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London, England, 1851-10-27 00:00:00

come forward to give evidence for the prosecution—
Mr. Pankhurst, a gardener, and the coachman to Mr.
Bass, the brewer. They, however, would not under-
take to say that the prisoner actually struck the

sufferer.
The worthy MAGISTRSTE said it was a sad affair,
and adjourned it for a further investigation, hoping
the ruffians, who ought to be identified, would be
brought to that punishment they so richly deserved.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Mr. John Robert Ellis, a middle-aged man of
respectable appearance, was charged with the com-
mission of wilful and corrupt perjury.
Ths prisoner expressed his intention to reserve his
answer to the charge for another occasion, and, the
depositions being completed, he was fully committed
for trial ; but the Magistrate in the meantime con-
sented to accept substantial bail for his appearance in
answer to the charge, in an amount, with the pri-
soner's own recognizances, of 1201.
THAMES.
On Saturday Cornelius Carley, an Irish labourer,
was brought up on remand before Mr. Yardley,
charged with wounding Ellen Quiu, a girl 13 years
of age, with an iron poker, and also with assaulting a
South named James Conolly, by striking him with
the same instrument, and also biting his cheek in a

very savage manner.
The prisoner being called on for his defence said,
" Och, nothing, Sir ; sure it was the little dhrop of

drink did it all."
Mr. YARDLEY said he would give the prisoner time
to reflect by inflicting a fine of 51. for the assault on
the girl, and sentencing him to two months' impri-
sonment in default of payment.
LAMBETH.
John Mason, alias Bennett, alias Barnet, alias the
Rev. William John Butler, alias the Rev. Charles
William Talbot, alias Blind Jonney, and Jane Farrcr,
alias Mackowen, two notorious impositors, were placed
at the bar before Mr. Elliot for further examination
on a charge of conspiring together to defraud various
members of the nobility and gentry.
Mr. Wontner attended on behalf of the prisoners,
and Mr. Ferguson, clerk to the Mendicity Society,
appeared to watch and prosecute the case.
It will be recollected that the male prisoner had
been apprehended on Saturday week, on presenting
himself at the post-office, Mount-street, Lambeth,
to get payment for a post-office order for 4/. 19s.
sd. This order, it appeared, had been obtained from
the Dowager Countess of Shaftesbury in consequence
of a letter received by her Ladyship purporting to
have been written by the " Rev. William John
Butler, of Priory-lodge, Southampton," setting forth
a case of ',urgent distress ;" and before the letter of
Lady Shaftesbury reached Southampton a note was
received by the postmaster there, requesting that any
letters addressed to the " Rev. William John Butler"
might be forwarded to the Cheltenham Coffee-house,
Bridge-road, Lambeth, and several letters were for-
warded as requested.
John Capon, servant to the Dowager Countess of
Shaftesbury, deposed that on Monday week he, by
direction of his mistress, procured a post-office order
for 51., in favour of the Rev. W. J. Butler, and her
Ladyship having enclosed it in a note and envelope and
addressed the letter to the "Rev. William John
Butler, Priory Lodge, Southampton," witness posted
it at Richmond on the same day.
Mr. Ferguson here informed the magistrate that
the post-office order obtained by the last witness had
been made payable at Southampton ; but from a note
which he held in his hand it appeared that it had been
forwarded to the postmaster there, with a request that
he would forward in its stead an order payable from
himself, at the post-office, Mount-street, Lambeth.
Tbis order so procured it was that the male prisoner
had presented for payment when he was apprehended.
He (Mr. Ferguson) also wished to add that the notes
to the post-office and money order-office at South-
ampton were in the same handwriting as the signa-
ture, " William John Butler," to the post-office order
itself.
Michael Gorman, servant to Lady Bexley, 28,
Grosvenor-square, deposed that on the 27th of Sep-
tember last he procured a post-office order for 21.,
and her Ladyship having enclosed it in a letter, and
addressed it to the " Rev. Charles William Talbott,
Walsall," he posted the letter.
Mr. Wontner wished to know what this had to do
with his clients, when
Mr. Ferguson replied that he should be prepared to
prove on a future day that the prisoner was the per-
son who had obtained the order in question.
Evidence was then given of the apprehension of the
prisoner, and the fact of Mason having, when asked
his name, described himself as the " Rev. William
John Butler." Evidence was also given by a young
woman who lives at the Cheltenham Coffee-house, in
Bridge-road, Lambeth, that Mason some time ago
had called there and requested that any letters ad-
dressed to the "Rev. William John Butler," and
forwarded there, might be taken in. Letters so
directed were received and taken away prior to the
Saturday before by the male prisoner, and since then
by the female.
Mr. Ferguson requested a further remand, to enable
him to bring forward the necessary witnesses to estab-
lish a charge of conspiracy to defraud several persons
of various sums of money. The prisoners, he said,
were most notorious impostors—the most notorious,
perhaps, of their class—and had been frequently con-
victed as rank impostors. They had also been tried,
with a man named Mackowen, at Bath, for conspiring
to defraud several persons there, and, all having been
convicted of that offence, the men had been sentenced
to twelve, and the woman to nine months' imprison-
ment. At that time the woman lived with Macowen,
but, that person having been transported shortly
after bis liberation from prison, she had since lived
and cohabited with Mason, as he now called himself.
Mr. Wontner contended, in a forcible manner, that
there was no evidence to affect his clients, and that
they were entitled to their discharge.
Mr. ELLIOTT observed that it was quite evident
from the documents produced that a most extensive
system of fraud had been practised by the prisoners
and their associates, which required the fullest inves-
tigation and an immediate check. There was, in his
opinion, quite sufficient evidence before him to justify
his detaining the prisoners for another week, and he
hoped that in the interim the officers of the Mendicity
Society would exert themselves to make the evidence
complete, and that at the next examination the
Countess of Shaftesbury and the Postmaster at
Southampton would appear to give their evidence, as
it was quite monstrous to find the benevolent so
shamefully plundered as they appeared to be.
The prisoners were remanded for a week, and it
was not a little singular that during the investigation
a letter which had been received at the coffee-shop,
addressed to the " Rev. W. J. Butler, Priory-lodge,
Southampton," and re-addressed " Cheltenham Cof-
fee-house, Bridge-road, Lambeth," was handed
to
the magistrate, who opened it and found it to contain
a 51. note from his Grace the Duke of Portland. Mr.
Elliott at once, and to the evident mortification and
its
contents of the prisoners, handed the letter and
contents to Mr. Ferguson.

SEABOKNE MAILS
[N signifies that the mails are sent from the General rost-efilee
MAILS-
by the night —and M by the morning—dispatch.]

When made up fa; From what When
PLACES. General Post-office' port die- due.
London. patched.
America (by Brit. pkt.)N,Oct. 31 Liverpool Arrived
America (by U.S. pkt.) N'Oct. 28 •• ;Liverpool • . Nov. 1
America (by U.S.pkt.) M Nov. 5 .. 'Southampt.
Africa (West coast)— N 14th of the month Plyraoath Nov. 3
Alexandria* •• N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. Oct. 28
Belgium •• •• N Daily • • .. .. Dover .. Daily
Brazil .. • .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Nov. 16
Buenos Ayres •• 5! 9th of the month Southampt. Nov. 16
California(viaChagres) M 2d & 17th of month Southampt. Nov. 5
Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.. Nov. 3
Constantinople" .. •• N 7th 17th 27th of mo , Dover .. Oct 30
Central America M 2d & 17th of mon. (Southampt. Nov. 5
Channel Isles •• N Mon., Wed., &Fri. Southampt. Tu. Th. Sat
Chili •• •• M 17th of the month Southampt. Nov. 20
France & N Twice daily ,Dover • • Twicedaily
Greece* • • • . • • Nl7th 17th 27 th of mo Dover • • Oct. 30
Hfunbargh N Tuesday & Friday London .. Ties. Sat.
Holland .. .• M Wednes. & Satur. Louden Mom. Thur.
Honduras N 17th of the mouthlSouthampt. Nov. 20
Ireland .. & Nl'Twice daily ,Holyhead .• Twicedally
India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. Nov. 23
India (via Marseilles) NSth& 24th ef month Dover • • Nov. 2
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) .. M 20th of the month Southampt. Nov. 23
Mediterranean (via 1
Marseilles) NiBth& 24th ofmonth Dover • • Nov. 2
Mexico 1112 d of the month.. iSouthampt. Nov. 5
Madeira .. .. 3119th of the month ,Southampt. Nov. 16
Malta* 7th,17th,19th,27th I"over
Oct. 23
& 30th of month j
Naples* N sth 15th 25th of me Dover • Nov. 2
Papal States* N sth 15th 25th of mo ;Dover . • Nov. 2
renbisalar. M 7th 17th 27th of mo;Southampt. Nov. 6
Peru .. Di 17th of the month (Southampt. Nov. 20
Tuscany' .. N,sth 15th 25th of mo; Dover • • soy. 2
West Indies .. M 17th of the month Southampt. Nov. 20
West Indies (except
Havanna & Nassau) 42d of the month .. Southasapt.;Nov. 5

2d of the month ..
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SHIP NEWS.

GRAVESEND, pm 26.—Wind N.E.,calm and elear sky.
Arrd.—Menai, from Calais; City of Rotterdam, from
Dunkirk; Ocean and Magnet, from Rotterdam; Lion,
from Harlingen; Neptune, from Tonningen; Stadt
Dordtecht, from Dordt; Leo, from Patras; Brothers,
from Norway; Magnet, from Rio Grande; Charles
Souchay, from Charente; Fortunate, from Patras;
Kridsteren, from Nantes; Ann and Mary, from St.
Peteriburgh; Tistedalein, from New York; Anemone,
from Oporto; Sarah, Maria, and Hope, from Patras;
Giraffe, from Rotterdam; Adonis, from Amsterdam;
Tiger, from Tonningen; Panther, from Ostend; Seine,
from Boulogne; Green Isle, from Nieudiep; Caroline,
from Emden; Hamilton, from Bordeaux; Jane White,
from St. Petersburgh ; Mary Ann, from Rotterdam;
Richard Thornton, from Batavia; Sarah, from St.
John's; Fanny, from Riga; Stzstein and Welskee, from
New York.
Sailed—lndex, for St. Kitt's; Vere, for Jamaica; J.
H. Sheppard, for Antwerp; Freeland, fur Cadiz; Bur-
germeister Hyndekoper, for Rotterdam; Cornelia, for
Cardiff; Palendar. for Nova Scotia; William Jolliffe, for
Havre; Albion, fur Bouiugue; City of London, for
Dunkirk; Baron Osy, for Antwerp; Batavier and Earl
of Auckland, for Rotterdam; Lord John Italsoll, for