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London, England, 1844-12-02 00:00:00

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, Nov. 29.

The winter gaol delivery for this county commenced
here this morning before Mr. Justice Coleridge. The
Learned Judge took his seat on the bench at twelve, and
proceeded to charge the grand jury. There are sixty-
four cases in the calendar,including eighty-eight pri-
soners. A large proportion of those stand charged with
offences of the most serious class. There are three com-
mitted on the charge of murder, five for manslaughter,
two for arson, two for forgery, four for rape, three for
sacrilege, eight for cutting and wounding, eight for burg-
lary, and no fewer than twenty-two for robbery with
violence. There are two prisoners who stand charged
with the unusual offence of blowing up a steam-engine
with gunpowder. In the city of York there is but one
prisoner, who stands charged with embezzlement.
His Lordship having adverted to the several cases,
and the grand jury having retired for a short time, re-
turned into Court with a bill found.

Saturday, Nov. 30.

Thomas Carter was indicted for knowingly uttering a
forged order for the payment of money, purporting to be
drawn and signed by Christopher Sadler, with intent to
defraud John Dresser, the public officer of the Yorkshire
District Bank. A second count laid an intent to de-
fraud John Dresser and others ; and a third, an intent
to defraud Christopher Sadler.
Mr. Bliss and Mr. Blanchard conducted the prosecu-
tion. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Hall.
It appeared that on the 20th of July the prisoner, who
is a carter, went into the bank at Thirsk and saw a clerk
of the name of Johnson. He asked if Mr. Sadler, of
Thornton-le-Moor, had been at the bank that day. Mr.
Jaekson said he had not. The prisoner then said he had
a letter frost him, and presented the order in question,
which was, " Please to pay James Jackson the sum of
131., by order of Christopher Sadler." Mr. Johnson
asked the prisoner if his name was James Jackson. He
replied it was. Mr. Johnson asked if he wanted 131.
from Mr. Sadler ? He replied he did, for barley sold to
him at Northallerton fair. Mr. Johnson said Mr.
Sadler could not be buying barley, as he had given up
brewing. The prisoner replied, I know he has. After
some futher conversation Mr. Johnson refused to pay the
order, and the prisoner left the bank. On the 29th of
July he called again, and presented a similar order from
Mr. Sadler. Mr. Johnson asked him if Mr. Sadler had
sent him with it, and he said he had. The prisoner was
then taken into custody, when he begged to be let off,
and said he would be glad to make it up. The order
was a forgery.
In proof of the first count, laying the intent to de-
fraud Mr. Dresser, as the public officer of the Bank.
Mr. Dresser was called, and produced a copy of the
under the 7th Geo. IV.,
apublic officer. He stated
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whichuarcnt acted
d aandsee
swut to
describedsuch.
Mr. S Stamp-office, in p- oa ffis
e.'
Mr. HALL objected that this was not sufficient. It
was necessary to produce a copy of the return filed, cer-
tified under the hand of one of the Commissioners of
Stamps. That was the mode of proof specified in the
statute. The rule of law as to parties acting in certain
offices, being taken to be duly appointed, did not apply
to the present case. That rule applied to constables and
others, acting for the public and official stations. Mr.
Dresser was the officer of a public company. He had
no duties to discharge in that office but the one, the only
one for which he was nominated to succeed ; he seed in
the name of the Company, and the sole motive of his
appointment to that duty, was his name being in the
return filed at the Stamp-office. Of that there was no
proof. There was at present no legal proof before the
Court that the copy of the return made out by Mr.
Dresser, and sworn to, had ever reached the Stamp-
office at all.

His LORDSHIP reserved the point, as also one that was
taken on the second count, laying the intent to defraud
Dresser and others, that the Bank could not be described
in that form, but only by their public officer.
The prisoner was found Guilty,

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.

(Before Mr. Justice MAITLE;iid Mr. Commissioner
BULLOCK, &c.)
MANSLAUGHTER ON THE RIFER.--A young man,
named Samuel Simms, was indicted for having, while in
command of the Waterman steamer, No. 6, improperly
run down a small boat, rowed by Edward Everett, a
licensed waterman, and containing four passengers, by
which the said Edward Everett and another person were
drowned. The body of the first-named person was af-
terwards found, and these proceedings were instituted in
consequence.
Mr. Justice MAULS having summed up the evidence,
the jury retired to consider their verdict, and after an
absence of four hours, returned a verdict of Guilty, but
recommended the prisoner to mercy.
Henry Brenton, a young man of very respectable ap-
pearance, was indicted for the manslaughter of Mary,
his wife. It appeared from the evidence of the nurse
employed on the occasion, that the prisoner's wife was
confined in the month of August last, and that about a
fortnight after that event she left the prisoner and his
wife in their bed-room together, and that soon after she
heard a noise and a kind of scuffling going on in the
room. She listened, and heard the prisoner's wife say to
him, " You may pinch me, or kick me, but I will never
give in." On the following day the nurse again saw her;
she was then insensible. A medical man was sent for,
who did what ho thought necessary for her, but she died
on the 17th of the month. Several medical gentlemen,
wko had made a past mortem examination of the de-
ceased's body, were next called, but their evidence was
extremely conflicting as to the cause of the death of the
deceased, and there being no evidence:beyond that of the
nurse as to any ill-treatment of her on the part of the
prisoner, the jury, without troubling Mr. Ballantine to
address them on his behalf, returned a verdict Acquitting
the prisoner.
EXTORTION.—John Bennett was indicted for obtaining
a watch, with chain, seals, &c., a purse, and other ar-
ticles from William Faulkner, under a threat of charg-
ing him with a nameless offence.
Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Robinson for the prisoner.
The prosecutor stated that he was a chemist, and had
lodgings in Bouverie-street, Fleet-street. On the 10th
of November he had been to Regent-street, and on his
way home he accidentally met with the prisoner, who
was previously an utter stranger to him. They en-
tered into conversation together. Witness went into a
tavern in Fleet-street, where he was followed
by the prisoner. Witness called for half-a-pint of
stout, and prisoner did the same. Witness paid for
both, and soon after, it being then near twAve o'clock
at night, he left the tavern, and went home. He let
himself in with a latch-key, and having gone up-stairs
to his bed-room struck a light. Having done so, he was
alarmed and surprised at finding the prisoner standing
alongside of him. The prisoner locked the door, and
demanded Q. of him, saying he would never leave the
room until he had it. The prisoner ultimately took from
him his watch, &c. Prosecutor at length having some-
what recovered from his fright, went down Ours and

informed one of the police, named Chadwick, who lodged
in the house, of what had occurred, by whom the pri-
soner was taken into custody. . .

The prosecutor underwent a very long examination
by Mr. Robinson, but nothing material was elicited.
The prisoner's counsel having addressed the jury at
considerable length, sat down without calling any wit-
nesses on his behalf.

The COMMON SERGEANT summed up the evidence, and
the jury, after a long consultation, acquitted the prisoner.
There was another indictment against him arising out
of the same transaction, but ne witnesses being called in
support of it, he was acquitted on that charge also.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
NOTICE OF PETITION.
J. Musson, Melton Mowbray.
INSOLVENT PETITIONS.
W. Law, beerseller, Gravesend, Dec. 11, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee.
A. Morren, milliner, Worthing, Dec. 11, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee.
W. 0. Overton, draper's assistant, Bristol, Dec. 11, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee.
W. J. S. Lee, innkeeper, Gravesend, Dec. 11, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee.
M. B. A. Farmar, Dec. 11, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee.
G. Brockwell, bootmaker, Stafford-street, Old Bond-
street, Dec. 4, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell,
official assignee.
J. Worland, livery-stable keeper, Cambridge, Dec. 11,
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official
assignee.
J. Bentley, accountant, Church-street, Westminster
Dec. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher,
official assignee.
H. Edwards, cab proprietor, Exeter-street, Lisson-
grove, Dec. 12, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee.
J. Newbon, tailor, Commercial road, Lambeth, Dec.
12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom,
official assignee.
G. W. Hills, Paradise-place, Clapham-road, Dec. 9,
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official
assignee.
J. P. Wade, grocer, Brittlewell, Essex, Dec. 9, at half-
past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official
assignee.
A. Johnson, Liverpool, Dec. 5, at eleven, at the Liver-
pool District Court. Morgan, official assignee.
G. Brown, clogger, Liverpool, Dec. 12, at twelve, at
the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee.
11. Bentley, commission agent, Liverpool, Dec. 6, at
eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, offi-
cial assignee.
W. C. Fairclougb, Liverpool, Dec. 6, at eleven, at the
Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee.
J. Stanley, innkeeper, St. Paul's-street, Lancashire,
Dec. 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Hobson, official assignee.
W. Haworth, wheelwright, Witton, Lancashire, Dec.
13, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott,
official assignee.
J. Kilburn, jun., policeman, Hull, Dec. 19, at eleven,
at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee.
D. Shaw, tailor, Leake, Lincolnshire, Dec. 19, at eleven,
at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee.
W. Barker, saddler, York, Dec. 18, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee.
J Scott, road surveyor, Leeds, Dec. 19, at eleven, at
the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee.
J. Coates, miller, North Stanley, Yorkshire, Dec. 19,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official
assignee.
J. Woods, farmer, Leverton, Lincolnshire, Dee. 18, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official
assignee.
T. Bingham, victualler, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire,
Dec. 16, at eleven. at the Leeds District Court. Hope,
official assignee.
J. Winnpenny, beerseller, Huddersfield, Dec. 16, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official
assignee.
W. Shaw, cordwainer, Berrybrow, Yorkshire, Dec.
19, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official
assignee.
N. Barrass, clothier, Holbeck, Yorkshire, Dec. 19, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official asignee.
D. Phipps, labourer, Coxmill, Shropshire, Dec. 17, at
one, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official

assignee.
11. Fisher, slater, Batheaston, Somersetshire, Dec. 19,
at half-past twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Miller,
official assignee.
G. Reynolds, wire drawer, Highgate, Worcestershire,
Dec. 24, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court.
Valpy, official assignee.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
W. Law, draper, Reading, Berkshire, Dec. 20, at
twelve—J. Baker, grocer, Romsey, Hampshire, Dec. 20,
at eleven—J. Scholefield, cutler, Cheapside, Dec. 21, at
eleven—H. R. Harraden, printseller, Cambridge, Dec.
20, at one—A. Tregear and T. C. Lewis, pianoforte
sellers, Cheapside, Dec. 20, at half-past one—E. H.
Foster, tanner, Hathern, Leicestershire, Dec. 20, at two
—R. Lee, R. J. Brassey, F. Farr, and G. Lee, bankers,
Lombard-street, Dec. 21, at one—A. Portway, tea dealer,
Braintree, Essex, Dec. 21, at twelve—J. Balls, livery-
stable keeper, Holloway-road, Islington, Dec. 20, at
eleven—A. Goodeve, warehouseman, Aldermaubury,
Dec. 20, at half-past one—lt. Beosley, wine cooper,
Wells-street, Oxford-street, Dec. 20, at one—E. Rey-
nolds, silk printer, Merton, Surrey, Dec. 21, at half-past
eleven—J. Avery, colonial broker, Mincing-lane, Dec.
20, at twelve—T. H. Whitmarsh, hotel keeper, Black-
heath, Dec. 20, at eleven—J. C. Crespin, shipping agent,
Eastcheap, Dec. 21, at eleven—T. Whitmarsh, hotel
keeper, Tunbridge Wells, Dec. 20, at twelve—R. Cross,
saddler, Jermyn-street, St. James's, Dec. 20, at eleven.
In the Country.
J. Murray and W. Brown, millwrights, Liverpool,
Dec. 20, at one, at the Liverpool District Court—J. J.
Brea, tailor, Chester, Dec. 23, at twelve, at the Liverpool
District Court—J. Watson, sen., and J. Watson, jun.,
common brewers, Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorkshire, Dec.
20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown
to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
J. Sanders, carpenter, Reach, Cambridge, Dec. 20—
J. Smith, newspaper publisher, Southampton-street,
Strand, Dec. 20—B. Nicoll, tailor, Rufford's-row, Is-
lington, Dec. 21—W. Collier, grocer, Cambridge, Dec.
20—D. and H. Davies, road contractors, Asylnm-road,
Old Kent-road, Dec. 20—F. Shotter, grocer, Portsea,
Hampshire, Dec. 21—W. Minter, builder, Colchester,
Dec. S}o—A. Pellissier, lodging-house keeper, Bentinck-
terrace, Regent's Park, Dec. 20—M. Sweetland, baker,
John-street, Fitzroy-square, Dec. 20—C. Pensam, dress-
maker, Cheltenham, Dec. 24—W. Martin, clothier,
Woodchester, Gloucestershire, Dec. 23—S. Chapman,
sail maker, Liverpool, Dec. 20—J. Bibby, coach pro-
prietor, Liverpool, Dec. 21—J. 3. Brez, tailor, Chester,
Dec. 24—J. Peoples, woollen draper, Liverpool, Dec. 30
—I. Tobias, factor, Birmingham, Dec. 20—J. Atkins,
beer-house keeper, Aston, Warwickshire, Dec. 20—
P. R. Morrison, merchant, Liverpool, Dec. 20-11. R.
Harraden, printseller, Cambridge, Dec. 30—G. Stent,
builder, Pleasant-place, Southampton-street, Camber.
well, Deo. 20-11. M. Low and W. M. Westermann,
merchants, Calcutta.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
H. Skelton and A. Bainbridge, confectioners, Ilud-
dersfield—W. Carron, T. Cox, and G. Drury, patten
makers, Birmingham—J. Cooper and R. Warham, mer-
chants, Newcastle-upon-Tyne--J. H. Garton, G. S.
Wake, and C. Trevor, tobacco manufacturers, Kingston-
upon-Hull—A. Miller and M. C. Grabowski, merchants,
Walbrook, London—W. Perry, jun., and T. Bridges,
ironfounders, Wolverhampton—J. Routh and 0. Routh,
cord wainers, Hawes, Yorkshire—W. 11. Darby and W. H.
Hewett, merchants, Liverpool—E. Gregson and W.
Marsden, sizers of cotton twist, Over Darwen, Lancashire
—J. T. Buckle and J. Bates, china merchants, York—W.
Caistor and J. Thompson, millers, Manchester—T. Har-
rald, J. Rinks, and S. Kilby, tea dealers, Coventry—R.
Dredge, J. Dredge, and S. Dredge, brewers, Devizes (so
far as regards J. Dredge—J. Price and G. Watson, sta-
tioners, Birmingham—A. Laing and C. M. M'lntosh,
nurserymen, Beverley, Yorkshire—W. Woodward and
J. Turner, drapers, Islington—T. Addy and G. Holmes,
butchers, Sheffield—B. Rider, C F. A. Rider, and T. G.
Rider, hat-tip makers, Red Cross-street, Southwark (so
far as regards T. G. Rider)—R. Compton and Co.,
paper makers, Manchester.

ADYERTISEHRNT.—ANOTHER WONDRR, OR CURB
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become as tight, as light, and as good, as in the days of
youth.—Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor
Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand (where advice may
be had gratis), aid by almost all respectable vendors of
medicine throughout the civilised world.

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY MORNING.—A serious explo-
sion of gunpowder occured in Limekiln-lane, Rock
Ferry, about half-past eight o'clock this morning. It ap-
pears that the ship Fairfield, belonging to Messrs.
Charles Lawrence and Son, of this town, arrived from
Ichaboo yesterday morning, and was towed into the river
by one of the steam-tugs. She had on board one barrel
of gunpowder, weighing about 201 b., and also 41b. loosely
wrapped in paper. One of the laws for the regula-
tion of the port enacts, that no vessel shall be allowed
to enter the river or docks with any gunpowder on
board, but shall deposit it at the magazines. The boat
which should have waited on the Fairfield, for the pur-
pose of taking the powder to the magazines, did not
come, and consequently it was put on board the tug and
landed at Birkenhead, the mate of the Fairfield, whose
name is Carrington, undertaking to have it safely kept
on the premises of his father, Mr. Richard Carrington,
Custom-house broker, in Limekiln-lane, Rock Ferry.
The cask was put into an out-house long with the
powder in the paper, and this morning the youngest
child, a fine boy, between seven and eight years old, got
to it, and it is supposed that by some means he was the
cause of its ignition. A terrific explosion took place, by
which the out-house was entirely levelled to the ground,
and the back and frost windows of the house totally de-
stroyed, besides doing considerable damage in other re-
spects. The boy, who is supposed to hare caused the
explosion, was seriously hurt, and a servant was also
injured. _

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The fourth representa-
tion of Balfe's grand opera of The DaugAter of St.
Mark attracted, on Saturday evening, one of the most
crowded audiences ever in this theatre, hundreds being
turned away from the doors. We are led to understand
that in the grand proeession, whioh terminates the mond
.iwt, there are nearly 500 people employed.

THE LATE ALLEGED MURDER OF
MR. THORN AT CALAIS.
ST. OMER, Nov. 28.—The business was opened by
the President reading the act of accusation, which
charged Sallior with having wilfully committed homi-
cide by inflicting a mortal wound with a dagger on Mr.
Thorn.

The names of the witnesses were then called over by
the clerk of the court, and the President ordered that
they should be conducted out of court, taking care that
the witnesses for the prosecution should be placed in one
room, and those for the prisoner in another. There were
fifteen of the former and six of the latter.
They were then called in separately, but the material
facts were deposed to by five, viz.,—the trumpeter and
two privates of the National Guards, and a commissioner
of the Hotel Royal. From the testimony of H. V. Bret-
son, the trumpeter, it appeared that he and some others
of the National Guards, then on duty, had observed Sal-
lior and Thorn walking arm-in-arm across the Place,
and enter the office of Sallior, at the Town-hall, about
one o'clock in the morning, Sallior apparently being in a
completely drunken state, and Thorn evidently affected
by liquor. That from time to time himself and com-
rades watched them, as they supposed, playing and
amusing themselves together. That some time after he
returned and perceived Sallior and Thorn, face to face, and
that, at that moment, he saw Thorn fait backwards, upon
which he ranback and called for assistance ; two comrades
came, and, on reaching the body, they saw Sallior, as if
coming out of his office, and locking the door. The wit-
ness was asked, " What time was occupied betvieen his
going for assistance and returning to the spot ?" To
this he could not answer, but explained that he supposed
he had made about twenty-four steps there and back,
and had run all the way. On raising the body he heard
a noise from the deceased, but whether as an attempt to
speak, or from the effect of suffocation, he knew not.
They then tried to untie his neckcloth, when they found
blood on the left breast of his shirt, and perceived a
wound in the breast. Sallior then came up, and ex-
claimed quel mailieur I—(What a calamity I)—and
shortly afterwards asked whether it was a Frenchman
or an Englishman, and then desired that Dr. Boulanger
should be sent for ; that the body was then carried into
M. Sallior's outer office, and was placed upon the table ;
that some time after M. Sallior entered his inner office,
and in coming out, rested his two elbows on the body
of Thorn, and said, "My poor friend with whom I
spent the evening." It was further deposed that every
endeavour was made to find some instrument with which
the blow had been struck, but in vain.
The Commissary of Police (M. le Blond) deposed,
that he had searched the pockets of M. Sallior and the
deceased, but could find no instrument ; but that he ul-
timately went into M. Sallior's inner office, and found
the dagger produced, standing with the blade upwards
against some papers on the desk. There were streaks
of blood on it. He also saw a penknife on the floor, and
the papers strewed about in much confusion ; that Sal-
lior fell asleep on a chair, and seemed quite unconscious
of all that was going on.
M. Morey deposed that about a quarter past one
o'clock he had gone to M. Sallior's office,,to obtain a per-
mit of embarkation for a passenger, and that on his pro-
ducing the passport of the traveller, M. Sallior remarked
that it was three months out of date, which having ex-
plained, he received a permit, but so illegible that it
could not be read. M. Sallior was very drunk, and Dr.
Thorn stood in the office during the whole time, having
M. Sallior's cloak on his arm. That Sallior asked Thorn
if he wanted a permit, and repeatedly and angrily told
him to leave the office.
Drs. Boulanger and Beaupre had made a post mortem
examination of the body, and deposed to the nature of
the wound, showing, that though possible, it was hardly
probable to have been inflicted by the hand of the de-
ceased, and gave it as their opinion that the blow had
been struck by some other hand than his own.
The witnesses for the defence were then called, who
deposed to their knowledge of Sallior for some years,
and described him as civil in his office, honourable in
principle, and not addicted to drinking.
M. Vinenueve then rose to address the jury on behalf
of the prisoner. He complained much. of the harsh
terms in which the Procureur du Roi had spoken of
him. He would not follow him with a detail of
what he called a stain on the name of the honourable
family of which M. Sallior was a member ; but he
would shortly call the attention of the jury to the simple
facts of the case, and show that the prisoner could not
be found guilty of the crime laid to his charge ; but
first he would show the high character in which he
had been held by those who were in authority over
him. He then read a letter from the Prefect of the
Department of La Creuse, and one from the Minister
of the Interior, showing that the accused enjoyed their
confidence, and the respect in which they held him, M.
Sallior having filled the office of Commissary of Police
in the department alluded to before he had gone to
Calais. He then alluded to the manner in which M.
Sallior had been allured into drinking first at Maurice's
Hotel, where even he had resisted the temptation offered
by some English gentlemen, and lastly, at the Diligence
Hotel. He then alluded to what he called the constant
habit among the English of drinking toasts, and making
exciting speeches. He alluded to the exertions he had
made at the masonic lodge, and then entered into a
short detail of the evidence given during the proceed-
ings. With much ingenuity he endeavoured to show
the possibility of the deceased himself having committed
suicide, either by a blow or falling on the dagger, which
had been found in an upright position in the office. He
spoke of Thorn as habitually spending his evenings in
drinking from six o'clock to twelve or one o'clock, which
was not proved in evidence. He sought in vain for a
motive which would induce Sallior to murder the deceased,
who was his friend. At first the town of Calais was filled
with excitement, and every motive that malice could
suggest was invented; but all had become calm, and minds
had been brought to reflection, and the fatal 'event was
looked upon, as M. Sallior had at first exclaimed it to be, a
calamity, and not a wilful crime. Perhaps, even it had been
a mere accident. He concluded by a most impressive and
pathetic appeal to he feelings of the jury, reminding
them that Madame Saltier was near, perhaps within
hearing, awaiting that verdict which was to restore him
unstained to her arms ; and he told them that his two
brothers were then present, waiting to conduct him to
his mother, who had long been expecting him, and was
ignorant of the accusation against him, and implored
' them to declare him not guilty.
M. Martinex having made a few remarks on the in-
nocence of his client, then read a paper which was
signed by a number of French and English inhabitants
of Calais, which was strongly indicative of the high
esteem and regard that M. Sallior was held in by them,
both in his publie station as an officer, and in his private
character as a member of their society.
The President summed up, and submitted the follow-
ing questions to the jury :-1. Whether the accused had
or had not committed the crime of wilful homicide under
extenuating circumstances. 2. Whether the accused had
or had not committed the crime of wilful homicide.
The jury retired, and after an absence of ten minutes,
' returned with a verdict declaring him not guilty as to
both questions.
M. Sallior was itnmediately set free by the Judge.

ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.
(From the Northern Whig.)
The following singular case came before the Castle-
bar Board of Poor-law Guardians a few days since :
An old man applied for admission to the workhouse,
whose appearance and manner, and style of speaking,
denoted evidently that he had belonged to, or moved
in, the ranks of respectability, before adverse circum-
stances had redueed him to his present distress.
The Earl of Lucan—What is your name ?
Applicant—My name, my Lord, is Michael Fitz-
gerald. I was born in the vicinity of this town, in
the village of Minolla. I have moved through every
phase of fortune; and, from having been once the
possessor of wealth and opulence, I have come, by a
sad vicissitude, brought on, indeed, not by my own
conduct, but by the misconduct of others, down to
the position which I at present occupy.
The Earl of Lucan—lndeed, how was that ?
Applicant—The incidents of my life are extraor-
dinary, my Lord, yet may be briefly told. In my
youthful days, being desirous to travel and push my
fortune in a foreign land, I left Ireland for the island
of Madeira, bringing with me a cargo of such goods
as I thought would be disposable, on remunerative
terms. My wishes and expectations were not then
disappointed. Change of scene and the new climate
invigorated my sprits, and the enterprise in which I
had embarked proved most profitable. Resolving to
settle permanently in Madeira, I employed all my
available capital in pursuing the trade which I had
found so beneficial; and only a few years had elapsed,
until the profits of my engagements so accumulated,
as to leave me at length in possession of an immense
fortune. The Governor of the island, whose acquaint
ante I had the opportunity of making, advised me to
turn my capital and attention to the cultivation of
land, whereby agricultural produce could be provided
internally, without being compelled, as was then the
case, to import from America the provisions requisite
to support the planters on the island. Well, my
Lord, I assented to his proposal, but took the precau-
tion of making him enter into an agreement with me
to indemnify me for any expense or casualties I should
incur, by the grant of 75,0001. When the agreement
was thus closed, I converted all the merchandise then
in my warehouses into cash, as soon as a cheap and
rapid sale permitted; and with ample funds I pro-
ceeded first to Ireland, and afterwards to England, to
purchase all sorts of plants and seeds, and implements
of husbandry. With a large cargo of these I returned
to Madeira, and soon after began the culture of the
fields, to a great extent, according to the terms of the
Governor's treaty. Nothing could have gone on more
auspiciously than our first agricultural essay ; and I
am now enabled to boast that I was the first man who
introduced into that island the cultivation of potatoes.
But, my Lord, to be brief—the Governor was with-
drawn from the island, through the influence and
intrigues of those persons who were deriving a profit-
able trade from the importation of provisions, and
who were, consequently, averse to the proceedings I
was engaged in. The result was, that I was com-
pelled to desist, after having all my own funds ex-
pended in the manner related, and without any
further prospect of indemnification than the fulfilment
of the Governor's agreement. To see myself justified,
I went to Portugal. The Governor, who made the
agreement with me, laid my claim before the King,
and his Majesty was pleased to approve of it, and to
direct that my claims should be liquidated along with
those of other British claimants. Some delay having .
taken place in my getting the compensation to which
I was entitled, and which was thus approved of, I

went to Mr. Ward (who was then Charge d'Affaires
in Portugal), requiring of him to see me justified.
Mr. Ward gave me only promises of compliance. It
was publicly stated, some time ago, that
large remittance of money had been sent over
by the King of Portugal, for the purpose of
compensating the British claimants. I wrote fre-
quently on the subject of my claim to the Duke of
Wellington, but at length I received a note from his
Grace, stating, that of the many letters of mine to which
I had in my last communication referred, he bad
received not a single letter; thus, it was apparent,
that the conductors of the Foreign-office are the
greatest robbers that ever lived. I am not aware that
the suppression of my letters took plum in conse-
quence of the Post-office espionage of Sir James
Graham ; but this much there is reason to suppose,
that in the money remitted from Portugal, the Duke
of Wellington made the first great gap—(Great
laughter)—by applying an enormous portion of it
to himself. I do not think that Sir Robert Peel
would act thus ; he seems to be a well-meaning,
honest man.—(Renewed laughter.) My principal
object in coming here, at present, is to get the oppor-
tunity of making the injustice to which I have been
subjected, public and notorious—so that it may, at
length, reach the ears of the authorities, find induce
them to grant me redress. If the maxim be true, that
the people are best governed where the principle pre-
vails that an injury done to the meanest subject is an
injury to the whole community, surely it applies to
my case in an especial manner, and the public should
insist, and the Government should determine, that the
wrongs to which I have been so long subjected
should, at length, give way to impartial justice, and
to the payment to me of those moneys which were
remitted from Portugal for my indemnification,
according to my claim, as acknowledged by the King.
The Earl of LueAN—With reference to your
claims, the gentlemen of the press, who are now
present, may assist you more than we can ; the pro-
vince of the Board of Guardians is merely to consider
the propriety of your admission.

The Claim-ant withdrew.
Mr. GEORGE °imam —He is a fine old fellow, od
however rich he may have been formerly, he seems
poor now. I think we ought to comply with ho
application.—Admitted.