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ROYAL A CADV4Y: * fah Lecture of the Course ins delivered, ofj,y evening, by Mr. Cisaws . ut, upon the v f Anatomy, as connected with the Arts,— rfIOrESOR was for some time occupied in s- thes different directions and the forms in the t hreads called mei:mm*les (alone possess or muscular power) run. The conveyances ill l od of feeling, by the nerves, were considereJ / i„n of these, from recent and confirmed ex" 0 , was supposed to be occasioned by a pro: silar to an electrical shock. It was remarked, entering into the detail of the Science, that vomical names were derived from some eir „los peculiar . to the parts--as their resem to o bjects, their form, their use, &c. The restl discourse was occupied in professional exami- Fussi.t was in the Chair, and many of academicians were present. The room was full. ant. ehincess SOPIFIIA'S health is much improied. Royal Highness ridos out in her carriage daily, %Ilea prevented by the weather. today the Duke of Yoa arrived at his house lames's-palace, from Oatlands. Jossiqt WuATLEY is appointed Groom of +amber, in the room of the Lite Colonel Duchess of WELLINGTON has called her two o m Eton to Apsley-House, in expectation of rulj a irival of their noble father. '• Royal Ilighnes.c the Duke of SUSSEX gave a, dinner party on Friday last, at Tunbridge- His Royal. Highness occupies the house itt !Duchess of WELLINGTON resided when she there. Duke of RICHMOND has sent home, as pre-' I from Canada, two boxes of flower-roots—one Duke of &AMON, the other for the Earl of late Lady KILMOREY was the daughter of Sir Co rroN, Bart. of Combermere, in Cheshire, sister to the salient Lord COMBERMERE. • Dowager Marchioness of LANbDOWNE enter party of distinction, on Sunday, at her re in AlSemarle-street. liArd.zx still remains on the invalid list of Dory, and his medical friends are apprehen it will be some time yet before he is able to is professional duties. dcgs brought by the ships of the Northern have for some days past been objects of, 'ion at the British Museum. On Friday, inoffensive animals was killed in the 'ging to that National Establishments of its skin being stuffed and placed in the other has been sent to the Museum •ly for the same purpose. Of the four at the Admiralty, two have been sent of YORE, and the other two to Sir . The fates of the four latter will be to the feelings of humanity than those si ins. between Belturhet and Kille several Lientlemen, who were partaking in the chace, were in close pursuit of a to the water, (a deep lake) into which ioremost of the chace, Mr. LANAuzz, jun: of near Killesandra, and Mr. VEITCH, jun. , Aress, were unavoidably precipitated, . to cheek their horses' speed. - Both the their riders.immediately disappeared ;but became again visible, the Gentlemen places on their horses, from which, were soon removed, by the exertions Is in endeavouring to Extricate them ir dangerous situation. Major FAaate, Who waralso of the patty, perceiving , situation, in the 'most laudable manner, plunged into the lake, seized Mr. who was nearest to him, and rescued him itery grave; but he was not equally sue- Mr. LANAuze, who sunk to rise no more ! hours after, the body of this lamented young • was procured, and conveyed to his af- t shed :pal mak ers, ser- The sly• era► IL MURDER AND ROBBERY AT HORNSEY. 11 murder was committed on Thursday JOHN THOMAS TAYLOR, a young Gen . 20 years of age, a surgeon by profes rery respectable family, who left his home, 1-street, to sec some friends at Southgate. ience of his not returning home at night, • his usual custom, his friends were very, sat up till late on Friday morning. On king to return, his friends became very distressed. They waited in anxious suspense le whole of Friday, and their fears increased. Saturday morning several of the deceased's off to Southgate ; on their arrival there that the deceased had been there, at , the an acquaintance , named •Irearce, and left ren o'clock on Thursday night ; before he igate, he informed Mrs. P earce that he had particular friend at the Jolly Butchers, at en, in the parish of Tottenham, which on his way home ; his friends hastened to , and upon inquiry found that the deceased I on Thursday night ; he sat in the bar with atsou, the landlady, and took tea with her, expressed his disappointment at his ft iend not according to promise. He left the Jolly a little after ten at night, intending to go flornsey-wood. His friends made inquiries I house on the road, but could learn no tid the deceased. On their arrival upon the iron the New River, they observed the marks of tootsteps which were very deeply impressed in ad, and there were appearances of persons struggled near the edge of the River. Upon inquiry, they learned that the house of a' Gentleman near the Wood was attacked by three men on the Thursday night, but pie family fortu nately being up, they foiled them in their attempts attd pursued them, and it is supposed the robbers took refuge in the Wood. On Thursday night a short time after the deceased left the Jolly Butchers, a per :en who resides in the neighbourhood heard cries of murder, the 'sound of which appeared to proceed from near the iron bridge over the N ew River. The Ricer was dragged, and at last the body was found,' with such marks of violence as left no doubt he had ton strangled, and thrown into the River. His bards were clenched, and were found full of grass, as it Le had struggled before being thrown into the river. h4he threa ds ds call she muscular pow of feeling, ad i,,n of these, .. ,,eets , was suPP° s imilar to an elect • entering into th cetornical names ~ ant es peculiar e to objects, then :th e discourse was c Mr. Fosstit Academicians wet The Princess SUM Royal Highness ..t when prevente yester d a y the Dull S t ~ja e t t es's.palace, c o lonel Josul , u W Be d c h a mber, in t DDYLL. The Duchess of V from Eton to A ear ly airival of t: Hi s Royal Ilighr dinner party llis Royal. 1 h the Duchess n last there. The Duke of Me • from Canada, the Duke of Got RILEY. The late Lady Kt cur Co rros, B sister to the gal The D ow ager ilil a party of di ce in AlSemar poor HARLEY Sti Dairy, and that it will be e his professif • The dcgs broug. "Ilion, have f .. 1 1 attraction at ei the poor inc • cls: belonging the purpose of • mints; and the Paris, probably • remained at tl e Duchess of VII BANES. it congenial to i• 74r eompani , ui '. Thursday se'nni ra, as several ileasures of tl which took to au foremost ...eield, near It Grtinardress `•••, usable to c • ;Etna their 252:t time tir .;.* g their pl • er, they wl s the animals i 0 - irts from their ta Killesandra, P' by itarminte s I. • kte manner, n. ETCH, Who v.- • • • in a watery .611 as to 3lr. ir • some hours a •i • ialeman was lei family. DREADFUL ii A dreadful n Th • on Mr. Jo ag n about 2 en • r , 2 very hr ghl 4,Gonvell-stri h• b consequence test • • cycling to hi y, and sal e, a still failint urd h distresse :ins the wit( ood .1.4 on Sato' the azds set off si do- ty learned tl lots. use of an a and .:out seven t 121 - " it Southgate e arty umeet a par ,ord Wood-green, Uce .ease was on ' ll 4 l place, all ucur vas there on Watson ✓ an erpresse ives. czming ace( butchers a 1' rbo- ticcagh 110 T a: every hot in r of the d • t. bridge of the oncs . some footsie ran _ the ground, rted having strug tone farther inqi EXECUT7O2• Ti is morning, at five o'clock, the usual preparatory to the execution of criminal;, was moved from the yard to the front of the Debtors door of Newgate. From this moment to the time of execu tion the crowd increased till the Old Bailey and all ,he avenues to it were completely filled. At half past seven the Sheriff's entered the ipner yard, when the prisoners, Driscol, Weller, Williams, and Cashman, had their irons knocked Off. At eight o'clock the bell tolled as usual, and the prisoners were brought out. Driscol, (a native of Ireland) executed for uttering forged notes, was attended by a Roman Catholic Priest (Mr.Devereux) who had been with him all night. Guiana's, a Jew, (whose real name was Emanuel) executed for forgery, had been attended all night by two Rabbies, who accompanied him to the platform. Weller, a mere youth of '2O years of age, convicted of forgery, was attended by the Ordinary of Newgate. Williams, 20 years of age, a Welch youth, con victed of burglary, was also attended by the Ordinary. The criminals, who all behaved with great resig nation, confessed the justness of .their sentence ; all shook hands with each other. A short time was spent in prayer, and at '2O minutes past eight, the sig nal being given, they were launched into eternity. Driscol has left a wife and five young children.' He was a plaisterer's labourer, brought up in great ignorance, and unable even to read. He said he was led to the commission of the crime for which he suf fered, by the persuasion of others; but be could not be induced to communicate the names of his confe derates. He was not in bed during the night. Cashman was a man of notorious bad character. He had been discharged from the hulks, where he had been confined for previous offences, only about ten inc:nlis ago. Weller was the son of respectable parents, who had paid every attention to his education ; but, associating with bad companions, he• was early initiated into their vices. He was convicted along with Cashman for the same offence, in September last, and had been tried at the Old Bailey for a similar offence only six weeks before. Williams was a shoemaker by trade, and had been convicted, on two separate indictments, of having robbed several houses at Enfield. He belonged to a gang of depredators who had long infested that neighbourhood. A Quaker Lady -Wes. Riney), who, on applica tion to the Keeper of Newgate (Mr. BRowN), had been admitted to the prisoners oh Monday, and had taken much pains to give them religious instruction, Iwas with them again by six o'clock this morning, by 1 their own desire, and continued with them some time. When the scaffold dropped, there was a very in decent shou't from various parts of the multitude of. " Murder I—Murder l" and it was apprehended; for some time, that from the great pressure some acct. dents had occurred. Happily, however, there was nothing of the kind, and the people dispersed quietly, after the prisoners had hung the usual time. The Rabbies who attended Cashman requested and were permitted to cut him down. They 'took away the rope along with the body (the usual practice with the Jews). Shortly after, a great crowd of Irish, men, women, and children, applied for the body of 1 1 Driscol, which they bore away with the usual custom of howling. The bodies of the other two were taken into the prison, to be delivered to their friends in the course of the day. Crowder, who was indicted, and was to have been tried for the robbery of the Stirling Mail-coach of a box, containing a large quantity of bank notes be longing t the Stirling Bank, has been liberated, the Bank havi o ng declined to proceed any further in the business. Sunday night, between nine and ten o'clock, an alarming fire broke out in the hay-loft of the Flying Horse Livery Stables, belonging to Mr. CASIDEN, Halfmoon-alley, Bishopsgate-street, which destroyed the corn and hay, together with the stables ; provi dentially the horses were got out safe ; the engines arrived, and with a good supply of water, the fire was got under without further mischief. EXCISE APPOINTMENTS IN IRELAND.—AMong the appointments are, for the Counties of Cavan and Meath, ENEAs CONEY, Esq. Monaghan, Wm. KILPA TRICK, Esq. and Leitrim, Wm. BLACK, Esq. These Gentlemen are selected from the higher Offices in the Excise Department, and of course fully qualified for the arduous duties they have been deputed to perform. MAGENDIE ON GRAVEL.—If the value of a literary work is to be estimated by the degree of benefit to society which it is calculated to produce. we know few on medical subjects of late production, entitled to a higher rank than that of Dr. MAGENDEE on Gravel. It shews, in a decisive manner, the advan' tageous results that ensue from the cultivation of me dicine on scientific principles. The eminent talents the author is generally acknowledged to possess, both as a physiologist and practical physician, have led to the discovery of facts respecting the nature and causes of the disorder which we have mentioned, that have pointed out a mode of treatment as effica cious as those previously employed, were for the most part nugatory or uncertain. What adds much to the value and general utility of these disoveries is, that the principles for the mode of cure are within the comprehension, and may be safely adopted, by the public in . general. Indeed, it is shewn by the most convincing facts, that the disease may be reme died in the greater number of instances, merely by adopting a certain mode of diet. The idea we have of the great - value of this work, and Its utility to all persons affected with the malady of which it treats, has induced us thus to =press our 'outputs respect ing it. • LAW INTPLLIGENCE 4 VICE , CHANCELLOWS COURT, DECEMBER 14. COPYRIGHT OF THE BIBLE. The SOLICITOR-Gzszaat, on behalf of the Uni versities of Oxford and Cambridge, and the King's Printers, moved for an Injunction of the Court, to restrain several persons, whose names were handed into the Register, from publishing and selling, or otherwise disposing of, Copies of sundry Editions of the Bible and the Book of Common Praye4 which they had hitherto done, 'in defiance of his Majesty's Patent. Several copies were produced in Court, particularly of the small duodecimo kind. One of these contained the text, word for word, according to the corrected patent edition. In order, however, to make some difference in it, a number of original notes were affixed to the bottom of each page, but so contrived as to be capable of being cut off in the binding, and rendered in all respects similar to the original patent edition. The tide-page also, by un dergoing.the same process, would be made exactly like the title-page of the patent copy. The Learned Gentleman remarked, that he had been instructed to move for injunctions to the same effect against other persons last Term, and he was happy to be able to assure the Court, that they had been productive of the best results. His lioNoua looked through the volumes in suc cession, and said, that the artifice was easily seen through, and upon such evidence there could not be the colour of an objection to the application. Injunction Granted. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DRCEIIBER 14. HANcoafii V. SHORT. 'lsis was an action of assault and false imprison ment. It appeared in evidence that the plaintiff had bought a lot of casks of a servant of the defendant, who is a cooper by trade, for the price of three pounds odd shillings. The plaintiff was about to carry away his bargain in a cart, when the defendant interposed and prevented his so doing with violence, saying that his servant had had no , authority to sell the casks.— A scuffle and an angry discussion ensued, when the plaintiff was taken before the Lord Mayor, who dis missed the case, after he had been detained about an hour and a half. The defence set up was, that the parties had voluntarily gone before the Lord Mayor to adjust their disputes, and that it was not a compul sory proceeding on the part of the defendant. The case, however, went to the Jury, and they found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £5. KISBEE V. HEARNE. This was an action for assault and battery. It ap peared in evidence that the plaintiff had been clerk to the defendant, who keeps the King's Arms Inn, on Holborn•bridge, and on the 4th ofJuly last had ap plied to the defendant for the balance of wages due to him, amounting to £l3. The defendant, instead of paying . the demand, accosted the plaintiff' in the most abusive languag e, and proceeded to strike him repeatedly on the hea d with a cash-book, and having done so, set two helpers in the inn-yard upon him, who beat him in a most unmerciful and cowardly manner. For the injury thus sustained this action was brought. Evidence was adduced on the part of the defen dant, from which it appeared that when the plaintiff applied to the defendant for the balance of his wages, the latter told him that he could not pay him until he kad made up his accounts, having taken money whlli he had not accounted for in the cash book, and had. lett ensettled when be left his service ; upon which the plaintiff said he was a liar, and could not be justified in retaining his money upon so false a pretence. Other abusive language followed; and the plaintiff having called the defendant a swindling liar, lie pushed the handle of his umbrella into his face. At this provocation the defendant den struck him with the account-book, and what afterwards followed_ was done by his servants. The case went to the Jury upon the evidence, and after retiring for about half an hour, they found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 05. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DECEMBER 14. BI: ::DEN V. ARNOLD. This was an action for the recovery of £95, pat,' by the plaintiff to the defendant for a horse, which. the latter had warranted. According to plaintiff's witnesses, the horse, after he had got possession of it, was only used one day in a break, and on the neat day he became quite lame. Therefore a e plaintiff brought this action upon the ground of the warrantry. The warrantry was admitted by the 'defendant, but on his part several witnesses were adduced to prove that the horse was perfectly sound before, as well as at the time of its sale to the plaintiff.—Verdict for the defendant. PAILLN V. FRY. The plaintiff in this case sued for damages for an assault alleged to have been made upon him by the defendant. The following are the circumstances as they appeared in evidence :—The plaintiff, who is a bricklayer, was employed to construct a communi cation with the common sewer, from the premises of a Gentleman which adjoined"those of the defendant. In prosecution of this work, the plaintiff thought proper, with some fellow labourers, to pass through the yard of the defendant, without asking any per mission. This bein, - ; offensive to Mrs. Fry, she order ed the yard door to be locked ; and the plaintiff, oa the next day, attempted to enter defendant's premises by a side door, those prcmises being the nighest route to the place where plaintiff was employed to cut the sewer. But the attempt was resisted by Mr. Fry, , and plaintiff brought this action against that Gentle man for an assault on that occasion. Several witnesses deposed that they saw Mr. Fry strike the plaintiff, who was severely maltreated. — None of those witnesses, however, were present at the outset of the affray : but a witness adducefor the defendant deposed, that he was present at the outset, and that the plaintiff struck the first blow. — Upon his evidence being delivered, the Plaintiff was Nonsuited. Sunday night the coach-house of the Rev. A. C. 1 Osst.ow, Rector of Newingt on, was broke open and ' robbed of a set of chaise harness and a riding . saddle. Wednesday evening some sacrilegious villains stole nearly the whole of the black cloth which was hang ing round the pulpit, reading and clerk's desks, in the Church of Stoke-upon-Trent. Saturday morn:ug Green Peas were brought to Winchester market, which were glioWll in a garden in the parish of Hursle;. - - -7 610 - 441 Lt y skssidic s, -bEd t ic .-..... . PROfiEcUTIONS , BY THE .BAN.OP 'ENGLAND. Considerable interest was etcited this morning, in consequence of its being very generally-understood, that the prisoners, who had been indicted by the Bank of England for having forged notes in their possession, and who .had pleaded guilty to these in- Actments, had petitioned to withdraw those pleas, and take their trials. A Petition, it appears, had been prepared and signed by nine persons to this ef fect, and Mr. Baron WOOO and Mr. Justice HOL BOYD came down at tea o'clock, not alone to decide upon the prayer of the Petition, but to preside at the 'subsequent proceedings. It is, perhaps, unnecessary to remark that the course adopted by the prisoners was suggested by the acquittals of the men prosecu ted by the Bank for the capital offence of uttering notes, during the preceding sittings of the CoCourt. The prisoners having been brought into Court, the following Jury was sworn: - Edward ?Wilkinson, RobertHoughton, Janes Alstaemo. I George Goold, J. E. Miller, I Jeremiah Blount, Robert Newman; - William Abbott, John Lynch, Benjamin Bright, James Winders John Williams. Richard Broderick, one of the prisoners who had pleaded guilty to the minor offence of having forged notes in his possession, knowing them to be forged, was put to the bar. - Mr. Serjeant BOSANQUET immediately rose, and addressed the Court as follows :—My Lord, before the prisoner who stands at the bar is charged with the indictment which has been preferred against him, I think it necessary to address a fuse observations to your Lordship. According to the course which has prevailed for several years, in cases where persons have been prosecuted at the instance of the Bank of England, for uttering forged notes, two indictments have been preferred ; one of these indictments charging the prisoner with the capital offence of uts tering forged and counterfeit Bank-notes, knowing them to be forged, and the other for having had forged Bank-notes in his possession. With one of these offences the present prisoner stood charged, and pleaded guilty. During my experience in Bank pro secutions, for many vears the course pursued has been precisely that which I have described, namely, that two indictments were preferred—the one for the capital offence, and the other for the offence which subjects the offender to transportation ; and in cases where it has appeared on full consideration, and the Court shall think fit and be of opinion that public justice might be satisfied by a prosecution for the lesser offence, the persons conducting the prosecu tions for the Bank have invariably adopted the more humane course ; and upon application from the pri soners themselves, to be allowed to plead guilty to the lesser offence, that application has been granted, and the Bank have been permitted to withdraw from a prosecution for the greater offence. It is also re quisite I should observe, that this application from the prisoners has at all times been voluntary, and has not arisen out of any intimation given, or induce ment held out on the part of their prosecutors. My Lord, in the present occasion, I find that the priso ner had before applied for permission, and has pleaded to the lesser offence ; and certainly, on the part of the Bank I have no wish, on the contrary, I earnestly wish not to proceed to the trial of the capi tal indictment. Having once accepted the prisoner's plea to the lesser offence, we cannot think of going on to charge him with the greater ; and my humble application to the Court is, that I may be permitted Ito withdraw the capital indictment, upon which I shall offer no evidence. This mode of proceeding is [quite in course. Mr. Baron Woon.—Have not some other ped tio(n.eidt it tO K M o i r thd T r i a l e w their A p i l o ea s s ? ._ those who have petitioned. This is not one of l‘lr. Baton Woori.—Prisoner, you have already pleaded guilty to the lesser offence, of having Bank notes in your possession ; arc you cow desirous that That plea shotpd be withdrawn, and to take your trial for the . capital offence?—Prisoner- 1 don't know what they mean about the trial for a capital offence; i I was qisite ignorant. A paper was brought to me, I don't know what it was, and I put my name at the ,bottom of it, Mr. Baron Noon.—Do you wish to withdraw your plea of guilty ?—Pris.—l will plead again, my Lord. Mr. Baron Woos.—l wish to be. understood; at • tend to me. You have pleaded that you had forged notes in your possession, knowing them to be forged. You have had no trial, because you confessed your ' self guilty. Do you, now wish to make an applica tion to withdraw that plea? Understand, that if you , withdraw that plea the Bank will prose cute you upon which indictment it pleases. Ju d g e for yourself.—Pri soner—l do not want to withdraw my plea, my Lord. - Mr. Serjeant Bow:swims—lt is my most earnest wish that nothing should-pass but what is clearly un derstood by all parties. My Lord, I think the pri soner did not understand your Lordship. Prisoner. —They had some pacer. which I have signed, but I did not understand it; I did not then agree to it. Mr. Baron Woon.—Where is that paper ?—Priso nor—l don't know ; I do not wish to abandon my plea, The memorial which Mr. Brown, Keeper of New gate, had presented to the Court from these indivi duals who had pleaded guilty to the minor offence, was then handed to his Lordship. Mr. Serjeant BOIAN QUET —1 earnestly wish that there may be no mistake or misapprehension ; that is the Petition to the Court which these persons have signed. Mr. Baron Woon.--Who is the person ty whom it was presented to the CCII/t ?—Prisoner-1 did not want to have any thing to do with the matter. I.put my name to a piece of paper. Mr. Brown here stated to the Court, that the day after the late verdicts, eight or nine of the prisoners who had pleaded guilty to the minor offence, solemnly applied to him, and requested that he would apply to the Court to allow them to retract their pleas. The answer he gave to this solicitation was, that he could do no such thing. On Thursday last aßeper wat given to him by these prisoners, and the next morn ing he took it to the Common Serjeant. On Satur day he was asked whether that petition was intended to come from all the panics? At that time he said he did not know. Upon application to the prisoners, the answer was, that a was sent from ail of them. Piisoper.---1 did not want to sign any paper, 1. , . I (~ t l ' ..,, t 1' i 1 1., ,1 0 1 ' : 4 i I i. , t f ~§ 1 ' F . • i . t • f 1 , 1 11 . ' t ..,1 1 1 1 .. 1 1 . • 1 I t i 1 • 1 % . , . . . 1 1 i x I • I. 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