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      a , . > , _a . _- m . _M _, A _-ifv « he was tne _liistrumensoi parties more so IS _ffl'ereelf- He could not help eulogising the bel _ctiourofMr . Barnes , ' and also that of the prosetor and taking all the points of the cise into cotie . _^ _g-Ition , he " did not think there would be any pre-• _fndiee to the interest of the court in acceding to 3 J ? j _, oro _jine application on the part of theprosecuf _Jfori Ue _vas sn PP ° rted _» a that view b y ths _niuions of his learned brother commissioners , and * % a b v the aldenr"m who were on the bench with

      : r- a verdict oi"Acquiuai was men _taKen . — - * The prisoner , who kept occasionally' vehemently ; _Re sting her innocence , and laughing and erying , j u " t the dock , and _wa-s" taken away by the servant , cfMr . Barnes . ' - . . . _.:.-. _ _,- - - - ' _.-ASsAi'LT upon Constables . —James Hart , 34 , ] _hawker , was indicted _foruiilawfulh _assaulting Henry _jloni a ° u _i and Edward Narborongh _. ' two police corn _ctablcs of the City of London , in the execution o < tbc _-ir duty . —U appeared that on the afternoon of the 3 d of this month , whilst Montagae was on duty in E _< d-s tr « tt , B _lackfriarsj be was called to from a house in Green Dragon-court , " where the prisoner ' lived , by the " prisoner ' s sister , who stated that _tlnprisoner was ill-using her motbtr . The constab e

      went there , and found a crowd round the door , which was open , upon which be went in and saw _« he prisoner wh' > came towards him , and before a word was s poken struck him a blow in the face that felled him to the < _rqund . Ue immediately rose aud seized him , and a senffic en * iiing they both fell Pris _>« er then S » izedmm with bis testu fry the u ? per _/ pavt ofthe . _thir _ti , and held so righ' that when the _constable got np he « 3 s _clini-ing t <> hiui , and did not 1 ' ave go bis ho'd until he had torn the piece out . Sums one bavin ? fetched _Narborough they attempted , to take the prisoner out of the _houscand finally , after ' both being _mu < -h _as-aulted , got him into the street , ahd were j _roing towards the station-house when they told

      the prisoner that if he chose to so quietly they would not hoid him . This prisoner prem'sed to do , and went on for some short _distance , but on their coming to a part of the street where the * ewer was up to a depth of nearly sixteen feet , he made a violent _dtive at both officers with au intention of throwing them down , and would have succeeded had not some of the men employed at the sewer seen the act , and managed to prevent the offi -ere from being thrown down . Prisoner was then secured and finally got to the station- —The jury found the prisoner " Guilty . " —Mr II ) land said the prisoner had heed convicted in 1 SU ia this cowl and sentenced to three momhs ' imprisonment for assaulting the p -lice , and he had been six or seven times in custody for _assaulting

      different persons . —Too prisoner was then sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment aad bard labour . Robbery bv a Lbtteb .-carui & b . _—Bartholomew Keating , 42 . a Post-office IctUT-rarrier , was indicted for unlawfully and _contrary to his duty , detaining a number of post lette s that had been entrusted to Mm for delivery " . —The prisoner , who had pleaded not guilty , retracted that pica , end pleaded guilry to the charge . —Mr . Clarkson said the _prisoner was not charged with felony , but with « hs offence of misdemeanour under the Post-office Act , in _having unlawfully detained and kept b f k a large number of letterthat had been entrusted to him for de ivery in the course of bis duty as a letter-earner . The _circuerstances were these : —In consequence of somethi-g

      that _crnne to tlie knowledge of the Post-office authorities , tbe prisoner was tent for and questioned as t _> whether be bad any letters in his _possession _wi , ieh he sh eld have delivered . "Me replied that he had not baton his hat being taken off fourteen letters were found in it , and , on bislodgingsbeing searched , no if .-s than 255 other _lexers were found addressed fr * different persons _residing in the prisoner ' s district . Upon this discovery taking place , the prisoner at fir _. -t said that he could not _& id the _parties ; but afterwards , when it was ascertained tbat a great nnml > er of th « _!< iters conld be _delivered at tb _« addresses they bore np-jn tbem , the prisoner said he knew be bad done wrong , and _begsed for mercy . Mr . Clarkson added that there was no r- _^ _ssju to tuppose the

      prisoner intended to steal _thesoutents of any _< jf the letters , or that , in point of fact , any of them real ' y conteined money . The letters mostly consisted of notices from the commi-sioners « f inland revenue , for the delivery of which the pri-oser . received extra pay , and the supposition was thit he had kept them back solely ft save himself the trouble of de'ivering them . —Two _witnesses were _examined as to the prisoner ' s character , end they spoke favourably of him in that respect They also expres-ed au _opii-ion that s uce he had suffered fr « m brain fever , -with which he was attacked about a twelve nvnih i-ec ' _s , his mind had been impaired , and that he wa _* not competent to perform

      the d & _iies of a letter _ra ? rier , and they said that this was the general impression among the persons-who were acquainted whh him . —Mr . Gapes , the _inspector of the Soho district , raid that the prisoner had filled the situation of letter-carrier for six or seven years , and be bad occasion to see 1 : 1 m every day , and he never had the _leaet- « ccasion to _^ oppose tbat his mind -was at all affected . Il he had he should , of coarse , have _immediaia-y communicated with the Post-- » face . in order that the prisoner might be removed from a si'uaiion of which he was incapable to perform the duties . —The prisoner was then sentenced to be imprisoned and _kt-pt to hard labour for one year .

      Sexoixg a TnnEATESiBS Letter . —Octayms ftyland _. sO , a respectable looking man , described as a clerk , was indicted for feloniously sending a _tlweatening letter to the Rev . -William Bango Collier , with intent to extort _iiwn' _-y from him . —The _prisoner pleaded " Guilty , " and , when he was asked whether he had anything to say in arrest of judgment , he replied , that it was his first offence , aad _tlirev : himself . upon the Eiorciful consideration -of the Coart . —The Common Sergeant told him that he had confessed himself t « be guilty of one of the highest _tiffences known io the law , and he therefore felt himself compelled to _nsss upon him the sentence of transportation for life .

      _Posr-as-McE Robber * . —T _^ Simpson , " 7 , was _indicied fur stealing a letter , containing a half sovereign and a shilling , the property of the _Postmaster-GeneraL It appeared tliat the prisoner was porter in the service ot Mr . Bradea , a grocer , in Highstreet , Islington , and who also keeps a post-letter receiving house . In consequence of _irregularities that _occurred in this district , ihe Post office authorities took _oteps to discover _wlw-was the depredator , and a letter , containing a half-sovereign and a shilling , both ef whicb were marked , was posted at the receiving _bsase , where the prisoner was employed , on the 8 th of May . This letter , in due course , should _havearrived at the principal office _between five and six o clock the same evening ; but , upon the has _being-opened , the letter _* iis ltissing , and

      Sir . _Scnlthorge , a gentleman employed m a position Of authority at the _Post-offiee _. proceeded immediatelv to 31 r , Braden _' s office , .-leoompanied ly an officer , and upon the prisoner bcing . quesiibned , and eventuallv taken into custody and searched , the marked shilling was found in his possession , but no trace was observed of the half _sovereign or the letter . When the _prisoner was asked how he came to he in posses-ion of the marked coin , he asserted that k was his _osm property , nnd tbat he had _brousht it from his own house the day before . The jury found the prisoner "Guilty , " but recommended him to mercy on accouatof the good character he had received . The prisoner was sencenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for eighteen months .

      ROEBERT BT A _SoiiClTOR * S CiERK . —JGSeph Hal ' , aged 33 , clerk , was indicted for stealing the sum of £ 1 , the property of Messrs . Mardon and Pcitchard , his masters . —Mr . _Overend prosecuted , and Mr . Charnock defended . —Tie facts of the _eaec were these . The prosecutors arc the well known firm of solicitors , of Christchurcfe Chambers . Prisoner was their out-door clerk , and to him was cntrasted monies to liquidate the current expenses of tbe office . lathe present _insisace he had debited the firm the sum of £ 1 Is ., paid with a subpc & an , having onlv _patf Is . with it . Previously to _thisatd other frauds being discovered , the prisoner left the prosecutors' employ without notice , except sending a letter te state tliat he was _galug down into Wor-,

      _cestersbife to some friends . —Ia the _cross-examination it _was _« licited that the masaging clerk in the office was a defaulter to a considerable amount and lad a _bsconded , and prisoner when . charged with the offence said ha had been made the dupe of him . — 3 lr . Charnock took an objection to the indictment , the exact sum stolen net being speciied , and quoted the recent decisioc of the Queen v . Bond . — The Common Sergeant held the ohjecfoato be good , and directed the _aequittal ofthe prisouer . —He was again indicted and convicted of stealing a cheque for £ 9 3 s which had heen entrusted to him for the business ofthe office—The jury and the prosecutor having recommended hini to mercy , he was . sentenced to six months' imprisonment . Hill and

      _Jctexile Thieves—Two boys named Kempton , stated in the list < o be fifteen , but _wfco seemed much younger , their faces scarcely showing _ahove the dock , and b' _-ingof a very juvenile _ap-Paiaaea otherwise , were indicted for stealing a bowl and a quantity of silver from the bar of 8 H . Green , a publican , keeping the Red Lion , _Greenwich , and the case was clearly established a . " _Blast them by the evidence of prosecutor ' s daughter , a most intelligent child not quite twelve years ofa T &—It appeared ihat they had rcconnoitcrcd the p 7 » ce until they fonud that she was alone at the tar _\* W Hill went in and had a pet of porter Wck he - paid for , and shortly _afterwards went out and _waTe . _* until the child was gone into the parlour . She _% » hen * _™* > an _^ _? n _S 011 , e int 9

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      the bar saw _ourfstaiiaih g near tho glass ; door ' and the other marching off with the _iwwlof silver . She raised the . alarm ) and they , _gojtfuragft She , how ever , gave so accurate a description of them that the poliee succeeded " , in taking . them , —Both prisonera most adroitly cfoss-exammed-the witness as to their identity , the only- point of evidence against them . —They were ' : both found j * , Guilty . '—Policeconstable _Carpenter , of the R division , said this made the sixth time Hill had been 1 convicted of robbing tills and had . very recently came out of

      Maidstone gaol , where he had suffered six months ' imprisonment from-a ' conviction at those sessions ; : TUe other ; had' also > been' in' trouble , ' and belonged to an organised gang . —Mr . - ' Gurnev- 'having con- ; ferrcd . with '' Mr . . Cope _^ _sentenced'Hill tobe tr ans- i ported for seven years , with' a view to _^ obtaih his ! admission ; tb Parkhurst' prison ;' " ' Kemptimiiwaa brdered . 'to' be . imprisbned for three months , _lipd ; once . whipped . ¦ . ¦ " ¦' ¦ ' - ' _-i ' _i-i _:,-. _; _-. lu _< ¦ > . ¦> _Zi'tt-i

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      _^ _MARYLEBrJNk--A . _Fooimw ii _[ Lovk - _^^ charge , as it appeared upon the police sheet , was against a man rather shabbily attired , and who gave his name Richard il'Allister , for having been found near the preiuise 3 ; of Miss _Bellew , . Stockier House , ' Primrose-hill Road , Regent ' s Park / for an unlawful purpose . —Court , 3 « S S ,. said , betweed four and five on Saturday " afternoon last Miss Bellew ' _s coachman came to me , and said that defendant had been near the house a long time , ' annoyihg his mistress . 1 have seen him about there several-times , and one day last week , between eight and- ' nine , o ' clock , t « dd him if he didn ' t go away he would ; get huAsel _^ into trouble , " when he replied that he shouldstw ? al long as he thought fit . —Mr , _Brbughtoh : _^ wi

      about last Saturday , what occurred ? _rdesfiserfbim to leave" the place where . he- was , ' and he tol _^ hip that-1 had no business ' . to _iintcrfere _. witli himi ; he was then on the footpath close ' to tho garden fence !; he told me tbat Miss Bellow owed him £ 2 , which he could not get , and I . went into the house to speak tb ihe lady , who said most positively that there was no truth in what defendant had said . - As be refused tb leave I took him ' into custody .- _^ Mrv Brought on ; : Did you hear any ; threats' made ? . Witness : None , Sir . —It was here intimated to _MrV'Broughton that the defendant had , upon the complaint of Miss Bellew , been brought up to this court for a _similar _, offence , and that in default of his finding sureties or his keeping the peace , he was in prison for six

      months . This was about two years ago . He said Miss Rellew had promised to marry him , and that if he had not been a fool he should have married her then and there . Ue further said , that he was jealous of another person , and that was the reason-for his leaving his mistress ' s service , ' where he had been : living as footman . —Several of Miss Bellew ' s domestic servants were examined for the purpose of show-: ing that the defendant had persevered in ah intolerable system of annoyance to . their ' mistress forsome time past . —Miss _Bollew was then sworn ; Sbe > said , under much excitement—For . the last three years I havejived in terror of my life , through this creatnre '( looking at defendant ] , " and I dismissed him from my service in consequence of improper

      conversation used by-hiic in the kitchen . This time two years he attempted to seize , me and-drag , roe from my carriage , onmy return from Epsom ra ces _, and he declared that ray carriage- and _norseslweft his , and the house also . I and my family , are ' all in ' danger and expect to be shot ., It ' s very hard , paying so much for rent and taxes , I , can't be protected . — Mr _.-Broughton : I don ' t think you have any reason to complain of want of protection ; the police have been constantly watching the defendant , and he has !> een long imprisoned for a-former annoyance .- Dp vou owe the defendant anything ? Miss Bellew ( env

      phaticully ) : Xot one farthing . —The defendant was asked what he had to say in answer to the charge ?—Defendant : I hope your worship will send the case to the sessions , where I shall be prepared with counsel and witnesses . Mr . Broughtoii ; I shall not adopt that course . —Defendant : Very well , sir ; then I'll go on . Miss Bellew made a positive engagement with me to become my wife , and assured me that nothing ' else could ever make her happy % and she told me that she bad purchased the house she is living in for ourselves . * She sent a message to me by Miss _Jfctrtin after I left informing me tliat if T -craiild come h ; u > k she wonld make _aie as

      comfortable as possible , and that I should not wear the clothes , meaning by that the livery .- She has alio _, told Mrs . Norton in her dressing-room that I might have made a gentleman of myself if I had not been a fool . —Miss Bellew : I declare ' most solemnl y that there is not a word of truth , in what . this man has stated . —Mr . Brouehton , after remaking at some length upon the evidence which had been elicited in the course ofthe long and curious investigation , was of opinion t & at although no actual threats had been used by defendant since his liberation from prison , in . which he had beep for six months incarcerated , bis words and actions' had been" of such a .

      nature as to justify him ( the magistrate ) in requiring some security , that tlie parties who had shown that they were iii fear should not be agam . tnolestcd ; he should , therefore , require defendant to . put in bail himself in £ 50 , and two sureties of £ 25 each ( with notice ) for his keening the peaee and being of good behaviour towards Miss Bellew and all her household for a month . —Miss Bellew- I ' m surprised , sir , that _yoa have only secured this man for ft month—at the-end of that time we . _ffhall be shot . The defendant was removed by : Mitchell th e gaoler , and Miss Bellew with her . relations and friends then quitted the court . .

      Alleged Fraud won TnE Grew Western Railway Company —Sarah Fry , who described herself as a dressmai . er , was" charged with having , defrauded the Great Western Railway of 3 s . lid ., by riding seventy-one miles beyond the distance for which she had paid her fare . The case was proved , and the answer made by the prisoner was , that she fell asleep prior to her arriving at the place at which she was desirous of getting out , and that she had no wish whatever to have been brought on 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 . ; iu default of payment , fourteen days . - .. * . .

      _MARLBOROUGif-STREET . —A Street Row . — William Curzon , residing at No . 2 , Charies _^ street , Grosvenor-square , was charged ' with assaulting Charles Harrison , a hawker of toys , 49 . Camerasquare , _Chekea . —Complainant stated , that about half-past twelve on Sunday ni ght he was proceeding along Piccadilly with a friend , and another young man and woman , who were walking behind him , when the defendant , wkh € ight or nine others , went up to tlie young man and woman and insulted them . A row ensued in consequence , and witness" and-his companion walked back to _see What was the matter .

      He was looking on when the defendant came up to him . and after some words , struck hini a blow in the face with his fist . A scume then took place , and a constable coming 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 ihto . custody . Witness _wae-not quite sober , but he knew well what he was a !> out . —In defence it was stated thatdefehdant 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 imniedhtely paid . '¦ ¦

      Tee Xaw op Bill Biscodsnxc . —John Shepherd , agent , So . 4 , Cross Key square , was charged with ha vino- _uhlawfnlly " detained " a . bill for' £ -35 , _entrusted _ifl him to get disenunted . —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 conld not take cognizance of the complaint . —The solicitor said the charge Was for stealing the bill under ' _tfesse cirenmstances : ih April last -Mr . Jones , a plumber , his client , did some-work for a gentleman in Golden- ; square , named Cook . This gentleman , inpayment ofthe work , gave two -bills at six weeks datey _' onc for £ 55 , and another for £ 2741 These % \\ h were placed in the hands of Mr .

      Pook to get discounted , who gave them to tnc prisoner who undertook to get them discounted , and save a written memorandum to this effect : " -Mr . Pook has placed in mv hand two bills , one for £ oo , and another for £ 272 . The first bill , for £ 55 , I will endeavour to get discounted this -day , the second by nest Friday . In case I do not get them discounted within . a weekT promise to return the two bills , and a post obit bond J aft with ine hy way of security . " . This document was dated last April : but from that time up to the present' neither bill 3 nor pnst obit bond had been returned .- The bills had arrived at maturity aiid _tl « acceptor was threatenea to be sued by the present holder for the amount . L ' cder these -eircumstaaoei ! , the prisoner was charged with having- stolen two bills entrusted to

      bim for the purpose of getting discounted . — Mr . Bingham said the first part of tbe charge was contradicted by the last part If tho prisoner had not accounted for bills entrusted to him to get discounted , then he had not been guilty of stealing but of embezzling the bills , provided written instructions as to their disposal had been given at the time . But it appeared that no written instructions had fieen given at all , as required by law . The only instruction given were oral instructions , and therefore , as the law stood , the defendanteouldonlyhe charged with having broken . his contract " . The comp lainant coiild ' do nothing at a police-court , bnt he would not say-he " . could'hot proceed elsewhere . Unfortunately there were a good many . of such cases of late , but nothing ' could be done m them and he ' must discharge the accused .

      , Ciiaeoe of _Onrnxisc Mo . _vet uxd ? _b False Pretkvces-Ann Maria Tolfrey was finally examined , ,. lnr- » Pd witli fraudulently : obtaining the ., sum of IE _t from _t Richardson , U 9 ; _Sun-street , _Bishon _^ _ate-slreet _, under tho pretence of getting _Sm aKSon in the Home-office through W fluence ' with Lord Alfred _Pa * rr . _^ L A n f _rhJ Paget proved _( ha ( he w » g not _acomniited with the

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      !) risoifef , wnbm ! helbad : jnever 7 seen . before' jin _Jft * ( ifo . 0 _Thej'letter _iprodpced ; . was : not . in . . _his , hand writing . —Eliza < Io * _bytsaid ajhdut foiif years a go the . _prisoner obtain edf £ 270 . from her , _underthe prerenep jof investing it _former adyantage .: Slie ' saw'rtothin _| | rnore _tdHhe _. pnsope _^ r _^ _consi ( _lerablettime .. after . : ahd -wfienv slie * demanded the restoration , nf _;; her _Impney , ' the prisoner _gave'her £ 70 and ami 0 .-II foi 'the remainder : '• The latter had not been taken up . ' -rSeyeral . _teadeaaicn , who . were' in . court , stated that the . prisbher " had swindled them out of valuables to a large . amount , ; . under , the . ' pretence bl showing them to various . noblemen and gentlemen . A number _. of ; other _charges , were £ fbiie ! into ?' ahd the '

      prisoner wasfull y committed for trial : *' -1 " ' ' Jd . GUILpiTALL . _^ _Tt ' HCEiviSG' Stomn : GboDS ; r-T . Evans ahd ¦ Riehard'Stcwartson' were _placed at the bar ,-befbre'Sir Cha ' pmhn ' _NMarshall , .- cliargcdvwit . _' . ' being receiversJof stolen _gobils . ' - _^ Alfred Green , an _ftpieff ofthe detectiveforce , 8 tated that _abouteiuht o _^ clor _^ _kpnMondayhi glit _. _lih _conseaurnee ; of : ip _fprfmation he had received _^ he ' . _proceeded , irf _cdmprtnj with Bleach , ariptlie ' r detective Officer , to 33 , St . Aiidrews-bill ,. f .-Doctbrsi .. _tiomniphs . ' . ' , The „ naiiie -. o ; " _Evans _. _-lateLangland / _ftwasoveFthe door , and ona , board \ uhder ' " the . window _was'iho name o _j _^ _''ThomM ' _/ nale _. rdealcr - _^^ _in' _-hrarine ' stpres /' , _th ! ( Green ) went into the shop , and , ' asked , Srewartsoh , | who _waaatanding bohmd the counter " if . EvVihs was ;

      , withih . ahd on receiving an answer : in the _negative he asked who did business for _Evans'in hisahsence ; to which Stewartsoh replied thrit he did . _' _-Stewart . _-j son immediately went into a hack room , and ; _Grceit followed him , and found Evans sittihgdow _' ii by _' _tlnr side of the bed .. -On asking him if he ; had any-sack _s in his house , he replied he had not , but appealed to Stewartsoh ifhehadboiight any _sackd- lately . ... He smd he had ' noii . He ( Green ) then told the prisoner ? that he must search the premises , and proceeded to do so accordingly ,-when he found two sacks in _thi ' ' _shopf- ' without-any name or mark upon them . _"H ? gave them ihtb t ! iecare / of Bleach ' , ' and then wenj down stairs to exatnino the ' cellar ., There he sa _^ Stewa rtsbn , with , another ' man , at the entrance of r )

      small coal cellar , the door of which was blocked uj _> with ' ; several basketsIpiled : ; one . upony another . Stewartson _. and the _^ ther man went up stairs , and ho ( Green ) then cleared away the briskets , when hje found . - secreted ; behind them a sack containing ei g hteen sacks , all marked " T _^ Denn y , " and three hiarked _^ _'Johhson , Kni _» _htsbridge . " t > Blench came _^ d qwh _^ shortly ' afterwards ,-and they found a large _, _quantif _^ . df _Ipiecesbf sacks which 'had evidently . been freshi cut pp . '"/ Tliii , pnsoners were then , taken to the . station And locked up . —Thomas Reeve Denny stated that he is a corn merchant , holding _wiirehouses in Upper'Ground-street , ; Blackfriars _, and'had lost ii great nianv sacks from time to time ,

      hut couid ' never find out how fheydisappearcd ; the neks , produced were his' property , and portions 6 f those which had been : cut up also belonged to him ; the ' sack ' s were worth ls . i 3 d . each . _iNever saw the prisoners' beforei _» but- believed they lived in the immediate neighbourhood of hjs warehouses . ! 'He further stated , that there was a great many'persons who would prefer similar _bbarges against the prisoners , and among- thennmbor Messrs . ' Sturdy Brothers , corn merchants in : , Earl-strcet , Black- ; friars , who , it seeins , have lost ; within the _lait . nihemohths , 1 , 400 sacks ) -and although they knew where , _' they _. . were . taken . to , " they "' . have ' never ; beqn able tb . oatch > ny of ' . the ' parties . ; The' sacks yerc _lioughtbymajineiStoredeAlersras ' _, 'fold ; junk ' . ' for ' _makingpanerifiThe : pr . _isohcr 8 weie remanded . - " . J J

      ; " BOW-STREET . —Giving False CHARAdERS .-i Thomas White , of 190 , Driiry-lane , shoemake | r , was fincd £ 10 , ( pr two months' imprisqnmenti ) for gyving a . 'f false character '' to ai ! worthless . ' wd ' . named Charles . Garrett , who was consequently taken into the service of Mr . Davis , of the Kent , _lib . tel in Brownlow-street , from which he absconded with ! a £ 10 note five weeks afterwards . —Mr ..-Jardine , " in inflicting the penalty , observed that the offence was a very common although a very serious one . lit . was necessary , therefore , to mark it with such a fine as would serve as a caution to others . Notice of hn appeal against tlio decision was givi ? D ; - - ' . t- " j ' _WESTMINSTER . —A _BEOpixo ' . Letter ; Impostor . — Jaqucs' 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 Correctioii . . j -

      : _WORSHIPrSTREBT . —Pocket PicKixo . _^ Mdry Anne _Bucke , a showily dressed , middle-aged woman , and John Hall , James Garrett , and Robert M'Ewch , ; tlirec equally welldressed men , were placed at the bar before Mr . _Hammill , upori several charges ; of attempting to pick the pockets of ladies in : Fipsbury ; on the prisoners being placed at . the-bar , Nathaniel Forth , a gaoler of the House of Detention , stated : I Know , all the three male prisoners , who have been confined in ' our prison at different times on remand on ' suspicion of felony ; Garrett three times , and _a-s vtwicc triedforfelony , bute _^ ch time acquitted . The _woinnn is a stranger _^ to me , but Hall has been twice in my custody!—Mr . Hammill considered the ' case had-been clearly brought to all the prisoners , who were evidently acting : together , and sentenced each : of them '; to ' undergo three months' hard labour in tho House of

      Correction as rogues and vagabonds and suspected thieves . . Charge of _Masslaeghteb .-William Wickley , a tall powerful man , described as a greengrocer in Turvillo-street , Bethnal-green , was placr ' d at the bar before Mr . Arnold * . charged withr causing the deatb : of liis . _sistef-in-law-i a-young married woman , named Margaret Wihnot . —James Turpin , a hawker , said , I was standing with a friend in front of the bar of the Victory public-house , in Little Nelsonstreet , Bethnal-green , at eight o ' clock on Tuesday evening , when the _prisonercime in in the company of a woman , and both of them appeared to be intoxicated . The deceased , Margaret Wihnot , , followed them in , and , addressing the . other woman , asked her if she knew the prisoner was a married

      man ? She had . scarcely uttered the words , when the prisoner , with a threatening observation , raised his arm / and was in the . act of striking her , when I ran out to meet her husband , whom I met in an adjoining street , and having been informed on my way back that the woman had been carried home senseless , we proceeded there together , and on reaching the house found her lying there dead . A policeman was standing outside , to whom I communicated what I had witnessed , and . I accompanied him , to a house in a street leading out of Club-row , where I pointed out the prisoner , who was taken in custody . —Susan Shepherd , a married woman , residing close to the public _houEO in question , said , 1 was intimate with deceased , whose sister was the' prisoner ' s wife ,

      and while conversing with her at my own door , betnreen seven and eight o ' clock last _ereninsr , the prisoner passed us with a woman , who was so much intoxicated that she fell down hi the road . " -- She was _raided up liy the prisoner , who took her into ' the public-house , followed by the deceased , who had seen the two together ,, and directly afterwards I heard the noise of a violeut contest inside the house , and on hastening there found ; the 'd eceased , supported inthe arms of two men , " without either bonnet or shawl , convulsively struggling , and being carried into the street . I picked up the deceased ' s cap and shawl , which were lying on the 'floor in froj : t'of the bar , and went out to follow her , but , not seeing the deceased , I returned homo ' and fouiid

      her sitting on a step at the back door retching violently , and . apparently " very ill . I raised her head to support her , and asked if I should get her a cup often , to _which'she seemed silently to assent , and I sent my little girl to . prepare it ; while I continued holding her , but almost immediately afterwards her head suddenly dropped , and she exclaimed in a faint voice , " Oh , dear , ' Mrs . Shepheard , what shall I do!—my eyesight ia gone V She then became senseless , and never spoke -afterwards , and I , haying procured assistance , caused _hereto he carried into her own house , where slio was plaecd in bed , any ! a surgeon in the _neiffhbourhood was instantly sent for , but upon examining her he at once pronounced her to he dead . This morning

      I assisted in undressing her , but did hot , while doing so , observe any marks of violence upon her person . —Police-constable Kimbcrley , of the II division , stated , that upon taking the prisoner into custody , nnd apprising him that he was charged with maltreating his sister-in-law , who had since died of the injuries she had sustained , ke made no reply , and was thereupon conveyed to the station . —The prieoner , who appeared very much depressed , offered no observation in answer to the charge , and Mr , Arnold ordered him . to ho . remanded for-the completion ofthe . evidence , but consented , in the meantime , io accept substantial bail for his future appearance , which he fixed at the prisoner himself in £ lo 0 , and _twosurities in £ 50 each , with

      twentyfour hours' notiee to inquire into their sufficiency . _MANSION-HOUSE . —OuKiBUsRoBOEnr , - . Henry Williams was charged with having robbed a young lady of her purse in an omnibus . The prisoner ; a fashionably dressed young man , was seen to enter an omnibus at the Brighton station after the lady went in . When the omnibus reached King 'Williamfitrwi the prisoner wont off immediately , _after which a gentleman inside asked the . lady whether she had lost anything , for the suddenness of the _movement alarmed him .. She replied in the negative , but upon putting her hand to her pocket de dared that she had been robbed ofher purse .. The conductor then ran after the prisoner / crying , " Stoo thief . " and the prisoner q ' uickoned his speed

      and tunrng into a lane flung away a purse , wmen was picked up by ah old woman , who handed it to a policeman , by whom the prisoner was taken into custody . The moment the purse was shown tothe young lady she identified it as the one of which she had just been , p lundered . The prisoner had been remanded twice before , in consequence of 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 theother parties placed it beyond a doubt that the prisoner had committed the rbbbevy _.- . Mr . _Wontnor , for the defeheb _. ' said that if the magistrate disposed of the ease summarily the respectable relations ofthe prisoner would pledge theinselves that he . should he at once sent to _Austraiiai _^ Aldermnn Gibbs _sauli

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      omnibus robberies , bad of late 1 > cen " so frequent , and _* w " _S eine » _l _> ' of i h ' crfi h ' _a'd ' 'DeeW _' BO ' ingenious , _| hat he had determined _^ tq _exerchse-all his power as . _^ magistrate -tP _^ _hect ' -them , : _. _" antLespecially - as _jadies were particulnrlyiiia ble , t o he-plundered . '' He regrettedI that _^ in _^ tht _* present case 'the lady who had been robbed had foiled to _Support the _sfttCnoiifrslie j liad made soon after the loss she sustained , and had _f » y such conduct '' _obsriruot ' ed _' itHe _/ c ' o _' ur ' so of justice . As hocould _not'send-the cafib _. _tOrthoGentrafcGi'iminal Court upon such _evidenced as that which had , come from the principal ' person concerned , he [ should be obliged to commit the prisoner for two iinonths to Bridewell ! ' : ' _' , _¦ : _; : ! .

      _l . _' _^ CKiNd . _'PocKEtsi'if'John ' _'Edwards was charged with" having . picked : a _^ gehtleraia ' n ! s pocket . —The complainant had , ' . a 8 . h ' e walkedal 6 ng ;; Kih g . William _^ _, -treet , translerred his _pocket-handkerchief from his hat , to his coat pocket , put of whicli . it was ' immediately whipped hy the ' prisoner ; who ' wiis _Observed by Spittle , ;; the ; Officer ; and" ; at ' . once " itaken _^ tody ; _; Th ' oih . sta / it ' _. ilieofficer , _miiHej '; his ' appearance _-hoprisonerthrow down the . handkerphief _, and ' pr . _e-i tehde'd ; not-toknow anything about tho busihess .-r _jAldermah Carden committedtho prisoner- to Bride * > . eU » . and said it would appeal' as if gentleman ' s -: oat pocket ' s were iherely ' rnade _. fpr the acc 6 mmoda cion of thieves . _.-... .

      . CLERKESWELL _^ -A huosKEN 'Maniac . - G . ! Henley was _! ch _^ rge'd with , _fhe _^ oll & wing outrageous i : oi . iduct . _-r _^ Sergeant ' Archer , Cdi y _jsion , " said that rhe , - prisoner ; \ vas a . terror _. ' and _' _. _huisa ' nceytO thei neighbourhood of Cow-cross - anil . 'Saffro ' n-hili inj - onseqiience ofh'is _violent-and unruly conduct . He' * , as in ' the Constant , habit of ill-using _his-wife and ; family , ; irid' the former was" - now ly ihg _. i II in cohse-l quence _. ofhis ill-. treaj ; mehi ' . ; ' ! pn . Jipnday iiight ' . he ; _-viisseen in Cow-cross , running _^ too , . and . fro , an d ; knocking down and insulting everybody ( that came , in his _wiiy ; V- At length ; he went upio . Mr . Jas ; Ken--nell , a respectable . inhabitant , who had . _rcmon--strated with' Iiim _. aijd ga ¥ e him $ violent blow on !

      the-face . ~ Thelnei ghbourhoodlwas .. in _ a . statej _)? _corifusidn -duriii ' _grtnO . _wJiqlejof ; the night _incqnse- ! quenceof tl _^ e prisoner ' s conduct _j . and j he returned home _l and after ill-using 'his . " wife ' , ' . ho bi | oke th 4 whole of thd ' fuViut ' ure . _, Up was ! at lehgth ' takeri into , custody , after , a desperate . ' . resistance .--- The prisoner _^ in his det ' ence , said he , d } dVriot , re eblleoi _unyihinr * thatoceurred ; he ; had been ¦ drinking , ahd whenever he drank it drove him mad , as his skull had been fractured by a kick from a horse . —Mr * Tyrwhitt told him that he ought to avoid . drinking if it so effected hini _. ahd . fihed hini 20 s ., or in default of payment three _Peeks ' , imprisdhmentl . ile . nad no money ; an'd ' _-he was ; sent'to prison , " ;;; t , _- _, _-,., , -. ; !

      : _ITHAMES _.-rrMcRDKnous _AssAULTir-John Foy , a registered cbal _. whipper , was charged with stabbing and _wounding Henry Brown , .. a . _registered'baiketmoh . ' On- / Tuesday ,.- the-4 th _^ inst .,. whilst in . ihe Cock public-houiso , - _^ Cock-hill ; Ratcliffe , complainant and thb prisoner had some angry word ? ,: Comp lainant became ' irritated and gave the prisoner a slap ih the face- with his open ; hand ; He then turn ' ed : to leavo the rd 6 m ,: ; > yhch -the . prisoner _snitched- up . _isknife which was ; iying : bn ithe table , and caught him aback-handed' cut -abrossjthe face , inflictirig / _aivery serious _wbundi- _';; _He had since been under the , " .. caro b'f . 'Mir . _^ Ratclifl ' e , and was _^; nbw ' getting _' oh favourablol-r Committed . for triaL --i .. , . . _, .- ' . ;; '¦ , " . , .,,, ' ...:- '' . ;

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      ; ; .: " _' . ¦; .. FOItEIGN IXTELLIGENCE . " _--1 . j ( Concluded froni _( t / ui [' second , page . ) ' ' . ' . . ' V ; FAILURE OF THE-EXPEDITION _A-ArNST f ;! /; '' _^ . ; : ; . _;\ _^ _\;;;; cy BA _!;;;;; ' _' ;;';; _-,: ;; _.- ; The steani-sbip Ohio'arrived at New York from Cuba about three p . m . of the 24 tK ; ult _/ ,, having left Havahah on , ; tbe-20 _ih . ' . . . the / f olio wing , sura _siary , ' of her news _is-from the _?• New' Yiirk . Courier arid Inqilirer : '—) General Lopezlanded from the steamer Creole _. ' whiciil / ft ' _, iyew , Orleans ' on the ; 7 ' th _^ wiih about 500 m- . n , oh the 17 ih at _Cardenas , a small town ori _' the hbrth-vtest aide of Chba , which , wis defendedby a garrison of sixty meh , who of course

      were compelled "to _^ jurrenid _eri , - ' ! They , made some resistance , however , and _^ did , 'iidt : yielduht'd three Of their number ; had , been _; killed ' and the _itst drivfen into ' . a . church ' , / . 'The ' . forcV _^ ndef _. Ln ' pez'was ; only a _' small part of . the whbleV _. exp _^ diiio _^ i ' _o . as ' & everftl ' other / vessels were , known _to'have If It NeW _OrleaVs previous to the Creole With _^ bine 1 , 200 - or Ii 5 p 6 men , but the placVs at ' which . , they Were to land were not known . The Ohio brings no news of any . other-party except that of . Lopez . haying _landed , * hough arurnour prevailed that .. his force had increased to 2 P 0 O . _and that lie . --was ; halfway on his march to Mahtanzas . ' This , however , ' lacks con _^ . firmation _... . ' / . "• ' . ' . Z-. :.. _""' " _.-V' _'"' . '" _- '" i ' •'

      'On the ! 6 ih ; news was received at Havanah . thai a large body of men Was _co llected upon Woman ' s _Islanjl , hear Cb . _tscheVLYutacan . ' . . The ' _"' , Geherai ; ot Marines , with several _Wesselsi : and ' ¦ abriut _) 3 ; 000 men , immediately started for thai point , ' ; and '! just be ' ore the , Ohio left . ' the Spanish , steamer , Piza rro came in witli 105 prisoners taken from / _' . tjiar island . It was said that they were mtiBtly 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 ; , oh the 20 th , and . therest : confined in Jthe dungeons of Moro Castle . . How these prisoners weie taken ,.-: and within / what jurisdiction , is hot stated . The report , as received , indicates that the

      Spanish -authorities _^ went ' . beyond- their own : jurisdiction , and captured these prisoners , _before they hid been _guijty . of . any -acmal -inyasioB . It is said that _Liip ' rz . 'had . broken up the railroads lkding , in every direction from Cardenas . / ( Great alarm prevailed ih Havanah . The ' city was Hinder martial law . Several thousand militia had been enrolled , and arms , put in their hand ? , ; which shows conclusively that the authorities , have' the utmost confidence in the disposition of the people . The resident _foreigners had been Called nn to enrol ; and the merchants , hankers , & e ., were removing their , money , plate , & c , into the castle . There were 1 , 500 troops at Havanah , and 800 were sent from Havanah on the . 20 tli to reinforce the

      Spanish force , and march against Lopez . ' , . The inglonous termination o the < _-xpediiion is thus related iii , ;; the , « New York Cuurierl ( and Enquir . tr' of the 27 th ult .: — _•' « THE CUBAN _. CONSPIIIACY . . j . ' . The hucaneering expedition " to . Cuba seems to have mei the : disastrous . 'fate which it deserved _^ Instead of marching from Cardenas -to Havanah aiid revolutionise" the island ; Lopez and ; _his gang seem to have . had some difficulty in making their escape . They succeeded , however , and the leaders , at least , Brenow in the'United States . ' We received last evening the following despatch from Washington : — ¦ ¦' . Z '" ; .. — : 'Washington , May 26 .

      _: « Authentic intellig « iice concerning the Cuban expedition was received here this morning by telegraph , dated at Kay West on the 22 nd , and must have been sent by the steamer Isabel . The steamer Creole arrived there on the 21 st , having < m hoard 600 men . She was chased by t ' h' 4 Spanish steamer Pizarro from ; Cardeha _? . The Creole . left New Orleans on the 7 th in company with a barque and a brig , the three having 600 men and arras and ammunition . After . getting tti sea theraen were shipped on the Creole off Yucatan and steered to Cardenas , which . they reached . on the _lihh . They took possessioni of the . town ; burned . the ; governor ' s palace , and took _hitp prisoner after a battle in which nfty / 'S panish trbops and thirty inhabitants Were killed . After this ehsaRement the Creole-put off and returned to Kay West , as stated above . '

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

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

      with the few troops stationed here , they took pos . session of thetow _^ n _^ and then 'besieged the bonse-of the governor , and met a good _resistance They set fire to his hbiise . He ; was consequently 'forced either io give up or he burned - to death ; , ; The invaders kept possession of the town ' until yesterday , when ; they "' left about eight o ' _clocMcarrpilig with them our governor , one or two oflicers ,-hesid « the ' money they had robbed from the ; public Treasury . They had a second . action with , the' trooph before leaving , and several Weife killed , _ptfbpthBideSi--- ' . _;

      ' This unfortunate occurrence has caused , a , _momentary check in _businessV ; _;> : "• vVe have _notrecMvedany / leUeH . _forihe'PBit

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      T _^ . ' Ti _^ ? e 45 ion _"P the _' railroadB i cms a _s nd engineB _; _'and , u i 8 , 8 aid Bent _men-up ' _' _ihe _" cbuhtrv itb tear up therail _^ _-Theihvade _^ _Jh _^ _SeS t _^ et . inh ' _abifants _^ althou _' gh / nearl ' y-every ? o"he ( took _^^^^^^ _. _^^^^^ _'"Bnn ' _thfe _^ harbour ; We Trust _tbat _. rjby . _jt . o . mpr _^ _jvilj _^ e . _fr _. _estored _^ aud ,. the .. business of ; the ' town " go on as ' _-u « ual . _'i . _- ! _..-. _.-- ; . i _' _-i >' ¦ _- _.- ; . : _^ _Z- [ ZZ .- ' . " Z "Z

      1 ' We open our letter to advise you pf the safe arrival of our governor , with the two officers _papturedi by Lopez . i Near _pasjpieda they fell j in _Jwith _^ _ajfishing . . smack ,- and it is-said that Lopez ' agreed _, tb'put them 'bn . ;; hoard on condition . that Ithe governor _Wqujd use his influence , to save the lives . of ; those left behind ; - Five ¦ of Lopez ' s gang are _jjov in the stocks . ' ;• • •• _" - . : ' : , ¦ . _-. _- . ' - "' . ' ! . ' , ' _t'Savannah / Ga ., May 26 ih .

      _< Much excitement was produced here last nigh ; by the arrest of General Lopez ,, by Hhe U , S . Marshal , acting under orders from the President ol the United . States . ; His-aid , Maj . Sachet _Essoaga . was also .. taken into custody . . They were carrier ' before Judge Nicholas , ; of the District Court . . Tbcourt- rboih Was densely ' crowded ; No _evident being adduced to justify commitment , ., tbe parti . KS were discharged' at about a quarter ' to twelve lasi nigbt _^ amidst great .. cheering / among the spectators ,

      and General Lopez was escorted to his lod g _ings a _< the City-Hotel by ; a large escort of citizens . " , fleine loudfy . called for _t he cf _^ me out before the , people and made an animated 1 speech , interrupted _ by the plaudits of the multitude . He declared it to he hi ! - . infl / _jxihle _purpose ' _. to ; persist _in- bis _enterprise ,. and was determined to persevere until Cuba was free and disenthralled frbni the yoke of Spain , under all risksand at every hazard ; He left ' the city bt seven o ' clock tbis . raorning ( Sunday , ) for . Mpbiie ; ' '•¦ . v _:.- _? Savannah ; May 25 tb ..

      'Tlie _steamship Isabel touched off this . port this morning , from Havanah and ; Key Wcs _' . She left Havanah on the 22 ndinst ' ,, two days after _« the Ohio . ' ¦ 'A _According to the advices brought by 'the Isabel , tbe invading forces-are thrown into confusion , and probobly , are . already used up . ' The _/ ollbWing _informatioh is obtained from Lopez : —The ' expeditionleft the- Islay-delContoy on the _northeast'cornerof'the Uyeatao coast ] on the 16 ih ; andJanded . at Cardenas on theI 9 yhiast . jhey h ' & i

      some time : in landing , which gave : the . ' authorities time , to send an express to Colozo _, about ten mHes distant . 1 ; The , expedition _^ entered the town , and attacked the gaol , supposing it to be ( he barracks ! jbe g ' a ' oijjgriard , composed of fifteen men , stood fire like , old soldiers . . Troops were seen at this ' moment crossing the plazal , They were hailed , and answered _tiyfiiing , upon the troops , after this ; some soldiers wehtto ' _ttiogbyernteeht' ljpuse , ; which was attacked . Tbe house ' was weir defended , but it was fiually burnt . The few troops surrendered themselves .

      The town of Cardenas remained in . _pfaceablepnssessjorrqf [ theinvaders . . The troops ,. however , being dissatisfid with their warm reception , " and having lost time iri _petting-the ' wounded aud fuel on board tbe steamer Creole , . which was . to return / for rein . forceraent 8 became disheartened , and insisted upon gping to . Key . \ _Vest . .. A private telegraphicraessage . from New Y _" ork , recaivedat Liverpool , contains the following additional particulars of the defeat of the expedition under Genf . ral . Lopez : —The .. 'Courier and Enquirer' of _thjs . morning _^ ' publishes . ' a letter-from its Havanah correspondent , which . [ states that _' tveh . the convi te whom Lopez liberated refused to join him , and the

      departure of the invaders was chastened by observing the country people arriving with hostile ; denionstrau ' ons against them /;; The government have-declared the island iii a _statebf blockade , but it is believed that / the merchant vessels engaged ' in lawful trade willberxposedvto very little inconvenience . The steamer Gebrgia " sai ! ed for Cbagri'S . bn the 21 st inst ., with fi 00 .. passengers , uo ne being allowed to . la . hd _ at Havanah . The steamer Falcon' sailed on the 22 , ; d from J _^ . ew 0 rleai . i 8 . . At Cardehiu a fro ' ophf Lincers . Wlio ' _. _ebarged'tlie ' _troops _bf'Lppfz / Were all kilitd . All ' the ; foreigners " at _Havahahj ' except the

      American s , offered their services against the invaders . The _Govenorof Cardenas , who was captured by Lopez _, bad returned tb Cardenas . -Lopez had possession ot Cardenas sixteen hours .- When ' . the troops arrived from _Mantanzas the fighting _comraenc-d . Theinv ' _aders . lost' thirty ,: killed and wounded , and the Spanish from" 90 / to 150 .: The invaders , continued fighting and relreatinj _; : until ; they ; reached , the _steimer Creole / when they sailedj-clbsely pursned by the : Steamer . Pizar rOr ; Lieutenant Jones , of . Alabama , Was one of the wounded ; " he re ce'ive ' d ' a ball _ihrqugh hisright'iiide . He . is . at Key West ; ¦''¦

      Another letter / states that the , invaders were attacked when Within six yards of the _Governors house by a shower of bullets from the tops of tin houses , piazzasi . & X . ;[! whicb wounded Cbloiieh _VVheat and O'Hara and a iiumher of men—none , mortally , The invaders ' returned the fire , arid -. ihe battle , las'eri near an hour , when a white flag w _« s shown from the Governor !? , house ; Soon after the _citiz-ens renewed the _fighting , when ' the invaders set . the , home on fire , causing the Governor to surrender with hh 8 taff » : 100 inall ,, whb were _p'aced in the barracks , 150 prisoners were released from the gaol ; the

      invaders remained in quiet possession of the city till evening , except Lopez and staff , and Captain'Logan _, of Kentucky , with twenty-five men , who went , ' aboard the Creole . At this junction 200 Lancers and cavalry . mounted [ audrenewed the fight , which lasted nearh one hour , killing and wounding twelve of the invaders , including Captain Logan ; who died , on hoard the Creole . The Spaniards lest all except twelve . The invaders retreated . and sailed . Captain Smith was slightly wounded , Quartermaster Seixas , of . Mi 89 . ; : has since ' died . Major Hawkins , of _Kentucky , is seriously . wounded .. One pf _LopVz ' s staff is missing and another-wounded . ¦¦'¦ ' _. Orders have ,. been despatched to arrest all connected with ' the expedition on their landing . '

      Unromjno Ofa Mumxiyj—On Monday Afternoon...

      Unromjno ofa _MuMxiyj—On Monday afternoon tho interesting process of ; unrolling a mummy was exhibited atthe residence of Lord Londusborough , Piccadiil yi in tlio presence Of- about' sixty of his lordshi p ' s . private : " friends , ' including nuny of scientific , . literary , / and antiquarian eminence . Previous to tho operation a brief but very instructive and comprehensive explanation wns giv ; en by Mr . Biroh , of the British Museum , of the history of eriibalmerit arid the art of preparing mummies , the learned gentleman adhering- to tlio well-krfowii ' harrative' of- . Herodotus ns" to tho three grades of mummy-manufacture practised , by the Egyptians , according to the pecuniary means arid Wishes of the friends of the decease—viz .: First , -that in

      which tho braiirwas _extractad through tho nostrils , partly hy pulling , it out With an iron 'instrument , and partly by . an infusion of drugs , then cutting the side with- a sharp _iElhiopiitii ; stone , removing-the viscera , which was washed with palm wine and purified with pulverised perfumes ; uextfilling the cavity of tho trunk with ground myrrh , _ciissisi , ami all . other odiferous herbs except , _fi-unkineense , sowing thb body lip , ruhbing the whole corpse with natron , which destroys tho flesh , lcnving _^ only the skin and bone' , and burying it for seventy . days ; at the end of which period it was bahila » ed in fine liricn _. 'smearcd all oyer with guhi , and placed in a Wooden _enst made iu the form ofa human body _, and deposited in au position against a wall iu ' _si

      sepulchral building . The second process was filling the intestines with cedar oil , which on its removal at the expiration of the _srventy days during whicli the body wns in salt , drew with it , iho . viscera in a state of dissolution , tho flesh-being also destroyed by natron , as in the former ease . . And the third method , that practised on . the poor , . w ' n 3 to injeet . _salt and water , wrap up . the body seventy days in natron , aud then .-deliver it to the relatives . Mr . Brcb , having dwelt on tho Into-important accessions to our knowledge of heroglyphics , proceeded to state that from the inscription onthe miser case ( which was in a beautiful state of preservution , the colours being wonderfully fresh ami vivid ) he considered tho present mummy to be of

      tho second class , though a priestess of Isis , as he inferred _frjm the label , '" _Anobsehsi , " she who lives by _Isis , and of tho ago of about 700 B . C . These conjectures were fully confirmed on the unrolling , whioh disclosed auunusua . l quantity of papyrus , bearing a profusion of the hiorattc , or current hand , hieroglyphic characters , descriptive of the profession of thedeceased , whose ritual it constituted , and innumerable emblems and devices symbolical ofthe attributes of her worship . This unwonted amount of papyrus and writing upon it rendered the specimen of oxtremo interest in tlie estimation 6 f those qualified to decipher tho characters ; but Dr '„ . Granville—who ; while the uniolliujsr

      was being . proceeded with , , ' gavo , some valuable _jllustrations of theehymical and mechanical details . of mummy ~ mal { ihg , said that the priestess _hnn ovi-• dently ' _siill ' ered from the want'of judicious govern-• montalcbhtrol over the Egytian undertakers , who had swindled , her relatives by a wholesale use of bitumen , and the consequence was apparent when the bandages wero removed , for tho bones were so oharred aiid the niiiselos ' so oalcined , that the limbs broke offin fragments oh the least pressure . . Mtti » BS Kniohts . oe _^ .. _Wipson .. —The aggregate sums snecially provided in votes by parliament for th e ' ropaiWand alterations of the buildings forthe accommodation of the Military _Kniehts of Windsor from 1840 to 1850 , amount , according to a return lately issued , to £ 9 , 180 . . . _v

      Unromjno Ofa Mumxiyj—On Monday Afternoon...

      [ z _^ _- _^ Lmowa _^ * '; . . ' ' ¦ j : ¦ HOUSE OP ' - LORDS . '— Royal Commission . — their . loHlshipsmet at / half-past four o ' clock , when tlie Royal Assent ; was ; given by commission tp , the toll 6 wing : publio ' and private bills - —The _Exchequer ;; i » ills Bill ; the Process and . _Piviotise ( Ireland ) Act - . J Aineiidmrint Bill ; _., the -Parish Constables Bill , ; the . , _Acts . of Pailiamont Abbreviation Bill ; the Sunday ' Fairs Prevention Bill ; tho Licensed Victuallers ' and General Fire and Life Assurance Company ( N o ; . 2 ) Bill ; _the'Carlisle Gis-li ght and Coke-Company Bill ; tho Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons <; f _Glaigow . Bill ; , the . _Colonisatibri _, Assurance , Com-Bill

      pany ; tho Elgin Guildiv Fund ! Sbciety ' _Incbrporation Bill ; the Exeter and Crediton Railway-Bill . ie _W _? oue _«« o «' Surgeons of Edinburgh Bill ' and tho _> _ottmglihhi Freemen ' s Allotments Bill . ' ' ¦ « _-n " mJ _" _?? EsTATEs ( _InKLAND ) Act _Amendment _^ . —fh J ; _«> l . ui 3 : of , _Wrstmeatii moved ' tho -ecoudroitdmgof the bill for ' amending the Irish Encumbered Estates Act , tho main . featuro of whicli was to provide that no estate should' be . sold for less thiin _^ fifteenyears' purchase . . ' . " . « _.-.. ¦¦ ¦ The Earl of Caklisle' opposed the further _^ _progress of the hill , on the ground "that tbe operafion of the . ' Encumbered Estatos Act ' was hot ; ae ' ebmpanied with so much evil as : _was asserted by ' the Marquis of _Wr-stmeath . ¦ ' •¦ ¦ . ,,.,.-. - \ The Enii of Glkngam . ' attacked the Encumbered ! Estate Act iir no measured terms ; It was . nothing lt * 88 than conliscation and plunder , of the 'm 6 > t _^ u « famous descrition / . "' ... '; : '' . ' "' ' '

      p . . ; ..... . . , _,.,.. ; ,.,. . „ ,,, After considerable discussion , in the course of _whhih the-Duke of-Richmond , Earl Fitzwiluam . Lord Beaumont , and Earl Wicklow , all supported i he hit ); or ad vised / the . restoration of the Encun > bered Estates Act to its original shape , " ' _""[{ ¦ _-. ' The Earl ' of _CARHSLE-. said that heshouldv not divide against the bill , after the very strong expression of . opinion in its favour which ho had just heard . ¦ -. - z _••' _¦•¦&¦ _& . , Tho _Marqiiis of WESTMBATir expressed his gratification at the coWcession of the noble Earl ; and after some further conversation as ; . to the conduct of the Commissioners appointed under tho Encumbered Estates "Act , in which Lord Stanlex fund _$ he Jfiuquisof LANsnowsE took part , the bill was read ' r t second time without a division .

      . AusTRAi . iAn _' Cb _' i . oNiESBill . _—LordBRonartAM-then moved that ceriain persons interested in the _.- _'Australian colonies should be heard by counsel at'the bar , against the bill for ' governing those colonies . Tlie noble lord briefly stated tho objections of'the petitioners to the measure 'and enumerated various precedents , in whicli private persons had beohheard on-public bills . '"' '' . ' " . '" _' _^ j . Eirl _Ghet would have heen glnd to hear counsel , had that course _1-een consistent with the "rules ; arid practise of the house . lie denied : that the _preijedents / cited bore upon ' ' the matter , becaus 8- . in . 4 ll those case 3 the parties . heard had heen personally interested , ' which ' was hot the case ' with the present petitioners . Under such circumstances he could

      not consent to the motion . . _t Z _> _n * . A desultory conversation followed , turning on the question whether the house wns , or was not , sufficiently informed to justify their _. legislating _, upon a point so important as that of a _colonial-cbhatlftition .. Finally , their Lordships . divided on Lord Brougham ' s motion ' : ' — ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ j Contents . ; ... 25 Non-contents 33—8 The committal of the hill was then moved , , ,, Tho _Bishonof _Oxvord ; moved , as an amendment .

      that it should bo ' referred to a select : _committee , _contending that the measure had been' hastily _iprcpared , and dealt with important interests in a crdde and . injudicious manner . ' " ' , ; - *• Earl _OnEY opposed . tho amendment , Which , hb argued , would cause a needless delay , and prolong a condition of agitation and uncertainty in the Australian colonies . In a prolonged address , the noble earl examined the various provisions ofthe bill , contending that it presented a' copy bf the British constitution ns close as the condition of the colonies

      enabled . them to follow ; endowing them with . _self-^ overninent to the degree in which if was safe / , and conferring the power uf-self-rectification atthe _jvish of the colonists themselves ,. whenever that wish should be distinctly expressed . - > Lord Stanlet supported the amendment , but consented to allow the second reading if certain clauses were Withdrawn . ' ' f Earl Grey declined to promise the- m ' ntilatioiS of the bill , and postponed a !! mo ( _lificatioiis-untiI / th 8 clauses came oh for consideration . > _.- ¦¦ - ¦ ' ) ' ¦ Their lordships divided _^ -. \ : ¦ - ¦¦ , -For the amendment ' 21 ¦ " ¦¦¦ " Ag : unst ; . ; .. ;; . v ; ..... i _.....-. ; .. i .. ; . V 34—13 T The house adjourned at one o ' clock , _t . _, _- "• ' '•'

      HOUSE OF . COMM ( _WS . —Sunday Labour- ih the Post-office . —Sir G . " Giiisvi . st ; indihg ' at _]| the bar , communicated to tho house her iliijesty ' s _^ rracioiis reply to tho addrcss ' voted a few : nights , _smce haying . reference to the Sunday' _iluties at _^ the -Postoffice , in which the _Quei-n'assured' the legislature that , the tenor of that address shiiuld be bor _^ _rBiut in practise so far as was consistent , with-tho " public convenience . ' ¦; ;' ..... - _IQIn reply to Mr . Thorneley , Lord J . _Rubseii . stated tliat the _^ _oyernuient ' hnd no intention of making any distinction in favour of foreign letters as to the - Sunday . ' deliveries . , - ; New . Hocses of . _Parliament . —pn the ; mbtion for bringing-up . the report of tho . Supply , _$ _» mlllittce , " ¦ '' - _'¦¦ ' ¦ ' _.-i _' _.:-:-W . . ' ; 5 t

      Mr . nDME / ' . piirsuhnt to notice , 'moved _^ bat' tho vote of £ 103 , 010 for the works of the new . houses of pnrliiinieiit . _should be diiiiinishcil ! 'y the" siiin of £ 3 , 000 , being the amount proposed . in the estimate for the expenses of the Commission bf . ' . Fine Arts . The hon . member supported his motion by . . numerous references to the plans and estimates that had been successivel y prepared , and showed how incessantly the programme " was . " altered- and how costly wove the alterations . The original estimate of £ 707 , 000 had , in fact , been expanded into ' a net outlay of more than two millions . Ho . recommended' that the subject , should be referred to a select , committee to investigate the cause of this

      enormous success . _t 1 The CiiANCELLon of the _ExenKquFR , a'fte _' rjfecapitulating many of the statements he had produced on ; a _lornier evening , declared that the , real expenditure upon alljh ' e purposes that couldifairly he charged upon the - . ori g inal ccmputatioirliad exceeded the first ( cstiinritc by , not more , than £ 23 0 , 000 . All the surplus of expenditure had arisen from items hot taking into the . architect ' s account the principal being tlie . site , the Water-side

      esplanade , the construction of a mam sewer , the _wavpiingi Vciuilatingy and- fivepvoofing apparatus , the fixtui es , furniture , & c . The right hon . baronet submitted . that ; the ' appointment of a select committee would only lead to a temporary stoppage of the works , and tho _' _comnienccment of a _vaguo inquiry into it complicated series of arrangements and minor- ' changes of plan during the _progress of the . budding for some years past ; He -hud' no objection , to a committee " of inquiry into _theaceomniodiitibn provided ih tho new chamber of the

      Commons . . .. . . __ . After a few words from . Sir C . _BunnEU ,, : Sir R . . Pbbi . read copious extracts from the reports of . committees , . drawn ' up riiririy years since , to prove tbat the alterations which had produced the expense now complained of had originated in ' great nieiisiire in suggestions made _by- 'Afn Hume liimseif , and were forced upon the public _^ departments either by the committee of which that gentleman had been nn . active member , ' or by ' , special votes of the bouse itself . Assuming to _binjself the greatest share ot responsibility forthe introduction of works of art into the new palaco of the legislature , Sir 11 . Peel declared that . ho . had taken that step under the sanction of , the _unatiimbu _^ opinion

      ot a committee especially appointed to consider tho subject , and among whose , members Mr . Hume had figured . Detailing _sonie'of the proceedings which the . government bad adopted to carry out tbo recommendations of thai ' committee , and the _subsequent resolutions of the housu itself , bo claimed credit for prudence in tho means selected , by public competition ,, the offer , of prizes , & e ., and for success in the result , which bad brought- forward many _m- tists previously unknown , nnd developed a talent in fresco painting , and other bimichcs of art , heretoforo latent ; rim 6 n ± - Englishmen . . . ¦ l

      '' Air . B . _'OsBonxK brought hack tlie house to tha consideration of the real subject-before them , from which , ho observed , ' thai they had . been deluded by Sir It . Peel with allusions to certain monients of weakness in the life of Mr . llumb . Tho motion was not designed to censure the Fine Arts Comiiiittee , but to suspend their operations ; and after a variety of sarcastic observations upon the decorations , tlio architecture , and the' business - _usabilities of tho new housesof parliament , ho _cpntendedihat common sense dictated as the proper course to pursito , that they should complete the _ediiice first ) aiid ' ador ' n it afterwards . ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ '

      Lord J . Russell observed that the discussion ' had involved ninny points relating to tlie ' ; -gonei- . il " expenditure of the building , " but the motion merely enforced the retrenchment ' of a few hundred pounds . It wns , ho considered , an object hardly worth obtaining by a reversal ' of the course _deuberately adopted many years ago , and _persisted in ever since . , ' . A confused discussion ensued upon a proposition by Mr . . Hume to . substitute for his _amondment a motion for appointing a select committee of inquiry into tho whole subject , but' ultimately & division . was taken on tho original amendment , which was negatived by a majority of Ml to 62—83 ;

      Mr . Home then brought forward h _^ _inWo _^ i _^ V a committee of investi gation , which , _itf / _etSEmi _^ N discussion , was opposed by _?*; M ? _f ? ' _y _^ _N Mr . RoEnucK , on the ground _{ h _^ _jm _^^ W members , citliur as a house generaU ' rqi ia _^ miM into a committee , were wholly _incdiivfoel _pitd _/ _tfgi ! » 1 _/ with a question of taste . " ~ _£ ' yl _^^ tr _, ' The _CiusoKLtoR of tho ExcHEe _^ _at _$ _wm _^ _wji

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 15, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_15061850/page/3/