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London, England, 1845-02-27 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Feb. 25,

(Before the ASSISTANT- Jupcf; and a Bench of Magistrates.,
Miss OSBOUN'S CASE.—ThiS case, which excited consider-
able interest., has at length fallen to the ground. Throughout
the whole of Tuesday the Court and its avenues were
crowded to excess by persons anxious to hear the result. The
Bench also presented a thronged assembly of Magistrates,
amongst whom we observed the Hon. Frederick Byng, the
Hon. C. Lennox Butler, Sir Moses Montefiore, together with
some other gentlemen of distinction ; however, they were
doomed to disappointment, as the indictment charging the
lady with felony was not presented before the grand jury,
owing to the absence of a material witness.
In the early part of the day the Judge inquired if the pro-
secutor, Mr. Allum, was present? Being answered in the
affirmative, he ordered him to be called into Court. Upon
making his appearance, the Judge asked him if he had en-
gaged counsel? He said he had engaged Mr. Ballantine.
Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the Court, and said it was
impossible, as he had been retained for the defence three
days ago.

The JUDGE (to the prosecutor)—You had better get to-
gether your witnesses, as the bill caneot be presented until
all the witnesses are present.
The prosecutor then left the Court, for the purpose of
collecting the witnesses, but so soon as he had left, his police-
man, who is also a witness, went in search of the prosecu-
tor, and so on throughout the entire day, one going in search
of another, until at last there was not one witness to be
found with the exception of the policeman.
At eight o'clock the grand jury entered the Court with the
last bill found.
The JUDGE remarked that it was an extraordinarycircum-
stance that the witnesses in Miss Osborn's case were not
forthcoming. _ _ _

An officer of the Court said there had been one in Court a
short time since, but he was half drunk. He went away
again, and said he was going to look for some other witnesses.
The JUDGE—It is an extraordinary 'proceeding. Let the
whole of their recognisances be estreated, with the exception
of the policeman ; and the prosecutor can, if he likes, press
the indictment at the next session.

FEBRUARY 26.
(Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE.)
A most respectable-looking tradesman, named Edward
Jones, was indicted for stealing three valuable snuff-boxes,
the property of John Ward. The prisoner, who pleaded `not
guilty in the first instance, denied in the most solemn man-
ner that he had any felonious intention when he took the pro-
perty. However, at the suggestion of Mr. Ballantine, who
appeared as his counsel, he retracted his original plea, and
pleaded guilty. A host of most respectable persons, many of
whom deposed to having known the prisoner for upwards of
twenty years, gave him the highest character for respectabi •
lity aid honesty.
The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE expressed his regret that
such a person as the prisoner should be placed in so disgrace-
ful a situation, and sentenced him to six weeks' imprison-
ment, with hard labour.
William Johnson, a powerful-looking young fellow, was
indicted for stealing a quantity of tools, the property of
George Barnes and others.

It appeared by the evidence that the prosecutors were en-
gaged on some of the new houses erecting in Kensington,
and when leaving, on Saturday night, locked up their tools,
and the same night the prisoner broke open the doors, and
took the property.
The jury having returned a verdict of Guilty,
The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE said this was a most heart-
less robbery, inasmuch as it tended to prevent industrious
men from earning their living, and he was determined to
punish it severely. The sentence of the Court was, that the
prisoner be imprisoned for six calendar months in the House
of Correction, and be kept to hard labour.
Thomas Ricketts was indicted for stealing a number of
books, the property of George Willis. The prosecutor is the
extensive bookseller and publisher under the Piazza at the
corner of James•street, Covent-garden.
He was found Guilty, and sentenced to three months' im-
prisonment with hard labour.

THE MURDER AT HAMPSTEAD.

APPREHENSION AND EXAMINATION OF THE
SUPPOSED MURDERER.
Yesterday a person named Thomas Hocker, residing
at 11, Victoria-terrace, Portland Town, was examined
before the Magistrate, at MaryleLore Police-Court, charged
on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Mr.
Delarue, of Whittlebury-street, Euston-square. The pri-
soner, a well-dressed, tall, thin young man, of the same
profession, and an intimate acquaintance of the mur-
dered man, appeared quite unconcerned, and evidently
paid the utmost attention to the statements of the various
witnesses.
The evidence of Edward llilton, baker, was first taken,
and was a simple recapitulation of what has already ap-
peared before the Coroner. He heard the cries of murder,
and on going to the place from whence the cries proceeded,
h e and others found the body of the deceased.
The surgeon, Mr. Perry, of Hampstead, detailed the re-
sult of the post mortem examination, which only established
the fact that deceased had met his death from blows on the
head, inflicted by a blunt instrument.
Sarah Kitchener—Lived at 55, Whit tlebury-street, Euston-
square. Deceased lived there. Saw him last on Friday.
He told me to keep a fire in, as he would return in an hour
and a half. I have seen the body, and know it to be Delarue.
James Kitchener—Brother to last witness, and landlord of
the house in which deceased resided. His evidence went to
confirm his sister's. He knew that deceased had a watch,
but never saw it. He had not observed many acquaintances
call upon the deceased, and never heard of any one having a
spite against him. I have never seen the prisoner at the bar.
Edward Scoltnev,* 21 T division, residing at Chiswick—
Between seven and eight on Tuesday evening, received
information that Thomas llocker (the prisoner), was an ac-
quaintance of the deceased, and that on Saturday night be
was seen with a great deal of money. I went with the in-
spector and sergeant to his house, No. 11, Victoria .place,
Portland-town. About one o'clock that morning we went
first to the residence of prisoner's father, but I returned to
his own lodgings, and when I knocked, he got up to answer.
He came down in his shirt and trousers. I asked if he was
Thomas Hocker, and he said lie was Thomas Hocker. I
said, you are my prisoner, and told bins I was a sergeant of
police, and was taking him into custody on suspicion of
being concerned in the murder of Mr. Delarue. I then asked
bins to show me his apartments.
Mr. RAwrissox—Did he answer nothing when taken into
custody ? Witness—He said he knew Delarue. I asked
him to show his apartments, and he said, "Follow me ;" and
I then searched his apartments. His brother was in bed in
the room to which lie took me, on the second floor, and the
prisoner told him to get out of bed and dress himself. During
the time I was searching, his brother said, " Tom, tell the
policeman all you know about it." The prisoner then went
to the bed-side, took the watch from under the pillow, and
said, " That was Delarue's • he gave it to me last Friday
morning, about ten o'clock, to sell it for him."
We then came down stairs, and I got some
duplicates referring to other property, which the pri-
soner said belonged to Delarue. (The property con-
sisted of rings,watch-guard, &c.) After going to
where I had left Inspector Partridge, and telling him what
had occurred, we returned to the prisoner's lodgings to re-
new the search. He said lie had only some letters from
different females, but he did not couple the deceased's name
with them. The prisoner was then taken to the llampstead
station.
Inspector Partridge produced a bundle of letters. The
last witness gave bins the information alluded to. He went
to the prisoner's father's house, at 17, Charles-street, where
he expected some important information, but in that he failed,
and fearing that some alarm might be given to the pri-
soner, he (the inspector) sent Scoltney alone to his
lodgings. When he saw the prisoner, he informed
him of the charge against him. Went up into
the prisoner's room, and found some old clothes and
sacking under the bed, and also above it. In a table drawer
found papers and other documents. There were 76 of them,
apparently written by a young lady, and all in the same
handwriting. On the mantel-shelf found half-a-sovereign
and a shilling. He said he had more money, and supposed
he dropped a sovereign on the bed. He was then taken to
the station-house. Ile should be able to prove that lie had
made several purchases of clothing on Saturday.
Inspector Shackell, of the detective force, received informa-
tion of the murder on Saturday, and on the Sunday after
examined the place where the murder was committed. Pro-
ceeded to deceased's lodgings, and found a number of obscene
prints, and, among bills of account, found one from a watch-
maker for the very watch produced in Court that day. This
watch was seen in the deceased's possession on Friday, at
two o'clock.
Mr. RAWLINSON—Who proves that ?—The girl, Sir.
Sarah Kitchener was re-called—She saw his watch on
Friday at dinner time. Did not know the watch, but the
chain resembled the one he wore. Mr. Delarue got up at
a little after nine on Friday morning, and he remained at
home for about half an hour. lie breakfasted almost as soon
as he got up.
The brother of the deceased said the watch was the one lie
wore till the Sunday previous, but the guard was not the
same. Deceased's was a solid gold one, and that was only
coloured.
Mr. RAWLINSON asked the prisoner if he wished to say
anything. The prisoner said that he could bring witnesses
to prove that he did not leave his home till a quarter or ten
minutes to eight on Friday night. That was all he wished
to say that day.
Mr. RAWLINSON--I shall feel it my duty to remand you
till Tuesday next; and if in the meantime you are required
to appear before the Coroner you will have to go before him.
The prisoner was then removed.

Considerable sensation was created at Hampstead on Tues-
day by the arrival of a mounted messenger in the early part
of the day, who inquired for Bynell, the postman, for the

purpose, it was understood, of accompanying him to town in
order to identify a man, said to be in custody, answering the
description of one of the three men who bad accosted him on
the night of the murder of Mr. Delarue, and wished him to
buy a razor hone.
The circumstance which led to the above-mentioned oc-
currence, and which induced a general belief that the cap-
ture of at least one of the murderers had been effected, was
as follows :—Shortly before twelve o'clock on Monday night
Inspector Martin, of the City police, received information at
the station-house in Smithfield, that there was a man in a
state of intoxication at the bar of the Cross Keys, in St.
John-street, who was exhibiting hones for sale, and who, in
other respects, resembled the description given of one of the
supposed murderers. He instantly dispatched some of his
men to that place, and the man in question was taken into
custody, and at once conveyed to the station, where he was
detained till evidence was prccured from Hampstead. Suf-
fice it to say, that he was not identified as one of the party
alluded to, and his whereabout having been accurately as-
certained, he was permitted to depart.
It appears that Mr. Hilton, baker, who first heard the cries
of murder whilst on Haverstock-terrace, was greatly mis-
taken in the statement he made before the jury, that the
place where the body was found was distant half a mile from
where he stood when those cries reached him. The ground
has been accurately measured, and the distance of the spot
where the body was found from Haverstock-tcrrace is 460
vards, whilst the exact distance of the place from the Swiss
Cottage is 640 yards. Upon a minute examination of the
marks of blood alluded to at the inquest, found upon the
second rail of the stile near which the body was discovered, it
appears that the marks are those of the fingers of a man's left
hand. When Mr. Defame was found he had his glove on his
left band, but no marks of blood were visible upon it.
Those persons who have alreacAr been announced as coming,
forward-to p'rbVirifirat—fitzt eneWittiiid three men answering`
the description of the supposed murderers are not the only
ones who were stopped in the vicinity of Hampstead on
the night of Friday last. On Tuesday afternoon a gentleman
on horseback went to the Yorkshire Grey, and informed Mr.
Neal, the landlord, that he had been stopped, and had had
money demanded of him by three men in the Fiuchley-road
on the evening of Friday last. The name of this gentleman,
who is a medical man, and who left his card with Mr.
Neal, stating that he should be ready to give evidence upon
the point, is Mr. Creforpe, of No. 5, Henry-street, Avenue-
road.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 15i per mine,
which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10id, per
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 5
54 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short
being 25 75, it follows that gold is 0.82 per cent.
dearer in London than in Paris.

By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 434
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/.175. 10id.
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9f;
and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
being 13 111, it follows that gold is 1.02 per cent. dear* r
in London than in Hamburgh.
The course of exchange at New York on London is
1101 per cent., and the par of exchange between Eng-
land and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows
that the exchange is 0.68 per cent. in favour of England.
But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills
at 60 days' sight, the interest must be added to the
above difference.

POST-OFFICE ESPIONAGE.
A charge has been brought against the Government
of this country, which most materially affects not only
the character of this or that Minister, but our national
good faith, and the sanctity of that hospitable proteetion
which Great Britain gives, without distinction of parties,
to the proscribed an the unfortunate from all parts of
the world. Mr. Milnes and Sir Charles Napier,
therefore, anticipated the public feeling throughout
England, and we may add, Europe, by asking
Sir Robert Peel for an explanation of the part which the
British Ministers had taken last spring between the
Italian Governments and the refugees who were sup-
posed to be meditating a descent on the coast of Cala-
bria or the Papal States ; and Sir R. Peel treated the
questions with the marked attention they undoubt-
edly required. It is revolting to suppose that,
whilst the English Ministers were engaged in a cor-
respondence with the Austrian and Italian Cabinets,
for the purpose of transmitting secret information of
the intentions of conspirators residing in the Bri-
tish dominions, those persons received, no warning of
the dangerous position in which they• stood, and
were even lured on by a perfidious encaniragement
to embark in an expedition which could only lead
to their certain destruction. But it • requires no
profound knowledge of the secret communications
which may have taken place between the Govern-
ments of Europe, to demonstrate that the persons
about to engage in these deplorable attempts were
perfectly informed of their position ; they knew that
their projects were disclosed to all the Powers interested
in the prevention of them, and they were aware that the
Austrian troops in Northern Italy were ready at a mo
ment's notice to cross the Po, and march even to Naples.
These facts were notorious to the whole world many
months before the expedition from Corfu sailed, for they
appeared more than once in the most prominent part of
our own columns. No sooner had these particulars come
to our knowledge, by a communication from the Conti-
nent, than we acted on the conviction that one of the
fairest and most effectual means of preventing the
threatened explosion in Italy, without compromising its
authors, was to publish an outline of their scheme, of
their resources, and of the all-powerful resistance which
awaited them in the shape of an immediate intervention
on the part of Austria. These pis jects had long been
agitated by the Italian Republicans in London, Paris,
and other places ; and as early as the autumn of 1843
the Austrian Government, being fully aware of them,
was prepared to act on the emergency which was
expected to occur. On the 17th of October, 1843, we
stated that we were led to suppose, by information which
had reached us from Vienna, that a detachment of 4,000
Austrian troops had ere then entered the Papal terri-
tories ; and that the Austrian and Piedmontese Govern-
ments had resolved to intervene in support of the Papal
authority against the revolutionary movements of the
Republican party. The movement was, however, post-
poned, and, of course, no intervention took place. But
on the lit of April, 1844, we recurred to the sub-
ject, observing, that the accounts we had before
published were premature, but not unfounded ;
that lively apprehensions were entertained in the
minor states of Italy; and that "in the foreign countries
to which the political refugees have been driven by
former revolutions, as welt as in those more contiguous
positions—such as Malta and Corsica—to which they
have access, the greatest activity had for some time past
prevailed amongst the disaffected." We added a great
number of details as to the extent and objects of the
projected insurrection ; and we observed, that " the
fact that such a scheme should be made public, and
that it should have been known for some time past to
the Cabinets most interested in the result, with a va-
riety of names and details which we abstain from
giving, will perhaps interfere with the execution of
the conspiracy, but we have before us certain evi-
dences of its existence. Such an undertaking
would infallibly fail, but it would not fail without
bloodshed ; and we should hereafter be called
upon for our compassion to victims, to whom, if
they were successful, we must deny our respect."
We have great reason to believe that this public
disclosure of the scheme did powerfully contribute
to deter the Italian refugees from proceeding with it.
Certain it is, that a plot which at one time had asso-
ciates all over Italy, considerable fends, and a force suffi-
ciently powerful to contemplate an armed invasion from
the adjacent islands, was silently abandoned, and that the
warning given by this means, and by private communica-
tions from the Italian refugees in England, was all but
completely effectual. The only exception was the ex-
pedition of 22 unarmed men, who started from Corfu
on the 12th of June, and soon afterwards landed in
Calabria, where they met a fate which we cordially de
plore, and the more so as the slightest prudence or ob-
servation of what was passing amongst their own friends
and in Europe would have preserved them from it. They
must have known that the general insurrection in which
they were to have taken a part was abandoned—
but they persevered. The measures by which the
wholesale misery and bloodshed of fresh disturbances
in Italy had been avoided were lost upon them.
They persisted, and they perished. We sincerely lament
their infatuation and their miserable end ; but, in justice
to all the parties to these transactions, it is fair to re-
member that the measures of prevention were successful,
except with regard to those 22 persons, and that the great
service rendered to the peace of Italy and of Europe im-
measurably exceeds in importance this minor incident,
which was unfortunately not foreseen and therefore, could
not be prevented. These facts had been ascertained by
various means of far greater practical utility thanot the
odious practice of opening letters ; and we do
n
here that all M. Mazzini's correspondence could
elleays,e
added much to what was communicated even to ourss-
3tyo n
of
by our own correspondents. It wa
the possibility of doubt, and without
s ishestatbhieneceleis3sei
andbre akig a single
n that this conspiracy existed,
that the members seal,
bersof it were preparing to re-enter
Italy from Corsica Malta, and the lonian isles. Effec-
tual preparations were made to suppress it. In thos,s
preparations the Government of this country, both at
home and in our dependencies in the Mediterranean,
was bound to join by the duty we owe to our
allies and to the tranquillity of the world. The
hosp'tality and protection afforded by the British
flag are violated by the men who convert an asylum of
refuge into a position of attack. We give to these po-
litical fugitives security from their enemies ; but, if we
allow this security to be made a cover for revolutionary
intrigues in foreign countries, we not only compromise our
neutrality in these civil contests, but we passively assist
the very cause we disapprove. Upon these and all si-
milar cases, we adhere to the opinion we very decidedly
expressed upon the visit of the Duke of Bordeaux to
this country, when that visit was converted into a politi•
cal demonstration against the Court of France. It is
very much to be lamented that Lord Seaton had not
sufficient information to justify him in stopping the
fishing-boats before they sailed from Corfu ; but when
they had sailed, he had no legal power to send the
Medea to pursue them on the high seas, and beyond

. IRELAND.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
Duni" FEB. 24.—The usual weekly meeting of the As-
sociation was held this day.
R. A. FITZGERALD, the newly- ekcted Member for Tippe-
rary, was in the chair, and addressed the meeting. at some
length.
Mr. D. BItOWNE, having handed in a sum of money from
Liverpool, proceeded to address the meeting Ile observed
that strictures had been passed upon the conduct of the Irish
Members for absenting themselves from their Parlitimentaty
duties in another place; but he would tell the gentlemen
by whom those observations were made that the repeal Mem-
bers were equally well entitled to the exercise of a free °O-
rion as they. The repeal Members attended the Concilia-
tion-hall, in the discharge of a conscientious, duty—a duty
unrewarded and unrequited, save by the approval of their
consciences and the approbation of their fellow-countrvmen.
.They were abused by the Irish. Whigs, represented by Mr.
Bellew—by the English Radicals, represented by Mr. Wak-
ley ; and by all that was ill-understood, and ill-contrived in
every party, by Mr. Roebuck.—(Cheers.) That gentleman
represented nothing that was generous or noble, but all that
was peevish, cranky, and petulant.—(Hear.) The Hon.
Gentleman then commented in severe terms on the speech
of Mr. Roebuck, and dwelt particularly on the connexion
between him and Papineau, the Canadian insurgent.
Mr. O'CoNNELL moved a petition to Parliament praying
for a removal of restrictions on the regular orders of the
clergy. They were the advocates of liberty of conscience to
all, and his present motion was in accordance with that
glorious principle which would afford protection to the Pro-
testant in Spain and the Christian in Constantinople.--
(Cheers.) The Hon. and Learned Gentleman eulogised
the monastic order as the friends of government, of litera-
ture, and religion. lie called on the meeting to assist-him
in abolishing these penal enactments, and he believed he
-might state that on this subject ha had the cordial support of
the Association, Protestant as well as Catholic.—(Cheers.)
Mr. J. DAvis, barrister, as an Irishman and a Protestant,
seconded the motion.

Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN supported it.
Mr. GRATTAN addressed the meeting in favour of the mo-
tion. He took a review of English misgovernment in Ire-
land, and maintained that he and all the Hon. Members that
wished well to Ireland should remain at home and do their
duty in the Conciliation-hall.

LAND COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
Mr. O'CONNELL condemned the Land Commissioners' re-
port. He described it as the most exquisite piece of insipidity
that ever proceeded from public men. It was what
Cobbett called " cat-lap"—(Laughter)—stuff, unfit for the
consideration of great men, and only fit for the imbecility of
childhood. While that document was worthless, as far as the
remedial measures suggested were concerned, it was valuable
to this extent, that it exhibited the state of the Irish people
as far inferior to anything that could previously be credited
in England. This state, he contended, was the consequence
of the Union. Previous to that baneful measure, in 1784,
when Arthur Young was in Ireland, the cottages of the
peasantry swarmed with poultry, and all had pigs, and many
had cows. The labourers then had Is. and Is. 4d. a day--
now sevenpence was considered good wages. There was then
plenty of labour for the industrious ; and my friends (said
he) we will soon have plenty again.—(Cheers.) He hoped
his words would be taken down, and that they would go to
England to be read by the Roebucks and the other
miserable plunderers cf this country.—(Cheers.) He
could not endure these landed Commissioners. Shak-
speare described a perfumed nobleman coming to the field
of battle when it was over : it was thus with these landed
Commissioners—these essenced and perfumed civets talk of
relief in lady-like terms ;he could bear them had they spoken
out manly, and said that they had no remedy fOr these
miseries, but that the people should look to themselves--
(Cheers)—but they had not done so.---(Hear, hear.) They
had showed their grievances were unendurable, and that the
Irish people were the most patient on the face of the earth.
And what did they propose? Oh ! he could not express his
contempt sufficiently for the cat-lap Commission.—(Cheers,)
Yes, the people of Ireland were enduring, and they would
endure, for as long as he lived not a single drop of blood
should be shed. But the time of his life Ntas drawing to a
close. He was now at the age when human existence de-
pended upon casualties, and when he was in his cold grave
he should say, England don't dare to continue these injuries
on Ireland.—(Tremendoui cheering.) Well, and what do you
think that that little insignificant Roebuck says, that as the
Irish Members are unable to fight them in the Souse of Com-
mons we shan't get any man to make us so. He says that
we are insignificant. Oh, who is he to say so ? V. not
his son John there? and is he "insignificant ?" Was not
Henry Grattan there ? Was not Edmund Burke Roche
there ? And was not William Smith O'Brien there ?
What was insignificant about his friend Mr. O'Brien ?
Was it his talent or his ancestry—his independence
of spirit or of principle ? Oh, Mr. Roebuck, it is
you that is insignificant, and you who are unsavoury.—
(Cheers and laughter.) This, said he, is the report of the
Land Commissioners, and in the face of it Mr. Roebuck
dared to propose the extension of the income-tax to Ireland.
None but a plunderer and a robber dared to propose such an
impost after such a report. The Hon. Gentleman then im-
plored of the people to preserve tranquillity—to abstain
from crime—and, above all, from illegal societies ; and having
recommended the adoption of a peaceable combination by
which he had carried Catholic Emancipation, he moved
that it be referred to the Parliamentary Committe. to in-
quire into the facts and representations contained in the Land
Commissioners' report.
Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL expressed his gratitude to Mr.
Sheil and Sir Winston Barron for their manly defence of the
Irish Members in the late debate on Mr. Roebuck's motion,
and regretted that it would be inconsistent with their pro-
fe sions of not identifying themselves with the proceedings
in Parliament, to propose a vote of thanks to those gentlemen.
At the conclusion of the proceedings Mr. O'Connell an-
nounced the rent for the week to be 366/.
The meeting then adjourned.

METROPOLIS IMPROVEMENTS.—Tuesday the Corn-
missioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests issued their
plans, for letting on building leases various plots of ground
on the line of the new street, which will communicate be-
tween Oxford-street and Holborn, and which is to be called
" Oxford-street," the length of street being about 1,200 ft.,
and the width about 60ft. There are thirty-five lots, the
frontage of each varying from 22ft. bin. to 125 ft. 9in. The
fronts of the houses towards Oxford-street " are to be enriched
architectural elevations, faced with such materials as the
Commissioners may approve," and " no objection will be
made to buildings of the architecture known as Elizabethan."
" The carcase of each house is to be built by or before Christ-
mas-day, 1845, and the houses and all other buildings on all
the lots, are to be completely finished and rendered fit for
habitation by or before Midsummer-day, 1846, under penalty
in each case respectively of the forfeiture of the lease." The
Cound excavated for the basement stories, if required by the
ommissioners, is to be deposited to fill up the loose ground
around the Milbank Prison. No tenant is to carry on the
business of publican, tripe-boiler, slaughterman, soap-boiler,
tallow-melter, blacksmith, farrier, chimney-sweeper, or any
noxious, noisy, or offensive trade, without the consent of the
Commissioners. The lessee is to reimburse the Commis-
sioners the expenses incurred by them for building the vault
and sewers, and for paving the street, or to pay in lieu thereof
an annual rent, at the rate of 60/. for 27ft., or 3!. per annum.
The houses are to be erected subject to the inspection of the
architect of the Commissioners, and no change of the archi-
tectural decorations is to be granted without the consent of
the Commissioners.

ACCIDENT LN THE POOL.—OH Tuesday a brig
moored a short distance from the Lower Tunnel-pier, Wap-
wing, broke from her moorings, and was carried by a strong
flood tide athwart hawse of the outer barges of the pier,
which is supposed to extend 230 feet into the river, and car-
ried them away with the people upon them, who were thrown
into a state of considerable alarm when they found them-
selves adrift. The brig and the barges of the pier were car-
ried a considerable distance, and ran foul of other vessels, which
let go their anchors or released themselves from their moor-
ings, and a scene of indescribable confusion took place. The
Upper Tunnel-pier belonging to the watennen, and adjoining
Execution-dock, and which extends 160 feet into the river,
escaped altogether, the brig and other vessels passing within
a few yards of the outer " dummy." Several collisions task
place, and some time elapsed before the vessels could be sepa-
rated from each other. The brig which first got adrift was
towed back to her original berth by a steam-tug, and the
barges of the Lower Tunnel-pier, which is a great impediment
to the navigation in the Pool, drifted as far as the Tower.
and were brought back by the owners of this landing-place,
which, to the surprise of many, has been so long permitted
in a busy part of the river.
THE CROOME POACHING AFFRAY.—On Saturday
last the seven men who have already several times under-
gone private examination before the Worcestershire- magis-
trates, charged with being concerned in the murder of
Thomas Staite, the gamekeeper who was killed at Croons°
on the 19th of December last, in the course of an affray be-
tween the keeper and a band of armed poachers to the
number of twenty, or thereabouts, were again examined at
the Worcester county gaol before three of the magistrates of
that county. Their names are William Bloomfield, George
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previous examination, and whose names are Thomas Hooper,
Thomas Collins, and George Lippit, were, after an examina-
tion, also remanded to a future day. It will be recollected
that it was stated that William Cosnett, who had been
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charged with the above prisoners, had, after undergoing an
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further revelations having been made with regard to his
examination, been released from custody.
share in this dreadful outrage, he has again been taken into
scounsetorsd.y,
The
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neighbour-
hood of, Pershore, a town about ten miles from Worcester,
and situate a short distance from the Croome preserves. They
are all well known to have been long connected tog ether in
poaching transactions, many of them are respectably con.
nected, and they are strongly suspected of having been
concerned in other outrages • which took place in the county
about the time of the fatal Croome affray. _ There are now
(including Joseph Turvey and Francis Dtrlgley, committed
under the Coroner's warrant, on the 6th "of January, for the
murder of Staite) eleven prisoners in the county gaol of
Worcester charged with being implicated in this fatal affr_tay.
GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.—The
usual half-yearly meeting of the General Steam Navigation
Company took place on Tuesday, at the office of this Corpora-
tion, 69,1ombard-street. There was a numerous assemblage
of proprietors. The chair was taken by John Wilkin, Esq.
A report from the Directors, and the accounts for the year,
ending the 31st December last, were read. From these it
appeared the transactions of the Company had been followed
by increased prosperity, and that the general condition of
this Corporation's affairs was highly satisfactory. The cut-
tomary dividend and bonus being declared, thanks were
voted to the Chairman and Directors for their continued
exertions to promote the interests of the Company, when the
meeting separated.
ROBBERY AT KEW CHITECIL—On Sunday morn-
ing last, Kew Church (which stands in the centre of Kew-
green) was entered by some thieves, who carried away a
box which contained the parish registers, and a book, in
which was entered a list of charitable bequests belonging to
the parish. Tile object of the robbers was probably the
communion plate; but that is in safer keeping. There is at
present no clue to the offenders. The police, however, are
duly on th alert.