inside the gate in a state of great exhaustion, and suffering
much from the injury and fright. The robbers
obtained five £10 notes, a purse containing six
sovereigns and several half sovereigns, with a gold watch.
The robbers are not known, but 100 guineas reward
has been offered for their detection.

The Restrictions on the Cab-drivers of London appear
to be operating beneficially. On the 11th instant a
number of cab-drivers appeared before the Lambeth
police-court, to answer to summonses taken out against
them at the instance of the police for violations of the
Act of Parliament in leaving their cabs unattended. The
charges were proved by the testimony of the constables,
and the defence set up was, that the regulations
endeavoured to be enforced by order of the police
commissioner were so stringent, that it was quite impossible
to comply with them. The magistrate observed, that
the cabmen had only themselves to blame for the present
strict enforcement of the provisions of the Act of Parliament.
It required only to pass a cabstand to prove the
absolute necessity of some stringent regulation to check
and put an end to the irregular and abominable conduct
that was witnessed there. It was not alone that the
public were impeded by the congregation of drivers on
the foot pavement, particularly if a public-house or beer-
house was near, but their ears were offended by the
beastly and disgusting language of the drivers; and
therefore it was absolutely necessary to put an end to
scenes the discontinuance of which would lead to a
great public benefit. From the scenes which he had
witnessed at cabstands, he was induced to the greatest
possible sympathy for those who resided within earshot
of them. In almost all the cases the fines were merely
nominal, and the magistrate expressed much pleasure
upon being told that, since the enforcement of the
provisions of the Act of Parliament, the conduct of the
cabmen had become much improved.

A Commission of Lunacy has investigated the State of
Mind of Mr. Feargus O'Connor, who is now an inmate of
Dr. Tuke's asylum, at Chiswick. The evidence of Mr.
Ernest Jones, of Mr. M'Gowan, the printer of Mr.
O'Connor's newspaper, of Mr. Jacob Bell, late member
for St. Alban's, and of the medical men, clearly showed
the change in the patient's mind until he became
unquestionably insane. The jury had an interview with
Mr. O'Connor at the Manor-house, Dr. Tuke's asylum.
They assembled on the grass plat at the back of the
house. Before Mr. O'Connor appeared, his shrill voice
was heard echoing through the passages in joyous
accents. On emerging from the house, he looked for a
moment at the group of gentlemen forming the jury,
and then, fixing his eye on Mr. Ernest Jones, he at
once advanced to him, and, grasping his hand warmly,
exclaimed, "Here's Jones! I love him! I idolise him!
I deify him! I adore him!" The next moment,
observing his former solicitor, Mr. Turner, he grasped
his hand and called out loudly, "And here's Turner!
I idolise him! He is the best solicitor that ever lived!
He is a capital fellow, is that Turner!" Mr. Bell next
attracted his notice. The moment Mr. O'Connor caught
sight of him he exclaimed, "And here's Bell! I love
him! I idolise him! I deify him! What a handsome
fellow he is! What beautiful eyes he has! beautiful
nose! beautiful mouth! beautiful lips! beautiful teeth!
beautiful ears! beautiful arms! beautiful legs! beautiful
feet!" and so on, with a rapidity of utterance which it
was almost impossible to follow. In this way he went
on for a considerable time, it being found impossible to
lead him into rational conversation. Dr. Tuke stated
that Mr. O'Connor amuses himself with the other
patients very satisfactorily, and plays at cricket and
whist with considerable skill. He invariably asks
Dr. Tuke to take him to town each morning, and is
always satisfied with the doctor's promise to do so next
day if he is better. It was evident that there is no hope of
his recovery. The jury pronounced him to have been
of unsound mind since the 10th June, 1852, the day
when he was committed to the custody of the serjeant-
at-arms. The object of the inquiry was to obtain the
protection of the Court of Chancery for the remains of
Mr. O'Connor's property—some £1,300—that he may
not end his days in a workhouse.

Severe measures have lately been adopted by the
police against the Stall-keepers in Tottenham-court-
road. These poor people, who for many years have
lined the side of the pavement, have been suddenly
ordered to quit the place. The consequence to many
has been utter destitution, driving them to the
workhouse. On the 11th, a batch of those who persisted in
gaining a livelihood in the street were brought before
the Marlborough-street magistrate. The case of Elizabeth
Lake was picked out to decide the whole. Mr.
Parry, the barrister, attended to defend the accused,
who has kept a fish-stall in one spot for twenty-eight
years. Mr. Parry could not deny that the law was
against the stall-keepers, but he contended that it was
harshly enforced. Stalls did not injure shopkeepers:
stalls had been removed some time back from Clare-
market; the trade of the place fell off; and the tradesmen
were glad to join in a request that the stalls might
again be permitted. In the present case, eighty or
ninety of the shopkeepers in Tottenham-court-road
were against the stall-keepers being molested. The
magistrate agreed that the proceedings against the
stall-keepers were too harsh; they should be removed
by degrees. Similar proceedings were formerly taken
against stall-keepers on the south side of Oxford-street,
and the authorities, after proving to the occupants that
their acts were illegal, set about extinguishing the
nuisance: they did not require them to go away at
once, but gave them notice that, as they died off, their
places would not be allowed to be filled up; by which
means the nuisance was made to die a natural death.
He thought some such course might be taken with
advantage in the present instance. Mr. Parry hoped
the police would convey the magistrate's suggestion to
the commissioners. The woman was then required to
enter into her own recognizance not to appear with her
stall in Tottenham-Court-road again until she had the
sanction of the police. The other defendants were
discharged.

At the Westminster police-court, on the 20th inst.,
William King, a carman, was charged with having
Caused the Death of a Woman whose name is
unknown. A police-constable stated that he was on duty
in Great Peter-street, Westminster, and saw the
defendant driving a hay-cart, drawn by three horses. He
was going very steadily, at a walking pace, when a
woman, who was standing on the footpath, and
appeared to be rather intoxicated, rushed into the
road, and catching hold of the trace of the middle
horse, commenced jumping upon it. In doing so,
her clothes caught the middle horse, and set him
plunging, and this caused the other horses also to
be restive. The driver pushed back the shaft
horse, and tried all in his power to stop it. The
woman then got behind the middle horse, when the
shaft knocked her down, and, rolling under the shaft
horse, the wheel of the cart immediately passed over
her head. She died instantly, her head being literally
crushed to atoms. Defendant was on his proper side,
and the woman was on the other side of the horses. The
magistrate observed that it was quite clear no blame
could be attached to the carman, and immediately
discharged him.

Some Defalcations at one of the Savings' Banks in
the Isle of Wight to the extent of about £8,000 have
been discovered. The culprit is a person named Yelf,
the actuary, whose peculations have extended over
some years, during which time he has lived in an
expensive style. He was also stamp distributor to the
district, and is a defaulter in this instance to the amount
of £1,000. Yelf was a local Wesleyan preacher. He has
been lodged in gaol.

A young man was charged on the 20th inst., before
the Liverpool magistrates, with Shooting a Girl named
Jane Riley. The hearing had been deferred, that the
prosecutrix might recover sufficiently to give evidence.
She was assisted into court, and gave the following
statement:—"About 12 o'clock on the morning of the
13th of March I went into a shooting-gallery in Murray-
street, Williamson-square. I wanted to see the master.
As I went in I saw the prisoner standing on the steps.
I heard him say to a friend, 'I will have another shot,
and then I will go home.' He followed me into the
gallery. I went into a small room, called the snug, to