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LAW REPORTS. COURT OF CHANCERY, JAN.2O• PHILLIPS V. WORTH AND CITRUS. Fir K B Soonest moved to set aside an ender made in this causeby the Vice- (' I arcellor, and that three persons m i g ht be discharged out f custody under the following circumstances :—The bill was filed by the creditor• of the late 11r. Acton, to have the bentfit of his estate. Mr. Acton carried on :he business, in partnership with Mr. George Worth, of a enschmaker, at Shrewsbury. When he died he was in- detited to the defendant., possessed of considerable personalty, and left George Wo-th, Mrs. Worth. and Mr. Smith, his executors and execu trix, who took p o ssession of the property. An application was made for an injunction, and the defendants put in their answers. Trustees having been appointed who had refused to act, an order, appointing a 'vetiver, was niai.e on an ex-parse motion. A notice was next served upon the defendants. calling on them to deliver over all the testa tor's hooks and effects to ilr. Harris, the receiver. The answers stated that the household property had been taken possession of by a Mr. Black. to whom it had been pledged by the testator, sold by bin, and that the amount arising therefrom had not extinguished the debt which it had been intended to cover; that the personality which had been collected in had been applied in discharge of debts ; and that the books and certain other things were in the possession of the defen dant, Mr. Worth. as surviving partner of the deceased, which he had a right m keep (all patties solvent), and which he therefore refused to de liver tip. On the 30th of November, upon another application to the ore his Honour made an order directing the defendants to deliver ever all toe books and effects of the deceased to the receiver within eight days from the date thereof. On the B.h of Decen.ber, the order was served. On the 10th of December a writ of execution a the order was served, calling on them to make the delivery within fourteen days from the date of the order. On the 21st of December they were, having still disobeyed, taken into custody, and committed to gaol in Shropshire, where the defendants had been even tried. It ap peared that the plaintiffs, finding they had not sufficient time for the due service of the Order of the 30th of November, within the eight clay., went behind the backs of the defendants, and without rotice to them and to the Court, got the original eight days enlarged to fourteen days, which he (Sir E. B. Sugden,) considered a fatal irregularity, independently of the merits of the case. \Whether the enlargement of the time had really been panted by the court or not, the defendants knew not ; but assuming it to be so, from the terms of the writ of execution, they were led to believe that the delively called ( December bit was to be within fourteen days from the date of it (the 10th of ), and yet the had been imprisoned on the 2l t. As to the merits of the case, the Vi ce-Chancellor had been decidedly wrong (according to the learned counsel's argument) in making the or ders at all, for the defendants had nothing to deliver up. that any per son, under the circumstances (which, however, he declined to go into), had a right to call for. Mr. Pepys, on the contrary, endeavoured to persuade the Court that the course adopted here had been in unison with the strict and esta blished practice of the Court. The original order was produced, in which the eight days had been struelc out with a pen, and fourteen days written over it in a different hand and with different ink. The Loan CHANCELLOR said, that such a slovenly mode of making and drawing out orders might be in accordance with the venerable practice of this Court; but if it was, it was altogether at vari ance with the common law practice, and in the teeth of principle. Where the liberty of the subject was involved, every accuracy ought to be attended to; ss Lord Mansfield had said, the party seeking to commit ought to be held to the very dot above an The Court would take till tomorrow to inquire into the practice. His Lordship did not choose to rest satisfied with rashly acting on the in. formation he might get from a question put to the Registrars at the moment, because on asking a question of one of them the other day, re specting a very important point, be got an answer that the practice was one way, and on which the Court acted, although on making further irquiry he had ascertained that the Registrars differed on the point among themselves—further, that they and the Masters disagreed. If such uncertainty of the practice as this therefore existed, it would be dangerous, in important cases, to act on any thing that might be said at the moment. The parties here should certainly not be kept in prison ore moment longer than was absolutely necessary. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAIL 20. SCAVAGE. THE CORPORATION OF TES CITY OF LONDON V. TER COXEIUIONRRS OP Till CUSTOMS. Mr. ADAMS moved for a mandamus, commanding the Commissloncn of Customs for the Port of London to pay to the Corporation of London 311. claimed by the City for scavage or ahewage upon the goods of aliens brought to London. The right on the part of the Citizens of London to claim this ancient toll, which was once taken by all Corporations, was not denied, but the question which it raised relates to the extent of the toll The City claim swage for the geode of all aliens, and the Customs confine the claim of goads to reddest aliens. The Court granted a rule to show ening. THE BIRO T. THE TUTOR OT IIIWICK. This was an application for aro warrant° against the gentleman who is now Mayor of Berwisloo %gabs by whist autho rity he supports his claim to that o ffi ce. The goossion is whether Mr. Ordc was a real. dent in the Borough at the duo of his election. It Ls contended that he was not, and contwqmstwip ire hb e lu sdon Is void. eslyng :% e the King's two seem The facts was the mother -brood. Both possessed his mother, and They were last seen ships were supposed Unfits the above dr . ground that illegiti widows, have no heirs, butard being coast , no heirs but of his 'aux.) , under the following 4 had, he stated, been Hammersmith, where his ' Mr. Bothwell's out. according to the contract, *to Ms Bothwell for pay ees& _ lattin applicant of having stolen some a rgat, the yaw et which he esthaned.at Ns and on account of which I. a magistrate for a warrant. His (Mr. !!M's) Y was=before a magistrate on a charge of felony, and the aulghteme% whir minded la the neighbourhood. committed him for Win inek upon which be (Mr. Platt) now moved, stateti, on no past d rise *sienna, thee there was not the slightest ground for ageramiss, which bad been got up from malicious motives. Under nese cinneastattess the Learned Counsel rayed the Court to grant a writ of Habeas Capes Mr. Janice J. Pars!!.—Take it by all means, Mr. Platt. ROLLS' COURT. !MIL or DEaIT V. GEES. In this case it appeared, that the Earl of Derby had been a trustee ta two marriage settlements—the one of Sir Watts Horton and Miss Henrietta Stanley, the other. of Mr. lhomas Horton with Miss Elisa beth Stanley. Having had in his hands 6,0001. in which a Mr. Pollard and his wife were interested under one settlement. while he had occa sion to advance a mum to nearly that amount to Mr. and Mrs. Rees, parties to the snood settlement, he handed over to the latter the greater part of the Pollard fund, mortgaging for its security the term vested in him for raising the fortunes secured to them (the Nees') under their set dement. The Pollards having been dissatisfied with this arrangement, had filed a bill in this Court, through which they had it rescinded. The present bill was therefore filed by Ertl Derby to recover hack from the Rees' the money advanced to them. The bill succeeded without op. position. The Court was occupied the remainder of the day in matters devoid of general interest. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JAN. 20. BATMAN V. CARRINGTON. This was an action against a clergyman for not taking away the .ithes of calves. It was tried at the last Assizes in Gloucester, when a verdict was returned for the plaintiff. A rule to *hew cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial had, having been obtained, and argued in the last Term, kb. Baron BAILEY, in delivering judgment this day, observed that the objection made on behalf of the defendant was, that the plaintiff did not keep the 10 calves until they were all Mired. whereby the clergyman might know if he had been fattly dealt with. Now calves were brought forth at different parts of the year, some in March and some in June. and it would be unreasonable to compel the farmer to keep those calved in March until July. Suppose nine were calved early in the sea son, would it be fair to oblige the farmer to keep those until a tenth were calved, which perhaps might not happen until June or July ? If such were the law, the farmer certainly should submit to it ; but Gibbs, in his Coder, pnge 708, says that, by common right, the pan= was entitled to the tenth calf. Burn lays down the same position, in his Ecclesiastical Law. There were several other *mho ruin to the same effect, from which it was to be inferred that if the tenth calf in order could be ascertained, it belonged of right to the pas sim ; but if there were ten calves, and it could not be ascertained which of them was the last brought forth, the parson should have not the best nee the wont, but that which should appear to be of an average value. The Court was therefore of opinion that, when the order was as certained, the parson was liable to an action for not taking his calf away after it had been properly set out, and that, consequently, the rule for a new trial should be discharged. The rule was accordingly discharged. PANORAMA OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. SUSSEX ADVERTISER, JAW . 17. The parish of Maresfield is now receiving the reward of the liberal measure established in Isl 9, aod continued ever since ; namely, of paying all abte-bodied agricuheral labourers the wages of twelve shil lings per week, whether married or unmarried : this, and the paternal care taken of the welfare of the pessantry, no doubt, are the CUM why there have been no Mitarbeiter+ in this parish. At the com mencement of the present year, Sir John rad Lady Shelley's annual premiums to the labourer who had brought up the largest family with out having recourse to the parish feeds ;—to the occupiers of the neatest cottage, the best cultivated garden ;—.to the woman who had earned the most money for out-doors labour I—to the woman who bad earned the most money for in-doors labour;--to the boy whoproduccdi the best testimonial of character and length of service in one place,--the like for the girl. This year two more are added, for the boy and girl above the age of thirteen years, who have been out at service, or work ing for their parents. or were most constant in their attendance at the sunday school. The labourer who gained the first premium had brought up nine children without assistance from the parish ; there were several other candidates on the list, w.th six and seven children each. A hespi , able dinner was given at the same time to the children el the national and sunday schools. [AI! this is as it ought to be, and we have pleasure in recording such attention ; but we doubt whether the thirty-sixth of a quarter of wheat is a competent remuneration. For 700 years labourers got from the fifteenth to the twentieth. What a change would be produced In comfort and general prosperity, if the good old proportion was re stored. However, Sir Jobn Shelley is evidently a local patriot, who aught to be an example.] We are sure it will gratify our readers to be informed that the case of Thomas Goodman, who was condemned for Arson at our last As sizes, has received the favourable consideration sf Government, and that his sentence is commuted to transportation for life. However much we may regret that the execution of poor Stubby should have been considered necessary, we ball the reprieve of Goodman with the sincerest satisfaction ; not merely from a sense of humanity, but as an evidence of the unwillingness of Ministers (as well as of his Majesty) to enforce a sanguinary sentence wherever a reasonable ground of mercy can be discovered. We hope that this disposition will soon be strengthened and enlarged so est* meet the general feeling of the country on the subject, and cause the entire abolition of those revolting spec tacles, which, while they painfully distress the good, only render the hardened offender more brutal and desperate. A relative of one of the incendiaries lately executed, was beard to leave the fatal scene with threats of vengeance : it is unknown what be contemplated, bat it is certain that a terrific fire almost immediately followed, the perpetrator of which has not yet been discovered: The celebrated Burke remarks, " I believe it will be found that conspiracies have been most common, and most desperate, where their punishment has been most extensive and meet severe."—[Sentiments of the Susses Advertiser are similar to those of every provincial paper, and we hope to see a general amnesty.] About half-past six o'clock last evening, Mr. John Pickett, of nib. bert's Farm, Horst, was stopped by three men, between Cobbs Mill and Cobbs Mill Gate, near the Hickstead turnpike-road, and robbed of a silver bunting watch (No. 28.496,) and about six shillings in silver. The rubbers knocked Mr. P. off his horse by a blow on his head with a bludgeon, and when down, one knelt on his head, and the others rifled his pockets. The Landholders have taken alarm at the rail-way from London to Brighton. A meeting has been held, and some resolutions passed. Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew in the chair That a rail-way from London to Brighton is not wanted, for the purposes of commerce ;,and that the country through which it is to pass being merely agricultural, and the present mode of conveying pas sengers from London being sufficiently expeditious, that so far from being likely to produce benefit, it is considered that the measure is in many respects likely to be of great injury to the community. " That the rail-road will cause very great loss to the owners of the said lands, as it will divide the fields throughout the line, in a highly cultivated country, in a very inconvenient manner, and will bring an noyance and facility of depredation by its publicity. " That if the bill proposed to be brought into Parliament shall pass, the agricultural interest will be prejudiced by the diminution of con sumption of farm produce, and eoachmasters and others engaged In the conveyance of passengers to Brighton will suffer extreme loss and injury : and many of the labouring poor will be thrown out of employ ment. ' EMITIOUNIII, Jaw. 14.—A farmer in this neighbourhood has for some years past allowed his labourers to rent of him os very moderate terms, half an acre of land each, the produce of which has bees ea an average. 100 bushels of potatoes, and 10 bushels of wheat, a year, thus giving to each labourer SO weeks' supply of Sour and potatoes for his family, besides enabling them to bring up a pig or two. The same farmer, also, supplies his workmen (who are at liberty or net to take it) with good sound mutton at 441. per pound, and • bog at Ss. per stone. This land is first ploughed and the crops carted gratis. At St. Augusdne's session. on Tuesday week, in an appeal case, witness war asked by Sir Edward linatchbull to relate what toe& place between him and his master, which he did as follows :—" I told him he was a d—d liar." Chairman—" Very improper language." Witness- 0 I can't help that; lam come here to speak the truth, and you have got it." It has long been wished that Schools of Industry might be es tablished in the neighbourhood, and the present Master of the Infant School, has taken suitable premises in an Open 'and airy situation is Southover, for the purpose of establishing sash schools. On Monday evening a meeting was held at the Crown Inn, in this town, to take into consideration the propriety of drawing up a recd.. =ion to our Chief °Seers, to cell a public meeting of the inhabitants fee the purpose of preparing s petition to parliament, preying foe Reform In the Representation, sad an Investigation of the present dio• tressed state of the country, ate. Mr. RuueU, of the Theatre Royal, Brighton, opens our Theatre, tomorrow evening, with the whole strength of his Brighton Company, hi addition to which, Mrs. Egerton, and a distinguished Amateur, are to make their appearance. Mrs. Egerton is now the auxiliary at the Theatre. She is, indeed, a sterling actress with those who seen and listened to her, there can be no contrariety of opinion on that point. Mrs. Gilbert has considerately allotted garden ground for needy forty familes, to be cultivated by them at their leisure hours. The King and Queen purpose giving an entertainment at the Pm& lion on Friday u'unight, the Lath instant, upon so eateoded a ask of invitation, that from eight hundred to a thousand persons are 100' I petted. MARRIED.—At Newdigate, Surrey, the Rev. Alfred Lyall, to Mary Drummond, fourth daughter of James Schudi Bruadwood, Esq. Dl RD.—Mr. John Screw, of Bonham, 7.3, deeply lamented by his numerous friends. CHELTENHAM JOURNAL, JAN. 17. A few days since we notices! the trials of a crowd of men for ma. chine-breaking, at Gloucester Assizes. The following sentences will evince the propriety ef an early general amnesty : - - Fourteen Years' Transportation—Thomas Bishop, Samuel Seal, Henry Compton, Joshua Stevens, Robert Stevens, James Silk, and Joseph Edgington, convicted upon two indictments, for machine. breaking, and received sentence of seven years' transportation for each offence. Seven Years' Tramportatioa—Robert Bull, Joh. Poole, Worthy Mann, Elia. Parker, Wm. Jefferies, Wm. Spencer, ins. Edgwortk, Edward Musto, Ri chard Cole, Thos. Weaving, John Hunt, William Mitchell, Thomas Smith, Henry Eldridge Benjamin Timbrill, Rich. Vanwe Isaac Bouiton. John Mitchell, Eldridge, Cowley, and Christo- 1 pher Panting. Three Years' Imprisonment—Thomas Welb, convicted upon two separate indictments. Two Tears— Robert Miles and Charles Ferris. Eighteen Months —Robt. Parker and Edwd. Scolford. Eight were sentenced to be imprisoned for Twelve Months. two for nine months, ten for siz months. and twenty-nine were discharged on entering into their own recognizance of 101. each, to keep the peace, and to appear to receive judgment whenever called upon. There are reports in circulation that their Majesties will visit Chel. tenham, Bath, Bristol, &c. this year. MARRIED.—At Cirencester, the Rev. William rye, to Maria. retta, daughter of J. Crippe, Esq. M.P. DIED.—At Cleveland House. MI, Selina, widow of Richard Pul ler. Esq. LANCASTER GAZETTE, JAN. 15. Number of Marriages at Lancaster, in 1830, were its; Rapt . 384 ; Burials, 301. Preston. for 11129 and 1930—Baptisms, 976-840; Martlagas,97o , 3o4 Deaths. 629405. Leeds-- Marriages,l,l3o ; Baptisms, 11,455 ; Burials. 1,314. Cow.—The Comet mentioned to Ur. Herapath's letter, published in the London newspapers, was seen here on Tuesday morning. it has a full and bright nucleus of a bright colour ; the tail was about two or three degrees long, and pretty vivid. It rises in the South Bast, a little before lye o'clock in the morning.—Gore's Liverpool Adserfiee►. A bounty having hitherto been paid by Messrs. Feilden, Throp, and Towoky, of Blackburn, to their weavers who turned of above a cer tain number of pieces per week I in consequence of their determination to abandon this system, the weavers turned out• On Monday and Tuesday they went to tke worts edifiers. B. Eccles and Co. sad in. dead their men to turn.out. Meows. F. and Co. band ged a few fresh hands, they were beset and M-treated by the old s.—Ekiek. burn Gwen& Lnrsavoot. Assasstesrrs.-..The number of tenements in this town liable to be seemed to the poor-rates is now 27,786, of which there are— Aseessesent. Dwellings. selo and under....... 15,113 £lO and ander £l5. 3,140 Alb and under MO. 2,468 £lO and wader MO. 410 and under £4O 1,349 £4O and under .150. . . 743 IMO and upwards At Kendal, In 1630, the Barometer averaged 29.67 Thermometer, 45.79. Rain for year 58.03 inches, and 194 rainy days Guries Csaartv..—On Saturday last, 705 yards of linen cloth were distributed to 190 poor persons residing in Turton. During the pest week Mr. Denham distributed the annual bounty of the Earl and Countess of Wilton to 508 poor persona redding In the townships adjoining to Heaton Park. Besides an allowance of broth and provisions, there were distributed 1150 yards of linen, 1148 yards of flannel, 395 yards of woollen cloth, and 115 blanket.. Moles. than 1584 children also partook of this bounty. In the school supported by Lady Wilton, there are 70 girls and 183 boys, and these all dined to- gether and received new clothing. MARRIED.—The Rev. R. H. Thorpe, B.A. to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. P. W. Dumvile, solicitor, Manchester.—At the Min ster, Beverley, Captain Unett, to Miss Mary Anne Mmes. DIED—Mr. Thomas Ryding, Mount Pleasant, Preston, in the 68th year of his age. He wholly employed himself in making spring. trusses and in Innnetaating children. He kept an account of tke num ber be has innoculated for the last twenty years, which is 16,666. — Mr. Baron, many years solicitor in Wigan..—Mrs. Cooper, wife of the Rev. 11. Cooper, of Hoghten, near Blackburn. CARLISLE PATRIOT, JAN. 15. New agricultural markets are proposed for erection at Carlisle, on the Sheffield plan. In a discussion at the last Sessions about gaol salaries, the following comparative statement was exhibited of the duties and salaries et various Gaol Chaplains in England s Winchester.—Two services on Sunday—prayers daily— frequent it visits to prison (per annum) - • ISO 1 Gloucester.—Two services on Sunday—prayers Wednesday and Friday—frequent visits . - 200 Derby—Two services on Sunday—prayers daily—one visit weekly ISO Hereford—Two services on Sunday—pray en Wednesday and Friday—frequent visits illorpeth—Two services on Sunday—no prayers during week — occasional attendance - Durham —Two services on Sunday—prayers daily...frequent attendance - - 201 Aylesbury—Two services on Sunday—prayers d a ily - 200 Shrewsbury—Two services on Sunday—Prayers three times a week—frequent attendance - l5O Northampton—Same as Aylesbury - - 200 . Bedford—Two services on Sunday—prayers daily - 250 Cambridge—Same as Aylesbury - - 50 Bury—Two services on Sunday—prayers daily—frequent at tendance - Ckelmsford—Same as Bury—daily attendance Bodmio—Same as Derby Reading—Same as Bury , Dorchester—ditto . 180 . SOO -sot -1n - 200 -200 -350 - 200 .-4o - 200 Carlisle, ditto • - IBS NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE RAILWAT.The line of this great under taking, which has been commenced from mar this city, is now being proceeded in with much spirit. The stupendous bridge at Corby also will go forward prosperously. The road le already laid down for a considerable distance, and great prepared= has been made in exca vating the tunnel near Dayton. John Daly, 25 years of age, weaver, was apprehended on Monday enondes lest ; and committed to take his trial for having, with many idiom &toady assembled in the parish of Saint Mary, Carlisle, and porissed the extinguishment of stub, which bad been feloniously set as ire. The wool market continues brisk. and low German work under Ss. per lb. are still in request, which has occasioned an advance on that kind of wool, in the London market, equal to eve or di per OWL An explosion of ire-damp occurred in Lady Pitt, Workington, last week, by which live men were burnt—one of them severely. Considerable agitation prevails in the Penrith Library, on the sub ject of a bequest of a large collection of books, made by the late Har rison Wilkinson, Req. to the president and committee, as trustees for the ben* of the inhabitants at large. It appears that the collection includes a large number of books, both political and religious. deemed by some persons, of a very improper character, and this circumstance has induced the committee to decline taking charge of the bequest. MARRIED.—At Kendal. Joseph Sweinson, Esq. to Anne, young est daughter of the late Mr. Alderman Webster.—At Liverpool, Mr. Samuel Lytbgoe, surgeon. Of Waihsea, to Miss Appleby, of Egre mont.--At Stough, Mr. George Bailey, to the only daughter of the late John Devi, Seq. DlED.—Thomas Simpson. Seq. of Watt's Reid, Kendal, aged al. —an eminent coach-proprietor, and well known en the turf.—Mary Ann, wife of Adam Askew, Eft. of Redheugh, in the county of Dur ham, in her 74th year. Prettow—ditto Kirkdale—ditto ___, — The Court granted ; ruh illaw atm Mr. CRESWELL 0101111111, OW* umanhanaa, calling Advocate to try, la at. We at law, whether in entided, under a wilkitertlift lIMPIIII a ha two K . :wed to the Con* Ma. C.......... of two children lAD want shrewd. property. The. tr ial Ira all ha had the younger by to hlshoothsr. I It Elan's; M. meling la Meow oh to be lost, . . dim board of. Uo . "f tbs praparty, on the r mate - ' '# ' ` 111 ""t w " karlag Wow or wido , and ''''', Wills pumonality—a b dared . k l % se" iwallinajamis, can ham mow, • . a nib laths. atater. ° SAIL COURT. (.11Mmt We. Andre James Pairs. likilhoisimmt Oa • wit of Babas Corps, tit diippluimihrialis pora for whom he applied ha litidlgiAlpetitialmata NEW Botitwell. at Hams di m , t tr, to repair am of I law The week was UMW amoral NOW SIM oboe as application was made to Mr. wow. 'nu Lass, Dower, acestardth! apecant of __. _ CORNUBIAN, JAN. 14. We uadentand that the High Sheriff has refused to accede toe re• quisition for a County Meeting to petition for Parliamentary Reform. and that in consequence the Magistrates who are favourable to this measure, have resolved upon convening a meeting at Bodurin, en Wed nesday next» There can be no doubt of a full attendance. Fatasotrrn.—By the Alexander, Smith. from Trinidad which sr. rived here oa 'Tuesday, we learn that as the Ist of November the American brig Orbit, from the coast of Africa, bound to America laden with palm oil, elephants' teeth, gold dust , &c. was lost on ths: eastern coast of Trinidad where she had drifted, the crew having mu tinied, murdered the Captain, and abandoned the vessel. Two of the crew had been apprehended and lodged in the prison at Trinidad. Quantity of Copper Ore sold last week at Itedruth, 2392 tons—Ave rage Produce. 9i —Quantity of fine Copper, 426 tons. 16 cwt.—. Amount of 5a1e.14,5161. ths.--Average Standard, 971. 141. An election for the borough of Beeralston took place on Tuesday the 11th Inst. of one member in the room of Lord Lovaine, now Earl of Bevetly. An opposition was expected, and the patron's agents mus tered all their force. Mr. Toll proposed John Attwood, Esq. and was seconded by Mr. Northay in opposition to the patron's interest. A Mr. Penrease of London was then proposed sad seconded ; and Mr. Foot, of Devonport, next proposed David Lyoo, Esq. as a candidate, in the interest of the patron, and was seconded by General Adams of Tames. A show of bands was then called for by the partnere. which was declared to be in favour of Mr. Attwood, a poll suss consequently demanded by the friends of Mr. Lyon. Thus far the pro ceedings bad been carried on under a tree in the centre of the borough. An adjournment was proposed to the Inn, to which all parties immediately repaired. The voters polled for David Lyon, Esq. were Mr. W. Foot. of Devonport ; General Adams, of Totness ; Mr. Bastard, M.P. for Dartmouth ; Rev. C. Luamoro, of &Ids:stews I Mr. Harris, of Plymouth ; Mr. Dawn, of Rockland Monschorans ; and Mr. Luxmore, of Plymouth, who claimed a right to vote as the owners of cert ain freehold property within the borough; but on being interrogated by Mr. Snell, of Cal- lington, who appeared on behalf of Mr. Attwood, they declined an swering any questions. One of the gentlemen thought his deed was in the hand of Lord B.'s agents, who produced them to the Portreeve, and in taking them from his bag, the deeds belonging to the other gen tlemen were observed, but they created no surprise, as it Is usual for the agents to be in possession of those documents. Notwithstanding the arguments of Mr. Sae% they were all allowed to be good votes. For Mr. Attwood, SI tendered their votes as free burgesses. free holders, and inhabitant householders, but were all rejected ; and D. Lyon, Esq. was declared duly elected. by his seven voters. The re turn was protested against by Mr. Snell, who stated that the whole of the proceedings should be brought before the House of Commons. WEST COUNTRY CORN MARIEETS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Ba*k7• - Bath ... • . 46 72 30 43 Bridgewater ... ... 64 72 26 30 Bristol .. 1 ... 60 88 38 40 Dorchester ... .. 68 68 :30 37 Exeter ... ... 72 74 26 32 Gloucester .. .. 66 70 36 38 Yeovil ... ... 60 64 30 38 Plymouth ... ... 61 78 30 42 MARRIED.—Lint. C. Watson. R.N. of Devonpott, to Miss Mills, only daughtatof Mr. Mills, of that Docklard. DIED.—At Bideford, North Devon, Jane Rayne Ellison, second daughter of the late Capt. Joseph Ellison, R.N.—At Et. Ives. Capt. John Wall, aged 88.—At St. Day, Capt. John Peasis, aged 74. 21 34 22 26 24 26 21 27 24 32 23 27 n 24 n s 7 POLICE REPORTS. OUILIMALU—Mr. Chalmers, of Thames-street, the promoter of the Petition of the mechanics of London for the extension of mercy to the men convicted by the Special Commissions, again waited upon Sir P. LAURIE, yesterday. Ile said he had just been to the Mansion.house, for the purpore of seeing the Lord Mayor. Being told that the Lord Mayor had come to Guildhall, he had followed him ; but not having met with him, he hoped Sir Peter would allow him to observe, that it appeared, from the report of his Lordship's speech, that all the Alder. men, except Sir P. Laurie. had concurred in his views. He had that morning presented to Lord Melbourne the Petition agreed to at the Ro tunda meeting, and he had adverted to the interference of the Lord Mayor. What Lord Melbourne said upon his Lordship's conduct, it would be improper to repeat. Sir PATS& LAURIE observed that, with regard to what the Lord Mayor had stated, he would repeat, hat he was not aware that the Magistrates of the City had been consulted on prohibiting the meeting before the proclamation was issued. He had sent his nephew, a young barrister, to his lordship, to inquire whether the report in the new.. papers was accurate. A young gentleman then stepped forward, and said he had just had an interview with the laird Mayor in his private room. He shewed his lordship the Times, and ask e d him if that contained an authentic account of what he said in the jiistice.room the day before ? His lordship instead of answering the question directly, asked him who he was. He replied that he came from Sir Peter Laurie; and his Lordship then said, that if Sir Peter Laurie would in person ask him the question, he would answer it. He (Sir P.'s nephew) rejoined that it was extra ordinary his Lordship should feel any hesitation in stating in private, whether he bad used certain expressions in public ; but the Lord Mayor persisted in refusing to answer the question. Sir PETRI LAURIE said he had never experienced any difficulty in denying or acknowledging expressions attributed to him by the news. papers ; and as the Lord Mayor had not avowed those in question, he must in charity conclude they were not his. He avoided speaking of his Lordship's public character, and he had never spoken of his private we, ger should he then. After some further observations, Mr. C. retired. Bow-srnzer.—James Smith, a middle-aged man, was brought up before Sir R. BIRWIR and Mr. Illinseittra., on a bastardy warrant, charged by the parish officers of the parish of St. Martin in the Fields. with being the father of an illegitimate child, of which Rachael Taylor was sometime since delivered. Rachael Taylor, a female apparently about 30 years of age, stated that she had been a widow about two years at the period of the tran saction, and that the defendant, and no one else, was the father of the child. Sir It BIRDIII observed that the woman was old enough to have known better. The mischief was however done, and there was an end of the matter. The defendant said that, it would be useless for him to attempt to controvert the statement of the complainant, and he should conse quently submit with the best grace he collie!. He. however. had awife and tour children. and only 255. a week, wherefore he hoped the sum would be as low as possible. Sir IL SINN le observed, that a man who had a wife and four chil. dren, had five substantial reasons for abstaining from such pranks. After some further observations, the magistrates ordered the defend ant to pay a maintenance of 2s. 61 a week. Five young girls, the eldest of whom did not appear to be more than twelve years oh age,were brought before Sir R :CHAIM BIRNIE, charged with being drunk and disorderly in K ig-street, Covent.garden, the preceding evening. Sr R. BIRNIZ said. he could hardly believe they were ptostitutes, prom their tender age. The policeman assured Sir Richard that they were, and that the mother of one of them, who was present, followed her, and received the wages of her daughter's prostitution. Tie magistrates, who appe-ared shoc`ied at the depravity of the par. ties, ordered the girls to be imprisoned :Or toutteen days in the house of correction LitsmErn.trsawr..—l r esterday Matthew Chubb, a seafaring man, was charged with stealing various articles of wearing apparel, belonging to the crew on board the brig Betsey, of Bridport, at present lying in the River, off Downs's Wharf, St. Katharine's. On the evening before, the prisoner went on board the lnig, and being in a state of great desti tution, the men on board prepared a substantial dinner for him, and it was their determination, after keeping him until the following morning, to procure a vessel to take him back to the place of his nativity, Brid. KrAfter he had eaten a hearty meal, two of the crew went on shore, im purpose of getting some porter to treat him with, leaving a third man with the prisoner on bowl the vessel. During their temporary ab. sence the prisoner found an opportunity of packing up the greater part of the wearing apparel of the seamen on board, and decamped with them. He. however, was closely pursued, and taken into custody with thecrty on him. Magistrate, after reprobating in strong though just terms the gross ingratitude of the prisoner, was about to commit him for trial ; but being informed that the attendance of the prosecutors at the trial would be at tended with incalculable inconvenience to them, he took the Mt sum madly, and committed the prisoner for three months to the House of Correction. Tuames Poescg.—lereterfah Leary, a labourer, residing in the parish of Bromley, St. Leonard, applied for an order to corn. pel the overseers to relieve him and his family, consisting of his wife and child. The overseer had allowed ithe family 2s. weekly, but that was not sufficient, land be wanted more, or for the parish to provide for them in the workhouse. On Monday they had received a shilling, and on Tuesday another. Mr. BALLANTINZ issued an order upon the overseer to allow this man, his wife, and child, seven shillings weekly, or to admit them into the workhouse. Woasureirrazzir.—Mr. Dixon, one of the t e zrlntendants of the New Police, on Wednesday evening, at eight o'cl entered the office, accompanied by Inspector Pil‘Namus, of the 0 division , to communicate to the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Banner; a discovery that two of their officers had that morning made in Paradise-street, St. Luke's. Police constable 167, O. division, stated that, while on duty in Para. dise4street that morning, at four o'clock, he perceived the door of the house No. 15, on the jar; and finding no person within, be took posses. sion. and despatched another officer to the station to inform his inspector, who in a short time arrived. Inspector 111‘Namus stated, that on entering the house he was sato. nished, from the appearance of the dwelling, to find it crammed full of rich furniture, particularly a piano be noticed of a costly description, all of which must have cost sonic hundreds of pounds. On searching more minutely he found a trunk which, on opening, contained a quan tity of obscene prints and French books o:' the same tendency, which he brought away ; as also a number of impressions of keys, evidently for the purpose of housebreaking. (The inspector here handed to the Magistratesthe articles stated ; the impressions appeared to be in clay, and yet very perfect.) Having left the house in the care of the officers, be returned again at seven o'clock, and found a well-deemed female and • fashionable looking young man, who were disputing the right of the officers remaining there, the former declaring the house and property as her own. Witness, however, thought proper to take them into custody. Mr. (to the fe male prisoner, who gave her name Jane Jones)—is the furniture in this house yours ?—Yes. Mr. BzwarsTr.—Ara these infamous prints and books also yours ? —Prisoner (impudently).—Not exactly m ine , because the trunk they were In belonged to a former lodger I bad at another house, and the im pressions you have before you were also his. Mr. BRIIIIRST....AVOIMIR! had you been a man, I should hays committed you to the house of correction for three months, for having in your possession these impressions of keys. No doubt they were ob tained for a burglarious intent, and therefore I 'ha detain you until you Produce good bail. The man is discharged. The latter, presuming upon his genteel appearance, importuned the Magistrate most earnestly to hear what he had to say in extenuation of the conduct of the prisoner. The worthy Magistrate advised him to say nothing, and ordered the officers to make in the mean time every inquiry relative to the property in question. The officers, who have still possession of the keys, said they would do their utmost to bring the parties to justice, as they were convinced that the property had been stolen. The prisoner herself was a loose character known for years as the reputed keeper of a house of infamous descrip tion ; and as to the gentleman who had been dischaeg.d, he was him self the proprietor of a bagnio in Soho. The female prisoner was subsequently liberated, upon putting in bail for her appearance hereafter. The 2d inst. Mr. H. 111'11wen, surgeon, and late house surgeon to the Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary—At Linlithgow, the 7th inst. Mr. A. Haled, tanner, in the' 4th year of his age. It is likely he ass amongst the last veterans of the battle of Minden, fought in 1760, when he served in the 21st Regiment, or Scottish Fusileas, and had a narrow escape, his knapsack being carried off by a eanDon.shot—At Edinburgh. Henry Mackenzie, Esq. so well known as the author of " The Man of Feeling," and many other productions. Mr. Mackenzie had been con fined almost to his room for a considerable time past by the general decay attending old age, And expired, we understand, oo the evening a Friday last. Dir. Mackenzie was in his 86th year, having been born It 1745. His eldest son is Lord Mackenzie, at present an eminent Judi in the Courts of Session and Justiciary. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. H. H. 0 N. Morning 7 551 Afternoon LowDox: Mated and rublished by Jona Mayas, at Ma roma ()rms. 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