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N G Ny AUGUST 8, 1844.
No. 16,218. LONDON, THURSDAY -7,

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F)si,
POLIO INTELLIGENCE.
MARLB ROUGH-STREET.
Yesterday Mr. Fa ick Parkyn, the proprietor of 1
shawl warehouse, No.:. , Quadrant, appeared before Mr.
Maltby, to a summons, or having assaulted Miss Eliza
beth Sturr, of 88, Dean-street, Soho, on Saturday last.
Mr. Bryan, barrister, attended on the part of the de-
fendant.

The complainant, a very respectable young woman
stated that she was in the employment of Mrs. Nichols
bonnet-maker and milliner, 72, Quadrant. On Saturda;
last, while she was out on business, she saw exposed at
defendant's shop-door a shawl, ticketed at 14s. 9d.
Thinking it a very good one for the price, she resolved
upon having it, and went home to get the money to buy
it with. She returned to the shop about three o'clock in
the afternoon, and saw the shawl still exposed. At that
time the defendant was standing at the door, when she
addressed him, saying she would purchase the shawl and
at the same time lifted it from where it was hanging and
tendered the money. The defendant took hold of the
end of the shawl, and requested her to step into the shot.
while the article was being put in paper. Complainant
replied that she did not want paper, but defendant
held fast to the shawl, and complainant went a fen
steps into the shop. A second person, named Atkins,
a shopman, was there, and he snatched the ticket from
her while defendant endeavoured to get the shawl out
of her hands. Defendant then seized her by her arm
and twisted it so much that she was obliged to get
medical advice. The two men at the same time used the
most gross language, and Parkyn told her that if she
did not leave the shop instantly he would kick her out.
and added that if she had got money enough to pur-
chase the shawl, she most likely had obtained it by
walking up and down Regent-street. The language
used by the defendant, and his shopman, was of the
most indecent description. She then walked out of the
shop.
In answer to Mr. Bryan, complainant stated that she
was in the employ of Mrs. Nichols, and not of Mr.
Nichols. Mr. Nichols keeps a shawl shop in the Quad-
rant, not far from defendant's. The 'money with which
she intended to purchase the shawl she obtained from
home, and not from Mrs. Nichols. She was not aware
of any disputes between defendant and Mr. Nichols.
She had mentioned the fact of the shawl being ticketed
at so low a figure, and expressed a wish to have it
to Mrs. Nichols, who said that if she (complainant
could get a better shawl at a cheaper rate else-
where than she could be supplied with at their own
establishment, there would be no objection on her par:
and she should not feel offended. Complainant examined
the shawl in the presence of the defendant, and while he
was standing at the door, on saying to him that she
would purchase the shawl, he repliee" very well," and
went on with it to put it in paper, while complainant held
one end. Upon her oath she went there for no other
purpose than to purchase a shawl. Mrs. Nichols had
nothing to do with it, and had never seen it. Complain-
ant did not serve in the shawl trade at Mr. Nichols's.
She did not understand the trade. Defendant asked
complainant if she came from Mr. Nichols ; but she re-
plied no, the shawl was for herself. did not tell her
that if she were a stranger she should have the shawl.
She could not remember every word that was said ; but
the abusive language was too unprecedented to forget.
The language of Atkins was as bad as that of defendant,
and she had applied for summonses against them both.
but only obtained the one for Parkyn. Complainant was
not requested to leave the shop, except in abusive terms,
by defendant, who said to her " If you don't go out, I'l'
kick you out, you d—d b—h." There was a struggle for
the possession of the shawl, which defendant at length
gained.
It was endeavoured to be shown, as an answer to this
statement, that the complainant had been sent by a rival
shopkeeper to purchase a shawl which was, for the pur-
pose of trade, ticketed at a price much less than its value.
Mr. MALTnv said, that as nothing had been shown to
prove that complainant went to defendant's shop in fur-
therance of any instructions from Nichols, it must be
considered as a bona fide purchase. He would not say
that she had a right to claim the property. She took
the shawl down and was told it should be put in paper.
which induced her to believe that she was to have it.
Instead, however, the ticket was first snatched off, and the
shawl was afterwards taken from her, and she ordered out
of the shop with threats. It was his (Mr. Maltby's) opi-
nion, that the assault arose from the fact of the shawl
having been ticketed at a price at which it was not in-
tended to be sold. Upon the whole case he was satisfied
an assault had been committed, accompanied by threa-
tening language, and he should therefore fine the de-
fendant 4L and costs.—The fine was instantly paid.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
Notice is given, that the next lIALF-YEARLY GENERAL
MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held,
pursuant to the Act of Parliament, in Bristol, at the Bristol Station,
on THURSDAY, the 15th August next, at Twelve o'clock, for the ge-
neral purposes of business. The Chair will be taken at One o'clock
precisely. C. RUSSELL, Chairman.
C. A SAUNDERS, Secretary.
London Terminus, Paddington, July 12, 1844.

TO BE PEREMPTORILY SOLD, pursuant to
a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a
cause BATTEN v. PARFITT, with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN
WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, at the Commercial,
Booms, in Corn-street Bristol, on WENDESDAY, the 28th day of
August,'lB44, at Three o'clock in the afternoon, in Lots,
Two DWELLING-HOUSES, with warehouses, stables, and count-
ing-houses, in Moulton-street, Bristol, in the occupation of Messrs.
ranter and Co., and used as a vinegar manufactory ; a Dwelling-
house, No. 4, Portland-square, Bristol, occupied by Mr. Rocke ; a
Dwelling-house in St. James's-street, Bristol, occupied by Mr.
Howell ; a Dwelling-house in St. James's-court, occupied by Mr.
Day; and a Dwelling-house on Lawrence-hill, Bristol, occupied by
Mr. Fresher.
The above premises are of Freehold tenure, and were late the pro-
perty of James Rocke, Esq., deceased, and may be viewed on appli.
cation to the tenants, • . •
Particulars and conditions of sale may be bail (gratis) at the said
Master's Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane,
London ; of Messrs. Clowes and Wedlake, 10, King's Bench-walk,
Temple, solicitor; of Messrs. Wiglesworth, Ridsdale, and Craddock,
No. 5, Gray's Inn-square, solicitors; of Messrs. Clarke, Medcalf,
and Gray, No. 20, Lincoln's Inn-fields, solicitors; of Mr. Short,
solicitor, Bristol ; of Messrs. Cooke, and Sons, solicitors, Bristol ; of
Mr. John Batten, jun., solicitor, Yeovil ; of Mr. Pratt, solicitor,
Glastonbury ; and at the place of sale.
CLOWES and WEDLAKE, Temple, Plaintiff's Agent.

HEALTH AND STRENGTH.

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post, Ss.

REVISING BARRISTERS.-NOR-
FOLK CIRCUIT.

The following gentlemen have been appointed by Mr.
Baron Alderson to revise the list of voters for the
counties and boroughs on the Norfolk Circuit :
Buckinghamshire, with the boroughs of Aylesbury,
Buckingham, Marlow, and Wycombe—Mr. Sanders.
Bedfordshire, with the borough of Bedford—Mr.
O'Malley.
Huntingdonshire, with the borough of Huntingdon
—Mr. Palmer.
Cambridgeshire, with the borough of Cambridge—
Mr. Prendergast.
Eastern division of Suffolk, with the borough of Ips-
wich—Mr. Gunning.
Western division of Suffolk, with the borough of Bury
(" and Sudbury" can no longer be added as of yore)—
Mr. Evans.
Eastern division of Norfolk, with the boroughs of
Norwich and Yarmouth—Mr. Worlledge.
Western division of Norfolk, with the boroughs of
King's Lynn and Thetford—Mr. W. Cooper.

justail with unusual quickness, the bolt was withdrawn,
~he murderer gave a few convulsive throes, and in a
,port time-life was extinct.
After hanging the tuna' time, the body was cut down.
I: presented no particular appf.arance, except that an
xpression of great serenity, almost amounting to a smile,
reigned upon his features.
(From a Correspondent).
WEDNESDAY EVENING.—WiIIiam Sa-
ville, the murderer of his wife and three children, was
executed in front of our county hall, this morning. The
crowd was so unprecedently great that fourteen persons
'sere literally trampled to death, and upwards of forty
others very severely injured. The crush in front of the
scaffold was most terrific.
Another Correspondent says—" Fifteen pPrsons were
killed by being trampled on and smothered ! Sixteen
more were taken to the infirmary, some of them not
expected to recover. Amongst the lives lost was a
woman with a child in her arms."

THE ALLEGED POISONING CASE
AT STEPNEY.
James Cockburn Belaney was brought up yesterday
for final examination at the Thames Police-court, charged
on suspicion of having caused the death of his wife,
Rachel Belaney, by having administered to her a quan-
tity of prussic acid on the Bth of June last. The case,
which has excited the deepest interest, was several times
remanded, and in the interim a Coroner's jury returned
a verdict of wilful murder against the prisoner. The
circumstances have been already so fully before the pub-
lic, that at present we need gire no more than a brief
summary of the leading fact-a. appeared that the
prisoner practised a few years ago as a surgeon, but
without a certificate, in the neighbourhood of the Com-
mercial-road, where he formed an acquaintance with
Mr. Hobson, a bookseller in the road, and Capt. Clark,
a master mariner, in King-street, Stepney, who, how-
ever, lost sight of him for some time. About the 3d or
4th of June he returned to London with a young, beau-
tiful, and accomplished wife, and took lodgings near
his friend Captain Clark. During the three or four
lays which they were there, the prisoner and his wife,
according to the testimony of Captain Clark and
Hobson, who appeared to be their sole acquaint-
ince, lived on the most endearing and affectionate
terms, and Mrs. Hippingstall, in whose house they
lodged, gave testimony to the same effect. The de-
,Tased lady, though of a most cheerful disposition, ap-
peare 1 at times a little indisposed; but this was attri-
uted partly to the fatigue of a journey from Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, and partly to her pregnancy. Before break-
ast, on Saturday, the Bth ofJutip, being the fourth or
fifth day after their arrival in town, the prisoner was
heard to call loudly for assistance, upon which the land-
lady ran up stairs, and found him supporting his wife,
who appeared to be in the agonies of death, and who
died in about ten or fifteen minutes afterwards. Dr.
Garrett, a neighbouring surge.on,•was called in, but his
presence was of no avail, as life was quite extinct. A
post mortem examination of the body was made, after
. which Belaney made a statement to the effect, that, being
in the habit of taking prussic acid for an affection of the
stomach, he was about to have some in the bed-room on
the morning of his wife's death, when the neck of the
phial broke, and the acid began to spill. He poured the
contents into a tumbler, and went to procure another
phial. Whilst there his attention was attracted by some-
thing which delayed him a few minutes; but he was sud-
denly alarmed by a scream from the bedroom, and on
rushing in, he found his wife,
.whom he had left on the
bed, standing with a tumbler in her hand. She ex-
claimed, " Oh! I drank that hot drink: give me some-
thing cold." He called at once for assistance; but, over-
whelmed with grief, shocked, mortified, and ashamed, as
a medical man, to own his most culpable want of cau-
tion, he never mentioned the prussic acid. He supposed
that his wife, having taken salts that morning, must
have got of bed for a drink, and, not perceiving the acid,
poured some water into the glass, and drank off the
contents. His withhholding. this statement until after
the post mortem inquiry excited suspicions against the
prisoner, who was taken into custody. On further in-
quiry it was found, that Belaney, with his friend, Capt.
Clark, went two hours after Mrs. Belaney's death, and
iefore the post mortem inquiry, to engage a brick grave
'n the Tower Hamlets' Cemetery ; hut finding the con•
struction of such a one would require a considerable
time, they proceeded to arrange for a common one.
After the case obtained publicity through the public
press, several communications were made to the clerks of
he Court and the police-officers, stating that Mrs. Be-
laney's mother, who lived at the time of her death with
'he prisoner and her daughter, had also died suddenly,
and was buried with an almost indecent haste under
circumstances peculiarly suspicious. In consequence of
These circumstances, it was deemed advisable to send an
active and intelligent officer down to the north to insti-
tute inquiries, and Inspector Haynes, of the detective
force, was dispatched on that mission. Amongst other
documents which the Inspector produced, was one dated
the Bth, the day of Mrs. Beianey's death, in which the
prisoner, writing to a gentleman, stated that his wife re-
mained dangerously ill, symptons of premature labour
having come on a few days previously. It was further
proved, at the inquiries before the magistrate and the
Coroner, that the prisoner had not resorted to any of the
usual means which any medical man of the slightest
knowledge would have adopted to counteract the effects
of the poison, and which according to the evidence of
Dr. Letheby, would, whilst a spark of life remained, or
even for some time after every semblance of death had
been assumed, have proved effective in ninety-nine cases
out of a hundred.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE NEAR
GRAVESEND.

Yesterday afternoon, shortly after one o'clock, the
town of Gravesend was again alarmed by the outbreak
of a terrific fire at Lower Shorne. near Chalk, a few
miles distant, which, we regret to add, terminated in the
all but complete destruction of that secluded village.
The news of the fire was brought to Gravesend by a
man on horseback, and on his arrival at the Town-hall,
where the engines are kept, the police, under the direc-
tion of Mr. North, the superintendent, lost not a moment
in gating them out and attaching four post-horses to
each. Before, however, they had left the town the ap-
pearance of the atmosphere in the direction of Lower
Shorne too truly confirmed the information brought by
the messenger, for though the day was brilliant in the ex-
treme, the fire was of so intense and fearful a character as
to be seen from every part of the surrounding country,
whilst the huge masses of smoke that arose from the
flaming property completely darkened the horizon. On the
engines gaining the village, Lower Shorne, comprising
three extensive homesteads and a row of houses,-was
found to be enveloped in flames. Oa inquiries being
made of the inhabitants, it appeared that the fire origi-
nated in the house of a labouring family named White.
This with six others formed a row on the left-hand side
of the lower road, and immediately behind them stood a
farm, the whole being the property of Mr. Thomas So-
lomons. It was caused by a foul chimney taking fire,
and the sparks falling upon the thatched roof instantly
set it in a blaze. Most of the occupants at the time
were engaged in harvesting, but they hastened to the
spot and endeavoured to check the fire. A vast number
of persons came to their :assistance, and every effort was.
resorted to in order to prevent the flames extending.
Unhappily at the time the wind was blowing a strong
gale from the south-west, which wafted the fire to the
other houses, and ere half an hour had elapsed, the whole
row was burning from top to bottom. Previously,
however, whilst all were trying to preserve what pro-
perty they could, a sad accident occurred by the
falling in of part of the roof of two houses. Three
poor fellows were extricated sadly thrnt, and it was
much feared that one or more had fallen a sacrifice,
but the state of the ruins prevented all search
being made. It being apparent that none of the
houses could be saved, attempts were made to save the
farm immediately at the rear. The south wing was
partly in flames, the fire was running along the roof,
and the inhabitants had got on. to it and were about to
cut off the communication, when they were astounded
by perceiving a body of smoke arising from another of
Mr. Solomon's homesteads, called the Queen's Farm, si-
tuate about 200 yards further down the lane on the op-
posite side. These premises were of greater extent, the
farm composing a square of at least an acre, and the
buildings consisting of two spacious barns, granaries,
stables, lofts, sheds, cart-houses, and rick-yards, and the
farm-house adjoining. The alarm naturally increased,
and on those assembled rushing to the spot, it was as-
certained that the burning embers scattered from the
former fire had reached the homestead. The greater
part of the two barns was soon in a blaze, and, how-
ever incredible it may appear, so terrific was the work
of devastation, that scarcely was there sufficient time
to see whether the cattle were all out from the stables,
before the whole had been destroy ed, the farm-house
alone escaping, although not without very serious da-
mage. Great as the consternation was then, it can be
easily conceived to what an extent it reached when it
was seen that another homestead, the property of the
same gentleman, called King's Farm, more valuable
and extensive than those before mentioned, and stand-
ing full five hundred yards from that called the Queen's,
had also become fired by the falling of the flaming
fragments. This property was one ,of the finest that
adorned the county of Kent. It possessed every
building necessary for agricultural pursuits. The barns
granaries, lofts, and stables, were substantial erections,
with a large rick-yard adjoining. At this stage the
Gravesend engines arrived, and afterwards one from
Chatham, but in searching for water a considerable time
elapsed before they were of any assistance. The coast-
guard from the station at Shellhaven were in attendance,
and at about two o'clock a strong muster of sailors and
marines belonging to the Russian frigate Aurora, moored
off Gravesend, came up under the charge of their several
officers. In conjunction with the firemen, coast-guard,
and labourers, they made every possible effort in pre-
venting the adjacent crops of corn from igniting. This
they eventually succeeded in, though not without the
greatest difficulty and danger, as the hedges and trees
, on both sides were in a blaze. It is needless to observe,

Long before the prisoner was placed in the dock the
Court was crowded, and among those present were se-
veral well-dressed women. -
At one o'clock Belaney was placed at the bar, looking
uch better than on any previous occasion.
Mr. Reyno:ds, one of the joint solicitors to the Trea-
sury, was present on the part of the Crown, and Mr.
Humphreys appeared for the prisoner.
Mr. Humphreys requested a short delay on the part
of the Court, as he momentarily expected Mr. Clarkson,
who had an pplication to make on the part of the pri-
soner.

that the. King's Farm, with its buildings, like the previous
ones, was levelled to the ground. There was no further
destruction of buildings feared, but alarm was entertained
for the surrounding crops. Tents were in course of
erection in the different meadows to shelter the unfortu-
nate creatures burnt out during the night. Thousands
of persons from Gravesend had assembled. One insur-
ance office, the Norwich Union, was interested in the loss
to the extent of several thousands. The total amount of
the property destroyed could not be ascertained, owing
to the confusion.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

THE LATE COURT-MARTIAL ON
LIEUT. GRAY, R.N.

LOSS OF THE HELEN, FROM LIVERPOOL TO
TAMPICO, AND THE FISHING SMACK
LAUREL
The following has been receives' at Lloyds :
" Admiralty, Aug. 6, 1844.
" Sir,—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty to transmit to you, for the information
of the Committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, an
abstract of a letter from her Majesty's Consul at Tam-
pico, reporting the loss of the schooner Helen, of Glas-
gow, on the bar at that place ; also a copy of a letter
from Lieut. Turnour, commanding 1131. Cutter Sylvia, at
Jersey, reporting the loss of the British fishing. smack
Laurel. (Signed) " SIDNEY HERBERT.
" To W. Dobson, Esq , Secretary, Lloyds."
" Her Majesty's Cutter Sylvia, Jersey, Aug 1,1.844.

The following dispatch, addressed by the Earl of
Aberdeen to Count St. Aulaire, will explain the circum-
stances under which the late court-martial was ordered
by her Majesty's Government :

" THE EAIiD OF ABERDEEN TO COUNT ST. AULAIRE.

" Sir,—l beg to report the loss of the British fishing
smack Laurel on the Concble Rocks, situated about
three and a half miles S.W. of Mont Orguiel Castle.
The Sylvia being aground at the time of the accident,
Mr. Richarth, master-assistant, went out to her assist-
ance in another fishing smack, taking with him the pilot,
a boat's crew and boat, but, I am sorry to state that,
upon his arrival on the spot the vessel had sunk, and
only six people saved out of twenty who were on board.
I have since been out to see if it be possible to raise the
vessel, but found she had knocked her bottom out, and
drifted away.
(Signed)

" Foreign Office, June 23, 1843.
" The undersigned, &c., has had the honour to receive the
note addressed to him on the 2d instant by his Excellency
Count St. Aulaire, &c., respecting the proceedings of her
Majesty's ships Bonetta and Spy, towards the French mer-
chant vessel the Luiz de Albuquerque, Capt. Bellet.
" In that note his Excellency, referring to the statements
contained in the inclosures to his Excellency's communica-

EXECUTION OF A MURDERER.
DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.
NOTTINGHAM, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7.
The awful sentence of the law upon William Saville,
aged 29, for the murder of his wife and three children
at Colwick, received this morning its fearful consumma-
tion at the drop erected in front of the County-hall.
The crowd on the occasion was unprecedentedly large.
and, in consequence, a most shocking accident occurred.
The place where the execution took place is in a street
called High Pavement, between 20 and 30 feet wide, and
at the distance of about 100 yards is an avenue, called
Garner's-hill, a very steep descent, with five or six steps
at the top. As soon as the drop fell, the crowd rushed
violently along lligh Pavement, and hurled a number
of persons down the steps. Eight were taken up dead
from suffocation, four have died since, and a large num-
ber of others are seriously injured.
The offence fur which the prisoner has suffered the
dreadful penalty was one of unexampled horror and
atrocity. The full particulars having already appeared
in The Sun, it will not be necessary again to (Mail the
circumstances of the case ; but it will suffice merely to
state, that the prisoner having attempted to form an
adulterous connexion with another young woman, was
dismissed by her as soon as she knew that he had
already a wife and family ; and that, in order to rid
himself of the obstacle to the successful prosecution of
his suit, he decoyed his unfortunate victims into a wood
at Colwick, and cut their throats, placing the bloody
razor in his wife's hand, to induce the belief that she had
slain her offspring and then committed suicide. This
device, however, proved unsuccessful ; and, suspicion
having alighted upon Saville, he was apprehended, tried,
convicted, and condemned to be hanged for the crime.
The prisoner's conduct during the whole affair has
been characterised by a total want of feeling, and by
an appearance of indifference which he maintained
with a wonderful uniformity. It is said, that after
leaving the dock he observed a number of persons on
the way to his cell, to whom he telegraphed his fate
by pointing to his neck, and by giving an expressive
shrug. Since then he has attempted to feign madness,
but, as little attention was paid to him, he soon left it
off, and evinced a better frame of mind in a serious appli-
cation to the religious instructions of the chaplain, the
Rev. W. Butler, who has been unremitting in his atten-
tion to the prisoner. On Sunday he expressed a wish to
speak with a magistrate. and was accordingly visited by
Mr. T. Nixon, of Nuthall, to whom he stated that he first
intended to tie his wife and children together and drown
them in, the Trent at Colwick Weir, but that he relin-
quished his purpose, because he feared he should be seen
by persons fishing in the neighbourhood ; that when he
entered Colwick Wood, he had no settled plan, and that
while there he quarrelled with his wife by telling her
that he believed she was pregnant in consequence of in-
tercourse with another man ; that he left her in a great
passion, but that before he had gone many yards he heard
her call two of the children, one after the other, to her,
and the third say, " Don't do me so, mother." He im-
mediately suspected something was amiss, and ran up to
the spot where he found the babes with their throats cut.
He then cried out, " D—n you, you b I'll serve you
the same," and murdered her. lle also said that he
took the razor with which he committed the bloody deed
and cleaned' it, and that the instrument found in his
wife's hand was an old one, which she kept to cut her
corns with.
The night before his execution he appeared to be in
good spirits, and his hardihood seemed to be little re-
duced. Next morning he was called up, by his own de-
sire, at five o'clock, and listened with great earnestness
to the advice of the chaplain until seven o'clock, when he
was brought into the grand jury room to be pinioned.
The usual prayers having been offered up by the chap-
lain, he was pinioned by the hangman and his assistants.
The Rev. Mr. Butler then (said to the persons present,
" The prisoner acknowledges the justice of his sentence,
and deires your prayers.'
Other devotions were then gone through, and at a few
minutes before eight o'clock (the hour appointed for the
execution) he inquired with great earnestness, " Is it
time ?" Shortly after the governor of the gaol asked
him if he was ready. The prisoner answered, "Yes,"
and rose with great alacrity to take his place in the
mournful procession to the gallows. On reaching the
drop he was greeted with the groans and execrations of
the large mob assembled in front of the county gaol. The
prisoner, however, stood quite firm, the rope was ad-

" El). E. TURNOUR,
" Lieutenant Commanding."
" Tampico, June 19, 1844.
" I am to inform your Lordships that the schooner
Helen, of Glasgow, was wrecked on this bar on the night
of tho 13th instant. The crew, six in number, proceed
to England in the Royal Mail Steam Company's ship
Medway,"

tion, informs the undersigned that he is directed by his Go-
vernment to require—first, that her Majesty's Government
will disavow the conduct of her Majesty's officers .in
searching the Luiz de Albuquerque without warrants; and
secondly, that they will institute an inquiry into the irre-
gular proceedings with which her Majesty's officers and men
are charged, is order to ensure their punishment, if punish:
ment should be due, and to prevent a recurrence of the irre-
gularity complained of.
" With respect to the first point, the undersigned at once
assures Count St. Aulaire that her Majesty's Government
have no intention to uphold or defend the conduct of any
officer in her Majesty's service who shall search a French
vessel without a warrant from the French Government au-
thorising that step ; inasmuch as her Majesty's Govern-
ment consider such a proceeding is not only not sanctioned
by the treaties which exist between the two countries, but
that it is in direct contravention of their spirit.
" With respect to the second request contained in the note
of Count St. Aulaire, the undersigned begs to inform his Ex-
cellency that orders have been given to institute, without
delay, a strict investigation into the conduct of the persons
charged with committing irregularities on board the Luiz de
Albuquerque ; and that if misconduct should be proved on
the part of any person in her Majesty's service, it will be
visited with proper punishment ; and that measures will be
taken to prevent its recurrence.
" The undersigned, &c.,
(Signed) " ABERDEEN.
" His Excellency Count St. Aulaire, &c., &c., &e."

Mr. Reynolds did not see the necessity of further delay,
as he considered there was already sufficient evidence
for the prisoner's committal to Newgate.
Mr. Broderip---Am I to understand, then, that you
propose to call no further evidence, and now apply for
the prisoner's committal ?
Mr. Clarkson, Who just then entered, had some pri-
vate conversation with the Bench,which was joined in by
Mr. Reynolds, and Mr. Symonds, the chief clerk. The
Learned Gentleman then, speaking aloud, said, I have
no objection that the public should know the nature of
my application. I think, when the Crown has con-
sented, there can be no objection to the course, and I
never knew such an application to be refused. What I
ask on the part of the prisoner is, that he be recommitted
to Clerkenwell gaol until the day before his trial, which,
from what has already taken place, all his friends must
have anticipated he has to undergo. Ido not expect for
my client more than would be granted to any other per-
son ; but I never knew such an application to be refused.
Mr. Broderip (addressing Mr. Reynolds) asked if the
Crown consented to the appication ? Mr. Reynolds said,
if the course was not unusual, the Crown would have no
objection, but he would leave it to his Worship, who must
be best acquainted with the practice.
Mr. Broderip (again addressing Mr. Reynolds) said,
is it your wish that the prisoner be sent back to Clerken-
well ; or, having no further evidence, do you pray he
should be committed to Newgate ?
Mr. Clarkson—The prisoner has many friends coming
from the country who are anxious to see him, and with
whom, at this critical juncture, it is important he should
confer. Clerkenwell affords greater facilities for this
purpose than Newgate prison, where the regulations are
more restrictive.
Mr. Broderip (again addressing Mr. Reynolds)—lt
has been put to me whether it is the wish of the Crown
that the prisoner be allowed to say where he has greater
facility of seeing his friends, or that he should be finally
committed to Newgate.
Mr. Reynolds—l see nothing in the case which should
induce a relaxation of the usual rules. The Crown would
i
not oppose the application, if it were according to the
usual practice • but there is nothing in the present case
to take it out Of customary course.
Mr. Broderip—The usual course, when a case has been
closed, and the magistrate has made up his mind to com-
mit, is to send the prisoner to Newgate.
Mr. Clarkson—There are private papers in the hands
of the officer which belong to the prisoner. If they re-
late to the case let him state so ; if not, they ought to
be given up. This is an application with which I hope
no one will interfere.
Mr. Broderip—l do not know that I have the power
to make an order ; but the general rule is, that all pro-
perty found on a prisoner, and not relating to the case,
should be restored to him.
Inspector Hay nes—l have no papers.
Mr. Clarkson-4 have said, on a former occasion, that
I was glad the case of my client was in the hands of In-
spector Haynes, as from him I shall expect nothing but
strict justice.
It having been ascertained that the papers alluded to
were in the hands of the Treasury, Mr. Reynolds pro-
mised they should be given up.
Mr. Broderip, then addressing the prisoner, who wit-
nessed the proceedings with the same grave composure
which he evinced all through, said, that it had been
prayed that he should be committed to Newgate in pre-
ference to another prison, and it was now his duty to
commit him for the wilful murder of Rachel Belaney.
The prisoner was then removed.
The mere formal proceedings of yesterday have nearly
renewed all the interest which originally attached to the
case ; and the excitement created in the neighbourhood
was almost equal to that which was felt whilst the inquest
was being held.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, AUGUST 3, 1844

King's College—James Arthur Yonge, Scholar, has
just been elected a Fellow. Barnard Drake and Thomas
Brockeland have just been admitted Scholars of this
Society.
Emmanuel College—The Rev. Joseph Brett Grant,
8.A., has been appointed to the Mastership of the
endowed free grammar school at Haworth, Yorkshire.
Pembroke College—The Rei. Thomas Hirst, N.A.,
has been presented to the Head Mastership of the free
grammar school, Bakewell, Derbyshire.

DRURY-LANE.—A sumptuous dinner was given on
Tuesday last, at the Trafalgar, at Greenwich, by the Com-
mittee of Drury-lane Theatre to Mr. Bunn, their lessee, who
returned from the Continent for the OCCaal9ll, the chair being
occupied by the Earl of Glengall.