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THE SUN, 14"01,4D0N, THURSDAY EVENUfI, AUGUST 271 1A57

my right thigh, but 2, )ne properly hit me. I rushed
headlong at one of the fellows whom I had noticed
more especially aiming at me, but had scarcely
advanced three paces when a second volley of
bullets saluted me. One of these (and I assure
you their name was legion) entered my right
shoulder about one-sixth of an inch to the outside'
of the armpit, and, passing diagonally though the
shoulder, came out in my back. This was the
severe' wound. It brought me to the ground for
about 15 seconds, and in the course of that short
time I had the pleasure of seeing every one of the
Sikhs dash across the parade ground and charge the
Europeans. Knowing full well that in a few seconds
they would be repulsed by the latter and sent
helter-skelter back towards where I lay, I made
what haste I could along the parade-ground towards
my bungalow. But the Irregular Cavalry were
scattered about in every direction, and thus the
chances of my ever reaching my bungalow seemed
to me very slender. But the worst disposed of the
Irregulars were engaged in assisting the Sikhs, and
those whom I met were fellows who contented
themselves with rendering the "Sahibs' no manner
of assistance, without personally seeking to molest
us. They, therefore, with one exception, rode lei-
surely past me, although, had any of their number
felt inclined to cut me down, I was so entirely
helpless and faint from loss of blood that they might
easily have done so.
" And yet, when one fellow oharged towards me
with his sword in the air, I was mostemercifully
preserved. I threw my sword at him with my lett
arm ; but just as the weapon left my hand I fainted
from the pain produced in my wound, and fell quite
unconscious. But by that time the Sikhs had been
repulsed with great slaughter, and were fleeing
across the parade-ground, with a mere handful of
Europeans at their heels ; my assailant thought it
high time, therefore, to make himself scarce, so
that, on recovering my consciousness, I found the
coast clear, and met with no further opposition in
gaining my bungalow. But even then my circum-
stances were the reverse of enviable, for, besides
the intense pain which I was suffering, I knew not
whether my wound was mortal or not, and was in
momentary expectation of being murdered in cold
blood by a party of mutineers.
" Thus I lay until about two o'clock on Friday
morning.
" The Sikhs had no sooner been dispersed than
the lines of the 37th were charged, and every Se-
poy driven out. The soldiers were then fully occu-
pied in going the rounds of the cantonments, and
escorting the terrified ladies and civilians to the
Mint. During the whole progress of the affray on
the parade ground—a full hour—the cantonments
had been at the mercy of bands of armed Sepoys.
These were assembled from two sources—first, from
the various guards which had been posted (as
usual) throughout the cantonments ; the treasury
guard, for instance ; the hospital guard, bazaar
guard, mess-house guard, and so forth. On the
outbreak of the row these respectable and conscien-
tious follows set to work (with one or two honour-
able exceptions) to plunder their several trusts, and,
that accomplished, dispersed themselves among the
various bungalows, as bent on bloodshed as on
booty. Many a hairbreadth escape was made that
night, and I could fill whole sheets with a detail of
the wonderful Providence to which defenceless
women and children owed their lives. The bunga-
lows were of course abandoned for such lurking
places as the outhouses could afford, and in several
instances these were ransacked by murderous Se-
poys. Of course it would have been quite miracu-
lous had none of us been hurt. But it is truly re-
markable that Colonel Gordon, his adjutant, Lieut.
Glasse, and Captain Dodgson, mounted as they
were on huge chargers. were not riddled with the
perfect shower of bullets with which they were pur-
sued. The casualties wore :—Killecl on the spot,
Capt. Guise • died of his wounds, Ensign Hayter,
of the 25th Native Infantry, but doing duty with
the 37th until the arrival of his regiment, via the
river, from Calcutta. Poor fellow, he has been in
the country a still shorter time than you or I. It
was in consequence of a fever which attacked him
shortly after Ins landing in Calcutta that he was
sent by Gharry dak to Benares, there to await
the arrival of his regiment, which, had it not been
for that fever, he would at this moment have
been accompanying up the Ganges. To save
the pain of a wounded ankle-joint, though without
the slightest hope of saving his life, one of his legs
was amputated above the knee. He was wounded
besides in the abdomen, and this in itself was in all
probability a mortal injury. For nearly a week he
lingered, sinking gradually and not very painfully
int) his grave.
" Three were wounded—viz., Ensign Chapman,
of the 38th, very dangerously,' myself severely,'
and Dodgson very slightly.' Poor Chapman was
shot through the face, the bullet entering at one
cheek and going out at the other. His speech, along
with the sight of one eye and the use of one ear, is
hopelessly gone. It is with the utmost difficulty
and pain that he can swallow even the fluids which
constitute bis sole sustenance, and hence his limbs
are little else than skin and bone. His life, how-
ever, is not supposed to be in any immediate dan-
ger, and as soon as he can travel he will be sent
home to his parents round by the Cape. Both he
and Hayter were shot by the Sikhs.
"But all this is a digression, for I was speaking
of the civilians. The bolder of them emerged at
last from their lurking places, and made their way
to the Mint, a large building, previously agreed
upon as the general asylum. On their way whole
volleys were poured in upon them by parties of
Sepoys, but not even one of their horses or syces
was touched.

" I told you that the Sepoys were let loose from
two sources upon the cantonments. I have men-
tioned only one of these sources—viz., the various
guards ; secondly, a still greater number came
straggling into the cantonments from the lines of
the 37th ; the temptation t) plunder the S ahibs"
bungalows being still stronger is their instances
than the love of ' potting' the Sahibs thmuselves
upon the parade ground. Thus the number of
Sepoys who continued to fire upon us to the end
wAs not very great, and included only the staunchest
and most det-rmined spirits of the corps. At last,
as I have said, the Europeans drove them headlong
from their lines, and in the course of a few minutes
not a Sepoy remained in the cantonments, the Sikhs
having been driven in one direc'ion, and the 37th
in the other.

" A party of soldiers now made the round of
the cantonments, and escorted to the Mint such of
the ladies as were still lurking in their compounds.
They who had seen me fired upon felt sure that I
must be dead ; and accordingly when I was suffer-
ing the extremity of pain in my bungalow, parties
were roaming the parade ground in se arch of my
remains. At last it occurred to them that I might,
after all, have reached my bungalow, and about
two o'clock in the morning (as I have already, I
think, mentioned) I was conveyed, bed and all, to
a camp which had been fortified on the parade
ground in expectation of a return of the mutineers.
But the mode in which these had been dismissed
was not such as to invite a speedy return, and we
saw no more of them, excepting such as have
fallen into our hands and been hung. I lay in this
camp for a couple of days in a very sorry plight,
having no manner of shelter either from the burn-
ing sun and hot Benares winds, or from the tem-
pests of dust which were drifting about ; and yet
the surgeons thought this exposure preferable to
the risk of fever, &c. which I should have run by
going into the crowded hospital. At last the
surgeon in charge of the Mint took pity upon me
and housed me in his bungalow, visiting me several
times a day. I would, of course, have gone to my
own -bungalow, but our surgeons said that unless
I remained beside them they could not attend me.
We have had an anxious time of it in Benares ever
since. People now spend the day in their bunga-
lows, but w.th few exceptions (of which .1 am one)
retire at night to the Mint. This is a very large
building, with a flat roof and no end of battle-
mented terrace', well calculated to stand a sieee.
Our Europeans, consisting of the -78th Hig°h-
landcr', the 84th, and 64th, are stationed party
in the• church, partly in the camp, and small b
racks on the parade-ground, but mainly in the Mint
compound. We have a full battery of artillery, and
will doubtless hold our own. Some few of the
Sikhs remained faithful, or seemed t.) do so. These
are employed as outposts and sentries, but are very
few of them trusted with fire-arms. Some of .the
37th also stuck to their oa'h, and these have be -n
sent with Major Barrett to Chunar, a place distant
about 15 miles ; the. rest of the 37th officers are
quartered not very luxuriously in the camp. On
rec)vering from my wound I mean to volunteer to
go up country with any of the Queen's regiments
that may then be passing throu;th Benarer, which
has become quite a depot. I have made a most
wonderfully -rapid recovery, partly owing to the
closeness of the person who shot me, so that the
bullet went slick through, carrying out with it every
fibre ot
ofncel.oth, and bruising the tissues leas than if
it had come from a greater distance—just as a sin rp
weapon makes a more favourable wound than a

" WEDNERDAY., June 2-1.
" All rig' t. On Monday night the mint was
crowded with panic-stricken ladies and e:vilians. I
saw no reason for changing My quarters, but took
the precaution of loading two pistol barrels and a
musket in the presence of my host's numerous
mutgars, lest they might think of violence. These
my bearer saw me array, along with my swo•d,
by my bedside ; and I need hardly add that, saving
by an unconscious mnsk. rat,
Tnhiy a wale
ma_
disturbed till thee
. morning. passed /pi e.tly-
ntchorneveelnaide
ladies
seas
and
df
at i
Lei
framded resolved Mintint
beginning totell,.
along, and, th
night in this bungalow, rendered eon_
to spend the

fl lent by its close proximity to the chureb, where
a oard of 100 soldiers are always quartered. We
bad oarcely retired to rest when the officer in
command at the church abruptly entered my room
and advised me to hurry off the ladies to the Mint,
as an armed force was close upon Benares.
With all haste I got the terrified ladies
packed into the buggy, and drove to the Mint,
where every person was in a state of excite-
ment. The troops were all got under arms
and my arm, fortunately, was strong enough to
permit me to take my place beside them. The ci-
vilians manned the terraces with their rifles, and
would no doubt have done good service had an
enemy appeared. But all remained perfectly quiet,
and is likely to do so until the end of the world.
We are now in our bungalows, and the fatal' 23d
being over, many a one is more comfortable than
when the horrors lay before them.
" The rains are about to commence—indeed, we
have had several showers. Cholera has made its
appearance to a slight, but sometimes fatal, extent
among our troops. The rains, it is expected, wilt
at once put a stop to this. Our great want is ca-
valry, but time will bring us everything. This has
been a most wearisome letter, I fear ; you may de-
pend, howeyer, upon the entire accuracy of its par-
ticulars."

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A LIVER.
POOL BROKER.

LIVERPOOL • Ara 26
•

At the Liverpool Police-court, this afternoon,
before Mr. Mansfield, a case of considerable import-
ance, and having especial interest for the mercan-
tile community, attracted a large number of the
principal merchants and brokers of the town.
Mr. Aspinall, barrister, said he was instructed on
behalf of Messrs. Bingham and Co., corn rnerchan ts,
Liverpool, to prefer a charge, under summons,
against John Doherty, general produce broker, for
obtaining money under false pretences. He wished
to know if Mr. Doherty was in court.
In affirmative answer was returned, and the case
proceeded.
The charge was that the defendant had obtained
securities from Messrs. Bingham and Co. under the
pretence that he was entitled to certain flour per the
Centurion.

Mr. Aspinall, instructed by Mr. Martin, ap-
peared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Brett, instructed
by Messrs. Gregory, for the defendant.
Mr. Aspinall, in resuming, said the charge he
had to prefer was that the defendant, John Do-
herty, obtained from Messrs. John Bingham and
Co., corn merchants, two acceptances, one for
1.2501. and the other for 1,7001., under false pre-
tences; that he had represented that a certain bill
of lading which he deposited with them as security
was a negotiable instrument, whereas he knew it
was not, as he himself had depOsited a duplicate of
the same bill of lading with Messrs. Hubback and
Co. for another advance. It appeared, said the
learned counsel, that Mr. Doherty, a little while
ago, previous to his failure, was carrying on a very
large business in the corn trade, his liabilities at
the time of his suspen,ion being something enor-
mous, and no doubt when this occurrence took place
his difficulties were very considerable. He had
bean doing an extensive business with the Borough
Bank. On the 23d of May the defendant forwarded
to the bank the bills of lading, representing that
the produce had been sold to Messrs. Bingham and
Co. That was untrue, the produce not having been
sold, which fact was ascertained when the draughts
were sent by the bank to Messrs. Biug,ham and
Co. for acceptance. The bank sent for Mr.
Doherty, who made some explanation, saying there
had been some mistake, and he took away the
draughts, undertaking to get the accep•ance of
Messrs. Bingham and Co., to whom he took the
draughts, and offered as security a bill of lading for
certain goods by the Centurion-1,500 barrels of
flour. At the time that he obtained from Messrs.
Bingham and Co. their acceptance they had
already pledged one of the bills 'of lading to
Mr. Hubback (one of the largest corn merchants
in the town), who was entitled to the benefit,
so that the bill of lading in the hands of Messrs.
Bingham and Co. was worthless. The defence,
he was told, was that the sending the du-
plicate bill to Mr. Hubback, was a mistake ;
and there was also the technical objection that
this was not a fraud withM the meaning of the Act,
the defendant having only obtained an acceptance,
which was not a valuable security. The else of
"Regina v. Danger," reported in the 29th volume
of the Law Times. would, no doubt, be cited ; bat,
as his worship would see, the cases were not iden-
tical, as in the case now before the Court the ac-
ceptance had been endorsed, and was valuable
security to the Borough Bank.
Mr. Brett, counsel for the defendant, appre-
hended that the technical objection must be fatal to
the case, and he would therefore make it now and
save the Court time, and the parties engaged in the
case some pain. So the defendant was charged with
obtaining what ? Au acceptance, a mere promise to
pay certain moneys on certain conditions, which
could not be called a valuable security.
Mr. Mansfield—Was the money paid to the bank ?
Mr. Aspinall—Yes, by Messrs. Bingham and Co.
Mr. Mansfield—lt is evident, then, that the ac-
ceptance was a valuable security to somebody. The
case must proceed.
Mr. John Bingham, being sworn, said he car-
ried on business under the firm of John Bingham
and Co., corn merchants. Remembered seeing the
two bills of lading (produced) at the office, and un-
derstood they were from the Borough Bank. Be-
lieved they were endorsed. Sent them back to the
Borough Bank unaccepted. Shortly afterwards (on
the 13th of May last) Mr. Doherty came to wit-
ness, bringing the bills with him. Defendant
made a memorandum on a piece of paper and
showed it to witness. Had searched for that
paper, but had not been able to find it. Defend-
ant said the Borough Bank had kicked up a devil
of a row about the bills going back, and that he
had brought up this security, which they (witness's
firm) must accept. The securities were belle of
lading by the Centurion. He also produced a bill
of exchange for 7901., which witness rejected. De-
fendant, in making the memorandum, assumed the
balance of the account would be about 2,2001. as the
value of the flour, and the balance of witness's
account about 1,0001. The bill for 7901. was
put down as a collateral security. Defendant a'ked
witness to accept the bill, and witness's brother did
accept it on the security in gtiestion. The bill of-
fered had been endorsed. Upon the faith of those
securities his firm consented to accept those bills.
Witner.s's brother accepted them in his presence.
Witness's firm had since paid the bills of exchenge.
On the arrival of the Centurion they were tumble to
obtain 1,500 barrels stated in the bill of lading, but
they did get 14 barrels.
By Mr. Brent—The Centurion arrived on the 22d
of May. On the same night the defendant came to
witness's house. Had been previously at defendant's
office, and had asked his clerk whether he had two
lots of the same krand, as Mr. Hubback had a bill
of lading for the same amount. Doherty said it was
a mistake—that his clerk had put the wrong bill of
lading in Hubback's letter, as he intended the
core for Hubback sad the flour for witness. Wit-
ness told him to get it speedily arranged, as he
was liable to a criminal prosecution for obt sin
ing, money under false pretences. The same
evening defendant came to witness's private house.
He gave no explanation as to how the mistake oc-
curred. He said he found himself in a fix, and he
wished to give them security, in order that they
might withdraw their claim against the flour, as he
was afraid of Hubback. Defendant offered several
securities for covering their lose, but witness ob-
jected to them, chiefly on the ground that they
were not sufficient security. Witness very likely
suggested that the defendant should obtain his bro-
ther-in-law's (Mr. Richardson's)security for 2,030/.
Went to the defendant's house next day to tell
him that he would not be allowed to go by the
steamer to America, and while there it was ar-
ranged that Richardson should enter into security.
Defendant went to America, whence he promised
to remit 1,0001. He returned about six weeks ago,
and as he had not sent the moiley this summons
was taken out.

Mr. W. Bingham gave corroborative evidence.
Mr. Jos. little!)w:k sail he had a transaction with
the defendant which was completed on the 6th,
when he rec'ived two bills of lading, accompanied
by a letter from the defendant. [bills of lading
produced ; one was for the flonr, per Centurion.]
The bills were given to witness as security.
ness did obtain the flour' in pursuance of the bill
of lading. [Tho letter was read ; it stated that
the inclosed bill of lading was for "flour," which
Mr. Aspinall urged was conclusive against the plea
of mistake that the defendant's clerk had inclosed
the bill of lading for the flour in mistake for some
Indian corn.l
Cross-examined by Mr. Brett—Mr. Richardson
called upon witness on behalf of the defendant and
Mr. Bingham, for tne pur _lose of getting something
froin witness for Mr. 13inglatn, and witness sub3e-
.quentlylnw Mr. John Bingham in till) matter.
They wished witne:s to give Mr.. Bingham 5001. out
of the proceels of this flour, but he declined to do
so.

• Mr. Edward Bell, security clerk at the Borough
Bank, pro-Need lett rs written by Mr. Doherty to
the Borough Bank, inclosing t!,e bills of exchange.
Mr. Brett, in replying, said this transaction had
hitherto been known in all its circumstances, to-all
part who had treated it as a civil matter, and
therefore, now that there might be'some difficulty
is obtaining a verdict in a civil action, the Court
would assist them in transforming it into a oasefor
criminal prosecution. He proceeded to argue that
tLe duplicate b'll of Laing for the flour had been

sent to Mr. Hu; b ick in mistaki-, ;t beii;,g Mr. Do-
herty's intention to have let Mr. Hubback have
the Indian corn. As to this charge, it wou!d never
have been brought, had Messrs. Bingham's claim
b,,en satisfied. They had made every possible at-
tempt to get their claim covered, and finding they
could not do so they determined to prosecute. The
very fact of Mr. Doherty returning from America
was sufficient to show that he at least was innocent
of any criminal intention. For the purpose of show-
ing how the mistake had arisen, he called
Mr. 0. Corr, clerk to Mr. Doherty, who said the
defendant was one of the largest importers of pro-
duce in Liverpool, ad a great many bills of lading
were passing through his office every day. The
duplicates were put on a file and the originals
kept in a drawer. A great num'rier of the origi-
nals were taken from the drawer almost every day
in the course of business. Between the 9th and
13th of May there were some bills of lading per the
Andrew Foster in the drawer. It was then known
that that vessel was lost. Those bill, not being
required, were put upon the file. Shortly before
the bill in question (per Centurion) was handed
from the drawer the bills per Andrew Foster were
taken from the file and put into the drawer by Mr.
Doherty. The Centurion was reported to have
cleared out from New York on the 25th of April.
In reply to MO Aspinall witness said that seve-
ral statements made a fortnight before these trans-
actions to the Borough Bank by Mr. Doherty were,
he believed, incorrect. At that time Mr. Doherty
was very much pressed for money. When he went
to America Mr. Doherty left only a pound or so
with witness to carry on the business. He returned
to surrender under an order in bankruptcy. In
forwarding a bill of lading it would be necessary to
examine it for the purposo of ascertaining its worth.
Mr. Aspinall having briefly replied,
Mr Mansfield said he could not undertake to dis-
pose of so important case on so slight a hearing, in-
volving, as it did, points which would require the
greatest legal acumen to determine. The substan-
tial matters in the case, as staled by the learned
counsel for the prosecution, had, he thought, been
completely borne out ; and under the circumstances
disagreeable as the duty was he had no other course
to adopt than to send the case for trial at the as-
sizes, ailowing the defendant the privilege of bail,
himself in 2,0001. and two sureties in 1,0001. each.

LAW INTELLIGENCE, Aug. 26.

SHERIFF'S COURT.
(Before Mr. Prendergast.)

THE LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY V. THE

SALOON OMNIBUS COMPANY.

This was a summons taken out by Arthur Mao-
namara, of the London General Omnibus Company,
againit Wil!iam Robert Pope, the secretary of the
Metropolitan Seloun Omnibus Company, to recover
the sum of II 3s. dama,g3, alleged to be done to
one of the plaintiff's omnibuses, by reason of the
negligent driving of one of the plaintiff's servants.
Mr. Buchanan appeared for the London General
Omnibus Company ; and Mr. Pope, the secretary
of the Saloon Company, appeared for the defen-
dant.

Tho driver, conductor, and a policeman, were
called on behalf of the London General Omnibus
Company, to prove their case, but it appeared upon
cross examination of the driver by Mr. Pope, that
the omnibus to which the alleged damage was
done, viz., a broken window, was put on by the
London General Omnibus Company for the express
purpose of following the Saloon omnibus wherever
it went, and stopping where it sopped, &c.
Mr. Pope, ou behalf of the Saloon Company,
called their driver and conductor, wl:o swore posi-
tiTely that the driver of the Londoa General Omni-
bus Company's omnibus broke the window himself
by (hiving agtinst the Saloon omnibus, to prevent
its passing.
The judge, upon hearing the facts, dismissed the
summons, at the same time remarkint,f, that if the
London General Omnibus Company did acts which
would prevent the Saloon Omnibus Company from
following their usual calling, be considered they
should be indicted for a conspiracy.
The decision of the judge was received with
applause.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Register liazlitt.)

ANOTHER BANK FAILURE.-THE KETTERING BANK.

Proceedings in bankruptcy have been taken, for
the purpose of bringing under the administration
of the Court of Bankruptcy the est.►ta of Messrs.
Crotch, who were bankers and tanners at Kettering,
and at Rothwe'l, in Northamptonshire. The pre-
cise amount of liabilities and assets have not yet
been ascertained.

Abu 5 o'elo,,k on the to nine of the 17th i,,st. I
visited Mr. Bonsor's pr,mises, and found 27 car-
casses of sheep in a stinking-, and putrified sate.
They were sheep thlt had hen drowned. Their
throats lia4 no doubt been cut after they were
taken out of the wat r, and after they had died.
They were quite unlk for human food. TLe flesh
wag white and soddened, and it presented a very
different appearance from the flesh of sheep killed
in the ordinary manner. They had evidently been
drowned. The flesh was not solid.
Grose-examined—l have, scores of times, seen
the carcases of drowned lamb.%

Re-examined—lf they had been drowned and
afterwards bled copiously, they might have been
wholesome food.

The Lord Mayor—l have listened very atten-
tively to this case, and, after the evidence of Mr.
Bonsor and Mr. Pocklington, I do not think that
I could convict the defendants. I think it right to
stats that I cause] this summons to be issued in
consequence of a c,mmunication that reached me,
to the effect that a number of drowned sheep had
been dressed in Nottinghamshire and sent to the
London market.

Mr. Lewis—l hope your lordship will think it
right to disclose the name of your informant, as
my clients, who are highly respectable persons,
have been put to very great expense in this matter.
The Lord Mayor—l have received communica-
tions from gentlemen living near the defendants
stating that the defendants are very respectable
persons. lam very much indebted to the parties
who gave me the information which has led to this
inquiry, which, I -bust, will be attended with
beneficial results. At all events, it will show the
people in the country that they are not to send to
London meat which they would not dare to expose
for sale in their own market.
The summons was then dismissed.

GUILD HALL. —RIVAL INTERPRETERS.—Mr.
Charles Albert,' an interpreter, attached to the me-
tropolitan police courts, appeared upon a summons
to answer a charge of using abusive and threatening
language towards Professor Karel Pieterter Ree-
horst, a member of the same fraternity.
The Professor, on being sworn, said—l am a
translator of languages. lam appointed inter-
preter at the Central Criminal Court by the Lord
Mayor. The defendant insulted me in March last,
but I let it pass. He, however, insulted me again
dur:ng the last sessions at the Old Bailey, and
called me a dirty, nasty fellow, and a Dutch Jew.
He also called me a lousy fellow, but that was in
German, became he could not find a French word
for it. (Laughter.)
Alderman Hale—Did he abuse you in English ?
The Professor—He spoke in German, French,
and English, and said he had, writ'en to the magis-
trates-at Mailborough street Police,court, request-
ing them not to bind me over to attend at the Old
Bailey because I was an ignorant fellow—(laughter)
—and that I did not understand either English,
French, or German. This took place downstairs,
and afterwards, when I was :in the New Court,
interpreting in a case before Mr. Prendergast, the
defendant was in court with several friends, and
told Mr. Hemp, one of the clerks of the court, that
I was not interpreting truly, upon which Mr.
Hemp Informed. the judge to that effect, and said
that the defendant could do it better than I—
(laughter)—but Mr. Prendergast said I could do it
well enough, and told me to go on, and to omit all
the gestures and action so peculiar to the French,
became 1 was interpreting French, and I imitated
the g-stures of a Frenchman to give expression to
the interpretation. (Laughter.)
Alderman Hale—What have you to say to this
charge, Mr. Albert ?

Mr. Albert, having handed up, a certificate of his
capabilities as interpreter, sicitned by all, or nearly
all of the metropolitan magistrates, said—Lam not
appointed interpreter to any court, but I am re-
cognised the same, and engaged as such at all the
metropolitan courts. But notwithstanding that,
that, the Professor has thought proper to write to
the magistrates to inform them that ho is appointed
interpreter at the Old Bailey, and desiring them
not to bind me over to attend. I was bound over
in three cases last sessions, and while I was there I
heard several counsel finding fault with the Pro-
fessor's interpretation, and remarking what a
scandal it was to have a man performing such an
important office, who not only intarpreted the
evidence contrary to the intended effect, but did
not properly understand the language.
Alderman Hale—l quite understand this ease. I
cannot bind you both over to keep the peace, but
if you, Mr. Albert, will give me your word as a
genthiman that you will not annoy the Professor I
will dismiss the summons.
Dismissed accordingly.

CLERKENWELL. CHARGE OF BIGAMY
AGAINST A SURGEON.—George Medden, aged 44,
very gentlemanly attired, residing at 40, St. Paul-
street, Islington, carrying on business there as
surgeon, was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyr whitt,
ebaiged with feloniously intermarrying with Mrs.
Mary Ann Taylor, his wife Sarah being then and
still alive.

Mr. Clarke attended for the pro-zecution, and
Mr. Thomas Wakeling for the prisoner.
From the marriage certificates, it appeared that
the prisoner had been three times married, the first
time being in 1842, at St. Mary's Church, St.
Marylebone, in the month of March, the second to
the complainant, Mrs. Mary Anu Taylor, in Nov.
1845, at St. John the Baptist's, Hoxtou ;- and the
third by licence, in the March of the present year,
at the parish church of St. Pancras, the whole of
the wives being now alive. The prisoner, accord-
ing to the statement of Mr. Clarke, was formerly a
shoemaker, and in 1845, went to measure Mrs.
Taylor for a pair of boots, but whether he fell in
love with her feet or her money, ho could not tell ;
but certain it was, that they got married, and his
unfortunate client had been " done" out of between
800/. and 9001. Shortly after they were married,
Mrs. Taylor ascertained that the prisoner had a
wife then living. and upon speaking to him o:i the
subject, he said "it was all right,"• and that he
should shortly obtain a divorce." Finding that
he did not obtain a divorce she left him,
he agreeing to allow her so much per month,
but that had not been properly carried out. When at
the poli..e-station, last night, on the first wife speak-
ing to the prisoner, and asking him if he knew her,
he replied—" Yes, but I thought you had been dead
some time ago ;" to which she laughing, said—"No,
I am worth ten dead ones."

Some slight evidence having been gone inl o, the
wives all being in court to give evidence,
Mr. Clarke applied that the case should be re-
manded for a few days, for the purpose of complet-
ing the case. -

Tyrwhitt said he should remand the case
until Saturday next, and would accept bail for his
appearance, two sureties in the sum of 101. etch.
The necessary bail being put in, the prisoner
was released.

MARYLEBONE.—SERIOUS CHARGE.—Charles
Ross was brought up on remand charged on suspi-
cion of hav:ng caused the death of Elizabeth Brown,
with whom he had cohabi'ed, by strangling her, at
his lodging in Star-street, Paddington.

Mr. Broughton asked Sergeant Hughes, 13 D,
if he had any additional witnesses to bring forward,
and he replied in the negative. In answer to an-
other question he said that an inquest had been
held upon the body, and that the verdict was to
the effect that deceased had met with her by
strangulation, but that who' her by her own hands
or by the hands of another, had not to the jury
been sworn.
The prisoner was discharged.

LAMBETH.—POCKET-PICKING.—.Thos. Rust, a
genteelly dressed youth of 16, who forms oue of the
stiff of Messrs. Staples, vas placed at the bar on
the following chAr,;e

I Sergeant Copping, of the P division of police,
deposed that, on the preceding evening, while on
duty on the Railway platforM of the Crystal Pa-
lace, where there was a great.conceurse of people,
he observed the prisoner active among the crowd.
He (Copping) in consequence kept his eye on him
for some moments, and distinctly observed that he
had put his hands into the pockets of several, and
immediately after doing so he wiped his fica with a
handkerchief. Observing that thee handkerchiefs
were different in pattern .and appearance, his
suspicions were strongly confirmed, and he made
several efforts to secure the prisoner. His (the
prisoeer's) dexterity was such as to avoid apprehen-
sion for aconsiderable time, but he at last secured im.
and in different pockols and various parts of his
person he found no less than eight handkerchiefs,
all of which were of a superior description, and evi-
den'ly those worn by gentlemen. He also found
in his possession a metal railway pass, by which he
discovered that lie was one of the lads employed by
Messrs. Staple) refreshment department of the .
Crystal Palace, and was paid 49., a week and his
board, together with a free passage to and from the
Crystal Palace by railway.
Mr. Elliott obierred that there could not be the
least doubt from the evidence that the prisoner had
stolen from different persons at the railway station,
and he very much feared the present was not his
first or only offence of the sort, else he could sot
have acted with such tact and daring, and he slicibi
therefore commit him to the House of Correction,
Wandsworth, for tl:ree months' hard labour.

GREENWICH.—Tng LATE MURDEROUS AT-
TACK ON BOARD AN AMERICAN VESSEL,—Betijathin
Craig, second mate of the American ship Charlo►te,
was brought up on remand charged with violently

ass atit,ug two seanitn onboard that vase' on tLe
27th July last.

The detaili of the case were fully reported in the
Sun of Tuesday.

A gentleman attended from the office of the
American consul, and Mr. Foggo for the prisoner.
Mr. Trail having bean informed that the two
seamen assaulted by the prisoner had left this
country for America, said he should deal with the
prisoner upon the evidence which appeared on the
clerk's book, taken at the time of the examination.
Had the complainiugparties been present he should
most certainly have sent the case for trial.
The prisoner was then sentenced to four months'
hard labour, in default of paying two fines of 51.
each, arid 7/. lls. 3d. cost of warrant and bringing
him up in custody from Sunderland, making toge-
ther 171. lls. 3d.
The prisoner was removed in custody.