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putea arising between friendly societies and their members 
should, in the first instance, be referred to magistrates, who 
arc perfectly independent of both parties, and whose decision 
would therefore be free from any suspicion of an undue 
leaning towards either. 
polite Snhllipnw. 
BOW-STREET. 
Betting-hocsb Case.— T he proceedings arising out ot tbe 
^.pp^heaaon of 114 person, ; 
into custody, but the prisoner resisted capture and struck 
him on the chest with the knife, which penetrated to the 
bone. The prisoner then cut him on the right cheek and on | T . ~ 
his arms. He endeavoured to close with the prisoner, upon I It h the intention of the Lorua of the Admiralty to 
which the prisoner said, “ if he did not desist he would run ' n *. cr 400 men forthwith among the difteroat branches of 
the kuife through his body.” Witness, however, contrived employed in the Dovonport dockyard, 
to close with the prisoner, and, after a short struggle, sue- . HB Baltic Fleet. — Kiel, Holstein, N 
ceeded in taking from him a shoemaker’s sharp-pointed knife. T ' p,v “*“ ” ’ 1 ~ J e 0 
jWnonl. 
late appreneusion 01 ii** pemouB, u 3 — - i 
at the Rising Sun publichouse, Long-acre, were resumed 
before Mr. Jardino, the principal defendants being represented 
by Mr. Huddlestone and Mr. Parry.— The number ot 
defendants had been reduced to about seventy by the discharge 
of those who were not found in the rooms devoted to betting 
purposes. The others were aU Bet at liberty upon their own 
personal recognizances, with the exception of Ryan, the 
waiter, who was required to find bail. — Mr. Jardine inquired 
of the Superintendent if any of the defendants actually 
engaged in betting could be pointed out by the police ?— 
Superintendent Pearce was under the impression that all 
persona present, whether so engaged or not, were liable.— -Mr. 
Jardine presumed that a distinction must be drawn between 
the persons taking part in the betting and mere spectators— 
such a distinction as was generally observed in proceedings 
against unlicensed theatres, &c. The managers on such 
occasions were the persons chiefly responsible.— The Superin- 
tendent had no doubt that his worship’s construction ot the 
act was correct, but it differed from the view he hud been led 
to take of the matter.— Mr. Huddlestone said, it never was 
intended by the Legislature that mere betting m a room 
should come within the provisions of the Act for the Suppres- 
sion of Betting-shops, for in that case the establishment ot 
Mr. Tattersall’a and inadf of the London clubs would be 
equally liable. The language of its promoters and tho 
preamble of the bill itself clearly proved that the measure 
was designed to suppress those offices in which the owner 
was in the habit of keeping a sort of bank, advancing or re- 
ceiving money upon racing events or similar contingencies to 
and from persons who assemble there for the purpose of 
betting. The defendants in this case assembled together, 
taking refreshments and betting among themselves. Neither 
Mr. Morbey, the landlord, nor any other person connected 
with his house, took any part in the betting, either by 
holding stakes or otherwise, and therefore the defendants 
were in exactly the same position as the aristocratic 
frequenters of 'Tattersall’a.— Superintendent Pearce said, 
there was evidence of money being paid and received by 
several of the defendants.— Mr. Huddlestone : But those 
defendants were not in the position of owners or managers — 
Mr. Parry : They might have been settling past debts. A 
man might say to another, “lowe you a sovereign, and here's 
the money." — Mr. Huddlestone would go still further. He 
was prepared to contend that the betting was perfectly 
legitimate, so long as the owner or manager of the house took 
no part in the betting. Now, it is so happened that Mr. 
Morbey was not at home at the time when his house was 
cleared, although he had attended now to answer any 
charge that the police might wish to bring against him. - 
after some further observations from both the learned 
counsel to the same purport, Mr. Jardine said, the police 
were fully justified in what they had done by the 12th section 
of tho act, which authorised them to take into custody every 
person found in Mr. Morbey's house at the time. But the 
question arose, what was to be done with the defendants 
after they were takeu ? This involved two considerations — 
firstly, in regard to those who were found there betting ; and, 
secondly, with respect to the managers who were assisting. 
Under the Police Act all the persons engaged in betting 
might have been fined £5 each, but there was no reference 
to the Police Act in the new bill for the suppression of 
betting-houses. It being clear in his mind, therefore, that 
the defendants were not proved to have committed any 
offence legally, upon the evidence before him, he should 
direct them to be discharged.— The announcement was 
received with some applause.— Mr. Parry complained that 
many of his clients had been exposed to considerable hard- 
ship by these vexatious proceedings, for doing no more than 
was being done hourly, on a much more extravagant scale, 
by the first gentry of the land.— Mr. Huddlestone wished to 
know if there was any charge against Mr. Morbey .'—Super- 
intendent Pearce said, there was nothing pending against the 
landlord at present.— Mr. Huddlestone thought it right to 
say that Mr. Morbey had not infringed the act in any possible 
way He supplied the company using his house with refresh- 
ments, and as many of his patrons were “ sporting characters,’ 
it was natural enough that they should amuse themselves by 
betting on the racing events of the clay. He had never par- 
ticipated in the betting,— he neither made nor received 
deposits.— Mr. Jardine : There is no charge against Mr. 
Morbey. I don’t know if his counsel is not making out a 
case against him. (A laugh.) With regard to the waiter, 
Robert Ryan, hia case was somewhat different. He was 
prepared to hear it argued.— The evidence of the police 
given at the first examination, showing that Ryan was acting 
is room-keeper, manager, &c., having been read over Mr. 
Huddlestone repeated his argument to the effect that neither 
the owner nor his servants could be liable to the penalties 
of the act unless found actually betting with the company.— 
Mr. Jardine could not adopt the learned counsel s lmntedauter- 
pretation of the 3rd clause, which made any one 1 assisting" 
in conducting the business of a house “ to which persons 
resorted" for betting upon races, liable to the penalties. 1 he 
defendant Ryan must be regarded as “ assisting in conduct- 
ing the business of the house at the time in question, and 
therefore he should order him to pay a fine of £50, or to be 
committed to prison for three mouths. — Mr. Huddlestone 
gave notice of appeal against his worship’s decision, and con- 
sequently the defendant was admitted to bail. — Thomas 
Prestcott, who had been remanded upon a charge preferred 
by Mr. Osmond, keeper of a coffee-shop in the Strand, was 
brought up and discharged, his worship considering that the 
case was not supported by evidence. 
MARLBOROUGH-STREET. 
Stabbing. — James Hayward, shoemaker, of 17, George- 
street, Sloane-square, was brought before Mr. Bingham for 
final examination, charged with attempting to stab a lady in 
Hyde Park, and with having stabbed Henry Rowan, a park 
constable, who took him into custody. — Henry Rowan, No. 
10 park constable, Baid, about three o’clock in the afternoon 
of the 7tli iust., as a gentleman and lady were riding in 
Rotten-row, he saw the prisoner, who was on the footpath, 
with an open knife in his hand, make a stab at the lady just 
below the knee. The lady called out to him, "That man 
has a knife ! ’’ Witness ran forward to take the prisoner 
vuiuug uum mm a BuucwiLKer s suarp-pviunm ouuo. 
With tho assistance of a constable tho prisoner was secured 
and lodged in the station-house. Witness had had his wounds 
dressed, which fortunately, owing to the thickness of his 
clothes, were not serious. One of tho stabs on the chest, 
had it gone a little deeper, would have proved fatal. — Police- 
constable Skinner, A 557, was called to assist in taking tho 
prisouer to tho station. After much resistance this was 
accomplished, and on searching him several letters were 
found. Tho first was directed to his Excellency tho Ameri- 
can Ambassador : — 
lion. .Sir, — Imprest to a conviction that certain personages connected 
with the French uud GuglUh Governments are conspiring by false sig- 
natures to extract capital from me which is In tho American funds, I 
wish them to regard all such as forgeries, and 1 shall most respectfully 
consider the American Government responsible to me alone. — l remain 
your Excellency's humble servant, James Hayward. — 71, Ccorgo-street, 
Chelsea. 
The other letter was to tho English Ambassador in France 
Tell them to mind no more bribes. Here it will not do, os all Franco 
is up. Tlioy say they will do better If put up a little longer, as 
English cakes aro best dono brown, they then crumble so pleasant. 
State wlmt fools wo have been to ourselves. We could have pocketed 
thousands in tho time tho caso has been on. I would recommend you 
in future to wear green spectacles, because I liko every one to see their 
own graves ere they fall into them. We will try what a compromise 
will do at the last, as your lost will no doubt form a perfect model, — 
James Hayward. 
The constable added, that other letters in a similar strain 
were directed to Lord John Russell and Lord Palmerston. — 
Tho prisoner was remanded, in order that the state of his 
mind should be ascertained. As there could be no doubt 
-v ULu*. — uuunim', NOV. 11. — By a 
private letter received yesterday from St. Petersburg, 
wo are informed that tho winter has set in with its usual 
severity. Tho barometer had fallou within a few degrees of 
zero, from which it might ho interred that tho Neva will 
speedily bo covered with ice, and tho Russian fleet frozen in 
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the relieving officer, having made his appearance, was in- 
formed by the magistrate that tho prisoner was a dangerous 
lunatic, lie having been in confinement several times twice 
for stabbing his brother, and once for stabbing his father, 
and that therefore I 10 ought to be given into the charge of 
tho authorities of the parish in which ho resided, iu order 
that a regular medical report of the state of his mind might 
be procured, so that he would, in future, he kept in safe 
custody. — The defence of the prisoner was that I 10 had been 
kept in rags by the aristocracy, and, as he believed the lady 
to belong to the nobility, he thought he had a right to brim; 
her also to rags. — Mr. Smith undertook that the parish 
should do everything that was needed in this case, and the 
prisouer was cousigued to the care of the parish. — The gentle- 
man who was with the lady when the attack took place, 
having been in the interim ordered by Government to Con 
stautinople, could not attend to give evidence. 
LAMBETH. 
Tuesday having been appointed by Mr. Elliott as the day 
ou which he intended to deliver judgment in the case under 
the Act for the Suppression of Betting-houses, the defen- 
dants, Mr. Henry Neipthole Simmonds, of 2, High-street, 
Newington, Mr. Richard Jenkins, of 17, Princes-streot, Soho, 
Mr. Edward White, of C, Hulford-tcrrace, Newington, were 
in attendance, and the court was much crowded by betting 
men and others who seemed to take an interest iu the result 
Mr. Lund, the Superintendent of the P division of police, 
was present to watch the case on the part of the crown, and 
Mr. Clarkson, instructed by Mr. Solomon, attended ou the 
part of the defendants. When the case was called on Mr. 
Clarkson rose, and addressing the magistrate said :— I have 
been requested to appear before you, Sir, on the subject-mat 
ter of an information or warrant obtained by officer Quin 
near, and another against Mr. Henry Napthole Simmonds 
and others. With reference to the other persons I do not 
know whether you will call on me to make any statement 
at all. Ik appears to me, as far as they are concerned, ther 
is no evidence against them, but that I will leave entirely with 
you. — Mr. Elliott : Against them there is no evidence.— Mr. 
Clarkson then, at considerable length, proceeded to argue 
the case on the part of Simmonds, who, lie contended, was 
not liable under the statute.— Mr. Elliott: It appears tome 
that there is sufficient evidence on which to come to the 
conclusion that this party is brought within the provisions 
of the act. It seems to me quite clear, that this is a house 
that has been used for a purpose within the meaning of the 
act. First of all, there is very little doubt, I think, that 
this house was used for a purpose of resorting thither and 
betting on the events of horse races. There can be no doubt 
the place was used for this purpose, not only from the cir- 
cumstance of book3 having been found, and the manner in 
which it was fitted up, but also from the evidence which lias 
been produced before me. The question is, whether this 
person, Simmonds is responsible under the act ? It is con- 
tended that the business carried ou is not his, but his sisters. 
It may bo or not, but the question is, whether lie is not the 
person who is managing f The words of the act are very ex- 
tensive and embrace even persons “ using the same. 
Tho question is, whether the defendant does not use 
this house for tho purpose of attending there and 
receiving bets on horse-racing, and, upon the evidence, 
it appears to me the case is quite clear, for wo have 
not only the evidence of Scott, who states that he went in 
there and made a bet, but books are found i»i which notice 
of that bet is made, as well as columns of similar bets 111 the 
same handwriting. Therefore it clearly appears to me that 
the house is used by him, whether aa owner or occupier. 
Ho iB the person carrying on business, and using it, not for 
carrying on the trade of a tobacconist, but of carrying on, 
managing, and using this house for the purpose of betting. 
It appears to me quite clear the party is brought within the 
provisions of the act, and therefore it is necessary for me to 
impose such a penalty us tho case requires. '1 his act was 
passed with the view of preventing a peculiar system of 
betting which has been found most detrimental to the morals 
of her Majesty’s subjects, and, therefore, I feel warranted 
from all the circumstances of the ease to inflict a penalty on 
the defendant of £20, or, in default, to be imprisoned for 
one month. With regard to tho other three defendants, 
they are discharged.- Mr. Solomon, on the part of his client, 
gave notice of appeal, and the necessary bail having been put 
iu the defendant was discharged. 
Dissensions amongst Dlssbnters.— The case of " Tidmau 
V Ainalie ” is at leugth settled. Mr. Ainslie has apologised 
for the intemperate language he used iu defence of Davies. 
I v «v nit iv.i, • V 1 1 1 1 lilt’ _ _____ 
both at Oronstadt and Helsingfors. Even at this port, 
several degrees to the southward of tho Gulf of Finland, 
hard trust* have occurred during tho last two nights. Snow 
fell for several hours yesterday. Tho temperature at 4 n.m» 
'vw 28 deg. of Fahrenheit. Tho wind shifted to N.N.W. in 
tlie afternoon ; a clear sky supervened, and another severe 
frost set iu. 
A Letter from a Jack Tab.— “ Off Sebastopol, Oct. 28, 
1854. My Dear Brother, — If you want to hear tho roar of 
conuon coino to this place, and you will have enough of it. 
Wo have had eleven days, and it may he os many more 
before we got possession of Sebastopol. We had tho pleasure 
of throwing some of Lancaster's shells at them the day nfter 
wo arrived on the station. The Arrow went in company 
with tho Samson, and iu sight of the fleet, to try the effect 
of our long range ; tho onorny was not idle, for as wo ran 
down the coast wo cnuio all at once on a battery, and they 
sent their shot and shell around us thick, and to mend tho 
matter tho engine would not work for some tiino, so there we 
lay— a target for them — at length away wo wont and 
‘ astonished tho Browns.' Two days after wo paid them 
another visit — my eye, what a dust there wua iu tho forts. 
Tho naval brigade on shore works well, and bo do tho red 
jackets. I wish I was with thorn. Our fleet engaged the 
first day, and to toll you tho truth they got roughly used — 
but, ‘ never say die, while there’s a shot in tho looker.’ 
Everybody is in good spirits, and expects to beat the enemy. 
P.S. No Sundays in this place— all work ou lighting. 1 am 
glad to say wo nave had none hurt as yet — that is to say on 
board our craft." 
Wood v. Granite 11 After leaving Ivamish bay we passed 
close by tho forts of 'Sebastopol. Wo were quite within 
range (though the enemy never attempted to lire), and 
thoroforo with our glasses wo could see evory chink and 
cranny in the fortresses, which wo had ample time to 
survey. Every fort towards tho soa, those of Alexander 
and Paul on tho south side, and Nicholas and Con* 
stautino ou tho north, were perfectly covered from tho hose 
to tho summit with shot marks. In this thoro was no 
difference between those attacked by tho English or French, 
except? that Fort Constantino to the north had two of tho 
casomatod ports knocked into ono. It was at a spot where 
tho Agumomuon had been moored, and where her whole 
broadsido had been concentrated with soroothiug liko effect. 
As far as wo could judge, it seemed that tho amount 
of damage dono to the batteries is literally and truly no- 
thing. Whore several shots have struck in tho same place, 
the grauite is splintered and broken away to tho depth of 
about a foot, or oven loss. Where only ouo or two balls 
have struck, thoro are mere whitish marks, as if tho Bpot 
had been dabbed with flour. To rostoro these forts to 
their original look would of course bo expensive, because 
unnecessary. As forts they are ns strong as if a shot hud 
never been fired against them. A very small amount of 
money would repair tho actual damage done to tho cornicoa 
of tho lower ombt osuros. The spots 011 the walla below the 
embrasures are not worth notico, for a few inches of stone 
make little difference where tho walls are fourteon, and in 
some parts eighteen-foot thick. Unless I had seen it with 
my own eyes, I could novor bollevo that such a tremendous 
fire could have been direoted incessantly for six hours against 
stone walls with such trifling results.” 
H.M.S. Tiger.— “ Berlin, Nov. 12.— Messrs. Fred. Ham- 
mond, Arthur Lowdon, and Percy Niud, midshipmen, and 
Henry Robinson Cadet, with William Beard, private R.M. 
of the late Tiger, have arrived from St. Petersburg, ou their 
way to England, whither they will proceed to-morrow or 
next day." 
The Pacific. According to the latest accounts received, 
the following was the position of the different vessels com- 
posing tho French and English squadron in the Pacific : — 
July 31, a fleet of eight English and French vessels of war, 
one of them a steamer, was spoken in lat. 30.30 north, long. 
150.51 west. The English sloop of war Amphitrite and the 
French corvette Artcmiso sailed from Monterey on tho 15th 
of September. Tho French frigate Alccsto, 80 gnus, and the 
English rioop Cockatrice were in Callao Roads on the 10th. 
The English steamer Dido and the French corvette A venture 
wore at Valparaiso ou tho 30th of September. The steamer 
Trincomalco and the Rattlesnake were at San Francisco at 
the .bite of last advices (September I<3). No intelligence bus 
yet been received of the whereabouts of the Russian vessels 
Diana and Aurora sinoo their departure from tho Sandwioh 
Islands in July lust. 
China. — Shanghai withstands all attempts by tho Im- 
perialists to retake it. Admiral Sterling, with the Winchester 
(50), Encounter screw steamer (14). and the paddle steamers 
Styx (6) and Barmcouta (0), left Shaugliao on the 25th ult. 
for Japan, en route, it is supposed, for tho Bay of Okhotsk, 
where, on tho Island of Kodiali at its entrance, there is a 
largo Russian town, defended by two citadels mounting more 
than a hundred cannon, and where no doubt will be found 
a portion of the Russian squadron lately in these seas. 
STEAMERS. 
Liverpool. — Not only has the royal mail steamship 
Europu been taken by tho Government but the iron screw 
steamship Alps, Captain Moodio, which sailed for Havre on 
Sunday, to be tho pioneer of a Canard line from that port 
to New York, 1ms also been chartered, and will proceed 
from Havre to Toulon to embark French troops. 
Increased Steamboat Accommodation between Belfast 
and Dublin. - We learn 1 1, at tho enterprising firm of Messrs. 
Charley and Malcolm have, in order to meet the require- 
ments of tho public, succeeded in getting arrangements made 
for establishing a communication twice a 
port and Dublin, instead of once weekly, as at present. This 
step having been for some time in contemplation, the senior 
member of the firm proceeded to Dublin a tew days ago, 
2S JS^ed tile litter with the City of Dublin Steam 
Packet Company. Firat-cl steamers alone are to be (employed 
on the station" They will leave this port for Dublin on 
Tuesdays and Fridays, taking good* and passengers .— Belfast 
^Taa Abcik SrSAUM, — The New m denounce* 
