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regulations upon the exportation or the consump-
tion at home of manufactured goods. This, how-
ever, you can do; you can set reasonable limits to
the human labour in manufactories. You can by
law prevent persons being forced to toil 16 or 18
hours a day in 1844 or 1845, in order that they may
be starved for the three years following. You will
thus render it impossible for speculators to anti-
cipate the markets of future years to the extent
they are now doing, and you will get better
work, because you will have a class of constantly em-
ployed, and therefore more skilful workmen. This
is the guard; against "gluts," and the consequences of
"gluts '—misery, discontent, Chartism, and insurrec-
tion. We write this on the sth of December, 1844.
We hope that we shall not have to refer to the article
before the end of the next year.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 5.
(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Common Jury.)

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
PROM THE EVENING PAPERS 'OP YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—Two lives were sacrificed by the recent
collision of two trains on the Midland Counties Rail-
way. As the death of one of the sufferers took place
in the county,. while that of the other occurred within
the limits of the borough of Nottingham, two in-
quisitions were necessary. That held by the city
coroner returned a verdict of manslaughter against
Mr. R. - Lightfoot, the station superintendent. On
that verdict we ventured to offer some remarks
on Monday, which, from the observations with which
they accompanied their finding, seem to have been
read and considered by the county jury. Although
the evidence in the two cases was precisely the same,
the verdicts were opposite. The one imputed cri-
minal blame to the station superintendent, and thus
preserved -the Railway Company from pecuniary in •
fliction ; the second exculpated the servants of the
Company, -by an unanimous verdict of " accidental
death." By imposing a deodand of 1,0001. on the engines,
tenders, and carriages, the jury showed that they
considered the real cause of the accident was the lack
of those precautions, on the part of the Directors,
which are essential for the public safety.
Neglect of the means which experience has shown
to be the only effectual safeguards against accidents,
when they lead to the loss of life, can at present only
be visited on public bodies by 'such penalties. We
hope that the present instance will operate as a
salutary caution to other companies, as well as
to the Midland Railway Company, through which
the lesson has been conveyed. The jury say—
" We are convinced the collision took place in conse-
quence of mismanagement and the want of a clear
understanding on the part of some of the Company's
servants of the directions which were given ; but,
owing to conflicting evidence, we are not able to de-
cide who are the parties individually implicated. We COURT 01 QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 5.
are also of opinion that much improvement may he (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord DENMAN and a
made in the general management of the Midland Middlesex Special Jury.)
Railway, particularly at the Nottingham station, THE QUEEN V. GOLDSHIEDE AND ANOTHER.
which would .tend materially to secure the public This was an indictment against the defendaidts, Gold-
safety. We think it important that the ser- shede
. and Sidney, for a conspiracy to deraud, the Hon.
. .
vents,- especially the enginemen and guards, should Legation at
Bingham, her Majesty's Secretary of
t at Turin. by. substituting one bill of exchange
be properly instructed in, and • duly impressed with for souther.. The bill in question was an acconimoda-
the importance of, the printed rules, which should as lion bill, accepted by -the.prosecutor for a Mr. Shiel, a
much as possible be observed to the letter. We are friend of his. The' bills in dispute had been the subject
also of opinion that Jonathan Raven, the Beeston sta • of a Chancery suit between Mr. Bingham and the de-
tion-master, has given evidence before this inquest fendants, which had been determined in Mr. Bingham's
which the jury can place no reliance upon, and that favour ; and immediately afterwards the present prose-
he ought to forfeit the confidence of the Railway cution had been commenced.
Company, and be no longer retained as a public servant." The Solicitor-General and Mr. Humfrey appeared for
The .jury, in expressing their opinion that "much the prosecution ; Mr. Platt and Mr. James defended
improvement may be made in the general management Sidney ; and Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Phinn defended
of the Midland Railway," do but give effect to the ge- G
The
SOLICITOR-GENERAL
nerally expressed opinion of all who have had occasion
it
having
stated the case to
j
to travel by that railway, since the amalgamation of the jury, as t afterwards appeared in evidence, called
the following witnesses :
the line. The interests of the Company, no less than the The Hon. Mr. Bingham examined by Mr. HUHEREY—
convenience and safety of - their passengers, impera- The witness is at present Secretary of Legation to the
tively demand prompt attention to this subject on the Court of Turin. Was Secretary of Legation at Munich
part of the directors. The allusion which the jury in 1835 and 1836. He became' acquainted with Captain
make to the evidence of Jonathan Raven, the Beeston Richard Shiel in 1834. He was applied to in 1835 by
station-master, is important. His evidence, if relied that gentleman to put his name to a bill of exchange. It
on, would go to fix a considerable degree of culpable was at the latter end of that year. He was then walking
negligence on Mr. Lightfoot. Supposing his evi- with Mr. Vernon Shia], with whom he was on terms of
deuce to be given with another purpose than that
grealr. t
Irrai
friendship.
Harris, the clerk to the attorney for the prosecu-
time proved the service of notice to produce a bill of ex-
'
of deposing to the facts, so far as they came within
A
his cognizaece, two objects may be assumed as change on the prosecutor's agent.
tending to influence his testimony. He would exone- On his cross examination by Mr. PLATT, he admitted
rate himself from blame; and, by inculpating Mr. that he had not served a notice on the defendant Gold
Lightfoot, he would preserve the property of his shede himself.
employers from the visitation of a deodand. His 'Mr. PLATT submitted that personal service was abso-
evidence, under any circumstances, was to he re- lutely 'required in all criminal cases. He hoped the
ceived cum gram) salls,;, and the contradictions Court would take a note of his objection.
end evasions with which it , abounded induced the Lord DezestAat—Of course, I shall take a note of
jury not only to exclude it from their regard, your objection, but there is nothing in it.—(A laugh.)
but to pass upon the witness the strong and
of N
Clhar.A-he, an officer of the Record office in the Court
unqualified condemnation they have placed on record. G
)1(1,,,,,icd•er47, produced
rodßucolieds,the answers filed by Bingham and
Court:
Every one must regret that the mulct which the jury • Nir, Bury, ein I
of the Commercial Bank, proved the hand-
has imposed on the funds of the Company, cannot writing of Sidney to the answer.
be made available for the families of the deceased The counsel for the prosecution then proposed to put
persons. The deodand is a relic of by-gone in the answer dated Aug. 29, 1840.
days ; when superstition, and the ignorance in Mr. PLATT objected, on the ground that in criminal
which it originates, led to practices that are cases examinations upon oath were not admissible
now abrogated, at least in this country. The against the parties accused.
deodand was assigned to the nearest monastery, A long argument followed on the point, which was
and purchased for the deceased soul of the per- terminated by
son who had been deprived .of .life by accident, , Lord DersatAteos
fveerrruling the
eobjection.
possession by
and was sent to his great - account without the Th
Sidneeaaonf waelr;ill for 2as4olltwarsitattiedn "read.
deemed by
offices of the Church; those masses which were The'examination of the Hon. Richard Bingham was
deemed to possess great influence with the Deity, and then resumed., The bill produced was that which' be
to procure his early deliverance from purgatory. The had accepted. He had received no value for it, and it
design was benevolent. Let a better-instructed be- had never been understood that he was to pay it. In
nevolenee direct the deodand to be applied to the corn- 1839 he was arrested on it on a Saturday in June. He
pensation, though vastly inadequate, of those to whom was dressed to go out to dinner, and his cab was waiting
the deceased person's cares were devoted while he at the door. Sloman, the sheriff's officer arrested him.
lived, and who are, probably, deprived of protection He insisted on,being taken to his solicitor's, but they re-
and sustenance by his death. fused, and he was ultimately taken to a sponging-house,
- STANDARD.—The accounts from the manufac- where he was detained until midnight. The parties did
not continue the proceedings against him • they with-
turing districs indicate a degree of activity, enter- not
the record, and never went to trial: although he
prise, and profit, beyond any former example •; these was at Croydon every day awaiting it. He has come
accounts are indeed so favourable as to. be even from Aix-la-Chapelle to attend this prosecution.
alarming to all who look to the future. •In some Cross-examined by Mr. PLATT—Accepted the bill the
places millowners calculate _upon realising a gain day before he left England. Accepted it for Mr. Richard
of fifty per cent. upon their capital within Shiel, whose brother knew nothing of it. Did not ex•
the year ; in others fortunes of 50,0001., 70,000/., pest his friend would hare suffered him to have any
and 100,000/. have been already realised, trouble about it. Was once arrested at the suit of a
while mills are rising in all directions ; facts to Mrs. Curzon. It was dismissed enirely on the ground
which the Property-tax Commissioners must be of its being a gambling debt. Never was arrested at the
duly attentive. It is not our disposition to dash suit' of Mr. Hayes. Knows Hayes, who is an engraver
n Regent-street. Gave him an order, before he left
the enjoyment of present prosperity with sur- 11,;n gland, to the amount of 201, and paid him. On his
mises of future evil ; in general we hold it to be the return he ordered more goods. All the goods received
truest wisdom to make the most of the good we have, from Hayes before I left in November, 1835, were
and let the future take care of itself. But this rule paid for, to the best of my recollection. Has been
is extended too far, when the present good is, as in outlawed illegally. Has been outlawed at the suit of
the present ease, obtained at the expense of the Bigg and Company. Has not settled with them. Has
future; when the present gain to a few is made understood that there was a judgment against him at
at the cost of much misery . hereafter to the the suit of Davis, but knows no such person. It was on
many, who even now scarcely participate in it; an accommodation, bill. Did not go before the grand
j9ry. . Did employ the attorney
hb telrn
Jamesduct this when the very men who are now pushing
na C
me oottpircteanmay,
tir :ineWnii's introducedharitt,
prusecu-
enterprise beyond its due bounds, are the same who
will labour to shift the blame of the ill consequences Never bywimntyther
bell. Once went by the namee
of Browne in December,
of their own lucrative speculations upon innocent 1839, for three days. Davis's was the only claim then
parties. It is speaking very moderately to assert unprovided for. Never heard of Mr. Stummers in the
that the present manufacturing activity and
,manufac- Strand. Knows nothing about Mr. Davis, or where he
turing profit cannot be maintained at anything like lives. He has often gone by another name abroad. Has
the point at which they have arrived ; or, if we may gone by the name of Camden, but never in this country,
be allowed to use this mode of measurement, with- and never on account of debt. My name is Richard
in ten .or twenty per cent. of that . point. The Camden Bingham. I never
,borrowed five shillings in '
demand of the whole world, though all directed my life.
upon this country, would not maintain both enter- By Mr. COCKBURN— I gave, instructions to my at-
prise and profit at the present standard. What, torney from the moment of my arrest to institute this
then, must be expected ? A relaxation of enter-
prosecution as soon as the time should came, not from
prise and a decline of profit. This would any vindictive feeling but from a desire to bring them to
be no great harm if it concerned only
anything
justice. Had never any conversation on the subject of
the mill -owners, who are now so desperately to lie got from this prosecution. Nothing was
ever said to me on the subject of compromise. Has
" going, a-head," for they—such of them, at least, never accepted more than two accommodation bills in
as stop in time—will be safe at anchor, with each his life. .
his 50,0001. or 100,0001. secured within the year. Sloman, the sheriff's officer, produced the bail bond.
But what is to be the fate of the labourers— Mr. James CourtenPy, wine merchant, the agent of
—.......„.............
the persons by whose unnaturally-extended and Ise_ the prosecutor—ln December, 1837, the defendant '
nuriously-requited toil all this immense wealth will Goldshede called on him and stated he had. a claim ,
IJRusCtiUcelCTOTEYezonfark,E.D)ec. 3.
_against Captain Shiel. He stated that he had discounted
have been gained ? Ten or twenty per cent, of them
abill on the Hon. R. Bingham of 2501, and that to Edward Wright was charged with feloniously stealing
NORT(BeHEfoßreNlfre.
at the very least will be turned adrift to starve or to
oblige Captain Shiel when the bill came to maturity, he a bay gelding, the property of William and Robert
be supported by the agricultural parishes ; the re- took another bill of 2701 drawn by Shiel upon Captain Shaw.
minder set to work at short time and shorter wages Pipes, on which a balance of 551. was due, and he said Mr. Bliss conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Wilkins
—an ample preserve for the Radicals and Chartists. .he called upon witness as Captain Shiers agent to state defended the prisoner.
This, we, must contend, is the prospect before us, that unless the money was-paid he would report him to The case as stated by Mr. Bliss, and as corroborated
let it, arrive soon or late—the. cloud that overhangs the Horse Guards. Witness requested him to state the by Thomas Shaw, was very clear and simple, exhibiting
the evenings of every particularly bright day, in our particulars in writing and shortly afterwards he received the very great gullibility yet to IA met with occasionally,
commercial progress. Are these painful re ac- a written particular of demand which was put in and read. even in Yorkshire. Thomas, or, as he called himself,
tions necessary,?- We say, certainly not in the de- 'No claim was put forward by Goldshede against Mr. " Tummus Shaw," was the son of Willy Shaw, and the
gree, ,probably not at all.. It is undoubtedly a Binghsin.. He. said he had. taken Pipen's bill in substi- brother of Robert. Shaw,. farmers and millers, of Liver-
talon of it. He said- he never said he had parted with the bill ton, a small parish in the North Riding. Willy and
Liver,-
delicate affair to intermeddle in the concerns
of commerce, but in cases .of necessity we see Sidney and throughout he spoke of the bill of Shiel
to
..Robert had a bay gelding, which they were desirous to
as being due to himself. dispose fandofall in
o ,
finance ministers intruding into these concerns Cross•examined by Mr. PLATT—Was in London -on j fixed upon as the most fitting to take the gelding to
with very little ceremony. The whole process of 2d February, 1836. Acts as Mr. Bingham's banker. market, to treat with horse-dealers, and to make an ad-
malt making, for example, is regulated by laws as Cannot tell the amount that. Bingham left in his hands vantageous bargain. Thomas, accordingly, set off to
minute as the receipts in a cookery book ; and we when he quitted England in 1835. Cannot tell whether Yarm fair, and having arrived the night before, that his
believe that , in _distilleries, glass-houses, paper- he paid any money on Bingham's account between horse might be fresh and sprightly, in the morning he
mills, tobacco manufactories, &c., a Chancellor November, 1835, and February, 1836. Has three clerks, i walked him up and down, 'and showed him off to the best
of the Exchequer is the virtual " master of the -but they are not here.. Is agent to a large shipping advantage. le the market- place of Yarm Thomas met
works." From all which ..examples it is pretty house in the: wine trade. Mr. Bingham had been in the the prisoner riding a grey mare. The prisoner asked the
plain that the penetralia of trade are not absolutely ' - habit of drawing, cheques on witr!ess. , poor wight what he would take for his gelding,andThomas,
B Mr. COCKUURN—In speaking of the bills, Gold- • to make good bargain, demanded 17/ The
inviolable.
inviolable. If, therefore, the protection of multi- —Y . in • • ~•
shede said either "substitution or "instead."replied,that if h couldsell h. He prisoner
tudes of our fellow-subjects from the last degree ofwouldn't mind purchasing the bay gelding.At this moment
said he had received 100/. or 1251 fiom Captain Shiel on
suffering be as important to the Legislature as account. Had known of this prosecution from the time up came a third person, whom Thomas, with much sim-
mere revenue, the Legislature may as properly re- or Lord tangdale's decree. Has advanced between 200/., I
p icity, designated as " a stranger," and he offered the
gulate the manufacture of calico as the manufacture and 3001 to Mr. Hill on Mr. Bingham's account in re- prisoner 161 for his grey mare. The prisoner said,
of malt, more especially as the interference in the case spect of this indictment. Has dined with Bingham and " Na, he wudn't tak less' than eighteen pun for t'mare."
of the .calico needs to be but very slight, and will, in Hill at the Ship Tavern, Water-lane, but never recollects On that the stranger cailed Thomas on one side, and
the end, greatly serve the trade with which it has anything being.said about getting money for this prose- said, "If you can get me the grey mare for 161., I'll
to do, as, well as greatly serving the. country— cution. Was, at a, consultation of the counsel for the give thee 10s. for 'tself." -Thomas promised to try his
what nobody has ever, predicated of the malt prosecution the day before yesterday. powers of persuasion with the prisoner, and " the
duty, as far as we are informed. Before sug— Mr. Saul, clerk to Ransome's, with whoM Goldshede strange?' went away.: Thomas commenced bargaining
seating, the obvious and just guard against banks, proved that the signature to the answer put in in with the prisoner on behalf of." the stranger," but
.he
the frightful evils of manufacturing re_ tic_ the suit in the' Rolls' Court was in the handwriting of the was stopped short in his
dealings by
dyadsaid, and if
tions, or as they are called " gluts; let us defendant Goldshede. - that he had overheard what " yon man"
The answer was then put'in and read.
Thomas would give him (the prisoner) the 10s. he
meet one objection—tbe objection, namely, that The reading ' . should have the grey mare.. Shaw agreed to this, and
of the proceedings in Chancery was in must be left free in order to catch the turn ter. aas
pted by .
. handed over 10s. to the prisoner. Shaw and the pri-
, .
of the tide. This is an objection founded upon a Lord DENMAN, who asked Mr. Humfrey if it was not goner then changed their saddles, and Shaw rode the
fallacy. There are, at least there ought- to be, no necessary to show diitinctly that Sidney knew that one' grey mare to a public-house, where the prisoner had
tides in commerce—commerce ought to be a constant bill had been taken in substitution of the other? ' told him that he would find " the stranger, leaving his
stream, and would be such were it not for rare acci- Mr. HUMFRIT apprehended not. If he could show gelding with the prisoner. On reaching the public-
dents and for the obstruction offered to its progress that throughout the proceedings against Mr. Bingham, house, however, Thomas discovered that he bad been
in the case of Sidney v. Bingham, Sidney had been act- done, for " the stranger!' was not forthcoming. He re-
uniformby gambling speculation. The wants of mankind are
but
as the attorney of Gold- turned to look for the prisoner, but alas ! he too and the
and constant ; and if those who are invited ins not on his own account
shede, and charging Goldshede as such, that would be gelding had alike vanished, so there was Thomas minus
to supply such wants would be contented to supply -
sufficient. They could show that he was acting as the 10s., and enjoying full possession of an old lame grey
them only uniformly, the demand would be steady, , attorney for Goldshede. mare in the place of his neat little gelding. Thomas
uniform, and constant alio. Are the manufacturers , Lord DENMAN—Suppose that to be so : Goldshede then informed the police, and the prisoner was soon after
of 1844, however, working for the supply only of says he owed Sidney *larger amount for costs. It apprehended.
1844? No, in the fury of competition they work for : strikes me that it is necessary you should show that Sid- The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sen.
the supply of five years to come; what wonder, then, 'nay knew of the substitution of the one bill for the other., tenced to be transported beyond the seas for the term of
if the demand shall flag until 1850, or even later. The ! ' Mr. HlNFREYadmitted that if his Lordship thought ten years.
tide, the regular irregularity, if we may so call it, be- that an essential ingredient, he could not the !fed
gins in the furious competition of speculators, not in ,
further. Ist of October last, at.the parish of Mirfield, in the West
Lord D MAN—The defendants are indicted for con- Riding, burglariously broken and entered the dwelling.
any thing conn ected with the markets If in one y ear they 1 ,r.
i to arrest' Mr. Bingham without cause. Now ;. house of Ann Sharp, and feloniously stolen therein five
produce a supply for five years, they must expect ! !1"..'?.g
bona fide holder of the bill there was al pieces of Irish linen, 100 pairs of black worsted stock •
if Sidney was a
that the bulk of the goods will lie in their own reasonable and probable cause for the arrest. Inge, 50 pairs of men's worsted stockings, four pieces of
warehouses, or in the warehouses of such consignees ' T/
In
Mr.
trMinEY thought that if be could show that stuff, 100 cotton handkerchiefs, six ends of muslin, and
as they have prevailed upon to take them. It is Sidney knew that in 1836 a sum of 1001 had been I four pairs of men's shoes, the property. of Ann Sharp.
altogether an error to suppose that there can ever be ' paid upon the bill, and that he had aftarwards pro.. He was also further charged with having, on the Bth of
October, at Kfrkheaton, in the West Riding, ' burgle-
danger of missing a market because of insufficient ceeded for the whole amount, that would be sufficient to and feloniously broken and entered the dw •
stock, the danger is that no market can be found to secure a conviction under the 7th count, which was for . riously
of Joseph. , . dwelling-
take house
take the immense amount of stock always redundant. , a conspiracy to defraud.
What then is the proper guard against " gluts ?" Lord DENMAN—If Sidney was a bona fide holder Mr. property. 1Z
summed up at considerable
You cannot control the amount of 'Capital to be Binghaßinghamwas liable. It appears to -me that you cannot J ! Mr. Justice COLERIDG
length, explained to the that theemployed if you would, and you ought not if support this indictment, unless you can distinctly show
.. jurye
d' d evidence
of
di!-
that Sidney knew of the substitution of the one bill for honest witnesses was not to cre in .urt er than a
YOu could. You are neither able nor Justified to went in corroboration of, or was corroborated by the
arrest the progress of ' • the other. 1
—least of al improvement in machinery : i evidence of others.
The jury, under the direction of the Court, then re-
- IrPPBlng turned s verdict of Not Guilty. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. 4

PARNELL V. WILLIAMS.

This was an action to recover the sum of 42L 4s. sd.
Mr. Parnell, a respectable ironmonger, was the plaintiff,
and George Langridge Williams and George Williams
were the defendants. The elder defendant had pleaded
that he was never indebted, and the younger that he was
not of age at the time when the debt was con•
tracted. Early in the present year Mr. Williams
and son called on the plaintiff, and after telling
him that they were building two houses in Union-
place, • Newzroad,' entered into an agreement with
him to hang a number of bells, and execute other
work on the premises. • On pressing for payment, the
plaintiff was told that the younger defendant was under
age, and that, therefore, the contract was not binding.
It came out in evidence that the name " Williams and
Son" had been exhibited over the door ; and the sole
question left to dee jury was, whether the defendant
George Williams was an infant or not.
His LoapsuiP said, in summing up, that however re-
luctant the jury might be, under the circumstances, to
return a verdict for the defendants, if they were satisfied
that George Williams was under age, that verdict must
be returned ; but it there were any uncertainty in their
minds in reference to that fact, .the plaintiff was entitled
to adecision in his favour.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
PRIVY COUNCIL, Dec. 5.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
to-day, in the Council Chamber, Whitehall. The Lords
present were the Master of the Rolls, Mr. Baron Parke,
the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge
of the Admiralty Court.
JONES V. GODNEY.
The further arguments in this appeal from the deci-
sion of the Prerogative Court occupied their Lordships
the whole day.

Verthet for the plaintiff—Damag<• 421. 4s. sd. Costs
403.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, 'Dec. 5.
ar.srrixx v. CARPS R.
The examination of witnesses for the plaintiff in thL.
at,nt case was resumed this morning.
The plaintiff's vase having chsed, Mr. Kelly a dress-d
the jury in a powerful speech, contending that all the evi-
dence adduced by the opposite side went to establish that
there was nothing essentially new in the contrivance of
Mr. Thornton Car, upon whose patent the plaintiffs
relied, and that in every important particular, the appa-
ratus for card-setting, which the defendants now em-
ployed, and for which this action was brought, was iden-
tical with a machine invented by Mr. Robertshaw, and
used by them (the deft twelve months before the
date of Mr. Thornton Car's patent.
No evidence having been called for the defence,
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up, and, after a
deliberation of half an hour, found for the plaintiff:

COURT OF BANXIWP7'CY, Dec. 4.
IN RE THE REV. DR. KENNY.

The insolvent is the Rector of St. O'ave's, Southwark,
and this day came up upon application for his interim
order. His schedule states debts and liabilities (the
latter chiefly upon accommodation bills) at from 7,0001
to '10,0001; but it was admitted vat that statement was
not to be entirely relied upon. The Rev. Doctor's living
was set down at about 6501. a-year, of which he proposed
to set aside 3501. a-year for the benefit of his creditors.
The insolvent regretted much his present position, and
was willing to give every information in his power.
After some further discussion, the further hearing was
adjourned to the 24th, the insolvent in the interim to
furnish the required informatiou.

DECEMBER 5.
IN RE JONES.

The insolvent, a prisoner, petitioned the Court, but
was opposed at the instance of a Mr. Ford, a surgeon and
bill discounter, the detaining creditor.
Mr. Ford was examined, and stated that the insolvent
was a clerk in the Custom-house, at a salary of 1001 a-
Tear, and that one of the Commissioners was his uncle.
The prisoner called upon witness about three months
ago. and got him to discount a bill for 301, accepted by
a Mr. Pickthall, another of the clerks, and indorsed by
the prisoner himself, and by a Mr. Johnston, surgeon,
of Holborn, who was represented to him as a most re-
spectable man. The bill was dishonoured, and the " re-
spectable man," Mr. Johnston, was now a bankrupt, and
the principal, Mr. Pickthall, had absconded. Under
these circumstances Mr. Jones had been arrested at his
instance, and was now in prison. Witaess hid been in-
formed by Johnston that the parties. had equally divided
the proceeds of the transaction.
The witness was cross,examined by Mr. WOODRUM
on the part of the prisoner. His own consideration for
discounting the two months' bill was Is. a pound. lie
did not call that sixty per cent. Ile only called it five
per cent.
Mr. Commissioner Houtoirp thought it the better
way to try and cane to some arrangement. Should that
not• be done the matter could be fully gone into at next
examination.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE
WILLIAMSs
ROME ClRCUlT.—Chelmsford, Dec. 5.
indicted for a
William(BSietcf.k'raenurier, jaguestdicelBV
felonious assault upon Eliza Juniper.
Mr. J. D. Chambers conducted the prosecution, and
Mr. Marsh defended the prisoner.
The circumstances under which the charge was
brought against the prisoner were of a most aggra-
-rated character. It appeared that the prosecutrix,
who is between forty and fifty years of age, and the
wife of a labourer at Great Stambridge, in this county,
was going home from church, accompanied by her
son, a lad ten years old, in the middle of the day, in
August last, when she was met by the prisoner, who
accosted her, and asked what o'clock it was ? She
replied that it was half-past one ; to which he an-
swered, " There is time, I will," and immediately
thrust the prosecutrix into a ditch, and there, with
great violence, and in the pre-sence of her son, com-
mitted the offence impnted to him.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS, in passing sentence, ob-
served, that he did not recollect ever having heard
of a mote aggravat,d case than the present ; and
hut a short time ago, the prisoner's life would un-
doubtedly have been forfeited. The Legislature had
abolished the penalty of death in such cases, but it
gave the Court no discretion to pass any other sen-
tence than the one he was about to pronounce, which
was, that the prisoner be transported for the term of
his natural life.

Just as the Court was about to rise, Mr. RODWELL
resumed his application on behalf of Al iss Richardson
for a postponement of the trial until the next Assizes,
and he put in the affidavits of two medical gentlemen,
to the effect that she was suffering under severe ill-
ness, and was not in a condition to attend the present
Assizes on that account.

Mr. RYLAND, on the part of the prosecution, said
that the affidavits appeared la refer to some former
illness, which information must have been derived
from the statement of other persons. If, however,
the Court thought they were sufficient, he, of course,
would not oppose the postponement. He would merely
suggest, that as there was a probability that one of the
nisances might proceed to India,
bail ought to be increased.
partiesthea
rm. oßtuort theolp of
wf BrtLehcig
said the first question to be dis-
posed of was, whether the trial should be postponed
or not.

Mr. Justice WILLIAMS consented to the postpone-
ment of the trial until the Spring Assizes, and the
subject then dropped.

A former conviction for burglary was put in, and the
prisoner was sentenced to be transported for life.
In a subsequent case which occurred, where three
women were charged with stealing ls. 6d. from the per-
son of an old man named Lee, Mr. Wilkins defended the
prisoners.
The Learned Comcsti, commenced his address to the
jury by observing, that something had been said to them
the other night about the respectability of the police,
and they were asked whether it was likely respectable
men would enter the police, when

Mr. Justice COLERIDGE (interrupting) said, I cannot
conceal from myself, Mr. Wilkins, that you are referring
to me, and I cannot allow you to make observations
offensive to the Bench.

Mr..WILKIN3—I had no desire to be offensive, my
Lord.

Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—If you must remark upon
what occarred, do it—and you know well how to do it,
if you choose—in a less offensive manner. •
'Mr. WILKINS—I bad no desire to be offensive.

Mr. Justice COLICRIDOE—I will not have a reply made
on the judge's address to the jury. I care as little for
observations made with regard to myself personally,. I
hope, as any wan do; but I have the highest respect
for theorfice of judge, and I will wit allow gentlemen of
the bilr to snake such obsrvalions.

Mr. -WiLitos--,Wal th,n, gent!emen, I will not com-
ment otk what the Bench has said, though I am often
made to put up with observations when I can't reply, and
so are many of my brethren.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—To be sure you are, Mr.
Wilkins ; and whilst you are at the bar, and I am on
the bench, you must put up with it. Any comments
that you may please to make must bo made in a re-
spectful manlier,
Mr. V% ILxlxs then proceeded in his address to the
jury, and laid it down as a general rule, based upon his
own experience, that policemen were prone to exagge-
rate against the prisoner. The Learned Gentleman made
an eloquent appeal in behalf of the unfortunate women
at the bar. •

Mr. Justice COLERIDGE having summed up, the jury
consulted for a short time, and returned a verdict of
Guilty kgainst two of the prisoners, and of Acquittal as
regarded the third.

-Previous convictions for felony were put in, and th•
prisoners were each sentenced to ten years' transportation.

?ad
was more disposed to run away than to fight, the be made in the general management of the Da,
defendant took up the bull-dog by toe neck and tail, Railway, particularly at the Notingham station,tetie
and dropped him upon the other. This proved sue- ing, materially to secure the public safety. Wethinee
cessful,. and a desperate fight took place, in which the important that the servants, and particularly the eagll,s
defendant's clogsadly punished the othor,intlictineseveral men and guards, should be instructed in and suits
severe wounds about its head and body, an under impressed with the importance of the printed rules, to
the cheek bit out a piece of flesh, making a hoe large that as much as possible they should be observed Wo,
enough to insert two fingers. Among the crowd assem- letter. We are also of opinion that Jonathan Ise
bled to witness the brutal scene was a vendor of cat's the Beeston-station master, has given evidence
meat, who called loudly on the defendant to take his dog this inquest which the jury can place no reliance 1;11:,-;
away. He, however, refused to de so, and threatened and that he ought to forfeit the confidence of the
to knock off the head of a woman who kindly eadea- pally, and be no longer retained as a public servant*
Toured to separate the dogs. The fighting continued CORONER—That is your verdict, and you ars
until the dealer in cat's meat dispatched his son for a agreed in it? Foreman—We are. 1111
policeman. This had the desired effect. The defendant The inquest was then adjourned to Thursday, Oleo,
pulled off his dog, and, having been compelled to give instaet; at seven o'clock in the evening, at Mr. !Id
his name and address, walked off, the Three Wheat Sheaves Inn, Lenten, for the pun-,
This statement was proved by Samuel David, of De- of the verdict being signed. tbir
vonshire-street, Mile-end, the dealer referred to, and by Thus finished, at ten minutes to twelve o'cloekt„
the woman who endeavoured to part the dogs. protracted investigation, the jury having been loekru
Crispin, one of the conseeble s employed by the So- from twenty minutes past three.
ciety, deposed that he had seen Thompson's dog some
days after the fight, and it was then in a miserable

LLOYD'S SHIPPING. uree,
LONDON, Dmc. s.—Wind northerly, moderate b
and frosty.
PORTSMOUTH, Dtc. 4.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Catb#l.o4,
Reitinugte, Batavia, fur Rotterdam. The schooner IcTog
of Yarmouth, was abandoned yesterday in lino
state, having been in contact, at six P.M., off Dunge 01.
with the Hebe, from London to Ichaboe; crew sildir
The Hebe lost cut-water, figurehead, &c. A Yer,ell)l
masted was seen at eight this morning off Brighton
the Ondermering, arrived he•re. Naill
OFF -

• The defendant denied the statement of the witnesses,
and cAled a young !ad to prove that Thompson's dog
had bitten the null-terrier ti TA. and that that had caused
the kht. This witties deposed to such being the case
eight days before, but said that he knew nothing of
the transaction sworn to by the witnesses for the pro-
secetion.

David said that he passed Thompson's house 'every
flay, and knew his dog well. It. was a quiet, inoffensive
animal of the mottgrel hies d, the th.fendant's dog
was a rigular fighting dog, and bore evideut marks about
the bead and body of having been engaged in many
similar encounters.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Winchester, Dec. 4.
ifillant Jones, servant and Henry Jones, were indicted
for stealing a quantity of candles from the store of Geo.
Clark, at Lymington, on the 9th of November.
The prisoners were found Guilty. William Jones
was sentenced to fourteen years, and Henry Jones to
seven years' transportation.
Very great delay and inconvenience hare been occa-
sioned at this assize from the following circumstance :
The magistrates in this county hare refused to allow the
expenses of briefs for the prosecution and the fees to
counsel in all cases where the bills are ignored ; the con-
sequence is that counsel are not instructed till the bill
is brought into court, and are unprepared to proceed
with the case when it is called on, and much time is lost.
Mr. Baron Alderson said this was a most improper
thing ; die Government had thought it right to put the
people of England to the expense of sending a judge
down to try the prisoners, and the magistrates refused to
put the county to the expense of employing counsel to
prosecute them. He thought the magistrates would find
such paltry economy a disadvantage, as the assize Mould
probably last a day longer than it otherwise would, to
say nothing of decency in the administration of justice.
In addition to this, it was almost expressing an expecta-
tion that bills would be ignored, which was a libel on the
committing magistrates, for prisoners ought not to be
committed except upon a reasonable expectation that the
bills would be found.

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Worcester, Dec. 3.
(Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.)
The commission for this county was opened yesterday
evening. In the course of his charge Mr. Justice Covr-
MAN observed, that he had received literally a mass of
depositions; indeed, the largest and longest he had ever
seen, against a person named Hassell, imputing to him
the murder of his wife. It was a case which appeared
to have created a great excitement in the comity, as far
as the reports in the newspapers enabled him to form an
opinion. There were only two ways, consistent with the
mast of evidence contained in the depositions, in which a
charge could be presented to their notice against the ac-
cused—eithyr that of accelerating the death by the admi-
nistration of improper food or liquids, or by neglecting
to supply proper care and nourishment to the decease;],
both of which offences would amount to the offence of
manslaughter only. It was. however, an important fea-
ture in the case for the consideration of the grand jury,
that his wife was a person very much addicted to the use
of arden: spirits, and was described by the witnesses to
be seldom in .a state of s,,briety.

-IF THE LIZARD, Nov. 27.---A Borneo ship,
on a white lag.
tr 4
DBAL, DEc. 4.—Wind N.E. by E. to E.N.E•latoi
breeze.—Sld. Royal Consort, Sydney; Cressy, Ca 04,
Brunswick, Cape and Bombay ; Plumstead, Alloa AM
BRISTOL, DEC. 4.—Sld. Rattan, Mobile ; v`
Savannah. (1441

The calendar contains the- names of 24 prisoners,
whost,.,offenc-s may be thus classed:—Murder, 1; bur-
glary, 2; high‘s ay robbery, 10; assault with intent. to
maim, 1; beastiality, 1; rape, 1; malicious shooting; 1;
uttering counterfeit coin, 1; stealing from the person. 1;
and 5 for larcenies. Among the foregoing is not in-
cluded the charge against Mr. Hassall, whose case con-
tinues to create very liiely interest in the county. The
bill of indictment is to be presented to the grand jury to-
morrow morning.
Mr. Godson, Queen's Counsel, who is specially re-
tained on behalf of Mr. Hassell, arrived from London
yesterday evening at the Star Hotel.
Mr. Justice Coltman has disposed of four cases this
afternoon, none of which presented any features of ge-
neral interest.

The defendant said that the dog was not his, but that
it belonged to his master, Mr. Norris. He hoped that
the magistrate would deal leniently with him.
Mr. HENRY fined the defendant 30s ; in default, four-
teen days' imprisonment in the House of Correction.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSR/N-HOUSE.

A decently-dressed woman, named Mary Higgins,
who appeared with a cap, but no bonnet, was brought
before the Lord Mayor, charged with having threat-
ened to break the Mansion-house windows.

A policeman stated that he saw the defendant in
the neighbourhood of the Mansion-house on the pre-
ceding even;ng, and when he asked her what she
wanted, she said she wanted him to take her to the
station-house, and if he thought proper to refuse her
that favour, she would most certainly smash the win•
dews of the large house. As he had every reason to
believe that she meant to be as good as her word, he
conveyed her to the station-house, and he brought
her before his Lordship to account for her conduct.
The Loan MAYOR—Where do you live, defendant P
The defendant—ln Tottenham-court-road, with my
father, who is a shoemaker.

OFF FALMOUTH.—A ship, supposed Gips',
Manilla.
%0;
SHEERNESS, DEC. 3.—Arrd. Mary Lucas,• 13 1t
mast carried away, having been in contact /1"
schooner below the 'Middle Light.
TOPHAM, DEc. 3. —The wreck of a brig hull,
water, masts cut away, and hanging by the riggill%ff
passed 28th ult. ; the Dudgeon, bearing about %I'
distant eight miles, by the Cambria, arrived here. Dot
NEWHAVEN, DEC. 4.—The Theodore, Behreo,
sou, frau. Denude to di:, port, in takingth6 harball!,"l
ashore to the eastward f the pier, has discharg
deck load, and is expected off. Fat
Bordeaux DEC. 4.—Wind E.—Pere de 111,01
Bordeaux for Havre, with loss of bowsprit, Win( "ibti
in contact with the sloop George, off the Procil
latter lost bulwarks, &c.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 4.—Wind E.N.E., strong
and squally.—Arrd. Onyx, Massey, Quebec.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 4.—Wind E., moderate.—A'""o
myra, Barstow, New Orleans ; Virginian, Heifih.di;
York. Sld. Columbus, Pernambuco ; Cigar, Ztoa
Evening Star, New Orleans,- Acadia (steamers_illo
CLYDE, DEC. 2.—Arrd. Ottawa, Quebec; .0-'rjobl
Newfoundland. Sld. Alice, Haviland, Ichaboe r coth
Kerr, Savannah ; 3. Countesa Loudon, and Ads'
Mobile. 40;
CORE, DEC. 2.—Arrd. Burley,Fraser, Riodelo,3o
Governor Harcourt, Fox, Honduras; Suir fug], W
ICHABOE.—Arrd. Caledonia, Bombay.
THEDDLETHORPE, DEC. 4.—The schooner .106000
of Dunbar, from Konigsberg to London, drove„llte ,
Sutton this evening ; crew saved ; cargo Will eel
charged as soon as possible ; it is feared it has rdop
damage. The Eif Geschwister, from Memel to 1,4 of
went ashore yesterday morning, near Hutto(' ;
saved; cargo discharging.

MARKET W
411 91; NEWS.—(YESTERA—
NAY 74Z.ZTS. g
SUITHIPIELD.—COarse Meadow Hay, 31 1.11 -
Useful ditto, 4/163 to 5/4s ; fine Upland ditto, 31 ps
51 16s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 61; Oat Straw, I' Troll
1112 s • Wheat Straw, 1/ 13s to 1/ 153 per load.
throughout tolerably steady at the above prices. 4iio;
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 1850
51'0,0
Useful ditto 51 to 5/ ss; fine Upland ditto,- 011,
5/ 12s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 8s to 5/17s ; Oat Strait', le
to I/ 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 11 165 Per.
A fair average supply, and a steady demand. 410
WHITECHAPSL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 103010 g
Useful ditto, 4/ 16s to 5/ 4s ; fine Up 14land ditto, ,51 lot!
5/ 10s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 10s to 61; Oat Straw, 4/
1/ 12s ; Wheat Straw, 1/12s to 11 155 per load. '
good, and trade, on the whole, dull.
DIZAT MAILICETS.
SOUTHALL, DEC. 4.—Although the supply. ,oov,
stock on sale to-day was tolerably good, the ote
was steady- at fully last week's quotation&_, slll,
frOm lod to 48 2d; Mutton, 3s to 4s 2d; Arer•,„pll
3s 10d ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 8d per Sibs.
—Beasts, 44; Sheep. 1,100 ; Calves, 36; Pigs, 58•
ROMFORD, DZC. 4.—Prime Beasts and Sheer per,
freely, ether kinds of stock slowly, at full prices. ires:
from 2s bd to 48 4d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 45 ;
2(1;0,0
3ui to 3s 10d ; and Pork. 8d to 3s 8d per 81bs• iff:ll
ling Calves, 18s to 30s ; quarter-old Store Pigs' to
20.: and Milct, Cows, with their small Calf, 161
each. 114°
.
LEWES, Die. 3.—Beef, from 3s to 4s 4d ,
33 2d to 4s 4s ; Veal, 3s to 3s 8d; and Pork, 25610
3s 6d per 81bs. Supply rather limited, and trade

CORN AVERAGES.
_,s
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH coif.f,.•
For the Week ended Nov. 30, 1814, made up from the 3607-ilir
In pcctot in she difrere.)t Cities and Town in England 10 0
per Imperial Quarter. :094
Wheat .... ..... 45s 4(1 Oats 2ls Sd Beans ....• eos
..
Barley ..... I I
:35s Id Rye
......**.
AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. I fill;
Weeks ending witsay. aaaLay.l OATS. ave. Mu"' ./ f
...------• 0 1
----I
Oct 26 ..... .... 46 0.34 9 20 il sa s 37 : SS 0
Nor. 2 ...... ... 46 1 ; 3.5 7 21 2 37 31 36 ~ 56 /
9 ..... .... 46 3, 36 1 21 6 34 6: 37 `: 0 0
16 46 4135 9 VI 9134 2136 A'
._,Sti 0
23 45 10 35 2 21 111 30 9133 ,; r
30 ..„ ,45 4 35 1 21 ai 32 cI *8 " gO,
ll p
IMPERIAL AG 0 RIG ATE AVERAGES Or TH E !111 vi
H. #
Wheat 45. I Id. Oats
8ar1e5,........ 35i. sd. I Rye ~ 34s. gi. peage.......E .'-- el
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN* 6. 0
Wheat .........2C, Od. I Oats
Zarb, .......... 34 Od. i Rye

The LORD MAYOR—Why don't you walk home ?
Defendant—Why ? Because I can't go home.
The LoilD. MAYOR—What do you come here for ?
Defendant—l thought you'd give me some silver to
buy an article, without which I can't think of going
home.

The LORD MAYOR—Oh, indeed! What article is
that, pray ? Defendant—A bonnet. I can't go home
at all without a bonnet, nor I won't, neither.
The LORD MCYOR—So you come to break our
windows, in order to be supplied with a bonnet ?
Defendant— I'll get one for a few shillings.
The LORD MAYOR—You shall go to Bridewell for
fourteen (lays first. You won't want a bonnet there.
Defendant—l can't go home without a bonnet;
they won't let me in.
The LORD MAYOU—If you come about this place
to do mischief, I shall make you find bail to keep the
peace for twelve months, and you shall remain in
prison till such bail be produced.
The prisoner, who is a strong, sulky-looking young
woman, was then committed to Bridewell.

TT
BIRTH.—On Wednesday, the 4th inst., at s--°lkb°
the Countess of Leicester, of a daughter.
AFFRAY WITH POACHERS AT WoLLATO•10011
Fri,lay night last, about seven o'clock, an affrefff,
place at Wollaton. near Nottingham, between **-ft 1'
poachers and the keepers of Lord
laton-hall. The keepers (four in number) boa "'
• We di
ad
hended two poachers, when about sixteen or el j
the accomplices of the latter came up, release* on
fenders, and brutally beat the keepers. One 0, Old
has his mouth shockingly torn, another lies in ill tr
dangerous state. All the poachers escaped '-
police are on the alert. (02°
AIR versus STEAM.—The atmospheric railo,/,
Kingston to l)alkey extends to one mile and three "005
ters ; the distance was performed in somewisit bew;
than two minutes, or at the rate of 45 miles Per;t
This is whirlwind pace. I seemed merely to' g-if
the machine to get out of it, and had very little Ili
. for my money. Another advantage over the she
motives, all travellers, whose nerves are not 02.4..
bell-wire, will appreciate ; the atmospheric cnsi
glide on with little more noise than Quell' of
coaches ; heir sound resembled most the rust,* of
turn leaves swept forward by a low wind. N°Pediitiefigl
eternal puffing, panting, snorting, and fiery
lb Amy
like the efforts of a broken winded dragon---01- Ogeboiste
the common train engines stun, stupify, and der* ti
Besides you are not sitting near a huge coPPelpinii,
shell ever ready to burst, and a furnace threl; Or,
lick up with its flamey tongues the whole wooo,„ehes,,d
ratus (human contents included) behind it. .1.; 7:li,
the vast negative- advantages of the atmosphello.
great positive advantage is the additional *l",se
speed. Two trains cannot be travelling in °P-osiP
reetions upon the same line ; and this is the
quent cause of Tyne Mercury/.
old
FATAL COAL-?1T EXPLOSION AT SEGgIt
inquest wus held on Tuesday befOre Mr. Ree°,alloo,s
hill, on the bodies of William Anderson an,
Berms. The deceased men went down at eirjo felre;
on Sunday evening into Seghill Pit to prepare.,,,, SOO
ings fur the hewers on Monday morning. At 'IL- oil,"
notice was given to Mr. Wightman, the vielve_...r, e"'oe
pit was on fire. He descended with the oYertlS
he found the stoppings blown down so as to Pre., ty,o
mission into the pit. Between two and three bee'"
lowing morning assistance was procured, and h 130.41/
of the deceased shifters removed. Their deg' • bv
occasioned by explosion, their bodies being fr
_A IA
scorched. It is supposed that a fall of stone bPLiottiv
down the brattice,and thus occasioned the air 01;0,
and fired their candles. Verdict " Accidentsl:_;oo.,
Tune Mercury.
-- •
BIRTHS. fig"
On the 29th ult., at Gorway Lodge, East osi*
Mrs. Frederick Besley, of a son. • n• .
On the 30th ult., at the Vicarage, Kirby-le-144k
the wife of the Rev. W. L. Coshead, Curate, of for
On the 3d inst., in Grosvenor-street, Lady Sae' ed.°
liams, of a daughter, Or* P.
On the 3d inst., at Park-terrace, 'lslington,
Aeioce'
Wheeler, of a daughter.
On the 3d inst., at Croydon, the lady of I:father° oft'
jun. Esq., of a daughter. 012
On' the 3d inst., at Elm Cottage, West Haul,
Carson, of a son.
MARRIED.
bte4l:„o
On the 30th ult., at St. Nicholas Church, BriAal ,
Plews, Esq., of Bucklersbury, London, to gev
eldest daughter of Mr. S. Ridley, of Briglton- , tbe,
On the 3d inst., at St. George's, Hanover-Strilio
Iltid Thomas, of Eathorpe House, Warwick, itacp
widow of Colonel Rathbone, of Kensington.
On the 3d inst., at Withybrook, Warwick!!'",iogbP'oo'
Chavasse, Esq., surgeon, of Edgbaston, near ni,7
Miriam Sarah, daughter of the late James WY`"'
grapher to his late Majesty William IV.
DIED. of O ethe 1 4r
•
On the 22d ult., at Bath, Jessy Tunes, reli age.l4
'
fessor Beattie, of Marischal College Aberdeentatee,
On the 29th ult., Mary, wife of Mr. John •"'"
Eliespr-
rey-place, Old Kent-road.
Peckhan/'
On the Ist inst., at tph.am Cottage,
IA
wife of Mr. Peter Biggs, aged 78. • catberili-
cbifi
On the Ist inst., at Walpole. ner Lynn, •
1
the wife of the Rev. Edward F. Eatankinsl_rpoo ,
On the Ist aovalton Hail, near L " of
bad
Leyland, Esq., banker. ngest °ID AO
On the 2d inst., Adolphus Planta, ye.A.--de.vir
Arbuthnot, Esq., of St. George's-terrace, ) of tiir•
On the 2d inst., Elizabeth, third daughter
Long, of Nelson-square., Blackfriars:ro. ad• Jobe ..lne4oPf•
In Queen- street, Westminster, AN ~12 d
Lately, at Sienna, Cordelia, wife ailed.-
ov-
Rip- low
rrinted and t'ut, fished by-MG otiluetio"
No- 112, Strand., Printer, at The gas, the
Strand, in the Pree,iact of the SsvoY,
10141e6ezt Friday, Deceibtt 6, 1844

Three desperate women were charged by Evans,
the officer of the union in Cannon-street, with having
thrown stones and- brickbats at the windows of -the
house, and assaulted him.
The officer stated that one of the women bad been
frequently committed, and that punishment seemed
to have no effect upon her but that of hardening her.
The window of the house was, it appeared, open at
the time they flung the missiles, and one of the brick-
bats fell near the head of a child, who, if struck
with it, would probably have been killed.
Two of the prisoners, while Evans was speaking, flung
their shoes at his head; and one of them said to the
Lord Mayor, " You know me well enough. I've
broken many a window, and will again, I'm blowed."
The LORD MAYOR—Not for some time. You
shall procure bail to keep the peace for twelve
months, and stay in prison till you produce the bail.
Prisoners—" Procure bail !" What do you mean
by that ?
The LORD MAYOR—You must procure two good
persons to be answerable for your good conduct for
one year, under a penalty of 20/. each. and you will
be yourself responsible in the sum of 401.
The prisoners were taken from the bar screaming,
and struggling with the policemen.
The LORD MAYOR said that, in order to put .a stop
to the practice so generally resorted to by the idle
and dissolute, he should require each delinquent to
find bail for good behaviour for twelve months, to the
amount mentioned above. He hoped and believed
that the imprisonment and hard labour would operate
as a remedy, and he trusted that such violators of the
law would take into consideration the probable time
they would have to remain in durance if they vio-
lated the law in that manner.
A. very rough-looking fellow, named John Smith,
was charged with having smashed the window of the
shop of Mr. Dean, of Tower-street, and stolen four
watches.

A policeman heard a smash, and upon running to-
wards the place saw the prisoner running in St.
Dunstan'i-hill, where another policeman got hold of
him. The fellow had a watch in his hand, and three
watches were found close to the spot on which he was
apprehended. Mr. Dean identified all the watches
mr his property, and said that the prisoner had broken
the pane with his elbow, and snatched away the
property.
The prisoner was committed for trial.