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these men was much r tore likely to provoke a breach
of it.
John Backhouse fsr aid, he was canvassed by Mr. i
Sanderson and Mr. ;Serie for Charlesworth. No
money was offered hi, al, but Mr. Sanderson said if
he voted for Charles worth he would make a " first-
class tradesman" of 1 iim. Had been told by Edwin
Foster that he had n .ot £4O from T. Kemp Sander-
son for voting for C aarlesworth.
Edwin Foster was called, and swore positively
that no such convemation had ever taken place.
The only person who had ever offered him money
was Backhouse himself, who had promised him £l5
if he would stay away from the town on the polling
day.
Mrs. Gill said that Mrs. Atack, landlady of the
Mitre Inn, had offered to give her £2O if she would
persuade her husband to go away without voting.
Mrs. Atack was called, and acknowledged having
made the offer. Gill was always grumbling that
his vote was not as good as other people's, since
nobody offered him money for it, so she thought
she would try and get him some. She spoke to
Joe Brear on the subject, and Joe said she might
try to get Gill to go away, but he expected it would
be of no use. Mrs. Giil said she had no chance of
persuading her husband, for he had determined to
Tote for Leatham.
John Halliday said he voted for Leatham. The
day before the election one of the strangers called
at his shop and offered to give him £l6O if he and
his son would vote for Charlesworth. Both refused
the offer.
Daniel Turner was bribed by a stranger to vote
for Charlesworth with £3O. It was given to his
wife after the polling-day in a paper parcel.
John Dawson, publican, voted for Leatham for
£3O, which was given to him by Shaw the pawn-
broler• Was offered £4O by Huscroft to vote for
Charles7orth, but he refused it.
Joseph limnycliffe, a labourer, in the employ of
11Ir. G. W. Harrison, said he had offered a voter
£4O to vote for Latham, but the other side bought
him for £6O. Bribed another voter with £2O, and
got the money from Gilbert at Wainwright's office.
Was entirely a volunteer.
The witness was under examination when our
parcel was despatched. It is understood that at the
close of to-day's sitting. the Commissioners will ad-
journ for some weeks, in order to give time for the
production of the missing witnesses.
.

GLOCESTER ELECTION COMMISSION.

TWENTIETH DAY.

SHIREHALL, GLOCESTER, OCT. 24.

On the Commissioners—Messrs. Vaughan, Fitz-
gerald, and Welford—resuming the inquiry this

morning,
Mr. J. Lovegrove, Sir R. Carden's agent, was
questioned with reference to what had taken place
between him and Mr. Bernard, who was examined
on Saturday. He stated that previous to receiving
the telegram per Mr. Bernard before the last elec-
tion he had had no communication with him. He
had seen Mr. Bernard in London last Friday, and
sputeco him
Mr. ogoh te
hweietkh
spoken respect
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fo tbhye mßeenr tn
Bernard
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Saturday. Mr. Lovegrove also wished to explain to
the Commissioners that he had gone to London for
the purpose of seeing Sir R. Carden, with the view
of going through the election accounts with him;
that Sir Robert went through the accounts and ex-
pressed himself satisfied -with the distribution of
every shilling of the money charged. Mr. Love-
grove complained that covert attacks had been made
against him in respect of his account with Sir R.
Carden, and he wished it to be known that not a
sixpence had gone into his own pocket beyond the
ordinary fees.
Mr. Commissioner Vaughan said Mr. Lovegrove
was quite right in making the explanation.
The examination of voters who had been bribed
at the last two elections was then proceeded with.
H. Woodyatt was next called, but denied he had
received anythin g for his vote, or that he had told any
person that he had received £5. He had promised
to do hie best for Sir B. Carden, but his employer,
Mrs. Wetherell, wished him to vote fog, Price and
Monk, and he accordingly did so.
Henry French, ostler, received £4 at the last
election for voting for Carden, and £2 in 1857
when he voted for Berkeley and Carden. He had
never voted for Price. [ln the printed poll-book
he was entered as voting in 1857 for Price and
Berkeley.]
Henry Castle was paid £lO at the last election
for voting for Garden, and nothing for voting for
him in 1857. Knew nothing about other persons
being bribed, and had no recollection of telling Mr.
Wilton that he could give evidence in that respect.
William Coopey received £7 from Ward for vot-
ing for Sir R. Carden at the last election, and £5
for persuadinr, the others to poll the same way and
a sovereign afterwards for drink. Did not poll
for the dead man. Had a good deal of trouble
in persuading the others to vote for Carden,
" 'coz they'd been offered eight a piece on the other
side, and I had to stand a good drop o' drink."
There were about eight or nine of them—two
brothers and three or fonr cousins, and William
Rowles. Had not taken up his freedom in 1857.
Mr. Brdwn (Conservative agent) paid for taking
up his freedom.
Joseph Coopey, one of the " persuaded," received
L 7 to vote for Carden, and also stated that Brown
paid for taking up his freedom. He denied having
polled for the dead Coopey, who was his father.
Several other witnesses were examined who ad-
mitted that they had been bribed.
Mr. IV. 11. Cooke, barrister, Oxford Circuit, de-
posed that in 1856 Mr. Lovegrove asked him whe-
ther he knew any commercial man who would coz-
test Glocester en Conservative principles. lie
thought of Sir It. Carden, and mentioned it to Mr.
Bernard as his friend. Mr. Bsrnard afterwards
told him he had seen Sir Robert, who said he
could not give an answer until he had seen some
parties from Glocester. Subsequently a day was
appointed for receiving a deputation from Glo-
cester, and he accompanied them, and left
Sir Robert with the deputation to settle their own
affairs. Went with the deputation to Exchange-
buildings for the purpose of introducing them to
Mr. Bernard, and he was with the deputation when
they met Sir Robert Carden. His impression of the
result was that Sir Robert reserved any decision for
a time. No statement was made to Sir Robert
Carden by witness as to the cost of an election. Sir
Robert appe ired in a hurry, and it seemed that this
was the first time the matter had been mentioned to
him. Witness purposely avoided mixing himself up
with local elections, being a barrister practising be-
fore the House of Commons. Mr. Bernard's evidence
quite astonished him as he read it in the papers of
that morning, but he was so sleepy in such matters
that he was not surprised at it. Passed through
Gloucester on the day of poll at the election of 1857,
and saw Mr. Lovegrove, and understood from him
that certain persons were to be put forward at the
last moment to vote for Price and Carden to put Ad-
miral Berkel9rout, and he expressed a hope that he
(Mr. Lovegrove) would not countenance it. In
April, 1857, Mr. Whithorn called on him in London,
and asked him to lend him £lOO ; that he had
made large payments, and was a good deal out of
pocket. He asked witness to lend him the money
until Mr. Lovegrove got it from Sir R. Carden. He
did not say that it was for illegal payments. There
was no occasion to do that if it were so. He gave
witness to understand that he should be repaid
when the election accounts were settled. The im-
pression on witness's mind was that as a petition
was pending it was not thought desirable to ask Sir
Robert to pay more-money- than was necessary.
Saw Sir R. Carden after the petition was decided,
and at Mr. Lovegrove's suggestion told him that
the Glocester agents would-be glad to have some
money, and Sir Robert gave him £l,OOO. No doubt,
when he paid that over to Mr. Lovegrove he deducted
from it the £lOO whichhe had advanced to Mr. Whit-
horn. Sir Robert expressed his surprise at the
large amount required, but witness did not think
he expressed any opinion that it must have been
expended in bribery. If Sir Robert had said he did
so, no doubt he did, but witness did not recollect it.
Certainly no check ever passed through his hands
to Mr. Bernard, and witness had no knowledge
himself of any bribery at the election. Was coun-
sel on the petition of 1857. Had nothing whatever
todo with the election of 1859, except the pleasure
of receiving some fees on the petition.
By Mr. Welford—l consider the Corrupt Prac-
tices Act at present a delusion and a snare if it was
intended to prevent bribery and treating. The
election auditor, to be an efficient person, should
be either a member of the bar or a person who could
not afford to be a partisan, and he considered he
should be competent and have the power to pay the
bills which were laid before him. Cannot imagine
any person going as a sttanger to contest a borough
without £3,000 or £5,000 in his pocket. Know
Gloucester men were famous fellows—" Blues and
Yellows"—and must have their beer, A Gloucester
election is a sort of saturnalia, and has been so ever
since Queen Anne.

Mr. Vaughan—Then, corrupt practices hare not
a very strong opponent in you?
Witness—Oh,of course,l do not 2.p -rove of them
—but it is idle to shut your eyes to the fact that
such things exist. I don't patronise them, but if
you were to have a commission in every borough,
and if the people were equally honest, you would
have similar revelations.
Further evidence of corruption in 1857 was then
taken.

Several witnesses having been examined, the
Commissioners adjourned for the day. It is under-
stood that they will conclude their labours on Wed-
nesday.

CRIMINAL COURT, Oct. 24.

OLD COURT.

Lawrence Duckworth Barlow, a respeetable
looking. man, was found guilty of unlawfully
wounding Hannah Edwards with intent to do her
grievous bodily harm, and sentenced to 12 months'
hard labour.

Alfred Cooper surrendered to take his trial upon
three indictments, for embezzling moneys, the pro-
perty of the parish of St. Giles, Camberwell.
The prisoner, it will be recollected, was tried
and acquitted at the September sessions upon two
other indictments of a similar character, and the
present charges were postponed to this sessions.
Mr. Robinson, who appeared for the prosecution,
stated that the parish authorities having consulted
upon the matter, and feeling that the whole of the
facts had been brought before the jury on the
former trials, had come to the conclusion that it
was not necessary to proceed with the other indict-
ments, and he should therefore, with the permission
of the Court, withdraw from the prosecution.
Mr. Metcalfe, who was instructed for the defence,
said he wished it to be understood that what had
been done was a spontaneous act on the part of the

parish.
A verdict of not guilty was then recorded upon
each indictment, and the defendant was discharged
from custody.
Thomas Robinson, 2C, was indicted for burglary.
Mr. M'Donnell conducted the prosecution.
The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced
to twelve months' hard labour.
Charles Talbot, 31, and James Alexander Noble,
27, were charged, the former with stealing, and the
latter with receiving a large quantity of account
books and other property, belonging to Mr. Henry
Rock and others. _ _ .

There was a second indictment of the same kind
against the prisoner Talbot, to -Which he pleaded
guilty.
Mr. Giffard and Mr. E. Bosley prosecuted; Mr.
Itibton defended Talbot ; and Mr. Sleigh and Mr.
Doyle appeared for the other prisoner. -
The prosecutors in this case carryon an exten-
sive business as wholesale stationers in Walbrook,
and the prisoner Talbot had been in their service
as porter for twenty years, and it appeared that
in consequence of some discoveries that were
made with regard to the stock a suspicion was
entertained that they were being plundered to a
large extent. Two of the City detectives, named
Knight and Lake, were employed to make inquiries,
and they went to the shop of the prisoner Noble,
who sells secsnd-hand books, and they there found
a large quantity of property belonging to the pro-
secutors, and the prisoner, upon being questioned as
to how he became possessed of this property, said
he had purchased it of a woman, who told him that
she lived at North Woolwich, and he gave no fur-
ther information upon the subject. Upon the
lodging of the prisoner Talbot bein6 searched seve-
ral articles were found which were identified by the
prosecutor, and which he admitted he had taken
from his mast't•'r's warehouse. In the course of the
cross-examination of the prosecutor, he stated he
was unable to say positively when any of the pro-
perty found at the shop of the prisoner Noble was
stolen from his premises, or that it might not have
been sold to some of his customers, although he did
not believe it possible that this could have been the
case.
The Recorder upon this evidence expressed his
, opinion that the jury would hardly be justified in
convicting either of the prisoners.
A verdict of not guilty was consequently returned,
and Noble was ordered to be at once discharged.
The other prisoner, upon the indictment to which
he had pleaded guilty, was sentenced to six months'
imprisonment and hard labour.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Common-Sergeant.)
Thomas Harding Cooper surrendered to take his
trial upon an indictment for bigamy.
Mr. Gent prosecuted, and Mr. Orridge defended.
The prisoner has for some time lived in West-
morclan d• road , Walworth-road, and carried on busi-
nss as a plumber. In November, 1852, prisoner,
being then a widower, was again married, but
shortly afterwards separated from his wife; but
she, it appeared, still continued to live in the same
neighbourhood. Last year a widow named Moore
came to lodge with the prisoner, and he, after a
brief courtship, married her, she, at the time, not
being aware that he was a married man.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
The constable . who took the prisoner in custody
said that from inquiries which he had made he be-
lieved that Mrs. Moore knew at the time she mar-
ried the prisoner that he had a wife alive.
The prisoner said that after marrying the prose-
cutrix he put her children to school, but he not,
being able to continue to keep a good home, she
had prosecuted him.
The Court sentenced him to two months' im-
prisonment.
Philip Trin cnam,l4, pleaded guilty to forging and
uttering an order for the sum of £B5 with intent.
The prisoner had been an errand boy to Mr.
Figge, &f Gutter-lane, and, having forged the order
got a lad about his own age to present it for pay-
ment. _ _

The Court sentenced him to three months' im-
prisonment, and then to be confined for three years
in areformatory.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Oct. 24.

BOW-STREET:—Henry Rone and Thomas
Rone, journeyman shoemakers, were charged with
a ruffianly assault on Sergeant Felton and another
constable of the F division.

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The sergeant had interfered to quell a disturb-
ance in Clare-market on Saturday night. His re-
monstrances were unavailing, and in proceeding to
take one of the brothers into custody, he was
knocked down and ill-treated by both of them,
dragged through a house into a back yard, and the
hair torn by handfuls from his head, until his bro-
ther officer, Pigott, succeeded in getting into the
house to his rescue. Pigott was also assaulted by
one of the defendants, and the other was heard to
ask his wife to give him the knife out of his pocket,
although this was explained by the assertion that
he only wanted her to cut his neckerchief to pre-
vent the officers from strangling him. The top of the
sergeant's head was literally bald from the savage
treatment he had experienced, and which, he said,
so confused him that he could not discriminate the
One assailant from the other. The prisoners were
assisted by others present in the house, but they
desisted when they say him (Felton) so completely
at their mercy,
Mr. Jardine said the case was too serious to be
disposed of by him. He was epared to inflict the
full penalty, but that would be a wholly inadequate
punishment for an outrage of this kind. The case
must be reported to the Commissioners of Police,
and he should remand the prisoners for a week to
enable that course to be taken, with a view to a
prosecution at the sessions.
James Gates, a dray man, in the service of Messrs.
Combe and Delafield, was fined £5 for assaulting
George Dunman, a toll-collector at Waterloo-
bridge. and for attempting to evade the toll.
Mr. Powell, the solicitor to the Bridge Company,
stated that the draymen of Messrs. Combo and Co.
had given the officers a great deal of trouble by
their attempts to defraud the company—sometimes
by representing their barrels to be empty when all
but the top ones were full, by referring to their
foreman "behind" for payment, &c., and by being
drunk and causing obstructions at the gate.
The defendant was committed for a month in de-
fault.

M MILD OROUGII-STRE ET.—CURIOUS CASE
OF ALLEGED PERJURY AND FRAUD.—Mr. Beadon
was occupied a considerable time investigating a
charge of fraud preferred against Benjamin Crow-
ther, a young man of gentlemanly appearance, in
which was involved another charge of perjury, on
the ground that the fraud was chiefly effected upon
a certain false declaration made by the accused in
this court on the 15th Sept , 1858.
Mr. Cooper, solicitor, defended the prisoner.
Mrs. Ellen Talaurnay deposed as follows—l am a
widow, and reside at No. 19, Albion-street, Hyde-
park. Near the end of June I was residing else-
where, and on the look out for a house, and raw in
the window of the premises I now occupy, a bill of
the house to let. Thinking it might suit me I went
in and saw a female, and in consequence of what
she told me, called again that same day, upon which
occasion I met with the prisoner, and asked if he
could, and were inclined to sell the lease of the'
house. 114 said " Yes." I left, and called again
in a few days according to promise, and the conver-
sation was renewed. Besides the lease and good-
will, the furniture the house contained was to be
disposed of, and he asked me £2OO far it. After
looking over it I aFreetl to give £175, which he ul-
timately consented' to take. On Saturday, the 2d
July, I gave him, therefore, £9O in part payment
of the total, £173, and took possession of the furni-
ture in my own right. I should mention that he
particularly said, on me paying the money, "
tsnothega ut Tel
ilnse,cneot ineoltlfbietraT
uCeosaN(pv.
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noi
nrotgthh,
not name this to my neighbours, and especially do
scqu
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spicio
caused. the Registrar's-office in the Temple to be
searched, and from what I learnt I gave a further
' sum of £62 to Mr. Johnson toßenable him to dis-
charge a bill of sale to a lir.
tion produced, dated September,aYne.
The declara-
tion
to me by Mr. Johnson. , 15he, 1858, was
prisoner had
bill from the first assured me there was no of sale.
Mr. Frederick Johnson, of Eastbourne-terrace,

Padding;on, gentleman, examined, said—l was
present on the 2d of July last, when the purchase
referred to was made between the parties. I was
there on the part of Mrs. Taburnay, and said to her
in the room, in prisoner's presence, " I think you
would be wrong and foolish to pay any portion of
this money before you have searched the Registrar's-
office to see if there is any bill of sale or judgment
existing affecting this property," and I advised that
such course should first be taken. The prisoner in
reply said, " There is really no necessity for doing so,
for I declare to you, as a gentleman, that nothing
of the kind exists." I contended that in such a
transaction as they were negotiating a mere state-
ment of denial on his part would not be sufficiently
satisfactory, but while we were arguing on the
point a van laden with furniture belonging to Mrs.
Taburnay arrived at the door, and as it must have

been taken back again if the sale they were upon
had not been there and then completed, that lady
elected to complete and accept his word that all was
right. I put the question pointedly to the prisoner,
"Is there, or-is there not, a bill of sale, judgment,
or document that can in any manner affect the goods
now to be sold here P" These were my words, and
he distinctly answered, "No, there is not." I next

called for receipts of rent and taxei, in order to be
assured by written proofs that every outgoing had
been settled up and paid. The prisoner, it then
appeared, could produce no receipts whatever, but
pressing for the money, I was induced, upon his re-
peated asseveration that all was correct, to advise
Mrs. Tab urnay to let him have £9O of the money,
retaining for a time the difference to meet any pos-
sible claims which might come in in the way of rent
and taxes. On the following Monday the prisoner
called on me, and was most anxious to obtain the
remaining portion of the amount, and then his very
great anxiety, so soon after the first money was paid,
led me to suspect him in this affair, and on the next
day, I, in consequence, proceeded to the Queen's
Bench-office in the Temple, where all bills of sale
as I knew are registered, and found that a bill of
sale had been effected on the property in favour of
a Mr. Bayne, bearing date the 15th Sept., 1858.
Directly I had ascertained this fact, I went to, and
consulted with Mrs. Taburnay, and next proceeded
to the station, and made the police acquainted -with
the circumstances. Subsequently the prisoner
worked upon me, after he had seen MI.. Bayne, and
on the strength of a declaration made in this court,
which 1 received frna him, I advanced £62, re-
ceived from Mrs. Taburnay, to him, on the bill of
sale on the furniture and effects alluded to, to pay
off Mr. Bayne, who he said would not allow any
rebate of interest—the declaration, which is false,
and the bill, bear the same date.
The prisoner here said he did not think he was
making a false declaration.
Mr. Cooper, for the prisoner, said he was able to
show that if there was any fraud, it originated with
Mr. Bayne, and had been compounded by Mrs.
Taburnay, and he would submit that there the per-
jury ended. •
Mr. Beadon—That cannot be, and that perjury
has been committed is as clear a; the sun at noon-
day. So far as the case has gone, it is also plain
that a most abominable swindle has been effected.
At this stage of the case, Mr. Lewis, of Ely-
place, came in, and took up the case for the prose-
cation.
Mr. William Bayne, 29, Brook-street, bill dis-
counter, called—l have seen prisoner about twice ;
last time in September, 1858. I made an advance
of £lOO to him on a bill of sail on the furniture in
question, in Albion-street. I required a declaration
to be made afterwards. I had asked him if there
was any lien on it, and he said £75 only, due to a
loan society on money borrowed. The declaration
was made at this court. I paid the money on the
execution of the bill of sale.
Mr. Lewis applied for a remand till Wednesday,
as it was impossible for him to do justice in the case
under less time.
Mr. Cooper, for the defence, opposed this.
Mr. Beadon said it was clear a further hearing
must take place.
Mr. Cooper said he was prepared to prove that
.11Irs. Taburnay was aware of the bill of sale having
taken place before the money was paid by her to
the defendant.
Mr. Beadon remarked on the fact that Mr. John-
son had advanced £5O to pay off the bill of sale.
Mr. Lewis said he hid no objection to good bail
being taken.
A gentleman, who said his name was Samuel
Denton, 15, Gray's Inn-square, hoped his evidence
would be taken at once—l produce a bill of sale,
dated 2d February, 1857, on the furniture in ques-
tion. It was registered on the sth February. It is
for £75, of which £36 now remains due.
Cross-examined—We have an assignment of the
house in question besides, from Mr. Crowther, the
prisoner. There is another also security with hhn.
Mr. Johnson remarked that the prisoner, when
asked about the lease, stated that it was either
burnt or had been mislaid.
Remanded till Monday next; two bail in £6O
each, and his own security being taken for his re-
appearance, of which the usual notice. was to be
given for inquiry.

WORSHIP-STREET.—ANOTHER BRUTAL
MOTTlER.—Susannah Brooks, dirty and dissolute
in appearance, was charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt
with cruelly assaulting Thomas Brooks, her own
child, seven years of age.
This case was prosecuted by Mr. Messer, relieving
officer of the parish of St. Luke's, from instructions
by the board of guardians.
On Monday last several respectable inhabitants,
principally females, made a complaint at St. Luke's
Workhouse that a family of children, living at 12,
Lizard-street, were suffering from hunger and gene-
ral neglect, in consequence of which Gurling, the
beadle, accompanied by Mr. Bletchly, surgeon, of
the City-road, repaired to the house, in one apart-
ment of which they found three boys, aged respec-
tively fourteen, seven, and five years, and a girl,
two years old, in an almost nude state. They were
conveyed to the workhouse, and shortly afterwards
the prisoner, their mother, returned home drunk,
when she was taken into custody, and from what
had been ascertained in the interi m charged as above
before Mr. D'Eyncourt, who directed a remand.
The children now presented a very altered ap-
pearance. They were warmly clad, and the boy,
now most particularly the subject of inquiry,
looked even plump, but a scar on one of his cheeks
testified to some previously severe sore.
Mr. Edmund Bietchly said he examined the child
Thomas on the day when first 'received into the
house. There were 12 bruises about the head and
body, two of which, on the hip and right side, were
very severe. There was also one, apparently the
effects of a kick, at the bottom of the abdomen,
and this still remained. The little fellow was then
in a very weak state from want of food, and lite-
rally covered with vermin. The other children also
were in a generally bad condition.
Gurling, the beadle, mentioned that the prisoner
had formerly been well to do, her husband, who
died about six years since, having kept a beer-shop
in Britannia-street, City-road. After his demise she
sold some household property left by him to her,
and had since then squandered the proceeds. She
was an habitual and confirmed drunkard, now co-
habiting with an old man as bad as herself. He
did not believe she had been sober for two years.
There was a good bed in the room occupied by her,
but the accommodation for the four children in one
corner of the apartment was disgusting.
The evidence of the eldest boy, Jordan Brooks,
was to the effect of his having seen his mother, on
the Bth inst., force the child Thomas under the grate
while there was a fire in it. She also kicked that
child in the back at the same time ; and to get out
of her way, she being drunk, the victim of her bru-
tality crept under the bedstead. The occasion of her
doing all this was, that the child had taken some
money out of her pocket. It was further sworn that
prisoner was in the constant habit of ill-using them
all when she was iu liquor. . _

Mrs. Sarah Kelly, residing opposite the prisoner,
said that on Sunday week last she saw the two boys,
aged seven and five years, on the stairs of her house;
they were crying, and complained that their mother
would not let them in-doors. Witness sent her
daughter with them to the prisoner, but she was in
bed with some man, and the appeal on behalf of
the children was ineffective. Witness sheltered them
the whole of that night, cleansed and fed them.
They were were in a most pitiable condition ; one
of them had not any shirt on—their hunger was ex-
cessiVe. The prisoner had formerly lodged with her,
and was always a drunken, dirty woman. All the
children at that time frequently asked her for
broken victuals. They were miserable and dirty,
the youngest particularly so.
Mrs. Mary Hampton, landlady of the house where
prisoner lodged, spoke to having heard repeated
acts of apparent violence committed by the pri-
soner on the children, and to having seen them pick
up refuse in the streets and ev t it. They always
appeared dirty and starving.
Mr. Messer observed that there was further evi•
donee of a similar character, but
Mr. D'Eyncourt said that he purposed dealing
with the prisoner, not for the alleged general ill-
usage to all the children, but for' the assault upon
the boy Thomas', as an aggravated case. What had
she to say respecting it ?
The prisoner, trembling from head to foot, and
sobbing, replied—l recollect that I had been to get
some things to stew for a meal, and on returning
met the two females, who treated me to a drop of
gin, it overcame me, and on reaching home I laid"
down ; when I awoke I found that the boy had
taken some money from my pocket, and also eaten
a carrot, and I recollect that in my passion I pushed
him down by the fender; that is all.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Why, you aro now almost in a

state of delirium tremens. To get drink you have
nearly starved your children, and when, while under
the pangs of hunger, they steal from you, you ill-
treat them. Drink has with you destroyed the
natural feelings of a mother for her offspring. You
have neglected them in every way.
Prisoner (ssbbing)—l will never set my foot
within the door of a public-house again.
Mr. D'Eyneourt--For the next six months as-
suredly you will not, for I shall send you to the
House of Correction with hard labour for this
assault upon the little boy. Probably you may not
live to come out of prison ; should it be otherwise,
I trust you may be in some measure a better woman.
Prisoner—Oh, do not ; pray do not send me to
prison.

In this state she was removed to the cells.

CLERKENWELL. THE STRIKE. - William
Perham, one of the delegates of the Masons' Com-
mittee, appeared before Mr. Corrie in answer to a
summons which charged him " that he did on the
Ist day of October, in the parish of Clerwenwell,
unlawfully by threats and intimidation, and by mo-
lesting and obstructing William Jocelyn and others,
then being workmen hired and employed in their
trade and business by Messrs. Piper and Son, en-
deavour to force the said William Jocelyn and
others to depart-, from their hiring and employment,
contrary to the statute," &c.
Mr. Mullins appeared for the prosecution, and
Mr. Roberts for the defcnca.

The court was crowded by workmen and others
interested in the question of the strike, and when
the ease was called on,
Mr. Roberts said he had to make an application
for the postponement of the summons. lie had be-
fore been engaged for the working classes hr ques-
tions of this sort, and he had been telegraphed for
to attend this case, and did not arrive in town until
Saturday night at ten, when he saw the parties at
his hotel. From what he was then informed it ap-
peared that 20 men arrived from Plymouth on the
Ist of O' sober, and on the night of that day these
men tame in contact with the defendant, and were
spoken to. The question would be whether that
was a molestation or an obstruction. Some of these
men remained in London, but the larger portion
went back to Plymouth by the persuasion of the
persons whom they met, and those that remained
were persuaded by the employers. Those men
that remained in London he had no hope would
speak the truth, and therefore it was necessary
that the men who had gone back should be brought
up as witnesses. Refound that no train wentthrough
to Plymouth on a Sunday, but the men were sent
for, and would arrive in town to-morrow
morning. It was under these circumstances
that he had to ask for the case to be adjourned until
to
_morrow (this day.)
_ _ _

Mr. Muffins said that the Strike Committee has

sent pickets down to Plymouth to pick up evidence,
but they did not know who these witnesses would
be. He could not attend tomorrow, or any day
this week, as on two of the days he Ld similar
cases to attend to. He had no objection to the
case being adjourned until Monday next.
Mr. Corrie, in adjourning the case until that day,
said it was better that it should be so, so that not a
shadow of suspicion could be raised.

LAMBETH.—THE STONE-THROWING NUN-
ANCE.—AIfred Sands, aged 16, was charged before
Mr. Yardley with throwing stones in James-street,
Peckham, in the company of other boys, and with
seriously injuring Wm. Langford, another boy,
who is in St. Thomas's Hospital, where he is stated
to be in considerable danger.
1-41 t appeared from the evidence that on the pre-
vious evening some words took place between the
prisoner and the boy Langford, when the former
flung a large flint stone at him which knocked him
down.

Mr. Yardley—Where is the boy ?
Police-constable Turner, 35 P, who had charge of
the prisoner, said he was in St. Thomas's Hospital,
and was so seriously injured that he was not able to
attend. He produced a certificate from the house
surgeon of the hospital, which stated that the boy
was in considerable danger.
A boy, named Nottage (whose head had a bandage
round it), stated that he was also struck on the
head by a flint stone, and was stunned by it.
Turner, the constable, produced three flint stones,
each of which weighed about half- a•pound.
Harriet Nottago, Manor-grove, Camberwell, said
that she was at tea, and went into James-street for
her son. When she got there she saw several boys
flinging stones. One struck the forehead of her son,
who was rendered senseless, and who fell back in
her arms. She took him 'in doors in an insensible
?tat e.

Mr. Yardley—Did you see the boy Langford
struck P

Witness—Yes, sir. The prisoner flung a stone
at him, which struck him on his head. He fell, and
got up, but again fell. He was quite insensible
when removed to the hospital.
Mr. Yardley said that he should remaand the
prisoner for a week. _ _

The prisoner wai held to bail in one surety of
£5O to appear again that day week.

THE DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE

AT WORCESTER.

The inquest on the body of the unfortunate
woman, Mrs. Emily Harris, who destroyed herself
and her two children, at Worcester, by drowning
in the River Severn, under very painful circum-
stances, was concluded before Mi. P. Hughes,
deputy coroner, at the Anchor In,n, on Friday,
when the jury returned the following verdict :
" That the deceased came to her death by drowning
herself in the River Severn, being at the time in a
state of temporary insanity caused by the brutal
treatment of her husband and his sister; and the
jury severely censure the mother-in-law of the de-
ceased for her conduct towards her, and express
their dissatisfation at not having medical testimony
to guide them." This concluded the inquest, and
on the mother-in-law leaving the house she was
followed by a crowd of persons, who again gave
vent to their indignation by hissing and fleeting at
her until she took shelter in the cottage of a friend
in the Bath-road. The remains of Mrs. Harris
were interred in the New Cemetery on Sunday
afternoon, the mournful ceremony being witnessed
by large numbers of persons. As an expression of
sympathy and mark of respect to the bereaved
parents, the corpse was followed to the grave by
about eighty of the operatives at Messrs. Kerr and
Co.'s manufactory, who subscribed liberally towards
the expenses, as well as provided funds for the
payment of the men who searched for the body.
Harris was brought before the bench on Friday
to answer the charge of assaulting his de-
ceased wife, which had been brought against
him. Mr. Clutterbuck, who appeared for the friends
of the deceased (Mrs. Harris), stated that her friends
wished to vindicate her character from the aspersions
which had been thrown upon it. The whole of the
evidence, he said, went to show that the deceased
was an affectionate wife and mother, and of a for-
giving temper. That the evidence proved, and the
friends wished it to go forth to the public. Mr.
Hopkinson, father of the deceased Mrs. Harris, was
then called, and said he had not seen his daughter for
three weeks before the unfortunate affair. He had
kept away from the house on account of the mother
and sister of Harris, and the language that was used
there being of such a dreadful kind. He then alluded
to the circumstances of the money Harr;s was getting
per week, notwithstanding which he pawned the
things out of the house. He had pawned four dresses,
his wife's ring, and other things belonging to her,
leaving her with only the things she stood up in.
Other evidence was given, and the chairman, after
an impressive address to Harris, 0— prisoner, in
which he alluded to the way in which h 3 had
brought himself into nis present position, and the
lamentable effect of his conduct, which had deprived
him of an affectionate wife and two children, sen-
tenced him to three months' imprisonment for the
assault on the wife.

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