The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-07 00:00:00

TI-IF, Sc N, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7

TES lIMONIAL TO THE SEAMEN
OF THE SCOUT.
(From the Essex Standaid.)
While Harwich regatta was proceeding, last week, a
highly interesting scene took place on the deck of the
Blazer, Government steamer, which, gaily d:essed with
flags,• was anchored in front of the esplanade, just leav•
ing room for the yachts t ) pass through the inner channel.
Here a numerous company were assembled, amongst
whom we noticed the Archbishop of Norwich, the
Venerable the Archdeacon Berners, Lady Morton
and family, the Misses Fitzhugh, the Rev. T. and
Hon. Mrs. Mills, of Stutton ; the Hon. and Rev. F. De
Grey, Mr: and the Misses Western, Mr. J. Blowers,
the Rev. and Mrs. Ralph Berners and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Segrave, Captain Jerningham, R.N., Colonel Whyte
and the officers of the 7th Hussars, Rev. Mr. and Mrs.
Browell, the Misses Kirby, Captain Mends, R.N.. Mr.
and Mrs. Dagshaw and family, the Mayor of Harwich,
Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., Rev. Mr. Lineke, Sir
Robert Schomburgh, Captain and Mrs. Washington and
family, and Rev. G. Burmester. Commander Saxby and
the crew of the revenue cruiser Scout were also on board.
Between the intervals of the yachts starting the whole
of the party being assembled on deck, and the crews of
the Blaz-r and Scout called aft,—
The Bishop of NORWICH expressed the great satis-
faction he felt in having it in his power to present the
commander and ship's company of the Scout with some
token of his respect and regard for men who had Eo
gallantly distinguished themselves in attempting to save
the crew of the Hero, when driven on shore on
the exposed beach near Languard Fort. As soon
as the details of their praiseworthy and perse-
vering exertions reached him, he had encouraged a
hope that the time would come when he might have an
opportunity of seeing those who had set so striking an
example of what British sailors could and would do when
the preservation of human life was at stake, nobly and
fearlessly fir such a purpose risking their own. But he
little thought that such an opportunity as the present
would have offered itself— when, on the deck of a British
man of-war, he could in person express his feelings on
the subject. He would not stop to speak of his own
individual approbation ; for, stranger as he was to them,
that might be of little worth ; but he felt persuaded that
in addressing them, and reminding them of their own
devotion and persevering endeavours on that awful night,
he was expressing the approbation of every individual
present, most of whom, from being resident in the
neighbourhood, must have taken as deep an
interest es he did, and were better informed pro-
bably than himself of all the circumstances of the case.
Still more gratifying was it for him to address
them, not only in the presence of those to whom he had
alluded, but in the preeenee of a crew serving, like them-
selves, their Queen and country in their own callieg and
profession. And here he would remind them of the advan-
tage of discipline—that characteristic feature of the army
and navy of England, by a strict adherence to which those
services had distinguished themselves above all others,
and csnquered armies and navies, led by commanders who
boasted that they were invincible. In union, it was said,
there was strength; but strength without discipline would
still be inefficient and defective. By discipline the strength
of the navy was collected into one focus or point, as it were;
and when under the control of a judicious commander,
bearing down all opposition, it becameinvincible • and,with
reference to this essential ingredient in cur land and sea
service (be here addressed himself to Captain Saxby)
he could have itO doubt but that the gallant conduct of
the crew was rendered still more efficacious by the
discipline and good order which he, as commander, had
established on board the Scout. He next referred
to those times when, during the war, the united ser-
vice of England could vie with each other ; and who
could forget the numberless occasions, when, in
contending with their country's foes, they had added
so much to her glory and renown ! But proud as
Englishmen had a right to be, and grateful as they
ought to be, for those deeds of valour, they could not
and ought not to dismiss from their minds that a day
of victory must inevitably be the day of death to
many, and that with their joy and gladness there
was an accompaniment of sorrow for those who
had perished in the fight. Many were the instances
he could mention of the sympathy which manifested
itself in various parts of the kingdom, when news arrived
of battles fought and victories won, towards the brave
men who had fallen. One above all he could mention,
which occurred in the city of Edinburgh, illustrating
his remark, so creditable as it was to all concerned.
No sooner did the intelligence arrive of the vic-
tory of Trafalgar than a burst of joy and ex-
ultation resounded far and wide but when it
was known that Captain Duff, of the Mars, had
perished in the action, and that his widow resided in
the city, the people of their own accord posted a guard
at each end of the street in which she lived, and when
the rest of the town was one blaze of illumination, and
thronged with joyous multitudes, none were allowed to
intrude upon the solitude of that street—there and there
alone were darkness and silence—a due respect shown to
a widow's feelings in the moment of public exultation—a
due reverence puid to her hour of mourning and bereave-
ment. He next begged to call their attention to another
point. Bravery and energy, it was known to all, Were the
characteristic features of our sailors and soldiers e but
there was one other principle still more important, and
without which a character, however high and dis-
tinguished for its noble qualities, was destitute of
much of its worth and value. Pointing to the Blazer's
ensign, he called their attention to the red cross
which was its conspi-uotts feature ; and remind-
ing them of what it was the sign and symbol, urged them
above all things to bear in mind that while they served
an earthly Sovereign, they also served another whose eye
was ever upon them, and his spirit ever around them. He
pointed out to them in the strongest terms the importance
and necessity on all occasions, wherever they might be, of
linking together their religious and professional duties in
one bond of inseparable union—never to forget that their
duties to their Queen and country ought always to go
hand in hand with their duties to their God ; and to
their loyalty, as Englishmen, invariably to add the
faith and works required of them as Christians ; and
he trusted that this latter feeling bad its full share
on the occasion respecting which he then ad-
dressed them ; that while risking their own byes in
endeavouring to rescue those of others they felt that they
were, in thus doing to others as they would be done by,
performing at the same time a work pleasing and ac-
ceptable to Him who watched over them in that hour of
peril, which might, for aught they knew, have been their
hour of death. He concluded by reminding them of the
satisfaction such deeds as this, for which he was now
about to request their acceptance of a memorial, must
give them whenever they looked back to it ; bow far
superior the satisfaction than any derived from sources
of vice, and what too many thoughtless people called
pleasure ; and he bad only to hope that from the books
he was now about to present to them, they would de-
rive benefits, not only for the furtherance of their wel-
fare and respectability in this world, but for their eternal
happiness in the world to come, when their earthly
course should have reached its close.
His Lordship then proceeded to present Prayer-
Books and Testaments, commencing with Captain Sax-
by ; and in addressing himself more particularly to three
men who had distinguished themselves, one of whom
was an artilleryman in Languard Fort, be ex-
pressed the peculiar satisfaction he felt in reminding his
hearers that the soldier had rivalled the sailor in this
scene of danger and exertion ; and added that such
he hoped, as it had ever been, ever would be the case
with the two united services, identified in one and the
same genereus and noble spirit, contending in laudable
rivalry who should be first and foremost on every occa-
sion, whether in the day of battle or in other scenes like
this to which he had alluded, when their courage and
energies might be rendered available for the benefit of
their fellow-countrymen.
Capt. Washington then, turning to Mr. Saxby, said—
After the eloquent and impressive address you have
just heard from his Lordship, it would be quite out of
place that I should add another word. I will only say,
then, that in the name of Archdeacon Berners,
Sir Philip Broke, Mr. Attwood, M.P. for the borough,
the Mayor of Harwich, a few sailors and other friends,
I beg to offer you one of Dollond's best telescopes,
and to your chief mate a Dollond's silver pocket
compass, in testimony of respect and admiration for your-
self and the crew of the Scout, for your humane exertions
in endeavouring to save the lives of the crew of the
Hero schooner, wrecked on Languard beach, in an
easterly gale and heavy snow storm, on the night of the
Bth of December, 1844 ; and may you both live many
years to make use of them in the profession to which
you do so much credit. And now, my men, not
only of the Scout, but my shipmates of the Blazer,
who have faithfully and creditably served your Queen
and your country upwards of four years with me in the
North Seat', I trust what you:have heard and seen this
day will not be forgotten by you, but that it will be an
encouragement to press forward in the cause of humanity
whenever an opportunity arises, assured that sooner or
later your exertions will always bring their own reward.
By permission of Capt. Stanley, captain of the ship,
all hands then joined in three hearty cheers for the
crew of the Scout and the Lord Bishop of Norwich ;
the band of the 7th Hussars struck up "Rule Britannia ;"
and thus terminated a ceremony that we think will not
be readily forgotten by any one who witnessed it.

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, AUG. 4.—The weekly meeting of the Repeal
Association was held this day, in Conciliation Hall.
Mr. John O'Connell, M.P., accompanied by Christopher
Askew, Esq.. and Captain Broderick, entered the Hall
at one o'clock, and were received with the loudest and
most enthusiastic bursts of acclamation.
The chair was taken by Dr. STEPHEN MURPHY,
who said he felt deeply grateful fur the -honour con-
ferred on him by calling upon him to preside over so
respectable a meeting. When he reflected on the
many changes that had taken place since its forma-
tion, he felt he had reason to congratulate the men
of Ireland and himself, on the position they had now
assumed. He was not one of those who forgot to
give credit where he thought. credit was due; and when
he recollected the number of persons the Liberator had
with him at the formation of -the Association, and when
he compared its position at that time to that which he
had now brought it, he could not refrain from according
to him the credit which he so eminently deserved.
The Chairman then handed in several subscriptions
from the county of Wexrord, which here entrusted to
him for presentation.
The following letter from Mr. O'Connell was read, and
ordered to be inserted in the minutes :
" Derrynane Abbey, Aug. 1, 1845.
"My d ar Ray, —I enclose you 41. ; the subscription
for the month of August of Daniel O'Connell, M.P., 11.;
Maurice O'Connell, M.P., 11.; John O'Connell, M.P., 11;
Daniel O'Connell, jun., IL
" The demonstrations at Wexford and at Galway were
magnificent and of great national importance. The peo-
ple behaved nobly. Both meetings were characterised
by the most peaceable demeanour and conduct—nA the
least approach to violence or intimidation—all order, re-
gularity, and good humour ; but accompanied by the
most fixed determination never to cease from seeking,
by legal and peaceable means, the repeal, until the na-
tionality of Ireland is restored, and the Legislature once
again seated in College-green.
"No one can possibly doubt the ardent zeal and the
enthusiasm of the great and almost universal people of
Ireland fur the restoration of the Irish Parliament. It
is well that the Queen's Ministers should be unable to
conceal from themselves the deep sense of insulting
injustice and the thorough conviction of ruinous conse-
quences which the union has impressed on the Irish
mind. But the statesmen of England must be made to
feel practically the effects of such impression. It was
the evidence of national determination afforded by the
great Clare election, which showed the then Ministry
that it was absolutely necessary for the salvation of the
State to emancipate the Catholics. Similar evidence on
a much larger and more magnificent scale would de-
monstrate irresistibly to the present Government the
still greater necessity of repealing the union statute,
and restoring to Ireland her native Parliament. That
evidence would be produced by the return to the first
session of the next Parliament of sixty members of the
Repeal Association.
" Our first duty, then, is to return sixty members of
the Repeal Association.
" It can be done if the Repeal Wardens exert them-
selves with any energy suitable to the magnitude and
vital importance of the occasion.
" It is, in truth, from the practical and working energy
and perseverance of the Repeal Wardens that I expect
and distinctly anticipate the Repeal.
" Sixty members from Conciliation Hall would con-
vince the most sluggish and dull of the people of Eng-
land that the time was come for discussing the terms of
the Repeal. It being quite clear that the Union ought
not, and morally speaking, could not last longer.
" It is the first duty, I repeat, of the Association to
make all necessary arrangements for the return of sixty
members, In the first place, the registry must be mmt
strictly and perseveringly attended to. In the second
place, let proper candidates be selected as speedily as
possible.
"-Take, for instance, Wexford. Let the Committee
of the Association appoint a Sub-Committee fur that
county, including its two boroughs. Let that Sub Com-
mittee act in the parishes, and, if possible, procure for
each parish two Repeal ardens, of the nomination, or
at least subject to the approbation of the parochial
clergy. At all events, with the assistance of that
clergy, let the names be procured of all persons in each
parish qualified to be registered, let notices for registry
be served for all of such persons as are in the interest of
Ireland, and of the Repeal, and let every exertion be
made to bring up the parties to the sessions, so as to
place them on the roll of voters.
" This plan is highly likely to succeed completely in
Wexford, The next duty of the Sub-Committee will be
to procure suitable candidates ; recollect, to be suitable
to this great occasion, they must be members of the Re-
peal Association. Not one of the four Members for
Wexford is such member—only one of them, Mr. James
Power, is an avowed Repealer, but is not a member of
Conciliation Hall. I trust that he will have become a
member of the Association before this letter reaches
you. If he shall not think fit to do so, it seems to me
that his conduct will be, in its nature, if perseveied in, a
very gross insult to us members of the Repeal Associa-
tion. It would be-suggesting, that although he is a co-
Repealer with us, yet that we are net, in good soatif,
sufficiently respectable to be associated with by him -in
seeking the repeal—a line of conduct which I fervently
hope Mr. Power will not pursue. At all events, the Sub •
jommittee will have to assist the real Repealers of Wex-
ford in suggesting three, if not four, candidates for the
ensuing election. •
" Every other county, town, and borough, must be
gone through in the same way, for registry and elec-
tion. The form in which I mean to prepare the drafts
of the several Bills committed to my charge by the As-
sociation, is for presentation to the Imperial Parliament.
The first, of course, must be laid before that Parliament,
I mean the Act the better to enable her gracious Ma-
jesty to exercise her undoubted prerogative to summon
her Parliament of Ireland.'
" Should the proposed meeting of Orangemen for the
12th of this month be seriously intended to take place, the
Association must take the meat active means, by counsel
and influence, to prevent the Catholics, but especially to
caution all Repealers, from interfering in any way, and
from in any respect impeding the Orangemen in their
procession. Between the Repealers and the Orangemen
there is no real cause of quarrel, or even of difference.
In Wexford, the green arches across the road were in
very many instances decorated with Orange lilies. It is
hus we can best attain the Repeal.
" Believe me to be, faithfully yours,
" DANIEL O'CONNELL.

" T. M. Ray, Esq."
Mr. Jonii O'CONNELL, M.P., moved the suspension of
the standing orders, for the purpose of enabling him
to move that the Committee of the Association be em-
powered to draw up and forward an address to the Ro-
man Catholics of the North, calling upon them not to
interfere directly or indirectly with the Orange demon-
stration, which is purposed to be held on the 12th inst.,
but to exhibit the same spirit of forbearance which
they displayed on the anniversaries of July. :The
Hon. Gentleman then said, in reference to the misun-
derstanding with the London repealers, that he would
postpone till the next day of meeting his motion for
striking off the roll of the Association the names of the
offending parties, and he trusted that in the meantime
they would see the folly of the course they were pursu-
ing, and, perhaps, render the disagreeable alternative

unnecessary.
After several subscriptions were handed in,
Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL again rose and addressed the
meeting at considerable length. With regard to the
possibility of England being engaged in a foreign war,
he said that if any such event should occur, England
might calculate on the hearty co-operation of the Irish
people, provided she rendered them but simple justice.
But if, on the other hand, she persevered in her injus-
tice towards Ireland, she would be obliged in time of
peace to succumb to foreign power ; and if engaged in
war, the people of this country would remain inactive,
but not inattentive observers of the result.
After a slight altercation between Mr. John O'Con-
nell and a Mr. Scott, relative to the question of American
slavery—the former denouncing the existence of the
system, and the latter contending that no reference
should be made to it in the Hall.
The rent of the week was announced to be 2671.
17s. 11d.
THE ORANGE DEMONSTRATION ON THE 12TH.--DIS°

MISSAL OF MR. WATSON.
The Evening Mail of this evening announces the dis
missal of Mr. Watson, the I)eputy-•Lieutenant who
headed the Northern Orangemen on the 12th ult. You
will find the terms of the announcement in the following
article:—
" The preparations for the meeting of the Orangemen
at Enniskillen are progressing, and there is no doubt
that an immense number' of the body, in conjunction
with a multitude of Protestants not yet members of that
loyal institution, will assemble on the day appointed—
Tuesday, the 12th of August.
" We address ourselves this evening in an especial
manner to District and Lodge Masters, and to those who
will have the arrangement of the proceedings, and the
guidance and direction of the brethren on this, one of
the most important occasious which has occurred within
the last century—perhaps, on the eve of a crisis big with
future events.
" Without abating a particle of the zeal with which
they are filled—without modifying a single item in the
catalogue of the adverse feelings which wrong, and in-
sult, and persecution have begot against Sir Robert
Peel and his associates, by whom they have been wronged
and betrayed—without diminishing by a single head the
tens and twenties of thousands who have announced their
intentions of being present—on the contrary, with a
view of increasing their strength, and making their re-
solutions and petitions the more effective—we would
most strenuously and energetically impress upon them the
absolute necessity of prudence, caution, and forbearance.
Never having deceived or misled our friends, we
claim, upon an occasion like the present, that attention
to our solemn and duly-considered advice, to which we
think the Evening Mail is entitled at their bands.
"Their enemies are studiously on the watch to catch at
the slightest error—even one in judgment—that can
supply the pretext for putting the Orangemen in the
wrong ; and there is no one act that would arm Sir
Robert with so destructive an addition of power—to be
evinced against us, and the party we represent—as his
being able to establish such a fact.
" Therefore we say, dear friends, be not goaded by
whatever may happen ; be not maddened by any event
that may occur, to commit any act, not strictly within
the law and fully recognised by the Constitution.
" You should not attend the meeting with arms.
" You should not perambulate the town, or walk osten-
tatiously in procession.
" You should not give offence to those who differ from
you in religion or politics.
" You should assemble in some large pal k or field,
where your speeches can be heard, and from whence it
shall be our care your remonstrance shall spread through-
out the land.
"By avoiding the one and übmitting to the other,
you will place yourselves in the right, and defeat the
machinations of your bitter and relentless enemies.
" And what, think you, these enemies have done ?

" What means have they taken to pour oil upon' the
tr :u bled waters ?
"In what manner have they shown► their desire to
quench the flame which has so long lain smouldering ?
" They have, on the very eve, we may say, of your
meeting—when your passions are excited—while your
hearts are beating, and your blood inflamed !
" They have selected this moment for dismissing igno-
miniously from the commission of the peace, and insult-
ingly removing him from his office of Deputy-Lieutenant
of his county—because he was loved, respected, and re-
garded by you—
" James Watson—a member of; and holding high
office in, your institution—
". But bear with this. Be not exasperated. Fall not,
we beseech you, into the pit dug for you by your enemies.
" The precise terms in which this insult is conveyed
through Mr. Watson to you, we have no means of ascer-
taining, there not being yet time for a copy of the letter,
which was only dispatched on Saturday night, to reach
Dublin ; but it is rumoured that it is couched in the
most bitter and offensive epithets that language is capa-
ble of supplying.
" But hear with it, we implore you.
" We have further reason to believe that this precious
document was concocted in Downing-street, and that it
is not of Irish manufacture.
" Think of this, friends, and give not to Sir Robert
Peel and your enimies such a triumph as any direct vio-
lation of the law would necessarily tend to.
" The object of your meeting, as we understand it, is
to address and petition the Queen and the Legislature.
It is a constitutional object—you have the constitutional
right to do so. Exercise that right, like wise and pru-
dent, brave and loyal men, and there is no power on
earth that has a right to question your proceedings.
But, be earnest and intent on this great object. Do it as
your ancestors would have done---thoughtfully, gravely,
determinedly—and there is no power in the constitution
that can treat your prayer with indifference. Do it in
he spirit of the men who concocted the Bill of Rights,
and you will command the support of your friends, and
the respect of your enemies. Show your strength—but
observe the law."

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME CIRCUIT.—Croydon, August 6.
The criminal business was concluded on Tuesday
morning, and since that time both Courts have been
engaged in disposing of common jury causes, all of which
have been of the most uninteresting description. In
consequence of the pressure of the business, and the
length of time that many of the causes have occupied. it
is arranged that no special jury cause will be taken be-
fore Friday.

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, Aug. 5.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. JusticePATTEsox.)
John 11I'Grath was indicted for the violation of Ann
luinlen, a girl of fourteen years of age, at Bristol, on
he 14th May. Guilty—Sentence to transportation for

Alfred Baker, 16, was indicted for stealing a quantity
of shoemakers' tools, at Cheltenham, on the 14th July,
the property of Thomas Cole.
lie was found Guilty. A previous conviction, at the
last March sessions, was proved against him, and he was
sentenced to ten years' transportation.
On leaving the dock, he impudently exclaimed,
" Thank, you, my Lord ; I am obliged to you for that.
An innocent chap, too ; but never mind, it can't be
helped."
Joseph Shipp, 30, was indicted for stealing eight
sheep, at Horton, on the 6th May, the property of Mary
Sidney.
The prisoner, a butcher, living at Bristol, was seen late
at night in a lane near the field from which the sheep
were stolen. It was proved that he slaughtered eight
sheep at Sodbury, the skins of which he sold to a fell-
monger at Bristol, for 6s. 6d. each—three of those so
sold were identified by the bailiff and shepherd of Mrs.
Sidney, from a saddle mark on them.
Mr. GREAVES contended that the identity of the skins
was by no means proved ; and that the evidence did not
fix the prisoner with the robbery. Verdict—Not Guilty.
Frederick Selby, 20, a genteel-looking young man, was
indicted for stealing a horse at Cheltenham, on the 13th
of June, the property of Thomas Williams.
He hired a horse and gig from Mr. Williams to go to
Tewkesbury and back, on the Friday afternoon, saying
he should return at ten o'clock. He did not, and
nothing being heard of him, Mr. Williams went
to Tewkesbury and Upton on Sunday, but could gain no
tidings of the prisoner or his horse and gig. On his
return in the evening he found a letter waiting for him,
bearing the Worcester post mark, signed " John Rowe,"
stating that business had called him on to Worcester ;
but the horse would be well kept, and he should return
on Monday. It appeared that on Friday night he ar-
rived at the Crown Hotel, Worcester, stopped there until
Monday at two o'clock, when, having had the horse
saddled, he rode out at that hour, ordering dinner at
four. He, however, did not return ; but rode on to Bir-
mingham, where he put up at the King's Head Inn, and
on the following morning hired a horse and gig from
Mr. Fisher, of that town, with which he went to Sutton-
park races. On his return he said he had lost all his
money on the first race, but had written home for a re-
mittance, and he supposed it made no difference. Mr.
Fisher told him it did not, and he then left the yard,
but returned, saying he had a horse at the King's Head,
which was of no use to him, and he would sell it. He
asked 121, and Mr. Fisher agreed, after examining the
animal, to give him eight pounds, and it was removed to
his stables adjoining. He said he had the horse of Mr.
Wright, of Bristol, and gave a card as follows :—" C.
and J. Wright, cheese-factors, Welsh Back, Bristol."
On the reverse was written, in ink, " Mr. Rowe, Mr. Ford's,
Greyhound, Gloucester." Mr. Fisher said, if he knew any
respectable referee, ho would pay the money at once.
The prisoner referred to a Mr. Barnett, to whom Mr.
Fisher proposed to go. He, however, said he would go
into the hotel, and dine first, which he did, and while
at dinner he was apprehended by Inspector Glossop,
Who told him it was for stealing a horse and gig. The
prisoner said, "Itis a mistake." He was asked his
name, and said, "Selby." Mr. Williams identified his
horse. He found the gig at the Crown, with a demand
of 16s. 6d., incurred by the prisoner there.
Mr. Rowe deposed that he never sold the prisoner a
horse, or wrote any letter respecting one.
A long argument ensued between the counsel as to
the evidence of the intention of the pri.ioner when he
hired it, Mr. HUDDLESTONE contending on several autho-
rities and cases cited, that it was not a felony; that there
was no conversion, the contract was not completed, or
the sale perfected, as it was clear Mr. Fisher would not
buy the horse till he was satisfied.
Mr. Justice PATTESON said this case differed, how-
ever, from those quoted, inasmuch as the possession was
changed. He differed from the view taken, but he
would reserve the point for the fifteen Judges. The
Judge decided that the letter signed " John Rowe"
could not be received in evidence, there being no proof
that the prisoner wrote it.
Mr. HUDDLESTONE denied that the prisoner:had any
felonious intention at the time of hiring.
Verdict—Not Guilty.
The foreman said—Selby, you have done very wrong;
mind you never come here again.
The JUDGE—Gentlemen, I agree with you. I don't
think he had the intention at first ; I hope it will be a
warning to all young men.

MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Coventry, Aug. 5.

_
Edward Forster, aged 46, -
wag charged with cutting
and maiming Edward Reynolds, at Anstey, on June 4.
Mr. HILL, Q.C., who opened the case, said that Rey-
nolds was a farmer living at Anstey. On the evening in
question he went to the Crown public-house at Anstey,
and sat drinking there till he was intoxicated. The pri-
soner came in, when the prosecutor accused him of shoot-
ing rooks on his mother's farm. The prosecutor laid
hold of prisoner with both hands, shaking him, and
knocking bim against the wall. He then loosed pri-
soner, and told him to leave the house. Prisoner would
not do so, and prosecutor then laid hold of prisoner and
shook him again. Prisoner drew a clasp-knife from his
pocket, opened it, and threatened, if prosecutor did not
let him go, t?) make a hole in him. Prosecutor would
not, upon which the prisoner drew the knife across his
wrist, making a wound about four inches in length and
two in depth. From the evidence of the surgeon, he
would probably never have the use of his hand as he had
had. . .

This statement of the quarrel was corroborated by
several witnesses, and that great provocation had been
given by thd prosecutor there was no doubt.
The jury, under the Judge's direction, acquitted him
of the capital charge, finding for the common assault
only.—Sentence deferred.
aged 30. was placed at the bar, charged
August 6.
(Before Mr. Justice MAULE.)
ns, under the following cir-
cumstances:
The prisoner, who is a saddler living at Paulton in
the vicinity of Coventry, had gone to the office of a
wißthicseteFaliinndrthree sovereigns,
Mr. Orton, in that city, to pay a bill of 21. 155., and ss.
for a letter. When he got there he found Mrs. Wind-
less, the wife of the clerk of Mr. Orton, and complained
to
3s.
to, and wrote a receipt,
when the prisoner walked away with the money and re-
ceipt both, saying, " Her master might come and fetch
h6edr. of
Tthneis chaahrege consented o f ss., saying he would only pay
it." The prisoner is a person in very good
i, and sentenced to four months'
circum-
stances, and the matter was altogether inexplicable, un-
edaenmsod.
of defeating what he consi-
ldeesiraeihodewt
etahsboefuoganuhntd g
unjust
a mlty an u
imprisonment and hard labour.
In the course of yesterday and to-day three road in-
dictments (tried as one) were disposed of. The object
of the prosecution was to fix the parishes of Anstey,
Over.Whitacre, and the township of Bentley, with the
repairing of a road, called a public carriage road, run-
ning for three miles and a half through
~those parishes
and townships. The case: possessed no features of in-
terest, except to the parties immediately concerned.
Tpahreietuereyfrfoemundanfyorlitahbeilidve.
The counsel fcr the prosecution ere Mr. Hill, Q.C.fendants, thus absolving the
Mr: Gale, and Mr. Mellor; and for the parishes, Mr.'
Humfrey, Q C., Mr. Hayes, and Mr. Macaulay.

WESTERN ClRCUlT•—Bridgewater, Aug. 5,

CROWN COURT.— (Before Mr.wJu.tiet;
George Strong, Edward Bryant, and Williani Bitch,
cock, were indicted for burglariously breaking into the
dwelling-house of the Rev. Charles Deedes, at West
Camel.
From the statement of the Counsel to the jury, and
from the evidence, it appeared that Mr. Deedes had gone
to bed soon after twelve o'clock on the night of the 10th
of April, after having fastened upthe house. About one
on the morning of the 11th he was alarmed by-hearing,
a noise in his ,turfy, which was immediately ui,der
bed-room. He listened for some little time, and stl4l
hearing the noise went out into the passage, when he
saw a stream of light proceeding from the study door,
which was partly open, he then immediately went down

stairs, and went into the room, on getting into which ho.
saw a candle lighted on the mantlepiece, and two men,
one standing at the table examining something, and the
other busily engaged in rifling a desk of its contents.
lle then called out to them, saying, " Holloa, you fellows,
what are you about here ?" upon which they both re-
treated, one went out of the window, which was open, and
the other retreated slowly, putting himself in a fighting
position. Mr. Deedes upon this immediately closed wish
the man, and a struggle Prism d, during which the man
(who Mr. Deedes stated he believed to be Strong) struck
Mr. Deedes repeatedly on the arm with some sharp in-
strument; Mr. Deedes, however, succeeded in pinning him
against the shutter, w hen the other man returned and
struck him a blow across the bridge of his nose with a
small iron crowbar, which made him loose his hold, and
the two men then made their escape through the window.
Mr. Deedes then proceeded to examine the premises, and
found that the entry into the house had been effected by the
window shutter having been cut through near the hinge,
and then forced open. Nothing was taken away, but one
desk was broken open, and the articles contained in it
strewed about the room.
A witness was called of the name of Elizabeth Clarke,
who had been originally committed to take her trial as a
participator in the burglary, but as it did not appear
that she was actually engaged in it, she was admitted to
give evidence on the part of the Crown. She stated that
she had become acquainted with the prisoners at Brid
port Fair on the 7th of April, and by the invitation of
Strong had joined their party, and had gone to Crew-
kerne with them. They travelled altogether in a spring
cart. On the 9th they went from Cress kerne to Yeovil,
and remained there until two o'clock on Thursday, the
10th. They then left Yeovil and went to the Colston
Arms, about ten miles from Yeovil, passing through
West Camel on their way. Upon passing Mr. Deed' s's
house there, Strong said, " What a pretty kirk that is,"
and on the witness asking bins what he meant, he sail,
" What odds is that to you ?" They all stayed at the
Colston Arms until eleven o'clock, and then drove away
in the direction of Mr. Deedes's house, until they got
within a qutonter of a mile of it, when they stopped their
cart, and strong said he had left his carpet- bag behind,
at the Colston Arms. Hitchcook said, " Have you ?
then let's go back after it ;" and they went of together
in the direction of Mr. Di eies's house. Briant foLowed
in a few minutes, and after they were gone Elizabeth
Clarke observed the carpet-bag in the cart. The three
men were away about a quarter of an hour, and then all
returned together, running, and they all got into the
cart, and drove away as fast as they could to Ilchester.
On the way there, Clarke observed a mark on Strong's
lip, as if from a blow, and heard him say to Hitchcock,
"He made three straight blows at me, but I never
caught but one, on my lip ;" to which Hitchcock, re-
plied. " You would have caught it worse if it had not
been for me. I hit the kirkman across the nose with
the jemmy"
Witnesses were called who confirmed this witness, and
to their all being at the Colston Arms at the time she
had stated ; and on being taken to the spot where she
had stated the cart to have stopped, she pointed out the
direction in which Mr. Deedes's house was, and on their
being taken up at Chard some time afterwards by Holt,
a constable of Yeovil, several bunches of skeleton keys
were found upon Bryant, and a " jemmy" which ex-
actly corresponded with the marks in the shutter where
it had been forced. There was also found a round box
of lucifer matches of a peculiar make, and one quite
similar was found in the room that had been broken into,
Counsel having addressed the jury for Strong,
The Learned JUDGE summed up the evidence with
great care, and
The jury immediately found all three prisoners Guilty.
Mr. Justice ERLE then sentenced them all to be trans-
ported for life.
There were no less than four other indictments against

the prisoners for burglary, which were not tried, and,
singular to say, they were all for breaking into the
houses of clergymen.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
CLERKEIV WELL.
John Marchant was placed at the bar, charged by
Thos. Cater, an Excise officer, of 3, Essex-place, Old-
street, St. Luke's, with having hawked about cigars for
sale without a license.
Cater deposed that being given to understand that a
fair was to commence on Monday last, and to be con-
tinued for five days, in a field near Chalk or Caledonian-
road, White Conduit fields, Islington, he proceeded
thither in company of Doekwell, another officer, to keep
watch, when he saw the prisoner hawking about cigars
for sale.
Mr. BINGHAM—I suppose it is a sort of fair or fête ?
Cater—lt was described as being conducted in a very
orderly and respectable way, and the police were con-
stantly in attendance.
The Clerk—l suppose it is free for any body to enter
without payment ? Cater—Oh, yes, Sir.
Mr. BINGHAM inspected the cigars, and asked Cater if
he was sure that the cigars were real tobacco ? Cater—
Oh, I am sure of that, your worship.
Prisoner—They are not real tobacco. If you examine
them you will find .they consist only of a leaf. They
are not tobacco ; we don't sell them as tobacco.
Mr. BINGHAM—Then you mean to say you have not
rendered yourself liable to the Excise laws, but to a
charge of fraud upon the public.
The prisoner made no answer to this.
Dock well corroborated the evidence of Cater, and the
cigars having been id( ntified as being tobacco,
Mr. BINGHAM said he was bound to convict him ; the
law said he should pay 251. fine or three months' im-
prisonment in the House of Correction with hard labour;
but he might apply to the Commissioners of Excise for a
mitigation of the penalty.
The prisoner, who said he had a wife and family, was
eventually conveyed to the House of Correction.
Ann Hunter, the young woman who was charged on
suspicion of the murder of a female infant child, was
finally examined, but there not being any further or
sufficient evidence against her, she was discharged.
QUEEN-SQUARE.
On Friday Anne Smith, a prostitute of the lowest
grade, was charged at this Court with inhuman neglect
of her infant, in consequence of which Dr. Wright, one
of the medical officers of St. Margaret, considered it
doubtful whether the child would survive. It was
shown by the evidence that the prisoner went to reside
at a brothel in the Almonry about two months ago, at
which time the infant, who was only a month old, was
in a fine healthy state, but owing to the gross and in-
human neglect of the mother, her frame became in so
emaciated and deplorable a condition that a girl of the
same abandoned course of life as the prisoner was so
horror-stricken at its appearance as to give information
to the authorities, who caused the wretched mother to
be apprehended. She had been in the habit of leaving
the poor child in her room alone all day long, and the
only attention it appeared to have received was from a
fellow lodger, who on hearing its pitiable cries occa-
sionally fed and washed it. On the day that the
prisoner was apprehended, she had left the child at nine
in the morning, and was found at six in the evening
playing a game at cards with some soldiers, at a low
public-house in the neighbourhood ; and a witness,
speaking of the condition of the neglected infant, said
it was on that day so weak that it could hardly cry.
The prisoner was remanded until Friday, and the child
was taken to the workhouse, in order that every atten-
tion might be paid to it.
Mr. Elliott, the master of the workhouse, waited upon
Mr. Burrell, and informed him that the child was dead.
Mr. BURRELL said that information must, of course,
be given to the Coroner, who would hold an inquest on
he body.

Ws 365. Tie gave the prisoner into the custody of the
police, but he made his escape, and was not recaptured
fora week. Witness took the trots to the forest for the
purpose of comparing them with the stumps, but the
latter were purposely disfigure d, so that he was unable
so to do. Ile was positi►e to having secn them the day
previous in the forest. lie di.l not know who cut them
down, bat he charged the prisoner with stealing the
wood.

The polic.?-constable who took the prisoner into cus-
tody• said, that whilst conveying him from the station-
house to the residence of a magistrate, he made his
escape, and in the intricacies of the fureit defied any one
to take hiur.

The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said that he
had had the wood by him for some time, and that he
had it given him fur assisting the men in the forest to
fell the timber.

In answer to a question from the Bench, the first
witness said the wood was sold to skittle makers, it being
a hard kind of wood, and that on the Sunday the skittle-
makers from London generally visited the forest, and
bargained with the persons living ou the borders for a
supply of the wood.
The CHAIRMAN said, the Magistrates were well aware
that these depredations had been goiiig on for some time,
and they were determined to put a stop to them. They
should fine the defendant 5/. fur the unlawful possession
of the wood, 365. its value, and 10s. costs, making alto.
gether 71. Gs., or four months' imprisonment with hard
I.bour. For a second o&nce, the Chairman said he
should send the prisoner to gaol for 12 months.
Nut being able to pa), he prisoner was sent to Ilford
gaol.

COMMITTAL of a POST-MISTRESS

'OR EM3EZZLEMENT AT BIRMIL";;;IIAM.

On Tuesday last Miss Louisa Maria Mewis, a female most
respectably connected, and who has had the superintendence of
the receiving, office at Edgbaston, was brought before the ma-
gistrates at the Birmingham Police-office, charged with having
embezzled several small sums of money beloug.ng to the Post-
office authorities.

Mr Peacock, solicitor, of Londtn, and Mr. Spurrier at-
tended for the prosecution ; Mr. Harding for the prisoner.
The case excited a great deal of interest, and the office was
crosded by a number of respectable persons.
The prisoner, who had been in custody the previous day and
night, was brought into the room in custody of Richard Bing-
ley, the officer, and allowed to sit in front of the bench. She
was most tasefully dressed, and seemed to treat the charge
with compararative indifference.
Mr. Edward Bird, chief clerk cf theliirmingham Pest-
office, deposed that in consequence of instructions which he
received he directed a letter to be written and sent through the
Edgbaston post-bag to Mr. Groves, Frederick-street, Edg-
baston. There was a twopenny stamp put o.i the envelope,
but the contents of the letter was made heavy to render it a
surcharge of 4d. more. He, however, did not surcharge it, but
sent it with the 2d. stamp upon it. Benjamin Rowe, one of
the clerks, was prosent, and made up the bag, and he (Mr.
Bird) saw it leave the office for its destination. The same even-
ing he went to the house of Mr. Groves, which is only about a
mile from the Post-office, and obtained from him the same
letter after he had received it in due course from the postman
of Egdbaston. The witness then produced the letter and said
it was not in the same state as when he saw it put into the bag
at Birmingham It had now written upon it the words " Above
one ounce, 4d. extra." In the evening of the same day Miss
Mewis sent to the office in Birmingham what was termed an
office bill, containing an account of all moneys received that day
for letters and surcharges, and that bill he then produced,
but it did not contain any return of the surcharge made by
Miss Mewis for Mr. Grove's letter. It ought to have con-
tained that surcharge because it was the duty of the prisoner to
make all such returns. In the hurry of business letters some-
times went from the office at Birmingham to receiving-houses
not surcharged; but it was the duty of the receiver to attend to
the omission, and having received the money to make a proper
return of it to him daily.
The witness was here cross-examined by Mr. Harding,
when he said—ln the office-bill then produced, there was not a
column for a return of surcharges. He could not tell why there
was not such a printed line. The regulation emanated from
the General Post-office. He did not know that there existed
any impression amongst receivers that such surcharges were
considered fees or ;perquisites. If any such notion existed, it
was a very wrong one, for which there was no foundation, but,
in fact, no such impression did exist.
Mr. Spurner, with Mr. Peacock, then referred to the Act
of Will. IV., which provides, that if any Post-office-receiver
shall embezzle money belonging to the Crown, he or she shall
be subjected to transportation for any term not exceeding 14

years.
Mr. Rowe, the clerk referred to by Mr. Bird, stated that
he saw the letter then produced put into the letter bag, and
sent by the carrier to Edgbaston, and he was quite positive
that it was not then surcharged in the manner in which it at
present appeared.
Joseph Hampton, letter carrier at the Edgbaston post-office,
deposed that he received the letter then produced from the pri-
soner, to be delivered at Mr. Grove's house, and it was then
surcharged 4d. in the handwriting of Miss Mewis.
Mr. Mainwright, another clerk in the Birmingham post-
office, produced the day bill which had been received from the
prisoner, and in that bill there was no entry of 4d. surcharged
to Mr. Grove.
In answer to questions by Mr. Harding, Mr. Bird said that
letter and another had been sent intentionally, in order to de-
tect the prisoner, whom they suspected bad been carrying on
such practices for a length of time.
Two other similar charges were then preferred against the
prisoner, and she is fully committed to take her trial at the
assizes to-morrow.

MR. GREEN'S DESCENT IN THE
ALBION BALLOON.

The veteran aeronaut made a safe descent in a pea field, at
about a mile from Ponder's End, in the parish of Enfield, after
his nocturnal ascent with fireworks on Monday evening from
Vauxhall Gardens. Mr. Green appeared to be highly de-
lighted with his trip—one of the finest he ever made. The
view of the metropolis, he says, was truly splendid, London
appearing one mass of light, resembling only Vauxhall with
its myriads of lamps, and to all appearance confined within the
space of a square mile. He could distinguish the bridges from
the dotted lines of lamps, and in his transit over the metropolis
could distinctly bear the shouts of the assembled crowds. On
leaving the gardens, the balloon took a north-easterly direc-
tion, and he anticipated that he should descend in the neigh-
bourhood of Highgate or Fmchley, but in the early part of the
day, from the direction of the wind, lie considered that he
should land either in the counties of Essex or Hertford, and
at that period would have had no objection to have taken up
a " light weight," but subsequently he determined that no
consideration whatever should induce him to have a com-
panion in his aerial voyage, and consequently increased his
ballast from between two and three hundred weight to
nearer six hundred weight. No difficulty occurred with the
fireworks, either in the ignition or otherwise, but with respect
to the frame, which consisted of three conjunct wheels, he is
still of opinion that a single weel in front, one large hoop would
be preferable, as in the present instance he was obliged
to rid himself of the frame, as it impeded the free action of the
grapnel and guide line. The fireworks, however, were admir-
ably executed and arranged, and did great credit to the inge-
nuity of Mr. Darby, pyrotechnic artist to the gardens. The
balloon, Mr. Green states, never attained a higher altitude than
four thousand feet. The temperature of the atmcsphere was
mild, and the lowest degree of the thermometer was 54. With
reference to the gauge of the balloon, Mr. Green considers it
will contain about 24 thousand cubic feet of gas, not 26 thou-
sand, as previously stated. After pleasantly sailing for about
an hour in nubibus, Mr. Green determined on descending, but
he was anxious to ascertain, first, whether any difficulty oc-
curred in the shape of trees, or whether he was over a field.
His position, however, he soon discovered, for on hearing voices
below he called out, " Where am I?" This question greatly
surprised the gentlemen (Mr. Hogg and Mr. Smythe, of Ed-
monton) who could not conceive from whence the sound pro-
ceeded. Mr. Green repeated the question, and in a louder
tone. They replied, " Who are you?" The rejoinder was,
" I'm Mr. Green, and I have come in my balloon from Vaux-
hall-gardens." Mr. Hogg and Mr. Smythe laughed heartily,
and exclaimed, " Then come down, for you are all right."
Mr. Green, on hearing this, let go the grappling-iron, and
was soon safe on terra firma. The descent took place at about
twelve o'clock. With the aid of the aforesaid,gentlemen, as-
sisted by two constables, the balloon was soon packed up. Mr.
Green then expressed his anxiety to return to the gardens, but
not a post-horse was to be had for " love or money," the march
of railroads having knocked up most of the posting establish-
ments on that road, and it was not till a late hour that a con.
veyance could be obtained, which prevented the arrival of Mr.
Green at the gardens till six o'clock in the morning.

STATE OF TRADE.—The unfavourable state of the
weather had some effect upon our goods market yesterday,
which was quiet, but without change in prices. For yarn the
demand continues exceedingly gocd, and prices, especially of
some counts of water twist, which are relatively scarce, con-
tinue buoyant.--Roc HDA LE FLANNEL MARKET, Monday,
Aug. 4.—We have had a brisk demand for flannels at better
prices, and the supply of goods is not equal to the demand.
Low-priced wools are becoming very scarce, and the manufac-
turers are obliged to purchase at higher rates.—Manchester
Guardian.
TUE LATE COLLISION ON THE LONDON AND BlR-
mnicitAm RA ILWAY. —Last night, at eight o'clock, an in-
quest was opened in the board-room of the University Col-
lege Hospital, Gower-street, before Mr. Thomas Wakley,
M.P., on the body of Mr. Charles Dean, civil engineer,
of Gandy-street, Exeter, who died in that institution on
Tuesday, from injuries received in a collision which occurred
on the above line between the up mail train and luggage
trains on the morning of the 29th ult. Mr. Strother Ancum
Smith, a Fellow of Catherine-hall, Cambridge, identified the
deceased, whom he knew very well, and who, when the accident
happened, was on his return from Merioneth, North Wales,
whither he had been to survey amine of which he (Mr. Smith)
was a shareholder. Mr. Wakley said it was not his intention
to proceed further with the inquiry then, as the jury had only
been empannelled to view the body of the deceased, to give
the family an opportunity of taking it away for inter-
ment. The inquest would be adjourned till a future day,
when it would be resumed at an early hour, as it would
be highly important that the exact spot where the accident
occurred should be visited and inspected by the jury. The
inquest would no doubt last the whole of the day, as he intended
to enter fully into the details ; for in all matters of that kind
such a searching investigation ought to take place as the circum-
stances of the case demanded. Immediately on the adjourning
of the jury, the coffin containing the body of deceased was re-
moved to the Paddington terminus of the railway, whence it
was conveyed by the fast train to Exeter.
DEATH FROM STARVATION.—Yesterday MT.Wak-
ley, M.P., coroner, held an inquest at the Crown Inn, on the
Harrow-road, at Harlesden-green, on the body of Richard
Osborne, aged 76 years, who was found dead in a barn, on
the property of Mr. R. Tubbs, a county magistrate, a short
distance from the above inn. From the evidence gone into, it
appeared that the deceased, who was a haymaker, bad been
wandering about that neighbourhood for a lengthened period,
apparently in an ill state of health, and living how he could,
having apiflied for parochial relief. On the morhnainug-
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appears that deceased was at work on the royal mast-head of
the vessel, when, from some unexplained cause, he lost his foot-
ing, and fell on to the deck, from the fearful height of nearly
eighty feet. He was picked up quite insensible, bleeding pro-
fusely from the head, eyes, ears, and nose, and immediately
conveyed or, a stretcher to the London Hospital, but he had
ceased to breathe before he arrived there.—Shortly after the
above, another accident occurred to a labourer named David
Lang, aged 40 years, who was employed working a crane, hoist-
ing goods from a ship's hold on the Brandy Quay, when he let
go his hold of the handle or jigger, which revolving with fearful
velocity, struck him on the head, fracturing his skull to such
an extent that he died immediately upon his entering the
hoopittl,