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      MANSION HOUSE . Jack Ashobx . —Betsey Reddin and John Cox -were charged on Saturday , before the Lord Mayor , under Hie following circumstances : —On Friday afternoon the female prisoner took Cox , -who "was a mariner just returned from sea , to a drapers shop to purchase her a shawl . At first , however , she could not make up ler mind as to "what kind of a shawl she ¦ wou ld have , and both , retired ^ without making a purchase . Subsequently they paid a second visit to the drapers , ^ nd this time Miss Betsey fixed her

      fancy on a fine showy coloured shawl . The shawl was ¦ wrapped up in brown paper and handed to Miss Betsey , "srho immediately took to her heels , leaving Cox , who was quite drunk , to pay for it . The shopkeeper suspecting all was not right , pursued the female and gave ; her into eustodv . Miss Betsey , in lier defence , said Cox met her , and voluntarily oflered to buy the shawl for her ; but Coxsaid he had no j-emembrance whatever of the transaction . He , Cox , "was paid off on Thursday , and had been cruising about ever since . Oox was liberated with a caution ; tot 3 kllss Betsevwas remanded for a character .

      "WXDJTESDAT . FlSAl EXAHTSATIOS Of WlJilAX BtTS-€ XS » . —This day Burgess -was brongKt up for final eiaminariim before the Xx > rd Mavor . Tie public cirriosity seemed to iave increased , if we are to judge from tlie crowds assembled in aU tie avenues to ihe justice-room , and in the justice-room itself . The prisoner seemed to ~ be rather oat of spirits , and drooped rerj much over the "bar , in ¦ which lie was seated . Mr . Charles Chatham Lawrence , cf Ho . S , Lincoln-place , Xetv ^ orth-road , Middlesex , stated that he tvas a cashier in ihe banking-house of Joan Latibock and Co ., in Hanaon-tanse-street . On Tuesday , the " 3 rd of September , about twenty minutes "before two o ' clock in the afternoon , the cheque produced , for the sum of £ 8 , 000 , drawn by Mr . Chnries Keyser upon Sir John TV . Lubbock and Co ., iras presented to him for payment by a person who was not known io him , but who tt 25 accompanied by , he Terlly beliered , the prisoner Uxsrsress- Witness inquired the name of the party

      presenting the cheque , upon which the person who aovmjaxied the prisoner jraTe the- name of Oxenford . "Witness then inquired how they would have the amount of tlie cheque , upon which one of them said in gold , ur part in jrold , or words to that envci . "Witness then stated that , as they wanted the mo » ev in sold , thev hsd barter jre ^ it at the Bank -of England , and he would yivt them eight £ 1 , 000 notes : and ii * accordingly srave the jxt > ui ) who accompanied the prisoner ihe eijrhi il / 'i " bank nmes prodntrtl . Mr . Hoeius Asrer . 02 * Xu . Io , Edmund-terrace . IViituuviBe , a teller in the issue di-parrnit-nt of ilie Bank of Ens land , stated that about two o ' clock on flic 3 rd of St-p ; niiber a person , who was a strainer to Mm . juvm n : t- » l at the cotratrr tiir cichl t > aiii-r : oi . > : " .-r £ ! .- >•• " vach j-r-HluivU . and re * j inro . l j -nTri'i-in ifcrrt-of in ^¦ ' l vriii : cv « «; i > short « .-: " n > .-ri ' .-y a ; the titr . -:-. ats-J cr" -m . i ^ -vi :. •_ - : £ ] i \ rt « i fr »» ru li : * r . ~ -ur > . n ' .:-X . : i . v .: iU'c ' \ v . ¦ 1 v . ; : li LfOarJ 3 > c 2 ' - -. ¦ --:- ¦¦ :-h p . Tt .. r ~^ t : - i ~ d- . loi . arixsmt -ftr _ - ;' :-, i : . " . ; . \ ~ r .. ~ uv } . v . :,, ! :. , » n ., n ., ; -.. ¦ . > ..: -kvh t-..-. ;^ ia- ii ^ r £ ! - ' :: i - - ¦ ' - ' - - *' -l - - .-.: : ¦— . » ~ ir ~ l

      I > r fiTK : ¦• ! . : ; < :- _ -L : .-fiL ; -.- " ,: b i- " - ..--.-r Kr ' . ri : ¦ . j > er ~' -d . r .: > - '•> :. * tb'ii - - ^ :. rii : — ' thrrt . . i : ; J --h .. ••;«•• ¦ j-r >» - dstv . 1 T-ir , -arvv c ^ aiM ..- \< z . c- fr- :: ¦ - •—¦ 31 ; - - ! ¦ -- " " ^ ii -b !'• iiad with hiin , : ii ; il yul r ^ 'ih ti . " . ! ¦ : !; .- > in " -- t :. e anvs iia ^ . and tht-a a * t ^ n ] iK- « 3 ~ ' < liii k . b ^ T T .. i ~ i ..: jbi ^ •• (! » - ¦ .- . sad irss draEaick ass ^ trTi !•> ; w >> 5--r--. j- ~ . wh" i-an- > -- * i tilt Two \» a < r 5 for V . »'« ua ! "i -hi- UsuV . Mr . " - ^ J .-nvn said he liad a iVw ob * t-rrar : oa 5 to maie brf > -rr xhr Lord Mayor dt-cidt-d uix > n the course to be pursued towards Mr . Bar ^ c ?? , his ch "« nl . It -n ,. ui'l W > --e : i 1 \\ the evidence which had been adduced thai Mr . 15 mv >? s zieitber pre ^ -euied tlisr clitrque norrtftriTed the i » v » rr ^ nor xhv covereiims , hul that the person irhu hru 3 ber-n rejircs ^ -ulr-d

      as an accomplice with him had comniitted the : or ? ery , and done all the subsequent acts , the blame of which was transferred to the -unfortunate prisoner . It would be observed that Mr . Bunress did not only not personate Mr . Oienford , bni that he had done no more in the matter oi identincati > yn than an ordinary stock-broker or Bank clerk would have done who supposed that the person who had applied to him was in reality the individual be pretended to be . There was no proof whatever that the prisoner had performed any act calculated to show that he was aware that Oder , who had since destroyed himself , was any other rha-n the Mr . Oxenford he represented himself to be . To say the least of the history of all the transactions , there "was somethin-: so ambiguous in them as to lead to a failure of satisfectorv proof that the prisoner wa « conscious he

      • was committing an act of delinquency . If the Lord Mayor determined to submit the case to another tribunal , he ( Mr . Salomon ) belieTed it would be satisfactorily shown T ^ iat tiie prisoner "was deceived fry Elder . Tvho -i \ ti ^ a much < > ifier and a more experienced man , and Wlcnjrtrd to the class of horse-dealers , amon < rst whom were ' <• be f' -im . ! several in whose honour it woald be unsafe to ei-miSde . TThat could Mr . Burgess gain by eiiffasin ^ in an afrair ot " ¦ rhi « kind ! He was a young man , only twenty-four v « -ar =-of age , who held a fine situation , and had creat prospect * > vifmv linn He liad "been j Jace < i in tiiat ~ iriia ? i' » n >» v a director of the Bank , while Elder was a j » er « on wh- > had no recommendation of the kind , and was the individual \<\ the acknowledgment of all engaged in all the acts which had been carried out , the regular instrument bv w " : ik-h the plunder was eaVcted . Mr . Burgess was , in fact , ibe &sspe of Elder . It tras mnci To -be i-egreittd tiaT EJiii r ¦ wasaot in the bar where the prisoner stood . The prisoner

      liad acted , no doubt , with a very culpable want o : camion , "but he "was a young man who , although possessed of an excellent education , was extremely inexperienced : tii < l thoughtless , and was , therefore , just the sort of person to l > e"B-orked upon by such a man as Elder , who , by destr- > . i - inp "hiTincf-lf , manifested his decided opinion that there « a no chance of escape for a man who nad not oiilj dont all the mischief , but subjected Mr . Burgess to the iinputaiioD of being hig accomplice . The Lord Mayor : 1 believe the prisoner to be a guilty participator . If he had a jrovd situation in the Bank , why did he run away as the companion of Elder I Mr . Salomon : 1 i ~* r \ give a s > " > i reason iot his having absconded , but 1 do nut considt-r it jarczdeni to siaie it jjott . The Lord Mayor ; 1 shall say nothing to prejudice the case , but I shall commit the prisoner for trial . The witnesses having been all stw-rn to appear at the Central Criminal Court to give evidence against the prisoner at the next session , he was taken h \ John Forrester to Xeweate .

      GU 1 LI > HALL . Assirri . —On Monday , Robert Clin >> rd . a jotumeyn . jn carpenter , was bronsht before Mr . Alderman 3 . Johnson , chaisred with breaking a policeman ' s arm . Sergeaii " TThitt ; , So . -01 of the City Police , stated that the prisoner "Jras brought io the police-station about two o ' clock <> u Sunday morning "by a policeman named Samuel Covenev , and chaxged with a ^ saultiiig him . The constable stated that he was on duty at the corner of St Marrjn '* -lc-grand and 2 ? ewgate-strcei , and that the prisoner came up and asked him which was . Xewgate-sireet ? The constable told him that iras "VewgatB-street . The prisoner saidit was a d—J lie , and gaveliim what is called the leg , or -. ^ restlfcrs trip . The constable fell , and his arm was so broken that the elbovt was forced upwards halfway to the shoulder . He sent the man to the hospital immediatelv . Mr . Alderman

      Johnson inquiredif anj further provocation was staled to have been given than he had already mentioned , and asked if the policeman was sober "Witness replied , quite so . The Alderman asked if theprisoner was also sober The sergeant said he had been drinking , but knew verj well what he was about . Mr . Alderman Johnson inquired whether the constable's statement was made in the prisoner ' s presence t The sergeant said it » i-The certificate of Mr- ieid , the house-sui ^ eon of St . Bartholomew ' s , stated that Samuel Coveneywas admitted ¦ with -a . feacture of the bone of the left arm , and the injury "was so serious that it was necessary to make him an hipatient . The prisoner , in answer to the charge , said he was extremely sorry . He was not sober at the time . The Alderman remanded him till Saturday , in the hope tbat the injured ™» n may then be able t *> attend and give

      CLERRENWELL TirDAT . —EscorxAGriirvr to IxDrsTXT . —Mr . Cci ; ii agai >"!—James Morgan , a grey-headed old man , na < charged ¦ with obstructing the public footway by drawing a barrow thereon . Stanwell , a street-keeper , deposed that he saw the dependent wheeling a barrow , with some bricks in it , in Church-passage , Islington , and told Mm to place some boards upon which to wheel the -vehicle , Lu ; lie refused to do so , or io desist from wh-. t'ling the barrow . Mr . Combe said , as the passage was only a footway , he thought the boards Stanwell required would make the nuisance greater . The prisoner said , he had not had a day ' s >«> ii for a mouth before the finv to which

      the , officer alluded , and on that dav he wheeled only two barrows full , at his master ' s request . Stan well sa : _ i lie "was in -constant work . The old man declared such was not the case , and said , except he carrir-d the bricks in his hand , there was no other mode of convey ing them than the one which he used . Mr . Combe asked if tba t were Jht case ?—Stanwell admitted there was no o-bsj waj bv which ne could convey the bricks to tht place at which they were required . Mr . Combe fined * the defendant are shillings and the costs . The old man said he had not a iarthing . Mr . Combe rednced the penalty to two shillings and costs . The money was not paid , and the defendant Trasspnt to tbp TTmis * of jCorrection .

      LAMBETH STBEET . PilDAT . —EXTBAOXDIKAIT APPLICATIOK . —A solicitor , whose name -did not . transpire , applied to Mr . Xorton for bis interference under the following somewhat singular circumstances : —The applicant stated that an aged lady ¦ of considerable property , and who had been sometime since an inmate of a lunatic asylum , was at that moment in a frightful state of wretchedness . in a small house in the viciiiirr of © id Ford , in which she occupied a single room ; and the object of his present" application was to Teqnesthis worship would give the assistance of one or two officers "to accompany him ( applicant ) , a surgeon , and a physician , and procure them admission into

      the house and to the- presence of the afflicted 2 a < 3 y . The applicant added that the gentleman trho accompanied him , and who was a surgeon , had seen the lady , and would represent the condition he found her in . The gentleman alluded to came forward , and said that he nad called at the bouse where the lady was , { or the pnrjose of seeingier , but had been refused admittance to her apartment . He , nowever , saw the lady herself on the stairs leading to ner room , and a more wretched sjjectacltneiad never beheld . Her whole covering consisted of a piece x > f sac&ing , as it appeared to Mm . Mr . Norton said lie did not consider the case one jn which he would be justified in interfering in the manner required . The ease came more properly "under the jurisdiction -of the Court of

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      Chancery . He would not therefore interfere . The applicant then withdrew . CHAS . GE or Bzggisg . —On Mouday Catherine Collins , aged 15 , a miserable-looking creature , with scarcely any other covering than an old plaid shawl , was charged with begging . Horsford , the Mendicity omcer , proved the offence ; and it appeared from the statement of this omcer that the prisoner , her mother , and two sisters , inhabit a miserable room in Church-lane , St . Giles's . The wretched mother sends out these three girls to beg . The otheT two are of the respective ages of eight and ten years . The prisoner had been already twice committed for begging The mother , who had the face of an old toper , was called in , and she said she had often applied for admission to St . Giles's workhouse , but was refused . She got an allowance

      of bread from one of the overseers , but it was totally inadequate to the supply of herself and children . Horsford said , when he arrested the girl on that evening she was Shivering with cold ; and the Secretary to the Mendicity , compassionating her Condition , and not wishing her to be sent to prison , sent witness with her to St . Giles's workhouse ; but although the girl had been born in that parish , the overseer positively refused to receire ner , 3 nd he was compelled to bring her before the Court . He did not blame the girl at all , she was compelled bj her mother to go out to beg . The poor girl , who shivered with -cold , and cried bitterly , expressed her anxiety to go into the workhouse , or any place to avoid the misery she suffered . The Magistrate sent one of the warrant officers with her to St . Giles ' s workhouse , requesting her immediate admission .

      MARTLEBCXNE . Tuesday . —The Eci-extric . Frenchman again !—M . Buehoz Hilton , the tall Frenchman , who has upon more than one occasion attended at this court , as also at Bow-street , with the view of inducing the magistrates to use their best endeavours to prevail , upon ner Majesty Queen Victoria to obtain for him a large sum of money alleged to be due to him from the King of the French , for } valuable services performed by him ( the applicant ) during the revolution at Lyons , waited upon Mr . Long to request his advice and assistance under circumstances of a somewhat novel character . . Mr . Linis : Stand up and let mo know what you want . Complainant { unbuttoning a large green Macintosh , and lookins reniarkablv serious ) , —I have

      been to tht * rreneh ambassador , and 1 want him to give me an order to go' to France , but he won t let rue have ono . Mr . Long : 1 can ' t help it : wliat do you think 1 can do for you { Applicant : All that 1 wish for is to jro away from iLi-. cnuntrv free . Mr . Lnns :: J can ' t make the amlia- < satlor srivo you a passport : he will , of course , < l " as he thinks proper nlwuit it . Applicant : Can ' t you i-a ] i him hiTv IxM " niv > o u . .-ir ' Sir . l . oii ^ : No . Applicant : Nor his Mt-n-tary ' Mr . Loiitr : Certainly imi : -ia'ni down : 1 lum- no power to as > i > t you . Applicant : Loui > Philippe has ntiVm ] a luive price for iiiv head , ami if i ram it-to hinw-lt' he nm ^ t pay ] : f ; !•«¦ niiijii-y tor it . The Krvii ' -hiiinn . wIum- ^ ir . 'jular : !_> pii < -atini ! . roni'tim-d with hi * p « viili ; Lriiy » f : ti . i ! iin-r , v ; t > i-rv > iiv , t -livi- nf v . » ii ;»* laughter . lL .-n > j ' .: i :: -i tin-< -i ; ri : Nv . i .-ji .

      M-. M « i \ . — -b » i"Liyil M > JN 111 * . 1 i ' 111 .. ~ - 1-1 ) 1 V . c .: -ii ; -iu . : ] :-- ui * t-. » I .- i -r . uiiftii . u ..- < ¦); . ; rj- il ^\ 11 li . ; t-: Ji . - _ ' ¦ : >¦ ¦ !! : t }> v - }) . •;¦ Mi—r « . ] .--r » h : i « aid L ""'\ iin . ii drii « r % ¦¦ ! 1 nV : i--: r . ¦ ! , '• r < - > -nwicli . ihr .- - ; i < < -i - . ¦ : ri ?>}»" ii . ' - . ilii- ' -. - '¦* liiil : t ^? niT-. 1 W ^ ikt r . in t ! i ^ - s ^ -t ~ v i » -i- - ¦ : ';! : ¦ Vl ''"> fi ' " " an > . > l- )«>^ i'i lliit tin- pri-i . ii . r , ; it . i .-. l tin- - ) i . \ . between nine an-J !> i < « 'ii Saturday infill . SI ) , purchased **» IUv c-ilic : m'l "tiler ; iruvlr > , i \ m-. » irjxt whirli \\; i ^ > 'iiiir ril' !» 'n , but i ! "t thsit oiistinitiii ^ tli-- j -roi-nt i harj - . Witiit-s . i did ! i " l sell her aiij ••! " that imw jir « "luccd . , 1 " ! iu Sct » tt Arsdrrsi'B » it- ]*« j ?»* - « J tlj : n lit- : iis- » i > in the * -ni ]» lov i » i prosecutors . On Saturday iiiirht wiu : e * s was in tin- » , hoi .. and distinctly j ^ y the prisoner , whilst his fellow-sln-jiman ' s back v » "as turned , seen t two pieces of the ribbon beneath hi-r cluak . He immediateh iufurmed Mr . Lowe

      ol the circum'tance . who sent tor a police-constable . Witness identined the articles by tht- jirivate mark as pn ^ ecutiiro' propertv . Police constable Hay , t « l I { , deposed that he was calU-d ujnm to take the prisoner into custody . He waited at the prosecutors' < sho ]> -duor until ? he came out , when he aski-d her to ; ri \ e uj > the ribln > u she had taken . The prisoner denied having any , when he saw her put her hand into her bosom , and endeavour to throw something a « ay . He caught hold ol " her hand , and found in it the two j > ieces u > j « jiroduced . lie then took her to the station-liimse . when directions were given that she should be searched . The searcher snbseqijently handed to ) ijiji ihe third jjiccc . Margart-i * > j > r > e - > aid that ou Satunlay she v \ as called upuii t < i search the prisoner : prior to doing so she asked her ¦ wheiht-r she had anvthinjr about her f ^ be wished t «> Jrivtup . Prisoner answered in > . > he then proceeded to

      Search her , and . v » hil > t unlacing her stays , sheob > er \ ed prisonrr thrust J ) er hand into her bosom and withdraw something which she endeavoured to throw into the tire . She immediately laid hold of her haud and took the piece of green r ibbon , vihieh sbe subsi- « juent ] y handed o \ erlo the constable . Mr . Evan . . . solicitor , vvho a |«]> eart-d tVir the wretched woman , who seemed tu feel deeply lier di . ^ graceful situation , declined making any defence . She « a > then fully committed , and the witnesses b < jund over to prosecute . Mr . Evajis then made application that the prisoner murht be held to bail , statins that she iva > very heavy in the faniil . y wav . and iu « ucb a ho . d ? tate of hezdth that she was an out-patii-nt *> f the Kent DUj * usary , adding that he had unexceptionable bail pn-scnt , "bo would bt-come bouud in £ UO 0 , should the magistrate require it . Mr . Jeremy , afte . r a little consideration , ajrrced to arccjil two bail , in iiO iach fur prisoner's appearance at the Old Bailev sessions

      iVlDiriDJJ . / iBOSs IHTB-iC £ rPO . \ A C 131 LV IN A Eai-lvtai ( . ' ABiiiAGE . —ChailcsIIavt-rs , a fellow di « jruiscd in the jrarb of a jrentleinan , residing at N <> . 2 , l ' ark-place , East Greenwich , was placed at ibe bar before Mr . Jeremy , charged with indecently assaulting Catherine Francis , a youns female , ab >> ut fourteen years of a ^ e , in one of the carriages of the London and Greeuwich Railway . The complainant , a ]< reny and interesting child , being sworn , stated that she at present resides with her grandmother , at Maidenstone-hill , Greenwich , and that yesterday afternoon she was sent by her grandmother on business to her mother , who resides in High-street , Bk > onisbury . Iler mother accompanied her on her return as far as Skinnerstret-t , where she left her to pursue her way to the railway station at the foot of London-briuVe . where she met with

      the prisoner , who asked her if she was poing to Greenwich by the train . Being answered in the affirmative , he said he was jroing too , and would acc-wnpany her . She rejected his offer , when he said it was all nonsense , he wanted a cipar and then they should both £ o together , ^ ht refused , when be seized her by the han < 3 and drafted her into a tobacconist ' s . When they earue out , he asked her to 1 : 0 and haTe . some brandy anil water , which she refused . He then accompanied her to the railway station , where he insisted on paying her far < . \ although she put down money for that purpose . lie then followed her and got into the same carriage w-jth her , and seated himself beside ber , closing the shutters , fin the journey down the prisoner put his arm round her waist and his hand into her bosom . She told him to be quiet , and shifted her seat , but the prisoner followed . On arriving at Greenwich she claimed the protection of another person , who travelled in the same- carriage with them . The t-haive

      was corroborated by other persons , who , suspecting the prisoner , watched him , and witnessed his indecent behaviour . The prisoner , on being asked what he had to say for his disgraceful conduct , said merely , '" I was mistaken in the person : 1 took her for somebody else . " M . r . Jeremy , in passing sentence , remarked , that in the whole coarse of his magisterial capacity he had never met a more disgusting case , and that lie should not -be doing his dutydid he not put the law in full force against the prisoner . It was really a monstrous state of things that a child , even of such tender years , could not escape the observation of a set of lewd fellows who infested the streets merely for the purpose of inveigling young females into their power for the gratification of their sensual lusts . It was the grossest case he had ever met with . He then sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine | of £ 5 , and , in default , committed him for one month . The prisoner shortly afterwards paid the fine , and sneaked off .

      BOW . STREET . Tnswi—Shopuftixg . —This being the day appointed for the re-examination of Leah Mary Roper , who stands charged with stealing a roll of satinet from the shop of Messrs . Bardwick , the court was crowded at an early hour wnh silt-mercers , linen-drapers , and others , who have lost property to a considerable amount ; by some of whom the prisoner was identified as having frequented their establishments for the ostensible purpose of making purchases . It appeared from the evidence , that on the afternoon of Monday , the 2 nd instant , the prisoner entered the shop of Messrs . Hardwiek , silk-mercers , in High Holborn , where she made purchases of various articles , amounting to a few shillings , to pay for which she placed a half sovereign on the counter , telling the young man in attendance

      that she had business a few yards away , and would call on her return for the change , ^ lie then left the shop , and immediately after a roll of satinet , containing forty-six yards , valued six guineas , was missed from the counter . On returning for hrr change , she was apprised of the loss , but she denied all knowledge of it , and being taken into the warehouse , where she was again questioned ky the prosecutors , she admitted having taken the property , and pledged it at the shop of a pawnbroker al the opposite side of the street , where , upon being accompanied by an officer , the silk was recovered , and she was given in charge . The prisoner was next charged with stealing twenty-four yards of silk from the shop of Messrs . Harvey , of "Knightsbridge , silk mercers . A shopman belonging to Mr . Stephens , pawnbroker , of "Wardour-street , Soho , produced a remnant 0 / silk , pledged by a female he believed to be

      the prisoner , in the name of Kerson , on the 18 th of November , for the sum of £ 1 15 s . Constable Thompson , also said he had ascertained that , during the last two vears , the prisoner was in the habit of paying her tradesmen with pawnbrokers' duplicates for silk goods , some , of which he succeeded in obtaining possession of . The prisoner declined making any defence . She was fully committed for trial , but ordered to be brought up again in a week .

      QUEEN" SQUARE . TrzsiuT . —A Lorx Atfais . — Maillson Sarah Shuttle-Trorth , a very pretty-looking and smartly-dressed girl , abont eighteen years of age , was charged with unlawfully detaining three silk handkerchiefs , six cornelian . stnds , and one shirt , theproperty of John Miller , a rough-looking sea-faring man , who appeared , to be about double her age . Defendant having admitted that the property was in her possession , Mr . Bond saW , " what is your reason for detaining it "? " Defendant , ( in a simpering tone ) : He

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      s ued me for my hand and heart . I told him I could not consent to marry him . My friends objected to my ' union with such a person . Mr . Bond : Do you not think it dishonourable to detain these things , which were given to yon bj this person under the idea that you were likely to become his wife » Defendant : I'll acknowledge it ' s ' dishonourable ; but he has cruelly persecuted me . He gave me into custody for stealing these things , aud I was immediately discharged . Mr . Bond ( to complainant ) : 1 suppose you were courting this young woman ? Complainant : Courted her ! ah , that I did ! My choice was made . I set all my heart on her . I have not asked her for half the things I gave her . I gave her cornelian earrings ; I gave her a silver ring from my own finger ; . 1 gave her a row of beads . Defendant : You endeavoured

      to take away my character . You persecuted me . Complainant : I have walked the deck in many a heavy gale ; 1 have worked hard for everything 1 possess . If 1 didn't bear a good character I couldn ' t be a ship ' s officer . 1 set my heart on her , and thought 1 should be happy , and she tricked me . Mr . Bond ( to defendant ) : Do you admit having had these presents he speaks of ? Defendant : Yes , sir , some of them . " Some of them , " txclainied the Bon of Xeptune , " all of them , and more . Didn ' t I buy you your wedding bonnet ? Didn't I give you your wedding ring ? Didu ' t I give you three gold sovereigns ? " Tlie lady began to shed tears , ami give symptoms of fainting , when a bussman , who was near hur , put his arm round

      her waist , and sinking gradually into his arms , the lady was led to a seat . The seaman continued : I gave her three gold sovereigns , aud then she spelt for more . Our names were called out in the church ; the day was fixed , and all settled , when she wrote to say she was going down into Lincolnshire . Mr . Bond recommended her to give up the handkerchiefs and studs . Defendant handed them oven Mr . Bond said he would make no order about the shirt , but could not see what use a shirt could be : to the lady . Defendant appeared to think it but little , and as complainant was leaving the room exclaimed , " Now , sir , to show you that I have no ill-feeling , take your shh"t . " Tht ' tar did as requested , and the parties then withdrew ,

      MAKLBOUOrGII-STKEET , Wednesday . —A Tale of a Slop-pail , —A ease of disputed proprietorship of a lionse-pail having occurred between Joseph Bannister and Stephen Edwards , a brace , of butchers 111 Xewport Market , Mr . Hardwiek , tlie sitting magistrate , was called upon to give his solemn adjudication on the matter . The complainant entered at large into the statistics of his right to the j > ail . lie had lx > uj ^ lit it , his said , for . his stable , twelve months ago . and hail used it up to the time when lie missed it , one day last week , lie discovered the pail doing duty in the defendant ' s yard , aud 011 claiming it tlie defendant refused to give i : nj > , alleging that lie had purchased tlie" lee simple , when new , .. i' : \ tra \ . Hiii .. ' hawkvr . t ' . n-1 ~ . I' . il . Complainant declared he ci-uJiJ iil < niiA tlii pail in varwu . " wavs , but more

      jiartU-iiar !\ bj a n" ! i"li in the side , -which h : ul bi'i-n cut with ; i ¦ •; . m t' > iili-ntinrntiou . "I- 11 ji - \ ' > ur pail '" said the de . Vadant . utifyinir a Inrgi-. j . an-i ! . : in < l miduciii 1 . ' : l : < - ¦ -, ' , -. ; .. . ¦ , :..,. . ¦• V \\ swr : ir t ¦ rlmr ln-tch , " said tin- cuinj > iiii- -.. it .: . ' 1 . 111 . iuin :: tin- jiail . '" . iM'l ! . n ' - | T'i"f > nnu ^ li : . *• il ' - !> . >!¦ , " 1 !; i ] -i > iii ! j In lii- U"m - » 'inn- ; i . ir . _ ¦ Ii" Iiinl ~ i iMO' -il : r ; ii 13 i- j-. iil -. \;; i > hi- ri . m ) ' ¦ . : (''¦! ! *¦ I ; ; i ^ r i ii < - -. 1 :. !¦ ¦ i-; . ,, ; . ¦ ... ;! ,.- ) . —!; , !!•! . : ¦ -. ' !! ;¦¦ " - . 1 hi-: ji .. f Li 1- ^ Uiiu wlilrll -il"U- tl . ' full Il ' . H-i 1 m- MilIP ' . ( " » ' ! i > - ' !¦ ' ' 'l'l . ' lli ! !;¦•» - < r ' . ' ¦ j - sin ! . ' ¦ ! ¦ ¦;¦ -. " "Yi-ur mw-i ijr . " - 'liil ' tli . (!• l " e : ! tl : mt . " thi- ni . ' i ! i ' -i < nili-a c-. ¦ -m ? " » i «» ii < ¦• - !< nii" ! iLi r . . 'linl < -i . ll > .-ijll- . 'H . Jilt t- !•¦ ' K-l . ' . li'il " : i I : ! - . ltd . I ' ll' _'¦ , ! t ; « M n : tTi- »»•¦» whit "i IH .. U- ; i > t ! . i * p . lii i > in \) 'ii . l . Tin it-lViiilmit tu—t - < -: i 1 l- il J t i— . m , . ' . > ii : ir ) ' little 1 "'_ \ . ; it '" . ; t ten w . ir- i-i ' ; i ;_ - ' -. Thi- iKitur- - ¦ 'f ill" < \ i'i'llr . - which til'' tn 1 \ hail \<> . ifli i" was what ln . 'V- I " t . riiml tin' "' jirnnf jier-- ¦¦ nal . " ll atVi'nU nv , illiistr .-itiiiri .. fth .- " uUdmii of c . ui atict » tnr « " in prc-criliinsr tin- practice <> t" " luiui ] iiug ii'i Ivinnds . " , \ i wociss wlit-ri-bv a witness is sure to liavi' : i

      particular fact forcibly ini ]> rcsse < 3 < mi hi > mind 1 'V ; i corres . pi . tiding I ' orcible impression on a retentive part ot his person . The Chief Clerk , howewr , in his first question , had nearly put the lad out of court . The boy was asked whether it was a good thing or . 1 bad thing to tell a story . Boy : '" Oli , a good thing , if tin- story is a rum un . " Mr . nardw-ick sufrpestt-d to the clerk theexj . iilieiicy of vary . inj ; the . " terms of tlie query . Accordingly , tin-boy was ask . d if it was right or wrong to tell a " lie : " and having given a satisfactory answer , he was required to say whether he knew whnsi' pail it was . Buy : " It ' s father's . " Mr . Hard , nick : " Mow do tou j > n > ve that '" Hoy : " Cos mother gave me a jolly good hiding f >> r cutting that there notch in it . " The daughter was next called . Shu said if the bottom of the j « iil were examined , a specimen uf Iht abilities in line engraving with a crooked nail would be found . The pail was reversed , ami the hieroglyphics were discovt-r < -4 Against this l > ody uf <•» nh'tici- it nas impofsihl ' e to struggle . Th ' case was dismissal . The defendant shouldered tin- PaiJ , and walked ofl ' in triumph .

      JiirusDAV . —UmTRESsEn Nkkulewomes . —A poor creature , shiveri'if ; ' with < -old , who said her name was Kdwards , complained to Mr . Uaniwick that she was utterly destitute , and had been denied relief at St . < iilc : <' s workhouse , where she had applied tor shelter . Mr . llanhvick askeil her what claim she had on the parish . The applicant said her husltand lost Ins lit ' c suddenly about two years ngu , nm \ s ' uice that prrhit ) she hail i > een living in St . Giles ' s parish . She had endeavoured to maintain herself at neetllewovk , but the lonir lioiirs of labour and seanty j » ay had so ruined her heaith , that latterly she had la-en unable , when tlie opportunity of a job , which was now very seldom , i' 1-escntod itself , to do even ax muelr as

      would pay for lodging . She had sold her clothe . * , iwd k * en obliged to pan with her shawl the previous night to raise the price of a bed . —Mr . Il ; mlwick _ reeoiimiended the rase to the notice of the parish . There was a society for furnishing employment to distressed needlewomen , and as this appeared to be . a cas-o which came within the meaning and intention of such an institution , he should advise the parish to take the applicant into the house for a few days , let her have medical attendance , make inquiry into the truth of her story , and , if found worthy of encouragement , give her a recommendation to this society , the managers ot' which would probably do something for her . —Cnle , the messensrer . said this should be done .

      WANDSWOUTH . Wednesday . —Extraordinary Cask . —James J nines , who was nine ycar > in the M division of the Metropolitan police , and afterwards chief officer of the IJanbury constabuliiry , was placed in tin- doek before Mr . I ' uynter fur final examination upon two distinct charges ot ' tekury ; and Richard Tya * , described a :- a watch-case milker , but who was for some time in the City police , was also finally exaiijined upon a charjre of endeavouring corruptly to obtain reward for the restoration <> f the property stolen by the fir > t-mentioni'd prisoner . The evideiu-e tilk' tl is excessively voluminous . Tlie cii-cuDisUiiice . « uinli-r « liic ) i the j . rison&rs came into custody are briefly these : —Mr . Hurt , a cow-keeper , in Ciesceiit-lane , Clapluvm , had a child ' s chaise and a truck stolen from his premises ; the chaise on

      tht * i'lst of September la > t , and the truck six weeks afterwards . He heard nothing of his property until Friday , the- *» th uf X we in ber . ivlieu ; i letter was left at his hotl . se , which was to the eft ' ect that the writer would for a reward of five shillings tell him where the property was . The letter was signed Thomas Long , and the answer was di-TeCU-d to be gent to a coll'ec-bouse in the . neighbourhood of Finebury-stjuare . Mr . hurt showed the letter to Sergeant Emmerson , y V , and that officer , by his wish , ans . vered it , ajrreeing to the writer ' s terms . On . the morning of Tuesday , the 3 rd of December , the prisoner Tyas brought another letter , and hi consoquence of what was stated therein , Mr . Burt made an agreement to meet Tyas at the "Waiworth-gate , at ten o ' clock the next morninir . Tvas kept the appointment , and took the prosecutor

      to the shop of Mr . "Wedge , a broker , in Trafalgar-row , Wahvorth-common , where he saw the chaise and claimed it . The man who called himself Long was to have met them to have showed Mr . Burt where the truck was , but he did not , and the latter gave Tyas a shilling for his trouble , and went home . On Thursday morning Tyas went with the prisoner James to tlie prosecutor ' s house , and Mr . Burt identified him as the man who bad brought the first letter . Prosecutor and the prisoner proceeded towards W alworth , followed by Police-constable M-inne , 70 V ( . who was in plain clothes . When the . party had reached the Brixton-road , James left them , telling the prosecutor to give the reward to Tyas . The prisoner afterwards took the prosecutor to Messrs . Carly and Son , brokers , Fortland-row , Walworth-common , and there lie saw his truck :

      he then gave Tyas into tlie custody of Police-constable Minne . Tyas , when before the magistrate on Friday , declared that he was innocent of any fraud ; he was asked by-James to takeMr . Burt to the shops where his property was , and be did it as a friendly act . He gave the policeman Minne information as to where he would find James , and the constable succeeded in apprehending that prisoner on Friday night , at Islington . James was examined on Friday , and his defence was that he had heard a thief bragging of having robbed Mr . Burt , and where he had sold the property , lie wrote to that person , thinking to do him an act of kindness , and he . asked five shillings for his trouble : thin he considered was doiug no harm . The magistrate said that the fact of corruptly

      obtaining money by helping another to his property which had been stolen was a felony , and the attempt was a misdemeanour , supposing the fact of stealing fhe articles was not proved against him ; he t-hould commit him for the misdemeanour . Evidence having been heard in support of the charge , Mr . Faynter said he should commit the prisoner James upon two distinct charges of felony ') and the prisoner Tyas would be . separately indicted for endeavouring corruptly to obtain reward for helping another to stolen property , which was a misdemeanour tinder tjie 7 th and 8 th George IV ., c . 29 . The prosecutor could also , if he thought fit , indict James for conspiring with Tyas for the liko offence . The prisoners were then fully committed for trial at tlie next session of the Central Criminal Court .

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      HOME CIRCUIT . Cuelmsfokd , Satukdat , Dec . 7 . —Sarah Johnson , 14 , was indicted for feloniously setting tire to a stack of straw , value £ 40 , the property of William Bacon , at the parish of Hempstead . Mr , Ryland conducted the prosecution , and Mr . C . ( Jrey appeared for the prisoner . The prosecutor deposed , that the prisoner was in his service as nui'sery-maid on the lGth of August , p . nd hjid lived with him for more than six months in that capacity . About ten or eleven o ' clock on the morning of the , day in question he was out in the field harvesting , when he observed some smoke in the direction of his stack-yard , and upon going there he found a stack of straw on fire , and it was completely consumed . The value of the stack was £ i 0 . On the morning of the fire he had reprimanded the prisoner

      for not paying proper attention to the children . She did jiot make any answer when he spoke to her . Harriet Stock , a servant in . the employ of the prosecutor , proved that on the morning of the fire , and just before it broke out , she saw the prisoner come in a direction front the Stack-yard , with her master ' s baby in her arms . There had been a fire at the neighbouring village of Blagden about a fortnight before , and on the day it happened the prisoner said she liked to see a good fire , and she should like to see her master ' s place oi \ tire , adding that if the straw was tired it would be sure to light tlie buildings . On the day of the tire at the prosecutor ' s , she told the prisoner that the police had been there making inquiries , and had asked some questions about her , and on hur saying this the prisoner appeared very confused , and walked

      away . Catherine Kumball , another of the prosecutor ' s servants , also proved that she saw the prisoner come out of the stack-yard a very few minutes before the stack burst into names . Thomas Moore , a police constable , deposed that lie apprehended the prisoner on the day of the fire , and she took bun to the place where the stack had stood , and pointed out in the ashes where she first saw the fire . The prisoner was takon before a magistrate the nuxt morning . Her mother was standing by her , and she told her she was sure to go to prison , ass she was taken on suspicion of having caused the fire . The prisoner replied , "Nobody saw me do it , although 1 was in the stack-yard . " David Smith , an inspector of police , deposed Unit the prisoner was placed iti his charge after she had been taken into custody , and he heard her say to a woman , named Kuinhall , who was sitting up with her , " If I said I had

      lighted tlie tire , people would believe me , but I am not so soft . No one saw iiw do it , iiml they cannot hurt me . " When tin ; prisoner was bi-for ' the . magistrates she said that she knew nothing about the lire . This was the case against the nrisoiler . Jh ' . Uny briefly uddn-sscd tlu JLU' \ , but the (• vi < lciH * e was tun clear against tin-prisoner in gi \ c him the least chance of d"in ; j ; so siiccessnillj . Mr . Justice WUIiunis tsllumicil nj » , ; ui'l iht- jiO " . * , , 'iftfr u > li" > rr deliberation , returned a \ crdiet cl' < i uilty , but : it th- same time ^ ti'Miii / lv ' ' oiiilJii-iidriJ lli'' !> i'i- ' >! ii- ] ' Io in . tim . <> : i : n--( "Illll other ' . nlltll .. Til- 1 I . ratlii'il . llfilgr 'il ' iliT' - ' ! Ill'' i"'i--. iin--r tu li . ' cull- 'd ' up I di j'i . l ;; iii . nl , : im 1 : i ! ' t ¦ I" i . in ; ii"Kiiiu . ih . it iliO ruinl ' . ii ( o : ' tin | 11— - > ii . t e im ¦ - ¦! ,. ] . ; tt ni . il-i ' . 'ui ; y . l-at-l he I . it ll f » i — illlU t .. -. nli-l . i - ll . T ! I-- ti-. ili-i-. iTi i t ' ur til " : i . n \ . ; irv II .- ; i'i >! ; . | . . li . it : I . nv .., ; i . n . in ! : itiuu < . f liu jut . . - '' . "iiM he l-l v . , r i ' i . 1 '>> 'ii .- ¦ »• en t . i . ' > >> t ' s l . ite . « liu in-iu III . it' li . iil . M . -. ii . . Ii :-. e : l" - inlli'I . ' . n . ' ¦<¦ : lii-i . r

      -- ¦ ii ; i tux . iIk . iiu . iy Kuiim . h r . — « ' <¦•• ' j'ii i uiiliii'l- ' ' - . - '' ' . . l-ii . i ll . iinii . i . inil , Is ; tui | . luliir lii ' ijuii , !* , ui-re eonviel . . 1 i-t ' n liitrliv % : i \ r-. blnn . \ 'illi Uulenee . uj . n William S .. ri-ll , . tint si-nteui '! il to be transported-tor srwn " . cill ^ . 1 his e . i ^ . ' ruiirlllil' ( i llw lui » iiii'ss ci ' the ; i-siy . >• .

      ilIE ^ TI . ll . ]) i . c . (; . — Awful Case ok I ' aiikh int . —A young woman , aged l'i > , having the ajipearaucL' ot ' a servant , « a > pLu-eti ut the bar , chiir ^ ed with tlie wilful murder of her own father , Kiclutrrl ( rullop , : it Monk ' . * Coppeiihall , on the ' 2 nd of Nov ., by the administriitiou ol' arsenic . The Attorucj-ficnern ! , Mr . Temple , and Mr . Townsend , « x * re counstl tor thu proserution ; ami Mr . Traftorti tor the ) n isoniT' . l ' rom the evidence adduced in support of t ) u ' cJiarjte , it ayipearud that about eight inoutiis ajf <» the deceased , who was a joiner , and lii . s family , removed from Liverpool to CruwV , in the township of Monk ' s Cuppeuhall , for the purpose- of working at the extensive works belonging to the Grand Junction Railway Company . The deceased and his wife did not live happily together , and

      about six mouths ago the latter committed suicide by cutting her throut . After that the family consisted of the prisoner , her father , the daughter of his wil ' e by a former husband , and a lodger , named William Frazer . After the death of his wife , the prisoner ' s father treated her with considerable severity , and , on one occasion , when she had roasted some potatoes too hard , he threatened to beat her with a strap . This she complained of to her half sister , ami said that , as she had no comfort at home , she would go to service . During the time the prisoner was rcsidiuK in Liverpool , she became acquainted with a young man named Duval , and about the beginning of Oct ., there being ft cheap tram from C ' rewe to Liverpool , the prisoner announced her intention of going by it , but her father was very angry with her , aud refused to allow

      her to go , as hv i-aid it was onlv for ihe purpose ol seeim ; hir KWiH-ttiourt , und ho climi > ju < j > ed ol the cimui «* i lion . Shortly after that tlie prisoner purchased a pennyworth ol arsenic , for the purpose , as she said , of destroying rats and mice . Subsequently she purchased a second pennyworth , and on the --rid of Nov . she purchased twopenny worth . About three weeks before the Just mentioned day the fiitluT of the . prisoner became ill , and so continued up to that day , when , after partaking of some arrowroot , hv was seized with wolent vomiting aifd purging , which increased during the night , and early on the morning -of the 3 rd of November be . died . A surgeon attended him during tlie night , and treated him for cholera . On the Sunday morning a constable , named Keiuv , went To the house and saw the prisoner . He told

      her he had come for the purpose of making inquiry respecting the death of her father , and cautioned her . After this be proceeded to put a number of questions to her , which , together with her answers , he produced . Air . Trufford objected to this evidence being admissible , as it had been made by the prisoner under . inducement , and he cited tlie case of the King v . Drew , quoted in the Jd vol . of" Kussrl ] on Crime , " p . 81 ' 9 . The learned juil ^ 'e overruled the objection . The constable Kenty then read the statement to the court , from which it appeared that tlie prisoner admitted sliu had purchased the poison , hut said it was purchased by the direction of her father , tor the purpose , of destroying nits , aud that she had seen a rat ou the preuou . s Thursday , and had Mid her sister of it . Whilst Keutv was in the house , the

      prisoner took a handkerchief from a chest , which the constable took possession of , and in it lie found a packet containing » "J" nomica . The prisoner afterwards placed a small paper parcel in a drawer , which the constable also took [/ o . s . sessioti of . In a cupboard he found two loaves of bread ! and a piece of cake . All these were placed , in the hands of Mr . David Wildie , of Liverpool , for the purpose of being analysed . It was proved by the evidence of Mr . Stevenson , a surgeon , that the body of the deceased , on post inorlem examination , presented all the appearances internally of having been acted on bysome irritant poison , and both he and Mr . Rayner , of Stockport , were of opinion that death was caused by the effects of arsenic . The half sister of the prisoner proved that on the Friday before the death , the prisoner made

      the cakes nnd the bread , and that she ( the witness ) , the prisoner , and Fraser , the lodger , all partook of the cakes , immediately after which they all were taken ill and obliged to go to bed . Mr . Wadle , the chemist , deposed to having analyzed the stomach of the deceased , and its contents , in which he discovered white arsenic . He also discovered arsenic in the cakes and the bread ; and in 200 grains of arrow-root he detected 100 grains of arsenic . It was attempted to elicit , in behalf of the prisoner , that she Was labouring under insanity ; but the only facts deposed to by the witnesses on this point were , that about sis months ago , at the time her mother committed suicide , her conduct was rather strange ; tbat she did not sleep for a whole week , and that , during the time the mother of the prisoner was pregnant of her , she was

      insnne , and several times attempted to destroy herself . Mr . Trafford addressed the jury for prisoner at some length , contending that the case was enveloped in so much doubt that the jury could not safely convict . That thu probability was , the deceased had taken the arsenic by mistake , and that if administered by tlie prisoner at all , the probability was that she had done so when labouring under the effects of insanity . The learned judge briefly summed up the case to the jury , telling them that if they believed the prisoner had administered the arsenic , it was their duty to rind ber guilty . As to the plea of insanity , his lordship obserred that there was no evidence to support it . That was a species of defence too much relied ou of late years , to the danger of public security , and the great hindrance of justice . The jury consulted together for about

      nv « minutes , and then pronounced a verdict of Guilty , but begged strongly to recommend the prisoner to mercy . The Judge : " What ! recommend a prisoner to mercy who has been guilty of the murder of a parent V The learned Baron having placed the black cap on , proceeded to pass sentence of death on the prisoner . His Lordship said , "Mary Gallop , after a long and patient trial , you have been found guilty by the jury , upon evidence which could leave no doubt , of the murder of your own father ; that murder committed by the most odious and detestable of all means—that of poison ; an act of deliberation evidently meditated some time before , carried into execution with perseverance , with great art and contrivance ; and I wish 1 could see any symptoms , in the conduct vou afterwards

      exhibited , of repentance , or any feelings of remorse for what you have done . It is impossible for me to show you any mercy . Prepare for that awful account to which you sent the author of your being with little or no preparation at all . Seek for the mercy of God—repent of this and all your sins ; and by that means seek for that mercy hereafter which it is not in my power , consistently with my public duty , to show you here . " His Lordship then passed sentence of death upon her in the usual form , and the prisoner walked from the bar with a steadfast step , having manifested throughout the whole trial little or no consciousness of the situation in which she stood , beyond a wild and almost incessant roll of the eye , and an occasional flush of the countenance .

      Dec . 7- —The Brutal Manslaughter at Stockp okt . — Henry Jones , aged 22 , was indicted for killing bis wife at Stockport , on the 25 th ult . The facts of this case appeared in the Northern Star of Saturday last ; The prisoner was found guilty , and sentenced to ten years' transportation . Rape . — -Joseph Ilanier was found Guilty of a rape at Bawden ; James Bradbury was coimc-ted of a similar offence at Bollinfee ; and Thomas Hignett of a like crime at Marton . They were severally sentenced to transportation for life . *

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      Dec . 10 . ]— Charge of Manslaughter against a Quack Dogtor . —Edwin James Port , aged 40 , -was placed at the bar this morning , on a charge of killing Mary Harris , at Birkenhead , by the application of white arsenic to her right breast , which pro duced a sore or ulcer , and a mortal sickness , on the 11 th of October last , of which she died on the 24 th of the same month . From the evidence adduced on the part of jthe pi-osecution , it appeared that the prisoner advertised in the papers that he had discovered a process by means of which he could extract cancers from any part of the bod y without cutting , which he had practised for upwards of six years . The deceased , Mrs . Harris , who was a respectable female residing at | Aston Hall , near Wem , in Shropshire , heard of the prisoner , and on the 10 th of October she took lodgings at Birkenhead for the purpose of consulting the -prisoner , who resided in that neighbourhood . On the 11 th the prisoner was called in , when , after examining the right breast of the deceased , he applied a plaster to it . He called again to see her

      on the 12 tlt and 13 th , but she was out . On the 14 th he saw her , ! and applied a second plaster , shortly after which she was seized with violent vomiting , and complained of a burning sensation in the stomach and throat , and looseness of the teeth . After this she became gradually worse until the 24 th , when she died , and lier friends removed her to Wem , where an inquest was held upon the body , and a verdict returned that the deceased died from the effects of cancer . However , on subsequent inquiries being made , a communication was sent to the Coroner for Cheshire , iyho being of opinion that the inquest held in Shropshire was a nullity , issued his warrant for the disinterment of the body , caused it to be removed to Birkenhead . and ordered a post mortem ,

      examination to be inade . This order was carried into effect by Dr . Vaughan and Mr . J . C . Foulkes , of Birkenhoad . These gentlemen described the Internal appearance of the body to be in a highly infl-uiicd state , and to have all the sysnaptoms of the cffects . of arsenic . l ) r . Brett , ( professor of clicmistiy , and doctor of philosophy , proved that on analysing the breast of the deceased hi * found about three-tenths of a grain in it . In the tissues of the stomach , liver , and spleen , lie found about .-i quarter of a grain . From these facts , and jthc others proved in evidence , the doctor inferred that arsenic bad been applied to the breast , jind absorbed into the system . Mr . Temple addressed the jury at considerable length for the'defence , and eleven witnesses \ vm : then called on behalf of tin *

      prisoner , nil of whom stated that they ha < l been treated M Mr . Port either for cancer or tumour , aud that lie had siic-c . erded in curing them , i'lu' jury retired t ' ov nhout forty minutes , ; t ; t .-io name as llii ^ li Uir . 'hes , ' . ill I ' " . xriM » titfiriT , who was jeniiii'd 'nil In tin ) i ricr uf ' ( lie < niii't ; ts i ; ikii , " 4 a ;> n : 1111 •» ¦ 111 1 'ai t ill tlii * c ' ronii - , w ; t * . liri'U' _ l ' . t lieunv In- * l . > n . Mii )> , 'Hill i-njililiiltcil llllli ] the I'i . MMt ; of tilt ( <> : ; jt . Si ,-. l < 'i-iN ! ti | i tfii'ii i'ddiv-Mfi ; . ' ' ti'i- [> r ! -i'itier , > -. ' .. i ! . " i , im ' r ; tve til ' y i-iiiiM'li for lilt- futlUV , you llKijt nut In- »> f'irtimiiLr ' . "iihiiIht time . "

      : XoKYIIKKN ( ili'TIT . Vukk , ( ' ¦ - ' " .. —J"hti M'C ; inu u ; i ^ tn-tluy jm' " H iii ~ tii . tl , ch ; ir | ri' 'l uitli tii . ¦ uilt ' ul niuni . r < jt' Htmj . ii . iii : ^ 'itt . Ali'jthtT i' 0 ' . llil ill tin * iiulii'tihi'iit rliiiriii . il lliin with tiiiin-> lau < fhU"r . ; This casr must l > c c \ i"ii \< . t fri / sli in Uie n <_ " 1 - k-cliun of'jur ivsulrrs , as it rrcatnl , at the tinn- ut ith iiiTurriin'C , cou .-idcrable i \ L'iti'ini . ut . Five otli . r jicrmiik , naiiii-il Ko ^ iin , O'iirivn , Dunovan , Quill , aiuj I ' uhi-i , « hu hail likn o . iici . TiicJ in tin-nuitt .-v , were tri * U at the lust a . ssiziis , and \ u'rr uoiivieu-d of manslaughter ; but in cunst'tiuenci . 'ui ' soiiu' legal objections being raised to the form « f the iiuliitment , judgment was respited , and those Ihtsoiis iiry still in fustoilv . MTaun at that period was not apprehended . Mr . Bliss and Mr . Overend were , for tlir ] jio . secution , and thu prisoner was defended l > y Mr .

      Wilkins . Tlie facts of the ease were brietiv narrated by air . Jill ' s . * , ami « ere as follows : —On W'hit-Monday last , the L'Tth of Miiy , there had beeu a procession < if Oraiifrt * lodges . On the occasion two bands were engaged , one of which was called the Idle and Cah erlev band , and of that band ( rott ( the [ deceased ) was a musician . As they were passin ^ through the town of * Bradford-, the band played certain tunes , and amongst others " the Hojne Water , " which ftavu great dissatisfaction to the Irish population uf the uc . ig . htmul'huod , who fancied also that a still more offensive tuue . icalled ' Croppies lie down , " had been played . Wheu thti i > rwvs * iun was out , : ind the inii .- > iciaiia were returningihomein a straggling manner , a uumberut Irishmen Here Seen coining behind them , having sticks and other weapons in their hands , and making use of threatening language . ! The Irishmen commenced an attack , and the tirst thing they did was to knock down the man who was placing tlie drum . They then fell on Oott , and from the violence that was employed his death resulted . On a

      post mor . ltin examination the deceased's skull was found to have been m <» . » t severely fractured , and rl . 'utli vt ^ ; Uli iliiucu lu that onuiiu Anjnnirs t t-t-e people inUlie crowd was the prisoner , and hv took an active J'iirt in the proceedings . Thomas Thornton , file h ' rst witness , was undergoing examination , when Mr . Wilkins s | iid he thought it would be idle for him to attempt to combat the minor charge against the prisoner . He had icail the ( jcpo . sitions ovt-r tnt'iity times , and hu found no means of resisting it . lie would , therefore , with his loi'dship'h ' , permission , wish to plead guilty to the charge » t' manslaughter . Mr . Justice Coleridge briefly addressed the jury , informing them of the circumstances alluded to in the commencement of this report , and recommending them to find the prisoner guilty of manslaughter . The jury , without hesitation , pronounced the . prisoner < 'Uilty of M an slit ugh tfi " , and sentence was deferred till the opinion qf the fifteen judges could be had upon the legal objections before referred to .

      1 he Ty&N-oiT . —John Critchlow and M llliam Kolton were next placed at the bar , charged with having on the iTith ot * August last , at Sheffield , feloniously and unlawfully attempted to destroy a certain steam-engine , by the v . \ p ] i > sioii ( i > t' a large <{ Uan £ ify uf gunpunder , tlie property of John Wilson , Thomas Dunn , William Jeflcock , and lieorge Iluunslield . This case would have been tried yesterday , but Mr . tirainger , on behalf of the prisoners , then objected to the whole of the jury . A fresh jury tvn . s this uioriiing empanelled for the trial of the pris . » m-r-. Mr . Wilkins , Mr . Overend , and Mr . Smith were for the pros , cutipn , and Mr . Grainger was for the defence . The prosecutors in this case were some of the largest coal * pit owners in the neighbourhood of Sheffield . In the month of Mav last theiv wits a general "

      turnout >> t j the colliers in that part ol England , and the prosecutors' pits had been unworked from May until the date of this otvurretKV , in August . Towards the end of August there were symptoms of returning good sense on the part of the men , and on the 2 ( ith , it uas determined that some of them at least should return to their work . At the lliouth of the pit there was , as is frequently the case , a steam-engine , worked for the purpose of hauling up the-coal , as well as of letting ; persons in and out of the pit as occasion might require , j This was the engine which the prisoners were charged Initti having blown up . The indictment was founded 0 n the 7 th and 8 tll of Uco . IV ., c . 30 , s . 7 , which renders i ^ t felony for any person maliciously to pull down , destroy , j or damage with intent to destroy any such

      steam-engine . Jonathan llabershon was the first witness called , lie deposed that he was under-ground steward , at No . ' 2 , [ Deeps-pit Colliery , near Sheffield . There was a steam-engine at the mouth of that pit . The boiler , which weighed iwhen filled about ei ght tons , was detached from the engine , aud was surrounded with brickwork . On the night of Sunday , the i ' oth of August , witness , who lived close to the pit , was awakened by the report of a tremendous explosion , and in about half an hour afterwards William I ' rinee , who slept in a kind of cabin at the mouth of the pit , called him up and took him to examine the boiler . jOn reaching there he found all the brickwork blown down and scattered about . The boiler happened to be filled with water , but no water had escaped . The steam-pipe , however , had broken away from the

      steamchest ; the pipe for the conveyance of water to the boiler had also'been broken , and a small shed over the boiler had been blown down , so that the steam-engine was put out of working ? condition . On removing the debris witness found two caps and a hat very much damaged , as well as a tin ] case containing a collier ' s cartridge » nd some loose gunpowder . In tbv firehole were found several portions ; of a ban-el , and everything smelt strongly of gunpowder . Cross-examined by Mr . Grainger : —The pit had beeu worked twenty-two years . The-boiler was about three yards from the steam-engine . Was . quite sure that two caps were found . The cartridge found in the tin ease was such as colliers commonly employed in tlie operation of blasting , and gunpowder was occasionally used for that purpose in some of the pits near Sheffield .

      William Prince remembered the i' 5 th of August last . lie was in jbed in the eabiu at the mouth of the p \ t , and shortly ifter eleven o ' clock he saw some men peeping into the cabin , through a small crevice in the door . In a few minutes after he heard an explosion .. He thought there were about six men altogether . Cross-examined —The night was dark . Could not see the faces of the per&onsjwho looked in at the door . Mrs . ' Ledger deposed that she resided about half a mile from the colliery . The prisoner Botton was hur brother , and bad dined at her house oil the 25 th of August . About twelve o'clock ou that night she was awoke from her sleep by a noise at the door , and she heard a moan apparently proceeding

      from a man in great bodily pain . She" opened the door , and found her brother crouched down at the door . He was verjf nfcich burnt on his head , face , neck , and hands , and was covered with black , and his cloth . es were torn . Witness obtained assistance , and put him to bed , when Mr . Shaw , a surgeon , was sent for , who attended him for fourteen days whilst he remained confined to bed at her house . | Cross-examined : —The prisoner appeared very much intoxicated when he got to her house , and he vomited a quantity of spirits and ale . He was delirious also during the night , and continued so for several days . John Shaw , jnn ., a medicalstudent , who was called in to see the prisoner , confirmed the last witness ' s statement as to his condition at that time . Witness asked him how he had

      received the injuries about his person , and he replied by fire-damp . A woman present said it would be best to tell the doctor all they knew about the matter ; and they then said they had heard a great explosion , aild that they suspected ( the prisoner had been concerned in blowing - steam-engine . The woman begged of witness not to mention the circumstance to any one , and the prisoner joined in thatjrequest . John Shaw , surgeon , of Attercliffe , corroborated the greater part of this testimony ,. aud detailed a statement made to him by the prisoner , wherein he con-

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      fessed his participation in the act with which he wag charged . They put some guupovt tier in a barrel whi ch they placed in the iire-hole , and , setting light to a fusee one end of which communicated with the powder barrel they ran away to await the effects of the explosion ; but as this did not take place so soon as they had anticipated , they went to the fusee to blow it up . lie had just reached the spot where the engine was when it did happen , how ever , and he remembered little or nothing further . ' the prisoner Bolton had made this statement to "witness oh several different occasions . Cross-examined : The pri - soner told him that he had met with two men before the occurrence , who would not let him go till he had had a certain quantity of something to drink . He did not say

      that he was veiy drunk . William Maybury , a tailor living in Todd-street , Manchester , deposed , that he met the prisoner Critchlow with two men , named Dixon and Stocks , on Tuesday , the 27 th of August . The skin was then all off his face . He said that he had the wet scurvy , which accounted for that circumstance . He met the same persons together soon after in the Coach and Horses public-house , and he heard Stocks ask Critchlow if he had been to a doctor , to which Critchlow replied , no , he was frightened to go to a doctor lest he should be found out . Critchlow then asked Stocks if he had seen that day's paper , and if there was anything particular in it . Stocks answered , that he had seen the paper , and that a cap had been found . Critchlow said that that was Jus

      cap , and he then proceeded to detail the circumstances attending the explosion , adding that he had before verj large whiskers and a good head of hair , but wheir the powder went off it flashed in his face , and scorched it all off . He was otherwise also a good deal injured . Crossexamined : —Have not got much above tailoring yet . There was a rat-den at Davis ' s public-house . Witness did not provide the rats or the dogs . He assisted Davis ? ome » times in keeping and obtaining the rats . He did pay for his board and lodging at Pavis ' s . Was not in the habit of attending prize-fights . Had never been at one . Didn't teach boxing ; put the gloves on sometimes for a little bit of apiuseinent . Had been in trouble once , about six vears ago , for hitting a man in tlie shop where he then

      worked . Had never seen Critchlow previous to the first interview which he had referred to . Several other witnesses coiToborated the main features of the evidence already given . Mr . Grainger addressed a long and ingenious speech to the jury on behalf of the prisoners , commenting , chiefly with regard to Critchlow ' s case , on the want of all evidence connecting the prisoners together , Mr . Justice Coleridge summed up , and laid the case before the jury in' . the clearest manner , who retired for : * - few minutes , mid then returned with a verdict of G-ailtr against Bolton . and of Acquittal as regarded Critchlow . ITis Lordship , in passing sentence , observed upon the magnitude of t ! , e crime of which the prisoner had bc-m found ruilt ; .. It was efcji' -cially a crime in a county Kkt that , where jii ' iiperty of incalculable value was often in , i-sted in tin * t-iigii . i > of tlie di'sci'iptiori alluded to , which , valuable

      a > thi ' . \ were , were particularly liable to the attai : fc > of virio ' . i- p'T-on * . In : i n . oral point of > ii w . the ciinn was vi-n it . ¦ , " . ( Vii if [ n- < -jil . c !! -i « e fo 1 . . 'in riii-ir work . " ! ilM to Iwinfl tl em-ieiw * together , and to uu out at ui ; rh * :. iking l > i .. ' : it appeainl that one oi hi > unhappy companions im that night had \ M <\ j se \ erer ( leiiall ; still . W ' hcji he . should recall tba" to his reiueuiliranci ' , it uiigiit prove to him , porhap" ? . a lllOP . liittrr rivollrctinn , and gi \ e him a great deal muiy pau than In- was likely to suffer at the hands of the lav .. Thj sentence "f the Court was , that the prisoner be in-prisoned for eight-en calendar months , with hard labour .

      A man named Thomas Novth Stocks was next indicted for harbouring John Critchlow , well knowing that he had committed a felony . As Critchlow had been iicduitted , however , by the jury , the charge against Stocks was , d course , abandoned . Dec . 0 . —Embezzlement by a Rlrax . Police Orficed . —It having been previously arranged that the trial of Joseph . SteacLman Maddison should take pla « this morning , great excitement prevailed in the city of York on the subject . The court was crowded to excess , and much speculation was afloat as to tfe probable result of the trial . The caie presented many peculiar and interesting features . The prisoner was charged with having , on the 12 th of June last , in

      the city of York , felomonsly embezzled £ 17 , the property of George Swann , Esq . Mr . Wilkins stated the case . If I am well instructed , he said , the easel am about to lay before you , in all its facts , i ? one so strong and overwhelming , that it seems to me the onlyliop p to the prisoner of escape from the charge against him is in the legal acumen and ingenuity ol ' his counsel . It appears that , in the year 1842 , ' tBe increase of crime in and about this neighbourhood had been so rapid , that several gentlemen met togegather for the purpose of establishing a society , havinf for its object the protection of the lives and properties of those living in and about it . In the first instance , I believe , these subscriptions were small , but in

      the course of a short time the expediency and necessity of an institution of this sort was discovered , It was then determined bv the promoters of it that they should establish a police of their own , who wert , I believe , to act as a patrol within the circuruferena of ten miles from the city . The prisoner wa ? OK who made application for a situation under them , anl 1 am free to admit that he came to York with testimonials of a very high description , and he w . is in consequence appointed the superintendent of tfe police . Shortly after the appointment , or I believe contemporaneous with it , he was informed that it wa ! part of his duties to collect in the subscriptions fron the different parties who were the subscribers to this

      association , and that immediately on the receipt d them he was to pay them over to Mr . Swanc , tfe banker ; and so formally were those duties made known to him that a resolution was passed reej > ect ing them by the committee-of the association , which waa read over , and distinctly described to the prisoner . He complained , I believe , at the time that his salary was not large enough . However , the gentlemen comprising the committee thought it was , out made him a present of £ 10 , and allowed him a profit of five per cent , on the whole of the moneys he was to coY lect . It was his duty once a month to ' to the bank , and take with him a receipt or voucher for a certain sum of money he would require for paying the poiicemes under his control . In short , the prisoner continued

      to collect money up to the Oth of July last , receiving every week large sums for the payment of the polif * It will be shown tliat since the 22 nd or 23 rd of January ( although we shall show you distinctly that he received sums of money ) he never paid one singk fartliing into the bank . It should be borne in mini that since the 22 nd of January the prisoner had ntf paid one farthing into the hands of Mr . Swum Eveiy month the prisoner received from Mr . Sffaffl £ 70 or . £ 80 with which to pay the police officers ufldf him . At length , on the 6 th of July , when the prisoner went to get his usual payment of Mr . Swamthat gentleman refused to pay any more . Mr . Swani

      said that he had already paid more out than had come in . No subscription had come in since January ^ he refused to pay anything further . The learnrf counsel read a letter addressed by the prisoner to * II . Anderson , Esq ., solicitor to the police force , whiM clearly confessed ; the defalcation laid to his chafg 8 - Mr . Wilkins concluded by calling a number of witness in support of the charge / Mr . Bliss addressed tbeM for the prisoner , and witnesses were called who tet im to the prisoner ' s good character . The jury retireoflf three . hoiirs , and then returned with a verdict ol Guilty , with a recommendation to mercy . —S enteD ® deferred .

      Northern Circuit , Dec . 10 . —Muiioeb . — ' $ ® - Kcndrew , aged 22 , farm labourer , and John ft- !* drew , 24 , shoemaker , brothers , were placed at «• bar , charged , the former by the coroner ' s inquisiti ™ with the wilful murder of " Mr . William Inchbald . « Dunsforth , in the parish of Aldborough , in the " . ^ Riding , and the latter with feloniously harbourp » and maintaining William Kendrew , well , ^ ^ him to have committed a felony in shooting > ' **¦ Inchbald . Mr . Wilkins stated the case to the }« ty and then called thirty witnesses , who clearly pW * by a chain of circumstantial evidence , the && >}? , details of which have been recently before the put * The , followinc additional fividfince was given OJ ^ t

      father of the prisoners : —William Kendrew sud--remember the Wednesday night before Mr . Inch * ! was shot ; I went to bed " at nine o ' clock that ni ?«'' >" o one lives with me . My son William catae to- ^ about twelve o'clock that night . He came »^ door , and he would come in , hut I didn't want t « -t »* ° him in at that time of night . He said , * ' If I t" ^ open the door he'd got a double-barrelled go&rL he'd blow my brains out . " I let him in , «» £ slept at my" house on tbat night , and on , -tte night next , Sept . the 27 th ; I went to work in g morning , and at night when I returned W "" ? , , ^ gone , and I never saw him again until now . li j A"l J . f- ± . * ± . « i . * ' — - !_ „ M > nn nnnfl TTlPll . **^ mat iusuan coai / oi mine ¦

      „ a new noa g """ - , - jj « in its place was an old jean coat of William s . ¦ ^ son John , the other prisoner , brough t back P ** \^ to me . I was present when the police-officersewW j my premises . The gun was found in a pig-sty- ^ had never seen that gun before . —Evideice ^^ . duced in suppert of the charge against Jpnn r > drew , but it did not appear to be conclnsive . --jury retired , and , after an absence of tea m " ? ]] isD j returned with a verdict of Guilty against " " ££ Kendrew , and of Acquittal as regarded Jonn ^ drew . —His Lordship , in a most impressve affecting manner , pronounced upon him iiief _^ f of death , and told him to give up all hope o . ear ^ mercy . —The wretched man appeared wfiow moved , and left the bar in the most careless ^ J ,, exclaiming , as he went , " Thank ye , if that oe ^ -

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      Thihsk . —On Monday 3 ast , the 9 th inst ., a poor man , named William Raine , was run over by the mail train on the Great North of England Railway .: The deceased was at work on the line when the whistle of the train ^ wras blown to warn him ; he just stepped off the line , but the engine-man , thinking him too near , again blew the whistle , which startled him , and he stepped on to the way again , and was instantly knocked down and run over . His legs and thigh | S were severed from Ms body . He died the rsame night .

      Another Fatal Explosion . —We regret to learn that a steam boiler explosion occurred on Monday , at Messrs . Lloyd and Foster ' s colliery , near Wednesbury , by which the engineer was killed . — Worcester Journal .

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      street , Haymarket , ia the City of Westau ^ r , ^ Office in the same Street and Pariah , for -f . ^ liy prietor , FEARGUS O'CONNOR , EB- ^ ajW *^ William Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-street , w ; street , Walworth , in the Parish of St . Mary , . ^ ton , in the County of Surrey , at the Office , ^ Strand , in the Parish of St . Mary-ie-Straw , City of Westminster . •' : ' . ¦ --' .. . Saturday , December Wj l ^^^^ jg

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      S - THE NORTHERN STAR . j December 14 , 1844 .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 14, 1844, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct517/page/8/