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London, England, 1845-08-14 00:00:00

HEALTH OF THE COUNTRY.

The Registrar-General has just made public a quar-
terly report, abounding in interest. The Registrar of
Charlton gives this curious account of .the medical
attendance of his district:, : _ _

Thinking it desirable to know the proportion of the
inhabitants who avail themselves of medical assistance in
time of severe illness, I hare for some years past kept
private record of the attendants in cases of fatal disease,
an an tiy.iis of which gives the following result
Out of one "thousand cases of fatal illness recorded,
there were— . .

Undtr the care of regular medical practitioners as
• private patients 585
As Abopensary, infirmary, and hospital patients
Pre'SCribed for by druggists.
!lad no medical assistance whatever during the
last illness

"From this it appears that this district, which contains
a smaller proportion of the very poor than most others,
nearly one quarter (226 out of 100) are not attended
by autcorised practitioners even in their last illness, and
many of the rest are so attended for a very short time
,oily preceding death. There -is no doubt that the
proportion of tha,,e who do not Obtain regular medical
assistance in less severe forms of disease is very much
larger. The absence of proper medical attendance, in a
large.proportion of cases, renders it exceedingly difficult
to procure correct information of the cause of death—
impossible, indeed, without great care and labour, and
the employment of medical knowledge."
A statement of this kind, while showing how service-
able to the interests of the profession may be a careful
and thoughtful system of reoistration, and therefore
how much to- be encouraged, offers a striking picture of
the need that exists that the medical attendance which
superabounds in this country should be made more avail-
able then it is—through causes easily removed—to the
exigencies of. the public. The mortality of the spring
.quarter has, after all, been less than the average. Small
pox has, however, committed fearful ravages, from the
apathy of the poor to the advantages of vaccination. In
the only case of death recorded alter vaccination, the
operation had been performed by a midwife. One hun-
dred and four women &so died from childbirth in the
metropolis within three months. The weekly deaths in
the metropolis fell progressively in the quarter from
eight hundred :and eighty-four to seven hundred and
tifry-six as the temperature ro .e.—Medical Times.

DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.—Last night, about
half-past six o'clock two young men, brothers were drowned
in in the Clyde at the Green, under circumstances of very dis-
s,,eTibtrilerir tofAiefieibirr
tressi
_galore
Messrs. H. Monteith and Co., at Darrowfield, and the latter
satj are_ George and
a tailor, who has recently been working we believe, in
Paisley. It appears that in the course of yesterday (Sunday),
the two brothers, who had not seen each other for a consi-
derable time, met in town—so far as is known, accidentally
—and had some whisky together, by which they both became
somewhat intoxicated. They afterwards proceeded along
Glasgow-green, where they were seen quarrelling. George,
the elder brother, repeatedly pushed and knocked Robert
about, and once or twice threw him on the ground, at which
the latter appeared vexed and mortified, but so far as we have
heard, made no attempt at retaliation. Their conduct attracted
the notice of a number of blackguard boys in the green, who
followed and assailed them with expressions ef jeering and
mockery, such as are frequently used towards persons found in
a state of intoxication. hen they reached the well situated
trnmediatety beyond Dominie's Hole, a short way westward
of Allan's Pen, the elder brother threw the younger down upon
the ground, and soiled his clothes, which were wiped by a
little girl who chanced to be upon the spot. While she was
doing so, he complained to her that his brother had been
teasing and ill-using him. He then went to the brink
of the river, and at the moment his brother George was
drinking at the well, exclaimed Farewell Geordie," and
threw himself into the water, The elder brother at once
plunged in to his rescue, but fell upon him, and they both
went below. They came again to the surface, however, and
Robert, the youngest brother, contrived to get to the shore,
where he lay for a short time half in and half out of the
water. He then saw his brother struggling for life, and
went back into the river, obviously to render him assistance :
but by this time the strength of both was gone, and they sunk
to the bottom. The bodies were recovered in the course of
the evening.— Glasgow Argus.
THE HARVEST.—Here and there patches of wheat
were cut in this county in the course of the past week, and no
doubt the sickle would have been in more general requisition,
as in some districts, we understand, much of the corn is riper
than it would appear from a cursory glance, had net the storms
and gloomy weather determined the farmers to wait. The
sunshine and drying wind of yesterday morning set many in
activity, and the cutting of wheat became rather general,
though the afternoon showers a little damped the full ar-
dour ef harvest. A return of settled summer weather, now se
much needed for gathering in the fruits of the earth, would set
the sickle and the scythe in full operation.—Essex Herald.
SWALLOWING FOREIGN BODIES.—Dr. Brookes de-
scribes two cases, in one of which a black pin, and in the other
a halfpenny, was swallowed, and remained sticking in tke ceso-
dhagus. In each instance the foreign body could readily be
distinguished in the tube, where its presence was productive
of great distress: the doctor's practice, however, was at first
restricted to the exhibition of an emetic, and he did not have
recourse to the probes:lg until the emetic had proved useless.
Immediate relief followed the dislodgement of the foreign bo-
dies, which were afterwards found in the stools. We trust the
experience thus gained by Dr. Brookes will induce him in
future not to trust to emetics, when the foreign body is within
reach"of the probang.—Medical Times.
LIST or um MAJESTY'S VESSELS WHOSE TERMS
OF THREE YFARS AND UPWARDS HAVE EXPIRED.--Agin-
court (flag ), 72, Captain W. J. H. Johnstone, East Indies ;
Aigle, 24, Lord Clarence E. Paget, Mediterranean; Alba-
tross, 16, Reginald Yorke, Coast of Africa ; Ardent, steam-
sloopl.John Russell (h), Coast of Africa; Basilisk, 6, Fleury
S. Hunt. Pacific ; Beacon, 6, Thomas . Graves, Mediterra-
nean ; Cleopatra, 26, Christopher Wyvill, Cape of Good
Hope ; Daphne, 18, John J. Onslow, .Pacific ; Devastation,
steam-sloop, W. H. Kitchen, Mediterranean; Driver,
steam-sloop, Courtenay E. Hayes, East Indies; Fly, 18,
Francis P. Blackwood, East Indies ; Formidable (flag), 14,
George F. Risk, Mediterranean ; Geyser, steam-sloop, E.
J. Carpenter, Mediterranean ; Growler, steam-sloop, C. H.
M. Buckle, Coast of Africa ; Hazard, 18, David Robertson,
East Indies ; North Star, 26, Sir James E. Home, East
Indies ; Orestes, 18, E. S. L. Cannon, Mediterranean ;
Philomel, 6, Bartholomew J. Sulivan, South East Coast of
America; Pique, 36, Hon. Montague Stopford, North
America ; Plover, surveying-vessel, Richard Collinson,
East Indies; Polyphemus, steam-sloop, Thomas Spark,
Mediterranean ; Ringdove, 16, Sir William Daniell, Coast
of Africa ; Salamander, steam-sloop, Andrew S. Hammond,
Pacific ; Sapphire, 22, John R. Fittock, East Indies ;
Scylla, 10, Robert Sharpe, North America and West Indies;
Serpent, 16, William Nevill, East Indies; Snake, 16, Hon.
W. B. Devereux, Mediterranean; Spartan. 26, Hon. C. G.
J. B. Elliott, North America and West Indies; Spider, 6,
Richard E. Pam, south-east coast of America; Talbot,
S 6, Sir Thonsas R. T. Thompson, Pacific; Thalia, 42,
Charles Hope, Pacific; Vixen, steam-sloop, George Giffird,
East Indies; Warspite, 50, P. W. P. Wallis, Mediterranean ;
Winchewer (flag), 50, Charles Eden, Cape of Good Hope;
Wolf. 18, Jaetes A. Gordon, East Indies; Wolverine, 16,
W. J. C. Clifford, East Indies.
THE LATE SESSION.—Front the official records
issued by order of both Houses of Parliament it appears that
no fewer than 666 different documents, either in the form
of reports and blue books (some extending to upwards of
1,000 folio pages each), or returns, statistical or otherwise,
have been directed to be printed by the House of Commons
alone. By far the greater number of these have been already
issued; but a long list of documents, including many of the
utmost public importance and interest, still remain to be
printed and distributed ; and the like is the case with respect
to the papers of the other branch of the Legislature. No fewer
than 22 reports, returns, &c., were moved for or presented in
the House of Commons only on the last day of the session, all
of which will be some time before they are ready for publication.
Indeed, these- proofs of the labours of a session generally con-
tinue being afforded during a large portion of the recess ; the
more especially will it be so now,
un-
exampled labour and extensive investigation. The House of
Lords sat during the late session 95 days; and the House of
Commons 125. The official records of the proceedings of the
those
former occupy 1,048 pages ; after a session of such
of Use lower House of Par-
liament 2,078 pages, the last two of which contain 16 notices
of motions, which now stand in the order-book of that House
" for the next session." There were altogether 170 divisions
during the past session in the House of Commons.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTH ERN CI RCUlT.—Lanca:ter, Aug. 12.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron RoLFE.)
DUCKETT V. TOMLINSON.

This action was brought to recover damages for the seduc-
tion of the plaintiff's daughter.
The plaintiff is a plasterer at Chorley, and the defendant
a reedmaker at the same place.
Mr. Segsr conducted the case of the plaintiff, and Mr.
Atherton that of the defendant. . .

The plaintiff's daughter, on being sworn, stated that she was
about 21 years of age. Her family consisted of her father,
aged 52, her mother, aged 60, a younger sister of 19, anal
herself. They all lived together in the same house. She had
been in a factory some time back, and her sister was now
engaged in that way. There were three sleeping-rooms in
their house, one of which had been occupied by herself and
her sister, the second by her father and mother, and the
third by an apprentice of her father. The families of
the plaintiff and defendant had for some years been ac-
quainted. Defendant's father died, leaving his widow in the
business of reedmaker, at which the defendant worked, and
after the death of his father, in January, 1844, the defendant
came to lodge at the plaintiff's, his mother lodging at the shep
where he worked, which was a cellar, though one of the prin-
cipal shops of the kind in Chorley. The witness proceeded to
state that her father, E the time the defendant lodged with
them, used to go out to work at an early hour in the morning.
The defendant used to take his meals. He began to pay her
attentions some time after he became a lodger, and since that
she had had a child, of which he was the father, and which
was born on the 27th of last March. The defendant, in
speaking of his property, had said that he had a house in
Chapel-street, and two in Bolton-street. Those in Bolton-
street were cottages, and the other a house letting for 181. a
year. Defendant, as a reedmaker, had ►he best stock in the
place. He once said he got about 30s. in three days. lie had,
on ihie occasion, advised her father not to suffer the visits of a
young man who used to frequent the house, observing that his
(the plaintiff's) daughters were respectable girls, and that the
young man was not a person of good character.
The witness, on cross-examination by Mr. ATHERTON,
stated that defendant paid 2s. 6d. per week for his lodging,
and that that included cooking and washine. When he came
to lodge she and her sister left their room for hies, and slept
in the same room with their father and mother. The witness
had been a winder in a factory just before he came to lodge
with the family. He used to come home sometimes very
late, and she used to sit up to let him in, the rest of the
family being in bed. The defendant sometimes came home in
liquor. She had not mentioned that to her father. He first
began to take liberties with her on his return home one night
at about 10 o'clock. Her sister was then out also, and re-
turned from the factory-school at about 11 at night. Did
not mention the defendant's attempt upon that occasion.
That was the latter end of March. She continued to sit up
for him as before, and he repeated his attempt in April,
and again in May. Did not mention those attempts to any
one. It was at 6 o'clock one morning that defendant
succeeded in his purpose. There was no one else in the
house then but the apprentice. Her father was gone to his
work, and her mother on a journey, and her sister to the
factory.
The girl's sister was called, and confirmed, to some extent,
the foregoing evidence.
Mr. J. Walworth, manufacturer, of Chorley, stated that the
girl had worked in his factory. Knew the defendant, and had
purchased reeds of him. His business is w.,rth about 1001.
a year. Does not know, but supposes that he must employ a
man or two to assist him in the business,
Mr. ATHERTON, in addressing the jury for the defendant,
said, that it was admitted that the plain:iff was entitled to some
damages, because the defendant did not deny that he was the
father of the child, and he ( Mr. Atherton) could not altoge-
ther justify the conduct which had unfortunately taken place
between these young people. But this was a mere question of
money, and the father, by the degree of negligence which he
had betrayed respecting the conduct of his own daughter,
did not show himself entitled to more than moderate da-
mages. It was not a proper thing that this young woman
should have been left up of nights to let in a lodger like the
defendant, and it was a remarkable fact in the case that, in
order to find room for the defendant, the father had allowed
the two young women, his daughters, to leave their own
room, and to sleep in a room occupied by himself. With re-
spect to the means of the defendant, it was not distinctly shown
that he in fact possessed anything at all, and it was most
inconsistent with the idea of his having property of his own that
he should be lodging at a house where he paid but 2s. 6d.
a week for house-room, cooking, and washing included. It
was for the jury, however, to determine what amount of damages
might be just; he would only submit that the nature of this
particular case was such as to suggest that they ought to be
moderate, and more particularly as it had not been proved that
the lather had been put to any additional-expense on account
of what had happened to his daughter.
His Loansitsr, in summing up the case, appeared to express
it as his opinion thatit did not necessarily follow, from what was
admitted on the plaintiff's side, that the plaintiff himself was at
all to blame, or that he had in any degree been negligent as to
the conduct of the girl.
The jury consulted together for two or three minutes, and
then gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 701.

WESTERN ClitGUlL—Derises, August 12.
(Before Mr. Justice ERLE. )
Thomas Sheppard was indicted for having, on the 22d of
March, sent a letter to Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, Bart.,
threatening to destroy his property, at Everleigh.
From the evidence, it appeared that, on the 22d of March last,
a woman was going along the garden of a person of the name
of Coles, who resided near the mansion-house of Sir Francis
Aatley, at Everleigh, when seeing something on the ground,
she picked it up, and it proved to be a letter addressed to Sir
Francis Astley. The letter went through different hands,
until it reached Fir Francis Astley, when it turned out to be
the following :
" Everly,—Sir Frances, if ther is not littel alteration in
Everley verey soon that Sem of the pepeel send out of the
parish of Everley, as thee is more then hundred inhabetens
brote into the parish since Sir Frances is com to Everley,. and
Mr. Brown and Mr. Thorall, and if ther is not littel altera-
tion made, we will burn the whoul parish dune to the ground.
if the land were put into small farms ther would more hands
employed, and if ther is not, we will burn the wohol parish.
doun to the ground, for it our intengen to it set afier."
The prisoner was apprehended in two days, and he was
asked to write a letter, which he consented to do, and the
found letter was dictated to him, and he wrote from the dicta-
tion, but that Which he wrote was in a much better hand, and was
correctly spelt. A parish clerk was called, who stated that
the prisoner, in 1837, had been desk to a hpo.fit society. and
he r
ad. therefo,. hornmo familiar /Is laic b.andwriting. Uputs
looking at the fetter found in the garden, he said ho did not
believe it to be in the prisoner's writing. A gentleman from
Doctors'-commons, who called himself an inspector of disputed
writings, stated, that from a careful examination of the letter,
he was convinced that it was written in a disguised hand. The
prisoner had left Everleigh for two years, and had worked at
Marlborough; but on the day in question he was at Everleigb,
and complained of the hardness of the times.
The prisoner, in his defence, said he knew nothing about it ;
he had never written such a letter in his life.

The Learned JUDGE having summed up the case, the jury
returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
William Cox was indicted for maliciouslycutting and wound-
ing James Humphries, at Corsham, with intent to do him some
grievous bodily harm.
This prisoner was a poor miserable looking wretch, with his
head tied up with a handkerchief.
The evidence was very simple. It appeared that on the 7th
of March last the prosecutor, being sergeant of the Corsham
Court of Requests, went, accompanied by two other persons,
to the house of the prisoner to levy an execution. On their
arrival they found the door of the cottage open; they walked
in, and saw Cox sitting down in the room. They told him
what they were come about. He said he had no money. They
said they should take the goods. The prisoner then stooped
down, picked up a bill-hook, and inflicted a severe wound on
the head of Humphries, who became insensible. There then
seemed to have been some fight between the prisoner and the
other two men, arid hard blows indeed must have been given on
both sides. It was proved that the prisoner had epileptic fits,
and was much excited when money was mentioned.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to
six months' imprisonment without hard labour.

•
POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE. -
THE TEA WARRANTS CASE.—MT. W. T. Bland ap-
peared on Friday, Tuesday, and yesterday, before the Lord
Mayor, to answer the complaint of Sheriff Sidney.
Air. Clarkson and Mr. Humphreys appeared to support
the charge ; Mr. Parry attended for the defendant. The
justice-room was crowded with persons engaged in the tea trade.
Sheriff Sidney stated that he is in partnership with W.
Hall,and carried on the wholesale tea trade, on Ludgate-hill.
He had known Mr. Bland for the last fifteen years, and occa-
sionally had had dealings with him from the house of Bennet
and Co., and believed him to be one of the firm. Witness had,
on the 22d of July, a quantity of teas for sale, previously to
which time he mentioned to Mr. Bland that be had some teas
which did not suit the trade of the house he belone*ed to, and
wished to dispose of them at the market price. Mr. Bland
called upon him on the 22d of July respecting these teas, saw
the samples, was informed of the quantities, and agreed to the
price, saying, " Very well, I'll take these teas at one month
prompt, and you will take a parcel of teas from Bennet and
Co. for cash. Before that witness supposed that he was
dealing with the house of Bennet and Co., and he said to 'Mr.
Bland, " Bennet and Co. ! Are you not a partner in the
house of Bennet and Co. ?" To which Mr. Bland replied,
" No, not a partner; they allow me 6001. a year to do busi-
ness for them, and they allow me to do business en my own
account." Mr. Bland then expressed a wish to have the war-
rants that he might examine the teas and show them
to the trade, and witness told him lie might have the
warrants of the broken parcels, but there could• be no ne-
cessity for his taking the warrants of the 93 boxes of
pouchong or the 24 chests of twankay, per the Hebrides.
Witness then called Mr. Wells, his clerk, into the counting
house, and told him to bring the warrants of the broken
parcels. Part of the !goods, amounting to 1901., remained in
the docks to the order of the house, and Mr. Wells brought
the orders of these teas and the warrants into the counting-
house, and witness told Mr. Wells, in Mr. Bland's presence,
that Mr. Bland would not require the warrants for the pou-
chong or the twankays, and the others might be given to him.
Air. Bland then left the counting-house. The meaning of
" prompt one month " was, that the party purchasing should
not pay for the teas for one month ; and with respect to the
warrants, it was usual to retain them till the expiration of the
month, and then exchange them for the money. When Mr.
Bland had left the house witness called Mr. Wells into the
counting-house, and, in consequence of information arising
from their conversation, went with him to Mr. Bland to de-
mand the warrants for the ninety-eight boxes of pouchong and
the twenty-four chests of twankay, as these were warrants he
could not want for the purpose of sampling, and were not
broken parcels. The bargain had taken place between three
and four o'clock,
and Mr. Wells was sent to Mr. Bland about
five o'clock.
( The information given by Mr. Wells was that he had
handed all the warrants to Mr. Bland.)
that U phoenhhaids
reasons,r oss -e aumip rtiea ttiho I'y
en
22d Aeif
July, Parry,
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considering
1
that
Mr. Bland was a partner in the firm of Bennet and Co. The
pouchong warrants and the warrants for the young hyson were
delivered to Mr. Bland on his own account. The pouchongs
were worth about 801., and the twankays about 1101. Witness
admitted that he had met Mr. Bland on friendly terms after
the 22d of July, but did not know that he had pledged these
warrants. He did ride with Mr. Bland in a cab. He had
that honour. He knew of the warrants having been taken on
that day, but Mr. Bland said he had !edged them with a br.ker
for sale. The 2d of August was the first day he had a sus-
picion. On the 4th of August he went with Mr. Slaney to
Mr. Bland for the purpose of getting the warrants back, and
he said if they were not returned he should certainly see his
solicitor ; and, after making three proposals to him, he said he
should see the Lord Mayor on the subject, but gave him that
day to consider. His first proposal was that Mr. Bland should
return the warrants for the twankays per Hebrides. The
second that, if Mr. Bland had not sold the whole of the goods,
he should return the warrants, and witness should give up the
contract. The third that, in case any warrants for the twan-
kays were not available to Mr. Bland to return to him, he
should give witness equal securities for them ; but not one of
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Mr. Charles WeDa, clerk to Messrs. Sidney and Hall, stated,
that on the 22d of July he was present at the interview be-
tween Mr. Sidney and Mr. Bland part of the time. Mr.
Sidney called to him to bring some warrants and delivery orders
of broken parcels. Witness brought the whole of them, with
the exception of the twankays, per the Hebrides, and left
Mr. Bland in Mr. Sidney's counting-house, with all the war.
rants in his hand except those fur the twenty-four twankays.
Shortly afterwards witness returned to Mr. Sidney's counting-
house, and heard Mr. Sidney say to Mr. Bland, " Oh, you'll
not want those souchongs," or " There is no occasion for your
having them." Mr. Bland replied, " Oh, yes, I may as well
have them ' • I shall want them to sample ;" and witness did not
think Mr. Sidney objected, but did not hear him speak, for he
(witness) went backwards and forwards. Witness went back
to his counting-house for the warrants for the twenty-four
chests of twankay, which he took to Mr. Sidney's counting-
house, and was going to give them to Mr. Bland, but Mr.
Sidney took them from him, and said, " Oh, you must not
have those warrants," and gave them back to witness; and
Mr. Bland said, " I may as well have them altogether." Wit-
LC,SI did not hear Mr. Sidney make any answer, and, as he was
going to his counting-house, gave the warrants to Mr. Bland,
who then went away. After Mr. Mind had departed, Mr.
Sidney called witness to him, and they had a conversation,
and witness went to Mr. Bland, to get back the warrants for
the ninety-eight boxes of pouchong and the twenty-four
chests of twankay, and Mr. Blaiid gave him warrants for
eighty-nine boxes of pouchong, but said the warrants for the
twankay were placed in a broker's hands, and that he would
send them to Mr. Sidney in a day or two. A day or two
afterwards Mr. Bland called, but did not tring the warrants
wilt him.

Mr. Charles Millard, tea and coffee dealer, of Little Tower-
street, said—Mr. Wand, who was well known to me, called
en me on the 22d of July a,. a little after four o'clock.
He said he wanted some money he had to pay. and he wished
me to let him have some on some orders, and also on some
warrants fur twenty-four chests of twankay. I advanced him
2581. odd. There were some orders on some warrants.
Orders for five chests of young hyson, one chest of gun-
powder, two of ditto, per City of Derry, and warrants for
twenty-four chests of twankay, per Hebrides. The orders
were in Sidney and Hall's names, deliverable to W. J. Bland
on order. I asked him whether the warrants were his, and he
said they were; that he had bought them of Mr. Sidney, aryl
that he thought he should do a great deal of business with Mr.
Sidney. I asked him how it happened that Mr. Sidney gave
him the warrants, and he said he had given warrants in ex-
change ; that he had sold goods to Mr. Sidney to lull or more
than the amount of those he had bought. The teas were sold,
as Mr. Bland said I might sell them at once. I gave the war-
rants to the brokers, T. and R Moffatt, of Mincing-lane,
and I got the orders exchanged for warrants in my brother's
name a day or two after. Mr. Bland said he had been to the
warehouses to see that the gocels were there, and showed me a
receipt from Nicholson's Wharf to that effect. The transac-
tion was a private one, not a partnership one, for which reason
I get the orders transferred in my brother's name. I lent the
money to oblige Mr. Bland. I took from him a memorandum,
which I required tam to sign, as I have done before. that they
were his goods, and authorising me to sell them at a given
time, the Ist of August, as I think.
The witness, in cro-s-examination by Mr. Bland, said that it
was defendant's frequent pr,ne lee to call and expiatn his cir-
cumstances to witness; that the defendant had had loans fi orn
him both with and without warrant!, and such deposits had
always turned out right, and that that practice had extended
over a period of three years.
Upon his re-examination the witness said—l certainly do
not consider Mr. Wand's circumstances to be good. He was
not in the habit of bringing such large parcels. He has com-
pounded and has not veld hi, instalments. I was a creditor of
his for 9001. to 1,11001. I gave him part in money and part in
cheques, and he gave me oirt of it a portion of the old debt—
about 151. I deducted the 151. from he 258/

The witness then produced the following loan paper which
he received from Mr. Biand :

" London, July 22, 1845.
" enosidecation of your having this day advanced
it w the sum of 258/. ss. 81., I have deposited with you, as a
Coilateral security for tlift repayment of the same, the following
Wolauts, &c., for tea, as :per particulars annexed—l hereby
engage to repay you the said ns,,ney, 256/ 55. ad., in cash or
Bank of Engl.:nd notes, with interest at the rate of five per
cent. per annum, '.n or before the Bth of August next, .which,
if 1 fail to do, 1 awborise you to sell the said tea by public or
private sale, and should any loss or losses, togett er with all
costs, charges, &c., I engage to pay the same on demand, the
said teas being at this time my property.

( Signed).
" Mr. C. V. Millard."

"W. G. BLAND.

Mr. Josiah Brown, wholesale tea dealer, at No. 47. Carson-
street, having been called as amicus curie by the Lord i%layor
to give some explanation with regard to the practice of the
trade, made his affirmation, and, in answer to his Lordship,
said, " Bought at three months means, that when sold at three
months, and the teas are not wanted before that time, they
are to be paid for on that day, and warrants taken in exchange
for the money if wanted before. If the parcel were a hundred
chest parcel, there would be six or nine chest lots, and if
we want six or a hundred chests we pay for that proportion.
A month prompt ustrally*fers to second-hand parcels, that is,
thossewhich are in, the-hand-, of the trade ; but it is usual, by
'*ay of courtesy, to deliver the warrants, but it depends upon
the seller treating; his buyer with confidence. If not he retains
the warrants ; .but I cannot say what is more usual, withhold-
ing the, warrants or delivering them."
Air. Clarkson said that the evidence which his Lordship had
heard constituted the case against Mr. Bland, and Mr. Sidney,
whose cot,duct was influenced by no feeling but a sense of
justice and of duty to the public, left it entirely to his Lord-
ship to decide upon the course to he adopted on its future
prosecution.
The Loan MAYOR, said that he had maturely considered the
whole of the evidence, and had come to the decision that Mr.
Bland must appear elsewhere to answer the very serious
charge against him. It was evident to him that Mr.
Bland had used false representations to obtain the warrants,
which he had dkposed of, which had been asked for under the
pretence of sampling, and handed to a person, in the habit of
rendering pecuniary assistance to Mr. Bland, for money, an
flour after they had been thus improperly procured.
Mr. Parry asked for what definite offence his Lordship
thought of committing Mr. Bland.
The LORD Mayoa stated that he should hold Mr. Bland to
bail to appear at the Central Criminal Court, to answer any
chirp which Mr. Sidney-might think proper to bring against
him.

Mr. Parry protested against a committal of so vague and
indefinite a description, and
Mr. Bland earnestly requested that his Lordship would bind
n. r Air. Sidney and tne witnesses to prosecute_
'l' he Loan MAYOR consented, and the defendant was re-
quested to enter into his own recognizances to the amount (I
500/. to appear at the next sessions of the Central Criminal
Court, to answer any charge which might be brought against
him by Mr. Sydney.