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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 315 1844

setting fire to three stacks of wheat, four stacks of oats,
and one stack of meslin, the property of Ann Lockey.
Mr. Ingham and Mr. Otter appeared for the prosecu-
tion and Mr. Mathews for the defence.
Two other persons, named Oxley and Toulson, were in
custody on the same charge, but were allowed to go, be-
fore the grand jury to give evidence against the
other two.
Cuthbert Lockey deposed that the prosecutor is his
mother, who is the lessee of two farms, upon one of which
the stacks . which had been burned stood. She is up-
ward's of 70 years of age, and he manages the farms for
her. On the evening of the 29th January last, between
seven and eight o'clock, the stacks were discovered to
be on fire, and the whole were destroyed. The wind
was high, and all efforts to stay the progress of the
flames were fruitless.
Other witnesses were called, who spoke to the time of
the commencement of the fire and its destructive cha-
racter.

were also burnt to the ground. It is impossible not to ob-
serve a difference in your conduct to that of your compa-
nion, there is every reason to suppose from your greater
age that you were the leader in this transaction. In your
younger companion there was a compunction which led
to a full confession on his part, which was the cause of
your conviction. In times like the present, it is impos-
sible to pass the case of either of you without passing a
sentence of great severity. The sentence of the Court
is that you, Isaac Everett, be transported for 20 years,
and you, Layzell Randall, for the term of 15 years.
James Friend for sending a threatening letter to Mr.
William Cockrell, was sentenced to fifteen years trans-
portation.
Robert Grimwade for sending a threatening letter to
Sir Joshua Rowley, was sentenced to ten years' trans-
portation.
William Greengrass for a similar offence, was sen-
tenced to two years' imprisonment and hard labour.

board a steamer by which they were conveyed to
Waterloo-bridge. On entering the chambers they found
the tea-things set, and, some gin and water being on the
table, the defendant proposed partaking of it with a
cigar. They then entered into conversation upon varii,us
topics, and, upon his informing witness that he had
lately been at the Italian Opera-house, where he met his
brother, with whom he was not on terms, he expostulated
with him, as his means could not be sufficient to meet
the expenses attendant on such amusements. In the
course of conversation witness found he had known the
defendant's father and other members of his family, and
at ten o'clock he proposed that the defendant should
proceed home, witne-s offering to accompany him part
of the way, for which purpose he went up stairs to get
his cloak, and on his return the defendant said, " I shall
not leave the place, as I am determined to accuse you
before the servant of having taken improper liberties
with me ; for which you shall pay before I leave the
room," upon which witness became very indignant, say-
ing, " I have been disappointed in the account you have
given me of yourself, and unless you instantly quit the
place I shall give you in charge to a constable, as no man
can be safe in the company of such a wretch as you
are." He then went into the street, leaving the defend-
ant in the room, and, having called in a constable, he
was taken to the station- house.
In answer to Mr. Gwynne, the complainant said he
had no conversation with the defendant when he met
him wi.h his friend at the theatre, and when they net
in Gracechurch-street he claimed acquaintance merely
on the strength of having seen him with his friend ; but
he neither gave him his name or address before they
parted. When they met on Tuesday, it was merely
accidentally, as was the case when they again met at
the wharf. Witness took no portion of the gin and water,
but smoked a cigar. The defendant, in the course of con-
versation said he was not on terms with his brother, but,
being a ward in Chancery, he was allowed loot a year,
and ss. a week for incidental expenses. He also men-
tioned something about a bill of exchange, which led
witness to say it was a swindiing transaction, and he
would acquaint his friends about it. In the course of
the evening he did not exhibit any indecent prints. He
solemnly declared nothing of an indecent nature took
place between them, and he had since heard that it was
not the first time the defendant had accused persons of
a similar offence.
The defendant, by the advice of his solicitor, said he
would reserve his defence.
Mr. Gwynne said, that although the charge, which
was only a misdemeanour, was of a most extraordinary
nature, he hoped the Court, would have no objection to
accept of bail for his client's future appearance.
Mr. HALL said—l commit the defendant under the
7th and Bth of George IV., chap. 29, sec. 8, and it is
such a case that I cannot consent, to accept of any bail:
The defendant was then removed from the bar.
CLE liK EN WELL.
George Lawson, residing in Charles-street, Bagnigge
Wells-road, was charged with wounding. Frances Law-
son, his wife, whereby her life is seriously endangered.
It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner,
who is a man of drunken habits and savage disposition,
was presiding at some society having benevolence for its
professed object, in the Fox and French Horn beer-shop,
in Clerkenwell-green, on Sunday night last. Having
drank a good deal, he fell asleep in the tap-room, with
his head reclining on the table. His wife, who was like-
wise under the influence of liquor, came in and asked
him for money. He did not hear her, upon which she
seized him by the arm and shook him. He im-
mediately jumped up with a long pipe in his
hand ; . angry words ensued, and the prisoner
thrust the shank of the pipe into her right
eye. The thrust was made with such violence that the
shank penetrated into her head one inch and a half, and
was broken across in the eye, about the eighth of an inch
protruding. The woman fell, and bled so profusely,
that there was a pool of blood on the floor of the tap-
room. Police-constable 242 G was called in, but he was
so shocked at the woman's appearance, that he fainted,
and was carried out of the mins in a state of insensibi-
lity. The prisoner, taking advantage of the condition of
the officer, and without attempting to administer the
slightest assistance to his agonised wife, ran away and
was not arrested until Monday night, when Doyle, 197
G, arrested him in Maiden-lane, Islington. The prose-
cutor was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital,
bleeding all the way thither. The house surgeon con-
sidered her life in imminent danger, and she still lies
there dangerously ill.
The prisoner, who evinced the utmost indifference at
his wife's condition, was remanded for a week, but sub-
sequently admitted to hail.
William Egan, an elderly man, was charged with begging.
Police-constable Wood, 40 E, swore he saw the prisoner
begging at several houses in Burton-street and in Burton-
crescent, on the previous evening; heard him ask for victuals.
Mr. COMBE-1s he known ? Policeman—Yes; he is
known to the Mendicity ; they relieved him there last
January.

Robert Oxley, one of the approvers, was then trans-
ferred from the dock to the witness-box, to be examined,
but after some time spent in his examination his evidence
was giren in so unsatisfactory a manner, that the
Learned Judge ordered him to be taken back to prison.
Isaac Toulson, the other approver, was then called.
He stated that he and Oxley were walking together on
the evening of the fire, when Oxley said this is a fins
night for a blaze, and passing in the direction of the
stacks, about half a mile distant, said he wished they
were all on fire, it would light them home nicely, and
proposed to the prisoner to go and burn them. He
asked if they had any matches and paper. They said
no, and he gave them some. The prisoners went away
and he and Oxley took a turn, and came back again.
They looked and saw the blaze. The prisoners came back
and rejoined them, and said they had set the stacks on
fire, but they were a long time before they could get it to
go well. They afterwards went back to the fire, and the
witness and Oxley went away.
On cross-examination the witness stated that when
they were apprehended they were taken to the house
or premises of Mr. Hall, the superintendent of police,
where they were kept nine or ten days before they were
taken before a magistrate, each handcuffed to a police-
man. That during their stay there fiddling, fluting,
and dancing, were going on. On one occasion they had
a mock trial. One of the police, named Harrison, sat in
a chair as judge, with a nightcap on for a wig. Another
policeman was counsel. There were two others as the
jury, and the prisoners were put on their trial. There
were also witnesses, who were examined and gave evi-
dence, after which the prisoners were called upon to say
what they had to state in their defence ; and were told
that they must say all, and then they would be sure to
be acquitted, and if they were acquitted there they
would be sure to be acquitted by the jury at Durham,
and that by this means a confession was obtained from
the prisoners.

George Davy was sentenced to three months' imprison-
ment and to be twice whipped:
John Woods to six monLs' imprisonment and once
whipped, for setting fire to some furze bushes and un-
derwood.

John Tills for burglary was sentenced to 10 years'
transportation.
Thomas King was bound over to find sureties for his
appearance at the next assizes upon a charge of libel.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)

MANSION-HO USE.
An elderly man, named David Scott, of respectable
character and station as a tradesman in the City of
London, appeared before Sir Peter Laurie and Sir G.
Carroll upon an information, charging him with having
knowingly permitted, and suffered to be harboured, kept,
and concealed on his premises, twelve pair of men's
boots and twenty pair of women's shoes of French manu-
facture, amounting together to the value of 21/. 9s. 6d.,
upon which the duties had not been paid.
A gentleman attended from the office of the Solicitor
to the Customs for the prosecution, and Mr. Hobler ap-
peared for the defendant, who all through the examina-
tion vehemently declared that he was guiltless. The
penalties sought amounted to 641. Bs. 7d.
Coleby A. Davis, an officer of the Customs, stated
that on Saturday, 13th of July, he went, in consequence
of having received information respecting smuggled
goods, into the house, No. 20, Fish-street-hill, belonging to
the defendant, a bread and biscuit baker. He found the
defendant in the shop, and said he called on account of
that information. The defendant denied that he had
any smuggled goods, and witness said if he did not give
them up quietly, assistance should be got and the whole
of the premises should be searched, which would no
doubt be unpleasant to him. Witness also said the
smuggled goods, which consisted of French boots and
shoes, were in a flour bin on the right hand side of the
shop, and that there were four large paper packages and
a basket there. Miss Scott, the daughter of the de-
fendant, then said " they are here father." Witness
then went straight to the bin, and took out the parcels.
The Solicitor to the Customs—Did you observe any-
thing remarkable in Mr. Scott's appearance upon being
addressed in such language ? Witness—He first coloured
in the face, and afterwards he grew quite pale.
Mr. Hobler—From whom had you your information ?
Witness—l shall not say from whom.
Mr. Hobler declared that the whole was a base and
outrageous plant, and that Mr. Scott had no more to do
with smuggling than the most complete stranger to the
neighbourhood.
Edward Patteson, also a Custom-house officer, stated
that he had been told to keep a look out on the baker's
shop in Fish-street-hill, and he saw Mr. Scott enter the
house a few minutes before the last witness went in.
Mr. Hobler—Did you ever watch the house before ?
Witness—Never.
An appraiser of the Customs valued the boots and
shoes at 211. 9s. 6d., and stated that the duty amounted
to 41. 7s. 6d.
Mr. Hobler said that Mr. Stott was a most respectable
man, who never entertained a thought of meddling with
contraband matters, but as he was dealt with by the
captains of steamers he was in the habit of allowing
persons to leave parcels in his shop, from a principle of
affording accommodation to the public. He had premises
elsewhere, and permitted his daughter to attend to the
business at Fish-street-hill, and he was wholly ignorant
that the parcels which had been left that morning in the
bin by a person who walked in and unceremoniously de-
posited them there were in the house at all until his
daughter informed him. Mr. Hobler then called Miss
Scott.
Sir P. LAURIE suggested that the examination of Miss
Scott might, under the circumstances, be a very dan-
gerous experiment
Mr. Hobler said that he produced the young lady as
the witness to the truth, and he could feel not the
slightest hesitation upon the subject.
The defendant requested that his daughter's evidence
might be taken.
Sir PETER—Very well. I was only desirous to pre-
vent the hazard which the lady may run in the cross-
examination. The defendant it is admitted does busi-
ness with the steamer which had between this country
and France, and must understand perfectly well that
the most extensive smuggling of all kinds is continually
taking place by means of such intercommunication ; and
yet he allows strangers the remarkable facilities of a bin
in his shop to put away whatever they may consider to be
in danger from the keen eye of the revenue officer. It
is against common sense to suppose that he was igno-
rant of the fact.
Miss Emma twott was then sworn and examined—
She stated thatshe conducted the business of the shop
in Fish-street-hill,for her father. On the morning of
Saturday, the 13th of July, a person entered the shop
and asked permission to leave a parcel, She did not
know the person. and she made no answer. He put it
down in the bin, the place in which parcels were usually
deposited, and which was public and open. It was a
constant practice. Some time afterwards the defendant
entered, and was soon followed by the first Custom-
house officer who had given evidence.
Sir P. LAURIE—You say that you accommodate per-
sons whom you do not know as well as persons whom
you do know by allo wing them to leave whatever goods
they please in your shop. Suppose a person took the
liberty of committing a robbery, would you allow him to
deposit the stolen property in your bin ? Witness—
They are persons of respectability who come to be ac-
commodated, and we never had the slightest suspicion
of them.
The Solicitor to the Customs—Pray, is the Venezuela
amongst the steam-vessels which you supply ? Witness
(after a little hesitation)—Yes, I believe so.
The Solicitor to the Customs—Have you seen the
steward of that vessel since ? Witness--Yes, he came
to order some bread.
The Solicitor to the Customs—Did any conversation
take place between you respecting this subject ? Wit-
ness (again hesitating)—When the steward came to
order the bread, I said that some packages had been left
at the house in his name.
Sir PETER LAURIE—I think it is better not to pro-
ceed in this way ;
If Mr. Hobler my mind is made up on the subject.
objects to our decision, he can appeal
against it.
Mr. Hobler submitted that the case was not at all
proved, and declared that if the charge was one of rob-
bery, such evidence of guilty knowledge would be ridi-
culed as weak and futile. There were some most re-
spectable men in Court who could prove that it was the
constant practice of the shopkeeping residents of the
neighbourhood to allow persons
_to leave goods tempo-
rarily on their premises.
Sir PETER LAURIE—I don't at all doubt that,—
(Laughter.) It is that most dangerous facility of which
I complain. The steam-vessels require exactly that sort
of accommodation, and I dare say they obtain it ex-
tensively enough.
Mr. Hobler—l am convinced that my client is the
victim of a plant upon this occasion.
The Solicitor to the Customs indignantly repelled the
accusati( n, and assured the Magistrates that the officers
who had been examined received the information from
which they had acted from two other officers, who had it
from another authority.
Mr. Hobler intimated that he did not mean to charge
the two officers who had been examined, and who might
have been entirely ignorant of that plant at the same
time that they were made instrumental to its infliction.
C. A. Davis, the Custom-house officer, asserted that
several houses in the neighbourhood gave accommoda-
tion of a similar kind to smugglers. (Here there was
much disapprobation expressed by several persons who
positively denied the truth of the statement.)
Sir PETER LAURIE—If the magistrates sanction such
facilities as this baker's shop has no doubt been affording
to the smuggler, we shall have corners in every shop con-
veniently situate, fitted up as depositories of contraband
articles. My brother. Magistrate and I consider the case
proved, but we shall inflict only a third of the penalty, as
it is a case in which we recommend leniency to the Com-
missioners. We think it necessary to repeat, that the
practice of giving such accommodation must be put an
end to, and we advise the active officers of the revenue
to pay visits to other shops as well as to bakers ;shops.
BOW-STREET.
On Monday, a young man named John Joyce, described
on the police sheet as a clerk, residing at 2, Watling-
street, City, was brought before Mr. Hall, charged with
endeavouring to extort money from Mr. 1 rederick
Randall, at his chambers, No. 10, Leicester-place, 'Wa-
terloo-bridge, under a threat that he wanted to take
indecent liberties with him.
Mr. G Wynne, solicitor of Chancery-lane, appeared for
the defendant.
The complainant stated, that he had been in the ser-
vice of a solicitor as a clerk ; but, in consequence of the
bankruptcy of his employer, he had been a short time
without any particular engagement. He had also been
lately in ill health, and was about to enter into the wine
trade with another gentleman. Some few weeks back,
being in the Lyceum Theatre, he met a friend, with whom
the defendant was in compa,4y, and with whom he en-
tered into a short conversation, but in which the defen-
dant did not join. In a few days after he again met him
in Gracechurch-street, when the defendant accosted him,
reminding him that they had met at the theatre with
a mutual friend, and, after some conversation, they par-
took of some stout at a tavern ; but, as they walked
down Fish-street-hill, having met some acquaintances,
he parted with the defendant, without appointing to
meet him at any future time. On Tuesday last as he
was about to enter the Lyceum Theatre he saw the de-
fendant near the door, and, on asking him if he would
accompany him, he replied he could not as he had some
business westward, and they parted, the defendant say-
ing he might call in if be had time during the evening ;
witness saw nothing more of him until Sunday evening,
about half-past seven o'clock, when he was waiting for a
friend at a wharf near London-bridge, whom he expected
to arrive by one of the steamers from Gravesend, when
the defendant joined him, and, after a short conversation,
witness said he was in ill-health for some time, and, as
he disliked being out late, he would go home to tea, and
the defendant might come and partake of it unless he
was particularly engaged : ho agreed; and they went on 1.

James Harrison, who, it was stated, played the fiddle
to the judge, was put into the box, and appeared to be
considerably embarrassed. He denied the whole of the
statement, and swore that it was false, and that the pri-
soners confessed of their own free-will. He admitted,
however, that each prisoner was kept handcuffed to a
policeman till the time they were taken to the magistrates
and committed to prison.
Mr. Hall, the superintendent of police, said the pri-
soners were confined in his house, each handcuffed to an
officer, He had no prison in his district, and it was nine
days as to one, and ten days as to the other, before they
were taken before the magistrates. The magistrates
knew of the apprehension of the prisoners. He had been
in daily communication with them.
On cross-examination, he admitted that a report had
got abroad that there had been irregularities such as
had been described by Toulson, and he had inquired into
the fact, but could not find any foundation for it. No
other inquiry had been instituted upon the subject
beside that which he had made of the officers. He said
the confession of Twaddle was made voluntarily, and
that which he (Hall) had taken down from the pri-
soners' lips they had afterwards signed before the magis-
trates.

The confessions were then tendered in evidence. Mr.
MATHEWS objected to their being received, on the
ground that they were tainted by the transactions which
had been spoken to, and which it was probable were not
entirely without foundation, or how could the report
have got abroad which led to the inquiry by Hall ? He
submitted, too, that the keeping men in handcuffs nine
and ten days was placing them under restraint, calcu-
lated to depress the mind, and not leave it in that free
and voluntary state necessary to make a confession ad-
missible.

The statements made by the prisoners were put in
and read.

Mr. MATHEws then addressed the jury on behalf of
the prisoners, and commented upon the conduct of the
police. Whatever might be the truth as to the mock
trial, it had been placed beyond doubt that the pri-
soners had been kept handcuffed nine and ten days with-
out a hearing, and if the jury thought that circumstance
and the other circumstances sufficient to cast suspicion
on the confessions, there was no other evidence against
the prisoners upon which they could be convicted.
The case being summed up, the jury returned a verdict
of Guilty against both, but strongly recommended them
to mercy, and expressed a wish that proceedings might
be instituted against Oxley.
The Learned JUDGE said he would take their recom-
mendation into consideration, he thought it a very pro-
per one ; and he would also direct a bill to be preferred
against Oxley, as an accessory before the fact.

Mr. 6)MBE (to the prisoner)—What have you to say ?
Prisoner—l was in great distress and wanted food.
Policeman—That is not true, for he had a very large quan-
tity of broken victuals with him, and one shilling and nine-
pence halfpenny in coppers ; he had some boxes of lucifer-
matches with him as well.

Mr. COMBE—WeII, what have you to say to this?
The prisoner, who seemed thoroughly ashamed of his at-
tempt at imposture, was sent to the House of Correction for
seven days.
QUEEN-SQUAP►E.

A tall young man, attired in the garb of a labourer, named
Antony Langan, stated to be an associate of thieves and
smashers, was charged with passing a counterfeit shilling at
a small tobacconist's shop, kept by a young man named
Lewis; in the Horseferry-road.
The defendant purchased a quarter of an ounce of tobacco,
on which he tendered the counterfeit coin, and received llid.
in change. Shortly after he had left the shop it was dis •
covered to be base metal, and information of the occurrence

Jay 27.
George Dewick was indicted for a burglary in the
dwelling-house of the Right Hon. Lord Stourton, at
Hartlepool.
Mr. Ingham and Mr. Otter conducted the proseeution.
It appeared that in the early part of July the house
of the prosecutor was broken into and robbed of some
jewellery and plate. Shortly after this event the pri-
soner offored some of the stolen articles to a silversmith
in Sunderland, who observed that one of the rings had a
stone in it with a coronet and a motto, and objected to
buy it on that account. The prisoner said he would
crush the stone out and sell it for old gold. This led to
inquiry, and the prisoner was taken into custody. In his
statement to the jury he said that one night he had been
out late, and on returning to his lodgings found himself
locked out. He then went to the Mow, and as he was
wandering about he saw a nnn sitting down, and was
going up to him, when the man ran away, and when he
came to the place he found the lir-tides in question.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.

was given to the police. William Dillingham, 95 B, an
ac-
tive policeman in private clothes, found the prisoner yester-
day afternoon in a beer-shop in York-street. He had scarcely
time to look round the room when the prisoner rushed out
and jumped down the stairs, and escaped by the back of the
house He was pursued and captured on the top of a water
closet, in a small unfrequented court. He was lying on his
face, and on being taken he threw a small box, which was
found to contain a bad shilling. Is. 6d., and some tobacco,

into the soil. He offered so much resistance that three po-
licemen were required to convey him to the station-house.
The prisoner, in answer to the charge, merely said the box
did not belong to him.
He was remanded till Monday.
UNION-HALL.
Charles Pearson, a well-known character, was brought be-
fore Mr. Traill, the sitting Magistrate, charged with attempt-
ing to pick the pockets of several gentlemen at Stone's-end,
in the Borough.
Sergeant Taylor, of the M division of police, informed the
Magistrate that the prisoner had only been recently com-
mitted to the House of Correction for six weeks, but had con-
trived to escape from prison by changing his clothes.
The prisoner, in answer to a question from Mr. Traill, said
that he was only committed for seven days, and that he had
served his time.

NORFOLK CI RCU IT.—lpswich, July 29.
SENTENCES ON THE PRISONERS FOR ARSON.
About four o'clock Mr. Justice Williams took his seat
in the Crown Court beside Mr. Baron Alderson.
The concluding business of the assize, namely, that
of sentencing those prisoners who had been convicted of
arson, &e., was then commenced.
The prisoners being placed at the bar, Mr. Baron
ALDERSON Said, they were called up to receive the pu-
nishment their particular offences required to be awarded
for their several crimes. His Learned Brother and him-
self had together examined their casea, and weighed
well what punishment ought to be awarded in their
several instances ; and he was called upon to pass sen-
tence upon those convicted in his Court. and his Learned
Brother upon those tried in his—for they were anxious
in this instance, that all the sentences should be passed
in the same Court, to act as a warning upon others. He
wished to address a few words to them upon their awful
situation ; and he would to God lie could be heard by
all those who had been carrying ruin and desolation
into the different homesteads, that it might act
as a warning to them, and that they might
desist from their evil practices, for, depend upon
it, retribution, though slow, was sure ; in their
cases it had already come, probably those who
had yet escaped would soon receive their punishment ; if
not in this world, they would he sure to do so in the world
to come. They had some of them done the deeds for
which they had been convicted : in the darkness of the
night they had thought themselves safe, and yet here
they were. What profit had they received here from
the foul deeds they had committed ? The perpetrators
of other crimes, indeed, had at least some miserable
palliations to offer ; but what pleasure or profit, he
would ask them, could they receive by committing such
diabolical acts ? Did they gain anything ? Was it a
pleasure to them to see their master's property burned,
their children ruined, and their homesteads destroyed ?
or to see the unoffending animals perish, the horse in its
stable, the faithful dog in its kennel ? Did they not
think these things would rise up in judgment against
them at God's awful tribunal ? He beseeched them to
think of these things whilst life remained to them to do
so ; but in this world they must abide their punish-
ment, and it would be a very severe one. Many thought
transportation a light punishment ; they were fear-
fully deceived, it was a punishment that made his
blood run cold to think of; it was, however, the
punishment they would have to undergo ; they would be
exiled from their country and friends all their lives ;
they would have to go into a country inhabited solely
by felons, and in their society they would have to mix,
and that would be the hell upon earth they would have
to undergo. It was his bounden duty to tell them it was
a very, very heavy sentence, and an awful punish-
ment. You, Samuel Jacob, and you, Martin Turner,
have been convicted of setting fire to your master's pre-
mises ; you, Edward I3otwright, have been convicted
upon two indictments, charging you with setting fire to
farming premises, and also with sending a threatening
letter to Mr. Robert Watling, threatening to kill him
and fire his premises. You, Frederick Borley, were
tried at the last assizes, and escaped on a point of law ;
but it has not acting as a warning upon you. You,
James Lankester, have been going about the country in
a state of vagrancy, using inflaming language and
finishing your course of crime by committing the act for
which you have been tried. The sentence of the Court
upon each and every one of you is, that you be trans-
ported beyond the seas fur the term of your natural
lives. You, Robert Hammond, have been convicted
upon two charges of arson, though not of the same mag-
nitude as those of the others. The sentence of the Court
is, therefore, upon you, that you be transported for the
term of 20 years.
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS, in sentencing James Mackles-
field, said :—The circumstances attending your case,
James Macklesfield, leave no doubt of the motives
which induced you to commit the crime of' which
you are convicted were deliberated and long-
, cherished revenge, and, in consequence, have in-
volved in ruin not only the farming property, but
you have entailed a frightful loss of animal life.
Without entering into detail, no less than 200 unof-
fending animals fell victims to your crime. Also the in-
veteracy manifested by you after committing the act,
from the demonstrative hardness and settled malignity
of your heart, render it in vain for me, after hearing the
sentences passed by my Learned Brother, to think of
passing a lighter one upon you. The sentence of the
Court is, that you be transported fur life. The Judge, in
sentencing Isaac Everett, and Layzell Randall, said, The ;
devastation occasi. ne 1 by yc a Everett is little less than
in the case of the last prisoner, for not only was farming
property to a great amount destroyed, but several cottages

Mr. Edwin, the chief clerk, informed the Magistrate that
he prisoner ought at this moment to be in the House of

Correction.

Mr. TRAILL directed the constable to take the prisoner
back to Brixton, and deliver him into the custody of the Go-
vernor; there would now be a detainer against him, and at
the expiration of his time he could be brought there again.
Charles Ottaway was fully committed to the Central Cri-
minal Court, on a charge of picking the pocket of Mr. Brown
at .Newington-causeway.

RISE IN VALUE OF GROUND NEAR GLASGOW.—
On Thursday week the lands of Stobcross, to the west of
Finnieston, and extending from the Clyde northward to near
Dumbarton-road, were sold by public roup at the price of 3s.
per square yard, imperial measure. These lands extend to
about 63 Scotch or about 80 imperial acres, which being
about 387,000 square yards, makes the price amount to some-
where about 58,000/. ; but as the purchaser pays the auction
duty, which will be about 1,0771., as well as the half of the
conveyance stamp, the price will actually amount to upwards
of 60,000/. We understand that these lands were purchased
by the late Mr. Phillips (by whose trustees they have been
sold), in the year 1817, for about 3,700/., making a rise in
value of upwards of 56,000/.—Scotch Reformers' Gazette.
DEATH OF DR. DALTON:MANCHESTER, MONDAY
Mousmo.—This distinguished philosopher, who has con-
tributed so much to science, more especially to discoveries in
chemistry, expired at his residence in this town on Saturday
morning. During the last few days of his existence he ap-
peared to be in good health, and on Saturday morning he
rose about half-past six o'clock (his usual hour), and was
attended by his servant. The servant left the room for a few
minutes, and on his return found the Doctor in a state of in
sensibility. Medical aid was immediately sent for, but before
the arrival of his surgeon, Mr. Ransome, he expired, appa-
rently without much pain. As a private gentleman Dr.
Dalton was most amiable, and as a philosopher much esteemed
and respected by scientific men. He died in his 78th year.
SUICIDE AT BATTERSEA.—On Saturday afternoon
an old woman, named Lewis, living in Morocco-place, Bat-
tersea-bridge-road, terminated her existence by nearly se-
vering her head from her body with a razor. The deceased
was seventy-three years of age, had been a widow for a
long period, , and for twenty years had received out-door
relief. She was accustomed to.work in the market gardens,
and the gentry of Battersea being very kind to her, distress
could not have prompted her to commit so dreadful a crime,
and no other motive can be assigned.
FATAL ACCIDENT WHILE BATHING.—On Sunday
morning, about half-past six o'clock, Thomas Miller, a young
man, aged twenty-two, residing at No. 2, Chapel-street,
Hammersmith, was bathing in the Thames, near to the
Crab-tree, when he was seized with cramp, and before assist-
ance could be rendered he sunk. His body has not yet been
found.
There are two things which are at present engag-
ing the gossip of the town. The one, the rapid strides the
Polka has made in the good graces of all classes. The other,
the singular virtues contained in a little lozenge. While the
former is provoking the followers of " Terpsichore" to join in
its graceful dance, the other is giving sweetness and power to
the human voice, and drawing more closely the lovers of
" Thalia" to her side. The far-famed Dr. Stolberg, of Frank-
fort, the inventor of the Voice Lozenge, will have a glorious
monument erected in neverdying cadences to his memory ;
the vocal tones of our brilliant singers being rendered more
enchanting by his aid, and the amateur being raised higher
in the estimation of his private admirers.—Court Gazette.
SUN-PRINTED BANK NOTES.—The only specimens
of photography, strictly speaking, are some bank notes that
have recently been produced. They are first engraved by
the action of light upon the metal plate, and then printed
from that plate in the usual way, and by the ordinary pro-
cess! This wonderful power will, doubtlessly, produce, ere
long, most remarkable effects. As regards bank notes,
however, so prepared, the public will require to be careful,
if they come into circulation. Some time since all our gold
was weighed; and people will still have to guard against
hght money when these sun-printed notes come into existence.
PLEASING RESULTS.—With the gaiety assumed by
nature in the brightness of the summer season there are
few disinclined to participate; and in pursuit of those
rational enjoyments personal agremens, in all their
variety, are necessarily objects of desire—those, of
which the perfection and durability are at once obvious
and important, meet their most available preservative in
Gowland's Lotion ; first, as a decided remedy for all
cutaneous impurities ; and, secondly, as an elegant, mild,
and effective appendage to the toilet, removing every
species of local discolouration, defending the skin from
all the well-known effects of heat upon its surface, and
as contributing largely to continued delicacy and fresh-
ness of the "eoinplexion.

PRICES OF SHARES

IN CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE
AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK.

oividend
per

LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 30.

Annum.

61 per cent.
41.

221.
ISt.
41. 10s.