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HOLKHAM SHEEP-SHEARING. THIRD DAY. (Concluded from the Shit of Tuesday.) Mr. COME, in proposing Its a toast, 64 The Esta blished Church, its Members, Archdeacon Bathurst, the Rev. George Glover, and the Rev. Mr. Odell, and others," said, they had heard be was an enemy to the Church, and he confessed he did not like the High Church: he was no saint; and he thought that in the highest professions there was more hypocrisy than religion : he did not, however, think a worthier man lived than the Bishop of Norwich. He (Mr. Coke) had been called an en em y to Tithes, and he did dislike the systeni of collecting them ; but he did not desire to deprive the Clergy of their just right,, and he believed his sentiments were well known to Mr. Glover, than whom there was not a more correct and virtuous man amongst the Clergy. The Rev. Archdeacon BATHURST, after returning thanks, observed, that he stood in a particular situa tion, as perhaps no one had ad opportunity of know ing so much of the Clergy ; and he would say there was no set of men who so quietly and unostenta tiously did so much to relieve distress, wherever it was to be found; and this he said, though he had the misfortune to differ so widely from many of them on political subjects. As to the Agricultural distress, rents and tithes must be reduced; but he did not think what the Clergy could do would afford mate rial relief. Still they would go heart and hand with the Landlord to meet the times. No agreement made in times of high prices ought to be held binding.— Eighteen shillings a coomb had been the standard of his former agreement, but from the tithe on this he had deducted one-fourth of the amount—( Cheers). The Rev. G. GLOVER returned thanks, and al-' hiding to Mr. Coke being called an enemy to the Church, he said, 4 4 111 ask who has done more than any other man ter promote the worldly interests of the Established Church, the answer is, ilr. Coke—(Loud chem).—lf Igo further, and inquire who has done more to promote its spiritual interests, the answer is Mr. Coke, by laying the foundation of a spirit oi honourable independence and integrity between man and man." The next toast was—" The Earl of Albemarle, the Ladies Keppel, and prosperity to the House of Kispel."—(Continued Cheers). The Earl of ALBEMARLE returned thanks, in that tone of pleasantry which so much delights his audi tors. In alluding to the Agricultural Report, his Lordship said it was a complete humbug, contrived with no other object than to keep the yeomanry quiet till next Session. The Noble Earl concluded by pro posing as a toast—" The Ladies of the House of Holkham," which was followed with loud cheering. Mr. Coxe returned thanks, and proposed 4 4 The Ladies of Norfolk ;" after which lie proceeded to the distribution of the Prizes; and first he begged Sir John Sinclair's acceptance of a Silver Vase, as a tes timony of his great approbation of the " Code of Agriculture," %%filch he believed the best book on Agriculture to be found, and of his zeal and services in promoting the most useful of arts. .Sir JOHN SINCLAIR, in thanking Mr. Coke, said, this was the happiest moment of his life. In his fa mily there was a vase which belonged to the unfortu nate Mary Queen of Scots, a relic which they highly prized, but this gift be should consider as still more precious.—The other prizes were then distributed. Mi. COKE now addressed the company on the ob jects of the Meeting, its various results, and his opi alions of breeds of stock And articles of produce. As to Norfolk sheep, he considered them the worst that could be kept; and believed Mr. Blyth had said, that by changing for the Southdown, he had made a dif ference of more than the amount of his rent.—Dlr. BLYTII assented to this.)—Wheats, Mr. Coke said, should not be sown after rye-grass ; he had grown six bushels an acre less than after clover in conse quence. Crops should 'be drilled north and south on rich lands, on poor soils east and west. Mangel wurzel, when he first tried it, had killed several cows; but, at the recommendation of Mr. Blaikie, he tried it again within two years, not using it till die spring, when some of the saccharine juices were absorbed, and it maintained the stock excellently, and consi derably more than any other food. Mr. Gibbs bad tried an experiment of mixing it with Swedish tur nips in the same trough, when the cattle picked it out from the rest. The tops should be twisted off, and ploughed into the field, when they would be suffi • cient manure for barley. The usual practice of cutting hedges downwards was very injurious, often pro ducing canker and decay. They should be cut up wards. Mr. Coke finally proposed the health of the Duke of Sussex, which was drank with applause. His Royal Highness spoke at great length, and concluded by proposing Mr. Blaikie's health, when Mr. Coke passed a high culogium on Mr."Blaikie, 'who, he said, was in the capacity of a servant, but he would call him a friend on whom he could al ways rely. The company then departed from the scene of three day s most pure enjoyment. Another great Capital sold by BIM 1 ! !—On Tues day la,t, the 10th instant, N 0.19,515, was drawn a Prize of £16,000 Consols, which, with several other Capitals, was sold by Btu', at his fortunate Offices, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing-Cross; who also sold No. 14,041, a Prize of 01,000, and several other Capitals in the present Lottery. The following is the present Rich State of the Wheel ! all of which Must be drawn NEXT TUESDAY, the 17th instant, and the SATIADAY following, being the final con clusion of both the Lottery and the Contract, when of course every Prize must be drawn: I of .res,coo Consols 2 1 13,000 Consols 2 7.,060 Consols ,. 6,000 1 2 ... .. 2,400 Console 2 1,200 Consols 6 400 Console 6 250 Cons^.ls 20 41. 50 1,015 .. 12 Money 1,100 11 11s. Money , 12,7b5 Every Ticket drawn the next Day, is sure to be a Prize, and One-half of all the Capitals and other Prizes must be drawn that Day; consequently, on the next Day of Drawing, there will not be any Blanks. A few warranted undrawn Tickets and Shares are still on Sale at Bisn's Offices, 4, CornhiU , and 9, Charing- Cross, London, and by his Agents in the Country. LAW INTELLIGENCE. Renaintus, Arnim; MID PIITTIONI4 311,012 IRS Loss Cuassemos, arm UNITY Timm, 1821. FIRST &Au—Tuesday, July 17. Wednesday, July 18—Fridly, %I—Saturday, 21—Monday, 23—Tuesday, 24—Wednesday, 25 —Rehearings and Appeals. Swaim Sza.t..—Thursday, July 26. Friday, July 27—Saturday, 211--Monday, 30—Tuesday, 31— Wednesday, August 1--Tlorsday, 2—Friday, 3—Rehearings and Appeals. Than Szat...Saturday, 'rig 4. Monday, August 6—Tuesday, 7—Wednesday, B—Thurs day, 9—Friday, 10—Saturday, 11—Monday, I—Rehearings and Appeals. rouses Seat. --Tuesday, August 14. Wednesday, August 15—Petitions. SEALS, BANICIVIT Psrtaoxa,Fl7l2lllll/ DIRIOCTIONS, Causes, PLEAS I DISIUMIELII, Ricarnotus, AND Persrsoxs, BIFOLZ TUE VICZ-CHANCTLLOIL, artaa TRINITY TERM, 1861. FIRS? Seat.—Tupday, July 17—Motions. Wednesday, July 18—Friday, 20—Saturday, 21—Mon da y , 23—Tuesday, 24—Wednesday, 25—Bankrupt Petitions and further Directions. - - SECOND &AL.—Thursday, July 26—Motions. Friday, July 27—Saturday, 28—Monday, 50—Tuesday, 51— Wednesday, August l—Thursday, 2—Friday, s—Bankrupt Petitions and furtlirr Directions. THIRD Se►c.—Saturday, August 4 T -Motions. Monday, August 6—Tuesday, 7—Wednesday, B—Thurs day, 9—Friday, us—Saturday, 11—Monday, 53—Pleas, ,De snorters, Exceptions, further Directions, and Causes. FOUST!! Sent. --Tuesday, August 14—Motions. Wednesday, August 15—Petitions. .COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 13. RICHARDSON V. THE SHERIFF OF MIDDLESEX, AND ANOTHER. Mr. Scaat.zrr stated the case to the Jury, -and described it as one of very great importance. This was an action for assault and false imprisonment, arising out of circumstances of a singular nature. The plaintiff was a Gentleman of great respectabi lity, residing near Wanstead; and the action was brought nominally against the Sheriff, but in fact against one of his Officers. It would appear, that a writ of Ca Sa had been forwarded. to the Office of the Sheriff, as coming from an indiVidual named Mills, with a request that the same might be put in force immediately, against the person named therein, Mr. John William Richardson, of Oak-Hall, near Wanstead, Essex, no suspicion being entertained of any fraud. The writ was in die regular course handed over to the Officer, who went down to the place described, and, .finding the plaintiff, arrested him, thohgli told that he was not John William Richardson but John Richardson ; and that he did not owe anything for which to be arrested. The Officer persisted in bringing him to town, and he was retained in custody three days. In the meantime inquiry was instituted for Mr. Mills, but no such person was to be found ; and it ultimately turned out, that the whole was a malicious proceeding. The plaintiff, however, had his suspicions where it origi nated, though he had no proof to bring it home to the parties. The Learned Counsel then called wit nesses to prove these facts. Mr. GURNEY, for the defendants, first contended, that the Sheriff was justified by the writ, and that the plaintiff should be nonsuited. The CHIEF Jo.*icn would not nonsuit the plain tiff on this point ; but said, he would save it, if neces sary, for future consideration. Mr. GURNEY then contended, that here was no malice in the case, neither was it one calling for or justifying damages, inasmuch as the plaintiff had ac- knowledged his belief, that he was the person meant by the description in the writ, although the name was not the same ; and the plaintiff further acknow ledged, that he suspected the quarter in which this proceeding had originated. Mr. SCARLETT submitted, that to adopt such a principle would be dangerous to the liberty of the subject. It was apparent, that the description in the writ did not answer the description of the plaintiff. The CHIEF JUSTICE said, he would save the point, if necessary, whether the descriptiOn of John William Richardson would cover John Itichdidson. In this case it was plain, on the part of the plaintiff, that he was the person intended in the writ ; and the ques tion for the Jury would be, how far the Sheriff could have been actuated by any other feeling, except a wish to do his duty ? They would consider this ques tion; and if they considered the Sheriff as justified, they would find for the defendants; if not they would find for the plaintiff, with such moderate damages as the justice of the case required.—The Jury, after a short deliberation, found for the defendants. CHESHIRE V. BRITON. This was an action of assault. The parties were the driver of the Walthamstow stage-coach and a passenger by thesame vehicle. The coachman called the passenger a swindler ; the passenger broke the' coachman's nose; and nothing short of the verdict of a Jury could arrange their difference.—Verdict for 1 the plaintiff—Damages, Forty Shillings. ADAMS V. PENNY. Mr. GURNEY stated, that this was a proceeding cm a writ of error, to set aside a judgment obtained by the defendant against the plaintiff, on the ground that at the time the judgment was obtained, the plaintiff was not of age. The issue, therefore, which was now to be tried, rested with the defendant, and to begin, what he should have to prove was, that the plaintiff was an honest man, whiht the de fendant would have to labour hard to prove himself a rogue. The circumstances of the case s% e:e• as fol low :—The plaintiff had been a publican in Fleet market, where he carried on business for some time, and contracted debts to a considerable amount; amongst other creditors was Mr. Penny, the present defendant, who had furnished him with spirits to a considerable amount. Upon this debt he was arrested, and then he turned round and wished to pay by a plea of minority ; and as he understood, the mother was now to be called to prove the fact. Ile was per suaded, however, she had put it out of her power by her own declarations, to do so ; for on the son being arrested, instead of then pleading his minority, he, put in bail, and ultimately offered to give the pre sent defendant a warrant of attorney. A rumour having in the meantime reached the ears of Mr. Penniss Solicitor, that Adams was a minor, he went to him, told him the rumour, and represented that it would be folly, if such was -the fact, to give a secu rity which would be useless. Adams then contra dicted the rumour in strong terms.' An application to his mother on the same subject, was treated in the same manner; she expressed indignation at the re port, as one spread by some concealed enemy, de sirous of ruinipg her son. After these declarations, he did not believe the Jury would allow them to come forward and prove a iniuoritp The Learned Counsel then called the Attorney of , Mr. Penny to prove these c i r cumstances. Mr. MailavArr, for the plaintiff', contended that here had been no proof of any declaration on the part of the mother that her on was of age; and he would call several witnesses to prove that at the time this judgment was entered up he was not 21. The date of his birth being the lffth of October, 1799, and the judgment being entered up as of Hilary Term (Fe bruary), 1820, several months before he attained the age of twenty-one. The mother of the plaintiff, his half-brother, and the woman in whose house the plaintiff was born, stated his birth to have taken place in October, 1799. The Jury, after a short deliberation, found a ver dict for the defendant, thereby establishing that the plaintiff was of age at the time he gave the warrant of attorney in question. CONSISTORY COURT, JULY IS. RIMING V. SMITH, FALSELY CALLED RUDING. This was a case of nullity of marriage, by reason of undue celebration, and was brought by the hus band against the wife. The facts were few, and in themselves unimportant ; but the question at issue in volved the validity of, perhaps, every marriage cele brated by British Ministers of the Established Pio testant Church of England, Chaplains to, or other ' wise connected with, British armies of occupation, quartered in any foreign territories, since the passing of the Marriage Act upwards of sixty years ago. Dr. JENNER opened the case. This was the case of a marriage between 'hiding, an Officer in the Army of his Britannic Majesty, and Miss Jemima Claudia Smith, which was solemnized at the Cape of Good Hope (one year after its reduction in 1795), by a Clergyman in orders of the Church of England, under a license from the Commanding Officer on that station, and between two persons, British subjects.— The period, therefore, between the celebration cif the marriage and the institution of the suit was some where about twenty-five years. These fasts were pleaded in the 9th article of the libel given in. Tltis was clearly a marriage which must be go bd and valid in all places where the Marriage Act had no opera tion. Before the passing of that Act, there could be no doubt as to its validity. But he understood that it was to be impeached on this ground, namely, that this marriage had'been had and celebrated in a Co lony conquered by his Majesty's arms, and under an express capitulation that the laws of such territory should remain in full force, and should be binding on those who remained in the Colony. The certifi cate was dated on the 22d of October, 179 G, and set torch that the marriage had been solemnized by per mission of General Sir James Craig, the Commander in-Chief of the British fdrces. The provision of the Dutch law (pleaded in the 4th article) declared, that no legal and valid marriage could be had (within the Colony) without a due publication of the bans, or without a license or dispensation granted by the Su preme Authority of the State ; that no men under thirty years of age, and no women under twenty-five, could legally marry without the consent of their pa rents, if living ; or, if not, of their guardians. It ap peared that, from this law, there was no exemption for foreigners "in itinere ;" but that, on the contrary, it was binding upon all .persons whatever within the Colony. Tin...articles went on to plead, that this mar-: riage was had at the house of the British Command ing Officer, and was celebrated by a British Clergy man. fie must maintain that this was a valid mar riage, and valid according to the laws of the Colony, with reference to the situation in which it stood, at least after its reduction by the British forces. But he could not conceive that these two persons (one of them, too, a soldier), in itincre, natives of this coun try, celebrating their marriage in conformity to the laws of this country, were to be bound by the local law of the Colony, in exclusion of the law of Eng land ; that is to say, that immediately on the sur render of the Cape, British subjects were to conform to different laws, originally enacted for purposes dif ferent from the purposes of their own laws, and ap plicable altogether to a very different race of persons. The laws of the Cape might have been binding and penal upon two individuals, inhabitants of the Cape, or subjects of Holland ; but they must have surely a very different operation on two parties owing no al legiance whatever to ;he Dutch Government, and re cognizing no Dutch law whatever before the period of the capitulation ; a, fortiori they could be under no such obligation after the capitulation, when the Co lony became essentially British. Dr. PHILLIMORE followed on the same side. Dr. Loshisti row contended, that in all conquered countries whatever, the laws of those countries, by custom, remained unchanged, and in full force, with out recourse being had by the inhabitants to any sti pulation with our Commanders to that effect ; and so continued until they were altered by the King, or other competent authority of this Government. Sir NV. SCOTT said, this case involved weighty and highly important considerations arid interests. He would maturely consider it, and give notice to the Registrar when he would deliver his opinion upon it. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, JULY 13. ILLISTON V. ROD WELL AND ANOTHER. Mr. ALLP.Y informed the Court that the defend ants, sensible that they had acted in a manner which they could not justify, had put themselves into his hands entirely, and in pursuance of an arrangement, to which his Learned Friend Mr. ADOLPHUS had as sented, the defendants would plead guilty. Mr. ADOLPHUS, for Mr. ELLISTON, stated that the defendants, in pleading guilty, had made an acknow ledgment of error, which was quite sufficient for him ; and as this dispute was one which particularly in- , terested the Theatrical World, in which Mr. ELLISTON occupied a considerable station, and had a large pro perty under his command, it had been thought right ,that the defendants should, as a mark of their pro per feeling on this occasion, pay £2O to each-of the Theatrical Funds of Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden. Mr.ELLISTON acceded to this arrangement, and the quarrel has thus been amicably terminated, to the credit of all the parties concerned. FRAUD. James Simmonds was indicted for a fraud on the' Westminster Regiment of Militia. Two gerjeants of the Regiment proved that the prisoner, in June last, ' when the Regiment was called out for the annual training, joined as a substitute, and received five e a 1 •11111CAS bounty he served timing the time the Re- emelt was out, and afteilri'sis wits claimed by the Surrey Militia, to which Regiment he had actuaily belonged when he joined the Westminster. In defence, he said distress inductd him to cob. , mit the fraud. The CHA IRMA:4 then said, the offence of which he was found guilty, rendered him liable to transpor ta , tion under a certain Act of Parliament, but th ere was another Act of a more lenient tendency which authorised the Court to punish by imprisonment ; i t was fit that all Militiamen should know the law m a d e such an offence punishable by transportation; but the Court now felt disposed to take the most lenient course; therefore the sentence is, that he be impri, sor.ed for six months, and be kept on the County Jail allowance. John Connell was found guilty of picking t he pocket of Blackman, Esq.—The Castausn, a d ; dressing the prisoner, said :- 4, The Court is n t h : fled with the evidence, and your sentence is, th at you be transported for seven years."—Prisone._mi thank you, my Lord, I shall not, at all events, tro u bl e you again during that period l" Y el n i n e g n DREADFUL OCCURRENCENIF. O'R bet TA: .:en a man of about twenty-four or twenty-five ye ars o f age, tall and well made, arrived at Brighton fro m Dieppe about a fortnight ago. He put up at t h e King's Head Inn, Vest-street, where he continued. . On Thursday night, he retired to bed and twelve o'clock, and as late as between two a n d three o'clock in the afternoon of yesterday, th e h o ., who had taken Mr. O'itl:AN's boots to clean t!re ! t before ascended with them to his bed-room. tering the room a ghastly sight presented . It „lr._ Mr. (YRTAN was a corpse. Ilis back rested upon small dressing-table to the right of the door ; laic feet pressed the floor on one side, and his herd hun g 0 ,„ the table on the other. He was naked to his sh:r. Ilis body was changed to the hue of old parchment; the neck was horribly swoln—the face also; bh,sed had coagulated about the n: se, his b;e;st. tered, and the skin of the right arm %vas scariii4 and shrivelled. 'llse chamber, a small one, had as. sumed the complexion of a coal-hole; not a vestige but the rings and the iron rod were lett of the bed furniture. The bed was partially reduced to ashes, and the outer edges of the matrass, at the sides and foot of the bed, were reduced to cinder. The flor r at the left angle of the bedstead was damaged to the joists.• Great confusion and close investigation followed ; but the body of the deceased was left ur.. touched, for the inspection of the Coroner and his Jury. An Inquisition has been held. By the depo. sitions, no doubt remained that the deceased had left his candle unextinguished, which had communicated its flame to the bed, and produced the catastrophe described. On the frame of the door there wee mark of blood, and deceased's fingers were scorched and bloody. Lt is supposed, that awakened by the pain he suffered when the flames reached him, he had been induced to make for the door, but suffo. cated by the smoke, 'had been unable to open it. The door was not locked, and until that night he was observed to sleep with it open. Several letters of the deceased were found, one from his father, by which it appeared that he is a native of Cade, in the county of Tipperary. Due information of this shocking event has been sent to his friends, The W ing of the Coroner and Jury was as follows, sit. " That the deceased was suffocated, in consequence of being accidentally burnt by the bed furniture taking fire in the bedroom in which the deceased slept, owing to the candle. being placed and left to near to the same by him, the deceased." Sunday, a melancholy circumstance occurred en the premises of Mr. flight, a farmer, at Chapel. house, Poplar Marsh. His son, a youth ten years of age, obtained, unperceived, a large pistol loaded wit's powder and swan shot, which he took into the farm yard, where he was at play with a lad about his own age, son to Mr. Boost, turnpike-keeper of the Isle of Dogs Ferry-road, Poplar, and while in the course of play he happened to pull the trigger, when the shot unfortunately lodged in his playmate's hip, and tore the 'flesh off the bone. He was instantly attended by a surgeon, but inflammation ensued, and he died on Wednesday.—An Inquisition was taken yesterday, at the Gun Tavern, Blackwall, before Mr. UNWIN I the Coroner. Verdict, " Accidental Death." Yesterday, as Mr. Bell, a master bricklayer, cf Goodge-street, Tottenham-court-road, and two h. homers, were erecting a scaffold to the house No. 30, in Portland-street, by one of the cross poles breaking, they were precipitated to the ground, a depth of 35 feet and upwards. Mr. Bell had his.leg broke, and was otherwise dreadfully bruised. The two labourers, one of whom has a v, ife and four children, had each several bones broken, and were taken to the Middle. sex Hospital without hope of recovery. NEWGATE Aso LEA DEN H ALL MARK BTS, Jew 13. (By the Carcase.) c i Beef' ...........2s Sd to 3s fd Veal 3l Od to 4s If Mutt0n........ 2s ad to 3* 4d Pork Rs 6d to is a Lamb 3s. 4 . to 48. ed. PRICES or HA Y AND STRAW YESTERDAY. ST. JONES'S. ADITICHATIL Hay 31 6s Od to 51 Os Od Hay... 41 Os to 41 IN 01 Straw 11 10. Od to 21 2s Od I Straw 11 lOs to 11 101 d Clover 51 10$ Od to 51 Os Od I Clover 41 103 to 51 108 01 PRICE PF HOPS. 111/I 11A016. Kent Susses Essex Foreign Jaw roans. Kent Sussex 2l 21 to 31 01 Essex Farnham 4l 10s to _4l It IUNTRY MARKETS. UXBRIDGE, JutTl2.—Wheat, per load, ,Ell Os to XVII , ' New Wheat, £0 Os to £0 Os—Barley, per quarter, 26 " 118s—Oats, 20s to 25s—Beaus, Ns to 34s—Peas. 34s to 3 0 ' OXFORD, Jutr 12.—The price of a Bushel of Wheat 0. 74 The Half-peck Loaf, Wheaten, Is. 40.—Household, 16.34 BANIUIY, JULY 12.—Wheat ss. Od. to 7s. 6d.—Beans 34 41. I to 3s Bd—Vetches, Os Od per busheL—Barley, 204 to 445-• Oats, 18s Od to 21$ Od per quarter.—Bread, is 4d half peck; Flour 425. per sack. Nrwsuar, Biaxs, JULY 12.—Wheat, 42s to 66,--Bsegf 26s to 27s—Oats, 20$ to 241—Beans, 301 to 34s—Presi to 32s. —Rye, Oft —Bread, Is lid to Is 4id per COAL MARKET, Juts 15. Ships at Market. Ships Sold. Price. _. 331 Newcastle 23} 32$ 6d to 42s 51 7 Sunderland 6 34$ 9d to 41s Od 2 Welsh Coal 9 31 4 Calm 3 0%3_061:: $6 34L i d I HIGH-WATER at LONDON BRIDGIC TO-....01itt0W . 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