Star. — London, England, 1829-11-26 00:00:00

4"‘ ifiej J t4d YOUNG NAPOLEON, the" SON of the MAN." --- The Duke of Reichstadt (the el-devout - King of Rome) that es-heir of an Empire, is now detained at Vienna, a prisoner 'both in body and mind. No Frenchman is allowed to be presented to him ; no communication cau be made to him, tempt through the medium of his gaolers ; no word must be uttered in his hear ing, which might by passibility touch the chord of ambition. He lone, of all the civilised world, is igeorant of the history of his father. His life is measured out by the square and the rule. The Cabinets of France and Austria determine on what he shall know, and What he shall think. The risk he is told he runs of assassination by some crazy fanatic of liberty is the talisman by which this en chantment of soul and body la effected.—" Rest perfectly assured, Sir," said the Grand Preceptor to our traveller (M. Mery)," that he reads r.nd sees only what we wish him to read, see, and under stand. If by any chance a letter, a packet, or a book should fall too his hands without our knowledge, his first care would be to deliver it to us unopened. He would not even dare to look at it, until assured he could do so without danger." "It appears then that the son of Napoleon is far from being as free, as we suppose him, in France," remarked the author. The answer was—" The Prince is not a prisoner, but he is placed in a very peculiar posi tion." " Be satisfied," said the Grand Preceptor, at another in terview, " with knowing that he is happy, and that he is without ambition. His career is marked out fur him ; he will never ap proach France. The idea of doing so will never enter his head." The young Duke receives an education befitting a Prince, and is taught the excercises becoming a soldier. lie will not always re main a boy ; and, on his escape from tutelage,he will hear and see things like other men. The only personal anecdote here told of him would seem to indicate that, even at present, be is not altoge ther insensible to the peculiarity of his situ •tion. On a late occa sion he appeared to be completely absorbed with some idea, and paid not the least attention to his lesson ;—all of a sudden he struck his forehead, with a sign of impatience, and these words escaped him—" What is it they can want to make of me ? Do they think I have the bead of my father ?"—Pereign Quarterly Review. The Evening Packet states that the long-threatened ex officio has been filed against the Evening Post, and that it is probable that a similar proceeding will be adopted regarding the Freeman's Jounsat. One of the best conducted meetings ever reported in Scotland took place last week at Dundee, on the subject of Church Patronage. The speakers gave a thorough ventilation to the ques tion in its scriptural, moral, and political bearings ; and triumph antly demonstrated that the system of patronage is as explicitly opposed to the injunctions of the Divine record, as to the unaided views of human reason.—Glasgow Dironielo. We have just been informed by a gentleman who is well acquainted with electioneering movements in this county, that Mr. Clintock has relinquished the canvass for the representation, in which be had been for some time actively engaged; and we have leirned, from the same source, that he could only count on 70 VIM" out of nearly 730 regi stered freeholders now qualified in Louth. —Loath Free Press. The Police agents in Paris seem to be carrying their Bourbon seal to a ridiculous extreme. A few days ago a female, who keeps a perfume warehouse, was brought before the Tribunal of Correctional Police, for selling a bottle of huile antique with a label upon it, which was a portrait of the young Napoleon ; and the wife of a pastry-cook, who sells liqueurs, was charged with having among her liqueur bottles an empty Eau.de-Cologne bottle, bearing the same portrait. They were both acquitted, although it was shown that in one instance M. Mangin himself had instituted the prosecution. The Paris Papers have repeatedly hinted that Prince Leopold is one of the candidates for the throne of Greece. There was a time, indeed, when the sceptre of such a semi-barbarous and experimental kingdom could not have possibly have been an object of ambition to his Royal Highness, who, being the consort of the future Queen of England, refused a Peerage of the United King dom, which, however, after the death of the Princess Charlotte, be would bate been glad to obtain, during the trial of Queen Caroline, when the late Lord Liverpool denied him that Won. But, as his Royal Highness could scarcely continue in the receipt of the more than Princely income he derives from England, it is very impro bable that he would surrender so brilliant a certainty for a, perhaps, chimerical Crown in Greece, being taught by experience that a once-slighted advantage cannot be always recalled. Besides, the difference of religion, language, manners, and customs of the people of Greece, would present art almost insurmountable obs acie.— Morning Herald. Notwithstanding that the professors of the black art are subject to punishment in Paris for exercising their profound calling. they appear to stand in less awe of the Ministers of Justice there than in London. A few days ago, the " White Lady," so called because her complexion is somewhat swarthy, was accused before the Police Correctionelle, by an unsuccessful and envious physician, of parading the streets on horseback, exercising the pro fession of medicine and putting herself off as . a sorceress. A host of witnesses deposed to having pl aced themselves as patients under the care of the " White Lady , ' and nothwithstanding her peculiar mode of treatment, accompanied by the mysterious words oS her art, they declared they bad received no benefit for their money, which the " White Lady," in order to evade the punishment of the law, thought proper to demand. not for herself, but on behalf of her horse. However, justice was not to be so tricked, and the " White Lady" was amerced in a fine of 100 f. A young girl, of a smiling countenance, and with an air of confidence, called upon Id. Francoii, and demanded some oil of vitriol .(sulphuric acid,) to prepare some wax work. M. Fran cois, without any distrust, served her with what she demanded. This female set Immediately about the execution of a sinister pro ject. tier lover was about being married to another girl; she wrote to him, and appointed an interview for the next day. The young man hastened to the meeting to protest the state of despair he bad been himself thrown into; but the unfortunate girl does not give him time to explain himself : she goes into an adjoining closet, and returns, saying, with the utmost sangfroid imaginable, that she has poisoned herself; for such, In fact, was the use she had put the sulphuric acid to, which she bought of M. Francois. She died be fore the face other lover, who in vain endeavoured to procure as siotance for her. M. Francois appeared this morning before the 7th Chamber of Correctional Police, for contravening the laws and re . ;legations respecting the sale of poisonous substances, and for having by his imprudence occasioned the death of this young girl. He was . acquitted of the litter charge ; but, on the pleading of M. Hardy, Id. Francois was condemned in a penalty of 1,000 francs for has lag sold poison without registering the same.—Paris Paper. • Tilt SCHOOLMASTER APROAD.—SOMe time ago, a controversy arose among the inmates of a cottage on a literary sub ject of some interest. The gudemen, who happened to be reading in some genealogical chapter in Kings or Chronicles, was proceed ing thus—" And Joinanie dfalcom ringed in his stead," when he was rather unceremoniously interrupted by his helpmate, who called out, " No, John, ye're clean wrong noo a'thegither—its no Johnnie Malcom, its Jato-i-a-kim." Old John feeling indignant at such an unseasonable inters option, and being, moreover, deter mined to maintain his authority in his o wn house, after m aking a short lam, resumed, by reading with double emphasis, "and John-nie Makom ---" when he, was again interrupted by his tenacious partner contending that he should read "Je-ho-i-a-kim." Unfortunately for John, the rest of the family sided with their mother, while the contention grew so hot, that it was resolved to appeal to the Dominic." The novel case however, was sub mitted to Mess James, who very pr o p erl y decided in favour of the master of the family. Johnny Malcolm, therefore, continues to reign over Israel, much to the surprise of the gudewife and her supporters.—Fife Reraid. MUit?Eli. AT ICHAYTEI.--Upon the morning of the 11 lb inst. Mr. Alexander Couts, farmer, at Valleybank, near Ban ton, met his death upon the public road, within a few yards of the door of Dr. Stork Chief Magistrate of Kilsyth. Mr Couts had, been on the preceding evening in the town of Kilsyth, collect. ing some of his house rents, and had been in several public-houses along with some of his tenants, accompanied by Mr. Stars, a wright, who had either been repairing, or about to repair, some of his houses It appears that on some one of these occasions, Robt. Cneidy, nether, of Kilsytb, intruded himself into their company, when it was hinted to him that his doing so was disagreeable. This led to words, but bad not the effect of making Cuddy leave their company, when Mr. Cuuts and his friends some time afterwards - • -- Cuddy. however, still followed, and kept in cons 'outs and Mr. Stark, till they came near to Dr. %tame from the town of from three to four bun the immediate vicinity of the Inn where a . is supposed Cuddy stabbed his victim with , knives sn the belly! Mr. Coots instantly cried into Dr. Stone's house; who, assisted by Dr. the unfortunate man's wound. Cuddy was in and, after the examination of Mr. Coots, was dol. Mr. Coots lingered, in great agony, ti .I \gth, when he breathed his last, exactly 24 the fatal stab. He has left a widow and (our . his loss, and, it is feared, not too well provided was a native of Aberdeenshire, but has resided in for upwards of 20 years, and, until a year of gar ever at Colzium House. Cuddy is a and 114 constantly resided in it. lie scxrcely bad followed no prote.sion but that of a jou, neyman er bad any fixed master, but went from house to vices were repined.. A belief very generally pre - meLsochely result of 41 old quarrel. 1 7s ti 0 nt 1 , . . _ left the house. Clad . , 1 1 pany se ith Mr. Coins fttorie's house, a di.ta died yards, a dd in t 14 s I , 1 guifie ensued, and it one of his butcher's k 114 out; and was taken in Forrester, dressed 'IN 1 - stantly apprehended, '., sent off to Stirling ado 1 , 4 she punning of the 11 , 'I hours after receiving 1 children to lament hi I for. Mr. Gouts was •- the parish of Kilsyth • ago, in the c.p.mty 4 native of Kileyib, an, any Moor. ind Wipe fte.her ; he newer ha. douse a...bis Kt Vices , t 1 rails tla;t tins is the i (. • DREADFUL EVENT. From the Hull Packet of Tuesday. An occurrence of a most tragical description, we re gret to state. during the whole of yesterday formed the topic of discussion amongst all classes of this town, and excited a sensation of horror, from the melancholy details it involved, of the deepest and most awful character. To enable our readers to understand the evidence adduced at the Inquest detailed below, it is merely necessary to state here, that Mr. William Henry Hentig, merchant, and Mrs. Hentig (both now unhappily deceased) resided in a house situated on the north walls of the Old Dock, in the avenue leading to High street, at the back of the Mar Company's new Bonding yard. Their family comprised two female servants, and three young chil dren, one boy, and two girls; the youngest, the boy, a child of about three years old. Two other children (boys) are, we are in formed, pursuing their education on the continent. At about eleven o'clock on Sunday evening last, the watchmen and neighbours were alarmed by a cry of fire, and a female was heard shrieking for assistance at the attic window. About the same period the report of fire-arms was heard. With much difficulty the female, who bad called from the window, together with the three children, were rescued by means of a ladder. Ths street-door having been broken open, the watchmen, and others who had been attracted by the alarm, entered. On attempting to ascend the stairs, they found it impossible for a considerable time, from the quantity of smoke then filling the house, which was afterwards ascertained to be on fire in five or lie different places. The other servant girl was found in one of the passages in i state of nudity, and was rescued. Still nothing was known of the master and mistress of the mansion. After a long period had elapsed, during which time, by the active 'unions of the firemen, and of many gentlemen who bad in the interim arrived on the spot, the danger from fire having been averted, the bed-room of Mr. and Mrs. Hentig was entered, when a horrible sight pre sented itself. Mr. Hentig was found dead on the floor with the upper part of his skull blown to pieces by a pistol shot,and Mrs. lientig lying in the bed in a sleeping position, dead, with her head perforated with a pistol-ball, which had passed through her left eye, her face scorched to perfect blackness, the hangings burnt from the bedstead, and the mattress and bedding in flames. What remains of this heart-rending catastrophe we shall give in the language of the witnesses examined at the Coroner's Inquest. At two o'clock yesterday, Mr. George Coulson, coroner for the town and county, proceeded to hold an inquest to inquire into the circumstances through which the two individuals mentioned above came by their deaths. A most respectable jury, consisting of 23 individuals, having been sworn, repaired to the premises on the North Walls, accompanied by the coroner, to view the bodies. John Plumsread, watchman, deposed I was last night (Sunday) going round my beat at 11 o'clock, when on coming past the house of Mr. Hentig, on the North Walls, I heard a crackling, as if of slicks burning. I could not see any fire, but still my impression was that there was a fire. I gave an alarm Immediately. A woman, shortly after, looked out of one of the front windows of the top story, shrieking most dread. fully. In a short time having got some assistance. we broke open a panel of the street door, and got in and opened the door. Some persons went up stairs, and brought out a young woman. The house was on fire in several places. A ladder was procured as soon as possible (from Mr. Walton, the ship-builder's yard,) and a fe male and three children were got out of one of the attic windows. After I gave the alarm, and before the woman screamed, I heard two or three very loud reports ; I did not think they proceeded from fire arms, but conceived them to be from the clashing of doers. Mary Spencer (one of the servants of the deceased) deposed as follows :—On Sunday night I went up to my bed-room about half past ten o'clock, leaving my master and mistress up in the sitting room. About ten minutes after I beard them come up the stairs to bed. I had been in bed about ten minutes, when I heard the report of a pistol. I was much frightened, and sat up in the bed to listen if I could hear any thing in the house. In about three or four minutes I heard my master walk along the passage. I called to him several times. At first be did not answer, but afterwards asked me what was the matter, and if I had heard anything ? I said I had beard a pistol fired. He asked if I thought it was in the house? I said yes, I was sure it was, for that I could smell the powder. He then left the door, and went to the closet en the landing, where the candles were kept. I heard something fall heavily, as if the candles had fallen, as I think from the strings being burnt. I think I heard him go down stairs. He returned after a short time, and bid me open my door. He said, two or three times, " Spencer. open the door." He spoke quite coolly ; I opened the door a little way, and he immediately fired a pistol at me. The ball passed me, but my nightgown and night-cap were much burnt by the effects of the powder. I shut the door in sternly, and fastened it. I then ran to the window, screaming and calling for assistance. After giving the above detail, the witness was asked a number of questions by the Coroner, and by gentle men of the jury. The following is the substance of her an swers to such questions as appear material to the case :—Wit ness smelt no fire, and had no idea that the house was on fire, till she got into the street. Had observed nothing particular in the manner of Mr. Hentig more than usual. There had been no dispute between Mr. and Mrs. Hentig, and be had not taken anything unusual to drink that witness knew of. Mrs and Mrs. Hentig had been at the Holy Trinity Church together in the morning, and Mrs. Hentig had attended service at St. Mary's in the afternoon. She mentioned to witness that she had heard an excellent sermon from the Reverend Mr. Cooper. Dues not know if Mr. Hentig had received any particular news by letter. He said, on Sunday evening, he had received a letter from the school master of one of the little boys, and that the boy was well. He received his letters between five and ail in the evening, and read them in the counting-house. He did not stop there long. Witness did not bear any pistol after Mr. Hentig fired at her, or any knocking at the door. Was so alarmed and agitated, does not suppose she could have heard them. Had never observed her master depressed in spirits at any time. He was always cheerful in his disposition, and very fond of his wife and children. Was accustomed at times to complain of a " confusion" in his , head, and had been cupped for it at different times, but not lately. Was always relieved by cupping. The pistols were kept in a box under the wardrobe, in the bed-room. Does not believe they were kept loaded. Mr. Hentig parted with his children as usual on Sunday night. He fastened all the doors as usual, in which be was al ways very particular. Witness had lived with Mr. and Mrs. Hea ds for 18 years. Mr. R. Hardy, surgeon, detailed the circumstances under which the alarm was communicated to him. When Mr. Hentig's body was found, witness examined it. The pistol had been presented at the forehead, between the eyes, and had shattered and carried away the entire upper part of the skull. On examining the body of Mrs. Hentig, be found her lying in a quiet composed state—as of a person who had gone to rest. and was asleep. Her right hand was grasping a white handkerchief, which she held before her face. The ball had entered her left eye, and witness thinks, from the ap pearance of the blood on the bedding, that it had passed through the skull. The deaths of both the deceased must have been caused by the pistol-shots, and could not possibly have been occasioned by the fire. Witness was not personally acquainted with the deceased, but had often remarked, as they passed his house, what a happy couple they appeared to be, and how affectionate Mr. Hentig was to the child. Mr. Lunn, surgeon, had attended to Mr. Hentig 's family for three or four years. During that time Mr. Hentig had been often troubled with an affection of the head. He had a paralytic affec tion some years ago. from which he had never entirely recovered. He complained of a confusion of his intellect, and was relieved by cupping. The last time he was cupped was about five months since. In the opinion of witness, his mind was in a very excitable state—or rather, it was very likely to be excited by any mom. He was strikingly affectionate in his conduct towards his wife and children. He had an evident disease of the brain since the para lytic attack. The whole of the evidence having been heard, the Jury, after remaining in deliberation about 20 minutes, sent to inform the Co roner that they were ready to deliver in their verdicts. lie re turned into the room, and the two verdicts weer given in substance as follows : " That the deceased William Henry He n tig, while in a state of temporary insanity, bad shot himself with a pistol, from the effects of which be had died ; and that the deceased Sarah Hentig had died from the effect of a pistol-ball. di,charged at her by the said W. H. Hentig while labouring under a temporary fit of insanity." Tuesday an Inquest was held at the Crown and Thistle, Vauxhall-gate, on the body of Mr. Joseph Hawkins, late a master taker in Ely-place. Lambeth, who died on Sunday morning last. The deceased had recently lost his wife by death, for whom he en tertained the strongest affection. He had repeatedly asserted that hr should not long survive her. Her body was interred in the vaults under St. Mark's Church, Kennington. Sunday week, the sister of the deceased, who was the subject of the present Inquiry, requested him to allow her to go with him to see the place where his late wife was laid. They went, and be pointed out the coffin, and observed that the coffin plate was bent in. He then expres.ed his fears that the body of-his wife had been disinterred. The circumstance made Mm very uneasy, and he determined on Wednesday to ascertain whether his fears were true, and went to Church with his aunt, Mrs Snow, and J. rerceval, a carpenter, to open the coffin, and see if the body had been taken away. The outward coffin was opened, and the lead coffin was untouched, which gave hint great satisfac tion. The Molting day he complained of cold and shivering tits, and on Sunday be dierL:The evidence disproved the reports. cir culated that he had been poisoned, and the Jury returned a verdict —Died by the vis.tation of Gun. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 25. DI RR BRIONILL. A LOWATSC. When this matter came regularly before the Court, on the last lunatic petition day, Counsel did nee appear to support the petition. sod the Lord CHascu.soa having himself read the affidavits which principally regarded the conduit of the medical gentleman (Dr. Routh) attending the lunatic, ordered the petition to be :dismissed, the charges brought against that'gentleman having been, in his opi nion, totally without foundation. Subsequently the Solicitor-Ge neral applied to have the petition restored. on the ground that the petitioners had been taken by surprise. This was resisted, and to day was appointed for the point, on notice of motion having been d to that effect, whether or not the petition should be restored to the paper for the purpose of being reheard. When it was brought on this morning by the Solicitor-General. 31r. Holum consented to the petition being again beard upon all the affidavits that bad been heard before the Court on the former petition day. The Soucerea-Gssasas contended that he had a right to file additional affidavits in answer to some that bad been filed and not replied to. Mr. Holten opposed this proposition. The Loan CnaecaeLos considered that as the Solicitor-General came here to have the petition restored, as a matter of favour. in an ordinary case the petition ought to be heard upon the aMdavits, as they were before the Court on the preceding day ; bu t, as a lunatic's comfort was concerned, he regarded it to be his duty to read all the affidavits that might be deemed necessary to be filed on either side before the petition came on to he finally heard. The petition was ordered, under these circumstances, to come on the nest petition day. ennui' v. nitwit. This is a question of legitimacy, the particulars of which have been very often before the public. The present application was for a new trial. The Solicitor-General was speaking the whole morning. Mr. Denman, Mr. Pollock, and other Gentlemen of the common law bar, are retained. The arguments will probably oc cupy several days. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 25. consumes? imams Tel GAMS LAW. DDASDALR V. CLARK. This was an action for false imprisonment. The plaintiff was convicted of offences against the Game Laws, namely, sporting without qualification or licence, and committed by the defendant, a Lancashire Justice, on non-payment of the penalty, to the House of Correction. The warrant of commitment was defective, in as much as it did not state that the offence was committed within the jurisdiction of the defendant, and other matter consistent with the conviction. At the trial a verdict was found for the plaintiff with liberty to the defendant to move for a noasuit. Mr. Sergeant Caoss accordingly brought the subject before the Court, and contended that it was not necessary the Justice should state in a warrant that the offence was committed within his juris diction. He submitted that errors in the warrant could not be made ground for an action against a Justice, and finally obtained a rule for a nonsuit. Mr.BROUGUAII this day showed cause against the rule,and argued, that as the warrant did not justify the imprisonment, the plaintiff was entitled to sustain his action. The Coves took time to deliver judgment. • CAUSES STRUCK ore TIER TAPIR. Lord Triturates:to, adverting to the state of the business before the Court, said, " There have been several applications to the Court to restore special causes which have been struck out of the paper by reason of the non-attendance of persons during the sittings under the last Judge's warrant. Some were struck out in conse quence of mistakes, and they are to be restored. As to others struck out by the parties being absent, we think we ought to allow the same—not to be restored to the former position, but to be re entered at the bottom of the list. We wish it to be understood that this is the last time we shall be disposed to give indulgence of this kind. It is necessary that suitors do not treat the High Court, acting under the warrant and authority of his Majesty, with in difference." WILTON V. Cll/13111.1111 AND °TIMM The knottier Gmizaat applied on behalf of the Sheriffs of London,to set aside a judgment which had been obtained by the laintiff for £1,650 again,' the estate and effects of the de. fendants, the bankers. The application was made on the ground of collusion. _ _ The Collar granted a rule a show cause. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 25. Mr. Sergeant %Vilma moved for a rule, calling upon an Attorney to show cause why be should cot be struck off the Rolls of this Court, for alleged misconduct. The application was founded upon affidavit a, declaring the following facts:—ln 11114, the ap plicant was solicited by this Attorney, whom he had for many years professionally employed, to procure a person to take a re pairing lease of ten houses, in which he (the Attorney) had an interest. He did so; but in consequence of some Chancery proceedings occurring, that individual threw up the concern, when, at the earnest request and solicitation of the defendant, the applicant was induced himself to take the lease. In 1812, it was discovered that the lessor had no title to the houses, the de fendant himself holding a previous mortgage, and consequently being the only person who could 'give a legal title. Things re mained in this state till last February, when this gentleman assigned over to a third party all his right and title to this pro perty. That party brought an action of ejectment against the present deponent's tenants, and ousted them, and recovered pos session of the houses, leaving him minus the money he had paid. Rule granted. aHODU V. VISSITT. A Gentleman interested in this case addressed the Court, and said he wished to make a few observations on the course pursued by Mr. Serjeant Wilde in conducing this ease, when that Learned Gentleman a few days ago made an application for a new trial. Air. Justice Puss.—lf you wish to make a motion, you must wait till the bar is gone through. Applicant.—Being professionally concerned in the cause, my Lord, I feel my reputation at stake. Mr. Justice PAVEL—We can't bear you. Mr. Serjeant Vl:um—This Gentleman is dissatisfied with the discretion I thought proper to caffein, as his Counsel, in an action tried before my Lord Chief Justice. His Lordship reserved two points upon which he gave me liberty to move. One of these points was, " use and occupation." Upon *best consideration I was able to give it, I thought that it would be impossible to sustain that point, and I therefore refrained front wasting the time of the Court by pressing it. The Gentleman, I understand, now wishes to complain of the discretion I so exercised. Mr. Justice Nara said—No one can doubt, brother Wilde, but that you exercised a sound discretion, and did perfectly right. Alter *era fruitless attempts again to address the Court, during which Mr. Justice Pasta told him that it could never be allowed when parties employed Counsel, fur them to come into Court to complain of the manner in which those Counsel had conducted their cause, and alluding to the great inconvenience such a prece dent must prove, the gentleman withdrew. whirrs v. visa nanny museum. This was a feigned issue, to try whether William White had or had not devised hie ;state, consisting of property to a large amount, to the Trustees of the British Museum. The question was, whe ther the will was good acording to the provisions of the Sta me of Frauds, which required that devises of land should be signed by three witnesses, in the presence of the testator.' The Jury found by their special verdict, that the will was in the. testator's hand writing, and that it wu signed in his hand ; but that the witness did not see him sign it. To one of them the testator admitted, that the instrument Was his will ; but the other two did not know the nature of the paper they were testifying. It was left to the decision of the Court, whether under thew circumstances the will was properly witnessed. The Court held that the provisions of the Statute had been suf ficiently complied with. It had long been decided that the testator need not sign in the presence of witnesses; any acknowledgment to them that the paper was his will was sufficient. Here it was shown that the testator had acknowledged in tact, if not in words, that the will was his, and therefore judgment mutt be given for the defendant. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 23. SOWARDS V. 1111"WN AND COTHRAN. This was an sedan upon a bond for £3,600, tried at the last Ass zes for Hereford before Mr. Baron Vauturan. The bond, which bore date on the 12th of October, 1826,. was secured upon an estate in the possession of the defendant Brown, which was stated in. the bond to be an estate in tail, whereas it was proved on the trial that it was only a life estate. The other defendants were the sureness to the bond. The declaration contained four cou nts, and there were several pleas on the record, the defendant Brown suffered judgment to go by default, the other defendants appeared, and the Jury tuuud a verdict for the plaintiff on three counts of the delaration, and for the defendant on the other count. On a former day in the term Mr. Taunton obtained a rule, caking on the Defendant to show c.use why a venirefaeias de nero should not issue on that part of the verdict wh ch was for the De; fendant, ur why au arbitrator should rig be •appoititeS to settle ' the amount of damage sustained by the Plaintiff through the breach of the bond, as the plea on which the verdict was obtained was bad. 3lr. WILLIAMS appeared this morning to show cause against this rule, and was heard at considerable len g th. The Learned Gentle man contended that the surety signed the deed under the presump tion that the defendant Brown was possessed of the estate as stated upon the face of the bond, and he bad a right to say that these 'as- Gumption. must last for ever ; and cited a note appended to the case of " Dong Sty v. Neal," 1 Sanders, page 215, in support of his argument. Mr. Baron Gaaaor —lf a surety says," Strike out of a bond the fact of its being an estate in tail, and I will sign the deed ; if you do not, I will not sign, as I do not know whether he is possessed of an estate in tail or not"—would any man accept a bond on these conditions? Mr. WiLuams—Assuming Brown to be possessed in tail, a surety may say," I will give security for the recovery of the bond ; I think it sufficient for a surety to assume the fact stated on the bond to be correct ;" and assuming this to be true, he may say " have done every thing in my power to perform the condition," and submit that if a surety is prevented, by the falsehood of the hand, from executing it, it is tke same thing as if be were prevented by the obligee, on the authority of " Butler e. Wing," Sanders, p. 66, and several other cases. He therefore submitted that the plea was a good plea, and that a *venire de wow could not hue. - Mr. Baron GARaow—Would not you avoid the expense, and be in the same condition u if a venire should issue, and the Jury were to assess the damages? If you were to accept the native offered you by the rule, your question of law would still be open. Mr. Baron Vaveuraw—What further Lasistance could you have by going again to a Jury ? Mr. Vorrictaus—l am sorry I cannot make any concessions. Mr. Serjeant Rusin r. then addressed the Court at some length for the defendant Stevens. The COWL; at the conclusion of Mr. Rusamt.'s address, ordered the case to stand over fill to-morrow, to give Mr. Campeau., who is engaged for the other defendant. an opportunity to be heard. - - POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW.S fREET. Yesterday a man of shabby appearance,who called himself Thomas Thalsspson, was brought before Mr. Marls, charged on suspicion of baying committed a burglary in the dwelling-house of Mr. Johnsen, an ironmonger, in Greek-street, Soho. The prisoner, it appeared, was met at ten o'clock on Tuesday evening, in King-street, Seven Dials, by a police patrol, named Rich, carrying a large package on his shouldets. Rich sus pected that be was conveying away stolen property, and fol lowed him to Short's Gardens, Drury-lane, and there, with the nastiness of another officer, took him into custody, and found the package to contain patent brass hinges, and other property, to the amount of about thirty pounds in value. The prisoner re fused to state where he got the property, and was conveyed is the watch-house. The officer went to the manufacturer in illackfri ars-road, from whom be ascertained that the goods found upon the prisoner bad been sold by him to Mr. Johnson, in Greek-street. An enquiry was of course immediately made at Mr. Johnson's, and it was found that his premises had been broken into between eight and ten o'clock on the same evening, and plundered of fifty pounds worth of property, of which the articles found upon the prisoner formed a part. The prisoner in answer to the charge, said he picked up the package in a court in the Seven Dials.—e was remanded. A tall athletic Irishman of the name of John Harland, residing in Vero-street. was taken into custody yesterday morning at eleven o'clock, by one of the new police, for riotous conduct, anti threaten ing vengeance on every person be came in contact with. He had broken tables, chairs, cups and saucers, and every thing in the room. —He was tined 225. in default of which he was locked up. Several lois fellows were taken into custody in Covent-garden yesterday morning by the new police for throwing snow-balls at each other, to the great annoyance of the public, and were brought heroic the Magistrate, who said that that system would be for the future completely put down; and they were locked up till they could procure bail. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Yesterday two young fellows of rather decent appearance, who gave their names, John Jones and Robert Fos, were brought before Mr. DYER, the Sitting Magistrate, charged with the fol lowing audacious robbery, at the shop . Mr. Smith, a hatter in Compton-street, Soho-square. It appeared that the prisoners were observed by a person who was sitting at the window of one of the houses on the opposite side of the street, looking about Mr. Smith's shop, passing the door repeatedly, and eyeing very significantly the stand of hats that were placed at the door for sale, and at last both prisoners. having " screwed their courage to the sticking place," walked up very deliberately to the door, where they sup posed they were unperceived, and each taking a new hat from the stand, walked off with it, in different directions ; the person oppo site, however, who watched all their movements, gave an instant alarm, and the prisoners being pursued, they were taken before they got well out of the street by some of the new police. The prisoners, who although caught in the fact and taken with the property upon them, said that indeed they picked up the hats in the street; but they were sent to ma that story to a Jury : •the Magistrate fully committed them for trial. WORSHIP-STREET. Jficheel Gander, handsomely dressed in a new salt of black, was yesterday brought up by officers Armstrong and Waters (who bad just before apprehended him at Bishopsgate church) on a charge of robbing Mrs. M'Cauley, of No. 4, Weymouth terrace. The prosecutrix stated that the_ prisoner had lodged in - her house for some weeks past, but on Wednesday last he disappeared, and with him a small box, containing a diamond and topaz ring, a mourning ring, and other articles of jewellery, and a quantity of plate, consisting of table, tea, and gravy spoons. On the day mentioned, the prisoner sent the servant out of the room where the property was kept, to get some article from his apartment, and upon her return he was gone, and the box was missed. It was ascertained that the banns for his marriage had been published at Bishopagate Church ; just as the ceremony was about to commence, the officers took him into custody. The in tended bride mournfully followed her lover from the altar to the bar of the Police Office. A female neighbour stated, that she saw the prisoner leave the house of the prosecut la with a small box. The prisoner was remanded. Mr. Beam congratulated her upon her escape from such an union.—The prisoner was conveyed to Clerkenwell Prison. TOWN HALL. A well.dresaed young woman was charged with robbing her ready-furnished lodgings. The case, bad in itself, was deeper stained by the basest ingratitude, the prisoner having been taken in and cherished when the canopy of Heaven was her only shelter; and no sooner was she warmed again into comparative existence, than like the viper, she turned upon her benefactors, stripped the bed she was afforded, and pledged the coverings. The case being proved, Mr. Alderman J. J. Satteia, said it was a most mistaken notion entertained, that the law could not reach them, if the pro perty abstracted was redeemed. They were liable to transportation ; and, without prejudging the case, it was his duty to commit her on the evidence for trial. COMPARATIVE VIEW or EXPENSES IN VARIOUS Pawn or sea CONT/lIIINT.—A French franc, u• %idly worth about ten-pence, will go as far in France as does a shilling in England; a Tuscan paul, usually worth about bvepence-balfpenny, will go as far in Tuscany as does a franc in France; a Roman paul.usually worth about fivepence, will go as far in the Ecclesiastical territo ries as a Tuscan pant in Tuscany ; and a carlino of the kingdom of Naples, usually worth about fourpence, will go as far in the Nea politan dominions as a Roman paul at Rome.—Siarke's Directions for Traleiters. COURSE OF EEC Amsterdam ...12 •8 C.F. Ditto at sight ...12 5 Rotterdam 2 U 12 8 Antwerp ...12 8 Hambtargh to U 14 1 Altona 24 U 14 1* Paris t 3day'ssight 25 93 Ditto • ...2 U 26 15 Madrid Cadiz Barcelona ..36 Bilboa lANGE, Nov. 25. Seville .. ...36 Gibraltar... .. 47ê Leghorn ... ... 471 Genoa ... ... 25 95 Venice ... ...47i Malta ..... 481 Naples ..... 391 Palermo .. 119 d pet cos Lisbon ... .. 43 Rio Janeiro .. 241 Dublin ... .. .. 1; MARRIED. At Gibraltar, Catherine Eustace, only daughter of Alexander Farquhar, Esq. merchant, to Captain John Macdonald, of Ari. sag, Invernessatire, Paymaster in his M.j•sty's Regiment of Royal Welsh Fusileers. DIKD.• At Briley Cottage. Chaßock, Kent, Lydia Cowper, eldest daughter of the late COlosel Cowper, of the Bombay Engineers. At his apartment in Chelsea Ilospitil, John Eden Leeds, Esq. late deputy surgeon of that Establishment. In Burton—treer, Burter..crement, Frances, youngest daughter of the late Bev. S. D. Myers, A. M. vicar, of Nlitcham, Surrey. At Aldborough, Suffolk. aged 95, Mrs. Elizabeth Dyball. Thin old lady retained her faculties nearly to the last, and so good was her . eye-slght, that she could thread a needle within the last year of her life without any assistance. She has had twelve cMldren, of whom two only are alive ; 48 grand-children, of whom 52 are alive; one hundred and twenty-four great grand•chiliben, of Iluitn one hundred ind eight are living ; and five great great grata-children also in a:faience , making a progeny of one hundred and eighty-nine persons. She was a widow 44 years. H de- ATEtt at LONDON BRIM TO Mint 111 " i Morning 15 minute. otter 2 A4ertioon 33 minutes atter 2 Losnon Printed and Publinked by j u mp winos. 1‘ roe SIAM. Orrice No.I. Picket place.Tenyie Kir. !.~