The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-11-07 00:00:00

II _~,, LAA' INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 8. Yesterday being the first of Micheelmas Term, the OltO CHAACALLOI AMA to Lincoln's lAA Hall at 11 'clock.—Sbertly after, his Lordship gave audience to the Judges, the Vice Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, the Attorney and Solicitor-Uenerals, and the leading Counsel of the different Courts, who all appear ed is their full dress robes, and, according to their accustomed practice, partook of breakfast with his Lordship ; after which, they proceeded in state to Watiniester, where the Courts were opened with the lanai formality. The Loan CUANCALLOA afterwards held the first seal in term, in the Ureic Hall of Lincoln's Inn. MURRAY C. RUN DELL: JUDGMENT. The argument of Counsel, in this case, of which we gave a full report in our paper of last Monday, were this day resumed, and brought to a close. Mr. /loans contended that there was no right vested in Mrs. Runde% after the expiration of 14 years, for some time after the work had been published, Mr. Mur ray presented her with 1501. but not one word was used by her at that time,relative to resuming any right. She had also suffered the entry to be made at Station. ers' Hall, in the name of Mr. Murray, and thus it was clear she did Dot believe herself to have any title to the copy-right. It had been argued that Mrs. Ron de!! bad a clear legal title at law, and consequently in equity. If that was the case, let them apply to a Court of Law and not come into equity, where at least there was not so clear a right. The work had been rendered valuable by the exertions of Mr. Murray, who had been induced to lay out his capital on it ; and it was too muck for the other side to say, after a lapse of twenty-one years, I'll now turn round on you and demand the work ; but though I have a clear legal right at law, I will not follow that course, but take the more indefinite mode and bring you into a Court of Equity. At least, it was not the most na tural Forum to apply to for relief. Under these cir cumstances, he trusted the Court would be of opinion that the Injunction ought not to have been granted, and dismiss it accordingly. The LORD CHANCELLOR, reviewing the whole of the case, said, in effect, that it world be for a Jury to de termine the point at issue, which did not come within the province of this Court. His Lordship accordingly dissolved the Injunction, leaving itopen to the parties in follow what course they may think most advisable. h,, ~~~ 'I" , m I .FT COURT OF OF KING'S DENCH.-WI i, Nov. 8. This being. the Ant day of Michaelmas Term, the Judges took their mats with the usual formality. The Returns of the. State of Convicts en board the Hulks, and the Report of the Penitentiary, Milbank, Were read. KEEPING A SPORTY I DOG. neTwAaD V. HORN R. Mr. GUMMY moved in this es• to set aside the ver dict given for the Plaintiff, rod enter a stannic. The action was brought upon the Game Laws, and tried be fore Mr. Justice Burroughs, at Chelmsford. The De fendant was sued for keeping a setting-dog, for the purpose of killing game, be being an unqualified por ion. It appeared by the evidence, that the defendant bad kept a setter-bitch, and two young dogs, which were seen in his possession, but there was no proof he lead used them for killing game during two years pre vious to the commencement of the action. The de fendant's servant said be had never seen his master use the setter, and the puppies were kept tied up. Mr. Gurney submitted at the trial that there oughf to be some evidence to prove the dogs were kept for the pur pose of killing game, but the Learned Judge was of opinion, that the proof of keeping dogs trained for killing game was sufficient to make the defendant lia ble. He consequently directed the Jury, to find a ver dict for the plaintiff. There was some reluctance on the part of the Jury, but they considered themselves bound to follow the direction of the Judge. Mr. Justice BURROUGHS afterwards recommended Counsel to take opinion of the Omit sitting in Banco upon his decision. Mr. OURN sr, in support of the application, cited the case of Here v. Fellows, 15th East, which was stated to be an action to recover a penalty of 5/. for keeping a dog to kill game, and a sunsuit was entered, there be ing no proof the slog was kept to kill game. Mr. Justice Basz—Was there any evidence to prove the dog was kept for coursing ? Mr. GURNEY—The Learned Judge thought that the bare act of keeping the dog was proof to make the defendant liable. _ _ _ Mr. Justice lliavLav—Unless proof was offered that be was kept for another purpose. The Court granted a rule to show cause. THE ZINO 1,. SODEN. Mr. Serjeant Canes moved to discharge John Bodes. , a prisoner in Lancaster Castle out of custody upon finding bail. The defendant is committed on a charge of Manslaughter. The affidavit on which the Learned Serjeant made his motion, stated that the defendant went into a public-house, where he, for the first tune in his life, saw the deceased, who used offensive lan guage. Boden remonstrated, and a quarrel ensued.— The defendant, to avoid the deceased, left the house, and was followed into the street, where a scuffle took place. They both fell, and the skull of the deceased was fractured. • The Loan eIIiTJUSTICI asked whether it was not usual in such a case to apply foe a writ of Habeas ,Corpws? Mr. Serjeant Canes cited the case of " Jonas v. Jones," where it was held that the defendant might be bailed on a charge of felony, withoulffeivae Corpus, on the ground of inability, to bear the expense of ,re snoval to London. The defendant, in the present case, was represenied to be unable to pay the expose of a journey to town, and the Court, anger all the circum stances, granted a tole. The Barons of the EXClmillifs RICUARDO, GRAHAM, Wool), and Ganaow, appeared on the Bench yester day, as assaL—Judges DALLAS, BURROUGHS, PARIS, and Racmaaoson, also took their seats in the Common Pleas. _ The LOSD CVANCILLOs haring no Clout at West minster. sat in Lino°ln's Ise. HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, Nov 6. TIM LINO H. CRICUTOX ALIAS CattallTON. ?hi* was an applirstion oo Mu' part of the Admiralty Proctor for his Lordship's warrant to wept ~_ y ._ t. ton snot Creighton, mastev. at *Leith smack, tot hoist ing illegal colours. The depositions set fortb . tisakaisent daylight on the 21st of August, 1821, the akar or watch on board his Majesty's ship Porcupine observed a suspicions looking tutee-rigged vessel some miles a-head, and having communicated this intelligence to the officer commanding. the Porcupine, the latter immediately gave chase, .the Porcupine fired shots at the strange sail, and bating neared her, directed her to lay to. She prOved to be the Sir Walter Scott, on her voyage from London to Leith ; and Crichton, the master, re fused to lay her to. The Captain of the Porcupine then threatened to send a party of marines to board the Sir Walter Scott, and enforce his orders ; but in the meantime the smack bore away, bearing a blneOfolp contrary •to law. No defence was offered, and the warrant was granted POLICE. ATTEMPT TO COMMIT MURDER. Row-sTßEzT.—Yesterday Richard Wood, a boy only 15 years of age, was charged with an attempt to commit murder. Charles 9atelell Mattock, a youth 17 years of age, an apprentice to Mr. Bartholomew, Church.street, Betbnal-green, hearth rug manufacturer, appeared at the office to make the charge, but was in such a re duced and emaciated state, that it was with great dif _ ficulty he could give his evidence. From the sub stance of what the youth said it appeared as follows : that he and the prisoner are fellow•apprentices, and last Wednesday afternoon, between two and three o'clock, they had a dispute in the workshop about some red worsted used in the business of their master, when the prisoner struck him two or three times, and be gate the prisoner one blow in return ; they continued squabbling till they got to a room adjoining the work- shop, when the prisoner seized a large pair of seisms made in the shape of shears, pointed at each side, with which he stabbed him in the chest; the prisoner then . . opened the seisms and continued stabbing him in the left atm and thighs till he had inflicted nine wounds in his arm and one on each thigh. Witness endea voured to wrest the leisure from him, but was unable, _ . the prisoner having inflicted the wounds so quickly and with so much violence, besides having got behind Mm ; the blood flowed copiously from the wounds be had received. The scuffle between him and the pri soner caused so much noise, that his mistress called from below stairs to know what was the matter, when the prisoner answered, " I have done fur him— I hope I have done fur him." A surgeon was sent for. and he was put to bed. The prisoner, in his defence, admitted that the dis pute was about a trifling circumstance ; and the only justification he offered for using the scissars in the des perate way he had done was that the prosecutor had bit and scratched him. _ The muter of the two boys, Mr. Benin,lomew, at tended, and stated that he bad not observed any *gig vicious is either of them, bet admitted that thepriioier was the worst character. _ Mr. Mattock. the father of the prosecutor. wished the master to be asked whether the prisoner was not a sabbath-breaker ? _ Sir It. Maxie thought it a proper question ; and also whether both of them attended to their church. The master answered. that he could sot say much for either of the boys in that respect. The Worthy Magistrate observed, that he was to blame on that account, as he not only ought to see to that, but it was his duty so to do. A third boy, another apprentice to Mr. Bartholo mew, who was present at the squabble, also attended, when his statement turned to cast all the blame upon the prosecutor; and that the reason of the prisoner's bar ing recourse to the scissars was that the prosecutor did not fight fair, lie having bit and scratched the pri soner. Sir R. Mama, suspecting this boy was giving a partial and prejudiced account, asked him if be bad not bad a quarrel with the prosecutor. which be ad mitted ; and it turned out that ,this boy bad stabbed the prosecutor twice with a pair of scissors about two months ago. but was not prosecuted on his asking , pardon. The mother of the prisoner. a widow woman, at tended in great distress. owing to the conduct and si tuation of her son, and requested be might be admitted to bail ; but the Worthy Magistrate said it was impos sible, as there was no proof before him as to the stss of the wounds from the testimony of a medical man, or from a certificate. _ _ The father of the prosecutor pledged himself to pr► cure a certificate from the surgeon attending his sea as to the state of his wounds, and returned to the office with all possible speed with the following certificate;— " 1 do hereby certify, that Charles Satchell Mattock received several wonn as in different parts of the body, one of which penetrated the lungs slightly. "Shoreditch, Nov. 6,1821." WILLIAM Tnomas. Uettaxt-HALL.----iindreto Barnett, at whose WNW Hazard and Rouge et Noir tables were discovered by, the police-officers on Saturday right, the 27th of October, yesterday appeared with Counsel at this office against the information, having bees admitted to bail for that purpose when first brought before the Magistrate. Two informations, exhibited by Mr. Rams, the chief clerk of the office, were read. The first charged the defendant with having set up and maintained at his house, No. 14. Lambeth-road. a certain fraudulent game called Hazard, to be determined by the chance of dice, which. the information stated. Mr. Reeves was prepared to prove by a credible witness. The second charged him with basing played thalamus of Hazard. Mr. TURTON, Counsel fet pylvecudon. stated that Mr. Reeves, In eithibitkig tits ipforination and Winging the present subject cader the consideratioa of the Magistrates. was solely actuated by sense oV public duty and a desire to supprese the highly im mortal melees that bad , too long taken place ~at the defendant's house, and he would not take nay part of the penalties to which the defendants were liable. Camantima. one of the Magistrates who fires present, said he bad requested Mr. Reeves to endea vour, by every possible mesas, to have the intolerable nuisance the defendant's house had caused put a stop to. The worthy Magistrate said he bad done so in cons. ,qnence of various letters he had received from persons; l asting the existence of the evil, and lamenting the I :jades they sastained by it. Mr. Tun it proceedbek4e said the ease did not require any argument : the information bad been es pied verbatim from the ease of the King tt. Liston, which bad been decided by Lord Kenyon to be clearly within the meaning of the 12th ofCieorge the Second, which the penalty for keeping a hazard table was 2001., and for players at the game 501. Mr. Teflon, to prove his case, called Joseph Miller. a young man of genteel appearance, who was one of those taken at the defendant's house, when the dicers made the caption. He stated that he knew the defendant's house, No. 14, Lambeth road; was there on the night of the 26th Oct. from 10 till 12 o'clock= saw a Hazard and a Rouge et Noir table in the room be was in. There were several persons present, and Hassid was played while he was there. Callaghan was the groom por ter of the night, and.reiraluted the game, which was played with a box and dice. He did not see any one act as master. The defendant sat at the table and played himself. In reply to questions put to him by Mr. Qum nine, the witness stated that, when rouge et noir was played, the defendant paid the winnings and drew the winnings. The rouge et noir table. in the early part of the evening, was placed ever the hazard table, and was generally removed about nine o'clock to allow hazard to be played. The rove et noir table was re moved by the defendant's direction. Mr. ADOLPHUS. Counsel for the defendant. con tended that there was no evidence of his having set up and maintained a hazard table ; indeed, the infer ence was the contrary, for it was proved that he was one of those who played at the table in question. be tween which and setting it up there was the same dif ference as between buying a leg of mutton and keeping • butcher's shop. The Magistrates, after a short consultation, declared that the offence was proved, and that the defendant was liable to the penalty of 2001., which the Act does not allow to be mitigated. Mr. ADOLPHUS said, it was the defendant's deter mination to appeal to the Sessions. The second information against the defendant for having played at the game of hazard. was then proved by the same witness, on which be was convicted in the penalty of 501. Mr. ADOLPHUS stated that the defendant would also appeal from the second conviction, and he, in conse quence, gave bail in the amount of 6001. to a►ide the event of the appeal. _ _ Two persons who were present at the time the of ficers visited the table, were also convicted in penal ties of 501. each, for having played It on the night they were taken. Three vertebrae of the celebrated fossil animal of Maestrieht, has been discovered by Mr. Nestell. in the Chalk, near Lewes, a circumstance that may be regarded as highly interesting, since the remains of that oviparous quadruped have not been previously noticed in this country, nor any part of - the con tinent, except is Saint Peter's Mountain, near Maas tricht. Yesterday, at a Petty Session, at Uxbridge, two common informers appeared, and laid informations against Messrs. Heron and Co., coal-merchants, of Uxbridge, for sending out a quantity of coals, to a gentleman at Hillingdon, for sale, not having a per fect bushel measure with the same. The defendants were convicted in the penalty of 40s. and coats. As the informers were leaving the town, they were at tacked by great numbers of the inhabitants, amongst whom were some of Messrs. Heron's workmen, and pelted with dirt, blood, and filth; and but for one of the Magistrates, who happened to come up at the time, the informers, it is thought. would not have sur vived. The Magistrate procured assistance, and quelled the riot by taking a number of the offenders into custody, who were examined the same day before the Bench, and ordered to find bail to answer the charge of the informers: The Magistrates afterwards walked to the verge of the town with the informers, (who were from London), to protect them from a se cond attack by the mob. On Saturday morning last, the body of Mr. Michael Brookes, a respectable innkeeper, of this town, was found in a piece of water called Oibson's pool, at the back of Digbeth, with the throat cut in a severe man ner. The common report that be was murdered, ap pears to be utterly without foundation. He was the late occupier of the Boat Public-house, in Suffolk street; and afterwards of the Horse and Groom. in John-street. the good-will of which latter place be had just sold for the sum of £170; and bad for some weeks been in sdespondiog and melancholy way, ftom supposed losses in business. He was traced In a Hovel at the back of the:Horse Shoe Inn, in which place he had made the first incision in his throat ; and a consi derable quantity of blood was found on the spot; from thence he appears to have gone and precipitated him self in the water, after a further struggle to end his life by lacerating the wind-pipe; but it would appear, from the shallowness of the water. that he had most probably died from the wound in his throat ; or from the joint effects of bleeding and suffocation. A Coroner's Inquest will be held on the body this day.—t , (Dirmingham Mercury, Not'. 5.) • CORONSIL'S Isousat.—.-Monday evening, at sevell o'clock, an inquisition sae taken before Thomis Shell ton, Esq. Coroner, in the Board-room,. at Clay's Hoe. pital, on the body of .Anae Daw. It appeared from the evidence, that the deceased. who was about 40 years of age, had been- for many years back servant at the house of a respectable tradesman in the Borough Digh-street ; two masters of per's . committed suicide. owhich occurrence seemed to have preyed mach upon her mind ; and at her latter place she accidentally set lire to the house, about four months ago, since which the had been in a low desponding state; she wus ad- Mitted into the hospital on Wedunday last, labouring under a nervous affeetion, with considerable depres lir of spirits; she was bled, and several times tore Alia bandage off her arm, with a view, it was supposed, of destroying herself by bleeding to death. A close watch wst kept upon her, but availing herself of the temporary absence of the nurse from the ward. she effected ha; . purpose by strangling herself with her pocket tapes, which the nurse, who bad been only to the next ward. at her return, found tied remarkably tight round.the neck of her patient. who was thus ly ing on her bark quite dead in bed. Verdict—That eke deceased put a period to her existence by straw "gelation. being at the time in a state of temporary mental derenesment. : . - toNfos lidaksts, irt;.ll, -11 " --14 . 1 colitis r ,Th t merket kas _ tram ratiihr heavy ; i • ' alteration in the pikes can, beerevol . be dtaied. g: purchases sines bdi use me alone IMO heist the Pk. name, Orleans, and Fait-Intlii descriptions were taloa for shipping. the reimiintier for the home' conoo m po4 of the country. • COFFER.—The spaastitiOf Coffee offered at pobti sale after last week was 95. of . a id 924 b in; t i l l ' 4ll i whole went off heel% nearly sepporting the late ail - There was only one public sale this fOrenoon; it • of 127 casks Jamaica and Dominica descriptions • g ordinary Jamaica rank sold at the previous price s, es ig to 975.; 25 hhds. good ordinary clean sold at mi n i Nearly 2s. higher than the previous rates, 103 s; middli4 Dominica realised 113 s. a 113 - 6d. which; be stated at an advance of 21. a Ss. per cwt. G00 0li g; the Coffee ,market stay be stated lira ; the.quol4 Imitable for the house tossumptimi a the Iselin* e a; meek inquired after, are scarce, and coasted e l ia rims ; ail other descriptions are efeadt at the peebrii pekes. • SUGAR.—The demand for Mescovaties last week, eastiseed steady and sionsidenible: towards the els e " ( the market more business was dose than for some lilt preeeding, and higher prices were obtained. This* neon the market continues steady, good Sugars IN mach inquired after, aid obtain rather higher p0p0,.. t The Refiners have lately become more enemas to A d sales, in consequence of the advanced meson for mem and the limited demand for shipping ; the prices std be quoted at a small roluetion. RUM, BRANDY, sad HOLLANDS.—On Wallop day last a public sale of 196 puncheons Jamaica Rem p, brought forward ; only one or two lots sold, the roods, der was withdrawn. The demand by private wefts bas been limited, yet the holders were fi rm, - and midi submit to no further depression, and generally the mar. ket was a shade higher than the pricesof the public sale. Brandy remains at the last quotation ; the great specs. liters keep the prices high. and they appear &enemies( obtaining a farther advance. In Oeneva there is as al teration. The West India Dock Company have tonna{ the rent from 74. per puncheon weekly to sd. Yeats , day it was announced that the rent would be again Ise. ..red from sd. to 3d. per puncheon per week, and the hogshead at 2d. per week; this alteration will probably i k materially improve the market prices. The Ooversatet contract, 50,000 gallons, was this forenoon takes shoat Is. 24.1. • INDIGO.—There is net so much business dole' is Indigo, yet the prices are fully supported: several pty chases are reported at a premium of 2d. a 3d. per lb.•ea the India-house sale prices. TOBACCO.—There is a considerable briskness is the trade. and prices have advanced about id. per lb. IRISH PROVISIONS.—There are fei porch* of Beef and Pork : the quotations are the prices 'eh holders would sell.—The request far Butter' - Henn general and extensive, and as the supplies judo rate to the demand, a further improvement of 2e 441. I per cwt. has taken place: a considerable advance le also taken place in Ireland.—Bacon is quoted lower. HEMP, FLAX, and TALLOW.—The demand foe Tallow has been limited, and the prices must again be quoted at a considerable redoction: the late grades' de dine, and the very depressed 'prices, will now, probably, attract the attention of the buyers, and the low nursery, undoubtedly, greatly promotes the consumption. Nest continues to improve both ii the demand and In the prices; the purchases are coosiderskie as the Mimed currency. In Flax there is little alteration. The Ix change; at St. Petersburg, by the last accounts, lad given way; it was quoted at litd. PREM 1 UMS AT LLOYD'S.—In consequence of tie advanced season, the Premionas at Lloyd's must be mond considerably higher ,- the rise took place last week. It must also be stated that, in consequence of the distress. ing accounts received this meriting of the damage dole by the late gales on the coast. it is very difficult to 'het insurance, even at the preseot advanced prices; vessels are generally warranted free of the effects of the bate gales. COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. Amsterdam, 12 14 C. F. Mae, 35t Barcelona, of Ditto, at sight, 12 11 Seville, 304 Gibraltar, lad Rotterdam, 12 IS Leghorn. 47 Genoa. 431 Antwerp. J 2 7 Malta, 45 Venice, 27110 Hamburgh, 37 10 Naples, 391 Lisbon, 50 Alton*, 37 I 1 Oporto, 50 Rio Janeiro 46 Paris, 3 days sight, 25 00 Palermo, 118—Bahia, At Ditto, 25 60 Dublin. 84 per cent. Bordeaux, 25 90 I Cork, 9 per cent. [per or. Frankfort on the Maine, 156 For. gold in bars. 31.17..14 4 Petersburgh. 9 3 U. New Doubloons. —I. —1.4. Vienna, 10 18 Ef. Flo. New Dollars. 4s. 94d. Trieste, 10 18 Ef. Flo. Silver In bars, Standard, Madrid, 90 Cadiz, 30 4e. I Id. FATAL Waoan.---Sunday afternoon a boy, shot twelve years of age, named Robert Wright, son tea respectable tradesman in Lambeth-street, Wititecbspel. being but with some acquaintances, called at the White Horse. Mile-end-road, and there, for a wager, in the space of a few minutes, drank off in no draughts, half a pint of strong raw gin, and an Mai quantity of ram. He left the house, bat bad not pre- ceeded far before he became iesensible, in which ass he was carried home, and remained so until the follow ing night, when be expired. FlRES.—Monday evening, at seven o'clock, a 1i broke out in the house of Mr. Sparks, who kept a lei shop, in Nottingham-place, Mile-end Old Town. It originated in the shop. and was first discovered by do flames rushing out at the door and windows. The family were from home at the time, and a comiderahle difficulty was experienced in• effecting an enmity; the ire, of course, during that period, raga with gm, fury, and soon became so general in the lower pet it house, as to afford no chante'of paving asf putt of the property. Several enginei baying arrived, end being plentifolly supplied with Mater, the fir way confined to the premises where it originated, Webs together with the furniture and stock in trade were completely destroyed. Yesterday morning, at 00. o'clock, as the watchman was going his Numb, he discovered_flames issuing from the cellar flaps of the Cock and Hoop public-house, 'Old Montagnestreet. Whitechapel. Before the tire could be got glie, r ' tbe.stock in trade in the cellar, to a considerable amonnt,`was destroyed, and nearly the whole of the I ground floor.. DIED. On Sudsy last. William Cunliffe iihawa. 4. - 8.6/11 gate, Middlesex, in the 77th )ear of his age. On Saturday last, the 3d instant. In Combeltifo er i of a rapid deeline, S. Horatio Caroller, third datighl tholatoJoita Bark., Esq. and great niece of Loni mains. Oa Monday morning, the bth inst. in the 48th you d ik , l age. Francis Fiadgate, Esq., of hmex-street solicitor. 16"4" gat Priilled OW ttliewd 111 or. th e Odi e !L i "Tars ari-vrtaito is aps 7 - 61111 CONSTITUTION" (Ma." Pabi:alL trissal4AßicalutaiZa".l6llrdeitr::Biritariers:tetr.regeatisegied."eefiLegt;sito: driesol. • ~; ', ; V I . 1