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.t:t4 LAIV ISTELLIGLSCE. --ostroo-- CON/111' OP CIIANCI:RY SATEPP %T. JULY I. ,Tlti ItLV• EItT&TOW V. THE PAMIt'IIIONLES Of ST. t ItOMAS APOSTLE. The I.orel Chancellor gave his j ud g iner t in this case, and . obscrred, that it was no doubt. une of considerable interest rght ttee to the rights of the partio,genadering them in the situation in which they *wallet - ed. iquestion Lclure him um l'Attitletl on a motion 1:y the Rev. plaint f, vicar of the parish, praying the Court to aistiansi-e him to examine certain deeds whteh wept in the custody of the defendants. This motion was made oallte geoural, rf ate plainti claiming his right, as vicar of the 0414, to enjoy the proo:eds iris charitable estate. foundtd in the reiguef r.dcard Lys Mr. Chantpness, citizen anti tnercer.in Londo,„ ylio devoted a portion of it tia he paitlto the . -priest of St. Theism. f.tr saying so tuatty.masses for the soul of the deceased founder of die charity. Liter being regularly paid by the trustees to the dine of the reformtosation, hydlenry V d I. the funds devoted to superstitious puries were appropriateto the Crown ; but there aas 3 lebal'atioll in this case in behalf of this parish. The great fire in iCtliti destroyed the tenements on ,the estate, anaitg others ; and it was diiiicUlt tO say on a hat precise ground thee. prior to that tame. acre situated. The . - verishieners claimed a right to act its ue.stees of the et,tate. con• ; tending that the ititentito,of the founder sits to make them sat tl c vicar claimed them as being his. conse cuenee 01 the intention expressed by the founder. All in that war Ahereittre ashes' in the present stag , of th, business was, to allow him an inspection of the deeds and muniments of the chayity, for the purposeof 'aging enabled thence to ascertain on what each party iitaatd their claims. He had minmely read over the hill And answers, and, otnsiele.et t ;; them, he was of opinion that the prodnetion of them was necessary to decide this question.— . Jle tiutt.fore 4310 his judgment acetrdiagly. Ms•Notif. .4.I:GUST 2. THE PORTSNIOUTII BANK. ,te.s.erattalt TIIE SIGNS:EA IN THE starred OF AIINCHIN A AS ND OTHERS, BANIENTETS. Mr. Cullen stated, this seas the petitiun of the assignees of the banksuipheasrayisig that . the proceediaigs mister .rOtsfiliittslolll of hanks 'spicy, notch issued on the 10th of November last, spiels( be deposited aids is Lou eisisip's Secretary of Bankrupts, until au applicati JJJ which was intrusted to hr made to the Court of King's Bench was de cided ; that another commission might issue against the bank; opt* on the petition of Alt sander M'Leoel, a molt tor ; and that proceedings under the first commission to the cummissionets usidtr the second, if they should think . ..it ACC essary. Mr. Horne said, it ass his ditty to interrnpt his learned friend. As ape r.ion oas presented to his Lerdship to sup, rsede this commission with costs, he could only look at this petitioa as a nesoccov re of the assignees to get rid of the petition of his client. Mr. Montagne said, if. it. was a mance livre, be and his 1-,rued friend (Mr Collett) were the culprits, at it was prsenttil b. their aelsice. The Lotil Chuneellor.—l will bear this petition, at the SWIM time beating la my iniud that there is another peti tion pending. Mr. Chihli stated, that the petitioners were chosen as signers by creditors svho had debts against the ImuLi opts . to the ausouitt of :1'2,0001. an.: upwards; that these vette Itsost itsteortant proceedings taken under the commission ; list 'bete haul been 10 seri% ate meetings of the commis :dusters, besides public clltelk, and the bank' !opts had passed all their examinations. The commission issued un the p► titian of Messrs. Mastermans, bankers in London, and the assignees brought an action to a ecover a debt dee to the estate ; it was tried at the present wedges for Senthamp. ton, before Mr. Baron Graham. There the detendant seised a question as to the validity of the commission.— • The learned Judge was of opinion that there was a good petiltull iii g creditor's debt, but the petitioning creditor's so licitor being laity to the Avis of hauls topic) , committed by the bankrupts, they ekalal nut hold, as Messrs. :Haslet tames were answerable for the conduct of their solicitor, and the Jury returned a verdict for the defendant. It she Catlett ut Kieg's Bench granted a new trial, it wools, not come on till &piing t and abliutigh Baron Graham was 44f opinion that the acts of bankruptcy were not good li• re Messrs. Mastermane, yet he we.. sof o,ststion they would lie good as to any other pe titiostiog creditorossul ut course moti:el lie valid as they related its Mr. Al•Leuel. He had site affidavit of Air. Bibles., the solicitor oft he essignees, which set forth. that his clients had entered into 4usti reels fur the sale of the resit and pet soital estates of the bank• lopts, asset had seceiv eel ttttt rtgages hoist debtors to the isankrupts' eatales t and also bail 114.4•SiSeti 1e55•551 sumo bons ether deism 5, wliutn they had brought actions :ivies, fur the recovery, but objets Mete abated by the payments made, and that they, the assigness, hail assets in their hands belstiging to the beets, epts' estate amount. lug to 35,0001. Ile (lite teaseled couidel, could out conceive any thing meta hrelpl than that his Lordship should use the judicial power abide hail been placed in his hands, stud grant the strayer of One petition ; and, imbia opinion, the re was nothing that could rte so pet nicious to the ends of Justice as stiperseding the commission. Mr. Moos:ate followed. Mr, list t, counsel fur the petitioning creditors. 'Messrs. Nash' I maws, said lii' clients wet e ieatty to submit to. soy eider his Lesidstip might please to make fur the bent tit of the i a editoes. Mr. Hoene said, he n. me certainly put to great iecenive eit nee by the way drift petition had ores. brought on, as Isis sheets hail not teems ..... 41 with it, Hilliness:it the as eiguees Were serves With due ;ritten to sispeisede el.ininisOitgli. He held in his lomat the effides it ideate of the as signees, made in Jauntily last, its Whitt be sweats that he did nut believe dare was a good petitioniug creditors debt. The Lord Chancellor.—From the little I base heard and seen of this case, time step that is sseked to be taken by this petition is a must important our, mid must tinsel in its tie sore. Alatly impostaut outliers sussy.take place if the vow. plAssiuti is ettpesseded, mid sleet if it is nob Hood site up All the petitions, rut it is mousses) I should be in pusses. siert of all the inforssistion eutdain. I, hums err, car not help saying, that I doubt se %other the arts of bank ruptcy will support thus commission. i will read the pill elOns and the ItlfleaVitS this eveniog, and give you ley •pistioss todssoliow morning. fur it is al matterof great A:marque nee that it should be ininiediettly LOOVID whether the entednussistie is to be upheld or not. -Further cousideratioss psalposed. CONSIterOKY COURT. Iokll. JULY 42. DLPRIVATIO LIIB N OF A BOP CLEII6IIIAN N. BY VIE AtilS OF 1 WI IssairLET V. haLSWII, CLERIg. This Was a suit att the onataute of John Bradford ea thayelwatdtut of Fatelartaid6o, i n rte THE NATIONAL REGISTER, ---- -- - - -- ---- parish .of Ripnw, .aod diocese of Yolk, against the Rev. William Newton, clerk, curate.of the perpetual curacy of ! l'att ley-brAge siforesai.t, for his protfigote life a nd conver s atioo, the crime of druukeuuess, and De.let ant c aunts lei ial -duties. The defendant bad hero upwards of thirty yea rs curate of aiist him slate , l'ateley-bridge, and the a rticles admitted ag that he hail, for several yeats past, been adiiii ted to 'roe., habitual, and excessivealruolkentiess had, fat diverse times. been drunk a hile performing Di. Me sci vice in the chapel or raiderhpidge-1.4, iii 1:". ,air chapel. and c ea here, I uttered Mae, eat, impious, profane expressions—and had also at sundry itinies refused to perform the duty below:elm( to the curacy WI. I, required. Ihe articles weir of fu the lly provedhy many respectab l e a itnessce,, inhabitants cnapelry, , and others. No defence was aered. The Archbishop addicssed the Court in a short hut clo. quei,t spei cli, w ith great energy and feeling, and concluded • by 1 rininuocing and declaring the said William N ccsom to be altogether unfit sod um% orthy to serve the said perviiii,l curacy of Morley. • brid;:e 4. and for his crimes and Wieners aforesaid, decreeing him to b. deprived of the said curacy : .. and the same, with respei t to the cod W Ohtani Neeso ) b. votloat to all intents and purposes in law a ItalsoeNcrm., to CANIBRILKIESHIIIE ASSIZES. These Acsizes commenced on Tuesday, before Chief Justice Dallas and Justice Burrough. Thomas Weems, was indicted for the wilful murder of Mary Ann Weems, his wife. on Friday. the 7th of May last, in the parish of Wendy, in this county. The particulars of the horrid deed for which this prisoner was vita, sec detailed fully at the time, About a year and a half ago tile decea.al swore a child to him, upon a hieh he was apprehended by the parish officers, and com pelled to nitury her ; Weems left his wife immediately after, and got work at Edmonton, where he became acquainted with a girl to whom he promised mar ria g e, and to enable himself to fulfil - it, he reeolvcd to get rid of his wife; accordingly he returned to Gadnianchester, and 1 i,der pretence of taking his wife to live with him, they set of fir Edmonton ; hut on tie road lioni Wendy to Itoystoa, he tn.'k her iii , . a tired :MI murdered her.—The wit. ncsses having deposed to the chief htci the following voluntary confession. which wit, made by the pli.oLer while in gaol, was put in and read.:— ! After I had been at work with Mr. Atnirews about a month, I got acquainted with a you.ig woman. named Maria Woodward. I represented myself as a single titan. After being acquainted with her I determieed to marry her, and to murder my wile. I first thought of cutting her throat. In three or four days I chanted my mind, and t letennined to hart; her.—This day week (the Nlanday piece lia' tile murder) I Lit Edmonton for God tranehester.—On the. Friday morning I left Godmanchester with my wife for Edmonton. about .s or 6 o'clock. After walking four. teen or fifteen mike, she complained of being tired. I asked her 1 if she had not sonic toast in her pocket. which :he did not eat for breakfast, and she said she had some. I said to her, if you will \go in the Yield and sit &en and tart the toast, I will take a nap till the coach _comes up. We sat down together, and she begun to eat the toast. Soon at' er she began to eat the toast, I clasped sly fiends round her neck, and said. t' now I tun going to be the death of you." I clasped toy hands round her neck, and stuck my two thumbs into her windpipe. She said, 't Oh, Lord l" and that wal all the noise she made ; and I pressed her with my thumbs till she sets dead, which was in ` bout five mitiutes. I then took the garter off her leg, and ti it round her neck ; I then put her into a ditch, or 111011'2 like a drain, put some grass over her, and then left her. 1 then intended to go to Edmonton, and go to the clerk of the parish to put the banns in, and be mar ried. '—The prisoner. being asked it' lie had any thing to t e .y to the Jury. stated the bud terms on which his wife and liim:ell had lived; that she swore herself pregnant by him, but never was so ; that she had rubbed bha of money, and also of his wat di, to give to another man whom she was acquainted with, and that he cauld not live with her. That he gut acquainted with the young woman at Edmonton, and a idled to n awry her ; but he kncw he could not whilst the other wife was living. It then came into his head. and-he determined to murder her.—'Tie Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was ordered to be executed on Friday -enuig.—The prisoner was in tears during the whole trial. A French Paper asserts, which is not remarkable for its accuracy, that at a late entertainment given by the Prince Regent, there was a plate of peaches that ,cast--filly guil, PIS According to letters from Paris, the Duc de It icle lieu is about to take up his residence at Odessa, the place of akutich he fortnerly was Governor, and which is partly indebted to hint for its prese state of prosperity. He has written to the superint ntend ant of one of his estates there, to pretare every thing for his reception. By private letters from Liver pool it appears, that the trade of that port is assum ing considerable activity: more than eO,OOO - bales of cotton were sold in the course.of last week, and ut an advance of .I d. to I 4d. the pound. We understand that the Russian frigate Karns cbatka, commanded by Captain Golovnin. which sailed from Portsmouth •in the month of October, Isl 7, for the pnrpose of making discoveries in the North Nellie Ocean, is on her return to Europe, and may sbortly be expected to arrive at Spithead. A correspondent informs us, that a turkey-cock at Auchincruive, having lately shown an ardentbu de sire for hatching, was repeate dl y p revented ; tat length succeeded in securing hen's nest, contain ing a dozen of eggs ; and being allowed to remain in peaceful possession, brought out four chickens, the rest of the eggs, as is supposed, having been bad. Ile was most attentive to the duty he had taken upon hint when hatching, and afterwards evinced the strongest attachment to his young pro geny, and on their being cruelly taken from him became extremely de;ccted. Sham that period .his spirits have rather revived ; and as he still shows.all the desire in the world to be busily employed in his favourite pursuit, it is hoped be will not only be gratified, Lut will be ultimately more successful. On Wednesday last a match ut cricket was played at Msrchwood, Hampshire, between eleven single and eleven married women of that ph.te, whizh was won by the haver by u c onsiderable number of runs. Thousands of spectators assembled on the ground, amongst . whom were some of the fi rst res p ectabilit y . 30 tasdann, to witness this singular. contest, AUGUTS 6. e 22•••••- -- litrther Parfiedars of the lute extensive Fwgery .— $. Pryor, the young man who stands charged with the forgery on Nlesss. Nlatiin, Son, and Hughes, of King aimet, Cheapaide, is so remarkable in person, dress, and manners, and so well known among the differeut officers in the city, that it is scarcely possible he should escape, if diligent search be wade after him, unless he has al ready left the country. It is given out among his acquaintance, that a letter has been received front him, dated on board a vessel, under way from L•verpool, bound to America; but other circumstances lead to soli:- clot' that he is still in London. Messrs. Martin and (.o. have been singularly unfortunate im their clerks; the individual whom Pryor succeeded defrauded the house of nearly 2,0001, which was discovered by Pryor, atid tbisciveimastance placed hint so high in the confidence of Messrs. Martin and Cu., that nut the slightest suspi cion was entertained against him till the moment he ab sconeled• One of the partners baviss discovered, •u wt inspecting the books , that the Account of the individual in whose name the bills bad been forged was considerably overdrawn, directed Pryor to write to hint on the subjeen and desire hint to remit the money for a bill of WO. about to come due hi a few days: the letter was writtol. accordingly; and on sonic pretence that he was going towards Cie Post-office, he undertook to put it in ; the letter,towever, was never sent. Pryor alaccutided shortly afterwards, and on breaking open pis desk, a genuine bill, that had bun paid by the house sometime before, seas foam!, which, it appeared, had been used by Pryor as a copy to forge from : the hotly of the bill was filled op its the hand... riting of a clerk, with the COIIILIIOII ink, and the signature and endorsement were written with the shining black japan ink, both which circumstauvrs Pryor had carefully noticed in his imitation. 'The for genes. it should seem, were committed in their own mutating-house, as a small bottle of the japan ink was found in l'ryor's desk. To account for the ex pence at which he lived, he gave out that he had gained 5,0001. in the lottery and, latterly, that he had received a lame sum upon the death of his father, all of which is now known to be untrue. it has been reported that his fa ther, who resided in the country, and had some small property in the funds, was defrauded Ly his son, wins procured his signature to a power of attorney to transfer the stock, under pretence that it waswerely an authority to receive the dividends, and that under that power he conve rted the property to his o wn use; but, upon in- Ink,. there is reason to believe that the accnsation is unfounded. Such, however, was the belief among his friends that he was a man of property, that a very int mate acquaintance of his had nearly incurred a loss of some mount through his credulity. A day or two after Pryor a had gone oft', a bootinsker to whom he owed be tween kul. and 301. sent his servant to the person alluded to, for the purpose of learning when he would be in town : indignant at the thought of his friend being t h us hunted for, he asked the man if his master was afraid Mr. Pryor would not pay him, and offered to give hint a check for the amount himself, if he would take off 3 per cent. The man, however, declined, having no authority from his master. The next da y the master applied, and was willing to ta' e off the discount for the accommoda tion, but was told he was a day too late: the secret bad transpired in the interim, and the gentleman saved his money. it is trot conjectured that Prfor has made up a purse, or carried much property off with him, as he continued his expensive habits up . to the moment of his absconifing, and within the last five weeksgave a di h nsrer to several friends at a re s p ectable tavern, which cost hi err upwards of 401. The amount o the forgeries report ts said to be upwards of BAWL, Y,stiol. f of whiced to base taken place within the last 12 months. Bills to tne of 7,0001. hate been ahead y .paid by the Advices from the Cape of 'Good !lope, dated May 10, were received yesterday. They communicate information of another irruption of the Caffres, who, by the last accounts, were supposed to be com pletely repulsed, to the number of 30,000 men. They had crowed the river which divides their ter ritory from that of the Cape, and were committing the moat estensive•depredations. Orders had been issued to compel the military service of the inhabit , ants of the adjoining district, and all the horses had been put into requisit ion ; in order to equip a portico' of them as cavalry, the species; of force b sta l est cacu lated to repel the attacks of these da rdly but. mischievous invaders. The Club of Female Reformers at Stockport, among other regulations, have resolved, that not more than twine Ladies shall speak al the same time. It is apprehended, if this severe restriction on the tongue is not taken off, that it will occasion a m.o. Wiwi in the:Club. GRLAT PHIEON MATCH match for e5O gui neas a side, between three crack shots from Oxfort!. shire, against three of Buckinghamshire, took place on Wednesday morning on Finchley Common, front a trap 21 yards from the gun —charge unlimiteAl. Oxfordshire party killed 51 birds from 63, as fol lows :--Mr. Omen killed 19 from 21, Giles 17, and George 15. The Buckinghamshire party kill e d 49 birds, namely, Mr. Hutchinson, .20, Ferguson 17, and Holt 12.—Mr. H olt hit every bird, but ll,t five, which died beyond the ICO yardsunda notice. Clarenden's History con tains the foll' bound Clarendcfl'l Hiatary containS the foilnwt"g of a Sir Chyle , Wolsely of former times :—" H e (the Duke of Buckingham, who was tacusulot treason) intended on su ch a day to be in St'llta shire, at the house of Sir Charles Wolsely, a geode man of greal.emeinency in Cromwell's Council, and one of those who had been sent by the House Of Commons to persuade him to accept the :-.'rorts with the tide of Km p. 817,