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H & T ^ zZ" ! { he steward , with much hesitation—in ase t- ' ^* - - * - "lywou'd- convict-on it . Therefore the tfa ^ fi ^ y ' ts would have resied . upon . that of . the bbp l a 'bpl- ' * * n ' to whom the proper ty ^ belbnge'd , and the e ; e ? t ! e ^] " ,: " , m ade by the prisoner in " her evidence . 3 J &^ J & k 9 ? ^ l , « ec * ned to him to be" a total absence of iS ^ jF * tlio part ofthe prisoner in rifting- the proaiml * - !* ! -- ^ L pt tiut it was done to deprivo . the prose-£ ^ t «^ tf »* f | , g possession of it , from some vindictive jjtotnto t , owar him ; or under an idea that she eef' ^' ee' * = vta * ' some favour . from the Smiths or the w ^ W i R " was quiteclear * sac'ha'd ' not talcenthe i-te * " ^* * ttm anv Ul 0 t ^ ° ? S- " n ahd , if she was ilih & ShioS ^ -ffas ' tbe instrument of parties more so jjinlt ^ pltv , s * ^ . j , ^^ nei i 0 ff - ingthebetUfc *? tfc *? of Mr- Barnes , and also * that ofthe proselilix viojsTipnr - ^ > ^ ^ points of the case into confES to ^ jtor , ^ hc ( J ; nhi think there would be any pres ^ fr ^ 'L ^ e interest of tbe court in acceding to fp'S ^ nane aPl'lJeation on tbe part of the pro secuttheHhe OBi ^^ , pp orted In that view b y the itii -SiK-a- 0 r * learned brother commissioners , and oopio ' opl " " thpald crii' - '* n who were on the bench with .- •^ i . 'ai I'V lul- .. . * .-. « : „ . i » -it- - - .. 1 . si oi iuuiHi ^^^^^ Z ^ . ::-.. rA wifli mm > K hf >« itatinh _ in
' : ¦* . i vcruicl " Ao was men laKen . — iiiiiiiifli . - ^ t who kept occasionally vehemently ^ XiieXiie \ - Jjtr - „ . nCe , and laughing and cryinir , Iproiprt )!^ r £ wa -j taken away by the servant ^ A-Viir Barni-s . ' . ' . . ' * V sKrr rrox Cosstables . —James Hart , 34 , ,. i . j ! , t wtw indicted lorualawfallvassaulting Henry ¦ « 3 £ Uift find EdKarti ¦ NT arborotigh ' *•*<> Police con-. l . t . teot ihe Citv of London , iu the execution of V tar duty —It appeared that oa the afternoon ofthe 11-1 of this month , whilst Montague was on duty in F ^ r ^ tr et , B ackfriars , he was called to from a tTrVfflse in Green Draym-court . ' where the prisoner S 2 S bv the uri > ofl £ r ' s sister , who stated that the * SJSwr « s i » - "sing her mother . The constab ' e eitent there , and foun-. i a crowd round the door , which irairas open , upon which he went in and saw the priso ' * *™ f wh » came towards him . and before a word was rt rtokeo struck him " a blow in the face that felled liim
to to the ground . He lnuncfliateiy rose and seized him , snalda scuffle en > mng they both fell . . Prisoner then sj'Szedhini trith bis teeth » y the upper part of the th this-ii and held « tigbi that when the constable got Bfnphe «** s climins t-hi-n , and did not have go his k ho ld nntil he bad tarn the piece out . Some one fcsharins fetched Narborough they attempted . to take ft the prisoner out of the house , and . finally , after both b : bans mu « -h as-aulted , got him into tlie ' street , and tr trefaeoiug towards the station-house when they told tl tie prisoner that if be chose to £ 0 quietly ' they would b nat hold him . This prisoner promised to do , and _ « gnt on for .-i > me short distance , but on their coming
j to i pan of the street where the s-ewer was up to a £ depth of warly > ix * een ieet , he made a violent drive s st both officers with an intention of throwing them i oown , and would have succeeded had not some of t the men employed at the sewer seen "the act , and 3 mana ged to prevent the officers from being thrown i down . Fri * oiwr was then secured and finally got to l the station—The jury found the-prisoner " Guilty . " . —Mr Ujlaiid said ihe prisoner had been convicted ia ] S ^ 7 in this curl and sentenced to three months ' ; " aip risonine : " ' frr-assaulting the plice , and he had ; 3 jk : i six or seven times jri custody for assaulting difi foent perso ! is .- ^ The prisoner was then sentenced to - twelve months imprisonment and bard labour . " -
Kobbery nr a . Lbttee-cakrieo . —Bartholomew Seating , 42 . a Post-office letter-carrier , was indicted for unlawfully and contrary to bis duty , detaining a ntniber of ptist lettes that had been entrusted to lam for deliver ** ,. — -The prisoner , who bad pleaded iotguilty , retracted tint plea , and pleaded guilty to the charge . —Mr . Clarkson said tbe prisoner was not caarged with feioajj but with the offence of misdemeanour under the Pcst-oSee Act , in bavin-- unlawfully detained and keptba k a large number of letters Ihsthadbeencritrnsled to him for de-iyery . in the coarse of his'dasy as a letter-carrier . The circumstances were ihese : —In consequence of sqmethiog that came to ' the knowledge of the Post-office
autboiives , the prisoner was seat for and gu ' estioned as t < i ¦ riie ' tker he had ; any letters iu his possession which he sb old have delivered . He replied that be had not , baton his bat being taken off fourteen letters rere found in it , and , on his lodgings being searched . so less than 555 other ! e * ters were found addressed ti ciferenf persons residing in ihe prisoner ' s district . Upon this discovery taking place , ' the . prisoner at s > t said that kecould not find , the parties ; bnt afterwards , when it w » s ascertained that a great number oftae Ittters could be delivered at th- ; addresses they bare upon them , the prisoner said he knew he had fone wrong , and begged tor mercy . Mr . Clarkson sdded that there ? . as no rpas'sn to suppose the
orisoiser intended to steal Hie contents of anj i f the letters , or that , in point of fact , any Of them reaby contained money . The letters mostly consisted of notices from tbecoaiaii-sioners -f inland revenue / for the delivery of which the pri-daer " received , extra pay , and the snppositk-u was th-it- . he had kept " them back solely 13 save him-elf thetroubleof deiyering them . —Two ** itne » es were tia-s . iaed as to the prisoner ' s characfcr . -and they spohe favonrably of hitii in that respect . Bg- also espres-cd an opinion ihtt since he bad jnffered from br , ; in fever , witb which he was attacked sJwnta twelve tB' -ndi tack , his mind bad been impaired , and that he was not competent to perform
tae caties of a letter earner , and they said that this iras ths general impression among the persons who sere acquainted-cl-h hinf . —Mr . " Gapes , ' the inspector of the Saho cktviel , said that iba prisoner had "filled the siiuati ' " n of letter-carrier for six or seven years , and he had cccasion loseeliim" every day , and feceverhsd the iesst occasion to suppose that his ffiin'l was at all affected , li he had he shou . 'd , of Hicsse , have biiHiediately communicated with the Po-t-affiee . in order that the prisoner might be re-Biived from a si * usuon of trhich be was incapable to J-erform the duties . —The prisoner was then sentenced to be imprisofltd and ktpt to . hard labour for one rear . . - '
Sesmxc a Ti : siEAXESi- * e Letter . —Octarius Rydnd , SO , a respectable looking man , described as a clerk , was indicted for feloniously sending a threatening letter to ' tb-2 Rev . Wiliiam Bango Collier , * hk intent to eiiort mohoy from him . —The prisoner pleaded Guilty , " and , when he . was asked - "" aether he had : ; uything to ] say in arrest of . judg-Eeat , he replied , that is was his first offence ,, and ihrew hiEself i * poa the ' merciful cbnsi-ieftitioh of the Court . —The . Common Sergeant told : hiin that iehad confessed hiinself to be guilty of one of the highest ffences ki-own to the law , and be therefore felt himself compelled to p ass upon him the sentence of transportation for life .
Posi-ornc *; ItoncEnv . —T . Simpson , 27 , was incieted for sier . iing a letter , containing a half sovereign and a shiliiiig . thc property ofthe Postmaster General . It appeared that the prisoner was porter in the service of Mr . Braden , a grocer , in Highsreer , Islington , r . nd who also keeps a post-lct $ cr Kceiriiig house Ja consequence of irregularities diat occurred in this district , tho Post office authorities took . steps to discover " who was the depredator , and a letter , containing a half-scvcfeign and a shilliai , hoth " of wh & h were inarked , was posted at the receiving bouse , where the prisoner was employed , C-a the Sili of . May . This letter , indue course , should have anivedat the principal office between five and sis -o ' clock tlie same evening ; bur , upon the has belns OTicned , ' the . letter -sas missing , and
3 Ir . Scnltbofpe , a gentleman employed in a" position 6 f anthority at the Post-office , proceeded immediately to Jir . Eradcn ' s oSgc , accompanied l . y an oScer , and uj > o . * s the prisoner being questioned , and eventually tVisa istd custody and searched , the Baried shilling was found in bis possession , but no trace was observed of the half . sovereign or the ittter . IVhea the prisoner was asked how he came to be in posses-ion of the marked coin , be asserted that it was hi " - t . ws property , and . that be bad brcuirlit it from Lis own bouse " the day before . The Jwy found the r-risoser " Guilty , " but recommended iiiaj to mere ; . * ou -iccoani of the scad character he iad received , T ;; e prisoner was sentenced to be i aprifoced ani iept to hard labour for eighteen noMhs . - - -
Roebeet 3 T a Stmcrroa ' s Clekk . —Joseph Hal ' , ajedSS , clerk , was indicted for stealing the sum of ~ 1 , the property of Messrs . M . -mlon and . Pritchard , 2 js marit-ri—iir : Overend prosecuted - and Mr . Cliarnock cefeiided . —The-facts of the case were ^ ese . The presecators are the well known ' firm of splicitors , of Cirisrcburch Chambers . Prisoner was tneir out-door clerk , and to him was entrusted Bioaies to 3 ; osi *' aie the chrrent expenses of tho ? See . U tk ' -iresi-zt instance he had debited tbe ^ ni the sa r . > ' f : f £ i Is ., paid with a subpmna , ^ nag oal y p . ij ( ' 2 ? . with it . Previously to this and other frauds Ids ? dissevered , tlie prisoner left the I-reseeators * empfoy without notice , except sending ' -etter to state tlms he was going- down into Worces tershire to some friends . —In tbe
cross-cxamina-™ it was elicited that tlie managing clerk in the ware was a defaulter to a considerable amount and ^ jW absconded , and prisoner when charged with the « s er . ee sn ; j * nc ; , aii heenmade tbe dupeofhlui .--- ^• Cbarno ^ s tGGk an oi » jee tion to the indictment , g & exact Sam s ; o 3 ea not being specified , and quoted t ^ e recent deeidor . of tbe Queen i ) . Bond . — The hfi ^ on Serreant held tbe objection to be good , ^ a . d irectedd . e acquittal Ofthe prisoner . —He was ^•"" jn dieted and convicted of stealing a chique f * -9 os ., which had been entrusted to him for the j ^ ks of tho oSce . —The jury and the prosecutor ^> g recommended Mm to mercy , he was scniJ to sis months' imprisonment . ' - "rvaitj : T * : 7 ev--s . —Two boys named irdl and f ^ Ptai , slated ia the h ' st to bo fifteen , but who ** ffled inucj . Yonagerj tneir faCe 3 scarcely showing r ^ e tbe deck , nnd being of a very juvenile ap-J ^ aee other- vise , were indicted for stealing
S ir n d a quantity of silver from the bar or Caw - ea * - Publican , keeping the Red IJoh ; aj ^ f'eh , ssd the case ' was clearly established ta r - * -e-n by the evidence of prosecutor ' s daughof m 05 t - "diligent child not quite twelve years t ^ |?* ~ "It apptared that they had reconnoitered tar v nD * - ^ --y fowd that she was alone at the * fcif *»; en *"'*¦* went ™ * * *" P { P ° rter j ^ be paid fo ? , and ' shortly afterwards went out j 7 * fa ^ d Buiii the child wa « gone into the par' Sns ih £ 2 heard a voice , and © n going into
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the bar saw one standing near the fflass door * and the other marching offwith the bowl of silver . She raised the alarm , and they . got away .- She , how oyer , gave so accurate 4 description of them that the police succeeded in taKn / thciitiBBffiswi : TF ; % ^ « y cross-examined the witness as tbein-They were both found . •' Guilty ; ' -Policeconstaole Carpenter , of the 11 division , said this niade the sixth time HiU had been convicted of rWbing'till and had very recently came out of Jlaidstone gaol , where he had suffered six months ' imprisonment from a conviction at those sessions . The other had also been in trouble , and belonged to an organised gang . —Mr . ' Gurnev having conferred with- Mr . Cope , sentenced Hill to be transported for seven years , with ' a view to obtain his admission to Parkhurst prison . Eempton was ordered to be imprisoned for three months and once whipped . Mm hRrsaw onfi st ^ iTidiiiir—nnn « . *» ,- » —i , ° .
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iMARYLEBOXE . — A Footman is Love . — The charge , as it appeared upon the police sheet , was against a man rather shabbily attired , and who gaxe his name Richard M . -Allister , for having been found near the premises of Miss Bellew , Stockley House , Primrose-iill Road , Regent ' s Park , for an unlawful purpose—Court , 308 S , said , between four and five on Saturday afternoon last Miss Bellew ' s coachman camo to me , and said that defendant had . been near the house a long time , annoying his mistress . 1 have seen him about there several times , and one day last week , between " eight and nine o ' clock , 1 told him if he didn't go awav he would ieet himsei
into trouble , when he replied that he should stay as long ' as he thought fit . —Mr . Broughtoh : iXow , about last Saturday , what occurred ? I desired him tqleavetheplacewhere . be was , and he told me that I had no business' & -interfere , with him ; he was then on the footpath close to the garden fence ; he told me that Miss Bellew owed him £ 2 ; which he could not get , and I went into the house to speak to the . lady , who said most positively that there wasno truth in what defendant had said . As he refused to leave I took , him into custody . —Mr . Broughtdn : Did you hear any threats made ? "Witness : Sone " , Sir . —It was here ' intimated . to Mr . Broughtoh that the defendant had , npon the complaint" of Miss Bellew , been ' , brought , up to tbis court for a similar
offence , and that in' default of his finding , sureties for hi ? keeping the peace , he was in prison for six months . This was about two years ago . "' He ' said Miss Bellew had promised . to marry , him , and that if he had not been a fool he should have married her then and there . lie . further said , that he was jealous of another person , and that was the reason , for bis leaving his mistress ' s service , where he . had , been living as fodtman > - "SeveraI of Miss Bellew-s domestic servanta ' . were examined for . the purpose of showing that the . defeudant had- persevered , in an intolerable , system of annpyance to their mistress for some " time pas ' t-r-MissBeUew was then swbrri : She said , under ihu ' ch excitement ^ -For the last ibree years I have lived in terror of my life } through , this
creature ( looking at defendant ) , and-T dismissed him from my service in consequence of improper conversation used by him iu the . kitchen This time two ycafs'be attempted to seize me and . drag hie from my carriage ; on myreturn from Epsom races , and he declared that my carriage arid horses were his , and the house also . -land my family are all in danger and expect to lie shot . It ' s very hard , paying so much for rent and taxes , "I can't be . protected . — Mr . Broughtdn : I don't think youhave any reason to complain bf want of protection !; 'the police . have been constantly watching the defendant , and he has been long imprisoned for a former aunoyance . Bo you owe the defendant anything ? , Miss Bellew . ( em ; phatically ) : 3 fdt one farthmgi-T-The- ' defehdant was
asked what he bad to say in-answer to the charge ?—Defendant : J hope your worship will send the case to the sessions , where I shall be prepared with counsel and witnesses . .. Mr . Broughtqn .: I . shall not adopt that course . —defendant : Very well ,, sir ; then I'll go on . ' Miss Bellew made' a positive engagemehtwith me to become my wife , and ; a | sured me that nothing else could ever make her happy ; and she told nie that she had purchased . the house she is living in for ourselves . She . sent a message to ihe by Miss Martin after I left informing me that if I would come back she would make me as com : fortable as possible , and that I should not wear the . clothes , meaning by that the livery . She has also told Mrs . Xorton in her dressing-room that I might bave made a gentleman of myself if I had not been a fool .-r-Miss Bellew : I declare most ' solemnly that thefe is hot a word of triitti . in what this man has stated . —Mr . ; Broughtbb , after remaking at sonic
length npon the evidence' which had been elicited in the course ofthe long and ' curious investigation , wasof opinion that although no actual threats bad becn ' . iised by defendant since his ' liberation from prison , m which he bad been for six ' months incarcerated , his words and actions bad been of such a nature as to justifyHim ( thc ' magistratcjjn requiring some sasurity , " that the parties , who bad ¦ sbo . wh that they were in fear should not be again molested ; he should , ' therefore , require ^ defendant to put in bairbimself in £ 50 , Jindtwo . sureties of £ 25 each (¦ with notice ) for his keeping the . peace and being of good behaviour towards Miss ' Bellew and all her household for a- month . —Miss Bellow ' : I ' m sufprised ,.. sir , that you have only secured , this man for a month—at the end of that time we shall be shot . The defendant was ' removed by Mitchell , the gaoler ,, and Miss Bellew with her relations and friends then quitted the court . '
Ai . t « eged Fbaud upox . the Great Western Railway Compaxy . —Sarah Fry , ' who described herself as a dressmaker ^ was charged with havin g defrauded theGreat "Western -R ailway of 5 , 3 . lid ., by riding seventy-one iniles beyond the distance Tor which she had paidiher fare . The case wasproved , and the answer made by tbe prisoner was ,. _ that she fell asleep , prior -to , her . arriving at the plaicie at which , she was desirous of getting out r and . that she had no wish whatever to have been brought 6 h to London . It was further shown that ' after she- was locked up she told a fellow prisoner in the cell that she had managed to come up at a . very , cheap rate . —Fined 10 s . ; in-default of-payment , fourteen davs . . - ' , ' * '"
- ' . MARLBOROUGH-STBEET . —A' Stueet Row . — William-Curzon , residing at So . 2 , Charles-street , Grosvenor-square , was charged with assaulting Charles Harrison , a hawker- bf toys , 49 , Camerasquare , ' Chelsea . —Complainant stated , that- about half-pasfctwelve on Sunday night he was proceeding along Piccadilly with a friend } ; and . another young man and woman , who-were walking behind him ; when the defendant / witheightor nine others ^ went up to the young man and woman and insulted them . A row ensued in consequence , and witness ' and his companion walked . back ' to see what was the matterj
He was looking on . when the defendant came up- to him . and after some words , strucfc him a blow in the face with-his fist . ' A scuffle then took-place , and a constable comiag . up , witness ; walked away , followed by . defendant , who struck him and kicked him several times .-The constable , who was present , saw this , and took defendant into custody .. Witness was not quite " s 6 ber , ' but he knew well what he was about . —^ In defence it was ' state'd ^ that defendant had been struck by complainant first . —Mr . Bingham said the : constable' had proved . seeing defendant strike complainant ; - he should , therefore , -. fine him 10 s . The money ; was immediately paid . - . - ¦ -
The Law of Bni Discousnxc—John Shepherd , agent , " So . i , Cross Key-square , was charged with having unlawfully - " detained " 4 L bill for- £ 55 , entrusted to him to get ' discounted .- ^ A solicitor . who appeared for the prosecution was about to state the particulars ,. when . Mr . Bingham said if the prisoner was only" charged with" detaining" a bill he could hot take cognizance of the complaint . —The solicitor said the charge was . for stealing the bill under these :. circumstances : in April last Mr , Jones , a plumber , his client , did some work for a gentleman in Golden-square , . named . Cook . This gentleman , inpayment of the work ,, gave two bills at six weeks date , one for £ 55 , " and another for £ 274 . These bills were placed in the bands of Mr . Pook to < rct discounted , who gave them to the
prisoner who undertook to . --et them discounted , and cave a written memoran dum to this effect : ' . Mr . Pobk has placed in my . band two bills , one for £ 55 , and another for £ 272 .- The first bill , for £ 5 o , I will endeavour to-get " discounted this day , the second by next . Friday . . Iii case I . do not get them discounted within a week I . promise to return , the two bills , and a post obit bond left with me . by . way of security . " This document was dated last April ; but from that time up to the present neither bills nor post obit iond had lieen returned . The bills had arrived at maturity and the acceptor was threatened to be sued by the present holder for the amount . Under these " circumstances ,, tho prisoner ' . "vyas charged with having stolen two bills entrusted to hihi for the purpose of getting discounted . — . Mr Biiis'ham said the first part of the charge was contradicted . by fbe last part- Jf the ; prisoner bad ; not accounted -for . bills entrusted to . him to get
discounted , then he / bad hot been guilty of . stealing but of embezzling the . bills , provided , writteh'ihstrueitidns as to their disposal had been given at ^ the time : But it appeared that no written instructions had been given at all , as required b y law . The only instruction given ware oral-instructions , and therefore , as the law stood , the defendant . fioiild only be charged with "having . broken Ma contract . The complainant cbnld' do nothing , at a police-court , but he would not say he could not'proceed : elsewhere . Unfortunately there were agoodmany . of such cases of late , but nothing could be done in tbem , and ho must discbarge the accused .. CniitcE op ' Obtjusixo * , Mosul dxder False Pret tevces : — Ann-Marii-Tblirey " was finally examiried , chareed -with-fraudulently >[ lobtammg ^ tbe ^ sum of £ 35 ' from Wm . Bicbardson , i 19 , uSun-street , Bishops-ate-streeii vnder : the . pretence of g ? tti ? S fluence with'Lord Alfred t ^ -r £ » -f . ^ ' Paget provedTbat bo waa not acquainted with the
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prisoner - -whom be had'never-seentbefore- in his life . - ,: The _ letter produced was . not . in his handwriting . —Eliza Gosby said . about four years ago the prisoner obtained £ 270 from . her ; under the pretence ofiinvesting it for . her advantage . She saw nothing more of the prisoner for a considerable ' time after , aiid Vfhen She demanded the restoration of her mbney , the prisoner gave her £ 70 and an I 6 U for tho remainder ., The latter had not been taken up . — "Several tradesmen , who were in : court , stated that the prisoner had swindled them out of valuables , to a large amount , under the pretence of showing tbem to various noblemen and gentlemen " . Ainumber of other charges were gone into ) and the prisoner was fully committed for trial . .
jGUILDHALL , —Receiviso Stolen Goods . —T . Etans and Richard Stewartson were placed at the bar , before Sir Chapman Marshall , charged with being receivers of stolen goods . —Alfred Green , an officer of the detective force , stated . that about eight o ' clock on Monday night , in consequence of information he had , received , he proceeded , in company with Bleach , another detective officer , to 33 , St . Aiidrews-hill , Doctors Commons . The name of " jEvans , late Lan gland , " was over the door , and on a' board under tho window was the name , of "JThomas Hale , dealer in marine stores . " He ( Green ) went into the shop , and asked Stewartson , who was standing behind the counter , if Evans waa within , and on receiving an answer in the negative
hi asked who did business for Evans in his absence ; to which Stewartson replied that he did . , Stewartson immediatel y went into a back room , and Green followed him , and found Evans sitting down by the side of the bed . . On asking him if he . had any sacks in'his house , he replied he had not , but appealed , to Stewartson if he had bought any sacks lately . He said he had not . Re ( Green ) then told the prisoners tliat he must search the promises , and proceeded to do so accordinglyj when he found two sacks-in the shop without any name or mark upon them . He give them into the caro of Bleach , and then ; went down stairs tq examine the cellar . There he saw . Stewartson , with ' another man , at the entrance of a small coal cellar , the door of whicb was blocked up
with several baskets , piled one upon another . Stewartson and the other man went up stairs , and be ( Green ) then cleared away tho baskets * - when be found secreted ,: behind tbem a sack-containing ei g hteen sacks , all marked " T . Denny , " and threo markedVJohnson , Knightshridge . " Bleach . came down shortly afterwards , and they , found . a . large quantity of pieces-of sacks wbich had evidently been fresh cut up . The prisoners were then taken to the station and locked up . —Thomas Reeve Denny , stated that he is a corn merchant holding warehouses in" Upper Ground-street , Blackfriars , and had lost a great many sacks from time to time , biit could never find out how they disappeared ;; the acksproduced were his : propertyand . portions of
, , those which had' beencut up also belonged to him ; the sacks . were worth Is 3 d : each . Never , saw the prisoners . before , but believed theylived in the immediate neighbourhood ; of his warehouses ; He further stated , ; that there was a great many persons who would . prefer similar charges against the prisoners , ' and among the number Messrs . ! ., Sturdy Brothers , . corn -merchants in Earl-street , Blackfriars , : who , it , seems , have-lost within the last nine months , 1 , 400 sacks , ; and although : they knew where they were taken to , they have never been able to catch any of the parties . ^ The sacks were bought by marine store dealers as " old junk" for
makine paper .- The prisoners were remanded . BOW-STREET . —Givixo False CnAHAOTEns . — Thomas"White , of 100 , Driiry-lane , shoemaker , was fined £ 10 , ( or two months' imprisonment , ) for giving a "false character" to a worthless ¦ lad named Charles : Garrett who was consequently taken into the service of Mr . Davis , of the Kent- Hotel in Browniew-street , from which be absconded . with a £ 10 . note five weeks afterwards . —Mr . Sardine , in inflicting the penalty , observed , tbat the : offence was a . very . common , although a ; very serious one . ! It was necessary , therefore , to . mark it with such a fine as would serve as a caution to others . Notice of an appeal . against the decision was given . •• -. ¦ -, *
., WESTMINSTER —A Begoino- Letter Impostor . —Jaques" Ponco ¦ Troyon , ' a' Frenchman , - was finally examined , charged with imposing upon the Duke and Duchess of Montrose ; He was committed for ; six weeks to the House of Correction . ' ' i ; . "VVORSHIP-STREET . —Pocket TiCKisd . '—Mary Anne Bucke , ' a showily dressed , middicraged wdhian , and i John Hall , James Garrett , and Robert M * Ewen , three equally well dressed men , were placed at . the bar 'before Mr . Hammill , upon several charges of attempting to pick the pockets of ladies in Finsbui-y '; - on the prisoners being placed at . the bar , Nathaniel Forth , a gaoler of the House , of Detention , stated : Iknow all the three male prisoners , who have'been confined in our prison rit different
times on remand on suspicion of felony ; Garrett three times ' , and alsi twice tried for felony , biit each time acquitted . ; The woman is . a stranger to nib , but Hall has been twice in my custody .- ^ Mv . Ham- ; mill considered the case had been ' cletirly brought to all the prisoners , ' who were evidently acting together , and-sentenced each of tbem to undergo three months' hard labour in the Hbuse bf . Correction as rogues and vagabonds and suspected thievca . Charge or MAssLAcoiiTEB . - ^ - 'Williani 'Wickley , a tall powerful man , described as . a greeiigrdccr in Turyilie-street , ' Bcthnal-grcen , was placed at the bar before MrrArnbld , charged with causing the death of his sistcr-ih ' -law , a young married woman , named Margaret TVilraot . —James Turpm a hawker ,
said , " I was standing with a friend in front of the bar of the "Victory public-house , - in Little Nelsonstreet , Beth nal-gree ' n , at eight , o ' clock on Tuesday evening , when the prisoner came in in the company of a woman ,. and both of them appeared to bo intoxicated' "The deceased , Margaret . Wilmot ,, followed them in , and , addressing tho other Vorniin , asked her if she knew the prisoner was a married man ? She bad scarcely uttered the words , when thejprisoner ; with . a threatening observation , raised his arm , and was in the . act of striking her , when I [ ranioUttbineet ^ I her husband , whomT met . iii ah adjoining street , and having' been informed oh my way back that the ' wbm ' an had been carried home s enseless , we proceeded there together , and oh , reaching
the house found her lying there , dead . A policeman was standing ' outside , " to whom I communicated what I had witnessed , and I accompanied , hiin to a house'in a street leading ' . out of Club ' -roW " , where I pointed out ihe . prisoner , who was taken in custody . —Susan Shepherd , a married woman , residing close to the public house in question , said , ' 1 was intimate with deceased , ' whose sister was the . prisoner ' s .. wife , arid ; while conversing with her al ; my ' o ^ vn door , between . seven" and eight o ' clock'last ' evening , " tlie prisoner passed us with ' a ' wohian , Who was so niucli intoxicated . that she fell down in the road . * " She was raised up by the prisoner ' ; , who took . her . into the public-housei followed b y the" deceased . i " who had seen 'the ' two together , " and directly afterwards I
heard the noise of' a violent contest , inside . the honse . ' ahd'On ' hastiemng . there foun'd ' theidf-ceascd , supported in 0 e arms of two ' men , without either bonnet-or-shawl ; oonvulsively ' struggling . 'a ' nd being canned into the street . I picked up the deceased ' s cap ' and shawl , whiehfwere ; lying ) on " , the floor in front of the . bar , and went out to follow her , but , not seeing the deceased , I returned homo and found her j sitting- on-- ' a -step' -at' the ' -back- ' door ' retching violently , - and .-. ipparently very : ill . ; . L ' raised , her bead to . support ber , . apd asked if I . should get h ' er a cup ; of tea , to winch . she seemed silently to . assent , and I sent my little girl' to prepare it , wbile ^ l continued holding her , but almost immediately afterwards- her head' suddenly drobpe'd ; - and site
exclaimed t in : a faint : voice , " Oh ,. dear , ! MiSi Shep " - beard ,.. what shall I do!—myeyesight 1 c gone V ' She-then became- senseless , and never , spoke afterwardsj ' and I , having ' procured'assistance , caused her to be carried iiito her own housei whi ? refehe . was placed in bed , ' and a surgeon'in tho neiffbhniivh ' obd ¦ was-instantly sent' for , but upon , examining her ho at once pronounced-her to be dead .. jThis morning Lassisted in . undressing her , but did not , . while doing so ' observe any iriarbs ' of violence upon her pcrsori .- ^ Police-constable Kimb ' crlcy / j of . the IT division , stated ,-that upon taking the prisoner' info custody , and ., apprising' him that he was charged witH maltreating , bis : sister-in-law , who , had ; since died of the ,- injiiries she . had sustained , hemadc . no !
reply . ^ and was thereupon conveyed fothe station . —The prisoner , ' who appeared very much-depressed , ' offeredno observation ina ' nswer to the charge , ' aiid Mr . lArnold ordered him to bo . remanded for : the completion ofthe evidence , but consented , in the meantime , to accept substantial bail for his future appearance , ' which he fixed at the prisoner himself in £ 100- arid two siirities in £ 50 each ; with twentyfoitr hours' notice to inquire into their sufficiency . ' MANSION-HOUSE . —Omsibus ' Robbert . ' < IIenry iWilliams was charged with haying robbed a young lady of her purse in an oronibns : ' ' The 'prisoner , -afashionably" dressed young-man ; was seen to enter ah omnibus at the Brighton station after the : lady went in . - "When theomnibus reached King ¦ William-. street the prisoner went off immediately , 'after which a gentleman inside asked the ' lady whether she had lost any thing / for the ' suddenness of the " movement alarmed him . She replied in * the
negative , ' but npon putting her hand to her pocket declared that she had been robbed of her purse . The conductor : then ran after 1 the prisoner , crying , ' . ' Stop thief / ' and the prisoner quickened his speed and turn * ng'into a lane flung away > a purse , -winch was picked up by anOld-woman , wlu ) hnndedit to ' a policeman , by whom the prisoner was" taken into custody .- 'The moment the purso was shown ' tb'the young lady she identified it as the one of which'she had just been-plundered . The prisoner had been remanded twice before , in consequenceof the young lady declining to come forward . However she appeared on ' - Tuesday , Jbut declined to swear to the ' purse or its contents . The evidence of all the other Parties placed it beyond a doubt that the'prisoner had committed the robbery . ' Mr . Wontnor . for thedefence / said that ! if the magistrate disposed of the ' case ' snmnmrily . i the respectable relations bf the prisoner would pledge themselves that he shttuld be at . 'dnce sent to Australia . WAlderman' Gibbs-said
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omnibus . robbeneshad . ofjate-beenso-frequent , 'and the management of Jhem had been ^ sohigenious , tl | at ho had determined to exercise alLhia power as a . i magistrate to check them , and especially as ' ^ . ^ . P ^ culariy liable jto'bfrpluiidered . Ho rdgiettedthaim the present " case tue ~ ! ady who had been robbed had failed to support the stateraoLt she had made soon after the loss she sustained , and had by such conduct obstructed-the course ' of justice . As he could not send the case to the Central ! Orimi-W- yom upon suoh evidence as that , whioh . had c 1 , *™ \ , the principal . person . ' concerned , . he should . fie obliged to' commit the prisoner for two months to Bridewell ; - , l " ;'• • ; . Picking Pockets . —John Edwards was charged
wjth having picked . a gentleman ' s pocket . —The complainant had , as he walked along King Williamstreet ,, transferred his pocket-handkerchief from his hat to his coat pocket ; out of which it , was immediately whipped by the prisoner ; who was ' observed by Spittle , the officer , . and at once taken into custody . . The instant the officer made his ' appearance ihe . prisoner throw down the handkerchief , and pretended not to know ' anythihg . ' about the . businoss .-Alderman Garden committed the prisoner ' to Bridewell , and said it would appear as if gentleman ' s coat pockets were merely made for the accommodation of thieves . ; , ,..-,.. :-. ' - ;¦ ' ; CLERKpWELL- -A drumken Maniac -G . Henley was charged with tho following outrageous
conduct . —Sergeant Archer , C division ,, said . that tho prisoner was ; a terror and nuisance 'fo ' tho neighbourhood of : Cow-cross : and - Saffron-hill ' in consequenceof his . violent . and : unruly conduct . iHo was in the constant habit of ill-using his wife and family , and the former ' was now lying ill in consequence of his ill-treatment . ' , On Monday night'he was seen in Cow-cross ; running too and fro , and kueckirig down and insulting everybody that came in his way . ; At length -he went up , to '* Mr . Jas . Kennell , a respectable ; inhabitant ,., who had remonstrated with hini , and gave him a violent blow on the face . The neighbourhood . was in a state ' of
confusion during the wholo ' of tbe night in consequence of . the prisoner ' s conduct ; and he returned home , and after ill-using his wife ) he . broko the whole of the fnrnitme . . He was at length taken irito custody after a . desperate resistance . —The prisoner , in his defence , saidhb did . hot ' recollect anything that occurred ; Iwhad been drinking , and whenever he drank it drove him mad , " as his gliuU had been . fractured by , a kick- < from a liorso .-r-Mr . Tyrwhitttold him . that he ought , to avoiddrinking if it so effected hini ) and fined him 20 s ! , o ' r in default of ! payment three v 6 eks' -imprisonment .- Ho had no mpney , and he was sent to prison . '
jTHAMES .-r-MoRDERous Assault . —John ; Foy , a registered coalwhipper , was charged with stabbing and wounding Henry Brown , a registered basket : man . On Tuesday , the 4 th „ ' in st .,-whilst . in the . Cock public-house , Cock-hill , 'Itatcliffe ; complainant and the prisoner had some angry' word ? . ' Complainant became irritated and gave thei prisoner a slap , in-the face with his open haridj . Ho then turned" to leave the ' room , when-the prisoner snatched up a knife which was l ying on the table , and caught him a back-handed cut -across the face , inflicting a very serious wound . Ho had since been under the caro of Mr . ' Cleveland , surgeon , of Ratcliffe , arid was now getting on favourable-Committed for trial . ' - "; • ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ '¦
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FAILUfiE OF THE . EXPEDITION A AINST }' ¦ ; ' - ' . ' ' 'V ' CUBA ! / ;; '; , ' - The steam-ship Ohio arrived at New . York from Cuba about three p . m . of the 24 th u ! t . ' , having left Havanah on the ' 20 th , The following summary of her . news is from the 'New York' Courier and Inquirer : '— -General Lopez landed from the steamer Creole , which lift New Orleans ' oh the 7 th , ' with about 500 rn ^ nj ot ith ' e 17 lh ' at- Cardenas ' , a smal | town on the north-west side of Cuba , which was defendedhy a Rarrison of'sixty men * , who of course yiere compelled to -surrender ; They made some
resistance , however , and didnot yield until three of their number , had been killed and the rest driven into a church ;; -The force under Lopez , was . only a small part of the whole expedition , as several other vessels were known to have left New Orleans previous to the Creole with some 1 , 200 or 1 , 500 men , but the places at which , they were to land were not knoy « n . ; the Ohio brings npriews of any other party except that of Lopei " haying landed , though a riimoiir ' prevailed that his force had increased to 2 000 , and tliat lie was half way on his march to Mantanzjs . ¦ This , however , lacks confirmation .- , ' ' " .
'On the 1 Gib , news was received at Havanah tbat a' large body of ineh . was collected upon Woman ' s Island , near Cotscbe , Yu'tacab . . The . General of Marines , with : several . vessels , , and about 3 , 000 men , immediately started for that point , ' and just he-ore the Ohio left . the . Spanish : steamer Pizarro came in with 105 prisoners ., taken from . that fslaiid . . it was said that they ^ were mostly Germans and Irish , and a report prevailed that at least every tenth man of them was to be shot ' at twelve o ' clock ,
p . m ., on the . 20 th , ' and the rest , confined in the dungeons of Mord Castle . How these prisoners were taken , arid within what jurisdiction , is riot stated . The report , as received , indicates that the Spanish authorities went beyond their own jurisdiction , and captured these prisoners before they hid been guilty of 'any actual invasion . It is said tbat Lopez had broken up the railroads I lading : in every direction" from Cardenas . Great alarm prevailed in Havanah .- The city was , under martial law . Several thousand militia bad been
enrolled , and ., arms : put . m , their .. hands , :: which shows conclusively that the authorities have the utmost confidence in the disposition of the people . The resident foreigners bad been called on to enrol ; and ' . the . merchants , hankers , & c ., were removing their money , plate / & c , into the castle . There - ' werc 1 , 500 troops at Havanah ; arid . '' 800 . were sent from'Havanah on' the 20 th to reinforce the Sfiaiiish force , and march against Lopez / , ' ¦ ' . ''' . The inglorious termination o the expedition is thus related in the -New ' ¦ York " . Courier ' arid Enquirer ' of the 2 / th . ult . i : —
; ' THE CUBANCONS PIRACY . " ' ' The bucaueefihg : expedition to'Cuba seems to have met the disastrous / ale which it' deserved . Instead < of- marching from . Cardenas ! to Havanah and revolutionise the visla ' n'd , Lopez and his gang seem jo ^ have had some difficulty iii making their escape .. ; They succeeded , however , and the leaders , at least , are now in : the United States . " - We ; received last evening the ' , following despatch from ' ¦ Washington ;— ' • ; ; '•;'' , ' - "; : •' ¦ ''' . ' ' . ' J ' ' u . *; Wasbingtoh , Mayi 26 . ; .
: - Authentic , intelligence . ' concerriiri ' g , the , 'Cuban expedition . | was „ j received -here ; : this . morning : by telegraph , , dated .-at -Kay , AVest . on ; tber 22 n . d , . and must , have . been . sent by ^ the steamer ; Isabel . The stea ' mw Creole arrived- there on- the , 21 st , having on '; board 600 men . ' She was chased by tlie Spanish ¦• - -steamer Pizarro- from " ' Cardenas . The Creole left New''Orleans ' on . the' ^ th ; infeb ' mpany with a barque and ! a brig , ' the ; lhree having . 600 me ri and arms and . ammunition ^ "After " getting to sea the men were shipped on the Creole off Yucatan and ; . steeredto Cardenas , ; which ; they reachedion the 19 i . h . Thpy took : possession of : the-town ; bprhtd the . governor ' s palace , and took him prisoner after a battle in- which fifty -S panish' troop ' s audi thirty inhabitants" were killed . ' ; After this eri-Kagenlerit' ( be'Creo | e' piii Off and returned to Kay Wesf . ' as staled above . "' " , "
' . ' ! , On her arrival the collector sent anpfficer on board : and seized her in thenarhe , of ; ihe government for violating the laws of the United States . The six jiundred men are now at Key West , and a naval force is asked to prevent further outrage from them ; General- Lopez was thereat the'date of the dispatch ; Tbejcajita ) n '" of the Pizarro " states h e captured tb »; barque and brie which accompanied the Creole , and took from them letters and communications containing full plans of the expedition . ' Tiie other parts of the . expedition have not been heard from . > General Lopez arrived at Savanah yesterday , and the' district attorney was ordered , to execute the law 0 M 8 I 8 . ?
The 'following ' -. despatches ) " also recelved'b y telegraph last ' evening , give further particulars ' of the progress and fate of the expedition : " 'Charleston , May 25 th , 1850 . . The following is * the extract of a letter received by the Isabel , dated Cardenas , May 20 th , 1850 . ' ¦ - Gen . Lopez , accompanied by about SOO- ^ men landed at this place , frOm the steamer Creole , ' between two and tliree o ' clock , . . on , the morning of the 19 th of May ( Sunday : )" 'After , a shorty struggle '
with the few troops stationed here , theytppk pos-. session of tljetown , arid then besieged thie . house of the : governor , and met a good resistance . ' < They set fire to his bouse . He was consequently forced either to give up or be burned to death . "The invaders kept possession of the town until yesfejday , whenithey left al )' out eight o ' clock , carryhtg . yvit . h them | our governor ; one ^ or two officers , besides the money they had robbed ^ rom the public . Treasu ' ry They h ^ a second action . wit h j the troops before ieaving ^ arid several . were -killed on both sides . ; . ;
' This unfortunate occurrence has caused amo « mentary check in business . " < ' vVe have not received any letters ( or the past
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Hid 1 ilS ? " 80 ° ? Htt * " «^ g band arriyed-tbey ;/ fook . possession ; qfVthe " railroads , cars andengines .-and uis said sent ' men up the country to ; tear up the « l 8 rhe invaclsrs d ^ not molest Ac inhabitants ,. ahhou'h nearly every one took refuge ' on board , of the shipping . iri the harbour W > trust , that by to-morrow evening tranquillity will be restored . and the business of the town go on as usual .. . * We open our letter to advise you of the safe arrival of our governor , with Me two officers captured by Lopez . ; Near , Pazpic'da they fell in with a fishing smack ' , ' arid it is said that Lopez Hgreed to put thetri on board on condition that the governor ' would use his influence to save the lives of those left behind . Five of Lopez ' s , gang
are now in the stocks . ¦ Savannah , Ga „ May 26 th . , ; ' Much , excitement was produced here last night by the arrest of . General Lopez , by the U . S . Marshal , -acting under orders from the President of the United States . His aid ; Maj . Sichei Essnaga , was also taken . into custody .. They were carried before Jud ge Nicholas , ofthe District Court . The court-room was densely crowded . No evidence being adduced to justify commitment , the parties were discharged at about a quarter to twelve last
night amidst great cheering among the spectators , and General Lopez was escorted to his lodgings at the City Hotel by a large escort of citizens . Being loudly called for , he came out before the people and made an . animated speech , interrupted by the plaudits ofthe multitude . He declared it to be his infljxible purpose to ; persist in his enterprise , and w . as determined to persevere until Cuba was free arid disenthralled from the yoke of Spain , under , all risks and at every hazard . . He left the city , at . seven o ' clock this morning ( Sunday , ) for Mobile . ' - .,- 'Savannah , May 25 th .
. : The steam shi p- Isabel touched off this port this morning , from Havanah and Key West . She left Havanah on the 22 rid inst ., two days after the Ohio : ; . [ ' According to . the advice ' s brought by the Isabel , the invading forces are thrown into confusion , and probably are already used up . ' The following information is obtained from Lopez : , - ^ Th ' e expedition left the Islay del Cohtoy on the northeast corner of the Uycatari coast , on the 16 tb , and landed at Cardenas on the 19 th inst . They lust
sdme time in landing ; which , gave " the authorities time to send an express to Colozo , about ten miles distant . The expedition entered the to-Kn , and aVtacked the gaol , supposing it to be the barrack ' s ! The gaol guard , composed of'fifteen men , ' stood fire like old soldiers . Troops were seen ' at this moment crossmgithe pliizi . ' They we ' re haUedj . ' and answered tiy firing upon Ihe troops , after ' t his , some soldiers went to the goyerrirrient house , which was attacked . The' house ' vias ' well , defended , but it was finally burnt . - The ' few troops surrendered-themselves . :
The town of Cardenas remained in peaceable possession of the invaders .- The troops ;; however , being dissatisfied with their warm reception ; ' and having lost time iri ' gettihg the ' wounded' and fuel o'ri board , thesteamer Creole , which was . to return lit reinforcehnerits , became disheartened , and insisted upon going to , Key . West , A private telegraphic message from New York , received at Liverpool , contains the following additionalparticulars of the defeat-of the expedition under General . Lopee : —The 'Courier and ' ' Enquirer' of this morning publishes a letter from its Havanah correspondent , which , slates that even tbe convi . ts whom ; Lopez liberated refused to join hiin , and tlie
departure of the invaders was hastened by observing the country people arriving with hostile , demonstrations against them . The government have declared the island in a state of blockade , but it is believed that the merchant ' ¦ vessels engaged in'lawful trade will be exposed to very' little , inconvenience . The steamer Georgia ' sailed for . Chagres on the 21 st insti , with 600 passengers , ri 6 rie ' 'being " aliowed to land . at Havanah . ; Th ' e steamer ' . Falcori sailed on the 22 nd from New Orleans . ' At . Cardenas a troop of Lancers , who charged the troops of Loptz , ; were ; all killed . AH the foreigners at . Havanah , except the
Americans offered their , services against the . -invadera' -The Govenor . ofCardeuas . Avbo was captured by . Lopez , had returned to Cardenas . . ; Lopez had possession of Cardenas sixteen hours . When the troops arrived from Mantanzas the fighting commericf'd . The invaders lost thirty , killed - arid ' w ' oiirided ;* a ! iid the Spanish from 90 to 150 / The invaders cpnti ' iiiied fighting and retreating " until , they ' '" reached the steamer Creole , when they , sailed , closely pursued i > y the steamer Pizarro . Lieutenant Jones , of Alatiamn , was one of the wounded ; he reeeiveda'ball through his right side . . He is at Key West . ' --
Another letter states that the invaders were attacked -when ' ' within six yards ' of the '' ' 'Governor ' s house by a shower of bullets ' from the tops of tin housesj . piazzasj & c , which WQunded . Colonels ^ Yh ^• l ^ l and O'Hara arid , a number of men—none moiraily , The invaders returned' the fire , arid the battle iasieil near an hour , when a white :, flag w ^ si shown / rum the Governor ' s house , j Soon , after the citizens renewed tho : fightiii ) r , when the invaders set tho ho »> e on fire , causing the Governor to surrender-with his staff , 10 . 0 in all , ' who were' placed in tlie ¦ barracks 150 prisoners were-released from the gaol ; the
invaders remained in . quiet . possession of . the city till evening , except Lopez ' and staff , arid Captain Logan , of Kentucky ,, with twentyifive men , who went aboard , lhe Creole . At this junction 200 Lancers and ' cavalry mounted and renewed the'fi ght , which lasted nearly one hour , killing and wounding twelve of the invaders , inclwling . Capfcain Logan , ' who died on board the -Creole . ; The' Spaniards' lost all except twelve . The invaders' retreated and sailed . : Captain Smith was slightly . ' , wounded . ' . ' .. Quartermaster Seixus , of Miss . ' , has since diedi-. Majpr Hawkins , of Kentucky , isseriohsly wounded . One oi Lopez ' s staff is missing and another wounded . ' Orders have been despatched to arrest all connected with the expedition on their landing .
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UNROtLiso of ' a Mummv . —On Monday afternoon the interesting process of unrolling a , mumiiiy . was exhibited at the residence of Lord Londesborough , Piccadilly , in tho presence of about sixty of his lordship ' s- private friends ,, including many-, of scientific , ' . literary , and antiquarian eminence . Pt-eyioiis'to ' tlie operation a brief but very instructive and comprehensive explanatiorrVas ' given by Mr . Birch , of the British Museurri ; ' of the history of embalme ' nt-and' theavtofpvepaving ' mummies , the learned ; gentleman adhering to the well-known narrative of Herodotus as to"the three- 'grades ' , of muinmy manufacture practised : by the . Egyptians , accordihgvtoithe pecuniary moans and wishes of the ' i friends'of the decease—viz , '* . Tivst , " that in
which tho brain was extracted through thenpsfrils , partly by pulling it out ^ with " nn iron instrument , and ; partl y by an infusion of drugs , then cutting the side frith . " * - sharp ' 'iEihiopian stone , ' removing'tho iviscoVa , -which was washed with palm wine- and ' purified with pulverised perfumes '; next filling'the cavity of tlto"triink ' ' with- | foiindmyrrh , ' eiissia , and all other odiferoiis herbs except -frankincense ; sewing ' tho body . iip , rubbing the ; wholei corpse with natron , . which destroys ¦ the' flosb , leaving only' the skiri and bones , and burying it for severity'days ; 'Kt -the : er'd'of which period it was bandaged - in- firio diiieh , smeared all over wifffl gum ,- ' and placed' in a woqdon-case made ; iri the form of a human body , and ! deposited in ' an position against a wall in" a
sepulcbralibuiJdin " . ,: Tho second' process was filling tho' intestines with cedar oil , which on its removal at the expiration of the srventy days'during which the- body " w ; is in salt , drew with iii the viscera hra state of- dissolution , the flesh being also destroyed , by natron , as in tho former case . And tho third method , that practised on the pobiy was to' inject salt and water , wrap up' the body seventy days ' in natron , and then deliver it to the relatives . Mr . ! Birch , having dwelt on the late important accessions tobur knowledge of heroglyphics , proceeded to state that from the inscription on the ouser case ( which was in a beautiful state ' of preservation , the colours being wonderfully fresh and vivid ) he considered the ' presentmummy to be- of
the second class ; though' a priestess of Tsis ; as ho inferredl-frjm the label , "Anchsehsi , " she ' who lives by isis , aind of the' age of about 700 B . C . These eonjootm-ps wei' 6 fully confirmed on the unrolling . which ' diseloSed an unusual quantity of papyrus , bearing a ' -profusion of the ' hieratic , or current hand , hieroglyphic characters , descriptive ' of the profession of the deceased , whose ritual it constituted , and' innumerable emblems and devices symbolical oftho attributes ' of her worship . This unwonted amount of papyrus and writing upon it rendered the specimen of extrcirie interest in theesti- ' mattyn ' of those qualified' to decipher ' the characters ; but . Dr . Granville—who ' , while tho ' uriiolling
was being proceeded with , - gave some valuable illiist ' ratibiis Of the ' cliy ' mical and mechanical details of mummy' making , said that the priestess han evidently sullered from the want of judicious governmental Control over'the Ek y'tian undertakers , who had swindled her . relatives by a wholesale use of bitumen , and the consequence was apparent when the bandages were ' removed , for the bones were so charred and the muscles so calcined , that the limbs broke ! off in fragments on tho least pressure . MiHTAitT Kniohts of Windsob . — The aggregate sums specially provided in votes by parliament for tho repairs and Alterations of the buildings for the aeo'bmmbdation ' of the Military KnigMs of Windsor from' 18 i 0 to 1850 , ' amount , according ^ to a return lately issued , to W- >
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\ ' , - \ 1 ' . : . ' -Monday , Juse 10 . ^ . ;; . ;;' ; . " . " : ; . ; HOUSE OP LORDS . — RoW Commisswj * . — Their lordships met at half-past . four o [ cIock , when tlio Royal Assent was given by commission to the tpllbvvirig public and private , bills : —The Exchequer bills Bill ; the Process , arid Practise ( Ireland ) Act Amendment Bill tho Parish Constables Bill ; the Acts of Parliament Abbreviation Bill ; the Sunday Fairs Prevention BUI ; tho . Licensed Victuallers ' arid General'Fire arid Life Assurance Company ( No ; 2 ) 'Bill ; the Carlisle Gas-light and Coke'Com-PjS-iy . pill ; the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons ot Glasgow Bill ; the Colonisation Assurance Company Bill ; the Elgin Guildiy Fund Society Incorporation Bill- thri Exeter and Crediton Railway Bill
¦ a iW ; ? - £ ° f Surgeons of Edinburgh Bill * and the Nottingham Freemen ' s Allotments Bill . ^ NCOMBEItED ESTATES ( IUEWND ) Ad AMENDMENT Bill . —the Marquis of Wesimeath moved the second reading of , tho bill for amending the Irish Encumbered Estates Act , the main feature of whichwas to provide that no estate should , bo sold for less than fifteen years' purchase . The Earl of Carhsm opposed the . further progress of the bill , on the ground that tho operation of the Encumbered Estates Act was not accompanied with so much evil as was asserted by the Marquis of Westmeath . i Tho Earl of Gmnoall attacked the Encumbered Estate Act-in no measured terms ,.. It was nothing less than . ' corifiscation and plunder , of the most infamous description .
After considerable discussion , in the course ol which theDuko of Richmond , Earl Fitzwilliam , Lord Beaumont , and Earl 'WicitLow , all . supported the bill , or . advised the restoration of tbe Encumbered Estates Act to its original shape , The Earl . ' , of Caulisl ** said that he should not divide against the bill , after the very strong expression of opinion in its favour which he had just heard . , , The Marquis of Wesimeath expressed his gratification at the concession of the noble Earl ; and after some further conversation as to the conduct oftho Commissioners appointed under the Encumbered Estates Act , in which Lord . Stanley' and the Marquis of Laksdownb took part , tho bill was . read a second time without a division .
AysTHAi-iAN Colonies Bill . —Lord Brougham then moved that certain persons interested , in the Australian colonies should be heard by counsel at the bar , against the bill for governing those colonies . Tho noble lord briefly stated the objections of the petitioners to the measure , and enumerated various precedents , in which private persons had been heard on public . bills ., .. ' . ; , 'E'irl GKEr would have been glad to hear counsel , had that course been consistent with : the rules and practise , of the house . He denied' that the
precedents cited bore upon- ; the matter , because in all those cases the parties board had been personally interested , which was not tho case with the present petitioners . - .- Under . osueh circumstances he could not consent to the motion . . ' ¦ .,: ; A desultory conversation followed , turning on tho question whether the house was , or . was not , sufficiently informed to justify , their legislating upon a point so important as that of a colonial constitution ., Finally , their Lordships divided on Lord Brougham ' s motion : — ¦ .-,.
Contents ,. - .. ...,... „ . „„„„ 25 - Kon-contents ; 33—8 The committal ofthe bill was then moved . ' The Bishop of Oxfobd moved , as an amendment , that it should , be referred to a select committee , contending that the measure had been hastily prepared , and dealt with important interests in a crude and injudicious manner . ... ' Earl Ghet opposed . tho amendment , which , he argued , would cause a needless delay , and prolong , a condition of agitation and uncertainty in tho Australian colonies . In a prolonged address , the noblo carl examined tho various provisions of the bill , contending . that it presented a copy of the British constitution as close as the condition of the colonies enabled them to follow ; endowing , tbem with selfgovernment to the degree inwhich it was safe ; and conferring the power of self-rectification at the wish of'the ' colonists themselves , whenever that wish should be distinctly expressed . :
.. Lord Stasley supported the amendment , but consented to " allow the second reading if certain clauses were withdrawn .. ¦ Earl Gret declined'to promise tho mutilation of the bill , and postponed all modifications until the clauses camo on for consideration . . Their lordships divided— ' ' For . the amendment 21 . Against ; . 34—13 The house adjourned , atone o ' clock . , .. HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Sunday Labour : in the ; Post-office . —Sir 6 : Grey ,: standing at the bar , communicated to the house her Majesty ' s gracious reply to the address voted a few nights since having reference to the Sunday , duties at the Postoffice , in which the Queen assured the legislature that tho tenor of that address should be borne out in practise so far as was consistent with the public
convenience . In repl y to : Mr . Thorneley , Lord J , RdssUL stuted that the : government had no intention of making any distinction in favour of foreign letters as to the Sunday deliveries . New Houses of Pahliament . —On the motion for bringing up ., the report of the Supply Committee , - . . . . Mr . ' Hume , pursuant to notice , moved tbat the vote , of £ 103 , 010 fortheworks of the new houses of parliament should bo diminished by the sum of
£ 3 , 000 , being tho amount proposed in the estimate for the expenses ofthe Commission of Fine Arts . The hon . member supported his motion by numerous , references to the plans and estimates that had been . successively prepared , and showed how incessantly . the programme was altered and how costly were the alterations . The original estimate of £ 707 , 000 had , in . fact , been expanded into a net outlay of more than two millions . Ho recommended that the subject should be referred to ; a Select committee to investigate tho cause of this
enormous success . The Chancellor oftho Exchequer , after recapitulating many of the statements he had produced on a former evening , declared that tho real expenditure upon all the purposes that could fairl y tie charged upon the original computation had exceeded tho first estimate 'by not more than £ 230 , 000 . All tho surplus of expenditure had arisen from items not taking into the architect ' s account , tho principal being the site , the water-sida
esplanade , tlie construction of it main sewer , tbe warming , ventilating , and fireproofing apparatus , thc .-fixtures , furniture , & o . The right lion , baronet submitted that the appointment of a select committee would onl load to a temporary stoppage of , the ; works , and the commencement of a vague inquiry into a complicated series of arrangements ) and-minor changes of plan during the progress of the building for some years past . He bad no objection to a committee of inquiry into the accommodation , provided in the new chamber ofthe
Commons . After a few words from Sir C . BunnELii , ' Sii ' R . Peel road copious extracts from thereports of committees , drawn up many years since , to prove that the alterations which bad produced the expense . now complained of had originated in great measure in suggestions made by Mr . Hume himself ,. and were 'forced upon the public departments either by the committee of winch that gentleman had been an active member , or by special votesof the house itself Assuming to himself the greatest share of responsibility for the / ntroductioE of works of art into the now palace of the
legislature , Sir R . Feel declared that ho had taken , that step under the sanction of the unanimous opinion of a , committee especially appointed to consider the subject , and among whose members Mr . Hume had figured . Detailing some of ¦ the proceedings which the government had adopted , to carry out the re '« commendations of that . committee , and the sub « sequent resolutions of tlie house itself , he claimed credit for prudence in tho means selected , by puliliQ competition , tho offer of prizes , & c and for success in tho result ; which had brought forward many artists previously unknown , i > . nd developed a talent in fresco painting , arid other branches of art , heretofore latent amonj * Englishmen .
Mr . B . OsnonNE brought back tho house to thef consideration of the real subject before them , from which , he observed , thai they had been deluded by Sir R . Peel with allusions to certain moments of weakness in . the life of Mr . Hume . The motion was not designed to censure tho Fine Arts Committee , but to suspend their , operations ; and after a variety of sarcastic observations upon tho decorations , the architecture , ami the business c . ipabi « lities ofthe new houses of parliament , bo contended that common sense dictated as the proper course to pursue , that they should complete the edi 5 ce first and adorn it afterwards . Lord J . Bussell observed that the discussion bad involved many points relating to the general expenditure of the building , but the motion merely enforced the retrenchment of a few hundred pounds . It -was ,, ho considered , an object hardly worth obtaining by a reversal of tho course doll- * berately adopted many years ago , and persisted in
ever since . A confused discussion ensued upon a proposition by Mr . Hume . to . substitute for . his amendment a motion for appointing a select committee of inquiry into the whole subject , but ultimately a division was taken on the orig inal amendment , which was negatived by a majority of 114 to 02—82 . ¦ Mr ; Hume then brought forward his motion foy a committee of investigation , which , after a brief discussion , was opposed by Mr . Roebuck , on the ground that honourable members , either as ' a house generally or as selected into a committee , were wholl y incompetent to deal with a question of taste . The Chancellor of tho Exchequbu explained
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 15, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15061850/page/7/
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