The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-12-15 00:00:00

1048 MW PN . TRIMARricz. • . AMPOItTANT AND CURIOUS CAME; • • (011011$111, DUBLIN uootet,to roar.) On Thursday, the 21th alt. Mr. Clarke and Mr,. Litton, of Counsel with Mr. John Hunter, One of the usarnmaptors. erpur pugilist% champion, Langan, moved the Court of Common Pleas, that an exonerator might be entered upon rbe bail.pieeela the cause of Thomas Flynn against John air. CI.AM Ilditod, that he moved upon the aliLlavit of Mr. Hooter, which stated that Lord Norbury granted • his fiat in this rase for the sum of 501., to hold the de *nasal Langan to special bail, for the alleged seduction trod loss of services of the plaintiff's daughter; that Mr. Hunter became one of the bail at bar in the action; that In the sittings after last Hilary Term, the cause was 'tried before Lord Newbury and a Common Jury, when there was a verdict for the plaintiff Flynn. for 1001. with 'costs; that the plaintiff mede op his judgment 'Wiest Halter Term,' an 4 an execution was issued againstlhe person of Langan, wbo was not, however, arrested under it; thartingan was sebtelpsently arrested at the suit cif another creditor; whereupon he petitioned the Insolvent flebtors' Court, praying to be discharged from the demands of hts credi sore, and amongst the rest, from the demand of the plain tiff Flynn, who was regularly returned as a creditor for the amonut of the damages and costs in this case, and who bail been served with notice that Langan world be brought up to be discharged, under the f nsolveat Laws; that Langan was accordingly btonght up god ,discharged, as appeared by the adjudication of the Insolvent Debtors' Court; that the plaintiff, in , stead of opposing the discharge of Langan, brought an a‘tion against the bail, who had not surrendered Langan io their discharge. Mr. Clarke urged, that leasmuch as the der-ndaut Lsngan was regularly discharged soder ,the Insolvent Act, as to his person, froM the effect of the jadgment• and execution in this ease, the bail wereentitled to an exonerator on the bail•piece, and cited several law anthoritier, to 'hew that the bail were not bound to sue , r nder Langan under the circumstances. Mr. WALLACg and Mr. ALLEN, for the plaintiff, con. tended, that by the terms of the recogolgauce of bail, the bail were bound to pay the damages and costs, or render the body of the defendant to the Marshal of the Four Courts it!a-shalses. Mr, Wallace also insisted, that as , this_ was an action of seduction, the defendant could not have been di,charged by the Insolvent Debtors' Court It ni the damages and costs in this case, until he should have been in custady for two years. Mr. Justice Wong termed to be of opinion with Mr. 'Wrillace upon the latter position. Mr. Livros replied, and ably contended, that inasmuch as the plaintiff, Flynn, did not think proper to oppose the defendant. Lsngan's discharge under the Insolvent Act, the Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors' Court could Lot hare been aware if the ra'ure of the action ; and that it wart the husitiess of the plaintiff, who was the on'y per. ,on who should have been interested in having Langan remanded, to have informed that Court upon the subject, by app•aringlin the usual way to oppose Iris discharge under the ustilvent Act; hut as the plaintiff omitted to do so, the Ingot- vent Debtor b ' Court discharged Langan ; and its adjadiea• tion uas final and conelasice.ml Langan was of coarse dim .1 barged fruni the judgment and execution, and therefore the bail were entitled to an exonerator upon the bail-piece, and relied upon the authorities cited by Air. Clarke. The Coeur declared that this case was as important as it was novel, and would therefore take time to consider it `ll-tore it s prononnced itsjudgrnent. Vpon the following day (the last Bay of I'ero9the Court were ocanimansly of opinion that theibarl in this ease were entitled to an exocerator span the bill piece, and made %sorrier accordingly ; there. by deriding that Langan ie nut to be surrendered, nor his liable to thy payment of the damages and costs. COURT OP EXCHEQUER. DUBLIN, Dec.lo. l'everday,' the rase of Dunn against Alderman Tyndall, otne d the Coroner of the City of Dublin, and others, , cane on to be tried bef.tre the Lord Chief Baron. It wt.; - an aril:3n forfulae imprironment. Verdict for the plaintiff, damages, and costs. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—(Savuaroay.) ---.4110"-- • MARTIN, ITONC, AND OTHCRV, V. DRAW. Mr. Nerjeant VAUGHAN stated that this was an action brought by the plaintiff:, who were eminent hankers, to • recover a sum of seven guineas from the defendant, a law stationer, residing in Portugal Street, Lincoln's Inn. The ' plaintiffs would rot have brought an action for a small :tun like this, had it not involved the character of one of their 'Jerks. The transactions out of which this cause bad arisen irer thew:—On the ISth of July last the defendant presented a cheek, drawn by Edward liaise and Son, on the plaintiffs, for 41. 45., at their banking house. The clerk, who was at•that moment acting as cashier, mistook these • figrres for I 11. • I Is., on account of the manner in hich they were made.; he therefore asked in what way the defendant would have it paid; to which he was anseered, In coda ; he then counted out that sum, and the defendant put it in his pocket. Soon afterwards the mistake seas dis covered by the clerk looking over therbeck, and observing that the figures wire improperly made, and that the sum o f :s F. Dr pounds four shillings' were written in word: at full length, In ti -e body of the net.. When the cashier, for whom this clerk had been acting, came back to the banking house. -the cleric communicated to him the cnms'anres, and on the cash book and the checks that had been paid being compared, a deficiency of seven guineas teas discovered. • The clerk as soon as the banking house closail for the day, called on the defendant, and haying mentioned the mistake, requested him to refer to his cash account, for the purpose of seeing what money he bad .teccrived in the course of the day, when the defentla.nt r eplied be could' not, as he had turned ont all the cash from his pocket into a box, and had paid the account into a -hanker's. Under these circumstances, the plaintiffs trete tar/veiled to bring , the present action, in order to clear she character of their clerk, who had been confidentially }Lied by them for the last six years. • Win, Cole—l am a clerk in plaintiffs' bankintrdiouse, the business of which is carried on at Lombard S reed. 4 have keen in their employment six y ears; at the time of paying this money I o f f i ciated as ca shier; there are two cashiers In our house, sae of them was in the country. -the other was at his dinner; in his absence I acted a s a-sillier; while he was out that check was presented at our doubter: Mr. Drew presented it ; I did not then know hius: looked at the figure. (Tae check was then handed to the Juay ; the figures were made in such a manner as to have all the ippearaore of having been intended for II instead 9f 4. ) , I read it for II guineas, looking at the figures in the earner; I asked the tierce:hint in what way he would take it. Since one pound n Ars have been dis eentinned,it has not been the practice in bankingdsouses to isk that q testi on on checks of less than, 51. bring presented; lie saki, in gold:* I then paid him eleven sovereigns, and eleVen shillings is titter; he took it and went away. I have 'sitAt• a distinct treollection *of the subject as to be aide to swear positively to these farts. la our house, when geld is paid 'toe cheeks, we pat them on the fila till three or four of them ore paid; when the whole amount is tr.ken and put into the cash . book ; it is the business of the cashier -to do this; we mark the amount on the ontside, and the person who keeps the cash book looks over it, and then enters it. The check did not remain en the tile more than ten minutes. I then took it elf the file for the purpose of making a total, and I then discovered it was for four guineas only, instead of eleven. At three o'clock the other cashier /Aliened from dinner. I then inquired of tlitit-reelleace of liaise and Soc, the drawers of the check: :4 , A. litick -..- • Ilawn' tbibe and . four in* to a y intn l & liate a banking ee , and ha then tot's! me where Mr. Drew lived. We talented nor cash . aceoani about six at I . theiadhisa . thi ash sated glinena abort. I went In Me.] Drew Its'soon as the banking.hoqm was shot., L sate the olivine's there. Mr: Drew is a stationer. I hiked fdr and be came out. I 'reinembered him to be the saw.' to whom I had paid money Lb the morning. 1 told him that in paving the check on Hike and Son, I bad; paid him him eleven . gisineae instead of four. He said be bad received the rileht amount. rtold him to look into his pocket and lie would then find 'Wen guineas more than he could account for. He said it wig of no use, for when be Mlle home he. had turned out his pockets into a cash box, the amount of which had : hen afterwath paid into his, bankers. Cross examined.—l have livek with the plaintiffs six years. I lived before that with Messrs. Brookes. bankers. Mr. Drew admitted he had been it our house in the morn. ing. He said lie had been paid with four sovereigns, a half.erOwn, one shilling and sixpence. He offered to go before the Lord Mayor and make an affidavit to that effect. My deficiency on that day was only seven guineas. 1 never said it was twenty pounds. I read the check for eleven guineas ; it was about a quarter after two when the check was presented; it was broad day light, on the Itith of Jnly. The words " four pounds four shillings" are written very legibly. 4 never said that any body else bad taken the money. I told Mr. Drew on leaving hind, that ft was a very unpleasant business ; that it lay between us, and that if he had not this money it must lave been. left on the counter. By the JUDGC-1 paid hint the whole of the motiey. eleven guineas; and, therefore, if be bad only four gui• ne', he must have selected them from the rest. Ite-examined.—The words "four pounds four shillings" were written in the body of the check, but when I paid it I only looked at the figures. Ido not recollect That Mr. Drew said he could not babe received Mere than four guineas, for he had only that Single sum of money- in• his pocket when he returned home: Mr. William Stringer.—l was a cashier in the plaintiffs' house on the day in question: I pointed out Mr. Hideo to the last witness. The busineei is conducted in Osmond, d scribed. The check was then read: Mr. Edward liaise proved that the check bad lien given on the day in puestien to the defendant. Cross-examined.-:—The defendant is a ►ery respectable man, and of a respectable fanny. Mr. Justice Buititounu regretted that the defendant, had not at once satisfied the clerk of the mistake which had happened, by producing his cash-book for the day, which would instantly have prevented the present invesl ligation. The Jury would say on the whole of the circumstances, whether they thought the clerk could have by mistake counted out the I I guineas on the counter. part of which had been afterwards left there and taken by somebody else, in which case they would find for the defendant; or whether they thought the defendant had fraudalently put the money in his pocket, in which case th it verdict must be fur the plaintiffs. The Jury retired fer a short, time; and on their return delivered their verdict, by their foreman, in the fulloaing terms :—" At the same time that we pronounce a verdict for the defendant, we wish it to be understood that we impute no corrupt inteetiun whatever to the clerk." ESSEX WINTER AI.NIZES—CosTINuED. TIIK KING P. TIIOSISS wILLISSI WARD, ESQ. This was an indictment against the defendant tor a libel pablished of and concerning Peter Wright. EN. of list. field Priory, in this county. This case excited considerable interest in the county. Mr. lixox conducted the case on the part of the prose cution ; and Mr. Hawn:Rica and Mr. DowLiso the defence. The case was in substance this:—The prosecutor is a gentleman of fortune, who, in ISIS was an unsuccessful candidate as a representative in Pas fitment for the borough of Colchester. The defendant Is a lieutenant io the Royal Artillery. The prosecutor and the defendant's father are brothers, the latter being the elder grandsons of Mr. John Wright, former proprietor of Hatfield Priory estate, of considerable value, in this county. In early life the defendant's father was the favourite grand. son of Mr. John Wright, sad was expected to be the heir of his large possessione. He went to India, and after a long absence, he returned to England, and found that his grandfather had died, leaving Mr. Peter LuarJ, the prose- Moe, heir, by will, to all his property. The prosecutor, upon the death of his grandfather, assumed the name of Wright, and has ever since been in possession of his grandfather's estate. This unexpected reverse in the fortunes of the defendant's father produced considerable dissatisfaction ; bat the prosecutor allowed the defendant's father to remain for a considera b le time in possession of one of the family mentions rent free, and had let to him • large farm considerably below its value, upon an agreement tte a lease, which did not appear to have been executed. The prosecutor's family and that of the defendant's father grew up, and in consequence of mutual misunderstandings, great dis seosions appeared to have prevailed. The defendant am sent to India as a cadet, and became a Lieut •nant in the Royal artillery. Whilst at the Mauritius in 1820; he heard of some alleged indignities offered by the prosecutor to his father, and in the heat of filial indignation at the manner in which he believed the prosecutor to have behaved towards Isis parent, wrote an intemperate letter to the prosecutor, reproaching bins with cruelty and persecu tion towards his father, alluded to the unfavourable &atm sition of the grandfather's property, by which a younger brother was placed in affluence whilst the elder was kept in comparative penury, and insinuate I that unfair nomans had been adopted to influenk the grandfather• la .the disposition of his .property. This letter had been read by the prosecutor to several of his friends. Upon the return of the defendant to England, in March, 1822, he *rote a respectful letter to the prosecutor, apologiaiog for that which he had written from the Mauritius. and expressing his regret in dutiful language, for the intemperance into which he had been betrayed; and asked forgiveness for the youthful heat he had shewn in the cause of his father; being sensible, upon reflection, whatever Narks his father might have received, still he haul exceeded the bounds of discretion. The prosecutor took no notice of this letter. Previously to the defendant's going to the East Indies, he had lef► in the pot4ession of the prosecutor's eldest son, a pointer dog, upon condition that if he returned and the dog was alive, it should be restored, and if dead, another dog was to he given in its stead. No answer haring been given to the letter last mentioned, the de-, fendant wrote to the prosecutor's son, in cold hot civil t•rins, requesting that the dog, which he nu lerstnod was alive, might be returned. This repeat nes treated with silent .contempt ; uren which the cieentheat wrote a letter to the prosecutor, stating the breach of his son's promise, and reqoesting his interference for the peaceable restoration of the dog. In this letter were contained some angry iat putstions respecting the conduct of the prosecutor's son, in keeping the dog after the solemn engagement abate I referred to. This letter received no answer; hut the pro f aerator immediately indicted the defendant for the first, , third, and fourth letters above mentioned ; the first was I alleged to be libellous of the prosecutor, aid the third and s fourth were charged as intending.to provoke the prosecutor sod his son to fight a fill.] nulls the defendant. The a le. &Want had been teased from his Fed, %Rhone' any pre s vious notice, and taken into custo Iv for the purpose o' f pleading to the indictment, and having pleaded and bring ...admitted to bail, the sate was now brought to trial. Mr. io 3113mAri. zw thud& 'loarlitnide two pr threw attempts in the early, Part of Ale time to induce the parties to case to seem se.' eatigedieneof their differener, the mutter being minty et a family and domestic nateil. • •ti These suggestions bad not the desired effeet. add the lstiieproceiniiii. The prosecutor wis examined, end proved ,thet tite tenets in qnestion bad retched him. He denied certain acts of tinitiodneskaegielited iu proceeding frori Ma totrardi his brother, the defendant's father ; and de shied tbit he had do unkind motives for this prosecution. lie adMitted Gist he bed shown the letters is question to mistral family friende, but denied that he bad given copies of them tb any body. Mr. in.en ingenious and asimated address to the Jury, contended, first, that supposing the first letter to 'tie libellous. it was private and confidential. and had only beionveinjoriotts.to the prosecistor, id consequent& of his owA iMprudenclin publishing its contents to the world ; and, peeved, that neither of the other levers could be con strued into an intedtion oo the part of the defendant, to challenge either the prosecutor or his son to fight a duel. Mr. Jitstice rank untamed Qp the case for the Jury, and gave it as his opinion that the letters were all libellous, and calculated to provoke the prosecutor er his son to commit a breach of the peace. The Jury immedi a tely row., the defendant Guilts., and be wits sentenced to pay to the King a fine of 1001.. and to give ecority for his good behaviour for five years, himself in 2001., and two sufficient sureties in 501. each. Upon plying the tine, and giving the required security, the defendant was liberated. OLD BAILEY.—SATURDAY, Dec. Before the COMMON SIMIGZIN7 and a Middlesex Jury. John Peters, a young lid in the dress of a sailor, or more properly speaking, partly covered wills what *rented to have once been sailor's clothes, was put to the bar charged with having stolen a piece of bacon from a window where it *as exposed for sale. The fact of stealing being brought clearly twine to the prioner, the COMMON SCROZAN r asked him what be had to saw in his defence. . . . . i'risoner, in a my artless manner, admittei the theft; but pleaded in mitigation, his state of extreme suffering from the Cravings of hunger, which he said, forced him to it. He had no means of subsistence, and bad not tasted a menet of food flit 24 hours before he took the bacon. _ _ Cbf3ION SERGEANT.— IlaVe you DO frit:WE? Is there any one who can speak to your character ? Prisoner.—No, Sir; I have no friend in England. An the friends I have are at Santa _Cruz. _ The Co:duns Scsingssr.—Yon are, then, I suppose, a bathe of Santa Cruz ? Tire prisoner replied id the affirtnstirc, sad added, that he had but lately arrived id England. The Comsrosr Samaras:l* then sorduresi up the evidence. " The prisoner," he observed," rays that he committed the offence, impelled by the powerful incitement of hunger. I believe be is a stranger here, without friends; and in it state of otter destitution. , The offence charged is however proved, and your verdict of guilty mast follow •, bni the Court hal a discretionary power in apportioning the punishment, and it will consider his very dktressing astuntion as arsirtesiati• ble claim- upon Its mercy." The Jury returned / verdict of Utility. The COMMON SERGLYNT—Prisoner, do" you think ';'0:12 can get work if you are now discharge t ? The prisoner replied, that he had no friends here, and did not know where to apply for work. The COMMON SILMOZA wr.—Mell, we most try and provide work for yon. Let him be removed, and have proper treatment until some employment can be got fur him. The Common Sergeant left the Beach before II o'clock, and the Recorder presided at the culler trials lentil half-past live. None of them possessed any interest. Saul: Stapleton .and 17ros. BoUris, two sturdy looking rogues, apparels:ly not exceedinz IS years of age, were convicted of stealing 3001 b. of lead from a, building.— They were sentenced to be transported for 7 years. On hearing the sentence, one of them shook Isis head with an air of perfect inslifferenee. The other, looking fiercely at the Recorder, raid, in an angry tone, " I wish you may not leave that ontil we come back." At half pest 3 the Common Sergeant resumed his seat on the Ileoch, an•t continue! to sit until a late hour. None of the arses which came before him were of any interest. POLICE. • BOW-STREIT.HAZARD PLatrixo.—Mr. T. WISLCII was brought up from Initecross•street Prison, on a writ of Habeas Corpus, to plead to three several informations charging him with having played at a certain unlawful game, called hazard, contrary to the statute 12 Geo. 11. It will be recollected that about two months ago, ioforma lions were laid against a number of persons for the rune offence, the present defendant being one of them, aid that the whole of those informations failed in consequence , of the informer bring under age. The whole of those informations have been laid afresh by another informer, and the parties summoned for this day ; hot not Mt,' of them appeared, except the defendant above named, and he . only because he was brought up perforce, by the writ of habeas as aforesaid. Mr. ADoLPHVS appeared for the prosecution. The defendant said his circumstances were such at the present moment, that he was uoahle to obtain legal advice. and therefore he hoped for the merciful consideration of the I Magistrate. He pleaded Net guilty.—Mr. Jackson, a glass-dealer, in Carlisle Street, Brompton, (the same witness I who appeared in suppirt of the former informations alluded to), gave evidence on the present occasion. He swore that he saw the def- adult betting and setting at hazard, on the Itith of September and the 10th Oct. last, in the gambling house, No. 8, Oxendon-street, and again on IG:h Oct. in the gambling-house, 13, Leicester-place. The defendant denied this, and said if he had been at large, he could have proved that it was untrue. He also stated, that these prosecutions were carried on against Mtn, because he had threatened to expose certain parties who were defrauding the unwary, by using a roulette table, loaded with a magnet. The Magistrate said, all this would tend to show the sort of honour that existed among gamblers. The defendant was then ordered to pay a penalty of 201. upon each of the three convictions; but as he was unable to do this, and had neither goods nor chattels upon which levy could be made, the Magistrate ordered that he should stand committed to the Couuty Gaol for one month. _ _ _ - .......... The Solicitor for the prosecution (a person named Norton) endeavoured to convince his Worship thst be was bound to order a separate commitment upon each con. vicuna, and after some conversation on this point, his Worship conceded it; but at the same time reduced the term from one month, to ten days, upon each conviction. The defendant was then taken to Whiteeross Street prison; and a copy of the commitinent ordered to be iodic(' against him at the ga'e. On Saturday a young woman of prepossessing appearance. ki as brought u 2 to Hatton thrtleu Office, charged by Mr. Jones, liaberilasher,Crescent (louse, Burton Crescent. with having coNtaineil possession of goods his property. It ap peared in evidence that the prisoner had gone into his shop; and after selecting varions articles to the amount of Ili arty' 101., she ordere I his shopman to aceompatiy her with the goads to her residence in flidhorough Street, where she *you'd pay him; On fieir arrival there she lett hint in one apartment to write a receipt, while she withdrew under tb. Iretext of going to her writing deck fur the money, tak s g th. , parcel with her. Mr. Jones, suspicious or her cuaracter. it si followed the parties, and atopt her is the street, rteJT betlorsr, as alio was effrethig her escape. Ou Scath e therm', se,,iehing her, sitty dopliettes of various articles were fuind Go her. There was also • linen draper's bill, adsonntiair to 42., Air gOOllll, which she sabsegeruily pawned for Its. She has Rose about tinder rarioes tinniest but her sfeirrat iddress was, " Harriet Phenix, Lartt•hi►ll•p ace, Cisphatn." The prisoner, whit e at the bar, because so agitated, that she faintest away.-4ha iernanded tsr a weeh. Tuastas POLICC.—TWO relipectalde looking yan tac rr „i i hisined twee end Dation; underwent a final. exannnatiod on a charge of maliciously shouting. The rircoi ns t see , ei store three :—Abent 13 years ago, a lientleus sc i kra a l litimani Married a Miss Parry, a young Lady of propeet r; who then resided with her fisther, in Colebrook R. Islington. About two years ego the prisoner Lase in..' troduced himself ter the arepsslntanre of Mr. and Mrs. ItritoaSi, and an intercourse of a very friendly nature less the result Mr. thirnani haiinei occasion to make a tear in linitierlarii, left his wife with the most perfect confi dence in her thine and propriety of conduct ; on his • re. tern, howeter; he had tha mortification to find that during his absence she hal eltiired with the prisoner Lane. Ta r aback !o Mr. O. was so great as to impair lila intellects for a time,anil endanger his life. Its August last the Lady 'eter na l to h t father's, and was forgiven by her husband, but sous after again reterned to leer paramour. Mr. Grisurei se I Ibis friends have since beten very assiduous in their ace. Lions to tiara the fugitives, anti at length found Late amt his friend Duuon lodging at a house io John Street, Commercial Road, OA Lane had provided apartments for tie lady a itlsio a few doors; the la ly was tut to be met with, and one th , too personal contests took place betsetis Mr. Grimani and Lane, in one or which the former d rew a sword stiat on his adversary, oho avoided receiving soy injury by running away. On the 231 of November, Mr. Urimani wed' to the bootie of Lane, and a rriiegi r e a r . meoced between them, and they fell on the flour, ;Than Lane • rolled to Dalton to come to his assistance, and bring the pistols. Detroit canoe direct)) , into the min, a i t i, a pi s t o l in each hand, and presently atter one of thew went off do 1 wOnnkled Airs. I.:intro:thy, the lanai ly of the honse, in the leg; the bill entered above the amnia I a nd tesalc a ilirestioff downwards. in I came out about three inches below its entry. Airs. lipsworthy was brooitlit into the office with her leg bandaged up, and Ming stilt unable to walla ; but she expressed hs r derided opini.Pl that the pistol went oil accidentally. The Magistra.e charged the prisoner's Irani the felony; but ordered then, and .llrAirituani to fia.d bail td keep the peace towards each c then. The infoimatiori under the Game Act, which We have hull occasion to notice in our three last Journals, before the Ileac s of Magistrates at Chichester. excited mere than usual Jute r,t on Saturday last, end the crow, 4 of gentlemen; ensiles tow t. ness the proceedings, was at one time so great, as to ocecsiOs much inconvenience.. Messrs: Minim and Colale were net consisted in the penalty of five preteds ; the latter is a timber merchant et Chichester, and bad been convicted of a simile• offence the pr cading week.—The lion. Augustus Berkeley, of Funtiagton. having been suinm.swel, attended to prove his qui litic Won, bolt the Information against hien went off on another groune. The ease which eteited most attention was Ueda the Rev. Thomas N.xecin Maiden, wbo contended that he coo ifia tilled, as being a Fellow of Meg-late° C !leg-, atone deriv• tug an income from the revenues of the College Considerable :iVec tuning per annum: —These revenues; it was stated, arose from thr Estates of the College, and consisted chidly of reserved rents; and qu t rents.—=the tae's above reruaoe et intg tussle out, the Magistrates were of npini lin that the Ret. Ornleman was qualified to kill game. Ills Grace the Duke rf Richmond sat as Chairman on this occ salon, and it was (Ibsen- Oy his Genii*, that the que:tion whether a Fellow was, or ts not qualified, dhl not appear tu have ever been decided Tile late Professor Christian was' the only authority en the point, and he was - of opinion that a Fellow w a qua:Moth Tee Professor, in his treatise on .the Game Lows, says, •• 1 hate I..eitteirly been asked if a Pellow of a C •Ilege is qtallied; any opinion is that if he enjoys is money, board, and cammberf what Is equivalent to Filt. a year, •ri•ing out of the E,ta'rs ef the Cohn ;e, he IS qualified. As 4 Nl•gistrate. I ceetainly shstil.l not convict him as tieing unqualifed, and would advise other Magistrates not to do it, but in such a cein leave the prose , eutor to resort to a Court of Lew."—We will not venture tq anticipate what the opinion of the Court of King's Reneh might be, should this question ever come before ft for decision, but we think the Magistrates were pert. etty right in tits Lining the information, as, in doing se, they adhered, as Was their duty. to the rule, that when a case, inder a penal statute, involves a doubt, the person charged is entitled to the Worth cf LIU doubt.—(Brinkton Herald.) EXTItIOROINAY Fu.ll CIIACE.—One of el.! best Fox Maws that ever was seen in the Eastern purl of Essex was • itnessed with the Union Fox Hounds, findiug Fox at the Lodge Wnoil. Ganglia e, where he broke covers to the Soffits end of toe Wond, ant ran through the parishes of mile Eeil, Colches!er, Greenstearl, El.natead, Wivenhoe, Alresfurd, Frotieg. Great Bromley,' Little Bromley, Ardleigli, Dedlinm, and I. tuAlisti: after which, he grained the Wood, where he was found making •e complete and extensive rung of at least 2, miles, which he did in a very gallant style, refusing the shelter eflarge caverns, several of which he passed. The rue was eltostether fast—the hounds seldom at fault, once only for a few minutes, and not a second time in the same field, covert, or parish, till arriving et the Lodge Wood, Longhorn, whetter the cheer commenced.— ' Ile never subjected himself to be viewed by any sportsman in tee field, which was • cry lar . 4e. Ile was found at one o'clock the day, and it wis four when the hounds were will/twit off at the Lodge ; thus making an admirable °Laze of dim boars._ A Mwernicasta• PL ATER.—On Monday last a person was brought befo e the Mayor of Windsor fur having, on the preceding day, committed an act of V:1 grancy, by begging in the streets. The Mayor demanded what he had to say to this charge? lie replied, that such were the calls of vas fore, that he begged from absolute necessity. The :davits trate said, what are you ? Ile answered, I sin the son a a .6ener it in the army, and I rirtfortxmately. received a Mu ral education, which I. d me to a•so late with those who, Ike lurid'', were infatuated with theatrics's ; the resolt of which was, that I went on the stage, and have latserlv been travelling about the coun!ry seeking engagements. ' At some towns I was retained for a short season, at other placei, were the managers ha I not room fur me, the corm pony raised a subseription to help me on t 1 e road to the next likely station. His hopes led him to Windsor, bet not limlisag a company Lere, he was reduced to the hernia• ating situation in which lie was apprehended. Ile foray stated, that he belonged to London, whither lie was going; that he kad a mother there, who was not in circumstances to do much for him. The Mayor told him he coronas seratrd his situation, but desired him to quit the town with. out delay. Saturday, about half past twelve o'clock, a fire broke oat on Weybill, in the buildings usually occupied during this fair. It originated in the pleasure fair, itc,:r the spot al' lotted for standings, about thirty of which are destroyed: also the accommodation booth kept by Mr. I,lauglt. 0( Wallop, known by the name of the Corporation 800th..- The calamity is supposed to have (wen entirely secidenta4 and the stint' being North IVest, con tutted the boas directly towards the ground usually held for sheep. lisd the wind been East or West, it would I see bten morose- ED.—On the 1 leh inst., at St. Mary's, Lambeth. Mr. C. Burror orthe Clapham road, to S:trali Slaria, eldest daughter of lit. late J. Smelt, Esq. of Clapham rn.omon. 14 /ridgy lest. at Lone* Hotel, Mr. William Hall, of 'Feely! , aged rOt. On Wednesday, the 10th instant, Robert Itosbergh, Esq. Upton raw, Strattozd. (hi the 1::th Last, at Upper Tooting, Susanna, the Wild of 'l'. ,tJlingtoe. ot De third r..w. On the 121 h it st tor, aged 70 year., Major General W. I). Fawcett / ot the I too. Katt Its tie Company saclike. and second mtu•ef the late fien.S l r‘rf , raw-ett, K 11 On Saturea last, at Bunny, Notts. 'Elizabeth Belton. aged P 3. That (art of the hew ts etre deseriotto el .1.1 age to ' The Ow set ing eas. suet they are ley,' did not noel!: to her d.a Led a etatatortr ut teeth no her head at the time of Ler deete. and 1* said nom t• had the tooth nehein '' • ' London : Printed and Published at thololkee, No. fitn, rat , by R. IVAILDELL, LL.D. Proprietor. It I i I. I 1 . k 1 I