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I ~.., : , 1, i t • ( N l ' I ir r , . i 4* I ' ri 11- • - • - newt Warm:tea mejo ifepats en affidavit olojelit t -to bold to bail Thomas Chicketts, fee 30W. for pods had endue red by him to the nee of the prisoner ; and *Wolof money lentatid advanced by the prisoner whim. I ern a Conireilaioner nribli Coon or King*. Benet for taking affidavits of debt, aid the prisoner swore to the' stEciavit before me in the uvnal legal manner. was here put in and read. -^oer. living at Sclgrave Hail, near helms ' ycar 1813, he wed en ed. represented that a gentle. • acquainted with the ,or this purpose wished extetwive fernier in that I be made. The .rparticulars. The sought for. wrote to the after received a Harvey, of Wharton that the individual on inserted was a young 1 who within two of a large pro studying agriculture bite method with that Ad visited. His object age his own estate, on represented the young manners, and or an correspondence this Julit some to witnema's , excursion in the $u . came to reside with bins. Earl ritzwilliarm and of intimately connected wit{} to the possessor orals:ln, netwas arrested foe sg* 'ante his bad. Sixteen' that the prisoner tom, 'a proposed that he! • ansented, and he whams narking for tbs 431. Ibr bold litmus as the lesiain preclusion of prisoner. He bad sold things belonging to the cf a debt due to hint Belgrave Hall he alto be taken great Witness afterwards ist of a quantity of and other rubbish. he wanted some never received a far t the prisoner. deposed, that while hint respecting some merchant at Bristol. witness wanted to get at the prisoner had e man in Leicester ot, and he asked the The prisoner said he that he could not do , owing him money. defence, which he pre. truly ludicrous. Ili.< ntenance vulgar and him to belong to a having lived in the service of t acquaintance with the names sufficient to impose upon the • thing like a state of the vilest non. topic save that which In conclusion, he been appointed for or witnesses. i that the prisoner for the convenience then called to prr ve that the prosecutor had said ad left sufficient property with him to defray his , on cross.examination, proved to have been said tam this hampers were opened. Another witness (a prisoner) attempted to prove that there was SO bellk used when the prisoner m ade t h e a ffid av it. The JUDGE overruled this evidence. The prisoner having concluded his defence, 1 The JUDGE told the Jury that the evidence of the perjury was clearly made out by the prosecutor, and by the witness to whom the prisoner had confessed that the prosecutor did not owe him a shilling. The Jury _immediately returned a verdict of Guilty. His Lordship, after commenting upon the enormity of his of. fence, seatenced the prisoner to bl transported for seven years. OXFORD CIRCUIT. GLOUCESTER ASSIZES, THURSDAY, Aro 11. Tbese Assizes commenced this day before Mr. Baron Oration on the Crown side, and Mr. Justice BURNOUGH at Nisi Prins., The Calendar contained the names of 51 prisoners, none of them, however, being charged with offences of any peculiar enormity. Op the Civil side 34 Causes were entered for trial, of which four are to be tried by .•pecial Juries. CIVIL SIDE. Before Mr. Justice BURROUGH. ALWAY ItIII.LY. • Mr. RUSSELL opened the ftleadings. ,Ur. LUDLOW stated that the plaintiftwaa aged 27. and had been married several years, and had four children. The defendant had feat the plaintiff sums of money, but it would be unnecessary for him to detail the facts ; all that would be material for him to do weridel be to prove the marriage of the plaintiff, and that the defend ant had committed the fact alleged against him. He should' how ever, show, that the plaintiff was bringing up his family comfort. ablz and respectably, but he had since suffered much in his mind tat consequence of the conduct of the defendant. As soon as the fact was discovered, he separated himself from his wife, and pro ceedings were commenced against the defendant. /Robert Aiway said, I eon the brother of the plaintiff. I pro duce a copy of the registry of the marriage of the plaintiff: (It was ready I know the defendant ; he is a plumber at Thornbury ; my brother is a brazier and unman. The defendant is a married man, and often tame to my brother's. The plaintiff's wife does not live with him now, but resides in a house belonging to the defend. ant. Since the separation I met the defendant at the Swan Inn, at Thornbury. He said, " D—n ye, what did you send your brother's wite up to me for I will protect her as long as I live." The plaintiff and his wife had lived happily together. Groan-examined by Mr. Tanle TON—I never heard them quarrel. The plaintiff used sometimes to spend his evenings at public. houses; I don't know that I said it made no difference whether the plaintiff won or lost the cause, so he was out of the way, and had no money. Never quarrelled with the defendant. in the maids of March I took out a warrant against him. Hwy Taylor said, I am the plaintiff's apprentice; he used to work out of the house. There is 3 back door to our house, and I as, die defendant come in at it. There was a counter in the shop. I saw the defendant and my master's wife there. I saw them *720 a window. (The witness here stated what he saw.) I stood on a shelf in the back pantry. 1 got there to see what mistress wog about. This was between two and three years ago. A few days after this occurred the defendant gave me two-pence to say no(iinj about it. I reframther another time—a short time after the former ; it was then dark . I went into the hack court to get a brush, teiting a candle with me, and there saw my mistress and the de fendant; my mistress threatened to beat me for coming out Into the bark court. The plaintiff's wife lives in a house of Mr. Miley now. Croce-examined by Mr. Twtse—My master and mistress quar relled sometimes. I did not tell try master what I had seen. I told Iris sister ; but that was a year after it happened. I never told shot defendant that I had never mentioned rho business at all. Oupii, in tha presence of my master , being asked by the de. Medina whether./ had ever seen any thing between him and the .pisiatiff's wife? I said I never had. I was afraid to tell ; my matter was by. The defendant asked the plaintiff to se the ac °Erupt& My master and mistress fell out after this was disco. 'reeds beet they slept in the same room four or five nights after Oals Otis last ) statement was extracted from the witness with great Jimmh) Retniined.--1 knew that my master and mistress slept to. L uitar et the discovery, because I heard them go up stairs. 11,100_ Away am the tuber of the Maimed: I live &bent half a mile from Thorrittury. I saw the vlaintul and his wits. often. They appeared to live happily together. I one day called at my von's, and found the door fait. I looked in and saw the defendant come (low:. the stairs. Oa the following Monday I saw the defendant in the street at T:!01111 my, and I observed him proce.ing to my son's bottle. I watt after him, and got to the Leak door, and i through the window saw the defendant and my bor.** wife in the kitchen. (The witness het: detailed the cireum- SteasZl he sew, amounting to full pouf of the facts.) I did not mentien it to n.y son ter ten months atter. My son bas been agi tate. and unwell ancir the discovery. Clues-tutansin.tl by Mr. Tat; am ow.—l was once in prison. It ose, net for debt. lite window was a rather large one. I never es vtosy ern ADell his wife quarrel, and they seemed as fond after *hot 'observe. In the kitchen as before. The window I looked in ot links Into the market-place. John Ford said that he beard the defendant say that the plain tiff `a wife ahould never want as long as he had a shilling left. Dacia Pitcher Reid, I arm a saddler at Thornhury. I used to este the defendant go is and Ode of the plaintiff's house almost John Sliapherd, the tarn:leer of Thrtenburv, proved that the de . f.A.olant's prmerty in land was worth about BOC/f. Cks•-ertrimitted--1 don't know what incumbranees are on it. Y.T. TSUNTOW addressed the Jury for the defendant, and eon reaCed that the damages should be nominal only. Mr. Jus:tco Bu manual' said that if the Jury believed the evil. deem, the plaintiff wan smutted to a verdict, hat that the damages worwler their consideration. Vtellidt for the 013intier--aidnages 12111. yudiet appeared us create universal astonishment. .. The alidavit wit here put in and read. Thos. Checketts, a farmer, living at Btlgrave H ler. stated, that in the beginnlng of the yar 18'3 serteement in a provincial paper, which reprtaeril CUM INS desirous of becoming practically actin Leionatenhire system of agriculture. and for this tole retched into the family of some externi r=t;e:hich a liberal remuneration would t referred to the printer for other) . Witbeell being able to give the instruction sought printorecqaesting further information. He soon fetter, purporting to be written by a Colonel Har Lodge, near Lynn, in which it was stated that whom account the advertisement laid been insert gentleman of very respectable connexions, and patter/pan that period would come into possession plrl In the meantime he was desinnia of star garacdteity; and of comparing the JAicestershire i if Tiandrni and ether tbreign countries lie had ;hi mut nub* to be that he was anxious to manage hit bridal fit Mold soon reside. The letter repress rodents° to be a man of peculiarly pleasing mar amiable disposition. In the comae of further col Colti,iell H. proposed that the young man should I house as soon as he returned tram a shooting excites Witness acceded to this, and prisoner soon came te He gprebitmelf out to be a nephew of Earl Fit Illi. NlMlGliarn, of Cork ; that he was intimater mortal while families, and about to become the pc; Mite. Soon slier his arrival the prisoner wen peke of a gold watch, and the witness became It imam hawing Passed the witness discovered that fofifffifthitolth ht pretended to be, and witness p abatill'lnevo 'Weave Hall, to which prisoner a Met in trance% car to Nuneaton. Instead of w ielpeiesseesdcbt, the fact was the reverie, for wad stildle indebted to him to the amount of 451. =s , out for • balance of a debt paid by who Wiener afterwards ascertained that the to be estlier, wettsoci by iletionel Harvey were the pro pri .Tbitt irksome wakerosheitaniined by the pristine s red Italitingteock, a gun, and some other things rimier, by auction. to defray himself apart of a bon a . From the er. When the prisoner quitted I loft ' two hampers. Which he rept/islet' t toe . contained articles of value. MI Zeaa'Them, and found their contents. to consist s s urspepers, some brick-bats, broken bottles, ar libelee, ethernet& applied to the witness when I make? Co accept a bill for 1701. but witness never thing for that bill, not in any other way, from the i Mr. Pokes, an attorney, of Birmingham, dep tho callow, was In Warwick gaol, he went to hint wine which the prisoner had obtained train a men A. put of the wine was returned, and the wiles meson fur the remainder. He had learnt that mornmeneed proceedings against some respectable tr skin (but he did, not then know who) for a debt, i prissilkt to assign that debt to his client. The cosset Mr. Checketta, of Gelgrave Hall, but that asmieness wished, for instead of that Gentleman ow brines Mr. Chcckatt's debtor. This was the caw for the prosecution. The prisoner was now called on for his derma pond himself to deliver in a style that was truly peyson wte mean and of short stature—his counter repulaive--and his whole appearance denoted hi class of illiterate impostors, who, by haring lived prontlewsee• families, get a aoperticial acquaintanei ant affairs of people of quality, just sufficient to incautious. It would he inoposaible to give any tl meet of ift . spetth, which was a rhodomontaife o sense. Ht referred to almost every kind of topic immediately related to the charge against him. 1 satd that in consequence of his trial having bet Algot, he was unprepared either with Counsel or Tao piriaoner's attorney was called, who stated tl had consented to have his trial brought on now for of tautatel. A witness was then called to peeve that the pre that the prisoner had left sufficient property with h demand ; hut this, on crosw.esamination, proved tt IRIX V. At DRIDGE, 'ESQ. This was an inLe,tiueut which oss preteired._against the defen dant, who is a nitgisirate of the county of Gloucester, for corruptly refusing to license a persen named Gardner to keep a public-house, unless he would deal with Mr. Watts, a brewer, and wrongfully licensing a person named Mason. Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. CR oss, and nr. C. PtItI.LIP3. conducted the prosecution; Mr. I,urnow, Mr. Russet., and Mr. rIIIL POTS, the defence. Frum the evidence, it appeared that the prosecutor, Mr. (helloes, was the owner of a house. situate at 11 . viley, for which he wished to obtain a license as a public-house, not intending to reside in it, but because he could let it for a larger rent with a license than without one. For this purpose he applied to Mr. Aldridge, a gentleman of 72 years of age, and who was a magistrate. It appeared ea t Mr. t i Aldridge had sonic years aim carried on the business of, rewer, but that he had given up that business to ins son, what ad since resigned it in favour of Mr. Watts. When the prosecutor first ap plied for the license in 1523, Mr. Aldridge said that it ought not to be licensed, as there were so many public-houses. However, on a second application by the proaccutor, .I b Nei t iloe said, that as et it appeared to be the wilt of the neigh , it should be li censed, but added, " I should like to serve my friend Watts." This the prosecutor assented to, and it was understood that the bees to be consumed in the house should be bought of Mr. 'Watts. Several other interviews took place, in one of which the prosecutor said to Mr. Aldridge. that he should be willing to let the house to any person put into it by Mr. Watts, and Mr. Aldridge said the license had better be granted to Mason. This 1 the prosecutor assented to. This person, named Mason, was a hair drawer, in the town of Stroud, who proved that he had never ' carried on a public-house, or intended to do so, nor had he applied to any Magistrate to license hint ; however, the prosecutor and Mason, and two persons ns sureties, went before Mr. Aldridge' and Mr. Burgh, another Magistrate, and a license was granted to Mason to keep theprosecutor's house, as a public-house; but Mr. Watts ultimately declining to put any one into the house as a tenant, Mr. Aldridge refused to consent to the assigning of the ' license to the prosecutor, and it, therefore, .remained useless in ' the hands of Mason. This appeared to be the grievance com plained of. Mr. L'UDLOW addressed the Jury for Mr. Aleleidge, and argued 1 that there was not the least evidence of coereption on his part, and that whatever the arrangement about the license was, the pro stator himself was consenting to it. Mr. Juatice BU RitOUGH recapitulated the facts to the Jury, and said, that unless they were satisfied that Mr. Aldridge was actuated by corrupt motives, he was intitled to an acquittal. 1 Verdict-21st Guilty. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. CUMBERLAND ASSIZES, CARLISLE, Aucurs HALLIDAY V. ATKINSON AND ANOTIIREE. _ . Mr. SCAHLETT stated the case. This was an action brought by the father of the plaintiff, a minor, against the defendants, who were the executors of a person of the name of AUKnight, late an innkeeper at Whitchaven ; and the object of the action was to re cover from the defendants the sum of 1001., being the amount of a promissory note, made by Allinight in favour of young Hal liday, on or about the 2d of August, 1821, and just previous to the death of AUK:tight. He iMr. Scarlet) knew not what possible defence could be set up to this action, inasmuch as he would be able distinctly to prove the intimacy of Halliday and his family with Al• Knight, and the making of the note by hint, and witnessed by a person of the name of Wand. Mt... Bland having given his evidence, The pmmissory note was put in and read, and Mr. SCARLETT said that he had closed his case. Mr. BROUGITAX, for the defendants, addressed the Jury, and said that his clients were only discharging a duty imposed. upon them in defending the present action. They were the executors under the will of Al-Knight, and now found it necessary to oppose this claim in justice to the different parties interested In the affairs of M`Knight. The facts of the case were simply these, —The Ilalidays were acquainted with 111`Knight, who was a man inveterately given to intoxication, and in a moment when he was most under its influence, he had signed, or was forced to sign, the instrument on which the present action was brought. Being of the nature of a promiasory note, the valuable consideration was infer red ; but if he could prove to the Jury, as he was instructed he should be able to do, that this promissory note was made when 11'Knight was io such an unsound state of mind as not to be able to manage Ilia own affairs ; that it had been got up in some species of fraud, either to save the legacy duty or for some other improper pur pose ; then he submitted, that in failure of proof of valuable conside ration given him for this note, the present action could not be main tamed. The Learned Counsel submitted to his Lord ihip, that there, was no case to go the Jury, as no valuable consideration had been proved, though notice was served to require that proof. Mr. Baton MI:I.LoCK said, that in his opinion, there was enough fur the consideration of the Jury. Mr. Mitchell, a surgeon, was then examined, to prove that M 'Knight was of unsound mind, and addicted to habits of drunken. nes,. In cross-examination he admitted that he was a witness to M 'Knight's will, made about the same time at which the bill in question was given. Margaret and Anne Bateman, similar evidence as to the of his Mr. SCAIILITTT replied, ), when the Jury, after ► ' aintilf—dftmages lOW. LAW COURT OF - PILt-.OGTON In this matter, which relates re the er. Rorre raid that the Manor had not been able to complete to. desired arrangement. He hoped, therefore, his Lordship would consider better, that for the pro sent the wstd should remain where she was. The LORD CHANCELLOR agreed to the application. VS-PARTE CRAHR IN THZ MATTER OF DOT/S. In this case a commission of bankrupt was sought to be super. seded, on the ground that the solicitor by whom it had been taken not had made an alteration sod erasure in the name of the bankrupt. It appeared that the commission had been issued against a person of the name of Robert Dod, a linso-draper, residing tn High-street, Southwark. The commission was properly worded, and the cre ditors proved their debts under it. Assignees were chosen, and every thing proceeded, with reference to the estate and effects of the bankrupt, under the impression that the commission was a perfectly good and valid commission. It turned out, however, that the naive of the bankrupt was Dods, oad not Dad ; and the solicitor, Mr Lister, instead of applying to the Lord Chancellor, who would have ordered the mistake to be corrected, had thought proper to rectify it on his own authority. Some time subsequently, having been apprised of the consequences that might arise from such an act, he erased the letter a, leaving . the name Dod, as it originally stood. It was on amount of this improper and illegal erasure that the petition had been presented, praying that the commission might be superseded, and that the costs of the application might fall upon Mr. Lister. understood that this was the whole of the evidence to be offered on this charge, asked the prisoner if he had any remark to make ? at the same time cautioning him that it was not absolutely necessary for him to speck. The prisoner said he should have an observation or two to make before the close of the examination. A second charge was then preferred agalmit the prisoner, and substantiated by evidence, for embezzling a 30e, note, part of the interest upon the bills, which was paid to him in 'money at the Bank of England. Mr. LAW said this was the close of his case sgsinst the prisoner, and he presumed Sir R. Birnie would think there was sufficient to warrant a full committal P ......... Sir K. DIRNIE replied in the affirmative. Mr. Ilanstea said, he had one request to make on behalf of the prisoner. lle had been in an ill state of health almost front the moment of his apprehension on these charges, and had, indeed, been in the Infirmary the greater part of the time of his confine ment in the House of Correction. and it would be a very great in dulgence to him to be permitted to go back there till the Sessions, instead of being sent to Newgate. Ills comforts would be greater, and he would have the benefit of the attendance of the same medi cal gentleman. Mr. Harmer added, that he believed it was the wish of the prisoner to make an observation himself on a subject of considerable delicacy. The prisoner, ►dvancing to the table, said—" It has gone abroad that my present situation is owing to a certain female intimacy, and I wish to take this opportunity of declaring publicly, that there is no foundation whatever for such supposition. I solemnly declare that it is not true, and that my present predicament is owing en tirely to unfortunate speculations on the Stock Exchange." (The prisoner here produced a written account, in which it was made to appear that he had lost upwards of 6,0001. by speculations in the funds or in joint-stock Shares.) Mr. Curacy, on the part of his client, Mr. Lister, offered an apology to his Lordship, and stated that he had inconsiderately done that which had made him liable to the censure of the Court. He (Mr. Ching) trusted that his Lordship would not visit with se. verity the incautious sod certainly improper act which Mr. Lister had committed. Mr. Lister, having been for Rome time in his Majesty's service, had entered late into the profession which he now practised, and therefore some allowance should he made for his want of experience. When the error in the name of the bankrupt was discovered he foolishly conceived that he might take it upon himself to correct the error that had crept in. The Learned Coun. eel added, that he had been unable to' communicate with Mr. Lister since the matter had been before the Court on a former day ; but, as lie was perfectly conscious that Mr. Lister would be alto gether unable to set up any available defence, all he could do was to submit* to the judgment of the Court, and in so doing he hoped the judgment of his thrtiship would be tempered with mercy. Mr. MosyraGu confirmed the statement made by Mr. Ching , in favour afhis client Mr. ROSE addressed the Court on behalf of the assignees under t he commission, whom he described as wholly innocent of the , transaction in question. They had prepared a petition, praying that Mr. Lister might pay thee-oats, which they meant to present, in the event of his Lordship's superseding the commission. No one had entertained the least doubt as to the identity of the hank rupt. The petition was now restored to the same state in which it actually was when it passed the great seal, and therefore the Learned Counsel trusted that whatever his Lordship might do with regard to the person who had made the alteration, he would not overturn the commission, but allow it to proceed as if it had been valid abinitio, The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that if Counsel wished to have the matter further considered, he was extremely willing that it should• take its course. The better way he thought, would be for Mr. Kose to amend the petition to which be had referred, and in that petition to pray that the present commission might, notwith. , standing the irregularities complained of, be allowed to proceed., This might be done, but it could not be consented to unless it were, done upon record. Ilia Lordship then directed Mr. Rose to amend his petition, inserting such a prayer as should be adapted to the circumstances of the case. This might turn out to be of so much ,importance upon future proceedings in bankruptcy cases, that he, was of opinion R could not be decided by him unless the actual circumstances were recorded in v registered petition ; but even then he would nut pledge himself by saying that the Counsel would be able to make any thing of it. If they thought proper to make the necessary amendment in the petition intended to be presented, on Monday morning he would answer it forthwith, and the matter might be disposed of before the termination of the sittings. It was impuesible for him to refrain from saying. that unless very strong grounds were shown, he might be ultimately obliged to do that which he had no inclination to do if it could be avoided. One of the French provincial journals, giving a few de tails respecting the fair of lleaucaire, relates the following order of the police :—" No coffee-house keeper or limona dier, either in the fair or in the town, will be permitted to expose, at the counter or otherwise, for the purpose of at tracting visiters, Any woman, except his own lawful wife, upon penalty of a heavy fine." About three o'clock yesterday morning, the inhabitants of New-street, Covent-garden, were alarmed by the dis covery of a fire in the house of Mr. Rawley, boot and shoe maker, in that street. In a few minutes after the discovery the engines of the Westminster Fire-office were on the spot; but notwithstanding every effort was used, no ad mission could be obtained to Mr. Rawley's premises, the lower part of which had become enveloped in one large body of flame, which in a few minutes would have got to such a height as to have baffled every exertion, but fur the timely arrival of the firemen, who used their tommahawks and forced open the door. A plentiful sup-' ply of water being obtained, the fire was got under, but not until it had very much damaged the lower part of the premises and the stock in trade. Sheehan, who has been so frequently mentioned as an accomplice in the atrocious and horrid murder of the un fortunate Franks family, lately arrived in Cork from Li merick, under an escort of police. He has, we understand, turned approver against some persons now in custody, charged with aiding and abetting in that dreadful crime. , probaum cause of the disease—namely, a deficiency in the quantity of chyle. It is evident that there is a deficiency in the quantity of the chyle, by the fact of his eating so little, and thus we are led to examine why he eats so little. We see no cause for the loss of appetite ; no malforma tion of either heart or lungs ; therefore the stomach may not be supposed to sympathise with derangement of these parts. It is more likely to be the cause, or part of the cause, than the effect. I am fully of opinion that this is a case of Marcores, oc casioned by an early obliteration of many of the lacteal vessels and mesenteric glands, or a preternatural deficiency of these vessels and glands, with a consequent early sym pathy of the stomach. To explain this definition to the ordinary reader, it will ressels Sir R. BIRNIE—You had better hare said nothing. you don' t I • to be necessary say, t h at t h e l acteal vt.... and glan d s ' • are the I media through which the chyle is taken up into ibis know what you are doing. I cautioned you before, but if you t a lk, I must hear you. blood ; thousands of these little vessels are employed ih Prisoner-3ly only object, Sir, was to clear the character of a suc ki ng u p t h e pure c h y l e prepare d i n t h e i ntest i nes f rom lady who has been most unjustly calumniated. the food, and in transmitting it to one channel called the Mr. Law said, this was all extraneous matter. Ile had to apply thoracic duct, which empties its contents (a white milky So the Magistrate on another subject. lie understood that Sir. fluid) into the juncture between the left internal jugular Vickery, the Governor of the House of Correction, had seized i ; vein amtheleft su c v a vei n. 1 1,11001. and upwards from the prisoner, and as it was already proved I that he had einbeued more than 1 ,0001. ' belonging to Messrs.. a strong idea of my definition of the disease, and I stake Hoare, it was more than probable that part of this money was the my opinion upon it fearlessly. Should we hereafter have produce of that embezzlement, and he (Mr. Law) had to request an opportunity (we hope remote) of obtaining a correct that the 1,3001. mighwbe impounded, to be dealt with hereafter as report of the appearances after death, it will, I am firmly the Judges should direct. In a conversation which followed upon thi s , it was ex pl a i ne d, of opinion, support my hypothesis. that after the prisoner was first sent to the /louse of Correction, Muscles must be supported by good blood, and a suffi some friends sent hint about 1,3001., in the hope that he would be I dent quantity of it; good blood must be furnished by permitted to make up his deficiencies. 31r. Vi c k er y too k it frornr good chyle, anti a sufficient quantity also ; the want of Min, from a fear that some fellows in the prison might rob hint of it, but gave it up again upon his formal demand. this supply will produce wasting. In the present case The prisoner was fully committed, with permission to go t o the there appears to me to be no cause but that which I have laid down. House of Correction till trial. I shall refer to a simple fact to illustrate the hypothesis I have endeavoured to establish ; and that is, the wasting of the vegetable called green cole. Whoever has observed a garden bed of them, must remember that they are, for the most part, large and strong, growing to a considerable height and extension, yet there will be found amongst them several that are scarcely three inches from the ground, and, although in life, evidently t - .ed. Examine the roots of the latter, and it will be found that they are diseased and obliterated ; these roots are to the vegetable whatjlic lacteal vessels are to the man. This case is decidedly atrophy or tales mesentericn ; only that instead of an acquired disease of the mesenteric glands, it is a preternatural clyieiency in them. OYSTERs.—The liquor of the oyster contains incredible multitudes of small embryo oysters, covered with little shells, perfectly transparent, swimming -nimbly about. One hundred and twenty of these in a row would extend one inch. Besides these ytitang oysters, the liquor con tains a great variety of animalcules, five hundred times less l in size, which emit a phosphoric light. The list of inha bitants, however, does not couclnde here, for besides these last-mentioned, there are three distinct species of worms (called the oyster-worm) half an inch long, found in oys ters, which shine in the dark like glow-worms. The sea star, cockles, and muscles, are the great enemies of the oys ter. The first gets within the shell when they gape, and sucks them out. r MARKETS. CORN-EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, AVG. 12. We have arrived, up to yesterday, 3,150 sacks Flour. 2.800 q:s. Wheat, :kW qrs. Barley, and 20,100 qrs. Oats. Fine Wheat was 'scarce, and full as dear as on Monday, but the inferior granary samples were extremely dull sale. In prices of Barley, Beans, ant Pease there was no material variation, but Oats were exceeding heavy tale, and Irish must be quoted Is. per qr. lower than ea Monday. I UXBRIDGE. Corn Inspector's Return, Afro. 11. Wheat, per lead - - 171 Os to 201 Os Ditto (New) - - . 181 101 to 221 .51 Barley, per quarter - - - 11 18$ to 21 2s Oats - - - - II 7s to 11 lae Beans - - - - - 01 Os to 0/ us Peas - - - - 21 76 to 2! 12s - Rye - . - - 11 16s to 11 13$ NEWBURY. BERGS, Auo. H. -58 s to 7.5 s I Oats . 261 to Sys . 68s to Ols Beans . 542 to 60s • OE to 30s Peas -45 s to 34i Breed; psi gallon, Is 7d to is Yd Wheat - New Barley DEVIZES, Arts. 11. Wheat and Beans at per sack ; Barley and Oats per quartet. Wheat - 2tts Od to 3lla 6d Oats - 2is to 34s vd Barley . 438 Od to A Od Beans -25 s to 224 (It ..., urination he admitted that he was a witness to he received 6i..n and' iotd for bit:. Wllliiti; Christmas( die pri- the heart be placed whet ode about the saute time at which the bill in loner) Exchequer bills, Nos. 3,634, 3.635. and 3,536, each for case), yet while it continue 1001., and paid the produce, with the usual deductions, to him. me Bateman, two relatives of M'Koight, gave Cl ...4 ne Ambroise Seurat, it They were bills of the last issue of 1824. ()n th e June wit. to the taste of his mind and habits. extremities a the body, summed nese received from the prisoner three more Eictiegner bills for • replied, and Mr. Baron Hurtoce lOOl. each, Nos. 3,527, 3,528, and 3,529, which'h also sold. On stream quite sufficient for after a few minutes deliberation, found for the the 14th of July he received and sold foie °thee - 9( the same the blood be of proper qus lOW. and interest since the date of the bill issue for lOW. each, Nos. 10,530, 10,531, 10,03, and 10,.533: blood, then, we are to look ma lZ ak V ethar 14 " Witite4l ec4iveatirsught3 f " the am°ullt 'achine (the heart) which of .111t i rZ ran, paid over the Money to the , m AW INTELLIGENCE. 4 ' eernadjbe the housed Moen The quality ef ale blood Ai: i ii • . ..;,,,. breathe—it may not be suff --wwww,.— - ..e 0 ..‘ , CHANCERY, FRIDAY, Avousi 12. Hoare was called to therrintestekebekesylet , . this is the case, symptoms I porton' the Linn. --- r r ... ery evident, which is Otha evidence was then called to prove that the prisoner had are v , , PILLINGTON V. SMITH. brought to account 1,0001 , less than he had received ou the Exche. stance. , The a'teration of t hied relates so the elopement of a ward of Court, quer bills mentioned. must be sought for e lse tat the Alma had not been able to complete the m Sir R. 131 axt 1: having understood that this was the whole of the nion, with more propriety t rt. He hoped, therefore, Lis ilAirdiihi " cu-- evidence intended to be offered on this charge, asked the prisoner a for the ornament the ward should remain where _ is formryl. This fluid is VICE•CIIANCLELOR'S COIJRT, FaiDAy, Ave. 12. LX-PARTH HOLLAND AND °TITERS, IN RC OF MARSH, • /TRACEY, AND CO. 114. N ERUPTS. Mr. PERTs moved in this came to expunge a proof of debt amounting to 9,0001. and upwards, proved by Sir Thomas Hare under the commission against Illarsh, Stracey, and Co. on the ground that Sir Thomas Hare was the creditor of Mr. Faunticroy's separate estate. It appeared that Mr. Fountleroy acted as trustee, with some others, of the estate of the late Sir Thomas r.estow. Sir Thomas Marc, a gentleman of property in Norfolk; wished in the year 1891 to obtain the rum of 15,0001. upon mortgage; he there. fore applied to the late Mr. Fauntleroy, with ntinn2 he was ac. qusintetl, and who *old out the trust funds, and upon the execu. ti: of the martgage, tht money, which had been yreviously Ictlged in the house of ,Alartin and Co. to the aedit of Marsh and. 4.30., was pail into the house of Marsh and Co. and placed to the credit of Mr. Fauntleroy's private account. Part of this money was subse quently paid by the order of Sir Thomas Hare into the banking- , house of Esdades and Co., and the remainder he directed to be in- I vested in the four per cents.; and several sums, as if for the amount of dividends received, were afterwards placed to his credit by Marsh and Co., but it appeared that in tact Air. Fauntleroy had never purchafed more than 1,9001. in the tour per cents. Under these circumstances, he (Mr. Pepys), contended that the dealing was with Mr. Fauntleroy alone; and that as ho acted as the agent of Sir Thomas Hare, the proof ought not to be allowed against the joint estate. It was rather remarkable that Sir T. Hare had opened an account with the banking-house of Marsh, Stracey, and Co., by paying in the sum of 3001. ; and that pre uious to these transactions checks of his had been placed against this sum; and he had afterwards, at the time, according to him, that be bad another account open, drawn out the exact amount of the balance of the 300/. ; which showed that he considered the other as an entirely distinct and prirate account. Mr. HART argued, at considerable length, that the dealing of Sir T. Hare had been always carried on with the late Mr. Faunt leroy, ass partner in the banking-house. To support his argu ments, it appeared that he had drawn one check at least upon the house, which whs paid out of the mortgage money, although it was by them placed to the debit of Air. Fuuntletoy's private ac count. The Vrest-Cuaxcer.fott thought the beat way of coming at the justice of the cue was by an Issue to try whether credit was given by Sir T. Hate to Mr. Fauntleroy, as his agent, Or IS to partner in the firm of Marsh, Sauey, and Co. POLICE. AWFUL DEATH OF A PRISONER'S WIFE! GUILDHALL, Aro. 12.—Several frivolous cases occupied the attention of the Alderman till past two o'clock, when just at the moment that Proctor's case (for stealing several pairs of shoes, the property of his master) was about to be called on, his wife, • very decent looking young woman, in the last stage of pregnancy, who had been salting, apparently in great anxiety, and in a state of dreadful suspense during the whole of the morning, in the outer room, suddenly fell hack from the seat where she was sitting, and expired, without either a groan, or • struggle. Medical assistance was lent for with all despatch, and two professional gentlemen were procured, one of whom attempted to bleed her, but without success, the vital spark being totally extinct. Immediately that it was known who she was, Proctor was let out of the lock-up-room to her, and his almost frantic agitation, joined to the shrieks and cries of two female relations, who had attended with the deceased, exhibited a scene too painful to describe. When the shock which this awful circumstance had occasioned had somewhat subsided, Mr. Arthur declared his unwillingness to proceed in the prosecu tion against Proctor, who was brought before the Alderman, and told he was discharged, but his state of mind seemed to be such, as to render him scarcely sensible of the circumstance. Mr. Alderman Cox, on inquiring into the eitttation of the poor fellow, and learning that he had a family of six small children to maintain, and that distress had probably driven hint to the act of which he was accused, very humanely gave him a sovereign from his own pocket to relieve his present wants. Bost-STREET, Aua. 11.—This evening, at eight o'clock, Mr. IWflliuns Christmas, the late clerk of Messrs. Hoare, the bunkers, in Fleet-street, who has been several weeks in custody on charges of embezaling Exchequer bills to the amount of 1,0001. and up wards, the property of his employers, was brought front the House of Correction , and underwent a final examination. The prisoner, when first taken into custody, was privately examined before Sir Richard Birnie, and remanded fora week. but when the appointed' day arrived the order for his being brought up was countermanded, and so it was, from time to time, until this evening. Mr. Law attended for the prosecution, and Mr. HARMER ap peared as the prisoner's Solicitor. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. William Watfield, a pay master of Exchequer bills, that it is the custom every year, upon a new issue of those bills, to ca:l in the old ones ; and persons pre senting the latter have the option either ta take the new bills in exchange or money. In September 1824 the bills paid in Septem. her 1823 were called in, and new bills given in exchange. Thia witness produced a list of Exchequer bills of 1823, to the amount of 475,4001., brought into the Pay-office to be exchanged for the same amount of bills of 1824, with interest, on account of Messrs. Hoare. The witness next produced a receipt for the bills, signed on the back, " William Christmas, for Messrs. Wm. Hoare and C 0.," and a draft to the amount of the interest upon the bills. Mr. Watfield further stated, in answer to a question from Mr. Law, that there were never two Exchequer bills of the Same num ber sued in the same year. The issue of each year commenced at No. 1, and went on. Mr. Robert Cotton, of the house of Messrs. Hoare, deposed that the memorandum an d signature on the receipt produced by Mr. Watfield, were his handwriting or the prisoner. Mr. John T. Watts, stock-broker, stated, that on the 22d June he receir from and sold for Mr. 1- ''''' --- (the pri _ _ loner) ' for CORONER'S INQUEST. mon DISTRVIIIING ACClDENT.—Yesterday ariC/ROOR, at four o'clock, an iaquest 'was held before 'fuos. STIRLING, Esq. Coroner, sod a highly respectable Jury. at the Delaware Arms, Oxford:street, on the body of Samuel Whitehead, who was suf focated in a cesspeol. It appeared that within a few days past the Delaware Arms pub lic-house has been undergoit g a repair, and the house sewer or cesspool !was opened, but the opening was covered over with boards. On Thursday forenoon, between eleven and twelve o'clock, ' the deceased, who was the watertnan at the coach stand, and much respected for his demeanor, went down into the cellar, and had some jesting and play with a dustman named Dean ; he was standing upon some boards, which shook violently. Dean called out to the deceased to take care, and had scarcely uttered the words of caution, befote the unfortunate man cried out and disappeared. Aa alarm was instantly given, and several persons assembled in the cellar with lights, and an aperture (before undiscoved) ap peared, through which the deceased had sunk into the cesspool. His ;groans and cries for assistance were distinctly heard. A blanket )was procured and lowered down, but it could not be reached by him. Several persons said nothing could save him, unless a person would descend through the aperture, but of those persons, none were found hardy enough to venture down ; until at length, Robert Sharpness, a soldier of the Second Battalion of the 3d Regiment of Foot Guards, attracted by the confusion, went into the cellar, and in a manly manner rebuking those who stood look ing on whjie the man was dying, caused a ladder to be lowered into the cellar, and haring a rope tied round his body, descended into the cesspool, and found the unfortunate man standing upright, but covered with the soil ; he was moaning. The soldier endea voured to remove him, but could not ; and at length fastened a rope around him, and had him pulled up, but quite insensible. The soldier, himself, rearly lost his life by this humane and gal lant act, as on being drawn up he could not speak, and sustained a temporary loss of sight, from the sulphureous and feted effluvium arising from confined air ; but by the care and attention of Mr. Roche, the landlord of the Delaware Arms, lie was soon restored— not so with the deceased, although promptly attended by Dr. Mul ligan, of Portman-street. Nothing could save him, the deleterious air, or gas, he had inhaled, could not be expelled, although every effort was made to inflate the lungs. The Jury observed it was a most distressing ease, and a verdict of " Accidental Death" was returned. The Jury expressed an unanimous hope that the Coroner would make an application to the Humane Society in behalf of Sharpness, the soldier, who had upon this occasion, by the act of daring and distinguished humanity which he had accomplished, entitled him self to reward. The Coroner said he believed the rewards of that Society only ex tended to rescuing persons from drowning; but, nevertheless, he would certainly do all in his power to assist the soldier's appli. cation. THE LIVING SKELETON. (From the Medical Adviser.) YURTIIER INQUIRY. It is clear that this case exhibits no deformity whatever, nor any apparent derangement of the functions necessary to life. The heart executes its actions properly ; respira tion is carried on unimpeded, except by the exhaustion attendant upon all cases where general debility is present; and the brain is in full power. Hence, the causes of this extraordinary wasting must be looked for otherwise than in derangement of these leading organs of life. If the heart were the seat of the disease, the pulse would readily lead us to that point. If the lungs were the cause of this debility, the respiration would point it out; and the face, instead of its present emaciated and tranquil appearance, would exhibit some degree of lividity (unless it were an ulcer in the lungs, which is, by the present symptoms, out of the question) ; and if it were occasioned by a disease of the brain (and the only disease the brain is capable of pro ducing in such a state of the body is Melancholia), the accompanying symptoms would be sufficient to decide. When the cause of Claude Ambroise Seurat is called a fuses nature', I think it does not warrant such an appella tion ; for it would appear that he was born healthy and well formed. It is, in my opinion, clearly a disease, and the origin and nature of that disease is the object of my present remarks. It is said that Sir Astley Cooper has assigned as his rea son for this disease that the heart is misplaced, or some thing to that effect; now, as I did not hear that skilful surgeon deliver such an opinion, I will not believe it, not withstanding that powerful authority has quoted it for fact: if I did, I should be doing him an injustice. Let the heart be placed where it may be (I am supposing a while it continues to act as well as in the case of ibroise Seurat, it will distribute its blood to the the body, and supply the muscles with a sufficient for their nutriment, provided that of proper quality. To the quality of the we are to look for the cause, and not to the heart) which propels it. in its circulation. may be altered by the air we ty•not sufficiently oxygenated ; but when symptoms of diseased or malformed longs it, which is not the dose in the present in ilteration of the quality of the blood, then, ~aglit for elsewhere; and nowhere, I am of opi nion, with more propriety than in the fluid from which it is formed. This fluid is called chyle—that is, the first compound made in the process of digestion from the nu tritive matter which we draw from the food for our natural subsistence. It is clear that if this subject could form good and sufficient chyle, and that that chyle were taken into the blood, through the thoracic duct, admitting that the heart performed its action, even the action it does per form, that would be enough to furnish the muscles with nourishment sufficient to support their natural size and action. Hence, we come to the - ibable and proximate lIUNOERFORD, AVG. 10. I Wheat . . 648 to 763 Oats . . 26s to 33a Barley - -36 a to 44s Ditto (New) -30 s to CIA Beans - -44 s to 60s SALISBURY, Auo. 9. Vheat • . 53s to Ms Oats . Barley - . 32s to 42s I Beans . . 214 to ni - 4114 to MI WARM INSTER, Wheat . Ms to 708 Od I Oats Barley - 31 s to 483 Od ! Beans 26, to 30s • 46s to 34s PRICE OF FLOUR. Town Made, per sack 603 to 65s I Norfolk and Stockton 451 to 30s Seconds - 663 to 60s Bran, per qr. - fts to lls Essex and Suffolk, on Pollard, Fins . Ills to 20, board ship -50 s to ISSs PRICE OF BRI:A D. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis Is 100. for the 41b. Loaf. There are Bakers who sell from id. to 20. below that rate. 1 SMITHFIELD, FRIDAY, AI:G. 12. For a Friday's market we had a good supply of Beasts, and of improved quality. Mutton, however, has gone down a trifle, the quotation being for the top price, ss. per atone. Lamb Is alp lower. the highest price being ss. rd. The market, generally speak. ing, was dull. There was a better supply of Calves, which went off at a trifling reduction, the finest being quoted at sa. 841. Pork remains at our last quotation, with but little demand. Beet . 4s Od to 5a Od Veal . 5s 2d to 5s 841 Mutton . 46 4d to 5s Od I Pork - 46 Od to Os 04.1 Lamb 4s 10d to Ss erd HEAD OF CATTLE THIS DAT: Beasts, 543 I Sheep, 8,990 !Calves, 342 j Pigs, 90 HAY-MARKET. Hay (Old) . 41 10s Od to 51 Os Od Inferior . . 31 10s Oil to 41 50 Od Clover . . 51 Os Od to 61 Os Od Ditto (Inferior) . 41 Os Od to 31 Os Od Straw - 11 16s Oil to 21 Os Od NEWGATE AND LEADENH ALL—(By the Canals) Beef . 3,4 d to 4, Od Veal - 3• 4d to 4, Od Mutton - 1 44t04, 4d Pork . 3s 4d to is 44 Lamb Od to is Od PRICE OF POTATOES, A un. New Potatoes, Ware . 01 fis ad to 91 7s Od per Cwt. Middlings - - 01 3s 6il to 01 4s 64 ditto PRICES OF HA' IT. JA3tE9'S. AND STRAW. WIIITECHAPZI. Hay . 70s Od to 100 s Od Inferior . —s Od to —s Od Clover . 80s 04 to 1211, Oil Straw . 40s Od to 465 ea flay to 100 s Od Ditto (New) 81s Od to 1008 Od (lover -70 s Od to 115 s Od Straw 40s Od to 51s Od PRICE OF HO] POCKETS. Kent 410 s to 171 O Sussex - 131 10s to 15/ 10s Essex - 13/ 131 to 161 Os _ f aruham, fine III! Os to 201 per Cwt. A co. 8. BAG& Kent - 141 (Is to 161 181 Sussex 131 N to 141 Ilh Essex - 131 10s to 141 Us I—Seconds 181 Os to 181 Os PRICE OF RAW FAT, per Stone of 81b. Price by Tallow (al stated by the Tallow ;Miters), 25 2jd PRICE OF TALLOW', SOAP, &e. per 1121 b. Town Tallow -31 s Od Yellow Soap . • 72s Od Yellow Russia . 32s Od Mottled . /Ms (Id White ditto - —s Od Curd lids 04 Soap ditto . —a Od Graves . 20s Od Melting Stuff . 31a Od Good Dregs . Or Od Rough Ditto . 20s Od PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of good Store Candles in the retail shops is as follow: Candles, per dozen tis 6d to is 11loultis - - . 91 Gd RAW HIDES. Best Heifers and Steers, I Ordinary -2sBdto Cs 10,1 per atone -3s 41 to 3s 6d Market Calf (each) - Us Cd Middlings - 3s Od to 3s 2d SHEEP SKINS. Sheep Is Ad to Is &II Lambs Is !Id to 2s Od PRICE OF LEATHER. Best !hewing Hides - . -20 d to 21:d Common ditto . - • . Itid to IVO ('rop Hideo, 35 to 3fillis. . . . 16d to lid Ditto 40 to 45114. 0 to Pcl Ditto 45 to.solbs. - - - 20t1 to 2.2 a Calf Skint 35 to. 4011”. . . - led to :id Ditto 45 to 55161. -' - • 26d to 32d Ditto 55 to 'albs. - . . 93d to 2ed Small Seal Skins . - . - l 7 Ad to Mt Tanned Horse Hides - - 134 to 151 • Spanish ditto . . - - - 144 to 181 COAL MARKET, Avo. 12. Ships at Market. Ships Sold. Prim. Newcastle - - 631 . .SOs Ott so 39s o_4 113 i Sunderland - . 30 . 300 6d to 40s tla 1 Scotch Coal 1 Oil to 1 Culm - . 1 . . 30s Oil to --o 3 Small Screened - 3 . 24e Oil to 21$ Id A lucrative trade appears to be carrying on in the %cm of England and other parts, in Irish or harp halfpence, which are executed in so inferior a manner to those struck at the Mint, as to leave no doubt of dick being counter- feit ; the profit to the forgers must be immense, as from 48 to SO do not weigh more than pound. The assimils• tion of the English and Irish currency will soon put a stop to this contraband trade; but in the meanwhile, the pula on this side St. George's Channel will do well to refuse the harp halfpence altogether. BIRTHS. On the 31st ult. at Yverdon, the lady of Capt. James Hilliar. R.N. of a daughter. On the 10th instant, at Clapton-terrace, Mrs. Neilson, of a daughter. MARRIED. ' Yesterday, at St. Margaret's, Westminster, by the Re o r i . o Preston, A.M. Frederick Dixon, E sq . o f St. G eorge ' s , BI • r to Miss Maria Grant, of Dean's yard Westminster. Yesterday, at St. Margaret's, by the Rev. Jos. Nutlet'', MA. Mr. James Griffith, of that parish, to Mi s s S usanna h 13teete,uf I*. sin ton. On Tuesday last, T. Hartley, Esq. of Roserow, Corm"...” . Miss Harriot Lorking, of Cavendish, Suffolk. On Wednesday last, at Greenwich, Kent, William. Weell: of Lincoln's Inn-fields, Esq. to ilarriot, second daughter of Sr Lieut.-Colonel West, Royal Artillery. On Wednesday last, Sir Gilbert Heatheote, Bart. of Noma* Park, to Mrs. Eldon, of Park -crescent, „Portland-place. On the 10th inst. at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, Lieut. 06 Hicks, R.N. to Mrs. Green. of X On the 9th inst. at Hatfield, Herta, John Parnther, EM., James's, Jamaica, to Eliz a b et h, d aug h ter o f t h e R ev . V. U 011."- D.D. of Scawby, Lincolnshire. On the 10th inst. at the New Church, Mary-la-benbilt "Pot Wise, Esq. of the 6th Dragoon Guards, to M daughter of Thomas Chambre, Esq. of Nottingham-=,_a (In the 11th inst. at Camberwell, Mr. Horatio [leeching. ce7r. of Tonbridge Kent, to Susanna, daughter of Cruttall Piero), 0 " )Bath-place, Peckham. 1 At St. John's, Hackney, m the 10th inst. Mr. Daniel 1i ' Holborn, to Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter, and at the Mr. Edward Bailey, to Susan Marla, third daughter of Mis of Church-field, Ilackney. ___........." DIED. tenit 4 On the 7th inst. the wife of the Rev. Henry De/re rtn ' daughter of Sir Robert Buxton, Bart. '.O /3. At Ramsgate, on Monday lut, Sir John Sutton, F‘ • miral of the White, in the 67th year of hie age. of f. On the 9th inst. at Dover, Katherine, the infant daughte r Whitmore, Esq. of Lotnbard.street. On Tuesday eveninglast, at Eobourg House, ClithenharN a long and painful illness, Miss Anna Marta Moland. raewrem."...mt Printed at THE'BRITISH PRESS Office, by J. 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