The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post, Western Countries and South Wales Advertiser from Bristol, Bristol, England • 7

THE 'BRISTOL AND WESTEUN AGKICULTUEAL INTELLIGENCE. Amelia Morgan and Ellen Rice, two impudent-looking prostitutes, charged with being disorderly and disturbing the public peace, were each sentenced to seven days' hard labour. Richard Lewis was charged with assaulting his wife Jane, by striking and kicking her. The prisoner keeps the Bay Horse tavern, Lewin's-mead, and on Monday he went to a sale at Bedminster, and returned at night the worse for liquor. He quarrelled with his wife, and in the presence of a constable struck her in the face.

In his defence the accused said that his wife had irritated him by her language, and though he-attempted to kick her. he did not reallv do BRISTOL BiAJRTIPTGrri COURT; MONDAT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Bill) Be Thomas Shackeia, Bristol, Woollen Merchant, This was a motion for the re-taxation of the bills of Messrs. jjevan, Girling, and Press, the solicitors to the assignees.

Mr. Laxton, of London (instructed' by Messrs. Abbot, iucas, and Leonard), appeared in support of the motion and JJr. Stone (instrncted by Messrs. Bevan, Press, and Inskip) in opposition.

Mr. Laston said he had to move, according to the terms of the notice of motion, for an order by the court directing the re-taxation by the taxing master in London of the bills of costs of the solicitors to the assignees. After giving a brief history of the bankruptcy, the learned counsel stated DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT TO CAUSE THE EXPLOSION OF AN ENGINE at GLASTONBURY. On Tuesday night last an outrageous attempt was made to destroy the engine used by the Messrs. Snow, Bristol company; in their extensive works near the railway station at Glastonbury, and, had it not been fortunately discovered, an explosion would undoubtedly have taken place, and loss of life and property would inevitably have been the result, as several workmen are daily employed in sawing timber, by steam power, and necessarily quite close to where the engine is placed.

On Wednesday morning wheri the.engineer was about to put the engine in motion, he noticed something unusual connected with the and on examining them more closely he found they had been displaced during the night, and the feeding pipe had been "ramined tight" with a quantity of waste -cotton, so; that when steam would have been got up there would be1 no additional supply of water, DARING BURGLARY; AT TIVERTON. On Thursday Henry Murrey, John Payne, William Quick, Afnelia PotterV iand. a boy named Barton were brought up at tho Taunton police court, cnarged with burglariously entering the dwelling-house of Mr. D. Pinkstone, jeweller, of Bampton-street, Tiverton, Devon, and stealing therefrom eight gold watches, sixtyrthree silver watches, and a quantity of jewellery, valued at nearly 400, From the ovidenceit appeared that on Monday night Mr.

Pinkstone went to bed, leaving his house perfectly safe, On the following, morning he discovered that house had been broken tne shop stripped' of its contents. The effected an Entrance at ithe rear of the premises by breaking through a window, and forcing the shutter, which had been barred from the inside. They then forced the lock of a door leading to the shop, and there another door, one-ihalf of which was composed of large panes of glass. By the aid of a mustard plaster one of the. panes wasbroken, the glass adhering to the plaster, tins preventing any noise by falling on the floor.

Through the aperture thus made ono of them must have the door being opened from the inside; All of value were then" removed, and'the burglars went out by the front door. the marks on the windows arid doors it was apparent that the burglary had been effected by expert cracksmen, and that the whole affair was systernatically planned; Information of the occurrence having been forwarded to Superintendent Goldsmith, of the Taunton Division of Somerset Constabulary, his suspicions alighted on prisoner Quick, who resides at Taunton, and is well-known to the police as one of those assisting cracksmen in their calling. On Wednesday Quick drove off in a spring-cart, and in his trail went Inspector gate' to gate learnt that Quick had: in the habit of coming to the office i with postage-stamps, in exchange for money. Mr. Baker's clerk on Wednesday told him that he suspected the stamps stolen from his employer were changed at that office, and asked him (witness) if he would see whether he.

received, any marked stamps in the course of a day or two. That morning he received 3s. 9d. worth from the little boy, 'and this led to 'the detection of the prisoner. The urchin who sold the stamps was examined, and he said that.

the other lad gave him a penny or a halfpenny a time for disposing of the stamps; P.C. Thatcher proved the apprehension of the accused, arid stated that when he searched him.he had an unused 4d. postage-stamp in his pocket, attached to a piece of paper, as though it had been broken off an envelope. Mr. Herapath said that he thought tbe post-office should not buy stamps of such little boys.

The prisoner was sentenced toa month's hard labour. Mary alias Msry: Robins, was ofaarged with stealing a piece' of' ibeef, value 2s. the property of Mr. Young, Frogmore-street The prisoner is a laundress, living in Pipe-lane; and on Wednesday afternoon she took occasion steal a piece of beef expbsed for sale at the complainant's door. A step-daugtiter of the complainant witnessed the theft, and caused the prisonerto be apprehendad by P.C..' 155.

When, taken into custody she said thjat the. meat was given to her by a boy. The complainant informed the bench that he did not wish to press the. charge, as he had been given to understand that the prisoner's husband was a Under these circumstances, the accused was cautioned and discharged. Emily Harris," alias PrisciUa Phillips, and Emma Davis were charged with stealing ari value 3s.

tho property of Mr, Tilly, -Wine-street; a large quantity of fancy check shirting, value 3 2s. the property of Mr. High-street; and 11 pairs of braces, the property of T. Jones, and Wine-street. Mr.

J. appeared on behalf of Messrs. Jones. Frederick' Price, an assistants Mr. Hutchins, stated that 'at five o'clock on Wednesday evening he saw that a piece of shirting that was exposed for sale at the door was.

safe, it was carried off, and he went to the olice-stationV give notice of the robbery, when he found that a policeman, had apprehended the prisoners with theproperty in their Mr; Herapath reprobated the practice of 'ii-pbsing goods for sale' at shop-dbors, he said, 'was placing temptation in the way of a great many iridividuilB. P.C. 192 was sworn, and he said that he was sent for oh: Wednesday night to the shop of Messrs. Jones and where the prisoners had been detained by some of the, assistants for stealing a quantity, of n'pon' them' likewise was' the umbrella of Mr, Tilly. The charges the accused not being complete, they were remanded, FRIDAY.

Present: Messrs. W. D. Wills and W. Herapath.

John Avery, charged with stealing a counterpane, the property of a woman named Coles, from the yard of the General Elliott public-house, Bedminster, was remanded until Wednesday Emily Main and Priscilla Phillips, the two young women, who- gave their names Davis and Phillips, charged on Thursday with shoplifting, in Wine-street and High-street, were brought up, The fabtsof the case will be foiind in Thursday's report, and some, confirmatory evidence having been tendered, the prisoners were; committed for trial on three charges. Mary Russell, a young woman, was charged- with stealing a coat, pair of trousers, and other clothing, value the property of a man named- Porter, living1 in' Norfolkistreet. The prisoner rented apartments in the house of prosecutor, and tife clothes had been stolen from a box; on inquiry they were discovered to have been pledged at! Mr, Graham's by a woman who stated that she had done so at' the request of the. prisoner, arid, had handed. her the tickets and the proceeds, The prisoner pleaded guilty, and, was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour.

Emma Smith, a young woman without bonnet or shawl, who, though eneeinte, said 'she was a single woman, was charged with begging in Wine-street, P.C. 59 stated that the prisoner was standing in Wine-street on' Thursday with a placard ripon her breast, on which was written, Benevolent Friends, I am a poor Lancashire factory hand in- great distress." Mr. Herapath said that as soon as any cause of distress arose; the public: weresure'to be imposed upon by a number of idle, persons. prisoner said a native of Birmingham, arid tacitly admitted that she "was not factory worker. The Magistrates committed her for four--' teen days' hard labour.

Two boys named Fido and Reece, charged with stealing1 two water cask's, the property oi Mr. Wilson, were remanded, the complainant riot being in. attendance, Henry Cduisting, -boy with stealing a book, value the property of Louis. from a stall in the Upper Arcade, was discharged, thecase not being pressed. REVIEW OF LAST TRADE.

(FYtm the Mark-lane Express. The past week gave fair average weather; arid as very little rain fell, field work and wheat sowing went on more favourably. Prices have experienced a further decline, notwithstanding'the acknowledged deficiency of yield, foreign imports having continued at an unprecedented rate. The best dry wheat has fallen fully Is; per qr. lower, and tho prices of damp" Sorts have been irregular.

And as in addition to our heavy imports of wheat we have had a glut of oats, tlie diffloiilties of the port of.London have become thick and three-fold. To sell-all afloat being impossible, there has been first a difficulty to obtain granary room then corn-meters were not to be had in sufficient numbers; aud lastly, when these wore procured, labourers have not been plentiful enough to work out the cargoes. So while Lancashire operatives starve for want of employment, there are not hands enough In town to meet the present necessities of commerce. Of course, the pressure is temporary, and it seema likelv that tho denresirm will be so too in cereals. The certainty of a speedy stoppage to American shipments by frost, and speculative orders at Hew York on Chicago account, indicate an approaching change in prices, as the Baltic cannot be expected to continue shipping liberally much longer, and our.

general averages are 10s. id. per qr. lower than last year. The state, moreover, in which the corn is brought to market In Ireland aud Scotland shows plainly the necessities of.

these countries. The arrivals oft the coast since the 17th instant were 28 cargoes. The business reported was aa follows: Winter American wheat 47. Sd. to Saide 35s.

3d. to Syrian new Sandomirku Marianople 44s. Ghirka 40s. 6d. to and some 42s.

for Havre, cost, freight and insurance; maize 31s. to 32s. barley 23s. lid. to 26s.

The sales noted last week were 86,330 qrs. wheat at 49s. against 167,419 qrs. in 1861, at 59s. lOd.

per qr. The imports into the kingdom for the week ending ISth November were 312,039 qrs. wheat, 91,613 cwts. flour. COMMERCE AND MANUFACTLTEES.

COLONIAL MARKETS. From the London New Pritse Current Tea. The demand for all kinds of tea is in a sluggish state, and prices are barely supported. SuGAiu-r-Only a moderate supply of raw sugar is on sale, yet the inquiry for all descriptions is far from active, at about previous quotations. Jamaica is selling at 32s.

6d. to Demerara. 30s. 6d. to 38s.

crystallised, 87s. 6d. to 45s. crystallised, 39s. to 44s.

Cd. yellow ditto, 36s. to 42s. good and flue white Benares, 40s. to 44s.

fine Madras, 37s. Dd. to 60s. gray and white Java, 38s. to 44s.

6d. per cwt. Eeflned goods continue dull at fully the late decline in the quotations. Common brown lumps, 47s. per cwt.

Coffee. Our market is decidedly Arm, especially for Plantation kinds, at very full prices. Good and fine native Madras, 72a. to 75s. Plantation 66s.

to 98s. Mocha, 65s. to 110s. and ava 76s. to 87s.

per cwt. Cocoa. A full average business is doing in cocoa at full currencies, Red Trinidad, 69s. to 106s. per cwt.

Eioe, All kinds of rice move off heavily, and prices have a downward tendency. White Bengal is Belling at 10s. to 15s. per cwt. Fruit.

The dry frnit trade is tolerably active at the annexed quotations Vostlzza currants, new, 29s. to 33s. Patras, 26b. to 28s. Gulph, to 38s.

Cephalonia, 28s. to 29s. Turkey figs. new. to '80s.

1 Valencia raisins, new, 30s. to 43s. Muscatel, 60s. to 110s. Eleme, 38s.

to 43s. and 41b. to 488. per cwt. Spirits.

Rum is iri limited request at Is. 5d. to Is. 6d. for proof LeewardB, and Is, 6d.

to Is. 8d. for proof Demerara. Brandy lias changed hands more freely at from 8s. 6d.

to lls.6d. ror superior marKB, ana as. to os. iorcaraiuoit jp reucu tiuiuiuco. German plain spirit is at Is.

6d. to Is. 7d. English ditto, 1b. lid.

to 2s. and English gin, proof, for export, 2a. Dd. to 8s. 3d.

per gallon. C3TTxii TIaTi rjilpa firm, ftfc 3R lfis. 10 .39 for cTean Kussiari. Flax moves off slowly at 70 for Riga, arid 06 for FrieBland. Metals.

Scotch pig iron is steady at 6s. to 66b. 3d. cash, mixed numbers. The quotations for tin are as follows English block, 115; bar, 116; refined, 120; Banca, 118; anil Straits, 116 per ton.

Lead is less active, and other metals move oil slowly bu former termB. Oils. Linseed oil sells heavily at 39s. per cwt. on the spot.

Iri other oils the business doing is confined to actual wants, at last week'B currency. Turpentine is dull at 115s. for American, and 08s. for French spirits. Common American rosin, 27a.

6d. French, 23s. Stockholm tar, 30s. and Arohangel, 36s. per cwt.

MARKETS FOR MANUFACTURES. Manchester, Nov. 25th. Opinions are rather conflicting about the yarn-market to-day. Some of the leading agents and spinners report a considerable business, so far as they are concerned, at an advance on the rates of Friday last, while others say they have done nothing, and that business Is worse.

The opinion most general, however, is that the market shows an improvement, and that prices are about Id. per lb. higher. The home trade have also been buyers, in some cases rather freely. At the prices ruling last Friday there seems to be.ii general opinion that a large business: might have been done this morning for all markets.

The cloth market has die- appointed expectation. Up to Saturday we bad a considerable improvement as compareu wrca tms aay ween, auu a uuusiuer-able business appears to have been done on Friday in printing cloths and shirtings at the prices previously current. This, however, led to an advance on Saturday and this morning, which has completely checked business, and manufacturers have been able to effect very few sales. Nov. 25th.

The cloth-halls presented a rather quiet aspect, the number of buyers present, as on the last two or three market days, being below rather than above an average. The purchases were confined to small parcels of winter goods. with a few spring fabrics and ordinary cloths. Cqm- Earatively little is doing in cotton-warp cloths, but a moderate usiness in tweeds. The business at the warehouses is far from being brisk, but a few houses are doing a fair amount in the export trade.

The reports aB to the state of the manufacturers are upon the' whole satisfactory, but the cloth-dressing branch is hot bo brisk as we lately had to report it. Rochdale, Nov. 24th. The cold weather has increased the demand for flannels, and to-day's market has in consequence Been an active one. There was a good sale for fti ordinary kindB, and a large bulk was bought for cnarities, many of which, besides those that have sprung into existence in connexion with the distress in this country, have annual distributions shortly after this time of the year.

There was also a good demand for scarlet and dyed goods, and the Yorkshire goods trade was likewise aotive. The manufacturers Iceep well employed. More business was done in wool than last week, andprioes were quite firm. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. THUHSDAT.

Our market to-day was moderately supplied with beasts, in fair average condition. Most breeds changed bands slowl? nevertheless, compared with Monday, very little change took place in the. quotations. Downs and half-bred sheep were in steady request at full prices, the top figure being 5s. 8d.

per 8 lb. but all other breeds moved off heavily at barely previous currencies. The show of oalves was moderate, and the veal trade ruled somewhat firmer at extreme rates. The demand for pigs was less active on former terms. In milch cows very little was doing, Per 8 lb.

to Btnk the offal Coarse and Inferior beasts, 3d. to 3s. 6d. second quality ditto. 3s.

8d. to 4s. Od. prime large oxen, 4s. 2d.

to 4b. 8d. prime Scots, 4s. lOd. to 5s.

Od. coarse and inferior sheep, 3s. 8d. to 4s. second quality.do., 4b.

2d, to 4s. 8d. prime coarse woolled sheep, 4s. lOd. to 6s.

4d. prime Southdown 5b. 6d. to 5a. 84.

large coarse calves, 3s. 6d. to 4s; Od. prime-small 4s. 2d.

to 4b. 6d. large hosrs. 3b. lOd.

to 4s. 4d. neat small porkers, 4b. 6d. to 4b.

led: lambB. fls.0di to 0s. Od. suckling calveB, 10s. to 19s.

and quarter-old store pigs, 20s. to 29s. each. QAD STOCK Ufl HA1.1S. Total supply Beasts, 982 cows, 140 sheep, 5920 calves; 612 pigs, 392.

Foreign Beasts. 314 aheep, 1164 Calves, 280. J3EISTOL CATTLE MARKET. NtTHBEB. 744 Sheep.

...2676 Horses .16 Asses 0 Calvea 64 Pigs aos PRICES. Beef.per 56s. 0d COS. Mutton, per It oy. Pigs, per so.

8b. 9a. Od SUCKmgOlTCO: 10 BRISTOL MARKET. THORSDAV. On bur market to-day English wheat was less freely offered than of late, and prices of good samples were the turn dearer.

Foreign sold 'in retail at the full values of last week. Fine barleys quite as dear; inferior difficult to quit. In oats-not much doing, and last week's values were generally maintained. Indian corn slow. Beans and peas rather dearer.

A'BKIVALS. Wheat. Irish. 63.018. coastwise.

ars; forettm, ors. Oats. Irish, 376 qrs. coastwlscS qrs. Barley, Irish, 225 ars.

coastwise, 4 ars. foreisn. ars. Beans, coastwise, qrs. io orelgn, 1128 qrs.

Indian, corn, foreign, 10 qrs. Flour, Irish, ska. coastwise, auu foreign, 1112 sks. DEVIZES CORN MARKET. Thiibsdav.

Wheat in moderate supply, and in rather better at full prices. Barley in large supply, and very dull, at Is. per qr. decline 41b. was tne mgnesc price we neara oi.

Per Or. d. s. a. 0 to 58 0 Wheat-best Ditto seconds Barley Oats' i Beans, Elouiv-Fine per sack) Ditto' Seconds Bread Is.

5-2 0 60 0- 42 80 46 0 40 1 40 0 the 81b. loaf. GENERAL AVERAGES OF GRAIN, maae up to aaruraay utsi. Wheat, Barley. Oats.

Rye. Beans, s. A 39 3 39 '4 1 0 4163 s. d. 48 9 48 10 ,10 8.

a. 35 10 35 i 1 0 109,638 8. d. 21 9 21 ,4, 1 0 16j791. B.

32 5 33 5 1 8 35 fo'-a. 43,.3 '42' 1 '1: Last week. Six weeks. Duties Qrs. sold 84,233 I BEISTOL PRICE CURRENT.

SuoAR.nercwt. s. a. s.a Very fine Coffee 126S. tO 130s.

Bastards 32 0 34 0 32 0 84 6 34 0 35 0 35 0 38 0 35 6 39 0 .38 0 41 0 .14 0 16 0 0 0 68 0 78 0 73 0 76 0 86 0 .103 0 113 0 .118 0 128 0 0 0 112 0 juuh, per gaiion. Demerara, strong Leewara Isle Jamaica. St. Domingo Campeachy Fbstio. Jamaica Cuba s.

d. 3 10 6 3. 0 p6 2 -6 8. 0 none none Kaw.vcrybrown ary orowu middling srnod and fine, uowrEE.nercwi.- Good ditto Fine ditto Mocha -v-ia 7 0 8 0 5 Good ditto Fine ditto Gallipoli Siollv METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER. KEPT BT THOMAS OATH, 1, Bar.

Thermom. Max Mln. 8A.BI. Wind. 30.04 29.84 29.60 29.02 29.47 29.34 Fair, rain a.m.

Fine, fog at night. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto.

Ditto. N. H. u.toir.E. to K.W.

RAILWAY TBAFFIO RETURNS. 1862. Bristol and Exeter 5,375 Cornwall 1,133 Great Western 52,484 Great Northern 28,187 Lancashire and Yorkshire 31,469 London and Brighton 16,057 London and North Western London and South Western 18,877 Manchester, Sheffield, 14,631 Midland 38.716 Monmouthshire Hallway Canal 2,502 North iBdtWti, North Eastern. ,41,163 915 South Eastern. 18,181 TaSVale 5,293 Vale of Neath 2,061 West i 725 and 15S Limerick and Ennis 160, Waterford and Limerick 1,305.

Waterford aid Kilkenny .112. Midland arid Great WeBtera 4,128 GeatSouflieiriaiid Western .7,618 Scotch tiNES. Edinburgh and Glasgow 7,338 glasgow aad. South. Western 7,993 1861- 5.629 1,010 50,491 27,914 81,418 14,821 81,432 i 16,152 15.279 un" 38.819 40,150,, f-.

KWJC-V; ,154 i.7ot,',;,; 200 7,693 '-'W: 7,983 so. The Magistrates permitted the parties to settle their difference out of court. Benjamin lies, alias George Thomas, an old offender, was charged with stealing a bottle of gin, value 2s. the property of Thomas Stephens. The complainant keeps a spirit vault on Kedcliff-hill, and on Monday the prisoner came to his houBe and had some beer.

Taking advantage of the complainant's absence, however, he purloined a' bottle' of gin, and then decamped. Complainant; on returning to his bar, was told by his wife that she suspected the prisoner had stolen something, and he accordingly went along Redcliff-street to' see if he could discover He came up with him, and found that he had a bottle of gin in his possession, which he (complainant) knew to be his by a peculiar label upon the bottle. Prisoner wa3 then given into the custody of P.C. 219. When called upon for his defence the accused said that be purchased the bottle of gin at a spirit-shop on the Broad Quay, but he could not recollect the name of the house.

The Magistrates directed that the constable should go with him to the Quay, and see if he could point out the place, and, if so, to tell the landlord to attend before them. This was accordingly done, and in the space of a quarter of an hour the pair returned with Mr. F. Kalkhoven, landlord of the Sedan Chair inn, in their company. Mr.

KalkhOveh, when questioned by the Bench, said that he knew nothing of the prisoner, and the gin produced could not have been obtained at his place, as ho had rio bottles with labels similar to that produced in his house, Under these circumstauces the accused was committed for trial. William Adams was charged with stealing, a piece of calico, pair, of drawers, twenty-five handkerchiefs, and other articles, the property of Maria Williams. The complainant keeps a linendraper's shop in Thunderbolt-street, and had missed the articles which the prisoner had in his possession. The accused was committed for trial, Laurence Foley, Thomas Mahon, and Mary Ann Sullivan were charged with assaulting P.O. 37, and damaging his uniform, and Sullivan was further charged with assaulting P.C.

46. It appeared that on Monday night the prisoners were creating a great disturbance near St. James's-back, and when desired by the police to desist they committed the assaults with which they were charged. Foley being the worst of the three was fined 20s, and costs, or in default a month's imprisonment; Mahon was find 10s. and costs, or fourteen days' imprisonment, and Sullivan was sent to gaol for fourteen days.

Hall, a lad wno nan oeen a retormatory, was charged with stealing a quantity of bones, value from the Welsh-back, the property of Messrs. Eden Jones and He was sentenced to two months' hard labour. Albert Swift, charged with being a deserter from H.M.'s ship at Plymouth, was remanded to await the orders of the Admiralty. WEDNESDAY. Present: Messrs.

O. C. Lane, W. Herapath, andR. Phippen.

William. White, who had been remanded for obtaining various sums of money and postage stamps from different individuals, under the pretence of being able to obtain for them situations in her Majesty's Customs, was again brought up. Mr, Beverly appeared on behalf of the Customs: authorities, and Mr. J. H.

Clifton defended the prisoner. A. further remand was asked for on the part of the prosecution, which was granted, and the prisoner was accordingly remanded till Saturday (this day). William Fletcher, a stout powerful-looking individual, was charged with assaulting John Harris. Mr.

Clifton appeared for the prisoner. The complainant, who is a member of the city constabulary, stated that for the last few days he had been very unwell, and on. Tuesday afternoon, at about three o'clock, he went to the shop of Mr. Butler, chemist, Old Market-street, for the purpose of procuring some medicine. He had left the shop, and was proceeding homewards, when the prisoner, whom he knew, beckoned him across the street.

He went to 'him, and the accused commenced talking about two lots of garden ground that they both rented near Lawford's Gate prison, and which adjoined one another. The accused charged him (complainant) with defrauding him of part of his crop and with an encroachment upon his land, and wanted that they should both go to the spot and see the enclosures. He (complainant) replied that he had not taken any advantage of the latter, but he could not then go to Lawford's Gate as he had something else to do. Suddenly, whilst he was turning round, the prisoner, who had a gun in his hand, struck him a violent blow in his. face, and he (complainant) feelingratker weak from the effects of illness, and fearing that he should be injured by the gun, endeavoured toget off, but the prisoner again struck him in the face so violently that he was rendered Benseless.

This statement was confirmed by the evidence of witnesses. Mr. Clifton, for the defendant, did not deny the assault, but said there were extenuating circumstances, The complainant was invited to go to Lawford's Gate and see whether any depredations had: been committed on the prisoner's property, and the accused did not knock him down till he refused to accompany him, Mr. Herapath: That is no excuse for an assault, Mr. Clifton But there were provocatives to my client, Mr.

Herapath: You fancy so. Mr. Cliftjon: Yes, he was token through tho public streets to the station-house. Mr. Herapath Of course and if I had heard the case at the time, I should not have bailed him.

I think it is a most abominable assault, and the prisoner is fined 40s. and costs, or; in default, a month's imprisonment. Edward Hobson was charged with stealing two shawls from the schoolroom at Westbury-on-Trym. P.O. Floyd (168); had apprehended the prisoner, and applied that he might be handed over to the county police.

Mr. Latcham (clerk to the Lawford's Gate Bench) was in court, and he said that he would have the prisoner taken at once before Mr. Harford, who would remand him to the next petty session. The accused was accordingly removed in the custody of P.S. White, of WeBtbury.

Edward Jones, an impudent-looking fellow, who gavehis name likewise as Samuel Abrahams, was charged with' stealing a gold watch aud from a room at Colston's-hall, the property of Thomas Rogers. The complainant stated that he resided at the lodge attached to the hall, and that morning, at a quarter post seven o'clock, he was sitting by the fireside reading a newspaper, when he heard the door creak. The noise, caused him to turn round, and he then perceived the prisoner in the doorway. That individual orept on his knees into the room and managed to get under the table. He (complainant) gotnp from his seat and went towards the door, when another person held it and tried to prevent him going out, and as he persevered in attempting to open the door, the one ivho was holding it, and, who proved to be an accomplice of the prisoner, struck him a violent blow on the head.

The accused then seized his (complainan t's) watch, which was lying on the table, and ran off with it through Pipe-lane into Frogmore-street. He (complainant) ran after him, and when near Mr, Protheroe's warehouse, the prisoner dropped the watch. The complainant further stated that he soon afterwards met P.O. 190 and gave the prisoner into Mr. Herapath: Isn't it a presentation watch? Complainant Yes, it is, Mr, Herapath: Ah, for teetotalism? Complainant Yes, one which I had presented to me at the Broadmead-rooms in 1861-.

Mr. Herapath: He would have been most likely to turn your teetotal watch into spirit if you had not caught him (laughter). The prisoner was committed for trial. John Cpcum was charged with stealing two sacks, the property 6f an individual named Biss. P.O.

290 proved the apprehension of the accused; but the case being incomplete, he was remanded. John Herniman, a carpenter, was charged with stealing a hand; saw, smoothing plane, and a number of other tools, value the property of Abel More. The complainant employed the prSoner to do some work for him, and as he had no tools he lent him his, which, in his absence, he took occasion to purloin and afterwards pawn at the Bhop Mr. Morgan, Ropewalk. P.C.

190 received information of the robbery, and after soma trouble traced the tools to the mwnhmkr. smA the nrisoner was taken into custody, A good character was given to the prisoner, and-be said that he only made away with the property to pay a debt that he owed, Under these circumstances he was sentenced only to a month's imprisonment. THURSDAY. Present: Messrs. W.

Herapath and Bigg. John Quihh, a rough-looking specimen of humanity, was charged with having eight quarts of whiskey in his possession without a permit." Mr. eunervisor, appeared to watch the case for the Exoise authorities. Two constables, on Wednesday night, observed the prisoner go to a house in St. George's-road (Limekiln-lane) with some jars in bis -possession, which he gave to a woman whose name turned but to be Sinnett.

She took the jars into the house, and afterwards a lotter passed between tne prisoner ana ner, which subsequently turned out to be an invoice for certain goods, In his defence the accused said that he was accosted by a person from the Nimrod, near Cumberland-basin, and asked to deliver the jars of spirits, but he did not know that he was acting wrongly in taking them without a permit," He further stated that he should get nothing by the transaction. Mr. Williams said that the accused had rendered himself liable to a penalty of 100. Ultimately, the llagis-trates ordered the prisoner to enter into his own recognisance for 20, and get two sureties for. 10 each, to appearand answer the oharse if called upon, -or in default to be com mitted to gaol, leaving it to tho Board of Excise to summon him nr not as thev Dleased.

John Drake Watkins was charged with absenting himself from his master's employ since the 29th of August, he being an apprentice. Mr. Griffiths, the complainant, staled that he heard that his apprentice had gone to a place in Wiltshire, and he accordingly followed him, and had him arrested. His excuse for rnnmng off was; that he became of age on tho 29th' of August. In reply to the Bench, the accused said that he had no certificate of his but he had heard his tamer say ne was or age on me uuy mreu.

The father was called, and he produced a volume, of portentous size, which had much the appearance of a Family Bible. In this was the. entry of the prisoner's birth, at Monmouth, twenty-one years ago. Under these circumstances the magistrates discharged the accused, but told Mr. Griffiths that he could recover damages against the father for a breach of contract, as he had signed his son's indenture.

The complainant 'said that he' Bhould proceed against the eider watKins in tne uoumy vourp. Jamo3 Scott, a boy, was charged with stealing a quantity of postage-stamps, value 6s. the property of his master, Hr. Baiter. The' complainant has a warehouse on Redcliff-backs, and the accused had for the last twelve months been employed there as an errand-boy.

Ho had access to the office as he: lit the fires, and at various times postage-stamps were missed from a drawer in the office; Under these circumstances the complainant directed his clerk, Moody, dn Wednesday; night to mark Bome 'stamps, and then, put thom in the drawer. This was done, and in the morning the postage-stamps were missed. Mr. -G. 'Chambers, clerk to the RedcliffBranch Post-office, said that'f or Several, weeks past a very little fellow (not the prisoner) had been mat air.

vy auu, us jtxuaaersneia, ana Mr. epence, or Bradford, Yorkshire we appointed trade assignees, and they appointed Messrs. Bevan, Girling, and Press as their solicitors. It became the business of these gentlemen to investigate the affairs of the, bankrupt, and he (the learned counsel) would wt once say that they had used their best exertions, and that in making the present application there was no suggestion of any improper conduct or want of zeal on their part. Having referred to the investigations which resulted in the trial and conviction of the bankrupt, the learned counsel said that of course various costs had been incurred, but he thought the figures would be rather startling.

The claims, against the estate were 3832, and the assets 8030, or snffioient to have paid a dividend of about 16s. in the pound. However, only 8s. in the pound had been paid, which, he said was certainly a startling fact. The costs of the solicitors to the assignees were 749, which was a very large snm for working a bankruptcy of this character.

There were four bills of costs in the matter the first, the costs to audit, amounting to 243 the costs of the prosecution, 300 17s. the costs to further audit and dividend, 203; and afterwards other costs amounting to 22 14s. 3d. From these bills, 6 3s. had been taxed of the first bill of 243 nothing from the costs of prosecution from the 203 bill, 17 and from the 22 bill, 1.

The costs therefore originally were 770, of which was taxed about 25, leaving 749 as the net amount. Now, the grievance of the assignees was this they said they had no opportunity of investigating these costs, the taxation having taken place behind their backs, with nobody in attendance before the proper officer to represent their interests. His Honour Are you quite clear the Court has jurisdiction to order a re-taxation Mr. Stone said that inasmuch as Mr. Laxton had withdrawn anything like an imputation on" the gentlemen for whom he appeared, he might as well state at once that he sheuld object to the jurisdiction.

He submitted that the Court had not the power to comply with the application which the assignees maue Dy tms motion. The learned counsel then enteretlon an elaborate argumentinsuDnort of thisnrooosition citing the cases ex parte Batsman in re Barbary (32 Lmo Journal, Bankruptcy Cases, and ex parte Pomberton (2 Da Gex, Macriaughton, and Gordon, 960), as bearing out the view wnicn ne presented io tne uourt. After a good deal of legal argument, the affidavits, which were very voluminous, were read. The assignees stated their belief that if the costs were referred to the taxing master, and they were properly represented before him, a sum of at least 200 would be taxed off. The answer was that of the costs allowed, the disbursements amounted to nearly 400 that all the expenses were incurred in pursuance of instructions from the assignees, and tnat at the conclusion of the business the opinions of the assignees themselves had led them to thank the solicitors, and not to complain at the charges.

Mr. Laxton then urged that the fact of these bills of costs laving been taxed and paid did not oust the Court of its jurisdiction, and he relied on the ground of the assignees not having had any notice of the taxation as sufficient to warrant the review or re-taxation of the costs. His Honour, without calling on Mr. Stone to reply, gave a lengthened judgment, and having reviewed all the facts and applied the law to them, said under all the circumstances I must refuse this application, and I must go further I must refuse it with costs. Mr.

Laxton applied that a sura of 7 10s. in the hands of the official assignee, might be applied as far as it would go in payment of the costs. His Honour granted the application, subject to prior claims. Mr. Abbot wished to state that he was not the solicitor referred to in the affidavit of the applicants as having advised certain statements.

FRIDAY. Before the Eon. T. M. Wilde, Registrar!) First Meetings were held and assignees chosen in the following cases: W.

Scott, Rhymney, innkeeper (Mr. Henderson, solicitor) W. D. Alder, Cheltenham, hatter (Messrs. Bevan, Press, and Inskip, solicitors) E.

Jenkins, Keynsham, beer and porter dealer (Messrs. King and Plummer, solicitors). Jn the cases of J. Williams, Tallachddu, farmer, and J. Williams, late of Swansea, bookseller, no assignees were chosen.

Mr. H. Brittan was the solicitor to the petitions. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. COUNCIL-HOUSE, Saturday, November 22.

I Magistrates present: Messrs. W. D. Wills and W. Hera-path.

John Alexander, an old man, charged with stealing an umbrella and two walking-sticks, value the property of John Coombs, We3t-street, was sentenced to two months' hard labour. John Edward Lewis and William David Lewis, two ragged urchins, were charged with stealing two lumps of coal, the property of Messrs. Webb and Trotmah, Avon-street, St. Philip's, The Magistrates sent the prisoners to the house of correction for 21 days, and they said that at the expiration of that term they would be sent to a reformatory for five years. John Govier and Eliza Govier, man and wife, who had been remanded for stealing property belonging to Mr.

Wetherman, were again brought up, and the evidence, which we have already given, was again gone into. The male prisoner said that his wife knew nothing about the affair, but he was guilty, and he stole the articles because he had been for some time out of employment, and all his goods had been pawned. He would not have taken the property, but that he was in such straitened oircumstances. Mr. Knee, carrier, appeared before the Bench, and said that the male prisoner had worked for him lately for six weeks as a nauher.

The Magistrates discharged tne wire, nut sencencea tne male prisoner to three months hard iaDour. Sarah Pinker, charged with stealing 9s. 6d the pro perty of Edward Clevely, a discharged soldier, going from this city to Cardiff, was remanded. John Knieht was charged with neglecting to support his wife Maria, thereby leaving her chargeable to the parish of estbury-npon- ry m. 1 he prisoner was sentencea to iour, teen days' hard labour.

MONDAY. Present Messrs.W. D.Wills and W. Herapath. Thomas George, a young man, was charged with assaulting Mary Broughton, and damaging the property of Robert Broughton, at Windmill-hill.

Mr. Roper appeared for the prisoner, who it appeared is a son-in-law of the complainants, and on Saturday night he came to their house and quarrelled with Mrs. Broughton in her husband's absence, and injured the furniture. Edward Broughton, brother-in- law of the prisoner, proved that the latter nit Mrs, iirougntpn in the face, on account of her husband interfering relative to a dispute that took place between the prisoner and his wife, The male complainant was called, and deposed to violent conduct on the part of the accused towards himself, and said that on his'trying to push him out of his, house, after he had struck his (complainant's) he struck him in the eye, and subsequently the prisoner went into his (complainant's) house and forcibly wrenched the mantel-piece out of its place, thereby breaking it, a large looking-glass suspended over it, and a quantity of ornaments, which in all were worth 4. In answer to Mr.

Herapath.Mr. Broughton said that the accused had for some time been out of work, and was only in his house on sufferance; and he added that after the latter smashed the mantel piece he took a sharp instrument out of a drawer and threatened to injure him. The Magistrates fined the accused 4, the value of the property destroyed, and 1 as a penalty, or a month's imprisonment, and ordered him. to find sureties himself in 10, and two sureties in 5 each, to keep the peace for three months, or, in default, to be committed to gaol. Sarah Pinker, who had been remanded for stealing 9s.

the property of a soldier named Clevely, at the Thetis Frigate public-house, Tower-lane, was again brought up. Mr. Dbub mmeared for the prisoner. The Magistrates deci ded that although the matter was suspicious, yet there was a doubt relative to any felony having been committed, and they therefore discharged the prisoner. Charles Smith, a sturdy; beggar, charged with begging and making use of violent language at the Brandy Cask tavern, Broad-street, was sentenced to twenty-one days' hard labour.

TUESDAY. Present: Messrs. W. D. Wills and W.

Herapath. John Goodwin, alias Campbell, who was remanded for having a number of silver spoons and other articles in his possession, supposed to be stolen, was again brought up. Mr. J. H.

Clifton appeared for the prisoner. An owner had been found for the property in Mr. Kellemwortb, a dealer in miscellaneous articles at Peckham. That individual stated that the accused came to him, and, by means of representing himself to be a commercial traveller, he obtained several valuables from him. For these he paid with a cheque, which purported to be payable at the Bank of London, which he (complainant) presented for payment at the bank, but learned that there was no money deposited there in the jiame signed to the cheque.

The Bench directed that the prisoner should be sent in the custody of the officer who apprehended him to London. VJ John Underbill, a youth 17 years of age, was charged with stealing 36, the property of his master, Mr. R. solicitor. The complainant stated that he appeared with reluctance to prosecute on account of the respectability- of.

the prisoner's parents, and as he bad been following a respectable course of life but he felt that he must fulfil his duty towards society by pressing the charge. On 'the 20th of September last he (complainant) was very ill, and compelled to keep his bed, when the prisoner, who was an under clerk, came to the bedside, and he gave him 5, with instructions Jopayitto Mr. Alfred Brittan, and he (complainant) further instructed the.prisoner. to bring to him any moneys that might be received at the office in the course of the day, together with the receipt for' the 5 to be paid by hinVtp Mr. Brittan.

John CVnw irk in the comDlainahtl was called, and he stated 'that on the day in question he received 30, whioh was given to the prisoner take to Mr. Pigeon, He went off, and did not again make his appea- aua ior neitner ot tne sums received mm ne accounted. P.C 293 deposed that in consequence of information he had received from the police at Liverpool, he went to that place, and brought him to Bristol. By a singular comoidenee the prisoner, who was some years since in toe employ of Mr. J.

H. Clifton, solicitor of this city, robbed bun and ran off to Liverpool, but although the lad 'was retaken, Mr. Clifton, overlooked the offence, and did not prose-cote. The bench committed the accused for trial. George White, a great blubbering was ma making a sKde and sliding thereon upon the public way.

The prisoner was- 'fined" costs, in ewalt, seven days' imprisonment, anu cne uouer muur, tuereiore, uave uuruL uuuti luc luuicets-iug pressure of steam in fact, a person acquainted with the woraing ot engines stated tnat tne Doner wouia nave mown ud in about 20 minutes after steam had been put on. Information was given to the police, and it instantly oc curred, to tf.u. Btarir, wno was on nignc amy, tnat at nait-past1 three o'clock on that rriorning, he met two men coming from the. direction of the railway-station, one of whom, named Charles Vincent, he knew well, and spoke to him in passing, ihey were, of course, ot saving committed the offence. From further inquiries it appeared that a man named Geo.

Travers, who had been employed by Mr. Snow, had given notice on Monday to leave on the following but of attending to his work in the interval, he went about drinking, and on Tuesday night Vincent and he were together at the Glastonbury Arms. 'They left about one o'clock, and were afterwards together at Northlode-bridge, from which place they could easily pass' over to the railway-station. When these facts were ascertained, Sergeant Samuels arrested Vincent, and on being charged with the offence, he at once made a "clean breast of it," and told the sergeant that be accompanied Travers, saw him unscrew the' bolts of the manlid of the engine, and put the waste cotton into the pipe, and that lie wOuld have done much more injury had it not been that' him not to do so. Travers was at once apprehended and locked up.

On Thursday the two prisoners were brought before the Mayor (J. G. L. Bulleid, and several witnesses were examined, including the police-constable who met the prisoners, Mr. Show's agent, to prove as to the state of the engine, and Sergeant Samuels, to depose to the statement made by Vincent.

After a lengthened investigation, which did not terminate until six o'clock, the Mayor decided on committing both prisoners for trial at the next assize, on the 18th December and if found guilty of the offence, they will be liable to penal servitude. Much credit is due to Mr. Bloxham, the deputy chief-constable; and the police under him, for their promptitude in tracing out and bringing to justice the perpetrators of this daring crime, which might have been attended with such appalling results, for if the engine had been worked in the ordinary way; without moving the impediment in the feeding-pipe, the consequences would have been fearful to contemplate; at least several lives would have been sacrificed by an explosion. Messrs. Snow offered a reward of 10 for information, but their wishes were anticipated by the accused.

In Mi-. Snow's placard, he states that if an explosion bad occurred, IS meri would' probably have lost their lives by It is to be hoped that the prisoners, if found guilty, may get the punishment they so richly deserve. BATH; The Sack RoriBERv. In consequence of a numerously and respectably signed to'the Secretary of State, the sentence of John Potter, who was concerned in the Back robbery at Mr. Saunders's mill a twelvemonth since, has been redaced from 18 months to 12 months' imprisonment.

willi therefore, be released with his accomplice, Hall, on the 3rd January GLOUCESTER. TheBishopof Durham has presented the Rev. R. Waters, of the Mariners' Chapel, in this city, to the living of South Hetton, in that diocese, value about 400 per annum. Distress in the Manufacturing Districts.

The Lord Bishop of the diocese has transmitted to. the treasurer of the Central Committee further sum of the following additional sums have been announced to the treasurer aB collected since our last publication, viz. St. Peter's, Clifton-wood, 7, 10s, Nettleton, 3 Is. Nymphs'field, 6 7s.

Campden, 30 3s. Painswick, 24 16s. Oddingtori, 17 Hawling, All Saints, Bristol, 4 7s.7d;; Uckirigton, 6 Easton.Grey, 3 19s. Matthew, Twigwortb, 13 9s. 8di; Slymbridge, 9 19s.

Ashley, 5 7s. Castle Combe, 10 Stratton St. Margaret, 5' 2s. Bream, 5 10s. Long Newton, 14;" Kingstanley, 15 18s.

Rodmarton, 8 Hardenh'uish, 16 3s. Mar'ston Meysey, 2 19s. Poulton, 3 2s. Sharricbtt, 13s. Leigh, Wilts, 12s.

Tortworth, Upper Slaughter, 7 Bishopstone, 3 Bagendon, 6 7s. '4 7s. Malmesbury, 31 Awire, 17 0s, lid; Hares-field, 211s.lfd.- Coin Broad 6 8s, Cerney, 36 Kempsford, Edgeworth, 5 16s. 8il.) Alderton, 4 Little' Hinton, 8 Kemerton (offertory), 51 lis. St.

Philip and -St. Bristol, WroughtOn, "18 83; 6d; John the Evangelist, Clifton, 8 17a. North Wraxall, '9 Cromptbn Abdale, 2 St. John, Forest, 4 Hatherop, 7 4s. 30 15s.

94. Great Witcomb, 20 0s; Shiptbn, 7 64 4a. 6d. Bussage, 14 Dnntisbourne Abbots, 6--Is. Elmore (additional), 1-Is.

Leonard: Stanley, 10 Crypt boys; 7s. Matson, 7 12s; Badgworth, 5 10s.The Ancient Order of Druids (Lodge 96), and Victoria and 'Pbcenix Lodges of Oddfellows, have each voted 5 to the relief fund. Robbery; Another Sunday evening robbery has been 'On Sunday evening last 'the police Teceived information that the residence of Belcher, in St. Mork's-street, had been broken into and robbed, It seems that Mr, and-Mri. Belcher-were'visiting Mr.

Belcher's father. The former returned home about six o'clock, and he found the front door locked as he left- ny but the baok door'wa' opened; the drawers had been turned upsid down, and some 16 in gold, note, to'gether with a small quantity of The occurrence is rather a inasmuch no door or window been broken, 'and it isi; singular that though the drawers were they were not broken the-thief or thieves having found the key under a toilet-coyer. Several valuable articles were also left lying. about the STROUD. 1 The Lancashire.

'Relief Fund. The subscriptions to this fund continue to flow in; On Friday Mr. Dickinson, the treasurer; remitted 1000 to the central executive committee at Manchester. There is' about 300 more in hand, and another instalment of 1000 it is be shortly remitted. Lecture.

The second lecture for the current season, provided by the oommittee of the Stroud Mutual Improvement Society, was delivered ori Tuesday evening, in the new society's new room, on -their premises, late the Golden Heart hotel. The lecturer was the Rev. G. Fisk, vioat of Malvern, and his subject The Liberty of Opinion, and the qualifications for using Mr. Dickinson, the occupied tne chair, and there was a large number present at the inauguration of the new lecture hall.

The lecture was an eloquent exposition, arid was listened to' with much pleasure and attention; and a vote of thanks, proposed by the Rev. T. H. Tarlton, was accorded to the lecturer at the close. STINCHOOMBE.

Diocesan AssociATiON.On Sunday last the Bishop of rwfnWi nrennlipil an excellent and stirring sermon in Stinch- corribe Church, in aid of the above association, from Matthew 10th verse, "They need not depart; give ye them to eat." His IordsMp was listened to'with great attention by a crowded congi egauuii, iiiauy vl wuyui vuiuu uuy uuwm Dim-iug wuiu, una were maue tu iua. DUR8LE1. PhAisewobthy Motive. We are pleased to observe from some bills posted about the town that'the pupils of the Agrl-culturaland Commercial Grammar School are about to give an amateii'r'concert'ln our Towu-hall," before they leave for the holidays, in aid-of the distress in the cotton distriots. Wc sincerely hope that as the prlnotpal of the' above excellent school and hfs boys always do what they can' to-promote the interests of the towri, their 'praiseworthy efforts to do a little gooa wlll, in tne present case, do enuourugeu hb iukj uugui.

Indeed we are pretty sure they wui. -CHEDDAR. An Act oe Vandalism. Some short tlnie.since a gentle-riiBD, whose name was1 subsequently discovered to be Bggar, at present residing In London; was given iri custody of the police by Mr. George Cox, proprietor of the far-famed stalaotite cavern in this village, charged with having stolen a valuable stalagmite, the property of Mr.

Cox. It would appear that wr Wrt-o-np onnftmniinlprl hv twn ladies, arrived at 'Cheddar Westbri-supor-Mare, where he had been lodging, and nnaingxne'cayerji uour-upeu, cuhjiuu, tuuuni; iv spicuously painted After lighting the candles-he Ma fnvlfiwthft wonders of the nlaoe. after which they coo oame out' and proceeded up the Soon afterwards Cox, who had been absent, returned homei and upon entering the cavern, to his great dismay missed a valu-able and promlnent stalagmite, upwards of four feeMong, and hitherto considered one of the chief attractions of the cavern. Upon further inspection Mr. Cox discovered that it had been ruthlessly broken its "base.

Inquiries were, as a matter of at once Instituted, when Mr. Cox learnt that two ladies and a gentleman had been seen, to emerge from the cave and proceed in the direction of the oliffis. Feeling that one of the party In questiou must have been the despoiler, the proprietor obtained the assistance of the police, and upon the return of Mr. Eggar, Mr. Cox discovered In a basket belonging to the former, the greater portion of the missing and at once gave Mr.

Eggar into custody. The following day the case was heard before T. T. Knvf ton and J. Woollen.

at the Townhall, Axbridge, Mr. Greata appearlrigifor the prisoner, and Mr. Millard for the prosecution. At the conclusion of the evidence the magistrate's decided upon committing Mr. 'Eggar for trial at the next quarter, session for the county, to-be holdeu at Taunton early in January consenting, however, to take bail for Mb appearance himself In 80, anditwo sureties in We understand that Mr.

Cox valued the stalagmite at over 100 sterling. CHIPPENHAM. Fatal Tuesdav last a wagondrawn by two' horses, belonging to Mr. Oliver, of Berkley, near Frome," farmer, came to this place for a load of under the care of Ephralm Colorick, a servant of Mr. Oliver's, and on returning, when near to the village of Lacook, the mail, who was riding on the shafts fell to the ground, and both wheels ran over Bis'body.

The accident was seen, by a young man named Win. Weston, who was driving a horse and cart, and with the assistance of Mr. Fry, of Lacock; unfortunate man was put' into Weston's cart and taken to the George Inn, at when the landlord refused to take him In. He was afterwards taken to called 'the' arid was there refused admission thence he" was sent to Mr. Crisp's, the medical officer of 'the Poor Law Union, and by him ordered to be removed to the Union Workhouse at Chip- Eenham, a distance of three-miles, where he died In a very few' ours'after his arrival.

On Thursday an inquest was held upon the body at the Workhouse, before WMtmarsh, eorOner, and a respeotable jury, when a verdict of "Aocidental death' -waa returu'ed; The coroner and' jury expressed, In strong terms, their disapprobation of the conduct of' the two innkeeper's for not admitting the poor sufferer, who was driven Iri an bperi 6art in suoh Inclement weather for more than half-an-hour in the village, and they alBO censured the oondubt of medical man. A gentleman; who' was present at the inquest, stated that the inhabitants of Lacook, who are a most humane and kind class Of 'people; 'were greatly dissatisfied at the manner the deceased had been treated, and added that he believed there was not a private house in the village but what would have taken the man they known, and been applied to. through, and. he traced, him.on the road to i-iveriuii. mi, uoiasmitn returnea to xaanton, piacea four policemen to watch, Quick's house during.the night, About six o'clock On the following morning, the suspicions of the policemen were aroused by what they heard and saw going on in' the House, demanded ari'ehtrarice.

UpJ stairs they found all the, prisb.riers. the" exception Payne. On further search was, discovered in a closet. Payne and Murrey are well-knowri cracks-1 men' from- the metropolis, the female'prisoner cohabits with Quick, arid, the, boy was. in his employ.

Search' was then made.for'.the.property,. In the closet, in a large pan of two; gold watches and some jewellery were found. In a covered Baucepan, filled with dirty water, other articles were discovered; out; the bulk of the property could not be traced. Shortly after the female prisoner came down stairs she was observed to go near a closet where coals. were de arid ori searching there, although it had been previously carefully the whole of the remainder of the sjown goods were found.

It is conjectured that she must have brought the bag down stairs under her crinoline, and then deposited it in the closet. The two cracksmen had been, seen in the neighbourhood of Tiverton, for a month past, doubtless taking observations. Quick denied that he had taken any part in the burglary, or that his paramour or boy knew anything of the circumstance; blit he acknowledged that he had been engaged by tm? cracksmen to remove the booty from behind a hay-stack, in a field about three miles, from Tiverton, where they had secreted the commission of the burglary. The boy Barton was acquitted, gave evidence implicating the other prisoners, all of whom were committed to take their trial for burglary.and robbery at the ensuing.winter assize for the county of Devon. Too much praise cannot be given to Superintendent Goldsmith for the ability and tact displayed by him in apprehending the prisoners.

Tiverton is distant from Taunton about twenty miles. ORDER OF FORESTERS. 7 On Thursday evening themembers of CourtRoyal Victoria, No. 1653 of the above Order, celebrated'theirahniveraary at tbo house of Host Freame, West England tavern, All Saints'-street, when about forty of the brethren spt down to a very excellent repast, which was. highly creditable to the catering of mine The cloth being removed, Brother Lovelace, P.C.R., P.D.S.C.R,, took the chair, supported on the right by Bro, Sherbourn, secretary of the on the left by Bro.

Westaway, D.C.R.,, and secretary of the Widows arid Orphans' Committee. The vice-chair was well filled by Bro, Dredge, P.G.R.j who was by -Bros, -Thomas and Brother Westaway, in, re'sppriding to toast' of the Bristol and Bath said it was in a very flourishing, condition, and notwithstanding that their expenses had been' unsually heavyv their levies had been sufficient to meet all contingencies, He believed that whom he iad' succeeded, was in office, no less a sum than 670 had been paid out an unusually large sum but notwithstanding that, the district better position than ever, as far as the funds were concerned. 'The amount of the levy member was Is. per quarter, arid he was proud to say that they had-at present 370 in hand. He had been in office only some seven or eight weeks, yet during that brief period, they had paid out for.deaths between 80and90; They felt thoroughly convinced' that their ordinary levies would be sufficient to meet all liabilities.

The district at -present' numbered 4000 members, and it was one of largest districts in the kingdom, (applause). The Chairman next gave, the: Widow and Orphans' Society of the Ancient Order of Foresters, coupled with the narhe of Brother B. H. Williams, Chairman' of the Society" (received with; Foresters' fire) Williams When, he first joined, the. Widows' and Society there, were only ,80 but that time thay had increased to the large number of 2300 members.

During the nast vear thev had lost 21 members; but it was gratifying to know that in -the room of' those 21! memueru, tney uau guineu me sun -laiyei- uuuiucl ui The c'ptiimittee of that society the greatest After adverting to their, Zealand ability, he 'said that notwithstanding a bonus. of 300 had been paid to the widows arid orphans, they had had an increase in the funds of 460, the total amount of- which at present was 33:00 (applause). Mr. Handel Cosshani has been lecturing Edinburgh on National at the request of the Teetotal. Sooiety of that city.

Collections are being madeta.the parish.churches throughout the dioceBe of llandafl, in aid of the cotton distriots, by request of theLorafflshop.j, We are -requeBtedfostato that onthe: three Thursdays in Advent, the 4th, and 18th Deceinber; there will be service arid sermon Cathedral, -at 'half-past 'seyeri o'clock in the evening, the' usual a'f teiriOOri. service. The. Lord Fitzhardinge has'giveri 2.0,0j t'pwards the fund (or the relief of the distressed cotton-workers tint the and 100, towards for the Bristol operatives the latter.sum has b'eeri received by Geo. Thomas, The Lahoashibe: Fcxd.

We have much in acknowledging the receipt of 1 its. in aid of this fund; from Messrs, Finch and Godwin's workmen. Also 2s. from B. employe's," to be continued weekly for the next four months.

This is a.verygo'od example for working-men generally, and we commend it, to. their adoption. We have also received from A Native- of Bristol is. for fund. The Distress in the Nobth.

We-understand that the Rev; Brock, incumbent of Christ Church, Clifton, has set on foot a weekly collection for the Lancashire open to heads' of families, children, and servants. Persons wishing aid in this excellent iwork may leave their contributions at Christ Churoh vestry on Sunday evenings; after the service, or between the hours' of 12 oa Monday mornings. AcbrDENT. On Thursday, as a man' naftied Samuel Clop-ham, who is in the employ of Mr. Cooksley, St.

Philip's, was engaged at the Midland. Railway Station in wheeling: a barrow of stones upon' a plank, he fell a distance of 20 feet, breaking both his armsarid sustairiihg 'a contused wburid of the He was conveyed to the- Infirmary, where he remains under Acoidenx upon the Midland Railway. On an accident occurred near Coalpit Heath, upon the' Midland' Railway, by which a policeman in the employ of the company, nairied Thomas sustained serioris' injuries. It appears that he. was.

engaged iri his usual duties, when he was kribeked dowi by the buffer, of ia coal, tram, and falling -between the rails," a train passed over When he was picked'up hewasfbund'to hava-been seriously injuredin the' oacic, aouotiess coming-in. contact witn tne asupan or tne engine. He, brought. tb-this city and taken, to the Jnfirmary, where 'The Rev. '(Woman." On Thursday: the -Rev.

N. Haycroft, at theirequest- of several of his schoolroom adjoining Brbad-riiead Baptist 'chapel, his. eloquent arid amusing lecture, on Woman." It was listened to. witii the greatest attention, arid rapturously applauded The charge for' admission was sixpence each the whole of the proceeus to be given to the Cotton Relief Fund, The chairman (Mr, Lemon) remarked that the lecturer really deserved a vote of thanks proposed'by 'the ladies, for" the compliments he had paid them. As, appeared to think otherwise, judging by 'their silence, the' 'vote was-1 proposed and seconded, in neat speeches, by two-'baChelors, and carried urianimbsly.i'.'.The lecturer the, sura raised by.this means for' the cotton operatives, was about ib 10s.

Mr. Newdeg'ate attended an agricultriral dinner, held-at Rugby on Tharsday, when he made a speech on American affaire. He commended' the course of non-intervention in America pursued by the-Palmerston statesmanlike and prudent. The, English nation deeply deplored the jealousy displayed by the and the Government was wise in leaving to some other country the office of pacificator; The hon. gentleman also referred to the Lancashire distress.

The-' Hon. Frederick Cadogast. The inspectors appointed to wind up the estate of Sl.Veillard have informed Mr. Cadogari t'h'at in the circumstances, connected with the contract or in his transactions with Veillard, in the least degree affecting his honour or in tegrity that, with, respect to the agreement between and Mr. Cadogan, the inspectors; are of opinion, advised, that the term's were fair and legitimate and that, the actiori.bf the, partjies under, the, contract excludes.the'suspicibri Murder'' of, A Naval Ofeicer at, Marseilles, Information reached Portsmouth on- Wednesday that a shocking mnrder.has bebn' perpetrated-' Marseilles, on a ridyal officer Bulliopisj-'engineer on.

board despatch" vessel At the an attempt, was also made to murder another officer belonging to the same ship. The circumstance first 'became known at the Engineers' Clnb, Portsmouth, where a.private letter was read to -the', members to the-'follewing iSffect Mr. Bullions irad Gray were engineer's belonging her Majesty's ship! which, despatch vessbl'lef England a short time since for Marseilles, to convey Lady-Elgin, wife of the Governor-General i of ndia, to Alexandria, en route to When was moored at Marseilles, the two; engineerBabbye named went bn visited several iwere returning to teir ship at night, when, they we accosteil by several: men; by whom they were, insulted, Ameeensaed; during which the rnlfians cruelly inordered Mr, by beating his brains butagainst the paying-stories. They also in the thigh; arid severly wounded him. The: of mi.

Bullions' was conveyed on board the Psyche, as was alio Mr, Gray, Tfho iaV it is reported, scarcely expected to fjuiyive, LAWFORD'S GATE, PETTY SESSION, THURSDAY. Before the Rev, Mirehouse (chairman), and the J. B. Clutterbuck. The: Bench was occupied for upwards of an hour in hearing an appeal against the poor-rate of the parish of Bitton, but it was wholly devoid of public interest.

John Stephens, an old man, wascharged with stealing a quantity of potatoes, the property' of Mr. James Muriro. Mr. Mirehouse: Will you be. tried by lis, or you go to Gloucester? Prisoner I'll leave i'it to your generosity.

Mr; Mirehouse: No, no; I have no generosity. Which do you prefer; to be tried by ns pi' by a 'I'll be tried at. Gloucester, if you Mr. Mirehouse: By all mearis by all means. The prisoner was stopped by P.C.s Giles and Gelding, in Redland, on Sunday everiing, carryingthe potatoes in weighing about and, on inquiries being they were identified by 'complainant, as having been -stolen froth, his potato-pit The prisoner was 'committed for trial.

Edward Hobson was charged Btealibg two shawls, from theporch of the Girls', National School, Westbury-on-Trym. It appeared that two girls named Curtis and Powell, who atteided the school, -on Tuesday morning, left their shawls in the 'porch' at, -the 'entrance, arid; on 'their leaving, they discovered that they had been'stoleri. of the shawls, was found at the pledge-office of Mr. Morgan, was by the complainant Curtis; aud the prisoner was spoken to as the' party who had pledged it. The prisoner objected to the rhagistrates' and said he preferred, being tried Mr, Mire-: house I' tiimk you will have considerable difficulty to convince a jury of your innocence, Idare say.I shall; Bir (laughter); I beg your pardon, sir, but I should like to beg an old': lef t-off shirt, if you have got one, to' wear, td Gloucester (renewed laughter).

Mr. Mirehouse can take him away. Committed' for trial. Thomas Wiltshire was charged with, stealing coal, value the property of Joseph, Wethered, and Netham ChBmical Works." The prisoner was, engaged in hauling coal 'for the complainants, and he was observed' by the foreman, after delivering- load, leave the yard with 1J cwt. of coal in the bed of the cart, with which he.

watched go to a beerhouse, and prbceed to put ahasket but upon being spbken he said he did not know it was there, and that he was' going to take it back. Mr. Dene appeared' for the arid contended that the coal had been 'lef in' the cart accidentally. Mr. Worsley, manager of the works, stated that he had no: wish to.

press the charge severely, -but-they bad reason to suspect that 'the system; was carried onto a considerable, The magistrates ordered him to be imprisoned for fourteen days', without hard CAPTUEE OF AN ESCAPED CONVICT BY A BRISTOL: DETECTIVE. readers must hare noticed lately, in our police repor ts, the case of a young 'man of respectable appearance; charged with having twelve silver gold Geneva watch and. Albert chain, two silver watches, and other valuables, in his possession, that were snpposed to bestolen, P.C.-130 (Legg), who. apprehended the-prisoner, had donesb from information that- he received' of that individual offering the spbdns for pledge at the shop Of pawnbroker, St. 'Were eviderit signs Of a.crest.a'nd various markB on the spoons, though an attempt appeared to have been made to obliterate iThe accused, when brought before the Bench at the CounclfchOUBe, gave his' riariie James Goodwin, and-said that he 'was a most respectable person, having 'a.

wife arid fatrillv' living, at Mo. 1. Minerva- cottages, Masons'-street, Old' The, reason he wished to pawn'the sppons was that he was short of money, and, being a stranger in Bristol, he bnd rid flne to apply Baid further that he had b'e'bri a.witri'es's' in; the robbery the.Ba'rik'bf.'ISnglarid, 'and would have to appear at the. Magistrates, was more in, the case than appeared upon the surface, remanded the prisoner, and made inquiries 'in the metropolis, "the' articles' found in; possession of the, accused had been obtained; by' means of a fictitious cneaue trom Jiir, jveuemwortn, a dealer. inmis-; cellasebus'go'ods at Peckham.

Accordingly Mr, Kellemwbrth was communicated witn, ana ne came to and identified his property. The prisoner, who went under the name of Campbell as well as Goodwin, was then directed by the Bench to be taken in the custody. of Detective. Legg to and. 'on Monday.

the pair, accompanied' by, the prosecutor, proceeded thither. It was there ascertained that the prisoner is one. Frederick Layton Clift, who was, with his brother, tried; at the Central Criminal Court, in London, on the 22nd of October, 1861, for arson, and sentenced to ten years' 'penal; -servitude; The said Frederick Layton Clift, however, on the in company with two others, succeeded in escaping from prison, in the following way. They tore up the isheets off' their beds' into- strips, -and-iBb contrived a line, by means of which they successively' for' the "time, succeeded 'gaining liberty for having.dropped outside the gaol, thev scaled' the outer wall'arid got off. The brother of Clift was not one of the daring triumvirate.

Jftos ot tne division, recognised the self-named Goodwin as one-of the brothers Clift. The prisoner, who is a good deal altered at first denied, but soon after admitted" it was ibi, and stated that h.e'gav.e the turnkey The magistrate roriiande'd the; prisoner' for' aweekriprepara-tdry to committingiim-itoithe session at tfie Old The officer who apprehended Clift received the-commen datura of the metropolitan authorities, something more his conduct in the transaction; 'Wesuerlbigh. We understand that the sum of three guineas has' been collected at the Congregational Chapel hi this village; for the distressed Lancashire The: Italie of Tririn states that since the- arrest of, the Camorrists at Naples, the revenues of the octroi of that city have increased by 72 per cent. Fbenohay. On 1 Wednesday evening Mr.

Butler savd a lecture on Temperance; in a room adjoining the. Friends' Meeting House. Tho lecturer enforced the desirableness of total abstinence from the use of; which: can illustrating his assertions by numerous cases that have come to: his knowledgein the coarse of extensive laTjoufs iri'differenti parts of and, Scotland. It was also stated that notwithstanding the' privations tb -vvnicl Bo iriany in Lancashire are how 'subject, the number of defltlis is less than usual, owing to the forced abstinence frbrn at least the former usual consumption, of intoxicating drinks,.