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, I . 1. ~ 1 • . ' • i I , ' \ l l , 1 i ) , f ' 1 . .. . ) I t. t ... t I,„ i : 1 , a t ; i i f i 1 ; 1 ' 4 ; 1 i . 1 ...; 1 ! 1, . . : t 1 ' I t 4 I I I t % ' •,- • • t i . , t - I . LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OT HANCERY, JANUARY 19. The LORD CH tNCRLLOR was occupied until two o'clock in hearing motions of no interest -except to the parties -concerned. His Lordship rose at that hour to attend a Cabinet Council. COURV OF KING'S BENCH, JANUARY 19; Their Lordships assembled here, this day, for the purpose of hearing cause shewn against rules Nisi granted last Term, for new trials in the country.— 'Die cases which occurred were, in a public point of view, wholly uninteresting. Their Lordships rose at three o'clock. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JANUARY to. The Insolvent Debtors' Court met at ten o'clock ibis morning. There were 3'2 cases on the day's list, 17 of which were opposed. An Insolvent, named William Birch, was opposed by Mr. ANDREWS, under the following circumstances: —He had formerly been sentenced to imprisonment and the pillory, for having fraudulently taken out a commission of bankruptcy against a person named .and at the expiration of his term of imprison ment, the Lord Chancellor ordered a detainer to be issued against him, for the sum of 4001. the expense of superseding the commission he had procured to be issued. The Court discharged the Insolvent. J. Wilcox was opposed by Mr. ARABIN for a con cealment of property. The Insolvent, in his examination, admitted that he had been repeatedly before the Court, in the hope of obtaining his discharge. The last time he was up was in September ; he was then remanded for break ing prison—that is, for being out of the rules, one Clay that he took it into his head to have a little bit of a frolic, and go to Brook Green fair, near Ham mersmith. At' a former time he was remanded, not for fraud, .but for a concealment of property, as he ihrough ignorance forgot to put into his schedule a dray which was his property. He declared, that neither in right of his wi f e, nor under any other cir- , cumstances or relationship, was he a claimant for any property in Fly of the Courts of Law. In answer to a question from the Learned Counsel, the Insolvent said, that he was no- suitor in the Court of Chancery, in a case of property—he sincerely wished he was. Mr. AILABIN congratulated the gentleman on the striking peculiarity of his taste. The Insolvent was discharged. The application of Francis Briscoe was opposed by Mr. HEATH, under the following circumstances: The Learned Counsel said, that the Insolvent acted as sub-officer to a regular officer for the hundred of Ossulston ; and while so acting, had converted to his own use a sum of money which he had received on account of Plaintiffs, whose warrants he had served. This sum, so far as the opposing creditor (Mr. Henley) knew, amounted to 311. He was called on to pay it, and he had done so. Perhaps some further sums would be called for, which the Plaintiff at present knew nothing about. The Insolvent, in his examination, stated, that he had acted as assistant to the opposing creditor ; he was to receive a shilling for each warrant he !scent ed ; if this money, or fee, was not paid by the plain tiff or defendant, the ostensible officer (Mr." Henley) paid him this sum. Several warrants were shewn to the witness, with receipts endorsed upon them, which he admitted_ to be in his hand-writing. In his cross-examination, by Mr. POLLOCK, he said that he had repeatedly called on Mr. Henley for a settlement of his accounts, and the latter put him off from time to time. His own understanding of his engagement was, that he should have seven shillings. k week for his trouble, besides the understood fees he received. Mr. Henley was examined, and said, that the In solvent had newer made any conditional engagement with him to receive a weekly salary—he was merely to have the shillings on the execution of the warrants. An oath was also administered to him once or twice a week, that he had properly returned to the plain tiffs the sums he had received from defendants in die progress of causes in the Court. The COURT remanded the Insolvent, under the 34th clause of the Act, which makes it penal for a servant to convert to his own use the property en trusted to him bn the account of his master. ,- Mr. JESSoP made a singular application to the Court. He moved that the discharge obtained at the last sitting of the Court, by an Insolvent named Scrivener, should be revoked under the following circumstances:—The Insolvent had subpoenaed as a' witness in his cause, the opposing creditor—he had brought her to the vicinity of the Court, and desired her to stay in a room until he sent for her, promising to do so the moment the trial commenced. The trial came on, but no opposing creditor appearing, the Insolvent was discharged. The opposing creditor; who was in this manner cajoled, was ready to verify the facts by affidavit. The Court admitted the application, and called foe the affidavits, which the Learned Counsel said he would immediately prepare. The other business of the day was uninteresting. The VICE-CHANCELLOR has made a most impor tant regulation respecting the suitors in his Court, which is as follows :—That the list of causes set down for hearing each day shall he called over in regular order, beginning . with the first in the paper for the day ; if the parties are not ready to proceed with it, the Court will proceed on to the next, and so on till they come to one that is ready, when all those that have been previously called on will be placed at the bottom of the list. Should the cause about to be ar gaeJ occupy the whole day, then those placed at the bottom will come on in regular order; but should the Court a second time cafi on them, and they prove to be unprepared, then they are to be struck off the list. Mis lloNoun proceeded on this principle on Sa turday, and out of the twelve demurrers set down for leafing, five were struck out. ~At the Meeting of 'the Hereford Diocesan Com mittee holden on Wednesday last, it appeared by the accsynt of the books, which had passed through the hands of the Secretary, that 162 Bibles, 446 Prayer' Books; and 4633 Testaments, and select portions of Scripture, or other religious Tracts, had been distri buted within the last year by the different Members of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, who reside i.► that neighbourhood. 'OLD BAILEY, JANUARY 19 • 2PIeCIAL COMMISSION...-MANSLAUGHTKR. Samuel Henry Brown was this morning put to the bar to take his Dial upon an indictment charging him with killing and slaying Thomas Pierce, in• an affray near Dumpling Island, on the coast of Labra dor, in North America, by wounding him with a fish knife, on the 13th of July last. The ATTORNEY-GRNIRAL conducted the proseiu tion on the part of the Crown. Henry Gillard was, on the 13th of last July, at. Dumpling Island, off the coast of Labrador, and was employed in splitting fish, by Mr. Beard, the prisoner, John Brunstrad, Edward Headley, and Thomas Pierce. Brown called Pierce a great eater, and Pierce caught him by the collar, and gave him a shove, saying, "'lf you do not 'ive up calling me names, I will give you a hiding. Pierce quitted Brown's collar, and then Brown called him a . great eater again. Pierce then took up a stick the size of a man's finger, and gave Brown three or fcur blows across his shoulders. Brown said, " If you do that again I will run you through." Pierce took up the stick, and struck him again, and then Brown took the knife which he had been using in splitting fish, and which was lying on the table, and struck it into ‘ Pierce's left breast. Pierce cried out, " Cut away! cut away !he has stabbed me!" These were the last words he said, and he immediately fell upon his back. In about twenty minutes he died. Edward Headley and John Brunstrad deposed to the same effect. The prisoner, being called upon for his defence, gave in a written paper, which declared the act had been committed not without the greatest provocation from the deceased. The latter part of the defence related the hardships which the prisoner had suffered since the commission of the act. The paper stated, that he had been chained to the coffin of the deceased for a whole day and night, and that he afterwards was heavily ironed and taken to an uninhabited island, and there chained to a leaky boat, which was drawn upon the shore, having only raw beef to eat, and that in very scuty quantities. Here he should have starved had he not been assisted by a female negro, who broke his chains, and enabled him to get Mod by gathering the herbs on the island. On one occa sion he got some live cod-fish, which he greedily de voured raw. The sailors on board the ship, lying off' the island, however, were sent on , shore, and the pri soner was again iro ned and handcuffed by them. He asked for food, as he should otherwise starve, but they only laughed at him. In this state he crawled , upon his hands and knees about the island, and ga thered berries for his subsiftence, until the snow co vered the ground: He had nothing to drink but ice and snow. Some men were afterwards sent from the ship tofetch him, but from weakness he was unable to getaleng, and he fell down in the snow, and re mained there buried for an hour. He was, however, carried on board the ship, and during the whole voyage of 24 days he was allowed but a biscuit a day. He had no clothes but a dirty shirt upon his back, and the vermin had eaten holes in his flesh. Mr. Justice PARK summed up the evidence, which was conclusive Is to the crime alleged to have been committed by the prisoner, and the Jury found him —Guilty of Manslaughter. The Learned Judge then addressed the prisoner, and remarked, that from the course of proceeding in that Court, he was precluded from passing sentence on him immediately. He should, however, in con sequence of the length of time he had been already confined, and on no other account—for as the paper which had been read was unsupported by evidence it could hive no weight in his mind,—recommend that his punishment should be as mild as possible. The Commission was then adjourned to fiveo'clock, in order for the RECORD= to pass the eentenee. Mr. Justice PARK requested the Attorney-General to take the defence, in order that inquiries might be instituted relative to the narrative of the prisoner. At five o'clock he was brought up, and Mr. Jus tice PARK addressed him by observing, that as he had been the cause of the death of a roan, it was right he should answer for kat that bar. Whatever sufferings he might have experienced since he had committed the said offence, had nothing to do with the crime itself : that would be inquired into by the Learned Gentleman who had appeared there on the part of the Crown. As far, however, as inquiry had been made since the morning, it had been discovered that some parts of his story were not true. If he was wicked enough to tell lies upon the subject, he would answer for it in another place. In considera tion, however, of his having been confined since July, he (Mr. Justice PARK) had signified to the Learned RECORDER the punishment that would be commen surate with the crime. The RECORDER then sentenced him to one month's imprisonment. _ _ . Susannah Turner and J. Davis, were capitally in dicted for stealing a quantity of furniture, clothes, &c. the property of J. Carter, Esq. M.P. in his dwel ling-house: and in another count, Tamer was charged with stealing the said articles, and Davis with hav ing received them. The prosecutor resides in Duke street, Westminster. On the I Sth of October, his ' house was broken into in the absence of the family, and early the following morning, the female prisoner, who was cook in the family, was met by a Mr. Ap pleby, with a bundle near Shire-lane, and it !is as afterwards found at the house of a Mrs. Baxter in that lane ; she, however, did not know who had left it there, as she went out at seven ; and on her return at nine, she found it in her room, it having been g i ven to a child, who did not know the nature of an oath. About nine o'clock the female prisoner was at Mr. Appleby's, in Westminster, and she then communi cated to him the circumstance of the robbery, and attributed- it to the painter. Mr. Appleby went to Mr. Carter's house in the evening, and the female prisoner denied that she had a bundle when he met her in the morning ; he, however, said he would swear she had one, and she then pointed to a bundle of greens, and said that was what she had. He de nied that it was ; and she replied, " Well, if you swear that, I suppose I must swing for it." Miss Gale a dress-maker, proved that some of the articles found at Baxter's house were the property of Mrs. Carter. The male prisoner, it appeared, had been in the habit of sleeping with the female at Mr. Carter's house, and upon his lodging being searched,. three chairs, a saucepan, and other articles, were found, which Davis said Turner had given hit"), a Yesterday an inquest was held at the Phoenix, in Brick-lane, St. Luke's, on the body of C. JONP.S, a child, two years of age, who was burnt to death, owing to bis clothes catching fire.—Accidental death. Yesterday evening, about half-past six o'clock, the Salisbury Post-Coach, which goes to and from the Angel Inn, St. Clement's, arrived iir town, and the passengers left the coach at the Golden-cross, Cha ring-cross, the Guard alone remained at the hack of the coach, when the hostler left the horses' heads ; the horses took fright, and set off along the Strand in full gallop. Fortunately from the__Golden-cross to Southampton -street, not a single accident oc curred ; at the bottom of . Southampton-street their was'a large hole, where•thcsewer is repairing, about eight feet square, which was gnarded round by long poles, the horses dashed against it, threw the poles down, and three ofthem pitched headlong, one after the other, into it ; one of the wheelers fell just Upon the brink, and prevented the coach following. One of the horses was got out without much' in , jury, the other two were killed. A pity of the Guards at tended, and were of the most essential serrke. Bow-STREET.—Williane Young was charged with imposing upon a Gentleman who resides'in Devon shire -street, Portland-place, and also with committing several frauds upon him. He stated, that a short time since, in consequence of the application of a poor woman for an admission to a lying-in-hospital, he called at the house in St. Giles's where she stated herself to reside, and found it one where all descrip tions of persons are admitted, as low as 2d each, to sleep on straw ; the wortian* who acted as manager of the house informed him, that the woman he was seeking had left the house, and that the generality of A i people who resorted 'there were worthless, but that there was a man in the house who appeared to have seen better days, and to be of a different de scription. The humanity of the complainant being excited, he wished to see him, and the prisoner was introduced, who represented himself to have been a steward on board a ship, and from ill health, and other afflicting circumstances was so much reduced that he had not clothes to appear in. The complain-, ant took him home to his house, where he had him nursed, fed, and clothed, and had every comfort af forded him. The prisoner pretended to go out in pursuit of a ship, and on his return told the com plainant he had procured an engagement, mentioned the name of the ship, and other particulars, which in duced the complainant to advance him money to purchase clothes. The whole of this statement turned out a gross fabrication. He did not buy the clothes, but merely took home a card of the shop; nor was there a ship or captain of the name he represented. He was committed. HORRID Mu RDNR.-.Tantes ('hresr&oroigh, of Grange, near Yorkshire, last week barbarously mur dered his mother, and broke the arm and fractured the skull of his uncle; the horrid deeds were perpe trated after a . dispute originating from his mother's refusing him some tobacco. Cheeseborough is of weak intellect, and supposed to be deranged. C 0 'l7 RAG 1.:01;51 FF:Nt Aa. nd ay morninF, about one o'clock, as the housekeeper of Charles Ellis, Esq. brewer, of Stockwell, was sitting up for her master, whom she expected to arrive from London,. she heard the footsteps of some one on the stairs leading to her chamber where she was sitting, and shortly after some one tried her door, and endeavoured to force it open, but could not, it being locked on the inside. She seized a loaded pistol which was on the mantle piece, and called out, " who's there?" no answer was made; she said, " if yoti do not answer, I will shoot you ;" and opening the door saw a man run ning as fast as he could down stairs, and through the front door, which she found' open, although it was double locked when she went up stairs. During the retreat of the villain, she pulled the triner the pistol, but it unfortunately flashed in the pan ; she followed the thief into the road, but he escaped, over some fields. Mr, Ellis arrived at home just as the thief had made his escape. This is the third time the house had been attempted to be robbed within a short period. The thief this last time ef fected an entrance through the. drawing-room win dow, by taking Out a pane, which he reached by standing upon the viranda over the front door. On the same morging the house of Mr. Cooper, of, Dulwich, was broke open, by wrenchin , ' , the domr . open with a crone bar; the family were arartxted,ar.J the thieves effected their escape without any booty. they w pin. to be married. The chairs Mr. Cartet'Afootman identified to be bts master's property. Mi. 'Justice PARE summed up, -*nd the Jury found Turner guilty of stealing to the amount of 595.; and Davis guilty of receiving the same, know ing them to have been stolen. fVilliam Smith stood indicted for having in his pos sesion, in the City of London, three forged notes, purporting to be of the Bank c& England ," without lawful excuse.—Verdict -Guilty. The offence is transportable. Thomas Watson was indicted for having, on the 28th of December, had in hit possession, without lawful excuse, four forged notes purporting to be for the payment of li. each, of the Bank of Eng land.—Guilty. Charles Marshall was indicted for stealing in the dwelling-house of John William Birt, four bed-Cur tains, several shirts, handkerchiefs, and other ar ticles, his property.—. Guilty. - - Thcnnas Casey stood capitally indicted for stealing two sheep, the property of W. White. Guilty, Death. The following were also convicted of felony, viz. L. Miller, for steefirg several shirts, handkerchiefs, &c.; T. Morgan, for stealir.g two silver table spoons; W. Hold and T. Was, for stealing a dial; and T. Redford, for receiving the same, know ing it to have been stolen. And J. Plumniett, J. Perry, and B. Geevea, were acquitted. On' , Friday evening the 2d inst. as the Weymouth tiJnion Copth 4as going from Londin to Weymouth, the horses took fright at a truss of hay that had pre viously fallen from a waggon upon Hook Common, near Basingstoke, and overturned the coach, when Mr. ABRAHAM BARKER, of Staines, the coachman, was hurt so much that he died the next day. There were six of Prince COBOUIteS servants within the coach, but not one of the passengers was much hurt. On Friday night Mr. NEbsos, of King -street, St. Luke's, was president to a Society at the Woolpack Tavern, where he sang several songs. A ft er that he ordered- supper for himself in an adjoining room, where he was found by the waiter under the table, quite dead, with his mouth full of victuals, and his snuff-box in his hand. MARKETS. PRicr.s or GRAIN AT nasusx. Wheat, Kest and &sex Suffolk Norfolk Rye Barley Malt Wkite Peas -- Rollere Ids 961 754 94s 704 Ns 588 424 bat 304 644 Ws 404 464 594 544 40$ 454 Grey Peas 11 1 1ARL.LANE, ik 19. Senall Beans 4 6 eke Tick ditto akr 4,,,, (Juts, Putato• 2:3 :',.. ..-.-.- Polaud Yob Z.'s --- Ford it, :...:11 Flour, pet salt :Sc MI Rapeseed, per Lad X% Mili tossicx. Wheat, Danuic &i1:011 Baltic Red. ambito c.; &tombßiabaint rtd lis ta AVERAGE PRICE.tof CORN its Breland end Wales the' fixtures received in the week ended Jammu; ,t , s Wheat I Rye. I 11nrley. Oats. Beene. 1 P r ,„. 6. d. 6. d. s. d. r d. s 85 9 51 0 45 8 28 5 51 2 51 1 , The Average Price of Surer, from the returns made '- week ending the 14th au-nary, 1818, is 491. 111,(1. per or. NEP/GATE Ass I.E.‘DENITALL MARSET2, 1..5. .9 (By the esecuse.) ..g1 tid to 44 ed leaf .31 ad to u sd I Pork Mutton .44 lid to 66 .41 ad to Cs 44 PRICES ot .7 IIAY axis STRAW YESTERDAY. J OT. 3&1114'5. wasitaxLm. Hay —VT Od to .51 12$ od Har...41 1( od to 51 115 cd Straw 11 12s Od to 21 es ed Straw 21 Os od to 21 s, , A Clover 41 105 bd to as Oa 04 Clover 61 Os 00 to PRICE OP lIOP3 NM SAGS. ■EW 70 , 17111. Kent ......261 os 'to egg Os Kest ..: 271 Os to *sin Os to Os Sussed —"AIM Os to zu Essex .—...001 4 0s to 06s Os Esse: 271 Os to :41 la Parnassus—Ml Os os PRICE or TALLOW, SOAP, aye CANDLES. St. James's Market —.As Tel Town Tallow ............7% 04 (lava Market Whitechapel Market 4s 5d White ditto Ow (4 (per stone of Mb) Soap ditto .......... 77, u t Yellow Soap, 94s—Mottied, UMW—Curd, I les--Palot, 304, Candles, per dcz. 12a Id—Moulds, las Od RAW HIDES. Best Heifers and Steers (per Ordinary ....2s od to 2, t i 1 5t0ne)......2a 8d to 31 od Market Calf Os Od to Ts Lt Middlings ...2s 44 to 41 6d Eng. Norm Os Od to Os ta Sheepskins—Polled, 7s Od to 9s Ott--Downs, Ss (4 to to id Sheariangs, os Od to Os Od—Lantbs, Os Od to Os Od PRICE OF LEATHER. Butts, 50 to s6lbs each ......... to did pert. Ditto, SO to 66Ibs eszh stid to 99t1 Dressing Hides 16d to 19d Fine 'Coach Hides .......... ...... ea to 194 Crop Hides, 55 to 401bs or cutting .-.- 174 to 19d Ditto 45 to 5011 n -.194 to 214 Calf Skins, 50 to 4011. ............ -.........174 to 201 Dino SO to 700 s. 44d to 294 Ditto 70 to 1101 bis -244 to 214 Small Seals (Greenland) 224 to 27i1 Large ditto per dozen 60s to 7.5 s Tanned Horse Hides 15d to 1 . ..4 Spanish Horse Ilides.. ....... ......... ..17d to '2ld COAL MARKET, JAN. 19. Ships at Market Ships Sold 541 Newcastle 12 Sunderland ei lialbeath Coal 0 1 Cinders . Price. ne Gd to fits tid :0 tt.o —O. NI. 14s. 6d, to —s. (4. An increase of 30,000/. has taken place in the Cu tomb at Grimsby In the last year. In 1815, t. - .c ties were 70,903/.: in 1817, 101,072 f. The Hon. .F.. Parse, of Stapleton Park, lately relinquished his right to a toll on corn e - ,: , (gAi for saleatSelby market: ninety wasgonf, km2ej 5713 guin, entered the town the following market • We mark with the sincerest satisfaction, th! 7 0. rouisi7'iticrease of Savings Barks in almo County in gitglarid, A Doncaster Paper of Fnuiy notices the establishment of one at Huil, en the re ceding Saturday, when the sums subscribed hy 100 persons in the course of two days arnminte t: --;Smilar Banks are about to be formed immedizr:r at Peterborough and at Nottingham ; and frer3 phi eagerness universally manifested by the people, is whose benefit tray were originated, to take advantage of them, the country cannot fail, at no distant petiqd, to experience all the happy results that woe antici gated from their establishment. In them will be to the real and effectual cute of all the evils arising from the injUdicioos administration of the Poor Laws, ad a security to the country from those which may sea sionally result from a stagnation of commerce BIRTHS On Saturday the 17th. of a sot, Mrs. Steele, the wife 1 Jew osiah Stevie, lit his house, 170, Bond-ettec. Tuesday, at liruckhurst, the Lady of Major Morita*, oft daughter. MARRIED. Litdy, at ITyserth. in niutehite, the Rev. George Scum if Penhelig, mar Aberyetwith, in the county a Nem/loth, to NA Susan Strung, younreet daughter of the ReT. Bettei Szrtriy.'-1 Rector of Marchti.:l, and Canon of the ratheoralcf St. Acr.s Tifreeday, at Ardey Regis, the Rev. Clarks Hill, oi wood-House, S:zifordahire, to Anne, fifth &whirr of tte .1)." Reginald Pyndar, of ArrLi , House, Woriiite-bhire. DIED. On Sunday last, at the house of Mrs. Dyneler, in Floorrah.?"- strare, Lieutenant-Colunel Baynes, Assistant ikinny-A4z.a General, Royal Artillery. The 9th of July last, at rlll4lllpatam. John Wilson, Cale\ in the 15th Regiment of Native lafantry, and Brie -:q-.at North Division of the Madras Army. Sunday morning, Mr. James Comer, tied 41, late r arrar a:i Mr. C. llohnes, Royal Exthrr.re, tearing a widow - ( \Wren, the eldest not 15 years cld. to lament his loss. A few days since, ct Lis residence fareenwit aFa pital, Capt. W. G. Rutherford, of - Rutherford was t.r.e tLt T: - the Swiftsur., 'Wednesd a.:, :stab!ishm e rocs, uru I, in :s.l neva constiluence of lojney ec the preceding Sant-da.:: At S:rathaven, and 7.42,1 cf his the Itrrirf Cor.grtt%•i mernoruOir :nw, Mr. Prter 31 , Garri!.. trAit.-ed by failing down nib s:h i2rant, 1 the 63c1 Rev. J..thri At Clo.sgow,or.tbx G init. Mr. Richard Thorns,r of the Gunul. Ile had the ruisfer Ay the small pox Setusol Jud Une , tery of Clascoxv tine his sv.u . .u.s it. 1 ..ensed to prrach ci was hrerd by erow•ird at ,11 the prculiarity of hi. s;iumion sit:acted, with qt de-liht. Lis pow,rs wt re astonishing, and his shrwod much ind.litry brou bestowed in th ...kr3rday at the 1 Lae of Mr. P Whitehavrn, in •`. known, of .6•rrrmy 75th Tear 0 his age. James 'Lent rrendicant wanderings. b ferzr, in her 56th year, MIL J Jan 5, of a Semin.gten, '% Jan. $, at Little France, parigt, of Libbertoo. near 7 Mari l'orteut, relict of 6-01 - ge Knight, late public-hou there, in her iolst yLar. Sir was horn i h 3.1 I'2 children, .55 $4 of whem are not ildm. . ;1 great-i; MGT( W ITER AT LONI)ON 13RI DCA.: TO-1:07; 15 minut, , Aft , rnoon - 41 ---- LONDON: 1riut,...1 gort by LIM. NAOI9 nue, Templerliar. * r