The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-16 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Dec. 14.
NISI PRIUS COURT.---(Before Mr. Justice

TALFOURD.)
The following case was taken on Friday too late
for our report :

John Kilshaw, 31, was indicted for having, with a
certain loaded pistol, feloniously shot at one Juseph
Forster with intent to do him some grievous bodily
harm.

Mr. Blair prosecuted ; and Mr. Sergeant 'Wilkins
(specially retained), Mr. James, and Mr. Pollock, de-
fended the prisoner.
It appeared that the prisoner in this case was the
son of a respectable gentleman residing in Liverpool,
and the prosecutor, Joseph Forster, was by profession
an engineer. Upon the 10th of October last, accord-
ing to Mr. Forster's statement, he was at the Globe
Inn, Lawrence-street, Liverpool, and was playing at
cards with the landlady, when the prisoner came in
and said to the landlord, "Do you see that black
whiskered fellow playing at cards with your wife ?"
and used other very insulting language in reference
to him. As the prosecutor was leaving the house
shortly afterwards the prisoner called him a thief,
upon which they began to fight, but were soon sepa-
rated. On going out into the street the prisoner
presented something at the prosecutor's breast, and a
young woman who was standing by told him to run, as
the prisoner had got something in his hand. He did
in consequence run away, and after he had gone a
few yards he felt something strike him behind. He
was taken immediately to a druggist's shop, and sub-
sequently to the dispensary, where it was found that
he had been struck near the spins aed his coat and
waistcoat had been perforated. He fell when he was
struck, but he was able to walk to the dispensary.
On cross-examination by Mr. Sergeant WILKINS,
Mr. Forster said, he had not been employed profes-
sionally for twelve months. He had formerly worked
at Mr. Robson's foundry at Newcastle, but left twelve
years ago ; but could not remember whether he had
given any notice previous to leaving. In answer to
some questions put to him relative to his acquaint.
ance with a Mrs. Chaplin, wha it appeared was a
widow with whom he lodged, he indignantly denied
that he lived with her as his wife. Ile said that he
was supported by his father, and that he got quite
enough money from him to live on. His father was
a spirit merchant retired from business. The pro-
secutor admitted that he had had " the gloves "on
occasionally ; but he had not had lessons in boxing from
a man who seemed to have been known by the name
of " Jackey Davy." He was quite sober on the
night in question. He defended himself as well as
he could, but could not say whether he had knocked
any of the prisoner's teeth out. The prisoner fol-
lowed him out of the house, and ran up Scotland-
road, as soon as he saw the prosecutor come up to
him. It appeared also that three sovereigns had been
offered to the prosecutor by a man named Jaffers, but
be had refused to take them, and had told the police
of it, and he had the money now in bis pocket.
On cross-examination the prosecutor said, the three
sovereigns had been put into his pocket by Jaffers,
who had then run away. The prisoner had said he
did not know what he was doing, and was very sorry
for what had taken place.
A consultation here took place between the
Learned Counsel for the prosecution and the defence,
after which

Mr. Sergeant WILK'Ns stated that he could not
hope to do more that to reduce the case to a common
assault, upon which
The Learned JUDGE said, it would be better to
examine one of the medical men as to the nature and
extent of the injury.
Mr. Leather, surgeon, stated that the injury wad
but trifling. He did not think that the clothes harl
been perforated with either a bullet or wadding.
Mr. JAMES observed that, as the pistol was not
proved to have been loaded, the charge of felony
could not be sustained.

His LORDSHIP then summed up, and directad the
jury to return a verdict of " Guilty of a common as-
sault ;" which they accordingly did.
Mr. Sergeant WILKINS then said that at the last
assizes he had defended the prioner against a charge
of assaulting the police, on which occasion the pri-
soner received some severe sabre wounds on the
head, and since that time he became so excited when-
ever he took anything to drink that he was quite
unconscious of what he was doing.
His LORDSHIP then addressed the defendent in a
feeling manner, and warned him to abstain from
drinking in future, sentencing him to imprisonment
for one month, with hard labour, and requiring him
to find sureties—himself in 1001. and two of 50/. each,
to keep the peace for one year.
The prosecutor then came forward and said, he
should wish, if the suggestion met with his Lordship's
concurrence, that the prisoner should be at once dis-
charged on his own recognizances. He did not wish
the prisoner to be further punished, as he believed he
had done the act with which he had been charged
quite unconsciously.
His LORDSHIP said, the suggestion was very cre-
ditable to the prosecutor, and he should certainly
gratify him by discharging the prisoner on the terms
he had suggested.
Mr. Sergeant WILKINS then said that after the
honourable conduct of the prosecutor he begged to
apologise to him for any insinuations he had thrown
out against his character on cross-examination. He
now thought that both himself and the respectable
gentleman who had instructed him had been misin-
formed, and he felt great satisfaction at such a ter-
mination of the case.

The prisoner, after thanking his Lordship and the
prosecutor for their clemency, was discharged.
Robert Harrett was indicted for shooting at his
wife, Mary Harrett, with intent to do her some
grievous bodily harm.
Mr. James prosecuted ; the prisoner was undefended.
It appeared from the evidence of James Eaves, bar-
man at the Jamaica vaults, Ridley-street, Liverpool,
that about half-past eight o'clock on the night of the
20th of November last, the prisoner came into the
vaults, and his wife directly afterwards. He asked
her to hate some whisky, which she took and drank.
The prisoner then said in the hearing of the witness,
" I'll blow somebody's brains out to-night before I
sleep;" and on being asked for payment of the
whisky he threatened the witness and put the muzzle
end of tthheepipstigotlol towardswith sSaoyoinng that he would
he went out,
taking
go and buy some caps. His wife followed him. In
about a quarter of an hour he returned, and called for
a glass of ale. He was served with this, and soon af-
terwards his wife came in again, upon which he said
toher ",Go from my presence, or I'll shoot you." She
turned round to go out, when the prisoner presented
the pistol at her. She saw it, and seized hold of the
muzzle end with her right hand. The witness then
saw the prisoner pull the trigger, and the pistol went
off and shot her in the hand. The witness then
went away, and on his return found the prisoner only
in the vault. He said to him, " Have I shot my
wife?" Witness told him he had. Upon which he
said, "Is she dead ?" and, upon hearing that she
was not, he said, " Let her come in, then," and began
to cry and said, " Take this pistol from me ;" and
he gave the pistol to a itness and went out. The
woman was subsequently taken to the Northern
Hospital, and the surgeon who examined her wounds
said that her right hand was severely injured—the
fore and middle fingers being completely shattered,
there being great laceration of the hand. Two fin-
gers were amputated. The wound was a dangerous
one, and it would be some time before she could be
removed from under his care.

The prisoner, in his defence, said that he was well
known in Liverpool by the name of " Mickey Free ;"
and that be had engaged, for a wager, to walk 1,000
miles in as many hours, at the Strawberry Gardens,
Liverpool. The pistol was bought for the purpose of
waking him at night. When he finished his walking
he took the pistol home with him ; and he said, that
since that time, whenever he had got anything to

drink, his head bad been so bad that he did not know
what he was doing, but that he loved his wife end
children more dearly than all the world. ih could
not tell what had brought him to this.

The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recom-
mended him strongly to mercy.
His LORDSHIP, in sentencing him, said that he was
not surprised that the great physical exertion he had
been making had produced considerable nervous ex-
citement, as he had deprived himself of sleep and na-
tural rest. He must, however, mark the serious
nature of the offence, and accordingly sentenced the
prisoner to nine months' imprisonment.

CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON )
William Hugh Hannay, 57, was indicted for the
manslaughter of Robert Middleton.

Mr. Whigham and Mr. M'Ouhrey conducted the
prosecution; and Mr. Monk defended the prisoner.
If appeared that the prisoner was a gatekeeper in
the employment of the East Lancashire Railway Com-
pany at their station at Marsden. Upon the 29th of
August last, about ten o'clock in the morning, when
the express train from Liverpool to Leeds was due, the
former was trying to push a truck along a siding which
at one point comes very close upon the main line. A
witness of the name of Latham, who had just crossed
the line, and knew that the express train, which did
not stop at the Marsden station, was shortly coming
up, and perceiving that the waggon which the prisoner
was pushing along was just approaching the part of
the siding which was nearest to the main line, and that
unless he could immediately get out of the way into a
part of the siding further off there would he a colli-
sion, called out to the prisoner, who was an old man, to
" look sharp." Directly after he had done so he heard
the railway whistle, and the train, which was ten
minutes behind its time, came up, and immediately
after he heard a collision. On looking round he saw
that the whole train, with the exception of the last
carriage, had been overturned. It further appeared,
from the evidence of John Thompson, that the usual
staff of the company at this station consisted of the
witness Thompson, a man named Hartley, and the
prisoner. Hartley, it seemed, had been ill fur two
days, and was so on the day in question, and conse-
quently absent from his work. The particular duty
of the prisoner was to attend to the opening and
shutting of the gate of a crossing at this station ; and
Hartley's place was that of a porter to attend to the
removal of waggons, and generally to what was re-
quired about the station. It appeared, from Thomp-
son's evidence, that there was a space of nine inches
between the main line and the siding where they ap-
proached nearest to each other, and that one end of
the waggon had been pushed only just past this point
when the train came up. In consequence of the ap-
proximation of the main line and the siding the wood
work of the waggon projected over the main line a
few inches. When, therefore, the train came up, the
waggon being in this position, the left buffer of the
engine struck the left hinder corner of the waggon,
the other end of the waggon being out of the way
owing to the curvature of the siding. The waggon
was consequently flung round upon the train, and the
whole of the carriages but one upset. Mr.
Middleton was travelling in a second-class
carriage, the second in the train, along with
another passenger. Ile was first seen after the
collision sliding out of the carriage perfectly insen-
sible. The unfortunate gentleman was immediately
taken into the station-house, and several surgeons,
including Mr. White, of Burnley, were speedily in
attendance, and every attention was paid to him, but
he was so seriously injured that he expired in a fe ,v
hours. Several of his ribs were found to have been
broken, and one of the kidneys had been torn nearly
across. The haemorrhage from the laceration of the
kidney seemed to have been the proximate cause of
death. Mr. Middleton was a married man of about
thirty-seven years of age, but without family. The
prisoner was an old man, apparently unfit for the dis-
charge of any duty requiring much bodily strength.
Mr. MONK addressed the jury on behalf of the
prisoner, and contended that the old man was doing
all in his power to place the waggon where it would
he removed from any chance of collision, when the
unhappy occurrence took place which resulted so de-
plorably in the death of Mr. Middleton, and that what
took place was purely misadventure and accident.
His LORDSHIP agreed with the Learned Counsel in
his view of the case; and after some short deliberation,
The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty, accom-
panied by an expression of their opinion that the com-
pany were culpable in having so deficient a staff at
the Marsden station.

Mr. Baron Alderson has been engaged during the
greater part of the day in trying some cases of a na-
ture unfit for publication.
The business of the assizes will probably not ter-
minate before Monday.

York. Dee. 13.
(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.)
Thomas Dean Calvert, a respectable looking man,
employed as an overlookqr in a warehouse, was
charged with having wounded a mare at Morley, the
property of Joshua Asqwith, on the 2.21 of November
last.

Mr. Wheelhouse prosecuted; the prisoner was de-
fended by Mr. Matthews and Mr. Blanchard.
k appeared that the prosecutor is a woolstapler re-
siding at Morley, and carrying on his business at
Leeds. On Saturday, the 2d of November, the pro-
secutor arrived from his place of business at Morley
in his gig about six o'clock, and having unharnessed
his mare put her into the stable, and left her there
for his groom to attend to. About seven o'clock
William Lassev, the groom, went to the stable to
dress down and feed the mare, and, according to his
account, had only just gone there, accompanied by his
cousin, when he found the stable door open. The
stable was dark; and on going into it he heard groans
proceeding from the mare, upon hearing which he
cried out " Halloa." A voice, which he recognised to
be the prisoner's, immediately answered "Hallos."
The groom then reached down some matches
from a beam and struck a light, and then saw the
prisoner standing behind the mare with his hands
bloody and reeking, and his shirt wristbands dyed
with blood. The mare was trembling violently, and
straining and groaning, and he saw a piece of wood
sticking out from her hinder parts, which he pulled
out, and which had been forced twelve inches into the
body of the mare. The piece of wood had formed a
bolt for the stable-door. He immediately accused the
prisoner of having done this, and said "It would be a
bad job for him.' He then gave information to his
master and the prisoner was given into custody on
this charge. On being taken into custody he said he
was drunk and did not know what made him do it ;
that he had no ill-feeling against the prosecutor, and
hoped it would be made up. This account of what
was seen in the stable was corroborated by the
cousin of Lassey, who was with him. On cross-
examination it appeared that the prisoner was drunk
at the time ; that there was some blood on the ground
behind the mare, and that the prisoner was found
standing holding his hands up, which with his wrists
were covered with blood ; that the stick with which
the mare was wounded was usually in its place, and
that the groom had had some words with his master
for driving the mare out on Sunday without his leave
and losing the horse-cloth; and was going to leave his
employment that night. The mare was a vicious and
kicking mare.
For the defence the Learned COUNSEL suggested
that it was the groom himself who had committed
this disgusting and cruel act in revenge against his
master whom he was about to leave; that he alone,
in the dark stable, was likely to know where to find
the stick used, or to be permitted by the mare to ap-
proach her; that after committing this act he had
got hold of the prisoner, who was drunk that night,
and who in that state was not at all likely to have
been able to commit this act, even if inclined to do
so, and had knocked him down with his hands in the
blood, and had then gone out, and meeting with his
cousin, had returned immediately to the stable with
him ; and all the rest of the evidence combining to
throw the stain of guilt on the prisoner was no doubt
true. At the conclusion of a most able and ingenious
address on behalf of the prisoner, the Learned Coun-
sel called witnesses who gave the prisoner the highest
character.

His LORDSHIP having summed up,
The jury Acquitted the prisoner, who was ordered
to be immediately discharged.

Dec. 14.

Abraham Walker and Thomas Fryer were indicted
for night poaching, along with divers others persons
unknown, on the 29th of November last, at Me wby-
with-Mulwith, on lands in the occupation of Mr.
Henry Pyner.
Mr. Blanchard prosecuted ; and Mr. Price de-
fended the prisoners.
It appeared that on the night in question Robert
Topham, the gamekeeper of Mr. Pyner, went about
10 o'clock, accompanied by two watchers, to a wood
called Carr-wood. There they heard the reports of
guns in Martin-le•Moor•wood. They then obtained
the assistance of other five men and proceeded into
the wood, when they heard some one say, " There
are only five pheasants in the wood, and three of them
are flown." They then saw five men armed with
sticks and guns. The gamekeeper said to his assist-.
ants that they must take the poachers, and imme-
diately those of the poachers who had guns stepped
in front of the others and swore they would shoot the
first man that attempted to take them, while those
behind cried out to them to " Shoot ! shoot !" The
gamekeeper rushed in and was assailed with stones,
and fortunately the poacher{ did not carry their threat
into execution. The watchers succeeded in taking
the two prisoners into custody, the rest escaping.
The evidence was, however, defective that the pri-
soners went into the wood with the intent to kill
game.
Mr. PRICE having addressed the jury,
His. LORDSHIP summed nrp, and the jury found
the prisoners Guilty of a common a'sault.
They were sentenced to be imprisoned for three
calendar months.

A number of cases of ordinary robbery and lar-

ceny were tried in the - course of the day possessing
no interest.

(Before Mr. Baron MARTIN.)
John Warm was charged with having forged, and
also with having uttered, knowing it to be forged,
the indorsement of Messrs. Holt, Brothers, of Leeds,
to a bill of exchange for 7441. 15s. on the 4th of
November last.

Mr. Hall and Mr. Hardy appeared for the prosecu-
tion ; the prisoner was undefended.

. .
It appeared that a Mr. Atkinson, a woolstapler at
Bradford, being indebted to Messrs. Holt, Brothers
at Leeds, indorsed a bill of exchange for 7441. 1.55.,
to them, and inclosed the bill in a letter which he
sent by post to Messrs. Holt. The letter, in due
course of post, would arrive that same evening.
Messrs. Holt did not send to the post that night for
their letters, but the letter appeared to have been ob-
tained by the prisoner at the post office, he having been
in the employment of Messrs. Holt as an errand boy
some three years. On the following morning the
prisoner presented the bill of exchange at the Brad-
ford Banking Company's bank, at Bradford, by whom
it was drawn on Jones Loyd and Co., and accepted
by them. The cashier at the bank, on examining the
bill, and seeing it was genuine, asked the prisoner his
name ; to which he answered " William Holt," and
indorsed that name on the bill. The cashier told
bin that he must write the name of his firm, and
the prisoner thereupon indorsed " Messrs. Holt, Bro-
thers" on the bill. He was then paid the amount of
the bill in gold and notes, one of the notes being a
Bank of England 1001. note. The prisoner on the
same day called at the Branch Bank of England at
Leeds, and there presented the same 1001. note for
payment, indorsing on the back of it Watkin Brooke,
Alfred-place. Leeds, and received twenty 51. notes in
change. 'The hurried manner in which the prisoner
left the bank with these notes without counting them
excited suspicion, and he was followed, and on War•
mation being given to the chief constable of Leeds he
was apprehended at his father's house, when the
notes and gold he had received at the Bradford
bank and at Leeds were found upon him.
It also appeared that a cheque for 4001., payable to
" bearer, had been sent to Messrs. Holt, the words "or
bearer" being struck out,wbich the Learned Counsel for
the prosecution said in the country was thought to
answer the same purpose as crossing a cheque. It
was inclosed in a letter written in a strange band,
purporting to come from Mr. Holt. This cheque
Mr. Thomas Holt had inclosed to his sons from Har-
rogate on the 4th of. November, and the letter con-
taining it appeared to have been obtained at the post-
office at the same time by the prisoner, as it had never
reached its destination, and probably being found use-
less by him bad been sent by him to Messrs. Holt, as
the letter in which it was sent and the indorsements
on the bill of exchange and 1001. note were proved to
be in the prisoner's handwriting.
The prisoner in his defence admitted having re-
ceived the money, but denied that he had forged the
indorsement on the bill.

His LORDSHIP having summed up,
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
There were other charges against the prisoner of
having stolen post letters containing Post-office orders,
which the counsel for the prosecution thought it un-
necessary to proceed with.
His Lordship deferred passing sentence.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION HOUSE.

On Saturday Thomas Costello was brought before
Alderman Gibbs, charged with having feloniously
forged several orders for wine, with intent to defraud
wine merchants in the City.
Two men, named Smith, alias Savage, and Cor-
nell, had been tried and convicted at the Central Cri-
minal Court upon charges of having stolen some of
the wine upon the orders alleged to have been forged.
A wine merchant of Fudding•lane said—l produce
an order written in the French language for the de-
livery of six dozen of champagne. It was brought to
me on Tuesday, the 10th of September, by a man
named Savage, now a prisoner in the name of Smith ;
and I delivered three dozen of the wine to Savage
and Cornell, who accompanied him. The order was
in the name of William Nind of the Sablonilre
Hotel, Leicester-square.
Mr. Nind said, the order was not in his hand-
writing, neither was it authorised by him. The pri-
soner had lived with him, and he believed the order
was in the handwriting of the prisoner.
George Hyde, one of the City police, said—ln con-
sequence of information I received, I went to Pud-
ding lane, and saw a truck at the warehouse door of
Mr. Day, the prosecutor, and Savage and Cornell
with it. At the bottom of the lane I saw the prisoner,
whose eyes seemed to be fixed upon the truck. I
followed Savage and Cornell and took them into cus-
tody. The prisoner went towards London-bridge.
A clerk to Mr. Scott, of St. Svvithin's-lane, wine-
merchant, said—l received an order for six dozen of
champagne on Thursday, the 27th of August. Some
objection was made as to the accuracy of the descrip-
tion. Neat day a description was brought, which was
considered satisfactory, and I delivered the wine to
Cornell. The value was 171. 18s. The order pur-
ported to be signed by Mr. Verry, of Regent-street.
The order was stated to be in the handwriting of
the prisoner. Five other orders for champagne,
amounting to 631., were also produced, and proved to
be in the hand writing of the prisoner.
The prisoner said the police were mistaken in his
person.
He was committed upon all the cases for trial.
BOW-STREET.

Alexander Gilles, a foreigner, described on the
charge sheet as a commission agent, was charged
with having obtained a picture, value 1251, from
Messrs. Chamberlayne and Pearce, opticians and
picture dealers, 203, Holborn, under false pretences.
Mr. Wontner, who appeared for the prosecution,
said the prisoner had had some dealings with Messrs.
Chamberlayne and Pearce prior to the one under in-
vestigation, hut they were on a much smaller scale.
On this occasion Mr. Chamberlayne had thought
proper to ask the prisoner for some reference. He
gave a false address, and stated that part of the fur-
niture in the house which he mentioned as his resi-
dence belonged to him. Upon these representations
Mr. Chamberlayne permitted him to take away a
picture worth 125/. Mr. Wontner added that he
should to-day (Saturday) only prove the facts above
stated, and he hoped Mr. Henry would remand the
prisoner, in order that some inquiry might be made
with regard to the picture, of which nothing had been
seen by the prosecutor since Thursday last, when the
prisoner took it away.
Mr. Chamberlayne was then called, and said that
on Monday evening last the prisoner went to his
house and said he had called about some pictures
which he was going to take into the country to sell.
It appeared that he had had some previous conversa-
tion with witness's partner, Mr. Pearce, concerning
these pictures, and only waited witness's acquies-
cence before he took them away. The value of the
pictures was 5001. Witness refused to let him have
them without a satisfactory reference, and he then
said that he lived at 28, Great Pulteney• street,
Golden•square, where he occupied the ground and first
floor, the furniture in which was his own. He showed
witness a bill of exchange for 2501., drawn at seven
months' date upon a Mr. Newingham, and gave him
the address of the manager of the London and County
Joint Stock Bank at Worthing, of whom, he said,
witness might make inquiries with regard to the
validity of the bill, the prisoner promising to call
again on Wednesday. Witness wrote to the gentle-
man at Worthing, but received no answer. The pri-
soner came on Wednesday, and said he wished to
show a picture by Backbuysen, belonging to the firm
to a young nobleman. Witness told him he had no
objection to his taking it if he brought it back the
same night, to which the prisoner replied that under
these circumstances he had better not take it. He,
however, called the next day and took the picture
away, promising to return either the picture or the
money for it that evening. It was in consequence of
this promise and his statement with regard to his fur-
niture, that witness permitted him to take the picture.
He did not see him again till yesterday (Friday),
when he came to the house and said he had sold the
picture for 1401., and it would be paid for in the
course of the week. He declined telling to whom he
had sold it. He, however, assured witness he should
have his money that night. Witness did not get
it, and on Saturday went to 28, Great Puiteney-
street, and saw the landlady, who said that the
prisoner did not live in her house, nor did any
of the furniture belong to him. He once lodged
there, but had occupied furnished apartments.
Witness then went away with the intention of giving
information at a police-office, but on his way met the
prisoner, who the moment he saw him ran into a pub-
lic-house, where witness followed and told him if he
did not get the picture he should give him into cus-
tody, and the prisoner not giving any information he
called a constable and him gave into charge.
Mr. Columbine, who appeared for the prisoner,
cross-examined the witness, who stated that Giles
gave him a receipt for the picture, which was now
produced and ran as follows:
" Dec. .12 1850

" Received of Messrs. Chamberlayne and Pearce a
picture by Backhuysen, cost 1251, to be sold on cost•
mission, and the profit, if any, to be divided. The pic-
ture to be returned or accounted for is the course of
this diy. "ALEXANDER GILLIS."
Mrs. Lye, the landlady of the house 28, Great Pal-
teney-street, corroborated that part of Mr. Chamber-
layne's evidence having reference to her.
Mr. Wontner here stated that he had heard during
the examination that the picture had been foundlt a
pawnbroker's in Bridge-road.
Alfred Linford, sbopman to Mr. Richards, 102,
Brisige-r(Td, ,Lambeth, was next called, and stated
that"the-picture which he produced had been pledged
at hi 4 master's shop on Thursday afternoon last, for
121., by a person giving the name of French The
prisoner was not the person.
The prisoner, in his defence, made a rambling

statement about his dealings with Messrs. Chamber-
layne and Pearce, and stated that he had in fact sold
the picture to a Mr. John Franc', with whom he often
transacted business, and who was to pay him in the
course of a few days.
Mr. HENRY said, that undor the circumstances he
should remand the 'prisoner till Wednesday next,. and
issue a summons for the attendance of Mr. Franc'.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Huron Francois was brought before Mr. Hardwick
charged with having committed an extensive robbery:
at the Prince of Wales Hotel, Leicester-street, 1.4!1'
center square, under the following extraordinary cir-
cumstances
The prisoner had formerly been employed as porter
in the establishment, but had left three months ago;
On Saturday week he was seen to enter the hotel, and
from that time up to Saturday last he must have coo •
trived to conceal himself in various places in the house.
During the week noises were heard in different rooms!
such as would be made by some person in them, but
the most careful search failed to detect the intruder.
On Saturday about 12 o'clock the wife of the pr''
prietor had occasion to enter her bedroom, when 01
found the prisoner crouched down by the side °,
a chair. She gave an alarm, and the prisoner vi%
secured. An investigation was then set on foot, and It
turned out that the prisoner had possessed himself of
a large quantity of property, which he had concealed..
in various places. Up the chimney were found se.
veral articles of wearing apparel, which were
fled by the waiter. The prisoner had also dreesed
.
himself in some of the waiter's clothes. In the pri
soner's pocket were found 35 large pieces of foreign,
a
gold, worth between 401. and 501. Near the poles'
where he was discovered were found a gold watch.:
lady's chatelaine and silver watch, opera glass, an
other property. In a bag were notes of the value, „r°
1251., which the prisoner had either overlooked
considered to be of no use.
The prisoner
-was remanded until Wednesday Jolt'

WORSHIP-STREET.
A well dressed middle-aged woman, who gave
tba
name of Elizabeth Wayman, but who has also ear.
by two other names, was placed at the bar b.o.trb
Mr. Henamill, charged with being concerned
With
others not yet in custody in burglsuiously bten'i;
into the premises of a tradesman named ThorPei„-f,
Turville-street, Bethnal-green, and stealing tnen:rii
securities, and other property to the value of nearly
1401. elt
The prosecutor, who is a wholesale walkingen
manufacturer, stated that he left his warebourtie
eight in the evening of Friday, the 6th inst., wit"pes
doors and windows all properly secured, but in .."00
than two hours afterwards he received informiribi
that the place had been entered and plundered
thieves. He immediately hastened back to the ware
house, and found that a large quantity of wal,l/1„7;
sticks, canes, and other articles, some of them 0i,c,4
siderahle value, had been stolen, and on examTitile
the desk in the counting house he discovered Oa' tes
cash-box, which contained when he left it bank4l,
and bills of exchange for more than 1001., had "ch.
wise been carried away by the burglars. (The
box and two silver-mounted canes were here producers
by the police, and the witness at once identified been
as having formed a portion of the property stolen
the night his warehouse was entered.) in
Mr. Cummins, an umbrella and parasol make-he
Talbot-court, Gracechurch-street, stated that on 'to
morning before a man, who was a perfect stranger ia
him, called at his shop, and asked him if he
purchase a large quantity of walkingsticks he bad
for sale ? He said he would sell them very eiranree
for ready money, and asked him to go to the ":.°Les
of an acquaiutance of his to select some. ",i:, s
agreed to do so, and went with him to a hour b
bye-street at the rear of Shoreditch
.
where he was shown into a bedroom 17 1.,
stairs, and introduced by the man to the prise.pbei
The woman seemed to be perfectly aware of what,: the
had come about, and the man having taken on Gwo
counterpane from the bed, showed him about "re
doaen walkingsticks for his approbation, and then pay
duced a:number of ferules and silver caps. From theli
it
in which the property was secreted, he suspectelo
formed part of the produce of the burglary at be.
Thorpe 's warehouse, of which he had some time the
fore heard, and, though much pressed to buy ;A,
goods, excused himself from doing so at once, too
after appointing to meet the man at a beershop the 9: fp
evening, went straight to the house of the prosecutohtio
whom he gave such information as led to the pris°fle
apprehension.
Sergeant Teakle stated that in consequence oral%
tions he had received from the prosecutor he went bet
night before to the house of the prisoner, and told to
he had come to look at the walkingstick's she had eb
sell. The prisoner affected a total ignorance of silo
articles, and stoutly denied she had any, but witni so
said he must search the place, and in the course °the
doing discovered the cashbox hidden under one %as
beds, but entirely empty, and in one of the eerfpe
found two silver headed canes, which Mr. T,"°,;tel
identified the moment he saw them. He also f 0 out
upwards of twenty duplicates for articles of va',"ber
descriptions, a silver watch, two gold rings, and °„,'
valuables, which had not been stolen from the er—of
tutor's, but he felt it his duty to take possessifut be
them, as he had reason to suspect they roje*a.-
connected with some other robbery of a similar
scription. ri.
When asked if she wished to say anything the tes
soner declined offering any observations, and she to.
remanded till that day week, to afford an opPet(eriso
nity for the police tracing the remainder of the
property.

SEABORNE MAILS,
When made up in From what When
PLACES. General Post-office port die- dile°
London. patched.
Africa (West coast)"
America (via N. York
DO. 19.
by British packet) • .*N January 3 .. .. Liverpool .•
America (via Boston 'nee• 22
by British packet) .. N December 20 .. Liverpool .. '
[
America (by United Liverpool kDecember
.20
States packet).. N Southampt.'
Belgium .. N Daily .. .. Dover • • jl2'7,
Brazil .. N 4th of the month Falmouth • • 2fr
Buenos Ayres .. N 4th of the month Falmouth •
Jsa 5
California(viaChagres) M 17th of month Southamp
t•
Cape of Good Hope N January 14 Plymouth •• r, 20
Central America .. M2d & 17th of month Southampt• ;Deciii.
Channel Lies • • .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri.lSouthampt. IV. 20
Chili . M 17th of the month Southampt. dicedsilf
France .. M& N Twice daily .. .. Dover • •1,,,,Tv;„
Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London • •
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onduras .. . N 17th of the mouth Southampt. Deel:4o
Ireland .. •.M & N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead • • Tvi '26
India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. Dec' 23
India (via Marseilles) N 7th& 24th o f month Dover • • Pet..
Madeira .. •N
Mediterranean (via
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Mediterranean (via 23
Marseilles) .. N 7th& 24th ofmonth Dover • • me-*
Mediterranean (by
French packet via
Marseilles) .. ••
Mexico .. M2d of the month.. Southampt. ig
Peninsular.. • • .. M 7th,17 th,27 th of mo Southampt. 'Dee' 2
Peru • • .. • • M 17th of the month iSouthampt.
West Indies .. M 17th of the month ISouthampt. Dec'
West Indies (except
Havanna & Nassau) M 2d of the month .. ;SoutheMPt• Inn
N signifies that the malls are sent front the General Fit*"
by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.
a by
[ADvEwriszsamr.]—An Ulcerated Arm CU of
Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Mr. Robert Gregg, ..lune'v'ero
Clinkeeland, Clowes, Ireland, was sorely afflicted with a !da
gathering in his armpit, and which discharged very cobs biO
for nearly three years - another wtbind also broke 014,1 Of
shoulder. His father 'felt alarmed, having consulted tue„d to
eminent surgeons to no purpose, while his son contierool-
waste away. At this juncture a friend advised a trial °t
w, o
loway's Pills and Ointment, which was made, and in oil the
A Nue
they perfectly cured him. He is now getting fat Oli"_„ Ws'
sinews are restored to their wonted pliability, and no 010110'
tion is visible.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor
way's Establishment, 244, Strand, London.•
AL4.15,,
APPOINTMENT OF Mn. PEA.TT TO
TRACY.—The Lord Chancellor has acted on the recon2,l4ol
dation of the Borough Council, and has included Johnrethe
Pratt, Esq., in the commission of the peace. We W.'r,..."0 did
first to suggest Mr. Pratt's appointment; which "loco
from the belief that an additional magistrate vialied
wanted in Portsea, and that Mr Pratt was well qua!' tbo,
fill the post. Circumstances that have transpired 0117$11
suggestion was made have confirmed our opinion ° ode
Pratt's qualifications for a magistrate.—Hampshils
pendent.
Of:
FOREIGN SWINE.—A steamer which has J-1t ••
Ot
rived from Boulogne has brought, as part of her ce•rge,
large number of live sucking pigs, the produce of F0u_.2.„54