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SUN I 1 LONDON, FRIDAY EVENIG, AUGUST 231 1861.

~ I have been unexpectedly requested to put the
resolution which has now been submitted to you by
the hon. gentleman who proposed, and by the gen-
tleman who seconded it. Of course it is needless for
me—it would be, in fact, misplaced in a stranger, to
offer any observations upon the meeting which has
elicited;as we have known and heard, such marked
approbation on the part of the citizens. (Hear.)
But in putting this resolution to the meeting I can
assure the noble lord in the chair that what has
been so well expressed by the mover of this resolu-
tion is universally felt by every one in this hall.
(Hear, hear.) We have many of us—whatever may
be the length of our lives—had before us the emi-
nent services of that most distinguished man.
Whatever works for the progress and the elevation
of the human mind in this great empire have been
associated with public meetings, there the name of
Lord Brougham has been conspicuous in advocating
those measures which may tend to the improvement
and the advancement of the people. And, although
he has now arrived at that period of life when, in
in the course of events, naturally he cannot expect
much longer to give this country and the world
generally the services of his great intellect, he may
rest satisfied that he will leave behind him a name
which will not easily be erased from the recollection
of his countrymen. (Hear, hear.) He will know
that, although he has lived to the great age he has
now attained, he has rendered immense services to
his country, and that, whether in connexion with
this association or with other great works in Par-
liament and in the law, the name of Lord Brougham
will he recollected as long as this great empire
holds the position which it now so magnificently
sustains. (Applause.) I cannot refrain, ladies and
gentlemen, from saying one word as regards the
kind manner in which you have received me when
I rose. (Applause.) It may be misplaced in me
to make an allusion of this nature on such an occa-
sion as the present—(cries of "No")—but I cannot
refrain from thanking the hon. gentleman who
spoke in the early part of this discussion for the
remarks which he made in reference to the public
services of my father. (Applause.) No doubt in
this country my father's services have, happily for
me, left behind them a very grateful recollection,
and one of the most earnest desires that I have will
be to endeavour to render myself, as far as the
abilities that I possess render me capable of doing
so, in some way worthy of the great fame he has
left behind him—(applause)—and although it must
be at a very far distance, yet still I shall endeavour
to devote the ability that I have to the same
course which he so eminently and so successfully
followed. (Applause.) I wish, therefore, ladies
and gentlemen, with your permission, to put this
resolution that has been plrced in my hands to
the meeting, and I am quite certain that the
universal feeling of every heart in this hall will
respond to the expression which it contains."
Sir Robert Peel then put the resolution, which
was unanimously carried amid enthusiastic applause.
Lord Brougham responded--
" I feel," he said, " personally grateful, but, on
the part of the association at the head of which I
have the honour to stand, it becomes me to reiterate
those thanks tendered to Dublin in the report, for
the kind reception and the useful co-operation of all
classes, of both sexes, I rejoice to say. (Applause.)
We have met with the kindest and most cordial re-
ception from the Lord-Lieutenant and Lord Mayor
downwards. Every rank, every description of per-
son, seem to vie with each other and rival each other
in the kindness, and the usefulness, and the activity
of co-operation with which they received us. (Hear.)
I have many causes of regret personally, and on the
part of the association I have one cause of regret of
the same sort—namely, that the period has come at
which our labours cease and our residence here is at
an end—l mean that it has happened just on the
eve of the arrival of her Majesty our Sovereign.
(Hear, hear.) It would be the greatest possible
pleasure to this association—a pleasure in which I
am lure all here present would partake—if we had
happened to be so situated as to pay our respects
and to testify the loyalty of our affection to our
Sovereign. (Applause.) For I may truly say upon
this occasion I lament the impossibility of our ten-
dering our devoted services and homage to that
illustrious Sovereign, than whom, in every respect,
both in her public capacity and in her private, there
never was a Sovereign in this or any other country
more entitled to the admiration and the gratitud 3 of
her
principles ; as
rpeole ; as a Sovereign, ruling upon true consti-
tutional a parent, educating her
family to be an example to every other family in
her dominions. The Prince Consort is also truly
deserving of the respectful attachment of the people.
He has been a patron of the sciences and the arts,
and of social progress, and has been himself the
founder of an international institution, which met
at the beginning of the summer before last—l mean
the International Statistical Congress. I cannot
conclude without expressing once more my grati-
tude, not only to the principal secretary, but my
gratitude to the local secretaries and presidents of
departments. Their care and attention have been
most constant, and their services most useful. I
hope we shall not part without tendering a vote of
thanks to them, though the reception you gave to
the address, in which they are thanked, will amount
almost to the same thing. I would wish also, as
it has been the custom upon all former occasions, to
tender our thanks to the press—the local press—
for the aid which it has afforded. That has been
constant and most useful ; but I ought also to state
that we have received from the more distant bran-
ches of that large establishment—l mean the metro-
politan press—and from the press of Glasgow and
Edinburgh a constant and useful help. With
respect to newspapers—to the great established
newspapers in London, Ireland, and elsewhere—
we should be guilty of a sin which has been said to
be more serious than witchcraft—ingratitude—if
we did not acknowledge the help that they "have
given to the progress of social science, and the
help which they have given, one and all, I am sure,
with few exceptions, to the Social Science Associ-
ation and the National Association. There is a
sin even worse than ingratitude, which is worse
than witchcraft, and that is injustice, and it
would be the height of injustice if I did
not acknowledge our obligations to that press.
There is another, not a sin, but a defect, which is
even worse than injustice, and that is—folly ; and
it would be an incredible folly in this association if it

THE
did not 13e1 grateful chiefly to that great metropo-
litan press—metropolitan in England, metropolitan
in Dublin, metropolitan in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
The expense which those great journals have in-
curred upon all occasions for providing information,
for promoting discussion, for promoting everything
that tends to promote social science--that expense
is so enormous that I believe hundreds and thou-
sands of pounds are thus expended, and I should
exaggerate if. I said what I heard estimated at
different times when this subject has been under
discussion in Parliament and elsewhere; but, with-
out exaggerating, I can only say of that expense
we have derived the benefit. (Hear, hear.) Now,
will you permit me, therefore, to propose to you, as
has always been done at the conclusion of the Con-
gress, on this and former occasions, to acknowledge
the services we have derived from the press, and
particularly from the local press, on the present
occasion ?" (Loud applause.)
Thanks were voted to Mr. Hastings, general sec-
retary, and to the local secretaries, Mr. Lentaigne,
Dr. Waller, and Dr. Hancock, who respectively
acknowledged the compliment, after which the pro-
ceedings terminated.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

The following, being the fourth report of the
select committee on public accounts, was issued
yesterday :
The vote for civil contingencies provides a sum
entrusted to the Government to meet unexpected
demands, and to make advances for services to be
afterwards voted by Parliament. The account,
therefore, includes one of the final payments
charged on the fund, and an account of advances.
The control of the civil contingencies fund rests
with the Treasury, but the final payments are
mainly for expenses incurred under the Colonial,
Foreign, and Home Departments. In such cases
the Treasury, on the application of the Secretary
of State, directs the payment by an order to the
Paymaster-General, in England, or the proper
officer in Scotland or Ireland. The details of the
expenditure are examined in the office of the Secre-
tary of State, and are not audited either at the Trea-
Bury or Audit-office. The order on the Paymaster-
General is his authority for the payment, and is
audited with his accounts by the Audit Board. In
cases where the expenditure is under the Treasury,
the detailed examination is made there, but no
audit takes place at Somerset House; and as in
payments made for other departments, the vouchers
of the detailed expenditure never come before the
Audit Board. They have only the orders on the
Paymaster to make a payment, unless the detailed
accounts are specially referred to them by the
Treasury.
The %civil contingency vote has diminished in
later years. Many of the charges have been re-
moved to the estimates, and this course has been, to '
a certain extent, followed in the estimate for the
current year. Mr. Anderson, the financial clerk of
the Treasury, has stated that in his opinion the
greater part of the final payments might be re-
moved from civil contingencies, and voted on esti-
mate, as other services. There would remain some
unexpected charges, which could not be included
in any prospective estimate. The advances are
divided in the account under four heads :-
1. £8,271 9s. sd. Advances for Services charged
on the Consolidated Fund.
Only one sum remains outstanding under this
head, which should be removed either by repay-
ment from the Consolidated Fund, or such other
mode as may appear consistent with the acts of Par-
liament.
2. £67,510 7s. 4d.—Advances for ordinary ser-
vices.
There is no power of applying the surplus on one
civil service vote to the deficiency on another ; in
case, therefore, of an unexpected deficiency. of the
vote, the sum required is advanced from civil con-
tingencies, and is repaid from the vote of the next
year. No arrears will remain under this head when
the civil services of the current year have all been
voted.
3. £33,569 4s. 10d.—Advances for new services
Where an unexpected expenditure becomes ne-
cessary, and no money has been voted applicable to
the service, and the sum required is advanced from
the civil contingencies, and a vote is submitted to
Parliament, from which the advance is repaid.
Under this head there will be no arrears when the
civil service votes shall have passed.
4. £53,025 17s. 10d.—Advances to be repaid from
other sources.
' Some of these advances require attention. In
March, 1857, Government purchased a chapel at
Paris for £10,905. Parliament refused to sanction
the vote for the payment of this money. The chapel
was, therefore, resold in April, 1859, for £9,000,
payable by instalments. Of this sum, there re-
mained on the 31st March, 1861, a sum of £2,000
outstanding, which your committee were informed
would be paid in a short time. Bat the difference
between the sum paid and the sum received for the
chapel, viz , £1,905, will be a charge on the public,
although it appears on the account as an advance
to be repaid. This sum ought have appeared as a
final payment, and been brought to the knowledge
of Parliament.
There is a sum of £1,858, being half of the cost
of maintaining Commissioner Yeh during his deten-
tion by the allied forces. The advance was made
between 1858 and 1860, and is due by the French
Government. We mention this item merely for the
purpose of pointing out the expediency of settling
such advances without delay.
Third, a sum of £37,395 advanced to the Govern-
ment of Monte Video in the years 1845 and 1848,
inclusive.
This case, in the opinion gf your committee,
proves the necessity of some change in the mode of
dealing with the civil contingency account. The
sum is considerable. The expenditure was incurred
without ;the knowledge of Parliament. The ad-
vance was made from civil contingencies, a fund to
which it hardly belonged, and not from the Trea-
sury chest, which would have brought it before
Parliament; and from the years 1845 to 1848, down
to this time, it has been dealt with and treated as
an advance.
Your committee proceed to suggest such arrange-
ments as they think may place the fund on a satis-
factury footing_ •
The fund which is now the Treasury Chest and
the contingency fund were at one time similar in
character. From both were made advances and final
payments, and both were recruited from time to
time by Parliamentary votes, and often upon inade-
quate information. A great and beneficial altera-
tion has been made with respect to the Treasury
chest fund ; it has become one of deposit, and
no final payments should be charged on it. The
amount of the fund is fixed, any deficiency is re-
placed by Parliament, and any surplus beyond such
amount is paid over to the Exchequer.
Your committee propose to apply the same prin-
ciple to the civil contingency fund.
To effect this object two preliminary steps will
be necessary :-
1. That all final payments capable of estimate
should be removed from civil contingencies, and be
submitted in the annual estimates as other estimates.
2. That any hopeless advance, such as the Monte
Video Loan, should likewise be removed from the
account. There will be no serious difficulty in
effecting these changes. Your committee would
then recommend :-
3. That the civil contingency fund should be fixed
at £120,000.
4. That the Treasury should continue to make 1
advances to meet deficiences on the ordinary votes ,
or for new services, and that such advances be in-
cluded in the estimates for the succeeding year, as
at present, and be repaid to the contingency fund.
5. That the estimates should in each case state
the sum to be repaid to the contingency fund.
6. That no final payment should be charged on
the fund ; but that is case Government, for the
public service, feel it necessary on their responsi-
bility to incur any civil service expenses, the defi-
ciency occasioned by such expenditure shall be con-
sidered as an advance, and be submitted to Parlia-
ment as a vote in the succeeding year.
7. That accounts of the civil contingency fund,
similar to the account of the Treasury chest pre-
sented to Parliament, should be prepared by the
Treasury, and by them be forwarded with the ne-
cessary vouchers to the Audit Office, and that the
auditors should present such accounts annually to
Parliament, together with such observations as they
may think fit.
By this arrangement, your committee believe that
sufficient power will be left to the Government to
meet any unexpected necessity, while the greater
part of the expenses now charged on the contin-
gency fund will be voted by Parliament on estimate
--the sums advanced to meet emergencies will be
ultimately brought before Parliament in the shape
of a vote, and every advance will appear in the
annual account.
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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN CIRCUTI.—LITERPOOL, Aug. 22.
CIVIL COURT. '
(Before Mr. Baron Wilde and and a Special Jury.)

MILNE AND ANOTHER V. LEISLER.
This was an action to recover the value of 7,000
pieces of printed calico held by the defendant.
Mr. Temple, Q.C., Mr. Milward, and Mr. Hop-
wood appeared for the plaintiffs ; and Mr. Edward
James, Q.C., Mr. Leresche, and Mr. Ernest Jones,
for the defendant.
It appeared from the plaintiff's evidence that the
plaintiffs are cotton-spinners at Oldham, and have
a warehouse at Manchester. On the 6th of August
last a person named Atkin came to the warehouse
and purchased 7,000 pieces of calico. He wanted to
buy in the first instance in his own name. As he
was a stranger he was asked for references, which
not being satisfactory he was asked the name of his
principals, and he then represented that he bought
them as the agent of Grant, Murdock, and Co., of
Liverpool. He was then permitted to cart away the
goods. It turned out not to be the fact that he was
authorised to purchase for Grant and Co. The de-
fendant made advances to Atkin on these goods.
Atkin was indicted at the sessions at Manchester
for obtaining these goods by false pretences, and
was acquitted, and the present action was brought
to recover back the goods from the defendant, or
their value, on the ground that Atkins, having be-
come improperly possessed of the goods, could con-
vey no title to the defendant, as, on the sale of the
goods, no credit had been given to Atkin, but only
to Grant, Murdock, and Co., for whom Atkin had
no authority to act as their agent ; and his repre-
sentation that he had was a mere falsehood. The
plaintiffs relied on the cases of " Kingsford v. Mur-
ray" (20 L. J.), and " Higgins and Burton." The
defendant relied on the Factors' Act, the sth
and 6th Victoria, cap. 39, and stated that they
had made bona fide advances on the goods
to Atkin, believing him to be an agent, having as
such lawful possession of the goods. The defendant
also set up that if not agent for Grant, Murdock,
and Co., Atkin was vendee of the goods which had
been sold to him on his own responsibility by the
plaintiffs.
The case had proceeded till the hour of luncheon,
when his lordship adjourned the Court as usual for
10 minutes.
It had been observed that his lordship was look-
ing ill for several days past, and particularly so this
morning. At the expiration of the adjournment
Mr. Baron Martin entered the court, and an-
nounced that Mr. Baron Wilde was so ill he could
not sit to conclude the cause.
Amid many expressions of sympathy from the bar
the Court was then adjourned, it being announced
that, if possible, Mr. Baron Wilde would sit to-
morrow.

(Before Mr. Baron Martin.)
BOOTH V. ASPDEN.
This was an action for slander and assault.
Mr. Monk, Q.C.. and Mr. Kay appeared for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Overend for the defendant.
It appeared that the plaintiff resides at Church,
and the defendant is a timber merchant at Black-
burn. The plaintiff purchased a quantity of timber
from the defendant, to be paid for in six months.
The plaintiff did not pay his debt when due, but
gave the defendant a bill for the amount, £37 10s.,
which was dishonoured, and the defendant had to
meet it. The defendant accordingly went to see
the plaintiff about it, and asked him for some money
to meet the bill. Ile did not succeed in obtaining
any money, and was told that the timber had been
bought by the plaintiff as agent for his father, who
was at that time in difficulties. At the time the
plaintiff was wearing a conspicuous gold chain to
his watch, and the defendant, being made angry
under the circumstances, laid hold of the plaintiff
by his collar and knocked his bat off, using the ex-
pression, " Thou, thief, thou halt taken the
stuff, and I will make thee pay for it." This was
the assault and slander complained of.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—
Damages, one farthing.

HOME CIRCUIT—CROYDON, Aug. 22.
(Before Mr. Justice Williams and a Common Jury

TEKO V. PLIMLEY.

This was an action to recover damages for a
breach of promise of marriage, and the damages
were laid at £5OO, to which the defendant pleaded
that no promise had been made.
Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. C. W. Wood
were for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Shee and
Mr. F. J. Smith for the defendant.
The defendant in this case is a market gardener
and florist at Shepherd's-bush, having" 10 acres of
land, and at the time of his becoming acquainted
with the plaintiff was working for his father. The
plaintiff, who is an orphan, and had been well
brought up, was at the time of first meeting the
defendant in service at Notting-hill, and defendant
used to come to the .house for his father, who served
them with greengrocery. A regular courtship en-
sued, after the manner of persons in their station,
he visiting her as often as his duties would allow
him and she could get from her place, and when she
went into another service at Twickenham he kept
up the correspondence and visited, and also saw her
friends, making them and her presents of flowers
and fruits. Upon the occasion of his father's death
last year he wished her to go into black, and offered
to pay the expense. Since that time his attentions
began to cool, from what cause did not appear, and
when written to by a solicitor threatened to charge
her with intemperate habits, for which there was
not the slightest foundation.
The jury found for the plaintiff—Damages, £75

hill, produced a gold watch pawned at their estab-
lishment on the 12th inst. for £5 in the name of
John Matthew.
Mr. Joseph identified the watch as his property,
and one of those he had delivered to the prisoner on
the order. The value of it was £9.
Sir John Musgrove asked how many duplicates
were found on him.
Robert Packman, the detective officer, who took
the prisoner into custody, said that when he searched
the prisoner he found on him 27 duplicates, repre-
senting property to the extent of £6O ; 26 of them
were dated this month, and related chiefly to
watches, clocks, and gold chains.
The duplicates were handed in, and some of them
were of as recent date as Tuesday last.
Robert Packman was then sworn, and said he ap-
prehended the prisoner yesterday between 11 and
12 o'clock, at No. 2, Railway-place, Fenchurch-
street. He read the warrant to him, and told him
he must go with him. When he stated that the
charge was that of obtaining goods from Mr. Joseph
by means of forged orders, he made no reply. He
took him to the station-house and searched him, end
found on him a pocket-book containing 27 dupli-
cates, some of them relating to watches, gold chains,
and clocks. He also found on him 3d. in cash and a
blanch of keys. Prisoner gave his father's address.
Sir J. Musgrove asked if the other five watches
had been traced ?
A solicitor who appeared for Mr. Joseph said they
had, but that the pawnbrokers were not present.
The prisoner was then remanded.
Mr. Presse, a solicitor, said he had a charge to
prefer against the prisoner of a precisely similar
nature, in which he had obtained two gold watches,
value £l2, on the 10th inst., from Mr. Bryer, a
chronometer maker, of Barbican.
Sir J. Musgrove asked whether he had the pawn-
brokers present ?
Mr. Presse said he had not.
Sir J. Musgrove said he had better take out sum-
monses to compel the attendance of the pawnbrokers.
After the prisoner had been removed Mr. Henry
Pace, who seemed much affected, applied to Sir J.
Musgrove to be allowed a private interview with
his son. When the latter was apprehended he had
but 3d. upon him, and that was the change out of
some money his elder brother had given him to get
some refreshment, so that he had not one penny
upon him of the produce of the watches.

BOW-STREET.--A couple of ill-favoured
women, who at the station-house gave the names
of Anne Stubbs and Louisa Johnson, but in the
dock said their names were Anne Wilson and
Anne Johnson, were brought up on a charge
of assaulting Ellen Cronin, servant at a lodging-
house in Bloomsbury-street, they being subsequently
charged with attempting to obtain money by false
pretences from the Rev. Alfred Strugnell, of 43,
Carey-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, and with stealing
a black silk cape and a child's pelisse from that house.
It appeared that the prisoners went to the lodg-
ing-house in Bloomsbury-street, and asked to see a
gentleman who resided there. The girl Cronin told
them he was out, upon which they called her a liar,
and refused to leave the house. She tried to put
them out, and they assaulted her. Wilson seized
her by the hair of the head and tore her cap off,
while Johnson bit her thumb. They were taken to
the station-house, charged with this assault. They
were there recognised by description as being per-
sons who had previously attempted to defraud the
Rev. Alfred Strugnell. It appeared that they called
on the rev. gentleman on the pretence of applying
for an order of admission to the Lying-in Hospital
for Johnson, who, they pretended, was on the point
of being confined. They said that the case was ex-
tremely urgent, and begged him " for God's sake"
to be quick. They also asked for money to pay for
a cab and for some linen which Johnson would re-
quire during her confinement. He declined to give
them any assistance without inquiry, and on pro-
ceeding to the address they had given him in Cle-
ment's-lane, he found that they did not live there.
Johnson came up while he was making inquiry, and
showed where they really did live, which was close
by. Even then he declined to give them any money,
but put them in a cab to be taken to the Lying-in
Hospital, City-road, paying the fare (2s. 6d.) for
them, and, at the same time, telling the cabman to
return and inform him whether they really went to
the hospital. The cab had hardly got out of sight
when they called to the driver to stop, and, getting
out, refused to go any further. They entered a
public house, and asked the cabman to go in with
them and have some drink. He declined, and left
them there. Subsequently the cape and pelisse, the
property of a lady on a visit to a family residing in
the same house with Mr. Strugnell, were missed by
the servant.
The police intimated that there were similar
charges against two persons supposed to be the pri-
soners ; but the evidence was not yet ready. They
were therefore remanded.
A cabman named T. White was charged on re-
mand with being drunk while in his employ.
Mr. Balding, cab proprietor, said the prisoner
went out with one of his cabs on Monday morning,
and kept out all day and night. Seven men were
sent in different directions to look for him, and
found him at last in Seymour-street, Camden-town,
at 11 o'clock in the morning, drunk and asleep in-
side the cab. One of the windows was broken, and
the horse was completely knocked up, having been
out mere than 21 hours without food, for the corn-
bag was still full. When brought first before the
Court he was so drunk that he could not be exa-
mined. He was therefore remanded to yesterday.
His sentence was a fine of £3, or two months' im-
prisonment.

MARYLEBONE. Yesterday Edward Bam-
brook was charged, under the Police Act, with de-
facing a wail in Albany-street, Regent's-park, by
writing upon it with chalk.
The case was proved by Gaze, 2,56 S.
Mr. Mansfield—Did the prisoner merely make
marks, or write words ?
Witness—Words, your worship.
Mr. Mansfield—What were they ?
Witness—" What nation can fight ?"
It was further stated that the nuisance complained
of had been committed for some time, and that the
prisoner was believed to be the principal offender.
(The prisoner was about two years ago charged at
this court with having damaged statues of the
Queen and Prince Albert at the entrance to the
Colosseum ; but as there was not sufficient proof of
his Guilt he was liberated. He was also suspected
of defacing a painting in Marylebone church.)
Mr. Mansfield (to prisoner)—Why do you con-
duct yourself in this foolish manner ?
Prisoner--I have been reading the book of Daniel,
as well as other beoks in the Old Testament, and
my object in writing as I have done is that of look-
ing to the fulfilment of various prophecies. I wish
to make the Bible universal.
Tee prisoner was remanded till Saturday.

WESTMIFSTER.—Joseph Dunden was finally
examined charged with robbing a cab while in mo-
tion through Eaton-square, at an early hour iu the
evening.
Mr. J. F. Phillips, of 12, Belvoir-terrace, Vaux-
hall-bridge-road, stated that at a little after 9 in the
evening of the 14th he saw the prisoner and
another man follow a cab passing through Eaton-
square, and after hanging upon the springs mount
the roof to some luggage which was there. Shortly
afterwards he dropped a dress, and then endea-
voured with his companion to escape, but being
followed by witness, was secured.
Prisoner, who made no defence, was committed
for two months to hard labour in the House of Cor-
rection.

John Wilson, a till, powerful man, was finally
examined, charged with violently assaulting the
police, one of whom had two severe wounds on the
head, inflicted with a poker.
Police constable Robert M'Kay was called to take
the prisoner into custody for wounding his wife,
when the accused struck him two violent blows
across the head with a poker. A long struggle fol-
lowed between them, when AVKay becoming weak
from loss of blood, the prisoner escaped, but was
followed into a house, where be had sought to con-
ceal himself, by two other constables. After a
desperate and long continued encounter he was
secured and conveyed to the police station.
He was fuliy committed for trial.

SOUTHWARK.—Adirty-looking woman, named
Mary West, was charged with wilfully smashing a
square of glass in the window of Mr. Beeston's, the
Windsor Castle, Suffolk-street, doing damage to the
amount of £l4 10s.

The prisoner went into the house on the previous
night, and abused the customers with such disgust-
ing language that the barman was compelled to eject
her. As soon as she got out she picked up a large
stone and threw it at the front window, causing the
above damage. She was then given into custody.
Evidence being given that she was a very trou-
blesome character,

Mr. Combe ordered her to pay the amount of
damage, and, in default, he committed her to the
House of Correction for two months, with hard
labour.

LAMBETH.--Yesterday Thos. Sperling, aged
20, and John Smith, 19, well-dressed youths, were
placed at the bar on a charge of stealing from John
Borland, cheesemonger, High-street, Peckham, in
the gardens of the Crystal Palace, a gold watch, of
the value of 20 guineas.
The prosecutor deposed that on the evening be-
fore, while witnessing the performance of Blondin
in the Crystal Palace gardens, he felt a light jerk
at his watch, and on looking down observed his
chain hanging loose. He in consequence laid hold