Star. — London, England, 1825-03-24 00:00:00

tar &Jim kobsi A t4oarterly General Court of P ropr i eto ii of East -India Stockwas held yesterday at the Company's House, in Leadenhall-street. The Minutes of the last Court heels ' been read, The CMAIRMAN (W. Asrat.r., Esq.) informed the Pro prietors that the Court was made special, for the pur pbse of submitting for their approbation a Resolution of the Court of Directors, of the 26th of January last, for the appointment of a person in the - capacity of First Assistant in the office of Surveyor of Buildings, at a salary of 5501. per annum ; and proceeded to move, is That this Court do approve of the said Resolution." Mr. Hums wished to know whether the person about to be appointed to this situation possessed the necessary qualifications for filling it properly? The CHAIAMAN answered, that Mr. Cogden, the in dividual appointed to the situation, was in every respect qualified to perform the duties attached to it. He was an old and useful servant of the Company, and the certificate of Mr. Wilkins, the present Surveyor of the Works, spoke of his perfect efficiency to fill the situa tion of First Assistant. The motion was then agreed to. slit 3. MALCOLM. The CHAIRMAN acquainted the Court, that it was farther made special, for the purpose of laying before the Proprietors, for their approbation, a Resolution of the Court of Directors of the sth . of January last, granting to Major-General Sir John Malcolm, a pen of 10001. per annum. The Resolution of the Court of Directors granting the pe;►sion on the grounds of the meritorious services of Sir John Malcolm bath in a civil and military capa city, having been read, The Clisiatuim moved, " That this Court do agree to the said Resolution." General THORNTON heartily concurred in the motion; and expressed his regret that the talents of Sir J. Mal color were not now employed in the Company's service. Mr. PATT!SON observed, that it had been intended to send Sir John Malcolm out on the mission, to Bersia, but as some difficulty occurred at the Foreign Office, that project was abandoned. It was then in contem plation to place him at the head of one of the Com pany's Governments abroad : but that object not having been effected, it was deemed proper to grant a pension of 10001. per annum to Sir John Malcolm. Mr. Hums pronounced a high enlogiunt on the services of Sir John Malcolm. Mr. BUCIIIINCIKAP4 also bore testimony to the gallant General's nwrits.—The motion was then carried by acclamation. INDIAN ARMY. Mr. HOME, in.a speech of considerable length, ad vetted to the recent mut;ny at Barrackpore, and con tended, that it was occasioned by the imbecility of the present Indian Government. He also adverted to the state of the Press in India, and argued, that the sub jection in which it was kept was one great cause of the discontent which at present existed in that country. He concluded•by moving for the Copy of a Dispatch from the Ma,quis of Hastings, in 1819, addressed to the Secret Department of the Court of Directors, relative to the organization and allowances of the Bengal Army—a Copy of the Direc•ors' Dispatch, in answer thereto, in 1824—and also of a Dispatch sent from India, stating how fir the object of the Court of Di rectors had been caiiied into effect. Nir. BUCKINGHAM expatiated on the great benefit which India had derived, and would derive, from the freedom of the Press. He expressed his conviction that, had the Press been open such communications would have been made through that channel, as would have prevented the recent mutiny. Mr. THANT strongly censured the administration of Lord Amherst. He really wondered that such an in. dividual, who was not very remarkable for his talents or his experience, should have been sent out tb India. Sir C. Font's* expressed his regret, that the motion of his Honourable Friend had not gone directly to the recal of Lord Amherst from India. The CHA IRMAN declared that he would, as far as lay in his power, oppose the motion. It was true we had met with some misfortunes in India, but things were now going on well, and he had no doubt the ultimate result would be complete success. Mr..EDMONSTONE denied that the freedom of the Press was necessary to the well.being of Icd4.— During the most glorious period of their Indian history —when the Marquis Wellesley, and afterwards the Marquis of Hastings, ruled there—the restrictions on the Press were in existence. Mr. WASION.OI.IOII opposed the motion. Mr. Hum, in reply, urged his former argument. The motion was then negatived. Sir C. FORBES made an inquiry relative to certain papers connected with the administration of the Marquis of Hastings in India, which had been ordered to be printed, but had not yet been laid before the Proprietors? A desultory conversation enured; in the coupe of which the CMAISMAN expressed his opinion that the weak, for producing the documents irr question no longer existed. They had, he observed, been collected and sent to the printer; and as Gentlemen seemed desirous of possessing them, the Court of Directors had but one course to pursue, that of laying them before the Proprieton when they were ready.—Adjourned. The reduction of duties upon the import of various articles of commerce, recently decreed by our Govern ment, appears to have had a beneficial influence upon several branches of industry in the Netherlands. Al ready we learn that the iron foundries of the provinces of Liege and Namur' have assumed great activity. Tuesday evening, about eight o'clock, a Boston and Lincoln coach was upset at the foot of Highgate-hill, and one of the passengers, a resident of Islington, had his leg very much fractured, and he was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital in a cart, and the other passengers brought to town by a Holloway coach. At the identical time when our Ministers were so liberally reducing the duties on Wines, the Portuguese' Wine Company, at Oporto, were busy in a very oppn• site spirit. The vintage of 1824 is reported to contain 22,000 pipes of wine fit for the English market, of which qu ant i ty t h e Company have portioned off 12 000 pipes to be exported to Great Britain, and previously appropriating '-self THEAk Although not as yet, we believe, nacially announced, we can state, front unquestionahle authority. that Major-Gleneial Si r Gap. bluaaa.s, Membe r for rerrhshire, has been appointed tot eitofb7 :nand of the forces in Ireland. Its atiangement will not, drit understand, cause my *kaki= it peewit in the representation of the county. Major J. Buss* has gone off to join Sir Geoacte's &Alf, as one of his Aids sit b reported tbat Lord JASISS HAT is to hold a dastlai ARA canner. appropriating to itself 3,000 pipes. The consequences of this glaring monopoly are so obviously pernicious, that we wonder the Portuguese Government can suffer it longer to exist. 'There is little doubt that Great Britain would consume from forty •to .flfty • thousand pipes annually, were our merchants enabled to charge as low a price for their wines as they would do were the market an open one ; but instead of this, Por- tugal refuses to supply mote than twelve thousand pipes. It appeals too that the privilege of selling wines to the taverns in Portugal, which was takes frum the Com- pany by the Cartes, bas been just restored to it, in direct contradiction of the Treaty subsisting between this country and Portugal. Pai'AL INTELLIGENCE. The Vadsittart Indianian, Damming, from London to BoM baY and China, was spoken with Sd February, lat. (deg. N. long. 24 deg. W. having the Staff of bis Majesty's 95th Foot on board, proceeding to the Cape of Good Hope, having left the Downs Bth January, and passed Madeira the 21st January,with fine weather. The Wellington (whaler), from the South Seas, has put into§citly. Fanuotern, Mazes 211.—Wind E.—Arrived the President Matson, Sn*xmt, from St. Michael's; Zeno, TALURT, from 3e vine; and Cyrus, DAWSON, front Smyrna. Off the Port, the New Harriet, of London, from Sicily; and Sarah, Banyou, from London for Vera Cruz. Sailed the Courier, Maims, for Tampico. Pismouvri, MARCH 22.—Wind E.—Arrived the Nymph, Heim, from Lisbon; Ibis. Sierra, from Oporto; Accession, Ranniw, from Rio Janeiro for Hansburgh ; and the Castor (whaler), from Japan, &c. a full ship—has been out thirty-four months. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 23. Wind B. Arrived the iris, BUTCHER, from the Canaries. Sailed the Friends, Pen, for Lenient, having repaired her leak. Cowes, MARCH 23.—Wind E.—Sailed the Sophia transport, ROLLER, with troops for Sierra Leone. The Superb, arrived here from China, fell in with the Hon. Company's ship Berwickshire on the 29th December, in lat. 24. S. long. GS. E. and continued in sight all the next day. On the 17th inst. in soundings, saw .a ship to leeward, supposed to be the Berwickshire,being painted like her DLIT., Malta/ 23.—Wind E.N.F.—Passed through from the, River, the Kite, STOI, for Oporto ; and Success, Hoene, for Bahia. The Mellish, Cote, from Calcutta, has sailed for the River. LITZRPOOL, MARCH 22.—Wind N.N.E.—A rr i ve d t he Edgar, Giasow, from Berbice—sailed the 7th February ;,General Brown, SNARL, from New Orleans—sailed from Belize 18th February; Hellespont, ltox•izoxe, from Smyrna; and James, Taaiva Ras, from St. Michael's. The Eliza Ann, from Savannah, is not off the port, as reported yesterday. The Chatham, for Savannah, has put back, leaky. MEETING AT LLOYD'S. Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, a Meeting of the Subscribers to Lloyd's took place for the following purposes :- 1. To receive the yearly reports of the finances. 2. For the approval of alterations in progress. 3. To vote 201. tu•the widows and children of boatmen diowned near Carnarvon. 4. To vote 10/. to the seamen of the coast guard, for saving the crew of a merchantman wrecked. 5. To vote WOl. to Capt. Cook, of the Cambria, for sitting the crew and passengers of the Kent Indianian. 6. To vote 20/. to Capt. Bibby, of the Caroline, for *ming 14 soldiers from the wreck of the Kent. The meeting was not numerous ; the Report was approved of, and all the sums mentioned Voted. It seemed to be a general feeling that 'lie vote to Captain Cook was too small, and an amendment to encrease it to 2001. was proposed, but negatived, owing to the state of the finances of the establishment. DISTIIESSI VG CASE. Yesterday, Edward Palmer, son of the celebrated John Palmer, the Comedian, of Drury-lane Theatre, who dropped down dead on the Liverpool boards, when.per forming the part of the Stranger in the play of that name, was brought before the Loan Maxon: The prisoner is a man of tall stature and genteel ap pearance, but deeply marked in the countenance by ca lamity. The very perfection of the art in which Hs fa ther was so eminent could not have exhibited so touching a picture of bodily and mentahaffering. The unfortunate man was th 4 huiband of Mr. Wright's servant, in Bush-lane, who had been taken into the fa mily for charity's sake, as her husband was wholly un• able to support her. Palmer, however, was so con stantly after his wife, that she was prevented from at. tending to any of the business of the family. The re peated interruptions were of coarse noticed, and he was at length informed that if be persevered, his wife would certainly lose her place. He wrote a most submissive apology, and again pledged himself to Mr. Wright to keep away. On Tuesday evening he called once more, and after a short conversation with his wife, in which . ) lamented the misfortunes that occasioned their separa tion, he attempted an act of violence on himself. A poor woman, in whose house Palmer lodges, said, that the wretched man was in the most &p/citable state of indigence. He bad looked everywhere for the means of supporting himself and his wife, but was unable to get any situation. He bad for some time lived at the sole expense of the witness, or rather, she said, starved with her for seldom anything entered his lips, and she found it necessary to tell bins, that as she had a family to support, she must discontinue even the little she had been doing for him. The wit ness appeared much affected at the condition of her unfortunate lodger, who leaned over the bar as pale as ashes. In answer to a question put by the Loan MAYOI4 Palmer said he had met with a shipmate, and drank something which had affected his head, as his stomach was quite empty. He re gretted that he had been driven to such an extremity as despair, but be had failed in all his attempts to get employment. He hoped his wife would not be a sufferer by his conduct, and that she would not be removed from the place, which kept her from the parish; if it would give any weight to his promise to say before the Lord Mayor, that he would not ask to see her more after one half hour's conversation, he would make the declaration. Mr. Wright, at the request of the LORD MAYoa, agreed to retake the prisoner's wife into his service, on the prisoner pledging himself not to coin there again. The Lois Mavon wished to know, whether the prisoner's 'fa then whose talents as an actor were so great, left any property behind him at his death Paimer.—Not a penny. But we were allowed a benefit at Drury-lane Theatre. The Leib Mayon.—What became of the profits ? Palmer.—Mr. Sheridan was the proprietor: we received no thing. The Lotto Mavos.—Have you applied to the Drury-lane The. atrial Fund—it is nobly supported ? Palmer—l have applied in my father's name, but I was told that I had no claim—that my father had never been a subscriber. I am willing to do anything for a livelihood. There is no employment, however servile, to which I am not ready to devote myself ; but I have been disappointed everywhere. I have been long at sea, but am now unequal to the severity of the toil. The Loan MATOB said he was convinced that the professional cotetnponries of Mr. Palmer, the rivals of his fame particularly, would readily afford some relief to his unfortunate son • that the two Gentlemen at the bead of the great theatres would Le contri butors; and that honour would be reflected upon those two pro sperms establishments, by giving so humane a testimony of their re collection of an old servant and favourite. His Lordship then put some money into the hands of Mr. Pal mer, and desired him to leave his address with Mr. Hobler, whose intention it is, we believe, to write to the old friends of Mr. Pal mer. and amongst the rest to two Gentlemen from whom a liberal coutribution is expected --Mr. Munden and Mr. Johnstone, the two most diluent men connected with the stage. If the universal testimony of all parties may be relied upon, the state of trade in Nottingham was never so flourishing as at the present time. I The following letter, dated Gnttenburgh, March 15, has been addressed to JOHN BENNETT, Esq. Secretary at San—ln reply to your letter of the 4th host. I beg to acquaint you, that a recent arrangement has beep effected by Sir Benjamin Bloomfield with the SwedishGovernment,by which British shipping are placed on the same footing as Swedish,with regard to the Diving Company. (Signed) " J. R. WISE, His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General." tilE • Yesterdiy eiining, Mr. Snane, the foitunate pelves snr of this inestimable curiosity, opened • his Ifrut.e in Lincoln's inn• fields, t o his friends and other persons Versed in antiq uar i an l ore , ,to behold the Sarcophagus displayed by lamplight. It will Be remembered that this monument of eitretite antiquity; being probably not less than $OOO years old, was discovered in Egypt by the indefatigable Belzoni, and was brought to this country, where, we grieve to say, a false espnomj. pie vented its being made public property; an], therefore, it came, by pu r ch ase , i nto t h e possess i on of Mr. Snane. The Sarcophagus is of transparent alabaster, of a yel lowish white, In the shape of a rude coffin, co: vered, within and without, with hieroglyphics. In the interior - MU drawn a figure, nearly as large as life, but in a rude style of design and oo all the other parts were numerous hieroglyphical figures, which modern ingenuity pretends (but with what success we cannot say) to explain. This extremely curious piece of antiquity was exhi bited to great advantage by Mr. Soane, in an apart ment decorated with Greek and Roman antiquities; and in the adjoining galleries and studies were nume rons remains of modern art, not only it) architecture, but iuseulpture and painting. Of the latter kind, are seve ral interesting original Hogarths, and one extremely fine Canalettt. At a late hnur the numerous and fa shionable company departed, highly pleased. SPORTIAG IN7'EI.LIC;ENCE. YORK CRAVEN MEETING.—Mottn•-r, MARCH 21. The Craven Stakes (Handicap) of 6gs. each. Gentlemen riders. One mile and a quarter. (19 Subscribers). Mr. Wilkinson's b. c. Plumpet, 4 yrs, list. 21b. . 1 Capt. Ramsden's br. f. Etelina, 3 yrs, lOst. 61b. - . 2 Mr. King's cb. g. Pinwire t 5 yrs, 94t. 71b. . 3 Mr. lleseltine's br. g . Debonnaire, 5 yrs, 10st. 91b. .. 4 Mr. Darnell's br.-g. Carbon, 5 vs, Est. 51b. . 5 Mr. Mason's ch. e. by Egremont, 3 yrs, lOst. 51b. . 6 2to 1 agst Plumper -3 to 1 apt Eve lina-4 to 1 apt Debon naire.—A good race and won by half a lenttb. . - The 'Silver Tureen, value 70 sovereigns, by subscription of 7 soy. each, for horses, ate. not thorough bred; four-yr-olds, i Ist:4lb. five, Hat. 121 b. six and aged, 12st. Gentlemen riders. Twit miles. (Too Subscribers). Capt. Ramsden's br. c. Hezgrave, 4 yrs . I Mr. Darnell's b. g. Valparaiso, 4 yrs . . 2 Mr. Long's b. b. Champagne, 6 yrs . 3 5 to 2 agst Heigrave-4 to 1 agst Champagne—Won easy. The Hunters' Stakes, of Six Guineas each, for horses, &e. not thorough-bred; 3 yrs. 10st. 71b. four, 1 Ist. 71b. five, 12st. six and aged, 12st. 41b. winners of af 50 to carry albs. extra. Gen tlemen riders. Two miles. (Eight Subscribers). Mr. King's b. g. Cayenne, aged . 1 Mr. Long's b. h. Champagne, 6 y . . 2 Mr. Watson's b. m. by Stripling, '6 . . S Mr. Bowman's b. b. Woodpeck4r, aged . . 4 Sir T. Sykes's b. g. by FitalTes*le, l ylrs . . 5 sto 2 agst Woodpecker .- 4 tit 1 agst Cayeone.—A good race. TROTTI NG-MATCH. Captain Cornelius Mason, of Royston had lately backed his fa mous trotter, &rephon, to trot three miles in ten minutes, from the' 37th mie stone on the Huntingdon toad, fer 100 sovereigns. He started the horse at day-break yesterday morning, with a jockey of Ist. nibs. upon his back. Betting was two to one on time. The horse did the first mile in three minutes and 111 seconds. The se. tend in three minutes and 16 seconds - and at starting on the third ' mile Mr. Payne, the umpire, challenged his getting into a gallop. The horse was turned, agreeably to the articles, gad the matedwas lost by this mishap, without finishing the third mile. BOXERS. A giant from Yorkshire has given the Londoners notice, that in a week be will shew himself in the ring, to contest the champion ship for his own money. RECORDERS REPORT. Yesterday the RECORDER of London made his Report to the KING in Council of the prisoners under sentence of death in Newgate, and who were all convicted at the February Sessions, Old Bailey, viz. John Jones, 24; John Ferguson, 25 ; David Conins, 16 ; Francis Jarvis, sd; William Jeffries, 18; John Debenham, 30; William ' Cannon, 20 ; James Fergusson, 19 ; and James Young, 14 ;—Lar my in a dwelling-house. James Dovey, 20 ; Roger Adams, 19 ; and Elizabeth Lefevre, l 17 ;—Highway robbery. Charles Lucasey, 90; John Wood, it ; Charles Noble, 37 ; Wil liam Walker, 19; John Brown, 29; John Alligan, 20; James Dus has, 19 ; John Davis, 15 ; Mary Wilson, 35 ; Thomas Cochrane, 17; Henry Borden, 21 ; William Thompson, alias Lintott, *3; and George Reynolds, 17 ;—Barglary. George Scott, 10; George Daniel Leslie, 19 ;—Househreaking. Henry Muggleton, 17 ;—Cutting and maiming. William Bishop, 31 ;—Skeep.stealing. Thomas Adams, 35 ;—Horse-stealing. • HiS.MAJZSTY was graciously pleased to respite, dur ing his Royal pleasure, all the above-mentioned prison ers, excepting John Ferguson, Williams Thompox, alias Linton, WillsamsWalker, James Dovey, and Roger Adams, upon whom the law was left to take its course, and they are left for execution on the following days : James Dewey and Roger Adams on Tuesday ; and John Fergu son, William Thompson, alias Lilac*, and William Walker, on Wednesday next Sentence of suspension from clerical duties was on Thursday week pronounced in the Consistory Court of this Diocese, against a Lancashire Clergyman, for im moral conduct.— Liver)Pooi Paper of Tuesda_Y• An Inquest was held at the Vestry-hall or St. John's, Horselydown, on Tuesday, on the body of Jacob In gram, a Swede, who had fallen over the deck of the Isabella, a Scotch trader, in the course of Sunday night, he having gone up, almost undressed, for some pur pose. His body was picked up off Pickle-herring Stairs, on Monday morning. —Verdict, Accidental Death. The" conduct of the constable was reprobated severely, he having summoned, only twelve persons, served the summonses late, and given in an illegal list of Jurors, &c. At the Waterford Assizes, on Tuesday, Patrick Irish was found guilty of the wilful murder of Philip Walsh, in October last, by stabbing him with a knife. 'The prisoner beard the verdict almost unmoved. On being asked ia the usual way, what he had to say why sen- tence of death should not be passed ? he replied, that he knew nothing of the murder beyond what had been told to him, so very drunk was he at the time of its com mission. These words appeared to bring tears to his eyes. He was ordered for execution on Thursday. s At the City of Limerick-Assizes, Patrick M.lnermey and Michael Bradley, corn-brokers, were ,convicted of the murder of James MGMahon, a farmer, on the 6th of October last, and sentenced to be hanged on the 23d of March, and their bodies given for dissection. It was understood that the verdict of the Jury wasuccompanied with a strong recommendation to mercy. It appeared from what was declared in evidence, that the circum stances of this case arose from the prisoners' demanding brokerage from the deceased on bringing his corn into Limerick, which the latter refused to pay, on which the prisoners, with several other brokers, confederated to gether, and waited on the road until Ire left the city, in company with his two brothers, when they attacked" him in a most savage manner with sticks, so as to cause his death the day after. Russel, another of the party, has fled from justice. • . ~~ I ) .. It I . •I? ,i war ASSIZ E KINGSTON, MAlteli as: .. ,_ . +He KINQ U. itnircev. The slefentlint, had for many years been 44:minted iii the situation of High Constable of the East .1:1411 Hun; dred of Brixton, and after w a r d s filled' the respect a ble offices of Rector's Warden of Bt. Mary's Newington, and Serveyiir of the Highways of that parish. ,The dada of the latter situation he had been called upon to per form for a periOd of six years, terminating in 1824; and upon rendering up his accounts at the termina; don of each year, he had regularly received the thanks of the Vestry. Having relinifuishecl the office of Surveyor of the Roads, some scrutiny took place into his accounts, and it was out Cif an investigation by a Committee appointed "by the parish, that the present indictment was founded. The charges made against Itoifey in substance were, that he had exhibited false Siccdunts, in omitting to c h arge hi mse lf with various sums which he had received ; that his accounts were false, in not returning a true account of the deficiencies; that he had been guilty of a violation of his duties•by keeping his hooks in a negligent manner, in omitting the names of defaulters; that he had been guilty of negligence in not properly collecting the rate, by which it was alleged the parish had lost large sums of money; and Lastly, that he had been guilty of a wasteful expen- . ditute of the parish money, in giving higher prices for mate: ials to repair the roads than they might other% se have been r urchased at. Witnesses to charaCter were then called, who all spoke ib the highest terms of the integrity and honour which they always considered had milked defendant's conduct. The Lain Cuter Mann summed up the evidence as briefly as possible, consistent with the justice of the cue. The Jury found a verdict of Not Guilty, at the same time saying they considered the defendant had been culpably negligent in the manner of keeping his accounts. YORK, MARCH 22. - SIIDUCTION.—METCALFS V. WSBSTER• Mr. SCARLETT stated, this was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover compensation in damages for the seduction of his niece, who lived with him, and of whose services he was deprived. The plaintiff was a farmer, and resided near Ingleton, in this county. The defendant was a shopkeeper, formerly living' there, but now residing at Kendal. The niece had been living with her grandfather almost from her infancy. On his giving up his farm to his son, the present plaintiff, his niece continued to live with him, until the period when the acquaintance commenced wi th the defendant, which led to her seduction, and until she was delivered in his house of a child. Undoubtedly the law of England allows actions of this nature to be brought by an uncle, as well as where a parent is deprived of the person's services; but in proportion as the relationship exists between the parties, the greater must the sufferings be to them, and the Jury would be called on to give da mages in proportion to them. The defendant, on seeing the niece repeatedly at his shop, whither she had been sent to purchase groceries, paid her so many attentions, asked her to dine, and under, as he (Mr. Scarlett) was told, a promise of marriage, effected her seduction. The Jury would measure the damages in proportion to the circumstances, recollecting that, as the defendant could offer no excuse, so neither could the plaintiff be blamed. They would hear the circumstances of the case from the lips of the person seduced, and give such dama g es as would meet the justice of the case. Margaret Heatoff, rather an interesting girl, of a gOod figure, stated as fo ll ows :—I am the niece of the plaintiff, who lives near Ingleton, and have been living with him since my infancy. I am twenty•eight ; I have been acting as his servant, and became acquainted / in 1823, with the defendant Metcalfe, now a gr o cer at Kendal. My uncle dealt with him for groceries; I used-to go to his shop for them. The defendant paid some attention to me. I became pregnant by him, and was delivered of a child at my uncle'shouse on the Ifith of December, 1828. The defendant being desired to stand up, witness was asked certain questions, which she answered in a broken and unsatisfactory manner, when the Judge . advised Counsel to withdraw a Juror. Charlotte Peck, otherwise-Shavo, (whose affair made so much noise in Leeds, and the particulars of which were given at the time,) was found guilty of stealing a boy, aged three years, with intent to deprive his parents of him, and conceal him f)r her own purpose. She remained unmoved during her trial ; the-did not make any defence, nor - did there appear to be any motive whatever to have induced her•to kidnap the boy, whom she travelled with to France, and was substh quently apprehended with. him in South Wales. RUSUlVoltvil, GENT. V. TIM RSV. WM. CRAVEN, CLERK. Mr. PARK opened the pleadings, and said this was an action brought by the plaintiff (an attorney), against the defendant, who is a Clergyman, for a penalty under the game laws, he not being duly qualified to shoot game on the manor in question. Leonard Johnstone, examined by Mr. Paine.—He is acquainted with the defendant ; he lives at Aldboreugh ; witness lives at Tottington ; he was at Aldborough fair on the 4th, sth, and 6th, of September; he knnws e the plantation; he saw a gun flashed, and it went off. De fendant shot at something; can't say what—(,i laugh). He bad two dogs—one had large eyes and shaggy hair —(Laughter). He had a gun; he saw the. dogs run ning about. He shot at something—he knows he did— and he saw feathers peeping out of his pocket—(4l laugh). Is sure it must be game ;he was going across the field beating for game when he saw him. Another witness, of the name of Matthew &mason, spoke of having seen the defendant sport wi.h his dogs and gun in October, 1823. After a long examination as to his tide under his father's will, The Learned JUDOS said, that with the policy of the- Game Laws the Jury had nothing to do. The only question for their immediate consideration was.whether the defendant had committed a trespass or not from his want of qualification, or whether he had a qualification by deputation? It was clear he had not made his title out horn landed property, which was under 1001. They would, from Johastone's testimony, who stated that he but then they saw the defendant, in S ptember, would also take into consideration the deputation, and shooting on the asa whe n t i h ir er , d t r h a e w their w information o n h e a o d n c l b u t :n 1 n 8 2 3 6 1 a ; ' id within the six months after the alleged trespass, which by law is re "quiiretlwithout for wh theichtterendan._ action t c The ould va no di t e tr appe ma u in ed ta t i o n g e ive d. The Jury fauna general satisfwiess. HERTFORD, MARCH 22. John Fisher was indicted for assaub at William Everitt. It appeared that of December, ISA eight poachers of Sir Edward Stracey ; the firing heard in the woods, Buuerant, the ;,°' tutting and 'hooting bat on the last eight entered the grounds of their guns being gamekeeper, and 14