court, on the 10th, on a summons obtained by Lord
Henry Lennox, to whom, it was alleged, Lord Frankfort
had sent Improper Letters. It appeared from the
evidence brought forward, that Lord Frankfort is in the
habit of sending to persons of both sexes letters under
feigned names, of which the following is a specimen.
"Mr. Macbeath presents his duty to the parties, and
informs them that he continues to arrange assignations
between ladies and gentlemen to meet in private; and
having been trained under Wilmer Harris, he now acts
direct under precedent. Mr. MacB. begs to call the
attention of ladies to his peculiar system, and that he
will wait on them himself, and send up his card in a
tissue envelope, and arrange a meeting for them with
the gay Lothario of the evening. He would engage to
show them their husbands asleep while the lady would
be with the gallant; married ladies to have half their
husband's fortunes, and spinsters to be otherwise
provided for. He had put the husband of one lady into the
Ecclesiastical Court, and had broken the neck of another
husband and baronet; so he was quite safe." [The letter
concluded by offering further services of a similar nature.]
Inspector Field and Sergeant Thornton proved that
they had watched the servant of Lord Frankfort to the
Post-office at Charing Cross, and there seized the letters
and took her into custody; she then admitted that she
had received them from Lord Frankfort. John Grey,
formerly a Policeman, deposed that in interviews he had
had with Lord Frankfort, they conversed on the subject
of the letters. Lord Frankfort told Grey to urge Field
to come to a compromise, as he had committed a theft
and a trespass in stealing the stamps. After stating
the particulars of one interview, Grey said—"I saw his
lordship again on the 28th, at his own house in
Buckingham-street; when I said I could not see Mr. Field
yesterday, for he went to Goodwood Races, and Sergeant
Thornton is out of town. His lordship replied, 'They are
in a damnable mess. Send some one to them; but don't
make it appear that he comes from me, for they have
committed a highway robbery on my personal property,
as well as a trespass. If they have acted on a warrant
issued by the Secretary of State and Sir Richard Mayne
—for they are both hasty—I shall bring it before the
Parliament, and the Derby Government will be thrown
out, and Sir Richard Mayne will lose his place; for they
will both deny, and the men will be left to their own
resources; for I can get a verdict against them.'
That terminated the conversation of the 28th." Lord
Frankfort repeatedly denied the correctness of the
statements of the witnesses. Mr. MacBeath, whose
name was used, believed that the handwriting of the
letters was that of Lord Frankfort. The case was
adjourned; and Lord Frankfort was bound over in a
£500 bond to appear.

The case came on again on the 17th, when further
circumstances connected with the charge were brought
forward. The magistrate committed Lord Frankfort
for trial at the Central Criminal Court; his lordship
entering into his own recognisance in £500, and finding
two sureties of £200 each. On the 19th the case was
removed by writ of certiorari from the Central Criminal
Court to the Court of Queen's Bench.

An inquest on Mr. Sard, a gentleman who was
Drowned by the sinking of the Duchess of Kent, but
whose body was not found for sometime, was concluded
on the 11th inst. Much conflicting evidence was given
as to the cause of the disaster. A solicitor complained
of the conduct of the Commercial Steam-packet Company
in not notifying to Mr. Sard's relatives that they had
property of his in their possession. The jury referred
to this in their verdict—"That the deceased John Sard
came by his death through an accidental collision
between the Duchess of Kent and the Ravensbourne
steamers, off Northfleet, on the 1st of July, 1852. The
jury cannot separate without expressing their feelings
in terms of strong condemnation, in consequence of the
neglect of the owners of the Duchess of Kent in not
advertising the property of the said John Sard in their
custody, they having had the means of ascertaining the
same from papers found in his luggage which was saved
from the wreck."

At Gloucester Assizes, on the 11th, William Henry
Barrett pleaded guilty to committing divers Forgeries,
by which he had put in circulation false bills of exchange
to the amount of £2000. Barrett was formerly sheriff of
the city. When his forgeries were discovered he fled to
America; but he was pursued and brought back to
England. His sentence is transportation for fourteen
years.

Twenty-four Irish Orangemen were arrested in the
streets of Liverpool on the 12th inst. They formed part
of a procession, which attempted to parade the street
in celebration of the battle of Aughrim. The majority
of the promenaders wore orange scarfs; two had naked
swords in their hands, several had truncheons with
models of the Bible and crown at one end. Many also
wore pistols loaded and capped. The police promptly
interfered with their projects, and arrested the number
mentioned above. Ten were discharged, and fourteen,
on being brought before the magistrates, were
committed to take their trial at the assizes. They were
admitted to bail, on entering into their own recognizances
of forty shillings, and finding two sureties of
twenty shillings each.

There have been lately several cases of Complaints by
intending Emigrants against Shipping Agents. On the
14th, a number of persons complained to the Lord
Mayor that Mr. Thompson, of Riches Court, Lime-
street, had not performed what he undertook. He had
engaged to forward a number of persons to Australia in
the ship Lockwood; but it was announced by advertisement
that he had no authority for this; and he then
transferred the passengers to the City of Lincoln, which
was to sail from Liverpool on the 10th of July. But
after the people were on board the ship, the pretended
owner became insolvent, and certain mortgagees
threatened to seize the vessel. The poor passengers
were in a sad plight. Weeks passed without the ship's
sailing; and at length the emigrants sent a deputation
to London, where the passage-money had been paid, to
obtain restitution. Mr. Ballantine stated, on the part of
Mr. Thompson, that he had been merely the agent of
the person in Liverpool, to whom he had transmitted
£1800. The City of Lincoln was now in the hands of a
solvent person, and would certainly sail on Monday or
Tuesday. If the applicants would go in her, Mr.
Thompson would pay each £5 for expenses and the
inconvenience suffered. After some consultation, the
deputation consented to these terms; and the Lord
Mayor directed Mr. Sewell, one of his household, to
accompany them to Liverpool to see that the contract
should be fulfilled. Mr. Sewell reported to the Lord
Mayor that he had found the ship had fallen into
respectable hands; the emigrants were well treated,
and they were to sail at noon that very day: when he
left the vessel, three cheers for the city magistrates were
given by the passengers. The same officer stated that
the Alfred, about the delay of which ship there were
complaints last week, had now gone through the Downs,
with her passengers well provided for.

At Liverpool Assizes, on the 17th, George Farance
was tried for Burglary with Violence. It was proved
that he was one of a gang of armed and masked men who
broke by night into a farm-house at West Derby, near
Liverpool, beat the owner with a life-preserver, and
ransacked the house. The police encountered six men near
the place, and tried to arrest them; the prisoner
wounded one of the police in the face with a pistol, but
he was taken while the rest of the gang escaped. A
verdict of "Guilty" was returned, and sentence of death
recorded; but the punishment will be transportation
for life.

At the Central Criminal Court, on the 17th, Richard
Sill, an attorney, was tried for Obtaining Money by False
Pretences from Henry Broome. Sill was the prosecuting
attorney for Mr. Hamp, in the notorious Brighton
"card cheating case," in which John Broome, brother
of Henry, was one of the defendants. While the case
was proceeding before the Brighton magistrates, Sill
went to Henry Broome, and told him that he had seen
the home secretary, that he had influence with him,
and that he could save John Broome from transportation
if he were paid for his trouble. Henry gave him cash
and bills; and Sill tried to withdraw the prosecution;
but the Brighton magistrates only directed that he
should withdraw as prosecuting solicitor, and ordered