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LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Aua. IT. IN THE MATTER OE JODDRELL, A LUNATIC. Mr. Honor-presented a petition from.. Mt. E.Joderel), title of.the younger sons of the, lanatie, praying that the Master's report might be confirmed. The Master had reported that 2,8001. a year should be allowed for the expenses of the lunatic. His establishment cost 2,5001. a year, and there was a necessary additional expense of 3001. a year for a companion, or keeper, to reside with him. The lunatic's fortune was 5,0001, a year. The petition also prayed that the lunatic's house in Portland place might he still kept up, and the furniture kept there for the use of the lunatic: that the petitioner might be allowed, in compliance with the request and inten tion of his father, to reside in the country house in Ox fordshire, and that the lunatic might be removed there while the town house underwent repair. Mr. SH A ow/ILL opposed the confirmation of the Mas ter's report, on the ground that 2,8001. a year was more than necessary to defray the expenses of the lunatic's establishment. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought 2,e001. a year by no means toe much to be allowed, when the lunatic's in come was 5,0001. a year. His Lordship therefore grant ed the prayer of the petition. Mr. &LADWELL then presented a petition from Sir Richard Paul Joddrell, the eldest son of the lunatic. It prayed that the lunatic might not be removed to Ox fordshire, on the ground that it would be to the injury al his health ; but that while the house in Portland place was undergoing repairs, the lunatic might reside at the petitioner's house in Bentinck.street. The LORD CHANCELLOR refused the prayer of the petitioh. His Lordship thought that it would be better to leave the management of the lunatic to the discretion Of his daughter and the younger Wu, one of his com-, mittee, in whose custody and under whose care he had hitherto been. The LOAD CHANCELLOR intimated that he should give tome judgment during the vacation; and observed, that if King's Counsel were not present on these occa sions, the juniors perhaps would be; and if they were not, there would be short-hand writers there, so that every body would be made acquainted with what was done. His Lordship, in the course of the day, said he bad no objection to sit till seven o'clock, lithe Bar would attend him; but, at half•past four, there were not more than three or four Counsel present, and his Lordship rose. VICR.CHANCRULOR'S COURT, Aim 17. BATH V. BURMAN. This was a petition presented by the plaintiff, a cre ditor of the defendant's to the amount of SOL and it prayed that the commission which had issued against the defendant might be superseded, on the ground that the defendant had never acted as a scrivener within the meaning of the Bankrupt Act. The petition also prayed that an issue might be directed. • Mr. HZALD and Mr. Suorretr appeared for the plain tiff. They contended that the defendant, who was an attorney, had acted solely in that capacity in all the m ney transactions, by way of loan, in which he had been concerned, and never in the capacity of scrivener. He had certainly been the instrument of pro Curing loans of money for persons, but then it was merely in order that he might have the advantage of preparing the be- ] cessary legal securities. The two characters of scrivener and attorney were perfectly distinct, and whenever they were seen in conjunction, they ought to be viewed with an eye of jealousy and suspicion. Mr. MONTAGU appeared for the assignees, and Mr. Russet. for the bankrupt. The Learned Counsel read several affidavits for the purpose of establishing the fact, that the defendant had acted as a scrivener within the meaning of the Bankrupt Act, and contended that the subterfuge about drawing up legal securities between the borrowers and the lenders, was of itself a proof that he had received procuration fees. There were other proofs of the same fact upon the record. Mr. HaAi.o replied, and contended that many acts which, out of the profession, were sufficient to constitute a man a scrivener, would not have the same effect when they were done by an Attorney. The Vrea-Cuattennoa observed, that the callings of scrivener and attorney were formerly as distinct as those of wine merchant and brewer. In modern times, how ever, they had become more closely united than was conducive to the public welfare, and where a man acted both as an attorney and a scrivener, the law bad found it a matter of considerable difficulty to distinguish be tween the two characters. It had been held by one Learned Judge, that in such a case the ouly way in which a decision could be arrived at was, to see which limy the circumstances preponderated,—whether the man had acted oftenest in the character of a scrivener or in that of an attorney. The plaintiff, however, in this case had not put this difficulty upon the Court, as he prayed that an issue might be directed to a Court of Law ; and although the plaintiff was a creditor only to the amount of 801. in an estate of 20,0001. and the cost of an issue would be 4001. or 500/. yet , be could riot for that reason deny the plaintiff his just rights. Considering, therefore, how much legal doubt existed in the question whether defendant had acted as a scrivener or as an attorney, and. that the decision could only be arrived at by an investigation of the facts of the case, he could not refuse to comply with this part of the prayer of she petition. and direct the issue to be tried. At the same time, however, as there were no allegations upon the record which impugned the integrity of the defendant, he should not withhold his certificate while the trial was pending, although the validity of the certificate would of course depend upon the result of the issue. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Aug. 17. An application was made to this Cotih yesterday, on the part of Captain John ltamsden, for leave to file a Petition, and to obtain his discharge. Mr. Ramsden, in his petition, stated, that he had been in prison upwards of ten years, during which time, by legacies, presents, half:psy, and otherwise, he bad received and expended upwards of 15,0001. out of this sum he had paid 11,2144. to divers persons. He had also lost 5001. by horses since he had been in prison, and paid 2001. for the keep gf horses. He had made several attempts to effect a compromise with his creditors, but without effect. Mr. BARRY, who appeared to oppose the application, said, that since the insolvent had been in prison, he had received four times as much as would have paid his debts, but he had not paid his creditors one farthing. A short time ago, he endeavoured to obtain his dis charge by a fraudulent bankruptcy, but the persons concerned in it had been tried and convicted. The Cato Cousttssiosaa, however, said that a man was not to sesnain in prison for life, and granted the application. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. BODMIN, Tossoam, Atreus: 14. 1 The Assign for the ibuntyof Cornwall commenced this morning in this town (the Commission having been opened yesterday). Lord Chief Justice Ban sat at the Crown Side; Mr. Justice BURROUGH at the Civil. Lord Chief Justice BEST, in charging the Grand Jury, took an elaborate view of the late alteration in the criminal law, which was wrought by Mr. Peel's bills, and of the application of that change to the offences which they would have to investigate. He said, that from the state of their calendar, it was not necessary for him to reiterate any of the observations concerning the Poor Laws, which he had previously made at Salisbury, as he believed their poor were pretty well employed; but he urged upon the country Gentlemen, the paramount importance,of their endea vouring to infuse into the poorer classes a spirit of independence, and an encouragement to husband the fruits of their industry. As a means of producing that salutary result, he particularly dwelt upon the diffusion of well-regulated benefit societies. The savings banks, good as they .undoulovedly were, had not in principle the same practical advantage ; for the poor-man, upon any sudden impulse, could run and withdraw his earnings from them; not so, however, in the benefit societies, for there his periodical payments were sunk, as it were, into an annuity, of which he had the per manent advantage. BRUTAL ASSAULT. Rickard Fuher, a vagabond travelling tinker, was indicted for a brutal assault upon Elizabeth Hicks, a poor blind woman, upwards of 80 years old. The fel low had knocked at the door of the old-woman's house, and used the name of another tinker, who was known there, to obtain permission to rest; but the old woman being alone, refused him; he, however, forcibly pushed in the door, knocked her down, and was only driven from the perpetration of a capital crime by her screams, which brought some neighbours to her assistance. The fellow had then the audscity to appear active in his lamentation of what had occurred, and to state to those who found him in the house, that he was attracted there by the noise of a woman in distress. He was clearly proved to have entered the house before the noise was heard, andhis agitation betrayed him. The Jury instantly f wird him Guilty of the misde meanor, and Lord Chief Justice Bear, after animad vetting in indignant terms upon the prisoner's brutality, sentenced him to two years imprisonment and hard labour, recommending him, when that time should have expired, to quit this part of the country at least, where he would find every man's arm raised against him, for his cowardly and brutal conduct. CIVIL SIDE. ZORLASE V. DANIEL.-PROFE , SIONAL QUARRY& This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages from the defendant, for the use of defamatory words which were injurious to his character. It ap peared that they were both surgeons, residing at Mei ; stun, the defendant being the professional attendant of I I a gossipping club which met in the tap-room of a phlic-hosse in the town. His attendance not being' altogether satisfactory to some of the members, one of them (Edmund Hodges) applied to the plaintiff to un dertake the healing of the club, which he declined, with a feeling of professional delicacy that afterwards appeared, to have been inadequately repaid ; for when Hodges went one night into the tap-room, Dr.D.niel called him a d —d little poacher or terrier, and desired him to go and tell John Buries:: (the plaintiff) that he was a t!--d regne— that he had robbed the Pascoe family cf 4001. or 5001. —that his old father had robbed the Lizard-lighthouse of 10001.—end that he would rob a church. So im pressed did defendant ap4ear that his brother surgeon would consummate his depraved propensity, by endea ♦ouring to commit this sacrilege, that be said he would speak to Jacob Martin the sexton, to take care of the church books. Mr. ERSKINE, for the defendant, ridiculed this trum pery action, arising out of a spirit cf tap-room gossip ping, and st;mulated into Ito ther publicity by some cun ning attorney. There were other professions besides the meJical, in which the lancet was applied for the copious bleeding of a patient, and such operations ought to be discouraged by honest Juries. Mr. Justice BURROUGH left it to the Jury to say, whether the words were used in the foolish heat of some public-house quarrel, or with a deliberate intention to impute a felony to the plaintiff? If they believed the latter, they would estimate the amount of damages according to their sense of the injury received by the plaintiff. After a short consultation, the forenian of the Jury said, in broad Cornish dialect—We are of opinion, Sir, that there was no intentional robbery—only we censure such conduct: The COURT—If you do not think the defendant ini tended to impute a felonious act to the plaintiff, then you must find for the defendant. If you think that he did, then you must find for the plaintiff. Some of the Jurors here said, " Then we find for the plaintiff." The COURT—In that case, you find that the imputa tion of robbery was clearly givrn ? The Foreman—No, we don't; we say it was wrong, and we censure it. After some further colloquy, the Ju►y found a verdict for the defendant, AUGUST 15. WILBRAHAM V. ARTHUR. - FALMOUTH TITHE& This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the Rev. John Watkins Wilbraham, against the defendant, who was an inhabitant of Falmouth, to recover certain tithes for which he was assessed by the Corporation of Fal mouth for the use of the plaintiff, who was rector of that town. There were 36 pleas by the defendant, to meet as many counts on the declaration, but the whole question hinged upon a boundary line, which was said to limit the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of Falmouth, as distinct from adjacent parishes. It appeared that in the reign of Charles 11. and by cement of the Bishop of Exeter, wh• is patron of the living of Falmouth, a new ecclesiastical jurisdiction was defined, far the pur pose of making the town a distinct place from the pa rish in which it was situated, as well as from an adj:cent chapeiry of great antiquity. And it was on that occa sion stipulated that an assessment of 1..4d. in the pound should be made by the Corporation for the rector's tithes, for Falmouth town and 44 precincts." Falmouth originally consisted of ten houses, but had increased to 200 in Charles ll.'s time, when it was separated, to use the language of the law, from " the Mother Church," and made subject to a particular arrangement for the payment of tithes, distinct from those of the parish and Chapelry. A ♦erdict was taken for the plaintiff, subject to a question of law for the consideration of the Court above.—The mining cases lows been all withdrawn. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. hiSTON-IFrOUSIL Ste. Gilbert, the proprietor of the Blossoms Inn, Lavrience hne, was summoned by a Gentleman named Patellar'. who charged him with having refused to deliver up a box which had arrived In town by the Brighton mall. '1 he complainant said, that on Tuesday night be and a friend came to London by the Brighton trail, and upon their arrival at Lontbard•street he gave the coachman and guard a shilling each. The peed, however, was dissatisfied with the perquisite, and said, "Ts this all you are going to give usr " I give you that for myself," said ebe witness, "my friend will of course give yon what he likes." " That be d—cl," said the guard, " I will have half-a.crovrn • and if you won't pay it, re have this here anick ;" and be seine the box, "and I'm d—d if I don't keep it till you pay me." The witness then was apprehensive of being annoyed, and desired that the box should be conveyed to the coaels.office, where be eettalnly expected that justice would be rendered to him. Upon arriving at the coach-office, however, he was told, to his astonishment, that the box was over weight, and ought to bare been charged at Brighton. The guard mentioae4, as if in excuse for the neglect, that the box had been brought to the coach in a berry, and pat in the boot in a moment, without exantinatioo or delay. The book-keeper of the defendant declared that he would keep pmsession of it until the extra sam of 3a. should be paid. The complainant. in answer to a question put by the Loan Maros, said that the box bad not been brought in haste, as had been stated, to the mail. It remained at the booking since for five hours and a half, and the bnok-keeper looked at the box and their other parcels, and asked if they were all the luggage they bad ? The Lout PRIATOSIII the box entered in the way-bill? The Book-keeper replied in the affirmative. The Loan MAYOR desired that the way.bill should be produced. After some delay the way.bill was produced, but the item tinned oat to be mere interlineations ' and written in a hand different front the writing oldie body of the bill. The hook-keeper admitted that those interlineations bad not beat Deadest Brighton, but in Londoo, after the arrival of the mail. _ _ The Loan Maros asked, what was seriously the Intention of the defendant after having made these admiseionst Did he mean to de tain the box, or give it op ? The book-keeper said that his master was not in tows, and that ha knew nothing about the conduct of the guard or the coachman. The LOAD Maros said it was evident that nothing was intended to have been charged for the conveyance of the boa until the guard and coachman were disoithfied with their perquisites. If the com plainant had not voluntarily surrendered the boa when required so to do, be would have sent the coachman and guard to New gate foe stealintit. He hoped, however, that an action in trimer would be• brought for the recovery of the box. The complainant said he should bring his action. GUILDHALL lUatanromut. sterda y a female of highly respectable appearance, about thirty years of age, was placed at the bar on a charge of having been disorderly the night before. The Lady was immediately recognised as having, on Wednesday, obtained a sum mons for her husband to &hew cause why be refused t• support her. The husband, in obedience to the summons, attended the Coen on Thursday, and, on his appears/ice, the Lady, who was present, left the Court and went away. The case was called on sows after, and dismissed in conseiueoee of ber non-appearance. Yesterday the husband presented himself as her acesasti;and stated that Whit; he was attending in the Justice Roam, tbe day before, she went to his house and obtained admittance; on his return home he found her in the drawing-room, and desired her to depart, which she refused. He then went out for a constable, but did not find one till late at night, when he returned, and after much resist ance, the constable succeeded in taking her to the watchhouse.— She screamed so violently that she collected a molt about the house, and the constable was so ill treated by the mob that be was unable to attend. The husband proceeded to state that his wife had left him three times, and lived with other men In the last eight years; be took her back each time in the hope of reelahning her, sisut without effect ; and he was determined never to take her back skain. lie had since proposed to her to appoint a friend each to de termine what allowance be should make for her support, which she refused, saying, she was determined to live in his house. After such conduct, he was determined to have nothing more to do with her, and would not make her any allowance until compelled by law. She had formerly threatened his life. and taken up a poker to knock his brains out, and he was certain she meant to do him some grievous bodily hum, and prayed to be protected front her eirdence. The Lady now claimed to be heard, and stated. that she would not say she was free from fault, for who could say it? But her ' husband's conduct had been the ratite of her ever leaving him, and, besides, he had given his consent, and the first man she went to live with was a friend of her husband's, whose muse she took, and lived with him as his wife; and her husband was in the con stant habit of coming to dim with them •ist the meaty, and used to bring her child with him. mat had aught the chilies leather aunt. She could appeal for the truth d this atatemem to the Clergyman ol the parish, who had often dieted in company with her husband at the house of the Gentleman with whom the lived, and whose wife the Clergyman supposed her to be. When she went to her husband's house the day before, she not reading in the drawing room till he came homo. Be then went out for a constable, but I did not return till Dear midnight, when be brought a drunken con- stable, who, after a great deal of violence, threw her down the stairs and bruised her dreadfully.—An old Naval Officer, who access.. panied the Lady, corroborated her statement. The husband and wife now entered into a wordy war of mutual crimination, which it was with difficulty the Alderman could ter minate. The husband repeatedly declared that he never would support her, unless compelled by law ; that she was even now living with another man, and her object was to get support for herself and him. The wife declared that her husband bad received *good fortune with her, and should support ber. The Alderman, who appeared anxious to get rid of the case, dig. missed the charge against the wife, and she immediately ran out of Court to get into her husband's house before his return. DI RD. Thursday, at Lis country residence, near West Calder, George Ferguson, Lord Hermand, one of the Senators of the College of Justice. He retired last year from the arduous duties of his office, after a service of 37 yeses, sod upwards of 80 years of age. Thursday sennight, In the Wosiebnate, Plymouth,aged ss,wm. ' Atkinson, an eccentric character well known to the itihabttatatti Old Town as " Billy the tanner." He was, when young, to vat his own words, "crossed in his love to Kelly Keen," and frost tlut time has borne the most inveterate hatred to the fair sex; such an extent was this carried, that be could not, on any accnet be persuaded to speak to a woman. He always ate his virtual' it himself, and abogether was a very singular being. BOW-STREET. A young man, of very respectable connections, was yesterday brought before Sir IL Bums, at Bow -street, after the business of the office had closed, on a warrant of bastardy, at the instance of a beauti ful young Swiss Lady,whose age did not exceed IS years,and charged with being the father of her child, of which she was then pregnant. He did not attempt to deny the young Lady's statement, and the Magistrate told him that he must give the usual securitl to the parish that they would not be burthened with the mother or the child. A Gentleman, who accompanied the young Lady, said, that it was the defendant's intention to quit this country.; and he added, that the Lady had been seduced by the defendant under the most atrocious circumstances. She had been ethos cated in Switzerland, her native country, and was highly ac complished. Seven or eight months ago she arrived in this 'country, and was engaged as governess in the family of a Mr. Alston, in Bedfordshire. About two months ago the family were in Northampton, and it was there the defendant became acquainted with het. He prevailed on her to abandon her sites tßin ; and as an inducement for her to elope with bins, be produced' a written promise of marriage, with a seal esusezed to it, and be even went so far as to tell her that the banns bad bees poldiebed,' and spewed her a letter, which he stated was written by the Rev. Daniel Wilson, the Rector of Islington, to confirm his statement. Sir litcnaan—l should like to see that letter, for there may be something to punish such villainy made out of it. The Gentleman said it was in his possession, but he had not got it about him. The conduct of the defendant towards this poor young Lady bad been the most atrocious he had ever heard of, and he richly merited being held up to public scorn for having seduced her, and lived with her a month. lie was preparing to leave the coun try ; and the Gentleman then read a printed circular, In which the defendant's father appointed an agent for their business during their absence from this country. Sir R. Boone observed, that as that appeared to be the case, he should have inquiries made, and the defendant should certainly not leave this country until he found sufficient securities; and be hoped the Solicitor was in the office, who intended to bring an action against the defendant far bleach of marriage promise or seduction; for a more atrocious case of the kind had never come to his know ledge. He repeated, that inquiries should be made respecting the defendant, and in the meanwhile ordered his commitment to be • made out. The defendant, who was observed to smile frequently daring the investigation, was then locked up, and the young Lady withdrew, accompanied by her friends. Mr. Harding, the proprietor of the John-o'-Groats cake and eating house, in Rupert.street, Haymarket, applied to Sir R. 111JUIII for his advice under these circumstances:—He had per ceived that the keeper of a respetable eating house had been sum moned before the Magistrates at Marlborough•street, and convicted in the mitigated penalty of 101. for " retailing beer," as it was culled, upon his premises, without baring a licence, bat which beer was in reality procured from a neighbouring public house his large quan tity, for the sake of convenience and dealt out to the CIIIIOMerS with their dinners. Now b e ( M r. Harding) dined a great number of persons in the course of every day, and was in the habit of having a gallon or two of porter in at a time to serve his customers I with, and if he was to be prevented from doing so, it would almost PRICE OF HOPS, PER CWT. Amuse 17. sntw mans. maw 1.1109. Kent 72s to 900 Kent ...... as to sil Sussex aces 70s to 841 Essex 603 to 76s Fatalism fine 112. to 126s—Seeonds. 841 to 10Ss Old Duty Said at 495,000. PRICE OF LEATHER. Best Dresdng Hides l3th to 16d Common Ditto l6d to 18d Crop Hides, 35 to 401bs for cutting Ditto 45 to 501bs ............ Calf Skins, 36 to 401b1 lBd to 234 Ditto 50 to 701b1 Ditto 70 to SOlbs .........214 to 2.3 d Small Sear, Greenland).— ......... ...... 18d to 19d 'fanned Norse Hides . .. 124 to 15d Spanish Horse Hides... ............ ..... 154 to 20d PRICE or TALLOW, SOAP die. per MM. Town Tallow 42 Od Yellow Soap ...... ...... SOs If Yellow Russia ... White ditto —s Od Curd Soap ditto —s Od Gram los 0f Melting Stuff ... .... —. 34s Od Good Dregs Tallow imported from St. Pttersburgh, $599 casks Ditto from Archangel, 000 casks 1 Ditto from Odessa, 000 casks _...... COURSE OF EXI Amsterdam l2 5 C.F. Ditto at 0 Botterdam...ll U 12 4 Antwerp l2 4 Hamburgb 4 j U 3G 11 Altona 21 U 37 0 Paris,sday'ssight 25 4S Ditto .........2 U 25 70 Madrid.— 341 Cadiz s4e Barcelona 34 Uilboa ........ 541 !MANGE, Amor 17. Seville.... 34i Gibraltar 41 Leghorn ......... 41* • Genoa Venice 41 Malta Naples ...... 511 k Palermo 49 Rio Janeiro..... 34 Dublin... le amount to a total prohibidot of his budouse: Re was ethical to know bow he was to sat under such circumstances? Sr R. Maui said he could not tell hint, but this much he mu.t say, that had such a case come before him, he should have ensertained a very different opinion from that of Mr. Dyer, at Marlborough. street. He should not have convicted. Mr. Harding—The defendant io that cane hai appealed to tFa Sessions, but until that appeal is decided I wish to know how . 1 an , to act, and whether I as. liable to penalties if I act as I have alway s dune before? Sit B. can Only tell you that if an information sitosid be laid before me, I would not decide it limit that appeal has been determined, and I think the same course ought to be adopted by other Magi for the present b u the question is certainly one of great importance to the parties concerned. Mr. Woods, the clerk, suggested that a waiter front the public. house could attend at Mr. Harding's and serve out the be.r. Mr. Bscsuir (a Magistrate) said this Was done at the writ. known beef shops in the Old Balky. Mr. Harding said such a tonne woultrbe eltremely inctinveuirre and expensive, both to the publican sad himself, a s a wa i ter nui .i be kept for that sole purpose.—Mr. H. having thanked Sir litcHane for his attention, withdrew. QUERN-SQUARE. A young man, of Idiotic appeara;ce, was charged with attempt . : ing to strangle a child shoat IS months I. Burn, of fault*: str eet , deposed, that in passing near the Horse Guards she saw the prisoner carryinu the child under his arm. It was screaming, and, after striking it several times, be end eavoure d to thrust a band: kerchief into its mouth, which bled profusely when several persons' seised bald of him, and she wrested the child from him. m all Forbes said, the prisoner was her landlady's son, and she had hiss la the habit of entrusting him for the last three months to take her child out foe the air. She was anxious to know if the prisoner could not be admitted to bail, none however being in attendance, be was committed. UNION-HALL Two men, named Fus and Chuck were charged with commitdng a highway robbery. it appeared that on Thursday night a young man named Page spent the greater part of the evening at the Alfted'i Head publiabouse, Newington Ca unsay, and on leaving the bow be gave the waiter a AS note, desiring him to deduct the amount of what he bad drunk. The waiter did so, and gave him £4 18,, aid Page then Wt the house. On passing an unfrequented spot net; St. George's market, he was surrounded by Ave men, two of *ion% be swore to be the prisoners, who knocked him down, beat bins and kicked him about the body, and robbed him of has money... Both prisoners were described as bad characters. They war committed. , Guaoaw Pouca.—Monday Pthv Wrhaff, a travelling pedlar, was charged wick stealing front a writer's office in In rrrrr y, the sum of 2001. Information bad been received in town of the theft, and Ike criminal officers apprehended ►im in consequence. He Via/ sent to the Sheriff's Chambers for examination, and there to await till the °dicers arrived to convey him back to Invenry. CRIM. CON. ExTRAOHDINARY.—HAILEs l Ois Tuesday, the Sheriff's Court at Durham was called upon to assess damages in this case, pursuant to a wilt of inquiry from the Court of King's Bench, where the defendant had suffered judgment to go by 1 , default. It appears the plaintiff is a wooden-legged shoemaker, and the defendant a blind fiddler, both be. longing to South Shields. The cause of action was alleged to have a isen on the lst of January last, and at divers other times, and the plaintiff laid his damages, for being deprived of the contort, &c. of his wife, at 5001. After a full investigation of the business, the Jury only awarded one farthing damages, which seemed to give general satisfaction.--Tyxe Mercury. MARRIED. ON the 15th inst. at St. Andrew's Church, Plymouth, by tie Iles. John Hatchard, Mr. James Hay Waugh, son of the Re•. A. Waugh, D.D. to Sarah Short, youngest daughter of John Lynn, Ps+ of Plymouth. NEWGATE AND LBADENHALL MARKFCTS, Accusr Beef... ........3s 4d to 4s 4d I Veal Mutton ...—...3s 441 to 4, 441 Pork Lamb 4s Od to Ss 4d. PRICES o, HAY Apo STRAW YESTERDAY. ' - sr. JAMES'S. WMIIIESSATIL. Hay Si Os Od to 61 08 Od Hog 41 Os to 51 156 Od Clover WIN Od to 71 Os Od Cover 41 10. to 71 7s PI Straw 41 2s Od to 21 Os Od Straw 11 Ifs to 21 5105 PRICES OF GOLD AND SILVER. - _ Foreign Gold in Bars .................... v ... 4:1 17 6 Silver, in ban, standard..... ....... . ...... .. 04 9; COAL MARKET, Avuusr 17. Ships at Market. Ships Sold. 17k Nuwcastle hoe 1$ Sunderland 29s 6d to 565 a 311 6d toJ MI GB-WATER at LONDON-BRIDGE TO-MORROW. I Morning 46 minutes after 11 Afternoon 0 minutes after o M A I La •••••1 ♦U. 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