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THE SUN, LONDON SATURDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 20 1858
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THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON ARMY the money for, and witness did not ask him. He LAW INTELLIGENCE.-Nov. 19. It was admitted by some of the witneases that description, botlf by fh• bl d
Madame Jullien had on several occasions made women, are now of aolyu-rrreensesee,danmdenwShanend otousitelpiarge against you. What have you to say take the necessary steps for obtaining the houses and land
- never lent Mr. Elliott any money before. Mr. •
• CONTRACTS. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. .
complaints in reference to the tent and its decora- ladies arc stopped by such parties inquiring the Prisoner (despondingly)-I don't know what to requisite for the construction of the sewers, the pumping
giruipltoyek,
aeitisd.
Elliott never asked him to do so. • stations, and the reservoir south of the Thames, and that
• (Before the Judge Ordinary.) fiat's.
The police-constable added that the prisoner had the committee be authorised to engage such professional
Witness-I do not know that it is ; that is my for theeiprntsroinnkerestspaenaddetdhe
way to any place they should keep a sharp look-out say, sir.
Yesterdaa-, at 12 o'clock, after a week's adjou.rn- By Colonel French-It did not surprise him
FYSON AND OTHERS V. WESTROPE AND OTHERS.
made an admission to him that she bought the knife assistance as may be necessary for the purpose.
ment, the Commissioners engaaed in inquiring into (witness) that Mr. Elliott should have asked for so
This mornm• g, at the sitting of the Court, ,business. I always find that if you provide in good
magistrate would decide the case at once.
Th •• 1 hoped that the The seal of the Board was affixed to a loan of
the state of the principal miliary store and clfothh-
tla.rge a sum of money without giving some explana- . .
Mr. O'Malley, on behalf of Mr. Westrope, inti- taste for the public, it is duly :appreciated
1 Mr. Tyrwhitt said he should do no such thing. The magistrate sent her to the House of Deten- Z 42,000 from the Clergy Mutual Assurance Society,
ilia depots, met again in a committee room o t e
_ton. He came running out of his door without his
a last night, and had it ground to suit her purpose. for the purposes of the Victoria Park Approach
House of Commons, with the exception of Mr. hat, and asked witness to lend him the money, and mated that after the evidence of the Rev. Mr. Cock- (Laughter.) She had used the tent on the Guards.'
the witness said he would ; that was the whole shott, which had come upon him quite by surprise, fete, and M. Jullien had paid money into court to
Aspinall Turner, M.P , who was absent from indis- . He should commit the prisoners for trial, but they tion for a waek.
action and it was done in a few minutes. Mr. he would no longer contend against the validity. of meet that. She sent messages to IN fr. Staff dail Some routine business was then disposed of, and
Timothy Macnamara, a private in the 63d Regi- -
Act, 1858.
sition, and continued the investigation ; Mr. trans , y would be brouaht up on Thursday next, for the
a the Board adjourned.
relfe actina as chai an. For some time dining Elliott wanted the money to pay his w ages that the cod. icil, whi.ch deprived his client of his life in,- to take " the thing " away. The rain came in completion of the depositions. ment of Foot, stationed at Belfast, and who had
a
Mr. Mold (the chief clerk) informed him that it
the earlier part of the sitting Colonel Sir Alexan- very day. Witness was. the only person he could terest in a portion of the estate of Mr. Eyre Coote s through the tent. Hawkins-At what sessions shall we be tried ? upon his breast a. Crimean medal, was charged with
Miss Kate Ranoe said she lived with M. arid drunkenness at the Euston-station, and violently C 0 UNTR Y MARKETS.
' der Murray Tulloch, K.C.8., mititary superintcn- have asked for it, and without receiving that assis- real estate.
Mr. Atherton, on behalf of Mrs. Cutting, the Madame Jullien. She was at the Surrey Gardens
dent of pensioners at the War-office, was under ex- tan ce he would have been a ruined man. would be the Middlesex Sessions. assaultin a one of the company's constables, No. 622.
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during the season of 1856. She heard what passed Hawkins-Oh, that i 11 '
' amination, as to the comparative merits of the new The Chairman-Why, as you say, were you the heiress-at-law, took a similar course ; and s a right, then. The case was proved, and prisoner was fined £3,
LIVERPOOL-Nov. 19.
' and old systems of clothing the army, and as to only person he could have asked ?We don't usually The jury, by his lordship's direction, found the between Madame Jullien and Mr. Staff in reference Henry Chesterfield Stacey, aged 18, known by or 21 days' imprisonment.
- improvements of which the existing arrangement find gentlemen who have got £5OO to spare at a issues submitted to them in favour of the plaintiff. to the tent, and she corroborated her statement as
several aliases, was charged with conspiring, with At our corn exchange this morning the attendance of
Sir C. Cresswell therefore decreed probate of all to what had passed on that occasion. The tent was buyers was better than of late. find a pretty fair busines
is supposed to be susceptible. It will be remembered moment's notice. (A laugh.) another not in custody, to obtain a quantity of SOUTHWARK.-Henry Smith, a carman in
to have been completed by the day of the Guards' • was effected in good wheat and flour at fully late rates.
that a written document, embodying the views of Sir Witness said he was the only contractor at the documents propounded. ironmongery goods from Mr. J. C. G. Humphreys, the employ of Mr. Taylor, a greengrocer of Dept-
Alexander on the whole subject, was read before the W eedon at the time whom he could have asked to Mr. O'Malley expressed a hope that the court fete. It was not complete then. Madame Jullien an ironmonger, of 5, Bousfield-terrace, Holloway- ford, was brought before Mr. Combe by Guest and of last marlLt day.
Beans, oats Indian corn, and barley were at the full rates
- Commissioners at a previous meetina and given assist him. He saw Elliott in London on the fol- would not condemn his client in the costs. Mr. complained day after day that it was not complete. road. Rutherford, officers of the Royal Society for the
p g . q . a 13 13 Mr. John Wakcling appeared for the prosecu
at length in this journal on the following day. lowing Thursday or Friday, and asked him. for the westro e had lon been the intimate friend of the In copse uence of there beina no ro er sides to . Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, charged with WAKEFIELD-Nov. 19.
The examination yesterday, which was prinei_ money. He had no reason then to beheve that deceased • and at the time he saw him last he could the tent the chandeliers swung alsca at, and one of
tion. working a horse in a totally unfit state. - At this day's market there was a fair supply of wheat,
pally conducted by Colonel French, had reference Elliott was in difficulties, and he had the highest have had: no idea that the testator's feelings had them was injured. She trememberedi a bill being .
n is case, it appeared that a man named Cart
I th. _ Guest stated that about ten o'clock in the morn- and a firm trade, at fully last week's prices. Fine malting
barley in good demand, and not much of the middling qua-
chiefly to various points touched upon by Sir opinion of him. changed towards him. He therefore felt he had a being sent in for £8 Bs. a week ; and Madame Jullien wright had taken a shop next door to the iarosecu- ing he `was- on duty with Rutherford, near the lity on offer. Beans and . peas ltered. The same may
Alexander in his written memorandum, and on The Chairtnan-Obtaining the £5OO so easily I perfect right to have the circumstances attending told Mr. Staff it was ridiculous, and that it was tor, and having opened it as a haberdasher's, ob. Borough-market, when he saw the prisoner driving be said of other articles.
which was it souaht to elicit more info ation. wonder he did not ask you fo.r so.me more. (A the execution of the second codicil inquired into. not the thing ordered ; that it w. as a disfigurem.ent tained some good from the prosecutor. Shortly a horse and cart laden with greengrocery from the . . Averages for the week :
f ustice to ou tha hat Mrs Cuttine• He said he knew ft was n t he thine.
His answers were necessarily a repetition to a con- laugh.) I must say, as an act o j y , t Mr. Atherton also contended t . • 69 to the place. o t a afterwards the prisoner, who said he was Cart- latter place. Perceiving the animal in a very weak Wheat 4,321 qrs , at. 43s so
. siderable extent of the views he had already pro- after reading the evidence giv en three or four the heiress-at-law, was no less entitled to have the ordered, but next year he would make up for it.
wright's nephew, obtained some more goods,' and state he went up to it and examined it. It was in 8ar1ey......... 1,201 „ 34s 10Id
- pounded, and therefore need not be (riven in detail. months ago the conclusion i then came to, and validity of the will clearly established. idence was iven as to w nat was the
Other ev g within a few days afterwards the shop was shut such a deplorable condition that it could hardly put Oats 2O 79 '24s 6d
• 've what
which I thought was correct, has been very Sir C. Ctesswell was at a loss to cancel order given, and as to the im erfeat man rin Rye - ~
The general result of Sir Alexander's evidence was P a ne up, and the parties decamped. The prosecutor one leg before the other. On removing the saddle Beans 55 „ 44s 814
'fled h - the letter you have put in asking grounds had ever existed for the attempt to impuan
p which the tent was put up. Mr. Ellis, the secre-
that under:the BeW system, which has been in opera- much modi y then ascertain cl h h Ili
e t at e, i e other tradesmen, had he perceived a large open wound, with blood and Peas
iott to repav you the money on the Tuesday either the validity Of the will or of the codicils ; tary, stated that the gardens closed on the 30th b .. •• • - )2
tion since 1854, the tunic of a common soldier was Mr. Ell' s . een defrauded, and information havina been given matter adhering to the under part of the saddle. Arrivals this week :-
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after he had borrowed it. Still you must be an and he must say that the opposition of Mr. Wes- September, So that the tent could not have been u
50 per cent. better in quality and cost less than that 13 to the 1. S ' t H 9G, sbucceeded in
po ice, ergean arvey, Witness took the prisoner into custod h h
y, w en e Wheat 2,208 qrs.
uncommonly good-natured person ; and I think yon trope had taken a most offensive form. Imputations the whole time charged for-six weeks.
which was previously issued to the troops. The apprehending the prisoner, when he admitted that offered him 10s. to let him go and say no more Oats -
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, interest in the day's proceedings centered in the ins, might have spared yourself the trouble of asking of undue influences and fraud had been cast upon Witnesses were also called on behalf of the d h
e- e was not the nephew of Cartwright. about it. Barley
our agent, Mr. Hart, to call upon Mr. Elliott in the professional gentleman who had prepared the fendant. Beans ... 18
vestiaation by the Commissioners of the circuit'''. y_ Mr. Waheling stated that the prisoner was one -Mr. Combe told the prisoner his conduct had been
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or for t e £5OO. documents ; but not the slighest evidence had been Madame Jullien said that she always superin- Rapeseed • -
stances attending an advance of £5OO made by an New. of a gana who had for some time past been obtain- very cruel, by working a horse in such a deplorable Linseed -.
Witness said it was stated in one of the American adduced in support of those charges. Again, what tended everything connected with M. Jullien's • '"
army clothier and contractor with the Government ing goods from tradesmen in all parts of the me- state. He should commit him for two months.
to Mr. Elliott, the late principal military store- papers that when Elliott arrived in New York he intercourse had ever taken place between the testa- business except the music. She saw Mr. Staff in
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ropo is. ne a ot e gang, throug t e saigi.- The prisoner's master here stepped forward, and EXETER-Nov. 19.
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,000 dols. Elliott borrowed £350 at Messrs. tor and the heiress-at-law ? Had Mrs. Cutting or reference to constructing the tent in question. She
keeper at Weedon, on thc eve of his absconding, a , lance of Sergeant Harvey, had been taken to Bow- hoped his worship would not send his man to prison. The market to-day continues much the same as last
eof Cox son the day he left London. He called on Mr. her husband ever sought the society of Mr. Coote, gave him a rough design on paper. It was to have
. and into an alleged instance of corruption of on street, and he might state that the mother of the The horse was certainly very bad, but he did not ,
week with a small supply, at the following prices :-
- Hammersley there, to whom he was a perfect and attempted to wean him from the dissipated a wooden frame, to be colom•ed green and white, to • h : d think it would do it much harm in sending it out. Wheat, white..ss Od to 5s 3d 1 Barley. 4s Od to 4s 3d
. the officers in the depot there. prisoner, w o was un er remand, ought to have
By the direction of his Royal Highness the Duke stranger, and gave his name as .
Mr Elliott, and habits in which, till towards the close of his life, he have muslin curtains, and to have side slides that Ditto red 5s Od to 5s 3d 1 Oats 3s Od to 3s 3d
Mr. Combe told him he must know that a horse
appeared at this court on Thursday week last on a
of Cambridge the fellowing letter has been ad- asked for change of a check upon his bankers in had indulged ? But now that he was dead she came would open in fine weather and shut in bad. There . Flour, fine_,_ 30s to 31s ; seconds 28s to 29s per sack.
in such a miserable condition was not fit to be
. . cnarge of having unlawful possession of some fur- CATTLE.-The market was fai;ly supplied with stock,
dressed to Col'. French, one of the Commissioners, Ireland, and Mr. Hammersley kindly gave it him. forward and joined in the groundless charges which was to be a gutter to carry off the rain. Mr. Staff niture but asoas prevented from so doing by being worked. Would he consent to have it killed ? but business appeared to be small.
had been made aaainst Mr Hustwick. Here the said the charae would not exceed .£4 or L 5 a-week
by Sir George Wetherall, the adjutant-general :- He got the money in gold, and gave a cheque on a a : [. t, _
in the 'House of Detention. He should now ask for Mr. Taylor replied that he would, and Guest was Fat beef, p score, 9s to 10s Od Ewes, per lb .... 6d to Od
" " Horse Guards, Nov. 13. bank in Ireland for the amount. . jury audibly expressed their concurrence in the re- when complete. She suggested a written agree- a remand. directed to see the horse slaughtered, after which Pork carcases, do Bsod to 8s 6cl Wethers, d0......6id to Od
" Sir,-In reply to your letter of the Ist inst., lam di- By Colonel French-He (witness)never made y
an marks of the learned judge ; but his lordship in- ment, but Mr. Staff said it was not necessary be- Th • •
e prisoner, in defence, said he was sent for the the prisoner was discharged with a caution. Lambs, per lb. Od to Od Fat calves, d0....6d. to 61d.
rected by his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in- loans on the same terms before. stantly commanded them to be silent.] With regard tiveen respectable people. The tent was to be Rough fat, 4d per lb.
articles by Cartwright, and that was all he knew of
Chief to state, for the information of the Royal Commis- The Chairman-Probably you never will again ? to Mr. Westrope, it was obvious from the uncontra- completed by the 25th August, the day of the ema er. .
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th tt THAMES.-Yesterday, after the disposal of the
sioners, that to comply, literally, with their request REI re- dieted testimony of Mr. Cochshott that he must BRISTOL SUGAR-Nov. 19.
. gards the furnishing of copies of all the correspondence on %
(A laugh). Guards' dinner but it was not nearly complete
, . Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a case for further inves- night charges, George coffins, a returned convict, The market has been rather firmer this week, but the
the subject of clothing and necessaries since the establish- Witness said it was a dear lesson to him. have known he had incurred the displeasure of the then. It was not in a state worthy of a fair. She and George Wilkinson, a well-known thief, were
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ment of the new system would require a very considerable The Chairman said, his brother Commissioner,Mr. testator, who was labouring under a complaint t said he must fetch it aw:ty. In a fortnight he tigation, and remanded the prisoner until Thursday very limited show operates acrainst transactions of import-
and irrit a-
time, and that a number of the officers who have forwarded Turner, who was prevented being present from in- frequently made the sufferer wayward repaired it, but the top was bright green and white, next, but consented to take responsible bail for his brought up on remand before Mr. Yardley charged ance, and the easterly wineprecludes arrivals. Refiners'
appearance th t d
on a ay. with stealing a gold chronometer watch, value 95 produce is more inquired for, and a fair amount of businses
complaints are no longer in this country. His Royal High- disposition, had desired him to ask witness why it ble ; and he might thus have easily guessed the and he put round the side some old blue and white. has been transacted, without change in price. Rum scarce
ness desires me to express to the Royal Commissioners his
was notwithstandina all the loss and annoyance he purpose for which Mr. Hustwick had been sent for. She was afraid the thing would be blown down Th b •
- e ail not being forthcoming the prisoner was tradesman
guineas, the property of Mr. Thomas, a . and wanted ; some large parcels of Jamaicas have been sold
willingness to forward copies of the correspondence in any ' - , . . locked up. in Union-street, Southwark, and which was origm- here to be transhipped from other ports.
had sutured 'rem lis contracts with the Govern- Under all the circumstances of the case, he (the and break the chamPagne. They had to -put up
special case that may be called for and, fiuther, to order ally manufactured by Mr. Arnold, the celebrated
any officers they may wish to attend and give evidence. ment, he was still so pertinacious in his attempts to learned judge) felt he should not be doing his duty some old scenery on the side on which the wind a. John Cartwrialt alias Sharn Henry alias Jack
- ' ' ' a s ' watchmaker in the Strand, for the Rev. Theodore COAL MARKET-Nov. 19.
."I am directed to add that many of the complaints in be reinstated among their list of contractors ? if he did not condemn both the opposing parties in blew. .The gardens closed. on the 30th September. °harp, a respectably attired man, about 30 years of Williams, the vicar of Hendon, whose armorial (Prices of Coal per Ton at the close of the market.)
question were received from the newly raised second batta- Witness replied that, to a mercantile man, cha- the costs. described on the charge-sheet as an outfitt r
At Christma.s he made his claim. She said it was age, e, b ' • .t.
eanngs, ini ials, and motto, are engraved on the s. d. Walls End.;
lions which are now completed, and to observe that the meter and position are great things. He had been - TINKER V. TINKEk-JUDICIAL SEPARATION. absurd to charge such a sum, and he said he knew *din at 20 Dr -
rem g , o set street, Portman-square, was
course latterly adopted with reference to complaints of ,
taken off the list very improperly, as he thought, In this case the petitioner, Mrs. Tinker, late of it was too much, but the next year they would do c g
har ed with a cons irac o efraud Mr Hum-
p yt d I . outer case of the watch. Hastings Hart1ey.....17 9
Nixon's Merthyr . ... .21 0 Hetton s. d.
20 0
, clothing and necessaries has had the effect of speedily The prisoners, who have been twice remanded,
phreys of a quantity of ironmongery. Powell' D
s uffeynSteam2l 0 South Relive l9 3
remedying the effects incident to the introduction ot a new and he had a natural desire to slow that he had Hyde, in the county of Chester but now of Chor- somethina superior, only charging for workmen's
a offered the watch for sale to Mr. Prehowski, a Jew, Nixon's DufTryn 21 0 Haswell .... 2O 0
system.-I have, &c., not deserved that treatment. He had at present an ley, alleged the adultery of her h'usband as a ground wages. Mr. John Wakeling appeared for the prosecution • -
carrying on business as an outfitter, in Ratcliffe- Riddell 17 0
"G. A. WETHERALL Adjntant-General. unsettled account with the Government for goods of separation. She was represented by Dr. Philli- Cross-examined-She was considered to have and Mr. Lewis, junior, for the defence. highway, ten days ago. It was in a mutilated IValls End. Harton , l7 3
" Colonel French, United Service'Club." - supplied to Weedon to the amount of about £7,000 more, Q.C. and Mr. Coleridge ; Mr. Tinker's cowl- good taste in these matters. (A laugh.) Mr. Wakeling having opened the case at some
• state, the ring, hands, and glass of the watch Hilda 16 6 South Durham l7 6
Mr. Samuel Isaac, of the firm of Isaac, Camp- or xB,OOO. The delay in payment had arisen from sel being Ar. Harris. It was stated that the parties, Mr. Prentice--And good taste is an expensive length, called Gosforth l7 0 , Cassop 19 0
being wanting. The price asked for it (15 guineas)
bell, and Co., army clothing contractors, of 71, the inquiry it had been necessary to make into the both of whom were upwards of 60 years of age, article. Mr. Humphreys, an ironmonger, of 5, Bousfield- Ships at market, 15-sold, 13.
was so much below its real value that the suspicions
St. James's-street, was called, and said that on. the state ofaccounts there. were married in the month of March, 1827, at His Lordship left it with the jury to say whether, terrace, Islington, who stated that the prisoner of Prehowski were aroused. He detained the watch
30th of June last they received a letter from Gene- In reply to a question from the Chairman, wit- Stockport, and that they had had a family. The under all the circumstances, the .£2O paid into court came to reside next door to him, and opened a ha- gave information to the police, and the prisoners RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
ral Peel terminating the contract, three months ness said, :qr. Wollen, a gentleman whom he knew, wife had left her during her coverture, two sums of was sufficient to meet the plaintiff's demand ; and, berdasher's shop about the beginning of Aug. last. were arrested the same night in Wellclose-square, •
from that time, which they had with the War- had led witness to infer that he had given some- £25,000 each, of which £B,OOO had been tied upon if not, to how much more she was entitled. When the prisoner came to his shop he said he had by Deeble, an intelligent detective officer, No. 135 TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THEWEEK.
office for the supply of army regulation boots, and thing to an inspector at Weedon. Witness could her by settlement, and the rest had come into the The Jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for £2O taken the premises next door, and was going to H. 'The prisoners said they bo ht th
ug e watch of a
striking them off the list of contractors with the not give the date of the conversation, it was some possession of her husband. In 1846, Mr. Tinker beyond the sum paid into court. open it as a haberdasher's, and he should want a •
boy in Portsmouth three weeks previously for five Miles Opened. Receipts.
Government. One of the terms of the contract, time since. Mr. Wollen supplied him with various embarked in a number of railroad and other specu- Mr. Hawkins applied for speedy execution, upon few goods, and he would come in again and select •
guineas. Deeble waited on the maker of th.e watch, Railways. ,___......-____, ~..-_-..- ~
General Peel said, was that it should be declared articles used in his trade, and frequently called on lations, which he alleged as a reason for frequent the ground that M. Jullien was shortly going to them. When he selected the goods, which was about who referred him to the Rev. Th d
eo ore Williams,
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void in the event of the contractor paying any him on matters of business. On one of those occa- absences from home. His wife however, began to bid this t "
coun ry good bye." the 14th of that month, he did not say anything •
for whom it was manufactured eight or nine years _____,_
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gratuity or reward to any person in the employ-
e sions Mr. Wollen, in a casual conversation,remarked suspect him of impropriety, an'd at last succeeded Mr. Justice Willes-No. M. Jullien was quite Particular; the goods he selected then were of the . Ballymena and Portrush... 35
ago,. and who on being waited upon said he dis- Bedale and Leyburn lO 35 - -
10 129 109
ment a the War-office ; and his (General Peel s) that he (witness) had had a great number of the in discovering a laison which had existed between an En lishman now, and he did not see why he value of about 40s. or 50s. After that the man D sed of it 11 months ao. Belfast and Ballymena 65 65 1,134 1,172
attention had been called to the fact that on the articles he had sent to Weedon under his contracts him and a woman in London named Eliza Bidders, shouldgbe t d d'ff 1 f h M• t '
reate i erent yto one o er ars y s Stacey, who the prisoner stated was his nephew - °Deeble now stated thgat •
in consequence of the Belfast and County Down l7 17 463 268
15th of Ma.y last witness paid £5OO to Mr. Elliott, rejected. Witness said he had,unfortunately ; and by whom he had children. Mr. Tinker's business subjects. If there were any special circumstances and his shopman, obtained some more goods. On publication of the first and second examination of Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June 32
Blyth and 'T y_ n e ao 32
13 2,385 2,962
811 1,383
- late principal storekeeper at Weedon. Genera -g
a ded that Ile (Mr. Wollen) had also had a lot of was at the Borough Steam Wheel Works Newing th - •
- ey might be laid before him on affidavit. the 21st of Aug. the prisoner came again and ob- • Bristol and Exeter
the prisoners in the newspapers the owner of the Caledonian llB 117 met 5,770
Peel added that he was aware that the transaction the serge he sent to Wecdon rejected. Mr. Wollen ton-causeway, but he had lived with gidders, at tained more articles and when he (witness) took in 1 198 t 13,472 14,116
was stated to have been a loan, but it was made said that was so, but that they were passing it then. Albert-terrace, Camden-town, and No. 3, Kilburn- INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.-Nov. 19. the account, he toldthe prisoner he should be glad ,rb
watch had sent for him, and turned out to be Mr. Clies.&Holyhead(witliMold 94
fU • t t S th lc h c
omas, o mon-s ree , ou war ,w o was ockermouth & Workington 8 945 5,424 5,459
81 2 7 280
under such easy circumstances to Mr. Elliott that Witness said Mr. Wollen was a lucky fellow. terrace, Kilburn. The only question in dispute was . (Before Mr. Commissioner Murphy.) . if he could settle it ; the prisoner said that having attacked on Epsom Downs, on the Derby-day, the co
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 340 324
he (General Peel) could only consider it in the Mr. Wollen replied that he went down to Wee- whether the paramour of this woman was really the IN RE WILLIAM LASLETT THE ELDER. paid for the whole of his stock of haberdashery, he 25th May last, by two men who ill-used him and rk, Blackrock, & Passage
Deeside 6.1
17 17
6i 186 237
238 244
nature of a gift or gratuity, which every officer in don on several occasions and saw Mr. Mallett husband of the petitioner ? After hearing witnesses, The insolvent, who had been in partnership with I could not then pay him. The next day the pri- forcibl d ad th th f • hi
y ragae ewa c iom s person. ava
- Dublin & Belfast Junction 56 56 1,440 1,286
the establishtnent was precluded from accepting. (one of the Government inspectors of cloth) and The jury at once found the issue against the •
re- his son, William Laslett, as hay salesmen, having soner pal
'd him £2 and then he heard that the ri-
' P Thomas had seen the watch and identified it imme-
r. Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,550 1,579
Dub. & Wicklow (in.Kingst 4O/ 40/ 1,307 1,242
On the 20th of July witness wrote to General made it all right. He added that if witness was in spondent. an office at the Bricklayers' Arms Station, was soner had decanaped. He afterwards heard • that di I
ate y. Dundalk and Enniskillen
- Peel stating the circumstances under which he had a " mess" with his cloth he was sure that he could Sir C. Cresswell decreed the separation prayed for dMR d f dit
opposed by Mr. Dowse an r. ee or cre ors. none of the goo& in the shop, and which were r. ar ey- o one cou mis ae i .
M Ydl N ld 't k 1 'Where Suunndeeee and Arbroath ll 174
d , Perth, & Aber. Jun 31 31 551 570
950 999
advanced the £5OO in question to Mr. Elliott, and make it right for him. Witness replied that he had BOYLAN V. BOYLAN. Mr. Richard Martin appeared as counsel for the , taken away by the prisoner, had been paid for. is the prosecutor ? East Anglian 671 67/ 873 997
complaining of the injustice that had been done to no cloth under examination at that time. He , • Mr. Lewis declined to ask witness any questions a.S.Counties fk. &E Union
,Nr , . 489 489 23,782 22,775
1 his was another petition for judicial separation insolvent. , Deeble--He is unable to attend on account of East Kent l9l - 253 -
his firm by the General's decision. On the 15th of thought Mr. Wolllen said he had also seen Mr. The case was before the court on a former day aud asked for the dismissal of the prisoner on the
on the ground of adultery. severe illness. He can identify the man who stole E.Lancashire(in.Blackburn 111 105 6,057 5,422
May last witness paid into the bank at NorthamP" Mallett in London, and that they had a glass of Mr. Temple appeared for the respondent, who and stood over for the attendance of the insolvent's ground that it was a matter for another court, as his watch, and I believe they will turn out to be v=gp,,aggirjrnde'e' 142 142 5,743 5,737
ton, where he had a place of business, a cheque on brandy and a cigar toaether. He did not seek the had merely denied the fact of the marriage ; and daughter, Elizabeth Laslett, who had lent her it was one of debt. the two prisoners. a -78
Forth & Clyde Junction - 78 3,446 3,412
285 252
Messrs. Herries Farquhar, & Co., for £5OO to ;the conversation with Mr7Wollen, and he had told the •
Dr. Spinks for the wife, Rosetta Boylan. father some money, and in November, 1856, he made Mr. Wakelina said there were several other cases Mr. Yardley-When will he be able to appear ? Furness 22 -
22 1,007 1,471
credit of Mr. Elliott, who had solicited that amount commissioners all he knew about the matter. The learned civilian after giving other evidence a
over his furniture to her. Both father and daugh- against the prisoner. In one case, that of a Mr. Deeble-Not for another week. Glasgow & South-Western. 1834 1834 7,070 7,244
from him as a loan until the ensuing Tuesday, when The Chairman-Did you make any observation 1 11 d h '• •
at ength, ea et e petitioner, who deposed that, ter were examined on the subject. Sanders, a jeweller, the prisoner put the shutters Mr. Yardley-Then let the prisoners be re- Great Northern 2&3 283 25,414 21,454
Great North of Scotland
he stated he should be in London to receive a con- about his having made it all right with Mallett ? • r. 01=31ss10
'h "dh d Whl MC ".
in 1833, s e was marne to t e respon ent, ic ae ner Murphy was satisfied with up to make it appear as if some one was dead, and manded until Friday next. Gt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind. 229 203. 6,710 6,228
siderable sum of money from the department. For Witness-No. - Boylan, by a Presbyterian minister in Dublin. the account given respecting the furniture. when Mr. Sanders called he found the shopman in Great Western
Hull and Holderness
V 2 218
that accommodation witness took no formal acknow- The Chairman-You might have done so, you Th iu at once found the fact of the marria e
g , Some inquiries were instituted into other matters, tears, and was induced to leave the mourning rings WANDSWORTH.-Geo. Field, aged 13 years, 18
Inverness & Aberdeen June 52 18
15 - -
.ledgment, nor did he dream of charging interest know ; you miaht have expressed virtuous india- e a Irish South-Eastern 255 255 181 230
it, ei and the 7ourt declined to hear Mr. Temple any and as further information was required, which the on approbation, and when he went to see if they employed at Messrs. Price's candle factory, was Killarney Junction 4l 41 488 422
upon the amount. .On the 17th of May witness nation. (A laugh.) further. learned counsel for the insolvent could not resist, suited he found the shop closed and the parties charged before Mr. Dayman. with stealing three- Lancaster and Carlisle (in
wrote Mr. Elliott from Northampton, " The £5OO Witness did not think there was any necessity Dr. S• 1 th 11 dth d ht fth t.
pin cs en ea e e aug, er o epe 1- the case was adjourned to Tuesday, for the reason gone. The prisoner had also obtained about X2O quarters of a pound of cocoanut fat, value 41d. Kendal and Windermere 100 100 6,512 6,557
I promised to pay into the bank (Saturday) has for him to do that. His impression really was, tioner who stated that she had gone to the lodgings mentioned. worth of goods from Castle, Jones, and Such, of It appeared that upwards of 700 men and boys Limerick aud Foynes
Lane. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn 299 299 22,783 20,417
been carried out, and as I shall not be home before from what Mr. IVollen said to him, that he kad be- of her' father. a L.
t iverpool, in order to receive from Love-lane, City. He then called were employed in the factory, and for some time Llanelly 2 20
4 35 193 79
534 449
Tuesday next, will you kindly repay the same to hayed generously to the inspector at Weedon. Be- him the allowance he made her mother. As he was POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-Nov. 19. Mr. J. Sward, a builder, of 241, Tottenham- Past the managers found they were being robbed London dr. North-Western 686 647 5.5,120 56,582
our cashier, Mr. Collis, or hand him a cheque for sides, Mr. Wolllen said to him (witness) only yes- not able at that time to give it her she stayed all court-road, who said that, towards the end ofJuly, London and Blackwall 5
to a considerable extent. Shortly after 6 o'clock London & South-Western 28 : 1,289 1,251
the amount." He called General Peel's attention terday morning, in a casual conversation he had night. At bed-time she said to him, " Father, are 4P- 270 13,072 12,540
Loud Bri hton & S Colst '
the prisoner called upon him, and said he wanted on Thursday evening, the prisoner was stopped ud • g ~ : . 192 18. 14C 13,tgi
- MANSION-HOUSE.-William Chalkley, porter erry and Enniskillen
to that letter (a copy of which he had kept) as a with him, that he would tell him sonic 12 or 18 •
you going to sleep with that woman ?" Mrs. a shop fitted out as an outfitter at Holloway. Wit- coming out of the gates by Walker, the watchman, Lond., Tilbury, & Southend 42 40 1,052 920
proof that be (witness) did not consider the paY- months hence what really had taken place. Russell replied, "Of course he is ; -where else is he •
in th 1
m oyment of Messrs. Tegg and 00. pub-
e e p . 9.727 10,234
ness asked him why he came to him, and whether with the cocoanut fat wrapped in a paper and con- lantic.estenia, & Linpolnsh 17 1734
ment a gift. He also reminded General Peel that Mr. Fred. Wollen, a flannel warehouseman, in l a
to s eep. Afterwards she saw him go into INlrs lishers, of Queen-street, Cheapside, who had' been .8c Altrincham 9 91 845 834
he had been recommended, when he replied that he cealed under his smock.
on the 15th of May, when witness paid the £5OO Wood-street, Cheapside, was called, and admitted R 1 ,
usse 1 s room, and heard her lock the door. • remanded upon the charge of defrauding his master Maryport and Carlisle
believed that he (witness) was a respectable man,
.The prisoner in defence said his hands smarted Midland
into the bank, Mr. Elliott was in charge of the havina had conversations with the preceding wit- ,
The Court expressed itself satisfied, telt the sen- of several sums of money, by altering figures in his Midland G t.Wes tn. of Ir 1,522 4,025
that he wanted the work well done, and that he with pain, and he asked one of the boiler men lnd. 177 177
Dublin stores, Captain Gordon having actually ness obn the two occasions referred to by him, but tence was postponed, in order to allow the wife an way-book when entrusted with the delivery of
should pay ready money for it. He did the work, .
named Ward to give hini a piece of fat to rub over Monkland 52
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Cana 44 52 - -
44 2,362 2,232
parcels at the Great Weste C
rn ompany's Railway
taken over the " remain" at Weedon as his succes- he denied positively that he had ever held any lan. opportunity of filing a petition for alimony. and had not received any money for it. them. The man told him to take a piece out of a Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 2,919 3,345
sor. He (witness) had, therefore, no occasion to uage leading him to suppose he gave money to IN TIIE GOODS OF FREDERICK WAINWRIGHT, office in King-street, Cheapside, was brought before tub, and he did so. Newport,Aberg.,& Hereford 50 43 1,391 1,130
the Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman C 'WU ' tt
ui,in pe y Sergeant Harvey, 9G, said the prisoner had ob- North British (in. Dalkeith 149 • 149 5,588 5,496
purchase future favours from Mr. Elliott, and with Ltllett or any one at Weedon to make it all right. DECEASED. This statement was positively denied by Ward. North Devon 35 35 572 531
reaard to any claim that officer might be supposed What he meant by making it all right was that I h.
tis case the deceased had perished, with his sessions. tained the house in Dorset-street, Portman-square,
Mr. Dayman inquired what use was made of the Is'alsomslit Toanstdeorun 7251 720 30,722 33,762
toliave on witness's firm for previous services, it when his serge was rejected at Weedon he had it •11
fe and child, at Cawnpore in June, 1857 ; and Th • 1
e prisoner p eaded guilty, and begged for entirely through false pretences. It was full of fur- „
tat outside. North Staffordshire 9 9 2,378 . 2,450
mercy on account of his wife and family. niture, and elegantly fitted up. He had known thc 233 233 ` 6,861 6,864
could. be proved that the firm had been far heavier bi ought back and examined with great labour and D
wii
Ta • s Q.O ea ed 1 '
v.is , ~ m - tia .
t letters of administra- The manager said it was sold chiefly to the marine North-We!itern 461 aca 802 961
sufferers than any other contracting house by the pains, and, after selecting the best pieces and ex- •.'
Mr. Tegg said that the frauds committed by the Prisoner for some years,. and was aware that he had N. Yorkshire and Cleveland ioi _ 196 -
ton might be granted to his (the deceased's) • s ore ealers in the neighbourhood for candles and
t d
oppressive irregularities of the system administered pending about £BO in giving a better finish to them nnsoner would not have been discovered had it not been indicted at the sessions, but had been acquitted. oxford, Wore., &Wolver.. 944 94 4,329 4,336
at Weedon by Mr. Elliott. Besides, from the and in carriage and insurance, he returned them to mother. As there were no means of ascertaining -
been for the vigilance of Mr. Winterburn, the clerk Mr. Lewis said there was no charge at present soap to be made of it. Peebles lB 18 185 179
il 30 1,821 1,788:
amount so ad.vanced to Mr. Elliott, £230 was Weedon and they passed inspectior. He had no that Mrs. Wainwright had not survived her hus-
of the railway company's office. before the magistrate, and if the Earties wanted. Mr. Dayman told the prisoner that if the fat had gLyan=trv& Ka way 30
50 50 2,972 2,960
applied by him on the .I.7th of May in payment of particular motive for saying to Mr. Isaac, the last band, Mrs. Wainwright, sen., had felt some diffi
c It '
yin swearing that he had died a widower. - The prisoner was sentenced to three months' im- • • he
their cases heard let them sign t e sheet m t been given to him honestly he would have carried Scottish
it in his hands, and not concealed it in his smock. s North-Eastern ll5 115 3,958 3,896
hrewsbury & Birmingham 295 295 1,783 1,634
the weekly expenses of the Government establish- witness, in the conversation he had with him yes- u - nrisonment with hard labour. usual manner. Shrewsbury and Chester
ment at Weedon, showing his want of funds at the terday, that he would tell him all about the matter 1 Sir C. Cresswell said it was clear that n -
o one Angelina Leary, Mary Smith, and Ellen Burns, Mr. Tyrwhitt said he was not surprised at so He fined him ss. or seven days' imprisonment. Shrewsbury & Hereford
date of the loan. Again, the transaction stood upon a year or a year and a half hence, except that he ese was entitled to administration, aa h h Id
n es ou three notorious and abandoned women, were many persons being present, but the difficulty was Shropshire Union
South Devon - 29f 760 955
57 571 2,279 2,367
record in the books of two banking establishments, wanted to get rid of the matter yesterday. therefore grant the motion of the learned co 1
unse . South-Eastern 3Ol 301- 17,840 16,5L0
charged with robbing Mr. F. Asberee, a gardener, to fix the prisoner. He hoped that publicity would
.11.1.ETROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS'
- • South Wales l7l int 6,419 7,oau
which witness submitted as evidence not only of Mr. Saul Isaac another member of the firm of COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. • living at Chippenham, of his purse, containig• £3 10s. be given to the taw, and that the prisoner would
--- 4.- S. Yorkshire and River Dun 108 108 3,019 2,945
his havina no desire to seek concealment, but Isaac and Campb'ell, said he had had conversations The proSecutor said that upon arriving in town be known. If credit -Was not given he did not know . Stockton and Darlington
a (Sittings in Banco, before Lord C b The weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board Taff Vale
also of the payment of the money, so that any with air. Wollen on the subject of the rejection of amp ell and on the d.
prece ing day he proceeded to the Primrose how trade could be carried on. The prisoner WOllld 53 38 - -
written acknowledgement of its receipt was his serge at Weedon, and the manner of Mr. Justices Wightman, Erle, and Hill.) public-house, in Primrose-street, where he sat down nova be discharged. of Works was held yesterdayr in No. 1 Committee- Ulster 36
Ulverstone and Lancaster
19 1,717 1,414
401 217
unnecessary either in a prudential or legal Wollen and the insinuations he had made had THE CASE OF MISS JOHNSTONE. and smoked his pipe. .He had not been long there The prisoner, when he left, was again taken into room, Guildhall-Mr. Thwaites in the chair.
The •
financial report was presented, which showed Vale of Neath
Warrington and Stockport l2
255 251 1,645 1,640
12 - -
point of view. For these reasons he asked Gen. strongly impressed him that Mr. Wollen had given Mies Johnstone - who. on a former occasion before the prisoners entered,and asked him to stand custody. Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 293 282
Peel to 'reinstate him on the list of contractors Mallett, the inspector, money. sought tbe interference of the Court to compel the something to drink. He refused to do so, and . a total general balance of £132,683. Waterford and Limerick
for the public service. On the 10th of August The Chairman exhorted Mr. Wollen, if there judge- of the Whitechapel , County Court to hear presently one of the prisoners, he could not say WORSHIP-STREET.-Dennis Coleman, a a MAIN DRAINAGE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE West Cornwall 271 271 512 564
THAMES. W. Hart lepool Harbr. & R ail 39 39 3,037 3,003
last he received a reply from the Secretary of State really was anything behind, even at the 11th hour, and determine a plaint she had filed against a police which, put her hand in his pocket and stole his Powerful thick-set man, with sharp features and
Mr. R T '
. AYLOR, after a few observations, brought Whi
Whitehaven Junction l2 12 473 457
for War stating that for the present his request to make a clean breast of it. • •
magistrate for refusing to punish • certain parties parse containing £3 10s. Ile was not sober was char ed before Mr D'Ercourt
a bushy beard, . g . tehaven & Furness Tun 35
„ r forward the motion of which he had given notice-- whaeen,cleatoratliarm. nt: 7 35
7 437 450
200 `..'83
could not be entertained, but that it was open to Mr. Wollen said he would have done -so had he who had subjected her to annoyance in the street at the time. He immediately told Mr. Metcalf, with obtaining £l.by false pretences from N orthy
viz.
:___. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
him to renew his application at a future period had anything to disclosebeyond what he had stated -being on the floor of the court when the judges jun.. one of the proprietors of the house, he had been Blake.". Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 916 791
" That the enn•incer be requested to report immediately Austrian 3l 670 34 220
should he be desirous of doing so. On Oct. 16, wit- to the Commissioners, but he had not, and he entered, robbed. Mr. Metcalfstruggledwith theprisoners and The prosecutor, a young man, who stated that he to the Board whe'n his plans and specifications for the low Belgian Eastern Ju 828
673
'3Ol '25.)
nction 261 261
ness, having heard that the War Department was solemnly reiterated his previous statement that he Lord Campbell said they had read her affidavit, attempted to stop them, but they escaped. They had only been two months in London, was accosted level sewer on the south side of the Thames will be corn. Runic, and Lake Huron
about to invite tenders for a three years' supply of had never given money to Mallett. and were of opinion that they could not interfere in were shortly afterwards captured. by the prisoner yesterday in Finsbury with an in- pleted ?" , Detroit and Milwaukie 1575 100 1,930 1,543
Dutch Rhenish loBt 1084 2,849 asao
artily clothing., asked permission to enter into the The Commissioners then adjourned until Tuesday the matter. Mr. A. Metcalf, jun., said prosecutor entered the timation that he had some beautiful cigars to sell The motion havina been seconded, Grand Trunk of Canada 879 849 11,276 9,619
competition, and enclosed, as an additional proof of next at Woolwich. Miss Johnstonc--Under the very distressina cir- house with a friend, the former being drunk, the cheap. He accompanied. hint into a public-house
4, f Mr. BAZALGETTE,t'the engineer, said there WOBla Great Indian Peninsula l3O 84 - -
the bona fides with -which he acted in the matter of curnstances, to whom, then, am I to apply ? Great Luxembouro• 3B
latter sober, and called for something to drink. Tha and then a watch, which the prisoner assufed him be no delay in preparing the plan and specifications Great Western a 'onnada„ 2'g 283 1,492 1,042
9,472 9,778
the £5OO, a copy of a letter he had written to Mr. Lord Campbell-We cannot give you any ad- barmaid observing the state he was in, refused to was silver, and a chain, described as gold, was for this low level sewer, but they would not be ready Lombardo-Venetian 283 249 9,275 9,303
Elliott asking him to pay it, and an exculpatory FIRE AI THE BATH ASSEMBLY- vice. supply him, and advised him to go horn. His friend offered him for £6 10s. Prosecutor expressed his before May next. - Lyons and Geneva 142 107 - -
letter he had since received from Mr. Elliott, writ- ROOMS. Miss Johnstone-Here, my lord, is a newspaper then left the house. Witness saW the prisoner Leary doubt of the quality, and prisoner then solemnly Mr. It. TAYLOR, under the circumstances, said Machid, Saragossa &Alicant 284 176
Maria Antonia' 2l 21 9,778 3,944
244 209
ten in America. The reply of Mr. Howell, the • - in which lam held up to ridicule. put her hand into the prosecutor's pocket and take swore to the truth of his assertion ; finally, the two he would withdraw his motion. . Northern of France 574 574 44,447 42,736
Director of Contracts, on Oct. 30, was th t G
a eneral A fire of a very extraordinary character occurred Lord Campbell-I find you have applied to the his purse. .He immediately ran- round to the side were purchased for £l, Prisoner saying he was glad The motion was then withdrawn. Norwegian Trunk 44 44 745 688
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn B4l 781 69,166 61,815
Peel could not then entertain the re pest to be re- t the Bath Assembly-rooms on Thursday afternoon. Earl of Derby, the Home Secretary, and other door, and observed her pass the purse to Smith, who to get rid of them at that price, as he was a smuggler THE NEW OFFICES OF THE BOARD IN SPRING: P'aarrlss aanng orrrlaeitslinisr,
instated, as the Royal Commissioners for inquirin a
.g parties ; and if they have no power to interfere, we put it in her bosom. A scuffle ensued, and the pri- just arrived from Boston, and had, on his passage,
GARDENS. Royal Danish 69 69 531 567
into the proceedings at Weedon had not made their This magnificent building is the focus of the fashion- -
cannot a . *
ssist you. soners, who managed to release themselves from his " cribbed" them from the captain. He then walked a Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,448 1,338
On the motion of Mr. BRISTOW, the followin .
report. able cia•cles in Bath. On Thursday afternoon there m•
iss Johnstonca-But they have the power ; and. hold, ran clown Angel-alley. Knowing the danger away, followed by the prosecutor, who, after bein 0 Southern of France 777 577 15,895 12,931
g resolution was agreed to :- West Flanders
The letter of Mr. Elliott to witness was put in was a concert of the Bath Glee and Madrigal So- if the d t 't 1111 b '
y ono use i , sia e compelled to take of entering the alley alone, he obtained the assist- threatened by him for so doing, gave him into the
and read, as follows :- • 4. :
cle.y, in which Mad.ame Rudersdorif, Miss Palmer, some unpleasant steps. I thank your lordships for ance of three policemen, when the prisoners were custody of a policeman. " That the General Purposes Committee be instructed to W. and N.W. of France 716 594 36,194 31,392
consider the requirements of the Board and its offices, and
"New York Au.• 30. •
, o' Herr Moliqu,e Signor Radnegger , Mr. Thomas, your attention, but I must now take the matter apprehended in the back yard of one of the houses. 168 N produced a quantity of mock jewellery to order the architect to prepare the necessary plans for TADTERTISEmENT.]-11olloway's Pills.-There is but
"Dear Sir,-Having read in the papers a statement re-
ferring to the loan of £5OO made by you to me, and to vari- Mr. Palmer, and other artistes were taking part, into my own hands. •
Constable 643 said he assisted. in apprehending very well executed, and the watch and chain in erecting the building on the site of Berkeley-house, in ac- one disease, the fountain of all others, bad blood, and there
ous public dealings with you as a contractor, which state- and a large and fashionable audience were assem- The applicant then left the court in an indignant the prisoners. He found £1 ls. on Smith, but no question, which Mr. D'Evneourt examined with cordance with the terms of the agreement entered into be- but one infallible remedy for it, Holloway's Pills. The
tween her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods, &c., and the blood is the life of life. There can be nothing in the sr-
ment if unexplainel might Rive.toithese trans.aetjons apha- bled. The concert had proceeded for about half an mood.
a. purse. surprise on learning that the watch (an engine-
_ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Board, and that the 'committee report thereon and submit tern permanently or radically unsound. while that vital

The prosecutor, a young man, who stated that he
had only been two months in. London, was accosted
by the prisoner yesterday in Finsbury with an in-
timation that he had some beautiful cigars to sell
cheap. He accompanied him into a pulic-house,
and then a watch, which the prisoner assured him
was silver, and a chain, described as gold, was
offered him for £6 10s. Prosecutor expressed his
doubt of the quality, and prisoner then solemnly
swore to the truth, of his assertion ; finally, the two
were purchased for £l, prisoner saying he was glad
to get rid of them at that price, as he was a smuggler
just arrived from Boston, and had, on his passage,
" cribbed" them from the captain. He then walked
away, followed by the prosecutor, who, after being
threatened by him for so doing, gave him into the
custody of a policeman.
168 N produced a quantity of mock jewellery
very well executed, and the watch and chain in
question, which Mr. D'Eyncourt examined with
surprise on learning that the watch (an engine-
turned thick chronometer, and jewelled in eight
holes) was worth only 65., and the chain neat and
linked was only brass ; he then observed—" This
really must be a very wonderful production ; why,
'it is going !"
Officer—Oh yes, Sir, and goes well—that is fast,
for it has gained three hours in the twelve since I
have had it. The cases are only common metal,
and the works old rubbish put in motion. There
is a maker's name, " Hurst, London." Both articles
have been tested.

A fire of a very extraordinary character occurred
at the Bath Assembly-rooms on Thursday afternoon.
This magnificent building is the focus of the fashion-
able circles in Bath. On Thursday afternoon there
was a concert of the Bath Glee and Madrigal So-
ciety, in which Madame Rudersdorif, Miss Palmer,
Herr Moliqu,e Signor Radnegger , Mr. Thomas,
Mr. Palmer, and other artistes were taking part,
and a large and fashionable audience were assem-
bled. The concert had proceeded for about half an
hour, when smoke, which had a peculiar smell,was
observed in the room. The committee of manage-
ment at first thought that it arose from the
hot air apparatus, but an inspection showed
them that fire was raging beneath the floor
of the concert-room. The committee thereupon
quickly distributed themselves throughout the
room, and communicated that all was not right
to the audience, and they rose and left the
room as orderly as though the concert had con-
cluded. Indeed, Miss Palmer, who was singing at
the time, afterwards remarked that uponiseeing the
audience rise so calmly, she thought they were
paying an act of courtesy to some distinguished
person who had entered. Before, however, all had
left the room, flames burst through the flooring.
Fortunately, a number of men were at work at the
time, and they and the attendants at the room im-
mediately tendered their services. Several gentle.
men also assisted. A portion of the flooring was
forced up, and a copious supply of water, passed
from hand to hand in buckets, was poured upon the
burning joists. The police, with the city hose and
fire engines, were also speedily in attendance, and
rendered good service, and the fire was in less than
an hour completly mastered. The greatest proof
of coolness and good management on this occasion
is yet to be shown. In another room, Friend's
being American panorama was exhibited at the
time by gaslight to about 1,200 people, and it may
be easily imagined what consternation and panic
would have been created amongst such an assembly
had a cry
of fire been raised. As soon as the fire
was discovered an intimaiion was quietly conveyed
to Mr.
closed Friend, and the doors of his own room
and g.uair. did. He soon afterwards while
describing American
most judiciously took
occasion to remark upon
uon the direful consequences
which usually resulted from persons attempting to
rush from public assembliesupon the occurrence of
accidents, fires, Sc., and so
in some measure, supposing- thingspieparielda dh is audience
come to.the
worst. So admirably, however, had things been
managed, that his audience had not the slightest
idea of their proximity to so great a danger. The
damage is comparatively, trifling to what it must
have been had the fire oceurred at night.: The even-
ino•.7) concert had to be held at the Guildhall.

On the motion of Mr. BRISTOW, the following
resolution was agreed to
" That the General Purposes Committee be instructed to
consider the requirements of the Board and its offices, and
to order the architect to prepare the necessary plans for
erecting the building on the site of Berkeley-house, in ac-
cordance with the terms of the agreement entered into be-
tween her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods, &c., and the
Board, and that the committee report thereon and submit
the plans to this Board at the earliest possible period."

"Dear Sir,—Having read in the papers a statement re-
ferring to the loan of £5OO made by you to me, and to vari-
ous public dealings with you as a contractor, which state-
ment if unexplained might give toithese transactions a cha-
racter not in accordance with the facts, I think it right,
both in justice to myself and to you, to say that, as to the
£5OO having been given as a bribe, or for any favour shown
to you in the discharge of my public duties, the assertion is
a cowardly and calumnious falsehood, which no man, how-
ever high his position, would dare to advance were I in
England. (A laugh.) The passing certificates for stores
not delivered must, to any man conversant with the prac-
tice of the service, be an obvious impossibility. The certifi-
cate, previous to receiving my signature, must of necessity
have received those of the inspectors who examined the
,3
_TF.es, both as to quantity and quality, and upon the faith
nf !!,ose signatures mine would have been attached, and
without those, notwithstanding my signature, the Ac-
cotit,nl.ant-General would not allow the claim for payment.
facilitiesln ll
b: no way and on nooccasion have I favoured or offered
Your firm which were not extended equally to
all other contractors v '
Among them are many men of high
honour and e te to them I may confidently appeal
as to whether I
havenot upon all occasions endeavoured, to
ih 3 utmost of the I
me, to ensure them eagre assistance sparingly afforded' to
of their supplieslomptitude of payment and a fair in-
spection' That I ever ow you or
suffer by my neglect of du,any other contractor to
utterly and emphatically del, or absence from Weedon, I
him-
self more a slave to the publicNo man ever made
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by those who deem it honourable to c been less maligned
afthe expense of an absent and oppreZerdtheir own defects
he descended to what they would attribute to
who, had
the past 20 years of his service, possessed him during
- ample
opportu-
nity for becoming as wealthy and ad.,' ato,,, as s he is now
poor and unfriended,
" I regret my entire inability at present to repay you the
£5OO, but shall esteem it a first lien upon whatever balance
n --
is due to me from the Government, arising out of a claim
which I am now prosecuting., exceeding that advanced
against me by the War Department, and which, however
at present opposed, I believe to be irresistible both in law
and equity.
" I may add that I am ready at any moment to declare,
on oath, that the loan of £5OO was the first and only private
mlnetary transaction of any description between us, which,
at the time of borrowing, I am fully persuaded it would
have been in my power to replace out of money that I then
hal a prospect of raising.
" I remain, dear Sir, yours truly,
"W. tLLIOTT.

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The Court was occupied during the remainder
of the day with the case of the " Great Western
Railway Company, v. the Midland Railway Com-
pany," which was a part-heard case in the special
paper, raising certain questions upon an agreement
entered into between the two companies, with re-
gard to joint "running powers" and the leasing of
certain lines, &c.

The prisoners denied all knowledge of the robbery.
The Lord Mayor told Mr. Metcalf that the bar-
maid had acted with great liropriety in refusing to
serve the prosecutor when he was drunk. His lord-
ship then sentenced the prisoners to three months'
imprisonment with hard labour.

PROPOSED NEW MAIN THOROUGHFARE FROM THE
EAST TO THE WEST OF THE METROPOLIS.

Mr. WRIGHT rose for the purpose of calling the
attention of the Board to the difficulty of construct-
ing the middle level sewer, unless in conjunction
with the new line of street from Old-steet, St.
Luke's, to Hart-street, Bloomsbury, a line strongly
recommended by Mr. Marrable, the superintending
architect, in a reportpresented by him to the Board
on 12th Jan., 1857. Mr. Wright said the object
of the notice was to have the subject of the new
street brought under the consideration of the Main
Drainage Committee for them to ascertain how far
it might be desirable to carry out the new street
in connection with the construction of the middle
level main sewer. He was afraid that the time
for doing so this year was gone by, but still he Con-
sidered it right to bring the subject before the
Board, and he would now ask their engineer how
far it was desirable to carry on the middle level
sewer in connection with a new street from Hart-
street, Holborn, to Old-street, St. Luke's.
Mr. BAZALGETTE, the engineer, said difficulties
would occur in this locality, but if the sewer was
carried on in connection with this line of street,
those difficulties, to a certain extent, would be re-
moved, inasmuch as the construction of the two
works together would make a
irat difference in
regard
n antsowtehret
to
purchase o
questionf pfrroepine Tr.
I. Wright,
Mr. MARRABLE, the superintendent architect,
sabei the
626, net cost
wB, but of
withm a making g
expensehe this line
00/ street
paving, wouldBc e.
added, the gross cost would be £771,000. The cost
of that part of the street required by the engineer
—the net cost—would be £437,678, and the gross
cost .X. 550,873. .
Mr. WRIGHT then moved that the Main Drainage
Committee confer with the Works Committee, and
that they present immediately a joint report upon
this subject.
Mr. DixoN seconded the motion.
After a long discussion a division took place,
when the numbers were :—Fer the motion, 15 ;
against it, 12 ; majority, 3. •
Mr. LEGG gave notice for the next Board— •
" That it be referred to the Main Drainage Committee to

john Hopkins, a ferocious looking fellow, 50
years old, was charged with breaking his wife's leg
with a poker.

The Attorney General resumed his arguments on
behalf of the Midland Railway Company, his ad-
dress extending over more than five hours.
Mr. M. Smith had not concluded his reply on the
other side when the Court rose.
The case will be taken again on Monday next.

Constable .568 said—Yesterday afternoon, from
information I received, I went to St. Thomas Hos-
pital, and saw the prisoner's wife, who had a broken
leg. She at first said she broke it accidentally, and
upon my saying that I did not believe her, she told
me the prisoner had done it with a poker. She
also said that he had been in the habit of ill-using
her for years.
The prisoner, who denied having used any vio-
lence to his wife, was remanded.

Mr. D'Eyncourt—Well, it certainly appears a
very surprising accomplishment for such a price as
you mention. I will remand the prisoner, who
will no doubt be known, and then send him for
trial on the charge of obtaining money by false
pretences.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

STAFF V. JULLIEN.-M. JULLIEN IN A COURT OF

LAW.

Prisoner—l was drunk, and the prosecutor
hought he had a bargain.
Remanded.

MAI Staff, the plaintiff in this case, was a tent
manufacturer in the neighbourhood of the Dover-
road, and she claimed to recover VO Bs. for the
hire of a tent which had been fitted up for the pub-
lic at the Royal Surrey Gardens. The defendant
paid £2O into court, and denied his liability for any
greater amount.
Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Prentice appeared for the
plaintiff, and Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Turner for
the defendant.

CLERKENWELL.--John Williams and John
Hawkins, two fashionably-attired young men, who
stated that they lived in the Waterloo-bridge-road,
were placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt,
charged with stealing a valuable gold watch from
the person of Mrs. Ilizabeth Nalder, the wife of
Mi. James Nalder, under the following circum-
stances.

MARYLEB ONE.—A respectably-dressed young
woman, named Sophia Wilkinson, residing at 11,
George-street, Lisson-grove, was brought before
Mr. Long, charged with having attempted to mur-
der a man, and also to terminate her own existence.

White, 96 S, deposed that at six that morning
he was on the platform of the London and North-
Western Railway, at Euston-square, when he saw
the prisoner rushing towards a man who was in
the act of getting into a carriage, and seize him by
the hair of the head, with the evident intention of
cutting his throat with a knife which she had
drawn from her pocket. Finding that she was
foiled in her sanguinary object she made a despe-
rate effort to cut her own throat, but was prevented
by witness, who took, her into custody, bnt not be-
fore she had, in a struggle, inflicted several wounds
upon her hands.
Witness-produced the knife, the blade of which
was between four and five inches long; there was
blood upon it.
Mr. Long—ls the man here ?
Witness—He is not, sir. He went off by the
train with the intention, as I understand, of going
to Australia. He and the prisoner have been liv-,
ing together for some weeks.
most Eeri-
, Mr. Long (to the prisoner)—This is a

The plaintiff's case was that in the summer of
1856 her son waited upon Madame Jullien in refer-
ence to a tent, which he told her would cost for hire
£5 or £6 a week. This was for a common tent ;
but as the tent was wanted as a place for drinking
champagne in, it was suggested that it should be
supported by framework instead of by ropes; that
there should be a floor an sliding shutters; and
that it should be decorated by having muslin cur-
tains and by being painted. The tent cost £lOO,
whilst the one originally ordered would only have
cost £BO. The tent was up six weeks. Some
muslin curtains were blown away on the day of
the banquet to the Guards, and they were replaced
by some canvas curtains. The amount charged
for the hire of the tent was £8 Bs. a week, which,
for six weeks, would make the su►n claimed
£5O Ss.

It appeared that the prosecutrix was near De
Beauvoir-square, Kingsland, rather late in the
afternoon, when the prisoner Williams asked her
the way to the Holloway-road. She told him he
was going in the wrong direction, when the other
prisoner, who was standing, near, made some
remark ; and after she had told them the way and
was about leaving, she heard a snap, and then
putting her hand under her cloak found her gold
watch gone. She took hold of Williams and said,
" You bad boy, you have taken my watch," when
he indignantly asked her what she meant, and told
her to let go of him. Both of the prisoners were
attired in loose coats, and Williams having broken
away from her grasp, then ran off, and some work-
ing men pursued them, and finding that they were
followed the watch was thrown away. When the
prisoners were captured. the at first pretended that
they did not know each other, but at the station
they pleaded for forgiveness. Robberies of this

The witness, Mr. Isaac, said, in reply to the
Chairman, the £5OO was lent on Saturday-, the
15th of May, but it was on the Friday Mr. Elliott
asked him to advance it. Mr. Elliott simply said,
" Will you pay £5OO to my credit at the hank at
Northqmpton, for two or three days?" Witness
! plied he would. He did not gay what he wanted

Evidence was produced to make out the plaintiff's
ease, and to prove that the charge was reasonable.