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RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

assert that they had the power to compel them to do so. In fact,
he ass,,m,Nl all the traffic of every kind, and added 50 per cent. to
it. goods were doubled.
In the resexamination of Mr. Webster the witness stated
that he antieipate.l that the peculiar facilities of the line
would bring all the passengers upon it. The private
traffic was certainly very great, and on a comparison with
the traffic on the Greenwich line, he thought his calculati,m was
reasonable. The receipts of the Greenwich Company during the
first six months of the present year were 1,0441. per week, the total
being 54,:2961. 19s. 41., while for this railway he only took
21,5181, notwithstanding that this railway had no river compe.
tition, went through a more populous district, and Would be the
termination of several hundred miles of railway
The Committee then adjourned till twelve on Monday.

(SATURDAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

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(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of Saturday.)

Mr. Jack, of Dunkeld, said he knew the course of the proposed
line, and was satisfied, if i t were made, it would afford considerable
facilities for transmitting the traffic to. the southward.
Mr. F. Nelson, butcher in Glasgow, entered into the details of
the catt'e, and confirmed the correctness of the tables.

Mr. Kerr, writer, at Dundee, and legal adviser to the Scottish
Midland Railway Company, explained to the Committee the com-
munications which had taken place between the Company and the
opposing landed proprietors, consisting of the Duke of Athol,
Lord Mansfield, Lord Willoughby D'Eresby, and Lady Keith. The
object of the evidence was to show that the Railway Company had
used every means in their power to induce the landed proprietors
who were opposed to the formation of the line to fall in with their
views.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME ClRCUlT.—Fleitfor.l, July 11.
CROWN COURT—(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
An application was made to his Lordship to dispose of an
indictment that was preferred at these assizes in 1844, against
eleven persons for unlawfully keeping booths for the purposes of
gaming, at the Gm hambury Races of that year.
The indictment in question was preferred at the summer
assizes, and the g- and jury returned a true hill against all the
defendants whose names appeared upon it, and the trial of the
indictment would have come on at the last spring assizes, on
which occasion Mr. Clarkson appeared for some of the de-
feudants, but it seined that the "prosecutor" had not taken any
steps to prove the matter brought before the court, and Mr.
Clarkson thereupon obtained an acquittal. The jud.te who
presided inqrii .ed whether the prosecutor had been
served with the usual notice of the intention of the
defendants to surrender, to which Mr. Clarkson replied that
they could not ascertain who the " prosecutor " really was,
and the only person who appeared in the matter was one Moses
Jacobs ( who has since been sentenced to six months' imprison-
ment for endeavouring to extort money under the pretence of
charging persons with keeping disorderly houses), and although
he only acted as clerk for an attorney who conducted the case,
there was reason to believe that he was the real prosecutor,
but still he did not appear, legally, in that character, so that,
in point of fact, they did not know who to serve the notice
upon. The Court, under these circumstances, directed that
a notice upon the party who appeared as attorney in the cause
should be deemed sufficient, and the case stood over to the
present assizes upon that footing.
One of the defendants, named Henry Oldfield, now appeared
to answer the charge made against him, and an affidavit made
by his attorney was put in, which stated that notice of the
intention of the defendant to surrender had been served upon
the person who acted as the attorney for the prosecution ; and
the defendant himself made an affidavit that he was entirely
innocent of the charge, and that overtures had been made to
him to compromise the matter, and that he believed the pro-
secution had been got up by Moses Jacobs, and that the
object was not to carry out the ends of justice, 'but merely to
extort money from the parties who had been indicted.
Mr. Justice Coleridge, having read the affidavits, and ascer-
tained that no one appeared for the prosecution, said he thought
the defendant had done all that could be required of him, and
therefore he was entitled to an acquittal.
The jury accordingly, under the direction of his Lordship,
returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
Solomon Shadbolt, 47, George Shadbolt, 25, Benjamin
Shadbolt, 20, and Jonathan Shadbolt, 26, all described as la-
bourers, were indicted for a burglary of a very daring charac-
ter in the dwelling-house of Priscilla Blundell, at the parish of
Little Wymonsley.
Mr. Ryland prosecuted. Mr. Lydeker defended Solomon
Shadbolt, and Mr. Hawkins and Mr. T. Chambers appeared
for the other prisoners.
This case came on on Friday, and from the voluminous na-
ture of the evidence it occupied the Court until late in
the day.
The prosecutrix deposed that she kept a general shop in the
above village, and on the night of the 3d February she went to
bed, leaving the house properly secured—in the course of the
night she was awoke by hearing the footsteps of men over her
head in an upstair s room, and very soon afterwards she saw the
handle of her bed-room door turned twice, but no further at-
tempt was made to gain admittance. She was too much
frightened to give any alarm, and the next morning, on her
going down stairs, she discovered that the house had been ran-
sacked, and a large quantity of property, consisting of wearing
apparel, flannel, calico, tea, &c., removed.
The officers then produced several large bundles, containing
articles found in the possession of the prisoners, and several
things were identified by the prosecutrix.
Two inspectors of the Herts constabulary, named Good and
Bankes, were then examined, and it appeared that, in the be-
ginning of April, they searched the cottages of the prisoners
Solomon, Benjamin, and George, at Burnham-green, about
eight miles from the residence of the prosecutor, and they there
found all the articles they had produced, together with a chisel
and centre bit, that corresponded in size with the marks upon
the door of the prosecutrix's house. The other prisoner, Jona-
than, was apprehended in London, and at his lodgings some
more of the stolen property was discovered. It also appeared
that while the prisoners Benjamin and George were in the
custody of the police, one of them said to the other, " I suppose
we shall he transported for this;" to which the reply was, " I
suppose we shall, but if we had not been at home that night,
the should have had a job to catch us." The prosecutrix,
of course, from the nature of the articles stolen, was unable to
identify them positively, but is. was rather singular that the
prisoners having carelessly throw!) about the tickets with the
prices, that had been attached to many of them, she was enabled
to identify them positively, from their having her handwriting
upon them.
The jury found all the prisoners Guilty.
Evidence was then given that Solomon had been before
connected of felony, and the constables stated that they had
every reason to believe that the whole of the prisoners were
connected with a daring gang of depredators. The stolen pro-
perty was, in the first instance, sent to London, where it was
divided, Jonathan retaining his portion, and disposing of it,
and the remainder was then sent back to the other prisoners'
cottages, where it was found, as stated 12y the police.
Mr. justice COLERIDGE sentenced Solomon Shadbolt to be
transported for twenty, and the others for fifteen, years.

Mr. Errington, civil engineer, said that the Bill now before the
Committee would form a link in the thr nigh communication that
was now nearly established between London and Perth. He then
described the course of the line, the particulars of which have
already appeared in the House of Commons' report, and stated that
its passage through the estates of the opposing landowners,
snore especially in the valley of Strathmore, was the best, in an
engineering point of view, that could be adopted. The estates
w.ruld not he materially injured by the passing of the line, as it
inter fered with very little ornamental property, and every facility
would be afforded for free ways either over or under the railway.
The line as at present laid out was a single one, but if the
traffic hereafter permitted, it could be altered to a double line at
very trifling comparative expense, as sufficient land had already
been taken. The gauge would be assimilated with that of the
London and Birmingham, so as to secure one uniform width of rail
the entire distance from London to the north of Scotland.
Mr. Locke, civil engineer, corroborated the previous testimony,
and said the proposed ine would be a main link in the communi.
cation of a through line to Aberdeen.
Mr. Tasker described how it was intended to carry a line across
a few public turnpike roads in the vicinity of Perth and Strathsay.
Mr. Blackadder deposed to the value of the land to be taken
for the purposes of the railway. He estimated the valu 3of the land,
including damages, at 32,2424 17s. 6d.
Their Lordships then adjourned till Monday at.eleven o'clock.

CORNWALL RAILWAY.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of Saturday.)

Cross-examined—Did you view the proposed Ime ? Mr, Brune
—I did.
Mr. ROWE—Did you walk over the line itself? Mr. Brunel—.
No.

Mr. Rowe—Then you only took a general view, and only speak
as far as you know P Mr. Brunel—Of course I can only speak as
far as I know, but counsel are generally under a very erroneous
opinion, for they think, in order to see a line, you must actually
walk upon it. Now, that is just the way not to see it at all; the
way to see a line is to view it from eminences in the neighbour-
hood of it,

Lord Vivian said he wished to explain, in consequence of a
statement which had appeared, he had withdrawn his opposition to
the Bill, but his sentiments regarding it remained unaltered.
Some other evidence of an unimportant character was given, and
their Lordships adjourned al Four o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP A.
MINSTER AND DEAL LINE.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of Saturday.)

Mr. Kean, a resident at the town of Sandwich, was then called,
and gave evidence in favour of the line, which he said would give
great accommodation to, and therefore confer great benefit on, the
people of Sandwich.

Mr. HORNE, on the part of the corporation of Sandwich (who
have the tolls of a ferry on the river Stour, over which river this
line will pass) was about to cross-examine the witness, when
Mr. ALEXANDER said that his friend, Mr. borne, had no locus
standi before the Committee.

Mr. HORNE contended that the railway would convey passengers
to the same spot with which the ferry communicated, and therefore
that it would injure the ferry. The Learned Counsel argued the
point at great !ength, but after a few words from
Mr. ALEXANDER, who contended that this line would not injure
tie ferry, and that even if it did his Learned Friend, Mr. Home,
would have no right to appear before the Committee,
The CHAIRMAN said that the opinion of the Committee was that
Mr. Horne had no locus standi, and therefore could not appear in
opposition to the Bill.

Mr. W. Lee, Solicitor, at Sandwich, gave evidence in favour of

:he line.

Mr. Coxhead, coach proprietor at Sandwich, and Mr. Crump and
Mr. Slaner, residents at Ramsgate, corroborated the evidence
of the previous witnesses, and spoke to the advantage to the people
of Ramsgate to be expected from this line.
Mr. George Stephenson gave engineering evidence as to the pro.
posed line. The length of the line was 8 miles 7i furlongs. The
line, as originally proposed, would be 10 miles, but the omission of
the extension to Walsall, reduced the length to the amount stated.
The cuttings and embankments were very slight, as the country
through which the line passed was nearly level the whole way.
The line crossed the river Stour about a mile and a half from
Minster. The river would be crossed by a swing bridge
of 40 feet span. The line would cross eight public roads
on a level, but these roads had but very little
traffic. The expense of the whole line was estimated at
157,0001. for the Minster and Deal branch, and 30,0001. for the
Margate Extension, making together 187,0004, which included
land and stations. The steepest gradient on the line was lin 264.
There was no curve with asmaller radius than a quarter of a mile.
Cross-examined by Mr. HILL (on the part of some opposing land-
owners)—The estimates were for a double line. It was intended
to lay down only a single line of rails in the first instance, but it
might be necessary to have a double line at some future time.
Mr. Cubitt gave evidence of no public interest as to the proposed
Margate Extension.

Mr. Clutton, land.valuer, said that the value of the land which
would be taken by the Company for the line was 24,0001.
Mr. Thomas Armstrong produced tables of the available traffic
of this line. The total amount of traffic expected would be 6,592/.
1 Is. 6d., which left a net revenue of 3,9551. lOs 10d.
The CUAIRNIAN observed, that by the request of a Member, who
bad business to transact in the country, the Committee would ad-
journ to Wednesday.
Mr. ALEXANDER said that there really was no bona fide opposi-
tion to the line,"and he thought the case could be easily concluded,
if the Committee would meet for an hour on Monday.

NORFOLK ClRCUlT.7Buchingliam, July 11.

CROWN COURT.—(Before Air. Baron ALDERS-3N. )

Josiah Brooks, aged 19, was indictei for assaulting William
Blackwell on the Queen's highway, aud robbing him of a
bundle, con'aining a variety of articles, on the night of the
10,h May last.
Mr. Sanders appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner was
not represented by counsel.
The prosecutor resides near Great Marlow, and on the night
in question fell in with his friend the prisoner at a " public" in
that town. Having drank their " absent friends" till near
eleven o'clock, they set forth and parted outside the public-
house. The prosecutor, however, had not got very far on his
way home, when he was overtaken by Brooks, who, as he now
swore, knocked him down, knelt on his head, and tried to rifle
his pockets of his purse, which Lad been produced at the inn.
He failed in this, but seizing hold of the preisecuter's bundle,
male off with it. As soon as the prosecutor recovered himself
he proceeded onhis journey, but in about half an hour after
the prisoner came up again to him, and again knocked him
down. On this occasion, being assisted by a companion, he
succeeded in obtaining possession of the purse, with which both
the thieves decamped in the direction of Marlow.
in answer to this charge the prisoner called a girl and a
man, who swore that he came home to his mother's house at
ten mintes past eleven, and remained indoors all that night.
Mr. Baron ALnERSON, in summing up the case to the jury,
observed that he had been long enough acquainted with cri-
minal trials to be very shy of mere evidence of personal identity.
When unaccompanied by confirmatory facts it was very frail
evidence, and its adoption in such a case required great caution
on the part of the jury. Here there was nothing but the oath
of the prosecutor to the prisoner's identity, while on the part of
the prisoner an alibi had beer, set up. Now it was a common
thing to abuse such a defence, but he (Mr. Baron Alderson)
did not go along with that practice, for it was like "giving a
dog a bad name and then beating him for it." An alibi, if
true, was the best possible defence, and indeed the only one a
really honest and innocent man could resort to very often. The
case, however, was for the jury, and with these remarks for
their guidance thq would say whether they thought it was sub-
stantiated.

After some discussion, the Committee adjourned to twelve
o'clock on Wednesday.

GROUP X.
YORK LINES.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of Saturday.)

Mr. Lovett, a measurer connected with Bow-street Police.office,
testified to the facility which would be afforded by the Farringdon.
street station, and asserted that Belgrave.square would be de-
cidedly nearer by that station than by one by the King's. cross sta-
tion. Portman.square would be about the same distance. With
respect to Grosvenor.square there would be but little difference, but
the facilities for communication to all the bridges by the Farring-
don.street station would be the greatest.

Mr. Berks, a miller, having the largest mills in London, stated
that lie ground 600 quarters a week, and that his mills being
situated just beyond Blackwall on the Thames, were most con-
veniently situated for the reception of corn by water. They had
a considerable quantity of corn from Lincolnshire, partly for mix-
ing, but a good (leal was used alone. In consequence of contrary
winds last winter they had been kept out of corn for six weeks.
By the use of the Farringdon-street station they would save
the metage. That station was situated in a large con-
suming district, indeed the most populous district
in London. There were more bakers' shops in it than in any
other district. The cartage from the former to the port was 6d. a
quarter, loading 2.1. a quarter. Other expenses were pretty much
the same as on other merchandise, Allowing Is. for merchants,
profits, 3d. for insurance, and id. for metage, the whole expenses
amounted to about sd. a quarter. The expenses might be stated
at U. 7s. 6d. a ton, and there would be a saving of at
least 3s. 6d. a ton by this station. The total charge
including freight, was 11. 19s. 9id. The usual charge for car-
riage was Bd. a quarter, and having the option of the Farringdon-
street station and the Thames Junction station, he should certainly
use the former. The saving. suppose the price by rail and the
freight were the same, would be 10d. a quarter, and without taking
time into consideration, he should certainly use the rail. The
whole saving by rail would be 17s. 6d. a ton. With respect
to time and certainty the advantages wero immense, for now
they were obliged to keep large stocks, and in considera-
tion of delay there was this difference, that corn would
be sold at Mark-lane at one month's credit, instead of at two
months, as was now the case. The western districts had greatly
interfered with the form of the existence of the railway. There
had been a large crop in the neighbourhood of Reading, and it
was only by going down into the district that they had been able
to nullify that competition. A considerable quantity of wheat went
from Lincolnshire into the western districts, though not through
London.
To the cross-examination of Mr. PACT, the witness stated
that even if they did the work themselves, the dealers would
have to pay the 4d. a quarter, and the advantages he said were
so great, that though his mills were on the river, he should use it.
He expected to bring back the corn by the back carriage of those
waggons which delivered the flour at the bakers' shops in the north
district of London. His connexion comprised an area of 14 miles,
and though the Shoreditch station might be useful for the imme-
diate neighbourhood, and a good deal of wheat would be brought
there, yet the Farringdon-street station was by far the best; and
though there were other good stations, the Shoreditch and the Far •
ringdon street must continue to be the best.
Mr. Lane testified to the positions of the distilleries, but he
could not say whether the whole of them were rectifying houses
and distilleries, or how many should be considered as one or the
other.

- The jury, after a short deliberation, Acquitted the prisoner.
Robert Price, aged 27, and John Martin, aged '27, were
indicted for cutting and wounding Francis Saunders with in-
tent to do him some grievous bodily harm, and to prevent their
lawful apprehension.
Mr. Birch prosecuted, and Mr. Power defended the pri-
soners.

The prosecutor is the bailiff of Mr. Dashwood, a gentleman
residing at West Wycombe, in this county ; and was going
his usual round is the farm-yard at eleven o'clock at night on
the 12th of May last, when his attention was roused by the pre-
sence of a " small sandy terrier dog," which ran towards the
hen-house. On approaching that building the prosecuter
became aware that some strangers were in it, and at-
tempted to open the door. while so engaged he received
from some one a severe blow on the head with a stick, but
nothing daunted, he persisted in his efforts, seizing hold of
the half open door with his right hand. Upon this he
received a cut across the wrist with a knife, which com-
pelled him to let go, whereupon two men rushed out and
made their escape, together with their dog. On examining
the hen-house several dead ducks were found, all ready for
removal. In order to bring this charge home to the pri-
soners, the prosecutor now described the dress and personal
appearance of the men he had seen on the night in question,
and it was shown that the prisoners. on the same night, were
dri4king at a neighbouring public-house, which they
left just before eleven o'clock, with a small sandy terrier
sort of a dog ; besides which, one of them, when arreste3
on this charge, exclaimed with an oath that " they were done
at last." •
Mr. POWER having addressed the jury on behalf of the pri-
soner Pelee,
His LORDSHIP left it to them to say whether they were
satisfied with the proof of identity in this case, which had re-
ceived a material confirmation from the landlord of the public-
house.
The jury having found the prisoners Guilty, they were forth-
with transported for 15 years.
SATURDAY.—Both the Courts sat to-day, and disposed of
the remaining causes at an early hour.

To the cross-examination of Mr. Sergeant WRANGItAM the witness
stated that they only claimed a portion of the traffic on the old
coach line. Five mires and a half was the distance which he
claimed, and certified the table which had been put in. They assumed
that the whole of the omnibus traffic would produce upwards of
21,0601. including Tottenham, Edmonton, and all the places within a
few miles, and considered that the passengers ought to be taken as
through passengers. Indeed, he considered that all the omnibuses
would cease. The passengers even now went nut of their way,
and, therefore, it was evident that when they could save three
miles they would prefer the railway. Cheshunt would be just the
same distance, and of course the time consumed would be reduced
by the superiority of the speed. The omnibus fare is now Is. but
he could not say exactly what the railroad fare would be.
He supposed at Is. 3d., the distance being ten
miles, or perhaps eleven. For the latter distance the
fare will be Is. 4id , but the time now occupied was three-
quarters of an hour, while by rail it would only be fifteen minutes.
Assuming the charge to be the same as by the Eastern Counties,
there would still be a saving of four miles. He had formed his
calculation on the assumption that the saving would be three miles
on the nearest side of Cheshunt. He had taken all the omnibuses
from Enfield, which was half a mile from the railroad, and further
off than Cheshunt. He was not prepared to say that either Bishops-
gate street or the Exchange were nearer to Farringdon.street than
to the Shoreditch station. In fact, the reverse was the case.
Southgate was a considerable distance from the railway, but he
thought not so much as four miles. The present charge was fid.
by omnibus, but when the railway was made, the passengers would
have to pay the two fares instead of one. From Enfield they
claimed 7,0001. a year, conceiving that all the passengers who went
along the track of the omnibus would go by the railway. From
Stamford Hill they claimed 4,2001. a year.
To the CHAIRMAN, the witness replied that the distance from
the point of separation was about five miles.
To Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM, Mr. Law stated that the number
of journeys by omnibus was 1,874, taking the actual journeys made
last year. There would be a station between Kingsland-road and
Newington. There were 4,000 passengers from Newington, and
11,670 from the neighbourhood of Kingsland-road. The schedule
for goods was made on the basis of the Cambridge and Lincoln
calculations, and of course open to the same objection as
had been alleged against that line. The rates were the
same-3d, a ton, the tariff and the calculations being
identical. The charge for grain was to be 1 id. per ton ; the quan-
tity carried would be 65,000 tons. He had got this information
from Mr. Ruston, the metage clerk of Mark.lane. He assumed
that 35,000 beasts and 267,000 sheep would come to the Farring-
don.street station during the year, considering that half the
cattle would come to the station and half would be left at Isling-
ton. He had put in, however, additional cattle from Nor-
folk and South Lincolnshire, amounting to 27,000 head of
cattle and above 300,000 sheep during the year. Claims credit
for 575,000 sheep altogether, On an average there would be 1,500

beasts a week, and 12,000 sheep carried by the railway. He
took all the rassengere from Shorediteh, though he would not

Mr. 13AtNrta, for the defence, contended that, even on the
showing of the case set up by the plaintiff, it was one of the
lightest kind. There was no premeditated seduction. The
age of the plaintiff at the time that this occurred, the riper
years of the young woman, the facility with which, even on the
plaintiff's own showing, she had yielded to the defendant's
wishes, negatived any such supposition. He would show also,
by the testimony of a person who lived next door to the plain-
tiff, that Hannah Stead had been guilty of such conduct with
other parties as could leave no doubt on the minds of the jury
that intercourse of an improper kind had taken place between
them.

Several witnesses were called on the part of the defendant,
one of whom, Rebecca Hopwood, deposed to having seen
Hannah Stead in the neighbourhood of her aunt's house in the
company of one William Richardson and of another party,
under circumstances which, if the jury believed the evidence,
were inconsistent with any other supposition than her previous
unchastity.
•Ir. Do NDAS, in reply, called
William Richardson, who, so far as he was concerned, ex-
pressly contradicted the evidence so adduced.
Mr. DUNDAS, after some observations by Mr. Baines on
this evidence, replied on the whole cas?, and
His LORDSHIP having summed up,
The jury, after a few minutes' consultation, returned a ver-
dict fur the plaintiff—Damages 60/.
Saturday, July 12.
Before 11r. Justice CRESSWELL.

Levi Gledhill was indicted for a highway robbery.
Mr. Hall and Mr. Boothbv conducted the prosecution ; tie
prisoner was defended by Mr:l3lanshard.
It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor, Will;am
Cookson, an elderly person, affected by spasms in all his limbs,
which gave him the appearance of a person in an advanced
stage of intoxication, that on the 11th of March last he had
been at Huddersfield, transacting busine=s in his trade as a
clothworker. In the evening lie set out on his return home to
Stainland, and had arrived within a few hundred yards of his
own home, when he stopped at a public-house kept by a person
of the name of Calverley. The prisoner, Levi Gledhill, w,s
there when he entered. The prosecutor sat at Calverley's for
a considerable time, and had three several twopennyworths of
gin. This, however, was, with the exception of a glass of
beer, all he had had during the day, and he was perfectly
sober. The prisoner, in the course of the evening, asked
the prosecutor to let him have Id. to pay for a glass of beer,
as he had drunk all his money. The prosecutor did so; and,
having had occasion to go to the door shortly after, the
prisoner asked the landlady of the house how it was the
prosecutor's son had not accompanied him from Huddersfield,
to which she replied that, she supposed he had, but had
left him on his getting se near home. The prisoner left
the house a little before ten o'clock, and the prosecutor set
out to go home about ten minutes after. He had gone but a
short way when he heard some one coming after him, and drew
aside to let him pass. The person tripped him up, and thrust
his hand into the prosecutor's pocket, and took away a sum of
silver which was there, amounting to from Bs. to 103. He
could see it was the same person whom he had met at Calver-
ley's. The prisoner then made off over the wall. The pro-
secutor went home, and then, in company with his son, went to
a public-house kept by a person of the name of Sykes, at a short
distance from Calverley's. He there found the prisoner, and
accused him of robbing him. It appeared that the prisoner
had arrived at Sykes's a few minutes after ten—about the
time the prosecutor was robbed, and that before the pro-
secutor's arrival he had spent about 2s. in refreshments of
various kinds. On his person were found upwards of 7s. in
silver and some halfpence.
Mr. BLANSHARD addressed the jury for the defence.
His LORDSHIP summed up, and the jury found the pri-
soner guilty.
Sentence, twelve months' imprisonment.
George Green and John Halsworth were indicted for a
highway robbery.
Mr. Pashley and Mr. Overend conducted the prosecution ;
the prisoners were defended by Mr. Bliss.
The prosecutor, it appeared from his statement, is a shop-
keeper at Rawcliffe, and on the 17th of April last he had
occasion to go to Howden on business. He left his horse at
Booth's ferry, and walked on to Howden. He set out on his
return home about nine o'clock, and was accompanied a short
distance by a friend. Shortly after his friend leaving him,
two persons, whom he recognised as the prisoners, came up,
and they walked on together. They bad some conversation
on indifferent subjects, and then the prisoner Green stopped
for a moment to do something to his shoe. He then said to
the other, " I'll go back and see for Johnson." Halsworth
replied, " Nay, come on." On which Green immediately
sprang up from his stooping position, and seized the prose-
cutor by the throat, while Halsworth pinioned his arms
behind. The prosecutor said, " Well, this is looking serious,"
and struggled with his assailants, when all came to the
ground. Green then said, " D—n you, we'll give it you
now," and Halsworth put his hand over the prosecutor's
face, while Green knelt on his belly. The prosecutor then
yielded, saying, " For God's sake, spare my life, and take my
money." They then rifled his pockets, and Green calling out
to Halsworth, " Have you got his turnip ?" they both ran
away. The prisoners were apprehended about half an hour
afterwards in Howden, in company with three others, when
the prosecutor immediately pointed them out as the individuals
by whom he had been robbed. None of the prosecutor's pro-
perty was found upon them.
The prisoners were found Guilty. Sentence was deferred.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.— Winch Mer, July 12.
THE GOSPORT DUEL.
The grand jury returned a true bill against Lieutenants
Hawkey and Pym for murder.
Mr. RAWLINSON applied for a bench warrant against these
parties, which was granted.
Mr. Baron Platt was occupied nearly the whole of the day
in trying cases which were totally unfit for publication.

POLICE IN
(SATURDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.

A black-bearded, ill-conditioned fellow, named Ned
Nowlan, appeared before the Lord Mayor, upon the
charge of having deserted his wife, Mary N'•wlan.
Mary Now•lan deposed that she Lad been married to
the defendant about the middle of August, sixteen years
ago ; that he had deserted her for a younger woman, one
Sarah Mulhearn.

The LORD MAYOR—WeII, Mr. Nowlan, what have
you to .say in answer to the accusation of having aban-
doned your wife ? Nowlan—Och, faith, I have an
answer for her. Devil a bit of her was ever married to

Mary Nowlan—Warn't we, though? Faith, and that
we were, to my sorrow, fast enough, legally and lawfully.
Nowlan—Why, you know we were only tacked toge-
ther ; and the person that tacked us had no right to
marry. You know I gave him eighteenpence for the
job.—(Laughter.)
Mary Nowlan—Hadn't he any right, though ? That
won't do, Mr. Nowlan. You know well enough that he
had. Please your honour (to the Lord Mayor) he was
as good a parish priest as ever married a couple. Fa-
ther Quin was his name; and may the Lord bless him,
and every holy man like him.
The LoRD MAYOR—Where were you married? Now-
lan—We were not married—never—upon my sowl ; all
that was done was just taclsing. •
Mary Nowlan—We were married, please your Lord-
ship, at the private apartments of Father Quin, a thing
that's quite usual in Ireland. Ali ! then, Nowlan, how
can you talk so ?
Nowlan—Talk so ? You know you're no wife of
mine. Besides, your Lordship, she absconded from me,
so that she has no call to me at all.
The LoRD MAYOR—Pray how could she abscond from
you if she didn't happen to be your wife ? Nowlan—
She cut away from me at Manchester.
The LORD MAYOR—Why, you are furnishing evi-
dence against yourself. Now, Mrs. Nowlan. Mary
Nowlan—Faith ther, here I am, your Lordship.
The LORD MAYOR—You are a Roman Catholic, you
say ? Mary Nowlan (turning up her eyes and blessing
herself)—Ab, then, the Lord knows I am.—(Laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR—And your husband who stands
there is a Roman Catholic ? Mary Nowlan—Lord, yes
your worship-
Nowlan—Not I, my Lord ; I'll be on my oath I'm no
religion at all. I'm neither Catholic, nor Protestant,
nor anything else, as I'm ready to swear upon a sackful of
Bibles.—(Laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR—Upon my word you appear to be
a very respectable man.—( A laugh.) Pray what trade
are you ? Nowlan —A hatter.
Mary Nowlan—Not he, your Lordship. I male a
hatter of him. I learned him the trade, but he is now
a regular duffer. He supports Sal Mulhearn by duffing,
and she swears she'll be the death of me on his account.
The LORD MAYOR—Did he regularly attend a Ro-
man Catholic chapel before he married you ? Mary
Nowlan—Certainly, he did ; both before and after.
The LoRD MAYOR—I consider the marriage a per-
fectly good one, and you must come to an arrangement
with the perish officers about the support of your wife,
Mr. Nowlan. I remember a case of bigamy, the cir-
cumstances of which present a strong similarity. A
prisoner was charged with bigamy before Mr. Justice
Pattison. The first marriage was proved to have taken
place in Ireland, and to have been performed by a Ro-
man Catholic priest ; but the prisoner insisted that it
was bad in point of law, as he was a Protestant at the
time of the marriage, and the woman was a Roman Ca-
tholic. The only evidence there was to prove that he
was a Roman Catholic was, that upon several occasions,
prior to the marriage, he attended mass ; a conviction
followed. Now, I convict Mr. Nowlan of having de-
serted his wife ; and I send him to prison for three
months.
Here a muttering was heard from a female voice in
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, joy 11. the crowd outside the bar.
The assizes for this county commenced here this morning, lagThe-1I
IORD MAYOR—What noise is that ? Mrs. Now-
their Lordships having opened the commission yesterday even- Lord, that's Mrs. Mulhearn. My husband
in.. The calendar is light in point of numbers, there being swears that nothing but the sea shall ever separate him-
but forty-eight cases for trial, implicating fifty-nine prisoners': self and herself, and that she would rob an altar—(Christ
There are two cases of manslaughter, four se ripe
twelve es bless us !)—to supply him with money.—(A laugh.)
robbery with violence, three of cutting and wounding, and The LORD MAYOR—Do you swear that you consider
eight of burglary. On the Civil Site there are twenty-one yourself in danger from the threats of this woman ?
causes entered fur trial in the list for the North and East Rid- Mrs. Nowlan—l do, my Lord. When I called, at the
ings, and sizty-eight causes. in that for the West Riding, desire of the parish officers, to look after my husband,
making a total of eighty-bnine. causes, several of which are
likely to occupy a considera le Dine. she took me up in her arms and knocked me down, and
swore she would tear me into ribands.
CIVIL SIDE.—( Before 51r. Baron Roza's.) Mrs. Mulhearn —I don't want to have anything to say
atcnaansoe v. RICITARDSON.
plaintiff sought to recover
This was an action in which the to her or her husband, my Lord. Let them both go off
compensation in damages for the seduction of her niece, who together. If all her husbands—or,ll the men she knowsresisted with her, and assisted her in the management of her every bit as well—follow her, she have plenty of 'em
household. after her, I can tell you.—(Laughter.)
Mr. Dundas and Mr. Pashley appeared for the plaintiff; The LORD MAYOR—I must order you to find bail, as
Mr. Raines and Mr. Dearsley for the defendant, well as Mrs. Nowlan.
It appeared from the case on
_hehalf of the plaintiff that she Mrs. Nowlan and Mrs. Mulhearn were then locked up
is a widow, 60 years of age, residing at Poppleton. Her maiden in different compartments of the Mansion-house cage, so
name was Eshelby, and her sister, the mother of the young that his Lordship found a way to separate them which
person who was the unfortunate cause of the present action, was they little calculated upon.
married to a person of the name of Stead. Stead—many years - SOUTHWARK.
ago—deserted his family, and has not since been heard of.
Mrs. Stead died shortly after, and the children were distributed John Houghton, a cab-driver, was placed at the liar,
among the surviving relatives, Hannah Stead and her brother before Mr. COTTINGHAM, charged with assaulting and
coming to live with the plaintiff, who had no children of her robbing Richard Weston of two sovereigns and a half,
own. The defendant,
Thomas Richardson, is the nephew of on Waterloo-bridge.
the late husband of the plaintiff, and resides with his mother in The complainant stated that he is a compositor, in
the same neighbourhood. He was in the habit of visiting at the employment of Messrs. Hansard, the Parliamentary
the plaintiff's house, and was understood to be paying his printers, and that as he was returning home that morn-
, addresses to Hannah Stead. In the latter part of the year ing about two o'clock, in passing. over Waterloo-bridge,
1833 he succeeded in obtaining poasession ef her person, and from the Strand, when he arrived about the centre, he
the result was the birth of a child in June, 1844. The re- was insulted by the prisoner, who was walking in the
latives of the parties sought to induce him to remedy—so
he had done the girl, contrary direction. The prisoner used some insulting
far as was in his power—the injury
by marrying her, but he refused ; and, as he declined to language ; and, durine the altereation, the other men
do anything for the maintenance of the child, an affiliation came up, who seemed to he his associates, and they
order was applied for, and the defendant directed to pay knocked him (the complainant) down. He called out,
2s. 6d. per week. The reason alleged by the defendant for and two of the men ran away ,• but he seized the pris
declining to marry the mother was, as he alleged, that she had sprier, awl hdd him until a p:-.liceinati came up, and
been guilty of improper conduct with other individuals. The then gave him into custody, on finding be was robbed of
present action was brought to recover compensation by the i two sovereigns and a half, which were taken out of the
plaintiff for the loss of the young woman's services. Hannah pocket of his waistcoat.
Stead is now about 24 years of age. The defendant is about
The prisoner said that the facts were, he left his cab pg.three years younger.