 11 7s 7d
his never haviug a pupil of the name mentioned, he can- 1-12ths. 3 sacks flour, which sold at 295. 14 sacks pot-barley,
not assert with truth that he is totally ignersnt of the whereof 6 st.ld thus:-1 at .sisb d, lat
MARKET,
and 4 at 255.
circumstances relative to this affair, or vet of the real
t EDINBURGH
7HAYsOd
to 9s
od STRAW
per
kem r 6,
stones J a ie
trop; 7'
name of the person who was his pupil, alluded to by roe. Oatwheastrad7tio froms
Od to 7e Od • arley diPle of
tto, as Od to Cs Od
I am only surprised that Mr. Sing should have taken up
Hay, from lOd' to Is per stone.'
the matter in the way in which he has, because he is
LICEITH MEAL MARKET, Jail. 6.—There were 82
more acquainted with the real facts of the case, aed of bags oatmeal, and 12 of barleymeal at this day's market.
the real pr reons concerned, than he is willing to acknow- Oatmeal the vane on the top, second qualitiy 6d per bag
ledge. 1 presume that if lam the impostor thus repre- dearer; barleymeal fully 6d per bag above last week's rates.
tented I must be amenable to the lave; but, as I fear Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 am. First Second Third
nothing from this unfounded calumny, I insert at the foot imperial 2,;s Od 15s 9d 125 s 6d
my addrev, so that it necessary you may find where I Barleynieal, per ditto 163 01 17r 91 -s Od
may be found. Peasemeal ... —a Od —s Od —s Od
Flour ... —s Od —s Od —s Od
" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Pot barle •y —s ; Od —s Od
" M. A. SUMMONS.
" At Mr. J. Simmons's, Abbey-street, Derby."
WEST S TE I?.
Thomas Doyle, a tall powerful Irishman, employed
as beadle at Charlotte-street Chapel, Pimlico, appeared
to a summons charging him with assaulting Mr. Ed-
ward Simms, flintier-merchant., residing at 36, Gil-
linghem• street, Wilton-road, Pimlico.
Mr. Simms, upon being sworn, said—On Sunday
evening, the '29th of December, I went to Charlotte-
street Chapel, Pimlico, and was requested by defen-
dant to take a seat in the direction he pointed. I re-
plied, that as it was so late I would not disturb the
congregation by going up the aisle. Defendant, who
had a long gown on, and was acting as a beadle, said
" You must." I observed that I would rather not,
upon which he said, " Then I must turn you out of
the place." I immediately said, " Why, lam doing
no harm here," when he pointed to a person, who I
was afterwards informed was a police-constable in
plain clothes, and said, " lie will soon put you out."
I remonstrated with him in a whisper not to disturb
the congregation, as I did not wish to be made con-
spicuous. He said, " You shall go out," and, pushing
the door open, called police-constable 73 B, who was
outside, on duty I suppose. I spoke to the constable,
and asked him if he had instructions to take persons
away front that place of Divine worship ; and he said
" No." Defendant then followed, me up, and put me
out of the lobby into the street.
A solicitor, whose name did not transpire, who was
accompanied by three or four gentlemen, with whom
he frequently conferred, and who appeared to take
considerable interest in the th feece, inquired what
part of the service was going on at the time com-
plainant entertd ? Complainant— It was during the
sermon.
Solicitor—Had you any person with you ? Com-
plaivant—l had my wife, and a sister, and a witness
who is now in attendance, with me. That witness
used to attend worship at that chapel, which was our
reason for going into it. I never have been a fre-
quenter of it, and had just left my own place of wor-
ship before we went there.
Solicitor—What backs had you ? Complainant—
None.
Solicitor—Had you tracts? Complainant—None
at all.

Solicitor—Had your wife any ? Complainant—
She had not. The policeman told me there were two
men exhibiting tracts at the door of the chapel.
Solicitor—You are not a regular attendant at the
chapel? Complainant—l am not. I went in at the
request of my friend, who formerly did attend there,
but who has been away for upwards of a tvrelvemonth,
and who was desirous of seeing whether the same
gentleman preached. My friend had but just come
up from the country.
Solicitor—Was that your only motive for going
in ? Complainant—lt was. I refused to go down
the aisle, as I have before stated, because I did not
wish to disturb the congregation. I did nothing to
interrupt their devotions, The church was not half
full; there was abundance of room, and we did not
inconvenience any body where we stood. We did not
intend to sit down.
Mr. BRODERIP—Was the motive you have assigned
the only one, on your oath, for entering the chapel ?
Complainant—That was my sole motive.
The solicitor put the question through the Magis-
trate, " Whether, upon complainant's being put out,
he did nut say they were a Popish set ?" Complainant
—On my oath I did not, nor any one with me. I was
most gu:rded in every respect, both within the build-
ing and out. When I remonstrated with defendant I
spoke in a very suppressed tone, lest I should disturb
the congregation ; but he spoke so loudly that he
must have been heard by many of them.
Mr. Simms observed, he should not have brought
this case forward had he not learned two gentlemen
at Pimlico bad been recently similarly treated.
Mr. Edward Longrove, a civil engineer, residing at
Caversham, near Reading, Berke, stated that he ac-
companied Mr. Simms and his wife to the chapel as
described, upon entering which they stood in the
pa-sage leading to one of the side aisles. Defendant
requested Mr. Simms to take a seat, which he declined,
saying he preferred standing.
Mr. BRODERIP—What kind of church is this ?
Witness—A Protestant chapel, but conducted after
the Puseyite form.
Witness resumed—Defendant spoke in a tone loud
enough to be beard by several of the congregation.
Mr. Simms quietly remonstrated with him for dis•
turbing them, when he placed his arms round Mr.
Simms' waist and forced him from the chapel.
Solicitor—Was there no loud talking ? Witness—
Not the slightest on the part of Mr. Simms. It was
a low whisper Mr. Simms spoke in.
Solicitor—What reason did he give for not taking
a seat as requested ? Witness—He said he preferred
standing. The fact was the service was nearly over ;
we stood in one of the side passages, where we con-
sidered we had a right to stand.
Solicitor—What induced you to go there ? Wit-
ness—Three or four years ago I was in the habit of
attending there, and having heard that it was now
conducted in the Puseyite form, and never having
seen it before, I said to my friend, as we were going
by, " Let us lock in and hear the conclusion of the
service." I had heard they had lighted candles there.
We entered as I have stated, and stood quietly in the
passage leading to one of the aisles.
William Millman, 95 B, the constable described in
plain clothes—l saw the gentleman come in, and the
defendant went and spoke to them, but I could not
plainly hear what was said.
Mr. BRODERIP—Was the complainant disturbing
the congregation in any way ? Constable—Not the
least in the world.
Mr. BRODERIP—Are you quite sure ? Constable—

Quite.
George Dewsfield, 73 B—l was on duty outside
the chapel, and was called by defendant to remove
complainant from the chapel. I stepped inside the
chapel, but I did not see anything in his conduct to
justify me in removing him, and I stepped back again
on the pavement outside, and when I had time to turn
round the gentleman was out.
Mr. BRODERIP—Was he disturbing the congre•
gation, or ill any way offensive ? Witness—He was
perfectly sober, and conducted himself with perfect
propriety.
Complainant having stated that he did not consider
it necessary to call any other witnesses,
Mr. BRODERIP inquired what answer there was to
this case ?
Solicitor—This is a very trivial thing.
Mr. BRODERIP—Pardon me for a moment. I differ
from you in that respect. I think it a very serious
matter on one side or the other. If this person went
into the chapel with the object of disturbing the con-
gregation, he deserves condign punishment. In an-
other sense it is very serious, as touching the right of
the public to be present at any place of worship while
they conduct themselves properly ; but I have no
wish to interrupt your reply ; pray proceed, sir.
Solicitor—The only explanation I have to offer is,
that there had been several persons in the aisle and
body of the chapel distributing tracts and disturbing
the congregation. About three weeks ago a men
rushed into the middle aisle, and, running up it,
threatened to do some injury to the incumbent, in
consequence of which he deemed it necessary to lay
down a regulation that every person should be re-
quired to take a seat or be turned out as people about
to disturb the congregation. If the incumbent felt
that a person had entered the chapel—although im-
pelled only by motives of curiosity—and had no de-
sire to disturb the congregation, he would he the
very last to desire, and the first to regret, that any
rudeness should be used towards him. Will you send
the case to the sessions ?
Mr. BRODEDIP (with evident astonishment, in which
many of the auditory appeared to j ten) —Du you wish
it sent to the sessions ? Solicitor—Yes, sir.
Mr. BRODERlP—Certainly, I will send it to the
sessions.
The defendant was then ordered to find bail for his
appearance at the sessions to answer the charge, which
was shortly afterwards put in.
stated by an officer who stood
It was subiequsntly
near the solicitor, that one of the persons by whom he
was necolewni,(l said to that gentlemen, just before
the conclusion of the case, " W 0 shall get no justice
here," which may account for the singular and unusual
request that the matter should be sent to the sessions,
which there appeared nothing to justify.