The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-24 00:00:00

TH114.: SUN, LONDON, MONDAY_EVENING,- MARCH 24, 1845.

cumstances which de price the party who formerly
strenuously resisted the application of any portion of
the revenues of the Protestant Established Church
of Ireland to the use and ben. fit of the Roman
Catholic majority in that country, of the power of con-
sistently voting with the Minister in his attempt to
endow Popery out of the national reverue. It is not
the first tiwe that this question, in the same bands, has
produced commotion in a Cabinet, and disruption of
party ties. In May, 18.34, Mr. Ward's motion on the
Irish Church produced the resignation of Lord
Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Duke of Rich-
mond, and Lord Ripon ; and six weeks after-
wards, Lord Grey's retirement from office, and
the formation of the Melbourne Ministry. Though
riot precisely simi'ar, there is sufficient resemblance in
the leading principles and tendencies of the two mea-
sures to pro Luce similar results. No act of the present
Administration has excited so much surprise—certainly
none will be met with more determined opposition from
different points of the religious zodiac, nor be followed
with more damaging effects on the influence and stability
of the Government, than will be provoked by this coup.
d'aut. From the most accurate estimate, it appears that
the population of Ire land comprehends, in round Lum-
bers, eight millions, which are distributed among the re-
ligious sects in the following manner :
Roman Catholics
Protestants (Estabishtd Church) 850,000
Presbyterians

8,000,000
The annual revenues of the Irish Church Establish
ment have been estimated at not less than 860,0001,
the whole of which is appropriated to the support of
that institution; constituting it, beyond all question,
taking the small amount of its members into account,
the richest endowed Church Establishment in Europe.
The proposed largely-increased grant to Maynooth
out of the general taxation of the country, as a measure
of conciliation to the Irish ReFealers, will fail of its
design. Mr. O'Connell, while he declares that he
will take the money, repudiates the notion of its being
regarded by him, or his followers, as any thing ap-
proaching to a satisfactory " instalment" of their claims.
" Were it 70,00D1 he would take it ; but would offer
no thanks !" They must, indeed, be sanguine who sup-
pose that the Irish Roman Catholics will be reconciled
by such a measure as this. A large portion of the
English people, in the mini. hand, see in the Premier's
proposal that which shocks their religious principles,
and alarms them for their pecuniary interests. In the
largely-increased grant to Maynooth they see the Ro-
man Catholics supplied w ith additional funds, placed
at their disposal by the Government, to educate their
clergy. A larger number of priests of that Church will
thus be provided, to propagate its doctrines and increase
the number of its converts. In this additional grant
they also see an additional burthen laid upon them for
the support of another Church Establishment. They
fear that the education of the Roman Catholic clergy by
the State will be spec lily followed by a proposal fur the
support of the Roman Catholic clergy hy the State. Ii
t'unds are to be provided for these purposes, what
fund so proper to furnish the requisite supplies as
that of the wealthy E-tablished Church of Ire-
land ? The vast revenues of that Church were
derived from the prof erty transferred from the Ro-
man Catholic l'hu. ch to the Protestant Establishment
by Act of Parliament. If it be now found that the in-
terests of the country require: that the Roman Catholic
Church be, either in whole or in part, endowed, by the
State, is it not just and reasonable that a portion of the
funds which were originally Roman Catholic, and which
are ample for both nurposes, should be made available
for the education and partial support of the clergy of the
large majority of the people ?
STANDARD.—On Wednesday, at Chelsea, a poor
woman, a domestic servant, but, as it is said, respect-
ably connected, destroy cd herself by cutting her threat,
the Coroner's jury said, "in a fit of temporary insanity,
caused by the dread of prosecution for shoplifting."
In the particular case the dread of prosecution
was, we believe, groundless, fur the gentleman from
whose shop the w retched woman had stolen some
ribbons, upon his oath disclaimed any purpose of
prose. uting ; and we have no right, even if an honest
man's oath were not conclusive, to surmise such savage
cruelty, as prosecuting the stealer of a few ribbons, to
any one. The unhappy creature was the victim, not of
the gentleman whom she had plundered, but of others
who have made the prosecution of "lady thieves"
notorious. We have as little compassion as any
can have for the offences of persons above
ihe reach of want, who commit offences for
which want it:elf is an imperfect apology ; but we have,
and we suppose all ought to have, compassion for that
infirmity of intellect ss hich alone can cause persons in a
respectable station of life to hazard what to them is not
merely punishment, lut utter ruin and degradation,
for the sake of trifles which, if their intellects were not
infirm, must be things wholly beneath their care ;
and we have no feeling but that of loathing, for those
~ho pursue such unhappy beings to the utter ruin and
degradation that, by their weakness of understanding,
they may incur. It is good to support the law, no doubt,
but the law is not supported ; it is made hateful when it
i.l made the instrument of ruin to weak-minded trans-
gressors, and of torture. if not extortion, to their innocent
connections. We should like to know whether these
fierce chi-sapiens of law never violate the law them-
selves ? It has been suggested to us that there is
an ingenious policy in taking every opportunity of x-
posing and ruining "lady thieves." There are some
dealers who find it more convenient and more profitable
to treat with servants than with principals, but such
cannot devise a better mode of excluding the latter than
by now and then destroying a "lady thief."

COMMITTEE-ROOM, STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 19,
1845.—At a Meeting of the Committee for General Pur-
poses, held this day, it was Resolved, " That the lours
of business in the Stock Exchange be from -A—past ten to
1-past 3 o'clock, N% ith the exception of Saturday, when
the House will close at 2 o'clock ; and that the Corn
ntittee will recognise no bargains that mss not be done
within those hours. The above to commence on the
26th inst." _ _

MR. WALLACE, M.l'.—We regret to learn that the
Honourable Member for Greenock became seriously un-
well last week, in London, while attending his Parlia-
mentary duties, and that he has returned home to Kelly
(Ruse. We hope the fresh air of that beautiful locality
will soon restore him to his wonted health and vigour.
We are afraid Mr. Wallace has been over-working him-
self in the House too early this session ; and certainly
he has undergone more drudge ry and fatigue than any
of our ether Scotch Memliers.—Sects Reformers' Gazette
ANOTHER FREE" DESERTER.—We understand
the Rev. Mr. M'Phie, late an ordained minister of the
Established Church in the Island of Harris, but who
joined the ‘• Free" at the disruption, has since seen the
error of his ways, and been restored to the Establish-
ment, which he regrets he ever left. Others will soon
fiilow this example. We expect to record rather a re-
ruaileahie one in the Gaulle of next Sa.urday.—Sects
Reformers GozeW..
BLACKBURN.—SIR ROBERT PEEL.—The Com-
mittee appointed to carry into effect the anniversary
in aid of the fends of the Mechanics' Institution
have received 101. from Sir R. Peel.— Pre.q-m Ch. onicle

quainted one with the other, and were in the constant
habit of seeing each other. In 1842 Cupid appears first
to have made an attack on the gallant deft ndant —for a
gallant gentleman he is, holding the rank of lieutenant in
her Majesty's 66th Regiment of Foot. He was then at
the very susceptible age of twenty, and the fair plain-
tiff, a beautiful girl, at the bewitching age of seventeen.
He told " a flattering tale," and told it so well that it
found its way to the heart of the fair listener, and awoke
corresponding emotions there with those which flowed
in his own. The young people loved with all the fond-
ness and fervour with which young people alone can
love. But, alas ! they had fathers, and fathers never
will let those interesting matters alone, but are ever dis-
posed to interfere where their children the least desire
their aid or interference. Mr. Commins, the plaintiff's
father, was the first to find out the love that had stolen
into the heart of his daughter for the gallant defendant ;
and feeling assured that the match would not be approved
of by the defendant's father, he wrote that gentleman a
note, communicating the fact to him. Mr. Wiilisford,
sen., replied to that note, expressing his obligations to
Mr. Commins for the handsome manner in which he had
acted. An interview then took place between the old
gentlemen, the matter was talked over, and both ap-
peared agreed that the match was not, under all circum-
stances, a desirable one, and that it was, therefore, to be
interdicted. This consultation and its results were
communicated to the parties interested, and it was agreed
upon between them that the silent love of their hearts
must be extinguished. Time passed on, and, living in
the same town, they often saw each other. It is easy to
command a heart not to love, but it is often very difficult
to get that heart to obey, especially when it is found
beating in the breast of a young man of 21, or a girl who
has about her all the warmth and fancy of 17. The
flame that had only been smouldered for a time, burst
out with renewed energy, and as the young people could
not meet at the houses of their parents, they enjoyed the
delight of stolen interviews at the house of a married
sister of the plaintiff, who with sisterly affection contrived
this happiness for them. But a second interruption was
made to the lovers' dreams, and from some cause or inter-
ference, the exact nature of chick did not transpire, a fresh
separation took place. The disconsolate fair one returned
the letters that had breathed of love and devotion to him
from whom they had come, and to whom she had given, in
all its warmth and purity, her virgin heart and aft ctions.
She bad deeply felt the first separation which had taken
place ; but this second was a blow which bid fair to
blanch her damask( d cheek, and dull the lustre of her
lovely eye. Her health was impaired, to recover which
her father, with parental affection, sent her to London
for change of air and scene, and kept her there as a
parlour boarder for almost a year. In the meantime the
defendant had left, the place, and gone to join his regi-
ment, which he entered us an ensign about this time.
Some time in 1842 the father of the defendant died, and
left the defendant about 4,000/. or 5,000/. After his
father's death, the defendant returned for a time to Ta-
vistock. He had separated from that maiden who had
awakened all his youthfu. fire, and at the desire of his
deceased parent had promised to give up all pretensions
to her love ; but as it appeared the shaft which had
been fixed in his heart had never been withdrawn, and
his heart was still beating with the warmest emotions
of love for the young and beautiful Eliza Hillyard
Commins, the-rtatna.of the fair p!aintiff. He first met
. her at a party, where it did not appear any communica-
tion took place between them. A few nights after he
again met her at a public ball, where his reserve was
broken and his resolution taken that she should be his
wife. He employed one of his sisters as his mediator,
and she confessed her task was not a difficult one. The
plaintiff lent a ready ear to the wish the defendant had
expressed, and the parties once more stood in the ro-
mantic and endearing relation of lovers. The defendant
at this time called on the plaintiff's father, declared that
his affection remained unabated for his daughter, and
requested his sanction and permission to renew and
continue his addresses. Mr. Commins replied, that
the death of the defendant's father had removed the
principal obstacle to his consent, and that if his in
tentions were pure and honourable he should not ob-
ject. " But," added he, " remember, there must be no
more breaking off the affair, if it is again commenced."
The defendant assured him that his intentions were
most honourable, that he had resolved on making her
his wife, and nothing would ever induce him to forget or
forsake his darling Hillyard. On this assurance Mr.
Commins gave his consent, and from that time the gal-
lant soldier was received in the plaintiff's family as her
affianced husband. A few days after this the defendant
was obliged to quit Tavistock to join his regiment. Then
began the correspondence, extracts of which were read
to the Court, and which convulsed all present with
laughter. So hotly did the love of the gallant son of
Mars burn at this time, that he could net proceed fur-
ther titan Exeter, before he found it necessary to ease
his over-charged heart by writing to his lady-love, from
whose arms he had just been torn away. He commenced
his letter, "Hy dearest ever devoted Hillyard." He
then went on to depict the misery he had suffered from
the moment he had been torn from her, and declared
that he had been crying almost every moment since. A
thousand loves and angels, dears and darlings, followed,
with a conclusion vowing eternal love and fidelity. The
next day! the valiant ensign had got as far as Bristol.
Distance had only increased his passion, and rendered
his misery more acute. Ile sat down and wrote another
letter. This commenced, "My dearest dear, dear, dear,
dearest dear;" and then, attempting to declare the effect
of his anguish, he declared it had so operated on him
that he had hardly a bit of hair left on his hesatolaedlgulmo.lfotykvi:Afeveraall)a-ss..
though he had thus in his anguish made himse:f bald, it
was necessary that he should proceed, and the next
'etter was dated from Birmingham, where at that time
his regiment was lying. The correspondence continued,
and one might judge by the number of " dears,"
" sweets," " angels," " pets," and " darlings," the love
of the valiant ensign by no means decreased. On ono
occasion he so far forgot his fair correspondent as to
write a word or two about himself. He writes thus :
" You don't think it, but I assure you the ladies fall very
e
te
av
parson,rtiol
se th.
ahwninisacdoisesa't bad
hoamYeda tool
4,ndueeeaial nstnrthdiatlay:sdat
a:•‘ 111
Judge
judge,ueltkedn nrteii ege
aientntlndl
mblnol e
cc, t
khabcsui
on t
an l: :
in
much the thing I assure you."—(llere there were roars
of laughter,
compelled to join.) At last the defendant wrote to say
that he gained his lieutenantcy without
purchase, and
that he longed to have his beloved with him, and that
she must fix a day for their wedding. The answer was
not real, but at no great distance of time from this lie
once more came to Tavistock. The happy day was fixed,
tegdlcilting an —l'
interviewheri' with the plaintiff's lo and behold ! the false
dresses were made, the bridesmaid chosen, friends in-
vited, cakes prepared, together with all the usual para-
phernalia
of o
liars of
sot
a wedding—when,
father, and informed him that he had found, from com-
municating with his brother, who lived in Tavistock,
that his means would not be so good as he expected ;
and he therefore thought it was no use to marry. The
father expostulated, but in rain ; he had made up his
mind, o
the plaintiff Under these circumstances
n f Court to seek that compensa-
tion insulted feelings which the
,arn d
h would
hadr%o t gonei trottide change.intted
jury should determine her to be entitled to.
Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE addressed the jury for the
defendant, contending that what he had done was nn act
of prudence, for which the plaintiff would have great
cause to rejoice, and which, therefore, ought not to be
visited with heavy damages.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE summed up.
The jury then requested permission to leave the Conrt.
This they did, and were absent a considerable time. On
their return they gave their verdict for the plaintiff—
Damages 700/.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice Erma.)
Samuel Hayden was indicted fur the murder of his in-
fant daughter, Mary Hayden, by giving her a quantity
of hartshorn.
Mr. Tyrrell and Mr. Kekewich prosecuted ; the pri-
soner was defended by Mr. Cox.
It appeared that the prisoner had lived at Bradninch,
is this county, and that in February last he heel lost his
wife in giving birth to the child whom, by the indictment
on which he was arraigned, he was charged to have mur-
dered. The wife died about eleven days after the birth
of the child. He then made arrangements with his wife's
sister to take and keep the child, for which he was to pay
her 2s. 3d. per week. In consequence of this, she took
the child to her house, and commenced the duties of a
foster-mother to it, and up to the day of its death the
poor little thing appeared in good health. On the 17th
of February the prisoner's wife was buried. He had been
ill for some little time, and had kept his bed. He ex-
pressed a hope that his sister-in-law, who was coming to
the funeral, would bring his child with her, as he said he
very much wished to have her with him whilst trey were
burying his wife. The child was brought and carried to
the prisoner, who was in bed. There it was left whilst
its foster-mother went down stairs and saw the funeral
depart. On her again taking the child she perceived
that its little mouth was very much swollen, and found
that it refused the breast. She mentioned this to the
prisoner, who did not say that he had given it anything,
but remarked that it had appeared to suck with difficulty
before. The child continued to moan, and appeared to
grow worse and worse. The woman took it to the house
of a medical man, whom she did not find at home, and
consequently she carried the child back to her own house,
without any medical advice. At four o'clock that morn-
ing the child was a corpse. Suspicions were awakened. An
examination oft& child took place, when the cause of its
death was discovered to be some irritant poison, which
had most dreadfully burnt and excoriated its mouth and
throat, from the effects of which it died. Evidence was
given that the father had, a few days before, purchased
a pennyworth of hartshorn, and a constable, on
searching his room, found concealed in a hole in the
floor of the room in which he slept a bottle, which, it
was proved, was the one in which the hartshorn had
been fetched. The prisoner had been taken up and ex-
amined before the Coroner. When in custody he had
stated to the constable and the foreman of the Coroner's
jury thet the child was cry ing and appeared ill, that he
had been taking some hartshorn himself immediately
before, which had done him a great deal of good, and
that thinking it would benefit, the child, he had given it
about half a teaspoonful ; that he had no idea it would
injure it, or he should not have given it, and that he
should not have given it at all, had he not been in such
distress of mind as not to know what he was about.
Medical men had stated that they had no &edit, the
child had died from taking the hartshorn, which was a
poison if administ, red by itself and undiluted with
water. But they had never known a person killed by
hartshorn before; and it was constantly taken mixed in
water by the peasants in that neighbourhood as a very
wholesome medicine.
It was proved by another witness that the prisoner
had, as he stated, taken some in water a few days before.
Mr. Cox addressed the jury for the prisoner.
Mr. Justice ELME summed up, pointing out the many
circumstances in the case which tended to throw a doub&
on the guilt of the prisoner.
After a short consultation, the jury returned a verdic
of Not Guilty.

Carmarthen, March 20.
MURDER, DE A 130L—Eucut Lloyd, a boy aged_ nine

years, was charged with having, on the 13th September,
1844, thrown stones at, and struck, a boy named Daniel
Jones, and that Daniel Jones died on the 14th of Sep-
tember, and that he (Evan Lloyd) feloniously and with
malice aforethought killed Daniel Jones.
The prisoner, a little boy with a downcast look, pleaded
not guilty.
Mr. Chilton, Q.C., and Mr. N. Carne appeared for the
prosecution, and Mr. V. Williams defended the prisoner.
Mr. CHILTON, in stating the case to the jury, said that
in his long experience he had never had the misfortune
to meet with a case in any respect its parallel. The pri-
soner was a boy of the age of nine years, a son of
Thomas Lloyd, of the parish of Llanfihangel-ar-arth.
The father of the unfortunate deceased was a labourer,
named John Jones, residing in the same parish. The
boy who was murdered was a mere infant, three years
old, and certainly could have injured•no one. That the
infant died on the 13th of last Septemberwould be placed
beyond all doubt, and that he died from the effectS of
external injuries was equally certain. That these inju-
ries could not have been inflicted by the deceased him-
self, and that they were not the result of accident was
al-o certain. The child was found in a ditch, with a
number of stones lying about him. He had bled pro-
fusely, and the stones were covered with blood. The
jury would have two questions to determine ; first, whe-
ther the prisoner threw a stone and struek the deceased
with it; and secondly, whether at the time he did so, he
had a guilty knowledge that he was doing wrong. Until
from circumstances the contrary was made to appear
every killing of a fellow creature was accounted by the
law to be murder. However, there could scarcely, he
would confess, be m dice aforethought in a child like the
prisoner. Under seven years of age no proof whatever
could justify the conviction of a child of felony. Above
fourteen a child was subject to the same laws as those of
mature age. Between those ages the law said that an
infant should be deemed prima facie incapable of com-
mitting a crime, unless the eontrery should appear.
Malice, however, supplied the proof which is requisite,
that is the criminal intent. The presumption that the
child is incapable may be rebuttt dby strong and fre-
quent evidence of its capacity to do a guilty action.
There was no proof that the child's body had been hid-
den in the ditch, but after the child had been missed and
a search had been instituted, the prisoner had denied
any knowledge of him. Again, while the search for the
child was proceeding, and 14 hen the people were going
in the direction where the body was afterwards fund,
the prisoner told them that that part of the field had
already been searched.
Mr. CIIILTON then proceeded to call witnesses for the
prosecution :
John Jones—l live at Llanfihangel-ar-arth. I had a
little boy named Daniel Jones, who died on the 13th of
September, 1844. He was four years old wanting six
weeks. I saw him the day before he died on the boun-
dary hedge between Coedlaney and my place. He was
playing with Evan Lloyd. I saw him next between six
and seven o'clock that night in my house. I was not in
the house when he was brought in. Ile was covered
with blood.

Hannah Davies—l live at Llanfihangel-ar-arth. I
heard that Jones's child was missing. Between four and
five in the evening I was searching for him. I saw pri-
soner at the bar at the top of the field called Panty bro.
I found the child. Panty bro is the field I afterwards
found him in. It was a large field's breadth from the
place where I found the body that I met the prisOner. I
asked him if he saw the little boy of Danywaun. Ile
said " Yes." I asked him where be was playing with
him—a-lkttle before dinner. Where did he go to after-
wards, I said. He said that he had sent him home. He
said that the boy went from him to sit by the side of his
father's house. I then went with the people to search.
Another woman, named Lydia Davis, saw the child first.
I saw her when she found him. lfhe child was found in
the field of Pantybro-Gellyvelin. That was divided from
the one I met the prisoner in by a road. He was all
over blood. The blood that was not dry was on the
back of his head. It was bleeding then. I saw some
stones there. They were white stones ; from I Pb. to
21b. in weight. I saw about six stones. Some were
stained with blood. The stones were lying by the
child's side. Lydia Davis carried him home to his
mother. I showed Sarah Thomas the place where the
child was found.
Cross-examined by Mr. V. WILLIAMS—The field
where I spoke to the prisoner was adjoining the field
where the body was found, only divided by a lane.
By the COURT—I found the child about seven o'clock.
Sarah Thomas—l live at Highgate, in the parish of
Llanfihangel-ar•arth. I was near the prisoner's father's
house on the 13th of September, reaping. I met the
prisoner at the bar about half-past six—he was coming
out of the field in which the child was found who had
received the injury ; it is called Pentybro-Gellyvelin.
He was coming out over the stones which filled the gap.
There was no gate. I asked him if he hail seen the
child that was missing. He said " No, I did not."
Hannah Davies showed me the spot where the child was
found next morning. That was within sight from where
I saw prisoner coming over the stones, about ten yards.
I met some people looking for the child.
Cross-examined—l did not know how far it Was from

the gap. She told me ten yards.' I' showed William
W illiarns where I stood, and where the prisoner came
out of the gap.
It was here stated by Mr. Chilton that he would take
his Lordship's opinion as to whether the statements
of the prisoner to a policeman could be received as
evidence.
Ills LORDSHIP said that it appeared by the deposition
that the first statement made by the prisoner was to the
policeman, and he told the prisoner that it would be
better for him to tell the truth. Under these circum-
stances, the admission or confession could not be re-

eel ved.
Mr. CHILTON said that he had no further evidence to
offer, and he would therefore decline proceeding to the
jury.
His LORDSHIP then directed the jury to acquit the
prisoner, and the boy was then ordered to be handed
over to his parents.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

William Boggriss, aged 35, a respectably dressed
person, was charged with obtaining from Messrs.Ranken
and Co. of Honey-lane-market, a quantity of damask,
value 51. 10s ,in the name of Messrs. Cowper 'and Co.,
of St. Paul's Churchyard, and afterwaHs disposing of
the same without cuthority.
Mr. William Husband, a salesman, in the employ of
Ranken and Co., proved that, on Thursday last, the pri-
soner obtained three packages, containing a dozen and a
half of table-cloths, of the value of 5!. 103., which were
delivered to him by witness. Knowing that he had pre-
viously obtained goods for Cowper and Co., the invoice.
was made out in the name cf that firm by a fellow clerk
named Young.
Mr. H. Nash, of the firm of Ccwper and Co., St.
Paul's Churchyard, stated that the prisoner had been in
their employ as warehouseman for upwards of seven
years. On Thursday last a " corrected" invoice of the
above goods was sent from Messrs. Ranken and Co., with
a request. that the one given to the prisoner might be re-
turned. The prisoner immediately said that the goods
wire for himself, but witness's suspicions being aroused
he proceeded to R3nken and Co.'s warehouse, where he
was informed that the prisoner had obtained the goods,
whereupon the latter said he had purchased them for
Mr. Kidd, of Tottenham-court-road, who paid him
31. 13s. for them. _ .

Mr. Andrew Kidd, of 120, Tottenham-court-road, was
then sworn. _ _

Alderman FAREBROTEER thought it proper to caution
him against saying anything which might in the slight-
est degree criminate himself, as it was proved he had
purchased the goods at an extraordinary low price.
Mr. Kidd said he wished to tell all he knew of the
transaction. When the prisoner brought the goods to
his shop he stated that they belonged to his cousin, who
lived in Essex, and he wished to tiitpose of them, as he
was short of money. The goods were purchased fora 12s.
At the request of the solicitor who appeared on behalf
of the prosecution, the prisoner was remanded until
Saturday, when it is expected keveral other charges of a
like nature will be brought forward againat him.

BO W-STREET
Two men, named Boyd and Phillips, were charged
with having in their possession a quantity of cambric
handkerchiefs, alleged to have bet n smuggled.
It appeared from the evidence of a person named
Palmer, who described himself as a captain on half-pay,
that he met the prisoner Phillips in Holborn, and in
consequence of certain representations made by him, he
was induced to accompany him to a public-house in that
neighbourhood, where he found the other prisoner Boyd.
That some cambric handkerchiefs were then produced,
which the prisoners represented to be of foreign manu-
facture, and which witness was ultimately induces to
purchase at the price of one sovereign, but afterwards,
having reason to suspect that he had been imposed upon,
he made an excuse to leave the room, to which he after-
wards returned with a policeman, and gave the prisoners
into his custody. The prisoners, in order to convince
him that the articles were of foreign manufacture, gave
him a foreign bill of parcels for them, which they told
him he might keep for his own satisfaction.
Mr. Bayley, an officer of the Customs, attended, and
he stated that he had examined the articles, which were
undoubtedly of British manufacture. He then called the
attentic n of the Court to the Act of Parliament, which
stated that no person was justified in giving any party
into custody for an offence of this description, unless he
was expressly authorised so to do by the Commissioners
of her Majesty's Customs.
Mr. JARDINE, on reference to the Act, found that
officers on full pay of her Majesty's army, navy, or
marine, had power to detain goods of this description, in
whatever possession they might find them, but all other
persons detecting an offence of the kind must proceed by
information, and subsequent summons, or in the Court
of Exchequsr.
Mr. Bayley said he did not know anything of the pro.
secutor in the present case, and at all evetits he had not
the authority of the officer of Customs to give the pri-
soners into custody.
Mr. JARDINE said that under these circumstances the
prisoners could not be detained, and he ordered them to
be immediately discharged.
MARLBOROUGH-STREE7.
Margaret Dobson, an Irishwoman, living at No. 23,
Crown street, Soho, was brtaight htzfure Mr. Ifor,lwiek,
charged with stealing an infant four months old, and its
clothing.
When the prisoner was put to the bar, she bad an
infant in her arms. She hugged it. and caressed it, evi-
dently with the intention of attracting notice towards
her extraordinary exhibition of fondness, and when the
real mother made her appearance she called out,
" You're the woman that w :zits my dear baby, but you'll
not get it ; you'll get my life first."
Caroline Swan, when sworn, said she was a brush-
maker, living at No. 11, Playhouse-yard, Whitecross-
street, and she got her living by going about the streets
selling her goods. On the 15th of last February she was
out selling her goods, when she " put in" at the Spot-
ted Dog public-house, Goodge-street, T9tteuhara•cogt.