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London, England, 1844-03-09 00:00:00

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PARIS AND STRASBURGH RAILWAY
Total Capital, 60,000;000 Francs.
To be divided into 120,000 Shares of 500 f. each.
An amount not exceeding a moiety of the same, to Me raised in
England; in 201. Shares. •
LONDON COMMITTEE.
WILLIAM THO3IPSON, Esq., Alderman, M.P.
• CHARLES BARRY BALDWIN, Esq., M.P.:
JOHN CROSTHWAITE, Esq., Liverpool.
WILLIAM SAMPSON, Esq.; London.
•
T. M. WEGUELIN, Esq„ London.
R. KENNARD, Esq., London.
PARIS COMMITTEE.
Le Comte de MOLE, President, Pair de France.
Le Marechal Comte GERARD, Pair de France.
Mons. de CHEVANDIER, Pair de France.
Mons. ETIENNE, Pair de,France.
Mons. MAGNIER de MAISONETTE, Depute, de Bas Rhin.
Mons. GANNERON, Banquicr, Depute, de la seine.
Mons. de L'ESPEE, Depute, de la Ateurthe.
Mons. ETIENNE, fils, Depute, de la Meuse.
• BANKERS IN LONDON.
Messrs. DENISON, HEYWOOD, KENNARDS, and CO.
Sir CLAUDE' SCOTT, Bart., and Co.
BANKERS IN LIVEEPOOL.
Messrs. LEYLAND, BULLINS and Co.
• BANKERS IN PARIS.
- Messrs. GANNERON et Cornpaigne.
GENERAL ADVANTAGES.
The limited investment of British capital in the construction of
Railways in France has hitherto been attended with both success and
profit. The proposal, therefore, to establish a railway coniniunica--
tion between the French capital and Strasburg, the point of depar-
ture to and from Germany, must command public attention and con-
fidence ; more particularly when it can be shown that peculiar faci-
litlei are afforded by the-French Government, and that those risks
and expenses will,be obviated, which, to so great =extent, affect si-
milar undertakings ill England. , • - •
BENEFITS PECITLIAIt.‘TO TRENCH RAILWAY INVEST-
MENTS.
Conformably to the Law of. the 111 h. June, 1842, the French Go-
vernment have.resolved.onthelormation of a railway from Paris to
Straisburg. It iS necessary. to. state thatt.b3r.the terms of that law,
the land will be purchased, and the earthworks, tunnels, bridges, sta-
-Bona, &c., will be!' 'exeented -by-the government,. at-their own ex-
pense and risk. A: lease-of the line- for working-will be mad& to the
Company, whese ifikeefinent wiitte limited to the ballasting of the
road, the snpraying findlaying aoitit •of the rails, and providing the
,engines, carriages,locr-The•ratifieation of this lease, the duration of
the grant, the conditions of vrorkingl•and the tariff of rates will lee the
matter of a special law:
COMPAlaTrrg -ABSENCE OF RISK.
All the iidyantagescr railway investment will thus be. secured to
the Shareholders: w.u.hout.own iffiki involved in the Turchase of
land, and errors in the estimate. of.ost, which have SQ frequently oc-
cured in similar underlakingsla England. . The only object of cotsi-
deration will be the condition& to. be obtained from the. French Go-
vernment for .the working of the line, and there are sufficient data to
convince the Provisional • Directors • that favourable .terms will be
granted to-the proposed -company. ........ ••• • • •
RATIFICATIOI,./ 'OF THE -LEASE.
Negotiations have .iilFeadiflieeUtiteedlnio for a Lease; and it Will
be the endekvonr of thelfiii-Afilonal.Directors to secure its immediate
confirmation he .tbe:aiertiniefit;;Wlifeli'they have,everY reason to
anti4ipate will he ratified by. law during the pre,;ont session. -of the
French Chambers. • .
; IMPORTANCE OF THE LINE. .•„, • •
It will be-perceived.that the line now proposed, from Paris to stras-,
burg, paSsinglhraugh.3leanx„Thalons,,,and Nancy, must establish
-an internatinual-comtniinieation, 'lraieraing....the.. richest and. most
industrious. rovinces of France, and .commercially uniting England,
by the nOrVef Havre and the. Freach..metr.opolis,.with Austria, -Ba-
varia, the manufacturing province of •Alsace, Switzerland, and. the
Rhine ; -into readier end •Closer intereourser not only. France
and Germany, tairSreat Britain and the •whele • Continent, the city:
of Strasbuilt being already the point of-departure .for travellers' from
read to thi Crei7nanle Provinces; and the-point. to-which the national
rallWays Gerdially 'are intended to converge.
RESOURCES OF, ,THE TRY TO itr .TRATETZSED—PRO-
..IIABLE T.antiT OF 'TRAFFIC.
Ne doubt can exist. as to the great extent aftraffic to be anticipated
from the consttuction.nf this line; .iThe..rePort of Correard, an ;
emieentelvil engineer, Which will be deposited.. at the office of the
Company for' reference; has•been obtained, and in this it is announced
that' the agricultural, eornmercial, and manufacturing resources
of the provinces bordering or within•easy. distance of the' line, are
those of fifteen, of• the richeetprovinces-in.France—viz., Seine, Seine'
'et Oise,- Seine et 'Marne; Aisne; Ardennes; Marne; Aube, Haute-Marne,
Metise, Moselle, Meurthe, Vosges, Baute,Saone, Haut-Rhin, and Bas-_
Rhin, aboiniding in-fbreets;llllneS; 'collieries, iron works; mills, and
factories, ar Wol'4' in ricli'•ViffetardK"' and' vitriouS agricultural pro,
ductions. Alt Cr these- preiliiii'delnipott much of what they consume, -
and . have • abundant euryllis inoduce' "Id' apbtr: The. interme..
diate UAW oo,: tbio royfeis coiiiklefed• to' be "greater than
in any other part ot.X'ranee„ the total annual fradebeing estimated-
at leo,ooct_ French Anne! bet Ween .Straateirs' .411 a ; while that,
between and- among. 'the-various hyalites, enumerated embraces.
double this amount, ' .The iota population is. about six milliions and
a quarter,- and the total land -revenue 320,000,090 f... or 12,800,0001.,
double that .of the whole kingdom of Belgium
I PRELIMINARY CONDITIONS OF-INYESTMENT.
The amount"Of capital" intended -be raised- at present is
80,000,000 f.; er '2,400,00W4-In-heatly equal parts, in England and
France. The 'depasit-tn.balnf.'br 21. partient "of which receipts
will be granted by.the respective- bankers of the Company, to -be'
exchanged for :certificates q,• at the Company's Office in Lon- •
. don when the c,entraOt shag ji,ratifii4.:* The remaining instalments
widenly be ealle.d..for at.intervais pt.', npt less than three calendar-
months, at the rate of 21. each ; the first instalment not M be called
for Sooner-than tbree'fincinths afteethe passing stflhe law constituting!
the company. After.full Ipayment, of, the amount due in respect of
his shares, eacW.Shaxcluilder..V.U.l.ll,3y4„the option of receiving per-
tincetes payable to hearer
' INTRBEST AND-PROFIT ON INSTALMENTS . • '
The instalments will bear intereCt at 4 per cent.' from thedate of
the passing,pf• the law, until the Company shall he in full operation ;
andisuch Shareholders a; may pay their calls in London will be,,en-
titled to any Prefit-acertiing from' the'rfammed exchange at 25f. per 11.
. -LIABILITIES. ,
The privileges MiOnyme'iVillbelekared to the Cern-
pany by a Royal xgnaace, ixitteh .liabilities of the
prokletors JO the amount of Men subscription, as in the incorporated
railways of England, and the statutes of the Paris and • Match, and
Ro*n and Havre Railway, which have been proved to work well,
will; be, as far as practicable, adopted in the constitution of the
CoMpany.
MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY.'
Tlie executive management of the Company will be'condueted by a
Board of Directors sitting hr Paris, attended by an English resident
director, and their proceedings will be regularly communicated to the
English directors, who will have the privilege of voting by proxy.
An office will be established in London Mr the transfer, of shares, the
payment of dividends, and the furnishing of Inftirmation to the
Proprietors "

THE "GRAVESEND, TILBURY, AND
. EASTERN COUNTIES' JUNCTION' RAILWAY,
In connection with the Thames Haven. Dock and Railway, to
- London.-
Capital 300,0001. in 6,000-Shares of 501. each.
Deposit 2/. per Share.
DIRECTORS.
Robert E. Northan, Esq.
'W. 'Wilkinson,- Esq. •
John Barclay, Esq.
It. B. Wingfield, Esq.
Ernst Vaux, Esq. •

James Eisdalle, Esq.
Benjamin Ifill, Esq.
Thomas Camplin, Esq.
John Brongh, Esq.
Georg 6 Burge, Esq.
John R. Thompson, Esq.
• 11.tuutts—The Lonthin J•int Stock Bank..
ENGINEERS-Sir John Rennie; John Britithivaite. Esq.
'Somarroas—Sit George Stephen ; John Duncan, Esq.
SECRETARY-Mr. Frederick Edgell.

The measures- now in progress, for a Railway communleatibn be-
tween Chatham and Gravesend, have suggested the expediency of
extending the communication to London, by establishing a Steam
Ferry from Gravesend to Tilbury, and thence by Railway, joining the
Eastern Counties Statitin at Romford. _

The traffic already existing between Chatham, Gravesend, and
London, is well-known to be very large, and it cannot be doubted
that, when the communication with the Metropolis is reduced in
time to one hour, the Railway conveyance will obtain a decided
preference to the river. When to-this are added the prospective ad-
vantages‘that may be derived from passengers landing at Thames
Haven,.and the,economy of the construction, and the Parliamentary
expenses, which have already been paid, the intended line promises
a more liberal return than any other at present in contemplation.
It is intended to confine the operations for the present to a single
line, with jetties; and responsible parties have offered to perform
the works to the satisfaction of the Engineers, within eighteen
months, and without exceeding the specified capital.
About one-fourth pf the Shares have been already subscribed for,
'and it is intended to pay interest half-yearly at five per cent. per
annum on all future payments from the date of payment.
The Works will be commenced under the Act of Parliament al-
ready obtained by- the Thames Haven Company, as soon as the
Capital Is subscribed.
The following Tabular Statement of the comparative distance,
and the time occupied to or from the Metropolis in travelling by
the proposed Line, and others projected on the Surrey and Kentish
side, will show the great. superiority of the Line described in this
Prospectus.-

rater:
Isr.is of Pisces.
,t.
• 5
'•

Thames Haven.•l 27
Tilbury ••••• • • • ' 27
Gravesend .. •• • • 27
Herne Bay • • • • 27
Margate ; .•• • , 27
Ramsgate - • 27',
Southend • • • 27
Rochester • • • j 27
SheemeSs j. 27

h
4.4

27
27 !
28

60

64
36
35
37

EISt
4404.

II 47

H. M

2 0
5 0
5 0
5 0

2 30

.0"
4; -
.Ls
Irs.!
7.1

H. M.

0 35
1 50
0 30

Applications for Shares and Prospectuses, post paid, to be made to
Mr. Frederick Edgell, Secretary, at the Offices of the Company, 31,
Lombard street ; or to the following Sharebrokers-:7—Mr. J. W. Dick-
inson, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Mr• E. Bayllffe,Liyerpool ; Mr. G. Carr,
Manchester; Mr. J,. R. Lane, and
.Mr. E. Wilson, Birmingham;
Messrs. R. 1.3. Watson! Leeds ; Messrs. Colliuson and Flint, ; and
Meqsrs. Edwards and Son, Bristol. ' ,

T. . . ..
HE FIRST ANNUAL, SALE of INDIA,
BRITISH, AND FRENCH, SHAWLS, silks; Satins, Velvets,
Cloaks, Furs, Printed CaShmeres, Worked Mit,Ems, Panay—Goods,
Damask Table Linen, &c., &c., will commence on MONDAY the 11th,
and: continue till the end of March.

GitiffiiiaLa SMITH (late Everington and Graham), having added
vast connexions to-their house by Use economy of a ready money
system, applied to rich and fashionable goods, as well as to the plain
and' useful, beg, to announce their-determination, that in fitture,the
overplus'stock, extremely reduced in price, will .be sold on the pre-
mises each year, previous to- the -commencement of the Spring Trade.
By' this arrangement considerable advantages will be distributed
through their own connection, instead of pursuing the old plan, which
for thirty years has given an immense mass of beautiful goods, at
little more than half-price, to shippers for foreign sale.
10, LUDGATE-STREET, seven houses froth St. Paul's.
India. Shawls bought or exchanged. •

GENUINE OLD HAVANNAH CIGARS!!!

A K. GIFFORD, TOBACCONIST, &c., 121,,
:IL. HOLBORN-HILL, grateful for the patronage hitherto con-
ferred on him, respectfully annotrnces he has constantly on Sale the
finest lIAVANNAN CIGARS imported, viz.: Cabana's, Fllloll's,
Pedro Acosta's, Woodville's, Silva's, Itegalias, Kings, Queetts, Prin.
cipes, and most other esteemed brands.
Also the real Government Manillas, Bengal Cheeroots, fine old
Cubas, and every description of genuine Tobaeto and Snuff, carefully
selected, and in the highest condition.
In thus soliciting public notice.to his, very choPe Stock, A. K. G,
desires to make still more generally mown that his terms are advan-
tageous, and his Cigars worthy the especial attention of all seeklhg to
obtain "truly fine quality." -"
Post orders thithfully executed, on remittance, .or approved re-
ference. •

ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE
'-'"SOCIETY. •-•— • •
34, BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON.
Established 1823.
. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV.
LOWER RATES of PREMIUM than those of any other Office
that entitlathe Assured to participate in the Profits.
The Bonus declared ,in 1834 amounted upon average to 161. per
cent. on the premiums then paid ; And in 1839 a second Bonus was
declared, amounting on the average to 311. per cent. on the premiums
paid during the preceding-five' years.
Prospectuses and: other particulars may be obtained at the Office
between the hours or Ten and Four, or will be forwarded to persons
resident in the country on application.
. CAMPBELL JAMES DOWNER, Secretary.

THE MARINERS and GENERAL LIFE
. . ASSURANCE COMPANY.
Eipressly established for Insurances on the Lives of Mariners,
(whether •members, of the Royal. or Mercantile Navy) and Military
officers.—lt is to be noted that the Policies of this Company will
cover voyages of every description andlaervice..M. every, part of the
giobe.
The Lives of Fishermen and Boatmen also insured.
High rates of premium have hitherto operated against this kind of
Assurance, but as the scale now adopted will be found as low as is
consonant with the risk, • it is believ.ed that this fact, coupled with
other advantaaes, will induce a.great increase of insurers.
Deferred Annuities to Mariners granted upon very moderate
Premiums.
The Premiums for General Assurances are based upon a new ad-
justed table of mortality.
Ten pound per cent. of the profits to be applied in making a provi-
sion for destitute and disabled Mariners.
Arthur street, London-bridge. WM. APNIELL, branager.

SOMETHING QUITE NEW IN- PAPIER MACRE.
MECHI. 4, LE ADENIIALL - STREET,
-
iv.i. LONDON, has just completed some extraordinary speci-
mens of Tea Tray's, Work Tables, Dressing Cases, Inkstands, Wrftiug
Desks, Envelope Cases, and Work Boxes, in Papier Mache, richly
inlaid with. Pearl Landscapes, and ornamented in a most attractive
manner. A few elegant Tables, Cabinets, and Jewel Cases of the
same material ; and a first-rate assortment of Papier Tea Trays,
Tea Caddies, Card Cases, Ladles'
Pole Screens, Card Racks, Compa-
nions, Portfolios, Cake and Note Baskets, Vases, and every descrip-
tion of Tortoiseshell and Ivory. Work. A visit to Mechi's Establish-
ment will gratify, by exhibiting the most brilliant display of art in
fancy manufactures.
Catalogues gratis. The regular assortment of Plated Dessert
Knives, Shtftleld Plate; Table Cutlery, Strops, Razors, Scissors; Pen-
knives, &c. ' •

EVERYDAY SCENES IN INDIA.
' • • 4 :In* TArde Volunits,
PEREGRINE. ‘PULTENEY,
011, LIFE IN INDIA.
Now ready, At all ilia Libraries.
London,, John Nortimer, tree.

IMDINBURGII RE V I EIV, No. CLX.
4.6,ertiseinents for insertion, in No. 160 of the Edinburgh
Review, must be sent to thC Publishers' by Wednesday, the "27th in-
stantl and Bills on bibefore-Saturday, the 30th.
39, Paternoster-row, March 9, 1844.

RYAL POLYTECHNIC. INSTITUTION.
The various ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS in Ancient and Modern
Use are familiarly-explained by Dr. Ryan, at Two o'clock daily ,
illustrated by. the LAMP of Bo ANCIENTS; the FIRT imritcyg-.
MEIs"F by ARGAND, the WIDE, the DRUMMOND, the BOCCIUS,
the rt:LLETAse, the , CAMBHINE LIGHTS,: New . FRENCH
LAMPS, &c., &c. The First 'lecture, by. Professor BachhofFner,
Ph. D. M.A., Is at a Quarter-past Three o'clock. ARMSTRONG'S
:HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE at Three o'clock and at Eight in
the Evenings.- NEW DISSOLVING- VIEWS, DIVER and DIY-
'NG Among 2 the recent Deposits is the HEAD of a
MUMMY from THEBES,- very remarkable. , - -
- Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price.

TRYAUTHORITY of his MAJESTY the
EMFEROB of AUSTRIA.—WiII take place -Irrevocably on
the 16th if March, 1844, the DISTRIBUTION of NINE beautiffil
ESTATES' of a value from 1,450,054 Francs, and MONEY PRIZES
mom 150,000 Francs down to 125 Francs of Common Bends, and In
the Special Distribution of the Red Bonds 32,509 gains will be obtained,
and each Red Bond must gain a higher or lower amount. Price of a
Common Bond, 11. ; a Red Bond, 21. ; for 5/. Five Common Bonds and
one Red Bond ; for 101. Eleven Common Bonds and Two Red ; for
201. Twenty-three Common. Bonds and Three Red.
Apply, without delay, to Messrs. JACOBS and Co., Banker's, Frank-
fort-on-the-Maine ; or to save Postages, Letters may be addressed to
Mr. Jacobs,.34, Wellclose-square.

plan which I have conceived, and I swear to you I will put it in
execution. Firstly, I will go into your church on Easter-day.
Reckoning from that evening, I will go'into your village from cot-
tage to cottage, to inform them all of that which ha passed. Af-
terwarqs Ovill go to the magistrate at Siamforil, ftom clergyman to
clergyman at Peterborough, to all the Chapters, tp the. Bishop. I
will take afterwards the names of all the Bishops of England, and

I will_ write to them all. From there I will go to London, and
cause you to be inserted In all the newspapers. Afterwardi I will
go to find the Archbishop of Canterbury, who, being equally in-
structed, I will go again to London, to the magistrate; gad I shall
know how to *find: Carissa,. that she may do so as well as me. I
may not be much the richer for it, but at least I shall be re-
vengbd' for all thif you have tnade irie culler. ". I.r. MIA RD,"
In May I was absent, because I was in residence at Peterborough.
• _

I received this letter, dated thelath-of April. The interpreter
trauSlitedif as;f6llows4-:, . ; • •
"M r jntention was to publish, memoirs in numbers, to support
me in town., I shall send YOU, therefore, every day a number,.
This will raecall to•you one of out adventures. I came to Lond6n
in 1839, in the middleAsr the,motith,of August, in order to be en-
gaged 'at the French thcatre, which then had for its director M.
Clout), but the tlieitre beifigilitn closed, I found myself in.a state
of want.. Then Monsieur Herbert Marsh, accustomed to run aft&
new ladies that arrive London, was presented to me by .a lade,
which caused propositionl, and which my position forced me to
accept. - I had at that titne very little experience. After having
passed about eight, days in London, I started again for France,
never believing I should see him again, for I had learned from him
things thit'l cannot help stating.- He was is town from the month
of May, I had almost•emptied his pockets. He became vastly in •
-love with a young woman named St. Clair, a very elegant woman,
and of remarkable beauty. He then =deli) us signs of intelli-
gence at the Opera; but, seeing that she did not answer to it; he
found himself forced, in order to possess her, to come to the point.
of making offers. St. Clair then decided on accepting 3001. for an
interview, only that Mons. Herbert Marsh, who has sufficiently the
habit of not being content or remaining so with the first interview,
comes back the next morning, saying he loved and adored her, and
did not intend to possesalserlor nothing. ,On saying that, he
slipped very cleverly ir:bosom a 51: note. The young
woman rented it 'byto a ,young: woman, ' This is what
he gives me for showing, down stairs,' So ended his love or
courtship." - •
Basemination continued—Never gave the prisoner• anything, to'
procure abortion—there is no pretence for so saying.
Cross-examined by Mr. 11(.31FREY—Is thirty-six next birth.day.
My living is ivorth• 9001. a year' averaging. The value on phper is
1,020/., but I never had, that for it. Is a canon of-Peterborough,
which is worth 3501. a year. •Madame Lodon's house is in Bury.
street, St. James's. Had been at that house before. Clarissa is a
person I knew eight years ago. Saw her for the last time in 1839,
in the presence of Mr. Bailey, a solicitor. Did not make signs, as
alleged, at the ,Opera. Did offer her 5/. The servant did not
have it. I got it back again. -Did not give her 3001.—that is false.
Never had any connexion with her. Perhaps this was in 1838.
Had been at Madame Lodon's in 1838, but not with either of
those; of course, therefore, it must have been with others, but it
Was not Clarisra, St. Clair, or the prisoner. Went first to Madame
Lodon's about ten years ago ; only occasionally—did not make it a
habit. Felt ',was in the prisoner's power. She had a note of
mine for 509/., and might have sent it into the market. Was
obliged to write to hey often, in terms of affection, and to keep up
the pretence, because I was in her power, Cannot say whether I
was sincere in the terms I used, when it was represented she was
with child by me.the second.-time. Knew Mr. Otter had been
consulted, by the pristmer,and declined acting for her when I em.
.ployed him for the prosecution. Mr. Hopkinson, my solicitor, in-
troduced that gentleman to me with the highest character. The
prisoner took lodgings at the amuse of a man named -Dorsley. They
have been hold up since then by Mr. Otter. Papers were shown
me belonging to. the prisoner, as having been found in Dorsley's
hOuse. One was an altered certificate, and an extract from Mary.
I know the prisoner has been to my mother, to the bishop of the
dlucese, and to the dean. Has received, but not direct, a commu-
nication frotathe bishop. . The prisoner first discovered who I was
.in Easter, 1840.
On-re-examination Mr. Marsh said Clarissa was a woman he met
with at a house of ill-fame. She was an attachee of a French
theatre. Never had connection at any time with St. Clair. Offered
her 5/. It was refused, and I got it back again. I employed Mr.
i Leichfieid n liondon, and Mr. Hopkinson in the country. Had
been threatened with proceedings by Mr. Coluinbine, In 1842.
Jacques Mutzig—Lived at the house where the prisoner did.
Was the concierge, or house.porter, there. Had conversation with
her, in 1841, about an English clergyman she said she was ac-
quainted with, who sent he; money. Said she had written to him
tesend her money. She said she would, after she had told him she
was pregnant, write to say she had fallen down stairs, and she
shoukireeelvernoney. Had never heard she was in the family
way, or had fallen down stairs, or bad had a miscarriage.
,Cross-examined—Was first applied to to come over as a witness
on Saturday last. Attended five sets of rooms in Paris.
Augustus Gnugenheim—ls an interpreter of languages living in
London. Prisoner visited him on two occasions. On the first she
asked him to go into the country a long distance, to an English
clergymen. She said she could get an income settled on her ; that
he was rich and kind, and she would follow him everywhere, and
state to the world the connection that had existed between them.
Being a countrywoMan, I advised her to be cautious, and declined
to act. Mentioned circumstances that gave me to understand she
bad been a gay lady eight or ten years.
William John Joseph Kemp—ls an intepreter, and went at pri7
soner's request to Stamford, and saw Mr. Marsh on the Easter eve
of 1840. Prisoner told him of Inc connection she had had with
Mr. Marsh at Loden's and in Paris. She admitted she had led a
ditsolute life from a very young age. She said he was the father
of a child she had. ' Witness told her, froth what she had said I.
him, the child must be "un enfant-de trois-sir ',fres." She then
replied, " Never mind, he is a rich man and a clergyman, and
must pay." She said further, " I have served a Spaniard in the
same way. when attached to the embassy at Paris." Saw her in
1441, :and said, " Madame, you have got rid of your burden,"
and asked what, it was. She said a boy, but it was dead, and be
was not to say anything about it. She said she should bring an
action against Mr. Marsh for having destroyed her health, by
giving her a noxious drug to procure abortion. Cautioned her
how she made such an accusation, as he had seen her almost daily,
and she appeared to be in good health. She said, " Never mind;
I shall bring the charge, or he must give me more money."
Mer. George Marsh, the brother of the prosecutor, proved pri-
seller's coming to his mother's on Easter-day. Witness saw her.
She said his brother had treated her very ill, and that she wanted
10,000 francs to open a matron de jeu. She afterwards said
301,000 francs.
There were ether witnesses called, but their testimony did not
carry the case further.
I Me: HUMPREV made a powerful appeal to the feelings of the jury
inf favour of the prisoner, and,in particular alluded to the situation
inlwhich she stood before a tribunal, of whose forms of proceeding
sh:e -could know .nothing, being, as she was, a mute apectStni, *and'
without understanding what was said, so imperfect was her 'know.
ledge of the English language. We shall not pretend to report
speech which took an hour and a half In the delivery, but the prin.
cipal points were; that the jury could not say there was not reason.
able and probable cause, and that the present was not such a case
as was contemplated by the statute.
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t The JUDGE; in his summing up, presented the matters that were
tot be sledded by the jury, plainly before them: That she had used
!treats and menaces was- clear and admitted, and that the offence
is charged cable within the Act there could be no sloubt—then,
was there reasonable or probable cause, or clid‘shd bona fide' think
th'ere was-.--that was the question.
The jury, after a long consultation, returned a verdict of-" Not
Gitilty," which was received with applause by' crowded Court.
Tbis demonstration of feeling was instantly dikked. •
There was a second indictment, but the.counsel for the prosecu.
tin said it was substantially the same queition, and, therefore, no
evidence would be offered. The'pilsoner was, therefore, acquitted
on the second indictment.
There was a third charge, that of conspiring to extort money,
which was not pressed, upon her entering into her own recogni.
asides to . come up when called upon to take her trial, and in the
meantime, to keep the peace.

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tr. Justice, PATTEsON said that the jury had.coupled with
t it verdict the expression of an opinion that the lightest
se tence ilermitted.by the law 'should be passed upon-him,
a also censuring the conduct of the captain and the owners
of the Vessel, and at the Sallie time strongly the
p seller to mercy. The opinion of tile jury had been' notified
to Lord winger, who 'tried the case, and lis.Lordship .re-
q ted him to state . that he did not at .all concur in the
o niiin of the jury. He considered the offence "a
very serious
one, and passing a very:light 'sentence was quite 'Out of the
question .; ,but.the recommendation of the jury would be so
,far attended to, that the prisoner would not receive so serious
a punishment as heVroUld'otherwise have been 'sentenced to.
Ttie•Learngdjudge then said that: the sentence he had to
pas upOn him was, that he, he imprisoned for one year in the
gabl of New-gat, -with hard labour, if the'listipline of the
gabl permittedit : -. ~ • : ... . . • , .
iloseph Ikfurray, 22, Alfred Bevis, 22; and lames. Beth,
25', were. indicted for felomonsly cutting and maiming Na-
thaniel' Nevelt, With intent to murder him, and in other
cotints •the intent was laid to be to niaim and disable the pro-
secutor.
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Ait;Wilkins appeared for the prosecution. Mr, Ballantine
defended:James Bevis, and Mn• Wilde,defended Murray.
he circumstances of'this case will be fresh, in the recollec-
ti of our readers from the full report that, appeared of the
pr oners' examination at the police=oce, and it will, there-
fore,l
be unnecessary to repeat them on the:present occasion.
Thevprosecutor is;a, boot and shoemaker, carrying on business
in St.-John'S.4treet, and 'on the night of the 7th Eebruary,
-lie MI6 distUrbed by hearing a noise in his shop,. and on going
there he saw three men; two of whom, he identified' as Alfred
Bois and Murray. They immediately him, and one
of them struck him with a life.:preserver, and inflicted a very
seNfere wound upon his lie,ad,-and he we's otherwise:very much
inj red. Confirmatory evidence, was adduced tending to Show
th guilt of the prisoners Murray and Alfred Bevis, but the
ev ence was very slight: against jtunes:Bevis.: y . : . ,
he jury: accordingly fomnct.the two first-mentioned-. pri-
so crs. Guilty, and acquitted the prisener James Bevis.
Ir. WILDE having taken a technical objection to the in=
'diotment, which Would. have required the postponement of
th tud-ie Justice nt ,
1),-1rrns?3Y expresiedihis opinion that it would
be iisahle:to try. 'the prisoners 'upon another indictment
..th t luidleen preferred against them. : . . V •
,' he prisoners Were 'accordingly,airaigned upon-that Charge.
• he evidence was precisery thesaine, and the jury returned
the sameverdict
vas in the former case. - - • - '
Mr. Justice PArrxsoN then sentenced Murray; against
whom 'a' previous Cilnvletion for -felony was proved, to be
transported for life, and Alfred Bevis for ten years.