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LAW REPORT. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Guttouatt., Ocv. O. PLUNKIM V. BUCHANAN AND ANOTHIER. The LORD Curer Joanna, on taking his seat, ob served that from the pleadings he perceived that this was an action against the husband of a Lady to recover from him a considerable sum of money expended for her maintenance, and he (the Lord Chief Justice) wished to suggest whether it would not be better settled out of Court, without being made thesubject of public dis cussion. Mr. Bsouosaw, who appeared far the plaintiff, said he was per fectly willing to submit to a reference. 11r. SCA HIATT, for the defendant, stated that he could not accede to a reference, being perfectly satisfied that the plaintiff never could succeed in obtaining that which she :mein to recover. The LORD Com JUSTICI was ready to try the cause , if they could not agree ; it was only for the interest of the parties that he threw out the suggestion. Mr. SCABLETT would say this much, that his client was exceedingly unwilling that this case should be pub-. licly gone into, but he would submit to that sooner than comply with the present demands. His client was wailing to make a handsome allowance to a woman, sot half his age. for her life, and who, if he was to die just now, would never get a farthing. Mr. BROUGHAM did not understand this offer as a tender of compensation to the plaintiff, but he was wil ling to attend to his Lordship's suggestion if his Learned Friend was so disposed. After some further consultation, it was agreed to refer the matter In differen i ce to Mr. Taunton. One other cause was disposed of by reference, and no other of any public interest occurred. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, OCT. 21. IRELAND V. SWEENEY. This was an appeal from an order of affiliation made some time Since before Sir Richard Birnie and Mr. Halls, at the instance of Elizabeth Ireland, onMajor Sweeney; but, to thei great disappointment of both parties, an informality was discerned in the notice of appeal, which rendered it invalid ; and Mr. Alley contended that, by the 49th Geo. 111. no decision of the Court could be binding unless that notice was valid, and served at the specified time. Mr. Anotruus, for the appellant—l am sorry the case cannot be entered into, as it is one of the most infamous that ever came before a Court.. Mr. Auer—Now really this is not to be endured. The order; was made by two most respectable Magistrates. Mr. ADOLPHUS—Yes, upon exparte evidence. Here an unfortunate Gentleman is hampered with a child, in whose creation, he says, he had no more to do than a stringer ; and I trust the Court will interfere so far as to reduce the weekly allowance. The appellant is one of those meritorious men, who, after the service of their best years in the defence of their country, are provided with no very liberal compensation under the name of half pay; and in addition to the expense of a Inge family, out of 10s. per day, he has had this child fixe4 on him at 6s. per week, which I hope the Court will reduce to 4s. _ _ Mr. A Luis , —I am willing to consent to its redaction to Ss. on an understanding that no farther proceedings be instituted. • The sum was ultimately Sited at 4.. 6d. a week, Mr. Anotrzus remarking that they had had a true Betty Ireland to-day. 71sonsas Retail% R as indicted (or an indecent assault on Bridget Anne Colloughley. The prosecutrix stated that the prisoner was _her cousin by marriage, and had frequently visited her husband. On the day in question be bad done so, and went 'out with him. After watching him to the shop where he worked, the prisoner returned, and after ask ing her to fetch some gin, remarked that her husband would not be home that day, and began to ill use her. She resisted; but he forced her from the chair on the door, and held her down so forcibly; that she was nearly overcome. She bit his cheek and tore his Bair, and by that means got away from him; during the struggle, however, be took liberties with her. He tore her gown nearly from her person, and bruised her arm and neck., She told him she would telpher husband when became ' home, which she did directly she saw him. She cried out, but there was nobody on that floor to bear her. A female witness proved the state of alarm in which she found her lying, on the bed, half an hour (by her account) aftey the occurrence. The prisoner stated, in defence, that he had known the prosecutrix, and had seduced her in Ireland, and had been invited to visit her; he then indulged in roali cious reflections on her character, not a word of which was to the purpose.—A year's imprisonment. William Davies, a military-looking man, with a wooden leg, was placed at the bar on three separate indictments for obtaining money under false pretences. The firkt prosecutrix was Mrs. Frances Smith, widow, who deposed that he came into her shop, and taking her hand, said, that she little knew how nearly she was related to him; he was in fact her husband's brother, ex pressed great joy at seeing her well, told her he had 20s. a day pension, and would be a great friend to her and her family. He told her that be called to know how they were situated, and took down a portrait of her husband, and asked her if she did not see a likeness in it to him. This he told her with such apparent candour, that she verily believed he was her husband's brother. In describing his own family, he said that his wife was very ill, and that he wanted a few shillings to get some medicine; he would repay it when his agent returned to town,And would then provide for herself and family. ,She bad never seen her husband's brother, and had been told that be left the country 22 years ago. She lent him a sove reign, and informed her brother of what had happened. This latter suspected and apprehended him. - The brother deposed that the last witness had in formed him of the fact, and hearing the report that a wooden leg . was in the neighbourhood, he gave chase and took h i m. The prisoner read a very eloquent address, in which he did not attempt to justify, but to excuse, on the score of extreme poverty, his conduit to the widow. Mr. bIARRYAT. the Chairman, commented severely on the enormity of robbing the widow and the father less. He was found guilty on this indictment, and pleaded guilty to the ether two.—Seven years' trans portation. p p KINGSTON, Om 21. Charles Livermore, a youth of 16, was indicted for stealing a silk baf,'containing sixpence in copper, from a little girl named Maria Folkck, at Croydon Fair. Tie tale the child t o ld was, that the money of which she had been robbed was given to her by her aunt, and that on the 4th of the present month, her mother took her to Croydon Fair to see the mountebanks and shows. While she was looking about, the prisoner came behind her, and matched her bag from her hand, but as she immediately told her mother, she ran after, and had him stopped and taken to prison, where the bag and Money was found upon him.—He was found Gurley. The mother of the lad, a decent hard-wotking woman, with tears in her eyes, entreated the Court to be mefaful. to her boys as she really believed he had been drive' to dishonesty through hunger. The CHAISMAN inquired bow be bad reeentiy been oboist% his !Mug ? The mother answered; that he had been living at a public-house for two years, but was compelled to leave his situation from illness, and if she could afford to irAy the expenses of bringing persons from London, she was sure that the Court would be satisfied that her son was a bard working lad. - The Gummi p.—•Hu be no hair to take ease of Ya 4 ? The mother said he bad not. Her husband left hit ten years ago withthree small children to support in the best way she could. It waso hard teskfor her, but she had honestly maintained them to the best of her power. When her boy came dome sick she provided for him as long as she was able • but at last be left home, about six weeks since, and being still very weak from his ill ness, be could not get any one to employ him, and she supposed he did this wrong to keep him from starving. The Court giving credit to the poor woman's tale, sentenced the prisoner tobear the mitigated punishment of three months' imprisonment in Guildford House of Correction. " Oh I Gentlemen," said the mother,;" let me ask you another favour, it is that you will let the boy suffer his punishment at Brixton instead of Guildford. I have walked to and from London three dap this week to speak for the poor fellow, and I find it is more than my strength will bear ; so that if he is sent to Guildford, so much further from town, I fear I shall not see him all the time he is in confinement, as I cannot afford to pay coach-hire." • The CHAIRMAN humanely seceded to the request, for which the poor woman gratefully thanked the Court, and reti red. Alexander Reed (the pugilist, known in the ring by the name of the " Chelsea snob"), Rickard Stacey, Charles Berridge, and Ezekiel Spencer, were indicted for as saulting illiam Picking, a constable, of Battersea, in' the execution of his duty, and also with assisting in the rescue of a prisoner, whom he had taken into custody. The statement made by Mr. JEMMETT, the Counsel for the prosecution, was to the following effect:—The defendant Reed, was a well-known fighting man; the second defendant was a labouring man ; and the other two were gardeners. On the 6th of June last, Picking, a constable, was sent by the parish officers of Battersea, to prevent a pugilistic contest which was expected to take place that day in Battersea Marsh. He accord ingly went there with some assistants, and on ap proaching the spot saw a large concourse of people assembled, a ring formed. and two men stripped, who were in the attitude of fighting. The officer broke through the crowd with the intention of taking the combatants, but directly he had made himself known they left the ring and ran off. In breaking through the people, a man came before Picking, and waived a Atick over his head as if to strike him, and a bro. ther officer seeing this, came up and said " We'll take him into custody. The man finding he was likely to be overpowered, threw himself down, and fastened round the legs of the two constables, and at this moment there was a general buzz among the assembly to rescue him, which was diine by Picking's being knocked down, and struck and kicked about till he was senseless. On recovering he followed the mob which was running to wards a lane, and assisted in securing some of the de fendints. All the men named in the indictment, it could be proved, were seen on the ground, and that Stacey and Spencer were nearest to the officers when the interruption was made; but it could not be precisely as certained that the defendants were the persons who com mitted the assault. The Jury, however, would hear the witnesses and decide the case as they should think proper. The evidence of Picking.and another officeiwas then taken. They proved beyond all doubt, that there was a great tumult in consequence of ;their interference to prevent the battle, and that they were both cruelly beaten ; but, they completely failed in implicating any of the defendants with the disorders of the day, and under the direction of the Chairman, they were all acquitted. BRIGHTON, QcT. 22..LBetween eight and nine o'clock this morning tNs place was visited by one of the most violent thunder-storms within the recollection of the old est inhabitant, followed by a deluge of rain, which con- 1 tinned to poor several hours. Towards evening the' weather cleared up, and the promenades presented their usual brilliant appearance. We hear that the late Mr. SPALDING bas left the whole of his fortune to the Trustees for the Society of Fine Arts, for the purpose of enabling them to Wird support to decayed and deserving artists. The amount is said to be adopted at between 140004 and £O,OOOl. Sir SYDNEY SMITH if now at Dieppe, where he has been amusing himself by constructing a life-boat, Ida* however, did not exactly answer the perm A slight shock of an earthquake was felt at Bender on the Slat of August. - A Mr. Giblet was last week married to Miss Plover, of tke Poultry. An Inquest was on Wednesday held at the George Inn, Trowbridge, on the body of a child, whose death was occasioned by drinking boiling water from a tea kettle, which was left within its reach. Sunday forenoon, about half-past ten o'clock, a very distreting accident, which it is feared will prove fatal to two ladies, happened about the middle of Holborn, close to Middle-row. A Gentleman, whose name we heard was Fennessy, was driving a gig, his wife and daughter (a young lady of 15) were sitting by his side, and passing quietly between a country van and a coal waggon. the gig was jammed, and the horse, a very spirited animal, becoming very restive, plunged until it actually forced itself within the shafts of the two wag gons, and the entangled gig was in an instant crushed. The Ladies were thrown down, and one of them, Mrs. Fennessy, was dreadfully injured, and, with her daugh ter, was removed in a state of insensibility to the shop of Mr. Mayhew. The elder lady has sustained a fracture of the left thigh, and a dreadful laceration, extending from the neck to the throat. Her daughter's right arm and head ate much cut, and, from the alarm produced by fright, the consequences are likely to prove serious. Mr. Fennessy was but slightly bruised. SUDDEN DEATH.—Yesterday morning between seven and eight o'clock, as one of the Greenwich pensioners, of the name of al , Cannon, was on duty at the main guard at GreenwiCh College, 'he suddenly fell 'down, and was conveyed in a state of insensibility to the In firmary, where every means were 'used by the medical petions in attendance, to testore unimatim, but with• t effect, as it would appear' that he expired the moment he feli down. 'The unfortunate man was. in his 65th year, was remarkably hearty preceding his awful death, and had only entered 'the College about' six weeks. ' It is singular, that in ' the small village of - Stanton, near Oundle (which does not contain 300 inhabitants), there are no less than 63 persons of the name of Bell. , POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-MUM . • Saturday, George Jul, a young man of very respectable sp. purance, was charged with embezzling various sums of money, received by hirmon account of his employer, Mr. Cook of Cheap. side.—Remanded. Foaca• or Commance.—The LORD Mavos received a letter from a young woman, whose connections are said tobe respectable, confesilng that she was the person who stole some riboods (tom a shop in Blshopsgate•street, for which offence another young woman, who was In the shop at the time, was recently couilnitted to New. Ire, on circumstantial evidence. The LORD Mamas directed that inquiry should be made tato the circumstance. George Smith and 'Man Helga were committed for picking • Gentkman's pocket of his handkerchief. • GUILDHALL. Saturday, J. Minis: was charged with being, along with air or seven other vagabonds not yet in costody, found in Butcherball-lane that morning, and a large mob assembled round them. playing at a well known cheating game, called thimbles and peas (similar to cups and balls), and defrauding a number of the unwary passengers, who were enticed to play with them for their money. J. Gibbons, a constable, swore that be was sent for, oa Saturday morning, to disperse a large crowd drawn together by the primmer. Williams made a ♦ery lame debnce ; he said he was a carpenter, and out of employment for three months. The sitting Alderman told him he should provide him with more. active employment for the ensuing three mouths, akhough not so profitable as that in which he had been enaged that morning. He was sent to Bridewell for the period above mentioned, as a rogue and vagabond. Six THOMAS Amazes ACT.—Tbe advice of the Qty Solicitor being desired on Saturday, with respect to an application then made, the Learned Gentleman to occasion to advert to the case of the party who applied a few days since, for a warrant under Sir Thos. Plomees Act, to apprehend an attorney, who bad converted to his own use a 1301 of Exchange, which had been put into his hands to be discounted. ' - The City Solicitor said, the worthy Alderman (Sir Prraa [rums) acted perfectly right upon that occasion, In refusing the warrant, because the applicant was not prepared with evidence that would sustain any distinct charge of offence against that Act. Elisabeth Neak, a middle-aged woman, was charged with steal ing a bed, bolster, and pillows. ' It appeared the prisoner has been Using apart from her husband for the last three years—latterly on an allowance of 10s. a week, and a few days ago she determined upon exercising the legal right of married ladies living in her state, to obtain necessaries suitable to her rank, leaving the payment of them to be enforced from her husband. In pursuance of this plan she hired a room in aothfair, on Monday last, and on Tuesday she walked into the shop of Mr. Timothy, an upholsterer, in Barbican, selected the above-mentioned articles, value 41. 10s. and directed them to be sent to her lodgings, intimating she could not herself conclude the purchase, but the porter who brought the goods should either return with them or the colt. The articles were carried there, and deposited in her room up stair!, and she then prevailed on the porter to apply for the money to bee hasband,a colourman, residing in Maiden-lane, Battle Bridge; where, however, he soon ascertained the state of things, that payment would be resisted, and that the prisoner had duped many tradesmen of their property in the same way. He returned to aotlifair, but be found Mrs. Neale had disappeared, and that the bed, At. had been carried to a pawnbroker's soon after he bad started for Battle-Midge. Mr. Timothy succeeded in causing her to be apprehended at a public-house in Cow-cross, the same evening, and she was brought up for final examined= as Saturday, before Sir Pena Laos's. She had been remanded, because she had stated that she had been advised to proceed in the way she had„ by Mr. Selby, a respectable solicitor, of Clerkenwell- That ' Gent -Iman, however, now at tended, Oritdeclared, that he had not seen or heard of her since the year 1824, when he told bar that, if her husband was a man Worth 3,0001. a-year, as she represented, and be refused her a suitable al lowance, she should apply to some proctor in Doctors' Commons, to sue r alimony. Mr. Neale, the husband, addressed thg Alderman. He said the prisoner bad been his wife twenty-eve Iron, but within the last seven she had spent 4,0001. and reduced him from affluence to com petitive poverty, and instead of being worth 5,0001. a year, he was not worth /1001. nor 1001. He had reduced his allowance to her from 16$. to 10s. a week, since May, under the sanction of the Hauser-garden Magistrates, by whom she bad been committed to rhon oboes twenty times forbad conduct. The ques whether thin was a case of constructive felony, bad bow mooted at groat length by Mr. Timothy, and his solicitor , on the nos loped , and by the pawribroker oaths odier,at a previous hom she lamer weaseading that Mr. T. bed emu limed dew modes, in see erg only et ignsamt purser with the pods, and shot be was bowel by the act of his Sirellie who parted with the poweesien of the goods; and the farmer Megan, where, as in this home, a porter bad left goods without Obeilting the money, contrary to the orders of his master, Podded same trickery had been used to iodic, the prier to do soy in ttl whisk the Judges had inhered a a previous latent to steal, and the elision bad hem emitted. Sir P. Luume said, that in sending far the leak& and Mr. Neale, he had not hest, perhaps, kopeigiriaii the lime ebb duty; but if any good bad resiiipul, he *Mid net haverepeteed He was it opinion a case ler euneulitmest bad but suede- wt, cause the prisoner had outsold the troth wins she *Weed Ise goods, and be thorefen sit her to Newgate for trial. BOW-STREET. Pelimy evening. after the regular business had been dispatched, Anna Manley ' a par woman, in the seventh month if her peeg. naney, roquessed leave to prefer a complaint against Mr. Warren, of St. Clement's Lane. The complainant said, that her husband had been nineteen weeks in a lunatic asylum at Bethnal Green, and she was therefore left an impoverished state, and became in arras to Mr. Warren Ids.ad. balance due for rent. She had offered to pay is. a week off, but Mr. Warm' would have all or none. He entered the room while she was in bed, and demanded his mosey: She said she could make no further proposal, sod hureated him to go out. He (Mr. Warren), however, was determined to remain, and she dressed herself. No sooner bad she done so than Mr. Warren expelled her from the room, and puts padlock on the door; hence she was left without a change of raiment, and but for the humanity of Mrs. Bowers ' of Hemlock -court, she would nut have known where to hide ber de. fenceless bead. Mr. the Magistrate, inquired whether Mr. Warren cum. mined an mak ?—The reply was in the negative; nor did be, otherwise than she had expressed, act with indecency. Magistrate—Who and what is Warren ? Mr. Child, a professional Gentleman of Clement's Inn, who was gramitoudy there to watch the proceedings, said, he ( Warren) was a candidate for the situation of sexton of St Clement Danes. The humane Magistrate advised the unfortunate applicant to ap ply to the Vestry on the foliating morning; and Mr. Crook under. took that she should have temporary aid. Mrs. Onside% accompanied by Mr. Adolphus, the barrister„and two sureties, appeared at this slice on Saturday,foe the purples of entering into the required reeogdinance, with a view so the libel tion of her husband (Mr. Charles GrindeU), against whom, it will be recollected, she appeared as a principal witness when that person was committed to prison. Sir R. Blom, after commenting en the inconsistency of the lady's conduct, and having ascertained that the persons offered, as bail were respectable, observed, that it was not his intention, from the turn which the affair had taken, to bind the sureties in the sum of sisoo, as originally named. He thought that by holding Mr. C. Grindell to bail, himself in .1300, and kis two friends in .€(5O each, the justice of the case would be sufficiently answered. Recognlaances to the amount required were then entered into, and Mr. C. Cuiadeli we understood, was liberated in the evening. Saturday, Johnson, the Informer, summoned several Stage Coach Proprietors, for not having their names written at length on the coaches, and ails the name of the lon from whence they start. The first case called on was sac against Mr. Rams, of the White Hone, Fetter-lane. . Mr. Stafford. a solicitor. who attended for Mr. Eames, took an objecdod to the information. He remarked, that the Act of Par liament un which this information was laid, stated that the Pro prietors o utage coaches shall place, or cause to be placed, upon she coaches, his, her, or their names, and thus they were at liberty to put upon the coaches either the names of the whole of the Propria ton or any portion of them. Mr. HALLS coincided' in the opinion of Mr. Stafford.' and old that if the name of one of the proprietors of the coach was placed upon it, it was sufficient, and it was not necessary to place upon the coach the names of all the proptieton. The information was there fore dismissed. This decision surprised several professional Gentlemen who were preen% es the +view taken of the statuteby Mr. Hatzt, treating), to the opinion of other blagistrates. • An information against Mrs. Wyber, was dismlued.becaumk omitted to state whether she was a spinster or a widow. An information against Mrs. Nicholls was also dismissed. • iIARLDOROUGH-STREIT. Siturday Mathew. the driver of the heickney coach Ne. sag. appeared before Mr. Dern, the sitting Magistrate, to answer the complaint of a Gentleman wis charged. ha with taking airier sum for his fare than he was entitled to. The complainant stated, that on Thursday night be faired the de fendant's cat* at Drury-lane Theatre, to convey him to Carnage then.street, Fitzroy-square, end when be got there the defendant demanded 6a. as his fare. Complainant remonlesated with him en the exorbitance of such a demand. The defendant, however, would not be sathiled, although repeatedly told that if he soak more than Witte he should be puniehml.and in the rod, the Geo. densest held out to hint a parcel of silver, and the defendant helps' himself to es. and moreover the Gentleman said that the defendant bad been very impertinent. The defendant, in Ms justification, said that ft was true Ms lase was not more than ls. 6d. but then the complainant was going tel visit a young Lady in Carmarthen-street, and alt the Ladies in that street have given a general order to the backney-coachnten at the Theatres, that whenever they convey a Gentleman to vkit in that street, they *ball charge 61. as their fare, and he did no more thad act in obedience to that order. 44 So then," said Mt. Dams, " the orders of those Cartaanisent street Ladies are to supersede aft Act of Parliament." The defendant said he did sot know about that, bit the Laiiel gave the order, and he had only acted in obedience to it. Mr. Max said, that 4f the defendant thought fit to act under the dictum of those Ladies 'rather than the law, he must pay for Ulf choke : in the -resent case Isla extortion was very exorbitant, sal be was extremely insolent besides, for which he should be fined VW. end .ss. 6d. costs. --- The defendant said he could not par the be, and in default be was conunltted for two months tithe House of Currectiee. Benjamin rears, the driver of the cabriolet No. 50, Was fined 20e. and costs, on the complaint of Mr. Bishop, one of the clerks longing to this office, for demanding and itedving more than his legal fare. Several licensed victuallers were fined,tot permitting persons to remain in their houses drinking after the time allowed by the law. HATTON;GIABDEN. Saturday, Mansfield and Parker, two young men Who stood charged with a daring highway robbery, were brought up for final examination. . About a week since, Mr. Larne, a respectable undertaker, re siding in Ckrkenwell, was met Amu eleven o'clock at eight, on Holborn-hill, on his way bomo, by the prisoner. Mansfield, who called him by name, and declared he knew him. They walked together as far as C ow-cross, the prisoner observing, " Though you do not-recollect me now. Ton shall know me before we pan. '— When they salved at the COMO' of Sharp's-alley, the prisoner pressed Mr. Layton to take something to drink, which he 'dosed, and was instantly seised round the neck, and his handkerchief taken off. At the instant the other prisoner, whom he had not be. fore seen, made his appearance, and struck him a violent Wow on the head:which brought him to the ground. He called " Watch r loudly ; and, on recovering his feet, ascertained that his silver watch and appendages had been taken from his fob, the front of which was mods torn, and a rule taken from his side-pocket. They were pursued and taken by mouse watchmen, and near the spot was found the handkerchief and rule. The watch, however, was net found, nor beim any traces of it been discovered. On the first examination, at which the evidence was dot fully entered into, the prisoners protested their innocence, particularly Parker, who said he could satisfactorily prove an alibi. Ia this, however, he failed, and they were both fully committed. UNION HALL Ames, Who was taken into custody in the Borough, on suspicion of the Fetcham murder. and who 'hewed so much anxiety not to be conveyed to Leatherbead, was fully committed to take his trial, for stealing some money and a handkerchief from a wan iv:toed Balls. The prosecutor, who is an itinerant exhibitor of horsemaii ship, &cs at fain, had engaged the prisoner as a musician to play at his 'loath. The first night after the engagement, the prisoner slept in the same bed with the prosecutor, and in the morning decamped, taking the money in question from the prosecutor's pocket, and the handkerchief from the pillow. THAMES POLICE. AN hiss Borrat.o.—ilatriek Msuphy, sen. and Patrick Murphy. jun. the sett and the sire, natives of the Gem of the Sea," were brought before Captain Rscusacb, on a warrant, charged by a countryman of theirs, proud of the name of WCarty, with uncere moniously extracting two of hiuteeth, end otherwise inflicting on. friendly visitations on his physiognomy. M'Carty stated, that on Wednesday evening, as he was going home, he met the Messrs. Murphy.; be only asked them. in friend ship, how they were? Patrick Murphy, pin. instead of replying courteously, gave him such a blow on the mouth, that knocked out two of his testis. Murphy, sea. did not then strike him ; but on his way to the Office this morning, he knocked him down. Captain Iticnsam. asked Murphy, sen. what he bad to say fee himself? • P. Murphy, son. said, that be only , struck him, because APC.arty told him be would swear that he did strike him, and sooner than M'Carty should perjure himself, be struck him. Murphy was going to enter into a justification for his son, when Captain Richbell stopped him,and told him, that he must find bail for the assault. Captain Rama= asked Murphy, jun. what he. bad to say for himself? Murphy, jan.—Plase your Worship, is a buffalo a Christian ? Captain RscHauta, astonished at the strangeness 0 the quadding replied in the negative. Then, your Worship, 104 Patrick Murphy, junior, tell your Warship, bow all this business happened. My • father and I were going home, when we met M'Carty, who coined up to me and says—" Buffalo Murphy, how are you ?" I says to him, "lam a Christian, and Not a wild beast." No. es?s be, by you are Buffalo Murphy;. whereupon, your Worship, I could stand it Do longer, so I struck him, for was I to blame; for whoever compared a Christian to such an animal, which I am *mold" is going wild in foreign parts, without horns. If he called me after any other beast, a person would not mind so much, but to call me after a beast I never saw, nor, I suppose, never will, was too bad. Any name but a buffalo for a Christian. Captain RiCARZLL could not help joining in the laugh, which seem. ed to comnibe every one in the office at Murphy's defence; and he asked M'Carty how he came to call Murphy a buffalo? M'Carty said, that he never heard young Murphy called by any other name than Buffalo Murphy, and be thought it was a airistian name in this country—(Great laughter). • - Captain Rimiest& desired Buffalo Murphy and M'Carty to retire, and waif they could make it up, when they left the office. Captain iberiset& observed,that he was not surprised at Murphy's being called a buffalo, as a more appropriate name there could noc be for bins, nor indeed could there ; for Patrick Murphy, jun. alias Buffalo Murphy, is in possession of a head formed like a Dutch cheese, but of much larger dimensions, with a short neck and a fiat visage, being a son of Vulcan, and, with his dusky brow, perfectly justifies the comparison. The parties shortly after entered the office, and said they had settled it, and having made their obeisance, departed. - QU fLEN-SQU A BE. • Mr. Paton, the landlord of the 'Union Tavern, Pip►lico, appeared to an infernution laid aping him by a Mister John Dllfy, a dealer in cats' meat in Tothilistreet, for basing his house open at un seasonable Yours, and was convicted in the mitigated penalty of Si. and cons. e . Some of the Brighion fishermen. agreeably to the French custom, have, within these few days, set hooks baited with cuttle-fish among the rocks in shore. 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