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THE SUN,. LONDON, THURSDAY . EVENING, MAY 31, 1860.

financial grounds with financial measures. Oa the
whole, the committee will perhaps hold that the case
which has recently occurred is one of the first im-
pression, and although they are only instructed to
ascertain the former practice of both houses, they
will probably report that the constitutional doctrine
has never up to the present time been fully ascer-
tained. It is fortunate that there will be no pretext
for using violent language against the House of
Lords, and that there would not even be an oppor-
tunity of provoking a collision if the Commons were
so unwise as to desire a quarrel. Any general reso-
lution which may be passed will only bind the
house itself, and if it is desired effectually to pre-
vent a recurrence of the recent intervention, the ob-
ject can only be attained by an entire change in the
original form of Money Bills as framed by the
House of Commons.

Mr. Bright's ingenious theory of the respective
functions of the two houses seem to have been ex-
temporaneously produced for the instruction of an
association of Lancashire reformers, who have not,
perhaps, hitherto been admiring students of the con-
stitution. According to this novel doctrine, grants
of money proceed exclusively from the House of
Commons, while the Lords have only a voice in the
selection of the machinery which is required for pro-
curing the supplies. There is no historical founda-
tion for the distinction between the substance and
the form of taxation, and the admission that the
Lords may regulate the machinery would be abun-
dantly sufficient to justify their refusal to rescind
their previous decision. It is impossible by any
legal quibble to explain away the legal right
of voting as freely in the negative as in the affirma-
tive, at any stage of any bill which requires the
assent of the house. Those who disapprove the
recent proceeding can only appeal to the spirit of
Constitution, as it may be deduced not so much from
similar cases, as from the absence of contrary pre-
cedents. As the common law, before it was gra-
dually promulgated, rested in the bosoms of the
judges, the unwritten portion of the Constitution
consists in the general understanding which is re-
presented by the practice or inaction of the different
powers in the State. In the present instance, the
committee will net find that the Lords have ordi-
narily claimed a supervision over the revenue of the
State, while on the other hand the Commons have
made an attempt to prevent a proceeding which was
obviously possible and consistent with the letter of
the law. In all cases where prerogatives or privi-
leges have become indisputably obsolete, their re-
vival is rendered impossible by some security which
would become operative as soon as the experiment
was attempted. The veto of the Crown is prevented
by the responsibility of the Minister, as the preten-
sion to earry on the Government in opposition to
the majority of the house would be effectually con-
trolled by the power of refusing the supplies. As
the House of Commons is wholly powerless to pre-
vent the rejection of a bill by the House of Lords,
it follows that the constitutional monopoly of finan-
cial arrangements is either doubtful or incom-
plete. The committee will ascertain, for the satis-
faction of the house, that the exclusive privilege
has been practically enjoyed, but that it has
also been subjected, without protest, to several
technical infringements. The report will leave a
convenient discretion to the Ministers who are
responsible for the further conduct of the dis-
cussion. It is not improbable that the house
may be advised to adopt some general resolution
for the purpose of reserving its future right of
action if the Lords should, on future occasions,
overrule its financial policy, instead of giving effect,
as in the recent instance, to the real convictions of
the large :majority. If a serious collision should
unfortunately occur, ingenious draughtsmen would
contrive forms of Money Bills which would leave
the Lords little practical discretion in adopting or
rejecting them. The House of Commons, under
the influence of Lord Palmerston's prudent coun-
sels, will not be disposed to precipitate an unnes-
sary quarrel; and, on the other hand, it is the
instinct and interest of the House of Lords to de-
precate all questionable experiments in constitu-
tional innovation.—Times.

Nestorians, the Maronites, the Syrians, the Chal-
deans, the Jacobites, differ in communion, but not
always in race ; and M. Poujade declares that they
never would submit to be governed by the Chris-
tians of any other nationality.

How is it possible to create a new authority,
order of any kind, from this chaos of races, of re-
ligion, of traditions, and of opposing interests P
The policy of the Ottoman Government has always
been, instead of appeasing these divisions, to keep
them alive, in order better to dominate them by
alternately opposing one to the other. But, besides
the difficulty of reconciling hostile races and
hostile creeds, there remains the great question—
Supposing the Sultan's power to be overthrown,
to whom will fall Constantinople ? It is not ad-
missible that this great heritage is reserved for
King Otho and his successors. The difficulty of
giving a master to Constantinople is what has
hitherto contributed most to save th© Turks. They
are well aware of their advantage, they have often
abused it, and still calculating that owing to the
conflicts of the Western Powers their presence in
Constantinople is indispensable and assured; they
are slow to make any serious attempt at melioration
and progress in the internal administration of their
empire.

M. Poujade professes to be animated by no hostile
feeling towards the Turks as a people, quite the
contrary; he recognises their claim to the possession
of many estimable qualities, but lie is not blind to
the fact that the fall of their power in Europe is in-
evitable, and merely a question of time. Though
to gain time is a great point, yet he shows that it is
not the less incumbent on the European Powers to
direct their attention to the best means of filling up
the void, and of reconstructing the edifice, the ruin
of which appears imminent.

He thinks that what should especially be avoided
is the partition of this vast spoil between the great
Powers of Europe. It would not only be unjust,
because it would condemn to new servitude the
populations that demand their autonomy and their
liberty, and would produce a rupture of the balance
of power in Europe, and it would be impossible to
come to an understanding respecting the possession
of Constantinople, which would be too rich a prize
for any who should obtain it.

The only solution possible, according to M.
Poujade, seems to be in the organisation of a group
of federative States, self-governing, like Servia and
the Moldo-Wallachian Principalities, and having
Constantinople as the federal capital, where a Diet
should sit, and which should be the centre of the
Executive power charged with the administration
of the general interests. That this Executive au.
thority should be entrusted to a foreign prince—
German for instance—who might give guarantees
to all. This solution is not formally set forth by
the author of " Les Chretiens et les Tures," but it
is the most obvious conclusion to which his reason-
ings lead.

Besides these political and statistical views, the
books contains several biographical and picturesque
descriptions of much interest, particularly that
which relates to the fortunes of Omar Pacha, who
enjoyed much celebrity during the last war, and
who proved himself the ablest of the Sultan's ge-
nerals.

THE LATE STORM.

ONE HUNDRED VESSELS WRECKED, AND
LAMENTABLE LOSS OF LIFE.
The terrific gale from the N.W. on Monday last,
a most unusual occurrence at this season of the
year, told with most disastrous effect upon the ship-
ping off the coast, and the destruction of life and
property has been truly appalling. As far as the
present accounts furnish, no fewer than 150 wrecks
and casualties occurred during its ravages ; several
steamers are missing, and one on an excursion trip
foundered with 80 people on board. The steamers
from the North Sea, which arrived in the river yes-
terday, report that the gale almost - equalled the
hurricane which swept the coast in the latter part
of last October. The cattle boats from Hamburg,
Rotterdam, Flushing, and other Dutch ports, had
most of their live stock washed overboard, amount-
ing to some hundreds; the decks were swept, bul-
warks stove, sails split, and boats carried away, and
in some instances it is a miracle how the ship out-
lived the storm.
It was upon the eastern and north-eastern range
of coast that the gale produced such dreadful re-
sults. During the height of the hurricane on Mon-
day, about mid-day, eight ships, having from 40 to
50 souls on board, went down in the sight of thou-
sands of spectators on Yarmouth beach, and not a
hand was spared of the crews. The fearful charac-
ter of the gale became unmistakably apparent be-
fore noon, and the sea rose and lashed with terrible
fury. About 12 a fine brig was seen to drive upon
the Sccrby sands, abreast of Yarmouth. She was
almost instantly submerged ; the crew (eight men)
were seen to take to the rigging, and to waive their
caps to attract the attention of those on shore.
Calls were immediately raised for the lifeboat, and
several beachmen rushed to go off with it. Un-
happily, however, a wrangle took place as to who
should have charge which detained the boat on
shore, and while this quarrel was going on, the
poor fellows who were clinging to the wreck were
observed to be washed one by one out of the rig-
ging and thus :hey all perished. Had the boat
been put off when the brig first took the sand there
is little doubt that the crew or some of them would
have been saved. The spectacle created the greatest
sensation along the beach, and an inquiry is to be
instituted into the conduct of those who caused the
delay in sending off the boat. Shortly after this
catastrophe a timber barge beat over the sand and
went down with all on board. In the course of an
hour or so another brig and schooner were observed
to be driven upon the Scroby, and in a few minutes
the brig disappeared—her crew numbering nro-
bably about eight. The schooner withstood the
fury of the sea far a quarter cf an hour and then
went to pieces. Three or four of the seamen were
noticed clinging to the masts. Three other brigs
were seen to go down the Cockle Gate, with the
whole of their crews, those on shore being unable to
render the least aid. By the interference of the
coastguard the Yarmouth lifeboat was eventually
got off, but it returned without doing any good.
The names of the ill-fated vessels which thus
perished are not precisely known, but it is believed
that two of them were the Useful, of Shields, and
the Gem, of Exeter, as they were seen riding near
the Scroby shortly before the bad weather came on.
On the Hersey beach, in the vicinity of Yarmouth,
the brig 2Eolus, Peet and Richards, bound to the
Thames from the Tyne, coal laden, was dashed to
pieces in a few minutes, and the whole of the crew
were drowned, with the exception of the master
and a man named Thomas Miney. The Maria,
schooner, of and far Yarmouth, was also totally lost
on the Hersey beach. A fleet of disabled vessels,
with loss of masts, spars, &c., put into port for
shelter and to repair damage. In the adjacent
roadstead off Lowestoft there were hundreds of
colliers and coasters, and the confusion amongst
them to run for a place of refuge was most exciting
and led to innumerable collisions. Upwards of
50 put into the harbour, with the loss of sails,
anchors, cables, and other damage. Off Southwold
a large brig was seen to founder eight miles from
the shore, and the worst fears are entertained for
the fate of the crew. At Lowestoft a portion of a
guano warehouse was blown down upon the rail-
way just after a train had passed, and the country
inland seems to have suffered severely. At Hulk-
ham-park, the seat of the Earl of Leicester, hun-
dreds of fine oak and other trees were torn up by
the roots.
Higher up the coast, to the northward of Flam-
borough. Head, the most serious havoc was occa-
sioned. The gale suddenly burst forth on Monday
morning with the fury of a hurricane, and on the
south shore of Filey Bay 13 fine yawls were driven
on to the rock at Speeton, entailing a loss of upwards
of £lO,OOO to the fishermen of the place. The cala-
mity, as may be imagined, has created the deepest
sympathy throughout the district. It is stated that
had there been a harbour of refuge in the bay,
every one of these boats would have been saved.
In the neighbourhood of Redan, at the mouth of
Tees Bay, the gale raged with destructive fury,
and about 25 sail were driven ashore. Amongst
them were the Corra Linn, Captain Robins, laden
with guano, from London to Stockton, the whole of
the crew being drowned; Zion, of Grangeworth ;
Betsy, of and from Yarmouth for Seaham ; Liberty,
of Weymouth; Reuske, from Southampton for the
Tyne; Percy, from Dieppe; Ant, of Scarborough ;
Agnes, of Folkestone; Beeswing, of Whitby; Sole-
by, of Lowestoft ; Cornelius, of Scarborough ; Sir
Wm. Chayter, of Sunderland; Abeona, of Colches-
ter, and George and Elizabeth.
Between 7 and 8 o'clock on Monday morning,
while the gale was at its height, a fine barque called
the Jane Green, Captain Taylor, was driven ashore
near the Black Hall Rocks, four or five miles to the
northward of Hartlepool, and speedily went to
pieces, the unfortunate master and six of her crew
perishing•with her—five being saved. The barque
was from London, bound to Sunderland. The names
of those who were drowned, in addition to Captain
Taylor, were William Keeley, of London ; Wil-

Liam Blanco and Hugh Pottinger, of Hartlepool ;
Henry Sutton and Paul Calvert, of London ; and
John H. Plummer (boy), of Sunderland, The
captain was much respected, and has left a family
of eight children. A tug steamer named the Robert
and Mary, belonging to Sunderland, is supposed to
have foundered with all hands on board during the
storm. She left Sunderland on Sunday night and
has not since been heard of. Every port along this
district of coast furnishes sad tidings of the severity
of the gale, and it is feared that the full extent of
the mischief is yet to be learned.
The Belgian steamer which arrived in the river
yesterday reports a frightful catastrophe on the
coast near Flushing, where a Dutch steamer bound
on an excursion from Rotterdam to Zwolle encoun-
tered the hurricane, and foundered with all on board
off a place called Moerdyk The number who
perished is stated to be about 80. Another steamer
was lost about the same time at Schevening. She
was the Theresa, screw steamer, on a voyage from
Leith to Rotterdam, but no mention is made of her
crew. It is feared that from the severity of the
weather, other English vessels were wrecked on
that (Dutch) coast.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—May 30.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

(Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice Erle,
and Justices Williams, Willes, and Bylas.)

WOOD V. THE EPSOM AND LEATIIERIIEAD AND THE
WIMBLEDON AND DORKING RAILWAY COMPANIES
-LAND TAKEN FOR A RAILWAY.
The plaintiff in this case had held some land in
the parish of Epsom, which was taken by the Epsom
and Leatherhead Company, and afterwards used for
their purposes, and also for those of the Wimbledon
and Dorking Company jointly. Under these cir-
cumstances the present action of ejectment was
commenced, it being contended that the first-named
company had, by their act, power only to take the
land for their own purposes, and not for the joint
purposes of their own and of another company.
The matter came before the Court upon a special
case.

The Court held that when the land was taken by
the Epsom and Leatherhead Company the title to it
passed out of the plaintiff, and, therefore, that he
had no right to maintain this action.
Judgment for the defendants.
YAM'S V. NASH—AN INFORMAL BILL OF EXCHANGE.
The question raised in this case, upon demurrer,
was whether a bill of exchange was in such a form
that it could be sued upon in a court of law. The
bill in question was drawn at nine months, and
made payable to "The Treasurer for the time being
of the Commercial Travellers' Benevolent Institu-
tion."
The Lord Chief Justice said, that although the
payee of a bill might be described by his christian
or surname, his office, or by any other description,
yet the bill would not be valid unless, at the time
of making it, the payee was a person capable of
being ascertained. A bill could not be drawn upon
a person who could be ascertained at a future time,
but not when the contract was entered into.
Judgment for the defendant.
(Sittings at Nisi Prins, in Middlesex, before Mr.
Justice Keating and a Common Jury.)
PAXON V. COURTNAY—UNDERTAKERS' CHARGE'S.
The plaintiff was a house agent and undertaker
at Hampstead, and the defendant, the Rev. Dr.
Courtnay, was the incumbent of St. James's, Pen-
tonville.
Dr. Courtenay had employed the plaintiff to bury
a lady named Mrs. Turner, who had left the Doc-
tor her executor, and the plaintiff now claimed the
amount of his bill, £O4 35., and defendant paid
£75 into court in satisfaction of all demands.
Mr. Knowles, Q.C., and another learned gentle-
man appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Edwin
James, Q.C., and Mr. Clerk for the defendant.
The plaintiff was called, and in his evidence he
said that when he first saw Dr. Courtenay upon the
matter he told him that the kind of funeral desired
would cost £5O or £6O, but witness at that time
believed that the interment would take place in the
neighbourhood of London. It subsequently turned
out that the lady was to be buried at Hatherley,
near Gloucester, and in consequence of this the
amount of his bill was increased to £94 3s. The
charges in his bill were reasonable.
Cross-examined by Mr. James—He had not been
called in until the lady was dead, but he had
charged £1 he paid to the nurse. (Laughter.) It
was a " compliment" which the Hampstead nurses
always expected, and therefore he had paid it. He
had no authority from Dr. Courtenay to make such
a payment. One item in his bill was "To cash
paid for two coachmen, eight bearers, two mutes,
two coach pages, and featherman, £7 17s. 6d."
Fifteen men were charged for, but thirteen only
were employed. Another item was, "To cash for
two black scarves, poles, and black silk covers for
the same, £3 35." He had these scarves back, so
that he charged £3 3s. for the use of the things.
The men were, however, at liberty to keep or re-
turn them. nother item was, "To cash paid for
15 black silk hatbands and 15 pairs of gloves for
mutes, bearers, pages, coachmen, and featherman,
£6 7s. 6d." He had the hatbands back, but the
men who wore them expected a compensation of
4s. each for giving them up. He had charged for
feathers and velvet for hearse and horses £4 4s.
The usual price was zeta. There was also aguinea
for feathers and velvet for the mourning-coach.
Another item was, "To cash for silk scarf, two
black silk hatbands for self and assistant, and two
pairs of gloves, £3 18s." The assistant always
found his own hatband. (Laughter.) He had
charged for his assistant attending £l. He was
one of the thirteen charged for, but then he was a
featherman. (A laugh.)
Mr. Justice Keating—So that you have charged
for him twice over.
Witness--Another item was "To fitting the
Rev. H. W. Maddey, rector of Hatherley with rich
silk scarf, hatband, and black kid gloves, £3 35."
He did not have this scarf back. It was a " com-
pliment" to the rev. gentleman for not charging his
interment fees. This was witness's usual charge.
He could not speak as to the usual charge in the
trade. He did not pay the clergyman his fees, but
he did not know that the clergyman afterwards
wrote to Dr. Courtenay for it and received a
guinea. It was the practice to charge mere for
silk for the clergyman than for anyone else.
(A laugh.) This was not because it was more diffi-
cult to" fit" a clergyman. Mr. Foxwell, a hosier
and draper, at Gloucester, was paid by witness
£2 2s. for making " preparatory arrangements,"
that was for ordering the funeral. Mr. Foxwell
had demanded as much as £5 ss. Witness had
charged—as was usual-5 per cent. commission
on the payments which he had made.
Another item was, " To fitting the clerk, the sex-
ton, and the bricklayer—(laughter)—with silk hat-
bands and gloves, 1:2 55." He did not get these
hatbands back. He could not swear that the brick-
layer had the silk hatband and gloves charged for.
(Laughter.) Witness left them for him in the
church. (After some hesitation)—He could not
swear he left them. He could not swear that he
left any for the sexton—he was hurried so to get
away. The clerk had on a hatband and gloves.
Mr. Justice Keating—ls it usual to make these
charges without knowing whether the things are
supplied or not ?

Witness—He left instructions, but he could not
say whether the parties got the things. It was
usual for him to charge for a hatband and gloves
for the bricklayer, but he could not say whether it
was usual in the trade. He had seen a bricklayer
wear the things.
Mr. James—Wearing black gloves when open-
ing the vault ? (Loud laughter.)
'Witness—The practice was to open the vault
early in the morning, and afterwards the bricklayer
attended in " full dress." (Laughter.) A working
man opened the vault, but the hatband and gloves
were for his master. Another item was, "To men's
and own expenses and use of room at the Bell
Hotel, Gloucester, £3 55." The hotel bill now in
court amounted only to l9s. 6d., but there was 3s.
more for the waiter and the. ostler. The bill in-
cluded three breakfasts, two dinners, sherry, brandy,
&c.

Mr. James—Showing, as somebody said the other
day, that undertakers' men were more "liquids"
than " mutes." (Loud laughter.)
Witness—The 19s. 6d. charged in the bill had
reference only to himself and two men, but then the
other men expected their expenses, and he had
every reason to believe he paid them. Ho would
not swear as to his paying those other men: The
silk scarves were very much spoilt by the wet, the
funeral taking place on a very wet day.
Mr. Carroll said he was in the service of Mr.
Butler, an undertaker in Farringdon-street, and he
spoke as to the fairness of some of the charges in
the plaintiff's bill.

Cr'oss-examin4-11e was the only man who went
down from London with the plaintiff, although two
were charged for. He supposed he was the
" assistant," and the " featherman" too. (Laughter.)
It was possible that a scarf which had been got
back might be used 20 or 30 times afterwards.
(A laugh.)
Mr. Hawkins said he was cashier at Messrs.
Bantings', and spoke as to the reasonableness of
some of the charges.
Cross-examined—For "fitting" a clergyman in
first-rate style, the charge was £2 19s. The house
he came from would certainly not get the things
charged for back again. They might charge for
"fitting" a bricklayer in a first-class funeral, and
when the bricklayer was a "friend of the family."
(Loud laughter.)
Mr. James commented severely upon the enor-

mous charges made for the " mockery of woe," by
persons whose business was—

" Letting out their bodies by the hour, •
To mimic sorrow when the heart's not sad."
_ _

And after adverting in detail to the items of the
bill, he said he should call witnesses to show that
the £75 paid into court, was more than sufficient
to remunerate the plaintiff.
The defendant stated that when he first saw the
plaintiff he told him that the funeral was to take
place near Gloucester, and the plaintiff said the
expenses would be about £6O ; £3O for his charges,
and £3O for the expenses in the country.
Evidence was then given by several persons in
the trade, to the effect that the £75 was more than
enough for what had been dine.

The Jury found a verdict for the defendant.

POLICE INTELLIGEN6YE.-Ilfay 30.

MANSION-HOUSE.--Henry Wilson, a man
who has been under remand since the 14th of May,
was brought before the Lord Mayor for final ex-
amination, upon a charge of misdemeanour under
Lord Campbell's Act.
Mr.
Wontner appeared for the defendant.
....

The main facts of the case have already been given.
On the night of the 13th of May a metropolitan
police-constable, named Davies, who was on duty
near the Alinories, in consequence of information he
received, got upon the roof of a stable in a mews at
the back of the Crescent, and he there found the
prisoner without his shoes, and ur on searching him
he ascertained that in his pockets were two screw-
drivers, a skeleton key, a gimblet, and some li.icifer
matches, and it turned out that the key opened a
back door opening to the mews in question, which
was connected with the premises of Mr. Trapp, a
merchant, residing at 5, in the Crescent, Minories.
The prisoner, when laid hold of, declared that he
was a very respectable man, but he gave no ex-
planation of the leason for his being without his
shoes, and he also declined to state where he lived.
He was originally examined before Mr. Alderman
Mechi, who was not quite satisfied with the pri-
soner's explanation, and he was remanded in order
that the necessary inquiries might be made.
Mr. Trapp was now in attendance, and he stated
that in January, 1859, some thieves entered his
premises by the door above-mentioned, and several
coats were stolen. He said he knew nothing of the
prisoner, and he had no business to be where he was
found.

Mr. Wontner put some questions to the consta-
ble Davies with reference to the key that was found
upon the defendant, and he stated in reply that he
would not swear that the key in •question was a
skeleton key.

Mr. Goodman (to the constable).—Does it appear
that the wards of the key have been filed or altered ?
The Constable said—Certainly they have, sir.
Mr. Goodman—Then that, in definition of law, is
a skeleton key.
Mr. Wontner then addressed the Lord Mayor,
and endeavoured, with a good deal of ingenuity, to
argue that the articles found on the person of the
prisoner were not housebreaking implements within
the meaning of the statute, and he also pressed upon
his lordship the suggestion that a summary con-
viction would meet the justice of the case.
The Lord Mayor asked the defendant whether he
himself wished to say anything, as he had made up
his mind to send the case for trial.

The defendant in reply said—No, I have nothing
to say. It is no use saying anything. I went up
to the top of the stable to look after a young female
I was in the habit of keeping company with. (A
laugh.)
The Lord Mayor said he had no doubt whatever
that the intention of the defendant was to commit
a burglary, and although the chisels found upon
him were undoubtedly tools that might be used for
honest purposes, still they were very strong, and
might be used for a very different object; and,
under all the circumstances, he felt bound to com-
mit him to take his trial for the misdemeanour of
being found at night in the possession of house-
breaking implements, and with the intent to com-
mit felony.
It may be as well to explain that, as the law
formerly stood, the utmost punishment that could
be inflicted for an offence of this description was
three months' imprisonment, but by a recent very
useful statute, and one materially tending to pre-
vent crime, introduced by Lord Campbell, the
offence is made a misdemeanour, and subjects any
person convicted of it to two years' imprisonment,
with or without hard labour, as the Court may
direct.

CLERKENWELL.—UTTERING FORGED NOTES.
—Henry Smith, a baker, was placed at the bar on
remand, charged with obtaining the sum of £lO
from Mr. William Fysh, the landlord of the Tra-
falgar public-house, Southgate-road, Dc Beauvoir
Town, by means of false pretences.
The prisoner went to the prosecutor, and saying
that he was sent by a neighbour, asked for change
of a £lO note, at the sam• time producing a note
for that amount which had been issued by the
Windsor and Eton Bank. The change was given
him, and the next day it was ascertained that no
such firm was now in existence. A gentleman from
the Marylebone Police Court examined the note at
this court, and stated that the Windsor and Eton
Bank had failed more than 40 years ago, and the
partners had not as yet resumed payment. When
the prisoner was apprehended by a police-con-
atable, 463 N, the whole of the £lO was
found, and the constable also ascertained that
the prisoner only a day or two before had asked
a fellow-workman to lend him 10s. for the purpose
of purchasing a flash note. The prisoner when
asked to state how he became possessed of the note,
said he had received it in payment for some bets
that he had won, and afterwards gave a different
account of it.

The prisoner, in defence, said that lae was inno-
cent of uttering the note knowing that it was false.
He had received the note for having rode a horse
in a match.

Mr. Mould (the chief clerk)—Perhaps you can
tell us the owner of the horse, and the place where
you rode the race ?

Prisoner—Well, I don't know the man's name,
and the place over which I rode the race was a soft
piece of ground on the other side of Edgeware-road.
(A laugh.)
Mr. Mould—You had better tell us the name of
the place, so that inquiry can be made for you.
Prisoner—lt is somewhere on the other side of
Oxford-street, but I cannot tell the name of the
place.
The prisoner was then fully committed for trial.

LAMBETH.—A MORAL MAID, OF-ALL-WORK.
—Charles Henry Russell, a beardless youth of 19,
residing at Rosemary-place, in the city of Here-
ford, appeared to a summons to show cause why
an order, of affiliation should not be made against
him for the support of a female child, to which
Jane Jones had given birth, and of which he was
alleged to be the father.
Mr. Codd, the barrister, attended on behalf of
the defendant.
Jane Jones, a young woman of diminutive size,
deposed that in the early part of the year 1857 she
went to live as " maid-of-all-work" to Mrs. Cowie,
a widow lady, residing in Rosemary•place, in the
city of Hereford, and shortly after an intimacy
took place between her and Mr. Russell, which led
to the birth of her child.
In cross-examination the witness said that Mr.
Russell was a lodger at the house of her mistress,
and that another young gentleman, named Me atson,
also lodged there, and acknowledged that Watson
as well as Mr. Russell, and also the two sons of her
mistress, had had connexion with her. She de-
clared, however, that from January, 1859, to June
in the same year, none but Master Russell had
" annoyed" her, and, therefore, her child having
been born in. the November following, must be his.
In reply•fo:the magistrate, the witness said she
had receivecl:•monerou three occasions from the
defendmili the last being 325. on leaving her place.
The 4tity corroborating testimony were the
letters 'of .the defendant, which were read by the
magistrate.

Sir. Codd said that, as his worship had decided
that the corroborative testimony was sufficient, he
should call three witnesses and the defendant him-
self in to the witness-box, and their joint testimony
would, he felt certain, satisfy his worship that the
case was not one in which he could make an order
on his client.

The learned gentleman here called as witnesses,
Thomas Houghton Cowie and Arthur Frederick
Cowie, the sons of complainant's landlady, and
Mr. William Watson, a young gentleman lodger,
and all swore ;that their connexion with the com-
plainant commenced shortly after she had entered
her service in 1857, and continued up to the time
of her leaving in June, 1859. They further swore
that it did not cease from January to June, 1859,
as represented by the complainant, but was con-
tinued, and the money given to the young woman
had been subscribed by all four equally, as they
were all aware of her indiscriminate connexion.
The defendant was called into the witness box,
and gave similar evidence.
Mr. Elliott observed that, according to the testi-
mony of all the witnesses, the case disclosed a
scene of the most shameless profligacy, and was one
in which he should make no order, but should dis-
miss the summons.

WOOLWICH. ATROCITY ON BOARD AN
AMERICAN SHlP.—Robert Williams, a seaman on
board the American ship Gem of the Ocean, was
placed at the bar before Mr. Traill on a remanded
charge of cutting and wounding Daniel 111‘Evoy, a

seaman, with intent to murder. The prisoner and
he prosecutor both presented a pitiable appear-
,nce, the prisoucT's under lip (to which was
,ttaelied a tuft of hair, known as an imperial)
having been bitten completely off, was produced in
court, preserved in spirit, and the prosecutor's
features were scarcely discernible from the
frightful wounds which had been inflicted.
From the evidence of Captain Seth Williams,
commander of the vessel, and other witnesses
(taken at this and prior examinations), it appeared
that the Gem of the Ocean left London on the 22d
instant, the crew, with few exceptions, being in-
toxicated. The vessel anchored off Erith on the
same evening, and a quarrel took place amongst
the crew, who accused each other of " skulking."
The prisoner was in the act of pulling the prose-
cutor out of his hunk, when a fight resulted, and the
prosecutor bit the prisoner's under lip completely
off. The prisoner then procured a razor, with
which he attacked the prosecutor, and inflicted two
deep incised wounds over the scalp, and a frightful
wound six inches long across the face, completely
dividing the temporal and facial arteries. The
sufferer was removed to the acht Tavern, Erith,
where he had since been under the care of Mr.
Swayn, a surgeon, and he was in a very weak
condition from the excessive loss of bloed.
Captain Seth Williams stated that he believed
both parties met accidentally on board the vessel,
and that an old grudge existed between them. It
was a common thing for seamen to take a vessel
down the river whilst they were in a state of in-
toxication, and quarrels often took place. He had
been stabbed himself twice. This experience led
him to believe that drunken sailors are the best.

Mr. Traill—ln that ease, captain, you nust-hare
a most excellent crew.

The magistrate then observed, that it was evi-
dent that both parties had been severely injured,
and still required medical care. He should remand
the prisoner for a week.