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I • . , .. -• . . 4111~1111MailliMMONIIIIIIIINIIIM. - - 4 abasedy made. We have expensed our sorrow for making the ilia laden I it was only made when the decedent was intoxi- MIMI t said we Dow say there was no foundation for making the ebe rikeletTe—Ymi are only making the matter worse by this anernpt at apology. Why should we be out of pocket when we MO have a team t lit. Justice DAYLTT—DO you mean to make an explicit de chration that there was no foundation whateeer for making the cheese at any time? W. Hitouttetait—We have apologised, and said that, bUt for est in:usication of the defendant , he would not have made the im.. petaden, and if it be untrue, whkh we believe, we now agett Meat that we are spry, for it. wire* SCARLETT.--Why you know that this clumsy apology is wire* than none. i MC *isogon see—Then, if it is clumsy, it Is my Lord's apology. I have only repeated his Lordship's words. Mr. SCAALZTT.-11 beg your pardon t and then )09f manner shows that your client means notadllcient apology. Make each an as we can melee, and pay the costa, as between attorney ,:ilrent, and we'll dyne further proceedings. .. PIP. Bnattonam—Then I'll my what the Court says, and do you *ant mare than that ? .., ' Mr: Jodie Bair tav—rie manna you know mess much to' Mr. Broughem, Mr. Bnottowass--The manner is mine, my Lord, and the apo. Tory my diert's. He has expressly sent his attorney here to.dsy to , eJCS ea apology through me, and I really do not tee what more I eau do. Mr. 110•11.1??—Yea, you can make a full and public apology, and the costs, as between attorney mid client. 131101,011 all Why you are now rising in your demand, you talk of not %lilting for money, and yet now you see you are stipulating for cots. Mr.ScAttLetv—l believe therekas been no intention W make 114-linelogy. I believe Wet you want to have the issinuations esattlesed in circulation, and I shall, theorem► peoceed with my uses.' The Leateed Gentlemen then • peeseaki - The plaintiff won a farmer, residing at ilempsall, has, , and on the , r of May lot went to food the eettli fair h Ikea place. Dialtd4 l'_ • went to the White Bear-lon ' to ire some whom he ' ?Net in the public.room, and whe re much of the alkilkit business • *omitted. Shortly Orr be me seated the deamilast Haigh Owe in s placing himself mar rte plaistill; umilettetrat pertain gienwes which the plaintiff did we -sod ad se significantly towards Booth-J• bias Ma —...-.—" ft Waal Ibe a — mein ado sammesieges which he 'sou* not repeat ; but which ham tba maim if die action, the Airy would hoar from thosalleisol*. Tilsit mippremions. having boomamisicely Deed, the Moinallf ma* litwi AIM . 11booliai dawn *fo arm who need them Is OR swiiim( hia limbihadaa O. Inoue lest the room, and die pideMadopoted OR latter line of asadell. No min who felt propoely warmth bismilf or towards eltalety 'VA to tolerate such a thugs open bin character ; and th a t is Zolitillidatti; • most respectable man, would have been erli•-Ms ion of a sincere and public avowal on r lie pert or the t, that there never was the slightest ababow fist en*" so scandalous and so unfounded an impute . ad iba dummy of ale. Booth. His Learned Friend bed, MI th at a letter, containing an apology, was sent to the by the defendant; but from what the Jury saw to.day, judge of the sincerity of the defendant. The sneers 100 t,,. ed Counsel formed a pretty good commentary wean apo t hei. lib contained in a private letter, whereas the imputation wail OM& on several persons in a tap-room, and on a market • . Irani npology were ss public as tbe base imputation, it would 'amen hurls mei 4 but that not being the case, Mr. Booth was tiiefit *dee to himself, to being the defendant before a Court ii•lesdisv where his vindication would be publicly received by 11111 WON of an impartial Jury. No justification was here put ale iimai l , mid therefore the charge was abandoned; and no such Mid exist for one moment longer. He knew not reesegliee imea might feel, but he knew, and he felt strongly, diettlagre we no terms which men could use in their abuse of Oil another which ought to be more guarded against than those, ONO MN so o ft en heard amongst the low and the vulgar, and -MN* wale so scandalously used by the present defendant. Such fOlkarkmelee be made, as in this case, against the most innocent •I1(.4 am moths breath of calumny fastened upon him, he might be Paillell Ise ever. He asked for no vindictive damages, bat he ebbed Oa* to be guided by what their earn feelings would be if mob ea Imputation had been cast upon them. He would call aelleomeeestimbetantiete the nee he had stated LO them, and he =r a=nti ha entitled to their verdict. The amount of damages 1100111kar province to assess, and he had no doubt, that liet s lPl: 2a ld dewhat jus ice required at their hands. Myth., examined by Mr. AlailDE—l live at Barnsley, adatelin atlas Bear Inn on the 13th Nay. I know the defendant. bortibmdl Mom I know the plaintiff, he came to the White Bear nio**Or **click. I attended in the room where he sat. There teselelllf In the same room, principally farmers. Ile was ditne mimes before Haigh the defendant. He went towards , and took a chair near him , and then puttied him in a rude Weal ernes. Booth upon that desired him to be a man. isi remiess eeplled, "I am not • S--.” He repeatedly . said so, and Booth again asked for an explanation, and he painted a: plaintiff and said . Mr. Booth shortly after re- , tired from the room, on which the defendant called mit after him la the same strain. I can't tell how often this foul language was repeated. John Hiek-son examined by M. ......s , aILETT.—I was at the White Bear Inn at the time in questioa. I saw defendant noes in. I did not know him before. He sat between Booth and me.- We were talking of fat cattle, and defendant said to the plaintiff that he and his friend, Taylor, could not food such things. Defendant used a good deal of gesture said lam not a .....---, I would not be one. Booth dc. him to explain himself, when he pointed his dnger towards mad said (the worth used cannot be stated to the public). X/fae five or six persons then at the table. Booth seemed ly exasperated, and then left the room. I did not defendant to be either drunk or sober, but be seemed to • he said. The defendant lives near Bernsle7, in the with the plaintiff. I did not knowplaintiffbefore that day. are, a fanner,or, the know o w e. plaintiff w i r: l l e , i ( t i nt i l e : i lliev . e married eeltted a Cr. Tairlor e 's n daughter ay by eill' a former e husb a a n o t d s . t farms his own land ; he has two daughters and a son. mined—l believe Booth to be a wealthy men. lie told ; • - a letter, offering an apology, and saying, the de. drunk when he made so unfounded a charge against' whom I know to be a qualified man. the case for the plaintiff closed. . Haoussnalt for the defendant observed, that he bad been by the Attorney in this case to admit in the fullest man tle there was no ground whatever for making the imputation trot the plaintM No each imputation would ever have been •lt were not that the defendant had been in a state of .. . Ile now regretted the expressions he had used, more so, as there was not a shadow of ground to justify their use. The defendant was io that state * hen are irritated at trines—when they lose all command of their tongue and senses, sad are too often reedy to quarrel zere n a for the sake of the quarrel. The character of the plaintiff now gn out of the Court as clear and as unspotted as it ever Inaoad as if these imputations had never been east upon it. The daille was very simple, although an effort was made at the other side *Mx it up with matters of which sat a tittle of evidence had been gaud. The truth was, tbe parties, had had •equabble, the defend ed* was vexed that his neighbour had not met bim in a friendly man. he need exprassionstowards him which no man could justify. en men were ever ready to catch at straws, and do everything Van ed y thing but what was right. Drunkenness, however, could *lwo excuse in this ease, neither, as his Learned Friend had said, amid it he used here or elsewhere as a defence—it was a crime eadnat society and good morels, which should on all =anions be Iliasided ; but still, it wig a very different thing for a man in that Mester throw out random charges, or make false imputations, to Ohm it would be if they were thrown out by • • men i n his soer swam Such imputations, if made by a sober man, might obtain babe and circulation, and work serious injury ; but the same eleal nut be said of charges made by a drunken man; for no sen ding man would believe them, and therefore the damage done ealseld be considerably less. It made a mighty difference rallittir a charge was made by • man in his cups, and drunk, and • man in the.pueseasion of his senses. The Jury should consider that all -.hese unfounded imputations were made at an ale-house, *ben all the parties were indulging in liquor, and when perhaps few d them could akei wards remember a syllable of what was said, , a who. If they did remember it, would think one jot about at SW ooreing. Men said foolish things at such moments. they ha p to be punished fur uttering • 1111!%111C:re of that punishment should not be too - An el to ler had been made impress the Jury with a E that thenrems some malice here operating upon the mind of E de bet • more cock and a bull story to make it out never heard. Malice, indeed ! It was no such thing ; it was operating on the beer that prompted such expressions, and .titet malice, The defendant gnu angry at the crusty manner in thigh the plaintiff answered him about the fat cattle; and, as drunken men oftemaid, he give loose to hi, tongue, and said those clings which he now regretted. There was another attempt made eashow the malice of the defendant, but for the life and soul of bfien be (Mr. Brougham) could not imagine by what train of rea soning, or by what evidence offered in this Cause, that malice could ho made out. His Learned Friend had insinuated something about family jealousy. as operating to produce ill-blood on part of defend. Jot towsr is plaintiff, but lie (Sl. B.) could not understand bow the marriso of the defendant's brother to Miss M'A Hiner, whoa mo ister was married a aecnntl time to the Taylor alluded to, could be any maws for the defendant's Indulging in any malice towards the plain. lie, because of his ridding in the house of the said Mr. Taylor. ere Vie Learned Otatlenan proceeded to comment upon the pe . of the Bond., and the Haighs, and the 111•Allisters and the sighs, and for velieral minutes kept the whole Court in laughter. .f igme issrepon of his affected blundering se to the degree of relationship It. which each of these penile stood tower& the others, could give .as adequate idea of the effect which it produced, particularly sat be applied it to ridicule the notion of malice attempted to emestablished against the plaintiff. The Learned Counsel contended ti.ere arm no prof of malice in this cane. The character of the piuntiff was now as clear as it ever had been, and whet more could /.0 require. The fact was, that the plaintiff's attorney wanted to fobs • penny of the job. He believed the attorney to be a re. , .apeetable man, but if there wan any truth in what they said at the other tide, they should have beenconwnted with the public apology —ere he lest apology offered by the defendant, and natio for • -verdict whio.h wouldmet money ft, their pockets. No word, what teem had li-en Intend d by the defendant, no pain bad been in. landed ; and he (Mr. Brougham) trusted, under all the cireum. 'taxes of the ease, the Jury would act temperstely in estimating the .emount of compensation to which they thought the plaintiff entitled. Mr. juirtite DP v it.zt left the &meant of damage. to lb* awl- ' ' ....-r„ aeration of the Jury, fur damages they Were bound to Not withstanding the great good humour and the distinguished talent which had been just now displayed by Mr. Brougham, they niust not be laughed oat of Court. They were bound to view the case with gravity and with temper, and to give such damages as the justice of the ease required. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, Thirty Pottudis. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, TUURSDAY, JULY 28. CONST D. HARRIS. Mr. HEALD said, that in the above case, which related to the snits of Covent-garden theatre, he had to make a motion. lie did not, however, consider k to be of a very urgent nature, and should aot, therefor% mail k Datil Celt term. )MORRIS v. ROTHWEI.L. Mr. Pr 111151MOte. on behalf of the defendant in this case, made an appliration to the Court to discharge an order of the Vice. Chancellor, by which defendant was directed to pay a sum of SW. pursuant to the terms of a deed of settlement. The defendant was a gentleman engaged in business at Liverpool; on his marriage, he entered into an agreement to settle upon his wife, within sir' months after her marriage, the sum of KN. and in case of her death, the wen to be paid over to her children. This had not been done, the wife being dead. and as the trltsteea for the children had refused to act, the plaintiff, as their proehein arty, had made the application to compel the defendant to perform his co venant, The LORD CHANCELLOR refused to discharge the order. It was the duty of the defendant to perform his agreement. The motion was, therefore, discharged with costs. AI'LEAN V. WRIGHT. •Mr.Lovsvr. moved fur the discharge of an order made by the Vice Chancellor, in the year 1822, calling upon the defendant, Mr. Wright, to say whether he was able to make out a good title to a piece of ground sold by him to the plaintiff, and why he did not so do. The piece of land wan situated near Sudbury, in Suffolk. and was purchased by the plaintiff, Dr. WLean, fur the sum of 2101. The defendant's wifelitated, in her answer, that at the time of the wale of the said land, it was worth 100/. instead of 2101. and that de fendant had offered to repurchase tt, and to give 1501. in addition to,the 2101. which was the considevatiort 5o paid. The question was, whether a man could be compelled to procure his wife to levy a fine for the purpose of making a conveyance of land. There were grave doubts on the 'abject, and even his Lordship himself had stated, that he considered it to be a question that might be carried so the House of Lords. The defendant, however—submiued, that under all the circumstances of the case, the land being worth dOO/. instead of 2101. his having offered for it nearly double which was originally paid, and that before the purchase then had base no valuation of the property, he ought to be placed in such a sitqation as if no agreement had ever taken place. An application had been made to the 'Vice Chancellor to dissolve the Injunction; but he had refused so to do, and had directed the case to go be tore the Master, in order to ascertain whether a good tide could be, made out. For want of an answer having been put in, in the first instance, the injunction went, and that injunction had continued. But from that time to the present, no steps had been taken by the plaintiff, who remained in possession. Under these circum stances, the defendant applied to his Lordship to dissolve that in. junction. Me. COOPER, in reply, cited the cues of Emery v. Wade, and Withers r. Petro. In the latter case, his Lordship had Counsel, and the decree that had been then obtained, had never been carried into effect. All that the plainttff in the presses die asked for, was to havethe injunction continued. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that the better way would be for the parties to make some bargain, and come to some amicable arrangement. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, THURSDAY, JULY 28. His Howovn was occupied the whole of the day on motions of no public interest. COURT OF CHANCERY, TrEIDAY, Ly 28. [CORRECTED REPORT.] STEAD V. POLE, BART., AND OTHERS. This was a motion for the production of certain letters and documents. scheduled to the answer of the defendants, Sir Peter Pole and Co., u relating to the matters in question in this cause. It appeared, on a fo►mer hearing of the motion, that the papers had been produced and inspected by the plaintiff', in the hands of the defendants' Solicitors, under an order which had been obtained for that purpose; but that pursuant to the liberty given by that order, pars of some of the documents, and also the whole of, certain letters, had been concealed. The plaintiff' being dissatisfied with this production, required that the documents should be depo• sited in the hands of the C)•rk, In Court ; and that the defendants should afterwards make affidavit that the parts concealed did not relate to the matters in question in the cause; and the Lord ' Chancellor bad desired that the motion should stand over, in order that an alllda%it might be made, explaining the reason why some of the letters had been wholly concealed. :11r. Kw IGIIT was about to mention the case to his Lordship, on' behalf of the plaintiff, when . . . Mr. PEers observed, that he might save the time of the Court by stating that since the motion had been first made, the plaintiff' had amended his bill to the extent of 700 'Or 600 tolios, and had introduced such comprehensive matter, that those parts of the let ters *lnch had been concealed, as not relating to the matters in question in the original suit, would be found to relate to time of the numerous matters referred to in the amended bill ; and there- fore, as. the defendants would ultimately, under this amended bill, be ailed upon to produce the whole of the letters, instead of those part:sot* which, as the case formerly stood, would have been sufficient ; and as it did not matter whether the plaintiff had the inspection of the whole of those documents wow or at a future stage of the cause, when lie would be mailed to it, he would, on behalf of the defendants, consent to the inspection at once. Mr. K wtrirsx insisted that the papers ought to be brought into the hands of the Clerk, in Court, and that an affidavit should ac company them, distinctly declaring that the letters produced were the whole of those which had been concealed. There had been great Incaution in swearing in the case; and difficulties had been thrown in the plaintiff's way, the concealment of whole letters be ing at variance with the defendant's answer in the sdiedule to which they were contained : and the defendants ought also to pay the costs of the appEcation. Mr. Peres thought that, after the inspection of the whole of the papers had been conceded, such remarks as his Learned Friend had made might have been spared ; but after the statement which Mr. Knight had made, he felt obliged to enter into the facts. The letters were numerous, and were scheduled in bundles. The defend ants had not time to read them over previous to putting in the an swer. though their Solicitor had clone so. When the letters were examined, several were found in the bundles which did not relate to the matter in issue, and were therefore concealed ; but even these should now be open to ir spectinn. so that instead of having lees, the plaintiff would have more than he had a right to. If the plaintiff had the inspection of all the letters scheduled, was it neceuery that the defendants should part with them ? The possession was neces eery to enable the defendants to put in their answer. With regard to the affidavit required. he (Mr. Pepys) reser heard of such an application. The schedule identified the documents; an affidavit would therefore be superfluous. There was no pretence to ask for coma, as lie (Mr. Pepys) made the concession—not because the creme Agresti,' pursued had not been correct, but because the plain. tiff would, by amending his bill, become hereafter entitled to see' the whole of these papers. and it was to prevent the repetition of applications that lie had adopted that course. The Loan CHANCELLOR—Suppose you deposit the papers, with some third person. Mr. Pr:res.—They are now deposited with Messrs. Knight and Tyson, the Solicitors, where they may be seen at soy time. The LORD CHANCELLOR—I think you may try them in that way, Mr. Knight. Mr. KNIGHT observed that he would not press this matter, but he sane peculiar circumstances in this case. The affidavit of s;r. Dawn was merle on the 3d of February, and no person was allowed to Inspect the papers until the 25th, nearly three weeks after; net cant fat some concealment might not have taken place in the in terval. Mr. PERTS then offered any affidavit the plaintiff desired on that point. Mr. KNIGHT wished to have the affidavits of all the defendants. Mr. PEPYS—This is the very object of the other side ; they le not to give all these defendants the trouble to read the whole of elope paper& Mr. Kerner —I acknowledge that it is my object, in order that they may know to what th swear ; and lam besides cnnviadds that if these respectable gentlemen did know the real circumstansins ' of the case, the cause would be at an end. Mr. Peers said the affidavit of the person wko covered the con cealed parts of the papers would be sufficient. The Loan CHANCEL Loa (to 51 r. Kuight)—l think you should be satisfied with that for the present. Mr. KNIGHT—We should have the emits of this application ? Lunn CHANCHLLOR—No, I will not give the costs now.l Take the inspection. f may hear fecal you again, perhaps. Mr. PEPS'S then said he had to move m the same cause that the , defendants might have further time to put in their answer to the plaintiff's ameoded bill. The plaintiff in this Court was defendant at law; and, as the proceedings In equity delayed those which had been commenced at common law, it was the defendants that were injured by the delay ; and as there could be no trial till November, and the plaintiff, by an order of this Court, was entitled to have three weeks time before going to trial after a full answer by the de fendants was put in, the Learned Coursel did not suppose the present motion could be refused. The Loom CHANCHLLOR—Do you object to that, Mr. Knight ? Mr. KNIGHT—I do, except upon terms. These terms should that defcruhune - the - " CITY BUSINESS. -- - _ Yesterday the Lord Mayor held • Court of Commas Colleen at Guildhall. A petition was presented from the inhabitants of Mark-lane, i play ing the Court to assist them by • pecuniary grant towards I making &sewer between Fenchurch-street and the Commercial Sale rooms, which was referred to the City Lands Committee to examine , and report The Bridge House Committee presented a Report of their pro eeedings in Parliament, in prosecuting the petition of the Court, against the South London Dock Bill, which was read. The Court unanimously agreed to present to the Lord Mayor a gold medal, with a suitable inscription, commemorative of the dr ; cuonstance of laying the first atone of the new London-bridge, and the Committee who have the superintendence of the erection of the bridge were directed to provide the same accordingly. A petition was presented from the inhabitants of Smithfield, praying that Bartholomew fair might be held on the first Tuesday l in September, being the sixth, instead of Saturday the third of that month; and also in respect of other regulations regarding the cattle market, which was toad and referred to the City Lands Committee to consider and Report; and it was also refereed to the Committee to consider the Charter under which the fair is held, and whether any measures could be taken for the removil of any nuisance exist ing in the same, or for its ultimate suppression. The General Purpose Committee presented a Report for affixing the City', seal to • petition to the - Lord Chief Justice and the other Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, praying them to rescind the order made in Easter Term, in the fifth year of his Majesty's reign, for extending the tides of the Fleet prison ; which being read wai agreed to. IRELAND. At the present Limerick Assizes Mr. Sergeant Lefroy, in his charge to the Grand Jury, on opening the Commis sion, made the following judicious observations: , -- In looking to the offences on his Majesty's subjects, there were to be found no less than ten homicides; however, there was but one of them connected with those disturbances which had so lately disgraced this and other counties in the South of Ireland. Still there was something extraordinary in the circumstance; and it was with real anxiety he put the question to himself, bow ten homicides could exist on the face of the calendar. They should all put it to themselves with an hottest anxiety to sift, If possible, the cause, aid apply some effectual remedy. The majority of these homicides originated in affrays, sudden riots, or at tails. Now it is obvious (continued the Learned Sergeant), this states( crime creates a reckleseness of human lift, a precipitancy and unconcern in spilling human blood, never too much to be deplored. Al though the law mitigates the offence to manslaughter, we should not forget that it habituates our population to acts of cruelty, and prepares them for desperate deeds of a deeper die, if ever there should be a regular system of disturbing the public pewee. It is therefore high time, and humanity calls on ua to stop those offences. Now that the county is quiet, there is the more time to apply those preventive remedies. Much change could not be expected in the nature of that more ad vanced part of the population, whose habits were matured, and who were innured to vice. If principle would not avail, they should try the terrors of the law, and his Lordship hoped the Bench would be found firm in its administration, and that no false hd. manitv would prevent it front exercising the duty that devolved on it. He took this opportunity of declaring. for his own part, his determination, in every case of aggravated manslaughter, to traus. port, either for life or for a term of years. He trusted that this would check the flippancy and unconcern in the shedding of human blood, particularly observable in the grown portion of the popula. lion. In the rising generation an improved education and im proved morals would, he trusted, correct the defect. His Lordship congratulated the Jury on the determination of the Legislature to apply to the root of the evil. The Legislature have resolved to carry into execution a system of National Education, founded not only a principle that must suppress every stimulus to crime, but will substitute a feeling of true morality. The lower orders, he thanked Providence, would no longer be reared up like the berate of the field, without feeling or a sense of being accountable for their actions. Suth a system of education as he alluded to, now that it was entertained by Government, was no longer looked upon as enthosiastic or chimerical. Look at the thing with the eyes of common sense and experience or as a man, and who, not lost to all discernment, cannot perceive the important advantages to be derived by the State and society at large, from having a people impressed with an idea of thee being accountable for their actions, and the oblige tions of averring truth when on oath. If properly carried into effect, no system could be better adapted for the attainment of the objects it has in view. It is high time such a remedial system should be carried into effect—hut it neither belonged to the present time or place to teach such a system. DUBLIN, JULY 26. PIOVWCIAL RANI or TM-awe—The pleasing duty de volves upon us, of announcing the arrival in this country of the three Dieecton appointed to carry the measures of this establish. ment into Immediate execution.—The first of these gentlemen is Mr. Montefiore, the near connexion of the great Mr. Rothschild, and one of the first capitalists in England. The second is Mr. Medley, a gentleman who has been occupied all his life in the most extensive financial and mercantile engagements, and one of the most respectable and wealthy Individuals connected with the greateat mart in the world, the London Money Market. The third is Mr. Edward Blount, whose name is well known to the. Irish public. He Is a Roman Catholic gentleman, as remarkable for his moderation In politica, as he is distinguished lot his knowledge in business. _ _ tis the - int tion of the Directors, immediately after their busi ness shall have been concluded in this city, to repair to Cork, where they will forthwith open their Bank, and it is expected that their notes will be in circulation by the ISth of August. From Cork the Directors will successively proceed to Limerick, Cloomel, Wa. terford, Wexford, Kilkenny, Galway, Westport, Sligo. Newry, Armagh, Belfast. and Londonderry, where branches will be forth with opened. Within two months the Establishmeot will be in active operation throughout the country. LEWES.—Harvest has generally commenced in this neighbourhood, and we understand the crops, particularly that of wheat, fall heavily over the sickle. The commence ment of this important business has caused a large Ms- , portation of the population of the sister Kingdom, who are seen in groups passing and repassing this place in search of employment. They carry with them in most cases the appearance of want and wretchedness. We are sorry that, the necessity of such an importation exists, and that suffi dent labour cannot be obtained in their own country, in stead of being forced to travel so far from home to procure it. It has also the effect of superseding that demand for labour which our own countrymen so naturally expect at this pro pitious season of the year. We have heard that our neighbouring farmers have come to a determination of giv ing their own countrymen the decided preference. A few days ago, a man named Chalcroft, and his wife, died at Handicross, in consequence of using water for tea which had stood for some time in a copper, by which they were poisoned. We understand that water being scarce in that neighbourhood, they had brought it from a considerable distance, and put it into the copper for use. Their children still remain very ill, and a man who like wise partook of it, though in a great measure recovered, still feels the ill effects of drinking it..—Sesscr Paper. There lived, for nearly thirty years, in Calton, a weaver and his wife, whose habits were somewhat singular. They both were very industrious and wrought hard, and regularly regaled themselves with a copious supply of whisky. They never were heard to quarrel, but were always on the most agreeable terms ; and when the husband would go on the " fuddle," his helpmate, instead of fretting or scolding him as is the practice of most frugal housewives, invariably followed his examp!e, and they generally went reeling home, happy together. Thus they lived, mutually in. dulging in their favourite propensity whenever they could come at drink. About a fortnight before last fair, they began their potations; and the wife having gone far beyond her usual excess, was confined to her bed. Her indulgent hus band, however, sympathising with her, carefully supplied her with her usual .quantity. On Saturday some other persons had been treating her with what they considered u the infallible remedy for all disorders ; and she had taken so much, that on Sunday morning, when they were endeavouring to awaken her, to get a fresh supply of the favourite beverage to dispel the effects of the preceding night's excess, it was discovered that she was dead.—Glae gow Chronicle. An Inquest was held at St. Thomas's Hospital on Geo. Watson, four years old, who was left, in the absence of his parents, in the garret o f a house in Falcon -court, Borough, when he got en the roof aed fell from the parapet into the street, by which hi skull was so dreadfully fractured that the brains protruded. Ver. dict—" Accidental Death." FlRE—Yesterday evening, about five o'clock, a Reel broke out in a shed near the Duke of York public-house, Black Ilorse-fields, It belonged to Mr. Woixtencit ; a wheelwright In the Kingeland-road, and hid been divided into two apartments, one of which was used an a workshop, and the other as a stable. The lire ' being' ..,e, V..— the pay costs; that as bail had been given broke out In the stable, and bs...g fed by the combustibles, burned r by the plaintiff in the actions at law to the amount of nearly 8,0001. with such rapidity, that in a short time the stable and part of the 'which prevented his going to Norway, where he bad business, such workshop were complet e ly d estro y e d. Th e fi re was su bd ue d b y bail should ILI discharge& the neighbours before the arrival of the engines, but an unfortunate The Loan CHANCELLOR—The defendar.ts ought to pay the pony, which we. in the stable, was burned to a cinder. tints of the motion ; but, with regard to distitargiug the bail, I Monday, as en elderly gentleman was walking along , ainnot do that unless the defendants delay the trial o the cause. Museum-garret, Bloomsbury, apparently in good health, he we% You canoot go to trial till Michaelmas term. If the defendants d o o b serve d to stagger as i f intoxicated, when he fell backwards CO trot put in the answer before that I %vat discharge the bail. the pavement. He was instantly surrounded by a crowd of per , Air. Peoirs—My Lord, we are anxious togs to trial, and w ill sons, who lifted him up, and perceived in his countenance all the put in a full answer by the let of October. agon ies of death. A surgeon was sent for while the unfortunate Alr. KNIOHT--The Vice-Chancellor. when this motion was gentleman was carried into a private house, where every humane made before him, ioinosod a condition on the defendants that they assistance was afforded, but on the arrival of the surgeon he was should rot call for a plea till this motion was disposed of. That quite dead. On searching his pockets some gold and silver monies' condition ought to he continued till the answer cornea in. were found on him, together with a valuable silver watch, and some The Loon CUANCELLOU—CertainIy. letters, from which it appeared he had been transacting business of Mr. Parrs—l do not object to it if the plaintiff undertakes to a private nature at the west end of the town. It is not positively reCe4l, notice of trial f o r the Sittings after Michaelmas term, other. known who or what lie was. The name of .. Picton,Oldtstreet," wise he will get a ternt!s delay. was on one of the letters. He is of portly appearance, with pew. The &One Cps inc.:4,l-4h Must do that, seed hair, Nod of gentlemanly aspect, dressed in black. POLICE. CHILD-DROPPING. OUILDFIALL, JULY 28 —A very decent looking female, about . thirty years of age, who gave her name Ann BiAnp, WAS brought up before the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman LUCAS, charged with attemptit,g to desert her female infant, sic weeks old, by dropping it in the passage of Messrs. Reynolds and Co. silkmen, No. 8, Paternoster-row. Mr. Cock. bookseller, Messrs. Reynolds's opposite neighbour, had observed the prisoner about six o'clock on Wednesday even ing, passing, and re-passing, three or four times by Messrs. Rey noida's door. She nad the infant in her arms, and from the ap parent state of exhaustion in which she appeared from fatigue, both she and - the infant being in a state of great perspiration, had attracted his attention. lie did not perceive her go into Meant!. Reynolds's passage, but in a short time observed her come out from thence wiih a bundle, but without the child. The circum stance did not exe.i!e any suspicion in his mind, but on subse quently hearing a passenger exclaim somebody has left a child in the passage, the conduct of the woman immediately occurred to him, and lie ran directly down Paternoster-row in pursuit of her, and found her standing up in Queen's Hvad-passage, as if waiting to see what walk! become of the child. Just as he came up with her, she crossed over to the passage which leads into St. Paul's Church-yard. He immediately charged her with the fact, and • asked her how she could be so inhuman as to leave a baby in al passage where it might inadvertently be crushed to death. She at first denied the chance, but on his insisting that she should go back to the house with him, she very quietly lead the way. and of her own accord mimed into the very passage where the child had been dropped. She still, however, denied the charge, but tin end ing that a surgeon had been sent for to examine her, and an officer to take her Into custody, she at length confessed she was the mother of the child, and had dropped it in the manner described by Mr. Cock. The account she then gave of herself, and which she repeated misfortune, of been compelled, between four anti five years ago, to th w a a t s he t h h a e iL d i a n u eo gi n n s t e r qu o e t he a e in Alan off all his property, which had occasioned to go into ser. inu : before a t t he o. A dsd lde e r n m . an, eke at Nottingham ; there she formed a connexion with one John H w eri as torc ti l l e a ti t ire sh ; e Smith, who was also a servant in that town, by whom she had the Infant, the subject of this inquiry. Smith, she said, had deserted her about four months ago, and she had walked all the way up from Nottingham, in the hope of retrieving her character, and getting again into service, thereby tacitly acknowledging her intention to desert the child. The Churchwardens of Christchurch parish, who attended as the prosecutors, gave credit to this story, and expressed no disposition to press for the punishment of the prisoner. The worthy Magistrate treated her with great kindness, gave her a sovereign, we believe, from his own pocket, and delivered her over to the Churchwardens with a gentle admonition, in order that she might be sworn to the settlement of her illegitimate child, and passed with it down to Non ngham. RESCUING A SOLDIER FROM THE CIVIL POWER. QUEEN-9(11%12E, JULY 28.—Colonel Woodtord, of the First Regiment of Foot Guards, accompanied by the Adjutant of the regiment, attended betore Mr. IVHITE, the Magistrate, in conse quence of a complaint having been preferred against Prier Quin, a private, by Morgan, a watchman., of the parish of St. George's, Hanover-square, for an assault and battery, and who nho charged Corporal Temlinson. of the sanie regiment, with rescuing the said Quin out of the hands of the civil power. James Horgan, the prosecutor stated, that he ICU a watchman, 1 at Buckingham-gate, and Ins beat extended down Charlotte.etreet, where, in calling the hour of ten, on Sunday night last, the de. fondant Quin, who appeared to be coming from Westminster, and quite drunk, intentionally pushed against him, with such force, that he fell against the area railings of the houses. The complain. ant took it good humouredly, and held t:p his lantern in the face of the soldier, in order to see if ire knew him, when he, with a kick, sent the lantern into the road, which was of course smashed to piece. ; he then dealt him several blows, and prevented him spring. mg his rattle tor assistance, by holding his arms ; at length, a gen. tleman came up. arid sprang the rattle for him, which brought several other watchmen to the spot, and they with difficulty dragged him along, intending to take him to the watch.house, and on the way, he, a ith a tremendous kick, completely disabled him ; the other watchmen still kept hold of hint; when, on reach ing Hyde-park-corner, two corporals came up, took the prisoner away from them, and carried him to the guard-room, ',eying, that if he had nny complaint to make against him, he might make it to the Adjutant, woo would visit hint with the punishment usually inflicted on offenders belonging to the regiment. The complainant further rated, that he in the affray had lost his hat, which besides the injury done to his lantern, lie had valued at 4s. 6.1. He had once or twice since applied at the guard-room for compensation to thy! amount, but could never see any of the officers of the regiment, therefore, to obtain redress, he had summoned the defendant and the Corporal, Tomlinson, for rescuing him out of his custody. Mr. WRITE asked the complainant if the corporal knew he was a watchman, and whether he was aware that he had Quin In custody ? The watchman said, that when the corporal first came up, he called upon him in the King's name to aid and assist him in taking the defendalit to the watch-house, which he refused ; therefore, it was quite clear he must have known him to be a watchman ; be sides, he requested to know his number. Mr. WHITE said the corporal had acted very wrong; for in ad dition to being liable to punishment for rescuing his comrade out of the custody of the civil power, the law had also provided a pu nishment for pereons who, when called upon to assist an officer in the execution of his duty, refused so to do, and he really thought it ought to be put in force on the corporal, but possibly he could ex plain why he cad acted so illegally. Colonel Woodford said, that when the watchman first came to the guardroom, he merely said that the soldier had broken his lantern, but when he came the second time, he declared that he had lost his hat in the row, and for which lie insisted on being corn pensated; which was resisted by him, and was the cause of the pre sent measure being adopted. Corporal Tomlinson then said, that on the night in question several persons came to the guard-room, and acquainted the see. geant of the guard that three watchmen were very cruelly beads , one of the men in Charlotte-street, and for no provocation what.' ever. The sergeant-major instantly sent him to the spot, witC orders to bring the man away, which orders lie obeyed, and tbel watchmen did not attempt to make any resistance. If he had acted wrong, it was by the instructions of hie superiors. Mr. WHITE would be glad to know what resistance the corporal expected to meet with ? Did he expect to be knocked down by him (the watchman) ? He thought the corporal certainly was law culpable, he having ected,according to his code's, but he could Du but think his superiors were very much to blame. Col. Woodford observed that as tar as regarded Tomlinson, wha had acted under the Ma jor c a orders, lie should be very sorry if he should be put to any inconvenience in having thus acted, but as to the case of Quin, Inc felt inclined that it should go to the Seision.. Mr. WHITE told the Colonel that it would, perhaps, be better were he to pay the demand of the wirchman, which was about 10s. altogether. than take the case to the Sessions, where he anticipated he would obtain but little good. After-some further conversation between the Colonel and the Magistrate, it was agreed that the watchman's demand should be paid, amounting to 9.. 6d., being 4s. 6d. for the loss of his hat and the damage done to his lantern, and ss. costs. Col. Vs oodford instantly paid the money and left the office, and Quin was taken away by the sergeant to be punished according to the rules of the regiment. The Colonel afterwards said that lie feared the present case would act as a precedent to watchmen instead of an example to the soldiers ; and from what he had understood, the private Quin was going to his barracks, and the watchman put the lantern in his face, when he kicked it into die road. OAS LAMPS. MARY-t.a-BoXlvt-Orvtc2, JULY 28.—Thomat Porter, a groom, was brought from Mary-la-bonne watchhouse, in the cos. Indy of James Ford, a watchman, charged under the statute of tte 4th of George 11, sec. 28, with having extinguished one of ilia gas lights belonging to the Imperial Gas leght Company, on Wednes day night last. The prisoner was convicted in the mitigated penalty of 40s. which he paid and was discharged. LIABILITY OF CONSTABLES TO PAY TAXES. MARLBOROUGH -STREET, JULY 28.—The time of Sir George Parrant the sitting Magistrate at this office, was occupied in de ciding the cases of a number of the parishioners of St. James's pa-1 rich, who appeared upon summonses, at the instance of the collec tor of the rates of that parish, to account for their refusal to pay certain arrears due by them. The only defence that possessed any interest was that of Mr. Bernard, a grocer, in Little Pulteney.l street, Golden-square, who contended that he w as not li a bl e to be called on for the payment or any parish rates, inasmuch as he had for two years served in his own right, as a constable for the parish. The Magistrate explesseo, his surprise at this alleged cause of exemption, and said, that although he had never heard it stated be fore, he was quite sure there was co law to entitle parish constables to such exemption. Mr. Bernard persisted that it was both the law and the usage in some parishes ; for instance, in the parish of St. Giles's, a con stable serving in his own right was never called upon to pay pa rish rates. The Magistrate said, that it might be a courtesy allowed to con stables in St. Giles's parish, but he did not believe it was law in that parish; and although St. Giles's parish thought lit to afford that indulgence, that was no reason why St. James's should. Mr. Bernard said, that it most undoubtedly was the law ; for it was laid down in " lmpey's Bung's Bench Practice." Mr. WTNGFIELD. the Solicitor, who attended on the yart of the parish of St. James's, assured Mr. Bernard that there was no such doctrine laid down In " bopey ;" nor was such a subject at all treated of in that wcrk. Sir O. FA BRANT was decideely of opinion that Mr. Bernard was wrong in his law on this subj.-et. but if he still thought himself right, he should have a fortnight to produce his authority, or any cases in point to bear out his objection. Mr. Bernard said, he would avail himself of this time, and he had no doubt of discovering the law, and the cases too, in the Mee. rim ; at all events, he could produce St. Giles's law. Mr. WiNor It t.n again suggested that that was not law ; it was merely a usage, if it even existed. Ilere the knotty poin•resta for the present. The Magistrate had scarcely disengaged himself from the above intricacy, when he became involved in another, to which the last was but a trifle. It was no less a problem than to divide three don. kiss amongst four ladies, so as to satisfy each lady that she had got her right. The thing was this:—lt appeared, by the statement of one el the Inspectors of St. Giles's parish, that about twelve o'clock the night Wort, ho met, in going his rounds, throkdookios (by some vulgarly called asses) walking in company along the street, and I they being out at that unseasonable hour , and apparently without any owner, or " local habitation," he thought tt his duty to take them to the watch•house—he begged pardon, he meant the Green. yard, where he lodged them for the night. That morning a man, who appeared himself as if he had been out at unseasonable hours, came to the Green-yard and laid claim to the three prisoners (th e three donkics he meant) ; but en unsatisfactory was his description of them and of himself, that it was clear they did not belong to him, and that he only heard by some chance they were in custody. and thought to make a property of them. It was not long after his departure until the four ladies new present came in succession to the Green-yard, each claiming a donkey, end each ready to swear that some one of the ihr.c tn. longed to her. He (the Inspector) having a very strong suspicion that these claimants, or a part of them, were in league with, and sent by, the man who called in the morning, he refused to let them have the donkies until the Magistrate decided their :riper:ire claims, if they had any. The four ladies here **pried forward, two of them appear e d :0 be of that Egyptian tribe at present sojourning in the neighbour hood of Norwood, andmho are well known to be of that accommo dating sort of disposition as to be always ready to take under their protection any description of etc? property that may be want os an owner. The other two were rish ladies, part occupiers for the season of that well-known mansion, in the county of Middlesex, called Mat's Castle. in the parish of St. Giles. Each curtsied a turn as she approached the Bench, but not so in turn did they speak, for the Magistrate no sooner gave the word, by inquiring of tbe first what her claim was, than the Whole set off together; so that, with the unintelligible corruption of the Eastern language of for. mer times from the two first, and the no less unintelligible jargon of _half Iriah and half English sentences from the two latter ladies, the Babel confusion was a trifle to the chaos into which t'e., threw the whole subject for about half an hour, until at length the Magistrate dismissed the affair altogether for the present, iirife,s. ing himself totally unable either to comprehend the claims of the ladies. or to divide the three donies amongst them with any degree of satisfaction either to them or to himself. As well as we could at all guess at the matter, three of the ladies made a direct claim, in their own right, to a donkey each, and the fourth lady claimed some one of the donkies, she did not ctre a inn which, in right of a brother-in-law of bet's, who lent her a donkey, which she had lost. The donkies siill remain in the Green-yard, until some better understanding can be come to with the claimants. CHARGE OF ARSON. UNION HALL, 28. iWand Louisa Belting. ton, the two girls who were brought tip to this office on Satuidav last, charged with having attempted to set fire to the premises Of Mr. Banks, the lace manufacturer, in Bermondsey, to whom th e y were apprentices, were brought up for a final examination. In ad. dition to the evidence of Mr. Simpson, the superintendant, and the girl Matthews, which appeared in oar paper of Monday last, two other witnesses were examined, whose depositions corroborated that of those persons. .Ir. SWAHEY having made some observations on the enormity of the offence with which the prisoners were charged, committed them for trial to the next assizes, for conspiring to set their Mantel premises on fire. THE A AMY. The 32d (Cornwall) Regiment of Infantry has received orders, or being relieved by the 7th ( Royal Fusileers) at Corfu. to embark on board the transports that conveyed the latter corps to their destins tion. for conveyance to England. The 99th Regiment of Foot is ordered, on the arrival of the 39d in England, to embark on board the transports that bring the latter corps homes for conveyance to the Mauritius. The 66th (West Eases) Regiment of Infantry, is ordered, on being relieved by the 99th Foot, at the Mauritius. to embark on bbard the transports, that tarried ou: the latter corps, for convey. ance to England. A detachment belonging to the East India Company's Service embarked yesterday afternoon, at Billingsgate, for Gravesend, on route to Chatham. INDIAN ARMYf_ Henn-CIRAIITERII. CA/ Ct:TTA, FED. 24 GENERAL ORDERS. In continuation of a ilenectiiiCOUitSlartiai, held at Cawnpore, on Monday, the 17th May. 11124. Corporal John Fitz-Simmons, of the sth Company of his Majesty's 59th Regiment of Foot, was arraigned upon the under-mentioned charges, viz.:- Ist. " For entering the veranda of the Barrack occupied by the 4th Company of his Majesty's 59th Regiment of Foot., between the hours of one and two o'clock, P. M. of the 13th March 1824, and then and there, with mischievous intent, discharging the contents of a loaded musket into the room of Sergeant Tinsley, of that Com pany, maliciously intending to shoot Eliza Tinsley. wife of Sergeant Tinsley aforesaid, and thereby endangering the lives of other per. lions then in the room along with her. 2d. " For designedly wasting on the 13th March, 1824, one round of ammunition, served out for public service." Upon which charges the Court came to the following decision : SENTExce.—' I'he Court having found the prisoner, Corporal John Fitz-Simmons, of the sth Company of his Majesty's dth Regiment of Foot guilty of both the charges preferred against him, which being in breach of the Articles of Win, does sentence him to suffer death, by being banged by the neck until he is dead."— Confirmed. (Signed) EDWARD PAGET,General, Commander-in-Chief in India. The above sentence is commuted to transportation for seven years. subject to the concurrence of the Right Hon. the Governor General in Council—Confirmed. (Signed) EDWARD PAGET, General, Commander-in-Chief in Irdza. The Governor-General in Council concurs in the coo .muud sen tence of transportation for seven years, passed by his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief on corporal Fitz-Simmons. (Signed) A M H ERST. EDWARD PAGET. JOHN FENDALL. The foregoing order is to be entered in the General Order Rock. and read at the head of every regiment in his Majesty's service in India. By order of his Excellency the Commander-in• Chief, THOMAS M`MAHON, Col A. 0. SPORTING I NTE LLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S, THURSDAY, JULY 28. The Subscription Room to-day was more thinly attended than we have seen for a very considerable time. Gebtlemen of the Turf are at Brighton, Knutshford, Ipswich, or Derby, furthering sporting speculations, or else rusticating this sultry weather. There were but very few bets, which were made at the following odds : ST. LEGER. 3 to I apt Memnon 20 to 1 apt Whisk( r colt 6 to I apt Alderman 22 to 1 ahst Homer 7 to I agat Redgauntlet 22 to 1 apt Addy 15 to 1 apt Altisidora 125t0 1 apt Trinculo 15 to 1 apt Cleveland SUDDEN DEATHS FROM THE COUP DE SOLEIL Yesterday morning, a young woman, named Catherine Redman, a servant in the family of Mr. Chapman, of the Crown, Edgeware road, having been during the morning very much exposed to the heat of the sun, it is supposed was seised with its direct rays, as she was observed suddenly to become faint, and in endeavouring to get into the house, she staggered a few paces towards the bar-door, tell on her face, and expired. A medical man being sent for, declared that lie thought it likely that the sun's rays, or coup de soleil, prG duced this awful visitation. Another similarly awful visitation or sudden and unexpected death was presented about the same time in the person of a poor Irish labourer, named Michael Hogan. The poor man was at work o❑ some buildings in the High -street, Giles's, and suddenly, having merely a moment to utter an Oar , . lation, fell and expired without any visible sign of pain agony. His dead body was carried home to the abode of liis wife and family, and an inquest will be held. COA cif Tuesday Mr. Walker's Wor thing coach broke down at Kingafold, a few miles from Horsham. The coach was heavily laden, and several of the passengers were much injured ; one lady was conveyed to Horsham, and yesterday was in so dangerous a state that there was but little hopes of her eccovery. A gentleman had his collar-bone broken, and several others were •more or less injured. Messrs. J. Eames and Co.'s coach Caine up soot, after the accident, and the coachman ((Hasse) rendered every assistance it; his power to the passengers, and Coll. veyed some of them to Horsham, where they received every pos sible attention and medical assistance. The coach that broke down, we understand, is rot a regular stage, but one that has been used for the display of tour-in. hand science, and that the immediate cause of the accident was the breaking of one of the axle-trees. BIRTII. At Buxton, the lady of the Rev. George Trevor Spence►, of a son. MARRIED. On the 18th inst. by the Right Rev. the Bishop, Dr. Luscombe, at the house of his Excellency the British Ambassador. at Park, the Rev. W. H. Bury, B.D. Fellow of St. J o h n ' s C o ll ege , Oxford, and Graduate of th e University of Paris, to Mary Anne, daughter of the late John Maclean, Esq.. and widow of the It'e A. Mackenzie Grieves, of Glenure, N. 8., Esq. On the 2ssh instant, by special licen s e, i n Barley -street. by the Rev. Charles Spencer, Vicar of Bishop Stortford. aid Chaplate to the Right Honourable the Earl of Aylesford, the Right lion. Lord Gratuity, to Charlotte Earle, youngest daughter of Sir Wm. Beechey. On Tuesday, the 26th instant, at Weymouth, by the Reverend G. Houton Hyde, Henry Charles, youngest son of Charles Joseph Ilarford, Esq. of Stapleton, Gloucestershire, to Susan ffarr,t, eldest daughter of Samuel Brice, Esq. of Frenchay, in tle sztne county. On the 22d instant, at the house of his Excellency the rtritis!l Ambassador, at Brtissels, by the Rev. W. 81. Pierce, t!..^ Reverend E. Jetrklns, B.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. to Elizs, eldest daughter of John Jay, Esq. formerly of taxmouei, near Etli..ltargh. DIED. Ssindap morning, Sir Alexander Grant, Bart. Monday. at East Acton, the infant son of 11. Porcher. Esq. 31 P. At Brougham Hall, the seat of H. Brougham, Esq. M.P. Red dente. and o her journey from London to Scotland, Lady E• Elliott, sister of Lord Minh), in the prime of life. Printed it THE 461, Scrod, BRITISH PRESS Office. by J. W. and published by R. CASROP ; Senn CmisTog e ci V Via•