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4 4~ .. • r • & '', - 1 LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, NOVEMBER 5. The LORD CHANCELLOR was occupied nearly the whole Of the day in hearing Lunatic Petitions of no public interest. - - - THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL O. BULLER. This case was formerly heard at great length, on an information at the instance of the Attorney.- General against the - Trustees of a Charity founded in the parish of St. Nicholas, in the City of Rochester. In the year 1651, Sir .John Hayward bequeathed a considerable sum for the erection of poor-houses, which were to be in different places, particularly in St. Nicholas, in Rochester. The case now came on again, in consequence of a Petition from the Mayor and other Inhabitants, who are Guardians of the Po - or, and in which they prayed that certain houses in Devonshire might be sold, and the proceeds might be paid into Court; and also that the arrears of an annuity of £5O, due since 1791, might be paid into Court in like manner. The money was laid out as in:ended in the will of the Testator, but nu more than £5) was allotted to St. Nicholas. Mr. Buller, the Trustee, removed to Devon, from Rochester, and proposed building some workhouses there, of which he laid a scheme before the Lord Chancellor, by whom it was referred to the Master, who made a Re port which had not been confirmed.—Since that, there had been a continual litigation carried on, and the annuity is accumulating in tile Three per Cents. Mr. VITETH2RELL and Mr. MARTEN were heard for the Petitioners ; Messrs. Naar and SiDEDOTTOH for Buller: - and Mr: SHADWELL for the Governors. The LORD CHANCELLOR intimated that he would give judgment on Mondesy. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. Yesterday, ArtAur Ellington and James Dunn were indicted for stealing a chest of tea, value 1:20, the property of Robert Mathews. It appeared from the evidence, that the prisoner, Ellington, was employed by Mr. Mathews; who is a grocer, to carry a chest of tea from the India House to. Mr. Chambers, of Sloane-street. Ellington re ceived the tea at the India House, but, instead of, taking it to Mr. Chambers, he carried it to a house' in Crown-court, Grab -street, whither he was accom panied by the prisoner Duun, who is a labourer.—. These two prisoners broke open the chest, and emp tied the tea into a bag. Dunn then took a sample of the'tea to his landlord, Anthony Maloy, a publican, in Grub-street, and asked him to buy some, telling him that he Lad.Bo pounds to dispose of. Maloy refused to bny any, and suspecting that Dunn had become dishonestly possessed of the tea, he gave information of the circumstance to the Police, and the - tiro pri soners were apprehended at the house in Crown -court, 'ith the tea still in their possession. Ellington, in his defence, asserted that Maley bad ir..tigatcd him to commit the robbery. Dunn adminad that he was in crimpany with El- Eagton, and tl.at he had endeavoured to sell .the tea, but denied that he knew that it was stolen. The Jury found both the prisoners Guilty. Jai n Williams was indicted for stealing a pair of, breeches, the property of James Adams, a shop keeper, in Holborn. The fact was fully proved against the prisoner, and the Jury found him Guilty. After his conviction, the prisoner said that he had been driven•by great distress to commit the thett. , ,, He had been in the Army since his infancy, and had suffered much privation and hardship, but he had never experienced so much hunger as since he had been in England. Upon an inquiry being made by the Court, it appeared tlot the unfortunate manha d been lately discharged from the 85th Regiment, in consequence of being wounded. The (25th were ac tively eng4ged diming the war. • James Sullivan and William duels were convicted of stealing a leaden cistern, the property of Edward Saunders, of Stantnore-park. Mary Turner was indicted for stealing two silver spoons, value three shillings, the property of Moses Levi, It appeared that -the prisoner had been em ployed as servant by the prosecutor, and confessed to having stolen the property in question, under theln ilnence of a threat. it was not proved, however, by the evidence, that the spoons did absolutely belong to the person mentioned in the indictment, and the prisoner was, consequently, Acquitted. MANS/0 R•1101:73E.TIO ROSIERT AT MESSRS. Lowatmes WAnnsouss..—Yesterday, the four pri soners, Necker, Broome, Harrison, and Sterta-t, un derwent a final examination. After some controversy between the Counsel on both sides, Brookes, Broome, and• Harrison, were committed for trial. Stewart was discharged. .Guttnam.t.;.i—Yesterday, James Hawley, John. .lea on, Dank! Gaston, and Ckarks Priest, journey men printers, were brought up before Sir MeltAno CARR GLYN, in custody of Smith the officer, on a charge of having printed a considerable number of Moote s AtOfaxoeks on unsumped paper. The pro secution in this instance was instituted by the Wor slipful Company of Stationers, and Mr. Rivington, Who attended as their Solicitor, stated that the Com pany, though not possessed of any exclusive right, were very extensive publishers of Almanacks ; and that the four prisoners were pressmen in the service of the Printer employed by the Company, in which capacity they had the opportunity of taking impres sions of the Almanacks surreptitiously, whereby, not only was the Company injured, but the Revenue also greatly defrauded. This practice had at length come to such an extent, that it was felt to be absolutely rccessory to put a stop to it by legal means ; the more especially, as there was little doubt but that the parer also, upon which such impressions were taken, was procured by dishonest means.—Mr. Thorne, Printer, 'led Lion -court, Fleet-street, deposed, that the prisoners were his pressmen, and employed wholly ir a room set apart for that purpose, in printing Meore's Almanac k for. the Stationers' Company; and that they were not authorised by him to take any impression of that .Almanack otherwise than upon a 'mpcd paper delivered to them for that purpose.— i.lr. a printer, said, in consequence of in formation they had received, he went to Mr. Thorne's, accompanied by the Stock-keepers of the Stationer? C snpany and an Officer; they found the four pri soners at work in the same room ; they proceeded to s arch them, and found on Jackson and Hawley seseral copies of the calendar sheet of the Alinanack oa unstamped paper, and a comidczablc quantity *as also 'found bid itra drawer in the room. The prisoners, when questioned, confessed having printed them. Several quires of the Almanack on unstamped paper were also discovered at the lodgings both of ' Jackson and Priest.—Smith produced the copies' Thorne's nd t a h n e d sh u e p e o t s n f t o h u e n d pri o so n n se e r a s r tJhaicnkg ' f s o o u n ' 'and a t Hawley; M r. the lodgings were also exhibited by the officer , employed, amounting together to nearly 20 quires.— The prisoners acknowledged having printed them. The' impressions were upon paper of various descrip tions, and some of it Mr. Thorne stated to be part of the same kind as another work was being printed upon in his office.—Sir RICHARD (kite said, he con sidered the charge as completely proved against all the prisoners, but as there appeared to be different degrees of guilt, he should feel it his duty to make similar distinction as to their separate punishments, and accordingly sentenced them to hard labour in the Houle of Correction, Jackson and Priest for the whole term of three months, Hawley for two months, and Gulston, as the least offender, for one month only. William Nicholls and William Nicholls,jun. father and son, were charged with felony, under the follow ing circumstances :—The prisoners, it appeared, were in the employ of Mr. Smith, wholesale confectioner, Fell -street, the one as porter, and the other as errand boy. Money had been frequently missed from the till, and at length, on Wednesday night, it was de termined talay a trap for the thief ; and accordingly a quantity of notes, silver, and copper, of different descriptions, was marked, and deposited in the till; a hole also was bored in the partition of the counting-- house, so as to give a view of that part of the ware house where the till was, and Edward- Dodd, the warehouseman, secreted . himself in the warehouse, yesterdu morning, before prisoners, who were the suspected parties, came to their employ. Matters being thus prepared, about seven o'cicck, yester day morning, the prisoners came to work, and Nicholls, the father, went up to the Clerk's room for the key to open the warehouse ; this was given to I.hn by John B:ydon, the Clerk, who followed him down stairs, and v.-eut into the counting-house, taking his station to watch at the prepared hole, from whence he saw the elder pris o ner put his hand into the till,and take somethingout ; he then called him into the counting-house, and. charged him with the theft. Dodd, n the interim, counted the money in the till, and found there was one half-crown, a six pence, and four half-pence short. The prisoner de nied the robbery, and was willin to lie , searcbea, which was done, but nothing was found on him but four half-pence, which, however, proved to lie pan of the money left in the till the preceding.evenihg. - -While Dodd was in his hiding-place, the younger ' prisoner also came into the warehouse, but had left .it again . previously to :he detection of his father; Dodd and Brydon therefore went to the boy, in an. upper warehouse, and on searching him, found upon him the marked half-crown and sixpence missing' from the till. Both the prisoners were therefore given into custody, and brought . to this Office. When called upon by the Magistrate for their defence, the father said, he merely borrowed the twopence from the till tort him-. some soda, as he was ill, and meant to return it. The boy protested his innocence, and said his father gave him the money two or three months before. Mr. Brydon and Mr. Dodd being positive as to the marks on the money, both prisoners were committed to Newgate. Bow.S T rtee. r.—. Mac ttra , y to pay old cletits.-•7leirti 'Prate Cooke, a yoinli of about seventeen years of age, was brought. before the Magistrates ' .charged With striling a check, value £2O, froirt.--faul:ner, the landlord of the Coach And Horses, Kensin ;ton square, Kensington. The prisoner boarded' and lodged at the Coach and, Horses, and having run up along account, the landlord became impatient for his money. The prisoner begged his patience for a few days; and, at the expiration of them, told him if, be would accompany him to London he would pay him, as he had some money -to -receive there. The landlord came totown with him, andtdier some wan dering.about the prisoner left hiss in a public-house, Whilst he went to fetch the cash ; and to the land lord's great surprise, be absolutely returned with it, paid the bill, took a receipt, and they parted excel lent friends. The landlord returned home, hugging himself in the thought of havirg recovered a hope less debt. But alas ! he had scarcely entered the house, when his wife asked him what had become of the check upon Drummond!, which had been put in the drawer up -tairs? and after some little inquiry, it turned out that the prisoner, having purloined it, had actually been paying him with his own money. A Mr. Kerr atterded the examination, who had-given the prAnner cash for the identical check, it- appeared,' whilst the landlord was quietly waiting his return; and another trade=an in the Oilier, stating that he also had a charge against him, be was remanded fur hather examination. M A Rl.llOllOlN3n-S - razEr.. , —Yesterdav r'e attention df the Magistrate was occupi.o e time respecting the infamous impositions lately practised oy Thomas Woods, the person who made a pretended confession of having perpetrated a murder at Edinburgh. The Magistrate, Mr. CONANT, received several letters from different parts, which leave little doubt, by the description given, but this is the same individual who has been guilty of the same acts in various parts of the country, for the purpose of being confined and supported in gaol, instead of working for his living; but, unfortunately, the nature of the circumstance does not come mithin the. Statute of Vagrancy, in such a manner as touutholize any severe punishment but that exercised in the usual way upon vagrants. - Harron-GARDEN.—Yesterday, J. Hill and J. Beck were fully committed on a charge of stealing thirteen sheep, from the pens of Mr. Bones, at Pad dington, the property of Mr. Dexter, of Padding ton-street. A youth in the employment of Hr. Bones stated, that the prisoners came to him for Mr. Dexter's sheep, and received them. The Of f icers traced the sheep to the shed of a person, in Humble ton-row, Battle-bridge, where they found thirteen sheep, except the skins, heads, and two quarters. Oa searching Hill's house, they also found a quan tity bf poultry, deprived of the heads and feathers. Tuesday night, an aff ra y happened in Aston-street, Birmingham, originating in an old quarrel ; when the , parties went out into the street to fight, and one of the combatants, a person of the name of Littlebales, was unfortunately killed. His antagonist, whose name is Brown, is in custody. TO THE EDITOR OF. TIM STAR. Sni—A Report of the cause tried at Hicks's Hall, on the 27th ult. on the prosecution of M. E. Impey against myself, having appeared in your Paper of the 28th, and in other Papers, into which (through misapprehension, I presume) some errors have; been inadvertently admitted, I beg permission to correct such of them as appear to be at variance with the arguments and decision of the Court, and to make a few occasional observations on the subject. The only two witnesses on the Bill of Indictment, were the prosecutor and Mary Ann Browne ; thelat ter of whom, although in Court, was not called on the trial . : this was observed by the learned Chair man; and it was, indeed, worthy of remark, inas much as it would have given my Counsel an oppor tunity of adding another evidence, to supply a very material fact, which the prosecutor, conscientiously suppressed, in giving his testimony : and it might, also, have brought out " the whole truth," which every witness is bound, by his oath, to give, but which was omitted by Mr. Oliver, namely, that pre• ulcers to my removing . the prosecutor's hat, 1 re peatedly, and, perhaps, imperatively, desired him to taAe gy, or leave the room." Mr. Oliver might also have added, as a further part of the truth, to which ha had to bear testimony, that immediately upon my beating off the hat, on the prosecutor's po sitively refusing to comply with either of my le quests, he struck the a most violent blow on the face, and drew blood from my nose : this being remarked by me to Mr. Oliver at the time, could not have escap:d his notice or recollection. It is stated in the Report, that "l 11,0" sureties were required by the Court : 'this is not correct ; for, on my pay ing•the adjudged fine, I was instantly dis missed, on my own recognizance, to keep the peace towards the prosecutor for twelve months; although the prosecutor's Counsel, with his wonted liberality, demanded it for four years, until the prosecutor should have arrived at age ; leaving me, in the inte rim, open to every insult and provocation to break the peace, of which the prosecutor, and his abettors, are capable ; but to this the worthy Chairman re plied, that nothing was likely to take place at the ettpira6on of the twelve months, and declined complying. The prosecutor, in order to connect the above with a subsequent occurrence, and artfully magnify the . alleged offence (there being but one count in the in dictment), stated, on his oath, that I followed him instantly up stairs, and continued the assault. Here his memory is again fallacious—for the whole family can testify that dinner intervened, and I had been al tent from thehonse for a considerable time, before any further altercation took place, or before I went 'op stairs, to insist on his leaving the house; when he, repeatedly called me damned coward," and used other opprobrious epithets, daring me to put a finger on him, or to attempt to remove him from the room, of which he held forcible possession. An opportunity was certainly offered me of avoid ing a public hearing, by a voluntary submission to conviction, and the usual recognizance ; but, con scious of my own rectitude, the propriety of my own conduct, as the master of my own house, and the degrading situation in which I had been unwarrant ably placed, I courted publicity, and scorned to compromise my honour by a mean concession.. I have, Sir, greatly to lament that the gross line of conduct, and the continued series of insolence and indignity which I have experienced from the prose cutor, since try marriage with his mother, and his return from the Military College, when he was kindly :eceived under my roof; and particularly that conduct • 1e..1 to the contest in question. I lament, I say, that the etiquette of practice in the Court, and the mode, n rules of pleading, prevented those undergo ing a more extensive investigation on the trial : and I feel confident that, had not that been considered as irrelevant to the moot point of law, although justifi cation may be inadmissible in criminal proceedings, an honourable exculpation would have been the cer tain consequence, by a Jury composed of parents, guardians, and masters of families, whose desired object is subordination. Being suddenly required to join my corps, on ditty, the prosecutor, his colleagues, and tho ,- e who support him, must enjoy their momentary triumph : but the Public (who I beg will suspend their opinion for the present) shall still be my at bitrators :—before that tribunal, on a faithful narrative and disclosure of all circumstances, supported by such written do cuments as will amply meet the points in question, and a full statement of such incontrovertible facts as may be deemed necessary, I will stand or fall. I am, Sir, your's obediently, GEORGE NICHoLSON, Lieut. Royal Veterans. gay. 8, 1819. Monday, a very singular case was investigated before the Bench of Surrey Magistrates, when a most extraordinary career of fraud and imposture was de veloped, in the investigation of a c h arge aga i nst De eel Cuthkn, a common beggar. The prosecution wqs at the instance of the Society for the Suppreuiou of Mendiciry. The officers of the Society attended to conduct the proceedings in the usual manner, Without availing themselves of any legal assistance ; vilien, to the astonishment of every onep resent, the beggar appeared in Court, attended by c ounsel, At torney, and the whole paraph erna li a o authorities, for the purpose of defending himself. - This beggar, it appears, was long k n o wn to t h e o ffi cers of the So ciety, and had, a few days since, attracted their notice by his endeavours to practise his accustomed impostures in the neighbourhood of Newington ; when, in their attempts to apprehend him, they were desperately assaulted and beaten; having, however, obtained assistance, they succeeded in taking him into custody. The officers, as before observed, not being prepared with the assistance of a Gentleman of the Bar, would, in all probability, h ave f a il e d i n t h e i r object f convicting the r, had it not bee n f or the prompt assi s t ance o f r. who imme diately took the business in hand, and committed the vagabond, who was sentenced to three months im prisonment. Thursday afternoon, abo u t six o'clock, a fire broke. out at the residence of two maiden ladies (sisters), I named North, at the corner of Lion -street, Prospect row, Newington, and, shocking to relate, one of them, who was very infirm, and marl) , 90 years of age, was burnt to death before any assistance could be ren dered her. CORONER'S n;QVZ:.',T. On Thursday evening , Inquest er i6 : rrad s t i.r ri: ing, an house of Mr. Thomas Tomk:ns, th e D ev0 .. 4 ,. Duke street , Manchester-tquate, on ih e ar in e Colonel l'atsfitose °ARLIE; aged go, c p EdGwacorrdg-e.:t,‘r:tr,sdle'ourtdmepaonse-sqdu;trat, he he is „,ezl ; edmeapthlo,yu. nofdetrhethedefoclel;otssevuit:,gfraimielia:la7n!dy "The b. ' about five months ; the deceased u•as 1-„:, e , fc and sometimes he would fall down. and the', +c. great difficulty to rise again without assistance. Tuesday afternoon witness went into the front lour, where the deceased was sitting down by th.: and a glass of weak brandy and water, whicii made by witness, stool upon the table ; ceased had been pa r t a ki ng o f some of it, znd apparently very well in health. He left Lira situation, and in three quarters of an hour, abo . .it o'clock, witness went up stairs fur the purpose (.1 ing the cloth for dinner, vi hen on opening the c ter discovered the apartment full of smoke, and flames rushing frcm the file-plice ; he s qw t h e ceased upon his knees before the fire-place, hel l bands rested upon the hobs of the grate, and his was on the burning coil in the fire gr.;te. immediately ran over, put hi:n on 116 bsta, procuring a blanket, threw it upon the eec having burned his own hands. His head was he in a niost d:eadful manner, and one of 11 5 lia,.d s burned to a c;iider. itnes said that the dt .• was in the habit of cracking v:alr:uts, and aftcnr throwing the shells into the fire; he had sore nuts when he first went into the parlour, and he iti opinion that the deceased fell head foremost bra fire, v, hile in the act of tin-wring the sheds. was quite sober, and was not addicted to err. Witness did hca:- that the dece.s.sed was strbeal falling down, but it only happened once while!es with Forenvn of tile Jury to witness.--Proy,r any Follicular tervallt to atteud on the deceatt:', There was his valez, who took an equal share tenciance cn the deceased, but the fi.rr.er fa? son v. - ho generally dre,sei and undreated Foreman.--Itvai certainly his duty to be him.—Witnes said he wa: nit at home. The Foreman thought there was great irg'..r.:; cached to some party. The deceased, it v.as fact in the family, wa% suSject to these atarifis and' it at all natural that he should be left three q' of an Lour by himself, ssithout any member(); cif milt', or his servants, going to look after . r.;ut, esp cially when the fire-place vi as known to be els 44 of a safeguard ? He hoped it weld be a warrini: every gentleman to mate his servants attentive. Witness replied, that the deceased would nova any of his servants to enter the room unless be rr the bell for them, nor would he have a sal - qua-ill fore the fire. In answer to a question, witness said none cf furniture was burned. The Coroner thought the case was purely t dental, and did not see that the least blame t%.s tached to the servants, or any body else: And t c:: being impressed with the same feeling, tcturae,! ;is dict of—Accidental. Death, The deceased belonged to the Hon. East India Cc pany, and was much respected. PIED. On the Sd instant, Robert Parable taller, E. of tilt , Office ' In the 37th year of Ids ate. "' October 29, the Right ReTerensl E. Derry,- Roman C Rishop.of Dronaore. October 24, Mr. Borcham, one of the Constables Waldron. He was in pursuit of some delimceuti in :Le when he suddenly dropped down and expired. • October 25, at Bishop ‘Veanstouih, aged 2.5. Jaliana wife of Captain Bishop, of the 40th Iterinwat. October 26, in his 9Sd year, Mr. ?Lt. iciadred, ci Kacd hall, Suffolk. He was always considered a E.i.seis , ::!„ and! within a few days of his death, when unable to go oct, he.=..l himself by shooting sparrows from his window with r.rel!et NEWGATR AND LEADENHALL MARKETS, NOti (By the Carcase.) Beef ..... ...5s 0.1 Co 4s 4d I Veal 3l Sd to 3 5 11 Mutton od to Ss Od Pock ....•. ...Ss od to 61 4 PRICES or HAY Jab STRAW YESTERDAY. ST. JAIIISKINI. WMITSCSIST , T.L Hay 41 Os Od to 61 Os Od Hay... 51 Os to 61 C. Straw 11 4s Od to 11 let Od Straw 11 les to 11 :E. Covet 01 Os Od to 01 Os Od Power 71 Os to 81 C. PRICE OF HOPS. WSW LAI. STW tOCISIS. Kent &Mel ....... 21 les to 31 9s Sussex 3l Os to VI Essex FOreige ... 11 at to 21 2s Farnharo 4l Os to 9 PRICE or TALLOW, Town Tallow his 6d Yellow Russia 5Ss od 'White ditto -s od Soap ditto Melting Stu ff SOAP, &c. per 142.1 b. Ditto rough ... ... ...... • Yellow Soap ......... ... Mottled ..: . ..... : ....... Curd PRICE OF CANDLES—From Tallow Chandkre 11 ' Candies, per doz. .31s 6d—Moulds, 13s Od; tid. per az. allowed for ready rnoney i ___,. RAW HIDES. Best Heifers and Steers (per Ordinary ... is Od to Is 4 stone) Ss Od to Ss 4d Market Calf s,s Od is cs ,0 Middlings 2s 6d tots 10d Eng. Horse us Od to Os COAL MARKET, NOTTIIIII S. Ships at Market. Ships Sold, Price. S Newcastle 41 41$ 6ti to 4 , C 4 5 Sunderland 5 41$ Od to scs COUNTRY MARKETS. ORroati, Nov. 4.—The price of a Bushel of Wheat ft V, 4 ' The Half-peck Loaf, Wheaten, Is. 9d.—Housebold, is. 3.1. BANlBeity, Nov. 4.—Wheat 6s. to 91. 64.-13eaos Si- a ll Ts 6d—Vetches Os Od per bushel.—Barley, 3 4 1 to 4CI 845 Od to 32i od per quarter—Bread, Is 8d half peck—Bch : 540 per sack. Uzattincti, Nov. 4.-... Wheat, per load, £2O Os to XL': St New Wheat, £l4 Os to £2O 5.--Bailey, per quarter, VI 3ss—Oats, 96s to 31s--Beans, 42. to 46$—Peas, iCs to 00 —Rio, — 6 to NNWItIttY, Bz;ss, Nov. 4.—Wheat, 52s to 801---Etrkl . 321 to 405—Oats, 24s W 324—Beans ' 48s to CO4--P,"4 to 53s.—Bread, Is 3'd to 1s 9d. per Gallon. MANCIIIIIIN, Nov. 2.—We have had more demand to4l eur Cotton Market than for the last month; this imP" venle : - has had some effect upon goods, and there has been conuderib.f more purchasers. - Many of the spinners arc low hi stoc k. LiviaropL, Nov. 2.—There has been a considerable stir" our Cotton Market to-day, the sales amounting to 3300 bales; Bowed. and Maranhams have been the favourite sorts,, every thing offered has been taken with much avidity, and got" rally at higher prices. _ — HIGH.WATIR at LOWDON BRIDGE TOIIOIIW. Morning - - ISt annum 5 after f Afternoon - - Co ND - 014 ; inted and publiihed by Low. Kinn' [laC a Temple•Ba ■ I sl* ; I A Imo' IP& P Pc lec:de