The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-06 00:00:00

THE StTN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1844.

SPIRIT of the

JOURNALS.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 5.
Itho Court sat in Banco to-day, and was engaged the
whole morning in raring the arguments in the ease of
Hilton v. Lord Granville, which came before the Court on
demurrer. The ease related to a disputed right to dig, be-
tween the owner of a mine and the owner of the surface.

CENTRAL CRI VIINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
The fourth session of the present Mayoralty commenced
F yesterday before the Recorder, the Sheriffs, Aldermen Gibbs
, and Sir Chapman Marshall, the Uuder-Sheriffs, and other
civic functionaries.
Tut: CALENDAR.—.The calendar contains the names of 250
prisoners, distributed as follows :—Arson, 1; burglary, 4;
child stealing, 2 ; unlawfully uttering counterfeit coin, 12 ;
cutting and wounding, 7 ; embezzlement, 10 ; forgery, 2 ;
horse stealing, 3 ; house breaking and larceny, 2 ; larceny,
121 ; ditto in dwelling-house, 8 ; ditto from the person, 9 ;
ditto by servants, 22 ; stealing a post letter, 1; sending a
threatening letter, 1 ; manslaughter, 1 ; murder, 1 ; misde-
meanour, 17 ; receiving stolen goods, 2 ; sheep stealing, 1 ;
,shop-breaking and larceny, 5 ; shooting at the person with in-
tent, &c., I—total, 250.
The ruid Jury having been sworn, were charged by the
Recorder. He said that the calendar contained the names
of 250 prisoners, which, he had no doubt, would
be increased before the end of the session. He
regretted to remark tbas there was a great increase in
the number of persons charged with personal violence. There
was one charge of murder, one of manslaughter, and several
of cutting and wounding. There were several also of assault.
Amongst the charges of violence, there was one of a father
assaulting his son with a fire shovel ; another of a husband
assaulting his wife; another of death on board of a ship,
caused by violence. He did not, however, anticipate the
grand jury would have any difficulty in dealing with the
cases. It appeared from the depositions that there was
enough of evidence to justify them in sending the cases
before the petit jury. There was also a case of arson. It
would appear the person who was charged with it was
in a state of intoxication ; in fact, did not know
what he was doing; but it would be their duty to send
the case before the petit jury, if they were satisfied he wil-
fully committed the act. There were also two cases of rape,
and several of offences committed upon children under ten
years of age, There was also a case of manslaughter. The
death, in this case, occurred in consequence of the person being
thrown out of a carriage by an omnibus, which, it was said,
was racing, at the time, with another. If they were of
*pinion there was any guilty negligence on the part of the
drivers, it was their duty to find true bills against them.
After the usual general observations on their duty, the Grand
Jury retired to their room.
Elizabeth Brown, 32, described as a widow, was in-
dicted for stealing a gold watch, a gold chain, three
rings, value 1801., a silver coffee-pot, two silver sauce-
boats, two gravy spoons, two 10/. Bank of England
notes, eight 5/. Bank of England notes, thirty sove-
reigns, thirteen half-sovereigns, a quantity of velvet, a
cashmere shawl, and other property, valued at upwards
of 500/., the property of Robert Cleveridge Savage ;
and Maria Mailer was indicted for receiving part of the
property, knowing it to be stolen.
Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner Mallen
Mr. R. C. Savage deposed that he resided in the Wel-
ington-road, Marylebone, and the prisoner Brown had
been in his service some years ago, but left it, and re-
turned to his service a short time back. On the 26th
of December he found she had absconded, and, on look-
ing over his property, he found that the plate chest had
been opened, and the property mentioned in the indict.
ment stolen therefrom. He identified the articles pro-
duced as those that were stolen.
Cross-examined—Witness lived on his property. The
prisoner first came to be -his servant at the time of the
French revolution, and when she left he took lodgings
for her, and used to visit her for about two months.
Mr. BALLANTINE—Did she not, in point of fact, live
with you as your wife ? Witness—She performed some
" functions" in my house.
Mr. BILLANTINE—Did she perform the functions of
a wife, Sir ? Witness—You may have it so, if you please.
The witness then, in answer to further questions, said
he believed the prisoners were sisters, but he had never
seen the younger one, and knew nothing about her.
Some evidence was then adduced to prove that, shortly
after the robbery was committed, the prisoners were
taken into custody, with the whole of the stolen pro-
perty in their possession.
The prisoner Brown, in her defence, said that the pro-
secutor had been the cause of her ruin, and after she
left his house he would never let her alone, but always
hunted her out, and had prevented her from getting
married. He had induced her to go back to him, and
on the night she left the house he told her he was going
to meet a married woman, and this occasioned a quarrel
between them.

COURT OF EXCHEQU.ER, Feb. 5.
(Sittings in Nisi Prius, before Lord Anniaxa and a
Special Jury.)
REVZNUR CAIIISZN.
Two causes only stood on the list of to-day, the At-
torney-General v. J. Dean, and the Attorney-General
v. W. Scriviner. The latter case was postponed, and
the former proceeded with.

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. J. DEAN.
Mr. Dean, the defendant in this action, formerly car-
ried on the business of a silk-mercer, in St.' Paul's
Church-yard. That action was brought against him to
recover certain penalties, for having removed goods to
his warehouse, knowing the duties thereon to have been
unpaid.
The Attorney-General, Mr. Jervis, and Mr. Thesiger
appeared for the Crown ; Mr. Montague Chambers, and
Mr James for the defendant.
The goods in question were foreign silks, imported
from Boulogne, by the steamer City of Boulogne, Cap-
tain Tune. They were landed in three cases at Cox's
Quay, on the 21st of August, 1840. Two cases were
marked E. S. and C., Nos. 11 and 12 ; and the other
V. T., No. 43. On the part of the Crown, several wit-
nesses were called who held appointments in various
departments of the Custom-house. Their evidence went
to show how the blue books were stamped and sealed,
and the routine of offiee in other respects in-
volved by the action. When the charge-book was
produced, the required leaf was wanting. For some
time the missing leaf was not accounted for; when, to the
amusement of the Court, a witness discovered that they •
had been looking in the August of the wrong year. The
blue book, in this case, was thought, on good grounds,
to have had the inside of another substituted beneath
its covers. It was also shown that this might have been
accident, in the case of a red book. The quantities of
silk are 3301b5., duty 1901. 1 ls. 6d. ; and 241bs. Boz. plain
silk, duty 1291. 135., which duties, with 14s. agency,
amounting to 3201. 18s. 6d., was paid by a cheque of de-
fendants. If the cases in question had been filled with
silk (as the Learned Counsel for the Crown contended),
their value would have been 2,877/., and if with satin
4,390/. The first of the nine counts set forth the un-
shipment of 2,0001b5. foreign silk, value 4,2331. 12c.
(penalty 12,700 L 165.) ; and the second, that they had
been harboured, and kept by the defendant, knowing the
duties to be unpaid (a like penalty). The penalties from
all the counts would be 63,000/.
Mr. CHAMBERS entered on a masterly defence of his
client. He urged the impropriety of punishing the de-
fendant for fraud, when, perhaps, the Custom-house offi-
cers were guilty of neglect. He next urged that there
was no reason to infer that the cases had been filled with
any particular description of silk enumerated in the
duties list.

At this stage of the proceedings, the ATTORNEY-GE-
NERAL allowed the cause to stand over till the sittings
after next term, if it should appear that the defendant
was unprepared.
This proposition was acceded to, as the Learned Coun-
sel for the defence had had so short a notice.

BUSINESS OF THE EQUITY
COURTS.
SITTINGS AFTER HILARY TERM, 1844.
(Before the Lord Chancellor, at Lincoln's Inn.)
Feb. B—The first seal ;appealmotions.
Feb. 9—Petition day (unopposed only), and appeals.
Feb. 10 to 15—Appeals.
Feb. 16—Petition day (unopposed only), and appeals.
Feb. 17 to 22—Appeals.
Feb. 23—Petition day (unopposed only), and appeals.
Feb. 24—The second seal ; appeal motions.
Feb. 26 to 29—Appeals.
March I—Petition day (unopposed only).
March 2 to 7—Appeals.
March B—Petition day (unopposed only).
March 9 to 13—Appeals.
March 14--.-The third seal ; appeal motions.
March 15—Petition day (unopposed only).
Mareh 16 to 21 —Appeals.
March 22—Petition day (unopposed only) and appuls.
March 23 to 27—Appeals.
March 28—The fourth seal ; appeal motions.
March 29—General petition day.
Such days as his Lordship is occupied in the House
of Lords accepted.
(Before the Master of the Rolls.)
Feb. B—First seal.
Feb. 9 to 23—Pleas, demurrers, causes, further direc-
tions, and exceptions.
Feb. 24—Second seal.
Feb. 26—Petitions on general paper.
Feb. 27 to March 13—Pleas, demurrers, &a., as above.
March 14—Third seal.
March 15 to 27—Pleas, demurrers, &e.
March 18—Fourth seal.
March 29—Petitions on general paper.
The Master of the Rolls will-take consent causes, eon-
sent petitions, and short causes, every Tuesday at the
sitting of the Court.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor of England.)
Feb. B—Firt seal; motions.
Feb. 9—Petition day ; unopposed petitions, short
causes, and causes.
Feb. 10 to 15—Pleas,..demurrers, exceptions, causes
and further directions.
Feb. 16—Petition day; unopposed petitions.
Feb. 17 to 22—Pleas, demurrers, ice.
Feb. 23.—Petition day; unopposed petitions, &e.
Feb. 24—The second seal; motions.
Feb. 26 to 29—Pleas, &c.
March I—Petition day ; unopposed, &c.
March 2 to 7—Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes,
and further directions.
March B—Petition day ; unopposed petitions, short
causes, and causes.
March 9 to 13—Pleas, demurrers,exceptions, causes,
and further directions.
March 14—The third seal.
; unopposed petitions, &c.
'March 15
211255--topP2eelttirttiioopnn y
le
day s,
demurrers, &c. ;
unopposed petitions, &c.
March
March 23 to 27—Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, &c.
March 28—The fourth seal.
March 29—General petition day.
(Before Sir J. Knight Bruce.)
Feb. B—The first seal; motions, and causes.
Feb. 9—(Petition day), petitions and causes.
Feb. 10—Unopposed petitions, short causes, andcauses.
Feb.l2 andl3—Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes,
and further directions.
Feb. 14—Bankrupt petitions and ditto.
Feb. 15—Pleas, demurrers, 86e.
Feb. 16—(Petition day), petitions and ditto.
Feb. 17—Unopposed petitions, short causes, and
causes.
Feb. 19—Bankrupt petitions and causes.
Feb. 20—Pleas, demurrers, 84e„
Feb. 21—Bankrupt petitions and ditto.
Feb. 22—Pleas, ace.
Feb. 23—(Petition day), petitions and ditto.
Feb. 24--Thy second seal, motions, unopposed peti-
tions, and short causes.
Feb. 26—Bankrupt petitions and causes.
Feb. 27—Pleas, demurrers, &c.
Feb. 28—Bankrupt petitions and ditto.
Feb. 29--:Pleas, demurrers, &c.:
March I—(Petition day), petitions and causes.
March 2—Unopposed petitions, short causes, and
causes.
March 4—Bankrupt petitions and causes.
March s—Pleas, demurrers, &c.
Marsh 6—Bankrupt petitions and causes.
March 7—Pleas, &c.
March 8-7(Petition day), petitions and causes.
March 9—Unopposed petitions, short causes, and
causes.
March 11—Bankrupt petitions and causes.
March 12—Pleas, &c.
March 13—Bankrupt petitions and ditto.
March 14—The third seal ; motions and causes.
March 15—(Petition day), petitions and causes.
March 16—Unopposed petitions, short causes, and
causes.

The prosecutor got into the witness-box, and with
great violence declared it was not true that he had
sought after the prisoner. He had not seen her for six
years. As for the statement that he was going to see
a married woman that was quite true ; he admitted that
part of the statement was true.

- Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the jury on behalf of the
prisoner, and commented in severe terms upon the con•
duct of the prosecutor, who, he said, there could be no
doubt had first initiated the prisoner Brown into vicious
courses, and had been the cause of her ruin. As to the
other prisoner, he submitted that the evidence was not
sufficient to warrant the jury in convicting her of the
specific offence imputed to her.
Witnesses were called, who gate the prisoner Mailer
a good character for honesty and general propriety of
conduct.

The RECORDER having summed up, the jury, after a
short deliberation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty with
regard to the prisoner Mailer, and found the other pri-
soner Guilty, but at the same time 'strongly r,:com-
mended her to mercy on the ground that the prosecutor
had been the original cause of her ruin.
The prosecutor got into the witness-box and recom-
mended the prisoner to mercy. He at the same time
handed a letter to the Court, from the contents of which
he said he inferred that his life was in danger.
The RECORDER having perused the letter, told the pro-
secutor that he ought to take some steps to trace out
and prosecute the writer.

Sentence upon the prisoner was postponed
Henry Me! ford, 56, was convicted upon very clear
testimony of an assault, with a felonious intent, upon a
young man named Morgan.
Mr. CLARKSON, who defended the prisoner, admitted
that the name he had given was an assumed one, and
that he had made no intimation to his friends of the fact
of his deing charged with this offence, and that they
were at present ignorant where he was, the prisoner
preferring any alternative rather than allow his connec-
tions to be made acquainted with his being under such
a charge as the one made against him.
The RECORDER sentenced the defendant to a year's
imprisonment in Newgate.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
_ CLERKEN WELL.

Edmund Thompson, Jame; Heath, and Wrn. Thompson,
young men, the latter enveloped in a fashionable blue
cloak, with a fur collar, were charged with having been
concerned in the robbery of wearing apparel from the
house of the Rev. William Barton, a Wesleyan minis-
ter, residing at No. 2, Chesterfield-street, King's-cross,
also on suspicion of being concerned in other robberies.
Police-constable Williams, 31 E, being on duty at
King's-cross on Saturday evening, between seven and
eight o'clock, saw the prisoners from time to time con-
versing with one another. As their appearance was
suspicious he watched them narrowly. 'They separated,
and soon after, hearing a door slam in Chesterfield-street,
he saw the prisoner Thompson running out of No. 2,
with a riding cloak, a great coat, and a mackintosh on
his shoulder. On seeing the officer the prisoner imme-
diately took to his heels, but was speedily arrested by
Police-constable 62 E. He threw away the garments in
his flight. Heath was apprehended in a few minutes
after, and on his person were found four keys, one of
which opened Mr. Barton's door. Hopkin's was appre-
hended on the same night in Heath's house, No. 3, Sea
Lion-street, New-cut, Lambeth.
The Rev. Mr. Barton identified the property seen
upon Thompson as his property.
Police-constable Gough, 83 L, deposed that on search-
Heath's house he found there a writing desk, a drawing
box, a quantity of chimney ornaments, and other articles,
which a gentleman in Court identified as his, and which
had been stolen from his house on Friday night last. Wit-
ness perceiving one of the floorboards more elevated than
the others, raised it with a chisel, and found underneath
27 skeleton keys, thirteen picklocks, and a crowbar
were found hidden. On a woman in the house, who
gave the name of Smith, and who, it subsequently turned
out was the paramour of Heath, 57 duplicates relating
to various descriptions of property were found. Thump.
son had been tried at the Surrey sessions by the name
of Peter Nimmo, and was sentenced to twelve months'
mprisonment, which he underwent.
Hopkins was discharged ; the other prisoners were
remanded ; but Heath was admitted to bail to the
amount of 200 L to appear in this Court on Thursday
next.

March 18—Bankrupt petitions and causes.
March 19—Pleas, &c.
March 20—Bankrupt petitions and ditto.
March 21—Pleas, &c.
March 22—(Petition day), petitions and causes.
March 23—Unopposed petitions, short causes, and
causes.

March 277-Bank j: ,
March 25—Bankrupt petitions and causes.
March 26—Pleas, &c.
'lions and ditto.
March 28-11iiirou *`
• •al ; motions and causes.
March 29—(General 'petition day), petitions and
causes.
'

a,si".7lrt--"k------ as Bickett was charged with maltreating a horse
by Ratcliffe, one of the officers of the National Animals'
Friend Society.
The officer being on duty at King's-cross on that
morning saw the prisoner driving a horse and car:. The
poor animal was •,o feeble and emaciated,, that he was
6.r&1311111p* to put one foot before another. In addi-
tion to his weakness, Ratcliffe, on inspecting the horse,
saw a large wound ender the saddle, and which was as
raw and bloody as if the flesh had been cut out of it.
There was another wound on the shoulder, and the
knees were boken. He took the prisoner into custody.
Ratcliffe, in answer to a question from the Magistrate,
said the Society to which he belonged were about apply-
ing to Parliament for a new Bill.
Mr. GREENWOOD thereupon observed that it would be
a great improvement on the present law, if the owners
were made liable, as they were frequently the most
blameable.

(Beore ir J. iram.)
ca
Feb. B—The firstf seal S ; motions g
and uses.
Feb. 9—(Petition day), pleas, demurrers, exceptions,
causes, and further directions.
Feb. 10—Short causes, petitions (unopposed first),
and causes.
Feb. 12 to 15—Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causer,
and further directions.
Feb. 16—( Petition day), pleas, demurrer; &c.
Feb.l7—Short causes, petitions (unopposed first), and
causes.

Feb. 19 to 22—Pleas, &c., as before.
Feb. 23—(Petition day), pleas, &c., as before.
Feb. 24—The second seal ; motions, petitions (un-
opposed first), and short causes.
Feb. 26 to 29—Pleas &c., as before.
March I—(Petition day), pleas, &a., as before.
March 2—Short causes, petitions (unopposed first),
and causes.
March 4 to 7—Pleas, &c. as before.
March B—(Petition day), pleas, demurrers, &c.
March 6—Short causes, petitions (unopposed first), and
Causes.
March 11 to 13—Pleas, &c.
March 14—The third seal ; motions and ditto.
March 15—(Petition day), pleas, &c., as before.
March 16—Short causes, &c., as before.
March 18 to 21—Pleas, &c,
March 22—(Petition day), pleas, &c.
March 23—Short causes, &c., as before.
March 25 to 27—Pleas, &c.
March 28—The fourth seal ; motions and ditto.
March 29—(The general petition day), petitions and
causes.
N.ll, None of these Courts will sit after April 3.

The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said the animal
belonged to his father. The horse was to have been
slaughtered on Friday last.
He was fined 10s., or seven days' imprisonment.
William Kirkland was charged with feloniously at-
tempting to stab Richard Bowles.
The prisoner, prosecutor, and other young men were
playing at skittles in the skittle-ground of the King's
Arms public-house in Rawstrone-street, Clerkenwell,
yesterday. The prisoner lost a game and refused to
pay the sum forfeited. A dispute arose, in which he
took his penknife from his pocket and opened it, the
young man with whom he had been playing attempted
to prevent his egress by crowding round the entrance,
the prisoner rushed through them and made a thrust
of the knife at the breast of the prosecutor who had
offered no opposition whatever, the blade passed through
the left breast of the coat which was strongly padded,
but fortunately did not enter the flesh.
The prisoner was committed for trial to the Old
Bailey, but bail was accepted for his appearance there.
A poor demented looking creature, who gave his name
as Robert Smith, was charged with having been found in-
sane in the Chapel of Ease, Holloway.
The prisoner, on Sunday week, placed a note in
the hands of Mr. Robert George Steele, one of the con.
gregation at the Holloway Chapel of Ease. The note
was given by Mr. Steele to the police, and on Sunday
the prisoner was apprehended in the chapel.
Mr. Steele, who resides at 6, College-street, Hollo-
way, deposed that he received the note from the priso-
ner, whom he had nev©r seen before.—(The note was

-
BOYLSTONE.—There was interred in the church-
yard of Somersal Herbert, in this county, on Friday last, an
aged couple (Richard and Ellen Phillips), the husband being
98--the wife 75. They were interred in one grave. The
great ages of the five last in the register are remarkable,
«z.:-87, 84, 82, 93,
and 75 years. We very much doubt
whether any register in the county, or even in the kingdom,
contains anything like it.-..Derby'Reportcr.

handed in to the Magistrate, but its contents were not
made public.)
Mr. Semple, surgeon to the N division of police, de-
posed that he had examined the prisoner, and believed
him to be insane. He told witness that he had been
persecuted unceasingly for the last forty years, and that
he would have committed suicide if he had had the
courage to do so.
Police-constable 172 N said he had been at the pri-
soner's residence, No. 2, Philip-street, Kingsland-road,
and learned from the inmates that he refused to use any
other food than bread and water ; they believed him to
be labouring under a delusion.
The prisoner was remanded for the attendance of the
parochial authorities of Islington.
A young man, named Sullivan, who has been repeatedly
convicted and punished for assaults on the police, was
charged with violently assaulting Police-constable 245 G, and
"'bother officer.
It appeared from the etidence, that on the previous ;light
the prisoner was drunk and riotous, when the officers at-
tempted to remove him; he refused to go to the station-
house, and kicked both the officers so violently that one of
them, 245 G, said he still felt pain from the injuries received,
—the prisoner having kicked him in the groin and in th*
abdomen.
The prisoner, who had not the least excuse to make for
his brutality, was sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment, with-
out fine,
A young man, named Ward; formerly a pauper in the
Holborn Lnion Workhouse, was charged with assaulting Be-
jamin Barlow, the porter of that establishment, and was sent
to the House of Correction for seven days.
A cabman, named Glover, was fined 51., for unlaTfully act-
ing as Waterman on the Goswell-street cab-stand, on the
complaint of Ratcliffe, inspector of cabriolets.

MAR YLEB ONE.
Elisabeth Todd and Sarah Trussell were again brought
before Mr. Rawlinson, the former charged with having,
by means of a forged order, endeavoured to obtain from,
the Marylthone Savinzs' Bank the sum of 1161. 9s. 7d.,
dep,sited in the name of Mary Todd, and the latter
(Trussell), with having certified the identity of the
former Elizabeth with Wary Todd. The prisoners are
both servants, the first at a house in Gloucester-place,
the latter in Wilton-crescent, Knightsbridge.
The case, which has appeared fully in The Sun of
Feb. 1, was but very little entered into this day ; and
Mr. Rawlinson, upon the evidence adduced, informed
Mr. Wilkins, the barrister, who appeared for Todd, that
he felt it his duty to commit both prisoners for trial.
Mr. Wilkins was going to reserve his detente for a
jury, and would, therefore, have no objection to the
Magistrate's decision.

THE SNOW STORM.
SITNDAY.—The following particulars were collected yester-
day, throughout the afternoon, from the various officials con-
nected with the London and Dover, and the London and
Brighton, the Great Western, the London and Birmingham,
the South Western, the Northern and Eastern, and other
railways, the details of which will be read with interest.
THE LONDON AND DOVER RAILWAY.—Upon inquiry at
this terminus, it was stated that there had been considerable
obstruction on the line, arising from the heavy fall of snow
which took place on Thursday night and Friday morning,
and which has continued since at intervals. Some uneasi-
ness was occasioned on Friday morning by the late arrivals
of the up-trains, which leave Folkestone at forty minutes
past eleven, twenty minutes past one, and fifty minutes past
three o'clock, the earliest of which should have arrived at
the London terminus at half-past three o'clock, and the latest
at twenty-seven minutes after ten. Before they had reached
Penshurst and Staplehurst the depth of snow was so exces-
sive that the three trains were detained for some hours at
those stations, and it was found necessary to employ the
united power of the three engines to accomplish the journey,
which was not done until between three and four
o'clock the next morning, being a delay of above five
hours beyond the time at which the last train was
due. On Saturday and yesterday brooms were attached
to the guards of the engines to clear away the snow from
the metal, so as to afford the Ranches of the wheels to have
an unterrupted passage on the rails. Throughout yesterday'
the trains, with trifling exceptions, arrived at their destina-
tion within a brief period of the regulated time. An acci-
dent occurred, however, which was most fortunately not
attended with fatal consequences. It has been already made
public that the entire line from London to Dover is to be
opened on Wednesday next, on which occasion the Directors
will invite the authorities of Calais and Boulogne to a banquet
in celebration of the completion of this undertaking. In
pursuance of this intention several of the Directors, with an
express engine and a carriage attached thereto, yesterday
made an experimental trip, and on arriving at that part of
the line where it is intended to have a branch from New-
cross to the Bricklayers' Arms, the engine came in contact
with a truck,' which was nearly demolished, and the party
had a narrow escape of being thrown down the embankment,
and meeting with serious if not fatal consequences. The down
train, which left London at eight o'clock on Friday morning,
did not reach Folkestone within fifteen miles, thereby occa-
sioning serious inconvenience and delay to the passengers.
An extra engine was yesterday attached to each train.
THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—The trains on
this railway, the reporter was informed, had not exceeded
20 minutes delay in any of the arrivals, but the effect of the
thaw upon the drainage and bed of the line is not yet known,
as the cuttings in many places are very steep.
THE LONDON AND BramL.Nronmax.—Mr. Morris, the acting
officer of police, stated that the train which leaves Birming- ,
ham at half-past eight o'clock on Sunday mornings, bring-
ing with it the mails from the great northern towns, arrived
at the terminus, Euston-square, yesterday, at twenty-five
minutes past one o'clock, being five minutes in advance of
the usual period of its arrival. From the circumstance of
this train bringing up the Irish intelligence connected with
the State trials, much anxiety prevailed respecting the state
of the line. It was apprehended that in the event of the
wind veering round to the north, some obstacles would pre-
sent themselves to the afternoon (seven o'clock) train, but
every precaution had been taken to avoid any casualty.
THE GREAT WESTERN.—The up train from Swindon,
propelled by the Centaur steamer, and bringing the mails
from the principal cities and towns on this line, arrived at
Paddington with the loss of only three minutes. The ploughs
and brooms were attached to the engine, and proved quite
successful in clearing away the snow, which at Tws'ford
cutting was from sixteen to eighteen inches in depth. To
the weight and solidity, of the engines may be attributed the
efficient operation of the machinery employed. All the pre-
parations at Slough were completed on Saturday for her
Majesty's reception at that station, and up to a late period
yesterday the decorations made use of had not been removed,
as no intimation had been received of the postponement
of her Majesty's visit to Windsor, in consequence of the
lamented death of his Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe
Coburg Gotha. •
THE Souvu WEaTitim—On Friday the train which
brings the mails from Gosport, Portsmouth, Southampton,
&c., was about five hours beyond time. A number of men
have been since employed on the line, and, in conjunction
with other measures, have succeeded in removing any impe-
diment in the transit of passengers, &c., as usual. The fall
of snow, owing to the direction of the wind, appears to have
been heavier upon this line than on any other. On Saturday
the mail-train was four hours and twenty minutes beyond
time. The greatest delay, however, that occurred yesterday
was half an hour.
THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN.--The delays upon this
line, as well as upon the Greenwich and Blackwall, have been
very insignificant, so far as the information furnished by the
officers of the several companies may be relied upon.
In none of the above cases were the engineers, police, or
stokers allowed extra clothing.
nix BRANCH COACHES.—Upon inquiry at some of the
principal booking-offices, the clerks doggedly referred to the
railways for information, and affected the utmost ignorance
of any non-arrivals.
THE METROPOLIS, &C.—The number of applicants for re-
lief and shelter at the different refuges for the destitute was,
as might be expected, considerably increased. About two
o'clock the snow abated, and from that time until about four
o'clock a small but thick sleet fell. Towards the latter part
of the afternoon a heavy ground thaw set in, which rendered
the streets exceedingly dirty—an effect which was to be
mainly attributed to the police not having put the law in
force compelling housekeepers to remove the snow from the
pavement opposite their doors.

THE LATE CASE OS' EXTORTION AND MURDER AT
PLUMSTEAD.—It will be recollected that on Thursday last,
at Marlborough-street Police-court, a miscreant, who stated
his name to be Joseph Burgen Smith, gentleman, of No.
116, Drummond-street, Euston-square, was fully committed
for trial at the Central Criminal Court, for extorting money
from Lord Abingdon's butler, under a threat of charging him
with having committed a most horrible offence. Since his
incarceration in Newgate, Mr. Cope, the Governor, has
ascertained that the prisoner has assumed a false name, and
that he is John Bodle, aged 32, in whose welfare the public
took some interest a few years since, on account of his
having, it is said, been innocently charged with a murder
at Plumstead, near Woolwich. In November 1833, Mr.
George Bodle, a gentleman residing, and possessing a large
share of property, in that village, was murdered by arsenic
being administered in his breakfast coffee, and several mem-
bers of his family nearly shared a similar fate through
partaking of the poisonous draught. Suspicions resting
on
the above- named prisoner (the murdered man's grandson), he
was arrested, and at the Coroner's inquest, which lasted
five days, evidence was adduced of his having been seen to
mix something in the coffee-kettle on the morning of the
day on which the murder was committed, besides his utter-
ing expressions that he wished his grandfather was dead, as
he would then come into possession of I,OOW. a year, which,
together with other facts indicative of his guilt, warranted
the jury in returning a verdict of " Wilful murder " against
him. His trial took place at Maidstone assizes in the suc-
ceeding month, before Mr. Justice Gazelee, Mr. Adolphus
conducting the prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bod-
kin defending the accused. It occupied two entire days, and
terminated in an acquittal. The decision of the jury pro-
duced the utmost excitement in Court, and was hailed with
the most lively demonstrations of satisfaction and applause,
the public having a strong prejudice against his relatives for
prosecuting him. Circumstances, however, have since trans-
pire d which further dispel the mystery of the murder, but
at the present period it would not be prudent to detail them.
A few months since he was charged with stealing SW. from
his brother-in-law, who resides in St. John-street, Smith-
field-bars, but he managed to abscond, and had not beet
heard of until he was apprehended on the present infamotie
charge.
CHILD BORN IN THE STREET.—It having been dis-
covered by a family resident in Pembroke-street, Devonport,
that a servant in their employ, named Ellen Johnson, was in
a state of pregnancy, the young woman was thereupon im-
mediately dismissed from service. Having no home, and
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that both the unhappy mother and her offspring are now
doing well—West Briton.
On Tuesday, the 23d ult., at Beverley, aged 76,
Ann Cass, wife of Richard Cass, hatter, better known as
"Molly Cass," the great election heroine in the good old days
of John Wharton. She was a tall athletic woman, used to
head the mobs, and would fight her way through a host of
opponents of the opposite sex. In the prime of her days she
was an out and-out Oranger, but the defeat of her champion,
Wharton, adverse circumstances, and the infirmities of age
overcame her; she yielded to the temptations of Tory gold,
and compelled her little Dicky" the last time he could
vote, to support the Crimsonites.—lt is a fact—
a melancholy
fact—that " Molly" never looked up again after this.—Hall
Advertiser.
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EVERY LITTLE HELPS.—A new trade was com-
menced
of sheea caresses,
from Mr. French's wharf, a consignment
Brabant, butcher, who sent to the metropolis y
packed two sad two in sacks.—Dstrhan, Chronicle.