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the we, it would be superfluous in him to address them a
very great length. It was come to this--did they believe the
testimony of that man Yarham, whom he should deavour
to show was the very man who h the mur-
der himself. This he should en eavourto show by comment-
ing on the evidence of Yarham at considerable length.
This, said the Learned Counsel, I will endeavour to prove.
If you will go with me for a short time to examine the evi-
dence in this case, I think you will see that the murder of
this woman, was committed by the very witness who now
seeks to take away the life of the prisoners at the bar. If
you consider the situation of Yarham—if you consider that
Yarham was livingat the same house where the woman was
murdered—that he must have known the circumstances of
the woman—that he must have known where the money was
kept, and that by murdering her he might become possessed
of all her money : what are the probabilities? There was
some evidence attempted to be proved on the part of the -
secution—that Yarham did not know she was of
money, but no evidence was given to show that he did not.
Mr. Prendergast then'called several witnesses to prove an
alibi in the case of Royal, and Mr. Crouch called witnesses
fur the same purpose on behalf of Mapes and Hall.
Mr. Justice PATTESON summed up, and said, respecting the
testimony of the principal, and upon which the main case
of the prosecution rested, Yarham had most foully yer-
jured himself if lie had had anything to do with the trans-
action. Against two of the prisoners, and particularly against
Hall, the evidence seemed to be certainly inconclusive. The
Learned Judge then went over the circumstances of the ad-•
mated facts of the murder. The great question was whether
Yarham wasthe witness of truth. If that was the case tbo
charge was established against Royal and Hall ; but it appeared
he knew nothing of Mapes. Supposing also, his statement
was true, the man and woman whom he stated to have seen
were unknown. The Learned Judge then recapitulated the
whole of the evidence of Yarham, and commented upon the
probability of its accuracy. Against Mapes and Hall the
testimony of Yarham did not operate, but, as against Royal,
if he was the witness of truth, he made out something.
like a case.

The jury consulted for about ten minutes, and returned a
verdict of " Not Guilty."
Upon the verdict being pronounced, Royal, whose counte-
nance had undergone no change upon hearing this momen-
tous decision, said, with a alight bow to the jury, " Thank
you, gentlemen," and resumed:his seat in the dock, froth
which, however, he and his companions were speedily
removed.

During the latter portion of the trial the excitement which
had• prevailed on the previous day had considerably abated,
and the strong impression which seemed to pervade the
crowd assembled in the Court was, that the testimony of
Yarham, upon whom the main case for the prosecution'de-
pended, could not be received by the jury, wore off muci of
that anxiety which would otherwise have been felt for the
decision of the jury, had the case for the prosecution been
supported by less questionable evidence. When the verdict
was pronounced, no fsne amongst the vast crowd expressed,
by looker gesture, the least surprise ; all appeared to be pre-
pared for an acquittal of the prisoners.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
orwich, Nine o'Clock, Tuesday Evening.
The witness Yarham is just discharged from the Castle.
A mob instantly recognised him, and is at this moment hoot-
ing him from street to street. The verdict of the jury is pre-
sumed to be founded on the assumption that Yarham was
implicated in the murder, and that his turning approver was
a deliberate design to fix the crime on three innocent men.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
CLERKEIV WELL.

A dreadful riot occurred at the Chalk-road on Monday
last about two o'clock, which originated in a dispute be-
tween some labourers who were drinking at a beer• shop
in the neighbourhood. They were forced out of the
place; and, having separated into two parties, one at-
tacked the other with shovels, spades, and other imple-
ments which lay about the new buildings.
Arising out of this affray four men named Manning,
Carny, Edward and John Burke, were charged with cut-
ting and wounding several persons. Edward Burke had a
fearful wound on his right cheek, and each of the other
prisoners bore marks or violence. It appeared that the
policeman Stoker interfered to suppress the disturbance,
and was attacked by Edmund Bailie, who knocked him
down. The other prisoners then kicked and trampled
upon him in the most savage manner. A man named
Powell interfered on behalf of the constable, but Edmund
Burke knocked him down with a shovel, and the other
prisoners, whilst he was prostrate, treated him so bar-
barously that he has been since unable to leave his bed.
Two other men, named Warren sad Kaytes, interfered
for the same humane purpose. Warren lies so much
beaten that he deposed he had been vomiting blood
during the night, and was unable to swallow anything.
Kaytes received a chop of the shovel on the back of the
head, from which he bled a great deal. Several police-
men (amongst others, Wayre, of the G division) were
hurt, but not seriously.
Mr. COMBE remanded all the prisoners, until it was
known whether the sufferers would recover, and refused
to take less bail for their appearance than two sureties in
404 for each prisoner.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
TUESDAY, APRIL S.
The following Bills were presented and read a first time :
Coventry, Bledworth, and Nuneaton Railway.
Edinburgh and Northern Railway (No. 2 ).
St. Ives Junction Railway.

The following Bills were read a second time and com-
mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection :
Harrogate and Ripon Junction Railway.
Wear Valley Railway.
Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale Railway.
Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway.
Bedford and London and Birmingham Railway.
Middlesbro' and Redcar Railway.
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway.

The following Bills were referred to the Select Committee
on Petitions for Private Bills :
North Wales Mineral Railway.
Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway (No. 2).

London and Birmingham Railway,—Petition for Bill re-
ported; report referred to the Select Committee on Standing
Orders.

Newry and Enniskillen Railway,—Petition for Bill re-
ported ; report referred to the Select Committee on Standing
Orders.
Chester and Holyhead Railway (No. 2) (Mold Branch and
Purchase of Chester and Birkenhead Railway),—Petition
for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr.
Owen Stanley and Mr. William Collett.
Scottish Midland Junction Railway,—Petition for Bill
reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Lord Gordon
Hallyburton, Mr. Home Drummond, and Mr. Stuart Wortley.
Brighton and Chichester Railway (Portsmouth Exten-
sion),—Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders
read; Bill ordered to be brought in by the Earl of March
and the Earl of Arundel and Surrey.
Monmouth and Hereford Railway,—Report from Select
Committee on Standing Orders read; Bill ordered to be
brought in by Mr. Pulsford, Mr. Bolton Clive, and Mr.
Hayter.

Standing Orders Committee,—Resolutions reported ;
1. " That, n the case of the Monmouth and Hereford
Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed
with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their
Bill, and that they prove before the Committee thereon that
the amended plans, sections, and books of reference deposited
with the clerks of the peace on the 31st December were
duplicates of those deposited in the Private Bill Office ; and
that the Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first place,
how far such Order has been complied with, and do report
the same to the House on the report of the Bill."
2. " That, in the case of the Reversionary Interest Society
petition for leave to present a petition for a Bill, the Sessional
Order ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be per.
mitted to present their petition accordingly."
3. " That, in the case of the Brighton and Chichester Rail-
way (Portsmouth Extension) petition, the Standing Orders
ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted
to proceed with their Bill."
Resolutions agreed to.
N

OTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.
Taw Vale Railway and Docks,—Second reading, Monday,
April 14.

Aberdare Railway,—Committee on petition, Monday,
April 21.

Kingstown and Bray Railway,—Committee on petition,
postponed from Thursday 10th till Friday, April 11.
Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway (No. 2),
Committee on petition, Monday, April 21.
Eastern Union and Harwich Railway and Pier,—Cohn•
mittee on petition, Monday, April 21.
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Acts Amendment,—
Committee on petition, postponed from Thursday 10th till
Monday, April 14.
Great Western Railway (Ireland) (Dublin to Mullingar
and Athlone),—Committee on petition, postponed from
Thursday 10th till Friday, April 11.
Bristol and Gloucester Railway,—Committee on petition,
adjourned till Friday, April 11.
Diss and Colchester Junction Railway,—Committee on
petition, adjourned till Monday, April 14.

MARYLEBONE TREATRE.—We paid a visit to this
model of a theatre on Monday evening, to witness the tragic
abilities of a Miss Waverley Scott, who has lately joined Mr.
J. Douglas's corps dramatique, and were much amused; Juliet
being the character, and our having been able from compa-
rison to judge fairly of its merits, we are enabled to state that
Miss 'W averley Scott is a rising actress, rather too embonpoint
for the " fair Juliet," but nevertheless looked comma faut.
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by his quaint and original delineation of the Frenchnian.
Altogether, Mr. J. Douglas caters well for this end of the
town, and we heartily wish him success. En passant, his
early hours of concluding the performance is a grand deside-
ratum and a great recommendation.
SUDDEN DEATH.-IVe regret to learn that Mr.
Andrew Jopp, ship broker, of 7
yesterday morning* 2, Cornhill, died suddenly
, while at the Jerusalem Coffee-house. It
appears the unfortunate gentleman entered the coffee-roam,
about half-past eleven o'clock, apparently quite well, and
shortly after retired to the water-closet, where he fell down
in a fit. Strange to say, a medical gentleman who witnessed
the fall, merely called to the waiter to say that some one who
was ill had dropped down in the closet. He left the house
directly, without offering assistanbe, and did not retarn even
to learn the result. Mr. Jopp expired almost immediately
in the arms of the waiter. It may be in the recollection of
some of our readers, that Mr. Scarr, the late partner of Mr.
Jopp, also fell down in a fit, and died suddenly, about two
years since.— Shippin9 Gazette.
ST. PAUL'S CATBEDRAL.—The porticos of the
western entrance of this splendid cathedral are about to un-
dergo a thorough cleansing and scraping, with a vie* to
removing the incrustation that has settled on the stone work,
arising from smoke and dirt. Yesterday the scaffolding
under the lower portico was erected, and the workmen com-
menced their operations ; it has not, however, yet been de-
termined whether the whole of the western front, as also the
other enter portions of the building, will be scraped and
cleaned, the lower part being tried first before any determi-
nation is come to by way of experiment, it not being accu-
rately known whether the state of the stone-work will permit
its being done; if, however, the experiment is successful, the
whole of the western, which forms the principal entrance to
the cathedral, and the elegant design of which has been
universally admired, consisting of twelve lofty Corinthian
columns below, and eight of the Composite order above,sur:
mounted by a handsome pediment, on the tympanuln
which the Conversion of St. Paul is represented in basso to.
lievo, but owing to the accumulation of dirt and smoke, at
the present time scarcely apex._
discernible, and in the apex._o f
which is a colossal figure of that apostle, and on other par
of the building those of St. Peter, St. Jame a
Evangelists, will undergo the same operation.