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Srnani ) . Ik proclamation from the Lord Lieutenant all n nlicensed persons were called upon in the electoral Visions of KiHymasney , Seacor , and Caravaddy in , te Cuion of Letterkenny : the electoral division of \ leenacarcag h , in the Union of Stranorlar , to de liter up any arm 3 wh 5 ch tney ma y have in their pos-^ jsion , on or before the 7 th inst . * isiCGCBi WOS OP the JJew Lord Mayor . The first L « r <* MaJ 01 " ° f the new corporation of Dublin , iJlr . AWennan B . L . Guinnes 3 , principal in the emijjfnt fifin ° * that Dame » waa sworn into office on We dnesday . { ff-lcinTI-
" LEnEHKESst Proclaimed . "—Under this heading the Londonderry Standard contains thefollow-U ; . - " Without the knowled ge of a sing le inhabi . t&i of t ! ic town . Letterkenny has been proclaimed j , Tthe Lord-Licaienant in Council , at the request of t he local magistrates . Into this small town a « r ^ ci al force of twenty police has been ordered , in addi tion to the ordinary force which is quite sufficient to preserve the peace . TI 113 will involve an expense of 12 s . ifl the pound of the Poor-law valuation , which we are assured will be utterly ruinous . Bot ' » hy , it may be asked , is such an infliction brousht on Letterkenny ? lias it become such a
den of robbers au « l murderers , that this extraordinarv measure is necessary to keep the inhabitants from destroy ing one another ? On the contrary , for the last twenty year .-, the town has been uniformly commended fo ' r is peaceable character . There was a murler there in 1 ^ an 1 there huve lie -n two or three assaults since , but these were the deeds of strangers ; ami it is a monstrous injustice that the peaceable ' inhabitants should be thus enormously toed on their aceount . A meeting of the clercy , merchants , traders , and other inhabitants was held at Hesarty ' s Hotel last week , to express their surpri « e and " rcret at the course his Excellency has been advised ° to take . The Right Rev . Dr . M
Gettigau presided . IurfriVEMEST is Ulster . — The Londonderry Journal , in its agricultural report for the month of Dect'iuber , § ivc 3 a highly satisfactory account of the decided tendency to recovery in that part of i'hter . The winter-sown wheat , which has been planted to a considerable extent , looks thick and healthy . Notwithstanding the serious failure of the potatoe crop last year , the fanners , on account of reduced rents and the otherwise considerate conduct of many of the landlords , have been enabled to accommodate themselves to the altered circumstances of the country ; and it is stated that the rural population have shared to some extent in the general prosperity of the rest of the empire .
-auoLinox of ins Vicerotaltt . —Preparations are in progress fora "demonstration" of the public hostility to the contemplated measure of abolition of the Viceroyalty . Several of the Irish members who , liut a few brief months since , were favourable to the extinction of the " sham Court , " have , somehow or other , changed their minds , and become ardent worshippers at ~ the shrine on Corkhill . A requisition to the following effect , addressed to the Lord Mayor of Dublin , is now in course of signature in this city : — "We , the undersigned , request that your lordship will be pleased to con-Tene a meeting of the citizens of Dublin , and of such of the nobility and gentry of Ireland as may think proper to attend , for the- purpose of petitioning against the contemplated abolition of the Irish Yiceroyalty , and of placing upon record their protest against the system of centralisation adopted towards Ireland , and which has already been so destractive of her best interests . "
The Catholic Usiversity . "—All efforts to generate a storm seem to be nearly fruitless , and by the poverty of the subscri ptions it would appear that the " faithful" are not in the mas 3 inclined to abandon the Queen ' s Colleges for the shadowy prospect of an exclusively Romish university * which , to judge by the prevailing feelins in its favour promises to become one of " the institutions of the country some time about" Tib ' s eve . " The week ' s contributions towards the project amount to about £ 40 , not a layman being amongst the donors .
Destitution- . —The limtrick and Clare Examiner has a statement of renewed destitution in some parts of Clare , and instances are mentioned of deaths from want of food . Such cases , fortunately , ha ve now become exceedingly rare in every district of the west or south . The Limerick union , -which abuts on Clare , is 3 tiil suffering severely from the burden of pauperism . The Laxd Qcbstiox . —A landlord memorial to the head of the Irish Government , upon the present admittedly defective state of the laws affecting the relations between the owners and cultivators of the soil , and specifying the measures liy which the memorialists consider that such relations mi ght be improved , has , it appears , emanated from the
leading proprietors in the county of Wexford . The document bears the signatures of the Earl of Courtown , Yiseount Stopford , Lord Carew , and others , who ( says the Nation ) " are not the mera squires or shoneens upon whose shoulders it is fashionable to lay the whole weight of extermination , and any document with their stamp is a genuine landlord coin , and entitled to unquestionable currency . " It purports to come from the "W exfor < I Landlord and Tenant Association , of which Lord Courtown is chairman , and the memorialists pray his Excellency , " that all lesal impediments might be removed , and that facilities might he given towards the improvement of the relations between landlord nu < l tenant . " Thev
pray him u io exert his influence" with the Legislature f « ir his purpose . They pray that the statutes affecting the relations between landlordand tenant be " revised , amended , simplified , and consolidated , " as t » c ! 1 as made " simple in form and speedy in operation . " They state that" the Landlord and Tenant ( Ireland ) Bill , introduced in the last session of Parliament , is faulty in principle and deficient in meeting the requirements of these clas-es . " And , in fine , they deplore " that a great portiun of the land—even in this more favoured county—is deserted , the produce being carried off to other shore ? , whilst the ruinous effect is apparent
m all classes ; even shopkeepers , tradesmen , and labourers , deprived , as they are of the support hitherto derived fiom agriculturists , share in thi 3 distress , " and , " saill * worse , " the tenants are ' completely exhausting the soil , " thereby inflicting " a rent and wMely-spread national eviL " Visit of Cardinal Wiseman- . —The Xm * y Examiner has a letter from Armajh , which says : — " In select Uoimn Catholic quarters , it is believed that Cardinal Wiseman will , ere long , visit Dublin and Armagh , flis eminence , some few years since , previous to his appointment as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District in England , visited Ireland , and preached on several occasions . "
Or-ERATlox of the Poor-law . —The Limerick Union , although one of the most fertile districts in Ireland , has been one of the most heavily taxeJ for pauperism , and even still the ratepayers are suffering severely from that impost . The new rate , arranged at the meeting of the guardians on Thursday last , is much less tU : tn heretofore on the average * ; but some of the electoral divisions are charged with a rate varying from five to six shillings in the pound . The general charge , however , U from Is . 3 d . to 3 ? . Ke-adjcstmest of Rests . —Reductions ofivnt ans still frequently announced . The Monaghan Stanford states that the Rev . Dr . Carson , Rector of Cavan , lias allowed his tenants in the county of Mona « hau the very largo abatement of fifty * pep c ? ut . on all rents paid up to this month—that is , to give the tenants a vear ' s receipt for every half-year ' s rent .
The Fux Movement . —Meetings of a practical kind are c > uti ; iucd , to promote tho cultivation of flax , and to . 'ee : n-e the establishment of machinery fcr its preparation and local markets for its sale , without which the fanners could not be expected to embark in this new branch of husbandry . On Thursday week Lor . i Bernard , M . P ., presided at a numerous meeting of landlords and farmers in Bandon . It was determined to hold a eenr-ral meetin :: in the same district on the 14 th inst ., to com : plete tho preliminary arrangements . It was an-Twuncc-1 at the meeting that , " if one thousand acres of flax were sown in the district , the necessary capital would be ready for the erection of a will ? nd the purchase of the produce . The Wexford Union
Agricultural Society , at a meeting on Wednesday week , determined to obtain the services of a flax « istrucu » r from the Ulster Society . Destructive Fire at Hutton- ' s Coach Factort . —Between one and two o ' clock on Sunday morning , a most destructive Sre took place at Hutton ' s coach , factory . Summer-hill , the oldest and most extensive establishment in that line in this conntry , and which , notwithstanding the depression of the times , had continued to do a very prosperous busin « s * . The fire raged furiously during the morning , and wa 3 not completely extinguished till late in the day . It is supposed that property to the amount of petweon twenty and thirty thousand pounds has teen destroyed , but the premises were insured for £ very krirc amount . Xo lives were lost .
^ The Caitmy Vindicator mentions that complaints a "e Eiade of the seizure of catt ! e for arrears of poorrates sn lands hired temporarily as crass farms . It appears that as soon a 3 the cattle " are located the cokee tor pounces upon them , although " their owiier has no more interest in the property on which the rate is j ue t ] jan paying his money in advance tor the grasg i £ contains ?' "CESDiAEisM ix TJlstkb . —The Armagh Gazette Hates that two flax scutching mills were maliciously fie sioyeil by gro a Tandragee last week . wsrER Faik ? . —The northern fairs are satisfst-5 ? as regards prices . At Moy fair , county Armagh , « tt ! e a 3 . j } icej , ] i 3 ed advanced rates , and farm 50 w « re in brisk demand .
f&MsiiHox Usiok . —Last week a meeting of the * atep ajK . of tjj e ^ nuisiymon Union was held ia ™ Court-house of i ?« at town , for the purpose , ai i ^ ted in the requisition , * f " considering the very ^• o tic aud alarming stejf taken by the Commis-SOfi » s of tic Poor-hws , jo , the dismissal cf the
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SErfBh " ** tbat « & ™ v 2 S ££ ££ fcfi 0 th ™ ° Wi o and elected members of the «« Je t - a numero « 8 assemblage of rate-V ? JT' -fl Lucms 0 > Bl ien . B « t-. M-K . who presided , said he thought the charges brought against Me guardians were either untrue or frivolous , or Buen as might have been easil y redressed without absolving the board . Mr . F , M . ' Calcott , J . P . ( vicechairman of the late board ) , proposed some resolutions which had been adopted by the late board , and which , after expressing iudignation at the conduct of tho Poor L-iw Commissioners in dissolving the board and appointing paid vice-guardians , went on to state "that this unconstitutional exercise of power was resorted to without any justifiable cau ? e , " and concluded by calling for au inouirv intn board of PiiarHiinc „* il ., 7 .
the alleged mismanagement , and into the reasons which led to the dismissal of the board The resolutions were unanimousl y adopted by the meetinc which was subsequentl y addressed by Mt . Fitzgerald of Adelp hi , Mr . Lenny , and Captain Macnamara Texant-higut Meeting i * - the Cocntt of Carlow .-A meeting was held in the town of Carlow on Monday m support of the objects of the Tenant-League , and for the formation of a Tenant-right Assomfcon . The chair was occupied by Captain Carter . The meeting was addre > sed by the Chairman , Mr . Lucas , of tlie Tahkt , Mr . Ilugh Cuilen , Dr . Carey , Mr . P . Lalor Tinakil , and the Rev . Mr . Maher , P . P ., Carlow Grange . Amongst the resolutions adopted , was one pledging the county to contribute £ 300 to the funds of the league . The other resolutions weie similar in substance to those adopted at previous tenant-right meetings .
The Repeal Association—The usual weekly meeting of this association was held on Mondav at Concilia-ion Hall—Mr . Cranston in the chair . Mr John O'Connell , in referring to the recent agitation in England , said lie was happy to perceive t ! wt a nobler and butter spirit had been manifested in Leeds , where the Town-council declared they would uphold the princi ples of civil and religious liberty . He said there was also an admirable pamphlet from the pen of Lor . l St . Germans , who was formerly Secretary for Ireland . The pavty to which this noble lord belongs have given indication of retracing their false steps , and aiding to sustain the principles of religious freedom —( cheers)—r . nd at any time they were distinguished by a truer regard for
liberal feeling than the Whigs —( hear)—now that party has lost Sir Robert Peel , their great leader , and the moderator of their excesses . Had he lived and been in office , he would have preserved the country from the dangers consequent on yielding to the rabid cry of intolerant bigotry . . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord St . Germans would seem to have caught Peel ' s mantle , and his pamphlet , from which he had selected a couple of extracts , showed that he and his party are disposed to be friends to popular enliuhtenmeut and upholders of civil and religious liberty —( cheer *)—and proves Lord St Germans to be qualified to fill a high trust in the government , when Lord John Russell " shall be driven from it in disgrace and contempt . ( Cheers . ) The rent for the week was £ 20 Us . 6 d .
The Proposed Meeting of Irish Members . —A letter from Mr . Moore , the Roman Catholic member for Mayo , to Mr . John O'Connell , has been published , in which Mr . Moore takes the opportunity of settling an account with Mr . O'Connell , ibr the charge which the latter had brought against him of assailing his father ' s memory . Mr . Moore writes as follows : — " Take my advice , any dear sir , and leave your father ' s memory alone—it can take care of itself . It is far too great to be affected by a sneer of mine , were 1 capable of uttering such . O'Connell has left behind him the memory of an illustrious Irishman ; a memory which I ve rily believe that Irishmen of every party are inclined to treat with
respect . Have better faith m your father ' s glory , and less confidence in the virtue of such assistance as your own petulant advocacy can supply . As for the expressions which you have thought proper to appl y to me—such as " Orange , " " paltry , " " unworthy , " " contemptible , " &c—it would be inappropriate to call them " unworthy , " or even contemptible "—they are simply stupid ; and 1 should le as great a blunderer as yourself , if I noticed them further . The tone of supercilious depreciation in which you constantly speak of all your contemporaries , does , however , somewhat amuse me ; and reminds me of an illustration whic h I have somewhere met with—of " a dwarf who had for some time kept company with a giant , and who , from seeing his companion looking down upon those
who surrounded him , acquired the ridiculous habit of endeavouring to east down his eyes upon men , whose middle he could scarce reach when standing upon tiptoe . " With regard to the preliminary meeting in Dublin , to which you are so goo'l as to invite me , I think it right to remind you that the penal measures which are about to inaugurate the parliamentary session of 1851 , are likely to apply , peculiarly , perhaps exclusively , to the English Catholics ; and that any measures that may be resolved upon , without their concurrence , would be necessarily imperfect , and possibly injurious to the cause which I believe you to have sincerely at heart . " I am , my dear sir , yours Tory truly , " J . O'Connell , Esq ., &c . " " G . H . Moore . "
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TnE late Mcrdeii is 1 'aris . —The authorities have commenced a searching investigation into all the circumstances of the murder of the aged female , Madame Lebelle , and the attempted murder of Madame Ribault , both of the Rue Bourbon ! e Chateau . It appears that after the assassin had gone away , Madame Ribaulr , whilst lying bleeding on the ground feared that she would die before assistance should arrive ; she accordingly attempted to trace in blood on her chemise characters which would indicate the assassin , but , reflecting that they would not be legible , she , by a great effort , managed to crawl " to a chimney-board , where she traced with her finger , dipped in blood , the letters " Commis de M . T . " These letters are very irregular , but are perfectly legible ,: some others
that follow the letter " 1 . are illegible . After this Madame Ribault began to make as much noise as her failing strength would allow , in order to attract assistance , and at last the door of her apartment wa 3 forced open . The courage displayed by this oW lady was extraordinarily great ; for eight hours the remained lying on the ground in a pool of blood , and every hour became weaker and weaker , and , during all this time , the corpse of her murdered companion was lying near her . After Madame Ribault had been stabbed by the assassin iu different places , he attempted to thrust a piece of cloth into her throat , hut She succeeded iu dragging it away . The cloth in question was—a napkin—was foudd ; it bore the marks of teeth and blood . It was believed that Madame Lebelie had
been strangled ; but , on examination of her throat by medical men , none of the contusions caused by strangulation could be di-covercd . In examining the mouth of the deceased , a black pin was found , and afterwards a piece of black ribbon was seen in the throat . By the aid of instruments this was with some difficulty pulledjup , and to it was attached the cap which Madame Ribault had worn on the previous evening . This cap had been pressed into a sort of ball , and thrust violently into the throat of the deceased by a stick , or some such sort of thing . Madame Ritault is in a serious state , but there is reason to believe that she will recover . The assassin is named Luforcade , and tho newspaper to which he belongs is the Petit Courtier det Barnes . He haB attempted suicide by opening a vein with a piece of glass , which he took from his
window ; but he was discovered in time , and measure * were at once token to prevent any new attempt . — GalignanVs Messenger . Composition- of tub Fresch Satioxal Assembly . —The National Assembl y of France contains , according to a statement in the Moniteur , 43 actual or quondam Ministers of Government , 22 ambassadors or persons who have represented France at foreign courts , 22 members of the Institute , 6 viceadmirals and rear-admiralg , 3 t generals , 32 ex-peers of France , 110 former members of the Chamber of Deputies . Of the 900 members of the Constituent Assembly only 330 were ro-eleeted , and form part of the Legislative Assembly . Tho united agea of the members of thet Legislative Assembly amount to 35-Sia . Teare , giving aH avera eof 47 years to each member . The oldest member was born in 1769 and the youngest in 1823 .
„ .. ,... liLviisu-iowx is in £ "Si CESinRr .-Thursday night some villains robbed the Kentish-town stage , and stripped tbepMS-ngert of their money watches , and buckles . Ik the hurry they spared the pockets of Mr . Corbyn , the druggist ; but he . contentto teve neighbour's fare , called out to one of the rogues , " Stop , friend , you ? jave ftrg ? $ ft take my money , 'Wft / r « and Qu 9 na .
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CONVICTION OF A SOLICITOR AT NORWICH . £ 1 - ! t . ° P er ' solicitor , aged 38 , was tl& A - ! e- <> n the Wof July last , uneTe I and , Jy *»!» pretence obtained the sum of w ^ " fe" ? ?; chard Mills Burrell , hair maiiufao-* urer » Of St . Mary ' s . This caw was one traversed trom the last sessions , and from tho well-known interest ^ prisoner « caU 8 ed considerable Richard Mills Burrell , the prosecutor , who was tnen sworn -. I am a horse "hair manufacturer . 1 was in July last in partnership with Messrs . Hindes . Shortly after that time , an action was brought by MeBsrs . Hindes against me . I went , upon hearing this , to consult Mr . Cooper , the attorney , and stated the case to him . I gave him my cognivit to pay the cost by instalments . I left the matter entirely to him . Mr . Cooper sent for
meon the Monday following . I went to him . lie said , Do you know what you promised me ? I said no . lie said , You told me you would brin" an action against the Measrs . nindes . I said I could not think of that , as I was on such good terms with them . He told me I must do so , as they might transport me . I said they wero the first persons who had over brought a Etain upon my charaoter . I showed him my books . He said , You will do anything to keep your character up . I said ve 3 . I ! awllln \ on the following morning , and gave him j ?! oiflj the P rocurin g of a writ , which was * i - a . iua ., and as he had no change , tho difference I said he mi ght have for a glass of porter . I received a note purporting to be from Mr . Bailey , containing another charge against me . I have not the note now . I asked what the further charge was for . He said he had better eivo him *
bovoreign to go and consult a counsel . He afterward * said he went to Mr . Evans . ( Mr . Evans being in in court , denied this assertion . ) He told me I must file a declaration , and I must give him tho money to do so . He asked me for one guinea , which I gave him . I pave him tho money before the declaration was filed . I Baw him again after that . He told mo of a replication , which he said wasnecessnry . He said £ 2 2 s . would be required for the replication . I gave him the two guineas . I saw him next day , when I paid him two guineas more . I have forgotten the name of the document which the £ 2 2 s . was for . I have paid him about £ 21 altogether . I went to his office shortly after . I said to him , Now , there is nothing else to psiv .
He said , Yes , there are the trial fees , retaining counsel , jury , Ac , to carry on the action . He said £ 5 6 s . was the * um necessary . He told me he should not get a farthing by it . ne said the money was necessary , as the case could not go on without it . He told me he had paid all the money for the purpose of carrying on the action . He was absent ahout twenty minutes . When he returned , he said he had paid the fees . I saw him on the Thursday morning ju 6 t after this . He said he had good news to tell me . He called at my door at six o ' clock in the morninjr , and took me into his garden . He said he had influence with a clerk in Mr . Bailey ' s office , and he could go there when ho liked , to see how things were going on . I received a notice of
eertiorari from Mr . Bailey . He told mo he thought the Messrs . Hindes were going to remove the action . —By the Recorder : Tho money was paid after you received the certiorari ? When I received the certiorari I Jeft it on the table . Cooper sent for me , and when I went to his house the woman who livos there showed me a paper with tho word " certiO ' rari" written upon it . When I went \ vp stairs I told Cooper what I had seen . He was very angry , and asked me who had shown it to mo . I told him his pood lady . He said he must reply to it , whioh would cost £ 111 s . 6 d . After I left I sent my little boy with a £ 5 note , and the prisoner afterwards brought me the change .
Mr . Henry Miller sworn , said : I am Registrar of tho Cuildhall Court . All writs are signed and sealed by me . A writ was issued by the prisoner on behalt of Burrell against the Messrs . Hindes on the 14 th of June . No declaration was filed till the 23 rd of September , and in consequenco no plea could be filed at all . No certiorari was ever issued , or could be . And no proceedings wero ever romoved . AH tho fees I ever received was 4 s . Mr . Bailey entered an appearance against the writ . — By the Recorder : No replication was necessary . The case was not ripe for it , there being no plea . Elijah Crozier Bailet said : I entered an appearance for the Messrs . Hindes . I had a copy of notice of declaration served on me on the 23 rd Sept . I never entered any plea . 1 never obtained a certiorari . It was never mentioned .
The jury , after a few moments' deliberation , returned a verdict of Guilty on the second count , relative to the replication . The sentence of the court upon tho prisoner win , that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for the term of twelve calendar months .
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . The January General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the county of Middlesex commenced on Tuesday morning , at the Sessions House , Clerkenwell . The calendar was unusually heavy , containing the names of not less than 112 prisoners . Of that number 101 were indicted for felony , and 11 for misdemeanour . Paper Siialikg : . —p . Short , 25 , was indicted for stealing a ream of paper , value £ 2 2 s ., tie property of James Low and others . —The prosecutors were Messrs . Low and Pewtress , wholesale stationers , Gracechurch-street ; and it appeared that on the 25 th of November , ten reams of paper were sent b a porter to Christian-street , Whitechapel . From information given by a person who was not now produced , a police officer who was on duty in Union-street , Whitechapel , called upon a cabman who was driving quickly away to stop ; and when he did so , the prisoner , who was settiner on the box .
got down , and made his escape . Inside the cab was found a ream of paper , which had been stolen from the prosecutors' cart whilst on the way to Christian-atreer , and the cabman , a man named Scott , was taken into custody as an accomplice in the robbery . He was tried at the last session of this court , but was acquitted . He was now called as a witness against the prisoner , and he deposed that he was called from the rank in Union-street on the 25 th of November , by two men one of whom put a ream of paper into the cab and went away , and the other got upon the box , and told him to drive on . He could not speak to the prisoner as the person who was on the box with him ; but the policeofficer , who had known him for some years , clearly proved that the prisoner was that person : and , further , that the prisoner and the cabman had been intimate friends for five or six years . The prisoner was what is termed in the cab profession a " buck . " —The prisoner was found Guilty , and sentenced to six months' hard labour .
Stealisg from a Shop Door . —George Richardson , 45 , was convicted , upon his own confession , of stealing an umbrella , the property of John Cadman . —It was stated to the court that in 1844 the prisoner was sentenced at the Central Criminal Court to a year ' s hard labour for felony , and that he was again sentenced at the same court , in 1847 , being again convicted of felony , to four months' hard labour . Immediately after the expiration of that sentence he was again convicted of felony , and was sentenced upon that occasion to seven years' transportation . On the 15 th of last June he was discharged from Miilbank Penitentiary in consequence of ill-health , and the officers deposed that the prisoner had been known for many years , as one of the most expert and successful thieves in London was infested with , and that he had been as successful as an importer upon the public as he had been as a thief . —He was sentenced to one year ' s hard labour .
Robbery bt a Cabmas . —Joseph Darley , 35 , a cabman , was indicted for robbing Mr . Charles Thomas Hill , a mechanical draughtsman , in LeadenhaH-street , of a watch and chain . —It appeared that the prosecutor was at a supper party at tho Sun Tavern , Saint Clement Danes , on New Year ' s Eve , and that in the course of the entertainment a quarrel arose between him and the landlord . He challenged the latter , Mr . Whiting , to put him out of the house . The landlord , however , did eject him , and when he was outside the house he fell down in the mud . As he was getting up the prisoner ran up to him , and said he should not strike Mr . Whiting ; and whilst pretending to prevent his doing so , by throwing his arms round him , he slipped his watch from his waistcoat pocket , breaking in so doing a silk guard by which it was attached to his neck . The potman , who was a participator in the affray , saw this done , and he at ence seized the prisonerin whose hand he saw the
, watch . Mrs . Whiting was present , and haying had her attention attracted to the prisoner by his being accused of the robbery , she saw him attempt to drop the watch , and caught it in her hand . — The prisoner asked the prosecutor if he was not turned out of the house . ? The prosecutor said lie quarrelled with the landlord , whom he then challenged to turn him out , and he did turn him out . —The prisoner : Oh , you did , did you ? Well , I don't think that very gentlemanly conduct , or very civil either to a man who bad treated you to a supper . ( Laughter . ) The prisoner asked the potman if he ( prisoner ) was not drunk at the time . — The potman said he knew very well what he was about . He was not so drunk but that ho knew very well that he was helping himself to another mans watch . ( Laughter . )—Prisoner : Why , how you talk ! I had drank a pailful that night . ( Much laughter . )—The jury found the prisoner Guilty . Sentenced to six months' hard labour .
Robbing a Pdbucas . —William Sharman , 49 , and Mary Sharman , 30 , husband and wife , were indicted for stealing three drinking g lasses , the property of Henry Tolson ; five drinking glasses and a sugar crusher , the property of Robert ftoslj mi two drinking glasses , the property of
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( l ! nJ J'Pponi v lli 0 prisoners , it appeared ,. were Jft the l » r 0 ? , pubiic ho ** in fcrown X ™«« f 'ibout half-p ; xst six o ' clock in the f « rK t " J . 3 rd iustant > when tho atten « on of » PJ *< " 8 ni the Grenadier Guards was attracted whiut n , ^ ^ ents of the male P " " ^ 'O , wnilst pretending to bo intently reading tlie newapaper , was endeavouring to conceal about hU EL J Jass fl ' om wUich he l »» d J been hi It e ' , A- Q l !» ndlonl , upon information given £ n th ° soldier , challenged the prisoner witli the mmn' ^ P ' " wh he at once dropped the glass Hmhltw ? ? and not bein K SiUisfied with his h hild ^ other glass about himthe auiiuu uiui
ft ^ l '_ . y , lanHlnwl i •* uv " * K'aoo , me landlord gave both him and his wife into custody . On being searched , there wore found upon the "JC" . ? ll * s than seven other glasses , ornlh ^ Cd , Wlth the nanieof theowner . asuijar nhsta 1 , ? l iree table kni * - 's . One of these nth !^ belonged to the prosecutor Tolson , and the ZlJ I , dC ! ltificd b > ' thoir respective owners 2 , fl > Om whoso ^ use they had been \ n o' T ^ f n tho lod « inSs of the prisoners , «» " ' * . llu 8 s ell-street , fourteen other glasses ft ,,- ' 8 evei > il 1 of wl'ieh were identified by other publicans . The jury found the male prisoner guilty and acquitted the female . Tho court sontenccd him to one year ' s bard labour .
r \ j 7 ay Robijb « y . —William Dashman was indicted for stealing a purso and two half-crowns from tne person of Louisa Willard .-Eilward Tottman deposed that on the evening of the 23 rd of December , about seven o ' clock , ho was in plain clothes on the platform of the Great , Western Railway , at . ladtlnigton , when a train was coining in . Ho siw tiio prisoner , in compmy wit !) six other ? , « o on the [ iliittorni . The prisoner went up to a woman , and put Ins hand into her pocket , lie left her , and vent to another woman , ami put his hand into her pocket . He then went up to the prosecutrix , and he ( witness ) saw him put his hand into the pocket of her dress , fhe lady walked on , and the prisoner walked by her Slt | c with his hand in her pocket ; she then st . oppi'd . and he saw tlie prisoner draw the nurso out of her
pneket . The lady turned round and faced the prisoner , and he instantly dropped tlw purse into her pocket again . Witness then laid hold of tho prisoner , and asked him what he wanted with the lady s purse ? He said he hnd not got it . Witness said that he knew that ho had not , because he s ; iw him drop it back again into her pocket . He then searched him , ami on him found , amongst other articles , a memorandum of tho times of the several railways . —Louisa WillanJ corroborated tlie evidence
of the policeman , and stated that on putting her hand into her pocket she found her purse quite safe . —The prisoner said that he knew nothing about the lady s purse , and he denied that he had attempted to rob her at all . —The jury fcund the prisoner Guilty . —An officer of tliu House of Correction informed the court that tho prisoner was a well koown thief , and requested that lie mi ght be remanded , as he . should then be prepared to prove several former convictions against him . —The learm-d Chairman then respited rho sentence until next sessions .
An Alien Thiej . —Peter Kausman , a German was indicted for stealing a gold hair ring and other articles , tho property of Ferdinand Sehlbsser . —The prosecutor ' s wife stated , through the medium of an interpreter , that she resided in " Buckle-s-tr . ict . On the 27 th of last month she went out , and did not return home until between seven and ei ght o ' clock . On going up stairs she saw light in her room . She left the door fastened when she went out , but she found it open when she came home . On going into the room she found several things strewed about , and , suspecting that somebody was in the room , she called for help and a light . She got a light , and found the prisoner behind the door . She told him
to go away , which he at once did . After he had gone , however , she discovered that he had stolen the articles set forth in the indictment—a ring , a pin , and a book . Upon this discovery she at once proceeded to his lodging ; and , on going into his room , she found him in bed . She charged him with the robbery , and proceeded to search his clothes , and found some of the articles which had been ab stractod from her box . —The prisoner , when called on for his defence , said that it was very likely the prosecutrix put the things in his pocket herself , for he knew nothing about them . —The jury found him Guilty . —The Court sentenced the prisoner to three months' hard labouv .
Robbery bt a Servant . —Mary Plinn , a neatly attired young woman , about 25 years of ace , wjib indicted for stealing anight shirt and other articles , value £ 5 , the property of Alexander Lewis . In a second indictment she was charged with stealing a box and other articles , value £ 4 , the property of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company . The prisoner was also charged in a third indictment with stealing a victorine , the property of Mary Anne Stiles . The prisoner pleaded not guilty to the three charges . Mr . Sirr prosecuted , and Mr Uorry defended the prisoner . The first case entered into was that of the Bristol . and Esrnt . nv
Railway Company . — Thomas Smith , a porter , in the employment of the company , stated that on tho morning of the 13 th of December two ladies came to the booking-office . They had four boxes with them , which they deposited in his care . There was an address upon the smaller box , " Miss Davis , passenger , Bridgewater , Cannington Vicarage , Somersetshire . " He placed them at tho side of the office . About ten minutes afterwards he 8 aw the prisoner come in ; she had a small bundle in her
hand , but no box . She asked for a third class ticket to London . This was not , howover , given to her then , as it was too early , Shortly after the train was ready to start , and he saw the prisoner with a box and the same bundle as he had previously seen with her . The train started , and the witness then returned to the office , when he missed the box in question . Ho then gave information to the superintendent , who at once obtained a pass ticket , and despatched witness up to Paddington by the express train , lie arrived in London one hour and a half before the
parliamentary train , and he , and an , officer who came up with him from Bristol , stopped on the platform until the train arrived . When the passengers got out , he at once observed tho prisoner , who had changed her bonnet , cavi yin « the box , and they then took her into custody . —Miss Elizabeth Braklesby Davis identified the box and its contents as her property . She was the daughter of a clergyman at Cannington , Somersetshire . —The jury found the prisoner Guilty , and , by the advice of her counsel , she pleaded guilty to the other charges . —Mr . Sin said there was a further case in . which the prisoner
was charged with stealing property , value £ 80 , but he was not instructed in that ca > e , although he had to apply to the court for an order for the restoration of the property . —Mr . Collard , the superintendent of the Great Western Railway police , said the prisoner had been employed as servant in the offices of Messrs . Fox and Henderson ( the contractors for the Cbrystal Palace ) , in Xew-strect , and had a good character up to the time she loft that situation . — She was sentenced to six months' hard labour upon each indictment , each term to commence and terminate at the same time . —The court ordered the property to be restored .
Robbery of Tradesmen . —Michael Morris , 1 C , was indicted for stealing four boots , value 9 s ., tho property of Henry Augustus Hyde . —Richard Blissett , shopman to Mr . Hyde , of Fintbury-place North , stated that on the evening of the 23 th of December last his attention was called to the prisoner , whom he was told had just taken four boots from the door . Ho ran after him and found the boots in his possession , anil he then gave him into custody . The jury found the prisoner Guilty . — The iexrned Chairman said that the history of the pvisouc-r was that of a notorious tbiof , as he had no loss than five convictions against him . Sentenced to six months' hard labour . ;
Donald in the Dock . —An itinerant Highland piper , named Donald . M'Pliersoh , Svas placed in the dock , attired in kilt , plaid , &c ., upon a cbnrjrc of robbing a drunken man of a turkey , in Old St . Pancras-road , on Christinas-eve . Ho was acquitted .
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A Modern Jack SnErrAiiD . — Seldom have we had to record -a more impudent and d ; mng act of burglary than has come under our notice this week as having been perpetrated at Spilsby , in Lincoln . Ine delinquent , whoso name is Stephen Allen , and who rejoices in an alias or two , it appears has been twice convicted at Spilsby , and only in July last was discharged from "durance vile" after an incarceration of ei ghteen months . Time han « in « hmily on his hands in that rural locality , he con oeived the idea of robbing the Houso of Correction —wstli which , our readers will believe , he was quite fami liar—and accordingly set about his task with the utmost coolness and ingenuity . Havin " arranged his plans , and weighed every obstacle .
on inursday evening or early on Friday moriiin " he proceeded to carry them out . He first attempted to scale the walls by ' the aid of a ladder , which it is assorted he fetched a distance of a mile , but being unable to do soy he procured from an adjoining held , ¦» which was a plough , a " coulter , " nuu , by the aid of a spade , it is supposed he undermined theiou : er wall to the depth of four or five feet , making an aperture sufficiently large to admit nun within the prison yard . Once there , ho proceeded to the under turnkey ' s apartment , which ie lovced open with tho coulter , and , after rceailinif himself with such edibles as the placo contained , took All 6 s ., a gold ring , a gold chain , several articles of wearing apparel , and decamDcd bv tho
route he had so laboriously constructed . On entering at the usual hour is the morning tho turnkey was astonished lo find that his impregnable apartment had been broken into and ransaced . He lost no time m conveying intelligence of the robbery to Superintendent Chambers , of Spilsby , and Superintendent Robinson , of Burgh-le-MarBh , and thoso two officers , after a strict search in tho neighbourhood , succeeded in tracing tho burplar to Hull , where he was apprehended at a public-house , with somo of the stolen property in his possession and actually wearing part of the turnkey ' s clothes . — Ml Advertiser .
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The January session of the Ceniral Criminal Court commenced on Monday morning . There are at present 109 prisoners for trial , and it is probable that there will be about thirty additional committals bufore the grand jury are discharged . Charge of Perjury . — -James Denton , a police * constable of the E division , surrendered to tako his trial upon an indictment charging him with wilful perjury . —The indictment ag . iinsc the defendant , it appeared , was preferred by a Mr . John Day , who carries on the business of a carpenter and undertaker in Hastings-street , St . Pancras , and the perjury imputed to the defendant was alleged to have been committed by him upon the hearing of u charge of . as-Bault preferred by the constable against the prosecutor at the Clcrkenwell Police Court , on the 26 th October .
It appeared that on the day in question the defendant was on duty in Hastings-street , near the residence of the prosecutor , when he had occasion to order a man who was selling groundsel and chick Heed to go away , ami it Bcemed that when he had done so the prosecutor culled to the man , and purchased some groundsel of him , and this lead to an altercation between him and the defendant , and at length blows were exchanged , mill some other constables were called in ; and eventuall y Day and another person named Soaue were taken into custody , upon a charge of assaulting the defendant , and resisting him ii \ Hie execution of his duly , and the prosecutor and Soane were both fined by the magistrate . It wa-i alleged that upon this occasion the defendant had falsely sworn that the prosecutor had crossed the street to him and
struck him , and that he and Soanc then dragged him into the prosecutor ' s shop , and there again assaulted him . The prosecutor swnre distinctl y that both these allegations were false , and his evidence wasconlirmoM to some extent by other witnesses , but it was at the same time admitted that there had been a scuffle , am that the defendant had received a blow while it was going on . On the part of lhe defendant several witnesses were examined , who gave a totally different version of the transaction , and some of them confumed the statement he had originally made as to tho prosecutor having crossed tho road and struck him in the manner he had represented without his having given him any provocation . The evidence on both sides was of the most contradictory character . — The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty .
False Pretences . —William Paulton , 45 , labourer , was indicted for obtaining by false pretences an order for the payment of £ 15 . —On the 21 th of September last the prisoner called upon a gentleman named George Samuel Ford , a solicitor , of llanriettastreet , Covent-garden , and introducing himself as Captain Paulton , produced a letter , and stated that he wished to negotiate the sale of some reversionary property . He then went on to say that tho property , which amounted to about £ 20 , 000 , would revert to him at the death of his mother , who was in a very declining state and eighty-seven years of age , and that the opinion of the medical men was that she could not live long . He added that he was a captain on half-pay , and commanded in the 13 th Dragoons at Cabnol , where ho was wounded ; that his father was
Mr . Paulton , of Maidenhead , banker , and it was upon his will , and thtjt of his grand father , both dea » l , that ho wished to bijrrow £ 1 , 000 . After s ime further statements he left , and called again on two subsequent occasions , when he managed to borrow 15 s . from prosecutor ' s clerk , stating that it was to enable him to go down to Colney Hatch to see his mother , who was then dying . He appeared in » vcat distwss of mind ; and on the 20 th he again called and saw prosecutor , and he then said his mother was dend , and requested that prosecutor would write to Mr . R . Harris , of Ileadins , banker , his mother ' s solicitor , and the living trustee and executor to his father ' s will , and inform him of 1 i > t demise . He then asked if prosecutor could recommend him an undertaker , and spoke about many other things necessary under
such circumstances , and finally borrowed .-62 , to enable him to go down to Colney Hatch . On the next day he again called , and managed to get £ 15 from prosecutor , to put himself in mourning , stating that he had seen his nusthcr in her shell , and had made the usual arrangements , and handed in a list of monies coming lo him . He also obtained another £ 5 making in the whole £ 27 . It then turned out that the whole story about his mother ' s death was a fabrication , and Mr . Harris had been dend some v ears ; but that he was the sou of the gentleman alluded to . —The officer who took him into custody said , that upon examining his person he found lie had been branded as a deserter from some regiment . — The jury found him Guilty . —lie was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment .
A Jewish Promoter of IloBBiitiY . —Moses Barrett , 50 , a Jew dealer , was indicted for feloniously receiving four pounds weight of indigo , the property of Messrs . Wieh , Newmen and Company , well knowing it had been stolen by one Henry Sellers . —Henry Sellers , a lad who was brought from the gaol to gtoe evidence , was first examined . He said that he was fifteen years old . He had been in the service of the prosecutors , who were indigo brokers , as errand boy , and had filled that situation for about nine months when he first saw the prisoner in October last . At that lime he was standing near the Commercial Sale Rooms in Mincing-lane , with another errand boy , when the prisoner beckoned to him from the opposite side of the road , and on his going to him he inquirod if he was not in the indigo trade , and on his telling
him that he was , he asked who wero his employers , and also what , wages he received . He told him that while the indigo sales were going on lie received a regular salary of five shillings per week , but at other times he was paid one shilling a day , while he was employed . The prisoner then asked ' him if he could not gel him somo indigo dust , and on his telling him that he was not allowed any perquisites , the prisoner said he thought his wages were very hw , and he knew . younger and smaller boys than him who were getting a good deal more money . He told the prisoner he should be very glad to find a better place , but his work was light and his master was very kind to him . The prisoner then said that he would tell him how to get more money , and upon his asking him how , he said that he might take an ounce out of
each sample indigo box , ami bring it to him , and if he brought him a hundred ounces he would buy them of him . Upun this occasion he told the prisoner that lie would have nothing to do with what he proposed , and he added , that an honest penny was worth a silver shilling . He saw the prisoner repeatedly after tliis , andhe always asked him if he had made up hi . 3 mind . He shunned the prisoner as much as hccould , but he continually threw himself in his way . On the 6 th of December he was not in regular employment , and as he was standing " thinking" in Crutchedfriars the prisoner cume up io him , and asked what he was " breakinghis head " about , when the golden ball was near his hand ? And he then asked him again if he had made up his mind , and he said that he had , and he asked tlie prisoner if lie should bring
him some down the following morning , which w . < 6 Saturday . Tho prisoner told him not to bring him any at that time , because it . was his " Sabbath , " but he should like fcn see him down on Monday morning as early as possible ; and he at the same time told him that he lived in Grace ' s-alley , Well-street . On the morning after this conversation took place ho went to the prosecutors' warehouse , as it was usual for him to do , to inquire if his services were wanted , and he t « ok the opportunity of stealing live pounds of indigo , which he weighed and put into two bags , and carried away . On the Monday following he went to the prisoner ' s house , which presented the appearance of an old clothes shop , and ou his seeing the prisoner lie put a pair of trowsers into his hand ; he was confused and did not know what to
say , and prisoner said , " Oh , Iseeth-jy won ' t suit you , come this way , " and ho then took him behind the counter where there was aome scales , and he weighed the indigo and said there were only tlirco poundB of it . He told the prisoner there was more , and the prisoner then said he had made a mistake and would give him five shillings , which was ; i shilling a pound , and he went away . On the following day he stole four pounds more indigo , and took them to the prisoner , and ho wanted him to have a meerschaum pipe in payment . Ho told him that the pipe was worth six shillings and lso would take six pounds of indigo for it , and the four pounds ho had just brought should bo on account , and he must trust to his generosity to bring him the other two pounds . Ho refused to buy the pipe , and told
the prisoner that lie wanted to make too much of a market of him , as he could buy as good a pipe anywhere for half-u-crown . After this he stole some cochineal , which the prisoner purchased of him , and paid him a shilling a pound for it . The next day he stole five pounds more indigo , and when ho took it t ; the prisoner ho told him that he appeared to be going on any how . Ou tho 10 th of December he went again to his masters' warehouse , and stole ten pounds of indigo , and as ho was going uwav with it ho was stopped , and he then told his master all that had taken placo between him and the prisoner . An officer was then sent for , and a portion of the indigo was marked , and ho was directed to tako it to the prisoner , and he did so . The prisoner weighed it , as usual , and gave him 4 s . ; and when he came out he handed over the money to the officer , who had followed him to the shop .
—Crossexamined—He considered that the . proposition which the prisoner made to him was a very great insult to an honest boy , but yet ho never said a word about it either to his master or to his . father or mother . The reason ho did not tell any one about it was that ho should have strength enough in his own fortitudo to keep away from doing what was asked of him by the prisoner . Tho conrersations with tho prisoner took placo in the open streets Ho spent all the money he received in " foolishness' - '—pnstry , tobacco , apples , and nuts . —Frederick George Woodgate , the boy referred to by Sailers , proved that he saw . the prisoner beckon him across the road on the aay he referred to , and ho said that the prisoner , after Sellers had gone away , entered into conversation with him . —Mr . Appell , a clerk to the prosecutors , proved that he stopped the bov hellers with tho indigo in his possession , and that he afterwards accompanied the officer to the priso-
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ner s house , where he found the same indigo which he had previously marked . It was worth from five to seven shillings per pound . —Trew , tho officer , proved that upon his going into the prisoner ' s shop after Sellers came out , and inquiring of the prisoner how hu became possessed of the indigo , he denied having purchased it of Sellers , and said that he had merel y u , ft j t there . —His Lordship summed up , and tho jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict ; of Guilty . —Moses Barnott irsn brought up on "Wednesday , and sentenced by tho
Recorder to be transported for tho term of ten years . —The prisoner , who frequentl y kept asserting his innocence , no sooner hi-anl ' his sentence , than he said be had ueeii likely sworn against , and its he was leaving thu dock , suddenl y stopped , and , clasping his hands , us if in prayer , s ' aid , with much apparent sanctity , " 1 am innocent ; " then , turning hii eyes upward , added , " 1 hope the Almighty God— ; " he then seemed unable or unwilling to finish t'm ) sentence . —Tlie Recorder : You had better say no more . —Ilo then moved slowly and mechanicallv out of the dock .
Selling Simcr is ths Crystal Palacs . —Adam Young , a young man of gentlemanly appearance , surrendered to take his trial upon an indictment for obta nin « : money l > y false pretences . Tho defendant pleaded Guilty . Mr . I 3 allantiiio , who appeared lor lhe prosecution , said that tiic prisoner had pleaded guilty to a charge of obtaining the sum of ten shillings by false proienecs . Tiiu prosecution was instituted by the Executive Commits- e for carrying out thu Lxhitriiion of U , e Works of Industry of all Nations in 1 S 51 , and it appeared that the committee had received nitarmation that mi establishment was in existence , which professed to have thu power of selling space for articles to be exhibited in the building appropriated f >> v that purpose , but which they were -. veil aware was an imposition upon the publicns no such
, power was delegated to any parties , they instimted the necessary inquiries , and the result was that the present charge was preferred against the defendant . I he prisoner and some other persons kept a soit of ofhcfi , where it was represented they had the power of selliiis portions of the space of the buildin ? for the Exhibition , and in the particular instance which was now tinder consideration , a sum often shillings was received from a poor woman who wan anxious to i ^ ave a space of four I ' eet allotted to her for tho exhil > i : ion . of a pair of stays . —Tho Recorder directed Unit the defendant should appear and receive the judging of the court upon the indictment to which he had
pleaded Guilty , if he should be called upon to do so . Emijuzzlement .-William Gill , 20 , clerk , pleaded Guilty to an indictment for embezzling several sums of money belonging to his master , Alfred lloslhi » . — Mr . Ciarlison , who appeared for the prisoner , and called several witnesses who spoke to his previous good character , said a clerk from the firm of the prosecutor , who is a timber merchant , and one u ( the Surrey bench of magistrate ;! , stated that the prosecutor had no wish to press for a heavy punishment . —Tho Common Sergeant said the prisoner ' s ollhice was ;\ bad one , and it was wholly o * n account of his previous good diameter that the court passed th-ji-en « tence it did . He was then sentenced to six months '
imprisonment . A Family of Fkloss . —W . Weaver , ] fi , tailor , Emma Weaver 10 , and W . Weaver , tho elder , their father aged 55 , a tailor , were indicted , the two first prisoners for stealing two pairs of boots , a victorino , and a cloak , the property of William Ivcs , and tho older Weaver with receiving tho victorine , knowing it to have been stolon . —The boy pleaded Guilty , and both he and his sister , two wretched , squalid , and half-starved looking little objucts , cried mcBf bitterly while the trial was going on , and repeatedly kept saying their father w : is innocent . —It appeared that on Saturday , the 21 st of last month , a little boy and cirl , the son and daughter of the prosecutor , a » ed seven and four yoars of age , were met in Church-passage , Spitalfiolds , by the girl and boy ,
who having told thorn they would bring them some nuts and cakes , enticed thorn up a court , where they robbed them of their boots , and the little girl of her cloak and victorine , and luft them sitting ou a step , where they wore found by . " . constable , who removed them to the station , and subsequently found their p trents ; and having a knowledge of the boy from the description the children gave " of him , succeeded in taking the hoy , and from " that circumstance discoverod where the elder prisoner lived . —Ball , a police-sergqant , said from what ho had heard ha went to Union-court , where tho elder prisoner lived , and he there saw him and the girl , who had the victorino on her neck . The constable then said he should search the place for some ceats that had been worn by tho boy , when the prisoner became
very abusive , and told the officer it was no use to como there with his bounce , as he should not search his placo without a proper authority . The officer then commenced his search , but could not find what he wanted , and on turning round to the girl found the victorine was gone from her neck . He iihked . w here it was , whan she said she had not had it , and folding her pinafore put it round her neck , which sho endeavoured to persuade the sergeant he must have mistaken for the victorine . The sergeant then asked the father what he had done with it , and hff said , " So help me God , I have not got it ; I know nothing of it . " Not being able to find it , and feel ing convinced that prisoner must have taken it , he
searched him , and feeling something bulky under his shirt ho put his hand iu and found tho victorine noxt his skin . Prisoner then said , "Oh , God , see what dishonest children bring honest parents to . "Tho little girl declined making any defence . —The older prisoner , when called upon for his defence affected to cry , and in a canting tone pleaded his innocence , and during ' his statement kept looking at the children , who seemed frightened and cried bitterly , both asserting their parent ' s innocence . — The jury found them both Guilty , and said that tho conduct of the father was highly to be censured . — Tho Common Sergeant sentenced the two children to be imprisoned for two months , and the father for twelve .
The hWASKs' Case . —The grand jury returned a true bill against George Sloane , and Theresa , his wife , for a misdemeanour . Assault ash Kobbkry . —William Thompson , 26 , v ? aa indicted for having , in company with two other persons , unlawfully assaulted Adplphus Dubois , and robbed him of a watch and chain , his property . — It appeared in this case that about nine o ' clock at night , on the 18 th of December , tho prosecutor , who is a dentist , residing in the neighbourhood of Leicester-square , was walking along Upper Eustonstrcct , New-road , when ho observed three men standing in a door way , apparently to shelter themisclves from the rain which was at the time falling havil
e y . At the moment he arrived opposite to them they all rushed' upon him , and a rope or gag wag placed round his neck so tightly as almost to cause strangulation , and upon his making an attempt at resistance one of tho men called out , "Give it him , " and the gag , or whatever instrument was ma , uo use of , was then pulled so tightly as to cause immodiato insensibility , and while in that state the prosecutor was robbed of his watch and chain . The prisoner was clearly proved to be one of tho men concerned in the outrage , and he was shown to have thrown the watch and chain down an area while en . deavouring to make his escape . —The jury returned a verdict of Guilty . —Mr . Justice latti-son sentenced the prisoner to bo transported for life .
Post Office Roubkry . —Willinm Burncss Swift , 22 , and Walter Scrivener , 21 , two Post-office clerks , pleaded Guilty to indictments charging thorn with stealing letters , tho property of the 1 ' ostmaster-General . —There wero some mitiiratinj : circumstances in the case of Swift , and howas ' sontenced to be transported for seven years . Tho other prisoner was ^ ontenocd to be transported for ten years . Charge or Wilfully Damaoi . no a Suip at Sea . —Henry Uopper surrendered to take his trial upon an indictment which alleged , that while a certain vessel called the Mary was upon the high seas , and within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England , the defendant maliciously and feloniously cut and damaged the ri gging of the said vessel , with intent to render her useless . —Mr . ltodkin , in opening the
case , said that the prisoner was a mariner , and was employed to put pilot 3 on board vessels coming up tho river , and on " the 15 th of December he was with his boat off Dungeness with a pilot , and on the look-out for art Indiaman which was . expected . Another boat , the Mary , was out with the same object ; and it seemed thivt it was . thc custom ibr ., tho pilot to bo takon from the first boat which came- up to the vessel ; and when the ship tliat was expected came in sight both the boats made the best of their way towards her , and they both attempted to lay hold of her , but in consequence of the way that was upon the vessel they wore unable to do so , and the pilots became entangled with each other and while they were : in that position the prisoner cut tllG W ^! ' ° \ ¥ ? boatthe effect of which 1
; , , was to causethe . forcsail to fall . . The object of the prisoner m doing this was possibly to give his own ChoTi J- tag ? inSettinStP the vessel first , Ei 1 , that obi ° ct > f «> r " tl ) e riT . il boat having a small one with her , it was . made use of , dtho persons in her succeeded in . getting their ni ° nVrdt . he ship . - The " question would be , under these circumstances , whether the act commuted by thi ) prisoner was done with an intent to render tho vessel useles »; but it appeared to him tnit it wouU be more reasonable to suppose that the prisoner only intended to disable the boat for a short period , to enable his own boat to get first to the shipand that it would be straining the
, aw very much to say , that such an act as that imputed to the prisoner amounted to felony within the meaning of tUo statute . The matter had been investigated by a justice residing in the district , and he had felt it his duty to send the case for trial , and the grand jury having returned a true bill , ho was bound to appear ana stf to the facts to the jury ; but he apprehended that now ho had done so , their lordships would be of opinion that it would not bo necessary to proceed any further . — The Court ruled that the indictment could not be supported under tho circumstances , and the jury therefore returned a verdict of Not Guilty . —The prisoner was discharged accordingly .
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DECLARATION OF IRISH MEMBERS . The followinij declaration against the enactment of Eeligious Disabilities has been signed by the Members of Parliament whose names are appended below : — " We , the undersigned , deem it our duty at the present juncture to declare our unalterable attachment to the principles of civil and religious liberty , aud our determination to oppose by every constitutional means any measure tending to interfere by legislative enactment with the disci pline or doctrine of any portion of the Queen ' s subjects : — M . J . Blake , Castlereagh , M . ' E . Corbally , W . Sharman Crawford , J . T . Devereux , W . Fagan , J . Fa « an , R . M , Fox , II . Grattan , J . Greene , R . Keatin « e , C . Lawless , "W . Torrens M'Cullagh , X . T . Maher , W . Monsell , T . Meagher , G . II . Moore , J . O'Brien , T . O ' Brien , M . O'Connell , J . O ' Connell , A . 0 , Flaherty , The O'Gorman Mahon , G . Ouseley Biggins , M . Power , X . Power , E . Burke Itoehe , J . Reynolds . J . Sadleir , Fraa . Scully , J . H . Talbot . "
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Jakuary 11 , 1851 . THE NORTHERN STAR » -7 ^ — ——^ - _ 1 ^—_ *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 11, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1608/page/7/
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