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~_ THE TITHE ACT. In the STAIL of the 15th instant, we gave, from the Exeter Alfred, the resolutions, and part of the Act, pro posed by Mr. NEW KAN, on this momentous topic. We now continue the series from the same paper—promising to offer a few observations upon the offering of tithes — their origin—legality—and appropriation of them : " And be it further enacted, that where any mcssuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments of any proprietor or means landlord, who shall take the benefit of such preference as aforesaid, shall be in the occupation of more than one occupier as distinct tenements, that the tithes or portion of tithe arising or accruing upon such dis. tint tenements shall be granted to such proprietor or mesne land lord by a separate lease or grant; and that the tithe rent or annual sum to be reserved in respect of the same messuages, lands, tene ments, or heriditaments, shall be estimated separately upon each of such distinct tenements, in proportion to the actual quantum of tithe which shall be accruing upon such tenements respectively. " Provided always, and be it further enacted, that no such lease or grant as aforesaid, which shall be made to any occupier holding under any lease for years or lives, shall continue for a longer period than the interest of such occupier under the same lease or some re. =wed lease ; but every lease of tithes to an occupier shall deter mine when he shall cease to be the occupier of the land. " And be it further enacted, that every such lease or grant as aforesaid shall be incident to, and attendant upon, the estate or interest of the person or persons, body or corporation, to whom the seine lease shall be made or granted, of and in the messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, out of which the tithes thereby granted shall be arising or accruing, and shall entire either by way of demise or subsisting interest, or by way of discharge or retainer, at the election of the person or persons, body or corporation, taking and holding such lease. And be it further enacted, that where any such lease or grant shall have been taken under such benefit of preference as aforesaid, by or on the behalf of any person or persons, body or corporation, not having the absolute estate of inheritance in fee.simple in the messuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments out of which the tithes thereby granted or demised shall be arising or accruing, then and in every such case the person or persons, body or corporation, having or being beneficially entitled to any estate or interest in suc cession, remainder, reversion, or expectancy, shall at any time or times after such estate or interest shall vest in possession by the de termination of the preceding estate or interest, be entitled, and he, she, and they is and are hereby authorised and empowered, to des mend from the original lessee or lessees of tithes, his, her, or their executors, administrators, or assigns, an assignment of his, her, or their interest in such lease ; which assignment such original lessee or lessees, his, her, or their executors, administrators, and assigns, are hereby required to make and execute accordingly ; and so from time to time every other person, body, or corporation beneficially en. titled in succession, remainder, reversion, or expectancy, shall at any time after their respective estates or interests shall vest in possession by the determination of the preceding estate or interest, in like manner be entitled, and he, she, and they is and are hereby autho rised and empowered, to demand an assignment from the person or persons, body or corporation, who shall then be the proprietor of such lease, of his, her or their interest therein. " And be it further enacted, that where any such lease shall be granted, under such benefit of preference as aforesaid, to or on the behalf of any person or persons, body or corporation, who shall, either as proprietor or as mans or intermediate landlord, be entitled to the rents and profits of the messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments out of which the tithes thereby granted or demised shall be arising and accruing, and there shall be any lease for years or lives of the same messuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments, then subsisting and undetermined, it shall and may be lawful for the occupier under such lease, on giving notice in writing of, his or her intention unto the person or persons, body or corporation, eetided to the rents and profits as aforesaid, his, her, or their bailiff or agents at any time within three calendar months next after the making of such lease or grant of tithes, to retain the same tithe unto his or her own use and benefit during the continuance of his or her lease of the same messuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments; and that in such case a sum of money equal to the amount of the tithe rent or yearly sum reserved or made payable by the lease or grant of the said tithes, shall be considered as yearly rent payable by such occupier unto the person or persons, body or corporation, having the lease of such tithes, and shall be recovered, and payable, and paid as such. " And be it further enacted, that in every ease where any lease or grant shall have been made, pursuant to the authorities and provisions of this Act, by any Bishop, Rector, Vicar, or other person having spiritual preferment or benefice, and the person by whom such lcrse or grant shall have been made, or any suc ceeding incumbent, shall depart this life, or shall vacate his benefice or preferment, by resignation or otherwise, previous to the determination of the same lease or grant, and between or in the interval of any of the days which shall be appointed for the payment of the tithe rent or annual sum thereby reserved, such part of the same tithe rent or annual sum as shall be in proportion to the time or number of days which shall have elapsed between the last day of payment and the death,' resignation, or other avoidance of such incumbent, shall be payable and paid unto the person so resigning or otherwise avoiding the same benefice or preferment, or the executors, or administrators, of the person so dying ; and that such proportional part or share of the tithe rent reserved on every such lease shall be recoverable by all or any of the ways and means which are by this Act provided foe recovering and enforcing the payment of the said tithe rents or annual sums, or any quarterly payments thereof. " And be it further enacted, that if the tithe rent or annual sum to be reserved or made payable in or by any such lease or grant as aforesaid, or any part thereof, shall be in arrear and unpaid by the space of forty days next over or after any of the days whereon the same shall by such lease or grant be made payable, then and from time to time, as often as it shall so happen, it shall and may be lawful for the person or persons bodies politic, corporate, or colle giate, who for the time being shall be entitled to the tithe rent or sum so in arrest, to levy and raise the same by distress or distresses upon the lands, tenements, or hereditaments liable to the payment of the tithes which shall have been so granted or demised ; and the distress and distresses there found, to detain, manage, sell, and dis pose of in the same manner to all intents and purposes as if the same had been a distress for a rent reserved upon a lease for years of corporeal hereditament , ; and that such right of distress, and the distress so taken, shall for any number of quarterly payments, not exceeding four at any one time, have the preference over the Crown, and all other claimants and creditors whatsoever. " And be it further enacted, that any occupier or occupiers who shall pay any such tithe rent or arrears thereof, to prevent a disuses under the power herein.before contained, or who shall have saddled the same tithe rent or arrears thereof by means of such distress or distil:saes, out of any rent due or to become due, which such occu. pier shall be liable to pay to his reversioner who ought to have paid such tithe rent, or who shall by law be under any obligation to in. demnify such occupier from the same tithe rent. " Provided always, and be it further enacted, that if at any time during the continuance of any such lease or grant as aforesaid, the tithe rent or annual sum thereby reserved or made payable shall be in arrest and unpaid by the space of three calendar months next after notice in writing shall have been given to the person or persons liable to the payment of the same rent, demanding the payment thereof, and at the expiration of such three calendar months there shall be no sufficient distress to be found upon the lands, tenements, or hereditaments charged or chargeable with the samerent, then and in every such case it shall be lawful for the person or persons en. .tided to the same rent wholly to avoid such lease or rant, and the tithes thereby granted or demised thenceforth to demand, sue for, recover, and receive, as if such lease had never been made or exe cuted. " Provided always, and be it further enacted, that notwith. standing any thing in this Act contained, all and every person and persons, bodies politic Cr meporate, by whom any such ' lease or grant shall be made as aforesaid, shall and may have and use the same or the like remedies, by action or suit at law or is equity, or other ways and means whatsoever, for recovering and enforcing the payment of the tithe rent or annul sum reserved on the same lease or grant, as he or they respectively may or might have for the recovery of any sum or sums of money, payable as a composition for any tithes under an agreement for the retainer of the same tithes. " And whereas it is expedient that the power of leasing given by this Act should be extended to lands allotted to the incumbents of ecclesiastical benefices in lieu of tithes, by virtue of Inclosure Acts, and lands annexed to small livings, with the concurrence of the go vernors of the bounty of Queen Anne; and also to manages, houses, or other erections or buildings held in right of any such be nefice, together with any ground commonly used and enjoyed with any such meuuages, houses, or other erections or buildings, not exceeding the quantity of ten acres; be it enacted, that from and after the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, it shall and may be lawful to and for, all and sin gular Archbishops, Bishops, Masters and Fellows, or other heads and Members of Colleges or Halls, Deans and Chapters, Precentors, Prebendaries, Masters and Guardians of Hospitals, Rectors, and Vicars, and other peuens having spiritual or ecclesiastical benefices or preferment, and who are or shall be seised of, or entitled to, any manors, meuuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments, in right of such colleges or halls, hospitals, or spiritual or ecclesiastical benefices or preferment, to make or grant any lease or leases of the same manors, meuuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any part thereof (other than except the ancient glebe, parsonage, vicarage, or other house accustomed to be used for the habitation or dwelling of such rector or vicar, or other ecclesiastical person as aforesaid,) to any person or persons whomsoever, for such term or terms of year, and with such consent, and subject to such other provisions and re strictions as are herein-before expressed or contained concerning leases of tithes, so far as the same are applicable to leases of cor poreal hereditament., and are not hereby varied or departed from; provided always, that no person or persons to whom any such lease shall be granted, his, her, or their executors, administrators, or assigns, shall be made dispunishable for waste. ( To be contiltuod.) LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Aram 21. STRATTON V. BARCLAY' AND OTBIRI. The defendants in this cause are the consignees of Mr. Jame Simons, of the island of St. Vincent, in the West Indies, who Is in possession of an estate which he purchased sixteen years ago of the plaintiffs, but the greater part of the purchase money is still unpaid, the title not having as yet been satisfactorily made out. Mr. Si. mots passed through England in 1828, on his way to see his friends in Scotland, at which time the plaintiff asserts that he prepared a bill to compel him to perform his engagement, but that be then amused him with a negotiation till he got to Seotland out of the ju. risdletion of the court, and then returned to St. Vincent's, where he now remains, and is in the habit of sending the proceeds of the es tate to the defendants, who dispose of it on his account. The Soracixott-Gnxzw. now moved the Court loran injunc tion to restrain the defendants from paying over the proceeds of the consignments to Mr. Simons, on the ground that he had absconded to avoid being served with the bill. Mr. PEMBERTON, on the other side, contended that the Court bad no authority to enforce this species of foreign attachment, which, if it were allowed, would enable it to bring any person whatever re siding abroad within the jurisdiction of the Court. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that there was nothing to satisfy him that Mr. Simons knew that a bill against him was prepared, nor that he left England to avoid the judgment of the Court. The application was in fact for a receiver of the rents and profits of the estate, which could not be granted, unless the party had been served with notice of the bill. The mouon must therefore be dismissed, and the defendants must have their costs. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Aram 21. k 'DOI OX DEXIII OP GIINDALL V. /TWIT OXIXDALL. The trial of this action of ejectment was returned at the sitting of the Court. Mr. BROUGHAM called a number of witnesses to prove the tea. tator was of unsound mind at the time he made his will, and also that he was under the influence of Captain Stunt. The principal witnesses were a Mr. Ogle, who was in the habit of seeing Mr. Grin. dell frequently until 11329. He described him to be quite imbecile, and incapable of managing his affairs. John Stone (Tindall, brother of the Plaintiff, and nephew of the testator, was examined, and that witness represented the state of his uncle to be one of great imbecility. He described him as being unable to write receipts for rent without his dictation, letter for letter. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL in reply said that Captain Stun had acted In the most honourable manner ; all he had done had been fair and open. 3ledical men had been sent for to ascertain the soundness of the testator's mind, and professional men to make his will. To all the persons employed prior to the execution of the will Capt. Start was a stranger, and not ens of those persons derived the least interest under the will, so that the whole transaction must be above suspicion. Lord T zzzzz DIN at six o'clock began to sum up the evidence. His Lordship said the plaintiff claimed possession of premises as the heir at law of the late Mr. Grindall. It was admitted that he was the heir at law, therefore he was entitled to the property unless the testator had left it to the defendant by his will bearing data the 30th of January, 1830. There was no doubt the tea. tator did execute a will leaving his property to the defendant, and the question in this ease - was—whether the instrument was the voluntary act of Thomas H. Orindall P If it was his voluntary act, and, clearly his own will, the plaintiff could not recover in this action. His Lordship then stated the facts of the case, and commented on the evidence, observing that no person on whose judgment they could rely had spoken of the testator as incompe. tent to manage his affairs. They had letters in his hand-writing, and proof that he did conduct his affairs with shrewdness. If the Jury were of opinion the testator was competent to make his will, there could be no doubt, provided it was his voluntary act, that Capt. Start (who had taken the name of Grindall) was entitled to the property. The Jury, without allowing his Lordship to go into all the de tails of evidence, found a verdict almost instanter for the defendant, thereby establishing the validity of the will. The trial occupied the whole of two days. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS-APRIL 21. OLD COURT. Before Mr. Ando, PARK. Wm. Bernadier, a weaver, 19 years of age, was capitally in. diced for burglariously entering the dwelling-house of Benjamin Stripling, in the parish of Bethnal-green, and stealing therefrom a coat and other articles of wearing apparel, valued at three shillings. for Stripling, and her daughter, a child of ten years old, des that Bansadier had induced the mother to leave her lodgings the purpose of learning from his father where provisions were distributing to the poor ; during her absence he broke in her does and took the property. Mr. Justice PARK, in addressing the Jury, took OCC2IIOII to is. mark, that until the passing of a late Act of Mr. Peel's this charge, from the low value of the property, would not have been capital.— Now, however, the offence of breaking 'into a house, by day or night, and ste aling therefrom property, however trifling the value might be, was a capital offence. 'The prisoner was found Guilty. The J un= observed it was a case of an aggravated description. Thanes Carton, aged 19, a young man of respectable appearance, was capitally indicted for stealing two ounces and • half of grain gold, valur 121. 10s. the property of Mr. Wohlmann. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, who is a jeweller in Clerkenweil, that the prisoner, on the sth of March, went into his shop, and asked for two dwts. of pure gold ; whilst this was being got ready, he snatched up the gold named in the indictment, and ran away. Acy of " stop thief " was raised, and the pri. soner was secured. . A host of most respectable witnesses gave the prisoner an excel lent character for honesty and general good conduct from the time of his infancy to the moment he committed the robbery. They all said they were quite at a loss to conceive what inducement the pri soner had to commit such a theft. - - Mr. Justice PARK summed up, and the Jury immediately re turned a verdict of Guilty. Mr. Justice PARK inquired if the prisoner's father was in Court, and on being answered in the affirmative, his Lordship directed him to be shown into the back room, at the same time observing that there must be some mystery in this case which had not been un ravelled. His Lordship shortly afterwards left the Court, and bad a conversation with Mr. Gaston; and on his return he ordered the Judgment on the prisoner to be respited. The prisoner's hither is a very respectable tradesman in the city. Geo►ge Tullassore was capitally indicted for stealing a pony, the property of Mr. IRalkes. The prisoner had been in the employ of the prosecutor at West Ham. On the morning of Good Friday the pony was missed from Mr. Raikes's field. About two o'clock on that morning the pri soner was going up Whitechapel with the pony , and inquired of a policeman where Mr. Daniels lived, as be wanted him to kill the pony. The policeman said it is a pity to kill it; there is no doubt you may g et some one to buy it. replied, " No, that will not do ; twined by my =sus to have it killed, or else 1 must take it back again." The policeman not being satisfied with this account, took him into custody, and on the Mowing day the pony was owned by the prosecutor. The prisoner (an elderly man,) made a long rambling defence, in which be stated that be had been instructed to take the pony to iirhiteehapel, by a man that be met on the road. Mr. Justice Gassuez summed up. Verdict—Guilty—Death. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Common Sergeant Dur YAW and a Middlesex Jury.) 1 lamas Ilockwell, aged thirty-nine years, was found guilty of stealing M. 16s. on the 12th of March, 1829, the property of Wil liam Dawson, his master. Brosmir.—Philip Hutchinson, aged 64 years, a Custom-hones officer, was indicted for having, on the 14th of Dec. 1829, felonious. ly married Grace Rush, at the Church of St. Leonard, Mon:ditch, his wife Anne being then living. Mr. ADOLPH vs and Mr. C. PHILLIPS attended on behalf of the prisoner. No person appearing to substantiate the charge, the Jury under the directions of Mr. Common Sergeant Durmast, returned a ver dict of Not Guilty. Henry Bull, aged 20 years, was found Geritty of stealing, on the 12th of March last, a silk handkerchief, value Cps. the property of Benjamin Crampton, from his person. The COURT sentenced him to be unmated for life. ii.liecrbeth Gooda ll , aged 25 years, waslndicted for stealing on the' 21st of March, three sovereigns and a half from the per of Sa muel Stewart. --- The prosecutor stated that he was an excise officer. While pro. ceeding along Higb.street, Shadwell. about one o'clock in the morn ing of the 21st of March last, he met the prisoner, who very much pressed him to accompany her home. He, however, refused to do so, and dished her to go about her business, when on a sudden he discovered the prisoner's hand in his waistcoat pocket; and on her taking it out he missed the money mentioned In the indictment.— The prisoner was apprehended in about ten minutes afterwards.— ; Be was quite sober at the time, having only taken one glass of gin and water during the evening. A police constable proved taking the prisoner into custody, by the desire of Mr. Stewart; there was no property found upon her; the prosecutor was not quite sober. Mr. Serjeant Mazur recapitulated the evidence, and The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Peter Stubbs, an engineer, aged 85 years, was found Guilty of stealing on the 2d of April, 13 dozen of finger plates and 55 locks, value 91. the property of Thomas Frith. The Couar sentenced him to be transported for life. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' CO UR T, April 21. William Crawley, a lieutenant on half-pay, of the 18th infantry, was by a creditor named Aycock, for a debt of 191. con-1 tracked for grocery, itc. His half-pay amounted to 801. per annum; but he opposed the appropriation of any part of that sum towards the payment of his debts, because he was under moral obligations to a lady he was living with. The Commissioners said he was under moral obligations to his creditors, and ordered 101. a-year to be set aside for du payment of his debts. CHELMSFORD PETTY SESSIONS. Mr. Thomas Paul, of NortMeald, appeared for the purpose of settling a rather curious claim to a mare, which he alleged was stolen from him ten years ago. Mr. Paul stated, that shout the 29th of November, 1820, a black mare belonging to him left his farm yard, and he saw her go on to the Forest, as she had been accustomed to do. She was then two years old off, and had been bred by himself. When he went to 'search for her she could not be found ; and, although handbills were circulated, offering a reward for her recovery, no tidings could be obtained. About three months ago be was at Epping market, where he saw James Lucking riding a mare, which he immediately recognised as the one he had lost. He could positively swear to it, notwithstanding the length of time it had been lost. James Locking said he bought the mare of Mr. Oooch, of San don, upward of five years ago, and gave him 281. for it. He had had her ever since. Mr. Gooch said be had the mare from Colonel Bramston a abort time before be sold it to Lucking. Colonel Bramston said he exchanged the mare with Mr. Gooch, for a coach bone, in 18211, having purchased her of Mr. Bowan; a hone dealer, on July 4, 1823. Mr. Dowsett said he bought the bone of a person named Stock bridge, at Stortford fair, in 1821 ; be afterwards sold her to Mr. Heald, maltster, of Chelmsford, who kept her a year and then re turned her. Whims immediately sold her to Mr. Brlmston. The person of whom he boaght her at Stonford was a highly respectable man; he had been applied to concerning the mare, but, being very old, he could not recolleet any thing about it. Mr. Heald said be boaght the mare of Dowsett ; she was then about four esrs old. He was certain that it was the same mare which Mr. Branostan purchased. The present value of the mare was about 264 The Baum' jocularly observed that they never saw a more re spectable party of bone-stealers." They had now traced the pos. session of the mare as far as it could be done, and there did not appear to be the least imputation attempted to be cast upon Stock bridge. The applicant admitted that the mare ran out of his yard ; there was no proof, therefore, that the mare was stolen ; and unless it could be clearly proved to have bees stolen, the applicant could not obtain possession of it, except by legal process; they would, therefore, advise him to consult his own lawyer as to the course he should pursue. Mr. Paul said he thought it was extremely hard that he could not obtain possession of his own property, after having identified it ; but be should certainly bring an action for itli e recovery. Friday morning the chimney of a Government building near the naval-yard at Dual took fire, and burnt with fury upwards of an hour, when, by covering the top with mats, &c. it was subdued, if not extinguished. The sweep was on the spot, and sent a boy down the chimney. He dropped himself through it almost at once, and cried when he came out, having, it is said, hurt his foot. He was again sent down, crying, from the top of the chimney, a hammock having fallen or been thrown before him. Soon after cries of distress were heard, and a rope was let down ' which he grasped two or three times, but could not hold , fast by. A loop was then made at the end of the rope, , and he was told to put it over his head, but he replied that be could not. His voice Was heard no more. The chimney was broken into in several places before the right flue was discovered ; and at length he was found, head downwards, completely roasted from the waist upwards, the skull being bared. The hammock under him had taken fire. Ho was an interesting boy about ten years of ago. Whether coercion was used or not will appear oa the inquest. The master appeared on ordinary occasions kind to his boys; but the horrors of a system from which such a catastrophe can result must be great. The boy was an illegitimate child, fondly loved by his mother, and, but for this, would not have been a parish apprentice and a sweep. The neighbourhood of Whitechapel has for some time been infested by two common informers, named George and Joseph Wise, who have been laying informations by dozens against respectable inhabitants, dragging them to the Whitechapel police-ofiice, for suffering the small est article to be laid upon the foot or carriage-way pave ment. These informations have in general been dis missed, with costa, but in some cases the lowest penalty (405.) has been inflicted. Within the last few days, however, a circumstance occurred at the above office, which will probably cause the above gentlemen to choose some other field for the exercise of their talent. On Friday last, a woman was summoned by them for placing a fender on the foot pavement. In the course of the case the woman said, that several of her neighbours would have come forward, but that they had bribed the informers not to lay any information, against them, and were consequently afraid to come forward. Mr. Hard wick told the woman if she could substantiate this the next day, those informers should lay no inure informa tions at the office. The next day the woman came with her witnesses, but no informer appeared, and the sum mons was dis missed.; Mr. Miller, the chief officer, has since been making inquiries, and has discovered a com plete system of imposition carried on by the two infor mers. No less than twenty or thirty persons have proved to giving different sums of money to them, for the purpose of compounding informations. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MA NSION-HOUSE. Yesterday a young man named Rodwell, of most respectable con. nexions, was brought before the Lord Mayor, by Thomas Hird,„ field, the °Meer, charged with having plundered his empl o y ers, I Messrs. Perkins, Bra dy,b and Chapman, of Crutched Friars, w i n( men:heats, of money to the amount of Sill. Mr. Chapman, one of the partners, had given the prisoner a cheek fee the above-mentioned sum on Monday last, upon the banking. house of Barclay, Tritton, and Co. with directions to pay duties and dock fees at the Custom-house. The prisoner got cash for the check. but, issued of going to the Custom-house, he went to the Bank o: l England, and obtained sovereigns and small Dotes for the lu g , notes, with which the check had been paid. He then went with al; rpondble speed to his lodgings, had his trunk carried to a coach. ones, and started of for Southampton. His employers suspected. from the extraordinary delay, that things were not going on right. and Hirdsfield was employed to trace him. The officer s oon " nosed " him to Southampton, where he found him seated no the box of a coach which appeared to be about to drive of for Ports. mouth. On his person the officer found 2861. in Bank notes, and MI les. in gold. Hirdsfield said that the prisoner acknowledge( to him that all the money was the property of his employers. The prisoner said nothing, and was fully committed for trial a. the Old Bailey. BOW-STREET. A man named John Underwood was yesterday brought in cus tody before Mr. hirwsnura., charged with wantonly and furiously driving a cart, the property of William Rowley, whereby a boy. seven years of age, named Alexander 111‘Donald, was driven ova had his atm broken, and received other severe injuries. By the evidence it appair, that on Tuesday last the prisoner and two other men were driving at a furious rate along Drury-lane . The prisoner held the reins, and was in a state of drunkenness 3; well as his companions. Three children were standing in the /Oat: between the gutter and the foot-pavement, and the drov, over one of them. The right arm of the child was Cl c cen ler by the wheel of the cart passing over it, and:the head and left arm were also badly wounded. The prisoner was taken into custody, and the cart was conveyed to the parish Green-yard. Mr. MINSHULL said the case displayed so much wantonness on the port of the prisoner, that he should require good bail for his ap pearance at the Sessions. HATTON-GARDEN. RDFOLTIND CONDUCT OF A OIATE.DIOOKIL—YDIDTday J. Draggle, a grave-digger. was charged with feloniously stealing a leaden soffin in IslingtonChurch.yard, and with mutilating a body ocontalned therein, which was in ahuost a perfect state of preserva tion. The facts proved were these : The prisoner was employed by the sexton of the parish. Thomas Doublet, a lad, an apprentice to a baker, on Saturday saw the pri soner making a grave, assisted by two other men, in Islington Church-yard, and a leaden coffin appared at the bottom. The pri. money forced open the lid, and with the pick-are lifted up the body, which was in good preservation. He afterwards struck off the head with his spade, broke up the body in pieces, and covered them over with loose earth. The leaden coffin was carried off by the prisoner and his companion to a truck. The prisoner, in Isis defence, said he was compelled to remove the coffin to enable him to dig the grave, and he had no intention ot stealing the lead ; but concealed it from his employer, knowing he would be angry. The Magistrate said that he had outraged decency; but there was no evidence of a felony, and discharged the prisoner. UNION-HALL. A man named Davies was charged with an attempt to stab a youth, named Ledger, with a shap.pointed weapon. It appeared that as the defendant was passing that morning is front of Bethlehem Hospital, he was followed be a crowd, principally of boys, who, seeing him with a bag on his shoulders, from which blood was dripping, began hollowing and shouting that he was a body snatcher. The defendant then became so irritated at the stigma, that be threw down the bag on the ground, and fol lowed the complainant with a long sharp-pointed knife, and would have stabbed him, had not a constable very opportunely come up at the time, and seized the weapon at the moment from his hands.— The bag, which excited all the curiosity, was afterwards examined, and it was found to contain the dead carcasses of five dogs and sena cats, most of which appeared to have been recently killed. It turned out that the prisoner was a dog and cat stealer, and he killed them and sold the skins to make hair caps of. He was or dered to pay a fine of W. for the assault, and in default to be com mitted for three months. 11IARLBOROUOIISTREET . The coachman to Lady Lucy Pusey was yesterday brought be fore J. E. CONANT, Req. charged with having driven her Ladyship's carriage against the cachman of his Grace the Duke of St. Alban's, by which his life is at present in imminent danger. It appeared that the defendant was driving her ladyship's carriage along Piccadilly on the 7th inst. and was going up Berkeley -street, when, as the unfottunate man was crossing the road, the poll of the carriage struck him, and he fell. He was immediately conveyed to the hospital, where be now lies in a dangerous state. Two witnesses corroborated this statement, and they did not ob serve that he was driving eta very rapid pace. Mr. CONANT inquired what the defendant had to say. The Defendant assured the Magistrate that he had done all he could to prevent the accident. The horses were young and mettle some, and he had some difficulty in pulling them up. Mr. CONANT said he should have called out. The Coachman replied that he did. He had driven many years and never had an accident before. Mr. CONANT said he was happy to say that the defendant Ira entirely exonerated from any criminal suspicion, and there did not impair to have been any neglect on his part. The man, he regret ted to say, was in a dangerous situation in the hospital. Coachmen could not be too careful how they drove in crowded streets. The defendant reiterated that he could not have been snore careful. He always drove slow, and by that means eacapctl accident. 7 111 parties then withdrew. Solomon Isaacs ' an itinerant dealer, alias a costermonger, was yesterday brought before Mr. DYER, charged with cruelty to his Captain James Oliver, of the Royal Navy, stated that he was passing down Regent-street, when he saw the defendant back his hone and cart close to the curb-stone. He then led hint and backed him alternately, beating him at the same time over the legs, back, and other parts. A Police Constable corroborated this statement. Mr. DYER inquired what the Defendant had to say. Defendant—" Why, I never did it. I backed him, and I only beat hint with this here bit of a whip, and that wouldn't hurt no hone." _ . --- ML DTZIL seemed impressed with a different opinion, and fined the defendant 10s. and casts. Johnson, the informer, and his witness, yesterday attended to support informations against the retail brewers, fur allowing beer to be drank on the area in front of the house ; but as it had been de cided at the Sessions that this was not drinking upon the premises. they wets dismissed. BIRTHS. In Torrington- square, the lady ofC. Bischoff, Esq. of a son, still born.—At Oakfield, Berko, the lady of M. G. Thoyts, Esq. of Sulhamstead.—At Regency-square, Brighton, the lady of the Rev. R. Walpole, of daughter.—The lady of I:icnt..CoL Fremantle, of a son, still born.—At Worthing, the lady of Capt. B. Edwards, of a soo.—At Edinburgh, Mts. Borthwick, of a daughter.-31rs. Keith, of a sea. MARRIED. ..... At St. Saviour's Church, Southwark, J. Toms, Esq. of High street, Borough, to Ann, the youngest daughter of R. Slee, Esq.— At Portsmouth, —.— Duncan, Esq. to Louisa, eldest daughter of Col. Elington, 47th regiment.—At Edinburgh. Captain U. D. Roe buck, Hon. E. I. C. B. S. to Henrietta. second daughter of the late T. Andrew, Esq.—At Perth, F. 11. Itarushothani, of New Broad-street, to Mary, eldest daughter of Henry Lindsay, Esq. At Stirling. the Rev. J. blilwain. Lanarkshire, to Muis A. Thor burn.—At Chester-le-street, J. Dixon, Esq. of Durham, solicitor. to Mary, daughter of the late T. Nelson, Esq. of Chester.le.street. —At Durham, on Tuesday last, W. Trotter, E.q. of Bishop- Auckland, to Henrietta, youngest daughter of the late llsjor Skene, of Durham. I DIED. At his house in Pall-mall, in the 72d year of his ape, Sir S. B. !Borland, Bart. 111. P. lie is succeeded by hie eldest son, P. B. Morland.—At the Island of Ascension, Capt. Griffenhoofe, of his Majesty's ship Primrose—ll. Maria, third daughter of the Rev. R. Collett, aged IS years.—Thursday morning last, in the 75th year of his age, Mr. %V. Bennett, clerk in the bank of Messrs. Sanders, Sons, and Co. of Exeter, a situation he had held for up wants of 51 years.— At Escott-lodge, aged 75, Pacifique Founts?, • French emigrant, for 38 years the confidential, valued, and inva luable servant of Sir John Kennaway, Bart.—Vi olnesday night , after a lingering illness, aged 78, Mr. John Selwood, gent. of Col lumpton, universally esteemed and lamented by a large family and circle of acquaintance—At Bath, J. S. Davis, Rag. Inereting Bar rack Master General of the South West District, and Capt. in the Slat regiment.—At Salisbury road, Edinburgh, P. Sanderson, Ink banker. 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