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London, England, 1844-12-21 00:00:00

STEWARDS.

” Walsh, J.

„ Warren, T.

„ Williams, NV.
„ 'Wilson, C.

,n Tavern, of the Stewards, or at
West, London-bridge.

uWILL OPEN ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2G.
NIQUE EXHIBITION.-13ArrLE OF
WATERLOO.
/cev,
Ch, - arodel, upon a very large Scale, representing the Splendid
varrtge in the earlier part of the Battle by the British heavy Ca-
-I,_ Y under the Marquis of Anglesea, and by the British Infantry
Litter Sir Thomas Picton.
EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.
()Pen from Ten till Five; and in the Evenings, brilliantly

illuminated, from SCVell till Ten.
Admission, One Shilling.

WINTER OVER-COATS, WRAPPERS, &c.
3TESSRS. BURCH and LUCAS (late J.
and Albert) respectfully invite gentlemen to view their new
kt fashionable assortment of PATENT and BEAUFORT
th.AVERS, FANCY VESTINGS, TROUSERINGS, &c., for
tt; aPProaching season ; •he style and cut of every garment are
'rallteed equal to any of the first houses at the West-end, at
Paves in unison with the economy of the times, feeling confident
scit gentlemen who may do them the honour will be perfectly satis-
With any garment that leaves their establishment. A large as-
t-1141ent of Great Coats kept ready made in all the different and
ont approved forms agreeable to the prevailing taste ; being made
der the superintendence of the proprietors, they are enabled to
'Peak
4, confidently as to their superiority over all garments of a slop
-47iPtion, the which are entirely excluded from this establishment.
,
KING ILLIAM-STREET, LONDON-BRIDGE, op-
the Statue.W

txTENSIVE SALE of WATCHES, JEWEL-
for anothe
LER
buYsiness, &c., until the 26th December, when the shop closes
r .
, he Splendid Stock of Fancy Jewellery, Gold and Silver Watches,
Z:ry er Plated Goods of every description, Tortoiseshell Work-
„rti 1, Inkstands, Tea Caddies, and a great variety of other fancy
op„ el" in Gold and Silver, Shell, Ivory, and Jet, are now SELLING
at an immense sacrifice, by Messrs. HORTON and Co., at 36,
'4o4e-street, who are retiring from the retail business.

4GRICULIURE, CO NIMERCE, NAVIGATION, THE
CHURCH.
13• SAVORY and SONS, Goldsmiths, 14,
tple Cornbill, London, opposite the Bank, have finished a few
eo u Pieces of PLATE, suitable forfort resentation to Gentlemen
th::ete.d with either of the above pursuits or professions, to which
te,Vilvite the attention of Committees who are in search of valuable
unials for si c hoccasions.

OLD ENGLISH CUSTOMS.
,7 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!
DOSES
are specially informed that during the re-erection of
totab., and SON'S premises in Aldgate, the entrance to their
'lshment is only at 154, Minories.
The hearty customs of the olden time,
Are, certainly, deserving of a rhyme.
N0r,... are we much inclined to be remiss,
With such an o ,poitunity as this.
'Tis pleasing to assemble once a year,
In wad festivity and social cheer.
'Tis pleasing, while we view the cracking lug,
To crack a joke, or hold a dialogue.
„
be bough of with its crimson berry—
The plenteous feast—the wine which makes us marry—
All tend to make us welcome Christmas here,
And hail its customs with a hearty cheer.
tut shall we 1 of our happiness express,
130 hailing (7hris.maschange of dress ?
MOSES and SON are anxious to re,h e
Old customs, which we all should keep alive.
In olden times, glad Christmas (merry Sire)
Was hail'd by young and old, with new a tire
And shall this custom quite forsake the load?
SSo—not while MOSES' splendid show-rooms stand.
tn—not
winter garments may he bought so cheap,
711e'll still to this old Engl,sh custom keep.
well-stock'd Mart of Moses seems to say—
Come, buy a suit of clothes for Christmas_day."
rxt those who wish for such a custom'till,
AtAtlcht,,elaim, in ready answer—" So we will !"
do ~wc.rk, entitled "THE COMMERCIAL PHENO.
• -5 Wtll
with full directions for Self-Measurement, on applica.
e forwarded post free.
tare BEADY MAKE.
itte 'no from 0 8 6
listlhe,tetfi is
,to olds
"tt o 4letons 0 13 6
Viii,tm,7..kes A thols, Psltnes, and every description of
'0 1. printer
Coat, handsomely trimmed
War 'lnter Coats, in every style
.bi„"0 Winter Trousers, lined
h.
( 0
esB Coats,Doeski
edged, &c 0 10 1
0 0
rk..... ........ .......... ......... ••• 1 3 q
boiling Collar V est 0 1 9
t Nidbreasted Ditto ..
h°3rs' Hussar Suits 0 17 6
'',ltto Tunic, neatly braided
Sax MADE TO MIZASURE.
I„vie Gotha Coats, velvet collar and cuffs from 1 18 0
ltipiter Coats, in every style and Shape, handsomely trimmed I 5 0
th;',ed Tweed Wrappers 0 17 6
1:$,;), ditto, Trousers 0 8 6
trltskin Ditto
31,4,,km Ditto, any pattern 0 12 0
G•°_, or Dress Trousers
b7,lllciere Vest 0 7 0
13rihter Ditto, in endless pattern ....••••••• • ...•.. 0 51
144 Coat
". ditto, best Manufactured
bitte.o,k Coat
gub. , the best manufactured '3 3 0
I.3i4.,Possar Suit 1 7
Punic
"`.uttlitg to any extent can be had at five minutes' notice, at the
klem, following prices:-_
.3Siuits, dress coat, vest and tr0u5er5......... ............ from 1 16 0
ditto jacket, vest, and trousers from 0 18 0
kexPe°rAls"r.— Any article purchased or ordered, if not approved
,3314eranged, or the money returned.
"icaii,4s,e—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors Wholesale and Retail
o°rie4s,e E,
Outfitters, and General Warehousemen, 154, Mi-
Addgate, City, opposite the Church.
tkairin 6..—E. Moses and Y.on are obliged to guar the public
~idseh,lroposition, having learned that the untradessnanlike
4,44 beep of being connected with them, or it's the same concern,
;14, r resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons.
thn._ave no connexion whatever with any other establishment,
't4sapp,;,"' who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to pi event
hlst.l,2?t,ment, &e.) call or send to, 154, Minories, or 86, Aldgate
3`.tOe Church.
!ila, 20 business transacted at t Establishment from sunset on
klqt 'Alset on Saturday. when business is resumed till twelve

POST-OFFICE.—CAUTION.
pRICE and CO., perfumers to her Majesty, 28,
rve,, Lornisard-street (late Price and Gnell's, and formerly
Iret;;', Butts, Price, and Co's.), by the recommendation of the Se.
Ilieu.trY of the Post-office, beg to " impress upon their Corre-
tiedLenle the necessity of precision in the address of all letters in.
des Per them," thus—" Price and Co." (and not " Price and
ttlkhliot 1"---that firm ceased to'exist in 1831), as the only means of
•
, , a gaunt the fraudulent conduct of individuals who take
Nell retain letters and orders intended for Price and Co., by il-
Ilk assuming the firm of " Price and Gosnell," well knowing
fey never were in any way connected with that firm
len._ OTHERWISE THAN AS SERVANTS.
tee *1,7 and Cc's Perfumery is so superior to any other, and in such
inAit' demand, that many shopkeepers are basely deceiving the
!Idly by selling: p urious imitations. Price and Co. respect..
`tie solicit Ladies and Gentlemen when they purchase not to
Zetihty article without the protection label, from a design by Sir
Y'sl7: Cangreve, being affixed to it, with the signature of
alsun'a Y ind n Co. Lombard-street," in red ink, and " 28" conspi.
N 45 centre.
4 and Co. are the sole Wholesale Agents for
/Deb DELCROIX'S KALYDOR,
11,
cliet - Cosmetic, surpassing all others for preserving and beau-
:lV%! the Complexion, prepared for the use of her most gracious
Diu Y the Queen, and her Majesty the Queen Dowager, by es.
Grand, and protected by letters patent. Price 4s.
DELCROIX'S MACASSAR. OIL,
thetted Under the sanction of the " Lords of the Treasury," for
'l5 prinof her most gracious Majesty and their Royal Highnesees
:be eie ea of Wales, the Princess Royal, &c., is also protected by
he, gLiallY-executed, correct likenesses, in embossed medallions,
1. id. Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Price

DELCROIX'S OPONTO.
thow, do Rot hesitate to recommend, from experience, DEL.
...44111.% ODONTO' er the Queen's own Dentifrice, as the most
Ne Means •f purifying, preserving, and embellishing the
t—L
64bd Guns, kitherto offered to the Public."—Court Gazette.
11,441, The Bouquet Duke of York is the last new fashionable
tib,„7.e of the season 1844 ; but though the last, is net the least
41Cro:"tiee, as it happily combines the preceding excellence et all
Mitts--Jal bouquets with the delicate and delicious fragrance of the
teals rose.
Let him who is a true born gentleman,
And stands upon the honour of his birth
If he suppose that I have pleaded truth—
lssem off this briar pluck a white rose with me.
l7otts,T;4• J. Delcroix and Co., 158, New Bond-street, havepleasure
.at this their last bouquet of the season, and beg to inform
for tit:7ll4y and their Patrons that, during the recess, all orders
r- unique cadeau" of a case containing the six
. royal bou-
714.°r:'he guinea, comprising the bouquets de la Reme, d'Albert,
Vice- Wales, Duke of York, Princesse Royale, and Princesse
4.6 Will be forwarded to any part of the country, carriage paid.
thlicsUre the
genuine particular attention is required in observing
:leryilh.' 158, New iond-street, London, be upon each case and
'tqd b..°,„ttle, as worthless counterfeits, for the sake of profit, are
uruggists and Hairdressers in town and country.
, Nur, SHAVING A LUXURY.
''t and CO.'s RYPOPHAGON surpasses every soap ever
stri 1f Op shaving. One trial will prove that the luxury of a
cYpo„,ale Can be enjoyed only by those wise use Price and Co.'s
tfteri74Bon. which renders shaving (hitherto disagreeable and
li,ePzonful) pleasant and easy.
Ihsattli.ed by Price and Co., 28, Lombard-street (late Price and
in ri4 $), and sold by Delcroix and Co., 158, New Bond-street,
e.,°::here else in London, price 3s. 6d per pot, 1.. per square,
for boxes Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d.
thite*li. kr. Price will have pleasure in presenting any brother
hi,t With
~. a square of the Ilypophagon gratuitously, who may
the honour of 3 t.al; 'at yontpePtes I ouse, 28, Lombard-

11 AytA
DAMP R.
k 4
ASTHMATIC CANDY has,
'I,IReLA s
tfief7 rnany years, been proved an
.effeet.ual.Preservative
von, are fleets of the Fogs and Damp Air, which, in the Winter
t to a° prevalent in this Climate. Its effects are to expel
Lc klieverserve the Stomach from the admission of Damps, and
rtutred °se who suffer from Ditlacilty of Breathing.
lyjdon , PIY by Barclay and Sons, 95, arringdon-street,
Jo! 03,4. Sold Retail, by their appointment. by Sanger, hatori,
,atreet Gifibrd 114, and H. Burfielcf,.lBo, Strand;
pgtori; tr, Cornhill ; hallows, Druggist, Hack.street, Is-
geese,T:udebourck, Druggist, Church street,ney ; and by
40',,lierv;"'1? Medicine Verniers in Town and Country.
0-.4` bet can be faxede to,eacia Box unless the names of "Barclay and
Stamp.

METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT, 7th
and Sib Viet., c. 84.—NOTICE to BUILDERS, and
Others engaged i❑ building operations, within the limits of the
above Act,
On and after the lst of January next every builder, or other
person engaged in building, is required by the above-mentioned
Act, before commencing the erection, alteration, addition to, or
enlargement of the structural parts of any building, to give notice
to the surveyor of the district in which such building is intended to
be erected, or in which the building to be altered, added to, or en-
larged, is situate, and if any builder fail to give such notice, he will
be liable to pay treble the amount of his fees to the district sur-
veyor to whom notice should have been given, and also to forfeit a
sum not exceeding 9.0/., as well as to have the building's built
either without such notice or contrary to the Act, pulled down or
abated as a nuisance.

ARTHUR SYMONDS, Registrar of Metropolitan Buildings.
Office of Metropolitan Buildings, 3, Trafalgar.square,
Charing cross, Dec. 20, 1844.

Published this day, to be continued fortnightly, price One Shilling, of

A. FULLARTON and CO.'S edition of
A. TIMERS' HISTORICAL WORKS.
Me Translated from the French, with Original Notes, by T. II".
REDI EAI), Esq., with a prefixed Summary of the History ofFrancc,
to contain the entire Appendices, and a Copious Index of Persons and
Events. Illustrated with Portraits and Historical Scenes of the most
authentic character, and by the ablest artists.
A. Fullarton and Co., 106, Newgate-street.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

'ITETROPOLITAN, BUILDINGS ACT, 7th
LTA. and Bth Vict., cap..B4.—To all OWNERS and OCCU-
PIERS of PROPERTY within the Cities of London and West-
minster, and within certain Parishes or Places within the operation
of the Metropolitan Buildings Act.
Notice is hereby given, that on and after the Ist dayof Ja-
' nuary, 1845, all buildings built or rebuilt after that day, subject
to the provisions of the Metropolitan Buildings Act, passed during
the last session of Parliament, must be built according to the pro-
visions of that Act, and if they be not so built, such owners and oc-
cupiers will be liable to certain penal consequences thereby pro-
vided; and
Notice is also hereby given, that, if any doubt or difference, or
dissatisfaction arise, either between the surveyoj of any district
and any such owner or occupier, or between the caner and occu.
pier of adjoining properties, in certain cases set forth in such Act,
the same may be referred to the decision of the official referees ap.
pointed under the said Act, and that all questions relating to the
costs of such works and buildings executed under that Act, in
which the owners of property may be jointly interested. may be
taxed and examined by the official referees, and recovered by the
summary proceedings by the said Act provided ; and
Notice is also hereby given, that whenever the interests of in-
capacitated persons may be affected by any works under the said
Act, such works may not be executed without the cognisance and
authority of the said official referees ; and
Notice is also hereby given, that all streets and alleys laid out
after the said Ist day of January, must be of the width, and be
made in other respects according to the conditions prescribed by
the said Act, and that drains must also be made to every dwelling.
house, according to the provisions of the said Act.
And further notice is hereby given, that if any person have any
complaint as to the execution of the provisions of the said Metro-
politan Buildings Act, as it regards any particular building, notice
thereof should be given to the surveyor of the district in which
the building to which such complaints refers is situate, or if the
matter complained of concern the district surveyor himself, or the
operation of the Act generally, to the official referees, at the office
of Metropolitan Buildings.
ARTHUR SYMONDS, Registrar of Metropolitan Buildings.
Office of Metropolitan Buildings, 3, Trafalgar-square,
Dec. 20,1844..,:

NORTHERN ClRCUlT—Liverpool, Dec. 18.

December 19.

James Kean, 35, was charged with uttering a forged
will of one James Baines, deceased. The indictment
was of immense length, the offence being set forth in
a variety of ways.
Messrs. Blair and Drink water appeared for the
prosecution. The prisoner conducted his own de-
fence, and manifested considerable dexterity both in
the cross-examination of the witnesses and the general
management of his case. He is rather a good-looking
man, of genteel exterior.
The facts of the case, as appeared from the counsel's
statement, were the following :—That in the early
part of the present year Mr. James Baines, of
Everton, died, leaving a considerable amount of
property, under a will dated in 1840. Disaffection
being excited amongst some of his relatives in
consequence of their expectations not being
realised, Mr. James Mawdesley, a brother-in-
law to the deceased, residing in Burlington-street,
employed the prisoner to make inquiries as to the va-
lidity of the said will. Accordingly, in September
last, the prisoner took some steps in the matter, and
several interviews took place between him and
Mawdesley, when the latter paid over several sums
of money as a compensation for the prisoner's trouble.
In October the prisoner called upon Mawdesley and
produced a!will, which he stated to be the original and
legitimate will of Mr. Baines, and purporting to be
signed by him ; he then proposed to go with Mawdesley
to Chester to have the will executed (that was aboLt
the latter end of October); but, on their meeting
there, the prisoner made some excuses as to the non-
appearance of several witnesses who were to have
been in attendance, and afterwards tried to make his
escape. On the 25th of November he was discovered
at Manchester, and taken into custody. A number of
papers were found upon him connected with the trans-
action in which he was implicated. The will which
the prisoner had prepared, and which bore the signa-
ture of James Baines, was alleged to be a forgery,
and in the handwriting of the prisoner.
James Mawdesley deposed to the various transact
tions between himself and the prisoner up to the time
of their meeting in Chester, and additional witnesses
were called to support other parts of the case.
The prisoner entered into a long defence, in which
he endeavoured to fix the charge of forgery on other
parties, and to show that he himself could have no
motive for the commission of an act such as that with
which he was charged. He called several witnesses,
whose evidence did not, however, change the features
of the case.

I.IAN 131:11 DIN(' ' k
17i-E'all'lld(B)tih(Viejtoria, cap. 84,' sec. 19'. TTShe'at(tCll:ttion7 o7th
Workmen, Labourers, Servants, and others, is hereby requested to
the following extract from the above Act :
" If any workman, labourer, servant, or other person employed
in any building, or its the alteration, fitting up, or decoration of
any building, wilfully, and without the direction, privity, or con-
sent of the person causiug such work to be done, do anything in or
about such :wilding contrary to the rules and directionA of this
Act, then, upon conviction thereof before any two Justices of the
Peace, upon the oath of one or more credible witness or witnesses,
which oath the said Justices are hereby empowered and required
to administer, every such offender shall be liable to forfeit, for every
such offence, a sum not exceeding fifty shillings.
" And that if, upon or immediately after such conviction, any
such forfeiture be not paid, then it shall be the duty of any two
Justices of the Peace to whom application shall be wade, to commit
the offenders, by warrant, under the hand and seal of such Jus-
tices, to the common gaol, for any term not exceeding one month,
at the discretion of such Justices."
ARTHUR SYMONDS, Registrar of Metropolitan Buildings.
Office of Metropolitan Buildings, 3, Trafalgar.suare,
Charing.cross, Dec. 20, 1844.

Air ETROPOLTTAN BUILDINGS ACT, 7th
and Sth Victoria, cap. 84.—RUINOUS AND DAN.
GEROUS BUILDINGS.—Notice is hereby given, that on and
atter the Ist of January, 1845, information of any building, or
part of any building, threatening danger to the public, or the in-
habitants of such building, may be given by any person to the
surveyor of the district, and to the overseers of the parish in
which such building may be situate, or either of them; and that
forthwith upon receiving any such information, such surveyor
or such overseer, to whom such information shall have been given,
is required by the provisions of the Metropolitan Buildings Act,
to take immediate steps for the removing, repairing, or securing
such building.
The address of every district surveyor may be obtained from
the overseers of the parish, or at this office.
AItTHUR SYMONDS, Registrar of Metropolitan Buildings.
Office of Metropolitan Buildings, 3, Trafalgar. square,
Charing cross, Dec. 20,1844.

caught me and threw me back on the chair. Ile behaved
rudely to RN. I called out as loud as I could. Some
one came to the shop. The prisoner left me, and
went into the shop. I heard some one speak in the
shop. I called out, " For God's sake, some one come to
me." The person who was in the shop went away, and
the prisoner returned to me. He fastened the dour. I
tried to get to the window, but he caught me and threw
me clown, and again took libel ties with me. I cried out.
At length he let me go. I said I would tell of it as soon
as I got out. He said, " No, no ; you won't." I said,
I'm d—d if I don't." He again said, " Oh, no ; you
won't." I said, "So help me God, I will." He then
went out into the shop, and I went out of the house as
fast as I could to Mrs. Strowbridge's, at theliing's Arms,
and saw Betsy Truman, and told her of the prisoner's
conduct. When I got home, I told my mother.
Cross-examined—The prisoner's house is in the main
street of Chudleigh. It is a corner house, with another
street running by it, into which the window in the back
room looked. Two people looked in at the window
while I was screaming. There was a blind to the window.
It appeared that the depositions of several persons had
been taken who were not taken by the prosecutors be-
fore the grand jury, and their names were not on the
back of the indictment.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON said this was extremely im-
proper, and not fair towards a prisoner. It was reason-
able for a prisoner to suppose that the witnesses exa-
mined before the magistrates would be produced on the
trial, and he could not know the contrary until the in-
dictment came down from the grand jury ; and then at
the last moment, when it was too late for him to solid
for such witnesses, he found they would not be called for
the prosecution, and he consequently lest the benefit of
their testimony, which might be of the greatest import-
ance to him. It was an improper practice, and ought
not to be adopted or allowed.
The witness was a particularly modest-looking girl,
and gave her evidence in a manner which entitled her
to credit.

Elizabeth Trueman stated that Elizabeth Hibbert
came to her on the day in question, and appeared dread-
fully frightened ; she was crying.
Elizabeth Strowbridge said she kept a grocer's shop
at Chudleigh. The la t witness called her to see Eliza-
beth Hibbert. She appeared pale and trembling, and
made a complaint of Carpenter's conduct.
Charity Hibbert deposed that she WAS the mother of
the prosecutrix. When she came home that afternoon
she complained that Carpenter had ill-treated her.
Elizabeth Williams, the housekeeper of Lord Clifford,
had that morning sent the prosecutrix to Carpenter's for
some pills.
Louisa Trowbridge, a witness whose deposition had
been taken, but who was not examined before the grand
jury, was now put into the box by Mr. Cockburn, for
cross-examination by the prisoner,
Mr. Baron ALDEasoN saying that it would be com-
petent for Mr. Cockburn to contradict her.
Mr. Rows cross-examined her, but nothing was
elicited.

John Trueman, a constable of Chudleigh, had a war-
rant against the prisoner on the 23d of October.
Searched for him for a week, but could not find him.
his shop was shut the day after this happened.
Cross-examined—The prisi3ner.:afterwards gave him-
self up.
Mr. RowE then addressed the jury at great length for
the prisoner, urging upon them the improbability of such
an offence being committed in so public a situation.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON, having summed up with great
care,

The jury found the prisoner Guilty of an assault.
Sentence deferred.

MIDLAND ClRCUl7'.—Lincoln, Dec. 19.
(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.)
The Learned Judge, who was occupied yesterday
until about fire o'clock in the evening in trying unim-
portant cases of larceny, this morning, at half-past nine
o'clock, attended Divine service at the Cathedral. Thence
he proceeded to the Castle, and opened the county com-
mission shortly after eleven o'clock.
Mr. Justice PATTEsoN she rtly charged the grand jury
(of which Viscount Alford, the eldest son of Earl
Brownlow, was foreman), and then proceeded with the
trial of prisoners.
Wiliam Hamilton, Edward Howes, and James Jordan
were charged with feloniou,ly assaulting the person of
William IN( therill, on the night of the 12th of October
last, and stealing one 5/. note of the Wisbeach and
Lincoln Banking Company, ten sovereigns, one half-
sovereign, and other moneys, the property of the said
Wetherill.

His Lormsnir briefly summed up the evidence,!and
the jury, after a few minutes' consideration, found the
prisoner guilty of uttering the will, knowing it to be
forged.
The prisoner begged hard for mercy, when
His LORDSHIP said Have you never expe-
rienced mercy before ? Prisoner—Slightly, and I
have not abused it. For many years of my life I
have had great difficulties to contend with, and
have fought my way up to hold a respectable station
in society.
The JUDGE—You have been once before sentenced
to transportation. The case of to-day has proved you
are a most wicked, daring, bad man, in every sense of
the word ; and I should ill discharge my duty if I
gave you any opportunity of returning to this coun-
try. The sentence of the Court is, that you be trans-
ported for the term of your natural life.
Prisoner (with a look of concern)—We shall meet
again, my Lord.
The trial occupied the time of the Court fOr the
greater part of the day.
CHARGE or AssAn LT.—_Etheard Davies was charged
with assaulting Matthew Mathews at Manchester. It
appeared from the statement of counsel that, on the
24th July last, Mathews and another gentleman were
walking along the street, when the defendant came
up and struck him, and was about to repeat his vio-
lence, when he was given in charge to the policeman.
Mr. SOWLER, on the part of the defendant, wished
to show that the proceeding arose from an old griev-
ance between the parties. The injury sustained was
very slight, according to the evidence given by the
surgeon.
fir LORDSHIP thought it improper that the time
of the Court should be taken up with such a frivolous
matter, in which the jury also concurred.
A verdict of Guilty was returned, and the de-
fendant fined 205., and ordered to enter into his own
recognisances to keep the peace.
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The whole of the criminal business: being disposed
of, his Lordship thanked the jury for their attention
to the numerous cases which had been brought before
them, and adjourned the Court at a quarter to six.

It appeared that the day upon the night of which the
robbery was said to have been committed was Holbeach
fair, and that the prisoners, who had, with the prose-
cutor, on their way home been at a public-house kept by
a man named Carpenter, left in the direction of Wisbeach
together. While on their way the prosecutor was
knocked down, and robbed, not only of his money, but
of various articles of wearing apparel. The next day
the prisoners were found together at Wisbeach, one of
them wearing a cap belonging to the prosecutor, and all
of them wearing clothes purchased by the money which
they had stolen the previous evening. The 51. note
(which had been cut and rejoined) was clearly identi•
tied as the note stolen from the prosecutor.—Guilty.
The Learned JUDGE sentenced each of the prisoners
to 15 years' transportation.
William Haynes stood indicted for having stolen a
horse and gelding from Horncastle, in this county, on
the 20th day of August last.
Mr. Wildman appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Boden for the defence.
The circumstances, although somewhat singular, are
very shortly stated. On the evening of Tuesday, the
19th of August last, Mr. Brown, a farmer residing in
the neighbourhood of Horncastle, saw his horses safe in
the field in which they at that time grazed. The follow •
ing morning they were missing, and strange as the fact
may appear to be, the prosecutor and others traced his
horses from Horncastle to the neighbourhood of
Reading, in Berkshire, a distance of upwards of 200
miles. The conduct of a Mr. Price, a young farmer
living near Reading, is deserving of particular notice.
[t appeared that on the Thursday (the robbery of the
horses having been committed in Lincolnshire on the
Tuesday) Mr. Price saw two men conveying four horses
by side roads and across grounds in the neighbourhood
of his farm in Berkshire. He immediately suspected
the horses were stolen, and pursued the men by
whom they were conducted. At first he endea-
voured to banter and " deal" with them, but
at last exclaiming, " One of those horses looks
very like a horse belonging to Mr. Brown, of Horn-
castle," the man now missing said, " If you have got
any better title to the horses than we have, take them."
Mr. Price, in a most determined tone, replied, " I'll not
be content with the horses, but I'll have men too." The
prisoner and his companion immediately made off in
different directions, one taking to the right and the other
to the left. Mr. Price followed the prisoner, who, find-
ing himself closely pursued, threw himself from his
horse and took to the fields. Mr. Price, like a good
sportsman, followed his game, and, to use the expression
he this day used in his evidence, "ran the prisoner to
cover," but afterwards " broke ground" and secured
him. It turned out, upon consulting that unerring
chronicle the Hue and Cry, that Mr. Price's suspicions
were perfectly correct, and on the following Monday
Mr. Brown arrived in Reading to identify the stolen
horses. The master-man, as he was called, sans horses
of course, got away.
It was stated yesterday and this morning that a great
defence was to be made for Haynes.
Strand,A
An
attorney,
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reanthaatttotrhney attorney's clerk,
pk,frroovme Essex-street,txt-hse ptrereit.,
soner (who is a London man, but who represented him-
self to come from Glastonbury) was at Sleaford the night
the robbery was committed.
The case for the defence, so far from benefiting the
prisoner, after Mr. Wildman's very able reply, tended to
convict him, and he was sentenced to fifteen years'
transportation.
Mr. Justice PATTESON ordered Mr. Price to receive
from the county 10/., in addition to the ordinary allow-
ance.

fortunate ; he kept his tongue quiet, and they could get
no hold of him. He then said that there were two others
in the mess as well as him ; they had been apprehended,
but were discharged. English the.i asked the prisoner
if they were the persons who did the .fire. He replied
that he did it, that he went over the gate, and set the
stack on fire with lucifer matches, and not a bail, and
that he then gave the alarm that no suspicion might fol-
low him. The prisoner then gave the details of a fire
he did at Ipswich. English then asked him if he had
done many fires, to which the prisoner replied, that if
he had not there was no reason why he should not, that
there would be plenty of more fires this winter ; he did
not care about being transported ; if he was there were
plenty more to take his place. The prisoner had not the
slightest idea that his interrogator was a constable,
English having previously stated that lie was a liquor
merchant, and the prisoner was not a little surprised
when informed of the real calling of his companion, who,
as soon as the prisoner had furnished him with with a
detailed account of his exploits, took him into custody,
and the prisoner then thought he hail been bamboozled
by the disguised liquor merchant.
The prisoner when called upon for his defence, told
the jury that English had spoken falsely, but the jury
thought otherwise, and found the prisoner Guilty.—
Sentence deferred.

William Medlar, aged 37, was indicted for wilfully
and maliciously setting fire to a stack of wheat, the pro-
perty of Robert Samuel Thorne, Burgh, next Aylsham.
Mr. Palmer appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Pren-
dergast defended the prisoner.
The prosecutor is a farmer, residing at the parish of
Burgh, and the prisoner is a cordwainer, living in the
same parish. About one o'clock of the morning of
Tuesday, the 26th of November last, a stack of wheat
belonging to the prosecutor, standing in the midst of
several other stacks, was discovered to be on fire by Mrs.
Goodson, the wife of the constable of Burgh, who lives
near the premises of Thorne. Goodson was awoke by
his wife, and immediately got up and called the prose-
cutor, who arrived at the stackyard before the fire had
extended as far as the eaves of the stack. Persons in
the neighbourhood arrived soon afterwards at the fire,
but only in time to save the surrounding stacks, The
stack fired; (the produce of twelve acres) was totally
consumed. Two policemen arrived at the fire shortly
after it had broken out. Soon after they came up they
perceived a small gap in the fence leading from the stack-
yard into a field of wheat, where some one had got over,
and one of them watched by the gap till daylight,
to prevent any person proceeding in that direction,
and destroying any trace of footsteps that might
exist in the field ; and on examining the wheat
field the policeman discovered thirteen footsteps leading
towards the prisoner's house. From circumstances
which came to the knowledge of the policemen, the pri-
soner was apprehended between eight and nine on the
morning of the fire. The prisoner's shoes were taken
off and compared with the impressions in the field, and
they corresponded in every respect. The cottage of the
prisoner was searched, and part of a box of lucifer
matches corresponded in colour and dip with one that
was found in the ditch of the wheat field, near the gap
leading from the stack yard. The prisoner, when ap-
prehended, stated that he had been in b, c 1 hours and
hours when the fire broke out ; but on inquiry being set
set on foot, it was ascertained that, about twelve o'clock
on the night of the fire, the prisoner called at the public-
house in Aylsham, which is the adjoining parish to
Burgh. In order to prove malice on the part of the pri-
soner towards the prosecutor, it was proved that the
prisoner had repeatedly expressed the greatest animosity
towards Mr. Thorne. On one occasion he was heard to
say that " Mr. Thorne starved him and his wife and
children, and would not give him work, nor suffer others
to do it, and that he would mark him for it some day or
other."

Mr. PRENDERGAST addressed the jury on behalf of the
prisoner with great ability.
The Learned JUDGE summed up the case. and the jury
found a verdict of Gpilty.—Sentenee deferred.

PRESENTMENT OF THE GRAND JURY.

" We have further to present that it is the unanimous
opinion of the grand jury, that the present winter assize
was uncalled for in this county, inasmuch as a large
majority of the prisoners in the calendar would have
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from this time.

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OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Stafford, Dec. 19.
Tinc WoLvEnnamPToN CASE.—The trial of this long-
expected case came on this morning, when the Court was
densely crowded, but the curiosity of the " ladies" was
most wofully disappointed, as the nature of a portion of
the evidence rendered their exclusion necessary.
Jane Railton, 30, a very interesting-looking and lady-
like person, John Sherriff, 26, and James Ilildreth, 38,
both of highly respectable appearance, were arraigned
on an indictment charging them with concealing the
birth of the child of the female prisoner, at Wolver-
hampton, on the 21st of October.
Mr. Beadon, with Mr. Woolrych, conducted the prose-
cution, the prisoners being defended by Mr. Yardley,
Mr. Allen, and Mr. Huddlestone.
The prisoners severally pleaded Not Guilty.
Mr. Haley, surveyor, produced a plan of the premises
of Mr. Quinton, surgeon, of Wolverhampton, in whose
privy the child was found, and to whom Sheriff was an
assistant.

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WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Exeter, Dec. 19.
(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.)
Richard Wrigford Clompit, a tenant of Lord Clifford,
was indicted for maliciously wounding three colts, the
property of George Gill.
Mr. Rowe and Mr. Cox defended the prosecution; Mr.
Cockburn and Mr. Stone the defence.
Mr. Gill, the prosecutor in this case, had several colts
in the care of a farmer of the name of Elias Randall,
which were suffered to run upon the slopes of the bank
of the river Teign. The case for the prosecution was,
that the prisoner, seeing that these colts trespaesed upon
his land, had shot at and severely wounded some of them.
To prove this, two witnesses were called, who stated that
they saw the transaction and 'could swear to the person
of the prisoner; and two other men also swore that at a
greater distance they saw the transaction, as described
by the first witness, but could not speak to the identity
of the prisoner, though one of them said ha believed it
was him.

Joseph Titley, servant to Mr. Quinton, proved the
finding of the child.
Timothy Casey, police-officer, of Wolverhampton,
said—l told Mr. Sherrill there was a Child found, and
he said, "Is there ?" He took the fork and pressed on
the body. I said, " Don't rupture it, it seems fresh,
and has not been long in." I took the body to a public-
house, and sent to the Coroner. Mr. Foulke, the sur-
geon, saw it. It was the same child that was taken out
of the privy.
Cross-examined—lt was partly from the pressure of
the fork that I judged how long it had been in. I took
Sherrill into custody at the second sitting, in the jury-
room, by; direction of Colonel Hogg, the deputy chief
constable. I had no warrant.

By Mr. HUDDLESTONE—Miss Railton was taken into
custody on the 12th of November. Sbe was brought to
my house about eleven at night. She was crying and
very agitated indeed, suffering under much anguish.
Miss Raiiton was at my house eleven days. She was
very much affected ; the whole time she suffered greatly.
My wife was with her, and paid her every attention. I
ordered her to do so, as Miss Railton was constantly
crying. My wife remained in the room one night at
Miss Railton's request.

Thomas 11. Foulke—l am a surgeon at Wolverhamp-
ton. I attended an inquest on the 30th October at the
Greyhound, Bell-street, on the body of a female child,
which appeared to have been born at or near its full
time. The external body was green. I should suppose
it had been born about five or six days. I could not
perceive any sign of food in the stomach of the child,
and do not think it had received any. I found meconium
on the body. There was a marked appearance of it.
My opinion is that the child was born a ith the head
presented. The meconium may have been discharged
by pressure after death. The witness then detailed par-
ticulars of the examination made of Miss Railton. I
have no doubt Miss Railton had given birth to a child,
within ten or eleven days I should think.
Colonel Gilbert Hogg, deputy chief constable of the
county—On the 9th November, from information I re-
ceived, I went to Mr. Quinton's, and saw Mr. Sherriff.
I asked him if he knew Miss Railton, the sister in-law
of Mr. Darby, the postmaster, and if he had not attended
her professionally ? He said he had not. He admitted
having given Mr. Hildreth medicine for a female i❑ his
house, who he supposed was in the family way. I asked
him again if he had mot done so ? He said he did not
know Miss Railton, and he had not attended her. On
the 11th November I had another interview with him at
Mr. Quinton's. I told him I had still reason to believe
he attended the party in her confinement, particularly so
from information I had received that he applied to Mr.
Omberlow for that purpose. He said he did so, but the
person for whom he applied was the late cook of Mr. De
Ilene, a surgeon in Queen-street. He again repeated
that he did not know Miss Railton. I attended the ad-
journed inquest on the 12th of November, and in con-
secinenee of what I heard I arrested him, telling him
that from the evidence given before the Coroner by
the surgeon, I thought it my duty to detain him.
On the 9th I went to Mr. Hildreth, who is a printer,
and asked him if his sister-in-law, Miss Railton, was
staying with him. Ile replied " No, she has left the
town since the races, but returned yesterday, and is now
with her brother-in-law, at the; post-office." I said I
had reason to suppose she had bcen confined in his
house ; to which he replied, " It is false ; whoever says
so shall be punished for injuring the character of a re-
spectable female." I asked if he had ever applied to
Mr. Sherriff for medicine or advice, and he said he had
not. I went to his house again on the 15th November,
and arrested Mrs. Hildreth. He said to me, " You are
going too far with this business ; you had better let it
drop a good deal." This was :Ow I apprehended Mr.
Sherriff and Miss Railton, both of whom I had arrested
without a warrant, on suspicion of felony. After the
inquest on the 12th I went to the post-office, where I
found Miss Railton. Mr. Foulke and Mr. Casey were
with me. Mr. Darby, the postmaster, married Miss
Railton's sister, who is now dead. Before Mr. Foulke
examined her, I told her I had reason to believe she had
lately been confined, and the child destroyed. She said
"Itis a mistake, and not at all the case." Mr. Foulke
then went up stairs to Miss Railton, by my direction.
After he came down I went up, and saw her. I said the
surgeon had told ine she had lately been confined, and I
was sorry she had told me a falsehood.

Several discrepancies appeared in the eridenc3 by the
cross-examination, and the prisoner received an excel-
lent character from several respectable witnesses, and
among others from Lord Clifford, who said that he
could be justly proud of his tenants, but of none more
than his friend Mr. Clompit.
The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
Henry George Carpenter was indicted for ravishing
Elizabeth ilibbert. _ _ _

Mr. Cockburn (who attended specially) and Mr. Stone
conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Rowe
and Mr. Merivale appeared for the prisoner.
The prosecution was instituted by Lord Clifford.
The prisoner was a respectable druggist, residing at
Chudleigh. Elizabeth Hibbert was a poor girl living
with her mother, near that town. She had for some
time been unwell, and her mother having lived long in
the neighbourhood of Lord Clifford, that nobleman
allowed them, as was his habit with regard to the in-
valided poor, to reside in one of his Lordship's cottages.
The girl having been recommended to take medicine had
several times gone to the shop of the prisoner to have her
prescriptions made up. The prisoner always conducted
himself in the most proper manner until the time in
question, and then he behaved to her in the way described
by the girl in her evidence.
Elizabeth Hibbert was examined and said—l am
twenty-one years of age, and live with my mother in a
cottage belonging to Lord Clifford. On the 22d of October
I went to Chudleigh, and about one o'clock in the day I
called at the prisoner's shop, and asked him to let me
have a box of pills, and I would call again for them. I
went away on some business, and called again at his
shop in about an hour. He said he had not begun to
make the pills, and he asked me to sit clown, which I did.
In answer to a question which he asked me, I told him I
had a pain in my stomach. He then asked me different
questions, and what I was going to treat him with on my
birthday. I said, " Nothing at all." He said, " You
may as well give me a glass of ,shrub." I told him I
should not give him anything. He then asked me if I
would have a drop of peppermint ? I said I did not care
if.l did, if he would please to give me some. He had pre-
viously asked me to have some gin or some shrub, which
smhoinput':n orci the two, and
then l
I refused. He then took a glass, and, emptied something
r room
white into it from a bottle in the shop. He took the
glass
out
came to ofthteheshopb shop.
door Het
etwsetoeri ppethdea
behind. lie said, " Come in here." I went. He told
me to sit down, which I did. He then shut the door of
the room, and took the glass from oft the table, put his
arm round my neck, and said, " Before you drink I must
have a kiss." I said, " You shan't, and it I had known
this I would not have come in." He then kissed me, and
I sipped out of the glass. He said, " Drink, drink ;" and
I said " I don't like it." But he pressed me, and I said,
" Here's your health," and then I drank about a third of
it. I rose from my chair to get out at the door, but he

NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Norwich, Dec. 19.
(Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.)
George Dye, aged 17, was indicted for wilfully and
maliciously setting fire to a wheat stack, the property
of Daniel Watson, of Lurling.
Mr. Evans appeared on behalf of the prosecution.
The prisoner wag not defended.
The prosecutor is an innkeeper at Lurling, and also
farms a small quantity of laud. On Sunday night, the 25th
of August, the prisoner and five other men had been
spending the evening at the prosecutor's house ; they
left about half-past nine o'clock, and went up the road
together until they came to the turn of the road leading
to Hockham. The prisoner then left the other men,
saying that he was going to Norwich. They had passed
the stack a minute before, and must have seen a blaze
if it had then been on fire. Soon after they had parted
company with the prisoner, they perceived the reflection
of a fire in the direction of the prosecutor's house ; but,
thinking it was far off, they did not turn back. About
half an hour after the six men had left the prosecutor's
house, he was called up by the prisoner, by whom he
was informed that there was a fire up the road. lle
looked out of his window, and saw his own stack in a
blaze. The prisoner made several statements of a con-
tradictory character, in consequence of which he was
detained in custody, and was afterwards examined as a
witness against two of the men who had been in his
company at the prosecutor's house. The prisoner and
the two men were kept in custody for eleven days, but
the evidence being insufficient to connect them with the
actual perpetration of the offence, they were discharged.
However, on Oct. 8, Stephen English, a Suffolk consta-
ble, was going from Bury to Lud bury in a gig, and about
a mile from Bury he overtook the prisoner and two boys,
and being requested by the former to take up one of the
boys, who he stated was his brother, the constable took
the lad up, an ,l drove him five miles. During the ride,
the boy told English all about the fire at Lurling, and
when the prisoner came up, the constable observed to
him how. fortunate he had; been in getting off the fire
job so easily. The prisoner replied that he was very

Mr. I-I[TDDLESTONE here objected that this remark of
Colonel Hoc's- was an inducement to Miss Milton, and
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agsinst her. In all cases cited by Judges Gurney, Pat-
teson, Gazelee, and Littledale, it..was held that the evi-
dence was inadmissible.
The JUDGE—I shall receive the evidence, subject to a
proper case.
Examination continued—l arrested Miss Railton, and
delivered her to Casey, at his private residence. The
lock-up at Wolverhampton is a wretched and miserable
place, and I did not take her there on that account, fur
I am sorry to see an unfortunate woman in that miserable
place. She said, " I am sorry I did not tell you all
about it, but what will become of my sister, her seven
children, and the poor young man ? At noon, on Sun-
day three weeks, a person came to me and performed an
operation on me, which caused me excruciating pain until
a late hour of the night. At night, my sister delivered me
of a child, which she killed." I asked, " How do you
know it was killed?" She said, "It was born alive, I
heard it cry." I asked her what became of it ? She
said, " A person came three or four nights after and
took it away." She said it was Mr. Sherriff, and added
that he had performed a similar operation three or four
times in two months, but never with effect until that
Sunday. She said she was not ill until the operation
had been performed. She was quite well previously.
On the 16th I saw her again, in consequence of a note
from Casey. This is the note produced.
Casey recalled—This note is in my handwriting. I
sent it to Colonel Hogg in consequence of Miss Railton
telling ase she would like to see him. I said it was late,
but she desired to see him, and I wrote the note.
Colonel Hogg continued—When I got there I saw her
in the same room. She said, "I have been most un-
happy since I saw you yesterday, lest, from the state of
mind I was in, I might have told you anything that is
untrue." I then, at her request, repeated what she told
me the previous day from my note-book, which I have
with me. When I came to the part where she said her
sister had killed the child, she said, " Oh, did I say so ?
Then I must be mad, and at the time did not know what
I was ',saying. My poor sister ; she took the child,
rolled it up, took it to the fire, gave it some nourish-
ment, and it died. My poor sister ! lam sure she felt
very much for it."
Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEN—I did apply to the
Coroner for a warrant, but he refused. I only made one
application. Miss Railton was arrested immediately
after the Coroner declined to interfere.
Henry Wm. Omberlovr, chemist, of Wolverhampton
—I remember Mr. Sherriff coming to me, about five
months ago. He said he wanted to ask a favour, for
me to attend a female who was respectable, and where
secresy was required. I said, "Do you want me to pro-
cure a miscarriage ?" He said, yes. I replied, no in-
ducement would cause me to do it. He said the party
would "some down."
Wm. Quinton, surgeon, of Queen-street, Wolverhamp-
ton—The back part of my premises are in Castle-street.
Sherriff was my assistant. I have seen Hildreth at my
surgery frequently, from August to September. I asked
Sherrill the object of Hildreth's visits. He told me Ilil-
dreth wished him to procure the abortion of a highly
respectable female, who would be confined in a room of
llildreth's kouse, the greatest secresy to be observed, and
mox e y
inioe oa
sbkj eecdt.
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fh
wouldl ls h t
take
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the
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replied,
Au-
gust.l ied,
" I will have nothing to do with it." Mr. Sherriff came
to me on the 28th of October, and said, " There is a
child found in the privy in the yard." I went out and
saw the body, which I should think had been there three
or four days.
Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEN—I saw Mr. Hildreth
at my surgery twenty times or more. The first time was
on the 18th of August. On the 25th I spoke to Sher-
riff about it for the first time. When I saw Hildreth on
the 13th of November, he said he had called upon Sher-
riff about selling him some books.
After some further evidence,
Mr. IIUDDLESTONE submitted that there was no case
to go to the jury against Miss Railton, as her own state-
ment was the only thing which affected her, and it was
questionable whether that was legal advice.
The JUDGE—I think there is evidence to go_ to the
jury.
Messrs. Yardley, Allen, and Huddlestone severally
addressed the jury for the prisoners, who received exem-
plary characters from persons of the highest grade of
Wolverhampton.
Mr. Justice COLTMAN summed up the voluminous
evidence in a most minute manner, pointing out to the
jury the law as it regarded each and all of the prisoners.
The jury retired at nine o'clock, and on their return in
half an hour Acquitted all the prisoners, which, the re-
porter adds, was received with applause in Court.
There is another indictment against Sherriff.

NEWINGTON SESSIONS.
(Before T. PUCKLE, Esq., Chairman, and a full Bench
of Magistrates.)
On Thursday, a special sessions was held at the Court-
house, Newington, before Mr. Puckle and a full Bench
of Magistrates, under the 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 101,
to adjudicate upon the applications under the bastardy
clauses of the Poor-law Amendment Bill. The applica-
tions were very numerous, and in all the cases which
came before the Court, with one exception, in which the
Magistrates thought there was not sufficient evidence,
the putative fathers were ordered by the Magistrates to
pay 2s. 6d. per week for their respective offsprings, from
the time of the first application for the summons, exclu-
sive of costs varying from 20s. to 30s.
The new bastardy clauses of the Act came into opera-
tion on the 9th of August last, and Mr. Boxer, the chair-
man of the board of guardians for St. George's, South-
wark, was in attendance to watch the eases and the
working of the Act.
In one of the cases before the Bench, Mr. PUCKLE,
the chairman, asked Mr. Ware. the magistrates' clerk, in
the event of the father not paying the costs, could he re-
cover them from the female ? Mr. Ware replied in the
affirmative.

111 r. JonssoN (the magistrate)—Yes ; and a more
cruel, harsh, and unjust measure than these bastardy
clauses never passed the Legislature; and the more I see
of them, the more am I satisfied that they amount to a
total denial of justice, and hold out a temptation to crime.
llere is the absurdity and cruelty of the law—the third
section gives the justices power to make an order on the
putative father, and to enforce the same by distress or
committal, after one month from the date of the order.
The father has the power of appeal to the sessions; in
which case the whole of the expenses must fall upon the
unfortunate female—she must find travelling expenses,
lawyer, counsel, witnesses; and she is probably poor and
friendless, ignorant, and totally unacquainted with the
law. From the cruel operation of these clauses, the
worthy magistrate said, that in three cases out of four
the appellant would be successful, and get off without
having to maintain his child.:Then, again, as to the hard-
ship of the case, the parish officers would formerly assist
the female, and compel the father to support his illegiti-
mate child; but here, under the seventh section, the pa-
rish officers are, under a penalty, positively pro-
hibited from interfering; the words are, they shall
not interfere in any respect." Again, the eighth section
declares the parish officers to be guilty of a misdemea-
nour if they in any way endeavour to force the man, or
persuade him to do an act of justice by marrying the
female. And yet the mother is punishable for the neglect
or desertion of her bastard child, and may be committed
to prison. He (the worthy magistrate) repeated that it
was a monstrous denial of justice ; and he was at a loss
to know how the Legislature could expect the magistrate
could conscientiously administer justice by enforcing the
provisions of such a law.

Mr. WARE said the Act was altogether incomprehen-
sible.

Mr. PUCKLE (the Chairman)—lt is extremely defec-
tive and loosely worded, and exceedingly vague in its

meaning.

The other Justices fully concurred, and the matter
then dropped.
A female applied to the magistrates for a warrant to
enforce the payment of an order of 2s. Gd. per week,
made upon the father of her child at the last sitting of
the bench. The father only laughed at the order when
served on him, and said he would pay when he was made
to pay, and not before.
Mr. JOHNSON—Did you demand payment at the tiirie
ycu gave the order to the father? Applicant—No, Sir;
I told him it was your worship's order, and he only
laughed at it.

Mr. JOHNSON said she ought to have demanded the
amount at the time of serving the order.
The applicant said she was really ignorant how to act.
Mr. JOHN SON —There can be no doubt of it. how
are these poor creatures to know the working of these
monstrous laws ? The man may well afford to laugh at
the Magistrate's orders. The fathers of illegitimate
children might get out of the way, or put the female to
an enormous expense by appealing to the sessions. No
wonder that illegitimate children were on the increase.
The worthy Magistrate again condemned the clauses of
the new Poor•law Amendment Bill relative to bastards
as an act of inhumanity and injustice.
Mr. Pt CKLE remarked that -hitherto the appeals had
been very few.
Mr. JOHNSON—There were two last sessions, and bow
many we may eventually have from the whole county it
is impossible to foresee.
The Magistrates were unanimous in condemning these
clauses of the new Poor-law Amendment Act, and said
that part of them were totally incomprehensible and
absurd.

In one case a man said he had so many illegitimate
children that he really could not afford to pay fur any
more. He was ordered to pay 2s. GI per week and 2Cs.
costs.

INCENDIARISM.—A few nights ago, a large cow-
house, containing a quantity of reed and straw, situate
at Great Elm, near Frome, the property of the Rev. Dr.
Griffiths, was entirely consumed by fire ; and there is no
doubt it was the vile act of an incendiary, as the build-
ing was at a considerable distance from any other pre-
mises.—Wiltshire Independent.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of Van Diemen's Land, the
Mauritius, and the Gold Coast.

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J UDGESat the CENTRAL CRIMINAL
COURT, 1845.
The following is a list of the Judges who will preside
in rotation at the sittings of the Central Criminal Court
during the year 1845, up to the commencement of
Michaelmas Term :
January B.—The Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer
(Sir Frederick Pollock), Mr. Justice Patteson, and Mr.
Justice Erie.

February s.—Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Justice Wil-
liams, and Mr. Justice Cresswell.
March s.—The Judges of the Norfolk and North
Wales Circuits.
April 9.—Mr. Baron Gurney, Mr. Justice Coleridge
and Mr. Justice Coltman.
May 14.—The Lord Chief Justice Denman, Mr.
Baron Alderson, and Mr. Justice Coltman.
June 18.—The Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Mr. Justice
Patteson, and Mr. Baron Gurney.
July 9.—The Judges of the Norfolk and North Wales
Circuits.

August 20.—Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Baron Rolfe,
and Mr. Justice Cresswell.

September 17.—Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Wight-
man, and Mr. Justice• Erie.

October 29.—The Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer
(Sir Frederick Pollock), Mr. Justice Coleridge, and Mr.
Justice Maule.

IRELAND.
CHARITABLE BEQUESTS ACT.
DUBLIN, DEC. 19.—The following is the opinion of
the law officers of the Crown upon the case submitted by
direction of the Lord-Lieutenant, in consequence of the
representation made by Dr. Murray, Roman Catholic
Archbishop of Dublin, who had transmitted to his Ex-
cellency the published opinion of Mr. O'Connell respect-
ing the operation of the Charitable Bequests Act as re-
gards the regular clergy in Ireland :
" QUERIES ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 7 AND 8
VICT., C. 97 (CHARITABLE BEQUESTS BILL, IRELAND),
FOR THE OPINION OF THE RIGHT HON. THE AT-
TORNEY AND THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL.
" First,—Whether the provisions of the 10 Geo. 4,
cap. 7, which are referred to in the 15th sec., of the
Charitable Donations and Bequests Act, render any
donation or bequest to any member or members of any
religious order or community in the said provisions men-
tioned unlawful ?

" Secondly—Whether the Charitable Donations and
Bequests Act is calculated to prejudice or raise any
doubt, by implication or otherwise, as to the pre-exist-
ing rights of any member or members of such religious
order or community as aforesaid ? And if it be, what
alterations would it be desirable to have made in the Act,
for the purpose of preventing such implication or doubt ?
" Thirdly—lf a devise, donation, or bequest for cha-
ritable purposes be invalid, as being contrary to the
policy of the law, would it be the duty of the Commis-
sioners to sue for the recovery of the same, and apply it
to other charitable purposes—or how should it be reco-
vered or disposed of ?"
" OPINION.--(COpy.)
" First—There is no provision in the Roman Catholic
Relief Act, making devises, donations, or bequests to,
or in trust for, religious orders, communities, or societies
of men of the Church of Rome, bound by monastic or
religious vows, unlawful. But a court of equity would
not enforce a trust in favour of such a religious com-
munity, as it would be against the policy of 10 Geo. IV.,
cap. 7.
" We are, however, of opinion that the 10 Geo. IV.,
cap. 7, does not, either expressly or by implication, ren-
der a devise, donation, or bequest to a member of mem-
bers of such religious order unlawful. A devise, dona-
tion, or bequest to a member of such religious order, for
his own use, or upon any trust not contrary to law,
would, in our opinion, be valid.
" Secondly—We are of opinion that the 7 and 8 Vic.,
cap. 97, has not in this respect made any alteration in
the law, fled that it is not calculated to prejudice or raise
any doubt, by implication or otherwise, as to the pre-
existing rights of any member or members of such reli-
gious order or community.
" The 22d section provides that nothing herein con-
tained shall be taken to avoid or render unlawful any
donation, devise, or bequest which but for this Act
would be lawful, except as to the time within which the
deed, will, or instrument containing such donation, de-
vise, or bequests for pious or charitable uses is hereinbe-
fore required to be executed and registered.'
" This latter part of the section, as to the time within
which the instrument is to be executed, refers to the 16th
clause of the Act, which clause applies to members of
the Established Church, to Roman Catholics, and to all
Dissenters.

"Notwithstanding the enactment in the 22d section,
above mentioned, it has been suggested that the proviso
at the end of the 15th section contains an express legis-
lative declaration that a devise, donation, or bequest to a
member of a religious order is illegal—we do not concur
in this opinion.
'• The 15th section of the Act was intended to facili-
tate the endowment of the Roman Catholic secular clergy
—and we are of opinion that the proviso in that section
was added to prevent any question being raised that
it authorised a donation, devise, or bequest to the com-
missioners and their successors for the benefit of any
but secular clergy.
" The proviso does not, in our opinion, either expressly
or by implication, render illegal any donation, devise, or
bequest, which but for the passing of the Act would
have been lawful. The 22d section of the Act renders
this construction of the proviso quite clear. The sta-
tute confers no benefit on the regular clergy—but it
, creates no disability, either expressly or by implication.
" Thirdly—lf a charitable donation, devise, or be-
quest be invalid, as being contrary to the policy of the
law, it belongs to tho Crown to dispo,e of it by the
sign manual fbr such legal charitable purposes as to the
Crown may seem proper. And when it belongs to the
Crown, by sign manual, to dispose of property given or
devised for charitable purposes, the proceedings should
be an information filed by the Attorney-General, and
not a suit by, or in the name of, the Commissioners of
Charitable Donations and Bequests.—Attorney-General
♦. Mathews, 2 Levine, 167 ; Clifford v. Francis, Free-
man's Equity Reports (Ed. 1823), p. 130 ; Attorney-
General v. Syderfin, 1, Vernon, 224 ; Moggeridge v.
Thackwell, 7 Vesey, p. 74.
" It is to be observed, that by the former Charitable
Bequests Act (40 George 111 , c. 75, Irish), in case it
should be inexpedient, unlawful, or impracticable to ap-
ply a charitable donation, devise, or bequest, strictly
according to the directions and intentions of the donor
or donors, the Commissioners were authorised to apply
the same to such charitable and pious purposes as they
should judge to be nearest and most conformable to the
directions and intentions of the donor or donors.
" This enactment is omitted from the Act of last ses-
sion. "T. B. C. SMITH.

" Dec. 13, 1844." " RICH. W. GREENE.
MEETING IN THE DOMINICAL CHAPEL.

There was a very numerous meeting held this day, in
Denmark-street Chapel. Alderman Staunton presided.
After resolutions were passed, strongly condemnatory of
the Charitable Bequests Act,
Mr. O'CoNxem, addressed the meeting. He com-
menced by adverting to the Extraordinary Gazette of
last night. When he last epoke in opposition to the
board, he did not know how it was constituted. Now
he had the names of its members officially announced,
and any remarks which he had to make in reference to
the Catholic I'relates who had consented to act upon it,
should be with the great respect and veneration.—
(Cries of " Hear, hear.") It was a triumph of one
portion of the Catholic community over another, and ho
was one of the defeated party. This was regarded as a
triumph by the Government, who could not wait
to announce it in the ordinary course, but adopted
the mode used in time of war—they announced
their victory in an Extraordinary Gazette.— (Hear, hear.)
He regretted not been able to agree in opinion with these
venerated prelates; but, after all, they were like himself
only fallible men, aud, with great respect, he expressed
his opinion that they were in error. He feared that the
Bill would have the effect of seriously checking Catholic
bequests. Men would not like to hare their affairs ran-
sacked by a board, the majority of which were hostile
to his religious belief. Mr. O'Connell stated that he
had seen a letter from Rome, and from a quarter entitled
to the most implicit credence, stating that a Mr. William
Peter, an English agent, was in that city negotiating a
concordat with England, in connexion with the Austrian
envoy.
ANOTHER MURDER IN TIPPERARY.
The Evening Post contains the following:—" A letter,
we understand, has been received in town, announcing
the lamentable intelligence that another murder has
been committed in the northern division of Tipperary.
The victim of agrarian crime, in this instance, was Mr.
Henry Carden, who resided near Templemore. It was
stated that he was fired at yesterday, and died soon after.
No details are given. The Tipperary papers contained
I some weeks since accounts of proceedings on the part of
IMr. Carden against some tenantry."
ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN MEATII.—A letter from
Athboy states that an attempt at assassination was made
in that neighbourhood. An extensive grazier, whose
name we have not learned, went out yesterday evening,
accompanied by his brother to look at some cattle, when
they were fired upon. The brother, it is stated, was
wounded, but we hope not dangerously.
FUNERAL OF THE LATE EARL OF LlMERlCK.—There-
mains of the late Earl of Limerick, with those of the late
Lord Glentworth, grandson, and Lady Mary Pery,
daughter of his Lordship, will arrive at Limerick, on
Saturday, and be laid iu state at the family mansion, in
Henry-street, until Monday morning, from whence they
will be conveyed for interment in St. Mary's Cathedral,
followed by the executors and relatives of the deceased.
A Cunfous ESCAPE FROM SIIIPWRECK.—As an out-
ward bound vessel was bearing up for this port on Tues-
day evening, she was driven by the fury of the storm,
bowsprit foremost, en Creden Head, with such force that
the bowsprit was shivered in atoms. The recoil sent her
back some hundred 3 ards from the rock, and, notwith-
standing the fearful concussion, she was enabled to reach
this port in per feet safety.— Waterford Chronicle.

DEATH OF A FEMALE WHILST WATCIIING A
ConrsE.—Last evening Mr. Baker held en inquest at
the Gun tavern, Gm,-docks, Wrapping, on view of the
body of Eleanor Thomas, aged seventy-five years. It
appeared by the evidence of a brother of the deceased
that on Wednesday evening, about seven o'clock, the
deceased was sent for by some neighbours residing in
Well-street, Wapping, to sit up during the night with
the corpse of their mother. She was then in her usual
apparent good health. About four o'clock in the morn-
ing deceased was suddenly seized with illness. Her
brother was sent for, and she was removed to her own
house in Gun-street, in an apparently lifeless state. Mr.
Betson, a surgeon, was in a few minutes in attendance,
but, upon examination, he pronounced life to be quite
extinct. The gentleman said he attributed death to an
attaA of spasms in the stomach. Verdict in accordance
with the medical testimony.
The Earl and Countess of Kenmare left Farrance's
Hotel, Belgrave-street, on Thursday, for Dover.

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