Star. — London, England, 1827-11-16 00:00:00

)30kOtiGE. OF itiALDOL • - .The adjourned meetiog of the Freemen of this bo. yeses, resident in .Lon, . was held last evening at Vre Crown and Magpie. Mdgate, to learn Mr. Quintin tick's determination whether he would stand candidate Ise its representation, vacantty the death of the Hon. Mr. Winn. By eight o'clock about 150 freemen had assembled, 'lnd some time after .Mr. Dick, accompanied by his younger brother Hugh, Mr. Horace Twiss, and a few e ther friends, entered, and were hailed with cheers. The Chair was taken by Mr. Broaavi, who read the enduring to which Mr. Dick had come, drawn ep in the form of a motion. It was to the effect that Mr. Thintin Dili being unable to resign the borough of o;ford, for which he is at present member, offered to tFie coe,ideration of the electors on the present occasion, his brother Hugh, and should the freemen decide to topper him. he (Mr. Q. Dick) was resolved to spare neither exertion nor legal expense in affurdieg them an bpportunity of exercising their elective franchise. This resolution was put to the meeting, and carried una birentliii• bir. Dice addressed the electors.. He regretted that he could not on the present occasion come forward :1 his engegemehts with the electors who had returned him to Parliament were such, that he could not, consistently with those principles of honour which ev ery Gentleman should maintain inviolate, offer hinbelf—(Hear, hear, hear I) He could assore them that his biotber's principles differed in nothing from his own—they were true bloe--(Cheers). It was not a desire to advance his family, or gratify an over Ween ing ambition, that he offered his brother to their notice. but as a n turn for their unflinching fidelity at the last election so himself. and because he had heard that the r epresentation of the borough had been offered to seve z , rat other Gentlemen it: Es ex; and be wished to pre— serve his connexion with !bent unbroken—(Applause). Mr. Hosioca Tarns spoke at considerable length, sad with much animation.• Though he darted on some points nom Mr. Dick, still, he hoped the freemen of 'Walston would return a blue candidate for a blue va cancy. The principles of the younger Mr. Dick were exactly similar to- those of his brother, whose undeviating consi►tency even his opponents must admire. He could say for Mr. Quintin Dick, that at the nest election he would come forward in place of his brother as their re presentative—(Cheers). Shortly artier Mr. Dick and his friends left the room , sad the Meeting separated. SPOK I ING INTSWGENCE. 136TTING.ROOM, TATTERSALL'S, Nov. IS. The Oats sad Bt. Leger are at present quite ant et. the berg; the fanner, in Periirehrt is not likely to be noticed after the D oeneatioas aro dedffined, sod which ate expected to be numerous and important. Mr. Pette's Inc is Impacted to be unusually strong. It is willsient to state that. the faveeprites are in exactly the same plum as when last queted. P., the Derby, Mule has been dune; wine of the Merchant's pasty were present,• bat did not do any %seism The odds wet* then—._ • 10 1 art ST. Thornhill% Merchant I to / apt Hoe. E. Peres The Colonel Is to I apt Lkiltesif Graftoo% Druid IT to 1 gat Dote of Rutland% Hainpden% colt It to I opt Unto of Rutland% Setortl colt (taken) tom I apt Doke of Grafton% Omen too 1 apt ME. Tlaarahill% Shoveler colt Ift to I apt any when. SWAFFHAM COURSING MEETING. Swartatam, Tummies , Monsure. There has.been a considerable accesolon of visitors since ear lam, WI the town a now full of sportsmen, Mmes, mad dogs (ur the. he upwards of 100 are bete). At the grand Bail OA Friday 11.14 all the great families of die comity were present. Assether nabs glee" to-right. The hali.memi hae been iumnemil time he yew by. Mr. Newham, the Norwich architect. The One dai's asinlieg was le the West-sere deld, when the hares were Omit* lit fa sod unwieldy, from the mildness of the weather; they kw, mdahly made for the wood, without reaching it, as they were soon tweak and after Innumerable wises, killed before they cook! get is theamper. Tbe second days fun (yesterday) was ill tie City lidd, where the hares ran stronger, and kept better before the dogs. The course between Woodirian and Asp, for the Cup, was remark ably severe, and wen only be downright hard work—the beer (Woodmen) the favourite at Sto 1. The puppy matches were ea. Wiest. 'early gee bemuses were present, ant as amazing number elpedestriam The second day's open wait off as under— lug SOLD sot.-4 I* Cesne—Ut. Canoes Gamma. cuu, to • 1 Mr. Desses Due . Gem—Mr. Gerten's Rhybrk Mr. Redhead . * &Nag id Ceuese—Mr. Gurney's A•pp • Mr. asses Wroclaw 2 . I . I . 1 . s DIATCII/4. Mr. Radiread'a Lasser beat Mr. GordatesMk. Stands Mr. Redhead's Lovely but Ids. Trues Gerdon's be. d. p. Spaniard boat Me. auckwartit's Beek M. Rost's red b. Windermere beat Mr. Gamy% Mb. wad w. b. p. Atte Mr. Wi lk% blb. 4. p. Carobs beat Mr. Tymea's bit. d. p. Freedash • lit. Gooney's r. b. p. Ameba& beat Mr. Aytates blk. b. p. Anse test Mr. Reit's Mk. b. Wonky beat Mr. Wliklnson's r. b. Czarena Mr. llekwordsrs acted rw. b. p. Ilatterly beat IdroDeno's brind. t b. p. Dusky ' Er. Carter's r. b. p. Gossarser beat Mr. Mee% Moe b. p. Ursula Rdwards'e red sod er. b. p. Errs beat Mr. Shute s f. b. p. Ulric* Mr. Edoardia r. b. p. Item beat Mr. Shute 's band. b. p. Moline ' fit. lidoards's br. b. p. Enterprise beat Mr. Stoneheweis r. d. p. Cheat Buckwortkla Mk. and w. b. p.Brlel beat Mr. Deon's r. b.p.Dove The fellowtrag were undecided— Mk. Rhate's Ulys.es apt Mr. Deus% Dowager Mr. Shore % Una apt Mr, Drees Dapbee Mr. &onelower's Otbo age Mr. Carter's Galles& - Mr. Stoaelsewees Onus ages Mr. Wilkinson's (sgar. The following was sent by a vagrant, confined in out County Gaol, to bis wife: WOMMITS Canary GAOL, 151 w Nev. l sty. Ur Duo Wire,—Dwring the dame I sus in confinement, I hope 7". still net be remiss to maks that the crepe of apples and pears Itstdiased am got bi die time.. that se m i k id retnre they rtsdy to be transformed sate that delicious called eiderand l'trry. Let me bog that yes may me Het as potatoes I bee* " sr Pt II by me who are very particular in clearing the ground; and I hose you will amid by one et sty teems a hogshead el the hest cider, to treat illy emkrfeoaee compaeless with, as I truly , 7°i2atisise with them on their misfortunes • and remit to me at the "ft‘ dile same mow, perdsase grubliss with, as I stand in Emu med. Tea knew the lime that lamto he liberated, and I ke _frt *di provide a feast of the choicest Mends He country can and send HAWN* to the whole of 'my castemen to maw "willrod the day, that they may ceestandete me en my return frees Ass" my offence is bet eta trifles eature.and as I am cenmeitted the Vagabond Act only. U yes have me mash bilk you need eat go %He Bask ; as the volhs censidued use for sauteing 1116041 hay rick, will,lio Swot. let you ham a few pounds of Waite for me till you can conmeleetly dialers* the simmosi. I hose yam will beim He alert le seeing my orders completed with revect to the cider business, sad km* of hamatios ao many gin 40 1 1 6. as dilatoriness moat probably will terminate in our rasp. If 1• 11 choose you may procure an apron full of two of ballads of He hat authors, as, though we are a little advanced in life. I think the 'sentry fain monld seem quite unfureished without us. Let me s ef you CU fully comply with the above requests. Goa bless yea, Lreasais yew% very affectionately. We regret to find, that amongst the sufferers in the globous action with the Turks, were several officers' connected with this neighbourhood. Capt. BATHUIUT, of the Genoa, was, we believe a nephew of the Bishop of thi s Di ocese . Lieutenant FITZ Roy, Oho was shot its the very f,st act of hostility on the part of the Turks, wa , the second son of the Rea. Geo. William Fits Ray, of Kernpacn Lodge, Norfolk. And Mr. Bosses's, se verely wounded in the Admiral's ship, is a son of Sir Henry Edward Banbury, Bart. who had entered the service but a very short time.—Bury Post. _ , MIDDLESEX Nr~W LUNATIC ASYLUM., A upmerous sates of the Magistrates of NI thee County took" place in the Sessions' House, Gil ken well, yesterday, to consider the ptoptiety Of mating a new Lunatic Asylum for the county. The Chair was taken at twelve o'clock by Mr. Cover. Mr. ALLan, the Clerk of the Peace, read ttie Roo:: lotion passed at a former meeting of the Magistrates,' explanatory of the object for which they wets that day, convened. He then proceeded to read Resolutions passed at various parishes. The Resolutions of the parish of St. George, Hanover. square, approving of the erection, were also read. Mr. Sergeant Pau. said, such were the nature and multiplicity of the facts connected with the qoestion under consideration, that he hardly knew how to lay tliem in order before the meeting. There were la the county •of Middlesex 873 pauper lunatics, out of which nunsbet 567 were in what were called Licensed Madhouses. It was not necessary that a me dical certificate should be given with a pauper lunatic, upon being consigned to one of those houses. Here then were upwards of fire hundred individuals sent to a Madhouse, without any certificate declaring them to be fit objects for such an abode ; the consequence of .sshich was, bat there was no return made to the Commissioners is to their situation--(A cry of " No"). This assertion was denied ; but he made it on the authority of the 49th of George IIL which set forth that the keepers of Licensed .I.unatic. Asylums were hound to make a return to the Commissionets of all the lunatics in their houses, except paupers. He gisited one of those wretched receptacle.% and mest *y this he did not think that that respectable and learned body, the College of Physicians, did their duty towards' the poor unfortunate confined in those asylums. Ac 'cording to the Report of the Committee of the House of Commons, it appeared that two hours was the time copied by the Commissioners in inspecting the inmates ;pt those licensed asylums. Was this sufficient time to wake the necessary inquiries relative to the complaints. Att. of the eatious patients? He need hardly offer an opinion on the subject. There appeared to be a strange opinion held .by the College of Physicians, that they could not refuse a license for a private mad-house, that their duty was simply ministerial. If such was the fact, what was the use of a Licenser at all ?—(Hear, heat.) He was astonished that a doubt could for a mo ment have been entertained by the College of Physicians, that they were authorised to refuse a license if tt ey had proper ground for doing so. The Learned Sergeant here recited, from the Report of the House of Com mons relative to licensed madhouses, various acts ol cruelty committed in a licensed lunatic asylum, the proprietor of which, according to the evidence of Di. Bright, would have been refused a license by the Col• lege of Physicians, if they felt themselves empowered to do se. There was another circumstance that was to be consideied, and that deeply—namely, the want of classification that existed in !leased madhouses-- It was true that the men were divided from the women; but that was not sufficient—there Ovoid be . - - such art angements made, that when a patient was cot* valescest he should be relieved from the sight of all. mental agony, otherwise his mind would be again broken down, and again he would become a prey to that malady *bids he had just escaped. Another gre defect was, the want of Medical Gentlemen: In one asylum which he was acquainted with, there was only one Gentleman to attend from five to six hundred pa! tients, for vibirdi be had only the *sum of 3001. a-year out of which were to be taken the expenses for medi cine. From the want of classificetion, " the curative process' was wholly neglected. Teo treatment in Most of them hours was, severe chastisement, handcuffs, fen. ters,droildiniisuigati us, Ac. thus subduing the mind by the total (testi motion of the body. Tnis was the state to which thew fellow creatures were reduced, whose only act would be, if they were. to regain tlprir sanity mind, to cc..e tin hour they Were bona..-(Hear, bear.) The Learned Gentleman alluded to the evidence of Mr. Warburton, on the subject of it Crib Patients," 'and commented upon that Gentleman's testimony 'before the House of Comment in severe terms: The petitions that were that day read, stated the poitiotiers, to be content with the treatment the pauper lu-, natics received. They said, there was no reason to complain of the treatment, and that the charges Ilse pauper lunatics were extremely moderate--(Hear, and_ laughter.) it was no matter how th eir wretched fel : low.ereatnie suffered, or how badly he was attended to. —it was all right, because, forsooth, it was done at a moderate expence. (Hear, bear, and laughter.) He did not know the exact sum that would be wanting to complete the building, but be denied that it would at all amount to the extraordinary sum stated by sontii gentlemen, namely, 500,00.01. An asylum in Lanai , ' shire, which contained 300 persons, cost only 60,0001.1 Supposing the building to cost 200,0001., the principal) and interest would be m aid in 16 years, by an addition of one halfpenny in the pound of the parish rates. He, was satisfied that, instead of a county lunatic asylum being an expence to the county, it would ultimately turn out a saving; .for the care and attention that would be paid to pauper lunatics, in such an Asylum in the one proposed, would so operate upon the poor patients that: restoration of their senses might be, looked on with certainty, and a redaction in point of numbers be the consequence. The Learned Sergeant; then proposed the following Resolution :—" That It the opinion of the Magistrates of this County that a Lunatic Asyldm is much wanted in the County, and that the immediate erection of one is absolutely necessary." - • -' venation seconded the Resolution. Sir Guouoa FAanami opposed the.Resolutioo, upon the ground of the great experwe. He concluded by maul, 64 That the Matta be referred to the , further consideration of the Committee to see how far' the abuses coamplAined of zooid be remedied.* - Mr. Bet LANTICSS seconded the amendment. Mr. Sergeant Psu. shortly replied. The CHAIRMAN then put the amendment, which was lost by a large majority, as was also one of Mr.Briscoe, for an Asylum upon a limited sears. The original Resolution was carried by a majority of 27, there being cooly ene opposed to it. It was then proposed that a Committee of nine should be appointed to reserve plans, proposals, Ste. and report the melt to the next County Meeting. The Court shortly afterwards broke up: CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Nev.l4l. Our supplies (5,100 qrs. of *beat, 5,000 gm. of Barley, 5.3301 qrs. of Oats, and 8,100 subs of Flour.) being large, Wheat and Barely were extremely doll. stiff the few saki that were effected were at Mooday's prime. Gag sold freely at rather better prices, owing to the ports being sew dosed against foreign Oats, mad the present prices being moderato. a greet many consmners availed themselves of it, and bought rather freely. SMITHFIELD MARKET, Nov 11. _ Beef is a sYsit; trdes Moodny's pries; ism in Mutton there is no variation a any a q.toe lo the Veal trade, the best young Caws are quoted at s*. 6d. to 6s. per stone. In Fork there la little alteration, the beet dairy-fed Porkers being 54 Id. too. per stone. .m.Btaliti. 643; Sheep, 4,040; Cava. ITS; Pigs, Beef, per scow, ss. to 4s. 6d. Mutton, Se. to 4s. 6d. Veal, 4s. to 40.6 d. Perk. 4a. tid. to 6a.PHay, pa load, a ISt. to ofs; Po ur. .C 4 10s. to 155. &tavola lo to Al 140, LAW DITSILLIGENCE. COUiT OP CIPINWY, Newman' 15. • riff a 1 71r41 An Mira! ANI.EIo 4.%1.• NO srra sil V! W.- -Mt. KNIGHT appeared, mid said that when this case 'wee mentioned in the Court yesterday, he bad been left Ist - accident without any instructions on the subject.— He had since been furnished with an affidavit, which he begged permission to read. It stated that the present Coroner, for whose removal the writ was prayed, had for a period of forty years discharged the duties of his office with great credit and undeviating punctuality. He had, however, fallen into some embarrassments, and was detained in prison at this moment at the suit of one creditor only. He was at this moment engaged is a negotiation, the object of which was to procure his re lease by liquidating the demand of this crediter r and be had so fair a prospect of success, that his application it present was only that the Court would suspend their order against him for a short time. He was quite sure that by the next Epiphany Sessions, he should be able to attend personally to his duties, and would make his appearance at the Quarter Sessions. His presence in the meantime was not absolutely necessary, for there were three other Coroners, and the duties of the office bad been duly discharged by them. The LORD CHANCELLOR asked how long the Coro ner had been in prison? Mr. Ketone replied, that he had ben than lei* since last November. The Loan CHANCELLOR said, that althaughibere might be CoroDers for other districts,: they had their several duties to perform, and it was clear that the in tent* of the public must soflkr by this Gentleman's ab ase*. Perhaps, however, as he had discharged his du ties sie long to the satisfaction of the - C6unty, be was *Wed to some.consideration. His Lordship wished to know whether there was any objection to this. Mr. DANIEL said he was ant instructed to object to any reasonable delay. • The LORDJHAMCILLOR wished to know by whom the Petition as presented. Mr. DANIEL replied, by the direction of the County Magistrates, who had felt the incouveaience of having the office vacant. They had done so with great reluc tance, sod not until they felt that the dietharge of their duty required it. It was fixed that the Petition should be mentioned •agaia on the second seal after Tans. _ ARNOW N. MARTIN. Counsel were prepared to argue this appeal, when the Loan Cifenclu.oa asked whether it would not be better that the judgment should be at once delivered.— Lard Eldon had heard the arguments at great length, end had considered the question. }le was prepared to ,judgment at the period of his going out of officepttut it bad been objected that he should do so since that event. His Lordship now wished to know it the parties would be content, without having the argument over again before'llim, that his Lordship' should give the judgment,which Lord Eldon had pre pared. He understood, that on whichever side it might be decided, the parties were resolved to appeal the question to-the House of Lords ; and• it could thetefore be neither necessary nor advisable that the Court should be taken up with hearing an argument which must be repeated elsewhere. , Mr. Howes bad no objection, if the other side would consent. Mr. Beasts had persona,- no objection to the costae suggested by his Lordship; on the contraradre would be very glad to relieve himself from the slogu• meat, but he must be regulated by his client's determi. amiss oath. subject, ,Amara ot-nAnini. 4. 714 cause jrad been transferred front the late Vice Cllmiledioes paver at his request ; because his Hotspur basing been counsel in the cause, declined to hear is as a judge. The Lord Chancellor, observing that there nose existed no ground for the alteration, directed that it. ;herald be restored to the present Vice Chancellor'. Psfolte VICE CHANCRLLOR'B COURT, Novonsa IL • •At the sitting of the Court this morning. hir..Holturt addressed his Honour. He said that it was eseeediagly unpleasant for him to make complaints of any cameo! the Court,lnli really he was obliged to mention to the Court the great inconvenience Counsel were put to by the lam deliiery of the paper.. It was now 8 o'clock ,evevy evening before they got them. if they were not at chambers by six o'clock, they were thought to be very idle, and for two hours they wire obliged to kick their heels; they knew not what was to come on, and it frequently happened that. after' wading through their briefs, they found that other causes were put down in the paper, and which they then had no opportunity of looking over. Under there circumstances it was Ott impossible tOao any thing like justice to their He was perfectly well convinced that it wasefrofault of the Registrars, or of any one in his oalke; hot the Bar paid largely for the accommodation, and they ought to have it. The 'Vice Cirmicactert enquired whether it was an officer over whoa he had any controul. Mr. Hoasa believed it was. He had heard that the delay was in port occasioned by having the papers printed. Now printing was 2 most useful art, and he , should be very sorry for it to become obsolete; but he was likewise my sorry that he had introduced it in this. instance. VMS tkey bad manuscript, they were much better serveL • . Vinstakatassaid, they were numb. VOW - Off in Irases, of which they could now get nolist at all. o t *mar a* a assured the Learned Gentleman, that no time was Inst. • It was impossible for the nest day's list to be made out 'until the rising of the Court, and rushy them printed much facilitated the business. Had o they to be copied, it would be impossible for Couatel to be-furnished at Mr. Roane did not attach any blame to the Re gisuar, but be was quite satisfied that the evil adMitted of remedy. _ • • The VICE CIIANCOLLOO. said, be was perfectly . eon. winced that the evil must be very great, and he should make inquiries, and see if it could not be altered. The regulatioos recently ordered by the Lord Chancellor, might perhaps have, in some degree, occasioned it. Mr. Hoene was obliged to his Honour. Without ao immediate remedy, it would be impossible for the business of the Court to proceed. SAWII4IIIOt, =Q. AND OtkIERS, O. spat.= ANA °TRULL Mn Hoene said, that in this case, which was an application for an injunction to restrain the defendanti from working certain mines 'in Yorkshire, and which be moved on Tuesday, they bad, in obedience to thi directions of the Court, &ire%) notice to the defendami for thisAlornitig. No one, he believed, appeared f them. and he was consequently entitled to his motion. Vacs CHANCILLOII.-if in the course of the morning no one appears, Jet the injunction issue. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 15. MILSORN O. ODD. This was an action on an attorney's bill, tried before Lord Teoterden at Guildhall, when a verdict was re• untied for the plaiotiff. Oa a former day, Mr. J. Wil. Hams h'ad obtained s talc to chew cause why the verdict should ant be set aside, and a nonsuit entered for t estintiff, otv the reeled that the aetiou woe.lel not lib it being brought by-tho !gaiest the 46°4.44 - as I number of the London Caerser.Companys' for Se tom in defending several actions for that oo.posiioE,. whidt the plaintiff wet also a member. s•: . , The - Common &MOZART was this day Mind against . .the rale. •• The LORD CHIN, Justrot delivered the, opinion of . the Court. The 'actions which Milbutn defended, and of which he nnw sought to recover the costs, /fere. actions brought, against Messrs. Codd and Harper, as members of a partnership, of which Milburn himself was also a member. It was the duty of all the watery , Milburn among the rest, either to make payment of the sum then demanded of them, or to resist the actions brought against them at their joint expense. The actions were resisted, and the expense of sesisting them ought now to be paid jointly by them aIL It it were proper to resist theta—end he thought that Milburn, who de fended theta, would hardly say that it was not—the expenses of 'them should be paid by all the partners, and by Milburn among the rest ; and if he should now be allowed to recover all bis costs of the defendants,. the defendants would have a right to recoves of him not only his own costs, but theirs, by way of contribu tion. On these grounds the Court thought that the - action was not maintainable, and that the rule gained by Mr. J. Williams must be made absolute. TFIg F . llllO W....ABRAHAM VILLA/WY. GIIII2IIAL moved that the defendant in this case, whit had been convicted before Mr. Baru*, Bullock. attbe-lastAisises for the county of Durham, swan information filed against him fOr offering to two *dicers Custims a bribe of five guineas each on every 200 tabs of spirits they allowed them to run on shore, should bibrooght up to receive the judgment of the Court. The defendant being . brought up, offired to the Coon several affidavits in mitigation of punishmebt, from which it appeared that he had already been four months in prison, and that be had hitherto borne a most irreproachable character. Mr. Justice Beticzy delivered the judemetit of the Court. Alter commenting on the heinousness of the offence of which be bad been convicted, he told him that the Court inclined to mitigate his punishment en account of the excellent character which he had re ceived, and of the very proper manner, in whiCh S 6 hat conducted himself during his imprisonment. 11A COUrt ordered and adjudged that he should be iroprieenedfor. the next six calendar months in his Majesty . ' jail of Durham, and that at the expiration of thrif t timehe should enter into recognizances for his giod , conduct during the next three years, himself sit 40. and two sureties in 201. each. He was committed in the mean while to the custody of the Marsha& ALLEGID MISCONDUCT OP AN ATTORNEY. Mr. Guanay made an. application to the Court, on behalf of Lient Colonel Clerk, of the &etch Greys, that an attorney of the Coon, whose name he did not men tion, should pay over two several sums of money to Lieut. Colonel Clerk, which he had obtained from him under the following circumstances :—Lieutenant Clerk had employed the attorney to purchase for-him two several- estates, and had paid into his hands two several sums of 2,4001. and 1,9501. to complete the purchases. He had since discovered that the attorney had only paid 1,7501. for one, and 1,6001. for the other estate.; acd he now held in his hani the vender's re ceipt for the fire estate. ' Mk. Justice listaturT— . Cast we vent such an'tiitillca ? Is not all tbis the proper subject of a criminal proncetion for obtaining money under false pretences ? At present my doubt is, whether we should not be codas pounding an offence, by granting such an application. The Ironer, a' ter a short consultation, granted a rule so slum cease. WAIT OP ,AIL S connts - ------- Illettirday last a writ of Hab-as Corpus was ismed, calling •pon John Martin and James Rice to produce thebedy of a Lady,'whom they had taken, as it was alleged, by force from her husband's house. The writ was returnable yesterday : but ►y an *strangemewt made between the Court and Mr. Adolphus, it was agreed that it should not come under dimussion till to-day. As won as it was called on, the Arrorturr GamutAL rose and said, that a brief had been delivered to him.in this cause, but at too late an hour for hiss to attend to it. It was left at his house at twelve o'clock it night ; and it was not to beexpected that he coald•have attended to ebrief so strangely delivered w him. Mr. Adolphus See been originally eisplojed in the case, and was no Putt prepared to argue it. Achat. Adolphus was not then in Court, the matter stood ever Tor a short thus. On his re-entering it, Mr. HILL moved, that theyeturn to the writ should be read by the officer of the Cotter. The parties con cerned iu the return were either in Court or neat it. The imam to else writ wen then read. The parties to whom it was directed (John Martin aid James Rit e ). returned, that on the 7tb of November lust, Ann Hodg kinson,aarasheawAshalf the writ had been moved, felt her husband's house at Kilhoniefher own free will and consent, and accompanied them to the house of Mrs. Doggett, in Davies -street, Berkeley-square, where she had remained up to the present time, of her own free will and pleasure. The parties claimed no right to de. tain the Lady..autt certided that she was how present in Court, according to. the order of the writ. Mr. HILL.—Do Tear tordihips wish to have the Lady pradecarpersoselloyin Court? She is now in an apartment near tc, t , • Lord Talrratitypt t iirel; let her be:brought into Cadet. the passage tisthe Boer of the Court was then cleared the persons who were -standing in it and imme distely afterwards e Gentleman, in deep mourning, led three Ladies, also dressed in deep mourning, into the Court. Mrs. Hodgkinson appeased to be about 35 years old. They took their seats immediately under their Lordships. Mr. HILL then said that this was a writ of habeas corps, moved by My, Adolphus, on the part of Thonias Hodgkinson, who-described himself as a diaper in New Bond•street. His affidavit stated that his wife, on whose behalf the writ was moved, was liabliwfits of insanity ; that she resided at Acre Cottage, 4ilWlulit,...,the house of her huiband, under the care of Sarah Snuth, who had been recommended to him as a fit and Roper persoq tat. take care of his wife; and that, on the 7th of Nov.l:r John Martin, jun. a cousin of his. ife, aacta solici • , came to his house and took her away frosts it by . force: The ATTORNIT.GENERAL here interrupted Mr. Hill, and said that be had now had time to look at the affi davits, aod he had already seen enough of them to say, that the question which the Court would hare to decide upon them was a question of great difficulty. He dame. tore wished, on bra own authority, to propose, that the question respecting fitness should be submitted to a private tribunal--.to a Gentleman at sq. , for its stance, on whom both parties might agras.ila thought . ta . I ,;1 4- "V: