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• ,: • :.-~-~ i~. ~ r LA3 REPORTS. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.—JuNE 9. W DINO V. BOLIDE N.• The VIC E.CIIANC ELLOR deliVered judgment in this matter, and rteapituEted all the facts of the case with much particularity. The hearing of the argument of Counsel weeopied seven days. The object of the petition was to obtain the re-payment of a sum of 17.909!. which was said to have been taken collusion and fraud. It appeared that a person of the name of . Lawrence had some time since died in America, and certain persons residing near Redditch, Worcestershire, had set up a claim to the property. There hail been an advertisement in Aria's Birmingham, Gametic for the next rf kin of Lawrence, by whom a claim had been , nade to the property in question ; and among others the petitioner, John Baker, had raised a claim on behalf of his wife. After much litigation among the different claimants, it was ultimately deter. mired that the mone" to which the patties laid claim should be divided in seventeen different shares. The solicitor employed on tliis occasion was Mr. Creerell, of Redditch, and it appeared to have owl agreed that he should have a seventeenth part of the fund, in addition to his bill of costs, for his trouble of getting in the pro perty. In consequence of this arrangement, the money was taken out of Court, and divided amongst the different claimants. Mr. Baker, however, had since the division made further inquiries, and had been advised that he, ir. right of his wife. was sole next of kin. and was entitled to the whole of the fund. The present pe tition was presented on behalf of this claimant in opposition to the oilier parties interested in the fund, and Mr. J. Parkes was the so licitor employed on this occasion. A great body of affidavits had Wien tiled on both sides, and these had given rise to many contradic. tory statements. After going through most of the material affidavits, his Howoun expressed an opinion that the facts now before him did not enable him to decide that the claimant, Mrs. Baker, was the person entitled to the property • nor could the Court say that it was clear that the other parties ha d a sufficient claim. He thought that was a sub ject which might be fit for investigation elsewhere. It might also be a question whether the Crown was not also entitled ? Upon the whole of the case, his Honour was of opinion that the allegations of traud contained in the petition were not supported, and he therefore felt it his duty to dismiss the petition, and, under all the circum stances, with costs. His Honour continued the Seal until the rising of the Cow. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Jt', 9. (London Sittings, before Lord TENTERDEN and Common Juries.) BILL! OF EXCRANGE...-SCOTT V. Ktxo.—This was an action on a bill of exchange for 1001. dated the 14th of August last, ..t four months, drawn by the defendant, accepted by a person of the name of Hobday, and indorsed by him to one who indorsed it to the plaintiff. The plaintiff was a coach proprietor at Weymouth, and when the bill was dishonoured by the acceptor, he gave due notice to the defendant, the drawer. There was some dispute about the notice, but that was satisfactorily proved. The substantial defence was, that the defendant had drawn the bill for the accommodation of the acceptor, and that after he had drawn it the date was altered from the 4th of August to the 14th. A bill-broker was called to make out this defence, and he stated that the bill was put into his hands by Hobday to raise money on it, and he, at the desire of Hobday, put the fi gure 1 before the 4, Hob day stating that he had the defendant's authority for this. Lord TENTERDEN observed, that notwithstanding his experi ence in these matters, he was sometimes surprised. The broker had altered the date of the bill without having taken the proper means to ascertain whether the defendant had really consented to it. This he ought to have done before he made the alteration, or he would have done still better if he had refused to have anything at all to do with the alteration. The question, however, for the Jury was, whether they believed, on this representation of Hobday, for whose accommo dation the bill appeared to have been drawn, that the defendant had given authority to alter the date. If he had authorised the alteration, be was still liable Of he had not. he was not liable. _ _ Verdict for the plaintiff for 1021. Iluyou v. GRalr.—This was an action on three bills of ex change, amounting together to Mt. which were drawn by the plain tiff; and accepted by the defendant. The defendant had accepted the bills, and advanced 1251. on the security of a lot of pictures deposited with him by the plaintiff. One of the pictures was a Madonna, by Vandyke, and another, The Be nediction, by Ruben., both of which the plaintiff represented to the defendant to be originals. In an answer, however, to a bill in Chancery, the plaintiff had admitted that the pictures were not ori ginals, and evidence was given that the whole lot was not worth above fifty pounds. Lord TE•DERDEN was of opinion that, under these circum stances, the plaintiff had no right to recover on the bills. Mr. Prmicocx, the plaintiff's counsel, on the intimation of this opinion by his lordship, elected to be called. Plaintiff nonsuited. IMOOREY V. ELPHICK.—This was an action brought to recover compensation in damages for injury done to the plaintiff's chaise. cart and horse, by its being run against by a chaise-cart of the de- Itndant. The plaintiff's case was, that on the 12th April, last year, i is chaise-cart was standing at the door of the tiger's head, in the vtliage of Lea, on the way to Eltham, and that the defendant came up in another chaise -cart, which he drove against the plaintiff's cart, which was seriously damaged ; the horse was thrown down, and had his ribs broken. The horse was worth 261. but, in conse quence of the accident, he became useless to the plaintiff, who sold him for a trifle. Mr. GVIINEY, the plaintiff's Counsel, observed, that he could net conceive what defence could be made. The accident happened on a broad road, and in the middle of the day, and no defence could be made, except on the ground said by a celebrated traveller to have been taken by a Turkish Captain of a frigate : The Captain ran his frigate against a Greek Island, and then insisted that the island. era should make gnod the loss. The Greeks: pleaded that it was by no fault of theirs that the vessel was wrecked; to which the eaptain replied, that it was their fault, for if their island had not been there. his frigate would not have been wrecked. So the de tendant, he supposed, meant to say that if the plaintiff's cart had not been there, the accident would not have happened. Evidence having been given in support of the plaintiff's case, Mr. DENKsw called two witnesses for the defendant, who stated that the plaintiff's horse was left at the door of the Tiger's Head, without any one to take care of him, and when the defendant's cart drove up, the plaintiff's horse t oo k fright and started off, and that this was the cause of the accident, without any collision at all. Lord TENTERDEN said, that people often very foolishly left their horses at doors, without any one to take care of them; but still the defendant had no right to drive against the plain. tiff's cart, when there was plenty of room to pass. If, there fore, the Jury could be of opinion that the defendant did drive against the plaintiff's cart, the plaintiff would be entitled to their verdict. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, Ten Pounds. JAGAR, GENT. V. DIILLAR.—AIIr. BRODERICK Iwith whom was Mr. PLATT) stated that this was an action brought to recover compensation in damages for a false and malignant imputation on the plaintiff's character by the defendant. The plaintiff wu an at torney, and had married a sister of a Mr. Bullcock, a tradesman, who had carried on business at Whitechapel. From the year 1824, till June in the last year, the plaintiff and Mr. BuUcock were on the best and most friendly terms together. On the 29th of June the plaintiff and Mr. Bullcock, and two others, went down to Black well, and dined together at the West India Dock Tavern, where they remained till ten o'clock at night. The bill was they called for, and while the plaintiff and the two others were settling it, Mr. B. stepped into a balcony which stretched out from the house, and overhung the river. Unfortunately the balcony had only a very low railing, and Mr. Bullcock fell into the Thames. The plaintiff' and the others on hearing the plunge, ran out, and drags were immediately procured, and every exertion made to save Mr. Bullcock. After the lapse of about a quarter of an hour the body was found, and every possible means were used for four hours together ; to restore what was hoped to be only suspended animation, but without success. This accident made a deep impression on the minds of the whole party, and es pecially on the mind of the . plaintiff. In the September following the plaintiff was in conversa tion with a Mr. Bruton, a surgeon, and a friend happened to mention the fate of Mr. B. and expressed his sorrow at the accident, and he Wki then, for the fi rst time, informed that the defendant , who was a surgeon , had cast the imputation on him for which this action was brought. While the defendant was at dinner in Mr. Bruton's house, in August last, the conversation turned on the fate of Mr. B. and the defendant said, " Ah, there is a report in circulation that Mr. Jager gave him a gentle tip over the balcony." Mr. Bruton was quite shocked at this, and his wife having come into the room soon after, he mentioned to her what the defendant had said, and then the defendant repeated the words— " there is a report that Mr. Jager gave him a gentle tip over the balcony ;" and added, " lawyers know how to do things nicely," evidently meaning to intimate that the plaintiff had been guilty of the highest crime. The plaintiff, on hearing this, thought it abso lutely necessary , for the vindication of his char acter, to bring the matter into a Court of Justice. He had, therefore, brought this action, and the Learned Couns e l did n o t know w h a t d e f ence M r . Brougham would set up, unless he turned this very serious charge Into a joke, or meant to rely on the circumstances that the plaintiff was an attorney. Mr. Bruton stated that the words were spoken by the defendant as mentioned by the plaintiff's Counsel. Cross-examined by Mr. Baouonut—He could not say whether the words were spoken maliciously or not? Mrs. Bruton gave evidence to the same effect. Lord TEN TEIIDEN—Repeat what she says. I cannot hear, owing to that bonnet of hers. The witness, on cross - examination , said that she never considered - whether the w ords were spoke maliciously or not. Baouogax, for the defe ndent, said that the defence was simply that his client had never uttered the words. Most certainly he had never uttered them maliciously. He had offered to the plain. tiff toldeclare, in the presencepf as many friends as hetileased, that he had not uttered the words, and that there was not the least foun dation for the charge. [Lord TENTEnDEN—There could be no doubt whatever but the dead! of Mr. B. was accidental]. Certainly, there could he no doubt of that, and that was what the defendant had always offered to declare, but the plaintiff was deter. mined to have his action. The question was, whether the wit. ncsses believed that there was any foundation for the charge against the defendant ? It was clear they did not, and the plaintiff; there fore, had sustained no injury. Lord TENTERDEN, after stating the case, observed, that the words were proved by the first witness, and also by Lis wife, except as to the words," Lawyers know how to do things nicely." Whether she spoke to those words or not he could not well tell, for she wore one of those hats or bonnets, or whatever they were called, that were at present in fashion, and which were very inconvenient when the wearer ca:ne to give evidence in a Court of Justice. The question for the consideration of the Jury was no , exactly that which had been put to them by the defendant's Counsel, who had said that the question was whether the witnesses who heard the words believed that there was any truth in the imputation ? The real question was, whether the defendant meant to convey to the minds of the wit. nesses the impression that the imputation was well founded ? and with respect to that, it was a material circumstance that the witness Bruton had asked the defendant afterwards to dine with him, which was rather singular, if he believed that he seriou s ly m ea nt to i m p ute such a crime to his friend, the plaintiff. The Jury, after a short consultation, found for the plaintiff—Da mages One Shilling. VOT•NG (GENT.) r. PIT asaN.—.This was an action to recover 351. due to the plaintiff, as he said, on a balance of account. The plaintiff had been employed on behalf of Mrs. Pitman, to edit a work published by her in Warwick-square, called " The Sporting Magazine." He had edited it for 7 months in 1827.8, with a salary at the rate of 2801. per annum. All:had been settled ex. cept this 351. The defence was, thatlthe money had been paid to the plaintiff, or accounted for. The plaintiff's proof was defective, and he was nonsuited. A cross-action, Pitman"v. Young, was referred. ADMIRALTY COURT, JENE 9. THE BRITAWNIA.—This was a suit by the crews of four fishing smacks against the owners of the brig Britannia, to recover compen sation for the salvage of that vessel. It appeared that the Britannia was returning from St. Petersburgh in Dec. last, and met with very severe weather off the coast of Norfolk. She put out signals of dis. tress. Her crew were too much exhaused to pump, and she had nine feet water in the hold. The crew had been without water for several days, and were just despairing of saving the yes isel, when two of the smacks claiming, the Leander and the Elizabeth, soon came to their assistance. Having ascertained their situation, one of the smacks went off again, and procured the assistance of the other two fishing vessels, the Lady of the Lake and the Adventurer. The crew of th e ritannia abandoned her on the day after she had been discovered in this situation, and went on board a North Shields collier. The vessel shortly afterwards upset, and lay with her masts in the water, the sea beating over with great violence. The salvors, however, lashed themselves to their boats, and at a very great risk succeeded in cutting the rigging of the Bri tannia, when she righted, and they got the assistance of a steam. boat, and finally towed her into the Humber. The cargo was valued at 10,0001. and the vessel at 3001. having been much damaged. The salvors claimed a moiety of the value of ship and cargo, as having saved her when derelict or abandoned. The owners of the cargo agreed to give half the value, but the shipowners resisted the suit. The shipowners admitted that the salvors had saved the ship and cargo, and that they were entitled to liberal compensation, but ac cused them of inducing the Captain and crew to a b an d on the vessel by threats that they would sail away, and leave the Britannia to its fate, if the Captain did not go with them. Sir C. RoutwsoN said he should award the salvors a liberal corn. pensation as soon as he could ascertain the extent of damage their vessels had sustained, and the loss of time they bad suffered. ADAH.—In this case there was a disputed claim for piloting the Adah from Dungeness to the West India Docks. All the charges were admitted but one, which was a claim of 15s. for conveying the res. sel into Dock on a Monday, she having arrived at the entrance of the Dock on the previous day, and could not then be admitted. The vessel was a small one, and the pilot had received 121. for three days' labour. Sir C. ROBINSON decided that the duty of the pilot was not ended till he had brought the vessel into dock. He was bound to take her to the end of the voyage, and that could not fairly be con. sidered arrived at till the vessel was in dock. If the tide did not serve on the day she was brought up, the pilot was bound to bring her in without extra charge on the first day that it did serve. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COVRT, JUNE 9. Daniel Blair, late of Finsbury-place, Pimlico, baker, was op. posed by Mr. WOODRUFFE, on behalf of Mr. Wm. Denley, a bricklayer. I tappearedfrom the cviderce,that the insolvent married the daup. ter of a Mrs. Priddle, who resided in a house belonging to herself, in Ebury-place, Pimlico; and he took a part of the house of her, and con vetted it into a baker's shop. He then employed his opposing cre ditor to build an oven for 301. payable as soon as the work was com pleted, excepting 51. which Mr. Denley consented to take out in bread. After he had got bread to the amount of 51. the Insolvent refused to let him have any snore, and said he would not pay him the 451. and his mother-in-law said he should go to prison six weeks, and pay his debts that way. The Insolvent was thence arrested, and his mother-in-law had possession of all the property on the premises. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER said the Court would adjourn the case, and if the Insolvent s h ou ld come u p aga i n , h e s h ou ld then re ceive such a judgment as the case required; unless in the interim he and his family could be brought to a sense of justice, and restore something to the opposing creditor. Michael Joha Davis, a member of the Jewish persuasion, was opposed by Mr. Cooke, on behalf of Philip Benjamin W. Wilson, I hair-dresser, Strand, and other creditors. It appeared that the insolvmt was a bankrupt in 1825 ; he took lodgings from 3lr. Wilson for a lady, whose name he begged to de cline stating to the Court, assigning as a reason that she is the wife of an officer in the artillery service; she continued to lodge there for a period of three weeks, in the name of Davis ; the lodg lags were kept for five weeks, and the rent not paid ; he slept at I Mr. Wilson's house two nights, but never more, and then he stated he passed the night on the sofa in the drawing-room. Mr. W. had a reference to a Mr. Eagle's, in the Strand, and heard insolvent was a married man, and had a country house at Blackheath ; he took the lady there as Mrs. Davis, and slept there occasionally, on land off. Insolvent said, that in 1826, after his bankruptcy, he was a slop. seller; afterwards he was a general dealer in Anne-street, Waterloo. road ; after that he was a general dealer in 3lason-street, and sub. sequently became a clerk to an attorney in Trinity-place, Charing. cross, on the duties of which he entered on the first Monday in the present year ; he left Mason-street in December, and removed to Trinity-place; all the furniture, with the exception of a bed, bed stead, and a chest of drawers in the house in Mason-street, was his property : he had not a lease of the house ; he sold the fixtures for 91. 103. to Mr. Sherwood, an acquaintance. In September, last year, he (insolvent) went to Holland, where he purchased goods to the amount of about 2001. some of which he sold at Rotterdam, some at the Hague, and some at Amsterdam. On his return to England, he brought more than 1501. worth of goods with him, and five or six pounds in money. He sold the good, before the end of September, as he could obtain purchasers; since then he shipped goods to Holland to the extent of about 201. the returns for which he received ; he was not aware of any outstanding bills against him by a person of the name of Wase. A long tissue of family affairs followed, which, as they were not quite relevant to the inquiry before the Court, may be far bet. ter omitted in our report. Mr. Wm. Stafford, of Buckingham -street, Strand, solicitor to the landlord of the house in Trinity-place, said he received 51. in part of rent from the insolvent, but never gave a receipt; knowing the insolvent's character, he would not acknowledge him as a te nant of his client's ; he never knew any thing good of insolvent— (laughter), who once, he added, justified for bail under very sin gular circumstances. Mr. Cooxx observed, that a great deal of the time of the Court had been lost in endeavouring to prove that the insolvent was the responsible tenant of the house in Trinity-place. The insolvent might, if he chose, run the risk of swearing to his schedule; but he(Mr. Cooke) would prove that it was untrue. Mr. George Leigh, an attorney's clerk, stepped forward to prove a debt of 291. due to him by insolvent, which insolvent mentioned in his schedule he had discharged. Mr. Leigh stated, that he let the house in Anne-street, Waterloo-road, to insolvent; he was to pay 101. for fixtures, five of which he paid on account, and gave a promissory note: for the remainder, but never paid it, although he had taken credit in his general ;balance-sheet for the whole. He threatened to arrest the insolvent if he would not give up the key, and subsequently did arrest him; insolvent put in bail and pleaded to the action.—Mr. Leigh put in a letter which he received from the insolvent. It ran as follows :—" Foolish George Leigh— You . . . . . . and bring as many actions as you like ; if you don't desist in time, and accept the key of your house, I shall be under the necessity of converting it into a stable by bringing In a Donkey. You had better not send me any mote of your letters. " Your's, &c. Mrcuan. JOHN Davis." Insolvent did not perform his threats about the donkey, observed Mr. Leigh, but he brought in a number of chimney-sweepers, who tore the house to pieces and cut the limper on the walls. He re cently made an attack on the witness in Chancery.lane, who was obliged to take shelter from his fury in Dlr. Justice Parke's chambers. The Chief Commissioner here informed the insolvent, if be wished to make any alterations in his schedule, which really ap peartd to be necessary, the case would be postponed for judgment. The question was---whethes the insolvent would swear to the state. ments contained in it ? 31r. Commissioner BOWEN—We have heard both sides; it re mains for the insolvent to swear to the schedule in its present state, or to amend it if he thinks proper. The insolvent accepted the offer of indulgence held out to him, and said he would make some alterations in the schedule. POLICE REPORTS. . Mastsrow-Housz.—Aecounts of bites from dogs are daily brought to the Justice.room. Yesterday one of the parish officer, waited upon the Lard Mayor, and Informed him that several per. sons had lately been bitten by truck dogs, which started suddenly from beneath the trucks and fastened their teeth in passengers. He requested to know whether his Lordship could oblige the owners of trucks to have their names and addresses painted on the truck, in order that they might be made responsible for any mischief commit. ted by their dogs ? The LORD MAYOR-. 1 would have you not to be over nice on the subject at all. If you have the least suspicion that a dog is mad, kill it. I shall be answerable for the consequences. IJ wish it to be known as publicly as possible, and do not care a pin who is the owner. The accounts I receive are dreadful, and I know of only one way of checking so horrible an evil. The Officer—But the officers do not like to go to those truck dogs, they are so savage, and they snap at every body. The Loan MAYoR—I shall inquire whether we cannot compel the owners to abate the evil z in the mean time I would have the officers destroy all the dogs they suspect of madness. A person told the Lord Mayor that be and his family were kept awake all night by the noise of dogs w hi c h were locked up behind his premises. The LORD MAYOR—Poison them by all means. His Lordship repeated his directions to the officers to destroy all dogs that wan. dered about unmuzzled without masters. • BOW-STREZT......CURIOUS CASE.—Yesterday a respectable young man, named Charks Cumpfield Human, was brought up on a warrant, to answer the complaint of the parish officers of St. llartin's-in.the-Fields, for refusing to support his wife. The cir cumstances of the case were curious : In the year 1821, the young female now claiming to be the wife of Mr. Harman, :was married to a man of the name of Denby, who, in 1822, deserted her, and formed another mar riage with a woman named Brown, who was in the posses sion of considerable property. He was detected and prosecuted for bigamy, and sentenced to transportation for seven years. Not long after the passing of this sentence, Mrs. Denby became acquainted with the present defendant, and they made an agreement to live to. gether. She, however, professed great uneasiness at this mode of life, and he was so much annoyed at her constant reproaches on the subject, that he told her if be was convinced that he would be acting legally, he would at once marry her. He gave her a guinea for the purpose of obtaining a legal opinion, and she professed her inten tion to wait upon a solicitor. On her return she stated that the so. licitor had informed her that by the conviction and sentence for fe lony passed upon her husband, he was, to all intents and purpos e s, dead m law, and that she was perfectly at liberty to marry again. This assurance was taken as genuine by Mr. Harman, and he was married to Mrs. Denby, who styled herself in the licence " widow." From the day that the ceremony was performed, she led Mr. Harman such a life that he had reason to repent most bit. terly of the step he had taken, and about six months ago she con. trived, in his absence from town, to dispose, without his knowledge, of two Stanhope gigs, his property, and put the money into her own pocket. He caused her to b e brought to this Office for stealing the gigs, and she then produced the certificate of marriage with him, and was dismissed on the ground that a wife could not commit a felony upon the property of her husband. Mr. Harman, after this, sought the opinion of a legal gentleman himself, and found that he had been completely misled, and that the conviction of her first husband for the crime of bigamy, did not at all absolve her from her matrimonial engagement to him. He then left her, and after she had continued to annoy him in every possible way, she went on Tuesday evening to the officers of St. Martin's parish, and stated that she was chargeable there, and that her husband, (Mr. Harman) was about to abscond to America to avoid supporting her. The officers believing her representation, procured a warrant at this office against Mr. Hannan. These facts being fully established, the Magistrates (Messrs. 3lntstmr.r. and If ILLS) dismissed the complaint against Mr. Harman, and told Mrs. Denby that she had no cl a i m w h atever upon hi m, she being still the lawful wile of Denby. At hearing this decision the rage of Mrs. Denby knew no bounds. She stamped and raved in an extraordinary manner, and was at length expelled by force from the office. She waited a long time outside the door vowing vengeance against Mr. Harman, but he eluded her by a ruse, and escaped from her claws for this time. It was stated that Denby was pardoned in 1826, and is now living respectably in this country. .MARY-LA-BONNS OPFICE.—BEGGING LETTERS..—fester. day Lord Blanvers came to this office, and told Mr. Rawlinson ha had acted too cautiously to be robbed himself, but for the sake of the public he had caused a woman to be apprehended who had made the attempt upon him. His lordship produced a letter which he received some days ago, purporting to come from Ann Browning, in Little Queen-street. Holborn and soliciting his lordship's pecuniary assistance in behalf of the w riter, who described herself to be severely of liated with a cancer in her breast, and destitute of support for herself and five children. The names of several distinguished persons were men. tioned in the letter u having given relief and recommending her case, and one of them was that of the Rev. Dr. Moore, rector of St. Pancras. Lord Nlanvers mentioned the circumstance to Dr. Moore, and found that his name had been used without his knowledge, and that a sovereign, which was said to have been received trom him, he had not given; and Dr. Moore advised his lordship to cause whatever person might call for an answer to the letter to be taken into custody. This was done, and after his lordship had finished the above statement, a woman of decent appearance, about forty years of age, was placed at the bar. John Rider, his Lordship's porter, stated that about twelve o'clock that (yesterday) morning the prisoner rang the bell of his Lordship's house in Portman-square, and asked for an answer to the letter which came from Little Queen-street, and in pursuance of his Lordship's orders he detained here until the butler fetched a policeman to bring her to the office. In answer to Mr. Rawlinson, the witness said the prisoner men. tioned the name of Ann Browning, as being the writer of the letter, and he remembered that when formerly he lived in the service of Lord Cardigan she came to that house with begging letters. The prisoner gave her name and address, Mary Clifton, No. 12, 31arylebone.court, High.street, and said she was the mother of eleven children. Mr. RAWLINSON sent Hooker to 3lary-la-bonne-court, to make Inquiries about her. Her landlord told him she had lodged there for some time ; she now and then went out as a charwoman, and sometimes she wrote letters to gentlemen for relief. The prisoner, in her defence, said, as she was passing along Port. man-square, a man she Never saw till that moment sent her to Lord Blanveres house, to ask for an answer to a letter. Mr. RAWLINSON.—Produce that man. Prisoner—My dear Sir, I can't if I am to die for it. Mr. RAWLINIOX committed the prisoner to the House of Cor rection for three months. WOISHINSTREET.—Yesterday Mr. Thomas Merchant, the proprietor of the Duke of Cumberland, Red Lion-street, Spitaltields, was summoned by Rawlins, the informer, for serving porter during the hours of divine service, on Sunday, the 30th of May. Benwell, the informer's witness, swore that on Sunday week last, at ten minutes past twelve o'clock, he went into the defendant's house, and was served a glass of porter by a young woman. He was let in by a boy. The defendant's pot-boy came forward, when Benwell said he was the boy who let him in ; the boy, however, positively swore thatlhe never let Benwell or any other person into his master's house during church time. The defendant's bar-maid swore that there was no other young woman in the defendant's house on Sunday week last besides her. self, and that she never served Benwell or any other person during the hours of divine service. Mr. TWYFOILD, to the pot-boy—Were you in your master's house the whole of the morning ? Poet-boy—l was away about an hour. I went to see my 'mother. There is no other bor in my master's house. Mr. BENETT-1 m sure I shall sooner believe the boy than that man (pointing to Benwell), who goes sneaking about, peeping in at every publican's window he passes, endeavouring to get live or six shillings—he makes a regular trade of it. The defendant's servant also swore that there was only one boy employed in her master's house. Benwell--I will not swear the boy whom the defendant has brought forward is the boy who let me in. BENETT—Why you have sworn he was the same boy who letu in. Dwell—l said I believed he was the boy. The case was dismissed. The remains of the Marchioness of Northampton, which were brought to this country from Rome, where her Ladyship died, were on Monday removed from Dean-street, Soho, to the family vault in Northamptonshire, with great funeral pomp, for in. terment. Several Noblemen and Gentlemen's carriages joined the melancholy procession. . - - The murderer of the celebrated Paul Louis Courier has at last been discovered, and has confessed his crime. His name is Fremont : he was the gamekeeper of the unfortunate de. ceased. The assassination appears to have taken place from feel ings of revenge : it had nothing to do with politics. Fremont had for accomplices one Symphorien Dubois (since dead,) Piere Dubois, and two others. The trial of Fremont and his surviving scum. pikes was to take place at Tours on the 9th inst..l J 1.m.• MISCELLANEA. i t. i..,; :r.. , ,, ,, ,f ettimi c :ni;;: . 0 . ,,, ,, , , ,, , 1,..._.0..T.w _______ u vEz a wm p h`i i iLsEun b c:la y r h y e A r afternb fa li th a er oo)r : l w s, lesson,coßandPrrits new font at Walcot Church, Bath, Paulitaa Fontelwata, infant d:. : no. ter of Prebendary Dennis, B.C.L. Am EiticAx NEWSPA PERS.—There are now fi ft%. d:nis newspapers in the United States, two-third' of which are st . q.pomt to be yielding fair profits. We may add that there are nu I.c3V duties imposed upon them—no t a x u p on inental fo.xl— as in dui country. Cr N CIS NATI.—The inhabitants of this city in the yea' 1802 did not exceed 800, and at this moir.ent they amount to mom than 25,000; the population during the last three years alone lily ing increased eight thousand souls ! AMERICAN HEMP.—A New York paper state. 11, 41 , some experiments have been made in that city on the company... strength of Russian and American hemp, " by which it appt o r re ; that there was a superiority of 20 per cent, in the hemp gr own i. America over the finest specimens of that of Russia," Of cour ie . AMERICAN PROTESTANT MISSIONARY SOCIETY —This Society in 1829 printed 172,000 copies of the Bible in the Chacta language, an equal number in that of the .etieess, on e 175,000 in Cherokee. " The Phcenix," a Cherokee jcurnal sh o d by a native, who bas Invented written characters for his lan guage announces that a Temperance Society has been formed a t le e „ Echota, the Cherokee capital. STATUTE LAw.—Some idea may be formed of the changes that have taken place in the statute law of the reJm, fron, the number of statutes that have been wholly or partly repealed within the last seven years. During the above period, 1,126 Act. of Parliament have been wholly, and 443 partly repealcd—makine a total of 1,369. Of these, 1,344 relate to the empire at large, ar:l 225 solely to Ireland. NORTH ROA D.--The Report of the Select Committee on the Northern Roads has just been printed. The evidence ad. duced consists of that of 31r. Telford and Sir Henry ParralL The former gentleman gives it as his opinion, that a saving of thin., miles may be made in the road from London to Edinburgh- v.; ten between London and Newark, six between Newark and Mer• peth, and fourteen between Morpeth and Edinburgh, so that th, whole would be reduced from 399 to 369 miles. Mr. Telford par. ticularly condemns the bad and circuitous road over Staimnore, and from Greta Bridge to Carlisle, and thinks that much alteration it generally required. STATISTICS.—The sixth monthly meetingof the Societe de Staliefigue Univerrellewas lately held at Paris. Several statistica: works were presented, and the names of new candidates for admit. sion were given. An interesting report was read, from which it appears that the Society now consists of 617 members, among whom are several princes, ministers of state, peers of France, and other distinguished personages. At this meeting it was proposal. and unanimously agreed to, that, at the end i ,of 1832. three prizes of 3,000, 2,000, and 1,000 francs, should be awarded to the authors of memoirs on statistics, the best calculated to further the views of tic Society. CONGREVE ROCK ETS..—Some experiments wore re cently made at Toulon, for the purpose of ascertaining the powerof the Congreve rocket. Out of seven which were fired, twocacetdel. ti, about 250 toises, the range of a 36-pounder, and two others bee,: before they had reached half their distance. The experinants, o: the whole, were considered satisfactory, as they demonstrated :hi about half the number of rockets discharged will be effective. ARTESIAN WELLS.—The Paris " Globe" informs u that an English company has received authority to introduce into France, by way of Havre, all the instruments necessary for the con struction of Artesian wells in different parts of France. AGRICULTURE.—The Paris Central Society of Agri. culture, at its last sitting, awarded the following prizes :-20oti francs to Messrs. Flackat and Mulot, for their process for boring for Artesian wells ; another, for the same object, to Messrs. Fraisse ate Poitevia ; and also a gold medal to M. Faye!, 1000 francs to 31 Payen, for a memoir on the use which may be made of the carcl , t• of domestic animals when dead ; and other prizes, of small anieunt. on different subjects, making altogether 7000 francs. Several gc.,: and silver medals were also presented. The prizes of next year arc to be, first, 1500 francs for the best treatise on the use which tray be made of the dead bodies of domestic animals; 1500 francs tor the best treatise en the blindness of horses; 3500 for the best modtl of a threshing and winnowing machine ; 3000 francs for the best treatise on the mode of boring for water; 1000 francs for the be=t treatise on the culture of the pink poppy. Three prizes arc also an. noenced for 1834. Dr. Casper, in an article in the Revue Britannique,, states, that there existed some time ago in Prussia a club of suicides, composed of six persons, who not only vowed to destroy theinsclres., but also to make proselytes. They did not sacceed in the latter re. spect, but all gave proofs of their own sincerity. The last of then blew out his brains in 1817. The same writer states, that a simila. club is reputed to have existed not long ago in Paris. This was composed of twelve members, one of whom was to be selected ever year for self-destruction. BIRTHS. At Fort Pitt, Chatham, on the 9th instant, the Lady of Dr Clarke, Physician to the Forces, and Principal Medical Officer then. of a son. On the sth Inst. at Cheltenham, the Lady of the Rev. W. Phillips, B.D. of a daughter—On the sth inst. at Calke AL!‘e-,.. Derby, the lady of Sir G. Crewe, Bart, of a daughter.—On the of May, at Hayne House, Devonshire, the lady of C. A. Hat-r.s. Esq. of a daughter.—On the Bth inst. Emma, the wife of Mr. V Pearce, (formerly of the Royal Navy) of a son.—At the President..-. Demerara, the Lady of the Hon. C. Wray, of a son.—On the !id - June, at Wellington-hall, Montgomeryshire, the Lady of T. Browne. Esq. of a son.—ln Granby.row, Dublin the lady of Sir P. Bellew, Bart. of Barmeath, of a son and heir.—At Limerick. the lady of S. Rose, Esq. of a son and Mr.—ln:Lin:crick. the Lady of Brigade-Major Forster, of a daughter.—At Clonlea Glibe, kb!. kishen, county Clare, the Lady of the Rev. W. Adamson. of a son. —ln Tralee, the Lady of H. M`Cann, Esq. of a daughther.—At Parsonage, Wallsend, the wife of the Rev. J. Armstrong, of daughter.—At Pensher, on Wednesday sennight, the wife of T. Drummond, the claimant to the Earldom of Perth. of a son. MARRIED. At Oretna Green, on the 29th May, T. F.. Blake, Esq. eldest so:: of V. Blake, Esq. of Menlo Castle, to Letitia 31aris O'Brien, only child and heiress of the late U. O'Brien, Esq.—At Glanmire church. W. C. Honayne, Esq. solicitor, to Catherine. daughter of 0. Sa. cage, Esq. of Cork.—ln Fcthard, county Tipperary, G. J. Greene. Esq. of killolan, near Limerick, to Ellen Maria. eldest daughter c: J. o'Aleagher, Esq.—ln London, Capt. C. Bulkeley. of the 2d re. giment of Life Guards, to Louisa, daughter of C. L. Stephens. Esq. —At Yafforth, on the Ist inst. John Moore. Esq. H.N. late coal. mender of his Majesty's ship the Rinaldo, to Miss Hood. eldest daughter of W. Hood, Esq. of Yafforth.house, near Northallerton. —ln Newcastle, on the 6th inst. Mr. Joseph Gibson, to Isabelki. youngest daughter of Mr. M. Gibson, manufacturer, of 3laybole. Ayrshire.--On the Bth instant, at St. Augustine's, Watling-street. G. Buchanan, Esq. of Edinburgh, to Charlotte, fourth daughter o: E. Barnard, Esq. of Paternoster-row.—On the 7th ins'. at I,ydd. in the county of Kent. the Rev. E. R. Nares, eldest son of t! eRr Dr. Nam, rector of Biddenden and Newchurch, Kent, to Cee:ha. third daughter of the late D. Dente, Esq. of Lydd. DIED. In Newcastle, en the 26th ult. at his house in Usle.v.Teet. the Rev. C. Ocheltke, fomierly of Edinburgh, and chaplain in :he Is , battalion of the Scotch Brigade, aged 90.—At Rockforest. county Clare, the lady of R. D'Arcy, Esq.—The wife of Nesbit Lodge. Esq. of :Moore Lodge, county Kilkenny.—ln Tralce, T. Poles. Esq.—At Palmerston House, the Hon. Mrs. H. Hutchinson..-. 4: Enniskerry, aged 73, R. 3lackee. Esq.—At Altringhatn. Cheshire. on the 28th tilt. W. Harle Nichols, 31. D. many years a resident cf Whitby, Yorkshire, pettily respected.—At 3liddleham. Yorkshire. J. B Esq. aged 82.—At ‘roodlanns, near Doncaster, hall'. Mary, relict of Adam 31ansfeldt de Cardonnel Lawson. Esq. of Cramlington and Chinon, Northumberland, and the Hermitage. Bath.-..At Richmond, on the Ist inst. Mrs. Ingleelew.—At Cor. bridge, on the 28th ult. Mr. William surtees. aged 49, 14 :c quartermaster in the first battalion of his 3lajcstv*s Rifle Brigade. In C,arendish.squate, on the Bth inst. Lieut.-Col. G. Mar/ay. K.C.B. in the 39th year of his Esq. the 3d inst. Catherine , :hr beloved wife of Wm. Wright, of Tottenham.park.—ln Re gent-street, on the 7th inst. C. Bec ford, the wife cf J. Carbonell. Esq.—On the 4th inst. at T. Kevill's, Esq. Ranscombc, Devon. it his 55th year, T. Lowten, Esq.—At Sandgate. in Kent, on the 7th inst. Mr. T. P. Nickalla, of the Stock.Exchange.--At East Dub wich.on the bth inst. Jane, third daughter of the late Alfred Thral: Perkins, Esq. of Cadogan.place, aged 16.—0 n the 21st ult. at his residence, Moorhouse Hall, near Carlisle. R. Hodgson. Esq. ag,2 70 years, a Major in the East India Company's Service. and one 0: his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the county of Curnb.rlar.d.— At York, on the 31st ult. on his road from London to Heaham. R. Hodgson, eldest son of the late Rev. R. Clark, of Whitfield. 80 32.—At Bebside, aged 66, James Hobson, a faithful servant in husbandry forty.one years, ten of which with the late John %1 Esq. and thirty.one with Blr. C. Jobson.--On the 6th ir.st.Jobc Henry. second son of Major Ebrington, of the Tower, in the 16th year of his age—On the 7th inst. Mr. J. Luck, of the firm of I.uck and Westall, Blackfriars.road—At Brighton, on the sth inst. Jane. the relict of T. Maitland, lEsq. of Shrubb's.hill, Lyndhurst —On the 30th May, Miss Leserve, formerly of the Theatres Royal Covent-garden and Haymarket. LONDON ; Printed and Published by JONI, Marna, at the Sfax- Orncs No. 1, Plcbett•pboe,Tentple Bar.