The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING-, APRIL ill 1844.

THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE
AT WOLVERHAMPTON.

WovvEit xa mr•rox, Moss AY.:—This day (being Easter
Monday) the Anti-Corn-law League, under the denomi-
nation of " Great Free Trade Meeting," made one of
their magnificent provincial displays in this town. In
consequence of the comparative smallness of the public
buildings within the borough, a temporary pavilion was
erected in the Horsley-fields, capable of holding about
3,000 persons. The principal speakers upon the occasion
were Mr. Cobden, M.P., the Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P.,
Mr. R. R. R. Moore, and Mr. Thornely, the other Mem-
ber for the borough of Wolverhampton.
Mr. Cobden, on entering the building about two
o'clock, in company with Mr. Villiers, was cheered by
. the assembled company.
Upon the motion of Mr. J. WALKER, seconded by Mr.
C4lcrwitiorm Mr. Barker, a lame manufacturer and a
borough magistrate, was called to the chair.
The CHAIRMAN, on presenting himself, said he was
painfully sensible that there were gentlemen present
much more able than the individual to whom they had
done honour to fulfil the duties of the chair; but he
claimed their sympathy, their forbearance, and their
support. This was not a political meeting. It was a
free trade pavilion, and they were met simply to discuss
a free trade question, in which Tories, Whigs, and Char-
tists might cordially unite. Neither the ballot nor the
extension of the suffrage would be brought before them:
They were assembled to receive a deputation from the
Anti-Corn-law League, and to express their approba-
tion of the course pursued on the corn-law question by
the two
.gentlemen who represented them in Parliament.
He (the Chairman) did not, however, think that the
corn-laws were the sole root of the evils of which the
country had reason to complain. He believed that the
currency-laws required revision; but he also, at the same
time, believed that by altering the corn-laws the Go-
vernment would be speedily, compelled to alter the
money-laws.—(Hear, Hear.) The speaker then pro-
ceeded to read an extract from the work of a living
author (Sir J. Graham), entitled " Corn and Currency,"
in confirmation of the views he (the Chairman) advo-
cated; and concluded by introducing to the meeting their
excellent representative, the Hon. C. Villiers.
Mr. VILLIERS said that they were assembled to give a
cordial reception to those distinguished men—he might
say_ that distinguished man, Richard Cobden—who
was the apostle of those doctrines of which the electors
of Wolverhampton had ever been the consistant sup-
porters. It were to be wished that all other constituen-
cies in the kingdom had been equally true to' their prin-
ciples ; if they had, much misery and suffering would
have been prevented. Now, it could not be denied that
the object of the corn-law was scarcity of food ; it' such
were not the object of the law, there was no sense in it.
This was the blessing promised to the working man.
' When he (Mr. Villiers) first visited Wolverhampton this
4kuestiOn was well put and settled by a working man.
When talking to him upon the subject he (the working
man) said to him, " Well, if scarcity of food is likely to
improie the condition of the working classes, it strikes
me they would be much better off if they had no food at
all."-;.:(Cheers and laughter.) This to him (Mr. "Vil-
• tiers) appeared to be a very natural deductionif a small
quantity of fo;x1 would be better for the people, then
• • none at' all would be still more beneficial.—(Cheers and
• laughter.) Mr. Villiers next argued that the press at
corn-laws had already lost them many continental mar-
. kets, and that the same system was about to rob them
of the markets of the Brazils. It was at Wettenhall, near
that town, he ( Mr. Villiers) first learned that England had
nearly lust the German market ; and he often thought,
had he been a working man, how cruel he should have

deemetlit that persons in :Parliament, who knew no-
thing of trade, nothing' of manufactures, and nothing

of commerce, shonld not only be anxious to cripple the
business of the working classes in this country, but ab-
t6lutely to rise up rivals in trade abroad. He (Mr.
Villiers) owed his connexion with that borough to the
reputation which from its enfranchisement Wo v erham p-
ton had stoutly and steadfastly maintained for the as-
sertion -and 'support of the principles of free-trade.—
(Cheers.) The late Mr. P. Thomson it was who first
informed him of the probable retirement of Mr. Fryer
and • Mr. w. Whitmore, and told him that if he (Mr.
shrluld be so fortunate as to succeed iu obtaining
the confidence .r.f the people of Wolverhampton, he
would enjoy the confidence -of the most determined
opponents of monopoly to he found in the country. The

speaker dwelt at some length upon the part taken by
Fryer, the late Member
.for 11'oh•erhampton, on the
.que-ition of the corn-laws. They might rely upon it,
that nothing but agitation could get rid of that ob.;
..tioxiotiA law, and with agitation he believed they should
succeed.—(Cheets.) He called upon them to support the
Lrague as the best itoAruntent for effecting agitation.
They went into the agricultural districts and bearded the
zr.on-opolists in .their L.NYII denF.—.(Cheers.) If the
League had done no other good it had at least date
tiiii—it had raised a discuss on upon the condition of
agricultnns, and his friend Mr. Cobden did not despair
hi discussion of convincing the landholders of the
kingdom Ciat it would be for their benefit that the
corn-laws should be repealed. In conclusion, he begged

lee e to state, that he attended there at seine parso—nal
inc'mveuience ; but the respect in which he held his
constituents and the. protniuent part which for some
years past he had taken in the repeal of the corn-laws,
compelled him at all risks to be present on that occasion,
-,(Mr. Villiers resumed his seat amidst long-continued
cheering.)
The CHAIRMAN next introduced to the meeting Mr.
Thornely, the other Member for the borough of Wolver-
hampton. He expressed a hope that his connexion w:th
the borough would continue for many years.
Mr. THORNELY, who was well received, in the course

cif his speech said he verily believed if no corn law ex-
isted at present there was not a man in the country who
would be bold enough to petition fur its enactment.—
(Cheers.) When he and his colleague (Mr. Villiers) ac-
companied a deputation of the iron trade to Sir Potent
Peel in autumn last, one gentleman on that occasion lc-
Marked upon the importance of the American trade.
When this subject was mentioned he (Mr. Thornely) told
;ir Robert Peel that he went along to the full extent
with his colleague (Mr. Villiers) upon the subject of the
-corn-laws—that he objected not only to a sliding scale,
•but. to a fixed duty—and that, in his opinion, su long as
a protective duty en corn was maintained, the American
-tariff would exist in full force, but so soon as that pro-
tective law was repealed, the tariff would he abolished.
The CHAIRMAN then rose, and said the meeting was,
as he had before stated, purposely called for discussing
the principles of free trade ; but all political topics were
advisedly excluded. If, however, any-gentleman present
differed from the opinions of I revious speakers upon the
eubject of free trade, he would now, under the restric-
tion adverted to, if he thought proper, have a right to
address the meeting. All he (the Chairman) would say
was, that if there were any such gentleman present, he
would do all in his power to ebtain for him a fair, silent,
and impartial hearing. Ile would now call upon any
epponent of free trade to come forward and state his
LtNt. (The Chairman paused for a short time, but no
person took up the challenge.) It appeared (contintu-d
are Chairman) :the meeting was unanimous upon the
subject.---(Cheers). He would now introduce to them
their distinguished friend Mr. Cobden.— (G reat cheering).
Conmse upon being introduced by the Chair-
rame was received with vociferous cheering. Since their
worthy Chairman had made an effer of discussion, and it
had not been accepted, it might he said that they were
all agreed upon the question under argument. But he
(1I r. Cobden) teas told, that, although silent, there were
eentlemen present who, from timidity or from other
reasons, objected to enter epon a public discussion. Ile
weuld therefore attempt, if possible, to convert one of
these stray sheep, and, if possible, send him as an apos-
tle or missionaryof free trade into the agricultural ells-
iricts.—(Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Cobden proceeded
to show that the agriculturists, instead of being taxed
heyoral the manufacturers, were exempted from a great
portion of the imposts paid by the latter classes of the
community. Ile enumerated the farmer's dog-tax,
lioree-tex. dairy and cheese-room window-tax, toll on
tuanure, Sze. fie (Mr. Cohdeu) was extensively engaged
in a mautifacture which required a laree quantity of a
tain descriptioa of manure. Some hundreds and thou-
sands of leads passed. through turnpike-gates to his works
;,) the course ur a year, and fur which he was, as a mat •
ter of rieces,ity„ compelled to pay a heavy amount of
tonne. Now the same description of manure, which at
other times passed through turnpike-gates, paid no toll at
trig ; and n by ?- Because it was placed upon the lands
of the great squires and landholders.—(Cheers and
laughter.) Speaking of the corn-laws generally, Mr.
Cebden said there was not a man of intellect in the House
of, Commons who was not ashamed to advocate them.
He. admitted that Graham and Gladstone, Stanley and
:eve!, were intellectually able and distinguished men; bid
it was impossible to sit opposite to them and not perceive
that it wes nothing but. the force of circumstances which
induced them to maintain their present position—it was
as clear as day that they were ashamed of the humiliating
task which they had to perform.—(Cheers.) No doubt,
while they were saddled and bridled by the Duke of
ltichmond and the Duke of Buckingham, they would
continue their present policy, but they might rely upon
it on the first opportunity which presented itself the
Ministers to whom he had referred—by far the ablest
members of the Cabinet—would bolt out of the course,
end run in an opposite direction.—(Cheers and laughter.)
After contending that agriculturists themselves would
hive no reason to complain of a repeal of the corn-law,
Mr-Cobden next proceeded to show that low prices of
bread had always a beneficial effect upon the labourer.
He put it to the labourer how high prices had benefited
him during the last five or six years? They had received
less wages, obtained less employment, and in many cases
the unfortunate workpeople had had no employment at
all,-(Hear.) They had had their wages reduced to the
lowest ebb in 1839, 1840, and 1841, when corn was high,
but when prices became more natural and free, when wheat
was reduced to 50s. Bd., then trade gradually revived;
ir,:n, as it had done recently, rose 20s. a ton ; em-
ployment became more general, and wages were aug-
mented. Were not these facts? No man could deny
but that trade, especially in Lancashire, was in sonic
degree improving; and he (Mr.. Cobden) would go fur-
ther—he would prophecy that if corn kept at no higher
price than 50e., trade and commerce would continue to
improve; but if it got up as before to 60s. and upwards,
then wages and employment would be as low and as
scarce as befire.--(Hear, hear.) They had been told
that if they reduced the duty on corn this step we uld be
rolloired by a reduction of wages. lle (Mr. Cobden)
came there to prove that what their opponents said was
not true, end he had i:o hesitation in saving that be could
prove that the working man would be better without
the corn-laws, even if their abolition was to be followed
by a reduction of -wages.—(hear, hear.) Again, they
had been told the working men of the kingdom derived
'
no benefit from foreign trade • but if they did not,4
others did. There were classes
ofthe community who
derived considerable benefit' from the importation of
the luxuries of life ; and Why did not the poor and ,
working man enjoy with the rich equal benefit Be•
nage there was a law to prevent the free importation of
bread, pork, and other necessaries of life.—(Hear.) lie r
knew whet was pawing; in the minds of. farmers who I

were then listening to him. " Yom," said they, " but
every sack of flourand cask of pork brought to this coun-
try will be to our injury; it will by so much reduce the price
of my stock and the amount of my gains." But the far-
mers should recollect that the people of this country
were not all fed. It was because not less than 10,000,000
of the population of Great Britain and Ireland—for he
always considered Ireland a, part of his own country—
(Cheers)—were never fed at all upon meat, that he and
his friends of the League advocated the entire removal
of all taxes upon human food.—(Cheers.) He knew no
place in the kingdom where all the elements of prospe-
rity showed themselves so clearly, so manifestly, as they
did in Wolverhampton and its neighbourhood. Free
trade was all that was wanted.—(Cheers.) Why, they
had. every thing about them. They in Manchester had
to go to America for every ounce _of cotton they used,
before they could begin to' Work ; they in Wolverhamp-
ton had their materials at their very door, at every step
they kicked them before them.—(Cheers.) They had
skilled hands and skilled fingers. able to manufacture
articles from_ a steam-engine to a grate, and down to a
needle; and yet here they were, with all these advan-
tages, With their hands tied behind them by a parcel of
senseless squires, who knew nothing and cared nothing
for either them or their interests.7--(Cheers.) It was
true, however, that they had even amongst themselves
people who stood by the corn-law, and why ? Because
it was termed a party question. There would be just
as must sense in maintaining the old system in astro-
Horny, that the sun goes round the world, and not the
world round the sun, because Newton, Copernicus, and
Laplace' made it a party queStion, as making the re-
peal of the corn-law a party question. He could only
compare it to an absurdity which occurred in their own
House of Commons. A discussion took place upon the
subject of lighting the House. Some Honourable Mem-
bers maintained the superiority of the Bude light, and
others contended for a different mode of illumination.
However, at length a division occurred, and, strange
to say, the Tories , walked out at one door, and the
Whigs at another. It was a party question.—(Laughter
and-cheers.) Mr. Cobden concluded by saying they
knew the object of the League. Too many kind things
had been said of himself and his friends. They had
certainly done what they could ; but the League would
be entirely powerless unless supported by such gentle-
men
as those by whom he was then surrounded. But
the question was not, as stated by their opponents,
whether the League was good or bad, but whether the
corn-law was good` or bad.—(Cheers.) Really, as a ,
farmer's son ashamed to see how the farmers throughout
the country were bamboozled on this point, he contiessPd
he was ashamed of his order.—(Cheers.) It was not the
League, but the corn-law, which was on its trial.—
(Cheers.) Now, he would advise the farmers present,.
if, at any future meeting of the landlords they beard the
speakers begin to abuse Cobden, to interrupt them by
saying, " Please tell us how we are benefited by the corn-
lawss--that is what we want to know—we want to hear
nothing of Cobden."—(Cheers and laughter.) He (Mr.
Cobden) cared little for the abuse heaped upon him.
Such scolding as generally proceeded from the squires
was, indeed, entirely unworthy of the tea-table of a
ladies' boarding-school. The squires, on these occasions,
were the laughing-stocks of the whole kingdom.—(The
Hon. Gentleman concluded a long speech amidst vo-
ciferous cheering.)
Mr. R. R. Moonu being introduced by the Chairman,
next addressed the meeting, and detailed the progress
of the League.
A subscription was then entered into, amounting to
upwards of 600/., exclusive of 130/. from Mr. Villiers
and Mr. Thornely, the two Members for the borough.
The meeting then broke up.

THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE
The position of the principal characters in the Anti-
Curn ;law League is about as ticklish a one as could
well be imagined. Here are a few men whose names
were not to be found in the book of fame yesterday or
early this morning, but who are now perched on the
topmost pinnacle, surrounded by a meridian glare of
notoriety. Half-a-dozen cotton-spinners and calico-
printers have become the world's talk. Moreover, at
present they sre flouting on the, full tide of popularity.
They are the idols of that numerous and important class
who think that change. is never out of season, and that,
if we must have change, the sooner the better. Not the
least nervous part of the business is that they have
achieved their own greatness. They have not been horn
great, nor has their greatness been thrust upon them.
The fates open their hands, it is true. The era is pro-
pitious. It is a rare -combination of circumstances to
have the Premier himself a man of cotton, and a system
of agricultural protection at the same time. Something
or other must come of such encouragement and such
provocation. The blood and spirit of manufacture em-
brace its high destiny. The millowners rush forward
to occupy the breach which chance has opened. Cobden
becomes the captain of our fortunes, and Bright " the
cynosure of every eye."
Their stake is aggravated by the circumstance, that
they have put themselves into the most hostile possible
attitude to everything great and powerful, themselves
excepted. Princes, powers, and potentates, spiritual
and civil, are the daily sport of their tongues. Standing
on the boards of Covent-garden, it is their bold and sim-
ple rule to attack every individual, every class, every-
thing on earth, that is not likely to form part of their
present audience. Sure of their cause, of its vast im-
poit, and awful sanctity, they denounce as their enemies
and the enemies of the human race, not merely every-
body who wags a tongue against them, but everybody
who, possessing a tongue, does not give them its active
and unreserved assistance. Nothing will satisfy them
till the whole bench of Bishops enter in procession
through the side scenes, lay down their mitres at Mr.
Bright's feet, and, addressing themselves to the " gods"
in ,the upper gallery, pronounce it the divinest of pre-
cepts and first of human obligations, "to buy in the
cheapest market and sell in the dearest." As for the
country gentlemen—poor things '.—it's quite shocking to
think how they come' off at the bands of these universal
tormentors.. If, therefore, the Leaguers should chance
to fall, it is quite evident they will fall heavy. Their
defeat will be celebrated by injured monopolies, despised
ranks, insulted dignities, calumniated persons. A hun-
dred several interests will demand their respective vic-
tims. Bright must be offered up to appease the grave
indignation of the bench, and Mr. Fox the wounded feel-
ings of the inferior clergy ; scarce will Cobden satiate the
deep vengeance of Whitehall ; the purer mactation of
Mr. Villiers will hardly calm the perturbations of our
fair aristocracy. The East and the West Indies will seve-
rally lead off perfect hecatombs of twenty guinea sub-
scribers. A mixed and eager crowd of great and small
proprietor?, young ladies with portions, young gentlemen
with expectations, elder brothers with their rents half
eaten up by settlements, and dowagers with life interests,
will scramble for the bodies of the smaller fry of the
League, for provincial stars, youthful debutants, and the
respectable seconders of the fourth, fifth, and sixth reso
lutions. Another Smithfield, another St. Bartholomew,
will close the awful scene.

But the greatest circumstance of peril remains. IF it
were really a good-fot,nothing cause, a mere ephemeral
object, puffed up into unjust dimensions, oblivion
ould soon succeed on failure, and the disgraced
offenders would receive from time itself a virtual
amnesty. The world might never forgive, but it would
soon forget. On the contrary, the warfare undertaken
by these calico Titans, rude, grotesque, and fright-
ful as they are, is really an honest and noble
one ; that is, its objects are so. They don't see
it, but the greatness of their 'cause, the depth and
importance of their principles are their chief danger.
They trust to it and swagger. They think the end jus-
tifies the means. It must be virtuous, they think, to be
pursuing a sound and beneficial object. The manner of
doing it they fancy to be a minor consideration. We
must, then, tell them seriously and plainly, that this is
not the case ; and that they are themselves, at this pm-
sent moment, within au ace of leaving on the page of
history a lasting lesson to the contrary.
A great cause as often makes little men as it makes
great men. The greatest causes have made at least the
most notorious traitors and self-seekers. The man who
handles a vast negotiation as he would bargain with a
huckster, and puts the interests of the human race at the
bottom of his pedlar's pack, is only making himself the
scorn of ages. Better had he been content with the por-
tion of a worm, seeing that he was really no better than
one, than gibbet himself for the contempt of schoolboys
a thousand years to come. . . _

Of course; we cannot make the Leaguers what they
are not of themselves. They must excuse the homely
earnestness of our proverb--" We cannot make a
silk purse out of a sow's ear." It is fur them, and
for them only, to prcve to the world whether they are
the benefactors of their kind, or cotton grubs. For
whom, and for what, do they ask that the country should
run such risks, for risks at least there are, involved in a
greater freedom of' trade ? For whom, and for what, do
they ask that important items of the revenue should be
surrendered, and the vested interests of the land should
be endangered ? For themselves only, or for the whole
nation, themselves included ? Is it their scheme of a
blessed futurity, that they are to build new mills, create
new manufacturing cities, dig new ducks, lay down new
railways, enlarge their mansions into palaces, and their
pleasure grounds into parks, add town houses to country
houses, and ally themselves to the much hated, much
envied aristocracy ; while, all this time, the operative,
the mother of a family, the squalid youth, the sickly
girl, are to go on standing at the spindles for ever, winter
and summer, from half past five in the morning, by the
inexorable mill clock, to seven in the evening ? True,
they boast of their "flesh-pots." There will be all the
greater demand for labour, wages will rise, and you will
teed and clothe better. The potato-fed labourer will
envy your portion. But "if the tale of the bricks which
they did make heretofore" is still laid upon them, what
is this but a well-fed bondage ?—such a bondage as a
free state should not allow in the helpless portion of its
citizens, in its females and minors.

The factory system is a great fact, one which we can-
not be blind to without permanent injury. The League,
as a witness to it, is another great fact. It has been
glad to accept that title. But there is one aspect of that
original great fact which the League has hitherto been
.miserably slow to recognise. There are now in this
country hundreds of thousands of women and young
persons chained to the steam-engine, with no power
whatever to change their employment, any more than if
they were indeed cast and forged, and welded parts of
the fabric. Once in the factory, never out. Walls of
adamant and nine-fold Styx surround them, and for ever
close them in. Whatever power they may have to
better the other terms of their rigorous service, they
cannot of themselves procure a necessary abatement of
their daily toil. As a great fact, this vast portion of
our people must, if left to themselves, work to their
bodily and mental injury, to early decay, and shortened
lives.
Is it for these, as well as for the interests of capital,
that the League clamours so loudly for free trade ? If
not, we can only assure them that among all the names
that stink in this world, and will stink to eternity, that
importunity with the vilest
suenlitiosnhAoefstsh:ewmhoicsht outrageousdle Lengie
wouldin
that
case
present,

will be the most thorough, universally, and deservedly
loathsome and abominable.—Tines.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Taunton, April 8.
Faith Sealey, aged 20 years, was charged with ad-
ministering white arsenic to her father, William Sealey,
of Kingston, on the 20th of April, 1843, by which means
he became sick, distempered, and died ; and in another
count she was charged with aiding and abetting in the
ame. _ _ _

Mr. Carey and Mr. Mereweather appeared for the
Crown, and Mr. Kinglake and Mr. Edwards for the
prisoner.
William Westeembe proved that he made the coffin
for the deceased. There was a plate on it bearing his
name. He was present at Kingston church on the 18th
of January, when the coffin was exhumed.
Andrew Fudge, grave-digger, exhumed the corpse,
and placed it in the belfry at Kingston.
Police-constable Burford was present when an-opera-
tion was performed by Mr. Welch, surgeon, of Taunton.
This was at the belfry at Kingston church. The two
last witnesses were present.
Mr. F. Welch, surgeon, proved that he took out the
stomach and intestines of the deceased, ands conveyed
them in an earthen jar, sealed, to Mr. Herapath, an
eminent analytical chemist at Bristol.
Mr. Herapath produced the stomach, and showed that,
by a variety of scientific tests, he discovered the pre-
sence of arsenic in the stomach of the deceased.

The following witnesses, the brothers and sister of
prisoner, were then called :
Thomas Sealey, aged twelve years, said he could not
remember what his father had for dinner on the Thurs-
day when he was taken ill, but that he had some po-
tatoes and salt. His father was sick after he had his
dinner, and threw up some blood. When witness re-
turned borne in the evening his father was very ill in
bed. He recollects when a ball took place at the Pru-
dent Widow, his sisters (the prisoners) were there, and
when his father went 'for them they would not return
with him, and did not come home till after he was gone
to bed.

John Seeley, fourteen years old, said on this day he
had meat,and potatoes for dinner. In other respects he
corroborated his brother Thomas.

William Seeley, sixteen years of age, came home after
the rest of the family had been to dinner, and then one
of his sisters told him that his father had salt fish for
dinner that day.
In cross-examination he said they had lived on fish and
potatoes a fortnight previously and a month afterwards.
Sarah Sealey, ten years of age, said, before my father
died I heard my sister Faith
,(the prisoner) say to my
sister Mary, " We should do better without father than
with him,' and Mary replied, " Yes, we should." She
said this several times. Witness said she would tell her
father of it, and they then threatened to beat her.
Sophia Fudge proved that she went to Mr. Mortimer's,
a surgeon, at Bishop's Lydiard, for medicine for the de.
ceased, William Sealey, and that she gave it, on her
return, to Mary Seale} (the other prisoner).
• Mary Tucker, of Yarford, said that the evening pre-
vious to the deceased's death, and during the night, he
was very sick, and vomited something of a yellow colour.
Thomas White proved that he lodged at the deceased's
house ; that he went for the doctor the night previously
to the deceased's death, and said there were no rats in
his (deceased's) house.
James Sealey, a livery servant, in the employ of Mr.
Esdale, of Cocklestone, proved that the prisoners kept
house for his father.

Mary Tucker proved that she was present at the ball
at the Prudent Widow, and that deceased came for the
prisoners, hut they would not go with him.
James Bond corroborated the last witness, and said,
when the deceased came he shook a stick at them, and
that he had subsequently kept company with Mary
Seeley, the elder prisoner.
Harriet Moreman. a servant at the Half-moon, Taun-
ton, proved that the prisoner, Faith Sealey, came to her
to go with her to purchase some arsenic to (as she
said) destroy rats. That she went with her to Mr.
Beadon's, chemist, at Taunton, for it ; but that -he
would not let her have it unless she brought a note from
the person at Kingston, whom she said it was for. That
then she and the prisoner returned to the Half-moon,
and that then prisoner said she would go and try some-
where. else to get it, and that she afterwards returned,
and, showing her a small paper parcel, said 1 have got
it, I bought it at Mr. Joyce's (another chemist at Taun-
ton), and that the lad who served said it was enough to
poison a thousand men.
Ann Richards, another servant at the Half-moon, cor-
roborated last witness.

Mr. Beadon, chemist; could not remember any applica-
tion having been made at his shop for arsenic.
Mr. John Joyce, chemist, had not sold the prisoner
any arsenic himself, but had a lad seventeen years old
in his shop that had access to a quantity of arsenic
which was loose in the bulk, to serve customers with,
and at all times a wrapper labelled "poison" was given.
Aaron Bamfield, last witness's assistant, had no recol-
lection of selling the prisoner any arsenic.
Ann Fudge proved that the day on which the de
ceased was taken ill she was doing needlework at
William Sealey (the deceased's) house. That the pri-
soner Mary Sealey asked him to have some tea. Ile
consented, and also to have s-mie sugar with it. There
were two sorts of sugar on the table at the time, but
that the prisoner Mary Sealey went to the dresser and
took up a whity -brown paper, which contained some-
thing, but witness never saw her put anything into the
tea. That the deceased took it, and then was obliged to
go to bed.
Police-constable Burford said, after Mary Sealey's
apprehension, went to prisoner, who was then living at
Mr. Clarke's, in Fore-street, Taunton, to ask her ques-
tions relative to the transaction, when he said to her,
" You may choose whether you answer it or not, as it
may make for or against you."
Mr. KINGLAKE here objected to the conversation being
deposed to, on the authorities of me Justices Coleridge
and Maule.

His LORDSHIP—Was the prisoner then in custody?
Police-constable Burford—No, my Lord.
His Lon-mule—Then, as Mr. Carey presses the evi-
dence, and I think it admissible, let it proceed.
Witness then inquired if she had purchased arsenic,
under the circumstances related by the witnesses Harriet
Moreman and Ann Richards, and that to each question
be put, she said it was not true.
The following confession of the prisoner, admitted at
the coroner's inquest, was then read:—" My sister asked
me, the same week my father was taken ill, if I . had
made up ray mind about going to Taunton on Tuesday.
I told her I had. She said she wanted me to buy some-
thing for her. I aslced her what it was. She never told
me till I was going away. When I was going away I
asked her what it was I was going to bring for her. She
asked me if I would bring her a pennyworth of arsenic.
I asked her where I could get it. She answered at Mr.
Joyce's, where she had got it several times before. She
said, You mind, you must have some one to go with
you.' I asked her, Who can I get, except Mr. Green's
servant.' She asked me who she was. I said Ann
Richards, that lived at Mr. Woolcott's, at Bishop's
Lydiard. I said I don't know if I shall buy it or not.'
She asked Why can't you get it as well as I can?' I
said If it is a strong poison, they won't let me have it
without I carry an order.' She said, If they ask what
it is for, it is to poison rats.' I said, don't hear any
rats here about the house.' She said, No, if a waggon
and horses were to go through the bed-room you would
not hear them.' I then said no more, but came away to
Taunton. I went to the Halfsmoon, and saw Ann
Richards. I asked her if she would go to the shop with
me. She said she could Lot, and her fellow-servant went.
When I asked Mr. Beadon for it, he said he would not
let me have it without a note, or a proper witness from
the house, a person whom he knew. He then asked
what it was for; I said it was not for myself, but for
some person that I knew. He said he would not let me
have it, and I then went to Mr. Joyce's. His little boy
was in the shop alone. I wanted some other things, and
after I had them I asked for the arsenic, to poison rats,
as my sister told me. I said I could say no further
than that it was not for myself. He did it up in three
papers. He told me to be very careful what I did
with it, because ever so little would poison a
man. He added, I can plainly say, and not
tell a word of a story, that there's enough to poison
a thousand men.' I said I should not have any hand
with it, and that I would tell the person what he
did say. I paid him for it, and came away. We stopped
there about ten minutes. When I came home I gave it,
to my sister; she put it in her pocket. I did not see any
thing more of it till Thursday at dinner-time. My father
was fond of salt fish, and generally had one for his break-
fast and dinner, with a roe, if he could get it. My sistet•
dressed it. I was up stairs cleaning the room. When
I came dawn I saw my sister with the roe out on the
plate. She had got the same parcel as I brought from
Taunton, shaking some of it on the middle of the milt of
the fish. I went out of doors, and said nothing to her. I
My father came in to dinner in a few minutes after, and
she put it up for him. He. took up the milt and ate it.
He said it did net taste so good as many which he had
had before. After he had been to dinner, he sat down
and had a pipe of tobacco ; then he went out to work.
He did not complain till he came home in the evening.
When he came home I was out in the garden. He came
in and sat down, and rested his elbow on the table. He
then asked Mary for a cup of tea.. She gave gave it to
him. I went up stairs. He took his tea, and then went
to bed. We stopped up with him till between 11 and 12
o'clock. My sister asked him if he would take anything
before we went to bed. He asked her what she had got,
whether any groats or arrow root. She said she had
some of each. He said he would have a little. My sister
got him some, and he was worse that night. Next day
he sent for Mr. Mortimer, of Bishop's Lydiard, who sent
him some powders, and that day I took off my shoes,
and came down stairs, and caught my sister mixing one
of the powders ; one was larger than the others."
Mr. KINGLIKE then made a very impressive address
to the jury, and his Lordship having summed up,
The jury consulted twenty minutes, and then returned
a verdict of Not Guilty.
The case lasted till late this night.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liveipool, April 8.
(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE and a Special Jury.)

GOSLIN V. BIDDEN.

This was an action for money lent and money due for
rent of certain rooms in the house of the plaintiff, occu-
pied by the defendant.
Mr. Watson and Mr. Hoggins for the plaintiff ; Mr.
Knowles and Mr. Segar for the defendant.
This case was commenced on Saturday evening at a
late hour, but, after the examination of one or two wit-.
nesses for the plaintiff, was adjourned until this morning.
It appeared that the plaintiff was a contractor for some
of the works lately executed at Fleetwood-on-Wire, and
the defendant was the engineer under whose superin-
tendence they were carried on. The defendant, on first
going down to Fleetwood, lodged in the same house with
the plaintiff, and they were, it appeared, on terms of
great intimacy and friendship. Fleetwood was, at tnat
time, insufficiently supplied with-lodging-room, and many

of the parties whom employMent on the works, or other
objects;.ittracted to the spot, were obliged to put up
with very inconvenient accommodation. The plaintiff
and defendant occupied the same room, and the same
bed.. In 1840 the defendant got married, and it was
Alleged that, previous to his going up to London for
that purpose, he borrowed of .the plaintiff the sum of
1201., the first item of the plaintiff's claim. It was sought,
alio, to make out . that, in the course of the cighteen
months next following he borrowOd of the plaintiff various
sums, amounting, in all, to 1,3711, the amount claimed
in the bill of particulars • but of this sum evidence was
given of but 8001., together with 30.1. rent for apartments
occupied by the defendant, after his marriage, in a house
which had been taken by the plaintiff.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da-
mages, 300 L

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
TUE WILLS FORGERIES.

Yesterday being appointed for the trial of the parties
implicated in the forgeries which have recently attracted
so much attention, the avenues of the Old Bailey were, at
an early hour, crowded with a mass of persons anxious
to obtain admittance into the court. This was found,
however, to be a most difficult task, admission, with the
exception of barristers and those immediately concerned
in the trial, being refused to all who were not armed
with Sheriffs' tickets. The court was, of course, most
rapidly filled in a very short period after the doors were
opened. All witnesses were ordered to retire to the
London Coffee-house till called for.
At ten o'clock, Baron Gurney, Justice. Williams, and
Justice Manic, took their seats upon the bench.
The Crown was represented by the Attorney General,
Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Bodkin, and Sir John Bayley.
Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Parry appeared as counsel for
Barber ; Mr. Graves and Mr. Ballantine fit Fletcher ;
Mr. Stone and Mr. Phirn for Sanders ; Mr. James for
Mrs. Dcrey ; and Mr. Doane for Griffin, who, however,
it was known, was to be admitted as evidence for the
Crown.
William Henry Barber, Joshua Fletcher, William San-
ders, and Georgiana Dorey, were first arraigned and
pleaded Not Guilty to an indictment, charging them with
the forgery of a will purporting to be that t Eliza Bur-
chard. There were in this indictment eight counts vary-
ing the charge.
Barber, Fletcher, and Georgiana Dorey, were then
arraigned upon two other indictments, to which they also
severally pleaded Not Guilty.
Barber, Fletcher, Wm. Sanders, Lydia Sanders, and
Georgiana Dorey, were then arraigned upon another in-
dictment, charging them with the forgery of the will of
Ann Slack, to which they also severally pleaded Not
Guilty.
These several indictments involved the cases of for-
gery of the wills and names of Ann Slack, Eliza Bur •
chard, Mary Hunt, and John Stuart.
It having been arranged that Griffin should be ad-
mitted as an approver, he was not arraigned.
The reading of the indictments and the arraignment
of the prisoners occupied the Court for nearly an hour.
Before proceeding to swear the jury, Mr. WILKINS
made an application to the Court on behalf of the pri-
soner Barber, that the trial for the forgery of the wilt of
John Stuart, of Great Marlow, Bucks, should be post-
poned, on the ground of the absence of the Bev. Mr.
Coxwell, of Great Marlow, an essential witness for Bar-
ber's defence.

Affidavits Were put in, stating that the Rev. Gentle-
man's life would be endangered by an immediate attend-
ance in Court, as he was in a state of extreme prostration
from recent and severe illness.
Baron GURNEY said the Court could grant no favour
--ghat rested. in the discretion of the Attorney-General,
es representative of the Crown, the, prosecutor. A mat-
ter of right belonged to the Cuart, but in the affidavits
'and letters produced no ground of right had been es-
tablished,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he would be the last
man to deprive a prisoner of any means really requisite
fOr his defence. But he could say unfeignedly that he
was et a loss to see of what use the Rev. Gentleman
could be to Mr.. Barber. The affidavits were not regular.
Mr. Wtidmis admitted there was a slight irregularity,
but he had.had• too much experience of the Attorney-
General's courterS, to counsel, and consideration fur pri-
soners, not to believe that his request would be com-
plied with. He (Mr. Wilkins) best knew Mr. Barber's
defence, and the necessity for Mr. Coxwell's presence,
and he begged to assure the Court that that presence
was of the highest importance to the interest of his client.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL. rather than defer this one
case until the next day, would prefer to have them all
deferred till the morning. •
After a lengthened conversation, it was suggested by
Baron GURNEY, that the letter said to be from the
rector. of Great - Marlow, and- on which the affidavits
were founded, should be produced, in order that the
Court and the Attorney-General might form their own
opinion as to its bona fides, of which strong doubt was
evidently entertained. A messenger was accordingly,
dispatched to the. chambers of Mr. Braman (Barber's
solicitor), Verulam-buildings,' Gray's Inn, to procure
.the same. On the return of the messenger, the letter
_or the Rev. Mr. Coxwell was handed to the Attorney-
General who read it to the Court. It was addressed to
Mr, Bramall, and after acknowledging the. receipt of
the subpoena, stated the writer's inability from illness to
attend, concluding thus :—" Besides I know nothing of
.the matter except that the remains of John Stuart were
interred in Great Marlow Churchyard by me."
• After another conversation among the counsel and
consultation with the Court,

Mr. Baron GURNEY said they were of opinion the in-
dulgence might be granted, but all the trials must be
postponed until to-morrow morning, as the Attorney-
General had determined to proceed with that of Stuart
first. At that time, however, the Court would require
all parties to be fully ready to proceed.
The prisoners were then removed back to Newgate,
and the Court was rapidly thinned of its much disap-
pointed visitors.
Heury Davies was indicted for feloniously assault-
ing Thomas M'Carthy with a poker, with the intent
to do him grievous bodily harm.
Mrs Clarkson conducted the prosecution, and
Messrs. Doane and C. Jones appeared for the defence.
From the evidence of the prosecutor, it appeared
that both-he and the accused were licensed victuallers
at Chelsea, Mr. Davies being the landlord of the Ca-
dogan Arms. The occurrehee in question took place
in the night of the 12th of January in the defendant's
house. The prosecutor was in the house drinking for
a great many hours, and in the course of the evening
some dispute arose, and, according to the prosecutor's
'story, the accused seized a poker from the fire-place,
and struck him a very severe blow with it on the
head. In cross-examination, he admitted he was a
g
usew of insulting
orsefo
language to the accused.
The good deal for liquor
liquor at the time, and that
set up was, that no poker was used,
h
prosecutor making use of some of-
he
but
t thathad
made
defence
upon the
struggled
expression
a
to the
fell tb e accused,
down,
faenns vt
they
ey and that he hurt
hii head in the fall.
A witness named Fry was called to prove these
facts, and he swore positively that no poker was made
use of.
C::ptairt Fitzgerald, a blagistrate for the county of
Middlesex, was called to speak to the character of
Mr. Davies, and he described hi pa as a very honourable
and respectable man, and he bore testimony to the
excellent manner in which his house was conducted.

_expressed themselves satisfied, and with-
out .._
the Judge to sum up, at once returned
a rr
verdictthre(ub jury
f n &ot guilty.

Mr. Baron GURNEY observed, that the real fact of
the matter appeared to be, that the prosecutor had not
wilfully mis-stated the facts, but from the quantity
he had drank he was not in a condition to tell what
really did take place.
(Before the RECORDER.)
Anne Elizabeth Earnshaio, 34, married, and Emma
Wells, 28, single woman, were indicted for stealing a
silver knife,, value 6s. 6d., the property of Mary Anne
Rose. Mr. Ballantine prosecuted, . and Messrs.
Clarkson and Wilkins appeared for the prisoners.
The circumstances under which the present, and
several other charges of a similar character were
made against the prisoners having been very recently
fully given in our police reports, it will be unneces-
sary to repeat them at any length on the present
occasion. The prisoner Earnshaw, who is respectably
connected, accompanied by the other woman, Wells,
were in the habit of going to the shops of different
jewellers, and asking to look at various articles, such
as Watches, rings, &c., and taking that opportunity to
steal every article that came in their way. -In the
present case they went into the shop of the prose-
cutrix, in Farringdon-street, and asked to look at
some silver fruit-knives. A great number were
shown `them, but they did not purchase any ; and,
immediately on their leaving the shop, a silver knife
was missed. The prisoners were followed to a pawn-
broker's shop, and taken into custody, and upon Wells
being searched, a silver knife was found in her pos-
sion, which the prosecutrix identified as her property,
but it appeared that it was not the same she had
missed.

Air. CLARKSON, on behalf of the prizners, argued
that the knife in question might have been sold at
some former time, and that there was no proof of its
having been stolen at the time the prisoners were in
the shop.
Several witnesses were called, who gave the pri-
soners an excellent character ; and it was stated that
Earnshaw was in the receipt of a considerable income,
and that the other prisoner lived with her as a
companion.

The jury found Earnshaw Not Guilty, and con-
victed Wells, but at the same time recommended her
to mercy..

The RECORDER said they had better wait a little
before they took this step.
The prisoners were then indicted for stealing two
diamond rings, value 3/. Is. 6d., the property of
Thomas Chapman.

This case Was of a similar description to the last,
and the jury returned the same verdict, acquitting
Earnshaw, apparently upon the ground that the pro-
perty was found in the possession of W ells.
The prisoners were then arraigned upon another
indictment, charging them with stealing a gold watch,
value 301., the property of John Smith.
The prosecutor in this case is a watchmaker in the
Strand, and the prisoners went into his shop, and
wished to look at some watches. A great many
were shown them ; but they said none of them suited,
and left the shop without purchasing any article, and,

almost immediately after .A ards, a gold watch, value
301., was missed from one of the trays. This watch
was subsequxntly found in the possession of the
prisoner Wells.
_ The jury, in this case, found both prisoners guilty.
The prisoners were then indicted for stealing a gold
locket, the property of George Lamb.
The case was clearly made out, and the jury again
returned a verdict of guilty against both prisoners.
The RECORDER sentenced them to be transported
for seven years.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
CLERKEN WELL.

THE ABDUCTION CASE.— Win. Burton Newenham
was brought up on remand, charged v.ith the abduc-
tion of Miss Frances 1 ouisa Wortham, of 28, Gerard-
street, Coburg•rond Islington a ward in Chancery.
The prisoner took his place in the dock with great
composure. He was neatly dressed, but looked paler
and in worse spins than on the previous occasions.
The Court as crowded with respectable civilians and
professional gentlemen, and gnat anxiety was mani-
fested to know the result of the struggle between Mr.
C mbe and Vice Chancellor Knight Bruce for the
possession of the prisoner. Mr. Allen, the tipstatr of
the Court of Chancery, was in attendance, bearing the
Lord Chancellor's warrant for the prisoner's ap-
prehension.
Mr. Mallard, a c:Amty Magistrate, sat on the Bench
with Mr. Combe, as a spectator. Mr. Southey, of the
Temple, conducted the prosecution ; and Mr. Hum-
phries defended the prisoner.
Mr. Southey said that since the last hearing of the
ease he had communicated with Vice-Chancellor
Bruce, and informed him of the Magistrate's deter-
mination, and of his reasons for coming to that deter-
mination. The Vice-Chancellor said he considered
Mr. Combe acted wrongly in detaining the prisoner
against the Lord Chancellor's warrant. The Vice-
Chancellor said he entertained a very strong opinion
on the subject, but he had not been able to coiumu-
nicate with the Lord. Chancellor, who was at his
country seat in Berkshire. He (Mr Southey) had
been directed by the Vice-Chancellor to express his
opinion, and it wasp under his Honour's direction he
did so. He would not call up. n the Magistrate to
pursue any particular cour,e. Having communicated
what had transpired, he was now ready to go on with
the case.

Mr. Count:—Let the case be proceeded with.
Mr. Humphries—Before your Worship comes to
any decision I have a proposal to make.
Mr. COIIIBE—I have already decided. I do not
think it necessary to reiterate the reasons which I
have already publicly stated for the course I am
about to pursue. If the Lord Chancellor or the
Vice-Chancellor have the power to take the prisoner
out of my hands, then let them -exercise it, and I
will, of course, yield to it at once. A prisoner has
been brought before me charged with a very grave
offence—evidence has been submitted which warranted
me in believing that that offence had been committed.
I have reason to know that evidence can be adduced
which will prove the commission, of a much higher
offence. I repeat Ido not fed mvseif at liberty to
give the man up to the Court of Chancery 'ander such
circumstances. If the law gives paramount autho-
rity to the Lord Chancellor—authority to take a
prisoner under these circumstances from a police
magistrate, I must submit, of course, but I am not
aware that the law confers any such powers.
Mr. Southey—l do not now makq any application
to you one way or the other.
Mr. Commi—l was callei upon to give the pri-
soner up to the tipstaff of the Court of Chancery now
present on a former occasion, I refused to do so, and
I now refuse. Call upon Mrs. Wortham to appear.
After some delay, Mrs. Wortham, mother of the
lady, made her appearance. She was genteelly at-
tired, and took her place in the witness box with ap-
parent reluctance. Having been sworn,
Mr. COMM: asked Mr. Southey if he would exa-
mine her, or should he (the Magistrate) do so? Mr.
Southey preferred the Magistrate's doing so.
In answer to questions from tr.e bench, Mrs.
Wortham repeated her former testimony, which the
clerk (Mr. Mould) upon this occ3sion took formally
down in depositions fur trial. She added several new
facts. The,following is the substance of her testi
moray :—Her husband was in the shawl trade in Re-
gent-street, and died on the 14th of June, 1842, leav-
ing no property whatever. Her daughter, an only
one, Frances Louisa, the subject of the present inves-
tigation, was born on the 24th of December, 1828,
and was con,equently 15 years old last Christmas
eve. The prisoner came to lodge at her house in
June, 1840, and continued to lodge with her at Ge-
rard-street up to the period of her husband's death,
when he left.

Mr. COME—Do you know what he is ? Witness
—No ; I have been informed that he is a person of
independent fortune. A lady in the neighbourhood,
with whom he formerly lodged, told me so. The
witness proceeded to state that, after her husband's
death, the prisoner continued on visiting terms with
her. Six months after her husband's death, her
daughter was bequeathed landed property to the value
of 4001. a year, but at present incuuibered with a life
annuity of 2001., of which bequest the prisoner was
aware. On the 7th of January, 1843, witness re-
ceived a letter froin Mr. Hawkins, one of the trustees
of the property, which letter she showed to the pri-
soner on the Sundry following.
Mr. Humphries objected to this evidence. Where
was the letter

Mr. Southt-y said it would be produced on a future
occasion, but was not then in Court.
Mr. OMBE—State what the prisoner said when
you apprised him of this bequest to your daughter.
Witness—He said " Oh, I am very happy to hear
it."—(A laugh.) I asked him if I should not write
to Mr. Hawkins ; but he said "By no means, and
that he would recommend me to his attorney, Mr.
Hammond, of Furnival's Inn." He agreed to take
the copy of the deed to his own solicitor; but I never
got it back since. I saw it the day the bill was filed
in Chancery. The prisoner subsequently stated that
he was afraid it should go into Chancery; but he did
not say anything about Miss Wortham being made
a ward of Chancery.
Mr. CoMBE—Was there any conversation between
you and the prisoner about her being made a ward of
Chancery ? Witness—Yes ;on the evening before
he abducted her. He was at my house. I had just
received a letter from Mr. Camberton, one of the
trustees.
Mr. Humphries objected to the contents of this let-
ter being stated, as it was not produced
The witness, in answer to the Magistrate, said the
prisoner read the letter, and when she spoke to him
about her daughter becomin' a ward of Chancery,
he said he " thought it would be so." The witness
then narrated the circumstances of her daughter's
abduction, which took place on the 13th of October
last, and which have been already published. He
removed her during the temporary absence of the
witness, who did not again see them until last Thurs-
day week at the station house. Witness was then her
daughter's only guardian, and had never given her
consent to the abduction, nor even known that the
prisoner was paying his addresses to Miss Wortham.
Mr. COMBS—Was your daughter from home after
her father's death for any period. Witness—Yes; for
six months at school, with Miss Brown, on Stockwell-
common.

Mr. ComnE----Did the prisoner see her. Witness—
es ; he frequently accompanied me there, and some-
times went there with books and messages froth me
to her.

Mr. COMBE-NOW, Mrs. Wortham, tell me if you
had Any communication w►th your daughter since her
return ? Mrs. Wortham (after much hesitation)--I
have had some, but not a great deal.
Mr. CoMBE—Did she explain any of the circum-
stances of her departure to you?
Mrs. Wortham again hesitated.
Mr. Southey--I object to the question.
Mr. COMBE repeated the question. Mrs. Wortham
(reluctantly)—Yes • she told me she thought she was
going to Furnival's
Mr. Southey-1 object to any question on this head.
Mr. CoMBE—You, the solicitor for the prosecution,
object ! Why, I must say, that is very strange
indeed.

Mr. Southey—l say it is very indiscreet to put
such questions now, and that it will defeat the end of
justice.

Mr. COMBE—State your objection.
Mr. Southey—l have done so.
Mr. COMBS—You have objected, but you have
given me no reason for objecting.
Mr. Southey—l have already given you my senti-
ments on this matter in private.
Mr. COMBS—Sentiments are not reasons. I think
the questions are necessary ; apd if you cannot show
me the contrary I will feel it my duty to put them.
Mr. Southey—Mrs. Wortham is here to give her
evidence of what she knows of the matter, but not
to mention what Miss Worthen) said.
Mr. COMBS---She is here to answer what questions
I think proper to put to her, and if she does not an-
swer them she may as well know thst I have the
power of sending her to the House of Correction.
Mr. Southey—What the daughter told the mother
is not, I submit, necessary to the present inquiry, and
I feel myself bound again to say that extracting such
information from her will defeat the ends of justice.
Mr. COMBE—If you really think so, you are bound
to show me why.
Mr. Southey—l will, in your private room.
Mr. COMBE—Then let us hear them. The Worthy
Magistrate and the Solicitor for the prosecution then
retired to the Magistrates' private-room. After the
lapse of a quarter of an hour they came into Court,
when Mr. Combe said that he had heard all Mr.
Southey had to say, and that he still remained of the
same opinion. The case must be proceeded with.
But he would now remand the prisoner, that those
documents might be produced which were necessary
to complete the case.

The prisoner Was then rernande 1 to Wednesday
next at twelve o'clock.

James Gregg was eliarged with the following outra•
gQous conduct :

Georg‘? Waddington, the gaoler of the Court, an ac-
tive and intelligent officer, deposA that on the Irevi, :11S
day he was cow, eyieg a prisoner from the Court to the
Clerk's office, for the purpose of having the depositions
taken d .wn, when the prisoner, who was drunk in the
passage, seized him by the collar, and ,Jr.uged him with
so much violence, as to ob.ige him to release the prisoner.
Serg& ant N 10 came up, and when the ruffian found that
he would be overpowered, he seized Waddington's coat
bet. eor his teeth, and at empted further violence. He
sb uteri so as to disturb and interrupt the proceedings of
the Court, and it required the combined exertions of four
constables, all of whom he kick,. d and cuffed on his way,
to tak him to the station•house.

The prisoner, who had been locked up all night, and
expr-s,e,i contrition tor his comluet, was senivreed
Mr. CO3l BE to pay a tine of 55., or seven (by s im-
prisonment.
AMBLER) Rb IiGH-STREET.

Edward Howaid, a hard) luoking sailer, with scarcely
a vestige of cloth nag abuut him, V% placed at the bar
on the io!lowing charr,e.

11.•rs-cford, the constable of the Mendieity
Society, ,ta!ed that b,tween e7ght and nine o'clock last
evening, he Yaw the pri,ioner sanding in Regent-street,
stupefied with; drink, and evidently incapable of taking
care of himself. Ile %‘a,6 the,, as to clothing, as he now
appeared, without hat, coat, shoes, or stockings ; to
keep him out of harm's way he was locked up in the
station-house.

111.4x,Tpv—How do you account for being found
in this mist table plight? Prisoner (with a seaman-like
hitch up of his trows,rs, and a ret,ogra!le scrape of the
right foot)—Plea,e your honour, I got amongst the
shark. I have been fifteen years in the Royal Navy,
and about a week ago I landed, and was paid oil three
years' money, all in a lump. Somme of the small craft
pt me in tow, down by %Vhitechapel, I'm tnld ; and
they took out not only cargo but harait and all, and
turned me adrift as crut:ky as I am. I'll know butter
next time.

Mr. INIALTDY—How much money have you lost ?
Sail ,r—A bout V,/.

Mr. ;MALTBY— You are discharged.
Sailor—Thankee ; I'll soon be after getting another
ship.

MARYLEBONE.

Michael Refferman, Edward f !ages, Jeremiah Leary,
and James Ryan four Irish labourers, were charged
with an aggravated assault upon the police, one of
whom is at present lying in a dangerous state in the hos•
pital, from a severe injury received or the head by a cut
a hod. An, constable, who gave evidence, was
°Aged to be supported into Court
The fads way ne compri,ed in a few line:. A general
" Irish scrimmage" had occurred yesterday evening in
Oxford-mows, Summer's-street, Paddington, and one or
two constables. among whom was the unfortunate man
Smith, ran in atnon them, with the intention of sepa-
rating the combatants. . They, however, were deter
mined not to be baulked in their humour. and, forgetting
their own animosities in the general weal, at once, to
use the graphic language of one of the constables,
"pitched into the whole on' us like bricks."
The staffs were wrenched from the hands of the
policemen and used with great effect on their heads,
until at last they were forced to retreat. Soon after a
greater body of men were orlered to the scene of action,
and succeeded in capturing the prisoners. The first
two, liefferman and Hayes, were each sent for a month
to the House of Correction. Leary, against whom there
was no evidence, was discharged ; and Ryan who had
been particularly at•tive, was remanded till Friday, in
order to ascertain how constable Smith was getting on.
Charles Crawley, a most determined ruffian, who
was only liberated from the House of Correction
yesterday evening, was again brought up this
day charged with an aggravated assault upon
the person of Rernenti Epsural Iyauco Herrerd, a
Spaniard, who could not, unfortunately, speak English,
and as no ono in Court understood Spanish, this part of
the case could not be sustained against the prisoner.
Sergeant Cumming said that a witness was in attend
ance at the station-house when the charg, was taken.
who detailed he circumstances ; but she was not at the
Court this morning. The prisoner, when locked up.
kept shouting throughout the night, to the great annoy-
ance of the other prisoners, who were effectually deprived
of a night's rest, by his vociferous exclamations.
Constable 26 D said that when taken to the station-
house the prisoner said, " Oh, old Jack Rawlinson will
be sitting, and I'll be sure to get off."
Mr. LONG, who happened to attend this day in place
of his brother magistrate, smiled, and remarked that the
prisoner might find his good fortune desert him.
Prisoner—l've got a witness outside, yer wersehip.
Here you covey (to Franklin, the chief usher), just call
in old Mother Crowley, will ye.
Mother Crowley was called. She gave her amiable
son the best of characters, but knew nothing of the case
in question.

The prisoner was sent again to the House of Correc-
tion fur .teven days.

QUEEN'S-SQUARE.

A great number of pers-ins were charged at this Court
to day with the commission of various offences, varying\
from drunkenness and disorderly conduct to the most
aggravated species of assault. In fact, the lower por-
tion of the inhabitants of this district appear to be de-
termined to enjoy the Easter holidays and the fin-
weather, but it is really lamentable that their chief
amusement should be intemperance and riot. From the
charges of the above nature, we extract the following:—

Two decently-dressed young women, one having
pretty little child in her arms, and whose face bore evi-
dence of her having been recently engaged in a seriou*
conflict, both her eyes being dreadfully bruised, and her
face otherwise injured, were placed at the bar, char. ed
with creating a disturbance last night, and fight-
ing. In answer to the charge, the defend-
ants stated that they had been to Greenwich
fair, and having, with their husbands, drank rather
freely there and on their return to London, they had lust
all recollection of the e% en a of the preceding night, or
of having infl,cted sammary punishment on each other.
They were tined 2-. 61. each.
A sturdy lab uring man v. as next charged with
creating a disturbance in the Feathers, a gin palace, in
the Broadway, and in conjunction with other persolu,
who escaped, assaulting the landlord and others engaged
on the premises.
lie was fined 205., or in default of payment fourteen
days' impris ument.
Frederick 7'ondinsim, a fashionably dressed young man,
was charged in the sheet with assaulting James Graham,
a professional singer.
It appeared that whilst Mr. Graham was returning
from the place where he is in the habit of warbling,
the defendant struck him, at the same time
stating that he had taken indecent liberties
with his the (defendant's) wife. The defendant was
drunk at the time, and as he had struck the complainant
by mistake for another person, and made an ample
apology for his misconduct, the complainant was de-
sirous of withdrawing the charge.
The defendant, who gave a fictitious name and address
when charged, for the purpose, as is said, of avoiding
his real name from getting into the newspapers, was
fined 2s. Gd. tor being drunk, which was paid.
Eliza Franca young woman, was charged by Mar-
garet Smith with assisting another female, who has not
yet been taken into custody, with stealing a bag from
her reticule, containing 2/. I Is. Gd.
The prosecutrix stated that &he met the prisoner and
the other woman in the Strand, about twelve o'clock
last night; and being acquainted with them, she treated
them to some coffee and other refreshments. They
walked together until they arrived at a court running
out of New Tothill-stre,t, where they knocked her
down, pulled the reticule from her, and having abstracted
the bag containing the money, threw it into the road
and ran off. She, however, caught the prisoner by the
shawl, and retaine.l her hold until a policeman came up.
The prisoner, who denied the charge, was remanded
until Monday, to give the police time to trace the other
person implicated.
UNION-HALL. -
Jams Dean was charged with having caused the death
of William Grubb on.the preceding night.
It appeared that on the preceding night Grubb and the
prisoner were at a public-house called the Coal Smack,
at Rotherhithe, the latter person being at the time very
much intoxicated and quarrelsome. Grubb struck at
the prisoner, who retaliated by striking him in return.
The landlord here interfered, and said there should be
no fiehting in his house, upon which the parties went
out and began to fight, and the deceased was knocked
down. Shortly afterwards he went into the house and
exhibited his eyes,. whiehswere very much swollen, and
requested the landlord would lance them to allay the
inflammation. The landlord, however, refused to comply
with the request, desiring the deceased to go to a sur-
geon. This advice .was taken by the deceased, who ac-
cordingly proceeded to one, who recommended his imme-
diate removal to the hospital, where it appeared he
expired in less than an-hour after his admission.
The prisoner in his defence said that he was struck by
the deceased, and that they fought outside the public-
house.

COTTINGUADI said that the prisoner's conduct in
fighting with a man so intoxicated as the deceased was at
the time reflected great discredit upon him ; that if the
case did not amount to the crime of murder, it was at all
events a charge of very aggravated manslaughter. The
Magistrate then remanded the prisoner until an inquest
is held on the body of the deceased.
THAMES POLICE.
Charles Tripp, a shoWily dressed man, whose air and
demeanour in the dock exhibited considerable preten-
sion, was yesterday charged with a cowardly and unpro-
voked assault en a modest looking young woman, named
Mary Craven.

The complainant stated that as she was going down
Butcher's-row on Monday evening, three gentlemen, of
whom the prisoner was one, were standing at the door
of No. 10. One of the gentlemen (nut the prisoner) put
out his foot, and nearly tripped complainant up. Heraunt
remonstrated with them and went back to take the num-
ber of the house, after which the prisoner pursued them.
He used the coarsest possible language, called her and
her companions b—y w—s, and gave her a violent blow
on the head, threatening at the same time to smash her
face. She called for a constable, and, when one came in
sight, the prisoner offered to take them to the fair and
make it up. This, however, they declined, and he was
given in charge.
Mary Kelly, a barmaid at the Plough Tavern, con-
firmed the complaimm's statement, and added that Tripp
had also given her a violent blow.
The prisoner, who undertook to plead his own cause,
with the usual proverbial result, not very complimentary
to the client, cross-examined the witnesses with an air
of would be professional sagacity, which created con-
siderable merriment. He did nut prove very successful
in shaking the direct tesitnony, though his flippancy
enforced the reprimand of the Court. Being called oti
fyr his defence, he declared solemnly, if it were the last