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LAW REPORT. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WESTMINSTER, Jim 11. MURPHY T. MACKLIN. This was an action of trover to recover back certain article., which were se zed in execu ion by the defend. ant under an excessive distress. The plaintiff is a boot maker, and resided at the time in question in Denman k court, Strand. The defendant is a broker and •aticti.neer, and acted on the p.m of another broker, named Daniels. in levying the distress, the latter having been employed by the l•ndlord to do so, there being the sum of 81. due to him for rent. Daniels, it apreared, was ill at the time, and died shortly after. The landlord, whose name is Freeland, gave positive orders to seize ev, ry article on the premises, and leave nothing what ever be' ind. Mr. SCARLETT, in stating the case to the Jury, said, that such wax the rigour with which the defendant pro ceeded in the execution of his . cluty, that he not only rook away the children's clothes, but even the sauce. pan coataining the potatoes that were to be boiled for their food. The plaintiff's son, a very intelligent little boy, de. scribed minutely the articles that were sold, as also those that were not. The produce of the sale amounted to 1 11. IBs, and one of the plaintiff's witnesses estimated the while value of the goods seized at between 201. and ;01. Among the articles not sold, or accounted for, s was a pictnee, or rather a piece of needle-work, which the plaintiff's wife ptized very highly, as it had been executed by a Lady v. ith'whom she had formerly lived as servant, and she was' most anxious to get it back; but this, with several other articles, could not be ob untied, though the amount of the sale exceeded that for which the distress had been levied. The d: fence set up wa4, that all the articles seized were sold, with the exception of a poker aril a pair of tongs, which were returced. The plaintiff's receipt for the balance of 4s. and also for the poker and tongs, were likewise produced, and Freeland, the landlord, being called, said he thought he had behaved to the Plaintiff with great kverty (lenity) in the whole business. Mr. ScAnuezz, in his reply, contended that the plaintiff had given the receipt in utter ignorance of the circumstances of the sale, and that the mode of obtaining it by the defendant was nothing but a fraud. The Learned Counsel then animadverted in strong termscin the severity with which the plaintiff had been treated, and said, that the Jury should estimate the value of ti:e unsold articles at a liberal' amount, con sidering the difficulty which a pour working bo maker must have ha.! in getting them together. They might allow a specific sum for the picture, which sum the plaintiff would return in the event of the picture being rost. , red. 'the Lone CHIEF JUSTICE said, the plaintiff's case was clearly made out, and the Jury might adopt the suggestion of the Learned Counsel re‘petting the picture. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 131. allowing five pounds fur the picture. SCALES V. HADSON AND 11 I 111). This was an action to recover compensation from the defendants, for damage done the plaintiff's cattle, by certain noxious matter thrown by them into a stream s hich communicated with certain ponds in the plain tiff s grounds. The parties to this action occupied lands contiguous to each other in the neighbourhood of Old Furd, Strat ford le-Bow. Their grounds were watered by a com mon stream, which, alter passing through the de fendants brick-field, discharged itself through a field of the plaintiff into his fieh-pond. The cause of coo. plaint arose from the defendants having permitted quantity of the residuum of gas matter ill be shot in a pit which adjoined the stream, and which was alleged to have poisoned the water. As to damage, theplaintirs son proved that a quantity of fists. which he valued at 1.51. or t l .Ol. dieJ, and that the plaintiff was obliged to remove his caul.- into a mown grass field at consider• able disadvantage. Fur the defence, an attempt was made to show at the aeliees matter might have been emerged in the WWII is the smug td some other persons. The cause was proceeding in when • The Loma Cour Jessica interfered, and suggested that die amount of damage might be better inquired out than in Court. This suggestion was acceded to, and a verdict for nominal Is. map*, subject to a reference, was taken for the plaintiff. MERCED V. LEACH. The plaintiff is an attorney, and the action was br( ught to recover the balance due on his bill. for de fending three actions brought against the defendant by Olive Princess of Cumberland. Mr. SCARLETT, kr the plaintiff, having called wit nesses to prove that the work, had been done, and the plaintiff's bill of costs duly delivered, the Jury, there being no defence, immediately, under his Lordship's direction, returned a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages 38/. 19s. 10d. MERLIN V. ABBOTT. The plaintiff is a teacher of French, and brought this scion to recover a Wm of upwards of 701. for lessons given to the defendant's 'daughter. Thera• was no de fence: but in consequence of Miss Fanny Abbott, the young Lady, not appealing on her subr.cena, the plain tiff was unable to prove the number of lessons, and was therefore obliged to submit to teceive a verdict with 3a.damages, being the sum which the defendant, ithout however disputing the correctness of the plain tiff's demand, had promised to pay an the only occasion on which the plaintiff's attorney had seen him. D4I6IIIIOIMS OF LIARRIETTZ WILSONeSTOCKDALE V. ONWIIYN. Mr. F. Pou.omt opened the pleadings. The plaintiff was possessed of the copytight of a work calle.l Me moirs of Harriette Oiisou, which the defendant had pirated, by printing and selling divers copies ot the work. Alr. BROUGHAM said the action was brought by Mr. Stockdale, a bookseller and publisher, to recover a compensation in damages for the infringement of his copyright in the book whiclr his Learned Friend had, iist named. The Jury were aware that several Acts had passed, and particularly the 54th of the late King, tr , r the protection of copyright. The 54th of George ILI. gave to persons, si hose copyright was invad d, the right of action. Alt the plaintiff in such a case had to &to was to slew he had that tight, and it it could be proved that another had pirated it, the light ot action was given him as the means of obtaining damages.-- He should be able to prove the pit acy in this instance. Tie very . title-page ot the wink published by the de fendant sheaved it was a copy verbatim. It stilted that the work, originally published at seven shillings, was sold by the defendant at four shillings. The object wa, to thew' the work was sold by Mr. Stockdale at seven ahillings, and that, the defendant • lisd published a fru. siorile, which he sold at ftAir shillings. Ay. Onwh}n did tint deny the copyright sv.is . with Mr. StockdAle, bat, he said, true it is I have been Suitt} of All elegdi act, but I have also been guilty of another clime. which will not permit you (the plaibtifl) to recover : in your action—some parts of the work ate libellous, - ani some licentious and indecent, therefore you cannot sOpport an action founded upon right in such a work.' A more indecent defence coold not be set up. Was p man to avail himself of the licentiousness of a won for the purpose of injuring another ? It might be conceded that it was an indecent work, but the Jury should beware hbw they suffered his Leas ned Friend, Mr. Scsrlett, to run away with their season upon that point, because the best way to propag lie the indecency would be to encourage such offences. Let Mr. Onwityn sell it at half price, and the indece cy would find a wider circu lation. W:;h respect to the work containing indecent matter, he could only say it had been published one year and no indictment had been preferred against it, therefore it was not declared a libel. Tee Loin Cum Jusries.—lt has been here, Mr. Brougham. Not this number, my Lord. The question was upon , another number. Nothing libellous had been proved against the work, and it would be remarkable if the deience to be made could succeed. As his Learned F. lend would not allow him an opportunity to address ilie Jury again, he should remind them that it had been held in another Court (Chancery) that works of that kind were not the subject of prosecution. An objec.ton was taken in the Court of Chancery, in ex-parte Murray, and the Lord Chancellor said, the question being one that related to an irreligious work, he could not inter. fete, but left the party to his remedy at law. That decision certainly could not interfere wi.h the 'Wit to support this action. The Loan Cum, Jessica—There is no such authority wanting in this cause, provided it be such as is described. Mr. BROUGHAM then said it would be hard, in his opinion, to say, if these should be one or two loose pas sages in the work, that it was a licentious book, and therefore an action could not be sustained. Some of the best works in the English language sv , :uld be found, if examined n;cely, to contain licentious passages. Some of the ancient writers, and many of the most esteemed modern author., would have no protection against publishers, if their works were to be too closely examined. He should not mention Ce names of books, but only remand the Jury generally, how mail excel lent books aould be unprotected, in case the defence offered that day could be supported. It would only be necessary for him to prove the right of the plaintiff in the work, and then he should be mititled to a verdict. . Mr. Jeremiah Box Stockdale, the son of the plaintiff, said, he assisted his father in the business of a bookseller. The %fitness had the manuscript of he Memoirs of Harriette Wilson. He had seen the book often in the possession of his father. It was printed, published, and sold by his father, who corrected the press. It was first published by his father (manuscript produced). He did not know who wrote it; his father had written in it; lie did not know that his father was a Member for the Stip pression of Vice. Wiliam Smith practiced the Memoirs 4' Harriette lawn, pur chased on the 6th of March, from Mr. Onwhyn ) in his shop. Cross-examined by Mr. SCARLETT—The book was the life of a woman of the town (a courtesan), and de scribed her lovers. In page 121 there was a passage respecting Miss Wilson meeting Mrs. Porter. Mrs. Porter said she would procure Harriette Wilson forl2o guineas. In page 129 there was an account . of . the interview of a person named Julia with a Mr. Cotton. Some parts of the book were indecent. It mentioned the names of many distinguished persons. In page 8 there was a statement that a father eodeavourici to pm vail on this girl to live with his son. . Mr. SCARLETT, in directing the attention nets to the passage alluded to, said, "I will not mention the name. 1 will not do as Mr. Stockdale hat dons : invent a falsehood and attach a name to it, in . order to give it circulation." His Lamour then addressing Mr. Brougham, observed, he was clearly of opinion, that the book in question was one in which the law would not allow any man to have a right. The law will not recognise this work, which professes to be the history of a Courtesan. _ . . Mr. &ALUM said, that very point had struck him, and he should ham mentioned it, to save the literature of•this country from a general slander. The Loan Cintr Josmes—Call the plaintiff. • Mr. Baotramx intimated that he shouki move to set aside the summit. The Loon Cuter Jones said that course was °p.n. The plaintiff was then nonsuited. LONDON SESSIONE.....TheSe Sessions commenced yes. terday, before the-Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, R. CORWIN, Sheriffs, &c. The Court were occupied nearly the whole of the day in swearing the Members of the Court of Common Council, Police Officers, &c. after which the Grand Jury were sworn, and the RECORDER delivered his charge to them. Several cases of assault were disposed of, none of which possessed any interest. A CHRISTENIND—Sanday, the Rector of a Parish in Somersetshire was duly apprised by the clerk that there was to be a christening after the service ; and at the appointed hour the Clergyman repaired to the font, where he found two men and tao women, all of whom had long ago reached their «years of discretion," hut alio, on this occasion, proved their deficiency in ;ano ther faculty of the mind; for, when the Clrrgynt in en quired upon which of the party he was to pet form the ceremony ? one of the men turned round, and with a most sagacious look, esclaimed, " Dan; U. Dame, if we hin't deft the child at whom !''—The Dame's re .spoir e was, "ZO we av, zure enough!" and the Clergy. man was obliged to . wait until one of the party brought the child from a neighbouring farm-house. An Inquest was yesterday held ai the Red Lion, Prince's-street, Westminster, on the bodies of the two unfortunate young men who were drowned by the break ing cf the ice on the Canal, in Si. Ja me,'s P. , k, as stated in our last; when, after an attentive consideration of the cases, the Jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death. Neither of the bodies have been owned. An Inquest was yesterday• held at the King's Head, Chelsea, on the body of the Rev. J. Bfoa n, an Ameri can Loyalist, aged 78, lately re.iding in St. George's row. Mrs. Pether, housekeeper to the deceased, de scribed him as being very feeble. Sunday forenoon she was alone with hits in the house,.and haw i tig quitted the town to prepare for dinner, she on her return found him lying on the stove; she instantly drew him off, and emptied two pitchers of water on his burning clothes: he then revived a little, and she iirocured aid. Mr. Perry, a surgeon, sai he ach.inisteted the usual applications to the nolo' tunate- Gentleman, who ap peared sensible, but incapable of speech. Ar; latt ;lic deceased %idled to imputeasegligence to the hou-e -keeper, to whom he had bequeat!eed his propert„•wh;ch appeared to be only about 291. the whole of hi, incume being an annual pension al PAC from (i.avernment, but the Jury warmly repelled the assertion, and teturned L net Jict of Asciti.ntal Death. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —Aso— GUILDHALL. 1 Since August last, Mimes. Wiltshire and Massey, Manchester ' W arelsow.emen, in Cbeapside, have been missing cottons and prints, p ' sometimes a dozen pieces in a week; Harrison, the Marshalman, , watched the premises without effect for some days, and several persons were dismissed, but the system of robbery continued in full activity until last week, when a Nina. Johnston, of Great Sutton street,called anti informed Mr. W that she had discovered her lodger. i a Mrs. Morris, a fortune teller, had been in the habit of receiving , goods stolen from their warehouse, by Mrs Buchanan, their conk ' and housekeeper : that Mrs. Morris told her she used to fetch the / goods away wrapped round her body under her clothes; tear the pieces into lengths for garments, pledge the kngths at different pawnbrokers and burn the duplicates. Morris and Buchanan were . in consequence apprehended, and in the apartments of the former, fifty-six duplicates were found, but non: of them tutned out to re late to the property stolen. Mondry morning, Mr. Wiltshire and , his partner called on their housekeeper in the Compter, and en quired what had become of half a dozen silver spoons, and two table cloths? She replied, they should be restored to hint, as alms two sheets, which be had not missed. Here he was called aside by the Governor of the Prison, who cautioned him against urging the prisoner to further confession. Ott that and the following evening, some man, unknown, brought the articles in a parcel directed to Mrs. Buchanan, which he left at the Compter, without. saying a word, and the property was subsequently placed in she hands of the Officer for Mr. W. Mrs. Buchanan had stated to the tutek.-ys that she had lent these articles. Mrs. Johnson repeated her statement before the Alderman, and said Morris had an extraordinary influence over her own sex, and nothing could withstand her insinuating address. She had nearly stripped her of her property, and although she earned by fortune telling more money in a day than she had to support herself and six children for a week, Morris always appeared to he in distress; she used to receive money or goods indiscriminately in payment, and she once saw a young Lady send her gold framed eyeglass off her ,neck to the pawnbroker's, to raise 10s. for the pr.soner. Sometimes she dealt in charms, one of which had the reputed virtue to enable the possessor to command the gratification of any wish whatever: it was-composed of powdered coal, and the drug called dragon's blood, well saturated with lavender water, and sewed up iu flannel shaped like a heart. This was to be worn next the skin. Mr. Payne, the Batrister, on the 'part of the prosecutors, urged the committal of the prisoners—Morris on her confession to her landlady, and Buchanan on her confession to her master Averting the spoons. They were again remanded. BOW-STREET. A COACHMAN'S bloomy.—The driver of 784, was summoned by a Mr. Tilliard, a Gentleman residing in Guildford-streer, for re fusing to take a fare when required. The defendant, on his name being called, immediately pleaded guiltf. Sir R. Maxis requested that Mr. T. would state the circum stances of the case, that he might know what course to adopt to wards him. The complainant then made the following remarkable statement :—On the preceding evening he, in company with three young Ladies and his infant daughter, having been to the dress-boxes of Covent-garden Theatre, at the conclusion of the performance. entered the coach of the defendant. He was desired to drive to Guildford -street, the residence of Mr. Tilbard. That Gentleman. being engaged in conversation, 41d not observe the road the coach was going lot some time. When he thought he had nearly arrived at his journey's end, he looked out of the window, and to his great astonishment perceived that he was in a stable yard. lie called to the coachman, and was informed the latter was at home. and there fore he should go no further. Mr. T. was peremptory. The coach man then said," Oh, I am a man of reason; its contrary to Act of Parliament to go with a fare after twelve o'clock at night." lie then opened the door, and obliged them to leave the coach. Mr. Tilliard, after walking some time, at length found himself in Soho square. He at length procured a coach' in Oxford -street, and set out again for his house. The coachman had proceeded some yards, when he was stopped suddenly by some person. Mr. T. looked out, and perceived it to be the former coachman, who had followed him, and with boisterous voice and gestures, exclaimed, " I arrest that coach ; the Gentleman inside has robbed me; be has not paid me my fare." After some use of the whip, and with the assist ance of the vratthman, he was removed, and the party allowed to proceed. jalironß. Bums animadverted in very strong terms on the gross duct of the defendant. A poor woman, who described herself as the wife of the latter, requested, that, on her account and that of • his family, his Worship 1 1 would be lenient in his sentence. Air RICHARD, after consulting some time, said, that in considera. Hoke"( what abe had said, and that the innocent might not suffer for the guilty, he would remit half the fine be intended to make him pay; and directed that he *should be lined 30s. and the costs. • HATTON-G ARDEN. • • • Mr. Terence kr Grath, an elderly Gentleman, who, to aid in the general diffusion of knowledge, has lately come over from Bull-alley, Dublin, to establish a seminsity In Cow-cross, SenithAeW, for the cultivation of the colony on lii, applied at the office for redress, under circumstanossamierially obstructing the advance of ljterature in these enlightnnad dates._ It appears from kir. 31 6 Grath's statement, that be bad purchased foe two pounds," the good-kill" of a school-room on the third Door of a house in Cow. cross, from a Gentleman who had kept an modems there. The applicant gave 30s. for the benches and tables in the room, and with a rent of two shillings a week, be commenced his arduous task. He was, however, only engaged in this occupation three days, and with bat two A-altar*, when to his =tenement, the landlord entered the premises, seized upon forms, tables, books, dtc. leaving nothing behind him but scraps of old copy books and readings nude say— a complete " radii indigestaque moles." Oo remonstrating with the landlord on such unciassical conduct, he illiterately told him, that he carried off the articles to pay for arrears of rent due by lir. Terence 's predecessor. What Terence particularly lamented was, the loss of his own note book, which contained many " cruxerand conundrums for his skollards," which he could never get answered. (This probably arose from their being his own invention.) As to the forms, they were only mentioned prefirme. as a boy could learn his lesson standing; or perhaps, " stanc,pede in uno," but the loos of the tables was what grieved him, and he wished to know if he could turn them on the landlord ? Mr. kl`Grath was iuformed that it was a case in which the Magistrates could not interfere, and that it was doubtful if any other Court could Live him redress as to his tables. He then re tired, taking the hint if he commenced any proceedings, Solventur rise tabula—Tu missus abibis." MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Fawns M4IISLIGIC3...rAn elderly female, named Mary 111 1 Knight, came before the Alagistrate for the purpose of making an affidavit under the following circumstances : Her daughter, who resided in France, was about to be married to a native of that country, but the Cori was prevented by the French-law from solemnizing the marriage, until the consent of the parents of the female was ob tained. She (applicant) had given her consent to the union, and the factlad been stated that she had been separated from her bus baud for rawly years, and knew pot where to find him, or whether he was alive or dead. This assertion was not deemed satisfactory, and the marriage was postponed until she prepared art affidavit, wherein she was required to swear to the truth of ber husband having deserted her, and that she was unable to discover his place of resioence.— Mr. Draa said, he was net aware that the laws of France required suck a document; but he would sign the affidavit, in the hope that it would remove any impediment to the young woman's marriage. UNIO\•HALL. Yesterday, 3. S. CALDWELL, Esq. recently appointed Police ilQa• gistrate for the district comprising the borough of Southwark and Eau Half-huudred of Brixton, took his seat on the Bench at the Office in his official capacity. A weaver named William Slieelsy, in the employment of Blesus. Wilson and Co. lace and silk manufacturers, of Streatham, was brought up under the authority of a warrant, for absconding from his work, leaving it in an unfinished state, and soinmitted for one month to Brixton. A man named Drown, who was employed in taking out beer for Mr. Day, landlord of the sign of the Bee Hive public-house, in Warner-street, Southwark, was charged with robbing his employer in the following mamma : Some time ago Mr. Day took the prisoner into his service, upon discharging a person by whom he had been robbed. He told the ' prisoner of the facts against the discharged man, strongly impress ing upon his mind, accuiding to the old proverb, that "honesty was the best policy," and desiring bins, should be be in want of money, to ask and• he should have it ; notwithstanding the libera lity of his master, •the prisoner had not been many weeks in his service, when it was discovered that he was as great a thief as the fellow whom he succeeded. Ou Monday last, the prisoner was scut Jilt to the custunisirs with a tray containing nineteen pots of beer. Lie returnodafter having delivered them, stating that none of the customers paid Inns. I loweesfi, upon enquiry, it vrasascer tairtmi that he w.al . paid for the quantity of beer taktm out by him, and upon the diKovery, tor his •ingranrude, Mr. Day had hits .prrehei:dsti. The Magistrate% en beating the above facts, intn.ediately com muted the prisoner for tri.d, ob , ereing that be was a Pub jog w.-11 deserving of severe punishment. LAMDITTII STREET. J4VERILE DEPREDATORS —Yesterday four TDURVETTS, 'three of whom are not yet thirteen and the other not eleven year• of age, hut who, though tender in years. ate far 'advanced in the carrot of crime, haying been frequently brn.ight up to 'his office on various charges.of felony conimirecitr_juAtighbourbtostl, were placed a t the bar. before chi presi.ling Magistrates, Messrs. ilastuoscte and WYATT, for final ekan►inatinn, under the following circumstances: It appeared that on Thursday w tug last a pane of Oita in the shop window of Mr. Dicker, a pawnbroker, residing in Three (Vt. street, Lintehou.e, was broken throngl► by the mode which in the .lang vocabulary is called " starring the glaze." and a quantity of foreign coin, consisting of Spanish dnllars and jots, stolen there. from. The prisoners being observed lurking about Mr. Dicker'. house, suspicions became excited, and on their next appearance, which was on the day after the rubbery had been committed ) thee ssere given in charge to Adams, a constable. who hrought Upota to this ~ ffice. On examining their persons, a quantity of money wal found, though not of that description lost by Mr. Dickers. While the foregoing statement was giving, the prisoners exhi bited the greatest levity and hardihood, and were uniformly strewed in new suits of clothes and hats, procured, no doubt, as the Magis trate (Mr. WYATT) observed, for the.porpose of making their idea. thy more difficult of proof. Mr. Dickers was present during the investigation, but though, as he said, he felt convinced of the prisoners' criminality, yet he could not swear that they were actually the persons who had corn. witted the robbery. The klagistrates, on this, called on them to-account for the pos. session of the motley found on their persons; which they not t5...,g able to do in a utisfactery manner, they were cor•.victed under II:: Police Act, and sentenced to three months hard labour at the • WORSHIP-STREET. Poe STUALINGI. Yesterday, a young woman, appar.,lftty net more than fourteen yeas of age. was brought. before Mr. BeNtiv, fur re-examination, upon the charge of stealing two pins, the pro. perty of Mr. Watts, proprietor of the Angel and Crown puhlic house, St. Agnes le Clair, Oldstreet.road. It appeared Mr. Watts serves a large weed factory belonging to Mr. Bull, with beer, and on last -Mtinday morning, the prisoner, while passing by the factory, and the gate bring open, she per ceived some pots lying in the yard ; she deliberately waked i and lifted the pots, which she concealed under her Clothes; isi.d walked off. Mt. Dull, who happened to be in the premises, Iwo , the transaction, and he called out to a workman, nanird John Harris, to follow and take her into custody. Harris did so, an 4 handed her to Attfield, the officer, who brought her before the Magistrate. She at first refused giving her address, but the officer succeeded in obtaining it from her. Attfield then repaired to the residence of the prisoner's mother, at No. 13, ingrantli-building% where he found a large tin pan, which, from its appearance, bore evident marks that it had recebtly been u•ed in melting pewter, and the officer had no doubt but that the mother encouraged her in the commission of the crime. The prisoner was then ordered to be brought up yesterday, when Mr. Watts attended, and identified the pots as his property.—She was committed to the Sessions, and the parties held over to prosecute. Two young men named Henley and Wright were brought before Mr. Bittaarr for final examination, charged withillit commission of a robbery on the premises of Messrs. betray and Cuthill, silk-ma nufacturers, of Prince's -street, Spitalfields, and committed. MARY-LA BONNE. ElilltaLl34lol7.—Yesterday. Mr. Witham Harris, managing clerk, in the firm of Messrs. Gorin and Price, ,solicitors of Or chard-street, Portman•square, was charged before 'Air. llawt.tx. sox, with embezzlement. . _ Ii appeared that the prisoner had . men entrusted with £9, to settle an account of assessed taxes, in behalf of a client or his employer, which mint be did not pay, but appropriated to his own use. The prisoner admitted having received cask fur a cheque given him to the amount stated ; but was advised not to persist in that admission, as there were other charges against biol. It was afterwards alleged that he had not paid certain fees,, for which he had also received the money. Prisoner (clasping his hands)—Commit me at once. I *emit all the fees on the writings I never paid. ip.►-make short work of it, I beseech you. Mr. ILawantsou—Short work of it ! I really must say that ea pressioo is not proper for you at this moment. Prisoner (hastily and agitated)—lt is my feeling, Sir. nothing more. lam aware of my degradation, and want it terminated as soon as possible. Mr. Goths, •hewing his cause paper to the Magistrate, applied for permission to be allowed to visit the prisoner in gaol, as he being his managing man, he possessed information of importance to the interests of his clients. Mr. Ramat/sort said, it was rather unusual for a prosecutor to visit a prisoner; hut if the interview was entirely confined to the interests of Mr. Gor in's clients, he had no ohis-ction. Prisoner—ls everything to be pressed against nit ?--lr that be the case, Mr. Gorin's visits to me will produce no information. Mr. Gorin said he had not pressed anything. Prisoner—Yes, you have raked up all those other cases, and as 'punishment appears to be your obizet, I must beg time before I answer any question. The prisoner was remanded till Monday next. • SURREY SESSIONS, JAN. 11.—The Court was o-en pied duting the whole of the day, and to an advanced hour in the evening, in hearing appeals, but none of them were of any particular interest. DOCILITY OF THR House.—At the table of a Gen tleman in the vicinity of Sunning, Berk:, a few days since, the conversation happening to turn on the docility of the bi ute creation, the worthy host offered a wager, which was instantly accepted, that his ,favoutite hunter would, at his request, quit his quarters in the stable, and follow him into the dining-room. Ile forthwith went to the stable, disencumbered the ani mal of the head-stall which confined him to his post at the manger, and returned to the company cl.:sely attended by his quadruped friend Not contented with this display, he proceeded to his bed-room, whither also he was followed by the horse, whose docility was the theme of every tongue, and the object of universal admiration. Here, however, the proots of his obedient disposition ended, for neither entreaty nor force could prevail upon him to descend the stairs. and in the bed room he insisted upon passing the night. In the morn ing he manifested the same determination nit to retrace his steps, and after all means of entreaty and intimida tion had been in vain resorted. to, his master was com pelled to have a breach made in the wall, through which this docile steed was forced to leap upon the ground, where a load of straw had bees spread to re• ceive him. The descent was accomplished in safety. but owing to the trouble and expense occasioned by the visit, it is not expected that the horse will be invited beyond the parlour in future. BIRTH& Sunday, at Beverley, the Lady of thelloaeurable A. Macdonald, of a sea. Jan. 7, at Lord Carysfort's, in zabeth Wells, of a son. the Lady Eli• DIED. Nudity, at his haat at Rielsnsond, Sir David Dandss, Bart Serjeant Surgeso to the King. Jan. 7, at the Deaner", Litchfield, aged $O, Mrs. Woodhouse, wife of the Very Rev. the Dean of that Cathedral. 11.4.114—TH1S DAI. MILS. SOIL 1 • Prawn 2 0 %womb .16 oulls • 1 0 0 1 0 Dubila Waterfwe'd Guernsey sadism, 0 21 Flanders 0 %isnot 0 • 'Buenos Ayres • 0 Gottenburgb 0 0 Amanita 0 1 Malta 0 1 Jamaica 0 1 Holland • 0 Leonard Islands 0 410 MOW WAT Sit at LON DON. b " t . ► . K KWh Morning 3d tninutr s after 4 Afternoon 14 =Wotan atm; S ..opitxm Prenad and PubNadaNl I" J. P. liiPiLv 01 , 1148 Su I s l':cketk nate, Tempiolar I I