The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-21 00:00:00

MAAKET NEWS.—(This Day.)

CORN EXuiiANGE.
The supply of English wheat in to-day's market watt
not extensive; yet demand for all kinds ruled heavy
at Monday's decline in
value.
The samples were some*
what out of condition.
There was an extensive show of foreigh wheat. The
transactions were very limited, and prices were barely
supported.
Fine barely sold at Monday's quotations ; but inferior
parcels sold at irregular prices.
The malt trade was heavy, and tho quotations had a
downward tendency.
The oat trade was in a sluggish state, but no further
decline took place in value.
Beans, peas, and flour were dull, but not cheaper.

English.
Irish

ARRIVALS THIS WRIIK.
\Wheat. Barley. I Malt.
1,310 11,440 I 1,130

Oats.

Foreign...

6,760 1 3,870

,Flour
630

1700, I
1-001;0.1
14,790 150 sok Is.

BOROUGH HOP.
Fine new hops are in fair request at full prises; but al!
all other kinds are very dull.

WRITECHAPEL.
3s 8d to 5, d per Slbs. by the carcase.
The demand ruled inactive, as follows :—Beef, from
3s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 4,1 to 4s Sd ; veal, 3s 6d to
4s 4d; pork,

ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH WALES LlNlL—Among the
casualties on this' occasion Mr. William Price, of the
firm of Price,
_Brothers, Bridgend, was severely out
above the eye, with braises on the face and other in.
juries.

• THE S 4TN, LONDON, WEDNES DAY EVENING OCTOBER 8 517.
.....,21,
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Oct. 20. cotton dresses, and other articles, value 101., the , premien 1..r0;m the Bench that there was not the
ii.eadthtehrTouo
liIIPOSTURE AND ITS VICTIMS. and 11. for your day's wages. You gave the women PRICES OF SIIARES.
P of the prosecutor and the servants in his slightest lin; putation upon his character.
----0.........._ a glass a-piece out of the 3/. 17s. 6d.—a 4d. glass. ear
employ, had been taken away. Upon the discovery Mr. Brous 3hton—Whom do you first call ? Prisoner—l do not wish to ask any more ques- Prom, the Official List.
(Before Mr. Bliss, Q.C. )
of the robbery the matter was at once put into the Mr. Herri mg—l'll first put iu the box, sir, a A case exhibiting the heartless manner in which
gdhmoilrld- placedeii bencch°llolin- Eons.
Wm. Cavanagh, 42, jeweller, was indicted for hands of the police, and from information they highly-respe :ctable tradesman. tdhe eh
ee was poor are
heardpl plundered
before
Upon this evidence the prisoner was remanded. rUBLISIIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING
having stolen a gold ring, the property of Thomas received they went to the house of the prisoner, George P. rice was then sworn.LONDON, TUESDAY, OCT. 20, 1857.
Wm. Eady and another, his masters. He pleaded who lived in the neighbourhood, and there found Mr. Herring—Where do you reside, and what Friday last. A man named Howorth, residing at CANALS.
—Leeds Mercury.
Guilty, the whole of the stolen property. The prisoner are you ? Hollingwood, near Oldham, a beer- lle se rby trade - - -
/ LORD CECIL GORDON'S INSOLVENCY. Ti
Names of —, Dividend A,. Names of 13 Dividend
Mr. Pare prosecuted ; Mr. F. H. Lewis ap- said he bought it of a man whom he did not know, Witness—l live at Llanvetherire. had persuaded a number of poor people - that he .—see.____ Companies. A per P-- Companies. a per Price.
but had frequently seen him at market at Old Ford. Mr. Herrin You are a grocer and a butoher, clui c, 4 Annum.
pared for the prisoner. The day he named as that on which he had bought are you not 1 d get rid of their property out of Chancery" At ce Annum. CO
the Taunton County Court, on Monday, the
Hers in e more readily and upon better terms than the law- z x
The prosecutors are manufacturing jewellers
them was previous to the commission of the rob- Witness—l am, sir. Hon. Cecil James Gordon,
ers and by means of this fiction commoely called Lord Ashtn &Oldl. 93 7t. p. et. 4I 0
itPeeak Forest. 78 Cl. Os.
Red Lion-street, Clerken.well, and the prisoner was bery. Mr. Herring —Have you known the prison er long? Y / . was extrict ng i Cecil Gordon, wbos9 former petition for hear. • .
ing B Lrming am h 40 4/: gem t's • 30 17s
money from their pockets. The police having as- • Coventry.. • • 100 11/. ;Rochdale ... 35 4/. 80
in their service. The case against him was that he The jury found the prisoner guilty, and Witness—l have.
certained that there were grounds for a was dismissed' on Septsnaber 7, on a legal t hec ne-
prosecution, Derby .. —• • 100 61. 15s. IStfird &Wor, ,40 281
Ir. Herring--What is he ?
stole a. ring from a drawer in which a fellow-work- Mr. Creasy sentenced him to hard labour for six 11,
..
procured a warrant for Howcroft's apprehension, lis and who had remained • •
ca y, in prison, was heard GrandJunetn 100 21. pr. et. Stoarbridge.. 145 121. 10s.
' Witness—He is a farmer. on another petition. His lordship was opposed by 6,,,.p,r _ Severn and}
man kept his work, and sold it at a refiner's shop months.and on Wednesday went to hit residence and ;a p- =1 Union 100 26 1/. 16s.
fn Jerusalem-passage for Bs. 6d. The prisoner was With respect to the case of W. Smith, mentioned Mr. Herring—How long have on
of Wtnes kbout five '
above, at a subsequent part of the day the wife i - years. y known him ? prehendtd him on a charge of obtaining money
under false pretences. They P a number of creditors rssident at Bath. The debts Wye Rail.
Kennt & Avr. 40 6s. 61,4 Warwick & 7
on the schedule lule were 2,639/., ancl the insolvency Leeds &Livri• 'OO 251. 490 Bining. j 100 2L
apprehended near his own house, 36, Augustus- • Mr. Herring—What • • et once proceeded to Leicester .. •• 00 Cl. iWarwick & i
the prisoner complained to the Court that she had opinion have you formed of search the house and found a large quantity of was attribute Ito the non-payment of about 2,0001.
Leicstr &Ntb 83 I/. 55. 13 Napton.. j 100 21. 10
street, Cumberland-market, by Tyler, detective paid a solicitor, Mr. John Pater, of 33, Argyle- his character ?
rent to Lady Gordon,
as
wills, pedigrees, and other documents, b longing to
officer hire G division. Rea as intoxicated when square, a sum of money for the purpose of obtain- Witness—His character is •
in every respect un- several families, who had employed him to get Ireland, to the diminution of gifts from friends, Macclesfield. 100 21. 108. Bunning.
178 10s. 16%
xceptionable. Neath ...... 100 161. ;Wilts & Brki 7s. Od.
taken i custody, and saihe knew nothing of ing counsel to defend her husband, but he had not e .
their money out of Chancery. The whole of the and to having a family of nine to support and ed.u- Oxford...—. 100 104ss
the ring. appeared at the trial, and the prisoner was conse-
-7ls 1 7 Mr. Herring—Has he held
4revir rin.ristii 2 any public office in documents, with the prisoner. were iirriii rili t 4,, I cats. - - --- ---
_

Mr. Bliss said it was a very bad case, and sen-
tenced him to s.(z months' hard labour.
Eliza Holden, 20, pleaded Guilty of stealing in
the dwelling-house of Eliza Harding, her mistress,
two 51. notes, two sovereigns, a pencil case, &c.,
her property and nvmey.
Mr. Bliss sentenc qd her to nine months' hard
labour.

The jury found the prisoner guilty, and
Mr. Creasy sentenced him to hard labour for six
months.
With respect to the case of W. Smith, mentioned
above, at a subsequent part of the day the wife of
the prisoner complained to the Court that she had
paid a solicitor, Mr. John Pater, of 33, Argyle-
square, a sum of money for the purpose of obtain-
ing counsel to defend her husband, but he had not
appeared at the trial, and the prisoner was conse-
quently undefended.
Mr. Pater, who was in court, protested g' upon
the honour of a gentleman" that he hadbeen taken
by surprise, and wished the case to be re-heard.
Mr. Creasy, thepresiding judge, told him not to
talk to him about the " honour of a gentleman," or
he should have to say something he might not wish
to hear, for it was quite clear that he had taken the
woman's money, and yet the man had been tried
without counsel.
Mr. Pater then wished to address the jury, but
Mr. Creasy imperatively ordered him to quit the
court, or he would commit him, and instructed
the prisoner's wife to put the case into the hands of
the county solicitor.

pression from the Bench that there was not the
slightest au; putation upon his character.
Mr. Brous 3hton—Whom do you first call ?
Mr. Herri ing—l'll first put iu the box, sir, a
highly-respe :ctable tradesman.
George P. rice was then sworn.
Mr. Herring—Where do you reside, and what
are you ?
Witness—l live at Llanvetherire.
Mr. Herring—You are a grocer and a butcher,
are you not ?
Witness—l am, sir.
Mr. Herring —Have you known the prisoner long
Witness—l have.
Mr. Herring--What is he ?
Witness—He as a farmer.
Mr. Herring—How long have you known him ?
Witness—About five years.
Mr. .Herring—What opinion have you formed of
his character ?
Witness—His character is in every respect un-
exceptionable.
Mr. Herring—Has he held any public office in
your parish ?
Witness—Yes, air, that of a road surveyor.
Mr. Herring—Any other ?
Witness—At this time, sir, he is a collector of
land and assessed taxes.
Mr. Herring—Now, as to his moral character
what do you say ?
Witness--I never knew a stain cast upon it. He
constantly attends with his family at the parish
church, and a more respectable and well-conducted
man does not, I believe, exist.
In reply to further questions the witness said—l
called upon the prisoner at his house on the 2d of
this month, at eleven in the morning, and on the
next day, the 3d, between eight and ten. I saw
the prisoner going along with a number of sheep to
a field called the " Hentland" (on the very morn-
ing the robbery, as alleged, took place), and I spoke
to him. Prior to my going into business I was
gardener to the Yen. Archdeacon Williams, now
Dean of Llandaff. The defendant is a wealthy
man, and has a very extensive stock.
Mr. Broughton—When did you first know of the
prisoner being in custody ?
Witness—Yesterday morning, sir, between five
and six o'clock.

A case exhibiting the heartless manner in which
the poor are plundered through ill-placed confi-
dence was heard before the Todmorden bench on
Friday last. A man named Howorth, residing at
Hollingwood, near Oldham, a beerse]ler by trade,
had persuaded a number of poor people - that he
could "get rid of their property out of Chancery"
more readily and upon better terms than the law-
yers, and by means of this fiction was extracting
money from their pockets. The police having as-
certained that there were grounds for a prosecution,
procured a warrant for Howcroft's apprehension,
and on Wednesday went to his residence and Ap-
prehendt d him on a charge of obtaining money
under false pretences. They a once proceeded to
search the house and found a large quantity of
wills, pedigrees, and other documents, b longing to
several families, who had employed him to get
their money out of Chancery. The whole of the
documents, with the prisoner, were brought to
Todmorden in the evening. He was taken before
A. Ormerod, Eq., and remanded till Friday, when
he was again brought before the same magistrate,
and further remanded till Monday, and aeauitted
to bail, himself in 1001., and two sureties in 501.
each. We give the evidence below :
Ann Cunliffe—l am a single woman, residing at
Hanging-dirch, in Langfield, near Todmorden. I
am 57 years old. I have known the prisoner, John
River Burdett Howcroft, three years will be next
WhitsunCd .. I first becani acquainted with him
by going to his house at Ilellingwood, near Old-
ham. It was in consequence of a message that I re-
ceived which caused me to go over to see Howcroft.
When I went I told Howcroft who I was and why
I had come. I told Howcroft that I had heard
he had a will concerning the Wycoller Estate, and
that it (the estate) belonged to the Ounlides of
Todmorden. He said he hal one, and he read it
to me. The will said, as he seed it :
" Henry Cunliffe, of Colne Waterside, Bools-
worth, Edge of Framden, Wycoller Hall and
Estates, Marsden and Bromley, belong to Cun-
liffes, and no other name but Cunliffes shall have
that property."
I asked Howcroft how much I must give him for
his advice. He did not charge anything„ but said
I must give him what! had a mind. 1 gave him
2s. When I gave him the 2s. he said, "If you
bring me another 94. I can get you Wycoller for
that." I said I would bring the 9s. I came home
and told my brother James, who is since dead. In
about a fortnight after I had paid the 9s. there
came a letter by post to my brother James, from
Howcroft, saying he wanted Gs. Bd. for open-
ing the County Borough Court. I saved up
10s.' and went off to see Howcroft. Before this
1 had paid the 9s. to Howcroft, at his own house.
This was in about a month after I first saw him.
I told him I had brought the 93., which, with the
2s. previously paid,
would make 11s. to get Wy-
coller with. He said he could get it. He said he
was working under the government, and was doing
as well as he could to get poor people their money
for a little. He then said he should be down at
Todmorden on a stated Friday morning, by the first
train, and would want to see my brot ler. It was
on a subsequent °cession when I paid him the 6s.
Sd. I paid this oldis own house about a fortnight
after the 93. I him I had come to bring him
the Gs. Bd. to open the County Borough Court
with. He said it was right. He then told me
about my brother meeting him at the Queen, in
Todmorden. 1 and my brother James met How-
crofti at the Queen, in Todmorden, on the Friday
after I paid the 6;. Bd. That was the time which
Howcroft had fixed. When I got to the Queen
Hotel I found my brother and Howcroft together.
My brother was poorly and unable to raise much
money, and asked Howcroft how much more he
would want to eetWycoller with. Howcroft said,
" It will take 31. to get the estate with, but you had
better bring your Cousins in, as they would join at
the property, and they might as well join at the
expense to help toget it." We gave him no money
that day. He said he could get Us the property,
and many a time since then he has fixed from time
to time that he would get us the property, and those
days have now passed. Howcroft said the second
time I went to hi; house, when I paid him 94., that
besides the estates there was in money 70,3001. lls.
3d., and that we should have to go to draw it. He
said the money telonged to the Cunliffes, and was
left to the people who left the estate, with the sub-
sequent interest of the property. Alter the inter-
view at the Qteeri we set about and saw our
cousins, as Howcroft had recommended, and had
a meeting. Abut three weeks before Todmorden
fa'r, in -September, 1856, I went over again to
11ov/croft's house. He told me to get the names
of our cousins and all their children on to paper,
so that the children could get the money if aught
happened their parents before the money came,
and for the names to be sent to him. We did this,
and sent the names. He said he should want a
shilling a piece for enrolling tire names—a shilling
for every name, whether children or parents. We
met Howcroft at the Queen, at Todmorden fair. It
was arringed that the other cousins should pay him
as far as we had paid, and then go en altogether.
We reckoned up that my three sisters and myself
had paid, with our expenses, lls. each. On that
day V. 17s. 61. was paid to Howcroft for enrolling
the names, and a sovereign for his day's work, so
that we paid him 31. 17s. Gd. on that day. He said
that he 0010:1 gat us the money in the following
month. At this interview he made the money a
good deal more than be had told rue at his house.
He then said it amounted to 200,3691. 14s. Bd. He
said. he could get it us is. the next month of Octo-
ber. us we slinald have to go to London,
two
Ty party,
l and that an aunt of ours,
who
, would have to go with ns,
outrie of
at toldvßeackburnand that he (Howcroft) would go with us. My
three sisters and myself mthat day paid 25., which
would mike 133., and tais equalled the amount,
and was part of the 31.178. 6d. Since then I have
many a time met Howcroft at the Queen. I bevel
net paid him any more since ; I have not been
able. The next time I saw him was at Portsmouth ;
he did not require any money from anybody that
day. Ido not recollect what I said to him, or he
said to me on that clay.
This was about the time
he should have brought the money, and we went
expecting to have drawn it. The next time I saw
livede
him was at the Queen, about November, as well
as I can recollect. He always told us that he
would get us the money. He fixed one day
after another, but always something turned up that
the money had not come. Sometime; he said the
money had not come because the war had prevented
it. Oa the Ist of January, 1856, he came to the
Queen ; I met him, and three of my brothers, and
three sisters, and some of our cousins. Howcroft
was present. It was arranged that four of us
should go to Wakefidd on the 14th of February, to
receive the cheques for the money ; two of them
were to receive the cheques, and two to see that
they did right. I saw 10s. paid to Howcroft,
which was half-a-crown a piece for the four names
being set down. The names were set down on a
paper which Howcroft had. We offered him 155.,
but he returned 55., saying he would only have
103. When the names were set down at the Queen,
the figures re staining the larger sum were put down
on the corker of the paper that we signed on, and
we had some words about the amounts, and I
a..ked how it was that it 'WAS more thin what ho
had told me at Oldhun ?" H 3 said, "It is the
Irish estates that ma-le the difference." I should
n ;t la eve pa'd Howcroft any of the money, except
from the statements that he made to me from time
t a time that fiere were the estates and money be-
longing to us, and that he could get them for us,
and except he had read the will. On one occasion,
while we met at the Queen, my cousin, John Cun-
liffe, said to Howcroft he would like to see the
wil. Howcroft answered, " Faithless Thomas,
cannot you believe me ? You must come and look
if you cannot believe." John asked Hoe 6 e)ft how
much he woul 1 charge. Hower. ft said, gi I will
let you look at it for 21. ; but if you will come to
my house and bring something with l 1
yoo, I will let
you look at it for 1-7ss." He brought the will next
time lie came to the Queen. He dues, the will
down on the to l°, and left it with us. He left the
room, and when tie returned they gave it him back.
Chomas Barker was one who read the will. John
Canliffe, Thomas Barker, 'William Law, and John
Greenwood were the four wino paid 2s. Gd. each,
who were celled the committee-wen for going to
Wakefield to draw the cheques. The will, as read
at the Queen by Thomas Barker, was not the s ime
as the will which Howcroft had read to ma at his
house.

It appeared from the insolvent's statement that
he had lived some years at Brussel, and previously
at Mooresfort, in Ireland. He left Brussels owing
about 3001., and admitted that before he left he
hal not the means of paying. Ho was arrested at
Bath, and his friends paid the money. His agent,
Mr. Coady, gave him a list of the debts. In 1851
be went to Scotland, and from that period he had
had no property of his own. He married in 1841
Miss Moore, of Mooresfort, and he lived for some
years with his father-in-law, who made him an
allowance. His father-in-law died in 1849
without a will, and his property was shared.
He believed that his wife should have received
about 2,0001., as stated in the schedule. His wife
had 5,0001. under her father's settlement, and had
received about 2,3001. His wife left England at
the end Gf July last, and was now residing at Paris.
He had not determined on taking the benefit of
the act when his wife left England. His wife took
no jewellery with her, and her departure was, as
he knew his creditors would come down on him,
to avoid his wife and his children seeing him dis-
graced. He was first arrested on the 16th July,
at the Racket Court, in Bath, and he went to Mr.
Hall, a solicitor, who went into the room with the
officer, and he was soon afterwards liberated. He
went to prison on the Ist August, and bad since
remained in confinement. He had disposed of
E3OlllO articles of clothe, (h. His debts were up-
wards of 2,0001., and he had no property.
The opposition to his lordstip's discharge was
on several grounds—contract:int, debts without
expectation of payment, obtaining forbearance, and
disposing of property.
At the conclusion of the examination the judge
declared Lord Gordon entitled to the benefit of the
act, and ordered him to be discharged forthwith.

Name of Company.

Berlin .. • •
East London

Do. 4 per C ent. Pref.
Do. 5 per Cent. Pref.
Grand Junction ......

Several similar cases came before the Court.
Caroline Deane was in dieted fur stealing a watch
from the person of James Crisp.
The prosecutor, who lives at No. 8, Wareham-
street, Hoxton, was in the c =pay of the prisoner,
a girl of the town, at a coffee-Maop in Wenlock-road,
and from something which th'e landlady told him
he missed his watch, which vas found in the pri-
sonsi's possession. She alleged. that he had given
it to her instead of money, and that was the defence
now set up.
The jury acquitted her.
John Williams, 24, was indictea for obtaining
goods by false pretences. There were three charges
against him. _ _

Do. New •• ••••
Kent—. .. ..........

51. per cnt.
64. per cnt.
41. per cent.
5/. per cent.
41. per cnt.

Amount
of
Share.

Lambeth ..........

SI. per cnt.

New River Company..
Southwark & Vauxhall
West Middlesex ..
Do. Do,

s. d.
10 0 0
Stock.
25 0 0
2.5 0 0
50 0 0
25 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0

Name of Company.

,4r. per cent.

BRIDG:

Dividend
per

Annum.

100 0 0
61 0 0
5 1 8

Amount
of
Share.

flungerford.... ••
Southwark ...... .

Ditto New of 7% p.c.
Waterloo ..... .... • • • •

Ditto Old Ann. of 81.
Ditto Nw ditto of 71.
Vauxhall

X s. d.
25 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
100 0 0
60 0 0
40 0 0
70 10 3

lOs per eent.l

U. 12s. Od.
11. Rs. Od.
28s.

Mr. Platt prosecuted ; Mr. Poland appeared for
the prisoner.
Tt.e mode of plunder adopted by the prisoner
was this :—He would go to a tradesman's shop and
order goods to ba sent to the residence of some

Mr. Herring—Did you start immediately for
London ?

Name of Company

DOCKS,

Dividend
per

Annum.

Amount
of
Share.

person who he had ascertained was a customer,
then intercept the errandboy why was sent
with the articles, and obtain possession of
them by saying he was going back to fetch them,
as tbere had been delay in the delivery, the goods
being wanted for immediate use.
Tile jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced
to nine months' hard labour.

'Witness—l did, and arrived in London last
night at six.

Commercial ..........

151. pr cent.

X s. d.
Stock.
Stock.
Stock.
100 0 0
100 0 0
25 0 0
Stock.
3tock.
50 0 0
20 0 0
20 0 0

Paid.

X s. d.
100
all

-By Mr. Grange—l came up at the instigation of
Mrs. Probert, the prisoner's wife, to whom the
telegraphic message had been sent. I had not re-
ceived any message from Mr. Herring.
The next witness was Henry Evans, wbo said—
I have been in the employ of the prisoner since the
sth of June last.

Do. Preference
East and West India..
Grand Surry D. & Canal

Do. Load Notes .. .

Do. 5 per cent. Pref.
London ...
St. Katharine ........
Southampton
Victoria ••••••• • •• • •
Ditto New ..

61. pr cent.
41. per cent.

Win. Grant and Mary Grant, husband and wife,
werd indic,ed for stealing a cash-box and 261. in
gold and silver, the property and money of E. C.
Battey, proprietor of the Duke of Cambridge beer-
shop at Hounslow.

Mr. Herring—Do you recollect the evening of
the sth inst.?

Witness—l do, sir ;on that day I made cyder
for my master, and at 9 in the evening my master
sat down to smoke hispipe. He said to me, "Henry,
will you have a pint of cyder ?" and I said, "Yes,
sir, if you please."
Mr. Herriog—Did you see him the next morn-
ing ?
Witness—l did, at 9 o'clock.
Mr. Broughton—How do you know the time you
have sworn to ?

THE LATE BRUTAL MURDER AT

51. pr cent.

4541. per cnt.
4 per cent.
51. Os per c.

[T AND CO]

Mr. Atkinson prosecuted, and Mr. Payne ap-
peared for the prisoners.
The male prisoner belonged to the South Middle-
ileX Militia, and one night he and his wife slept at
the prosecutor's house. A cash-box was stolen
from a bedroom, and there was suspicion that the
prisoners, or one of them, had something to do with
it, but the evidence did not amount to sufficient
pro ,f, and they were acquitted.
Mr. Payne remarked that as the male prisoner
wore a Crimean medal it was the more unlikely that
he would commit such a theft, and as he was
a volunteer for India it would be much better that
he should be acquitted and sent to use his muscle
and sinew against the miscreant Sepoys than shut
up for uo good at all in a prison.
(Before Mr. Creasy.)
Robert Baker, 44, was indicted for unlawfully
and indecently assaulting Eliza Winterfiood, with
intent, &c.

ME RTilf.R.

FINAL EXXMINATIOTN AND COMMITTAL
OF THE MURDERERS.
The four prisoners charged with the wilful mur-
der of Cornelius Donoghue, viz., Ellen Burke,
Jno. Burke, Johanna Brien, and Timothy M‘Guddy,
alias Sullivah, were brought this day (Monday)
before the stipendiary magistrate, Mr. J. C. Fow-
ler, to undergo a final examination on that charge.
Great excitement prevailed amongst the crowd as-
sembled in and around the court, and the prisoners,
on being removed to the railway station at the
clus 3 of the inquiry, were followed by a mob, who
hooted and yelled at them with much evident
angry fee'ing. The evidence received was very
voluminous.
Jerry Donovan deposed to having seen the de-
ceased beae en near Bun ke's door, and to haying
heard Ellen Burke encourage the others by saying
"Kill the -."
Dr. Evan Davis deposed to having been called
to visit the deceased oa the night of the murder.
He was dead. Had made a post-mortem examina-
tion on the body, and, on opening the head, found
extensive effusion on the brain. The effusion was
the result of violence to !he head, upon which, ex-
ternally, were the marks of severe contusions.
Witness had no doubt that death was caused by the
effusion, as the brain was otherwise healthy.
Ellen Keally deposed that, ou the Sunday night
of the murder, she had occasion to pass Quarry-
lane, when she heard a woman say to a man whom
sire knew to be the deceased Donoghue, "You
are a-- thundering liar." She also said that
he was older than she was, to which deceased re-
plied, "Not much, if it comes to that." Witness
went on her business. As she returned she saw
some persons near the Burkes' door, and heard a
gqod deal of conversation, amongst which he heard
Burke, who was iu a gal rage, say that ho would
kick deceased over the he id.
Mary Wh lan deposed that at 11 o'clock on the
Sunday night in question she was going to bed,
when she heard screams. She went out into the
street opposite Richard Millipleint's house, and
saw a crowd of people assembled. On going to-
wards them she saw the deceased Donoghue stretched
on his back on the ground, with his head resting
on Betsy Ilegan's lap. Saw Timothy M‘Guddy or
Sullivan give him three kicks on the side. He said
to Johanna Brien, "Come away now ; the -is
killed." She said, "No ; the thing is not
killed," aryl then she took up a stone, and struck
him on the head. Ellen Burke said, "Kill the
--." John Burke then went on with a stone,
and was about to throw it, when witness screamed
out and said, "The man is killed." All four of
the prisoners then ran away together.
Mary M'Donald deposed that she had known the
deceased, and also knew the prisoners Ellen Burke
said,
?'' She
house. Donoghue, the
deceased, was standing at his own door, and there
and Johanna Brien. About six w,e,elkdaogno,tshkenomwet
them on the road near her;
were two men going along who was intoxicated and
ultlhyeyou are tosay
th
-- killed."
Johanna
ousihaot raswrnaeinil
Ie
DonoghuenBEh sl
oaleui
du (;i
Ilkevreykheata
()tr
sasebe
you can kill a man;" to which Eden replied, "If
I don't, I shall get some one who will do it. I
should like to dance in his blood."
Mary M'Donald, a daughter of the last witness,
deceased,
da,cldCreosrsne
iduleth, awthoshieladknbeewentlii)ae
y i
leer for saved or eight months. The prisoner Ellen
Burke was also after him, and had threatened to
get him killed, and that she (witness) should never
addresses to s
enjoy him. She had often said that ; she said it
dDeopneos ge
last about seven weeks ago, in a field near her (wit-
ness's) mother's house.
Several other witnesses were called, who spoke
to having seen John Burke and Johanna Brien
strike deceased on the head with stones. All the
prisoners appeared to be acting in concert, but
Sullivan was not shown to have been present until
somewhat late iu the affray, although he ran away
with the others.
Mr. Superintendent Wrenn, of the Merthyr con-
stabulary,.
deposed to having apprehended the..two
female prisoners at one o'clock the same night.
When he told them the charge against them they
denied having been away from their own doors that
"'get. The male prisoners were sought for, but
could not ba found, at their 1, dgings. They were
arrested on the following morning its other houses
by police-constables Williams and. Dunlop.
The magistrate said he had carefully examined
the evidence, and considered that it made out a
charge of wilful murder against John Burke, Ellen
Burke, and Johanna Brien, and he should commit
them to the County Gaol to await their tr'al en
that chirp. With resp ct to Sullivan!, the evi-
dence showe 1 that the violence committed by him
was after the fatal injury, and there was no proof
of his having been concerned in the first pant of the
transaction. He was therefore discharged.
The other prisoners were then committed for
trial on the capital charge.

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Witness—l know it well, sir ; I know when the
Fast day was, and that it was on the 7th. lam
certain it was three days before that.
Caroline Lloyd said —I have been in the service
of Mr. Probert (the prisoner) since the last Monday
in July._

Mr.-Herring—During that time, up to last Wed-
nesday, have you seen your master at home ?
Witness—Yes ; he has slept in the house every
night, and I have seen him after he got up the next
morning.

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Mr. Broughton—When did you first hear of your
master being charged ?
Witness—Not till (he message came by telegraph
to my mistress.

Mr. Sleigh appeared for the prosecution.
This case was prosecuted by Mr. Vann, vestry
clerk of Shoreditch, under the direction of the
authorities of that parish, the offence with which
the prisoner was charged having been committed in
their workhouse. The prisoner was a pauper in-
ma4 e, and was occasionally employed as a watch-
man. It appeared that the prosecutrix, a girl
about 12 years of age, whose parents live in Char-
lotte-row, Angel-alley, Bishopsgate, committed a
petty theft and ran away, and, being too frightened
to go home, she wandered about the streets until
she was taken by a policeman to Shoreditch Work-
house for the night. The prisoner opened the gate
and the policeman left her in his charge ;
he took her to a dark place and committed
the offence imputed to him, after which he
conducted her to a ward and left her with a nurse.
She (11c1 not then complain of what had occurred,
because she said the prisoner had threatened to flog
her if she did, but on being taken home next morn-
ing, she immediately told her mother, and on being
taken back to the workhouse she singled the pri-
soner out from seven other men.

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Witness—Last Wednesday.
A letter from the rector of the parish in which
the prisoner dwells was handel to the worthy
magistrate. It was highly fievourable with regard
to the character of the accused ; in fact, a better
testimonial as to moral worth and respectable stand-
ing could not have been given to any one.
Mr. Grange, for the prosecution, said, that lie
really could not hold out, nor would he attempt to
do so, against the evidence in favour of the prisoner
which had been adduced. There was no vindic-
tive feeling in connection with the prisoner beinc,
charged, and he would not have been taken to the
station-house if the servant girl had not spoken
positively as to his identity.
' Mr. Herring, in an able address, contended that
an alibi had been clearly made out, and that his
client was entitled to an honourable acquital.
Mr. Broughton, after many remarks upon the
case, came to the conclusion that an alibi had been
clearly and sat'sfactorily ectablidied, and ho should
therefore discharge the prisoner.
Mr. Stradth, from whom the valuable property
had been stolen, now said that from what he had
heird while in court he was convinced that the
person accused was innocent ; Lis servant gave him
into custody herself, being quite satisfied at the
period of her doing so that she could not be mis
takes ; he (Mr. Stradth) had been threatened with
an action, but he could not imagine how any
action could be brought against him, inasmuch as
his servant gave the accused in charge herself,
being quite sure at the time she did so that she
was acting perfectly right.
Mr. Herring—With regard to the threatened
action you speak of, you will very likely find that
the intimation you have received thereof will turn
out to be no joke.
Mr. Probert with a number of his most respect-
able friends then left the court.

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The jury found him guilty, and
Mr. Creasy sentenced him to ten months' hard
lab.iur. It was a very proper case for the parish
to prosecute._

i'rederiek Knock, 23, sailor, was indicted for un-
lawfully and maliciously assaulting and wounding
Charles Smith.

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Mr. Honey prosecuted ; Mr. Sleigh appeared for
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The prosecutor was a sailor, and a dispute arose
between him and the prisoner and two cf the mates.
The prisoner applied a peculiar epithet to the pro-
secutor's wife, and they had a fight. While they
were preparing for a second round the prisoner ran
up to the prosecutor and stabbed him in the arm
and ran away.
The jury found him guilty, and
Mr. Creasy sentenced him to four months' hard
labour.

William Smith, 31, was indicted for unlawfully
alatulting and beating John Hewett.
Mr. Sleigh prJsecuted.

The prosecutor stated that he lived at 84, Drum-
mond-street, St. Pancras, and was an officer of the
Bloomsbury County Court. On the 17th inst.,
ab ut half-past 10 o'clock in the evening, he went
to 21, Brill•row, Somers-town, to serve the pri-
sm er with a judgment summons. He went to a
room on the first floor occupied by the prisoner,
kn eked, and the prisoner opened the door. He
told him that he bad to serve him with a judgment
summons at the suit of Paine, and gave him the
document. The prisoner said he did not owe the
money, and that he had a good mind to throw him
down stairs. He told him not to do that, as he
was only doing that which was his duty ; but as he
turned to descand the staircase the prisoner pushed
him from behind and he fell down 13 stairs, injur-
ing his head and back. He had been unable to
resume his duty in consequence, and could now
walk but at the rate of one mile an hour, whereas
before he was injured he could walk from four
to five.

The prisoner said he did not do it wilfully.
The jury found him guilty, ani
Mr. Creasy sentenced him to six months' hard
lab )ur.

Ellen Ward, 20, was indicted for stealing four
sovereigns, the monies of Josephine Hammett, and
book and other articles, the property of Henry
and Eliza Jane Atterbury.
Mr. Sleigh (instructed by Messrs. Mullen) ap-
peared for the prosecution.
Josephine Hammett, of No. 2, Caroline-street,
Bedford-square, sta.ed that she had the care of a
house belonging to Mr. Atterbury, of No. 14, Pem-
broke-terrace, Caledonian-road, where the prisoner
was employed as a servant. A gentleman also
lodged there, but he only slept there occasionally.
His bedroom was on the ground floor, and no one
but the gentleman, herself, and the prisoner had
access to the rooms. On Saturday, the 12th of
September, the witness missed four sovereigns
from a drawer in her room, which had been seen
safe a short time before. On the night of the 12th
of September she west out for about two hours.
Jane Att?rbury said she had engaged the pi i suer
as ser van t to her brother, as she reprisented that
IShe wanted to get int) a place, as she had not much
money and co ild not afford to pay for a lodging.
!-10 said that her mistress was out of town, or she
(k)uld have produced a good character, and, in con-
sequenc:e, she was taken into the service without a
character.
thEdward Silverlock, of No. 3, Norfolk-place,
emer-road, 131 ngton, linendraper, proved that on
vening of the 12th of September the prisoner
came to his shod and purchas.:d articles to the
amount of 3i.
It was farther proved that on the prisoner being
searched at the station housi some stolen articles
he
were found secreted on -
The jury immediately forupridertelon.
the prisoner guilty.
Mr. Sleigh sa'd there was another indictment
against the prisoner for stealiogone sovereign, 41-7,c ,
the property of Miss Atterbury, but he said he
should not proceed with it.
Mr. Creasy said the sovereigns might have been
taken at the same time as the aricles named in the
first indictmenr, and th refore he should treat ibis
as a first offence, as he found nn other conviction
against her in the return before him. He then
sentenced her to imprisonment and 'laid labour
for three months.
Augustus Kinlan, 30, hawker, was indicted for
'dealing two beds and other articles, value 101., the
property of Joseph Muskett Yetts and others.
It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor
is a solicitor, residing at Homerton, and he is also
the owner of a furnished cottage adjacent to his
houce in which his servants slePt. On the night
of the 9th inst., at about ten o'clock, on the
servants going to their apartments as usual for the
)114ht, they found that two feather beds, three

LAMBETH—Mrs. Susaa Humby was further
examined before Mr. Elliott ou a charge of passing
three notes, two for 501. and one for 101., well
knowing the same to be forged.
On the former examination only one charge was
known against the prisoner, and that was for pass-
ing a 10/.-note to Mr. Toby, boot and shoe manu-
facturer, in Wellington-street, London-bridge, and
by the evidence it appeared that the prisoner gave
a❑ order to the prosecutor for boots and shoes
amounting to 101. 45., requesting them to be sent
to a house in Cambridge-terrace, Wandsworth•road,
where she said she was about to open a shop, and
on the goods being delivered gave a forged 10/,
note in payment.

Yesterday in addition it was proved in evidence
that the prisoner gave an order at a draper's shop
in King William-street, London-bridge, for goods
amounting to 5/. 7s. 3,3 d., and on their being sent
to Cambridge-terrace, she gave a Si. forged note in
payment, and in a day or two afterwards it was
found that the house was deserted, and that, in fact,
it had been merely taken for the purpose of receiv-
ing the goods and passing off the forged notes.
A third charge was preferred against the prisoner
by Mr. Turner, landlord of the Globe publichouse,
Regent-street; Lambeth-walk, who deposal that
on Thursday week the prisoner came to his house
and asked him for change for a W.-note, which she
handed to him. On looking at it he said he thought
it was a bad one, but the prisoner assured him that
it was not, as her father had received it at Somerset-
house. The prisoner at that time was a stranger to
him, but shesaid she was the daughter of Mr. Finch,
who lived at No. 5, Gray's-place, in the neighbour-
hood, and that her father and family had dealt at
the house fir years. On this representation he
said he should give her the change, and told her
to write her name and address at the back.
She said she could not write, but requested him
(Mr. Turner) to do so, and after marking it
with the prisoner's name and address he gave her
change. He subsequently passed it to his brewer,
and it was returned stamped " Forgery." The
witness added that after the note was returned he
and found that the prisoner's father
le
she sated, and he (the father) had
am'csakidndeed vi
nw' ulelduhgieti etci e having sent his daughter with the
note, but said he did not think at the time that it
was a forgery. The father also offered to return
the Si. provided witness did not appear against
daughter, but witness felt it to be his duty to at-
tend.

Mr. Joseph Bumsted, inspector of bank notes at
the Bank of England, pronounced all the three
notes produced to be firgerie., and expressed it as
his opinion that they Were all of the same manufac-
ture.

The prisoner was committed for trial on each of
the three charges, but it was represented that she
answered the de=cription 6fa person who, in connec-
ti in with a man named Stvphtns, had p Lased seve-
ral other not.,s of a similar detcription, she was re-
manded until Monday next.

LUDICROUS INCIDENTS IN TIME OF DANGER —When
the steamer Isaac Newton bloke soma tart of her rna-
c'iinery, the lamentable disaster to the C.ntral America
was so fresh in the minds of the pasheugers that it, ack ad
much to the excitement and alarm. The Troy Buclyet
a tys :—" One gentleman wag so overcome with fear that
he plunged headlong out of his state-roost window into
the water. Accdter, a hypochondriacal &d &Pow from
Rochester, New York, awoke at the first crash, seix -d
his carpet bag, and bounced out of his rcom ; with a
whoop of despair he ran aft, and gra ling four 1:f e
servers, placed two of them around hts carpet bag and
the others on each arm. Thus accoutred he sauntered
back with head erect and with a pleasant, self-reliant
expreesior. It was not until his attention was directed
to his light garment that he shot back again to his state-
room."—New York Paper.

Cross-examined by Howeroft—l was about five
times at Howeroft.'s house. I came once on a
rainy day. I should have had to walk all the way
back Lut for you ; you a.Ace.l me if I was for walk-
aud I said I had paid you all my money except
a, and that I should walk to Littleboiongli, and
you asked your wife to pay my fsre. She gavo me
Is , and you gave me 40. paid him 93. on that
day.

Question—Did you ever pay me anything at all ?
Answer—Yes, I did. I gave you ls: more that
day than I expected, and it was for reading the will.
I do not recollect the day of the month when you
read the will. You never gave me half-a-crown at
your house on a wet day. I never received a re-
ceipt or note for any money I paid you. I never
received any bill at the Queen, showing the days
of the months at the meeting. We sawmed up ti.e
15s. amongst us to go back to Wakefield. You
gave the ss. back to John Cunliffe, and he did not
give it back to me. I had not subscribed any-
thing towards the 155., nor was the ss. paid back
to me. I do not know how the Gd. in the 2/. 7s.
Gd. was got at; but it was for enrolling the names,

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