The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-12-12 00:00:00

LAW AND JUSTICE. 7 . 11 THI IDITOIR MI 7112 STATIMIAN. Ste—Law without jostles, is like a gentkulan oat money : little respected. There do►s not appear to he in law-cases a sufficient sliotinclina between penalty, and damages. Penalty is punishment for crime. Damages are an indemnification fur losses sustained. To elucidate this, 1 shall mention two case•, which have r ecentlyoceurred. Two gentlemen differed in pa riah politics, with so much warmth, that their ililteretice o ccasioned personal abuse, which ended in Ina spittiog o • the other. This, in law. it appears, is an assault ; %71. consequently, an action ensued, in the Court of Common Pleas. The desi.ion of the Court was, that one party shonld pay to the other one hundred and dif,v pounds for the assault. Sow.io thii Cu.. it was very proper, that the nne w hoc4intnitted the assault should receive penis/meal; het the tine, if any were to be Varied, shonld go to the hmg, or to the national parse. For, in this ease, no one was injured, either in person or property, or elm teeter : therefore, no one could be entitled to damages. To give daupoirer, ieaseh team meeld be eneeerapang the crime. Many a person would be spit at for one nnielra cod fifty pounds; and some might be disposed to irritate another .to commit the act, to obtain the wan. The other ease is one which was tried in thetas:lt 'of itieg's Benet, "king v. Anderson." In reality, it was the Hamlet of Mile-end, against Anderson. He was I.ltiirteit fee embenling several sums of weary, belong ing to the Hamlet. Is this cue, it was stated on the trial, by Mr. Peppercorn, one of the most active gentle men in the Hamlet, that he believed (on his oath) that I;te Hamlet hail lost, by Anderson, to the amount of one thousand eight Litn.:4l4l pounds! The decision of the Coed was, that he be four months imprisoned, and pay a tine of three budded tonn,a to the King ! Now, inthis cue, the Hamlet bad sustained a serious C•msecpently, one would think, it was entitled to dimige•. One would naturally expect, that the three hundred pintas would base been given to the Hamlet, a , a cot spensation for its loss. I out aware, that both these eases have been decided, IT-cording to custom, and the rules of the Coati. Bu t the onestion with the public is, onght any obi custom er form to itccontinued, aliens better can be substituted in its stead? to the two eases above stated, would there not appear mouthing -mire ilitejestiee.if. in the first cam, the suns et one ligatured and ql.y poundspenidtv, had. boots for /Weil to the King, frat the assudi. etithinltted on one 4 mt.whiftts • ana j ,is di. sewed, instead of a periefiy three Lttnalr:d renttat to the King, it should have been dourest three bemired pounds to the Heaski f In the ..ne ea.,. there were no damages done; jet, one bin .lre.l red fifty ponmis wen 01103! In Mk Othrr, ram* llicre tree damages done, perhaps, to the amount done thm.stid eight hundred pounds, and yet, there re Lola* recoVerl.ll T. S we . Mile-end, Dec. 2, 1822. SHIPPINO INTELUGENCE Deo., Dec. H.—Arrived this day and sailed for the River tine Suffolk, Allison. from (Inchon; the Hannah. lAxen. from St. John's. New Brunswick ; the Creole, (ram nantb u c o. ahoot 3 e.m. the Hannah; Lamb. for Bombay.—Passed through the Down , this 7th . is dot of outward-bound vessels from Ramsgate • fio;rietwir.-i-Winol E S.E. POSTIS9#7II, Uec. 11.—Arrived His Majesty's Ship Minder; kon - Ivrdtti and Ann, f r oinVakncts.—Saltest flis Majesty's Ship Phonon, fir Plymouth ; also the ehule:of the outward boned, 55 in number, for their 44-rem destinations.—Wind E. Dec.lo.—The cargo of the Princess of . 'Weire,lately arrived herein distress, commenced to he transhipped on board the Brig Jane, to be conveyed to London.—Calan. F ttsrocYn. Dec. 10.-Sailad the Lady tonics Packet, for America ; the George the Third, for Jamaica and oleirs.---Wind N. liauwicw, Dac. 11.—Arrived the henry Fending Packet, With mails for Cuxhaven —The Ann, of. Los don, was seen yesterday °ear the Cutler Sands withont a rudder, anti steered by a stoszk 1 eie'hts not come in here. The Feeder, Ekstrom. frith( Intisitnn tri Dettenburt, yo striven nn shore et Lerwick, 19th ult., and filleti l with aster : crew saved. • _ Mr. Cheeks flankland. of the Foreign Office, who is lunched to the British Embassy in Russia, arrived yes terday morning in Dawning-street, with important dis patches from St. Petershorgh, which he delivered im thrdiately to Mr. Secretary Canning. Nearly every day since his Majesty left town the Cs , . Linet has been occupied in diseuesieg a matter of the aormoot importance to the State, which the wishes of the personage in the ronntry have forced on its o onsido.ration, We have long known the extreme no.siety in a partiewler quarter. to endeavors- to perpe lostr in his owe immediate descent all the bonbon and looties, centering in his illustriolis person.—The failure ).ss been is , pposiert to arise partly Irons certain political rex: raints,ttsP w isdom of which we have alai airs, indeed aptestioneaL To remove, then, what is deemed by the yie...-ona;•e most deeply concerned, an obstacle. through f.ouroted safely in prejudice, and to induce Minis ao.rs to endeavocr, by the implied sanction of al the in /I aenee attached to their offices, to p upon Podia 'Lent to alter by future enactment this bar to personal ral ifi cj aion, has, we anolerstand, been the cause of all bow meetings, awl where so many doubts soil scruples es to the policy of this momentous change, have been stare d, e specially by some, the coarse of whose whole hue has trees hardly ever to decide, the difficnlty in I.r4,ltueinc unanimity may be supposed to hive been Arras indeed. Should Ministers relax, and with their subserviency glee in to the ardent wishes of Liu, In .st interested; "a high-horn beauty of the Court, tat!! of youth, grace, and every accomplishment, both of nos. I and person, is tho utject to be made most happy. —( Chrota , k) secounts arrived in town yesterday from Norfolk. we Learn, Csat Lady Ann Coke is hourly expected to be ee...wd. At a mating of Magistrate*, held not along since in -Creememnalsire, a ver respectable fernier was summoned )..fore • Ils. na for k Bing game on the manor of one of the than sitting M ocistrates. and convicted in the penalty of W. The f wooer pleaded very hard against the comm . lint'. hot all in vale; be then stated Gast be had an in. tornststion to lay against a respectable person then pre sent. Ile was revisited to lay it on oath ; be did so, and hall the aforesaid. Magistrate convicted in the penalty of 10/. for killing game, be having neglected to Pin out Ls err tificate. Toosterolay. a Court of Directors was 1161 at the Bust la.lis lionse, when Cul. Alexander Weikel , took the aural oaths on luring eppointed Governor of Saint Wean. The fallowing Captains were sworn into the command of their respective ships, viz. :—Capt. Wan. bluebell, Bridgewater, consigned to St. Helena, Bono bay, and China ; Captain Richard Alsayer, Waterloo Consigned to Bombay and Coins. Orders have been received at Chatham Dockyard. to bring forward for service, the Prince Regent, Meas. Captain W. Parry is appointed to the command, with a complement of 139 officers snot men. She is to he titled for the fag of Vice Admiral Sir Benjamin Hal lowell. COVENT 0 A ROM 4.IIATRE. . . • --woo" . A new Trigefiyomititled The flegilMret, was performed for the first lime last night. before • eroyrded audience. It Is attributed to the pen of Mr. StitilL, and being constructed for the most part on the German model, it contains many si- Mations of that terrific kind, which are calculated to produce strong emotion, while they afford matter of exception to the opponents of the school itself. The distress of the piece arose principally from the filial virtue of the hero, Adolphos Peliguiac (Mr. MACSKADs). %Cho, to screen his father from punishment of a murder, committed Is the violence of pas sion. aggravated by insult, exposes his own reputation to the stain, and is led as a convict to a prison In Orleans. kefore this mitiforinne had befallen him, he was attached to Margaret Romost (Miss Krctv). who retiree, after their separation. to a cottage lo the neighbourhood of Orleans. with her Whet., (Hr. It . .) Here strain the virtue of 011ial devotion is manifested, and the fair Margaret resolves MS marry Count MouteiUe (Mr. Yarns), in order to I deliver her (attar from pecuniary distress. This she does seder the persuasion that Adolphus had deserted her. It is just on the eve of the intended nuptials that her unhappy lover first hears of her intention to become the wife of ano ther. He resolves to witness the ceremony. and hating won lbe guard, to whose ears he is intrusted, by saving the life of his child. he' obtains his permission Is repair to Use dwelt Here he bee an interview with Margaret, orime an explanation takes place ; her agitation betrays St-r wen* to the father and the Coast, his disguise is to:n off by the et teodants, and site is upbraided with an attachment fora con vitt and a murderer. Margaret boldly resists the imputa tion of guilt thus rest upon her loser, but Moabite, after procuring his condemnation to death, determines that sits Shall behold the brand upon his Sr.. as he p to even floc His wish is in that respect accomplished, and the wretched Adolphus, though implored by Margaret with the tenderest entreaties to avow his innocence, is prohibited from doing so by the obligation of an oath. She is then abandoned by her father, upon which, in a state of despair; she follows her lover to the scene where he Is about to Cur. render his life. In the mean tine the father of Adolphus ar rites at Orle.ins in a dying state in search of his son; they meet at the place of execution ; but just as the son is shoat to suffer the father dies, having previously confessed himself to be the criminal. The sentence of Ade/phut is of course recalled, and instead of perishing on the licaffold, he is restored to the arms of Margaret. This brief out line, which er..!•tsees only a few of the leading fea tures of the story, will be suecient to thaw that the in• eidents are strongly marked, and that what is called stage effect has not been anattended to is their conception and arrangement. There are some inconsistencies in the conduct of the fable. But perhaps the chief objection to which he Drama is liable will be found to consist In the ivy of narrative and description, which. however well eadesited, has always a heavy cleat en the stage. It is Imo mdloil!le to speak too highly of Mr. MA.CilluAisell added. lore and despair, were the great passloas be had to. deaerlbe, arid ha . daheritted tham 'faithfully and forcibly.-, ilils powers were .strongly pat forth in taunting his rival. , and the manner In which he declared his innoceuee at last, was in the highest degree pathetic. The character of Mar garet, which was assigned to Miss F. H. KeLLY, had also the advantage of being admirably perforated. We doubt whettity she did not exert herself rather too much In the istamenclog scene to express the deep grief under width she t• hut the spirit with which she defended the chg. water of her lover, was as inepreSslve. Is one tune of elects lion, as the tender anxiety With width she enectereged him Ito announce his innocence was in another. Her declare tion—that though she did not love him,, she would die for him—produced a sensation in which emery beset partici pated. The other charmless were well supported, but we 'have not time to particularise. A very pleasing melody slid ithyten, the musk of which was composed by Mr. O. Reeve, mete introdueed with good effeet, end the whole was .reeear:lity received and loudly applauded at the end, thoagit -I wlthoiil,tbe mixture of a few dissentient solar*. • , PaLIMAN LOAN or ISIS, CON7BACTSD BT MR W.V. Ikkritecnti.p Losnow.--The hal/Indy dividend of this Loan fang due on Wednesday. the Ist of January next, will be paid oo that, and every succeeding day. be tween the hours of ten and two. at the Counting-hoese of Mr. N. IIL. Rothschilst. in New-court, St. Surithio's lane.—N.B. The Dividend warrants must be left one day for inspection—via.: those presented on the Slat of December will, therefore, be paid on the let of January, and so in continuance. On Tuesday evening last. died at his residents at Walton, tbeiight Hen. Charles Kart of Tankervilir, Baron Ossalston, Ste. &e. He is succeeded in his titles and estates ty his son,Charles AuguMat, Lord Ossulston, member for Berwick-upon-Tweed. DZATI4 or LJstT. SWAINS.—It is with much TOW cern we announce the death of Lieutenant Swayers ; since he received the wound, he. has had the best pro. feleinetal aid, hot to no effect, as be languished in the Emu eserociatiog pain until three o'clock vesterday Fawning, when be expired. Mr. O'Brien. one of the Co roners, has proceeded to Middleton to hold an inqrtest. The Members of the Barrytnore Cavalry are on the alert to apprehend 111`Cartiry. Lieutenant Swayne was in terred this morning at eight o'clock. The Jury hare returned a verdict of wilful murder against M•Larthe. who, it was reported to-day, has been taken in the neigh bourhood of Tallow.—(Cork Mercantile Chronicle.) TROTTING kliatcw.—Yeiterday morning, at nine o'clock, a trotting match took place on the Haekhey-road for fifty guineas, between a grey horse, the property of Mr. Kean., and a black horse, the properly of Mr. Kent. They were to tort tagainetaaelt other for one boar, at the expiration of which time, the black hawse won, hating don* IS miles in the hour. SPARRINO.IIIIery Holt, a man whose prowess in the prize-ring has always been admired, and whnse civility out of it is proverbial, took his benefit at the Fives'-court. but the melancholy catastrophe which had betel the unfortunate Hickman, threw a damp upon the sports. Torre was no setting-to of any note. Joshua Hudson showed. bnt Shelton did not. The latter has received the most severe punish. wield, and he has proved himself a very brave man. The lucky hit which won him the fight was on the temple of Hud son, the one on the body not takiag the effect a spectator would have supposed. It has been stated that neither could answer io time, but Shelton was led to the scratch, or rather held up at it beyond his time; and. as we stated yesterday. • meeting was held spun that subject, but the address of Hudson yesterday has set that matter at rest. Hudson mounted the stage with his head tied up, much queered in the ogles, and addressed the spectators la nearly the following words:— " It has been talked about whether Shelton was entitled to the stake money, and my friends are too honeerable to be mean, and they have told One to say, that Shelton skull have themoney. lam ready, and so is wormy, to light Shelton again 'for UM and be may name his own time." ' Voicareo IN STARIORDSUIRS.—There is a puma() vol. eano, near the Bradley iron works in Staffordshire. — The tract of ground is situated by the road side front Birmingham and Wolverhampton , a bout half wa y be tween Wedneabury and Bilston. It is mentioned by Plots, in his Natural Histury of Staffordshire, as being on tire in 1686, when he wrote, and he says it was not then known how long it had been on fire. It then oc cupied a apace of I L acres; but its ravages h:tve since extended above one mile and a half is eitretne length, and one mile in breadth. Whether the fire orieinate from acciii.-nt, or from the sitlplinr contained in the py rates, is not known ; but probably it arose from the lat ter cause, as at many coal mines the small coal has ta ken tiro on being exposed to the air. Abotit 6 years ago, it penetrated through the tleors:of some houses ; it produced great alarm by appearing in the night, and four of the houses were taken don n. It exhibits a red heat in this situation, and the smoke has forced its way through a bed of cioders,4o fret in height. On the South, it is led by beds of sand, which cover the coal foundation in that part; and on the North east it is impeded by enltivation. At first view, • stranger might suppose himself in a volcanic region. The exte rior view of the strata, enclosed by the falling in of the ground, presents a surface blacked by the action of fire, and exhibiting most of the porphyrittc and trappeeu co lours,in pafeeftion. r , • aO , - ~:~: ~- ~_ -.: ~_ ~, , - liftr OP UHANCEKV.--(Tors Dar.) 'efts PORTSMOUTH HAUSS.—SUISHMEMT. The Court was this day crowded, at an early hair; WI elegies, ewer, to hear the decision of his Lot.libip is this 4E1.1 pottant cause. On taking his seat, the LORD Clatta eet.t.ort said, the case cause before him on a petition praying for a Commission to inquire into the state of Lord Portsmouth's mind. la was highly necessary to be understood that the issuing of a Commission did not of itself decide on the sanity or insanity of the in dividnal. The fact was, that this cause could not be treated uin Chancery. If the individual who had, in his Lordship's situation, the duty of detiding on the merits of the case, should think lit to direct an in. spiry, stilt there was nothing decis'vely of the state . of mind of the party nor soul., it be taken as conclusive that they, him <a her, were not of gourd mind. His Lordship /proceeded to quote the opinions of Lord Ilardwleke with respect to his view of the cases de rided by hire, sad which were is some measure similar to the present. The steps of that Learned Judge, he should now follow* and-tie prejudice the opinion of the Jury by expressing any opinion es toto the continence or inconti• nonce of Lady Portemouth t—whether Lord Portsmouth was or oot of sound mind t —whether adultery had or had not been committed, nor In fact would he now go farther than to say, that looking as be was bound to do, at the evidence of the medical gentlemen, end at the same time taking his own opinion as well, that a strong preponderating mass of evidence had been offered for farther enquiry. The case as it now came before him was very different from what it was in 1813 or 1814. Then the application was made by Mr. Nen ton Fellowes, who, in one sense was entitled to be te rated as heir apparent to the pro. party. Circumstances were then mentioned, such as the marriage of Lord Portsmouth to Mias Orace Norton, and subrequently, to bliss Hanson. Certain acts of his Lordship were also alluded to. a hich he the Lord Chan. cellor, without knowing any thing of the real situation of the party thought very odd, and in fact very out of the way. At that time, however, still the evidence was in favour of the soundness of mind of Lord Portsmouth... — The question, however, now was, was he (Lord P.) of sound mind or was he sot? Here certainly in his Lordship's opinion, was strong ground for inquiry now nude out. He had read over the whole of the affidavits, bat should not give any opinion upon them. lie would sot, as ha had before stated, say whether adultery, era- 'city or Incontinence had been proved, and he begged this to be perfectly understood, that he did not in the leastlnow infer that any thing of the kind had been roved. The only thing his Lordship had now to tir ade was whether or not enough had been sho wn to induce him to direct farther inquiry. Here he should stop. The evidence of the medical men preponderated most prodigiously in favour of enqnli; and, exercising his own opinion, be must say that the Commission ought to issue. The ATTORNF.T.GENER•L snbmittrd that to save ex• prose, the commission should be worked in Middlesex. The Lou° CHANCELLOR thought It %wild be better to save expence ; and the order was directed to be worded accordingly. His Lordship also expressed an intention of naming gentlemen on whose veracity no possible doubt could arise, and for which purpose Le should re terve that part of the ease. However be should hand down their names in the coarse of the present week. THR MARQUESS AND MARCHIONESS 01? WESTEERATH rrarlitTOßT COURT. FRILIAT. DALC. 6 —Mangreasri swath v. Ms Mareltioneso of WestmostA.-- irswosathorlty to state, that legal proosodiespre wi44-fro instituted as speedily as the form of the Court will at. mit, against the Editor of a Morning paper and otherib if any, for the false and Scandalous libel against the Mireitionesti, in the report of the above cause. wherein it is stated that the " salt was promoted by the Mar qness agalost the Marchioness for a separation. on the g round of in fi delity," whereas the snit is instituted by the Marquees agaitiat the Marchionetia for a restitution of conjugal rights.—(.l/orris; Post.) SNARLING LAWYERS. From a report of a proceedings at the Westminster Sessions, in the case of an unfortunate gentleman, who appears to have fallen amongst Jews, without any good Samaritan to sacconr him, Mr. ApoLenus was on the one side, and Mr. ALLEY on the other. The word cow ardice happened to escape front Mr. Anoteuves lips; ■nd, in an instant, the other became all fire and tow! Having a sincere regard for the profession, we, of course, cannot avoid feeling great pain at these little seeming departures from decorum, in the conduct of the Learned Brothers; and we fervently recommend to them the amiable example of two worthy predecessors, whose for giving disposition is recorded by the comic poet, and who seeing, doubtless, the bad consequences likely to arise from their mutual enmity, suddenly dropped it, seized each other by the hand, and exclaiming " brother, , " brother, we are both in the wrong!" BUTTER TRADE.-IMPORTANT. D0N604411111 T. UELLT., CORE. DEC. s.—The following important rase to the Bunter Export Traders of Cork,• was this slay laid be fore the Recorder. It was an appeal from the decision of the Sitting Merristratee, by •the defeudant, Kelly, upon a right claimed by him, toil practised by the Ex. port hotter Merchants generally, of putting a scratch mark of the weight of butter of the outside of firkin•, different front the Weigh•lionse matk, which, by their decision, the Magistrates haul determined to be cop. trary to the law for regulating the trade, and for the pre vention ofiliands therein. The question was tried by agree ment between the parties, on oneflrkin seized by Mr. Duns combe, Landw•alter, the weight of which according to the Wetgbhouse mark, was 34ra. and ISlbs.—and on which Mr. Kelly had put another mark, stating the weight to be 2qrs. Nibs. After the examination of Mr. Duuscombe and his deputy dicers, an argument followed ou the ques tion at issue, between Mr. Connell on the part of Mr. Bunscombe, and Mr. F. Ill'esrthy on the part of Mr. Kelly ; after which the Recorder alErined the decisiee of the Magistrates, that the practice was contrary to law, and wk.old lead to serious (rand, bet which he did not wean to impute to Mr. Kelly.—(Southern Repor(er.) C►nust.e, Dec. 7—Tire Weartree.—Durinz the last fortnight, it is probable that more rain has fallen than in any eqnal space of time for many years. Not a day, nor scarcely an hone passes without heavy showers, often mixed with sleet or snow, and frequently accom panied with high winds.• The earth is perfectly drench ed with moisture, and at present unfit for any agricul tont operations; but though the rivers have been fre quently mach swollen, we have heard of no considerable damage having been done by their overflowiog.—There is much reason to fear, however, that great injury has been sustained by every species of out-lying stock on wet spongy lands, and List amuse sheep the rot will be the unavoidable consequence. From the exterior wet ness of the month, the wheat sown in October mast be in a very weakly state; indeed several farmers have not sown auy in November. &Wifely owing to the wet and boisterous .-veatber. WAr►a►ona, Dec. 9.—Beat neighbouring butter 69 to 705.; weighed at Crane, 1•25 firkins—Scalded Pigs Ids. to 175.: Singed Ws. to ISr. W.; Heads and Offal 109. to 11e. I ►~ -~. - OLD BAlLEY.—fate Mennen% , josepAit l eeltp leas inflicted for eteallag tied sliest' watches. the piopitity of Joist Oaten, and .101e0A &ed• herd, for receiving the same, well kneeing them idler! been itelere—The Jury found then. both gdilty, llioteure Gibbons was indicted for Bigamy, is inters marrying with Mary Ahn Parsons, his former wife, wiz. Morgan, being still alive. Mary Ann P.lllOllll liVes at 28, Ne.v Fludyer-Itreet. Westminster; wen married to tne prisonOr, on the 1101 of Me• last, at the parish Church of St. Margaret's, Wes!: noinster. The prisoner represehted lihnielt to be a single man, sod emoted her about ten months. Mary Duncan liras at Deventer, in Northabiplehsh; re. is first cousin to Elitsbeth Morgan, the first wife; ws. present at her marriage. In the year :Sl7. lived at Davehtry. Omni a year and a half. Cannot P4I whether the prisunec left lae wife, dr whether she let: him. Wiliam Parsons, a berlibilitier, &flier Of dm second wife; went down to Raventry. by desire of the Magis= hates, for the purpose of Obtaining a copy of the registry of the lint usarriage.: The copy now prosloced is the same delivered to him by, the Minister of that red'''. Witness had heard, bettors. the primmer married his daughter, that lie had another orife, and ehallengerf hi yt w:th it; hot this he posit-4.0y denied. Tl:ey Weft after wards married, without his tnostriedge or consent. The Jury foiled the prisoner evilly, and the BS , cutout intinediately eestenced him to be thiesportell fur leaven years, Yestardiy, In eonsequenne of the denseness of the for. I the lamps In Court were ontes ed In he lighted at ten teethed. Joan , Willie. about whom so meets was said in the police reports some days ago; es hs"lug committed sundry lets of ' theft In various hotels In which he had taken up his residence. was this day Capitally rOtitiete4 of stratiog a silver tea-pot, cruet-frame, tan other articles. There were sundry o th er charges against the prisoner, bat none of thee wore pro ceeded In. It appeared that the prisoner hind mice motel in a respectable sphere of society. He asserted that, being , eoeneeted with a friend who lottrodaced him to a gambling house. he had there lest, at different tirr.es. etwards of l,bool. sod belt deeply dlsteessod, he had resorted to those means which had brought him to that bar. After his coutiction be moved the Court Mr in order that some money which had been taken from him oe his appre- Ittenston might be retcrued to him , tineenting to tltf. sod upwards. The Reconea.• expressed his astonishment et the appli cation from a person whose *hole attention ought rather to be tented to the deploratde situation in which his felonies bed placed him, rather than occupied by an anxiety to re cover possession of the proceeds of those felonies. The money must be paid into the hands of the Sheriff. There were several ether Indictments against the prisoner, width were not proceeded in. Several pawnbrokers applied to the Court for diversions as to the disposal of property In their possession, which had been pledged with them by the prisoner. The Recoanea ordered the whole of the property to b s given ep to the I persons claiming it, who bad beet bound over to proem-ate. Janet Shrew, a child of nine teen old. and George James, another of twelve years, were robed gthlty of steeling sari • ous articles from the sttowshot of a hir.Goold; They were described as soaoricess offenders.•end as hoeing bees tried .ence before: le wasstated that the yosinger boy had been totally wissedosed during hie imprisonment by those of his relations who ought to have visited or protected Me. The Recoltrill* ordered that applicatioe s hould be ma d e l ee t h e reception of both. children in the Refuge for the Degtltute. Several eases ease ibis day before the Court, of !tenons stealing coats and Small parcels front the back of gigs and chaises, ie the streets. The parties, when coatleted,„ mete sentemsed to be pebttely whipped. and to be lespelseeed and k e pt to bard labour for differeet periods of thus. Beseeist m .peeelose emelleteettattc is Use employ meat of Johe Josiah Buttress. shi-mannfacterer, was in dicted for various ombesslements of his master's monies, which had been glean bits in treat to pay workman. H. was capitally em upon one of the chino, and the others, tatoentitig in all to about sow. were not proceeded is. Twelve rivimetalate witnesses appeared to the psi goiter's ehorarriir, which they described as being of the very hest descritaldn. fie Was seoteueed to fourteen years transportation. *fore fits COMIOW SZISE4NT. Michael APCabe. a watchman of St. PeneraSpatigh, was indicted for robbing Penitent a • Guest of an embeetto.4 ;e'er. of gauze, and • pene•containlng a slipeoce [a silver, ant some halfpence. ft appeared that Ill'Cabe, 'boot eight o'clock in the erse leg, found the preemmtor intoxicated near Itimrey-market ; and possessed himself of a basket which she dropped in falling down...de/Melo contained Ike smaller articles mime.' in the Indictment. The woman. becoming more sober, weat at ten o'clock to Pancras wetchhouse.and when the priS .er mane in at twelve, lie was searched, and the property tonal upon hint. The Jury found a verdict of—Guilty. The COMMON SktIGrANT said that the offence was one of great aggravation ; and sentenced the prisoner to two veers' imprisonment in the House of Correction, Coldbalt fields. Philip Redman, a private watchman, in the employ of Mr. Cuff, a holesale chersemons.r, of Whitechspet. was charged with robbing Thomas Edwards of two yards of cloth, value The prosecutor was going home, not quite sober, 00 the night of Saturday, the Inth of Nov. and had the cloth inn. parcel in his hand. Tne prisoner (presuming on his ma* Is I watchman). Insisted upon seeing the contents of the I.s.t. cel, and afterwards desired leave to keep it until next otry. To this the prosecutor objected, and he then ran of wm, the property. The case was fully made oat from Redman's own contes shin 'thee apprehen.:ed. The Jary found him Guilty. ly, CLORMItt., DEC. 7.—Gant Wednesday was incompar ably the worst. Fair that we have witnessed within me mory. There were Fat Cattle to some number, is price order—for-which the prices offered (and given for sow. whose owners tp.uld nut avoid wiling) were, on an aver age, 9.0 to 3U per cent. lower than the rates at whisk they .were porchased.lean. Pigs went generally :or about 14s. per cwt., which report states to be higher than the last Waterford prices. The extraordinary prevalence of wet weathey, ham made the tot in the sheep more general than has been known fur years at this early period of tbe winter — Mr are the destructive infects of the weather confined to the low lands, where it has been very injurious, ludo* dry itilllarnei, we :re informed out of small flocks t4if4rand four sheep died in the course of ten days, or a siirt night. ALARM:NG is with sincere regret Chit we announce the conflagration, on Saturday morning last. the jth inst. of B miry Old Ball, the residence of the Rev. T. R. Wilson. The fire was not discovered until lialf.past two, and by five o'clock the whole huildieg, with the exception of the wing recently erected, was to flames, and burning oith the greatest fury. Some of the furniture was saved, bat it is so much Irlseeil at tp be almost useless. A thousand pounds in cash, the rip. petty of Mr. Wilson, were rescued from the limes .6 v a person of the name of Leach, at the ',Astra of his The tire is aad to have originated in the laundry, to which some clothes had been left before the fire to dry. It was not discovered until the flames had burst into the room above, the occupant of which, one of the servants, was dreadfully burnt in endeavouring t, save a portion of her property. Mrs. Wilson appeared unwilling to leave her bed-room until a chest of drawers, containing a great many valuahles, were reek:veil, although the roof was every moment expected to fall in,' The greatest intrepidity was displayed by the fatuity iso Bait lament able occasion. Fortunately no lives Were Lou, attliongis the children and maid serv.ustie escaped with consider able dil salty, The whole of the property was Ouitt. sured.—(fecds Lite!!igt.icer) : y -~~ ; • • r .1 ~~ ~~ 41 P.. i ra WO le, ,bl.ll -. ~- l'v~M'M • ~; 7t . . 1 1 I • , ?I