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I 4W INI'LI,4IcENCR. , r COURT OF Kll4(et; 13ENUH, FEB. 5. MRS. MAUI' ANNE CLARKIN. TheATTOENEV GENE!: AL stated to their Lordship% that be had to pray for their judgment against a Lady for a Libel ; but she ha,l suffered judgment to go by default—and, as•theinatter did' not press, judgment might be taken :orne ether day.—The libel 15. on Mr. FITZGLIIALD, the Irish Chancellor of the Exchequer. CLERKS. Mr. PLUME moved for a rule to shew cause why a writ of mandamus should not be issued to the key. Mr. Waldron; calling upon him.to shew cause why Mr. Wilmot, "tire clerk of his parish, whom he had suspended from the duties of his office, should not be. restored. Mr. Wilniot, it appeared, had signed some-resolutions obnoxious to Mr. Waldron i and in consequence that Gentleman called upon him, and intimated that he should no longer hold the situation of parish clerk, and from that time forth the duties were performed by another person. The Learned Counsel stated, that in cases of removals of parish clerks, writs of mandamus had before been issued, and therefore he took the liberty of submitting this pre sent motion. Sir SINION LE BLANC Was the situation granted to Mr. - Wilmot for life ?" • Mr. PEAKS- ," That fact is not stated, but it has always been understood that such appointments are for life." Sir SIMON LE BLANC—" 1 believe the fact to be so; take a rule to shew cause." COUR'F OF CHANCERY, FEBRUARY 1. YOUNG AND ANOTHER V. SUTTON AND ANOTHER. Mr. HART, supported by Mr. HEALD, on the part of the plaintiffs; and Mr. COOKE and Mr. WRAY for the defendants, moved that an Order issued by the Lord Chancellor may be made absolute against the Commissioners, who were appointed to make parti tion of an house and piece of land at Islington, con taining I'2o acres, among the parties in this cause, as co-partners ill different shares, preparatory to a final distribution. The order called upon the Commissioners to re turn their certificate of the due execution of the corn mission, but by Mr, Richards they chewed cause against the order that, in addition to .CllOO, already • paid to them for expences, &c. of the commission, they had a lien on the certificate for a further sum of 4960; on which ground they refused to return the commission, till fully paid, which the Court, in their •opinion, was bound to see paid to them, as officers ,actinz, under its own order, before any failure of the pantie , or other accident, should intervene, to frus trate their claim. Mr HART, in his reply, combated did arguments stated on behalf of the Conimissioners ; by which, if s inctioned, the old saying of the sharing of the oyster . would be verified, as the Commissioners would soon devour the oyster, and leave the shells only. to the, parties entitled to the land in question. • His HoNotit minutely recapitulated the. facts and circumstances, and decreed that the tittle should be made absolute. • COURT OF COMMON PLEA';, FE3RUARY i. - . • HOCLDITCH AND ANOTHER GREAVES. The plaintiffs in this ease . tveie coach-makers, and the defendant, a Mr. Greaves, a Gentleman of .for -tune, the son of Admiral Greaves. • The plaintiffs sought to recover the sum of £5OO, the amount of a bill of exchange, and indorsed by the defendant ; and efurther sum of £231, the amount of the hire of a barouche, and of the repairs of the game vehicle during nearly two years. The facts of the case, as proved by the witnesses for the plaintiffi, were, that the barouche had been hired by the defendant, in the year 1811, at the rate of 81 00 a-year, for three years certain, and that the defendant at the time had paid . 8100 for the first year„ The sum of £231-was proved to have been due from the defendant, by Mr. Garner, a clerk of the plaintiffs, for the hire of the barouche for nearly two years, according to this contract, and for repairs done to the same carriage, by the defendant's order, during the same time. The indorsement of the bill of exchange was also proved to be the defendant's. Mr. Serjeant PELL, for the defendant, stated, that he could adduce evidence which would immediately put an end to the claim under the bill of exchange. The bill in question was drawn on account of a gam bling transaction, on a Mr. Nevill, by a Gentleman of the name of Wallis, and accepted by the former. It was tendered in payment by Mr. Wallis to Mr. Houlditch, who understood, at the time, that it was &awn in consequence of a gambling transaction, and refused to accept it, unless Mr. Greaves would in dorse it ; and it was then also understood, that Mr. G. was merely nominal security, and that if it were not paid when due, the term should be enlarged to 18 months, and that in no case should Mr. Greaves be answerable. As to the barouche, the defendant cotesidered it as sold to him, and was willing to pay the porchase-money, but not the rent of it. Mr. Nevill was then called, and proved that the bill was given by him in consequence of someloss at gaming, on the express condition that it should not be sent to his banker's at Pomfret before it was due ; -whereas it was sent to them 10 days after it was drawn. It was in part payment of a larger sum -which he had lost to Mr. Wallis, at Mr. W. ' s house, one or two sittings, Mr. Garner proved, that a bill, which was pro duced in Court, in which £358 was charqed for the landau, Was sent to the defendant from the but explained that it w/s customary in cases where carriages were hired, at the end of one year the per :,ons. who hired them should have the option of buying o , em, if they liked them : and in the present case this fill for 4.3.3 a was sent in as a method of informing the defendiint the sum which he would have to pay if he chose to . buy the barouche in question. He, how. ever, had not consented to buy it. Mr. Justice DALLAS informed the Jury, that the bill of exchahge was void, on account of the purposes for which it had been drawn. The Jury accordingly found a verdict for the plain tiffs, to the amount only of the coachmakcr's bill elBl. PATT AND ANOIVER b. PiCKFORD AND 00. Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN said, this was an action • against the defendants; common carriers, to recover 'the Value of several packages of goods which they had refused to deliver.' The plaintiffs were merchants 1 2 11 it Liverpool, where thej carried on business as the firm of tingliani and Co. They went to reside at Birminghani, and about the 17th of August last their , servants delivered 26 packages to be carried, front Birmingham to Paddington, by the canal. The goods were to remain in the hands cif the defendants, at their wharf on the Paddington Canal, till the plaintiff sent for them. The goods arrived, and when they were demanded thete was a refusal to deliver them. The plaintiff found that the defendants had been pre vailed on by a Mr. Sheriff to take an indemnity, and resist the delivery. The Learned Serjeant observed, that the defendants, as common carriers, had a plain obvious duty to perform, namely, to deliver goods according to the direction. Messrs. Pickford had been instructed by respectable Attornies, but on this occa sion the plaintiffs would only have to prove the goods were delivered to the defendants, as common car riers, and that they refused to deliver them. Mr. Corbett, the defendant's clerk, remembered that be had received at Paddington, in August last, 26 packages, directed to Messrs. Lingham and Co. Snow-hill ; consisting of tubs and casks, closely packed. The plaintiff called with Mr. Lingham, and requested to have them delivered, but the witness refused, as they had received a letter from a Mr. Sherriff, of Birmingham, to stop all goods direct ed to Lingham and Co. The plaintiff called twice again, but did not obt'sin the packages. The goods were afterwards, at the request of Mr. Sheriff, sent to the defendant's warehouse, in Wood-street, Cheap side, where they wove attached. Mary Burn, a servant to Mr. Papps, was present at the packing up of the goods which these 26 packa ges contained. They consisted of plate, linen, earth enware, glass, and other moveable household furni ture. They were sent from Liverpool, where Mr. Papps lived, in the end of June last, to Birmingham, in thd way to London. Mr. Serjeant Roucti, for the defendant, stated that the goods in question were purchased from Mr. She riff, by a bill of exchange, the payment of which had been refused when it became due ; but on the sug gestion of the Learned Judge that this fact, if proved, would make no alteration in the question against the common carrier, who should have delivered the goods at Snow-hill, the place to which they were directed, he suffered a verdict to be entered for the.plaintiff, for the amount of the value of the goods stated in the Declaration, on the condition that if the goods were delivered safe, payment should not be demanded. CORONER'S INQUEST. Yeyerday, at twelve o'clock, an Inquest was held at the Middlesex Hospital, before GEORGE HondsoN, Esq. Coroner for the county of Middlesex, on the bOdy of Edmund White, who was barbarously mur dered on Sunday night, in St. Giles's.---[This White was the man who lodged in the same house with James Leary, in Now-court, Saffron Hill, and who, it was said, saw Leary on the morning of the mur der, when he was going to work, after Mrs. Clifford was inquiring for him] Patrick M'Carthy stated,, that he lived in St. Giles's, and was a bricklayer's labourer ; he knew the 4eceascd, who was also a labourer ; he was about forty years of age, and a man of a quiet and peace able disposition. On Sunday evening, about eight o'clock, witness was in a public house, m St. Giles's ; and in consequence of a riot in Bainbridge -street, he went to see what it was; and on going forward, he saw the deceased lying in the kennel, and a great many men beating him with sticks. Among them were Michael Regan, Patrick Regan, and Cornelius Callaghan, all labourers. Michael Regan struck the deceased a blow with a sword which he hail in his nand ; Patrick Regan also struck the deceased as he lay stretched out, with a stick, and also gave him a violent kick on some part of the body. Callaghan also struck the deceased a blow with a piece of wood he had in his hand. _ _ _ William Pretty, House Surgeon to the Middlesex Hospital, stated, that the deceased was brought to the hospital about half past nine o'clock on Sunday evening, with a severe injury on the head ; he died on Tuesday morning, and from a particular examination of the head, both at the time he was first brought to the hospital and since his death, witness was firmly of opinion that he died in consequence of the injury which he received in his head ; there was a fracture of the skull, accompanied with a depression of bone, a laceration of the membrane of the brain, and the brain itself much injured. Margaret Donaghue deposed, that the riot took place in a pot-house, in Bainbridge -street, where the ' deceased had been to pay his landlord some rent, and that she saw Michael Regan strike him with a sword, Patrick Regan, Cornelius Callaghan, and Patrick Gallaugher, each struck him with sticks, and several others struck him, whose names witness did not recol lect ; but she should know them again, as she fre quently saw them engaged in quarrels before. Eleanor Harrington stated, that on Sunday even ingshe was in the Hare and Hounds public house, in Buckeridge-street, and saw the deceased there. She asked what brought him up from Saffron Hill at so late an hour ? he was paying for a pot of beer, and had a purse in his hand with some money in it ;--be' answered, that be came to pay his landlord, Martin I-learn, his rent. The deceased then asked witness to go with him to partake of a pot of beer ; witness de sired him to go before, and that she would follow shortly ; he went out for that purpose, and witness shortly after followed. She heard a hallooing, and saw him two or three yards from the door of the Ship public house, struggling to • make his escape ; and she saw Patrick Gallaugher come out with an iron bar in his hand ; he gave the deceased a violent back handed blow with it on the head ; his hat fell off, and the deceased fell to the ground. Michael Regan then rime up, with a piece of wood in one hand, and a cutlass in the other, and gave him a violent blow with one of then, but which witness did not know.— Patrick Regan also came up with a large bludgeon, with which he also struck the deceased as he lay stretched under him. Many other persons also struck the deceased, whom witness did not know by name. Martin Hearn stated, that he lived in Clarendon- square, Somers-town ; lie was acquainted with the deceased, who was always a quiet peaceable kind of a man ; he was tenant to witness, and rented five small tenements ) which witness built in New-court, Saffron Hill. The 'deceased ditnot come to pay his rent as stated by the other witnesses ) only to excuse himself, he owing three weeks rent for them. On Sunday last witness went to the Ship_ public house, in 134kkidge.,striet t kept by OwaiDitlk, where he was informed that two or three brothers, of the name of ' Norwood, who had a previous quarrel with another party itiSt. Giles's, were out that day providing men to fight the other party, and that there was to be a general fight. Witness, in consequence of this infor , !nation, called on Mr. Chambers,*the High Constable for the Holborn Division. Witness informed him of it, and told him if he were to come and take some of the party into custody, it might put a stop to the fight. Mr. Chambers told witness to go back, and have an eye to them, and if he saw any thing serious likely to happen, to acquaint him *ith it, and that he would remain at home all the evening for that pur pose. Witness returned to the ship public house, where he found same of toe opposite party to that of the Norwoods : witness advised them to go home ; there was a number of them, perhaps about a dozen ; they had 7s. 4d. reckoning to pay, which the little girl was collecting ; the reckoning might be about a pot a piece. Three women came in, two of whom witness un derstood to be wives of the Ndtwoods; and also a man of the name of Kelly, who immediately began a quarrel with Patrick Regan, who was there. A crowd was coming up from the end of Church -street, crying out 46 Huzza : ' a woman at the door called . out, 64 Here they come !" Witness shut the door ; a tall man on the inside pushed witness from the door, and put out his head, when he received a blow, which cut him so that his blood flowed down over the witness's breast. One of the men on the outside, who witness was informed was one of the Norwoods, had a shovel. They afterwards had a general quarrel on the out side ; witness remained in at the time, and did not venture out. White, the deceased, was outside; he worked all that day with his master, until four o'clock, and then he asked permission to go to a fu neral—a pretence, in order to come there :he did not come to pay rent : witness often blamed him for being among those persons. The following questions were put to this witness by the Jury : Q. Do you know what views White had in coming to St. Giles's ; did he come with an intent to fight? —A. I cannot tell. Q. As you were not outside, how can you tell that White was with the outside party ?--A. I do not know any thing of what passed on the outside. A woman of the name of Norwood came forward to give her evidence, which went to state, that the last witness, Martin Hearn, was the head of the other party ; that he provided them with swords and sticks, and stood at the door to hand them arms as they went out. The Jury returned , a verdict of—Wilful Murder against Michael Regan, Patrick Regan, Cornelius Cal laghan, and Patrick Gallaugher. At the General Quarter Sessions of the peace for the borough of Lynn, held before R. BEVILL, Esq. Recorder, Mrs. .Anse Clank received sentence of death, for wilfully and maliciously attempting to stab her husband, Mr. W. Clark, shipmaster, with an intent to murder him. Saturday last, Frederick linclart, private marine of the Royal Sovereign, was sentenced by a Court Martial to suffer death, for having drawn his bayonet on, and repeatedly struck, a serjeant of the same corps. MAN9/ON-HOUSE.—G. Burrell, waiter at the City of London Tavern, of whom we spoke yesterday •as having cut and maimed Sophia Webb, his fellow ser vant, was yesterday fully committed to take his, trial. Bow. STREET.—Yesterday James Same, the driver, of an hackney-coach, was fully committed, charged with stealing a box, containing Bank of England notes and silver, to the amount of upwards of £l2, the property of Mary Williams. UNION-HA LL.— John Verily was yeverday brought before Mr. BIRNIE, by Glennen, On several charges of bigamy and fraud. Mrs. Mary Body, of Catringtna-street, Mayfair, stated, that the prisoner, who had represented himself as being a man of family and fortune, and holding the rank of Colonel in the army, had about three weeks since married her daughter, having another wife or wives living. Miss Ann Body, an interesting young woman, stated, that she was married to the Colonel at New ington church on the 17th of last month. Mr. Wm. Nichols, of Brentford, stated, that he had been informed by Mr. Crossra tax-collector at Brent ford, that Colonel Verity had married his (Mr. Cross's) sister at Liverpool, some time since, and that Mrs. Verity was still living at that place. Mr. Joseph Ridout, a grocer, residing at Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, stated, that in September last the prisoner, who then passed for a man of fortune, and high rank in the army, purchased goods of him to the amount of £3, and gave him in payment a draft on the house of Sir James Esdaile and Co. in Lon don, for £lO, Mr. Ridout giving him the difference in cash : on presenting the draft at Esdaile's, how ever, he was informed no such person as Colonel Ve rity did then, or ever had, kept cash at their house. Miss Ann Wild stated, that she resided with her mother at Wood Green, near Hornsey : some time since the Colonel became intimate with them; in con versation some time since she accidentally said she had a gold watch in pledge for ,B 2; the Colonel im mediately offered to redeem it for her, and she gave him the duplicate for that purpose, but had nut since been able to get either that ur the watch back. Glennon, the officer, stated, that in conseyience of htformation he had received from Mrs. Body, he went to 'the lodgings of Col?nel Verity at Newington : the latter, however, it appeared, had received some inti mation of the visit intended to him, and had in conse quence withdrawn himself to a public-house in the neighbourhood, from whence he dispatched a mes senger to his landlord, requesting he would bi ing to him certain property which he had left behind him at his lodgings. Unfortunately for him, Glennon received the messenger, and instantly determined to personate the landlord ; he accordingly accompanied ,the messenger, and the Colonel became a prisoner. There were several other charges against him; and he was committed for re-examination. The Oxford Expedition Coach was overturned in the Strand, near the Adelphi, on Wednesday night, by which the guard and coachman received some severe contusions f the passengers escaped unhurt. The body of a young woman was discovered,• yes terday morning, floating on the surface of the Thames, near Battersea. The deceased was very respectably attired, and, from the appearance of the body, it must have htiu in the water a considerable time. "AL a OM THE VIAMS.9I V' Yesterday, the stirtace of old Pallier Tlrartitt ag id exhibited a scene of sport and gaiety seldom to be witnessed. The Perambulators far ezteeded those of the preceding day; the tents were also much more numerous, and the sports more diversified. Paths were formed, both direct and diagonal, from shore t 3 shore ; and frequent cautiont were given to thosd heroines whose curiosity induced them to venture on The glassy plane, to be careful not to Ali sf • —; The Votaries of Terpsichore amused themselves with the mazy dance, in which they were accompanied principally by Pandean pipes ; while others dieerteit themselves with skittles ; and the well-known cry or Up and win'em, resounded from the voices of name: rous venders of savoury pies, gin and gingerbread, &c , A printing-press was also exhibitedi from which Will were issued, denoting that they were printed on the ice, at the small charge of one penny!—Most of the booths were distinguished by appropriate signs: there were the Watermens' Arms, the Crown, the Magpye ; rthe Eel-pot, &c. and one wag had a notice appended I to his tent, that several feet adjoining his prcri.iles I were to let on a bidding-lease ; but either from a doubt of the validity of the title-deeds, or from the naive of Me roil meeting approbation, we did not learn that he met with a customer. At the turn f tbe tide a large mass of ice separated, with a loud crack ing noise, from the main body, to the nn small terror of several persons, wilo had ventured on it. Each was of course anxious to get on shore, but one smartly dressed young man, who happened to be the last, arrived near a lighter just as the waterman had re. moved a plank e hich connected the piece on which he stood, with another, close to the hahter ; and, while parleying about the price of replacing it, the dangtr becoming more imminent, he attempted I 3 leap the distance ; but failing, was immersed to tit neck in water ; he was, however, speedily estriuted. Segtral others received severe duckings in the course of the day ; we did not howevt hear of any fetal accidents ; though on Wednesday, a pliimber,muned Davis, having imprudently ventured to go ,cross near Blackfriars-bridge, with some lead in boti, hi s hands, sunk between two masses of ice, to rise &I more. Two young women nearly shared the sense fate, but were happily rescued from their perilous situation by the prompt efforts of two watermen. It is a singular fact, that in const-quince of the i pediments at London Bridge to the current of river, the tide has not ebbed for some days More than one half the usual mark. ICE FETE.—Saturday se'nnight afforded to the habitants of Kelso a scene to which there has nothing similar for the last 73 years. The late vere weather having frozen the Tweed chi. over, a number of the respectable inhabitants desirous of dining on the ice, and gave orders to LAUDER, of the Queen's Head Inn, to provide was necessary for the occasinn. He accordio erected a commodious tent, in the midst of the opposite Ednam House, and served up an el and TIOT dinner to a numerous and rt.spectable pany. The tent, which :was -well heated by was surmounted by an Orange flag, and the , flags of England and Holland, were displayed on tables. From forty to fifty sat down to dilater, FAIR, Precess of the Stent, in the Chair.. Alvr cloth was removed, the CHAIRMAN gave " The Kt: which was drank with three times three, and acclamations. This was followed by— The PRINCE REGENT. • The Quers: and Rovnt. FAMII.V. Lord WELLIN GNoN, and our gallant Armies in Era% General GstAllASt, and his brave followers its Huila . Oranje Boyer'. The Duke and the Duchess of Roxnvacu. The longstanding of Kelso Bridge. General Frost, who 50.4 signally fought last winter for verance of Europe, and who now supports the present __ Both sides of the Tweed, and Goo preserve as in the n:d A variety of patriotic toasts and sentiments lowed, many excellent songs were sung, and whole proceedings were characterised by the mirth and hilarity. The company were much fled by seeing among them an old inhabitant of town, who was present at the last entertainment gi under similar circumstances. This took place in winter of the year 1740, when a part of an ox roasted on the ice. The honest veteran expre much joy at again witnessing a similar entertail after the lapse of 73 years, and declared, the pt generation had by no means degenerated from ancestors, in the essentials of good cheer, good fel ship, and hospitality.—The former part of the was extremely serene. the sun shone vial um brilliance, and the various merry groups of ctr skaiters, and sliders, together with parties of L; and Gentlemen parading on the slippery plain, duced an unusually interesting and beautiful el /Nlo accident disturbed the pleasures of the scene. MARRIED. Thursday se'nnight, at St. Bride's, F.. Vidal, F.q. 'nfthe P. Navy, to Anna Jane, daughter of the Rev. Wilmington, Sussex. 1)11 , .1). The lit ult. at the Royal Hospital, Kilinainham, near 1 lin, Sir lames Campbell, Bart. of Auchinbred, in the 94th of his age. The 7th ult. at Edinbtirgh, Dowager Lady Stirling, of in her 90th year. At Forfar, the I sth ult. after a short illness, Mr. Gcorge formerly buperintendant of the Royal Botanic Gulden, at burgh. At Ayr, the eld ult. John Morrison,. seaman ; and on I Ilth, Elizabeth Wallace, hil both 'aga sti, and hl' been 53 years married. . • At Edinburgh, the 19th ult.' agel 79, Mr. Stanhope Wil teacher of daticinz, for upWards of 50 years, in that cry nelglihnurhood. At Wigton, Galloway, the €2."24 ult. J. G. M'Kearlie, pu:y Assistant-;:ornmi. , ..sary.Getietal to the 1: °recs. The 13th ult. at•Wrxford, the ft -4c Rev. Dr. .1 . .,:m1 field, Roman Catholic illshop of I.e.ighlin and Ferry,. At Vt'ilinsloiv, in Cheshire, on hunday, the, Rev, Ct Johnson, rector ot kanie place, and kellow, of the Cone , Cliatch in Manchester. A few day‘ ag4, at Moorhouse, near Carlisle, 37ed aims) Ephraim Wilson, a Black. Ile was the slave of Mr. _ Maitland, for many years, who 1 . - ,r i a g ht hint over from . ginla to Kit kcndbriLla, nearly f;•:, yeas :' g.', and for his fare services gave him his tree&en. He then bcrante a serval the late Mr. John Bell, of Moorhouse, with whom he contn , r a long time. He had beet/blind for a feW ) cars past; and, very much respected, wa, attended to the grave by a consklet nonlber of his neighboms, many of whom were observed eery sensibly affecttall on the occasion. 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