The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-31 00:00:00

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[The following appeared in our Fifth Edition of
ast night :—]

to remedy what be believed to be a public nuisance,
for he could call it by no other name.—(Hear, hear.)
He believed that so long as they were acting for the
public benefit they had the power to expend their
funds, and he had emphatically stated that this was a
case involving the public benefit. This matter in-
volved a great constitutional question. " Sir," said
Mr. Holme, addressing the mayor, "I look upon it
as your question, as my question, as the question of
every man in this town ; and I think that every in-
habitant, as far as in him lies, is bound to take steps
to protect himself—he was almost going to say—from
positive insult at the hands of our county court judge."
After some further remarks in support of the council
taking up the question, the speaker said that in the
event of the Earl of Carlisle reinstating Mr. Ramshay,
he (Mr. Holme) knew of no other course than that of
calling a public meeting; and he had no doubt
whatever that if the Earl did reinstate Mr. Ramshay
a requisition to the Mayor to call a public meeting
would be presented.—(Hear.) He unhesitatingly
said that if an indiscreet gentleman like Mr. Itamahay
was to be kept here, it would be the duty of the town
to go to Parliament in order to have him removed—
(Hear, hear)—for if he was to be permitted to carry
out what he called the letter of the law in the manner
he recently had done, and if the town was driven to
the last extremity, he repeated that it would be the
duty of the community to endeavour to obtain an Act
of Parliament for the purpose of removing a man from
amongst them whose temper was such as to prevent
the inhabitants of this town from enjoying those ad-
vantages and privileges which were conferred by the
passing of the County Courts Act. He therefore
begged to move that the council adopt the prayer of
the memorial, and that the town clerk be directed to
conduct the approaching inquiry on the part of the
corporation.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. Avesoen solicitor, briefly seconded the motion,
reserving to himself the right to make some observa-
tions upon it in the course of the discussion.:
Mr. Alderman BRAMLEY.MOORE opposed the mo-
tion, on the ground that, to appropriate the corporate
funds in conducting the inquiry would be decidedly
illegal. He also contended that the council would be
pre-judging the case if they took any part in the in-
quiry. In the course of his address, which was
listened to with considerable impatience, Mr. Moore
contended that Mr. Ramshay had been harshly used
by the public of Liverpool. These observations were
received with shouts of derisive laughter.
After considerable discussion as to the legality of
the corporate funds being applied in conducting the
inquiry,
The Tower CLERK was called upon for his opinion.
He said his own opinion was, that it would be illegal
to appropriate the money of the corporation in the
manner proposed, but feeling some doubt about it he
had submitted it to counsel. He wrote to Mr.
Crompton, barrister, and that gentleman had for-
warded an opinion to the effect that to apply the funds
of the corporation as proposed would be against the
spirit of the Act of Parliament. The Town Clerk
then proceeded to say that, being satisfied of the ille-
gality of so applying the corporate funds, he should
refuse to countersign the order for payment of the
money, should the council decide so to expend it.
A very long discussion took place, in the course of
which several councillors expressed themselves strongly
in favour of the council becoming the prosecutors, but
the general impression seemed to be that the opinion
of counsel and the Town Clerk was fatal to this
course. Mr. Remshay's conduct was denounced in
the strongest terms by every speaker, and several
members of the council being satisfied that the corpo-
rate funds could not be legally touched, expressed their
readiness to contribute liberally towards the necessary
expenses.
Ultimately Mr. Holme withdrew his motion, and
substituted the following motion, which was carried
by a majority of 51 to 3. Mr. Holwe remarked, that
seeing the impossibility of carrying his original motion
in the face of counsel's opinion, he had so modified it
as to express the opinion of the council on Mr. Ram-
shay's extraordinary proceedings. The motion as
carried was as follows :
" That in the opinion of the council, the circumstances
which have taken place in relation to the course pursued
by the Judge of the County Court for this district are
such as to call for an inquiry before the proper authori-
ties; but this council having been advised that it cannot
legally expend the corporate funds in proswcuting such
inquiry, regrets that it cannot comply with the prayer of
this memorial."
Several members of the council suggested the pro
priety of calling a public meeting, and it is fully
expected that a requisition to the Mayor, to call such
meeting for the purpose of raising funds to conduct
he inquiry, will be presented to-morrow.

FRANCE.
Galignani 's Messenger gives the following account
of the different Members of the new Cabinet :
M. de Thorigny, the Minister of the Interior,
although not much known as a politician, enjoys a
high reputation among the members of the bar of
Paris and the magistracy, having greatly distin-
guished himself when Advocate-General of the Court
of Appeal. He is an able speaker, and is said to
have great administrative capacity. M. de Tho-
rigny is considered to be so important a member
of the new Cabinet, that some of the journals
have called it the Da Thorigny Adminstration.
He is an advocate for the repeal of the
electoral law of 1850, but demands, it is
said, in the re-establishment of universal suf-
frage, the application of all just and salutary
restrictions consistent with the principle laid down
by the Constitution. M. de Thorigny has been
generally regarded as belonging to the moderate
Legitimatist party, but he has no engagements towards
that party to shackle him in the post he now occupies.
M. Corbin, the Minister of Justice, is even less
known as a politician than M. de Thorigny, but his
ability as Procureur-General at Angers, at the time
of the trial of M. Ledru Rollin, in 1840, laid the
foundation of the reputation that he has since bad,
and he filled the same functions at the
Court of Bourges. M. Corbin is a member of the
great party of order, but without belonging to
any particular fraction of that party, as po-
litically represented in the National Assembly.
The Minister of Finance, M. Blondel, is known only
as a man of ability in the Finance Department. As
Inspector- General of Finance he has rendered great ser-
vices to the Government, and whichhave been warmly
acknowledged by successive Ministers. M. Blondel
has, it is said, introduced some important reforms in
the Finance Department, and recommended others.
M. Blondel was at one time charged with the direc-
tion of the finances in Algeria, and subsequently with
the direction of civil affairs in that colony. He is
now on a mission in Corsica, but it is to be presumed
that his acceptance of the office was considered cer-
tain when the decree by which he is appointed was
drawn up. M. Charles Giraud, the Minister of Public
Instruction, has already held that office. He is a
friend of order, and is generally considered a mode-
rate Republican. M. Lacrosse, the Minister of
Public Works, has also filled that office already
with some distinction. This gentleman has always
shown a warm attachment to the cause of order, and
is said to have a strong personal regard for the Pre-
sident of the Republic. The new Minister of Marine,
M. Hippolyte Fortoul, Professor of Belles Lettres and
Dean of the Faculty of Aix, has acquired some cele-
brity as a writer in the cause of order, although some
years ago he was supposed to have a socialist ten-
denc. At present, M. Fortoul's socialism goes no
further than safe and practical amelioration of the
condition of the working classes. His appointment as
Minister of Maine would excite some surprise, as he
has few of the acquirements which have been long
considered essential for that office, were it not for the
fact that the officers of the navy generally prefer seeing
the post of Minister of Marine filled by a non-naval
man, experience having shown that more impartiality
and independence of the influence of a coterie are to be
expected when that is the case. M. Turgot, the Minis-
ter for Foreign Affatrs, does honour, it is said, to the
great name that he bears, but hitherto he has not fi-
gured very prominently in public affairs. As a member
of the Chamber of Peers, his votes were al ways on the
side of order and good government. M. Turgot is
Lieutenant-Colonel of the Ist Legion of the National
Guards of Paris. M. de Casablanca, the Minister of
Commerce and Agriculture, has enjoyed considerable
influence in the National Assembly in consequence
of the sl.•ill and moderation that he has shown as a
Member of Committees, and although regarded as a
warm partisan of the President of the Republic, he
has ensured the esteem of the leading members of the
Orleanist and Legitimatist parties. Of the administra-
tive capacity of General de Saint-Arnaud, the new
Minister of War, little is known, but as a soldier he
distinguished himself greatly in Africa, and stands
high in the opinion of the superior officers of the army.
The name of M. de Maupas, the new Prefect of Police,
was little known to the Parisians before his appoint-
ment was announced in the Moniteur ; but his energy
and activity in the cause of order in the department
of which he was Prefect were well known to the
chief of the Executive Government. Succeeding as
M. de Maupas does to one of the most efficient Pre-
fects of Police that Paris has had for many years, he
will require all indulgence and impartiality. The
proclamation which be has just issued shows his de-
termination to deserve the approbation and co-
operation of good citizens.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING, 1851.
THURSDAY, Nov. 13.
Weight for the Free Handicap Hurdle Race, (25 Subs.),
to accept on or before the 31st inst.
Lord George, 12st 21b—Dac-an-Durras, llst 81b—St.
Helier, 1 lat—Cogia, list—Half-and-Half, lost 121 b
Little Queen, lOst 121b—Fugitive, lost lolb—Ormsby,
10e.t 101b—Tom Bowling, lOst 81b—Miss West, 10st 8113
—Sir Robert, lOst 41b—Fusilier, lOst 21b—Maria Monk,
lOst 21b—Ballet Girl, lOst 2 lb—Perjury (Into Pandora),
lOst—Flirt, 9st 101b—Forest Lad, 9st 101b—Crabbs, 9st
101b—The Drag, 9st 101b—Builfineb, 9st 101b—Lod-
dington, 9st 71b—Queen of the Vale, 93t—Barber of
Seville, Bst 121 b—f by Epirus out of Abaft, Bst 71b—
Secret, Bst 71b.
Weights for the Sefton Handicap; 3 ft if declared on or
before the 31st instant.
Cossack, aged, Rst 91b—Rhesus, 5 yrs, 7st 61b—Win-
dischgratz, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Spot, 5 yrs, 7st 51b—Doubt,
5 yrs, 7st 31b—Mark Tapley, 4 yrs, 7st—ltalian, 4 yrs,
6st 121b—Goldfinder, 3 yrs, bat 101b—Prior of Laner-
cost, 4 yrs, 6st Mb—Little George, 4 yrs, 6st 61b Lady
Eden, 4 yrs, 6at 61b—First Fruits, 3 yrs, 6at 61b—
elarisss, 5 yrs, 6st 41b—Cocktail, 5 yrs, 6st 41b—
Chief Justice, 4 yrs, Est 41b—Ebor, 4 yrs, 6st 41b
Woldsman, 4 yrs 6.t 41b—Census, 3 yrs, 6st 41b
--Warwick, 4 yrs, 6st 21b—The Marquis, 3 yrs,
65t—Lough Bawn, 3 yrs, 6st—Triekstress, 3 yrs, 6st
Gholab Singh, 3 yrs, 6st—Augmin, 4 yrs, sst 12 1b—
Sister to Fencer, 4 yrs, sst 121b—Cobnut, 4 yrs, sst 121 b
—Heriot, 3 yrs. sst 121b—Harp, 3 yrs, sst 81b—Young
Troublesome, 3 yrs, sst 81b—Heart of Oak, 3 yrs,
sst 41b—Stafford, 3 yrs, sst 41b—Cyclops, 3 yrs, sst 4lb
—Miss Flyaway, 3 yrs, sst—Rose, 3 yrs, sst—Ella,
3 yrs, sst—Labyrintb, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b—F by Pantaloon
out of Fugleman's dam, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b.

LOUIS KOSSUTH.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Six,—As France is just now in the same position
as she was previous to the revolution of 1789, and as
it took then a little Corsican (who was an alien) to
rule her destines, and who proved himself superior
(since the time of Charlemagne) to any of the rulers
either as a statesman or warrior, I do not see why
France should not take a lesson from the past, and
supply the future destinies of the Republic with
another alien, in every way equal to the exigencies of
the times—that alien is L. Kossuth, who, I have
no doubt, should the law of the 31st of May be re-
pealed, would be the future elect of France.
I am, Sir, &c.,
London, Oct. 29, 1851. E. J. 0. M.

FRIDAY.
Weights for the Grand Autumn Steeplechase Sandie3p;

5 ft if declared by the 31st inst.
Lord George, 12st 21b—Duc an Durras, I Ist 71b.
British Yeoman, list 51b—Abd-el-Fader, 1 Ist 3lb•
Lucy Neale, list 21b—St. Helier, list—Miss Mowbra.,
lOst 121b—PeterSimple, lOst 121b—Maria Day, lOsk
101b—Half•and-Half, lost 81b—Isaac, lOst 81b—The
Young 'un, lOst 61b--Rattrap, lOst 61b—Fugitive, lOst
61b—Little Queen, lOst 61b—Victress, lOst 21b—darrig,
lOst 21b—Chieftain, 101 b 21b—Lamienne (sister to the
Oaks), lost—Maria Monk, 9st 121b—Luna, 9st 101 b
Ringdove, 9st 71b—Loddington. 9st—Joan of Arc (late
Moll Sparks). Bst 10113—The Hero (dead).
EPSOM AUTUMN MEETING, 1851.
Acceptances for the Epsom Autumn Handicap.
The Italian, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Sauter-la-Coupe, 5 yrs,
Bst 11b—Doubt, 5 yrs, Bst lib—Alp, 5 yrs, 7st 111b—
Chief Justice, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—Sir Rowland Trenchard,
3 yrs, 7st 71b—Hothorpe, 3 yrs, 7st 61b—Claremont,
aged, 7st 31b—Rowena, 3 yrs, 7st 31b—Achyranthes, 4
f yrs, 7st 31b—Lamartine, 3 yrs, 7st 21b—Little George,
4 yrs, Tat 11b—Fallow Deer, 6 yrs, 7st—Master Friday,
4 yrs, 7st—Ephesus, 3 yrs, Est 131b—Clarissa, 5 yrs,
Est 101b—Miss Flyaway, 3 yrs, 6st 91b—Stafford, 3 yrs,
6st 31b--Britannia, 3 yrs, 6st 31b—Heroine, 3 yrs, Est
21b—Ischia, 3 yrs, Est 21b—Don Pedro, 3 yrs, sst 121b—
Ingratitude, 3 yrs, sst 31b—Cyclops, 3 yrs, sst 31b.
The rest to pay 2 soya. each. The highest weighi
accepting being 7st 111 b., it was raised to Bst 71b, &c.

The Beddington Stakes.
Constantine, Garibaldi, fby Touchstone, out of Che-
shire Witch, Magnes, Poodle, and Pluck have paid
forfeit.
Weights for the Bentinck Plate of 1001. One mile.
Clincher, 4 yrs, 9st—The Italian, 4 yrs, Bst lolb—
Iris, 3 yrs, Bst 71b—Truth, 3 yrs, Bst 71b—Shropshire
Witch, 3 yrs, Bst—Heroine, 5 yrs, 7st 121b—Jock o'Sot,
aged, ist 101b—Sauter-la-Coupe, 5 yrs, ist 101b—Dul-
cet, aged, 7st 101b—Manifold, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Thornbill,
5 yrs, 7st 71b—Warwick, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Tonic, 3 yrs,
7st 41b—Juggler, 5 yrs, 7st 41b—Laundrymaid, aged,
7st—Nsutch, 5 yrs, 6st 131b—Croupier, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b
—Narcissus, 4 yrs, 6st 101b—Ianthe, 3 yrs, 6st 816—
Clarissa, 5 yrs, Est 71h—Lamartino, 3 yrs, Est 71b—
Hothorpe, 3 yrs, 6st 71b—Simplicity, 3 yrs, 6st 71b—
Miss Flyaway, 3 yrs, 6st—Letterpress, 3 yrs, 6st—The
Proctor, 3 yrs, 6st—Madame Wharton, 3 yrs, sst 121 b
—lracundus, 3 yrs, sst 10Ib—Petticoats, 4 yrs, sst 1016
—Gipsy Boy, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Cyclops, 3 yrs, sst 71b
The Adder, 3 yrs, sst 716—Theorem, 3 yrs, sst 71b—
Follow me Lads, 3 yrs, sst 41b—Miss Woolgar, 3 yrs,
sst 41b—Proudfoot, 2 yrs, 4st 91b—Hampton, 2 yrs, 4st
41b.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, Oar. 30.
STOCK EXCBAIWK.—The business done in our share
market to-day has been very limited. The only trans-
action reported was—Midland Stock, 4834.
LIVERPOOL, Our. 30.
STOCK ERCTIANOK.—We have had a very sluggish market
to-day, and prices had a downward tendency. The transac-
tions were as follow :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshirc,
1114 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 5 45,P Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 11:4—Midland, 48M
—York and North Midland, 19% c.
MANCHESTER, OCT. 30.
STOCK EXCEUXO E.---Th business to-day was tolerably
good, but prices were scarcely supported at the range of yes-
terday The transactions were as follow :—Chester and
Birkenhead. 201. Shares, 64i dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire,
5414 Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 2 5-16—
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 26%—Ditto, Pre-
ference, 11 3-10 n.—North Staffordshire, 8%
s dis.—South-
Eastern and Dover, 18%—Great Northern, New Preference
14 p.—Londen and North-Western, 113!43n.—Caledonian,
11%—North British, 5 11-16.
BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 30.. s STOCK Exon.oie.—The share market has been again
dull to-day, but prices were fairly supported, The only
transaction reported was—London and North-Western, 113%

Hare, the man who was executed in Glasgow on
Friday, and who died protesting his innocence, it appears was
not, as had been stated by the Glasgow papers, the nephew
of Hare, the associate and coadjutor of the murderer Burke.
—Edinburgh Witness.

FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, IBM.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice MAULE and Mr. Justice
Caessivem..)
Yesterday Josiah Westley, 39, bookbinder, was in-
dicted for feloniously forging and uttering a bill of
exchange, fur 1001, with intent to defraud Messrs.
Glyn and Co.
Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Huplestone were counsel for
the prosecution • the prisoner was defended by Mr.
Clarkson and Mr. Ballantine.
From the opening speech of the Learned Counsel for
the prosecution, it appeared that the prisoner, who had
carried on a considerable business as a bookbinder in
Playhouse-yard, Blackfriars, had, for three or four
years, kept an account with Messrs. Glyn and Co.,
and latterly they had discounted bills for him for a
considerable amount. On the 21st of April of the
present year the bill in question, which purported to
be accepted by James Gilbert, a bookseller, at York,
was so discounted in the ordinary way of business, and
the account placed to the credit of the prisoner, and
upon the bill becoming due it was dishonoured, and
this led to inquiry, which resulted in the discovery
that there was no such person as James Gilbert at
York, and the present prosecution was, in consequence,
instituted against the prisoner.
Mr. Williams, the discount clerk at Messrs. Glyn
and Co.'s, produced the books, and proved the formal
facts of the case. In addition to the bill which was
the subject of the indictment, he proved that two other
hills for the respective amounts of 1131. 153., and
115/., apparently accepted by George Master, a
printer at Leeds, were also discounted for the pri-
soner.
Upon being cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON, the
witness stated that the discount transactions of the
prisoner with the bank had been very extensive, pos-
sibly to the amount of 29,0001. since his account was
first opened. The prisoner had represented that his
capital was not sufficient to carry out his business,
and he repeatedly applied for discount accommodation,
and the prisoner had given the bank a lien upon some
property in which he had a reversionary interest, as
security for the advances they made to him. The wit-
ness also said that inquiries were made, when two of
the bills he had referred to were dishonoured, but no
criminal proceedings were taken against the prisoner
until after he was declared a bankrupt.
Some witnesses were then called who proved that
there was no such person as James Gilbert, a book-
seller at York, or George Master at Leeds.
Mr. CLARKSON, at the close of the case for the pro-
secution, said that the prisoner desired himself to ad-
dress the Court in answer to the charge.
He accordingly read a written statement to the fol-
lowing effect :—The prisoner said he was placed in his
present painful position by circumstances over which
he had no control ; and as to the charge of forgery, or
feloniously uttering a forged instrument, he was en-
tirely innocent, and he had hoped down to the very
last moment to be able to produce the persons who
had in reality committed the offence he was charged
with. He entreated the jury to take into con-
sideration not only the position of himself, but that of
his wife and family, and to believe that it was possi-
ble for an innocent person to be made the victim of
really guilty parties who declined to come forward
and expuse their guilt. His present unfortunate po-
sition arose entirely from the conduct of one of his
relations, who was under great obligation to him for
having set him up in business. Having himself a
large business, requiring sometimes so much as 1001.
or 2001. per week for the payment of wages, the jury
would naturally suppose that he was occasionally
pressed for money, and having mentioned his diffi-
culty to his brother, he told him that he could pro-
cure him accommodation acceptances. Placing con-
fidence in the representations of his brother he did
draw these bills, and his brother procured the accept.
ances for him, and he believed them to be genuine,
and passed them away as such to Messrs. Glyn and
Co., and he intended to have taken up the bills when
they arrived at maturity, but was prevented from
doing so by unforeseen circumstances. He said
that so much as 90,0001. of his money had passed
through the hands of the bankers on his ac-
count, and they held security upon property which
had been recently valued at 4,000/., and he therefore
thought that he had some claim upon them ; and he
called the attention of the Court and jury to the fact
that they did not take any proceedings against him
until he was declared a bankrupt. The prisoner, in
conclusion, asserted in the most solemn manner that
he was guiltless of any knowledge of the forgery, or
of any intention to defraud the prosecutors.
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL in summing up said, that
as there was no evidence to support the charge of
forgery the only question for the jury to consider
was, whether the prisoner had uttered the instru-
ment in question with a guilty knowledge that it was
forged. It was his duty to tell them that in point of
law the placing the name of a non- existing person as
an acceptor to a bill of exchange, with intent to de-
fraud, amounted to the crime of forgery, and it was
for them to say whether, upon the evidence, they
were satisfied that when the prisoner passed away this
bill he was aware that no such person as James
Gilbert, bookseller, at York, was in existence.
They had heard the statement that was
made by the prisoner, and his admission
that the bill was an accommodation bill, but
it was for the jury to consider whether, even accord-
ing to his own showing, he must not have known that
there was no such person as James Gilbert; and if he
did know this, his offence in law amounted to utter-
ing a forged instrument. It was evident that there
had been very extensive discount transactions between
the prisoner and the bank, and it was certainly rather
a curious circumstance that when two of the bills bad
been dishonoured, and inquiries had no doubt been
made respecting him, that no steps had been taken
against the prisoner until be was declared a bank-
rupt. The jury would, however, take all the circum-
stances of the case into their consideration, and if the
statement made by the prisoner raised any serious
doubt in their minds upon the subject tbey would of
course give him the benefit of such doubt, and say
that he was not guilty.
The jury retired, and were absent about half an
hour, when they returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
Mr. BODKIN said there were two more indictments
against the prisoner, having reference to the other
bills ; but as they involved the same facts he did not
think it necessary to proceed with them after the con-
clusion the jury had arrived at.
A verdict of Not Guilty was accordingly taken
upon both charges.
,Y,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARYLEBOIVE.

WHOLESALE 11JTTERERSOFCOUNTERFEIT COIN.
—Yesterday a man and woman, who gave their
names Thomas illercdith and Mary Wilson, were
brought before Mr. Long, charged with having in
several instances uttered counterfeit coin, and it is
imagined that for some time past they have carried
on their nefarious calling to a considerable extent,
the spurious pieces being for the most part half-
crown', a great number of which, bearing date 1817
and 1822, have been within the last few months
passed to tradesmen in and around the metropolis.
The court was much crowded during the proceedings,
which excited a considerable degree of interest ; the
female prisoner has before been brought up as a
" smasher."
George Stacey, barman at Mr. Smith's, the Lord
Tyrawley, High-street, Marylebone, deposed that
on the previous afternoon between four and five
o'clock, the woman Wilson came to the house and
asked for a quartern of gin and a half-pint of porter ;
she drank the beer, and the spirits having been put
into a bottle, which she brought with her, she threw
down a half-crown in payment. Witness discerned
that it was a bad one, and told her so, when she said
she was not aware of such being the case, but that
she expected her husband in presently, and he would
pay for what she had had. In a few minutes Mere-
dith came in and paid for the spirits and beer with a
sixpence, receiving a penny in change. The priso-
ners went away, witness keeping possession of the
counterfeit half-crown.
A second charge was gone into against the
prisoners.
Alfred Beshonden, waiter to Mr. Wolff, an eating-
house keeper in Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital,
stated that on the previous evening, at a quarter be-
fore six, Wilson came into the shop, and he supplied
her with a basin of alamode beef. He gave her 2s. ld.
in change for a half-crown, and she quitted the

premises.
A third charge was
gone into, from which it ap-
peared that between six and seven in the previous
evening Wilson passed a bad half-crown at the shop
of Mr. Appleton, Foley-street, Portland-place, in
payment for a pot of bears grease.
Sergeant Hardwick, a plain clothes officer of the
D division, said that having heard of there being a
barmaid in " Bloomer" costume at the Lord Tyrawly
Arms, he went thither out of mere curiosity, and
during the short time he was standing at the bar he
witnessed the passing of a spurious half-crown. He
followed the prisoners after they quitted the pre-
mises, and having kept a close watch upon them in
their progress through different streets, and witness-
ing their manoeuvres, ultimately took them into
custody. He (witness) produced three counterfeit
half-crowns which the female prisoner bad uttered,
and he proved that while watching the prisoners they
separated, and again met two or three times, thus
proving the connexion between them with regard to
their malpractices.
Other evidence was gone into, and the prisoners
were remanded until Thursday next, upon which day
the Mint solicitor will be in attendance, and they
(prisoners) will be sent for trial.
WESTMINSTER.
THE BRUTAL CRUD MURDER. —William Smith
alias Glenister, aged 21, late a labourer employed at
the Equitable Gas-works, Thames-bank, was brought
up for re-examination, charged with the brutal
murder of Mary Elizabeth Reynolds, aged 17 months,

the illegitimate child of a woman with whom he
cohabited, in Douglas-street, Westminster.
The particulars of the previous examination were
fully detailed in our impression of Saturday last;
since which a coroner's jury has returned a verdict of
wilful murder against the accused.
The court was crowded with persons anxious to see
the prisoner and hear the proceedings.
The following fresh evidence was adduced to the
depositions previously taken :
Elizabeth Reynolds (the mother of the deceased
child), after identifying the shirts found in the room
covered with blood, as those worn by the prisoner and
the infant when,she left it in bed on the night before
its barbarous murder, said—As soon as I got home,
and found my baby dead, I went to the gas factory,
and saw the prisoner, and said to him' " My baby is
dead." He said. "dead ?" I replied "yes," and he
then said, I went home very drunk, and when I got
home the baby was crying.
Mr. BRODERIP—Now, take care, and give your
evidence without fear or favour. Speak the truth,
the whole truth, and =thing but. the truth.
Witness—He then said he took the child up, ard
brought it down stairs. He did not know what to do
—he would drown himself at once.
Mr. Taylor (the chief clerk)—Did he say what had
become of the baby ? WitnesgNo.:
Mr. BRODEBIP—Have you never told any one else
that he told you what had become of the baby ?
Witness—l cannot remember.
The question was repeated as to whether she bad
not told her landlady, when she made a similar reply.
The object was to elicit from her a repetition of a
statement she had made to the landlady, that the pri-
soner told her he had killed the child, but, as it is
contrary to the practice of law to cross-examine wit-
nesses in evidence in chief, or in any way to lead
them, the question was not pressed, and the witness
was ordered to stand down.
Caroline Maria Lann sworn—l was in my sister's
room, at 6, Douglas-street, on the evening of last
Thursday. Her room adjoins the prisoner's, and her
door was open. I heard the prisoner come home at
about half-past seven. He appeared to be intoxicated.
He stood on the landing a few minutes, and I heard
him say, "All's right," which he repeated three time,
and then went into his room and shut the door. The
child was then quiet, and I suppose asleep, but in five
minutes after I heard it cry. He swore at the child,
and said, "If you're not quiet, I'll kill you." I then
heard him slapping the child, and a noise as though it
was the child thrown down on the floor. I then heard
the child scream violently.
Mr. BRODERIP—Did you hear it scream imme-
diately after the fall ? Witness—l did.
Witness continued—l then heard him say, "If
any one interferes with me I'll serve him the same."
He continued to slap the child, and said, "I am mi-
serable; my life is a misery; I might as well be
hung; I know I shall be hung." I called out to my
sister to come and look after the children, as I could
not bear to remain in the room. Just as I left the
room I heard a noise like the child's being thrown
down again.
Mr. BB.ODERIP—Did any cry follow ? Witness
Yes • I heard the child cry again.
Mr. G. Pearse, of Regent-street, Westminster,
surgeon, said—Since I was here on the last occasion
I have made a post mortem examination. In addition
to my former testimony, I found to semi-circular
marks on the left leg, and another on the instep, with
indentations, apparently by a bite with teeth. There
was no bruise upon the right leg, which was broken.
I found an old fracture of the right collar-bone. The
internal organs of the chest and abdomen are perfectly
healthy. On opening the scalp I found a large spot
of extravesated blood, covering nearly the whole of
the right side of the head ; and on the right hemi-
sphere of the brain large clots of blood extravasated.
The extravasatiun of blood on the brain was the
cause of death.
Mr. BRoDERIP—With the exception of the bites,
were the injuries such as might have been produced
by the child being dashed violently down ? Mr.
Pearse—Yes, sir.
Mr. BRODERIP—Were the marks on the leg those
of human or quadruped teeth ? Can you say ? Mr.
Pearse—Of human teeth.
This closing the case for the prosecution, the de-
positions of the several witnesses were read over, and
Mr. Broderip, in due form of law, asked the prisoner
whether he wi,hed to say anything.
Prisoner—All I have got to say is that I have no
recollection of what I done after I got home.
Mr. BRODERlP—Prisoner at the bar, the case is
complete against you, but as there is no certainty as
to whether the grand jury may or may not be dis-
charged before the witnesses can attend before them,
I remand you until Saturday next, on which day it
will be my duty to oommit you for trial upon the
charge of wilful murder.
The prisoner, who at first appeared perfectly un-
concerned as before, but whose self- possession forsook
him towards the last, his whole frame bearing evi-
dence of the struggle within, entreated, before leaving
the court, to be allowed to have a few words conver-
sation with the child's mother.
Mr. BRODERIP consented to grant an interview in
the presence of the officer having charge of the case,
but as the woman refused it did not take place.
As the accused was being conducted to the cell, he
hysterically tore off his neckerchief.
SOUTHWARK.

SUSPICIOUS CASE OF CONCEALMENT. Alfred
Collins, a well dressed young man, was brought up
for reexamination, charged with concealing himself
in a bed-room of the Rising Sun, public-house,
Blackfriars-road, for the purpose of committing a
felony.
The prisoner was found concealed in the landlord's
bed-room at a late hour of the night, and was secured
by one of his daughters in the act of rushing out of
the house. His excuse was that he had mistaken it
for the club-room, and it was suspected that he had
gone there with a view of robbing the place, as upon
the same evening a loan society had met at the Rising
Sun, and the fact being known to the prisoner he
supposed that the:cash-box would have been deposited
in the landlord's bed-room as the safest place, and that
he (the prisoner) intended to have plundered it of its
contents. On the occasion of his first examination,
the prisoner asserted that he was a shoemaker at
Camden Town, and denied that he went to the house
for an unlawful purpose; he was therefore rernrnded
for the purpose of having inquiries made as to his
character.
A policeman of the A division now attended, and
stated that the prisoner was connected with a daring
gang of burglars, and that since his liberation from a
late imprisonment he lived i❑ a place called Vintgdr-
ground. That he had on a previous occasion concealed
himself in the bed-room of another public-house in
Bermondsey, and jumped out of the window to es-
cape. That he was summarily :convicted of an of-
fence on a recent occasion at one of the police-courts,
and had only been a few days liberated when he was
found concealed in the bed-room at the Rising Sun.
Several of his associates had been transported, and
the policeman added that when the prisoner had been
in attendaece that morning he begged of him not to
appear against him to communicate what he knew of
his character.
Mr. ELLIOTT said that he had heard quite suffi-
cient to convince him that the prisoner's intention
in concealing himself in the bed-room of the Rising
Sun was for the purpose of plunder, and to justify
him in committing him for three months.