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LAW INTELLIGENCE. )URT OF CHANCERY, .40a. 21. Cits CET. LOH, according to appointment, Lincoln's Inn Hall this morning, and sat room. BURTON V. WILSON. ___ application for an injunction to restrain the defendants from proceeding with an embankment • they had projected on the banks of a river, on which the plaintiff's mill stood, and which would be considerably injured, if not rendered altogether useless, were they . suffered to complete it. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he had read the affi davits, looked over the plans, and attentively considered the subject, • and he was of opinion that the injunction must be granted. He would fix the terms, but at present he thought they would be very similar to the prayer. ADAMS V. SMITH. His Lordship also gave judgment in this case, which Vas an application for an injunction to restrain the de fendant from presenting to the living of Carshalton, on the allegation that the original purchase of the right claimed was vitiated by fraud. The facts of the case are shortly as follow: Mr. Cater purchased the advowson of this living in the year 1797, and till the present time, 1829, his right to present had not been disputed. But now the plaintiff applies to the Court to set aside that purchase, on the ground that the price given for it was altogether inadequate to its value. The death of some of the parties intervening rendered the case somewhat difficult. It appeared, however, that a bill had been filed as early as 1806, by a Mr. Bynes, in which the present plaintiff, Mr. Adams, was employed as solicitor ; before the case came on for judgment, Mr. Bynes died, and Mr. Adams revived the bill in his own person. The prayer of that bill was, however, of a very different description, and in it no allusion whatever was made to fraud ; a fact in itself sufficient to prove to the Court, that as late as the year 1816, the parties had no suspicion that any fraud had been committed. It was, however, now contended, that the price paid by Mr. Ca ter was so grossly inadequate to the value of the property, that the purchase must have been fraudulently concocted between the parties. The Court was of opinion that great danger would ensue, were it to upset transactions of more than 30 years standing on a mere inference that fraud might have been committed. The great difference' n the value of property now and at that period must also be taken into consideration. It was likewise in evidence that Mr. Cater was earnestly solicited by the legal adviser of the vendors to complete his purchase, and the main argument that gentleman used to induce him to do so was, that another person was willing to give 2,5001. for it ; but as he (Mr. Cater) had the refusal of it at 2,0001. it was thought right to have his final answer. He did pay 2,000/. and took the property. The difference be tween the 2,000/. and 2,500/. even if the latter sum could have been got, was not of itself a sufficient cause for the Court to interfere, and set aside a bargain, on the inference of its being fraudulent. Under all the circum stances of the case, his Lordship was therefore clearly of opinion that the interposition of the Court would not be warranted. The application must therefore be dismissed, and that with costs. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—HEREFORD, Am. 19. CIVIL Swi—Before Mr. Baron VAussAx. ASSAULT.—BRYDG ES V. SKIPP. Mr. CAMPBELL stated that the plaintiff was a sur geon, between 50 and 60 years of age; the father of a numerous family ; and it happened to him on the 17th March to go to a respectable inn at Ledbury, to read the newspaper and meet his friends. The defendant, who was both heavy in person and in purse, was there, and he asked the plaintiff for what sum he would sell his mare ? Plaintiff said he wanted 301. for it. Defendant said he was surprised at that, when he had before offered her for 201. The plaintiff said he never had, upon which the defendant offered to bet him 50/. that he had offered her for 20/. which was neither more nor less than offering to bet the plaintiff he had told a lie. The Learned Counsel said he had read a story in Joe Miller—a certain gentleman, rather given to romancing, said he had been a member in the Irish Parliament, and had made several distinguished speeches, for which he had acquired very great praise ; and a person who knew him said, " I will bet you twenty pounds you have not:" upon which the Irish M.P. said, " but what odds will you give me ?" But the plaintiff made no such reply, he only having answered, " I don't think you know the difference between a blood mare and a cow." The de fendant then attempted to strike him, but was prevented, though he ultimately succeeded in pulling that organ which every Englishman holds not only to be the most prominent, but the most sensitive feature of his face.— This was the assault complained of, and he trusted the Jury would, by their verdict, let the defendant know he was not to pull people's noses with impunity. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN-It strikes me that if you were to withdraw a Juror this case would be properly settled. Mr. CAMPBELL—NO, my Lord, we wish to have a verdict. Mr. Hemming- I am cousin to the defendant; I was at the George Inn, in Ledbury, in March last, when the plaintiff and defendant were there ; there was a bet of fered about a mare, but I do not know by whom ; there was very abusive language on both sides ; when the de fendant said plaintiff had offered his mare for 201. ; plain tiff said it was a d -d lie, and then the defendant pulled. his hand along plaintiff's face, as if to pull his nose ; I afterwards asked him to make an apology, but he said he would not make an apology to a man who had called him a d—d liar. Mr. Charles Shere said he was at the George Inn on the evening in question. The plaintiff did not call de fendant a d—n liar till defendant had said to the plaintiff, when he stated he never offered the horse for 201. " That is a lie." Mr. Sergeant RUSSELL said this was a very trumpery action. If the plaintiff knew how to keep a civil tongue in his head, he would have discovered a grand secret to avoid lawsuits. He would quote the words of the Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, who, in actions of this kind, in summing up to the Jury, said, " Is it a shilling, or is it a farthing ?" Mr. Baron VAUGUAN.—Gentlemen of the Jury, I will say the same thing—ls it a shilling, or is it a far thing ?—The Jury instantly returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages One Farthing ; and his Lordship re fused to certify. TUE KING V. SIR J. mourns. This was an indictment for a nuisance. The defend ant had made a railway on the high road, in the parish of St. John, near Swansea, the effect of which had been to narrow the road, thereby causing great inconvenience ' endangering the lives of passengers. Several ' that the road was of such narrow di render it impossible for two carriages to of them going on the railway. The very long time, but the details were uninteresting. The jury, under his Lordship's direction, returned a verdict of Guilty, leave being given to the defendant to move the Court of King's Bench upon the construction of the Act of Parliament. Aeons: to. Thomas Rudge was indicted upon a second indict ment, for stealing five sheep, the property of Mr. Wil kinson. The evidence was in this instance too clear to admit a doubt of the prisoner's guilt, and the Court sen tenced him to be transported for life. Samuel South, aged 15, was indicted for the man slaughter of a boy, of the name of John Watkins, aged 13. It appeared in evidence that the prisoner and the de • ceased were at play together on Sunday evening, the 11th of May, and in consequence of some provocation, the de ceased threw a atone at the brother of the prisoner ; the prisoner then threw the deceased down, and kicked him in his side three times, and again threw him down three times ; the deceased went home in very great pain, and lingered until the Thursday following, when he expired. Mr. Woolcott, the surgeon, examined the body ; he found three or four wounds, occasioned, as he imagined, by external violence ; the intestines were discoloured, and in a high state of inflammation ; there were spots of mor tification ; the violence must have been inflicted some days. It was his opinion that of such violence he died. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. The COURT censured him for his barbarity, and sen tenced him to six months hard labour. John Wilson and George Wilson, father and son, were indicted for uttering base coin. They pleaded not guilty ; but the prisoners being privately informed that if the prisoner John Wilson, the father, pleaded guilty, no evi dence would be offered against the son, he was allowed to withdraw his plea, and was sentenced to six months hard labour. The son was discharged with a suitable admonition. LINCOLN: --..0.- IFILOM TN! NEWAIIIC TUTU. The ups and downs of this world are exemplified in a most har monious degree in this good city et Lincoln ; and the watchmen of the night, from the top of the Castle to the deeps of the Burgh be neath, can appropriately sooth the slumbers of the citizens with the old duet " Above, below, all's well!" Never was there a town so constituted. The demon of disproportion hu planned the streets, and the imps of contradiction have intersected them ; and " the devil looks over Lincoln," and laughs at its queer contortions.— Dwelling in grandeur, though on the outside of the house, he stands at a corner of the magnificent cathedral, and thrusts forth his head, and grins a ghastly satisfaction. Poor devil! be once belonged to the monks, and had a covering for his black beauty ; but the Dean and Chapter defy him and all his works, and he now stands bare to the weather—very bare indeed ! so bare, that I cannot descend to particulars. The entrance to the town from London is marked by an old gate or bar, and the High-street starts bolt upright from thence against a hill, all but perpendicular. For a short distance there is a flagging and some little degree of order; but after that, paving stones and powder pavement contend for mastery ; and ruts and breaks and holes abound. The weary traveller curses the cor poration at every step, and he who has not walked with peas In his shoes to Lorretto, knows not the torture which a stranger under goes. Had honest John Bunyan heard of this place, be would have sent his Christian through it. While we are tripping over every broken stone, the Lincoln lasses are tripping past as light as fea thers. I know not what the hearts of the ladles of this town may be, but their asla must be the hardest in the world. Oh, Mr. M'Adam I only one grind of your roller! only one thump of your tender mercy I Every pound will be worth a guinea, and that is one pound one. Come before the next assizes. The crown of the hill contains all the dignity of Lincoln. On it stands the proud cathedral, and on it dwell the prouder inhabit ants of the Abbey Close. Since Great Tom has been cracked, the silence of this quarter is the most awful imaginable. It would damp the heart of the gravest individual in the world to walk in the cathedral yard, and mark the deatia.like stillness which prevails around. lie sees the habitations of life on every side, but be bears no sound. Fashion has collected to the Church all the Aristocracy of the town, and dignity has doomed them all to a retirement only equal to solitary confinement. They glide in mysterious visits to each other. They startle at the sound of their footsteps. Read Captain Hall's description of a Penitentiary in the United States, and, if you wish to realise it, come to Lincoln Close. From the distant wing of the eathedeal a new road has been formed, which winds a gradual dexeut to the lower town, and saves for carriages the more direct, abrupt, and dangerous communica tion. The view from this road is as pretty as a very dull county can afford. The river is seen from it, the route to London climb ing the opposite hill, and a few objects bordering on the picturesque. The read Is skirted by villas, with small gardens and little clusters of houses—Paradise, or Prospect Rows. Hither come, every fine day in the week, all those who wish to breathe the fresh air ; and hither come, the Sunday of the Judge's arrival, all the belles of the village, who seek to make their assizes. The cathedral is an immense pile. Some of those who assume a right to judge, say that its exterior is much finer than that of 'York; but there is no question of the inferiority of the interior. It was commenced in 1086 by a Norman Bishop, and extended and embellished in several successive centuries in these Popish times, in which, as Mr. Cobbett says, the country paid no poor rates. It was completed in 1324, and it and its revenues were so flourishing, that, when Henry VIII. began to squeeze the church, he is said to have sucked out of this one orange 2,690 ounces of gold, 5,000 ounces of silver, besides pearls and precious stones. The hill also contains the new Civil and Criminal Courts. These buildings are handsome and well-constructed. The bench, bar, and jury, are well provided for, and th e p u bli c h ave a l arge extent of comfortable accommodation. There is, however, one defect—sound is imperfectly transmitted, and the voices of the wit nesses in the box, or the Judge on the bench, are not always beard distinctly at the last seat of the bar. The officers of both Courts deserve much credit for the order and regularity with which public business is conducted. In the same enclosure with the Courts, is the castle or gaol—a handsome building, with less gloom about its appearance than one Is in the habit of seeing in such places. It is the paradise of prisons, and all amateur felons would do well to qualify themselves for an introduction to It. The Castle-yard, at one side, is laid out as a garden, and the Bowers of fancy are spread over the thorns of crime. Debtors are permitted to walk in this fine square ; and young men, deep in debt. and pleased with ruin, ate informed that better country lodgings cannot be bad for price. The original castle was built by William the Conqueror • but antiquity has been displaced by mod er n improvement. and Utility has usurped the ground where learned rubbish puzzled sage inquiry. Lincoln is full of reliques, and be that lives on fables, or in the prosecution of research into the value of useless things, may and amusement for a day in deciphering the broken stones and noseleu faces scattered In every street. There are remains of Roman baths, and fragments of pottery which will edify his soul; and, if he is partial to underground, there are passages from church to cas tle, from the castle to the low country, most ingeniously concealed. There are a profusion of the remains of monkish grandeur, and go thic arches and part of door-ways, and other traces of religious houses, are in every road ' • even John of Gaunt l e ft hi s arms carve d in a block of freestone ; and there is an old building new called his stables, but which the doubtful say was more likely to have been his palace. But the Jews' House is the grand puzzle Of them all. It is richly carved and ornamented after a most Christian fashion, and its mouldings are counterparts of those on the doors of the cathedral ; but still it is the Jews' House, and there are two tra ditions about its owner —one, that she, being a lady, was hanged for clipping the coin of the realm ; and the other, that he, being an old man, was burnt for crucifying a child. The county of Lincoln is an eseelknt place for those who have property in it, but, so far as a stranger has been able to judge, it is one of the salt attractive counties in England. It is wild in ap pearance-. and its boundaries, on the L ou d on s id e , o f stone wa ll s, and, in th e lower district, of large dikes, are not the most pic turesque divisions. But what it wants in show it makes up for in fertility, and the Fens are equally famous for their tillage and their pasture. Once upon a time it was renowned for flocks of geese, and its staple consisted in goose. down and rabbi t• ski its ; but plearieg and draining have dons wonders for the sod ; now never-failing crops of oats, and Socks of weighty oxen, give more profitable returns. Its comparative merits with several other counties, will be beg known from the following discriminating summary, with nhieh, with every kind recollection of a very dreary place, I take leave of Lin coln and its county : Derbyshire for lead, Devonshire for tin, Wiltshire for plains, And Middlesex for sin. Cheshire for men, Berkshire for dogs ' Bedfordshire for flesh,s, And Lincolnshire for hogs. ===iza•=e W.ittwicx, Asia. 20.—There were twenty-two cisea entered here on the civil side, twelve of which were undefended: They have been all disposed of. On the criminal side there ate only eighty prisoners, most of them for petty offences. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BURDEROP RACES, Am 20. The Burilerop Stakes of 25 sows. each, 15 ft. and only 5, dtc• Two miles. _ Mr. Mills's Brow!)Web, aged. Olt. Mb .. . I Mr. Goddard's Lyeurgus, 5 yrs. Sat 8 A Plate of 50. Two-mile heats. Weight for age. Mr. Jones's b. f. Smilax Lord Ailesbery's Rioter, 4 yrs Mr. Waine's Cbesterton, 3 yrs ll 3 Mr. Goddard's Lyettrins, 5 yrs 3 dr Mr. Appleyard's b. f. Brocard, 4 yn ... 4 dr CANTERBURY RACES—TnuasaAv. The City Plate of 100 sovs. given by the City of Canterbury, for three yrs. old, 7st. ; four, est. 21b.; five, W. 101 b. ; als, 9st. ; and aged, 9st. sib. Heats, two miles and a distance. Mr. Pierce's els. m. My Lady, aged Captain Lock's ch. c. Gameboy, 4 yrs.. 1 2 2 Mr. Dickenson's Niger, 3 yrs— 3 3 3 Mr. Coleman's br. f. Bunter, 3 yrs 2 4dr Mr. Woedin's b. g. Chrysalis, 5 yrs 4 sdr Three good heats.—Betting in favour of Gameboy against the field on starting, but the additional weight be was obliged to carry from having woo the King's Plate yesterday, and the course being very heavy from the great quantity of rain which had fallen la the course of the day, gave My Lady the advantage. A Gold Cup or 100 sovs. given by the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the County. Heats two miles and a distance. Sir IL Dering named Job, 3 yrs.. 1 1 Marquis Camden named b. f. by Woful, 4 yrs.. 3 2 Lord Sondes named Hawk's Eye, 5 yts 2 dr. Won easily. The Kentish Hunters' Stakes of 5 sovs. each. Mr. Hallett named b. g. Peter Pindar, 6 yrs Mr. Russell's b. m. Rosins, 6 yrs... 5 2 Mr. Oxendon named b. g. Dasher, aged 2 3 Won cis*. Lord Clifton, Lord Mahon, Sir E. Kaatchbull, Sir John Fagg, Sir Edward Dering, Sir Brooke W. Brydges, and S. R. Luding ton and W. Deeds, jun. Esquires, were subscribers, but did not name. Match for So soya. between two officers of the sth Dragoon Guards—Lieut. Martin's g. g. klustapha apt Lieut. Stuart's br.v.. Vicar, by Maley. One mile and a half. Owners to ride. Woo easily by Mustapha. SALISBURY RACES, Aua. 20—Sscoun Day. The City Members' Plate of SO son. Three yrs, 6st. 121 b.; 4 yrs, est. 61b. ; 5 yrs, 9.t. 11b. ; 6 yrs, &c. gst. 71b. The best of three two-nine beats. To start at the Red Post. Mr. Radcliffe's Lawrence, 6 yrs .. 1 1 Mr. Beach's cb. f. Dabehick, 4 yrs 4 SI Sir E. Baker's cb. g. Mr. Watt, 5 yrs .... 3 dr Mr. Bigp's M. f. Negress, 3 yrs The City Bowl, three yrs, 6st. 101 b. ; four, Bit. ; five, Itst lolb. ; six, gat. alb.; aged, gat. 41b. The best of beats, the Cup Course. To start at the Blue Post. Mr. Beach's Dabehick. 4 yrs Mr. Steady's be. c. His Highness, 4 yrs A good race. The Steward's Plate, a Cup, value 50 so's. for horses the property of Non-commissioned ()Seers and Privates of the Wilts Yeo manry Cavalry ; three yrs, 9st. 81b. ; four, lOst. 101 b. ; five, llst. 51b. ; six llot. 121 h.; aged, 12st. The best of heats, the New Course. ;bout a sulk and a half. To be ridden by Mem bers of the Regiment. Mr. Ilaywood's Little Britain, aged Mr. G. Rendell, jun.'s b. g. Chance, aged Mr. Wright's b. m. Poor Littk Creeping Jane, 4 yrs Mr. Price's b. g. Venter, 6 yrs Mr. J. F. Gillingham's b. m. Governess, aged 5 dr A good race. WORCESTER RACES.—CosscLoorn The Corporation Plate of 50 son. added to a Subscription of 5 son. each, for all ages. Two mile heats. - - Major Gore's b. h. Heyerus, list. 13Ib Sir T. Stanley's b. h. Joceline, 5 yrs. su. bib Mr. Thorne's b. m. Forester Lass, aged, Ilst. 101 b 3 2 3 Mr. Lucas's br. ta►. Isabel, S yrs. Tat. elb 2 dr The second heat won by half a bead; the third by ball a neck. The has been altogether very superior to any at Worcester fur many years. BURTON-UPON-TRENT RACES--Comunsaa. "w Year Old Sweepstakes of 25 son. each. T.Y.C. (Four Subscribers) - Mr. Beardswort►'s b. c. Birmingham, nit. 51b 1 Sir T. Mostyu's b. f. Sprig, by Whisker, Set. 31b .. Sweepstakes of 10 sous each. and 25 added, for horses not thorough bred. Heats once round, end a distance. (Six Subs.) Mr. Whitehurst's bl. g. TOM Moody, 5 yrs, lOst. 91b... 3 I 1 Mr. Steel's Sawney, 5 yrs. 1 lst. 71b Mr. Kimpson's Julia, 5 yrs. lOst. 13Ib 2 3 3 Mr. Webb's br. g. Telegraph, aged Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, and 40 added. Heats once round and a distance. (Six Subscribers). Mr. Turner's br. h. Olympus, 4 yrs. Est. 31b ... 1 1 Mr. GUfard's Lucy, 3 yrs, Est. 131 b.. DIED. The Rev. Richard Kibbe, M.A. Rector of Barkston, Perpetual Curate of Fairfield, Kent, and Chaplain to the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. Aged 61, the Rev. William Towne, D.D. Rector of Upton Cresset, Shropshire, Domestic Chaplain to the Duke of Cumber land, and Chaplain to the City of London Lying-in Hospital. The Rev. W. Cason, M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge, Domestic Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Marlborough, more than fifty years Vicar of Thrussington, and thirty-three Rector of Nortonjunta-Twycross. The hey. Thomas Meads, of Hobleton, Devonshire, of which parish he was Rector forty-Ave years. On the 18th inst. at Martock, Somerset, in the 71st year of his age, Robert Patten, Esq. of Hatton-garden, for nearly fifty years an eminent solicitor. NEWCATE AMD LRAURNHALL MARKETS, Aug. I. Beef ........ 3. Col to Ss M I Veal ... ... 4s 4J to 4s BA d Mutton ..... Ss Ild to 4s Od Pork ... . 4s Od to 4s Sd Lamb ls Old to Ss Od PRICES or HAY AND STRAW YESTERDAY. ST. JAMES ' S. WISITNCHATZL. Hay 41 Ss Od to 41 15s Od Hay 31 10s to 41 Os Od Clover 31108 Od to 51 5s Od Clover 41 Os to 51 Os Od Straw 21 44 Od to If Ils Od &raw 21 Os to 21 Ss Od PRICE OF LEATHER. Best Dressing Hides Common Ditto Crop Hides, 35 to 401bs for cutting Ditto 45 to 50Ibs led to led Call Skins, 36 to 401bs Ditto SO to 701bs Ditto 70 to 801bs ... .. Small Seals, Greenland) ..... Tanned Horse Hides ... ... Spanish Horse Hides .... .......... PRICE or TALLOW, SOAP &c. Town Tallow 44s od Yellow Soap ... 7s. Od Yellow Russia 40.6 d I Mottled .. . itos Od White ditto .. Od I Curd .. . —s Od Soap ditto —s od Graves l6s Od Melting Stuff ........ 53s Od Good Dress 5s Od . Tallow Imported from St. Petersburgh, 7,710 Casks. PRICE OF HOl': NM POCKETS. Kent 1200 to 1471 I Kent Russel Row: _ • • ..- . __ I. Auo. 21. DC/LW SAG'. Farnham fine IsOs to 5 Old Duty —Seconds. iv). to 180. at £44,000. COURSE OP EXC Amsterdam ...12 6 C.F. Ditto at sight ...12 31 Rotterdam... 2 U 12 6 Antwerp ... 12 6 Hamburgh 91 U 13 15 Altona 24 U 13 154 Paris, 3day'ssight 25 70 Ditto ...2 U 25 90 Madrid 361 Cadiz ...364 Barcelona Babas ..36 FLANGE, Ana. 21. Seville 36' Gibraltar... .. 474 Leghorn ... 474 Genoa ... ... 25 75 Venice 474 Malta 484 Naples ... 396 Palermo .. 119 d per oz Lisbon ... 454 Rio Janeiro .. 23 Dublin ... 14 Cork .. 14 PRICKS OF GU Foreign Gold in Bars Silver, in Bars, standard sts 17 9• ... O 4 9i Price. • COAL AI A ItKAT, Aug. 21. • air* at Market* Ships Sold. 14 Nola 7 1 I Suaiebad I B. ti 0- W AMA st LON I:ION-Stu Oak TO - 4110k ii OW 26s Od to 31s Oil 31, 6d to GO. OJ NI corning A Ityrnaum 69 ounumi am? $• S 7 aluxigrt seer ..9 Limos: Printed and Publiaised by Jonn Mamma, at the &ma- Owner, No. t, Piokett-place, Temple 13sr. -i 5,--"-- te.... - : -. 1 - 1 . ,•• ' _ e . ; , , . • i 1 i 1 . COI The Loan I came down to 1 in his private r LThis was an to an:l - enTi;;;; witnesses proved • mensione as to r t meet without one I trial occupied a wholly uninterest WATERFORD REGATTA. The ltegstta commenced on Monday, and was extremely well attended. It blew fresh, and the weather was altogether very ble. Three yachts (the Juverno, schooner, 63 tom, Geo. O'Kelly, Esq ; the Liberty cutter, 42 tons, the Earl of Errol; the Thetis cutter, 37 tons, De Courcy O'Grady) started for the first prize (50 sovereigns). This was by no means well contested. the Thetis having given up before she got over half the course, anti the Juverno shortly afterwards had part of her rigging carried off by the gale, which blew at the moment very strong. The Liberty was then left in undisputed possession of the course, and performed her task, a distance of about 23 miles, in four boors and a half, daring a great pan of which time she had the wind directly aohead. The Eul of Errol was on the Cliff the entire time, watching with the utmost anxiety the movements of his yacht, which. indeed, kept the lead from the starting.—The yachts which started for the prize of 20 sovereigns, were the Sylph, of Wexford, cutter, 12 tons ; the Louisa, of Cork, cutter, 9 tons ; the Naiad, of ditto, 9 tons; and the Fancy, of ditto, 15 tone. These boats had not com pleted the match at an advanced hour. There was also a well contested rowing match, which excited very strong interest. TILE CONVICT KING, ALIAS BROWN.—During the last few days great exertions have been made to obtain a commu tation of the sentence of the above convict, who Is ordered for execution on Mc.nday, for a burglary and robbery im the house of Mr. Newton. a timber merchant. in Phdpot-street, Commercial road. Mr. Newton and Mr. Moutons, of Bermondsey, whose house the prisoner is also accused of having robbed, have forwarded a petition to Mr. Pan, on his behalf. A very distressing occurrence took place in the early part of this week, at a preparatory boys' school. Two of the pro. prietor's children were seized with the cholera morbus, and in a short time the whole school was in a state of dreadful alarm ; every assistance of medical aid was procured, and Dr. Wakhinan was in attendance daily. We are sorry to say three children have died, and others remain in a very dangerous state. The proprietor's two fine children died in a few hours, and another boy soon after. The circumstance has created a strict inquiry in the neighbourhood, as to the provisions, fruit, fa. that was supplied to the establishment on the day, and every thing that can be done by the afflicted pro prietor and his lady to trace the cause of the premature death of their children and their patron's child, has been resorted to. As there is at present a great abundance of plums, it is necessary to observe that they are dangerous and unwholesome to eat. Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, as two gentle men, residing at Epsom, whose town-house is in Doctors' Com mons, were passing the Horns Tavern, Kennington, in a chai.e, the horse took fright and set off at speed, kicking, and came in contact with a dookey.cart ; the chaise was upset, and both gentle men were thrown out; one escaped unhurt, but the other voter tunately bad his leg broken, his ancle dislocated, his knee-cap cut, and was otherwise injured. He was immediately taken to Mr. Bryant, surgeon, by whose skilful attentions be was enabled-to re turn to Epsom in a coach in the course of the day. The horse ran furiously along the road, and was not stopped till he arrived at London Bridge ; the chaise was broken to piece., and the horse, in his course, knocked a woman down, who is very much injured. Yesterday afternoon, between two and three, a moot terrifying calamity was witnessedin the•Clapham-road. An elderly female, of the name of Fleming, formerly took to the Rev. Dr. Hawker, was passing along, when a frightened horse, with the broken ends of a pair of chaise shafts attached to the harness, came furiously towards her, when the animal dashing on the foot• pavement, knocked her down, aud, whether from his hoofs or the shaft ends P. not ►nown, she had the whole of one side of her face, from the temple downward, completely torn away. In this Merl ble condition, the blood flowing in torrents, she was conveyed to the house of Mr. Grant; a tailor, (the females, witnessing the dreadful scene, fainting) where she was attended'hy Mr. Hilliard, a surgeon, who, after rendering every assissasce, forwarded• her to Guy's Hospital, where she remains with little or no•hope of surviving the dreadful disaster. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW ET. Yesterdays young man, of very genteel appearancP, whose nam e is Milian Jones, was brought up, and underwent a final exatnina. tine, on the charge of forging the signatures of three of the Con. missioners of his Majesty'. Customs to a warrant, and thereby ob. tabling from the Bank of England the sum of 1,790 i. being par t o f a fond vested in the Bank in the names of the said Commissioners, in order to enable them to meet current demands. The prisoner was brought from the Hoyle of Correction, at eleven o'clock, in a hackney-coach, in the custody of Salmon, the principal oilicer, and Hughes, a patrol, aid conducted into a priv ate room, where Sir R. 81114111 was sitting, and the witnesses for the prosecution were assembled. Mr. Walford, the standing Counsel for the Custom-house, at. tended for the prosecution, and Mr. Woolltr fur the defence. Twenty-three witnesses were examined for the prosecution, the case being of such a nature as to require a long chain of evidenc e to establish the charge. The examination lasted three hours but the proceedings were strictly private • and not a word of th e eel. deuce was sufered to transpire. W e know, however, that the result was the full committal of the prisoner to Newgate for trial, on the capital charge of forgery.—He was conveyed to Newgate ha a coach by the same officers. He seemed very cheerful. A mere lad, named Simmons, a Jew barker, at an oid clothes shop, in Monmouth-street, was charged with a violent assault upon a gentleman, whose name did not appear. The complainant stated that he was passing thmugh Monmouth street yesterday morning, when the defendant asked him if he wanted to buy any clothes? He replied in the negative ; bet the defendant caught him by the skirts of the coat, and said, " I ant sure you must want summit in my way—come in and try." Th e • complainant desired him to let go his bold, but he refused ; and on the - former getting rattler warm, the defendant put himself into el fighting attitude, and, young as he was, levelled a blow at com plainant which knocked him down. The defendant conducted himself very impudently even before the Magistrate, and denied the assault altogether. Sir R. Blame. however, said the outrage had been most satLfac totUy proved, and held the defendant to bail to answer the charge at the Sessions. HATTON-GARDEN. An investigation has been for some time going on at this office relative to an extensive system of depredation which has been pur sued, undetected, for a length of time, at the premises of Mr. S. mud Hollingsworth. upholsterer, Be dford-street, Bedford-row. The parties implicated are the prosecutor's own son (Thos. Hol lingsworth), a woman named Catharine Wiagrove—both in cus tody—and her husband, who has absconded, and for some time previous was in Mr. Hollingsworth's employ as porter. The final examination, which took place this day, developed the following particulars :—Mr. Hollingsworth, having very infirm health, was accustomed to sleep in the country, and intrusted the warehouse to the care of his son. The woman Wingrove and her husband by some meant contrived to obtain his consent to be ad mitted on the premises, and took away a large quantity of property. Whole pieces of carpeting, dressing cases, and other valuable ani des of cabinet furniture, disappeared, and, from the extensive na ture of the stock. were never missed. The discovery at length took place from his son Thomas absconding with a check for 30/. which his father had intrusted him with to get cashed. Warrants were immediately obtained, and the parties at the bar apprehended. _ _ _ A number of pawnbrokers were in attendance, who produced the property, which was immediately identified. The son admitted 4avin g been instrumental In pawning part of them, and, the offence being clearly proved, they were both fully committed. The prosecutor has been very unfortunate in his children, having had the painful task of witnessing the sentence of another of his sous, who has lately been transported for a term of years. W RSH IP-STREET. Yesterday Close illein,.Ann Moore, and Mary Baines, were placed at the Isar, before Saxon. Twvroao, R.sq. charged with working a private and concealed still. Francis Gibbs, an Excise-officer, stated, about seven o'clock last night he went to a house in Great Chart -street, Shoreditch, and in a low kitchen found a twenty gallon still at work; the pri soner Stein came out of the kitchen, and be immediately took him into custody. He admitted he had been working it, and wu em ployed by a man named Davis, who paid him .Cl per week. He (witness) then went up stairs, and in the front parlour found the prisoners Moore and Baines, and a small quantity of spirits in a bottle.—The Magistrate discharged the female prisoners, and con victed Stein in se3o penalty; and in default of payment committed him foe three months to the House of Cortection to bard labour. - MARRIED:' On Thursday, the 20th inst. at St. Stephen's Coleman -street, by the Hee. Josiah Pratt, M.A. P. H. S. Cols on, Eaq. surgeon, Old Jewry, to Pleasance, second daughter of John Parrish, Esq. Surrey-street, Strand. At Alpo°lee, February 16, Henry Willis, Eaq. to Julia Stewart, second daughter, and Lieutenant John Swanson, D. A. Qr. Mr. General S. K. to Maria, third daughter of IJoutenant-Colonel Willis, Comg. S. K. At Cakutts, February 17, at St. John's Cathedral, Capt. Thos. Priam", H. C. Engineers, to Lucy Anne, second daughter of the late 11. Campbell, Esq. of this city.