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LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, ' JULY 6, 1858

EAST INDIA DOUSE, 23D JUNE, 185 R.
COURT of DIRECTORS of th© EAST
INDIA CO%tFANY do HEREBY GIVE; NOTICE, that a
SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be held at
their house in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNE6D kY, the 7th July
next. at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of submittittr
fur the confirmation of the Proprietors, the Rero uton passed by the
General Court this day, approving an unanimous Resolution of the
Court of Directors of the 9th instant, granting an annuity of 2,0001.
to General Slr Colin Campbell, O.C.R.
J. D. DICKINSON, Secretary.

EAST INDIA. HOUSE, 23n JUNE. 1858.
-11 BE COURT OF DIRECTORS of the EAST
111_ INDIA COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE, NOTICE, that a
SPECIAL GENE cui COURT of the said Company will be held at
their house in Leadenball.street, on WEDNESDAY, the 7th
July next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, for the nurposo of
submitting for the confirmation of the Proprietors, the Resolution
passed by the General Court this day, anproving an unanimous
Resolution of the Court of Directors of the 9th instant, granting an
annuity of 1,0001. to Major-General Sir James Outram, G.C.B.
The Court of Directors further Give Notice that a Proprietor has
given Notice, that at tie sad Special General Court he shall propose
that the Annuity to Sir James Outram be continued to the Eldest
Son of that Officer.
J. D. DICKINSON, Secretary.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, STH JULY, 1858.
IrrliE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
.11 INDIA COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that the
SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said Company appointed to
be held at their house, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY
next, the 7th instant. is further made Special tor the purpo,e of
laying before the Proprietors the Bill No. 3, entitled' A Bill for the
better Government of India," with its amendments.
J. D. DICKINSON:, Secretary.

6,z EA BATHING. —FAMILY TICKETS to
iIAVRE and T ItOUTILLE (the. Brighten of France), from
the Waterloo-bridge Station, via Southampton, available for return
within a month. Fares :—London to Havre and btck, for Four Pas-
songers, .5/. 2d Class; 71. Ist Class. For Six Passengers. 71.2 d Class;
21. let class. Fast and commodt.Us steam-aldps sail every Monday.
Wednesday, and Friday, for HaVre.—See the" 'limes" daily.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-
dtt FRIDAY,JILY 9._4u1 E..X.CIIIISION. TRAIN will
leave TADDINITPosf at 8.0 a.m. for PLYMOUTH. (offer-
ing facilities for visiOng Torbay, Brlxham, Dartmouth, and
the South Coast of Devon), C.-tiling at Weston-super-Mare, Bridge.
water, Taunton, Tiverton-road, Exeter, Barnstaple, and Bideford
(for Ilfracombe, and the North Coact of Devon), Starc css, Dawlish,
Tato-mouth, Newton, Torquay, Totness, and Kin Isbrid;e-road, and
returning on Saturday, July 17, from Plymouth, at 6.20 a.m.,
and Intermediate stations as per handOills. '

FARES THERE AND BACK.
Weston-super-Mare and Bridgew Ater, 20s and 13s; Santon and
Tiverton Road, 22s and .15s; Exeter, 22s 6d and 16s (I.tarcross,
Dawlish, and Teignmoutb, 25s and 17s Newton, Torquay. and
Totness, 27s and 189 ; Barnstaple and Biderord, 30s and 20s; Kings-
bridge Road and Plymouth, 308 and 20s.
Children under twelve years of age. half-price. Tickets not trans-
ferable, and only avallab!e by the Excursion Train.

WEYMOUTH and CHANNEL ISLANDS
t STEAM-P ACKET COMPANY (Limited). •
EXCURSION TO ALDERNEY and CHERBOURG. —One of the
fast Paddle-wheel steamers belonging to this Company, Cygnus or
Aquila, will make another Excursion to Alderney end Cherbourg. en
SATURDAY, 3d July, 1958, leaving Weymouth Harbour at 7 a.m.,
and return on Monday, July sth, at 6 a.m., and Alderney at 8 a.m.
*,,,* Parties availing themselves of this excursion will not re ,uire
Paesports.
The Great Western Railway Company will convey passengers
ho'cling steam-boat tickets to Weymouth on Frllay. duly 2d, and
back on Monday or Tuesday, Jaly sth or 6th, at a single fare, from
their principal stations.
FARES. Ist class 21 class
Weymouth to Cherbourg and back .... 20s. .. 14s.
Alderney ~ 134.
Alderney to Cherbourg ~ .• 7s. .. ss.
The great national works at Chrbourg, now near completion, are
attracting the attention of Europe, and are well worthy inspection.
JOSEPH MAUNDERS, Secretary and Manager.

GUILDHALL, Ist July, 1858. The
Committee for Letting the City's Lends will meet at Guildhall
oh WEDNEADAY, the 14th July instant, at npe o'clock precisely,
to .`eceivis Proposals for Leases -of a Houstt. Wltk•hol,e, and -Pra,'
miseg•un the north side ot the Cite-mews, Whiteaross-street, and a
Tenement lately used as an engine-bons on the west side ot Char
lotte-t ow, Mansion-house, in the City of London.
Plans or the property may be seen, and forms of tender obtained
upon application at the Architect's Office, Guildhall.
FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller.

MESSRS. NICOLL'S ESTABLISHMENTS
are thus divided :
No. 114, REGENT-STREET, is their Depot for Paletots, rni-
forme, Gentlemen's Evening and Morning Drps.
No. 116, for the manufacture of the Guinea Trousers.

. . .
No. 118, for the Half-Guinea Waistcoats.
No. 120, for Waterpi oofed Guinea Capes, and Servants' Liveries.
N 0.142 is their new Establishment for Ladies' Riding- Habits and
Mantles.
No. 144 contains their other new Department for Clothing young'
gentlemen with the taste, excellence, and economy whereby Messrs.
NICOLL have secured wide spread confidence.
The Wholesale Warerooois are, at, the rear of the Regent-street
premises, viz., 29, 30, 31, and 41, WA IL WICK-STREET. •
The City Depot is at 21 and 22, Cornhill.
The addresses of the various Agents are duly advertised In the
journals of the United Kingdom and the Colonies.)

If It. HOWARD, surgeon-Dentist, -52,.
street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI-
FICIAL TEETil,flred without springs, wires. or ligatures. They so
perfectly resemble the nal Kral teeth as not to be distinguished from
the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or
iecay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used.
This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful
operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are louse, and Is
guaranteed to restore 'articulation and mastication; and that Mr.
Ifoward's improvement may be within the reach of the most econo-
mical, he has fixed the charges at the lowest scale possible. De-
cayed tr‘oth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastica-
tion.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five.

rrIIORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.-
It is only a short time since this singularly ellicacioui art'cle
of animal diet first made its apfearlnce ; and atrealy its celebrity
is world-wide. It has been a subject of wonder, and has nuzzled
many a brain to explain how this has been brought about. Yet when
we are acquainted w•th a few facts concerning' the food, our wonder
will cease. A few days since, a gentleman, wrote. stating that he
had a h-xse which was a " perfectbax of hones " lie tried all kind.
of things to get the animal into condition, but in vain. lie then
bought some of Thorley's food ; and lie says the effect was wonder-
ful. The horse rapidly grew fat, and in the caursp of a few weeks, Lad
gabled no less than 12 stones. Again we find at the late agricultural
show') a" Birmingham,Cardiff, &c.,-the animals which carried off the
highe,t pr zes, had been partly fed with Thorley's food for cattle.
Such facts speak for themselves. and we are foreed to the conclu-
sion, that its celebrity arises solely from its own intrinsic merits,
and the gre,t demand for it can proceed alone from the good opinion
and testimony of those who have tried it. All panics interested in
horses and cattle will do well to apply to 77, Newgate-street,
London, for a pamphlet which is sent post-free.

PARLIAAfEIVTARY DIVISION.

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HOUSE OF COMMONS—JULY 5.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (No. 3) BILL.
In Committee-- Clause (except as aforesaid, all persons to
be recommended for military cadetships shall be nomi-
nated by the Secretary of State and Members of Coun-
cil, so that out of seventeen nominations the Secretary'
of State shall have two and each Member of Council
shall havo one ; but no person so nominated shall be
recommended unless the nomination be approved of by
the Secretary of State in Council), brought up, and
read the first time :—Question put, " That the clause be
read a second time :"—The committee divided—Ayes,
165 ; Noes, 91.
AYES-165.

Adams, W. Gallwey, Sir W. Morris, D.
Adderley, C.
Arbuthnott, Gen. Gard, R.
Batley, C. Gladstone, W. Newport, Viscount
Naas,rr
jaoym, J. R.
Ballhe, H. aGaisidvaa7rd', Viscount
A. Nisbett, It
lia4nes, Rt. lion. M. Gore, W. North, Col. J.
Ball, E. Graham, Sir J.
Pakington,
Baring, A. Greenall, G.
Baring, Sir F. Grenfell, C. Peel, Sir R.
Baring, T. Gray, Captain ' Peel, Gen.
Bernard, T. Gordon, B. Pennant, Col. E.
.I"
Bernard, Col. Hall, Gen. J. Percy, J.
Barrow, W. Hamilton, G. A. Fattest, Col. fir.
J.
Portman, W.
Bathurst, A. Hankey. T. , Pugh, D.
Beach, W. Hardy, G. Rawlinson, Sir H.
Blackburn, Peter Harsard, M. Rebow, John
Blakemore, T. Hayes, Sir E. Rust, James
Booth, Sir Rt. Gore' Heard, J. Scott, F.
Bowyer, G. ' Heneage, G. Scott,Major
Boyd, J. Henley, J. Seymer, H.
Brown, W. Herbert, S. Shafto, It.
Buller,•Sir J. Dill, Lord E. Sibthorp, Major
Cairns, H. Iloclgs.n, W. Smith, It. V.
Comae, Sir J. Hopwood, John Smith, A.
Cartwright, Col. Hourly, W. Smith, Sir F.
Christie, Samuel Holborn, Lord Smyth, Col.
Clive, Hon. R. Inglis, J. Somerset, Col. B.
Cobbold, J. C. Johnstone, 11. B. Stanley,.Lord
Codrlngton, Sir W. Johnstone, J. Rope Steel, J.
Cote, IL A. Kelly, Sir F. Sturt, H.
Colebroke, Sir T. K!uniall, W. Sullivan, Michael
Collins, P. Kingscote, Capt. E. Sykes, Col.
Coote, Sir ri. U. Kriatchbull, W. Taylor, S.
Crawford, R. Knight, F. Thompson, Gen.
Cubl tt, W. Langton, W. Tollemache, J.
Doedes, William Laglett, W. Trollope, Sir J.
Disraeli, B. Laurie, J. Vane, Lord H.
Dobbs, W. Lefroy, A. Vanslttart, W.
Dod, J. W. Ler..nn. Laid 11. Verner, Sir W.
Dodson, J. Leslie; C. P. Walcott, Admiral
Du Cane, C. Llddell,ll. G. Walpole, S.
Duncombe,lion. A. Lincoln, Earlof Weguelin, T.
Dundas, G. Lisburne, Earl Welby, W.
Dunlop, A. Lockhart, A. E. WO te, Colonel
Du Pi e,C. Lyall, G orgo Whiteside. J.
East, Sir J. Lytton, Sir G. Williams, Sir W
Egerton, Sir F. M'Clintock, J. Willoughby, Sir IL
Egerton, W. Mathis, It. Willoughby, J.
Ellice, Right Hon. E. Manners, Lord J. 'Willson, A.
Ellice, E. MarJoribanks, D. Woodd, B.
Elliot, J. Maxwell, Col. Wrightson, W.
Ennis, John Miles, W. W) Wham, General
Farquhar, Sir M. Miller, T. , Wynne, W.
Forester, Col. Miller, S. B. TELLERS.
Forster, Sir G. Milnes, M. _ Jolliffe, Sir IV.
Franklyn, G. Morgan, 0. Whitmore, 11.

NOES-91.
A.kroyd, E. Do Vete, S. Paget, C.
Anderson, Sir J. Duff, M, Paget, Lord A.
Ba.4shaw, It. Dunbar, Sir W. Pease, H.
Bagwell, John Duncan, Viscount Pechell, Sir G.
Baring, T. Esmond e, J. Philipps, R.
Barnard, T. Evans, Sir De Lacy Pinney, Colonel
Base, It. Evans, T. W. Rich, H.
Baxte ', W. E. Ewing, H. Russell, Lord J.
Black, Adam Fagan, W. Russell, F. W.
Bonham-Carter, J. Finlay, A. Schneider, 11.
Bouverie, Hon. E. P. Fitzgerald, J. Scholefleld, W.
Brand, H. Foster, W. 0. Smi.h, J. B.
Bright, J. ForteScue, F. Spalght, J.
Buckley, Gen. Fox, W. J. ' Sta).leton, J.
Buller, J. IV. . " Gilpin, Charles Stuart, Lord J.
Buyer, C. Grey, U. Thornely, T.
Buxton, C. , Griffith,C. Thornhill, W
Byng; G. Hamilton, Capt. Toil emache, Fred.
Caird, James Handley, J. Trelawny, Sir J.
Campbell, R. Harr 5, J. Trueman, C.
Cardwell, E. II atchell, J. Turner, J. A.
Cheetham, John Ingram, H. Vance, J.
Ciifford,C. C. Jervoise, Sir J. Villiers, C.
Clifford, Col . Kershaw, J. . Whitbread, 3.
Clive, G. Kinnaird, A. White, J.
eodrlngton, General Langston, J. 11. Williams, W.
Cogan, W. Lewis, Sir G. C. Wilson, J.
Coke, W. Marsh. M.
Coniughim, W. Monsell, W. =LEM
Cowper, W. F. Nicol, D.
Crossley, F. O'Donoghoe, The Lowe, R.
Dalglish, R. Ogilvy, Sir J. Perry, Sir E.

THE TES TRADE, July s.—The deliveries in LOLdOII
estimated far the week wera 772,6671 b., which is an in-
aidivie of 1, -coniptirdl with the previous Eft te-
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mart.

Ld 110.4LLIGEI1tCE.—July 5.

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COURT _OF. QUERN'S ENOH.
(Sittings at Nisi Priusz at, uildhall, before Lord
Chief Justice Caui.Puelf itild'a Special Jury.)

THE QUEEN (ON THE PROSEQUTION or F._ W. STOCK-
WELL) V. JEFFREE, AND LORD CHARLES PELHAM

CLINTON.

This was an indictirent =involving a, eliarge of
fraud and misrepresentation against • Mr. -Alfred,
Jeffree and Lord C. P. Clinton. The indictment
was preferreflagainst the defendants at the instance
of Mr. F. W. Stockwell, a mining agent,ecarrYing
on business in Old Bread-street, City, and;aarged
the defendants—the former Of whom was secretary,
and the latter an extensive shareholder of .the
Wheal Sion Mining Compalty—in having had re-:
course to fraud and,mistepresentation, in transac-
tions with him in reference to shares in the com-
pany with which they were respectively connected.
There was also a count for conspiracies:
The defendants pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Sergeant BallantMe and Mr.' Robinson con-
ducted the prosecution ; the Attorney-General,
Mr. Edwin: James, and Mr. Sleigh for LIM C. P.
Clinton ; and. Mr. M. Smith and Mr. Gifford ap-
peared for Mr. Jeffree. : -
From the opening statement of Mr. Sergeant
Ballantine; it apPeared that no shares in the Wheal
Sion Company could be registered or transferred by
the persons. holding 'them until all the calls upon
them bad been paid. In Jan., 1857, application
was made to Mr. Stockwell, the prosecutor, to dis-
count a bill for 3001. at three months' date, drawn
by Jeffree upon, and accepted by, Lord C. P.
,Clinton. Three hundred shares in the mining com-
pany, as well a; some Shwa la other mines, were
to be transferred to hien; ana deposited with him
as collateral security. Mr. Stockwell advanced the
money-upon those terms to Jeffree, by whom the
transaction was conducted. On the sth of April
the bill was dishonoured, and after some negotia-
tions conducted by Jeffree, it was renewed for 5001.,'
with an additional advance of money upon the secu-
rity of some further shares which were deposited.
There were also other transactions between them.
The prosecutor disposed of some of the shares, and
it subsecfuently turned out that Lord Charles Clin-
ton had transferred to him between 30) and 400
shares upon which the calls hadnot been regularly
paid up. The proSecutor was then held li•tble, and
in justification of himself he charged Lord Charles
Clinton and Mr. Jeffree, before the Lord Mayor,
with fraud, but tbe•ca.,e was dismissed on the ground
of insutlici:mt et4dence. HeweVer; the prosecutor
felt himself ageyievel, and he detertnined to proceed
against the defendauts by way of indictment to
vindicate hie character. Is seemed that the calls
upon .the shares were ultiinately paid, and that the
prosecutor was no sufferer in a pecuniary point of
view, all the money owing to him in respect of these
transactions having been paid to 'him by 'Lord-C:
Clinton. The learnedeonnsel, at the conclusion-of
his statement; said it was very prebable 'that Lent
Charles Clinton, who was net a than of business,
bad b2ea misled by the misrepresentations of others
in regard to the shares. • - .
Lord Carnoell---;What Is the specifie charge
against the de endants-?
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—lteipresenting that Lord
Charles ,Clinton hat more shares in• tee. mining
. _ •
company thin he rally possee.,:ed.
Lord Campbell—That does not appear in the in-
dictment. In a serious ctse of this kind counsel
ought to be prepared to teeth t out in tee indictment
the false-pretence which is relied up tn.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—The fraud is in repre-
senting that the calls upon the shares had been paid
when in reality they had not.
Mr. Stockwellethe pro it cater, was•then examined
at 4 :m.: length, in tegard to the details of his trans-
actions with Mr. jeffree ,
and the other defendant. "

The Attorney-der:eral submitted th:it upon this
evidence there wa3 uo proof of any fraud ou the
part of Lord Clinton.
Lord Canipbell—l do not seo any case made out
against Lim yet.
The Atlorn,:y-Gen3ral—Thlt baing your lord-
ship's opinion, I. sball not crms-canine the prose-
cutor.

Mr. Sergeant llillantine said that in his opening
he ha.,l conveyed to t►ie jury the impressioh in his
own mind with ieipeat to Lord Charles
and after that expression of his lordship's he was
opinion' that he could not carry the case against
him further.

Lord Campholl—Then I think Lord Chas. Clin-
ton ought to.bo- icsquitted.

One of the Jury:—We are quite of the same
opinion, my lord.
A verdict of '"N Guilty," as regarded Lord
Cnarles Clinton, wal thf n returned
The Attorney-General—l am bound to say, on
the part of Lord Charles Clinton, that we are pre-
pared w;111 the el, arist evidence in Ilia world to
prove that he gave security'for treble
_the amount
lie ever received froni the 'prosecutor, and lie 'was
guilty of no fraud or raisrepr6entatioa wha'ever,
and although all the bills had been paid, Lord Chas.
Clinton had not up to the present moment received
back his shares.

I.c.;rd Campbell—l say no!hi:ig about the other
defendant ; but as far as Lord Charles Clinton is
concerned, I think it is a vary impropa prosecution.
After the charge had been investigated before a ma-
gistrate and dismissed for want of evidence, the pro-
scouter took upon himself to prefer a bill .of indict-
ment against the defendants. I lament that a bill
of indictment can be preferred without previously
going before a magistrate ; but when a case is exa-
inicod by a magistrate, and be finds there is no
foundation for it, I think it is extiemely wrong for
the prosecutor to go before, a .graud jury and get a
bill of ied.ctinsnt against the accused party behind
his back. •

The Attorney-General said several nob' omen and
gentlemen were present to speak on b3half of Lord
Charles Clinton ; but as the case against hitn was at
an end, their further attendance would not be re-
quired.

- Lard Couabermere, Lord Cvlchester, Viscount
Ingestre, and Sir W. Willoughby, who had been ac-
czanmodated with seats on the bench, now left the
court.

Other evidence havi3g been adduced against the
other defen4ant,
Mr. M. Smith rose to address the jury for the de-
fence.

Loral
your lordship is of
s eer
em,pnbt 8131 la
1:
ntiueeidu
If whether they
wished to hear thelearned couneel.
Mr.opinion that there is 4e, evidence I will withdraw
the case.

lArd Campbell—This is a very serious charge,
and if the defendant were found guilty, I could
ifyysoeulf
entertain d u notsee,a doubt how
sentence him; to penal sertitude or transportation
beyond
eltehaer seas, l".
I n therefore, ought to be made
o
the charge is fortifie:l, but
upon the point, the case will go on.
The jury then returned a verdict of not guilty.
Lord Campbell—I totbt say, gentlemen, this is a
most improper and scandalous prosecution, and re-
flects the highest d:scredit upon the prosecutor. It
is laan.entible to see how charges of this kind may
be brought against most innocent and honourable
members of society, and I hope some check will be
given to such-vexatious pro.meutions.
The defendants then left the court accompanied
by their friends.
COURT OF COMMON PLEA.S.

ING DOWN
LEE v. BRETT.-EOBERT4ir:- BRETT,-LAYING
A SUBMARINE TELEORAPIL.

Q. 0 ,
.. Mr. Lush, Q. C., and Mr.
for the plaintiffs ; and Mr. Ed-
These two actions arose out of the same transac-
tion. and they were therefore tried tngether.
Be MI
L :
Mr.' Hawkins, and Mr.
Ed-
win jannes, Q C., Lloyd
for the defendant. - . .
ri.e
yßovil l,
appeased
Iu opening the ease, the plaintiff's counsel stated
that Captain Roberts of the St. Leonard's Iron
Works, Poplar, was a gentleman connected with the
Royal Marine Artillery, and ft was to his exertions
that the country was mainly indebted for the equip-
ment of the gun and mortar boats that were sent
during the Russian Ivar into the Baltic and the Black
Sea. - He had for some Years hell an important
posi. inn as surveying efficer to the Admiralty,
and his name was well, .1/nown in his profession.
In the year 1855 lie became aware that the Medi-
terranean Electric Telegraph Company were desi-
rous of laying down 'a cable betw.en Sardinia and
the Coast of Africa, and he, in colsequence, was
brought into communication with Mr. Dellamore,
the secretary to the company, and to Mr. Brett,
the gerant of the company. Capt. Roberts was con-
vinced that be could lay down this cable. This was
in April, 1855, and at that true there was an old
frigate called the Cornwall lying at Portsmouth,
which the .Government was willing to sell, and
which it was thought would-Le fit for carrying out
the cable. Some communication took place with
the Admiralty, but it was found that the Govern-
ment wanted too -much money for her, and the ne-
gotiation went off. Capt. Roberts then ascertained
that there was a teak-built East Indiaman, also
called the Cornwall, which was at Portsmouth, and
was for sale. She was LI the strongest possible con-
struction, and was short built, and so suited for

carrying the cable. On the 15th May an agreement
was entered into between Capt. .Roberts and Mr.
Brett, by which it was agreerk that Capt. Roberts
should provide a suitable ship 'for carrying-.the
cable, and bring her to Mordan's wharf, Blackwall,
where the cable was; and that the vessel should be
at the Nore ready to start 'witte;:tlide- cable on the
15th July. Capt. -Ruben* arrtrrt7 bear all the ex-
pense of preparing and eq'uipping the ship. He was
to be paid 10,000/, for•hying down the cable be-
tween Sardinia and Africa., a distance of 140 miles ;
and as an extra distance of 40 miles of cable might
be required on the coast of Africa, 2,0001. more was
to be paid in respect of that. 1,00/. was to be paid
in cash within seven days of the vessel being along-
Side Mordan's wharf ; 2,0001. within 21 days of her
being at the wharf ; 2,000/., one-half in cash and
half by a bill, on her leaving the Nore ; and
,the
2,000/. for the extra length of the cable was to be
paid when the work was done. The remaining
5,0001. was to be paid in shares in the company.
If the vessel was not ready to leave the Nore on
the. 15th of July, Captain Roberts was to
forfeit 2001. a-week. It was arranged that
Capt tin Kell, a friend of Mr. Brett's, and
!who had been engaged in laying down a
telegraph, should go in the vessel, and that he
,should be paid by Mr. Brett 1501. for his services.
Cant. Kell accordiugly went to Portsmouth and
saw the vessel, and he and everybody else approved
of her, as fitted for the purpose. After the contract
was signed, Mr. Brett got Capt. Roberts to make
a.declaration of thelanmunt which he was to receive,
,so that the 12,000/. might be obtained from the
:French Government. On the 20th May Capt. Ro-
bet is agreed -to_ purchase the Cornwall for 6,000/.,
and on the 22d a kill of sale was executed to him,
for though Capt. Roberts had not the 6,0001. in his
pocket, yet from his position and reputation he
would have had no difficu'ty in pro a idin,g the fund,.
,It was afterwards arranged teat the first instal-
ment of 1,000/. should be paid to Capt. Roberts by
a bill instead of in cash, but it having been found
that the bill Was not drawn in a negotiable form
Capt. Brett- gave it back to Mr. Dellamore, who
said he would procure him one for 2,000/. This
had, however, not been done, and one of the claims
now made was, that either the 1,000/. or 2,000/.
bill should be handed to Capt. Roberts. A corres-
pondence took place, the result ef which was, that
Mr. Brett refused to put the cable in the Cornwall,
audit was ultimately sent out in the Result, a ves-
sel wh'cli was purchased of Mr. Green.; Capt. Ro-
berts had, however, in the meantime, incurred con-
siderable expenseiinlitting the sessel, and he had
lalso, according o his agreement, insured, the cable
60,0)01. Feuding that objection was male to
the Ciinwall, Capt. Roberti ehar.ere.; the Del '
Reada, a sip to whiela no objection could be made,
;and sent her to Mordan's Wharf on the 7th July,
;and demanded the cattle. As to damages, the re-
suit of the breach of con'ract had been most chats-
trous to Caot. 'Roberts. ,He had in drive if
in various contracts,.and had been driven to the
Court of Bankruptcy t relieve hints: if of his diffi-
culties. He was obliged to give up an appointment
to go out ta the Black Sea.an charge of some gun-
boats, raid had list his appointment of &Irv, yor to
the Admiralty. _Capt. Roberts calculated that he
would have derived from the ct.,ntrtic`., if the Oern-
wall' ha gone, a profit of 7,700/., and if the Del
Ready 5;00W., .but it was still name important t
him that his charaAer ghoul I be set right with the
Admiralty anti the tubl'c.
Capt. Rol:torts was called as a witness o prove
these facts, and several other gentlemen welt exa-
mined to prove that the Cornwall, a at a vessel qua-
lified to carry out the cable.
For the defence, it waslstated that even if CaW.
Roberts had carried out the contract, his profit
would have been but trifling, after all the expenses
h '<neon paid; that Mr. Pr tt ha l repudiated the
contract in consequence of having been led to be-
lieve, from inqUiries which, he had maile, that the
Cornwall was not sufficient for the `purpoSe, and
several ship surveyors and other proNssional geed! -
men welt) examined on this part of the case, to
prove that that was the fact ; teat the defendan',
personally, had no interest iu not carrying out the
contract with o:pt. Roberts, and that the declara-
tion which had been made by him was not made
for the purpose .of enabling the defendant. to get
the money from 'the French Government.
The jury gave a verdict fur Capt. Roberts, with
2,300/. damages ; and in the.ac' ion of Lee v. Brett
his lordship 'ordered the verdict to be entered for
the defendant.

Leave to move on some points of law was given
hi both actionQ.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-July 5.

OLD COURT.

RI-lily Hodges, 22, a good-looking young woman,
and Frederick Hodges, 27, described as a jeweller,
were-charged with a misdemeanour in obtaining
money by fa!se pretence,.
Mr. Sleigh prosecuted ; M. Metcalfe was coun-
sel for the defendants.

The offence charged in the indictment was that
of having defrauded several pawnbrokers in the me-
tropolis by a very ingenious system of fraud. The
prosecutor was Mr. Sowerby, a pawnbroker, carry-
ing on business in Grosvenor-place, Pimlico, and it
appeared that on the 9th March the female pri-oner
went te his Shop, and handed to his shoprnau, a per-
son named Hall, what appeared ,to be a golden
locket, and asked for an advance of 4J. upon it.
Hall inquired, if the article was gold, and she re-
plied that it was the best of gold, and that it bad
been given to her by her sweetheart before ehe was
married. The shopmer, without testing the article,
gave,credit to the statement of the prisoner, and
advanced her the sum she required. On the 22d
March the female prisoner wont to the shop again,
and banded to Hill a locket of precisely the same
description as the former one, and upon the shop-
man inquiring whether it was the same locket she
had previously pledged, she replied that it was,
and repeated the story she hail told before, that it
was of pure gold, and that it was given to her by
her sweetheart, and Hall, believing her story, ad-
vanced her 3e She went again on the 9th April,
andtobl the same story, ano she was again success-
ful in obtaining an advance upon the article. The
prisoner went a fourth time to the'shop on the 23d
April, and again produced a locket to pledge, but
in the meantime it appeared information had come
to the knowledge of the prosecutor, which induced
the shopman to put some questions to the prisoner,
who refused to state where she lived, or to give any
information reapectiug herself, and upon a search
being made three lockets all of the same descrip-
tion were found to have been received in pledge.
A policeman was then sent for, and when the pri-
souer found:she Was to ba detained he rushed at
Hall, the shopman' and scratched his face molt
severely. After the woman had .been removed to
the police s'atien, the male prisoner went there and
said that she was his wife, and that he had sent her
to pledge the articles, and that the inspector was •
exceednia his duty iii detaining her, as what she
had done did not cons ituta an ,:otrenee against the
law, and he added that Lord Chief Justice Camp-
bell had so decided in a case of a precisely similar
character. Upon the articles being subsequently
testel, it was ascertained that at that part of the
lockets to which the aquafortis was usually applied
for the purpose of testing, a very small quantity of
inferior gold had been introduced, but the articles
themselves were in reality of very small value—nut
more than eighteen pence at the outside each. The
.only evidence against the male prisoner was the
statements he had made to Mr. Cumming, the police
inept ctor, and at the close of the case of the prosecu-
tion the Recorder expressed his opinion to be that
the charge against him had no: been made out,.and
ho was accordingly acquitted.
The jury found the woman guilty, but recom-
mended her strongly to mercy, on the ground that
there had been a want of caution evinced on the
part of the pawnbroker, and that if he lead properly
tested the article in the first instance, the fraud
would haVe Leon prevented.
The Recorder sentenced her to be imprisoned in
Newgate for one month.
Joseph Johnson surrendered to take his trial for
wilful and corrupt perjury.
Mr. Robinson conducted the prosecution. Mr.
Lil:ef appeared for the defendant.
It appeared that the prosecutor in this else was
a pc rsou trained Quintet', and that on Suud y, the
28th of March, ho and the prisoner, and several
other persons,. were drinking together, and that
some of the party were a goodsdeil the worse for
liquor. Atout 5 o'clock in the afternoon the prose-
cutcne gave prisoner a sovereign to fetch half-a-pint
of gin, and lie went out for that purpose., and ►say
absent nearly an hour, and when lie returned and
brought the gin, and was asked for the change of
the sovereign, he declared that the prosecutor had
only given him a shilling. The prosecutor upon
this-summoned the prisoner to the County Court,
and upon the former swearing that he bad given him
a sovereign, he volunteered to be himself sworn as a
witoess, and, although he was cautioned to be cat eful
in what he stated, he declared upon his oath that
the prosecutor did not give him .a.severeign, but
that it was a shilling he received feom hits,

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The prosecutor, however, clearly proved that the
coin he gave him was a sovereign ; and it appeared,
in the course of the case, that when the prisoner
was questioned upon the subject by a policeman,
he at first denied havi,ng had a bovereign, but after-
wards admitted that the prosecutor gave him a
sovereign, and said that he had lost it.
The jury found die prisoner guilty, and he was
sentenctd to 12 months' hard labour.