The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-01 00:00:00

TRADE WITH FRANCE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—lt is not our province to take part in public dis
cussions upon questions of political economy : but we
are compelled, in self-defence, to refer to the letter of
" Publius," in the Times of this day, on the subject of
" Trade with France," which is made the medium of an
unwarrantable attack upon us.
" Publius" is, no doubt, an interested party, who,
under the shelter of an anonymous signature, would fain
serve himself and other holders of French brandy. To
do this, he adopts two means—argument, if his writing
can be so called, tending to a reduction of the
duty on French brandy, and thereby to enhance
the value of that article in bond ; and abuse, applied
to British produce, with a view to creating a greater
demand for the foreign. He, and those interested with
him, or whose feelings he is engaged to represent, may
justly feel alarm at " the continually declining quantity
of French brandy, which pays duty for consumption, in
the face of a constantly increasing population ;" and,
having little regard for truth or consistency, it is not to
be wondered at that, in the spirit of unscrupulous advo-
cacy, he should assign any but the real cause for such
decreasing consumption ; or that he should attempt to
put down successful competition, which is the real cause,
by vulgar abuse, Indeed, so reckless is he, that, not
satisfied with an onslaught upon British distillers, he
even assails the whole medical and chemical professions.
The simple truth is, that the constantly increasing
demand for our patent brandy has made an important
inroad upon the trade in foreign brandy ; and that this,
with the adoption of our patent metallic capsules, as an
effectual security to the public against the fraudulent
substitution of inferior spirits, has occasioned the utmost
uneasiness in those who deal in foreign brandy.
That "Publius" is what we have described him to be
there cannot be a doubt. lie asks for a reduction in the
duty on French brandy, not for the benefit of those con-
sumers who will, at any price, indulge their taste for
" the finest Cognac;" but for the pnrpose of effecting
"a conciliation of the powerful agricultural interest" of
France. Generous cosmopolite ! lie is eager to uteri •
five every native interest (except that of the holders of
French brandy) at the shrine of foreign prosperity.
What to him the grain of England in competition with
the grapes of France ? If there be sorrow in our farm-
steads, will there not be joy in the vineyards abroad ?
" Although our farm is not mentioned by name, yet,
as our patent brandy is the produce of British grain"—
as the trade description of it comes within the scope of
"high-sounding titles"—and as its healthfulness and
genuine purity are borne out by the " testimony of
scientific men," it is barely possible to suppose that
"Publius" did not intend, and deliberately perpetrate, a
personal attack upon us ; or that the passage referred
to has not been, more or less, applied to us by your
readers, and the public generally, many of whom are
unpossessed of the absolute merits of the case.
We maintain, Sir, and we have the most incontro-
vertible evidence of the fact, that our patent brandy,
distilled from British grain, is a purer and more whole-
some spirit than Cognac or other French brandy. This
has been ascertained by the most careful analysis, made
by chemical professors whose names rank with the most
eminent in the world—by "scientific men," who were
unquestionably paid, not any agreed sum, as is basely
insinuated by " Publius," for the purpose of influencing
their opinions respectively, but according to the charge
made by them, for the time and professional skill
bestowed upon tile inquiry, as a physician, a barrister,
or any other gentleman, would be paid for first-rate pro-
fessional services. That the opinion of such a person as
" Publius " would conform with that of any purchaser,
at a given price, we have no reason to doubt. On the
contrary, we believe him to be a commodity for any
market—at present disposable by the holders of foreign
brandy.
But "the gall and wormwood" to "Publius" is, that
the genuine and decided testimonials in our favour have
had their natural effect upon our sale. They have led
to the use of our patent brandy by an immense number
of private consumers, among whom the greatest men of
the day might be named ; and to its being prescribed
daily, in preference to French brandy, by the highest
medical authorities at Guy's, St. George's, and the
Westminster hospitals ; at the Manchester, Bristol, and
Brighton infirmaries ; and, in short, at the principal
hospitals and public institutions in England.
Free from the acid inseparable from French brandy,
and from its astringent nature, we challenge competition
at home and abroad ; and whilst we thus tear away the
mask from " Publius," controvert his statements, and re-
pudiate his conclusions, we say at once, that fear of com-
petition does not for a moment influence us in writing
this letter. The fashion for the use of French brandy is
rapidly passing away. British science and British en-
terprise have succeeded in raising the produce of British
grain far in intrinsic value above that of foreign grapes;
and however much the duty on foreign spirits may be re-
duced, we are confident that such a reduction will not
prevent the continued increase of demand for our patent
brandy.—We are, Sir, your most obedient servants,
J. T. BETTS, Jun., and Co.
7, Smithfield-bars, Friday, April 26, 1844.

TIIREE LIVES LOST.— On Wednesday last, a
powerful steam boiler, employed by Messrs. Ilipkiss and
Green, brewers, at Olwinsford, btourbridge, suddenly
burst, and destroyed everything around it. Three indi-
viduals were killed; and Mr. Green was severely scalded.
The anniversary of the birth of Shakspeare was
celebrated on Tuesday last, at Stratford-on-Avon, by the
annual dinner of the Shakaperian Club. The attendance was
not numerous, and it was stated, has been diminishing gra-
dually fir seTeral years pmt.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
\VAR-OFFICE, APRIL 30, 1844.
BREVET-Commissions to bear date April 30.
To be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army-Major T. Ryan,
50th Foot • Major E. W. Bray, 39th Foot ; Major G. L.
Christie, 3d Foot ; Major J. Stopford, 40th Foot ; Major M.
Barr, 29th Foot ; Major P. J. Petit, 50th Foot; Major H.
llavelock, 13th Foot ; Major C. Van Straubenzee, 39th Foot.
To be Majors in the Army-Captain P. M'Kie, 3d Foot;
Captain F. Coddington, 40th Foot; Captain J. B. Oliver,
40th Foot; Captain A. W. F. Somerset, Ist or Grenadier
Guards ; Captain M. G. Nixon, 39th Foot ; Captain W. L.
Tudor, 50th Foot.
To be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army, in the East Indies.
Major H. C. Barnard, 51st Bengal Native Infantry ; Majer
J. G. Drummond, 6th Bengal Native Infantry ; Major H.
Dick, 51st Bengal Native Infantry ; Major 0. Phillipps, 56th
Bengal Native Infantry; Major H. Earle, 39th Bengal Native
Infantry • Major W. Mactier, 4th Bengal Native Cavalry; Major
W. Garden, 36th Bengal Native Infantry ; Major E. J. Smith,
Bengal Engineers; Major J. Nash, 43d Bengal Light In-
fantry; Major W. Geddes, Bengal Artillery ; Major T. San-
ders, Bengal Artillery ; Major 11. J. White, 50th Bengal Na-
tive Infantry ; Major C. E. T. Oldfield, C. 8., sth Bengal
Light Cavalry ; Major J. Alexander, Bengal Artillery ; Major
J. T. Lane, Bengal Artillery.
To be Majors in the Army, in the East Indies-Captain P.
Grant, 59th Bengal Native Infantry ; Captain B. Browne,
Bengal Artillery; Captain H. M. Graves, 16th Bengal Grena-
diers ; Captain C. terant, Bengal Artillery ; Captain B. Y.
Reilly, Bengal Engineers ; Captain F. Brind, Bengal Artil-
lery ; Captain H. Clayton, Ch Bengal Light Cavalry;
Captain R. J. H. Birch, 17th Bengal Native In-
fantry ; Captain H. J. Guyon, 31st Bengal Native
Infantry ; Captain J. Saunders, 50th Bengal Native Infantry;
Captain J. H. I%l.Donald, Bengal Artillery; Captain G. Camp-
bell, Bengal Artillery ; Captain R. Cautley, 10th Bengal Light
Cavalry ; Captain R. Smith, 28th Bengal Native Infantry;
Captain Peter Innes, 14th Bengal Native Infantry;
Captain Philip Harris, 70th Bengal Native Infantry ;
Captain C. Ekins, 7th Bengal Light Cavalry ; Captain N. A.
Parker, 58th Bengal Native Infantry; Captain F. R. Evans,
26th Bengal Native Infantry; Captain J. G. W. Curtis, 37th
Bengal Native Infantry; Captain T. Young, 2d Bengal
Grenadiers; Captain G. Ralston, 58th Bengal Native Infantry.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire.
Denbighshire Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry-H. Jones, Esq.,
to be Captain, vice J. Peers, resigned ; R. Lloyd, Gent., to
be Cornet ; W. Rowland, Gent, to be Cornet, April 18.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
Easter Term.-Seventh Victoria.-April 30.
This Court will, on Thursday and Friday, the 9th and 10th
days of May next, hold sittings, and will proceed in disposing
of the business now pending in the Special Paper and New
Trial Paper, and in giving judgment in cases previously
argued. By the Court.
WHITEHALL, Arati. 25.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Bunny, of New-
bury, in the county of Berks, Gent., to be a Master Extra-
ordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
WILLIAM GIBSON CLIFT, coach broker, Chapel-yard,
Cross-lane, High Holborn.
BANKRUPTS.
JAMES MACLEAN, carpenter, Somerset-street, White-
chapel, to surrender Mav 11, at two, and June 11, at half-past
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee,
Frederick's.place, Old Jewry ; Burnell, Fenchurch-street.
SAMUEL WILCOCKSON, linen draper, Chesterfield,
Lancashire, May 14, and June 5. at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Hard-
wick and Davidson, Weavers' Hall, London ; Sale and Wor-
thington, Manchester.
CHARLES JOHNSON, lime dealer, Rochdale, May 11,
at eleven, and June 4, at one, at the Manchester District
Court. Stanwav, official assignee, Manchester; Woods and
Jackson, Rochdale ; Norris, Allen, and Simpson, Bartlett's-
buildings, Holborn, London.
CHARLES NICHOLS, bookseller, Wakefield, May 11
and June 6, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne,
official assignee, Leeds; Willis and Co., Tokenhouse-yard,
London ; Taylor and Westmorland, Wakefield.
GEORGE FREDERICK WRIGHT, innkeeper, Iron-
bridge, Shropshire, May 18 and June 8, at eleven, at the Bir-
mingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Bir-
mingham; Clarke and Gosling, Austin-friars, London; Marcy,
Wellington ; Slane}, Birmingham.
JOHN PERRY, maltster, Birmingham, May 11, and June
5, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore,
official assignee, Birmingham ' • Suckling, Birmingham.
GEORGE EDWARD PHILLIPS, saddler, Plymouth,
May 13, and June 6, at the Exeter District Court. Herne-
man, official assignee, Exeter; Elworthy, Plymouth; Stogdon,
Exeter ; Surr, Lombard-street, London.
JOHN PEMBERTON, soap boiler, Leeds, May 11, and
June 1, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official
assignee Leeds; Williamson and Hill, Gray's Inn, London;
Bond, Leeds.
GEORGE MORREY, publican, Stratford-upon-Avon,
May 9, and June 8, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Robinson,
Ironmonger-lane, London ; Stringer, Stratford-upon-Avon.
JOSEPH GOULD, cheese factor, Sheen, Staffordshire,
May 10, at half-past twelve, and June 7, at one, at the Bir-
mingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birming-
ham ; Smith, Birmingham.
NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY.
T. S. Robinson, publican, Great Neston, Cheshire.
E. Isl. Shaw, Manchester.
W. H. Bagnall, watch maker, Bishopsgate-street Without.
F. N. Bracher, schoolmaster, New Sarum, Wiltshire.
M. Fothergill, attorney-at-law, Pontefract, Yorkshire.
W. Dennis, joiner, Nottingham.
J. Standen, block pitcher to a calico printer, Salford.
J. Pagden, London-road, Southwark.
A. Benjamin, dairyman, Gravel-lane, Hound:ditch.
G. Carreer, edge tool grinder, Sheffield.
M. Piebble, tallow chandler, Strood, Kent.
W. Swann, fish merchant, Great Yarmouth.
W. Barthram, livery-stable keeper, Raven-row, Mile-end.
J. Luckett, coffee-house keeper, Adam-st. West, Marylebone.
J. Thompson, veterinary surgeon, Aldborough, Yorkshire.
J. Garrett, licensed victualler, Cock-lane, Shoreditch.
W. Curran, stevedore, Liverpool.
G. P. Trounsell, Lieutenant, R.N., King's Kerswell, Devout.
R. A. Jefferiss, butcher, Newington.
J. Bonny, tailor, Liverpool.
W. Cornhill, coffee-house keeper, Coleman-street.
R. Hamm, carpenter, Bedford-street, Tottenham-court-road.
W. Ellerson, horse dealer, Eynesford, Kent.
E. Baker, publican, Lawrence-lane, City.
W. Coningworth, sen., purser R.N., Agnes-pl., Waterloo-rd.
G. Chamberlain, carpenter, Praed-street, Paddington.
J. Shepherd, cabinet maker, Guisbrough, Yorkshire.
J. Bryden, commercial traveller, Manchester.
T. Close, druggist, Halifax.
J. Hall, farmer, Bubwith, Yorkshire.
R. H. Hoskins, public-house manager, Liverpool.
T. Ingham, farmer, Luddington, Lincolnshire.
D. Evans, coach spring maker, Liverpool.
J. G. Hatcher, coachmaker, Toubridge.
G. Baker, jun., ironmonger, St. Alban's-place, Edgeware-rd.
J. Willey, grocer, Sheffield.
W. Marsden, table-knife manufacturer, Sheffield.
G. How, butcher, Hammersmith.
C. Collins, saddler, South Ilincksey, Berkshire.
J. Black, labourer, Horwich, Lancashire.
J. Naylor, hosier, Liverpool.
I. F. Coyle, Alexander-square, Kensington.
L. Alman, musical instrument seller, Bristol.
F. Mitchell, cab proprietor, Bride-lane.
T. Smith, gun maker, High Holborn.
J. Aspinwall, warehouse-salesman, Manchester.
A. Aspinwall, tobacconist, Manchester.
W. Newman, builder, Hammersmith.
J. Collins, toy-dealer, 131ackfriars-road.
H. Davis, governess, Gloucester-place, Portman-square.
SECOND NOTICES.
S. Cumberland, clerk, Arundel-street, Strand, May 6, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee.
J. Claridge, butcher, Oxford, May 6, at half-past eleven, al
the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee.
J. Weston, innkeeper, Colnbroek, Bucks, May 6, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, !official assignee.
J. Perry, livery stablekeeper, Lant-street, St. George the
Martyr, May 8, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official assignee.
S. Webster, Spring-place, Paddington, May 8, at half-past
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee.
C. Malvern, broker, Southampton, May 8, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee.
R. D. M'Manus, surgeon, Wilson-street, Gray's Inn-road,
May 9, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official
assignee.
W. Godwin, linen draper, Providence-row, Hackney, May
8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official
assignee.
G. Fox, beer-seller, Thomas-street, New Kent-road, May
8, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson,
official assignee.
F. Rumble, artist, Pavilion-place, Battersea, May 8, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee.
J. Goodson, plumber, Royal Oak-place, Eaton-square, May
11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official
assignee.
A. Soulby, clerk, Blackwell, May 11, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee.
W. Pett, farmer, Minster, Isle of Thanet, May 11, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee.
E. Bosworth, beer-seller, Paget-place, Waterloo-road, May
6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official
assignee.
C. Kempster, Upper Barnsbury-street, Islington, May 6, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee.
G. L. V. Grey, shoemaker, Leman-street, Goodman's-fields,
May 6, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gra-
ham, official assignee.
J. Bell, gardener, Norton, Durham, May 6, at twelve, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee.
W. Bell, greengrocer, Stockton, May 6, at half-past twelve,
at the Newcastle-upon-'f yne District Court. Wakley, official
assignee.
J. Ingram, author, Greenwich, May 6, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee.
E. Boothroyd, Huddersfield, May 4, at eleven, at the Leeds
District Court. Hope, official assignee.
T. Odeland, millwright, Bath, May 6, at eleven, at the
Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official assignee.
T. Thompson, farmer, Birmingham, May 7, at twelve, at the
Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee._ at
W. Pugh, grocer, Wednesbury, Staffordshireyi
half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Ma
Christie,
official assignee.
at eleven,
A. Balfour, beadle, Liverpool, May 3,
pool District Court. Bird, official assigneoxt
at the Liver-
.
1 Dividends, &0., in our ru, .]

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
SHERIFFS' COURT, April 30.
(Before Mr. Unde,r hef KENNEDY and a Common lury.)
7
SEI C I N-13A TINES V. MILLS.
1-Scorit
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, William
Barnes, an engineer. in the employ of Sir John Rennie,
against Frederick Mills, his nephew, a cabinet-maker, re-
siding in Drury-lane, to recover compensation for the sedue-
tion and loss of the services of his daughter. The damaves
were laid in the declaration at 1001.
_ _

Mr. NASH' in addressing the jury, said the present case
was one of the most painful that had ever been brought in a
court of justice, and a most heartless one on the part of the
defendant. The plaintiff was a man in a humble station of
society, with a family of six children, four of them girls, the
unfortunate object of the present inquiry. being the eldest,
depending upon his exertions for support. The defendant
was the son of plaintiff's own sister, a young man, who,
instead of ruining his cousin, ought to have been her pro-
tector. He (the Learned Counsel) would not dilate. upon
the conduct of the defendant, but leave the jury to judge of
it from the narrative he would lay before them, and the evi-
dence in support of it. The Learned Counsel then detailed
the circumstances, as afterwards brought forward in evidence.
Miss Mary Ann Barnes, an artless, simple, but pretty young
girl, was then called, and depesed as follows :—My father's
name is William Barnes, and he resides at No. 11, Longstaff.
buildings, Great Guildford-street, Southwark. lie is an
en-
gineer at Sir John Rennie's. The defeltiale knowndlan.t,t'redeokl
Mills, is his nephew and my first cousin.
aboutibree years, and during that time he has
dresses to ins. From the first time I walked with
I remem-
ber to marry me. That was two y-earstago
month the de-
fendant 11111181" h;
August of last year. On the 15th of
ttohaniarr
me on the
came to me and said he intended_ e
had
been
walk.
morrow. He further said that be thought w

ing longlenough, and it was time that we made matters up.
He should furnish a room, as he had money sufficient to bny
the goods,- and would get me to mind them for a fortnight,
when he would then be married. I told my parents, and they
consented to my going to mind the apartments, which were
in Thomas-street, Stamford-street. They were furnished ,
and the defendant came to see Inc daily, and left at eleven
o'clock at night. There was a mutal agreement between us
that he should take no liberties with me.—(A laugh.) For
some days he made no attempt to break the agreement, but
on the Saturday night he wished me to allow him to sleep
with me, but refused, lie then
will sleep with the tiro girl I
brsutoe the I'ollowin~ day I consented. cnaae:::llll(a,ii,taii(4pi,7nrlaforstntittianricsOtidlnlacifyr(sidtoeole,
rnwmetoinesitiir,nsi::ll
he brought hi.s sister to tea with
went to Chelsea, but on reaching Westininster-bridge
coining back, he left me to some home by myself. .1
saw him the next morning (Monday), and upbraided
him for his conduct. He promised to come in
the afternoon, but he did not, and I did not see him .
again. The following Thursday I was ill bed, when the
defendant's mother and sister, with a porter, conic to take
away the things. I.got up, and defendant's mother said to
the porter, "Drag, away the things; never mind her." The
landlady of the house, pitying me, sent to my parents, and
they took me home. About the beginning of October, and
after the action was brought, I met Mills, whilst coming
home from work. He came up to me crying, and said the
action was a bad job. It began to rain, and we went into a
tavern. Whilst there, he said he would marry me if I would
go down to Gravesend with him. I consented, and we went'
the next day. We stayed there ten days, and on returning we
went and lived in Marylebone.:l stayed there five weeks, at,
the end of which I had nothing to eat or drink for three
days, as he refused to give me any money. lle said I must
go horns, and I went, my parents having again consented to
receive me. Whilst at Gravesend, defendant said, "Now I
have settled all your law proceedings, and you and your
may father's lawyer
go to the devil ; and that if his (the
solicitor's) name was Game, and he was game be nature, he
should not game hint out of anything."—(Laugliter.) Die
reason for not going home when I came front Gravesend was
not being married. I was afraid. The Witness, in continu-
ation of her evidence, stated that she was in the habit of
earning' money at, her needle, and also that she had the
management of the younger members of the family.
Mr. Nash was about to call other witnesses, when
'The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF, finding no one for the de.,
fonlant present, thought it was unnecessary to call any fur-
ther evidence. He then addressed the jury, and said that
everything was admitted by the defendant except the amonnt
of damages. It was a very serious case, and it was 'for the
,jury to say what compensation the plaintiff was entitled to
for the loss of the services of his daughter.
The jury consulted for about a minute, and returned a ter-
diet for the plaintiff—Damages, 1001.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
On Monday, Eh:aleth Cole, who has long been
known at the Justice room as a woman of most idle,
drunken, and disorderly habits, was brought before the
Lord Mayor charged with having smashed a pane of
glass. It was known that she takes a fancy to a niche
in Bridewell occasionally for a month or two, after she
has been tumbled about the streets in her passage from
one public-house to another; and when she was put to
the bar, the complainant stated that she dashed her hand
through the glass as if she bad been accustomed to such
pastime, and when asked why she put a tradesman to
expense and annoyance, " I:3e-cause I want to go home
to Bridewell, to be sure. If I knock at a door they
pay no attention to me, and therefore I just tap at a
window, and that brings 'em out immediately, so that if
I don't chose to walk, which I seldom do, they are
obliged to take me home to Bridewell in a cab."
The LORD MAYOR—We certainly ought to have some
way of making what you consider a pleasure a punish-
ment. lam obliged to acquiesce in your desire to be
committed to Bridewell,
The defendant—That's where I want to go. lam
tired of cutting about the streets with nothing to do.
It's all the same thing every day. lam devilish fagged
at it, I assure you.
The Loan MIYOR—You shall go to Bridewell for a
month.
The defendant—Say a little more. As much as ever
you can. Hang it, stow me up for the three months.
you
can do that, 1 know.
'The LORD MAYOR—I shall not gratify you.
The defendant—Then I'm blest if I don't just tap at
the window again when I come out.
The LORDMAIOR—I shall not send you for three
Months, nor even for one month. I can, by shortring
the duration of your imprisonment, cause some dinunu-.
tion to be made in your diet. You shall go to Bride-
well for fourteen days upon short commons and hard
labour.—(Laughter,)
The defendant—There's no use in that, for I have
no great appetite.
The LORD MAYOR—We shall try it, however. ••
The defendant left the bar in a fury, and was COM-
mitted accordingly for fourteen days.
A gentleman came to the Justice-room to make a
complaint against a publisher of an illustrated journal in
the French language, containing woodcut representa-
tions calculated to excite ridicule against the Christian
religion. He considered it necessary, he said, to keep
the name of the publisher private, lest the offensive work
might gain a large circulation amongst those who de-
rived amusement from such exhibitions ; but he did not
himself justified, having seen it publicly exhibited
for sale, in not informing the highest authority in the
City of so serious an offence against morality, and against
the law. He had entered the shop for the purpose of
expostulating with the publisher, who, the moment the
matter was complained of, offered one of the numbers
for sale. 'The woodcut to which he particularly alluded.
professed to represent the Conversion of St. Paul, and
was, in an extreme degree, in his opinion, calculated to
give offence to the followers of the Christian religion.
It was suggested to the applicant by Alderman Wm-
sofa, that if he intimated to the Society established for
the purpose of putting a stop to publications of such a
description that such a trade was carried on by the per-
son complained of, immediate steps would no doubt be
adopted to prevent its continuance. -,
John White was charged with stealing a chest of tea,
the property of Mr. Williams, of Beer-lane, Thames-
street.
It appeared that the prosecutor had sent twenty-font
chests of tea to the Custom-house quay, on Saturday
last, in order to their being conveyed to Holland per the
Batavier. The carter who had them in charge stopped
on his way for the space of three or four minutes at a
house in the neighbourhood of Thames-street, and upon
returning to his cart he missed one of the chests. In
the meantime a young man named Slator, who did busi-
ness in Mr. Williams' establishment, observed a man
carrying a chest of tea, and suspecting that he bad not,
come honestly by it, he pursued him, and upon turning
the corner of Beer-lane he observed him handing it to
the prisoner, whom he immediately seized and gave in
custody to a policeman. The chest of tea found upon
the prisoner was that which was stolen from Mr. Wil-
liams' cart. •
The prisoner, who was stated to be an old offender,
was committed to Bridewell as a vagabond for three
months.

CLERKEN WELL.
Tin: LATE ABDUCTION CASE. William Burton NrwenAart
was brought up on remand, charged with the abduction of
Frances Louisa Wortham, daughter of Mrs. Wortham, a
widow lady residing in Gerard-street, Coburg-road, Islington.
Mr. Southee was for the prosecution, and Mr. Humphries
for the defence.

. The Court was still more crowded than on any former
casion. Every partpart of it was thronged to inconvenience.
The first witness examined on this occasion was Mr. Ham-
mond, a solicitor, residing in Furnival's Inn, but his evideitc•
was not important. Miss Wortham was also re-examined
at some length, but nothing of material interest wm elicited.
The prisoner was again remanded for further evidence of a
technical nature.

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