Star. — London, England, 1828-12-22 00:00:00

r R{ rek G. 3 a Sir sea 'j o y. pro. Wee oul4 rrri. here, eigl. et_,, 1 WU mid it )7 the tuber, Fame, , from I, from rboar4 iro, in of th e cutter Lummo, packet, vovem• tit Dec. h, from ?lit, and I water, Ilington Halifax Astral'. died for Captain BRIGHTON, Dsc. 20. The Ball at Chichester last night, for the benefit of as anticipated, was extremely well at- ;be lnerm ar b o d e d ; between four and five hundred persons were Up w ards of 1501. in tickets were received at ih r e a do n Or of the Assembly Room, and a very consider able tu rn will be realised from the sale of a large num ber of tickets bought by parties who did not attend. The g eneral character of the dresses was very rich and liendi d. A reat man Ladies and Gentlemen wore tattyry dresses, s g y ome of a very rich and elegant kind. The Duke of ll:canon , and two of his Grace's brothers M odel in regimentals. The Duchess of RICHMOND was not in a fancy dress, but most ,i c iiiy habited in gold satin, with a profusion of diamonds: her firace lonhed extremely well. , me Duchess Dowager wore a magnificent Scotch dress and dee Lady S or ota Lamtoz, the dress of an Enslish ILady Of the ofee reepth century. Ales. Fasou.i. was very correctly and tastefully dressed as Alit; the Misses NEWLAND, biISICIII CARR, and Mr. J• NIVILAND, wore Persian costumes. An interesting group from Portsmouth were very conspicuous as i : ,1„ : 1 peasants of the Abbruzzo, and of the Canton Zone's. An Officer of his Majesty's ship Victory was especially remark able in the costume al a Turk. A you ng Gentleman, whose name we did tarp hear, was well Zrevrd as a Pedlar. selling ballads and p oems for the benefit of the lolumary. Among the company were-- Lord an: Lady Selsey, Mr. and the lion. Mrs. Poynto, Lady G. [Annus, Lady Clarke Jervoise, Mrs. Mundy, Efce. Tbr whole went off with great eclat. and gave great satisfaction. AFFRAY WITH POACHERS. For sime length of time a formidable gang of poachers h as infested the country about Croydon and Reignite, and committed considerable havoc amongst the game In the preserves of several Gentlemen resident in that pot of Surrey. Various stratagems have been tried to effect the apprehension of some of these nightly ma rauders, which has been at length accomplished after a desperate resistance on their part; the gang, it seems, having come to a resolution, one and all, of not being taken abbe. In consequence of the continual depreda tions committed on the estates in the above neighbour s.m,i,the proprietors of them have recently enjoined t heir gamekeepers to be constantly on the alert.— Codoimably to the directions, as James Tasker, one Lithe under-gamekeepers in the service of Sir William .I , lliffe, at Merstham, was on the watch, on Tuesday morning last, about one o'clock, accompanied by his brother and another man, the report of a gun was heard in the preserve. The three men hastened to the snot, and by the light of the moon,which shone brightly it the time, they saw two poachers, armed with guns. The poachers, on finding they were discovered, imme iiately retreated, closely pursued by James Tasker, who Ailed out to etem that he should fire if they did not land. The poachers, regardless of the threat, continued run; but finding that they had little chance of aping, immediately turned round on their pursuers, land pte,ented their guns at James Tasker, who instantly threw himself flit on the ground, to avuid being shot. ie men who were with him were some distance in the ,; and the poachers taking advantage of this cit. .umstance, as well as the position in which Tasker had -ted himself, again turned round, and attempted to :ape out of the preserve. The moment, however, ,'esker perceived their object, be started off the ground prevent it, and when within about six yards of the lathe's they again wheeled round upon him, and pre ling their guns at him, one of them fired, and the :ontents of the gun 1 edged in the lower part of Tasker's lomen, and he fell to the ground. The poachers, log they had shot the man, again took to their heels, A succeeded in making their escape out of the grounds. :esker, it appears, was wounded in such a dreadful tanner, that the men who accompanied him were bliged to render him assistance, instead of pursuing the Iffendets. The wounded man was conveyed home, and Heal assistance having been procured, the heraor 'age arising from the wound was stopped, and it was tanned is have been inflicted with shot. Tasker, louver, remains without hope of recovery from the of the wound. Information of the above outrage having been given Union Hall, in a letter from Sir William Jolliffe, ad- used to Mr. Chambers, with a request that some of officers belonging to the establishment might be .down to assist in the detection and apprehension of le offenders, in compliance with the application of Sir directions were given to Johns and Reed to roceed there forthwith ; and, from information they lived on their arrival at Merstitam, they succeeded in i rehending a man named Nicholson, who was ;rmerly under gamekeeper to Sir William Jolliffe, and hho is alleged to have been one of the men that fired and wounded Tasker on the morning in question.' officers met with considerable resistance in scent this man, whom they apprehended in a small itige on Croydon Common. When they entered door, N cholson, on seeing them, armed himself . a long knife, and sunning up a perpendicular ;ht of stairs, stood at the head of the staircase, fl iurishing about the weapon, swore that be Juld murder any man that attempted to take him. rohns and Reed, however, little daunted by his threats after him, soon disarmed him, and made him prisoner, and conveyed him forthwith to Mers bdure a Magistrate. On being taken into the of Tasker, he immediately identified Nichol. as one of the men who fired at him, and whose he bad an opportunity of plainly distin. 16 hing, owing to the light from the moon, when the "age was perpetrated. Nicholson, on the evidence of "kerb was luny committed for trial. Subsequently officers succeeded in apprehending three men, lamed Adams, Pratt, and Richardson, belonging to :e same gang. These men, being aware that they ere 'I wanted," kept out of the way ; but the officers living been apprized that they were still in the hhourhood, proceeded to an unfrequented place, Smithen Bottom, and there met with them. The , on seeing the officers, furnished themselves with dangerous weapon each, being a thick stick, a yard in 1 1gth, loaded with lead at one end, and, being deter °!"ll on resistance, fought with them, until threatened , ith being sh o t. Th e officers having also secured these `tier, handcuffed them, and took them before a resi- Magistrate ; and on being searched, several wires, and other engines used for the destruction of were fould in their possession. The prisoners been identified as belonging to the gang who .tted such depreda ions in that part of the country, kept the inhabitants in a state of terror and alarm, !, by the decision of the Magistrates, committed for ?e months each to hard labour in Gutldf .rd gaol. NIChOiSOII will be tried the ensuing Assizes, let shoot ' at Tacker, who, up to Saturday, still remained in a 'Y Precarious state, from the dangerous nature of the Ind he received. wir p • ' AT A a, dues til after ',sailed e Mae. of the Sion, Line. it, Per- ; the is ilea- Jamaica t..a Rop,l .. - , mast!', the gAie _ _ w of 24 rtmiin ts. The W. She ny's ship e French Poop , f ri " les seen beir ships, !minas on ats, what• loch more ip appeals sing while it Olken they base knowledge rice. &Anne ins vessels. sharp, the projecting Defy intleho tons, are in t rake like ies as sea m% this sta. tuns." lurglar ies ,le one at the emPti, ,bbers ba n ba d s tolen &lasses and am Int ° r given 1 . 1 has beta 81/ 'grates and en down °II coit i o n to 'lt has b een given to ten clerks employed in the 'lt Office, th a t their services will be dispensed with at Christ- We understand that they have been selected from the number or I In . tertet employed as the least efficient, without regard tngth of service. Those of them whose services en theal to it will, of course, receive a superannuation allowance. - Captain diately retreated, closely pursued by. nest-- called out to erem that he should fi Ica, dues il after stand. The poachers, regardless of th n o t s, sa il e d to run; but finding that they ha scaping, immediately turned round Dispatch, and pietntvd their guns at James To • hem himself flit on the ground, tr Innen, F. 'he men who were with him were si tampion • ear; and the poachers taking acy; 'la Littk, umstance, as well as the position it )be Alas. laced himself, again turned round on of the rbn S 1 , scape out of the preserve. The Lieut. asker perceived their object, be st; nan, Pur- 0 pima it, and when within aboi pion; the ..achets they again wheeled round Hep. it • a J • sating their guns at him, one of ontents of the gun I edged in theta to a Ropl. Women, and he fell to the gnu B ut ' us, mane, nding they had shot the man, agai in the g..k od succeeded in masking their escap crew of sg asker, it appears, was wounded he remain- anner, that the men who accc oats. The , bliged to render him assistance, ins • ' She ffenders. The wounded man was 20. .iedical assistance having been pr esty hage ationg from the wound was dipsle French 'attained is have been inflicted a PocPP* (6 " °never, remains without hope of id es sewn the wound . of the e_ CIS t e te c i: i nr y Information of the above outrag ventions no t Union Hall, in a letter from Sir ents, what- iiessed to Mr. Chambers, with a much more he o ffi cers belonging to the este' hip appears suing while tdown to assist in the detection teir Oilicers e offenders, in compliance with they have Villiam, directions were given to knowledge .toceed there forthwith ; and, fro; nice. Some fine „„,j,, cited on their arrival at Menthol •y sharp, the pprehenJing a man named N is projecting , nnerly under gamekeeper to Sir / very melt, ho is g a..e 11 ed to have been one o 0 tons, Are in its rake like and wounded Tasker on the rides as sea' e officers met with considerable Leon this sta. g this man, whom they apple! L guns." ittige on Croydon Common. tY AT A e door, N cholson, on seeing tl ith a long knife, and sunning burglaries fight of stairs, stood at the he; able one at nd, ft iurishing about the wear d, was corn- ould murder any man that atte 1 morning, ohns and Reed, however, little d; watch and scended after him, soon disarmed Blackfriars- heir prisoner, and conveyed him pears, from am before a Magistrate. On I 'Led on the .resence of 'frisker, he immediate complete'y in as one of the men who fires wing more' ountenance he bad an opportun on: several uishing, owing to the light from about 200 utrage was perpetrated. Sicholst them of the I asker, was fully committed for ions 2.0 001 • e officers succeeded in sprite] re worth 40 awed Adams, Pratt, and Rich; oleo, which t same gang. These men, be ;e, overdue, ere " wanted." kept out of the cards found sting been apprized that the mphries, in ighbourhood, proceeded to an Th e man. • Iled Smithen Bottom, and there was as fol . lbws, on seeing the officers, fun shop, late'y dangerous weapon each, being a ison, pawn' gth, loaded with lead at one et I the robbers .fined nn resistance, fought with t ms Houser, ith being shot. The officers has he wall, an d ' flier, handcuffed them, and tot; houses an d ' t Magistrate ; and on being se leading in to ' re; and other engines used it t h em Cow me, were kind in their posse of consider• sing been identified as belong eak through "emitted such depredasions in th e ; from tha, kept the inhabita n ts in a scat c ommenced sere,by the decision of the Niagi the emptf Te e months each to hard labour (abbess had Nicholson will be tried the east r had stoles at Tack er , w h o , up to S aturc Shines an d tY precarious state, from the d eats . Inter' mind he received. 4, given al ' has bees in Notice has been given to ten c . a nd le Office, th at t h e i r services will b gran asaw t. We understand tha t they ha , ee n down h employed B uie number t he teas y nat i o to , twill , or serv ic e. ittlgthot s Those le them to it will, of course, receive a =RD. GLASGOW, Dn. 18. At a meeting of the cotton spinners, held here yester• day. it was resolved to shorten the credit of cotton yarn to four months. _ _ --- FATAL AFFAIR.—Monday the Toward Ca:tle left Lochgilphead for Glasgow, having on board, among other passengers, two HighLindmen, named Robert and John Lamond, who are said to have been cousins ; and, at Tarbert, an Irishman and two Irishwomen came en boar s o the same boat, also for Glasgow. On the way, these Irish passengers asked the two Lamonds to drink with them, and during the passage they had a consi• derable quantity of ale, and a little spirits; and about the time that the boat reached Paisley Water foot, John Lamond came upon deck, and informed Capt. Stewart that his comrade, Robert, was much the worse of liquor, and had, he f ared, been robbed. Capt - ain Stewart, on hearing this, went below as soon as possible, and found Robert Lamond stretched upon the floor, quite insen sible, with his pocket book lying beside him open, and containing a number of letters, on the outside of which were marked certain sums of money, which they were presumed to have contained, but not a farthing of loose money was in the book. On seeing this, Capt. Stewart immediately went upon deck, and seized the Irishman who had been drinking with Mr. tamond, and, followed by the two Irishwo men, took him below, and evinced his determination to search him, upon which he surrendered a pocket-book, containing 191.75.; and, on the arrival of the vessel at the Bromielaw, Captain Stewart, who had placed a watch over the party, committed the whole into custody of the Police, and also delivered into their hands the pocket-book with its contents. The prisoners were im• mediately searched, when two bottles, both empty, but which had lately been filled—the one with whisky, the other with laudanum, were found upon the person of the Irishman. Captain Stewart, at the same time, also promptly sent for medical asaistance to Mr. Lamond, when four surgeons attended, and used every possible means—among others the st.rmach pump—for his re covery, but, despite of their exertions, the unfortunate man expired in The boat on Tuesday morning, about half-past five o'clock. The deceased was a merchant in the isle of Mull, and was in the habit of occasionally visiting Glasgow in the way of business. He has left a widow and some children to lament his loss. From the matter which has been ejected from the stomach, the smell of laudanum is easily perceptible. The body has no marks of violence, neither are there the slightest symptoms of any disease which might have occasioned such a sudden death. Indeed there scarcely remains a doubt but the unfortunate man has been poisoned by liudanum. The different accounts which the parties tell of how they became possessed of the money is a very strong suspicion against them. The officers allege that the prisoners are the same persons who were sus• petted of having poisoned a man in Trongate about nine months ago, and another individual in Bridgegate about six months back. The case is undergoing the most rigid examination before the Sheriff. FURTHER PARTICULARS. _ _ Dec. 20.—We learn that the two. prisoners, at their 'lamination, contradicted each other in the most material points. The woman, we hear, says her name is Catherine Wright, that she was married to the pri soner six years ago at Gretna Green, but during that period she could not condescend on any place where they had had a fixed abode for a longer period than three weeks, when they stopped at Lymington, in Eng land, where her husband got the Sco t notes that had beat found in his possession. We have not heard any part of the man's deposition, the examination being strictly private, except that be calls himself John Stewart, says that he is a blacksmith, and that his wife's name is Smith. The most Important and horrid part of the story, however, remains to be told, namely, that the man, Stewart, has been positively sworn to by the publican in Bridgegate-street, as being the same•fellow who was along with the man who died in his shop in o.tober last; and that the name of the woman who was in custody in May last,_ charged with being art and part in committing the murder in Trongate, mentioned above, was also Smith, The Edinburgh spirit dealer has been sent far in order to see whether he can identify any of the suspected delinquents.—Glazgoso Courier. Thesfarmers in Norway are so expert in the use of the rifle that they generally hit their game with a single bullet; and so vain are they of this accomplishment, that to miss puts them out of temper for the rest of the day, and so spoils their sport. The private accounts from Boston, in the United States, say that there had been a complete panic in the money mar ket, without any reasonable cause. The Exchange with England from 10 fell to 81. Every article of commerce unsa!eable ; and no money to be bad on any terms. One letter attributes this state of things to the tar iff, and the withdrawing of the specie from the United States ; another to an expected colli sion with England by the anticipated election of Ge neral JACKSON. I. CORN-EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Dec. 22. Friday the Wheat Trade experienced a reduction of 4s. per quarter, and this morning, having no country buyers at market, with a large arrival of Foreign Wheat, the Meal:ng Trade was ex ceedingly dull; and although offered at a decline of Ss. per quarter under the prices of last Monday, few or no sales could be effected. Malting Barley was nearly in a stagnant state, the Maltsters being unwilling to purchase at 415. per quarter. Beans and Peas, of both kinds, were dull sale, at an abatement of from Is. to 2s. per quarter. Fine Oats command our last quotation, but all other de scriptions were nearly unsaleable. In other articles there is no alteration. Wheat, Kent & Essex,.BosllB, I Peas, Grey 58s 40s Suffolk, 80s 864 Bean s, _ Small 40. 425 Norfolk, 70a 741 Tick 36s 38a Rye 581 40e Oats, Potatoe 30s 555 Barley 55s 41a Poland 28s 51s Malt 64. 70s Feed 24s 28d Peas, White 405 421 Flour, per sack, 701. 755. Boilers 46s 50s Rapeseed 1161 285 per last. IMPORTATIONS LAST MSZE. Wheat, English quarters 5,441 Irish Oats Do. Foreign 2,582 Rye, English, Irish Ditto 784 Ditto, Foreign Batley, British 12,906 I Beans, English Do. Foreign 1,627 Ditto Foreign Irish Peas, English Malt, EISA' 4,778 Ditto, Foreign English Oats 10 , 767 Englsh Flour, sacks Foreign Ditt S MITHFIE L D 3160 America RK n ditto, brbs. MAET, Dec. 22. CATTLI AT MASKST. 820 13,061 63 Beastil 1,125 I I Sheep 111,2201 Pigs 100 I Calves 136 Beef . .4sOdto 4s &I Veal .• 41 to 5s 6d Mutton . 45 15d 5s 1141 Pork . . 55 Od 65 Od Hay per load, £2 105. to £4 Os. Clover ,e 3 3s. to £5 Os.— Straw Fl Ss. to ill 16‘ LIVERPOOL, Doc. 20. Cosson—The import this week is 6,763 bags, and the sales reach 13,500 bags (iocluding 350 Mobiles and Maranhams taken Olt expen). Advice. from New York, of 19th November, quote passed Uplands 9; to 11, and Premium of Exchange 10. which, on Ott November, had been quoted 911 to 11, and it); respectively. Cohen, Soc.—About 100 casks Plantation Coffee have been taken by the trade at steady prices; and 200 bags good black Pepper at 31d. per lb. Monotone—Very little done in either Beef or Pork this week. Bacon dull, and prices nominal—ta9 front 425. to 445. There has been a fair but nut as extensive business done in dry Betters, but at no improvement in price. Some sales have been made in Cork pickled seconds at 71s. The demand for this description of Butters is very limited, and u the holders are anxious to effect sales, we may still look for lower prices. - LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, SATURDAY, Dec. 110. SLAM V. NEST. Sir J. Scarmerr —This was an action to recover 71. /or the use and occupation of a house in College -street, Chelsea, from Midsummer last to Michaelmas. The house was rented last year by a Mrs. Kent6eld, mother of the defendant's ssife, who held it till the middle of the quarter before Christmas, 1827. She gave notice that she was to leave at her term, and then the defendant cook the house till Midsummer last, but got the land lord (the plaintiff) to do some repairs, on condition that he would stay longer. The repairs were done, but the defendant did not stay after Midsummer, and the land lord, under the circumstances, thought himself entitled to at leapt another quarter's rent, which was 71. Evidence was given in support of this case. Mr. Guatrilf, for the defendant-4t was the plaintiff's wife that spoke about the repairs, and the landlord was so long about them that the defendant's family were deprived for a long time of the comfortable occupation of the house. The wife had said, that if the repairs were promptly and properly done, they might stay after that term; but the husband gave no consent to stay, and the repairs were not properly done. This defence having been made out, the Jury found for the defendant. HUDSON V. DOWLING. Mr. J. WILLIAMS said this was an action on a bill of exchange, for goods sold and delivered, for 3351. The plaintiffs, Messrs. Halton and Storey, were tailors, in Bond street, and the * defendant a man of fortune and fashion, as appeared from the description of the clothes which he required for the years 1826 7 ;when the goods were furnished he observed that the defendant had been very fond of Prince's pantaloons, with which he no doubt .did a gteat deal of execution. It appeared in the course of the evidence that the plaintiffs had received about 501. from the acceptor of the bill (the defe, dant being only the indorser). Ver dict for the plaintiffs, 2821. nonoans V. LAwsow. Mr. HUTCHINSON said the plaintiff is an Attorney and Solicitor. The defendant resided at Saddleworth, in Yorkshire. The action was for work and labour done in the prosecution of suits at law, or in equity, by the plaintiff for the defendant. The defendant pleaded lie did not owe the money. Mr. J. WILLIAMS—I will show that he does; and immediately called his witnesses. Verdict for the plaintiff, 1481. BLUETT V. APPLBTON. This was an action to recover 201. being money had and received by the defendant for the plaintiff's use. The defendant, tenant of a public-house at Rotheihithe, called " The Blue Coat Boy," agreed with the plaintiff to deliver up his interest in the house to him, on certain specified ,terms, and the plaintiff gave the defendant 201. as a deposit. Messrs. Hoare and Co. the brewers, were the owners of the house, and there was a stipulat;on in the agreement, that in case the brewers refused to accept the plaintiff as tenant, the agreement was to be void. The brewers did not accept him, and he brought his action for the return of the 201. Mr. COMYN for the defence—The defendant had been at some expense in preparing fur carrying the agreement into execution, and the brewers had not absolutely re jected the plaintiff as.tenant. Mr. Canis, who managed the concerns of Messrs. Hoare and Co. as far as related to their public-houses, I stated, that he had refused to accept the plaintiff as tenant. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages Twenty Pounds. LIWIS V. BOND AND LITTLIIWOOD. • Sir J. SCARLIITT, for the plaintiff, said Mr. Lewis was an attorney, and purchased from a Mr. Day tie piano forte which Day had pledged for 251. with the di fen dants, who were pawnbrokers. Instead of the ticket for,the 251. which would have confined the pawnbrokers to the interest of five per cent. allowed by tl:e law generally, they gave three tickets—one for 101. another for 101. and a third for 51. which enabled them, un der the Pawnbrokers' Act, to take interest beyond five per cent. The plaintiff having purchased the piano, the tickets were renewed in his name instead of that:of Day ; and on the 29th of July last he called at the shop of the defendant, where he saw the defendant Bond, laid down the three tickets and 251. for the instrument, and three sovereigns, desiring Bond to take whatever in terest lie was entitled to. Bond said he would not take the money, as he had notice from a Mr. Dunbar not to deliver the instrument. The plaintiff then asked for the Christian names of the defendants, with a view to proceed against them, which were given him. Bond asked for three or four days to consult Dunbar ; but the p'aintiff said he would not give more than one day. The following day no notice was sent to the plaintiff, and he sued out a writ, which was served on the Bth of August on Mr. Bond. The defence to be set up, he understood, was, that Dunbar was the owner of the in strument, and that Day had no right to pledge it; but that, having pledged it, the pawnbrokers were not bound to deliver it up to the person who produced the tickets, if they were ordered by Dunbar not to do so. But it would be proved, if necessary, that Dunbar and Day were partners, and that the act of Day, both in pledging and selling the instrument, bound than both. Evidence having been given in support of this case, Mr. CAMPBELL, for the defendants, said that the de• fendants had been desired by Dunbar not to deliver, the instrument ; and he was not a partner of Day , l but the sole owner of the instrument, which he had' employed Day to make. But without attempting to prove any ownership in Day on the present occasion, it was enough for the defendants to show that when Lewis called on the 29th of July, he distinctlY gave them till next day to consult Dunbar, and stated that he would call again on that day for the instrument. In the interval they did consult Dunbar, and got his autho rity for delivering it up, but the plaintiff did not call according to his promise. If he had called, the defeat• dents were then ready, and were now ready, to debut up the instrument, on being paid their 251. and interest. Sir JAMES SCARLET? remarked, that all the satisfac tion he required was that the Jury should give such a verdict as would be satisfactory to themselves; for be stood there for the purposes of justice, and if plaintiff etc defendant did not entrust him with a knowledge of the whole of their case, or made him the instrument of sup porting a bad one, he should not feel the least 'egret at their being defeated. As to costs, if the plaintiff had been so greedy for costs as he had been represented to be, he would have made them pay the 251. three times over, with costs, for the usurious interest which they had taken by the expedient of giving the three tickets for the one article. The weight of evidence way do•' cidedly in the plaintiff's fasour. The ,Jury retired about two o'clock and remained in consultation till four, without agreeing to their verdict. It was then agreed between the parties that the defen dants should deliver up the pianoforte to the plaintiff, on being paid their 251. and interest, and the Jury were discharged from giving any verdict. WAUSRL U. SOUTHWOOD. Sir JAMES SCARLZTT (with whom was Mr. Comm) 7,058 800 2,440 742 1,686 stet d that this was an action to recover SOL for board. and lodging of the- defendant's w.fe. The wife had. before her marriage wilh the defendant, which took place in 1825, resided at a well-furnished house of her owe, in King-street, Brysnston-quare, and had some ,anperty. The delenilant,**hen he married I er, was a widower, with seven children. It appeared that in 1825. she was apprehensive of anrexecutiun eing put into gm house to take her goods for her husband's debts, and • , she removed some of them nut of the way ; and then her husband, on some difference ati ing between the" pot her out of the house, and she te.ide.l with the plaintiff, as a relation, froM July 1825 to July 1826 s and as there was no pretence for saying that there was any serious misconduct on her part, the husband was bound in law to pay the man who supplied her with necessaries, and who claimed only a very moderate sum. Mr. William Job .Lavingsten was brother of Mrs. Southwood and Mrs. Wausel; Mrs. Southwood married the defendant in 182$; in July, 1825, Mrs. Southwood came to him at his residence, in the vicinity of Man. . cheater square, and said that her husband had turned her out of doors; soon after, Southwood called, and his wife requested that he would allow her to return home; but he said he would not take her home for that year, though he would not say that he would never live with her again. Before she was married she had ihr use of her own, in King street, Bryanston square, which was well furnished, and she had another house in George street, Bryanstan square. which she had let. • Cross-examined by Mr. DIUDIAN—He had pawned some spoons and little articles of that kind for the Lady, and carried some looking-glasses to be sold for her ; the hilsband assigned no reason for his conduct to his wife. Lord TENTBRDEN recommended a referrence of all matters in difference, which was agreed to. Verdict for the plaintiff—Fifty Pounds, subject to a reference. TUBB IL HALLOW. Sir JAMES SCARLET? stated that this was an action to recover a sum of 451. and another sum of 531. The defendant was a horse dealer, and kept livery stables somewhere about •Kennington or Wash.% and the plaintiff purchased from him tno horses, a black one for 451. and a bay one for 531. and paid him the money. Both the horses were warranted sound, but the plaintiff, on showing them , to Mr. Field, a veterinary surgeon, discovered that the black horse had corns, and the bay one an incurable thrush in one of the fore legs, and some complaint under one of the boughs. He then returned the horses and demanded back his money; and not having teccived it, he brought this action. • The unsoundness of the horses at the time t f tl.e sale was then clearly proved, and Mr.WiLuatits found it of no use to persevere in contesting the case. The 451. had been paid into Court. Verdict for the. pl..intiff—Filty three pounds. COURT OF COMMON PI.E.* Gumnsatt, Dar- 20. BROWNING AND OTHERS, ASSIGNEES OF WIDGER, A BANKRUPT, V. E IDGER. In this case the plaintiff., who are assignees of a bank rupt named Widger, sought to recover from the two sisters of the bankrupt the title deeds of certain pre. mites which had been conveyed to them in fraud, as it had been alleged. r f the bankrupt's creditors. For the plaintiffs it was proved, that in 1819 the bankrupt was in embarrassed circumstances. and that the conveyance was then executed, in order to enable the sisters to retain possession of this property—that his embarrassments had continued until 1823, when he became bankrupt; and that in the whole of the inter mediate time he had received the rents of these pre. mises. For the defence evidence was produced to show that the two sisters had advanced money to the bank rupt; that they had allowed him to receive the rents of some lands left them by their father's will ; and that at the time the conveyance was executed they had pro duced an account of these claims to the attorney wbo prepared the conveyance. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE left the whole if the cir• cumstances to the Jury, but intimated his opinion' that thVwas a case of fraudulent preference, and that the plaintiffs were entitled to a verdict. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs, who undertook to enter a std proceuus on the deeds being delivered. SECONDARIES' COURT, pm 20. R&YDOI.DS v. DAVIS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff againse the defendant for criminal conversation wit') his wife. Mr. C. PHILLIPS appeared for the plaintiff. Mr. POT rap presided on the occasion. Mr. C. PHILLIPS then addressed the Jury for his client. It becomes my duty, be said, to state to you a case as painful to the pasties concerned, and as import. ant to the citizens of London, as any I have ever known. I observe that the defendant has not thought proper to appear here by Counsel to urge any thing in rnitigatico of the offence which to has committed. I believe he flatters himself that, nate', I can prove his actual posses sion of property, there will be sufficient mitigation to pre. vent you giving any heavy damages against him. But. the circumstances are such that I need care very little as to that proof ; I shall, however, be able to show,lhough I cannot prove any specific property, that he is possessed of considerable funds, according to his own declaration; and I need not tell you that the declaration of the de fendant.on this point is, perhaps, the very best evidence. However, I care not whether he is possessed of a single shilling; to be soft, his being poor must pievent the plaintiff deriving that poor and trifling compensation which the law affords him, of coati tiling the deft :Want to pay his money for his misconduct. But they would hear from the Secondary, that if the defendant could not pay in his purse, he melt in his person, and that was a just dictum of the law ; for if it were oti er wise, the domestic peace of every family might be violated by any beggar who could obtain admission there. Mr. Reynolds' is a merchant in this city—l do not know I whether any of you, Gentlemen, have the pleasure of knowing him—but at all events, be had, fur m any years, been known and respected by the commercial world. By his industry and attention, he had realised a con siderable property, but, unfortunately, in the year 1825, when so much commercial distress existed in the city, the plaintiff was among the many thousand sufferers, and got into considerable difficulties. The plaintiff's adversity, however, had only afforded him an oppo r. tunity of showing the purity of his previous charact er, and the respect that was, attached to it. I may say, without exaggeration, that scarcely ever was • man treated with such exemplary kindness by his creditors —so particularly was he trusted by th.m, that they ern. ployed him to collect the debts that were due. This calamity having come upon him, Mr. Reynolds showed that he was a prudent man: he reduced his expendi. tine in every possible way, at the same time taking care not to encroach upon the comforts of his wile. Among these steps, he thought it necessary to discharge —unfortunately for him—the Gentleman who had pre viously travelled for his house, undertaking to do that part of the business himself. 1 now have to intro. duce to your notice the defendant Davis, and as it is under circumstances of the most peculiar aggrava. t on, I hops to make you feel it as such, because by 1 is . . i i 1 i 0 I I 1 1 f i i i' 1 i r 1 t , ' t , , i '. O i ' C i 1 , . i- , 1 '-'