returned. She was then made to understand that her
first marriage was a perfectly legal one, on which she
refused to live any longer with Dodswell, but returned
to her first husband, and Dodswell instituted the present
prosecution. It was contended that she had married
the second husband without any felonious intent, under
the belief that the first marriage was illegal. The judge
said that it was to be regretted that this prosecution had
been brought, but still it was his opinion that the legal
offence of bigamy had been made out. The jury,
however, acquitted the prisoner, and the judge refused to
allow the costs of the prosecution.

At Chelmsford Assizes, on the 18th, John Ager was
tried for the Murder of Charles Piper. Whilst walking
home at night, Piper put his arm round a girl who was
Ager's sweetheart; when Ager exclaimed against this,
the other young man answered offensively; then Ager
stabbed him with a knife. The case was clear; and the
prisoner's counsel could only plead for a verdict for the
lesser offence of manslaughter. The jury acceded to
this view; and the prisoner was sentenced to be
transported for life.

A Child of Eight years old, named Willis, was brought
before the sitting magistrate at the Mansion House,
on the 19th, charged with having attempted to stab a
boy of his own age with a knife, and with having
wounded another boy so seriously in the eye that he
was likely to lose it. It appeared that the prisoner had
been brought up in utter ignorance of moral responsibility,
and that his father, on hearing of his apprehension,
had said that he had a good right to use a knife in his
own defence. The magistrate said he could not commit
a child of such tender years to Newgate, but would
require security for his good behaviour for a year. He
was then locked up in the cage, uttering screams and
curses.

In the Arches Court, on the 20th, in the Gorham
Case, the Bishop of Exeter presented his answer of
obedience to the monition of the court, tendering a protest
along with it. The court received the answer, but
rejected the protest. Mr. Gorham's immediate induction
follows as a matter of course.

At the Lewes Assizes, on the 23rd, Mary Hardwick, a
miserable-looking creature, was indicted for attempting
to Murder her Child. On the Saturday preceding she
was seen standing with a child in her arms near the
custom-house at Brighton, when she suddenly ran down
to the sea, threw the child into the water, and then
jumped in herself. The woman and child were dragged
out in a state of insensibility, but both recovered. A
man was on the spot, who appeared to be the woman's
husband, who, after she was recovered, abused her
violently, and expressed a wish that she had drowned
herself. The poor woman, during the trial, seemed
hardly aware of what she had done. She was
convicted, but recommended to mercy, and judgment was
deferred.

Numerous Evictions from Land still take place in
Ireland. A Galway paper says:—"Notices have been served
upon the relieving officers by the managers of the Martin
estate, of their intention to evict a vast number of
unfortunate creatures now residing on this property. The
number of houses from which the inmates are to be
cast out is 276; but on account of the previous evictions
in the same quarter, several families reside in many
instances under the same roof, so that we conceive it is
a moderate calculation to estimate the number of
individuals about to be subjected to all the tortures of
extermination, at 1,500."

The Attorney-General has refused to sanction an
application for an Injunction against holding the great
Industrial Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park;—"I have
in this matter a duty of a judicial nature to perform.
The object of the information is to call in question the
exercise of the discretion of the Woods and Forests in
the management of a part of the property of the Crown.
The information states that what the Commissioners of
Woods and Forests are about to do is illegal, and injurious
to the public. The information states no facts, which,
in my opinion, establish either of these propositions. But
even if there were a question as to the illegality, the
Attorney-General is bound to judge whether it is for the
interest of the public to litigate the question. Cases may
be conceived, and indeed not unfrequently arise, in which
the letter of the law has been violated, and in which the
court has, nevertheless, required the Attorney-General
to consider whether he would allow an information to
proceed complaining of such violation, even where the
Attorney-General had already in his discretion allowed
the information to be filed, and where, if the information
had proceeded, the court could have done no other
than enforce the strict right. The discretion of the
Attorney-General is interposed to prevent this
mischief; and his exercise of that discretion is purely an
exercise of a judicial function, and as such I have
exercised it to the best of my ability. In the present
case the sense of what is for the interest of the
public, with relation to what the Commissioners
of Woods and Forests propose to do, has been
unequivocally expressed by a vote of the House of
Commons. It would, in my opinion, be an improper
measure on the part of the Attorney-General, if, in the
exercise of his discretion, and acting on behalf of the public,
he were to sanction a proceeding directly at variance
with that vote. If any private right were affected by
my decision it would be a different matter; but I have
the satisfaction of knowing that no private right of any
individual or individuals can be withdrawn from the
consideration of any court, or in any manner affected by
my refusal to sanction this information."

NARRATIVE OF ACCIDENT AND
DISASTER.

INTELLIGENCE has been received from Madras of the
Loss of an Indiaman, the Sulimary, from Bombay,
bound to England. She was riding at anchor off the
coast, and encountered, on the 24th of May, a dreadful
gale of wind, in the height of which she parted from
her anchors, and was driven on shore, when she speedily
became a complete wreck. An attempt was made to
save the passengers, of whom there were several, by
means of the boats. They were, however, quickly
destroyed by the fury of the sea, and upwards of forty,
including the captain, his wife, and thirty-three seamen,
perished. Another Indiaman, named the Guna, was
driven ashore on the same coast, about the same
time, and became a wreck. The crew of this vessel
were more fortunate; they all escaped. The loss of
both vessels is said to exceed £50,000.

The French republican war-brig L'Aigle Was Lost
between Fort de France and Trinidad on the 10th of
June. She was suddenly overtaken in a heavy squall,
and almost instantly capsized and went down. Her
officers and crew, sixty in number, perished excepting
only two.

On Saturday night, the 29th of June, a skiff containing
six gentlemen, proceeding up the river, was run down
by a steamer, near Westminster bridge, and two of
them—Mr. W. Hawtrey and Mr. Needham—were
Drowned. One swam ashore, and the others were saved
by a boat that was passing.

On Saturday evening, the 29th of June, Mr. Green,
the aeronaut, ascended with a friend from Vauxhall
Gardens, and the balloon fell into the Thames, near
the Nore. Their lives were saved by the people in a
revenue cutter that was passing, but Mr. Green was
hurt on the head and face. The balloon was secured
with difficulty, the gas being liberated by volleys of
musketry from the cutter.

A lady named Martin lost her life, on the 4th, by
Walking on the York and Scarborough Railway. A
train was approaching, and the engine-driver gave the
alarm by his whistle. Seeing her danger she attempted
to escape by running back; but she was struck down in
a moment, and the whole train, of seventeen carriages,
passed over her body, which was literally torn in pieces.
This should be a lesson against an imprudence often
committed.

A case of Death through the use of Chloroform at
Guy's Hospital, was investigated by a Coroner's Inquest
on the 5th. The patient was Alexander Scott, a policeman,