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Tl-1 E SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1851.

kicked, and kicked the phae:.on to pieces, and he would
bave submitted patiently rather than visit the House of
Correction. But the pernicious notion in his head
which let loose his passions and his hands was that a
fine of 5/. acquitted all scores of outrage and brutality.
How much the public peace and security would gain if
the law applicable to the protection of the police were
applicable to the protection of the rest of the community.
What! interposes some one, would you give magiti-
trates such a summary power over the liberty of
the subject ? Why, if they can be safely trusted
with the power when the police are concerned, why
are they to be supposed less trustworthy in
other cases ? And they do exercise the power over
the liberty of the poor, who are sentenced .
to gaol in default of the payment of the fine. It the
iniquity of the system of fines that it spares
the rich in
every way. A maximum is fixed, with which injustice
prepense declares that the fine shall not b© propor-
tioned to the large means of the rich offender ;
and a minimum is also fixed with injustice prepense
which declares that the fine shall not
proportioned to the slender means of the poor offeoffender.
The rich man goes to gaol when he commits the indis-
cretion of assaulting a constable. The poor man goes to
gaol for a petty assault, in default of a penalty of 40s. cr
less; and with the loss of his liberty for a tow days he
may lose his character and his livelihood.

as pen.alties imposed:by the recited Act maybe recovered
under the provisions thereof.
111. This Act shall not extend or apply to the assump-
tion or use by any bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in Scotland exercising episcopal functions within
sumo district or place in Scotland of any name, style, or
title in respect of such district or place; but nothing
herein contained shall be taken to give any right to any
such bishop to assume or use any name, style, or title
which he is not now by law entitled to assume or use.

DECISION IN THE SOMERSET CASE.
A WARNING TO THE ROTTEN-R 0 WITES.
Mr. Hardwick has won golden opinions from all right-
judging people by his decision in the case of Captain
Paulett Somerset. Looked at in every point of view, the
judgment was most just and satisfactory. Rare was an
officer in her Majesty's. service—a man, the very es-
sence of whose profeasion consists in knowing. how to
obey and how to command, wilfully refusing obedience
to a known police regulation, and so far losing all
command of himself as violently and brutally to assault
the officer who was only seeking to put that regulation
in force. The case was, in fact, surrounded with every
circumstance of aggravation. The captain had been
warned at Kensington-gate of the existence of the order
in question. The constable at that gate attempted to
stop him. He lashed his horses into a gallop, and when
the second policeman, at considerable personal peril,
endeavoured to arrest his course, he flogged the man
violently about the head and shoulders, drawing blood
from his face in two or three places. The conduct of the
captain, when before the magistrate, was not such as to
palliate his offence ; he complained that he not been
treated by the police with the civility due to a gentle-
man:--had their mode of address been more courteous,
he would have desisted from his attempt to effect his
passage. This plea, which, under no circumstances
could be held as amounting to a justification, was nega-
tived by the evidence of the witnesses and by the facts
of the case. The captain evidently intended, from the
first, to treat the police regulation with defiance. lino
thereby, as far as in him lay, to set an example of dis
order at a place, and on an occasion in which the pre-
servation of order was of essential importance to the
comtort and security of the public.
Under such circumstances, Mr. Hardwick very pro-
perly decided upon inflicting the only penalty which, on
a person in Captain Somerset's station, would operate as
an effectual punishment. A fine to the highest amount
in the magistrate's power would have been a mere
mockery: not so, the alterna,ive of ten days' imprison-
meet in the House of Correction.
We are aware of the argument, that in fact, though not
in philosophy, the nature of the punishment is regarded
in these cases as the degrading thing, not the nature ce
the offence; and that an infamous punishment operates
more severely on a man of the higher classes. We
very much doubt the fact on which Viis argument is
based. Suppose, for instance, that, instead of an officer
holding her Majesty's commission, the offender in this
case had been a warehousemen, or lawyer's clerk, or
druggist's apprentice, we question exceedingly whether
the deprivation of place and salary, which would in this
case almost inevitably have followed from such a sen-
tence, would not, in point of severity, have far exceeded
any penal consequences that are likely to flew from the
sentence passed on Captain Somerset. As to the ridicule
and social obloquy attending such a conviction, that is
probably pretty equal in both classes of cases, and is
only more noticeable in the case of the higher class cul-
prit, because the people who govern the talk and fashion
the opinions of the great world belong to the same order,
and feel their class-dignity wounded through his punish-
went.
But even conceding that honour becomes more sensi-
tive as we ascend is the social scale, and that a discrt
ditabie penalty might in its consequences prove more dis-
tressieg to as aristocratic than to a plebeian offender, is
it not juet that it should be so? If the social influences
are at all to be taken into the account, let us, at all events,
take them into the account fairly. If it be correct to say
that the refinements of caste make a degrading punish.
ment more severe, it is quite as correct to say, that
they ought to operate in making a discreditable offence
more penal. Ten days in the Hcuse of Correction is a
greater punishment to a gentleman than it would be to
a mechanic. Be it so; but, at all events, admit that
the offence for which the penalty is awarded, is less
venial in the gentleman than it would have been in the
mechanic. The advantages of class should never be
taken into consideration as a plea for the mitigation of
punishment, where they have been found ineffectual for
the prevention of offence. If a gentleman has behaved
with the brutality of a coalheaver, let him not, on the
ground of his gentility, escape a coalheauer's punish
meat.—Weekly News,

TRESPASS AND PUNISHMENT.
The Protectionists feel bound to afford amuse-
ment to the public in this groat holiday year of
1851. Since they amused Lie town at Drury-
lane, and for an entire day exhibited themselves
gratis, the walls, hoardings, and public buildings
of London have been coverod with a strange in-
scription. People could not make it out; the only plau-
sible suggestion being th it Bedlam had been turned
loose, and the gastronomic ideas of the human race in-
verted. For weeks wo have road with amazement
strange specimens of Roman writing, which seemed to
import a prevalent desire for "Free Trade and Star-
vation."

But the mystery has been revealed. The eye of the
police, which falls upon all things, of course fell upon
James Gray and John Allen, who were apprehended in
the act of inscribing the enigmatical phrase upon Black-
friar's-bridge by the light of the moon.
In the presence of Mr. Alderman Wilson they ex-
plained that " a gent" had promised to pay them two-
pence a piece for these isseriptions, that he had not
paid them yet, and that they painted at night because
the children smeared their work if they did it by day.
Such was their trespass. Their punishment was novel
and exemplary; they were ordered to clean the bridge,
or go to prison. Of course they cleaned the bridge.
We said the mystery was revealed, but not entirely,
for the " gent" who promises to pay, but dces not pay, is
still involved in congenial obscurity. Who can he be
—that man of enlarged, we way say, gigantic revolu-
tionary ideas? Gunpowder Plot was a small concep-
tion compared to this. Guy Fawkes proposed to move,
with a very forcible suasion, " that the House do rise;"
but to awake a people to a constitutional insurrection,
by persuading them that cheap bread and plenty of it
amount to starvation, that required the original genius of
a "gent." Again wo ask who is this mcdern Machia-
velli, in the shape, demeanour, and dress of a " gent?"
Is it Colonel Sibthorp, or Mr. G. F. Young? or has the
Association for the Protection of Native Industry con-
descended to superintend in person these mighty evolu•
tons? Who can say? Let Sir George Grey and Mr.
Mayne look alive, for are there not " six Richmonds in
the field?"—The Leader.

ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES BILL.

I BILL AS AMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE TO PREVENT
THE ASSUMPTION OF CERTAIN ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES
IN RESPECT OF PLACES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Whereas divers of her Majesty's Roman Catholic
subjects have assumed to themselves the titles of
archbishop and bishops of a pretended province, and
of pretended sees or dioceses, within the United
Kingdom, under colour of an alleged authority given
to them for that purpose by a certain brief, re-
script, or letters apostolical from the See of Rome,
purporting to have been given at Rome on the 29th of
September, 1850: And whereas by the Act of the 10th
George IV., c. 7, after reciting that the Pretestant Epis-
copal Church of England and Ireland, and the doctrine,
discipline, and government thereof, and likewise the
Protestant Presbyterian Church of Scotland, and the
doctrine, discipline, and government thereof, were by
the respective Acts of Union of England and Scotland,
and of Great Britain and Ireland, established perma-
nently and inviolably, and that the right and title of arch-
bishops to their respective provinces, of bishops to their
sees, and of deans to their deaneries, as well in England
as in Ireland, had been settled and established by law, it
as enacted that if any person, after the commencement
obf_th, at Act, other than the person thereunto authorised
should forant
av/ehlwah,
asheueld assume
.or use the name, style, or title of
et e oi any province, bishop of any bishopric, or
dean
deanery, in England or Ireland, he
be doubted
of
°navel?, such offence forfeit and pay the
surn
whether
pounds. And whereas it may
the assumption 0_ the recited enactment extends to
prorinfaathe title of archbishop or bishop of a
pretended
, or
teorrediocese, or archbishop or bishop of
a city, place
gl ma
o'rtolry, or dean of any pretended
of :eland, not being the see, pro-
deanery in En
vince, or diocese
dean
re'aoY archbishop or bishop, or
oce•ani ised by law; but the at-
of authority from the
within
deanery of any
tempt to establish, under
apretended sees, pro-
7sehithegal and void And
See of Rome or otherwise"r
and the
en
enacted
King-
vinces, or dioceses or deaneries'
assumption of such
whereas it is expedient to prohibit
titles in respect of any places
dom : Be it therefore declaredby
nnd
Queen's most excellent Majesty,
with the
and consent of the Lords spiritual and teraporl advice
Commons in this present Parliament assembled a d
w.9ed, by the
, and by
the authority of the same, That—
I. The said brief, re3cript, or letters apostolical, and
all and every the jurisdiction, authority, pre-eminence,
or title conferred or pretended to be conferred thereby,
are and shall be and be deemed unlawful and void.
11. And be it enacted, that if, after the passing of
this Act, any person other than a person thereunto au-
thorised by law in respect of an archbishopric, bi-
shopric, or deanery of the United Church of England
and Ireland assume or use the name, style, or title of
archbishop, bishop, or dean of any city, town, or place,
or of any
territory or district (under any designation or
description whatsoever), in the United Kingdom, whether
such city
'se town, or such territcry or district, be or be
cese, or co-extenally
not the
the province, or co-extensive with
the provinc: of
tf
the seat or archbishop, or the sea or the dies
Place To with the diocese of any bishop, or
afaodrreedveproyunsudcsh,
sive
with
any
deanery,
church of any dean, or coexten-
sive
so offendin-, rayn'alolf the slid United Church, the
and pay the sum of one]; tooffbeencree'cofvoerrfeeidt

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, May 20.
(Before Lord CAMPBELL, Mr. Justice PATTESON, Mr.
Justice COLERIDGE,_Mr. Justice MAPLE, Mr. Jus-
tice CRESSWELL, and Mr. Justice TALFOURD.)
BOOSEY 27. JEFFRIES.
Lord CAMPBELL, in delivering the judgment of the
Court, said that in this case the action had been
brought by the plaintiff against the defendant for the
pirating and using a musical composition, being a
cavatina in the opera of La Sonnarnbula, which was
composed by Bellini. The declaration was in the
common form, alleging that the plaintiff was the pro-
prietor of the copyright of the opera, and that the
composition in question was first published in Great
Britain. To this declaration there were two pleas—
first, that the plaintiff was not the proprietor; and
secondly, that there was no copyright. At the trial,
• which took place before Mr. Baron Rolfe, now Lord
Cran worth, evidence was given that the opera was
composed at Milan in February, 1831, by Bellini,
who was an alien, and who,then resided in that city.
By the law of Milan, he was entitled to a copyright
of his work ; and accordingly, in May, 1831, he
assigned his copyright to Giulio Ricordi, an
14 alien, also residing at Milan, who, on the 9th of
June following, assigned the copyright for Great
Britain and Ireland to the plaintiff, a native of Great
• Britain, and he published it in London on the 10th
' of June, 1831, there having been no prior publication
of it in any other country. On the 12th of June, the
plaintiff entered his work at Stationers' Hall, and
deposited copies at the British Museum and other
% places required by the Act of Parliament ; and on the
13th of May, 1844, he made entries at Stationers'
;A Hall, as required by the sth and 6th Victoria, c. 45,
• for the purpose of continuing his right. The Learned
Judge, in accordance with the decision of the Court
of Exchequer, in the case of Boosey and Purday,
Ice directed the jury to find a verdict for the defendant,
on the ground that the evidence was not sufficient to
establish a copyright. The jury, therefore, returned a
; verdict for the defendant, upon which a bill of excep-
tions was tendered to the ruling of the Learned Judge,
and so the present writ of error was brought. After
listening to a learned argument, and carefully consi-
dering all the authorities, we are of opinion that the
evidence was sufficient to support both issues,
AL and that there ought to be a venire de novo. The
first question was, whether the author had a copy.
3e right, but that is not essential in the present case. If
4 it were, we should be of the same opinion as my Lord
Mansfield in the case of "Miller and Taylor," 4 Bur-
roughs, 2,330. We think that, under the statute of
the Bth of Anne, c. 19, the plaintiff was entitled to
maintain the action. In Boosey and Purday, in
which the Court of Exchequer overruled the decision
cf the Court of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas,
'1 s hich are authorities directly in point, it was decided
that a foreign author residing abroad, who composes
a work abroad, and sends it to this country, where it
is published under his authority, acquires no copy-
; right therein, neither does a British subject, to whom
od that work is assigns dby the foreign author, gain any
such right. If these premises be sound, then a Bri-
tish subject who resides abroad cannot be in a better
position ; but with great deference to that decision,
; which must have been strongly maintained, we
;Se are of opinion that it was not the intention of
the Legislature to debar a foreigner from the
power of holding a copyright in this country.
The Parliament has no power to legislate concerning
Lee. foreigners residing in foreign countries, but it has
_ power to grant the monopoly which the statute of
Anne confers, to be enjoyed here, on the conditions
534 to be performed here. The statute of the Bth of
a Anne, c. 19, is an Act for the encouragement oflearn-
ing, by vesting the copies of printed books in the
7)4 authors or purchasers of such copies during the times
therein mentioned. Assuming that the Legislature
looked only to the benefit of Great Britain, without
regard to general literature, it is not for the literature
of Great Britain that it should have the benefit of
lee. foreign authorship ? If Rapin and De Lolrne had
. written their valuable works without visiting our
shores, could it be said that they would have been
deprived of the privilege of disposing of their works
to a publisher ? It has always been the policy of
.44 Parliament to introduce foreign literature into the
;N country; thus by the Ist Richard 111., c. 9, which
was an Act passed for regulating the mode in which
_ Italian merchants might sell merchandise and
other restraints on aliens, it is enacted by sec.
12, that aliens ' may bring any books written or
tee• printed into this country, for selling by retail or
otherwise. The question truly is, whether a foreigner
composing literature abroad, by sending it and first
publishing it in Great Britain, is deprived of his
copyright, whereas, if he resides and composes it
here, it is admittel that he would be possessed of it.
If he had composel it abroad and brought it over in
his memory, or even brought over the manuscript,
would it have mach any difference in his right as
an author ? Can his presence here alter his right
as an author ? If he can bring it over and enter it at
Stationers'-hall himself, which is admitted, why
should he not able to do so by an agent? Where is the
necessity of his crossing from Calais to Dover ? The
law will give him redress, though he never set foot in
England ; for, by the 6th of Henry VIII., the Court
of Common Pleas held that an alien residing in
France could maintain an action of debt in this
' country, though he could not do so with regard to
real property; and that great judge, Chief Justice
Tindal, held that an alien, though he has never been
in this country, may maintain an action for a libel
published in this country ; and, on delivering
judgment said that it would create in the minds
of foreigners a very unfavourable impression of the
justice of our laws, if we were to hold that an
alien's friends could not maintain an action of that
is 4
description in our courts, unless by some interval of
;aa
residence here he has incurred the onus of what Lord
Coke calls igeantia localis ; and Mr. Justice Maule,
- in the same case, raid that every day's experience
Ice, showed us that actions are maintained here by fo-
reigners—for example, those for running down vessels
on the high seas—without objection. Gibbons wrote
his celebrated work of the " Decline and Fall" in a
.1t foreign country ; can it be doubted that he might
have published and sold his work here had he con-
• tinued to reside abroad? What difference can there
, be then between a foreigner or a subject domiciled
abroad ? For these reasons we think that if an alien
author, residing in his own country, should cause
his work to be published here, he would be an
.% author within the Acts, and could maintain an
,% action for piracy; but we wish it to be understood
that it must be first published in this country, for
if it had been published previously in any other
country be could not gain a copyright here.
The origin of the doctrine set up by the de-
ice. fendant seems to have arisen from a dictum of the
late Vice-Chancellor Shadwell, against the right of a
foreigner, expressed in the cases of Guichard v. Mori,
' and in Page and Townsend, which turned on the
construction of several Acts protecting engravings,
one only of which wag expressly confined to plates
engraved in Great Britain ; but these opinions were
os. merely obiter dicta, and the cases had no connexion
1% with copyrights. Looking at the context, there is
,sa reason to believe that the Vice-Chancellor only meant
5- to say that the Court would not protect a foreigner
who publishes abroad. As to the other points, viz.,
aaf that the assignment by Bellini to Ricordi was not ac. 6d cording to the Act of Parliament, viz., in the presence
134 of two Ritnessee, we think that there is sufficient to
ill show a good title in Ricordi, which he assigned to the
os.
1% plaintiff :n England in the presence of two witnesses.
Upon the whole, therefore, we are of opinion that the
°I direction of the Learned Judge was wrong, and that
rod
he ought to have directed the jury to find a verdict
6d for the plaintiff on both issues. They must, there•
lod fore, be a venire de novo.

sion, he being the holder of the warrants ; hence the
present issue. It appeared that the ten casks of nut-
megs were lying at Brewer's Quay-wharf, and that if
delivered for home consumption about 2091. would
have to be paid as duty, but if they were exported of
course no duty would be payable.
Mr. LOCKE submitted that the plaintiff's case could
not be sustained, as the attachment was against ten
casks of nutmegs which had never been in his posses.
sion, he being merely the holder of the warrants. The
latter, and not the goods, should have been attached.
The RECORDER held that the nutmegs were in
Mr. Scott's possession really, though not actually, in
the same manner that a person who had money at a
banker's was in possession of that money.
Mr. LOCKE then addressed the jury, and urged that
unless they were thoroughly satisfied, from the evi-
dence that the nutmegs were actually in Mr. Scott's
possession, they could not find for the plaintiff.
The Learned Counsel then put in as evidence a
deed of assignment, executed by Cleland and Day, at
Boston, on the failure in December, to show that when
the attachment was issued in February, the nutmegs
had been formally assigned to Mr. Scott and other
creditors, for the benefit of the creditors generally.
The names of Mr. Posuo, Turkish Consul at Ant-
werp, and Mr. Da Pesta, Turkish Consul General at
Brussels, appeared as parties to the deed. It ap-
peared, however, that the deed had not been executed
until after the issue of the attachment.
The jury, without hesitation, found that the gar-
nishee had in his possession ten casks of nutmegs be-
longing to the defendants—which was a verdict for
the plaintiff.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, May 21.
(Before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER.)
IN RE RICHARD JOHN moscaor.
This insolvent, who was a corn-dealer at Holloway,
was opposed by Mr. Sargood for Messrs. Charring-
ton. He had no counsel.
An objection was taken to the petition in this case,
which was filed under the Protection Act, on the
ground that the debts exceeded 3001.
It appeared that the insolvent had given a Mr.
Bilton a bill of sale for 11.0/., which, with his present
debts, would make them exceed 3001. It was, how-
ever, alleged that Mr. Bilton had taken possession of
the property secured by the deed, and had realised
the same, which was in effect an extinguishment of
the claim. The deed was exhibited in court, and ap-
peared to be a mortgage.
Mr. SARGOOD submitted that the deed to Mr. Bil-
ton had not been extinguished, and that it must be
calculated in the amount. Therefore the debts ex-
ceeded 3001. and the petition must be dismissed.
The CHIEF COMMISSIONER concurred in the view
taken by the Learned Counsel, and dismissed the
petition.

The petition was accordingly dismissed.
His HONOUR granted several final orders, and
heard other applications, neither of which presented
any feature of public importance.

ADMIRALTY COURT, May 21.
(Before Dr. Lusurmotort.)
TSB 8URE.....-SALVAGE.
In this case the crews of two fishing-smacks of
Harwich proceeded against the Bure for services ren-
,s4/4 dered her on the 9th of November last, off Harwich,
she having run aground on the Pye sand. The sal-
vors asserted she was in a dangerous position, and
were employed in heaving the vessel clear off the sand.
'% O❑ behalf cf the Bure it was asserted she merely
. dropped alongside of the sand ; the assistance of the
boatmen was not solicited or required, but that they
forced their tervices upon the vessel, and that some
coals had been given for the services they had ren-
dered.
Dr. Harding appeared for the boatmen, and Drs.
Addams and Twiss on behalf of the Bure.
The COURT considered a trifling service had been
rendered, and awarded the salvors 51. and costs.

•
LORL MAYOR'S COURT, May 21.
(Before the RECORDER.)
HULSCHOFF V. CLELAND AND DAT DEFENDANTS,
SCOTT GARNISHEE.
This was a customary attachment in an action for
debt for 7001. The garnishee pleaded that he had
neither moneys nor goods of the defendants in his
possession.
Mr. Ryland and Mr. Randall appeared for the
plaintiff; Mr. Locke appeared for the garnishee.
The plaintiff was a merchant at Amsterdam, the
defendants were merchants at Boston, United States,
and the garnishee was Mr. James Scott, merchant. of
Nicholas-lane. In April or May last year, Mr. F.
Saville Lee, who was the authorised London agent
of the firm of Cleland and Co., of Boston, purchased
on their behalf eleven casks of nutmegs,
of the value
of 7001., of Mr. Adrian Meyer, the representative in
London of the plaintiff's house, but one of the war-
rants was returned to Mr. Meyer, he having sold one
of the casks, and the ten others were given by Mr.
Lee to Mr. Scott, the present garnishee, who it ap-
peared was a creditor of Cleland and Day's to some
amount. In December the house of Cleland and Day
failed, whereupon the plaintiff availed himself of the
process of the Lord Mayor's Court to recover from
Mr. Scott the nutmegs which were still in his posses- I

list ? Witness—Thrsa or four minutes, your Wor-
ship.

MY. BROUGHTON—Do you really believe there
were as many passengers as you have stated ? Wit-
ness—l do, Sir; but of course I had no opportunity
of counting them at the time.
Defendant, when asked by the magistrate what he
had to say, replied that the passengers numbered no
more than twenty-two, which was just one more than
the vehicle was licensed to carry ; the near horse was
a " jib," and he did not whip him more than two or
three times ; he had no witnesses to call.
Mr. BROUGHTON remarked, that the case had been
very properly taken up by a useful society, and fined
the defendant 20s. and costs, or in default of payment
14 days' imprisonment. If it had been shown that he
had been brought up upon any former occasion for
conduct of a similar nature, he would now have been
more severely dealt with.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Yesterday James Hurley and George Cater were
placed at the bar for re-examination before Mr.
Seeker, charged with a daring assault and robbery
upon the person of Mr. Benjamin Collins, a blind
man, carrying on business as an ironmonger in High-
street, Shoreditch.
The circumstances which led to the detection and
apprehension of the prisoners were of a somewhat
singular character. It appeared that on the afternoon
of Monday, the 9th instant, as the prosecutor was
passing through New Inn-yard, Shoreditch, under
the guidance of his daughter, a child eight years old,
he suddenly received a severe kick on the back of the
leg, which flung him forward upon his face, but he
was immediately raised up by two men, one of whom,
while affecting to commiserate his misfortunes, sud-
denly thrust his hand into his waistcoat pocket, from
which he abstracted his watch with a violent jerk that
detached it from the guard, and both of them in-
stantly made off with their booty. lie gave imme-
diate information to the police, and having been sub-
sequently apprised that a man was in custody charged
with a murderous assault upon a married woman,
who had denounced him as one of the gang who had
robbed him of his watch, he proceeded to the station-
house, where he was confronted with the prisoner
Hurley, and at once recognised him, by the pecu-
liarity of his voice, as one of his assailants.
Ellen Wateman, the wife of a bedstead-maker, in
Christopher-square, Shoreditch, in whose house Hur-
ley had formerly lodged, was then examined, and de-
posed that she accidentally witnessed the robbery
while proceeding through New Inn-yard, on the
afternoon in question, and having described the par-
ticulars in the same terms as they had been detailed
by the prosecutor, arse thoroughly identified the pri-
soners as the perpetrators, proceeded to state that she
met Hurley again, near her own residence, on the
same evening, and after an exulting observation upon
the daring character of the transaction, he informed
her that he had sines sold the watch for 16s. to a Jew
receiver. Witness remarked that it was a cruel act
to commit such a robbery upon a poor blind man, and
told him that she had a good mind to communicate
POLICE INTELLIGENCE
MANSION-HOUSE. the circumstances to the police, to which he replied
Yesterday Mr. Bell and Mr. Corbett, the pro_ that he would certainly cut her throat if she von-
tured to do so. In consequence of these threats she
prietors of the Gracechurch-street premises, which
fell on Saturday last, waited upon the Lord Mawas deterred from divulging what she had seen, but
on the subject of the disastrious occurrence. yor carefully avoided all further communication with the
Mr. Bell addressed his Lordship in the justice-
prisoner, and kept out of his way until the night of
Saturday se' nnight, when he followed her home, and
room, in an interval of the ordinary business of the
day. commenced a most unmerciful attack upon her, de-
He said, " We wait upon your Lordship for a daring that he would have her life, and after striking
twofold purpose. First, to express our sincere
thanks to your Lordship for the promptitude her repeatedly on the face, he seized her by the throat,
have shown in commencing a subscription in you and attempted to strangle her, but her cries co
public capacity, as chief magistrate, for the unfor yotu- ur Murder" were fortunately heard by a policemen,
who rescued her from further ill-usage, and conveyed
him to the station-house. Witness then preferred
nate poor men who are now lying in the hospital, and
the families of those who were killed by the disastrous
fall of the premises in Gracechurch.street ; and, the charge of robbery against him, and furnished the
police with further information, which resulted in
secondly, to assure your Lordship that we are
the apprehension of the other prisoner.
doing, and still continue to do, all in our power to
assuage the afflictions of the objects of the public The prisoners, who denied the charge, were or-
solicitude. We have given directions, that the wages sition, but on being removed by the gaoler they
shall be regularly paid, and that eery comfort re- turned fiercely round upon the female witness, and
quired be abundantly supplied, and we hand to your assailed bet with a volley of imprecations for giving
Lordship a cheque as an earnest of our feelings to- evidence against them.
wards the poor fellows who have suffered, and their
SOUTHIVARK.
families."
Yesterday William Cox, a well-dressed boy of
The LORD Maroa said it was most gratifying to fourteen years of age, was placed at the bar before
him to find, that the gentlemen who must be losers Mr. A'Beckett, charged with breaking into the house
to a very serious extent by the fall of the
premises, of Mr. Edward Ralph, landlord of' the Queen's Head.
came forward to give such unquestionable evidence of theie Freeschool-etreet, Horselydown, for the purpose of
cacti's athy .He would take care that the press, in committing a felony.
which the notice of the contributions received had Policeman William Tlarussell, 148 M, stated that
already appeared, should be informed of the liberal at half-past two o'clock that morning., while on duty
act of the gentlemen who had thus waited upon him, in Freeschool•street, in passing the Queen's Head, he
and he entertained no doubt that he should be again observed that the glass fanlight over the private en-
considerably indebted to the newspapers for their trance in Short-street was broken, and an aperture
powerful assistance, in circulating the claims of the made sufficiently large to admit of a man's arm.
injured parties, and announcing the amount of sub- Knowing up to twelve o'clock the same night that
sub-
scriptions for their service.
the glass was perfect, he suspected that the house
Mr. Bell--It is our duty also to state to your Lord- had been entered, and he knocked at the door, and
ship our sense of obligation to several gentlemen for listened, and distinctly heard footsteps within, but
their extraordinary exertions immediately after the received no answer, upon which he rung the house
accident occurred. 'We in particular allude to Mr. bell and aroused the landlord, who came down, un.
Tress, Mr. John Stevens, Mr. Edmond Woodthorpe, bolted the door, and admitted him. He (the police-
Mr. S. Wood, Mr. Ashpital, and Mr. Bailey. All man) then pointed out the aperture over the door, and
these gentlemen rendered the most valuable as-
hinted at his suspicions that some person had effected
sistance in superintending, in places of the most ine• an entrance, and was probably then concealed on the
minent danger, the efforts to rescue the workmen who
premises. They accordingly instituted an examine-
were buried in the ruins. Of the labour and skill of
tion of the parlour, tap-room, bar, and other parts at
t ighly hose gentlemen, it is quite impossible to speak too the lower part of the house, but failed in discovering
h. The lives, in fact, of some of them were any person, until at length they proceeded to the front
constantly exposed to the greatest peril in their anx- of the bar, in a corner of which stood an empty
iety to save the lives of their fellow-creatures, so that
puncheon, underneath which, the heading next the
the community must feel, upon seeing the acknow- lodgments o f the witnesses to their efforts day and night, that the emergency was met by the greatest and when discovered
house before twelve o ' clock the night before, and hid he stated that he got into the
intrepidity, as well as by the greatest zeal and talent ;
himself in the puncheon where he was found. On
we are also bound to speak in terms of gratitude of the
searching his pockets a box of Lucifer matches was
exertions of the police who acted throughout with the
found. The policeman added, that a short time pre-
most remarkable firmness, resolution, and judgment. viously to the discovery he saw two suspicious-looking
The LORD MAYOR said' he had every reason to be- men lurking about the neighbourhood, who, when
lieve the police had supported the high reputation they enjoyed by their conduct on the occasion. particularly noticed by him went away, and he had
He no doubt now that they were acting in collusion with
was perfectly aware of the active labours of the
pro- fessional gentlemen alluded to, whose services u the prisoner, who, in all probability, intended to have
the premises were described as haying been so eflpoi- n admitted them into the house by unfastening thecient, and he was proud to say that the had shown door; that the fan-light was a considerable height
as great intrepidity as skill. His Lordship then said lifted up by other persons, in order to give him an
he would feel much indebted to the editors of the opportunity of breaking the glass, and making an
daily press by their acknowledgment of his receipt of aperture to admit his arm, so as to enable him to draw
the following sums for the sufferers on that day, and back the bolt by which the window was fastened, and
his anxiety to receive most bountiful contributions :
Messrs.l through which, it being partly open when discovered,
Bel and Corbett, the proprietors of the pre- he must have introduced his body, and thus obtained
mises, Mrs. Jane Ogden, SI. ; a family subscrip- an entrance. He (the
tion, 55.; James Thomson, Esq., 1/. ls.; A Friend Policeman) further stated, that
, the prisoner, although so young, was a lad of very bad
CLERKENWE
10s. ; John Wagg, Esq., 2/.
LL,
character, and always in the company of thieves; Yesterday Alfred Walker and Sarah ilfortlekel that he had been in custody before, and had only re-
cently come out of gaol after three months' imprison-
the former a sturdy-looking young man, 23 years of
age, and the latter a young and interesting-lookin men t, and suffering the punishment of flogging besides.
girl, were placed at the bar, before Mr. Tyrwhitt g The complainant stated that the prisoner's assertion
charged by Inspector Brennan, of the G division of
, that he got into the house before twelve o'clock,
and police, with having been concerned in manufacturing was destitute of truth, for he (the landlord) did not
quit the bar himself till past twelve o'clock, at which
It appeared from the evidence of the Inspector, that
in consequence of information received b the time he fastened the fanlight over the private door,
the glass of which was perfectly sound and secure at
y olice
that parties were constantly employed in the extensive manufacture of base coin, at a house situate 69 the time. He added, that after he was aroused by
the policeman in the way described, when they Golden-lane, St. Luke's, he, with other officers, made arrangements to pay a visit to the place, for the commenced their search in front of the bar, he par..
pur- titularly noticed that the empty puncheon had been
pose of making a capture. On their arrival, at about removed a short distance from the usual spot where
half-past four o'clock on Friday afternoon, they pro- it stood, and underneath which the prisoner was
ceeded to the first floor apartment, and on opening found—that it was a matter of much surprise how the
the door, they saw the male prisoner at work at a
bench, in the manufacture of base coin. He had a prisoner managed to lift up the vessel so as to got
i°aide, file in his hand, finishing off some shillings. On see-
nside, without knocking it down in the attempt; but
ing them (the officers), he dropped the file. The however difficult, he surmounted it, and was found
female prisoner sat quietly in the room, sod morel inside in a sitting position. He was also of opinion
said to the male prisoner, " If you had not introduced
y that the prisoner's intention was to admit other
that party this would not have happened." Housebreakers—his associates—to rob the house, if
y
immediately secured the prisoners and took them to
The the discovery had not been made in the first instance,
through the attention displayed by the policeman in
the station-house, after which they proceeded to the performance of his duty.
search the place. On the mantel-shelf they found 48
counterfeit shillings. In the cupboard three moulds The prisoner, who declined saying anything in an-
two of which were so made as to cast three and four
shillings at a time. In a drawer they discovered were given that the record of Hie former conviction
2 ewer to the charge, was committed, and directions
be produced on his trial.
counterfeit half-crowns, and on a further and more might LAMBETH.
general search upwards of 200 pieces of counterfeit Yesterday Patrick Cane, John Heekey,
_Ja_mees
coin were found, all of superior make and imitation.
Also two galvanic batteries, with plates and jars con- William Burke, Edward Shanahan, Thomas. Lynn,
llPEllyott, Dennis Harrington,
taming strong solution, ladles for melting, Queen'sSlattery, who stood
Thomas Burke, and Edward
Chaplin,
r metal spoons, plaister of Paris powder, and all the charged with the murder of Henry James
werepin, a
necessary implements usually applied to the manufac- constable belonging to the L division,Air.
William Fah y,
Elliott. again
luring of base coin, the whole of which they seized placed within the felons' dock before
and conveyed to the station-house. The property Mr. Bodkin, the barrister, and , Mr. , a clerk
was now produced in court.
in the offices of the sO
• liCitOr to the Treasury, attended
Mr. Games and A
Ir. Neill
Sergeant Cole and White, dec., who accompanied for the prosecution, and
Inspector Brennan, gave confirmatory evidence. appeared on behalf of the prisoners. Mr. Evans, the
The prisoners cohabited as man and wife ; the latter superintendent of the
has
the police, and Mr.
was much affected whilst at the box, and the male Inspector Carter,
who management of the
prisoner supported her, kissed her and held his arm case, were also in attendance..
round her neck.
dr. Bodkin, addressing the magistrate, said, that
been last before •
Mr. TYRWHITT remarked that he never before wit- since the case hadt _ his Worship, Mr.
nessed the production of so large a quantity of coup- Carter, the inspaec
eoxr,eratnd the officers engaged under
terfeit coin, See. He highly complimented Inspector his directions,hel pd. themselves to the utmost,
Brennan for having conducted the case in the manner to discover the_ _ wholet _of the parties engaged in the
be had done. He decided on eventually committing disgraceful and bru al outrage, that led to the death
the prisoners to Newgate for trial, but they should be of the unfortunate man Chaplin, but be (Mr. Bodkin)
to sa that brought up again on a future day for the formal cora- regretted y, up to the present time they had
pletion of the depositions. not been able to procure
evidence beyond that
MARYLEBONE. which brought home the serious offence to more than
Yesterday Peter Fisher, an omnibus
'instance of
three of them, namely, Cane, Hickey, and M'Ellyott.
charged before Mr. Broughton, at thßeeinasi
aSociety Against these, however, there was in his (Mr.
Bodkin's)
Mr. Henry Thomas, Secretary to the y
with the opinion, sufficient to place them on their
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, trial on the charge of murder. It was perfectly clear
following misconduct:— in 1 from the statement of the witnesses, that there were
he was on duty Lock, 660 A, deposed that asa greater number of persons, if not assisting in the
defendant driving his
Bayswater-road, he saw the
murder, at least present when the outrage was com-
re from thirty to
omnibus towards town. Thertehewveehicle,
the springs mitted, than those whose names he had mentioned,
forty passengers in and upon
of the and though there could be as little doubt that
broke in consequence
'Ellyott,
of which at length
others at the bar, besides Hickey, Cane, and M .
came
to a complet©
in-
but load, and the horses
received his fatal
the defendant flogged them,when the
'were present deceased . .
kind
stand-still, upon which
duties, no information or communication of any
as they
were unable to draw
but all to no purpose,
had reached the police from any of them.
the omnibus along.near-side The horse in particu- s ect to two of the prisoners, Barrington and Lynn,
re-
lay was lashed in a most violent and scandalous he had some additional evidence to offer, and after
ofpersons
manner, and a number
so, e further
at the spot cried out "Shame."
I remand.
Mr. BaouanTori—liow long did the whipping ; The Learned Counsel here called Sergeant Thomas

Gosford, 107 L, who deposed that the prisoner Lynn
had heal left in his care ; after he had been taken into
the cell, and while sitting with him, he asked him if
he had been at the raffle at the White Lion public-
house, on the night before, and he replied that he
had. He next inquired if he had left the White Lion
with the other prisoners, who were there, and he said
he did, but added, that he had gone before them with
a young woman, down Vauxhall-walk, and parted
with her in Lambeth-walk, and that on his return be
saw the policeman lying dead.
Mr. Neill here complained of the conduct of the
sergeant in putting these questions to the prisoner,
without giving him the slightest caution, or any inti-
mation that the answers he should give would be
used against him elsewhere.
Thomas Jones, a shoemaker, was here sworn, and
stated that on Monday morning, the ith instant, he
was locked up in one of the cells connected with the
court, on a charge of making away with a pair of
boot-uppers belonging to his employer, when the pri-
soner Harrington was brought in and locked up with
him. Soon after he heard him say that if he had tb,e
clinker in his hand he would split the policeman
head into pieces.
In reply to the questions of the Magistrate, the
witness said, that it was about nine o'clock in the
morning that those assertions were made by th 3 pri-
soner, who was lying on one of the seats at the time,
but not asleep.
In reply to a question as to how often he had been
in prison, he declared that he bad never been locked
up before the morning in question.
Mr. Games applied for the discharge of Febeit
William Burke, Shanahan, and Slattery, againiit
whom, he contended, there was not a tittle of evi-
dence.

Mr. Neill also applied for the discharge of Thomas
Burke, Lynn, and Harrington, and said that against
the former two there was no evidence whatever, and
that, notwithstanding the strange evidence given
.11
the shoemaker against the latter, there was nothing
to justify his further detention.
Mr. ELLIOTT remarked that in a charge so serious
as the present he felt it to be his duty to remand the
whole of the prisoners, to give the officers engsged.ln
the case sufficient time to make all the necessary ul'
quiries, and get up the evidence ; but after the state-
ments that had been made, and the evidence given, be
did not consider that he should be justified in detain'
ing any of the prisoners besides Cane, Hickey, and
M'Ellyott, against whom the evidence was suffi-
ciently strong to send them for trial on the charge of
murder. Harrington he should also remand to 0
future day with the other three prisoners, and all the
others should be discharged.
The court, during the investigation, was much
crowded.

THAMES.
Yesterday, William Edwards, a labourer, was
brought up on remand, before Mr. Ingham, charged
on a Custom-house information with carrying and
conveying 10 pints and a quarter of rum, the duty on
the same not having been first paid and secured, by
which he had incurred a penalty of 1001. He ear-
nestly pleaded not guilty to the information, and said
he was an innocent man.
It appeared that on Tuesday afternoon the prisoner
was met by a police-constable named Barnes, No. 88,
H, in Church-lane, Whitechapel, and suspecting that
he had contraband property in his possession be
stopped him, and asked him what he had under his
coat, to which he replied nothing. Barnes took from
him a bundle, consisting of a handkerchief, in whicb
were two bladders containing rum. Before they
were opened the prisoner said he did not know what
they contained. The skins were delivered to Wayt,
a custom-house officer, who seized them in due form
on t',e part of the Crown. They contained 1 gallon
and 5 16ths of a gallon of rum, 23 under proof.
The prisoner, in defence, said a gentleman with
carpet bag in his hand, met him in Whitechapel, and
ailed him if he was out of employment, and on his
replying in the affirmative, gave him the handerchief
containing the skins, and said he was to carry the
bundle to Spitalfields, where he promised to meet him
and give him a shilling for the job.
Mr. INGHAM—Who is this gentleman ? Prisoner
—I don't know. never saw him before.
Mr. INGHAM thought the case might have been
made the subject of a summary proceeding, without
an information.
Mr. Cornell said the quantity of rum ( r real spirit
had been considerably reduced by its being so much
under proof. It was valued, with the duty, at 151.
per gallon,

Mr. INGHAM fined the prisoner POOL, and, in de-
fault of payment, committed him to prison for
six months. He recommended him to memorialise
the Board of Customs for a mitigation of punish-
ment.

E COUNTRY MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 20.—There was a good attendance to-
day, and a fair demand for fresh wheat, which was quite as
dear. Stale and out of condition lots were rather cheaper.
Flour, both sack and barrel, being pressed for sale, rather
cheaper. Oats, oatmeal, and beans, each in good request at
rather better prices. Barley, malt, and peas, unchanged in
value. Indian corn dull of sale, at 6d per quarter decline.
LEEDS, MAY 20.—The market was well supplied with
wheat, and millers bought very sparingly; holders, however,
did not give way, and last week's rates were maintained. Bar-
ley steady. Oats and beans brought fully as much money.
Other articles as before.
NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, MAY 20.—The supply of
wheat of all descriptions at market to-day was moderate, and
was readily taken off :at the extreme prices of Saturday last,
and in some instances mere money was got. Grinding barley
still excites attention at fully former terms. Oats Is per qr
dearer. In flour and other articles no change.
NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, MAY 20.—The supply of
beasts was a trifle less than on last Tuesday; quality good and
trade brisk at former rates, with a fair clearance. About 160
more sheep and lambs than last week; the quality of the for-
mer moderate, but the latter indifferent; business for both
kinds of stock active, at prices a shade higher, and all sold.
EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, MAY 20.—There were in
the meal market to-day 1 8 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs.
imperial, which sold thus :-1 at 11 12s, 2 at 1i 11 s 6d, and
15 at 11 lls ; average price of the whole 1/ lls Id 4-12ths.
sacks flour, which sold at 28s. 5 sacks pot-barley, whereof 4
sold thus :-1 at 26s Od, 1 at 255, and 2 at 228 6d.
EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, MAY 20.
Oat straw, from 7s 6d to 98 Od per kemple of 16 stones tron ;
wheat ditto, es 6d to 7s 6d ; barley ditto, 6s 6d to 7s 6d.
Hay, from 10d to Is per stone.
DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, MAY 19.—There were 44
bags oatmeal and 9 of barleymeal at this day's market; sales
dull. Oatmeal up on the top and second price 1 s per bag ;
that sold at 28s per bag was of inferior quality; barleymeal the
same as last week.
Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second
imperial .. ••• ... 31s Od 30s 6d
Barleymeal, per ditto ••• 18a 6d —s Od
Peasemeal
—s Od —s Od
Flour ...
—s Od —s Od
Pot barley ...
—s Od —s Od

Third.
28s Od
—8 Od
—8 Od
—8 Od
.-8 Od

13a 9d
.. 14s Od
12s 9d
. 153 Od
.. 143 6d
14s 3d
12s Od
15s Od
153 6d
. 133 6d

COAL MARKET.-1 -ESTERDAY.
Bate's West Hartley.. Us Od Scarborough
Buddle's W. Hartley.. 14s 6d Pensher .
Carr's Hartley ..... ... 14s 6d Jonassohns
Chester Main 123 9d Lambton
Howard's W. H. Neth. 14s Od Eeepier Grange
Lyons Holywell 13s 6d N. Hetton ..
.
North Percy Hartley l4e Od,usseSßundelrls l,anude.t.t.ol..l .. .. .. ..
New Tantield ........• 12s 6d
Tanfield Moor
1122:
t,9.ddSwtehwitawret'll .
s ......................
ranfield Moor Butes
....
Townley d;Caradoc ..•....
West Hartley
14s 6d lieug h Hall ..
. .........
13s Od, Hartlepool ....... ...
wWyesiatni Wy.il,a.
............
1
12s 9d /South Hartlepool ....
Wall's End, &c. Thornley .............
Acorn Close
14s Od. West Kelloe
Brown •••• •••••A.........
Gosforth ....•
112 s 9d Whitworth ..
•
s 6d Adelaide Tees
Lawson
Hilda
13s Odißackhouse .............
13s Od Richardson's Tees....,
Northumberland
Wharncliffe
Eden Main .......
Lambton Primrose
.. •..
Bell
Belmont l4a 3d HartleY...
Braddyll
firr and
t..h ..... ...
HHetton
aswell .................. 15s 6(.1
Ships at market, 309_
......____
[AD-

14s 3d
~ 14s 6d
15s 6d
~. 14s 9d
14s 3d
, . 13s 9d
12s 6d
14s 9d
13s 9d
12s 9d
~ 13s 9d
158 6d
13s 6d
14s 6d
-14 s 6d
138 9d

Sold, 102_.... Unsold, 147.

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BIRTHS.
OF A sox.
On the 16th inst., at Geneva, the lady of the lion. Thomas
Preston.
On the 19th inst., the wife of the Rev. Charles AleriVale.
OF A DAUGHTER.

On the 18th inst , at Douro-place, Kensington, the Wife of
J. W. P. Graham, Esq.
On the 21st inst., at Doncaster, the wife of William
Marratt, Esq , coroner.

AIsKIED.

I On the
W. 0. Polhill, i
rensctt.,or of Illi at Chidngtodingn, Norfolk stone, Kent, the Rev. Henry
, to Frances Char-
, of Chid-
lotte, only daughter of Henry Streatfeild, Esq.
dingstone.
On the 19th inst., at St. Mark's, Kennington, Captain
Woodward, H. M. sth Fusiliers, to Elizabeth, eldest daugh-
ter of the late W. Johnson, Esq., of Michaelstown, county
of Cork, Ireland, and widow of the late Capt. F. A. Robinson.

Dipa)
On the 19th inst., aged 39, Georgina, Wife of J. Anderson,
Esq., lessee of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane.
On the 17th inst., the Rev. John Palmer, M.A., aged 77,
thirty-four l ears rector of Peldon, Essex.
On the 16th inst., at Milton-next-Sittingbourne, Kent,
John Mille, E q,, one of the coroners for the county.
On the 18th inst., in Lower Belgrave-street, Eaton-square,
Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson, aged 51.
On the 18th ins', at East Farleigh, Kent, Edward Norton,
Esq., hiss, Norfolk, aged 49.
On the 20th inst., at Addington-place, Camberwell, Sophia,
the wife of S. S,Jepheard, Esq.

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Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of
Dliddlesex, Thursday, May 22, 1851,