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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 1644.

this respect remained unaltered; and therefore if his
Hon. and Gallant Friend was satisfied with the original
Bill, he must also be satisfied with the present one.
There was one material relaxation in the term of the
option of revision or purchase—that was, that the right
of purchase should not accrue until after twenty-one
years, instead of fifteen years, after the passing of the
Act of incorporation, as originally intended. This he
thought was a very material alteration. Another change
in the Bill was, that !the right of revision being
once exercised should not be again exercised within the
further term of twenty-one years. The Bill in its pre-
sent state provided that when a railway should be pur-
chased, it should be taken at the value at which it might
be estimated at the time of the purchase. He thought
this was an improvement in the Bill. Then, again, it
was provided that if the railway, at the expiration of
twenty-one years, should be making more than ten per
cent., the transfer should be effected by the pay-
ment of twenty-five years' purchase. The Bill also
provided that in the case of a branch liable to the clauses
creating the option of purchase, joining a main line that
was not liable, if the Legislature should think fit to ex-
ercise that option with respect to the branch line, it
should be in the power of the company holding the
main line to demand of the Government to take the
main line also on the same terms. He thought this was
a just provision. It was not the object of the Bill to pre-
judge the question of expediency at all; that question would
be left open for the future consideration of Parliament.
He could not agree with the Hon. Member for Inverness
(Mr. Morrison) in thinking it expedient that a maximum
charge on railways should be established by Govern-
ment of Id., 2d., and 3d. per mile for the three kinds of
passengers. He felt that the announcement of such an
enactment on the part of Parliament would toll the knell
of speculation in this country. The Hon. Gentleman re-
marked that the cost of construction was now greatly re-
duced, but he must also remember that the great channels
of communication had already been constructed. He did
not think that there was any other point upon which it
was necessary to offer any explanation.
Mr. WARD expressed his satisfaction with the pre-
sent Bill. Be felt that the objectionable parts of
the old Bill had been withdrawn, and he expressed his
satisfaction with the course which the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman had taken. He believed that the Bill would be
as satisfactory to railway proprietors as it would be
conducive to the interests of the public.
Mr. GLADSTONE took that opportunity of ex-
plaining that on a former occasion, in alluding to the
petition of the Birmingham Railway Company, he
had not intended to say anything disrespectful
to the solicitor to that company. He had also alluded
to a circular as having been written by Mr. Burke. He
had afterwards found that that circular was not written
by Mr. Burke.
Mr. HAWES would offer no further opposition to the
Bill. The Right Hon. Gentleman having modified the
Bill in the manner ha had done, showed a determination
on his part to consider the interests of the public.
Colonel SIBTIIORP maintained that this clause did
not look to the interest of all parties, nor did it apply
the stringent clauses to all railways.
Mr. BERNAL, in consequence of the alterations in
the Bill, would not take any further part with respect to
it. The objections he had taken to parts of the Bill still
remained.
Mr. V. SMITH, in consequence of the alterations
that had been made in the Bill by the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman, would give the measure no further opposition.
He thwight the clause of option ofpurchase on the part of
the Government ought to be retained for the purpose of
keeping the railways under check. He also thought that
something ought to be done with respect to the comfort a
the poorer classes who might travel by railroad.
Mr. P. HOWARD supported the Bill.
Sir E. COLEBROOKE supported the Bill, although
he thought more advantages might be given to the public
than was proposed by the present meaasure.
Clauses 1 and 2 were then agreed to.
Clause 3, after a few observations from Mr. GLAD-
STONE and Mr. VERNON SMITH, was agreed to.
Clause 4 was agreed to with some ♦erbal amendments.
Clause 5 was agreed to without alteration.
On clause 6 being proposed,
Mr. THORNELY observed that the clause only en-
acted that third-class trains should be run on week days.
Now he had no wish to interfere with railways which
refused to run any trains on Sundays ; but he thought
that in cases in which railway companies ran first and
second-class trains on Sundays they ought also to be
compelled to run third-class trains.
Mr. GLADSTONE could not consent to any altera-
tion in the Bill, which had been drawn up in strict ac-
cordance with the recommendation of the Committee.

The question had been argued in Committee, and he,
for one, would be no party to compel companies to run
particular trains on Sundays. He was aware of the dif-
ficulty of enforcing the observance of the Lord's day by
legislation, but he would never hold out a bonus to a
violation of the Lord's day. He was aware that railroad
companies were compelled to carry the mails on the
Lord's day, but that was a case of necessity. But

the Government would be setting a bad example
to the people if, without necessity, they were, by
compulsory legislation, to enforce the running of
trains on the Lord's day. The respectable work-
ing man, who wished to change his place of abode,
would rather give up a working day, and the wages of a
working man, than travel on the Lord's day. The ob-
servance of the Lord's day was a great support to reli-
gion in this country, and it was the chief support to re-
ligion in Scotland.
Mr. WARBURTON observed that his Hon. Friend
the Member for Wolverhampton had not expressed any
desire to compel railway companies to run third class
trains on Sunday, but if railway companies ran first and
second class trains on Sundays, they ought to be
placed under the same restrictions with regard to
third class trains as they were on working
days. The old Acts of Parliament always made
an exception as to the observance of Sunday in
cases of necessity. Now, a poor man might have a re-
lation at the point of death on a Sunday as well as a
rich man, but it seemed, according to the idea of the
Right Hon. Gentleman, that the poor man ought not to
be permitted to travel to see his relation unless he could
go in a first class train. He thought that wherever
railroad companies ran first and second class trains on a
Sunday, they should be compelled to run third class also.
Mr. THORNELY said that where railroads were now
closed on a Sunday he had no wish to compel them to
run trains. But that was no reason why the poor man
should be compelled to remain at home, or pay first or
second class fare. He proposed to insert in the clause
the words " on any day on which passengers are con-
veyed."
Mr. V. SMITH said the proposition of the lion
Member for Wolverhampton was perfectly reasonable..
It only amounted to this, that when trains did run a
cheap train should be run also ; so that what was done
for the rich man might be done for the poor.
Colonel SIBTIIORP supported the amendment, on
the ground that they ought not to make distinctions be-
tween the rich 'and the poor. He, however, suggested
that the clause should be postponed.
Mr. GLAI)STONE would move that the Chairman
do report progress, as it was now (pointing to the clock)
the hour for proceeding with the regular public business.
—(Cries of " No, no," and " Divide.")

Mr. SHEIL said the meaninc, of the clause as it stood
was, that Dives might travel on the Sunday, but Lazarni
might not.—(Laughter and cheers.)
The amendment was read from the chair 'amid loud
cries of " Divide."

Mr. DENNISON hoped that the Government would
give way on this point. An immense number of th%
working classes did travel on the Sunday, .and while it
would be a great boon to compel the running of a cheap
train with the others, it would be a great injury to de-
prive them of it.
Mr. COLLETT was understood to support the
amendment.

Mr. lIODGSON suggested a difficulty in detail, the
mail trains being compelled to run at a speed of not less
than 27 miles an hour, while the cheap trains ran at
12, and there would be a difficulty in compelling a third
class train to be attached to the quicker one.
After a few observations from Mr. ENTWISLE and Sir
W. GuEsT, the House divided, when there appeared—
For the original motion 4l •
For Mr. Thornley's amendment 73
Majority against Ministers —32
On clause 6 being read,

Colonel SIBTHORP objected to the limitation of
speed to twelve miles an hour. He did not see why the
third class trains should not travel at the same rate as
the first and second. He would divide the Committee on
the question of toll. He would move that the maxi-
mum be one halfpenny instead of a penny per mile for
third class passengers.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but no
division took place, the motion having been negatived
without a division.

On the question that the clause stand part of the Bill
being put,
Colonel SIBTHORP said he would divide, but the
motion was negatived without a division.
The clause was then ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clauses up to 23 inclusive were agreed to.
On clause 24 being proposed,
Col. SIBTHORP complained of the manner in which
this Bill was hurried forward. How was it possible that
they could give sufficient consideration to twenty-eight
clauses which were only delivered to members on Saturday.
It was not giving them a fair opportunity for discussing a
Bill of this importance, which, moreover, was a new Bill.
to begin it at half-past two, and run it through Commit-
tee by half-past five o'clock. They had no end of dis-
cussions on the Fine Arts. They did not care twopence
for the poor people, and however much he might respect
the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the Board of
Trade, he must say it was not a proper mode of legisla-
lation to run this Bill through at such a railroad pace.
He protested against it, and if ho lived to enter the
House another sessien, he would see if Hon. Members
would not support him in urging Ministers to bring for-
ward important measures at the beginning of the session.
Mr. HUME withdrew the clauses of which he had
given notice.
Sir T. FREMANTLE move a clause for regulating
the conveyance of the military by, railway.
Lord INGESTRE expressed a hope that in all future
railway Bills a clause would be introduced enacting that
all locomotives should have six wheels.

Mr. MART postponed his clause for the public
examination of candidates for situations on railways.
The House then resumed, and the Chairman brought
up the Report.
Messengers from the Lords appeared at the bar, and
brought up several Bills.
JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES.

On the motionof -it.thADSTONE, the Joint-
Stock Companies Bill was read a third time and passed,
in order to send it up to the Lords as soon as possible.
POOR-LAWS.

In answer to a qu;sti(;ri--frC;n Col. SIBTRQRP,
Sir J. GRAHAM said he proposed to take the report
of the Poor-law Amendment Bill on Wednesday next,
as an order of the day, to come on in its turn as one of
the regular orders.

METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS BILL.

This Bill was read a third time and passed.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated
that it was his intention to proceed with the Joint-stook
Banks Regulation Bill to-morrow at Twelve o'clock.

Sir J. GRAHAM, in answer to a question from in
Hon. Member, said, that he should proceed with the
South Wales Turnpike Trusts B►ll on Wednesday at
twelve o'clock.

CAPTAIN WARNER,
Captain PLUMRIDGE wished to know if the Noble
Lord opposite was aware of the result of Captain
Warner's experiment, and whether as a naval officer he
would state his opinion of it.
Lord INGESTRIE said that a large ship had been
des•royed by Captain Warner, on Saturday last, off
Brighton. He had done so publicly, and such
being the case, it must have come to the
knowledge of his Gallant Friend, but he was
not at liberty, according to the forms of the House,
to state how it was done. It would, perhaps, be better
that he should read a document he had then in his hand.
The Noble Lord then read a document, dated July 21,
1844, certifying that the opera:ions on the John o'
Gaunt, 300 tons, conducted by Captain Warner,
on the 20th instant, were under their manage-
ment and control ; that the explosion did not take
place by combustibe matter either on board the ship or
otherwise ; that Captain Warner was on board the
Wallace steamer at a distance of 300 yards ; that it
took place in consequence of a signal from the
writers on the shore, and that the time could not be
known by Captain Warner. They further declared
their belief that, since the vessel had left Gravesend,
Captain Warner had not been on board of it. Signed by
Lord Ingestrie and Captain Henderson.
Sir C. NAPIER wished to know whether there was
not a torpedo inside of the vessels. •
Lord INGESTRIE said he had read the certificate,
and that he was prepared to make oath of it.

In reply to a question from Mr. EWART,
Mr. GOULBORN said he was aware that a Bill on
Art-Unions had been introduced into the other House,
but he was not aware what were its provisions.
THE CASE OF DALMAS.

In reply to a question from Captain POLHILL,
Sir J. GRAHAM said he had no hesitation in stating
that he did advise her Majesty in mercy to grant a
reprieve in the case of Dalmas, but he should object to
laying .on the table the infoi mation on which he had
given that advice.

(LEFT SITTING.)

THE BOY JONES AND THE BOY
JOINVILLE.
(From Punch.)
The eyes of Europe are once more upon the Boy Jones.
Well, the eyes of Europe have very often been turned
upon more insignificant persons. We confess it—we
have a regard for the Boy Jones. Whether he be really
nephew or not of George Jones, of Ancient America,
Esq., we have nevertheless a regard for the youth, who
at so early an age associated his name with the annals
of his country; for what future History of England, we
ask, will be complete, omitting all notice of Jones?
Poor boy! If fortune were not as perverse as a prima
donna, the Boy Jones would have been born in some
western square; would have learned his humanities at
college, and so been regularly trained for public place.
Only think of the Boy Jones, as Home Secretary, at the
Post-office! As it is, we have only the heavy Graham.
At least, we should have had sprightliness casting its
charm over illegalities; Jones would have broken a seal
with a whim apologetic of the felony, whilst Graham—
but we will not pursue the contrast.
Jones is a genius. That of the millions who gaze upon
the awful walls of Buckingham Palace, shut out from
them as from Paradise, Jones should have been the only
daring spirit that conceived a design to pass them—to
dip his plebeian fingers in the custards of the royal lar-
der—to creep up the royal chimneys—to crouch beneath
the royal sofa, thereby (as his uncle, George Jones, has
written t• Punch) .‘ causing her Majesty so much
alarm;"—that he alone should have done this makes
Jones—whatever his real time of life may be—far in
advance of his age. And her Majesty—bless her!—saw
the daring in its proper light; and therefore, as it now
appears, sent the Boy Jones on board the Warspite
(whence the world has just heard of him), with a recom-
mendation to the captain to watch " his dawning me-
rits," that Jones may, in good time, sport epaulets.
A recent letter tells us that Jones fell overboard off
Tunis iu the first watch ; when the life-buoy, " which
blazed away with a steady and beautiful light," was let
go, and Jones clinging to it, called out to the boat's
crew, " Here I am—look lively !" However, the writor
insinuates that Jones jumped overboard, "and that fir
no other purpose than to see the life-buoy light burning."
This is a slander. The truth is, the poor boy had been
reading in the forechains his uncle Jones's "Ancient
America;" whereupon he naturally fell into a sleep,
which lasted many hours, and in his sleep fell overboard!
His life was saved for greater things.
However, we are happy to have heard thus incidentally
of the Boy Jones; as his whereabout is a sufficient evi-
dence of the watchfulness of Ministers as regards the
designs of France on Morocco. Sure we are that neither
Sir Charles Napier nor Lord Minto would have twitted
the Admiralty with neglect had they only known that
the Boy Jones was on the Gibraltar station. We at
once acknowledge the profound policy of Ministers: it
is their intention to meet Joinville with the Boy Jones!
There is, if we mistake not, a minor theatre drama called
The Prizes and the Chimney Sweep ; and we have no
doubt that this piece will, sooner or later, be revived on
the high seas, with—as Mr. Osbaldiston has it—" new
and startling effects; the whole to conclude with the
destruction of the enemy's fleet!"
Yes : let Joinville hover on the coast of Morocco,
Britannia may be as mild as a Quakeress, for has she
not at Gibraltar her babe of glory—the Jervis of the
chimney—the Nelson of the larder—her Boy Jones ?
It may, possibly, wound the self-love of the French to
learn that we pit our Jones against their Royal Admiral;
nevertheless, up to the present moment, is not the
achievement of greatest daring on the side of our hero ?
We taste the fulness of content to know it is so. To
quote the sweet song of a sweet singer—

" As the pause upon the ceasing of a thousand-voiced psalm,
Is our mighty satisfaction and full eternal calm,"
to know that wheresoever Joinville is, there henceforth
will be Jones; that whensoever it may please the French
Admiral to attempt a descent on Brighton, Margate, or
Herne Bay, Jones,
"Like a sweet little cherub will sit up aloft,
And keep watch for the life of John Bull!"

And when some twenty years have passed away, pleas-
ing it will be to see the Boy Jones—then Post-Captain
Jones—kneeling to receive the honour of knighthood
from our darling Queen, surrounded by her seventeen
sons and daughters; most pleasant will it be to mark the
sly yet benignant smile with which her Majesty dubs
the hero who " once caused her so much alarm;" the in-
truding_ boy, who, according to his own report, once
heard the Princess Royal " squeak."
We put it to Mr. George Jones, as a man and an an-
cient historian—should so likely an event come to pass,
would he then deny his nephew, the Boy Jones ?
Punch thinks not.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
CROYDON.

A man named William Bates, who has for a great
many years been confidentially employed by Mr. T. L.
Robinson, wine and spirit merchant, and also a
banker at Croydon, was taken before Messrs. Reed,
Adams, and Sutherland, at the TOwn Hall, charged with
plundering his employers to a very large amount in
wines and spirits.
Mr. R. Russell, of Uroydon, attended in support of
the prosecution, and -a solicitor from London appeared
for the prisoner.
From the statement of Mr. Russell, and the evidence
that was adduced, it appears that for a considerable time

Ur. Robinson. had missed large quantities of wine and
spirits, but no suspicion was at first entertained of the
prisoner, on account of the long period he had been in
Mr. Robinson's service, and the goad opinion that was
entertained of him. On the 2d of this month,
a bottle, containing a gallon of gin, was found
in the bottling-house, where it had no business
_ _

to be, and Mr. Robinson's principal clerk, who
was informed of the circumstance, directed that
a mark should be placed upon the bottle, and that it
should be watched. The bottle was -subsequently re-
moved by the prisoner, and he was shortly afterwards
taken into custody. Mr. Robinson, believing that many
other persons were concerned in the plunder, and that
his property had been feloniously removed by parties in
the neighbourhood, then told the prisoner that if he
would tell him the whole truth, and who were the re-
ceivers, he would not prosecute him. The prisoner at
first denied that he had robbed his master, but after-
wards he admitted that he had stolen the bottle from

the bottling-room, and he showed the officer where it
was concealed under a bundle and some pea sticks
in Mr. Robinson's garden. Upon the prisoner's house
being searched by Inspector Collier, there were
found no less than twelve empty bottles, some
of which had contained wine, and others
spirits of different kinds. A quantity of pale
brandy was also found concealed in a clock
case, and in other parts of the house several bottles full
of gin were discovered, but the spirits, of course, could
not be identified. The prisoner's solicitor did not attempt
any defence upon the merits. but he urged that Mr.
Robinson's observation to the prisoner amounted to
such an inducement as would exclude the prisoner's con-
fession from being received in evidence, and, as the
case was by no means complete without it, he was enti-
tled to his discharge. Mr. Russell, on the other side,
contended that, even should the magistrates consider
that Mr. Robinson's promise to the prisoner ought to
exclude the confession, yet the act of the prisoner
in taking the policeman to the place where
the bottle was concealed was clearly evidence
and coupled with . the . other circumstances made
out a sufficient prima facie case to justify the'bench in ,
committing the prisoner for trial. The magistrates then
consulted together for some time, when Mr. Russell said
that if the bench really entertained a serious doubt upon
the matter, he was sanctioned by Mr. Robinson to state
that he did not desire to press the charge. The magis •
trate then told the prisoner he would be discharged, but
I.e must not therefore imagine that the bench considered
him innocent. They had no doubt of his guilt, and but
for the inducement that has been held out to him by
Mr. Robinson to make a confession, he would certainly
have been committed for trial. The prisoner was then
discharged.

HONESTY.—A pleasing instance of honesty in a
farming labourer occurred last week. A gentleman
not far from us dispatched per post a letter, inclosing a
10/. note, addressed " Mr.
Hepworth." By a
mistake in the post-office, the letter was sent to Epwortb,
in Lincolnshire, where it was delivered to a poor man, a
farming labourer, of a • similar name. The next post
brought back the 10/. note to the sender, with a remark
from the poor man that he was sure it could not have
been intended for him,—Bury Pest,

SAMBO SUTTON'S CItIM. CON.
CASE.

At the Cambridge Assizes on Friday, an action was
brought by the well-known " Sambo Sutton," a ci-devant
prize-fighter, against Mr. Samuel Preston, a briokmalter
in that town, for criminal conversation with his wife.
There was a second count, charging the defendant with
having unlawfully and wrongfully harboured and de-
tained plaintiff's wife, and kept her away from her hus-
band.

Mr.' GUNNING stated the facts of the case as he pro •
posed to prove them in evidence. His client, he said,
was Mr. Thomas Sutton, who complained of one of the
most serious injuries which one man Could inflict upon
another. Mr. Sutton was a wine-merchant, residing
in London ; in former years he was connected with
the prize-ring, and was well known in the sporting
world. His age was about 27, and that of his wife
about 23. The defendant was a man between forty
and fifty years of age, residing in Barnwell, and
having a wife and family ; he was a brickmaker
and builder. His Learned Friend, Mr.. Sergeant Byles
did not intend in the defence to contend that the plain •
tiff was not entitled to a verdict ; but he inti nded to
rely upon his powers of sarcasm and ridicule. His
Learned Friend, he was sure, would fail, for whatever
the station in life of the plaintiff, he was entitled to
equal justice. It was not for a -man who had com-
mitted this grievous act against his neighbour to in-
struct counsel to answer an action by throwing ridi-
cule on the .person whom. he had injured. In 1840,
the plaintiff, being then about 23 years -old, marrir d
Isabella Pearce, some few years younger than himself,
who was a shopwoman in Burlington Arcade, London,
and a person of unblemished character. , After his
marriage the plaintiff intended to quit his calling of.
prize fighter, but he found a difficulty in meeting with
any other occupation. At length, in an unhappy mo-
ment for his wife, he came to Cambridge in 1842, where
he gave lessons in the art bf self-defence, taking
up his abode with his wife, A the Black Bear.—
(Laughter.) There the plaintiff and his wife lived
happily together. The plaintiff had occasionally to go
to London ; during his absence his wife boarded with
the landlady, and he seldom returned without bring-
ing her a present of some sort. This was the state of
things when the defendant became acquainted with
the parties, professing great friendship for the plain-
tiff, and offering to assist him in getting into some
business. Towards the end of May, 1843, plaintiff
went to London, and during his absence his wife was
missed from the Black Bear, early one morning. She
was not seen for some time, but there could be no
doubt whatever that she had been off somewhere in tie
company of the defendant. After a month or so de-
fendant returned to Cambridge and took a house at Ches-
terton, where he should be able to prove the act of
adultery complained of.

T. a Turner, teacher of dancing, 26, Sutton-street,
Lambeth—l have known plaintiff eight years ; and was
present at his marriage at St. Martin's Church, in 1840.
Since that I have often visited them ; they lived to-
gether on the most happy terms ; nothing could be more
affectionate and fond.

Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant BYLES—Plaintiff
is called " Sambo;" he is rather black and woolly. lle
fights great battles, and is the most respectable
amongst them. When I first knew him he was a
pagilist ; I never heard of his exercising his profession
on his wife ; he may have beaten men, but not
ladies. They kept a cigar shop in Drury-lane when
first married ; and afterwards lived in a " first floor
private," near Soho-square. After that they went to
Clerkenwell, and lived private in a parlour ; plaintiff
used to sing at concert rooms; his wife did nothing be-
yond making him little things ; she was a very bandy
woman.—(Laughter.) I know nothing about Cam-
bridge except what he has told me. He came to Cam-
bridge in October, 1841: sometimes he was at Oxford
and other places : he left his wife in London, and some-
times brought her with him to Cambridge. lie 1.1
her at the Black Bear, in Cambridge, but he was never
away long together from her. I never heard that she
had complained _ of his beating her, or that she com-
plained of him for another reason. She lived at a stock
and glove shop in Burlington Arcade.
Mr. BYLES—DO you peofess the Polka ?—(Laughter )
Witness—Certainly I do. She came to tea with him at
a lodging near Leicester-square.
Mr. BYLES—DO you remember his buying some flesh-
coloured gloves for her ? Witness—What colour ?
Mr. BYLES—FIesh-coloured—l know the term is
rather doubtful in this case.—(Laughter.) Witness--
He bought gloves, I don't know what colour.
Mr. BYLES—Was the courtship short ? Witness—

Eight or nine months.
By the JUDGE—Her mother was dead some time be
fore her marriage.
Re-examined—She was an assistant in the shop.

knew her there for some time before her marriaze.
Plaintiff is now what you term a vocalist and wine-mer-
chant.—(Laughter.) He has been in the wine trade
about a fortnight.
Mary Laxton, landlady of the Black Bear, Cambridge
—I remember plaintiff and wife coming about October,
1841. They had a bed-room, and sat with me and my
family in the bar. I have a niece living with me. They
used to leave at the end of every term at first, but in
May, 1842, they came to live here altogether. I never
saw anything but happiness between them. She quitted
my house on the 29th of May, 1843. I missed her early
in the morning Her husband was absent. Defendant
used to come and sit in my bar for hours. He saw plain-
tiff and his wife there. After Mrs. Sutton left defendant
did not come as usual.
Hannah White, niece of the last witness—l lived at
at the Black Bear, and knew the plaintiff and his wife.
They lived happily together, and were kind and affec-
tionate to each other. About a month after Mrs. Sutton
left the house, Mr. Preston said he had been to Scotland
with her. He came into the bar and spoke of it of his
own accord. He said he had been to Scotland with her,
and had called to see a young friend there, Miss Gray,
who was a beautiful creature.—(Laughter.)
Cross-examined—l never saw the black beating his
wife. I have seen him going to strike her, but he
stopped. I have got vinegar and brandy for her. She
drank the brandy—(Laughter)—but not the vinegar—
she bathed her forehead with it—she was faint. We put
-no brown paper on with the vinegar. She was faint be-
cause she had had a dispute with her husband. I also
applied some vinegar to her arm. I never said I had
seen her so knocked about that she could not feed her-
self. She is a good-looking person, and used to dance
most weeks.
John Chapman—l own some houses at Chesterton.
Preston hired one between Midsummer and MiehaelmaF,
1843, at 71. a-year ;he said it was for a person of a rather
delicate constitution, out of the low part of Huntingdon-
shire, who had some little property of her own to sup-
port her. He brought a female to live in it, a goodish-
looking person, about twenty-four or twenty-five. I never
heard him say who it was.

W. H. Meedle, jeweller, Hyde Park-street, Bayswater
—I knew plaintiff and his wife, and saw them married.
I came to Cambridge last January, and called: on Mr.
Preston, by direction of the plaintiff, at his louse at
Barnwell. I said " I believe you are living with, or
keeping, Sutton's wife ?" He said he didn't kn,)w any-
thing about it. I asked him if he chose to give! her up,
and he said no. I afterwards went to a house at Ches-
terton, on the same day. I watched the house, knd saw
Mrs. Sutton at the window. She appeared to be living
there. I saw two persons through the blind in the bed-
room, and afterwards there was no light.
' Mr. Sergeant BYLES submitted that there wa4 no case
for the jury.
His LORDSHIP thought there was not much evidence,
but it was a question for the jury.
Mr. Sergeant BYLES then addressed the jury for the
defendant. Who were the parties in this action, ? The
plaintiff's
wife was a shopwoman in Burlington Arcade,—
a great thoroughfare, where a great many shops were
kept by a great many pretty women. Black Sambo
entered Burlington Arcade one fine afterncion, like
other distinguished people at the West-end, Mr.
Dyce Sombre, for instance ; walked backwards and
forwards, and was struck by the charms of Isa-
bella.—(Laughter,) An invitation to tea followed,
and then there was a wedding. Who-gave the lady
away ? The Profelsor of the " Polka."—(Laughter.)
There was no accounting for tastes. Now, the plaintiff'
was black and woolly, yet if he treated his wife well
she might no doubt feel affection for him. But what
was to be thought of a husband, black and woolly as he
was—(Renewed laughter)—and who therefore ought to
have been peculiarly careful about his wife; lekving her
in a place like Cambridge, tatally unprotected ? What
was to be thought of a mart who took his wife to the
Black Bear—a most appropriate name truly—(Laugh-
ter)—and left her there for months together, allowing
her to dance every week with - young men frequenting
the house ? He contended at some length that there
was no evidence to prove the charge of a criminal inter-
course, and called on the jury in conclusion to give a I
verdict for the defendant

The Learned JUDGE summed up, and after a short
consultation, the jury returned a verdict for the de-
fendant.

THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE QUEEN'S PARK.—
Although the formation of a carriage drive from the
Watering-stone by Holyrood, the foot of Arthur-street,
the Echoing Rock, Samson's Ribs, Duddingstoe, and
across the eastern edge of Arthur's Seat to Parson's-
green, was commenced about a year and a half ago, the
progress, in consequence, we believe, of the want: of funds,
has been less rapid than was desirable. A good deal,
however, has recently been accomplished. An excellent
roadway and footpath have been formed between the
Watering-stone and the stile at the north-end of the
walk round Salisbury Crags ; and that portion between •
the foot of Arthur-street and the road leading to
the Powder Magazine is now nearly completed.
One intermediate marsh between these two portions not
having been yet drained, the junction of the two parts,
now almost finished, cannot be effected till the operations
connected with the drainage are completed. We under-
stand the drains will be commenced in the course of the
ensuing month, and that this important link in the com-
munication will be completed with as little delay as poe'
sible. The portion finished under Salisbury Crags is now
exquisitely beautiful, and daily attracts crowds of persons
who take an interest in the work. The wall running
up the valley has been removed, the debris from the hill
and other incumbrances and nuisances cleared away, aid
the surface smoothed and sown with grass, already form-
ing a rich and verdant carpet.--Edinburgh Paper.
CAUTION TO PARENTS, - Two children were
brought to the Dispensary, Barnstaple, on Tuesday last,
each of whom had got a cherrystone in his ear. The
first was a boy from Tawstock, to whom the accident
had happened on the preceding Sunday, and several
abortive attempts had been made to get out the stone,
by which the ear was very much irritated, and it was
not without much difficulty that the surgeons at the
Dispensary succeeded in extracting it. Scarcely had he
ben relieved when the second came into the house, ale]
in his case also, which had only just ociirred, 'extraction
was performed,—qeelrfil goxettt,

THE CURRENCY.
Mr. Loyd, in illustrating his principle that the issues of
paper should be regulated by the stock of bullion, goes over
some historical ground, which well deserves to be placed be-
fore the men of business of this City, all of whom are cog-
nisant, some of them painfully so, of his facts. Adverting to
what are termed the " panics" of 1825, 1832, 1837, and 1839,
he offers proof with respect to the first, third, and fourth
period, that the intensity of them at least was owing entirely
to the disregard of that principle; and that in the second pe-
riod, that of 1832, the threatened consequences were averted
acc
by
ident an ad
hero that princi ence, even though partial and in some measure
This may be shown in much less space than Mr. Loyd has
devoted to it, leaving those to consult his pamphlet who
wish a complete acquaintance with the details and the
figures, the utility of which there is no intention of dis-
paraging in this attempt at the brevity which we know to be
always acceptable to City readers where it can be attained.
His figures then show, with respect to the first period,
when no returns were made of the country circulation, that
the stock of bullion fluctuated as under.:—

February, 1824 ...
August, 1825

Millions.
134

Difference
and that the Bank issues were iu

Millions.
February, 1824
August, 1825

Difference
That the Bank directors, in fact, paid no attention whatever
to the abstraction of their bullion, or (relying, perhaps, on
the "prosperity" doctrine of that time) thought it of uo im-
portance to do so. The crisis which followed was the most
dreadful which has ever occurred.

Mr. Loyd's figures further show, with respect to the third
period, that of 1837 (and we purposely leave to the last that
of 1832, as forming the exception), that the stock of bullion
fluctudted as under : Millions.
September, 1833 ll
March, 1837 4

Difference
Yet, taking the aggregate of the paper circulation, the
country issues, as well as those of the Bank of England, the
following results are exhibited : Millions.
September, 1833
March, 1837

Difference
And the consequence, as deduced by Mr. Loyd, was the
failure of some of the largest London houses, and the prostra-
tion for a long time afterwards of our foreign trade.
Mr. Loyd's figures further show with respect to the fourth
period; that of 1839, that the stock of bullion fluctuated as
under : Millions.
March, 1833
September, 1839

24

' Difference
And with respect to the paper circulation, these were the
results— Millions.
March, 1838
September, 1839

Difference . —•
This state of things led to the advance of the rate of inte-
rest to 6 or 7 per cent., to the loans from the banks of
France and Hamburgh, and to the prostration of the na-
tional character, as well as that of mercantile credit. The
Bank had no control over the country issues, and did not
like to disturb their own, for fear of reducing the dividend
among the proprietors.
Jn the second period, that of 1832, something like an ad-
herence to Mr. Lovd's principle was manifested, not im-
probably because the Bank were then engaged in a negotiation
for a new charter ; and these were the results :—The stock
of bullion stood in— Millions.
August, 1830
February, 1832 .... 5

Difference
And the paper circulation, taking that of the Bank (for the
country returns had not then been established), was—
Millions.

August,lB3o
February, 1832

Difference 3i
" On this occasion," says Mr. Loyd, " the drain upon the
bullion does not, as in all the other cases, terminate in a
crisis ;" and he cites the following remarks upon it from a
pamphlet of Mr. Horsley Palmer :
" Although during this period the bullion in the Bank was
diminished from 12,000,0001. to 5,000,0001., yet in the pro-
gress of this reduction, as there was no excitement, and no
undue credit given by the banks in the interior of the coun-
try, the interest of money gradually rose from 2i to 4 per
cent. ; and, then, without discredit or distrust of any kind,
the bullion returned into the coffers of the Bank, and money
nearly resumed its former value."
We cannot help thinking the deduction made by Mr. Loyd
from these figures, which, in order to facilitate comparison,
we have simplified as much as possible, to be a sound one ;
and that had a contraction taken place when the bullion
began to go out, the panics of 1825, 1837, and 1839 might
have been much mitigated in character, if not wholly averted.
This is the course to which the new Bill will compel the
banks. It is impossible under any state of the currency to
avert panics altogether, for merchants will ever trade when
they perceive a prospect of advantage in whatever medium
the g.ods are to be paid for; but it is probably the transi-
tion from peace to war, or the contrary, or extensive popular
commotions, which alone need be regarded with any serious
apprehension under the new system.—Times.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
TOTAL LOSS OF THE DOMINICA,
BY ♦N ALTERATION IN THE SETTING OF THE CURRENT.
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, Tune 23, 1844.
Sir,—We take leave to report for the information of
the Committee of Lloyd's the loss of the barque Domi-
nica, Salter, master, from London, bound to this port,
on the Island de la Vache, off Aux Cayes, St. Domingo,
on the 6th instant. No part of the cargo was saved by
the crew, who, with the master and passengers, found
their way to this island in the boats ; they appeared to
think the ship would go to pieces shortly after they left
her. The passengers speak highly of the attention
evinced by Captain Salter to the navigation of his ves-
sel, the loss of which appears to have been occasioned by,
a strong current setting to the N.E. We inclose certi-
ficates descriptive of this current from the master of her
Majesty's ship Illustrious (the flag ship of the Admiral),
and from the master of an American packet ship, who
has made forty voyages to this island, by which it ap-
pears to hare been running from the 6th to the 12th
instant.—We are, &e., &c.

(Signed) LLOYD'S AGENTS.
William Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's.
COPY OF CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO.
"On 12th June, 1844, on the passage from Halifax to
Jamaica, having made Great Inagua, a course wasshaped
to pass about midway between Navassa and Point Morant,
the wind N.N.E. at the time, blowing fresh, the ship
going about nine knots. At daylight, land was reported
me on the port bow. This I thought must have been the
mistake of the young gentleman who called me, as 1
expected to have made the Blue mountains • but, on
going on deck, I found it was the island of Navassa,
bearing S.S.E. about 10 miles. We altered our course
w S.W., and, although there was no decrease of wind.
we found we altered the bearing of Navassa but very
little until 9 a.m. This induced me to' believe that we
had been under the influence of a strong north-easterly
current,' which 'I found corroborated by observation.
The current, during the twenty-four hours,,had sent us•
N. 44 'degrees, E. 34 miles.
(Signed) " CHARLES POPE,
"'Master H.M.S. Illustrious."
I beg to add, that after much experience in the navi-
gation among the West India Islands, I had always pre-
viously found the current setting about a knot an hour
to the S.W., when between St. Domingo and Jamaica."
"On my last passage from Baltimore, in command of
the barque Home, when off Navassa, we experienced a
strong current setting to the E.N.E., at three miles per
hour. On the 6th June, at 6 P.M., made Navassa, bear-
ing south about 16 miles. During the night we steered
S.W., going from 4i to 5 knots ; at 4 A.M. the island
bore S.S.E. about 5 miles, when we altered our course to
S.W. by W. W. At 8 A.M. the wind freshened to a 7
knot breeze, which continued during the day. At 630
;•.si. we saw the light-house on Morant Point, about 5
miles distant, the atmosphere at thelime quite hazy. I
have performed 40 voyages to this port from Baltimore,
and never experienced such a current.
(Signed) - " WM. J. WATTS,
Kingston, Jamaica, June 18, 1844."
" Aux CAYES, June 19, 1844.
".We beg to inform you that the barque Dominica re-
ferred to in our advices of the 10th inst. has fallen over
on her broadside and gone to pieces ; but a compara-
tively small part of her cargo has been saved through
the dilatory proceedings of the authorities, and, since
the late revolution, the disorder in all the branches of
the public service are so great, that • robbery has been
very extensive, and even in the Custom-house, under the
very eyes of the authorities, civil and military, it is ut-
terly impossible to prevent robbery, no public func-
tionary having command over the people and soldiers, to
cause himself or the property to be respeoted."

Rev, J. Larupen,
MELANCHOLY AND DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—On
barked in two boats in Hamoaze ; in one of the boats
tThueesfdoaryemeavnenoinfgthleaspt
otchke
yfaarmdiilyanodf Mr.som Pe efarikee,fulosl*-,.t.
ey, solicitor, Mrs.
Peake, Miss Eden, Miss Lampert two of Mr, Lam-
: awnedreiMn rt.hPeeaokthee,
ranivdir.twßo. smon.sßeafmthse
Lam-
pen's sons, and two sons of IVIr. Peake. When about
midway of the harbour, the tide at the time running
strong, having ebbed about two hours—one of the
boats in which were Mr. Ramsey and others,
drifted in the course of the Torpoint Steam Ferry
Bridge, which was coming towards them.--
Finding it impossible to get out of the way
of the Steam Bridge, Mr. Ramsey several times
" hailed it, as did Captain Burgoyne, who observed
the approaching danger from the poop of the San
Josef; but no attention being paid to these repeated
warnings, the boat was run down. To. Ramsey fortu-
nately jumped upon the brow of tho steamer, and sue-ceeded in getting Mrs, Pealie and Miss Lam en out of
out b p
the boat ; the young gentlemen also succeeded in getting
, ut tho unfbrionate lady, Miss Eden, on rising
Imstily in the boat, received a bloxv in the forehead from
the brow of' the steamer, and was thereby thrown off her
balance, and immediately fell overboard ; and from the
heavy instrument she wore about her person for the
purpose of supporting her back, being deformed, sunk
instantly. Up to the time of our going to press the
body had not been recovered.— Devonport Telegraph.
WELDINCITON.-....A dreadful accident occurred to a
man driving a heavy unloaded timber carriage, on Fri-
day last. A bundle of hay was placed on the front of
the carriage for the horses to eat whilst loading, and the
driver very incautiously seated himself on it. The
wheels passing over a large stone in the road threw the
from un
carriage so much on one side as to cause the hay to roll
der him, by
which h 0 wits t'Arown off, Le wheel
passing over part of his bead, and
"-aking off the ear
with the aide or
the stni- .
..is face, close to the 'nose, and part of
e• .:
The poor fellow lies in a dreadful state of
suffering at the Wellington Union, where he has every
attention shown him, with some hopes of his ultimate
recovery,—Somerset Gazette.