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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAI EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1845.

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every fast w ere to he taken as proved, because a wit-
ness had sworn to it, the most innocent might be
cenvicte 1 of off,riees ; and their experience taught
them that the moat painful charges were often made
against innocent parties without the slightest foundation, and
their only protection was to be found in the discrimination of
the jury, who took care to examine into all the motives of the
parties, and weighing the evidence carefully and considerately,
return their verdict accordingly. Should the jury find a verdict
of guilty on so awful a charge as this, on a case of mere suspi-
cion, and without any positive evidence on which they could
rely ? This was the question they had to answer, and he had
very little fear for the result. The Learned Counsel
then proceeded at some length to animadvert on the
evidence of the witnesses, which he contended was wholly
unworthy of credit, and on which he maintained it was
wholy impossible they could find a verdict of guilty.
He would ask the jury, as men of commmon sense,
whether it was probable that the defendant could have been
guilty of the crime laid to his charge ? He begged the jury to
consider most attentively the letters of the defendant's daughter;
they were most important. Was it, he would ask the jury,
possible that a young lady could write such letters, knowing,
as she must have done, that she had been all the while carrying
on an incestuous intercourse with her own father? The
Learned Counsel concluded a powerful and impressive address
by calling on the jury to return a verdict for the defendant.
The CHIEF JUSTICE then proceeded to sum up the case.
After descriLing the nature of the case, he said that any re-
compense that could be giv, n to a husband who had been de-
prived of the affections of his wife must of necessity be very poor
reparation for the injury sustained. It was, however, the only
reparation acknowledged by the law, and juries, in estimating
damages in such cases, must always be guided by the peculiar
circumstances of each case. This was not the ordinary case of
the offence being committed by a stranger. It was a
father charged with the offence upon his own child,
and this certainly rendered the crime one of a
tar more hateful nature. Although human nature re-
belled against such an act, that ought not to excite a
prejudice against the party accused, but on the contrary, ought
rather to excite a doubt of the possibility of its having been
committed. The Learned Judge then proceeded to comment
upon the evidence, and be remarked that on the part of the
plaintif it was alleged that the charge had been distinctly
made :Art by the evidence, while, on the ether hand, there could
be no doubt that the defendant alleged the whole to be a conspiracy
for the purpose of forwarding the views of the plaintiff. The jury
would judge between the parties. It was for them to decide
the question. His Lordship then, after referring to the state-
ments made by the servants, said it was certainly most extra-
ordinary that they should have continued to remain in the
house when they represented themselves to be satisfied a most
abominable intercourse was being carried on between a father
and his daughter. This remark especially applied to the witness
who said that she was aware that the intercourse was going on
before the marriage took place, and that she assisted in carrying
out the clandestine marriage.
The jury then retired for about forty minutes, when they
returned their verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 3,000/.
The following are copies of the letters alluded to by the
Learned Counsel. The first is a letter from the defendant to his
daughter :

NORTrIERN CIIWUIT.—Live pool, Arco 15.
Ciit) ;OUR, f,.r vir Do' r;,

1 Lointis Whittle was indicted for a h ghway robbery
at Ince, in Alackerfield, on the 18th of April last.
Mr. Cross conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner
was defended by Mr. Wilkins.
The prosecutor was a person of the name of Oakes,
who is parish clerk at the church of Hindley, and who
stated on the day in question he had b. en at Wigan
market, and on starting to go home he missed his way
at a place called the Scholes. He met the prisoner, and
asked him his way. The prisoner directed him to it,
and accompanied him to a public-house kept by a per-
:4°n of the name of Greeawood, where they had some
ale, and the prosecutor produced a soverel4n. They left
the Lous4 together, and, as the prosec .t,,r alleged, after
they had got a few yards from the door, the prisoner
knoeked him down, robbed him, and ran away. The
prosecutor did not immediately go back to Greenwood's,
but went on his way home. The next morning he came
again to Wigan, gave information to the police, and as-
eer[a:mrd at Greenwood's who the person was who had
been his co,unany the night before. On cros,--exami-
nati,m he nd nitted he had had a good d-al to d; iii!t, but
coo.iderable difficulty wts experienced in fixing the
ptwise stage amo••g the many degrees of intoxication at
which he had arrived. He at last admitted that he was
" market murry." - - -

Mr. WILKINs addressed the jury for the defence,
con rending that the whole history of the cass3 was, that
the prosecutor, though he as parish clerk was naturally
unwilling to admit it, had got drunk, ai,d had probably
been robbed by s.inie one ; and on ascertaining who had
been with him the night before at the public-house had
fixe,l on that party, not really having any very distinct
recollection of when or where he had been lightened of
his property.
Verdict, Not Guilty.

flialt2r. was charged with killing and zlnyirg
John Tatee, at Walton-on-the-Hill, ou the sth of the
pre: ent month.
Mr. Hulton prosecuted, and Mr. Wilkins appeared for
the prisoner.
It appeared from the evidence of a woman named
laty Itugerson, that on the night of the sth of August
she and the deceased left Walton for Liverpool, about 9
o'clock. They were on their way home ab ut 11 o'clock,
and as they pas:,ed along Mere-lane they met a hackney •
coach, when the deceased called out to the coachman,
and some angry words pissed. The coachman then got
down from the coach and beat the deceased, who at
length called out that he had been struck by something
harder thin his fists. She then wnt to the man, got
hold of him by the ear, and requested he would desist,
on which he left the de.ceased, got on his eoaeh, and
drove off. Toe witnus: said she believ, d the prisoner to
be the man who had 13,etten the deceased, but on being
asked to point out the prison, was a long time before
she fixed on the right party. After the coach drove off
the witness went far assistance and the deceased was
found lying in the lane quite dead.
Mr. N. S. Glazehrook, surgeon, deposed to making a
post moilem examination of the body of the dec,ased ;
that he found a tracture of the skull above the left eye,
and the deceased h died from effusic.n of blood on the
brain.

"20th October, 1142!

" My dearest Mary—Oh, how terrific is that storm which
has arisen against your unhappy father. Where will these
things end ? My health is marvellously good, but my
peace of mind is like the steam from the vessel—gone for ever.
Pray write one line to say you are well. Alas I you cannot
say you are happy. We fall together Give it to our friend
Hutchings, who will send it to Nesbitt, who will soon know
where to address THE WRETCH."

The second is from the plaintiff to his wife :
" Clifford-street, Sunday Night, Nov. 27.
" I fear you have wrongly estimated the motives that have
induced me to seek an interview with you. So honest has
been my intention, so true the conviction on my mind that I
was doing right, I now doubt my own senses, and think I am
incapable of judging for myself.] I will now recal all that has
happened since this unfortunate night five weeks, and without
mentioning every day, I will allude to one or two on which
events have happened that have weighed greatly on my mind.
That I was unkind, nay cruel, in leaving you, is most true. 1
acted unjustly up to the day I sent Mrs. Parsons to you. The
message she brought to you was sent with the most sincere hepe
of the first step to a reconciliation. Your acknowledgment
was dictated in cold politeness, together with a promise that you
would writs to me on the morrow. Alas, the morrow ! but
no reply. 'Twits looked for, bait in vain; the reason was, I
take it, your fdther would not let you write. From that day
I have not heard from you. You leave London, return to
town, go to By field, and again return to London, but not a
syllable is breathed to me. Think you, then, all this time that
you are forgotten, that in seven weeks I have ceased to love,
and buried in oblivion the sole object and adoration of my
thoughts for months past? You little know me. What hap-
pens in the meantime? On Saturday, before I called on you
in Welbeck-street, and afterwards at Mivart's, the agent of
Mr. John Attwood calls, relates net only what has passed
between us, but is absolutely in posses-ion of every movement
of yours; nay, more, the contents of your very letters, from
the Monday on which you promised to write to me up to the
time of his calling, and quietly winds up his story by making
the disgusting proposition of Mr. Attwood (through the influ-
ence of Mr. Wetherell), lending himself to obtain a divorce,
and an Act of Parliament, to enable me to marry again, pro-
vided I would commit adultery I The man will prove my
answer. God knows my suffering; and, as if the draught was
not yet bitter enough, an intimation was thrown out, in an
indirect manner, that you were privy to the proposition. 1
know no more. I waited anxiously for your coming to town,
and on Monday night I called twice in Welbuck-street,
to communicate this heart-breaking intelligence, and had
it been your wish, rather than you should be miserable
for having married me, I would have sacrificed my character
as a man, and my honour as a gentleman, mid allowed
myself to be adjudged a convicted villain by the highest court
of adjudication in the world. Friday you were not at Wel-
beek-street ; on the Tuesday I called at Mivari's : you know
the result. On the Wednesday (informed I am) you are mak-
ing arrangements to go abroad with your father, and that he
has extracted a solemn oath from you that you will never live
with me. Is this so? Well, the consequence has been I have
been up night and day seeking for you. What greater proof of
affection can be shown than I -acrifice everything? I risk all
rather than lose you. Ant Ito be blamed for using every pos-
sible means of recovering the dearest object of my life? Re-
flect for one little moment, and see whether the means that
have been used to prevent my seeing you have not justly added
to my suspicions. If the severest feelings could recom-
pense you for past impetuosities, if the sufferings of
my bleeding heart could be imagined, some slight
reciprocity would, I think, be evinced to console my
distracted mind. I have to-day for the first time been told
of many improvident things that have happened through
the inadvertency of thoughtless distraction. I have been too
careless. I have no one to make an excuse, no friend to ex-
tenuate my conduct. There is only one thing I shall reproach
you for, and that was your coldness, and which you have con-
tinued to carry out to a heart-breaking extreme. It would be
fully for me to advise others, when seemingly Ido not act ju-
diciously myself. The time may come when your father may
not so contemptuously disregard my advice. The settlement
will be got ready as soon as possible. The only thing we shall
have to wait for now will be your trustee. Pray send word
who this is to be. The lady with whom I had some conversa-
tion this afternoon promised to semi this to you ; or, I should
rather say, give it to you, fur I am sure you were in the
house. I have been so deceived of late I almost doubted to
trust her ; but many things she said led sae to believe
she was a kind. good woman. She, like you, seemed
most suspicious of my character. I trust you will re-
main with her, for it gives me the greatest pain to mention
that I have heard you have been obliged to put up with the
worst of lodgings during the last week. Rest assured on my
word you shall not be intruded en in any way. I would fain say
the same to your fathet. I trust you will write to me. I send
you your brooch, which 1 forgot to-t'ay. I trust to God you
will yet be happy, and have the greatest reason to: believe the
sincere and heartfelt expressions of affection of your most sin.
core, devoted, and affectionate husband. I have received a note
from you to-day. Do no: pi, sist in saying you do not wi-h to
communicate before the settlement. A few kind expressions
from you may give slumbers to a ale, pleas
The following is the answer.—

It was proved that the prisoner had on the night in
question driven a Nfr. Allanson to his ho:.se, in Walton-
lane., that he reached his stables about half past eleven
o'clock, and stated that he had been insulted by a person
on the road, whom he had struck with his whip.
The jury, after being out of Court two hours, pro-
nounced the prisoner Guilty, but recommended him to
mercy on the ground of the provocation he had received.
The Learned JUDGE sentenced the prisoner to be im-
wiioncdann kept to hard :ab-we for the ,p we of our ea-
months. _

James Fletcher, NO- o had been nut en bail, was charged
with havin,.: maliciously cut and injured a warp belong-
ing to lr s employ, n, Messrs. John Walker and Co., ,f
Leigh. with intent to (I,stroy it.
Air. Monk conducted the prosecution; the prisoner was
delei:deO by Mr. Joseph Pollock.
It appeared from the evidence that the rrisoner was
in the habit of weaving for Messrs. Walker. but about
the 16th of January last had a dispute m i• h his employ-
ers re,pecting wages ; that on that day he had a warp
shute to weave for the prosecutors, and had cut the
warp with a pair of scissors.
A person narird Haughton swore to s, eing the pri-
soner do this, and a. nuinlY,r other wit: ;es-es cc,
called to dep,,w t to r facts, and to ti.e prisoner having
returned the warp with part of it cut.
Mr. PoLtocK took an objection to the indictment, on
ilia ground that it was not supported by the evidence,
as, unless the warp was entirely rendered useless, any
injury dune to it was not within the meaning of the
statute. .

His LORDSHIP, however, ruled that it was a question
for the consideration of the jury as to whether the injury
done to the warp was dune with the intention of destroy-
ahg it.
Mr. PonLocK addressed the jury on behalf of the pri
soner, and called witnesses, who contradicted, in the
most direct manner, the evidence for the prosecution, one
of whom stated that the injury done to the warp had
been dole oy accident.
The jary eventually acquit,ed the prisoner.
August 16.
Geo,ge Gaskell was inoicied for hevine, at Little
Lever, stabb,d, cut, and wounded John Ne.ls.na, with
intent to do him some grievous bodily harm.
Nr. POLLOCK conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Wilkins
clef Wed the prisoner.
It appeared that the prisoner and the prosecutor were
miners, and soele quarrel having taken place between
them—on what ground did not exactly- appear—they
finally came to blows. The prosecutor, who evidently
seemed anxious to screen the prisoner, stated that he (the
prosecutor) kicked at him several times; that the prisoner
took out his knife to defend himself ; that be (the pro-
secntor) rushed on him, and that the knife wounded
him (the prosecutor) in the groin, but he believed acci-
dentally. Another witness said that, on the quarrel
eominencing, the prosecutor rushed past him up to where
the prisoner was standing, but he could not tell whether
or not any blows were then struck. He saw the pri
saner take out his knife and hold it up before him,
as a dlgger. The prosecutor said, using scene coarse
expres-ion, "Do you mean to use that at me ?" The
?ras.hna- replied, " If you wish to punch out my
guts I will." The prosecutor then dal:ced back-
wards and forwards before the prisoner, some-
times on one side and sometimes on the other,
ee&avouring to get an opportunity to kick him,
and finally purred (kicked) him on the right side. Wit-
ness called out, " Oh, boys, do drop it." The pros< en-
,cutor, as the witness said, looked so " rash," he would
glisten to no rraison, and ran in at the prisoner again.
The prisoner stood his ground, and the iTo-ecittor mode
another punch at 1r rn, " quite ravenous," with both hands
and feet. Whee that scan., was over, witia,ss ;Len saw
that pros-cuter had a cut io his tnais:n 3. The prisoner,
on hei.ig told that prosecutor was a minded, cried very
nw:- , said to witness, " Oh dear me, big me off.
I'll pay all c ;st,,, and whatever it is, if life is spared."
;Shortly after this occurred the prisoner went to the
lions- of a person who lived near, and said he had struck
`Nes• n. lie then sent a let to throw his kinte down tin

Feoku the statement of the turger.n it appeared that
the :mite had wounded :he pr, securor in the groin, pe-
netra,-ng the cavity of the abdomen. The wind was
in, a dangerous place, but tt,e r,sult proved not to be
,serlou7,.

" 28th November, 1842.
" My dearest Husband—Would that you had ever acted as
your two last letters promise; but it is too late for letters or
words; actions, complttely altered actions, alone will convince
your much afflicted wife. The letter 1 promised to send to you
was Mr. Corfield's suggestion, and I could nt,t send it because
he did net come to me. Had his conduct nut been so deceitful
I should not now tell yen that the cold letters you complain
of were dictated by him. When I found you were going
into Chancery I could not write. My father did not prevent
my replying, only your own conduct. Had my letters been
answered in affection such as is due. to a wife, you should have
had plenty. Who Mr. John Attwood's agent is 1 know not,
and very much doubt if Icy father does. At any rate I shall
communicate with my father on this shocking subject. Be as-
sured it is the most earnest wish of my poor father and myself
th.lt you should so alter your conduct that I could in safety
allow you to r.iurn to me. Oh, John, did you know who are
sour friends, I might have some hope that my life is nut to be
spent in widowhood. 1 know it is possible that you may change,
but my hopes have been so often blighted. Be assured that if
you after I shall not go abroad. It is quite false that I have
taken steps towards it. Nor do I intend to refrain from see-
ing you when I see yen altered. You have it in your power,
my dear husband, to make matters peaceable. Do so, pray
do. This will be a certain proof of your sincerity
and real regard for me. You promise not to ask to
see me against my will. When I wish it you shall know
by letter or my coming to you. All little inadverteucies
shall be forgotten. I know my own conduct is not blameless
in these trifles. You have heard falsely that I have had nn-
comfortable lodgings this last week. My mind has been the
greatest sufferer. Do not mistake my motive in writing to you;
it is to assure you that it is not too late to regain my confidence,
but that I am determined to have my judgment convinced that
you are really intending to alter, both towards me and my
father, and that you have now begun. Then happy days may
await us all, instead of this heart-breaking work. The hor-
rible tale 'nu state is a perfect mystery to me, and I must wait
to hear from my father. but do not be distracted by it. Let
me hear from von as soon as possible that you are satisfied with
what i say, and that you do not doubt the affection of your poor
wife. I mean to relieve, though not to release from blame,
your aching heart, Any letters sent to Avenue-road will reach
me. I wish my dear husband would pray God night and
morning to direct him. To God I ever commit yon, and that
he may bless and change your heart is almost the unceasing
prayer of your devotedly attached wife,

Mr. WILICIN3 addressed the jury fur the defence, con-
ti•nd,7o,,r that the w,und had been inflicted. as the prose.
cutor himself said, accid,ntally, the knife having be,-n
drAwn by the prisoner merely for the purpose of daerring
th,• prostentor from the further continuing the brutal
violence which he, a much more powerful man than the
pris.mer, was thing towards him
Verdict —X,t Guilty

Ross oi‘Crieker aged 13 ; Valentine Dunn, a,,e-1 10 ;
~Ltd iietay iny,o,.qt, aged 10, were indictvl for hone-
st,.
241 r. Jame; cc.ndtrted the case for the prosecution ;
th p7i,oner M'CraAter was defended by Mr. Atkinson,
and Ingram and Dunn by Mr. J. Pollock.
The three lads presented a singu'ar appearance when
placed at the bar as horse stealers ; Ingrain and Dunn
eep,cially looked quite as young as their years, and their
beads hardly reached above the edge of the dock.
It appeared that the prisoners were resident in Sal-
ford. One John Preston, who also resicks there, had, in
the early part of June last, received a black gelding
from a person of the name of Woodcock, in exchange
for a bay horse. This gelding, about the 14th of June,
was sent to graze in a field in the neighbourhood, where
it remained until the 17th. 'On the evening of that di),
it was missed, and it appeared that in the course of that
day the prisoners were in possession of it, and took it to
the yard of a knacker called Padmore, where they offered
it for 15i. 6d This was refused, and they subsequently
sofa it to a person living close by for 12s. It was killed
in th:. yard. Inquiry being made for the missing horse,
it proved that it had been so sold by the prisoners, and
ti .sroe; were itlenritied Irtring been pat on a few
da4.4 be ore the exchange took place with Pro ton. They
were of a very peculiar shape, to meet some detect in
the foot. and hail the maker's name stamped upon them.
The ;:orse was worth 3/.
Mr. ATKINSON and Mr. POLLOCK respectively for the
several prisoners, said they were unable to resist the case
set up for the prosecution. The prisoners had, how-
ever, up to that time, borne a good character, and no
doAt were, in this transaction, the tools of persons older
than themselves.
A number of witnesses were called to character.
Verdict--Guilty; to be imprisoned for three calendar
months.

ECOOKE.
The two following are also letterswrittieYnbi; the defendant's
daughter
ci:---Let
. me entreat you not to suppose
,:fri y dteoa
r herest husbandnus
ba
n
that kind expressions alone towards a deserted wive are in
way sufficient to assure her that her husband, however dear,any
truly sorry, in the sight of God and man, for such an. act is
ef
cruelty. No, the actions of every day must jitove a change of
sentiment. You ask me if your havinKheerd such shocking
.11 0M 1 CI RC UI T —Cr oydon. A wrist 16. re ports does not warrant your corithiff-in trying to see me
against my will ? I niust.tellittA iriy• opinion. It is, that you
(}9fore Lord Chief Justice TINDAL and a Common Jury.)
COOKE V. WETHERELL, CLERK. ought to3laave rejecteillAhesti. as false, and have paid no violent
The proceedings in this 'eery extraordinary case were., Je4ll 1?.6.°!141#,1th,1913* 1-10wever strongly others may act, it is no
burned this day. Tue Court, as on the: previous day, was wart ant, fol:liur bad conduct. They are originated by partiee
crowds d to excess. .
... unknown to us, or at any sate not originated by the well-wl-heis,
!Jr. sergeant CBANNELL proceeded to address the jury on of any of w. You could have quietly a.ked my leiatcdtilef
behalf of the defendant. tie said that the jury listened to the me, or written to ask me if they were true. Your:leaving-me
evidence whieh had been brought forward by the plettntiff, and has laid you open to the shot king repoats ; you must expect
be felt quite assured that they could not cre.tit the testi.. to stiffer ; 1 have been a very great Offerer indeed. Your curt-
my of his witnesses, and therefore would return a verdict for duct to me is nor what weiglisonlyre4th'ine; that towards my
.the defendant But while he (Mr. Sergeant Channell) ea- father is, in all.relailyi• CIA. Ily to me. Do not say I recrimi.
ipresseti himself in these terms, he must tell the j try that it was nate ; lam only trying, in the affection of my heart, of a recent
Impassible for a person placed in his situation not to feel anxiety bride, to show you what it is I require to convinre my judgment
iibo„t the result. He fully shar3d in the painful teelings which that I may allow you to see me. You may rest assured the
bad been expressed on the subject by his Learned Friend on moment I am convinced you shall know it. But I will not
the ether side of the question. His Learned Friend htql truly de- scruple to tell you, that having time to sit down and reflect on
scribed his vise as a criminal prosecution. It was true that the your conduct, I feel hurt to the greatest possible degree.
defend not betnre them to answer for his life, but if the After having. been treated as the worst of characters by you,
life would be of no you now persist,
jurysseWitipd a verdict against him,
histhat would •
octia
nbneotto before
consentth e ;
although you know it is my wish not to see
settlementit doitisws.i ed in pres.singl an interYi.iw.
vs,ltte Vbito, . All.Of-„htilnan happiness, everything
settlementcome when
heyosuignweidll baened
IxditiWife Worth enjoying kpuld be destroyed • life, indeed, in
The day will ibe like saying am the guilty
reireumatanee*, would be a curse. And in' addition to the i party.
. No, John ; let the,
te'rlation ,entailed on nim.elf, there would be the miserable
- 'wti that h• had ',V i Ater the being
..
.. sun,, is ( au, , Ithaemrerleigahset..
to whom ! Luring the period from now till then act like a penitent
. , wiven life • into- a state of hopeless degradation and man, and de not ask me to see you. I know
q ' - ` 1 jury wouldcome to a
in . _,,,, . e did not belie/ that the
me entreat you to avoid all
Conti 'lion in v-°lving-sa he
e• dful a result, and, therefore, I
bad exoressions, and show that you really le ' eve me by etoing
.!!'l% i• i an-erequit of his (Mr. Sergeant Channel's)
,what request, though very painful to you. H. re will
fully re,Ovr 41,," -- 6,1- ' i at once, be a proof that your expressions of real esteem and re.
client. Ile IWO `*- some of the witnesses had sworn .
if gaud for me are true. It is in this way you must re-as
. . , ftv certa.l' occurrences
.having taken place, but I g suremi
positively i

judgment. I hope by this that you will be convinced I have,
at any rate, once esteemed you. The kindness of Mrs. Kett I
feel most deeply, and am not a little ple,seci to find you can be
gratified with honesty, although it hurts your pride. It will
give me great pleasure to find you putting into force any kind
intentions towards your much-injured father-in-law. Let me
intreat you, dear John, not to attempt this change of conduct
without prayer and the reading of your Bible ; if you take it
up, God will bless it to you. That He may give you His
Holy Spirit to soften and cheek your turbulent spirit is still the
affectionate prayer and wish of your sincerely attached but
afflicted wife, " M. E. MYNDE COOKE.
" 30th November, 1842."
" My Dearest Husband has I fear misunderstood his wife's
meaning in saying that kind expressions alone would not
convince her that her husband was truly sorry. As far as kind
expressions go I shall be the first to appreciate them, and wish
most earnestly I had never had reason to ask for actions to ac-
company them ; no one in the world can have the same feelings
for you that I have. When you act against my judgment I long
to step in and prevent you. My greatest wish is to he proud
of you as my dear and affectionate husband, and that you should
be proud of me. This I have once been ; but alas! I cer-
tainly find it difficult to believe your altered expressions since
last we saw each other are really now what may be depended
upon. Still they are what, when I first took the name of wife,
you acted upon to the utmost; and if I can be convinced
of your sincerity, I shall be most happy again to be the
beloved of my husband, and will, to convince you that
I have really loved and felt for you as an affectionate wife,
who is realty grieved and ashamed when her husband does
wrong ; but if at this moment you think it would show
deeper feelings for me to praise and pity you, and run into your
arms, I must assure you this is blindin.ss and weakness; not affec-
tion, such as will bear to be tried. Such conduct may flatter
for the moment, but it is not what will last ; affection founded
upon judgment will last as long as life. You have, in our
happy days, said you had married a woman of sense, and that
you were proud of her. Then, dear John, do not blame her
for acting up to her opinion. You never doubted my love till
your conduct towards me altered. But I shall not say any-
thing more about what has passed, unless these hostilities are
renewed. The letter or letters stated to have been written
by me to some one abroad, or Mrs. Gilbert, or somebody, I
beg to ',say have never existed. All I can say is, give me but
the opportunity by your altered sentiments and actions to give
vent to my affections. Pull the string judiciously and you will
find it the strongest you ever tried yet. It is not the
strongest looking rope that will bear the greatest strain ;
it is quality, not size. There is a peculiar something in
those terms, husband and wife, which none can feel but
those who bear them. There is a sacredness about them.
Turn which way you will they still ought to bind, if they do
not. You will say I condemn myself in this. Well, then, rest
assured all may yet be well, if all that ispossible be done to con-
vince me that 1 may safely trust and confide in you as my dear
and really fond and affectionate husband. One method I
would propose would be a correspondence ; but do not feel hurt
if lam honest with you. My heart is fast sinking under all
these heavy trials, and I may find it necessary to seek country
air. I shall still be obliged to send my letters to Mrs. Kett.
Should some delay occur, do not put it to the score of inatten-
tion. lam very glad you are convinced my dear father had
nothing to do with the divorce matter. I hope that in time
you will be convinced you have wrongly judged him in other
matters. May God bless you, my dear husband, and enable you
soon to believe me to be your devotedly attached wife,
"December 5, 1842." " M. E. MYNDE COOKE.
The next is a letter written by the defendant to the plaintiff
after the Chancery suit had concluded :
"By field Rectory, January 9, 1843.
" Sir—As you have intimated to my daughter your wish to
come to 13)field, and she has expressed to me her determina-
tion not to meet you for any purpose whatever, you place me
in the painful position of being obliged to forbid you my house,
whether my daughter be in it or net, and 1 hereby accordingly
forbid you ray house—Your obedient servant,
" CHARLES WETHERELL."
The three following letters were also sent by the plaintiff's
wife to her husband:—

that this was not the first or second transaction in which
the prisoner had been eegage.),
prc'ter 1:1
150/. fur the restoration of a writing-desk, containing
railway shares of considerable value, and which was
stolen from the Great Western in May last. The Com-
pany were determined to punish the parties concerned
in these robberies if possible. The prisoner had been
convicted and sentenced to transportation in 1816, which
term he served on board the hulks. He should also have
to charge the prisoner with bigamy. Only tea days
before he was apprehended on the present occasion be
had married Miss Maxted, a young lady of respectable
connexions, he having a wife now living whom he
married in 1822. He held in his hand a letter which
the prisoner had addressed to the young lady, whom he
was afraid he should be obliged to call. It was dated
the 12th of July. Amongst the papers found at his
lodgings were a sort of rough draft of forms to be used
in negotiating with parties, anticipations of suggestions
that might be made on the other side, and the answers
to be given; the mode in which the negotiations might
be carried out, and the form in which certain matters
might be broached.
Mr. Humphreys objected to this course of general
statemen t. _ _

Mr. Clarkson said some of the phrases had been actu-
ally wed in the letters and conversations upon the pre-
sent occasion. The letter from Sandhurst, dated July
24, already put in, began, "A stranger called at my
office last week, and represented that he had found a
travelling-desk, your property. He emphatically asserts
that he did not obtain possession of it dishonestly, for in
fact he never received it at all." The next paper was
questions to be put at the next interview.
"1. Whom have I the pleasure of addressing ?-2. If
two parties come, say, Who is the principal ?'-3. If
conversation is going on, put a stop to it by saying, I
can only confine myself to the terms of the advertise-
ment. Does nut your advertisement rest confessed ?
Show that you lean on it, for in truth you are a party to
the compromise.'—lf they ask, "flow do you mix your-
self up in such a matter ?' say, You would never have
obtained possession of the box without my agency, and
is it not better, to receive it through the hands of a re-
spectable agent in preference to the stained and dirty
channel of a practised— ?' "
The next paper was as follows :
" It appears, from your searching scrutiny, that I
must give up a matter not enviable to hands more capa-
ble of conducting it than in) self. You must give up the
letters, and with them a redemption from any proceed-
ings against the party or his agent. The conditions an-
nexed to your advertisement, offering —l. upon satisfac-
tory explanation of the circumstances, would deter any
man, even if his character were as pure as the driven
snow, from giving them up."
Mr. Alderman HUGHES, looking at the paper of ques-
tions and answers, said it was certainly a curious
catechism.

Joseph Collard, the superintendent of the Great Wes-
tern Railway police, was then examined. After he had
apprehended the prisoner he searched him and found
some papers, which he produced. He also went to the
prisoner's lodging in Charringtom-street, Somers-town,
and found some other papers.
Mr. Nash, clerk to Messrs. Swain and Co., solicitors,
Frederick's-place, accompanied the officer in making
the search, and upon putting together the pieces of torn
papor he picked out of the grate, he obtained these
documents.

Mr. Gregory, of Dorset-street, Liverpool-road, was
examined as to the contents of the papers in short hand.
He himself used the same characters and the same mode
of connecting them, but the hand-writing was bad. In
his translation he left blanks where the characters were
doubtful, suggesting the probable word from the con-
text. (Mr. Humphreys objected to the admission of any
conjectural words) His examination occupied a con-
siderable time, as he had to distinguish what words were
in long hand, what in short-hand, and what uncertain.
Mr. Fraser, of Cannon-row, a short-hand writer, of 40
years' experieneo, said he hatl carefully examined the
papers, and Iv.: confirmed Mr. Gregory's translation.
Mr. Humphreys cross-examined the witnesses, to as-
c( vain with what degree of certainty they could rely
on their translation. He said he could not oppose the
application that the prisoner should be remanded over
the present session at the Old Bailey, as there were some
other charges to be preferred.
Alderman Hughes Hughes said he could not
think of admitting the prisoner to bail after the state-
nts he had heard, and with the concurrence of both
sides, he remanded the prisoner till the 29th inst.

" My dear husband—Your expressions of sorrow and affec-
tion do indeed make no small impression on your poor wife, and
shall have due weight with her. I cannot help saying that you
mistrust my affection for you, or why say again that any one has
the power to influence me:in:nay conduct? 1 surely gave you
proof en‘,ugh to the contrary of this when I ran away with you;
and since last Sunday week I have written, and assured you I
acted on my own judgment. When I mention the country 1 bird
myself to no pal titular spot. I have invitations from friends. But
aliaw me to say that when I went to By field it was after being
told by you that the apartments were no longer at my ser-
vice. 1 was therefore at liberty to seek the protection of my
natural guardian. I was told by Mrs. Kett that your objec-
tion to my going to Byfleld is, that when last I went my letters
were altered. I will now tell you plainly what it was that
altered my tone towards you. It was that, contrary to your
solemn oath and promise to me that you would not, you put
matters into Chancery. Long before you deserted me I told
you if ever you went into Chancery I would never forgive you.
I repeated it to Mr. Parsons on the Saturday ; and on the
Monday you broke the solemn oath and promise you made to
the wife you now implore not to leave town, when her health
rectaires it, betause she may be further estranged from you.
What can I do or say? I would yield ; but then, although
you promise to give up all for me, your actions do not prove it.
Look at the name of Wady still retained as trustee, not-
withstanding my wish it should be erased, and a disinterested
party named. You have heard I intended nominating Cor-
field. But I beg to say it is quite untrue. I ask you not to
put it to the score of inattention if, because I go into the
country, my letters are delayed. You deny me this.
That you are deeply distressed for your treatment to
sae I feel thoroughly persuaded of ; your feelings are always in
extremes, and I do sincerely pity and grieve over you, and
will, as soon as I see I may with safety, try again to be your
companion and friend jin that peculiar link of a wife to a hus-
band. The sentiments expressed in my letters do not say I
dislike you so much that I will never see you again. Were we
to meet now we could not avoid discussion. We should not
agree. Well, then, is it not better that when we meet there
should be no ground of dispute? Surely you must see I wish
when we meet that nothing should prevent our being happy in
the enjoyment of each other's society. In the meantime let
us try and prepare to suit each other better than before. You
say Ido not forgive you. Wait a little, and you will see that
pride does not actuate me. I have told you that it is your
broken word to me as your wife. It often takes a short time
to do wrong ; but, however we struggle or complain, we cannot
repair the evil so qUickly. I again repeat, convince my judg-
ment, and then I will see you. It is quite as painful for me to
be obliged to say so as it is for you to wait patiently and per-
form it. If you send me any money I will put it to no im-
proper use. It must strike you I want money for many other
purposes than that of going out of town. You ask me to
be honest with you. Well, then, let me tell you, that did you
mistrust your own power more, I should have more hope of yen.
You feel assured you could please me. But I shall not scruple
to tell you that a very great change must take place first.
We are never acting with so much propriety as when we
doubt ourselves. May God influence and direct you, and
keep you from running into these extremes, is the earnest
prayer of your affectionate wife,
"10th of December, 1842." " M. E. M. COOKE.
" My dear Husband—Your intended trip to Brighton will,
I hope, be the means of diverting your mind from the dis-
tracting scenes which have lately occurred. It would give
me great pleasure if I could feel secure in either remaining in
one spot, or letting you know where I am ; but ever since last
Sunday fortnight my nerves have been much shook; so much
so, as that I dare not let you know my residence. lam
so alarmed from day to day, and from moment to
moment, that I know not where to fly, and am
continually contriving fresh places of security. My
expenses have been very heavy. I have been
put to every possible inconvenience—my wardrobe scattered,
my mind distracted, and my health sinking. It will, I fear,
take ,ome time to allay any apprehensions. Through your
clerk I have received 50/. He says you have a sprained wrist.
1 hope it is not seriously hurt. I wish you to understand that
I did not know Mrs. Kett would suggest the propriety of send-
ing me some money. I knew nothing of it till after it was
metAioned to you. Now, that you are away from those persons
who have surrounded you for some time past, do try and calmly
consider if you cannot escape from their influence. Do you
not think that if you value your own future happiness you must
oo so? Your moral courage is strong enough. Do try. I
will promise you success if you do. Surely the one so involveci
in the divorce matter cannot be your real friend. If you are
really sorry for what has passed, and anxious to show such to bc
the case, why retain another who has at least encouraged you
to do that for which you are now so grieved? You do not
know what bitter feelings are excited in my mind to see in your
handwriting the greatest wish still to live in the heart of your
wife, and yet that acts do not accompany it. If your heart i.
so deeply wounded, do show it by actions. My greatest wish
is that you would so convince me that I could accede to your
ishes. May God enable you to convince your poor afflicted,
but still affectionate wife, " M. E. M. COOKE.

ATTEMPTED RUBBERY AND

MURDER.

On Saturday, a person who gave his name Edward
Long, and who represented himself as the son of a laun-
dress in liayswat€ r, was examined before the sitting
magistrates at Uxbridge, on a charge of attempted rob-
bery and murder.
Mrs. Harris, who appeared to be still suffering
severely from tha injuries the prisoner had inflicted on
her, deposed, that on Friday the Bth instant, between
eleven and twelve o'clock, she observed from an upper
window a man, who afterwards proved to be the
prisoner, in the back yard of the premises. He
soemed to be begging, but she did not take much notice
of him at the time. About ten minutes afterwards she went
into the front parlour, when she was thunderstruck at
seeing the same man standing in the room, into which he
must have got through one of the windows. That man
was the prisoner. She immediately demanded what he
did there, when the prisoner passed her, and directly
shut the room door, and told her that his object was
plunder or even murder. Witness being dreadfully
alarmed, begad screaming violently, upon which the pri-
soner instantly pulled out a large bludgeon and com-
menced beating her over the head, arms, and neck.
Witness's screams brought one of her women servants
into the room, and she had very little recollection of what
afterwards took place.
Maria Luckit deposed that she was servant to the last
witness. On the forenoon in question, hearing her mis-
tress's screams, she ran into the front parlour. On en-
tering, she saw the prisoner standing by the centre table,
with a large stick brandishing in his right hand over her
mistress, who was lying on the floor between two chairs.
Witness assisted Mrs. Harris upon her fret, who then
jumped out of the window into the fore•oourt, although
witness tried to prevent her. The screams of another
female servant, who had run into the garden, where Mr.
Harris and the man-servant were at work, brought them
and some of the neighbours to their assistance, when
Samuel Powell, a journeyman tailor, got into the window
and seized the prisoner, who, seeing others coming in,
said, " Don't hurt me, though lam a housebreaker. I
will surrender myself." .

Sergeant Richard
Roadnight, T 11, deposed that on
the day in question, in consequence of information he
received, he went to Mr. Harris's house, and received
the prisoner from Samuel Powell and others who had
secured him. The prisoner was without his shoes, and
as witness was taking him to the station-house at
Hillingdon-end, he pulied the silver fork and the orna-
ment now produced out of his pocket, which witness
took, and lie said, " There, that is enough fur you." The
prisoner also said he was not sorry he was taken. He
had wanted money, and finding the window open, he
took off his shoes and got in. The stiok produced (a
tremendous bludgeon) witness found in the parlour. It
further appeared, from the admission of the prisoner
himself, that he had gone out on the evening in question
with the stick, with the full determination to rob some
one or be transported for the attempt. The prisoner,
whose appearance is most ferocious, was committed to
Newgate for trial.

" Dec. 15, 1842."
My dear Husband—l am glad the settlement and release
have both been executed. I did, indeed, attach much import-
ance to this object, as it relieves me from the anguish of having
rendered my lather liable to a suit in Chancery. It appears to
me that my father having ast.ured you he would be liable fur my
just debts, it would be more in accordance with your promises to
me if you had given up the small freehold at Byfield.--Your
affectionate wife, " M. E. MYNDE COOKE.
" Jan. 3, 1843."

The next is a letter from the plaintiff to his wife :
"My dear Wife—l addressed a letter to you on the in-
stant, to request an interview, with the object of entering into
certain explanations that I felt were necessary previous to a
long-continued absence from each other, provided such expla-
nation rendered that separation necessary to our mutual com-
fort. I called in Eaton-place for the same purpose. In again
addressing you believe me I am actuated by only one motive—
the desire of forwarding the interests and happiness of yourself,
your father, and myself. With regard to the past lam perfectly
sensible of actions on my part which I would had never
occurred, and whatever might have been the result of our inter-
view .had.you granted it, you at least would have been satisfied
that time had 'worked no little change in my sentiments and
opinions, and had produced reflections which tended to con-
vince me of the many errors into which 1 have fallen. You,
too, would have been generous enough to believe how ill-
advised I have ever been, and in the midst of all would, I am
sure, rather pity than upbraid, and, on hearing the treachery
by which I am and have been surrounded, rather would you
sympathise than continue longer to censure or condemn. I
had wished, deeply wished, to have told you from my own lips
that which I cannot here, when perhaps all would have still been
well ; for I feel in our present position that no false pi ide with
the woman 1 love, and you know sincerely love, and that woman
my wife, ought to interfere to shadow with the clouds of misery
a long vista of years. Thus I hope I have expressed myself suffi-
ciently clear to convince you that my desire we should meet was
neither to perplex or to annoy, but calmly, after anxious hours
of reflection, upon a couch of sickness, of regret for the past,
and hope for the future, to convey to you personally the actual
feelings which now possess me. I can only add, that if this
open avowal and appeal to your feelings should prove as idle as
my last, and should be again treated by you with silence, that
I must, however irksome it be to reconcile, consider it your
wish never to see me again ; but God grant for both our sakes,
that your bosom will yield to nobler and better feelings, and
that you will do longer hesitate to see me and hear aught I
have to say. For your guidance I mention that after next
week niv stay in town will be uncertain. God bless you.
" Believe me, sincerely and affectionately, to be your fond
and devoted husband, . "JOHN MYNDE COOKE."

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.
Oa Saturdiy Charles Maynard, the estate-agent in
Howland-stre.-t, who stands charged with negotiating
to take a reward for restoration of some bdis of exchange,
to the amount of 2,000 L, and the other contents of a
writing case stolen from the Great Western Railway,
was brought before Mr. Alderman Hughes Hughes, fur
further examination.

Mr. Clarkson said he proposed to examine, on this
occasion, Collard, the officer of the railway, to speck
to the finding of certain papers, some of which were
partly written in short-hand. He should cali pro-
fessional short-hand writers to show the content.,,
Of these memoranda, from which it would be seen
that while they bore upon the present case, it
ought be inferred the prisoner had taken up
the business of negotiating the restoration of
stolen goods. Justice demanded that he should apply
fur a remand, inasmuch as there 'was reason to believe

NEW RAILWAYS.

BY PARLIAINI.L.:.T IN THE SESSION 10-.5.

(From the Railway Chronicle of Saturday.)

Length.
Miles.

Capital.
X

Aberdare
Aberdeen..
Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction—Ardwick
Bedford, London, and Birmingham...,
Berks and Hants
Birmingham and

Gloucester—Gloucester Extensions,

Stoke Branch, and Midland Junction
Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, and Colne
Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton
Blackburn and Preston
Bridgewater Navigation and Railway
Brighton and Chichester—Portsmouth Extension
Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings—Hastings,Rye, &c
.•• ••• Keymer
Bristol and Exeter Branches
Caledonian
Chester and Birkenhead Extension.
Chester and Holyhead
Clydesdale
Coekermouth and Workington
Dundee and Perth
Dunstabh', London, and Birmingham
Eastern Counties—Ely and Whittlesea Deviaticn
Cambridge and Huntingdon

AO,OOO
830,000

14 60.000
15m. 74e. 125,000
39 400,000

24-
144-
31
1,250 yds.
221
29m. 61c.
918
150 3 ds.
1371

274,222
530,000
300,000
52,468
12,000
320.000
500,000
140,000

Eastern Union
Eastern Union and Bury St. Edmunds, No. 2
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Edinburgh and Hawick
Edinburgh and Northern, No. 2
Ely and Huntingdon
Epping, No. 2
Erewash Valley
Exeter and Crccliton
Glasgow and Ayr—Cumnock Branch
Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct
Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge
Glasgow Junction
Gravesend and Rochester
Great Grimsby and Sheffield
Great North of England—Clarence and Hartlepool
Great North of England and Richmond
Guildford Junction
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal
Huddersfield and Sheffield
Hull and Selby—Bridlington Branch
Kendal and Windermere
Lancaster and Carlisle
Leeds and Bradford—Shipley to Colne
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester.
Leeds and Thirsk
Liverpool and Bury—Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool and
Bury Extension
Liverpool and Manchester
London and Brighton—Horsham
London and Croydon—Enlargement
London and Greenwich
London and South- Western—Metropolitan Exten., No. 1
••• ••• No. 2

500,000
2,100,000
300,000
500,000
330,000
80,000
200,000
50,000

8t
20t

330,000
150,000
50.000

400,000
100.000
400,000
650,000
194,000

200,000
190,000
70,000

204,000
150,000

Lowestoft Harbour and Railway
Lynn and Dereham
Lynn and Ely
Manchester and Birmingham—Ashton Branch
Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale
Manchester and Leeds—Burnley, Heywood, and Oldham
Branches—Burnley Branch
... Heywood Branch
... Oldham
Manchester and Leeds, No. 2
Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham
Middlesborough and Redcar
Midland—Nottingham and Lincoln
Midland—Syston to Peterborough .
Monmouth and Hereford
Newcastle and Berwick.
Newcastle and Darlington—Brandling Junction
Newcastle and North Shields—Tynemouth Extension
Newport and Pontypool
North British—Amendment
North Union and Ribble Navigation
North Wales Mineral
North Wales, Porthdynllaen and Bangor
North Woolwich
Norwich and Brandon De,. Diss and Dereham Branch
Oxford and Rugby .
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton
Preston and Wyre Branches
Richmond (Surrey)
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland
Sheffield and Rotherham
Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction
Southampton and Dorchester
South-Eastern Extension to Deal Canterbury, Margate,
and Ramsgate
South Eastern—Tunbridge to Tunbridge Wells
South-Eastern—Widening and Extension of London and

-zi
61
694
23 ch.

150.000
170,000
600,000
21,000
150,000

221
15i
31
101
4i

630.000
532,000
216.000
125,000

201
44

500,000
650,000
890,000

Greenwich
South Wales
Taw Vale
Trent Valley
Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole
Wear Valley
West London
Whitby and Pickering
Whitehaven and Furness
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
Yarmouth and Norwich
York and North Midland—Bridlington
••• ••• Harrogate
York and Scarborough Deviation
AMALGAMATIONS.
Bolton and Leigh—Kenyon and Leigh Junction.
North Union, Liverpool and Manchester and Grand Junc-
tion Companies .....
St. Helen's Canal and Railwlty__

Etlll.

3343.
71

912.000
805,000
100,000

800,000
855,000
120,000
270,000
300,000
93,000

111-
!26!;
371

Si
4

Belfast and Ballymena
Cork and Bandon
Dublin and Belfast Junction
Dublin and Drogheda,
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Great Southern and Western
Great Western—Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone
Londonderry and Coleraine
Londonderry and Enniskillen
Newry and Enniskillen
Utter Extension
Waterford and Kilkenny
Waterford and Limerick

360,000

350,000
400,000
36,000
408,000

33f
47k`
361.
90i

750.000
550,000
1,400,000

650 000
50,000

119,100
47,000
16,000

64e. -7y.
121
281
2_w

150,000

300.000
30,000

5o
103 i
sk

220,000
600,000
1,500,000
50,000
260,000

474
331
3 fur. 2c.
231;
62

850,000

300,000
45,000

T0ta1.....

410,000
500,000

182 4-5

491
27
111

40
129+
2 fur. 5 c.
192
1841

187,000

2,800,000

1,250,000

365,000
82,000
60,000

350,000
1,500,000

40,000
87,000

230.000
38,250

385,000

240,000
950,000
40,000

750,000
1,200,000
1,000,000

500,000
500,000
900,000
133,035
250,000
750,000

2,841 £44,322,235