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TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBE

Lion. Witness then went to Mr. Bunn, of whom he
made some inquiries, and the prisoner was given into
the custody of Tre w, the officer.
Patrick Hoy, an officer of the Eastern Counties
Railway, said, the person of the prisoner having:been
described to him, he went in search of him, and found
him crouched up in a corner of the refreshment-room,
but not in the public part. He told the prisoner he
wanted him on the platform about some gentleman's
luggage, to which he made no answer. He was then
handed over to Trew, another officer.
George Trew, an officer of the City detective
police, said, that two of that body, at the desire of the
Eastern Counties Railway Company, were always in
attendance at the principal stations, and on the day in
question the prisoner was given into custody by the
last witness for stealing the portmanteau and other
property. He said that he thought that it belonged
to his cousin, named Jones, who was a mechanic,
living at Colchester. On further inquiry he said
that he had been for the last two or three weeks
lodging at Tom's Coffee-house, in Holborn ; but
such statement appeared to be entirely destitute of
foundation.

The prisoner, in his defence, said that he never was
before a magistrate until the present charge, and he
hoped the jury would deal leniently with him.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was
sentenced to imprisonment and bard labour for six
months.

James Day, 40, was indicted for unlawfully as-
saulting Ann lore, with intent, &c.
It appeared that on the night of the 13th of Sep-
tember the prisoner invited a little girl, named Ann
More, aged thirteen, into a show at Copenhagen fair,
Copenhagen-fields, and after the performance took
her to a retired part of the fields, and there committed
the offence which formed the subject of the present
indictment.

The jury found the prisoner Guilty ; and he was
sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for twelve
calendar months.

Charles Tedman pleaded guilty to an indictment
charging him with having stolen a purse containing
the sum of 41. 10s., the property and moneys of
Harriet Bamfield, from her person.
Several previous convictions were put in against
him, and he was sentenced to be transported for seven
years.

John Norris was found guilty of stealing a purse
the property of Jabez Palmer, from his person ; and
being an old offender in crime he was sentence to
be transported for seven years.
John Maxwell was convicted of stealing a watch,
the property of Francisco Monteso, the mate on
board the Italian vessel Speranza, lying in the Lon-
don Docks. He was sentenced to imprisonment for
six months.

The other cases tried were of no public interest.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
WESTMINSTER.
John Ray, a labourer, employed by the sub-con-
tractor for the building of the new suspension-bridge
at Chelsea, was summoned for working upon the
Thames for hire and gain, he not being a freeman of
the Waterman'a Company.
J. F. Wing, a waterman at Chelsea, stated that
since the bridge had been commenced, the defendant
and a great number of others, at different times, had
conveyed the surveyor and other persons engaged on
the works to and fro, in boats, to the college and to
the various piers in the neighbourhood. When any-
body came, they called for a boat, and it was answered
by one of these men pulling off and rowing them
wherever they wanted to go.
Mr. Hone, from Waterman's Hall, having proved
that the complainant was a freeman of the company
and that the defendant was not,
Wing went into the specific charge against the de-
fendant. On the day mentioned in the summons de-
fendant was at work all the afternoon rowing persons
backwards and forwards to the college and the piers.
Mr. ARNOLD asked whether he had any evidence to
show that the defendant had done so for hire or gain ?
Wing replied that he had a witness to prove that he
was a paid servant of the contractor or bridge com-
pany.
Mr. Brown, who appeared from the office of Mr.
Jerwood, solicitor, Ely-place, Holborn, on the part of
the contractor, said that to save time he would readily
admit that the defendant was a servant of the con-
tractor at the works of the bridge. His answer to the
case was that he had a right to do what he was charged
with having done unlawfully.
Mr. ARNOLD inquired whether he was to under-
stand that defendant had only conveyed persons con-
nected with the works to and fro, without receiving
payment for that specific act? Wing replied in the
affirmative.
Mr. ARNOLD—You do not say that he took any
money of the persons for so carrying them, or took
anybody else and charged for their conveyance ?
Wing—No, Ido not; but lam a freeman and get
my living by working upon the river, and if this man
and the others in the same employment were not row-
ing the perscns belonging to the bridge backwards
and forwards, I or some other Waterman would have
to do it. They have no right to row persons upon
the Thames ; a waterman ought to be employed. This
man is a servant of the contractor, and carries him
and others as part of his labour, and therefore I con-
sider he is working for hire, which he has no right to
do upon the Thames.
INir. ARNOLD—Do you contend, then, that if a
gentleman has a yacht that he cannot be put on shore
by his own man in his own boat unless that man is a
freeman of the Waterman's Company ? Wing—l
do. If it is in the jurisdiction of the Waterman's
Company the boat must be navigated by a freeman.
Mr. ARNOLD —lf your view is the right one, no
gentleman could have a boat of his own pulled by his
own servants. Wing—No, he could not.
Mr. ARNOLD—If residing on the banks of the
Thames he could not employ his own servant to assist
him in rowing his own pleasure boat without being
liable to a penalty ? Wing—He could not unless the
servant was a freeman.
Mr. Brown contended that this was not the " hire
and gain" contemplated by the statute. The defen-
dant was a carpenter's labourer employed by the con.
tractor, who was using his own boats for the purpose
of conveying surveyors and others connected with the
works to and fro when the watermen who were em-
ployed were not at hand. He then cited a number
of sections in the Act of Parliament and several of the
bye-laws made by the Waterman's Company, show-
ing exemptions for " woodmongers" (non-freemen)
and others in working craft with goods, merchandise,
&c., with a view of showing that the spirit of these
clauses was in favour of his position.
The magistrate's attention was also called to other
portions of the Act by Mr. Hone on the contrary.
Mr. ARNOLD entertained a very strong opinion that
a man employed for other and general purposes could
not be said, unless paid specially for the conveyance
of the persons, to be working for hire or gain within
the meaning of the section, and thought it did not
contemplate a man being rowed about by his own
servant as an offence. He was, however, not pre-
pared, without a careful examination of the whole
of the law bearing upon the subject, to determine it.
Mr. Brown observed that it was preposterous to
conceive that Wing had put the right construction
upon the law. If the view taken on behalf of the
complainant were correct, a gentleman having an
estate a couple of miles from a plying-place on the
banks of the Thames, and wishing to cross, would be
put to a serious inconvenience if he were to have to
wait while a freeman was being procured. The
same question as this had been unsuccessfully mooted
while the Thames Tunnel was in the course of for-
mation.
Mr. ARNOLD thought the matter deserved consi-
derable attention ; and Mr. Brown having stated that
his principal could produce the Bridge Act, and
would probably wish to adduce further argument, the
case was adjourned for a week.
CLERKEN WELL.
Yesterday Luiji Graziani, Davide Barnardotti,
and Michael Angelo Mencherine were charged before
Mr. Tyrwhitt with having been concerned in a
murderous assault upon Edward Dixon, a journey-
man baker, residing at the White Hart, Portpool-
lane, Gray's Inn-lane.
The prosecutor deposed that on Sunday night he
was proceeding to his home, when several foreigners
fell upon him ; the prisoner Graziani knocked him
down by a blow on his head with a tremendous
bludgeon, and while he was on the ground Berner-
dotti rushed upon'him with violence, and stabbed him
in the shoulder-blade with a knife. He bled pro-
fusely from the wound, and was attended by Dr.
Taylor, the parochial surgeon of Clerken well. In
addition to the wound on the side, the prosecutor
exhibited other wounds and bruises on his person.
Porter, 101 G, and several witnesses were exa-
mined, and the case occupied a considerable time, sad
caused great interest.

Menci;erine was discharged for want of evidence ;
the other prisoners were remanded.

WORSHIP-STREET.
CHARGE OF MURDER.—James Parker, a coster-
monger, about 40 years of age, was placed at the bar
before Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged with assaulting and
wounding his wife, Ann Parker, who had since died
from the effect of the injuries she had received.
Police-constable Silvester, G 226, said—Between
seven and eight o'clock on Saturday evening I was on
duty near Shoreditch Church, when the prisoner's
brother ran towards me, and requested me in an agi-
tated manner to proceed immediately to No. 5, Ed-
ward's-place, Old-street-road. On reaching the
house I was shown into a bedroom up stairs, where I
found the deceased lying on the floor insensible, and
observed that blood was issuing from ber mouth, and
also from a frightful cut over her right temple. I
then examined the bed, and noticed that the sheets
and pillows were also saturated with blood. With
the assistance of another constable I placed the woman
in a chair, in which she was carried down stairs, and
conveyed in a cab to the hospital. I afterwards rc7

turned to the house, where I bad previously seen the
prisoner seated in a lower room, in a state of intoxi-
cation, and took him into custody. On acquainting
him with the charge the prisoner at first made no
reply, but on his way to the station-house he re-
peatedly exclaimed, " I will be stout at heart, and
stick to my text; I have done nothing more than
my duty."
William Smart, a tin-plate worker, living a few
doors from the prisoner, said—About three o'clock on
Saturday afternoon, the deceased came to my house
and was soon afterwards followed by the prisoner,
who appeared greatly incensed against his wife, and
attempted to strike her, but I interfered and prevented
him. The prisoner several times ordered her to go
home, but she refused to do so, and said that she was
in danger of her life. The prisoner at length left her
at my house, where she remained until four o'clock,
when she was taken home by my wife. About an
hour afterwards I again saw the prisoner at his own
door, who appeared much excited, and said to me " I
have given her something that will teach her to tell
tales to my brother about my being the cause of our
drinking;" to which I answered that he certainly
set her a very bad example, as he was almost always
drunk, and would some day do her a fatal mischief.
William Parker, the prisoner's brother, deposed to
having called upon the prisoner on Saturday after-
noon, when he ordered him out of the house; but, in
consequence of information which subsequently
reeached him, he returned at seven o'clock, and on
entering the bedroom of his sister- in-law he found
her lying upon the floor, bleeding profusely from a
wound over her right eye, and in a state of insensi-
bility. Ile immediately hastened down stairs to ob-
tain assistance, but not finding his brother in the
house, he went out and found him dancing and sing-
ing in front of it, with a can containing about a
gallon of beer in his hand. He then proceeded in
search of a policeman, to whom he communicated the
particulars of the outrage, and the injured woman was
conveyed to the hospital.
Mary Anne Parker, the daughter of the last wit-
ness, gave corroborative evidence, and
Inspector Brennan produced a certificate from Mr.
Attfield, house-surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital,
stating that on being admitted into that institution
the wounded woman was suffering from severe con-
tusions about the skull and compression of the brain,
which terminated fatally at three o'clock on the pre-
ceding afternoon.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner positively
denied having assaulted his wife, and declared that the
injuries were accidentally occasioned by her having
fallen out of bed.
The prisoner was ordered to be remanded for a
week.

HAMMERSMITH.
CURIOUS CASE OF UNLAWFUL POSSESSION.—WiI-
iam Jackson, a florist, &c., of Earl-street, Kensing-
ton, appeared before Mr. Paynter, to answer a sum-
mons granted under the Police Act, for having in his
possession two plants called geraniums, reasonably
supposed to have been unlawfully obtained.
It appeared that Messrs. Lee, the well-known and
extensive seedsmen and nurserymen near Hammer-
smith-gore, purchased some time since an entire new
geranium, called the Mountain of Light, with varie-
gated leaves, for twenty guineas, which had only
been imported into this country a short time previ-
ous. A few days since he ascertained the defendant
had two cuttings of a geranium of a similar descrip-
tion, and he was now quite satisfied they had been
surreptitiously obtained, as the geranium they had
purchased was the only one in this country. The
present proceedings had been instituted for the pur-
pose of discovering the person who had sold or given
the plants to the defendant, and also for the protec-
tion of the valuable and unique flowers in the prose-
cutor's gardens, as it was detrimental to their fre-
quent flower shows, and to their business generally,
to have cuttings stolen from them and sold to other
gardeners.
The defendant said the cuttings in question were
brought to him among a number of others, and he
was not acquainted with the person who had brought
them. He gave nothing for them, and they had been
given to him as one gardener would do to another.
There were only two cuttings of the geranium
amongst them. He was in the habit of receiving
plants from gardeners, and had received some from
the grounds of the Duchess of Bedford, and also from
Lord Holland.

Mr. Lee said the object of the present proceedings
was to trace the person who had given the defendant
the plants. He had, however, traced a third cutting
from the same geranium, which had been either sold
or exchanged.
The defendant said when be received the cuttings
he did not know they were of any value.
Mr. Lee said he had evidence to prove to the con-
trary—that he was cognisant of their value.
Charles Sunderland was then called, and said he
was foreman to the prosecutors. The geranium in
question was the only one of the kind in this country,
and was of considerable value. From some informa-
tion he received he went to the defendant's premises
on Wednesday last, and while walking through the
place he saw the two cuttings in fl)wer-pots. He
asked the price of them, and the defendant's wife said
4d. each. He immediately purchased them, and
sometime afterwards he again went to the defendant's,
and his wife said he must return the plants, as they
were worth a sovereign each, and she had got into
trouble through them.
In answer to a question from the Magistrate,
The witness said if he had not seen the geranium
upon Mr. Lee's premises, he should at once have
declared when he saw the plants at the defendant's
premises that they were quite new.
Mr. PAYNTER said the defendant would get into
serious trouble if he took in valuable plants in that
loose manner.

Mr. Lee said he did not wish for any conviction ;
he only wished the defendant to inform the Court of
whom he had received them. Their gardens and
flowers were much exposed, and he wished to punish
those persons who had stolen them.
The defendant again declared that he did not know
the person who had brought them to his house.
Mr. PAYNTEI said he would give the defendant a
fortnight to discover the person, and it would be to
his benefit to use all the means he could to do so. He
should order the summons to be adjourned, and the
defendant to enter into his own recognizances to ap-
pear on that day fortnight to answer the charge.
The defendant having paid the required fees was
then liberated.

WANDSWORTH.
THE LATE DISTRESSING ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH-
WESTERN RAILWAY.—John Stabbings, aged 26 years,
described in the police-sheet as a pointsman, was
brought up in the custody of Mr. Thomas Bent, the
officer employed expressly upon the South-Western
Railway, and placed in the dock before Mr. Paynter,
charged with neglect of duty by improperly shifting
the points at the Nine Elms junction, thereby endan-
gering the lives of the passengers.
Bent handed the magistrate the following certifi-
cate :

" St. pital.
" I certify that William Matthews is inThomas's StHos. Thomas's
Hospital, in great danger from a compound fracture of
the left hip bone, and from several other injuries. His
recovery is very doubtful.
" W. TYRELL, House Surgeon."
Mr. W. Wadman Young, the superintendent of the
line, was present to watch the proceedings on behalf
of the company.
An imperfect account of this unfortunate accident
appeared in this journal of yesterday, and it is only
just to the South-Western Railway Company, who
are entirely exonerated from any want of caution, to
place the facts before the public in its proper light.
For some considerable time past self-acting points
have been laid down at Nine Elms, one line of rails
reaching to Waterloo terminus, and the other to the
goods depot at Nine Elms. In June last a
man was expressly employed for the purpose
of watching and holding the points as the
trains passed, in order that they should not
shift and cause any accidents. When any
trucks were required to enter the goods department,
his only duty was to push open the point, and the line
would then run the trucks into Nine Elms. On
Thursday last the pointaman was taken suddenly un-
well, and the prisoner, who had been connected with
railways for some years, and who was generally em-
ployed as a plate-layer, was directed to take charge of
the points, being considered at the time qualified for
the duty in every respect. He performed all his duties
properly until Saturday evening, when he inadver-
tently, or from want of proper judgment, pushed open
the points as the 7.20 train from Twickenham arrived
for 'Waterloo. The train necessarily paned into Nine
Elms, and the tender came into collision with some
trucks, from the effects of which the tender was over-
turned and damaged, several trucks destroyed, two
horses killed, and several persons narrowly escaped
with their lives. The passengers were terribly
alarmed, but fortunately escaped from any serious in-
jury. Matthews) one of the porters, was thrown
under one of the waggons, and the prisoner fell under
the box, which was'also knocked down. Mr Young,
the superintendent, was speedily upon the spot, ac-
companied by other officials, and assisted in placing
everything in order.
The following evidence was adduced before the
Magistrate:—
Richard Richardson was first examined, and he
deposed that he was an engine-driver in the service
of the South-Western Railway Company. He had
charge of the engine which was attached to the 7.20
train from Twickenham on Saturday evening last.
On arriving about 300 yards from the Nine Elms
junction, he blew his whistle and shut off the steam.
He then noticed that the signals and points were
right for Waterloo terminus. On arriving about
three yards from the points he then noticed that the
points were open for the goods department, and the
train immediately passed into that place. The ten-
der struck the trucks which were standing upon the

DEATH OF JAMES FENIMORE COOPER,
THE NOVELIST.
(From the New York Herald of Sept. 16.)
We have received the following telegraphic dis-
patch, last evening, from Utica :
" Utica, Sept. 15, 1851.
" The Utica Observer of this afternoon announces
the death of J. Fenimore Cooper, which took place at
his residence, in Cooperstown, yesterday (Sunday)
afternoon, at one o'clock."
This event, we presume, is not unexpected to the
friends of Mr. Cooper, as it is known that his health
has been gradually declining for several months past,
although some had hoped that he would recover from
the attack he experienced a few weeks since, which
then threatened his speedy dissolution, as publicly an-
nounced.
Few Americans have filled a wider place in the
literary history of their country, or have left more
enduring marks of fame as delineators of character,
and in illustrating history, through the medium of
works of romance, than Mr. Cooper ; and a brief
notice of his life and literary career cannot fail to be
interesting.
James Fenimore Cooper was born at Burlington,
New Jersey, on the 15th of September, 1789; of
course his age was 62 years, within one day, at the
time of his death. His father was the late Judge
William Cooper, a descendant of an English an-
cestor of the same name, who settled at Burlington,
New Jersey, in 1769. The branch of the family to
which the novelist belonged removed, more than a
century since, into Pennsylvania, in which state his
father was born, but in early life established himself
at the home of his ancestors, Burlington, New Jersey.
In 1785 he removed to a settlement then commenced
on Ostego Lake, in the state of New York, to which
the name of Cooperstown, in honour of him, was after-
wards given. An interesting description of this early
settlement, and the character of his father, the founder,
of the village, with other pioneers of the place, are
given in Mr. Cooper's novel " The Pioneers," one of
his most popular works. Judge Cooper passed his
time alternately at Cooperstown and Burlington from
1785 to 1790, in which latter year he removed his
family, including his infant son, to the new settle-
ment, where he had erected the mansion in which
both father and son successively resided, and where
both passed their last hours on earth.
Judge Cooper took an active part in politics, and
was twice elected a member of Congress, namely, in
1795 and 1799. His son, the subject of this sketch,
was early placed at school, in Burlington, N. J., and
was partially fitted for college at Albany by the Rev.
Mr. Ellison, an episcopal clergyman. He completed
his preparatory studies at New Haven, where he en-
tered Yale College in 1802. Leaving that institution
in 1805, he obtained a midshipman's warrant, and
entered the navy. After six years in a service where
he was said to be a favourite, he resigned his office,
and retired to private life. In January 1811 he mar-
ried Miss De Lancey, a sister of Bishop De Lancey,
of the western diocese of New York, and one of the
oldest and most conspicuous families of this state.
After his marriage Mr. Cooper resided for some time
near White Plains, Westchester County, but at a
subsequent period removed to Cooperstown, the former
family residence of his parents, where he has since
spent a great portion of his life.
In 1821 Mr. Cooper commenced his career as an
author, when the late A. T. Goodrich, bookseller, of
this city, published his first novel, called " Precau-
tion." It was issued anonymously, but Mr. Cooper
was soon known as the author, and the discovery,
perhaps, rather facilitated the sale of a work which,
being simply a tale of domestic life in England,
although finely drawn, was not peculiarly calculat( d
to attract attention. It had, however, a fair sale, and
the edition was gradually exhausted, but we believe
the author was never very anxious to revive the work
in future editions, although it was republished in
London, where it passed for an English novel.
The foundation of Mr. Cooper's fame as a novelist
was permanently laid in " The Spy ; a Tale of the
Neutral Ground," which soon followed " Precaution,"
and immediately became extremely popular, both in
this country and in Europe, where it was republished
in English, French, and other languages. It is,
doubtless, one of the most powerful historical tales
ever written, and is regarded by many as the best
work of Mr. Cooper. The charming novel of " The
Pioneers; or, the Sources of the Su-quehannab," fol-
lowed " The Spy," and was eminently successful
with the public. It is the first of " The Leather
Stocking Tales," so called, the others being " The
Last of the Mohicans," " The Prairie," " The Path
Finder," and " The Deer Slayer," which followed,
but not in regular succession-some of his other
works intervening. t
We should here mention that no American novels
have been so extensively translated into foreign lan-
guages as those of Mr. Cooper. " The Spy" has had
the greatest run in this way. In 1847 it appeared in
the Persian language, at Ispahan.
The novel of " The Pilot" was the first of Mr.
Cooper's tales of the ocean, which have so much added
to his popularity. To this classs 'belong also "The
Red Rover," "The Water Witch," "The Sea Lions"
"'The Two Admirals," and some others.
The following is, we believe, a complete list of the
various romances and novels from the pen of Mr.
Cooper, or of which he is the acknowledged author :
-1. Precaution. 2. The Spy. 3. The Pioneers.
4. The Pilot. 5. Lionel Lincoln. 6. Last of the
_Mohicans. 7. The Prairie. 8. The Red Rover.
9. The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish. 10. The Water
Witch. 11. The Bravo. 12. The Heidenmauer.
13. The Headsman of Berne. 14. The Monikins.
15. Homeward bound. 16. Home as Found. 17.
The Pathfinder. 18. Mercedes of Castile. 19. The
Deerslayer. 20. The Two Admirals. 21. Wing
and Wing. 22. Wyandotte. 23. Autobiography of
a Pocket Handkerchief. 24. Ned Myers (a genuine
biography). 25. Ashore and Afloat. 26. Miles
Wallingford. 27. Satanstoe ; a Tale of the Colony.
28. The Chainhearer. 29. The Red Skins. 30. The
Crater; or Vulcan's Peek. 31. Oak Openings ; or
the Bee Hunter. 32. Jack Tier ; or, the Florida
Reef. 33. The Sea Lions ; or, the Lost Sealers.
34. The Ways of the Hour (published in 1850.)
Most of the above works were issued in two
volumes each, and their variety exceeds that of any
other American writer. Though very unequal in point
of talent and interest, they have, with few exceptions,
been well received 'by the public, and have proved a
source of great profit to the author.

Mr. Cooper was also the author of a popular " His-
tory of the United States Navy," in two volumes ;
" Notions of the Americans, by a Travelling Batche.
for ;" " Gleanings in Europe," in six volumes ;
" Sketches of Switzerland," in four volumes; a small
political work called " The American Democrat;''
and a " Letter to his Countrymen ;" likewise "Lives
cof Distinguished Naval Officers," in two volumoa,

MARRIED. care,
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On the 27th inst., at St. Martin's Church, o e
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Caro-
John Hazlett, Esq., of Lurgan, county of Armagh, t
line, second daughter of Thomas Osborn, Esq., of Burri-sq
terrace, Greenwich, Deputy Commissary-General. eldest
On the 25th inst., at Pover, W. M. Mackenzie, Esq., tci
son of Hugh Bane Mackenzie, Esq , 70th Eegiment' of
Letitia, youngest daughter of the late M. Chorlen Esq.
Vinaghy, county of Antrim.
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371.estern-road, Brighton,
On the 27th inst., at Upper Clapton, Thomas
late of the Bank of England, aged 87. relict
On the 25th in at Islington aged 77, Ann Belancl,
of the late J. F Beland, Esq. ' a , Mr. if.
Kingslas.,
Carter, aged 40. • Esq.,
On the 22d inst., nine
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of S'onth-square, Gray's Inn. iv,,,„, orth-
Ou the 26th inst., Mr. Samuel Sparrow, of --- N
street, Red Lion-square, aged 72.
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