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lATELLICEIV'CB. QHANCERY, JANUARY 14. Acemma this morning, before ten igment in the case which occupied yesterday. He authorised a ne* at the same time expressing de• ion o pthat the present assignees had , s in all their transactions with and candour. No persons could duty with more fidelity; but he ihetn to remain in an office which check their own accounts. IN THR NIATTILR OF BRYANT. both sides considered this case cant to the country at large, in involving the powers of an as- ior the assignees. said this was an Court by the bankrupt's son, for .ag some property restored, but the 'nether the property was in fact his or said to consist of books, law furniture; but the books had not been lffidavit, and the law documents sled as his, as they referred to the and were therefore of much im. assignee bad no wish w keep the for ' the petitioner could satisf.ictorily own. The assignee voluntarily of.l and surely no more could bri n't had therefoie to determine, proper that the petitioner should s application This case, its Soto, between might and right, and he his Lordship would dismiss the rwed on the same side, and argued been made out by the sin to shew vas really his. in reply, said he was rather sm.- tone which the opposite Counsel assumed, and at the candid offer which • the Ent time in his hearing, made. more, when he considered the those who had, 14 the silent hour of away even the very beds on which were sleeping, and other goods. It any man not to feel asteuithment speak now of justice, after they law so far. Last time the argu rested on the fallacy of the purchase son, and on the improbability of , farthing for it. l'o-day a diffe iken, and not a ',liable said on estahlished he had paid fur it, by £BO to Mr. Jefferies for the issuing emission of Baaknspacy. l'be very paying money for such a purpose seffictent to shew he had some rennin- money. An affidavit had indeed been -hat he had been paid by Withers, affidavit bad been made by the son, lIIIKADCOS respecting his interview the making of that affidavit, which One might here naturally ask, not contra,licted this latter affidavit! .4 had stated the sum was paid by Aim. Taking **Jaw 011.-tlie whole singular to se* the opposite side to give back the property, and to , the father to prevent the conse action for damsges. CUANCIILLOR—`•I doubt whether the will be cordial." 'AGUIi-...!‘ We'll thank you for the action I doubt it any paisoo has cause to we at the B4r. as I don't see the thinks be, will get by this action. prospect of good will be a delusive Learned Gentleman then said he should any shallot thecae; but he con ,lharly important to the great body of subjects, from the legal considerations and which were the most interesting perhaps, been ever discussed is a Court His own individual opinion (v itbout art he might feel as an .Advocate) assignee had power to take by force the property of an oncertiticated bankrupt, aamination ; for in that he had so he had given up all he bad. If the have such power, no unfortunate _ have the means of subsistence, or of business, as he might be robbed of all he lignant assignee. It was a kind of in-, 'lugs, to tell a men in that situation , Iply for redress to the law, by an ac. Meat Seal. What, in the name of .he poor wretch do ? He had n* means to pay an attorney for doing the ; and was a man to be insulted in by being told his only remedy was, Nhat was this but coolly saying that a be committed with impunity. etter, in such a case, at once to tell case was without redress. Su Ch scene s imaginary, fur his Lordship could not. lei! -web harm a persecuting ill-minded du went this power decided to be le not lot one summit suppose Mr. Stew any such motives, but he cock tMi in cousequirace oh its vast general* The question More immediately on this 'ailer they &aid merely restore the rather restore it ii the meaner in which this violent online was committed. this latter view should decide the such he reipestfeffy submitted it to ;onsideration. 'NA:tom:An did ratably agree with ides ing the case-of much' imeortanee. when he went to the cooing at the . would have bees arida by the or.. ten to refer it to Mr. Weir. but on that lent tied not acted. He considered ind of umlaut that Mr. Weir *mei de. liberty should nevertheless be given to . to petition, should be think proper to matter retaining as it was then, he bad and it was, therefore, proper he should glide:its, and again read the* °Ter wits at question affected, indeed, several most points, to which he should feel himself In all rams wituri Mr. Bryant was ' toneettea. Ms Lordship &dared he had meted from.' the best •iews his judgment hid enabled him to take of the case, and from the persist- 'nannies* and be was the more anxious to State thicpublicip because he telt he had been not Well treated, nor respectfully used in public, but more particularly in Ottrate.— This he wished to wake kitown. He should ever Act in the saute way, as, whence the rank or Condition of parties might be, was a matter of no moment to him, he feeling himself bound ever to act from a love of pure justice and unbiassed integrity. He would take the papers home ) and giYe his decision on the law points, on as early a clay as he possibly could.—Adjourned at half•past three% LONDON SESSIONS. Yesterday these Sessions were opened at Guildhall, before the Right Hon. the LORD IdAeoit, the Recon- DER, and a bench of Aldermen. The RECORDER, in addressing the Orand Jdry, ex pressed his regret that the number of persons whose names stood upon the Calendar for trial at the en suing Sessions, was unprecedentedly great, consider ing the short interval that had occurred since the last Session. He was, however, happy to add, that the nature of the several offences imputed to the priso ners, did not appear to present any feature of enor mity, beyond those crimes which usually flow from the •ices of a great metropolis. Maim Rockester was convicted npon two indlet. menu fur assaults, and for each offence senterteed to six months solitary confinement in the House of Correction. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Yesterday William Harris was indicted for writing and publishing a libel reflecting on the character of Richard Wale, with intent to draw him into con ' tempt, and to subject him to a prosecution by the Westminster Insurance Office. The prosecutor, it appeared, was a boot-tree maker, residing is st. Martin's - lane; the defendant worked with - him as a journeyman. In MarCh last the prosecutor's pre mises unfortunately took fire, and damage was done to his property to the amount of /8120. He was in sured in the Westminster Insurance-office, and, on his delivering in his estimates, the sum above stated was paid to him; and so well satisfied were the Di rectors with his conduct, that they made him a pre sent of £lO. At the time the fire took place the de fendant's tools, worth about £6O, were on the pre mises, and "ere all consumed. The defendant ap. plied to the. prosecutor, soliciting, some assistance towards making up his loss; and the rotecutor gave him 45, and raised a subscription lor him amounting to 410 more. This, however, did not satisfy him. and on the 29th of October last he addressed a letter to the proprietors of the Westminster Assurance. .office, entreating fhey would take his case into con sideration; and stating, that the prosecutor had been guilty of a gross fraud upon him; as, although he now refused to remunerate him fur the loss of hie tools, the estimates delivered in by bin') of his loss were such as to cover the loss of all the property, in cluding die defendant's tools also. Tbis was the libel complained of. The acknowledgement of the de fendant, that he was the writer, was proved. Mr. ANDREWS, for the defendant, contended that his client must be acquitted, the allegation on the record charged-Nisi-3841a havtevnetielien. • ' libel with intent to subject the peoaecutor to a cution by die Directors of the Fire-office. Nu inch intention could be proved in the letter : on the eon. trary, it was merely; a letter soliciting the charitable consideration of .the Directors.—The Jury, after a short deliberation, found the defendant Not Guilty. Wl:liars Luke' we: indicted for assaulting James Skeseis, a Custom-house officer, in the discharge of his duty, and imprisoning him forop wards of twelit - ' hours. The assault complained of, was stated to have taken place on the 224 of August. 1814, under the following enircumetances. The defendant wits at that time chief sate of the Atlas East lodiaman, which had recently arrived in the river, and a Cus tom-house officer named Barnard was on board. On the evening of the day in question the prosecutor having received information that there were contra band goods on board the Atlas, went there, and, on getting on boiled he walked to the "clop, and without eammunicating to the Commanding Officer as is usual, the purpose for which be came on board, he proceeded to start the quaker:, anti to search the lar board deck. The defendant, who was the Com mending Officer on board, bearing what was going forward. tient to the quarter deck, and inquired - what the prosecutor was about The prosecutor said he was a Custom-house officer, and came on informa tion to search. He refused, however, to say who had given'llim the information, and the defendant ob served let him be who he would, lie would make him a prisoner. He did accordingly put the prosecutor into confinement; and kept him there tillten o'clock next morning, when be was taken to a pollee office and discharged. Mr. Au.sy, for the defendant, contended, that lie was fully justi fi ed, as the prosecutor, although a CllStOM•htltae bfficer,, was not authorised in thus gUing on board the defendant's vessel, without prci-; Jucing his authority or giving vp the name of thief person, udder whose information be *olds ealleciallr *thew was * Custom-house officer already on board.] Itlippeared also, that no smuggled goods were founds', )10iikstatesidesl, therefore, diet the prosecutor Was a ,t wiser, and had, by his own improper conduct, bens ht on himself all the inconvenience be hid suf-1 ftea..The Jury found the defendant Not 'Guilty. TOWN HALL, SOUTHWARK, Yesterday Gary Rishardres was charged, with the following outrage t The Friona went ioto the Black Cock public-house, in 'rooley-street, at seven o'clock on Sunday morn- . ing, where be had some drink; when, among other toasts, be gave-.." May England and Ireland be en , veloped in dant% and may nothing but thcblood of the inhabitants be found to ezunguish thern.".."6 Several persons remonstrated with him upon his coo. duct; but he repeated the same sentiment several, times, declaring that it flowed sincerely from his heart I Being dneatened to be taken into custody, be took from his pocket a knife, which he sharpened, sweating that he would stab the first who approach ed hint. He said he bad been driven to desperation.' having taken the shirt off his back, and sold it for 2s. in drder to Wrenn m, drink. In defence, stated, that having been on board the Quests, of 7 Midi, be bad recetved tratilbre ea the skull, since Will under the laaassict liquors 11* was lug** if distinguishing betweed tight ihd wrung. -f-Sh.J. Waft said, nndet such circmuttances be should abstain from drinkirig, as otherwise the life of an individual might become a sacrifice to his fury.— As he had offered no proof, however, of his itsertion, he felt it his duty to detain him in custiidY Until he produced such proof.—He was therefore cOMMltted. Yesterday, at two o'clock, the proceedings of the Court of Chancery were nearly being broken in upon by the eccentric conduct of Mr. Lomas!, against against whom a Commission of Lunacy had been established, and who, it may be recollected, was tie unfortunate Gentleman that shot at Mr. PEACOCK. at the London Tavern. about seven years since. He appeared at the door of the Court, dressed in a gown and cap, similar to those worn by the Westminster scholars, and had no stockings on ; he was followed by his keeper and a waterman, the latter of whom carried a large bundle of papers, rolled up in a most extraordinary manner. Ore of the officers cf the Court stopped him at the door, and demanded his business ? He immediately replied, that he was a tvalling liarrider, and if the officers would n9t admit him into Court he would get him discharged. He was, it appears, well known to the officer., who did all they could to dissuade him from entering the Court ; and, after a vast deal of persuasion, he paused lot a moment or two, turned round upon his heels, and ran across the square with great rapidity, crying Halloo, halloo, halloo I He was closely followed by his keeper and a long train of curious spectators. Thomday. in the Jury Court of Edinburgh, after a trial of two days, of an action of damages, at the instance of PETER CLARK against JAMES THOMSON, for detention of the ship Perseverance, and of the person of the prosecutor, who was master and part owner, the Jury found the defendant liable to the prosecutor in 4'6,562 19s. Id. Yesterday morning, Data Beeves, who was, on Friday last, convicted at the Westminster Sessions, fee stealing a quantity of onions and p9tatoes from Mr. Roberts, of Covent Garden Market, was, put.- slant to his sentence, whipped at the cart's tail, from St. Paul's Churchdoor round tie Market. - ALTERATIONS IK TIM OLD BAILEY Count. —The alterations, as proposed by the Loan MAYOR at the close of the last Sessions, were completed last night. The objects are for the convenience of persons attend ing the Court, abolition of fees, &c. &c. and to pre 'tat annoyance to the Jury. The entrance to the Students' box, which was by the Jury, is now from a new door immediately on entering the Court) where the list of prisoners hung, and the Summating Offi cers' box, contiguous to that of the Jdry, is taken away, so that an open. space is here formed. The Grand Jury box, contiguous to that of the Students, which at all times was much annoyed from casual cions passing the Jury, and the clattering of two , has its entrance from the gallery. The other alteration is, that the open space between the back of the Bail Dock and the first door on theright, after entering the avenues of the Court by the eastern steps, is fitted with benchei for prosecutors and wit nesses, who will enter at that door instead of the one on the top of the wettern steps. The Court is 40 be open, and no fees are to be taken. EIyERAORDINARY ATZADMedva,T. 7I ,II. wedding took Austin - about* eiripmetalogpf ktpvel na• ate, within these fe dhyi, at St. An reel's Church, inte. aolborn. A woman, named Mary Sten. y, was tri ry recent Old Bailey Session, with her' the former for robbing her master, a anin Corolla!, and the latter for receiving the itolett . goods. During the trial, a young man, named Mills, who had casually got into the gallery of the C:sort;siddenly . bicame enamoured of the fair young prisoner, and after her conviction he made interest to get to see her, on her being taken out of Court. He then expressed his sudden attachment towards her. He visited her daily, and found her necessaries of every kind in abundance. He employed great exer tions in getting it represented that she had become a convert, and was truly penitent, not only to the Re corder and the City Authorities, but by,a petition to , the Secretary of State, and he promised to marry her should the royal clemency be afforded her. The be haviour of the prisoner, it was testilied, was good; and last week she received a free pardon, on condi. tion that Mills should marry her immediately. The next morning the happy pair accompanied Mr. Crossley, Chaplain to the Refuge for the Destitute, to the Church, where they were married, and Mr. Crossley paid all expenses. The bride and bride. groom retired to the residence of the latter in White poss.:greet. Boxess.—Grfifihr, the Wiltshire man, who beat W. Ford, a navigator, in thirty-eight rounds, is matched for 90 guineas to fight a rough Hampshire wrestler at a place called Shen6eld Hatch, on a part of Windsor Furest, this morning, and the match ex ekes much interest. Accunar.....The following melancholy accidents occurred near Lewes, Sussea,lin Monday sennight : AA a pour industrious woman, named Wood, of the Cliff, was returning home from the house of the - • . of Mailing, whither she had been on business, eiwthortin taw passage she cut across an enclosed epos of ground on which the mill stands, in a direct line to wards the swifts, not then at work ; but at the mo ment of her approaching them. the grinder, unhap .pily, pulled up the break. and gave motion to the swifts, one of which snuck her on the arm, and shat. tared the,bone to pieces, and before she could get out of the way of the rototary progress, the nest met her, and dreadfully fractured her collar-baste and one of bff thighs, which gave a check to the machinery, Mil the grinder to suspect that all was not right ts• he in consequence quitted his mill to sca thing into the cause, and was shocked to find the poor creature lying in the dreadful state above de sert, "bed. She was taken up without hopes of reco very, and conveyed home, where she Languished until Thursday, and expired. The Surgeon who attended observed, that of all the unfortunate objects 110 bad witnessed in hospital', he never saw one so Nab mangled as this woman. The husband of the dicossed has for some time been rendered Wasps* work, from the effects of a paralytic stroke i but his family, consisting of four young children, bad hew wholly supported by the industry of his wife, , aeltilimit the assistance of the Parish, thoogh her std. ' 4 lings mom Oscasionally have been greats as on her taken boss after the accident, not }tmodelofi of food, nor a farthing to pueblo any, N kind is the beam LAW L coußt OF QH The Lunn CHANCE] o'clerk, gave judgme t he Court to long yes electioa of assignees, a Oedly his opinion,• rnducted themselves o,e greatest integrity live dcne their dutl old not allow thven suited them to chit is pMtTL BRYANT The Counsel on b rticulatly importan n sequence of its it ..er. Mt. goNTAGUE, for f l ( ati in to the Cu : pi ,rp ise of having estion seas, whether father's? It was ecumenic, and furniti ntioned in the affi, Id not be claimed .ktupt's property, e. The assign provided the it was his own, to give them up uired. The Couti ether it was not p: y the costs of ibis a as 'fair struggle be ed, therefore, fin 'nos with costs. Mr. HORNR followe lit no title had beer t the property was Sir S. Routt.t.e, in i.ed at the altered t ad this day assumed bad now, for the is surprise was the i came from those idnight, carried aw yant's family were as imposisble for as bearing persons sr d stretched the la • it principally resti lig made by the so • having paid one I t ground was take t, as now it was e wincing £7O or LI his father's Comm cumstance of his I in itself safficien ation for his moneys de by lotteries On at a subsequent alb tating some circumt ith Jamie: after tls are conclusive. C by had Jefferies not or ise fact Withers I MI4 rte[ .byr 4w, it was rather s M•sious now to shake hands with i • uences of an action The Loan CUANC taking of hands we Mr. ltiorrasouss-.. of damages." Sir Salautut,—se 1 be thankful, unless .uud Mr. Stewart I am afraid his pros one." The Learnt nut proceed into an; Wised it particutar a Majesty's subjec . ...longing to it, auk Vt " h&j* perhaps Chancery., His any allusion to %ch.' was, that no assigns "flings or p o p li n alter his last enamk kmnly declated he assigzee was to h. bankrupt would ha 41f Yi"II 00- businei had, by a malignan lea to the feelings, that he might appl tam e or to the a Ender, could the iloney—no means business for him ; mdi a situation, b to So to law ? !el injury might I 'd/ it was btu e stdieter his case 'ewe not imaginer v know how mu "tete might du 41. He did not • t actuated' by a 'evf of the case i Parlance. 'l'ht 'se was, wheths cperty, or radii was before dii "ice geoldifid aster, and as su s Lordship's cui Loma "u t isd in ceinsid e had hoped, w )g &amnion, it ue bad given 'dee Mr. Dryer here was a kind :lee And that lib IC Young ohm ti •t) so. Tile mat sr to decide at • e the allido;its, ention. The y 'PggUttit point ORaa Waft& coitoraies trvQtarr. An inquisition *as taken yesterday evening at the Yorkshire Grey, White Lion•street, St. Giles's, be tore T. STOILIYO, Esq. Coroner s upon the body of Henry MsEwan. John Butcher said he lived at Little Earl street 1, the deceased was his lodger ; he was by trade a harnas-trtaker. On Sunday night last, about nine o'clock. a man named Ward, who lodges in his house s came down stairs, and informed him that Mr Mac Ewan was dead ; he went to inform the beadle niche sudden event ; when he returned from the beadle, his wife informed him that the brother of the deceased had come in in his absence, and was with Mr. Ward in the room where the deceased was. He went up stairs and saw the deceased in bed; his body was very watm when he saw him, but he was quite dead. He came home on Saturday night a little past twelve o'clock in a hackney.coach. He ti;cl not know that the deceased was unwell, till he was informed by Mr. Ward on Sunday -rooming. A Juryman--' , I have been informed by a respec table person, that you have suffered the body of the deceased to be removed before the inquisition WAS taken ; you must know that you ought net to have allowed the removal before you had the Coronet's .s.arrant." Butcher—" I did tint know that I was doing wrung to let the friends of the deceased have the body ; it was taken arum my house this morning to a relation's in WI itechapel." • Coroner—" You did sating to let the body be re= mired before the inquest was taken: Do yon sup pose the Gentlemen of the Jury ire to walk to White s dupe! ?" Butcher—" I was ignorant that I was doing wrong." John Ward said he Was a harness-maker, and lodged at No. 17, Earl -street, on the same floor as the deceased, whom he had often assisted, he being out of work a considerable time, and had not some. times a meal a.day s • he sometimes had a little coffee once a-day, but he had not any thing else lately ex. ceps tea or coffee, he having no money to purchase meat. He was in a state of starvation; the witness helped him as much as he could, but being out of employ himself, he could help him ,but very little. He was with him on Sunday and gave him a little wine, finding him in a dying state, which he drank ; he lived some hours after, and died about nine o'clock on Sunday night. He directly sent for a surgeon. Mr. Stott, AssistanttSurgeon, Little St. Andrew. street, St. Giles's, said, that he was sent for on Sun. day evening, about nine o'clock to the deceased:, he bound his arm to bleed him, feeling a weak pulse, but the moment he entered die lance in the arm all pulsation ceased. He was of opinion that the death of the deceased was caused by poor living; he was much emaciated, and he believed that the poorness of living had turned his blond to water, and causel a pressure on his brain producing apoplexy. Beadle—" Mr. Butcher could nut remove the body through ignorance, because he came to me for the purpose of having an inquest upon it." Coroner-18 The body ought not to have been moved: the culpability lies with Mr. Butcher and though there are no suspicious eiscatmetassces regard. 'Mg thii death of the deceased, yet if Butcher lied the body removed, know i n il that an inquest was to be held, I will adjourn itfquest, and have the body brought back again." Foreman of the Jury " It is part of our jarisdie. lion to take a view of dy, as appears by the oath administered to us ; d who knows the reason for the removal of it ? But suppose there is no rea son, it is necessary the Jury should examine the body before they return their verdict. I, for my part, shall not he satisfied till I see the body " The Jury were unanimously of the same opinion. Coroner—" I adjourn this Court till two o'clock to-morrow (this day), and the witnesses must attend to identify the body."—Adjourned accordingly. Monday se'nnight an Inquest was held at Waker. ley, on the body of William Andrews, of Barrow den, Rutland, nine years old, who was killed by the overturning of a waggon s and on Tuesday, thi day he was buried, his mother, a poor woman, was brought to bed of twins. Wednesday the body of William Pinkerton, smug gler, was found in the Forth and Clyde Canal. He has been missing since the beginning of last month, and when found had a flask of whiskey tied to his back. A few Jays ago. Mr. JAMES SCOTT, of Upper-row, parish of Castleton, Roxbureishire, perished on the kills near Hawick, owing to the inclemency of the weather. The deceased, at the time of the fatal ca tastrophe, was upon a visit to his daughter. Friday the body of a lamplighter was taken onto* a pond formed by an old quarry, near Leith Walk : it is supposed he bad fallen in the night before while lighting a lamp placed on a wall close to the brink of the quarry. Monday evening a little girl, who resides at a chandler's. shop in Fulwood's Rents, Holborn, on the second floor, being left in the room by herself foe a few Milialtel• began playing by die fire, when a spuk flew out on her clothes, and set them on fire. She saeamtd very loud, and several persons coming to her assistance, found her enveloped in dimes. She died about six o'clock yesterday morning in ex cruciating agony. Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, as a dray, be longing to a small.beer brewery, was waiting at a door in Brown's-lase, Spitalfields, a waggon passing at the time, the wheels came in contact, which fright ened the horse in the dray, and made him start off; - and, notwithstanding the active exertions of th) c4r man to stop him he drove in the shop.window of Mr. blioax, a soap-maker. and unfortunately kn , eked down a Mrs. BLACKET, and killed her on the spf)t : the poor woman was upwards of 70 years of age, and well known as a silk-winder in Spitalfields. Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, a poor man of the name of Lovautss. a coal heaver, in the employ of Messrs. Yintaawav and Co. of Blackfriars, was run over and had his leg broke, in the nt ighbour hood of Cambridge-heath, Hackney-road. The poor fellow, in consequence of the road being very bad, was leading the horse, and slipped upon his b when the horse going on, the wheel went over his knear the house where he was going to . unioad ; be was Obliged to , rema i n in 4se sort until his fel -1.2w workman had I conveyed in the cart unloaded *ovule, when he Wa s et to Sti Bartholomew's Hospital.