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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30,1 844.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.

GLOBE.—We resume our notice of Lord Lynd-
hurst's Act for simplifying the transfer of property.
We have already expressed our opinion of its gene-
ral merits, but it has incidental excellences which
demand special acknowledgment. Besides the drastic
purgative which will doubtless work so wholesome an
effect upon indentures generally, Lord Lyndhurst,
with that elephantine dexterity which loves to disport
itself even with the picking up of a stray needle,
has bent himself to the " more private and particu-
lar" requirements which occasionally befal us. For
instance, it would sometimes happen that a score
brothers and sisters might suddenly find themselves
in common possession of a single patrimonial acre. As
the undivided twentieth part or share of the aforesaid
one acre would not furnish the most perfectly exclusive
and unmolested title or enjoyment, it was not unusual
for some mutual understanding to be come to upon
the subject, without troubling the already over-worked
profession of the law. But Lord Lyndhurst, well know-
ing that so long as Lord Brougham lives, it is every
man's own fault if he is too much overburthened with
engagements, has provided that for the future, no
partition, exchange, or assignment shall be valid at
law unless by deed. This law has one very great
advantage, which does not always belong to Acts of
Parliament. It is certain to be obeyed.' As no con-
veyancer for the last twenty years has effected these
arrangements by any other means, there is no doubt
they will readily obey Lord Lyndhurst's com-
mands that it shall always be so done for the future.
.To be sure there would occasionally occur cases—at
least we used to be told so—in which the best drawn
deed could not be fully relied on ; and the old hands
liked to have the further powers of the common law
to fall back upon. But this was very unsatisfactory,
as we can easily show by a precisely parallel case. A
friend of ours once observed to us the facility with
which the human body could balance itself under al-
most any contingency. He threw himselfin to a variety
of attitudes in proof of his position. We showed him
at once that all this ingenuity was very unnecessary,
Iby laying him flat on the floor. And Lord Lynd-
hurst, having, we have no doubt, made up his own
mind that the old common law principles and appli-
ances will never be wanted, has provided not only
that they shall not be used, but that they shall cease
to exist. There is a decisiveness, a final settlement,
about this kind of legislation, which we relish ex-
ceedingly ; and of which we have seen very little of
late years. We did our best, as every one knows, to
defend the Whigs ; but we must confess that their
Real Property Acts were very different things
from Lord Lyndhurst's. It took them a
long Act of some ninety odd sections to substitute
'other modes of assurance for the old system of
fines and recoveries. To say, as Lord Lyndhurst
does, that you shall not transfer at all, is a far "sim-
pler" way of doing the thing. And they were s.
wedded to system. They never went out of their way
to leave the thing they were doing. If you took up
an Act, you knew at once what was its object, and
never expected to find stuffed into some odd corner
a section about any other Matter. To he sure, they
reaped the field of real property legislation pretty
'clean—we are glad to be able to say that ; but
'Lird Lyndhurst takes whatever he can come at, and
'gleans up even the wild wheat, and a good deal of
it too,. There always used to be a great deal of mys-
tery about contingent interests and reversions, and
'all 'that sort of thing. No one- knew what could be
done with them, or who could do it. Nay, • sonie of
our legal Gamaliels say even now, that they cannot
make head or tail of Lord Lyndhurst's measure. But
with submission, this is carrying conveyance crocheti-
ness a little too far. It must be obvious that "any person"
is now competent to convey anything, the only pre -re-
quisite being, that it shall not be quite certain that he has
anything to convey. The disabilities of infancy and
coverture are, of course intentionally, abolished at a
sweep—as to uncertain interests. There seems, in
fact, hut one point on which to hang a doubt. The
interpretation clause informs us that the word 'per-
son shall _ extend to a corporation as well as to
an individual." Now, which of these is a cor-
poration sole ? 'Will his Lordship be so good
as to tell the public. Is the Bishop of London an
individual ? Johnson, we know, says that an indi-
vidual is a fellow. This creates the only difficulty
we feel. For the rest, we are clear, that how-
ever remote the contingency, General Tom Thumb
may, under the Act, convey whatever expectant in-
terest he has in being shown some fine day for a hip-
popotamus. The operation of the Act is to com-
mence under the auspices of the new year. But
there is one boon for which, as it is no doubt
of great advantage, our hopes must be de-
ferred somewhat longer. We - refer to the re-
conveyance of mortgaged estates by the mortgagee's
executors. This it seems is not to be allowed " until
no action or suit shall be depending." This really
is an euphuism of which we did not suspect Lord
Lyndhurst could be guilty. Why not Latter Lam-
mas at once? And besides, even suppose we
could venture so far into the wilderness of con-
jecture as to hint that the " suit" ought to have
something to do with the subject matter
(which, as the Act does not say, no judge could
listen to fur a moment), there is still a sad want
of precision. It is not for us to say whether or not a
suit is to be considered as "depending during the
half-dozen days' interval between his Lordship's pro-
nouncing a decree and the appeal to the House of
Lords. We are sorry for these blemishes. We are
sure the public would have forgiven Lord Lyndhurst,
is the five lines which he has rendered unnecessary in
all future conveyances had been lumped once for all
in the Act itself.

STANDARD.—The person who calls himself
Captain Warner, has, after some weeks' deliberation,
published a most impertinent attack on Sir Howard
Douglas, in reference to the remarks he made in the
House of Commons, on the opinions falsely ascribed
to him, in reference to Mr. Warner's invention ; in
which he insinuates that Sir Howard endeavoured
to get possession of his secret, for the
purpose of obtaining for himself the' premium
to which it might be considered entitled !
llad not Mr. Warner already put himself out of court
by boasting of feats during the • last war, of which
there not only exists no record, but which every man
of science proclaims to have been physically impos-
sible, we should hardly have insulted Sir H. Douglas
so far as to have weighed his assertions against the
grave statement of a gentleman of such uimpeachable
veracity and worth as that officer. ' Mr. Warner's con-
duct has, however, rendered such course unnecessary;
several of his statements in support of his inven-
tion having been shown to be unfounded. We all
of us remember the boast of the leaper of Rhodes, and
cannot but place Alr. Warner's destruction of the two
French privateers and the performances of his " long
range" during the last " war," of which there are no
records, oral or written, in the same category of achieve-
ments. Mr. Warner has destroyed his own credit with
the Government by attempting to prove too much,
and he has therefore only himself to blame for the want
of confidence which they have exhibited. The only
proof he has yet given of his acquaintance with the
" long range ' is to be found in his grandiloquent
accounts of the feats he professes to have performed.
But for his cupidity in requiring a larger sum for
making the proposed experiment than it could or
ought to have cost, the Government would,
it is clear' have afforded him an opportunity of
making good his boast ; but if the destruction, on
his principle, of an empty vessel of two or three hun-
dred tons, can only be effected at the cost at which he
has estimated it, his shell will clearly prove too expensive
an operation for general use. We need say nothing of
the absurdity of supposing, that as it is indispensable
that a certain number of persons in every fleet should
be made the depositories of his secret, it could long
remain unknown. Nay, it is all but certain that the
very fragments of the missiles themselves would carry
with them evidence sufficient of the nature of the
agent employed. Mr. Warner is angry with the,
Standard for not placing faith in the rhodomontade
in which he has indulged on the miraculous nature
of his inventions, but still more for its announcement
a few days ago, that the Government had declined his
proposal to destroy a ship off the Goodwin Sands
(which he does not deny), and which he affirms they
may hereafter regret. We may add, in conclusion,
that the insolent tone adopted by Mr. Warner to-
wards all those gentlemen who have expressed an un-
favourable opinion of his pretensions (some of them
officers, like Sir Howard Douglas, possessing most
complete knowledge of the science of their profession),
is little calculated to remove the impression to which
his absurd vaunts, unsupported by a tittle of evidence,
have given rise.

DEATH OF THE CHAMBERLAIN OF THE CITY OP
LONDON.—We regret to have to announce that Sir
William Heygate, Bart., Chamberlain of the City of
London,died on Wednesday, at Roecliffe, Leicestershire, in
the 63d year of his age. The deceased Baronet was
only elected to the Chamberlainship about fifteen months
since. Mr. Alderman Brown has offered himself a can-
didate fur the vacant office.

SUICIDE.—On Wednesday Mr. Walcley held an
inquest at the Middlesex Hospital on the body of Anne
Baker, aged. 60, wife of Mr. Baker, shoemaker, 16,
Great St. James-street, Lisson-grove. From the evi-
dence of Messrs. Batteley and Bishop, house-surgeons
of the hospital, and several other witnesses, it appeared
that the deceased had for years, and especially daring
the last six months, suffered greatly from a pain in her
head. About nine o'clock last Sunday night she put a
baby she was nursing to bed, and, taking the candle,
went to the attic, where a window opened upon the roof,
which she ascended, and, passing to the adjoining one,
flung herself over the parapet wall into the street. In
her descent she fractured the sternum and both arms,
broke several ribs, and "gloved the liver. Her body
was otherwise frightfully mongleil. She was brought to
the hospital, when she ,almoat" instantly expired. The
jury returned a verdict " that the fle.cessed had destroyed
herself, but that there wiiit no tp,ittlenco of her state of
mind when she.did do. -

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Aug. 29.
(Before Mr. Commissioner PANE.)
There were a considerable number of cases of insol •
vents for hearing before his Honour, but as they were all
unopposed, nothing of interest was elicited in the course
of the proceedings.
In the case of an application in the matter of
Adams, an insolvent, the solicitor for the creditors
stated, that the official assignee had refused to take pos-
session of the insolvent's furniture, and he therefore
hoped that his Honour would allow a creditors' assignee
to be appointed.
Mr. Commissioner PANE said he did not wish to inter-
fere with the duties of the official assignees, for they
were not, in such cases, remunerated for their labo-ars,
and he had no power of ordering such remuneration to
be granted them. If it happened, also, that the official
assignee bad created a difficulty by taking property not
belonging to the insolvent, he (the Commissioner) conid
not afford protection from the consequences of the error.
He therefore, in such cases, allowed them to act for
themselves.
The Solicitor said that he wished merely that his
Honour would allow a creditor's assignee to be ap-
pointed.
Mr. Commissioner PANE had mistaken the appli-
cant. He thought the application was that he (the
Commissioner) should give certain instructions to the
official assignee. The late Act was so indefinite upon
the subject, indeed, he might say, so apparently opposed
to reason and to common sense; that he had considerable
difficulty in explaining it. It stated that the creditor's
assignee was to be appointed after the passing of the
final order, so that, in effect, the persons who ought to
watch over and conduct the proceedings for the benefit
of the creditors was only to be appointed after the busi-
ness was over. He (Mr. Commissioner Fane) had no
objection to name a day for appointing an assignee, but
there were so many Acts now bearing on the subject that
it was exceedingly difficult to steer between them.
The Solicitor suggested that his Honour might rescind
the final order.

The HoN. COMMISSIONER said the process was tedious
and unsatisfactory. He would, however, appoint a day
for the naming of a creditors' assignee, but, they must
adhere as closely as possible to the forms and practice of
the Court of Bankruptcy.
The subject then dropped.
Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque did not sit till a late
hour.

SUMMER ASSIZES.
NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Aug. 27.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.)
WOOD V. MONK.

The trial of this case was resumed this morning, and
several witnesses were examined on behalf of the de-
fendant, from whose evidence it appeared, that what-
ever might heve been the conduct of the defendant, that
of the plaintiff was by no means without blame. It was
sworn that he was in the habit of beating and -otherwise
grossly ill-treating his wife ; that he had been in the
habit of consorting with other women to the neglect of
his own wife, and had behaved altogether in such a man-
ner as to leave little or no hope of obtaining more than
nominal damages, if that, at the hands of the jury. The
Learned Counsel on both sides seemed to think that it
was high time the disgusting detail was put an end to,
and the controversy was at length closed by both parties
consenting to withdraw a juror. A juror was accord-
ingly withdr awn, and no verdict given for either, each
party being left to pay his own costs.
WILLOCK V. GREEN THr YOUNGER.
This was an action to recover damages for an assault
and battery committed by the defendant upon the
plaintiff:
Mr. Roebuck and Mr. Cardell appeared for the plain-
tiff, and Mr. Martin for the defendant.
It appeared that the plaintiff.wasn servant in the em-
ploy of a Mr. Siingshy, and acted as a cattle-driver to
that gentleman, who, it seems, is an extensive agricul-
turist in Yorkshire. The defendant is the son of a
cattle dealer, who, on the day of the assault, had, toge-
ther with his falter and the plaintiff, been at a cattle
show at Fishpool to exhibit their stock. It happened
that the defendant's father succeeded in obtaining a
prize, to the disappointment of the plaintiff. There did
not, however, appear to have been any between
them; but having aftera ards adjourned to an inn, as
they were standing in the yard the plaintiff drew his
whip across the legs of the defendant's father, saying at
the same time, -17-eo up, old boy." The defendant's
father said, " Don't do that again, my legs are sere."
On which
,the plaintiff said, " I beg pardon, I won't."
" Then don't," said the other. Plaintiff replied, " I don't
mean to hurt you," and they shook hands, and went into
the inn and sat down at the table. Some time after the
landlord went out, and meeting the defendant said,
" Here's old Willock been whipping your father." On
which the defendant ran into the house and was about to
beat the plaintiff. One of the company said, " No, no,
you must not do that," and prevented him. On which
the defendant took up one of two heavy metal candle-
sticks which stood on the table, and hurled it at the
plaintiff as if he had thrown it at a bullock. The candle-
stick struck the plaintiff in the face, cut his cheek and
mouth, and knocked out two of his teeth, which dropped
into his hand. His mouth bled for two or three hours,
and the next morning was so swollen that he was unable
to eat.

Mr. MARTIN addressed the jury for the defendant, and.
contended that the whole of them were a rough set of
people, who could not be expected to deal as gently with.
each other as men in a better state of society ; and he
believed that the plaintiff would never have stirred in
the matter if it had not been for Slingsby, who probably
was chagrined more by his cattle being beaten by the
defendant than he was by the plaintiff's teeth being
knocked out, and h 7 hoped the jury would think very
small damages sufficient in the case.
The Learned Juvau
. summed up the case, and in re•
ference to what had fallen from the Learned Counsel re-
specting the gentleness of the parties, observed that
perhaps the jury would think that—
Who drives tame oxen should himself be tame,"
and ought not to conduct himself as if he were driving
wild bulls.
The jury consulted for a minute. and returned a ver-
dict for the plaintiff—Damages, 10/.
CROWN SlDE.—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.)
Timothy. o'l3l ien was indicted for cutting and wound-
ing Will:am Jones.
Mr. Cardwell was fur the prosecution ; Mr. Wilkins
for the defence.
The prosecutor was, it appeared, in the month of June
last, an assistant to the officer or the Borough Court of
Liverpool, and on the 11th of that month he
his superior, and some others, to execute
went with
a
pursuant to a judgment in eject-
lnrnt prisoner in the Borough
thiojabfntpaa(li)insaesned,s
(gol
Court of Liverpool. I he prisoner kept a provision shop
in Charter-street, in this town. On -Shanahan going
into the shop,,before he could produce his warrant, he
was attacked by the assistant with an iron bar, such as
his assi:itanee, .ere assailed by the de-
that with which they taste shutters, and the tither offi-
knife, and driven from the shop. It
large
eral of them were wounded. The pro-
secutor had the thumb of his left hand cut clean away.
He had a frightful gash quite across the palm of his
rigwas for some time seriously
Guilty of woundin neck, and other injuries, He
with intent to maim and do
grievous
nbd a
o,
dilsyt stab ina the.—g ,harm.—Sentence was deferred.

August 28.
The Lord Chief Baron finished du) Crown business of
these assizes yesterday afternoon, and leaves fur London
this mornino-.
The civil business will not be completed for several
days, as, at the rising of the Court last evening, there
remained for disposal no less than 24 common and 12
special jury cases. Mr. Justice Cresswell has now been
sitting nearly ,a fortnight.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
SENTENCES AND SESSIONAL RESULTS.
The following are the principal sentences, results, and
adjudications of the Court at the late session :
TRANSPORTATION BEYOND TUE SEAS.
Fur Life—W. Scarborough, W. Watts, J. Wildley, J.
Ashford, J. E. Lingard, P. Larkin, J. Middleditch.
For Twenty Years—Sackville Sackville.
For Fifteen Years—J. Ingram, alias Walker, G. Ed-
wards, W. Fisher. _
Fur Fourteen Years---J. Smith.
For Twelve Years—B. Jones and Elizabeth Jones.
For ten Years—C. Ottenday, T. Woodcock. J. Tenni-
son, J. Beaumont, P. Yellen, J. Errice, R. Mullett, W.
Woodward, B. Scruthorpe, C. Manning, H. Harrison,
W. Wright, T. Bintle, T. Brown, G. Gray, J. Davis, F.
Beth Dubois, Jane Robinson,
Rider, and IL
For Seven Years—Maria Lewis, Mary Burk, Eliza.-
Cart-
wright; R. Wilson, A. Hallifax, C. Salmon, W. Harvey,
J. Fitzgerald, S.
J. Barratt, J. Bushell, W. Bradshaw, J. Jones, G.
Goulding.
Death Recorded Against—W. Berridge.
The undermentioned were sentenced to imprisonment
and hard labour in the Houses of Correction fur the
counties where their offences where alleged to have been
committed, for the following periods, viz.:—

For Three Years—T. Wfiite.
For Two Years—Faith Bowerman, Sarah Hyland, C.
Lamb, T. Clements. •
For Eighteen Months—J. Sullivan.
For One Year—Mary Woodman, J. Portsmouth,
Mary Ann DaVies, W. Mackintosh, J. Wiston, J. It.
Downes, E. D. Vine, B. Williams, W. Bamfield, G.
Doughty, J. Stnith,'R. Cole, W. Morgan, J. Barrett, J.
Brown, J. Faller, G. Hatwell, Ann Stevinson, C. Davis,
J. Jones, E. Howe, W. Morgan, G. Hagan, J. Smith,
J. R. Downes.
For Nine Months—J. M•Donald,.E. Gurling, J.-Lacey,
W. Burton, Mary Eyre, W. Robinson, J. Joyce, T.
Bridgon, S. Carter, T. Murphy, B. Allen, Ellen Murphy,
Emma Cook, H. White.
For Eight Months—A. Menzie, T. Whelan, T. Brown.
For Six Mon:lts—Ann Wilson, H. Smith, G. Smith,
Ellen Dearle, J. Hodges, Mary Donovan, Mary Lock,
Mary Jakine, Ann Thompson, Mary Ann Smith, Jane
,
Smith, T. Smith, J. Baker, J. J. J.. La Roche, W.
Duncan, W. Hickey, D. Mulleday, Mary Ann Smith, J.
Henderson L. Phillis, M. Mitchell, W. Mullins, R.
Rawlinson, J. Barker,pW. W. Dawson, J. Wright, G. Ben-
nett, W. Henderson, .T. Roberts, C. Harris, J. Boyle, J.
Lovell, J. Bull, 13. Hall, R. Doyle, W. Smith, J. Barber,
W. Powers, J. Weeks, W. Jones, F. Whiten, H.
Hutchings, W. Evans,
J. Kirby, J. Ryan, 3. Williams,
J. Phillips.
For Four Months —Julia Bailey, Eliza Wilson, Ann
Page, J. Tunnicliffe, S. T. Burroughs, T. Davis, C.
Smith, T. Hurtwayte, T. Smith, T. Hunt, and S. Tilley.
For Three Months—T. Bullen, C. Norman, Harriet '
Smith, Eliza Alpin, Harriet Thompson, Charlotte
Thompson, Harriet Griffiths, Agnes Fitzgerald, Jane
Kenney, Ann Fitzgerald, Mary A. Mortimer, R. Sutton,
W. Payne, W. Honor, G. Collins, T. B3rtrum, Mary
Crawley, Ann Stevenson, Louisa Goulon, Jane Grey,
W. Stevenson, C, 11. Thompson, T. Blackburn, T.

Thomms, S. Pearce, W. Alicock, C. Collier, W. Cole, G.
Collins, W. Neville, R. Johnson, C. Beaumont, P. Law-
less, T. Hughes, W. Thackam, T. Whitbread, T. Marks,
T. Kirby, T. Brown, T. Clark, T. Moore, T. Hurlhy,
Ann Fowler, and 11. Pratt.
For Two Months—Mary Beardman, L. Carroll, W.
Johnson, W. Murphy, and C. Lewis.
Imprisoned and kept to hard labour one month
Imprisonment in Neagate for fourteen days and under 10
Privately whipped and discharged 2

Judgments resiiited upon _ 11
Acquitted by petit jury
Discharged by proclamation on ignored bills
Acquitted on the ground of insanity I

Traversed to the next session .

Fined

Discharged on rccognizances to appear 1
The Court, at its rising, adjourned till Monday, the
16th of September 'text.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.

A young man of respectable connexions and good
previous character, named George Hay, was brought
before Alderman Wood, charged with several acts of
embazzlement and larceny.
Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prosecution, and
stated that the prisoner was a clerk in the house of
Melville, Wise, and Co. of Broad-street, merchants,
and also clerk to Mr:Melville, of that firm, as an
underwriter, on his own account, and he contrived
to appropriate considerable sums by under-casting in
the books the amount of moneys received upon the
part of the firm, and over-casting the amount of pay •
ments. The books were produced, and the in-
genuity of the prisoner was described, and it appeared
that he had contrived for some time to carry on the
deception, sometimes keeping 91. or 101. out of 301. or
401. which he had received for the firm. _ _

Mr. E. S. Biddome, clerk to Messrs. Cruikshank,
Melville, and Co., Austin Friars, stated that Mr.
Melville, of that firm, and the firm of Broad-street
also, acted as an underwriter. The prisoner re-
ceived moneys due to Mr. Melville on his under-
writing account. Witness knew Mr. John Young,
who owed en account to Mr. Melville. The prisoner
was in the habit of attending at Lloyd's, and accus-
tomed to receive cheques to the account of Mr.
Melville, to be taken to the firm of Crookshank,
Melville, and Co., and to be carried to Mr. Melville's
account in that house. The book produced was
called the bank-book of that firm, in which was
entered the receipt of every cheque received, and it
appeared that there was no account of a cheque of
221. 2s. 9d. entered by the prisoner, as paid by Mr.
Young; but the prisoner had entered it on the 31st
of October, 1843, in the insurance-book, as having
received it on that day.
Mr. E. Serle, boat-builder, stated that he knew the
prisoner. In October last, the prisoner owed him
between 6/. and IL for the hire of boats, and he re-
ceived the cheque for 22/. 2s. 9d. from a waterman
of the name of Elliott, and the witness's brother
wrote the name of Cocks (his banker) upon it, and
the difference between the amount of the cheque and
the demand upon the prisoner was paid about six days
after, as the cheque was paid.
John Elliott stated that he was coxswain of the
Neptune Club, of which the prisoner was a member.
In October he received a cheque from the prisoner,
who requested him to pay Mr. Serle his account and
bring him the balance, and afterwards witness re-
ceived the difference from Mr. Serle, and paid it to
the prisoner.
Mr. IV. Ward, clerk to Messrs. Cruikshank, Mel-
ville, and Co., produced the hank-book of the firm,
and said that no cheque was brought to him on the
12th of October, or at any other time, by the prisoner
for 221. 2s. 9d.

Some other cases were gone into, but in conse-
quence of the absence of some persons who had posi•
tively refused to come forward,
Alderman WooD directed that summonses should
be issued to those parties to attend on Tuesday and
give evidence.
Joseph H. Clarbourn, a City policeman, stated that
he took the prisoner into custody on Wednesday
week at Richmond, at the Whitecross Hotel. He had
a man with him who appeared to be his servant, and
he had two horses at the Talbot. Witness told him
what he was charged with, apd prisoner said he
thought it would be better to tell the whole truth.
It appeared that the prisoner, who is but twenty-
two years old, had been living f.►r beyond his means,
and that the amount of which he had plundered his
employer was about 4501.
A person here stated that he had a horse and gig
which the prisoner had left at his stable.
The prisoner stated that he had no property at all
in the horse and gig.
He was remanded till Tuesday next.

The complainant stated, that the prisoner was a
lodger in his house, and that for some time past he
had grounds for supposing that his wife and the pri-
soner were on very intimate terms, as he (complainant)
was compelled to be absent from home on business
very frequently. His fears with regard to their
intimacy were verified, for on returning home on
Monday week he found that his wife had gone off
with the prisoner, taking with them a quantity of
property, principally consisting of clothes. He lost
no time in making inquiries, and at lE ngth discovered
that the guilty pair had taken lodgings in Charles-
street, Blackfriars-road, where they passed as man
and wife, and occupied the same bed-room. As com-
plainant found seycral boxes at the lodging with his
property in them, he gave the prisoner into custody.
Evidence was then adduced to show, that at the
time the complainant's wife absconded from home the
prisoner assisted in the removal of the goods-, and also
to show that he and she were living together as man
and wife in the lodging they occupied, after their
flight from complainant's house.

'The complainant was cross-examined by the pri-
soner's solicitor with a view to show that the wife left
home with his consent, and that he had desired her to
quit his house and to take her things with her on the
morning she left home. The complainant, however,
denied that such was the fact and declared that he was
amazed and shocked on finding she had gone off with
the prisoner.
The complainant's wife was in attendance and ab-
solved the'prisoner from all blame in the transaction.
She was prepared to take all the responsibili:y of the
act upon herielf, so as the prisoner was acquitted of
the charge.
The prisoner, through his solicitor, declared that he
was led to believe that the complainant and his wife
had agreed to a separation, and that he was not even
aware of the description of property removed by the
wife.

The MAGISTRATE said that an opportunity should be
afforded the complainant of prosecuting the prisoner if
he thought a jury would convict, and for that purpose
he should make the defendant enter into his own re •
cognizance in 1001., and find sureties of SOL, to appear
at that Court the day preceding the next Central
Criminal Court sessions.

A young man, dressed like a drover, who gave the
name of Williain Franklin, 3, M‘Dowall-rlace, White-
more-road, Hoxton, wes placed before Mr. Alderman
Hunter, on a charge of stealing from the person of James
Ward, an Irish pig dealer, the sum of 741. 10s.
The prosecutor said that he was a pig dealer, from
Drogheda, and had sold in Leighton Market, on Tues-
day last, a lot of pigs, for 751. 14s. 64. He met the pri-
soner there, and was persuaded by him to come as IHr
as Watford by the railway. They there got drinking,ami
commenced to walk up towards London. They over-
took a Waggon, and the prisoner said they wete
tired, and asked if th y might ride. The
waggoner consented, and the prosecutor and prisoner
stt pped inside, the driver sitting on the outside. The
prosecutor fell asleep, and awakened at a 'few minutes
before six in the waggon, which had.
and
at the Ram-
yard, in Smithfield, between one'nd two that same
morning. He found the prisoner gone, and his money,
*amounting he thought to 74/. 10s., gone also. The money
was in two purses ; one contained a tO/. note, three 5/.
notes, and a sum in gold. The other purse contained
the silver. He could not say how much gold or silver
there was. He gave information of the robbery to po-
lice-constable 215, and described the prisoner, who,
within half an hour, was taken by that officer.. •
City. police-constable, 215, said that he observed the
priSoner walking across Smithfield towards the " Ram,"
ain: took him into Custody. When searched, he had in
a purse 341. in pld, and 21. Bs. ad. in silver.' He gave
his proper address at the station-house, and witness
afterwards ascertained that he had been home, leaving
the prosecutor asleep in the waggon. There was a key
found upon him which, he said, opened his trunk. He
also stated that he had left it in some public-house in
Hoxton, but could not say where. The trunk, he ad-
mitted, contained a large sum of moncy.,

Alderman HUNTER said he should. remand the case
till Wednesday, and directed the constable to look after
the waggoner, and, if possible, find out the trunk de-
scribed by the prisoner.

PERIPATETIC PREACHERS.—The quiet parish of
Glcnbucket, where all the parishioners have adhered to
the Established Church, had, the other week, a visit from
one of those peregrinating parsons who have been sent
from-the south to enlighten the darkness of this northern
quarter of the kingdom. On Sunday fortnight, a Free
Church preacher in a neighbouring parish came to pre-
pare the way—an advanced post, or a straw thrown up
to give notice how the wind blew in the district of Glen-
bucket, lie, however, stood "alone in his glory ;" few
went to listen to the worthy man's ministrations. On
the Wednesday a body of cavalry was observed ap-
aroaching from Towie. The good folks had got notice,
on Sunday, that a certain southern pulpiteer would visit
them, but the crowd that now approached looked more
as if an attempt was to be made to spread the Gospel by
the arm of flesh, than like the quiet, meek manner o
modern days. The fears of the people on this score—
if any existed—were, however, soon dispelled. It was
found that no hostility was intended—no forcing of
creeds, or the only alternative, cold steel into their sto-
machs. The crowd that appeared on horseback was
only composed of quiet, peace-loving people—a
peripatetic audience accompanying the peripatetic
preacher; the latter worthy, having anticipated
that he would get few to appreciate his eloquence in
Glenbucket, and thinking it a pity that so much breath
should be lost to the world, took the wise precaution of
carrying a congregation along with him. It is a common
way and a good plan. It makes scarcity of, attendance
less apparent, and numbers more conspicuous.—Aberdeen
Hera.

FATAL CURIOSITY.—TRYING WHAT TILE SENSA-
TION OF HANGING IS.—On Saturday night last, C.
Swann, Esq held an inquest at Mr. Smith's, the sign
of the Wrestlers,
Sneinton, on the body of Frederick
Smith, 14 years of age. It appeared deceased was Mr.
Willard Morley's servant-boy, and was of a lively,
cheerful dispesition, happy in his place, and ne.t at al;
likely to commit suicide. Iti the evening of the day
Saville was executed, he askel Thomas Hallam, Mr.
Morley's farming-man, if he had been to see the exe-
cution ; he told deceased he had not, and here the con-
versation ended ; but the same morning, he said to Wm.
Keep, the farming-servant, " I wonder how that man
a ill feel as he was going to be hung." On Sa-
turday last it seems he determined to gratify,
this faish and dangerous curiosity, by trying an expe-
riment, which proved fatal to himself, as it has done to
many other thoughtless lads. William Straw, Mr.
Morley's gardener, deposed to telling deceesed to
water some trees about four o'clock in the af-
ternoon of Saturday, and to discovering him hanging
under a shed, in the orchard, ahem an hour and a halt'
aftere girds t. he gave an alarm and the body was
immediately cut down, but life was extinct t' his hands,
face, and arms were quite cold. Mr. Burrows, surgeon,
was soon in attendance, but of course all attempts to re-
store animation were fruitless. The witness Hallam saw
the cord was is four or five doubles, but was not quite
round deceased's neck, and the other end was fastened
round a spar of the shed.' His shirt, jacket collar, and
frock were between the cord and his neck, and the cord
was not in a running noose. The witness Hallam said
he believed deceased took the cord with which he hung
himself off a post, near to the shed. There is some
timber lying near to the place where he was hanging ;
witness thought, by some dirt which he saw, that de-
ceased had stood upon the timber to tie himself up, and
then swung himself off. The jury, having fully consi-
dered all the circumstances, returned the. following ver-
dict:—" Hung himself accidentally, in trying what the
sensation of hanging was, and not with an intention to
destroy himself."—Nottinyham Mercury.
SUICIDE OF A LADY AT ELTFlAM.—Throughout
the whole of Tuesday this little village was in a state of
the greatest excitement in consequence of the following
melancholy affair :—Shortly after twelve o'clock as a
yoUng man named Bently was crossing some fields of his
master's, he discovered a fashionable tuscan bonnet,
trimmed with blue and white satin ribbon, lying amongst
the rushes on the bank of a small but deep pond, which,
on picking up, he found contained a pocket and a number
of letters. These he took to his• master, oho sent for
Sergeant Osborn, 13 R, of the Eltham police, who pro-
ceeded to the pond, and from a number of female foot-
prints being round it he concluded that some one was in
the water. There being no drags in the village, he was
compelled to wait until a smith had made a brace of
hooks, with which, after a short period, he drew out the
body of a person, apparently a woman about 30 years of
age, but from the circumstance of there being a great
quantity of hair upon the chin he imagined it was a man
in woman's clothes. The body was conveyed to the
Crown Inn, Court-yard, Eltham, when it proved to be
that of a woman, and evidently had not been long in the
water, as a handkerchief in the hand was quite dry in
the palm. She was elegantly attired in a pale green
plaid silk gown, and cape to match, trimmed with black
blonde. • lier linen was marked " M. W. j," She had
also a valuable gold watch, name " Harlfriend, 157,
Regent-street." On a subsequent examination of the
pocket, it was found to contain a considerable sum in
• gold and silver, a letter addressed to her mother, "
Jackson, Hanover-street," several talkiresed to " Miss
Jackson," and others to her friends at Bath and Ber-
iek, taking a farewell of them. There was also a will
bequeathing property, to which she is entitled, to the
amount of Some thousands. Wednesday afternoon Mr.
C. J. Carttar, Coroner for West Kent, hilt] an int Fest
ou the body of the deceased, Miss Mary Ward Jackson,
aged thirty years. Mr. Isaac Henry Tym, of 13, Beau- •
fort-buildings, Strand, said he was well acquainted with
the deceased. On Sunday three weeks he dinA with
her f,t Osborne's Hotel, Adalphi. SNs was then very
unwell, and had ben so since last July. On Monday
witness heard that she was missing. He was satisfied
that her 'pied was impaired. After some further evi-
dence had been gone into, Mr. Alexander John Suther-
land, physician, of Fludyer-street, Westminster, said
he had seen deceased several times. She was decidedly
of unsound mind. Verdict —" Insanity."
WooDcocxs.—Last year we noticed that two wood-
cocks' nests were discovered in Melkinthorpe Woods, .
near Lowther, by Mr. George Harrison, gamekeeper to
the Earl of Lonadale, and that in both instances the eggs
were all hatched. At that time both Mr. Harrison and
his brother (his Lordship's principal gamekeeper) ex-
pressed their decided opinion that many of these delicate ,
birds, if unmolested in their favourite retreats after the
beginning of February, would become naturalised and
breed in this part of the country. In support of their
opinion we have now to report that five young birds,
strong upon the wing, were sprung a few days ago in the
same locality. As these woods are strictly and carefully
preserved, and seldom entered during the summer
months, probably many more breeds yet remain to be
discovered.—Lancaster Guardian. • • - • - I

MARKET NEWS. (YESTERTYO)
EAT TWIZZETS. 41;
Snirrn ! 'FIELD.—Coarse Meadow Bay, 31 10s t,
1 to
45

Useful ditto, 414 s to 4112 s ; fine Upland ditto, 41', li
51; Clover Hay, 4/ 155 to 6/6s ; Oat Straw, 1/65
8s ; Wheat Straw, I/ 8s to 1/ 10s per load.
average supply. and a heavy demand.
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 153 to 414/„11
Useful ditto, 416 s to 41 14s; fine Upland ditto, 41155
513 s ; Clover flay, 4/10s to 6/; Oat Straw, 117 s t°o
9s; Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to 11 12s per load. Sl*
gof.d, and trade dull.
WIIITECIIIPEL—Coarse MeadoW Hay, 31153 to 4,111
Useful ditto, 416 s to 4/ 125 ; fine Upland ditto, 41 lip
51; Clover Hay, 41 15s to 6/ 105 ; Oat Stray!, ,Jost
to 1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ 105 Per_Lft
Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at the ow" (
quotations. , • soi
New Meadow Hay sold at from 31 to 41; -
New Clover, 41 to 515 s per load. •

=MAT BICALEZZTS. d
SOUTHiLL, AUGUST 118.—The supply of each
fat stock on offer here to-day was, the time-of-year c,ll
ste'l
sidered, good. Prime old Downs commanded a 30
sale at fully last week's prices, but otherwise the 0,0,j
ruled dull. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 1041 ; Mutton, 2i '4;
to 4s ; Lamb, 3s 8d to 4s $d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 400
and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 8d per Bibs. to sink the „),
Supply :—Beasts, 51 ; Sheep and Lambs,
Calves, 50 ; Pigs, 60.
f try
ROMFORD, AUGUST 28.—Although the supplf °-5 od
this morning was rather limited, the general dero
ito
ruled inactive on the following terms :—Be',S.ffid
2s 8d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 45 ; g
to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Prork, 2/ tit
erges I
3s 8d per Blbs. Sucking Calves, 18s to 32s ;
old Store 16e to 20s; and .51B;4). Cows, with t"
small Calf,Thyet
161 to 191 each.
LEWES, AUGUST 27.—; from 2s 6d tn
Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s ; 3s 6d to 4s 6dt:4l
34 4d to 4s 2d ; ar..Cl Pork, 2s 6d to 31 6°
8113 s. Supply mokrate, and trade dull

CORN AVERAGES.
nt4'
ti EN ERA L AVER co
AGE PRICES OF BRITISH _pi ,
For the Weeit ended Auguit 24,1844. made up them the geL",l5,
tiie Inspectors ,n the different Cities and Towns in Ent,'"
Wales. per Imperial quarter.
'• • sia
Wheat....... 50i. 4d. 1 Oats ....».. 30s. 4tl.
335. 3d:l Rye ........ 365. lid 1. 1
Pea5e.......«
•FERAGIS OF THE LAST 1111 WEEK& ,001
Weeks ending.'wustat BAIRJALI oil's. 1 EEL SEAN&
July 51. 1 34 21 436 4 37 el at
37
27 62 9; 34 2 Mt 10 113 9. 3: 5
Aug. 3 5l 0' 34 'lO 20 3 37 I 34 1.
10 4B 10 34 41 20 1 35 9 35 w 1
17 ;49 1 34 6 20 0 36 11 • 116 • 7
24 5O 4 39 3 23 4 28 6.05 10 di
!MeIt:MAL AGIBILIOATE •TIZAORS OF THE XII
51.. ed. , Oats ..... 20s. ell 5ean.........
tcarle,••..•.•• 34 A i Rye ..... 36.. 01.1 Pea5e........01
DUTIES OH IOSIDIN COIN.
Wheat les. Od. I Oats ••••••••• ocl.l Beans...». 7. .s.
••••••«•• 01. i Rye •••••••••6ti Bd.! Pease .......• .

to
ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF "I'
REV. DR. CARSON, OF TOBERMORE
It is our melancholy duty to announce the ileac)
of this disintinguished and N enerated divine. w:01
took place on the 24th instant. The circumstance
Dr. Carson's decease, which were in all re-pee" to
trying and affecting, are as follow :—Having
for a few weeks in England, where he had gone,pe,
ecclesia-tical business, he was about to return ho' td
wards on the 16th instant. He reached the e°3),''o,
which he was to take the steamer to Belfast,
siderable period before the hour of sailing ;
while walking leisurely upon the wharf, he Ps'
ee
out his watch to ascertain how long time 'Ltir,
elapse before the vessel would leave the 110'70,
While in the act of looking at the time-PIA
he unconsciously approached too near the the
and, in an instant, was precipitated int° 1100
tide. The fall to the water was about nine feet, °feet
the depth of the liquid element was twenty-five 0
more. No sooner, however, had he sunk than a telf
boat from the quay was pushed off, and, immedilo it,
on his rising to the surface, he was safely placed jcier,
His arm, which had been dislocated at the shot.'A to;
Was speedily adjusted, and the injury sustained di"
appear so grea as to forbid his being conveyed Wfige
berth in the Falcon, then about to sail. The Possfot
was unusually long, extending to about twentY
hours ; and, although every attention was paidt°lo
while on board, it was found, on his arrival P`
bit
that he was in a state of extreme debility, altboug
was not conceived of danger. He was removed toter,
residence of the Rev. Mr. Wilson, Baptist Irvinitel)
where he, remained till his decease. He had nteo
long there till symptoms of congestion of blood :70
the lungs presented themselves; but, under dolor
cious treatment of Drs. Moffatt and Purdon• th°t
his son, Dr. Carson, of Coleraine, it was expect nins,
the attack would be arrested. On Friday nve""rell'
however, an unfavourable change presented ,I jot,
and, on the morning of Saturday, he breathed i°sltiet
He retained the full vigour of his mental fuen„iti,
throughout his illness, and evinced the greatest Plo
ness and composure under the visitation. lie
the 68th year of his age.—Banner of Ulster.
Ladies travelling, or temporarily subjected -°,Af
deviation of equable temperature, will find in liotreal'
Kalydor a renovating and refreshing auxiliary, "Id
ling the cloud of langour from the complexion:oi
immediately affording the pleasing sensation stvu-od
restored elasticity c,f the skin. The distressing ,Ise
unsightly varieties of cutaneous eruptions 10, nye
promptly eradicated by the Kalydor. Spots, rotor it,
freckles, di,colourations, and sallowness, Yiela,4oo
specific qualities, and are succeeded by a snot" 00
and transparency of the skin, giving rise to senst4ll/
of the utmost pleasure and surprise. Being unive;to
preferred, its consequent great demand excites
cupidity of unprincipled shopkeepers, who give I; 00
of "Genuine" Kalydor to some compounds of tbeh
manufacture, of the most deleterious chareder:o the
taming mineral a •tringents utterly ruinous "04
co.),plexion, and by their repellant action en(1011,/r,
health. It is, therefore, imperative on purchn°4;tba
.ve that the words " Itolt land's Kalydor are ,°ll
wrapper. All other., are fraudulent counterfei" ' 5
NEWLY IN VENTED SPECTACLES, TELESCOIIt: at'
—ln consequence of the great inconvenience i°,iu tbs,
t .nded with injurious effects to persons' eyesight suite')
country, by their not being enabled to be properifier the
with spectacles, &c., and which have come and sol°'
notice (to a great extent) of the Messrs. S. and moper
mons, Opticiar=, 39, Albemarle-street, PiceadillYt
site the York Hotel, they have contrived means IVA?)e
individuals, at the most remote'part of the glebetottni
suited with their Newly Invented Spectacles, bkg the
their age. and, if making use of Spectacles, nonlif
length of time they have done so. Inunedinte rfees
Newly Invented Spectacles are placed before 111,.0Pee the
vision, that mist and dullness which appear be fr bpd
eyes is at once removed, every object becomes elf*ghl
distinct, so that the most aged imperfect sight limpte°
to its youthful, natural, and original state. Z,S;e4
Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, ItlicrosceP
.et
of the same kind of Lenses, to surpass any ever) of(
vented. Their Sound Magnifiers, Invisible 1719ic43,03 °
ductors, will enable persons at an advanced age' 0, tat
forty. and fifty years standing of extreme descee
; join in general conversation they are not in 'a 501
perceptible, nor more uncomfortable than havingeof
diece of fine wool in its place. Sent, catTiage rap 1b
istance.—Caution : Messrs. S. and B. Salotaon 'rs,,o3
cians and Aurists, are not in any way conneete&bol!f:
person of the same name in their immediate nett Olt
hood, nor in any part of the country. To prevebtel
takes, be cautious, and observe—only to be ~ Os,
39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly,opposite the Yer:s O'
[ADVERTISEMENT].—A STARTLING
HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—A gentleman named
late of the West Indies, but now residing in Y•tith ac
road, Liverpool, had suffered for many years wt'the
ceased stomach, with flutterings and a sinking l'ortel
of the stomach, and palpitation of the heart, s'!_i foo
of breath, with a continual craving after substano% let
together with a depression of spirits bordering s-:btoill'
lancholy. He paid hundreds for advice without 001,
ing the least benefit, but, however extraordinary:Vs''
appear, he was radically cured in about six welso fr.;
his ailments by these wonderful pills. Sold le, l'obsj
fessor Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloot'be
tablishment, 224, Strand (where advice may 4003
gratis), and by almost all respectable vendor
sine throughout the civilised world.
BIRTHS. of
Jo
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On the 22d'inst., at Aire, near Geneva, the lad)' °f of 69°0 •re
Charles Thorold, Bart., of Syston-park, Lincolovilwls.o°'
On the 24th inst., at St. George's-terrace, 1-IYcle.`
Mrs'. Price, of a son. 0. jiteg-fT,
On the 25th inst., at Dover, Mrs. R. Bennett, 01 -wife °'
On the 26thinst., at Park-hill, Clapham, the Je
Dunnage, Esq., of a son. the
On the 27th inst., at Lower Tul-e hill Storey'
the
of Mr. T. Thompson, of a son.
On the 27th habt., at Cambridge-terrace, Calu-
wife of Mr. Edward Doyle, of a daughter. 1061
On the 26th inst., at Higlifield, Exmouth, the _Ad
C. Cole, Esq ~of a daughter. at PD-
On the 26th inst, the wife of Alexander Aliso,
wick-terrace, Ilackney-road, of a daughter

scO,trit tut!,
enl4etsi:l th°
to it', s tl
i; I i azta youngestbitt,t:hlJ,ll°tlßltinej:6l.Dr°6'
Christopher Atkins, Esq.. of Blackwell. Ise 4'....111'''
On the 27th inst., at Trioity Church, Upper Ch of ist•ot
sonby Arthur, eldest son of the Rev. Henry moo, ,bte_Ar ,
hale. Kilkenny, to Augusta Sophia, youngest da',,kkt:*.li
3ltijor-General the Hon. William - Henry Gardnr' - I
50"
gan place. Augli iii
On the 27th inst., 4 St. Pancras Church, oueee
Frederick Hamilton, Esq ,of Kentish-town, to 11.10.,Y;„1,4 Pise. '
daughter of the late a Richard. Een of Be"-
-, --..,
.., th°
Hampstead-Tod. nue,— ha+
On the 27th inst., at St. George's, Ilannver's4,oCtitZ,
Rev. Edward Baines, Rector of Bluntisham, Han„ts..lo'o, PP'
rine Eularia, youngest daughter of the late J. P* , .1.
Church,
dual,ar,ghBt tee; !Orb. we
li 4 it*
4%, 0f.,1% ST,
of Shooters-hill, Kent.
On the 27th inst., at Twickenham, Mr. G. R°--' 'of for'
cot-place, Lambeth, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter
.Bowyer, of TWickenham. lO
DIED.
• r.l°.'
Samuel
nuetlhße
Brooke, Esq.,
ata3gleadr3g4a.te, Henry, third sopne::
s
On the 22d inst., at Chiswick, Middlese%t
Es.., late of the city of Dublin. mnsett F.,1100
4311 OP 22d just., in Fenchnrch-street, S, Margaret, -
On the 22d Inst.; at Gosport, Elizabeth
illef
of the late John Lowes, Esq. rikara
• Dawson • b
On the 25th inst., at the house of Captain f lite ,
nmen3armeS,bEresqw.sbury, Edward William, thirdLisnot:::
yotacot
On the 25th inst., at Clapham, ThOEflaS
son of the Rev. Charles Bradley. ,G, of
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