acquainted with several languages, and had read with
such intense application as to affect his intellect. His
object in coming to this country was to avail himself of
the opportunities of distinction which an education at
Oxford would afford him, and he had separated himself
from his nearest relatives because they were, according
to his account, opposed to his desire to abandon the
Jewish religion, and become a Christian. The Lord
Mayor desired that particular inquiry should be made
into the case, and remanded the defendant.

A singular Case occurred at the Middlesex Sessions on
the 25th. Benjamin Bayley was indicted for having
stolen 20 pounds of printed paper and 200 prints, the
property of George Frederick Garden.—The prosecutor,
who is a member of the bar, has a house in Rathbone-
place, and rooms in Searle's-chambers, Lincoln's-inn.
He said he had been for eighteen years the sole proprietor
and editor of the "Court and Ladies' Magazine," the
publication of which, however, was now suspended, and
the property the prisoner was charged with stealing was a
quantity of the old numbers of that work, together with
a variety of prints published therein from time to time.
A large stock of them was kept at the house in Rathbone-
place, and from February to July the prisoner and
his wife occupied a portion of the premises. At the end
of April the prosecutor thought from appearances,
presented by dust on the walls, that some portions of the
stock had been removed, and eventually it was found
that the prisoner had been selling as waste paper
quantities of it, and he was given into custody. He sold the
greater portion to a butcher in White Lion-street, Seven
Dials, and when charged he gave the address, 34, Dean-
street, Soho. On proceeding thither both numbers and
prints were found, and the prosecutor now swore that
he never authorised the prisoner in any way to sell,
barter, or dispose of any of them.—On his cross-examination,
Mr. Carden admitted, after a great deal of hesitation,
that there was a confectionary business carried on in a
shop belonging to the house in Rathbone-place on his
account. The prisoner's wife was there as his servant.
He paid her no wages because she paid herself by
taking all she got. It was agreed that she was to receive
a salary. (He refused to say what the salary was until
directed by the court.) It was 6s. a week, which sum
was fixed, as she said it was the most she could ever earn
by sitting at her needle all night long. From the 15th
of March to the end of April he never went to the
house. During that time he was on the Oxford circuit.
—Mr. Parry (the defendant's counsel): Now, sir, as
you have mentioned the Oxford circuit, allow me to ask
you if they knew on that circuit that you are a confectioner,
and not a barrister? (Loud laughter.)—Mr.
Carden: Confectioner! Oh, I'm a tailor, and a number
of other things besides.—Mr. Parry: I ask you on your
oath whether you went the Oxford circuit in the
ordinary sense of the term; that is, did you go with the
members of the bar from town to town, dine with them
and so on?—Mr. Carden: I attended the courts, and
dined with the judges; and once at Stafford Mr. Baron
Platt paid me the compliment of saying that I was the
most indefatigable man he ever knew, and I intend to
come to this court and practise, and then I'll let you
see it. (Laughter.) In continuation he did not go that
circuit during the time of the Exhibition, as he was a
subscriber, and his business engagements prevented
him. The publication of the "Court and Ladies'
Magazine" was suspended at the time of the French
revolution of February, 1848.—In further cross-
examination, in answer to a question as to the value of
the numbers of the magazine produced, he said they were
valuable, as containing historical memoirs for 600 years,
and the portraits accompanying them were executed
in Paris, and that was the reason the revolution
suspended the work. He told the prisoner when he
went to lodge in the house to pack up the things
lying about and arrange them, and he paid him a
guinea for his services, from which he deducted 12s.
for rent. There was a young woman named Chubb
in the house. He allowed her to be there out of kindness,
as she had been with the prisoner and his wife,
and when they went to the house she had nowhere
else to go to. There was a young woman named Slatter
there to assist Mrs. Bailey. There was also a young
woman there named Oram. The Christian names of the
two former young women were Sophia and Lousia.
There were no others there having those names. Never,
to his knowledge or with his permission, had these
parties used old numbers of the magazine as waste
paper in the confectionery business. He had heard that
when the prisoner was given in charge he had said it
was done because his wife had made complaints of his
(prosecutor's) having made improper advances to her.
Bailey had never complained, to his knowledge, of
his having made improper advances to his wife.—
Mr. Parry: Did he not complain to you that you
had made improper advances to his wife, and did
you not then charge him with this theft?—Prosecutor:
I heard that such was the defence yesterday in the
robing-room of this court.—Mr. Parry: You had no
right there.—Prosecutor: Yes, I had. My wig and
gown are there, and I mean to come and practise
here.—Mr. Parry: I should like to know who you
were with. I am glad to say none of the gentlemen
of the bar frequenting this court were in your company.
Now, sir—an answer; yes or no, to my last question.—
The prosecutor continued: To his knowledge the
prisoner never complained of anything of the sort; if he
had, he would not have suffered him to remain in the
house any longer. He would not swear that the prisoner
had not made that charge against him. He had heard
that such a charge was made. In March he heard that
Bayley was jealous, but he did not hear in March that
he had complained of his (prosecutor's) conduct to his
wife. He never heard of such a complaint until after
the prisoner was taken up. Never invited her to his
chambers in Carey-street. He did not think she ever
was there. He did not believe she ever was, but would
not swear that she had never been there. Reverting to
the confectionery business, he said he wished to say
publicly that he had no profits from it, so the
Commissioners of Taxes might make him pay. He paid
Slatter 12s. a week to assist Mrs. Bayley. He paid the
latter 6s. a week. He had paid Oram 7s. a week and
£12 a year. He gave Chubb what he pleased—no
wages— just what he thought fit, like he did to public
institutions. He kept the business on, and he should
be glad to let it at any time to the learned counsel. The
Judge said that he felt compelled to say that the prosecutor,
for a person of his station, education, and experience,
had given his evidence in a very improper manner;
and the jury returned a verdict of "Not Guilty."

William Liss, a young man of dissipated appearance,
was charged at the Worship-street police-court, on the
25th, with having Violently Assaulted his Father, an
infirm and elderly man, carrying on business as a coal-
merchant in Globe-road, Mile-end. The complainant,
who was painfully affected while giving his evidence,
stated that his son resided in his house, but that, in
consequence of his violent temper and depraved habits,
he was a complete terror to the family, and had only
been recently released from prison, to which he had been
committed for a brutal assault upon his mother. On
the preceding afternoon, after conducting himself with
outrageous violence, he absented himself from home,
but returned back in the evening half drunk, and
advancing towards the table where his father and
mother were sitting at supper, caught up a joint of meat
in his hands, and began ravenously devouring it. On
being expostulated with by his mother, he knocked her
out of her chair by a terrible blow in the face, and on
witness hastening to her assistance he was also knocked
down by the prisoner, who renewed the attack as he lay
upon the floor, and dealt him several severe kicks on
the lower part of his person, from the effects of which
he was scarcely able to stand, and had been ever since
in a state of extreme suffering. The prisoner then
attempted to escape from the house, but was intercepted
by some of the neighbours, whose attention had been
attracted by the uproar, and who gave him into custody.
The complainant exhibited the shirt he had worn at the
time, which was torn, and stained with blood in several
places; and he stated, in answer to questions from the
magistrate, that his wife was still suffering so severely
from the violence of her son, that she was confined to
her bed, and was wholly unable to come forward in
support of the charge. On being called upon for his