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Edmund Knyvett, teacher of music, Great Stanmore,
Middlesex, Aug. 19, at two, and Sept. 25, at one.
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee,
King's Arms-yard, City ; M`Duff, Castle-street,

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Holborn.
John Wake, timber merchant, Silverstone, Northamp-
tonshire, Aug. 19, at half•past eleven, and Sept. 25, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official as-
signee, Guildhall-chambers ; Weller, King's-row, Bed-

From the Official List,
I'UBLISIIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING

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ford-row, London.
James Young, tobacconist. Bury St. Edmunds, Aug.
19, at half past twelve, and Sept. 18, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guild-
hall-chambers; Taylor, Featherstone-buildings, Holborn.
Edward Malian, dentist, Brook-street, Bond-street,
Aug. 19, at eleven, and Oct. 1, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street•
buildings ; Pain and }latherly, Basinghall-street and

LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12.

RAILWAYS.

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Annum.

Share.

£ s. d.

Great :Marlborough-street.
George Charles Crofts, corn merchant, Liverpool,
August 26, and September 19, at eleven, at the Liverpool
District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ;
Vincent and Sherwood, Temple, London ; Littledale and

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Bardswell, Liverpool.
Matthew Murphy, haberdasher, Shrewsbury, Aug.
23, and Sept. 10, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Bittlestone, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Clark and Sparrow, Wolverhampton ; Capes and Stuart,
Gray's Inn, London.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
J. Brown, carpet dealer, Manchester—first div. of ss.
3d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr.

Pott, Manchester.
J. Brown and A. Urquhart, carpet dealers, Munches,
ter—first div. of 7s. 6d. in the pound, Aug.l3, or an 3
Wednesday after Oct. 5, at the office of Mr. Putt, Man-
chester.
W. Armfield, draper, Northampton—final dir. of Is.
2d. in the pound, Aug. 12, 13, 14, or 15, at the office of
Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman street.
G. J. Carter, builder, Hornsey-cottage, Hornsey-
road—first div. of 3s. 6d. in the pound, Aug. 12, 13, 14,
or 15, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard,
C )leman-street.
C. Lewis, innkeeper, Bath—first div. of Is. 9d. in the
pound, Aug. 14, or any Monday after Oct. 4, at the
office of Mr. Miller, Bristol.
J. Hill, hatter, Stroud—first div. of 2s. GI in the
pound, Aug. 14, or any Monday after Oct. 4, at the
office of Mr. Miller, Bristol.
J. Willis, merchant, Liverpool—fourth div. of Is. 3d.
in the pound, Aug. 13, or any Wednesday after Oct. 4,
at the office of Mr. Follett, Liverpool.
A. A. Dobbs, wine merchant, Liverpool—a div. of 20s.
in the pound, Aug. 13, or any Wednesday after Oct. 4,
at the office of Mr. Follett, Liverpool.
D. liowlands, dealer in wine, Pwllheli, Carparvon-
shire—second div. of 4d. in the pound, Aug 14, or any
subsequent Thursday (except from Aug. 18 till Oct 4),
at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool.
C. Mottram, wool broker, Liverpool—second div. of
101 d. in the pound, Aug. 7, or any subsequent Thurs-
day (except from Aug. 18 till Oct 4), at the office of Mr.
Cazenove, Liverpool.
R. Shepherd, bootmaker, Liverpool—second div. of
7d in the pound, Aug. 14, or any subsequent Thursday
(except from Aug. 18 till Oct. 4), at tho office of Mr.
Cazenove, Liverpool.
T. Parr, plumber, Liverpool—second div. of 24. in
the pound, Aug. 14, or any subsequent Thursday (ex-
cept from Aug. 18 till Oct. 4), at the office of Mr, Caze.-
nove, Liverpool.
B. Berrill, merchant, Liverpool—final div. of 6d. in
the pound, Aug. 14, or any subsequent Thursday (ex-
cept from Aug. 18 till Oct. 4), at the office of Mr. Caze-
nove, Liverpool.
J. Edwards, grocer, Much Woolton, Lancashire—first
div. of 2d. in the pound, Aug. 14, or any subsequent
Thursday (except from Aug. 18 till Oct. 4), at the office
of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool.
T. Wood, wine merchant, Little Queen-street, Hol-
born—first div. of 4s. 9d. in the pound, Aug. 16, and
three last Saturdays in October, at the office of Mr.
Groom, Abchurch-lane.
J. and A. Emmett, dairymen, Old Kent-road—third
and final div. of 2s. 61 in the pound, Aug, 16, and three
last Saturdays in October, at the office of Mr. Groom,
Abch arch -lane.
W. Williams, wheelwright, Goudhurst, Kent—first
div. of 45. 9d. in the pound, Aug. 16, and three last Sa.
turdays in October, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab
church-lane.
J. Stevens, wharfinger, Rhodeswell-wharf, Mile-end-

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Luiseaster, Aug. 11.
The assizes for the northern division of the county com-
menced here this day. Mr. Justice Cresswell sat on the civil,
and Mr. Baron Rolfe on the criminal side. There are only
five cases in the calendar. One prisoner stands charged with
rape, and one with shooting at the lien. Mr. Moore, at Preston,
on the 2d of this month. On the civil side sixteen cases are
entered for trial.
(Before Mr. Baron RoLFE. )
The Court was engaged a great part of the day with the
trial of a case of rape, which terminated in the acquittal of the
prisoner.
Richard Bennett was indicted for having at Preston dis-
charged a loaded pistol at the Rev. Richard Moore, with in-
tent to murder him.
Mr. Holton conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was
defended by Mr. Brandt.
It appeared from the statement of the Rev. Mr. Moore,
that he is the clergyman of Lund, and a magistrate for the
county. Has been in the commission for many years. Lund
is about two miles from Kirkham, where the prisoner resides,
and about seven miles from Preston. The prisoner is a shoe-
maker, and about two years ago was before the prosecutor on a
charge which was dismissed. On the 2d of the present month,
the prosecutor was passing along Fishergate, in Preston, on
his way to the Town-hall, when be heard the discharge of a
pistol or a gun close to him, and was instantly enveloped in
smoke. Immediately after some hard substance struck him on
the breast. He looked round and saw the prisoner four or five
yards off. He was endeavouring to get away, but staggered as
if in great alarm. The prosecutor seized him, and a man came
up at the moment and assisted in securing him. Witness said,
" He has struck me," and the man replied, " He has shot at
you," and produced a pistol he had picked up. The prisoner
said nothing.
John Harrison, the person who had picked up the pistol,
stated that he was close to Mr. Moore's right hand when the
pistol was fired. The prisoner pulled the pistol out of his
pocket with his rightihand, and fired it straight at Mr. Moore.
He then flung the pistol at Mr. Moore, and it struck him on the
breast.
On cross-examination, the witness said that he was an old
soldier, and that he thought had the pistol been properly loaded
it must of necessity have hit Mr. Moore.
Adam Capstick, who was also close to Mr. Moore when the
shot was fireksaid he thought he heard someting whiz past his
head.
Wm. Kirby also deposed to the fact of the prisoner firing
the pistol.
Robert Williams, a policeman, produced the pistol. it was
a common screw-barrel pocket pistol. Witness had searched
for traces of a ball, but could find none. There was, however,
a low thatched building on the other side of the street a little
further down, in which it might have lodged.
On his examination before the magistrate the prisoner said,
"He has accused me of a crime of which lam not guilty. I

want to make it known."
This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. BRA NDT addressed the jury for the defence, contending
that there was no evidence that the pistol was loaded with any-
thing calculated to do grievous bodily harm, but, on the con-
trary, even in the case for the prosecution, the testimony went
to show that it could riot have been so. Had the party had
any serious intent to injure Mr. Moore—had the pistol con-
tained a ball or any destructive material, the contents must in-
evitably have passed into the body
.of the prosecutor. He ap-
prehended there could be no question in the case, except as
respected the common assault, of which, should the evidence
establish it, the prisoner might be found guilty on this indict-
ment. Even as to that he (Mr. Brandt) had a case to set up,
which he did with reluctance, but which he thought it his duty
to lay before them. The evidence would show that the pri-
soner was a person of a very peculiar temperament, liable to fits
of despondency and absence of mind, in which he wandered
about in a state of apparent vacancy. He had written also a
great number of letters to his attorney, bearing every mark of
a disordered mind, and was, it would be proved beyond all
doubt, frequently in a state in which he was not accountable for
his actions, and which gave great alarm to his relatives and
friends. . . .

second dir. of 1":1-d. in the pound, Aug. 16, and three last
Saturdays in October, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab-
church -lane.
A. Laurier and J. Lock, importers of foreign goods,
Wood-street, City—second and final div. of 2.W. in the
pound, Aug. 13, and three last Wednesdays in October,
at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown
to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
D. Mackay, merchant, Liverpool, Sept. 2 - NV. Lloyd,
wine merchant, Liverpool, Sept 2 —R. Westmore, joiner,
West Derby, Lancashire, Sept. 2—. T. Lewis, card manu-
facturer, Birmingham, Sept. 5—W. 11. Bates, factor,
Birmingham, Sept. 2—R. Greenwood, bookbinder, Brad-
ford, S.:pt. '2—T. Harris, currier, Newtown, Dlontgo-
meryshire, Sept. 2—J. Brown and A. Urquhart, carpet
warehousemen, Manchester. Sept. 2—E. T. Junes and H.
M. Crosskill, booksellers, Rochdale, Sept. 2.
P ARTNE RS I I IPS DISSOLVED.
S. 11. and S. Lucas—W. F. Shaw and S. W. Brad-
neck, schoolmasters, Bath—M. Cruse, J. Cruse, and L.
Cruse, news venders, Little Britain—J. and B. Smith,
merchants, Manchrster—M. A. Young and E. Kent,
milliners, Birmingham—R. Green and J. Arrowsmith,
common brewers, Salford—ll. Lebenhei:n and J. Mullar,
dealers in wool mosaic tapestry, Regent-street—W. C.
Evans and F. W. P. Cleverton, solicitors, Plymouth--
T. W. Ridsdale and M. B. Cooper, mercers, Darlington—
J. and E. Thompson, hosiers, Manchester—R. Turner
and W. Kirwood, tailors, Old Cavendish-street—F.
Bradbury, E. M. Sugden, and S. Sugden, drapers, Has-
lingdon, Lancashire—J. M. Kronheitn, W. Shepherd, and
F. W. Sutton, patent stereotype founders, Earl. street,
Blackfriars (so far as regards J. M. Kronheim)—S. Gib-
bon, J. Muddiman, and J. Hennell, ribbon manufacturers,
Coventry (so far as regards J. Hennell)—R. Spooner and
F. Smith, pianoforte makers, Gloucester-street, Bayham-
street, Camden-town—J. Barford and F. Cox, dealers in
plait, Wood-street, City—T. Gaden, W. L. C. Adcy,
and C. Adey, coal merchants, Poole.
SC OTC H SEQUESTR ATIONS.
William Mein, coach proprietor, Glasgow, Aug. 15
and Sept. 5, at twelve, at the chambers of Messrs. Wil-
son, Glasgow.
William Bain, manager of pyroligneous acid manufac-
tory, Headswood, near Denny, Aug. 19 and Sept. 9, at
one, at the house of Mr. Kirwood, Denny.

Mr. Thomas Shaw, a surgeon at Kirkham, said he had
known the prisoner seven or eight years. He was a person of
very reserved manners, and frequently would net enter into
conversation with any one. He seemed in a state of vacancy,
and in the opinion of the witness was not at such times in his
right mind. in the June of last year he was quite insane.
Witness attended him about a week. He could not sleep.
Witness saw him a day or two before this occurrence, and he
then seemed not in his right mind.
Andrew Lewis and Peter Barnett gave similar testimony.
Mr. Robert Ascroft, an attorney at Preston, said that about
two years ago he received three anonymous letters from the
prisoner. They were destroyed. The contents of the first
were—
,. Sir,—l am going to put a ball through my thick head for
a foolish thing I once did. I wish to know if you have any
commands for the shades below."
About six• weeks after witness received another, which con-
tained simply—
Who steals my purse steals trash."
SHAKESPEARE."
The third was received some time after, and was as follows
" If you had a friend in whom you placed confidence, and
who either deceived you or betrayed you, what would you do
with him ?"
Several other letters, of a similar nature, received lately, were
produced and read.
This was the case for the defence.
His LORDSHIP summed up, and
The jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, returned their
verdict, acquitting the prisoner absolutely of the felony, and
acquitting him of the minor offence of assault on the ground of
insanity.
His Lonosittr, after examining the Acts as to persons ac -
quitted on the ground of insanity, said he had some doubt
whether they, or either of them, applied to a case like the
present, where the prisoner was indicted for the felony, and
acquitted of the. minor charge only on the ground of insanity.
He should, however, direct the prisoner to be kept in custody
till her Majesty's pleasure should be known, and the question
as to the construction of the Acts might be considered else-
where.
On the civil side nothing of public interest occurred.

LECTURE ON LUNACY.
On Wednesday evening a lecture was delivered at the
British Coffee House, Coekspur.street, by J. T. Per-
ceval, Esq.. on the interest which the members of re-
ligion of all denominations are bound to take in the
proper treatment and examination of persons alleged to
be of unsound mind. The lecture was advertised to be
in aid of a new society lately instituted, The Lunatics'
and Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society.
The lecturer began by aplogising for intruding him.
self upon public attention, on a subject of so serious and
affec.ing a nature, and more particularly on account of
the connexion of the subject with the religion of his
nintry, which did not belong to his sphere, but to
the sphere of the ministers of religion. He had also
felt reluctant on account of the ridicule which he knew
would attach itself in the minds of many at the idea of
connecting lunacy or madness with religious inter ference
and instruction; but he hoped to prove, in the course of
his observations, that this ridicule was erroneous and
reprehensible. He felt himself to be so far far qualified
to speak on the subject, as he had himself been
practically acquainted with it in all its bearings,
having been unfortunately a fellow-sufferer with
the unhappy persons whose cause he was about to advo-
cate. But it was especially that cause which had prompted
him to come forward. He had been an eye-witness of
the ill treatment and sufferings they were compelled to
endure, and because he knew these sufferings to be of
an extreme and real character, that he considered
it to be a duty which he owed to his fellow creatures, to
aid with all his powers in the exposure and remedy of
these abuses.
The lecturer then alluded to the Society la`ely insti-
tuted for the protection of the British subject from un-
just confinement on account of mental derangement, which
had given him every assistance on this occasion, and had
addressed nearly 400 letters, inclosing tickets of admis-
sion to the Bishops, the Clergy, and the Ministers of all
religious denominations in the metropolis, of whom he
was sorry to see so few thought it worth their white to
attend. Yet he would prove that lunatics were, in every
sense, deserving objects of the attention of ministers of
religion, putting his claims to that attention on the lowest
Possible scale, even as animals. The lunatics called for,
and demanded the protection of the ministers of reli-
gion, still more as poor, as afflicted, as sick, as prisoners.
To all of whom, in every capacity, the ministers of reli •
gion were sent by the Author of the Divine mission,
who came to seek and save them that were lost—but
lest those present who were not acquainted with the sub-
ject, and who were unaware of the brutal treatment luna-
tics received, should think that the complaints were ex-
aggerated against the system of private lunatic asylums,
he would relate a few instances of gross and indelicate
ill-treatment of patients which he had witnessed.
The lecturer then entered into details of the
' most harsh and indelicate ill-treatment of patients
of the highest education and of the most refined feel-
ings, and particularly to a clergyman whom he met in
one of those asylums, and who was repeatedly caned in
the most violent manner by one of the keepers, in his
presence. This gentleman was of a very mild and ami-
able disposition, and had often interposed to prevent
similar brutal assaults of the keepers on himself. lie
appealed, therefore, to the ministers of religion not only
for the sake of female delicacy, which was continually
outraged in these houses, but for the sake of members
of their own profession, who were exposed to the grossest
insults, the greatest irreverence, the most brutal as-
saults, under the deepest affliction that can befal human
nature. He observed, that he hoped he had proved that
the ministers of religion were entitled to claim the right
of superintendence in these asylums—to the right of
visiting the members of their congregations con-
fined therein, to afford them religious advice and
consolation —to minister to the mind diseased—
to offer that sweet solace and consolation which religion
alone can supply, and simply by their presence and at-
tention to give to these asylums that mild and soothing
character so opposed to the present brutal system, and
the abuses to which he had referred and exposed. These
, had occurred under the present supervision of magis-
t trates and the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy,
showing that system to be a complete failure. The failure
of the present system justified the clergy and the minis-
) ters of religion generally, in demanding tor the benefit of
t this unforehnate portion of our fellow c,,untrymen and
countrywomen, a new system upon new principles, which
being founded on sound reason and the highest charities
a religion could net fail of being successful.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MAASION-HOUSE.
The case relating to the tea warrants, which occupied
a great deal of the Lord Mayor's time on Friday last,
was further inquired into esterday, but after much
discussion between counsel employed upon both sides,
was adjourned to this day. There were some remark-
able circumstances connected with the subject, which
caused very intense interest ; but, for obvious reasons,
we omit the report until the decision of the Lord Mayor
shall have been declared.
A woman "named Ann regrun, who had the appearance
of the wife of a decent tradesman, was brought before
the Lord Mayor.
R. Cobb (policeman No. 658) stated, that as he was
walking along Wormwood-street he saw the defendant
apparently in great agony, rubbing her knee, at the step
of the hall-door. She was very loud in her lamentation,
and upon being questioned, said she bad had a violent
fall, and had sustained desperate mischief. Witness
took her to the station-house and caused her to be
examined by a surgeon, who told her to rest a little and
she would soon get over the injury, if she had been in-
jured. In the station-house she became, apparently, a
greater object of compassion, for she complained of pains
in both legs, and it was considered necessary to take her,
on account of her agony, to the hospital. She became
extremely violent upon the stretcher, but was at last de-
posited on a bed in the hospital, and examined by Mr.
Travers, who, after due investigation, stated that nothing
whatever was the matter with her, and signed a certifi-
cate to that effect, for the inspection of the magistrate
before whom it might be considered necessary to takeher.
The Loan MArort—You charge her, then, with being
an impostor ?-.—The policeman said there was no doubt
at all that she had complained of pain for the purpose
of exciting compassion. She requested that witness
would allow her to go away, when she saw he was de-
termined upon inquiry, and there was reason to believe
that she had been lately engaged in stripping children of
their clothes in the unfrequented lanes and alleys.
The prisoner said she had been attacked with violent
pains in consequence of a fall she had had, and that she
never had been guilty of deception or plunder of any
kinct—She was remanded for a few days.
GUILDHALL.
THE LATE EXTENSIVE ROBBERY ON THE GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAY.-Yesterday, Mr. Chas. Maynard, an estate agent,
of No. 10, Elowland-street, Fitzroy-square, was brought before
Alderman Hughes Hughes, for re-examination, charged with
unlawfully attempting to take a reward on account of helping
Mr. V. Prance, solicitor, residing at Bridgewater, to recover a
writing-ease, containing bills of exchange to the amount of
2,0001., which had been stolen on the Great Western Railway
the early part of last month.
Mr. Clarkson, with Mr. Nash, from the firm of Swains,
Stevens, and CO., solicitors to the railway, appeared to con-
duct the prosecution, and Mr. Humphreys defended the
prisoner.
On the 7th ult., a Mr. Prance, solicitor, residing at Nether
Stowey, near Bridgewater, was a passenger from London by
the Great Western Railway, and he delivered his luggage to
ong of the porters, who planed a label on it. He mentioned
to the porter that it contained valuable property. When the
train arrived at Bridgewater, about t xo o'clock in the morning,
the writing case was missing. On the 12th ult. Mr. Prance
received an anonymous letter, stating that the leather else
containing the notes and bills were safe, and that a
liberals reward must be paid for its recovery. The
holders would seek a person highly respectable to act as
agent in the affair, and the prosecutor was to advertise in the
Morning Post, thus :—" Alpha will give pounds, if all
the papers are returned safe." The letter concluded by
stating that " none hut principals would be allowed to inter-
fere in the matter." Mt. Prance immediately handed the
letter to the manager of the Great Western Railway Com•
pany, who consulted Mr. Clarkson on the subject. The de.
sired advertisement not being sent to the Morning Post, on
the 18th of July a second letter was received, stating
" That if no answer was advertised in the Morning Post of
the following Tuesday, the papers
,would he out of the
holder's hands, arid irrevocably lost. This letter was in
the same handwriting as the first. An advertisement was
then sent to the Morning Post, dots instead of figures
being placed after` the kr. Another letter was then re.

THE S UN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN [NG, AUGUST 13 ►845.

ceived, dated from Morley's Hotel, Charing.cross, July
23, which stated that the agent appointed to arrange the
matter referred to was untortunately at Sandhurst, and
would not return until the following Saturday ; buts-that
he (the writer) would address a letter to him, and that
Mr. Prance should receive an answer from him at his re-
sidence, at Bridgewater. The letter also said that the
amount of the reward must be named in figures after the X.
in the next advertisement. On the following day Mr.
Prance received at Bridgewater the promised communication
from the agent, Mr. Charles Maynard. It was dated July 24,
Mr. Paine's Farm, Sandhurst, Kent, and was to the effect
that a stranger had called at his office the previous week, and
said that he had found a travelling-desk and contents, which
appeared to belong to Mr. Prance. The individual said that
he had not obtained it dishonestly, and proposed that the owner
should state what amount he would give for the recovery of
the property, and address his communication to his (the
writer's) office, No. 19, Howland-street, Fitzroy-square. It
also said that the finder thought he should receive 1001., hut
that he would take 501. with a redemption on the part of the
prosecutor that no ulterior proceedings should be taken. The
cash was to be deposited in the writer's ( iMaynard's) hands,
and the papers would be left at his office two hours after for
Mr. Prance. The letter concluded by hoping that the affair
would be settled between the following Saturday and Wed-
nesday, and that he (the writer) was of opinion that the
finder of the desk was under the tuiti m of some sharp prac-
titioners. These communications were all handed to Mr.
Seymour Clarke, manager of the Great Western Railway
Company, and under the advice of the solicitors to the Com-
pany a meeting was courted, and their clerk, Mr. Nash,
was appointed to attend to the business. On the '2d of
August another letter was received from the prisoner,
stating his regret that he could not meet Mr. Clarke, on
account of great press of business, and urging on Mr. Clarke
to agree to terms at once, as the man who had the desk did not
appear to be in needy circumstances, and it was not in his
(Maynard's) power otherwise to give the aid required in re-
covering the property. It also stated that it would be a useless
waste of time to scrutinise his (the prisoner's) conduct, as
he knew no particulars. and the affair could only be concluded
through his agency. The last letter, dated August 4, said the
things could be obtained for 411., and that he (Maynard)
would see Mr. Clarke on the following morning, from nine to
half-past nine o'clock. A meeting took place at the railway station
on Tuesday last, when an appointment was made to deliver up
the property at the Guildhall Coffee-house, and there, after a
little negotiation about the amount to be given, the property
was restored, minus 10/. in gold and a bill of exchange for
1201. The writing-case, however, was not given up. The
prisoner, at the railway station, agreed to take' 251., but en
his announcing the loss of the 1201. bill, Mr. Prance beat
him down to 22/. 10s. The prisoner was then given into
custody.
At the conclusion of the examination of Mr. Prance and
Mr. Nash yesterday,
Mr. Clarkson said he hoped the Magistrate would again
adjourn the case, as he had an appointment, which, on account
of the length of the present examination, he found very in-
convenient.

After some discussion; it was agreed the amount of bail
should be reduced to himself in 4001., and two sureties of 200/.
each.

LAMBETH.

INCENDIARISM, ASSAULT, AND ROBBERY.—Yesterday
George Humphery Bryant was charged before Mr. Henry
with being drunk, and wilfully setting fire to the house of Mrs.
Odell, No. 59, Hill-street, Walworth. _ .

Mrs. Odell deposed that on the evening before the prisoner,
who had lodged at her house for upwards of twelve months,
came home intoxicated and ill-used his wife, shamefully abused
her ( witness), and threatened to burn the place down. He then
went up stairs, but after stopping a few minutes returned, and
exclaimed, " I have set a light to your house." Witness
ran up stairs, and on entering the apartment occupied by the
prisoner and his wife she found the bed and bedding on fire.
She instantly flung some water on the bed, and, with the as-
sistance of her servant, succeeded in extinguishing the fire be-
fore it had done any serious mischief. The prisoner returned
in about a quarter of an hour, armed with a large club, and
swore with most desperate oaths he would have the lives of both
his wife and-witness ; and so violent was his manner that they
were both obliged to lock themselves up in the first instance,
and then escape by getting out of the front windows, while the
prisoner was in the back part of the house.
Police-constable William Staggill stated that he went to
take the prisoner into custody, and proceeded up stairs for that
purpose. The prisoner gave him a violent blow on the arm
with the tongs, and knocked him down a flight of stairs, by
which his spire and arm were injured. He, however, followed
the prisoner, who had effected his escape by the back way from
the house, and ultimately secured him.
The prisoner, in his defence, said he was so drunk at the
time that he was almost unconscious of what he did, but he
said he had not wilfully set the bed on fire.
Sergeant Pritchard, P 22, informed the magistrate that there
was a third charge against the prisoner of having stolen
a large ingot of tin from the premises of Mr. Coad, a
plumber and painter in High. street, Camberwell, on Saturday
night last.
He was remanded to a future day to give the officers an op-
portunity of tracing the property.
UNGRATEFUL THIEF. —John Hutchinson, a young fellow
of shabby genteel appearance, and who was described as a
cabinet-maker, was charged with stealing a writing-desk con-
taining plate to the value of 301., a bank receipt for a 1001.,
and a Bank of England note for 51., the property of Mr. James
Lampard, a barrister's clerk.
The prisoner had been paying his addresses to the daughter
of the prosecutor, and being out of employment he was lodged
and fed at the house. On Monday evening the prosecutor went
to his society in the Blackfriars-road, and at about ten o'clock
his wife and daughter went to meet him on his return home,
leaving the house in the prisoner's care. On their ret urn they
missed the prisoner and also the writing-desk, and
,found the
prisoner had gone out the back way. At a quarter to twelve
o'clock the prisoner was stopped in High-street, Poplar, with
,he boa unopened, and the whole of the property in it.
The prisoner was committed for trial.
WORS/i/ P- ST R E

THE SWELL MOB IN A CEMETERY.—Yesterday a young
man of smart appearance, who gave his name and address as
Alfred Page, Victoria terrace, Camberwell, was charged
with attempting to pick pockets in the Abney-park Cemetery,
Stoke Newington.
The wife of Mr. Mechi, the well-known razor and strop
manufacturer, was buried on Monday afternoon, and the
funeral being a rather ostentatious one, attracted a very great
crowd to the cemetery. Many pockets were picked, and the
prisoner, whose motions had excited the suspicion of many
persons, was given into custody. He, however, made such a
violent resistance, that he was conveyed from the cemetery to
the Kingsland police-station in a wheelbarrow, and thence to
the court upon the police stretcher.
A witness named Storer stated that he saw the prisoner

press against persons in the crowd, particularly ladies, in a way
that excited his suspicion. A friend of his, also, one of the
undertakers, pointed out the prisoner to him, and said he was
one of the swell mob. Ile therefore watched, and saw the
prisoner, after pressing against several, actually put his hand
into the pocket of one lady. He presently afterwards lost
sight of the prisoner in the crowd; but he spoke to the lady,
and ascertained from her that she had been robbed of some-

thing, and some time afterwards the prisoner was taken into
custody.
Policeman Miles, 273 N, said he saw the prisoner feel the
pockets of several ladies, at the very brink of the grave; and
while the minister was reading the burial service, the prisoner
appeared to be devoutly repeating the Lord's Prayer after him,
putting his hand at the same time into the pocket of a lady that
he was pressing against.
Mr. BINGHAM remanded the prisoner, far the attendance of
the ladies alluded to.

GREENWICH.
FIRST CONVICTION UNDER THE NEW ACT AGAINST

SAIUGGLING.—This Act of Parliament came into opera ion
on the 4th inst., and authorises police-constables and others
to apprehend and bring before the magistrates persons charged
with smuggling quantities of manufactured foreign tobacco and
spirits, in packages not weighing 61bs. and of spirits not ex-
ceeding one gallon. The 57th section of the Act dispenses with
the necessity of Custom-house informations in such cases, and
subjects the offender to a penalty of five pounds, and not less
than forty shillings, or one month's imprisonment in the House
of Correction.
John Ivey, dressed as a bricklayer's labourer, was brought
before Mr. Jeremy, charged with the unlawful possession of
five packages of foreign cigars, weighing two pounds ten

ounces.
Police-sergeant Beech deposed that he apprehended the pri-
soner in the Maidstone-road, Eltham-green. The prisoner
had a bundle under his arm, and said, on being questioned,
that it contained wearing apparel ; from his manner he sus-
pected the truth of the prisoner's statement. On examining
the bundle he discovered the cigars produced. The prisoner
then said he had bought them of a man at Erith for 17s.
Mr. Thomas Cornell, Queen's Appraiser of Customs, de-
posed that the cigars were of foreign manufacture, and in
foreign packages, the duty on which was 245. 9d., and the
value of the same 2s. 4/d.
Mr. JEREMY ordered the prisoner to pay the mitigated
penalty of 405., and in default he stood committed for one
month to the House of Correction.

RUGELEY.—A fearful inundation visited this town
on Tuesday night, spreaiing sudden devastation and alarm
amongst its inhabitants. Rugeley is situated near Cannock
Chase, and to the north of Hednesford, in which neighbour-
hood are several pools of water, used for the working of various
mills. In the afternoon of the day mentioned a dark and
portentous cloud was observed to rest over that locality.
Towards evening it suddenly discharged itself in a sweep-
ing torrent near what is called Brindley's pool, which
was completely burst. The impetuous torrent then
rolled along till it overwhelmed another and another pool,
carrying before it for many miles waggons, carts, and
every obstiuction in its course, till at length it came in contact
with a stream that runs through Hagley-park, the seat of the
Hon. Mr. Curzon, near the town of Rugeley. Here the
waters forced down the park.wall, ten feet high, creating two
immense chasms 100 feet in length. It then poured into the
town, filling the houses to the height of three, four, and six
feet. Many individuals were suddenly snatched up by the
current, and borne along for many yards, to the imminent
danger of their lives. Property and buildings to a consider-
able amount have been damaged, it is said to something like
2,0001. or 3,0001. Fortunately no lives have been lost.
Persons in the City, who have carefully examined
the lists of foreign railways, with a view to see their effect upon
the circulation, have estimated that about 10,000,0001. must
be sent out in the course of the year on account of the shares
held in this country, exclusive of what has already been paid.
This fact—which seems incontestable—should serve as a warn-
ing to speculators to be more than ordinarily careful in their
operations, and not to rush into the market on the strength of
the facilities which the present state of money affords. They
should always bear in mind, that however well stocked the
vaults of the Bank of England may be, that institution has lost
its expansive power under the present system, and can no
longer step in to supply a deficiency in the currency, the issue
of notes on securities being rigidly limited to 14,000,00 a It
is the more necessary to repeat this circumstance to the public,
as even those who ought to be best informed on the subject are
often found to entertain a vague notion, that the Bank could
afford some assistance if they were willing, whereas it is im-
possible to entertain a view more fallacious. The weekly pub-
lication of the Bank returns ought to convince every one how
completely all operations in that quarter are restricted.— Times.
BAPTIST BUILDING FUND SOCIETY.—Last evening
the annul'. meeting of the members and friends of this Society,
established in 1824, fur the purpose of relieving the chapels of
the above sect from debt, as well as erecting new places of
worship where they were required, was held at the Baptist
Mission-house, Moorgate-street. Joseph Fletcher, Esq , was
called to the chair, and addressed the meeting on the import-
ance of the Society, and the benefit it would render to Chris-
tianity if supported. The Secretary then read the report,
from which it appeared that the receipts had been for some
time gradually diminishing, and for the last year were 52/. less
than the preceding year. The sum available in the hands of
the treasurer was but 629/., of which over 5001. had been
granted for the objects of the Society, which relieved most of
the_ metropolitan chapels from the debts with which they had
been. encumbered. Several addresses on behalf of the Society
were delivered in the course of the evening.
DEATII FROM THE ATTACK OF A BULL,—On Mon-
day evening Mr. Samuel Murrough, a medical student, of
Castle-street, Oxford-street, expired from the effects of in-
juries received from the attack of a bull whilst walking in a
field near the chalk-pits at Gravesend. The deceased was in
his twenty-second year, and had lingered from Wednesday last.