The Sun.
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THE SUN, LONDON., TITESDeAI EVENING, JULY 29, 1845.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

of Oregon, and makes up about 1,500 miles of utter
sterility (the narrow belt of the Platte excepted) of the
2,000 trifles stretching from Missouri to the Pacific. In
all this distance there is but rarely a forest or a goodly
grove to be seen, and even on the Platte the emigrants
must watch for and seize little bunches and shreds of
willows floating on the stream (drift wood there is none),
or have no fuel and no cookery. Except in the desert of
Central Africa, and around the Poles, there is no such
utter destitution of timber, of verdure, and of capacity
for cultivation on the face of the earth. The Creator
appears to have visibly marked the region of the Rocky
Mountains as the boundary of nations.
But the next region of Oregon, stretching from the
Blue to the Cascade Mountains, say 150 miles, is
little better. The journal says, of so much of it as
is not covered by mountains that it consists of plains
between mountains, " the soil of which is poor. The
timber also is very scarce upon it, and what there is is
soft and poor." He says, however, that the climate
during slimmer is agreeable and salubrious, though the
winter brings frequent rains ; and that, though unfit for
tillage, many of its plains are covered with short grass,
which will render it a good stock country. But con-
sider that the stock can never be profitably driven 1,500
miles to the States, while they will be some distance from
the Pacific, near which is a better stock country (be-
cause having a more fertile soil and milder climate), and
we must be permitted to doubt whether such lands will
ever be in demand for stock-raising, at least while Cali-
fornia and Northern Mexico► have hardly an inhabitant
to ten square miles of surface.
The last and lowest division of Oregon is the best.
It has a mild climate, though not a desirable one, the
winter being excessively rainy and the summer exces-
sively dry. Indian corn cannot be raised by reason of
drouth and frosts, but most grains and vegetables do
well ; cattle excellently. Snow seldom lies over three
days in the most favoured valleys, though snow-eapped
mountains are in sight almost everywhere throughout the
year. The multiplicity of mountains is destructive to
navigation, and almost to all rational hopes of future
improvement by railroads, &c. The valley of the
Williamette contains, perhaps, as much good land
as that of the Muskingum or Mohawk, and there is per-
haps three times that quantity of arable land in Lower
Oregon, south of the Great River. There is a little good
land in the valley of the Cowelitz, an inconsiderable tri-
butary !'of the Columbia, which enters it about 50 miles
from its mouth ; but besides this, says the journal,
" most of the soil on the north-bank of the Columbia is
poor, and is unfit for the production of wheat or the es-
culent grains, except sparely and in spots. This feature
increases as you proceed northward, and the land in the
vicinity of Nisqually, on Puget's Sound, is incapable, as
lam told, of ordinary production." This is the most
desirable portion of the region wo are on the brink of
fighting for.
The agents of the Hudon's Bay Company are the
traders and capitalists of Oregon ; and, as they buy
where they please, and pay no duty to any Government,
they supply many articles (cloths and cutlery, for in-
stance) cheaper than they are sold in the Western
States, though goods are generally higher. Tea is
cheaper from the proximity of China : but crockery, iron,
lead, boots and shoes, &c., are high. Agricultural pro-
duce is held at about Boston prices, tough cattle, espe-
cially cows, are higher, being scarce as yet, and the de-
mand great for stock-raising. A rifle costing 20 dols.
in the States will command 50 dols. in Oregon.
It is evident that many of the emigrants from the
States have been saved from great privations and sacri-
fices, if not from famine, by the uniform kindness and
aid of the Hudson's Bay Company, who are abused as
monopolists because they sell goods so cheap that no-
body can compete with them. Says the journal :
" All the goods sold at Van Couver are of the most
superior quality, and the purchaser in this region of
general honesty and enterprise receives them at twelve
months' credit; so thus the greatest obstacle to the poor
emigrant after his arrival here vanishes at once. This
is a country of peace and good will; every new corner is
received as a brother; the poor man's wealth lies in his
arms, and the industry and enterprise which brought
him here to claim by his labour heaven's first gifts in
the riches of the soil, is accepted as the substantial and
sufficient guarantee of his faith.
" The utmost liberality characterises all the dealings
with the stranger and even the resident. If your for-
tunes have been adverse, and you are not able to pay for
last year's dealing, you are required to give your note,
drawing interest at five per cent. Instances have come
to my knowledge since my arrival, in which Dr.
M`Laughlin has extended the credit of some of his cus-
tomers for two or three years together. He has supplied
most of the members of last year's emigration with such
articles as they need, taking in payment only the pledge
of their honest faces and hard hands."

Roberts to Derry, and he introduced her there to several
persons, among the rest to Mr. Bartkoski, his instructor in
the Italian language. When Mrs. Moody heard this she wrote
to Mrs. Roberts to ccrne home. She returned home, and I
think it was at this time, about the 26th or 27th May, Mrs.
Moody, whose suspicions were now aroused, communicated
them to Mrs. Roberts. At first she repudiated and denied
that they were true. Subsequently, however, she commu-
nicated to Mrs. Moody that she was ruined and undone. If
ever there was a woman who should have been protected, it
was this woman. She was here a foreigner and a stranger,
with the wife of a brother officer of her husband's.
Who, if she wanted advice, should have given it to her
so semi as this man, who was the father of a family, and
who was generally looked up to in the neighbourhood? He
described himself as a " villain," when charged with his crime.
What word was there in the English language which conveyed
so strong an idea of all that was base and dishonourable as the
word " villain ?" He hoped the jury would mark their sense
of his conduct. After a few other remarks, the Learned Gentle
man concluded by calling witnesses, who proved his statement.
Mr. BROOKE addressed the jury for the defendant. He
said that in this painful case—this very painful case—it now
became his duty to make some observations. The question
the jury had to consider was the amount of loss the plaintiff had
sustained. His wife was a native of Malta, a remarkable place
for the laxity of the morals of its inhabitants. 'those
who knew the history of Malta must be aware that it had
always been nothing more than a great camp. At present
there were a great number of troops stationed in it, together
with a great many vessels of war stationed at it. There
could not be a doubt that its morals were as lax as those of any
country in the south of Europe, and that was saying a great
deal. In Italy, it was well known the marriage vows were not
regarded with the same strictness as they happily were in this
country. Very often the marriage vows were used as a convenient
cloak for thei: gallantries ; and very often the friend or gallant
superseded the husband. The marriage was an improper one
in every respect. She was a Roman Catholic, and he was
a Protestant; and, as he had observed, in every respect there
was a material difference between them. According to his
own account he gees to a hall, he finds her a pleasant part-
ner, and he marries her, with no other recommendation than
a handsome face, and contrary to his brother's wish. He
would ask them, which of them having a friend would
wish to see a marriage take place under such circum-
stances? Which of them, having a son, would not rather
see him in his grave than see him make such a marriage ?
Such marriages are never known to turn out well. Mrs.
Roberts was a perfect mistress in the art of dissimulation. She
was able to deceive the defendant's own wife, and to commit
adultery with her husband in his own house, without Mrs.
Herdman being able to dis :over it. During a year that she
resided in the neighbourh )od after this unfortunate occur-
rence, the defendant did not once visit her. They had been
told the defendant had a large factory, that he kept a car-
riage and a fine establishment; but let them remember, in
awarding the damages, that they were taking the money from
his innocent wife and children. They should ask themselves
what loss had the plaint ff sustained? None. He had re-
ceived a benefit by bein separated from such a woman. Let
the jury look at the case ft nn the time the intimacy commenced,
and say was she a virtu es woman? Could a woman act in
the manner in which she had done ? He was satisfied that the
jury must come to the conclusion that the loss sustained by the
plaintiff was very trifling.
The CHIEF JUSTICE, in summing up, observed that the
defendant had a high character and station in society. He
and his wife and four children lived near this young woman.
His pursuits in life were respectable. He had gathered
around him the young children of the place, dispensing in-
struction. How, therefore, was there any imprudence or
want of caution in introducing these young females to
such a man? Where would this young woman look for
advice so soon as to him ? It was a painful thing that the
man who should be her adviser had become her seducer. It
was idle to say that she had seduced him—the husband of
an amiable wife, the father of a family, and one who was
the patriarch, so to speak, of all around him. He was far
from wishing to call attention to those letters. But such
a scene of obscenity—such a scene of disgust—never came
before him. It was for the jury to take these letters into
consideration, and say had this young and forlorn
woman been debauched by this man, and had he swerved
her from her marriage vows ? If he bad, then they were
to say what amount of damages they would award.
It was but a poor argument to say that the plaintiff
had lost nothing by this, but that he had derived benefit;
and that, therefore, he was entitled to no damages, be-
cause he had got rid of such a person. It was only where
the husband had been the means of his own dishonour and
his wife's disgrace and ruin that they should refuse to give
damages. But where the husband was, as in the present case,
an honourable man, how could they tell that man that they
would give him no compensation for the injury he had sus-
tained ? To refuse him damages would be doing so in substance.
The jury brought in a verict for the plaintiff of 1,0001. da •
wages, and costs.

(YESTERDAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP X.
LONDON AND YORK LINE.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Mr. Granville Vernon, examined by Mr. BAINES, Q.C.—ls
Member for East Retford, whose inhabitants, to the num-
ber of 4,500, are universally impressed with the importance of the
project under consideration. The districts are wholly agricultural
and stand in need of a speedier means of accommodation. _

Mr. Ediston, agent to the Duke of Norfolk, corroborated the
evidence of this and the preceding witness, and the Committee at
half past four adjourned till to-morrow at noon.

STANDING OIMEILS COMMITTEE.
The Manchester and Le< ds Railway Bill passed through Com-
mittee.

NATIONAL TRADES' CON-
FERENCE.

The National Trades' Conference having, at their meeting
on the 24th March last, in London, resolved to hold another
meeting on the last Monday in July, assembled yesterday in
pursuance of the resolutions at the Literary and Scientific In-
stitution, John-street, Fitzroy-square, for the purpose of taking
into consideration certain plans of organization. The meet-
ing was fixed to be held at three o'clock, and shortly after
that hour

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THOMAS S. DU NCOMBE, Esq., M.P., arrived and took
the chair, but at that hour there were not many delegates
present.
The CHAIRMAN, on taking his seat, said he was so well
aware of the great importance of time to the Delegates on the
present occasion, as well as of the necessity for economising
the funds of those whom the Delegates represented, that he
would not occupy their time by addressing them at any
length, but, at the same time, he could not permit this
opportunity to pass without expressing the gratifica-
tion it afforded him and the other members of
the Committee at again meeting this assembly of the
representatives of the working-classes. He could assure the
Delegates that during the time that had elapsed since he last
had the pleasure of meeting them, that the Committee had not
been idle or apathetic in the services of thoso who had confided
to them the duty of acting as their Committee, but that they
had devoted all the powers of their minds to the best interests of
the trades : and all he could say was, that the result of their la-
bours only convinced them the more of the necessity that existed
for a perfect organization of the trades, and that every day's ex-
perience proved how beneficial such an organization must
prove. The Committee had considered the importance of the
suggestion thrown out at the last meeting—namely, the plan
for the better organization of the trades for the purpose of em-
ploying the surplus labour of the country in agricultural and
manufacturing pursuits. He was aware that this plan was
only now put forward as one which should be better consi-
dered ; and he also begged to state that there was an impres-
sion abroad that this meeting had been held too soon, and that
sufficient time had not been afforded to many of the tea les in
different parts of the country to consider those plans and sugges-
tions, and therefore it would be well fur this meeting toconsider
that fact. At the same time the Committee, being aware that
this meeting would be held, they had prepared their report,
though they knew that but few persons would attend; but it
would be well to hold it, if for no other purpose than to consider to
what time they would adjourn the meeting. The delegates
would thus see that the Committee had not broken faith with
them, or that their exertions had not been paralysed,
or that what had been done was a failure ; but at
the same time he did think it his duty to state that thismeeting
was deemed premature ; and therefore, if the meeting thought
proper, they could postpone it. The plan would be now read,
and it could be discussed. The meeting was not called upon to
adopt the plan, bat to discuss it, and it would be found to con-
tain much valuable information, which could not be had from
any Parliamentary returns.
The SECRETARY then read the standing orders, which were
adopted. He next proceeded to read the plan, whereupon a
discussion arose as to the mode to be adopted in regard to
the details of the plan.
The Delegate from Bristol said he had been requested by his
constituents to submit another plan.
The Delegate from the Potteries said that his constituents
had instructed him to say that they concurred in the sugges-
tions in respect to land. After a tew observations from some
other Delegates,
The SECRETARY proceeded to read the plan, and when he
had concluded,
The BRISTOL DELEGATE again rose, and hoped that he
might be permitted to postpone reading his plan until to-
morrow, as he did not feel well.
The CHAIRMAN said that the meeting had resolved to hear
read the only other plan to be submitted, and that was one
from Bristol.

The Bristol Delegate then proceeded to read the report.
The following is the substance of the plan submitted by the
Committee :

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

GOVERNMENT.

CONFERENCE.—The legislative power shall be vested in an
annual conference of Delegates from the several trades in the

Yesterday, Mr. King, a solicitor, in Furnival's Inn, waited
on the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman Hooper, on behalf of
Benjamin Parker, against whom Mr. James, the barrister, ap-
plied a few days since for a warrant, alleging that he had com-
mitted perjury.
Mr. King said he understood from the report of Mr. James's
application, which had appeared in all the newspapers, that the
granting of the warrant was suspended to obtain the opinion of
the City Solicitor, whether a warrant could be issued at all for
ierjury. Since then, flaring placards had been posted about
offering a reward for the discovery of the residence of Mr.
Parker and Mr. Clarkson. The persons of these parties
were fully described, with references to various previous
transactions, that were quite irrevelant to the charge of per-
jury. From this he presumed that the warrant had been
issued, and if so

Association.

ANNUAL Sesstows.—An annual session of conference shall be
held on Whit-Monday, in such town and places as may be deter.
mined upon. _ .

SPECIAL SEsstows.—The central committee shall have the power
of convening a special session of conference when it shall appear
necessary.

On this Mr. George Wilkes characteristically com-
ments in a note as follows :—_ _ _

" There is nothing wonderful in all this. The doctor
could do business no other way with the class of custo-
mers he seeks, and as for the taking of the note at the
end of the year, when the misfortunes of his creditor
have left nothing else to take, it is a measure strictly
protective of himself, and has nothing of generosity in
it. The doctor is doubtless a very excellent man, but
the above circumstances only prove him to be a very
good merchant."
Such as this Dr. M'Laughlin are the people whose
throats too many of us are eager to be cutting, and such
as Mr. George Wilkes are those who are stimulating us
to cut them ; such as we have described (all the valu-
able part of It already in our unquestioned possession)
is the country for which we are to cut them l Would
not this be a pleasant business for Christians in the
nineteenth century?
Mr. Wyeth saw the thermometer on the banks of Snake
River, in August, 1832, mark 18 degrees of Fahrenheit at
sunrise, and 92 degrees at noon of th• same day.

BUSINESS PAPER.—One month previous to the assembly of the
annual Conference, the Central Committee shall cause to be pre-
pared and issued a business paper, or programme of the matters
intended to be brought under the consideration of the Conference.
POWERS.—The Conference shall have power to make and revise
the laws of the Association, subject to certain regulations.
ELECTIONS.—Within one month previous to Whit. Monday in
each year, the Central Committee shall issue their precept to pro-
ceed to the election of a Delegate or Delegates to represent them
in Conference for the ensuing year.
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.

Mr. Teague, the chief clerk, said no warrant had been issued.
The City Solicitor had given an opinion that it should not be
granted. Of the charge against Mr. Clarkson the magistrate
had not heard anything yet.
Mr. King almost regretted that it had not been granted, as
both Parker and Clarkson were anxious to meet the case, and
remove the slanderous imputations of perjury. They were
willing to find bail to meet the charge at the sessions, if the
magistrate woald hear their evidence and saw fit to require it.
They would waive any objection to the magistrate's jurisdiction,
if they could obtain the same publicity for their reply as was
given to the charge. The charge was made in this shape:
Mr. Bartlett swore that he gave Mr. Coyle value for certain
bills, and Coyle swore that he handed that value to Parker,
which Parker on his oath denied. To fix the imputation of per-
jury on Parker, certain cheques and notes were produced as
having been traced to Parker, and as having been previously
paid to Coyle. Mr. Parker admitted he had received 312/. 10s.
from Coyle, but it was upon a totally different matter, and not
upon the bills in question, and, therefore, what his client swore
was perfectly true. He was ready and anxious to explain and
justify the possession of the 3001., upon which the opposite party
had dared to assign the perjury. Reference had been made to
the admissions drawn from Parker in cross-examination; but
nothing was said of the facts drawn from Coyle upon his cross-
examination.

POWERS AND DUTIES. The Central Committee shall direct
and control the general proceedings of the Association for and
in the name of the Association. They shall have the power to
object to or approve of strikes, when other means to settle dis.
puted matters fail; and of raising from time to time such levies
as may be necessary for the support of those strikes and turn-outs
as they may sanction. They shall by meditation, arbitration, and
legal proceedings, protect the interests and promote the well being
of the Associated Trades in all cases of trade disputes and diffi-
culties. They shall promote all measures, political, social, or
educational, which are intended to improve the condition of the
labouring classes ; and, generally, they shall take the most efficient
means in their power to promote the objects of this Association.

OMAGIT ASSIZES.-CRIM CON.

Before Chief Justice PIiNNEFATHZR, and a Special Jury.)

ROBERTS V. lIERDMAN.

Mr. Masort, Q.C., stated the case. Mr. Roberts came
from Belfast—his wife was a foreigner, a native of Malta.
It was in Malta she lived, and there his client first saw her,
and married her. He belonged to a profession that was
remarkable for being a manly and an honest one—he was a
sailor. He was a master—a rank upon an equality with a
first lieutenant in the navy, and equal to a captain in the
army. He belonged to the Mediterranean squadron, and
was stationed on board the Electra. The duties of the squadron
were to cruise round the coast. In 1840 he became acquainted
with his wife, and occasionally met her when he entered Malta.
Mrs. Roberts was a native of —. Her father was dead, and
her family consisted of her mother, a brother, and two sisters.
His client was invited to a ball in Malta, which was given by the
governor, and he there met his future wife. She attracted him
by her personal appearance, which was most captivating, and
she was of a very tender age, being, he believed, under 17
years. His client was not more than 27 years of age, in person
handsome and prepossessing. He became a visitor at her mo-
ther's house, and was received there as her acknowledged suitor.
On the Ist November, 1840, he was married to Miss Conchetta
Petite, in the apartments of the Roman Catholic priest there.
That Reverend Gentleman would be produced to them.
The defendant was extensively engaged in mercantile
pursuits, being in partnership with a Mr. Mulholland, in
Belfast. The firm became proprietors of a mill, on which
a large sum had been expended in the erection. About
six or seven years ago Mr. Herdman became the resident
partner at Sion Mills, as they were called. There he
had a cottage, and kept an extensive establishment, and a car.
riage. He is and was then a married man, the husband of an
amiable woman, the father of an interesting family. On coming
to this part of the country lie united in all the objects of charity.
It was to be lamented that the character he had thus acquired
was mainly instrumental in ruining his victim. At the time
he met Mrs. Roberts, she could not have been more than
twenty years of age, when she possessed innocence and a happy
home. Her father had been a captain in the Malta Militia,
and subsequently held a civil appointment under the
British Government. After the plaintiff's marriage, he resided
at Malta with his wife at her mother's house, where he left her
when duty called him away, and resided there when he came
on shore. Before he was ordered home he was transferred to
another vessel, the Wasp. He returned home in her. The
life of a sailor separated him necessarily from his wife oc-
casionally. He therefore made arrangements for her to reside with
his brother, an old bachelor. On arriving in England, in 18.42,
he took his wife to his brother's house. When she had remained
there a short time her husband was appointed to another vessel,
the Daphne. At that time the Daphne was to accompany the
Queen in Scotland. On board that vessel was Doctor Moody,
the surgeon of the ship. He was appointed first. Dr. Moody
was married to a native of this county about three or four
years ago. He being placed in the same situation as the
plaintiff, he purchased a cottage for his wife at Strabane.
The doctor would only have to go out on foreign ser-
vice occasionally, but Mr. Roberts was ordered to go to
South America. He felt much difficulty in placing his wife
in a place of security. She spoke English badly, and felt
unwilling to reside with her brother-in-law, notwithstand-
ing the admiration that old bachelors entertain for the
female sex ; but she had not the advantage of female society
in his house. It was determined on that she should go to
Malta, but Dr. Moody owed some compliment to Mr. Ro-
berts, and he proposed that she should live with
his wife. Such an arrangement was perfectly proper.
The first visit was paid six weeks after the arrival
of Mrs. Roberts, by Mrs. Herdman, who called and left her
visiting card. At that moment Mr. Herdman was making his
wife the innocent and unsuspecting instrument of his designs.
The visit was paid, and Mm. Roberts felt it to be her duty to
return that visit. Mr. Herdman, who watched her every move-
ment, was there to receive her. After the visit had been paid,
and when they had gone sons! distance, Mrs. Herdman followed
the car, and invited them to dine on the following Thursday. The
invitation was accepted, Mr. Herdman's good character being a
sufficient guarantee for their propriety
in so doing. They dined,
and he paid every attention to the ladies. He expressed a de-
sire that he should be instructedin the Italian language, and
he wished that Mrs. Roberts should be his instructress. He
had been for some time learning the Italian. He then invited
her to come and see an entertainment to the children in the
factory. Mrs. Moody refused, and then Mrs. Herdman
pressed Mrs. Roberts to accept the invitation. This was at
the latter end of March, and they would find that it was
during that time he first succeeded in undermining the mo-
rals and ruining the virtue of his victim. She remained
for some time on a visit, for two or three days. On the even-
ing of her return home she was driven in a gig to Mrs. Moody's
by Mr. Herdman. Mrs. Moody observed the gig coming, and
went into the house to receive them. 'fhey did not come by
the direct road, but by a circuitous route. When they came to
the door Mrs. Moody invited Mr. Herdman in to take his tea.
He came in and left his gig at the door. Mrs. Moody observed
that the conversation between Mr. Herdman and Mrs. Ro-
berts was carried on in the Italian language. She thought it
very strange that the conversation should be carried on in a
strange language, when she was the only female present.
Mrs. Moody found a letter that Mr. Herdman had addressed
to Mrs. Roberts. At this time the soiree to the factory chil-
dren took place, to which he had invited Mrs. Roberts. In
March of the year in which the criminal intercourse arose, Mrs.
Itobeits was an inmate of Mrs. Herdman's house for 10 days ;
and after that time the letter in question was written. He would
apologise to the gentlemen of the jury for reading this docu-
ment; however, he would read only some parts of it. The
letter was written in the Italian language, and he held in his
hand a translation of it, which would be proved. The defendant
had presumed to address her in most disgusting language,
from which it was clear he had undermined the morals and de-
stroyed the peace of Mrs. Roberts. It proved that he had suc-
ceeded in his base designs. Mr. Herdman continued, through
Mrs. Herdman, his plans on Mrs. Roberts. She was subse-
quently invited to his house, said neither Mrs. Herdman nor
Airs. Moody had their suspicions awakened. He need scarcely
tell the jury that Mrs. Herdman would not have encouraged
their intercourse had she been at all aware of what was going
on. Some rumours now got afloat. Mr. Herdman drove Airs.

Mr. Teague said certainly nothing of that sort had been
alluded to. Coyle was taken to be a%% itness, whose testimony
was not impeached.
Mr. Alderman HOOVER did not see how he could take
further cognizance of the matter by inquiring whether there
was a case to call for bail, when he was advised not to issue a
warrant or interfere.

Mr. King said the other parties had been allowed to make a
charge upon oath, and justice required that it should be an-
swered on oath.

Mr. Alderman HOOPER said he hail no doubt the news-
papers would publish the counter-statement, and it would be
seen by the public that Mr. Parker was ready N rebut the
charge on oath.
The solicitor thanked the Alderman and retired.
BOW-STREET.

Yesterday, a person named Thomas John Hall was charged
with being concerned in the forgery of an order for the allot-
ment of a number of shares ie the Portbury Pier Company.
The particulars of the forgery were given in the report of
Saturday's police, the prisoner, Hall, being the party of whom
Lewis Lemoine received the forged document, purporting to
come from Messrs. Osborne and Ward, of Bristol. Lemoine
had applied to Mr. Wood, the manager of an office in the
Strand, for the distribution of scrip shares, in the character of
" Mr. W. Dethick, of Verar Villa, Nurthend, Richmond-road,
Fulham." In consequence of the statement of Lemoine, con-
stable A 41 proceeded to the residence of Hall, in Little Mary-
lebone-street, and accused him of being an accessory in the
transaction. He at once admitted that he had given Lemoine
instructions respecting it, but stated that a Mr. Robinson was
the party who requested him to do so, and who gave the forged
document to Lemoine for presentation at the scrip office.
The prisoner now repeated the assertions made by him to
the constable, which, if true, implicate several other parties of
good repute. It is not desirable, however, to notice the pri-
soner's statement until the particulars of the case are more fully
known.

Mr. HALL remanded him till Thursday, when be will be re-
examined, jointly with Lemoine, who is already in custody.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

M. Vidocq, whose exploits as a successful thief-taker in
France are not unknown in this country, and who is at this time
holding public exhibitions of his adroitness when filling an im-
portant post in the French police, came yesterday to this Court
to complain of what appeared to him to Le a fraud on the pub-
lic. A large placard had been distributed, announcing that a
grand ball would take place at the exhibition-rooms in Great
Windmill-street, at which it was declared that M. Vidocq would
act as master of the ceremonies. Now, as he was the only per-
son in England bearing the name of Vidocq who could be
deemed of sufficient importance to act as an attraction to an
English public, he was desirous of giving the alleged imposi-
tion a full exposure, and, if possible, of proceeding against the
parties guilty of using his name without permission. He cer-
tainly was not unfriendly to disguises—he had used many in his
former calling—but he had never condescended so far as to dis-
guise himself as a master of the ceremonies at a shilling hop.
Mr. NIALTBY said the placard did not expressly state that
the Vidocq was to officiate. It was possible there was a M.
Vidocq who had lent his name to the proprietors of the ball.
He could assist him no further than giving him the means of
contradicting the placard through the public press.
Charles Perry and Elizabeth Rill were charged with pick-
ing pockets.
The prisoners were young and extremely well dressed. No
one from their appearance would have suspected their vocation.
Police-constable 106 F said he knew the prisoners to belong
to the superior class of thieves, and for the last three or four
days he had watched their movements. On Saturday he saw
the prisoners, after walking about the streets, sometimes apart
and sometimes together, approach a young woman in Regent-
street and pick her pocket. This was effected by the female
prisoner, whose operations were screened by the management
of her companion. Witness having ascertained from the young
woman that her purse was gone, went in pursuit of the pri-
soners, and took them both into custody. On the male pri-
soner a purse with some silver was found, which was identified
by the young woman.
Emily Bibbin said she lost her purse in Regent-street on
Saturday. She recollected feeling a pull at her scarf, and on
turning round, saw the female prisoner, who immediately
walked away. The purse produced by the police was her pro-
perty.
'1 he prisoners would not say anything in defence, and they
were fully committed.
THAMES POLICE.

Yesterday Ralph Chillingworth, a plasterer, who gave his
address No. 9, North-street, Poplar, was charged with bigamy.
The circumstances were rather curious.
The prisoner was given in charge, on the 14th instant, by a
young man named Smith, for having married with his
(Smith's) mother, on the 7th of September, 1839, at t. Al-
ban's, Ilerts, another wife by a fo-mer marriage being alive at
the time. 'the prisoner admitted that he had been married
previously to his entering into the contract with Smith's
mother, whom he said he regretted he had ever seen ; but his
first wife he alleged had died in April, 1837, and as his mar-
riage with Airs. Smith, who was a widow at the time, took
place in 1839, he could not 133 charged with bigamy. Hans, the
constable to whom he was given in charge, found a letter upon
the prisoner, dated Birmingham, July 5, 1845, addressed to
Air. Ralph Chillingworth, and signed your affectionate wife
" Anne Chillingworth." The letter related to family mat-
ters, and the prisoner accounted for its being found upon
him by stating, that he lived with the writer, but was not
married to her. On this evidence the prisoner was re-
manded for a week, and the constable was directed to
institute further inquiries. He accordingly went to Bir-
mingham, and had an interview with the writer of the