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action ?

Witness—No, your Honour.

The debtor was examined, and swore that he never bor-
rowed any money, but it arose from an exchange of cheques,
as one resided in the country and the other in London, and
his (defendant's) cheques had been paid.
His Honour—What do you say to this tecount ?
Witness—l can't make it out.
His Honour—Do you mean to say it is not true ?
Defendant—l swear it is not.

His Honour—Then that is a question w be decided by a
jury, and you must enter into a bond in the usual form, and
an action must be brought within 14 days, or the summons
will be dismissed with costs.

The defendant undertook to make an affidavit that he
had a good defence to the action, and gave the bond.

His Honour proceeded with other trader summonses in
precedence of the causes in the list, to the great inconve-
nience of other parties, as no second Commissioner was
sitting to take the above cases in private, to avoid prema-
ture exposure.

NEW _RULES FOR THE SHERIFFS'

COURT.

Three sets of new rules have been printed and distributed,
having reference to the Sheriffs' Court in the City. In the
first set (rules of practice) considerable modification has
taken place in the rate of allowance to witnesses. Thus—
gentlemen, merchants, bankers, and professional men will
be allowed from 10s. to 20s. per day ; tradesmen, auctioneers,
accountants, clerks, and tradesmen, from ss. to 10s. per day ;
citizens and journeymen, 3s. to ss. per day; and labourers
and the like, 2s. to 3s. per day. The rule repealed by this
allowed 7s. 6d. as the highest amount, and 2s. as the
lowest, to witnesses, was the cause of much discontent.
Other alterations have also taken place, the use of which
will be seen in the working. Tie second set (rules and
orders as to costs) entirely remodels the costs to
be allowed, in taxation by the Master, to soli-
citors and counsel practising at the court. The
third set is headed Friendly Societies' Act—Rules of
Practice. Some discontent was felt when the Friendly
Societies' Act was passed, referring to County Courts and
excluding the Sheriffs Court, and it was asked hew the City
Remembrancer pverlooked an omission of such vital im-
portance. In 1858 a short act was passed giving the
Sheriffs' Court the same jurisdiction as the County Courts,
and Mr. Kerr (the present judge) has framed at some length
a set of rules for the guidance of those who may be obliged
to sue under the act. The rules are signed by the Recor-
der, Common Sergeant, and Mr. Kerr, and approved by
the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.

Mr. Kerr has spent considerable time and labour in the
construction of these rules, and it is said will not rest until
he succeeds in getting increased jurisdiction for the court
by a new Act of Parliament.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

AN UNSEASONAISLE VISITOR.—Fanny Parker, a smart
young female, living in the neighbourhood of the Waterloo-
road, was charged before Mr. Beadon with unlawfully ring-
ing the bell at 69, Davies-street, Berkeley-square.
Mr.Wm . Morgan, carpenter, of 69,Davies-street, Berkeley -
square, said that between three aNd four that morning, he was
aroused by a loud knocking and ringing t.t his front door,
and on hastening down stairs, and opening it to see what
was the matter, he found the defendant standing there.
Ho asked her what she wanted, and she tried to force her
way in , and as ho could not get rid of her, ho called a con-
stable he saw on the opposite side of the street, and gave
her into custody.

In answer to Mr. Beadon, the complainant said he had
known the defendant for six months, and was trying to
reform her, but on Friday last, when ho called to see her,
she took up a knife and threatened him, and her language
was very bad. _ _

The defendant said it was all false, and she only called
because he told her to do so.

Mr. Beadon said he should order her to enter into her
recognisance in the sum of £lO not to go near the house
again.
Defendant, as she was leaving the court, said—" He is
only wild because I won't have him." (Laughter.)
BREAKING THE WINDOWS AT ARCHBISHOP TENNISON'S
SCHOOL—EIIen Morris, an old woman, was charged with
breaking the windows at Archbishop Tennison's School,
Castle-street, the property of the Rev. W. G. Humphrey,
vicar of St. Martins, and others, trustees.

The prisoner demanded relief at the workhouse adjoin-
ing, but it being refused, owing to her being drunk, she
collected a lapfull of stones, with which she commenced
an attack on the windows, but, by mistake, at the school
instead of the workhouse.

She was ordered to pay the damage, or be committed for
a month.

THAMES.

SMUGGLING TEA FROM THE HACKBAT MERCHANT
SHlP.—Daniel Stanley, employed in the East and West
India Docks, was charged before Mr. Selfe, with stealing a
quantity of tea from the merchant ship Hackbat, lying in
the East and West India Docks.
A constable in the service of the company
said that yes-
terday afternoon, as the men were leaving the docks, he
was in the Commercial-road, facing the dock entrance,
when he observed the prisoner coming out. From his
manner witness thought he had something con-
cealed about his person. He searched the pri-
soner, and found a quantity of tea tied up in a
handkerchief, which was between his legs. He
also [found some tea in his shoes and in some of his
pockets. He (witness) subsequently went on board the
ship, when 12 chests of tea were pointed out to him as those
from which it was supposed the tea was taken, and he was
informed that the prisoner had been at work there that
day. In one of the chests was an opening from which a
quantity of tea had been taken.
The prisoner said that it was the first time he had taken
anything from the docks.

Mr. Selfe said that he must be punished for attempting
to smuggle tea from the docks. _

He was sent for a month to the House of Correction with
hard labour.

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Sept. 6.—Wind this day at noon, South to
South-West ; rather fresh breeze, and cloudy weather,
with some rain. _

COWES, Sept. s.—Wind N.--Ariived—Johannesbirg,
from New Orleans.

CARDIFF, Sept. s.—Wind W.—Sailed—Malabar, for
Bombay; Indian, for Rio Janeiro ; T. and C.., for Cape de
Verde.

PLvmo.unt, Sept. s.—Wind S.—Arrived—Duncan
Dunbar, from London for Sydnew, New South Wales ;
Dorino, from London for Cape Coast Castle, with loss of
bowsprit, and damage to bow.
FALMOUTH, Sept. 6.—Wind W.—Arrived—Frederick
William, from Rio Grande. Sailed—Onward, for Buenos
Ayres; Lima, for Havannah; Pomona, for St. Jago. de
Cuba.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.
Wind S.W., blowing hard, with rain.
Arrived—Oak, from Cork ; Sabrina, from Sunderland ;
Four Brothers, from Littlehampton ; Lady Constance, from
Sunderland ; Uncle Billy, from Hull.
Sailed—Laura, for Shields; Mary and Miriam, for Sun-
derland.

LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning,

Wind. W.S.W.
Sailed, Sept. s—Annie Wilson, for Sydney ; Constantine
for Melbourne ; Kingston, for St. John's, N.B. ; Vansit.
tart, for Antwerp ; Gorillo, for Rio Janeiro ; Polynesia, for
Quebec'; Xolus, for St. Petersburg; Dauphine, for Lis-
bon ; America, for Montreal ; Cameronian, for Quebec.
Arrived, Sept. s—Cecrops, from Sierra Leone; Dandora,
from Savanilla ; Despatch, screw steamer, from Denia.
Arrived, Sept. 6—E. P. Stringer, from Bombay.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Wind S. ; tide second hours' ebb ; weather cloudy.
Arrived, Sept. s.—Famalien, from Archangel.
Arrived, Sept. 6.—Kirstine, from Archangel; Pearl, from
Hamburg ; Christiana, from Umea ; Hertha, from Swart-
wick ; Moscow, from Archangel ; Mercutio, from Algoa
Bay; Frederick the Second, from Archangel; Borussia,
from Dantsic • Haabet, ;from Genoa ; Johanna and Hen-
rick, from Riga ; Westphalia, from Archangel • Unity,
from Dunkirk; Forsoget, from Riga; Fidere, from Hud-
wickswall ; Two Emmas, and Frehandal, from Peters-
burg; Hemdal, from Cronstadt ; Catheiine, from Riga;
Oscar, from Umea.
Sailed, Sept. 6.—Robins, for New York; Nautilus, for
St. Kitt's.

DEAL, Tuesday Morning.

Wind S. W. by S., fresh

Passed—Mary Montague, and Cambrian, from Jamaica,
for London ; Lady Sandys, from the West Indies, for
London ; Nemeat, from London, for Rio Janeiro ; Nautilus,
from Itichibuctoo, for Hull ; Commodore, schooner, and
Cowlitz, barque, from the westward, for London; John
Rolly, brig, from St. Kitt's for London.
A large brig got on the north part of the Goodwin Sands
this morning. Doubts are entertained of getting her off.
Several luggers with Ramsgate lifeboat have gone to her
assistance.

THE RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE.—The works in
connexion with the extensive additions to this establish-
ment, as far as regards the new buildings in course of erec-
tion in Seymour-street, Euston-square, having been sus-
pended by the strike of the workmen, an additional three
months has been conceded to the contractors to enable
them to complete the contemplated alterations, and to free
them from the infliction of the penalty consequent on the
non-performance of the contract within the specified time.

LORD TEYNKAM ON REFORM.

Mr. R. B. Reed, the secretary of the Northern
Reform Union, has been favoured with the follow.
ing communication from Lord Teynham :
Old Church Cottage, Bexley Kent, .
August 27, 1859.
greatest of all difficulties in the way of
happy and assured union is overcome when the
foundations of a proposed course of conduct are laid
in justice.

An unborn child in the United Kingdom is not
only protected by its mother, it is surrounded by
tae shield of the law. Soon after its birth its
existence is vouched for, its identity and its pre-
sumptive inheritance are cared for by the law of
vaccination. And no sooner does it know right from
wrong than it is required to be obedient to the go-
vernment of the country. And, from the first, di-
rectly or indirectly, its sustenance, end many things
which combine to secure the welfare of its being,
are taxed. Thus the beginning of its life and of
its interest in the legislation of the Parliament are
contemporaneous. Throughout its existence on earth
that interest exists likewise without intermission,
and after death the laws of the country protect the
sacredness of its tomb.

He whose whole life on earth is thus acted upon
by parliament is justly entitled to have a voice in
choosing his own representative in that assembly.
On this principle of justice I believe I stand
agreed with the Northern Reforin Union. Let it
be the first, and it will bear proof of being a suffi-
cient link to connect together all who shall seek
effectual parliamentary reform.
In this union our first step is the recognition of
the difficulty between a man and a child. The
Scriptures and the laws say the same thing. We,
when we were children, were in bondage. Thus a
child is not qualified or made fit to be a voter. Let
him first become a man. Thus, if we obtain the
reform we seek, the franchise will become the inhe-
ritance of every male child born in the United King-
dom, a subject of her Majesty. But he will not
enter upon his inheritance till he is of legal age.
We thus reach another point of concord. Univer-
sal suffrage reduced to practice is manhood suffrage.
Would a man give his vote for a member of Parlia-
ment wisely he must exercise his mind on political
subjects ; he must collect accurate information
upon them. Independently he should vote ; inde-
pendently think. That he be not dependent on
others for a mere smattering of politics, he must be
able to read, and thus to store up knowledge for him-
self. He who cannot read is not qualified to give a
vote which he can know will be beneficial to him-
self and his country; he who can read, having within
himself the means of all knowledge is qualified to
vote well. If I gain the assent, and I expect it
unanimously, of reformers to this step, universal
suffrage is practically that of every reading man.
It will not be hard to persuadethe man who cannot
read that he should leave the suffrage to him that
can, even as the blind man is willing to be led.
Not in one way, but in many ways ; in ordinary
things, and in those of the highest importance, I
expect Parliamentary Reform, such reform as I am
seeking, to be beneficial to our country. That which
other means have failed to produce, a universally
reading public; would be engendered by a vote
being given to every man as soon as he becomes a
man provided he cam read.
But some who desire an additional qualification
to be substituted for one founded upon money woad
inordinately stretch their demands. They overlook
the difference between being qualified and being
better qualified. In the legislation we seek we
have to do alone with simple qualification, and.
> must resolutely reject all its gradations. Every
step beyond our limits would issue in the exclusion
of some qualified voters. And were we, besides
reading the means of knowledge, to require any
particular subjects of knowledge, on each the ques-
tion must be raised, is it an essential qualification?
and union would become impossible, and without
union there cannot be success. That the union of
reformers may not easily be dissolved, that it may
possess a vitality that will evince itself in the unity
and persistency of varied action, I have deemed it
my duty thus far, at present, to develop to you my
views, with the hope that I shall gain assent—l re-
main, sir, yours faithfully, TEYNHAM.
To the Hon. Secretary of the Northern
Reform Union.