The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-01 00:00:00

MONEY AND CITY NEWS.

From the circulars of the brokers connected with the wool
trade, and from other sources, it may be collected that the
trade in colonial wool is in a progressive state. The series of
sales commenced on the 3d and ended on the 26th inst., the
attendance of buyers having been very numerous throughout.
The quantity of colonial wool offered for sale being greater
than ever was sold at any one preceding period, might have
operated injuriously on prices had the market been in a less
healthy condition. To the advance which took place at the
late German wool fairs this beneficial result is partly attri
buted ; and it is also observed, that the importation is much
improved, especially fron► Port Philip. Out of 31,312 bags
of colonial wool there were 10,022 Australian, 7,272 Van Die-
men's Land, 8,673 Port Philip, 1,762 South Australian, and
3,148 Cape of Good Hope ; the quantities from New Zealand
and the East Indies being very trifling.
The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir-
culation of private and joint-stock banks in England and Wales
for the four weeks ending respectively the 28th of June, the
sth, 12th, and 19th inst., and gives the following as the ave-
rage circulation of these banks for the month ending the 19th
inst., viz •

Private banks ....
Joint-stock banks..

£4,478,744
3,158,779

Average weekly circulation of private notes in
England and Wales during the past month £7,637,523
On a comparison of the above with the returns for the month
ending the 21st of June last, it shows—
An increase in the notes of private banks of £79,63.1
An increase in the notes of joint-stock banks of

Total increase last month
And as compared with the month ending the 20th of July,
1844, it shows—

A decrease in the notes of private banks of ...... £145,435
A decrease in the notes of joint-stock banks of 181,547

Total decrease as compared with the same
period of last year
On comparing the above returns for the past month with the
total " fixed issues" of the several banks, as given in the Bank-
ing Almanack for the present year, viz.-
199 private banks allowed to issue .... £5,011,097
71 joint-stock banks allowed to issue

£8,488,418
It appears that the following is the state of their circula-
:ion :

The private banks are below their fixed issue
The joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue

Total below the fixed issue
The above return may perhaps be considered a criterion of
the state of the circulation no less valuable than that which
afforded by the weekly returns of the Bank of England. The
latter form a correct barometer of the foreign exchanges, but
the wants of the country are more truly represented by the re-
turns of the local banks. The magazine appends a remark
worth 'notice

" In comparing the results which appear in our monthty
summaries of the circulation returns, it is necessary to bear in
mind that the fluctuations which may be noticed are, for the
most part, regular in their recurrence, and dependent on the
wants of our manufactures and agriculture at particular seasons.
Thus, we must remember, that in England and Wales the
circulation is naturally higher in the spring months than in the
autumn—that it is highest about April, and lowest in August ;
that in Scotland it is highest in the autumn, or about Novem-
ber, and lowest in March ; and tbat in Ireland, it is highest
about January, and lowest in September. All these changes
are regular and certain in their recurrence."

LAW INTELLIGLNCE.
SHERIFFS' COURT, Julq3l.
( Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BuacxELL.)
rm. v. WEBB.
. _ . . .

The plaintiff in this action was a printer in the New-cut
Lambeth ; the defendant was, in April last, treasurer to the
Strand Theatre. The action was brought to recover 16/. 13s.
6d., the balance of an account for printing bills, &c.
The defendent paid 81. 153. into Court, contending, that was
all that was due. He had, however, subsequently taken out a
summons for leave to pay in a further sum of 3s.
Mr. Cox stated the plaintiff's case. In April last defendant,
on behalf of Mr. Hodges, the lessee of the Strand Theatre,
wrote to the plaintiff, and asked him to send his list of prices
for printing. Plaintiff, however, having had considerable
experience in printing for minor theatres, declined t• send to
Mr. Webb under that letter, but after having seen Mr. Webb,
and learning that he was a respectable tradesman in Great
Distaff lane, plaintiff said that he had no objection to give him
personally credit for the printing. Work was done at different
times to the amount of 251., of which defendant had paid 91.
on account. The plaintiff being desirous of making payment
to a certain extent secure, offered to hire the saloon, but the
sum asked was, in his opiaioo, too high, 10/. being required on
the ground that 91. was realised by taking care of the seats,
cloaks, &c. When the amount came to about 20/. plaintiff
pressed him for his money, and it was proposed for him to takes
benefit, but which he declined. The defendant had bound him-
self in writing, as he struck out the name of Hodges to the
letter first sent, and wrote his own. He had since denied his
liability, yet had paid 8/. 15s. into Court.
Henry Blanchard, clerk to the plaintiff, deposed to an inter-
view between plaintiff and defendant, and the latter told
plaintiff to send to his counting-house every morning, and see
whether there were any orders for printing. Plaintiff then
asked how he was to be paid, for he had in former days boat a
great deal of money by that theatre. Defendant said plaintiff
was to make out the bill, and send it to him every Friday,
and the amount should be paid on the Saturday when the
man called for orders. He proved the printing generally, and
receiving verbal and written orders from defendant.
Mr. Turner, foreman to plaintiff, confirmed the evidence as
to the promise by defendant.
Cross-examined by Mr. PEARSON—Mr. Hodges only called
twice, but did not see plaintiff or speak of printing. De-
fendant said, " I want you to print for me for the Strand
Theatre." No person in particular was charged in the books,
only " Strand Theatre."

Mr. PEARSON submitted that by the Act of Parliament it
was necessary for every lessee to have his name and address
printed on the bills, and having been licensed by the Lord
Chamberlain was the os'ensible proprietor, and became primarily
liable for all goods delivered, and for all contracts for or on ac-
count of the theatre. He urged that defendant was merely an as-
sistant to Mr. Hodges, and therefore that the lessee was the per-
son liable; the defendant being a paid servant, acted only as the
mere agent of Mr. Hodges; but fearing that he might not be
able to make out that fact, he had paid the sum of 8/. 15s. in-
to Court, being all that was due up to the 23d of May, when
he gave a distinct notice that he would not be responsible for
any more.
The Learned Counsel then produced a bill, made out by the
plaintiff's clerk, directed " Mr. Webb, for Mr. Hodges,' and
contended that there was clear evidence that the plaintiff con-
sidered the defendant as the mere agent of Mr. Hodges.
Mr. C. C. Hodges was Galled,. and deposed that all the
printing was done for him, and plaintiff applied to him about
a fortnight after the theatre was opened for money, on ac-
count. All the accounts for printing were sent to the theatre.
When plaintiff asked for the money, witness told him he
should have some next week. Plaintiff agreed, when the
account amounted to about 20/. Witness, finding
the affairs of the theatre going badly, he offered the
plaintiff a benefit. On the 24th of May, plaintiff and defendant
were together, and defendant said it was very unbutiness-
like to hold him liable, but if Mr. Peel considered he was
liable, he would pay the amount up to that time, but would not
be liable any further—the amount was mentioned, it was some-
thing
about 101.
Cross-examined—Cannot say the day when I proposed the
benefit. There was a proof of a bill sent after that, and plain-
tiff was urging for money. Defendant sent the proof to Fare-
brother, another printer. Plaintiff said, Mr. Webb and no
one else had employed him, but did not say he would not print
for any one else for the theatre. We had bills alter that con-
versation sent. The theatre closed on the 24th of June.
Re-examined—There was a payment made of 4/. at the
time of the conversation. The performances were after the
interview, and the bills dated the sth of June. They were
generally printed on the Friday or Saturday for the following
week. Paid some money, on account, on the 4th of June, after
the conversation.
Mr. E. Smith confirmed the conversation, and fixed it to
have been on the 24th of May.
Mr. Cox replied, and the TINDER-SHERIFF said it was a
mere question whether defendant had made himself personally
liable.— Verdict for the full amount.

SIETHAINI V. dIERRILL..—A RAILWAY TESTIMONIAL.
This was an action brought to recover the sum of nineteen
guineas for services on a committee for the purpose of getting
up a testimonial to the late Mr. James, the projector of the
Manchester and Birmingham Railway. The defendant is a
general agent in Clement's-lane, City.
Mr. R Y LAND stated the case. The plaintiff was employed
in March last to act upon a committee for the above
purpose. The defendant took a very active part, in
fact inight be looked upon as the projector of the specu-
lation. Offices were opened at No. 55, King William-street,
City, and the committee included Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Locke,
and many other eminent civil engineers, and Sir John Pirie
had gone down to Manchester to act as honorary secretary.
From some cause or other, however, the subscriptions were not
raised, and the project was abandoned, and the plaintiff was
left to seek his recompense at law, the defendant denying his
liability. He would observe that there had been no appoint-
ment by the committee, but that the plaintiff was engaged by
defendant, who gave him the requisite directions.
Evidence was adduced to show that the plaintiff had been
employed in directing letters, &c.
Mr. LOCKE, in'reply, contended that the plaintiff had never
been engaged on the personal liability of the defendant, but that
it was a mere speculation, and if the money had been raised,
then all the parties would have been paid; as it was, only

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21. Is. had been subscribed, for several of the committee re-
signed in consequence of some dispute, which it would be shown
arose from the plaintiff making an alteration in the circular.
Several witnesses were called to prove these facts. The col-
lector said he was to be paid ten rer cent. for the subscriptions
collected, and he should have looked to the committee for pay-
ment, not the defendant.

It was also proved that the 21. Is. collected had been paid
away for postage stamps.

Mr. Talbot-;vas calred and stated that it was in contemplation
that he should become Secretary, and he should have looked to
the committee then. Defendant never held himself out as
being responsible, but on the contrary treated it as a specula-
tion, and said he entertained hopes of realising 1,000/. 'for his
own share.

The Learned JUDGE summed up, and said that it was en-
tirely a question for the jury on the evidence, whether there
had been any engagement by the defendant personally. The
evidence was very strong on the other side, that every one
looked for payment from the proceeds of the project, which,
for some reason or other, had become a failure.
The jury gave a verdict for the defendant.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Durham, July 29.
CROWN SIDE.—( Before Mr. Baron ROLFE. )
CHARGE OF M URDER. —Louis Henry GouM, aged thirty-
five, was this morning put to the bar to be tried upon the charge
of having murdered Emma Gould, his wife. The case has
caused great excitement in Durham on account of the esteem
in which the prisoner has been held by many people in
the neighbourhood, and the remarkable circumstances at-
tending the alleged crime, it having, as appeared in the evi-
dence, been induced by suspicions entertained by the husband
of his wife's infidelity. The prisoner held, up to the time of
his imprisonment, a high situation in the county police,
being chief superintendent of that body, over which Major
Wemyss is chief constable.
Mr. Matthews and Mr. Warren conducted the case for the
prosecution; and Mr. Wilkins defended the prisoner.
Mr. MATTHEWS, in stating the case to the jury, detailed to
them the leading facts, the particulars of which appear in the
following evidence:—
Mary Jane Giles, examined by Mr. WARREN—IS sister- in-
law of the prisoner's late wife. Had lived for five or six
months with the prisoner and his wife as servant. Was
present when the prisoner's wife died, which was on Monday
the 16th of June. On the Tuesday before (the 10th of June)
witness was present, along with prisoner and his wife. It was
about seven o'clock. Prisoner said he could not eat his supper,
which was some cold beef. Witness asked him if he would
have a little ham and an egg. Mrs. Gould said, " Do, dear ;"
to which the prisoner answered to both, " How kind you
are." He sat a few minutes, and then got up and went out
of the house at about half-past seven. He returned again
about nine. As he came back, witness and deceased sat at
the window sewing, when prisoner passed. He appeared to
be in a pet with his wife, and grinned at her. Prisoner
was superintendent of the county police. On returning, he
came into the room where witness and the deceased were
sewing. He seemed flurried, but sat down, and then appeared
more cool. Deceased was sitting in such a position as to see
everybody that might come up the street. Prisoner then sat
opposite to the deceased. . Prisoner then said to witness,
" Jane, do you think Emma (meaning deceased) innocent ?"
Witness replied, " I do." He said, " Will you take your
oath of that ?" She said she would. Deceased said, " Henry,
do you doubt my virtue? You wound my pride." She
arose thee, and there were at that moment two gentlemen
coming up the other side of the street. Deceased said,
" There is 111 r Scruten and Mr. Jephson ; I will call them
in, and have this cleared up." Prisoner had often named
Mr. Scruten both to witness and to deceased. Ile had more
than once told both that deceased and Mr. Scruten
were too familiar. He had said so about two months be-
fore for the first time. It had frequently been mentioned
during that two months. Deceased proposed to call Mr.
Scruten in, and she was quite calm at the time. Witness said
to her, " Do, Emma, if he's a gentleman, he will speak the
truth;" and witness added that if she did not, she (witness)
would call on Mr. Scruten about it. Deceased then made to-
wards the door. Prisoner stood before her, and said, " Don't."
She answered, " I will." He again said " Don't," and de-
ceased replied, "I will, Henry, you know I am firm." De-
ceased went to the door, which was ajar, and went into the pas-
sage, and towards the street-door. He did net hold her, but
followed her close: He put his right hand behind him, pulled
a pistol out of his pocket, and said, " If you will, take that
then," and fired it at her. She held up her arm, exclaiming,
"Oh Gnd, Henry." She was hit, and said, "Oh God, I'm
shot." She opened the street-door, and ran across the street.
Prisoner followed her as quick as he could, pulled out another
pistol, took an aim, and fired it at her. He appeared to fire it
directly at his wife. Deceased was not struck by that, and ran
into a passage on the opposite side of the street. The pri-
soner immediately ran up the street, towards Mr. Jephson
and Mr. Scruten: who were at a short distance. Witness
saw prisoner fall, with one of these gentlemen. Can't tell
which of them. They appeared to be struggling together.
Followed deceased, and found her in the kitchen of a Mrs. Bur-
linson, who lives opposite. She went up stairs, and her arm
was bleeding very much, then returned to her own house,
where she desired to be attended by Mr. Green, the surgeon.
He not being in the way, she was attended by Mr. Jephson.
Witness knows that prisoner and deceased were on unhappy
terms. It was occasioned by his being jealous of her. The day
before he shot at her, she was making some calico drawers, and
she said to witness, " Put these away, Jane." The prisoner
was present, and said, " I've as many now as ever I shall live
to want." Somebody had mentioned that a raven had beer.
seen near. Both prisoner and his wife said they had seen it,
and deceased remarked that jt was a bad omen. Prisoner had
been taken ill at about two o'clocit on the morning of the 10th.
Decased called witness up in consequence. He seemed like a
man in a fit. Witness went for Mr. Stoker, Mr. Green's as-
sistant, and prisoner had some wine, and he got better. Never
saw him in that way before. He lay still and turned his eyes
up. At about three on the same morning, while deceased and
prisoner were both in bed, he said to her, " Emma, con-
fess—confess all you know." She said she had nothing to
confess. He said, " I've a dagger is my heart, either take
it out or push it further in." He said, " I've been a.villain
toyou ; what would your dead father and mother say if they
were to know that I had driven you to do wrong?" She said,
" I have not done wrong, Henry. I have neither disgraced
myself nor my family." They were talking a long while in the
same strain. She appeared agitated at his not allowing her to
sleep, and said if he would not allow her to sleep she would go
to another bed. At breakfast he appeared very much better,
and in his usual spirits. He went out shopping with his wife
afterwards. In the evening, between five and six, they talked
of going to walk on " the Slopes," which are the walks on
the. side of the river. They all went walking there, witness,
with her little boy, having gone there before, and waited for
them. Prisoner was then in good spirits. All that witness
noticed particular about him was that, as they were returning,
he stopped back, and looked about the banks of the river as if
looking for some one.
Cross-examined by Mr. WILKINS—On the Monday after-
noon, the 9th, the prisoner complained of being ill ; several
times begged his wife not to leave him, as he could not bear his
own thoughts. He several times expressed a strong affection
for her. His wife several times said, " Henry, you act in a
very curious manner, I cannot think you are in your senses."
Within the last fortnight he had often complained of his head,
and said, feeling his head, " I have it here." The wife hail
advised him to be bled, but he said he wanted blood. He
danced about the kitchen, on the Monday, in a wild manner,
and presented a pint pot at witness, and threatened to shoot
her with it. Believes that witness's husband and prisoner are
interested jointly in some property, and that if the prisoner
were removed something might come to her husband. Witness
has not been applying for that property.
Edward Come Jephson, examined by Mr. Mars oews—ls a
surgeon. Was with Mr. Scruten on the 10th of June. Had
been with him to the race course, and returned with him, and
they passed the prisoner's house about nine o'clock in the even-
ing. They had got about fifty yards beyond the house when
witness heard a shot and a scream. He stopped, and then
turned back, and immediately saw a woman, unknown to him
in appearance, rush out of the house. The prisoner followed,
and fired at her. The prisoner then stopped, and rushed, as
witness imagined, upon him (witness) and Mr. Scruten. Wit-
ness made his escape in the best way he could, for the man ap-
peared to be mad, and witness expected to be shot. After run-
ning a short distance witness looked over his shoulder, and
finding he was not pursuing him, stopped, and then saw him
seize Mr. Scruten and throw him on the ground. Prisoner
then got on Mr. Scruten, anti sat astride of him, and attacked
him with the muzzle of the pistol. Witness then seized hold
of the prisoner, and assisted Mr. Scruten to make his escape,
and then witness made his own escape. Prisoner followed Mr.
Scruten through a crowd, and was immediate,y secured. Went
after that to see who might be hurt, and was directed to a
house opposite prisoner's. Helped deceased across the street
home. Then examined her, and found she was wounded in the
left arm. There was a circular wound, with ragged edges, and
deep, and the bone was fractured extensively. Could find no
shot in it. Ordered the wound to be wrapped in a wet cloth
and to be kept wet and cold. Then left, and returned in about
an hour, and found Mr. Green, another surgeon, there. The
wound was on the fore-arm, between the wrist and elbow.
Witness picked up a pistol in the passage of the prisoner's
house.—[Produced it from his pocket; a small pocket pistol.]
The pistol was unloaded and the cock was down, with a dis-
charged nap under it.
Cross-examined by Mr. Winews—Had not the slightest
knowledge of deceased, and knew prisoner only slightly. Con-
siders the lock jaw, or tetanus, to have been the result of the
wound. Has no idea of its being caused by improper treat-
ment. He wrote a note to Mrs. Gould to ask it she desired
his further attendance, because he felt he was rather unceri-
moniously deprived of the patient, and he thought it better to
write thaw to run the risk of flurrying her by going to speak
with her about it.
Mr. Stoker, examined by Mr. Marsortrie—ls assistant to
Mr. Green, the surgeon. Attended Mrs. Gouli, and was pre-
sent at a poet mortarn examination of deceased. Her death was
occasioned by tetanus, arising from the wound. There was a
bullet extracted from the wound. Did not see some violets in
an envelope at Mrs. Gould's. Heard her say she had received
some from Mr. Scruten.
William Green, examined by Mr. WARREN—Has been
thirty-three years a practising surgeon in Durham, and has
been the medical attendant of prisoner and his wife. She was
about thirty years of age. Was sent for to her, and went on
the 10th of June, at about half-past ten at night. Found the
wound wrapped up, and a pistol bullet might have produced
t. Visited her up to the time of her death. She went nn
satisfactorily, but was in a very nervous and excited state. On
the next Saturday she complained of having caught a cold,
and of a stiffness about her jaws, from which witness appre-
hended tetanus. The next morning, at about ten, found her
in a decided state of tetanus, which, in the case of wounds, is
generally fatal.
Cross-examined by Mr. WATKINS— Has been the regular
attendant of deceased. Recollects the wound received by pri-
soner during the pitmen's strike—a wound on the head, inflicted
by a frightful weapon, a bar of iron. After that had observed a
difference in the prisoner's manner. He has been in a very
excited state, and has had a wildness in his eyes. A concussion
of the brain induces great irascibility, and sometimes causes
the person hurt to lose all self-control.
Thomas Metcalf, examined by Mr. MATTHEWS —Witness is
a butcher, and lives near the prisoner's house. On the even-
leg of the 10th, he and Sewell, the husband of a former wit-
ness, took the prisoner in the street, just after the shooting.
They took him away to the gaol ; and witness was shortly after
called to return, as it was said that the prisoner had cut his
throat. Witness saw the pocket-book. They found him
bleeding from the left side of the throat. Prisoner said there
was something in the pocket-book which would show what he
had done it tor.
Robert Booth, examined by Mr. WARREN—IS a gunsmith
in Durham. Recollects prisoner coming; on a Tuesday in
June, about a pair of pistols. He came into the shop about six
o'clock in the evening. He said on that evening that be had
had notice to be out that night—that he had had notice of some
smugglers, and that they were not good characters to meet
with. He asked witness to load them for him, which was ac-
cordingly done, And the prisoner received them so loaded. He
was not at all excited, but quite cool. There was a bullet put
in each pistol, as well as powder, and they were capped.
On cross-examination, Mr. Booth gave the prisoner a very
good character in every respect.
Several other witnesses having been examined for the prose-
cution to confirm the evidence already given,
I\lr. WILKINS addressed the jury for the prisoner, which he
did in a speech of about an hour and a quarter in duration.
The jury retired for about half-an-hour, and on their return
pronounced a verdict of Not Guilty, finding that the prisoner
was not of sound mind at the time he did the act.
This verdict was received with applause from a very crowded

Court. The prisoner immediately extended his hand to his
counsel, and to other gentlemen of his acquaintance aroursl,
ail of whom shook hands with him in congratulation on the
termination of the trial, which lasted from nine in the morn-
ing till near seven in the evening.
Lord Sandys, Commander of the Scotch Greys, in which
regiment the prisoner formerly was ; Major Wemyss, chief
constable of the county police ; Colonel Stephenson, and Rah.h
T. Pemberton, Esq., a magistrate, were all called to speak to
the prisoner's character, and testified to his having been of
most respectable demeanour, and of a high reputa'ion for hu-
manity and goodness of disposition.

WESTERN CI Rel 7 IT.—Bodarin, July 29.
The Commission for holding the assizes for the county of
Cornwall was opened here on Saturday evening by Mr. Justice
Erle, but Mr. Baron Platt did not arrive till Sunday evening,
he having been detained at Exeter by the trial of the pirates.
The business, as regards criminals, is rather heavier than usual.
There are charges of murder, arson, and sacrilege, and there are
twenty prisoners for trial. The cause list for this county is
very light, there being only five causes entered, and not one to
be tried by a special jury. On Su. day morning, Mr. Justice
Erie attended Di•ine service in the church, and on Monday
morning the business commenced—Mr. Justice Erle presiding
in the Crown Court, and Mr. Baron Platt sitting at Nisi Prins.
The cases tried to-day have been of a most trifling descrip-
tion, the only one at all to be noticed is that of
John Pascoe, who was indicted for assaulting, cutting, and
beating John Cock, with intent to disable him, or to do him
some grievous bodily harm.
It appeared that on the night of the 12th of July, Pert, Cock,
and Edwards, who were gamekeeperr in the service of Lady
11‘ssett, were out on the watch for poachers. About three
o'clock in the morning they heard two guns fired; they then
separated, and went in two different parties in the direction of
the spot whence the reports had proceeded. On their arrival
at a place called Dry-grounds, adjoining her ladyship's park,
they saw the prisoner and a man named Trefoun with guns.
As soon as the poachers saw them they walked towards the
keepers pointing their guns at them. On coming up to them,
finding the keepers did not give way they began beating them
with their guns, and broke one of them upon the breast of one
of the men. Trefoun picked up Pascoe's gun, which he had
dropped, and fired at the keepers but missed them. Pert then
fired his gun at Trefoun's legs, but the shot took effect much
higher, arid he was seriously injured. A dead rabbit was found
in the prisoner's pocket.
For the defence it was urged that the men were out
shooting rabbits on the sea shore, and they did not know that
the other men were game-keepers.
The Learned Judge having summed up,
The jury acquitted the prisoner of the felony, bid. found him
Guilty of a common assault, and he was sentenced to twelve
months' imprisonment with hard labour.

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Shrewsbury, .July 29.
CROWN COURT.--( Before Lord DENMAN.)
The following case occupied the Court for many hours yes-
terday evening, and excited considerable interest.

Cornelius Evans, aged 26, and Richard Purcell, aged 21,
young men of decent exterior and deportment, and up to this
occasion bearing excellent characters, were placed in the dock,
charged with having, on the 23d of June last, feloniously made
an assault upon one Ellen Gough, and stolen from her person
a pocket of small value, and with having at the time of such
robbery inflicted blows upon the said Ellen Gough.
The prosecutrix, with some effort, informed the jury that
she was in the e,nploy of a firm of dressmakers in Shrews-
bury, that her hours in the shop were from eight o'clock in
the morning till nine o'clock in the evening. That for
some time past she had suffered much from ill health;
that the medical gentleman who attended her had
stated, that it was absolutely necessary she should take
exercise in the open air; that this she had been in the habit
of doing every evening, after work, for some weeks past,
her companion and guardian upon those occasions being her
mother. Upon the day in question, however, it happened,
from some unexplained reason, that on her return home her
mother was absent. She left her father sitting in the house
and proceeded for her walk alone. When just outside the old
walls she observed two men, one in a smockfrock, the other
dressed in black. One of them appeared intoxicated, and tot-
tered towards the side of the footpath. Feeling alarmed she
turned back in the direction of the town ; the two men fol-
, lowed. These men were the prisoners. One of them (Pur-
cell) she had known by sight before ; Evans she had never
seen to her knowledge before that day. Purcell caught hold
of her by the shoulder, saying, "We want some money." The
prosecutrix answered, " Indeed, but I have none for you."
Upon which the same prisoner remarked, " Oh, d— you, we
will see." The other prisoner (Evans) then seized hold of her
pocket and tore it from her side. Purcell, too, searched, it but
found nothing. The prosecutrix gave an alarm. Purcell said
to his companion, " D— her, let us kill her ;" to which the
other answered, " No; she will not know us if she sees us
again." Then Purcell began to take indecent liberties with
her person, and upon resisting struck her a severe blow
with his fist upon the left side of the forehead, which
felled her, without sense or motion, to the earth. Atter a
lapse of time, she could not say how long, she found here f
alone, cold and stiff, lying upon the path, the torn pocket by
her side. She crept. to her father's house, relieved the anxiety
of her parents by her arrival, and then related to them the
cruel usage she had received, described the person. and dresses
of the assailants, and on the day following she observed the
prisoner Purcell, at six o'clock in the morning, in New 'street,
nearly opposite her father's door. The other prisoner (Evans)
she sebsequently identified.
A great number of witnesses were called to show the pre-
secutrix was mistaken in the identity of the prisoners, and
several respectable people gave them both a good character.
Lord DENMAN summed up, and the jury, after a long con-
sultation, aequitt ed the prisoners.
_

His Lordship then disposed of twn other trifling cases, which
finished the criminal business at about a quarter past nine.
Mr. Justice PATTESON had previously retired from the Nisi
Prius Court. having brought the civil business to a close at
half-past seven.

The Commission will be opened this evening at Hereford.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT ---Ipswich, July 29.

CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.)
Frederick Holmes, aged 21, and William Wright, aged 29,
were charged with having burglariou3ly entered the dwelling-
house of Joseph Gibbs, at Bilderton, and stolen therein a
quantity of sugar, tobacco, and currants.
Mr. Prendergast appeared for the prosecutor, and Mr.
Power defended Holmes.

The prosecutor is a grocer, carrying on a large business at
' Bilderton, about six miles from Hadleigh, where both the
prisoners live. For some time past Mr. Gibbs' premises have
been robbed to a considerable extent, and yet no clue has been
gained to the thief, whoever he might be ; while the ser.
vents and family of the prosecutor were each and all beyond
suspicion, he was utterly unable to divine how access was gained
to his property, as his premises never presented any marks of
violence. Being bent on doing his best to clear up the mystery,
Mr. Gibbs on each night made particular note of his shop and
its contents, and at last, on the morning of the 20th of April,
he was aroused at six o'clock by two policemen, who asked
whether his house had been robbed in the night. On getting
up he found that a quantity of sugar, currants, and tobacco
had been removed in the night time, but he was for some time
utterly at a loss to divine how the burglars had effected an
entrance to his house, till a searching examination having been
made on the premises, it was ascertained that the back house
door might very easily be opened by the introduction of a bent
wire through a hole which happened to lie most conveniently
under a wooden bar, its only safeguard. By turning thein-
strument round, any one from the outside could lift up the bar
from its socket, and on retreating from the house with his
plunder, he could as easily replace the bar, and so cut off all
traces of his proceedings. In order to connect the two pri-
soners at the bar with the commission of this offence it ap-
peared, on the testimony of a policeman and a constable be-
longing to Hadleigh, that as they were on the look out on
Hadleigh-heath on ,the night in question, they saw the two
prisoners cross it at one o'clock in a cart, and go four miles
along the road to Bilderton, after which they lost sight of them.
Towards three o'clock, however, they saw the same cart and
men returning, and deeming that the time for their intervention
had arrived, they ordered the driver Holmes to pull up and
let them see what he had got in the cart. As he refused to
comply with this request, the constable laid hold of the horse's
head, while his companion proceeded to examine his cart.
This, as might have been expected, led to a skirmish, which
resulted in the escape of Holmes, while the other prisoner and
the cart, with its contents, fell into the hands of the assail-
ants, who, finding among the latter a sack of sugar, and several
pounds weight of currants and tobacco, drove on to Bilderton,
and alighted on the true owner before he was aware of his loss.
Both the prisoners, having been found Guilty, were trans-
ported for ten years.
ARSON.—Edward Albon, aged 25, was charged with setting
fire to a barn in the occupation of John Snell, at Lawshall, on
the 28th November, 1842.
Mr. Gunning conducted the case for the prosecution ; Mr.
Prendergast defended the prisoner.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Snell, that his barn
had undoubtedly been maliciously fired on the day in question,
and the evi lence mainly relied on for the purpose of affixing its
guilt on the prisoner arose from the testimony of one Lad-
broke and others, to whom he was alleged to have made certain
statements admitting of but that interpretation. According to
Ladbroke it seemed that he and the prisoner, who had been
charged in 1840 with some offence by Mr. Snell's son, a farmer,
living nearly fourteen miles from Lawshall, were passing the barn
of the prosecutor, when the latter observed, with a great oath,
that "he owed Mr. Snell a kindness, for his son had sent him
to prison, and he would pay him off." Not lone after this
conversation they parted, and the fire having broken out at
half-past four o'clock, the prisoner was seen by two women
walking fast away from it towards his cottage, and past an
orchard. In the evening Ladbroke again fell in with the pri-
soner, and remarked upon the fire, wondering who did it, on
which the prisoner, with great vehemence, said, " you,
didn't I tell you I would do for the old ---, After the fire,
the only thing I was afraid of was, lest I might be seen going
away before I reached the orchard." On the day after the
fire an inquiry was made, and all the witnesses now examined
being interrogated, gave the same evidence, which they now
did, except Ladbroke, who then omitted entirely the conversa-
tion after the fire, a course which he now attempted to justify
by repeating several threats of violence made to him at that in-
vestigation, in the event of his telling all the truth. At the
time the prisoner was not taken up, but the additional declare.
tions coming to light, he was recently apprehended, and corn.
twitted to take his trial.

Mr. PRENDERGAST having addressed the jury on behalf of
the prisoner,
The jury, at the close of the summing up, returned a verdict
of Not Guilty.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
CL ERKEN WELL.
SEDUCTION AND VIOLENT CONDUCT OF TITS SEDUCER.
—Wednesday Thomas Frederick Boughton, aged about thirty.
eight years, of respectable appearance, who was described in
the police-sheet as a law stationer, residing at No. 9, Tooke's-
court, Cursitor-street, Chancery-lane, was charged by Joseph
Clarke, an elderly man, who described himself as a general
dealer, residing at No. 22, Rose-street, St. Luke's with having
been drunk and creating a disturbance round his house, and
with making use of threatening language, by which he went in
bodily fear.
The prosecutor said that the prisoner had become acquainted
with his daughter, whom he had seduced, and they had been
li;ing together. Witness made inquiry to trace and recover
her without success until her mother met her, on which she
clung to her, and accompanied her home. On Tuesday after..
noon the prisoner came to his (prosecutor's) house in a state of
intoxication, smoking his cigar, and, parading backwards and
forwards, swore most vehemently that he would have
his wife. He subsequently came at intervals from that time,
until half-past nine o'clock at night, continuing to knock vio-
lently at the door. He was accompanied by three ruffians. He
exclaimed, " I will have my wife out. I demand my wife. I
am determined to have my property. I will have my wife this
night, or death will ensue." The witness was very much ex-
cited, and, pointing at the prisoner, exclaimed, " I am in tear
of my life through that monster. I will call him a monster ; he
has seduced my child, and I want protection."
Mr. BaonauToti—Where is your daughter now? Witness
I have sent her to Liverpool this morning.
BKOUGHTON—Was she willing to go ?—Yes, your
Worship.
Prisoner (to prosecutor)—Did you ever abuse your daugh-
ter, and tell her to come to me for protection ?—Never, never.
Prisoner—You did; and she cams crying to me.
By the Prisoner—l never accepted presents from you after I
knew you were a married man.
Henry John Leath, a lodger in the prosecutor's house, de.

posed that he was alarmed by a great noise and the prisoner s
exclamations outside the house. The inmates were greadl
alarmed. Miss Clarke was so terrified that she fell into hyste;
rice. Heard the prisoner call out, " I will have my wife:
Miss Clarke begged of her father and mother net to let the
prison-r into the house. Witness climbed over a wall at
the
spot of the house, and alarmed the police, who came to
spot and took the prisoner into custody. tea
Mn.s Ann Moore, another lodger in the house, corroborated
this evidence. The prisoner asked witness whether Miss
Clarke was at home ? She said she was. He told her that silo
had been stolen from him on the previous night, when he was
tipsy.
Mr. BROUGHTON—h Miss Clarke a prudent young WOrnao? ;
Witness—Miss Clarke was, till her acquaintance with the Prf•
.
goner, a steady girl, and her father was kind and affeetioos"
towards her.
Dayman, 161 G, deposed that at a quarter past sine
Tuesday night he saw the prisoner knocking violently at the t,
door of Mr Clarke. He heard the violent screams of a kilt."
in the first floor as if in fits. Two other officers came up. 4:41
prisoner said, "Itis my wife, and I will go in." He atteloPt,
to force open the street-door. He was drunk. Mr. Clari.,-;
on seeing the officers, opened the door, and said he would ce
the prisoner into custody for bigamy. The prisoner said
was not married.
Mr. Clarke here said that the prisoner was a married Man;
he had two wives ; but he could not say whether he was utifi
ries! to his daughter or not. He had four children, and WA
given them an excelled/ education. His daughter was ape
worker, and was employed in a most respectable way. sr
Mr. BeoncuTox inquired hew the prisoner because for,
quainted with his daughter ? Mr. Clarke—She on 0,
tunately went to work in the same house as the prisoner.
was continually coming after her, and he introduced hitaseD.B
them as a single man, when he kept her away from her b°""
and ruined hsr.
Mr. BROUGHTON asked the prisoner what he had to gaiie
l eke
his defence ? Prisoner—l never used the threatening or
language attributed to me by the witness. I met Miss C 0
at the west-end of the town, and explained to her how 1.,
situated. She said her father treated her brutally. ea
Mrs. Clarke (emphatically)—He never did. I never,' to
my oath, suffered him to be inside my house after I fowls, °
he was a married man.
Mr. BROUGIiTON ordered the prisoner to find bail, Ition,
lf
in 40/., and two sureties in 301. each, to keep the peace tossil-
the prosecutor and his wife for two months.
WANDS WORTH.
111.
ATTEMPTED MURDER......Wednesday Thomas
charged with cutting and wounding, with intent to ma""
Jane Curtis, his wife. of
The complainant seemed to be very weak, and the erorslio
her head was covered with adhesive plaister. She stated A.
her husband, herself, and some of the children had been bays/
ing in different parts of Surrey, and on Monday evening wir
stayed at Coombe Warren. The prisoner, who had been
ranged for nearly five months, was very quarrelsome, and be
ill-treating his eldest son. Complainant interfered to Pito,
her child, when the prisoner struck at her with a soldering. '""pt
which he used in his business as a tinker. Complaer
escaped the blow by jumping into a ditch, but the psig"itli
jumped upon her, and struck her on the top of the head f 0,,,
the instrument. He raised his arm to inflict another b
which must have caused her death, when her son interieis
and took away the weapon. The police were sent for aod-, tlhas
prisoner was given into custody. The complainant added, 1:".d
she went to a surgeon, who dressed her head, and del ,
it to be a very dangerous wound. She said she did not Wino
hurt her husband, but unless he was confined he would Or

her and her children.
Mr. PAYNTER said he should commit the prisoner for trial'
where it would be ascertained if he was in an unsound el'
mind or not.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH COO „fell
For the Weekended July 26, 1845, made up from the Returll.;,jeh
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and
per Imperial Quarter.

~....Yti.l
I WHEAT. I BARLEY.' OATS. RTE. I BEANS. I lt,vo;
PRICE .. 51s 7d 29s 2cl 22s 5d 31s 7d 40s 3d 3; 60.
DUTY ..• 20s Od 9s Od 6s Gcl 10s 6d 3s 6d '

MARKET NEW; W S—(YESTERDAI.I
MEAT MARKETS.
SOUTHALL, JULY 30.—The supply of fat stock on
to-day was again limited, owing to which the demona di
throughout active, and in some instances higher raterv;
obtained :—Beef from 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 8d ;50
Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s to
per 81b$.
RUMFORD, JULY 30.—Prime Beasts were disposed 0.80 o;
advance of 2d per 81bs, while the value of other k'°, iii
stock was steadily supported. Beef, from 38 4d to 155 Lil
Mutton, 3s 8d to ss; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 3s 8d to:0 to
and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s per Sibs. Suckling Calves, Iwst
30, ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Mulch v"
with their email Call, 161 to 19/ each. nod,
LEWES, JULY 29.—We had a very steady general de fyi;
and prices were well supported. Beef from 3s 8d to sod to
Mutton, 3s 10d to ss; Lamb, 5s to 5s 8d; Veal, as
4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s to 3s 6d per Blbs.
EAT muszumwria. „ fill
SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 18s to 4/189 T6s ;
do., 5/ to 5/ 8s ; fine Upland do., Si 108 to s`to 11;
Clover Hay, 4/ 10s to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 183
opplP
Wheat Straw. 2/ to 213 e per load. A fair average
an,; a steady inquiry. 4/ 108
CumnEHLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 4/ to 51160
useful ditto, 4/12s to Si 8s; fine Upland ditto, 5110 s to Isbell'
Clover Hay, 4/ 108 to 61 ; Oat Straw, 1/18s to 2/1s; hole
Straw, 212 a to 21 3s per load. Trade firm, at the
quotations. 4/ 18"
WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 18s to, les to
useful ditto, 51 to 5/ 8s ; fine Upland ditto, 5`.3t0 21;
5/ 15s; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ 68 ; Oat Straw, 11 1:7 straw
Wheat Straw, 2/ to 212 s per load. Both Hay and
sold freely at full prices.
New Meadow .ilay produced from 3/103 to 4115E' and 561(
Clover 3/ 18s to 51 per load.

®THE METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL.—The an-
ej,
festival, in aid of the funds by which this hospital is supPe.te,
took place on Wednesday, at the Albion Tavern, A Idersgale47o
when nearly eighty gentlemen were regaled by the excellent
provided by Mr. Staples, the proprietor. Meurs. Hobbs, 4:ota 0
Machin, and Bradbury contributed the aid of their vocal liilete"
enliven the company, and sang some excellent songs InipPft
Upon the removal of the table.cloths, the healths of her gia74
of Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family were Orr"tsr,
usual manner. The chairman, Mr. Gurney Hoare, then' 0017
the toast of the evening, " Success to the Respite]," 'vberfal;i4
responded to in a way which showed those assembled 1%00
smsible of the merits and claims of the Institution. VP be
4001. were announced by the secretary as the amount of
ts.
acriptions of the evening. It appeared from the reports
,eileee;
turn hospital has been most efficacious in the cure and in the 540 f
of the spreading of disorders. From April, 1844, I:cid °
in the present year, 9,872 patients have been cured or rehe-of,"
various diseases ; and since the original foundation of it 'lel
nF
of 60,000 persons hare met with cure or relief. The c;
kept up the commemoration of the establishment of the es—
it!
a 14te hour.
grill
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°
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