The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1844.

SOUTH LANCASHIRE ELECTION.

THE NOMINATION.

NEWTON, FRIDAY EVENING.—The usually quiet little vil-
lage of Newton was this morning the scene of great bustle
and excitement, in consequence of an announcement that
candidates would be nominated to fill the vacancy in the re-
presentation of the southern division of Lancashire caused
by the death of the Hon. R. B. Wilbraham. The weather
was beautifully fine, and before ten o'clock nearly five thou-
sand persons had assembled to take part in the proceedings.
The supporters of Mr. Entwisle, on the hustings, were J.
W. Patten, M.P., J. C. Legh, M.P., J. Blackburne, M.P.,
Colonel Tempest, W. F. Hutton, Esq., Sir Thomas Brancker,
P. Greenall, Esq., Sir Henry Houghton, Bart., Rev. T. Black-
burne, Edward Lodge, jun., Esq., John Clare, Esq., S. Holme,
Esq., &c. &c.
Mr. Brown's supporters were Sir Thomas Potter, Mr. Cob-
den, M.P., Mr. G. Wilson (chairman of the League), Mr.
Robert Gardner, &c., &c.
The High Sheriff, addressing the electors, asked if any free-
holder had a candidate to propose,
Mr. ROBERT GARDNER (of Manchester) begged leave to
nominate a gentleman to fill the vacant seat. His duty upon
this occasion was an agreeable, but at the same time to him
a novel one, inasnsuch as lie was about to vote and act
against friends with whom he was in the habit of coinciding
in opinion.(Cries of " Oh," cheers, and hisses.) But the
course, however, he intended to pursue was an honest and

conscientious one.—(Groans and cheering.) He begged to
propose as a candidate William Brown, Esq., a gentleman
who had for thirty years been at the head of one of the first
mercantile establishments in the country, and who well
understood its commercial relations.—(Cheers from the free-
traders, and groans from the Conservatives.) It had been
charged against Mr. Brown that he was a Socinian ; but
that charge was unfounded, or they would not have found
him on that day nominating him. Mr. Brown had always
been a sound Churchman, and was so still. Another charge
against him was, that he was a foreigner—an American;
and that charge was equally unfounded with the former,
unless they called an Irishman a foreigner, for his
friend was from the north of Irelaud.—(Cheers.)
A third charge against Mr. Brown was, that he was directly
opposed to her Majesty's present Government.—(Hear, hear,
cries of "So he is," and groans). Now he (Mr. Gardner)
firmly believed that Mr. Brown would do more to aid their
Government than would his opponent—(Cheers, hisses, and
great uproar). He (Mr. Gardner) believed that the late and
the present corn-law was the most wicked, injurious, and de-
structive law that ever disgraced the statute book of this
country.—(No, no, and hear, hear.) He would be glad to see
the law repealed ; but he would not advocate that being done
at once. He would like to see a moderate fixed duty placed
on corn, and that duty lowered by degrees until it was en-
tirely done away with.
Mr. JOSEPH EWART seconded Mr. Brown's nomination.

Colonel TEMPEST then came forward, and stated that it
was his intention to ask the suffrages of the electors on
behalf of a gentlemen who was eminently qualified to
become Mr. .Wilbraham's successor.—(Cheers and hisses.)
It appeared that this contest was to be carried on upon the
principle whether or not British industry should be protected ;
but he apprehended that there were few men who were not
anxious to preserve their native independence.—(Cheers.)
.Noth:.ng we could get from the adoption of the principle of
free trade could compensate for the utter ruin it would inflict
upon the home trader's best and healthiest customers—(Hear,
cheers, and " No")—and no men would feel that ruin more
than the retail dealers, and the manufacturers who supplied
the home market.—(Hear, hear.) The manufacturers com-
plained that their trade was declining ; that theirs was a
losing speculation under the present system of import duties;
but how could that be, when they boasted at some of their
League meetings that they could easily buy up all the land-
owners of the kingdom—(Loud cheering)—thus proving by
their own mouths that they had been immensely prosperous
under the existing corn-laws?—(Loud cheers.) Why then
ought they to complain ?—(Hear, hear.) Their cry of
" cheap bread" meant nothing less than " enable us to
lower wages."—(Cheers' and cries of " No" from the Leaguers.)
No doubt the League had been joined by noblemen of the
highest rank and gentlemen of the greatest respectability ;
but if these noblemen and gentlemen would only look back
to the events of the French Revolution, they would find that
a hasty hostile feeling on the part of the lords who were
opposed to the Monarch, raised a feeling amongst the people
which they could not afterwards control, and the result was
their properties became their crimes, and the feeling was con
tinned until they were swept away by the very hurricane
which they themselves raised.—(Cheers.)
Sir THOMAS BRANCKER seconded Mr. Entwisle's nomina-
tion. •

Mr. Brows then presented himself to address the electors,
and was received with a storm of mingled cheers and
groaning, which continued for some time. He was
an advocate for freedom of trade all over the world,
believing as he did that unrestricted intercourse be-
tween nations with respect to commerce tended not only
to the pecuniary advantage and the prosperity of all
classes, but also to preserve peace, which was a
great desideratum. And in that character he was only
desirous of carrying out the principle which the present Pre-
mier told them he was anxious should be adopted—namely,
that of buying in the cheapest market and selling in the
dearest.—(Cheers.) If it was their pleasure that he should
be their representative, he pledged himself that he never
would offer a factious opposition to any good measure that
might be propounded in Parliament, whether it originated
with Whig or Tory, Radical or Conservative.—(Cheers.)
The Gallant Colonel had alluded to the rate of labourers'
wages under the present system, and what it would be if the
corn-laws were repealed. Let them look to the situation of
Ireland at this moment, where provisions brought nearly
as high a price as in the markets of Manchester, and
would it be told to him that the high prices of provi-
sions in Ireland had caused advance of wages to the la-
bourers in that country?—(Hear.) Why, in the south
and west, 2,000,000 of men could be had at a moment's
notice, who would be glad to work for six-pence a day.
Look, then, to the United States, where food was
cheap, and they would find that many of their operative fel-
low countrymen received from 3s. to 4s. a day for their
labour.—(A voice, " What makes them all come back
again ?"—(Great laughter.) He denied that free trade would
interfere with the interests of the landed aristocracy of the
country ; if he thought it would, he would not appear be-
fore them as he then did—an advocate of unrestricted com-
merce, as he was both a landed proprietor and a merchant.—
(Cheers and hisses.) He was an uncompromising advocate
of free trade, and in the principle of that advocacy he was
supported by Adam Smith; by the late illustrious Lord
Chatham, whose government luid so long ruled the destinies
of the word ; by his no less illustrious son, William Pitt ;
and by George Canning, who was a Liberal at heart, but pre-
vented from carrying out his principles by the party with
whom he was compelled to act.—(Cheers, and Oh, ob.) How
did Mr. Canning treat the people of Liverpool? It would
doubtless be in their remembrance that he had recommended
as his own pupil in commercial knowledge and principle the
late lamented Mr. Huskisson to their notice.—(Hear , hear.)
Mr. Huskisson's doctrines were those of free trade, and yet had
he ever, in his place in Parliament, contributed to the de-
terioration of the interests of the country ?—(Hear.) He
(Mr. Brown) was convinced that the repeal of the corn-
laws would not, by any means, interfere with the rent-rolls
of the landlords, and he was borne out in that conviction by
the opinions of many of the largest landed proprietors in the
country. He then proceeded to say, that his friend who bad
proposed him stated that he was an advocate for a moderate
fixed duty, to be gradually reduced until the whole was done
away with. Now he (Mr. Brown) must confess he did not
agree with his friend in that principle. What he said on that
subject was, " Ikt not the matter be one of doubt; let there
be no uncertainty; keep not the landlords and farmers in an
unsettled state; if anything is to be done, let it be done at
once."—(Cheers.)
Mr. EaTWISLE next came forward, and was received with
cheers from his friends and hisses from the Leaguers. He
said that it was mentioned that Mr. Brown would give his
support to her Majesty's present Ministers, and that fact was
put forward as a claim upon the notice of the district ; and
he (Mr. Entwisle) said, if there could be one argument more
strong than another in favour of an administration, it was
the claims that were made upon the electors on this occasion
by both parties, on the faith that they would give their sup-
port to the existing Government.—(Cheers.) But he was
not surprised that the matter had taken this turn when he
saw the prosperity that had resulted from their efforts.—
(Renewed cheering.) When, in 1841, they came into office,
trade was in an unparalleled state of distress—we were en-
gaged in several wars, and the revenue was considerably de-
ficient. He was not surprised, therefore, that great confi-
dence should be attached to those Ministers who had re-
stored peace to the country, under whose government trade
had been extended, and the revenue placed in a situation
to be more than sufficient to meet the expenditure. (A
Voice—" The income-tax.") He was not there to discuss
by what means all this had been done, but if they wished to
know his opinion upon the matter, he would distinctly
state that the income-tax was a good tax, and that the levy-
ing of it was unfortunately called for b 7 the circumstances
of the country.—(Cheers, and cries of" IN o, no.") It seemed
that the great cry in this case was to be raised upon the ques-
tion of free trade, but even that appeared to be narrowed
into the repealing of the corn-laws.—(No, no, and hear.)
He asked was it so or not ?—(Renewed cries of " No, no,"
from the free traders.) It was suggested that a trial of free
trade should be made; but it was because he objected to
trials of that kind he was there to protest against the prin-
ciple. The system of making experiments upon important
matters was one which every great nation ought to dread,
inasmuch as it led to wild innovations and laws.—(Hear.)
England had during the last three years been in a most
prosperous condition, but nothing short of repealing the im-
port duties would appease or satisfy that patriotic body, the
Anti-Corn-law League.—( Laughter.) The question at issue
in the present contest was, he believed, pretty well under-
stood by the electors of this district; but he should like to
know upon what authority his opponents asserted that the
Government wished for the return of Mr. Brown rather than
that of the other candidate? Perhaps the person who got
the information was engaged in asking for an office under
the Government; or it might be he would have been better
occupied in defending his own seat than in canvassing South
Lancashire.—(Hear, cheers, and laughter.)
Mr. COBDEN, M.P., next rose amidst considerable uproar
to propose Sir Thomas Potter, as a fit and proper person to
represent the southern division of Lancashire in Parliament.
'The nomination of Sir Thomas was not seconded, and
The HIGII SHERIFF called for a show of hands on the
part of the two candidates who were in the first instance
nominated, and which he declared to be in favour of Mr.
Entwisle.

A poll was demanded by Mr. GARDNER for Mr. Brown,
and it was appointed to take place on Monday and Tuesday
next.

FILTRATION.—It appears that Mr. Stuckey, the
inventor of the economical plan for filtering vast bodies of
water, is now in Paris, to exhibit his filters in operation on
the Seine, induced by a note which has been received from
the Secretary of the Cabinet of the King. It would be sin-
gular were this valuable invention to be adopted by the
French Government or Louis Philippe, before the Committee
on the health of large towns made their report regarding it,
and other remedies for this country.

CURIOUS FACT.—A short distance from Wellin -
ton, the Bristol and Exeter Railway is carried through the
White Ball-hill by means of a tunnel, five-eighths of a mile
in length, and completely bricked throughout. Above this
great bore, before its commencement and almost over its
centre, there was a deep well of capital water with a never-
failing spring, which supplied the house near it on the top of
the hill. In the contract entered into with the landowner a
special agreement was made, that if the water was taken
away by the boring for the tunnel, a sum of money in com-
pensation should be paid in addition to the purchase-money
for the land—and as a natural consequence such was almost
to be expected ; but as yet there is not even the slightest
diminution of the pure liquid stream, which, strange enough,
is as full as ever, though this great drain is made under it.—
Sherborne Journal.

THE NOMINATION, AT NEWTON.—We understand
that so great has been the desire to be present at the
nomination at Newton, this day, that the Railway Com-
pany were unable to provide carriages at all sufficient in
number to supply the demand for seats. The disap-
pointment to the public has, therefore, been very g, a t
but it was unavoidable.—Liverpool Mercury of Friday.
The patent constituting the new Board of Admi-
ralty was yesterday read at the Board, when Bear.
Admiral Bowles took his-seat, Tice Sir G. Seymour.

EPSOM ItACES.

It has been constantly remarked that the weather,
on days of foes or festivals in which her Majesty is
personally concerned, is invariably. fine and pro-
pitious. Yesterday was the anniversary of her
Majesty's birth, and, as usual, it was ushered in
by a brilliant day. It was also the anniversary of
the Oaks, a prize for which our fleetest fillies con-
tend, and the winning of which confers as,durable an
immortality as can be earned by the efforts of flesh
and flood. The morning was cloudy and cold, but
early in the forenoon the sun broke forth, and shone
clearly and steadily throughout the whole of the day.
Its rays would have caused inconvenient heat,
had it not been for a revigerating north-east
wind, that blew steadily, and without intermission.
Having been subjected to a longer duration of drought
than was ever, at least to the present generation,
known, the roads were deep with dust, which, being
stirred up by carriage wheels and horses' hoofs, was
swept by the wind across the course, covering it with
a thick yet bright haze. Compared with the multi-
tude that thronged the course on Wednesday, the
assemblage, yesterday, was small indeed; the early
trains that brought down hundreds, were limited to
scores, and at one o'clock there were not more than
3,000 persons on the course. The gambling booths
had disappeared in toto, and the fifty or sixty refresh-
ment booths that remained were driving but a very
scant trade. The police, many of them mounted and
armed with sabres, still mustered in strong force,
but there was really very little for them to do.
There were not 150 carriages by the ropes on either
side of the course, but there was a tolerably fair mus-
ter of them, between 200 and 300, on the side of the
hill nearly opposite to the Grand Stand. The bet-
ting ring was crowded, and there appeared at one
time to be as many congregated in that locality as in
the vicinity of the Grand(Stand, which just before
the race contained about hilf the number of specta-
tors it did on Wednesday.` It is very difficult to
count a multitude spread irregularly over an irregular
broken piece of ground; the eye of an old general
might do it, but we do not think our-
selves exaggerating or extenuating in stating that ,
ton thousand persons did not witness the swift
strides of the Princess yesterday to bear away the
Oaken crown. There are strange and pleasant coin-
cidences in this world—particularly agreeable to those
happily tinged with a little fanciful superstition. The
Princess was foremost in the Olympic game cele-
brated on the day the greatest Queen in the world
completed her fifth lustre. Taking all things into
account, and particularly the absence of some thou-
sands, caused by the quietus given to their principal
attraction—gambling—the Oaks had a fair average
attendance. The most fastidious could not complain
of scenes of confusion and vulgarity, and the races
passed off as quietly as the most contemplative Com-
missioner could desire. We have to apologise to that
übiquitous caterer for the creature-comforts of the
sporting world, Mr. Careless, for our carelessness in
not mentioning his merits before. By him the proper
portion of the Grand Stand was converted into a
restaurant, which would have done credit to a Ude
or a Careme. Having said this much by way of
brief preface we will now describe the business events
of the day.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.

Mr. Goldham, the clerk of Billingsgate-market having,
at the desire of the Lord Mayor, attended at the justice-
room, to report as to any regulations which it might be
necessary to make with respect to the boats on the river,
for the protection of the public, especially during Green-
wich Fair, which was to commence on Monday next,
that experienced officer waited upon his Lordship is the
course of the day.
The LORD MAYOR—There have been several appli-
cations made to me within the last few days, requesting
my iaterferenee to prevent the embarkation of greater
numbers on board the steam-boats on the Thames than
can be safely accommodated in them, and I am anxious
to hear whether you, Mr. Goldham, have any sugges-
tions to make, by the adoption of which greater security
can be calculated,upon for the lives of passengers.
Mr. Goldham said that, in all probability, if his Lord-
ship did not, in some way or other, interpose his autho-
rity, some dreadful accident, compared with which, in
extent, those which had lately occurred would be but
insignificant, would occur on the days of the approach-
ing Greenwich Fair. Instead of the loss of six or seven
lives, the loss of six hundred or seven hundred might be
deplored, if the steam-boats were allowed to receive
such multitudes. He had always fears of some dreadful
accident at this time of the year during such weather,
and more especially as several old tug-boats ventured to
carry hundreds of people. These tug-boats were, many
of them, made of very indifferent materials, and, being
narrow, were extremely liable to turn over if their
engines happened to come in contact with other vessels
in the river. If such a thing were to take place, the
passengers would stick together like a swarm of bees,
and but few of the multitude would, in all probability,
be saved.

The LORD MAYOR said that he should, as far as he
possibly could, prevent any catastrophe such as Mr.
Goldham had described, and seemed to apprehend. The
power of the Court of Aldermen was, he knew, very
limited as regarded the regulation of these boats, and he
really believed that, until the public sympathy was
roused by some awful accident, involving the destruction
of hundreds, no effectual measure would be adopted.
Some representative of the people would then, no doubt,
come forward to deplore the event, and to say that it
was high time to put a stop to the evil. A relative of
his came to London yesterday from Gravesend:in:a steam-
vessel, which, in consequence of the gross negligence of
the commander, carried away the paddle-box of another
vessel in passing Blackwall.
Mr. Goldham stated, that if that commander had come
across a crazy old tug steamer, crowded with people, the
consequence might have been dreadful. The crowded
state of the river, arising from the vast traffic, added
considerably to the danger. He had had a very long
experience of the Thames, and his astonishment was
how the loss of life happened to be, comparatively with
the danger, so small.
The LORD MAYOR said, that he should consult his
brother Magistrates upon the subject of applying to Par-
liament for greater powers than they already possessed
to abate an evil of so formidable a character. But in
order to meet the almost immediate danger, he should
cause placards to be sent to all the wharfs used by steam-
vessels, cautioning those who had authority on board
against the practice of receiving such numbers of pas-
sengers. The distribution of the placards should be
very general, and he should, in like manner, appeal to
the public themselves, and to the Directors of the seve-
ral companies, to aid him on an occasion of such mo-
ment. His Lordship then gave several orders to Mr.
Goldam, as to the details of the plan he resolved to
adopt during Greenwich Fair.
CLERKENWELL.
_

Mr. Murk Noed, a gold cutter, residing at 10, St
John's-square, Clerkenwell, was brought up on an im-
mediate warrant, charged with flogging and otherwise
maltreating Mark Noed, his illegitimate son, a boy aged
about 14 years.
Bingham, the warrant officer, produced the instrument
with which the boy had been flogged, a clumsy stick
two feet long, with six knotted India rubber cords
fastened to the end of it.

Mr. GREENWOOD directed the boy to remove the dress
from the upper part of his person. The boy did so, and
a spectacle truly shocking was presented to the Court.
The whole of the back, from the neck to the hips, was
literally covered with stripes and coagulated blood.
The whole of the left side was contused, there were two
or three marks of the lash and iknots on the lower part
of the abdomen. The marks of the knots were perfectly
visible in several other places, and a murmur of horror
and indignation ran through the spectators assembled in
the body of the court.
The boy having been sworn, made the following state-
ment:—l have been living with my father for the last
two years. My mother lives with my grandmother, at
31, Charles-street, Hatton-garden, and supports herself
by needlework. Early on Sunday morning I went out
to walk with Johnny;Newman to Lea-bridge. Newman
left me there, and I went astray, and did not get back
to Hatton-garden until one o'clock. Being afraid to re-
turn home, I went to my mother's in Charles-street, and
remained there until Tuesday evening, when my father
came for me and took me home, at ten o'clock at night.
He brought me into the bed-room, and made me strip
off all my clothes, except my trousers. I did as he di-
rected me. He then took a handkerchief and bound it
round my head, so as to cover my mouth and prevent
me from screaming. He made me stand up, and beat
me with the cat-o'-nine-tails produced for five minutes.
He then took a jack-towel from a nail and bound it
round my head, fastening it under my chin.
Prisoner—l did so, that he might not alarm a woman
who lodged in the house by his screams.
Mr. GREENWOOD—The wonder is that you did not
suffocate the child ; and if you had, you would have
been probably tried for your life.
The boy, in answer to further interrogatories from the
Magistrate, went on to state :—My father then began to
beat me again. I put my hands behind to ward off the
strokes, but he struck me on the hands and wrists (they
were likewise striped). The handkerchief on my nose
hbel then
bled a
hurt me, and I strove to push it off, and he said be would
hands if I
consequence.di d
blowon thef
not
keep
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nose, d owwe nr e covered
which—
with blood from the stripes. I believe my back bled a
great deal. When be had done beating me he locked
struckbeal
great c nadi neye al a
in violent
me up in the room, saying, `• You shall have nothing
but bread and water for a fortnight." There was no
bed in the room, only a chair, but my body was so sore
that I could not sit down. I felt so much pain that I
could not sleep any all night. On Wednesday
morning he gave me some bread and water. He then
fastened some paper across the lower part of the window
with sealing wax, so that nobody in the street could
see me. He said he was going to the Derby race, and
that if I should touch the paper on the window
he would break my head. I was locked up all day in the
room alone. At eight o'clock he came home from the
races, and made me brush my trowsers. He gave me
no food, but put me into another room, in which there
was no bed, and he locked me up there all night alone.
He gave me nothing to eat. At eleven o'clock in the
morning he came to me and made me clean his boots. I
was sore all over. He eat a beef-steak in my presence,
but did not give me any thing at all to eat except the
bread and water. In the middle of the day I shot back
the bolt of the door with a fork, and escaped to the
police station. The police took me to the Clerkenwell
workhouse, where I slept last night.
Mr. GREENWOOD asked the defendant what reply he
could make to the charge ? Defendant—What he says
is perfectly true ; but, m my opinion, he deserves all he
got.
Mr. GREENWOOD—I cannot trust my own feelings to
say what I think on this matter. I never recollect in all
my experience a case of greater cruelty, except one,
where the victim was starved to death.

The boy further stated that his father had often
beaten him with the cat, which had been made for the
purpose. He had not his clothes off since Monday
night. He still felt great pain.
Dr. Taylor, the parochial physician, deposed that the
boy's back was waled from the shoulders to the bottom
of the back ; his arms and hands were likewise striped.
The flesh was much discoloured in several places from
the injuries inflicted.
Mr. Wilson, the overseer of Clerkenwell, said he never
was so much shocked as on seeing the condition of the
boy. He felt confident the parish would prosecute in
the ease ; but if not, he would certainly prosecute at his
own expense.

The -prisoner was fully committed for trial in default
of being able to obtain two sureties in 60/. each, to an-
swer for his appearance there. _ .

The boy was removed to the workhouse.
Sarti, the poor Italian boy, whose case was mentioned
in our paper of yesterday, was again brought before the
Magistrate, and Mr. Hicks, the overseer of Islington,
being in attendance, promised to take such steps as
would rescue the boy from his present deplorable con-
dition.

Mr. Wakeling, a solicitor, said that it appeared from
the statement in some of the morning papers that the
Magistrate had authorised the detention of the boy's
organ by the police. He applied for a summons against
the police for detaining it, on behalf of the owner of the
organ.

Air. GREENWOOD said he made no such statement. If
the police did not give up the organ to the owner he
would certainly grant the summons.

MARYLEBONE.

FORGERY.—Yesterday afternoon, a young man of
very respectable appearance, who gave his name
Dank! Wrigia, but refused to state whero he resided,
was, together with a showily dressed female, named
Sarah Cox, placed at the bar beforo the sitting Ma-
gistrate, Mr. C. Long, the former prisoner charged
with having, by means of a forged cheque, uttered by
him, obtained 390/. from the banking house of Sir
Claude Scott and Co., Cavendish-square, and the latter
on suspicion of being an accessory after the fact.
The prisoners were brought up by officers of the
Detective Police.
George Taylor, clerk to Sir Claude Scott and Co.,
deposed that on 3d instant, Wright, of whom he had no
previous knowledge, presented to him
)a cheque for 3901.
purporting to be drawn by William 1 ulsford, upon the
Bank of England, and payable to Mr. G. Bedmayne,
or bearer, (the cheque was here produced, and handed to
the Magistrate); at the period of his presenting it, he
said that he bad brought
it from Mr. Redmayne, who
would be obliged by having it cashed, and witness gave
him six 50/. notes, and four 201. ditto, together with
10 sovereigns ; he signed his name to the said cheque
in acknowledgment of the receipt of the amount, and
then went away.
Mr. LONG—Did he say who he was, or make any
other remark than what you have stated? Witness—
He di4 not, Sir. Mr. Redmayne, who resides in New
Bond-street, keeps an account with us, and as we are in
the habit of giving cash to him for cheques, I did not
hesitate to do so in the present instance. The checque
-bore an, indorsement, purporting to be that of Mr. Red-
mayne s clerk, for and on behalf of his employer.
Mr. Claude Edward Scott, one of the partnere in the

banking firm, stated, that on the morning of the 4th in-
stant, the cheque produced to the Court was brought to
him by a clerk belonging to the Bank of England, who
pronounced it to be a forgery, and on the same afternoon
Mr. Pulsford called upon him, and upon examining the
cheque, he said that the signature bearing his name was
not his; information of the transaction was then given to
the police.
Jonathan Whicker (Detective) stated, that he had been
employed in the case, and among places which he had
gone to in pursuit of Wright was Birmingham, where,
upon his arrival he ascertained that he ("Wright) had
been in that town, but that he quitted it about ten days
ago, for London. On the same morning (yesterday)
witness, accompanied by Inspector Haines and Thomson
of the Detective, repaired to the 'Victoria Hotel, near the
terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway, Eus-
ton-square, and in one of the parlours of that establish-
ment he found the prisoners sitting together at breakfast.
Mr. Lose—What took place when you entered the
room? Witness—l asked him what his name was, and
he said it was Day. I had told him who I was, and as I
had before satisfied myself with regard to purchases
made by him, with some of the notes received from Sir
Claude Scott's, I asked him if he knew where he got the
501 note from, with which he purchased a gold
watch at Whistler's in the Strand; to this he
made no reply. I told him he must consider himself in
my custody on suspicion of uttering a forged cheque on
the 3d inst., at Sir Claude Scott and Co's.; he said it was
a bad job, but he must put up with the consequences ;
and he asked me several times if I thought he would be
transported. I searched him, and found in his pocket
5/. 4s. 6d., and in a writing-case belonging to him, 70
sovereigns, as also a valuable gold watch and chain,
and other articles of jewellery ; on the female were three
gold rings, and she had a great deal of new and fashion-
able wearing apparel.
The watch, money, and the rest of the property dis-
covered was here produced by the witness.
Mr. Lose—Do you recollect anything more that took
place between either of the prisoners and you ? Wit-
ness—Wright said he was in difficulty, and that it was
through women that he had been led into it.

Witness produced another cheque fora large amount
which he found on the prisoner, who had attempted to
tear it up ; it was of a similar character to that by which
Sir Claude Scott and Co. were defrauded.

Inspector Haines said that during the short stay of
the prisoners at the Victoria Hotel, a bill had been run
up there to the amount of 361.
The witness Whicker further stated that the male pri-
soner had, as he had every reason to believe, not given
his real name, and that his parents were highly respec-
table people, living in Conduit-street, llanover-square.
Mr. LONG (to Wright)—l shall be obliged to re-
mand you upon this charge, do you wish to say
anything or not ? Wright—l can say nothing in
denial of what has been stated against me by the wit-
nesses ; but this young woman is quite innocent. She
knew nothing about what I had done until this morning,
when the officers took me into custody,
The female prisoner, who also asserted her innocence,
was discharged ; aad Wright was, in order to afford
time for the attendance of a clerk from the Bank of Eng-
land, and other persons to whom he (Wright) had
passed some of the notes, in payment for jewellery, &c.,
remanded till Friday next.

GRAVESEND STEAM-BOATS.
DIAMOND COMPANY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Ste,—On Wednesday last I was a cabin passenger to
Gravesend, by one of the Diamond Company's boats
from London-bridge. My only luggage was a basket
containing articles from my house in town, for the use
of my family, at present occupying a house in Graves-
end. It was not bulky, and was under 701bs. in weight.
The Company give notice, that it will not be account-
able for passengers' luggage, unless booked and paid
for. At Gravesend carriage was demanded for my
basket, and I was compelled to pay it. I was told that
by luggage wearing apparel only was meant, and that
everything else must pay freight. By coach, by rail-
way, by every public conveyance with which I am ac-
quainted, passengers' luggage has never yet, to my,
knowledge, been
.reduced to mere wearing apparel.
Weight may be a fair limitation as to luggage ; but if
passengers' luggage is to mean only passengers' clothes
on board the Diamond Company's boats, the Directors
ought to state so publicly. I view the demand of freight
for my basket as an imposition, and one which, if gene-
rally practised, will do the Company no good. I paid
snipe k
• nee r this extortion. For the last month I have
for
paid the Company cabin fare up and down nearly every
day. I preferred the Diamond Company' s boats, since
they appealed to the public against the Blackwell Com-
pany's charge of 2d. for each passenger, whilst other
boats only paid ld. I :shall now go by the Star Com-
pany, the Thames, or the Railway boats, in preference
to the Diamond. During the next week they will thus
lose I 2s. by the change.
If the public would only mark their sense of imposi-
tion by withdrawing themselves from all who resort to
it, complaints would soon be put an end to, and a word
from you, Sir, will do more good than you imagine.
I am, Sir, your very obedient,
24th May, 1844. A LONDONER.
[We have no occasion to add a word, the facts stated
by our Correspondent speak for themselve?.]