Star. — London, England, 1829-10-29 00:00:00

Pw'r ti ,JT ~~~ ~~ ~~~ ,: - . ice,' ' 7 ( 17.: , -: PICIEMNG'S CASE. A CHANCERY SALE IN THE " REBEL" 1.4,1 Friday one of those wholesale sacrifices, of pro rty called Chancery Salts, took place in the public sale-room, Southampton-buildings, before Master J. W. F , Esq acting by deputy. This sale was made by an order of Chancery in two suit., both of which were between W. Hilton and Mary his wife (late Nlary Harland,) plaintiffs, and James Harland and others, in cluding a Mrs. Caulfield, and the "rebel' Pickering and his wife, defendants. The plaintiff's wife, the defendant, James Harland, the wife of the rebel, Mrs. Canfield, and a Mrs. Bennett, were brothers and sisters, and the suits arose from a quarrel as to the fair distribution of property of a deceased brother among their several children, which property was estimated as fairly worth from .4112,000 to 5e25,000, hut which from certain " doings" will not produce a third of these sums. A little before one o'clock, 15 or 16 persons had assembled in the sale-room, including some of the solicitors engaged in the two causes, and James Harland and Mrs. t 2ulheld, who is a pauper. The defendant Pick-ring, and his wife and children as visitors, were in the Fleet Prison, where, notwithstanding the commissera tion of many professional gentlemen, and the amount of property involved in the salts, they were nearly starving to death, while their property was wasted away " according to Equity." Before the sale commenced James Harland, addressing the Mas ter, said he was interested in this suit, and wished to forbid the sale. In this he was joined by Mrs. Caufield. The Master said he had no power to stop the sale : it must proceed. James Har land then emphatically declared, " You will please to observe, Sir, that the parties have been dragged into these proceedings, without knowing what they were doing." One of the solicitors said," Pilo, pho ; no such thing." James Harland instantly left the room, and did not worn to be present at the sale. Mrs. Caufield remained. The Master then proposed— Lot 1, very desirable Leasehold Premises, situated in Orchard place, the corner of Mill-raw, front of Kingsland-road, near the Canal-bridge, and late in the occupation of Charles Harland, deceased, 'who carried on a very extensive business therein, as a machinist and engineer, but are suitable to many other trades ; they comprise a substantial brick building, in front of the road, with private entrance-passage to the dwelling-house, which con sists of, on the upper floor, three good bed-chambers ; one pair floor, a neat front sitting-room, a middle room, and a dining• room. Ground floor, a convenient kitchen ; that part of the pre mises capable of being occupied for business, comprises a spacious showy front shop, with store room behind, two capital workshops, and ware room over; a smithery, and excellent cellaring in the basement ; a yard behind, with separate entrance from Mill-row, and a large brick-built shed. These premises, together with the five following lots, are held in one lease for a term, of which 47 years, wanting seven days, were unexpired at Midsummer-day last. at the clear yearly rent of £45. The sum apportioned to be paid by the purchaser of this lot is £22 10s. per annum. This lot had only one bidder, who offered £2O ; the Master waited a few minutes, but no second bidder appearing, it was knocked down for £2O, to Joseph King, of Great Saffron-hill. Lot 2 was a Ground Rent of £8 2s. 6d. per annum, amply secured on two respectable residences, situate Nos. 5 and 6, Or chard-place, in front of Kingsiand-road, let on lease to Mr. Kebble, fur 42 years from Michaelmas-day 1922; also the reversionary interest in the premises for four years and three-quarters, wanting even days, after tenant's lease expires, held for 47 years, wanting seven days, from Midsummer last, as stated in Lot 1. The first bidding was £2O, and, after some competition, it was knocked down for £Bl. Lot 3 was a Ground Rent of 424 per annum, secured upon 13 brick-built houses, Nos. 15 to 27 inclusive, in Mill-row, and seven dwellings, with weavers' shops adjoining, let on lease to Mr. Butler and others, for a term, of which 42 years were unexpired at Midsummer-day last; also the reversionary interest in the premises fcr five years, wanting seven days, after the tenant's lease expires, held for 47 years, wanting seven days, from Midsummer-day last, as stated in Lot 1. Thb lot was knocked down for £lOO, to Charles Wm. Kendall, ut Great Saffron•bill. Lot 4 was a Ground Rent at £6 Ss. per annum, secured on three brick-built houses, Nos. 6,7, 9, on the west-side of Harland. square, let on lease to Mr. Nevill, for a term, of which 42 years .ire unexpired ; also the reversionary interest in the premises for five years, after the tenant's lease expires. Held for 47 year., wanting seven days, from Midsummer-day last, as stated in Lot 1. This lot was knocked down for £10! to the only bidder wbo offered himself—viz. Joseph King, of No. 4, Great Saffron-hill. Lot .5 was a valuable Leasehold Estate, consisting of a powerful smock windmill, with patent sails, most advantageously situate in Mill-row, about 100 feet from the Regent's Canal, and near to the bridge in the Kingsland-road. The mill has been erected within a few years in the best manner, and at a considerable expense ; it is brick-hulk, two stories high, and contains six floors, fitted up with two pairs of stones (but is capable of driving six pairs,) sack tackle, and all necessary gear. From the proximity of this mill to the metropolis it must always command a considerable share of business. Also a neat brick-built Dwelling-house adjoining the mill, being No. 6, Windmill-square ; held as stated in lot 1, for an unexpired term of 47 years, wanting seven days from Midsummer last, at £45 per annum. The sum apportioned to be paid by the purchaser for this lot is .£22 10s. The Master observed in the course of the biddings, that this very lot sold, two years ago, for £650. In spite, however, of this fact, it was knocked down to a person names/ Rowley for £9O. Lot 6 was an excellent brick-built Premises adjoining the pre ceding lot, consisting of a capital iron foundery, an extensive shed, a cart-house, and 2 stall atablea,with lofts ; also two neat dwellings. Nos. 4 and 5, Windmill-square. The iron foundery, and one of the houses, No. 4, Windmill-square, are in the occupation of Mr. Henley, at £27 per annum ; the other dwelling is let to a tenant, hut the remainder of the premises are in hand, and possession will be given on completing the purchase. Held, as stated in lot 1, for an unexpired term of 47 years, wanting seven days, from Mid summer-day last. This lot was put up at £lO, and though the Master bad re minded the bidders that the distressed parties of the suit would be saddled with half a crown on each bidding, the biddings continued to be the lowest sum allowed up to £lO5, at which sum the pro perty was knocked down to a Mr. Henley. We understand that the biddings may be re-opened within eight days after each Chancery sale ; but we have nor beard that bene volent individuals who commiserate the situation of the parties ever attend to save the property that is generally sacrificed in the way we have described. As the sun in all its splendour was peeping over the eastern hills, says a Yankee Paper, a newly-married man exclaimed •' The glory of the world is rising !" His wife, who happened to be getting up at that moment, taking the compliment to herself, simpered out " What would you say, dear, if I bad my silk gown on ?" A meeting of the Magistrates and Council of Aber deen was held on Tuesday, when a letter, addressed to the Lord Provost by Sir James Carnegie, Bart. of Southesk, was laid before them, announcing his intention to the Council, when a dissolution of Parliament takes place, to come forward as a candidate to re present the Aberdeen District of Burghs; when the Council una nimously resolved to support him with the vote and interests of the city, at the next general election, if the same shall take place during the period they shall remain in office. Thursday the Provost, Magistrates, and Council of the City of Edinburgh, conferred the freedom of the city on DAVID WitAtx, Esq. R.A. when that distinguished Artist was presented with the act of Council admitting him a burgess and guild-brother of the City of Edinburgh, " in testimony of their admiration of the union of exalted genius with high moral worth, and of the estimation in which they hold the distinguished talents t.y which he has done so much honour to the country of his birth, and added another wreath to the glory of Scotland by his triumph ant success in the fine arts." TILE MOOKS.—Most of the stranger sportsmen are now returning to the plains of merry England, who, in spite of Hoed and storm, are tolerably satisfied with the results of the cam paign. The Strathgarve party have exported about 900 brace of birth, part of the spoil of a New weeks' exertion, and five or six guns. Englishmen are famous for their love of field sports, and one gentleman, a hale, vigorous old clergyman, used regularly to bwouack under a hedge on the night preceding the 15th of August, that he might be the tint in the field when day-light dawned. Something similar must have been the animus of the three English gentlemen who with their friends annually rusticate at Stiathgarve, who travel from five to six hundred miles, and who pay about 354:1 per annum for the use of the moors, that would scarcely yield fifty pounds if applied to the only other use Nature seems to have intended them for, a pasturage for sheep. Tuesday morning, about ten o'clock, two human beings were discovered on a brick-kiln belonging to blr. St..pletun, of No. 19 Wharf, Paddington (situated near the wooden bridge which crosses the canal,) completely suffocated by the noxious vapours arising therefrom. Their bodies presented the most appalling spec " • skin, on the least touch, peeling off, as it they hid un process of steaming! Their bodies were removed to •se to await a Coroner's Inquest. What makes the rcntatbable,'lathe circumstance of one of the ,uf• brickmaker by trade,and long known about Padding, :ppellation of " Breezy," and who, in consequence, well aware of the treacherousness of the bed on _ o ht repose; the other was an entire stranger," whose clothes his poverty best t lee." ode -their t drg on the e skit the poor.hutese case the more s freers being a bi ton by the .:pi must have been %. inch he sough tattered cluthel FICTITIOUS CHEQUE PRAUDS. The above species of swindling has recently increased to an alarming extent in the metropolis, and the principal sufferers base been, as usual, the tradesmen at the west end of the town, I who, within the last ten months, have lost Immense sums by the fraudulent proceedings of numerous gangs of dashing swindlers. The following case affords a successful instance of the mode adopted by these Chevaliers &Industrie, to dupe the unsus pecting trader :—A person possessing the advantages of a fa shionable exterior and insinuating address, hired a handsome suite of apartments at the house of a lady named Haslope. residing in Jermyn-street, Piccadilly, to whom he represented that he car ried on the business of a house agent, and possessed an extensive connection at Brighton. The gentleman provided himself with a quantity of plans of estates, houses, &c. and having established him self in his new abode, he proceeded to order a variety of goods from the neighbouring tradesmen, the majority of whom received cheques on Messrs. Cocks and Bidduf ph, the bankers, at Charing-cross, in payment for thelegoods. On inquiring at Messrs. Biddulpb's, it was ascertained that the fellow had certainly opened an account with the firm. but at the expiration of two or three days be drew out the whole amount of his deposit. Subsequently to which, drafts and cheques to the amount of £6OO or 4700 had been presented for payment to the house, drawn by the same individual, the whole of which were, of course, dishonoured. Upon one occasion, about three weeks ago, Mr. White, a respectable cheesemonger, residing next door to Mr. Haslope, was prevailed upon to cash one of the fictitious cheques for ten pounds, on the representa tion of another party that the cash was for the use of Mrs. Haslope ; and, knowing the respectability of that Lady, he, unhesitatingly parted with the money, which was forthwith transmitted to her inmate, who was the author of the scheme to dupe Mr. White, that person being an utter stranger to him. bits. Haslope 's doubts of the fellow's respectability were completely dissipated by an assurance she received from a gentleman holding a responsible situation in the neighbourhood of Pall-mall, that the character of her inmate was unexceptionable. Not a shilling of rent, however, was forthcoming ; and, on being applied to for payment of the money he had eta dishonestly obtained from Mr. White, he coolly assured the parties that they need not labour under any apprehensions, as the money was perfectly secure. Mr. W. then determined on seeking Magisterial redress, as, in the event of his apprehension, innumerable cases of swindling would be established against him ; but timely notice of the proceed idgs of the police was forwarded to the adroit knave, who instantly decamped ; and, although it is understood that he is in the vicinity of the metropolis, be has hitherto eluded the vigilance of the officers. Intelligence of the swindling exploits of the same party has also been forwarded from Brighton. where he obtained considerable sums by similar practices to those which he resorted to in London; and, in order more effectually to dupe the inhabitants of that fa shionable watering-place, he established himself in elegant apart ments on the Marine Parade.—ln addition to the above circum stances, four warrants for fraud have recently been lodged in the King's Bench against a person who availed him.elf of his commis sion as an Officer in the Army, to obtain considerable sums of money from parties to whom he was indebted, by drawing ficti tious cheques on Isis Army Agents ; and loud complaints exist that such characters should be permitted to retain their rank, and punctually receive the amount of their half-pay. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING, 1829. It.sce Course, Wednesday Afternoon. Subscription Plate of £5O, for two year olds, 611. 71b. and three years, Bet. 101 b. T.Y.C. The winner to be sold for 350g0t. ace. Mr. Dilly's Harold. 5 yrs Colonel Yates's Versatility, 5 yrs.. 2 The following also started : Lord Jersey's L by Comus ; ;Duke of Portland's b. c. by Tiresias; Lord Easter's Pera, by Sultan ; Mr. Forth's h. f. by Centaur ; Lord Southampton's Augur, Lord Egremont's Sister to Lapdog-5 to 2 agst Pera-4 to 1 ags; Cob. web-5 to 1 agst Versatility-9 to 2 agst Sister to Lapdog—and 8 to 1 art the winner.—Harold and Versatility were in front all the way, the former winning very easily by two lengths; the others were tailed. The winner (who was claimed for the Duke of Richmond) was rude by S. Day, the Second by Boyce, Cobweb by Patio, Pera by Arnull, Augur by G. Edwards, Ambiguity by J. Day, and the others by lads. Match 200, h. ft. T. Y. C. Bit. 71b. each. Mr. Grenville's Grenfinlas (Sycorax colt) .. 1 Ld. G. Cavendish's c. by Godolphin, Espagnolle Even betting, a very severe race, and won by Sycoraz. Rote by .J. Day, and Espagnolle by Arnull. Match, 100, h. ft. Ab. M. Mr. Gully's Trample, Bst. Mr. Stonehewer's Kildare, 9st. 11b. 11 to 8 on Trample, who won by a head, after a hard race. Kildare was rode by Robinson, and Trample by Buckle. Handicap Plate (to•morrow.) —The entry closed at one o'clock, as follows :—Hindostan, Glenartney, Turquoise, Oppidan, and Navaria. Two new matches have been made for to-morrow, :one for 200 each, h. ft. T.Y.C. between Ld. Verulam's Brocard, Bst. 121 b. and lA. Chesterfield's Carthusian, Bst. 31b, and the other for 100 h. ft. last half of Ab. M. between 14. Tavistock's Taurus, Bst. 71b. and Sir M. Wood's Rosary, Bst. 41b. The Sales this week are unusually Important, and have attracted many of the great breeders from all parts of the kingdom. Yester day's sale finished at one o'clock as follows : THZ PROFFITT OT ?HZ DULL OF CLAYTON. GM. Burrnaa, 3 yrs old, by Partisan—Minuet bought in . 180 Orbit, 2 yrs old, by Centaur— Whizgig, ditto Gem, 3 yrs old, by Wrangler—Coquette ditto TLALLOICS (nig FROMM OF at a. ?ATLI.) Colt, by Blacklock—Tears's dam, engaged in the Bildeston Stakes, 100 son. each, b. ft. In a Sweepstakes 200 Ism. each, b. ft. R. M. (9 Subs.) Craven Meeting and in Derby, both 1831, sold for . Chesnut colt, by Blacklock—Pincushion by Sorcerer or Wil liamson's do. engaged in a Sweepstakes, 100 son. each, h. ft. Craven Meeting (5 Subs.) in the Craven Meeting, Wednesday, Bildeston Dinner Stakes, 100 b. ft. IL M. and in the Derby, 1831 (Mr. Robinson, of Manchester) lOO Colt, by Smolensko—Sabrina by Juniper—Selima by SeUm (Mr. Arthur) Chesnut filly by Blacklock, darn by Sorcerer (sister to Bour bon,) grandam by Precipitate, HighfiyerTiffany,byßclipse, engaged in a Produce Match with 14. Orford's Stays, by Whalebone, on Tuesday, in the Craven Meeting, 1831, D. M. 100 It.ft. and in a Match with Mr. Shard's bl. f. by Waterloo—Vale Royal, 100 h. ft. and in the Oaks, bt. in 145 Filly,by Blacklock—Helena by Lubens, grandam Sprightly, by Whiskey, engaged in the Oaks, 1831 (Mr. Maher) Colt, by Tram—sister to Sultan (mare untried,) engaged on Tuesday in the First Spring Meeting, 1831, in the Under ley Foal Stakes, of 100 each, b. ft. on Thursday, in the same meeting, in a Sweepstakes of 100, h. ft. and at Ascot, in a two yn old stake, 50 soy. each, 30 ft. 16 subs. 1830 (Captain Rous) • 15000 MARES AND FOALS (THE Quadrille, stinted to Partisian ; produce engaged on Monday in the Craven Meeting, 1833, in the nineteenth Riddles worth Stakes of 200 sot's. each, h. ft.; and in the Anson Dinner Stakes Mr. J. Scott Colt foal by Partisan—Quadrille engaged at Ascot 1832, in a Sweepstakes, 100 soy. each, h, ft.: in the Column Stakes. SO soy. each, h. ft. ; also with eleven others, 50, h. ft. • to be void, unless one of them win ; also with thr ee others, 100, h. ft. to be void unless one of them win; also with two others, 150, h. ft. to be void unless one of them win ; also at Bibury, In 1822, in a Sweepstakes, 100 soy. each, h. ft. ; at Winchester, 1829, in a Sweepstakes, 30 sov. each, h. ft. This colt was sold without these last two engage menu (Mr. Houldsworth) Sister to Sultan, stinted to Partisan, produce engaged In 1833, in the Nineteenth Riddleswurth, 200 soy. each, h. ft. (His Majesty) Fily Foal, by Whalebone—Sister to Sultan, engaged in 1832 in a Sweepstakes, 100 each, h. ft. in the Column Stakes, 50 soy. each, b. ft. also with eleven others, 50 soy. each, h. ft. to be void unless one of them win at Ascot, 1852, in a Produce Sweepstakes of 100 each, h. ft. in the first Spring, 100 h. ft. 11114. (5 Subs) at Winchester in Sweepstakes of 50 soy. each, h. ft. at Bibury in a Sweep stakes of 100 sov. each, h.ft. to be sold with or without the the last two engagements (Mr. Houldsworth) Mare, by Haphazard— Web, stinted to Sultan (Count Hahn) 200 Filly at her foot, by Merlin, engaged in the Eighteenth Rid dlesiforth, 200 each. h. ft. also in the Column Stakes, 50 soy. each, h. ft. also in the Column Stakes, 50 sow. each No bid THE PROPERTY OF OEN. GROSVENOR. Day Star, 3 yrs old, by Phantoni—Aloonshine, bought in at 113 TWO TILLS! OLD. Chesnut flay by Little John—Shepherde-s's darn by Paul zan—Bisirre, said . thy colt by Phantom, dam by Young Soothsayer, grandam by Gilts, bought iu Wednesday evening last, a young man, a native of Jersey or Guernsey, and passenger on board the ship Humility, in crossing warn that verses to another, which was lying alongside, fell into the ricer IVear, at Sum!ei lard, and was drowned. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KIN 'S Om 28. (Adjourned Sittings at Westminster—Cannon Juries.) TUB LINO W. MATTIIIIW WHIM _ _ This was an indictment against the Defendant, a stock-broker, for a fraud. The indictment was founded upon the Act of the 7th and Bth of George IL It stated that Ann Hubert had depo sited with the Defendant two Exchequer bills, each of the value of £5OO and ,e2OO in Bank of England notes, for the express pur pose of being vested in Government securities, for the advantage of her son, then a miner. The Defendant, instead of vesting the money in the funds as aforesaid, applied it to his own use, contrary to the Statute. __ Mr. Baotioram, as Counsel for the prosecution, stated that Mrs. Hubert, a widow, on leaving this country in 1821 fur Paris, left the sum of 1,2001. in Exchequer bills and cash for the purpose of being vested in the funds for the benefit of her son. The defendant received the money, and promised to apply it according to her wish, but it appeared that he had abused her confidence, and in the present instance was amenable to the law. The Jury might remember that some years ago an extensive fraud was committed by the stockbroker of a high legal character (Sir T. Plomer,) who was also a Member of Parliament. In consequence of that fraud an Act passed which made such offences misdemeanors. The Act provided that if any .. . person should receive money, for a conditional purpose, and com mit a breach of confidence by applying it to another purpose, or to his own advantage, every person so offending should be gailty of a misdemeanor. That Act, however, was repealed by the 7th and Bth of Geo. IT. by which it is a penal offence to embezzle monies placed in the hands of servants or agents. Mrs. Hubert prosecuted upon that statute. She was a foteign Lady, well known in the neighbourhood of Bloomsbury-square, where she bad long been extensively employed as a milliner. Being prepared to quit this country for France, and intending to rade two years in Paris, she sent 41,400 to the Defendant, with a letter instructing him u to her intention. He acknowledged the receipt of the money, and undertook to apply it in the way re quired. Some time after wrote to him, but received no answer. At last a professional Gentleman, Mr. Cole, ascertained that Mr. White had not disposed of her money in the way she wished. He had used the £l,BOO note in a speculation of his own which tamed out unsuccessful. She then received from Mr. White a letter, in which he expressed contrition for his misconduct, and promised to pay the interest of her money. Mrs. Hubert some time after consulted her son, who had become an attorney, who cemmenced this prosecution. Mrs. Anne Hubert being examined as a witness, proved the facts stated by Mr. Brougham. Upon reading the letters which passed between the parties, it appeared that she had placed the money in the hands of the De fendant, to be placed in the funds in the event of her death. Lord TINTIIIOIII interfered at this part of the proceedings, and observed that the evidence did not support the indictment. The money was only to be vested in the funds conditionally. In case any accident should befall the Lady, the Defendant was directed to invest it in Government securities for the benefit of her son. The Defendant was not to invest it unless any thing happened to the Lady. The allegation in the indictment was, that the Defendant received instructions to invest it, unconditionally, absolutely. Mr. BILOBOHAN admitted that the indictment was in that form. Lord TILIITERDIDI then told the Jury that the indictment was not made out. —The Jury consequently pronounced their verdict Nut Guilty. WOOD V. SMITS. This was an action to recover 251. paid for a mare warranted sound, which turned out to be lame. The plaintiff bought the mars at Hampton, and the defendaut said she was sound. It turned out she had a contraction in the foot, and was lame. The mare had been in the 15th Dragoons, and was sold to the defendant, in con sequence of unsoundness, for £lO. Notwithstanding the above facts, witnesses were called on the part of the defendant, to prove she was sound. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £25. RAWSON a. as ELI. This was an action brought by an Attorney, to recover his bill of costs, for conducting for the defendant his defence to a suit in Chancery. Mr. Pott.ocz and Mr. Tomuttsov appeared for the plaintiff, and the defendant conducted his own case. • The defendant, in a long speech, the greater part of which was entirely irrelevant, contended that he was not bound to pay the bill, as the plaintiff bad abandoned his suit in the Court of Chancery, and had also neglected his interest. Lord TiNTLADIN summed up the evidence which had been ad duced, with great minuteness, and said that an attorney was not bound to proceed in a case where his client insisted on adopting methods of carrying it on that were not important to the cause. He therefore was bound to say that the defendant had not shewn any good defence to the action. The Jury immediately found a verdict for the plaintiff—da mages, st 76 6s. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Om 2S. (Adjourned Sittings in London before Loan Cam Justice TYNDAL and a Special Jury.) GOSS V. WYNN. Mr. Sergeant Wane plaintiff) stated the case. This action was brought by the assignees of a bankrupt to recover the value of certain goods, or bills of lading. James Halliday, the bankrupt in question, was an officer la the East India Com pany's service, and having wished to take out goods with him, he was obliged to raise money on security. He went out a se cond time, and obtained money from Messrs. Wynn the de fendants. The bits of lading of goods shipped, and also 550! were handed over to them as security for a bond they had given.— The assignees, finding very little property, instituted this action to see what was really due to 51 . Wynn, as they wished to recover either the property or the bills of lading in question, which were in the hands of Messrs. Wynn. Three bonds on respondentia had been made by Mr. Peter Wynn • one for 48,000. one for .0,000, and another for 44,500 ; part o f ? this sum bad been discharged.— The assignees wished to recover these bills of lading, as they con sidered they were illegally kept in the hands of Messrs. Wynn. The bills of lading were sent by Mr. Halliday to England from India. The goods were imported in the ships Waterloo and Low ther Castle, in May, 1826 ; which goods were estimated at 41,000, and the five bills of lading were delivered to Messrs. Wynn, of Paternoster-row, as security for the last bond of 44,500 ; the goods were left in the bands of the East India Company, and were to be sold. Mr. Wm. Bryden deposed that his house did business for Mr Halliday, who is now dead; be was one of the sureties in the bond; his nephew, Mr. Halliday, sailed for India on the 21st of March, 1825, and returned early in May, 1826. Goods were put on board the Lowther Castle in January, secured on a re spondentia bond ; Mr. Mac Lachlan received some bills of lading which were afterwards delivered to Mr. Peter Wynn; there had been a former respondentia bond for 23000. In the month of December, 1824, there was a part of this bond owing to the amount of 21,800, which was reduced on the 20th of December to 2800, as 21,000 and the interest as,. paid. Several checks and bills were drawn by this witness on Messrs. Wynn on January 1, 1125; at that time he bad about 2300 in their bands. He paid into their hands the sum of 24,488 by cheek, on January 1 (the lame day,) to meet the checks he drew upon them. The bond for 24,500 was signed on that day. When the bond *as signed Mr. P. Wynn, Mr. M' Lachlan, and Mr. Mackenzie, his clerk, were present. Oa the return of Mr. Halliday, in 1825, through losses experienced in Chins, he was not able to meet the demands of his creditors. Cross-examined by the ATTORDRY Gamut., for the defendants —Applied to Mr. Wynn to lend him £1,500 on the 40th Dec. and paid £l,OOO on that day upon the bond; .8800 then remained to be paid. Mr. Wynn inquired of him whether he would require any more money on respondentia ? A check was given to Messrs, Wynn to cover the two promissory notes. When Halliday arrived from India be asked him about the bills of lading which bad been kept back by Mr. Mackenzie. They were delivered to Mr. Mac Lachlan, and on the 15th of May to Mr. Wynn. They were in dorsed by Halliday when at Canton. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILDZ—The £1,500 was bot rowed to pay some of Mr. Halliday's bills. At the time the check of £B2O was given, it was agreed that it should stand over, as it was thought no more would be required on retpondentia. This check was obtained on the Ist of January. Edward Kensington deposed that he was clerk to Messrs. Bryden and Mackenzie, on the Ist of January, 1825. Recollects having seen a responderatia bond. Cross-examined by the Arroutzrv-GzzatAL—Don't recollect having seen any other bond on that day, or when it was cancelled. Messrs. liryden and Co. have been bankrupts since that period. The Arroessar-G aaaaa L was heard on the other side. This was an action of trover for a bill of exchange on reepondentia, or bills of lading ; he considered tt was only applicable to one of the parties, Mr. Peter Wynn. He then stated the stature of the Act 6th of Gen. I. and the 19th of Geo. 11. respecting money on respondentia. After some further observations from tht Anytime GtormaaL, the LORD Cities Justice gave his opinion that the various Acts were but applicable, and therefore direeted'a nonsuit. SIR JAMES. CARNEGIE versus Mu. HUME.—We have heard from a quarter on which we believe we can rely, that Sir JAMS Carnegie is almost certain of nusting•Mr. Hunts from his seas in the Howse of Commons, as Member ft* Meatneve, Ste. at the neat Election. Aberdeen, Berrie, and lieetkbi haw, it it said. declared in favour of Sir James, and even in Mentreseshere is a prevalent desire to bring in a Member who is likely fe , have more p vtrottage than one systematically opposed to the powers that be. —Edinburgh Observer. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Yesterday a respectable-looking elderly man, in the garb of a mechanic, was brought up before Mr. HALLS, charged by police. man No. 140, with disorderly conduct in the streets on Tuesday night. The policeman stated that he observed the defendant and four other persons obstructing the footpath, mid ordered them to walk on , which they refusing to do, be took them into custody. Mr. HALLS asked what the nature of the obstruction was? Policemen—They were standing together on the flag-way, laughing and talking. The defendant said that he had been used most scandalously. His wife and himself bad been out with a friend and his wife, and when about to separate, to return to their respective homes, they hopped on the flag-way chatting. when the policeman came up and P took him into custody, Mr. Hai.t.s said the policeman had certainly exceeded his duty, and discharged the defendant, who expressed his determination to seek redress. A female named Charletle Themes alias Fredinsi and a young man named Yarmouth, whose hair was clotted with blood, were charged by Police Sergeant No. 4, with having obstructed him in the execution of bis duty. The Sergeant stated that about ten o'clock on the previous night he stopped a boy with a bundle of linen in Pickett-place ; and the boy being unable to tell him where be had got it, wu &watched with an officer to fetch his mother. While this officer was gone, a crowd collected, and the defendants began to abuse witness, who was obliged to use his staff on the bead of the young man, and ulti. mately to take both him and the female to the watch-house. The female had come out of a certain house called the Crown Hotel. Mrs. Freeland denied tbh, and said she was a respectable woman. She had merely been attracted to the spot by the crowd, and the Sergeant, without the slightest provocation seised her by the arm, and, thrusting his rattle into her face, ordered her to walk on, upon which the young man interfered, and wu beaten in the most brutal manner. The young man was recommended to go before the Grand Jury, to indict the Serjeant, which he said he would do. Tao New Pouce.—Three coal-beavers, named Grubb, Gyf urg i, and Randall, were yesterday brought before Mr. HAILS, by Ser jeant Gardner, of the New Police, charged with assaulting him in the execution of his duty. Gardner stated that a fire occurred in a house in One Tun•court. Strand, on Tuesday night, and be and others of the police took the parish engine of St. Martin's there, and attempted to enter the house, but were prevented by the firemen, who had previously got in, and were employed in extinguishing the flames. A scuffle took place between the firemen and the police, and the three defendant. interfered, and assaulted witness and his men. Mr. HALLS said, it formed no part of the duty of the police to fetch parish engines, or to go into a house when on fire, unit., there was no one else to do it. Their duties were of a very dif ferent description. G. H. Brown, Esq. the Secretary of the Westminster lire Office, said the most cordial co-operation had uniformly existed until the present occasion between the firemen and the police, and he regretted very much that any misunderstanding should have occurred. It must be admitted, however, that firemen, from their constant experience, were the best judges of what was necessary to be done in the emergencies of a Ire, and it was dan gerous sometimes that their peculiar province should be inter fered with. Mr. Whitt, who has been 38 years foreman to the British Fire Office, said the policemen were told that they might render much more efficient service by remaining in the street and keeping the crowd away thau by coming into the house, but they would persist on coming in. In the scuffle the coal -h , who knew the fire men, interfered. Sir. HALLS said the police were decidedly in the wrong. The management of measures at a fire ought to be left exclusively un der the control of the firemen, who must be the best judges of what was necessary to be done. The police ought to employ themselves to clear away the crowd, and give free scope and faci lity to the exertions of the firemen. He hoped this would be ob served in future. The defendants had certainly committed an assault, and must be held to bail ; but perhaps it would not be considered a case calling for prosecution at the Sessions.—The de fendants were then held to bail. An immense number of charges were brought before the Ma gistrates by the new police, both at the day and evening sitting, and their Worships were enable to get through them until a late hour last night. M A RLBOROUGH-STR EET. On Tuesday five young men, of shabby-genteel appearance, named Jews, Jackson, Mere, 411 , Dosigall, and Henderson, were charged with assaulting Dillon, Condell, and Crow, three of the new policemen. It appeared that the defendants went to an a.la-mode beef slop in C.aule.street, about one o'clock yesterday morning, when a dis pute arose about the payment of their reckoning; a general row ensued ; and the policemen were called in. The defendants struck them repeatedly, and tore their clothes. They were, at length, overpowered and taken to the watch-house.—They were aU or dered to find bait. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday, J. liiabury. and Jame Yard'', who cohabits with him. were charged with receiving silk, cat from the looms of Messrs. Reed and Co. and Messrs. Giles and Co. The prisoners were remanded. TOWN•HALL Yesterday, Ms Atkists was charged with being riotous and dis orderly, between two and three o'clock in the morning. Wilkin son, the night constable, stated that, being brought befure him, he was inclined to discharge him, till letting fall some insulting ek preuions, of his being one of the new police, and so forth, he thought it right to detain him, amid make enquiries. He found that he was living at No. 268, Kent -street, one of the most not ~r ions receptacles for thieves and prostitutes in the whole Borough. He was ined ss. DESTRUCTIVE F►l:E.—Saturday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, the house of Professor Piairna, in Aber cromby-place, Edinburgh, wasdiseovered to be on fire. The fire at that time appeared to be in the posterior part of the roof, through which smoke and flame were issuing. It was nine o'clock before the alarm reached the Police Office, when the fire engines were immediately dispatched to the spot, and great exertions were made by the firemen to save the roof, but without effect. Before the flames could be fairly subdued, the whole of the roof and the attic floor were completely destroyed, and the house other wise greatly damaged. The greater part of the furniture, and of the professor's valuable library were fortunately saved, al though they were, as might be expected, considerably damaged in the removal. Ilia valuable collection of pictures were all saved without serious damage, except one; but some at the frames were considerably injured. The fire, which originated in the roof, is supposed to have been occasioced by the ignition of the extre mity of a beam connected with, or adjoining to, a vent in the con tiguous tenement, which is thought to have taken fire during the night or early in the morning. It must have been smouldering for a long time before it gained head sufficient to give the external visible indications of its progress. The Professor and Mrs. Pn.- Lana had been for some time residing at Portobello, from which they returned on Saturday morning, just at the moment the alarm was given of their house being on fire. The house is the Mats ior's own property, but unfortunately it was not insured—or at least he had, by some oversight, suffered his policy to lapse. The consequence of which is, that the whole of the heavy loss will fall upon himself. BIRTHS. At the Cape of Good Hope, ltd July, the lady of Wm. Blair, Esq. of a daughter. At Rag!escarole, the lady of Major-Gen. the Hon. P. Stuart, of a daughter. At Kianaird Castle, the lady of Sir James Carnegie, of South esk, Bart. of a son. r' DIED. Eleanor, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel James Leatham, in her 77th year. At Arnee, East Indies, on the 28th April, John Boyce, Esq. Lieutenant in his Majesty's 41st Regiment of Foot. On the 22d April, at his residence in Hobart Town, James Neill, Esq. aged 72. Mr. Neill was a gentleman of very enlarged mind, richly stored with scientific knowledge, more especially in natural history, to which, in Hobart Town, he devoted much at tention during the latter years of his life. He was for upwards of 40 years an eminent printer in Edinburgh At kleilin, lately, Field Marshal Ouisenau, who performed the duties of chief of the staff to Prince Blucher, in the war against Bonaparte. At Aspatria, Cumberland, Jane, wife of Joseph Harris, a poor labourer, aged 42. She had, for many weeks, most affectionately attended her husband, and five of her children, in the typhus fever; but after basing the satisfsetion t i see all the inmates of her little cottage restored to their wonted vigour, she fell a prey to that dangerous malady. . . tie. W ATER at LWIDON-BRI DG ft TO- NlOlt KO W. Nlornuag 29 rrunutee hour 2 Alternate 47 minutes after Lesvos Printed and Published by Jowi Pihetta, at the Sus- Orrice, No.l, Piekett•plaee,Temple Bar. F