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Sem" In 1807, a cargo of Slaves belonging to those part ners had been conveyed from the coast of Africa to Nassau in New Providence, and thence to the Ha vannah, where the slaves were sold, and the net pro ceeds were paid to the defendant. Of this money, £lBO7. 15s. Sd. still remained unaccounted for. The defendant had taken shelter ia Scotland in a very pleasant spot, Hawick, well known to him and to his friend, Mr. Topping. This happened to be on the wrong side of the border, and this occasioned much of the delay and trouble in recovering this money.— The defendant had occasionally made excursions into England, and on those occasions he had promised to settle this business, to refer it to arbitrators, and to pay all that was due. But immediately upon mak ing those professions he slunk into Scotland again, and avoided performing his promises. He was sent the record was only for £3OO. The defendant now refused leave to enlarge it or to withdraw it. They must therefore take this sum, and they would reco ver the rest, either by a bill in Chancery or an action id the Courts of Scotland, which would be the same thing ; for there was such a thing as a Court of Law in Scotland, although the defendant seemed to think otherwise, and he would find an action there still more expensive than in England, great as the expense of English law was. Humphrey Brothetton, father of Henry Brother ton, was examined as a witness, and stated that he had been present at conversations where the defen• dant was present, and the partnership was admitted. Mr. William Gibson, of the house of Gibson and Company in Liverpool and in Charleston, stated, that Brotherton, being sick at Nassau, he had receiv e& an account of sales for him at the Havannah.— There were 127 Slaves, for which he had paid to Jardine £6OOO or L'7ooo sterling. Thirty-five Slaves belonged to Brotherton, and were sold for £lBO7 15s. Sd. which he paid over to Jardine. He knew nothing of a partnership ; whether the S 5 Slaves were the property of Brotherton or of partners, he could not tell. He was present when the paper pro- deiced was written at the desire of the defendant. — This paper admitted a balance of the £lBO7, to be due to Hayes, of E. 165. Mr. TOPPING addressed the Jury for the Defen dant. It had been insinuated that the defendant had concealed himself in Scotland, in order tar decide this case upon prejudices. It had been said that he had been much pleased with Hawick. He had never been there but once, and then it was dark when he arrived, and it rained very heavily. He had left almost before day-light, and the rani poured inces santly. They could not suppose that he could have felt much pleasure. He was not in love with that or any ther place in Scotland— • " Ensland, with all thy faults, I love thee still!" Verdict for the Plaintiff—Damasks, £BOO. RAWLINSON V. ROBINSON. Mr. SCAR tert! stated, that the Plaintiff in this cause was a corn-factor, a respectable man, living at Ulverstone. The defendant, John Robinson, who exhibited himself in Court, was a strong hale man, about the age of seventy, but possessed of a consi derable portion of the vigour as well as the pa,sions of youth. The present action was for a violent as omit The defendant, who bore the nickname of the Buil at Ulverstone, had slandered the character of the plaintiff's wife, and had struck the plaintiff for defending it—Damages £lO, with full costs. STANDING D. ELACKFMRST AND ANOTHER. Mr. WI LttAsss stated this to be a case of assault. Mr. CROSS opened it to the Jury. They could not be surprised to find that the defendants, besides a general denial, had set up nine special justifications, when they were told that the defendants were a pair of attornies. The assault in this case was cruel, very cruel, very mischievous, and wholly unprovoked. The plaintiff in this action had been the defendant in an action with one of the name of Stuart, and a ver dict had been given against him. One of the defen dants in the present action had been Stuart's attor ney. After the trial, the present plaintiff learnt that certain measures had been taken by the attorney and witnesses in order to make the evidence meet the case., He was for taking steps to obtain satisfactioe, when the defendants expressed a wish to come to an ami cable arrangement. He went to"the Grapes public house in Preston, and thence to the office of the de fendants, in order to effect this arrangement, and on this occasion he was insulted, beaten, and outraged. lie crawled from the office to t he public-house, beaten almost to a mummy. He now applied for compensation fur this outrageous conduct. John Heaps, a miller at Preston, on Saturday, the 7th of March, at four o'clock, saw the plaintiff, who is a grocer in Preston, falling down the stair of the defendant's office, his coat coming over his heal : he did fall. The defendants were close to him, and seemed as pushing him. Henry Blackburst came in front of him, and struck him with his fist hard on the head. Thenthe brother struck him much in the same way. The plaintiff was trying to strike them, but could not hit. He seemed to be much daisied (stu pitied.) This appeared by his not hitting—(akvh.) i tenry called to William to fetch a stick. He d4so. Henry struck Standing with it. Witness said it Was tee bad to strike him with a stick. Henry said if he, came there he would be treated in the same wnv. Henry said, he had been insulting them in the office.j Standing said he had not. Witness took him by the arm, and led him to the door of the Grapes. Ilis. bead had lumps: he seemed much hurt. Cross-examined by Mr. SCARL - ETTIt was after the plaintiff had been shut odt . of the lan', and was endeavouring to strike over the gate, that the stick was called for. James Stuart went, at the time this matter hap pened, with the plaintiff to the theapes, in order tor settle things amicably with the Blackhursis. The plaintiff was sent fo: to their office. He weet, ant was absent not atomic Ate minnies; be returned very ill beaten ; his head and right leg were ill hurt. • JOseph Holm's, a weaver, saw "atiftding conic back to the Grapes. He began to cry ; his head was bleed. iug ; his leg and arms were bruised; he limped. It was a fortnight befoiehe was as well as usual. Crosvexamined by Mr. Pett.—Helot medicines. He did not know of his being beaten that night by his wife; he lived with him at that time, and no such matter was going forward. He had not said in Mr. Slackhurst's office that the doctor had refused , medi cines, and said nothing was the matter : he was drunk. He tells most trutbwhen sober. Mr. SCARLETT said, that the only thing against his clients was, that they were a pair Of attorties, as Mr. Cross had said. But attOrllieS were at least men , and had the feelings of men. They were not to b; *tilted, beaten, and abused, with perfect impunity.] He should shew that the plaintiff in this case had been the only offending party. Rich. Backhouse, clerk to the defendants, brought a message to the plaintiff to the Gtapes, to come to see Withal* Blackhurst. He again brought another message, that they would not see him without his at torney. He met him then in the street. He after wards saw the rail at the desk in the office broken, and the hinges of a door. Robert JellibrAnd heard William Blackhurst in the office tell the plaintiff to go his way—they would not talk to him without his attorney. He refused to go, and they desired to have no more of his insolence. They attempted to put him out, and after some-strug gling succeeded, and shut the door upon him. He unshed and kicked violently at the d oor : it would Laye blackened witness's toe. The door was opened, ey pushed him down the stair, put him out from the yard, and shut the iron gate. He then turned r!ound and struck William's-face, and made the blood run. They both of them made their best over the gate. Standing seemed the better man. A stick was got and he was struck with it, That kept him back. It was proposed to get a constable for him. Stand ing waggei his fingers at Henry's wife,- and sung out " Cudtool"-0 laugh.) Mr. Caoss.--You being a very peaceable man did you not interfere to prevent them from breaking the peace? No, I stood by and was very well ;leased. Margaret Thompson was in a cellar under dt office ; heard a great noise, looked, and saw the dle fendants putting Standing out. She gave, as.to the rest, much the same account as the last witness. Cross.examine 1 by Mr. WittiaNs.—She did not know whether William Blackhurst's blows hurt or not, she never felt them. She then served Henry Illacklnirt, and was sent to the cellar by her mistress, Mrs. Blackhurst,furor withdrawn, Mr. Justice Bartay.—'rhis is just as good as end to it as could be in such a case. COMEX V. DEWITT. 1 The plaintiff is an attorney, and brought this action to recover 451. rent fur a public-house, his property, st Redford, on the MinclseWer road, from the defen dant, a tvealt;iy shoe-maker, whose son-in-law oc cupied the house for twelve months, and also to se cover damages fdr dilapidation' done by the tenant? It was proved that Meddowcroft, the son-in-law, had broken down the tign, converted a slab into a mo nument on his fasher's grave, and done other da mage. Mecidosecroft had become insolvent. The only question was, whether Hewitt was the tenant. It was proved that he was present when the house. was taken, and that he alone spoke to the plaintiff on the subject, It also appeared that Meddowcroft had no property, and was at that time quite unknown to the plaintiff.—Verdict for the plaintiff, damages 50s. rent 451. costs 40s. • • MOUTH AND AIkOTHZA, AligtenTiAli, V. 000DAIII. This was a question of debt arising from a bank ruptcy. The sum in dispute was 35U1. After some evidence was heard on the subject, an objection was raised to the record, which Mr. Littletlale argued with classical elegance and force. The debt had been contracted, but had not become due previously to the bankruptcy, consequently the defendant could not be said to have owed the money to the bankrupt, but to have in consequence of an engagement with the bankrupt become indebted to the assignees. The record set forth that the defendant had been indebted L to the bankrupt. On this point the defendant must , have got a verdict, but it was agreed to refer the CAW • on its merits to Mr. Cross. He/tares CoNeasstoe.—A few days ago *circum stance occurred at Chelmsford, which it was hoped, had led to the certain detection of I lussey's supposed', accomplices in the Greenwich tragedy. It wi ll be ' r e c ollected that Hussey in his confes s ion gave the letter B. as the initial of one of his accomplice's names, and that fact gave at first a degree of credit to the following singular occurrence, Which led to a well-founded hopa that justice would overtake the guilty actors in the sanguinary scene to which we' have alluded :—About seven o'clock on Saturday tight, Mr. Cawkwell, the Governor of Chelmsford jail, who had retired to rest, was aroused from his bed by a clamour at the Jail door, of some persons loudly demanding admittance. The lateness of the hour induced him to conclude that no lawful business could then bring any person to tha jail; but con ceiving it possible that some eltradrdinary circum stance had occurred to require the interposition of his official duty, lie got up, and upon the door: being opened, a man presented himself in an apparently melancholy mood. Mr. Cawkwell demanded his bu siness. Ile replied, that he came to surrender itieself to justice as one of the persons Who. had murdered Mr. Bird and his housekeeper; that his itam* *as -Brooks ; that he had seen Hussey's confeision, which, was but too true • that Hussey was innocent of the Murders, though be had plathied the robbery; and had watched whilst* robliery was effected; that the pabg% df a guilty donseielci had in'ade life insup.' Ortable and therefore he was determined to sur ienclir'himself 'to justice, and expiate his crimes by execution. He gave the name of the other f eec omplice, to whom Hussey alluded in his confes ',ion, and stated•that he was then in England, men tioning Where he could be finind. This tale was de livered with all the appearance of sincerity, and was accompanied with gesticulations bespeaking . a soul tortured by the .pangs of remorse; he cried bit terly, wrung his hands, and exhibited a frantic de meanour calculated to impose upon the most cre dulous. Indeed, Mr. Cawkwell was so satisfied of 'the truth of the stery, that he congradilated himself !Upon the discovery, and vrasliviag orders to some !dais assistants to prepare a cell for the self-convict, '*hen his attention was arrested by the enquiries of 'Aber persons at the door, Whether a man answering the description of the supposed murderer had made !his appearance at the jail This led to 'further in- Nuiry, and it turned out that the unfortunate'man, who }fad thus surrendered himself to justice, was little. short of a maniac—that he had been drinking at as public-house, where he had made a like confession,' and expressed his determination of giving himself into the hands of the law ; and in fulfilment of this resolution he had gone to the jail, whither he was followed .by his friends, who lad heard of his wild conchict. Notwithstanding this discovery the wretched man gill persistedin his confession of guilt, ansl, in spite of every entreaty, insisted opon•beiug detained in custody. To gratify 'his whim, we understand,•he was locked up for the night ; but in the morning the delirious effects of the liquor he had been drinking having subsided, he disclaimed all knowledge of the crime be had confessed, and was in the result sent home to his friends. MANSION Mousit.--Saturday a man, named Yeo men, was brought up for final examination, charged with uttering several forged bank notes for £l, when, among other witnesses, was a Mrs. Prebble, who keeps a public house at Greenwich, and her maid servant. They stated, that on the 6th of July a man paid a £1 note at Mrs. Prebble's house for some liquor, and received the change. The Bank Solici tor asked Mrs. Prebble if she should know the man again ? Mrs. Prebble—" I cannot swear positivelii, but I think it was the man at the bar." Bank Soli citor--" You can speak as to your belief, can't you ? Do you believe him to be the man r Mrs. Prebble, after much hesitation, said she did. The servant made the same answers. With this testimony the Solicitor seemed perfectly satisfied, and was going on with his case ; when the Loan MAYOR, who had watched the two witnesses, when they looked round to the bar, desired that they would go up to the mass and point him out. To the astonishment of all pre sent, they immediately advanced towards a respec table looking man, who was standing at the outer bar, looking on ' • and laying their hands upon him said—" This is the man we mean."—( A laugh.)— The LORD MAYOR observed, that this mistake was most important to the prisoner, and was a proof with what caution all witnesses should be examined. He would advise the individual who had been thus poin ted out to state his name and address. The stranger immediately gave in his name, and said he was by trade a builder, -and resided at No. 4, Charlotte street, Bathboue-place. Bank Solicitor—" Pray, do you know any thing of the prisoner, and was you aware that he was to be examined here to-day ?" Mr. —. " Not perhaps so well as you did. I know not, nor do I tare, who you are i but I know that you have no right to ask me such questions." Soli citor" [ Yes, 1 have." Mr. —. " I deny it, Sir. The tluestion was excessively impertinent, and inten ded to convey an insinuation which I well under stand. I can tell you, that my character is at least equal in-respectability, to your own, and you shall not trifle with it as you may think proper . . Soiici -1 ior--" I shall decline any altercation with you here." Mr. " Here, or elsewhere, as you please ; 'tis the same to me." Solicitor—" I Meant nothing of fensive." Here the conversation ended. The prisoner was committed. Gutuartatt.--SaturdaT R. Bennett was charged with uttering a forged £1 note at the shop of Mr. ltickett's. grocer, in Smithfield. The prisoner con fessed, to the young man who took him, that he bought the notes at Ss. each.—Remanded. J. Baker, a boy, was also charged n ith putting away a forged one pound note, in payment for a wed ding ring, at the shop of Mr. Hinton, jeweller, 1101- born-bridge.--Ilemanded. Mr. John Stone, a young man of respectable exte rior, was brought up in custody from Giltspur-street CoMpter on Saturday morning, and being placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman lILIGATRoa gentleman calling him-elf Mr. James Magee, of Golden-square, frade the following curious charge :—" The prisoner, Mr. Stone, is a friend of mine, residing in Fleet-street, ind last night he came to see me ; but improvidently he came in a hackney coach, without hating money in his pocket to pay the fare. This I thought ex tremely reprehensible, and deserving of such punish ment as should impress it upon his mind for the future. Accordingly I recommended the coachman to give him in charge to an officer, which I did with a view ea his being brought before a Magistrate. The coachmen followed my advice, and Mr. Stone being safely lodged in the Compeer, I paid the fare to save the coachman farther trouble, and Mr. Stone is, as I anticipated, before your Worship. to receive such admonition as the case deserves; and I trust it will be of such a nature as to prevent future inadver tency on his part, he being a young man for whom I have a peculiar regard." The Magistrate, with good deal of astonishment, said that the punishment" already inflicted was, in his opinion, tolerably " im pressive," and rather more than adequate to the im puted offence. He should like, however, to hear what Mr. Stone had to say. Mr. Stone appeared to receive the corrections of his friend with all due humility, and entirely as it was professed to be meant. He merely replied, that he had that morning reimbursed the money which Mr. Magee had kindly advanced to the EORChniall on his account ; and that he was sure he should be particularly careful to avoid getting into such unpleasant predicaments in future.—lVlagistrate. Then, Gentlemen, I have nothing at all to say in the business.—Mr. Stone was consequently set at liberty. 110-4-STREET.—SSUITcIay John Best was fully COM [knitted, charged with stealing £2O in silver, from the Eastbourne coach, between the Golden-cross, Cha ring-cross, and Kennington. It appeared that the cash was placed under ono of the seats inside of the coach, and the prisoner contrived to obtrude himself On the passengers as the guard, while the coachman was attending to the placing of some luggage. Queatosotosax.--Saturday two informations were exhibited against Mr. Lucas, a flour-merchant, in Milbank, and Mr. Freeman, a stone-mason, for ne glecting to send waggons to convey the baggage of die Foot Guards from Knightsbridge to the Tower, but were both quashed for informalities. UNION 11az.r..--Saturday Lawrence Hall, one of theStoekport spinners, was charged, under the Va grant Act, with sleeping in the open air. It appeared that for the last three weeks he had chosen a life of 'vagrancy, rather than offer himself to work at the wages tendered by the masters in the cotton factories it Stockport. Committed to the House of Correction. Timothy Purcell, Samuel Bowes, Charles Godwin, , John Gagerin, and several others, were committed for ticking pockets at Camberwell and Peckham Fairs. INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.—On Thursday last, J. A. Montgomery, an Officer in the Honourable East India Company's service, holding the rank of Lieutenant, was opposed by Mr. John Taylor, his principal treditor, on theround that he had obtained I goods on false pretences. t appeared that Mr. Mont gomery became indebted to Mr. Taylor, who was a tailor by trade, about 161. for clothes. leing unable to discharge the debt, he applied to Mr. Taylor to ptstchase an annuity of 451. per annu He received that income from the £ pany, and having partly made it nye the latter paid kiln 1001. for it, de'. due for clothes and the expense of i It was afterwards necessary to fun with a letter giving him power to rt This letter, according to the xtatemet Mr. Montgomery withheld, and the that the money was not paid. Upc, tion, it appeared Mr. Taylor had ma.; a good bargain, and, as no part of tl] duct had warranted the charge of ob der false pretences, the Commission( entitled to his discharge. Dischaq ECCLESIASTICAL PROI Rev. Wm. Powell, M.A. officiating rnir ter of the Free Grammar School, Monmou magas of Ragland and Llandenny. Rev. Charles Penricc, M.A. to the ret Korfolk. The Archbishop of Canterbury has presi Alfree, Rector of Warden, Sheppey, and Grammar Seboal, at Maidstone, to the II with St. Mary Bredman, Us Canterbury, s of the Rev. Edward Arthur Bush. Tut s lay se'nnight, the Lord Bishop of Rev. John Klogdon Cleeve, D.D. to the I Eset:r, on the presentation of the King. Same day, the Rev. Granville Levcson ELM to Lord Falmouth, s.ad Rector of St. was instituted by the Bishop of Exeter to . Michael Pontetll, in Cornwall, on the rre mouth, void by the resignation of the lin: The Bishop of Lichneld and Coventry Cyprlan Thompson, late of Seboeghant, an Combesland, to the perpetual Curacy of I the presentation of Slr Hubert Peel, Bart. The 17th inat. the Rev. J. 11. Spoke, Corege. Cambridge. was collated by tin sixth still in the Cathedral Church of Uy tory of Streatham. The University and Marischal Crdl ge (erred the degree of LL.D. ex the Rre. the Professors in the Old ca..ge, Host, Thursday se'nuight the Associate rung! an unanimous call to the Rev. Geo. Lau, Sunday se'nnlght, at an Ordination hd thedrat, the following Gentlemen were c Dcauss--Robvrt Croker, Jas. 31unk Samuel O'Sullivan, Richard Henry WA Pantrze—Ruv. Edw. blaynard Denny, The Medical School of tiloatpe brated for many ages past. It is ancient of any in Europe, and is founded by the Arabs about the e tury, they having fired upon this the abundance of plants that were bourhood, which were supposed medicinal properties. They say I Itabelais here, which evety Bach obliged to put on when he is which, like the Irishman's knife, same, although it has had six net new blades. So in this instance the body and sleeves renev:ed, bi same. There is, however, one c that takes place here, and that is I student is obliged to swear to eh, the doctorial bonnet, and which assembly, so as to be heard by al lowing is an exact translation of men were to adhere to it, their p: the worse of: A. 11. before the Status of Hippoci professors of thlrs School, and of my swear, In the name of the Suramse laws of honour and probity in the prat give my gratuitous attendance to the lad quirt a hie beyond my labour. Adoutte my eyes shall see nothing that preserve the stereo that are entrusted I shall never tend to corrupt morals or fin and grateful towards my masters, I 'vitt dress the lemma width I have received f mankind grant use their esteem, if 1 am may I be covered with the opplubriu brethren if I break it. • =, .._ MARRIED. The Rev. Hugh Stephens, B.D. Sophia Cripps, fifth daughter and co. Cripps, Esq. of Upton House. Rev. T. Vickers, hf. A. Rector of Sw Eng, to Judith, daughter of the late Cawston, Norfolk. Rev. John Woodburn, late Fellow bridge, to Penelope, youngest daught. ter, Esq. of the Manor-house, Mepper Rey. James Came, of Penzance, Col daughter of the late Edward Jones, amptonslaire. Rev. J. S. Lievre, B.A. of St. Joht Sarah Ord, only daughter of the Rev Bordcan House, in the County of Soy Stoke, next Guildford. Rev. Edward Trevenen, Rector of Matiume, fourth dar.ghter of James street, London. August 25, at Woodford, the Rev. M.A. of Brasen-nose College , Oxford ter of Daniel Mildred, Reg. of Woo DIED. At his house at Chettle, Dorset, 07. the last representative of George C for that county in several successive I• his 65th year. the Rev. Michae more than 36 years Vicit of Likento At his residence Langattock Vibon M. A. Vicar of that parish, and lir August 16, at Braunston, Northam the Rev. John Williams, formerly Fel ford. He was Rector of that parish t living is In the gift of the Principal an Friday se'nnight, in his 79th year, Squire, M. 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