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LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, Nov. IS. Win& S.S.W. igh Water 45 m. p. 5. Anatol the 91argstet, Pilkington, from Cope Breton; Pomorte, auid,as, from Brant , Activiti , Guichon, from there; A =well, filar son, from Alezandrin and Milford; Crocodile, from Sicily ; Omega IV, Salmon. from Zante Sophia, —; Inver. issConner ; and Tinley, Dyus . from Q uebec ; Robert Quayle, from Mirsmichl ; Progress, Harper, from ditto; and Ta ft= Oporto. The John and Thomas, of Liverpool, from Christiansand, for Bala's, is on shots near Sligo. The Demon, Taylor, from Belfast, for Miramichi, was aban don& in 14.44, long. 47; the crew have arrived at Newfounhind. The Lucretia. —, from Pletou, for Belfast, was abandoned the Ist inst., in lat. 50, long. 31. SATUKDAT, N0v.19. Wind V.N.W.I Wt.—High water 58 m. p. G. The Alfred. Illaddort, from Liverpool far Newfoundland, was spoken 29th alt., in lit. 47, 14. long. 41, 9. The Berealea, Kerr. from London for Liverpool, was run down by a sloop on Sunday night, off the Smalls. The Captain and c•gie took to the boats, and saw the Reroutes go down. Arrived the Prince Leopold. Bell, from Bahia, sailed the 17th wf Airgtert ; and Tomas, Leader. from (knitter. tA-,-Ths Lady Crernorns, —, from .New Brunswick; and -- from Charente. Oft:.One ship, five brig,. Round the rock--four brigs, one Privnteslgnals—Mesart. Tinley and Holes; and Messrs. Samuel Brown and Sons. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. CAVE. SEPT. 4.—During a strong ;tie on the 31st August. the Marla., Cutter, WWI driven out to sea trom her anchotage in Table Ray, sod hu not since been heard of, only one boy on board at the time. _ _ AHHITAL AT QIIILOW, SoU•TH AMERICA.—The John Hun ter, Rowell, from Bengal, Valparaiso, and Aries, and sailed the lit June for Chordlos. The East India Company . * 'hip, Thomas Grenville, was all well 00 the 20th July, in lat. 00. 32. North. long. IC, 58, West. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Salmoo7for FROJI LLOYD'S LIST. FAsteotrers, Nov. 17.—Arrived the Countess of Chichester pectin, from Samos Ayres ; sailed the 10th of September, and boy bloom Video oc the 13th of September ; Betary,lollbert, from aleflClr lad the Sultan. Wheatley , from London, Smyrna. 17.—Arrived 0' Dryburgh, George, gem, for Hsu,— X L, Cobb, .... St. Vincent's; Srnjrnst Packet, Bale, for Smyrna. OnEewoC it, Nov. 17.—The Lucretia, from Pictou to Belfast, was abandoned Ist inst. in lat. 50. long. 31, being in a sinking state. The crew saved by the Tit trots, arrived from Minunkhi- DANTEIC, Nov. 7.--The Whitley Park, Scott, of North Shields, which wax driven on shore near Hels, has been declared a wreck, and sail he sold with her materials. Esetwols, Nov. &—The Bcdre Tidre, Nielson, from Liam. burgh to Stockholm, is lost near Lemuig, and one of the crew drowned. The Aralsella. Diederck, of and from Stettin for Eng. land, lost an anchor and cable in these roads, 6th inst., and has been supplied by others. ifsamnixo, Nov. 12.—The Anna Regina, Balke, from Ant werp for Stettin, was lost on 9th inst. near Rammekens Castle. Crete and materials saved. Hastamacta, Nov. 11.—It is reported that the Johanna', from St. Thomas's, after having reached the entrance of the Elbe, has been stranded at Amerans. It is further reported that the crew sod WWI.% left the vessel, but the master remained and was drowned. A tew days will develop the truth. TESSCRELLING, Nov. 12.—This morning upwards of 300 auks of tallow and some staves were washed ashore on this island; also the deck of a vessel, with two broken masts, a stern on which no none maid be found, to all appearance belonging to an English 1,114 or Inig, lost on the outer flats, which has gone to pieces; no papyri' or boats have been saved; supposed from Archangel or the Baltic, to England. It is feared the crew are drowned. COPE or GOOD HOPE, SEPT. S.—The Mulgrave Castle got oo sbore at Green Point, about 9 p.m. yesterday ; she is very much bilged and now full of water; every possible means has been made to save the cargo and materials, and if the weather continues mode rate there is every prospect of a considerable portion being got out, but it is feared the vessel will be a total wreck. Crew saved. The Johanna Wilhelmina, Moyenkiod, from London for Rot. teidon, has been carried into the Teed, and will unload to repair. She lost anchor, cable, and sails, and was leaky. The Vans', Gains, Schipper, from Havre for Amsterdam, has pot into Delfzyl, having lost several sails, and it is feared the cargo is damarod. The Enterprise, from Westport to Liverpool, was run down, on Thursday rooming, by the Lee steam vessel. The itliiigrave Castle, Ralph, from London to India, ran on slime on Green Point, Cape of Good Hope, on the 3d of acptembec, and It was faired would Ise wrecked. Cargo expected to be saved. VESSELS SPOKEN ElTE.—Columbia, Taylor, from Quebec to }NIL 12;h inst. la'. 40. N. long. 10. W. by the Betsey sod Anne, arrived in the Downs. The vessel that was reported some days ago to have been lost off the Cape of Good Hope. turns out to be the Mul grave Castle, East Indiaman, homeward bound. We are happy to say the whole of the crew and passengers were saved. • The passengers and shopkeepers of the Strand were thrown into a little confusion on Saturday morning, by the furious career of a horse, with a pair of broken shafts at hit heels, who took his course up the street. The animal belonged to a Chelsea taxed cart, which coming in contact with a hackney coach, by the collision disengaged the horse and abatis from the body of the vehicle. Thus left to his own discretion, Dobbin started on his own account with all imaginable speed, in the direction of Exeter 'Change. At San thampton•street, the Windsor stage occupied•one aide of the way, while a hackney coach, turning the corner into the Strand, opposed all further passage. The infuriated animal, upon encountering this obstacle, putting down its head, charged the horses, and succeeded in throwing one flown and electing the driver from his seat. He then twined rcun.l. and ran in the same manner in the opposite direction. At Redford-street he ran over the man who sweeps the crossing, and then, taking the pavement, over turned and seriously injured four or five persons before he weessoppetl. Upwardsof twenty people were hurt tnore se less by this accident, but none, es far its could be ascer added, so mto endanerr life or limb. Had not the spirit eattle of the Windsor stage been promptly restrained, ilts 'neat extensive damage might have occurred in that anowdcd and narrow pert of the Strand. CUSTOSI. HOUSE Now. 18. SNIPS r?IrTLIED IXWAIRDS.—fbe Vrouw Maria Anna, 'Vander Weey, from Rotterdam; Emilie, Vander Kerckhove, from Ostend; James and Ann, Mackarel ; Belluncle, ; 5.340%00, Bromley; and Hobbs, Buchannan, from Standgate Crrek ; Eclipse. Cutting, and Lily, Wright, from Hamburgh ; Vissery, MMaohnt, from Worcum; Vrouw Antonia, Mass, from . Rotterdam; Asaguste, Crrandin, from Havre; Unternehmung, Wierichsi, frtun Bmke ; Mary Ann, Buchannan, from Nova L'sk, Harris, from St. Kitts; Clansman. Snowden, from BJix; Drop Gatitmeer, Visitor, from IVorcum; Morning Star, &wink, from llambingh ; Britannia, Neuman, from Dantzic; WoodiSeld, Cockcrill. from Hamburgh ; Pacific, Taylor, front Air.: Ranger, Savage, from Belfast. Extents" Ocrtrotaus.—The Prince of Waterloo, Marley, for Qstend ; Jonge Frau Mitts Christiana, Sturge, fur Bremen ; Ala:ander the Orest, Pace, for Port-au-Prince ; Rose. Ellis, for Rotterdam and Amsterdam • Allies, Cunningham, for Havannalt ; Charietti Emilie, Clays, for Antwerp; Abercrombie, limes, for lodin'and China; Ranger, Savage, for Belfast; Aurora, Jack- son fog Oydra and Smyrna. CI I L I VZII OCTIvAIiDS TIXALLY AT GRAVESEND.—The 11 . : Da, Loets, for Havre ; Dukenileld. Lyon, for Yucatan n-d Honduras ; Irmo, Riddell, for Vera Cruz ; Briton, Sutton, 'nr Jamaica; Vigilante, Duyndam, for Amsterdam ; Ilenrich Maintain, fur Humbly:h. Cz.mantwo OCTWARDS.—The Temrle, Whitworth; St. Vin. ce-t's Planer, Boyd ; and Westbrook, Hall, for Jatimicg ' • Dela. t9 , i, Young. for St. Vincent's; Montreal. Thom, for Tobago ; Ludy Keith, Whitt, for Malta and Corfu; St. David, Salmon, far Ocenton. Piwaeogrg, Nov. 17.—Arrived the Borodino transport, from Portsmouth : and Hope, Dryburgh, from Teneritfe. Off the port, the Jassy. Todd, foe Cadle. Pow:memo Tit, Nov. 111—This day a part of the crew of the rxir a ittorts, Holland, master, were landed here, having been op at see. The brig was bound from Lisbon to Liverpool, with a cargo d lead ore. 1. hen in let 43. 20. N. long. 14. W. she vowing a leak, and every exertion of the crew to keep the water Eralee being ineffectual, they took to the boat when it had reached alit deck. After beating about for flee days, during three of which they bad me Water, lb a heavy gale and most tremendous sea, they mime providentially picked up by the Dutch galliot Balthazar, front Catii to Hamburgh, about 300 miles from the situation of the wrack 1 Inn provisions growing short on board the galliot, end Raving fallen in with another vessel, the crew were divided, and of the six uriginAlly on board three have safely landed here. Cowin, Nov. IL—The Ihrmonie, Platt, from Dordt for FoVel, kas come into harbour, having been run foul of near Dearly Bad. DIAL, Nov. 18.—Arrived the Caroline, Caithness, from 'AI. inane; and Pilchard, Coops, from Malaga. Arrived from the Ri- ver. and remain, the Alb lcr Powell, foe New South lVales; Lima, Knox, for the Cape of Goa Hope ; Briton, Forster, for Jamaica ; Leander, Franklin, for 81. Lucia ; Anteeus. Pearson, for Antigua ; I:ll.kintichl„ Lyon, for Handouts ; and Keats, Peddo, for Alvarado. ORAVESEXD, Nov. 18. Arrived the Argo, Martin, from Oporto; Lusitania, Gibbons, from ditto; the John and Robert, Livingstor--Mary, Todsl--and St. Lawrence, Crate, from Mira. miebt ; London, .Smith, from Quebec; Electra, Harris, from Phila. el phis : Henry, if iner, from St. Petersburgh ; Sultan, Reede, from Denh ( ii- en. James. from Faro. Sailed. Charles and Ellen, Remedell, for Boston ; George, Brooks, for Tobago; Thins, Ro- am". for flarnburgh ; X L t Cobb, for ditto ; Manly, Sayers, for LAW NOTICES. • COURT OF CHANCERY. utrotat THE LORD CHANCELLOR THIS DAT. Bankrupt Petition, per order—Et-parte Grimaced. Appeal, part heard-31agdalen College v. Sibthorpe. APPEALS. Chard v. Eaton I Brown v. Brown Ityle v. Haggie. BEFORE THE VICE-CHANCELLOR THIS DAY, The remaining motions will be heard. CAUSES TART HEARD. Simond v. Hibbert I Hill v. Reardon. CAti 11E9. Babes v. Mini6e Attorne3:6eneral v. Ditto v. Vansittart Pried v. Hall Noel Berber v. Banner Ditto v. ditto. Ditto v. Marquis of Ditto v. Stock Brougham v. Idle Londonderry Codrington v. Bal. Beevor v. Preston Ditto v. Pembroke four Illay v. Briuley Hall srrovE 'HE MASTER OF THE ROLLS. FOR JUDGMENT. Si'Man v. Leanewitet -- ---___..... 1 Hughes v. Hughes—Exception -Petition Whtiluch sa v. Lyught— He. irther Di. hewing. 1 Fort v. IVeston—Exceptions. CAVIES. .ylvester •. Tucker v. rations. Strange v. Davhwood AttorneyTl;lineral v. Comport v. Smith Bull v. Pritchard Vivian cheveley v. Straight Rayner v. Rayner Ditto v. Markle Reyner v. Ilatuturd. Ditto v. Fitzgerald COURT OF KING'S BENCH. CAUSES TO BE TRIED THIS DAY, AT HALF-PAST TWELVE, BY LONDON COMMON JURIES. Flight v. Milieu Huggons v. Forbes Fenner v. Roper Bell v. Graham Davis v. Brown Chater v. Williams Chinnock V. Freer Gardiner v. Durant Weston v. Philpott Ford v. Hughes Bradford v. Gibson Colquhounv. Hutch. Pope v. Monk Moss v. Elkinton in.on Saunders v. Brian Taylor v. Channon Wright v. Rood Lawson ~ Fiddeman Robson v. Bulkeley Graham v. Hilton. Seoledield v. Wright COURT OF EXCBEQUER. IX THE EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, THIS DAY. For Judgment—Capper v. Pagden. Potreo—Wing v. Murrells. Part heard—by order—Petre v. %Veils. Part heard—Miller v. Jack+on. On Sequestration—Hamilton v. Earl of Strathmore. CAUSES. Priem Spencer York v. 141 Hugo v. Job burgh Dean and Chapter of Atkinson v. Hutton Fielder v. Morten Evans v. Williams Bamford v. Archer Bossinghsni V. Boar Gibson v. Butler LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, SATURDAY, Nov. 13. Some bankrupt cases were heard to-day, of no public interest. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, SATURDAY. Nov. 19. His Howoca was occupied the whole of the day in hearing causes of no public importance. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WESTMINS' SATURDAY, Nov. IV. THE LINO r. J. W. ADLARD. This was an indictment against the defendant, as an inhabitant of the parish of St. Bartholomew the Oreat, within the city of London, for refusing to accept the office of constable, to which he was appointed by the Court Leet. At the London Sessions the de fendant was found guilty, subject to the opinion of this Court, upon a case, which stated the following facts :—The defendant was a printer by trade, and carried on business at a printing-office In the parish of St. Bartholomew the Great, for which he paid an annual rent of 601. He was ass es sed to the church, poor, and oti.er parochial rates, but slept in an adjoining parisii. No person slept on the premises, but the defendant attended daily, and sometimes worked there with his men all night. On the 224 of December last he was elected to the office of constable, but refused to act, on theground that he was not a tesident inhabitant of the parish. The question for the opinion of the Court was, whether not sleeping in the parish where a person occupied property was sufficient to exempt him from the burden of serving the office of constable. Mr. Bot.I. AA I) argued the case on the pert of the Crown, and contended that the defendant, as occupier of property in the parish, was, to all intents anti purposes, an inhabitant, and liable to the burden of serving all parochial offices; He cited 2 Juso. 7(2 ; Jeffrey's case, 6 Co. Rep. 0 ; Orisby's case, K Co. Rep. 31t ; Rex v. Clapp. 3T. R.; Rex v. Dunstan, id. 623, and the late cases of Rex v. Hall, and Rex v. Poyrsder. Mr. BROUGAAM, contra, contended that the authorities cited only went to show that the defendant an, an inhabitant of this parish for the purposes of pecuniary liability, but that residence by sleeping was essential to cut upon him the burden of serving the office of constable. The CoulT said they would take time to consider of the ease before they gave judgment. MAGUIA V. MACHADO. _ Mr. G R,f EY on a fora rule niri to discharge the defendant on common bail. he having been arrested for 100.000/. at the suit of the plaintiff, upon an affidavit of debt, made before the British Consul at Carlin. Two objections were taken to the proceeding—first, that an affidavit made before a British Consul in a foreign country was insufficient to hold a party to bail in this covettry ; and necond, that the affidavit in question only described the money as pounds sterling, instead of sterling British. Both parties were natives of Spain. Mr. SCAR LET T and Mr. F. POLLOCK now showed CallSe, and contended—first, on the authority of a case in Mr. Cfiitty's Re ports, and by 'force of the late Statute, 6 George IV, n. 20, that an affidavit made before a British Consul was sufficient to hold the defendant to bail here; and second, that describing the money as porn& sterling wu sufficient in a British Court of Justice. At two o 'clock. the Court being obliged to rise for the purpose of meeting the other Judges in the Exchequer Chamber, the further discussion of the case was adjourned till another day. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. WESTMINSTER, SATURDAY, Nov.lll. MUNN V. GODBOLD. This wu an artion 1);;u1rht ;o ;ero•er bark a sum of money which the plaintiff had deposited under the following clrcumstan cc*. 'rile defendant was the vendor of a quack medicine, and the plaintiff had undertaken to become his agent for the sale of it in Paris. Before the defendant would allow any medicine to go to France, he obliged the plaintiff to deposit the value of the medi eine. The plaintiff found that the French were inconveniently du bious as to the merits of the article he had imported, and heobtained no purchasers. In consequence of this. he brought back the medi cine to England, and now claimed back the money he had already deposited. The defendant declined to repay it, and the present suit was instituted. At the trial of the cause at Ouildhall, the plaintiff proved that duplicates of an agreement had been made, one of which, signed by the plaintiff, was given to the/defendant, and the other, signed by the defendant, remained in the possession of the plaintiff: The latter copy was stamped, but had been lost, and when it became necessary to give evidence of the agreement, the plaintiff produced the draught from which these duplicates had been made, and a witness, who had examined them all, swore that they were all verbatim copies of each other. The defendant suJiMitted that this draught was not admissible in evidence, and that the plaintiff ought to have pmductsl the counterpart in the possession of the de fendant; and as that was unstamped, the plaintiff must be non. suited. The Chief Justice. however, was of a different opinion, and admitted the draught as the best secondary evidence. The Jury then gave a verdict for the plaintiff. A rule had afterwards been obtained to set aside this verdict, and enter a nonsuit, on the ground that this draught had not been properly admitted in eri. dente. The CIRC WWI OM IMl'dllyllegatti by Mr. Sergeant Wylde for the plaintiff, and by Mr. Sergeant Hosanqiiet for the defendant. The COURT finally confirmed the opinion of the Lord Chief Justice, observing, that by getting his own copy stamped, the plaintiff had done all he could, and he was not to be made to suffer for the negligence of the delindant, whose copy still remained unstamped. The rule for entering a nonsuit was, therefore, dis charged. ARCHES COURT. SAT VADAT, Nov. HI. Before SirJ. Nrctiot, Tint. wootticomßE, v. OUSTIIDOF:. The Judge and Learned Civilians of this Court were occupied during the day on a question in no degree important, but as it proved how ardently and pertinaciously some persona pursue an object of trilling value, when incited by the spirit of opposition, and urged forward by the hope of success. The question arose out of the eon tested right of a lady, msed 74, to a sitting in the pariah church of Lifton, is the county of Devon. The facts of the case were simply as follow s--Mrs. Oustridga. a linen-draper, resident in the little village o f Lit ton , i n D evons hi re , had enjoyed a certain part of a certain pew of the village church for a period of nearly :15 years. Her two daughters had accompa- Med her to this pew for some years, and were also accommodated with sittings. So matters remained until files.‘Voollicombe, a wi dow lady, came to reside in the parish, and became tenant to s Mr. Mason. for Witler.house, one of the principal mansions in the pa rish. She applied to the churchwardens to allot sittings for herself and family, and being desirous to grant the accommodation suit able to her rank, they granted her a part of the pew so long occupied by Mrs. Oustridge, and with their approbation, and that of the cu. rate, four sittings were partitioned off' and taken possession of by the inhabitants of Witley-house. Now it so happened, that in the particular part an disposed of lay the sore corner in which Mrs. Onstridge was wont, helsinmadilly, to offer up her orisons; and sun it be wondered at, if this unceremonious eviction cost her some stverc pangs ? Certain it was, *At it roused the ire of her son, who, after a short interval, feeling the frunily dignity compromised, or, perhaps, having a vies to seine hereditary right, thought it his duty to acquslat Mrs. li'oolliconitie that he had determined to repossess himself of the seat from which his veneratde parent had been die- - possessed ; and accordingly. on the nest /Sabbath-day, he took up his position in Me very pew set apart for the lady of the maneton. house and her family. To present the recurrence of such an intru - _ . Vin. Deis. THE BRITISH PRESS. son Mrs. iroollicombe thought proper to apply to the Chancellor of the diocese for a focally. Mrs. Oustridge appeared to oppose the applicatton, and, eftet a series of law proceedings, which oceu- Pied a period of above two years, the case came before the Chancel lor of the diocese of Exeter for his decision, and, by his decree, be refused the application made by 51rs. Woollicombs for a faculty, with GO!. costs, and ordered that Mrs. Ouarridge should have the uninterrupted possession of the sitting she bad so long enjoyed. Dissatisfied with the decision of the Chancellor of the diocese of Exeter, Mrs. Woolicombe now brought the case, b appeal, into the Arches Court, where Dr. Imatrixorrox and Dr. PINIARD were heard for the respondent, and Dr. JEN)/ Ell anti Dr. Nutt'. molt E. for the appellant. After hearing the argument of both sides, the Court was of opi nion that the Chancellor of the diocese of Exeter had decidedly justly In refusing a faculty Cr, Mrs. IVonllicombe, and sentencing her to Gel. costs. If Mr. Oustridge had improperly intruded upon her pew, her remedy would have been found by instituting a suit for perturbation, taller than by applying for a faculty. So far the Court confirmed the decree of the Chancellor of Exeter. With re. spect to the other part of his decree, that Mrs. Ouatridge 'should enjoy the uninterrupted possession of her sitdng,—the Court felt more difficulty in coming to a decision and, not knowing the grounds upon which the Chancellor founded his opinion, the Court would neither confirm nor reverse that part of the decree, but would allow the Ordinary to act as he should think most beneficial for the interest Pratte parishioners. Under all the cirencnstances of the ap t Peal the Court decreed that Mrs. Woollicombe should only pay 1 401. namine expenearam. POLICE. MANSIMMT)-USE. On Saturday Joseph Peal-man, one of the officers of the City police, appeared to answer the following complaint,preferred against him by the Trustees of the Bloomfield Charity : The Solicitor on the part of the Institution stated, that about two years since, the Trustees bound a little girl as apprentice to the defendant, to learn the business of a gold and silver burnisher, he representing himself at the time to be in that line of business and a married man. The Trustees agreed to pay a premium of 10/. with the apprentice, half of which was to be paid down, and the other half at the expiration of the first two years of the girl's apprenticeship. After a short time, however, the Trustees dis covered that the defendant, although a married man, did not live with his wife, but cohabited with another woman, and that the latter carried on the business of a silver burnisher, a trade of which the defendant was entirely ignorant, and that the girl left his service after remaining with him a few months, and had since become a con.mon prostitute. On his applying a few days since no the Trus tees for the other moiety of the premium, they refused to pay him, and now brought him before his Lordship on a charge of having obtained money from them under false pretences. The defendant, in answer to the charge stated that the girl left his employ of her own accord, that on the death of his wife he married the woman with whom it was said he formerly cohabited, and that the business was one which was always followed by women. The girl I had returned to her employment the day before he applied for the remainder of the premium, and he therefore thought himself justly entitled to it. _ _ ..... The Solicitor said she only returned for a few hours, just to give a colour to the transaction. The Loan MAYOR said he did not consider the evidence suffi cient to warrant a prosecution against the prisoner for obtaining money ender fake pretences, but at all events his conduct had been extremely disgraceful, and rendered him unfit to continue in the situation he tilled; and to mark his sense of his conduct, he should order him to be discharged from the City police ; at the same time he considered great credit was due to the Trustees fur the manner in which obey had brought the case before him. BOW-STREET. ForterenT.—C. hart and Eli:. Gardner, alias Garner, alias .Ifeck. underwent a second examination, charged with making and uttering forged letters of attorney, to receive bank stock. It ap. peered in the course of the examination, that the two prisoners have been connected with one Rigaud in obtaining letters of administra. lion of the effects of several persons deceased, and also of one per. son actually living, but who is now in a madhouse. Mr. FRESHFIELD, the Bank Solicitor, attended for the prose cution, and stated that he went to Worthing with Bishop, the offi cer, and found among the prisoner's papers a memcrandum-book, containing a list of unclaimed bank stock, and those sums which had been received were crossed off. It appeared that the names of the parties were there which related to the forged letter of attorney which he produced. A vast deal of evidence was gone into tending to implicate the prisoners, and Mr. HALLS ordered them to be brought up again on Satunloy next. The office was crowded to excess. The appearance of the female was interesting. Sir Walter Brim" and Mr.lenner, the proctor, were held to bail, in consequence of what took place at the Court of Delegates on Tuesday last. Mary Anne Saunders, a lady over whose head have passed some five-and-torty winters, but who still asserted her claims to juvenility as an •• unfortunate girl," was on Saturday morning brought be fore the sitting Magistrate, Mr. HALLS, charged by Mr. Rich mond, clerk to this establishment, with annoying and grossly in. , suiting him on Fridag . night at Drury.lane theatre. Mr. Richmond stated, that, at the conclusion of the performance, he was standing in the passage which runs at the back of the boxes, while two ladies whom he had protected to the theatre were under going the customary process of cloaking and shawling, preparatory to encountering the night air, when the defendant, with whose per. 1 son he was totally unacquainted, came up, and accosted him with the easy nonchalance of her profession, addressing him by . his name (her opportunities of becoming acquainted with which it is, from his situation at this office, easy to divine), and seemed very much Inclined to favour him with her company. This, however, was an honour which he declined, and insisted on her leaving him, as he neither knew nor wished to know any thing about her. The ladies at this moment having got on their bonnets, he joined them, and had proceeded partly down the stairs, when Mrs. Saunders renewed her attack, Insisting on his " handing her over" some money, and on his positively refusing, and desiring her to go about her busi ness, let loose at him such an extraordinary torrent of abuse, clothed in language so abominable and disgusting, as to render his situation, accmnpanied as he then was by two ladies of great re• spectability, extremely unpleasant. At this moment he caught sight of Bond, who was on duty at the theatre, and into his custody he forthwith consigned his annoyer. Bond now came forward, and having confirmed Mr. Rich. mond's statetnent as far as he was concerned, added, that film. S. was by no means unknown to him in the exercise of his professional duties ; in fact, that only on the evening before lie had bean compelled to escort her out of the theatre for a line of conduct precisely similar, adopted by her towards more gentle men than one, all of whom denied being acquainted with her. She was, he said, a regular frequenter of the lobbies, where she was notorious for her disorderly conduct and abusive language. Mrs. Saunders, who had listened to Bond's panegyric with ma. nifest symptoms of indignation, now denied, in terms which cer tainly conveyed &strong impression that he had not been unhappy in his delineation of her moral portrait, that she was the boisterous character described. She had called Mr. Richmond, she said (we fear we must say swore) " nothing worse than a brute ;" and she was now very sorry for it, although she still persisted in claiming a degree of acquaintance with him which might, perhaps, in her opinion, althoriae so trifling a liberty. Mr. R. however, repeated his former declaration, that the woman was. and ever had been, entirely a stranger to him. Under other circumstances, as she had been in confinement all night, he should not have pressed the charge : but as she still persisted in her assertion of his knowing her. which he protested most solemnly was as utter falsehood, he should lease the matter in hie 'Worship's hands. Mrs. Saunders was therefore, with a suitable admonition, de. livered into the hands of Mr. Ford, who is good enough to superintend the accotamodation of refractory ladies, with di rections to leave her at the House of Correction, and not to call for her again till she had spent one calendar month in that retreat. Mr. HALLS told Bond he had acted perfectly right in clearing the theatres of such riotous characters, and recommended him to persevere in so doing. Mrs. Saundera left the office in tears, which seemed to proceed es much front indignation as /torts grief. HATTON-GARDEN. INFANTICIDE.—On Satorday.informat ion teethed this office, of an infant !riving been murdered by its unnatural mother, at the house of Mr. ‘Vestley, a grocer, residing in Lamb's Conduit. street. Thinelton, the officer, was (lei/Welled to make the necessary Inquiries, and returned soon after with intelligence that he had found a newly born male infant in the water-closet. There were two cuts, one on the crown, the other on the bark of the head. The mother, and supposed murderer, was taken into custody. Her name is Julia Berry. She is a native of Ireland, not more than lit or 19 years old. From the evidence of the surgean,"it appeared that she was delivered only fourteen hours before, and traces of blood were dis covered from the kitchen, where the prisoner was on the night be fore, to the water-closet. She wan brought to the office in a coach, but she walked into Pee office with a very steady step. She denied any knowledge of the circumstance, and was remanded for further examination. Sr NOM AR CoNvicrion.--A conviction of rather ano ♦el character has taken place before a Bench of Magistrates at Gosport, the law in which case does not appear to com port either with propriety or equity. Major-General Sir James Lyon, K.C.B. our Lieutenant-Governor, and Com mander-in-Chief of the South-West District, was fined by the Bench of Magistrates hauled, under the authority of the 90th clause in the Mutiny Act, which levies a penalty of 20s. on " the Commander" of soldiers, any of whom shall be found guilty of an act of poaching: to which is added, the liability of immediate dismissal from the army of the said " Commander of the troops," should he refuse to pay the fines levied in forty-eight hours after conviction. Sir James Lyon. hard and absurd as the case is, Instantly paid two lines of 205., two soldiers of the Gosport garrison having been detected in this unlawful practice. If this be the law, we may next week have to record similar con victions against Sir James by Magistrates of the county of Dorset, or even of the city of Bristol, for these places are comprehended in the command !—PortrionfA Paper. .laibipgb...,.... m . CORONER'S INQUEST'. DILLADTCL SITICIDE.--On Saturday evening, a Jury assembled before Thomas Stirling, Esq. at the Blue Posts, Orem Charlotte , street, Fitzroy-square, to inquire into the causes of the death of Mr. Samuel Shepherd, of Tottenham-street, butcher. Mr. Thomas William Shepherd. the eldest son of the deceased, deposed, that he had resided for the last six months with the de ceased, who was a widower, and 57 years of age. Latterly he had been low spirited. He complained of violent pains in the head. and became so unsettled that he came to a resolution to make over his business to the witness. On Friday morning, a boy, as usual, knocked at the parlour-door, where the deceased slept, and obtain ing no answer, informed the witness, whn, upon looking through the window, saw his father stretched on the floor. Ile threw open the window, and made his way into the room, where he found his father deluged in blood. With the help of a neighbour, he raised the body. There was a deep wound in the throat, and a knife lay close to the body, with which the act had evidently been performed. l)ecessed must have been dead some hours ; witness went for a sur geon, but his services were useless. The deceased had had no quarrel with witness, and was living upon the most affectionate terms with him. A neighbour of the deceased, Mr. John Ireatherley and his niece, :'arch Shepherd, confirmed the evidence given by his son. Mr. Jacob Dickinson, assistant to Mr. tarline, surgeon, of Great Charlotte-street, stated. he had attended the deceased proles sionally, for a head-ache and giddiness ; the deceased complained I of an excessive oppression upon the eyes ; he received eassiselnes, and Mr. Carline advised immediate cupping, but the deceased evaded that, and upon being urged on Tuesday and Wednesday last, said, " Well, well, to-morrow will be market-day, and if I am not better on returning from market, I will getcupped." The witness heard of his death on Thursday morning. The Jury returned this verdict—“ The deceased terminated his existence in a sudden fit of delirium. MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND. We have a most painful duty imposed upon its this week, in having to record a murder, under circumstances so savage and atrocious, as scarcely to be paralleled in the annals of crime. The scene of this horrid occurrence was at a small dwelling-house, in habited by the parties and their family, consisting of three children, at the back of Parliament-row, and nearly oposite the Bunker's bill public-house. It appears that, about a quarter before ten o'clock on Wednesday night, the people of the neighbourhood were thrown into the greatest I alarm by the dreadful cry of " Murder !" and on proceeding to the spot from whence the cry issued, they found, in the house of S. Wood, bobbin and carriage maker, a female lying prostrate on the floor, with several large wounds upon her face and head, and her brains literally knocked out. It was soon ascertained that Wood had, with a coal-pick, inflicted the wounds upon his wife, and thus inhumanly murdered her. The wretch immediately fled, but was apprehended by two men as he was trying to make his escape, and conveyed to the Police-office, from whence he was sent to the !louse of Correction, to await the verdict of the Coro ner's Inquest. The family appears to be in comfortable circum stances, and we understand the unfortunate deceased, who was respectably connected, was in possession of a property amounting to SOL or 1001. a year, which was so secured that her husband could nut touch it. THE CORONERS' INQUEST. The Jury met on Thursday to investigate the case. Joseph White, a surgeon, proved that the deceased had died from wounds inflicted by some obtusely-pointed instrument, of consi derable weight. The jaw of the deceased was fractured; there was a wound on the back of the neck, and three on the skull. Elizabeth Burrows said, I em nearly fourteen years of age, and am no relation to Mrs. Wood. I have lived in the house of the de. ceased either a fortnight or three weeks. 1 lived with Mr. B. l)unn, who lodges there ; he is my uncle. Samuel Wood, Mrs. Wood, and myself, got our supper. together ; no other person was in the house except three of Wood's children, who were up stairs in bed. Atter supper Samuel Wood wanted me to go to bed, but Mrs. Wood said I had better sit up with her until my uncle came. The deceased and Wood were drinking rum and water. They had no quarrel then, bat were very merry. They talked, but I cannot remember what about. Wood was very much in liquor, and when he was going up stairs, as if to bed, he fell on his knees on the stairs. Mrs. Wood told me to go up stairs, and wait till he was gone to sleep. I went, and took a candle. In about five minutes I heard him go down again ; he then came up stairs again, and tried my room door, which was fast. He again went down, and I heard Mrs. Wood call him a rogue, and said she would go and see if she could not fetch a constable. I did not hear Wood say any thing, nor mention motley. 1 heard the deceased crying, and shriek out " Murder !" I immediately ran down stairs, and saw her on the house floor ; she was not bloody then ; he was across her. She had hold of the coal-pick, struggling to prevept him hitting her with it. He got it from her, and gave her three blows, having hold of the coal-pick with both hands, as hard as he could, over her head. She did not speak after the first blow. The blood flew all about after be began to strike. When he was upon her, I ran up to hint, and said, Oh, Mr. Wood, what are you doing ?" He did not speak, but got o ff from her, and ran after me. 'flie door was a little open, I caught hold of it, and whipped out before he could get hold of me. I cried out, and many persons who live opposite heard me, and came to me. Never saw the coal-pick in the house before ; there was another hammer to break coals with. . . William Wainwright, watchmaker, Bridlesmith.gate, said, Wood came to my house on Tuesday, and said he wished to speak to me, for he had something on his mind which made him very uneasy. 1 asked him what it was? lie told me he had caught a person in an improper situation with his wife on Satur. day, and that he was a ruined man. He asked me what he should do? I advised him to discharge the person coming into the house, and live comfortably with his wife. He said he could not live comfortably ally more, and that " he should do something in a few days which all would be astonished at." I asked him what he would do? He said he should leave the town. John Simpson sworn-1 was panting near the Milton's Bead, and heard the shriek of " Murder!" I ran, anti saw the little girl (Elizabeth Burrows) running away, and Wood running after her with a coal•pick in his hand ; he followed her about 7 yards, and then turned back into the house. lie cloned the door after him. I heard him give something -a blow, but what I could not tell. In a few seconds I heard him drop something, which I judged to be a coal hammer. In about halt a minute after he came out, anti was making his escape towards the open paddock. Ile had not either coat, waistcoat. or handkerchief on. I asked Wood what he had done so for ? Wood answered, "Oh ! good Lord, what could I do when I caught her in the fact P' Other witnessts were called who confirmed this evidence, and the Jury returned a verdict of Nl'ilful 31urder against Wood. The deceased bore as irreproachable character in the neighbour hood, so that the statement of the prisoner respecting her conduct is entitled to little or no credit. —Nottingham Journal. MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE UNITED ST•TES.--• The first .American attempt, of which we have any record, to impart medical knowledge by the dissection of the hu man body, was made in New York, in the year 1750. There are seventeen medical schools in the United States, in which nearly two thousand young men, from different quarters of the country, attend lectures delivered respec tively by more than eighty of our most eminent physicians and Surgeons. The State Medical Societies are twenty in number, and most of them have branches in the different districts or counties. There are twelve periodical medical journals ; more than two hundred hospitals and other in firmarics for the sick ; and it has been computed that the number of regular physicians is not less than ten thou sand.—National Gazette. DISMAY AMONG SMALL DeßTollB.—The cause of the immense number of arrests for debt on the eve of the pre sent term is not generally known, though rather a curious fact. Lord Ellenborough's old bill for preventing arrests on bills of exchange under IM. expired a natural death at the end of last year. Its expiration was, however, not generally known, and the small debtors had a respite. When the Parliament met in February, the Attorney- General lost no time in bringing in a Bill to revive Lord Ellenborough's Act, and this Bill passed both Houses of Parliament unanimously; but, by some unaccountable ac cident in the bustle of business, it was never presented for the Royal Assent, and the discovery was not made till after the prorogation of Parliament. The thing soon got wind, and the harpies of the law laid their talons upon the small 10/. debtors, until they filled the King's Bench prison with them this term. Another reason for the increase of small debts is the repeal of the law stamps, which enables any surly creditor to take out a writ as low as Gd. in Middlesex, and for Is. lod. anywhere else. Tna COMET STEAM-PACIET.—ACCIDENT NARROWLY PREVENTED.—From a gentleman who came up from Gourock late last night we learn, that thotigh the attempt to raise the Comet have hitherto failed, she has nevertheless been moved from her first position. Her stern has been hove completely round, and now lies nearest file shore. The hawser which was fixed to the capstan ashore was hove in five fathoms, so that the distance from the shore, after that operation, was only about thirty feet. About forty-five people remained on board of the lighters on Mon ;lay night, and they were nearly all run down by a large brig which came up in the dark. A dense fog being in the Frith at the time, the brig did not perceive the lights (four or five) which those on board the lighters had ow, till almost close upon them. On seeing her the men raised a loud shout. The helm was immediately put down, when the brig was enabled to clear them by about six feet ! Hail she not answered the helm at once the lighters and all the people on hoard must have been sent to the bottom. The chains keep a firm hold en one side, but invariably give way on the other, which shows that the vessel must on that side be severely shattered...—Glasgow Courier of Thursday. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Earl Fitewilliam's Bounds will meet this day at Tompso L ., Thorns ; to-morrow at Thomhaugh ; and on Thursday next, at Old Weston Windmill. The Oakley Hounds will meet this day at Melchbourn ; on Thursday next at Marston Thrift; and on Satursday at Bletsoe ; at half-past ten each day. The Gransden Hounds will meet this day at Potion Wood ; n:, IWedneaday next, at White Wood ; a nd on F r id ay next, at ti.: Kennel—at ten o'clock. Puckeridge Hunt this day at 13irchanger ; on Wednesday next at Wadesmill ; and on Saturday next at St. John's. Burton Hunt—Sir Richard Sutton's Hounds will meet this day s; Lea; to-morrow at Stapleford Moor ; on Wednesday next at Gol. tho ; on Thursday at Legsby ; and on Saturday at Spittal—eaci; day at eleven o'clock. The Hambledon Hounds will meet to.day at Broadhalfpensy Down, Wednesday at Preshaw house, Friday at %Waltham Pond. at ten o'clock each day. The Hampshire Hounds will meet to-day at Weston Corn, mon, to-morrow at Tichborne Park, Thursday at Meld Down, Saturday at Windmill Hill—at ten o'clock. Therm for a thousand sovereigns, in stake and Nets, took place on Saturday, over the four-ruileswrep, from Frondle•hani to Rig. shot-lane-end, on Saturday, between the Bertram mare, Ph ie b t , and Diadem, considered by their owners, Mr. Wyse and cam. Douglas, the best hunter,' in the kingdom. The start was half an hour a gallop, rode by the owners, and to clear a six-feet leap at the end of the third mile. Diadem led, and scut out the work at full speed, the mare keeping close at her haunches. Both cleared the leap without difficulty, and a severe race followed. After". mi. nudes, the mare got ahead in a neck-and-neck trial, and she wen the match by several lengths, performing eleven miles and a few yards in the half hour. Mr. Oswald Dabaldeston,—not the shot so celebrated at the Rtes House and in the field,—undertook on Saturday to kill, in tie course of the day., 60 head of hares, rabbits, pheasants, and pan. ridges, with the aid of markers, pickers up, Ice. to a double.n se „ relied gun. The match was won before three o'clock, within the re miles of Biggleswade. over the Fcrnahore manor, as tollna rt „, bagged, 22 rabbits, iii bares, 16 pheasants, and ll partridges., Total 65. Very lately a hare was started on the Simons Moor, and hotly p ursued by a brace of greyhounds, wh o i n t h e course of a pretty ong run made up in bottom what they lacked in speed. Al the ground was level, the chase was seen from a considerable distance, and excited such interest in the mind of a coachman, that he fairly forgot what he was doing. and made so poor a use of the whip, that the utmost stretch of Mr. 31artin's Act could not have convinced him of cruelty to animals. The passengers at first chid him for this, but on learning the cause of inattention, they became equally on the qui vier. In a moment blinds were let down, and heads popped out ; and while some kept hallooing and eneouragio g the dogs, others, with rather more humanity, did all they col ld to beat them back. Puss, by this ttmc, had taken to the rev, mai just as the greyhounds were pressing on her heels (at a few yards before the horses' heads) she made a sudden spring from left to right, whets spying sal aperture, she nimbly cleared th e carr i age window, and safely landed on a lady's muff: Though the lady.d e . liverer started and screamed a little at firm, she was speedily recoil. tiled to her fellow-traveller, and even seemed proud of the eompli. merit paid to her handsome midi: The hare, in fact, was patted 1 and caressed by all present, and honoured with a ride back to the place from whence she came, while the outwitted dogs stood snug: ing and gaping wistfully about, as if wondering what had become of their prize. After the prisoner was fairly out of harm ' s way , t h e coach was stopped and the d oor o p ene d, an so sweet is libettywhen death is not near, that scarcely were these things done, when puss bade her kind friends good bye, and bounded away to her native hills.—Deomfries Courier. A cur i ous ' canoe and double-barrelled gun, for the purpose of wild fowl shooting, have been invested by Liemenant-Colond Hawker. The canoe is long and narrow, the bow, or nose, termir. ating at every sharp point, firmly cased with copper. The bends of the gun, weighing two hundred weight, are of a great length and large calibre. The boat was launched on Aylestind Pond on Wednesday se'nnight, before Lord Rodney and numerous other gentlemen, but there being no wild foal, Colonel Hawker had Li an opportunity of fully displaying the powers of his ingenioui invention ; he, howev e r, a t one d isc h arge into a flock of starling', killed 253, which were picked up, and it is supposed as many more were lost in the reeds. COWES, Nov. e are informed that a match between two mms, belonging to Sir George Thomas and Mr. Alumay, for 3# sovereigns a side, will be paddled fur by the proprlenvb. The novelty of this intended race has already created considsm. We interest, and it is expected that many of the Yaetli Club will be present. The 28th instant, we understand, is the day fixed. The Gentlemen are now in full training. MEETINGS OP CREDITORS, AT TAR COURT OF COMMISSIONERS OF BAWEIIITTS, ASINGIIALL-STREET. TO•MOBBOW. THIRD METTTNO. Naehbar, J. jun. Old Brentford, Middlesex, gardener _ - SECOND DEE CINGS. Rinks, G. Balham.hlll, Surrey, dealer Elgar, W. Castle -street, Holborn, coal.machant Green, B. Kingsland„ plumbs' Lancefield, J. Ladebourne, v • In • II . 0 J. , Kent. builder . Levy, J. Church-row, Trinity, Minorics, silversmith . 2 D. Lampeter Pontetephen, Cardigan, inn-keener 0 Norris, S. Cobham.row, Coldhath•Selds, common brewer . 2 Pott, W. Union -street, Southwark, victualler FIRST NETTING& .- Carrington, W. Fore -street, cheesemonger . . 10 Fell, H. Grocers' Hall•court, general merchant . In lAntott, W. Leadenhall.market, butcher . . 11 Wells, J. and Onyce:, W. Bishopegate-etreet-without, wool. len.drapers - - , . . 12 Wright, H. Eceleston-street, Pimlico, merchant -1; Young, B. John's-place, Camberwell New-road, carpenter . II DIVIDENDS. Bromley. J. Circus-street, New-road, Marylebone, iron monger . - - - . 11 Foulerton, J. Upper Bedford-place, Blamosburusquare, merchant - - . . . 1. Ituspini, J. B. Pall-mall, medkine.vender - . 11 . Beckham, J. Strand, bookseller - - 11 Spitta, C. Moiling, F. and G. and Spitta, 11. A. Lawrence Pountney-lane, merchants - - - .12 Tucker, J. H. Jermyn-street, St. James's, chy milt . 11 Savage, %V. Fetter-lane, victualler . . . 12 A number of the colliers at Lofthouse nit, belonging ca William Fenton, Esq. turned oat on Monday last for ar advance of wages ; but this being refused them, they ve7 properly turned in again the following day.—Torloh , e Paper. The smallpox, we are sorry to bear, is at present prera• lent in this town, both amongst children anttatlttly, and a poor woman died this week at the bank, in so dreadful s state of eruption, that her skin partly separated from ler body, when she came to be undressed for interment — Leeds 3fereury. PRODUCTIVENESS OF THE POT&TO.—A correspowlett of the Leeds Mercury states, that on the 18th of flay he planted a potato of the Irish breed, (without either extra manure or labour) weighing one - pound, and on the 7th of this month took up the produce, which weichal forty-six pounds. Suppose this was planted and replan:Al for the term of seven years, and contintio to be tquail productive, it would yield 1,815,906,006 loads of potawc. and would require 18,139,069 wares of load to grow 9 1 ,01., at ►he rate of 100 loads per acre. BIRTIIS. On the 13th inst., at Pontefract, the lady of PlintoifLealilw i l Esq., of a son. On the 14th inst., at Walcot-place, Lambeth, the lady 0 10 ' 4 ' Wilkinson, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 18th inst., at St. Michael, Wood-street, maldi, Esq., of Copthall-court, 'fbrogroorton.strcri, 10 „ 4 1: Ann, second daughter of Thomas George Knapp, Esq•, of fl"'' dashers' Hall. On the 17th instant, at St. Mary's, Islington, Mr. frrar rk Greenhill, to Maria Louisa, youngest daughter of Edward 1 1, u• Esq. On the 17th inst., at St. Luke's, Chelsea, Mr. Jas. Whiieho4 , of Sloane-street, to Louisa, second daughter of John nolts7 o, Esq. of Suffolk-street. On the 18th inst., by the Right Rev. the Bishop of Ilsrbsdo:: Lloyd Salisbury Baxendale, of Queen-square, Bloos..sharY• Ellen, daughter of Richard Salisbury. of Hems Hill. DIED. On the Pith inst., at his seat at Enfield, Lieutenant.fol ottl Riddell, in the 67th year of his age. On the 18th instant, at her house, Osnaburg-strcet. Rctrt," i ' s " park, Mrs. Sarah Elliot, widow of the late Archibald Elliot. DS" architect, aged 33 years. On the 18th instant, at Portsmouth, the lady of Sit Q( Garrett. On the 9th instant, in his 6501 year, at the Rectory 11 006 Greewated, near Ongar , Essex, the Rev. William Ilaini:ton %% ren, 31. A., 31 years Rector of Uremia!, and SS years Vicar o' Great Budworth, Cheshire. Lately, at Bishant Vicarage, the Rev. Roger IllanwarIolobg0:4I;: raring. 31. A., of Brasennose College, youngest son o bert Parker, Esq., of Upper Harley-street. LIGE! WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TATS PAT. Morning, 58 min. alter IL. 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