The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-13 00:00:00

DISTRICTS.

West
North l7O 171
Central , 156 188
East . 194 207
South 237 242

Total ... ........ ...... ..... 901

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron GURNEY).
John Leaver, 45, hair-dresser, was indicted for felo-
niously administering to Margaret Leaver, his wife, a
quantity of arsenic, with intent to murder her.
In other counts the offence was differently charged.
Mr. Doane prosecuted, and Mr. Wilkins defended
the prisoner.
The circumstances of this case have been very re-
cently fully given, and it will, therefore, not be neces-
sary to go into them at any length upon the present oc-
casion. The prisoner, it will be remembered, carried on
the business of a hair-dresser in Bermondsey-street; and
for some time before the occurrence in :question the
prisoner and his wife had been upon rather unfriendly
terms. On the 29th of May, the prisoner's wife was in
bed, and after the tea things were laid the son of the
prisoner saw him put something in his mother's tea-cup,
and he observed a sort of white scum on the top of the
tea. The tea was sent up to the prisoner's wife and she
tasted it, and immediately felt a burning sensation in
her throat, which induced her not to drink any more of
the tea. The tea-cup and its contents were eventually
sent to Guy's Hospital, where it was discovered that the
tea contained a small portion of arsenic. It appeared
in the course of the case, that it had been the custom in
the prisoner's family to use soda in the tea, and also
that the house was infested by rats, and that arsenic had
been purchased for the purpose of destroying them.
Mr. WILKINS addressed the jury for the prisoner, and
called several witnesses, who gave him an excellent cha-
racter for humanity and good conduct.
Mr. Baron GURNEY having summed up, the jury de-
liberated for a short time, and then expressed a wish to
retire. '
They were absent about half an hour, when they re-
turned into Court and gave a verdict of Not Guilty.
Samuel Withers, 25, and Henry Giles Atkins, 32, were
indicted for feloniously uttering a forged 5L note, pur-
porting to be one of the Bank of England, .with intent
to defraud the Governor and Company of that Cor-
poration.
Mr. O'Brien appeared for the defence.
The charge was clearly made out, and the jury re-
turned a verdict of Guilty.
The police-constable stated that the prisoner ethers
had been before convicted of felony.
Withers denied the truth of the statement, and de-
clared that he had never before been in custody.
Mr. Cope, the Governor of Newgate, said he had no
doubt the prisoner had been in Newgate before.
Withers still declared it was not true, and Mr. Baron
Gurney postponed the sentence until further inquiry
was made.
Daniel Wright,2l, sailor, was charged with forging and
uttering an order for 3901., with intent to defraud Sir C.
Scott, Bart., and others.
Mr. Clarkson conducted the case for the prosecution,
and Mr. Wilkins appeared for the prisoner.
It appeared in evidence that the prisoner had gone to
the Banking-house of Sir C. Scott, in Cavendish-square,
and presented a cheque for 390/., which appeared to be
drawn by a gentleman named Pulsford, upon the Bank
of England. The cheque was made payable to Mr. G.
Redmayne, the silk mercer, in Bond-street, and as he
kept an account at the prosecutors' bank, no suspicion
was entertained, and the money was paid
over to the prisoner, who presented the cheque.
Upon the document being transmited to the
Bank of England it was at once discovered to be a
forgery. The prisoner was shortly afterwards appre-
hended at the Victoria Hotel, near the London and
Birmingham Railway station, in company with a female,
and on his being taken into custody he admitted the
offence, and said it was a bad job, but he must take the
consequences. On his being searched a quantity of
jewellery, and 701. in gold were found in his possession,
and also another forged cheque, which he told the
officer he intended to have uttered on the next day, if
he had not been taken into custody. As he was going
to the station-house he said to the constable, "The women
were the cause of it all."
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
Mr. Baron GURNEY inquired who and what the
prisoner was?
Mr. Wilkins said that he was the son of a respectable
tradesman, and on the death of his father he came into
the possession of some money which he very quickly got
rid of, and in the course of his career of dissipation he
became acquainted with some very bad characters, who
had probably induced him to. commit the offence.
Mr. Baron GURNEY said he could not look upon this as
any excuse for the prisoner's conduct, and he felt it his
duty to sentence the prisoner to twelve years transpor-
tation. _ _

Joseph Clark, 27, Andrew Murphy, 22, Charles Saun-
ders, 27, and Emma Farmer, 32, were indicted for a-
burglary in the dwelling-house of Robert Tayler, and
stealing a quantity of copper money, some fourpenny
pieces, and other articles, his property.
The prosecutor is the landlord of the Black Horse in
Kent-street, and on the night of the robbery he went to
bed, leaving the premises all safe. He was awoke by a
police-constable in the night, and it was then ascertained
that some thieves had entered the premises by a window,
and that the articles mentioned in the indictment had
been stolen. The guilt of the whole of the
prisoners was clearly proved, as they were stopped run-
ning away from the prosecutor's house with the stolen
property in their possession.
The jury returned'a verdict of Guilty, and the pri-
soners Clark and Farmer were also proved to have been
before convicted of felony.
Mr. Baron GURNEY sentenced the prisoners to be
transported for twenty years.
When the sentence was pronounced the whole of the
prisoners became very violent, and the woman, address-
ing the Learned Judge, said, in an impudent tone—
" Can't you give us any more, old fellow ?" It was with
some difficulty that they were at length removed from
the dock.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—lt cannot be too generally known, that the time
limited for stamping agreements under hand, entered
into since the 6th instant, without a penalty, is, by am
Act which received the Royal Assent on that day (7th
Vic. cap. 21) fourteen days only, and not twenty-one
as heretofore ; and that the penalty is increased from
5/. to 101„ the stamp duty being reduced from 20s. to
2s. 6d. It is proper, however, to understand that no
alteration has taken place in the duty of agreements for
letting houses and other property, which continue, as
before, liable to stamp duty as leases, such being still
20s. duty where the rent is under 20/., and 11. 10s.
where the rent is 201. or under 100/, and so on. The
other stamp duties reduced by the late Act are those en
sea insurances, and on proxies to Vote at meetings of
joint-stock companies, which latter are reduced from
30s. to 2s. 6d.
Stamps and Taxes, 12th June, 1844.

SUDDEN DEATH OF W. BACKIIOUSE, ESQ.—Much
excitement of a painful nature was awakened in Dar-
lington, on Sunday last, by the sudden death of Mr. W.
Backhouse, the senior partner of the old and respectable
banking establishment of Backhouse and Co., Darling-
ton. Mr. Backhouse, being a member of the Society of
Friends, attended the meeting-house in the evening, as
usual. He arose to address the congregation, and,
whilst in the act of speaking, fell down, and immediately
expired. This distressing occurrence became generally
known throughout the town, from the circumstance of
the congregations of the various places of worship being
dismissed at the time the deceased was conveyed to his
residence in Northgate.—Tyne Mercury.
THE DUKE OF YORK'S CorumN.—For these last
few days some attention has-been excited by the erection of
scaffolding and ladderson the summit of the above column,
so as to be above the statue. On inquiry, it has been ascer-
tained that it is intended to cleanse and beautify the figure,
for the fiat time since its erection.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12.

CHURCH TEMPORALITIES (IRELAND) BILL.

Motion made, and Question put, " That this House de
resolve itself into a Committee upon the present state of the
Temporalities of the Church of Ireland :" The House divided :

MINORITY—AYES, 179.
Aglionby H. A. Ewart, William Pechell, Captain
Aldan], William Fielder], J. Philips, G R
Archbold, Robert Ferguson, Colonel Philips, M.
A rmstror g, Andrew Fitzroy, Lord C. Plumridge, Captain
Bannerman, A. Fitzwilliam, G. W. Puisford, Robert
Barclay, David Forster, Matthew Rawdon, J. D.
Baring. F. T. Fox, Charles Richard Redington; T. N.
Barnard, K G. Gisborne, Thomas Ricardo, J. L.
Barron, Sir H. Gore, Robert Rice, E. R.
Bellew, R. M. • Granger, T. C. Roebuck, J. A.
Berkeley, C. Grey. Sir G. ROSE, David R.
Berkeley, Captain Grosvenor, Lord B. Rotis, Hon. Captain
Berkeley, H. F. Guest, Sir John Russell, Lord John
Bernal,Captaia Hall, Sir B. Russell, Lord E.
Blake, Mara Hallyburton, Lord J Scrope, G. P
Blewitt, Reginald Hastie, Archibald Seale, Sir J. Henry
Bouverie, E. P. Hawes, B. Seymour, Lord
Bowring, Dr. Hobhouse, Sir J. C. Sheil, R. L.
Sawklehurst, J. Holland, Robert - Shelburne, Lord
Brothertou, J. Horsman, Edward Smith, B '
Browne, R. D. Howard, C. G. W. Smith, Vernon
Buller, C. Howard, J. K. Stanley, Hon. W.
Buller, E. Howard, H. Stanstleld W. K
Busteild, W. Ilowick, Viscount Stanton, W. Henry
Butler, P. S. HUM, Josep Stewart, P. 31.
Byng, George • Humphery, J. Stuart, Lord James
Byng, G. S. Hett, W. Stuart, W. Villiers
Carew, Hon. R. S. Jervis, J. Strk, Sergeant
Cavendish, Hon. C. Johnson, General Strickland, Sir G.
Cavendish, G. H. Labouchere, H. Strutt, Edward
Chapman, Benjamin Langston, J. H. Talbot, C. R. M.
Clay, Sir W Layard, Captain Tancred, Henry W
Clements, Lord Leader, J. 'l'. 1 hornely, Thomas
Clive, E. B. Macaulay, T. B. Tollemache, F. J.
Colborne, N. R. W. Maher, Nicn' las Towneley, John
Colebrooke, Sir T. Marjoribanks, S. Trelawny, J. S.
Collett, John Marshall, W. Tufnell, Henry
Collins, W. Marsland, Henry Vane, Lord Harry
Cowper, Hon. W. F Martin,. John Villiers, Charles a'
Craig, "V 0. Matheson, James Vivian, J. IL
Curteis, H. B. Maule, Hon. Fax Vivian, Captain
Dalmeny, Lord Mitcalfe, Henry Wakley, Thomas
Dalrymple, Captain . Mitchell, T. A. Walker, R.
Dawson, T. V. Morris, David Wall, Charles B.
Denison, W. J. Muntz, G. F. Wallace, Robert
Denison, John Evelyn Murphy, F. S. Warburton, Henry
Dennistoun, J. Murray, C. R. S. Watson, W. H.
D'Eyncourt, T. C. Mutray,'A. Wawn, John T.
Duff; James Napier, Sir Charles Wemyss. Captain
Duncan, Lord Norreys, Sir D. J. Wilde, Sir T.
Duncan, George O'Brien, J. Williams, W.
Dundas, Admiral O'Connell, Maurice Wilshere, W.
Dundas, Frederick O'Connell, M. J. Wood, Charles
Oundas, David O'Conor Don Worsley, Lord
Dundas, Hon. J. C. O'Ferrall, R. M. Wrightson, W. B.
Easthope, Sir John Ogle, &C. H. Wyse, Thomas
Ebrington, Viscount Ord, William Yorke, H. Redhead
Ellice, Rt. Hon. E. Paget, Lord Alfred
Ellice, E. Palmerston, Visct. TELLE RIL
Elphinstone, Howard Parker, J. Ward, H. G.
Evans, W. Pattison, James Hill, Lord Marcus

MAJORITY—NOES, 274.
Actand, Sir T. D. Entwisle, William Manners, Lord J.
Acland, T. D. Escott, Bickham Marsham, Viscount
A'Court Capt. Estcourt, T. G. B. Martin, C. W.
Aeton, Colonel Farnham, E. B. Masterman, John
Adore. Lord Fellowes, Edward Maxwell, J. P.
Adderley, C. B. Ferguson, Sir R. A. Meynell, Captain
'Altord, Viscount Filmer, Sir E. Mildmay, H. St. J.
Allix, John Peter Fitzmaunce, W. Miles, William
Antrobus, Edward Flower, Sir James Mordaunt, Sir J.
Arbuthnot, lion. H. Forbes, Morgan, Octavius
Archdall, Captain Forester, Hon. G. Mundy, E. M.
Arkwright, George Forman, T. Seaton Neeld, Josepk
Ashley, Lord Fox, S. Lane Neeld, John
Astell, William Fremantle, Sir T. Neville, Ralph
Bagge, Wm. Gasket!, James M. Newdegate, C. N
Bailey, Joseph Gladstone, W. E. Newport, Vi•count
Baillie, Colonel Gladstone, Captain Newry, Viscount
Baillie, H. J. Glynne, Sir Stephen . Nicholl, J.
Baird, William Godson, Richard Norreys, Lord
Balfour, J. M. Gordon, Hon. W. O'Brien, A. S.
Baring, W. B. Gore, M. Oswald, Alexander
Baring, Thomas Gore, W. Ormsby Owen, Sir John
Barrington, Viscount Gore, W. R. 0. Palmer, R.
Baskerville, TB. M. Goring, Charles Palmer, G.'
Bateson, Thomas Goulburn, Henry Patten, J. 'Wilson
Beckett, William Graham, Sir James Peel, Sir Robert
Bentinck, Lord G. Granby, Marquis of Peel, Jonathan
Blaekburne, J. I. Greenall, Peter Pennant, Colonel
Blackstone, W. Greene, T. Pigot, Sir R.
Blakemore, R. Gregory, W. H. Polhill, Frederick
Bodkin, W. H. ' Grimston, Lord Pollington Viscount
Bolder°, Henry G. Grogan, Edward Praed, William T.
Borthwiek, Peter Hale, R. Blagdon Pringle, Alexander
Betfield, Beriah Halford, H. Pusey, Pkilip_
Bowles. Admiral Hamilton, C. J. B. Rashleigh, Wm.
Bradshaw, James Hamilton, G. A. Repton, George W.
Bramston, T. W. Hamilton, Lord C. Richards, Richard
Brisco, Musgrave Hanmer, Sir John Rolleston, Colonel
nroadley, H. Harcourt, G. G. Round, Charles Gray
Brooke, Sir A. B. Hardy, John Round, John
Brownrigg, J. S. Harris, E. A. J. Rushbrooke, Colonel
Bruce, Lord Ernest Heathcete, Sir W. Russell, Charle
Bruges, W. H. L. . Heneage, G W. Russell, J. D. Watts
Buck, Lewis W. Henley, J. W. Ryder, 0. D.
Buckley, Edmund Henniker, Lord Sanderson, Richard
Buller, Sir J. Yarde Hepburn, Sir T. B. Sandon, Lord
Burrell, Sir C. M. Herbert, Sydney Seymour. Sir H.
Campbell, Sir H. Hodgson, F. Shaw, F.
Campbell, John H. Hodgson, R. Sheppard, Thomas
Cardwell, Edward Hogg, J. W Shirley, E. P.
Castlereagh, Visct. Hope, Charles Sibthorp, Colonel
Charteris, Francis Hope, Alexander Smith, Abel
Chelsea, Lord Hope, G. W. Smyth, Sir H.
Cnttwode, Sir John Hornby, John Smollett, Alexander
Cholmondeley, Hugh Hotham, Lord Somerset, Lord 0.
Christopher, it. A. Hughes, W. B. Sotheron, T. H,
Chute, W. L. W. Hussey, Ambrose Stanley, Lord
Clayton, Rice R Hussey, Thomas Stanley, Edward
Clerk, Sir George Ingestre, Lord Stewart, John
' Clive, ViAcount Ingl,s, Sir R. Stuart, H.
Clive, R. H. James, Sir W. C. Sturt, H. C.
Cockburn, Sir G. Jerrayn, Earl Sutton, Hon. H AL
Codrington, Sir W. Jocelyn, Viscount Taylor, Edward
Collett, W. R. Johnstone, Sir John 'ferment, J. E.
Colquhoun, J. C. Johnstone, Hope Thesiger, F.
Colvile, C. Robert Jones, Captain Thompson, Ald.
Compton. H. C. Kelly, Fitzroy 'lle robin, George
Copeland, W. Kemble, Henry Tollemache. John
Corry, H. Kerr, D. Tomline, George
Courtenay, Lord Kirk, PeLer Trench, Sir F. W.
tresswell, A: J. B. Knatchbull, Sir K Trevor, Hon. II
Cripps, William Knight, Henry Gaily Trollops, Sir John
Darby, George Knight, F. W. Trotter, J.
Dawnay, Hon. W. Law, Hon. C. E. Tumor, Christopher
Denison, E. Seckett Lawson, Andrew Verner, Colonel
Dick, Quintin Lefroy, Anthony Vernon, Granville
Dickinson, F. IL Legh, G. C. Vesey, Hon. Thomas
Dodd, George Lennox, Lord A. Vivian, John Ennis
Douglas, Sir H. Leslie, C. P. Waddington, H. S.
Douglas, Sir C. E. Liddel, H. I'. Walsh, Sir ohn
Douglas, J. D. S. Lincoln, Earl of Welby, Glynne Earls
Douro, Marquis of Lockhart, William Whitmore T. C.
Dowdes w ell, W. Lopes, Sir Ralph Williams, T. P.
Drummond, H. H. Lowther, Hon. Cot Wodehouse, E.
Duncombe, A. Lygon, General Wortley, Jas.
Duncombe, Hon. 0. M'Geachy, F. A. Wortley. Hon. John
Du Pre, George Mackenzie, W. F. Wynn, C. W. •
East, James Buller Mackinnon, W. A. Wynn, Sir W. W.
Egerton, W. T. M'Neill, Duncan Yorke, E. 'l'.
Egerton, Sir P. G. Mahon, Viscount TELLERS.
Eliot, Lord ALiinwaring T. Young. John
Emlyn, Viscount Manners, Lord C. Baring, Henry

DISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL.
ANALYSIS_ OF THE DIVISION.
FOR TILE ELM.
Members of the Government
Conservitive Members .
Liberal Members

180-306

AGAINST THE BILL.

Conservatives
Liberals
Conservatives absent..
Liberals absent
Vacant
Speaker

106
14-120
140

Total number of Conservatives now in the House 372
Voted for the Bill, being two more than one-third of
the party .........

Total number of Liberals pow in the House
Voted for the Bill (being eight less than three-
fourths of the party)