The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-09 00:00:00

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 8.
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
CITY, TNIUREIDAY EVENING.
HERALD.—As might have been anticipated, a con-
siderable change is progressively taking place in the
discount business in the City. Formerly the Bank of
England opened discount accounts with mercantile houses
only in special cases, and to be placed in that category
might rather be considered a special favour conferred
by the Bank, than that the customer bestowed an obliga-
tion on them, by giving them his business. Many per-
sons had, therefore, drawing accounts with the Bank
that could obtain no discounts, and it was only in cases
of emergency in the Money Market that they departed
from that rule. The Bank of England is now, however,
a competitor for business with the other banks of the
metropolis and the largediscount houses, and they are
no longer so fastidious about the position of parties,
provided the paper presented for discount is considered
satisfactory. There is much less ceremony also in the
modtts operandi, the bills being taken or refused mod
frequently off hand at once, instead of being detained
some time for consideration, as was invariably the former
practice. The present terms for first-class mercantile
paper, it is already known,. are at' present 24 per cent.,
and on these conditiOns th Bank has greatly extended
their operations within a month past.
The other banks, joint-stock and private, are naturally
feeling the effect of the.competition, but it is cutting in
still more directly on the Lombard-street discount
houses. There is ouc point of difference which gives
the Bank of England .a preference even when the rate of
discount is a small fraction higher. Parties make sure
that their paper will not be hawked about or exposed to
other persons, or run any risk of being passed off in
re-discount. There are other banks, it is true, in the
metropolis, who strictly adhere to the same rule, but
confidence that they will met deviate from it is not so
generally established/At present the rate of discount
on first class bills, falling due within the present year, is
from 24 to 21 in the market, so that the increase of the
business of the Bank of England is a proof of the pre-
ference above alluded to.

THE ATTORNET-GENERAL v. WARREN AND OTHERS.
This case came before his Honour upon the applica-
tion, on the part of the Crown, for as injunction to re-
strain the defendants, the churchwardens of St. Mary
Ottery, Dover, from cutting down certain trees in the
churchyard and the neighbourhood of the vicarage there.
Mr. BETHELL opposed the application, on the ground
that if the trees were allowed to remain they would soon
fall down and destroy the vicarage itself.
His HONOUR, at the conclusion of the arguments, gave
judgment, refusing to grant the injunction.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 8.
(Sittings in Banco.)

BATE AND ANOTHER V. BURTON AND ANOTHER, EXECH

TORS OF CLARKE.

This was an action to recover 5001. on a bill of ex-
change. The plaintiffs were bankers at Stourbridr, and
the defendants executors of a woman named Clarke. It
was tried at Worcester before Mr. Sergeant Atcherley,
and the verdict was for the plaintiff.
Mr. V. LEE now moved to set the verdict aside, on
the ground that it was against the weight of evidence.
The note was signed with the the name of the deceased
by a person who stated that she had been authorised to
sign it by the deceased. A certain paper was put into
her hands, and she denied positively that she had ever
signed the paper. At a trial afterwards at Stafford the
same witness was examined, the same paper was put in,
and the same denial given ; and also a deed, which the
other side contended was a forgery. Persons wore called
who distinctly swore that they had seen her sign the
paper. The jury found in opposition to her testimony,
and Lord Chief J-ustice Tindal ordered the' deed to be
impounded with a view to ulterior proceedings. Under
these circumstances he moved for a rule nisi for a new
trial in the first case.

The COURT deferred their decision until they had
consulted the Learned Judge who had tried, the ease,
and also the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas,
who had tried the second case.

EDGELY V. TAPSALL.

We understand that-the greater part of the gold which
has lately been withdrawnfrom the Bank of England has
been the operation of the banks of issue in the provinces,
This is the result of the restriction of the issues, these
banks requiring an additional amount of money, pre-
ferring to take out gxilekin order that the Bank of Eng-
land notes may not become too familiar in the circula-
tion of the neighbourhood. The policy of this is easily
seen through, and we believe is one of the results fore-
seen by the Premier to extend the metallic base of the
currency.

This was an action for false imprisonment by the de-
fendant giving-the plaintiff into custody on a charge of
forgery, on which charge he was at once taken before a
magistrate. It was tried at the Guildhall before Mr.
Justice Wightman, and the jury found for the plaintiff,
with 1001. damages.
Mr. WILKINS moved for a rule nisi for a new trial—
first, on the ground of misdirection of the judge who
ought, he contended, to have nonsuited the plaintiff;
secondly, on the ground of misconduct on the part
of the jury, who, after being shut up for three
hours, stated there was no probability of their
agreeing, and requesting to be discharged, which being
refused they requested permission to have some refresh.
ment ; which request being acceded to with the consent
of the attorneys of both parties, they in a marvellously
short space of time drank three gallons of stout, and sent
out for two gallons more, which being refused, they
brought in their verdict almost immediately ; and,
thirdly, on the ground of excessive damages.
Lord DENMAN—The damages certainly appear large.
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN—It struck me so at the time.
Lord DENMA.N—You had better take your rule on the
ground of the damages being excessive.
Rule nisi granted.

TIMES.—We mentioned a few days ago the rumour
that the Bank 6f England was going to charge a com-
mission for transmitting money to different parts of the
country by means of the branches. It is understood that
this measure has been definitively decided on at the
Court'of Directors held to-day, and it is supposed that
the plan will come into. operation within a fortnight. No
details have as yet transpired, but in charging the com-
mission a distinction will probably be made in the rate,
ACcording to the circumstance of the person who makes
the payment keeping- or not keeping an account. The
measure forms another instance of the determination of
the Bank of England to assimilate their operations to
those of the private bankers.
A report having been circulated that the Spanish Go-
iernment has created and clandestinely issued (or has
contemplated issuing) a. large amount of Three per Cent.
Stock beyond the amount required for capitalising the
coupons due on the Active stock to the end of 1840,
Senor Borrajo, the President of the Spanish Finance
Commission in London, has addressed a letter (dated the
sth inst.) to Mr. R. Thornton, the President of the Com-
mittee of Spanish Bondholders, in which, after expressly
stating that there is- not in circulation nor in reserve a
single Three per Cent. bond for which equivalent has
not been given in coupons, he adds, to avoid all misun-
derstanding, that not a single coupon belonging to the
Spanish Government has been converted, but that the
, conversion has related exclusively to the stock in the
hands of individual creditors.

BAIL COURT, Nov. 8.
(Sittings in Banco before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.)
THE QUEEN V. THE NORWICH AND BRANDON RAILWAT

COMPANY.

Mr. CLEASBY in this case moved for a rule for a man-
damus dire:ted to the defendants, calling upon them to
construct a bridge over the river Ware, so as to leave
the water-way as wide as it was before the passing of
the Act of Parliament. The Company did build a
bridge, but it was raised on piles driven into the bed of
the river, and instead of being driven in one behind the
other, they were placed obliquely, so that 40 feet of the
river course were obstructed. The present applicatic n
was made on behalf of the Norwich Life Insurance So-
ciety, who had mills of considerable value on the river.
—Rule granted.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last Night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Vic-
toria, cap. 33, for the Week ending on Saturday, the
2d day of November, 1844.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

(Sittings at Nisi Prius.)
PRICE AND ANOTHER, ASSIGNEES OF BRAIN V. BAXTER

AND OTHERS.
In this case, which had not terminated when the Court
rose yesterday, Mr. Justice WIGUTMAN summed up the
evidence, and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs
to the full amount. •

.c. x.
Notes issued ... 27,498,5801 Gorernmentdebt 11,015,100
, - ,Other securities 2,984,900
Gold coin and
bullion
iSilver bullion

FORD V. LADY EMILY FITZGERALD DE DERNDACIIER.
This was an action brought by George Samuel Ford,
who is an attorney, against the defendant, as the acceptor
of a bill of exchange fbr 4001. The defendant pleaded
that she was a married lady, and which was dc,ted
by the plaintiff, and upon this issue was joined.,
In proof of the marriage of the dfe7.-;afit, Christian
Antonio Iligoni, a Professor of Phr.,tOlogy in the Uni-
versity of Pavia, was called, proved that he was
present when the lady, whose maiden name was
Fitzgerald, was mar:;;trd to the Baron de Dernbacher,
an officer in the-n'strian service, in Florence in the
year 1823. rhe marriage ceremony was solemnised in
the prlrate chapel of the Duke of Tuscany, by the
Dt:ake's chaplain ; and the lady, after her marriage, moved
in the first society. It was also proved, that the Baron de
Dernbacher was alive within seven years, ar_d a letter
bearing his signature was received within the last month.
It was contended, on the part of the plaintiff, that
there was no I^gal evidence of the marriage, as there
ought to be some person who: could prove that the mar-
riage,!the fact of which was proved by the Professor, was
legal according to the law of Tuscany.
Mr. Justice PATTESON decided that cohabitation and re-
putation were sufficient evidence of the marriage, though
it would be well if there were further proof in such cases.
The plaintiff in consequence allowed himself to be
nonsuited.

£27,498,580
M. MA'
Dated the 7th day of Novl

.£27,498,f. 80
RSHALL, Chief Cashier.
.tuber, 1844.

BANKING D,

PAILTDI4NT.

Proprietors' capi-
tal 14,553,00(
Rest 3,131,881
Public deposits
(including Ex-
chequer,savi ngs' -
banks, Commis-
sioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
dividend ac-
counts) 3,471,119
Other deposits 8,757,379
Seven day and
other bills 1,051,941

Government sccu-
rities (includ-
ing Dead Weight
Annuity)
Other securities
Notes
Gold and silver
coin

£30,965,3201
M., MA]
Dated the 7th day of Novl

£30,965,320
,SHALL, Chief Cashier.
über, 1844.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 8.
(Sittings at Nisi Prins, London, before a Common Jury).
Mr. Baron ALDERSON sat here for half an hour, in
which time he disposed of the list of the day, consisting
of a few actions on bills of exchange.
(Sittings in Banco at Westminster.)
ALLEN V. THE KINGTON RAILWAY COMPANY.
In this case, which was tried at Hereford before the
Lord Chief Justice Tindal, and in which the plaintiff
was nonsuited,

SIEGE OPERATIONS AT CHATMA-11.—On Thursday
terminated the siege operations oarried on for the last
fortnight on the field-wbrks practice ground, on the left
of Chatham lines. The day being tolerably fine, drew
together a vast number of respectable persons. Captain
Whitmore Royal Engineers, directed the defensive, and
Captain Wynne, the offbnsive operations. A detach-
ment of the 11th, consisting of the Grenadier Company,
under the command of Captain Jenner, took up their
position on the left face of the rarelin and being the
defenders of the fortress, were protected 'by a high bank;
the other portion of the regiment, consisting of Nos. 1,
2,3, and the Light Company, being the attackers, occu-
pied the first parallel, and on the sound of the bugle being
given to them for advance, the troops marched off, leaving
the No. 1 Company as a reset re. The 2d and 3d Com-
pany took up their positions in the second and third
parallel. The Light COD- any, under Captain Moore,
advancing, manned the 'odgment and the right side of
the double sap. Tf' troops on both sides opened a
sharp and well-regulated musketry-file firing, lasting
several minutee. The- bugle to cease firing having
sounded, the :attacking-troops retreated to the first parallel,
when Lie he
Stokes, with corporal Baker, Royal
Et:lei:deers, of the besieged party, instantly fired a mine
1301 b. of gunpovvdee,-making a crater of twenty feet
by eighteen feet in circumference, and about two feet six
inches in depth. The troops at the sound of the bugle
:made a rapid advance' vp the intrenched lines, and on
-arriving at the spot where the miners were busily crowning
the entonnoir with gabions, opened a brisk fire on their
opponents. The attacking miners at the same time
were getting with all possible speed to spring
three ,
three mines, for the purpose of destroying the counter-
mines of the enemy. The loading and tamping having
been announced ready, -the signal was again given for
-the troops to retire to their old position, to avoid danger.
Captain Wynne, on the word tire being given, sprang
his mines, the explosions following one another, and as
the charges were not More than from nine to ten feet
from the surface of the--earth, the explosions were most
magnificent, forcing the earth and fragments of timber
to the height of between 40 and 50 feet. The quantity
of powder used in these mines was ioolb., and each ex-
plosion formed a crater averaging in circumference 23ft.
y 25ft., and a depth of about 6ft. The moment aftcr
these explosions the troops were again brought up, who
protected the miners crowning their entonnoirs by open-
ing a well-continued-.fire on the enemy's lodgments,
which were occupied by the infantry, who kept firing as
they advanced. The defenders of the fortress fired a
countermine by the voltaic battery, of a charge of 1001 h.
of powder, producing' an entonnoir of 15ft. by lett.,
which was very soon crowned by the advance of the
miners, who were protected by the infantry's fire from
the intrenched lines. The retreat was again sounded,
and the soldiers retired, and Lieutenant Carr fired a
charge of 1501 b. of powder, causing 'considerable shock
to the bystanders by the 4xplo n 4 Very soon after-
wards Lieutenant Clarke fired charge of 731 b. The
defensive force then opened a sharp fire on e besiegers,
who returned it gallantly, when the operations)lltvi finally
closed (at four o'clock in the afternoon
to the entire satisfaction of every officer whonghtrit; off
engaged, particularly to the director, Lieut. Colonel ebTr Frederick Smith, K.H.

Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD moved for a rule to show
cause why the- nonsuit should be set aside, and the
verdict entered for the plaintiff for the sum of 37L 10s.
The action, in point of form, was an action of debt against
a Company incorporated under a local Act of
Parliament, for work, labour, and an account stated.
Mr. Allen, the plaintiff in the case, was a gentleman
having an estate through which the Kington railway
passed. The plea was—" Never indebted." The King-
ton railway, which was incorporated under the 58th
George 3d, which was passed in the year 1818, for making
a small tram railway through a portion of the counties of
Hereford and Radnor. The action was brought for the
purpose of enforcing the statutable liability of the Com-
pany to repair certain fences of Mr. Allen's along this
line of the railway. The Learned Counsel then read
the provisions of the Act relating to the. repairs of
fences.
The Comer was of opinion that the order of the jus-
tices of the peace, under which the defendants were re-
quired to execute the repairs, was invalid, because it
did not appear that the defendants were present when it
was made.—Rule refused.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 8.
TILE NEW JUDGE.
Mr. Justice ERLE, this morning, at the sitting of the
Court, was sworn as one of the Justices of her Majesty's
Court of Common Pleas, and took his seat on the bench.

ASPINELL V. ANDERS.
The Court was occupied the whole of the day in
hearing Sir Thomas. Wilde and Mr. Sergeant" Channell,
for the plaintiff, nd Mr. Sergeant Bytes, for the de-
fendant, in a special argument on demurer in this case.
which is an issue remitted from the Vice-Chancellor's
(Shadwell's) Court.-

The argument turned on the interpretation of certain
words in a will, which were held, on the part of the de-
fendant, to exclude the daughter of the testator from
inheriting under the will, in consequence of her having
married ; the plaintiff's case being, that, taking the
whole of the will together, it was manifestly the wish
and intention of the father that she should marry, not-
withstanding the apparent incongruity upon which the
defence relied. The argument was merely technical—
almost merely verbal—and perfectly dry and uninter-
esting.
THE REGISTRATION-APPEALS FROM THE REVISING
BARRISTERS.
The days fixed for hearing the appeals from the de-
cisions of the Revising Barristers, under the new ju-
risdiction given to this Court by the Act -of the 6th
Vie. c. 18, are Monday, the 18th November inst., and
Thursday, the 21st.
The following is a summary of the list of appeals :
From Westminster City—Pitts appellant, v. Smedley,
respondent. Tewkesbury—Whithorn v. Thomas. South
Lancuhire—Gadaby v. Warburton ; Gadsby v. Barrow ;

of the gin-palace looking affair at the cf. of I LAW INTELLIGENCE.
Water-lane was celebrated with a flourish as loud , COURT Ol CHANCERY.—Nov. 8.
as that in which the new tenantcy of Govent-garden SMYTHE V. GRIFFIN.—JUDGMIENT.
is proclaimed. And, probably, it was the glare The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment this morning
of the white stucco, and the shout of triumph in this case, which has been in different shapes before
that bewildered the Times, when it committed the Vice-Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, and ulti-
the enormous folly of exalting the Anti-Corn-law mately before the Lord Chancellor, upon demurrer, put
confederacy to the dignity of " a great fact." weii, in by the defendants to the plaintiff's bill. The bill was
dfieled bye the plaintiff,
d for the purpose of setting aside a
what are the Leaguers doing with the gaudy con-
which
by him to a female, named Maria Seller,
cern at the corner of 'Water-lane ? Any one who by he gave to her and her daughter two ennui-
walks by the south side of Fleet-street, can form a ties, when he should cease to cohabit with the former.
shrewd guess. The League newspaper is on sale, The gronnd on which the bill was filed was,
or given away—we believe in truth that it has no that the deed had been given for an illegal consideration,
sale anywhere—there lie exposed in the windows, and that therefore it was void. To this bill a demurrer
but unmolested, and dark with dust and long expo- had been filed. His: Lordship agreed with the Vice-
sure, the speeches of Messrs. Bright and Cobden Chancellor, that the annuity to Maria Seller was void,
as it was given for an illegal consideration; but notwith-
too,and the other publications of the League. There,
standing this opinion, his Lordship thought there were
may be seen a beggarly account of petty
circumstances connected with the conduct of the plaintiff
articles of stationery, of most suspicious ap- which deprived him of the interposition of a court of
pearance. We will not disparage the goods of equity. His Lordship felt bound, therefore, to allow the
any tradesman or trading company, and there- demurrer.—Demurrer allowed.
fore we will not insinuate that the " sealing- IN THE MATTER 07 TODD, A. BINHRUM
livax is brick-dust; or that the pencils are Mr. BOLT stated that this case came before the Ci,urt
without lead ;" but. we will say that the whole upon appeal from the Court of Review upon a special
stock of shop goods at the Leaguers' gaudy palace ease. The plaintiffs were the assignees of Thomas Todd,
would be dearly puichased at one pound ; of course who carried on_business in the neighbourhood of Man-
we do not speak of the Leaguers' publications, tchester, and the respondent was a person named Wood,
which no one would take, without a bounty, who sought to prove under a bond for 8,0001. The
upon the condition of reading them. In
proof of the debt was refused by the Commissioner, at
short, the present :head quarters of the League
lanchest.er, but on appeal to the Court of Review, he
was permitted t for te de, ad from that
present an appearance as beggarly as might be eon the presentspecal casesameb before the Court. deci-
expected from the rendezvous of a conspiracy, that ar.
....r.
JAMES
RUSSELL and Mr. BACON were heard
sends its whining mendicants and sturdy vagrants to against the application.
collect money from every house in the metropolis, be Mr. ROLT replied; and
the owner of the bowie rich or poor. Judging, then, The LORD CHANCELLOR affirmed the judgment of the
from the appearance" of their present menage, we do Court of Review, reserving the question of costs unti
not anticipate that the League beggars will make a he had inquired into the practice of the Court of Bank
better thing of Covent-garden than the previous ruptcy on the subject.
tenants of the same unlucky premises.

Ecclesly v. Barker. Totnes—Cuning v. Toms. .York-
shire—W. R. Baxter v. the Overseers of Doncaster ;
Baxter v. Newman. Northampton—N. D. Davis v.
Waddington ; Simpson v. Wilkinson. Bury St. Ed-
mund's—Nunn v. Denton. Lichfield—Moss v. Overseers
of St. Michael's ; Marshall v. Bonn. Totnes—Toms
v. Cuning. Westminster—Score v. Huggett. Bristol
—Daniel v. Camplin ; Daniel v Colsting. Northampton
—Jeffrey v. Kitchener ; Staunton v. Jeffrey. Cambridge
—Cooper v. Harris. London—Wansey v. Parkins ;
Bage v. Perkins. Westbury—Dyer v. Gough. Taun-
ton—Allen v. House. Lambeth—Crocker v. the Over-
seers. London—Wansey v. Overseers of St. Peter Le
Poer. Wenlock—Hinton v. Hinton. Wakefield—Net-
tleton v. Burrel. Blackburn—Dewhurst v. Fielden.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nov. 8,

IN RE JOHN alias ISAAC LONGRIGC.
This was an application on the part of the insolvent
to compel the assignee, Mr. Winch, of the firm of Beck
Brothers and Winch, to whom the insolvent was in-
debted in the sum of 1,0001., to pay from the estate the
expenses necessary for filing his schedule and passing
through this Court.
Mr. COOKE, on the part of Beck Brothers and
Winch, opposed the application on several grounds, the
first of which was that he had fraudulently concealed
property to, a large amount, and had rendered no ac-
count of the debts due to him in his schedule ; also
that he was in prison under a friendly arrest, in order
that he might get rid of his liabilities ; and lastly, that
he was described by a wrong name, as although his
name was Isaac, he now petitioned as John Longrigg.
His reason fur this was to deceive the Court as he had
been already an insolvent, and petitioned the Court
under the name of Isaac, when he was sentenced to a
lengthened remand. He had also become bankrupt in
the same name when the amount of his debts were very
large. The Learned Counsel contended that the insol-
vent's conduct had been so fraudulent and dishonest that
he was not entitled to the consideration of the Court.
Mr. Commissioner POLLOCK said there could be no
doubt that the insolvent's conduct had been most dls•
honest, and under all the circumstances of the case he
should adjourn its further consideration until after the
assignees' accounts had been audited.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.
A man named William Howse was brought before
the Lord Mayor and Alderman Wilson, charged with
having in his possession 371bs. of tobacco, on which
the duty had not been paid. The Solicitor .to the
Customs attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Hobler
appeared for the prisoner. The penalty sought to be
re•overed was 1001.
Before the case commenced, the Custorn.house officer
stated that a vast deal of inconvenience was expe-
rienced by the uniform refusal of the City police to
give up contraband goods found by them upon persons
whom they apprehended, although they well knew
the Custom-house officers who seized the goods in
their possession. The metropolitan police never felt
any hesitation upon the subject, and it was quite un-
intelligible to him why so apparently unnecessary a
system was acted upon.
A policeman stated that as he was going along
John-street, Crutched-friars, he saw the prisoner, who,
upon catching his eye, crossed the road. Witness,
suspecting from that fact that all was not-right,
followed, apprehended' him, and found upon him the
above-mentioned quantity of tobacco.
C. A. Davis stated that he seized the tobacco in
the station-house. The article was similar to that
which had been taken from the Ocean, from Rotter-
dam, the other day.
Mr. Hobler said, the only thing he could say for
his unfortunate client was, that he was very poor,
and had a large family. A mitigation of punishment
would be to him an act of mercy.
The LORD MAYOR said it was quite evident that
there were no mitigating circumstances in the case,
and the magistrates could not, at all events, either re-
duce the penalty or the term of confinement, if the
penalty were not pa'd.
The prisoner was then fined 100/.
A little girl, named Theresa Lewis, was brought up.
A gentleman, who resides in Cornhill, stated that
the child had evidently been educated to play the
character of an impostor. She was a proficient in the
art. Sometimes she dropped lucifer matches on the
ground on a dirty day, and began to cry out so lus-
tily that nobody thought that she could have meant
anything but real trouble; at other times she dropped
eggs, and the tears burst out of her eyes as if she ex-
pected to be half murdered upon going home. The she displayed was such, that gentlemen soon gave
her the means of supplying her loss, and she obtained
a very comfortable livelihood for those who employed
her.
The complainant had given her a shilling to make
up her deficiency on one occasion, and another gen-
tleman stated that he had made good her loss upon
another occasion, when she came the " egg rig."
The ALDERMAN sentenced the girl to confinement
in Bridewell for a month, and she began to bellow in
earnest., but those who knew her declared that her
I art was as perfect as nature itself.
CLERKEIV WELL.
Harriette Hamilton was charged with street robbery.
Mr. Alfred George Gardiner, a clerk in the employment
of Mr. Stevens, York-place, Barnsbury-road, was walking
along Holborn on the previous night, when the prisoner
came up and walked by his side. In a few minutes' after
Mr. Gardiner missed IL 10s. from his pocket, and gave
the prisoner into custody, who had the effroittery to give
him in charge for robbing her. The money was found
on her person, and she was committed for trial.
(George Rowe was sworn in as messenger to the Ma-
gistrates of this Court, by direction of the Secretary of
State fur the Home Department.)
BOW-STREET.
Frederick Marriot, publisher of the Railway Bell,
appeared before Mr. Jardine upon a summons t-s,
answer a complaint preferred against him by
for exhibiting a large flag from the '-epet of his house
in the Strand, so as to cause PP police
:a annoyance to passen-
gers in the public th
nI-oughfare.
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. G. Knight Huxley appeared
for the de_,endant.
T
...,,spector Mullins, F division, said he had applied
for a summons under the Police Act against the de-
fendant, in consequence of several complaints being
made by the inhabitants of St. Mary-le-Strand parish,
particularly by Mr. Greensill, lamp manufacturer,
who laid the case before the Commissioner.
Mr. Greensill stated that on the day her Majesty
was proceeding to the City an immense flag, mea-
suring about forty feet by twenty, was suspended
across the Strand from the defendant's window,
merely as a puff to the establishment, he supposed,
and it continued flapping about in such a measure, as
to prevent the parish children from singing the
national anthem as the Queen was passing.
Mr. John Faulkner, 325, Strand, proved that the
flag remained across the Strand till it was blown
down piecemeal. It remained suspended for several
days after the 28th of October, flapping about with
the wind.
Mr. JARDINE considered there must have been
great annoyance, for scarcely any horse could pass
through the Strand without being frightened by it.
He was bound to order a conviction ; but it would
first be requisite to prove that the defendant was the
offending party.
The inspector said he went to the office to give
notice of his intention to apply for a summons, unless
the flag was removed, but the did not see the defen-
dant ; and it further appeared the beadle of the parish
could not say he lived in the house.
Mr. JARDINE considered it should be shown the
defendant had put up the flag before he could inflict a
fine upon him, although he was clearly of opinion it
was a great annoyance, but as that could not be done
he was bound to dismiss the complaint; at the same
time he was of opinion that the police would he fully
justified in future in taking any person into custody
who would be found again suspending it, and the
Court would put the law in full force against him.
There was another summons against Mr. Bragg, SWEARING IN OF THE NEW LORD MAYOR.--.A.C•
cording to annual custom, the Lord Mayor elect was
the gunmaker, which met with a similar decision.
Police-constable Weaver, 28, F. division, was yesterday sworn into his office of Chief Magistrate of
the City of London, at Guildhall. Sir William Magna.,,
charged with having,-•while on duty, committed a Bart., the retiring Lord Mayor, being a member of the
rape upon Constantine Jones, in a public thoroughfare. Stitioners' Company, that body took a conspicuous part
The case had been remanded from the previous day, in the ceremonial, as did also the Fishmongers' Com-
to enable the prisoner to obtain legal assistance. pany, of which the Lord Mayor elect is a member.
The prosecutrix, a smartly dressed young woman, The principal members of these 'two companies and the
stated, that she had been married six years, but,
various civic functionaries proceeded to the Mansion-
during the last three weeks, owing to her husband's
house about one o'clock. They were there met by the
confinement in the hospital, she had been living with new Lord Mayor, and having partaken of an elegant
dejeuner
a /a fourchette, the whole party proceeded to
a friend at 35, Exeter-street, Strand (a brothel). The
the Guildhall, where the ceremony of swearing in took
policeman had accosted her on Tuesday morning, at
four o'clock, at the top of Bedford-street, on her way al
place. The hall had a very splendid appearance, being
lin readiness for the banquet this day. His Lord-
home, and had forced her into a yard leading to the ship elect arrived shortly after that hour in his private
back of St. Paul's Church, Covent-garden, where he carriage, and was accompanied only by his son, the
effected his purpose, though she resisted him to the clergyman. He looked in good health and spirits, and
full extent of her ability, and at one time believed was smiling as he alighted from the carriage.
that she had broken her arm and back in the effort. VAUXHALL-BRIDGE COMPANY.— Yesterday the
She did not cry out, partly because he stopped her half-yearly meeting of this Company took place at the
mouth, and also because she feared he might turn George and Vulture Tavern, Cornhill, Mr. Barron in the
upon her and give her in charge, on the pretence that
chair. The secretary read the report, from which it ap-
she had committed an offence. She told her husband
peared that the Company held 2,500 L in Exchequer-
bills, 200 shares in the bridge, and an amount in un-
of it, and also her friend, the next day, and by their
whom she had never seen before the morning in ues-,
advice preferred the charge against the prisoner, claimed dividends of 1,3631. The Lambeth Suspension-
tion. In answer to the Magistrate's questionsq she bridge, after passing through a committee had been
withdrawn. The Equitable Gas-light Company had
applied for privilege to lay down their main, and had
(Chadmitted there were houses on both sides of the yard been allowed on payment of 100 L to the Company. The
urch-place), and a cab-stand in the street. .,The stetirn-boat iier-bad not yet been completed, owing to
prosecutrix objected to repeat the words used by the circumstances. The toll had inefeased during the last
policeman, before committing the offence, but said she six months by 376/.; the amount received for toll during
should not mind writing them. She was accordingly the half-year was 5,8631. es. ad. In conclusion, the
furnished with pen and paper, by which this part of committee recommended a dividend at the rate of 16s. per
the examination was rendered complete. She ap- share. After a short discussion, the report was adopted,
peared to write very well. and thanks were voted to the chairman, when the busi-
The prosecutrix was cross-examined by Mr. Lewis, ness terminated.
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policeman,h about half-past
the solicitor, to whom she was compelled to admit three no% 1 ocAkli thAvre.—A
leaving Uxbridge,n
that, from the age of 14, when a gentleman eloped eanmdorknninogwionfgTouemsdlyo,
bsaewsutswo. men
with her from her parents at Bristol, and seduced characters, they having been several times convictedieiouosf
her, she had led a life of profligacy up to the time of offences, he watched them for some time, and eventually
her marriage, at the age of 16. She would not deny questioned them, and, their answers being most evasive
that she had been unfaithful to her husband (who and unsatisfactory, he took them to the station-house.
was in Court), and, to crown the whole, confessed There was found in the pockets of one a gun, such as is
that she slept with another gentleman, the night used by poachers, taken to pieces, and a bag of shot, and
after the alleged rape and assault in Church-place. on the other a powder flask, containing a quantity of
She stated that she was 24 years of age. powder. The Uxbridge bench fined them in the full
Mr. TIVYFORD said, after the admissions which had
penalty of 51. each. In default both prisoners were coal-
been made by the prosecutrix, he did not think he : mitted to hard labour in the House of Correction for one
mouth each.

The prisoner said, in answer to the charge, that he
aryl his mates had observed the prosecutor and the
lady who accompanied him in a position which implied
great indelicacy, and that on his speaking to the pro-
secutor on the subject, the latter struck him a violent
blow, which knocked him down, and afterwards se-
verely kicked him. It had been his own intention
to give the prosecutor into custody, but his inten-
tions had unfortunately been anticipated by his oppo-
nent.

Mr. BINGHAM asked him what he was, and what
he was doing in the field at that time of night ? The
prisoner said that he was out of work at present, and
had gone to the field with his mates to keep watch, in
order to prevent persons conducting themselves as the
prosecutor had.
The policeman who had the case in hand said, that
the neighbourhood was infested with fellows who
were in the habit of prowling about for the purpose
of making - similar false charges against respectable
persons of both sexes who were obliged to pass that
way, in order to extort money from them.
Mr. BINGHAM on this said, that however distressing
it might be to the lady's feelings to attend in such a
case, yet, as the prisoner positively denied the state-
ment made by the prosecutor, it was absolutely neces-
sary to hear her evidence, and he therefore requested
that she might be sent for.
gentle-
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lady-like
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in the India-house, attended, and fully confirmed
haterveorfya
the account given by the prosecutor as to the cause
of their momentary stoppage, and added, that t
being assailed by the prisoner and his companions
with a shower of brickbats, she called out for the
police, upon which one of the men seized hold of a
small work-basket she was carrying in her hand, and
turned it completely over. She would not go so far
as to say that the men had robbed her, but her cambric
handkerchief and purse, which were in the basket at
the time, were both loit.
The prisoner, in confirmation of his statement,
called one of his companions, who gave a similar
version of the affair to that which the prisoner had
given, but with such a manifest appearance of false-
hood, that
Mr. BINGHAM expressed his entire disbelief of all
he had stated, and ordered him to be detained, in order
that the prosecutor (who had been obliged by pro-
fessional business to leave the Court) might be con-
sulted as to indicting him for perjury.
The MAGISTRATE then said the prisoner had been
guilty of a most abominable outrage, greatly aggra-
vated by the false and cruel slander which he had at •
tempted to fix upon two persons of undoubted re,
spectability. He had no doubt whatever that he and
his mates were lurking about the spot to assail the
passengers with similar disgusting accusations, and
thereby work upon their fears and extort money from
them. In order to put a stop to such an infamous
system, he should impose upon the prisoner the full
penalty of 51., or in default of payment he should
commit him to the House of Correction for a month.
The money was not forthcoming, and the prisoner
was removed in the van.
Jane Dowling, the mother. of the little girl Jane
Kingston, whose complaint against the schoolmistress
of the workhouse of the Bethnal-green Union we in-
serted in yesterday's paper, attended iii Court and
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workhouse on the om the Court to the
reee
evening, the master of
stated, that An her return
the house rata her that herself and children should be
;-ding
in confinement, by themselves, until the case
-which had been sent to the sessions had been finally
decided. She remonstrated against his so doing, and
told him that she should return back to the Court and
mention the circumstance to the Magistrate. The
master answered, that in that case she must take
all her children out with her, which she said she
was willing to do ; but one of the overseers, who was
standing by, said he should not allow the children to
be taken out of their warm beds at that time of night,
and that if she was resolved to go out of the house,
she must go out alone. She said, that rather than be
shut up by herself, she would prefer going out ; and a
messenger was then sent up to the place in which her
husband was, who brought him down stairs with
him, and they were both turned out of the house.
Under these-circumstances, she wished to know what
she was to do, as she considered that she had been
very harshly treated, having committed no other of
fence than that of taking the Proceedings on the pre-
ceding day on behalf of her child, who had been so
ill-used.

Mr. BINGIIAM said that he had no jurisdiction
whatever over the internal regulations of the work-
house ; but from the woman's own statement she had
left the house at her own particular request. If,
however, she had been unfairly treated, he should
direct instructions to be given to her how to make
out a written statement of her complaint, which she,
had only to take immediately to the Commissioners
at Somerset-house, and it would be thoroughly in-
quired into, and if anything wrong had been done, he
felt quite satisfied that she would have redress af-
forded her.

The applicant thanked the .magistrate, and went
into the waiting-room adjoining the court.
Henry Miller, William Johnson Thompson, and his
wife and daughter, and Samuel and Charlotte Edge,
whose former; examinations on almost innumerable
charges of fraud and felony in all parts of the metro-
polis wo have before noticed, were brought up for
final examination, and, the cases against them having
all been completed, the depositions were ordered to be
taken, and the prisoners were fully committed to
Newgate for trial.

could entertain any further the very serious charge
which she had made.
The Court was densely crowded throughout the
ezamination, principally by police-constables. The
prisoner is said to have borne a good character in the
force, and some few months since distinguished him-
self by t eking a person into custody in spite of the
interference of a superior officer, who happened to be
a friend of the offender, and who was, consequently,
punished and further suspended.
MAR YLEBONE.
CHANGE AGAINST APoucf SERGRANT.—Otho Stead,
one of the sergeants of the D division of police, was
brought before Mr. Long this morning, at the request of
the Commissioners of Police; charged with having im-
properly taken into custody Mr. John Brumister, a bar-

Mr. Brumister was charged at this Court before Mr.
Ravvlinson, on Monday, with having assaulted a cabman,
and with drunken and disorderly conduct, by Sergeant
Stead and another police-constable, and he was fined
40s. for the assault on the cabman, and 40s. for being
drunk.

The charge against the sergeant occupied a consider-
able time, and a great number of witnesses were exa-
mined, but they did not substantiate the charge.
Mr. LoNO stopped the case. He regretted that a
gentleman in the complainant's station of life had
thought proper to prefer such a charge. The sergeant
would have been blameable bad he not taken him into
custody. He should, therefore, dismiss the charge.
Stead is one of the steadiest and best behaved men in
the division.

WORSHIP-STREET.
On Thursday a ruffianly-looking fellow, named
Johnson, was charged with violently assaulting Mr.
Everington, a surgeon residing at Hackney.
The prosecutor stated, that at eight o'clock the
preceding evening he was walking in company of a
lady through the public footpath leading from Hag-
gerstone towards his own residence, when the lady's
veil happened to waft forward by the wind and be-
came entangled with the union pin in his stock.
Whilst in the act of dieeugaging it the prisoner and
several other blackguards came out of an adjoining
field and pelted them with stones and brickbats, one
of which struck hire a violent blow on the back of his
head.