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Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages .58/. 12s. 9d.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, ArBIL 16
COCHRANE V. LONG.

Mr. RICHARDS opened the pleadings.
Mr. Sergeant TADDY stated, that this action was
brought by the Hon. Major Cochrane, against tthe
owner of a wharf in Rotherhithe, to recover the
value of certain anchors, stanchions, chains, cables,
&c., which were his property, and which he alleged
the defendant had improperly converted to his own
use. Major Cochrane was the owner of the Irre-
sistible, a steam-vessel which, towards the latter end
of last year, was burnt to the water's edge and sunk.
She was, however, subsequently raised and placed
on ways off the defendant's wharf, and by an agree-
ment entered into between him and Major Coch-
rane, he engaged to permit the vessel to remain on
his ways, upon payment of Bs. per day. The vessel
did accordingly remain there from the early part of
November until the 11th of December, during which
time a number of men, provided by the defendant,
had . been employed upon her to get her cleared
out. On the llth of December this object was
effected, and she was put up for sale, when Mr.
Long, the defendant, became the purchaser ; but,
not thinking fit to make good the purchase-
money, Major Cochrane was ultimately obliged to re-
move the vessel from hi; ways, which he did on the
4th of January. Mr. Long, however, at this time
seized the articles which had been removed from the
vessel, and which were lying in his wharf; in satis-
faction of the account he had against Major Cochrane.
This account being found incorrect, a tender of 501.
was made to the defendant, but rejected by him,
and he still retained possession of the good Y... Major
Cochrane, however, conceiving that 50/. was fully
sufficient to satisfy any claim against him, brought
the present action to recover the property so MI.
properly withheld by the defendant.
Captain James M'Pherson was then called, and
said, that by the agreement between Major Cochrane
and the defendant, it was agreed that Bs. per day
was to be paid for the ways, watching, wharfage,
and every thing ; and that 3s. per day was to be paid
for each of the labourers. Unless a claim for
wharfage were admitted, the tender of 501. would
have been more than

Mr. Scrjeant WILDE, for the defendant, argued
at considerable length on the improbability of the
defendant's ever having intended that the charge for
wharfage was to be included in that of Ss. a day.
A witness was called to prove that while the vessel
lay on the ways, the wharf was continually made
use of.

The Jury being of opinion that the defendant was
not entitled to make any charge for wharfage, re-
turned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages Is., the
defendant entering into a rule to give up possession
of the property.

INTREPID COURAGE.—ALEXANDER Sint,
a private in the 92d Regiment, at the imminent risk of his
life, rescued the daughters of General STEWART, who, with
their governess, were crossing the river Lossie, over the
ice, during the winter of 1826, when the ice gave way,
and they were all precipitated into the river, and would
certainly hare perished but for the undaunted bravery of
this soldier. The Humane Society has awarded the ho-
norary medallion to the soldier, and his Colonel, the Hon.
General Dun', has granted him leave to attend from his
regiment, now at Edinburgh, to receive the medallion from
the Duke of NOTVIIIMBERLAND, at the anniversary dinner
of the Humane Society, to-day, at the City of London
Tavern.

THE NEW POST OFFICE.—The whole of
the scaffolding is now removed from all parts of this public
building, so that an uninterrupted view of this edifice can
now be had. Many mouths must yet elapse before business
can be commenced, although the interior arrangements
are in a forward state. Nearly all the different apartments,
which are very numerous, have been plastered, and the
wood-work completed, and all the windows, excepting
those in the areas, have been glazed. No building in the
metropolis presents such a number of windows as are
placed in the back of the new .'opt-office. It is not ex-
pected that public business will be commenced in the new
building during the present year ; but by next spring it is
understood the activity which has for so many years pre-
vailed in Lombard-street, will be removed to St. Martin's-
le-Grand. The beauty of the principal fagade.of the ,nevi
building can now be seen
.to advantage, and tiA.'portico is
fully displayed. The length of building is upwards of 400
feet, and of the portico 70 feet. The basement is of
granite, but the superstructure is of brick, faced with
Portland stone.

How TO FARE BETTER.—The Quakers
call our hackney-coaches "leathern conveniences," but
this is by no means a description so satisfactory as the ap;
pellation given to them by foreigners, viz. " little stables
in which you certainly get littered up, only the stable at
night has the advantage over the coach at the same hour,
in point of clean straw and less filth generally. But the
information we wish to convey is, as to how you may ex-
tend your ride in one of these delicate vehicles, and pay
only half what you must otherwise pay. It will be best
explained by a fact which occurred the other day. A gen-
tleman who had to go to an evening party, just across the
New-road, opposite the gate which leads from Burton-
crescent, alighted, and tendered a shilling. " 'Two'nt
de," said Jarvey, " it's after the hour—l'm titled to
another shilling back-fare." The gentleman's answer to
this was, getting into the coach and ordering the man to
I drive him to Burton-crescent, where, in half a minute, he
got out on the stones, and paid, his shilling, which could
not then be refused. We hear of going further and faring
I worse, but here, by going further, the fare's better.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.—SimueI Barnett, a Jew, was charged
with committing a highway robbery upon John Danger-
field, a carpenter, residing at East-Hain, Essex, ou Mon-

day evening last, near Limehouse Church.
Mr. John Biggerstaff, a banker in *Smithfield, stated,
that early on Tuesday morning Danger&ld called to give
notice that he had been robbed en the previous night of a
cheque, dramin by Mr. Rhodes, of Islington, for V. About
ten o'clock in the morning the prisoner preSetited the
cheque to be cashed, and witness asked him how he came
by it. The prisoner said he found it near Temple-bar, at
ten o'clock on the previous night. When asked whether
any friend was with him when be picked it up, he answered
that there was not ; and when told that he would be de-

tained, he did not show any symptoms of alarm.
John Dangerfield, a powerful-looking man, deposed that
he had received the cheque at nine o'clock in the morning,
at Mr. Rhodes's house, in Wellington-street, Strand.=
Between seven and eight o'clock in the evening be was
beset near Limehouse-bridge by three, four, or five men,
who knocked him down, and rifled his pockets. They
took from his right-hand breeches pocket a handful' of
quack doctors' bills, which he had received in his peram-
bulations that day, some loose silver, his hat, and carpenter's.
rule, and the cheque in question. He had been drinking
a little, but had a perfect knowledge of what was doing.
He made no outcry and but little resistance, because they
might have rolled him into the Thames in a moment, and
he was so terrified at the thought of it, that be went away
quietly as soon as they would permit him. Had no recol-
lection of the prisoner's person, nor whether the robbers
looked like Jews. It was quite dusk. Not a word was
spoken by either of the party.

Mr. Alderman Scrior.Ev asked the prisoner to write'his
name and address, and his memory was assisted as to the
name of the place wherein he lived by a butcher, who was
standing near the bar. This butcher was immediately
called forward that Dangerfield might view him, the
Alderman suspecting he might have been one of the party,
Dangerfield (lid not, however, recognize him, and the
butcher stated that be bad come to prove an alibi for the
prisoner. He said he kept a shop in Petticoat-lane, oppo-
site the house of the prisoner's brother, and saw him at his
brother's, on Monday evening, from about seven till eight
o'clock.

The ALDERMAN put a number of questions to the prisoner,
in reply to which he said he picked the cheque up at ten
o'clock on Monday night, at Temple-bar. Ile was going
to his cousin's, in Bedford-street, Bedford-square. Did not
sleep at home that night, but at his uncle's, at a baker's, in
Greek-street, Soho. Did not tell his uncle what he had
found, but showed the cheque to a young gentleman in
Petticoat-lane, at nine o'clock next morning, and was told
by him he might get 2/. for it at the banker's. He reached
Soho about half-past eleven. A Mr. Wolf saw him at his
brothe►'s, in Petticoat-lane, at seven in the evening. Mr.
Wolf received Si. there.

Mr. Alderman SCHOLEY said the prisoner had net gives
a satisfactory account of himself and his conduct, and there-
fore he should commit him for trial.
HERBERT v. HERBERT.—In this case Mr. James Her-
bert, a sturdy operative in the coal-trade, was placed at the
bar to answer the complaint of his wife and his landlady.
" And please you, mygood Worship," said the landlady, a
wee-faced sickly little woman, " this gentleman and his wife
are lodgers in my house ; and I'm very poorly, your Wor-
ship—indeed I'm undeethe good doctor's hands now, and
have got a blister on my stomach to show at this moment.
Last night, just as we'd got to bed, we hears a great scuffling
and screaming in their department; with which I jumps
up in my chemise—begging your Worship's pardon ; and
my husband jumps up in his shirt, and up stairs we runs
into their department, and there was this poor creator, his
wife, just trope under the bed for protection from him, and
he rampaging about the room like a roaring lion. By
which means my husband—all in his shirt as he was—laid
hold of the poor thing by the two shoulders, and draw'd
her from under the bed ; and for that he run at my husband
like a mad bull, and gave him such a kick upon the leg
that the print of hobnails were plain to be seen for two
hours after."—And thereupon, it seems, the watch was
called in, and " the roaring lion," alias " the mad bull,"
was lodged in the watch-house for the night.
The wife—rather an amazonian one—corroborated the
landlady's account; and added, that her husband was a
hard-working man, but that he drank all his earniugs, and
gave her nothing but blows.
' The ALDERMAN asked Mr. Herbert what he had to say
in his defence; and, hitching up his ground-lanab unmen-
tionables, he replied, " Why the case is as this ere. When
I come home from my work, What have you got for
supper?' says I. Supper!' says she—but it's no use;
I won't dirty my mouth to say what she says ; I'll leave
you, my Worthy Alderman, to judge ; you knows what
women is, I dare say." And having so said lie turned
aside, and leaned upon his elbow carelessly, as though he
thought be had said quite enough.
" Let women be what they may," said the ALDERMAN,
4! it appears to me that you are a brute; and I think it
my duty to call upon you to find sureties for your better
behaviour."
"Very good," respondcd Mr. Herbert; "but, my Worthy
Alderman, if you lock up all husbands as have a few words
with their wives, you must have prisons as big as all
Lunnun !—that's all what I've got to say about it." And
he was locked up for bail.
130 W-STREET.—Two most distressing cases were

heai-d at this office yesterday.
In the first, a very respectable widow lady, residing in
the parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden, whose name we
omit to mention, came forward to prosecute her son, a
very fine lad, upon a charge of robbery. It appeared by
the evidence of the unfortunate mother and other witnesses,
that the prisoner, from his childhood upwards, had con-
ducted himself with great propriety until his father's death,
which occurred about eight months ago, when, finding
himself in some measure at liberty, he became very aban-
doned, kept company with loose women, and resorted to
public-houses, where he spent the best part of his time.—
To supply himself with the means to carry on this extra-
vagance, he began by pawning every thing he could lay
hands on belonging to his mother, and when this resource
faller: him, he stole from the room of a gentleman wilt)
lodged in the house one shirt and five silk pocket handker-
chiefs, besides a variety of articles of a minor description.
The prisoner was charged with stealing the above articles,
and also two volumes of " Gifford's War," and a table-
cloth, the property of his mother, all of which he had
pledged at the shops of different pawnbrokers. The case
was fully established against the prisoner, who was fully
committed for trial, and sent down in the course of the
day to the Old Bailey, a true bill having been found against
him.

It is impossible to describe the distressing situation of the,
unhappy mother. She wept incessantly while giving her
evidence. The prisoner, on the contrary, evinced the ut-
most indifference, and seemed equally regardless of the
misery into which he has plunged his family, and the dis-
grace which he has brought upon himself.
The next case was a charge of assault against a young
man of the name of Limb, who resides in the Pancras-
road. - The complaining parties were the mother and sister
of the defendant. The mother, a respectable-looking
woman, who seemed weighed down by illness and anxiety,
was obliged to be led into Court, supported by two women.
According to the statement of the sister, it appeared that
the prisoner hid
.frequently assaulted both her and her
mother ; and such was the violence of his temper, that
they both considered their lives in the utmost danger. Oa
a late occasion he pursued his sister with a carving knife,
which he flung at her with so much violence that it stuck

in the door, where it "quivered," and it required an effort I
of strength to withdraw it again. On Tuesday the de-
fendant repeated his outrageous behaviour, and not only
struck his sister a severe blow upon the face, but flung a
stone pitcher after her with such force, that it broke the
panel of the door against which it struck. The young
woman added,, that the defendant had often sworn he would
be the death tither of her or her mother, and expressed his
belief that he should,he hanged at the Old Bailey for mur-
dering one of them.
When he was removed for want of sureties, both the
mother and sister came forward, and said that unless some
stronger measure were adopted, the, prisoner as soon as he
procured bail, would inevitably murder.either of them, and
they accordingly implored the Magistrate's protection.
" If that be the case," said Mr. HALLS, " he shall give
24 hours' notice of bail, and in the mean time, I advise
you both to proceed to the sessions, which are now holding,
and exhibit articles of the peamagainst him."
With this intention the mother and daughter withdrew.
MARYLEBONE.— Thomas Carthy, a jobbing
gardener, was charged yesterday morning, before Mr. Hos-
xins, with robbing a uursery-ground.—The prisoner was
fully committed.
On Monday night, Mr. Bull, another nurseryman in the
Hampstead-road, lost 30 peach, apricot, and nectarine trees.
A parcel of mischieVous boys 'have been endeavouring
to " smoke out" Francis Primer, an inoffensive old man,
who keeps a shop at No. 86, John-street ; and for that
purpose, have, at all available times and seasons, tried to
fill his house with the fume of tobacco. This the old man
endured ; but yesterday, finding smoke would not do, they
threw dirty water upon him, while he was cutting crimson
shaloon, and spoiled 7s. worth. David Hounslow, the
most daring of them, was taken into custody by the street-

keeper ; and Mr. HOSKINS ordered the gaoler to lock him
up in the cell, until. he pays for the damage.
QUEEN-SQUARE—Yesterday, amongst the disorder-
lies from St. Margaret's watchhouse, was a young married
female, in a respectable line of life, charged by a watchman
with being drunk and disorderly in the streets.
Wright, a watchman in Downing-street, stated, that
about half-past 12 in the morning, at the corner of King-
street and Parliament-street, he saw the defendant and
another lady fighting. He ratted them. The other lady
went away ; but the defendant, who was drunk, would
not go home, and he was forced to take her to the watch-
house, which took him nearly three-quarters of an hour.
The defendant hung down her head during this recital,
and seemed conscious of the disgraceful situation in which
she appeared. In defence, she said she had been to the
theatre with a party of friends, and after coming out of
the thOatre, she had no recollection of what had taken
place.
Mr. Maaararr ordered her to pay for being drunk.
HATTON-GARDEN.—A boy of the name of Win.
Bennet, 13 years of age, was yesterday brought up in the
custody of Duke, au officer, and charged before Mr. Ser-
geant-Sefton, on suspicion of having stolen three gold
seals, the property of some person unknown.
A pawnbroker from Goswell-street here stated, that the
prisoner came into his shop that day, and offered them to
him in pawn for 20s. ; but he suspecting that they came
through some illegal channel into his possession, imme-
diately secured and gave him in charge.
- When Duke took him into custody, and understood from
him where his father, a respectable shopkeeper, resided, in
Bethnal-green-road, he went to inform him of the dis-
graceful situation in which his son was, and having done
so, the father's feelings were so powerfully wrought upon
by the intelligence, that he was instantly seized with a
strong convulsive fit, and continued in that state for up-
wards-of three hours. A number of, persons having col-
lected in the shop, some from motives of curiosity, and
others to render their kind assistance, all was nothing but
a scene of bustle and confusion, which afforded some evil-
intentioned person an opportunity of stealing the afflicted
Mr. Bennet's watch from his fob. When he came to
the office, he appeared to be in a very delicate and languid
state, and hoped that the Magistrate, in pity to his pater-
nal feelings, would not exercise any severity upon the boy ;
alleging that he was certain the boy had not himself stolen
the seals, through whatever channel they might have other-
wise come into his possession.
The prisoner having been then examined, stated, that ou
Sunday last, near Shoreditch church, he purchased them
from another boy about. his own age, for ris.
Mr. Sergeant SELLON said he did not by any means
believe this statement ; but was fully convinced that he
was sent to pawn them by the person who had actually
stolen them ; and that he must have known that person.
However, he would, he said, in mercy to the father, deli-
ver him up into his care until Thursday next, to be then
brought forward for further examination.

Sill PPING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL.

TUESDAY, Aran. 15.—High Water 57 min. past 11
o'clock.—Wind South.—Arrived the Birmingham, llarris,
from New York, with cotton, bides, &e. ;'Brothers, Bleas-
dale, from Mobile, with cotton ; Columbia, Ferguson, from
Alexandria (Egypt), with ditto ; John Heyes, Worthing-
ton, from Calcutta, sailed 27th December, with indigo,
saltpetre, &c. ; Everton, Neverson, from St. Vincent, with
sugar, molasses, &c. ; Earl St. Vincent, —, from Mar-
seilles ; Tryall, Milburn, from Isleman, with. wheat and
Pour ; Nymph, Aitkenhead, from Londonderry, with oats ;
Runcorn, Hughes, - from Dundalk, with oatmeal ;
Jordan, from Dublin, with grain; Highfield, Brown, from
Dublin, with sundries ; Coipmerce, Bibby, from ditto, with
ditto; Falcon, Burrows, from ditto, with di to ; Cortute:s
of Lonsdale, Marshall, (steamer), front Whitehaven, with
ditto ; Comet, Phillips (steamer), from Dublin, with the
mail. .

Three ships, three brigs, off at half-past seven o'clock.
Private Signals.—Messrs. Cropper, Benson, and Co.'s,
For the Bengal. Messrs. Hayes, Litherland, and Co.'s.
. _ -

CLEARED Ot:Twaitys.—The Lavinia, Higgin, for St.
Thomas and Tortola ; George Canning, Forsyth, for New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia ; Mope, Clifton, for Elsineur ;
Enchantress, Pennington, for Hasnburgh; Prince. Leopold,
Wilson, for ditto ; Janus, Prowse, for Newfoundland ;
Anglini, Bell, for ditto; Duchess of Athol, Christian, for
Douglas. '
Telegraph Office, April 15.
Messrs. Cropper, Benson, and Co.'s private signal west
of the Floating Light, on a British ship, with figure head,
and painted ports, the Bengal.
At fifty minutes past four, No. 287, Regent British
ship, off east of the Floating Light; three ships and two
brigs off.
At forty ruin. past three, one brig east of the Floating
Light, with Messrs. John Heyes and Co.'s private signal ;
three ships and three brigs off at ten ruin. past three.

The following is the copy of a letter recently
received by one of the Public Companies from Mr. JonN
WILKS, jun.
" Sir—l find in my multitudinous papers various agree-
ments, a lease of Bridge-wharf, licenses, bills of exchange,
and other deeds and papers respecting the Medway Lime
Company. Upon receiving from you a letter, by return
of post, informing me where the papers shall be sent to,
and inclosing two Bank of England notes for IF. each (to-
gether 2/.), I will instantly forward them. In the event
of not hearing by return of post, as I am about leaving
this place for the south of Europe, I shall sell the papers
with other heaps of waste paper.
'0 I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
" Bruges, March 21. (Signed) JOHN WILKS, jun.
My address is—Monsieur Wilks, Bruges, Nether-
lands."
Addressed" (Augleterre.)—To the Secretary of the
Medway Lime Company, Water-street (or lane),
Thames-street, Blacklriars, London."
The company, believing that he had no papers belonging to
them in his possession, and that itlwas a mere effort to raise
the wind, did not, we understand, reply to his letter. From
the haste of his movement towards the south, and his
thorough disgust at the conduct of his Christian acquaint-
ance, it is suspected that he has it in view to proceed to
Constantinople, and negociate a loan for the relief of the
Turks.

MUSCULAR STRENGTH.—The muscular
power of the human body is wonderful. A Turkish porter
will run along carrying a weight of 600 pounds ; and
Mmo, of Crotona, is said to have lifted an ox weighing
upwards of 1,000 pounds. HALLER, mentions that he saw
an instance of a man whose finger being caught in a chain
at the bottom of a mine, by I.ceping it forcibly bent, sup-
ported by that means the weight of his whole body, lb°
pounds, till he was drawn .up to the surface, a height of
600 feet. AUGUSTUS II.; King of POland, could, with his
fingers, roll up a silver dish like a sheet of paper, and twist
the strongest horse-shoe asunder; and a lion is said (Phil.
Trans. No. 310) to have left the impression of his teeth
upon a piece of solid iron. The most prodigious power
of the muscles is exhibited by fish. A whale moves with
a velocity through the dense medium of water, that would
carry him; if continued at the same rate, round the world
in little more than a fortnight; and a sword-fish has been
known to strike his weapon quite through the oak plank of
a ship.

SURREY DISPENSARY.—The anniversary
dinner of this Institution was celebrated on Tuesday at the
City of London Tavern, FLORENCE YOUNG, Esq. in the
Chair. This ,gentleman has been upwards of fifty years
a member and supporter of this charity, and discharged
the ditties which devolved 'on him on this occasion, in con-
sequence of the absence of the Noble President and Vice
Presidents, with credit. to himself and satisfaCtion to the
Company. Several toasts were proposed by the worthy
Chairman,. with appropriate 'remarks, and thaaks returned
by the Physicians; Stewards, and others whom it concerned.
He then very gallantly proposed " The Health of the Ladies
.of Surrey," whose beneficence he hoped he would, on
another anniversary, have the pleasure of recognising in
that Assembly.—(Drunk with enthusiastic cheers.).—The
Secretary read the amount of subscriptions given in the
room, to himself and the Stewards, which was 3177
, Some were afterwards added, making, we suppose, alto-

ose o
gether, about 350/. •
EXTENSIVE BURGLARY.—Saturday, a very
extensive burglary was committed in the dwellin
Mr. STYLES, an opulent silversmith and jeweller, g-hresui g
f
din
in King's-road, Chelsea. Among the numerous articles
sintooluernnainreg,4poeasri ll:earndwagtoclld, esr,i
nlrs,o6goolsly
aseals agno(lid ke3-s, 200
ear-rings,
100 pearl and stone brooches, with numerous other gold
and silver articles. The robbers had entered by an unoc-
cupied house, and scaled three high walls to reach Mr.
STYLES' house ; here they cut away the shutters of the
kitchen-window, and after boring various holes in the door,
forced the bolts; The villains having succeeded in entering
the house, repaired to the shop, where all the property was
deposited, and ransacked of every valuable article. Mr.
' STYLES gave information of tke robbery at Queen-square
Office, and from that gentleman's statement, there is no
doubt that the villains were disturbed while plundering the
premises.