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II .- THE CITY NIGHTLY WATCH and POLICE. The following are extracts flonithe Committee of the Common Ceuncil on this subject; it is still under consideration, but it will br seen that Mr. Peel's Plan is the foundation of the recommenda tier. in r--my particulars : Tue Comm htte appointed in relation to the Nightly Watch and Pc lire of the City of London having, in consequence of their unani. mows rt zilution " That in their opinion the system of police within this city, -as well by day as by night, was imperfect, and required re vision,' referred it to a Sub.Cornmittee to consider and prepare a Flan for the improvement of the watch and police, and laid the same before the Committee, who were pleased to refer it again to the Sub-- Committee, to pre e a more detailed plan for carrying into effect the object pro , and cause the same to be printed, and a copy e ser to be sent to t e r several members. The Sub-Committee have accordingly proceeded in the considera tion of a more detailed plan: and having bad before them the re miss from the several wards of the number of constables annually elected at the respective wardmotes, and the duties performed by them. they find that a great majority of the constables so annually elected do not execute their office in person, but serve by substitutes, r.i.d frequently send their porters and servants to do their duty during the Sessions, and at executions, to which, by the nightly at. teed, by rotation, at the watchho use of their respective wards, the duties of such constables appear to be, of late years, almost en. tirely confined ; and that no attention is now paid by the constables t: the removal of nuisances and obstructions in the public streets at tees, or other cases of emergency, or upon public ceremonials. They olio find that these duties frequently are not performed by the sub tthates themselves, but that these Latta are in the habit of hiring the right watchmen and others to attend for them. • • Upon a review of the whole subject, the Sub-Committee are of opinion, that it is important that some measures should be adopted, without delay, for consolidating the whole police establishment of theoity, so as to render the same at all times available for the ge:*. al protection and security of its inhabitants ; and for abolish. ing, as far as it can be legally and properly done, the present system of electing and appointing Ward-constables ; and, after the most mature consideration that the SubsCommittse have been et - tabled to give the subject, they are of opinion that the present system of the day and night police, and the nightly watch, should be so consoli. dated that one uniform and efficient force should be at till times on duty, as well by day as by night, for the security of person and pro perty, the prevention of crime, and the preservation of public Iran. quillity ; they have accordingly prepared a plan, which they con ceive will be best calculated to accomplish so desirable an object, and which they submit to the consideration of the Committee as follows: That the police establishment of the city. u connected with the regular day and night duty, be placed under a system of manage. ment ; and that such system of management be under the discretion and control of a Committee or Commission, consisting of the Lord Mayor and all the Aldermen for the time being, and one Commoner from each ward, to be annually elected by the Court of Common Council. That an office be provided by the Corporation at the Guildhall, ' for the purposes of the police establishment, where attendance should be given daily, from nine in the morning till five in the af. ternoon, and at such other times as may be found requisite for the public service. That the city be divided into six districts, &c. at each of which a night-station shall be established, where, and where only, night charges shall be received. That one chief officer be appointed by the Committee or Corn. mission during pleasure, &c. That, for the performance of the day and night duty, contem. plated by this arrangement, a number of constables be appointed, amounting to 480, (one out of every ten to be a conductor,) who should all be resident within the city, and their residences so desig. nated that immediate recourse can be had to them whenever their services may be required. Thar, in addition to the 480 constables, there be appointed 12 in spectors and three superintendents. That an inspector be placed over every four conductors and 36 men, for whose conduct, discipline, and order, he shall be held re. sponsihle, as well as for the safety of the sections to which the con ductors and the men placed in his charge may he appointed, to ar range and superintend the sections and beats to which the conduc tors and men may be placed—to receive and examine the reports from the conductors of the conduct of the men and to prepare and deliver daily a report of his district to the superintendent ; for which purpose he should occasionally, during the time he is on duty, per. ambulate his district, and see that the officers and men under him are correctly performing their respective duties, &c. That one of the two inspectors, who will be on duty together on each district, do take the general charge of the duty throughout that district—see as much of it as possible—visit the men—receive the reports of the several conductors—and hear from them frequently the mite of all parts of the district, &e. That the inspectors ,be empowered, in cases of persons charged with petty misdemeanours, who may be brought by any constable e: officer to any watch or station house within their respective dis tricts during the nighttime, if they shall deem it prudent, to take bail by recognizance, without fee or reward, from such persons, con ditioned for their appearance before the Lord Mayor or Sitting Ma. gistrate, &e. That a superintendent be appointed to every two districts, and held responsible for the general good conduct and good order of all the officers and men appointed to those districts ; to issue his orders and directions Scc. That 100 of the constables be employed in the performance of the Jay-duty. That the night duty be performed by two divisions of 240 each, the first division to be put on duty when the day constables are going of; and to remain until they shall be relieved by the second divi. lion, who shall continue on duty until the division appointed for the day duty shall relieve them. That the first division for the night duty do consist of 240 out of tile 360 who have not been employed in the previous day duty, die_ That a small number from each inspector's division, making about 85 in the whole (if so many many be necessary), nder the charge of a superintendent and three inspectors, do attend in rotation to perform the duty at Common Halls and public ceremonials, and also at executions, which duty is now performed by the ward con stables when summoned by precept from the Marshals of the city for that purpose.. And that a sufficient number, under the charge of a conductor or conductors, do also attend at the Old Bailey during the Sessions, for the purpos e : • of keeping good order in the avenues to the courts. • • The salary of the chief officer, and the expense of providing and establishing the principal office and station for the purposes of the proposed police, and t. 4 clerks and other incidental charges, be de frayed by the Corporation out of the City's cash. That the pay or wages to be allowed to the several officers and constables be as follow 3 Superintendents 1501. per annum, each. Inspectors 1101. per annum, each. 48 Conductors 255. per week, each. 432 Constables 225. per week, each. That the before-mentioned pay or wages to the conductors and constables be subject to a deduction of such sum as may be deemed espedlent for the formation of a superannuation fund, uniform cloth. ing, and for such other advantages as they may derive under the proposed establishment. hat the beadles of the several wards should be appointed, under the directions of the Aldermen, Deputies, and Common Council, to collect the moneys required for the purposes of the proposed police ; and as the beadles will be, by this plan, relieved from a considera ble portion of their present labours, they may be appointed to per. form other duties In the ward, which may relieve the inhabitants from some of those duties they are now called upon to perform, and which are considered burdensoa,e. The expenses, according to the foregoing arrangements, and in. • eluding the sum of 1,0001. per annum for the watch-houses which it will be necessary to retain for stations, are calculated to amount to the sum of 30,5101.85. • which it is proposed should be raised by the several wards in such proportions, and in such manner, as may be re 4 upon by the Court of Common Council ; the same to be paid into the Chamber of the City, and to be drawn out and disbursed wader the control and direction of the Committee or Com mission. The actual expenses of the several wards of the city under the resent system of the nightly catch; according to the returns which have been made, amount to the sum of 38,298 L 17s. Id. ' • besides which a considerable sum of money is annually collected from the Inhabitants of some of the wards, by voluntary subscriptions, for street-keepers, Ice. It appears, from the foregoing statement, that, under the pre sent system the expense of the nightly match alone amounts to the sum of Whilst, by the plan now submitted, embracing the duty both by day.and night, -tdie expense (ex clusive of the principal office, which it is con templated should .be .borne )iy the city) will • amount to the sum of So that an actual saving of ail be effected, and the inhabitants of this city consequently re. wed to that mien; independitnt of the advantages which would melt to them from the *di: of the proposed system. As the marshalmen wou relieved from a very large portion of their present duties by arrangements, they would conse quently be placed at the disposition of the megistrates, for the ex txotion rf the various processes and drdera issuing from the justice rooms at the MAssion-lietrie and the Guildhall. And It is mien. aseaded that oeuvres taken to render these Alms as beneficial ascol i r t o t i ceztl •listerests of this city. aldiaitting the feresits. pica to the can. aeration of the Committee, beg leave to state thst, although, in compliance with the wishes of the Committee, they have endeavoured to draw out such a plan for improving and consolidating the police of the city as is in their opinion best calculated to obtain the object desired, yet It must be liable to such alteration as experience, and a careful attention to the subject on the part of the members of the Committee or Commiuion that may be appointed, and of the chief officer, may from time to time dictate. If the Committee should approve of the foregoiug plan, and:it shot.ld be confirmed by the Court of Common Council, it is recom mended that an application be immediately made in the present Session of Parliament for an Act to enable the Corporation to carry the same into effect. HOUSE OF LORDS. D'OYLY'S DIVORCE BILL. Mr. Sergeant SPANKIE appeared at their Lordships' bar, on be. balf of the petitioner, Mr. J. H. D'Oyly, a gentleman holding an official situation in the Civil Service of the Past India Company, now residing in Bengal, and stated the facts of the case. The standing order of the House, requiring the attendance of the petitioner, was in this case suspended, on account of his necessary absence in India. On a former day when this Bill was brought in the proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Court, as usual, were laid on the table, as well as the judgment obtained in the Court of King's Bench, in the ac tion brought by Mr. D'Oyly against Lieutenant Beville, an Officer of the sth Dragoons, for criminal conversation with Mrs. D'Oyly, in which 1,0001. damages were awarded by the Jury. Mr. Montagu proved the marriage of Mr. D'Oyly with Miss Thompson, which took place at Calcutta, in the year 1818, accord ing to the rites and ceremonies of the Established Church. The Rev. Mr. Snow—l live in Dorsetahire, at Langton, near Blandford. The petitioner, Mr. D'Oyly, is connected b y marriage with my family. I married his sister. Since the marriage I have been in the habit of corresponding with him. I saw Mrs. D'Oyly on her arrival in England, from India, in the spring of 1828. She was sent by her husband to my care. She brought three children with her. When under my roof she expressed great attachment to her husband. In the following year she left my house, for London. She then went to reside at Gloucester. She had re. moved to Malvern. I went to the latter place, but found that she had gone to reside at Leeds. I followed, and there found her. I did not know under what name she passed there. She was living in lodgings. She was then enceinte. This she acknow ledged to me. This was in 1828. She entreated me to take charge of the children, and said she could never again see her' husband. The scene was a most distressing one. She lay on the floor during the time I was with her, and was greatly agitated. The children are now living with me. I have had several let ters of instructions from Mr. O'Oyly. When Mrs. D'Oyly came from India ample allowance was made her by her husband. I be lieve about 1,0001. per annum. Mr. Brownrigg said that he had been in India, holding in midi tion to his situation ass Captain in the Army, the office of Military Secretary. He was now a partner in the house of Cochrane and Co. 'sir. D'Oyly was a younger brother of Sir C. D'Oyly. Wi tness , when in India, had frequent opportunities of seeing Mr. and Mrs. D'Oyly together. They appeared to be living in a very happy manner. Mr. D'Oyly's conduct towards his wife, was of a most affectionate description. She seemed also much attached to , him. In the early part of the year 1825, Mr. D'Oyly received an appointment up the country, which required his constant attendance. Had he left India with his wife, it would have been nearly his ruin in a pecuniary point of view. The provision which he made for his wife in India, witness considered to be most ample, considering the circumstances of Mr. D'Oyly ; it was from 7501. to 1,0001. a-year Mr. and Mrs. D'Oyly were as happy a couple as witness ever saw. Mary Ann Tracy proved that Lieut. Beville was in the habit of visiting her mistress, Mrs. D'Oyly. Witness being the nurse-maid when they resided in London. On one occasion he remained a fort. night on a visit. Mrs. Mary Kay examined-.. 1 reside at Wakefield.—ln the year 1828 I was living at Leeds. Mrs. D'Oyly and Lieut. Seville oc cupied apartments in my house. They lived together as man and wife, under the name of Mr. and Mrs. Ilevilic. In answer to a question put by Lord WYwrortn, she said she had seen them in bed together. Mrs. D'Oyly was brought to bed of a child when under her roof. Mr. Sev il le appeared to be very fond of it, and behaved like a father to it. The regiment to which Mr. Seville belonged was removed from heeds in that year. Mrs. DOyly left on the same day. Mr. Sergeant SrArriciz said, that he would not tro u bl e t h e h ouse I with further testimony, but would now proceed to read the following letter, dated in April, 1828 : ‘. Have mercy on me, D'Oyly, for the sake of your loved and in. nocent children : and if it be possible to you, conceal their mother's shame ! Ido not deserve mercy from you, yet for them I sue, and let it not be in vain. Let them not, on enters tg the world, have that hardest trial to struggle with, a mother's infamy. B u t, f o r their sakes, spare your too just anger ! For the sake of Hi m w h o came into the world to teach us Heaven's holiest attributes.—mercy and forgiveness. In His name who forgave sinners, forgive me-- and then forget me. I should not wish to meet you again, my in jured husband. lam too unworthy, and should die with shame. You were always too good for me; but, Oh my GOD, the con sciousness of your love and fidelity, and of my faithlessness, kills me ! Only, if it be possible, conceal my shame, for our children's sake and my poor old father's; for the knowledge of my guilt would bring his gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.' 1 have not neg lected your children, D'Oyly." The Learned Sergeant, who was reading from the original letter, on which some of the words were partly defaced, as if tears had fallen when it was being written, said that it was with difficulty he could make out the writing. Lord WYNIODD said, that quite erough had been read to show the state of feelings under which the writer laboured. Mr. Sergeant SPANRIE observed, that it IVY obviously written under great remorse and agitation. The letter was then put in as evidence. These are the con. eluding sentences : " Whatever have been my faults, they (the children) have been minded and cared for. Not a night or morning passes without your little George being taught to pray to GOD for his absent and dear father. Leave them to ine, and trust to a mother's love to bring them up in the paths of virtue and religion, with the assistance of the great GOD in Heaven, to whom I will pray for strength to fulfil ' my duty to them, and to follow any plan you will deign to mark out for me. May He incline your heart to mercy. May He support you in the sore trial your guilty wife has brought upon you, is my prayer ! And may you show pity to the repentant. " CHARLOTTE. " Addressed to T. Hadley D'Oyly, Esq. care of Messrs. Palmer and Co. Calcutta, Bengal. " Endorsed per Prince Regent.—. Registered 23d Sept. 1828." On the motion of the Earl RosILYw, the bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. On Saturday morning last a dreadful explosion took place in the colliery at Pemberton, near Wigan, belong ing to H. B. Hollinshead, EN. by which nine persons lost their lives. This accident was occasioned by a door having been left open on Friday night, the 23d ult. by which the foul air had been admitted into that part of the pit where the men were employed, and, on their proceed ing to work on Saturday morning with a light the explo sion instantly took place.—Leeds Intelligencer. On Thursday night, as Serjeant Furlong, of the letter L division, was proceeding round his beat, in passing along Devonshire-place, in the Oval at Kennington, he heard a rattle sprung, and on going to No. 22, he ob served a Gentleman suspended by the neck with a hand kerchief from the balcony of the first floor windows. A policeman, who had observed the circumstance in the first instance, was standing underneath the balcony, which was a low one, and supporting the Gentleman's legs up, as well as he could, so as to take the strain off his neck. This was accomplished by great hazard on the part of the policeman, the unfortunate man using all the strength be possessed, in order to free himself from restraint, and ef fect his death. The serjeant lost no time in ascending to the first floor, and, with the assistance of another man, succeeded in rescuing him; and the moment he was taken into the drawing-room, he ran to the sideboard, and snatching up a case-knife, was in the very act of drawing it across his throat, when the serjeant sprang forward and seized the weapon from his hands. The infuriated man, on being prevented in the second attempt to destroy himself, became quite outrageous, and it was at length found necessary to place the handcuffs upon him,—a restraint which, however, was not effected until he had nearly demolishetilhe whole of the glass and ornaments in the room, besides inflicting severe kicks and bites on those who were instrumental in saving his life. Shortly afterwards a medical man was called in, who ordered the application of a strait waistcoat ; and, at the departure of the policeman, the unfortunate man was pronounced to be labouring under a paroxysm of madness of the most serious kind. .. ~, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETlNG—(Concluded.) Race Course, Friday Afternoon. The races finished this afternoon, the match in the list for to morrow between Lord Worcester's Calypso colt and Gen. Grosve nor's f. Fashion, being off by the death of the filly. The following is an account of the day's running:— Match, 100, h. ft. fist. 41b. each. T. Y. C. Mr. Cooper's c. by Bustard or Orville Mr. Thornhill's f. Esprit, by Emilius Match, 200, h. ft. R. M. fist. 71b. each. Mr. Roberts's sister to Sailor colt. Ld Orford's c. (dead) by Moses Sweepstakes of 100 soy. each, h. ft.—Last three miles of B. C. D. of Richmond's Hindoo, 3 yrs. fist. 101 b Mr. Sadler's Jocko, 6 years, 7st. 131 b. Two paid--5 to 4on Hindoo, who won by two lengths, rode by The Newmarket Stakes of 50 sons. each, h. ft. colts, fist. 71b. fil lies, flat. 21b. D.M. D. of Portland's c. by Manias (J. Day) 0 Lord Exeter's Augustus (Conelly) 0 The following also started in the dead beat, but were not placed by the Judge. Lord 0. Cavendish's b. e. by Morisco, Mr. Batson's Suffolk Punch, and Mr. Payne's c. by Tramp, d. by Shuttle. 5 to 4 on Augustus; 5 to 2 eget Emily ; and 4 to 1 apt Suffolk Punch. The race rested entirely between Augustus and Emily, who finished with a dead heat, after a very severe race. The Duke of Portland and bold Exeter divided the stakes. Match 100 sov..—Last half of Ab. M. 14 Tavistock's Taurus, 9st. (G. Edwards) .... 1 Mr. Day's Tiny, by Wanderer, 7st. .......... 7 to 4 on Taurus, who won very easy. Match 100, h. ft. Ab. M. Mr. Robert's ch. c. by Emilius, out of Sista to Sailor, Ilst. 61b. 1 Mr. W. Wyndham's b. f. by Comus--Dorins, Sst. Mb. 2 to 1 on the winner—won easy. A Sweepstakes of 10 sore. each ; for 2 yr olds, 7st. 71b. and 3 yr old, 93t. T.Y.C. (the winner w be sold for 50 son.) was won by 14 Worcester's b. c. by Cervantes, d. by Walton, 2 yrs, beating D. of Rutland's Addis& filly, lid Chesterfield's t. by Tramp, and Mr. Payne's Prlncipessa colt. TRUISDAY.—(PURTSIZR CORIIRCT PARTICULARS.) Renewal of the 1000 gs. Stakes, a subscription of 100 son. each, h. ft. for fillies, list. 41b. rising three years old.—D.M. IA Jersey's ch. Charlotte West, by Tramp Id Anson 's b. Zillah, by Whisker D. of Orafton's b. Brambilla Id Exeter's Sebum* b y Sultan 6 tot apt Charlotte West ; 3 to 1 apt Zino; 3to 1 apt Beam. bills; 4to 1 apt Slum's. Three others started. 14 paid. Won by a length. Ld Sefton's Bobadilla, Bst 71b. beat Ld Exeter's Varna, Bst D. M. 200. 7t04 on Bobadilla. Won easy. Betting.—Several important changes took place In the evening, of which the following are particulars:- 7 to 2 apt Mr. Chifney's Priam (Cressida) 7 to 1 Lord Exeter's Augustus 9 to 1 Sir M. Wood's The Mummer 9 to 1 Mr. Petre's Brunswicker 11 to I Mr. Ridsdale's Little Red Rover 11 to 1 Lord Exeter's blahmoud 16 to 1 Sir M. Wood's Cetus 20 to 1 Lord Cleveland's Wat Tyler (taken) 25 to 1 Lord Sefton's Captain Arthur 25 to 1 Zucharelli 25 to 1 Lord Sligo's Brine 26 to 1 Lord G. Cavendish's Mouse 25 to 1 Lord Cavendish's Mouche 1000 to 10-- Phantomides (taken) OAKS. 7 to 2 Lord Sefton's Mouche (taken) 7 to 1 Lord Queensberry's Maria to 1 Filagree 14 to 1 Lord Anson's Zillab. 14 to 1 Mr. Payne's Brown Duchess 15 to 1 Mr. Benson's Lady Blanche 20 to I Duke of Grafton's Brambilla 25 to 1 Lord Exeter's Schumla (taken) 25 to 1 Victoria, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF OF KING'S BENCH, Aram 30. CRIMINAL INFORMATION.-THE XING V. MIR. The Awroatrzw-Gxxxam. mowed to the a criminal information against a gentleman of the name of Jebb, who had been an officer in the Oxford Blues. The application was made on the part of Sir Robert Charles Hill, who, some years ago, was Colonel In the Royal Horse Guards Blue. That gentleman had been thirty years in the regiment, and during three or four years of that period had commanded it. At the battle of Waterloo he acted in a brave and distinguished manner. In 1824 or 1825, Sir R. Hill was desirous of retiring from the service, to re side with his family in Shropshire; however, at the request of his brother officers, and the wish of his late H. H. the Duke of York, he consented to remain. Mr. Jebb, after that, thought proper to pre fer charges against Sir Robert Hill, through the medium of letters to the Commander-in. Chief, Major Macdonald, and Sir H. Taylor. The charges were however so vague, that hisHoyal Highness direct. ed Mr. Jebb to transmit a statement with more particulars, to enable him to come to a decision whether it would be necessary to proceed. The consequence was a more specific charge. He charged Sir R. Hill with having purchased troop horses belonging to the re. giment for 101. and 121. and sold them again to the mgt. at the regu lation price, which was 251. thereby making an enormous profit, and trafficking in horses for his own benefit. The second stated that a man named Turner had been returned as an effective soldier, when it was well known that he was a private individual not belonging to the corps. The third stated that Sir R. Hill had suffered indig nities from an inferior officer of the corps, without resenting them in a proper manner. The fourth said that the Duke of York had dismissed him from the service. He would satisfy the Court of the opinion the Duke of York had of Sir Robert ; he requested him, when he did wholly retire from public life, to retain those distinc dons be had so honourably obtained. Anonymous letters were then sent to various persons, which reflected on the honour and character of Sir R. Hill ; and, having traced the letters to the defendant, he found it necessary to apply to this Court. He had been held out as a person who conducted himself unlike an officer and a gentle man in the mess-room at Windsor, and it was said he had sub mitted to violence and insult from a subaltern in the most cowardly =MIX. Sir It. Hill denied all these imputations in his affidavit. With respect to the horses, that was entirely explained. In 1818, it be came necessary, in consequence of reductions, to sell sonic of the troop boric', and they were put up to auction. Sir It. then bought a great many, being well aware of their excellence; and having , some pride in the regiment being well mounted, at the time they were wanted, he sold them again to the regiment, having kept them ten snonths. He purchased them on his own responsibility, and did not make any profit, considering the time he was obliged to keep them. These horses were of the best description, and two of them were now alive in the regiment to answer for themselves. The affidavits of Colonel Fenwick and others were produced in support of the application. The Court granted a rule to show cause. rAll O. ELTHINSTONZ. The facts of this case were before the Court on Saturday last, when the plaintiff was nonsuited. Mr. Common SznosaxT this day moved for a rule to show cause why the nonsnit should not be set aside, and a new trial granted. The learned Sergeant went through the details of the case, and contended, that although three years had elapsed between the commission of the alleged inquiry, and the commencement of proceedings, yet the plaintiff was within the term, as he had begun the action almost immediately after the arrival of the defendant in this country. The imprisonment began in September, 1824, and terminated in August, 1823. The defendant did not come over to England until 1829, and the action was commenced in June of the same year. The learned Sergeant cited numerous acts and statutes in support of his application, but rested more particularly on that of 4 Ann, c. 16.—The Court eventually granted the rule on that statute. HEMBEILT V. AUSTIW. Mr. Sergeant ADAMS applied for leave to show cause shy a ver. dirt should not be entered for the defend.tnt, or why there should not be a new trial The case had been tried before Mr. Baron Gaanow at the last Northampton Assizes, and a verdict found for the plaintiff, with da mages for 501. The action had been bra tight to recover the amount of charges by the plaintiff for the cure of a pauper of the parish of Faringlow, who had received an injury front the kick of a cow. The case had been opened under the Apothecaty's Act, and a wit. ness was called to prove that the plaintiff had practised as an apothecary prior to 1815, but that he had subsequently acted as a surgeon. The witness in his examination in chief had preyed this, but on his cross-examination admitted that the plaintiff had been ap prenticed to a water doctor of the name of Manning. Lord TENTERDEX— Water doctor! I never heard of that branch of the profession. Mr. Sergeant ADAK...—It is a phrase very well known in some pots of the country. A very ludicrous some occurred in the cross-exnmination of this witness. It appeared that the pauper had been attended by the plaintiff, from September 8, 1892, until May 8, 11124, when he was removed to the parish in which the plaintiff lived, and was under his care. The cure was at length effected in December, 1895, and the plaintiff's bill sent in, amounting to 881.75. Gd, t h e being there made for dressing, 2a. Gd. Thus charge appea re d k . three hundred and sixty.five days in one year, and *earl)• ill, • hundred in the next. The point he had raised was, that the usr ought to be treated as a surgical case. After some discussion, the Court granted a rule for a new ins) COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, APRIL 30. ROAMER V. 111/11111E. This wu an action tried at the Sittings preceding Tern) at (hall hall, before the Chief Justice, and was brought upon a policy insurance effected upon a ship, called the Sir Gcdfrey \rebut', 1001. when a verdict was returned for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant TADDY moved that the verdict obtained in th, e ease be set aside, and a new trial granted. The Learned Serge ar . recapitulated the circumstances of the case, and contended that the verdict wu in direct opposition to the evidence given upon the trial when it was proved that the vessel could have been repair e d at price that ought to have been expended upon her, by doing wine!. she could have returned to England, earned her freight, and the•, ulthnately, sold for the benefit of the persons concerned in her. N.: case of necessity was made out, and so far the verdict was in opp a . titian to the evidence. The Learned Sergeant stated other ground's of objection to the verdict. The Court granted a rule to show cause. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOWSTREET. Yesterday Lord William Lennox appeared before Sir R. BIR NI 1. charged by a footman, named Thomas Price, in the service o. Capt. Simpson, of No. l, John-street, Bedford-row, with an ammo The complainant stated that he was with his master's carriage oz. Thursday evening at Covent-garden Theatre, and the carriage al, waiting near the stage-door, when a man, who was seated the box of a yellow landau,i called out to Captain Situpsor'. coachman to drive off and make room for him. The enachnis_ refused, and at that moment, Lord Lennox, who proved to he tl.. proprietor of the landau, came out from the stage-door, m peremptorily repeated the order for Captain Simpson cue,. man to drive away. A refusal was again given, and an alterezlio. having taken place, his Lordship told the complainant he wz , , liar. Complainant replied, “If you say lam a liar, I tell you, to are a liar for saying so ;" upon which the Noble Lord seized him by the collar and struck him a blow with a cane. Lord Lennox, in defence, said t he was irritated by the ahthir , conduct of the complainant, and called him an impertinent felliia upon which the complainant told him he was a har, and then certainly gave him a cut with his Me. Mr. 'Wood, the vocalist, and Lord Lennox's coachman. corrabu rated this defence; and Sir R. BIRKIE dismissed the warrant, ob. serving that the complainant might, if he chose, indict his Lord.!iii at the Sessions. MARLBOROUGH.STREET. EITENSIWZ ROBlBERT.—Efixabeth Grey, a ACT% afft, WAS t.,— terday charged with stealing two rings, two brooches, and a !rug quantity of other articles, the propertj of her muter, :11t. Wm. Elk-. a jeweller, Burlington Arcade. She was fully committed for trial. CURIOUS CASE or BIGAMY.—On Thursday evening a fashion. ably-dressed female, of the name of Sarah Barnard, was brough before Mr. CortaxT by Avis, charged with having intern - writ. with a gentleman of the name of Currey during the life of her forme: husband. Mr. Wooler attended for the defendant, and a solicitor on t:ir part of the prosecution. Mr. Barnard, a brother to the first husband, deposal that in year 1805 the prisoner was married to his brother. After they had been married about six months his brother, from some cause whir he could not acco u nt for, went to sea, and for a period of fourtec. years he had never heard whether he was living or dead : nor was able to say at present if he were living. He knows the female to !,• the same that was married to his brother. Mr. Corctus—Were you present at the marriage ? Witness—l was not. Here three certificates were handed in to Mr. Conant relatin: t • three different marriages which the female had contracted, nanah the one of 1806, a subsequent one, the husband in which case dead, and the one with the prosecutor, which took place upon th, 13th March, 1810, in the parish church of St. Mary, Newington. Mr. Wooler—As you were not present at the marriage of y,t • brother, you cannot say that this person is the same woman. Witness-1 have no doubt as to her being the person. Mr. IVooller—How do you know that they were married Witness—Because I heard my brother say so, and also the f, male. Independent of these circumstances I have seen my brother and the prisoner in bed together. Mr. IVooller--Seeing them in bed does nut prove the marriage. Witness—They have both repeatedly stated that they wt:: married. Mr. Wooller contended that there was no evidence to affect ti female. That she had lived with a person of the name of Barnard was very probable, but still that act did not prove her being • ntr. tied woman; or if she were the other party had produced no ev:. dents to show that Barnard was alive at the period when she eec. tracted the marriage with Mr. Currey. This observation of Mr. Wooller led to a long discussion, in the course of which it was stated that the reason for this proceeding or:- ginated from Mr. Currey refusing to pay the sum of 621. per year to his wife for her maintenance. It appeared that after they had up.. rated, that Mr. Currey came into possession of property to the va. lue of 40,0001. in the county of Sussex, and which led Mr.. Bar. nard. alias Currey, to institute proceedings in the ecclesiastical cour: for a maintenance. After a long-protracted cause, the above tour ordered Mr. Currey to pay the above sum to the defendant for her support, besides keeping a daughter which the female had by him, as her husband, in clothes, and supporting net at school. Tilt allowance to the female, however, has not been paid up regularly. and a short time since the female sued out a writ, when Mr. Currey I paid the amount claimed over to the sheriff of Sussex, in whose hands the money is at present impounded to wait the decision et the Court of King's Bench. Upon these facts being stated, and the evidence being Wow: 7 plete, 111 r. CONANT remanded the case ; at the same time he would take bail for the appearance of Mrs. Barnard on Tuol;.:. next. MARY.LA-BONNE. Yesterday &heard Stockman, the bruiser, known in the ring at the " lively kid," was fined 51. for assau.ltiug Gould Knight, a con. stable of the new police. Thursday night, Knight being on duty in Lissm-grove, saw a woman ill-treated by the defendant. Knight interfered, and tole Stockman he was his prisoner. Stockman gave Knight a violent blow, and, saying, " Do you think I'll be taken into custody by a thing like you ?" ran into a house of ill-fame kept by one Jouphs Knight pursued him into the kitchen, but, there being no light in it. Stockman escaped, and left his hat behind, and came voluntarily te the office yesterday morning to answer the charge.—Stockman not sufficient to pay the tibe, and he was placed under the care et Keys, the gaoler, until he could obtain it. BIRTH. At the Parsonage, Walton le Dale, the lady of the Rev. R. li Feilden, of a daughter. MARRIED. At St. Martin's church, H. Arbuthnot, Ebq. second son ox Right Hon. C. Arbuthnot, to the lady Charlotte Rachel Scott daughter of the Earl of Clonmell.—At St, John's, Hacknry. J. Cates, of Margaret-street, Cavendish-square, to Elizabeth. • • cond daughter of the late Mr. Francis Rain. DIED. 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