The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-11 00:00:00

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ...

Population
Enumerated,
1841.
West Districts... 301,189
North Districts.. 376,568
Central Districts 374,199
East Districts ... 393,067
South Districts.. 503,346

Deaths in corre- Deaths
spending week in the
of 1849. Week.
. 163 ... 182
. 192 ... 210
. 173 ... 187
. 176 ... 224
, 290 ... 321

994

Totals... ..... 1,948,369

... 1,124
... 560
... 564

Males ...
Females ...

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males ...
Females ...

... 697
... 646

Total ... .... ... ... ... 1,343
*ln this number are included 17 by Scarlatina, 34
by Typhus Fever, 15 by Diarrhoea. and 2 by Cholera.

MURDER AND HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
Last night (Sunday), between eight and nine
o'clock, in consequence of information which had been
received at the Cheltenham police-station, Superin-
tendent George Seys, and Sergeant John Shekleton
proceeded to one of the common lodging-houses in
Milsom• street, and there arrested two men on a
charge of murder. Their names are Maurice Murphy,
aged 21, a native of Blarney, county Cork, and Patrick
Sullivan, aged 22, of Minchinstown, county Cork. In
their possession the officers found a quantity of wear-
ing apparel covered with blood—a pocket-book, razor,
pieces of comb, and other trifling articles. The cir-
cumstances which led to the apprehension of these
parties we will now endeavour to detail.
it appears that on Friday afternoon information
was received at the police-station, Newport, Mon-
mouthshire, that the body of a woman, named Jane
Lewis, aged about 65, was found in a brake, near
Nancotch- wood, and adjacent to the Bassalleg-road,
the
er withrigbahctk,eye,as if with a :stone or
an awful wound in-
flictedollying
n g
the
oncnheek, a quantity of blood at the b instrument, severe bruises on the left eye, _ack scratches_of
the head, and the front part of her dress torn
o
open, as if with violence ; while the bactkhepabrotdoyf
had
dress was covered with mud, as though
been dragged over the ground. It was found that
deceased had lived at Pontymaswnt
about two miles
from Bassalleg ; and that on Wednesday morning
she had come to Newport for the purchase of some
peas and other 'trifling articles ; and was last seen
passing the Hand Post a little after five o'clock,
walking by herself towards Bassalleg, where she was
to receive her weekly parochial allowance. About
six o'clock the same evening a young lad, named
Henry Phillips, son of Mr. William Phillips, of Nan-
toch Farm, observed a quantity of peas scattered on
the road, almost close to the gate, within a few yards
of which the body of the poor old woman was dis-
covered on Friday, by her son, at two o'clock in the
afternoon. It appears that the deceased, not having
returned to her house on Wednesday, her husband,
who is a cripple, sent information of her absence to
their son, John Lewis, night watchman under Sir
Charles Morgan, at Bassalleg, who accordingly came
towards Newport on Thursday, and on passing the
gate where the peas had been observed on the previous
night felt a presentiment ;that his mother was in a
shed, situated at the top of the brake. He stated that

on going there he happened to turn his head around,
and then saw some dark object lying near the road
hede, and this he speedily found to be the body of
his mother. An inquest was commenced on Satur-
day, but adjourned.

The prisoners, who seem very determined charac-
ters, left Cheltenham, in custody of the police, at three
o'clock this morning, for Newport, where they will
be examined before the magistrates.
Information has since been received that the same
men have been concerned in an almost equally appal-
ling transaction in this county.
Mr. Benjamin Meredith, aged 72, of Aylburton,
was stopped between six and seven o'clock on Friday
night, on the high road, at Purby, in the parish of
Lydney, by the two ruffians, and there severely
beaten, the crown of his head being kicked in, and
the poor man left for dead. The rascals decamped
with a sil ter watch, pocket-book, umbrella, receipt
stamp, and other articles which they found on his
person. Mr. Meredith was afterwards found by some
passers-by, and conveyed to the nearest house.
Medical assistance was speedily rendered, but the un-
fortunate man has been unable to speak since, and
lies in a most precarious state.—Cheltenham Journal.

ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
The Commissioner of a certain nobleman arrived
lately in one of the islands of the Outer He-
brides, to make his half,yearly collection of rents, to
make new arrangements of crofts, and to enact other
things which, if really carried into effect, will form a fit-
ting topic for the public prints. And all this with the
advice and concurrence, and at the instigation, of the
leading man of the party referred to, in whose house
he took up his short residence. We say short, for be-
fore a tithe of his intended task was done, Mr. Com-
missioner suddenly made his retreat. One of the
sweeping arrangements really carried into effect, was
the displacing young Mr. 11—, of M—, from
an office to which he had only been lately ap-
pointed. Not content with this unpopular and
ill-advised act, Mr. Commissioner, it is said, and
believed by all in the place, wished also to
disappoint the well-known hopes and wishes of
Mr. M— in another and more interesting quarter;
but Miss Jessie M--, of B--, was nut to be
won by this Commissioner Plenipotentiary. She was
determined that Mr. M— should not be further in-
jured, and that in this matter the Commissioner, with
all his legal acumen, should be outwitted ; for he had
gone but a few hours from B—, with her refusal
to comfort him, when young Mr. M— and his
Jessie eloped together.
The affair was managed most dexterously ; his
vehicle was speedily brought into request—Miss
M— at dead of night made her escape, and spi-
ritedly, with her lover, through moss and fen, soon
reached the conveyance. Crack went the whip of
the postilion on the foremost horse—louder still the
lash by Mr. M—; off sprang the spirited steeds,
and in less than two hours, in a dark and murky
night, the happy pair were at the port of
L—, several miles off. Our Commissioner C—
was all the while heavily slumbering at L—,
waiting the sailing of the mail packet. Never
mind that. The vessel Mr. M— had in waiting
was immediately boarded, the crew had their sails
unfurled and all in readiness, the anchor was quickly
weighed, and the lovers were speedily wafted on -
wards by a favouring gale, and far, far at sea. Mr.
M—'s servant had returned home before it had
transpired that his master had stormed the citadel of
B— and carried off his lovely prize. Who can
envy Mr. Commissioner's feelings when he heard that
" the lass he left behind" was now " o'er the maddies
and awa'." Little did he think, when practising the
back step to the sonorous tones of the bagpipes, and
acting the agreeable during all the previous week at
B—, that the plans were then forming by which
he was so soon to be left a luckless and unpitied
suitor. _ _

THE SEQUEL.—Pursuit was made early in the
morning after Mr. M— and his affianced bride.
One party, along with the Commissioner, started in
one direction, and a servant, headed by a stout
disciple of Malthus, who is one of the larger tenants
in the north of the island, set off in another ; and
these, along with a gentleman on a neighbouring
estate, immediately proceeded further north, to the
Bay of T—. The vessel of Mr. M had pre-
viously entered that bay, and lay quietly at anchor.
He little thought that chase would be given in that
direction; and while he and his betrothed were com-
fortably seated at tea in the small cabin in the even-
ing, the pursuers boarded the vessel. The door of
the cabin was violently burst open, and here a scene
occurred of the most painful and yet interesting
nature. Mr. M-- was assailed with the warmest
invective, and the object dearest to his heart was tried
and tempted in every way to leave him—but all in
vain. She clung to Mr. M---, virtually using the
words of the favourite song of her own.
"Before I'm forced to break my faith,
I'll lay me down and dee;
For I hae pledged my virgin troth,
Brave Donald's late to share,
And he has gi'en to me his heart
With a' its virtues rare."
After a long interval, the fair fugitive and Mr.
M— were decoyed on shore, on the assurance that
they were not to be separated. Scarcely, however,
had they stepped ashore, when the promise was
shamefully violated ; for the lovers were instantly
separated, and,
most cruelly, not permitted to ex-
change either looks or words.
Mr. proceeded to —, and next day the
uncle carried off his niece to R --. A stormy week
of wind and rain succeeded. The wind moderated
however, and favoured hlr. M-- in the daring ad-
venture now to be narrated. He arrived off the coast
of H-- at night, with two large half-decked boats,
and a company of some twenty-four brave retainers,
who would venture their lives for gallant "young
Donald." The man on guard at R-- was instantly tied
to the post of the gate to prevent his procuring any
succour. Mr. M and his men speedily obtained
ad that Jessie, who was in the
and, without entering into de-
i
er aunt, was quickly awakened,
i
same
a aac t
ncl
se
e, s s
bsufficeinto
ot
mhi et
with
ho t übh
es eh si
,
as soon dressed, and n the arms of her protector and
dearestof course, was also aroused
to act a most unexpected
part. Mr. fromM—
hie friend.
slumbers, The
but uncle,
only
peremptorily asked the uncle, in
the presence of
all, " Are you a magistrate ?" and on
replied,
his answering in the affirmative, Mr. M then put
the question, at the same time taking her hand, "Jes-
sie, are you my wife?" and on her emphatically say-
" And I am your husband."
executed part of the drama.
The uncle must have felt keenly the awkwardness of
his position—when, instead of proving, as he thought,
say-
ing
"Yes,"
was a mast he
adroitly
the protector of his niece, he was, as a Justice of
the Peace, called upon to act a most important
part in the solemnization of the marriage he was
so heartily opposed to. We dwellers in Scotland
verily believe, that a marriage valid and legal in the
eyes of the law of Scotland was then and there con-
tracted. In less time than our readers can peruse
this narrative, Mr. and Mrs. and their faith-
ful retainers were safely on board, steering for the op-
posite shores. Such a dashing and chivalrous exploit
we scarcely expected to hear of in the nineteenth
century, it is worthy of the ancient days of knight
errantry; and, surely, there is not a lass in a the
land but will admire the conduct of young M--,
and not a gallant youth but will applaud the heroism
and sorely-tried faithfulness of his beauteous bride.
—Court Journal, of April 6.

POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—The United States' Go-
vernment having established mail packets between New
York and Chagres, in connexion with a line of packets pro-
ceeding at regular intervals from Panama to San
Francisco, the public may avail themselves of this
line of communication for their correspondence to
Galifornia and Oregon, by specially addressing " via New
York," or via the United States," any letters or news-
papers they may desire to be so forwarded. The com-
bined British and United States' postage upon letters for
California and Oregon, sent by this route, must be pre-
paid, and will be, upon a letter not exceeding 1/2 an ounce
in weight, 2s.
ing 1 ounce, 48. 11d., and so on, according to the scale in
51/2d., exceeding 1,4 an ounce and not exceed-
operation for charging inland letters. The postage will be
the same, whether the letters be conveyed from this country
by British or by United States' packets. Newspapers will
be liable to a combined British and United States' postage
of 2d. each.

EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Saturday, Mr. Peter Hay,
the superintendent of police at Stroud, received a telegraphic
message from Stafford, via Gloucester, that a man named
William Pridelhad absconded from Glasgow, having em-
bezzled the sum of 5001. belonging to his employers, and that
he was expected to call at, or send to, Stroud post-office for
a letter. Mr. Hay found that a person answering the de-
evening, and
scription of William Pride had arrived in Stroud the previous
Pridec hadd d
taken proceeded which left the former place at half-past seven. Mr. Hay
roeoa nken to
u p his quarters at the George
Nailsworth by the omnibus
thereupon made the best of his way to Nailsworth, and as-
certained that
Hotel, in that town. He happened to be just then abroad,
so the superintendent determined to wait. After the lapse
of an hour, Pride appeared, and was forthwith taken into
custody. A 101. note and 26 sovereigns were found on his
person ; and there was a great quantity of luggage, which
the officer also took under his care. Pride is a native of
Nailsworth, but has not resided there for several years. He
has been conveyed to Glasgow, where the case will be en-
tered into before the proper authorities.— Clieltenloam Journal.
INCENDIARY FIRES IN FRANCE.—The departmental
journals still continue to give accounts of the pragress of in-
cendiarism. A part of the communal forest of Borderes, near
Tarbes, has just been destroyed. On Tuesday last four fires
took place in the neighbourhood of Soissons. The most con-
siderable was that on the farm of a M. Fortville, at Pasly.
The stables, barns, and other outhouses, with all they con-
tained, were destroyed, the dwelling-house: alone escaped.
So determined were the incendiaries to effect their purpose
that a rivulet which ran before the house, and the water of
which would have served to extinguish the fire, was, on the
previous evening, turned from its course by the miscreants.
Dommiers, Ambleuy, and Juvigny have also suffered. At
Seurre (Cote d'Or), on Sunday last, a fire broke out, and be-
fore it could be got under, two houses were destroyed. Soon
afterwards, when all the people who had been present had
returned to their homes, a second fire was discovered, which,
in a short space of time completely destroyed 17 cottages.
During the night several other fires were seen in different
parts of the country.—Galignani's Messenger..

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basitighall-street.
G. S. 2`Tuish fuld T. I. Glensie. Farringdori-51,
general iroLniongers, May 2, at eleven—J.
Melville and W. F. Street, Austin-friars, City, mer-
chants, May 2, at twelve—W. S. Woollatt,
City, draper, May 2, et one—W. L. Collins, Wood-
street, Westminster, brewer, May 2, at one.
In the Country.
J. Cary, Shepton Mallett, Somer6etshire, printer, May
2, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Gardiner, Bir-
mingham, provision merchant, May 1, at twelve, at the
Court, Birmingham.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
F. C. Christy, F. Adams, and J. P. Hill, Rotherhithe,
engineers, 15i., on Thursday, 11th inst., and three fol-
lowing Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office
of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall-street.

A. Charman, Do wtaside, Surrey, farmer, 23., on Thurs-
day, 11th inst., and three fallowing Thursdays, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basing-
hall-street.

J. Morrison, Craven•strect, Strand, tailor, 55., on
Thursday, 11th inst., and three following Thursdays,
bet% e-,n eleven and two, at the dike of Mr. St4,nsf-td,
Basinghall-street.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
S. S. Woollatt, Holborn-hill, draper, May 2, at one—
C. J. Carttar, Greenwich and Shooter's-hill, solicitor,
May 1, at eleven.

In the Country.
G. F. Sharpies, Manchester, hosier, May 1, at twelve,
at the Court, Manchester.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
J. C. Bremer. Mark-lane, merchant, certificate of the
second class—F. King, Oxford, auctioneer, certificate of
the second class—S. Shepherd, Cullompton, Devonshire,
merchant, certificate cf the second class—T. Hart, Cul-
lompton, Devonshire, baker, certificate of the second
class—W. Cornish, Bristol, cabinet maker, certificate of
the second class—G. E. Inger, Nottingham, druggist,
certificate of the first class—J. C. North, Stamford, Lin-
colnshire, coal dealer, certificate of the second class—B.
Hewett, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, licensed vice
tualler, certificate of the second class.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
W. Wood and W. H. Wood, mercers and drapers,
Horncastle, Lincolnshire—Mary Ann Edwards mid J.
Hughes, booksellers and publishers, Aro Maria-lane,
Paternoster-row—F. I. Welch, J. Barrows, and Ann
Bradley, ironmasters and coal merchants (as far as re-
gards Ann Bradley)—W. Smith and F. L. Wood, auc-
tioneers and appraisers, Liverpool—G. Ince and G.
North, plumbers and painters, Brunswick-street, Poplar
—J. Bacon and F. Bacon, tanners, Bermondsey-street,
Southwark—J. Wignall and J. Wignall, butter factors,
Keighley, Yorkshire—S. Holroyd, E. Marriott, and C.
Hare, manufacturing chemist, Huddersfield—W. Binns
and W. Binns, woollendrapers, Sunderland—W. Hill,
W. Hill, jun., J. Hill, and R. T. Hill, manufacturing
chemists, Liverpool (as far as regards J. Hill)—J. Lumb,
T. Simpson, T. Sykes, W. Brown, P. Lightfoot, and W.
Sykes, glass bottle manufacturers, Castleford, Yorkshire
—G. Page and J. Woodrow, curriers and leather cut-
ters, Norwich—B. Pridie and E. Hinton, gold and silver
smiths, Birmingham—A. M. Gardiner and A. Coates,
leather dealers, Manchester —G. Scarlet and G. B.
Scarlet, merchant tailors, Newcastle. upon-Tyne —C.
Preston and T. Greaves, attorneys-at-law, Kingston-
upon-Hull—J. Sutcliffe, T. Sutcliffe, and R. Waite, corn
dealers, Bradley Mill and Barnoldswick, Yorkshire—
H. Seiwood and S. Sketchley, attorneys, Horncastle,
Lincolnshire—J. G. Spence and T. Griffiths, joiners and
packing case makers, Manchester—R. B. Presto°, W.
W. Willink, and IL J. Sillem, civil engineers and foun-
ders, Liverpool (as fir as regards W. W. Willink).
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
John Brightwell, Oxford.
John Swire, sea., Oldham, Lancashire, clogger.
Joseph Little, Hutton, Cumberland, grocer.
Michael Alman, Bristol, attorney.
Robert Cowles, jun., Yoxford, Suffolk, cornchandler.
George Price, Bristol, agent.
Charles Matthew Palmer, Cambridge, tailor.
Robert Ward, Carlisle, Cumberland, innkeeper.
Samuel Wightman, Framlingham, Suffolk, coaehbuilder.
William GaisFord, Bristol, baker.
George Thomas, Bristol, ironmonger.
James Grimes, Monks Coppenhall, Cheshirg, bookseller.
George Davenport, Monks Coppenhall, Cheshire, inn-
keeper.
Thomas Newman, Saxmundham, Suffolk, shopman.
Jeremiah Eastaugh, Darsham, Suffolk, blacksmith.
Daniel Carr, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, bailiff.
James Reeve, S wefling, Suffolk, shopkeeper.
Charles Anthony Everett, Southwold, Suffolk, innkeeper.
•
John Hayward, Woodbridge, Suffolk, cooper.
Daniel Dann, Witnesham, Suffolk, dealer.
James Bush, Aldborough, Suffolk, butcher.
George Statham, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, bailiff.
Rice, Sheerness, grocer.
J. Glasscock, Eastchurch, Kent, grocer.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
J. Walker, Stonehaven, cattle dealer, to meet within
the Mill Inn, Stonehaven, April 15 and May 20, at
twelve.

J. Brown, Edinburgh, plumber, to meet within
Dowell's-rooms, Edinburgh, April 15 and May 6, at two.
D. Jeffrey, GlasgoW, manufacturer and merchant, to
meet within M`Munemy's Bowling-green Tavern, Glas-
gow, April 15 and May 4, at twelve.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORFOLK ClRCLllE—Norwich, April 9.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WIOHTMAN.)
John Humblethorpe, aged 21, was indicted for shooting
at Susan Lingwood, on the 26th of July last, at Griston,
with intent to murder her.
Mr. Couch appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Power
, was counsel for the prisoner.
The prosecutrix is a young woman of 25, who pursues
the occupation of a dress-maker at Bradenham, in this
county, and sometimes sleeps at the house of her uncle,
Mr. Warman, at Gristoo, is which village the prisoner
lives, following the trade of a carpenter. These tsvJ
young people made the acquaintance of each other in
the harvest time of 1848, and the attractions of the
young lady being considerable, the boy fell a ready
victim to their power. He courted her with an ardour
peculiar to "first love," and was accepted as a lover.
They walked and talked together, and all seemed pros-
perous in his eyes. Their " course of true love," how-
ever, soon felt the truth of the poet's observation. The
mistress became estranged: other young men pursued
her. He became jealous of a certain currier, and ulti-
emnattr:laytitehse. e gln ethers
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of
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huit;;ogffs,
without effect. She became alarmed at his conduct, and
having ihnespaditdernesfshedis esaervneerastl
impassioned lodttheersrsteolf tthoeonoebj
jecatmoefs
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engage
the prisoner,msohnethseeomf seems
jtuolyhlaayset. reopanirtehdet2oshthershunecw!oa's
house in thes
overtaken by the prisoner, whom she dismissed finally.
In that night her uncle heard the report of a gun,
which seemed to have been discharged in the house.
lfeealrineadsleferpom aghaiisn ;ls lent
niece,
As no other sound followed that report except the
barking
on getting
who slept in a front room on the first floor, that she had
found a bullet embedded in the chest of drawers in her
On
room. udnogeXtMmr. orWnianrgmhaen
this the room was examined, and it was dis-
covered that the bullet had entered at the window, and
had passed through the window and bed curtains, and
across the foot of the bed, cutting a hole or two in a
of a
p
dress which was thrown on the bed when taken off at
night. Connecting these facts with the report in the
night and the conduct of the prisoner, the ground was
searched in the garden opposite the window, and about
15 yards off were marks of trampling, while the grass
betrayed the approach and departure of some person
from the spot. The policeman, when called in, tracked
the course of the bullet, which seemed to have crossed
the bed of the prosecutrix, within a foot of the bottom
of the bed, to have grazed the top of the dress which
was lying upon the bed-clothes, and to have struck the
drawers in the room some few inches higher. The
window of the room was ten feet above the ground, and
the head of the bed more than five feet from the track
of the bullet. The prisoner had been in the room upon
some previous occasion to make some repairs in the way
of his trade, and knew perfectly well the situation of the
bed. Suspicion was at once directed to the prisoner, in
whose house was a recently-discharged gen, and a rough
bullet, corresponding in size and shape to that fired into
the bedroom. These facts having been proved by Mr.
Warman, the police, the prosecutrix, and other witnesses,
Mr. POWER addressed the jury for the prisoner, whose
act, wanton and unjustifiable as all must deem it, he sub-
mitted that the jury could not stigmatise as a felony,
and construe into a deliberate attempt on his part to
murder a being whom he fondly and distractedly loved.
They would rather, as he contended, look upon his act
as a mad step, adopted for the purpose of frightening the
prosecutrix into an abandonment of her engagement
with his rival. If he harboured any to any one,
that person would be his more favoured rival. It was
clear that he entertained a most devoted affection for his „

former mistress. She had often changed her mind ac-
cording to her own admissions, and the prisoner might
well fancy that she might be induced to return to her

former suitor, if he could but alarm her. This was his
evident object in firing at her window; for it must be ad-
mitted that if he had intended to murder, or even to injure
her, he had abundant opportunity to do so, even at that
spot. Under all the circumstances of the case, he (Mr.
Power), while he coLdemned most thoroughly the con-
duct of the prisoner, trusted that the jury would feel a
reasonable doubt that the prisoner was actuated by the
intention imputed to him by the indictment, and incline
to the belief rather that he intended to fire up into the
room, but with no notion that the bullet would hit her,
or take the course it did.

Mr. Justice WICHITMAN left it to the jury to say whe-
ther they thought the prisoner, when ho fired the gun
into the window, meant to strike the person of the pro-
secutrix as she lay in bed. They would take into con-
sideration all the facts which had been proved as to the
position of the prisoner when he fired the gun, and the
direction of the bullet, and say whether they thought he
was actuated by either of the intents laid in the in-
dictment.

The jury retired to consider their verdict, and after a
long absence returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
James Flegg. aged 26, Charles Flegg, aged 28, John
Frang, aged 23, William Capes, aged 25, James Capes,
aged 28, Robert Wright, aged 28, and Charles Magnus,
aged 22, were charged with having entered on the
night of December 24, a certain plantation called Ash
Car, in the p.rish of Wighton, the property of the Earl
of Leicester, for the purpose of taking game.
Mr. Prendergast, Mr. Palmer, and Mr. Henry Mills
appeared for the prosecution; Mr. William Cooper and
Mr. Couch defended the prisoners.
:It appeared from the statement of the Learned Counsel
and the evidence of the various witnesses, that the seven
prisoners, in company with a man of the name of Strin-
ger (against whom the grand jury ignored the bill), were
at a public-house at Walsingham, kept by a man of the

. . . . „
name of Minns, on Chrittaarts-eve, the night ire ques-
tion. A man of the name of Broughton was, with other
people, present, and was asked by the prisoner Wright,
if he had a mind to go for a walk that night, telling him
they were going io Wareham Car. This Broughton de-
clined. This witness, in cross-examication, state.] he
was great-nephew to the keeper Claxton. The prisoners
and Stringer lelt Minns about twelve o'clock, when they
proceeded to the house of John Meg/2., a brother of the
prisoner of that name, where they had more drink, and
left again about one o'clock, each of them armed with
some weapon—one of the Fleggs had a gun, the others
had sticks and bludgeons—leaving Flegg's house by the
back way, whence the footmarks of eight men were
traced over several fields in the direction of the place
where a Contest rook place between the poachers and the
watchers, in which Sellis, one of the latter, received a
blow which brought on concussion of the brain, from
which, however, he had recovered.
Mr. COOPER address,d the jury on behalf of the pri-
soners, contending that the evidence of the identity of
each of the prisoners was insufficient, and the jury could
not safely return a verdict of guilty on such evidence,
whereby the prisoners would be subjected to transporta-
tion for fourteen years.
Mr. JUstiCl3 WIGHTMAN summed up most impartially
and at great length.

After two hours' deliberation, the jury returned into
court with a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners.
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN then said if he only knew who
it was that had struck Sells the blow he should certainly
have transported him ; but as there was some doubt
about it, he would not send seven men out of the coun-
try. He then s•:ntenced Charles Fle4g to six months'
hard labour, and a week in solitary confinement ; the
other prisoners to a year's hard labour, the last week to
be solitary._ _ _

George- Arnold, aged 20, was charged with hating, in
company wrth three others, on the 24th of Decemb r,
been found armed in Tersfield Wood, at North Lipham,
the property of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk.
Mr. Newton prosecuted, and Mr. C. Cooper defended
the prisoner.

Ii
appf ared from the evidence of William Barkham,
gamekeeper in the employ of the Duke of Norfolk, that
he was undressing, after having been out watching, at
atout three o'clock in the morning of the 25th of De-
cember last, when he heard persons in Tersfield Wood,
close to his house, which is situated in the wood. He
looked out and saw three persons, who spoke to him. He
called up his grandson, Henry Barkham, and they pro•
seeded out together. The grandson, being more fleet
of foot, came up to the men, four in number, at a gate
leading out of the wood. They were looking up into
the trees. One of the number had a gun with him, and
the others were armed with sticks. Wilby, a person
who died in Norwich gaol a short time since, while
awaiting his trial upon this charge, was the first who
saw him, and :aid, " Here is one of the fellows," and
knocked Barkham down; he, however, soon recovered
himself, and returned the compliment with interest, and
in doing so lost his stick; undaunted, however, he " went
at" the other three poachers, when the prisoner, whom
he well knew by sight, knocked him down, saying "Let
us kill him." Young Barkham shouted out, "Arnold,
I know you." On this the three men set off, leaving
their companion Wilby lying in the ditch. On Wilby
being searched, a gun-case, apparently belonging
to a new gun, was found on him, as well
as some snares. Arnold was afterwards taken
into custody by the police, and was sworn to by the
witness, H. Barkham, as being the man who knocked him
down. It was attempted to be made out by the pri-
soner's counsel that Wilby had died from the effects of
the blow he had received; but the governor of the gaol
was called, who stated that a coroner's inquest had been
held on his body, and that the jury had returned a ver-
dict of death from natural causes.
Mr. COOPER, in addressing the jury for the prisoner,
inveighed in strong terms against the hardships of the
game-laws, saying it was to be regretted that men could
not be remitted to pursue their own avocations without
restraint, and questioned the accuracy of the evidence of
identity.

Mr. Justice VITIGTITMAN, in summing up, said, what-
ever might be urged against the game-laws, as they were
at present, it was not to be tolerated that people should
go armed at night for the purpose of taking game, and, if
icterrupted by gamekeepers, to attack them in conrc-
quence of their not permitting them to break the laws.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the pri-
soner was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with
hard labour.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(Before Mr. Sergeant Alums.)
Mary Ann Johnstone, 21, was indiciel yesterday for
having stolen a Bank of England note of the value and
for the payment of 10/., txo half-crowns, and eight shil-
lings, the moneys of Louisa Amis, from her person.
Mr. CARTER, who appeared for the prisoner, cross-ex-
amined the prosecutrix, and endeavoured to show, by
questioning her from the depositions taken before the
magistrates, that she had prevaricated in her evidence.
She negatived every question the Learned Gentleman
put to her, and said she had spoken nothing but the
truth throughout the case.
In consequence of an observation from the Learned
Judge,
Mr. CARTER said he would put in as evidence for the
prisoner the whole of the depositions, to show that the
prosecutrix had said that to-day which she had nut said
befoi e the committing magistrate. It was most unfair
towards a prisoner that counsel should be interrupted
in the discharge of their duty, and it was not the first
time his privileges as counsel had been interfered with
in that court.
The Learned JUDGE-It would be more consistent
with your duty, as counsel, to put in the depositions, and
not make comments until the proper time conies.
Mr. CARTER begged his Lordship's pardon. He was
not making comments, nor was he doing anything his
privileges as an advocate did not authorise him to do.
The Learned JUDGE—I am the authority here, and I
say you are. Go on with your case.
Mr. CARTER—I must and do insist upon my privileges,
as the the prisoner's advocate, not being interfered with
by the Court, and it is impossible that I can perform my
duty to my client if the judge puts a limit on my dis-
cretion, and takes the case out of my hands entirety.
The Learned JUDGE—I am not taking the case out of
your hands at all, but I tell you plainly, so that you may
understand me at once, that if you think it is within your
discretion to assail the character,of a respectable witness,
and impute to her that for which there is no pretence, I
shall put a limit to that discretion. You must not, and
shall not do it.
The depositions were then put in, and the examination
of the witnesses being concluded,
Mr. CARTER addressed the jury—The position of a
counsel in a case circumstanced as the present was diffi-
cult in the extreme, and he felt bound to say that the
course his Lordship had adopted in limiting his dis-
cretion, and interfering with his unquestionable privi-
lege as the prisoner's advocate, was most unfair, most
unjust, and most ungenerous, especially when his client,
if declared guilty of the crime imputed to her, was
liable to be transported for a very considerable
period. The course the Learned Judge had taken was
not an example befitting a court of justice; he, as
counsel for the woman at the bar, had a right to com-
plain of it, and he deemed it his duty to raise his voice
against any limit being put upon the discretion of
counsel into whose hands the interests of the innocent,
as well as the guilty, were confided. His Lordship had
crippled him in this manner on the previous day, and
he could not but complain of it, as it was calculated to
inflict gross injustice upon prisoners, whose jaws were
padlocked by the law against those of their prosecutors.
The Learned Counsel then proceeded to comment upon
the facts of the case.
The Learned JUDGE, in summing np, said no judge
bad a right to impose any limit upon the discretion of
counsel, so long as that discretion was fairly and pro-
perly manifested on behalf of a client, but he very much
douuted whether a judge had not the power, and was
bound also to exercise it, of placing a limit upon a
counsel's indiscretion. He could not allow counsel to
ruthlessly assail the character of a respectable witness,
without the slightest ground for so doing, as had been
the case with respect to this poor, helpless, but
respectable widow. He was determined to
preserve regularity in the court, and he would
not allow counsel to run at the character
of witnesses, against whom no real complaint
could be made. The counsel fur the prisoner had taken
this course in two or three instances, and appeared de-
termined to persevere; but if tbat was the issue joined
between himself and the bar, they should soon see which
was the stronger of the two.
The prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to six
months' hard labour.
The COURT ordered 11. ISs., taken from the prisoner,
to be given to the prosecutrix.
Elizabtth King, 19, pleaded guilty of having obtained,
by false pretences, the sum of 51. from George Salter,
with intent to cheat and defraud him of the same.
The clergyman of the parish in which the prisoner
lived, a lady with whom she had lived as servant, and
the prosecutor spoke very highly of her character, and
the latter strongly recommended her to mercy. It ap-
peared from their statements that the prisoner had been
the victim of some scoundrel who bad induced her to
commit this and other frauds, by pretending that he
would take her to America with the money obtained. He
got the money from her as soon as she had obtained it,
and decamped, leaving her to take all the consequences
of those acts he had instigated her to perform.
The Learned JUDGE very feelingly addressed the
prisoner, hoping this would be her first and last step in
crime, and sentenced her to ten days' solitary con-
finement.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. .
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
CHARGE AGAINST A POLICE INSPECTOR.—lnspector
Whall, of the C division, appeared beta.° Mr. Hardwick
to answer a complaint made by a French gentleman,
named Charles Dondayne, of having illegally taken him
into custody, and having acted with incivility and vio-
lence during the time he was in custody.
Mr. Ablett, who appeared for the complainant, said
his client had been taken into custody by the inspector,
and afterwards reletkeJ, without being taken before a
magistrate. An application was made to the inspector to
know on what authority he acted. The inspector inti-
mated that he acted on a warrant from one of the Secre-
taries of State. But applying at the Home Office, and
also to the Commissioners of Police, no clue could be
obtained as to the authority under which the inspector
had made the arrest. As it was inferred the inspector
had neglected and violated his duty, the present pro-
ceedings had been instituted with the view of obtaining
redress.

Mr. Wontner, for the inspector, wished to know
whether the magistrate's decision would be received
as final by the complainant ? He should object to
the present form of proceedings if an ulterior object
was intended to be promoted by them.
Mr. Ablest, on behalf of his client, said the magi-
strate's judgment would be considered final.