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the union ; that is to say, complete legislative
and judicial authority in Ireland, subject always to
the preservation of the connexion (ad libitum) be-
tween great Britain and Ireland, through the means
of a sole executive and the golden link of the Crown.
This is what he is pleased to consider simple
repeal, and those who do not care to call
it by that name, may call it federalism,
or anything else they please. His sole
object in giving it that title was, he can
didly confesses, to conciliate certain Protestant noble-
men and gentlemen who had held aloof from the ori-
ginal movement ; " seeing that repeal, to be useful to
Ireland, should have their assent." It is thus clear,
that he has not yet given up the hope of a coalition
with the Whigs, and that the " sagacious pause," of
which he has just spoken, was designed to afford op-
portunities for further deliberation and negotiation.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY.—Nov. 13.
The Lord Chancellor sat to-Jay shortly after ten
o'clock.

quisition should be set aside, he (the Learned Counsel)
might object to any public inquisition being taken. The
form of the inquisition raised as many objections as there
were lines in it. It stated that he administered a quan-
tity of laudanum, but it did not state that that was a
poison ; that he drank the same, and became distempered
in body. It did not allege any place where he died, nor
state when he died. It alleged that he died on the 2d of
October instant, but the word " instant" was meaning-
less in this inquisition, because the question was whe-
ther the party had died within a year ; and it stated that
he did kill and murder himself, but it did not declare in
what manner.—Rule granted.

BRUNTON V. NEELD.—JUDGMENT.
The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this
case, which was argued before the Court some time since
upon motion to discharge an order of the Vice-Chancel-
lor of England, refusing to dissolve an-injunction he had
previously granted. The facts of the ease appeared,
from his Lordship's statement, to be as follows :—The
plaintiff purchased, at a sale by auction, land put up for
sale by the defendant Neeld. He paid the deposit, signed
the usual agreement, which was also signed by the soli •
citor of the defendant Neeld, and the plaintiff was put
into possession of the property. A draft of the convey-
n,nce was drawn up, bat no conveyance was executed.
In the month of March, 1839, one of the defendants, a
person named Remnant, advanced money to the defendant
Neeld upon his property on mortgage ; on that mortgage
being foreclosed, Remnant entered into possession of all the
landed property of Neeld, with the exception of that
purchased, but not paid for, by the plaintiff. On the
plaintiff refusing to give up the possession of the land
he had purchased, an action of ejectment was brought
against him, and a verdict was returned for the plaintiff
in the action. In consequence of this the present bill
was filed, and an injunction obtained, restraining all
further proceedings at law. An application was made
to the Vice-Chancellor of England to dissolve that in-
junction, which he refused to do, and from that judg-
ment the parties appealed to this branch of the Court.
His Lordship new gave judgment on the appeal motion.
He considered that there was nn sufficient ground
shown for the application. It had been said
on the part of the defendant, that if the injunc-
tion was continua it ought to be upon the terms
that the plaintiff should pay the costs of the action of
ejectment, and also his purchase-money, into Court.
His Lordship thought there was no ground for bringing
the action, and therefore that it was beside the question
to order the plaintiff to pay the costs. On the whole,
his Lordship was of opinion that the motion to dis-
charge the Vice-Chancellor's order ought to be dis-
missed with costs, and ordered accordingly.—Appeal
motion dismissed.

IN BE JOHN GRAY.
A writ of habeas corpus was obtained in this case, to
bring up the body of John Gray, then a prisoner in
Salford gaol, under the statute of the 4th George IV., c.
34. The writ was obtained on several objections made
to the commitment and conviction ; but the principal
objection was, that the conviction did not show on the
face of it that any witnesses were examined upon oath in
support of the charge.
Mr. COWLING now appeared in support of the validity
of the conviction.
Mr. Justice PATTESON decided that the conviction
was bad.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 11 per mile,
which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. lOid. per
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25
421 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short
being 25 571, it follows that gold is 0.59 per cent.
dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4,35
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31.175. 141
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 10 ;
and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
being 13 101, it follows that gold is 0.11 per cent. dearer
in London than in Hamburgh.
Opinions seem to differ much as to the effect which
the French loan will have upon our money market. The
amount will be 8,000,0001. sterling, and not 12,000,0001.,
as was originally expected, and the times of payment a ill
be spread over a period of twenty months. Hence many
are of opinion that the loan will have no great influence,
but it is to be recollected that a liberal discount will be
allowed where the payments are anticipated.
In consequence of a modification in the Bank of Eng-
land's scheme for charging a commission on remittances,
the statement made yesterday does not now present a
perfectly correct view. To prevent error the whole plan
had better be restated :
First, with respect to remittances. All sums advised
for the credit of a person having a drawing account at
the Bank or branch, are to be subject to a charge of 6d.
per cent., the minimum charge to be Is. Thus, sums not
exceeding 2001. are to be charged Is. ; sums not exceed-
ing 300/. are to be charged Is. 6d., and so on. Any
fraction of 100/. is to be charged as an entire 100/.
Secondly, with respect to payments. Where neither
the party paying nor the party receiving has an account,
the charge on sums not exceeding 5001. will be i per
cent., the minimum charge being 2s. 6d. On sums ex-
ceeding 5001., and not exceeding 3,000/., the charge will
be 4 per cent, on the first 5001, and per cent on the
remainder. If the sums exceed 3,000, the above charge
for 3,000/. will be made, and Is. 6d on the excess. Where

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 13
(Sittings in Banco.)
BARON V. DENMAN,

This case came before the Court on demurrer in June
last, when Mr. Kell' opened the case at some length for
the plaintiff. The tacts of the case have already been
laid before the public. The defendant Captain Denman,
was employed as a British officer on the African coast,
to enforce a treaty for the suppression of the slave-trade.
Having reason to suppose that certain barracoons were
filled with slaves, he proceeded up the River Gambia for
the purpose of destroying them. They were found on
examination not to contain any slaves, but it being sus-
pected that they had done so, and that they had only
been removed in order to avoid detection, orders were
given for their destruction; and for this act the plaintiff
claimed compensation.

Sir T. WILDE addressed the Court this morning at
great length for the defendant. He contended that the
case was one in which the Court had no
jurisdiction. It was not the duty of their
Lordships to say what the Government of this country,
or the commanders of its vessels, hail a right to do, in
enforcing a particular treaty against the subjects of
other nations. They had not before them the informa-
tion necessary to enable them to form an opinion. The
act complained of in this case, and for which compensa-
tion was now sought by the plaintiff, was an act done by
Captain Denman in his public capacity as the com-
mander of a British ship. An act committed under
such circumstances was to be judged of by totally dif-
ferent rules from those which prevailed in a conrt of jus-
tice. The complainant was not without means of redress.
If the act was wrong, it was to be presumed that the
Government who sent out the defendant to enforce the
treaty would afford redress, especially as it appeared
that the act in question was necessary to prevent a
breach of the treaty. Captain Denman being employed
upon this particular service in:a public capacity, to en-
force the treaty the more or less was a matter
between the Spanish and the English nations,
and not a matter which could be inquired into
in a court of justice. Could English courts of justice say
what was the discretion to be exercised by a naval or
military officer when he found that the terms of a treaty
were being evaded ? When the Crown of England
stipulated with the Crown of Spain for the right of
search, it was agreed that certain appearances should be
taken as evidence of an intention to violate the treaty ;
for it was to be observed that not only the actual em-
ployment of vessels, but preparations for engaging in the
slave-trade subjected the parties to punishment. If this
claim were good why were not the owners of the Caro-
line there ? The Caroline had supplied some of the Ca-
nadian insurgents with stores ; she had gone to the
American shores for the purpose of obtaining a fresh
supply ; and when she was destroyed by British sub-
jects the British Government avowed and justified the
act on the ground that the situation of the vessel was
convenient for committing an aggressive act. If an act
were considered wrongful the party supposed to be in-
jured must seek redress through his government on
these two grounds—first, that acting in his public ca-
pacity Captain Denman was exempt from any action of
this description, and secondly that he averred that what
he did was done by command of her Majesty.' He con-
tended that judgment ought to be given for the de-
fendant.

The Court then proceeded with appeals.
PARSONS V. BIGNOLD.

The arguments in this appeal were concluded, and
His LORDSHIP postponed giving judgment.
His Lordship was occupied the remainder of the morn-
ing with appeals of little interest except to the parties
concerned.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. N.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND Was occupied
the whole day with the hearing of pleas, demurrers, and
further directions, none of which possessed any feature
of public interest.

(Before Sir J. WIORAM.)
JOHNSON V. CHILD.—JUDGMENT.
MS HONOUR gave judgment in this case this morning;
the questions to be decided were, whether certain charges
payable out of the testator's property were chargeable
upon various specific legacies left by the said testator,
and how a mortgage upon a part of the property was to
be dealt with. His Honour now directed that the mort-
gage should be apportioned between the leasehold, in-
cluding a property called Belvedere-wharf, and the
pecuniary legacies, and the charge on the Taragon pro-
perty should be paid out of the general estate prior to
the legacy accruing.

on the contrary, the party lodging the money has
an account, the commission on sums of 1001. is to
be 2s. 6d., on sums of 1001. and under 300/. it is to
be 4s. 6d., on sums of 300/ and not exceeding 3,0001. it is
to be Is. M. per cent., and on sums exceeding 3,0001. it
is to be Is. per cent.
The distinction between "remittances " and " pay-
ments" which is made in the above statement is the one
adopted by the Bank of England. Where money is paid
to the credit of a party who has an account at the Bank,
the sum is of course not paid over to him at once by the
Bank, but he remains credited with it, until he draws
it by means of a cheque. This transaction, when pay-
ment is made by a credit, is called a "remittance." When
the money is paid for the use of a stranger, and is there-
fore given to him by the Bank immediately, and not
through the medium of a credit, the transaction is called
a " payment."
POST.—The English Stocks continue steady. Money
is not quite so easy as it has been. This is shown by a
fall in the premium on Exchequer-bills, but the quota-
tions for, the permanent securities have, nevertheless,
been very well supported. The proceedings of the
French Government, relative to the forthcoming loan,
occasion no great anxiety in the minds of our capitalists.
because the payment of the instalments is to be carried
over so long a period of time, and, therefore, in. somo •
what minute proportions. How the stock that may be
created will rank in the London market is another ques-
tion. The French authorities affect to think it hard that
their Three per Cents, should not stand as high as our
own, but prudent persons cannot but feel that the future
holds out the prospect of some fierce political struggles
in France, and this at no very remote date ; nor is it
likely, therefore, that capitalists of that character will
have much, if anything, to do with the loan. The pub-
lic at large should take warning from this circumspec-
tion, and be equally wary. French stock is certainly
not a desirable investment just at the present moment.
and, without reference to price, our own feeling is, that
parties here would act wisely in leaving the native capi-
talits of France to fill up the subscription lists, and keep
the whole of the 200,000,000 francs to themselves. The
circumstance that the Government will be content to
receive 400,0001. per month from December next to
August, 1846, and which of course an easy mode of
collection, should be no temptation in a case where the
consideration to be given for the money is one, the value
of which depends on contingencies of a palpably critical
description.

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. FLINT.
His HONOUR then resumed the hearing of the argu-
ments in this case, which occupied the whole of the
sitting of the Court yesterday.
(Before Sir J. K. BRUCE.)
His Honour sat for a short time this morning in
Bankruptcy, as Chief Judge of the Court of Review, but
the greater number of bankrupt petitions on the paper
were ordered to stand over, the parties not being pre-
pared. The cases in equity were then taken.

WRIGHT V. TALLIS.

This case, which has been already postponed, was on
the paper this day for hearing. It is an application, on
the part of the plaintiff, for a special injunction to re
strain the defendant from continuing the sale of certain
works, which are translations from the writings of the
German author, Sturm ; the said sale, the plaintiff
alleging to be an infringement of his copyright. When
called on to-day it was again postponed till next week.

COURT OF QUEEIV'S BENCH, Nov. 13.
(Sittings in Banco.)
THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE
MAGISTRATES OF BERKSHIRE.
This was an appeal, by the Great Western Railway
Company, against an order of sessions confirming the
assessment to the poor-rate, in the parish of Tilehurst,
through which a part of the Great Western Railway
runs, on the ground that the railway was rated at too
high a sum. It was contended, on the part of the Com-
pany, that before the amount was fixed on which their
rating was to be assessed, there were various deductions
to be made. Among the deductions claimed was the
income-tax paid by the Company. The Company also
claimed deductions on account of losses incurred by the
renting of branch lines, and on account of their
liability to rates in other parishes, in conse-
quence of the recent decisions of this Court, but
the exact amount of which had not been ascertained.
They also contended that the rate should be assessed
upon the profits only, calculated at five per cent. upon the
gross receipts, and that a deduction should be made for a
renovation fund. It was replied, on the part of the re-
spondents, that before making the assessment every de-
duction had been made to which the appellants were en-
titled. With regard to the property-tax there was no
reason why any deduction should be made on that ac-
count. There could be no right to claim any deduction
on account of losses on the branch lines. All that the
respondents had to do was with that portion of the pro-
perty of the appellants which was situated in the parish
of Tilehurst, and it was no matter to them what losses
might accrue twenty miles away from their parish. The
same argument applied to their claim for deduction
on account of their supposed liability to rates
in other parishes ; besides, those rates had not
yet been assessed, and this being a rate from
year to year, assessed as a yearly tenantcy, they had I,
right to make a claim for a deduction out of th present
rate on the score of liability to payments 'which had not
yet been made. In regard to the argument that the
rate was to be assessed on the profits, it was contended
by the respondents that the rate was to be assessed on
the gross value of plant, and in support of this argu-
ment, the dec..sietts of the Court in the cases of the.
Grand J'faiction Railway CompttnY, the SoUth-Western
Rail.,,,ay Company, and the Cambridge Gas Company,
were relied on. With regard to the deduction claimed
on account of the renovation fund, it was contended, that
as the assessment was upon a yearly tenantcy, the only
deduction that could be allowed was for the sum actually
expended during the course of the year in the repair of
that portion of the road passing through the parish.
Mr. M. D. Hill and Mr. Sergeant Kinglake appeared
for the appellants, and Mr. Whately and Mr. Terrett
for the respondents.
The COURT took time to consider their judgment.

Their Lordships took time to consider their judgmen

EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, Nov. 13.
:Sittings at Nisi Prius in Middlesex, before the LORD

CHIEF BARON.)
LAWREY V. SIR CHARLES GREY.
This was an action brought, by the widow of the
plaintiff, formerly a solicitor at Tynemouth, to recover
certain sums alleged to be due from the defendant for
attending the Revising Barrister's Court and other elec-
tioneering services, which resulted in the return of the
defendant to Parliament for the borough named, and the
defeat of his opponent Mr. Young.
Before the case had proceeded far, Mr. Jervis, as
counsel for Sir Charles Urey, put in certain letters of
the plaintiff's husband, and the defendant founding ob-
jections upon them which the Court held to be valid,
a nonsuit was directed.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 13.
Their Lordships this day took the special paper, and
were for the most part occupied with the arguments in
two cases of deniurrer.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.
A wretched woman, named Ann Navy, the unfor-
tunate victim of gin, was brought before the Lord
Mayor, charged with having attempted to strangle
herself with her bonnet strings on Wednesday last.
Thomas Balchin, City policeman No. 618, stated
that on I.l,rednesday, having been informed that a
ferr-dre had attempted to destroy herself at the corner
' of Widegate-street, Bishopsgate, he went to the place
and found the prisoner black in the face in conse-
quence of having tried to strangle herself with her
bonnet ribbons. When she recovered from her in-
sensibility, she said she had made the attempt because
she had murdered her mother. The agony of her
mind appeared to be so intense,
,as completely to da-
mage her intellect. She:was placed under the judicious
care of Mr.,W,Murdo, who signified in & note to the
Lord Mayor tliat when she was first conveyed to the
Compter she acted in the most violent manner, and
it was absolutely necessary to force the victuals down
her throat ; tbat she had since become more calm,
but was very weak, and that her condition was attri-
butable to excessive drinking.
The LORD MAYOR—What are you, prisoner ?
Prisoner—l have no home, but I have been em-
ployed in the book business in Jewin-crescent.
The LORD MAYOR—What did you mean by say-
ing you murdered your mother ? The prisoner—I
consider that I did murder her. I broke her heart
by my wickedness ; that's murder.
The Loan MAYOR—Where did she die ? The
prisoner— One day last week, in Bishopsgate Union
Workhouse.
The LORD MAYOR—Are you sure that if I send to
the workhouse I shall be informed of her death ?
The prisoner—Certainly; there is no doubt of her
death, and I was the cause of it, I was so wicked.
The LORD MAYOR—In what respect was you
wicked ? The prisoner—By drinking.
The LORD MAYOR—Have you a father, or brothers,
or sisters ? The prisoner—No ; they are all dead.
The last person I lived with was my sister, who has
died since. She was obliged to turn me out on
account of my dreadful propensity.
The LORD MAYOR—How do you know she is
dead ? The prisoner----I heard so. She lived in Red
Lion-court, fleet-street. I have been the cause of
dreadful misery.
The LORD MAYOR—Have you ever received parish
relief? The prisoner—Never. I have been able to
support myself by book-work, in which I have been
regularly brought up.
The LORD MAYOR directed that the unhappy
creature should be taken care of in the Compter,
under the authority of the medical officer, and that
inquiry should be made into the melancholy part
culars of her case.

BAIL COURT, Nov. 13.
IN RE THE REV. JAMES MEDE NISBETT.
A writ of habeas to bring up the body of the de-
fendant was obtained in this case. As far as the
facts were disclosed it appeared that Mr. Nisbett was
imprisoned in this country for a debt due to Mr.
Bucannan, who discounted some bills for him. He
was in prison for sixteen months but lately applied
and obtained an °Her for his liberation, under the
late statute for the relief of insolvent debtors. He
was, however, detained under a warrant issued
by the justices of the peace for the county of Tippe-
rary, which was backed by Mr. Jardine, the police
magistrate of Bow-street, for a riot with which he
was charged. The warrant stated that the defendant
policet rl o rhsdei i
was " indicted at the peace-office" for a riot, and " it
charged and commanded the police-constables of
Tipperary to apprehend the said James Mede Nis-
bett, if found in Tipperary, and him in safe custody
keep, so as to have his body before the justices of peace
at Nenagh to answer for the said offence."
Mr. Humphrey, with whom were Mr. Bodkin and
Mr. Sturgeon, appeared in support of the discharge.
Mr. Doudeswell appeared to oppose the discharge.
Mr. Justice PATTESON, in giving judgment, said
that in this country there would be two fatal objec-
tions to the warrant. The first was, that it stated the
defendant was indicted " in the Peace-office." He did
not know what the Peace-office was. If the indictment
was preferred at the Court of Quarter Sessions, it
should be so stated. If it was not, then the justices of
Quarter Sessions had no jurisdiction. The other
objection was one which arose from the extraordinary
nature of the warrant. It directed the whole body of
the police of the county of Tipperary to appre-
hend the party if found within the county, and
him in safe custody keep, so that they might have his
body at the Quarter Sessions. It was clearly contrary
to law to give the police any such authority unless there
was some Irish statute to justify it. If the offence was a
bailable one the party was to be bailed by the proper
authorities, if not a bailable offence he was to be impri-
soned and kept in the custody of the Sheriff. But accord-
ing to this warrant neither of these things was to be
done, but the party was to remain in the custody of the
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EXPAP.TE GARDNER.
Mr. MELLOR moved for a writ of certiorari to bring
up the inquisition held on the body of George Gardner,
and also the depositions taken at the inquest. It appeared
that Gardner had been indicted for abducting a
young
lady from a boarding-school, but an arrangement had
been come to. The defendant pleaded guilty, but was
discharged on his own recognizances, and was not to be
brought up for judgment. Gardner then went to Ca-
nada, but subsequently returned to this country, and was
articled to a farmer named Page, for the purpose of
learning the business of a farmer. He then renewed his
acquaintance with the young lady. After his return
from Canada he went to the house of the young
lady, having got in through the window in
the course of the night. The next morning he had
some coffee given him by the young lady. He was vi-
sited by the mother and daughter, the father being igno-
rant of the circumstance. After breakfast the daughter
in
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bottle
being produced at the inquest, she stated that the smell
was something like that. After he had taken the con-
tents of that bottle, which had contained laudanum, he
asked for a razor and shaved himself. He then became ill,
and died in the course of the day. A verdict of felo de se was
returned upon the coroner's inquest. The object of the
present application was to bring up that inquisition and
examination, with the ulterior view that in case the in-

Edward Taylor, cab-driver, No. 4,144, was charged
with having loitered in such a manner about Fleet-

street and its neigbbourkood as to cause serious
obstruction.

The defendant proved to be one of those fellows
who are constantly perilling the safety of the public
by turning about in the most crowded thoroughfares,
and impeding the transit of other vehicles. He was
described as having turned a deaf elr to the requests
and threats of the police, and to have lingered at a
variety of places in expectation of a fare.
The defendant said the police we: 0 prejudiced against
him, and that he was the most respectable and amiable
of cab-drivers.
The LORD MAYOR—You are finf d 10s. aid costs.
Mr. Goodman (the chief clerk) informed his Lord-
ship that the defendant had been summoned in Sep-
tember, by another officer, who described the route
which be had taken with his cab, and the stops he had
made, exactly as the present witness had represented.
The defendant said he would not pay the money.
He would rather go to prison for seven days.
The Loan MAYOR—I know very well you would
prefer going to prison for seven days, but my sen-
tence upon you is, that if you do not pay ten shil.
lings -penaltrand three shillings costs, you shall go
to prison for a whole month.—(A laugh.)
The defendant grumbled in a low tone, but in less
than a minute pulled out the thirteen shillings,
and
walked off, while the Lord Mayor was directing the
officer to keep a particular look out for him in hia
gyrations.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE CITY.-POLICE
REGULATIONS.
A letter, of which the following is a copy, has
been sent by the Commissioner of the City Police to Mr. Sergeant Merewether, Town Clerk :
" City Police-office, 26, Old Jewry,
" Noy. 11, 1844.
" have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of a resolution unanimously passed at an especial Court
of Mayor and Aldermen, expressing their entire appro-
bation of the measures taken by the Commissioner of the
City Police.

' I have to request that you will do me the favour of
expressing to tho Court of Mayyr And Aldermen the

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNIING NOVEMBER 14 184 t.

feelings of gratification with which I receive this dis-
tinguished testimony of my services, and to assure them
that it will be my constant study to merit their appro-
bation.
" The auspicious visit of her Majesty brought with
it responsible, and, to myself, untried duties; but the
liberality of the Committee of Aldermen, in the means
placed at my disposal, the zealous and efficient co-ope-
ration of the officers and constables under my direction,
and still more, the kind-hearted and forbearing temper
of the people, relieved me from all apprehensions, and
rendered my duties as easy as they were honourable.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your obedient humble servant,
(Signed) " W. HARVEY.
" To Mr. Town Clerk."
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED BY THE LATE LORD MAYOR.
Last February Sir William Magnay, the late
Lord Mayor, received the one-half of a 51. note
(97,281), inclosed in a note, of which the following is
a copy :

"L. M. presents his compliments to the Lord Mayor,
and requests his Lordship will apply the inclosed to the
use of the lady connected with India, whose case appears
in the Post of this day. The other half-note will be sent
on the receipt of this being acknowledged in the MOrn-
ing Post.
" February, 14, 1844."
Our readers will recollect that a great many con-
tributions were received about the time stated in the
note addressed to the late Lord Mayor, and this no-
tice of the receipt of the half-note described might
have escaped his Lordship's benevolentcorrespondent.
The half-note was received in due time.
Subsequently the late Lord Mayor received the
following note :
" Mr. L. M. presents his compliments to the Lord Mayor,
and begs to inform him that the day after his Lordship
mentioned in court the case of a lady connected with
India, who was in great distress, Mr. L. M. inclosed the
half of a 51. note (97,281) to the Lord Mayor, with a
request that the receipt of it might be acknowledged in
the Morning Post. As this has not been done, Mr. L.
M. is afraid the half-note has been stolen, and requests,
therefore, his Lordship will be kind enough to state to
the reporters of the Morning Post or Times whether it
has been received, that the Post-office may be informed
of the loss of it. or that it has miscarried.
" Thursday, February 22."
At the request of Sir William Magnay we insert
Mr. L. M.'s communication, and announce that the
late Lord Mayor has received the half-note described,
but never received the other half.
GUILDHALL.
John Peter Kirk, a baker, carrying on business at No.
49, Tottenham Court-road, was charged before Sir
Chapman Marshall, with having :obtained 30/ from the
West London Savings' Bank, Wine Office-court, by re-
presenting himself to be a Mr. M'Donald, one of the
depositors.
Mr. Thomas Underhill, a clerk in the office of the
savings' bank, stated that on the 2d of March last he re-
ceived 10/, from a person named M'Donald, as a deposit.
The entry in the books of the savings' bank ran thus:—
" Adam M'Donald, Fore-street, Cripplegate, aged
twenty-four, 10/." M'Donald subsequently made an-
other deposit of 20/
Mr. Underhill, actuary to the Bank, said it was his
duty to repay deposits. Last evening the prisoner pre-
sented a deposit-book to him, and applied for the 301.
which had been paid to the bank by Adam M'Donald.
Witness requested him to sign his name in the receipt-
book, and he wrote the name of Adam M'Donald. Wit-
ness then gave him a Bank of England note for 301.
The first witness said he should not know Mr.
M'Donald again. He was a young man, and the pri-
soner a middle-aged man. They identified persons by
their handwriting. The writing of the prisoner and
the depositor were very dissimilar.
The clerk asked if it was not usual for depositors to
give notice when they were desirous of drawing out
money?
Mr. W. Underhill said a notice had been left at
the office in accordance with the rules which had been
laid before the Managing Committee, by whose direction
an officer was placed in the office, and when the prisoner
received the note he was given into custody. M'Donald
had lost his original book, and had been supplied with a
duplicate of it. The prisoner presented the book that had
been lost at the bank.
The prisoner said that M'Donald gave him the book
to draw out the amount when he (M'Donald) went to
Scotland. M'Donald owed him money. He had not
seen him for two months. He told him to put his name
in the receipt-book at the bank.
Sir C. MARSHALL said he had better get M'Donald to
come forward to corroborate his statement.
He was remanded until the police can obtain the at-
tendance of M'Donald, who was stated to be in London.
The prisoner applied to be admitted to bail, but his
application was refused.

CLERKEN WELL.
William Brown was charged with furious driving, and
thereby killing a horse, value 14/.
The prisoner, who was driving a cab, began to race
with a four-wheeled vehicle at King's-cross, and when
opposite this Court, on the Bagnigge-wells-road, driving
at the top of his speed, and on the wrong side of the
road, he attempted to shoot by the vehicle. A cab,
belonging to Mr. Voucher, was coming at a walking
pace against them, and the driver cried out to the pri-
soner to halt, but, instead of doing so, the prisoner still
whipped, and, coming into collision with the cab opposite,
the shaft of his vehicle penetrated a long way into
the breast of the horse, and the poor animal fell down,
bleeding profusely. Both cabs were shattered dreadfully,
but fortunately nobody was hurt. The prisoner is not
a licensed driver, but was driving for a Mr. Clarke, a
cab proprietor in Camden-town.
The rroprieter of the cab said the prisoner took ad-
vantage of his absence and drove away the cab from the
Strand. His wife was dangerously ill, and he was sent
for to attend her.
Sergeant Wilkinson said he believed this to be utterly
untrue, and he had been informed the proprietor was
drinking and fighting at a public-house.
The prisoner was remanded.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Two men, named Samuel Brown and James Keat-
ing, private watchmen in the service of her Majesty's
Commissioners of Woods and Forests, were charged
with being drunk, and violently assaulting the police
in the execution of their duty.
Mr.. Humphreys_ attended for the prisoners._
The' case had occupied the greater portion of two
days, but the facts were briefly as follow :—As. po-
liceman 77 H was on duty at a late hour on Saturday
night in a new line of road now in progress of forma-
tion by the Woods and Forests from Spitalfields
Church to the London Docks, he was assailed by the
prisoner Keating with threatening and offensive ex-
pressions, of which, by the advice of his sergeant, he
took no ntice. On his return over his beat he was
assailed in a similar manner by Keating, who, in ad-
dition, set a large dog rpon him, which instantly
seized the constable by the coat, while Keating struck
him on the head with his truncheon. The officer at-
tempted to take him into custody, the dog still hold-
ing him, and, a violent struggle ensuing, they were
both thrown to the ground. The policeman called
for assistance, when Hope, another constable, came
up and seized hold of Keating, upon which the other
prisoner rushed out of his box and immediately dealt
77 II three blows on the head with his staff, which
knocked him down, and caused a great effusion of
blood. Sergeant Easthope then came up, and further
assistance having been procured, the prisoners, after
a violent resistance, were ultimately secured and con-
veyed to the station, threatening all the way the ven-
geance of Lord Lincoln and the Woods and Forests
upon the heads of the whole police force.
Sergeant Colman said that a formal complaint had
been laid on a former occasion befbre the Woods and
Forests against the prisoners, and that Superinten-
dent Pearce had been obliged to remove one constable
from that beat, in consequence of the exasperating
conduct of the prisoners towards him.
In their defence the prisoners preferred a counter
charge of malicious conspiracy on the part of the
police, and severe treatment towards themselves.
Mr. Humphreys, after calling several witnesses,
who gave them a good general character for propriety
of conduct and sobriety, deprecated any conviction' as
it must inevitably lead to the instant dismissal of his
clients, and their bread would be gone.
Mr. BROUGHTON expressed his total disbelief of the
alleged conspiracy by the police, and said that, under
the circumstances, he should have certainly sent the
parties to prison without the chance of paying a fine ;
but as the punishment he should inflict upon them
would most likely not be all they would suffer, he
should take a very lenient course, and sentence Keat-
ing to pay a fine of 205., or undergo a month's im-
prisonment in the House of Correction ; and the pri-
soner Brown to pay a penalty of 405., or six weeks'
imprisonment.
Several gentlemen connected with the Woods and
Forests attended in Court, and exhibited great in-
terest in the proceedings.
Tuesday Anne 111`Cormack, a young Irishwoman,
was charged with stealing a sovereign, the property
of Leah Aarans, her fellow-servant, at the house of
Mr. G. Da Silva, a foreign merchant, who was deeply
affected, and, on entering the witness•box' stated that
the charge upon which the prisoner had been given
into custody would sink into insignificance in com-
parison with that which he himself had to prefer
against her, which was that of decoying away from
her home one of his own daughters, a child only ten
years of age, with a view of introducing her to a
life of infamy. While at his counting-house, in the
City, about noon on the preceding day, he received
a ..message from his family, requesting hint to return
hOme instantly, as the child was missing, and, on
reaching his house, and finding that that was the case,
he, in, extreme anguish of mind, -went in every
direction he could think of, in all parts of the town,
for several hours, in search of her, bu t without suc-
cess. On again returning home, be tween six and
seven o'clock in the evening, he was informed by one
of the other servants that, during his- absence, the
prisoner had suddenly absconded from the house, and
that a sovereign had been stolen from a box belonging
to another domestic. .Mrs. Da Silva also showed

him a letter which had arrived by post that afternoon,
addressed to the prisoner, and in the 123indwriting
of his daughter, requesting the prisoner to proceed
to her immediately, at a house in Charles- court„ St.
Martin's-lane. Previous to his seeing this „letter, his
eldest daughter, on being apprisei tat' its contents, had,
by direction of her mother, Exile to the {house in

question, in the company of an upper-servant, arid
soon after returned, bringing the child with them,
which they had found at the house.
The prosecutor here handed the letter to the ma-
gistrate. It was written in a neat and rather elegant
hand for so young a child, and was to the following
effect :

" 4, Charles-court, St. Martin's-lane.
" Dear Anne,—l write to inform you that I have gone
to the West-end, but I hope you will come to-night, fir
I do not know what I shall do without you; for, now I
have gone, I cannot come back. Come about seven
o'clock. Now, do come, for Ido not know what I shall
do without you. lam obliged to take any place till you
come. I have no mo' (sic) to say, but believe me to re-
main " Your affectionate,

"JULIA DA SILVA.

" P.S. Pray come."
Policeman Marks, 61 L, said, that between five
and six o'clock on the preceding evening he was ac-
costed by the sister of the little girl in St. Martin's-
lane, and requested to go to the house in Charles-
court, where they suspected the child to be. He im-
mediately accompanied them to the house No. 4,
which he found occupied by a man of apparent re-
spectability, and who, upon being informed of his
business, took him into one of the rooms and pointed
out to him the child there. The man told him that
the child had been brought to his house by a woman
living in Chandos-street, who told him that she had
applied to her for leave to write a letter in her house,
and that she, believing from her elegant dress and
manners, that she had run away from home, had
brought her there to be taken care of. Soon
after the little girl's arrrival she had asked
for writing materials, and addressed the let-
ter already read to the servant, which at her re-
quest was put immediately into the post. Witness (the
policeman) remained at the door until six o'clock,
when the prisoner arrived and inquired for the child,
and as soon as she had done so, he took her into cus-
tody. On asking her if she knew anything about
the sovereign she positively denied all knowledge o
the money, but on her way to the station said that
the little girl had herself taken it out of her fellow-
servant's box, and added, that the other servants had
persuaded the child to leave her home, and that she
had merely gone to the house to look after her, and
bring her back.

The child herself, who appeared very intelligent,
was then put into the witness-box, and stated that the
prisoner had repeatedly importuned her to leave her
father's house, but that she had resisted her overtures
until the preceding day, when she had agreed to go
away with the prisoner that night. About noon,
however, the prisoner told her that she (witness) must
go on first, and gave her a sovereign for the purpose
of buying clothes and paying expenses; after which
she placed her in a cab, and told her to go on to the
Strand and wait for her there. On being set down in
the Strand, she became greatly alarmed, not knowing
where she was, and wandered into Chandos-street, at
the door in one of the houses in which she saw a
woman standing, whom she accosted, and asked per-
mission to write a letter in her house to the prisoner.
The woman, however, after putting some questions to
her, took her to the house in Charles-court, where she
wrote the letter in question, and where she remained
until she was rescued by her friends.
The prosecutor here, in a state of great excitement,
said, that the landlord of the house in Charles court,
whom he had ascertained to be a respectable man,
had informed him that he had learned that a woman
keeping a house of notorious character in the same
court, had made arrangements for the reception of ,
the child, and was to give ten guineas for possession
of the child's person, and whose ruin would have been
effected that night but: for her providential discovery.
If the Magistrate would adjourn the case for another
examination, he should be able to bring forward the
most positive evidence to that effect.

Mr. 13mouast then asked the prisoner if she wished
to say anything in answer to the charge ? The pri-
soner said that it was all a conspiracy entered into
against her by the other servants, that she never saw
the sovereign, and that she knew nothing whatever of
the letter put in, as, in fact, she could not read at all.
In answer to this, a pretty Jewess, 15 years of age,
nursemaid in the prosecutor's service, was called, and
proVed that the letter, which was inclosed in an enve-
lope superscribed to the prisoner, was delivered to her
at her master's house at half-past one o'clock, and
that she immediately handed it to the prisoner. She
afterwards found the letter lying open upon the
kitchen table, without its envelope, and, as the pri-
soner had absconded, delivered it to her mistress. In
reply to questions from the magistrate, the witness
stated, that the prisoner had on numerous occasions
attempted to seduce her from the house in order that
she should resort to a life of prostitution, but that
she had indignantly rejected the prisoner's importu-
nities. On one occasion, when closely pressed by
the prisoner on the subject, she declared she would
inform her mistress of the prisoner's conduct, and
ran up stairs for that purpose, but the prisoner pur-
sued her, and, seizing her at the head of the stairs,
flung her violently down them, and used such dread-
ful threats towards her, if she divulged her offers to
her master or mistress, that the witness had been
afraid to do so till the present occasion.
Mr. BINGHAM said, that he had heard quite enough
to warrant him in remanding the prisoner, in order
that a searching investigation might he made into
such an abominable transaction, and the officers must,
between this and the next examination, make the
most rigid inquiries into all the facts of the case and
use strenuous exertions for its completion.
The prisoner, who behaved with extreme boldness
throughout the hearing, was then removed.

THE DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT
BLACKWALL.
CORONER'S INQUEST.

Precisely at half-past twelve o'clock, yesterday, the
Coroner for the Eastern District, William Baker,
Esq., attended at the Queen's Head, High-street,
Poplar, where a jury, composed of the most respec-
table inhabitants of the division, were met to inquire
into the cause which resulted in the death of Jacob
Samuda, Samuel Dodd, James Scianders, Henry
Scovell, Thomas Nugent, John Newman, and Arthur
M'Gee.

The jurymen afterwards proceeded to view the re•
mains of the sufferers, which lay in the bone-house
of the parish. The exhibition was truly a painful one,
for, in addition to the sad relics of mortality, the re-
lations of the deceased were in the immediate neigh-
bourhood, and their unaffected sorrow, if silently ex-
pressed, was only the more touching.
As the room in the Queen's Head was not suffi-
ciently large to accommodate the parties who, from
curiosity, or more generous motives, attended the
inquest, the jurymen retired to the Town-hall, where
the following evidence was taken before the worthy
Coroner :

t is since ascertained that two of the unfortunate

r men removed to the London Hospital have died, but
' the jury will not take cognisance of their deaths to-
' day.)
The names of the jurymen having been called over,
the first witness called was an engineer, a workman
in the service of Messrs. Samuda, whose evidence was
merely taken to identify the bodies.
Joseph Reed, Blackwall, pattern maker, knew the
body of Mr. Jacob Samuda, who was an engineer,
residing in Summer-street, Southwark. His age
was somewhere about thirty-one. Also the bodies of
Henry Scovell, aged 44, residing at 14, Earl-street,
Poplar; James Sclanders, aged thirty-seven ; Thomas
Nugent, aged eighteen, of 157, Union-street; John
Newman, fireman, aged thirty-seven; Arthur M'Gee,
labourer, aged thirty-five, also of Poplar; and Samuel
Dodd, aged twenty-seven, of Blaawall. The bodies
were those lying in the dead-house.
George Low, 14, Hamilton-street, Deptford—l am
an engineer in the employ of Messis. Jacob and
Joseph Samuda, the former the deceased. They are
builders of iron boats, as well as engineers. .They
built and placed the engines in the Gipsy Queei',
which I believe belonged to an Irish company. A
ship of her size and measure might be worth about
15,0001. The engines were double, but moved by
one shaft. I believe the engine is patented. It is
generally known by the name of the "bell-crank"
engine. The engines stand fore and aft, instead of
across the vessel, the object being merely to save
room. The beam of a common engine revolves upon
its centre, but the beams of Messrs. Samuda's have
their motions at the end, and not in the centre. I
cannot say what effect the difference of engine may
have in causing the accident, but from my glance at
the remains of it I should say that the steam pipes
look as if they had been taken from an old vessel in-
stead of being new. The engines were condensing
ones and worked all day yesterday. The valve would
not rise at 10Ib. to the square inch, and before mis-
chief could arise it was calculated to work 401 b. to the
square inch. The horse power would depend upon the
pressure, but I suppose the average power to be about
200, as the diameter of the cylinder was 45 inches. She
started at a quarter to three yesterday for the second
trial, she having been first tried from her moorings on
Friday last. She turned when off Woolwich, an,l
arrived at Blackwall at ten minutes past five, when
she was moored to a buoy off Brunswick Pier. I
worked during the trip one engine, and the deceased
Mr. Samuel Dodd the other. The power was kept
up till the vessel was fast at her moorings, and then
the deceased Mr. Samuda said to me, " That will do
with the engine." I replied, " Then I will draw the
fire and blow the boilers off," which meant that I would
throw the water off. He said, " Don't do that." I
want to see 251bs. upon the boilers, meaning of course
251bs. to the inch. He added " fetch me a candle,"
and I did so, and we then looked at the guage, and
found it 101 b. to the square inch. He told me to go
and see if the steam was going strongly off. I or-
dered one of the firemen to go, but deceased would not
permit it, saying, " I cannot depend upon any one
but you." I then went, but had not gone 40 inches
or four steps on deck, when 1 heard the explosion. I
cannot tell what caused the explosion.
By a Juror—No steam could blow off without a