The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-09 00:00:00

'THE SUN, LONDON, MOND AY • AUGUST 9, 1 ABS,

kind and encouraging letters from our friends, for which,
1 owing t 9 the absolute impossibility of answering each pri-
_ ______ 1 vately, we desire thus to Wicker our best acknowleigments.
)XPORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON. Ivlauy have answered
made to item, and to join in the pur-
The half-yearly meeting cf this company was held at chase of the Tablet by a company under the law of limited
N'o:.oester on Friday. Mr. W. Fenton, the chairman, Pre- liability. Others have declined to engage in the scheme, End
oiled.have forwarded to us their contributions to a fund for the
, was taken ~ maintenance of the Tablet. Others have done what they
':"he rerrr, an abstract of which has appeared,l could in the way of procuring for us increased suppirt and
La read. i new sulaeribets, whilst others have chosen a course tqua,ly
intelligible and expressive of their feelings and intentions by
returning, no answer to our application.
" The ?rrangements necessary for a change in the pro-
prietorship of the raper require some time and consideration, ,
but they shall be made known as soon as anything is settled.
In the meantime, ev. ry suggestion or proposal concerning
the future of the Tablet with which we may be favoured
will be thankfully received and carefully weighed."
THE STOCKS.
Grand Canal Company, 86 ' • Patriotic Insurance, 51 ;
Mining Company of lielard, 15; Cork, Blackrock, and
Passage, 'l2i ; Midland Great Western, 50-,t ; do. half
shares, 25.
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RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
ttatcd that the available balance of revenue being f,60;740
t c nabled the dircaors, after payment of interest on deben-
Ures and 6 per cent. on first preference stock, to propose a
lividend of per cent. on the second preference stock.
He adverted to the depressed state t,f trade in the mining
its riet, nr.d reminded the shareholders that he had prepared
the rn at the last ha,f-yearly meeting for tbe consequence of
ouch la depression on their traffic, wh:Fh had not exceeded his
expc,chation. On the other side of toe account he pointed
to 4he reduction which had been effected in. the working
err ,eraes, and gave great credit to all the othee!s and men
eutytoyed by the company f.,r their exertions. in keeping
doN,en those expenses. In the passenger traffic the great
fell` ng off had been in t first el..ss,owing and aoutlso iofn tfurnaces
he third
eta .4 traffic, in conseq
pr uenhe ce of the bl
t% entiog the labouring classes in the colliery district from
tr-Jvebing at all. He then alluded to the agreement which
by t been entered into with the Great Western Company,
b-5 which that co upany had consented to the withdrawal of
tb broad gauge rail. Under this agreement this com-
ps ly was to ply the Great Western Company £2,000
:ear for some years; the Great Western bad liberty
to run over the company's junction at Pritatfield, and
tb s company' had liberty to run over the Great West-
er I line et Oxford. The Oxford Company was to run
th ee trains a-day (Sunday excepted) from the Oxford end
of the line in connection with Great Western trains, and
sr angements were to be made for exchange of traffic. The
of ..eement between the companies was to exist for nine
yr ars, acd to be ratified by Parliament. With regard to
broad gauge rails which had now been taken up, they
d been nearly all disposed of to the Great Western and
Ircester and Hereford Companies, except a portion which
bud been reserved for the purpose of completing their own
d•mble line between Campden and Charlbury.
Mr. Joltxsost seconded the motion for the adoption of
the report, which, after some conversation, was adored
wranimously ; the dividends recommended were declared,
ar.d thanks were voted to the officers of the company for
their exertions in keeping down the exrenses, and to the
a .airman and directors for their valuable services. -

STATP OF TRADE.

(From the Bir»tinghant Journal of Saturday.)
The trade of this town, like that of the country generally,
remains in such a state of complete staanation, wit h scarcely
any perceptible change er movement for a period of nearly
two months, that it presents scarcely a ti enure of any kind
to call for remark. Ifi some depat te.ents the home trade is
said to show symptoms of more life, but these indications of
reac Len have before manifested themeelyea, to disappear
almost as suddeuly, and before their efftcts had been greatly
felt. The bulk of the factors' travellers have again resumed
their journeys, and as a natural consequence there are more
orders coming in than there were a month ago, but t
are so small as to he almost inappreciable, and are barely
sufficient to enable the manufacturers to avoid-putting the
workpeople on shorter time. At present there is nothing
stirring in the way of autumn goods; and no stronger evi-
dence could be offered of the languid condition of the home
trade than the fact of the splendid harvest weather and the
abundance of the crops having failed to produce e ven cheer-
ful, much less sanguine anticipations as to the proepecte of
the autumn trade. The prevailing opinion appears to be
that trade will continue quiet to the end of the year, and in
all probability we shall have a brisk trade earlier in the
spring than usual.
The past week has been remarkably quiet in the agricul-
tural districts, the markets are almost deserted in conse-
quence of the harvest operation', which are everywhere
being pushed on rapidly ; and in the manufacturing dis-
tricts, se large a number of business men are away on
summer excursions, that the markets and exchanges have
not more than half the -usual attendants. Hence it is that ,
the country trade exhibits so little progress towards reco-
very, 'I
and that not only the factors' traveller,' orders, but
It
those received by letter, are so much below the average.
may be noticed, too, that the factors' travellers ternained at
home this Midsummer a much longer period than usual,
there being nothing in the condition or prospects of the
count y trade to warrant their being in baste to resume
their jeurneye. During the whole time they remained at
home scarcely any orders were coming in ; by the end
of the second week in last month the factors' books
were completely cleared out ; and at the present time
the great majeerity of the manufacturers are so closely ,
worked up that they are almost entirely dependent on such
orders as come in from day to day—a marked centrast when
compared with the last two or three years, during tie
greater part of which there have been six weeks or two
nionthe orders beforehand, it being the exception rather
than otherwise where this was not the case. But notwith-
• standing that the trade of the country remains in this
unsatisfactory state, as is shown. indeed, by the continued
decline of the merchandise traffic on some of the principal
railways, it is pretty certain that here and there traces of
improvement are visible. As regards this town it is slight,
but certainly the number of people out of employm s
ent i
Wiling when compared with the complaints of the bad
state of trade received from all quarters. The en -workers
are badly off for etnployment, but as a rule the at te
manufactories are making es much time as they havemen beehn
for the last three months; stocks bare not been further
increased, and any change now must be in the way of im-
provement.
The foreign trade continues dull, with the exceptions
referred to in last week's article. The merchants' orders
lately given out have been scanty; ato.l. the few foreign
buyers who have been in the course of the week have n.
pu
chased goods only to a very led extent. The advices
received from South America this week are more favour-
able, but the leading markets being still overstocked with
goods, and monetary concerns not in a very Satisfactory
state, the orders received are light. With 0;d Spain trade
was tolerably good at the early part of the year; it is now
iu a languid state.
There has not been any change in particular branches of
trade to call for special notice; the plating and B,itannia
metal trades are dull, and the tin-plate workers are less
actively employed; the foreign demand, which has been
good tar many months, having fallen of of late. For
builders' ironmongery generally the orders are small ; and
in gas-fittings the amount of business doing is inconsider-
able.
In the district there are no signs of improvement in any
of the manufacturing trades; the lockmakers of Ntrillenhall
are very badly off for work ; and the rapidity with which
orders 'for hollow ware are executed is pretty good evidence
of the state of that branch. The foundry trade continues
inactive, as it has been for the last two or three months.
The iron trade continues very much depressed, and an
opinion is gaining ground that it would have been better to
have tried the experiment of a reduction of £1 per ton on all
descriptions of finished iron, the more especially as some of
the leading firms have abandoned the attempt to adhere to
what are called the trade prices. It being pretty generally
, known that some of those who concurred in the resolution
passed at the Stewponey meeting have been selling at 105.
' below the rates at that time refixed. It has been stated In
tie course of the week that some of the best brands of
manufactured iron have been sold full 10e. per ton below
the trade scale ; and a very (rood make of bars commands
not more titan £7 in the market. In these circumstaucea
a general reduction of prices appears to he inevitab!e, and
perhaps it may be better for the trade that a resolve of that
kind is not delayed on lithe end of the quarter. A great
number of the men usually employed in connection with
the trade of the district have taken to harvest work; others
have gone into the militia, so that alt Dough there are so
many furnaces out of blast, and allay of the mills and
forges are not doing more than ha'f work, the numbeieht r
be
of
men out ofemployrnent is not nearly so large as m
expected, neither has the peor's rates been sensibly in-
creased.
The price of pig iron is nominally at £3los. for best hot
blast ; but the demand is not equal to the tnakc, and sales
are constantly taking place below that quotation. The price
i of ironstone is rather lower.
The reports relative to the metal market are to the effect
that there has been no improvement iu the demand ; there
is an entire absence of anything like specutatioe, whilst
consumers and shippers continue to buy only for immediate
wants. The export of iron from Scotland amounted in the
that six months of 1857 to 305,7t5 tons ; during the same
period of the present year to 334,559 totes. The export of
tin plates from' Liverpool during the second quarter of this
year was 2A9:28 boxes, against 104,440 boxes in the first
quarter.
(From the Manchester Guardian cif Saturday.)
MANCHESTER Friday.—The sellers of yarns report the
market a, quiet, but not at all less film than it was on Tues-
day. Taking the whole week, the ,aggregate business in
the middle and lower counts of mule and water is far from
inconsiderable. The principal buying has been in bundles
and warps of water twist up to 30's for exportation, and in
Indian qualities of mule. The prices paid for all these, as
well as for spinning% for home consumption up to 40's in
the warp and the cop, are generally id. per lb. above
such as were practicable on Tuesday week. This may be
regarded as about the average advance. Some doubled
yarns here gained a small fraction. The Bolton spinners
of single are stiuggling far a little mote,• and with partial
success. The Eastern advice?, commercial end political, have
led to an increased demand for skirtings, at slightly better
prices than those of last week. Fair purchases of 36-inch
shit tinge have taken place on the full previous terms. There
is a good deal of complaining about the dullness of acme de-
scriptions of printing cloths; while others, especially the
lighter onee, go of fairly at the quotations. For longcloths
slid most kinds of T's the dentat' ha; latterly been less ac-
tive than it was some week; back ; but, as stocks do not
accumula e in arty noticeable degree, prices remain steady.
The better domestics are firm under a firm demand. lu the
Lome-trade warehouses there is a fair business in preeress ;
and in all departments of our market, except line spinning,
there is a slow but perceptible tendeecy to improve. Even
in some fine yarns there has lately been that symptom of
or expected itnprovetnent which is aiihrded by
aaPlerweasepheicnulative purchases at depressed prices.
(From the _Leeds Intelligfncer of Saturday.)
The markets in the several balls have been only quiet,
but business in the warehouses has shown a decieeti nee
pavement during the week, and the tone g aerally is more
healthy and cheerful. Many buyers have been in the
market, some of whom have purchased freely, and among
them are several buyers ft cloth',
the Continent. Fancy goods
are still in favour, but black clotha, brown and blue Witneye
and Peteishaens have been chiefly inquired for. The emonnt
cf bueiaeeedone generally last mouth i- so far below the average
as to leave a large mergin for operations in Aueust if the
winter demand is to be of Ibe ordinary character. It is, how-
ever, tensible that t he trade may, fall a month or six weeks la: er
still. The question of price begins to be a difficulty, the
advance beteg chiefly en low wools, which are inaialv in
demand, while fine we ols stated nearly the same es bei.arehe .
Manufacturers find that in low and medium qintlitiee ty
c(:alinTti d, 1
slatuitllAke e a
thatlivie i te
ice pt
at present rates, while the mer •
from .i'httef hie any adpvietTnP•ee':''hoefeitdreasd ewalitiec 11114 frarttl3eenetde
have is many cases Leen mitered into for the Reser", and
ruzioalteration of the kind could Lot be recovered front their
very
tin:reit:: a
nTith
lei, roan odfe
tit the woolseela is
upward,
airt
di g I it. :If
it e ri4n
di eolurtb !:
fed if the actual advance hitherto paid ha's been evil' to
that generally s'ated.

ULSTER.
The report of the directors of this company shows that the
rceeipts for the, half= ear ending the 30th of June last
amounted to 05,055; for the corresponding period of 1857,
to £36,84.1 ; of 1856, to 134,046; and of 185.5, to £31,376 ;
s'iowing a progressive increase, with the excer ion of the
past half-year, which shows a falling off to the extent of
1,789 as compared with the corresponding period of the
preceding year. The earnings during the half-year
rnounted to £35,0-26 ; the working expenses to L 12,691 a
;
and interest on hollowed money to £3,;1672 ; leaving
balance available for dividend and reserve fund of i,18,646.
• that of this sum the (Erectors recommerd that a dttidend
ef 275. Gd. per share, less income tax (being at the rate
prof
b!i per cent. per annum), to be paid to every pro-
prietor not in arrear of calls en the 16th inst.. Since
the last meeting £1,W.0 has been expended on capital
secount, principally for an additional p
killeln Company
atform at
the Lisburn a' ation. The Newry and Ennis
b tve paid £4,494, due in respect of the alteration of the
g 'awe. The carriage and vraggom stock has been kept in
g..od working order. The line fr.sin Armagh to Monaghan
was opened for passenger traffic 24.11 May last, and partially
1• r goods traffic during the present month. The Portadown,
1 tangannon, anti Omagh Juection line was opened for traffic
far as Dungannon ou the sth of April last, and has been
v..tked by this company since that date. The capital se-
cuunt shows that £788,315 had been received, and £763,876
expended, leaving a balance of £24,439. The reserved fund
account shows a balance in favour of it of £12,376. The
capital account for the el-tension line to Monaghan shows
t oat f,100,411 hail been expended. leaving a balance against
the company of £21,348. Appnded to the report is a list
of the shareholders, and precautions are taken with a view
to inform them every half-year how they stand on the books
of the company.

IRELAND.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
DUBLIN, SATURDAY EVENING.
TUE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.
No detailed account of the voyage of the Agamemnon
laying as yet appeared, the following letter, from amedical
officer on board of her during the operation of laying the
table, will be read with interest. As the task proceeded,
11. e excitement of those engaged in it became in-
t me, and as the least negligence or error would
lave caused another failure, the engineer-in-chief watched
the progress of things with a perseverance whic
tan scarcely be appreciated by any one not present.h
If an accident had taken place it would have been irrepar-
able, since there was not a sufficient supply of the cable to
make another attempt possible. Perhaps it was the know-
ledge of Ibis fact that rendered every hand employed in
paying out the line additionally cautious. It is obvious
liom the communication of Mr. Mansfield, which is ex-
tracted from the Cork Examiner, that Mr. Bright and the
en,w of the Agamemnon deserve the highest praise for the
zeal, amounting to enthusiasm, with which. theollowing letter
y performed
their arduous duties. In point of fact, the f
is a history, in brief, of tee whole expedition, and it cannot
but be perused with attention :
" H.M.S. Vaiorou', Valenti», Aug. 5 1858.
" Sir,—Being, I think, the .14 officer connecter; with the
tedpe on this expedition who may feel an intetest in your
local paper, I hasten to send you a hurried sketch of this
siur last and successful attempt to lay down the Atlantic Te-
leer:ph,. in company with H.M.S. Agamemnon. Being the
liritt intimation of the trip you probably have received, it
'nay not be devoid of interest to some few cf your readers,
though you will, doubtless, before many dais, have u.ore
minute information on the subject.
"H.M.S. Gorgon and Valorous left Queenstown in the
arty part of Saturday, 17 h July ult.
" We (Valorous) reached the rendezvone, Ist. 52 deg. 5
eniu. N., long 32 deg. 42 min. W., on the '24th.
" The Niagara, Gorgon, and Agamemnon arrived on
25th, 26111, and 28th respectively. The Niagara having
railed from Cork harbour on the evening of the same day
that we left; the Agennetnnen at 3 a.m. on the 18th.
" Our boats having conveyed the end of the cable from
Niagara to Agamemnon early on 20th, it was spliced and
lowered into the depths of ocean' at 1.5 (observ. time),
the ships steaming apart at 1.25 p.m.
" It was found on board Agamemnon that it was neces-
sary to stop at 81 p.m., in order to ditniuish as much as,
roesible the tension on a weak petition of the cable, which
vas allowed to run easily out in safety.
"Au announcement had been made to the effect that should
the cable part before 150 nautical miles had been run out
ft ona both the Niagara and Agamemnon, we mere all to
return to rendezvous, and en iutense anxiety was accord-
ow-
I egly felt as the critical time was approaching. , h
ever, was passed, to the comfort of all, when at 2.15 p.m.
11,n the 30th, the Agamemnon signalled that her allotted por-
tion had been paid out in safety—a similar result being ob-
tained at 2.30 p.m. ill Niagara.
" Hit herto, nothing could have been more gratifying than
the calm state of the sea and weather, and all weie san-
e utile of success to a high degree, when towards evening
... the 30th, the wind commenced to heshen,
and before
saidnight it blew half a gale from S.S.E., a very
heavy
Pwell getting up, and causing violent pitching motion to
the ship.
"Great fears were entartained for the safety of the cable
ell night, but in the morning it was stilt secure, having
itrevely withstood a heavy steel!). This strain continued
until 3rd Aegust, when it commenced to dimini4i, and to be
lees felt, as the wind shifted to S.W. on the day bdure, and
vias now favourable.
"We passed from the deep into the shoal water, i.e. from
1,775 fathoms ofeoundinge into 550 fathoms at 7 p.m. on the
:it instant, lat. 52 deg. 27 min. N., long. 16 der. 7 min.
AV., and at noon eesterday (Wednesday, 4th) we were
in 415 fathoms, tieie wiles distant from Valentin.
" Last night at nine p.m., being less than 40 miles off, we
1. ft the Agamemnon peeceeding so as to make the land be"
J,)re her in the moraine ; we made it soon and anchored
refer daylight, the Agamemnon coining up at 6 a.m. this
aeotning.
" IVe anchored in Doulus Bay, outside Valentin harbour,
and the cable was lamed by our heats, under the command
of Lieut. Richmond Moore (Senior Lieutenant of lINI.S.
Valorous), at White Strand Bay, off Doubts Bay, in the
teenoon, amis the xeing and welcomes all who
%here assembledd tto receiver s it. There we:e nce,of however,
eery many present, as our arrival could not, of course, have
ben anticipated.
_ "Thu:, the end of an unparalleled ner'ertaking has at last
been avained, after tunny a combat with storm and sea, and
struggling again-t apparently insurmountable difficul-
t !e.. However, this satisfactory re-ult well lc yP" the
yrentest expenditure of energy in its achievement.
" The cable has been d stsie at the tiemon Tee')u"
attended by Lieut. Maurey, LL.D., though the weather at
the end of. Jotte, when the last attempts were made, was
• ecidedly the most favout able, and it evithntly would have
a succeeded had there not been mechanical detects in the cable
it-elf.
" With regard to the per cent age of cable laid out Over the
instance gene—the greatest amotint was 48.75, hut this was
..sly on one occasion during the heavy swell on 31. t July in
!',NO fathoms soundings, and wit h half a gale from 5.r,3.11.
..rte general average has been about 30. Through the entire
.'stance the average speed of the Agamemnon has been 5
eteote, never exceeding 6 3/4. Whilst the greatest rate at
slet' the cable pale itself out aS B—the least, 6s e
pet
o tr.
0 The greatest angle that the cable has been observed to
make with the water, 26d—the least 14 dez. 30 min.—and
t re strain which was on the cable never exceeded 2,3301 b.,
'sever was let., than 1,0011 b., being inversely as the angle,
end not in direct ratio.
" These facts quickly put down from some hurried notes,
yet arravgd, I believe lobe mainly ccrrec: ; but should
seght difference betwen them and those which
• ern find any
:viii be duly and eflicially pablielted, and consequently with
kindly make
nuteuese, you will, I am sure,
wore mi
atuce• the simple act of man are_ lietnisplteres bound
" iiert—by
World now materially mated to the New
logether—the Old .
,d this COMIDUIDOII is effected through the extraordi-
....ak -
21ary.medi" of a slender thread laid beneath the all but
great Atlantic! Hoping, then,
amable dip ths of the
that t material union, with our social and political ones
firm and unstrained, and wishing
::very ma)'
long;tre set:Hefei:l:et o ati,eulteedraNednn:;asp,itdisiiingy
compari• ir to remain sir, trullt
whole unmit gatedper.
ihas eiou.Aeystwelbilfehed-1 14%.
B e.s.,
It "PIERCE MANSFIELD,
Assistant Surgeon, It N.
VISIT OF LOM., PALAU:ASTON TO llllTrAisichD;oatis
Tile anticipated visit of the noble lord to his
t.
is creating the liveliest interest in all eirclt s. counnen
atter that
ing upon the of Vy announcement relative to the m
/its appeared in the press, the Sligo journal says:—
that
awe learn fro ee the Loedoi papers of this meriting ,
viscount Palmer, v...n intende visiting Sligo within a few
stays. The noble e x.-.Prentier's presence in this lecality will
ete hailed with nag let hyrnany ho, altheugh as
with
)11to in polPical was. 'Kee hold his character as a kindsand-
lord and amiable nob. Vtnlern In the highest estimation."
DECLINE OF THI7s 7ikt>llBll PRESS IN IRELAND.
`Tile shifts to which the
741,11 et is reeorting, in order to
riltteurest the faithful isat he_half., are a new feature in
momtialiku. In its isstase of to-tidi;Y et states the result of the
Catholic
public. It runs
ap, lead it recently mad e to
boa it—
s. liaree the circular :forwarded to our subscribers, and the
lines aiasich we ail/drew led to them in the columns of the
elf July 17, we ',have reedYed Sreal !UMW Of very

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.--Gt3IT.DFORD, AUG. 7.
At the conclusion of the criminal busines4 Mr. Baron
Bramwell sentenced Coruelins HiTrington, the Irish
labourer who %%as convicted a mansla gheekept in
penal servitude for four years. His lordehip was engaged
an indictment for the non-
for a very long time in trying
repair of a rortd, and he then proceeded to tt y common jury
cases, and will continue to do so until the conclusion of the
assizes.
(Before Mr. Justice Willes and a Common Jury.)

125.

OXFORD CIRCIJIT.—}IONMOUTII, Aug. 7.
CIVIL COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Hill and a Special Jury.)
• THE QUEEN T. FOX.
Mr. Skinner, Q.C., and Mr. Scotland appeared for the
prosecution ; Mr. S.l geant Pigett, Mr. PhlpsAr,arld Sir T.
Phillips for the defendant.
This was an indictment found at the last assizes, and
which charged the defendant, Charles Burton Fox, the clerk
of the justices of Newport, with a nisienteanour. The in-
dictment was removed to the Court of Queen's Bench, by
certiorari, and was now sent down for trial, on the civil
Side, by a sp cial jury. The defendant was partner with
Mr. Ceatles Piothero, the cletk of the peace for the county
of Monmouth, and the parties caviled on business together
as attorneys and solicitors at Newport, and slotted with one
another the fees which the eiefendant, Mr. rex, received as
clerk to the borough justicea, and also those wkich Mr. Pros
thero received as clerk of the peuce for the county. The
queetien intended to t. raked by the present indictment
was, whether the defendant, Mr. Fox, could legally hold
the (Alice-of clerk to the borough justices, and this depended
upon whether or not he was " by himself, or by his partner
directly or indirectly interested or employed in the prose-
eutiouof offenders committed for trii.l by the justices,"
contrary to the previeteetei the 10:211 section of the taunt.
cipal Corporations Act (sth and Grim William IV., c. 76).
The question in dispute arose out of a desire by the town-
council of Newport to cut town the defendants salary, and
commute tikpayment by fees for a fixed irceme ; and it
had already :teen the frequent subject of litigation in the
Coot t tf Queen's Beech ; first, by air eipl.cation hr
criminal information against the magistrates, then by a
uaneleiem s to the justices nut to employ the defe edam,
and lastly, for a quo warrant° calling upon tae defendant
to show by whet nU hority he e xereised the office.
On all these occasions the applicants had failed to rake the
real question which they wetearmitus to try ; but at len ,th
they bit ten the, course ef iii is ing the defeuelaut, which
restoteel in an agreement that a nominal verdict slat uld be
array
t:uset,
it a t
should
souse
de
taken for the Crown, and that the question in diFptve shout'
he r.ised i„ the fore of a special case fee. the (Thelon of the
Court cl Qaeete's Bauch.
tnture time, he put 't iu a train," as it is called, fur de-
aof the question
n w,
t trans,
'hiertie;it but, as
utstriejtl:e.!ee
ais'a prt T
to the dertudieut's tie ht in a writ of
ert or, it will orobebly be some time before the qeeetion in
dispute will be finally disposed of. There mill pronably arise
the nice and interestine guts it n whether the cost% can be
st ion of it may be coneidered premature and out of place.
paidOt )et excited the
out of
the°rmlgjliald;hut, as this question probably
has anxieties of the ra'epayers, the cog-
As the question in dispute in this case, which appears to
have exci,ed great fecal interest, is not without a degree of
general impertance, as being connected with the adtninistra-
pmved to day in evid:ence.,.
;ion ofjustiee, we priceed to give a brief ou:line of the ease
and Gth IV., cap. 76, by the 10-2,1 section, enacts
The Mttnicipal
V., c 3 Amendment Act, the Sth
that,
" It shall be lawful fir the justices of every borough to
which a seperate commission of the peace shall he granted
as aforesaid, at their firs', or any other meeting,
person to
and they
are hereby respectively required, to appoint a fit
be the clerk to tire jtotices of such herough, to be removable
at their pleasure, and so es of en as there ,
hail be a vacancy
in the said flee of c'et k to the pi:vices by death, reell-
,km, re Rove', or otherwise ; provided that it shall nut be
lae fell fur the saint jusi es to appoint or continue as such
clerk t the justices any alderman or cluncidor of
the such
borough, or clerk of the peace of such boroueli, or pet t-
Der of such clerk of the peace; provided also that it shall not
he lawful for the said clerk to the jus'icee, by himself, or his
partner, to be directly or indirectly iu et eett d or employed
in the prosecution of any offender committed for trial by the
;borough,
justices of whom he shall be such clerk as aforesaid, or ate)
of them, at any court of gaol define y, or general, or pear-
tee. se sloes; tend any pereon being 11.1 aldermen or coun-
cillor, ctrrk of
te
jns,ic•s el' such
eprgi,aili.e,set,o,:ric,el
shall 0.
etel
ra:en,tftire,fleant
irrl:ecdrrnledrotaifony s
ttttihheheepeerotses, (ball for ,e,
, one
reof
borough fund of such boroegh,
shoeirnototerhi,°l°ol.he paid over to. the crocditeand account of the
of, with full costs of suit, L.
any and :ohne
‘vho otherwni iseutey
ftohretr
toe
same his Majesty's courts of record at Wtstinin-
smote in any
ster."

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carriage
11s.; 121 h °2s The I'2lh.
sts and grocers in town end
e fearfulnt - st r e ell ,mlLgoen -6
don, and :lirough all chew.
2ca4.nnfisht:rs2labi.-e, senti 6cd. ;"
Sib"
an.d Cao.a,ii7is7t,
—important Caution_igee.
ocro(ulenrt.ry.Barry du Barry
Clianeelb.r Sir William
Rtbeeg
on the 10th March, 1854,
Page wood granted an injunctipa
f i latin "Du Barry's
of spurious Imitations
against Alfred Hooper Ne‘ill, or tut g
- Rev/0101M Arabic:l 1od."

The indictment, which was framed on the second proviso
in the above section, alleged that on the 11th of February,
1836, a separate commission of the peace had been granted
to the borough of Newport, and that on the 30th of June,
1854, the defendant, Charles Burton Fox, was appointed,

and still was clerk to the justice% of the b irough, pursuant
to the 102 d sec. of the Municipal Corporations Act, the sth
and 6th William IV., cap. 70. It then alleged that during
all that time the defendant was the partner of one Charles
Prothero as an attorney, and that Charles Prothero was the
clerk of the peace for the county of blonmouth, and by rea-
son thereof was interested and employed in the prosecution
of offenders committed by the justices of the boroegh of
Newport for trial at the quarter sessions of the county of
!Monmouth, by receiving es such clerk of the peace divers
fees on the enratgament and trial of scat OirendelEs. Tile
indictment then set forth the names of divers offenders wbo
were so committed and tried between the Ist of July, 1856,
and the time of exhibiting the indictment, upon whose ar-
raignment and trial the said Charles Protheses received cer-
COLE V. MASON. tain fees • ate] it then alleged that the defendant, a; partner
Mr. Laxton and Mr. Howard appeared for the plaintiff;
Mr. Doyle was counsel for the defendant. of the said Charles Prothero, while he was such clerk
of the said justices, interested bybe his said partner in the pro-
The action was brought to recover a sum of money from secution of such offenders, by ing entitled to share and
the defendant, the balance of a tranaaction in which the sharing in the fees received and taken by the said Charles
plaintiff put chased a male for 32 guiuena but afterwards Prothero Ste.
returned her, to which the defendant pleaCied aet off. It Mr. Woollett, the town-clerk cf Newport, examined ter
appeared that the plaintiff was a gentleman cf property,_ Mr. Scotland, said—The defendant. Charles Burton Fox,
and who in the course of the case was fiequently spoken or has acted as clerk to the justices of the berou hi aince tbe
as a " fast" young gentleman, and the defeudane is a riding year 1845. The borough ia one of those mention( d in
master and veterinary sutgeon at Brouleton- In Match schedule Ato the Municipal Corporatiolea Aneenttuent Act.
last the pleletiff wished the defendant to examine a horse lie It 1155 a separate connniasion of the pewee (The eriginal
was about to purchase at Itea's repository, and lie reported commisaion grouted by William IV. and also that granted on
that it- was apavined, and advised the plaintiff not to the accessiors of Queen Victoria wale here produced.) The
purchase it. The plaintiff then asked him whether he defendant is an attorney and solicitor, and carries on Lusi-
had a horse that oas likely to suit him, and be showed nese in partnership with Prothelo, under the firm of Fro-
him a chestnut mare which he drove and eventuallY there and Fox. Mr. Charles Prettier° discharges the duties
agreed to purer use for 32 guineas, neon tte understanding cf clerk of the peace for the county. Newport has no
that if he did not like her at the end of a week he might separate court of quarter sesaions. Prisoners are committed
rennet her upon paying £e for hire. The plaintiff paid at Newport for trial et the assizes or at the. quarter sessions
l ihet
ed t
osent e
defendant
ee
frebeadcake
ttwo r
tohre
three days aPerwards, stating that she bolter," and in persen as clerk to the justices. His clerk daubed-
ere therefore declined to keep tier.
Ellen settlement with re- Kessick) takes down the evidence, and tee defendant ed-
gard to the motley was coma t s at this time, but the dee vises the magistrates. I was concerned in the prosecution
fendant let the plaintiff have another mare called TopsYo of Thomas Hunter, Ellen Griffiths, Ellen Deyre, Eden
and he used that mare for seven weeks, when he purchased Edwards,
attic Charlotte North, who were committed by the
furrettuhrangendi.3 reHaensdutbosoekquie' enrtlayl'hYP'
another horse of the defendant for 135, and the mare wee borough js for trial at the iTa.k sessions- I paid the
balance of money that was due to him upon the first trans- countT Thomas ya's :e1 sree. i el'llx ,Mtrh.e Fox'sde fend
clerk;ant' gaelle rIK attended Y aiend ats
the county sessions at Usk on the prosecutions- and trial of
offeetshteo
action, upon which, it appeared, the defendant sent him those prisoners. I paid to Mr. dProthero's cletk,
in a bill for the hire of Topsy, charging at the rate of three ha North's ease, £1 139. 21.; in Griffiths' and Dwyre's
guineas and a-half per neck I r her, and thus balanced the cases, £1 Isa. Bd.; in Edvvards's case, LI 13e. 21. ;and in
account. The plaintiff, however! it appeared, altogether Hunter's case, £1 19s. 81 The amount depends on the
repudiated the transaction, and declared that Topsy was number- of witnesses, &c.; but we don't know how the
lent to him, arid that it was understood he was to have the amount is trade out.
use of her r nothing until the defendant could find a horse Mr. Sergeaut Pigott land p the table of fees in
that was likely to suit him. force in the sear 1857, and which, it was stated, bad been
Several witnesses were called was its
out the case for drawn up anil allowed under the 7th of Geo. IV., cap. 64.
the plaintiff; and a person who was iu the habit of letting Mr. Woollett continued—Those fees do not imetule the
out horses at Guildford was als3 examined, and be said fees paid to the clerk of the indictments. I paid the feee
that he considered three guineas and a-half a very high I have mentioned to Mr. Prothero, as clerk of the peace, at
charge fir the hire of a horse for a week, and that his charge the Epiphany Sessions, in January, 1857.
would net be more than a guinea, or a guinea and a half per Cross-exammed by Mr. Sergeant Pigott—ln 1833 and
week. 1855 returns were made by the clerk of die justices (the cle-
Mr. Justice Willes said he did not think the rate of charge fendaut). An attempt was made by the council to induce
at Guildford forehe hire of horses applied very much to the the defendant to take a salary. That was first mooted in
same sort of thing in Belgravia. He had himself travelled 1833. The council desired to fix his salary at about one-half.
in places where he was provided with two horses and two I prosecute by desire of the council of the borough.
servants, and the whole of them were kept for 25s a- S, Re-examlued by Mr. Scotland.—l am the town-clerk of
but this was very far from a general rule. the borough of Newport. There have been two or three
Mr. Doyle, he addtessing the jury for the defendant,
antis it meetings of ratepayers, upon whose decisions the council
appeared to him simply an altsurdity to suppose that an have acted. The 1411 and 15th of Victoria, cap. 55, sec. 9,
who paid heavy cent and expenses at the West-end of Lon- was here referred to, which makes provision for paying the
don, and who got his living be hiring e tit horaes, should clerk to the justices by salary, instead of by fees • ated the
lend one of them without arty charge, to a perfect stranger, witness stated that it was attempted to have that Act carried
for such Mr. Cole appeared to be. He then called the de- into effect.
fondant and several persons connected with his establish- George Handy, examined by Mr. Skinner, said—l am
mew, who swore that the mare was let in the mdinary way, clerk to Mr. Wollett, the last witness. I attended at the
and the transaction was regularly entered in the 'socks county sessions held at Usk in March, 18.57, and conducted
as a eiring. It was also proved that the ordinary the prosecution against Dennis White, who bad been co:sur-
charge for the hire of a horse during the Lon- mi-ted by the borough justices, and I pale 1/. 19 t. 81. to
don season was at the rate of twelve or fourteen Mr. \Vilely, the clerk of the clerk of the peace. The fees
guineas per month, and the defendant stated that TopsY were paid for arraignment, calling jury, swearing, taking
was a highly-trained lady's mare, and that she sometimea verdict, SLC
earned bim as much as three halfiguineas in the day for Charles Prethero, examined by Mr. Scotland, said,-1
different ladies to ride her in the patk. lle also said hat be am clerk of the peace for the county of Monmouth, and in
charged the plaintiff a rather higher rate, because lie knew partnership with the defendant, Mr. Fox, as attorneys and
he wee in the habit of keeping the horses out late at night solicitors.. I was formerly in partnership with Mr. Tow-
ered driving fast. good, and we were appointed joint clerk to the justices till
Mr. Justice Willes, in summing up, said that the case the year 1245. The defendant then became sole clerk to the
appeared to rest entirely upon the let to
"u;" in fact, the justices. We share the fees connected wila both office',
only question and dispute was whether the mare Topsy was clerk of the justices and clerk of the peace, and have done
"let" to the defendant or " lent." If they should be of so since 184 e.
cpietion that she was lent, the plaintiff wait eneitled to the Cross-examined by Mr.
in*Skinne.—The average amount
with
o ether alance due upon the first transaction, but lof my fees as clerk of the peace, respect of crimireal ptose-
upon th other hand if they should think that the evidence cordons, for five years previous to the 14th of August, 1855,
made out that she was let, they would then consider whether was 5401. Ils. That was the average of the fees and etnolu-
three guineas and a-half was a reasonable charge for the meats in criminal prosecutions. I made a return under the
hire, and if they thought it was too much they would allow 18th and 19th of Victoria, cap. 126. The amount of fees for
whet they considered a just sum and deduct that amount the year ending in August, 1856, was 057 153.2 d. The
nom the plaintiff's claim. . '
_ number of prisoners lied diminished. The fees for the year
The jury found for the plaintiff, damages LW lie., the ending August, 1857, were £440 15s. 2,1. The tees for the
effect of the verdict being teat they were of opinion that the current year are below the average of the five years. The
mate had been let, but they reduced the charge for the diminution of prosecutions is a saving
rage on both those
of labour. I have
hiring from three guineas and a half per week to about a received an allowance to make up the ave
guise a and a half. years.
His Lot &hip refused to certify that the case was a proper Be-examined by Mr. Skinner—The amount in the current
one to be disposed „ell a superior court? and said that the year will:be about the same as last year. It might be more.
master
of ow very have been settled tin a county court. The first payment was made on the 24th ofJune 1857; and
The following causes were disposed of by special juries : the second payment on the 9th of January, 1858'.
lIADLOW v. TIIE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION This was the case for the prosecution.
MPANY. Mr. Sergeant Pigott then submitted there was no case
CO
Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. Laxton were counsel against the defendant. In the first place, he was not
Ur the plaintiff; Mr. Montagu Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. interested by his partner in the prosecution of any offenders,
Welkin Williams appeared for the company. though he shared in certain fees which the cletk of the peace
This action arose out of a very terrible accident that took on their "trial t" and, secondly, the clerk of the peace
Nov place on the river on the night of the 18th of had no interest in the number of °Benders, the deficiency
November last, when a barge called the William Loot, of in fees being now made up, so as to equal the average of the
which the plaintiff was the master, was run down by the five years to 1855. He also cited " Cue V. Lawrence" (1, E.
Triton, a vessel belonging to the defendants, and his wife and B.)
and Mr. Skinner contended that the defendant was by his
three children drowned, he himself and the mate
eseapieg in an almost miraculous manner. Two actions
partner indirectly interested in the " prosecution" of
were brought against the defendants upon these facts, one offenders. . __,
being to rec
orw damages for the loss of the services of his bin. Justice mill said he could not finally decide the eines-
wile, and the ther for the toss of the services of etre of his lion here, sod suggested that the facts should be turned
eons, a lad 10 ); ears old. The defendants paid 173 10e. into into a special case fur the opinion of the Court of Queen's
court as an answer to the first ac,lcn, and to the second they Bench, without prejudice to his right to sue olt a writ of
pleaded that the plaintiff had not eustained any loss, and error.
consequently denied their liability. This course was ultimately acceded to, and a verdict taken
The evidence in the fist action went to show that the for the Crown, it being intimated by the learned Judge that
barge in question Lelonged to Haveratiam, and that the neither party could consider this as a triumph.
plaintiff was in the habit of navigating her to different
Verdict accordingly.
places up the river, and the arrangement with the owners
wee teat he should receive half the height and find the
labour. His wife was in the habit of accompanying him,
and.it was alleged that she was of great assistance iu navi-
gating the barge between the bridges, and that she saved
the plaintiff from hiring another roan at an expense that
would hate en:atoned to seve al shillings per day upon each
voyage. It was upon the ground cf these services by the
wife that the plaintiff a,ked for damages from the defendants.
Mr. Justice Wines, in summing up, told the jury that the
law only gave them power to allow deuneges for the actual
injury that was seseained, and they, were not allowed
to take into consideration the wounded feelings of a patty by
the loss of a dear relative in such a manner. Tee only ques-
tion fur their consideration, therefore, was whether £73 10s.
was a sufficient compensation to the plaintiff for the loss of
the services of his wife.
The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for
the plaintiff, raising the amount of damages to be paid alto-
gether to £l5O.
lIADLOW, ADMINISTRATOR, T. TILE GENERAL STEAM
NAVIGATION COMPANY.
This was a second action arising out of the same trans-
action, to recover damages for the loss of the services of the
eldest son of the plaintiff.
The case on the part of the defendants was that the plain-
tiff could not have sustained any real lose of services by the
dsatti of so young a child ; but evidence tVSS adduced to show
that he was a strong lad alio male himself useful on board
the vessel, and that he wile also able to write and to keep
accounts.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.—An Italian, who said his name was
Antdnio La Rosa, and who looked about 40 ears of age,
was charged with parading the streets in female costume.
The defendant was dressed in very gay and fashionable
attire, the skirts of a pink muslin dress being duly expanded
by means of crinoline and hoops, his legs inserted in lace
drawers and military-heeled boots, his by no means hand-
some face pa• tly concealed by ringlets, and his hands enve-
loped in light kid gloves. So great was the crowd attracted
by his appearance in the streets that the officers were com-
pelled to bring him in a cab to the police-cnurt.
The charge having been stated by Police-constable 162 A,
who found him in Whitehall at three o'clock in the after-
noon,
The prisoner declared, through an interpreter, that he
baif merely engaged in a frolic. He was about to be mar-
ried next week, and having purchased the bridal dress for his
intended wife, lie had a fancy for putting it on, hot knowing
that it was an offence against the law of England to do so.
The inspector suggested that the ringlet on his head could
hardly be one of the bride's intended adornments, unit so she
was rather advanced in years.
The friends of the defendant were sent for, and the magis-
trate was assured that Rosa was an artist 'of considerable
repute, and a member of what the interpreter called the
" Royal Thingamy of Naples" (meaning the Academy),
besides being the possessor of several foreign and Enelish
medals, all attesting Ids excellence in his profession. -The
landlady of the house in which he lodged, in B itetnao's-
buildings, confirmed the statement that it was done fur a
lark, and in spite of her efforts to dissuade him IrJm such a
foolish freak.
Mr. Henry directed the interpreter to tell the defendant
that people were in the habit el attiring themselves in
women's clothes for very evil purposes, and he would cer-
tainly be committed if the frolic were repeated. He must
now be stripped of his garments, end sent away in proper
costume, the former being retained for the present.

which by some means he had become possessed of a House
of Commons' seal to aid his fraud.
Frederick Jones, butler to Capt. Layland, Hyde-park
House, said that oa the 20th of July the prisoner brought
the following note:—
" Mr. George Cornwall Legh, M.P. for North Cheshire,
presents his respectful complimenss to Capt. Lnyland, and
begs to recornimnd the bearer's case to that gentleman's
kind consideration. G. C. L. takes more than ordinary in-
terest in this mayor, knowing several of the sufferers, na-
tives of Biikenhead nod Seacombe, and trusts the motive
which actuates hint will be deemed a sufficient apology.—
July 19th."
Witneso took the letter to the Mendicity Society, and
found that the writer and the tale to which the note evi-
dently alluded were both well known there.
Webb pointed out the peculiar circumstance that the
lath of July in this case was the date of the wreck in the
last. The note purporting to be 'written by Mr. Legh was
sealed with a House of Commons' seal, which upon inquiry
he found had been in disuse there since 1831.
Mr. Poynter said that, although there was quite enough
azainst the prisoner at present, he should remand him for
another. week, as there might be ether charges preferred.
John Orchard was then brought in, and was recognised
by Webb as a well-known convicted begging-letter Un-
pos•cx and associate of Clarke's.
Ile was also remanded.

WORSHIP- STREET.—DESERTED WIVES' PROTEC-
TION.—Mrs. Lavin :3 arnuelg, a very respectable-lucking
Jewess, applied to the magistrate fur a protecting order
against her husband, Isaac Henry Satnueto, a fattier and
cap maker. It was believed to be the first application of the
.ICM by any of the Jewish persuasion, and therefore exci,ed

seine interest.
The applicant stated that in February, 1839, they were
married in the congregation of the New Synagcgue, at her
lather's residence, in Barbieru according to the rites and
ce:ernonies of the German and Polish Jews; they lived after-
wards in Sun-street, and in November, 1845, lived in White
month her
husband deserted and left ber there with three children,
avid from that•titne to the present she had neither seen him
ner received from him the slightest assistance towards their
support. She had reason to know that he was now at Mont-
real, in Canada. Sbe was living in Fountain- place, City-
road, maintaining herself and family, as she had done since
the desertion of her husband, by her own industry, in the
business of embroidery working ; and having acquired some
property, consisting of money- and household goods, she
asked, as by law entitled to do, for the magistrate's order
of protection for that property, fearing that her husband
might suddenly come and deprive her of it. She produced
a copy of the register of her marriage, and Mr. John Levy,
her father, vouched for the truth of her statement. Der
application was acceded to upon the completion of the
requisite formalities.
Another deserted wife, named Mabony, also obtained a
protecting order against her husband, Dennis Mahony, who
had deserted her. Fortunately there were no children, but
she, as a setnporess, had contrived to save a little out of her
tend eal flings, and to get some household furniture, and
elie feared that her husband, although be had contributed
nothing towards it, tnight at any time come and deprive her
of it if she were not protected.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF CIIILD DESERTION.—
Mr. Res., the relieving iffier of Shoreditch, appeared be-
fore Mr. Hatntnill, the sitting magistrate, accompanies! by
a little -girl named Louisa Turner, between five and six
years old, a handsome and interesting child, very well
dressed in a straw hat and fashionably-cut velvet mantle,
and other suitable apparel, who had been left chargeable in
the parish tit.thr very remarkable circumstances. It was
stated that on Wednesday a well-dressed aud respectable-
lookirg woman went to the residence of a gentleman in the
Queen's-road, Dalston, and, accosting a female seivant who
had charge of the house, the family being from home, intro-
duced the little girl saying, "I have brought one of tbe
children, and will bring the other to-morrow," and, taking
Ita‘e of the child, went away, and the servant unsuspect-
ingly received charge of the young stranger, who slept with
her on that night and the following. The master of the
hone, however, returning home, and having no knowledge
whatever of the child, or any of her connections, desired her
to be taken to the Shoreditch Workhouse, from whence she
was now brought to this court, no clue having as yet teen
obtained to the discovery of anybody belonging to her. All
that could be elicited from her was that her name was as
above stated, Louisa Turner, and that her Ma' ha 4 brought
her to London by some railway, but she had no idea of what
part of the country they came from. She had a little sister
at home, and it Wag her " Ma" who left her in the paesage
at the gentleman's house, telling her to wait there, and that
she was going to fetch her sister to her. The child, who
seemed to he quite contented and happy under present cir-
cumstances, was taken back to remain in the care of the
officials cf the workhouse, and diligent inquiries ordered to
be set on foot, in order if possible to discover the mother who
`tad so deserted her, and thus to clear up the mystery.

Ro-
MARYLEBONE.--AN ILLICIT STILL.—ExcIsE P
SMUTlON.—Benjantin Snedker, described as a gardener,
residing at No. 9, George-street, Kentish-town, was charged
before Mr. Long with working an illicit still.
It appeared nom the evidence that in consequence of in-
formation which Mr. Vanstone, supervisor, and Mr. Bullen,
another officer of the Excise, had received, they on the
previous afternoon went to the house above stated, and in
a back parlour occupied by the prisoner they found a sill
set its brickwork, and which had evidently been recently
used, and in the same apartment they also discovered a cask
of molasses wash, and about three gallons of spirits. The
prisoner, who was out when the officers entered, shortly
afterwards came in, and on being questioned he without
hesitation admitted that the room wag his, and that he had,
in conjunction with a man named Smith, been working the
still for about three weeks. He added that be knew not
where Smith was living, and that he (prisoner) was very
sorry he had had anything to do with the concern. His in-
tention was to have worked up what was in a stale of fer-
mentation, and then to have given up the trade altogether.
Mt. Long—What have you to say to this?
Prisoner—l must plead guilty. lam very sorry for what
I have been engaged in. I hope you will deal with me as
leniently as you can.
The magistrate said it was not in his power under the act
to inflict a lesser penalty than £3O, and in default of payment
three months in the House of Correction. He might memo-
rialise the Beard of Inland Revenue for a mitigation of the
fine.

WESTMINSTER--DISGRACEFUL FRAUDS UPON TIT
lIENEVOLENT.—OR Friday afternoon a wan d iniorne
stature, about 30 years of age, who gave his name _Edward
Clarke, was charged with obtaininc a charitable contribu-
tion under false preterc.. 11 . He hail been seen in company'
with three ether men on Elizabeth-bridge hy.a plain clothe%
policeman t f the B division named' Brown' -w116; -not' liking.
their appearance, watched them awl saw the accused gd to-
the house of Capt. Fuller, 13, SL-Ge„gei_tovosimuol,
where he rrpresented that he, had come from- SifTration
Drake, and, upon tt representation-of some matter thai did
ast transpire, obtained 5s The constable bearing this.,
f-llowed the accused-, who had regained his companions, and
to k hint into enstenly. As he was forthwith br-ought befor
de
the magistrate. there was time for little or no inquiry, mi
all that could he ascettaitted at the moment was thai
be had on the - same morning obtained a sovereign frOnl
Sir Trayton Drake. Finding that neither the. taller' e
Capt. Fuller were in attendance, the accused blustered
s'rongly, and declared that he. had come from the blustered
Place as Sir Trayton, bad been on terms a intimacy
with him tor 20 years, and tiii.t there was not the slightest
pretext for taking him into custody. It fell cut itJ the
i ottrse et the inquiry that the accused harl.e...p csenterl,,
when ut Capt. Fuller's, that he was rayed toff ir Trayton $
hurler, which was understood to be' fatAo'; - d upon tne
tepresentatirot of the police that they. had no doubt they
should be able to carry the case further,
Mr. Pap ter
remanded the accused, who fought bard. for
em his disc: aro.
Jolley Orchard was then chat-p.. 41 with leavonr
stlice, the ing to
rescue the prisoner Clarke frorn the custody of p
and in his defet.ce denied all knowledge c-f the otto r, a il
declared that I.e knew molting w
Oat ke, mitt never saw him until he called
fifetlAeti the cot.stables of perjrny. Ile also was
remandedremandedded
to see if anything was known of him.
Ott SAtur,lay Sir Tim ton Drake was in attendance, and
at his house on
hatever of the prisoner
Fr Orly morning. On that occasion the accused, NA lo repre.
sent, d that he came frotu the sant- place as Sir Trayton in
Devonshire, read a vritten paper to hint detailing ae loss
of a ship ii.•und to Australia, in which 20 rersens perished,
including his (t,ccused's) father and mi,thfr. In c,oase-
quence of this c,ifaini.y
saved wet,' in a state of great distress, end wanted to
"borrow " £1), ,o pay their expenses to Exmouth. Prisoner
npniohed the name of a clergyman and other persons
ha and four others who had been
whom he said he knew at Exmouth, and Sir at
gave
I him a mvereign• Sir Trayton did not tell him to call on
Capt. Fuller.
Prisoner—l did not say he did. I said I had "come from
there ;" so I had. I have known Sir Traytun -for many
years, though
Mr. Paynter—You said your father anl mothor were lost
at sea. P'rhaps be doesn't know me.
Pt isoner—So they were, a few years ago. m
Sir Trayton—l distinctly understo;:d him that this ca-
lamity had en ly hefallen him•
Webb, a mend!city tflizer, said he could tar
a orti ng to
light
bear the sigrattues and seals of two magistrates of the
upon the subject, rind produced a eerifleate put
cturity of Sussex, and bearieg da'e the 27rit of July, 1858,
which stated that James G. Fitz', JosephPity', and twelve
other artisans, were wrecked in the birque Adrian, bound
fur Collitiewcod, on the 10th; that cf toffy-eight pet
on board of her only the number ahove-named had been
saved and brought it. to Shoreham lif.rbour by the barque
Muuntaineer. The account conclud,d by stating that the
men's losses were £1,075, and that the magistrates, whese
signatures were appended had given them that land'n2
certificate, trustbg that their losses might be reimbursed
by v. hintary subscriptions.
Sir Trayton Drake, on hearing this read by the magic-
tr;tte, said it reFerublrel the sta ement made by the prisoner
'
to Wm, wi,lythe additior:s he had spoken of.
Webb, in answer to tut inquiry horn the magistrate, said
that this document had been scut by one of the gang now
going about obtaining money
from the benevolent b a
gentleman, who had generously given £5.
James Harris, butler to Sir Trayton Drake, proved that
prisoner's statement. that he was related to him, was false.
He never saw him before. - -
I meant another Harris.
Prisoner—l didn't mean you ;
Mr. Paynter—You could not -have meant that, because it
would in no way have served your purpose.
Webb said there was another case against the prisoner, is

not suffering from such a disease. These cases were vety
difficult to prove, and this was the only one since he had
been on the bench th,tt had been brought home and cloerly
proved against the partie3. Third was evidence to show that
the stable had had glandets in it for son.e Vine, and the
defendant Birch knew it, as Mr. Cherry had spoken to and
cautioned hint about it. Exposing Wandered horses fur
s Ile, or taking them through the streets, was Nay danger-
ous to the public. lie then firmed Elicit the foil penalty of
80-1 Penaty which he did not ccn€idcr was heavy fee a
man of his means.
Mc. Herring applied that the flue might be made lee , on
tbe grind t,t. the youth of the defendant, at t 1 the e:,-pcni:e
he hail been put to ; which was epposett by Mr. rtut.khwY)
hut ultimately the fine was reduced to £l3, ti‘Lich was at
once peid.

sourn WARK. Janus Mosaic, a grid:fel- looking
young wan, was charged with being found iu the Duke of
Gaience pubLc-hous.o fir au üblawlal purpo!e.
GleAwocd start d he was a pk,tman in the etnplt.y of
the prosecutor. Abut thrce Wel; clt on the previous mot n-
ing he heard a noise in the house ; he went down stars,
and fund the prisoner on the leads of the skittle-pound.
Witness called in a police constable and give the prisoner
into custaly.
Mr. Combe asked Lim what he was ?
P isoner said he was a respectable tradesman, and carried
on the bt,t,iness of a hootruaker in Clare-nark-t. Ile In
been to the Crystal Palace with come friends, and had taken
a drop too much.
Mr. Comic said I,e must remand him, to enable the palice
to inquire into his character; and in the meantime he would
take bail for his appearance.
In the curse of the day a tzespectable tradesman well
known at this court gave the prisoner a good character,
I and he was then liberated.

LAMBETH.— MURDEROUS ASSAULT FROM THE
ALLEGED EFFECTS OF A DREAM.—Robert Newman, a
pipe-maker, who has teen in custody for the last 10 days on
a charge ocommitting a serious and murderous assault on
his wile, and cutting her on the head with a hatchet, was
agtliu placed at the bar before the Hon. G. C. Norton. It

will be recollected that at the former examination it was
stated that the prisoner and his wife had lived on friendly
and amicable terms, and that the violent assault by the
former on tie latter was the result of a dream, and that
while labouring under s ome strange halucination the prisoner
jumped out of bed, seized a small hatchet or chopper, and
inflicted several wounds on the head of his wife. The
two sisters of the injured woman were now called as wit-
nesses, and gave a very different feature to the stirement
befete made, and represented it as the extreme of cruelty.
Tiny said the prisoner had IK:en in the habit of striking and
knocking his wife down, and that they had frequently seen
her with black eye, caused by his violence.
The following certificate of the present state cf the unf.r-
tunate sufferer was here put in, and it was said that it is
quite impos-ible she can survive many days .
" I hereby certify that Grace Newman is in a very pre-
carious state, and is totally unfit to be removed.
" WILLIAM VERNON, House- Surgeon.
" Guy's Hospital, August 7, 1858."
Mr. Net ton, iu remanding the prisoner, directed the
flicer to have in attendance, on the nest examination,
some witnesses whose t awes had been mentioned, and who
were said to have been present when the prisoner had struck
his wife..

THE INCENDIARY FIRE AT BRI.XTON.—Janies Finch,
the youth who stands charged with wilfully and maliciously
setting fire to a shed belonging to Mr. William Towler, and
destroying seven valuuble cows, was brought up to have the
teslimony of an important witness added to the depositions
be fore taken.
The witness was a lad named Phillipc, and he swore that
about a fortnight after the prisoner had been discharged
from tire prosecutor's service, he heard him say he wished
all the cows and children of Mr. Towler were dead, as he (Mr.
Towler) had peeveuted him from ge.ting a situation from
a Mr. Morgan.
Mr. Norton considered that this witness considerably
strengthened the ewe against the prisoner, and fully com-
mitted him for trial.
Mr. Tuwler's loss, it appears, has been nearly £2OO, but
the subicriptions ou his behalf exceed that amount by £4B.

THAMES.—ASSAULT AND EXTORTION BY A TOLL
COLLECTOR.—Mathew Gooden, to.l to and col-
lector, appeared before Mr. Yardley, on a summons, charged
with ai•saultiog Mrs. Emma Punt, the wife of Mr. John
Punt, landlord of the King's Arras Tavern, 141, Hounds-