The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-12-24 00:00:00

... .. _ a. l.r coutur•oti cii ANt::ittY.—(Y es-ma:mt.) Lordship still holds his Court in - the private room. 1E1: tiF NUCCLIWeII DUKE OF t rigIiNSUBRUT. t his important • • case occupied the early part of the sir. SUGDCM, on the part of the tenant+ of the Duke of iluccieueh, presented.a petition, praying for a distribution eaorag them of ae , rtain sum left by the late Duke of loseemberry, in the politic Article, on which they had, iu a foresee rone of the proceedings, proved their claims of debt. :alt. Mama, on the part of the residuary legatees and annuitants, opposed thf petition. 't'be ease excited much interest, from the combination of several uncommon, various, and contrasted circumstancesl ith w hick it was attended. Themes in question amounts to nearly a million- and a half ; the young Duke• of 800. t!eugh is a minor, and the nnuther of claimants under the Duke amounted to more than 'two hundred different per t...as ; of the legatees and annuitants, • who are also very numerous, some were most opulent. some Peers, sonic Peeresses, some paupers, and "souse in the ivorkhonss.— The late Duke died 13 years ago; the case has been iu !his !align since that period ; it was discussed in the Court of Session in Scotland ; in the House of Lords in England ; '‘n the Chun of Chancery, at Lincoln's Inn ; it nas heard here in 11012, in 18'20, and now in 1823. ow the very anni versary,ef the Duke's deathall December, and is set down to be heard again in the Lords on the first day of twit Ses sion; 'the 3d of I'ebroary. Sngden,' file. Wetherell, and some junior Counsel, appeared for the Doke of Buccleuch, and claimants ; Mr. *iratil for the reaiduary legatees; the. Attorney Oeoeral, and Mr. Shadwell far the xcUtors of tire Duke of Queetsiserryl Mr. Horne. an E d e Mr. Tressloire • for Lords lierlford and Lowther ; Mr. Hart for Lady Hartland i • Mr.. !loupe% and reverXother Counsel outside the b ar, turdhe other part'es to the snit. Every Learned °tittle• t!.4i tried his,powers of eloquence and stores of legal eru afttisin on this exhausted aubect. His Lordship observed that the petition should stand over until ifter the first week of the Session, with liberty to any llentleovan to mention. it, if it should out have come to a .derision before their Lordillips. 7 • SIR GREGORY PAGg. Mr, ; 1 ) 1111.031okt moved for a reference to the Master in :the irate of this Baronet. His motion would embrace three why : de—first, to appoint a Committee to superintend the care of his person ; secondly, a receiver of his estates ; thirdly: to take measures for cleari n g b y the sale of certain cittiostties.paintings, and other property, certain execu. fieriest present encumbering the estate of the lunatic.— iteferene• granted. VICS-CIIANCELI.OIt'S CUP RT.—(YESTERDIT). 'note:" r. OUT. Mr. Witeetetn moved, that the defendant in this --rawse, 'Mould lie committed to prison for contempt of the Court. The motion ens founded on two affidavit', which stated, that the deponette went oti the everting of the .13th of Icoswialaer, to the defendant's bowie. in Hardy on Thames; for the purpose of servinz with a 'Omens of tte Court. and having knit.heti at his dour, the defendant, it:hout opening it, said to the deponents he knew the t sir en they were come about, and it they did not go away, 1 '-hail a gun in his band, and could blow their brains out; a:A &patents at the same time heard a female voice in the Loose, which they believed to proceed from the defendant's wife; endaravanring to prevr.il on • him not to shoot the deponents o and that the deponents, in consetrienre of the .detien4laat's threat., were under great apprehension of being eLot hy him, if they should persevere iw endeavouring to get into his-house a but that our of -the deponent's threw the •sobpans :into a window of the defendant's bout., and ssillerFout to him, in a voice which he must have heard, Ilia they hail served him ash!' the subpoena, by throwing it intodtis tsinduw. kl • r. ?Amgen said he appeared fur the defendant. Alr. Waxer/15Ln objected to Abe defendant being heard 'before htsl4.l 'tiered no appearance in the ease. Vtlael'ltaxcaahou a•li-11 Mr. Wakefield was there • ang.,antliority fur that o'jeclion Ate. Watts:fist la said he was no' prepared with authorities '00,4111 point, but he well reinruttkered the Cosa having relised•te hear Lim for a defendant who had not entered an •ppearanee. • • The Vtat CnaNctaton said lie would to s tand over for the production of anthoritietallow the case COURT OF Klgtlo3 RFSCH.—(Ymerannay.) [Before the Loa!) Lew Jnevtce and Common Juries., ASHAULT.--RIVAL STEAM PACKETS. •IiDLRI tr Wigan.' • 14r. C 01114014 SIMMS? stated the circumstances of the aspatdt, and the aggravation of a 'strong young man beat ing and injuring an old man so unpile. This plaintiff bad cone before the Lord Mayor, and the defendant was bound to 'k ee p the peace, am' to appear at the Session'. This in; l i • dicinient aas dropped by consent ; and the plaintiff came .tolhis*Court f.tr compenia . ion hi damages, which be hoped: the'Jury would give, to an extupelary amount, 'William Holt--I am acqiuunted *with Mr. Ridley, steward of the . London Engineer, it Margate Steatnpacket, aid Mr. Corbin; master of the Victory, Margate Steam. ibneket. The plaintiff is CO, and and the defendant about MI years of age. Both frequent the Ship Tavern. Captain dirt& is much the stouter man. On the I lib of September Ur, Ridley cut in two a placard of the Victory and -Otero Oval at the door. Captain Corbin basing afterwards cqrse in, anil learnt that it was.hfr, 'Ridley did it, threaten.' e 4 t o beat his ti---d old Lead off. Corbin said to him, I " lon nld scoundrel, you are a d=—d old scoundrel ;" he repeated these word!, an' then with his right hand 'track taut en the left timphe , and knocked hitudown. He Usti him repeatedly as he lay down. He pulled him up by his right hand, and beat him with his left. lie. Busby th lendlord, Separated them. Corbin said to me, " thisia bit she uhl rascal wanted a lt.ng time." When Mr. Ridlipl citme to the cloor I felt his Jaw and found that it woo! oken.• I went with him to Dr. Inglis: o e met Cor buys' Oda th;si.gentleinen and a lady; Ridley said K" ou• knicked My tooth out and broken my w ; " C fortnor bin said "il -vvish it were his --- old nek." A ight after he Was so very bad he could hardly speak to tae ; he could mot go about his business. :Andrea' Fraser, waiter to Mr. Ridley, went to the ship ; plaintiff stretched forth his hand ind Hot dare you 'cell ate as old scoundrel , J em Corbin'?" (He corroborated the former evidence.) William Inglis, surgeon.—this left J tee was dislocated , and bin right fractured ; he had a tooth in his hand ; I am aittending him stillh is every probability uf a sco tiort per man e ntl y; about a fortnight after the Amalfi adelemi him to go on board, more for amusement than alif thing elee ; be teal not able to do ary work. ' r.' Gusts ev, for the defendant, said that he would rave that the plaintiff us. el the most provoking language do. the defendant; put his fist in his Nce and actually rub bed his cheek with it ; that was an assault, and the defendant *ph etiOltledlio their verdieti Chilies Ron was -asked by Mr. •Common Sergeant Whither he was not part owner of the Hrr6 or Victory, or ladetertified the defendant, and answered both questions in the negative. ' " • ' Mr. lit/11NET —Does any sae whatever indemnify him ? Yes, there id, j (Titte'prosed stpleent . nt, but the examina tion proceeded.) • r: 7 • Whites* n ii•atAire ship; beard the•plaiptiff say lie would 'pall defendant's '029114,11 doarti, , whevever he could find them,• b- ado he date 66:16.1biti at Mar l ette; Very "thsis* language followed on butb sides. Mr. Ridley "look his ast in the Captain's face; and said though 1e tfil STATFAIVIAN. - now. 14 a o was an old iiiiii, it ' co'uld . give him a good threshing'. His fist was close up to efendant's face. The Cap tain struck hi m a gain—aidley• laving struck the first blow. The boar! CllllO JUSTLCII.—Yoti have not said, Sir, that he struck ? Mr. Commas SERGRANT—Oh, yes ! Witness—Mr. Ridley did not fall with the blow ; he struck again—they grappled, and both felt, Mr. Ridley undermost. Cross-examined. —l believe no one indemnifies Captain Corbin. I did not unders tand Mr. Gurney's question. I was at the Mansion House. Captain Corbin was beW to bail. Charles IVeare, one of the owners of the Victory, said that Corbin had said he was sorry he lied broken his jaw, but he deserved what he got. Ile did not say that he wished it was his neck. Mr. Ledger, the other gentleman present, gave the same evidence. Miss Page, the lady who was with Corbin, Weare, and Ledger, remembers Corbin saying, " You'll recollect tear ing down my bills again." Ridley made answer, " Jetn, yea have broken my jaw bone." Corbin said he was sorry fur that, but be deserved all he got. Ridley said," I know I aggravated von, but yo h av e was about t h e bile had your rengels. of me, 'and lof you." The agg ri Joseph Davies, beadle of the parish, saw Corbin com mitted to the watch-house. Ridley wad there, and stated that he bad said to Corbin, " Ile was as good a man, and should like to give him a threshing :" and that he had shaken his fist in his face; upon which Corbin knocked bites down. Cross-examined. —l, was at the Mansion !louse. The de fendant u as held to bail. Mr. COM3ION SERGEANT replied, and commented upon the . evidence. They would not give less ample damages, in co nsequence of the defence attempted to be set Op. The LOUD Cats? Jusrica—if the Jury believed the plaintiff's story, most undoubtedly he was entitled to their vettlict.-11 they believed Roe's evidence, that the clenched fist was held to the defendant's face, the defendant was entitled to their verdict. If a man wrs in the act of strik ing, though he did not actually strike, it was an assault. A man was not bound to wait, and suffer himself to hestruck. The injury would probably be felt by the plaintiff as long as he should live. The Jury, after deliberating for a quarter of an beer, fountlfor the plaintiff— Damage! farty fibilliags—costs 40a. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Tuestme, Dec. 23. George John Green was opposed by Mr. !hairs, for a jeweller named Hatton and by another jeweller named •tbraliam, in person. Ile stated that he went into busi ness as a jeweller and old clothes salesman, in 1819. He commenced his schedule with 19n, because in the begin ning of that year lie balanced his accounts. Ile could not explain the circumstance of having omitted in his mho dale to account for 1701. worth of stock, which was in his possession in January, 1b22. lie dealt with Mr. Hat ton from the time be commenced business until the time of his failure. In June last, be purchased 37!. 16e. worth of goods from Mr.i Hatton. and in the following month lie took stock, and had in his estimation ISO!. worth. On the 4th of January, a person named Alexander called at his shop, an 1 he (insolvent) sold him en the jewellery he had in the window for ICU guineas. Ile took the shop from his father, with whom he resided, and to whom lie paid 21. s*. per week for rent, and fur his own board, and that of his brother, whom be kept in his shop at a salary of 20/. a year. He denied having been at a gaining holler in Bury street after be sold the stock, but be had been frequently there before. lie, howeier, never lost there above Si. altogether. About a month before he sold his stock he de stroyed his ledger, it being fillet up. and purchased a new one, in which but a few entries were inade.---tle hod kept a bill hook, bot he did not give it up to the Coact, basest he dtd not know-it was necessary. After he was arrested, his father put in a distress for rent, of which about 301. was doe; and seized alibis remaining since, wlVell was valued by an appraiser named Smith, who lived at Somers-Town, at 401. The inventory of these things was put in. It enumerated several articles of jewellery, diamond !aim, ear rings, brooches. pins, Ice , a number of clarionets. Mites, flageolets, rand a quantity of wearing apparel ; which, taken together, r aust have been of the very worst description eroded , dth Indee, iey f, so far l as'we could judge from heering them enw wer not worth at least four or five times the sutneat which they were valued. Mr. !tattoo was then sworn, end stated, that he had been on friendly, but not intimate terms, with the insolvent. —Ms claim was 461. In 11322, the insolvent represented his affairs to be in a flourishing condition. Shortly before the sto Mr. A.exantter, witness saw the goods that were In the ale win• OW, which at ere worth at least Ida When he next called on the insolvent:the letters address to him was, "Old gentleman, the stock is all gone—l has e done you brown." The COURT expressed themselves unable to understand this phrase, until Air. Ihr vrte informed them that it was the elan; language used in Bury Street, to a party who lust his money. - tie was then saitl'io be" done brown." Mr. Hatton, on his cross examination, said be could have sued the insolvent, because he had taken hills of him which were running due. lie denied having veer associated with stile insolvent at gaming house!, or having ever played for more than a penny a Fame. - The insolvent contradicted this statement, and swore be bail been with Mr. Hatton when he played all night until 5 o'clock in the morning. The tune and manner of the insolvent, all through his (gemination, who seemed to be about '23 or 24 years of age, and was dressed up in the extreme of last year's fashion, were quite offensive from a mixture of levity andintenaper. ante. Mr. HEATH, in his address to the Court, pointed oat the gross misconduct and fraud of which the insolvent had been guilty, and made some sarcastic observations npod 4 tbe cir-, comstance of an old clothes salesman, just set up-in buds nese for himself, frequenting rouge et noir gaming and gambling with his creditors' property, Mr. Abraham. the other opposing creditor, then ease forward and put some qnesttons to the insolvent, who 'stated in reply, that he had about 1001. to eminence busl• sees with. Before then he was employed io the sale trade by Mr. Smith. An aunt of his had lent him some money, int he never told Mr. Abraham that at her death the.whole of her property would come toliiin by his late uncle's will. When he failed, his father offered to guarantee se. in the pound for him to his creditors. Ills brother paid 1001. for going into business as a dancing master. He (inuilvent), sold a mourning ring to his !Anther since his imprison. went for 31. He had not stated that in his schedule. Mr. Abr.harn Aged that the insolvent represented to 1 him that terrain property of which ties aunt enjoyed the rent dieting her life time would co m e to him at her death. Up to very lately, be always said he teas doing well, and could pay every one 20s. in the potted. and have something Its ndsurne left. In his cross-examination, the witness said that in the course of his el, u'lnes with him the insol vent had paid hint from 1101. to 5C0!., which he considered te mere tar. Mr. Coous, on behalf of the insolvent, addressed the Court at considerable length in palliation of his clint's condnct. The Cut Er Coatmissio:ren oh'served, that some of the services were defective, but although the case should there fore stand.over until the services were complete, yet the Court would"- t.k• this opportnui'y of st;tieg the reasons Ira which Pry would thett . prononnee their judgment.— Hg then reeapiraktted the eartutia Paints in the rase, which, be' said, scab by , metine a light one. it 'was tirplete. with Wait froub b/inning to end ; and when-the services Should be comPleo. dist:court would prvainvice Aucha jmigment as should be-commensurate with it. room . . . Getbanat.L.—Wilffaas speartr, a quondam cellarman, in the employ of Mr. MOThud, Crown and Sceptre Tavern, Greenwich, was charged yesterday before the aittiog Alder smart, with having Obtained goods from several tradesmen he name of his late master, from whose service he bad been discharged nearly four months ago. The first chafe' against lain wasfor obtrining a quantity of wine from Mr Tooke, of 25, Crutched Friars, •by which the prisoner's order was sent down to Queenbithe, to be taken by water to Greenwich ; be however, managed to intercept it ; but the evidence to prove this latter fact, not bring in atten dance, no farther proeeediogs could be bad upon that charge.—The next complaint was that of Mr. Grey, wine• merchant, of Basing Lane, to whom the prisoner bad applied, representing himself in the employ of Mr. ollard. desiring to know if be had any old trusted port ke M could recommend, as his toaster was very badly supplied. Mr. Grey, however, happened to have no port of that descrip tion that he chose to send toe new customer, such as Mr. Mollard ; but the prisoner being desirous of giving him a turn, directed Mr. Grey to have a dozen of East India Madeira and a dozen of Sherry ready the next morning by nine o'clock, when Mr. Monad's cart would he in town, and call for it. The cart, however, not coating, Mr. Grey sent the wine off by the:carrier. Towards the afternoon, the prisoner called, and learning the wine was sent down, desired to have a few battles to take with him, as they would be wanted for dinner that day, and the Carrier would not arrive till late in the evening, and in this way be obtained four bottles of Wine. Mr. De tirotichy, the soda water manufacturer, was the neat complainant, from whom the prisoner 'sad obtained 21. on the represeutation that he was Mr. /dullard's colise um, come to town to purchase some goods without suffi cient cash to pay for.them. This account was believed, the money lent him, and as Mr De Grouchy served the honse, l and this was the firit time he had seen the .cellarin in, he took that opportunity of making hint a present of ss. for iginself. Mt. Mollerd bad other similar charges to prefer, but the necessary witnesses not being present, the Magistrete,coto mitted the prisoner for stealing the fourlbottles of wine from M r. Grey. Bow STIIEVra—Mr. Chowne, a gentlemen residing in Essex-street, was charged with an assault on Me. C. W. Conte (an attorney's clerk), in the bases of Drury-lane theatre, on the preceding night. It appeared that a dispute arose between them, because Mr. Chow ne did not choose to make room for Mr. Coote on the same seat with himself, Mr. Coote alleging that i there was plenty of room on that seat, an Mr. ilsowne declaring there was not. WDrds ra n high between them, but the lawyer had so many more words at his command than Mr. Chowne, and plied them so vigorously, that at last Mr. Chowne abandoned his tongue and used his fist; and thereupon lie was given in charge to the constables of the theatre, who delivered him ro t he constable of the night at t oe watclihoine. Sev of Mr. Chowne's friends =urea the Magistrate that Mr. % Ivo I Coote's behaviour to Mr. Chowne was such as gentle. man could bear patietttly ; end added that t • tter might,. nevertheless, have been made up. had it no vn for the officious interference of the constable in the „theatre. The Magistrate (Mr. Ilatts) said the constable did erfectly right in interfering to put au limit to a dispute which could not but annoy the whole aue, and as an assault had been distinctly sworn to, Mr. Chowne mast pot in bail. At the saute time he thought the conduct of alr, Coote had been very reprehensible. Young men who Veqaelited the theatre bwl a foolieb notion that they made themselves of consequence by ' kit king up a row" as they called it, though, in fact, they only appeared con temptible in the eyes of all respectable people. " You must find bail. Sir, " added his Worship , addres s i n g the defendant,'" and w henever you visit a theatre again take tare not to disturb the p ublic peace; We hoWaver you may afterwards seek to compromise the matter among opturselvesk the public peace must be protected from such intrusions." John tong, one of the dismounted patrol, was brought up hum St. James's watch house, charged with having grusehy misconducted bimselt on Monday night, in Picca dilly. It appeared that between nand 1 o'clock at night. the defendant was strutting up and down Piccadilly, with a woman of the town hanging upon his arm, flourishing hil staff of office, and directingevery person he met to go about his business. At the corner of Sackville Street, he drew out a loaded pistol, while directing two gentlemen, who were quietly wishing eh Other. good night, tO disperse. At the corner of Bond ac Street, also, lie acted in the same manner. The watchmen repeatedly warned him not to behave in so improper a manner; but he answered all these remonstrances by stating that he was a Bow Street patrol acting in the discharge of his duty. Ope•watchman who bad spoken to him several times, happened to meet some of the night patrol of Bose Street. and they disclaimed all knowledge of him, upon which he was taken to the watch house. where, upon searching him, a bided horse pistol, two watches, and two constables staves , were found. The defendant, in answer to the charge, denied bating , flourished his staff or interrupted any person. The Watchman slid lie believed the defendant was so drunk that lie did not know what he did or said.—Long stoutly deoied this. - Mr. Ilam.s obs'rved, that as Long was not regularly one of the Bow Street patrol, he would have him sent before Mr. Day, of the Nome Office. who had the superin tendence of the dismounted and horse patrol, and be no doubt would take the proper steps to prevent a repetition of such an abuse of authority. It was too much that the' public who paid these officers should be so improperly in terrupted by them. —Long was taken to the Home Office. HATTON Giaamle.—Yesterday Thomas Hollowell was brought up to this °dice for re-exateination on a charge of shouting his wife (as already described), when the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Sergeant Stat;ole, Informed the prisoner that lie had just received a communication from the hospital, intimatingthat two slugs, not previously extract ed, had worked themselves out of the thigh, and that the patient's recovery might s consequently be expected. The ptisonerwasthen xemanded until •Tuesday. next for his sixth, and we presume,final examination. The unfortunate man seems to have suffered much from a nxiet y of WO, indeed inure : than from imprisonment. Quaast-squaae.—Corporal Joseph Rhoads, of the 2d battalion. of the let regiment of Foot Guards, was brought up on a warrant, charged with having assaulted James Richardson, a labouring taco, by striking hits over the head with his musket, and with attempting to run hint through the body with his bayonet. The complainant stated that he was a carman In the employ of Mr. Nightingale, a builder residing in Westanin ster. About II o'clock on Monday forenoon he was sent by h is russler with allow and cart, to fetch a load of bricks from the Kilns at Hammersmith, and on reaching, the end of t h o les Street, leading into Pimlico, near Buck ingham Gate, the defendant, with a ; relief guard of live men, was coming out of the Park ; they ettemptid to cross,' the road at the moment his tart was nearly over the crossing. The live soldiers did not wait foi him to pass, bat ran round the horse's !mid. and gained the ,Pavement. The defendant, who was in the rear of his. paetY, then came hp, seizad the rein of theitorie„ anti attempted, to back hins,in cadet to pass himwit °tee the messing.— The horse timing very hard mouthed, ,would. not hick, n . te but plunged fortyprd into the wail ; npobich. (be defendan t ridged his timltet with boals hands, and strackhiin (cow le a violent Men ona the 4 e . . 11 . . Hirt g i ndignant at sock treatment, wet( knowing be ;hid givei no insult to the corporal , t o Warrant such conduet;jnmped oat of the cart, mad ran after the defendant, vrkom be attempted to strike with the but maul of his whip, upon which be turned round and charged him with his fixed bayonet. Witness became much alarmed for his safety,as the defendant snore he would run him through the body, and consequently retreated a few paces "oackwards, followed by the defentlaest ; and he had no hesitation in saying, that had he not done so. and avoided his bayonet's point, he most have received a serious and probably a fatal wound in the intestines. Another corporal then cause up, ant seized him by the collar, and he was dewed to the Queen's Guard room, and taken before the Adjatart, who, on hear ing the ease stated by the parties, etrongly re,arehended the conduct of Corporal Rhoads and ,dismissed the c ‘ omplaint. In consequence of the gross outrage he bad received, be had, by the advice of his friends, proceeded against th 6 defendant. . , Henry Pople, a Bow Street patrole; pros cu. ire ..seru m'. The Magistrate, Mr. WRITE, then coiled Non Corporst Rhoads for his defence. The defendant said that time piquet was crossing this road, when the complainant drove up, and the home's nose was amongst the firelorks, and be certainly did attempt to hark the horse, but denied ever striking themnoplainaut with his gun. The Magistrate said the ass cult had been proved on oath, • therefore he should hold him to bail to answer it at the sessions. The defendant said be considered Mansell justified in the manner he ha I acted. The Magistrate said he would teach him to the .contrary . .. Did he Gook that his 11Iajost snhjects were to be ill-treat ' ad by the military with impunity: , The defendant said that he tonside?eul the ,complainant was hound to allow his men to pass before him. The Magistrate said,he thonght-ditler. nt : it was infole able that a 'Wire *huntl make use of his tire•artms egsirot a pirate individual. How long bur you teen a soldier ; inked his Worship. 'Meade:it—Six years. Magistrate—So unaelt the worse ; yan are an old sail Lit. If you had been a young on-, there would have heen sonar excuse for your conduct.—The defendant was theta co to mitted to prison in default of hail. WORSHIP S7IIECT,-.TOLL Case Bsetstom.—Mr. Rams. dale, Lessee of the City Bold Tell tu. Messrs. Toorlogoo and Hobart,. whartiagers and coal merchants. This ea .. . which has stood over for some days by ounnal eonsrr.t, came on yesterday brfore Mr. Bevil!. the sitting Magistrate, for a final hearing. Time cotnploinant claimeet a till of ole penny for each horse drawing a art, under the I. coral Ate*, and by the 31 of George IV. an additional penny for It arse drawing a cart, the dimensions o f w l ios owh,el. Nu r under four and a half inches, to which, however, these is an exemption, that should the twee ant cart pa s s the read within one hundred yards of the tide bar. Bet the .kit of George IV. takes away that exemption, provided the Lilies of the wheel are of less ettage and dimension, than four and a half inches. The solicitor Lae the Canalon the City-road, who attended on the part of the defendant, took an objection to the informations, that they did not apply to this case, because the 10th section of tf.o. IV. says, " That for every waggon, wain, ea-t, or carriage, in respect of which the exemption shalt ha claimed, shall have the tote of the helium of the junior of the wheels thereof of the breadth and guage of a s inches," and that the toll is upon the waggon or cart, ant not upon the horse drawing. Mr. Ilevent. referred t a the Local Act, which gives a penny to . each horse al owing ; also to the 3*l of Geo. IV which gives an ad litioust toll, if the tellies are not of a certain guage; (tons bed's of which lie must infer that the toll is upon the horse., drawing, and not. upon the cart; and therefore decided its favour of ski collector. - Unterte Haht..—An old woman, named Sarah Johason; sereatv-four years of age, was bronaht before B. J. Casa setts. Esq. chUged with having imposed on Mr s . Mar y .Nukes by t he foPowing ate:ca.:Am. M re. Nukes statee, that the old lady at the bar called at her llama, 1.5 t • Christmas. walked Into the parlanr, sat down in ehaii, and began Isy expressing her surprise that she ( 3 Jm. Nokes) should not know het own mother-in-law. " Wit o„,' said site. "nay dear, do yon forget your own poor mottoes Mrs. Sakes s'ared at the visitor, and after having examined her features closely, deelsred (though she had.not s ee a her mother for the last 10 years) she coniti not trace the slightest resemblance between her and the old lady b,fera bet. Mrs. Johnson replied, "my dear, no wonder .yen should not know site, for I have been working in the fields, and that has caused the altera'iou in my cote. plexion ; bet, my dear daughter, I should kanaa austa any where." She then said that she had come tio gat u: the country on purpose to spend a few hove toHt her daughter, and desired that so.nething might be got ready for her to eat. Mrs. Nokes (under the berm. sten that she was teeny her mother) had a dinner and trs• prepared for her, and the old lady soosm after the entertain• meat began to feel uneasy, ant hinted same should stet ag tin that evening fur home, and just before 11-r departere she said, " Now, my. daughter, that lan going, all. L want from jot is the loan of three shillings," althea Ir,e4 itrainediately given to her, and, after blessing her child ri ants promising to send her a fat goos e in a few dap, she the house. She had not, however, been gone ten tMenoos when Mrs. yok es missed two silver spoons, and, it is sieot., less W atlas the subsequently ascertained that the oil lad/ was an impostor, an'l she (Mrs. Nukes) never Iseard.oft . aa prisoner since, outil Monlay last, when sae tussle her ap• pearanee agaiu in the neighbourhood, and endravaured play off a statilstr trick on a neighbour, who had berap prehended. Mrs:Godfrey stated, that the prisoner came to her hoist on Moptlay,lut, and made herself quite at home, by ear . ing that else was a sear relative, an 1 haul jest town to inform her (Mrs. Godfrey) that an uncle of her t was drool, who left her 50 1 . and, that the money woe in her possession which she . should have the neat day. NW Godfrey, haring heard of the old hap whoslard Alt<. Nokiw„,det•sined -` het relative," until that la ly r;une• o' t ; identified the prisoner as the person who_ rob.bed 4 imposed On her in the way described. An ()Nicer was sea: come ta co mmitted took the prisoner into euitouly. rite conansitte4 her for one month to Brixton ( ;sal. 7"11144g .—M Theo Jar. •UM mustast, ts. the learn. , sarse • us . ton, Edward Pertilq , Itsq. to Charlotte. eldest daughter r•;44 Stonier. Or Visetattu.4 the tid Dec. at St. James's. rharsli. theJteq.. J. $ MVO' son, L.L.It. third of the late Thomas Lspeseter. 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