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COCOA.—Operations have been limited in all sorts of West
India by private treaty, and at auction 423 bags Trinidad
were withdrawn. The tendency of prices is still to decline,
and for all purposes deliveries continue to be less than in the
former year. Of Foreign none has been submitted to public
sale, and privately few buyere are to be met with, whilst
Parcels are offered at lower rates,; a further decline is also
looked for.

TEA.—There is no variation to notice in the value, of
Congou this week, and home dealers have made purchases
with caution. For exportation a •fair quantity of common Con
you has been sold-at he id to lid per lb. Fine Green realises Lull
terms, and has been in good demand; low and mild sorts met
with little attention and there are sellers at a slight reduc-
tion. For Pekoe and scented Tea the market is quiet, and
prices tend downwards.
Rim—There continues to be much dulness in the marss
for East India, whilst the private purchases are not worth
enumerating; they have been almost exclusively confined to
a few orders for the West ladies. Fine White Bengal
supports late rates, but of the lower sorts of Rice
several parcels are on offer. At public sale 1,207 bags
of Penang were taken in, bat sold, afterwards at the
low rates of 6s 6d to 7s for low cargo mixed and
middling at 7s per cwt. The value.of good and fine white
Bengal is lOs to 1 I s, ether sorts 8s to Os 6d, cargo 7s to 7s Gd,
and Madras pinkey white 8s to Os per cwt. Cleaned Rice is
not much wanted, whilst a desire is evinced to sell town-
dressed Carolina at 20s to 265, broken 14s tO 15e, Patna low
to fine 12s to 18s, very superior 19s to 20s, broken Os Gd to
12s, and American cleaned Rice lOs to 19s Gd.
SPICES.—At public sale to-day 803 bags East India
Ginger went at full rates, and realised 20s to 21s for export
sort, and damaged I.6s'to 18s per cwt.
SALTPETRE.—To-day some parcels of Rough were sold by,
private treaty at full rates; at auction 510 bags were dis-
posed of; 5 per per cent. retr-actic❑ at 28s for ord, and 11 to
9 ditto of middling quality at 20s per cwt.
INDIGO.—On the part of holders of East India there is a
reluctance to accept lower rates, only trifling purchases have
been made this week by shippers or home dealers. In Spanish
there has been little passing.
SriniTs.--A Government contract for 100,000 gallons of
Rum, half East and the remainder West India, is
declared. There has been little desire on the part of
shippers or home dealers to operate, still holders are
faits and will not sell but at full prices. Only small
parcels- of East India have been sold at is 4d to is 54
proof. Leeward Island is 5d to is 6d. Of Demerara the
sales are.loo hinle at 2s 4d to 2s 64 for 30 to 40 per cent over;
100 puns of Jamaica at 2s 6d to 3s for 28 to 35 over, small
pa-eels of better sort 3s 24 to 4s. Brandy has been in good
demand, and holders display firmness, whilst the value of
Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1848 is 4s 84 to 4s 104
per gallon. •
COCIIINEAL.,—To-day there was little desire evinced to
operate in Cochineal, and prices further declined Id ; of 75
bags offered at public sale a small part only sold; Mexican
ord black 3s 114, Honduras Be I Id to 4s 2d, and good silvery

Tencriffe 3s Yd per lb.
TALLOW.—'I c-day at auction Tallow went at stiffer rates ;
of S mth American 1,149 pkgs mostly sold at 33s 6d to
38s Gd ; 470 cks Sydney 34s to 36s 9d ; 12 eke of Singapore
33s 6d to 375; 40 elis Petersburg Soap 33s fid to 34s per-cwt.
011.5.—F0r Linseed 0.1 on the spot 32s 6d to 32s 9d per
cwt.; for delivery the value is 32s 9d to 335. For Rape
Seed Oil, brown 39s to 39s ed, pale 40s 6d to 4 Ls,
foreign 43s to 435 9d, and brown 40s to 40s 6d per
cwt. Olive met with little atttenion, and a greater
disposition is evinced to sell at from 461 to 491 per ton,
Psim fine 31s Gd to 32s per cwt. Of Cocoa Nut several par-
cds are still on offer, whilst there are few buyers, and prices
are on the decline. In consequence of the reduced stock of
Cud Oil, holders nmain firm, and require 331103 to 341 per
tun ; Seal met with little attention, we quote
pale at 371 to 371 10s, straw and tinged 331 to
36/, yellow and brown 30/ to 321 lOs ; there
is also a fair qurntity on offer. Fur Southern 311 to 33/ lOs
is the value. In Sperm there are sellers of fine Colonial at
811 to 821 per tun.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
HOUSE OF LORDS, March 7.
HARTLEY'S DIVORCE.
The House assembled this afternoon, acco::cling to
special appointment, and proceeded to hear counsel
and evidence in Hartley's Divorce Bill.
Lord BROUGHAM occupied the chair. The :Earl of
Devon and Lord Hawarden were also present-
Mr. Sergeant Wrangham (with whom wens Mr.
Crompton) appeared on behalf of the petitioner ; and
Mr. M. James represented Mrs. Bartley. •
Mr. Sergeant WRANGRAM said, in opening The case,
that the petitioner was a gentleman who eras well
known to many of the Members of that House—
Mr. John Bernard Hartley, who was the engineer to
the Liverpool, and alsoto the Hull, Docks. IS would
appear, in the course of the evidence that that, gentle-
man had been married, on the 6th of September,
1842, to Miss Harriet Say Hall, the daughter of a
Liverpool merchant, with whom he had lived for
some time upon the most happy and affectionate
terms. Mr. Thompson was the engineer TO the
Liverpool and Bury Railway, and it . was awing
to that circumstance that an acquaintance be-
tween the parties had commenced. ..k.t the
period of the marriage Mr. Hartley was twenty-
eight years of age, while Miss Hall had net then
attained twenty years. The engagements of Mr.
Hartley, iu a professional sense, had caused :his fre-
quent absence from home, and he was not only called
to Hull every fortnight, but during the sittings of
the two House of Parliament he was compelled to
attend .'very frequently before Committees of both
branches of the Legislature. It would appear that
the acquaintance between the parties conic termed
during the year 1846, and in the course of the middle
of that year Mr. .Hartley noticed some difference in
the bearing of Mrs. Hartley. He, however, m %'le no
remark to the lad&and matters continued to praceed
in this way for some During the sumitlear of
l 847, Mr. Hartley had occasion to go to Glasg .st, on
professional business. In the meantime reports had
been spread in Liverpool to the effect that an. im-
proper intimacy was going on .between Mrs.
Henley and Mr. Thompson. It had been even
alleged that an elopement had taken place. The
felschocd, however, of that portion of the
rumour had at the time been sufficiently proved
by the fact that the lady was still residing in her
husband's house. On the return of Mr. Hartley from
Glasgow, he heard of those rumours, and ins tamtly
set on foot such inquiries as ho thought would be
likely to lead to the truth. Some time having eaa peg
he at length traced the report to a Mr. Prest, .eer Li-
verpool, and he accordingly obtained an interview
pith that gentleman, and, in the course of conversa-
tion, Mr. Prest stated that he had heard of the eh-
cumstauce from a Mr. Parker, That gentleman,
however, denied that he had ever made such a o on-
munieetion to Mr. Prest. The result of this inter-
view was, that Mr. Hartley had, by the advise of
several friends, personally chastised Mr. Prest. :For
that act Mr. Prest had brought an action, which .had
been eventually compromised, at an expense of 1.20/.
to Mr. Hartley. These several circumstances :had
taken place during the summer of 1847. Ali.
Thompson having heard that Mr. Hartley had (Eno-
vered the person by whom the rumour had beea set
afloat, bad written to Mr. Hartley, and had adopted
in that communication just such a course as would be
calculated to blind the eyes of that gentleman against
the proceedings he was carrying on. The letter was
to the following effect:—
"My dear Hartley,—l only wish to God I had :been
with you, although from all accounts you needed no
help. I stayed last night at our worthy friend Fore-
sbaw's, who gave me full particulars. I would have
run down to the yard to see you, but am obliged to go
to Manchester with my brother; most probably, how-
ever, we will get back this evening, and if in time to go
to the French plays, I may perhaps see you there.. If
not I shall be sure to see you to-morrow.
" Ever most truly yours, in haste,
"JAMES THOMPSON.
" 47, Mount Pleasant, August 17, 1847."

Mr. Hartley, feeling satisfied that the rumours were
not true, had allowed matters to go on as heretofore ;
but he could not disguise from himself that there ap-
peared to be an increased coolness exhibited towards
him by his wife. The result, therefore, had been that
in the course of the month of November in that year,
the parties had agreed to separate, and in the follow-
ing month a deed to that effect had been drawn up
and executed, and that instrument contained a cove-
nant on the part of Mr. Hartley to pay his wife au an-
nuity of 2001., in addition to another 2001. settled upon
her, which gave her an income of 4001. per annum.
The separation accordingly took place, and it was
not until some days after the execution of the deed
that Mr. Hartley had received any satisfactory proof
of his wile's infidelity. Some days subsequently,
however, to that event, a letter, anonymously signed,
had been received by Mr. Foreshaw, the brother-in-
law of Mr. Hartley, intimating that Thompson was
on the point of eloping with Mrs. Hartley ; and a
consultation having taken place, an advertisement
was put in the Times asking the writer to come for-
ward and establish his charge. There was no reply
to the advertisement except a letter, which, from its
terms, had induced the suspicion that it had been
written at the instance of Thompson. These inquiries
had been carried on throughout the whole of 1848,
with the hope that some procf of the adultery might
be gained, and it had not been till the very end of
that year that the clue had been obtained. That in-
quiry and search had of course been carried on at a
large expense.
Lord BROUGHAM—Was that the 6001. that were
charged as costs ?
Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM—Oh, no; those were
the costs of the action. The Learned Sergeant said
in continuation that the information which had by
this time been obtained was sufficient to establish the
fact of the adultery, and therefore Mr. Hartley had
brought an action against Thompson, who in the first
place had pleaded not guilty, but afterwards, upon
hearing that a Mrs. Jones, who had been his house-
keeper, had been found, he then withdrew that plea,
and allowed judgment to go by default. It had been
subsequently found that Mrs. Jones had, by the di-
rection of Mr. Thompson, taken the house in her own
name at which he had held his secret meetings with
Mrs. Hartley. The case, therefore, had come before
the Sheriff of Liverpool with a view to assessing the
damages. Counsel—witnesses having in the mean-
time arrived at that town at a considerable expense—
agreed, however, ere the trial commenced, with the
view of sparing the feelings of all parties, that a
verdict should be returned for 4,000/. damages and
the costs.
Lord BROUGHAM—Enormous ! I never heard of
such a sum taken by consent. The costs never could
have been so large where it was an undefended cause.
Mr. Sergeant WRANGLIAM said that the costs had
been taxed in the usual way, and both sums had been
paid by the defendant's attorney.
Lord BROUGHAM—What! 4,0001. as
damages and
costs too—an engineer against an engineer. Why, it
is perfectly monstrous.
Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM—Two railway engi-
neers, my Lord,
Lord BROUGHAM—I do not care, Sergeant, even if
they were Californian engineers. I say the amount
is monstrous. _ _

Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM was sure ultimately that
the Noble and Learned Lord would be satisfied that
4.0001. was not too large a sum. The taxation of the
bill of costs had been carried on in the most hostile
way. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to say,
that upon the separation of Mr. and Mrs. Hartley,
the lady had gone to live with an uncle and aunt of
the name of Shaw, from whose house she had gone
to London, where she had taken up her residence
with Mr. Thompson, at a private hotel in Sackville-
street, and with whom she bad afterwards proceeded
to Southsea, near Portsmouth. Having proved these
facts, he felt sure the House would read the Bill a
second time.
The usual documentary evidence having been ad-
duced, and a very desultory conversatioi having
taken place in connexion with the payment and
transfer of the damages and the costs of the action,
Mr. Joseph Newby, a relative of the petitioner,
proved that Mr. and Mrs. Hartley had lived upon
affectionate terms.
Mr. Henry Foreshaw was next examined, and
having corroborated the Learned Sergeant's state-
ment in the material points, stated that he, Mr. Hart-
ley, Mr. Prest, and a mutual friend had assembled at
the Waterloo Hotel, Liverpool, and that Mr. Hartley
had upon that occasion, and under his direction,
horsewhipped Mr. Prest in retaliation for the promul-
gation of the alleged false rumours imputing crimi-
nality to Mrs. Hartley.
Lord BROUGHAM—YOU, as a lawyer, directed Mr.
Hartley to horsewhip Mr. Prest ?
Witness—Yes ; and I then banded the whip to
Mr. Prest, who, however, declined to use it. The
dour of the room I had locked, and had they key in
my pocket. The witness concluded by stating that
3,0001. had been already expended in the prosecu-
tion of these proceedings, and that the damages and
costs in the action for crint. con, had been laid aside
for that especial purpose.
The following letter was then put in and read to
show that, prior to the introduction of Mr. Thomp
son, Mr. and Mrs. Hartley had lived happily toge
ther

4, Seaforth, May 14, 1846.
" My dearest John,—A thousand thanks for your

kind note. Of course I should not at all enjoy being in
London and you elsewhere, as seeing and being with you
will be my greatest enjoyment. I hope we shall all go
up on Tuesday, for two reasons—one is, I am longing to
sec you, and hope deferred maketh the heart sick;'
another reason is, going to Willis's Rooms would have
been the greatest pleasure London could afford to Annie
Dore and I, in the shape of amusement; and the only op-
portunity of seeing the aristocracy in full dress. lam
much better than usual this reek, and intend coming up
to you flourishing as a young palm tree, and my husband
may not always say his own is ill. I havelbeen thinking
with such glee of your meeting me at the station
that last night I dreamt not that I dwelt in marble
114115,' hut that you were not at the station. and
I was overwhelmed with sorrov.., and I ruc<hed to the
Caledonian Hotel, and an aristocratic old man showed
the the room you were in! You will see Henry in Lon-
don. Mary's first party was Lien rccherche; her second
has rot taken place, in consequence of Henry's absence.
It is not absolutely necessary to write to the dear aunt;
but if you had time, Ipve, it would please her greatly,
and please your wife too, and your aunt is so kind t.)
your own. My aunt is now at Rock Ferry, but I would
forward your letter.
"If you can come round 'from Hull for us do, but
do not, dearest, come to Bettumaris, for it would be use-
less fatigue, and I could take Ann up for the same ex-
pense. She says she would rather go in the third•class
carriage.
" Your wifo is well and happy, and sends her undying
love to her husband.

Your own darling,
" HARRIET.

(Addressed) " Jam. Bi Hartley, Rig., 16,
Bury-street, bt. James's, London."
Mrs. C itharines Jones, the witness mentioned in
the Learned Sergeant's statement, proved that she had
taken a house in Buckingham-terrace, Liverpool, at
the direction of Mrs. Thompson, and that she had
frequently during the year 1847 seen Mrs. Hartley
at that house. Only three roomi, namely, a drawing-
twm, a parlour, and 'a bed-room, had been
furnished. Mrs. Hartley had remained the whole of
the night upon three occasions. Witness could not,
however, distinctly state that the bed had been slept
in by two parties. Witness subsequently accom-
panied Mr. Taompsoa and Mrs. Hartley to Sack-
il lc-street where ;he had attended upon that lady;
but she was not able to prove any act of direct
criminality.
Mary Williams said that she wan housemaid at the
Belle Vito House, Southsea, where Mr. Thompson
and Mrs. Hartley had taken lodgings. They had
occupied two bedrooms very near, together, but she
had constantly found in the morning that two persons
had slept in Mr. Thompson's bed. The witness
having then detailed some facts which are not fit for
publication,
Lord BILOUGITAM said—Oh, that will do Sergeant.
My Lords it appears to me that. this case is free from
all doubt. The only doubt that has ever been thrown
upon it arose oat of what appeared to be a suspicius
circumstance—namely, the very large amount of da7
mages-4,000/.—which were paid, and therefore a'
your Lordships may have observed, I sifted very
narrowly the evidence—much more narrowly than
usual—as to the actual payment of the money. It
Certainly did raise suspicions in my mind. My
Lords, there appears to me to be no doubt whatever
that the parties were married ; secondly, that they
lived very happily together until the unfortunate in-
tercourse began with Mr. Thompson ; thirdly, that
that intercourse produced on the part of the wife
coldness and undutiful conduct towards her husband;
and, fourthly, and above all things, which is a most
essential point in such a case, that there was no con-
nivance, no lathes on the part of the husband. It appears
my Lords, that he never believed or ever supposed it to
be possible that a criminal intimacy existed between
his wife and Mr. James Thompson. Your Lordships
have had the best evidence produced that he com-
mitted an infraction of the peace, and was compelled
to pay 1201. for costs in an action arising out of that
breach of the peace, showing, therefore, that he did
not believe one word of the rumours which had been
circulated. Last of all, we have had the account of
the circumstances of this case made very satisfactory
by the evidence which has been adduced, and there
can be no doubt therefore that the party seeking it is
entitled to the remedy afforded according to the prac-
tice of this House. My Lords, I may observe that
this having been a most costly proceeding, furnishes
one of a thousand instances how very inexpedient it
is that we should go on time after time passing
Bills for these purposes, for this might have been
the case of a poor man. instead of these wealthy
people. If instead of a very wealthy engineer, it
had been the case of a man who had not 501. or

1001. a year, whose wife had been acting like a
strumpet, and bringing dishonour upon him, and
bringing a spurious issue into his family, be would
have had just the same moral right to the remedy now
sought, as this gentleman, Mr. Hartley, or indeed any
of your Lordships, would posses E, and yet it would
have been absolutely impossible for him to obtain it.
To Mr. M'Dougall—What were the expenses attend-
ing the proceedings at Doctors' Commons ?

•Mr. ICl'DouGAL—About 4001., I understand, my
Lord.

Lord BROUGHAM—AIthough it was not proposed,
and, my Lords, it might have gone from the first J
court there to the Consistory Court, from Dr. Lush-
ington to Sir Herbert Jenner, in the Court of Arches ;
and the husband would have to pay the whole of
the wife's expenses ; and then, upon an appeal, it
might have come before me in the Judicial Committee
of the Privy Council, and I and my brethren might
have affirmed the previous decision with all the ex-
penses incurred in the opposition. My Lords, I
have know the case of a solicitor, who was the
seducer, actually joining with the proctor iu run-
ning up heavy bills, both in the first
and in the second court, before the Privy
Council, and 1,5001. have been paid for costs by the
unhappy husband in addition to the loss of his honour
his good name, and there having been spurious issue
in that case, so that the unfortunate man was utterly
exhausted before he could come to get his remedy
here, and he never has got his divorce here, and
really, my Lords, a more unsatisfactory course of
proceeding cannot be imagined. Your Lordships see
in this case that it was a matter of compromise from
beginning to end as to the damages. 'There was no
collusion as to the adultery ; but as to the terms
upon which it was to be paid for, it was a com-
plete matter of compromise. The defendant paid
4,6001., and there is no sifting of the case
until we sift it here. It is a little sifted, but very
little sifted at Doctors' Commons ; the question there
is ❑ot as to collusion, or as to the conduct of the one
party or the other. The only question there is, has
adultery been committed? There is no recrimination,
and that is, therefore, no security to this House. My
Lords, although this is one of the many instances
that might be referred to of its being a most unsatis-
factory course of proceeding, yet, nevertheless, it is
the only course of proceeding that can be taken, and
therefore we are bound, and I recommend your
Lordships to give the remedy here prayed for. It is
a perfectly unexceptionable case. The conduct of
Mr. Hartley appears to have been most admirable,
praiseworthy, and reflecting the greatest credit upon
him; he appears to have behaved with the greatest ten-
derness and forbearance towards his wife. Mr. Thomp-
son's conduct has been by no means free from blame, it
has, indeed, been very blameable, and he has.paid very
heavily for it—but so has Mr. Hartley paid very
heavily ; for the 4,0001. and odd which he has got
will not be more than enough, if se much, as will
cover all the expenses of these various proceedings ;
fur there will be the expenses of this Bill in Parlia-
ment, as well as all the others. 1, therefore, recom-
mend your Lordships—feeling great commiseration
for this unfortunate gentleman, who is much to be
pitied—to grant a second reading to this Bill.
The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered
to be committed on Thursday next.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.

(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON' and Mr. Justice
CRESSWELL.)

THE MURDER AT HACKNEY. - TRIAL OF ANNE

MERRITT.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Dr. Letheby, professor of chemistry at the London
Hospital was then called, and he proved that the re-
sult of the tests to which he subjected the contents of
the stomach of the deceased was the discovery of a
considerable quantity of white arsenic, much more
than sufficient to have caused death. Dr. Letheby
also expressed an opinion, founded upon his experi-
ence in such matters, that a portion of the arsenic
had been administered not more than two or three
hours before death, and he said that his opinion was
not in any way changed by hearing that the deceased
had exhibited symptoms of vomiting on the same
morning.
By Mr. CLARKSON-WithQSS had known death to
have been occasioned by the administration of two
grains and a half of arsenic ; but is general he should
say five grains were sufficient to destroy life, He
found eight grains and a half of arsenic in the sto-
mach of the deceased, and there was also a small
quantity in the liver, and also in the intestines.
By Mr. BODKIN—The contents of the stomach re-
sembled thick gruel.
Anne Geary said—Early on the morning of the
25th of January, I was sent for to " lay out" the
deceased, and I assisted in so doing. The prisoner
appeared to have sat up all night, and she was weep-

ing all the time I was there. By the request of the
prisoner I called upon Mr. Urry, the secretary to
the Clapton Benefit Society, to ask him to come to
the house.
Mr. Jhmes Urry said—l act as secretary to the
society mentioned by the lasts fitness. The deceased
became a member two years ago, the first Wednesday
in January last, but according to the rules of the
society, his two years would not have been completed
until the 2:1 of February of this year. Upon hearing
of his death I went to the prisoner's house. She ap•
peered absorbed in grief. I said "I am sorry to hear
of your loss." I shortly afterwards told the prisoner
that if her husband had lived till the 21 of February,
she would have been entitled to 101 ; but as it was
she would be only entitled to 71. 10s. The prisoner
made no reply. I gave an order upon the pay-steward
of the club for a portion of the amount.
Alfred Andrews, summoning officer of Hackney,
I proved that he went to the house of the prisoner on
the 25th January. Mrs. Gillett was there, and she
said ahe thought from what had passed between her
and the witness, that he (Andrews) thought them
would be a coroner's inquest. The prisoner upon
this said she did not think there was any necessity fur
an inquest, as her poor dear husband had died a
natural death. Witness then asked the prisoner if
she thought anything had been given to her husband,
or whether he had taken anything to destroy himself;
and she replied, " God knows ; he had something to
drink at Stamford-hill ; but whether anything was
put into it I cannot tell." When the coroner's in-
quest was about to be held the prisoner said, she
had never had any objection to it, but as she knew
her husband did, she had only acted as a wife in en-
deavouring to comply with his wishes. He remarked
to the prisoner that it Was a very painful thing, but
the law main take its course, and it was necessary to
find out whether her _44nd had died naturally, or
from foul causes.- die prisoner then clasped her
hands, and walked about the room, exclaiming,
" Thank God, lam innocent ! Poor dear soul,
Joved him too well to injure him or to wrong him."
Upon another occasion the prisoner told him that the
gruel which her husband had left in the morning she
and her child Anne had eaten, and Mrs. Gillett
knew it.

By Mr. CLARKSON—I am the coroner's constable.
I first communicated with the conmer on the 26th,
and on the same evening I received the warrant fur
holding the inquest. 1 first began to have conversa-
tion with the prisoner on the 25th. I bai some know-
ledge of her previously. I told her when 1 went in
that I was the coroner's office:.

Mr. F. W. Brown deposed that his father was a
chemist and druggist in Church-street, Hackney, and
he assisted in the business. He knew the prisoner
from her frequently coming todthte shop, and he re-
membered selling her some arsenic in the afternoon
of Saturday, the 19th January. The prisoner asked
him for two:Tennyworth of areenic, which he re-
fused to supply her with at first, and she then said
his father knew her very well, and that he often had
let her have it, and she at the same time mentioned
her name. Witness was then about to supply her
with the poison in one paper, when she said she wanted
it in two papers, as one portion was "far her sister, who
lived at some distance. He asked he'r`What she wanted
the arsenic for; and she said to poison rats or mice.
Witness supplied her with two packets as ehe re-
quested, and labelled them " poison," and also wrote
the woul " poison" on both the packets, and gave
them to the prisoner, and she took them away. He
cautioned the prisoner not to put the poison upon
bread and butter, as children might eat it ; and she
said she always used the poison with a herring. The
packages would have had something the appearance of
effervescing powders. The prisoner upon this occa-
sion did not exhibit the least appearance of excitement,
and he saw nothing unusual in her manner.
Richard Clark, a policeman, proved that while
the prisoner was in his charge she said, " I suppose I
shall be hanged. They hare told so many lies about
it. I bought the arsenic for my husband."
Sarah Avis, the female searcher at the police sta-

tion at Hackney, proved that when the priaoner was
brought there she asked her if she knew what she was
charged with, and on her saying she did not, she
replied that she was charged with poisoning her poor
dear husband ; that he had been poisoned was true,
but she did not know by whom. The prisoner then
said that Mrs. Gillett was the principal witness
against her, and that she had forsworn herself.
A statement made by the prisoner before the Ma-
gistrate was put in and read; it was to the following
effect :—" I have nothing to say, except that I never
intended my husband to take the poison. When I
bought it I intended to take it myself, if he had come
home as he had done several nights before. I could not
live with him if he had gone on so. I thought no
more about it until the Sunday, hen I thought he
might have taken it instead of soda, and then I burned
it. What I said about hanging was this—l said, if I
was to be hanged this moment, I am innocent of
giving anything to my husband. I have nothing
more to say."

This was the case for the prosecution.
➢lr. CIAEKSON then made an able address to the
jury for the d€fenee.
The CHIEF BARON having summed up,
The jury retired at half-past six o'clock, and re-
turned into court a five minutes past sever, when
they gave a verdict of Guilty, but at the same
time recommended the prisoner to mercy on account
of her former good character.
The prisoner was then asked in the usual form,
whether she had anything to urge why sentence of
death should not be passed upon her ?
She replied, in a firm tone, " I am entirely inno-
cent."

Mr. Harker, the usher, then made the usual pro-
clamation for silence.

The CnIEF 13Aume, who appeared very much affected,
having put on the black cap, addressed the prisoner,
and said she now stood at the bar to receive the judg-
ment of the Court upon the verdict of guilty, which
the jury, after a most patient inquiry, had felt them-
:Ayes compelled to return against her. The
Learned Judge proceeded—" This case is one which
is mixed up with so much that affects the
feelings that it almost unmans me for the per-
formance of my duty, and I feel myself quite inade-
quate to point out to you the nature of your crime,
or to describe it in the terms which it really demands.
You appear to have lived—for several years at all
events—in the enjoyment of domestic happiness with
your husband, and that you had several children by
him ; and the jury, by their verdict, have found that
you administered to him, or caused him to take, the
dose of poison which led to his death. I entirely con-
cur in that verdict ; and I do not see how the jury
could have returned any other upon the evidence that
has been laid before them. It may be said that no
human eye saw you administer the poison ; but if the
testimony of the witnesses is to be believed—and I
see no reason to doubt it—your guilt is made as
apparent es if you had been actually seen to ad-
minister the deadly dose to your husband. You
have committed this great offence against the father
of your children—against the man who, at the altar
of God, you solemnly swore to love and cherish,
and to whom you devoted all your love. The jury
have recommended you to mercy on account of your
good character ; and it will be my duty to forward
that recommendation to the only quarter where it
can have any effect ; but I warn you not to place any
reliance upon it, or to believe that it will avert the
sentence which lam compelled to pass upon you. I
cannot but remark the strange and horrible frequency
of the crime with which you are charged. 1 'his is
not the first, second, or third occasion on which this
terrible crime has been clearly brought home to the
party accused, and I therefore warn you not to put
any faith in the recommendation to mercy, which,
however, it will be my duty to present. I therefore
warn you again to apply to Him alone who has the
power to pardon all sins, and employ the time that re-
mains to you in this world in endeavouring to obtain
pardon." The Learned Judge then passed sentence
of death upon the prisoner.
When the Learned Judge had concluded his ad-
dress, the prisoner again asserted her innocence, and
she did not appear at all affected.
She was then removed from the bar, and the Court
adjourned at a quarter-past seven o'clock.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
George Lyon, who was on Saturday charged with
having torgcd and uttered a bill of exchange for 1501.,
purporting to be the acceptance of Mr. W. Curling,
upon the London Joint-stock Bank, was brought up
for re-examination.
Mr. Mullens, of the firm of Bush and Muliens, so-
licitors to the Committee of Thinkers for Protection
fcom Forgeries and Frauds, attended for the prose-
cution.
There were two additional charges of forgery on
the same party gone into to-day, and there are other
cases yet against the prisoner, who will be com-
mitted fur trial when the depositions shall have been
made out.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Abraham Solomons, of No. 315, Oxford-street,
jeweller, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged
with abominable practices towards John Collins,
porter,',out of employ, who said he formerly lived with
the prisoner's father.
After hearing the evidence,
Air. LILUDITICA WAS of opinion that both pities

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y)4 wer lie guilty. It was theme as one pick
c -et accusing another. a co plainant's evi-
d• . , was whoily uncip•oborated ; and according
. his own statement, he was as bad as the pri-
-• . • . He could not bring himself to send the case
for trial.