The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1544

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE
PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 13.—The Thunder, 6, Com-
mander Barnett, arrived yesterday from Bermuda, which
she left on the 20th of June. She has been employed
for the last three years, and a longer previous period, in
surveying the Bahama Islands and the Gulf of Florida,
She will now be paid off.
The Queen, 110, Captain Martin, was removed from
alongside the dockyard jetty to moorings off Cold Har
bour, Gosport, usually occupied by the flag-ship, this
morning. She is completing hands and stores for flag
service at the Nore.
The Collingwood, 80.—This ship has not yet receive
sailing orders, although it was in very positive terms
stated by a generally well informed weekly print that
she would sail on Sunday morning last. We believe
there will be some alterations in her appointments, as
we are informed Captain Eden will not go out in her in
consequence of impaired health, and that Commander
Broadhead, who commissioned her, will be posted. Thus
two of the most important offices will have to be filled,
which will necessarily cause some delay in her sailing.
The gallant Admiral, Sir G. Seymour, is on leave. Much
speculation is afloat as to who will be appointed to the
flag captaincy.
The Mercury, tender, Second Master J. Scarlett, re-
turned on Sunday evening from Sheerness and Wool-
wich, with newly entered men for the Collingwood and
Queen.
The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant-Commander W. Tring •
ham, was recalled from the coast of Sussex, where she
had been cruising for some months past, on Saturday
week. She came into harbour last night. Her crew
will be employed forthwith in fitting up the royal yacht
(to which she is tender). Indeed, she is now nearly
stripped, and will be laid up until winter.
The Victoria and Albert royal yacht, Captain Lord
Adolphus Fitzclarence, having been partially rigged, and
got all her spars and stores on board, was removed this
morning from the basin to moorings in the harbour,
where the crew from the Nautilus joined her. She is
now very rapidly fitting for sea, and will try her engines
and new boilers to-morrow, it is expected.
The Vindictive, 50, was dismasted on Monday, prepa-
ratory to being docked for overhaul and repair.
The Dwarf steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander W.
Chamberlain, is in dock, having her boilers repaired.
She will be in future the tender to the royal yacht, being
peculiarly adapted for that particular service.
The Canton transport is hourly looked for at Spit-
head w ith the remaining detachments of the 55th Regi-
ment from China.
The Firebrand steam-sloop has been tried out at
Spithead, and her engines and machinery found to
work splendidly. She is now ready for the pendant in
the harbour.
The Lily, 16, is undergoing repair and refit in the
basin, in order to form one of the experimental brig
squadron.
The Hornet, 6, Lieutenant-Commander Miller, left
Nassau for Jamaica on the 14th ult., where she expected
to receive orders to sail homeward and be paid off, hav -
ing been nearly five years in commission.
The Nautilus transport, Lieutenant Sanders, agent,
called at Teneriffe on the I 1 th of July, en route to Rio,

which an accurate estimate may be formed of the
value of the squirearchy—of that intelligent body
which, on all occasions, is found steadily opposed to
those general improvements in government by which
the character of the nation is continually advanced.
A Parliamentary return has just been published of all
the inquests on the bodies of gamekeepers, taken by
the coroners of England and Wales, since the year
1833, together with the number of persons convicted
of offences against the game laws during the year
1843. Though fully aware that much of the immo-
rality with which the agricultural districts are charged
is directly attributable to the strict preservation of
game, we were by no means prepared for the extent
of the misery which the magnificos of the plains, the
illustrious vendors of hares and rabbits, annually in-
flict upon their respective neighbourhoods, for the
sake of the paltry profits derived from this species of
traffic. Before the French revolution there were
poachers, but they were the exception to the rural
population. The peasants then met with regular em-
ployment, their wages were either sufficient for their
wants, or the commons and wastes supplied what their
labour failed to procure, and there being no prohibition
against importing corn, the necessaries of life were
within the reach of the humblest. Few men forsake
the advantages of a constant and remunerating em-
ployment for the precarious occupation of a poacher,
subject to the horrible contamination of a gaol, or
the everlasting disgrace of transportation. The pea.
sant was generally contented, and the squire conse-
quently enjoyed the undisputed monopoly of the
rabbits, hares, and vermin, the possession of which is
the proud characteristic of his caste. Matters have
somewhat changed since then : the squire has seized
upon the commons and wastes, as profitable additions
to his preserves, and the peasant is, consequently, de-
prived of the means by which he was enabled to eke
out his subsistence. In order to obtain a higher rent
for his land than it is worth in the market, the squire
has raised the price of food, thus causing an advance
in every other article essential to life, and the difficul-
ties of the peasant are increased. The means of the
farmer are crippled by the same cause, and he, to eke
out the rent demanded by the squire, is compelled to
give only half employment, with less wages than for-
merly, to the impoverished and starving labourer.
That the latter should become an offender against the
game laws under the circumstances, equally exaspe-
rating and tempting, in which the squire has con-
trived to place him, is not surprising, since men have
been known to commit robbery and murder under
less exciting causes. Having converted the work-
ing population in the neighbourhood of his
estate into famished depredators, the squire
next entered into a sort of league with the
more desperate and notorious poachers, who, re
ceived into his service, now patrol those grounds
which they formerly plundered, and with deadly
weapons, furnished for the purpose, occasionally maim
or murder their old companions. The latter natu-
rally endeavour to defend themselves, and, always
fighting at a disadvantage, arc frequently worsted.
No wonder, then, that ex-poachers or gamekeepers
are sometimes waylaid and murdered. A similar
esprit de corps actuates both parties, and every assize
in the agricultural counties furnishes several instances
of the very frivolous pretences on which these ruf-
fians will destroy each other's lives. It is not twelve
months since a gamekeeper attempted the murder of
a man, whose whole offence was frightening a couple
of partridges, and the man himself was nearly hanged
for a necessary act of self-defence. We defer enter-
ing into this part of the subject, as a case not very
dissimilar, the aggression having been committed by
the game-keeper, awaits adjudication. If the game-pre-
servers can acquit themselves of the guilt of blood,
which these returns fix upon them, they will accomplish
more than their countrymen will be able to do for them.
The document which has suggested these few obser-
vations, is a most valuable addition to the statistics
of crime in England and Wales. It furnishes us also
with a clue to the mystic causes of the extravagant
amount of county-rates in the agricultural districts,
as compared with those parts of the country where
extensive manufactories and a dense population are
always certain to find employment, for the adminis-
trators of criminal justice. In the thirteen English
counties that have the largest proportional population
engaged in agriculture, in none of which it is less
than 45 per cent., it is found from official tables that
the numbers committed for trial vary every year but
little from 4,290, two or three more or less. On the
other hand, in the thirteen English counties having
the largest manufacturing and mixed population, the
numbers committed are about 16,000. It is scarcely
necessary to observe that these manufacturing
counties are not noted for abundance of game,
and that, consequently, it is not here that we
are to look for offenders against the game-laws
in any number worth taking into consideration.
From the return, just published, it appears that dur-
ing the past year the number of convictions for of-
fences against the game-laws in England and Wales
amounted to 4,577, of which 4,402 belong to the
former, corresponding very nearly to the annual com-
mitments in the agricultural counties, where game
preserves abound. Putting down the annual amount
of miscellaneons offences, not against these laws, at
the excessive number of 1,400, we have no fewer than
3,000 criminals whose offences are directly connected
with the system of game-preserving. There is
another consideration which this return suggests, and
that relates to the administration of the game-laws.
The squires make these laws in Parliament, and they
put them into execution in their capacity as j ustices—
a truly convenient system. Of the 4,402 poachers,
only 144 were convicted at the assizes, where a judge
administers the law ; but at petty and quarter sessions
their worships, the confederated Noakeses of the field
and the bench, convicted the enormous number of
4,258. In Wales only eight were convicted at the
assizes, but 125 were variously punished, at the dis-
cretion of the game-preserving justices. These are
open mouthed facts, and require little comment. We
had once thought that the frequent recurrence of
sanguinary affrays between armed parties of game-
keepers and poachers, often terminating fatally, would
have occasioned some little relaxation of a system
which is altogether indefensible upon any rational
principle. But when it is found that the game-pre-
servers are the chief cause of the criminality of their
counties, and that the honest and industrious rate-
payers are severely taxed for a purpose by which in-
dustry is checked, honesty corrupted, and families
recklessly plunged into the deepest misery from des-
titution, people may be induced to pay a little closer
attention to the legislative and magisterial doings of
their game-preserving neighbours.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Aug. 15.
(Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.)

THE LINENDRAPERY TRADE.-CAPTURE OF THE BANK-

RUPT.-IN RE BANNISTER.

The bankrupt carried on business as a linendraper at
Portsea, and at the previous hearing it appeared that he
had purchased goods in London and Manchester in the
course of a few (six) months to the amount of nearly
10,0001., of which he made forced sales, be the sacrifice
what it might, and leaving his wife behind him, and the
place of business remaining open, he repaired to France,
but soon found his way again to London, where he ex-
changed his bank notes fur gold, and ultimately took his
departure (absconded) to the island of Madeira, whither
he was immediately pursued by an officer of the Court,
armed with the warrant of the Learned Commissioner,
and such other aid as could be furnished by the Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, and was there arrested,
some 2,8001. in specie having been found in his posses-
sion. He arrived yesterday in London, in custody of
the messenger, but his surrender not having been taken,
' he still remains in custody, and, as we are informed, with
his own consent.

It is confidently expected that, from one source or
another, the creditors are likely to realise 10s. in the
pound.

SUMMER ASSIZES.
OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Monmouth, Aug. 13.
NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Sergeant AT-
CHERLEY and a Special Jury.)
WALTERS V. DARKER AND OTHERS.
Mr. W. J. Alexander and Sir T. Phillips appeared
for the plaintiff in this case, and the defendants were
represented by Mr. Whateley, Mr. Whitmore, and
Mr. Keating.
The action was brought by the plaintiff; the widow
and administratrix of one Benjamin Walters, deceased,
against the defendants, as Directors of the Alfred Home
and Foreign Mutual Insurance Association, to recover
the sum of 5001., upon a policy of insurance, effected on
the life of the said Benjamin Walters. To this the de-
fendants pleaded, first, the general issue; secondly, that
at the time of Walters making the declaration which
was the basis of the contract he was afflicted with
paralysis; thirdly, that his habits of life were intem-
perate; fourthly, that he had, although he had stated the
contrary, frequently consulted a medical man; fifthly,
that the policy was effected by fraud, covin, and misre-
presentation; six hly, that one Charles Herbert Croft
was interested iu the policy, but that his name was not
inserted therein; and lastly, that the policy was made
for the benefit of Croft, but that he had no interest in
the life of Walters. The plaintiff joined issue on the
first plea, and replied de injuria to the others.
Sir T. PHILLIPS having opened the pleadings,
Mr. ALEXANDER stated the case to the jury, and said
that the policy in question was effected on the life of
Benjamin Walters, a cattle-dealer, at Bedwelty, on the 4th
of May, 1841, Walters being at that time in the 60th
year of his age. Mr. 'Walters had the misfortune to die
in the August following, when only one annual premium
had been paid, but that in itself would be no ground even
for suspicion, because the uncertainty of human life was
so great that no man, however young or vigorous, could
be sure of another hour's existence. The defendants had
put many pleas upon the record, all of which it lay upon
them to prove, except the first, and the execution of the
policy having since been admitted, he might rest his case
upon that admission, and wait till his Learned Friend,
Mr. Whateley, had closed the evidence which he kad to
offer on the part of the defendants. He should not, how-
ever, take that course, but anticipate, as far as he was
able, the case intended to be set up on the other side,
and he should show that Mr. Walters, although at the
advanced age of 60 years, was a man originally of very
vigorous constitution, and of active habits, and that he
had never been attacked by any disease like paralysis,
although in the March of 1840, in coming over the moun-
tains from Abergavenny to Tredegar, on the top of a
coach, he had caught a severe chill, which had confined
him to his bed for some time. It was proper that he should
tell the jury that the plaintiff in this case was only nomi-
nally a party to the action, the party really interested in
the result being Mr. C. H. Croft, a solicitor, of great respec-
tability, residing at Newport, to whom Walters was
largely indebted for money advanced to him. At the
instance of Mr. Croft Walters, who had previously in-
sured his life in the Norwich Union Insurance-office for
2001., made proposals through Mr. Croft, who had re-
cently been appointed the agent of the Alfred Insurance-
office, for a policy upon his life of 500 Z, and his proposals
having been accepted, after he had been examined by the
medical officer of the company at Newport, Mr. Essex,
the policy was assigned by Mr. Croft, with the full know-
ledge and approbation of the Alfred-office, as he should
show by various letters which passed between Mr. Croft
and the solicitors to the company in London. (The
Learned Counsel here read the letters.) Mr. Walters
died on the 7th of August, 1841, but the Alfred had re-
fused to pay the 5001. secured by the policy, and at last
the present action was brought.
The policy on the life of Benjamin Walters, for
5001., aided in the Alfred-office, was here put in
and read.
A letter dated November 23,1840, addressed by Messrs.
Maltby and others, solicitors to the company, to Mr.
Croft, was also put in, as was the rest of the correspon-
dence between the parties referred to in the speech of
Mr. Alexander.
Several witnesses were examined, all of whom des-

with stores for the squadron.
The works of the new steam basin, in this dockyard,
are progressing very rapidly. Several slips in the earth
have lately taken place, one on Sunday week, which it
was feared would retard the work. Should the present
showery weather continue, further slips are feared.
The Prince Regent, 120, in process of razeeing to a
90-gun ship, is progressing rapidly in her alterations.
It is reported in the dockyard that when she is completed
the Camperdown, 104, will take her place, to undergo
the same beneficial operation.

GONE TO THE DOGS.
(From Punch.)
The papers have informed us of the death and burial
of Yeos, a greyhound to which her Majesty and Prince
Albert were both " greatly attached." The death of the
beast appears to have been so sudden, that the Queen
suspected foul play, and Mr. Brown, of Windsor, who
is, it seems, the royal dog doctor, was immediately sent
for, that a post mortem examination might take place
immediately. Several of the servants gave evidence at
the inquest. The following extracts will show how
carefully the investigation was conducted.
Sarah Scrub, the scullery-maid, was now brought in,
and cautioned by Mr. Brown that her testimony would
be taken down, and might be used elsewhere against
her. Her examination then proceeded—Knew th dog
Yeos. Saw her last alive poking her nose into a dish of
sweetbreads on the pantry dresser. The dog was allowed
to go everywhere by her Majesty's command, and was
not to be thwarted in anything. The dog was a very
great favourite with the Queen and Prince Albert.
Witness was in the habit of feeding Yeos : gave her a
pate de foie gras the day before her death. She seemed
in good spirits, and ate it with appetite.
By Prince Albert—Did you make him too rishe by
too much of de nastie salt buttare?
The witness replied distinctly that fresh butter had
been used.
Prince Albert—Can you aware dat?
Witness—l can.—(Great sensation.)
Dr. Prietorius, who had been watching the case on the
part of Prince Albert, thought it would be useless to
carry the criminal part of the matter further. He (Dr.
PrEetorius) would candidly admit he had no stronger
evidence to offer.
Mr. Brown—Then I suppose, Doctor, you withdraw
from the inquiry ?
Dr. Prvetorius—Certainly, unless you think there is
enough for a remand. In the case of the Marquise de
Brinvilliers, which a good deal resembles the present, a
remand was allowed. Or to come to later times, if we
are guided by the rule in the prosecution of Madame
Laffarge—
Mr. Brown (interrupting)—No, Doctor, I think we
must not do that.
The surgeon then, assuming the office of Coroner,
proceeded to sum up as follows :—This affair was appa-
rently involved in a good deal of doubt, until this in-
quisition was held. The deceased (weeping) might have
been poisoned, or might not, and here the difficulty
comes in to determine whether he was or wasn't. On a
post mortem examination, there was a good deal of
vascular inflammation about the coats of the nose, and I
have no doubt the affair of the sweetbread, which was
possibly very highly peppered, had something to do with
these appearances. The pulse had, of course, stopped ;
but, as far as I could judge from circumstances, I should
say it had been pretty regular. The ears were perfectly
healthy, and the tail appeared to have been recently
wagged, showing that there could have been nothing
very wrong in that quarter. The conclusion at which
I arrive is, that Yeos came to his death from old age, or
rather, by the lapse of time ; and a deodand is therefore
imposed on the kitchen clock, which was rather fast on
the day of the dog's death, and might have accelerated
his demise.
This verdict having been regularly entered, the in-
quest was broken up, and the scullery-maid set at liberty

cribed Walters as a man generally. in the enjoyment
of robust health, but suffering occasionally from rheu-
matism.
Mr. WHATELEY then addressed the jury for the defen-
dants, stating that he should prove to their complete sa-
tisfaction that Walters had intended to cheat the Alfred
Insurance Company by concealing from them his know-
ledge of the fact that he had been attacked by paralysis,
of which, in fact, he died, and also by representing
that he had had no medical attendant since he was 21
years old.
Witnesses were then called for the defence and exa-
mined for the purpose of showing that Walters had had
an attack of paralysis in 1840, and the register of his
death was put in, from which it appeared that paralysis
was there stated as the cause of death. This part of the
case was, hobs ever, disproved by the evidence of one of
defendant's own witnesses, which was as follows:
William Williams,examined by Mr. WHATELEY—
. . _ _

Benjamin Walters died in my house. I gave the account
of his death to the registrar as near as I could. He
asked me what was the cause of death, and I said that
he had a pain in his bowels, and that Walters had told
me that some one at Pontypool had told him that he
had had a kind of stroke. I signed my name in the
column next to that in which the cause of death was put
down. I did not read what was written down, and I
did not know that the cause of death put down was
" paralytic stroke."
By the COURT—I know the appearance which a man
has under the palsey. Walters did not appear to have
it, nor to have had any strok. I did not tell the re-
gistrar that he died of a paralytic stroke. I never named
the word " paralytic" to the registrar.
Some other witnesses were examined, without carry-
ing the case further ; and, upon Mr. Alexander's rising
to reply, the foreman said that the jury had a strong
opinion on the subject, and that if they were allowed to
confer together for a short time they might probably
save his Lordship some trouble in summing up. After
the lapse of a minute or two,
The Foreman said—We think that the plaintiff has
made out her case, and that the defence has entirely
failed.
A verdict was then entered for the plaintiff, with
5001. damages and interest.
Mr. Sergeant ATCriERLET, in answer to an observa-
tion of Mr. Whateley, said,:that he thought that the mere
fact of paralysis being stated to be the cause of death in
the register was a sufficient exculpation of the company.
in having instituted these proceedings.—The case lasted
two days.

SEIZURE OF ANOTHER ILLICIT STILL.—IlliCit dis-
tillation is at present carried on in the metropolis to a
greater extent than ever, and in addition to several
seizures that have been effected within these few days,
information has been received that several were in opera-
tion in the neighbourhood of Bethnal-green, and, ac-
cordingly, Kay and Parzeter, two officers of the Excise,
aided by two constables of the H division, proceeded
about noon on Tuesday last to the premises Nos. 9, 10,
and 11, Temple-terrace, Bethnal-green, said to be occu-
pied by John Peake. Entrance could only be ef-
fected at No. 11, when they passed into the yard and
over the walls to No. 9, where a private still was dis-
covered in full work. It was fully charg.'d with molasses
wash; there were several backs filled with wort ; a
quantity of casks containing spirits, some molasses, with
the usual apparatus and utensils necessary to carry on
a considerable trade in spirits. The whole of these
were seized, and two lads who were discovered on the
premises fled, but having been ultimately found con-
cealed in two adjoining houses, were captured and con-
veyed to the station-house. Vans were procured for the
purpose of removing the articles, when a mob assembled
and endeavoured to prevent the removal, by assailing
the officers with mud, brick-bats, stones, &c. The officers
exhibited their fire-arms, and a pistol was discharged
over the heads of the assailants, but to no purpose, and
they were compelled to remove the prize in the midst of
repeated volleys of missiles, and succeeded in conveying
it in safety to the Excise warehouse in Old Broad-street.
The Excise-officers escaped without any personal injury;
their clothes, however, were woefully bespattered with
mud and dirt. The police were' less fortunate, as con-
stable 49 H was violently struck on the hat with a brick-
bat,;by which it was broken through, and his head rather
severely wounded.
THE HARVEST.—The wheat harvest is very for-
ward in most parts of this county, and that which has
been already housed is in excellent condition. The
yield is good, and the weight of grain averages from
631bs. to 651bs. per bushel. Many of the samples exhi-
bited in our market on Saturday weighed 621bs. per
bushel, and fetched I9s. or 20s. per bag. The barley
crop in the immediate neighbourhood is very inferior in
quality. The rain which has fallen in abundance during
the last fortnight, though a great hindrance to getting in
the wheat, has done wonders for the turnips, which were
looking very bad previously. From the accounts we
have received from various parts of the country, it would
appear that the harvest is in general going on very fa-
vourably, though in Scotland and the northern counties
it can scarcely be said to have commenced. The yield
is expected to be above the average. During the whole
of last night and this morning the rain has fallen heavily,
and we are sorry that, at the time we write, there is a
prospect of its continuance, as it will stop the progress of
the harvest men.—Worcestershire Chronicle.
RESUMPTION OF WORK BY THE SOUTH SHIELDS
COLLIERS.—The principal portion of the St. Hilda pit-
men went to work on Tuesday (yesterday) morning, and
the rest will go to work as soon as arrangements can be
made for their employment. This pleasing result has
been brought about by a portion of the inhabitants step-
pin,
tin and acting as mediators. We hope that the
leading personages in other towns will act in the same
manner, and try to soothe down the unhappy differences
that now exist.— Tyne Mercury.
THE REV. JACOB SAMUEL.—We understand that
a summons for damages has been raised at the in-
stance of the Rev. Jacob Samuel against the Rev. John
Hunter, minister of the Tron Church, Convener, and the
other members of the Committee of the Establishment
for promoting the Conversion of the Jews, eon-
eluding for 6,0001. sterling as reparation to him
on account of their having failed to confirm his appoint-
ment as their principal missionary to the Jews, and for
the farther sum of I,OOOL, injury
done " for the
done to his feelings rand reputation" in consequence.-
- Witness,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Yesterday the master of the East London Union es-
tablishment attended to explain why he refused to admit
two destitute persons, who were taken to the union as
casuals for temporary shelter and support by the police.
Mr. Alderman FARNCOMB asked the master why he
refused admission to these two poor persons ? The
master said that their casual wards were full. The re-
lieving officer had sent in 49 casuals, and the wards
scarcely afforded them standing room, much less sleep-
ing room. He never refused admission while there was
room.

Mr. Alderman FARNCOMB asked if before he turned
them away he gave them some food, and the means of
procuring shelter somewhere ? The master replied they
never did that.

Mr. Alderman FARNCOMB—The poor creatures must
not be allowed to sink, and he referred to the correspon-
dence between the Commissioners of Police and the
Poor-law Commissioners, dated September, 1837. If
they could not accommodate fifty paupers, the guardians
had better attend to the- evil at once. If they had not
made proper accommodation before they had better do
it now. Winter was approaching and would bring an
increase in the number of applicants, and in the neces.
sity of proper relief.
The Alderman sent one of the casuals, a sailor, shiver-
ing with fever, -to the hospital, and the master of the
workhouse took charge of the other pauper.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Yesterday, a very pretty young woman, about 24 years
of age, named Elizabeth Wilcochs, was placed at the bar,
before Mr. Bingham, charged by Mr. Dossett, the
relieving officer of the Hackney Union, with concealing
the birth of her male child.
The prisoner, who was exceedingly pale and exhausted,
and allowed to be seated during the inquiry, was, for a
considerable period, in the service of Mrs. Mary Anne
Walters, a lady residing in the Paragon, Hackney, as
cook. On the morning of the 19th ult., entertaining a
suspicion as to the pregnancy of the prisoner, the lady
sent for her into the drawing-room, and accused her of
it; the prisoner hesitated, made no reply, and burst into
tears. She was told to quit the house the next night,
but in consequence of a communication being shortly
after made by one of the servants, named Emma Free-
man, to Mrs. Walters, that the prisoner had just left the
water-closet in a greatly altered condition, her mistress
placed herself in the hall, from which she observed the
prisoner standing at the sink in the scullery in a dread-
ful state of debility, and having, on again speaking to
her, received a very faint and confirmatory answer
from the prisoner, Mrs. Walters sent for the
medical attendant of the family, Mr. Harris,
who found the prisoner seated in a chair in her
bed room. He questioned her thee or four times, but
the prisoner was silent, and from a cursory examination
of her person, being satisfied that there were strong
grounds for suspicion, he communicated with Mr. Dos-
sett, who placed her in a coach, and had her removed to
the lying-in ward of the workhouse, where she was at-
tended by a nurse, and again subjected to a more rigid
examination by Mr. Harris and the medical officer of the
union. The fact of her recent delivery was now beyond
doubt, and Mr. Dossett, accompanied by Mr. Harris and