Star. — London, England, 1830-11-15 00:00:00

LA W REPORTS. KING'S BENCH, Nov. 15. ( I.efute Lord Chief Justice TENT EILDEN and Messrs. Justices JAMES PARK. TAUNTON. and PATTERSON. IN RE Tr , SKINS AND 0. HERS. A motion was made to their Lordship Mr a new trial, upon certain affidavits, exhibited by the defendants in this cause. The circumstances of the action arose out of an assault alieged to have been committed by Mr. H. Temkin. aid ax other individuals, at a vestry meeting of the parish of Berwick upon-Tweed. It appears that the right of electing churchwardens had always been elaitm ti anti ex.acised by the Thayor and corporation of the town, but the u clot anti !iaciehioners having resolved to dispute this power, elected two other churcherratlens, who, in the execution of their office. nail ronvened a vestry to be holden in the parish Church, Feb. 1830, for tne purpose of making a vote, and for the dispatch of business can. arena' with the parish. The .layor and corporation, in the mean time, had exercised their assumed right. said had also appointed two church wardens, one of whom was the defendant Tomkins. On the day that the meeting was called, the defendant, Tomkins, with a number of others, not rate-payers, appeared, and insisted upon being ad mitted into the Church. The constables refused to admit them indis criminately, but the corporation churchwardens setting the example, forced their way into the church, and disturbed the meeting. The meeting having been dissolved, it was turther alleged that a mob con. : intent to follow and insult the officers: and one of them, named Holme, a tweed into a ditch. Mr. Temkin. was close by when this outrage was perpetrated. The whole seven defendants having bean parties to the disturbance, were indicted at Berwick, and found guilty. The WORT having heard the grounds upon which a new trial was rayed, were of opinion that t.tdEcient reason had not been shewn, and refused the application. The defendants were then placed on the floor of the Court for judg ment. Mr. BROUGHAM addressed a few words on behalf of the prosecu. tun , . observing that the question of the right of electing the church wardens was not now to be determined, but whether the defendants had tot committed a breach of the law by their outrageous conduct ? ;11r. Corzi.ants was heard in mitigation, and a number of affidavits were put in relating to the respectability and character of the defendants. The Loon CHIEF JUSTICE, addressing the defendants, remarked that their cases bore a different degree of culpability. The defendants Tomkins and Lyall had been in a manner the instigators of the offence of the other defendants, and therefore the punishment must be pro. portionate. The defendant Tomkins had taken a wrong method, by resorting to violence, in refusing to let the business proceed ; his course ought to have been to have urged his right to the officeof churchwarden at another tribunal, and to have entered his protest against the proceed ings which might have occurred at the vestry. Taking the circum stances of the parties having been some time in custody, into conside ration, the Court inflicted on Mr. Tomkins a fine of 501. on Mr. Lyall a fine of 251. and the otter defendants 40s, each ; to be imprisoned until the respective fines be paid. C4IURT OF EXCHEQUER, SATURDAY. SITTINGS IN 1:11110R.—The KING V. Woon.—This case, re. ‘.rved for the opinion of the Judgrs by Mr. Baron Vaughan, on the western circuit, came on before a full bench yesterday. The circum. .lances arc shortly as follow :—A writ was issued against a person of the of Wood. but without any specification of the christian name. he officer who served it was accompanied by a person who pointed out ihe defendant as the party against whom the writ had been procured. The officer proceeded to make his caption, but, on producing his war rant, and the omission of the christian name having been discovered, 3lr. Wood tefused to be taken, and upon the plaintiff proceeding to a,e force, he presented a pistol and shot him. For this offence he had been tried at the Assizes and found guilty. A justification was pleaded .n the ground of the illegality of the writ.—Mr. Coleridge, for the de f. adapt, submitted that the officeriouligt not to'have persisted in mak. ing the caption upon a writ of that illegal nature. The learned coun sel proceeded to cite cases in point, in which resistance to a caption was justified by an imperfection in the writ. In particular he produced 3 case where the party had resisted the officer, on the ground that he had been described as a knight, when he was of the rank of baronet. The circumstance was held to vitiate the writ. The learned counsel having closed his arguments, the court rose, and judgment was post pones to the next sitting. IIUBLIN, Nov. 12. CRIMINAL INFORMATION. CALLAGHAN V. BALDWIN AND WALSH. Mr. Sergeant GOOLD moved for a criminal information on the part of Mr. Daniel Callaghan, M.P. for the city of Cork, against Herbert Baldwin. M.D. and MrFrancis Walsh. The motion was grounded en Mr. Callaghan's affidavit, which states several circumstances con ree:ad with his first election fur the city, and with the late election, at both of which his return was opposed by the defendants. Mr. Walsh harangued the people against him, on the first election, when he was opposed by Mr. Newenhani, and at the late election, when he was op posed by the hon. Mr. Boyle and Doctor Baldwin, as candidates. Mr. Walsh on one occasion publicly stated that Mr. Callaghan had said, in a conversation with Mr. Coppinger, that he " did not know whether he was a catholic or not ; nor whether he had any religion:;" and as he conceived that Mr. Walsh had stated this with a view to prejudice hint in the opinions of the people, he contradicted it, but without say irg any thing offensive to r. Walsh. Mr. Walsh persisted in his assertion, and he said if Mr. Coppingcr was there lie would also deny it. After this he was waited on by a young gentleman. named Barry. a law student, to request an explanation of what Mr. Walsh regarded as an imputation on his veracity, and he expressed his willingness to repeat his statement on tile bust. logs. alr. Barry withdrew. and his father, the elder Mr. Barry, apolo gised for his son's interftrence. After the election had terminated by his return, he was waited on by Dr. Baldwin, on the part of Mr. Walsh, to demand satisfaction for the alleged offence, aid produced a letter front Mr. Coppinger averring the truth of Mr. Walsh's assertion; he explained as he had before dose, but Dr. Baldwin said he was not an. tistied, and required him to appoint a friend to arrange the affair as was customary; he replied that he had already been waited on by Mr. Barry respecting it, and enquired in what light he was to regard the tomeatinication now made to him ? Dr. Baldwin said the language was well understood by every gentleman and man of honour; he enquired was it his intention to delivers hostile message, and Dr. Baldwin asked lam would he take any legal advantage of it it he dill; he told the Doc tor to act as he thought proper. and the Doctor then withdrew to con sult his friend, after which both the parties repeated the same language, with.mt directly delivering *message. but as lie swore, he believed, with intention to provoke hint to a breach of the peace. by fighting a duel with Mr. Walsh, and he denied having given any provocation. A con. di~‘onal order granted. CRIMINAL INFORMATION. GLYNN V. POWER Mr. Perrin, K. C. applied for a criminal information against Mr. Robert Power, a barrister, for an attempt to provoke a dud with Mr. William Glynn. He moved on the affidavit of the plaintiff, which bt a tul, that the attempt had originated from his having recommended the examination of Mr. Power on an insolvent case in which he was concerned, front a belief that Mr. Power would give fair and useful evidence respecting some circumstances which had given dissatisfaction to the creditors. The occurrcncee was described in the following man ner : —He was passing Essex bridge, Dublin, in company with a Mr. Pickering and a Mr. Corbett, when he was met by Mr. Power, accom panied by two friends. Mr. Power said—" Pickering, who was it that would have me:examined ? " To which he replied, without conceiv ing he had offended, " It was I ;" and Mr. Power all, " Then you're a damned impertinent fellow for so doing." He felt insulted, and said, I'll take other notice of that. Mr. Power;" and Mi. Power replied, "" Only for the law I would wring your nose for you in two minutes." Ile only observed to this, " Would you ? " and Mr. Power said, " I would : you are a coward and a blackguard ; and, as he was taken away by his friends, called out that he was " a dirty fellow. Mr. hllDermott and Mr. Hickson both stated to the court that Mr. Power had already expressed his willingness to make any apology required by the plaintiff and that he regretted the occurrence. His Lordship de sired them to confer with Mr. Perrin out of court, and perhaps they should nor hear any more of the affair. CRIMINAL INFORMATION. LAMBERT V. WALLACE. Mr. Bennett, K. C. applied for a criminal information against Mr. Wallace, on Mr. Thomas Lamberts affidavit, which stated that on the 22d of October last he was proceeding to the Sessions Court in (Jolt to attend his duty as a magistrate, when he was met in the street by Mr. Wallace, who came up, and in an angry voice, shaking a whip as if he would strike him, said :—" I now find you are the person who got me fined ; I have it from the lips of your own man; you are a blackguard, a rascal, and spy ; and you know where to find me;" to which he only replied Very well; it is not the first time you made an apology," and called on a Mr. Blake who was present to ob. serve Mr. Wallace's words. The affidavit went on to state he had not procured the fine complained of, which was imposed at the prosecution of Mr. Dudley Passe, as guardian of Perese, a lunatic, and had not given any provocation for the attempt to induce him to fight a duel. Mr. Justice Burton enquired what was the meaning of the observation of Mr. Lambert its not the first time you made an apology." Mr. Bennett said there was no explanation given. His Lordship then said he would grant a conditional order if Mr. Bennett thought fit to take it subject to the objection of there being no explanatory affidavit of the expression. Mr. Bennett said he would defer taking the order until he had such an affidavit to offer. The petitions agreed to recently in the Edinburgh Assem bly Rooms, foe the irstwediais abolition of negro slavery, have been just closed, after receiving about 25,800 signatures. The petitions for gradual abolition were signed by about 1080 individuals. MIDDLESEX .IDJOURNED SESSIONS, Nov. 3 PAROCHIAL ALLEGED PECULATIONS, 31ILE-END OLD-TOWN PARISH. A petition was presented against the accounts rendered by the officers of this parish for the year 1829. One objection was, that 265. per bushel had been paid for oatmeal to Mr. fluffier, who happens to be a trustee, whereas the market value was only 10s, Mr. Ourrier explained that there was an error in the bill, and that the quantity really supplied in each instance was two bushels. A sum of 241. 4s. 6d. for printing party-statements was disallowed. Another charge was. that they had employed the paupers at their own houses, without accounting to the parish for their labour. Also, that they had not accounted for 291. as. received as fine-money, from persons refusing to serve as parish officers. Thr Town Clerk said the money had been paid to the churchwardens, but what they had done with it, he could not say. No one else attempted to explain the matter. It was also objected that the churchwardens and overseers had distributed enormous sums at their houses during the period of their serving the said offices, and which were not set forth or explained in the said accounts, nor the names or the descriptions of the parties specified, to whom it was given. Mr. APOLPHUS said, the money given away in this manner was charged some weeks as high as 201. An objection was made also to the allowing a charge of 1251. for money stolen from the workhouse. The matron of the workhouse swore to the fact of the burglary, and the Chairman admitted the item. The rest of the items abovenamed, with some others, were finally, by consent, referred to Mr. Allen, the deputy clerk of the peace, tOr him to investigate and determine whether they should be allowed or not. WANDSWORTH POLICE SESSIONS. Saturday a full meeting of the Surrey Magistrates was holden at the Wrench Horn Tavern, Wandsworth, F. REEVES, Esq. of Mortlake, in the chair, when, after the disposal of routine business, the following charge was preferred : Lieut. James Stewart, a naval officer on half-pay, residing at Stewart's buildings, in Battersea-fields, was brought up on a warrant for as saulting 'Mr. William Glindon, printer, of Rupert-street, Lon. don, while proceeding to his country-house, the defendant's own recog- nizatices for a former charge having just expired. Mr, REEVES —Your applicAtion, Mr. Glindon, is, that the defend. ant should find sureties to keep the peace towards you ; and therefore you do not intend to carry this matter to the Sessions. Mr. Glindon. whoanswered in the affirmative, then deposed, that he was returning from the metropolis to hisresidencs, near the defendant's on the evening of the 2d inst. when the latter came suddenly up, and, ac. costing the complainant, demanded why he aspersed his character ? Complainant at once denied the charge, adding, that he would satisfy the defendant of his error if he called next morning ; but this pro. posal did not appease Mr. Stewart, who followed Mr. Glindon, with gross abuse, from Vauxhall turnpike to Nine Elms, where he shook his massive cane over him, and would doubtless have struck him had not Mr. Charles Mann, formerly the landlord of Nine Elms tavern, come opportunely in that direction. Still the defendant stuck closely to complainant, whom . he abused and threatened, till the latter was com pelled to take refuge in the Duchess of York public-house, at Battersea fields, the complainant thus being in actual fear of his life. Mr. Charles Mann confirmed the evidence of the complainant, as to the violence of the defendnnt, who had used such language as was un becominga g.tntleman, and even a man. He added, that had he treated him in the manner lie had treated Mr. Glindon, who happened to be much older, he certainly should have knocked him down. Mr. Stewart.—l did not see you. Mr. Mann.—But I observed you well. Mr. REEVES.—What time was this ? Mr. Mann.—lt was between 9 and 10 o'clock in the evening of the 2d instant. Another witness was called, who declared that no provocation was given by the complainant, and that his life was threatened by the defendant. Mr. Stewart, in his vindication, said that he had been reading the King's speech on the opening of the Parliainent, at the Bridge-house, Vauxhall, when he overtook the complainant, who was talking a: his butcher's, as he supposed, in disparagement of him. He com plained of his having been taken out of bed that morning to meet the present charge, and not having time allowed to bring forward the butcher's boy. Mr. R LEVEL; remarked that the butcher was no witness to the assault; and as the complainant did not seek for damages, the defendant must, after what had transpired, be bound over to keep the peace. Mr. Stewart.—Cannot I bind him (pointing to Mr. Glindon) too ? Defendant now produced two sureties in the sum of 201 each, to keep the peace, during 12 months, towards the complainant. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. MATRIMONIAL SPECULATION.—James Orpwood, a fashionably dressed young man, described as a surgeon, was opposed, on his appli. cation to be discha rged, by a Ales. Darby, a boarding•house keeper, who appeared in propria persona, and complained that the insolvent had practised a gross fraud upon her. She stated that, in April last the insolvent called at her house in Rodney-terrace, Mile-end-road, and said he wished to board and lodge himself and wife for three months, as he should then receive his dividends. He referred her to Mr. Fairhead, surgeon, of Bow, to whom he wan apprenticed, where she was informed that he was a respectable young man, and had lately married a widow. lady, possessed of considerable property. On the faith of these repre sentations, she admitted him, his wife, and a step-child, into her house, and after a short time the wife confirmed the statement as to her pro perty. She continued to lodge and board them until the 12th of July, on which day they wished her good morning and said they were going to receive their money, but they never afterwards re turned, and, on examining the apartments, she ascertained that their clothes bad been secretly taken away. On the follow. ing day she received a note from the insolvent, styling her " Dear Madam," and :stating that he would call and pay the bill, namely 291. Three weeks having elapsed without his calling, she caused him to be arrested. The insolvent had left several boxes in her house, which, and the contents together, she considered worth about 101. and she still retained them having refused to give them up when he wrote for them. The insolvent stated, in the course of a long exami nation, that his apprenticeship had not yet expired; he had the consent of his master to marry the widow, who it was currently reported had a large fottune, but before the honey-moon had expired, he found that she was supported by her mother, Mrs. Garrick, of Blackwall, who was the widow of an East India owner, and she promised to asaist him ; she had made a few trifling advances, but she being disappointed in re mittances from India ' be was compelled, as a dernier resort, to apply to this court for mild; his whole debts only amounted to 801. contracted chiefly for his wife. He flatly denied having ever said he had dividends to receive. .51r. Commissioner BOWEN adjudged the insolvent to three months' imprisonment frt•m the date of filing his petition, under the discretionary power. There is no person, in this loquacious age, who delivers his sentiments in any assembly, whether high or low, that acquits him self, at least to his own satisfaction, unless he delivers a speech a yard long. There is now lit ing at Pillwell Farm, in the parish of Tiverton, a respectable farmer, named Woodgates, who has lately at. tamed his 105th year. SIR SIDNEY SMITH.—Our gallant Admiral, Sir Sidney Smith, whom the King lately distinguished with the rank of a military General also, has brought over with him to England a very ingenious model of a carriage, so constructed as to remove the sick or the wounded over the most rugged roads without giving the patient the least jerk or painful motion. It is the gallant officer's own invention ; and, from the simplicity as well as certainty of its plan, it bids fair to be a real benefit to all who may require such care in movement, whether in peace or war. —Court Journal. DREADFUL CASE OF SUlClDE.—Saturday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, the wife of an industrious, hard-work ing man, of the name of Peamont residing in Ireland-court, St. An drew's-hill, Doctor's-commons, put a period to her existence. The poor woman had for some years been in the habitof attending prayer and other religious meetings, and latterly the lectures of the Rev. R. Taylor. She had been hi a very desponding state, and had kept ha bed for three weeks. While her husband was out on Saturday, she procured one of his razors, with which she cut her throat, so that the head was almost separated from the body, taking the precaution to place a basin upon a chair by the bedside to receive her blood. The unfortunate maniac was about 60 years of age. DREADFUL ACClDENT.—Saturday morning, about nine o'clock, Mr. Eddestone, of Park-street, Camden Town, who is about 60 years of age, was sitting at breakfast with his family, in his usual state of good health, when he felt a sudden faintness come over him, and thinking the open air would relieve him, went out to take a few turns up and down before his door; he had not proceeded above !burro: five yards, before he was seised with a violent sickness, and stood on the curb-stone retching, when at the moment an empty dray, belonging to Messrs. () oiling and Brosdwood, the ale brewers, passed by, and the unfortunate man, overcome by his sudden indisposition, staggered fae• ward a few paces, and fell with his head directly under tfie wheel of the dray, which passing over it crushed it in a most shocking manner— the blood and brains spurting for several yards over the road—in fact, the bead was literally flattened, and he bad ceased to exist before he was taken up. No blame whatever is attributable to the drayman, as the horses were proceeding at their usual sloy (walking pace, and the fall of the unfortunate man was so sudden, that no interference whatever could have possibly averted the lamentable catastrophe. Mr. Eddsstone has left a widow and six children to deplore his cruel death. POLICE REPORTS. GOILDBALL.—Richard Slade, a young man, who said he was a porter to a cheese-factor in Thame s-stmt. was brought up by Lord, the exciseman, on suspicion of having stolen 101 b. of gunpowder tea. Lord said he stopped the prisoner with the tea in his possession, in Dear-lane, Farringdon.street, (where he lodges) on the previous evening. The tea was of excellent quality, such as the Company would not sell for less than 10s. a pound; and, as the prisoner had no permit, and was not in circumstances to use such tea in his family. he presumed it must be stolen property. A large quantity of this descriptien of tea had been stolen at Dover. The prisoner's father, a boisterous old fellow, here stepped forward, and said the tea was not stolen, but belonged to him, and be had cm. ployed his son to dispose of it. The Alderman asked the prisoner where he was carrying the tea?— Prisoner said to a man whom he did not know. Mr. Alderman Vawaiitzs said that the tea had not been distinctly proved to be either stolen or smuggled, and he should discharge the prisoner. WORSHIP-STREET.—MYSTERIOUS DRATIS OF MR. HEWITT. OF ADDLE-STREET, LONDON-WALL.—Saturday, the disconsolate widow of the late Mr. Hewitt, accompanied by her solicitor, attended before Mr. BROUGHTON, the magistrate, when Edward Jam/tett and Alice Lunn were placed at the bar, charged under the following cir cumstances .—lt appeared that on aturday morning, the oth inst. the deceased (who was silk presser) left his house, and went to a Mr.lVil son's, from whom he received two 5L notes. He then went to the Stock Exchange, and had a conversation with Mr. Field respecting the sale of some Stock, and to whom he showed the notes. The deceased did not go home, but in the course of the evening he went to the house of the prisoners in Swan-court, Plummets -street, City-road, where it appeared he had drank only an inconsiderable share of a quartern and a half of gin, and a pot of ale, after which he became unwell. The prisoners sent for the hackney coach, No. 441, driven by James Trew, when the deceased was given into his care, and he was ordered to drive to No. 19, Anne-street, Pentonville ; on his arrival there, no such person as the deceased was known, either at that house or in the neighbourhood. The coachman then drove back to Swan-court ; but there were no persons in the house, and he then con veyed him to the police station, in Bunhill-row, when, upon opening , the coach-door, constable Wright, G. division, 132, discovered that he was dead. The constable, after procuring medical assistance, and find ing only a fuw pence in the pockets of the deceased, went with the coachman to the house of the prisoners, and took them into custody. In a day or two after an inquest was held on the body ; when, after a careful examination of two medical men, who declared, that although the lungs were affected, still the stomach was free from the effects ' of either mineral or vegetable poison, and that it was the opinion of the jury that the deceased came to his death by apoplexy. The magistrate observed, that front the report of the coroner's verdict, he would discharge the prisoners front the offence of poisoning the de. ceased, at the same time he would detain them for the robbery. • Uwrox-HALL.—A man named Long was brought before Mr. Hoxx, for taking two dead bodies out of Rotherhithe Church-yard. It appeared, that on the preceding night, as a police constable, be longing to P division, was on duty near Rutherhithe Church, he ob served a cart drawn up close to the wall of the burial-ground. He watched for some time, and then saw three men mount on the top of the wall from the other side, lugging a box between them. When they got the box over the wall, they bundled it into the vehicle, and were just about jumping in themselves when the policeman ran towards the horse to stop it. The instant he was seen by the " Snatchers," they all ran away, leaving the cart to its fate. The policemz.n pursued them and came up with the defendant, who made some resistance, and in the setae he was thrown into a muddy ditch, and was easily secured af terwards. The cart was found to contain two bodies, which had been interred In Rotherhithe Church-yard the preceding day. The defendant asserted that he was as innocent of the offence for which he was brought thtte, as the " baby unborn." Unfor tunately for, him, however, he was known as an old body-snatcher, and he was accordingly held to bail, to answer the charge at the Sessions. Another batch of bakers were fined for the offence of having alum on their premises, for the purpose of adulterating bread. • • . - LAMBETH ST BEET.—Edward Abel and George Burke were charged with stealing two jackets and two pair of pantaloons from the shop of Mrs. Howard, in St. George's-in-the-East. The case was clearly proved by two witnesses, who swore positively to having seen one of the prisoners take the property from the shop and hand it to the other, and they were fully committed to Newgatc for trial. Maui, Poticz.—Jeremiah Coghtan, foreman of the delivery warehouse A, in the St. Katherine-dock, was charged with stealing a quantity of valuable Chinchilla.skins, the property of the Com. Pal: l 7 l . te prisoner offered to dispose of a few hundred weight of hemp, in one of the warehouses, to a gentleman, beneath Its value, who informed Mr. Hill the Secretary. On searching the prisoner's lodgings the of ficer found nine Chinchilla skins, and two sample bottles, belonging to the Excise, which had been stolen from the Dock. In his desk, within the Dock, the oaken found ten more skins. He was committed to Newgate for trial. IMPORTANT DECISION,—OR Friday, Captain Edward Hewitt. Master of the Royal George Margate steam-vessel, and Samuel Lloyd, his Chief Mate, were charged with wilfully running down a boat be. longing to his Majesty, on the river Thames, on the 2d of October last, and thereby assaulting John Weal, the cock swain thereof. The prosecution was instituted by the Lords of the Admiralty. It appeared that Weal was in the gig, 24 feet in length, belonging to the Admiralty surveying cutter, waiting for Captain Bullock, his com mander, off Plumsted, under the Lower Gallons Point, when the Royal George steamer bore rapidly down at the rate of ten miles an hour. Weal, who wait then about three boats' length from the shore, beckoned the captain, who was on the starboard paddle-box, to keep out, but the caution was unheeded—the steamer passed on and cut down the gig, passing over the stern sheets, and sending her under the paddle-box. Weal was nearly drowned, and the boat, which contained 700 weight of iron, was much injured. The steam vessel passed on as if nothing had happened, and never slackened her speed. A person on board, how. ever, said," that serves you right, you lubber, you had no business there." Thomas Groves, a Greenwich Waterman, corroborated Weal's state ment and said the accident might have ben avoided. The captain of the steamer declared the accident to be quite un avoidable, and said the Royal George had been running daily from the 29th of May until the 6th of November, and only had two collisions during that time. The mate said he did not see the boat until she was struck, and by the captain's orders he immediately put the helm a-starboard, and shared out. Mr. Jones. the Solicitor to the Admiralty, contended the defendants were responsible for any injury while navigating the vessel at such a dangerous speed. The master and mate of a ship had been sen tenced by the Court of King's Bench to six months' imprisonment, for running down a King's boat in the River alcdway. two years ago. Captain lIICHNZLL and Mr. BRODE ail. concurred in deprecating the dangerous speed of the steam-packets, and said, if death had ensued in this case, the parties would have had to stand their trial for man. slaughter, as they offered no assistance after they had run over the boat. Mr. Jones said he was directed by the Lords of the Admiralty to proceed against both defendants, and they were held to bail in the Wm of 501. each, to answer the charge at the next Kent Sessions. QUZEN-SRUARE.—CUTTING AND MAIMING.—Jamea Love, a private in the Ist Regiment of Guards, was charged with assaulting and stabbing William Araling, a workman in :he employ of Mr. Tame, of Paddington. It appeared, from the evidence of the prosecutor, that on Sunday evening last, between seven and eight o'clock, he was standing at the dour of the Coach and Horses public-house, at Kensington, with his brother. The prisoner and another man, both drunk, came out of the house, when the latter aimed a blow at him, and knocked hhn down • as he was getting up the prisoner drew his bayonet and made a stab at him; he had just time to raise his arm, or the weapon must have gone through his body ; as it was, the bayonet en. tered just above his wrist, and came out on the other a ide of his arm, in a slanting direction, the blood flowed iu torrents, and a number of paeans came to his assistance, who endeavoured to take the prisoner and his companion into custody, but the prisoner flourished his bayonet among them, and made his escape to the barracks ;: he was, however, followed, and information given to the scrjeant on duty of his conduct. Witness gave the prisoner no provocation whatever. Richard Tilbury witnessed the whole of the transaction, and fully confirmed the prosecutor's statement. The prisoner, on being called upon for his defence, said that he was is liquor, and had no recollection of the circumstance of drawing his bayonet. The prosecutor, whose arm was bound up in a sling, further stated, that be was taken to Mr. Maryman's, a surgeon at Kensington, and af terwards conveyed to St. George's Hospital. Mr. MARRIOTT said, that it was a very bad case ; and, otter con. suiting with his colleague, ordered the prisoner to be committed for The necessity for an enlargement of Newgate market cannot be more clearly demonstrated than by the fact of the great in crease of the business of the market within a period of about ten years. An estimate has been made of the number of waggons, vans, and carts, that were employed at the former period, hi bringing pianos of meat, poultry, /cc. thereto, and those employed list month t - by which it ap. pears that the increase is not less thin fbrtv five waggons, nine vans, and a number of carts; that in the month'of October, 1818, the quan tity of pad taga detivered by the prizcipal carriers alone were fifteen hundred and'aine, and that the same carder delivered, during the brat mouth,* no less than. three thousand eht hundred sail thirty-four packages,being an increase of two thousand five hundred and forty-one , packages. NATIONAL DEBT OF THE NETHERLANDS. We fear the great :point of contention will be the dividing o: National Debt of the Netherlands, and moat probably it will only 1., L. the friendly intervention of England and France that this will Is. ranged. We have lying before us an official statement, made up to 141 January, wherein we find that the old Dutch debt (before the union will, Belgium) was 575,350,644 guilders, 0r.... . . i4741-15,00 paying an annual interest of .. • • • 1,19%.4a., and the old Belgian debt, 41,590,031 grs. or ..... ••• • • 3 ,4timuti with an annual interest of .. 87.441 The joint debgeontracted since the union of the Northern and Soutlun, Provinces was 11;7,670,000 guilders, or 13,972,5001. interest par:l4 349.2301. Besides this there is a debt (entered in t h e Great Boc;I: believe) called Syndicate Bonds, arising also from a debt cot:tram,' since the Union viz 110,000,000 of guilders, or 4,950,0001. and N ar , ing an interest of 41 per cent. and 60,000,000 of guilders, or 1,500,0514 bearing an interest of 2i per cent. If each party were to take on itself Ilk original debt as described, and to burthen itself with half of the joi n debt, it would be easily arranged. But the Belgians insist that a p at portion of the joint debt was incurred for the Dutch Colonies, an d particularly the war carried on some years in Java, and that it ilk. Dutch retain all their colonies, they ought to bear the expense; e a ! they apply this principle to the expense incurred in the re-tabli, 4 ,. ing of the Dutch marine : and as to the expenses of Belgia, k g . trews on the frontiers towards France, the Belgians say that toy did not come in any way out of the pockets of the Dutch, but it a great measure from the contributions raised by the Allies in Erie* The question, however, will be very soon discussed, and we shall SC( what view the parties will then take of it......EtTothigasapo.. OUT AND OUT OARS' MATCH. Saturday last an oars' match took place from Westminster Bridge to Putney, between Messrs. Revell and Howard and Messrs. Weedon atut Wingfield, the latter gentlemen betting 2b son. to 20. At the start. Messrs. Revell and Howard took the lead, but off Parliament.stait, some fouling took place, in which the latter gentlemen obtained the ad. vantage, the former having shipped a quantity of water; both boat-. however, being clear of one another, they continued the race up to t:. Penitentiary, where sonic more fouling took place; and after a struggle, Mena. Revell and Howard got in advance, coming tbrou•;if irausliall.bridge a clear boat's length a-bead of Alessts. Wingfield art' Weedon. The former gentlemen continued to lead up to Batterse. Church, when the latter came up, and, after a slight struggle, ge;. them the go-by; it was then thought that the wager was won, iv.. asmuch as Messrs. Wecdon and Wingfield were three boats' le.nplis a-head off Wandsworth Distillery, but the known game and constita. tion of Mr. Revell, who towed the labour, enabled them to clase with their opponents within 100 yards of the bridge, and after some to the surprise of all, ;Messrs. Revell and Howard popped ti: ova their boat through the bridge three feet in advance of the :Alter gent:. men, who, in consequence of the fouling, came tliratiAh stern fereinosi. A more severe wager was never witnessed. Messrs. Revell and Howard rowed in a new boat, the property of W. Layton, Esq. built by Mom Searle and Godftey ; the other gentlemen in a boat the property of .1 Dayford, Esq. built by Honey and Archer. EXTRAORDINARY AND MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEAR- ANCE OF A LADY. During the last week considerable curiosity has been exeird at West end of the town, particularly amongst the fashionable sa:rl,", consequence of a hand-bill having been circulated offering a res.:oil 501. to any person who should discover the retreat of a lady, of %Otos person and dress a lull description was given. The following he-ts this mysterious case are furnished by u gentleman on whom we CM rd During last summer, Sir. a gentleman of fortune, took up "s residence, with his wife and family, at Havre-de-Grace. About SIT. tember last Mr. M. had occasion to come to London on important hu. sinews, and soon after his arrival in this metropolis, Mrs. 111. the lair who has disappeared in such a mysterious manner, and who remain,: at Havre-de-Grace, received an anonymous letter informing her the: her husband was carrying on an intrigue with a lady in London. Other letters followed, and Mrs. M. began to be alarmed, and di ter. mined to satisfy her doubts. She arrived in town on Tuesday. tee 12th of October, and proceeded to an hotel in Piccadilly, where sh. was to get her information but there was no person there to mut her, and from all inquiries it appeared to be nothing more than a hoax. She immediately proceeded to a quiet hotel in the neighbourhood of the Haymarket, with the intarier, of leaving town the following morning. She employed ha. self in writing the greater part of the evening, and sent sA a large packet to the Foreign Office. The next morning she sent out in a hackncy.coach to the Southampton coach-office, and afterward, drove to the Brunswick Hotel, in Jermyn-street ; there a servant, nr: belonging to the hotel, put a note into her hand, and disappeared. Mt.. M..-- immediately drove to the hotel where she had slept on the p:, vious evening, and having changed her dress, drove to the Refer:'. Park, about half-past 11 o'clock, where she was met by a lady, wit, called herself Mts. Pearce; she was in a carriage painted blue, lined with crimson, attended by servants in green liveries, turned up with r e d. M r s. was requested to enter the carriage; and, after driv ing about the Park for some times, the carriage entered the main r0ad..... So far the lady has been traced, after the greatest exertions ; but. although every endeavour has been used to discover her retreat, it has been unavailing. Mrs. M.—. is about 24 years of age, and of great personal beauty and accomplishments; her family are of the first respec. tability, and there is no suspicion of infidelity on her part. There is reason to believes that this lady has been basely inveigled away from her family at Havre-de-Grace, and entrapped into the hands of .s certain party, well known for his gallantries, and that she is at preset under restraint...Sum:lay Timer CORONER'S INQUEST. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATlL—Satuolan an inquest was held at the Crown and Anchor public-house, Hampsteid-road, before Mr. Stirling. on the body of Mrs. Caroline Newbott, a married lady, who lived al Drummond-street. It appeared that, on Wednesday, some relations of the deceased. whom she had not seen for years, having called upon her, she wa• thrown into a transport of joy during the evening. On 'lair &patty, she went to put her little girl to bed, and on preceding up stairs fell in a stated :nsensibility. A lady bastc:ad to her aflostance, and sent for a surgeon, who promptly arten&d. but she expired hewre hi. arrival. He said her death was occuslonttl by apoplexy. VergiEet— Died by the visitation of GOD. Au Inquisition was taken before Mr. Hig,v, at the Crown and Anchor. Ebury-street, Five Fields, Chelsea, on the Wily cf 3!r. George Rielly, aged 56, who was for many years a clerk in the Victual ling Office, Somerset-House, and who destroyed hints.lf by sospen lin; himself by a rope from his bed. Verdict, Insanity. LIEBDO3IADARY. Tins DAY, Nor. 15.—Lord Chatham born, 1706. New moon 16rA::. past 1 afternoon. St. Machutus. He was sn English:an, w. 1.. after being educated in Ireland, died a French Bishop in the tir: century. His name has been expunged from the Roman Catl.o!c Calendar. TO-MORROW--Venus rises 44 min. past 6 morning. Perkin \Var• beck hanged, 1499. . WEDNESDAY-Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln ; his piety obtained I.:1: universal esteem while living, and canonization after his death. fit was consecrated Bishop of Lincoln in UB6. First e,f Inc morth Chides in the Jewish Calendar. TRuttsDAT—Cortes sailed to conquer bleNieo, 1518. AIIIIiVCIIITy . 1 1 hie Dedication of the Church or St. Peter, at Rome, with the Roman Catholics. FRlDAY—Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter at 12 at night, but Jupiter sets at half-past 7. Saturn rises at halt-past 11. SAT uNDAY—Cudinal IVolsey died 1580. Cape (dam! Hope doublcd. 1497. Edmund King and Martyr. He was the last titular King of East Anglia, and was killed by the Danes in 870. SUNDAY—Lord Hawke's victory, 1769. Sun rises a quarter before 8. sets 16 min. past 4. BIRTHS. The 10th inst. at Cheyne.walk, Chelsea, the lady of the Rev. H. J. Owen, of a son.—The 12th inst. at Esher, Surrey. 31ng. H. J. Jewel's, of a son.—The 13th inst. Mrs. Coles, of Harpur.strect, ltd Lion.squate. of a son. DIED. The 16th inst., in Arlington-street, Mr. John Spence. in his ritl ear.--Saturday, the 6th inst., at Christ Church C olle g e, tr.'. .oster Dower, aged 20 years, second sou of the late Francis Joiloll. Iraq. of Henbury-hall. in the county of Chester.—The 12th inst. sita a few days' illness, at his seat, Childwick-Bury, near St. Alban •• Ell)p lat Jillehila bOinaX• 6The 14th of May last, Ensign Thos• Nelson, of the Use of Bombay Native Infantry ley, Bt:ur ley, aged 24, Jobs Nome% Esq. of Little Thurlow, Sawa. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.HORROW . a. is. a. is• Merida, 6 1 ... s "Mk I• . 1111nron : Printed and rribileired by JOlllll MAIMS, Blithe STAR 0711111, Ne. I, Pickett-place, Toorple.Ber. AI kit wit! wad SIN VIM tile be i a a a BIRTHS. The 10th inst. at Cheyne.walk, Chelsea, the lady of the Rev. 11. J. Owen, of a son.—The 12th inst. at Esher, Surrey. Mrs. H. J. Jowm. of a son.—The 13th inst. Mrs. Coles, of Harpur-stmt, Rcd Lion-aquae , of a son. MARRIED. Saturda , the 13th inst. at St. Pancras Church, Evan Pugh. Esq. latterly of Doesewquare, to Mrs. Rudall, relict of William Rodin, gui• of the Royal Navy.—Saturday, the 13th inst. at St. Mary's Lambeth. Mr. John J. Stone, of Camberwell New-road, nephew of Mr. Georg , Harrison ' of Pimlico, to Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Pember, of Crcs. cent-plac e. Blackflies&