On Wednesday, the proceedings of a commission appointed to in-
quire into the state of mind of a Mr. George Davenport were brought
to it close. They bad extended over fifteen days. Mr. Davenport is
a gentleman of considerable property, subject to mental delusion of a religious description. Among other singular transactions in which he bad been engaged, was the transfer of a chapel in Gray's Inn Lane to the Reverend Thomas Mortimer, a gentleman of some notoriety as a preacher. Mr. Mortimer did not appear to have taken any pecuniary advantage of Mr. Davenport ; but he was subjected to a very rigid cross-examination, and smart remarks from the Commissioners, in con- sequence of having burnt some parts of his correspondence with Mr. Davenport, particularly one letter which Mr. Davenport described as "being couched in languarge of a most improper description." Mr. Mortimer was also asked how he got his degree of " M.A." and whence ; which question he refused to answer, on account of its irre- levancy. The verdict of the Jury was, that Mr. Davenport had bees illsone since the 31st July 1837.
In the Central Criminal Court, 011 Tuesday, a man who bad acted as waiter at the George and Vulture Tavern, near Cornhill, was found
guilty of stealing an opera-glass arid other property in the house. The prosecutor recommended the prisoner to mercy, on the ground that he had borne un excellent character for fifteen years, and had been induced to commit the robbery by his reputed wife. The Jury, however, re- fused to concur in the recommendation ; as they thought a man might influence his wife to do wrong, but they thought that a man never ought to be induced by his wife ! The Common Sergeant observed, "That's rather a harthconclusion gentlemen. We are as much under the influ- ence of our wives, generally speaking, as they are under ours." The Jury then joined the prosecutor in the recommendation. IThe Jury were probably all henpecked, and, conscious of the fact, endeavoured to brazen the matter out, till the Judge put the question home to them.] Two men, one a bricklayer, the other a painter. were remanded from the Lambeth Street office on Thursday, charged with the assault on Miss Alsop, of Oldford.
Julia Newman, whose case was mentioned by Lord Lyralluirst in the' House of Peers, was removed on Thursday from Emblem Hospital to her former domicile, the Penitentiary.
There was an unusually high tide on Monday; when the Thames overflowed its banks in various places, particularly at Wapping, Bank— side, Lambeth, and Battersea, inundating the ground-floors and cellars of the liori,es, warehouses, granaries, arid other buildings. The wind blew fresh from the east, and the water in many places rushed over the wharfs and effeetial considerable damage. Some of the vessels in the river also got foul of each other, and icecived injury.
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