Mr. Morton, a Worceatershire attorney, obtained a verdict in the
Court of King's Bench on Monday, against the Earl of Liverpool, for the breach of a warranty of a mare sold by the defendant. The evi- dence, as usual in horse cases, was very contradictory; but the Jury found a verdict with 33/. damages against the Peer. The mare had been sold by the plaintiff for 20/.
The Central Criminal Court has been sitting during the week. On Wednesday, Isabella Hope, a young woman of twenty, was found guilty of attempting to poison her mistress, Elizabeth Cambridge, a market-gardener at Tottenham, by the mixing arsenic with her tea. The bait-brother of the prisoner, a lad twelve years old, drank some of the
tea, and was made ill by it. He was one of the principal Witnesete against his sister ; who, it appeared, had taken some ineffectual prem.'s-
tion to guard him against drinking any of the poison. The prisons( confessed her guilt, and the prosecutrix recommended her strongly to mercy.
The Grand Jury have ignored all the bills preferred against Palmer, the policeman charged with being the Rotherbithe incendiary ; and moreover, declared their belief that he had been honest and assiduous, particularly during the period of the fires. Mr. Charles Purser, a gentleman who was brought up as a civil en- gineer by Sir John Rennie, complained on Wednesday to Mr. Halls at Bow Street, and afterwards to the Lord Mayor at the Mansioehonse, of ill treatment by his relations ; who, he said, had confined him for several days in Dr. Warburton's madhouse, as an insane person, merely because he exerted himself strenuously for the Tories, whereas they were all Radicals. He escaped from the madhouse at the risk of his life, by climbing over the walls in his slippers. Mr. Purser declared positively that he tins not insane,, and it is said that he had not at all the appearance of a deranged person. He was assured by the Loni Mayor, that orders should be given to the Police not to put him agaia into confinement ; and this seemed to pacify him.
On Thursday, Mr. Purser again made his appearance at the Bow Street Office, charged with getting drunk and fighting in the streets, near the Union publichouse in Bow Street, where he quarrelled with a medical student. When asked how he came to be at such a dis- reputable house, this zealous Tory said— You are already aware that I was an indefatigable canvasser for Mr. Woad, the Conservative candidate for Middlesex. So earnest was I in this cause, that I did not confine myself to working in the day, but wandered abroad at night, en- deavouring to further the glorious object I had in view. I even knocked pea* out of their beds to solicit their suffrages, and on several occasions found my way upon the stage of the patent theatres on the same errand. Why, Sir, I canvassed Mr. Farren, Mr. Keeley, and other distinguished actors, upon the stage of Drury Lane ; ay, and successfully too. And, now, to prove how zealous I was in the cause, I went even to the Union, although I knew it was a house under the ban of your Worships, and there obtained eleven good votes. My object in calling last night was to thank the gentlemen for their suffrages. Now, your Worship, this is the head and front of my offending, no more." Both the prisoners were ordered to give bail, and on yesterday morn- ing were still in confinement, owing to their inability to procure it. Dir. Purser's friends probably think that he is as well in prison as M Dr. Warburton's madhouse; but why does not Thomas Wood of Lit- tleton come forward to assist the gentleman, who gained him eleven good votes at the Union in Bow Street ?] A hackney-coach-driver was fined 5s. at the Union Hall Gifu( on Monday, for getting drunk, and assaulting Mr. Roebuck, M. P. what had engaged him to drive himself and Mrs. Roebuck from a friend's house in Brixton. Mr. Roebuck, finding the man was drunk, was obliged to get on the box and drive himself, and while there the coach- man struck him.
At the Hatton Garden Office, on Saturday, two women were charged with fighting and creating a disturbance. The remarkable part of the case was the masculine dress, figure, and voice of Isabella Watson, one of the women. It appeared that she had passed for a man, with thoae who lived in the same house with her for many years. She went about the country with the other woman, who was her sister, singing ballads. They were supposed to be man and wife. Isabella was much shorter than her sister, but was in the habit of beating her, and treating her ia every way as an inferior. She chewed tobacco, wore her hair cut short, and spoke and walked like a man. She told the Magistrate, that the cruel treatment of a stepfather had induced her to adopt the masculine dress and habits. Both the women were discharged, as no offence was made out against them. A fire broke out in Bermondsey Street, early on Tuesday- morning, which burnt down eight small houses, principally wooden ones. More than an hour elapsed before the firemen could obtain a supply of water. It is believed that an incendiary has been at work here.
The upholstery shop of Bywater and Goodbarne, in Grosvenor Mews, was much damaged yesterday, by a fire which broke out early in the morning. Several small houses opposite were also considerably damaged.
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