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t property, and was generally followed by stealing pro-
t I perty in a dwelling-house. However, his observations
I on the present occasion would be brief, inasmuch as the
cases in general presented what they called matters of
fact for the determination of a jury, to which the law
was easily applicable—that was to say, if the fact con-
tained in the depositions should be made out by credible
te,timony, it would be required at their hands, in the
discharge of their duty, that the cases should be put in
the course of further inquiry. So far as his investiga-
tion bad extended, his mind was satisfied there was
enough comprehended in the depositions, if the witnesses
were persons of credit, to warrant the grand jury to put
the parties on their trial. He would apply that obser-
vation to a very painful and serious case of murder. He
wished not to prejudge the case at all, but he might
save them some little trouble if he stated at once he was
quite sure, that if the facts which were stated in the
depositions were made out by the witnesses, they (the
grand jury) would feel it their bounden duty to put the
party on her trial. With regard to the offence of arson,
the mode in which it was said to be committed in this
instance was the setting fire to a house. There should
be evidence, in order to make out the offence, of the
part of the house, however
burning and consuming some
trivial, although the fire was immediately afterwards
extinguished. But there was a ease in the law books
where a small faggot having been set on fire on the
boarded floor of a room, end the boards were scorched
and blackened, but no part of the wood was consumed,
it was not held to be arson. The burning
of clothes would not satisfy the law, which was
highly penal in the case of arson where persons were in
the house at the time the house was set on fire. There-
fore what the grand jury would require to be proved
before them was, that there was a reasonable evidence
that the party charged did the act, that it was wilfully
done, and that it was done so as to satisfy the object to
the extent that some part of the fabric of the house was
burnt. There were two cases of manslaughter, one of
which was wated to have been occasioned by a blow
given by the fist to a drunken man, and which was
alleged to have caused death; and the other was by a
blow which occasioned death to the party struck.
Any unlawful violence in the prosecution of an un•
lawful purpose, which terminated in death, would
render the party liable to be tried for the offence of
manslaughter. There was a case of the violation of a
child under ten years of age, and on that subject the law
was that, under ton years of age, the consent of the child
was immaterial, the law deeming a child of that tender
age not to be in a condition to give consent to a pro-
position which, ordinarily speaking, it could not com-
prehend. Between ten and twelve years of age females
were under the protection of the law to the extent that,
even with the consent of a party between ten and twelve,
it was a high misdemeanour to have intercourse with a
female of that tender age. There was another case,
which he alluded to merely because they had got an Act
of Parliament very recently coming into operation,
affecting the bankrupt laws. A party was charged with
not surrendering under a fiat of bankruptcy, and the
offence, which had been variously dealt with under
former Acts of Parliament, in future, was to be dealt
with under a recent statute. As the matter was new,
he merely alluded to the section under which a party
was amenable to public justice in case of not sur-
rendering. It was the 251st section of 12 and 13
Vict., c. 106, which made the offence of not sur-
rendering punishable with imprisonment. Then
there was a provision where a bankrupt did not
discover his estate that be should be deemed guilty of
felony, and ba liable to transportation for life, or for not
less than seven years, as the Court should direct, or be
liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding
seven years.me
n:
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,exatebnotdyupoofn
theirmer-
cantile
time in order to make them acquainted with a new legis-
lative provision relating to bankrupts; and having made
these observations, he would remit them to the discharge
of their duties.
The grandthdaitd
jury then retired, and the officers of the
court proceeded to swear in the petty jury.

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BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
A respectably-attired man, named George Walker,
himself-rst as
a generalecum dtaacleers,:_ csrrying on
eet, 'Tottenham •court road, was
sen
charged
ss cur i:nbd ee dF
r the
h
following
Horatio Brown, a cabdriver, stated that between nine
and ten o'clock on Saturday night he was on the rank in
Parliament-street, opposite the Horse-Guards, when ho
observed the prisoner coming up the street in a light
spring cart, and driving at a furious rate. Perceiving
that he was driving in a direction that would lead to a
collision with one of the cabs, he called out to him to
stop, but the prisoner took no notice of the warning, and
the result was, that the shaft of his cart struck the
witness, and throw him to the ground, where he re-
mained for some time insensible. When he recovered he
found himself in the hospital, with injuries on his arm,
back, and knee.
Police-constable, I? 167, stated that some other cab-
man stopped the cart, and gave the prisoner into his cus-
tody. The prisoner was drunk.
The prisoner said he had been spending the day with
his daughters in the Old Rent-road, but although ha had
been drinking he was not drunk,
nor was he driving
furiously.
Mr. HALL said there was a discrepancy in the Police
Act, so far as it related to cases of this nature. It gave
him no more power to punish such offenders as this than
it did to punish a fruit woman for ob3tructing the pave-
ment with her basket. A clause in the Act, however,
empowered him to award compensation to a party in-
jured by the furious driving of another; and ho should,
therefore, fine the prisoner in the full penalty of 405., and
order him to pay the complainant 40i. more, or in default
of payment to be committed for 21 days.—The money
was paid.
Thirtten lads, whose ages varied from 12 to 15 years,
were charged with sliding in Trafalgar-square.
The absurdity of this case was not in the least
diminished by the fact of each prisoner having baen
arrested and charged by separate policemen.
One of the constables stated, in answer to questions
from the Magistrate, that the prisoners " struck out"
their slide on the terrace opposite the National Gallery,
and it was dangerous to persons passing to and fro.
Mr. Ham. fined the prisoners in penalities varying
from 2s. to 4s.—Tho fines were paid.
Two fashionably attired young men, who gave the
names of Fozham and Smith, were also charged with
sliding in the square.
Police •constable A 57 stated that about half-past
twelve o'clock this morning he warned the prisoners cff,
but they heeded him not, and passing by again, at two
o'clock, he still found them "at it" and took them into
custody.
Mr. HALL asked Foxham what he was? The pri •
sonar replied that he was a solicitor. He did not deny
that he was sliding when the pohceman came up at two
o'clock; but the ofii2er could not have warned him off,
as he had not been in the square before.
The prisoner Smith said the same, adding that ho was
a gcn!leman of independent means.
Mr. HALL fined them 205. each, or eight days' ha-
prisonment.—The:fine was paid.

MARLBRO*-STREET—(THIS DAY.)
EMBEZZLEMENT.—Catherine Count)? was charged with
having embezzled various sums of money belonging to
her master, Mr. Samuel Clift, dairyman, 7, Air-street,
Piccadilly.
The prosecutor stated that the prisoner was employed
by him to carry out milk. Latterly, from some irregu-
larity in her accounts, ho was led to suspect that she had
not been as honest as be imagined, and from subsequent
inquiries he found that she bad received several sums of
money, amounting to 329., not a single farthing of which
had been accounted for. On being taxed with receiving
the money, she admitted that she had done so, and was
very sorry for it. He then gave her in charge.
Mr. James Euston, 29, Charles street, proved paying
the prisoner 12g. about a fortnight ago. On receiving
the money, she wrote paid to the bill produced.
Several other cases having been proved against the
prisoner, Mr. BINGHAM, at the request of the prosecutor,
remanded her until Wednesday next.

ROBBERY BY A BOY.-- William Jones, a boy about
14 pars of age, was brought before Mr. Bingham,
charged with stealing a valuable diamond ring, the pro•
Forty of Mr. John George French, surgeon, 41, Great
Marlborough-street.
It appeared that the prisoner had been in the service
of the prosecutor as page, and from some cause or other
tho prosecutor discharged him on Wednesday last. Pre-

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vious to the prisoner quitting the house, one of the
female servants missed a valuable diamond ring from the
prosecutor's dressing•case. Suspecting the prisoner had
taken it, she searched him, but did not succeed in finding
it. It was, however, subsequently found at a pawn-
broker's in the neighbourhood.
Godfrey, one of the detective police, said he took the
prisoner into custody on Saturday night. On their
way to the station he admitted to witness that he had
stolen the ring, and gave it to a woman who sold it to
Mr. Neat, the pawnbroker. Witness went there and
found that to be the fact.
The prisoner was remanded.

MR. SIDNEY HERBERT'S PLAN

OF EMIGRATION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sza,—To the friends of humanity and morality
the proposed plan of emigration by Sidney Herbert,
Esq., must be truly welcome; and in that system,
with proper management, a powerful remedy for the
over-population, starvation, corruption, and oppression
of the lower classes will be found. But I feel asto-'
Lished that no person has yet suggested a better mode
than the proposed one for conveying the intended
objects of their solicitude to the colony destined to
receive them.

Having considered this matter, I have ventured to
propose a plan which I hope may prove of some
assistance to the public.
It must be well known to all persons the large
number of ships, officers, and men belonging to the
royal navy now unemployed ;
The ships rotting at their various moorings, their
sails and rigging rotting in the sail-lofts ;
The officers, to the number of about 4,000, on half-
pay unemployed ;
The men idling about the streets, or in foreign
service ;

And the country paying all to keep idle.
With these facts before you, you may see how and
in what way these emigrants could be forwarded in
the cheapest and most expeditious way to the colony
intended to receive them ' • and added to all this, the
money subscribed could be applied to fit out, instead
of being used to pay the passage of the emigrants.
Let then the Queen and Government be petitioned
to cause four of the old class " seventy-fours," which
would take out 800 each, and thus comfort, safety,
and cheapness would be combined, and a great
national benefit conferred.

I am, Sir, your humble servant
A NAVAL OFFICER.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Suc,—Are we to lose our colonies or to incorporate
them with the United Kingdom ? It is evident they
cannot be misgoverned any longer for the mere benefit
of the aristocracy. Ido not believe there is a single
colony anxious to separate from us, but all are deter-
mined to have self-government, which they are
entitled to, and it ought at once to be conceded. Let
the Queen appoint a governor to represent her, and
through him make such appointments as she does here,
and no other. The colonists are not desirous of ex-
changing her Majesty fora president, though they
are quite resolved to have cheap and intelligible
laws, and really good, economical government.
This the best writers on the colonies assure us. If
the peace can be preserved by good municipal insti-
tutions (of course including a police force) and a
militia, why incur the expense of regular troops ? I,
certainly think the colonies should join us in main-
taining the navy in proportion to their population,
for it would be of as much use to them as to us, but
there is no occasion for them to have soldiers from us.
The great links between them and the United
Kingdom should be the navy, and as complete free
trade as there is between Yorkshire and Middlesex.
No tax should be levied by either, except for revenue
purposes, and then the article produced at home should
pay exactly the same duty as that imported. With
i•uch an arrangement the British empire would be the
most splendid and powerful empire that ever existed,
and the world would then have a specimen of thorough
free trade; an outlet would be created for our redun-
dant population, which would be diffused over the
whole empire according to the demand fur labour.—
I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. N.
Hull, January 1, 1850.

THE BRITISH POLITICAL, COMMER-
CIAL, ECCLESIASTICAL, AND HISTO-
RICAL GAZETTEER, and Travelling Road-
Book and County Atlas.
This national and instructive -work- prokresies in
excellence and interest, and reflects the highest credit
on the indefatigable proprietors. The present number
contains three splendidly finished maps of the counties
of Buckinghamshire, Hertford'shire, and Berkshire.
It is also embellished with a beautifully executed
engraving of " The Menai Suspension Bridge, with
the Britannia Tubular Bridge in the distance." The
research and industry of the compilers deserve our
warmest commendation.

FIRE ABOARD AN INDIAMAN AT BLACKWALL.—
On Saturday morning, about half-past seven o'clock, a
fire broke out on board the splendid ship named the
Ganges, an East India trader, lying in the dry dock of
the canal-dock, Blackwell. The vessel, which was
nearly 1,000 tons burden, was under the command of
Captain Deas, and was advertised to sail for China on
the 4th of next month. It appears that the vessel had
been taken into the above dock a few weeks previously,
for the purpose of being re-coppered and smoked, to
destroy the vermin in her. On some of the ship
carpenters passing along the side of the ship on
Saturday morning they noticed smoke pouring forth
from the hatchways on the deck. An instant alarm was
raised, when it was found that the cuddy, state rooms,
and all they contained, were in a general blaz'. A
messenger was dispatched fur the engines, and in the
course of a few minutes three belonging to the West
India Dock Company arrived, followed by numerous
others. The engines having been abundantly supplied
with water, were set to work, but several hours elapsed
ere the fire could be entirely extinguished. The mizen-
mast fell into the river with a terrible crash, but no one
received the least injury. Subjoined is a copy of the
official report of the damage done:—" Main deck, the
caddy, the state rooms, sail cabins, and contents, burned
out; the poop, and deck nearly destroyed; the stern
frame considerably damaged by fire, and mizen•mast
fallen over the stern. The vessel was insured in the
Phoenix office.

THE MANCHESTER SAVINGS BANK.--Mr. Pratt
has recently visited the Manchester Savings Bank, and
spent some time in the examination of its counter busi-
ness, as well as the mode adopted of keepit:g the books,
and checking the daily entries. He has since addressed
a letter to Mr. G. E Marsden, the deputy chairman of
the bank, in which be says that he has no hesitation in
expressing his oi inien that the different checks in ope-
ration, and the mode of conducting business generally
(under Mr. Neild, the actuary) arc a sufficient guarantee,
not only to the depositors, but also to the trustees and
managers. He suggests, however, that the auditor or
accountant engaged shoull be directed to attend once
or twice a month, and examine, with the ledgers, in the
manner which he had himself done, the books which
might b 3 produced by the depositors on the day or night
of his attendance. If this were practised he was confi-
dent no fraud could be committed, or even if it were so,
the discovery would be immediate.
His Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse
honoured the establishment of Mr. C. F. Hancock
with a visit on Saturday.
ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, OPERA CoMIQUE.—TbIs
evening this theatre will commf-nce its season by the
performance of Halevy's ceiebra'ed opera, Le Val d'An-
dorre, for the first time in this country, produced will
the full strength of the company, and with new scenery
and appointments. This opera has been greatly suc-
cess ful in Paris,having been played more than one hun-
dred nights with unabated success.