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      COURT OF EXCHEQUER . STEELS AND OTHERS V . BICES . This - was an action to recover the sum of £ 22 or articles of dres 3 sold aud delivered to the lefendant ' s wife . —Mr . Crowderstatedthatthe plaining are silk mercera and linen drapers in the Jorough ; the defendant is the parish clerk of St . Andrew ' s , Uolborn . For the last two or three ears he has lived separate from his wife , in consci ence of her having contracted intemperate labits . Before their marriage the defendant was ijourneyman engraver , but upon his marriage with us wrfe , who i 3 his cousin , ahout eighteen years igo , £ 400 of her fortune was expended in pnrchaseng for him his present situationproducing £ 30 n

      , r £ o 00 a year . For some years they lived happily igether , until she took to drinking , as was aliged , in consequence of his neglect of her . On leir separation she continued to receive the insreston £ 2 , 000 . Three per Cent . Consols , belongig to her , and about £ 1 per annum besides , from notber source , and the defendant agreed to make p her income to £ 75 per annum , but had failed to o so . Under these circumstances it was COnhlded , on the part of the plaintiffs , -who had sopited her with articles of dress suited to her staion , not knowing anything to her separation from er husband , that they were entitled to recover the mount from the defendant . The ordering and deivery of the goods to the defendant ' s wife , while

      Btaying with her sister , Mm . Sleigh , were proved , and the amounts charged were " admitted to be proper . Amongst the items were , a merino dress , one guinea ; a silk dress , fourteen yards at 4 s . a yard ; a satia dress , fourteen yards at 63 . a yard — Mr . 3 fa 3 h , who had married the mother of defendant's wife , stated that Mrs . Ilicka had been frequently intoxicated of late yeare . It was agreed by the defendant and her friends , that she should be placed with a Mr 3 . Smith for a year , to see if Bhe could not be broken of her habits . The defendant said that he would take her back at the end of the year , but he had not done so . She still continued to drink occasionally . Defendant had told witness that at the time of his marriage he gave the

      Hev . Mr . Beresford , then rector of the parish , £ 500 for his situation , and that it brought him in between £ 390 and £ 400 a year . —A letter of the defendant to Mrs . Smith , with whom his wife was placed , was put in , in which he stated thnthehad agreed to make up her income to £ 75 a year . Only £ 8 had been paid by him during three years . —On the part of the defendant it was contended , first , that the articles supplied , particularly the silk and satin dresses , were not suited to the station in ' which she was ; and secondly , that tho income she received from her own property wa 3 sufficient , as , in fact , his income only amounted to a little more than £ 100 a year from his situation . —A Scripture reader at St . Andrew ' s was called , who stated that

      the amount of the defendant's fees was £ 104 during last year . He judged so from having taken the fees for the defendant on several occasions . Some people called them fees , somegratuties ; but there were gratuities besides the legal fees—what they amounted to he did not know . Evidence was given to negative the charge of defendant having neglected his wife . —Mr . Growder having replied , H 13 Lordship left it to the jury to say -whether the amount which the defendant ' s wife had was sufficient , in proportion to the defendant ' s means , from whatever source derived ; and secondly , whether the articles supplied were fit and proper for hep to have in her portion—The jury fonnd a verdict for the plaintifi 3 , for £ 132 s . —IDs Lordship certified that the case was a proper one to he tried in a superior

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      IS BE HEWETI ASD OTHERS . Mr . 'Warren applied for a certiorari to remove the indictment had in this case from the Central Criminal Court . The indictment was for a conspiracy preferred against ten persons who were members of a benefit society called " The Philanthropic Society of Coopers , " which existed since March , 1831 . The defendants were much surprised on finding themselves charged with conspiracy while exercising the rights and discharging the duties of a committee of that society . The application was founded upon affidavits which stated that difficult questions of law were almost certain to arise , and that the parties accused required the aid of eminent Queen ' s counsel to defend them upon the trial . It was evident by this indictment that this was an

      attempt to bring tho society within the provision Of the Combination Act , being the 6 th of George IV ., chap . 129 , sect . 3 ; and the indictment itself extended to 122 folk 8 , and contained 29 special counts . The objects of the society were to relieve members of their body wlo were out of employ ment , and to provide decent interment for them after death , Tho affidavits stated that a person of the name of Evans was believed to he tho prosecutor of the said indictment , he having been , it was alleged , fined £ 10 by the committee of the Bociety while a member of tha same . The rules of the society , however , made no mention of the word * ' fine . "—Rule absolute granted , the defendants to Enter into sureties— £ 100 themselves , and two sureties for £ 30 each .

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      CtEHiCAL Wab tjpos Beforters . —The Plymouth Jour nal has again sent its reporters to the Puseyite Church of St . Stephen , Devonport . On the former occasion the stenographer was fairly paralyzed in Ms vocation by an adjuration from the pulpit—this time , he and his companions were violently compelled to desist . In order to try the legality of this interference , the verger was summoned before the magistrates for an assault . On the part of the defence , an attempt was made to show that the reporters had misconducted themselves—that one of them had looked round to count tha people in the church—that they had refused to desist writing

      men they were called upon by the defendant to do so . Several witnesses were called for the defence , but they , though not disinterested parties , could not deny the defendants had sworn at and assaulted the complainants . But neither had the complainants any independent evidence , so the bench censored the beadles , for a want of discretion ; with regard to the reporters observed , that when they attend on such occasions , with the object of taking notes , they are bound to . act with the greatest decorum ; and as the evidence had not been sufficient to show that the complainants had been so guarded , they dismissed the case .

      The TSsw Makchesiek Education Scheme . Sir John Kaye Shuttteworth has addressed a letter to the Moichester Guardian , expressing his general approval of the new educational scheme , and Mr . Joseph Kay , author of "The Social Condition of England , " speaks of it in highly favourable terms . In a letter to the Morning Chronicle , after giving an outline of the proposed plan , he concludes by saying : — " It will be a remarkable thing if the active merchants and manufacturers of the north , so overwhelmed as they necessarily are by their vast commercial undertakings , Bhould have the honour Of solving the education qneBtion . It will add soother leaf to the laurels of Manchester . The

      inhabitants of that city were principally instrumental in breaking off the shackles from the enormous commerce of our empire . They are now completing a stupendous work , in order to convey to the city an unlimited supply of fresh watet They have made the town one of the cleanest and best lighted of any of the empire . They have newly-completed a great free library for the poor , and they are just finishing one of the most perfect and commodious hospitals in the kingdom . I hope , Sir , that in a few months we may be able to add to all this , that they have obtained for themselves one of the best working schemes of public education that the world has yet seen . "

      Parochial Bates . —A general meeting of the working classes of the parish of Dairy , Ayrshire was held in the hall of the White Hart Inn , on Thursday , the 16 th , instant , to protest against the nnmst proceedings of the parochial board in assessing the half clad , half starved , and over wrought workmen for the support of the poor of the parish . The hall , which is capable of containing 500 persons , was well filled . On the motion of Mr . J . Dickie , Mr . . Robert Moore was tmaxnmonsly called to the chair-. The Chairman pointed out the injustice of taxing tha poor to support those who were farther sunk in the depths of poverty than themselves ; bat he expected nothing better from the justice-loving Whiga , nor indeed from any other

      party , until the Charter , whole and entire , became the law of the land . —It was moved by Mr . William » ken . and seconded by Mr . Joseph Hunter : — That seeing that between fifty and sixty of our poor brethren are cited to appear before the sheriff or the county for non-payment of the taxes , and eemg , also , that from past experience tie working SS ^ JS f ^ f «»*• to pay with costs , ant JS «™ £ ?^ ke ^ as to whe ther the act of oehb toered to canvas the town for « 33 dSEtaSi ^^!^^ . ^ --fea ca s e Chairmthe broke w *

      an , meeting np . The Jdphkb Mail Steamer , which left Rnn « , ampton on the 7 th hub ., with the PenhsiS arrived at Comma at 11 . 30 p . m . the lltb . 3 ' having been obliged to bear np for that port in consequence of Saving discovered , when seventy miles from that port , that the main shaft wasquite gone inside the second box of the starboard paddle and only kept together fay the framing and floats ! The weather crossing the Bay had been most severe with a tremendous sea . It moderated on the morning of the 11 th , or she would not have succeeded in reaching that port , as the framing of the paddlewheel would not have held together any longer . Seven or eight days will be required to repair the damage . It is proposed to forward the Vieo and Oporto mails overland , and endeavour to telegraph to Lisbon the cause of delay .

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      THE HOMICIDE AT THE REGENT'S CANAL DOCKS . Mysterious and Fatal Occurrence at the Regent ' s Canal Docks . —On Thursday afternoon about one o ' clock , as a man named Robert Apling was heaving up the winch on board the Lively , a vessel recently arrived from Germany , a discharge of firearms was heard , and Apling exclaimed , " My God , I am shot , " falling back immediately a corpse . A surgeon was immediately in attendance , and discovered that a shot had entered the right breast , leaving an orifice the size of a shilling . Up to the present time all efforts to ascertain whence the shot came , or by whom it was fired , nave been fruitless . The Dock Company propose to offer a reward for the discovery of the perpetrator of the fatal deed .

      At the Thames Police-office on Friday , "William East was charged with causing the death of Robert Amlett , a labourer in the Regent ' s Canal Docks . — Potter , 212 K , deposed that on the previous night he proceeded , on information , to prisoner ' s lodging ? , at 39 , London-street , and found him in bed . He took him into custody upon suspicion , whereupon he confessed that he had been firing with a gun at a jug placed on a post , in a yard in the rear of the house . He missed the jug and supposed that the shot must have hit Ablett , of whose death he heard about three o ' clock that afternoon Henry

      Dean , mate of the Lively , said he was about five feet from the deceased when he heard the report of fire arms . The deceased put his hand to his breast , and said , " Oh , God ! I ' m shot , " and fell dead . — Mr . Samuel Taylor Rose , a surgeon , said the ball entered the man's body just below the right breast , in an oblique direction , and that it had been fired from an elevated spot . —The prisoner said he had got no more to say than he had fired the bullet , and was sorry for it . —Mr . Ingram ordered the ground to be measured , and remanded the prisoner , accepting bail .

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      FATAL SEWER ACCIDENT . On Friday afternoon , at three o ' clock , an accident occurred in a new sewer which is in process of formation in Lower-road , Islington , by which two lives were lost . It appears thai the Commissioners of Sewers were forming a branch sewer from Church-street to Cross-street . Air . Johnson , the contractor , had pushed forward the sewer underneath the New River , and down the Lower-road , Islington , and great care is said to have been taken both by the contractors and the offices of the commission to prevent any accident taking place from the proximity of the two cuttings . Mr . Cox , the landlord of the King ' s Head public-house , being desirous to open a drain from his premises into the

      new sewer , some days ago had a shaft sunk in his cellar , and a heading driven forward from close up to the 2 few River tunnel . There the water began to ooze through and flooded the cellar , which , of course , made him still more desirous to have the drain completed into the sewer , The leave of the commissioners , however , is requisite for this , and we hear accordingly that Mr . Cox applied for this permission only on Friday morning to have his drain into the sewer finished . His application was negatived , we were told , in the most positive manner , but , [ notwithstanding this , Mr . Cox is said to have employed a man to do what he required . This man , it is stated , commenced to drive a heading from the sewer under the New

      River to meet the drain on the other side ; but , instead of beginning at the bottom of the sewer , he did so a great way up , and the danger of this was increased as he proceeded , by inattention to the levels of his work . He had penetrated seven feet inwards , when he used a boring instrument called ' a searcher , " to ascertain where he was going . The searcher penetrated the tunnel of the New River , and immediately the water , rushing through the heading , filled the sewer like a tide . There were six men in it at the time ; two got up the shaft with ease , but two more made a very narrow

      escape , being swept off their legs by the force of the current . A labourer named George Ellis , and a bricklayer , named William Bone , were carried away and drowned . The body of Ellis was recovered at the mouth of that branch of sewers near London-bridge . The body of Bone has not yet been found , but it is believed that it has been swept into the Thames , and search is being made for it there accordingly . Such appears to be the account of this melancholy accident , but it is impossible to vouch for the strict accuracy of statements collected hurriedly , and without any opportunity for proper authentication .

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      The Fatal Accidbst on the Eastern Cotjhties Railway . —Mr . C . C . Lewis , the coroner for the southern division of Essex , held an inquiry on Thursday , at the New Inn , Ingatestone , respecting the death of James Wilson , one of the new engine drivers in the service of the company , who was killed by being crushed between his own engine and a passenger train . The particulars will be found in our sixth page . After hearing the evidence , the jury announced that they were of opinion that the stoker of the goods engine was much to be blamed for moving his engine before he had the proper signals to come on , and not seeing when he did so that the points were clear . They therefore returned a verdict of " Manslaughter " against Henry Hampshire

      , and die coroner made out the usual documents for his trial at the ensuing assizoB at Chelmsford . Mb . Smith O'Bbibn . —The newspapers up to the end of September state that Mr . Smith O'Brien had arrived in Hobarfc Town by the steamer from Port Arthur , and had accepted his ticket of leave on his word not to leave the colony . Ellis , the party implicated in assisting Smith O'Brien to escape , by giving him a passage in the "Victoria cutter , had managed to get clear off with his vessel without paying the fine ( £ 60 ) , in which he had been amerced . Th * Goverhmbkt Asn ihk Wnroow Tax . —It is now understood that the government have decided upon the surrender of the window tax , and the substitution of a moderate house tax . There is reason to hope that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will have so considerable a surplus at the end of the financial year that he can easily afford a million or

      * twelve hundred tbqusand tor this long-desired object . By the substitution of a house tax calculated to raise about £ 600 , 000 , for the window tax , raising about £ 1 , 800 , 000 , the sacrifice of revenue will not exceed £ 1 , 200 , 000 . Such a tax will in the first instance fall much lighter than the present window tax , and will not interfere with the construction of our dwellings . —Daily News . Two Fibes . —On Thursday morning the premises of Mr . 3 . Wilshire 37 , Colt-street , Limehouse caught fire from some unknown cause , and before the engines could subdue the flames , the furniture and a considerable portion of the stock were destroyed . —A . second fire broke out at 19 , Moorlane , Cnpplegate , on the premises occupied by Mr . Bryant , a pork butcher , and was caused by the explosion of gas which had escaped from a faulty pipe . The shop was set on fire , and the flames were ultimately extinguished by engines . The amount of damage is not ascertajaed , - . -

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      CLERKENWELL . —The Ohanoe Basket Question . —Mr . James , clerk to the Holborn Union , and several parish officers , appeared to support proceedings instituted by their direction against a large number of itinerant orange venders , who , it was alleged , obstructed the streets and created a nuisance by their cries . —Mr . Combe , after hearing some of the cases , in which it was merely proved that the accused had . called out , "Two a penny , oranges " and carried their baskets before them , asked what law was there to prevent parties selling their fruit in the street ?—Mr . James said they were in the habit of standing two or three together , and surely that was an . obstruction . —Mr . Combe : Certainly notPl their basket the

      . acing . upon footway must be proved against them so . as to cause obstruction , but there was no law . to prevent parties selling oranges in the streets on Sunday , They might proceed , if they thought proper , under the Sunday Trading Act , which they , the officers , knew as well as he did would be very difficult . —Mr . James : They ought to walk on the carriage way . —Mr . Combe : Oh , no ! The foot pavement is free for everybody , " and tbere is no act of parliament to compel people to walk on the carriage way . —An overseer of the parish said the calling of tho oranges on Sunday was an . intolerable nuisance . —Mr . Combe : They may call oranges all over the country if they like . — Overseer : I am an overseer , and the inhabitants

      expect protection from me . —Mr . Combe : You are not an act of parliament ; you are an overseer . What Nuisance is it . to call out " Two a penny " orangeB ? " —A young man . was charged with selling his fruifc and assaultin g ' a policeman . — The officer saw the prisoner selling his fruit , but there was no evidence of any obstruction , and on the officer taking him into custody he resisted and struck him . —Mr . Combe said that the constable had no right to interfere with the prisoner . As he had said before , they had no right to meddle with poor persons for selling oranges . If not in the commission of an illegal a ct the police had no right to interfere with any one ; if they did so they ought to expect resistance and assault . He

      should discharge the prisoner . Suspicious Possession . —James" Douglas and Isaac Ambrose , labourers , were charged with being in possession of property for which they could not give satisfactorily account . —On the previous night the prisoners were seen by police constable 334 S , in Suffolk-street , Somer 3-town , carrying a quantity of timber , when he asked them how they got possession of the . property . They gave a very unsatisfactory account of themselves , and were taken into custody . On their way to the station-house they resisted violently , and it required the assistance of

      147 S and other officers to secure them . The property wa 3 found to belong to Mr . Jay , the contractor to the Great Northern Railway , and Mr . Price , builder , of Caledonia-road , Islington . Douglas , it appeared was in the employ of Mr . Jay , and Ambrose in that of Mr . Price . —Ambrose in his defence , said that they picked the timber up in the road , and Douglas assisted in carrying it . They admitted having told the policemen f alsehoods as to their possession of the property . —Douglas was recognised as having been formerly convicted . They were sentenced to one month ' s imprisonment each with hard labour .

      WESTMINSTER . —Chaboe of Foboebt at the Cbystal Palace . —John Watson , late a time keeper at the Crystal Palace , Hyde-park , was charged with committing a number of forgeries . The prisoner had been apprehended upon the charge of obtaining a quantity of clothing and tools from a Mrs . Simmonds , by producing a forged note purporting to be written by two of her lodgers named Lant , and who worked at the Great Exhibition structure , requesting them to be sent by him . —The evidence having been fully taken he was committed upon this charge . —A second case was then exhibited against him for obtaining money by means of a forged order . —Mr . Jarman having stated the case on behalf of Messrs . Fox and Henderson , the contractors

      , Mr . T . W . Hall , their chief cashier , proved that , on the 2 nd inst ., the prisoner brought an order for Ms ., purporting to be duly signed by Edward lovel , foreman of carpenters , for the payment of a journeyman named Holy well , and having stated that the latter was leaving the work , received the money , the forgery not being detected at the moment . The accused was remanded . On Wednesday he was again placed at the bar on a third charge . As time-keeper to Mr . Lovell a foreman of oarpenters , it was the duty of the accused to make out two time sheets , containing the names and numbers , amount of time and wages of each workman ; one of which sheets was to be given to Lovell , and the other to the cashier ' s clerk to enter into a time-book , and from which the pay sheet was made . On the week ending the 13 th of December , prisoner inserted in the time sheet for the clerk , but not that ot Lovell ' s , the name of

      John Connor for 30 s ,, being the amount of six days ' work , which in the ordinary course of things was included in the pay-sheet list . As there was no such person as John Connor in tho employment of Lovell the prisoner picked up a young countryman , named Franklaud , aa the latter was walking through Knightsbridge , and under promise of obtaining him work at the Exhibition , took him into the building and by an artfully got np tale with respect to Con nor a absence , induced him to personate him and answer to his number , 1709 , by which means he obtained the 30 s ., and handed it to tho prisoner , who gave him Is . for his trouble . To effect this fraud the prisoner possessed himBelf of the metal number above given , whioh must have been placed in the box daily as a guarantee that its holder was at work upon the building . The ticKet 1709 , with four 01 five others , was found in the prisoner ' s possession at the time of bis capture . —The prisoner was fully committed .

      A Workman ' s Mistake . —W . Horim was charged with wantonly destroying some marble slabs , the property of his employer . —The foreman of Mr . Hartley ' s marble works , Earl-street , Westminster , stated that defendant was engaged as a workman last week at 2 s . per ( Jay . On Saturday evening his wages , calculated at that rate , were offered to him ; when he demanded to be paid at the rate of 2 s . 6 d . a day . Witness asked him to speak to Mr . Hartley , but he refused , saying ho w ould be paid what he demanded or smash the windows—not then , to be locked up all day on Sunday—but on Monday morning . On that day he again appeared , and then demanded 3 s . a day . This demand not being complied with , he deliberately walked up the vard

      ana wutully pulled over a number of marble slabs that were placed against a fence , threw them to the ground , by which some of them were broken ; and the actual damage , even if the fragments were worked up to the best advantage , amounted to £ 2 . —Defendant said his general wages as a marble polisher were 3 s . a day , and coolly said " I only smashed just as much as the balance of my wages was worth . '—Mr . Broderip observed that if he had any claim against his employer tho law was open to him , and if in the right he would have recovered the amount of his claim . Instead of which he choose to commit the mischief , for which he muBt either pay the amount of the damage , £ 2 , or be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for a month . —He was committed in default .

      BOW-STREET . - Gaoas Outrage and Attempted RoBBEBr—Patrick Bryan , Anne Sullivan , and Anne Wild , were charged with committing a violent assault on G . Hardy , waiter at the White Horse , Long-acre . —Prosecutor stated that on Sunday night , juatas the house was closing , the pri soners , with half-a-dozen others , came in and called for a pot of porter . It was served to them , the landlord requesting them to leave as soon as convenient , on account of the lateness of the hour . The party asked to be obliged with more , promising not to remain two minutes . Whilst the Dartv were

      standing the landlord missed a pot , which deponent saw the male prisoner attempt to secret . Perceiving that he was watched , Bryan went into the parlour and got rid of the article by placing it under the table . He then commenced abusing the waiter , and , seizing him by the hair of his head dragged him into the street , while his companions beat him . Sullivan and Wild kicked prosecutor while he was held on the ground by the male pnsoner , and in the fray prosecutor ' s new hatwaa stolen .-Mr . Hall fined Bryan £ 2 , and the female prisoners 30 s . eaeh . Bryan ' s fine was immediately paid ; the two girls were committed to prison .

      ROBBERTFBOM A SOLICIIOB ' s SlRONO ROOMMary Anne Hatchings was charged with being concerned in a robbery of plate from the office of Messrs . Campbell and Witty , 21 , Essex-street , Strand .-Mr . H . Campbell stated that some time ago the plate in question was placed in his care by a Mr . Lovell , its owner , and witness for security requested of his brother that it might be deposited in the strong room of Campbell and Witty . It had so remained since March , 1850 . A policeman called upon him a few days ago with information which induced him to go down to Essex-street and inspect the plate . He found the box in which the articles had been left ; a tape and aeal originally placed on the lock had been removed , and the lock itself had been strained . He missed from the box

      two tea spoons , one pair of sugar tongs , eleven dessert forks , nine dessert spooHS , all of Bilver , one diamond pin , and another of opal . He had retained exclusive possession of the key . —Brown , a detective officer , said he apprehended the prisoner on Saturday night last , informing her of the charge as above Btafced . She then volunteered to tell him all she knew about the missing articles , and asked him to come to her lodgings . She said she had pledged the plate with various pawnbrokers tor a roan named Hargreaves , who had beenaolerkto Messrs Campbell and Witty , and was then in Whitecross-Btreet prison for dek-Prisoner stated in defence that she had readily and without suspicion pledged thegoods at Hargreaves' request , that perion having told her that they were the property of one of his friends , who had immediate and urgent need xmZSif m 0 Dey ' - - Dal 1 "" &M the

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      Robbbrt . — James Brown , alias Mills , was finally examined on the charge of being concerned , with two other persons not in custody , in burglariously entering the premises of Sarah Rabbage , No . if , Shi p lard , and stealing therefrom goods and money to the amount of £ 15 . Shortly after five o ' clock on Monday morning , the prisonor and another man were seen to open the door of the above house , and finding they were being watohed by a constable of the F division , they dropped a bundle in the passage and ran off . They were pursued , and the pr isoner was captured in Wych-street . His companion , however , escaped . The premises were searched , and it was ascertained that

      the door had been opened by a key found upon the prisoner . The inner door , leading to the shop , had been forced by a "jemmy , " and the contents of the shop had been completely ransacked . The bundle found in the passage , which the prisoner dropped , was discovered to consist of twenty-four pounds of bacon and three cheeses . Sarah Rabbage missed from the shop a quantity of goods to the amount of £ 15 . She also found that the cupboard in the shop had been forced open , and eight half-crowns and some coppers taken from it . —Serjeant Matthews said he had been unable to find the prisoner's companions . —Mr . Hall fully committed the prisoner , who declined to say anything in his defence , for trial .

      The Alleged Murdeb of an Infant . — Julia Maloney , late a servant to Mr . Donovan , Queenstreet , Seven Dials , in the drain of whoso house the body of a male child had been discovered , ¦ was brought up on a charge of concealing its birth . — Since the previous examination , prisoner had admitted to the chief nurse of St . Giles ' s Workhouse that she had recently given birth to a child . She could not tell whether it was born alive or not . She had thrown . it down tho drain , not having any means to bury it . —Mr . Jardine fully committed tho prisoner for trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court .

      Assault upon a Constable by a Soldier . —S . Gibson , a private in the 2 nd Life Guards , was charged with assaulting a police constable . —On Monday afternoon , tho prisoner and another soldier , who were both drunk , entered the Prince ' s Head , public-house , Buokingham-street , Strand , and requested to be served with liquor . The barman refused to supply them , and the prisoner became very riotous , and , after being turned out , he forced his way in again , and struck tho barman a violent blow on the face . The prosecutor endeavoured to remove the prisoner , but without success . The prisoner became very violent , and knocked the constable down . When he rose from the ground , the prisoner struck him several violent blows upon the face , cut his mouth , which bled most profusely , and blackened his eyes and face The prisoner , who pleaded drunkenness , was sent to the House of Correction for one month , without the alternative of paying a fine .

      MARLBOROUGH-STREET , —Stealing Watcb Chains . —W . Harrop , remanded last week on a charge of attempting to steal some guard chains from the shop of Mr . Attenborough , was re-examined . Three other charges of a similar kind were made by watch makers against tho prisoner , who , declining to say anything in defence , was fully committed for trial . Ruffianly Assault on a Licensed Viciualer , —Robert Moncton , a stout young man , was charged with violently assaulting Mr . James Taylor , landlord of the Toae and Crown , Hart-Btreefc , Grosvenor-gquare , and also with assaulting the police constables who took him into custody . — Mr . Taylor stated that about six o ' clock on the

      previous evening the prisoner , who had formerly lived with him as potman , but who was discharged some weeks ago for being drunk , came into bis house and asked to see him . Witness went to the bar and asked him what he wanted , when the prisoner replied that he had called to ask his ( complainant ' s ) forgiveness , and trusted he would not think any more of what had passed . Witness said he should not . Prisoner then forced his way into the bar and struck him in the face with great force , and blackened one of his eyes . Complainant tried to run out of the bar for assistance , when the prisoner stopped him and struck him again . Some person then ran for a constable , and the prisoner ran out of the house , but was subsequently taken into custody in Oxford-street . —Hinton , 11

      C , said be was called to take the prisoner into custody , and on going to complainant ' s house , saw the prisoner in the act of running away . Witness pursued him , and took him into custody in Oxfordstreet . On the way to the station the prisoner kicked him on the legs , and tried to throw him down . Another constable came to his aid , who was also severely kicked . After a deal of trouble the prisoner wag eveutualljr lodged in the station . The priaoner , in . defence , said he was drunk at the time , and knew nothing at all about it . Inspector Wliall , who took the oharge , said the prisoner was perfectly sober when brought to the station . —Mr Hardwick fined the prieoner forty shillings or twenty-one days' imprisonment for the assault on Mr . Taylor , and sentenced him to six weeks' imprisonment for the assault on . the constables .

      A Penny Gaff . —A bevy of strange-looking nameless youths wearing fantastic dresses , were introduced to the magistrate as the performers at an unlicensed penny theatre in Bell-street , Lissongrove . —Inspector Hughes said the whole of the prisoners had been taken into custody while performing in a piece called " The Misletoe Bough . " The place was the resort of youths of both sexes , many being less than nine years of age . Hughes had repeatedly spoken to the proprietor of the unlawfulness of the proceeeding , but without effect . —From the evidence adduced there could be no doubt of tho demoralising tendency of the entertainments . —A number of the performers were fined and the others dismissed with a caution .

      Shop Robbery . —A middle-aged married woman , who gave her name Sarah Smith , was charged with the following robbery : —At eight o ' clock on Wednesday evening the prisoner was to seen to walk into the doorway at the shop of Messrs . Spence and Co ., linendrapers , Lisson-grove , and carry off six tablecloths . She was pursued by one of the assist * ants , and on his laying hold of her she dropped the property in the road . She denied having Btolen tho cloths . On the way to the station-house she told 156 D , into whose custody she was given , that the articles were presented to her by another person . While being brought up to this court , she said that when she took the cloths she thought that she had merely laid hold of a piece of calico . —The prisoner , who had nothing to say , was committed for trial .

      GUILDHALL . —Attempted Suicide . —Henrietta Smelt was charged with attempting suicide , by throwing herself from the parapet of BlackfriarBpidge . —A police-constable said , that about two 0 clock on Sunday morning he heard theory of " Police ! " proceeding from the bridge , and on hastening to tho spot he saw the prisoner struggling in the hands of some of the bystanders , who had witnessed her attempt to jump off the bridge . On finding herself foiled in her intention she fainted away , and when she came to she contrived to get free of those who were holding her , and made another desperate effort to plunee from the bridge into

      he water . Witness caught hold of her , and took ler to the station . On the way she said she wanted io destroy herself , aa she had lost her wedding ring She was perfectly sober . —In answor to the Alderman , Bhe said she was not living with her husband as ho was in a situation where he was supposed to be single . He allowed her a proper maintenance , and called every week to see her . She could not tell what had induced her to contemplate such an awful act as that she was detected in attempting — The mother of the prisoner promised to take care ef her for a month , and prisoner herself promising that she would never again be guilty of a similar

      MANSION-HOUSE . -Penniless Toyaoers . - Herman Droker , a wretched-looking ' German , and John Clarkson as wretched-looking In Englishman , were brought before the Lord Major , changed with having defrauded Captain Stranack , of thl Watermtcn Bteam vessel , trading between Hull and London , of the passage money . The captain said he had arrived from Hull with a number of passengers , amongst whom were the prisoners Uoon the arrival of the vessel at London-bridee thev proved to be defaulters . The Englishman said he expected his brother from Woolwich would meet him at the landing place provided with the necessary funds ; and the German seemed to trust to hia ignorance of the English language as a security from any charge . The witness was . howe ™ . ™ L

      aponsiblefor the amount of five shillings for every head , native and foreign , and accordingly transferred the penniless travellers to the " stationhouse .-The Lord Mayor : How could you allow two such persons to enter your vessel without paying the amount of the fare at the moment . Witness : When we left Hull it was dark , and there is always confusion on board at the time of the 5 S ? ^ ? arisin £ from *« e sudden se paration of friendB and acquaintances . The two prisoners were not observed until we were on ow way on that account ; but as for the shabbinesa of their appearance , several persons who are much more Bhabby pay their fare afld land in LondoMn a comparatively tattered condition . -Th 9 Lor ? Mayor : I would advise you to take baok every person who is unable orunwliw to nav E

      tnatruie is known , you will have no adventurer of this kind , The Witness ¦ I wish I were d £ mitted to take these two persons back , but I fear as I placed them in the hands of the police I canno do anything of thatkind .-The Lord MaW I shall relieve you from that embarrassment bv sending them to pmon for twenty-one days in d ? faut of their payment of the faro , but you must look to all your future passengers . We shalTre quire all the co-operation you can render us henceforward , as the visits to London from a 11 part will Boon be almost innumerable . Thft priaSneS were theacomnutted fortwenty-one days

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      Infant Pickpockets , —Daniel Smith , John Wat son , and Richard Haines—two of whom were under nine , and one of them under eleven years of agewere brought up oharged with having attempted to pick pockets ; The three wretched children had been followed by a lad , who , to his surprise , saw one of them introduce a piece of stick into the pockets of a gentleman , open the pocket , and upon looking in and ascertaining that it contained nothing , pu « h the stick into the pocket of another customer , whilo the two others followed closely in readiness to receive whatever luck should turn up . —The smallest of the boys said , « D on't you believe a word he says , my lord . It ' s all nothing but out and out lies . "—The Lord Mayor : What did you carry that stick for?—Boy : What for ? Why , to keep away any boys that might want to whack me , to be sure . —The other prisoners said their accuser was a regular liar and no mistake , and ho would nap it some day for what he said against innocent people . —The police said the children were so

      diminutive that nobody but an experienced person would suppose they were thieves . . The borough , however , where the children lived , was crowded with little creatures who were brought up to the business of alternately begging and robbing . —The eldest of the boys said he had neither father nor mother , but he lived with a woman in Mint-street , to whom he paid a penny a night for his bed , and lie grubbed about for his victuals in the day . —The Lord Mayor : I shall cause inquiries to be made , and send you to the House of Occupation . —Boy : Don't do that . If you let me go you shan ' t have me aiiy more I'll promise you . —The Lord Mayor : No . You shall have some protection . As for the other two , they shall be whipped in the presence of their parents , who are here , and discharged . WORSHIP-STREET . —Dastabdly Assault . —D . Burke was charged with assaulting Caroline Williams , a single woman . —Prosecutrix stated that she

      was a | semntoutof place , and lodging with prisoner ' s sister , in George-street , Spitalfields . On Sunday night , while having tea with that person , prisoner entered the room , and , without provocation , struck her on the head and body , swearing that he would have her life . His sister ran from the house , and sent the police , or , she was assured , he would have accomplished his threat . —Samuel Green , a police constable , deposed to being called off his heat by a female , who told hira < a woman was being murdered in George-street . On repairing there he saw tho prosecutrix , who appeared to have been much illused , blood flowing from her head and mouth . Prisoner was present and denied the charge . —Prosecutrix : He has sworn to have his sister's life as well

      as mine . She promised to attend , but I think she is frightened . —Mr . Arnold said a most cruel assault had been committed on the young woman ; and ordered the prisoner , who flatly denied the assault , to pay a fine of £ i , or six weeks' imprisonment . Sebious Charge against a Soiiooluasteb . —Mr . William Boyes , the proprietor of a scholastic establishment in Shacklewell-lape , was charged with having conducted himself with gross impropriety towards several female children , residing with their parents in the above locality . —The complainant ia the first case , an intelligent little girl named Maria Fulcher Bevan , said : I am nine years old , and live with my father at 20 , Wellington-place , Stoke Newineton . About two o ' clock on the afternoon oi

      Friday last I was going to school along Shacklewell-lane , when the defendant who was standing at one of the houses , called me to him , and taking hold of me by the waist , invited me in to seo hia achool . The defendant led me into a large room , and after asking me if I should like to have a picture , he gave me one , which I afterwards burnt on reaching school . He then carried me up stsirs to a bedroom , where he seated himself upon a chair , and , raising me up , placed me upon his knee . After describing the subsequent conduct pursued towards her by the prisoner , which was of too indelicate a nature to admit of publication , tbe witness added—I cried very much , but at length got away from him , and finding the street door open , I ran all the

      way to school , and immediately told my mistress how the defendant had behaved towards me . I also informed my father on reaching home of the treatment I had received , and proceeded with him afterwards to point out the house in which the defendant resides . I am quite positive that the defendant is the person and recolleot that there was a desk in each of the rooms down stairs , into which he first took me . —Mrs .. Mary Anne Bis ckwell , the complainant ' s schoolmistress , deposed to the little girl having reached the school in a Btate ot great tremor and excitement on the afternoon in question , and that after communicating the particulars of the scandalous treatment to which she had been subjected , she showed her a print of the Crystal

      Palace , which she alleged the defendant had presented to her , and which she immediately after-Wards destroyed . —On being called upon for his answer to the charge , the defendant earnestly declared that it was wholly without foundation , and that he should be able to produce indisputable evidence to prove that on the day reforred to he was engaged in business in the City , and did not roach home until two o ' clock on the following morning . — A second charge was preferred against the defendant by a little girl , named Ellen White , eight years of age , and residing with her mother in Shacklowellroad , who stated that , shortly before Christmas , she was passing his house , between five and six 0 clock in the evening , when the defendant called

      her inside , and , after asking her if she should like to come to his school , placed her upon his lap and began squeezing her round tho neck and shoulders . The defendant then gave her a halfpenny , and invited her to call upon him again next night ; but Bhe declinod doing so , although she had Eeen him on a subsequent occasion , when he sent her to a shop in the neighbourhood to purchase some to * bacco for him . In answer to the charge , the defendant said that his knowled ge ef the last witness was solely confined to bis having occasionally employed her to perform trifling errands for him in his neighbourhood , and positively denied that ho had ever conducted himself with the slightest impropriety towards her . —Mr . Arnold accordidelv

      ordered the warrant to stand over , but consented in the meantime to accept substantial bail for the prisoner s appearance—The required bail , however , was not forthcoming , and the defendant was removed to the House of Detention . Picking Pockets is CuBacii .-C . Baldwin and T . Green , the elder of whom was only about eleven years ot age , were re-examined , charged with hav ing picked the pocket of a lad named George Barker , during divine service at St . Mark ' s Churcn , Old-street , and also with having frequented other places of public worshi p with intention to commit felony .-Complainant said that on Sunday evening he attended the above church , and was informed by a lady that Baldwin , who had jus t entered with the oinor

      prisoner , ana Beated himself next him , had abstracted something from hia pocket , which he had passed over to his companion . Finding on examining his pocket that a clasp knife had been taken from it , he at once charged them with the robbery which both of them denied , at the same Er ^ - f tlly K Te church - They were followed into a chapel in the neighbourhood , and a policeman found them in the gallery . He ordered them out and on searching them found the knife and a Bible , evidently belonging to a member if the congregation , and with tfie name andI date Mary Ann Saunders , December 22 nd , 1850 " iu-™ ST TV \ ? t ldwin hadbeen several ' timee ? ff ^ V ?? - b ? admitted int 0 a Ptt'antnropic institution , and discharged as incorrigible . -The prisoners were committed to Newgate for

      Attempted Suicide of a Man and bis Wifb . — c . BeJaham , a shoemaker , and Matilda Belsham , ms wife , living at No . 8 , Gorine-street , Hoxton , were charged with attempting to commit suicide in the Regent ' s-oanal . —Policeman Alsworth , N 71 , stated that about three o ' clock that morning he was on duty in Devonshire-row , Hoxton , near the Regent ' s-oanal , when he heard a violent altercation between a man and a woman . He approached them , and suddenly heard a splash in the water Upon getting up to the canal he saw the male prisoner struggling in the water , and he was imformod by the female that he had thrown himself in for the purposed of drowning himself . The male prisoner had reached the opposite side of the canal , and witness oalled to a policeman to endeavour to save him At this moment the female prisoner exclaimed that she would destroy herself , and she was about to plunge in , but was stopped by witness sh « »«

      IZ ?* T ? , arge 0 f the other constable ; Wit-¦ ess subsequently rescued the male prisoner Thev were both taken to the station-hofse in RoberY Btreet , where they stated that they had both agreed t tT JT - , r- ffiale P ^ oner saf ! that he had and his wife had been to a ball , where thev ffv 27 V ather / reely - ' When war the carS they had a few words , and in a moment of excite ment he hastily plunged into the canal -The iri T A % - ^ UItble t 0 find bai 1 ' were locked K " LAMBETH .-Thk Attempt to Rob Mb LkSlS ' ~ G . Stingle and Hannah CoUins , who havXeii remanded on a charge of stopping Mr Leffler i ! the Kennington-road , and attemDtino t \« k uwere fully committed for trial PK ° rob him ' fiSBSSS £ «

      th « S , «? Wl / —Mr . William Shirley Brook , fhL' ? ? lclan «»* composer , was charged with tnreatenme and attempting to strangle hit wife .-mrs . wook , whose manner and appearance were moBt lady-like , deposed that for the last two years outoftheBeven she had been married to the delendant her life had been rendered most wretched oythe conduct of her husband in drinking to excess , making use of the most violent threats , and ill-using her . For the last two months hehad given way to his passion for drink and violence to such an extent that her life became almost intolerable , and on Sunday morning last he attempted to put

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      his threat of strangling her intn *^^ ^ twistiDg her . bed-gown about her th ^ uti ( " » 1 , beMhf «\ ° actually felt herself Z ^ il cated , but by some effort Bha , dr i I » 6 > away from him so as to be enabled J * , K » servants m tho house , and brine th ^ t assistance . In reply to a question f ro , n to £ trate as to the cause for her husbandho «> W ? Mrs . Brook said that in cousequence of W ' X indifference m the pursuit of his profewi Br ° oF I income settled upon him by his friendsL " ' ltV I inadequate to their maintenance , her ftS * »« g ! her to purchase the furniture in the hZ - W 1 road , in which they resided , and sunnm-M "' Vl ij letting it out in lodgings . Her doine thi ^ UI to give great offence to her husband f 0 , PP ^ M i had done so he had not given her thosliaMj " *^ w of mind , and she had now to ue « his Wo ? . ? Wo ! W him down not to molest herfortho f . ;" p t <> binJi should not trouble him for anvthin ^ fe- S I quired was to be left to attend to herW ! V P —ablessing she had been a long time 1 it * * lf t P < C i § Mr . Brook , in reply to the cblreT 8 ? j 5 iJ ? 6 e ^ I labouring under an affection fo ' r ' ffh H 51 obliged to drink , and he would admit h . * s » i under the ., influence of spirits his tempi . ^ ? the bert , ami he might have comnm . L . , ^ nt I

      witn respect to the charge urged bv T "W ¥ attempting to strangle her , he should [ inW o ( I his worship ' s own judgment w hether b , T" ft to I likely that if he used the violenoe anJl' ^ SI Mrs . Brook she could have called out for of k W--Mrs . Brook here repeated that all sh ls S » I was peace and her husband ' keeping % X ^ H 1 her ; and the magistrate ordered Mr Brn f 5 ' fr ° m f two sureties in twenty pounds to keen ti to fil ]| I ^ and be of good behaviour towards hiswif , l 10 ^ fl months . " 'or t « | S IMPOBTANT TO PABENTS . —Wm . Philjn T ,, ff , I son of a respectable shoemaker at PppU oll '" i 8 l charged by Mr . Solomons , of Rye . f . m » ^ 9 behifir in his house for an iinlnwr ,, i .. ' ce . witK 3

      Solomons stated that on the preceding X f "" . t and hi 3 wife arrived at their house andi . v . on ! i « l kitchen , and concealed behind a cupboard 1 " ^ % found the prisoner . He at once demanded Vu l ? ^ ness there , aud the prisoner in a confusp / l Us H said ho had come to take the measure of tl " " Si ladies , his daughters , for two pair of boots ^ 1 ^ 1 ving this to be a falsehood , as ' his daudSm lS 'I authority from him to order boots , he Mr ?? mons ) at once charged him with bein » in tL' 1 . ° ' ^ with a felonious intention , and without fun&l gave him into cuatody .-Mr . Solomons' T ^ - stated that the defendant had * % SS £ J 3 % minutes , and had seen her two youne nJ tea * as she believed , by thrir request / T f Sl > - exhibited a letter , which ho had receive / frl hai 1 : of the Miss Solomons , inviting him to oil -I ! ' S ' ^ waB only in deference to the wishes and ' froihT * i

      from any fear of being seen . -Mr . Elliott T * £ think there was the slightest pretext for » il 0 T t young man into custody on such a charge fo ? i , TMr . Solomons onh given himself the trml" ?

      make a few inquiries from his servants and dawk I ters , he must have been satisfied tho prisonc «!"' not in his house with any criminal intention a Jf 1 gIV W , S W ' lockin S him « p 2 hJ "> rendered himself liable to an action for false L ; yment—Tho accused was immediately £ : SOUTHWARK . —Pick ! no Pockets is a Tuei ; trb . —John Smith , a notorious young thief »» , ' charged with stealing a handkerchief and . 1 « L , m fe l ™ i" h P 9 . t ^ . Surrey TheLe ! l wJwiiMii

      x , wiu uonsiiioie 01 tno theatre , stated thaiabout nine o ' clock on Wednesday eveninirhesw the prisoner standing behind some females in ( To pit . Having some suspicion respecting him h watched his conduct for a few minutes , and saw hS put his hand in a lady ' s pocket and take something out . He immediately pounced upon him , and took from hia hand a pocket handkerchief and a pennv which the lady identified as her property . Ho then " called on a constable , and gave him into custody White securing him ho lost sight of theladv ^ u

      had been robbed , and had not been able to find her since . —Police constable Coombs , 94 L , said that la saw the prisoner in the pit , and pointed him out to the last witness as a thief , and shortly afterwardi he was detected in the offence . —The prisoner , ^ 0 denied tho robbery , was committed for trial .

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      CORN . Mabmane , Wednesday , Jan 22 . _ The show of lamj ! ,, M . SHiT fw i ? countie 8 th » mwni ™ » email , ana" the eondulon being rather better , It id readily to the millers , though without improvement priM . Foreign white wheat met with buyers , butr neglected at our previous quotations . Flour very < M Barley went off pretty readily without change in " al Jfar beans and white peas Is lower . Our supplj JZ \ wtsprwcipallyfrom Ireland , and though not ar « ft Mle was alow at barely Iwt Monday ' s prices , S ' Richmond , ( Yokkshibe , ) Jan . 18 . - We had a «* supply of wheat , but the samples still continue J ? Z the Bale dull . Wheat sold from , 49 6 d to 58 Bd oa » budS to 3 a ' " Barley > 3 s 0 dto 386 d ! *» M ? to 1 . « a 5

      CATTLE . Skitofihu ) , Monday , Jan . 20 ,-From our own emm ? district ! the arrivals of beasts fresh up this mornifg we leaionablylnrge , and of excellent quality . AUUou | h h weather was more favourable for ilaughUring , and tke at . £ S y 2 T ? 8 toIe i : ably good - «« e beef trade wa , n very inactive state , at last week ' s prices . Tho extra ! quotation for the best Scots was 3 » 8 d per ffibe ., and total clearance was not effected . For the time of war the number of sheep was but moderate ; yet the penera ™? m ? ? v da 8 teady , 8 aIe > at ' some instances , an » 1 . tance in the currencies of 2 d per 8 tts . ; yet the general no

      Business was doing , at late currencies . Prime » m » ll pin js ^ ff ^ vsjsr In other qualiti ^ ?« qf iL 28 6 d \ ° 3 o : mutton - 3 a 4 d t 0 4 fl « i veal , 3 s OJ SKRWSl 11 10 dto 480 d - Price per 6 tW » f 6 lbl hP ^ f 9 ° . M f o «? ENHA 111 1 MwilJ ar . Jan . 20 Infeiloi £ * LV o ° c ? middling , dittoes 4 d to Si U dZT ' oVA * * 1 Od ' P rime sm «" . 33 Od to 3 s ii miHflrt-. * *? & 6 d ' " lferiormM ° i 2 s « to 2 s U Sri 5 *» * ' , 1 OdJ ° 3 s 4 d 5 Prime dltt « 3 s cd tf ' SMtfflSiSi ' -U ported to 43 Od

      PROVISIONS . havfi ^ ^ ednesday -Of business iu the past week « Thl « ™« ely a ° 7 . tili " 8 new or interesting to repotl Jto Muoaitoiij a the demand for any kina of Iris ! fc 1 7 % P- T ? ' i ? ^ n ; Cork « 79 s t 0 81 s : Watcrford , 63 kndLV ™ a - rick l 7 Os V > 7 Gs i S » go and Tralee , 68 s to V landed , and in proportion on board . The best foreien m laJelv flT- 8 t 92 a tQ 9 * 8 ' BaconwasnoS n , wSS ' iita ? ' " \ at i 0 B t 0 i 5 i forlrish . andllambfo Mori ;? no P ^ r ? Wtl MwrflJ » W to quality : In Hams a lilt ! TJtJ d

      WOOL . T n «! T' Y edne 8 d ! J ' January 22 .-The imports of wool in £ n £ ? ? T S ? re 4 ' 988 balcs- Of this quanlil eal Z £ £ ?* em * n ' a Laud , 771 from Pott Philli fr « m n ? 6 C J& % ot Ge 1 ? d H ° Pe - 284 ft ° m Alexandria , i from Odessa , 424 from Berdianski , 755 from Taganrog from Rio Janiero , 205 from Belgium , and the rest : to Sp ? fons * Th 6 W ° ^ * " * 3 y for most ! LwERPoor , January 18 .-Scotch . _ There continuet to sssw = iBa !* aatt ss 3 ss s ; r £ , ? ' ™" ' »«' ''*' S FoBEio » . _ . There is a very good demand for most kii » % 3 , ? ofi ! S& £ SK SSSSff WS *« saa ^ for the week , 33 bales ; previously this year 5465 balM

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      Mm the Gazette of Friday , January 17 . T BANKRUPTS . iaS 3 ^ s 4 aswas UrnMrtrw ? n Robert John B « d « . Riche 6-c 0 road ; aSsitS , ^ ' " ? erchants _ Peter JIanchee , Curt : fihoa ddu CoUirrn " ? ' , ^ nufacturer-Thon . a * ^ horse dtl , 7 ? i Uansamtffraid , Montgomerysh road tt ~ , Jokn Penfold > Marlborough-place , OldK S , chemS . eBr 0 Cer ~ WeBtIiP Walker ' " t 011 ' John n * . BANKRWTCY ANNULLED , aii ma ? 2 S Sutton ' neap Maccleafield , Chest

      Thnmq . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION . Xhomas Logan and Alexander Logan , T * in , clothien From the Gaxttte 0 / Tuetday , January 2 lK . BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . Henry Brooke MorieL Brighton , chemist , BANKRUPTS . Frederick George Johns , New-yard , Great Quew * nrftarifl « J ? 2 i < lMeMtreet > and 157 ' Dnrji l Strut tel < lea . ler ' -Lionel PragerGoldsmid , « . * InSSSft . l mpOrter of wakes-Peter Van S 'S Kent ,, weolstapler-James Lemmon , « K ^ « aS 2 TSBSi gf « £ « KBr «! M « Be 1 l '«^ 8 l > v ^ V . near Huddewfield , dyers- * S £ s « 8 stt 3 &sjS ' SCOTCH SE QUESTRATIONS . John Smart , Edinburgh , flesher .

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      The following appeared in our late editions of last-week ;—THE FATAL FIRE IS ST . MARTIN'S-LANE . Mr . Bedford , tbe coroner , held an inquest at half pist two o ' clock on Thursday afternoon , at St . Martin ' s Workhouse , on the bodies of Ruth Lowe , Cornelius Caunt , and Martha Caunt , who were destroyed by fire on Wednesday morning in the Coach and Horses public-house , St . Hartin ' s-lane , kept by Benjamin Caunt , the ex-champion of Englnne . ( The account of this fire will be found in our seventh page . ) The jury having . been sworn , proceeded to view the bodies , which presented a most appalling spectacle—the limbs mangled and disfigured , the entrails protruding , and their whole frames presented a blackened and frightful aspect .

      Mrs . Caunt was not examined , but Susannah Thorpe , the principal witness , said , I live at 5 , Kensington Park Road , Notting Hill . I went to M <\ Caunt ' s in the afternoon of Tuesday . I am a relation of Mrs . Caunt ' s . I was tbere when an alarm was given shortly after two o ' clock in the morning . Mrs . Caunt and myself were in the bar when the clock struck two , and we went to bed shortly after . The three deceased persons went to bed some hoars before . They all slept in one of the attics . I saw them when they were going to bed . The servant was sober and apparently well . Mr . Caunt was not at home , and I slept with Mrs . Caunt . When we had got into bed the man servant gave the alarm . We had not put

      out the light . Mrs . Caunt had not got into bed , but 1 had . The barman came and alarmed us . Mrs . Caunt immediately ran down stairs . We saw fire in the middle room . We lay in the front room on the second floor , immediately under the others . The deceased were in the room above us . We saw smoke and fire in the middle room on the floor in which we slept . I don ' t know if there was a fire in the room where the deceased lay . I did not see the deceased taken out . The barman had gone to bed . There were no other persons occupying the attics that night . I suppose tbe fire broke out in the middle room on the second floor . A servant and the baby

      were , in an adjomin ( room , there was no fire in either of these two rooms I cannot account how the fire originated . The barman slept in one of the attics . There are three rooms on each floor . The barman went into the room where the girl and the baby were sleeping . I don ' t know much about the house or its arrangements . Mrs . Caunt and myself ran down to give the alarm . We were very much frightened . — Several witnesses were examined , after which the jury returned a verdict—'' That the deceased had come by their death from fire , but that there was no evidence as to how the fire originated . " Cornelius Caunt was about six , and his sister about eight .

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      efflSKL ^ . ^" ' Westminster , at the PA 0 ? Weiui-n ! ' y ™* nilUlwet , Haymarket , in the E « MKP * ' ^ Proprietor , hBaMUS O'COS * be Offin ' ™\ Polished ^ ^ «»» d Wau * a Uidi fSm 5 i&& um 8 tmt 8 Bd J ? wisll - S 8 tV

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      8 THE NORTHERN STAR January 25 . i ^

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 25, 1851, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1610/page/8/