The Statesman. — London, England, 1824-01-26 00:00:00

. • COURT OF S— CHANCERY __. _ATUADAY, JAN. 24. • — "Ii"'"'" coustAy O. 1101 Mit OW SOMUS sr. Affidavits were offered by Mr. Googol, and the Duke's solicitors, respecting the plane which bad been used on the trials at law, sod which were now handed in for his Lordship's use. The Loeb CRANCKLLOR refused to receive the affidavits, as the depoaests confessed that they had not been in Court at the timed the trial, and were, therefore, not capable of swear i ng any thing pusitively as to the proceedings. His L or d s hip expressed great resentment on account of the conduct of the Duke's agent, in having neglected to verify the plans by the affidavits of persons who Woes in Court, sod bad been called upon the trials. They (tad no right to deal thus (with the Court, and he should let them knew that it should not be done with impunity. Mr. (burley asked if he might expect judgment to be given on Monday ? The LORD CHANCRLLOU said, that the condlet of the other party, iu delaying to give him the information which be had call ed for, bad made it difficult ; but to the best of his ability he would certainly give judgment en Monday. COURT OF KING'S BR NCH, WZSTMINSTU, JAN. 24, THE RING V. PIELDIR. This defendant appeared in Court pursuant to the direc tion given in last term. that he should appear this day, to which the consideration of his case was adjourned. He stood convicted on two indictments for keeping a gaming house; one tried before Mr. Justice Bayley al years ago, and in which no judginenf had ever been prayed; the posteo having been subtracted from the Crowe-office; the other on a more recent charge of the same kind, tried be fore the Lord Chief Justice. In the latter case, a motion was made last term in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the evidence failed to show that the house was situate in the parish laid in the first count, and that the second count, in which no parish was laid by way of local descrip tion, was insufficient in point of form. The ATTORNEY-URNZRAL and Mr. LITTLEDALZ now contended, that there was no occasion to set forth any pa rish. In civil actions, where the offence was not of a local character, it was now unnecessary to mention a parish. The same analogy extended to cruninal proceedings; and even in indictments for murder, the parish was immaterial. Mr. ADOLPHUS and Mr. Ciiirre argued, that an accu racy of local description was requisite in indictments for offences of this nature, which were described as nuisances. and therefore were essentially local. The COURT took time to consider of the objection; and in the mean time suggested to the Attorney-General that lie might move for judgment in the other case, in which the difficulty did not arise. The ATTORNEY ORNERAL then moved for judgment in the other case, which was tried in the year 1917. Mr. Justice BATLEY read his report of the trial ; from which it appeared that the house in question was No. 9, Bennett-street, St. James's, and that it was the resort prin cipally of men of rank and fashion. Mr. A marqis, for the defendant, requested time to meet this case, which occurred at so distant a period. The Coven. ordered the case to stand over till Thurs day, and, in the mean time, committed the defendant to the King's Bench Prison. THE KING V. 9OUTHGATZ AND ANOTHER. Mr. SCARLITT moved 'for a rule to phew cause why a criminal information should not be exhibited against two persons named (we believe) Southgate an! Rich. They bad been appointed deputies to Mr. Charles Vezey, sub:- seneschal of the corporation of Gravesend ; but the corporation had a right to insist that the du ties of the office should be performed in person. When, therefore, the defendants presented them selves at the court, they were informed that they could not be allowed to act, anti were directed to withdraw. They insisted, however, on retnainiug, and successfully resisted the attempt of the peace-efficere to expel them. The COURT granted a rule to show cause. CRIMINAL INFORMATION. Mr. SCARLETT obtained a rale to show cause, wby a cri minal information should not issue against four persons, Southgate, Rich, Trout, and Mills, for obstructing of the Mayor's Court, in Gravesend. THE RING V. EINNIITT AND OLDFIZI.D. The defendants appeared to receive judgment on three indictments, charging them jointly with keeping common gaming-houses at No. 75. St. James's-street; No. 71, Pall Mall ; and No. 6, Pall-mall ; and Oldtield was also called on to receive judgment for keeping a gaining-house in Bury-street, St. James's. It may be remembered that judgment io two of these was moved for last term ; but the cases were adjourned to give the defendants an opportuni ty of answering the affidavits t.ffered in aggravation of pun ishment. They are already suffering under the seutence of the Court for a similar offence. Affidavits by the defendants were now read, in which they denied the charge made against them of keeping a gaming-house in the King's Bench prison ; solemnly swere that they had withdrawn from all concern in what they termed " the play world ;" and stated that they were sub ject to disorders which would render protracted imprison ment dangerous to their lives. They imputed to their prosecutors unworthy motives for the line of conduct they bad taken, and in reference to one of them, Thomas Er skine Grant, expressed their belief that he was never in the house to which he had spoken. Both of them bad large families; and Oldfield produced the affidavits of a number of wine-merchants, testifying that be had engaged in the wine-trade, and conducted himself fairly in the way of his business. On the part of the prosecutor Grant, an affidavit was read, stating, that he had experienced great edifficulty in bringing the defendants to justice ; that every possible means was used to intimidate, harms, and oppress him ; and that a quarrel having taken place between Mr. Oldfield and his partner Mr. Carlos, the latter indicted him for per jury in the affidavit put in to mitigate his former sentence, on the ground of poremy. but compronsised,as the deponent believes for a large pecnoiacy recompense. Mr. ADOLPHUS, in mitigation of punishment, expressed his assurance that the Court, however they wieldy justly reprehend the conduct of the defendants, would not think that of the prosecutors entitled to favour. At the present moment, he knew that a strong feeling existed in the pub lic mind against those who were guilty of the offence in question; bat the Court were placed far above prejudice and passion; they would do what was necessary for the public weal, and they would do so more. These men were already *offering for their fault; prosecution after prosecution bad been heaped on them by those who had no moral claim to attack them, and for the basest purposes; they bad already pima up the practice for .w.hktb they were in dicted; and therefore enough bad perhaps been done for justice and for preveeltiee. They were broken men; broken in health aed to fortune; and it could not be ne cessary, for say purpose, that tbeyshould be utterly crushed into the earth, and deprived of providing for their families by honourable industry: ATTOII/41IYAIMERAI. liddllNled the Courtin the case prosecuted by Nipoad, and la which the Reales had been subtracted front the Crewa-elfide. The circumstance of his appearing to move for Inatome proved the truth of ass obeerntiou Mr. Adellpsiii-rilts prowcutors of cases like these were efsa She bowl minim , He hat himself to ma plate .imeaspa _km was only sallow for the fi s e a d ppiesahmt el Neat MuteiM vice; and sbouldsigliads vrith Would be at tended With this result.. ^ . Mr.ijoarrair. adthelsod gs4soriiipicti •Wictwen. te • tse vld prosecuted by Mr. W.Sesdt.Tki difeltdas aeoplaimed %as day wore impoverished; but what had they whisk they did ant obtela by the rain of Inheres? i i '~ C THE sTi They urged that they were phronts ; had they felt for other Perents, to whose children they had supplier! the means of ruin anA despair? Thee Aided to their ill health ; per. haps if a little wholesome exercise were added to their im prisonment. they might find it improve. The trade they had carried on was most profitable; and unless the Court parsed inch sentences as would render it a losing concern. it would still be pursued, to the destruction of the fortunes and the morals of thousands. Mr. Roane ►poke in aggravation an the case prosecuted , by Mr. Erskine Want. Tits Judges deliberated for a considerable time, after which, Mr. Justice BATLEY proceeded to pass sentence. The Court, he said, were molt anxious to avoid p iniabing twice for the same offence; and, therefore, as one indict ment applied to the same period with that under which the defendants were suffering, they would give no judgment upon it. For the other cases, they would direct hard la bone to form a part of the punishment, but that the act anthorising that infliction did not begin to operate till after the commencement of the offence; and therefore they forbore to order it on this occasion, though undoubtedly they would employ it in future. After expatiating ow the pernicious consequences of gaming, and observing that the ill-health of the defendants, though no doubt brought on by their coarse of life, had prevented the Court from inflicting additional imprisonment, he passed sentence; which was, that °Weld, on the first indictment in which lie alone was convicted, should pay a fine of 500/. ; and that on the second indictment Oldfield should pay a flee of 1,500/., and Bennet a fine of 2.0001.; that on the third in• dietment, the defendants should pay a fine of 1,5001. each ; and that each of them should give security for good be haviour for five years, himself in 10,0001., and two sureties in 2,0001. each, and should be imprisoned till such fines were paid, and inch security given. tintlelmelet COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.-SATURDAT. -.0....- SELLS V. BOARS AND OTHERS. Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN moved for a rule to stow cans. why the verdict which had been given for the plaintiff in this case should not be set aside, and a nonsait entered or a new trial granted. This was an action brought against the defendants, who were extensive brewers, trading under the name of Goodwin and Co., fur an excessive distress slleged to have been taken by them in the Coach.and Horses public house, at the time the plaintiff was tenant thereof. The Jury had given a verdict for the plaintiff, damages one shilling, and the defendants now again brought the case forward fearing lest an imputation shonld remain on their character by a verdict having been given against them. Mr. Justice BURROCOH.-1 gave my opinion on the me rits of the action, which 1 thnnght ought never to hare heen brought ; 1 certified, in order to deprive the plaintiff of his costs. a hlr. Sergeant VAUGHAN mentioned as the first ob jection, that the third count of the declaration stated that at the time when the distress was made for the sum of 951.. there was but a small sum of money due." to wit, the sum of I/. 3s. and no more•" Under this allegation he con cluded that the plaintiff was bonnd to have proved the sum actually due, and that nut having done so, there was a fatal variance between the declaration and the proof. The second objection was, that the sum of 951. was really doe at the time of the distress being made; but that went to .the merits of the ease only, and related to the second part of the motion, if the first part should be refused. The third objection, which was of the same nature, was, that the distress had subsequently became matter of arrange• went between the parties. Lord Chief Justice Gtr►oao.—On this statement, I think the action was of such a nature as ought not to have been encouraged. With that, however, we have at present nothing to do. The question now before us is, whether on the objections which have been made, the plaintiff ought to nave been non-suited. On the first, I am of opinion that the plaintiff is n•.t bound to prove the sum actually due; and, as to the second, I think that, on the defendants own 'hewing, a sum of 821. Ws. was alone due. There is no imputation on the defendant's character ; but, in point of law, the action is sustainable. As to the ar rangement between the parties. I am of opinion that that does not destroy the right of action, though it certainly is matter for the consideration of the Jury in their esti mation of the damages ; I am therefore of opinion that the rule must be refused. I may perhaps add, tat I consider the certificate to have been very properly granted by the Learned Judge who tried the cause. The other Judges concurring, the rule was refused. At one o'clock the Chief Justice sat at Nisi Prim,. BEAMS V. TRIGGS. Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN stated that this was an action brought by tde plaintiff, a painter of considerable emin ence, to recover damages from the defendant, a printer, for having unskilfully printed some copies of a splendid plate, representing the Duke of Wellington giving orders to his Staff previous to a general engagement.—Miss Heaphy, a lady of very elegant and prepossessing appearance, was called to prove the contract, by which the defendant had undertsken to print lthNl copies of the plate in que diem. and she al.o spoke to the number that bad been spoilt. Qa her cross-examivation, she particularly identified four which were unfit for sale. Some of Oe perfect proof copies had sold as high as 25 guineas—the subscription price was only 10 guineas. Mr. Colnaglii and Mr. Clay were also called t hot both these gentlemen being of opitilon that the numbs spoilt did not exceed what might have been expected io the print ing of such a plate, and the plaintiff being unable to carry his case further, he submitted to a non-suit. OLD BM LKY. S - ATURDAT. The Sessions having terminated, this morning was ap pointed for passing sentence on the prisoner., and it was expected that the Recorder, who has been absent the whole of the Session, in consequence of a severe attack of the gout, would have heen aisle to here attended ; but a not:." lication to the contrary was trenemitted wino Osmanli Serjesnt (Mr. Denman), who, in cottwqn•toettßill called to perform, for the first time, this very painful duty. On patting' sentence of death upon the capital convicts, be addressed them in terms the most affecting and impressive. He said, that the Court had felt very greet pain in the discharge of its duty, in passing sentence upon those prisoners, who by the judgment of the Court were for a period separated from their friends; but much more painful was it, in exe cution of the law, to pronounce on the unhappy crimin ;Is now before him, that dreadful sentence which was to sepa--1 rate them from their friends. relatives, and acquaintances for ever; from friends and relatives who had formed hopes and expectations of them very different to what had un happily token place. They bad. all been convicted of of fences the most grave and serious, fur which the law bad awarded the punishment of death; and some of their of fences were of that aggravated character, that, for the pro tection of society, it was necessary that mention should be done omit the offenders, to detei others from commit ting such outrages upon the public-. It was a consolation to the breast of the Court, that the crimes of which they atogd capitally convicted had been so folly and delilierVely lllYlstigated, as to prove, beyond all doubt,: their guilt; Iladllbey had been so conscientiously weighed in the minds of a humane jury,. as to satisfy the Court that they me 'ritejl the sentence it was the duty of the Court to pro. `stotmee. Ile was .00t authorised . to told oat hope" of a pou j u s i djajap .4 the sentence to any one of them, and as ctbo period rites. by a violets/Atm* they would be seat be fore another tribunal, was ant very . remote, he implored ' bees to employ th eir time,well dem; the abort period ',i • - :11 ~'1'~:..ti~l:~~T the/ bad to remain in this world. To Maria Williams be would most urgently suggest that it was he► duty to pre pare for the worst; it was her interest as well as duty, to make preparations for the fatal moment, as her time was T ory short. and he hoped that his warning would nut be thrown away upon her. The crime of the convict Rey nolds was a most dreadful one, he calmly, delib-rately, and I maliciously shot the man who had done nothing but act% of kindness towards Wm. To Raines, Austin, Wren, and Elliott, he would strongly recommend their preparation for eternity. They had been ettnvicted of stopping one of his Majesty's subjects on the highway, with attempting to rob him, and with deliberately firing a loaded pistol at him ; their offence wasof so serious a description, and com. milted ender circumstances of so peculiar a nature, that al most precluded the possibility of a mitigation of their sen tences; they *wild therefore act wisely in spending their time so as to obtain the Divine mercy, for be was fearful that mercy could not be extended to then) here. The sen tence of the Court upon each and every one of you is, that you be taken from hence to the gaol of Nesvg■te, anti from thence to a place of execution. and there he hanged by the neck till you are severally dead ; and may Ood have mercy upon your cools.—'• Amen," was ejaculated by the prison Chaplain, and a great many of the auditors, numbers of whom were in tears daring the recital of the above ad dress. The Court was then adjourned to the 18th of February. POLICE. EITIHRIVE ROBBERY AT THOMAS POTTIMI MACQUEENS. Vie Maxon' v... EAST 1.400. BONY STRUT, SATURDAY. --Ifilleam, Joseph, and Anse* Thompson, three brothers; the two latter of whom were so similar in appearance that they would be with difficulty known apart. were put to the bar, charged with a most extensive robbery in the house of the lion. tient, above stated, in Park Lane. The loss of property sustained is immense, and from what came out in evidence, it appeared that Joseph and James were employed! in their capacity of ornamental painters on the premises, and availed themselves of the opportunity of coin. mining the robbery. A quantity of articles were pro duced, amongst which were 2 half dozen of shift., some silk stockings, &c. pledged by Mary Thompson, the sist.r of the prisoners, by directions of Joseph, which were positively sworn to. The result was, that the prisoners were remanded until Saturday next, for the pitrpo4e of making further inquiries at the different pawnbrokers, with whom the prisoners bad pledged property. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-SATURDAY. A very decently attired woman, named Jfar!ha Grady, was brought op for re-examination, charged %sitli purl•oin inga gaantits• of wearing apparel, the property of Mrs. Mandeville, No. 23. Silver-street, Holden...l:pare. It appeared that the prisoner was a widow, and h td been in considerable distress. She was acquainted with the proseciatrit, who is a dress-maker, and applied to her fir work. The latter, out of compassion, took her into em ployment and provided her with food, clothing and lodging- A few days ago the prosecutrix had occasion to leave home on business, and she confided the care of her apart , meats to the prisoner, who in her absence contrived to ran ' sack all ber drawers and remove a considerable qttanity of wearing apparel, consisting of gowns, storkinits, linen, &c. to a distant lodging, which she hired. When brought to the ore she was dressed in the prosecotrix's clothes. After a short confinement she told where the clothing had been deposited, and Buckland, a constable of St. James's, produced it. The prosecutriz, having obtained her property was et• credingly anxious not to press the charge against the prisoner, but the Magistrate insisted upon the evidence being taken, and the parties were hound over to appear. The presecatriz was so overpowered by her feelings on the prisoner's being proceeded against, that she fainted away.—The prisoner was fully committed for trial. The driver of the Hackney. coach, No. 449, summoned Mr. Peckham, of Howland-street, Fitzroy Square, for his fare, amounting to 3s. The coachman stated, that he was taken off the stand in Howland Street, to Moroington Crescent, and hack ; and when he demanded 34. the defendant would give uu more than 25., which the coachman refused. The defendants considered 2s. was the just fare. --- The Magistrate inquired what the distance was, and the coachman replied with a smile that he was right in his demand. This induced his Worship to suppose that the coachman had measured the ground, and he raked if it was not so. The complainant replied he certainly had, ' and the distance would justi.y hint in the charge he hid made. His Worship informed the defendant, if he pleased. the ground should he measured by a person appointed from this office, but Mr. Peckham said he would pay the demand, which he accordingly did, together with the costs. QUItIM-SQUARE. - SATURDAT. Cuatous AVIPIDAVIT.—A LOST Wtrit.—A Oentleman en tered the office and presented an affidavit to the M igistrate, to whicn he desired to be sworn. The Magistrate perused it, and it purported that the applicant's wife had absc'nded, that she sold out WOOL stock his property, and carried away the money, and that at present he was Ignorant of her retreat. The Magi sssss e asked him what motive he had in swearing to such a document, when he could take other 'ileitis to trace her? The applicant answered, be intended it for publlcetion. The Magistrate next Inquired how he discovered her having sold out, or how she could effect it, if the money had been placed in his name. The applicant replied, that she had that sum in the Funds before marriage, and look special care never to let him know of it ; but he had SAW. more In the Funds. which he secured after her departure, aid thee learned at the Bank, that she had .sold out the 100th. The Magistrate observed, if she bad the money in her own right, she could readily do so, and the question now was whe• Cher she was entitled to it. If she was so entitled he could not recover it. The Applicant answered that he considered himself entitled to it, as well as her, when she became his wife ; and that hav ing represented the case to his solicitor. he had been advised to pursue this Claret id the feat instance, as a necessary step towards recovering.the money. . fdagjorate thought the sale was Illegal, and he would base no difficulty in recovering it from the purchasers. unless there wee a collusion between himself and the wire. He should be prepared to +thew that no suen collusion existed. The Applicant said, he was not aware of her intention, or how she has converted the money, or where she is to be found. - The Magistrate thee directed him to apply to the Lord Mayor, es the whole transaction took place in tne City. The Applicant then bowed and retired. UNION HALL, SATUNDAT.—A young man of very fa shionahln appearance underwencan examination in the Magistrates private room, on a charge preferrd against him by another young man, one of the keepers of Hyde Park, named Sam% of having proposed to him tie com mission of a detestable crime. Sams stated that he cams to town from Woolwich by a stage coach on Friday even ing ; be sat in the basket. where the prisoner also sat, there being no other passenger behind the coach. On the way to town the prisoner made his abominable proposal, which was instantly resented, and on the arrival of the coach in town, Sams delivered him into custody. The prisoner refused to tell his name,or give any account 'of himself, 'and las remanded until some inquiries should bowed* respecting him. He was evidently a person above the common class. Wm. Edward Larkin, a porter to Wm. Stafford.* fruit Winona@ .in . the Borough Market. was charged by his ter with baying robbed his till.. Two persona who a e standing opposite Mr. Stafford's office in the mar ks sat deposed. that they saw the prisoner open t he till with akey sod take 'something out. They immediately went in, and, seining the prisoner, fogad is. 61. in one of his hands, and the key with whieb he bad opened the drawer in the other. Mr. Stafford stated, that he never allowed the prisoner to open his money drawer, nor gave him the key—the key found on the prisoner, although it opened the lock, wa s not the key bet nging to it, which was in Mr. Stafford's po s . session at the time. The prisoner said nothing in his de fence, and was folly committed. e Ai in Paris , C — 0 n an n t p h a e i r d b i t i i i s i h o s f e r r s v c i chee.n*:es, and lately i n e e r: r e , s e t ratel in St. Pelagie: bill extreme chagrin was observed from the moment of his entry; in a few days he die 1 . o n opening the body, his heart veils found covered with extr a _ vacated blood; he was declared to have died of a broke,' heart: this circumstance is rendered the inset remarkable, from a person some months ago, who occupied the tam e corner of the room, and the same bed, being found dead from a similar cause. At the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, nn t he 19th instant, Margaret Bong was arraigns.' on. the clia- g .e of having murdered an old woman named Elizabeth Lew, or M6Leren, at Dunning. Perthshire, in the mon.h of P. h. 1818; or of theft and reset of theft, in stealing fro n the house of the deceased a quantity of linen in tVP sheeting. and various other articles. the property of th e late Elizabeth Low, and having the same unlawfully in he r possession. After a long trial, the Jury returned a retdi ct of murder " non proven," but guilty of thef.. L rrd Pit. milly said be could have no doubt as to the sentence which should be pronouuced. She had been acquitted of the murder, and consequently of all accession to it ; no one could doubt that the theft was of Cot most dreadful nature, aggravated by being perpetrated after as font an d atrocious a murder as ever was known, and comtnit.ed in the abode of a murdered woman, whose corpse still lay up on the ground. It amounted almost to a capital off lice, and the Court would ill discharze their duty to piss a milder sentence than transportation for life. At four o'clock on Friday morning, a gentleman res , d. ing with his family at No. I. Oothic Place, in the Most. pelier-walk, Cheltenham, was roused by the continged barking of a small spaniel, that had posted itself at his ch tmber door, and could not be silenced until he opened thedoor, and was then first alarmed by a smell as of some thin,: burning. On rushing down stairs, it was found that the furniture in the sitting rooms was nearly all consumed. A female servant who slept at the top of the house, fesrin4. the flames might prevent her descending by the stain, opened the window, and getting upon the top of the Vine'. da, she leaped down to the ground, a considerable distance, !laving thus escaped, on hearing that her lady's reticule contained a large sum of money, a watch, &c. was not secured, she intrepidly ran up stai.s. and saved the iltpery —the fire by this time ascending, she was obliged' again to descend by the window, which she effected in safety. By the arrival of the engines, and the active exertions of the. firemen, the flames were got under before the adjoining houses had sustained any injury. l'ae loss of furniture is estimated at 4001. FATAL ACCIDaNT.—On the 16th instant, Thomas Mill., being employed in procnring ire for the purpose of filling the ice-house at Sandbouthe Cartle, and having become very o et, was asked by two young men, who had been at work with him, and who sleep in the garden-house, to pal take of their bed, they being aware of his unit state to pro ceed elsewhere through the night air. He went with theta to the garden-house, and some time after the two young men retired to rest, and at the same time asked Inns to come to bed; but instead of doing so he drew surer the fire. The young men observed this latter circumstance, but they shortly afterwards fell asleep ; the fire, as they were aware, was previously very small. About five o'clock in the morning it wardiscovered that the young man had fallen on the fire, and had met his death by suffocation and burning! His smockfrock was drawn over his head; and from this and other circntastandes it is corjectored, that on going near the fire. and from his having been re yiously cold, the vital powers were unusually affected—that e state of torpor or drowsiness approximated—that when under the influence of the latter sensation he bad still so mush energy of mind as suggested to him the necessity of retiring to bed—that it endeavouring to undress himself for that purpose, he was drawing off his smockfrock, which he had partly effected, when he fell in a helpless state on the fire—and that, no assivance being present, he became a victim to the elements. The deceased was 20 yen., of age.--(Salopion Jountal ) Boot , SNATCHING HT WHOLISALI.--On Wednesday week, William Davis, an old man who had been for tome time an inmate of St. Luke's workhorse, in which he died, was buried with five other paupers in the burying groom' lof the parish in the City Road. His son having heard on Friday that all the bodies had been taken up, went to the workhouse to make enquiry, and was there informed that his father's body certainly had been takes op, hut wave fused any information respecting the others:—no dodo is entertained that all are taken away.. A young man, aged'only shoat IS, of the nose of Whit taker, a native of this town, had for some time paid his all dresses to a young woman in the service Of Mr. Dodher, at Mr Levers's . factory in Snenton,; but lately he had formed an idea, a very unfousiled one we understand, that a yonth working in the factory, of the name of [mem in, was endea vouring to supplant him in the fair one's affections, and be therefore frequently threatened that lie would shoot 'free man, and told him so to his face, bet the latter only laugh ed at his threats as a joke. On Monday night, about seven o'clock, Whittaker sent a boy into the factory, to tell Trneman one wanted to speak to him, Truesnan according ly came out of the gate to him, and when he got near he perceived the flash of a pistol, which' did not go off. Still suspecting no danger, he went forward, when Whittaker d—d him, and told him bewould shoot him Tromso perceiving him at the seme time, priming his pistol again. thought it best to seek safety by flight, sad had no sooner entered the gate, than the pistol was fired again. In cos sequence Whittaker was apprehended, hut the pistol ' wa s not fount', and after a cl .se examination before the Rey. Dr. Wylde, as it was not known fur a certainty, that 110 destructive weapon contained any thing but powder, he was committed to Southall till he found sureties to keeP the-vette. Whittaker frequently expensed his regret that the pistol had net taken effect, and when de tusetal'le C" taking him to Southwell. having to pass by the factory door, be offered to find th e slog. and going up. he pointed it out, lodged iu the door ! and declared his intention of shooting Truematt when- begot. out again ! The disclose 'ry of the slag has changed the -complexion of the business. and we suppose other steps will now be a d o pted against hi m.—(ll/ettingAnts Review.) Several boys 'and young' en men, who were so . venturesome as to go upon the newly armed ice on the Forest pools, On Saturday and Sunday mornings, found it s treacherous "P. fare to sink beneath their fest, and bad the fell benefit of cold bathing. One boy:was in such to perilous sit uation, thethett not a Mae who was palling by otralturees stopped.. anti pulled the halter from hit'horde. and throirs on e eoo of it to the lad, in all probability he would have beta deowned.—('biti.) _-----------"'" ffit .. . tin the ad Inuit. at BrightOn. llli the t idy of Juin Cook. 144• ot a &metier. • ' - - sic/0Mo: " the ISM hrstaetellilliellakik, Lialsisilil VOLT ralla 0 : Or s" r•Aira. tab 41444 W4lafralat. °AM !Oak , R - . 1 : 1101 10 iv*, tv u , thka ....„ o , ...asi _,sigpsay4tth o l e traty • • • r Imo liatar. wrameL .--._ ' ' • • ira . .....114.1. -- AIN IN at Iliadic. Jibs iigari 111111111it.;169.11,1101. l a glis .', London : P►inted and Pebibbed et the Oleo. Nn. %Pt "I nd ' by R. WARDRLL, LL.D. etOprieol. ' i