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. • . ; . 1 4 1 , r . ;Ic4' c4' . Y ~, LAW REPORTS. ROLLS COURT, DEC. 1. The Court was occupied this morning in the hearing of pctitioos and skim causes, none of which involved any principle of public interest. His Honour left his scat shortly after one o'clock. VICF.-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, DEC. 1. Several bankrupt petitions were brought before the Court this day, and disposed of, none of which possessed the least public interest. MSEDIVILLE V. THOMAS. At the rising of the Court, Mr. SIVANSTOX moved for a special in. htnetion to restrain the defendant from receiving, and the Bank of Eng land from transferring the sum of 7301. Three per Cent. Consols, standing there in the name of Alexander de Themines, now de. teased, on the ground that the defendant, who is the executor of the will of the last-mentioned gentleman, lives beyond the jurisdiction of this court, he being a notary residing in Brussels. It appeared that Alexander de Themines was formerly the Bishop of Blois, who. during the early part of the French revolution in the last century, emigrated from France to Savoy. and thence to Spain ; and on the French entering Span in 1808, came and took refuge in England. He was also one of the 38 French bishops who addressed an set to Pope Pius VI. against the concordat concluded between that Pope and Napoleon. He afterwards visited Brussels, where he'died. leaving a will, by which he gave several legacies to persons residing in England, among whom is the plaintiff, liferinville. An application had been made by Mr. Thomas to the bank of England for the transfer of the above sum, and this motion was made to restrain the Bank from making this trans fer, on the grounds we have rientioned.—lnjunction granted. COURT OF KINO'S BENCH, Dec. 1. ( London Sittings, before 3lr. Justice LITTLEDALE, and Common Juries.) COACH ACCIDENT.—LAIILER v. PAGE. This was an action brought to recover compensation in damages for an injury sustained by the plaintiff; through the negligent driving of the defendant's coachman. Mr. BUSBY conducted the ease for the plaintiff, and Mr. GURNEY fur the defendant. A sailor of the name of Pratt was called for the plaintiff, a dealer in Dantzie spruce ; and he stated, that he was walking along Bishopsgate street one day, in Dec. 1828, between four and five o'clock in the after noon ; he saw the detendant'v servant driving furiously out of the Half Moon-yard, with a coach and three horses ; it was a Clapham stage coach ; the plaintiff and his son were driving along at the time, at a mo derate pace, in a pony cart, near the mouth of the yard. The defend. ant's coach was driven against the cart, and the plaintiff was thrown out and seriously injured. The WHIM, went to him and lifted him up, and saw that his hands and face were very much cut; the coachman drove out of the yard et such a furious rate that he could not have pulled in his horses in time to prevent the accident. He stopped for an instant after the accident, and asked whether the plaintiff was hurt, and then drove on at a furious rate towards diaachurch-street. This evidence was corroborated by the plaintiff's son. A surgeon was called, to prove gut the injury done to the plaintiff was very serious. His hands and face were much cut and bruised—the tendons of the hands were cut to the bone. The witness attended the plaintiff for two months, and during that time he had not the use of his right hand ; he saw him lately, and the hand still bore the marks of the injury, and could never be completely cured; as the plaintiff was a poor man, he had charged him only thirty shillings for his attendance. Mr. BUSBY said that this was the plaintiff's case. The reason for not bringing the action sooner was, that the most material wit. ness had gone to India soon after the accident, and had only lately returned. The defence set up wee, that the accident was owing entirely to the negligence of the plaintiff himself. To make out that we, the coachman (released by the defendant) was called, and he positively contradicted the evidence for the plaintiff. He drove out of the yard at a moderate pace, when the plaintiff drove up at a rapid rate, and ran his cart against the leading horse, and was thrown out. The horses were old, and could not go at a furious rate; there was a boy with a truck before him as he drove out of the yard, so that he could not drive fast. The boy who had been wheeling the truck, and the ostler of the Half Moon Inn, corroborated this testimony, and added, that the plaintiff, at the time when the accident happened, was looking at a row on the opposite side of the street, instead of attending to his horse. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE recapitulated the evidence to the Jury, and observed that it was very contradictory; but it was the province of the Jury to decide on which side the balance preponderated. The Jury, after consulting together for about a quarter of an hour, found their verdict for the defendant. Several undefended causes were disposed of. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC. 1. (Before the CHIEF JUSTICE and a London Jury.) HARRIS T. SMITE. The parties in this case are neighoubrs, raiding on the banks of the Thames. near the Temple Gardens, and occupying two whatts.-- The action, it was stated by Mr. Serjeant WILDE, was brought to try the right of the defendant to moor his barges be fore the plaintiff's premises, in such a way as to occasion considerable damage to the piles which were plead before the premises to protect them from the blows given by the barges. In the course of the cause, however, it was contended by the Counsel for the defendant (Mr. Serjeant Teddy and Mr. Serjeant Jones,) that he had no right to moor the barge in front of the plaintiffs wharf. The question which then remained was, what damage had accrued to a pile before the plaintiff's wharf by the striking of one of the defendant's barges against it ? On this point some contradictory evidence was given, but it ap peared that the defendant's barge had on several occasions struck against the pile when it was raised by the tide. The Jury stopped the Chief Justice as he was summing up, and said they had made up their minds upon the evidence. They then returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, One Shilling. MILTON V. ELMORE. This case, which was brought by the celebrated horse.dealer and coach proprietor, and late occupier of tie premises in Piccadilly ' , now in the possession of the defendant, was called on at one o'clock • but it being stated that it would occupy at least six hours, the Chief Justice ordered it to be put off. GEORGE T. PAGE. This was an action brought upon an agreement made between the parties, wherein the plaintiff, a ship-builder, stipulated to build a large fishing smack for the sum of 6201. and to have it ready at a stated time. An old smack, belonging to the defendant, was to be taken in exchange, at the value of 3001. and the rest of the money was to be paid in instal ments. The ship was ready at the appointed time, which was about the beginning of this year ; the smack was t a ken in excitange,and some of the instalments were paid The defendant then wished to have the smack given up to him, as it would be extremely useful, the fishing season having come in ; but the plaintiff refused, and the consequence was, that the remainder of the money. which amounted to one hundred and eighty pounds, was left unpaid. For the recovery of this the present action was brought, and the defence set up was, that the ship was neither finished properly nor sea-worthy. On this point several wit nesses were called on the pan of the plaintiff, to show that the mate. rids with which the ship was built were very good, and that it was per. fectly sea-worthy as a smack. On the part of the defendant two witnesses were called, who gave it es their opinion that the ship was not seaworthy, the sap being left in some of the planks, and the butts, or ends of the planks, out. side the vessel, which met together, not being bolted, as was usually done. On this evidence being given, Mr. Sergeant WILDE called up the plaintiff's Attorney, who staed that the first witness for the de fendant—a shipwright—had informed him, some time ago, that the ship was perfectly seaworthy, and that it was finished in a workman like way. Another witness for the plaintiff stated, in reply to the defendant's evidence, that bolting the butts was not necessary, and was always con sidered an extra operation. The ship had lain without any cargo or without use for a length of time, and that circumstance might have caused it to have a different appearance to what it would if it had been either aired or worked, as was usually the case. Mr. Sergeant ADIDRBWR in replying to this evidence, contended that a smack that would be obliged to meet all weathers should be built in the best way possible, and that they must consider, even taking the plaintiff's attorney's declaration about the defendant's first witness to be true, that the attorney would ask such questions only as conduced to strengthen his side of the caw, and would not inquire into minute par. tieubui. Mr. Serjeant WILDE, in his reply, said that no complaint had ever been made of the ship during the time it was being built, and that the defects mentioned by the defendant's witnesses were only such as might arise In any ease. The Jury stopped the Chief Justice In his summing up, and re turned a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages, One Hundred and Eighty Pounds. PRENOGATIVE COURT, Dsc. 1. In theabsenee of Sir J. Nicnor.s., Dr. Jexyza presided. IN TIM CASE OP ALFRED ROMEO ADMAN. The following are the circumstances of the case :—The deceased, Al. Fred Romeo Adrian, who held a situation in the Stamp-office, died on the 20th of September, 1829, as was supposed without leaving hay will. Letters of administration were granted to his toother,Alary Adrian, us next of kin. On the 25th September, 1829, in the course of a search made among the deceased's papers, a entail book was discovered, eon. l tainining various memorandums respecting his properly, but it was not supposed to contain any testamentary document. The letters of administration were issued on the 20th of September last. Subic. 1 quently, on die 19th of October, Mrs. Adrian, in looking over the book happened to see the words " turn over" written on what appeared to bel the last page, and examining the book, more closely, she observed a Ily.leaf attached to the cover by two wafers. The Adminlstratrix's son, Thomas Adrian, detached the lly.leaf from the cover, and found upon It a testamentary memorandum, written in pencil. This dom.,' ' mint, which, u well as the words " turn over," was in the hand.' writing of the deceased, bore the date of the 26th of October, 1826, and professed to contain a disposition of his property in the event of testator dying without making a more formal will. It left the property to the administratrix, constituting her sole executrix. Dr. DODSON 11011 prayed the Court to revoke the know of adminis tration granted on the supposition of an intestacy, and decree probate of the will to Mrs. Adrian. There were affidavits of the facts of finding the will,--of the hand-writing ; and the will had been brought into 1. ours. It was not sought by this application to make any alteration in the disposition of the property : the only change would be in the tide under which it was to be held. Prayer granted. INSOLVENT DEBTORr COURT, Dec. I. Edward Chinery, described as late of Wilton place, Knightsbridge, gentleman, came up to be beard in the matter of his petition, when his discharge was opposed by Mr. Cezawm.s, on behalf of John Hunter, Ksq. Mr. BARRY opposed for a Mr. Paton, and Mr. COOKE supported the petitioner. The insolvent had been before the Court in June hat, when his petition was dismissed on account of having disposed of property which he h..d not accounted for; and he came up again this day on a new order for hearing. The insolvent underwent a long and rigid examination, from which it appeared that upon the death of his father he became possessed of con. siderable property, situated at Sudbury, in Suffolk, consisting of landed estates of the value of 8,0001. This property the insolvent mortgaged to the amount of 6,6001. and among the mortgagees was the opposing creditor, Mr. Hunter who claimed 1,2001. The insolvent had bon re commended to him through the agency of a Mr. ltlanning. After the money had been advanced, it was discovered that the estates had been previously mortgaged, which, by a strange oversight of the solicitor for the mortgage creditor , had not been before inquired into, nor was the insolvent ever questioned on the subject. The insolvent was particularly interrogated respecting the disposal of the various sums of money he had received. He said that he had paid on his brother's account, who had gone out to India, the sum of 1,000). by way of outfit ; and for the general maintenance of his mother and brothers, 2,4001. For board and lodging since his imprisonment, 1801. He stated that his law expenses within three years amounted to 6501. and for gunpowder and shot he paid 2001. From Mr. Butity's opposition it appeared, that his client, Mr. Paton, held two bills of exchange, in amount 2331. drawn by a named Wood, accepted by the insolvent, and by Wood en. I )el or li sed " to Mr. Paton. When the bills became due, they were dishonoured, and an action was commenced in the Court of King's Bench against the insolvent, to which he pleaded the general issue. At the trial, Sir James Searlett held a brief for the defence, but called no witness ; and the plaintiff having called two persons. named Wood and Croft, the former of whom proved an advance of money by the drawer, Lord Tenterden stopped the learned gentleman (Sir James Barlett) as he was about to address the jury, and said there was no de. fence. The Jury accordingly returned a verdict for the opposing cre. ditor, for 2791. being the amount of the debt and costs. The record was then put in, and it was stated that if judgment had gone by default, the costs would not have been so much by 261. The insolvent was afterwards examined by 'Mr. BARRY, relative to the avail of several articles of valuable property after his arrest namely, a valuable musical gold war4h, a picture, two hones, a dog. cart, a sporting dog, and a dbunong ring. The insolvent admitted that he had disposed of them, and said that they were worth about 3001. This was all the property he possessed beyond his landed estates, which were heavily The insolvent was then examined by his cou i n n se rtg l,l i lf:. d oomr. He stated that he came of age in 1822, and was possessed of considerable property. His mother had nose. There were five in family, who all depended on him for support. He had lent a certain person 3,oool.which he considered a' bad debt; after this be never had sufficient to support the establishment. He considered his propaty, at the time he came of age, to have been worth 8,0001. Mr. Manning introduced him to Mr. Hunter. Mr. Manning did not ask him if the estates were encurn. bered. The deeds were in the possession of the family's solicitor. Mr. Wood wu known u a iv. Insolvent hada taste for play. Wood told him he had starteda new house in Piekaing's.place, St. James's, and present. ing him with a card, solicited his patronage. He went, and the first person he saw was Wood, acting as groom-porter. Wood and Croft were dealing out cards : be played, and being rather flush of cub, he lost from 401. to 601. Knowing him, they requested him to take what money be wanted, and handed him money from time to time out of the bank, until it amounted to a considerable sum • be, however, continued unsuccessful, and It was at length reposed th at bills should be drawn ' to the amount of 3221. which he agreed to at Ids own hose._. Croft afterwards brought them, sad he them; Croft stating that if he should not be able to take them up, he would egoist him. Mr. Commissioner Bestow said, that after a steamiest like this, be thought the opposing creditor, Mr. Paton had but weak grounds for maintaining a vexatious defence. To a question by Mr. BARRY, the insolvent replied, that there were only two or three persons present when the bank Set advanced him money. The Learned Gentleman then addressed the Court, and contended that the insolvent had vexatiously defended the action, that he had been lavish In his expenditure , and had parted with property after his anat..- an act which thh Court could never justify. Mr. Casswzr.t followed, and contended that the insolvent had practised a fraud upon. Mr. Hunter,who would never receive one farthing of his 1,2001. Mr. Cools said, that if the case was so as had been reps.sensed , it was strange that they had not called Mr. Hunter to prove, if he could, any fraudulent representations on the part of the insolvent. The fact was otherwise. The insolvent bad never been questioned Iby Mr. Manning on the subject of 'membrane:a. The estates had since been put up to auction, and sold foe 6,3001. but the sale can• not be completed until a person competent to sign the deed be ap. pointed, when Mr. Hunter will be paid every shilling. Mr. Commissioner Bowxx said, that he was himseff somewhat sm. prised that Mr. Hunter had not been put into the box, and be thought it would be too much to say that the insolvent had acted fraudulently towards him. With respect to the plea, he could not think it a vessel ous defence, but as regaed the sale of the property after his arrest, in that the insolvent was not justified : for this he should think it his duty to remand him for a short period when be came before the Court for ed. judication. Judgment postponed on account of a defect In the adverthement.— Adjourned sine die. POLICE HAPORTS. MAWSION Hour —Two men, named Davis and Siagfr, Wen brought before the Loan Blares', charged with having stolen a large pack of flannel and blankets, the property of a warehouseman In Lawrence-lane. David Forrester, the officer, saw Davies and two other men looking about in the neighbourhood of Bishopegate-street, and dogged them until he perceived they had fixed upon an errand.eart, which contained some bulky property. Soon afterwards the officer saw a large pack fall from the out, but he could not tell whether it had been cut away, or fell by accident. The moment it fell, however, Davies and Slater took hold of It, and the former heaved it upon the shoulders of the latter. As they were both making off with the pack, the officer darted upon and seized them. Slater, after a desperate effort, contrived to slip out of his coat and wahtcoat,which he left in the hand of the officer, who cried out, Stop thief I A gentleman Instantly pursued Slater, and, with the assistance of others, secured him. The pack, which contained flannel and blankets of considerable value, was directed to Mr. Smith, of Tooting. The LORD MAYOR commended the activity of the officer highly, and remarked upon the frequency of robberies of this description. The prisoners were remanded. Gu ILDIIALS.—Mr. a miniature painter, residing In Clerken well attended before Mr. A Tnomrsox, at the Instance of Mr. Dicks, an overseer of one of the City parishes, to answer a coin. plaint of not maintaining his wife. Mr. Dicks, however, opened hie case by stating, that he was not aware that he could make any cons. plaint, as the husband expressed his willingness to receive and maintain his wife at his home, while the wife refused to return, and required a separate maintenance. Mr. Aid. THOMPSON asked bow long the parties had been married ? The wife, a tall, slim young woman, replied four years. The husband said that was true, but she had deserted him at the end of the first twelvemonth, and be handed up a copy of the Tines, wherein ' he had advertised that she had left him without his count, and that he would not pay any debts she might contract. The wife replied that he had used her so much while she lived with him, that she was determined never top home with him again. He had given her a black eye only a fortnight ago. He could earn h a ie. a . gu i nea in four bows, and could afford to allow her 7s. a-week. The husband said she had been aiming at a separation from the very beginning, and he was determined never to make an allowance to her. His home was open to her, as she was his wife by law, though she bad never been so by nature': (a laugh.) I say, cried the husband in an elevated tone, she has never been a wife by me. Why, Mr. Alderman, the se. mod day after we were married, as was writing at my desk, she came unawares behind me and began battering away with a big stick, and when I complained of this strange conduct to her sister, who seemed to be a son of keeper over her, she took the stick away, and my wife became as tame as a mouse. (Laughter.) You ought, said the Magistrate, to have exercised better judgment in chasing our wife. But, Alderissaa. replied the husband, before I married her she could not say bo ! to a goose. (Renewed laughter.) What ! although she was so fiery tee days afterwards es to beet you with a great stick ? rejoined the husband, neither I nor my friends could believe such a thorough change to be possible. Why not, said the Magistrate, make as allowance suitable to your means, and rid yourself cf such a trotiblesonse eompaztlett. She does not like to return, and it would be hard to make the inhabitants of the parish maintain her. No, my home is open to her, said the husband. The wife repeated her complaints of ill treatment, and said, her hus band had not purchased any clothes for her. She considered her life in danger. The husband replied, that whatever property she Worm his. When he was courting, she said, Now, if you marry me, you will not get even a scrap of paper with me (a laugh) ; and he answered that Ite did cot care, he only wanted her person, which was the truth, for he had the most pure and sincere love for her e to g re in la t aghter); but, added the husband, with a signi fi cant nod, and Ms tons from that of bold emphatic statement, to the whisper of bails confession; but, I was taken in; and her cousin now tells me, my wife had a bastard be. fore I became acquainted with her (laughter). Mr. Alderman THOMPSON said such exposures only made things worse. Mr. Payne observed. that the only question for the Magistrate was, whether the husband had a proper home for his wife to Ig o to? and the Alderman examined the defendant's landlady on this point, and also as to his treatment of his wife; and he arrived at the conclusion that the husband was an unfortunate man. You must go home, said the Alderman, addressing the wife. Never ! she exclaimed, and burst into an hysterical fit of crying. The Magistrate continued—l cannot order an allowance to be made to you. You must return to your friends. If, however, you choose to return to your husband, the law will compel him to treat you with be. coming kindness and attention. The parties were then dismissed. BOW•STANZT. SWING" IN LONDON. Yesterday morning Mr. Charles Ramble waited upon Sir A. Binge, and informed him that he had received a letter from the awfal and mysterious known by the self assumed cognomen of " threatening struetion to Covent-Garden Theatre unless certain injunctions therein contained were obeyed, and that immediately. Sir R. Braxit--And pray, Mr. Ranh's, what modest request, or rather injunction, has Mr. Swing favoured you with ? Mr. Kemble said the letter was to this erect t—We are in want of bread—we cannot see our wives and children starve around us—bread we will have. You must immediately advertise a free bene fi t, the pro ceeds to be applied to our relief, and if you fail your Theatre will in a single night be reduced to ashes. The other Playhouses will share the same fate on non-compliance—so take heed." Signed—" Swing." Sir. R. BILNIZ —Well, this is coining near home with a • Mr.Remble (laughing)—What would you have me do, Sir en = ? Sir R. Bt RI/IX—Why, advertise a benefit by all means, and when the person or persons authorised by Swing come to claim the Pro give them into custody, and bring them before me, and perhapel ce know what to do with them. Mr. Kemble said he should consider of it, and withdrew. DARING AND EXTRNIIIVE ROIIIIIIIY AT 8R1111T0L....A man of respectable appearance, named John Walker, and his wife and mother, and a young girl whose name was not stated, were brought before Mr. Inentn.r. on Tuesday night, the man charged on suspicion of being a principal in a most extensive robbery at Bristol, and the females with being accessories after the fact. It appeated in evidence that on last Friday se'nnight, the house of Mr. Abrahams, a pawnbroker and silversmith at Bristol, was broken into and plundered of 230 gold and silver watches, 200 gold rings, a quantity of plate, and other miscellaneous property to the amount of about 2,3001. Mr. Abrahams is of the Jewish persuasion, and at the commencement of his Sabbath, which takes place on Friday evening, he and his family left home, and on their return in about three hours, it was found thaf the premises had been broken into, and the property mentioned carried off. Information was immediately given to Mr. Smith, the Chief Police Officer of Bristol, and the most prompt mea sures were resorted to to prevent the thieves, who were at ones suspected to be from London, from quitting BristoL The vigilance of the police, however, was defeated, and the robbers got clear from the dty with their plunder. Information was then sent to Bow-street, with a description of the persons who were supposed to have committed the robbery, and by desire of Sir Richard Stride and Mr. Minshull, Ford, assisted by other officers, set about endeavouring to trace them. It had been as- It:ermined that on the night of the robbery three men left Bristol in a posuchaise, having with them a large quantity of lump of a very weighty description. They were traced to the neighbourhood of Lon don, having never all quitted the chaise together during the = and they then transferred the luggage to a hackney coach, and Ford ascertained the number dein coach to be and on inquiry loud the coachman was gone to Hastings on a job. Ile followed and brought him to London, and he stated that he drove the three men and the luggage first to the Gun Tavern, at Pimlico, where two of them went away, and be then drove the third to a house in Valentine's-place, Black friars-road, and there the packages were deposited. The officers went there at an early hour on Tuesday morning, and found all the prisoners in the house. They were in great consternation, and Mrs. Walker, the male prisoner's maker, was seam to go in haste to the water-closet. Upon a search there, three silver spoons, quite new, and without marks, were found in the soil. On a further search in the house some gold seals and other trinkets were found, and the prima were brought be. fore the Magistrates. Mr. Abralumi was examined, and described the circumstances at tending the burglary, and said the pdmeer, Jobn Walker, was theme man Who called at his shop on three aseemdm days, the het of which was that on which the robbery was memetted. Be looked at a great variety of articles each time, ands pretence that be wasted to make large purchases, but finally be bought nothing, althoet ake b t e s remained of upwards two hours each time. The spoons and witness had no doubt, were part of the property stoles from r a ltel The spoons agreed meetly in pattern, and so did the seals, with some ho which he had loat. Mr. Smith, the chief constable of Bristol, identified the male pri. loner, whom he said he had seen in that city for several days before the robbery, but not afterwards. Ford the house at which he apprehended the prisoners, was a common brothel, and that John Walker bad been many years known as an experienced burglar. Walker said he knew nothing of the robbery, and denied having been at Brisld stall. The female denied any pardcipation in the matter, and Mrs. Walker, am. entered into a long statement of her private affsits, which had no bearing whatever upon the charge. The driver of the hackney-coach 687 waa called, and swore that Walker was one of the three men whom be chore to the Gun at PIM. lien, and afterwards to Valentine's-place, Blackfriars-road. Walker was then handed over to the custody of Mr. Smith, to be con veyed to Bristol, and thelfemale prisoners were discharged. Yesterday a Fear old countryman was brought up by Skinner, the In. Spector of Hawkers' and Pedlars' Itiorness, charged with having been found hawking sand. It appeared that the poor man had only a small quantity of sand in his cart when he was observed going from house to home by the in former, who failed in proving that any and had been sold, and the de fendant asserted that he was merely collecting sedges. Sir RICHARD Boum asked the attorney's clerk, who attended in support of the information, whether he supposed that those who framed the Act ever intended to include sand un the terms goods, wares, or metehandisest The Attorney's clerk said, that the question was one which he could not answer. Sir R. Brawis—l am quite sure that it was not. Mr. Blirrauntr. reconunended the defendant to take out a license to remove all doubt, but dismissed the information. Skinner applied to have the defendant ordered to pay the exponent out of pocket. Mr. Mixsuora., however, declined to make any such order. Another poor-looking fellow was charged with hawking mats in Mary-la-bonne. Mr. lintsuum ordered the ease to be dismissed, saying that he would not take on him a most painful office, that belonged to other magistrates. In the course of the morning Sir R. Bram observed to Mr. Thomas that be never was more astonished in his life than on finding the conclusion to which the Jury had come in his ease, tried in the Court of Common Pleas the previous day. Mr. Thomas said that the Chief Magistrate was not the only person whom that verdict had surprised. Sir It. Biagio observed that the verdict was used to the summing up of the Judge, and that as indoootioa bed boo thrown out by the learned personage, that be did me not to Notify for costs. Such a verdict was quite conclusive 'phut the rovendve system, which formed one of the principles of the New Pollee. MAALIOIOI.I6/I.llTnitzs Smith, the landlord of th e B r i c k. layer's Arms, the co r ner of Mountotreet and South Audley.street, appeared upon a summons under the ibilowing circumstances t William Fell, a gentleman's servant, deposed that he went into the defendant's house a few Mete since, about seven o'clock, and having seated himself in the limbos saw two person* playing at cards. When their gem was finished, a looker-on invited him to play at cribbage, which he did. and having played two hours, he had lost 11. in dry money. His antagonist , who had won it, wan ted three holes of being out, and the complainant at the same time had seven holes to go, sad it was his antagonist's deal. He was then persuaded to bet 101. to H. on winning, and staked his watch for the money, not having say with him, with the prooleo that he should have the watch on the production of the money. Ile lost, so his t played out before his shew. Tim parlear customer int pocketed his watch ; aid, on the complainant prodcing the lel. the following morning, the time cep. he discovered that the gentleman had absconded with it. He pointed. of Mr. Smith who he was, and he declared he knew nothing of him, although the complainant stated that Miss Smith and his an-1 utiodetlergbal and joked, and appeared well acquainted, she es calling him Cldee," The defendant ' s servant tome in an d out during the time the yin& he bad not rms into the room. haring been bur all the dm o, w hays e was he fend it. aware that they were playas at cards at all, or b e would net suf Mr. COWAN? Obi= that in the mind of any rational being the publican mut be su to be cognisant of what was going on for three hours together. it was a Toy bad cam, as there wee not only ga nd costs.mbling, but swindling added to it, and th e deibigaint must pay 4L a A person named Trepaire, holding a subordinate situation in the navy. was charged with creating a disturbance, and threatening to a s . Sault a Mr. Bunn, of Wardout-street. The quarrel had arisen in consequence of the defend a n t ' s sister' a 4 be alleged, being of a very violent temper. The complainant, rho vr understood to be her husband, and felt much annoyed at his coming there, and apprehending some violence from a threat of striking hu uh ; bad obtained a warrant. Mr. Knowles and a Mr. Gunnel, residing in the neighbourhood proved that he had collected a few persons in front of the house. ' The defendant said that he lodged in the complainant's ho lm , ud alshough the latter owed him money, he told him late at night th at b should not sleep there any more, and gave him a shilling to pr ocure bed for the night. He moldy went to speak to his sister. Mr. DIM* suggested, that through the instrumentality of mutual friends, it would be better to settle it amicably. After retiring five minutes, it was, after an acrimonious dialogu e , which each declared they would not pay a farthing, settled that the dr. fendant should pay the amount of costs. James Richards, the emissary of a well-dressed fellow named B e ,. thold, who has been distributing a quantity of trash about the west end, entitled The National guardian ; or, Berthold': Ezpoic, at yesterday brought up, charged with exhibiting a placard of uo n , aue, with a tri-coloured border to it. The offence did not exactly come within the jurisdiction of the &trate, and after observing there was a more respectable way of gai mtg a living, Mr. CONANT discharged him. Ustrow.H.u.s.—The;person who stands charged wfthidleged cruelty to his child, a boy eight years of age, whose life is despair e d o . was again brought up.for examination. Mr. Hutchins, one of the dressers at Guy's Hospital, stat e d t h at, notwithstanding the attention paid to the child since his admission into the hospital, it was daily getting worse, and he entertained little hop, of recovery. He added, that he was confident the child must har t died much sooner had it not been conveyed away from the defend an t, house, where it was found in the deplorable condition, covered with vermin and sores, as described by the parish officers of Newington, ea the first examination. Waters, the beadle of Newington, stated that he had questioned th e child in the hospital that morning relative to the treatment it had u. ceived from its father, and in reply, u to whether the latter visited i t often in the apartment where it was ling previously to its beh i taken to the hospital, the child said that he but seldom raw 1 1 ,, parent. When asked whether the defendant behaved kind to hie when he did visit him ? The child saki that his father wished his dead ; and he on one occasion expresaed a hope that he would not Lk the day out. The defendant said that his other three children were ready to pm, that he had:never ill-treated the child ; that be was uniformly kind to it as to the rat; and that sanphula was the disease with which it rat afflicted. Mr. Hone remarked that his conduct to the child was brutal in the extreme, otherwise be would never have permitted it to remain in d i , situation it was found In by the perish °Sons. It was suffered to re. pose its emaciated form en a mattress literally covered with vermin, slid that one instance of negligence proved him to be a man totally void of feeling for one of his own offspring. It had been also given in evidence that the child was deprived of the sustenance it required, and th a t the want of food and proper nourishment was the chief cause of iu elan. gerous illness. The defendant said that his eldest daughter would prove that the child was properly attended to ; at least, be had given instructiom to that effect, being necessarily engaged a good deal in the country, trtn.• acting agency business for mercantile houses. He was desirous of knowing whether ball would be accepted for his appearance. The Magistrate refused to take bail, particularly as the child ,as still considered in great danger, and therefore remanded the defendant. Two men, named Danes, brothers, were charged with having un. lawfully in their possession a private still, with all the apparatus, and several gallons of wash. The Chief evidence against the defendants was given by a man named Kidder, who had been previously convicted of the offence himself, ard in order to avert the punishment that awaited him, he turned King's evidence against the defendants, with whom, It appeared, be had canted on the illicit trade previous to his apprehension. On this witness's evidence the defendants were convicted, and sentenced to pay a mitigated penalty of lOL Quzzsr-semeas..--Charles Joseph Jonas was charged with re. calving a quantity of stolen silk, which his wife, already committoi for trial, lad plundered from the neighbourhood of hiloane.rtreet. Knightsbridge. lie was also committed for trial. Town-HiLt—lnspector Hack, of the Al. division, waited upon Mr. Alderman Ansley, for the purpose of stating that be had, in obedience to the Alderman's desire, canoed strict *thy to be malt touchlig an accusation made by a girl named &phis litolingsworth, on Saturday last, spinet her mother, of having murdered one of he (the girl's) sisters. Stigand, a police constable. stowed that he hal 71:::41 to the employer of the girl's father, as Wawa, in White. and from him and other sources had obtained the most or. *min evidence that both the father and the mother of the girl we honest and industrious persons. He had also seen the ours* who ha the alleged murdered child out. the doctor, and the searcher, and all agreed in stating that the child died of a ososomption. and that no marks of violence appeared on the body. CORONER'S INQUESTS. Marruastrowrza.—An adjourned inquest was last evening resumed bikers Mr. Payne, at the Equestrian Cofee-isolose, next door to the Stu. rey Theatre, en the body of George Jula, who was killed in an afrsy with a person unknown. The deceased wu waiter to the taproom of the above Coffee hose. On the evening of.the 10th of Nov. when the tsp.:lsom was crowded. a Maputo arose between him and two men as to whether he had gives them their change ? He dinned be had, and one of the men, who was described by the witnesses as the little man, called hint a lie, upon which he seized the man by the collar and shook him violently, observing while so doing, "If you call me a liar, shake your little guts out." The other immediately struck the demsed, who then let go of the little man and attacked his companion. Several blows were exchanged, till the deceased received a violent blow on the face, which drove his head with great force against some partition. boards. Another waiter, hearing the disturbance, came in, and pre vented any more blows being struck. The deceased, on recovering hie legs, supported himself for about a minute against the side of the table, and then dropped down dead. It appeared, on a post-mortem mad nation, that the concussion had ruptured sonic of the minor blood.vestela of the head, and thus caused an effusion of blood on the brain. The author of the outrage availing himself of the conAision which ensued, made his escape ; and although the police have been since making dill. gent search for him, they have not been able to apprehend him. The Jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter agair.st more person unknown." An inquest, which had been adjourned from the preeedifle day, was yesterday afternoon resumed before Mr. Payne, at St. BArtholo. mew's Hospital, on the body of John Youngs aged 68. It appeared that on the 18th ult. the deceased, while in the att of crossing Fleet-street, at Alderman Waithman's corner,waa knocked down by the pole of the hackney chat iot No. SU, and before me driver could pull up the of wheels had passed over his left thtit, and fractured it. He was conveyed to St. Bartholomes's flospia.• where he died on Monday last. Two surgeons who had attended the deceastd at the Hospital. and had made a post.mortem examination of his body, distinctly stated that the accident was nut the cause of death, but that he had died from a puhnonary disease under which he had been loriglto bowing. Verdict—" Natural Death." Tuesday a poor man, named Edward Manning, dial la Guy's Hospital, from injuries ha roceivod by two tons of iron fain on him at the iron-foundry at Banludde, on Monday. M AR RI RD. The lst inst. at Belgium, T. R. Pitt, Esq. surgeon. to Alarger. t Eliza, relict of the late R ev . R. R. Hounoun, Arlsey, Bedfordshire. — The 30th alt. at Si. Heorges, Bloomsbury, Henrietta, second daughter of S. Ingham, Esq. of Torrington square, to J. F. Laseellen. Eeri• of Think, Commander, R.N. DIED. The Taint. at her brother's house in Colemsn.street, Harriet, secon d , daughter of the Rev.W. Hilbank, l a t e r e ctor of St. E t h e lb ur gs, Lanu cir • —The lit inst. aged 66, H. Pringle, Fog. of Stoke Nertngton.-- Tuesday, Hotly Walter Bury, aged seven yaws and seven month' , second son to the Right Hon. Lord Tullamorn.—Tbe 21st ult. Harriet , second daughter of H. Worthington, Esq. of Alkincham, in the cool of Chester.—The 28th ult. at Cheltenham, Margaret Georgina, we° r ' d daughter of A. Kelso, Req. of Bauchrie, in the county of Ayr.—Tow• day, Mary, the wife of F. Hanrott, Rah of Prospect place, Ma i "' hill—The lab uk, at Kentish Town•ital, Mr.. Mary Ann Hego• aged e7.--Tbe Seth ult. at his house in the Old Kent-road, J. Bo d u formerly of Blackheath, aged 78,—Th e 9 gih Nary Ann,lif a e i of . Crmsall, Esq. of Whitechapel, and Banton, Suney.—The uh. at Peckham-rye, In the_elht year of his age, J. Mitchel, Esq mere) of Ihrestinee-alky, CornhilL HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDAL T4)411011 10 W . ig• a a. `4g 553 I Ahem's .......... 417 sad Publiobal by Jona at tbt Ortio2, N.. 1, Pickett-plate, Tar* U. .