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SPANISH PASSIVE BONDHOLDERS !
Do hot be tempted by the trifling rise in this Stock to sell.
Your Stock. is now scarce, and remeniber more, the Spanish Minister
of Finance has pledged himself to propose to the Cortes a settlement
of the whole Foreign Debt of Spain. Is the Active Stock then only
to be converted, and our'intcrests to be neglected? Believe it not.
You 1001. Bond is now worth but 71., if you will but be firm, another
Month will make theth wOrth'l7/

ROYAL POLY TECHNIC INSTITUTION. '
A Curious Piece of MECHANISM to supply the LOSS of the
HIND, is daily exhibited on a person, who, haying lost his own hand,
is enabltd to perform many of the ordinary functions of the natural;
one. PHILLIPS'S PATENT FIRE ANNIHILATOR, illustrated'
by Dr. Ryan in his daily Chemical Lecture on the Mornings and Eve-
nings of MONDAY; WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY.—A Series ef '
LECTURES on ASTRONOMY by Professor Bachheffner, o❑ the'
Mornings and Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,
during Lent, accompanied by Dr. Wallis on BRABY'3,CALOTONE..
Working Models of New Inventions, are daily explained. NEW
DISSOLVING VIEWS, including the SHRINE of the NATIVITY.
CHILDE'S CHROMATROPE. THE PROTEOSCOPE. The
PHYSIOSCOPE: DIVING BELL and DIVER, Re. Re. • -
Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price.

WHISPER,

CHRISTOPHER INN, FAMILY COMMERCIAL HOTEL,
MARKET-PLACE, BATH.
A. COLES (Widow •of the late
.John Coles)
_ILA.. begs respeetildly to inform Commercial Gentlemen, Visitors
to Bath, her Friends, and the.Publiegenerally,.that it is her intent.
tion to CONTINUE the BUSINESS of the above old-established
Hotel, for the support of herself and infant family, and assures them
that every exertion will be made for the comfort of those who rnaypa-
tronise her- Establishment,- Mill that charges, with regard to the
strictesVeconemy, will be made for everything, supplied, and which
shall be of ' the very first quality. Persons visiting Bath, or
travelling by railrolvd, will find the above particularly desirable
both for the pleasanthess its situation and proximity to the
Station.. , . .
The house Is always held In readiness with well-aired Beds, and
'every accommodation for-persons travelling bythe night Trains.
*** Wines and Spirits of the- First Quality.—Excellent Stabling,
and Omnilmses to all the Trains. .

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
AxcE SOCIETY,
• 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
• Capital .000,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
• DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The steady- success and increasing prosperity of the Society has
enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation to declare it
second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts invested on each
Policy effected on the Profit scale:

'LE.

Bonus
Premium. added.

d; •
.£ 8. d.
' • 183'7 170 9 3
7~:.3 4 1439 144 2 2
1639 116 16 0

Beans In
Cash.

Z s. d.

77 5 1
64 5 6
51 5 11

The division of profits is annbal, and the neat will be made in De-
cember of 'he present year.
This institution offers many important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Amenities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrsw, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(sea table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of his interests to meet ether convenionces or necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, See.

LIFE ASSURANCE.
and
1 NATIONAL -
mENRECRHALAITTTTIL
TLItIFIDASESSURMANCNE Sand
BENEFIT SOCIETY.
.5, Chatham-place, London.
Registered pursuant to Act of Parliament, 7 and 8 Vic., c. 110, s. 58.
TausTEns.

Quarks Harris, Esq., Alderman I Sir John Key, Bart.
T. R. Kemp, Esq.'
The advantages of this Society are an Ample Security Fund—
Moderate Rates of Premiums—Allowance in Sickness—Credit for
Half the first Five Years' Premiums—The Privilege of Borrowing
Two-thirds of the Premiums after the first Three Years.
Active and responsible Agents and Medical Referees required in
the provincial towns.
Prospectuses, &c., may be had on application at the Head Office,
5, Chatham-place, Blackfriars, London.
THOMAS ➢iUSGRAVE, Secretary.

ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
39, THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK.
EMPOWERED by SPECIAL ACT of PARLIAMENT,
5 and 6 Will. IV., c. 76.
THOMAS FARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman.
WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Riehard.E. Arden, Esq. James Clift, Esq.
William Banbury, Esq. Rupert Ingleby, Esq.
Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman.
Thomas Camplin, Esq. Jeremiah Pilcher, Esq.
John Humphery, Esq., Alderman; Lewis Pocock, Esq.
M.P.
PIITSICIAN—Dr. Jeaffreson, 2, Finsbury-square.
• SURGEON—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
CONSULTING Am:nay—Professor Hall, of King's College.
LOW RATES OF PREMIUM.
In addition to the subscribed Capital of 300,0002., the Assured have
the security of the Company's income of nearly 60,000/. per annum,
yearly increasing, and an accumulating Assurance Fund invested in
Government and other available securities, of considerably larger
amount than the estimated liabilities of the Company.
The rates of premium are reduced to the lowest scale compatible
with the security of the Assured, and the stability of the Company,
thereby, in effect, giving to every Policy Holder an immediate and
certain Bonus without risk, in lieu of the deferred and frequently
delusive prospect of a periodical division of Profit;!.
ANNUAL PREMIUM TO ASSURE £lOO.

SIR JAMES -GRAHAM'S NEW MEDICAL
• BILL.
A PUBLIC MEETING of the ASSOCIATION of GENERAL
PRACTITIONERS in MEDICINE, SURGERY, and MIDWIFERY,
will be held at the Hanover-Square Robins, on FEID.AIt NERT, the 14th
instan.-,ste Which every General Practitioner is specially invited, for
the purpose of receiving the REPORT of the PROVISIONAL COM-
MITTEE, and of adopting such resolutions thereon as may be deemed.
expedient. •
R. IL PENNING EON, Esq., in the Chair. •
- • The-Chair will-be taken at Six o'clock precisely. •
By order' of the Provisional Committee,- '
• • JAMES BIRD, "/ Honorary
HENRY ARCELL, Siciettudes.
4,'Hanover-squata,Narch 11, 1840., ' . • •

GRE SIT A M AVENUE ASSOCIATION,
30, Bucklersbtry, March 10 1845.
At a SPECIAL MEETING of the, PROVISIONAL COMMIT-
TEE, held this day, it was resolved •
That; being advised that serious objections are likely to be raised
in Parliament against' that part of the scheme,of the. Association IT,
lating to Life Assurance, as involving the principle of a Totitinb, the
Committee, therefore, deem it eiNdient 'to abandon that part of their
original plan for raising the capital of the Association.
That *the capital be 'raised by the issue of 3,000 shares of 1001. each,
not: subject to a Contingency ,upon life, and that the profits of the
Association be divided annually..
'That those subscribers who have paid their deposits upon the plan
originally. announced, may, on or before Monday, the 24th inst., re-
ceive back the same, without' deduction,' upon application at the
',Office, and those st:ho are desirous of transferring their' subscription
tg thelireput scheme.
-•lre requested to signify the same on or before
•
'that • - • „ . .
.That applications fur the unappropriated shares will be received
until Monday, the 24th March inst., when the same will be forth-
with allotted.

Prespectuses may be obtained and plans may be seen on applica-
tion at the Offices, No. 30, Bucklersbury ; and of the solicitors,
Messrs. Bischoff and Cox, 19, Coleman-street.
By order of the Committee,
W. C. CRANE, Secretary.

ARIS AND LYONS RAILWAY.
1 (C. LAFFITTE'S ORIGINAL COMPANY.)

DIRECTORS.
Monsieur Charles Laffitte, Paris.
James li. Attwood, Esq., 13, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-

square, London. .
Comte d'Alton Shee Pair de France, Paris. - '
John Moss, Esq., Liverpool.
The Right Hon. G. R. Dawson, 15, Upper Grosvenor,street, London.
Wm. J. Chaplin, Esq., Adelphi-terrace, London. .
Monsieur E. Simons, Administrateur des Messageries Royales, Pari.
Monsieur Alexandre Berignieres, Administrateur des Messageries

Generales, Pails.
Charles Deyaux, Esq:, 62, King William-street; London.

Hardman Earle, Esn., Ltierpool,

Moniieur Ed. Blount, Paris.

Ross D. Mangles, Esq., M.P., London.
John Mastennan, jun., Esq., Nicholas-lane, London.
_ .

Monsieur
M Moreau Chalons, Paris.
Matthew Eizielli, Esq., 62, King William-street, London.
The Provisional Committee of the Paris and Lyons Railway Com-
pany having ascertained that it is the intentioned' th-OFrench Govern-
ment to lease the line to a company able and willing to reimburse the
State for all expenditure hitherto incurred, and to undertake all fur-
ther outlay which may be required for the entire construction of the
line, liave determined upon increasing the capital to the hill amount
necessary for this purpose. In confortnity with the terms of sub-
scription contained in the circular of the 10th August last, which con-
templated such a contingency, they have resolved upon offering
to the Shareholders Two New Shares for every Old Share, Sub-
ject to all the liabilities ofincrease or diminution hereafter, as in the
foimer case, and subject also to any further call *bich may be found
necessary. All Shareholders who may wish.to avail themselves of
this option are requested to apply at the office, and to produce the
original receipts, between Tuesday, 11th, and Saturday, 22d inst.
Notice is hereby given, that all parties not applying within the pre-
scribed time will be considered to have waived their claim to the ad-
ditional shares, which will be otherwise appropriated.
By order,
ED. AIME, Secretary.
62, King William-street, March 6, 1845.

' '
' usise prospect of a periodical division of Profit. 4. By order,
.
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•
ANNUAL PREMIUM TO ASSURE £lOO. ED. AIME, Secretary.
62, King William-street, March 6, 1845.
Age. For One Year. For Seven Years. Whole Tern
BRITISH and FOREIGN INSTITUTE.
20 £0 17 8 £0 19 1 £1 .11 10 Every Wednesday—Musical Soir6e or Lecture. ,
30 1 1 8 1 2 7 2 0 7 Every Friday—Conversazione or Discussion.
40 1 5 0 1 6 9 2 14 10 • The Library and Club Rooms are openfrom Nine, A.M., to Eleven,
50 j 114 1 11910 • 40 11 P.M., and the Evening Meetings commence at Eight o'clock.
60 3 2 4 3 17 0 6 0 10 JAMES S. BUCKINGHAM, Resident Dyector.
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„„_„;, •.4 . 13, George-street, Hanover-square. .

One-third of "Whole Term" Piemium may remain unpaid at
5 per cent. compound interest, as a debt upon the policy for life, or
May be paid off- at any-time without notice. .
In Assurances for Advances of Money, as security for debts, or
as a provision for a family, when the least present outlay is desirable,-
the varied and comprehensive tables of the Argus Office will be found
to N particularly favourable to the Assured.
The Medical Officers attend daily at a Quarter. before Two o'Clock.
EDWARD BATES, Resident Director.
A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents.

VAUXHALL COMPOSITE CANDLES,
• Bs. Gd. per doz.
PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES, 10s. Gd. per doz.
GENUINE WAX CANDLES, 28s. per doz.
These three sorts of Candles are all precisely alike in their burn-
ing qualities, but the Vauxhall Composites are rather softer than
the Price's Patent, and thence the difterence in price. Even those
who are compelled to study economy alone, should burn them in pre-
ference to Tallow Dips.
Patent Cocoa Nut Lamp 011, warranted equal in every respect to
the finest Sperm, 4s. par gallon.
WM. MARCHANT, 253, Regent-circus, Oxford-street.

BRITANNIA LIFE OFFICE, 1, Princes-street,
Bank, and 448, West Strand, London, January 1, 1845.
Notice is hereby given, that the BUSINESS of the LONDON and
WESTMINSTER MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY has
been TRANSFERRED to this Company ; and all persons holding
policies issued by the said Society are informed that, as soon as the
renewal premiums thereon shall become payable, new policies will
be granted to them by the Directors of this Company, at the sane
rates of premium which they now pay, and without any charge for
stamp-duty; and all claimants on policies issued by the said London
and Westminster Mutual Life Assurance Society arc informed that
such claims will be discharged by the Diree tors of this Company, a
soon as the the same shall have been substantiated.
PETER MORRISON, Resident Director.

BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM-
PANY, I, Princes•street, Bank, London, empowered by spe-
cial Act of Parliament, 4 Vic. c. 9.
HALF CREDIT RATES OF PREMIUM.
Persons assured according to these rates are allowed credit (with-
out security) for half the amount of the first seven annual premiums,
paying interest thereon at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, with the
option of paying off the principal at any time, or having the amount
deducted from the sum assured when the policy becomes a claim.
Policies may thus he effected at lower rates than are generally re-
quired for the term of seven years only ; whilst the holders have the
same security for the payment of their claims, whenever death may
happen, as if they paid double the amount of premium, which would
be charged for assurances effected in the us 'al way.
Extract from the Half Credit Rates of Premium.
Annual Premium required for an Assurance of 100/. for the Whole

Term of Life,

Half Premium for Whole Premium,
Age. seven years. after seven years.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
30 1 1 9 2 3 6
35 1 411 • _ 2 910
40 1 9 2 2 18 4
45 1 14 10 3 9 8
30 2 2 6 4 5 0
55 2 12 9 5 5 6
60 3 6 8 6 13 4

PETER MORRISON, Resident Director.

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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME ClRCUM—Alaidstane, Alwch 11.
The Commission for the county of Kent was opened
on Monday,: and this morning; ut ten o'clock, both
Cotirts proceeded. to business, the Lard Chief Justice
presiding at Nisi Prius, and Mr. Baron Alderson in the
Crown Court. The business is heavy, there being
twenty-five causes entered on thOCivil Side, six of which
are special jury cases, and -among them- is that of Bacon
v. Bridges, involying a -question offiavelkind tenure,
which has beeri.under litigation a-considerable time, and
in which Sir T. Wilde and Mr. Pifzroy Kelly are spe-
cially retained.' On the Crown side, there are upwards
of a hundred prisoners. for trial, but nearly the whole
of the offences charged are of a very trivial character.

method of " smoking them while roosting on the trees," the
result of which was they "fell. like dead into their arms."
After this the witness and the men parted, but in about an
hour he fell in again with them at the Feathers, when he
attempted to sell the 'birds for them. This being the case
for the prosecution, and four of the birds being clearly iden •
tified by the keeper and gardener,
Mr. Justice PArrEsoN proceeded to sum up the case to the
jury, telling them that this was not a poaching case, but a
pure felony, there being no doubt whatever but that birds so
reclaimed from a state of nature were proper subjects of
felony.
The jury having found all the prisoners Guilty, they were
severally sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard
labour.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Salisbury, March 10.
(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE. )
Praxell.4?ford Hinurood was indicted for feloniously send-
ing a letter to Thomas Slade Whiting, threatening to burn
and destroy his stacks of corn.
Mr. Merewether conducted the prosecution. -
It appeared that the prosecutor is a farmer at Codford, and
one of. the guardians of the poor. On the 7th of December
he received a, letter by the post, Within the letter was a
small piece of brown paper, burnt at one end like a match
The prisoner had been an inmate of the union: She had
told a person that she would send a threatening letter‘to Mr.
Whiting, because he had only allowed her 6d. a day. She
had been in prison•for breaking windows at the Warminster
-Union. When she came out of prison she returned to the
union, and, after she had been there a day or two she asked
another pallier for a sheet of writing Taper, and she then
wrote a letter, which she said was to one of the guardians of
her parish 'She cut a piece of lirown paperin the shape of a
match, and burnt it at one end, _and put it in the letter, and
sealed it, making an impression on the wax with the thimble-
of another pauper, and gave it to one of them to take to
the post.
The following is a copy of the letter i—
" Mr. Thomas Slade Whiting,—l have sent you these few
lines Just to give you Warning, that before this month is
over you shall have your Farm and property destroyed by
fire; what corn you intend sending to market send as quick
as.you can, for you shall not send any more. This is the
articles I use, and I shall use them. But if you do not want
it in a Blaze you must not let me come into your parish.
But you shall suffer for it. And I will do it. Let me be
wherever I may be for I will do it and your police nor any
other shall stop me."
This letter was directed to "Mr. Thomas Slade Whiting,
Codford, St. Peter's, Wilts."
The prisoner, when called upon for her defence, said to the
prosecutor, "As you have sworn falsely • • nst me, you may
depend upon it if ever I have i, I'll set your
property on fire: that you ma -
The gaoler—Be quiet.
Prisoner—l shall not be , : the sentiments
of my mind.
Tne jury found the prise
The prisoner has been Wore tried, two years since, for
threatening to kill and murder the master of the workhouse.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE sentenced the prisoner to ten years'
transportation.
The prisoner said, "Thank you, my Lord, and I hope you'll
sit there till I come back."

COT RT.
(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.)
Mary Anne Jones, 21, w_as indicted for a robbery with
violence upon Mary. Allison, and:Stealing two pounds in
silver, a' half-sovereign and other, property belonging •to
Joseph Allison, her husband. •
It appeared that the prosecutrix and her husband re-
side at Minster in the Isle of Sheppy, and on the even-
ing of the 16th of December, she-was sitting at home
alone, when a woman and a man cline to the door,and
demanded alms. She told them she had nothing to give
when the man said they—would see whether she had
or not, and they then fotced.their -way into the house.
She screamed out " Murder," and tlie woman seized her
and thrust her into a chair; and, having struck her, held
her down, while the man-rifled the drawers, and took
away the sum mentioned-in- the indictment, and every
other portable article of value that he could lay his
hands upon. They then oxide off, leaving the prose-
cutrix in hysVrics. Her tries brought some of her
neighbonrs to bei assiStance, When, from the description
she gave, -the prisoner - was' apprehended the -same
evening, and identified. oa being cross-examined, she
admitted that she was much alarmed at the time; and;
although she now positively swore to the identity of the
prisoner, yet there were circumstances to induce a belief
thlit she might by possibility be mistaken.
The Learned JUDGE having expressed his opinion
that, in so serious a charge, where there was not the
least corroboration of the testimony, it would not be
see to convict the prisoner, the jury accordingly re•
turned a verdict of Not Guilty.

George Goodfellow, James Andrews, John Wyatt, alias
Loveless, William Palmer, Thomas Sanger, James Read,
alias Viney, George Scammell, and Henry Andrews, were in•
dieted for unlawfully being together on the 25th of January
last, in the night, in an inclosed land, called Toffatit, or
Toffont, or Tovont-wood, in the possession of the Earl of
Pembroke, armed with guns and other offensive weapons,
for the purpose of taking or destroying game.
The prisoners, upon being placed at the bar, presented a
very sad spectacle. Some of them had their heads bound
up; others had their arms in slings; and most of them ap-
peared to have been very severely wounded.
Mr. Merewether conducted the case for the prosecution,
and Mr. Hodges defended the prisoners.
Mr. MEREWETHF,II, in opening the case for the prosecu-
tion, stated, flirt the prisoners were indicted under the sta-
tute the 9th George IV., cap. 69, section 9, which enacted
that if any persons, to the number of three or more together,
should by night unlawfully enter or be in any inclosed land
armed with guns or other offensive weapons for the purpose
of taking or destroying game, they should be guilty of a
misdemeanour. The Earl of Pemcbroke was the owner oE
Toffant-wood, but he had given Mr. Martin permission to
shoot there. The game was preserved topic) inordinate ex-
tent, and no battue shooting was carried on there. Although
they were sorry to see the prisoners suffering much from the
violence whichi afterwards ensued, yet he believed that when
this enterprise was first determined on, the parties had not
intended that it should be attended with any violence; but,
on that very account, it was very important that this prose-
cution should be instituted, because it was desirable that
publicity should be given to proceedings of this kind, that
persons might know, before they entered upon such a scheme,
that consequences might ensue which might place them in
the most painful position. The Learned Counsel then gave
a detail of what had taken place on the night in question,
which will appear in the following short extract from the
evidence :-1-•

James Barrett, the elder—l live at Compton Chamber-
lain, and am gamekeeper to Mr. Martin. I know Toffaut-
wood, which is the property of Lord Pembroke. It is within
my beat. On the night of the 25th of January, about nine
o'clock, I went out on my duty, accompanied by my two
sons, and Lambert and Raymond. About three in the morn-
ing I heard the report of a gun. We went in the direction of the.
sound, and saw a man coming towards rm. It was a moonlight
morning. The man was looking up in the trees, as if for game.
He walked up close to me. I put up my hand and took him
by the collar of the jacket. I saw his face, and said,
"Master Goodfellow, is that you ?" I had known him for
years. I told my son James to take the gun from him, that
no mischief might be done. There was a struggle about the
gun, and Goodfellow called. "Fall in, fall in." My son got
the gun, and threw it away. We heard the report of ano-
ther gun, and then nine or ten men came up, having guns or
bludgeons. They held them up on end. One said, "D—
-your eyes, stand!" Then a fight began. I had a stick and
hanger. When I laid hold of Goodfellow I stuck my hanger
in the ground, to prevent mischief. The other party struck
the first blow. The fight continued for half an hour. I saw
James Andrews, Henry Andrews, John Wyatt, and Good-
fellow. They had sticks and guns. We had no firearms. We
were overpowered, and obliged to decamp.
Cross-examined—We always preserve the game there. My
sons and myself are regular keepers in the employment of
Mr. Martin. We had only two hangers with us. I don't
know how many cuts I inflicted. We had on a kind of hel-
mets made of straw to protect our heads. They are called
Cranbourne-chase hats. When the fight began we let Good-
fellow go. There was no attempt by the poachers to dis-
charge their guns during the fight.
By the JUDGE-I was confined to my bed for a fortnight
afterwards.
James Barrett, jun.—l am son of the last witness, and Was
with him that night. George Goodfellow came up to us, and
my father took him by the collar. I tried to get the gun
from him. He endeavoured to get the cock of the gun up.
I heard it snap twice. I succeeded in getting it from him.
He called out " Fall in, fall in 1" I then saw nine or ten
other men come up as fast as they could run. They lifted
up the guns and sticks which they had, and struck us on our
heads with them. I can speak to James Andrews, Henry
Andrews, William Palmer, and George Scammell. I knew
them well. This is the gun I took from Goodfellow. It
was loaded and had on a cap. The next morning I went
to the spot, and found three bludgeons and the broken stock
of a gun.
Cross-examined—The moon shone bright at that time. I
knew Goodfellow before my father took him by the collar.
I never said to Henry Turner that I fancied some of them
must have thought of their latter end. Sometimes there
were three of them to one of us. If I had not made use
of my hanger as much as I could I should have died upon
the spot.
Charles Barrett—l was with my father that night. I can
identify George Scammell, Henry Andrews, James Read,
and William Palmer. I saw them beating my father when
he was on the ground. George Scammell knocked me down
with a bludgeon.
John Barrett—l ant twin brother of the last witness, and
was with the party that night. I speak to Sanger, Scam-
mell, and James Andrews. I was knocked down several
times.

William Raymond—l come from the infirmary. I was
with the gamekeepers that night. Henry Andrews was
there. (This witness had his arm broken, and was otherwise
dreadfully beaten.)
Mr. Martin—l have Lord Pembroke's permission to shoot
in Toffant-wood. It is not my land.
This was the case for the prosecution.
Several respectable farmers and other persons, and parti-
cularly the rector of the parish, spoke very highly as to the
character of all, or some of the prisoners : they were the best
labourers in the parish, and had never before-been known as
poachers.
The jury found the prisoners Guilty, and they were sen-
tenced to be imprisoned for 12 months, with hard labour.

The prisoner was removed from the dock in a fainting fit.
Edwarll Duckett, a labouring man, pleaded guilty to an
indictment charging him with having stolen a case of surgi-
cal instruments, value 3/., the property of the President and
others of St. George's Hospital.
The Learned JUDGE told the prisoner that he was n snost
ungrateful fellow, for, having been received at the hospital as
an in•-patient, he had availed himself of the opportun►ty of
robbing those who were exerting all their medical and sur-
gical skill with a view of restoring hint to health: The sen-
tence upon him was, that he be imprisoned in the Westmin-
ster Bridewell for six months.

John IV. Pkrter was indicted for having fraudulently ob-
tained seven' books, of the value of 71. 75., the property seve-
rank of Mr. James Parker, Mr. William Rogers, and Mr. NV
H. Tinney, barristers-at-law. '
The 'Learned JUDGE sentenced the defendant 'to four
months' imprisetithent in the Westminster Bridewell, with
an intimation that if he were to make his appearance at that
bar again`under similar circumstances, .he would most Pn •
doubtedly be' transported.! " .--3
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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.
THE HEIR-AT-LAW Socnrry.—Yesterday Henry &hole-
field applied to Sir Peter Laurie for his advice under the fol-
lowing circumstances :
He stated that he was a power-loom meaver . and that he
came from Lancashire on behalf of a number dpersons there
who had lost their money from seeking advice at the Heir-
at-Law Society., About two-and-twenty years ago a sum of
4,0001. was left by a gentleman for the next of kin. About
sixteen months back some parties of the name of Smith for-
warded documents through him to the Society for the pur-
pose., Of .'obtaining the:legacy ; at the same time. -a fee of
21. 4s. Gd. was sent. After some time dletterWrits received
from Air. Ross,- ackiowledging the receipt of the fee. In
December last the Society sent a 'letter, stating that the
counsel's opinion was rather favourable towards them, and
that they would require 101. more for the purpose of filing
a bill in Chancery. The only obstacle to them- getting the
money would be, whether their claim carne within the
statute of limitations. The money was sent, and they had
never heard anything more of the of since. In conse-
quence of the reports in the newspapers relative to this
Society, these parties in Lancashire sent him up for the pur-
pose of getting their money back or the deeds. He bad
called at the office several times, but could not see any one.
Sir PETER LAURIE—AII I can say is, that you will never
get one shilling back.
Applicant-Yes, I expect the 10/., for here is an acknow-
ledgment for it.
Sir. P. LAURIE—Yes, this is Mr. Ross's handwriting, for
I know it well. How came yon to correspond with the so-
ciety? Is there any agent issuing prospectuses in Lanca-
shire? Applicant—No, there is not; but a person down
there happened to have one, when some individuals, thinking
they had claims to property, and imagining the society was
an upright, and fair one, immediately solicited their advice.:
Sir P. LAURIE—AM can say is, I wish I did not know so
much of Mr. Ross as I do. The only thing I see you can do
is that, if those you represent can afford it, to indict the par-
ties for a conspiracy. Mr, Ross is the same party who pro-
posed the erection of a bridge at Holborn-hill some time back.
If those parties who have been duped were to meet, as in the
case of the West Middlesex Assurance Company, and pro-
, ceed against the parties, I have no doubt that you would all
get your documents back.
Mr. Scholefield said that he did not think he should be
able to stay in town, in consequence of his finances being so
low. He thought it very hard that persons in his station of
life should be thus robbed.

Sir P. LAURIE said that he was very sorry for him, but he
did no see how he could help himself.
The applicant then left the Court.
LAMBETH.

ALLEGED CED,I. CON. AND BATTERY.—Yesterday, John
Hodges. a well-dressed young man, who described himself as
a pencil-maker, residing at 14, Francis-street, Waterloo-road,
appeared before Mr. Henry, on a warrant, charging him with
having violently assaulted Mr. Augustus Frederick Effland,
a chemist and druggist; Princes-street, Westminster-road.
Mr. Effland, who is of a slight figure, and youthful appear-
pearance, deposed that, on the night of that day week, he
was in his surgery, about to sit down to a " frugal supper,"
when the defendant entered his shop, jumped over the coun-
ter, and rushed into the surgery. He then accused him
(witness) of having his wife harboured there, and made use
of the most insulting epithets towards him.
Mr. HENRY—Was the defendant sober at the time or not?
Mr. Effland—Sober, Sir, why he's a teetotaller, and a Re-
chabite, and, of course, was perfectly sober.
Mr. liENity—Well, proceed to state what followed. Wit-
ness—Well, Sir, he caught hold of me and very nearly
strangled me, and when he found that I was ready to drop
from exhaustion on account of the strangulation, he gave me
a very violent blow on my mouth, which caused me to bleed
very profusely.
Mr. HENRY—The defendant, you say, accused you of har-
bouring his wife, and I suppose of an improper intimacy.
Have". you anything to say about that? Mr. Effland—lle
does charge me with that, your worship, but I defy him to
prove it ; and, in fact, it's a complete conspiracy- against me.
Mr. HENRY—Did the defendant accuse you with having
his wife in your house on the night he came there? 'Witness
—He did, your worship, and looked about as if expecting to
find her, but I told him I should allow him to go all over the
house to satisfy him she was not there.
Mr. HENRY—Had the defendant., on any previous occasion
charged you with an improper intimacy with his wife? Wit-
ness—lie has done so, your worship, and they have been
parted on that account, but they have since made it up, and
lived, as I believed, happily together, and so far from my car-
rying on an intimacy or correspondence with his wife, I am
quite ignorant of their present address, and I defy him to
prove an intimacy at any time.
Mr. HENRY (to the defendant)—You have heard the charge
against you—what have you to say to it? Defendant—l do
not deny the assault, but I shall tell your worship how, it
was. The fact is, that this person (complainant) had been
our medical attendant; and when attending my wife while
labouring under an inflammation in the bowels, he availed
himself of the opportunity of seducing her, and weaning her
affections from me. From some circumstances which I had
observed, as well as from my wife's conduct towards me, I
suspected something wrong between the parties, and
my suspicions were confirmed one Sunday evening im-
mediately after I left home, for the purpose of going
to church, and my wife, no doubt, thought I went
there ; but instead of going to church I went to the
house of Mr. Effland, and there found my wife in the sur-
gery, with her cloak and bonnet off, but her excuse was that
she went there for medical advice. This, however, was the
cause of a separation between us, and my wife, as I thought,
went to live with her mother. After a short time I consented
to take her back, and she came home, but from subsequent
inquiries which I instituted, I found that, instead of living
at her mother's while away from me, she was actually living
under the protection of Mr. Effland, under the assumed name
of Clare. He, however, made up. his mind, as he had taken
his wife back, not to move in the matter, provided there was
not a continuation of the intimacy ; but he soon discovered
that the complainant had found out the residence of him-
self and his wife, and had actually sent her a letter by his
apprentice on the evening of Sunday week, while he was at
church.

Mr. Effiand denied this, and said his brother, who was his
apprentice, was in attendance, and would satisfy the magis-
trate the defendant was wrong.
The brother was then called, and, upon being sworn, po-
sitively denied having delivered a letter at the house of the
defendant on the evening in question, or at any other time ;
and Mr. Henry ultimately bound over both parties to be of
good behaviour towards each other for the space of three
months.

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