The Statesman. — London, England, 1824-01-28 00:00:00

.1 THE S:rATEism4N. "---- - " delft OF iiiiNdittlf.- - Virus - iAt. • —........ LINCOLN'S INN HALL. IN THE MATTER OP MR GREGORY PAGE TLRNER. The SouctTon-Gewaaat bad an application to make to the Court, that this unfortunate gentleman's mother, and Mr. Baron, who married his sister, might be at liberty to propose themselves as the Committees. Mr. Pmenawrosr appeared to oppose the application.— He did not understand that these petitioners were the next of kin of Sir 0. P. Turner. The SOLICITOR -GENERAL said that he was not aware that the petition was to have been opposed. His LORDSHIP expressed some dissatisfaction at this Interruption. together with others apparently ready to be made, by which the case of " Orimstead" was stopped. The SOLICITOR GENERAL then proposed that his peti- tion should stand over till Thursday morning, which twine consented to, the Court went on with " exparte Grimstead, in the matter of Howard and Gibbs." COURT OF KING'S BENC/L—.-YESTERDAY. XING V. BARROW. The point in this case arose from a deed of separation between the defendant and his wife, in which the plain tiff was trustee. The difficnlty was, whether the adultery of the wife subiequently to the separation invalidated her title to the annuity covenanted for her in the deed of separation. Mr. CHITTY argued for the validity of her claim, not withstanding subsequent adultery, and cited a great num ber of cases in support of his argument. It was not likely that the husband would bare executed sncli a deed, or the wife agreed to it, especially as none of the children were allowed to live with her, unless there had been previous infidelity, or at least a suspicion of it. The Loan Cuter JUITICR.—Looking at this record, we eannot say whether the adultery in the Ecclesiastical Court was before or after the separation. Mr. CHITTY assented, but put it, that the separation was most likely to have been oressioned by such violation of duty on the part of the wife. A separation might have been agreed upon, and this provision allowed to the wife, with consent of a Clergyman, the plaintiff in this case, in order to avoid the exposure and expense of ecclesiastical proceedings. Her acceptance of so small an annuity as f(OL was also evidence of her consciousness of having violated her duty. The LORD COIFS JUSTICE.—We cannot know whether a small or large sum. Mr. PATTISON argued on the other side, that the adul tery entirely did away with the indentnre for annuity. If there had been a reconciliation, that would have annulled the annuity, as decided by several cases, ultich he cited. Now what prevented this reconciliation here, but the adul tery of the wife? She brought her suit for restitution of conjugal rights, and the husband resisted it by pleading her adultery. Mr. Justice BAYLEY—ire cannot say whether that adul tery was before or a'ter that separation. Mr. PATTISIN.—There has been a decree of divorce. 7.1 r. Justice liAvt,ev.—Yes, but upon a species of evi dence on which this Court can :levet act. Mr. Pal-1u50:4.-1 here adultery had been held not to be sufficient, because the husband might have connived. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.--YOll might have pleaded adultery, and you have not done so. You have only pleaded that the husband had pleaded her adultery, in au saver to claim of restitution. Mr. P. submitted that that was stronger ground than the plea of adultery, because it showed that the husband w a s free from all suspicion of connivance. But if the Court thought o.: - .::wire, lie contended that the deed was in itself void, because it was I:0! a deed of separation but of agree ment of separation. The deed was with the trustee, who agreed to indemnify the husband againstdebts which might lie contracted by the wife. The Loup Cciiis , .11:slur:E.—Will not the question result to this—that there lias prevailed an uniform course of decisions in Courts of Equity and Law for more then a century upon this subject, though every Judge may have fur himself said that if the matter were res integra, he would decide otbernise. The highest tribunal has never decided against such an allowance. Would it not then he an excess of jurisdiction in this Court to decide against this uniform practice at the present day? 11r. PArrisoN again pointed out the distinction between an a t regiment to separate and a separation. The COURT Geld II at there had been the determination to separate. It was an iinoteiliate inanition. The Lotto fluter Jeweler said he would only add, that the husband might have made the annuity conditional, on their living separate, and her living chaste. tie had not (lune so here. Mr. Justice Itavi.er thanglit there might be cues in which it would lie desirable to remove the bad example of the mother from the observation of her ehildreo, but it was not tow rca lateens. The adultery was not, in fact, brought before this Court ; but a plea which Mr. PAttison himself conceded to be opposed to uniform decisions. Mr. Justice lioutovn was of opinion that this was a valid deed, as it was nride with a trustee, who indemnified the husband, not only from future debts, hut from claims of jointure. His Lordship commented at length on the cases cited. Mr. Justice Bear distinguished this case from one of reconciliation, upon the ground that reconciliation would have superseded the necessity of further provision for the wile. The Lord Chancellor was known to entertain a strong opinion against articles of separation, yet he had not felt himself strong enough to invalidate them.— Nothing could be more dangerous than to deride upon supposed public policy. Notwithstanding his respect tor the Lord Chancellor, he did nut feel so strongly on the policy. Judgment for the plaintiff. The Loan CHUM JeSTIcE said that it tumid he more convenient to proceed no further in the Special Paper, as there were some motions fur new trials. GAMING-HOUSE. wiLLIAMS v. TAYLOR. The ATTORET-01NitnAL moved to set aside the verdict in thine's', and to have a new trial. The case had been tried in this Court a few days ago. It was an action brought by the plaintiff, under the Statute of Anne, to re cover quadruple the mils Info. IT his brother at the gaming ttble. The slim sued for *vas upwards of 2,000/. The Jury lad found only for a liwc of 4701., and for the penal amount of 6901. He founded his motion upon the ques tion put by the Jury when they returned, and asked his Lordship whether they could find a verdict for part of the sum. This was clear proof that the only witness for the plaintiff was not believed. They gave their verdict contra ry to the weight of the evidence, possibly from cotnpas slut), possibly from prejudice. The paper, pretended to be the acconut of losses from day to day, he now held in his hind, and was manifestly written at one time. The LORD enter JUSTICIL—HoW has it come into your possession ? The Arronnev-GeNtRAL.—It was found in the defend ant's book when they were returned. The Learned Gent. then proceeded to comment upon the contradictions to the plaintiff's evidence. The Loan Cuter 3T/slim—The credit of the witnesses and of this paper was purely far the consideration of the Jury. If they had believed both, and given the whole amount proved, ought the Court to disturb the verdict ? He certainly thought not. Ought the verdict to be disturb ed then because they gave lees P He thought not. The 'defendant's books were very suspicloas. • Thi e fa s iiatisTfil edrieurtad. Mr. Justice. Barr thought the Jury gave a merciful rerilict. Rule refused. SKINNER V. TUCKER. This nag an action to recover the penalty of 100/. against the defendant. under the 55 Oro. 111. c. 137, s. 6, which enacts that no clinrchuarden, overseer, or other person having the management of the poor. shall in his own name, or in the name of any other person, provide, furnish, or supply, for his own profit, any goods for the use of any workhouse, or for the support of the poor in his parish. daring his appointment, nor shall he concerned directly or indirectly in furnishing or supplying the same, or in any contract relating thereto, under pain of forfeiting lOU At the trial before the Lord Chief Justice in Middlesex, it was clearly proved that the defendant, being overseer of a parish near Holborn. did interfere in obtaining for a rela• lion a contract for coals, and'assiated him to perform It.— The suggestion made was, that he was himself really the contractor; hut the witness, who was of necessity call ed, swore positively that he had no pecuniary interest in the bargain; the Lord Chief Justice left the jury to say whether he had or not ; and they found a verdict for the defendant. Mr. GURNEY now moved for a rule to show cause why there should not be anew trial, on the ground that this d►- rection was wrong ; for, under the lut clause of the act, it was not necessary that the parts' offending should have a pecuniary interest in the transaction. The COURT granted a rule to show cause. COURT OF COM 110 N PLEAS -YESTERDAY. 8 COCK EXCHANGE RGAINS TRANS ACTIONS.—TIME BA . RAWLINGS V. HALL. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a s'ock-broker, to recover on a Bill of Exchange accepted by the defendant, who resisted the cl tiro oa the ground of the corrupt and illegal nature of the consideration for which it was given, it bring for the settlement of the differences on accounts in certain time bargains for Stock between the parties. The Jury on the trial found for the Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN now moved to art aside the verdict, on the ground of the corrupt nature of the transac tion, on the ground of one of the witnessee, the broker in the transaction, having refused to rimier certain questions on the trial, and to produce his books, the Learned Judge (Burroughs) before whom the cause was tried, having rub d upon objection raised, that the witness was neither hound to answer if he conceived his answer might expose him to the danger of a prosecution for penalties under the Act of 2 tiro. 11. cap. viii., commonly called Sir John Barnard's Act, nor produce the book. if it contained evidence which might he turned against himself on such prosecution. In support of his motion the Learned Ser geant argued that the iiitness was nut defended from answering the question, because. looking at the date of the transaction, and the period of time which had subse quently elapsed, there was no possibility of any proceeding for penalties upon that transaction !reing ins:tared against the broker. The business was done, according ,to the memorandum of the account in the broker's hand-writing in April, lb - 23, and the trial took }dace in December, coo sequently more than six months hail elapsed. blr. Justice PARK —Bat the penalties under Sir John Barn ird's Act may he used for withiu twelve months,—a period which had not then elapsed. Mr. Sergeant VAUIIIIAN then proceeded to argue that the proceeding fur the penalty was in the nature of a civil suit, and analogous to an action for debt, and therefore the witness wee bound to answer by the terms of the Act 46 Geo. 111. Cap..l7. Mr. Justice PARR referred to the statute, and read the clause recited by the Learned Sergeant, which enacted that a witness should not be excused from answering, through fear of exposing himself by his answer to any proceeding for debt, or any civil suit, either at the suit of the Crown, or of any private person, but should be obliged to answer unless there was danger of exposing himaelf to penalty or forfeiture, or to any proceeding for recovering the sante. Mr. Sergeant VAEGIIAN then proceeded to urge the third ground on which he rested his motion, viz., the refusal by the Broker to produce his book. The Statute to which lie had before referred, obliged the Broker to keep a book containing an accaunt of all bargains in stock transacted by him ; or iplevionahly to serve as evidence of the nature of such transactions, but that enactment would he wholly nugatory it it were to be contended that the Broker, though hound by the Act of l'ariament to keep such a hook, could not be rappelled to produce it in evidence whenever called upon to do so. When the Court looked to the object of the Litislature in pasaing that Act. which was to check those transaction.; which it described as infamous, and to put an end to gerribling in the putlic funds, be was sure they would feel disposed to put the most liberal construction upon it, with a view to furthering that object. When, therefore. they found that the Act with a view to the securing of such evidence of the nature of such transactions as might ensure the conviction of the parties engaged in them, directed that such a book should be kept, he felt assured that they wonlil not allow the inten tion of the, legislature to he defeated by the refusal of the broker to produce his hook in evidence, u hen called upon to do so, though the refusal should even b.' granted upon the avprehension of exposing himself thereby to a proceed ing for the recovery of the penalties to which he may have rendered himself liable by such transactions under the Act of Parliament. The Leap CHIEF JUSTICR--." We will not trouble you, Brother Vaughan, any further at present; the poiut is certainly deserving of consideration, yon may therefore take your rule."—Hule granted. EDWARDS V. nELL AND OTHERS. This was an action against the publisher proprietors of The Times for having published a deratovito:y libel' on the plaintiff, a Dissentinelinister. The defendants plead ed first nut guilty, and secondly a jn , t:fication ; and the cause .vas tried at the Sittings after last Trinity Teruo, when the Jury, under the direction of Mr. Justice Btu- Plug It, xho tried the cause, returned a verdict for the plain. tiff on the general issue, with 40a. damages, and fur the defendants on the special jas•ification. Mr. Sergeant PELL on a former day in this Term had obtained a rule to shew cause why the verdict s h ou ld nut be entered for the ottiutiff, on the whole of the pleadings non obstanie veredieto, on the grotind that the justification did not sufficiently cover the words ot the libel. Mr. Justice PARK on this day read an abstract of the pleadings. and Mr. Sergeant VAughan ap:P-ared on behalf of the d e fendants, to allow cause against the rule. Mr. Sergeant 'faddy followed on the saute side. Mr. Sergeant Pell replied in support of the rule, and was followed by Mr Sergeant The LORD CRIES JUSTICE then d. livered judgment, ob serving that in this case a motion had been made to enter a verdict for the plaintiff, notwithstanding the motion for averment on the part of thr defendant, in justification of a libel which was the subject of the action. His Lordship next adverted to the principal points of the libel, and said that the sting of it appeared to hint to be in the alteration, which imputed to the plaintiff that he had indulged in per - sonalinvccires, and that too in a place which ought to be Appropriated to religious and moral instruction. This was certainly a grave and serious charge, hut then the defendant "justified it ; for the words in question could not be con ' sidered in any other sense than as personal invective,. The allegation in the plea showed that the plaintiff had uttered the words, and that the answer was sufficient to prose them to have been personal invectives. The words, as be understood-tbem, did not refer to the character of the fe. malt in her capacity as teacher, but to herwerrevareandttet ,Yet, as the libel was in the charge- fit oittring personal invectives, thus far the substantial part of thejustifization was (math out. As to that part *Ws' r•feired to the matter being about to be taken op seriously, it might ei titer mean that some proceedings were in contemplation for removing the party from the situation he filled as minister , o the chapel. or that the female herself would seek redress, against him. Under all the circumstances of the case, his opinion was, that the ju•tiftcation was made out, and that the judgment in favour of the defendant ought to stand affirmed. Mr. Jnstice PARR and Mr. Justice BURROUGN coincided in opinion with the Lord Chief Justice, and the rule was accordingly discharged. POLICE. Maarstoar-Housg.—The keeper of the workhouse of St. Sepulchre's parish yesterday attended, as we understood, to acquaint the Lord Mayor that he had received Margaret Rice, the unfortunate girl whose case of attempted suicide and seduction by a Quaker was stated in our paper a few days since. The keeper begged to state to his Lordship, that the case as it appeared in the public papers was very much mitigated, and that the full circumitances of the case were of extreme aggravation. The Quaker who seduced the unfortunate girl was a man of about 35 years of age. and she• was only 18. He had pursued her for more than eighteen months before he effected his pnrpose During that time she lived in a very respectable situation, and was very lunch liked. He persuaded her to leave it, and go and live with his mother. When she accepted the situation, he made us , • of the opportunities that it gave him, and in about 8 months after she gave way to the promise of marriage which be ;wade ta her. He (the workhouse keeper) had been to the mother of the Quaker, who still refused to have any thing to do with tier, and would only believe that her son was reduced. She allowed no corn passion whatever for the unfortunate girl. The former mistress gave her an excellent character, and so well con vinced was she of her innocence, that she offered to take her back into her service after she was delivered. The Lorin Nletrott expressed his pleasure at this state ment, and requested that every attention aright be paid to the pour girl. In consequence of the report of the state menu, he hail received :A., which sum had been sent by sonic charitable person, van to he given to the unlortu nate girl, and part to be hestoiseil as a reward to the poor woman who proven ed her committing suicide, and with rare generosity received her, when she was spurned for her misfortune by othe:a of her sex.—The Quaker has not yet been found. James Benjamin. a middle-aged man, was charged under the. Vagrant Act, with having been found begging and sweeping the streets In Cheapside. The prisoner, it ap peared, was a shoemaker, an inhabitant of St Luke's, and had been compelled, by the sickness of his wife, and a great deal of distress, to apply to his parish for relief. Warn lie attended the Board he only obtained two shillings, and when he afterwards applied to one of the ov..rseers, who went and saw the distress of his family, he only got a abilling more, and was told to go and sweep the s'ree.s, and he o mild then get enough of money. The neighbours, the officer who apprehended him admitted, gave him • good character, as a hard working industrious man. The LORD Meets,' expressed great surprise at the state ment of this mode of getting rid of those who were un avoidably poor. It was extremely disgraceful, but the present case perhaps accounted for the boasted lowness of the rates in that parish. A man, however, who would work and was willing to work, who had a sick family, and was reduced to misery by a continued failure of his means of subsistence, must nut be treated in this way, and sent to seek his existence from the hand of precarious charity. He had, by obeying the directions of the overseer, rendered himself liable to be sent to the tread-mill, and it was not to he permitted, when efforts were waking to clear the streets of beggars, that their number should be augmented in such a manner. His Lordship regretted that the parish was not within his jurisdiction, and ordered the poor man to be immediately discharged. He was directed to go be fore the Magistrates of the district, and summon the over seers for refusing to give proper relief. BOW•STRlCET.—illonsieur Achilles De Lcake, a most tremendous -looking military beau, with a pair of patent mustachios and costume of the latest Parisian fishion, was brought up from the watch.house, having been taken into custody the preceding evening, in Drury-lane Theatre, rips on a charge of being disorderly. It appeared from the statement of the officers that the defendant had entered the Theatre at half-price, and obtruded himself into one of the dress-boxes, in a very unruly manner, and thereby created some interruption to the audience. Quietness was, how ever, at length restored; and after the play he went into the lobby, where he commenced a running fight with the fair votaries of dissipation in that centre of attraction, many of whom he treated with great roughness. The officers at length interfered, and drew from hitn many in vectives on the English police. Finally lie flung in orange which he held in one of his hands, in the officer's fare; and was in consequence, after some resistance, taken into custody. (in being questioned, he said, he was an officer in the French service, and lived upon his property. Sir R. Massie Said, whatever might he his rank, he was not to be permitted to disturb a peaceable and respectable audience to a Theatre, by his violence. his Wurshi a then observed that he had heard there was a nest of foreigwrs living in the Metropolis without any visible meatis of support; under these circumstances he should make some inqairies at the Mien Olhue respecting Achilles. anti, in the interim, lie ordered him to fled bail for the aasault. AIifAIROUGII-11TRERT. —Yesterday, a young gentle.. man, who gave Ilia name Henry Jenwsaid,w4. char•.ell nit!' defrauding 1 . . n ler fake pretences. Mr Sheppard, who keeps the Hotel railed t: a 1 ape' lel Call* , Bum!- •tre •t. Mr. Sheppard steteil, Ih t a few days ago Mr. MM/anal.l drove up to his untie in a gig, handed his great coat to one of the servants, which was stained nit!) blood, to he cleaned, and walked into the coffee-roam. where he hail some refreshmeni. He called the next clay, and agoin took refreshment, aed hereon ed :is. in a Ivor. He had keen previously known to Mr. Sheppard. On Wednesday night last he came a;!ain. accompanied by a gentleman, n horn lie represented to Mr. Sheppard as Sir John Murray, a ::e!:tte• 'HMI of great arid said, " Now, Sheppard. I have brought you a gno 1 customer, and we sh ill have sotn, r ood dinners." They drank six bottles of burnt claret, anti Mr. Nl6Donatti ordered dinner ft?' four for the following Fri day. The party accordingly met and dined on that day ; to wards the close of the evening, Mr. Sheppard came into the room, and. in conversation with 51r.51•Doitald, another dinner was spoken of for the following day. He mentioned t..e cir cumstance to his wife on going down stairs, and she i ume diately said it was plain they intended not to pay the hill at present, and that site would speak to the first of the party that came down, which she accordingly did. Mr. Sheppard, on en tering the room soon after, was spoken to by Mr. Nl'Danalti in a very angry lone, as one of his friends had been sp 'ken to by Mrs. Sheppard about the hill, and said lie would give a cheek for 151.; the person who was represented to him as Slr John Murray, then said, " Never mind ; it's all woman's talk ;" and added, " Come. Sheppard, I'll let you have a draft on my bankers for 101." the amount of the dinner bill was 71. Ile drew on the bank ofsl . Ladbroke and Co. Bank buildings, for the 101., sod 51r. M•Donald then said, "Now, Sheppard, you have got the draft, let us have more wine for the balance,' which they had. The next morning Mr. tilteppe , d presented the draft for pal meat, sad was told at the bans that the drawer was unknown there. Mr. CoNatet here asked the prisoner what lie had to say to this charge, and questioned him closely as to who he was, as well as the company he bad with h itu ? He replied that Lls father was a Cuionel in the Invernt!as Militia, that „ ....-- ii ,haliad been t the habit of dining at STteppard's ifot e t with parties, and that hr had regularly paid his hills, tw o was called, who proved that they were. He denied of which were prodneetli- but doubts of their being i n t h e of Mr. Sheppard having been augg est .„l ,:t.laf , l hwhaaativittlie:rgyriretpinreKsented Mr. Murray as Sir John Murray. and sail that he was the sun of Sir John, and that he cautioned Mr. Sheppard against running a bill with him, as he was hut a minor. His other two friends were, li e sa id , Mr. Nome, a Solicitor, and Nit'. Amid, an Olficer on half. ? :, ; ., He disclaimed all intention of not paying Mr. Sh , nsar;i, and said that he begged him to bold Mr. Murray' s for a few days, which he refused to do t and which if he had done, it would have been paid. He was asked wllera his father's address was? He replied at Chelsea, but dill not recollect the 'lumber. It further appeared, th at hr directed Sheppard, to whom be represented himself a s Colonel Dunidt.totslatey to any person that mi g ht as k far him n et l th was to be seen every ev en i ng at iM: hotet that five o'clock. Mr. ('ONANT he conceived thecae of f4lie preterite was clearly made ont f rom the ri re(11114 that Air. Sheppard so pointedly stated, of his (the prisoner's) h called for more wine on the credit of a cheek h turned out to be a false one, and ordered Lira to find bail to answer the charge at the Sessions. UNION HALL—Yesterday Sarah Church, a young v ie of 17 years of age. anti William Bruton, a man alma. .10, were brought herire It. J CitAmnims, Esi , the for m r charged with having robbed her father, an incluvri uns I mechanic, and the hater wit's being an a t cc a e h s t s:ir t y lo bef o tir c e i i is fact. John Church, the father of the female prisoner, stated, that on the 12,th instant, be went to hei at night, and pitt his trowsers, containing 14 soverei2n, and a pound's worth of silver, under his pillw.. The next morning he missed both the trowsers and his money. — He added that his il engliter and Brown, who washes .hop. mate, knew that he was a saving man an I 1t0a,.1-1 up 114 earnings, which he always curled about hint. Jane Church wife of die list witness, stated that on the night ment i one d , after her husband had retired to bed, their daughter came to the house and asked permission to sleep there that night; the next ninrning, when her husband got up for the pia pose of s'riking a light, the daughter slipped unperceived out of the house, taking with her the 'rows Ts belongi ng ; to her father, with all the money he possessed in the a or h . On discovering the theft, she and her husband went to cleir daughter's lodging, in Carnaby-market, but could nut find her. The poor woman added, that her husv - ;anal was . a shopmate with the prisoner Brown, who had taken a ha l e advantage of them, and seduced their daughter a week be fore lest Christmas, and she did not return to their lioase until the evening of the robbery. Headington, a constable, stated, that from infwmationhe apprehended the two prisoners at Brown's lottgin4s ,I in York Street, Christ Church. He produced the 1 tron•sers belonging to Mr. Church, which he stated he 1 i I had tonna in Brown's box, bet there was no money in the , pockets. . - - - • - - The female prisoner, wl,o appeared to he nbsorhed in gri-f, during the tine her f Wier and mother were giving their evilceee, reqo-sted to he allowed to toile a con fession of the robbery, as an atonement f o r her miscon duct tow iris her parents. Her statement was to this elled: —I sin seventeen years of age, and was liaLling in Tyler Street, Csrn shy Market, list Christmas, w lien I was svilitced by the prisoner, Win. Brown, who had been shoe mate wtb my father, I lived nearly a weed with him at his own lon gings, after which he took a room for ins in Carnahy Market, during which time I had heen frequently visited by Browo. About a week after Christmas ne told me he knew my father bid money, and persua led me to rob hits, promising to take me to sea for two or three years. if I would get at it. lie eon tinned his persuasions for about a week, and I a length consented, and made up an excuse, when I went; I house for the purpose of robbing my father. After I had taken the money in the way described by my lowlier, I went to Bro.. n's lodgings in York-street, Christ-ehitru, and we afterwards went to a public house, and I there t.o't a hag out of toy father's pocket, which contained fourteen sovereigns and some silver, out of which I gale him three sovereigns. Ile then got a coach and removed av iy his things from his lodgings to another part of the town. ll'e bought new clothes, visited places of ainusemen . , and r qte in coaches ab int the town until the money was all ex pended, and we were both taken prisoners by Headington, the constable. The Magistrate observed that it Was a case of a very atrceiuus nature avinst the male prisoner, as it was evi dent he had lirst seduced the poor yoonz gill, and ii id Melt I prevailed on her to rob her father of all his hard-earned savings. lie must commit the girl, as he thought that in , I ti e deplorable eundi ion she was iii, she would he taken 1 care of in the Infirmary of the prison. 'f hc p risoners were then fully committed. Waved sy a Conn: man, of the name of Norman, servant to Richard Mead, Esq., solicitor, of foonton, pot an end to hi. existence by rotting his throat; he hail previonsly attempted the life of a female, hi< fellow servant, by s hoot• inz at her with a pistol loaded sySth ssvan shot. She hal received the greater part of the diorite, and she now lies with little hope of recovery. The neighboors were shortly afterwards alarni•d he a treat einis.ion of stn ,ke from tip' house, °evasion/41, as it is supposed, by time wad tin 4 of the pistol; bat by the timely appear sn . e of wster, the lit., which had a lready taken place, was extinguished wiani: farther tnischief.—Craunfon Courier ) ____ COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tuasoay. Amsterdam c. f.. 19 2 Gibraltar 30 01 Ditto at Sight ll 19 Leghorn ........ ... .46 v: Rotterdam 19 3 Genoa ....43 0 1 Antwerp l2 4 Venice Italian Liv.•.. 27 0 llamburgit. .• • •••••••••82 4 Malta .. . .... ........ 1.5 ADoua Paris, 3 daps' siglit 23 80 Palermo roz.ll6 C Di tto 96 80 Lisbon 6 2 0 Rordenua 26 SO Oporto 5 4 0 Frankfort on the .lain "138 Rio Janeir0........,. 40 0 Petersburg 3us p rble 9 B a h ia 3l e Beriin ...Cur Dolls 7d lOge. Dublid oti Vienna, Er. 0 m fib 10 II Cork .. . ... ....... 9ti Trieste ditto lO 19 nuwon. perm Madrid.... 304 0 Portugal soldia e 01n.01.04. 1 V Cadiz Flilboa .3. 0 New Itoubloons....o 0 0 Rareelone ..11.5{ 0 New Ootlars ...... 0 41: Seville -------- mAztruen. On Monday. at St. Pancras , by tie Re y. lf. Shepherd. Plnosbe, ES . sursteott, Rus‘ell-stteet, to Miss Emma Lloyd. of Clopiod. Oa llooday, est Pancras new church, dlr. T. Sta.tyrttught, ton-place, to 31 Is* of Rlchroonimroon. On Saturday. at St. James's church, John Wak 61'11 e. Esq. OH Bur t. Burlington °' to Hartiott glizatreth. only child of the late M. Anthony, En ". 1 house, Berks. of Morn 4 DIED. Bart. tFh.o6tsiloirnqAtrgth,ottrnßovivalzitinnet,heinentinstyBCottholperrilr.,.. Sir Brooke BootkbF. on the t3d inst..ait his house at Osted, Lieutensht Co!arel Francis ‘ 5O. Dellis. On the 2Gth Inst.. at Chislehurst , W. Westall, Esq. aged Si, forme ,ll nigh street. Southwark. year.o the 2.. th instant, Stephen S. Ward, Esq.:of Plaistow, Estes, in h a l; On Priday,the I C fast. at Park-house,' tr enche r Trace, Devon. MC fy George Hunt el .pp q. banister at law, and of tlw Honours,' Middle Tons* Society. o. floral On Use *lrk inst., in c'erey-street,J. Hervey, M. Do Ilrello6 of College.of Physicians. trt Batty Mo , day morning, the Sri fed. at Bromley, Charlotte, daub of late 11. Holland, Di. Shlantoptrece. So 10, 14 ' On Thursday. the 27th lentos', It the Sarre/ DlSPen 9ar Y . fat at the early age of 2th Mr. lienjambs Hugert, late apothecary to Undo t Printed end Patilishedabbe Wier. Vu. 2U7, Stroud, by R. WARTMLL, LL.D. Proprietor. - r:< -~- w ~~~ . .