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COMMON COUNCIL • • • , TM LORD MAYOR held a Court of Corn Mon Council yesterday, to proceed in the consideration of the mea sures to be adopted respecting the vacant of f ice of Se crndary. The Omit voted the sum of 1601. in aid of the fund distributed annually by the Chamberlain on St. Tho mas; Div to the poor widows of Freemen. CITY Eminent:was. —A Member rose to complain that 5201. were to be expended on. the Mansion House. It this expenditure were to becontinued year lifer year, they had better get rid of the Mansion House alto gethei —Order). Mr. DIXON said, it was impossible the City could be imposed upon, as all the persons employed were either sons or nephews of members of the Court—(Hear). ' The LORD MAYOR said, he should not cause an e:• penditure of 401. It was necessary to have the Mansion noose repaired. A Memorial was presented from Mr. Secondary CROWTHER, praying id be heard before the Court pro ceeded to the consideration of the business respecting the vacant office, which was complied with, and Mr. Secondary heard at considerable length. Mr. Lace then addressed the Collet, and concluded by moving a Resolution, that an application should be made to Parliament for an Act to amend and regu late the fees aid duties to be performed by the Sheriffs and other Officers; and for a Special Committee to be appointed to consider and arrange such fees and duties as may appear just and necessary, andto watch the pro ceedings, and report to the Court from time to time. A considerable discussion took place upon the pro priety of the Court going to Parliament until they had investigated the office, and considered as to the proper tees and charges to be submitted ; and Mr. Pevaaass moved, as an amendment—That an E,pecial Committee be appointed, to consider the fees and duties of the office of Secondary, and whether any, and what alteration should be made there, and to report to the Court ; which was agreed to, and a Committee oth:teen members wete appointed for that purpose. EDINBURGH. DEcoarala 4. Six Fur .CLus.—Mcinday la,t the Six Feet Club opened their new Hall in Thistle-street east, when the competition for-the Scottish broad sword Medal, which had been deferred st the late exhibition of games and gymnastic exercises by the Society, tonk,placr in pre sence of Sir WALTIR boors., Bart. Umpire of the Club, Professor Wilson, Mr. Skene of Rubislaw, and a number of the members and other 'Gentlemen. - A va riety of bouts were played, some of which displayed equal science, quickness, and precision, on the par; of the combatants, and afforded pinch gratification to the spectators. The rencontre between the Captain of the Club and Mr. Forbes, in particular, deserves to be signalised. The parties were admirably matched; and the bout was played con amore, with a vigour which required the utmost skill and promptitude of hand and eye to preserve the knowledge box and other integral parts of the body from serious damage and injury. At length, however, after a very keen and dexterous contest, which ultimately lay betwixt Mr. McFarlane and Mr. McMillan, the medal was• `gained by the former G titleman, who made seven hits to six in the course of a protracted, skilful, and in• teresting conflict, in which both displayed such equality of proficiency that the judges (Professor Wilson and Mr. Patrick Boyle Mure) were puzzled to decide between them, and a concluding round was in consequence or dered, which settled the matter by only one hit of supe riority. Professor Wilson then addressed Mr. McFarlane. in his usual happy style, expressing his admiration of the skill displ ►yed by bo►h Gentlemen, his sense of the honour conferred upon him in being called upon: to award the Society's medal to one who bad so wcll l deserved it, and his hope that he would :non again have the additional honour of dining with.the Society. which he could assure them, was a very ag►eeable part of their ent-rtainntents. The Pitfeskor concluded by presenting Mr. McFarlane with the medal. Several Gentlemen of the Club then amused themselves by going through a variety of gymnastic exerci-es, in which they showed as much der erity and proficiency as in the use of the cudgels. In t ese bracing and manly exel cita!ions, the Captain and Mr. M•Folane were conspicuous for the ease, grace, and agility, which t hey displayed. S:r Walter Scott left the Hall before the contest fur the broad sword medal was concluded, and - was greeted at h s exit, as he had been at his entrance, a ith every mark of respect. PERTH ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. • The anniversary meeting of the Literary and Ahti quarian Society of Perth was held in their Museum on the 24th ult. the Right Honourable Loud Gray in the Chair. The proceeding. were inteietting, and the nu merous and valuable additions to .the library and mu seum of the Society, indicated the increasing prosperity and popularity of the Listitution. The donations of specimens of Natural Ilistory,Geolog y, and Mineralogy, were numerous,' Alter the re-election of. the office ' bearers, the addition of new members, and the other business of the meeting, Dr. Anderson read an essay on the temperature of . the Ocean—from the facts con fleeted with which inquiry the Learned D a r con troverted the prevailing notions respecting the heat of the earth increasing toward% the centre. Mr. Morrison, junior, followed Dr. Anderson, with a brie) dissertation on some facts and traditions connected with the progress of the Roman arms in Scotland, and particularly in the neighbourhood of Perth. In the aftetnoon a select party of the members sat down to a very elegant din ner iu the Salutation Hotel. lit the absence of the 'noble President of the Society, the Earl r t Kimmel', now in London, the Rev. James Eo/aile, one of the Vice-Presidents r i the Society, took the Coal, —R.sbert Ras, Esq. Lord Provos; of the city. croupier.—a,id the cresting was passed in the battle pleasant, rational, at.d •ocial manner as at igmer convivial meetings of the Society, and highly to the gratification of all. who were present. WERNERIAN SOCIETY. • At the meeting of ti is Society last week, Henry Witham, Esq. and Dr. Writer Adana were elected Victno Presidents. The former, who was present, in accept. ing the office, tos.k occasion to pay a well-merited compliment to Professor J .meson. No Society. - he ob served, had ever reaped greater advantages from the labours of an individual than the Wertierian Society had done from those of its President, whose power in de veloping talent was so conspicuous. He was well aware that, had fits excellent - friend not been loaded with du ties of great public ino.ortance, he would have evens° the world b. fore this time an account of the geology of this northern kingdom; of its conformable and uncon. formable depos,ts, and its characteristic fossils, all of which he had studied a ith to much zeal and success. This and' ther u eful l..bours might still be expected from him; and his ( Mr. W.') only wish was, that the President might hr spared for many years, to aff, rd him an oppottun ty of exerting his powertul•ruind in further labours for the benefit of maiskind. Monday night a Geatlemati,, Coming to town from Leith, was overtaken by three females, who feigeed a fondness for his company 'and protection. The Gentleman not only walked slower, for their accommodation, but politely permitted two of them to lean on his arms Oti reaching the head of Elm Row they left him rather abruptls and shortly after they were gone. the Gentleman, to his great mor tification, discovered. that his. fair! friends had robbed him of his pocket-book, containing three hundred pounds. In half an -hour the deptettitdrs, w ith some of their associstes. were in custody of the police i but their plunder.had already been placed in other hands, and no clue was found to its recovery. LINES THEATRES. DRURY-LA NIL This Theatre was elegantly attended last night. Mr. YOUNG played Picini with Amazing power and variety. I !lead of his performance having the wearying effect 01 a thrice•told tale, it was full of freshness, and marked by a corhumnsate excellence, which more than comprn• smed for 1 ck t,f novelty. Alio the Tragedy. and the dance of The Birth Day, the Melodrama of Therese or. the Orphan of Geneva, was performed. Thelma of Therese on this occasion ups assigned to Miss E. TIM. It is no seflection on the abilities of this intelligent actress to say that Melo drama not her forte, and that in her efforts Ism night she fell considerably - short other predecessors, especially of Miss KELLY. Her Therese. was like the author's—a piece of unmitigated misery ;it presented the vet y scale 1,1 female helplessness; fur our own parts we take no delight in steing an utterly powerless but lovely female trampled on through three long acts: Miss Taxa was lovently ipplauded. Mr. COOPER was Carwin, and. be played the character admirably. Mr. J. Viste:o was respectable as the Pastor; and Mr. Les was extremely efficient as the young Quint. COVENT-GARDEN. Last sight the lively Comedy cf The InconUant was petforn.ed at this House, when Mrs. PINDAD played Orissa. This Lady possesses many requisites for - she stage, and the part which she bad last night to sustain urged her an opportunity of calling them into action. tier petformance could not be - classed as a first sate Mai, it was extremely respectable, and she accordingly A 'caved a fair portion of applause. Kasesas Young Mira* is a cleat to every admirer of excellence in the dramatic art. He last night played with even most than his usual spirit and success. ' After the Play, the long announced Sublime and Beautiful vas performed. The story is Sounded on the old Fsrce of The Sultan, and certainly the new vet sion f the story does not improve the Piece either in the it and interest of the dialogue, or in the effect which tl.e several incidents arc calculated to produce. The principal alteration consists in the introduction of some exceedingly pretty songs and music by Mr. A. Las; and the as+ignment of the melody to the keeping of Madame Vi IRIS, Miss HUGHIOII, and Mr. WOOD .-- liztLET has --also a-comie--part assigned to him—the 4 iime.Minister of the Srraglio, into which he infused a portion of his extra •rdinary humour. Madame sung and played with her accustomed sweet s animation ; and . Miss HUGHSS was obliged, in ince w ith the pressing c.ll of the audience, to . song it, the fist act, a thirdlirne. The Piece well received throughout, and ua its repetition being ann, unced, al bough there was some approbation, the greater part of the audience its favour. report of a .Meeting which was held on Friday ; Proprietors of the new Katharine Dock Corn. contains many particulars of importance to the ' London, and to the general interests of corn- The expedition with which this great work was .ed. and she valuable accommodation and afforded by it to the shipping of all parts of id, were circumstances not More gratifying to nietors, than honourable to the Directors, and useful secretary, Mr. Havt.—to the former of for their superintendence of the Company's con. Ind to the latter for his zeal, skill, invariable remprr under trying difficulties, and indefatigable Hance of the n ost.overpowering labours, be if the Meeting were unanimously passed. inning of May, 1827, the first stone of tlietel , as laid; arid, in the incredibly short space ref monthr, the work had assumed its present forma.- 'here had previously been a chaos of filth, vice, Iched nets, splendid buildings have been erected, transactions of commerce are carrying oa with ind industry. 'day afternoon, an Inquest was held at the Rove van publicthoose, Bermondsey, on the body of fen PArtington, a fine girl, about nineteen, the of Mr. Parting ton, a respectable ship.car• Thomas Jones stated, that on Wednesday even. rmself and the deceased were returning from im in a one-horse chaise; when the horse took and galloped off at full speed. DeCeased was farmed, and jumped out I f the chaise—she fell ;round, and the wheel of the chaise went over Immediately on his stopping the horse, he •ned, and fr unCtier still lying on the ground—he ' her up, and 4 baskney coach happening to come placed het in it, and conveyed her borne. Mr. SOW deposed, he was sent fit to attend the _ had three of her ribs broken, and was Ise 'everzly injured. She asp red at-fuor o'clock quads, armee". Vadict—Ageidnutal Duesh. 1 , One Shilling. AI lea re• lion , ibIS le large p ort i on o f 1r TIMIS sung ant :a rest and anunatiot ed repliance N ith I ke peat a song i n tl he as very well rev isreening being ight disipprobat tri ere iu its favour, on sic The report of a taa the Proprietor' ;. ' 3 nl, contains al, he ..it of London, 1 , as rce. The ripe if . tcomplished. an to 'cilitirs afforded e world, were In 'e Proprietors, t D o their useful se t o born for their so tss • ens, and to thi in tempi and r . dm - mance of ,ch inks of the M hs twginning of ks.was laid; ep 6 month', the sir lea 'here there had re „ rid wretchedness I its nd the tr atisacti, rvs igonr and indus to. Yesterday ate' re/ nd Crown public tu n its Helen P.,rt; of . aughter of Mr. r is . teem Thomas Rr hinhelf and eckham in a cu ,ight, and gallo aro uch ohmic!, a the ground, a , to ' l4t ir bod . Imm y he urned, and Iv ailed her up, an is , he placed he IP: Idler Si mpson aid red . eceased—sbe isuA herwi be totters' ible. Thursday of • • and, One 8 UNDRR A DRAWING OF A WALL-FLOWER. Delightful dower! whose fair and fragrant bloom Tinges with beauty many a irsould'ring tower, Leading a grace to its declining doom Beyond the spkadour of it. proudest hour ! What art you like? the cheerful smlle of diem Whose eyes us dim witb years, whose locks m*ll l ' o 7l The tranquil bri e btoess of whose evening Aims They pot to 9ota the morning of their day ! The scarlet fever is raging with great fury at Ghent ; not lesser toad 47 children were carried off by it in three days. John Kenney, who was acquitted at the last Thetford Assizes of the horrible murder of the boy Moore, at on.the ground °Chi; being insane, was lately , removed from the Castle to the Norfolk Lunatic Asylum by wurants, under the King's sign Manual. A man named John Henderson .was on Saturday committed to Devizes Old Bridewell, charged. on his own confession, with being a deserter from the 70th Regiment of Foot. He surrendered himself .to .tbe, Corporal of the •Coldstreami Guards in that town. " 11 the above day. He states that he dese.ted from the regiment la America, upwards of three years ago; .imp which time he has been at sea, in the merchant servialrt latterly he has been out of employ, and ,14 ad the greatest of miseries. • CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE.. , • CAMBRIDGE, Dec. S. At a Congregation on Tuesday last the degree of Doctor In Di -trinity was conferred on the Reverend Gilbert MosHe, Mister of Pembroke College, and Vice-Chancellor, in compliance with the King's Letters mandatory. At the Congregation on Wednesday last the following degrees were conferred— worms or DIVINITY. • Rev. John Brasov, late FeHoe of. Trinity College. MONOIIARYAsTIII Or ACTS. Henry Thomas Hope, Trinity. College. WASTIIII Or ACTS. • Henry Courtney, Queen's College. *ACHELOOS IN CIVIL LAW. MeNSINIft Rdm. Cockburn, Fellow of Trinity 11411, Rev. George Rankin. Christ College. Rev. Joseph Charles Bradyley, Corpus Christie College. NACIIELOIL IN - Henry Charles Duddy, Queen's College. - BACHELORS Or ACTS. Martin John Lloyd, St. John's College. John Snowdon, St. John's College. Charles Mackie, St. John's College. Henry Malthus, Trinity College. Charles Summed F.ustace, Trinity College. John Deadley Mooney, Queen's College. Tuesday. John (*Myer. Esq. M.A. of Clare Hall. Barrister at law, wet elected Fellow of that Society, on Mt. Borage's fora dudes. • An examination of Candhlates for a scholarship on the Craven foundstion, lately held by Mr. Martin, of Trinity College, will csmmence on theS6th of January. OXFORD, Dec. e. On the Seth ult. the -Hon. and Rev. George Peilew, B.D. of us Christi College, was admitted to the Degree of Doctor io Divinity, Grand Compounder, Dean of Norwich. Saturday hit. Herman Merivale, B A. of Trinity College, and Mord' Dean Ireland's Scholars„was elected Fellow of Banjo! Col lege; at thte same time M .W. Churton, E Wilmot. and H. Herbert, were elected to open Scholarships, and Messrs. Wickham and Wentworth to Exhibitions limited .to the County of Somerset and Cits of Oxford, respectively. . Thursday the nomination of the following Gentlemen to the office of Select Preacher, was respectively approved in convocation. The Rev. Philip Wynter, I).D. President of St. John's College. The Rev. William Jocelyn Palmer, 11. D. of Brasennose College. The 11ev. William Mills. B D. Fellow of Magdalen Collett. The Rev. John Keble, M. A. Fellow of Oriel College. The Rev. J. L. Richards. M.A. Fellow of Exeter College. At the same time the following Degrees were conferred; MASTIC. or ACTS. * Ref. John Still, St. Mary Hall. Rev. Edward Lutwyche Davies. Jesus College. Norwood Tucker, Scholar of. WSW, College. Res. William Compton, Trinity College. SACHALONS OS ACTS. David Pugh, Balliol College, Grand Compounder. : William Williams, Qtieen's .Mn Williamson ReMot College: Jam* E.' Riddle , St. Edmund Hall. Mown Jones, Jesus Cidlege. Richatd Walker Th.onlinson t .University College. • Richard Palmer, Worcester College. • . • Roland Smith. St. John's College. Henry Samuel Sayce, Pembroke College. William Turbttt, Pembroke College. Henry Teush-Ilecker, Trinity College. Robert Martyn Ashe, Trinity College. Francis Warre, Oriel College. John Henry Philipps, Oriel College. cliarlecjihichanan Pearson, Oriel College. On the Bath ult. Mr. 'lobo Douglas Giles was elected an Exhi- Mdonet of Corpus Christi College. • The Rev. Wadham ilariiin, M.A. Fellow of Wadham College, Its been instituted, by the Bishop of Winchester, to the Itectoty of Beyer, in Surrey. The. Dean and Chapter of Gleucister Cathedral have presented the Rev. William Wilton Matinee, M.A. and formusly Fellow of Pembroke College, to the Remotfpf Radford, in that Diocese. The Rev. Robert Henry Tripp. M.A. of Exeter College, has bow licensed to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Sidwell, Eimer. The Rev. George Maurice Drutnntood..lLA. of BaUiol College, bag been inducted, by the Right Rev. 111" c &shoji Sandford, !o the ]moharp Of the Codgregatiou of St. Mark Episcopal Chapel; The Bishop of Hereford held an Ordination rad Sunday. in -the gavel of Winchester Culiegc, when the following. Gesitioneu,were eidaioed. . • DRACONS. j. T. Giffard, R.A. New College. Oxford. ; Alps &C. L New CoUp. Oxford.- .7. A. Fitxclatence. S. C. L. Trinity College, Cambridge. . T.•Watkius. B.A. Qwee's College, Cambridge. J. P. Sill, R A. Christ College, Cambridge. J. N. R. K•nchant, B.A. Queen's College, Cambridges PRIEM. J. Hughes, E.A. Beasesnose College. Oxford. • C. N. *ILI, H.A. Belliol College, Ozford. C. N. Hesairige. SA. Qrseen'ir College. Cambridge. The Bishop of Winchester has signified his intentioe to revive the Mee of Rural Dean in variou. parts of his diocese.—llitnap Citron. • eCcLOUastiCAL TRoatt oviuNs. Rev. Dr. Richardson, Perpetual Curate of Witton Gilbert, has been loducsed to the Rectory of .Bratectpetb, vacant by the death of the Rey. Williank Ne.field. . Rev. Robert Harrison, Perpetual Curate of Blatichland has been 'lostitoted.to the Vicarage'of Lastitigham. •••-- Rev. JL. Paling, to the Vicarage of Norton Cockney, Notts. , Rev. idlan Bishop, to the Vicarage of St. Mary de Lode, with litany Trinity annexed, in the City of Gloucester. Rev. Richard Jones, to the Vtcarige of Brooktborp, In the Dlocessuraf Gloucester. • • Rev, J. D. Hurst. HA 'of Pemstime, late of Wakefield, to the Rectory .of Clayton, with the Vicarage of Croydoo , in the county Itot Bedford. Trelawny, N. A. to the Rectory of Nordin!, Cornwall. Ustr.eTiP Roberts, of Tinwell,.to the Rectory of St. Mary's, Stamford. ' • • Ree r Gecarge.Shilfner, to a Stall in Chichester Cathedral. The Revs William Grant Broughton, M. A. of Pembroke Cal. tale, C,aints;lage. is appointed to the Arehdeaconrrof New Snuik Wales,inicant by the retirement of the Venerable J. 11. Scott. r The Reverend . Charles Tomblin has been presented to the Vicaregoiof Wahine; near Falkingbarn,' Lincolnshire. • • • 'The ICev. ,lubti Atkinson has been instituted to the Vicarage of Owershy, with Kirkby and, o.gailiy annev.d, in the coma y of Lorain, vacant the ramignition of Dr. Wymer. • bloawaele. Dec. s.—Tuesday the Rem. John Connor, Clti. was instituted so the Rectory of Sudbourn with Orford, In the county of Suffolk. The Rig. John Ltiikhart, A.M. of the Scotch Church, Blacked street, Newcastle, has, by the unanimous vote of the Wee Kirk Sessinh.lasto nominated to the charge of Hope Park Chelsea. Edin burgh, in tisc room of the Rev. John Forbes, who has accepted a sail to the charge of the Outer Mils Moat, Glasgow. Agresablylo the appointment•of the Presbytery of Nairn, the Rev. Alesaer Fra.er was on Thursday, the 20dr. ult. ordained and admitted Minister of Cawdor. • ••.•••—_ FATAL ACCIDg):T..:-.Tuesday about one 'o'clock, as janies*Thomas'andhis son J.smes, pilots belonging•to this polf, were al4leavouring to get on board the Rut tian ship Annonai , utside the Bs eakwat, 1., a rope thrown out by One of th'esCrei.for them to.lay hold of, becanie . • entangled rouud.the young man's thigh , and the s hip being undgt , vitigh with a fresh !mime. he was dragged from the boat and precipitated into the sea. The father threw oat anuar, which the inn caught, and by it kept ,hianself afloat sonic time. Unfortunately the Lithe' being overcome by.his feelings was too much agitated to reader effectu4l•assistance, although the young man continued to give directions whilst he held the oar ; and at length the young man becoming eshauited, lose the air and sank to rise no more alive. The feelings of the father at thus seeing hit son perish, may be more easily ithagined than described. The deceased was 21 years of age, andisore a most excellent character. The body has not yet 'been found.-Plymouth Journal.' DIATH Xi Fit alltio.—Their%it s Ay evening ion inquest was held at thesAngel Inn, at Stroud, oh the body of Cornelius ,llarlye s• The deceased and a man named Howarth, who' Asir* tlitipmates, in the employ of Messrs—Lownder tad Gansu, of Rochester, brush ornanufactushrs,-,uwing to some disputes which hat arisen between their, agreed to deitide• their dirk Renee ' 6y a pugilistic contest. They met on Wednes• l• • day in a field near Stroud Ili!, arid fought for nerdy an hour and a halt, when the deceased received a blow tit on the temple; and he died soon after. • A verdict of Mantlitighter was returned against Howarth, who has atisConded. • a .. . t • LAW INTELLIGE NCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Dec.-1. • 41.1DOMENT —RAWSN V. JPERNEY. Mr. Guylot Cowherd •uras seized of certain free:he/di and cop)hold estate'. 1n1794.he sutieede.ed his ctropy holds to the uses of hi. still, which !te made, disp 'sing rd his freeholds and copyholds in different portions to different untie In 1800 he executed a settlement in contemplation of,marsiage, and tie marriage after wards took effect. The settlement contained a covenant. to surrender the copyholds io the uses ot the settlement, and the question was, whether this was a revocation of the will as regarded.the copyhold estates? The settle ment was to wine irrent charge of 3004 a year. The Master of the Roll', betole whom the can e was mi. heaid, was of opinion that the will was revoked, both as it disposed of the freehold and copyhild estates. Lord Eldon entertained doubts of the revocation as to the cops hold ; he considered it a ptire question of law, and sent it to the Court of King's Bench. Toot Court certified that in law, even if there had been an actual surrender (theta being only a covenant to surrender) it would not have been a revocatiort-at the copyholds. It afterwards came here upon a contest on t: e cirt ficate of the Court o King's Beach.. Upon the auli•orsty of that Court, ai well as to be C,nsistent with the doctrine laiddowa•in Cave V. Holf or d. R der .v.- Wager; Connor v. Layer, Minis v. 'Alcock, in Vesey's• 16th vol. and Thurstoet v. Cunningham, in ,illickstone, his Lordship considered the will not revoked as it regat ded 'be copy. hold property,. and therefore reversed the decree below. • • VICE.CHANCILLOR'S COURT, /Dec. S. 11i/sLk lay cAtia.---JVISPMENT. This was a caverirn which Ceirain property, pit tit which consisted of a brew house, had. been left to true. • 'ties for the benefit of An.no Noble, duiiitg her life, with reversion to her children. The stestei!s had recovered the brew house from the tenant by an,.action of eject.- inert, and in an action on covenant they hid recovered damages to the amount Of 5001. fin dilapidation.. The trustees had invested the money. and paid the dividends ier Anne Noble during her life. Upon the death of Aare Noble, her children called upon the trustees to transfer th:s sum ; but they refused, and a bill sins filed to cons _ pal the transfer. The Vice CHANCELLOR observed, that the question to be decided was, whether the turn tecovervd tor dila vidations was to be considered as a part of the inherit. since, or as the exclusive property of the tenant for life? No care had been cited which bore upon the point, and, in the absence of authority, he thought the safest coot se would be to follow the principle of the law. I t accorii. ante with the spirit of the law, he was of opinion th it he must declare the ffionej to Be the property of ti e enant for life, and tit; a part of the inhetitance.—Bill disiniised; COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GutumALL, Dec S. Bofors Lord TENTUDIIN and Common Juries. cinititut. This was an action on two bills of exchange for 1311.55. 7d. each, drawn by the defendant in the name of Coster and Cunningham, in favour of Short and Co. sod endorsed to the plaintiff. The defendant pleaded, in addition to the general issue. that if he was hahre at all on the bills, he was •liable jointly with a l'ersots of the name of Cunningham, who was in partnership with him at the time the bilis were drawn.. Mr: CAMPBeLL iratea the ptainrifrs case, and r.n. in iwn bills, which were d..ted the 1 Ith of Ju1y.1827, and. drawn upon J. Ilaslop.and to-Lows-mnor,Worcester shire..The signatuie of the defendant, as the drawer of. the bills; was proved. In support nf the plea of abarEment, Sr JAsen SCAA• LITT, alter shortly addressing the Jury, called several witnesses to prove, ilia at the fig e the bills were drawn, the defendant ant Cunnir gham were in partnership to gether, and cirrifd on business in Stairiing-lane: under the film of Coster and Cunsiiaghans." The witnesses were principally clerks of these piifes, nod persons who had dealt with them ; and from their evidence it • Appeared, that Cunningham bad always been tnilkidefed• 46 the partnerol Coster, and that the business had been carried on in their joint names. •. Mr. CAMPBELL, in reply;contended that tb4sreAdenee was not sufficient to maker ut the fact of a Soma fide partnership subsisting between the Fatties. The defen- Jail, it be were really in partnership ssith Cunning. ham, might have produced the articles of paint rship and tie b , oks of the firm; or the bankers might have been called to prove that account was kept in •the joint names of .Cnster and Cunningham. Lnrd TERTZRDEN, in leaving the ease to the Jury, bserveit, that it did not folli w because no articles 4 , f panne:ship were ptodnced, that a partnersitiP did net really exist between Cot r and Cuiir,ing.ham. Many' persons carried on business in pa, :flagship without en. tering iiito any written agreement. If, however, from the whole of the evidence, the Jury should be o' °pi. ninn that Cunningham was not really a partner with the defendant, but was a person t..ken brio )1:1 service. with a view of lending his.name to the defendant, and to give a colour to the transactions which were carried en it their. joint names, they would find their verdict 11 the plaintiff. • The Jury. without hesitation, found for the plaintiff. Damage's, 2751, 11 s. . . COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Doe.* aqua aRDAION D . '40R111498. • This was asactiun.bieughbilliecover the sum of 501.. paid as a deposittp4he'd4feridobt, an auctioneer, OR.the purchase of a• - cpratttity*.ol. bricks at Hillingdon, by the plaintiff, the bricirsnpt. having beredelive red. The defence to then** tea., rsj, tlyt the plaintiff,. who was a, minor, was not the real purChasi r, but that be at ted for Messrs. Want and Richardson, the latter of whom.was his.father, and 'that the 501. had bent . coetted for to tbern; secondly, that the money. was for. . felled by the conditions of the sale. J. Richareson, the plaintiff's father, was called to prove that applied to the defendant for the 501 in the behalf of his son—he said he asked for it for his soli ; after watds,on being confronted with the defendant's clerk, headisiitted that he Jid not say he came for his' son, but insisted that the application was for him. The LORD Cuter JUSTICZ ordered the witness to be detained in Court till the trial as nes r. . Hi+ LORDSHIP then charged tot Jury, who returned verdict for the defendant. • His LORDSHIP inquired whether they fonid the ;ter dict on the ground of the fist defence or the second? and b.ing answered that it Wdls because they thought the plaintiff. was acting for his fatt.er, his Loldship . or tiered Richardson the tither to scant up. and addressing him, said he should be . sorry to purlist any man fer prevarication, unless the Jury •disbelieved hint.• His story was so inconsisten!, thAt..nolvidy could believe him. His Lordship wished he had the poster possessed by the Judges at the Assizes, of ordering a witness to be indicte a, and the expense of the prosecution to be p4id by the county. As soot; as it should please the Legislature vi invest him with that Omer, he would exercise it with proper discrimination, but firmness; for the crime was su ihcreasing every day, that . no 'S life or property would be safe un!ess somethlllg siaa. ■ !~