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wall was scaled, and the house entered ; but the
prisoner, who was the only person left at home,
could not be found. Some of the room doors were
found broken open, and upon making a search
groans were heard proceeding from the inside of
the water-butt. Upon looking inside the prisoner
was found there with her arms tied. She was at
once got out and the cords cut, when she stated
that two men had entered the house and had bound
her in the way she was found, and, in addition to
things of her mistress which they had taken, they
had also stolen her watch. Inspector Stacey of the
N division was sent for, and, from the statements
of the girl, his suspicions were aroused. A surgeon
was sent for, but he could not discover any bruises
on her body, which he stated must have been there
had she been pushed into the water-butt. After-
wards the prisoner's watch was found concealed
under her bed, and she then confessed that she had
got into the water-butt herself, and that the pro-
perty would be found in the coach-house.
The prisoner in defence said she was very sorry
for what she had done, and would never do the like

again.
A gentleman who attended on behalf a the pro-
secutrix said, that there was no wish to prosecute,
as it was considered the punishment the prisoner
had undergone was sufficient.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner was very foolish.
lle then discharged her with a caution.

LAMBETH.—THE NOTORIOUS DR. WATTERS.
John Nicholls 'Patters and Claudius Edwards, were

again brought up before the Hon. G. C. Norton, to
undergo a further examination in reference to the
charge of conspiring to defraud Mr. Thos. Jones of
one guinea. Since the first investigation into the
case, other charges have been preferred against
them, and which were gone into on the present
occasion.

Mr. Lewis, jun., was engaged for the prosecu-
tion, and Mr. Neale for the prisoners.
It will be recollected that Mr. Jones, who resided
in Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, being afflicted
with deafness, went to a house, No. 28, Mount-
street, Westminster-road, which was purported to
be occupied by the prisoner Watters, and who pro-
fessed, by the medicines he supplied to be able to
cure deafness. It was now stated by Mr. Lewis
that he should bring forward evidence to connect
the prisoners with an establishment which was a
few years ago in existence, at No. 32, Spring-
gardens, and known as " the British and Foreign
Free Ear Infirmary," with which the notorious
Bennetts were at that time connected.

Mr: Lewis read several letters, and manuscript
and printed documents, which showed that the
prisoners were connected with the Free Ear
Infirmary. He also read some of the advertising
bills, in one of which it was stated that tie medi-

tine recommended for deafness would effect a cure

in a day or two, however long a person had been
afflicted with it, so that the person would be able to
hear the ticking of a watch at an arms'-length off.
He further stated that he would show that, at the

house in Mount-street, Westminster-road, the
prisoner Waters had assumed the name of Dr.
Locock. (He produced a letter which had the
signature of Locock, with the letters M.D.
attached.)
The following witnesses were examined:—
Mr. John C. Roope said that he was a clerk in
the Medical Registration Office, 32, Soho-square.
A medical register of qualified practitioners was
kept there. There is no such name as John
Nicholls Watters in the list.
By Mr. Neale—The act does not come into opera-
tion till the Ist of July.
Mary Anne Stanley, 184, Prospect-place, St.
John's-wood, stated that, in the month of October,
1857, she saw an advertisement in the newspapers,
in which deafness was purported to be cured at
" the British and Foreign Free Ear Infirmary."
She saw Edwards there. She asked to see the
prisoner Watters, who afterwards came in. He
examined her ears, and said hs would cure her in
eight days. He added that he had seen 60 patients
that day, and that he had been deaf himself and
had cured himself. Among his patients cured was
an admiral who had been deaf several years. She
asked him what he would charge. He replied £8 or
£9. She left, and the same night Edwards
brought her a box containing three phials. She
gave him £9 35., and he gave her a receipt signed
66J. N. Nicholls." One bottle contained a lotion to
bathe the back of the ear, and another contained
medicine to drop into the ear. There was also an
embrocation.
Mr. Lewis—Did the medicine do you any good ?
Witness—Not at all. It did me an injury at the
time. I afterwards had another bottle, which he
said was more expensive. After I applied it I got
worse. I subsequently sent him a lawyer's letter,
but it had no effect.
Thomas Carpenter, 114, Douglas-street, Dept-
ford, said that in September, 1857, he called at the
Free Ear Infirmary in consequence of seeing an
advertisement. He called there to get advice for
his daughter. He saw Edwards, who represented
himself as Dr. Watters. This witness gave nearly
similar evidence as to the advice given and the
remedies prescribed. He wanted to get his daugh-
ter into the infirmary, when he was told that he
must either become a subscriber of £5, or get a
subscriber.
Sophia Stiff, 34, Vauxhall-street, Kennington,
said, in March, 1857, she called at the infirmary.
She saw Edwards, who said that she would be
cured in three weeks. He gave her three bottles,
and she paid him 7s. for them. They did her more
harm than good.
Thomas Cottrell, carpenter, Southwark-bridge-
road, said he went to :the infirmary in January,
1857. He saw Edwards, who fetched Watters.
He had three bottles given him, for which he was
asked 15s. He gave 10s. After he took them
home he thought there was something wrong, and
.never used them.
Inspector Young, who has had the case in hand,
produced several printed papers, found on the pri-
soner's premises in Mount-street, referring to the
Free Ear Infirmary. He found there hundreds
and thousands of labels, as also a letter with the
signature of " Skinner" attached.
Mr. Lewis now said he would produce evidence
to show that an analysis of the " medicine " had
been made, and what that analysis had detected.
Mr. Edward Rogers, 41, Denbigh-streets, Pim-
lico, late professor of chemistry at St. George's
School of Medicine, Grosvenor-place, produced
several phials and bottles which had been given
him ,to analyse; one contained sulphate of zinc,
spirit of lavender and an iron deposit.
Mr. Lewis—would that be effectual in the cure
of deafness ?
Witness—Not the slightest. I should not like
to use it. Another contained sulphate of lead and
an acetate of lead. The drops contained !rape oil,
oil of olives, and a small quantity of soap.
H. Matthews, assistant to Mr. Medlock, 20 Great
Marlborough-street, gave similar evidence of some
" medicine'' that had been given to him to analyse.
In one of the large bottles about half the liquid was

urine.
Mr. Lewis observed that this was the evidence
he had at present to adduce in reference to the Free
Ear Infirmary. On the next occasion witnesses
would come forward to show that the name of
" Locock " had been used at the establishment in
Mount-street. He begged to say that the medical
profession, whose cause he advocated, were obliged
to Mr. Norton for the attention he had paid to the
evidence which had been adduced to expose the
fraud.
The witnesses were bound over to prosecute in
the case, and the prisoners were again remanded.

THAMES.—THE CASE OF GODFREY V. NEW-
TON.—RIOTING. —Thomas Ringrose, aged 33, a
shoemaker, of No. 1, Mary-street, Whitechapel, was
brought before Mr. Yardley charged with creating
a disturbance opposite the house of Dr. John God-
frey, in Mount-place, Whitechapel-road, interrupt-
ing him in his business, and assaulting him.
Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, watched the case
for the prosecution, but did not take any part in it.
It will be recollected that Dr. Godfrey was the
defendant in an action for seduction about three
months ago, and that, after a trial which lasted for
five days in the Court of Common Pleas, a verdict
was returned in his favour. On Monday and Tues-
day Dr. Godfrey prosecuted Mr. William Newton,
the proprietor and editor of the East London Obser-
ver, for libel, arising out of some comments in that
journal after the trial of the case " Gardner v. God-
frey." The jury acquitted Mr. Newton, and gave_
him a verdict on all the issues. There was a good
deal of excitement, assemblages of, people,
rioting in the Whitechapel-road for several daaysafter the termination of-the case " Gardnereve.
God-
frey." Since the acquittal of Mr. Newton on
Tues-
day last at the Central Criminal Court,in
blawes have
excite-
ment has been intense, disorderly
'assheouse, and he
mustered in front of Dr. Godfrey
has been openly insulted, hooted, hissed, and
use in Arbour
when he drove to the station
street East, Stepney, adjoining the°c.ourt, on Thurs-:
charge agamst Ringrose, a
day night, to prefer the
shouting and yelling.
Upon followed his carriage.
Upon leaving the station-house he was again fol-
lowed by the mob, and the cries, shrieks, and yells
were continued.
The case of Godfrey and Ringrose was no sooner
called on in the afternoon than the court was
crowded to excess.
Dr. Godfrey said—l am a physician, and have a
surgery and consulting-rooms at No. 3, Mount-
place, Whitechapel-road. I complain that the
prisoner has excited a mob to insult me. He was
standing last night with a dense mob of low and
disorderly blackguards in front of my house. They
were hooting Fad hissing. I heard a man I saw

at Newton's trial call out, " Serve him out I
know nothing of the prisoner. I saw a man in the
crowd hooting and hissing. The prisoner also
hooted and hissed. I went to my door, and reached
it with some difficulty. When I came out of my
house again to assist a patient, I saw the prisoner
again exciting the mob and shouting. I asked a
police-constable to take him into custody, and he
endeavoured to do so and could not. A stone was
thrown which hit me on the back.
Mr. Yardley—Did the prisoner throw that stone ?
Dr. Godfrey—l cannot say that he did.
The prisoner in his defence said that he was
seated on a chair, outside a beer-shop, smoking his
pipe, and hearing a tremendous cry and shout-
ing, he went to see what was the matter,
and the doctor caught hold of him by the
collar and said t 3 a policeman, this is one. He told
the doctor he was wrong, and that he attended his
(the prisoner's) family.
Dr. Godfrey—And I have been very kind to you.
The Prisoner—Yes, I know you have.
Police-constable 77 K; said that between eight
and nine o'clock on Thursday evening there was a
mob in front of Dr. Godfrey's house, and they re-
mained there until nine, and were occasionally very
clamorous, shouting, hallooing, and whistling. The
doctor, when he came out of his house, was hustled,
and he seized the prisoner, and said, " This is one
of them."
Mr. Yardley—Was there such a mob in the
Whitechapel-road last night as was calculated to
cause fear in the minds, dr the inhabitants?
Witness—There was, indeed, Sir.
Mr. Yardley—lf that be so it was an unlaw-
ful assemblage, and every person contributing and
mingling in the riot is liable to prosecution. I have
no legal knowledge of any trial or proceedings
which have occurred elsewhere. I can only know
judicially what has taken place, but I may ask, is
there not great excitement.
The policeman said there was, and that thieves
and disorderly characters took advantage of the
excitement to plunder and create disturbances.
Mr. Yardley--!-I say, emphatically, the public
peace is not to be disturbed on account of the result
of any trial that has lately taken place. If the
prosecutor has been engaged in a trial, and been
unsuccessful, he is not to be insulted and hooted.
The prosecutor has been punished enough by the
ill success he has met with. The prisoner had no
right to take upon himself to judge whether Dr.
Godfrey was right or wrong, or to hoot an d hiss
him. Such a proceeding was monstrous. Had the
excitement ceased ?
Inspector Griffin said the excitement had not
ceased, and he was afraid was not likely to cease.
After the trial of the case Gardner v. Godfrey,
where the doctor was successful, the excitement
was so great that he had to employ ten extra
policemen in the Whitechapel-road, opposite the
houses of Dr. Godfrey and Mr. Gardner, and ten
more in reserve at the station-hou!e ; and since the
acquittal of Mr. Newton for a libel on Dr. Godfrey,
the excitement had been intense, and he had been
compelled to employ an extra force.
Dr. Godfrey said. he had material witnesses in
attendance to prove a conspiracy on•, the part of
some of Newton's committee, the prisoner, and
others to ruin him.
Mr. Yardley said he could not hear such evidence.
His object was to stop offences. If the prisoner
was proved to be a participator in an unlawful as-
semblage and riot, or to have contributed only to
the mob by his presence, he was liable to be in-
dicted, and if found guilty to be severely punished.
Such infamous conduct as this was not to be tole-
rated for an instant. Dr. Godfrey, whether he was
right or wrong, was not to be persecuted and
hounded by a mob, but was entitled to the protec-
tion of the law. If-the prosecutor had done wrong,
he was to be tried calmly, judicially, and cautiously.
It was not to be tolerated that there was to be mob
law in this country. He (Mr. Yardley) was deter-
mined to repress any tendency to mob law, and in
order to prevent it, he gave notice that whoever
attempted to commit offences in the Whitechapel-
road, or annoyed or insulted Dr. Godfrey, would be
severely punished, and the punishment of the pri-
soner would be all the more severe if there was a
repetition of the disgraceful scene of Thursday
night. The question was whether the prisoner was
not to be made a severe example of, with a view to
the preservation of the public peace.
The Prisoner—l was there only a moment.
Mr. Yardley—A moment too long. Any one
joining a tumultuous mob or contributing to a
mob, is liable to punishment. You were contri-
buting to that unlawful assemblage last night, and
had no right among them.
Dr. Godfrey said that some of Newton's friends
and the prispner had called upon a woman, a pa-
tient of his, before the late trial, and offered her
£3 to induce her neice to swear that he (Dr. God-
frey) had taken liberties with her. It was a base
conspiracy against him.
Mr. Yardley—l am only going into one question.
There is to charge of conspiracy against this man.
Dr. Godfrey—He has conspired, and I have wit-
nesses to prove it.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cook said she was on her way to
Dr. Godfrey's house for medicine on Thursday night,
and saw the prisoner and eight others near his
door. They all talked about stoning Dr. Godfrey
and drawing him through a horse-pond. She heard
the prisoner say " We will stone him when he
comes out."
A constable said the disorderly assemblage in
front of Dr. Godfrey's house continued from 16
minutes past eight till 20 minutes past ten.
Inspector Griffin—The tumult generally com-
mences at four in the afternoon, and finishes at
12 o'clock at night. •
Mr. Yardley—And you have to employ extra
policemen to preserve the peace,?
Inspector Griffin—Yes, Sir, that is so. The two
trials have given us much trouble.
Mr. Yardley—This is not to be endured. It' is
quite intolerable, and scandalous in the extreme.
The prisoner then called two witnesses, who made
it clearly appear that he joined the mob when Dr.
Godfrey was leaving his house.
Dr. Godfrey—This is all done by Newton, the
infidel lecturer at the Philpot-street Hall, near the
Commercial-i oad.
Mr. Yardley—l advise you to be regular,Sihri
Confine yourself to evidence. You have no right
to state that a man, who is not here, is an infidel
lecturer.
After some further proceedings,
Mr. Yardley said the case did not rest entirely
upon Dr. Godfrey's evidence. Other witnesses had
confirmed him. His (Mr. Yardley's) object was to
put a stop to such disgraceful proceedings in this
metropolis. If the prisoner joined others with a
design to disturb the public peace, he (Mr. Yardley)
must prevent, by a severe example, any repetition
of the offence. He should adjourn this case, and
the prisoner would be dealt with on the next
examination according to the necessity of making
a public example, or otherwise. He would accept
of one good surety in the sum of £4O for the pri-
soner's appearance on Wednesday next. His object
was to prevent offences. If the prisoner was to be
committed for trial he would be severely punished.
It would entirely depend on the conduct of the
people between this and next Wednesday as to the
punishment that would be inflicted on the prisoner,
and he hoped that Ringrose would do all in his
power to prevent any further proceedings against
him, but he should tie his hands.
A gentleman then offered to become surety for
the prisoner's appearance on Wednesday next, c
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LIVERPOOL-JUNE 17.

This morning we had a' very poor attendance of buyers
at our corn exchange. The business passing was better
for both wheat and flour, and where transactions occurred
prices may be quoted at 2d per cental on wheat and flour
since yesterday. Indian corn firm, with a moderate busi-
ness. Oats and oatmeal a dull sale. Egyptian beans,
peas, and barley almost nominal.

WAKEFIELD—JUNE 17.
The weather during the week has been fine, and the ar-
rivals large Trade dull. Wheat has given way about 3s
per qr. Grinding barley is lower. English beans were
unalterered, but Egyptian is lower. Oats and shelling
have also somewhat declined.
Averages for the week :
Wheat 1,303 qrs., at
Beans 45 „
Barley lOO „

Peas .• e • • ,
Oats 3O tt
Rye - 9)

EXETE

515
47s 10d
33s 101 d
,—s Od

29s Od
—s Od

NNE 17.

Tho business was limited, at the following prices :
Wheat, white 5s 6d to 5s 9d Barley. ..4s Od to 4$ 3d
Ditto red 5s 34 to 58 6d I Oats
Flour, fine, 33s to 34s ; seconds, 32s to —s per sack.
CATTLE—The market was largely supplied with stock.
A moderate attendance of farmers. Pork carcases in fair
supply.

Fat beef,p score,9s6d to 10s6d
Pork carcases, do7s 6d to 8s Od
Lambs, per lb. 6d to'7d
Rough fat;

Ewes, per lb ....—d to Od
Wethers, d 0...... 6d to Od
Fat calves, d0....6id to 6d
4id per lb.

BRISTOL SUGAR—JUNE 17.
The market continues steady, and the sales comprise
550 hhds. West India, 3,000 mats Mauritius, and 5,500
boxes Havannahs, at prices much on a par with those cur-
rent at the date of our last report. Refiners' produce has
been freely dealt in, at very full rates. Rum continuos dull
and prices nominal.

• COAL MARK'
(Prices of Coal per Ton at

s. d.
Buddle's West Hartleyls 9
Lambert's West Hart-
ley 15 3
Tanfield Moor 13 6
Howard's West Hart-
-15 9
ley
Haswell Gas. l4 6
Walker Primrose 13 6
Grey's West Hartley 14 9
Ward's West Hartley ..15 9
Holywell 16 0
Sharlaston Main 15 6
Mount Moor Steam—. 14 0
Walbottle Hartley ....14 6
West Riding Hartley ..15 0