The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1842.

SONGS OF CHARLES DIBDIN.

The Fourth Part of this excellent' collection of
Mr. Charles Dibdin's love-songs, bacchanalians,
and sea-lyrics, continues to form a mingled mis-
cellany that cannot fail to delight. The music
pages at the end evince the felicitous manner in
which Dibdin's simple lines always wedded
themselves to melody.

LITERAT URE.
RAMBLING RECOLLECTIONS.
Curry, Dublin, 1842.
. . .

In this volume -We have a collection of tales
and military reminiscences, strung together With-
out order or method, and alternating between the
serious and the comic. The -first story, entitled
" The Outcast," is the best—or at any rate the
most striking—and is the confession of a London
street-sweeper, whose career through life had
been marked by an unusual multiplicity of
strange adventures. He had originally been. in
the English army, and was attached one of
Sir Thomas Picton's famous fighting 14girnents,
but having been flogged severely for some fla-
grant misconduct, he deserted to the Freneh, and
fought for some, time in their ranks. After the
battle of Waterloo, he quitted...Europe and
turned pirate, in which capacity he accumulated
a speedy independence, and was on his way
home to enjoy the fruits of hisill-gotten gains,
when the pirate-ship in which he was embarked
was captured by an English brig, and he was
taken to Carthagena, where he was tried, found
guilty, and condemned to be executed. On the
night previous to his execution, riot among the
populace took place in the streets of the tow
the mob attacked the. ,prison,,.and liberated all
the captives; and the pirate found his way back
to England with scarcely a farthing in his
pocket. Here he encountered misery and pri-
vation in their worst forms, and at length, by
way of keeping himself from absolute starva-
tion, he turned resurrection-man, and ended his
career by being hocussed and burked by some of
his resurrection confederates! The story, in
places, is told with power, but is of too much over-
coloured and melodramatic a character. The
other stories contain little or nothing worthy of
notice.

WAVERLEY NOVELS, Vol. XI.
Cadell, Edinburgh, 1842.

The present volume comprises the entire tale
of the " Abbot," one of the most carefully-
written of the whole series of Waverley Novels,
and which amply compensates for the compara-
tive failure of its immediate predecessor, the
" Monastery." The volume contains the ori-
ginal introduction, which was prefixed to the
celebrated edition of 1830; and an engraving
representing the highly-wrought interview be-
tween Mary Queen of Scots, and the Com-
missioners who were sent to Lochleven, by
order of the Regent Murray.

FASHIONABLE 'INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

Lord Templetown, in Berkeley-square, from Castle Upton,
Antrim; Lord Claude Hamilton, in Argyll-street, &Om
Baron's Court, Tyrone ; Count Goltz and Captain Annesley.
in the suite of the King of Prussia, at the Burlington Hotel,
Cor k-street, from Windsor Castle ; the Earl and Countess of
Tankerville, at their new residence, in Maddox-street; Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Russell, in Chapel-street West, Belgrave-
square, from Woburn Abbey ; Lord Wm. Powlett, in Curzon-
street, from Shropshire; Mr. and Lady Augusta Milbanke,
from Thorpeperrow Hall, Yorkshire ; the Earl and Countess
of Rosebery, and the Ladies Primrose, on the Terrace,. Pic,
cadilly, from a visit to the Hon. Colonel and Douglas Pen-
nant, at Penrhyn Castle ; Mr. A. B. Hope, from a visit to
Lord and Lady Heresford, at Bedgebury, Kent ; Baron and
Baroness Cetto, in Hill-street, from a visit to her Majesty, at
Windsor Castle ; Mr. Massey Dawson, from a Continental
tour ; Lord and Lady Mahon, in Grosvenor-place, from
Brighton ; Gambier Parry, Esq., Mrs. Parry, and family, at.
Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square ; George Gib-
son, Esq., ar.d Mrs. Gibson, at ditto; Mrs. Pickering, at
ditto; the Rev.,i►lr.:.Burket and Miss Burket, at ditto; Hon.
Mrs. Eussell Barriitton, at the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-
street, from. Stutiiin!,'llectory, Ipswich ; Mrs. and Miss
Richardson, at ditto, from Warren Wood, Hatfield. ).
DEPARTURES.

The Rev. J. Drake, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Ca-
vendish-square, for Crewkerne, Somersetshire ; Miss Drake,
from ditto, for Tunbridge; the Hon. Captain Ainstie, from
ditto, for Scotland ; the Doctor and Mrs. Cornish, from ditto,
for Exeter ; the Bishop of Oxford, from Grosvenor-square,
for Cuddesden Palace ; Viscount Cantilupe, for Paris ; „Vis-
count Lovaine, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir
Castle ; Lady Thomas Hay and the Dow alter Lady Kinloch,
for Leamington Spa; Major-General Grey and the Hon. Cap-
tain G. A. Byron, fir the East Indies ; the Hon. Messrs.
Edwardes, from the Burlington Hotel, for Ramsgate ; Lady
and Miss Le Poer Trench, on a Continental tpur ; the Mar-
quis de Sommery, for Brighton ; Sir Charles and Lady Grey
and family, for the West Indies ; Colonel Whichcote, for Lea-
mington Spa ; Colonel Sir John Eustace, on a tour.

• CHANGES.
The Earl and Countess of Orford and the Ladies Walpole,
at Wollerton Hall, Norfolk, from Dersetshire ; Lord and Lady
Berehaven, at Dublin, froth Bantry Castle; Admiral Sir Ro-
bert Stopford, at Greenwich Hospital, from a visit to her Ma-
jesty, at Windsor Castle ; the Hon. G. H. and Lady L. Ca-
vendish and family, and Lady Frances Hope, at Ashford Hall,
near Chatsworth, from Harewood House ; the Marquis of Dou-
glas, at Paris, from Hamilton Palace; the Duke of Devonshire,
Earl and Countess Granville, Mr. and Lady Georgians Ful-
larton, and the Hon Richard Cavendish, from Nice for Pau, en
route to Paris; Sir John and Lady Shelley, on a visit to the
Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir Castle, from a visiting tour ; Mr.
Parker, M.P., from a visit to Sir George and Lady Sitwell,
at Rensham Hall, Derbyshire.

Sir Robert Peel's first grand Parliamentary ban-
quet, last evening, was given to the mover and seconder of
the Address in the House of Commons, the Earl of March and
Mr. Beckett, M.P. for Leeds, and about forty other Members.
including the Earl of Lincoln, the Speaker, Sir Edward
Knatchbull, Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. Lyall, the Judge
Advocate General, Dr. Nicholl, Mr. Manes Gaskell, Colonel
Peel, Sir. Hope, and the Hun, Sidney Herbert. The dinner
was given at eight o'clock in Sir Robert's picture gallery,
overlooking the Thames, which is filled with ancient and mo-
dern paintings of the first class, including portraits, by Law-
rence, of the Statesmen who have been the Premier's colleagues
in office. After dinner the heads of the Royal Speech, agreed
upon at the Council yesterday, at Buckingham Palace, after
the Queen's arrival from Windsor, was read to the company,
who appeared in full dress.
BLENHEIM-STREET FREE DISPENSARY AND
INFIRMARY.—The sixth annual ball, in aid of this institu-
tion, took place on Tuesday night, at the Hanover-square
Rooms, and was attended by nearly three hundred persons, who
kept up a brilliant series of quadrilles and waltzes to the strains
of Adams's hand until six o'clock the following morning. A
well served supper formed the interlude. The first toast pro-
posed was the health of the Prince of Wales, which was re-
ceived with a true British greeting. The progress of this in-
s•itution deserves more attention from the public than it has
hitherto received. While in the other numerous Dispensaries
that exist in the metropolis letters of recommendation are re-
quired, which too often cause serious delay to the patient, here
the usual form of credential is dispensed with, as in the words of
the Report " Sickness and poverty constitute the only intro-
duction that is required." A highly commendable feature in
the system of this institution has been 'its special attention to
women, suffering under diseases common to their sex, and a'sn
arising from the incidents peculiar to the lying-in state, and to
patients afflicted with diseases of the skin. These diseases
chiefly commit their ravages among the humbler classes, in
consequence of the privations they undergo. No less than
12,650 have been cured, or relieved, in the course of seven
years, at an expenditure of only 9851. 6s. 9d., every guinea
subscribed being the means of efficiently relieving thirteen
sufferers. Its sphere of usefulness has been found so great,
and the calls for relief so pressing, that the Committee, to .whom
great praise is due for their unceasing exertions in the cause
of humanity and their rigid economy, have thought it neces-
sary to augment the Medical Staff. The method of electing
their officers is also admirable. Talent and experience are
the essential qualifications looked for in candidates. The Com-
mittee, as soon as their funds will permit, intend to open a ward
for the continuous reception of aggravated cases, and also to es-
tablish those baths which in cutaneous diseases are almost in-
dispensable. On these grounds the Committee, having a num-
ber of applicants, greatly beyond their inadequate income,
while relying on the continued support of their subscribers and
friends, also confidently appeal to the sympathies of the hu-
mane and generous public.

SH EPTON MALLET.—On Monday last, a spe-
cial meeting of the Guardians of the Shepton Mallet Union was
held, fur the purpose of considering a motion (of which notice
had been given) for granting • out-door relief to able-bodied
paupers, on which an amendment was proposed and carried for
the adjournment of the question until that day six months.
The state of the poor in the town' and country parte( of the
Union is truly distressing, particularly those who are ernisteyed
in agriculture, whose wages when in full work do not average
more than 7s. per week, but, from want of work and the un-
favourable state of the weather the last two or three months, a
large proportion of the labourers have not earned half that sum.
Many of them have large families depending upon them for
support, who are literally starving for want of food ; the
Union-house is quite full, and were it not for the prejudice
which exists among the poor against it, and the dread of break-
ing up their little establishments, out-door relief must be
granted, or another workhouse built. It is deplorable to wit-
ness the labouring classes :inking lower and lower every year,
and many of the smaller class of tradesmen sinking with thorn,
any price; the poor rates this year
many of whom are becoming paupers. There are nearly 300
d on a valuation, in many cases, above the
habreoecuoseess.e
quitemt h
unsaleablece
pupoi unoccupied
in
this
a town ; indeed, house property has
rental; and in all the rural parishes the poor-rates are increas-
ing.— Somerset County Gazette.
We regret to have to announce the sudden de--
eeas oa ft e John
High
Sheriff
or that county.
Davidson,' Esq., of Ridley Hall, Northumber-
land,The lamented gen-
tleman's death, which took place at Ridley Hall, on Saturday
last, was caused by disease of the heart. He had been married
for some years to the Hon. Miss Jessopp, but had no family.
' DEATH OF Mn. H. ROBERTS, HER MA-
JESTY'S STATE COACIIMAN.—The death of this very old and
faithful "servant of the crown " took place on Tuesday, at the
Royal Mews, Pimlico. Mr. Roberts has filled the above situ-
ation upwards of thirty years, and that with the highest credit
to himself, and satisfaction both to his noble employers, and to
those placed above him in his department. His character for
hospitality and charity is well known to a numerous circle, and
many will lose a very excellent friend. It is somewhat re-
markable, that notwithstanding his heavy afflictions (for he
has been " a martyr to the gout " for many years) he has
always been ready to perform the duties of his office ; and it
was not until the late christening of his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales that he ceased to perform Isis duty. He will
go to the grave much lamented by all who knew him, and per-
haps his successor will never have it in his power to say that
like Roberts, he was State coachman of " four Sovereigns."
Mr. Roberts, we believe, was in his 82. d or 83d year.
it is our painful duty to record the decease of
Holbrook Gaskell, Esq., of Prospect-hill, near Warrington,
one of the Magistrates acting for the Warrington division of
the county, and for Cheshire. The melancholy event took
place on Thursday morning. The deceased sat on the War-
rington Bench on Monday, and Tuesday attended Daresberry
Petty Sessions, apparently in his usual good health. On Wed-
nesday he complained of indisposition, and on Thursday morn..
ing departed this life. We are informed that the deceased
Liverpool Mail, gentleman was in the 72d year of his oge,—

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that paper, for a seditious article, its own printer, afraid
of the action of the law, had refused to print the journal
if an article elititled " Der Action de Dieu sur la France,"
were to be inserted in it.

SIR E. BL A KENEY, K.C.B.—It has been
erroneously stated in some of the papers that this gallant officer
voted for the Tory candidate at the late election. We dis-
believed it, from the high character of Sir Edward, and are
happy to be assured that there is no foundation for the report.,
—Dublin Pilot.

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.—Mr. Bixkett,
farmer, of Swineshead, Lincolnshire, had eight children chris-
tened on the day of the baptism of the Prince. They all
walked to and from the Church, two and two, attended by their
father, godfather, and godmothers.—The Rev. Mr. Langley,
clergyman of St. Mary's, Wallingford, to show his loyalty, on
Tuesday last had a public christening free of fees. There were
fifty-six, admitted into the Church--five adults, and several
families of five antkoix.
A Correspondent fuinishes LIS with a copy of a
letter written by direction of Lord Stanley, and dated '° Colo-
-Dial,plitiss, Jan. 28," in which, it' is stated "that the reports
which have been Wrelethafthe Government has in contem-
plation a general scheme of emigration are without founda-
tion."—Morning Paper.

The law-suit between M. Troupenan and M.
Schlesinger, the music sellers, concerning the right of pro-
perty in the Stabat Mater of Rossini, has been decided in fa-
vour of the former.

A person named Becker, a commercial agent,
living at 9, Rue du Chaume, was arrested yesterday upon
a charge of havingforged and issued scrip of the Haytian
Stock. Papers substantiating the accusation are said to
have been seized" in his apartment.—Galignani of Wed-
nesday.
THE VICAR OF LEEDS MADE AN ODD
FELLOW.-It will be in the recollection of many of our
readers, that, in November last, the Rev. Dr. Hook,
vicar, was solicited by the members of the IA as dis-
trict of Independent Order of Odd Fellows to prea.c).-'a
sermon in behalf of the General Infirmary and Dis en-
sary. He consented, appropriating the chu4 fkr the
admission of Odd Fellows only, when a. collection was
made for the above object, amounting to nearly NV. So
faCotiiably- impressed was the Rev. Doctor with the
principles which govern, and the motives which actuate
this body, bY perusing the rules, magazines, reports, &c.,
that on Monday evening last he was duly' initiated a
member of the society, at one of the largest lodges in the
town, held at the Brown( Cow Inli, Meadow-lane. The
number of members enrolled in this order in England is
about two • hundred thousand, amongst which are up-
wards of. forty Members of Parliament, and numerous
clergymen and Dissenting ministers of every persuasion.
The order is equally flourishing in America.—Leeds
Mercury.

Mr. Bucke, •the well-known author of several
works, had a serious accident on Monday. He has been
long labouring under paralysis, but it had yielded in
some degree to judicious medical treatment. On Friday,
coming out of a gentleman's house in Berners-street, he
fell down upon the steps and injured himself very mate-
rially. He was taken into his friend's house, whence he
was conveyed to his residence, Pulteney-terrace, Pen-
tonville, where he was visited by a second attack, from
which it is feared he may not recover.
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—
The Half-yearly. Meeting of the Railway Company, at
which the question of Sunday travelling will be brought
under consideration, takes place on Feb. 22, and, not-
withStanding the extraordinary efforts making by the
opponents of all railway travelling on the first day of
the wcek, there is, we believe, every prospect that they
will be defeated by a large majority. Sir Andrew Agnew,
and we know not how many others, have purchased shares
expressly for the purpose of ,concussing the bottit
fide proprietors of the undertaking into an adoption .. of
their views. Threats of withholding traffic from the
railway have been made to some extent, and, in short, no
stone have been left unturned, by the reckless ingenuity
of a body of individuals who, not content with support-
ing, by fair means, their own opinions, seem resolved
that they shall, if possible, be thrust forcibly down the
throats of their neighbours. .All, however, we are
assured, will prove unsuccessful, as the railway pro-
prietors are .resolved to abide by their own judgment,
instead of attending to the dictation of" individuals
who have exhibited so melancholy a lack of Christian
charity throughout the agitation that has been carried
on.—Glasgow Paper.
MEETINGS OE •THE UNEMPLOYED,,—In the
course of last week large meetings of workmen, out of
employment, took place in. the public Green, for the
purpose of discussing what ,M4sures they ought to
adopt, to obtain either employment or bread, in their
present distress. The first meeting consisted of about
500 individuals ; but, an adjournment having taken
~place, on the following day from 1,000, to 1,500 assembled,
when the subject of their distress was again taken up
and discussed. The poor people having told to each
other their heart-rending tales, of famishing wives and
children., it was ultimately resolved to send a deputatiOn
to wait on the Loid Provost and Magistrates, and confer
with them on the matter. Oh Friday, the Lord Pro-
vost, several of the City Magistrates, the Suburban
Magistrates, and members of the Relief Committee, met
in the Commissioners' Hall, when the deputation from the
unemployed was introduced—they representing a variety
of trades, such as iron-moulders, brass-founders, calieo-
printers, tailors, &c., &c.; and each of the deputies gave
aS correct an account as possible of the number of uncut-
! ployed in the trade he was understood' to represent.
They stated that their sole object was to get employment
of some kind, whatever it might be,. in order to provide
food for themselves and families ; and, after some deli-
beration, the Magistrates agreed to comply with their
wishes, on its being ascertained how many persons were
actually idle. In the meantime a room has been opened
in the old pplice buildings, where a person has been
placed to receive • the returns of the unemployed, and,
with as much despatch as may be, they will set to work
at the breaking of stones.—Glasgow Argus.

THE KING OF PRUSSIA.—We have been in.
formed upon authority, that it is not the intention of
the King of Prussia to visit Manchester during his pre-
sent stay in England.
THE CITY POLICE.—The Dean and Chapter
of St. Paul's have passed a resolution expressive of the
high'sense they entertain of the valuable services ren-
dered by the police force of the City of London, in pre-
serving order on the occasion of the visit of his Majesty
the King of Prussia to the Cathedral, on Sunday last.
This resolution was coin m ithicated to Mr. Daniel Whittle
Harvey, the Commissioner, in a letter from the Lord
Mayor, in which his Lordship desired at the same time
to expresS his unqualified approbation of the conduct of
the City Police on the event alluded to. It is proper to
state that the Commissioner has, upon every occasion on
which it has been considered necessary to call into action
the police energies of the City of London, received the
warmest acknowledgments of those best qualified to
judge of the arrangements made, and the ability dis-
played by the force for the preservation of order and the
protection of the public.
DISTRESS IN SPITALFIELDS.—The Lords
Commissioners of the Treasury, in compliance with an
application, have requested the Board of Ordnance to
give directions that the following articles—viz., 673
blankets, 173 palliasses, 1,000 sheets, 500 bolster-cases,
and 471 flannel shirts, may be immediately supplied to
the Committee for the relief of the distressed weavers in
Spitalfields, to be applied to the purpose intended.
A rickety Tory newspaper, the Limerick
Standard, has just died from want of support.
BRIGHTON, FES. 2.—The greatest exertions
are making at the Pavilion to get it ready by the Bth.
Mr. Henry Saunders; the Inspector of Palaces, after
giving various instructions, left yesterday. Directions
have been given to put the Riding-school in perfect
order, as well as the Royal stables. The Lord Chamber-
lain is expected here in the course of the day. Although
a private meeting was held on Monday last for the pur-
pose of taking means to give her Majesty a loyal recep-
tion, nothing has yet transpired of their proceedings.
" An Eglish house of Trieste, largely engaged
in the cotton trade, has," says the Presse, " just failed for two
millions of florins. A Liverpool house, and one of the first
houses in Paris, are said to be amongst the principal creditors."
DOWRY OF THE PRINCESS SOPHIA OP
ORANGE.—The dowry of. the Princess Sophia of Orange, the
future bride of the Hereditary Duke of Saxe Weimar, is said
to be 3,000,000 florins in cash, or 300,000/.
THE JEW AND THE CHRISTIAN.—A Jew
and a Christian were conversing familiarly by the brink of a
well, when the former happened to fall in without receiving
much hurt, and the Christian flew for a ladder to help him
out. As he was eagerly endeavouring to put it into the well,
" It is not worth while," says the Jew, "I will make no use of
your ladder ; to-day is Saturday." e remained, therefore,
up to the chin in water till next morning, when his friend
Came to know how he fared during so cool a night. "De lad-
der, de ladder !" cries the Jew, " for de love of God bring
back de ladder !" " Heaven forbid," replies the Christian
"to day is Sunday."—Correspondent.
POVERTY.--It is not poverty so much as pre-
tence that harasses a ruined man—the struggle between a proud
mind and an, empty purse—the keeping up a hollow show that
Must soon come to an end. Have the courage to appear poor,
and you disarm poverty of its sharpest sting.
THE SNOW STORM IN THE PEAK.—The.
excesive ritiantity of snow which fell on the night of Monday
week enveloped the kills of the Peak to a most unwonted de-
gree. Many of the hoary-beaded sons of these hills protest
that, in the same space of time, a greater fall never occurred
to their recollection. All communication from place to place
has therefore been almost wholly intercepted. The sudden
thaw of this mass of snow, which commenced on Wed-
nesday last, has deluged the valleys ; and the hardy sons
of the mountains are now plodding knee-deep ia what
they' provincially call " snow .broth.' This immense aug.
mentation of water has been already attended with unlooked-
for effects. The lead-mines in this district are in general un-
der water ; and this conversion of snow to its pristine element
has greatly added to the usual impediments. The Water-
groove mine, near Eyam, just before the down-fall, totally
rolled ;" and the workmen had commenced work; but this
change, it is feared, will arrest for awhile the progress
of the highly commendable speculators. The power:.
ful steam-engigc erected at this mine has, through its present
limited means, been found incompetent to keep at all times the
works sufficiently clear. It is calculated that when the extra
pumps are in work, the engine will, as occasion may require,
be enabled to lift from the works a continually flowing volume
of water, equal to a circular column of five feet in diameter.
The outlay has been enormous, but not the least doubt exiits
of a satisfactory result.—Sheffield Iris.

The Courrier du Havre says that a lady, Mme. An-
neville, who died a short time since at her chateau at
Plessis, near Pont-Audemer, has left all her fortune,
valued at 5,000,000 f., to a single legatee. Her will,
which was written entirely in her own hand, consisted
of only a few lines, and has been attempted to be set aside
by some claimants ; but the fortunate legatee is already
in possession ,of. the property.
The day befOre yesterday, as some masons were lifting
up stones in their hands, one above another on a ladder,
according to the usual absurd custom in Paris, for
building a house, one of the men at the top was seized
with a fit of coughing, while he held the stone, and,
letting it fall, it came upon the head of a mason at the
bottom of the ladder, and killed him upon the spot. The
accident occurred in the Rue Villedot.

MORNING SUN

SPIRIT of the, PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
HERALD.—The rumour of the Duke of Bucking-
ham's secession trom the -Cabinet, which two of our
morning Contemporaries chronicled -yesterday, on no
better authority, however, than the gossip of the clubs,
is an occurrence which, if it do take place, ought, from
his Grace's well known opinion, not only on the prin-
ciple, but also on the details of the present Corn-law,
neither to be matter of surprise nor alarm. His Grace
is too honest a man to sacrifice his conscientious opinions,
deliberately formed- -laid warmly expreSSed, as to the
impolicy of,materially altering the present law, except
from the forte of his oWn personal convictions ; and the
Noble and warm-hearted Duke is far too sincere a Con-
servati4 to permit a difference of opinion on a single
subject—although it may compel him to spontaneously
separate from his colleagues—to erect the smallest
obstruction to the success of Conservative Govern-
ment. Should the Duke of Buckingham retire from
Sir Robert Peel's Administration in consequence
of his inability to acquiesce in the Corn-law propositions
on which the other members bf that Administration have
agreed, it will be in the same- frank and generous spirit
as has characterised his whole political career ; .his re-
signation, should it take place, will be a subject of deep
regret to his colleagues, and a personal sacrifice to his
own deeply-cherished attachment to the most prominent •
national interest—domestic agriculture. Unlike every,,'
seceding member of the Whig-Radical Cabinets, the
Duke of Buckingham will not fall the.victini of a.u'in-
decent intrigue ; or ,retire into inactive opposition, as
did Earl Grey, or into sulky expatriation, as did Lord
Glenelg. The conscientious difference which may lead
-to-separation will be calmly and firmly reiterated by
the Noble. Duko in his legislative capacity, when due oc-
casion alien call it forth ; but to that expression the
Oppoition of his Grace will doubtless be confined ; to
any alteration of the Corn-law, which is, in thk Duke's
opinion, calculated to injure landoWners or farnloa, his
Grace will offer his most determined opposal ; but' on
all other topics the Duke of Buckingham will support
those former colleagues, whom he respects as sincerely
-as he is by them respected, The known repugnance of
:the Duke of Buekingham to any material alteration of
the present Corn-law, as being a step towards the aban-
donment of protection to agriculture, and an experiment.
unwarranted by.the present condition and future pros-
pects of the agriculturists, and his anticipated resigna-
tion on that ground, are not, however, to be regarded as
decisive indications that the Cabinet measure will be
hostile to the landed interest. The anxiety of that inte-
rest will; most undoubtedly, be greatly excited should
the Duke of Buckingham have actually resigned the
Privy Seal, and a greater degree of watchfulness over
the proceedings of Ministers—by no means unnecessarr„
though certainly not adverse—will be , thereby stimu-
lated. But that resignation will not, in itself, be deci-
sive as to the expediency or inexpediency of the forth-
coming measure. The Duke of Buckingham is, we
apprehend, more deeply pledged to the details of the
present C4rn-law than the agricultural interest generally
approve of, and therefore it is not improbable that the
Ministerial scheme will conciliate the general support of
landowners and farmers, even though it have been dis-
approved of by his Grace. The landed interest will at
all times most cordially acknowledge the great and hoe
portant services which the Duke of Buckingham has
conferred on it ; they will see in any separation that
may have taken place another example of the Noble
Duke's deep devotion to what he considers their tree
policy; their gratitude is ever due to his Grace, but they
owe to the Noble Duke—what, indeed; he 'would be the
last man in the empire to anticipate—no fealty, and they
can afford to give no prostration of judgment. The Corn-
law to be proposed by Sir Robert Peel's Administration,
must be judged of by its own merits.
CIIRONICLE.—We abstained from all remark yes-
terday in noticing the resignation of the Duke of Buck-
ingham. Why he entered the Cabinet at all, and why
he has quitted'it, outhe eve bf the assembling of Parlia-
ment, are questions which we leaVe for the solution of'
the Tories.
,Yet we should suppose there are parties to.
whom the diSappearance from the Cabinet of the farmers'
friend, the individual who was considered by the agriciti-
turists as giving, by his presence, a guarantee to the
country, for the Cabinet, that agriculture would be
quite safe from its determinations—cannot be without
its significancy. Will the Members who have of late
regarded the puke as their leader, view his ejectment as.
a mere matter of moonshine ? What, on this occasion,
is the tone of the new Conservative Club established by
his Grtice ?, What will be thought by the various agri-
cultural societies of which he is the recognised patron ?
Many rumours are afloat on the subject. Some will.
have it that his Grace outwitted the Premier in obtain-
ing the blue ribbon before striking. Others assume,
from his having obtained this honour, that the difference
between the Premier and his Grace is what in vulgar
parlance is termed a sham—got up to save appearances.
Time will soon throw light on these dark subjects. • The.
value of the Premier's plan will enable us to estimate the:
value of his Grace's resignation.
TIMES.—The Whig-Radical papers are in a sta'„e of
no small exultation at the secession of the Duke of A3uck-
ingham from Sir R. Feel's Ministry.. We lumens it our-
selves—though we cannot lament what is presumed to
be its cause. We lament that the Cabinet. should have
'lost a member, we believe, opposed. to- that op-
pressive mode of dealing with the poor, Whether, em-
ployed or unemployed, in factories or in workhouses,
which' we have always denounced. At the same time,
even at the price of• losing the services of that Noble
fi Duke, we are ready to rejoice that Sir 11: Peel is pre-..
pared to bring forward an effectual • modification of
the restrictions imposed by the existing Corn-laws.
Nor can we at all agree with some of our Contempo-
raries in considering it inconsistent in that Nobleman,
while relinquishing the duties of a Cabinet Minister,
to accept the merely honorary distinction of to..
Garter. A difference of Opinion as to a single matter. or
State policy may well make it impossible for two states-
men to carry out one uniform system of government,
yet the same difference need not interfere with the gene-
ral support which one may be ready to give to the other's
measures, or, by consequence, with his acceptance of
those honours by which such support, according to the
usages of the political world, is acknowledged. A man
may well be treated as a friend, who would find it impos-
, sible to act with us as a fellow-labourer. For the one an
agreement in practical details, for the other only a gene-
ral approval, is necessary. We see at every turn in history
or in private life that it is most easy for those to act as
allies who would yet, from difference of principle or of'
temperament, find it absolutely impossible to concert toge-
ther any common plan of action, much more to carry it oue
harmoniously through all the minutia" which practice re-
quires. • One may have a very decided opinion on the
question which is at present at issue, who shall govern
the country—Sir R. Peel or the Whigs ; without being
prepared either to share the responsibility of all his
measures, or to co-operate unreservedly in their execu-
tion—necessities from which a Cabinet Minister cannot,
but a Knight of the Garter may, be allowed without
much difficulty to escape. In the choice of a Minister to
succeed to the honourable position in the Cabinet which,
the Duke of Buckingham has vacated, Sir It. Peel hrAs
been guided by the suggestions of a sound discreti‘..m,
and we entertain no doubt that his Grace the Duke of
Buccleuch, who has accepted the vacant office, AS tify,
by his public career, the high expectations which his
demeanour in a less prominent station and in pdvate life
has already- raised.
GLOBE..—There is no sure ground for infer-
ring more from the Duke of Buckingham's re-
signation than that the most extreme and obsti-
nate adherence to monopoly is abautloned. So
much, we think, may clearly 'be inferred
from the incident—whether anything more;
a day or two will now disclose to us. We are. not
fond of gratuitous imputations of trickery to poli-
tical leaders; and Nye shall not say that a trick
is intended in the very act of this resignation.
But if the resignation is not a trick, as we will.
not suppose it is—must not the appointment
have been one? Have not the " Farmers"
Friends" ,been bamboozled? Have not the
county elections been gained on pretexts which
were never meant to be acted on? Has not the
Duke of Buckingham's " following" (whether
the Duke, himself or not) been intentionally
blinded by his admission into the Peel Cabinet?.
If the Prime Minister always intended, as we
have no doubt he.did, to alter the Corn4awaiii a
manner which it was certain, at all th'ent-g,-tlie-
Duke of .13uckingham could not subscribe to., was,
there not something of unworthj, artifice m his
Grace joining the hfinistry at all? We do not
stop to ask whose was the artifice—whether his.
Grace was imposed upon, or whether, which As
more likely, he allowed himself to he utilized
with his eYes open. In that case, the Corn-law
party in the counties have been the dupes just
.as the Malt-tax party in the counties was duped.
about seven years alto. It has been ;otnoured
that the Duke of 'Wellington, with that sense
of justice, the strength of which has survived.
the full vigour of his other faculties, remon-
strated against deserting that party, which he
said, have stuck by us." Deserted, however;
it is now perfectly clear that party will be—
and the effect of this desertion on Tory union;
is yet to be seen. 'With us, however, party
objects. sink into absolute insignificance,'com-
pared with the question—ls Sir Robert Peel
prepared to do anything effectual for placing'
the trade in corn on a safe and regular footing
with Europe and America? Having kicked ois
Corn-law ladder from under him—having cut
his Corn-law colleague adrift—is he prepared
boldly to throw himself on the support of the
enlightened of all parties ? If he had strength of
will and judgment to do so, be might be sure ofet.
rich reward—whether in long duration of power
or no—in the esteem, and restored prosperity, of
his country. Sir R. Peel calls himsei' a friend
to free trade in principle. From its enemies lie
now stands separate, at least by out step, in ac-
. Jinn. Will he now 'prove to the world that what-
ever artifice—whatever complaisance—whatever
make-believe he may have employed to concili-
ate cla.Ss•interests in hiS favour, he had worthier
ends in view than to rule but just better than
their worst dictates? Will he prove to the world
the truth of his assertion, that he had no other
motive in seeking power but to use it forthe weal
and the safety of his country ? This is in his
power! It is in his power to conquer oblivion for
rn tbisy
all that has been questionable, for all that has
been egotistical in his past course.
Duke the
STAoNf STANDARD.
—thaTnilleanid)l ehace a;d° occupied h
and affection of the country naturally
from the On the Ministry to be the
occasion of great anxiety. One side,
scauses esteems
Grape's retirement
•

MONEY MARKET end CITY NEWS

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
TIMES.—The premium On gold at Paris is 7 per
mile, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100,
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.32.
and the exchange at Paris on London at short being
25. 47k., it follows that gold is 0.62 per cent. dearer in
London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburg!' the price of gold is 4291
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 1 Oid.
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.7 i,
and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
being 13.91, it follows that gold is 0.87 per cent. dearer
in London than in Hamburgh.
The course of exchange at New York on London is
109 per cent., and the par of exchange between Eng-
land and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows
that the exchange is 0.57 per cent. against England.
But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills
at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from
the above difference.
CHRONICLE.—When the report was first spread
abroad, that the Duke of Buckingham had ceased to be
a member of the Cabinet, the funds were unfavourably
influenced ; but now, when an interval of nearly three
weeks has brought *hut the event, the national secu-
rities have shown no sympathy for the patriotism of his
Grace. It has, however, given rise to a variety of new
sliding scales, and produced a perfect " bobber?' among
the City friends of Sir Robert. They affect, to be sure.
to look upon the split as a matter of no consequence ;
alluding to it with assumed indifference, and assert-
ing that the Duke of Buccleuch will answer just as
well. But this is all outward pretence. They fear
the effect which the announcement will produce in
the country, and look with conscious alarm to the imme-
diate meeting of Parliament. One notion they have got
hold of, which the more knowing ones of their ranks
touch upon with a species of cunning leer through the
tail of their eyes, is, that it is all an arranged affair—a
mere mock resignation to cheat the country. The trick
is to be, that Sir Robert Peel will introduce what they
call " liberal measures," and pass them through the House
of Commons, in order that they may be smothered in the
House of Lords by means of amendments to be there
moved, and already agreed upon with the Premier, by
his Grace the Duke of Buckingham, and other Noble
Lords. The estimate which the City monopolists have
formed of the morality of their Parliamentary leaders,
must, indeed, be of a very low nature, when they could
suppose them base enough to lend themselves to such
practices.
The City is full of reports, however, on the subject
to-day, and some of them go so far as to say, that the
new sliding scale will have a maximum- duty of
10s. per quarter only, instead of 15s. as formerly stated,
and the minimum to be ss. per quarter.
The retirement of the Duke of Buckingham has alle-
viated the fears which were entertained, for some days
past, that Ministers would propose a tax on funded
property, and led to a better impression regarding the
,state of the country. It is supposed that the Govern-
ment have really seen the necessity of recommending
some useful change in the Corn and Provision lawi, and
of lowering the tariff on articles of general consumption.
POST.—Accommodation was obtained on more easy
terms to-day, namely, at three per cent. on the security
of the home stocks. This favourable change in the state
of the money market, coupled with the purchase of some
small accounts by the chancery broker, produced a rally
of about per cent. in prices, and the effect extended to
both markets, the foreign as well as the home.
No anntitmcein'ent has yet been made respecting the
payment of the trifle of Spanish interest on the accrued
• dividends. Senor Romp is certainly very circum-
spcOn, his 'movements, 'but he has possibly reasons
for delay with which the public generally are little
acquainted. We hear that the French syndicate resists
the three per cent. scheme, and if such be really the fact,
another interval of at least six months will be consumed
in negotiation and arrangements ; but there can be no
doubt the syndicate would be right in discounte-
mancing a measure the effect of which must be to bring
down the value of the Active Bonds to a figure most con-
vet:lent to the Spaniards in the purchase of the national
properties, for this is assumed to be one of the leading
secrets.' of the Gamboa contrivance.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
c 0 (Le T OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 2.
THE QUEEN V. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY
COMPA. NY. UDGMENT-MANDA X US.

Mr. Justice COLERIDGE gave the judgment of the
Court in this case, in which the Commissioners of the
Pavement of the parish of Christchurch had applied for
a mandamus against the Company, ordering them to
comply with the provisions of the local Act regulating
the ph•vement of the parish of Christchurch. It appeared
that th,l Railway Company proposed to erect an arch
across a street in Christchurch, for the purpose of carry-
ing the 11 a ilway over it, and that in doing so they pro-
posed to tv,i'e up the pavement of the street and to relay
it. The C. w,mmssioners denied that the Company had
'Y right toy a; ter the pavement at all ; and the Company
replied that the v proposed to make their arch sixteen
feet high, a tld &it the descent to be made in the pave-
ment in conse quem„ e of the relaying would not exceed
One foot in twenty, ;vhich was in accordance with the
provisions of tLe Uailw,„'Y Act. The Court was of opi-
nion the altertio ik
an ,posed to be made by the Rail-
way Cantpa,ny was not p-f
a nature as to come within
the meaning if •i •
• - pronbni.m
,9t the Pavement Act—that
the return to
,the rnandaz was good—and therefore
judgment must given fornus leferldants
The Court they proceeded
the •
ceeded to hear arguments and
cases in the new trhil Paper, but not, ofpublic
tug any interest occurred up to the ti •
me of min going to Dress.

2

COURT OF EXCHE QUER, 1,
THE QUEEN v. Tuotices.
This was an information . filed
by tbe Atterne, N,Oeneral
against William Thomas. The first comae"' 160
th nnshipping 383 gallons of foreign brandy, .Imitheizt
the payment of dutf; the second count charged brat with
having received the brandy; and the third count chaei iod
with haring harboured and concealed the same.
The Arroarrzy-GENERAL, in opening the case, sta' ted,tinit
the offence with which the defendant was charged h: beft
committed in the town of Newport, in South Wales, on the
11th March,-1841. On the north side of the British Channel
there is a riper called the Uske, which runs up to / qewport,
luad there is a small stream called the Ebbw, that falls into the
Vtke near its junction with the British Channel. A, ; a short
glistaems from Newport, at a place called ogwenlly,
th" 'itch Eataled fur the prorpose of guardi pg 640-

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 2.
WRIGHT V. KING.
This was an action for false imprisonment. The de-
fendant is proprietor of a boarding-school, and the
plaintiff, being for a short time in his service as cook,
was given by him into the custody of a police-officer,
and taken before a Magistrate upon a charge of felony.
The charge was founded upon the fact of 10Ib. weight of
suet having been found in her cupboard. Before the
Magistrate the plaintiff declined to prosecute, and the
plaintiff, who received an excellent character from her
former master, brought this action for the alleged in-
jury. The Jury, after a brief deliberation, returned a
verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 10h

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Feb. 2.
IN RE WM. HITCHCOCK.
The further investigation of this matter was resumed
,his day.
The cross-examination of Mr. Gladstone was continued
by Mr. Mardon.
You have stated in your examination of 26th January
that your last transaction with the bankrupt was the
12th July, 1841; state what that transaction was ?—Be-
fore I answer that question I should like to explain that
I made a mistake in a date relative to interest. I stated
1838, and it should have been 1839.
Mr. MARDON repeated his question.—lt was a small
parcel of goods amounting to 1/. ls. 4d. sold by me to
the bankrupt.
When did you sell any goods to the bankrupt prior to
that date ?—On the 30th June or Ist July.
Can you state the amount ?—I believe upwards of 1001.
Then did you sell any goods between the Ist July and
the 12th of the month beyond the sums mentioned ?—I
think not.
Were you in the habit, prior to the Ist July, of supply-
ing goods to the bankrupt weekly or oftener ?—Yes.
When did you credit the bankrupt in your books with
the 8632 Bs. 9d., Heeles' bill ?—On the 18th May.
Did you make the entry on that day?—Without doubt,
as it appears in the book.
•My question is not as it appears in your book, but
when the entry' was Made ?—On the 18th May.
Did you credit his cash account on that day with the
amount, 'or was it carried to his cash account ?—lt'was
carried to his cash account.
You have spoken in your examination of an interview
with the bankrupt on the 2d of July; did the bankrupt
then inform you that he should stop unless you afforded
him assistance and unlimited credit ?—No.,
Do you recollect what statement he made to you on
that occasion ?—I do.
Will you state what then took place ?—He stated that .
we did not give him sufficient support ; that we did' not
answer his references in a way tcrdo him credit, and
having a large account with us it was an injury to him.
You:have stated that you sent to the bankrupt on the
Ist-July a letter stating that his buyer had been very
hequently with you, which was contrary to the under-
standing; referring to the loss of the sth May, which had
been acknowledged by the bankrupt in his letter of the
28:h May. Do you mean by that answer that there was
any understanding between you and the bankrupt in
May that he should instruct his buyers not to call upon
you so frequently ?—No ; I wish to observe we then
advised- him to buy with great caution, which he pro-
mised to- do, and these purchases made in June '
we
thought were too large to be consistent with that pro-
mise, especially as the trade of the season was so ad-
vanced.

Seeing -that this bill was drawn in February, 1841, in-
cluding interest, at the rate of 7 per cent, upon 7,0001., is
that such a bill as one pf your clerks would obtain with-
out the directions of yours&ifor Mr. Cooke ?—No, it would
be by direction.
Do you mean by your direction or that of Mr. Cook?
—Yes.

I want to know is it probable that you or Mr. Cooke
knew that that bill was obtained, and with interest at
the rate aforesaid?--Yes.
Can you explain why, if there was no arrangement in
June, 1840, nor afterwards, that you took the bankrupt's
acceptance in.. February for interest on the 7,000/. at the
rate of 7i 'per cent. ?—.I cannot explain why, but it
must have been agreed either then or before. It is
right to ob serve that this is the only instance on which
71 per sera. was takep, and that the average of all our
transactiens from the commencement of 1839 up to
June. 1840, do not exceed 64 per cent., and the Bank
rate of int erect during part of that time was 6 per cent.
Was no t the bankrupt discounting with Mr. Glaister
in 1839?-4 do not know.
You' thiLve stated in your examination of the 26th of
January last, that as the bankrupt had shown by his
stock ta'king of January that he had a balance in his
favour cif between 3,0001. and 4,0004, this, with the
amount you meant to write off would enable him, with
prudence, to carry on the business well. Now look at
that sto ck taking, and state whether or not it appears
that the, debts are taken on the credit side at 2,7001. ;
premises, fixtures, &c., 6,000/. -, alterations, 1,0001. ;
house at Torrington, 4001., whether or not it does so
appeuz,•, making a total of 10,1001. ?---It does.
Now do you really believe that by writing him off
2,500/. he could, with prudence, be able to manage his
trade well, seeing that those assets were unavailable for
the purpose of paying his engagements ?—Certainly, be-
carise we also told him that we would continue to lend
hi in the 7,000/.
Had you not previously agreed to lend that sum for
seven years or a longer period ?—Certainly not.
Are the premises and fixtures mentioned in the Ex-
hibit A, the same premises that you offered to sell for
1,5001. ?—Part of the premises we offered to sell for
1,5001., but the bankrupt told us on the 13th of July that
the portion we held was of little or no value without his
brother's, an.d to which the fixtures and plated glass of
all the other 3 are added. We held two leases out of the
three, but without plate glass and fixtures.
1-10:d not the alterations and the additions of plate?.
sglass alluded! to bees4nade since January, 1841 ti
ieve the alteration commenced some months previous to
that time, rend was completed about that time.
Are you no t aware that your firm sold to the bankrupt
a large parcel of goods for the opening of the premises
in March, 11;41 ?—Upon the strength of this account
(A) I have now got before me, and the confidence his
brother had Li his affairs, having given us a promissory
note for 7,0001, after satisfying himself upon the affairs
of the bratkmpt.
You have stated that you would receive back a par-
cel of linens from the bankrupt, to be re-finished ,on the
17th of July.. Are these linens entered in your book ?
—They are.
Will you produce the book ?—They are, to his credit.
Under what date ?-14th of September, amounting to
6471. Os. 3d.
By whom was that entry made ?—The clerk who
kept the books. It is right to explain why they do not
appear till the 14th of September. The linen had been
packed and sent to Ireland for the purpose of being re-
finished, v.nd was afterwards sold there at a reduction,
and after the sale, when we ascertained that reduction,
the goods, were credited.
Is it ttie habit of your hOuse to sell goods first and
enter ti,ein afterwards ?—lt is not the habit of our
house, 'except in such cases as these, because we cannot
aseerte.in the reduction.
When were those goods sold, and to whom ?—They
were .sold from about the middle of August up to about
the d ate they are entered.
Cita you mention any one person by name ?—Holman.
and Ha.rris of Cranbrook. but I cannot call others to mind.
Have you any entries in your books of such sale ?
Certainly. They are all entered in the books.
Refer to your books and point out the dates.—lt can-
not be done without great inconvenience.
M.T.HUMFREY said he did not think it important. If
it were worth it Messrs. Cook and Gladstone should pro-
duce th, P.m but it would be a great trouble as 'there were
no less I ;hal eight journals.

Was that the only reason that you had for the under-
standing between you and the bankrupt ?—Yes.
Do you consider that the 'season was far advanced in
May in the retail West-end trade ?—My answer refers
to the Ist July.
Why, when you wrote this letter, May 5, 1841, did you
caution him against keeping too much stock ?—Because
we had heard he had been buying goods freely in the
market.
Did your caution against buying too much stock apply
to yourselves, your own firm ?—lt did generally.
Mr. HUMFREY—What do you mean by generally ?
With respect to ourselves and others.
Mr. Kim:Kw—Did you caution him not to buy of
other houses on the sth of May?—Our caution was a ge-
neral one, meaning that he should do business orA as small
a stock as possible.

What amount of goods did the bankrupt, purchase of
your house after March 16, up to and inclusive of 12th
July, 1841 ?—lt appears to me, looking at the book, to
be 2,0801., without returns, which amount to 1801,
leaving the actual amount 1,9001.
What amount of cash and bills did the bankrupt pay
to your firm during the same period ?—The 4th April
Mit; the 18th May to Heeles' cheque 863/ ; on the 20th
750/. ; on 29th 1,0001. ; on Ist June 525/ lis. 6d. ; those
are all.

Do you find nothing on June 4th ?--That bill was not
paid ; those I have mentioned were. The different bills
falling due up to 4th July for goods were all paid, but by
means of our own advances.
From what time up to July —From March.
Can you point out what bills were paid by the bankrupt
without advances of yours ?—I don't think I can tell
without going through the books. I can tell the whole
advances of the year to the bankrupt. I can explain the
payment of each bill by going through the books.
Before you part with that book will you look if you
did not receive a bill orrApril 4th, 1841, for 2261.3 s--No.
Neither to his goods account nor his cash account ?
I seem to have no such bill here, but this book will not
show, it does not go far enough back.
Referring to a letter of the sth May, 1841, you say
the bankrupt is warned from expecting any more assist-
anue from you, beyond, for a time, the 7,0001. and Mr.
Cooke's 3,0001. From what time did you mean the assist-
ance of the 7,0001., which refers to the joint promissory
note of the bankrupt and Mr. Geo. Hitchcock, to continue.
—The 7001. was lent to be paid at the rate of 1,0002
annually.

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...
all who with ourselves remember the long and T venue. The officers at this station thought, from circum- Then do you mean it was for a term of seven years?—
The loan of 7,000/. was for the term of one year ;
faithful career of the Noble Duke, his ta-
-6,olovobLe
When
ewsaesc second slid soozonient ,
lents, zeal, and energy—and beyond these, ; Mstanarccheslawsti,lietihi atthseoymoebssmert;gdliod;r!.inttgemthp;
wdaoyolodf
ptvhobeablll thtaiccief
In sundry sums in
his unspotted character—all devoted to the
?Place in the evening. Their suspicions being thus excited, they they
..N.fay, 1840. 4' ' •
Was there. not a. joint note of the bankrupt and George=
best interests of the people, and, through this proceeded
vessel lying near, from which a party who had horses and carts'
devotion, so eminently contributing to purify and ' in readiness, Hitchcock
of the officers, the brandy was seized, and in the
had been removing brandy. The party fled at
given for that amount, payable twelve months
restore the Conservative party—all who remem-after date, and dated
the defendant, William Thomas, bad been seen in the Ist June in that year ?—Yes.
her these claims of the Duke upon public confi- the approach
meantime
the neighbourhood under the circumstances which should be When the bill became due in 1841 was it presented for
dente would view with dismay his Grace's payment ?—Yes ; I suppose so.
secession from a Ministry which we believe to Edmund Frost was, then called and examined by Mr. Do you know of your own knowledge who presented
detailed in evidence.
Jervis--Witness is a tide-waiter at Newport. On the evening that note for payment ?I do not. g
be the best that Parliament can afford,
were the secession founded upon any differ- of the 11th of March last, he made arrangements with Mrd
Britton to roceed to the mouth of the Ebbw. He did , * _psoupypoousebseoli.eve that it was presented for payment ?
ence in principle. For ourselves we will onarrivinglithere he heard the sound of voicews•froma vesselso
atan a-
not disguise the truth, that in a difference short distance. He then returned to the watch-house, crossing My question is whether you believe it was or not ?,--
of principle between the Duke of Buck- t the Ebbw by the bridge over the turnpike-road. When he My belief is that it was presented, and another bill was
ingham and Chandos, and any other statesman crossed the bridge, be perceived William Thomas,
ttideßeliebtberetsThofoinsl ;tiilt was then after twelve o'clock at night. obtained.
To whom ?—I suppose both to the bankrupt and his
or number of statesmen, we should scarcely heel- and
were covered . with mud ; %Vil- brother.
fate to take our part with his Grace—so high is Th
Liam Thomas perceived the witness at the time. Proceeding By whom ?—I can't tell.
farther on he met a sailor. On arriving n the vessel he What reason have you for supposing it was presented
our estimate of his sense and patriotism. On the
other side, the enemies or the Conservative found a quantity of vessels filled with brandy, which had been for payment, seeing that you cannot tell by whom it was
cause rejoice at the event, as proof of divi- seized by other officers, and two carts and five horses placed presented ?—Because another bill was obtained.
By whom was that other bill obtained ?—I don't know.
sion in the Conservative ranks, and feeling by
earn°
3sadjoining.ex a
m in
ehde dbgye .
Mr. Mee—Witness did not speak to the
all the value of the Duke's connection with any
Witness bad Thomases hennothebemeet them. It was moonlight at the
id time. Have you not heard from one of your clerks that he
Government, exult in his retirement from the
called upon to pay costns toin aany troublew woman, but
presented the note to the bankrupt for payment ?—I
nave no recollection of it.
Cabinet of Sir Robert Peel, as a symptom of its
young o
Was any part of the 7,000/. paid off in June, 1841,
approaching fall. There is, however, no reason fault.but he was not in
for fear upon the one side, or for exultation on the Richard True was next examined—Witness is a tide-waiter. when you obtained, as you say, another note 2—No ,
other. The difference between the Duke of Buck- Haeremhetlasthteatpreedding witness on the evening of the 11th of because the bankrupt was then applying to us for the
about seven o'clock. When they arrived near renewal of other bills.
ingham and Chandos and his late colleagues is not
the shore they heard voices from a vessel. lying.adjacent. Wit- Did you see the second note ?—Yes.
a difference of principle, not even a difference of ness rcet the brothers Thomas, while he was in the company Then did it not occur to you to inquire why the sum
principle in thelowest detail in which principle can of Frost.
of 1,0001. was not paid off, as agreed to be done annually?
be possibly involved ; least of all is there such a dif- John Smith Phillips stated that in March last, he vas —I knew the reason. The bankrupt. had then applid
Terence as can divide the Noble Duke from the Comptroller of the Customs at Newport. At about eleven for therenewalofother bills.
owes with which he has hitherto acted, and which o'clock in the night of the 11th of March last, he went to the
Did you grant any, and what,-.
renewals at the time
mouth of the Ebbw, accompanied by other officers. There
Owes so much to bins. The retirement ofthe Duke when the second note was given, as have stated 2
pwarastiaesvewshseol lLianagaierdi thite
fireivler,
Theltt oanifiliceisrsaigreonacshaiinaged it the
unpaid.ou
is his own act, an act resolved upon by him in
IA No ;it appears the moneys ar s.tilly
opposition to the earnest and an anxious re- 120 kegs of brandy, all of which except two had been brought lig t What moneys do you allude to as still unpaid, being
monstrance of his brother Ministers ; and it is ashore ; and also upon five horses and two carts. the subject of renewal in June 1841 ?—The bill falling
simply a sacrifice to personal honour—to a feeling John Britton stated that he was a landing waiter at New- due the 4th June, of 1,0001. ; one 4th July, 9991. It is
Eon. Witness accompanied Mr. Phillips in the seizure of the right to observe the bankrupt obtained the moneys from
that a public man ought not merely to maintain
brandy, as stated by the preceding witness. Later in the night us at these times to pay the bills becoming due.
his professed opinions firmly, as long as con-
Wavhere any other bill than that for 1,000/. renewed
witness boarded the vessel. Three of the crew were then en
scientiously he can, but also obviate the sus- board. He seized the vessel and brought her into port. in June 1841 ?—There does not seem to be any renewal
picion of abandoning them upon any unworthy The condemnation of the vessel, of the brandy, rid the horses of bills, for we lent him money to take up the bills.
consideration. This is a determination which and carts, were then proved.
Was it not agreed between you, the bankrupt and
must command the admiration and gratitude of tb James Doa_vis stated that in the
themonth of *arch last he wut
pet Mr. G. Hitchcock, that the note of 19,000/. should riot be
re
veergifstethveinscthboeenperrecoteindg.hßnuosaevy.. His
all, how much soever its effect in the particular oneH. nwarseawl: th-, negotiated?-=I have no recollection of it ; but we do not
ease may be regretted. How much of disgrace Master of the vessel. Witness remembered a person in New- negotiate such large sums.
would have been spared to public men, and how port of the name of Rickards, who made an appointment Did you keep it in your cash-book from June 1840 to
much of evil would the country have escaped, if with him at an inn in Newport en the 18th of January. June 1841 ?—Yes.
all public men had always acted in the spirit of
tHhee totltiTho Rickards
sad
Lt William Thoma.soatethe inn. Rickert When did you give it to your clerks, or any other
person for presentation ?—Doubtless when it became due.
this determination ? We may easily suppose master of the mnooner awtittessCiwuastomt-ho .maWitonesselomaned Will you swear that you did give it to any person to
that Whig-Radicals cannot understand the con- the vessel boutsne or ten days after. The brothers Thomas present for payment to the bankrupt or Mr. George
duct of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. agreed to pay him 51. a month. He told him he was to go to Hitchcock 2—.1
,do not recollect that I gave it to any
COURIER.—Last night's Gazette affords the France and bring brandy home with him. Witness, after person, but have no doubt it was presented in the usual
first proof, and we hail it as an auspicious corn- - having had the vessel repaired at Plymouth, set sail
mencement, of the Colonial Secretary's labours for France, having with him John Ellery, Robert way:
Did you not write a letter on or about the Ist of June
Piers., and John Wilcox. When he had arrived near
to the. bankrupt, stating that that bill p
in the promotion of colonial prosperity and of
would not be re-
the French coas he received his register from Ellery.
colonial immigration. Although the re a- They bought in France, at the port of Remo; near Cher. rented for payment, and that another would be present-
ratory steps announced in the Order in Council beurg, a cargo of brandy, amounting in all to 135 kegs. El- ed for renewal ?—I think not, but I have no recollection
for facilitating, and therefore encouraging, lery was the purchaser. They made for Newport with the of it.
brandy, according io the directions witness had received from Will you swear that you wrote him no letter on June
the immigration of free Indian labourers
into the Mauritius may be considered as Robert Thomas. When they got near the mouth of the the Ist, in which another bill was inclosed for his Ebbwsigna-
River, between eight and nine o'clock, on the evening ture?—l do not remember.
the main trunk of' the great scheme for of the 11th of March, they went ashore, where they found five
Will you, swear that you did not do so 2-1 will not
carrying out colonial emigration on a large scale, or six persons waiting for them. Among them was
presumed for some time past to be in the con- Thomas Rickards, who went on board with witness. swear that I did not do so, but I have no recollection. If
teznplation of Lord Stanley, if not already suffi- Witness believed that two more of; the party were it were so, it would have been a very natural course.
ciently perfected in its details to be laid before the brothers Roberts, but he could not say positively. Did you, or your clerk by your direction, present such
Parliament, yet as one of the offshoots of such Ellery had been landed on the preceding morning for the pur- a note to the bankrupt for his signature 2—l am not
se of giving notice of their arrival. Witness never paid any aware of it.
larger scheme it may be accepted as initiatory pose of giving notic of their arrival. Witness never paid any aware of it.
larger scheme it may be accepted as initiatory thing for the schooner, and no price had ever been agreed on Have you seen the second note referred to?—Yes.
Of whom did you obtain that ?—I have seen it in our
evidence that the whole question of emigration between himself and the Thomases.
will at length be embraced, grappled with The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Hill, but no new bill-box.
fact was thereby elicited.
energetically, and, we doubt not, all its
From whom did you obtain that note?—lt was doubt-
John Smith Phillips
t was recalled,
v and deposed to the sign- less obtained from Mr. Geo. Hitchcock. lam not aware
manifold difficulties and complications mas- •
of the register;; gisevizeendtwo
asD2a2iss..
BdW.
aitnes s stated that the
tered by the manly mind now fortunately vmalgue of the brandy gallon, and the whole that I obtained it.
presiding over the Colonial department. cargo was worth more than 400/.Have you any doubt upon it—was it obtained by your
The example of what is now done for Mauritius A letter was then put in from the defendant to the Board of knowledge ?—I have no doubt upon it, by my knowledge.
we take to be of good omen for the cause of im-• Customs, praying that the horses seized on might be restored What do you mean by my knowledge?—l have stated
migration in the West Indian colonies. We flatter to him, as they were his property, and had been employed in from the commencement that I do not know distinctly
the_service in question without his permission. how it was obtained, or words to that effect.
ourselves that this is but the first of a series of This was the case for the Crown. Have you the first or original bill for 7,0001.?—No.
measures by which the interests of those colo- Mr. HILL then proceeded to address the Jury for the defence.
wbleYnhtabtehoatsbebrecno,emseoobft
ait n
e?
d—. I suppose it was given up
flies, and those of the magnificent colonies of The evidence against his client might be reduced to two heads : Great Britain at large, are to be relieved from first, there was the evidence of those witnesses, who stated that Have you the second note now in Court?
Mr. HUMFREY—I believe not, but you can have it in
their present state of depression, and again re- the defendant bad been seen by them in the neighbourhood in
isth
shalloul d like
be
sentto sfeoeni t-.
whilcdhnthwt goods had been seized ; but such a circumstance
stored, reinvigorated and flourishing, to the rank
action.coi otlibnearneywwa
saynieixrot vtehetheavti ldleenwenans
i implicated4;iiatthwe trans;witness
five minutes.
Mr. MARDO
they once held among the first elements of na-
Mr. HUMFRENIT—I
tional greatness and wealth, when the "ships, however, could not say that the defendant was present on the
colonies, and commerce" of Great Britain were night in question ; and as to the account which he gave of the Mr. MAROON continued—What rate of interest in
previous arrangement between himself and the Thomases, the J7,uono4e
1.?1-84I0,amwnasot angrw:reedotfoanbye.given upon the loan of
the boast of the land and the ehvy of the great
Jury would receive with considerable distrust the evidence of
agreement being made :et
the time, but about if per cent. was afterwards given.
Napoleon.
a man who was himself within the fangs of the law—who
aes
Rasnt .
afterwards.
raa ftnteeoro wrf
aai
tnredt
interest
rfeis was that
had wade his disclosures with the whole weight of the
, Custom-house pressing on him, with the Attorney-General
upon the top of it. Putting the evidence on the highest
There
holvWen
rthehh
nttdeirdestthsepnecoitfieed. purport to carry ?
ground, it amounted to no more than a case of general suspi-
cion against the defendant; but positive proof to criminate him
Was the sum of 525/.. 12s. 6d. accepted for by the bank-
Thewas entirely wanting.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied, and Lord ABINCER rupt on the 29th day of February, 1841, at four months?
It is very unlikely : there is no such day. The bill was
charged the Jury at some length.
• The Jury, after a few moments' deliberation, returned a ver- received by us on February 22d, and due June Ist.
diet for the Crown.
Was that sum paid "when the bill became due?—Yes.
An agreement was then come to between Counsel that the But I here wish to observe that that payment, as well as
other brother should not be proceeded against, on the under-
foonr or two others in the month of May we held security
one
or that the joint property should be held liable for the -
payment of the 600/. for which the verdict had been obtained. "
Then do you mean that the 5251: 12s. 6d. falling due
June Ist, 1841, was not solely for interest for that loan
of 7,obOt?—lt was for interest.
Did any, and what arrangement, take place between
you and the bankrupt as to the rate of interest of 74 per
cent, to be paid on the 7,0001., and if so, when?-1 am
not aware of any arrangement, but 7f per cent. waspaid.
Seeing that the note was drawn on the Ist of June,
1840, for twelve months, can ydu explain why it was
that in February 1841, you charged him 7 per cent.. and
for which he gave you his acceptance ?-1 cannot ex-
plain it, but I lenow 7* per cent. was paid.
Did you give directions to Mr. Parkinson in February
1841, to obtain 1 per cent, upon the 7,0001.2—1 have no
remembrance of it.
Do you know the hand-writing of this, Exhibit V ?
Yes, it is Mr. Parkinson's.
,4..: Read it—One year's interest on 7,000/, at 74 per
cent., 525/. ; stamp, 12s. 6d.
Having seen that memorandum, are you now certain
that you have no recollection of giving any directions to
Mr. Parkinson to obtain the bankrupt's acceptance for
the amount ?—I have no recollection of giving Mr. Par-
kinson any directions, but itis quite possible I might.
Do you superintend that department of your house
which relates to the cash and bill department?—Not ex-
clusively.
Do you at all interfere in the matter, so as to give you
knowledge of what bills are drawn on your customers ?—I
do interfere, but many hills are drawn without my know
ledge.

After a short conversation between Messrs. MARDON
and HUMFREY the subject was dropped.
Can you explain why those goods which you received
for the purpose of being refinished were not sent away
for that purpose .?—I can ; certain expenses would have
bee'i incurred for freight, and I told a salesman that if we
could get certain prices for the goods they might sell
them, if not we would send them to be refinished:
When did you give your salesman those directions ?
I think, about the middle of August.
Would the expenses of freight and refinishing amount
to 1501., or thereabouts ?—No ; many of them were de-
preciated in value.
Have you stated at any time that you gave the bank-
rupt credit for these goods on the 16th of July ?.—No.
The invoice was dated the 16th of July,• and from the
invoice the goods passed into the book. The time they
passed into the book was the 14th of September.
The note for 7,000/ was here produced.
You have now before you the promissory-note refer-
ring to it, in whose handwriting is that note ?—Mine.
Having that note before you, and having stated that it
is in your own handwriting, have you any recollection to
whom you gave direction to obtain the signatures of the
'parties thereto 2—l have not:
Thereis an exhibit marked A., dated N0v.24,1841, does
that paper contain your. account with the bankrupt up
to the date of the fiat, and does it contain on the credit
side of that account these words—" July 16th,
6-17/. 03. 3d. ?"—lt does. It carries the date of the re-
turn. invoice, but the credit was not given in our books
till the 14th of September, because we did not know the
amount of the redaction till that period.
Does the word return refer to the linens 2—Yes.
How could you give credit in that statement before
you as from the invoice for 647/. only, when the invoice
itself shows the total amount of goods to be 8081. 15s. 3d. ?
—Because it was necessary to make a reduction in order
to sell the goods.
How could you, seeing the goods were sold in Sep-
tember, give credit in that account, filed in these pro-
ceedings, for 6471. Os. 3d. ?—I could not ascertain it till
September.
Why did you date it July ?—lt was taken by our
clerk from the invoice, which was dated July 16.
Did your clerk ascertain the credit of 6471. Os. 3d. from
the invoice, which amounts to 8081. 15s. 3d. ?—He did.
Can you say whether the statementA was furnished by
your firm to the official assignee ?—The statement was
furnished to the assignee.
And when ?—I cannot answer.
Can you state of your own knowledge, or from infor-
mation received from any other person, whether that
statement was not delivered before the middle of Sep-
tember ?—The fiat was opened the 16th of September,
so it could not be.
Refer to your book, and state whether, under the date
' of the 4th April, there appears any payment, and what,
made by the bankrupt to you P—A bill. for 2261 3s. fell
due on that day, and also one for 102/. ss. 6d.
• Will you. efer to May 4 ; does any entry appear ?
Yes, 2031.175. 6d.
Is there any other following May ? —ln May, 481.95. ;
June 4, 591. 18s. 6d., and a 100/. Bs.
Were the whole of these payments made to you,
without your assistance ?—I thihk not ; the bankrupt
received from us 1,0001. on May 4, and 1,000/. from us
on June 3.
Were not those receipts by the bankrupt from you May 3
and June 3, had for other purposes, and not for the pay-
ment of the bills above mentioned?—l see there are bills
becoming due, one for 1,000/, on May 4, • and one of
2,0004, June 4, which may account for those sums which
I 'have mentioned.
• Were not those other bills paid by the bankrupt
without your assistance ?—lt appears so.
Did not the bankrupt purchase from you between
March 16 and July 12, amounting to the sum of 1,9084,
or thereabouts ; and did he not pay the sum of 4,378&
13s. 30. during the same period 2—Yes, I suppose so ;
but the money was found by ourselves.
Did you supply any sum of money towards the sums
of, on April 4, 5001.; May 18, 8631. ; May 29, 1,0001 ;
and June 1, 5251. 12s. 6d.?--I think not ;we held other
securities to cover these accouhts.
Have you received from the bankrupt those several
sums a
do fysoouol. securityB63 flu,OrOtte,
saunmd
0f52 51/;01020s1.
,60du.
t.)e92
?=Yes.Hth
of May ?.:—Security for that amount is disputed.
Had yon security for the sum of 1,000/. ;—Mr. George
Hitchcock. admitted we had, but that is disputed. •
Do you consider that you had security for that 'sum
from Mr. George Hitchcock ?—We do not.
You have stated that you held security for that 1,0001;
state from whom you held that security, and the nature
thereof?—No, I said it was disputed.
What do you mean, then, by ymir statement, that you
held security for all these sums ?—I am not aware that
I said I held security for all these sums. I endeavoured
to explain it at the time.
Did you hold security for the 525/. 12s. 6d. 7—Yes, I
Conceive we did, for it was the interest of the joint pro-
m issory note of George Hitchcock and the bankrupt.
Then did you consider George Hitchcock liable to you
fox that sum of 5251 12s. 6d. ?—We did, as he was a
party to the promissory note.
Do you hold any guaranase of George Hitchcock for
that sum of 1,000/. ?—We do, which he disputes.
When did you receive the letter marked A A ?—ln
August, 1841.
Was that letter, when you received it, in an envelope ?
—Yes.
Have you the envelope ?—We have not, we never pre-
serve envelopes.
Was not that letter written by the bankrupt at your
request, and dated back to July 16, to accord with the
invoice of the linens ?—Certainly not. I requested a
note to be written authorising us to make a reduction.
Did yon not tell the bankrupt to put that letter in an
envelope, in order that the date might not differ from
the post-mark ?- —Certainly not. No such thought ever
entered my head.
When did you first perceive that that letter bore the
date of the 16th July, 1841 P—l cannot tell.
Have you any r ecollection ?—None whatever.
When did you receive the letter, Exhibit R ?—I think
in August.
Did yon, when you so received it, observe the date of
that letter as the 15th May ?—I did.
Was that also in an envelope ?—lt was.
Have you preserved that envelope ?—I said I did not
preserve envelopes.
Did you, in the month of August, ask the bankrupt
to take back that letter ?—I did not. I said to the bank-
rupt we ought to have had a letter respecting the non-
payment of this bill, without being mixed up with other
matter.
When did you first observe that it was dated back ?
I think, on the receipt of it.
Had you received any other letter from the bankrupt
in which he had mixed up the subject of that letter of the
15th of May with other matters ?—We reeeitrecla letter
on the Ist of May, in which other matterS 'Were mixed-
up, and to which i referred.
Was the subject of that letter of the 15th of May men-
tioned in the letter of the Ist of May ?—Not precisely.
When was the letter, Exhibit S, date sth of August,
1841, 'ivritten by yen ?—The sth of August
When did you reosive the letter, Exhibit T P-1 have
no doubt we received it on the 19th of August, or the
morning following.
Did the bankrupt see you in your library with Mr.
Buzzacott on the 20th of August, 1841 ?—Yes.
Did he then enter into any arrangement with you for
the liquidation of your debt ?—Yes he gave us a gua-
rantee on that occasion, which, at first, we refused to
take thinking it might be considered a preference.
Did not Mr. Parrinton call upon you in September,
and inform you that the bankrupt had requested him to
come in and take an account of his affairs ?—I think
not. I think we sent to Mr. Parrinton for that purpose
ourselves.
Did not Mr. Parrinton show you a letter written by
the bankrupt, requesting him to see you on the state of
his affairs ?—I have no recollection.
Mr. SOLE, solicitor to the assignees, Brown and
Llewellyn.—When and how was the 7,0001. advanced ?
In May 1840, May Ist, 700/ ; 2d, 6501.; 4th, 3,0001.;
14th, 800/.; 25th, 4001
moneysl want
on to
thosekn daysow whether
?-We youiid. actually advanced the
Now, were those advances made for goods had front
you ?—No.
Do you mean to say they were made in hard cash ?
Yes. They formed no portion of the previous account,
we agreed to advance the whole 7,000/ on condition that
his brother should first satisfy himself of the safety of
his affairs. We agreed to assist him if he would do,
away with the small wholesale trade which was dan-
gerous and unprofitable.
The COMMISSIONEIL—What did the bankrupt owe
you at that time ?—I cannot tell the amount.
..
Did you receive any large payment soon after this
advance 2—No.
Was there any agreement to pay the previous ac-
count out of this loan ?—No.
Ly Mr. SOLE.—How do you know that George Hitch-
cock looked into his brother's affairs 2—Because we first
requested him to do so, before he became security.
:1--Did he tell you that he had looked into his brother's
affairs ?—He told us he had satisfied himself, and, there-
fore, he should become security.
had2d questionyloo ke is, did Go
dinto
oh,
his
sbroetilie-ge H
r,saffitaeihres.ot tell
es you
,orn that he
no ?—He
didirbe In di
In May,
you firstay,lB4l,see George
about the end
Hitchcockofthe on month.o e
sub-
ject of the security ?—About the middle of May.
Will you state as near as you can what you said to
him, and what he said to you ?—I can give you the
ti
substance.ine.ll
told
Georgecannot
the at
pthisc e distanceu
f tboef
bankrupt that he (the bankrupt) had received different
sums of money from us lately for his trade, and that we
would take his security for the amount of 7,000/., which
the bankrupt said he required, on condition that he
should first look into his brother's Affairs, and satisfy
himself that he was doing well; also that he should con-
tinue from time to time to do so, to give satisfaction, on
these condition, that the bankrupt should discontinue
his small wholesale trade, as I have mentioned before.
Did you tell G. Hitchcock, when he was proposed as
security, that a portion of the sum had been already
advanced ?—We
You say you advanced the bankrupt 3,0001. on the 4th
May ; now on that day there was a bill due ; I want to
know whether you advanced that amount without any
reference to any previous transaction, and whether 2,0001.
of that sum was not paid to that bill 2—lt does not ap-
pear in our books.

11OFFE, for having fraudulently, and by misrepresents- whether there was any body present who could seak to
tion, obtained a quantity of goods from Mr. J. Carren. ! the goodness of his character ? p
It appeared that the opposing creditor was a wholesale ! The prisoner said he believed there were several per-
boot and shoemaker, and the insolvent purchased a large sons in the room who knew it to be unexceptionable,
quantity of lhots and shoe:: from him, fel- which Lill of , and
exchange was given. Almost immediately afterwards peorance stepped fans ard, am: declared that the prisoner
the insolvent made over the whole of his property,
and hw e had been school-fellos, but could give no ac-
amongst which was that he purchased from Mr. Carren, I count of the subsequent proceedings and character of the
to his daughter, in lieu of an alleged loan from her, and accused.
then called upon him (Mr. C.) and got a further quantity The LORD MAYOR (to the prisoner)—This won't do.
of goods, for which it was stipulated that ready money was I have every reason to think that you are one of the
to be paid, but the moment after the bargain was closed swell mob, who seem to direct their particular attention
Mr. Carren, being called by another customer, the insol- to the plunder of women. I find that more robberies
vent-walked away with the goods, and now in his defence have been of late committed upon females than used to
said that he was under the impression that he bought be the case formerly, and I shall do all I can to bring
them on credit. thieves who practise in that way to exemplary justice.
Mr. Commissioner BoWEN; after commenting strongly Let me know where you live, and by what means you
on the conduct of the insolvent, ordered him to be re- support yourself ? The prisoner—I'd much rather that
manded for eight months. your Lordship would decide about me at once, without
IN RE DAVID ROTTERICII. requiring to know anything more. I decline saying any
This insolvent was opposed on the ;round of having more.
vexatiously defended an action whereby his detaining cre- The LORD MAYOR—Very well. You are committed
ditor was unnecessarily put to additional expense, and to take your trial.
The COURT ordered him to be remanded for three The prisoner, who had been lately in Bridewell, was
months. then committed for trial. lie belongs to a very respect-
able family, and has been for some time discarded by
them.

IN THE MATTER OF GEORGE DUDLEY.
The insolvent was opposed by Mr. Cooke, on behalf
of Messrs. Souter and Paistow, solicitors, of Greenwich.
The grounds of opposition were that the insolvent,
who was a very eminent engineer, had been formerly in
the employment of Messrs. Grissell and Peto, with whom
he had some disagreement, the result of which was a
lawsuit, in which the opposing creditors acted as the in-
solvent's attorneys. Ile was arrested by a person named
Hart, and the Learned Counsel contended that they had
been intimately acquainted before, and that the arrest
was termed a friendly one.
Mr. Commissioner BowEN considered there was no
ground for that supposition, and ordered the insolvent to
be discharged forthwith.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
.OLD COURT.
RAPE.—John Luterich, a painter and grainer, was in-
dicted fur a rape on Jane h.eep, a married woman. It
appeared from the evidence of the prosecutrix, a rather
good-looking young woman, that the prisoner and his
wife, and the prosecutrix and her husband, resided to-
gether in a court in Hanway-street, Oxford-street. That
on the 26th of January she met the prisoner on the
stairs, by the door of the front room on the first floor.
He showed her some artificial flowers, which he had in
his han,l, and upon her saying she thought them pretty,
he said he would buy her soma, He then seizerl her by
the waist, drew her into the room, threw her upon the
floor, and effected his purpose, the prosecutrix vainly
calling for assiaance, there being at that time no other
person in the house. The greater portion of the prose-
cutrix's evidence was unfit for publication.
Mr. CLARKSON, who appeared as Counsel for the pri-
soner, cross-examined the prosecutrix at considerab:e
length, but failed to shake her testimony in any particular.
The husband of the prosecutrix stated that he ob-
tained a warrant against the prisoner, who was the •
landlord of the house in which he and his wife resided.
Mr. CLARKSON addressed the Jury at some length on
behalf of the prisoner, and called several witnesses who
give the prisoner an excellent character fur propriety
and decency.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON summed up, and
The Jury, after a short consultation, acquitted the
prisoner.

Joseph Payne, 38, was convicted of burglariously
stealing various articles, the property of William Thomas
Webb.

Look at this paper 2—This refers to an advance, and
not to a bill. On referring to the books, there was a bill
due on the 4th May.
What I want to know is, whether that money was ad-
vanced to take up that bill ?__lt might have so been ap--
plied, but our bill-book is not here, but it can be had
in the morning.
It being now past four o'clock, they further examina-
rion was postponed till to-morrow.

This was one of those cases of robbery unhappily too
frequent, and which nothing but caution on the part of
the public can effectually prevent. The prosecutor and
his wife left their home, on the evening of the 10th of
January, and when they returned they found the house
had been entered, and a quantity of property stolen.
The prisoner was, happily, stopped by the policeman on
duty, and a part of the stolen property was found upon
his person.
Baron ALDERSON, in passing judgment, observed, that
really some protection must be given to that class of
persons of the community who, from their circumstances,
were compelled to leave their property during their tem-
porary absence, without the protection of servants. The
Court was bound to protect the public from the proceed-
ings of such persons as the prisoners, and the sentence,
therefore, was, that he be transported for the term of ten
years.

(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.)
William Metcalf, 23, and Alfred Hastings, 27, were
indicted for burglary, and stealing various articles the
property of Thomas Uheveley.
Mr. PAYNE conducted the prosecution, and from his
statement and the evidence that was adduced, it appeared
that on the sth of January the prosecutor, who resides
in Jubilee-place, Stepney, went to bed, and in the dead
of the night he was awoke by hearing a noise in the
lower part of the premises, and on getting up he found
that a door had been forced open, and the lower part of
the house completely ransacked. An alarm was given,
and the police, who were readily in attendance, made a
search, and the prisoners were discovered secreted in an
adjoining stable, and part of the stolen property was
found upon them.
The Jury found both prisoners Guilty.
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, after commenting upon the
facts of the case, sentenced the prisoners to be transported
for ten years.
Charles Brook, aged 19, was indicted for breaking into
the counting-house of Messrs. Kitson and Co., soap-
boilers, White-street, Southwark, and stealing money to.
the amount of 351.
Mr. PRENDERGAST conducted the prosecution. It ap-
peared that the prisoner had been in the employ of the
prosecutors, and on the 19th of January he had an
opportunity of seeing Mr. Kitson place some gold, silver,
and notes, to the amount mentioned in the indictment,
in his cash-box, and the next day it was found that the
counting-house had been broken open, the cash-box
forced, and the money stolen. It was proved that, im-
mediately after the robbery, the prisoner set about
" enjoying himself." He took up with a lady, went
about to various places of amusement, and was at
length taken into custody by the police while in a state
of intoxication, and charged with being "drunk and
disorderly." The inquiry that subsequently took place
led to the committal of the prisoner upon the present
charge, and the offence was clearly brought home to him.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty.
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL ordered the prisoner to be
kept to hard labour for twelve months.
The prisoner said he should be glad to be sent out of
the country.
Mr. Justice CRESWELL told the prisoner that it was
very probable, from the course of life he pursued, that
he would eventually be sent out of the country, but at
present he would be imprisoned in it.
(Before the RECORDER.)

A man, named John Baker, was charged with having
tried to break the windows of a bullion shop in the
neighbourhood of Cornhill. The fellow was seen to give
three punches with his elbow against the glass, which
happened to be particularly strong, and resisted the at-
tempts successfully. After being takers into custody, he
said he was very poor, and wanted to get a handful of
the Spanish gold coin, which looked so tempting inside.
The prisoner was sentenced to hard labour in Bride-
well for two months.
MARLBORO UGH-STREET.
An elderly man, who gave his name Thomas Slee, but whose
real name is supposed to be Beville, was charged with stealing
a Hamburgh sausage from the shop of Mr. 13adcock, grocer,
14, Marylebone.street, Regent. street.
Charles Clarke, porter to Mr. Badcoek, said the prisoner
came into the shop under the pretence of purchasing a small
quantity of tea, and took a German sausage from the counter,
which he put in his pocket. The prisoner was about to leave
the shop hastily, when he was stopped, and the sausage found
on him.
Mr. MALTBY asked the prisoner if he had anything to allege
in defence?
Prisoner—May it please your worship, there are three
points in this case I wish to argue. First, I contend the shop-
keeper had no right to spread sausages on his counter, because,
being placed in such a prominent situation, they formed a bait
to entrap the unwary and hungry. Secondly, I did not take
the sausage out of the shop, therefore a case of felony cannot be
be proved against me, as it is necessary, in order to sustain such
a charge, that the goods should be removed from the premises.
Thirdly, by the porter stopping me so soon as he did, I had no
time allowed me to repent. Had I been left alone my con-
science might have smote me; and I might have returned back
and made restitution of the article stolen in a moment of
temptation.
Mr. MALTBY replied to the three points, and held that none
of them in the remotest degree obliterated the charge ; and as
it was advisable to learn something more about the prisoner,
remanded him till Monday next.
The constable said he had been informed the prisoner had at
one time possessed nearly the whole of the Alpha cottages, Re-
gent's-park, but had lost them through indiscretion.
UNION-HALL.
On Tuesday Mary Corsfield, a tall docent-looking female,
with an infant in her arms, was charged with throwing herself
into the Surrey Canal on the preceding night.
Policeman Whitlamb, 89 M, stated' that while he was on
duty near the Canal-bridge, in the Kent-road, on the previous
evening, about seven o'clock, he was informed that some per-
sons had thrown themselves into the canal. He immediately
repaired to the spot, and seeing a person struggling in the
water immediately under the bridge he ran to the house where
the drags are kept,• but owing to the difficulty experienced in
procuring them he ran back without them, and perceiving that
the person had sunk, and must inevitably be drowned if an
attempt was not instantly made to prevent it, he pulled off his
great coat and jumped into the water at a place where it was
of great depth, and succeeded in rescuing the defendant, whom
he brought oat of the canal in a state of insensibility. She was
conveyed thence to a house contiguous to the spot, where the
visual remedies for producing resuscitation being resorted to,
she was in a short period of time sufficiently recovered to be
enabled to be sent home.
In answer to Mr. T rail I, as to the cause which induced her to
commit such an act, her reply was, that she had been for
sometime past living under the protection of a man who latterly
treated her with great cruelty, and kept her and her infant
starving., while he was out drinking.
Mr. TRAILL said that he must have security that she would
not repeat the attempt, upon which her mother stepped for-
ward, and said that some difficulty would be encountered in
getting bail, and that if the Magistrate would permit her to
be discharged, she would not make such an attempt again.
Although the defendant now carried an infant in her arms, vet
it was necessary to state, that she placed it on the banks of the
canal previously to throwing herself into the water.
Mr. MAUL said he should commit the defendant in de-
fault of possessing the requisite sureties ; and that her impri-
sonment would, at all events, give her an opportunity of
breaking off all connection with a man whom she admitted had
driven her to the dreadful alternative of attempting to comm
self-destruction.—The defendant was then committed.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jan. g.
IN THE MATTER OF JOHN PLOWMAN.
The insolvent's discharge was opposed by Mr. Woos•

John 1)olin, 40, was convicted upon two indictments of
obtaining a quantity of lead from Messrs. Warner and
Co., by means of forged orders, purporting to be signed
by a person named Bidwell, in whose employ he had for-
merly been.
The RECORDER sentenced the prisoner to be trans-
ported for seven years.
The prisoner begged for mercy. He said he had a
wife and six children, and was in great distress when he
committed the offence.

GREENWICH POLICE.
Tuesday Mrs. Mary Hewitt, wife of a master waterman,
residing in Greenwich, appeared to a warrant, obtained against
her by her husband. The defendant appeared with her head
bound with a handkerchief, spotted with blood, and was ac-
commodated with a seat in front of the bar.
Mr. J. Hewitt, the complainant, said the conduct of his
wife' was so outrageous that he could no longer endure it.
She had repeatedly threatened to destroy him, by throwing
vitriol over him ; and several times had flourished razors (one
in each hand) over his head, vowing she would take his life.
Their matrimonial differences had been often brought under
the notice of the County Magistrates, and at their suggestion,
a deed of separation was drawn up, and he was relieved of her
company, on allowing her Bs. per week. On Sunday morning
he was awoke whilst in bed, by a noise of glass breaking, and
on getting up he found the defendant had broken six panes of
his bed-room window. He got up and found she had obtained
access into the house, where she vowed she would remain,
threatening if he touched her to bury a razor in his heart.
It was stated by Harris, the officer, who served the war-
rant, that on taking her into custody, she went into a fit, and
afterwards, on the road to the station, she fell down and cut
her forehead. Whilst in the cell she attempted to commit
suicide by cutting her throat in two places, with a penknife,
and ultimately she went off in a strong tit that lasted two hours,
and required six men to hold her. A more violent woman he
had never seen in his life.
Mr. May, solicitor, who appeared for the husband, advised
him again to separate from her, and the complainant offered
her Bs. a week, together with a room of furniture, fur that
purpose.
Mr. May had just inquired of her if that would suffice, and
the defendant ( who evidently had a desperate struggle to re-
strain her feelings), had just replied " if I don't have better
health, it won't," when she fell, as if struck with a shot, from
her seat to the floor.
The officers of the Court immediately raised her, and con-
veyed her in an inanimate state to the outer office, hen nearly
half an hour elapsed before she returned to consciousness.
The Magistrate ultimately allowed a private arrangement.

THE CONVICT DEHAHUNT.
Since we last adverted to the situation of the unfortunate
man, Delahunt—no change has taken place in his condition.
He has not been visited by any of his family, and his demea-
nour is quite calm and composed. His general health is good,
he eats and sleeps well, his attention to his religious duties is
unremitting ; but his laudable disposition to prepare himself for
the presence of his Creator is unaccompanied by any indica-
tions of terror, as the time of his execution approaches : on the
contrary he evinces the utmost resignation to his fate. His
present place of confinement is a fine dryroom in the hospital,
where he is removed from observation, but, from whence
escape would be impossible. One of the turnkeys of the prison
and two men are in constant attendance on him during the
day, and those two men sleep with him in the room at night,
and, on being addressed by them, he cheerfully joins in their
conversation. When he was first removed to the apartment
which he now occupies, it was merely intended as a substitute
for the day-room, and the practice was to remove him to his
sell at night; but this was found to be an inconvenient mode of
disposing of him, as there was not sufficient accommodation in
the cell for his attendants, and he now occupies both day and
night this comfortable and spacious room in the hospital.
The prisoner is treated with the greatest humanity and kind-
ness by Mr. Allison, the Governor of the prison, and the fol-
lowing anecdote will serve to illustrate the extent to which his
attention to the wishes of the wretched man has been carried.
On the occasion of his mother's visit ; the prisoner expressed
a wish for some cake-bread, and with a natural feeling to mi-
nister to his wants, she at once complied with his wishes. The
former deemed it inconsistent with the strict surveillance which
he felt it his duty to exercise over the prisoner, and was reluctantly
obliged to forbid the introduction of this cake into the prison ;
but he caused a cake of the same description to be prepared and
given to the prisoner, of which he partook most heartily,
and observed that he never ate anything that he liked better
in his life. His general dietary consists of bread and coffee
for breakfast—bread, meat, and broth for dinner, and an
extra pound of bread and tea for supper. The Rev. Mr.
Campbell is most constant in his attendance on him, and has,
we were informed, expressed himself highly satisfied with the
manner in which he conducts himself. He attended Divine
service yesterday between eight and nine o'clock, and his de-
portment during the ceremony was marked by the attention
and decorum which he has invariably displayed since his awful
doom was pronounced. For some time after his conviction he
was very unwilling to encounter the observation of his fellcw-
prisoners, but that feeling has now altogether vanished, and he
no longer shrinks from meeting them.
Having expressed a wish to see the prisoner, we were intro-
duced to him in his apartment. When we entereti he was
sitting at a table, with his bead resting on his hand. He was
reading a religious book, and was so absorbed in its contents
that he did not appear to notice our presence.
MURDER OF THE ITALIAN.
The Governor in an interview with the prisoner on Satur-
day, referred to the last statement made by him, and which
was published in the Register of Monday last, and questioned
him as to the correctness of that statement, and particularly
the part of it that had reference to the murder of the Italian.
He reminded him of the solemn manner in which his father
had urged him not to leave this world without making a full
disclosure of his offences, and suggested, that as the public
anxiety respecting the murder was most intense, he ought to
attend to the advice of his parent, and, if he knew anything
of the transaction, at once avow it, and thus for ever dispel all
doubt and suspicions on the subject. The prisoner having
made no reply to this exhortation, the Governor then begged
he would turn the matter over in his mind, and he said he
would. This would lead to the inference that the prisoner has
something to disclose in relation to that diabolical deed ; if not
so, why evince any hesitation of manner, but at once declare,
as lie hail previously done, that he knew nothing of the matter?
-D7aViii -itot of Monday,

The RECORDER told him he did not deserve commise-
ration. In whatever state of distress he was, it could
not justify the acts he lead committed. On the 7th of
January he had, by means of a forged order, obtained
property to the amount of 171., and on the 9th, two days
only having elapsed, he presented another forged order,
and obtained more property. The Court could • not,
therefore, pass a more lenient sentence ; and he would
only observe that the sentence was the lowest period of
transportation that could be inflicted, when it was very
doubtful whether the punishment ought not to have
been the highest fixed by the law.
The RECORDER, after the prisoner had left the bar,
observed that the Legislature had thought fit to make a
distinction in the punishment in the case of parties
convicted of uttering forged orders for the delivery of
goods, but he could not see what difference there was be-
tween obtaining goods and money to the same amount.
Both offences were, in his opinion, equally injurious to
the public, and mischievous in their consequences.
The son of the last prisoner, who pleaded in the name
of Thomas Lake, was then indicted fbr an offence of the
same description.
The case was clearly proved, and the Jury returned a
verdict of Guilty.
There being good reason to believe that the prisoner
had, in some measure, been seduced to commit the offence
by his father, the Court inflicted the lowest sentence lin
accordance with the Act of Parliament, viz., two years'
imprisonment and hard labour.
NEW COURT.

John Duncan, a, youth aged 13 years, one of the ser-
vants of the 1-,,0na.1a Parcel Delivery Company, was
convicted of stealing a parcel containing fourteen alma-
nacks, and other articles, ,+•l3e property of Michael Jereden
and others. The parcel in' question it appeared had
been direct-al by the prosecutor to a gentleman at
Putney, and for the purpose of its reaching its
very Company, where destina-
tion it was sent to the Parcel Deli.
it was obtained by the prisoner. There were several
other similar charges against the prisoCer. The Learned
Judge directed him to be tried on one charge, for steal-

ing a parcel containing money, on which he was con,
victed on clear evidence.

gr. Justice WILLILis sentenced the prisoner to six
months' imprisonment and hard labour, the first and last
week to be spent in solitary confinement.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE
A well-dressed young man, who si,`lted that his name
was James tewart, was brought beforo the Lord Mayor,
charged with having robbed a lady- of the name of Rock
of a sovereign and some silver.
Mrs. Rock stated that as she was walking front the
Borough of Southwark over London-bridge, the pt -
sonar, who was accompanied by another man, put his
hand to her person, and with amazing quickness, capa-
ble of being exercised only by a clever practitioner, emp-
tied her pocket of all her money. Although the act was
so likely to create alarm in a female, Mrs. Rock made a
dart at the prisoner, collared him, and held him until a
policeman appeared, into whose hands she placed the
thief, who was astonished at the energy of his victim.
The LORD AYOR—Are you convinced that he was
the man who robbed you? Mrs: Rock—There is not the
slightest ' doubt of it. I saw his hand upon my pocket,
and I never stirred my eyes from his person until I gave
him into custody.
` The prisoner said that the lady was quite in error, for
he was quietly proceeding over the bridge when she
seized him, to his great surprise, held, him fast, and ac-
cused him of having robbed her. 12,e never thought of
such a thing as a robbery.
The policeman stated that he fotr ad nineteen shillings
and sixpence in the prisoner's pocko t but no gold.
The prisoner having persisted it
.1 declaring that the
lady cm: Pitted a mistake, Ilia Lordship asked him

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