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      Mr . Greenwood said rf the men were the very worst characters that could be—if they were all returned convicts—tbev should not hare been arrested and imprisoned on such slight grounds . The men most be somewhere . He would discharge them . The prisoners , who , whatever their characters might be , conducted themselves with perfect decorum , -were then set at libertv .

      MARYLEBONE . JJoitdat . — Btbgiatit . —A tall thin younp man , who ga-re Ms name &eorge Cook , was tirougnt tip to the court handcuffed , and placed at the bar before Mr . Rawlinson . charged with having stolen plate of different descriptions to a considerable amount , the property of Mr . Thomas Sydenham Clarke , a barrister , residing at 36 , Gloucester-place , Portman-square . He was also charged with stealing a watch belonging to the footman . Mr . Clarke deposed that on the same morning , at a quarter past nine , his servants came up as usual into the dining-room to prayers , and were there about twenty minutes ; soon after they had gone down stairs the cook ran up in a great flurry , informing him that there had been a robbery in the house , and that the thief had made his escape up the area steps .

      John Hempstoek , a beershop-keeper , stuted that as he was passing along Gloucester-place , he saw the prisoner come out of the prosecutor ' s area-gatti . ha \ ing evidently something bulk . v concealed under hi ? , font . Witness feeling satisfied that a robivrj had lx-rn i-urainitted . followed the pri * oii ? r . cryins . " Stop thu&"' and he was immediately rap'Mn-d . The iiri . Miurr . who i , s'J 1 ; . ¦ thing : o say wa > fulh committed for trial . TrESD-M . —lMPf > 2 TAVT Dirisios . — Sev « -r : il jw-1- ^ .. tw lvluiisriiis t . > t 1 ? r VrJt-.-il Brother- ; Hirmimr ' - am R . netit Society lir ' . d at tile Dor-e :: iitl Oroom . Grease-street , Rathl >>! i ¦ -ji ); i--e . fffri' -mmnoix-f ] In Thi » ma . < l * : «>? ic , ihc cls-rk , l . ir thv payment of live months' arrears . It appeared that the « li-fiTidsn > i « wi-r-e . for thr non-jriiyni-.-nt of tl ;> -ir inum-i , i-niM-d from thf- books of the club , and that Ui > -y had r » -fn > ed to }> a \ uj > to the period at vil . icj ; rbev wri- srrati-hed .

      Tht- Majjistratr . l .-rided in favour of thi- dub . anJ the clerk t-ntt-rt- 'l int" an arranii-mer . t with the partu-s for ]< avint .-ist bi in > talm- ? Hi 5 . Tuit . mut . —Woisiuxii or the System . —Margaret Haggerty and Man llealy were charm-d with be ™ in » in raveudi > h- > quare , and with attempting to pick a gentleman " .- * pocket . A policeman in private clothes said he saw the defendant begging of ladies > nd gentlemen in

      Portman-> quare . Knowing them to be old offenders , lie felt it his duty to watch them . They left Portinan-square and went into Oxford-sti-eet , where he lost bitjat of them . Afterward ? , about ten o ' clock , he met theni in Mortimer-street , following a gentleman . After Haggerty had followed him some distance she drew back a few paces , and he distinctly saw her lift up his coat tail and put her hand into his pocket several times . He took them into custody , Haggerty had been convicted live times of begging . Healy had also been convicted .

      The defendants denied that they were begging , or that they intended to rob the gentleman . They were committed for a month .

      QUEEN SQUARE . TrxsDAT . —A WosDEiTri Clock . —William Buder , of Hatton . near Hounslow , was charged with hawking hay without a licence . Mr . Child attended for the body of shopkeej > ers in the corn and hay trade , who are said to have sustained severe losst-s through the practice of hawking hav about the streets . Skinner , an offiitr of Stamps and Taxes , said that on thi 10 th instant , at tneiity minute * to eleven in the forenoon , he saw defendant in Sloane-square , and watched him until five minutes to twelve , during which time he saw bin . ~ . > to several hou > t-s . and ¦ > n ' i r sixteen tru >? e > of

      3 >* -ier : < iLir ) : . l .-tJ-. --d the c 3 : ai ^ v . : ujH said ho o > ul « l pr-. > . dure tnu witnc-M- * . the fir * l of whom would prove that hr i-oulil r-t 5 :. i ' . c bt-t u h , Sliiane-xpjare at tin- time Bn-ntii « . r . l >>} Skitiner ; and ; h- > ei- < iii . 1 that ht- had ordered the hn ; < p .. k-. n ¦• f . an-J th :-. t it « a > hroturlit t- > hi * Il . ' . imon thi- < la \ in qn- > ri > i ;! . A : arri r i ; miu- « 1 lit-nnt-t :. iin : u at Hiiinii )« rsi ] i ] i 4 .. \» . I ' - ll ! . ¦ :: < . ii ; l .-J . and jin- ' .-. J that il-. f-ndaiit earn-- to liiin "ii thr- niorr . in ; -if tb " . 19 th . aiid had a shoe put on hi ~ hor » :-. wliici ; » a > laniv . lit- left hih plan- at t «< Mm-thri- < - ininistr- }> a < t ten . Hi- was able to spi-ak with certaKiM t >> the tune , lifcau ^ - hr- looked at his cKu-k directlv del' udanl * vv ^> ~ une . Mr . Child . —How

      vV 3 tncs > . —Lord nk-s ; - ion , Sir . it is . It" .- a most wallvb ! c riii !< --k « - > -f » er . More c-. jn-t- ^ T than I am . ( Laughter . ) Mt . ThiM —Never « totiz > Witutss . —Sever . It "> mo ^ t wal hble—It ' s a Dutch c ' . K-k . ( Much laughter . ) Mr . Child . —The horse , jou saj . \ va- lame . I suppose , now . you did it a great dt-al of £ o « d ? Witness . —It couldn ' t bv eiin-t-tvd un a sudden , unless it wns a sort of charni . Mr . Child . —Thtn if it was a =. ort of charm , jou think it mijrht . TT ' itnfc ^ s . —I leave that , you see . to them that believes in chann » . ( Much laughter . ) Witness , in answer to other inquiries from Mr . Child , said that he had occasionally bought a truss of ha } of defendant , and wanted to ponhase one that day . bu : defendant said his load was sold . Mr Bond . —Do vou keen a horse °

      No . £ -ll" . Mr . Bond—Then what did you want with hay * Witnf-s * . —My cow en's hav ( Mnch laushu-r . ) After some other t-vjdpncf , Mr . Bond ordered defendant to }> av the penalty of £ 10 . or . in default , to be imprisoned three months . DeiesidaiiT : rav ? notice <¦' " appeal , and put in the ncces-!> ar ; . > uretie- THAMES P'UJ cr ; OFFICE . Ttesdat . —SivjGi . VssArLT . Tharlo William CHovpr , nine !! ! 'ii vears of siS > : who ha- been Jn cn «!< nh ten dav > » ai asaii ! brfn-zbt before Mr . l ! n . il ( rip . ehar- ^ .-il with maliciou « iv curtin ? and »«> n » : din ^ Ai . n-- M : ile . with intent to do her ^ ri-A .- - ; 1- lvnlih njinn . : i ' . i < l aKo with a * saultin ^ - < - . •¦ r . ii other ;« T-on-.

      The jT'Hiee'itriT . who i * to'jr or five month .- > advanre > l hi pn-s ^ . Mnc / . uiid has been in the London Hos ]> ital « ince th > " "Utra ^ i . ramp from that p ! aee to jrive oiidnn-e . Shtsppeart-d i : i a verv weak conditiou . Tht- pn . > - > -cutri \ stated , that <> n the K > th in < t .. « he had iust conn- out of a > hnp in the Whitpohapcl-road . and was waiting for her hnsband on the footpath , when she oh-> er % t-d thf pr isoner , who was very drunk , Hourishins a trowel . She missed him , and thoupht no more of it . i : i a minute or two afterwards she received a tremendous blow on the left cheek , which cut through her bonnet , and she w ^ is knocked down a nd became insensible . Two females came to her assistance , and she was taken into a doctors shop , and when she recovered she found her fat-e cut open , and she was Weeding profusely . . She wa . s afterwards conveved to the hospital .

      Mr . O . Winstanley , surgeon , stated that he had attended the prosecutrix There was a serious wound on her left cht-ek two inches in length . It divided the cheek through to the inner side . The prisoner now offered no defence . Mr . Broderip said this w « u- a vary bad ca « e , and eommittird the prisoner to Newgate for trial , for cutting and wounding Mrs . Scale , with intent to do grievous bodily harm .

      MARLfiOROUGH STREET . Tuesday . —Domestic Jaes . — Henry Fanner was charged with beating bis wife , Mary Farmer . The wife , a well-dressed woniaa , said she lived at No . 8 , Doke-street , St . James ' s . She had been niarried about nine years , and since that period her husband had ill-used her at least a hundred times . On the last occasion he threw her on the floor , and beat her with his fists over the body . She knew of no cause for this brutal conduct , except his vicious disposition . The defendant said he was a postman . When he came home , on the evening of the iiMsinlt , he found his wife absent . His wife did not come home until past 12 that nisiht , and then she went up stairs and slept with the female servant . The next morning lie ashed her where she had been , and ; i > she refused to give any account of her absence , he certainly did beat hfT

      The wife said she was ready to prove that she wa > at bcr -istt-r ' s the whole of the time . Mr . llardwick fined the defendant £ 5 , or in default of payment , six weeks" imprisonment . The defendant immediately paid the money . FKiDiT . —Attack os a liAMBLrso House . —The police on Friday morning made at attack on a house , No . 61 , St . James ' s-street , in the occupation of Mr . Hunt , billiard-table maker , and took into custody a number of persons on suspicion of beins found in a house which wai used as a common gambling-house . Their names as they appeared on the police sheet were . —Charles Hunt , Charles Lilly , TS illiam Saunders , John Lewis , John JNieholls , Thomas Howard , George Shaw , Alexander Vincent , George Jones , Henry Jackson , William Johnson , George Jones , Thomas ' Wood , and John Fitzvrilliain . Many of the names were assumed .

      The ease occupied some time , but the result was , that ilr . Hardwick decided that there was no legal proof that the house in question had been used as a common gambling-house ; he therefore dismissed the complaint and discharged the defendants .

      UNION HALL . Txtesbay . —Loss or Life ax aMasqcerade . —Francis Thomas Passmoro , a young man of respectable appearance , described as a commission agent 3 residing in Star-court , Fenchureh-street , was charged at Union-haU Police Court , with causing the death of John Slade , a young man , the son of a gentleman , living in the Albany ^ road , Camberwell , and also with being the cause of such a serious accident occurring to anothervoungman , named John King , abookselkr , at Walworth , that his life is despaired of . A young man of the name of Tompkins stated , that on the preceding night a masked ball took place at the Montpelier Tavern , in the Walworth-road , at which a large number of persons were present . _ That between one and two o ' clock that morning , witness , with several other persons , male and female , were in the act of ascending a staircase which led to the ballroom , when the person at the head of the stairs

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      standing on the landing pushed flie crowd back . He ( witness ) was near the bottom of the stairs at the time , wh , en he heard the noise of the banistera giving way , and at the moment saw two gentlemen fall backwards , from the landing above to the pavement at the bottom , on their heads , one of whom ( Mr . Slade ) was picked up bleeding from the nose , mouth , and ears ; and the other individual was bleeding from a wound on the back of his head . Both the gentlemen were immediately carried into one of the rooms in the tavern , Tfliere Mr . Slade soon expired ; and Ms fellow-sufferer was in such a dangerous condition that it "was considered advisable to have him immediatelv conveyed to Guy ' s Hospital , where he at present bes in a most precarious state . Other witnesses spoke to the same effect . They said the prisoner pushed aD persons alike , whether thev had or had not tickets .

      The prisoner , having been cautioned by the Magisstrate , said that he was desirous of giving an explanation of the unfortunate occurrence himself . He then proceeded to describe that , on the night in question ne attended at the Montpelier Tavern at the request of a friend of hi > , named Emniett , who gave the ball , to take tickets at the entrance of the room ; that while he was engaged in the performance of that duty , hearing a noise , and seeing his friend in a scuffle below , he ran down to his assistance , and that while he was In-low the banisters crave way , and the deceased and Mr . Kinn fell from the landing as already described ; that Le was the first to pick up the deceased liimsplf , and wa > busily engaged in holding up his head to keep him from being suffocated with the liloml wliic-h wa > pouring from his nose , mouth , and p ars until inedii-al a ^ istunci arrived , when the deceased expired , lie dcd .-uvil that lie never laid hands on the parties , and that after the accident occurred lie made no attempt to t . yjw . ,

      Mr . Traill said that he should remand the prisoner until Friday , in order to give him an opportunity ot ' pr aluMUij witnesses to prove that he was down stairs at the time it was alleged he had by violence caused the death of one individual and such injuries t <> another as to preclude the hope of his recovery . Bail was refused for the accused .

      } - RIDAV . Till ; Al'IDENT AT T 11 K M . VSOJ ER . MiK . Frederick Thomas Tassmore , the conuni . ssion-aL ent of Star-court , Fewhureh-street . who , it was alleged , had caused the death of a young man named Slade , and . seriously injurint ; another individual named King , at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday last , was brought up for re-examination , he having been confined in the county gaol since the unfortunate occurrence . The constable informed the magistrate that a coroner ' s inquest had been held on the body of Mr . Slade , and a verdict of " Accidental Death" returned . The magistrate addressed a few admonishing remarks to Pas-smore and discharged him .

      GREENWICH . Monday , Nov . 2 . 5 . —A . v Ill-iski > Wife . —Mary Ireson , the wife of a master bricklayer , residing in Lambeth , was placed at the bar before Mr . Jeremy , charged with felony under the following singular circumstances . Elizabeth Verrall , a very pretty and well-dressed young woman , deposed that she lives in Wellingtonplace , East Greenwich , and keeps a lodging house . On Thursday last she had occasion to leave home , and during her absence the prisoner came and plundered her apartments of four blankets , two counterpanes , two shirts , two workboxes , and some chimney ornaments . Witness met prisoner coming away from the house , and on going in doors she missed the property .

      The prisoner said that her husband had swil out £ 35 ( 1 Bank of England stock , left her , and deserted his family , and had since been cohabiting with the complainant , by whom he had an infant now on the outside of the " court . She had in conse ^ ui-nce boon obliged to j ; o into the- workhoii-x-. The j > ari-li hail esuisedhhn to be vonnuiltcd to Urixlou fur net niaiiitainmi ; her . The complainant adniiunl the truth i >! ' this statement , and Mr . . 'erein \ « aid . under al ! the etretmtstanres . he could not entertain the charge as one (>! felnnv . Ttie pri ^ 'Hier » a > th-refon- discharged . The pour creamiv" ejaculated , frantically , "Irivl bless you ! ( jod h ' . e ^ s \ oii ' . " and fainted : in this state she wa- reinuved \ , \ the police into the ivscne mum .

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      QITEWn RENCH . MONDAT . THE Qi'E-EN V . Tilt JCSTICJES or VuBRSHIKL . —Mr Paslilry ino ^ eil i " ' > r . a ru ! ' tailing ujiou thri-c uia ^ istrates i > f . Yurkshirr ln .-lnin causi- wliy a ¦ innnduwvi should not be directed in tlu-in cuiniuandiug them to Usiu a distri-sb warrant to cat ' orc- ? the payment ol' a j » uor-r : itr for tht- towushi ]! ot IhiddfTsficld . Tlie rnli- had l « -i-n madi and duly published , and a demand had been made dii the IludJershi'IfJ Philosopliifal Socit-ty ; they did not pay , andtlid not aji ]> ual to tlie quarter sessions , but went before the-justici-in | . ettj . ~ e-. siuns , aud submitted that tbc \ wt-re not Habit- to be rated under tho statute of the 6 th and 7 th Victoria . > . 30 , which exonipteil all hocleties for the purpOM . * « f sci » -uce , literature , and the tine arts ; but the object of the society in question was to instruct all classes of the community in every branch of science , literature , and thf u * -i .-ful arts , which the learned counsel L-onU-nded did not < - « me within the conception of the statute . —Bule zranted .

      TRIAL FOii RAPE IN AUSTRALIA . ( Froiu thf Australian Dailu JournalJ . Wiwsspat , 3 nl . 5 i . LT , 1 * H . —William llt-nrj- E > es » as indicted for having on the "Jind day of April la .-t , at V >\>\ - lougoni :. in the I ' olonj of New South AVale .-. carnally , aud with fon-i-. made : n > : i-.-ault on out Ru . sina Thomas , and , against her will , ra \ i :-hed her , she beiu ^ a child uudtr ten y « ir 5 of ujje . Rosina Thoiiia » , an linen-Minn child about ' ¦ ' year- * of aili " , « : is then exauimt'l . II' l eAiilfine m-u " . to slion thai , bviii ^ aiToinjiaiiirii b y lur lit ; It- l . ii'o : h . :, tiny \> i-ripuinu to lo « ' ! uft' -r xi . t-ir i -. uk , ; i 1 m . ; r 1 . lit a niiU- trijin liolm-, and in I In . : i-luhboiali'M'd wlit-i-e tliL pri ^ oiiri li \ fd . tin- pri"i > 'ii « T i'i'ii . 1 them , and jiroi-i-t-drd into tinhush : lli ..- jiri > . > iut Jin ! i -i : tt In brotln-i anay t . i | . ! , i \ oji the btuc ' . i . . IIii tb' - u . itiirr uf th > - <¦ i < l < nvv v . a * - too ^ rr o ^^ for piiblicatimi . but not > uthciviiMy L-Uar to .-hmv that the cinatal oifi-in-- had In en committed .. ] Hie s-tated that sh <^ ha-1 ix-.-n i- \ . » inin « -il the follow ins 'lay by her iimlhcr and l > r . K-xtV

      Edward Boo * . ¦* tir ( , " - > Ti . it Hrxuli-e ; Jiaii not uniitr ^ oiie any ] irofvssioiial 'Aaininatioii in this colony , but was a member . of the CoUejji of Surjjeous in London : the child was brought to him tin day after the occurrence toi , il < place , and on examination of it lie was ijuite satisfied that the capital oilt-nco liad not been committed , although external swelling and inflammation had taken place ; this might have arisen from other causes as well as the offence for which the prisoner stood charjfi-d . The jury , without retiring from the box , found the prisoner fjuilty of a common assault . The prisoner , on heint ; asked if he had any thing to say why sentence should not be passed on him . put in a » vritten statement as to his want of moral and religious observation , having bet-n nearly the whole time , since his arrival in this colony , resident in the bush : his father bcins tlead , anil his mother resident in England .

      Ills Honor then , with great feuling . expressed his abhorrence of the crimp the prisoner had committed , and his rejiret at the inadequacy of the law as it now stood , there being no medium between transportation for life , for the capital offence , and that of imprisonment for the assault , however jjros .-. it may be : but the law , he was happy to say , was about to be altered in this respect , when it would enable , justice to meet the crime . The sentence of the court was , that lie be imprisoned in Parramatta Gao ! for three years , the first week in every month to be in solitary confinement .

      THE GAME LAWS . Exthaoedinaby Proceedings . —At the usual weekly meeting of the Croy < lon Bench of Magistrates , at the Town Hall , on Saturday , Mr . Richards , solicitor , of Croydon , attended before Messrs . Reid , Adains , Lucas , and A . K . Barclay , the presiding magistrates , to apply for a warrant of commitment against a labourer , named Robert Campbell , for an offt-rcc against the (> ame Laws . The circumstances under which the application \ iii ~ made were tlu-se : —The defendant was charged upon an information , in February last , witli shooting a partridge out of season , and not having a game certificate . He did not appear to the information , and the bench fined him , in his abaenoir . five pounds and costs . The defendant

      was at this time living in the service of a gentleman at Chelsham . where the offence was committed , but he absconded , and was away for several months , when he returned to his service , and Mr . Richards then applied for a warrant to commit him to gaol in default of paying the penalty and cost *? . The application was made to Mr . Adams and other justices , who were not parties to the original conviction , and they , on that ground , refused to grant the warrant . Another application was subsequently made to Messrs . Reid and Lucas , who had convicted in the first instance , but the person who was then produced by Mr . Richards to prove the demand of the amount from the defendant failed to satisfy the bench that he had done so , and they again refused to commit the party , and the application was now renewed a third

      . Mr . Richards , having made his application to the bench , expressed an opinion to the effect that there had been unnecessary obstacles thrown in the way of the prosecutor by the bench . Mr . Adams denied , on the part of himself or his brother magistrate , that they had any intention to throw- obstacles in the way of the proceeding . The object sought for was to deprive a poor man of his liberty many months after the conviction , and it was the duty of the magistrates to take care that proper legal steps were taken . Mr . Richards on the former occasion had expressed au opinion that , it was not necessary for the same magistrates who had convicted to sign the commitment : and he ( Mr . Adams ) entirely differed from him on that point , and would certainly not have signed the commitment , unless the Court of Queen ' s Bench told him he was bound to do so .

      The Chairman expressed his opinion that the whole proceeding was of a most extraordinary character , and that the present application ought not to have been made ! It turned out in the course of the proceedings , that the police were in the habit of being engaged as informers in cases where they actually knew nothing of the circumstances .

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      The application was refused , and Mr . Adams , at the conclusion of the proceedings , said he thought that the bench , after what had passed that day , ought to make some rule with regard to making the police appear as informers in cases they had nothing to do with , and of the facts of which they were entirely ignorant . It was calculated to create inconvenience in many ways , and was also likely to bring them into very undeserved odium with the public .

      CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . . Toesdat .- ^ -Hioh wat ROBBERY . —Alfred Pratt , aged twenty .-fdur , a painter , at Clapham , was indicted for stealing , on the Queen ' s highway , five sovereigns , from the person of S . Groves . The prosecutor , who has long known the prisoner , was in his company on the day named , from morning till past nine at night . They were drinking together till three p . m ., and went to Clapliam , where they reside , and there they regaled themselves with ale and cigars until nine o ' clock , when witness left , to go home . The prisoner followed , and thrust him down , and put his hand in his trousers pocket , and drew out his purse , which he afterwards returned . Witness found the next day that three sovereigns out of five had been abstracted . Quite sure his sovereigns Were safe when he was at the public-house . The jury , after retiring from the court forty minutes , returned with a verdict of ' Acquittal . "

      There were . symptoms of approbation manifested ii ; the Court on the returu of tin : vi-vdiet , iti svlivh mi <» » f the jurors joined . The learned Judge look' . 1 at the onVmler uirh indignant nstuuishiiuut at this bit-ach of duty ami decorum . Mid addressed him us follows : — - ¦¦ 1 il <> ' . u < t know what yui mean . * ir ; I ought to put vou ih r " tin- dock , thi « is im mutter ot tlieory . " Thk SwtLi . Mob . —J . jhi . Andrew < , a . ^ . -d twenty-tlitv . ' , was indicted f"r st ' . ^ i . Hng a tf "' -d breast [• in , \ ah-i 'iO < .. tlv the property of William Spear , from his poisnr . The jury found him "Guilty . " and the Common Scr . geant obscrwd that he . H . r-i an active thief—one of the swell mob—and must leaw tli > - country . Tin- judgment was , that he bo transported forth' - term often war .-.

      . 1 humus Harden , a stylishly-mivsmmI youth like the last , was indicted for . stealing , in Cornhill , on the day of the li ' ureii ' s i Nitiutr tfi < - H «'» va ! Exciumy-, MvoffoJcl br « -n . « f- [ M ! i « mi'l chain . valu .- " iOs .. fri . 111 fhf- |»» -rs . > n uf A . l ^ ul ^ n 7- ' !>> . K ^ ., : \ merchant in the City . The jury returned a ujrdiot of ' ¦ Guilty . " Common Serjeant . —Prisoner . I see how i iv You are u . new beginner in this dangerous pursuit , and were practising under Die more experienced thief , who covered you . As you have hail a good character , the sentence is only three tnonths'iniprisoninent ; but should you come again , Vour fate will be the same as his who last lt-t't the dock .

      . George William Moon , a clerk , respectably attired , and twenty-three years of ago , was indicted for stealing a pearl head-dress , five rings , and other articles , value £ 30 ami upwards , the property of Francis Omanney , his master . Also , for stealing a bank note , value £ 5 , the property of his said master ; and 11 third indictment charged him with embezzling , secreting , and stealing £ 11 5 s ., the property of George Frederick Prince Button , his master . The prisoin-i" pleaded ' ¦ Guilty" to all the charge * ., and cast himself on the cloinpncy of the Court . To be transported for seven years .

      W&dxkrdat . — Crrnxo and M . umi . m ,. — William Sadd , aged 17 , labourer , Henry Clow , aged 22 , porter , and George Henry Vaughan , aged 29 , porter , were indicted , charged tor feloniously cutting and wounding John Augustus Lock with intent to disfigure him . ft appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor , who is a police constable , on the 21 st of October , whilst on duty in Thames-street , took a drunken man of the name of Corney into custody ; that the prisoners endeavoured to rescue Corney , when another policeman interfered . Lock was , however , ultimately Knocked down and otherwise severely injured , from the effects of which his life was endangered . The jury , after some time , acimittoij Sudd and Viiusrhan , uiid returned ; i verdict of ( iuilty of a common assault aeuinst I'lmv . rccoimuctidimi him , from previous cood character , to the mercy uf tlie Court .

      Lord Don-man spoke with irivat . severity upon the brutal conduct " 1 the prisoner , bin nwinir to the strong recommendation of the jur > . from hi * incvioiH trood behaviour , he . should sentence him to six months' impri . soiiinent , with bard laiiour . and at the expiration of tlijfU time to enter into his own recosui . sance in oUl . to keep the peace fin two years . A SiMii . Ai ; < > pfi . vre . — Patrick ( imnuin , a ^ ed - ¦ '> , labourer , wa . s indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding ( leoive Hi 2 gen > , a police-constable , witli intent to do him some griewiiis bodily harm . The jury returned a verdict of ( iuilty of a common assault . Sentence as in the preceding ca . se .

      Tut iwdav . —Hate . —Timothy Conner , | a labourer , aged 29 , was indicted for a rape on Ann Rolen . The otuMire was proved , and the prisoner sentenced to > transportation for life . ; The prisoner struck the front of the dock , and exclaimed with great vehemence— " All I can sa , \ agin it is , that I ' m as innocent as that board . " ( iitoss Dephavity in a Servant . —Ann M'Connick , aged 2 . ' ] , was indicted upon swo separate indictments , the first charging her with stealing one sovereign , the property of Leah Aarona , and the . second with unlawfully , by fraud , enticing away Julia Silva , aged about ten , and under eleven years , with intent to deprive the parents of the lawful care of such child . It appeared bv the evidence , that the prisoner was in the service of the child's father , Mr . Silva , and

      Leah Aarona was her fellow-servant , in whose box was placed a Sovereign and some silver , the former of which the prisoner stole by breaking the lock . No doubt could be entertained but the object she had in view in 'taking the money was to promote , more successfully , her alH > minable designs upon the child Julia Silva , whom she induced the nest day to go out for a walk , when , after buying her some cakes and other trifling things , she placed her in a cab and caused her to be driven to Charles-court , in tlie Strand , a locality well-known as the resort of the most profligate and infamous characters . The poor child remained tln-rc some time in one of the common brothel- in that court , when she found an opportunity ot ' writiuc privately to inform her sister , who at mice c . uiie . ami fortunately took her a way lie fore she was subjected to inv ill-usage .

      Thejury , without a inmit-:, t " s hesitation , returned i verdict of ( iuilty . . The ( omnioii-. > ergeaiit said it was most essential in tin ' s case , in which was di-played so much depravity , that a severe example should 1 ><> made of the offender , for the |> rof ' , ction of the public and the general cause of morality . In the eyes of the Court , independent of the robbery , nothing could be more deserving of the severest punishment than to entice a child of tender age from the protection of its parent : and the sentence of the Court , therefore , was , that the prisoner be transported beyond the seas for seven years .

      Fuidav , Nov . 20 th—Muudkr . —Alfred Kdwards , a man of very respectable appearance , and who was described in the calendar as being by trade an oilman , and his age to be 24 years , was placed at the bar , charged with the wilful murder ' of Jane Gregory , by administering to her a large quantity of sugar of lead . The decased , it appeared was a womanofthe town , whom the prisoner was in the habit of visiting . The nijrlit before deceased ' s death she had partaken ot some brandy bitters with the prisoner , which was supposed to have contained the poison described in the indictment . The deceased exhibited before and after death symptoms of having been poisoned , but the medical evidence on the trial shewed that this was at least a matter of great doubt . I . nder these circumstances the Jurv returned a verdict of " Not Guilty . "

      Bigamy . —Henry Hamilton , aged 68 , was indicted for unlawfully and feloniously . intermarrying with Anne Wilson , his wife by a former marriage being then and now alive . The prisoner stated that having made some inquiries about his first wife , and being unable to hear anything of her , he thought lie was justified in marrying a second time . A verdict of "GuiJty" was returned against the prisoner ,- and he was sentenced to nine mouths' imprisonment and hard labour . \ V INT Ell . ASSIZES .

      IfflMK I . UK VIT . Maidstone , Thursday , Nov . 2-- . — 1 mlm ) 1 . \ ri > m . — John Wilson , alias 'Rowland Ilowell ,. aged . ' }( t , described as a tailor , was indicted fur feloniously sotting fire to a stack of hay . the property of John Stephens , at Farnborough . The prisoner was undefended , but read an excellently written defence , in which he stated that poverty prevented him calling any witnesses , that he had been confined in a lunatic asylum for two rears , and was only liberated about a year

      ago , but his mind had been wandering since that pci riod , and for some time before this occurrence took place he had been in a very low and desponding state . At the time in question he had been to Sevcnoaks to look for work , but being unsuccessful in obtaining it his despondency increased , and passing by the place at the time of the fire , he was induced , in a moment of delirium , to make this groundless charge against himself , and for which lie declared there was not the slightest foundation . Thejury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict of " Not Guilty . "

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      Maidstone—Fkidat , Nov . 29 th—MunnKR . —James Clark , 60 ; John Clark , 28 ; William Clark , 30 ; and William Smith , 23 , were indicted for the murder of Samuel Couchman , at Charlton , in the borough of Dover . The deceased was a policeman , who was very brutally killed in endeavouring to quell a street riot . The actual slayer of Couchman , it appeared was not in custody , having absconded . The Jury , after a consultation of nearly two hours , returned a verdict of" Not Guilty . "

      OXFORD tlltni IT . Gloucester , Nov . 27 . —Tlie commission for these assizes was opened at 5 o ' clock yesterday afternoon . The calendar contains the names of 58 prisoner * . Rate , — 'Edward Faithful , a young man of highly respectable appearance , surrendered in discharge of his bail to answer an indictment charging him witthe offence of rape upon Sarah Alice Nott , on the 21 st of October last . After a lengthy trial the jury returned a verdict of" Not Guilty . "

      Gloucester , Nov . 28 . — Forgery . —J . Richards , aged 26 , pleaded " Guilty" to the charge of uttering , at Bristol ,-a forged Post-office order . The prisoner , a

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      simple-looking mechanic , had received a letter from his mother enclosingan order on the Bristol post-btfice for 5 s ., when , unconscious of the counter-check depo ^ sited with the office b y the person transmitting the amount , theprisoner added the sum of £ 2 to both order and letter , fand applied at the office for the 45 s . The variance between the documents at once created suspicion , and occasionedjhis apprehension . " Guilty , " to he transported for ten years . Stabbing . —Richard Young , aged 45 , was charged with having , at Cheltenham , on the llth of October , feloniously and maliciously stabbed Elizabeth Young , his wife . The prisoner , a coal-dealer in Cheltenham , was In October very much affected in mind , labouring under the supposition that he was pursued ° bv " a thousand evil spirits . " These fits of abberation were

      of frequent recurrence , and productive of much violence to his family , towards whom at other times he displayed the utmost affection and kindness . On the ] Oth of October ; he awoke his wife in the middle of the night to "wipe away the blood from a thousand spears which had penetrated his side , " and called up the children and his wife to look at the wretches who persecuted him , ] and whom he described to be standing at the foot ; of the bed—there being , in fact , no blood nor person visible except to his own disordered imagination . In one of these fits of insanity he had stabbed his . wife with a penknife , and afterwards cut his own throat in three places . The wound given to the wife was not at all dangerous , and she speedily recovered . The jury acquitted the prisoner-of the felonv . but found him " < Miiltv" of an iwsntilt : at a

      time when lie wji- not in his right mind . ; Midland Cutci rr . Warwick . Nov . 27 . —The jloii . Justice Pattesnn airivcd in this' town at i o ' clock yesterday , and opened the special commission for the Warwick division of this county . The calendar contains the names of ol prisoners , for trial . John Smith \ yas indicted for stealing at Birmingham , on the 27 ch of June last , a gelding , of th < - value of C "> , the property ot Thomas Howell Merridew . The Jury Jhaviug returned a verdict of 'Guilty , the prisoner was transported for the term of 10 years

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      IR-fcl . ANLJ . —KKl'KAL ASSOCIATION . IMisi . in , Nov . ; 2 tiru . —The Usual weekly meeting of this associationjtook place to-day in the ConciliationhaJl , which , as is usual on Mr . O'Connell ' s re-appearance , was densely crowded in every part , not excepting the ladies' galleries . Shortly before one o ' clock the lion , and ] Learned Gentleman made his bow amidst theino . stenthusiasticapplau . se , when , upon the motion of Lord FruExru , Mr . M . O'Connell , ' M . P ., was called to tl | e chair . After the minutes of the last day ' s proceedings had been read , Mr . O'Connell invested himself with a new crown-shaped cap of green velvet , richly decorated with golden wreaths of shamrocks . When the cheering which ! he thereby produced had subsided , he said , that before entering into the immediate business

      ot the day , he wished to offer his most hearty congratulations toithe Repealers of Dublin on the triumphant result ofjthc municipal elections on the preceding day . The ; Irish people had been heretofore kept in subjection by their disunion among themselves , but a better day was dawning upon them . The Repealers had behaved in the noblest manner on the day before , and the effect must be most . salutary on the cause of Ireland . It would show that professing Liberals who joined the Tory party in their efforts to strike out the Repeal voters from the roll could have no chance of . succeeding in their object . He proclaimed such conduct as treason against the people ; and he would not have interfered in the election in the Linen-hall Ward against Mr . Kx-Alderman Grace if it had not be ' en adopted there .

      M « . OVonn ' eu . airain rose , and said he had to hand in !! .. the ( subscription of the Rev . Mr . Moriitrtv , of i'liihulelphia , whom he regretted to see in this country . ilVrsnujilly . ho rejoiced to si * p him , but lie rcsrrctted exceedingly the cause that had brought him there—it ] was to raNe nwniey to rebuild the Catholic churches that had been burnt during the late rints . I Hear . ) The public were aware that at roc It , v unparalleled in civilized times—horrors that made ni « ti ashamed to IjcIo / il' to human naturehad ltt . cn perpetrated l >> the inhabitants of Philadelphia under the name of natives , against the Catholic * and the- Irish . On the first occasion of these ) ii ) t > . they held a mertjnsr for the purpose of enteringinto resolutions against the Catholics , and ., as the

      Irish wei'e allowing , them to proceed peaceably , they moved an adjournment into the Irish quarter . ' They went looking -ifor a riot , and the person who went amongst Irishmen for such a purpose was not likely to be disappointed , or . if he were , he could easily get tip a riot himself . They destroyed two Catholic ifnirchcs , and on the 4 tli of July , the anniversary of American independence , that brutal and barbarous mob got the ' authorities to disarm the Catholics tinder the pretence that they should be protected , and then attacked them , until they were driven back by a superior hiilitary or militia force . Such was the origin of : this horrible instance of bigotry and fanaticism . ( Ilear , hear . ) It was from the system cf misci"eaiit murder , that his rev . friend had returned , and lie trusted that his introduction of him to that association would not be injurious to him in his effort to collect subscriptions for the erection of these churches . ( Cheers , and '" Hear , hear . " )

      The Rev , Mr . Moviuitt then addressed the meeting , and alluding to the Philadelphia riots ' , said : — Their houses jiad been laid waste , their churches burnt—his own life had been three times attempted in the public streets of Philadelphia . ( Loud cries of "Oil ! oh !") ¦ : He had nothing to depend upon for his protection ; but his own fearlessness , and he did not doubt but that he and bis fellow-countrymen in America would again raise up the cross to be encircled by a wreath of shamrocks . ( Loud cheers . ) lie trusted that these words would be heard across the Atlantic . The design of these parties was to exterminate fv frighten them . ( Cheers . ) lie trusted no Inslmi . ui wouH If ave America . It was intended to frighten cleriry and laity out ot' that country ; but tl i v wen- not t <> In- frightened , i Loud cheers , i They niiirht !»• exterminated , but it would onlv lie while v itli their dyini : breath they cried aloud . for their ¦ rn-s and for their Lrlorious fatherland , (( 'heel's . I

      Mi . Ci'Conyei . i , said ho would postpone his motion for th < appointment of a preservative society of . "oy , as lie found there Mere more lerjal difficulties * in tlie wav than lie lihrl at iir ^ t anticipated . A Mr . I . nwrv attempted to address the meeting :, but could not be beard . Mr . O'Coxvr . i . i . announced the rent for the week to be £ 511 2 s . si ., and Lord French having l > cen called to the chair , the tiKctinc adjourned .

      Rlpkal ix London . —Thursday , Nov . 28 , 134-1 . — Mr . O'Connell ' s speech at the Limerick banquet has given great satisfaction to the Repealers of this metropolis . Now that he professes to have eschewed AVhiggisni and Federalism , it is expected that he will for the future unswervingly adhere to the path of simple Repeal . His experiment , of trying to give to Federalism " | a locality and a name" having failed , is a cause of much gratulation to the ardent Anti-I ' nionist . s , who are how more sanguine than ever of the ultimate success of the cause they have so much at heart . [ it is expected that a remodelling of the Wardenmote will . shortly take place , and the sooner this is done the better .

      The castigation given in the Star of last week to the tergiversation of the iVation—its pandering to Whig notions : one week , and denouncing them the next—though , considered to be rather ) severe , is admitted to lie but too well merited . The triumph of Repeal over Federalism is another instance of tlie right views ^ ken by the great bulk of the operatives . The time is coming , nay , now is at hand , when strong minds will prevail over names , however great . There is , after all , much justice in the motto , " Measures , not men . " Fr . \ sii ( icv \\' mu )—TintKE ITats , Ism-wtox-Oreex . — At a late meeting of this Ward , Mr . l'hilip Tumlile . It . W . anil V ., presided . The meeting ; was ably addressed by Messr-, I Hume , O'Maley , and Lally , and ! " i < i persons enrolled themselves as associates .

      Cli : kki . n « :- ; i , l Wahh . —On Sunday evening last , a lanrc meeting , was held at the " Ilorse and ( iroom , " Turniuill-stivet , Mr . O'KVefe in the chair . The speeches of the Liberator at Limerick were read , and Mr . Nolan addressed the assembly at great length on the present prosperous-aspect of Repeal , and showed that it was to the hard working Irishmen , and not to the wealthy classes , that Ireland had to look to aJone . Mr . Calaimn next addressed the meeting in an impressive strain , calling on those present . to rally around the Repeal standard , and victory was , certain . Several wercienroUed .

      Diuky-laxe Ward . —On Sunday evening last , the large room at the Craven Head , Drury-lane , was crowded to excess ; Mr . Poole , R . W ., presided on the occasion . Jilr . J . S . O'Gornan , in an elaborate speech , dwelt at great length on the late opinions of the French press on Repeal , which had been copiously extracted by ! the London press . He said that the Journal des Debuts had said that Repeal would be the cause of separating the aristocracy from the democracy . He then most ably argued that , instead of causing a separation , it would unite together-more firmly than ! before . Mr . O'Gornan was loudly cheered throughout his speech . Twenty were enrolled , i

      Grattan Ward , White Lion , Druby-lane . —Mr . Kennedy was in the chair . The meeting was addressed by the Rev . Mr . Furlong and Messrs . O'Niel and Horraghan . Thirty were em * olled . Nearly the whole of Suridav evening was occupied on the various speeches of the liberator at Limerick . The " Northern Star" ox Repeal . —Now that th « Stf . r appears in London , its connexion with Repealny , will no ; doubt be increased ; and it may not be improper here to insert a list of all the Repeal wards in and about London , in order to afford facilities to such as may ( wish to visit them in the different localities . We * insert them without any attempt at classification . S

      Tlie following Wards hold their meetings on a Sunday eveningl : — Ton ; ijtetle ., ; Ward ... Green Man , Berwick-street , i Oxford-street , :

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      Farringdon Ditto ... Union Arms , Union-court Holborn-hill . Gray ' s Inn Ditto ... Albert , Gray ' s Inn-lane . Bloomsbury Ditto ... White Hart , Druiy-lane Grattan Ditto ... White Lion , Drury-lane . Drury Lane Ditto ... Craven Head , Drury-lane . T . S . Duncombe Ditto ... Two Brewers , Vine-street Hatton-garden . Lord French Ditto ... Fountain and Still , Goldenlane , St . Luke ' s . Dr . Gray ' s Ditto ... British Queen , Whltecrossstreet . Moornelds .... Ditto ... Brown Bear , Eldon-street , Moorfields . St . John ' s Wood .,.... Ditto ... Phoenix , North-street , St .

      John ' s-wood . Maze Ditto ... Red Lion Maze . Tooley-street , Sarsfield . Ditto .. . Duke of Sussex , Grange-walk , Bennondsey . Finsbury Ditto ... Three Hats , Islington-green . AJdersgate .... Ditto ... Sun , London-wall . Inspector-General ... Ditto ... Prince ' sIIead , Prince ' s-street : Westminster . Westminster Ditto ... Star and Garter , Peterstreet , Westminster . Lambeth Ditto ... A . ngel , Lambeth-walk . St . George's Ditto ... Temperance Coffee Heu Webber-row , Waterloo road . K ' ^ inith O'Brkn's Ditto ... Crown , Holland-street , Blac friarVroad .

      E . B . I { och >> Ditto ... Cheshire Cheese , Grosvenorruiv , Pimlieo . iiutlu-rliithc L » itco ... Six J 3 t _ lls , Millpund-bridge . I . ii » ' -olo "> In ; i « .. l > itt" ... Ti iiiiiviiiui-L- Hall , . St . Cletni-nt ' s-laiie , Strand . Nation ... Ditto ... Temperance Coffee House , High-street , Caind . en-. town . Ckrktnni li Ditto ... Horse and Groom , 3 , Turnmill-street . Short-ditch Ditto ... Union Coffee House , t ' nionstreet , Short-ditch . Frunkli 'i . Ditto .. . Coachiuakers' Arms , Longacre . Washington ... Ditto ... Temperance Hail , Cable-Street , VVellclososquai-c . Deytford .... Ditto ... Navy Arms . High-street , Deptford . Kensington Ditto ... Coach and Horses ,

      Kensington . Oii-einvnh . .... Ditto ... Opposite the Hospital , Greenwich . Woolwich Ditto ... Duke of Wellington , Woolwich . Fulham .... Ditto ... Walliain-green , Fulham . Wards that hold their meetings on Monday evening : — St . Patrick ' s Ward ... TemperanceandRepealHaO , 8 , Ilose-street , Greek-street , Soho-square . Liberators Ditto ... Temperanceand RepealHall , Love-lane , Shadwell . John O'Connell ' s .... Ditto ... Temperance and RepealHall , 125 , Seymour-street , Newroa < l . Harp Temperance ... Ditto ... Coffee House , 48 , King-street , Borough . Brentford Ditto ... Drum Inn , Old Brentford .

      On Tuesday evening . O'Connell .... Ward ... Temperance Repeal Hall , Mews , at the bottom of Marvlebone-lane . Oxford .

      fittest . Serious AFFRAr at Pexhith . —The quiet little town of Pcnrith , Cumberland , was thrown into an unusual degree of exitement and aiami on Monday afternoon last , hy reason of a tumultuous disturbance created amongst a number of druidieii and disorderly navigators . A general and desperate affi-ay took place in Riirrowsate and Sanitate , when one poor fellow ^ Yas knocked down , and kicked in such a brutal manner , that but taint hopes-are entertained of his recovery . One of his eyes was nearly knocked out , and he was alsomo . > t severely bruised on his temples , the hack part of his head , limbs * and hack . Two or three constables were presentlv on the spot , when

      one of the most desperate of the navigators drew a lanrc knife and cut the hand anil most savagely kicked constable Noble . The riotors soon afterwards effected their retreat into lodging-house , the doorsof which they barred , and armed themselves with pokers and other weapons , at the same time threatening to stab the woman who kept the house if she offered to open the door . By this time a number of constables had arrived , who demanded entrance , which was refused , when the door was broken open , and three of them , who used every resistance , were handcuffed and taken to prison . On Tuesday the prisoners were taken before the magistrates ; but in consequence of the man who was so much injured not being able to attend to give evidence , the prisoners were remanded till Thursday .

      Destructive Fire in Sheffiklh . — On Tuesday night , shortly after twelve o ' clock , the warehouse of Messrs . Wilson , Hawksworth , and Moss , of Arundellane , merchants , was discovered to be on fire . The tire was discovered about a quarter past twelve o ' clock , and it was nearly six o ' clock in the morning before it was got under . The whole of the extensive warehouse , to which portion of the premises the fire was confined , is entirely destroyed , the outer walls , with the stone staircase , only standing .

      Representation of Fixsbubt . — It is currently reported in well-informed circles that Mr . Wakler , one of the present members for FLnbury , intends applying for tho Chiltern Hundreds immediately on tue re-assembling of Parliament , the delicate state of his health precluding the due performance of his Legislative duties . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., J , Sturge , Esq ., and Colonel T . Penionet Thompson are each spoken of as his probable successor . No mere Whig Corn Law Repealer will do for Radical Fiiisburv .

      Thk latk Railway Aci lPE . NTS . ^ Wednesday evening the adjourned inqiu-st , < m the body of William Murrowood , the stoker employed by tlie . Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company , took place at the Navigation Inn , King ' s Norton . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental 1 loath , " with a dcodand of Is . upon the engine . The inquests on the bodies of Mr . Varnills , and Mr . Dean , killed in the late dreadful accident on the Midland Counties Railway , arc not yet concluded . A searching investigation into

      the cause of this shocking affair is being instituted . Axotiier Railway Accident . —On Thursday afternoon , at Derby , about 5 o ' clock , as the London tram was coming in , at the spot where the new cutting is being made ( joining tho b ' nes from the South with the North Midland ) , the engine got off the line , and there stuck , through the plates being negligently left open , which , providentially , did not end in a sacrifice of human life , although we are sorry to hear the engine-driver had bis right foot seriously injured , and the passenger were well shaken . Serious damage has been done to the engine and carnages .

      The iate Fatal Occurrence at a Masquerade . — On Thursday evening , at six o ' clock , Mr . Payne , the City coroner , and a most respectable jury , assembled in the piipils' lecture-room of St . Thomas ' s Hospital , to inquire concerning the death of Mr . William Henry Slade , aged 23 , the unfortunate gentleman who lost his life in consequence of injuries rec eived at a masquerade , at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , on the night of Monday last . After a lengthy examination of witnesses thejury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death ; " the Jury expressed regret , that as there was nothing moving to the cause _ of death , they could not return a deodand . The inquiry lasted upwards of three hours .

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      GUILDHALL . Satckdai , Not . 23 . —Begging . —John King , 18 , and John Scott i 23 , two wretched-looking objects , were placed at the bar , ciharged with lagging in the streets . The prisoners were sentenced to one month's impri-KHOnent , with hard labour . "Mad Mxdgs , " the IFxtoow-smasher . —Ajs soon as the last case was disposed of , Matilda Barton , about 35 years of age , pushed , her -way throng ! the other prisoners , and entered the dock , exclaiming , " Pm aot going ta stop here all day—it's my turn now . " "" The prisoner was "brought tip on Thursdav last

      charged with , breaking the windows in the shop of Mr . ScratcHey , chemist and druggist , Fleet-street ; also , with assanlimgthat gentleman . On being taken into Custody she flung herself down on the " stretcher , " and said she would "' have a comfortable ride . " but becoming violent , her legs were tied , and-it required the assistance of three policemen to take her to the office . She was remanded till Saturday . Alderman Humphrey . —What do you do for a living ? Prisoner . —Whv sometimes one thins and sometimes anoiLcr . It's no use telling a lie about it . ( Laun ' -iTfr . ')

      All-man Humphrey . —Yon haa better go into the union . The iY _ soner . —! Soi exactly ' . ( Turning to the Complainant , who was in tL >? witness box . she exclaimed j — " Now . Mr . " Witnft-v 1 < t "> have your evidence . " ( L » nd lauglitfr- ' i AMerman Humphrey . —^" hat librae have you to ^ o to - I'ri > o » : er . —Why . ii "> no u ? eserid " ui 2 me home with-<> m j-loihes , a : ; d it would only be justice <> d your part to make the inspector and policemen ~ tm ? for a new suit r-: i-intho for me , for navin ? ill-treated m ? in tyiru : lay legs up . You know it wonid , alderman . The prisoner was then dbcharsed , and on leaving the dock exclaimed with a chuckle . ' * Where ' s hL « wiad ^ -vr - "

      After the whole of the business "had been disj > osed of . Ma-iu-e auaiu appeared , and , on advancing to the taM-. addressed Alderman Farebrother , -o- ho had taken Alderman flumyhrej ' s seat , as follows .: — " Sir Peter—1 > - « , 1 beg pardon . Mr . Farebrother—excu > e my friendly manner—1 was discharged this moraine by yonr brother magistrate , and the only clothe > 1 pos > .- >> is the prison dress at mv back . Bolder , how am 1 to set my living r I wish to do so honestly if ] ai " Aldrnnas Farebrother- —Ilavt von do parisli to go t ^> i Madce . —Yes , in Gloucestershire : Inn how am I to get there i Alderman Farebrother . —Yon were only relieved last Monilav .

      Madsre . —Yes , 1 got a shilling , wliieh kept me in food until Thursday . 2 fow . only fanev yourself kept in board and lodgine for four " days ibr Is . But I complain verv much ibr being brought here at all . AlJeanan Faxebrotber . —Tien you should not haire committed an assault . Madge . —I had just cause for it . Suppose I were to go up and strike you on one cheek , would h not be lawful for you to strike me on the other ? ( Loud laughter . ) Alderman Farebrother . —By no mean ? . Madge . —So saith the Scriptures . Alderman Farebrother . —If you . complain so much of the treatment of the City police , why don ' t you leave the Citv ?

      Madge . —^ hy , you see , there h a ' sneaking regard" which causes me to come into h . Now , if I could persuade that to leave also , you should hear no more of me in the City . ( Laughter . ) Alderman FareVother . —1 can only . allow you Is . Wist is is . r I must yay 1 > . for rent , and 1 o"sve 2 ? -. liriWore what am I to do for food ' The shlUine was then riven to her . and > 1 k- lt-fi the court « -5 j > res * ing her dviennination of *~ bavins ;; dr-. !> . > fcin , "' a ^ Is . was of no other us * - to her . " Tiif ] - * x : r eremciw who i > insane , appears to have La ' l a _ . ¦; -. ] education . > he has bf-en in custody aboat l-3 i > tJia-.-i for iLe oSc-Ei-e of br « .: ikiji < r windi ' -ns .

      A " RoTju- i ' uiv . i-nr —An individual , vr' -n appeare-i in K- > uiFeriu £ r from a * " df-ranivTuent of" the iinellf-i . " ot only from r .-irural causes , but also from having t * -o freely indulged in "" j »> jatjons pottle deep . " n . ii' 1 -who save the naui '~ - « f f"har ! e > Edward Stuart , was placed at the bar . A i-abman stated tliat the pri ^ iier . eniraged his vehicle in Aldersgate-street that morning , and directed Tmn to drive to " Salt House . " ( roswell-road . "Witness drove along Goswelh-oad . but could not find

      any place of that name , and on arriving at the -ABjreJ , at Islington , prisoner caUeil out "" ( Jo on . ct > on . " * He then proceeded along 5 t . John's TVood-road , but not finding the place , he returned with his * ' customer" to Aldersgate-street , where he was given into custody on refusing to pay the fare . Aliierni ^ n Humphrey inquired who nnd what he was ? Prisoner . —My dear sir . 1 am no : ashamed of my birth . I am descended from the old Royal family of Scotland 'lamrhteri .

      It being hinted that the prisoner had previously been on a visit to the Worship-street Police-office , he was remanded till Monday . T \" zi > xr 5 DAT . —DiscrsTTSG Cis £ . —Mr . John Smith . 2 k packing-case maker , carrying on business at the corner o ? Distaff-lane , was Droughi before Aldermen BugLe * zui Hooper , charred with indecently assault - ing Miih CrisD . a riri belunmnn to tip

      Uuepnhithp-¦ RrarG Stliool for Girls , in Old Fish-shvet . Mr . Deputy Go- * stated that he was the treasurer of the ward school , and it having come to hi * knowledge that the defendant had enticed half a dozen of the school eLUdrt-n into bis pii-mlses by givins tbem a ft-vr halfpence , ai ! cl had taken the opportunity to behave iiuieeently to them , he thought it was his duty io brins ilie xnatxer beforr the ma < ri > Trat . " - He had tarried tliis tiri ' .-ticp on ft . < r sodip time : but on aet '> U 2 t of the tender zze of tb «* t-hilrbvi : it ¦ sras de- ^ rabl " . 3 . prhii <> . tliat they stsor-M b-c- ^ par ; * d a public eianiiL : iti- > n . and that the ehar ? p sVouW be limited

      to : it . i .- ~ ai ; it on one o : the eh ; Mn-n fvlonsing to it . Saraii ' " risj .. r ^ ed ten yeai-s . thr-n stnrc-3 that Ler father I- <\ c ? Ar and sic- is maintained by hr-r mother . Siie Lad been dothed and educated in the warti-scboo ] for six y—ays pa-t . She first wrat in »> The d > -ien < 3-am "~ s > hup wiih ^ ome other children about a year asro . when he eave them some liaif-pence . lit- did " not take any liberties with her then , nor at any time when any uf her svliuolfellows were with her . But he had behaved indecently to her on several occasion ? . The last time was a fortnight ago , when she came out of school before dinner . The defendant asserted his innocence . -

      Mr . Alderman litgeis said , if the defendant did not tlioose to submit to a summary conviction , he might be eomitt'ed for trial at the sessions , and the whole el the children whom he had assaulted would be called . He wonld take the consequence trf that examination . He believed all the girl had stated , for children and fools generally spoke the truth . They adjudged him to pay a fine of 51 . for the assault . The defendant paid the Sne .

      CLEPwKENWELL . Mo > "P . iT . Nov . 25 . —The Wozs oy no . Pooh . — Hizabeih "White , a poor girl , aged about 18 , sicklylooking , and sbjverinjr with cold , was -brought up by police-constable 158 E . charged with having been found destitute on the steps of a door in Tavistoeksqnare , ' The constable deposed to the facts of the cabe . She had come up from Cirencester in search of employment . Mr . Greenwood . —What did you do with her ' . Policeman- —1 took lier to St . Paneras workhouse , S 31 found her in that parish , but they refused to receive her there , so 1 was forced to take her back and lock her up in the eell .

      who aid you see at the T \ orkhouse '—1 saw Mr . Lee , the governor , and lie refused to receive her . He said that if he admitted her , he -mWhi as well admit 500 or 6 yO people about the sircetv . ~ The prisoner said sbr was destitute :- > he had slept in Carrier-street , M . Giles ' s , on tbe previous night . Mr . Greenwood ft « the c-om-tal /' e i . —Take up the girl to St . Paneras "> workhouse , and if the authorities there refuse to receive her . you may tell them from niexhat the magistrate is determined to do bis duty . There is no such law a * that which the overseers attempt to soi up . of tin- necessity of the paupers sleeping on the previous night in the parish to which they apply for relief : it is entirely an invention of theirs . Wherever a party is found destitute , there she is entitled to relief .

      The girl was again removed to the workhouse , and if as on this occasion admitted without any cavil or objection . Poucx Despotism — The Libeett of the Subject . Ten men , havinsrthe appearance of decent medrews , Greaves , Grantham , Bracken , Green , and ehanicg , named Matthews , Birch , Williams , Hall , An-Wrigbi . -were charged with loitering about , on sus - picion of intending to commit- ielonv . Police Sergeant Saunders , 25 N , deposed : 1 was on duty in Olistreet this morning between two and three o ' clock , when I saw the prisoners walking along the sia-eet , and inowmg them to be companions of thieves andliousebreakers , 1—

      Mr . Greenwood . —But what were they doing ?—Sanders : Lurking about the street . Mr . Greenwood repeated the question , and the ¦ witness answered by ^ saying—Thev-were standing about , tlie streets . Mr . Greenwood . —1 must say it is not the proper ¦ way-fcoljefin vour evidence by giving the prisoners a lad character . The sergeant proceeded to say that he followed the prisoners -into Islington , where , with the assistance of other constables , he took them into < ni 5 tody and conveved them to the station , where they were locked up . Had dogged them . along for two hours . Mr : Greenwood . —And during those two hours did yon see them do any harm—any illegal act \ The sergeant owned he had not . PoBee-eonstaHe 197 , Lee , corroborated Sanders ' s testimony : ' - Had followed them , but did not see them do juiv hirm .

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      LATEST FROM AMERICA . Liverpool , Friday Morning . — The British and North American Royal Mail Steam-ship Hibernia , Captain Judkins , arrived in the river at a late hour last night , making the run from Boston in little more than twelve days . United States . —Letters and papers received . Q ? the Hibernia fully confirm the intelligence ot Mr-Folk's election to the Presidency . Canada . —From Canada we learn that Sir Charles Metcalfe is determined not to be kept Ion ; : in fl p " pense an to the political character of the new i ar |^" ment , having issued his proclamation that that body meet for despatch of business on the 2 s > th of tlie present month . SPAIN . . , -London . —Friday . —The only important article oi intelligence from Spain contained in the Jiayonneano Paris papers just received , is the alleged captu ^ <* the son and brother-in-law of Zurbano , by the troops of the Government , on the 20 th inst .

      HOLLAND . , ^ The Hagce , Nov , 23 . —In the sitting oi tUe second Chamber to-day , a royal message was rece i ^ with a project of law for prolonging the law ot * 31 st of May , 1843 , relative to the import , export , aim transit duties , till the Chamber shall have agrceo w a new tariff of duties . ^ We have received Java papers to the 10 th AUgus Batavia , July 26—In the evening of the 8 tt « j this month a fire broke out at Sisier , which des " ^ the dwelling and out-buildings of M . . "Von vloun , junior , contractor with the Governm ent tor tnepre ^ ration of coffee . As the building was chiefly ot Daw boo and wood , the fire spread so rapidly that nouuw could be saved . The mills , the warehouses , and tneu contents , happily escaped . c ^ partoe There : was also a fire in the capital of Socracarw in the night of the 16 th , which reduced to ash » hundred native bamboo buildings , andextew ™* .. the Chinese camp , destroyed thirty-tw o store-house . the damage ia estimated at 7 P , 000 florins .

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      St . James , in the City of , «» »'" .. ' . tor . FEAKGTTS O'CONNOR , Esq ., and P ^^' . William Hkw . tt , of No . 18 , Charles-street Dw »« street , Walworth , in the Pari , hof St . Ma ^ ^ in the County of Sum * , at the Office , No . ^ in the Palish of St . Mary-le-Strand , in the QV Westminster . Saturdav , November 30 tn , 184 * .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 30, 1844, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct835/page/8/