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prevailed in England, and it was important
that her Majesty's Government should know
whether the House approved the principle. The Bill
provided a new franchise,_and he must, therefore, perse-
vere in asking the House to pronounce its opinion on
the principle of the measure, reserving themselves as to
details. He believed if the Government had abandoned
the Bill on the former occasion, they would have been
taunted then with offering an insult to Ireland. He
hoped the House would not consent to the motion of the
Hon. Member, but that it would allow her Majesty's
Government to have the sense of the House and the
opinions of Members connected with Ireland, on this
Bill.

Mr. V. SMITH said he had no doubt that the Govern-
ment was asked to postpone the second reading of the
Bill. But that was not the question raised by the Hon.
Member for Finsbury ; the question was whether it was
fair to ask the House to enter into a discussion which
could be of no use ? The Bill had been printed and
circulated, and had excited great dissatisfaction in the
country to which it was to be applied. Every information
with respect to the Bill had been given. The advice he
should tender to the Irish Members was that they
should not say a word on the subject of the Bill—
(Hear, hear)—for, if they should pledge themselves to
any part of the measure, and next session think
proper to vote against it, they would certainly be
" Hansarded" out of their opinions.—(Cheers and
laughter.) They had made no progress with the County
Courts Bill, with the Poor-law Bill, and there were
complaints from the country gentlemen, loud upon this
side of the House, and, if not loud, deep upon the other,
at being kept in town from their magisterial business to
attend a useless discussion.
Lord ELIOT called upon the Hon. Gentleman to
state what clauses in the Bill were an insult to Ireland,
The object was to increase their franchise and not di-
minish it.
Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL had come to the House pre-
pared to discuss the Bill. He came there not to defend
statements made out of the House, but in discharge of
his duty as a Member of Parliament. The Government
had ruled that House during the present session with
such a rod of iron that it had not occurred to him that
the course that had been adopted would be pursued.
The Bill, instead of being a benefit, would be a great
injury to Ireland. He thought the best course would be
for some deputation to attend the Right Hon. Gentle-
man out of the House, and to state to him their objec-
tions to the measure. He thought he should best con-
sult the interests of all parties if he voted with his Hon.
Friend the Member for Finsbury for proceeding with
the other orders of the day.
Mr. VILLIERS STUART thought it would be use-
less to discuss the Bill now.
Mr. SHELL considered that it was to regretted that
the Bill had not been brought forward at an earlier
period of the session. The Government had allowed
three years to pass without bringing the subject forward.
Last year they were told that the registration of arms
was of much more importance than the registration of
electors. If the Government were really. anxious to
know the opinion of Hon. Members with respect to
this Bill, he thought there could be no harm in their
entering into the discussion of the measure.
Mr. BERNAL said that they were called upon to do
something more than have an amicable discussion.
They were called upon to discuss a Bill that they had
been told would not pass daring the present session.
What advantage could the Right' Hon, Baronet derive
from this discussion, for many of the Irish Members
had declared that they would not be present during the
discussion, and therefore he could not by possibility
obtain the opinion of the Irish Members?
Mr. SHAW thought it would be better not to provoke
angry discussions on the subject, when the measure was
not to be brought forward during the present session.
Lord PALMERSTON thought it more expedient not
to proceed with the discussion on the second reading of
the Bill, as it was likely to create a warm discussion, to
use the lightest term, and there was no use of raising
party spirit, unless it produced some practical and useful
result.—(Laughter.) The course which the Government
proposed was as unusal one. There were two courses ge-
nerally adopted ; one was to read a Bill a first time, and
then allow it to stand over, that the sense of the coun -
try might be expressed upon it ; another course was to
bring in a Bill, and to discuss the principle of it on the
second reading, the details were then discussed in Com-
mittee, and after being committed, it was allowed to
stand over until the next session. Such a course was in.
telligible, but he could not understand upon what prin-
ciple the House should be called on to waste one or two
evenings in angry discussion upon the details of a Bill
upon the second reading.—(Heart hear.) It was incon-
venient, and, probably, next session, the same thing
would hare to be gone through again. Very many im •
portant Bills had been postponed in consequence of the
advanced period of the session to which they had ar-
rived, and now they were about to devote one or two
evenings to what could produce no result. It would be
better if gentlemen would suppress their speeches and
reserve them for another session. The Noble Lord op-
posite had spoken of the manner in which the Bill had
been discussed by the Irish press. Probably during the
recess the Noble Lord could arrive at the real opinion of
the people of Ireland on the subject.
Mr. COLLETT said that if the second reading of the
Bill were proceeded with, he should take no part in the
discussion, and would leave the House.

Mr. C UitTEIS thought the'llight Hon. Baronet ought
not to proceed with the Bill. While he was speaking
there was a flash of lightning outside the House, and
what was taking place within the House was rather
ominous of the storm which the discussion was likely to
p rod uce.—(Laugh ter.)
Sir R. PEEL thought that the Hon. Gentleman
had no reason to complain of a flash of
lightning, as he came from an agricultural county,
in which rain was so necessary. The object of
her Majesty's Government in proceeding with the
second reading of the Bill, was that they wished to re-
move some erroneous impressions which were enter-
tained with regard to it. When his Noble Friend intro-
duced the Bill, there was only a very short discussion,
as it was understood that Hon. Gentlemen would have an
opportunity of stating their opinions with regard to the
Bill on the second reading, and removing certain objec-
tions made to it. If he had postponed the second read-
ing of the Bill, be would be told that he had offered an
insult to Ireland.—(No, no.) He said so. because there
was a meeting of Irish Members on Saturday to consider
what course should be taken with regard to the Bill, the
opposition to which was to be led by the Hon. Gentle •
man opposite. If he had at once stated that it was not
the intention of her Majesty's Government to read the
Bill a send time, gentlemen on the other side would have
said that he had acted unfairly by Irish Members by de-
priving them of the opportunity of making statements in
opposition to the measure, and by depriving the Govern-
ment of the opportunity of considering these objections.
At the same time, if he were assured that it was the go-
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neral wish of the Irish Members that the second reading
should not be proceeded with, he would at once give way.
If the Irish Members wished the Bill not to be discussed,
he would have no objection to give way to their wish,
although he would not postpone it in deference to the
wish of the English Members. If he understood it was
the wish of Irish Members on both sides of the House
that the discussion should not take place, he would not
press it.

Mr. MORE O'FERRALL sail it was true that he
had been present at a meeting yesterday on the subject
of that Bill. It had been his intention to have spoken
against tho Bill, on the ground that it took away the
franchise which had been given to Ireland by the Re-
form Eill. He had not been aware of the intention of

the Hon. Member for Finsbury until within the last half
hour, and he understood the Hon. Member to protest
when there were several English measures of importance
before the House, against their going into an unavailing
discussion on an Irish subject. Now, he must say that,
every session, except during the present, Irish subjects
had occupied a large portion of the time of that House;
end he would also say that in ganeral Irish questions
had received a fair hearing. Trusting most sincerely
that in another session a measure so important would re •
ceive an impartial and an attentive hearing, he would,
as it appeared to be the wish of the douse that the mea-
sure should not be proceeded with, tote for the motion
of the Right Hon. Member for Finsbury.
Mr. BELLEW had been anxious that a discussion

should take place, because he had thought it not im-
possible that the Government might avail itself of the
objections of Members on that side of the House to
amend the measure. He hoped that during the recess
the Right Hon. Baronet would carefully consider tha
objections which had been urged to the measure. He
had not understood that they were to go into the de-
tails of the measure on the second reading. It was not
usual to do so. He would, however, follow the example
of the Right Hon. Member for Kildare, as the English
Members did not wish to press the discussion. He hoped
the Government would take advantage of the recess, to
review the Bill, and to alter its provisions in such a
manner as to meet the wishes of the Irish people.
After a few words from Mr. Grogan, Mr. Lefroy, and
Mr. M. J. O'Connell,

Sir R. PEEL said he thought he was entitled to infer
hat it was the predominant wish of Members connected

with Ireland on both sides of the House, not to proceed
with the second reading of the Irish Registration Bill,
and that being the case, he would not ask them to enter

into the discussion.

The O'CONOR DON said he believed it was the
wish, not only of Irish, but also of English Members, that
this Bill mignt not be discussed in the present session.
Mr. WYSE said that the greatest hostility existed
against the provisions of the Bill, as they were under-
stood in Ireland. The franchise in Ireland ought to be
dealt with, not on political or party grounds, but with
a sincere desire to give a full and efficient representation
to the Irish people.—(Hear.)
Lord CLEMENTS said he came down to the House
expecting, like many other Irish Members, to have a
discussion on the provisions of this Bill, and was much
disappointed that discussion had not taken place. He
had come from Ireland under the impression that the
Bill would have been proceeded with.
Sir R. PEEL said it should be distinctly understood
that it was entirely in compliance with the wish of the
Irish Members that he postponed the Bill, and from no
other motive.

After a few words from Mr. M. O'FEnnILL and Mr.
F. FRENCH,

Sir R. PEEL said that the Irish Municipal Franchise
Bill, as well as the Irish Registration Bill, would be post-
poned to next session.

The other Orders of the Day were then proceeded with.
The second reading of theßailways Bill was postponed
to Monday next.
UNLAWFUL OATHS (IRELAND) BILL.
Lord ELIOT moved the second reading of the Unlaw-
ful Oaths (Ireland) Bill.

Mr. MORE O'FERRALL suggested certain amend-.
ments. The present Bill was eminently calculated to
encourage informers—a dangerous race of persons, in any
community—and to implicate innocent persons, as was
proved by the recent trials in Ireland, in Which police-
men and informers were clearly convicted of the grossest
perjury.

Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL agreed with the Hon. Gen-
tleman in thinking the Bill a most injudicious on e, (Grid
calculated to produce the greatest social evils—g reat.er
still if possible than the existence of secret societit ts.
Mr. SHAW supported the Bill in its present foi Tn.
Mr. T. B. C. SMITH thought the objections urged
against the Bill on the other side very strong, but pet if
the objectionable clauses were withdrawn, how cou Id the
Goverment obtain cognisance of those illegal soci, ni es?
The Government could only obtain cognisance 01'; the
existence of those societies through informers, and
though he thought the greatest caution was nece es ary,
in order to prevent the inculpation of innocent pe ;ons,
he considered that the exercise of due discretion, c e i the
part of the Executive, as well as the exemplary p iish-
meat which such informers would receive,would bo, ,suffi •
cient to prevent the evils complained of. He mu s sup.
port the Bill in its present form.
Mr. BERNAL thought it very serious that a lie rson
should be convicted for having a pass-word kno A ri ngly
in his pocket. He thought it better that the .c/ ause
should be omitted altogether.
Mr. SHAW thought the word knowingly" Iva, 3 the
best protection that could be given to the accus(td . If
119 could suggest another word he would do so.
Sir J. GRAHAM thought that this measure was. • übso-
lutely necessary, and if they rejected these words i a the
clause, they would reject the whole measure. Cons ider-
ing the quarter from which this measure emanated, the
high constitutional authority by which it was supinx
and the causes which led to its continuance, he entreated
the House not to reject it. The object of the Bill was
common to bath sides, and as it was of importance that
the measure should be passed unanimously. He b oped
the Hon. Gentleman would think twice before he clli;3 sided
the Committee under these circumstances.

Sir D. NORREYS though the Right Hon. Gentle man
had very adroitly confounded a portion of the el .ause
with the whole clause. As to the clause itself, the, Hon.
Gentlemen on his side of the House were as much fa-
vour of it as gentlemen opposite, but he did not that dc it
necessary that the whole clause should be reject ad , be-
cause there were two words which, in his opinion, ,o ught
to be thrown out.
Mr. ESTCOURT thought that the word " know-in gly"
operated favourably for the prisoner, because it slit ,wed
that the me.-e possession of the pass-word was not suffi-
cient to constitute guilt, but that something add it :oval
must be proved.
Mr. MORE O'FERRAL thought that this BM was
necessary when it was introduced, but he did not; Yhink
it was npcessary to the same extent now. Many e m anent
persons had been convicted under the Bill. He b ;eyed
there was no necessity for the Bill. He should t.) iere-
fore move that the Chairman now report progress.
Oa the question being put,

Mr. SHIL said that lie thought the possession cy f the
document ought to be made evidence of the crime , and
not the crime itself. Ile did not wish to shelter s ecret
societies, for they were the curse of the cool ttry,
no matter to what party they belonged.
Lord ELIOT said that he believed the measum .e was
necessary, and that he never before heard that socim t so-
cieties did not exist in Ireland.
Mr. MORE O'FERRAL explained.
_ .

Sir J. GRAHAM begged tiie Committee to ren lark

that the Right Hon. Gentleman had said this moo sure
was necessary when the late Government had the re.
sponsibilities of office, but now that her Majesty's prc sent
Government was in office, the Right Hon. Gentlenaat t did
not think it necessary.

Colonel RAWDOST s lid the Right Hon. Baronet was
hardly justified in throwing all the responsibility o a that
side of the House.—(Hear, hear.) They had come &down
for the purpose of discussing the Registration Bil'L, and
they now found themse!ves en ;aged in discussi ag the
Unlawful Oaths Bill, to which he entertained stroal ; ob-
jections.—(Hear, hear.) Yet they were told, when
called upon to discuss tho Bill thus unexpecA edly,
that if it were thrown out, they must take the
responsibility. He threw back that aspersi,.in in
the strongest language the forms of the 33 ouse
would permit. They had heard a great deal of late
about Ministerial responsibility. He must say that% after
the conduct of her Majesty's Attorney-General he did
not place much reliance on that responsibility., He
should cordially support the Hon. Member for Kilke any.
In reply to a question from Sir D. NORREYS,
Sir J. GRAHAM said the Government would not
consent to the proposed alteration, because they- held
it would render the Bill altogether inoperative.
Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL could not understand -why,
if that were the case, it was only proposed that the el ause
should exist for one year ?
After a few words from Mr. V. STUART,

Sir R. PEEL begged the House to recollect the t in
the present state of Ireland the Government had a sked
for no new power ; all they asked for was the continua-
tion of the existing law as a precaution agains4; the
disturbance of the public peace ; and whilst their 7 -ede-
cessors took this power fur five years, they only• msked
for it for one year.

The House then divided, when there appeared,
For reporting progress 4O

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Againit it
Majority against reporting progress —lB
The Bill then passed through a Committee.

PRISONERS' (SCOTLAND) BILL.
On the motion for going into Committee on the Pri
Boner's (Scotland) Bill,

Mr. WALLACE said he objected entirely to the sys-
tem of prison discipline now existing in Scotland. Cri-
minals of all kinds were subjected to the system of
solitary confinement, and he believed the greatest evils
arose from it. If it did good in any case, it ,could
only be in that of young persons. The
opinion prevailed very generally throughout Scotland
that the present system of prison discipline in. that
country was an entire failure, and he thought tht) sub-
ject deserved the serious consideration of the Go►vern-

meat. He hoped the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir X. Gra-
ham) would state whether he was aware that there were
prisoners in Glasgow and other parts of Scotlr,nd who
were in such a state of debility that the sentences of
transportation passed upon them had never been put into
execution ?

Sir J. GRAHAM said he did not think that was the
best occasion to discuss the general question, whether or
not the system of separate confinement was the best
system of prison discipline ; but certainly his experience
of the prison at Pentonville led him to the conclusion
that upon the whole it was an admirable system, and
highly conducive to the reformation of prisoners. The
case of Perth was an experiment of the same
kind on a more limited scale ; and he believed his
Honourable and Learned Friend, the Lord Advocate,
who had considerable acquaintance with the subject,
would be able to state that it was not a failure.—(Hear.)
With respect to the convicts under sentence of trans-
portation, that was not the case of prisoners suffering
long imprisonment, but the case of prisoners who had
been recently convicted, and who, on examination, were
found to be in such a state of health they could not bear
the execution of the sentence. It was not peculiar to
Scotland, but extended to this country. The evil of the
expense of maintaining such prisoners was not a new
one; counties had long been subjected to a similar
burden. He hoped the Hon. Gentleman would not
object to the Bill going through Committee.
After a few words from Mr. P. M. STEWART,
Tho Bill went through Committee ; the Chairman re-
ported
progress, and the Report was ordered to be

brought up to-morrow.
On the motion of Sir R. PEEL,
The Report on the Bank Charter was received.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of,
and the House adjourned at Half-past Eight.

Lord Heytesbury, G.C.8., the successor of Earl
De Grey in the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland, is in his 65th
year, and has been Ambassador at the Courts of St. Peters-
burgh, Naples, Madrid, and Lisbon. He was appointed Go-
vernor-General of India on the accession of Sir Robert Peel to
office in 1834, but on the return of the Whigs in 1835, the
appointment was cancelled. The Noble Lord married the
daughter of the late Hon. W. H. Bouverie, grand-daughter of
the first Earl of Radnor. His Lordship's son, the Hon. W.
H. A. A'Conrt Holmes, who married the daughter of the late
Sir Leonard Holmes, is Member for the Isle of Wight.
WooLwlcir, JUNE 28.—The Rhadamanthus, steam
troop-ship, Master-Commander Thomas Laen, having been
employed in conveying troops from Guernsey to Hull, pro-
ceeded to Chatham in the early part of the week to embark
troops for Ireland ; but, in consequence of some defect in her
boilers, came round to Woolwich to have them repaired. She
is expected to be ready for sea in three or four days, and will
return to Chatham to embark troops for Cork. The Rattler
was tried down the river yesterday, and went upwards of ten
knots an hour, the greatest speed yet attained by the screw
propeller. The Comet and Lightning, steam vessels, have
had their defects made good, and, having been tried down the
river, are now ready for service. The -Goodwill sailed for
Chatham on Monday ; and the Falmouth arrived at Dept-
ford, from Devonport, on the same day. The Agincourt,
hired ship, Charles H. Fuller, Surgeon Superintendent, and
the Lord Auckland, hired ship, John J. Lancaster, Surgeon
Superintendent, are both lying off the Dockyard, Woolwich,
with detachments of the 58th Regiment on board; and each
vessel is expected to receive from 240 to 250 convicts from
Millbank Penitentiary, to convey them to the penal settle-
ments in Van Diemen's Land.

RAILWAY LOA'S NOTES.—In the course of his exa-
mination before the Select Committee, Mr. Wyndham Hard-
ing, then Secretary to the Glasgow and Greenock Railway
Company, etated that by a return to the House of Commons
the Legmlatzire had authorised 57,000,0001. to be raised by
shares, and 21,000,000/. by loans, the loans being about 33
per cent. on the share capital ; whereas in reality 21 Corn-
panics had expended 57 per cent. of borrowed money; and
out of these 21 there had been raised by ten companies on
loan 90 per cent. of the amount raised by calls. Mr. Hard-.
ing's argument was, that the limitation by Parliament as to
borrowing was practically evaded, was injurious to the Com-
panies, and ought to be removed.—Railway Record.
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RUNNING REIN CASE.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, July 1.
(Before Baron ALDERSON and a Special Jury.)
WOOD V. PEEL.

This trial, upon which the hopes and fears of the sporting
world have been so earnestly fixed since the recent race for
the Derby, and the dispute as to the legitimate claimant of
the stakes, having been appointed for to-day, the Court, im-
mediately on its opening, was greatly crowded. Several
sporting men of celebrity were in attendance, and Wens°
anxiety seemed to pervade the great majority of persons
present. The crowd, however, would have been consider-
ably greater, but for the circumstance that the Court of Ex-
chequer sitting also at Guildhall, a great number of persons
bent their unhappy steps thitherward.
The Earl of Stradbroke, the Hon. Mr. Byng, Sir Gilbert
Heathcote, the Baron de Tessier, the Hon. Charles Greville,
and other parties in high life, sat upon the bench. Lord G.
Bentinck sat close to the Counsel for the defendant.
Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., Mr. James, and Mr. Lush, appeared
for the plaintiff ; and the Solicitor-General, Mr. Wortley,
Q.C., and Mr. Martin for the defendant.
At a few minutes before ten o'clock Mr. Baron Alderson
took his seat upon the bench, when the following gentlemen
were sworn of the Special Jury :—Joseph Bowman, foreman ;
Isaac Haywood, Charles W. Moore, Frederick Bryant, Chas.
J. Cottcril, Robert Bentley, Richard Williams, William
Cotes, Thomas A. H. Dickson, John T. Miller, Edward An-
trobus, and Henry 'Watson.
Witnesses on both sides were ordered out of Court. On
application to the Bench, however, Lord George Bentinck
was permitted to stay, as were also the Baron de Tessier and
Sir Gilbert Heathcote.
Mr. Luau having stated the pleadings,
Mr. COCKBURN said the question was, whether a horse
called Running Rein, which won the Derby at the last Epsom
Races, was a colt foaled in 1841, whose sire was The Saddler,
and hose dam was Mab. When they recollected what the
Derby was—the amount of the stakes and the number of
people, grave senators, lawyers, and others, who took an in-
terest in it—it would easily account for the importance that
was attached to the present issue. The plaintiff had to con-
tend with individuals of great weight and station, who had
very large bets depending on the result of the action, and
who therefore were indefatigable and not over-scrupulous in
their efforts to defeat him. The question, however, was a
very simple one. It was not one of opinion, nor of science,
but of fact. Indeed, it was a plain question of
identity. The horse in question won the race—won it easily
—won it gallantly.. This done, Colonel Peel, the owner of
the second horse, objected to the stakes being paid over to
the owner of Running Rein, and claimed them for himself as
the owner of Orlando. According to the ordinary rules of
the Jockey Club, Colonel Peel having objected to the age of
the horse was bound to prove the disqualification to the
satisfaction of that club. But Colonel Peel did not do this,
but took refuge under the power of the law, thus throwing
on the plaintiff the onus of proving the birth of the horse.
Baron AeuEnsaer—The plaintiff himself undertook that—
he chose his own position.
Mr. CiicittEnty=And did not shrink from it. The proper
qualification of the horse—its actual identity should be fully
proved, not by one witness or by several witnesses—
but by a whole host. In the mouth of June 1842,
Mr. Cobb sent the mare Male to The Saddler where she re-
mained for eight days. She was taken thence to Newmar-
ket, and there remained till the 11th of May, when she foaled
Running Rein. They were taken to a paddock at Sutton for
a certain time, and then both were taken back to Newmarket.
The colt was constantly attended by Kitchen. In November
he was seen by a person of the name of Stebbing, who was
employed by Mr. Goodman to buy up some colts for him. Mr.
Stebbing soon afterwards, late in November, commissioned a
person named King to go and try the foal. This was done,
and he was taken to Mr. King's at Malton. He there
remained from 7th September till 17th January, attended to
by the same man. On that day Stebbing sent a man
to bring him to York, in order to send him
by railway to Mr. Goodman's stables, near London. He did
so, and delivered him to a servant of Mr. Goodman's. This
was the first stage in the matter, and numerous witnesses
would fully sustain the identity to this point. The descrip-
tion of him was this :—a bay colt with a few white hairs only,
and had this peculiarity, cracked heels, which the horse had
now, and had when foaled. He was also wider between the
cars than thorough-bred horses generally are. He was re-
ceived at Euston-square by Mr. Goodman and servants, and
thence went for two nights to stables in Foley-place, and
thence be was taken to the stables of Mr. Pearl, who would
give most satisfactory testimony to them. He remained there
ten days, and was thence taken to a Mr. Bean, at Finchley,
to be turned out. Whilst at Bean's, he was seen by Mr. Pearl,
who would corroborate the testimony, that it was the same
as that which had been at his stables. Many persons saw
him, all of whom would corroborate the evidence as to the
identity of the horse that won, and the colt that was foaled
by Mab. Whilst at Finchley, Running Rein slightly injured
himself on the near fore leg, which, however, left a scar, but
a very slight one indeed—enough still to assist in its identity.
On the 24th September, 1842, the colt was taken from Bean's
and taken to Haines's livery stables, where it remained till
the 27th, and the ostler attending it would be brought before
them. On that day, William Drewett, of Letherhead,
fetched it away. It was then just becoming a two-year old.
A trainer of the name of Smith, of Epsom, was selected by
Mr. Goodman to train the horse, and Drewett was the man
that took him to that person's stables. There was the
clearest evidence of the transfer of the horse on
the 27th of September. He was then unbacked, unbroken.
On his arrival at Smith's, he was put under the care of a man
of the name of Hitchcock ; of course Smith himself having
his eye constantly upon him. He was seen by many persons
—amongst others by the Baron de Tessier. He continued at
Smith's, until February, 1843. Whilst there he was seen
both by Pearl . and Bean, both of whom would distinctly
identify the colt. In February some disagreement took place
between Goodman and Smith, and the colt was taken away
by Goodman'to Sutton, where he remained in training until
the autumn of the year, when certain engagements for which
he was entered, caused him to be taken to Newmarket. He
(Mr. Cockburn) came now to a most important epoch—that
of October, 1843. The colt was there entered for the Clear-
well Stakes, and for a race at the Houghton Meet-
ing. Before he ran for either he was entered
for a two-year-old fifty pound plate, which he won,
beating eleven or twelve others. After he , won, the
Duke of Rutland, on the instigation of Lord George
Bentinck, objected to his having the stakes, on the ground
that he was a three year, and not a two year old. An inquiry
took place before the three stewards, Lord Stradbroke, Mr.
Greville, and Hon. George Byng. Between the race and the
inquiry a fortnight took place and Lord George Bentinck, as
usual, not losing a chance where anything was to be gained,
sent down into Yorkshire for evidence. The matter was
thoroughly gone into by the stewards of the races, and they
unanimously decided in Euvour of Running Rein, and against
the objection raised by the Duke of Rutland at the instigation
of Lord George Bentinck, who, he begged to tell the jury,
was the real defendant in this matter, that high-minded and
upright man, Col. Peel, having nothing whatever to do with
it. Pending this decision he had run in the Clearwell
Stakes, and he was beat en by Zenobia, a colt of Colonel Peel's.
In consequence of this, tae did not run at the Houghton Meet-
ing, and Colonel Peel's Zenobia, walked over the course.
After this, the colt was brought back to Epsom, and Mr.
Goodman had fallen into very considerable embarrassments,
owing, amongst other persons, a large sum to Mr. Wood.
Goodman could not pay, and wanted more money, and there-
fore proposed to Wood to take the horse for the debt, giving
him (Goodman) two hundred pounds more in cash.
(At this part of the proceedings two notes were sent by
individuals on the bench to counsel, and the Judge indig-
nantly said—" I am already in a very delicate position, and
I trust no one will agaia attempt to make that position more
delicate still.").
Mr. COCKBURN said he quite agreed with his Lordship in
the necessity and propriety of his observations. He then
proceeded to say what then was Mr. Wood's position, having
Mirly bought the horse, which had undergone a fair and full
examination as to his identity, and being burthened with his
engagements as all horses were bought. Surely the transac-
tion was straightforward enough ; and yet, because some
suspicion attached to certain transactions of Goodman with
regard to other horses—and because certain noblemen and
gentlemen (as they called themselves) had bet to an enor-
mous amount against the horse, Mr. Wood was now at-
tempted to be robbed of his gains. He spoke not of Colonel
Peel—not he ; no, there was an honest man ; but let other
gentlemen, and one or two certain noblemen, get into the wit-
ness-box—let them dare to do it, and he would turn them in-
side out.—(Laughter.) Why, many of these people—mem-
bers, aye, and high members, too, of the Jockey Club—he
could prove, laid heavily, enormously against Running Rein
athey were
preparing a ease to dispute his
(t proceed, however. A day or two
ut
athlieficavetil timeTo thproceed,c
before he ran, Lord George Bentinck, Mr. Bowes, and Mr.
John Scott, signed a protest against Running Rein. The
stewards adopted the usual rule of .the Jockey Club, and ap-
pointed a time for receiving evidence-as to the identity of the
horse; and they determined that he was, prima facie, quali-
fied to run. He did run, and he won the race. It was ob-
jected that the stakes should not be given up, and a further
inquiry was to be instituted. Mr. Wood again prepared for
it ; but Colonel Peel refused to go into it, but offered to abide
by the arbitration of a barrister. This Mr. Wood declined, in
his (Mr. Cockburn's) opinion, most properly. After indulging
in some surmises as to the case which was to be brought for
the defence, and making a bitter and most acrimonious
attack upon Lord George Bentinck, who sat close behind
him, the Learned Counsel concluded by saying, that even if
it could be proved that Mr. Goodman had been guilty of im-
proprieties, he defied proof of impropriety as regarded this
horse, Running Rein, and that his own client in this case
(Mr. Wood) was as high-minded and as honest a man as ever
lived, and one who would be the very first to scout anything
like improper or unworthy conduct, whether in connexion
with the turf, or with any other business or transaction in life.
The following witnesses were then called and examined
Thomas Lofthouse examined by Mr. JaelEs—l live at
Norton, just across the bridge from Melton, in Yorkshire.
I know Mr. Copp, who had a mare called Mab. I took her
to Mr. Osbaldestone's to be covered by The Saddler. This
was on the sth June, 1840. I saw her covered by The Sad-
dler. In May, 1841, she dropped her foal. I saw her with
the foal in a loose box at Mr. Cobb's. The foal was a bay
colour, with black legs and feet clear of white; a few white
hairs on the forehead, but no star. I saw the oal regularly,
two or three times a day. I know Mr. King's, at Norton,
near Malton, and there I afterwards saw the colt. I saw it
remaining there till the back part of the year. It left there
either in November or December.
Cross-examined by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL—I men-
tioned a star because I thought you might think there was
a star.—(Loud laughter.) Never heard anybody say any-
thing about a star. I can't say why I added the words
" but no star." I thought you might think it was a star.—
(Loud laughter.) I have no other reason for saying" but no
star." The colt was a smart little foal, not a very big one. I
believe The Saddler has got a star upon his forehead, but I
really don't know positively. I never observed anything
about the colt's feet but that he was clear of white. His legs
were black two or three days after birth. I did not notice
whether the foal turned out the off fore-foot, but I did re-
mark his four black legs,
John Kitching examined by Mr. Cocienume—ln the year
1840 I went to live with Mr. Cobb, at Malton. I remember
his mare Mab. I remember her having a foal. I was pre-
sent. The foal was born in the stable, and there remained
for about a week, and then with the dam went to Sutton-
house paddock till the autumn. I constantly looked after
them in the paddock, and also when the foal was brought
back to the hay-house. The foal was a bay one, black legs
all the way up, a very few white hairs on the forehead ; ears
did not ail much—nothing much the matter with them, I
mean.—( Laughter.) In November Mr. Stebbing came to
look at the foal, and he bought it. Robert Spawnton, in the
employment of Mr. King, fetched it. I went with him. We
took the foal to Mr. King's, and I left it there. In October,
1843, I was applied to by Mr. Allen to go to Newmarket.
He gave me money, and told me to go to Lord George Ben-
tinck's lodgings. went there direct on arriving at New-
market. His Lordship was not at home, and his valet
directed me to remain till his return. I did so. I stayed till
nine o'clock, and had some bread and cheese. I was then
taken to Mr. Kent's, Lord George's trainer. There I slept.
In the morning I did not go out till his Lordship came, when
he and another gentleman took me to the Jockey Club. I
made a statement there, and I was then taken by Lord
Stradbroke to the stables, where I saw a colt. I knew
the colt. It was the one bred by The Saddler out of the mare.
I afterwards saw the colt again at Epsom, at the last Derby
race. I was before the Stewards before the race was run.

That was the same colt I had seen at Newmarket, and the
same colt that was foaled from Mr. Cobb's mare.
Cross-examined by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL.-4 had had
the care of horses with a farmer before I went to Mr. Cobb's.
I have been in no employment since the Derby. I have been
living at Mr. Glen's, the biscuit maker, in Regent- street.
Mr. Gill sent me there. I have not given up my situation at
York. I drive a lady out in a carriage when I am' down
there. 'Mr. Gill has not promised to get inc a place. He
never promised me anything. I am not to have anything for
my trouble if we win the trial—not that I know of. I have
never been promised 1001., and have no expectation of get-
ting any such sum.—(A letter was here handed to the wit-
ness, and the Solicitor-General desired him to read it care-
fully before he answered any more questiors.)—That is my
handwriting. Mr. Gill did not promise to get me a place in
London, or that he would try and get me one. I don't know
that I am to be well paid for my trouble if we win the trial.
I merely wrote that letter to pacify my father. The letter is
all false—there is no truth in it.
The JUDGE—Then you pacify your father by writing lies.
That's the Yorkshire way of pacifying parents.---(Loud
laughter.) Young man, you ought never to write lies nor to
speak them.
Witness—Well, Sir, I did not mean any ill. I don't re-
member Lord Stradbroke asking Goodman at Newmarket to
let Barrow, the person with his Lordship, look at the horse's
mouth. I can't say I was more than ten minutes after seeing
the colt that I made up my mind it-was the colt foaled by
blab. I said it was the same. I swear I said it was the same
to the best of my knowledg,-,. When a foal, it was a poor
shabby-looking thing. The dam was rather a bad nurse. I
was with the person (Stebbing) who led the foal to King's.
Stebbing is here—so also is Mr. Cobb. I don't know Mr.
Watson, of Northampton. I never saw such a person. Glen,
the baker, hes a house at a Queen-elms, Brompton, and it
was there that I was. There was no other stranger there
whilst I was.
Re-examined—l remained in town with the consent of my
master at York. My father was sent to London to get
me away. Mr. Walker, the lawyer at Malton, sent him to
get me away. My father took me to Hicks and Morris, Mr.
Walker's town agents. My father also saw Mr. Gill, and he
wanted to get from him a promise to get me a place, and Mr.
Gill refused.
Henry Stebbing examined by Mr. James—l am n train-
ing groom at Hamb:cdon in Yorkshire In 1841 I knew of
Mr. Cobb's Mab having a foal; I first saw it in Mr. Cobb'spad-
dock ; John King bought the foal upon my orders. He was
brought to Norton, where I sent a person named Watson for
him. I sent 281. by William Wise, my man, to pay for him.
Mr. Watson took the colt to York, where I saw him. The
colour was bay, the four legs black, and he had a few white
hairs on his forehead. This was in January, 1842. My brother
James was at York when the colt came there ; he was going
to Newmarket, on his way to London. I saw the colt put in
the railway-box. I was at Newmarket in 1843, when an ob-
jection was made to a horse. I cannot say whether it was
the same that I had seen at York, as I had not seen that one
since he was a foal, but the colour was the same. I expected
that the colt would grow into such a horse as Running Rein.
saw the horse which goes by that name both on the course
and in the stable. I had bought him for Mr. Goodman.
Cross-examined by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL-4 havebeen
accustomed to horses since I was thirteen years of age ; I am
now seven-and-twenty. Mr. Goodman told me, at New-
market, to buy the colt. He told me to buy him a foal or
two, if they were cheap. He gave me no description of the
foal he wanted either verbally or in writing. He sent me a
letter when he paid me, but did not ask for any description
of the foal which I had bought; I am quite certain that I
had no instructions either verbally or in writing as to the
sort of foal that Mr. Goodman wanted. The white hairs in
the forehead were together. At the time I bought the colt,
he was a shabby-looking animal; but he had largo limbs.
The pasterns were not long; the off-fore foot did not turn
out more than that of most horses. I should say it did not
turn out at all.
Re-examined by Mr. JAMES—It did not turn out so as to
attract my notice. At the time I bought the foal, Mr. Good-
man was running several horses; I bad two of his horses at
that time.
Wm. Wiles examined by Mr. JAMES—In 1841 I was the
servant of Mr. Henry Stebbing. I went to Mr. Cobb's re-
specting a foal; it was a bay foal, without any white except
a few white hairs on the forehead. The legs wore all black.
I paid for it, and directed it to be sent to Mr. King's. The
last time I saw it was at Mr. King's.
His Lonnshir here inquired if the horse could be seen by
himself and the Jury?
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said they had applied for per-
mission to see it and had been refused.
Mr. COCKBURN said he would inform his Lordship presently
under what circumstances.
His Lorinsurr said he should like to see the horse, and he
thought the jury would also. He was quite sure the verdict
would be set aside if the horse were not seen.
Mr. COCKBURN said if his Lordship's order had been pro-
perly used there would have been no obstacle..
His LORDSIIIP said whatever use might have been made of
the order, he was sure it would be worse for the parties if
it were not seen now.
Mr. CocKeunsr had not the slightest objection to his Lord-
ship and the jury seeing the horse.
Robert Spanton examined by Mr. COCKBURN—In the year
1841 I was in the service of Mr. King, the training-groom, at
Malton. In. the month of December, 1841, I fetched away a
foal, and brought it to Mr. King's; it remained in the stable
about six weeks, and was afterwards turned out on Mr.
King's paddock. I attended to it during the whole tune; it
was a bay colt with black legs; there was no white about the
legs, but there was a little about the forehead; it did not
amount to what we call a star. The heels were cracked very
much. The ears were rather wide.
Cross-examined by the Soucrroß-GENEEAL—The hind-
heels were cracked. It is a very common thing for a horse to
have cracked heels.
John Andrews, examined by Mr. JAMES—My brother is a
training-groom, at Hambledon. I reside with him. In
January, 1842, I was at York. I came from Thirsk with
him to meet the foal. I came up to London
by a train, which conveyed a foal. I brought
him to Eusten-square station. It was dark when I arrived in
London. The foal was met either by a man or a lad. I saw
him next morning, at Mr. Goodman's statics in Foley-place.
He was of a bay colour. Some would have entered fiim bay
or brown, his legs were black. lam not aware that he had
any white about him. After seeing him at Mr. Goodman's
stables I never saw him again except at Newmarket. I cannot
swear that the horse I saw at Newmarket was Mr. Good-
man's colt, but it was just such a horse as the colt seemed
likely to become.
John Andrews re-examined by Mr. JAMES—In December
1841 I was in the service of Mr. Fowlia, attending his
hunters at Cobb's.
Daniel White, examined by Mr. JissrEss—l am' in the ser-
vice of Mrs. Allen in Albemarle-street. In 1842, I was at
Mr. Joseph's livery-stables, in Foley-place. I went to the
Euston-square station for a foal in January, 1842, which I
got on arriving there, and took to Mr. Goodman's stables. I
remained there two nights. I took him every afternoon to
Mr. Pearl's in Milton-street, Dorset-square, and left him
there. I saw him afterwards in the September of that year,
at. Mr. Bean's at Finchley. I went to fetch him for Mr.

Goodman. I took him to Mr. Goodman's house first, and
from there to Mr. Haynes's livery stables in Langham-
place, where, according to Mr. Goodman's order, I left him.
Cross-examined by the Soiscrron-GENERAL—I lived with
Mr. Josephs, whose stables were used by Mr. Goodman at
different times. I cannot say how long the colt remained at
Pearl's. George White attended to the colt in Mr. Good-
man's stables. I .met him about two months since near
Foley-place, and he said he was going to a situation at Paris.
Re-examined by Mr. JAMES—When I fetched the colt, I
took him to Mr. Goodman's stables.
James Wilson Pearl, examined by Mr. CocupunN—l am
a livery-stable keeper, carrying on business in Milton-street,
Dorset, square. I remember, in January, 1843, a man bring-
ing a bay colt of Mr. Goodman's to my stables. I saw
him two or three times every day. I saw him at
Mr. Bean's six weeks after he left my stables, in a pad-
dock. I knew him to be the same colt. I never saw him
afterwards, till I saw him at Epsom. To the best of my
belief he was the same horse, but I could not swear that he
was.

Cross-examined by the Souctron-GExEnaL—Mr. Bean's
paddock adjoins the road.
Wm. Bean examined by Mr. JAmEs—l lived at Finchley
in January, 1842 ; was applied to by Mr. Goodman to allow
a colt of his to run in my paddock; It was in January, 1842 ;
I drove one of my . men up to Mr. Pearl's to fetch
him ; he brought him to my paddock, where he re-
mained till the 24th of Sepriember. [The witness
here handed to counsel an order for the delivery of the horse.]
Whilst in the paddock, he hurt himself in trying to get into
an adjoining field; he knocked some hairs off between the
knee and the arm ; the skin was a/so:broken. After the colt
was taken away in September, 1.542, I saw him at New-
market; it was in 1843. I believed it to be the same colt;
it was my firm belief that it was so. I saw a colt at Epsom,
which I believe to be the same that ran at Newmarket. I did not
myself deliver the colt to the mart that brought the order for
its delivery; I ordered one of my men to do so; I had no
other colt on my premises at that time.
Cross-examined by the SOLICerOII. GENERAL-I deal in
horses, and have done so for thirty years. lamby no means
prosperous in business. I have been bankrupt twice and insol-
vent twice. On my first bankruptcy 1 did not pay any
dividend. I don't know whether any dividend was paid in
the second bankruptcy. I gave a satisfactory account on
my insolvency. Mr. Hammond was one of my assignees.
I know him well. I don't remember applying to him once
to lend me 751. upon an order or a person of the name of
Allen. I don't remember Mr. Hammond discovering that
the money had been paid to me. 1 have not the least recol-
lection of the transaction.

The JUDGE—YOU don't recolloct whether you cheated a
man of 751. or not?—(Laughter.) Witness—l have no re-
collection of anything of the kind..
By the SOLICITOR-GENERAL—_I do not recollect Mr. Allen's
dealing with me at all. I reminnber a person of the name of
Kingscote. I ,do not recollect I:epresenting to Mr. Hammond,
that Mr. Kingscote had left town without paying me for a
horse I had sold him, and that he would return in a day or two.
I swear that I never borrowed money of Mr. Hammond on
such a representation. I have no recollection of anything of
the kind having occurred.
The JUDGE—I suppose I might, venture to ask you whether
you ever committed murder, perhaps you have no recollec-
tion of it?—(Laughter.) Witness—No, my Lord.
By the Somerton-GENERAL-4 was in the habit of taking
in horses at Finchley. Sanders was in my service; so also
was Fanny Page, Mrs. Humphreys, a person called Will
York (I don't know his real name) and several persons
whose names I cannot recollect. The man whom I went
with to fetch the colt, was Henry Sanders. Fanny slept in a
room near the box where the horse was put, but she is not
here. I met the person who came for the colt at the gate;
there were two men there together. Mr. Masson is a next
door neighbour of mine at Finchley. Fanny came into
my service two or three times. I do not recollect
her leaving me and marrying. I cannot say whether
Fanny was at Finchley down to the month of February
1843.

Re-examined by Mr. CocKnuax—The box which the horse
was in was detached from the house. Fanny's window would
look over it.
After the examination of other witnesses whose evidence
was not material, at a little before four the case for, the

plaintiff was closed, when the Solicitor-General opened the
case for the defence. The Learned Gentleman pledged himself
to prove by many and undoubted witnesses that Running Rein
that run lbr the Clearwell Stakes at Newmarket, and the
Derby at Epsom, was not the real Running Rein—was not
the Saddler's colt—but was a horse called Maccabeus, colt
of the Gladiator. At the close of the Learned Gentleman's
_ .

speech it was nearly half-past six, and it was proposed to
adjourn the Court, but Baron Alderson said he would take
two or three witnesses then, in order, if possible, to close the
case by to-morrow night. The Earl of Stradbroke was then
called, and was examined, when the trial was adjourned to
this day.

DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT.-Mr. Kirch, the aeronaut,
has had a narrow escape from imminent destruction. Hav-
ing discharged one of his workmen for misconduct, the
scoundrel, in revenge, sprinkled the parachute of the balloon,
by which he was to ascend on Sunday last, with vitriolic
acid. Mr. Kirch, and the two other persons who were to go
up with him, would have in all probability perished, had not
the gas escaped. Searching for the cause of this, he dis-
covered the infernal project. He found out the perpe-
trator of this demoniacal act, and denouncing him, he has
been arrested.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
TiOUSE OF LORDS, July 1.
The House sat to-day to hear writs of error. The Peers
present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord
Campbell, and the Earl of Redesdale. The Judges were also
in attendance, and among them we noticed the Lord Chief
Justice of the Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron of the
Exchequer, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Gurney, Mr. Justice
Coltman, Mr. Justice Williams, and Mr. Justice Patteson. I

GRAY V., THE QUEEN.
This case came before their Lordships upon a writ of error
from a judgment of the Court ofqueen's Bench in Ireland,
by which the petitioner, Samuel Gray, was sentenced to
transportation for life for firing at and killing a person named
Owen Murphy. The principal, and indeed the only question
in the case, was whether a party indicted for an offence
not punishable with death, has the right of peremptorily
challenging any of the jury :—Samuel Gray, the petitioner in
error, was indicted at the Lent Assizes in 1842, for the
county of Monaghan, for having committed a felony in firing
at and killing Owen Murphy. The charge was founded, and
the indictment framed, upon the stature Ist Victoria, cap. 85,
section 3. Gray having pleaded not guilty, the trial pro-
ceeded at the Assize- until, in consequence of the illness of one
of the jurors, they were obliged to be discharged without
giving a verdict. At the Summer Assizes, in the same year,
the trial was again brought on ; but the jury not agreeing in
their verdict, were discharged. A similar occurrence took
place at the Lent Assizes in 1843. The proceedings were then
removed by the Crown to the Court of Queen's Bench, and
in Easter Term, 1843, Gray was required to plead to the
indictment in that Court. Upon this Gray pleaded that he
had been tried for feloniously shooting at Owen Murphy and
acquitted. To this plea the Attorney-General idemurred,
and Gray having joined in the demurrer, it was argued, and
the demurrer was allowed, and Gray was ordered to answer
over to the felony charged in the indictment. Gray pleaded
again "Not guilty" and the caso was ordered to be tried at
the Summer Assizes for Monaghan. On the case being
called on, and daring the empanelling of the jury, Gray
peremptorily challenged two of them, but that
challenge was disallowed, on the ground that it had been the
practice in Ireland not to allow a peremptory challenge in
any case of felony not punishable with death. The trial
then proceeded, and the petitioner Gray was found guilty
and sentenced to transportation for life. Mr. Justice Perrin
declared his opinion, and gave his judgment that the chal-
lenge ought to have been allowed, and that the judgment on
the verdict ought to have been arrested, and a venire de novo
awarded; but the Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Burton,
and Mr. Justice Crampton were of a different opinion. Under
these circumstances Gray brought the writ of error that now
came on for argument.
Mr. NAPIER and Mr. DAWSON appeared for the petitioner
in error, and contended that the sentence ought to be set
aside, on the ground of the challenge of the jury by the pe-
titioner being refused, and because the incidents of the de-
fence and trial of all felonies were the same, and the right of
peremptory challenge appertained to the trial of felony, as a
specific class of crime, and had, therefore, been uniformly
allowed in England on the trial of felonies not punishable
with death, as well as capital felonies.
The Attorney-General for Ireland and Mr. Waddington
appeared on behalf of the Crown.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.

The sessions at the Old Bailey were opened yesterday
by Mr. Alderman Farebrother, Alderman Sir C. Marshall,
the Sheriffs, and other civic authorities.
The Grand Jury having been sworn,
The COMMON SERGEANT briefly addressed them as to
the nature of their duties. He said, the cases in the calendar
were of an ordinary description, and involved no point of
dificulty. There was one case which, perhaps, would re-
quire more than ordinary attention, and that was the case of
a man, who was charged with pushing_ a constable into a
canal, with intent to drown him. By the lit Victoria, the
act of pushing a person into the water was made a felony.
There was no other point in the calendar which required
comment from him ; and he would, therefore, remit them to
their duties.

The Court then proceeded to swear the common jury.
Edwin Andrews and Joseph Pratt, two lads, 17 years of
age, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging them with a
burglary in the dwelling-house of Robert Seddon, and
stealing a watch, and moneys of the value of 71., his property.
As it appeared that the prisoners had previously borne a
good character, and this was their first offence, the COMMON
SERGEANT passed upon them a lenient sentence—twelve
months' imprisonment and hard labour, their offence having
rendered them liable to be transported for fifteen years.
Christopher Watling, 53, a person holding a subordinate,
situation in the Excise, was indicted for stealing two ounces
and a half of tobacco, value sixpence, the property of the
London Dock Company.
Mr. BALLANTLNE prosecuted, and Mr. DOANS appeared for
the prisoner.

The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner
was ordered to be imprisonmed and kept to bard labour for
twelve months.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.
A savage fellow, named William Cressingham, a grocer
in Watling-street, was brought before Sir John Pirie
upon a warrant, charging him with having very brutally
beaten and otherwise abused and ill-treated his wife.
The complainant, a young creature of very interesting
appearance, stated that her husband, who was a first-rate
customer to the gin-shops, had begun to maltreat her a
a year ago, which was only half a year after their mar-
riage, and that he never failed to perform any promises
he had made to knock her and kick her about. Of late,
however, be had adopted a new system of torture and in-
sult, and when she turned her back, he introduced some
woman of the town to take her place and her clothes,
and the articles by the sale of which they were supported.
Sir J. PIRIE, who, with difficulty, restrained his indig-
nation, during this recital, which was made without any
embellishment, or attempt to produce effect, asked the
complainant how long it was since he had visited
her with this last outrage? She stated that he
returned home on Thursday, at a quarter after
three o'clock in the morning, drunk, and demanded a
sovereign from her, and when she refused to accommo-
date him with the means of getting more drink, he
seized her violently by the throat, called her by the
most horrible names, and swore he would do for her, and
when she still resisted the demand, struck her with all
his power on the mouth. As the house in which they
lodged was in a different street from that in which they
carried on business, the complainant watched him as he
went out, and saw him join a girl of the town, who was
waiting for him at the corner. She then followed them
and saw them enter the shop, and when the female came
out, which was not for an hour and a half, she collared
her, and pulled from her _person a quantity of tea, which
was wrapped in paper she could identify as the property
of the house.
Sir Jour; PIRIE— Unfortunately that property is your
husband's. You have no exclusive claim to it, I sup-
pose ? The complainant replied in the negative.
Sir JOHN PIRIE—I am sorry I shall be obliged to dis-
charge her, for it is quite evident that she was there with
the intention of wronging you.
The complainant declared that she had missed several
articles of apparel, furniture, and trade, and she had the
terrors of an " union" before her, which she knew was
the most dreadful evil that eould befal her.
Charles Plummer, brother to the complainant, so-
lemnly declared that all the poor young woman had said
fell short of the atrocity of the conduct of the prisoner,
who had threatened to use knives and pistols against the
members of her family, as well as against herself.
Sir JOHN PIRIE—What have you to say prisoner ?
The prisoner—Why, I am very sorry, your Lordship,
and I'll promise you never to do it again.
Sir JOHN PIRIE—You shall not be allowed to leave
prison until you produce two good securities in the
amount of 501. each, and be security yourself in the
amount of 1001, to keep the peace towards your wife
and her brothers, and all other persons, for twelve
months, and you must give me forty-eight hours' notice
of bail.—The prisoner was then committed.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Thomas Riley, a middle aged man of decent appearance,
was charged (as entered on the police sheet) " with attempt-
ing and endangering the life of his wife, by throwing her out
of the second-floor window of the house, No. 4, Dolphin-
court, Oxford-street."
ThomasWills,police-sergeant.No 1, of the C division, stated
that, yesterday morning as he was on duty in Oxford-street,
he heard an outcry and springing of a rattle, in Dolphin-
court, and on proceeding there he found that the prisoner's
wife had been carried into the passage of the house, N 0.4, and
she was there lying on the floor, and seemed to be very
severely injured. Witness was informed by some of the in-
mates of the house that the female had been thrown out of
the second-floor front-room window (the apartment they
occupied) by the prisoner, and had fallen on to the flag pave-
ment of the court. She came down feet foremost. Witness
asked her if she persisted in her statement that the prisoner.
had thrown her out of the window. • She said she did, and he
accordingly took him into custody. The prisoner appeared
to have been drinking slightly, but the wife was actually in-
toxicated; she was taken to Middlesex Hospital, but refused
to allow herself to be examined by the house-surgeon,
or to remain there. She was in consequence removed
back to ,her lodging, but this morning she was
so much worse that she was obliged to be
again conveyed to the hospital. Since then she persists in
stating that she jumped out of the window herself, and that
the prisoner had nothing to do with it. A certificate was
produced of the wife being in Middlesex Hospital, suffering
from the injuries she had sustained, but which, under the cir-
cumstances, are surprisingly slight.
The mother of the deceased said she was quite sure the
prisoner did not throw her daughter out of the window.
He was, therefore, for the present allowed to go at large.
QUEEN-SQUARE.

An elderly person, named Mrs. Moore, who resides in Park-
roiv, Bayswater, stepped into the witness-box, and said she
had an application to make ; and on being requested by Mr.
Bond to state the nature of it, she proceeded to do so in an
emphatic and eccentric manner.
She said, a person had let her the house in which she lived,
and in which he occupied rooms. The other day he came to
her bed-room, and in a threatening tone demanded admis-
sion, which she refused. He then said he should make her a
prisoner, and tied the door with a rope to the bannisters. lie
also threatened to cut off her head with a razor which, she
believed, he had in his hand; and he had repeatedly threat.
ened to put a distress on her goods for rent, although she had
offered to pay him every farthing she owed, and offered to do
so if he would give her a receipt for the amount. In short,
she had been so annoyed and harassed by this person, that
she•feared her life was in danger; and on these grounds she
' earnestly begged the protection of the Magistrate.
' During the time the complainant was making this state-
ment, which she did with great volubility, the Court was
convulsed with laughter.
Mr. BOND, who had, during Mrs. Moore's address, evinced
great impatience, from her rambling incoherent expressions,
told her that he could not interfere in the matter unless he
really believed her life was in danger; her only re-
medy was by an action at law. She had better apply to a
solicitor.

Complainant—Can you recommend me one, Sir ?
Mr. BOND smiled and shook his head.
The complainant then left the Court.
MAR YLE B ONE.
Two men, named Peake and Arthur, attired in the garb of
working men, were placed at the bar before Mr. Long,
charged with stealing a hat and a handkerchief from Mr.
Quelch, an elderly person, who stated that he was clerk to a
coal-merehant in Camden-town.

From the, statement of the prosecutor and other per-
sons, it appeared that Mr. Quelch, who was slightly the
worse for liquor, was proceedug along the St. Pan-
cras-road, towards King's-crop, about twelve o'clock on
Saturday night, when the prisoners, who were stran-
gers to him, came up and endeavoured to enter into
conversation with him, and there were no other persons in
sight M the time. The prosecutor increased his speed tc-

wards the toll-gate, as his suspicions were aroused; he had
only proceeded a few paces, when Peake placed his hands en
one of the prosecutor's trousers pockets, no doubt for the
purpose of ascertaining what money he had, and of robbing
him. Mr. Quelch asked him what he meant by such con-
duct, but Peake made no reply. Shortly afterwards Peake
snatched a new hat from his head, at the same time throwing
an old one to him, and placing the stolen hat on Arthur's
head, who, with Peake, immediately ran away, but were fol-
lowed, and after a smart pursuit secured and conveyed to the
station-house, where the hat, in which there was a handker-
chief, was found on Arthur's head.
The prisoners, who had nothing to say to the charge, were
committed for trial.

MARKET NEWS.(YESTERDAY.)
CORNXeIIANGE.
The stands were well filled, with samples of Wheat of home
produce. Fine qualities of both red and white declined is,
other descriptions 2s per quarter; yet a large portion of the
supply was left over for Wednesday's market. The quantity t f
free Foreign Wheat on offer was not large. To effect sales a
decline of quite Is per quarter must have been submitted to.
In parcels under lock the rates were almost nominal. The
finest malting kinds of English Barley were mostly taken at
last week's currencies; but grinding and distilling sorts were
Is per quarter lower. Malt at an abatement on previous
figures of is per quarter. The Oat trade was very dull, and
the prices ruled from 6 to is per quarter lower than ou
Monday last. Beans at a decline of from is to 2s per quarter.
Maple Peas were is to 2&• lower; but boiling parcels main-
tained late rates. In the Flour trade no alteration in prices.
CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.
WHEAT—Essex & Kent, IMALT—Chevalier........ 63, to --
red .. : .... 4ss to 56s OATS—Yorkshire and
Ditto, white
Norfolk and Lin l'otatoc .255 to
coin, red 4os to 43s Youghall and Cork,
Ditto white 42, to 47s black
Irish, red 47s to 503 Cork, white
Ditto, white
BYE—Old 253 to 33s BEANS—Tick 27s to 311
Ncw 26s to 38s! Pigeons 36s to 3l)
BARLEY—Grinding - Grey 303 to 341
Malting
Chevalier 32s to 353 White 31s to :i9l
MALT—SUfiblk and Nor. Boilers 321 to 381
folk s6s to 62s nova—Town made ... 48$ to 531
Brown 50s to 54s Suffo k 346 to 381
Kingston and Ware 56s to 62$ Stockton & Norfolk 34s to 356
FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND.
WHEAT—Dantzic ...... 48s to 62s BEANS ' 208 to 261
HamLurgh 36s to 40s Pros
BARLEY 3os to 33s FLOUR—American
OATS—New
Feed l4s to 16$
SRIXT3IPIELD.
The demand f)r the primest Scots, home- breds, runts, &c.
was somewhat active, at prices fully equal to those obtained
on Monday last. In the middling and inferior qualities the
rates may be considered about the same as those of last week.
The numbers of Sheep were extensive. Prime old Downs
commanded a steady trade; other kinds of Sheep a sluggish
inquiry, without the slightest alteration in value, the best of
the former producing 4s per 81bs. The Lamb trade may lie
considered about stationary. Calves at full prices. lu figs
very little was doing, yet their quotations were supported.
Per 81bs. to sink the offal.
a d. to ,s. il. 1. d. to s. d•
Inferior Beasts 2 4 210 Second qualityslitto... 3 2 3 4
Second quality ditto 3 0 3 4 Coarse.woolled ditto- 3 6 3 6
Prime large Oxen 3 6 3 8 Southdown Wettiers 310 4 0
Prime Scots, &c.
large coarse Calves 3 4 4' 0 Large Hogs '3 0 3
Prime small ditto 4 2 4 4 Small Porkers 3 8 4
Suckling Calves, each 18 0 28 I Quarter old Pigs,eachl6 0 20 0
Ittfezior Sheep
SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Beasts. I 1
Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs.
2,519 33,570 197 369 '
WWI/MATE AND LEADMNEIA.X.L.
The primest Beef and Veal have, in some few instance";
produced a trifle more money; while the rates of other kind"
of Meat have been tolerably well supported, though some dif-
ficulty has been expected in effecting clearances.
At per stone, by the Carcase.
s. d. to s. d, a. S. to 1.0
Beef, inferior 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior 2 4 2 I
-- midd1ing......... 2 6 28 middling 210 3 '
-- prime large ...... '1 10 3 0 prime 3 6 312
--prime small ...... 3 2 3 4 Pork, 1arge.........
Veal ••............. ........3 4 4 2 —small.. ...... •3 ii 4 v
Lamb, 4s Od to Is 2d.
ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK.
Beats.
50 Sheep. Calves. Pigs.
4 SO 70 -
30 30

Scotland

Yorkshire
Norfolk
Suffolk —
Cambridgeshire
Essex 6 60 40 60
Surrey 8 80 '7l 90
Devonshire
•
Wiltshire 4 40
Other parts

Total 29 390 110 :'3O
Previous week's arrival

Difference since our last 1 170 51 65
BOROUGH HOP PICARZEZT.
The accounts which have come to hand since our last, from
Sussex, the Weald of Kent, and Worcester, state that a great
increase of fly is apparent amongst the fine, which is seriouSli
blighted. In Farnham, Mid Kent, and East Kent. the Hopi
ate described as progressing tolerably well. The market
price, for all kinds of Hops, remains very firm, at fully last
week's prices.

WOOL IVIAIR2KET.
In the absence of public sales, the transactions in the pri'
vate contract market are on an extensive scale in most de'
criptions, and prices are on the advance. •

BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELDS.
Only a moderate supply of old Potatoes have lately could
to hand, yet the demand for them is inactive, at prices vary'
ing from 60s to 110 s per stone. New Potatoes are in go°'
supply and steady inquiry, at from 8s to 15s per cwt.

T./lA.I.OMT MaREET.
This market may be considered quite as firm as on Mondsi
last, although there has not been so much business doing ill
the
.past week as in the previous one. We have just receive',
educes from St. Petersburgh up to the 22d of June, wbei
higher prices were insisted upon, and in one or two instance
paid. Town Tallow is held at 40s Gd to 41s nett cash; net
Y.C. for the last three months, 42s 6d.

PARRICIDE IN FRANCE.—A man named Simon, ill
the prime of life, was tried at the assizes of Nancy on the
23d, for the murder of his father. It appeared from the
evidence that the prisoner had always been remarked for
the violence of his character, and that he had on one occa-
sion struck and severely wounded his father, for which,
however, he had not been prosecuted. He entered tile,
army, and on being discharged married, and took a cafe
at la; neville, where he soon got into embarrassment, 9.,0d,
applied to his father to assist' him. The old gentleman di'
SO to a certain extent, but refused to impoverish himself by
advancing all that his son required. In this state of thieg4
the son resolved upon a desperate and horrible course, and in
March last wrote an affectionate letter to his father, in the
name of himself and his wife, to come and pay them a visit-
The old man came, but very soon afterwards he was found
dead in a ditch, near Luneville, his skull having been beaten
in in several places with some heavy blunt instrument. On
the first announcement of the fatal news, the only feeling
that seemed to enter the mind of Simon was what he was to
gain by it, for he immediately sent his brother-in-law to
Blainville, where his father had resided, to have the seals 0'
on all his property, so that nothing might be lost. Still, °ll
being brought to view the body of the deceased, Simon, in
i
presence of the magistrates, showed all the signs of deep on,
sincere affliction. After a time, however, his conduct exciter,
suspicion, and it was discovered that the deceased bn,'
been killed in the son's cellar. The proofs were so irresistible
that Simon at length confessed that ho was a parricide
He avowed that his invitation to his father was given
solely with the design of compelling him to advance money
to relieve him (the son) from his difficulties. The father
and son being engaged in the cellar bottling beer, the son re-
peatedly entreated his father to grant him the assistance ~e
required, and received positive refusals. The son gave ht
two severe blows on the head, and laid him senseless on 0:
ground with a heavy piece of wood; but finding from the
noisy the father made that he was still suffering, 116
repeated the blows till he was quite dead, and then left th:
body behind one of the wine casks. The following nighd,
he put it into a sack, and carried it to where it was foun a
It was proved that although guilty of this heinous crime, nn,
the body of his father, who had just been murdered with Ic"
own hand was lying weltering in its blood in the cella.
below, the prisoner was, during the day, even more gay WI
usual, and was singing songs with his guests. On the me
the prisoner retracted the confession which he had made,
but the proofs against him were too strong to admit of:,
shadow of a doubt, and consequently he was pronounced
guilty by the jury, and condemned to death.
EXTRAORDINARY STRAWBERRY.— An extraorct:
narily large strawberry was picked in the garden of Mr. 1.
Aston, of Powick, on Saturday last, of the sort called the
Battersea Champion ; it measured no less than nine inches
in circumference ! Worcester Guardian.

SIX POUNDS of TEA, and upwards, sent, carriage free, to 612t9.
part of the Kingdom, at the Wholesale Price, on receipt of a reull
tance, or Post-office order.
Black, 2s. 6d. 35., 3s. 4d., 3s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d., 4s. Bd., ss.
Green, 38. 4d., 3s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d., 55., ss. 4d. 65., 7s.
Coffee, W„ Is. Is. 2d., Is. 4d., Is., 6d., Is. Bd., Is. 10d., 28.
G. T. 3IANSELL and CO., Wholesale Tea Dealers, 2, 8U1)...
1
LERSBURY, CHEAPSIDE. Agencies will be
parties: given to respecta"

BIRTHS.
On the 25th ult., at Grove-place, North Brixton, the lady
of Samuel Lovejoy, Esq., of a son.
On the 25th ult., at the Rectory House, Piddletoe'P'
Dorset, the lady of the Rev. J. W. Routh, of a daughter- ,e
On the 26th ult., at Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park, 1'
lady of W. Grant, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a daughter.
On the 26th ult., Mrs. E. C. Banks, Mecklenbtugh-street,
Mecklenburgh-square, of a son.
On the 26th ult., Mrs. F. W. Johnson, Gibson-square, of /1
son.
On the 26th ult., at Tottenham-park, the lady of Joseph
Rawlings, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a son.
On the 22d ult., at Harley-placa, Clifton, the wife of Cora-
mander W. S. Thomas, R.N., of a daughter.
On the 24th ult., at Frederick-street, Gray's-inn-road'
Mrs. Joseph Mansell, of a daughter.
On the 26th ult., at Peckham-grave, Mrs. Frederick Evitt"
of a son.
On the. 26th ult., at Calverly-park, Tunbridge Wells, the
lady of A. W. Ward, Esq., of a son.
On the 27th ult., at Wandsworth, the wife of Frederidc
Cotton Finch, Esq., M.D., of a daughter.
On the 27th ult., at Blackheath-park, the lady of Fred
Jackson, Esq., of a daughter.

MARRIED.
A.,
On the 7th of May, at Andover, George Jones, Eq, r
•;,,
to Gertrude Loscombe, second daughter of the late Alas"
Loscombe, of Andover.
On the 25th ult., at Stamford-hill Chapel, Upper Claph3l9:
the Rev. Henry Robbins, M.A., of Wadham College, Oxf11;"r,
to Agnes, third daughter of the late John Gorton Esq., '1
merly of Worksop, Nottinghamshire. ,

lED.
On the 25th ult., at Kennington Villa, Kennington-101°'
Surrey, Elizabeth Ann, the wife of Mr. Charles Palk. of
On the 26th ult., at Margate, Mr. William Akerman?
St. Martin's- court.
On the 26th ult., at Woolwich, George, youngest soil °
Captain 11. G. Teesdale, Royal Horse. Artillery.
On the 27th ult., at Tottenham-park, the infant soil Of.);
Rawlings, Esq., barrister-at-law.
On the 27th ult., at Epsom, Jane Rickard, relict of the
late Captain George Browne. of
On the 22d ult. in London, William Simpson, Escl"'
Brook House, Cambridge.
On the 24th ult., Mr. J. Halsey, late of Jewry-street. va,
q.
On the 24th ult., in Portman-square, Charles Morrio,,f4
On the 26th ult., at Dorking, Miss Bell, of the 1-41
Cheltenham.
On the 27th ult., in South Audley- street, Mr. J. Testar•
On tbe.27th ult., mTilney-street, Park-lane, Anna 3!-Verrto.
wife of the Rev. S. Johnes Knight, Rector of Welwyn, P.doif
On the 28th ult., at Clapham, Mrs. Amelia Wood,
of the late Colonel W. H. Wood, of the East India Company
Service.

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