The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-08-06 00:00:00

4 - COURT OF CHANCERY, AUGUST 5. —asausa,-. !MUT V. STRUT. Mr. Harr applied for a writ of we treat regao, on he halrof MM. Hrusills Street, to restrain her freehand from going out of the country. The plaintiff hsd obtained a de crest aralost Mm on srconnt of his adnheries, awarding se pallier, and alimony, in the C,onsistory Conn of the rho ergs tif Exeter, and he had appealed against it in the supe rior Eeeleriasticaf Court; and the writ was moved for, in the prrs'nt fastener, on secteent of arivars of the interim alimony ordered by the Spivitttal Conn, ?vacate life, td. tether with some roue in the proceeding., the defendant /urine given good matins to believe that he was shoot to tell his property and quit the kingdom, in order to avoid compliance with the decree. A motion had been made it • the Vice.Chaneellor's Court. where it had been gnashed The question here was the same as that which was before his Honour, and come eases were cited in which this Court Lad shown its reoLn•ers to aid the Spiritual Courts in en forcing their decrees in cases of this nature, those Cordite being without the means of compelling obedience to their own sentences. The LORD CHANCeLLOR said that it was a great question if this Court had ever granted a writ of ne exeat re no upon the sentence of *Spiritual Court for alimony which was wp raled against. He thought that the Court took a formid. r.ble step in allowing the Writ in a ease of alimony at all. On the other hand, his Lordship did not appear to think, that the remedy suggested by the defendant's counsel of pursuing the urit de excontneanicato eapiendo to outlawry would be very sufficient against a delinquent party who escaped to Brussels from the judgment of the Spiritual Court. He promised to look into the matter this afternoon, and determine to-morrow morning. EX-FARTS MINUS FALLoirrli, IN THS MATTI& OF TIM ZARL OF FORTRAirouTif, A LUNATIC. • The ATTORNET-ORNBRAL moved on behalf of the com mittee, that it be referred to the Master to inquire what steps .bnitld be taken in any other Courts respecting his Lordship's marriage. and also concerning certain deeds which Its Lordship had signed,from which it was desirable that lie should be relieved. The Loan Cnewcititoa directed the order to be taken, only varying the terms to "whether any and what pro ceedings," to that this Court might not prejudice the case in any manner. VICE-CRANCELLOR'S COURT.-TEESDAY. EX-PARTE 1;1311 1N NE EVANS. ?*lr. hose staled that in this r;11 se an execution had 'Veen Witted nrainst a hankropes estate by one of his cre flirors, on the 13th of May. On the 24th of May a com mission Ara, taken out to flyf.at that execution. The com mission so taken oat Iga. suffered to remain onaeted upon for wire months, and the petition now presented to the Court preyed that it might be superseded on the ground of wilfnl di lay. . Mr. itIoTAGUE supported the commitotion. The VICE-CIIANCILLOR said that in giving hisjudgment lie '!tnnld take the clear principle as laid down by the Lord Chancellor. This commission had been taken out for the obvious purpose of defeating an execution against the bank rupt's estate. flowerer, the commission was not proceeded boon for:aloe months, and the question was whether the treat Seal could suffer a commission to stand valid, after it had remained unproceedetl on for that space of time. The Great Seal could not tolerate wilful delay in inch c.isv. But then it might be said that the delay was st jib the consent of the creditors. That was no answer whatever. . Mr. MoNrtatne said there was an affidavit to show that no farther debts had been contracted by the bankrupt in the interval. The VICE-COANCELLOR thought thlt argument of no avail. I rtvas no Answer to ray that the bankrupt and the 'creditoii had connived in the delay. This brought him hick to the printiple that the Court ought not to allow a commission to stand valid where there was wilful delay.— ) t the Court should sot ereede this commission, it would have the -effect 'sneer the late Act of Parliament in reference I. 11.1t.hrop.ry cases, of depriving the creditors of the dis tribution of • the property. This consideration. however, (-light not to induce the Court to retain a commission upon a principle injurious to the interests of the public. The erfer principle was, that a petitioning . creditor who wilfully delayed proceeding on his commission, should not be al .laved to retain it. Ilia llononr then ordered the commie s'on to be superseded, and suited a point of law in reference t 9 the case, from the II sect. of the 49th of the late King. Ex-PARTS CIJA3IDERS lx RE 431.013.1CR5. . _ This was a petition to supersede a commission of batik r;t•tcy on the fallowing pounds. llonNE stated that a commission had been taken out atainst the bankrupt's estate by an attorney named Wood, ft riding at IVolverhampton. The petitioning creditor's flebt was insufficient to establish the commission, bein; kss than and the amount was previously included in the s.shellule of the bankrupt %then he was about to take the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors' Act. The last exarni- Eation of Ilse bankrupt in the Insolvent Debtors Court, ssas postponed for some technical informality, and in the ;neon time the defendant took out his commission. T:.e Vice-CetaNCIMLER granted an order for superseding Cenimission. KEN r sUNIMER ASSIZES.---NIAIDSTONE, MONDAY. --...11M..•- CIV I L SIDE. WILLS T. OSBORNE. . This wts an action on the Stith Cleo. 111., c. 107, to recover from the defendant a penally of lOW., for supplying the poor of the.parish of Sutton Valiance with provisions, whilst he Eard the office of overseer. Mr. GL RNLI' and Mr. ADOLPHUS conducted the plaintiff's rose, and fir. MAR RTAT and Mr. CHITTY the defendant's. It appeared that the defendant was appointed, in 182'i, by an order of teary, to the office of assistant overseer of the poor. at a :misty of 301. per annum. The controul and ma nscrement of the parish funds w,re vested in tie vestry and the regular overseers, the defendant's being the hand to pay money under their orders. Thu defendant kept a bunter's shop at Sutton Valiance. and it was proved. that, daring the lass year. several paupers applied to him for relief. With the • santiuu of the vestry. different weekly slums were allowed for the 4 maintenance ; but the defendant, instead of paying them in money, obliged them to take the amount is goods for sale in his shop. suck as butter, cheese. breed, fuel, &c. In one instance. where a poor woman, in ill-health, required soma mutton I.roth, end her husband was desirous of a few shillings to buy the meat to make it, the defendant refused to give any l'apisisey.'ebd insisted upon his taking goods. Since the tom s • ...cement of. this action this practice bad ceased, awl now the paupers were paid in money. Under these eirettrustances. it ; t yre contended, that the case was within the terms and the policy of WC salutary Statute above-mentioned. Mr. AIARRVAT contended that the pl.fintif must be non -leaked, ard raised two points—first, that there was s variance between the evidence and the declaration ; end second, that „the defendant was not one of the class of persons enumerated .iu the Stste'e, upon whom the penalty could attach. As to the brat Objection, the declaration described the defendant as a e haring the c r • trout. or ler, direction, and manteemea t affairs of the poor of the parish. thehetbelag,that thecon ottigr.ilirectioil, and manage sent, was vested in the over t_ imersand vestry. Il e was merely an assistant overseer, Mad eonse ,tioontly be wga 9 , t properly described. Then, as to the second is. iheriefendant being an assistant overseer, he was I. sot within thi . penaltlei of the Act ; bat seppositm him to be si;fhatie irati no iron( of h apperiatitmet by two Justices; ati re 'spared by the 60th Up*: t 1.. *MA empowered the appoint - Saint of assistant ersinueiya and other "Irish °Meer.: Here Ibe def.-040i was only appointed lay as order of vestry,. not r-trattlithirkf byl two dualities. and that wirier 41st not Foist out • the daft..r of his Mee. Ur ‘111.4 111. Riaekstone's Rep 'rt.. Hit.; sad Stanley r:Dedd ; 2 Dowding and Hyland's Term . 748. 11111 r. Ovaat la; in reply, was stopped'hy DE Oaten Uaaulx. WI; tspress.d thellttort at 111• 1 • 0 ‘ 110 THE STATESMAN. Antenewnwwwasn tion of his opinion, that there was noshing in either of the objections. In the first place, the defendant was well dte scribed..as , a person• having the controul, order, directions and management of the affairs of the poor ; and second: hatrin% acted as' ad assistant overseer, it was unneeemary fee dmilaintlff to prow the validity of his appointment, 1w order so bring •Itim within the operation of the sta. tote. The Learned Judge, therefore, directed a verdict for the plaintiff, with one penalty of ICC. with liberty tollse defendant to move to enter a nonsuit upon both points. CROWN SIDE. James Jacobs was indicted for forging a promissory note fbr 10/. at Tonbridge. on the 4th of March, with in tent to defraud William Jefferyland John Garr. A second roast charged him with uttering the same note knowing it to be forged. Two other eonnts charged him with utter ing the note from the sum of U. to the sum of 101. The case was this:—On the 4th of March the prisoner bargained with Mr. Cambridge, a butcher of Tonbridge, for the purchase of a cow and calf, at the price of 91.. in payment of which sum he tendered a 101. Chatham Bank note, out of which was given him a 11 note in change. A. ter passing through several han?e, the supposed 101. note was paid into the Hastings' Bank, where it was discovered that it had been originally a 11. note, and had been altered to a 101. note, and it was at length returned to Mr. Cam bridge, who was obliged to make good the amount. On the 26th of July the prosecutor's servant being at Horse monden Fair, saw the prisoner there, whom he immediately recognized as the person who bad paid the note to his mas ter. He accosted him and told him the circumstance. The prisoner said he did not know him, and seemed anxious to get away. Upon being pressed as to the transaction and his recollection of it, he said it could not be him, for be bad never in his life been at Tonbridge ; that he had never purchased a cow and a calf; and that be had never been rich enough to possess a 101. note. The servant was, how ever, positive in his recollection of the prisoner, and caused him to be detained by a constable. The prisoner then al tered his tone, said he did remember something of the transaction, but that he had no idea that the note was a bad one, hut if it was, he must stand by the loss, which he should be happy to make up to Mr. Culnbridge. The alteration of the note, and all the formal parts of the case were satisfactorily established. The prisoner, in his defence. said he had taken the note from a stranger, that he had no knowledge of its being in altered one, and that be passed it to the prosecutor in per fect ignorance. Mr. Sergeant ONsLow charged the Jury that the ques tion for them to determine, was whether the prisoner ut tered the note with a guilty knowledge, and desired thew to weigh the evidence with great deliberation. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty--LOnavu. The aw ful sentence of the law was passed upon him. GUILDHALL, h[WcISTL ►, Acausr 2. CIVIL SIDE. INSOLENCE OF OFFICE. .WATSON r. CARR. This was an action broughi by the plaintiff to recover compensatory damages for an assault and false imprison. meet committed by the defendant, who is Captain of the Watch of the Town of Newcastle. It appeared that two parties of Fining mon met outtalk in the street ; that they were hinting to each other some disposition to dislike. The one party addressed the other with the lines of " Fly rot yet," to which the other re sponded, " Oh, stay !" Some slight scuffle ensued and the watchmen came up. Two of the plaintiff's friends having been taken so the watchhouse he followed with the hope of bailing them. Iwthe place of accepting his security, the defendant, the Captain of the Watch, confined him in a dungeon with the vilest offenders in the House of Correc tion, where he remained the whole of the night, until be WAS discharged by the Magistrate. Several witnesses were called who proved the aggravat ed cbaracter of the assault. _ Mr. SCARLETT, for the plaintiff, stated that as the inter ests of public justice alone induced his client to bring the adieu, he did not seek excessive damages. On the part of the defence, it was contended that the de fendant had only exercised those powers which he had in right of his office, at well under the common law as by a specific act for regulating the watch of the town of New castle. _ _ Mr. Justice BATLEY, in charging the Jury, observed, that neither the common law nor any local act recognised such an unjustifiable exercise of official authority. It was ersentiat to the doe administration of justice that men whose duty it was to execute the law should be restrained within their fair and legitimate powers. He recommended to the Jury to give moderate, temperate, but unt vindictive or excessive damages. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages4os. with costs. POLICE. MANSION nousg.—Yesterday the LORD MAYOR stated, that he understood a charge against Ady, of Hounsditch, stood over for consideration, and he wished to know why the prosecutors had not come forward ? The Chief Clerk said, be understood that Ady had sa tisfied the party by returning the money which be had ob tained, and by *paying the expences. • The LORD Mavoa stated, that in consequence of the publication of the charge, he bad received various letters from different parts of the country, complaining of the conduct of Ady. krom those letters it appeared that his system of sending letters was in full force and activity, and that lie had got a printed circular, which be sent to those whose names were inserted in the List of Unclaimed Dividends, to their relations, or to those whom be fancied to be their relations, informing them that, upon the re ceipt of a sum of :money, he could give them advantageous information—which was, that their names were inserted in the List of Unclaimed Dividends. His Lordship read inseveral of those letters, one of which was sent to the He•. Mr. Friend, of Canterbury. One correspondent expressed his surprise that Ady should 61111 him out; but all had been pat on their guard by the statement 'in the Newspapers. As it had been mentioned in the Papers that this man bad been tried an.l acquitted, his Lordship wished it to be known that the acquittal was obtained upon a technical informality in the word of the conviction at the.Mansiou house, and not upon the merits of the case ; the question as to the legality of the practice was therefore still open. GUILIIIIALL.—George . Harvey, a drover, who was charg ed on Saturday by Statnton, one of the officers of Smith. field, upon suspicion of having stolen a sheep, was brought up yesterday for final examination, before the sitting Ma gistrate, Mr. Aldermen Kat • Hughes, a drover, having occasion to go to Smithfield,on Friday last, between live and six o'clock, Seeing the pri soner with a sheep at that omissial hour, when the market is .lways cleared, took the trouble to watcll him. lie fol lowed hint into Cloth Fair, and saw him drive the sheep in to a butcher's shop there, tie the creature's legs, and take it behind a curtain, as he supposed, for the purpose of slaugh tering it. He stood for a few moments on the opposite side of the way, till hearing from the noise theaniwal was mak ing, it hail been stuck : be crossed over, and said, " you wretch. Hervey, who po drover's sheep is it you. bare there ?" The prisoner at first replied *nip " what's that to you," but presently added, that it was a' r. Dibdin's, and afterwards observing Hughes waiting .about,. Unbowed to knock • Ids brains -'out, if' he trou►led • his bead with ' Hughes t hen 'went swee t and i alarmed Stsintoni the Whiter; of the eittanittanees, who i►amediately replifeed to the gimp. tad itavntObat Dar vey bad broil& it itl as it *twig lse•had .....- . to drive to Holloway, but whieh ♦ea tired, and could not hot' got to walk there ; he thereforawished the butcher to kill and dress it, which ifielatter. such being the practice iii the trade when sheep fall lame, or acridents happrneti to them, agreed to do, expecting the owner wneld mad for it. nap. ton left another officer in chsrewof the carcase, whits he sought out and apprehended the prisoner, end he subse quently discovered the sheep had bieen detached trauma drove on their way from Cow-cross to d'arwick-Lino. near New. gate market. The property was readily identified by tin mirk, on the skin. The prisoner's defence was, that he was sent by Mr.,Dib. din, of Vauxhall, to get three sheep of his out of the pens in Smithfield ; that he could only And there the sheep alleg ed to have bei , i stolen, and that believing it to be Mr. Deb ain's, and finding it was unable to milk, be had taken it to be slaughtered. • • The prisoner said, he bail semi for Mr. IMbdin, bat that gentleman 'lid not appear in his behalf, and be we/ commit ted for trial. Menr.nonounn Smear.--Williarn Hanopsoa, a very smart looking groom, was yesterday placed at the bar, charged with having robbed his master, Mr. J. Moore, son to the late Archbishop of Canterbury, who resides at No. 39, Curzon Street, May Fair. It appeared that about ten months ago the prisoner had been for about three weeks in the service of Mr. Moore, and one day while Lie master was absent in the country. he thought proper to make use of a valuable horse and gig on an excursion of pleasure, which he kept out the whole of the day, and when he returned at night he packed op a large quantity of wearing apparel, belonging to Mr. Moore, with which he absconded. On examining the horse, which was left in the stable, he was found to be quite disabled from the ill treatment he bail vs eeived, having his knees broke, and otherwise much injured. A warrant was at that time had against the prisoner, but although several counties have been traversed in search of him, no trace could be discovered of him until last week, when Clements, an active officer of this establishment, re ceived information that be was to he hearth. of in Leicester shire. To that county Clements proceeded, ' and having his warrau's backed there by his time the Duke of Rutland, he succeeded, after a long search, in ap prehending the prisoner at Melton Mowbray, and brought him to town. On their way up, he confessed the robbery to the officer, and told him where he bail pledged a part of the property at lirentford. Mr. Moore attended the exa mination, and identified the prisoner. Mr. Roe, the Magistrate, ordered that he should be re manded, and the pawnbroker at Brentforti summon , ' to attend. WOrtSIIIP-STlMT.—Yesterilav, the three boatmen were again brought before Humeri . : Liam, Ea'. for furtut.r exa mination. The watchman, Snellgrove, of Chapel-stseet, Edgware road, who sheltered the poor woman on Sunday nigh. ' cur • roborated the latter tart of her n unitive. Ile stated that about 12 o'clock on Sunday night he was in his box. near the second mi'e stone from Tyburn-gate, atthe third bridge on the Paddington canal, when he thuaght he heard a titan's footstep, and he turned his lanthorn, and saw a tallish wan at the gate close to the bridge, an I after him a woman, whom he sitice knows to be Elizabeth Clayton. They' both posed over the bridge in the direction to Harrow. Then he heard the man say, " You'll go a little further, and turn to the right, anti you will come to the Test-pot, and that will take you to Oxford•roail." "My good fellow," sail the ivatehmao, " you are directing that woman wrong ; von are directing her to Harrow instead of Oxford-road." The watchman then called the woman back, and she came back. The man then disappeare I. When the woman came back she seemed much agitated, anti scarcely able' to speak, and the watchman said, " Hood woman, what-part of Lon don do you want to go to?" Site said, "4 don't care where I go.P „The watchman observed, " Is there any thing the matter with you ?" She said there was a good dial the matter, for she had been very ill used by some of the bat men. He remarked, "It's uo use for you to go into London to night, for you will nut be able to procure a lodging, and I wilt let you sit in my box till I go away at 5 o'clock."— She said she would, and be glad. After he had gone his rounds and returned to his box, he asked her what the ill treatment had been? She told him that three men held her down in bed, when one of them committed the crime stated, and that the man who came up the bank with her was the man, and that her arms and legs were bruised very much. The watchman said," 1 wish you had told me of this sooner, and I would have taken the man into custody." He then gave her some bread and cheese and beer. Ile asked her if she should know the boat, and she Said she should know it by some painting on It. She remained in his box till five o'clock on Monday morning, when he went with her to the Gauging House on the Ca. oil, and there he, inquired what boats had passed about midnight, anti they were informed there were three, two of which were going to Paddington wharf, and one of them was going to 'Snell and Itobins's wharf, at the basin in the City Road. They afterwards went to view the two boats at Paddington, but she said neither of them was the boat. — The watchman then took her home to his wife, and after giving her breskrasr, he put her on a Paddington stage, with directions to put her down at the basin in the City Road. _ _ _ The man and woman passengers, though applied to and desired, did not attendat theothee, in consequence of which the prisoners were remanded, and summonses granted for the passengers' appearance. Lamastit Bv:tem—Yesterday a fellow with a wooden leg was brought before JOUR HARDWICK, Esq. on a charge of robbing and attempting to murder Mr. James Ho garth, grocer, of No. 16, Oreat.Eastcheap, upwards of two years ago. The particulars of this transaction are these:— About 10 o'clock on the night of the 10th of April, 1821, Mr. Hogarth was returning home through Leman Street, when he was accosted by a black woman, whom he accom panied to a house in Wentworth Street; they proceeded up 'stairs into a room where a man with a wooden leg was sit ting at it table; two persons named Brian M'Pnelau and Bridget M'Lschlan soon entered the room; and Mr. Ho garth, not liking their appearance, wanted to go away, but M'Phelan stood against the door, and prevented him: they then insisted on being treated with liquor, but he would not gratify them. The man with the wooden leg instantly demanded 31., which he said Mr. Hogarth owed him, but v - b as he had never seen any of the pattefore, he refused of course to give it ; the wooden legged man then collared him, threw him down, and called several times for a knife, which was brought to him. The black woman and he were then keeping Mr. Hogarth down by main force, and nearly strangled him ; they cut off his pocket, contaiaing 121.75.. and then the wooden legged man asked his companions if he should cut Mr. Hogarih's throat; they assented to and he proceeded to execute this horrid purpose, but Mr. tlogarth put bis hands to his throat, and received on them several dreadful cuts, until he became insensible. On com ing to his recollection, he found himself alone, without a light, and weltering in his blood. He anstrived to dad the door, and got down stairs; he informed thematchnian.of the dreadful usage he had received, and they apprehended bl'Phelan and APLachlan, who were tried at the following Old Bailey Sessions, but acquitted. The wooden legged man and the black woman absconded, aml.were not heard of until yesterday, when the prisoner earreodered himself: It appeared that the prisoner was a Greenwich pensioner, and immediately after lieu:aired orders wereseit, to Hessen: wich to apprehendkim *ben he applied for his pension, bat he bad obsoonded,.. and never applied for it since. • Mr. W orth, ea being questioned, , deolaved that lialcould shear thrprisoner the was, and Mr.. Hardwick premed. Min ohm ors • to- 'sr resemblance the prisarsersbons to the so" as, his .awanttee was 'holier:bet very , reesackablot batstill Mr. Hiserth could nut. carry • his , recellectio• far back. , • . ?~f s Mr. 111ARowicst.—There appears to be a decide.' Indispott don in you to give evidence, and it Is not to be borne that justice should be so defeated. However, we eau probably supply the delitielicy by other witnesses. Two watchmen proved, that on the night of the robbery the prisoner lodged in the house in question with a Mad: woman. and that Immediately afterwards they absconded, and bad not since been imard of. it was submitted on be:• ilf of the pri soner, that the simple fact of his lodging in the house at the time could not implicate him merely becaese he had a a lodes • ley, more particularly Ms Mr. Hogarth could not identil v him- Mr. IlLitowtca said, that unless it could be shown rl at et 'that time two men with wooden legs cohabited with black women in the Caine house, he should certainly commit tla • pri soner. The evidence waaalready very strong against doe pri soner, but in order to ohtaie the evidence of the person who was landlord of the house at the time alluded to, be "mule' ad journ the case for a week. FRATICIDE.—An inquest was held at three o'cloei • ea Monday afternoon. last, before Thos. litirling.E.q. carol ,Pr. at the lieorge Inn, Rystip, n•ar Uxhridge, on the bod 3 of a yoong man named William Aldridge, who wss tiered by his trother, Oeorge Aldridge, on Wednebslay last. Mr. Barrow Slade, assistant to Mr. James, a strums of Uxbridge, was called on about 8 o'clink on W. .Ines4hiy evening last; lie found the deceased lying on a bed wivt a greater part of the intestines protruding ; on further Pt:- amination he found a portion of the intestinal canal twits complttely divided. Witness wss then able to ascertain the extent of the external wound, which extended inlengtit seven inches, and mast have been• inflicted by some sharp cuting instrument. Deceased died on Friday morning, hi the inflammation and mortification of the wound. John Arters resides at Oakshade. in the county of Sur rey; the deceased and witness were mowing to.fether in a , small field adjoining the house; deceased's hrother. Geo. Aldridge, was also mowing in the field. The first word that took place washy George saying to his brother, " Yost told master we could not mow no more than an old W0M.1% an I you know that I can mow your legs off." Hie brut wr I.(tbe deceased) said, • " You cannot mow, nor keep up in company." Deorge Aldridge aimed a blow at the 'News 1 two or three times with the scythe, whiCh struck him in the side; deceased said. " You have ruined me for ever," ar.l instantly dropped' his scythe and came away, walking t,i this house with his entrails partly out ; the brolser kept mowing the round until hefid,shed it, but in his pas sion he chopped his scytheinto a tree. George Barker, of Ryslip„ overseer of the Grand Jnne tion Cat:al Company, stated that on Wednesday evening last be was going out of the back way of his house, and was informed by a person named Charles Martin, dint murder had been cuwutitted below. He hastevd to the spot where (Imaged had been wounded, and found the brother, Cleo. Ablridg., apparently in a state of derangement. and was cutting ..t the grass, not like mowing. Witness asked hint what be had done with his brother, for that Ike was like to cause his death ; when (leo. Aldridge replied, " U—n von, I'll serve you the same." Gee. Aldridge was then taken into custody. l'he.Jury took a view of the.body,,iod returned a veriliet of " Wilful murder against the brother. Oro. Aldridge." warrant was issued fur the prisoners commitment to Netvgate. On Tuesday last, Mr. We'sb, Governor of the City gal', having cause to suspect &Nom I Riordan (convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to be transported for life), of endeavouring; to blind or put out his own eyes, dimovereal he had wounded his left eye with a needle, and that Itu urged several of the prisouers to run needles into both his eyes. to .prevent his sentence bring carried into mention. Mr. W. after using every means to restrain the men from injuriag himself, informed hitu that nothing of that land could prevent his being transported. Hating cause to sos pect • atwitter attempt. Mr. W. watched Ikiak and found in his hand a paper of potash suffic:ent to blind ten men, lie then aelinook•ilifed before Mr. Maguire the whole of the above attempt to blind himself, and that he got the potash from his wife for an innocent purpose. Mr. Welsh seized the potash as she handed it to him. Riordan said it wits sugar.—(cork ildeertister.) CAUTION TO MOTHERS.—AII iorest was held yester day at St. Thomas's Hospital, by F. Shelton. Esq. on ,a child, named Henry French, who, is appeared, being left alone, had lighted a bunch of matches, with which he had been playing, and which set his clothes oe fire, and burst him so severely that be survived but a few days.—Verdict —Accidental Death. FATAL ACCIDENT AT BILLINGSGATE.—The imrne Hate occasion of the fatal accident at Billingsgre, y. rerdae morning, is stated to be as follows :—At midnight the tide flowed, by which the "dumb li,Ater" became on a level with the quay, which enabled persons to rep on from that to the oyster vessel 4, and as, according to ancient usage, the port is opened for the importation of oysters, as eons as Monday morning com:nenee, the unfortunate persons, hav ing been supplied, were returning the sane way they had gone to the vessel, and not recollecting Use tide had consi derably run down, by which the vessel became lowered in the interim, and being dark, they a'tempted to step up to the quay, in the act of which they fell into the river be tween the wharf and the lighter. • Had it been day light. the accident might not hsve happened. It is snppueed thi,4 melancholy event will induce the Lord-Mayor to put an en.l to a custom attended with so mach hazard, and prevent the port from being opened till break of day. The bodies of 3 of the persons drowned have been dragged op ; one of them of the name of Buck, lived in Fleet-market. The Timber of boats colleoted on Monday night was greater than has been remembered fur a long tune. The prices of the oysters varied from 12s. 6d. to 17s. a bushel. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Top•Ac. .....ow..—_ Amsterdam S. f.. 19 10 Gibraltar 30$ 0 Ditto at 5ight........ 4.19 8 Leghorn 4B t! 1 Rotterdam l9 11 Genoa , Antwerp l9 0 Venice Italia. L1v....28 10 Hambnrgb. 3B 9 Malta 45 41 Altona 3B 3 Naples 3O 0 Paris, 3 days' a1ght.....95 80 Pa1erm0........ ores 117 .41 Ditto ;WI 5 Lisbon. 6 it _ - _. - Bordeaux 26 5 ttporto 3.1 0 Frankfort on the Main —l6O Rio Janeiro 52 U Petersburg 3us p rble.. n Bahia ' 4O 0 Berlin .....Cur Dolls 7d lOgr. Dublin. 9l U Vienna, Er. 2 m fib 10 28 Cork Ol 0 Trieate ditto • .10 28 Istmarosi. per oz. Madrid 366 0 Portugal goldin coi n.Ol. 06.0 d Cadiz . 34 0 Foreigngold in bars 3/ 17.6 d Gilboa 30} 0 New D0ub100n5....3 13 0 Barcelona Seville . 33 0 Siiresinbars,standardo4lol BIRTH.—On the 4th inst., at Yules Court, the Viscountess Torrington, of two sons. itARRIED.—On the 4th inst., J. irsuchan, Rig., one of his Msjesty's sergeants at law, to the Right lion. Lomita Baroness tit, .14bo, widow 9f St. Andrew, late Lord St. Jona, of Blot soe, sod ®Other of the present Lord. • Ow the 6th last., at Bt. - Margaret's, Westminster. rr. John 114 , 4 1, 4 1 . of Duke-street, -Westminster, to Miss AMose•, of Frith-street, Bobo. • .41120 .—rAtAnitsfont. the Nor. Mr*. 'loom Orgy. aent to prepeptAarl of Mulford end Wartingtoo, &fad IMOCIO of Dr. Falconer, of Bath. Oa Sunday last, at Winton; la!theWel year of hit age, air' • Henry Meats, of 'Prinoe's 7 streat, Baok, solieltor. .LoatleD: Prlated , and Pabllabeelst theiOliae. No. An, Street', by W. WSNIUMLAL,ll.Nropriatei. n . immommoistllll ~- 4