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[PRIOR, 4D. ST#MPED SD•

ASSIZZ INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—OxpoRD, kAECU 7.
' (Before Mr. 7tistice Cresswell.)
CHARGE OF ENDEAVOURING TO EXTORT MONEY.

Oliver. Washer, forme.rly a boot and shoemaker, of
Oxford, and latterly a photographic artist and 1.9 or at
Swansea, was charged with, writing a letter' to .7-o".n
Louch, with a View to extort money of 7: 3. Kilpin,
Esq., formerly Gentlamas Commoner of Worcester Cal.
lege, by threatening ,to charge him with having com-
mitted an unnatural crime.

'The prisoner pleaded not aunty.
Mr. Huddlecton and Mr. Hill conducted the prosecu-
tion, and Mr. Williams the defence. • .
It was satisfactrily shown that the prisoner bad writ-
ten certain leters to Lon well as to Mr: Kiipin,
threatening to charge the latter with baying committed
an unnatural irffence it lie did not honour an acceptance
for 271. 10s. which be had obtained from Kilpin when
be was not sober, and for which Kilpin had received no
consideration. _

The jury found the prisoner guilty, and the learned
judge sentenced him to EIX years' penal servitude. •
The prisoner left the dock loudly protesting his inno•
cence.

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;4,-, no pi Bence offernl64as

ATTEDLPTED MURDER. OF A WIFE. ~
E—W
S PA.P ER
Michael Ouffe, a soldier in the 27th Regiment of Footk_e
was charged with feloniously attempting to drown .hifi .:--,406-__::L ''.4,-..„.
wife at Portsea, on the 20th ult. ,•,e . •-•et,&eeee. ._-,.• IteXT
,o.e,y, „, •,...\4, ee /.
Mr. Coleridge conducted the prosecution. - -.'3?'fi;t7e -- e:' . eeo-e
In December, 1554, the prisoner marrsed the (ele. -e,";:;:.il. iet,-"ter*...,_ ..7.4
ceased at Dublin. Being removed to Portsmouthlk in ' ----•"•'"-.10,4:1 ~-114
November last, he left his wife behind him, and tdele . -,7717,1 q.c,
up with another woman, named Cassidy, whom be passed 7.-:iej '-
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off for his true wife, and lived with her in Portsmouth N-L. a -.,s- •
Barracks. His wife followed him to Portsmouth, -how- • ' . i
ever, and arrived there on the 17th February, where she • .
found him living wit-di Cassidy. The prisoner took loth
women that eight, and again on the 19th, to a public-
hothea called the ;dere Bell. - The wife couiplainedot the •
presence of Cassidy. Having hat! gill and beer they
left the Blue Bell .it 12 o'clock, and all three walked
about together till when they came to Kingsmill•bridge,
over the Mill-pond. Prisoner here spoke to Cassidy,
and she went away. He then said,. " Let ine see.if I ,
a nas strong as I used to he,' at the same time lifting
her up and setting her on the rail of the bridge. Ho
thee said " Sit tiers, - and let me look at you," and
.., uddenly taking hold c.f her feet 1,/, threw her backwards
into the water, and ran away. By a merciful interpo•
sitioa of Providence, the woman when first rising to the
surface of the water (six 'feet deep) grasped some iron -
work, part of the supports ef the bridge, and cried out
loeilly for belie-mid some men on the wharf fortunately
heard her, Mil up, and got Lir out with a drag. The
prisoner went home to , the barrAcks, and that night
slept with the Wonian Cwsidy. •
The prisoner was f and guilty, and the jude,e stn.
tenced him to 15 years' transportation. _
. .

NORtIIERN CIRCUIT.—DuartAIr, MABOU 6.
THE BURNOPFIELD MURDER.
On t'ie cpeninv, of the court this morning the pri-
seners .Rieliaid Rayne, 44, and John Cain, 40, who stand
commlted finr trio' f,n the charge of mcrdericg Mr. Ro-
bert Stirli g', at Winlaton, in this county, on the Ist
Nov., 18;75, were placed at the bar.
Mr. Overerol, the Hon. A. Liddell, and Mr. Black-
well, spy eared for the prosecution ; Mr. Digby Seymour
and Mr Daviam on behalf of the prisoners.
Mr. Overand, addressing his lordship, said--In the
case of Richard Rayne and John Cain, I have to ask
your lordship to postpone the trial. There are certain
articles it is necessary should be discovered, and up to
this time these have not been discovered. They relitte
to a certain branch cf the evidence ; and only recently
the police have received information relating to certai,i
other articles which it is important should be investis.
gated. • -
Vie lordship looked at the affidavit, and, after hear-
ing counsel, ordered the trial to be pcstponed.
It is understood that the additit nal information re-
ceived by the police in the murder case relates to the
lancets which are said to have. belonged to the deceased,
and which were taken from his person at the time of the
murder.

'SOUTH WALES CIRCUIT.-HAVERFORDWE3T,

MARCH 4.
(Before Mr. Justice Williamd.)
THE WOODEN HORSE.

Wm. Pennant, Jamc3 Morris, and George Price, were
indicted for having riotously assembled at Solvay on the
18th of last January, and assaulted William Miller
William..
Mr. Giffard conducted the prosecution ; and Mr.
Coleridge defended the prisoners.
William Miller Williams, the prosecutor, deposed—l
am past 72 years of age. I live at Solve, in this county.
I remember the 16th of Jan. last. A mob of people
came to my house. They were very noisy in the street
outside. They had torches, and I heard cheering, drums,
horns, and firearms. The next night they came again.
On the following night, the 18th of Jan., forty or fifty
people entered the house. There were 300 or 400 men,
women, and children in the street. They entered through
the staircase window, which was fastened. I ran up
stairs and hid tril self under the bed. The pr. sonar
James Morris found me under the bed. He called out
to his c )mpanions to assist him, and they hauled me out
by my arms and legs, and dragged me down stairs.
They put me on a ladder and fastened my left hand to
the ladder with a rope. I had no hat or shoes on.
After being carried through the village they marched me
about. The prisoners Price and Pennant ware carrYing
the ladders with others that I do not know. They
changed by turns the carriers. The prisoner Mores
said if I did not give them half a barrel of seer they
would throw me over the bridge. On the arrival of the
constable they lowered the ladder.
Cross-examined—My wife brought me a good deal of
money. I think I have treated her very well. She was
sorry for the uproar. I have heard since that those people
came at the instigation of my wife. I used at this time
to go out and stay all night to ♦isit a sick brother. I
never instead of going to my sick brother's visited a
married woman named Blaney, whose husband is at sea.
I swear I never was in bod with Blaney in my life. My
wife hag 'no reason to be jealous of me. I was told that
my wife paid some money and gave some beer to the
prisoner Morris to watch me going to Blaney's house.
I called ont " Murder," and " Police !" when I was
on the ladder, and I swear I did not cry out "Blaney
for ever!"
For the defence, it was urged that the identity of the
prisoners had not been established. That the prosecutor
was not the best of husbands. It was a Welsh custom,
that when a respectable old gentleman likethe prosecutor
had misbehaved himself in the manner imputed, to mount
him upon " The Wooden Horse ;" and that the wife to
reclaim and bring back her husband, had resorted to this
stratagem. This old gentlemen had sustained no per-
sonal injury ; and merely parading him through the
village was a rustic mode of doing justice.
The learned Judge, in summing up, told the jury that
they must say whether this assembly 8N as calculated to
inspire terror. If so, there was a riot, and they must
next see whether the prisoners were identified as taking
part in such riot.
The jury retired, and after some deliberation returned
a verdict of guilty of a common assault.
His Lordship in passing sentence said that the Ben-
tence of the Court would have been one of great seve-
rity, if it had not appeared that the prisoners had been
probably misled by other people, and the influence of
drink.
They were then sentenced to one month's imprison.
ment.

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF CANADA.

The depreciation for some time in progress in the
shares of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, and
the adverse influences temporarily operating on its
pr'sspects from the effects of the war and the state
of the money-market, have led to a meeting being
held yesterday of some of the most influential per-
sons interested in the undertaking to devise means
for restoring its position. Mr. T. M. Weguelin
occupied the chair, and the following resolutions
were adopted, suggesting that under the peculiar
circumstances of the case the interference and aid
of the provincial Government should be solicited,
and nominating a committee to co-operate with the
London members of the board in promoting such
an, arrangement as may be deemed most advanta-
geous for the shareholders and for the future wel-
fare of the colony. At the same time full confi-
dence was unanimously expressed that the line will
ultimately realise the anticipations originally en-
tertained of it
" Moved by Mr. WEGUELTN, seconded by Mr. WM:
REID, That having regard to the advantages which have
r.snited to the Government and people of Canada !row,
the supposrt afforded by English capitalists to"
taking of the Grand Trunk Raliwaw
sidering the actual conditio- •
tion of eircuirst,

under.
~umpany, and con.
in which, from a combine-
-.es quite irrespective of its merits, it is
this meeting arc of opinion that an appeal
may justly and properly be made to the Canadian Go-
vernment for present aid, either in the shape of a limited
guarantee upon the share capital, or in such other mode
a= may be judged expedient, and woull be likely to be
effectual."

"Moved by Mr. Drum, seconded by Sir WILLIAM
CUBITT, That a committee be appointed to communicate
to the English Board of Directors the resolution adopted
by this meeting, to request their concurrence in the pro.
posed policy, and to express the willingness of the corn•
mittee to cu-operate with the board in any manner which
may be considered expedient for the purpose of giving
effect thereto."

" Moved by Mr. TfIOIIAS CLOSE, seconded by Mr.
TITE, M.P. That Messrs. %Voguelin, Hubbard, Dillon,
Laing, Uzielli, R. Gillespie, and Count Strzelecki
be requested to act as the members of the said commit•
tee, with power to add to their number, and that the
lion. Mr. Napier be requested to act as secretary to the
committee." _

vV
The annexed letter appears to express the gene-
ral feeling of the commercial public as well as of
the principal banking firms regarding the bill of
Mr. Apsley Pellatt for legalising the practice as to
crossed cheques. At the same time, it has been
suggested by a different correspondent, that the
bill, which at present refers to cheques payable on
demand only, should be made also to apply both to
cheques payable to order and at sight ; a cheque
payable to order, endorsed in blank, would require
the protection of a crossing as much as any other :
" Sir,—The banking and commercial community owe to
Mr. Apslev Pellatt a debt of gratitude for the introduction •
of his bill 'to settle the vexed question of 'crossed cheques
the practice of crossing has been found to be so salutary
as a protection against fraud both to the drawers and
holders of cheques, that a grave responsibility rests on those
who attempt to disturb it. The proposed measure, if
carried, will set at rest the uncertainty at present prevail
ing on the subject, and I trust Mr. Pellatt will receive the
support not only of commercial men in the House of Com•
mons, but that the Government will feel it to be their
duty to sanction this bill and assist in passing it speedily
into law, thus giving an additional protection
.a,gainsikoss
arising from robberies of letters at the Post-o dice, which,
bankers know to their cost are so frequently occurring.
" I am, &cd, .M.
"Lombard-street, March 7."

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