Star. — London, England, 1827-08-24 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. -....1...m... ARRIVALS. 'the Countess Dowager Ponlett, at Hyde Park•cornet, from Twickenham; Earl of Ferrers, from Staffordshire; Count Pozzo di Borgo, in the Regent•atreet; Colonel and ?Jr,. Macdonald, in Brook•street, from Faris; Mr. Vivian, in Piccadilly, from Corn wall; Mr. Lucius Robinson, from a tour in Normandy; Captain an d ♦lrs. Beverley, in Berkeley-square, from Brighton; Colonel and Mrs. Galacre, at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from a tour; Mrs. and Miss Bell, at ditto, from Hastings; Captain Rigby, at Thomo's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from a tour; T. Drake, Esq. M.P. and Mrs. Drake, at ditto, from Bucks. ." .t- -ed A ttl rn 1:11 Ee I es- a for 3 et. Ord 1 I Of of I 10 I war ,11.4• bef in- oee web eAt .1 I nn r Rot • DEPARTURES. ford Robert Seymour, for South Wales ; Marchioness of Lothian and dm Ladies Kyr, from Portland-place, on a tour; Mr. Job Ratites, on a tour ; Colonel Dalrymple on a tour ; Baroness Mon. t e squieu, for Bridge Hill Farm, In Kent ; Captain Clayton, for Neisots's•crescent, Ramsgate; Count D'Agliei on a tour; Lady Caroline Darner, for Milton Abbey ; Major Maxwell, for Rams gate ; Lady Dampier, for Surrey ; Prince. and Princess Lieven, for tke Royal Lodge, Windsor; Marquis and Marchioness of lan.. down, for their villa, Richmond ; Marquis of Carmarthen, for his father's (the Duke of Leeds) seat, llornby Castle, Yorkshire ; Lord and Lady Manners, and Family, from Warren's Hotel, Regent ,treet, for their seat. the Grove, Suffolk ; Earl Clanwilliam, from tlitto, for the Royal Lodge, Windsor. CHANGES. Lord Be!leaden, from Brussels, fur the Hague; the Earl and Countess of Lonsdale, from Cottesmere, for Lowther Castle ; Earl from Milton, near Peterborough, for Wentworth Rotherham, in Yorkshire ; the Bishop of London and Mr. Howley, from Fulham Pdlace, on a tour through Wales; the Hon. Colonel Grant, from Richmond, to Worthing. ARRIVALS AT CHELTRNHAIL Lord mid Lady Lisle, Lord and Lady Gage, Lord Duck, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Moreton, Lady Polling, Sir H. Lushington, Sir W. Starner, Lieutenant-General and Mrs. Gordon, Colonel Sutherland, Colonel Fitzgerald% Colonel Hill, Lieutenant-Colonel Macdougall, Mare PCIIIOII, Major Rider, Major Macnamara, Major Jourdon, ',Major and Mrs. Sbubrick, Doctor Jenner, M. D. Doctor Sigmond, Doctor Hickman, Rev. Mr. and Mn. Cbolwich, Rev. G. Porter, Rev. G. Dawson, Rev. Mr. Gannon, Rev.J. Lowthian, Rev. Mr. Lewin, 1t.,. Mr. Whipham, Rev. G. D3wton, Captain R. Innes, Captain Majodblnks, Captain Ross, Captain Hall, Captain 1301, Captain, Wilson, Captain Madan, Captain Colwell, Captain Wood, Captain M. „fawn, Captain Croker, R.N. Lieutenal3 J. Gilmore, R.N. Mr. and Mrs. _Barker, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Gibb, Mr. and Mrs. J. Peel, Mr. and Mr. Pierce and family, &c. &c. BRIGHTON, Amon. 22. _ . The Cliff reads this afternoon, from the Steyne to Rottingdean, and in the oppcishe direction, along the King's -road to Shoreham, were rendered more gay and interesting by fashionable equipages than for weeks past. Lord and Lady J. Townshend were in their low open carriage. The Duke and Duchess of Leinster and fa mily are arrived ; the Bart of Harrington is with them ; they oc cupy a mansion on the Steyne. The -family of the Prince and Princess Esterhazy are remaining at the Royal York Hotel. It is regarded as probable, that The Prince and Princess may join them In a day or two. Ihr lino. Mr. Kepple is arrived at the Marine Tur lion. General Bligh is prolonging his stay there. Lady Knenborough is among the last received guests at the New Stipa Hotel. GRAND SAILING MATCH. Yesterday the Members of thb Thames Yacht Club g'sve their second Silver Cup and Cover, to he sailed for above bridge, by vessels belonging to the Club. Three boats were only entered, viz. Venus,l3 tons; Lady Louisa, 13 tons; Fortitude, 7 tons ; no doubt, from the Inferiority of all the rest to the two former.— At the time of starting only two vessels were to be seen, the For titude having declined the honour. All preparations being made, the slgAal gun bred at about twenty minutes before three, and she two vessels were immediately under weigh, Venus taking the lead, which she maintained throughout. On arriving at Waterloo 3iridge, the Lady Louisa met with an accident. Some part of her tickling having caught against the bridge, her fore-stay broke, add let the mast fall with such foice on the deck as might have killed soma the men, had they not fortunately been on each side of it.— See soon replaced this injury ; but having such a formidable op ponent as the Venus a-head. she stood not the slightest chance : she, however, gained much of the ground she bad lost. The Venus sailed most admirably, and came in at a winning rate at half-past log o'clock. She is hatch built, and has astonished many excel. I:tit sailors In a brisk breeze. This is the anniversary of the death of the celebrated Colonel &non, 1680. rug Caowri.—A Club, so called, is forming under high ineuence,;tbe Members of which are to comprise Officers in the army and Navy, and other persons holding the King's Corn minim), whether Civil, Military, Naval, or Law, the Clerks of standing and repute in the Government Offices, Members of both Howes of Parliament, of the Universities, and of the Inns of Court, Secretaries to Ambassadors, and to other persons of rank, the Peers of Scotland and Ireland, and Literary and Scientific Nen of Eminence. The Pilchard Sean Fishery has commenced in the rtighbourhood of Plymouth, and the prospects are nattering.—The Ymilut Sean caught 30 hhds. and two Scans at Cawsand about the :tow quantity, on Monday last; about 60 hhds. were taken at Loor the following evening. DREADFUL. EXPLOSION Of a POWDER MlLL.—Yester terday, vt ten o'clock in the morning, the neighbour-, hood of wickenharn, Hounslow, and Hanworth, were %blown into great consternation by the explosion of the -corning house of the gunpowder manufactory of Cuevas and HARVEY, situated on the lower side of the Heath. 'fhe building was completely demolished, and two men (Parkes and Edmunds) fell a sacrifice to the accident. The quantity of powder in the building was not great. The explosion was, nevertheless, very violent, from the circumstance of the whole quantity being of the.greatest strength, namely, such as is used for sporting.... There does not appear the least suspicion of what could have caused the calamity. Tuesday night the house of Mr. T. Bowaas, oilman, Tabernacle-walk, Finsbury, was broken into and robbed. A shuff box, which was among the plunder, was disco vered by one of the neighbours in a drain, where it had been thrown by the robbers. His MAJESTY'S free pardon has been granted to Rickard Rudolph and John Wilson, who were convicted a; the last May Old Bailey Sessions, of stealing certain Foods value 1004 on board a ship in the East India Docks, for which offence they were sentenced to be transported for seven years. Both these men had borne an extremely good character, more especially Rudolph, Mho had been reduced, •by a series of misfortunes, from a state of comparative affluence to severe want; and who, although at one time he had acted as Consul at a foreign port, was at last happy to accept of all humble situation in the docks, for the purpose of maintaining his wife and children. Rudolph at all times solemnly asserted his innocence of the crime laid to his charge, and at the lest day of the Sessions, when call -d up with the rest of the prisoners to receive his sen• tence, he addressed the Recorder, and stated that he had to complain of the hurried manner in which his trial was tondacted--of which remark the Recorder appeared to the a note- Happily for Rudolph, his former distresses :.,dbrought him to the knowledge of the Curate of the parish in which he lived. This Gentleman, having had nnkb opportunity of observing his condu ct , f e l t a fi rm couvivion that it was very improbable that he should be go Icy of the charge alleged against him.. The circum stances of the affair were therefore most fully investi gated, and a repiesentation was made by the worthy Curate, in conjunction with his Rector, to Mr. Sturges be 'utile, and subSequernly to the Marquis of Lansdown ; Sod the benevolent exertions of the Rev. Gentlemen have b:en rewarded with succes, in their endeavours 10 r -store to liberty two fellow-creatures who have been suffering imprisonn.ent for an oLarce of which they hese been proved guiltleas. THEATRES. • HATMARiffiiilgATRIt . A new Piece, entitled The Goldsmith, was produced at this Theatre lase night. It is a translation from a French Melodrame, which some time-ago enjoyed con siderable popularity in Paris, and was founded upon the story of the Goldsmith, who perpetrated many a•sas sinations and robberies about the ruins of St. Paul's Church, in that city. It has a place amongst the 'd Causes celebres," and has been repeated by VOLTA IRK and other writers. This Piece is not of a description very common to the Haymarket. Neither the dialogue nor the acting can pretend to more than a mere recital of the story, and in either, that was sufficiently well done. The piece de. pelids exclusively upon its charms for the class whose taste requires the stimulus of stabbing and cutting throats. To them it seemed to afford great satisfaction, and they will very likely return the obligation by afford• I ing it their especial patronat t e. ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Another crowded au.liencir attended the repetition of PARR'S admirable Opera here last night. To speak again ',f the manner of its performance would only be to reiterate the Along terms of commendation vedich the omits of its former representations so justly called fon The greatest attention and delight were manifested by the audience throughout. There has, perhaps, never been an Opera produced which so immediately and en tirely satisfied all tastes and united all opinions. THE AILVIY. The garrison of Fermoy at present consists of a squadron of the 3d Guards, the 73d Regiment, and the depot of the 66th. The 58th Regiment, since its arrival at Kilkenny, has received o rd er , to hold themselves in readiness for foreign service, and will embark at Cork for their decimation. Maj o r General Bationam, K. C. B. accompanied by his staff. in spected last week six service companies of the 75t1, in the Barrack square at Fermoy. . _ The depots of the 3d and 40th Regiments of Foot, have arrived at Chatham (rum Sheerness. A Detachment belonging to the 71st Regiment of Infantry, em. barked this morning on board a steam-vessel in the River, for Hull. The depot of the 2d Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, has been ordered to march from Cashel to Birr. A Detachment of the Royal Marines, consisting of an Officer and thirty men, arrived at Plymouth in the Brunswick, from Ports mouth on Wednesday, and joined the Division at Stonehouse. Monday, at a General Detachment Court Martial held at Ply. mouth, Major Talmo; 94th Regiment, President, private John Wylde, of the lst Battalion 6eth Regiment, was brought to trial for deserting trots his regiment, at Kingston, Upper Canada, on or about theAth July, 1823, and not returning until brought to Long Room Barracks, Stonehouse, by an escort of the 7th Dragoon Guards, on the morning of the 16th August, 1827. The:Court ad judged the prisoner Guilty, and sentenced him to receive 500 lashes, and to be branded with the letter D. which sentence was carried into execution the following morning. NAVAL IN I'ELLIGENCE. GIIIIIALTAR, Autsusi 9.—On the 4th a French squadron, (two ships of the line and three frigates, as reported,) from the westward, passed up the Stmts. DIAL, Aucusr 43.—Wind N.S. by N.—Arrived from London the John Francis, MsLutz, for Quebec. PoatsMouTu, Amway 23.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived from Lon dos the Zenobia, DayoLas, for India ; and Jolly, for Newfound land. Arrived the Susan, Waymire, from Sc. Domingo. PLYMOUTH, Atreus: 22.—Wind K—Arrived the Mitchell, Wean, from Riga; and the Duke of York, Mout., from Lisbon. Sailed the Pretty Lass, CVXMINS, for Newfoundland. 'hieglarence, 84, lately launched from Pembroke-yard, arrived here, in company with the Meteor steamer. The Vigilant ketch, Lieut. MzemeTer, came in on Tuesday, from a cruise. In Hamoaze, the Britannia flag ship; Ocean and Windsor Castle, guard ships; Victor, re-com missioned yesterday; Bramble, Plumper; Lion, Fox, and Arrow, ues: at the Island, the Weazle, Vigilant, and Royalist. Commissioner Sir J. A. Gomm; K.C.B. returned to Plymouth on Saturday last, after having attended the Loan Hamm AmetzaL during his ltmal Highness's visit to Dartmouth. •H IPS WITRILEIs • T THR CUSTOK•HOOSE. lowomos--The Attwood, Stranaelt, from Rotterdam; Jung. Jacob, Heseheck, from Kiel ; Rhine, Hart, from Rotterdam ; Mk maar, Heath, from Rotterdam ; Two Brothers, Robson, jun. from Hamburgh; Chilton, Gallibe, from Archangel; Gude Hoffnung, Rodman, from Memel; Mary, Douglas, from St. Petersburgh; Eliza, Light, from Rotterdam; Clifton, Mulley, from Antwerp; Providentia, Barth, from Gottenburgh ; Catherine, Mot tensen, from Tondern ; Prue Mette, Togersen, from Fohr ; Ernest, Hunter, from Archangel; Catherine, Fliu, from Oporto; Esperance, Van Goyt, from Antwerp; John, Popplewell, from Neustadt ; George the Fourth, Black, from St. Petersburgh and Copenhagen ; Equestrian, Harrison, from Archangel; and Abdiel, Diane, from Hamburgb. Cuss ll= Dummies—The Sophie, Scbleser, for Stralsund and Griefswald ; Zealous, Fife, for Pilot', Koningsburgb, and Elbing ; Vigilantie, Oortjes, for Amsterdam; Twee Gebroeders, Lobec, for ()steed, Bruges, and Ghent ; Louisa, Backmanson, for Stockholm ; Hebe, Hannington, for Limerick ; Tyrende Sodskende, Christen, sea, for Elsiueur and Copenhagen; and Escape, Wessel, for Gijon, DUMFRIES, AuGust 21. HARMS will be general by the end of the week, and in a wide circuit around this town, both shearers and binders are already busy in many a field—wages arc expected to be at least Is. fld. per day. In some places the wheat hai suffered considerably from mildew, but the crops on the other hand are everywhere so heavy, that nothing but warm dry weather II wanted to render the harvest most abundant. From the great quantity of rain that fell last week a good deal of grain was lodged; but the fine breezes of Friday and Saturday repaired the mischief to a great extent. What we have most to complain of is, the continued deficiency of solar heat ; the thermometer in the shade rarely rises to 60 degrees. Tea Moons—Speaking generally, there was excellent sport on the moors on Monday, and most sportsmen we have had an uppor tunny of conversing with, returned perfectly loaded with game.— From Monday till Friday the weather was se wet, that the birds would not sit; and the dogs' novel; were so much affected by the same cause, that they resembled a compass whose motions are de ranged by the malign influence of a bar of iron. After a short armistice, the campaign was renewed eagerly yesterday, to the great detriment of the denizens of the moors, whose heathery en. campments were surrounded and stormed in all directions. On some grounds, t►e grouse have suffered sadly from the snow, and are by no means plentiful, if we except old barren pairs ; in others the crop is allowed to be an ge one, though a good deal inter mixed with numerous broods and 'ninnies of cheepers. Partridges and hares are unusually plentiful; but the former, as yet, are rather small and ill-grown. _ _ _ SNIP LA MICH —A fine new ship of 500 tons burthen, the property of Mews. S. Nelson, Ewart and Co. was launched at Annan, on I the Bth cumin the presence of an immense concourse of spectators. Mrs. Barker, of Langshaw, had the honour of christening the future pilgrim of the Atlantic Ocean ; and when " The Annandale," swung from her cradle on the land, and plunged In gallant style into her native element, the crowd saluted her with three cheers so heatty, loud, and simultaneous, that they must have been heard on the other side of the Solway. " The Annandale," is the largest vessel ever built in Scotland south of Greenock. In the language of the Custom-house, Annan, is still called a Creek of the port of Dumfries, but sbe bids fair to.rival, at no distant date, We marine industry of many places of higher note, and loftier pretensions.— Nine years ago the navy of Annan consisted of 23 vessels, register ing 1025 tons; at present it comprises 34 vends, tegistering 2700. kioase-Ssraacino—Early on the morning of Friday last, four excellent work horses were discovered w be a missing —two ft om Priestlands, and two from Burnside of 31abic. Both depredations were committed in the same line of country, and the thieves we understand passed thrnngh the town of Annan. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, AUGUST 24. Our market was in a still more lifeless state than on last Wednesday, owing to the favourable change in the weather, and the probability of its continu a nce; indeed, those who appeare d to take advan tage of the late rains have entirely disappeared, leaving speculation entirely out of the question ; but prices of all descriptions of Grain are nominally the same as on Monday. SMITHFIELD MARKET, AOCtliee 24. _ _ Mutton may be quoted 2J. per stone dearer this morning, but in no other Meat is there any tAriation worth noticing from our prices of Monday last...Bessts, 589; Sheep, 11,1120; Piss,llo; Calves, 311. Beef, per stout:, is. 6,1 to Ss. i.d. 31ouon, 4s. 4d. to 42. l Od. ss. to Si. dd. Pot k, 4s. to ss. 2ti. Lamb, 48. lid. to ss. ed.—flay, per loml, L, I.;s. to 10h. Clover, E 4 15a. to £6 10$. Straw, E 2 to .C 2 bh ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE, Almon 22. HIGH TR2.II3OIOOINING. Madrach Walker was indicted for knowingly; felt)• niously, and traitorously, hieing in his po.session, or the 23d of December last, at Greenwich, certain coin ing instruments, against the statute, and against his allegiance. It appeared that on the morning of the day in ques tion, in consequence of some suspicion that had arisen, Mr. Powell, solicitor to the Mint, and two police o ffi cers, went to a house occupied by the prisoner, in Green. with. The door was opened by the prisoner , who teas in his shirt-sleeves, and upon searching the house various implements of coining were found. There was a bellows and a forge in one of the rooms, a cutting press in ano ther, an immense quantity of blanks of base metal, of the •arious sizes of half-crowns, shillings, and sixpences, with a vast number of dies, crucibles, and other articles of a simil.ir nature. There were also some tools which cre appropriate to the trade of a working jeweller; and it appeased that some of the first mentioned ar• ticks, though undoubtedly capable of being used in coining, might also be u,ed in the way of that trade.— It further appeared, that in October, 1826, the prisoner, accompanied by a man named Backley, who was con victed of coining at the last Surrey Assizes. and has since been executed, carried the cutting press now pro duced to a blacksmith at Greenwich, to be repaired, and that he and Backley had repeatedly called upon that person, both together and separately, and given him various orders and directions upon their joint account. On behalf of the prisoner, it was proved that he was by trade a working jeweller, and two persons with whom he had formerly worked in that business for very considerable periods, gave him a good character for , honesty and industry. The Jury, after deliberating in the box for come time, retired from the Court, and after an absence of two hours, returned with a verdict of—Not Guilty. Henry Norman, who was convicted of a very atrocious burglary at Lewes last week, and received sentence of death, has been respited by Mr. Justice Park since his arrival in this town, his Lordship entertaining some doubt as to the sufficiency of the proof of his identity. (Before a Special Jury.) HOLDING V. CARTER. This was an action to recover damages for an al leged false and deceitful representation made by the defendant to the plaintiff, respecting the character and competency of a Captain Este ll. The plaintiff and defendant were ship-owners, and the former, being in want of a , person to take the com mand of a coasting vessel of his, called the Alert, and being referred to the latter by Captain Estell for a cha racter, made a written application to the defendant upon the subject, to which he received a wtitten answer, stating that the Captain was a man of very great re spectability and first-rate skill, and that he was satisfied the plaintiff would find in him a most valuable acqui sition. In consequence of this representation, the plain tiff took Captain Estell iato his service, and entrusted him with the command of the Alert ; which, in the month of February, INS. while under his command, gat on shore off the Isle of Anglesea, and received con-' siderable damage; and a great many witnesses were callest, who all concurred in stating, that the damage might have been prevented by a commander of com petent skill, and had been entirely occasioned by the n egligence and ignorance of Captain Estell. In answer t 6 this case, a great many witnesses, some of them ship-brokers and underwriters of the greatest respectability, were stalled, who stated that they had been long acquainted with Captain Estell; that he was a well-trained and very skilful seaman; and that they should not hesitate to trust him with the command of a vessel of any value. Some other persons were also ex amined, who proved that when the vessel got on :hole, the weather was very rough and tempestuous ; that several vessels were wrecked on the same spot at the same time; and that Captain Estell did every thing that nautical skill and industry could do, to prevent the accident. The Jury here interposing, and stating that they were prepared to find a verdict for the defendant, the plain tiff's Counsel elected to be called, and a nonsuit was entered accordingly. BRIDGEWATER, Acoese22. Before Mr. Justiee Buatoros. PAYNE V. POLLARD. Mr. Sergeant WILDS, in stating this case to the Jury, said that the plaintiff was a brewer, and the defendant a wine and spirit merchant. . They had formerly been intimate associates, but had since separated in conse quence of some unpleasant differences. After these had occurred, the defendant thought proper to defame the plaintiff's character by she severest calumnies, which in some degree received currency from the known intimacy that had previously subsisted between them. Such was the effect of defendant's imputations, that the plaintiff's partner had dissolved his connexion with him, by which he had sustained a deep injury. ♦t length he appealed to a jut y of his country for the redress to which, under such circumstances, they should I think him entitled. Mary Ann Maund said, that she lived, in the month of August. at the Beer Butt public-house, Bath, and knew the plaintiff, who kept the house before her father in law, and was afterwards a partner with his relation, Mr. Joseph Payne, in the brewing trade. The defendant was a wine and spirit merchant, who supplied plaintiff. She remembered calling upon him to pay a bill in March or April, when he apologized for not calling upon her father, and assigned as a reason that he did not wish to run the risk of meeting the plaintiff there, whom he de scribed as a swindler, deserving to be transported--as a man who had endeavoured to waylay another to murder him—as one who had wasted hundreds of pounds of his wife's property, and who would bring her and her family at length to the workhouse. This witness underwent a long cross-examination, in which she denied having had quarrels with the defend ant or his family, or expecting to participate in the da mages to arise from this action, or having had any im proper intercourse with the plaintiff. -Joseph Payne, a maltstei, said, that at one time the plaintiff and himself had been in partnership, and he had stilsolred a connexion with him in business in conse quence of these injurious reports. Mr. GUNNING, in addressing the Jury for the defend ant, denied that he hat ever utterei the words imputed to him in the sense in which they were misunderstood by the complaioint, an] that the misconstruction had been put upon them by a witness who was not entitled to credit, tot her known disregard of the obligations of moral character. He lett the ca st to the Jury upon the !improb ability Of the trdth of such a otaiement i n thd sense of the plaintiff's teuimony. Mr. Justice Boanouutr, in charging the Jury, ad: mitted that if the evidence of the female was really unz true, then the whole case must fall to the ground; but if they thought the slanderous words haJ been used by the defendant, then undoubtedly the plaintiff was en titled to damages; for no aspersions could well be cbn ceived more calculated to do an injury to a man in bu sineu, or. desirous to keep a proper place in society. The Jury, after a shoat consultation, found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 1001. HEREFORD, Auousr .241 Thomas Jones and Samuel Higgins were indicted, charged with having feloniously stolen and taken away, on the night of the 9th of April last, one %%ether sheepi the property of John Bannister. From the evidence of the prosecutor it appeared, that late on the evening of the 9th, the sheep were all safe in his field, and on the morning of the 10th one thent was missing ; he tra.kcd the sheep over afiedge into an adjoining field, where it had been killed, and he found the skin and entrails. He then proceeded to search the house of the prisoner Higgins, where he sound several joints of mutton cut up and deposited in a steen (an earthen pan): on comparing the joints with the skin, they were bound to corresiond. The constable produced the skin, and anothtr *it , ness, a chymist, produced the tail of 0 e sheep, which, by order of the Magistrate, he had preserved in spirits, i n order that it might be compared rsith a joint of the tail left in the skin. The confession of Jones was then read, detailing the whole circumstances of the robbery ; but, notwithstand ing that, he denied his guilt, and both prisoners called several witnesses, who gave them a good character. Mr. Baron Vauotraw having summed up, the Jury found the prisoners Guilty. The Learned JUDGE then addressed the prisoners, and said, that the crime of which they had been found guilty had proceeded to such an extent, that no farmer's property was sate, and he did not know, on considera tion, whether he should not be under the necessity or allowing the law to take its course. He had great difficulty in prevailing on himself, but their lives would probably be spared: but they must expect to leave the country for life.—Sentence of death was then recorded. The wife of one of the prisoners, who had been wa , ching the trial with the most intense anxiety, atld had evinced great intelligence in calling the witnesses to character, on hearing the last sentence of the law mentioned, changed cdour, and clinched her hands together, seemingly to implore mercy, but uttered not a word; and when she heard that her husband must leave the country for life, she dropped from her seat in a swoon. It was not till the Learned Judge had called out to the bystanders to assist her, that the stupid fele lows by whom she was surrounded thought of carrying her out of Court. CML SlLllL—Before Mr. Junk! LISMILDALI. HOLDER V. COATES. Mr. Wurrcoufss opened the pleadings, and stated that this was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is lessee of a part of the Scatterbrain estate, to recover from the defendant a compensation in damages for falling an oak tree, 132 years of age; the main ques tion in the cause being, whether the tap-root of the tree grew out of a bank belonging to the plaintiff, or out of the land of the defendant. Mr. Sergeant RA:sum, for the plaintiff, stated that this action was not brought to recover the value of the tree in question, so mucn as to decide the boundaries of the respettive estates. The plaintiff was the tenant of a gentleman of property, who became possessed of the Scatterbrain estate on his marriage. The defendant was an attorney of respectability, residing at Leo minster, in this county, and the lands of both parties adjoined each other. The tree in question grew out of a bank which was part of the property demised to, the plaintiff, and it would be clearly established that the main root of that tree was in that property. The Learned Counsel undeistood that the defendant, who was a lawyer, had no less than 38 witnesses, but be was utterly ignorant what defence it was intended to set up ; but no doubt it would be a very ingenious one, as Mr. Coates was a very ingenious man. Several witnesses were then called on the part of the plaintiff to prove that the tree in question grew out of a hedge-row, which was on the top of a bank forming the boundary line between the lands of the plaintiff and defendant. On cross-examination, however, it appeared that the tap-root of the tree went perpendicularly down into the soil and freehold of the defendant. It also appeared, that when an oak grew naturally from an acorn it al ways had a main tap-root; but when it grew from a transplanted seedling, the root forked out into what are termed spur roots, and some of the spur roots of the tree in question had been cut off between the trunk and bank, which was the boundary. Six of the Jury had had a view, but they wished the defendant's case to proceed. Mr. CAMPBELL, for the defendant, considered this perfectly a scatter brain action, but was glad the Jury wished him to go on, as he was confident, that when they had heard the evidence on both sides, the present ques tion would be for ever set at rest. There could be no doubt that the oak, the subject of the present action, had never been planted, but had grown from accident, some acorn having been dropped there,possibly from the beak of a bird ; and the Jury, who had seen the remain. ing root, must have observed that the tap-root was in the soil of the defendant. In fact, it was so far distant from the bank, that the defendant had for years plough ed his land within the line of this tree to the foot of-the bank—had planted potatoes there, and reaped them ; and he had also planted a row of young trees closer-to the bank than tl:e old oak in dispute, over which he had exercised acts of ownership, by lopping side branches, long btfore the real plaintiff's marriage brought him to the Scatterbrain estate. The Learned Counsel then called a host of witness'', who proved numerous acts of ownership cgs the pan of the defendant, and corroborated the principal part of Isis opening statement. Alter a tedious trial, which occupied the greater part of the day, the Jury found a verdict for the delendai.t. CARLISLE, Aua. Si. • Csru. Stns.—Before Mr. Baron Hot.soort. NORMAN AGAINST TATI.OjI. This was an action for the loss of services, occ, sioa .4 by the seduction of the plaintiff's daughter. Mr. Hutt, who stated the case, said that actions of this kind were fortunately so uncommon in this county, that this was probably the first that had been ever offered to. to consideration of the Ju r y. The plaintiff was a Aal' farmer, holding about fifty acres of land at Beaumont. The lather of the defendant was also a farmer, and kept a water-mill. The acquaintance I! .‘1