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      '_ that of the steward , / with much hesitation—in sf ; a 0 jury would convict on it . Therefore the hdecharge would have rested upon that of the * " °£ ft 0 an to ' . whom the property . belonged , and the ^ missions made by the prisoner in her evidence . irtdn t here seemed to him to be a total absence of ffljce on the part of the prisoner in taking the profir except that it was done to deprive the prosc-Jntorofthe possession of it , from some -vindictive £ " {•„ ,, towards him ; or nnder an idea , that she ^ ht obtainlsoine favour from the Smiths or the Zto&iL It was quite clear she had not taken the thine * from ^ y motive of gain , and , if she was Tljlfy she was the instrument of parties more so fh » n herself . He could not help eulogising the be' inAat of the steward , with much hesitation—in S ^ ; ., « « n n ! d COttvicfc Oil it Tharvtaro . th *

      wionr ofMr . Barnes , ana also that of the prosector and taking all tUepoints of the case into consideration , he did not think there would be" any prejudice to the interest of the court in acceding to the homane application on the part of the prosecution . Ue was supported in that view by the . opinions of his learned brother commissioners , and Xo l ' v the aldermen who were on the bench with him . " A verdict of "Acquittal" was then taken . — jhe prisoner , who kept occasionally vehemently ^ ro ^ sting her innocence , and laughing and crying , jl " t the dock , and was taken away by the servant cfjlr . Barnes .

      As ^ n-T upon Constabies . —James Hart , 31 , $ a * ktr , wa » indicted forunlawfullv assaulting Henry ilonugue , and Edward Narborough , two police conf tables of the City of London , in the execution of tlidr doty . —It appeared that on the afternoon of the Sriof thismontb , whilst Montague was on duty in Earl-str ^ et , Blackfriars , he was called to from a bouse in Green Dragon-court , where the prisoner Jived , by the prisoner ' s sister , who stated that the prisoner was ill-using her mother . The constable went there , and found a crowd round the door , which 5 T 3 S open , upon which hewent in and saw the prisoner , « h » came towards him , and before a word was spoken struck him a blow in the face that felled him to the gronud . I le immediately rose and seized him

      , and a scuffle ensuing they both fell . Prisoner then seized him « ith his teeth by the upper part of the thign , and held so tight that when the constable got up he = > as clinsing t » him , and did not leave go his loid until he had torn the piece out . Some one flavin ? fetched Narborough they attempted , to take ¦ the prisoner out of the house , and finally , after both being much assaulted , got him into the street , and vere going towards the station-house when they told the prisoner that if he chose to t-o quietly they would not hold him . This prisoner promised to do , and went on for some short distance , but on their coming to a pan of the street where the sewer was up to a

      i&ptix of nearly sixteen leerjke made a violent drive at both officers with an intention of throwing them down , = < nd would have succeeded had not some of the men employed at the sewer seen the act , and managed to prevent the officers from being thrown down . Prisoner was then secured and finally got to the station . —TheJury found the prisoner "Guilty . " —Mr It . land said the prisoner had been convicted in 1847 in this court and sentenced to three months ' imprisonment for assaulting the palice , and he had been six or seven times in custody for assaulting different persons . —The prisoner was then sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment aad hard labour .

      Robbery by a Letter-caruibr . —Bartholomew Keating , 42 a Post-office letter-carrier , was indicted for unlawfully and contrary to his duty , detaining a number of post letters that had been entrusted to him for delivery . —The prisoner , who had pleaded not guilty , retracted that plea , and pleaded guilty to the charge . —Mr . Clarkson said the prisoner was ' not charged witb lelony , but with the offence of misdemeanour under the Post-office Act . in havin ? unlawfully detained and keptb : u-k a large number of letters that had been entrusted to him for delivery in the course of bis duty as a letter-carrier . The circumstanees ' were these : —In consequence of something that came tothe knowledge of the Post-office authorities , the prisoner was sent for and questioned as t »

      whether be had any letters in his possession which tesh u ! d have delivered . He replied that he had cot , bat on his hat being taken off fourteen letters were found in it , and , on hislodgingsbeing searched , no ! e > s than 255 other letters were found addressed ii different persons residing in the prisoner ' s district . Upon this discovery taking place , the prisoner at first said that he could not find the parties ; but afterwards , when it was ascertained that a great number of th- !« tters could be delivered at the addresses they bore npon them , the prisoner said he knew he had done wrong , and begged for mercy . Mr . Clarkson added that there was no reason to suppose the prisoner intended to steal the contents of any of the letters , or that , in point of fact , any of them really contained money . The letters mostly consisted of notices from the commi-sioners of inland revenue , for the delivery of which the prfcoser received extra pay , and the supposition was that he had kept them back solely

      to save himself the trouble of delivering them . —Two witnesses were examined as to the prisoner ' s character , and they spoke favourably of him in that respect . They a ! so expressed an opinion that since lie had suffered fn . m brain fever , with which he was attacked about a twelve month back , his mind had been impaired , and that he was not competent to perform the duties of a letter carrier , and they said that this was the general impression among the persons who were acquainted wjth him . —Sir . Gapes , the inspector of the Soho district , said that the prisoner had filled the situation of letter-carrier for six or seven years , and he had occasion to see him everv dav , and he never had the least occasion to suppose that his mind was at all affected . If he had he should , of course , have immediately communicated with the Post-office , in order , that the prisoner might be removed from a situation of which he was incapable to perform the duties . —The prisoner was then sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one

      year . Sesmxg a Tbheatesixg Letter . ' Oetavins Ryiand , 50 , a respectable looking man , described as a clerfe , was indicted for feloniously sending a threatening letter to the Rev . William Baiigo Collier , with intent to extort money from him . —The prisoner pleaded " Guilty , " and , when he was asked ¦ whether he had anything to say in arrest of judgment , he replied , that it was his first offence , and threw himself upon the merciful consideration of the Court . —The Common Sergeant told him that he had confessed himself to be guilty of one of the lighest offences known to the law , and he therefore felt himself compelled to pas 3 upon him the sentence of transportation for life .

      Post-office Robbket . —T . Simpson , 27 , was indicted for stealing a letter , containing a half sovereign and a shilling , the property of the Postmaster-General . It appeared that the ' prisoner was porter in the service of Mr . Braden , " a grocer , in Highstreet , Islington , and who also keeps a post-letter receiving house . Inconsequence of irregularities that occurred in this district , the Post office authorities took steps to discover who was the depredator , and a letter , containing a half-sovereign and a shilling , both of which were marked , was posted at the receiving house , where the prisoner was employed , on the 8 th of May . This letter , in due course , should have arrived at the principal office between five and six o ' clock the same evening ; but , upon the bag being opened , the letter was missing , and

      ilr . Sculthorpe , a gentleman employed in a position of authority at the Post-office , proceeded immediately to Mr . Braden ' s office , accompanied ty an officer , and upon the prisoner being questioned , and eventually taken into enstody and searched , the narked shilling was found in his possession , but no trace was observed of the half sovereign or the letter . When the prisoner was asked how he came to be in possession of the marked coin , he asserted that it was his own property , and that he had brought it from Ma own house the day before . The jury found the prisoner " Guilty , " but recommended Mm to mercy on account of the good character he had received . The prisoner was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for eighteen months .

      Robbery , by a Solicitor ' s Clerk . —Joseph Hall , ased 33 , clerk , was indicted for stealing the sum of £ } , the property of Messrs . Mardon and Pritchard , la mastera . —Mr . Overend prosecuted , and Mr . Charnock defended . —The facts of the case were these . The prosecutors are the well known firm of solicitors , of Christchurch Chambers . Prisoner was their out-door clerk , and to him was entrusted monies to liquidate the current expenses of tho Grace . In the present instance he had debited the * nn the sum of £ 1 Is ., paid with a subpoena , saving only patf Is . with it Previously to thisand other frauds being discovered , the prisoner left the prosecutors' employ without nqtiee , except sending * letter to state that he was ? oin ? down into

      Worcestershire to some friends . —In the cross-examination it was elicited that the managing clerk in the ofifce was a defaulter to a considerable amount and " * d absconded , and prisoner when charged with the « ffence said he had been made the dupe of him . — ^ r . Charnock took an objection to the indictment , * j > exact sum stolen not being specified , and quoted we recent decision of the Queen v . Bond . The wmmon Serjeant held the objection to be good , tod directed tne acquittal of the prisoner . —He was again indicted and convicted of stealing a cheque { or £ 9 5 s ., -which had been entrusted to him for the easiness of the office . —The jury and the prosecutor Bams recommended him to mercy , he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment

      Jbtesilb Thieves . —Two boys named Hill and * smpton , stated in the list to be fifteen , but who see med much younger , their faces scarcely showing ? X"e the dock , and being of a very juvenile ap-Parance otherwise , were indicted for stealing * oowl and a quantity of silver from the bar of *• H . Green , a publican , keeping the Bed lion , weenwich , and the case was clearly established vp ™^ them by the evidence of prosecutor ' s daugh-* £ i a most intelligent child not quite twelve years VMge . —It appeared that they had reconnoitered ** plaeeuntil they found that ahe was alone at the JX » * henHill went in and had a pot of por ter "web . he paid for , and shortly afterwards went out ? J ™ waited until the child was gone into the par-Irar ' Bfce thea heard a voice , and . on going into

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      mSts ^ SS ^ s : soSe « i JP e -M taking" them—Both pri-SSSijM * , ^ i 5 ined the witness . - * Sem Sfo bty > th t ° ^ P 0 i"t of evidence against S ^ 1 * 1 ^* " 6 "Oth found Guilty . ' -PoliceconstaDle Carpenter of the R division , said this made the « & time ' Hill had been convicted of robbing tills , and had very recently came out of Maidstone gaol , where he had suffered six months ' ™ ip « sonmentfrom \ a conviction at those sessions . The other had also been in trouble , and belonged to an organised gang .-Mr . . Gurney having conferred with Mr . Cope , sentenced Hill tobe transported for seven years , with a view to obtain his admission to Parkhurst prison . Kempton was ordered to be imprisoned for three months and once , whipped . thf Wi"iiiw mmtanding iuulj n ... , ri „ j thnnt . W m-, l ,: »^ aJLiT ! v : 6 ? GOOr . and

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      MARYLEBONE . -A Footman n Love -the charge , as it appeared upon the police sheet , was against a man rather shabbily attired , and who gave his name Richard M'Allister , for having been flund near the premises of Miss Bellew , Stockley House . Pnmrose-hiURoad , Regent ' s Park , for an unlawful purpose . —Court , 30 S S , said , between four and five on Saturday afternoon last Miss Bellew ' s coachman came to me , and said that defendant had been near the house a long time , annoying his mistress . I have seen him about there several times , and one * & £ * ^\ between ei 8 ht and nine o ' clock , I told him if he didn't go away he would get himself roto trouble , when he replied that he should stay as long as he ^ thought fit—Mr . Broughton : Now , about last Saturday , whatoccurred ? I desired him to leave the place where he was , and he told me , f , — « h —w navvy M *** M «* W VW&U 1 X | V

      that Iliad no business to interfere with him ; he was then on the footpath close to the garden fence ; he told ine that Miss Bellew owed him £ 2 , which he could not get , and I went into the house to speak to the lady , who said most positively that there was no truth m what defendant had said . As he refused to leave I took him into custody . —Mr . Broughton : Did you hear any threats made ? Witness : None , Sir . —It wa 3 here intimated to Mr . Broughton that the defendant had , upon the complaint of Miss Bellew , been brought up to this court for a similar offence , and that in default of his finding sureties for his keeping the peace , he was in prison for six months . This was about two years ago . He said Miss Bellew had promised to marry him , and that if tie had not oeen a fool he should have married her then and there . He further said , that he was jealous of another person , and that was the reason for his leaving his mistress ' s service , where he had been living as footman . —Several of Miss Bellew ' s

      domestic servants were examined for the purpose of showing that the defendant had persevered in an intolerable system of annoyance to their mistress for some time past—Miss Bellew was then sworn : She said , under much excitement—For the last three years I have lived in terror of my life , through this creature ( looking at defendant ) , and I dismissed him from my service in consequence of improper conversation used by him in the kitchen . This time two years he attempted to seize me and drag me from my carriage , on my return from Epsom races , and he declared that my carriage and horse 3 were his , and the house also . I and my family are all in danger and expect to be shot . It ' s very hard , paying so much for rent and faxes , I can't be protected . —

      Mr . Broughton : I don ' t think you have any reason to complain of want of protection ; the police have been constantly -watching the defendant , and ho has bten long imprisoned for a . former annoyance . Bo you owe the defendant anything ? Miss Bellew ( emphatically ) : Not one farthing . —The defendant was asked what he had to say in answer to the charge ?—Defendant : I hope your worship will send the case to the sessions , where I shall be prepared with counsel and witnesses . Mr . Broughton : I shall not adopt that course . —Defendant : Very well , sir ; then I'll go on . Miss Bellew made a positive engagement with me to become my wife , and assured me that nothing else could ever make her happy ; and she told me that she had purchased the house

      she is living in for ourselves . She sent a message to me by Mis 3 Martin after I left informing me that if I would come back she would make me as comfortable as possible , and that I should not wear the clothes , meaning by that the livery . She has also told Mr 3 . Norton in her dressing-room that I might have made a gentleman of myself if I had not been a fool . —Miss Bellew : I declare most solemnly that there is not a word of truth in what this man has stated . —Mr . Broughton , after remaking at some length upon the evidence which had been elicited in the course of the long and curious investigation , was of opinion that although no actual threats had been used by defendant since Ms liberation from

      prison , m which he had been for six months incarcerated , his words and actions had been of such a nature as to justify him ( the magistrate ) in requiring some security , that the parties who had shown that they were in fear should not be again molested ; he should , therefore , require defendant to put in bail himself in £ 50 , and two sureties of £ 25 each ( with notice ) for his keeping the peace and being of good behaviour towards Miss Bellew and all her household for a mouth . —Miss Bellew : I ' m surprised , sir , that you have onl y secured this man for a month—at the end of that time we shall be shot . The defendant was removed by Mitchell , tho gaoler , and Mjs 3 Bellew with her relations and friends then quitted the court .

      Alleged Fraud upon thb Great Western Railway Compaxt . —Sarah Fry , ' who described herself as a dressmaker , was charged with having defrauded the Great Western Railway of 5 s . lid ; , by riding seventy-one miles beyond the distance for which she had paid her fare . The case was proved , and the answer made by the prisoner . was , that she fell asleep prior to her arriving at the place at which she was desirous of getting out , and that she had no wish whatever to have been broughton to London . It was further ahown that after she was locked up she told a fellow prisoner in the cell that she had managed to come up at a very cheap rate . —Fined 10 s . ; in default of payment , fourteen days .

      MARLBOROUGH-STREET . —A Sieeet Row . — William Curzon , residing at No . 2 , Charles-street , Grosvenor-square , was charged with assaulting Charles Harrison , a hawker of toys , 49 , Camerasquare , Chelsea . —Complainant stated , that about half-past twelve on Sunday night he was proceeding along Piccadilly with a friend , and another young man and woman , who were walking behind him , when the defendant , with eight or nine others , went up to the young man and woman and insulted them . A row ensued in consequence , and witness and his companion walked back to see what was the matter .

      He was looking on when the defendant came up to him , and after some words , struck him a blow in the face with bis fist . A scuffle then took place , and a constable coming up , witness walked away , followed by defendant , who struck him and kicked him sereral times . The constable , who was present , saw this , and took defendant into enstody . Witness was not quite sober , but he knew well what he was about—In defence it was stated that defendant had been struck by complainant first . —Mr . Bingham said the constable had proved seeing defendant strike complainant ; he should , therefore , fine him 10 s . The money was immediately paid .

      The Law of Bill Discounting . —John Shepherd , agent , No . 4 , Cros 3 Key-square , was charged with having unlawfully " detained " a bill for £ 55 , entrusted to him to get discounted . —A solicitor who appeared for the prosecution was about to state the particulars , when Mr . Bingham said if the prisoner was only charged with " detaining" a bill he could not take cognizance of the complaint—The solicitor said the charge was for stealing the bill under these circumstances : in April last Mr . Jones , a plumber , his client , did some work for a gentleman in Golden-square , named Cook . This gentleman , in payment of the work , gave two bills at six week 3 date , one for £ 55 , and another for £ 274 . These bills were placed in the hands of Mr . Pook to eefc discounted , who gave them to the

      prisoner who undertook to get them discounted , and gave a written memorandum to this effect : " Mr . Pook has placed in my hand two bills , one for £ 55 , and another for £ 272 . The first bill , for £ 55 , I will endeavour to get discounted this day , the second by next Friday . In case I do not get them discounted within a week I promise to return the two bills , and a post obit bond left with me by way of security . " This document was dated last April : bat from that time np to the present neither bills nor post obit bond had been returned . The bills had arrived at maturity and the acceptor was threatened to be sued by the present holder for the amount Under these circumstances , the prisoner was charged with having stolen two bills entrusted to him for the purpose of getting discounted . — Mr .

      Bingham said the first part of the charge was contradicted by the last part If the prisoner had not accounted for bills entrusted to him to get discounted , then he had not been guilty of stealing but of embezzling . the bills , provided written instructions as to tneir disposal had been given at the time . But it appeared that no written instructions had been given at all , as required by law . The only instruction given were oral instructions , and therefore , as the Taw stood , the defendant could only be charged with having broken his contract The complainant could do nothing at a police-court , but he would not say he could not proceed elsewhere . Unfortunately there were a good many of such cases of late , but nothing could be done in them and he must discharge the accused .

      , Chabob of Obtaining Monet under False Pbetesces . —Ann Maria Tolfrey was finally examined , charged with fraudulently ! obtaining the sum of £ 35 from Wm . Richardson , 19 , Sun-street , Bishopsgate-street , under the pretence of getting him a situation in the Home-office ,- throughTuH > mfluence with Lord Alfred Paget-Lord Alfred Paget proiei that to was bo , acquwutw inw we

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      prisoner whom he had never seen before in his lite , ine etter produced was not in his handwriting . —Eliza Goshy said about four years ago the prisoner obtained £ 270 from her , under the pretence of lnvestmg it for her advantage . She saw nothing more ° ^ ne prisoner for a considerable time after , and . when she demanded the restoration of her money , the prisoner gave her £ 70 and anIOU for the remainder . The latter had aot been taken up . —Several tradesmen , who were in court , stated that the prisoner had swindled them out of valuables to a large amount , under the pretence of showing them to various noblemen and gentlemen . A number of other charges were gone into , and the prisoner was full y committed tor trial . . prisoner , whom he had TiAvni < conn Wn «» in hie

      GUILDHALL . —Receiving Stolen Goods . —T . Evans and Richard Stewartson were placed at the bar , before Sir Chapman Marshall , charged with being receivers of stolen goods .-Alfred Green , an otneer of the detective force , stated that about eight o clock on Monday night , in consequence of information he had received , he proceeded , in company with Bleach , another deteotive officer , to 33 , St . Andrews-hill , Doctors Commons . The name of Evans , late Langland , " was over the door , and on a under tne window was tho name of " Thomas Hale , dealer in marine stores . " Ho ( Green ) went into the shop , and asked Stewartson , who was standing behind the counter , if Evans was within , and on receiving an answer in the negative he asked who did

      business for Evans in his absence ; to which Stewartson replied that he did . Stewnrtson immediately went into a back room , and Green followed him , and found Evans sitting down by the side of the bed . On asking him if he had any sacks in his house , he replied he had not , but appealed to Stewartson if he had bought any sacks lately . He said he had not . He ( Green ) then told the prisoners that he must search the premises , and proceeded to do so accordingl y , when he found two sacks in the shop without any name or mark upon them . He gave them into the care of Bleach , and then went down stairs to' examine the cellar . There he saw Stewartson , with another man , at the entrance of a small coal cellar , the door of which was blocked up with several baskets piled one upon another . Stewartson and the other man went up stairs , and he ( Green ) then cleared away the baskets , when he found secreted behind them a sack containing eighteen sacks , all marked " T . Denny , " and three marked "Johnson , Knightsbridge . " Bleach came down shortly afterwards , and they found a largo quantity : of pieces of sacks which had evidently oeen fresh cut up . The prisoners were then taken to the station and locked up . —Thomas Reeve Denny stated that he is a corn merchant , holding warehouses in Upper Ground-street , Blaokfriars , and had lost a great many saoks from time to time , but could never find out how they disappeared ; the acks produced were his property , ana portions of those which had been cut up also belonged to him ; the sacks were worth Is 3 d . each . Never saw tho

      prisoners before , but believed they lived in the immediate neighbourhood of his warehouses . He further stated , that there was a great many persons who would prefer similar charges against the prisoners , and among the number Messrs . Sturdy Brothers , corn merchants in Earl-street , Blackfriars , who , it , seems , have lost within the laet nine months , 1 , 400 sacks , and although they knew where they were taken to , they have never been able to catch any of the parties . The sacks were bought by marine store dealers as " old junk " for making paper . The prisoners were remanded .

      BOW-STREET . —Gmso False Chaeaotehs . — ThomaB White , of 190 , Drury-lane , shoemaker , was fined £ 10 , ( or two months' imprisonment , ) for giving a "false character" to a worthless lad named Charles Garrett , who was consequently taken into the service of Mr . Davii , of the Kent Hotel in Brownlow-street . from which he absconded with a £ 10 note five weeks afterwards . —Mr . Jardine , in inflicting the penalty , observed that the offence was a very common although a very serious one . It was necessary , therefore , to mark it with such afine aB would serve as a caution to others . Notice of an appeal against the decision was given . WESTMINSTER . —A Begging Letter Impostor . —Jaques Ponco Trdyon , a Frenchman , was finally examined , charged with imposing upon the Duke and Duchess of Montrose . ne was committed for six . weeks to the House of Correction .

      WORSHIP-STREET . —Pocket Picking . —Mary Anne Bucke , a showily dressed , middle-aged woman , and John Hall , James Garrett , and Robert M'Ewcn , three equally well dressed men , were placed at the bar before Mr . Hammill , upon several charges of attempting to pick the pockets of ladies in Finsbury ; on the prisoners being placed at the bar , Nathaniel Forth , a gaoler of the House of Detention , stated : I Know all the three male prisoners , who have been confined in our prison at different times on remaud on suspicion of felony ; Garrett three times , and als ;> twice tried for felony , hut each time acquitted . The woman is a stranger to me , but Hall has been twice in my custody . —Mr . Flammi !! considered the case had been clearly brought

      to all the prisoners , who were' evidently acting together , and sentenced each of them to undergo three months' hard labour in the House of Correction as rogues and vagabonds and suspected thieves . Charge of' Manslaughter . —William Wickley , a tall powerful man , described as a greengrocer in Turville-street , Bethnal-green , was placi-d at the bar before Mr . Arnold , charged with causin ? the death of his sister-in-law , a young married woman , named Margaret Wilmot—James Turpin , ' a hawker , said , I was standing with a friend in front of the bar of the Victory public-house , in Little Nelsonstreet , Bethnal-green , at eight o ' clock on Tuesday evening , when the prisoner came in in the company of a woman , and both of them appeared to be

      intoxicated . The deceased , Margaret Wilmot , followed them in , and , addressing the other woman , asked her if she knew the prisoner was a married man ? She had scarcely uttered the words , when the prisoner , with ' a threatening observation , raised his arm , and was in the act of striking her , when I ran out to meet her husband , whom I met in an adjoining street , and having been informed on my way back that the woman had been carried home senseless , we proceeded there together , and on reaching the house found'her lyingthere dead . A policeman was standing outside , to whom I communicated what I had witnessed , and I accompanied him to a honse in a street leading out of Club-row , where I pointed out the prisoner , ' who was taken in custody

      —busan Shepherd , a married woman , residing close to the public house in question , said , I was intimate with deceased , whose sister was the prisoner ' s wife and while conversing with her at my own door between seven and eight o ' clock last evening , the prisoner passed us with a woman , who was so much intoxicated that , she fell down in the ' road . She was raised up by the prisoner , who took her into the public-house , followed by the deceased , who had seeu the two together , and directly afterwards I heard the noise of a violent contest inside the house , and on hastening there found the deceased supported in the arms of twe men , without either bonnet or shawl , convulsively struggling , and being carried into the street . I picked up the deceased ' a

      cap and shawl , which were lying on the floor in front of the bar , and went out to follow her , but , not seeing the deceased , I returned home and found her sitting on a step at the baok door retchino violently , and , apparently very ill . I raised her head to support her , and asked if I should get her a cup of tea , to which she seemed silently to assent , and I sent my little girl to prepare it , while 1 continued holding her , but almost immediately afterwards her head suddenly dropped , and she' exclaimed Jin a faint voice , " Oh , dear , Mrs . Shepheard , what shall I do!—my eyesight ia gone ?" She then became senseless , and never spoke afterwards , and I , having procured assistance , caused her to be carried into her own house , where she wa 3 placed in bed , and a surgeon in the neighbourhood was instantly sent for , but upon examining her he

      at once pronounced her to bo dead . This morning I assisted in undressing her , but did not , while doing so , observe any marks of violence upon her person . —Police-constable Kimherley , of the n division , stated , that upon taking the prisoner into custody , and apprising him that he was charged with maltreating his sister-in-law , who bad since died of the injuries she had sustained , he made no reply , and was thereupon conveyed to the station . —The prisoner , who appeared very much depressed , offered no observation in answer to the charge , and Mr . Arnold ordered him to be remanded for the completion of the evidence , but consented , in tho meantime , to accept substantial bail for his future appearance , which he fixed at the prisoner himself in £ 100 , and two surities in £ 50 each , with twentyfour hours' notice to inquire into their sufficiency .

      MANSION-HOUSE . —Ousmns Robbery .- Henry Williams was charged with having robbed a young lady of her purse in an omnibus . The prisoner , a fashionably dressed young man , was seen to enter an omnibus at the Brighton station after the lady went in . When the omnibus reached King Williamstreet the prisoner went off immediately , after which a gentleman inside asked the lady whether she had lost anything , for the suddenness of the movement alarmed him . She replied in the negative , but upon putting her hand to her pocket declared that Bhe had been rooted of her purse . The conductor then ran after the prisoner , crying , " Stop thief , " and the prisoner quickened his speed and turning into a lane flung away a purse , whioh

      was picked up by an old woman , who handed it to a policeman , by whom the prisoner was taken into custody . The moment the purse was shown to the young lady she identified it as the one of which she had just been plundered . The prisoner had been remanded twice before , in consequence of the young lady declining to come forward . However she appeared on Tuesday , ' . but declined to swear to the purse or its contents . The evidence of all the other parties placed it beyond a doubt that the prisoner had committed the robbery . Mr . Wontnor , for the defence , said that if the magistrate disposed of the case summarily the respectable relations of the prisoner would pledge themselves that he should he at once seat to Australia . --Aldermaa Gibba said .

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      omnibus robberies had of lato been so frequent , and f w ? W ment of them tod I *™ ' *<> ingenious ! , 1 mLii t determin ( ? a t 0 e « rcise all his power as S 8 trate *? check them , . and especially as rip ^^ f tloularlyliabletobePlundered . Ho 5 MkL * 5 u ? , ? prdenfc oaso tbe ladywho w « i ? , ! h J ^ bed had / alled ^ support the statement she hv £$ ?* T f'I " the 1 ? ss she stained , and had by such conduct obstructed the course of justice . As ho could not send the case to the Central Crimi-™ L * Urfc up ? n such evidence as that which had . „ ,, V om ... * he principal , person concerned , he should be obliged . to commit the prisoner for two months to Bridewell . Picking PocKEis -John Edwards chareed nnniImi . « U ..:.. i ] .. . .. I .

      . was li « i haviD ? 1 . ? ked a gen « eman ' 3 pooket .-fhc complainant had , as he walked along King William-^ treet , transferred his . pocket-handkerchief from his S « i - ? Jv ^* IP 00 H of which it was immedi-S JL h J P risone n who was observed by Shr - \ t < f ° V aild at onca taken mtocus : tody . The instant the officer mad > his appearance theTprisoner threw down the handkerchief , and pretended not to know anything about the business .-AWerman Carden committed the prisoner to Bridewen , and said it would appear as if gentleman ' s coat pockets were merely made for the accommodation of thieves .

      _ CLERKENWELL . -A dhdskes Maniac . - G . Henley was charged with the following outrageous conduct . —Sergeant Archer , C division , said that the prisoner was a terror and nuisance to the neighbourhood of Cow-cross and Saffron-hill in congruence of his violent and unruly conduct . He was in the constant habit of ill-using his wife and tamily , and the former was now lying ill in consequence of bis ill-treatment . On Monday ni « ht he was seen in Cow-cross , running too and fro , and kuecking down and insulting everybody that came in hia way . At length he went up to Mr . Jas . Kennell , a respectable inhabitant , who had remonstrated with him , and gave him a violent blow on the face . The neighbourhood was in a state nf

      confusion during the whole of the night in congequence of the prisoner ' s conduct ; and ho returned home , -and-after ill-using his . wife ho broke the whole of the furniture . He was at length taken into custody after , a desperate resistance . —The prisoner , in his defence , said ho did not recollect anything that occurred ; he had been drinking , and whenever he drank it drove him mad , as his skull had been fractured by . a kick from a horse . —Mr . Tyrwhitt told him that he ought to avoid drinking if it so effected him , and fined him 20 s ., or in default of payment three -seeks * imprisonment . He had no money , and ho was sent to prison .

      rHAMES . —MtmniiRous Assault . —John Poy , a registered coalwhipper , was charged with stabbing and wounding Henry Brown , a registerod basketman . On Tuesday , tho 4 th inst ., whilst in the Cock public-house , Cock-hill , Eatcliffe , complainant and the prisoner had some angry word ? . Complainant became irritated and gave the prisoner a slap in the face with his open hand . He then turned to leave the room , when the prisoner snatched up a knifc which was lying on the table , and caught him a back-handed cut across the face , inflicting a very serious wound . He had since been under the care of Mr . Cleveland , surgeon , of Ratcliffe , and was now getting . on favourablo . — Committed for trial . , ¦ «'

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      FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . ( Concluded from tfo second pagt . ) FAILURE OF THE EXPEDITION A AINST cuba ! . ... - ; - .... ¦¦ . ; ' The ateam-ahip Ohio arrived at ; New York from Cuba about three p . m . of the 24 th ult ., having left Havanah on the 20 th . The following summary of her news is from the 'New York Courier and Inquirer : '— 'General Lopez landed from the steamer Creole , which left New Orleans on the 7 th , with about 500 men , on the 17 th at Cardenas , a small town on the north-west side of Cuba , which wai defended by a garrison of sixty men , who of course

      were compelled to surrender . They made some resistance , however , and did not yield until three of their number had been killed and the rest driven into a church . The force under Lopez was only a small part : of the whole expedition , as ; several other vessels were known to have left New Orleans previous to the Creole with some 1 , 200 or 1 , 500 men , but the places at which they were to land were not known . The Ohio brings no news of any other party except that of Lopez having landed , though a rumour prevailed that his force had increased to 2000 , and that he was half way on his march to ManTa nzas . This , however , lacks confirmation .

      'On the 16 th , news was received at Havanah that , a large body of men wa 3 collected , upon Woman ' s Island , near Cotache , Yutacan . the General of-Marines , with several vessels , and : about 3 , 000 men ; immediately started for that point , and just beore the ! Ohio left the Spanish steamer Pizatro came in with 105 prisoners taken from that island . It was said that they were mostly Germans and Irish , and a report prevailed that at least every tenth man of them was to be Bhot at twelve o ' clock , p . m ., on the 20 th , and the rest confined in the dungeons of Moro Castle . How these prisoners were taken , and within what jurisdiction , is not stated . The report , as received , indicates that the Spanish authorities went beyond their own

      jurisdiction , and captured these prisoners before they had been guilty of any actual invasion . It is said that Lopez had broken up the railroads leading in every direction from Cardenas . ¦ Great alarm prevailed in Havanah . The city was nnder martial law . Several . thousand militia had been enrolled , and arms put in their hands , which shows conclusively that the authorities have the utmost confidence in the disposition of the people . The resident foreigners had been called on to enrol ; and the - merchants , hankers , &c , were removing their money , plate , &c , into the castle . There wer . r 1 , 500 troops at Havanah , and 800 were sent from Havanah on the 20 th to reinforce the Spanish force , and march against Lopez . '

      The inglorious termination of the ' expedition is thus relatpd in the New York Courier , and Enquirer' of the 27 th ult .: — .

      « THE CUBAN CONSPIRACY ; « The bucaneerui R expedition to Cuba seems to have met the disastrous fate which it deserved . Instead of marching from Cardenas to Havanah and revolutionise the island , Lopez and his gang seem to have had some difficulty in making their escape . They succeeded , however , and the leaders , at least , are . now in the United States . ' . We received last evening the following despatch from Washington •— . , ' Washington , May 26 .

      1 Authentic intelligflnce concerning the Cuban expedition , was received here this morning by telegraph , dated at Kay West on the 22 nd , and must have heen sent by the steamer Isabel . The steamer Creole arrived there on the 21 st , having on board COO men . She was chased by . the Spanish steamer Pitarra from Cardenas . The Creole left New Orleans on the 7 th in company with a barqu ? and a brig , the three having 600 men anil armB and ammunition . After getting to sea the men were shipped on the Creole off Yucatan and steered to Cardenas , which they reached on the 19 ih . They took possession of the town , burned tho governor ' s pslace , and took him prisoner after a battle in which fifty S panish troops and thirty inhabitants werekilled . After this engagement the Creole pat off and returned to Kay West . 99 9 lat «< l above . '

      ' On her arrival the collector sent an officer on board and seized her in the name of the government for violating the laws of the United States . The six hundred men' are now at Key West , and a naval force is asked to prevent further outrage from them . General Lopez was thereat the date of the dispatch . The captain of the Pizarro states he captured the barque and brig which accompanied the Creole , and took 'from vhem letters and communications containing full plans of the expedition . The other parts of tbe expedition have not been heard from . General Lopez arrived at Savanah yesterday , and the district attorney was ordered to execute the law of 1818 . ' . :

      The following despatches , also received by telegraph last evening , give further particulars of the progress and fate of the expedition : ; 'Charleston , May 25 th , 1850 . The following is the extract of a letter received by the Isabel , dated Cardenas , May 20 th , 1850 . ' Gea . Lopez , accompanied by about 500 men landed at this place , from the steamer Creole , between two and three o ' clock , on the morning of the 19 th of May ( Sunday . ) After a short struggle

      with the few troops stationed here , they took possession of the town , and then besieged the house of the governor , and met a good resistance . They set fire to his house . He was consequently forced either lo give up or be burned to death . The invaders kept possession of the town until yesterday , when they left about eight o ' clock , carrying with them our governor , one or two officers , besides the money they had lobbed from the public Treasury . They had a second action with the troops before leaving , and several wete killed on both sides ,

      'This unfortunate occurrence has caused a moroentary check in business . . 1 have , not received , any letters ( ok the part

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      ^ TOiSL- ssr ia ^* s ^ s-trart S the inhabitants , although nearl y everv one 2 refuge on board of- the shipping in the harbour We trust that b y to-morrow evpning tranqmlUtv will be restored and the business of the town co on as usual . s ' We open our letter to advise you of the safe arrival of our governor , with the two . officers uaptured by- Loprz . Near Pazpitda they fell in vith a fishing smack , nnd it is said that Lopez agreed to put them on board on condition that the governor would use his influence , to save the lives of those left behind . Five of Lopez ' s gang are now in tbe stocks .

      ' Savannah , Ga ., May 26 th . 1 Much excitement was produced here last nighl by the arrest of General Lopez , by ' tbe U . S . Marshal , acting under orders from the President of the United States . His aid , Maj . Sache ? Essnaga , was also taken into custody ; They were carried before Judge Nicholas , of the District Court . The court-room was densely crowded . No evidence being adduced to justify commitmftnt , the parties were discharged at about a quarter to twelve last

      night amidst great cheering among the spectators , and General Lopez was escorted to tiis lodgings at the City Hotel b y a large escort of citizens . Being loudl y called for , he came out before the people and made an animated , speech , interrupted by the plaudits of the multitude . He declared it to be his inftexihle purpose to persist in his enterprise , ' and was determined to persevere until Cuba wasfren and disenthralled from the yoke of Spain / under all risks and at every hazard . He left the city at seven o clock this morning ( Sunday , ) for Mobile . ' ¦

      •¦ " ¦ ' Savannah . May 25 th . 'The steam shi p Isabel touched off this port this morning , from Havanah and Key Wes » . She left Havanah on the 22 nd inst ., two days afterthe Ohio . ' According to the advices brought by the Isabel , the invading forces are thrown into confusion , and probably are already used up . ' The following information is obtained from Lopez : —The expedition left the Islay del Contoy o ; . tl . e northeast corner of the Uycataii coast , on the 16 ih , and landed at Cardenas on the 19 ch inst . They lost time

      some in landing , which gave the auUioritiea time to send an express to Colozo , about . ten miles distant . The expedition ' entered the town , and at . tacked the gaol , supposing it to he the barracks The gaol guard , composed of fifteen men , stood fire like old soldiers . Troops were seen at this moment crossing the plaza . They were hailed , and answered by firing upon the troops , after this , some soldiers went to the government house , which was attacked . The house was well defended , hut it was finally burnt . The few troops surrendered themselves .

      The town of Cardenas remained in peaceable possession of the invaders . The troops , however , being dissatisfi'd with their warm reception , and having lost time in getting the wounded and fuel on board the steamer Creole , which was to return fi > r reinforcements , became disheartened , and insisted upon going to Key West . ' \ A . private telegraphic message from New York , received at Liverpool , contains the following additional particulars of the defeat of the expedition undT General Lopes - —The ' Courier and Enquirer » of this morning publishes a letter from its HUvanah correspondent , whicli Btates that even the convi tg whom Lopez liberated refused to join him , and tlie departure of the invaders was hastened by observing the country people arriving with hostile

      demonstranong against them . The government have declared tbe island in a state of blockade , but it is believed that the merchant vessels engaged in lawful trade will be rxposed to very little inconvenience . The steamer Georgia sailed for Chagr-s on the 21 st inst ., with 600 passengers , none being allowed to land at Havanah . The steamer Falcon sailed on . the 22 nd from New Orleans . At Cardanas a troop of Lancers , who charged the troops of Lop > z , were all killed . All the . foreigners at Havanab , except the Araeri . cans , offered their services against the invaders . The

      Govenor of Cardenas , who was captured by Lopez , had returned to Cardenas . Lnpfz had possession ot Cardenas sixteen hours . When the troops arrived from Mantanzas the fi ghting commenced ; The invaders lost thirty , killed and wounded , and the Spanish from 90 to 150 . The invaders continued fighting and retreating until they reached the steamer Creole , when they sailed , closely pursued tiy the 8 teamerPizarro . Lieutenant Jones , of Alabama , was one of the wounded ; he received a ball through his right side . He is at Key West .

      Another letter states -that the invaders were attacked when within six yards of the Governor ' s hbuse by a shower of bullets from the tops of the houses , piazzas , &c , which wounded Colonels Wheai atid O'Hara and a number of men—none mortally . The invaders returned the fire , and the battle lasted near an hour , when , a white flag was shown from the Governor ' s house . Soon after the citizens renewed the fightihji , when the invaders setthe house on fire , causing the Governor to surrender with his staff , 100 in all , who were placed in the harracks . 150 prisoners were released from the gaol ; the

      invaders remained in quiet possession of the city till evening , except Lopez and staff , and Captain Logan , of Kentuck y , with twenty-five men , who went aboard the . Creole . At this junction 200 Lancers and cavaln mounted and renewed the fight , which lasted nearh one hour , killing and wounding twelve of the invaders , including Captain Logan , who died on board tbe Creole . The Spaniards lost all except twelve . The invaders retreated and sailed . Captain Smith was slightly . wounded . Quartermaster Seixas , of MiB 3 ., has since died . Major Hawkins , of Kentucky , is seriously wounded . One of Lopez ' s staff is missing and another wounded . Orders have been despatched to arrest all connected with the expedition on their landing .

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      Unrolling of a Mummy . —On Monday afternoon the interesting process of unrolling a mummy was exhibited at the residence of Lord Londesborougb , Piccadilly , in the presence of about sixty of his lordship ' s private friends , including many of scientific , literary , . and antiquarian eminence . Previous to the operation a brief but very instructive and comprehensive explanation was given by Mr . Birch , of the British Museum , of the history of embalment and the art of preparing mummies , tho leai'ned gentleman adhering to the well-known narrative of Herodotus as to the three grades of mummy manufacture practised by the Egyptians , according to the pecuniary means and wishes of the friends of the decease—viz .: First , that in

      which the brain was extractad through the nostrils , partly by pulling it out with an iron instrument , and partly by an infusion of drugsjthen cutting the side with a sharp ^ Ethiopian stone , removing the viscera , which was washed with palm wino and purified with pulverised perfumes ; next filling the cavity of the trunk with ground myrrh , cassia , and all other odiferous herba except frankincense , sewing the body up , rubbing tho whole corpse with natron , which destroys the flesh , leaving only the skin , and bones , and burying it for seventy days ; at the end . of which period it was bandaged in fine linen , smeared all over with gum , and placed in a wooden case made in the form of a human body , and . deposited in an position against a wall in a

      sepulchral building . The second process was filling tho intestines with eedai oil , whioh on its removal at tho expiration of tho srventy days during which the body was in salt , drew with it tho viscera in a state of dissolution , the flesh being also destroyed by natron , as in the former case . And the third metho'd , that practised on the poor , w » 3 to inject salt and water , wrap up tho body seventy days in natron , and then deliver it to the relatives . Mr . Birch , having dwelt on the late important accessions to our . knowledge of heroglyphics , proceeded to state thnt from the inscription on the ousercase ( which was in a beautiful state of preservation , the colours hoing wonderfully fresh and vivid ) ho considered tho present mummy to be of

      the second class , though a priestess of Isis , as he inferred from the laool , " Anchsehsi , " she who lives by Isis , and of tho age of about 700 B . C . These conjectures weve fully confirmed on the unrolling , which disclosed an unusual quantity of papyrus , bearing a profusion of the hieratic , or current hand , hieroglyphic characters , descriptive of the profession of the deceased , whose ritual it constituted , and innumerable emblems and devices symbolical of the attributes of her worship . This , unwonted amount of papyrus and ¦ writing upon it rendered the specimen of extreme interest in the estimation of those qualified to decipher tho eharacters ; but Dr . Granville—who , while the unrolling was being proceeded with , gave some valuable

      illustrations ot the chymioal and mechanical details of mummy , making , said that the priestess ban evidently suffered from the want of judicious governmental control over tho Egytian undertakers , who had swindled her relatives by a wholesale use of bitumen , and the oonsequence was apparont whon the bandages , were removed , for the bones were so oharred and the musoles so calcined , that the limbs broke off in fragments on the least pressure . Military Knights op WjsnsoB .-Tho aggregato sums speoially provided in votes by pavhament for the repairs and alterations of the buildings for the accommodation of the Military Knights of Windsor from 1810 to 1850 , amount , according to a return lately issued , to * 9 , 180 .

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      MONDAY , Juke 10 . . ' " .. : HOUSE OF LOKDS . — Rotal Commission . — Their . lordsbips met at half-past four o ' clock , r when the Royal Assent was given by commission to tho following public nnd private bills - —The Exchequer bills Bill ; the Process and Practise- ( Ireland ) Act Amendment Bill ; tho Parish Constables Bill ; the Ac ts of Parliament Abbreviation Bill ; the Sunday Fairs Prevention Bill ; tho Licensed Victuallers ' 5 T . ° ® . 1 ! al Fire and Life Aasuranco Company 2 Bill

      ( No . ) ; the Carlisle Gas-light and CokeCompnnyRiii ; tho Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons nLv ^ n ^ U . " Co ^ nisation Assurance Com-« M ! li ^ fe " Guildr y Fund Society Indorpo-Ihp I A ^ e Exeter an d Crediton Railway Bill and ? hnlSi Ue P of n SurSeons of Edinburgh Bill * ENrmmrnl v Preem <*' 8 Allotments Bil ) . BiH Cm E 8 ? ates ( Inm * ) Ac * Amendment = pftSS = S ^ which was to provide that no estate should be sold for less than fit teen years' purchase . / '

      The ??? . ? f n CARLI ? I'E opposed the further progress of tho . bill , on the ground that the operation of the Encumbered Estates Act was not accompanied with so much evil as was asserted by the Marquis of Westmeath . Tho Earl of Glenoah attacked the Encumbered Estate Act in no measured terms . It was nothing less than confiscation and plunder , of tho most infamous description . ' ¦ ' : ¦ After considerable discussion , in the course of whioh the Duke of Richmond , Earl Fitzwilliam , Lord Beaumont , and Earl Wickiow , all supported the bill , or advised the restoration of the Encumbered Estates Act to its original shape , The Earl of Carlisle said that he should not divide against the bill , after the very strong expression of opinion in its favour which he had iusfc heard . .

      The Marquis of Westmeath expressed his gratification at the concession of the noble Earl ; and after . some further conversation as to tho conduct of the Commissioners appointed under the Encumbered Estates'Act , in which Lord Stanley and the Marquis of Lansdowne took part , the bill was read a sec 6 nd time without a division . Austbalian Colonies Bill . —Lord BnouoHASi then moved that certain persons interested in the Australian colonies should be heard by counsel at the bar , against the bill for governing those colonies , The noble lord briefly stated tho objections of the petitioners to . the measure , and enumerated various precedents , in which private persons had been heard on public bills .

      Eirl Grey would have been glad to hear-counsel , had that course been consistent with the rules and practise of the house . He denied that the . precedents cited bore upon tho matter , because in all those cases the parties hoard had been personally interested , which was not the case with the present petitioners . : Under such circumstances he could not consent to the motion . ' ., ¦ A desultory conversation followed , turning on the questionwhether the house was , or was not , sufficiently informed to justify their legislating upon a point so important as that of a colonial constitution . Finally , their Lordships divided on Lord Brougham ' s motion : — .. Contents , 25 Non-contents ; .. 33 _ 8 The . committal of the bill was then moved .

      The Bishop of Oxford moved , as an amendment , that it should be referred to a select committee , contending that the measure had been hastily prepared , and dealt with important interests in a crude and injudicious manner . Earl Gbet opposed tho amendment , whicli , he argued , would , cause a needless delay , and prolbng a condition of agitation and uncertainty in the Australian colonies . In a prolonged address , the noble carl examined the various provisions of the bill , contending that it prosented a copy of the British constitution as close as the condition of the colonies enabled them to follow ; endowing them with selfgovernment to the degree in which it was safe ; and conferring the power of self-rectification at the wish of the colonists themselves , whenever that wish should be distinctly expressed . Lord Stanley supported . the amendment , but consented to allow the second reading if certain clauses were withdrawn .

      Earl Grey declined ifi promise the mutilation of the bill , and postponed all modifications until tha clauses came on for consideration . Their lordships divided—For the amendment 21 ¦ Against 34-13 The house adjourned at one o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS—StjKdat Labour in the Post-office . —Sir G . Grey , ' standing at Ihe bar , communicated to the house her Majesty ' s grauious reply to the address voted a fejv nights since having reference to the Sunday duties at the Postofiioe , in which the Queen assured the legislature that the tenor of that address should bo borne out in praotise so far as was consistent with the public convenience .

      In reply to Mr . Thorneley , Lord J . Russell 3 tated that the government had no intention of making any distinction in favour offoreign letters as to the Sunday deliveries . New Houses op Parliament . —On the motion for bringing up tho report of the Supply Committee ; Mr . Husie , pursuant to notice , moved that the vote of £ 103 , 610 for the works of the new houses of parliament should be diminished by the sum of

      £ 3 , 000 , Being the amount proposed in the estimate for the expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts . The hon . member supported his motion by numerous references to the plans and estimates that had been successively prepared , and showed how incessantly the programme was altered and how costly were the alterations . The original estimate of £ 707 , 000 had , in fact , been expanded into a net ¦ outlay of more than two millions . Ho recommended that the subject should be referred to a select committee to investigate the cause of this .

      enormous success . The Chancellor of the Exchequer , after recapi- ' tulating many of the statements he had produced . on a former evening , declared that the real expenditure upon all the purposes that could fairly be charged upon the original computation had exceeded the first estimate by not more than" ' £ 230 , 000 . All the surplus of expenditure had •" ¦ arisen from items not takisg into the architect ' s account , the principal being the site , the water-side

      esplanade , the construction of a mam sewer , the warming , ventilating , and fireproofing apparatus , the fixtures , furniture , &c . The right hon . baronet submitted that the appointment of-a select committee would only lead to a temporary stoppago of the works , and the commencement of a vague inquiry into a complicated series of arrangements arid minor changes of plan during the progress of the building for some years past . He had no objectiou to a committee of inquiry into the accommodation provided in the now chamber of the

      Commons . . After afew words from Sir C . Burreil , Sir R . Peel read copious extracts from the reports of committees , drawn up many years since , v to prove that tho alterations which had produced the expense now complained of had originated in \ great measure in suggestions made by Mr . Hume himself , and were forced upon . the public depart- ' " ments either by the committee of which that gen- ' - tleman had been an active member , or by special votes of tbe house itself . Assuming to himself the ' greatest share of responsibility for-the introduction of works of art into the new palace of the legislature , Sir R . Peel declared that be had taken that step under the sanction of the unanimous ODinion

      of a committee especially appointed to consider tho subject , and among whose members Mr . Hume had figured . Detailing some of the proceedings which , tho government had adopted to carry out th 8 recommendations of that committee , and the subsequent resolutions of tho house itself , he claimed credit for prudence in the means selected , by public competition , the offer of prizes , &c ., and for success in the result , which had brought forward ! many artists previously unknown , and developed a talent in fresco painting , and other branches of ail ! , heretofore latent ainorif Englishmen .

      Mr . B . Osborne brought back the house to the consideration of the real subject before them , from which , he observed , . that they had been deluded by Sir R . Peel with allusions to certain moments of weakness in the life of Mr . Hume . The motion was not designed to censure the Fine Arts Committee , but to suspend their operations ; and after a variety of sarcastic observations upon the decorations , the architecture , and the business capabilities of the new houses of parliament , he contended that common sense dictated as the proper course to pursue , that tshey should complete the edifice first and adovn it afterwards .

      Lord J . Russell observed that tho discussioa had involved many points relating to the general expenditure of the budding ,, but the motion , merely enforced the retrenchment of a few hundred pounds . It was , he considered : * an object hardly worth obtaining by a reversal of the course deliberately adopted masy years ago , and persisted in ever since . A confused disc \ jgsion ensued upon a proposition by Mr . Hume to substitute for his amendment a motion for appointing a select committee et inquiry into the whole- subject ,, but ultimately a division was taken oa tho original amendment , which was negatived by a majority of 144 to 62- ^ 82 .

      Mr . Hvme then tarought forward Ws motion for a committee of investigation , whiok after a brief discussion , was opposed by Mr , Roebajc . k , on the ground that honourable members , either as a house generally , or as selected into a committee , were wholly incompetent to deal with a question of taste , " Th ? Chancxuob , at tha EscHEqusR explained

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 15, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1578/page/7/