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same thing, and directed the Master to inquire lion, otherwise the Court would net be able to what were the rents and profits of the other estates attend to any other business than listening to the not purchased by Sir Andrew Judd from Gates applications of parties about the taxation of costs. and Thorogood. The complaint against the de- fHe therefore dismissed the application with costs. ' cree by the Skinners' Company was not against the *hide of It, but that part which referred to the VICE•CHANCELLOR'S COURT,..: Master to inquire the amount of the rents of the TtrutsDAT, Novara= 22. i : estates purchased by Sir A. Judd from Gates and • Thorogood; and contended that the will of the COOKS V. CoLINRIDGE. donor was made valid by the Act of the 43 , 1 or This case, which had been twice argues!, *as Elizabeth. 'Then suppose the eon of Sir A. Judd again brought under consideration at the opening at the death of his father would hove wild, This will of the Court. is good for nothing, and I will take the estate. the The arguments of Mr. Hart and the Counsel of Art of the 43d of Elizabeth, acting retrospec- the Plaintiff, went much in the same manner as on tisely after such a lapse of time, would its acting the lest day's hearing (see our Paper of Tuesday retrospectively take it from him and vest it in the last), and a decree was prayed fur *erring aside the Skinners' Colwell ? The question then is, if the I " sale of the partnerhip effects by contract, and di will was not made, would the estates be vested in ceding a new distanc' of them, together with their the. Company ? It must come to that question, fur property and intrust accumulated by the estate, • the testator l ove the estates to persons who by law nom lid interim tr antia rtion s ." could not take ;if there is an invalidity to grant, The Vlce-Cuariceetoa wished to bear from the Court will lint interfere, and it appears the Mr. Hart, what was time rule and general decision title was out of Sir A. Judd when he made his of Chancery as to the rights of partners regarding the division of the estat e , a t the e xpir a tion o f th e will; and them was a queetiou to be tried at the end of two centuries and a half, and the Court trying period which might be stipulated iu the partnerehip it must be liable to error, but it was their duty to articles. Mr. thaw referred to a case in which his Honour grapple with it. l inen coesiderably believed by 'the • had been Counsel, and had argued that, which estate, which was part of the joint estate pur had. been contirtned then, aid all subsequent easier. chased by Sir A. Judd, es both parties doubt not the title; therefore 1 will net touch it more than by say- The partners alluded to had agreed upon giving ing, they took under a will that war not maintainable ; twelve months notice of any ha r ebel l to dissolv e the partnership. Notice w a s given by one of the in this opinion perhaps I am not borne out, tia in the first Chancery cases reported, 195, declares, parterre, but at the expi ra ti on o f the tw e lv e m ou ths where a will, made before the 43d Elizabeth was the dissolution did not take place.. It was ruled in the cane which arose out of this that the notice void before, would, after the passing of the Act, become valid ; and it was so laid down in Hobart', not having been carried into effect, the partnership was ea dissolved, and the Plai n tiff claimed s t ud Jetports, aid also laid down in Lord IVottiegbant's Aluaiarripis, that all wills under the Act of the got the adrautage of all the interim propeety,egd 43d of Elizabeth were valid fur charitable pur- transactions. poses after she passing of the Act. The great dif- The VICI-CHANCELLoR said, that his decree ficulty 1 Imre as to that statute is, how it could must certainly declare the Plaintiff in the case he make good what was void before its passing, when fine him not bound by the contract. But before it only appeared that Commissioners were appoint- lie made his decree, he wished aerie to peruse the ed under the Act to inquire into what conveyances articles of partnership, and convince himself 'shr oud assurances were valid. I am, h o wev er , re l ieve d tiler the Plaintiff was entitled to chino a specific from my view of this care, as lam not called on to division of the estate, or a division by public sale. determine that point. The first question then is, The inquiry would make no difference in the sub whet was dime by Sir A. Judd before the making stance, though it would a little iu the wording of of his will? for, if it was bad, I think it might the decree. After which he proposed to send it to have been a good declaration of trust. Here was the Master, to determine if the sale of the rotate, as a joint purchase made by Judd's money; then, it stood at present, would he 'more advantageous lo suppose there was no charity, Fisher would be a the Plaintiff than that which had been made by the itustree for Sir A. Judd. Since the Statute of. contract. He apprehended that Mr. Heald and the Frauds, all declarations of trust must be in writing; I counsel for the Defendants could have ma objection but before that might it not be possible *Char to this course. . writing, although neither a coneeyinice une'S'iril, • Mr. HEALD acknowledged that if the Viz . Bight it not be considered a declaration of truee?. Chancellor shou ld d eterm i ne tlist v iiiiiitt s cre, ' then there is sufficieut_in. the ..will to capacitate entitled ' to a specific divioion,lfe'Oniq 'ma tit, he, and to bind the Ski'esarro' . company i4p:ortp. boood by the sale by contract . But if the decision trust for the 11;ne of the school at Tots . of his Honour !should be ,only in, lower of a division _ t briihee, which is con imad by the lettersecialgt by sale, then it oneh't itikm a g l ieefi - 4;n' whether the e of Edward. VI.• thee., 'might be tithe,' _ moat beneficial sale letsfoutshereratetreatty effected. mires, bit if there were the z must be itillifieet-s Poe surely one -fifth part oralat.prgronses end effects • tidy *of estm'Skinoerse Conipany, if the y , Per of a coach meeufuctory ! molt aseelisposed of to no where, If I can cell the . will a declistatioterantrilst' one so advaillageously.malo 'the tpartnent holding before the Staleilt of ,Yeessaiste she queatieh lhen• the other four-fifths. •• -•- ' . ' : " . ' would be, whether it was slitter declaration of The VIM-CHANCELLOR sty', :tit Ill4,'Sale he trust t h an t e e se e winet jar wd eeli al e l 4 s . 4. o , s) se ing one .made by the executor, ferins opt benefit, 14th and• 311 st of Elizabeth, whichagem: * posewiLseielm was, .upon the lace of it, void w arsids he apprehended the consent of the' StantwefealgolllifsattY.:llolt. the that nothing maid save the Defeedernts from the School, and the Got, stet sorfeethaS-Wet Shintere expensive- scomequreces • which inight result, but Company should isokl for the vueteniution 'Orthe the Master's inquiry proving that the tale 4 Con school, and f o r n o oth e r p ur po se . It h as b een sa id tract had produced more than thel gliintitir Will M.the bar that these Acts were only privale'oees ; likely to derive from a new ifivisiosi by conventicle: adi iotereet of the Company, but it would save the mitring they are, the saving clause will not save of all the property Nit now store!. the Mr. Ilsiseo said, that his cleeristrould irarteno interest of any oilier climaty besides the school; i i , objection to the . inijuiry before the Mister, as they which cape the .alma-Imuses would haye the ri g ht to had already' jacstrialtoll the eamisiee to which they contend that they had a joint right with the sclera e . err Atii6 'es as ' 't . st 4 ; . but then we have to consider the time of day we are • ims tosereetaill swindler day. discueeing this, two cenierim sad a half after the l_ !'''' ' re. ''':: . ..,_' 6.-- " --4 " . . ',l ..•' ' ' depth of the - donor . I cannot help coneidshilig; coVler ktill‘flu! feel l iY l'.l laarOssorgat vehen:hoth the Skinners' Comp uny and the' Ofieest ' ' - ' ... ~etseetke, otitis !sist 01. .. . cobsulted when time Acts of Elizabeth were made, . ' JUDGelfifill . . 1...! speci&irfg time trust vested in the Coropaiy,” that . - : they ad h ' a knowledge of the ictention of the The SoLICITOR-GeNEßAl..forwrt she judgmeste of the Court en Thomas Boucher, W; Gregoeye thiPori The Legislature could not have knolls' Dome! Boucher, Francis Malvinas; John Aldili: it except on their report, and in the Acts it was WO/ism Veschey, Daniel Alder', George Toth, 1 dechuirda that the school. alone was 'to hike. i and %Villiers' Rawline, c . osericted at the last Assizes.: sin therefore of opinion, tt the title to fake is not i for Gloucester , of a riot , eioleot 'assault , und ob . . under the piper caller! a ¢ ill, but in the trails steuetiou of a-revenue officer, at Cheltenham, alai fore steeceilent a n d s u bs eq u te t t o it, a nd there fere that the decree of his Honour the Vice-Cline. the 3 hat January hatis l * . . • cellor is right. I will coned', the language of the The Lono Clefs, ItltsjeiCee, ad his notes of th e ' evidence at they'll's , : • .. e.: t•• • ' • decree, by infteming I, few words as to the release or • • conveyance of Fisher. lam of opinion there wino 'The Defendants put in varionagiffsdevits in miti e so much difficulty att a ched t o th e c ase f rom th e cis- gation of puitishurmst,• steseele-ereve read by the cuinsteuce of the will, that I will not allow the ac- officer. . , . ..... 1 „ t „,, „ i count to be taken ulthe rents amid profits so far back The CODRY sentenced T,..aliel D. Boucher to be mom yews. L e t th e C ompan y an d th e mas te r of imprisoned brute year in the Horse of Correction at Cheltenlimn, and to find security for three years, the school each lay schemes before theMastez for the re/ulslloll of the school. There ,fire isisp„tatiosp . f . h illa r ra ela in 2°°l ' and tw ‘ i burettes reti in tool. each. whateier't,S be attached to the Sainners'ea ny, • • -st . Plkter. Defend/sista were also sentenced fur stir;! I bad :been one of the Company, "dive imo b shorter i rmv, to beintprimnied in the same place. doubt , I ut I would have acted as they have donee W. 'llis and .Richard Rowe, fur a riot at Him. gerford, its :Berkshire, were sentenced to four Let thtcosts of all the parties be paid ont 6:tribe charity ret etes ." months-Imprisonment" lif his Majesty's "gaol at The dec ree of th e Vice-Gus taeseeosmaitifirmed. Reading, and to enter jut() . recognizanees for three Davies v. THE DRIER Or et simeoarnslll. years. Mt. 11*s move d, on t h e b e h a lf o f t h e N o bl e D e - John Watson, John hisNah, and Richard Freer, fendant, that the report of the Master iiiiiilit-tper*.. who had been coseritied -of obstructing a revelisse officer at Liverpool, were sentenced to Fay a line of fared baelf to him to retax the coste..ta.this daft. 50/. each, aod to be imprisonid for one month iu It was a bitt fil e d b y t h e Pl a i nt iff to recover th e the House of gorreetiou, Cold Bath-field.. payment taLawasootrity granted to his by Lis, No- Me Defend - a - eV A receiver was appointed to the Tat KING V. RIDGWAY. 'rotes of the:Duke, but the Court AssillierWistch In this eagiv Whieh it will be recollected was an of opinion tlibst -the estates were exclisdelilturn the indictovut for It libel et the snowiest of the Bridge t:l6 MT is pry by the Acto, of Parliament thitellad street Ac. OCOlieoo, Mr. BAOUTHAW, a few days passed forthe seCtirity of the hlailliorough'esuites; ago, °bullied a rule to ober/Cause why a new trial wodhis . l.ordship r e c o mm eu d e d th a t th e N o bl e D e . sh ee ld no t be had. lendithektrtld pay to the Plaintiff the actual NM Mr. TINDALL acne moved cleat the matter should he Inerachreated to him for Ilse annuity, which was I come on upon motion. The role /Vivi had been ob hoa f Abhiehalweiff first 'Triaged to receive that-suns tinned upon affidavit., to which lie apprehended they ru t the trrnesbef - the Noble Defendant, bit since I bad e 'complete answer, and were therefore very emended t itioe were ordered to be lased The COURT directed that it should bell° brought lifl rc icy thaMarterttPo -." ---" 11 "t•Ilovemi • I items I on, uotice being given to the other aide. nn the appointment of the receiver in the Noble laefeadans'oeiists, which the Court had been always hi the 'habit, of - allnising. ' tie • you'd read to his Lordship some of the items that bad beeu distil lowed by the Master. Mr. HART, Counsel far the Plaintiff, said the Ipplication was irregular, inasmuch as it was made :el mottos instead of being on petition. He there .ore hoped his Lordship would not maintain the tip pliention, but dismiss it with costa. -• The LOAD CHANYLLLOV obaorved f that all ap -1 phantom relative to costs must be made on peti The following Gentlemen were yesterday called to the degree of Barrister at Law by - the Hohoftt4" able Society of Lincoln% hill wightioan, George %Valiant Tapp, °eery Derby. Augustus Sinitis Le Mrssurier, Juts* Errs ills Glees. woos), George Jervis}, oud George Austen, Esquires. As a constable was conveying William .Atkinson. a boy about 15 years of age, to prison in Dublin, on Monday last, for theft, the nimble young rogue slipped himself mit of his &oat, of which the con stable had a fast hold s and made his mar, POLICE. .11111. • • M£NHON-HOUSV. A man named Thompson was yesterday brought before the Lurd Mayor, ou a charge of haring stolen a pair of boots, the properly of a labouring man. The Complainant stated that he was at work in America square, in cleansing the sewers, and b a d l e f t hi s ma d pipes close by fur the space of a minute, and oa turning rosad to wards where they lay, lie saw the Prisoner take them up and make off with them, and hand one of them to an accom plice. The Complainant immediately pursued them, but Only succeeded to securiDg the Prisoner. The other gut off with the odd hoot. The Prisoner, is his defence, said that be was a Saoleh- Man, from Aberdeen, and had hero for a lung lime in gaeat distress. lie hail tried every where to get work, but without success. He had offered to labour for hi. food alone, but Could not get even that, , or auy relief. His condition, he said, was at lviigth so much reduced, that he had uolythe alternative to starve or to steal, and he did not hesitate it choosing the latter. The Prisoner was asked why, if his condition was such as lie liaa described, he did not prefer robbing a baker's shop, for he could out eat leather, particularly of that de- scription ? Prisoner-4' My Lord, I can prove that I have robbed • number of bakers shops, and was just before welching one, but could nut get au opportunity. I have subsisted in this way f,‘ more than a week." The Prisoner was asked whether his companion, to whom he hut banded the other boot, was also in the same desperate condition'—" Yes, I suppose he was, fur he agreed to the proposals to share the boots immediately. I asked bun. I bad never seen him before." The CompNines't said he could not afford time to prem. cute the PfIAUSCI, nor would he if be could get big other boot back, although be bad suffered greatly in this way recently. The Lord Mayor, under the eircumstasees, convicted the Prisoner as a common pilferer, being found at large without any visible means of obtaining his livelihood, and sentenced him to be imprisoned its hard labour is the Hutto. of Cutlet ! Hum fur two moetht,and during that time t o b e we ll w hi p ped. f QV BEN•SQU A ago ASSAULTING A SENTINEL AND WATCHMAN. • DUTY OF NIGHT CONSTABLES. Mr. Loader, a person in the family of Lord Carrington, Scotland yard, Whitehall, was brought before the Magis trates (A. White and Edward Markland, Esqrs ), charged with moseltine Thomas White, • private watchman, in Privy Gardens and Whitehall; and John Nuit, • private sol dier, whew on duty, on Tuesday slight last. White stated, that he was trying the boar on Tuesday night, between ten and eleven o'clock, and the Prisoner Loader passed him with hie daughter; he (witness) had a dog with him, who barked a • th e y pa ss d by ; Loader began to swear, and kicked the dog, and threatened and abused him ; he (witness) told him to go about his business, and he refused to move, he therefore gave hint in charge of a testi. nel, and he assaulted both himself and the sentinel, by striking rind pushing them about. • The sentinel secured him "bile he fetched • tile of men from s guard room in Scotland-yard, and Loader was marched off to St. klarearees watchhouse; hot the night constable, a person named Stan. Icy, who was woololf elite le bit own right, refused to . lake .bie Amp, seatioel stated his charge against Leader. be Wood 10 take tbat etedverad be was die tolsordel!lt ,t 1 •e " Loader, who is • very respectable me, slid Me been many years in• Lord Carringtues family , slated that be was going: home with his daughter on Tuesday •teight, sad passed by the watchman and his dog, the latter Sew at his daughter, a . d tore her petticoats, he kitkeet. at the dug, and the watchman sexed him by the collar, and began to drag tied. pull him •bunt ; be hunched the watchman down, after which he was again seised and taken by • sentinel, and When the sentinel seised him. he pushed Ame from bias. He was himself firit assaulted, and s that „mt , believe . that the watehm s aebed a legal right * sigoAlif (a charge of the military power.• . . -• • Mr. White, the Meirletrate, seitftlat the watchman oaten to have ripen his rattle, suet obtained the assistance of other watchmen, and not to have called en the aid of the military; he was always jealous of the interference of the military. except no extreme , when the civil power had been .t. led and found le be iairfficient. He understood these was a charge against the oighivonstable euerrected with this ease, and he would bear that before be determined tats charge against Mr. Loader. Mr. Stanley, • respkialale housekeeper of Si. Margaret's, was sumihoncd by the watchman, fur vaulting to take charge of lie. Loader for aesaulting him, and Nutt, the sentinel. ' .Serjeant Armstrong, of the Culd•tiearts guards, said that he west with a file of men, and took Mr. Loader :0 the watch. house. When the watchman's charge had been heard by Mr. Stanley and dismissed, be (the Serjeant) malt his charge seams( Mr. Loader for as-aulting the sentinel, and he dis missed that also. He examined the pasties, and said the charge was very trivial, and the WMICSMAiI bad beets the aggressor. If be (the Serjeant) Was not content, be might take the accused to the guard-room hut not knowing that be had a legal suthority fur detaining him, he let him go. Magistrate—" Yoe did very right. We (the Magistrates) should have been greatly offended hail you detained the oc culted. It was, however, the duly of the night constable to receive the charge. What do you say in answer to this charge, Mr. Stanley ?" hlr. Stanley staled, that he had been only three nights act ing as couetable; and might have acted improperly in re. fusing to receive the charge; but if be had, it was entirely through ignorance. He conceited that he bad the power of dismissing a charge, if it appeared frivolous, or when the accuser was the aggressor. 'The Magistrate said, that it was the bounden duty of night constables to receive all and every charge brought be fore them. It was not fur them to investigate the case and take upon themselves dm duty of the Magistrate ; ire.. charge was made, the accuser was bound to write the mature of it sad sign it with his own name; and if the charge was a false one the accuser was responsible. A late Act had• given the power to ni g ht constables to accept the bail of two respectable housekeepers fur the appearance of the accused. next day before the Magistrate. This was s• cases of assault and night brawls, but not in cases of felony. A. Mr. Stanley was sorry Goto offence, and had acted from igoosance, lie mitigated the penalty to lOs. and costs. to the case of Loader be thought the watchmen was the aggressor, and dismissed that charge. Serjeant Armstrong said, he was authorised by his officer to withdraw the charge agaiust Mr. Loader fur assault* the sentinel. S I persons came forward sod spoke iu favour of Mr. Loader, mud informed the Magistrates, that the watchman's conduct had beets so bad that the inbahlt•nts hail determined lie should watch no longer; be had insulted several mesieu gent who were going to lord Liverpool's house, he had also acted very improperly to some of Lord Melbourne's family, and had uteri threats, sod 4 reeled a disturbance one night last week, when the Marquis of Londuuderry and two other !mimes were leaving Lord Liverpool's. The Magistrate dismissed Mr. Loader, sad cautioned the watchman to take tare of his conduct in future, and advised . him to leave his dug at home, and they thought that any 111411 in Mr. Loader's *Bestial', would have acted as be did. The watchman was ordered to pay all costs. MARY-LC-BONY. THE APPRENTICE CASE. The parties, Munsiew Henri and Mademoiselle Deville, who stood creamed on the statement of Mrs. Worledge, of Hortimer.street,C.evendish-square, with surreptitiously de coying her Gentile apprentice (rum her, attended voluntarily before Edmund Griffiths, Esq. to explain their conduct in the molter. Nuns. Henri expressed his regiet that he should be impli. fated is such nu unlawful @flair, and assured the trate that be was totally unconnected with causing the de sertion of the girl in question. He certainly had engaged the girl as servant fur Madame Deville, who expressed a wish that he should do so sereisl tapes, and be bad rui often told ►er of the impropriety of taking the girl with her to Perin, she being then io a comfortable situation, and ad vised her to engage with some wiser, but Madame persisted• in eugueiog tlar girl in questiuw, and requested him to write the letter alluded Iv.. He declared be bad no kaowledge at the time be hired her that she was an apprentice, or he most 'certainly would have refrained from so &dug; the ihoment he heard he had done wrung, he proceeded to Madame boillle's takings in Greek-street, Sotto, and placing the girl in a coach, conveyed her hack to her mirtress's house. Illat.htne Devine said, that she was totally ignorant at the time she was doing wrong, in taking the girl away with her, but she baring frequently complained of ill tisane from her master and mistress, she had taken her away, as much from motives of humanity as for her own accommodatitais. She, however, wail extremely sorry for baying su done. The Magistrste said, the blame certainly was attributable to Madame Detille; but a. the girl had been restored to her mistress, and the parties having acted in ignorance, lie did but feel ioclined to proceed further in the business. The pasties then mode their obedience to the Magistrate, and retired from the Justice-room. DARING OUTRAGR, RGIIRRItT, AND ATTEMPT AT MURDER. On Tuesday afternoon, as early as between two and three d'eloA, as Mr. Wteiam Abbot, of Russell Perm, East Bar nett, who is overseer of hie parish, was P roceed tag through pots Stile-lane, Friern Barnet, in his official espatity, eel• telling the poor% rate, he was stopped by three stout power hl men, who, without hesitation, knocked him down, tied his I•gs together, cud cut open hi• breeches pockets, and robbed him of three 101. and thee N. Bank of Entitled soles end 1$ sovereigns. tVlieu they bad emptied his pockets, one of the gang asked him for his watch! He re plied, he bad not got one; up‘in which another of them 'R esigned, " llama his eyes then, kill him!" and the third man of the gang attacked him with a sharp instrument, which Mr. Abbott suppo.es was a large knife. with which, no doubt, it was the villain's ioteution to rip him up; but providentially having a thick sad stoat waistcoat un, the tenement only entered it. Mr. Abbott has nu doubt but that it was owing to the position in which he was lying which saved him (roan being mantel ed ; bail he been standing, the knife would have misfired his body. Two of the robbers welt tall, and dressed in short smock frocks ; the other was short, and wore a velveteen jacket. Yesterday Mr. Abbott gave motifs of the attack aid robbery at Bow•street. BURGLARY. . A few evenings ago the Olympic Tavern, Helmutle-rtreet, Strand, was broker' open, and the bor was plundered of pre.. petty to a considerable amount. The servant maid wall alarmed about four o'clock in t►e morning by en unusual noise; she put some clothes on, and ran dose stairs, and perceiving some person iu the bar with • light, she called, •' Is that you, Master'" A voice answered, " Yes." She knew It was not her master's voice, and when she approached the door of the bar she saw three men inside, who had rifl.d the place, sod broke open the drawers and cupboard. She ✓ite to the bottom of the stairs in the greatest terror, and screamed as loud as she could for her muter. He Came down stairs with a pistol iu his hand, and in the interim t►e robbers hail opened the street door and *seeped, takiag with tbsm cash bum the till and other property. IfiONWA Y I/oils/slut,. On Monday evening last, between six and omen o'clock, Mr. Davies, of Easthope, on his return from Wealock Mar. .keel, was stopped near Westwood by three footpads, who prmi• 'Dented a pistol at him, and demanded his money. lir. D. give them two sovereigns in gold, ant four shillings in olvorg the Utter of which the gentlemen eery politely reterkitiviob• serving that they only wanted either gold ur bilk!! They lbws !allowed Mr. D. to pieceed. Shortly after, Mr. Wltitefoute,o 6 iLongirille, and his neighbour, Me. Daniel tame, who wars Ilibewise returning from meeket, were attacked Ity the sagas men. Whilst they wen robbing Mr. Whitehitstal, lift atm made his escape, and rode to Presthupe fer'hoteMbogi, 3 *lsere Mr. Davies had previously given the. The robtrets took from Mr. Whitefoute about eight gaguesm . 1 4 wisher of men pursued the thieves, and,. it Sr 6 drove two of them ism the town of Wealisit, ll = • the third escaped into a wood. By this timr, the report of the rubbery bad reached Wentock, •int soon arm/was ils a stranger of suspicious appearance, who had left his horse at tie Falcon Inn, came in great haste, and called for a'gill of ale, at the same time desiring throatier to bring out his horse instantly, as his business was very urgent. instead of coo plying with his order, the ostler firichmi the constable ; at Om sight of whom the fellow bolted out of the house, but was very speedily overtaken. peed secured. Upon his peresso a prrder•fluk was found, but no fire-arms. These are the facta,s4s related to us by a gentleman just returned from Weeefork, and we have no doubt of their accuracy. It is re partee!, list another of the robbers is in cusiudy.—The pre cediug 'occurrences, nod the season of the year, will suggest to our country friends the propriety, n here possible, of avoid ill travelling after dark, at any rate of not journeying with out sufficit at compagy.—(deilopbsa Joursal.) L A PPR 11 ENSION OF LA WSOM: - • • )% We lad week mated that Lawsoo, - who is suspected eibr. lag concerned with Carrie in theisslihery of Henry Than. eon, en the north road, had been taken, and had arrived to thy' low!. It appem• he was traced by Mr. Forsyth, the police officer, to Primped' ; from Murpeih to .Aeklingtoo, where he bad slept all night; thence to Widdringtois and.. Shilliottle, where he changed a one pound note of Landsiou and Co.'s bank; and so uu ii-ar to Alowick, where Mr. Fur 'yds tout all further trace of him Me. Cuusios and other officers. at Alowiek, exerted themselves to discover him, bat , with'the like bad success. He was last semi going north of • Alowick,aud must have taken across the mountains and no inhabited-parts of the moors, as ou Saturday rit'unight be entered a public-house, kept by one C 11004014 its the village of Hmbuttle, and inquired fur ludgiugs. Previous to thi., ha account of the rubbery and escape of Lawson having bre tout to Mr. Clenuell, the Chairman of the comity, who resides at Hathottle Castle, be communicated the same to his gamekeeper. The gamekeeper soon after went lulu Coo inou's public.hunse, where Lawsuis (who was Ikea unkaowe) wits sitting, and begets retesting to the company, in the pre sence of Lawson, the story of the robbery, obseiviut that Currie was taken, sod that it would sot be bong before Mark Lawson was is custody. Oia Lamson heiress; this, he got up and went out of the room, leaving his bundle behind him, and did out again return. The suspicious •ppearance of, the man, his description, and the hasty m a nner of tak ing his departure, was, the next morning, consussinicated to Mr. Clerical, who suspecting him fruus bus coodeet to be Lawson, dispatched four parties across the moors its parsed of bum, and lie was ultimately taken at Heroes, up the Reed Wider, having I ~ ed over the extensive moors between Hkrbottle end that ph.re. Roth the Prisoners have been committed for trial at the ensuing Assizes fur Northumber land'.—(Newcastle Paper.) Last week butchers' meat had a very considera ble decline an price at Newark; prime joints of veil were sold at sd. per lb.; beef and mutton, 9d. and 4tl. per lb. Wednesday afternoon the servant of Mr. T. WHITD, Castle -street, Holborn, imprudently left the street-door open whilst she went OW au errand, and during her short absence, some villains, who are constantly on the look-out for plunder, entered the parlour, and stole from thence a portable writing desk with valuable contents, and several books, witt► which they got dear off before the return of the maid-servant. On Friday the 9th inst. some malicious mis creants contrived to administer poison to three remarkably fine tame swans, belonging to E. B. PATEIHALL. Esq. of Allenstuore, in Here ford, which occasioned the death of the whole of them within three days ; part of one of Swans was given to a ferret, which died •in a few hours after eating it. )30AINCe —wwww— 'ne bailie between Bob Nelson, the cbaunting Jruifer, mod gam Sums, the Warminster tiamut, was fought am Weil nesday, un Farnham !death, after having had notire to snit in Surrey. It was a sheet but isserre smashing realm& (vi four rounds of hard week, occupying fourteen minutre.. •• was for fifty ausereignai apd the serum's were Jests sad MOSS fur the tinker, and Furl and A ppleleni for Netistei: In the brat round the mew bad searrrly rf.mgtN Oaf mauler, srbeis they turned to, rueeb R" ready, *Wis.& studious movements. Runad bits were • xeli.usged„ a t oll the claret Hew merrily, ■ud Skim was 'naiad by •a eight. banded bigger. S. Nelson was hit Larry we Ike head, bat be ghee it a careless shake, and fimt►rutntwsaisl, blight a altsut whici tank thekla;••••• logi thttn. :hey h it eAck Co a otatoi-otill,tooth refusing to go down, lutt at length Cato w tlaown • souiersei. 3. Both open mouthed, and piping tike rm., boyars afier • fiver-mile beet, the combat-guts wrrf iuu i.e.-di for 'moth *ink. Nelson made the play, and • smashing telly folawkd i when Sims was bit down, and Nelson was the favourite. 4. This round gave Nelson a rinielwo. I.v une ui tlio4 s!n_ lucky bits *lnch belong to Gas and Readvil. Nrlant wag. making the play, wiles. his adversary placed • right.handee bit upon the jar, which unlocked it, and cot him Am, file . balite. Both were mach punished. EXECUTIoIVS FOR FORGERY. . • • - We are requested by a highly re s pe ct able Wien pendent to insert the following . • rive of the unfortunate prison. who suffered on Wednes day were under 46 were used to site the lives of two of those yontig taidly,Altt without avail. Several of the must respectable bindsega 41, London sidled a petition in favour of Ellis. .011 f circuit dude attending the case of thii Yolith is peculiar. Is pears that his father, observing the irregularity of 1464. 6 dirt, and suspecting that he was concerned in Orden. • of forged notes, was jai/Steed, in order to stop his casen4ta glee information to the Rank which led t o hi s appMnak sion. He made, however, no stipulation that his son shitaddr be secured from the penalty of death; and the Bank rennet to allow him to plei.d guilty loth, minor offence. Ellis wit" educated at St Paul's school, and his literary attainments wee respectable. So affected was he on hearing the con demned sermon that be (Muted. Another of the suffeaeree Cadent., sustained until lately as excellent chatheter, lie stated in TIM Batrna Palls of Monday last. Is it not strange that the lenity which. has hitherto been extended to the utterers of forged batik notes should now be withheld, and especially, in the p t instance, (eon. one so yoting, previously so respectable, urged and seduced by circum stances so peculiar, nod so unpractised iu trausattions of Ibis nature, mid after a learned Judge had declared Vial the recommendation of his ease fur merry by the Jury iiisl4l ,receive consideration But these are a few only of the sulks arising from penalties of excessive sere. ity. rt is, indeed, lIIISCCON in•ble that enactments so tamp •itti.y in their diameter should continue to be rigorously enforced, when Alley have been found to fail in their intended effect, wheu it • is evident that crime is increasing under them, and when their execution is revolting to the hest feelings and 'charms of the community. The public opinion on the inhumanity, ieeffieney, and impoliey of capital punishment.. has been' 'decidedly expressed during the last Session of Parliameut.. ' by the oddrous Petitions which were sent up from all pads.' :of lbe kingdom for the antelioration of the criminal laves. !Mete Petition. weie signed by nerving of the highest reap. stability, and of various professions. Bankers, who are the dindiderested in the suppression of forgeries, joined in the tadonsot, and the House of:Commons itself assented, by three dislidst'tl4srities, to the principle tagged by the Pet.•• lihneenC , -•• These'ressorks have arisen from the awful Beene erbieV Season Wednesday exhibited, and from the affeeting emi•i iderstien that five more persons are seidenced to starer 05 Tuesday next. (toe of these, Joseph aged 16, is far • resoling a forged Bank of Ragland note, and was recurn• `needed to riser ey us his trial. Thus, tint. as the intercev; dins of hunssuity prevail, will sue scaffold trione.• tiro dying convulsions of thirteen b 00000 an being* in the shut c epees of one week! It is earnestly hoped, however, Hirt compassion Will be extended on behalf of those whore re maining days have been slumbered. It is Ike dole of every one to exert himself to the utmost to save the life tat fisllaw. ergralure. Timidity in such eases is a criminal deretleihni duty for no man, however private hip swim', can fin-est a' the extent of - the benefits which his ittlimdual emeritus* may produce. Let no one delude himself with the innweesto:t Chat where ere filmed in that Cu.,., which his own feelings dictate to be his duly, lest he should find, ton late, that basso IA has been sacrificed throng* bis supineness 'and fdlifference. HINTS TV VAGRANTS. • " 41 . On Sateirlay last John Flendeasile, who wee tronflie l lell as Si rogue and vagaln,inl, and a reputed thief, was flak* tia the prison of ibis borough, to the great mti.feetfoii . of die vlio bad beard of his conduct whilst in this town. Mind • week before lie applied to the chief eunsiable fur relief, thin bag kinsman' to be a hhipwreekt d sailor , and he ',di relieved accordingly; earl pronatied to leave the lowa ieistedinlay• Howevn't the next day he went amongst the slope - Wilke pert and earnestly begged • passage to Landsat, when Oapt. Reed, of the brig Friends. kiudly aneeed ea give him wor,• mad took him on hoard and fed him. He p.eieted in Adding Ike ship, with corn, until twelve o'clock na Satmdsy night s when one of. thesailurs offered him a ludgisg in his beds Ono being a married man, be was going on shore In sivets,:did which Hirdcastlc thankfully accepted. About half Bust o ar s o'clock on the Sunday morning another sailer beim/tinge_ the I unexpectedly came on board, and fogad ititsun. grateful villain lit the met of parking Ey several articlyestf clothing belonging to the Clew of the vessel, and writ Par and bread, part of the ship's shires. Upon stripping }llia' fellowi it appeared by hie back that be had received a iinstnr, punishment befurn.— { ln Gaulle.) •. The custom of the eabibilor of the entiositiel in. Westminster Abbey, whets he come to Gement! hIoNIC. of pre.entnig his cap for a comptimeiN.liiii* been •bulishett. ie At a tueen respectable meeting of the Co. . *.m tiinuery of the Witham tiarigai am, held at Balaton on Monday the 5 , h instent. Ow Right lion. F. J. Re-.; BINsoN, chairman), Mr. JoHN Rut nut, son of the late eminent engineer, was appointed to complete the Report on the improvement of thistou Haven, which his father had begot,. It is now coutioloatly expected that this great work will proceed. it is a measure of such vast importmce as that it cildnot fait to produce hinting improvement to the great level of all the low hinds between the rivers'Tieist . and Glenn, comprehending the larger part of the,, county of Lit cola. We are deeply concerned to learn, that the typhus fever is beginning to make a fortniaLbte appearance in Kilkeuny and its stet' Journal.) We heir that several hundreds of sheep wren 4 drowned on the marshes of Sutton and Roilar;itei, on Suurlay se'tittiglit during the storm. lite; dad; was not iniagiued that the groibill ou whit they were feedingtxkold possibly be reuclied by a ne.air tide, no blinne attaches to their owners ; who had scarcely-time to recover froth their surpriq: at . th. tr' first unexpected beftre they had the tuur.:li cation of witueasiug ti.estmd; and of seeing more of straying•btileks swept away by the suddew retoen of the ebb ride which WE, aviss driven bleb Upon those e n by the wind yhd deoly - choppitig due north, and upou that tract 'of Istid.—( Bcsioireuretfe.) • • a 14 01 . i ; i . z" I V I • r ~f 'lt eil e. M' kEr