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LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Atraust IMPORTANT JUDOIIIINT.—EM PANTE ROSINSON, IN THE MATTER Of ?REIM A SANICUUTT. The VICA-CRASCILLOR gave judgment in this case, which was argued yesterday at very great length ; it was a petition prevented by the assignee of the bankrupt (Frere), to stsbuitute another deht in the place of the present petitioning credit 'r under the commission, who it was now discovered had himself been twice a bank , upt, and the,question was, whether under the 127th section of the late Bankrupt Act he was not disqualified from prose cuting anvproceeding. at law? that sect enacts, " that any person having been a bankrupt,or t r ken the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors' pct twice, and the last time not pay ing 154. in the pound, if afterwards be shall obtain any property or estates, they shall be vested in his assignee•, in the same manner as if he had been possessed of them at the time of issuing the commission, and that his cer tifjcat.• shall only protect his person from arrest." His Honour thought the section in this case clearly applied . The petitioning creditor had twice been a bankrupt, and had not paid the last time 15s. in the pound; and al though he had since obtained property, it was clear if did not belong to him, hut, by opervion of law, was vested in hi. assignees, fir the benefit of the creditors generally. The petitioning creditor's debt, therefore, was bad, and the Couit would direct another debt to be cOstituted, in order that the commission might be pro ceeded with agreeable to the prayer of the petition. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. ROHE CTRCUIT—SIAIDSTONS, Amen 11. CROWN NM James Rogers, paper-maker at Poplar, and Jobs liar. ford, harness-m.4er there, were indicted for stealing a mortar, value 401. the property of his Majesty. at Wool wich. on the night of the 29th, or morning cf the 30th of May last. Mr. A.DOLPRITS (with whom was Mr. LAW) stated the case for the prosecution. The mortar in question was kept at a part of the Arsenal, which is on the Essex tilde of the river Thames, but that place was in the ' parish of Woolwich, and the county of Kent, and, there fore, the venue was well laid in the county of Kent. The mortar was seen safe at the Arsenal on the evening of the 29th of May, and was missed on the morning of the 30th, and the Deputy Storekeeper observed the tracks of a cart's wheels at the place, and traced them, along the road to Eastham on the way to London. The proper inquiries were made along the road, and the re-' suk was, the discovery of the evi,rence which would now be produced, from which it would appear that the pri soners were the persons who stole the mortar. On the evening of the 28th, or morning of the 29th of May, the prisoners applied to a person of the name of Callow, an ironfoubder at Gravel-lane, for permission to send a gun into his yard for the purpose of being melted down, to which Callow replied, that he could have no ob jection, provided it WAS honestly come by, and the prisoner Harford then said that all was right. On the evening of the 29th, .the prisoners hired a spring _cart from a person of the notne of Draper, residing in Worcester-street, Old Gravel-lane; this was about eight o'clock. Draper had some hesitation in letting thorn .have the cart, as his horse had .been at work during the day, and was fatigued; but . p!isoper Rogers said that he only wanted it to go to Bermondsey to cart y back some light,goods, not above two hundred tod a Ihilf 'in weight; and that he would give Draper five shillings fors the use of it,' and 'net keep it more then two hours and a half. ' Upon this 'Draper let them have the cart, and they drove away with it on the toad to Poplar. in the cart the prisoners 'took along with them three !Ong scafolding poles, and two short ones, the object of which obviously was toenable them to raise the mortar into the cart. With this cart and poles, the prisoners and a third person were seen passing by Eastham, about ten o'clock, and by the Blackwell toll, on the road to the place where the mortar was, on - the same night; and about one and two of the morning of the 30th they were seen on the road, on their return to London, with some very heavy article in the cart, but without the poles, which, after having answered their purpose, were thrown away near the arsenal, whine they were afterwards found. The persons who observed them, were a boy who opened the toll-gate for them, and a person who was . sitting up all night in the church yard of Eastham, watching tire grave of a recently de ceased brother. At a quarter before eve o'clock, on • the morning of the 90th, the prisoners came to Cal low's gate, which was opened, and the cart was taken into the yard, where the mortar was deposited, and the prisoner Buford went away home with the horse and cart. Rogers then, with the assistance of some of Callow's men, 'kindled afire about the gun—an operation which Was necessary Wore it could be broken up. On the same day 'the moiler was brdken iv, and the pieces dilated and cast into ingots, the weight of which was *boa eight hundred and a half. Draper did not get beck his hot-se and cart till eight o'clock on morning tat fhe 90th. sor4 then hefound that the cart had been maierially darnitryd, and some parts of it broken, as mien naturally lave isern .expected when it was em- TlOyed, upon an object of such disproportionate weight: as 'this heavy mortar, which, hefne it was melted,• weighed ten huudred woight. Rogers offered the metal. •for'irde to a Mr. M. Glessfoid, a dealer in the article ;• and showed 'him a specimen, which Glassford put. i4v) , the bards of a Lambeth-street police officer, with dire*. Omuta make inquiries, as he suspected that these was something wrong, and the loss of the mortar having been Made public. the-prisoners were taken-into custody. William Jones, Esq. tic Deputy .Storekeeper of the Arsenal at Woolwich, proved the loss of the mortar; and answiit' to questions from Mr. TH wawa& and Mr. CLA DIMON, for the prisoners, said, that he con-1 videreti•that portion of„the arsenal where the mortari Was, to be in the county of Kent, and it was in the. palish of Woolwich. Samuel Watson, Esq. a Magistrate, said, that Ire had eterched Magisterial jurisdiction in the place, as being part of the county of Kent. MeVirs;THRSINOCR and CLARKSON contended, that this was not sufficient so prove that the place was in the cranny of Kent, fir it might be in the parish of Woolwich, and atilt 'not be in tie county of Kent, and the proceedings of the Magistrates might be an usur pation. The prime facie certainly was, that it was in the county of Kent. Mr. Baron GARRoW thought that there was enough ea show that the place was ire the county of Kent, unless something beyond bare presumption should be shown Oti the other side. V I trial'then proceeded, and theicase, as stated by WABOLIrawa, was made out several witnesses. ..41 0 onsuceesiful attempt was made on the part of ilbillorti *strove an alibi; and Rogers said that he had 1R ,, tithe gun from a Felton of the oar& of. Myers, MOW aybndi. Wen 'after, a commission of bankruptcy b a da sso pd. iied *hi had abac9ode3 on account of a toagery of a hill of exchange, and he had. eridestvou-ed to keep thefact of Ills having the Sl3ort.r a secret, as he was afraid of its being takes from him by the assignces. l Some witnesses gave the prisoner a good character. Mr. Baron GARROW summed up the Avidence, and the Jury without hesitation found the pri•oners Sentence_Trsrspo•tatiou for seven years. NORFOLK CIRCUITuoust• This morning the Assizes for the County of Norfolk comm. nci d at the Shire Hall, before Fir. Justice Hot.. ROYD, in the Criminal Court; and the Lotto CHla' BARON At Nisi Prius. There were nearly atty prison ers to he tried for diffeicnt offences, and about linty Venires were entered. intliant Eaton was indicted for killing and slaying Charles Webster, in a pugilistic contest, on Sunday evening, the 25d of March last, in the parish of Stock ton, in this county. The prisoner and the deceased were both young men about W years of age ; they were drinking on the even ing of Sunday, the 23d of March, at a public house at Stockton, the sign of the Black Boy, and they were both inebriated. A quarrel arose, and they agreed to fight. They stripped and fought about five rounds in front of the house, when Webster fell, and was carried in an insensible state into the houses where he expired almost instantly. A medical gentleman, named Dash wood, was of opinion the death if the deceased was caused by a sudden blow on an extended stomach. Two witnesses gave the prisoner a good character for being quiet and inoffensive. The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Before the LOUD DUX, &ROW. JAY V. IBUSY. This was an action to recover damages of the de fendant for an assault upon.the plaintiff. The plaintiff and defendant were rival coal-merchants at Yarmouth; Mr. Sergeant &maks* for the former, and Mr. KELLY for the latter. It appeared that the plaintiff and de fendant were both on the quay at Yarmouth at the time the assault was committed, and the defendant accused .the plaintiff of having told a wherrym an that he was in the habit of selling coals fraudulently, under a false name and qeality. The plaintiff said it was false that he ever had done so. The defendant said the plaintiff was a lying old scoundrel, and, having clenched his fists, struck the plaintiff with his tight hand on the left ear, and gave him several blows. on the stomach. The plaintiff retreated to avoid the infliction of other blows, and asked the defendant what he meant by tfte violent outrage which he had committed? and the de. fendant swore that he would knock the plaintiff's cursed old head off. Several witnesses were called and proved the above facts. For the defence, Mr. KELLY called a witness, who deposed that the plaintiff, previous to the assault being -committed. called the defendant " a cursed liar." In ctoss•examination he said there had been previously flying (high) words. The last blow was a retty hard one. Mr. Sergeant STORICES addressed the Jury in reply. He said two blacks could not make one white," and that though "two of a trade could not agree,' yet the de fendant ought to pay for hi. outrageous violence corn mitted upon the plaintiff; as the assault was unprovoked. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da mages Twenty-five Pounds. D IE, DEM. SIR HENRY PIITTON, BART. V. VAIIASM7R. This was an action of ejectment, which occupied a considerable portion tithe public time. The Coussal. far the defendant addressed the Jury at great length, and said. his client had a good case— that his father had purchased the property on question, but the title deeds were not forthcoming here, and he should call no witnesses. The LORD CHIRP BARON said, that the only question was, had the defendant pt.ved his ease? He had called no witnesses, and the Jury, under the ditecti,:n of his Lordship, gave a verdict for the plaintiff. • LONG v. PRLSTON. This was an action brought by the Rev. Mr. Long against the Rev. Mr. Preston, to recover the value of a horse which the defendant had sold to him, and had war- ranted as sound and fit for carriage work. The bone, upon being tiled in a carriage on the second day attar sale, was found to be lame in the fore feet, and unfit for work, and was sent back by the plaintiff to the-defen dant, who did not at firit object to receive vie horse, and directed him to be pot into the stable; nor did he send back the purchase money. Some time afterwards, Mr. Preston sent the horse back again. and the plain• tiff refused to receive Item ; and the defendant sub sequently endeavoured to sell the hone at a fair at a lower price than be bad sold it to Mr. Long, but without :access. It was endeavoured to be shown that up to the present time the defendant had used ! the horse in his own work, but the evidence only' proved that his groontlad been seen to ride upon•him. The plaintiff and defandantorsho reside in Norwich, and are Clergymen of the Church of England, did not enter into any contract in visiting respecting the horse ; but it was contended that the defendant, having received back the horse, and ordered him to be taken into the stable as unfit fur carriage work, was presumptive evidence of • the warranty laid in the declaration. On the other side, it was alleged that Mr. Preston, having had the horse for a long period, he did not think it humane to turn the animal into the streets, as he might have legally , done. One df the witnesses elicited a loud burst of laughter, by saying, on being *died if he was a vete ritury surgeon, ' No ; I am a farrier of the old scho,)l." The Jury returned a verdict fur the plaintiff—Da. mages3.sl. the sum for which the horse was sold. IllgiftßFOßD, Auoun 9. Cii.OWN Suit—Before Mr. Baran VAUGHAN. Elijah Fautine r, aged fourteen, was indicted o*tte• Coroner's inquisition, charged with feloniously killing and slaying John Manwasing, aged nine years, by drowning bins in a certain pool of water in the parish of Aymestree. Mr. Davis,..in stating the case for the prosecution, detailed the facts wobsequently given in evidence, from which it appeared that the prisoner and the deceased were play-fellows, and with several more of their com panions had gone to bathe together. Having stripped off their clothes and got into the water, the prisoner began •playing with the deceased, and pulled him under water. Shortly after his companions became alarmed' at the deceased not rising, and the water being very shallow, they lifted him up, carried him out, and laid him on the bank. The water ran out of his mouth, but they did not think of his being dead till they found he did not move or answer when they called Him. They then ran away, leaving the body on the bank r f the pool. One of the witnesses riding by discovered it these, and having aseeitained that life was extinct, gave an alarm, which led to the discovery of the way in which this un fortunate accident occurred. There was no evidence offered of any malice or misunderstanding between the prisoner and the deceased. The only witness to the oc currence was a little boy. seven years old, w h o was bathing with the prisoner and deceased, and assisted to carry the body out of the water. The Jury, under the direction of the Learned Judge, immediately acquitted the prisoner, who was consider. ably affected hy the situation in which Is sus placed, and the detail of the circumstances. Mary Phipps wesinditted,charged oith attempting to pick the pocket of Thos. Mere4ith, at Hereford races. Mr. Potilti.L conducted the prosecution, Mr. Jus rice t! e defence. Thomas Meredith, the prosecutor, said, that he wen! to the Hereford races, and while he was in a booth Ile heard acry of a fight going to take place. Hearing it was a neghbour of his going to fight, the witness ran out to see it, and when he grt to whete they were at tempting to make a ring, and was leaning forward to catch a glimpse of his'butty, he felt a ham' in his breeches t °Act Witness immediately seized it, and fluid it was the prisoner's. The prisoner, however,l wrested his hand away from him and ran off; the wit-1 ness calliog out to sr Stop the thief—st tp the thief!"l On being asked if tht offender was present in Corot, the N 'mess, af.er looking round, said. d! Here he is, Sit ;pointing to the prisoner) that is the man; I am vite l possit that is the man; I should have caught him azara myself if it had not been for a cumrag (comrade) of his who held Me till I knocked him down. Cross-examined by Mr. Jusatce—l don't know how many people were present—you would not know if you had been there: them arc questions I should not be asked. I had a little drink that day before the fight; I had taken what I. wan'eJ, but was as sober as you are now—(A laugh). These might have been 300 people present ; but it is no use asking me such questions; this bodare will not do fur me; I ham a too old for such chdtish bodare now; tat is de man, and tat is all I have to say. James Evans, on hearing the alarm, apprehended the prisoner. Mr. JUSTICE then addressed the Jury on behalf of the prisoner, and concluded by calling a witness, who gave to him a good character. The prisoner's wife also came forward, and addressing the Learned Judge, besought him to have mercy on her husband, on account cf her and a large small family. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN having summed up the evi dence, the Jury found the prisoner ; and the . Learned Judge sentenced him to be imprisoned in the House of Correction for three months. _ _ The whole cf the prisoners hating been disposed of, and Mr. Justice GAsELas being engaged in the trial of a long cathe of no public interest, Mt. BarouVAIMIAN proceeded to try the only remilning cause. II PRICE V BAGGOTP. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the land lord of an estate in this county, to recover from the defendant, who had been his tenant, a compensation for certain timber which he had cut and carried away on leaving the farm. It appeared from the evidence of the plaintiff, that the defendant had been tenant of the farm in question, which cohtained six acre. uF hop-garden at the time he took possession of it, subsequently reduced to three acre; cluri!.g his tenancy. On entering the farm, he . had purchased the hop•poles from the defendant, and there was a piece of rough pasture on the estate, called the Orl Firlo, where alders, ash, and oak grew, which the defendant had cut to supply the waste amongst the hop-poles, and from which he had also cut some maiden ash of from fifteen to sixteen years' growth. Several witnesses were called to prove that there was no custom in existence in the county of Hereford which authorized tenants to keep up their stock of hcp-poles by cutting the timber of their landlord. On the other side, it was contended, that the defendant, having purchased tbe hop pules front the plaintiff on taking the farm, was entitled vs take them away or be paid for them on his quitting, and that it was the custom of the country to keep up the stock by cutting such poles as might be fit for the purpose, and growiog on the estate. A number of wit nesses were then called to estabtish this view of the case for the defendant. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN, having recapitulated the evi dence to the Jury at great length, after consulting to gether for some time, they returned a verdict for the defendant. The Learned Judge then explained to them, that even if they believed the custom did exist for tenants to cut poles for their hop gardens, still the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict, as the defendant had gone beyond the custom he had set up, and cut down maiden ash and oak timber, which he could have no right to. The Jury then consulted together some time longer, and returned a verdict for the plaintiff of ss. for the timber he had cut beyond the custom of the country. Iu the course of the cause it was asserted by one of : the witnesses that alder was equal to deal, and would leg as long; he also considered it as timber. He said Sir John Connell had made use of it in building his house, instead of deal. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Gm? SIZIMICEI.—Motry Lloyd, the person Who was some time ago brought up at Guildhall. charged with having uttered gilt six pences as half fovereigns, was charged before tire Loan Mavoa with having continued the practice. He had been discharged front • Guildhall, Mr. Powell, the cler k to the solicitor for the Mint, having stated that the offence •was not " counterfeiting the coin at the realm." He received upon that occasion an admonition Cram the Alderman, and advice to change his mode of life. Finding, how ever, that no punishment was (in the opinion of the Magistrate s legal adviser at Guildhall) attached to the dishonesty of which he had been guilty, he began to gild sixpences again, and he succeeded inobtalaing eight or nine shillings and some cheese front a cheese monger in Biphopsgate-wreet. lie attempted a second time to impose upon the cheesenionger, soon after the first fraud, but he was taken into custody. Mr. Hobler (with whom the City Solicitor and Mr. Powell eon curxed in opinion) thought tbu If the. offence was not counterfeiting, according to the Act of Parliament, it was at all events a fraud, for which an indictment would lie against the prisoner. The Lotus MAYOR said, that a Jury should, under the direction of a Judge, certainly decide upon the matter. therefore, ordered the prisoner to give itte hours notice of bail. His Lordship had. be observed, beard that a great number of frauds of this description bad been lately sommiged. Fir his own part, he wondered that any one Who ever blefiplf a sovereign in his pos session, could be deceived by the tompiiratively trivial weight of a cigpenergi . • A row in sailor', attire, 'rho charged himself, some days ago with haying been concerned in the robbery of Mr. Hatton's she; of goods to the amount of I,oonl. WAS again brought up. He pleaded drunketinese in 'excuSe for his raving, arid begged to be discharged ; he, however, Mind it more difficult than he supposed, for Mr. Hatton stated that he had every reason to believe that the prisoner was sincere in his Arst account of himself.—Thyself-accusu was remanded for one week. GUILDHALL. _ _ Williams Warren, alias Billy the Tripper, a grave-di:Tees assistant, was charged with assaulting John Gerald, an old man, who is em ployed as a principal grave-digger in several yards about Thames. street. The complainant, whose left eye was much discolotired, said, be met the defendant in great distress on Wednesday last, and charitably gave him Money lo purchase half a pint of porter, and his business being rather brisk, gave him a shilling for a little assistance that afternoon, and told Il i 11l to come again at six o'clock next morning; the defendant did come at that time, but upon being told be should have four shillings but nn beer for his services daring the whole day, be hastily left the ground, saying he would rather be d—d than go to.vrovic-up - otr-such terms. Complainant after wards went home for some refreshment, and was waylaid, abused, and struck by the defendant , on LambetVhill. He had done the man many kindnesses, and had never given hint a cross word. Defendant admitted the assault, which he described as having been committed almost involuntarily, and assured the Magistrates be was extremely sorry. 'The Alderman remarked, that he was a sturdy young fellow, not halt the age of the and he ought to feel ashamed of having struck a man of his years. He asked what satisfaction hevould nuke; for such vioknte could not be allowed to pass UD- E, u ?-1-Dt feet da nt replied he had not a single tattbinz. The Alderman said he would alb* them to retire, and a rt did so. but returned in a frw minutes without having made ail arrafgement. The defettil.nt bail said before the cause cam e „ c . .the only reparation he shOuld redr be able to make v.ould dig the old man's grave gratis, and be had no tither terms tom, pose now. Mr. Alderman Aimee therefore committed him to the Co mptet till the following day, in default of %turtles to keep the p eace. A jobbing butcher, named Jones, was charged before Mr. Au,. man Amer with fraudulently untaining ten lambs front a m ar , drover in Smithfield. It turned nut on mvestigation that the fl, Pendant agreed for the purchase of the lambs fur 245. each, 14 4 that they were to be delivered to him on hi% paying the nu n) , taker. Soon atter.varti% the defendant sent a drover tor the lanitY, l on which inquiry was made of Mr. Jones. the money taker. 4 ,4 the answer given was, by mistake, that they were paid for. O pal this the lambs were delivered, but it was mit for some time diet, wards disiovered who had them. Under these circumstances )fi.. Alderman ANstsir was of opinion that the defendant could only b e , sued for the value, end he was therefore discharged. BOW-STREET. Yesterday George Sniitk, a wretched.lonking young ru zi; was represented a . the ion o f a respectable tradesman, residi ng it Tottenham-court-road, lAA% brought beicse Sir It. BINNIC and lIALL4, the Silting hlaeistrates, under the following circumstasoi About eleven o'clock the prisoner called at the shop of Mr. C oo k , in St. Martin's-lane, when he placed a leather cap Ott 1115 head, with which he deliberately walked away. On being asked why b e h ad stolen the cap. he only requested that his father might nut be nud e acquainted with the circumstance. Ile appeared greatly a g i uitia during the examination, but his conduct betrayed some mere . disorder. Air. llama.; gave orders that be should be taken care uutil his friends could be sent far. liATTON-GARDEN. - Morgan was charged with assaulting a number of war h. men. On ildonday night a cry of " murder!" was heard tv n r „ from the defendant's house in Theobald's-road, when a watch es named Lloyd entered, and found the defendant assaulting his were in a terrible manner. He interposed, and quiettl,!l9 was teetered; after which he went away. Again, however, the noise was h e a r d, which alarmed the neighbours, who interfered, and mooted Lloyd and some of the patrols to enter and quell ~he disturbance. They did so, and attempted to take the defendant sum cooed', but be caught hold of a piece of wood and assaulted the watchmen right and left. The patrols teen drew their swords, and ret urne d the attack, and by this means retained the prisoner in custody,sug lodged him in the watchbouse.. . _ Air. Sergeant Siu.i.ou ridiculed the idea of watchmen interfering in every family row—censured in strong terms the use they m ai a, 4f their weapons—and di/charged the defendant. MA RLBOROUGH-ST MET. A youth, named John Westmoreland, was charged with the lowing robbery, at the shop of Mr. John Henry Kelly, a bnoinol. ler, Vigo-street. It appeared that the prisoner entered Mr. Kegy s shop on Saturday morning, and requested the oborwonian loser* hint with a pennyworth of brown paper. Whilst the girl was u m . ing round to find the paper, the prisoner very deliberately openei a drawer near the shop door, and ran off with a Testament and** elegantly bound Prayer Books, worth 11 10s. The prisoner vas Instantly pursued, and in running down Sackedle-street, be drepp4 one of the Prayer Books, which the young woman, who followed close at his heels, picked op, and the others were bound in the prisoner's hat, when taken into custody in Swallow street. me prisoner said, in his defence, that he was a " tetinum make" by trade, and bad just returned from Edgware Fatr, where he h a t been disposing of his wares, and that distress had driven kin* commit the offence. He was committed fur trial. MARY-LA-BONNE. • Jtr F.yosas was charged with felony. The prisoner on Manchf night told Wall, the constable, that b► wished to surrender hirrit4 and teferreal to NJ r. Cleaver, bookseller, of Orchard-street, fur par ticulars. Yesterday Air. Cleaver appeared, and stated that me prisoner was in his employ, and was sent with a cheque for which he received, but never returned. When called on far his defence. he said he was advised to say nothing. It appeared the atter the commission of the fact he had gone to Gosport,and whea he surrendered had only three farthings in his pocket.—kic wit fully committed. WORSHIP-STREET. BVIZIPIT Socieries--Yesteralay the Stewards,and many Members of a Society, held at the Ship, Wheeler-street, Spitalfields, at tended to show cause wby they excluded Thomas Dupsne std Thomas Hardy, two former Stewards, for expending two guineas, which were given for Doctors' fees; and also for laying out the sum of ISs. gd. for bread, cheeie, and porter for the witnesses This case, at different periods, occupied the attention of the Ma gistrates several asooths. The Society admitted the legality at the Doctors' fees, but they contended that cite Stewards had no rige. to draw money from the landlord for eating, although they at the same time admitted that five shillings per day was allowed to each witness. The Ex-Stewards maintained that they had a rightly allow each witness five shillings per day; and as there were the witnesses for four days, whose expenses would amount to £3, they felt justified in drawing the fifteen shillings, which would at time of payment tie deducted ; but before this explanation coil be entered upon, a meeting was called, and a vote of enable passed. The Magistrates, after hearing many witnesses, ordered that the Stewards should be reinstated. TOWN-HALL Mayle was chat ged with assaulting a watchman. Ter prisoner went with a frail fair one to the Queen's Head Ina, all applied for a bed, stating the lady to be his wife, but it was godly discovered what kind. of a wife she was, and both were magi out—whereat he became so enraged, that he fell foul of the watch. man, on his remonstrating with him for being riotous in the street, and 'was locked op in consequence.—He was held to bail. .Gearge Lord, the Waterman, haying no effects toUtisfy Ike ent rant of distress issued against hint some days since, for the pm* of XS, inflicted for non-compliance with the provisions of the Wa• tersnan's Act, in respect to lodging his apprentice, was coamittef to Brixton for two months. UNION-HALL. A few days ago, an investigation of a serious charge of robber!, coasmitted by a prisoner named Wolf, took place before the Mar• shall of the King s Bench; and yesterday all the parties attended this office, when the following particulars were gore into: Isaac Samuels stated, that on the sth instant he went into the prison ti demand a balance of an account owing him by the prisoner; the when there, the latter took See gold watches us: of his boa, awl went out of the room ; that he (the witness, wee locked up two a' three hisurs, and when he was liberated, the prisoner handed hire s note, which he said was a cheque on the Bank of Engl and for Witness told hint that he did hut k Itow the value of the watches, Lyons Samuels, theprosecutor, *twice that his brother was not authorised to sell the, watches. They were bete handed in, awl identified by the prosecutor. Thomas Evans proved, that be hadpurchased one of the watchs from the prisoner for W. Rtckeley stated, that ho advance.' 4.90 on the other foes watches, which he kept as security. ' The note given by the prisoner was also handed in ; it i) vats , ' less.—The prisoner was then committed for trial. Tam JACULATOtt Fists (Jr Esq. surgeon, who gives an account or these extraorct• nary animals in the EJinburgh New Phiiosiirhicat. Journal for June, 1628, found them in the posses•iontit a Javanese chid: The List was placed in a sit•all cular pond, from the centte of which projected are upwards of two feet in height. At the t3p of this pole were inserted small pieces of wood sharp pointed. ' 144 on each of these were placed some insects ot the Deetie tribe. When all had become tranquil, afttq the pla:"; of the beetles OU the staves, the fish came out 01 the' : 'boles, and swam round about the pond. • One of t he . * came . to the surface of the water, rested there, and Ate steadily fixing his eyes for some time on an insect, 4 discharged from its mouth a mail quantity of via" fluid, with such force and precision of aim, as to bog it off the twig into the water, and in an instant 0 06 lowed it. After this another fish came, and pet tortnof a similar feat, and was followed by the others, t II t tlett had secured all the• insects. I observed, that it a 11 ` df . failed in bringing doors its prey at toe first s!.ot, swam round the. pond till it came opposite the svgs object, and fired again. In one instance I observed one of these animals return three limos to the att.rcls bar; it secured its prey; but, in general, they seeme d to very expert gunners, bringing down their prey at t: fivit , ,hot. This fish, in a state of nature, frequents , shores and•iides of the sea and rivers in search of fo": WherriVespies a fly sitting on the plants that grow 11 shallow water, it swims on to the distance of from four , five, or six feet from them, and then with surprisin dexterity it ejects out of its tubular mouth a sinO . k . drop of water, which never fails to strike the u4l the sea, where it soon becomes its prey. i: Lorene: Printed and Publiabed by Joan 3141Vits, tbt Por 0g et tha Slas OerWei Na 1, Picketttidaces Tcfnik BAr• of tai t 1(4