In the Central Criminal Court, on Wednesday, Charles Sandys Parker
pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to defraud .ptessrs. Martin, Stone, and Company, by forging the acceptances of Messrs. l:roadwood and Company, pianoforte-makers. Mr. 13roadwood, Mr. Perry a barrister, and Mr. Sergeant Talfotird, gave the prisoner an excel- lent character. The Judge said he would examine the depositions, and take the character of the prisoner into consideration before passing sentence. Yesterday. Edmund Delves Broughton pleaded guilty to the charge of aiding and abetting Francis Lionel Eliot to kill Charles Flower Mir- fin. Mr. Clarkson addressed the Court in mitigation of punishment. The prisoner, he said, was a very young man, and was in fact only a nominal second in the duel. He had also endeavoured to prevent the second fatal shot from being fired. Mr. Chambers, for the prosecution, also applied for the merciful consideration of the Court. Baron • Vaughan said, he had ascertained from the depositions that the case of' the prisoner was very different from that of the other parties to the duel. He would take an early opportunity of consulting the Secretary of State on the sttbject ; and should recommend a sentence of imprisonment, certainly not exceeding that imposed on the other persons engaged in the duel. Judgment. of death was then recorded against the prisoner. At Bow Street, on Wednesday, 'Martin Smith Metcalfe was remanded on a charge of embezzling various sums of money belonging to the .preprictors of the Morning Chronicle, of which journal he had been the epnblisher. An inquest was held on Saturday on the corpse of James Johnson, a half-crazy old man, who was killed by drinking a whole bottle of gin given to him by Mr. William Jones Burdett. nephew of Sir Francis Burdett. The young " gentleman " a bet of five shillings with the deceased that he could not drink so much; and the poor wretch won his wager and lost his life. The Coroner's Jury, in their verdict, said that Mr. Burdett's conduct was " very reprehensible." Considering the stare of tl* deceased man's intellects, (he was evidently half-witted,) the offen :e seems to border on something more str4ous than is inferred from the terms of the verdict. At Marlborough Street, on Tuesday, Sir Francis Burdett communi- cated to Mr. Conant that the address of his residence in St. James's Place. given on Saturday by Mr. W. J. Burdett, was incorrect. That gentleman did not live nor had he ever lived there.
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