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LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Aldinar, Nov. I. This being the first seal, his Lordship took his seat at a quarter rid ten lie arrived in town on Saturday night, and looks ex tremely well, much better than when the recess began. /I ATESII r. SIR ?RARE'S BARING AND OTHERS. Mr. II ART moved, that an order made in this case by his Lord ship in the vacation might be made absolute. unties the gentlemee nn the other side showed canoe against it. It was an application for an injunrion to restrain the Alliance Company from effecting insnsancts and lending money on bottnmry. The Sostctwon-Ot rtwaris understood that this had occupied a great deal of his Lordship's attention after the Court had risen ; his Lordship knew that the liar had not been long in London ; that this raised a most important question, affecting this institution, and that as it was highly necessary Counsel should have an oppor t nifty of consulting with niany most respectable gentlemen in the city, he hoped his Lordship would postpone the hearing of the case tart the present. Mr. HART strenuously opposed its standing over, his lordship lasing made a peremptory order that cause should be shown on the first seal. His LORDSHIP could not think that his order, stating•that a rase should come on on the first seal after the long vacation, should ,qvseiably have the effect of being understood that the Bar should Le prepared to argue it on that day. It was then put down for tt edneat. His Lordship has employed much of his time in reading papers, .1 which he has made great progress; he will, therefore, on Thurs. sate what judgments he will immediately afterwards give, tt on what days; he will not be able to sit on Wednesday, hut Ilaster of the Rolls will sit in his place. to hear such motions Can be discussed before him. ATTORNEY-GENERAL r. }Maxis. P.:. HORNE made a motion in this case on tl.%e grounds. The A ttor , er-1; encral had filed a bill against the defendants, imputing n , them peculation and mionanagementufproperty belonging to puoiic haritable institutions in Lancashire. Ili* Honour the Vice- I 'iracellor, having heard the demurrer put in by the defendants Argued, thought proper to overrule it and order them to put in their aroma ; they gave notice of their intention to appeal to the House of Costs ; this, however, they were unable to do. as the session had terminated they therefore applied to the Lord Chancellor due. Ira! the illness of the Vice-Chancellor, for an order to stay prom-li mp •niil the decision of the intended appeal to the House of Lords sboukl be given. Ilia Lordship granted the order on the 11th of August last. The plaintiff. however, took out attachments the very day after. in the teeth of that order : this was not right ; nei ther ratty could stir a step in the case after his Lordship had order ed the proceedings to be caved ; if they did, they committed an actual contempt of Court. The Learned Gentleman concluded his r:asoning, by moving that the attachments taken out be withdrawn ; a- d that the plaintiffs, who took it out, should be ordered to pay the costs of them. 31r. HART °prised the motion. The question was not of that e•Tltteire importance to the public which the adverse party had staled. His client had searched the Register's book for the al -I:red order to stay the attachment• and did not find it. Mr. Holism—Not find it! Oh, he could not have searched for tr. lit. HART—I have an affidavit to that effect. He was not able to tied it. ?IT 11ORSIt—Then let the Register's book speak for itself.— Will rur Lordship have the goodness to direct the book to be ex atnir.d for the order ? The Loan it ANC ELL o a—l'ertainly. The Register, having examined the hook. declared that there was an order to stay the attachment in this case on the 11th August. M. HORNe—What becomes of your affidavit now? 11r. Ilmyr.-31y client's clerk states, that he was informed by the Register's clerk that no inch order had been made. The Loan I'IIANCELLOR.—bet tie sec your affidavit. (The affidavit having been handed to his Lordship)—What is the mean ing of Agent to a Sit-clerk, which I bee here ? What is his busir.ess ? Mr. Hart's client stattal to his Lordship, that the Agent was a person who manages the business for the Six-clerk. The Loan Ca•NoEnkos—And what does the Six-clerk hiniself SOLICITOR—Attends the Master. Loao fUr A NCE Loa—Then he is entirely out of the business tits own office; he does nothing in it. Son IClTOK—Nothing, my Lord. The LORD CHANCELLOR raised his hands and eves, in appa rently strong surprise. and after a pause—" When I came into this Court the Six Clerks were the most efficient Solicitors in the Court of Chancery. Some of the moat eminent Solicitors were Jerks of that class, and used to transact their business, and draw up minutes with such ability, that we had few or no motions to wary minutes. But now the Six-clerk abandons his business to a person who knows nothing at all about it. It is no wonder, then, that delays have crept into the practice, which we formerly knew earthing of. flowerer, before it proceeds further, I'll take care that Solicitors in this Court shaft be obliged to transact their business to person." Mr. HART proceeded to argue against the motion. His client, not having bcca aware of the existence of the order, was taken by surprise. a Mr. SPENCE followed on the same ride. Mr. HOAX!: replied at ccmsiderahle I. netth. 74-, is"... Go. • • t:II, having explained the usage of the Jiouse of Lords relative to the, hearing of appeals, said the yeeweret motion was important, as it would give publicity to the fact tt,at appeals might be made directly front the 31aster of the Rolls wad the Vice.Chamellor, without an intermediate decision by the Lord Chancellor. Mr. Justice B said, that the initials upon the property' must have informed them that it came from Comont as consignee. The 14011 D ClttErJe ST ICE—The voluntary blindness of the de fendants should not deprive the plaintiff of his rights. None are so blind as those who do not wish to see—none so deaf as those who do not wish to hear (a laugh). The Learned Gentleman proceeded to insist that the letter of in. structione conveyed an authority to the consignee to pledge the property, which made this case an exception to the general rule of afeeting consignments. The Loan Cut er J ureic' in giving judgment said, that there was no principle of law more highly necessary than that which pre vented consignees! from pledging for money, property consigned to them from abroad. No principle could tend more to int-mote the confidence of foreign merchants in the credit of the country, and to sdiranceits commercial interests. And if he might express an opinion OD the policy of the law, there was no rule of law which, for the sake of those interests, he would be so-sorry to part with. By the ad. vances which had been made in December to (7omont, it only enabled him to prolong the period of his banktuptcy, and this was, of all the mischiefs of bankruptcy, the greatest; as soon as a became really a bankrupt, it was the interest of his creditors tg r a r t so he should be immediately . declared so; for by delay he only aug mented his difficulties, involved new sufferers, or only substituted one class of sufferers for another. The letter of the plaintiff' did not in has opinion convey an authority to pledge the cotton for money, and as the defendant, in making advances (if be did make them) did so at his own risk, the rights of the consigner should not be prejudiced by his want of due precaution. Mr. Justice BAY LIT and Mr. Justice If OL BOYD concurred in the opinion of his Lordship, and assented not only to the opinion ' of law as laid down by his Lordship, hut also of the policy of such a law, which they trusted would continue, and which was Calculated to increase the credit and commerce of the country. Judgment entered for the plaintiff for 2,1111 L Iss. PRACTICE OF THE COURT. Several eases were called on, but the Counsel were not in at tendance. The LORD en, tr./ wit ler said, that if cases were called on, and one Counsel in attendance and the other not, and there was no other business to occupy the Court, the Court would hear the party in attendance, dispose of it, and then certify before the Lard Chancel. I tor, should the case be referred, that Counsel were not in at tendance. It was intimated that several Gentlemen were at the Old Bailey, and in attendance at provincial sessions. Ills Lordship said that !ICUs(' would not avail. Lord Ellenborough asked him (the Lord ('hierJustice) on one occasion where he had been, when a case was called on in his absence, in which he was concerned. lie replied. at the House of Lords. Lord Ellenborough said that was a sufficient excuse, as the House of Lords was a Court of su perior jurisdiction to that Court, but he would not have excused his absence if he had been at an inferior Court, and preferred to en. gage himself thee. Ile (the Lord Chief Justice) would act on a similar principle. VICE-CILINCELLOWS COURT, MONDAY, Nov. 1. His linsrotr II came into Court this mining at ball-past eleven o'clock. The effects of his indisposition were most spparent, and be had his left arm in a sling, which, we understood. arose from the effect of rheumatism. A notice was posted on Saturday and this morning, that his Hollow" would sit at (Leven o'clock, but as be die not arrive till half an hour later it was supposed that he Lad been worse. On Saturday a consultation took place with his physicians, v Ito were of opinion that it could not hurt him to sit to-day, provided he did not sit too long : it, however, happened, that he was not required to sit late- as only a few gentlemen behind the bee were prepared to move, and his llost nu a rose at about a quarter past twelve o'clock. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Mostua, Nov. 1. QUIROCi V. TRUMAN. Mr. CAMPBELL appeared to sustain a special verdict af 1,611/. les. aid. which way given for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of the Coon, on the following case :—'f he plaintiff is a merchant at Pio Je Janeiro, who made three censignments of cotton to Comm. a factor, residing in London. These consignments were cunveyed to this country in three ships, at different periods, the .Aurora, Putivella. and Riga. The tint of these vessels reached Li verpool, with 160 bag. of cotton ; the other two arrived in dock in the city of London. Content employed the defendant as broker at Liverpool, to sell the cotton fir the principal abroad. Several draft were drawn and accepted by the defendant, as payment for the pro. eels of the sale, before the sale actually took place. Two of the Li/bi, for a considerable amount. became doe; one on the 10th of Jemmy, and the other on the 16th of January. 1316. On tile 9th of January, however, Coniont, the factor, became a bankrupt, and nn action was brought by the plaintiff for the recovery of the value of the cotton front the defendant. This action was tried, and a verdict returned for the plaintiff, subject to the minion of the Court. The principle on which that verdict was obtained was the well-known one, that a factor had no authority to pledge the grinds consigned to his ease by a foreign merchant i and that if • broker or merchant advanced money to hint, he did cost his peril. It was en. deavoured to overturn this case by the letter which the plaintiff wrote to the factor, requesting hint to make remittances to him, although the cotton was not sold as an encouragement to make consign. meats in future. This it was contended, was equivalent to an authority front the merchant to the factor, to pledge the property aoneigned to his etre. Rut this was • construction which he (Mr. Campbell) submitted the letter could not bear. The remittances were requested as as encouragemeet to send more consignments to hint, but dial not convey any definite authority to plealge the cot ton, or to do anything with at not allowed by law. The questions for the consideration of their Lordships were. whether the defend ant got the whole proceeds of the sale ?—whether lie paid it to Co tnont ?—or whether he held the cotton as a set-off against the de mands due to him from Comont ? If • Lui,a fide payment for the cotton war made by the defendant fin the benefit of the consigner, it wan in the power of the defendant to prove it, and it was incum heat on him to do so. In cases where a consigner draws bills on a factor against the consignment made to him, it had been ruled that even this circumstance did not entitle ter empower the consignee to pledge the ;male consigned to him. This had been laid down hr Lord Elleithorough, in • A'iri Prins ease, " Graham v. Dyster," reported in 2d Starkie. In the case of Broderick and Keymer, sit bills hid been draws against the consignment, yet it was unani- tualudy held by the Court of Common Pleas that this did not war. rant the factor to pledge the property, but that he should wait until the sale of it, which it was presumed would take place before the became due. The learned Gentleman proceeded to cite se veral other cases in support of this position, and that money ed. argued previous to sale was advanced at the peril of the parry siding it; and was about to cite other precedents to the same edit, when The Loan CHIEF JustrcE intimated that the Court wished to hear the other aide. Mr. JONES, on the part of the defendant., admitted that a factor wes not legally entitled to pledge any goods consigned to him, but contended that • principal might empower the factor to pledge them. Such an authority was given by the letter which aceompa. ALS tilts, and gave instructions for the mode of disirmieg of them. The consigner had no right to expect a remittance until the proceed. of the sale were forthcoming; and for any remittance with the consignee made previous to sale, would give him a lien on the consignment. If this were the case, it was not material to inquire abriber the money which he advanced upon them was his own money, or procured from a third person. Mr. Justice WV Lr —A prudent person who made such an ad . sauce, ehoold take care that it went to the party in whose favour the remittance was advanced. Joe ea resumed, and said, that the bills of lading of the Isabella and Riga never reached the defendant t that he therefore not know whether the goods cams liens•Comunt to them as -.inept] , ; OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, MoNDAT, Nov. 1. Before Mr. Sergeant A n AB, x and a Middlesex Jury. frm. Moto*. a decent-looking lad, was brought up to plead to a capital indictment, charging him with stealing divers articles of wearing apparel from the dwelling-house of Christopher Crossman, his master, to whom he was apprentice. The prisoner pleaded guilty. 111 r. Sergeant AS infumied the prisoner that his plea would be of no avail, as his life *as equally in jeopardy as though he put himself on his trial. The prisoner, however, persisted in his plea, and Gui ty— Death. was recorded against him ; after which he was called back to the bar, and again entreated to consider, but the prisoner woubl not suffer the record to be altered. Hannah flurry was indicted, capitally, for stealing divers artl. cies of wearing apparel and jewellery, the property of Samuel Backer, her master, an his dwelling-house, in 1 1 cmer's.street ; and also divers articles, the property of 11. Pelham, a lodger, in the said dwelling-house. Murphy was indicted for receiving part of the articl.7s FO carried away. well known then, to be stolen. The prisoner Barry was called on for her defence ; she said she would leave it to her Counsel. Cot; m7.—four counsel cannot make a speech for you. Mr. C. Pit ILL' tis.—The humanity of our law will not allow me to say any thing for you. The prisoner then said that her Mit.tiClLS lent her the box in which the things were foetal, and the articles must have been in at the time. Verdict—Barry Gaily of stealing to the value of 305.; Murphy Nut Guilty. Before Mr. Baron °ARROW and Mr. Justice PARK. IVilliavt Muron, whose case we have before noticed, came up again, and wished to retract his plea and plead not Not Guilty. Mr. Justice Pam( said, that as the prisoner had acted against the most hainane advice, and the witnesses might be gone, (after some conference) the Judges gave leave that his application should be cm& rtained, but it must not be deemed a precedent. The prisoner was then indicted for stealing divers articles of wear ing apparel, the property of his master. Christopher Creasman, a tailor. re.tdingat No. 3, Sugar-court, Bethnal-green. Hannah 3liddlestorf continued the testimony of her father and brother. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty—Death. NEW COURT. Before the Commow-Suaor tvT. -.• Several prisoner were placed at the Bar, and on calling the pro. secutors and witnesses, the officer itifuttued the Court that no per. son was in attendance. . . . The COMMON-SEIIGE•NT desired that the prosecutors and wit names might be called on their recognizances, which was done, and venlicts of acquittal returned. Henry Week and IVm. Jones were indicted for stealing two bundles of worsted yarn, the property of Messrs. Pia:turd and Co. Mr. ALLEY and Mr. ADOLPIItS were engaged pro szid con, but in consequence of several cases having been dismissed for want of vosecuton, they came unprepared with the necessary appendagev of wigs and gowns, and asked the Common-Sergeant if be would to lerate them without those upper habiliments. The Coy ny seceded to their request. Mr. 41 LLET opened the case for the prosecution. Josiah Mason, Ittreman to Messrs. Brown, Son, and Co., carpet manufacturers, of Kidderminster, stated, that on the lot of Octo ber, he packed up a bale. c...utaining fifty gross of No. '22. wonted yams, addressed to Mr. Richard Shaw, of Norwich, and gave it to John Farmer, a Birmingham carrier. and to come by Picktiod's waggon. The bale contained separate divisions, each cor.taining t lbs. of worsted yarn Ile has, since he came to London, seen one of thtm. _ . . Cross-examined by Mr. ADOLPH us—lle has frequently packed up bales of yarn, of a similar desaiption. lieu. Ilexham, carter to Messrs. l'ickford, stated, that on the 7th October he was employed to take the bale from Pickford's IVharf, to the Irorngate Al'harf, to be shipped ; he put it into the cart, and lie and another carter, Holman, went to the Tower 1113arf, slate it was found that the bale was cut, and two parcels taken out. John Shields, a Thanies police officer, stated. that about seven o'cltwk on the 7th instant, he anti Fagg, another officer, met the prisoners on Tower-hill, each with a bundle in his apron, which, on examination, proved to be worsted yarn ; they said they gut it Dorn a person named Watt, over the water; they had ro note or hill of narcel, and they were going to carry it to Mr. Sims, of Cow. lane. Whitechapel ; the witness and Fagg took them to the watchhouse, and on inquiring for Watt, they could find no such person. The following morning, as they were going towards the I'ollm-office. Jones said they had bought the yarn via " lugger" (nick.nanie for sailor), fur Ss. James ISelcour, a clerk to Messrs. Pickford, stated, that he weighed the bale before it had lett the wharf. who' it weighed 3 cwt.; when it was brought back it weighed 13 lbs. less, the exact weight of the qauntity loutid on the pi isoners. The Jury examined the witnesses at come length as to the iden tity of the yarn. Tha prisoners were found Guilty. Before the RECORDER. Ms Wheeler, alias Ilitrhews, and Jostph Abrdwats, were in dicted fur stealing a bale of pods, the property of Messrs. Pick ford. IA man named Beej:nain Woolf was indicted and held to bail to take his trial for receiving the goods, but he did not appear when called, and at the ouggeetion of Mr. ALLEY 114 recogni. tames were ordered to be estseeied-1 Robert Lenthert, clerk to Messrs. Pickford and produced a waybill of property which let Manchester for London on the !nth September, among which was a parcel of woollen goods, directed for Mr. Judie, Nottingham-place, %V hitechapeL The parcel ar rived safe in London the 4th ult. (Honda 1. Joseph Halbert, porter to Messrs. Pickford, stated, that on Monday, the 4th of October, be had a truss which came from Manchester by the boat into the waggon ; it was to be delivered at Mr. Jardin's house. George Treadaw. , ' .. a book-carrier (a person who actormieries the waggon with a honk to cheek the delivery), stated. that he went, on the 4th ult, with a waggon containing this parcel towards 31r. Jardin's; he went through A Idgaie to the Misories, where he stopped at Mr 3lorlund's, sn me nbrella manufacturer, where he had to deliver a bale; while the carman, Shaw, was taking the hale out of the waggon, he saw a man, whom be believed to bss Wheeler, dose by the waggon; this was near seven o'clock in the evening; about five minutes after the %Imes' missed a bale out of the waggon. William Forster, an officer of Lamheth-street, deputed, that he knew a person named Ilenjamin Steelf, residing at No. I, Little l'rescot-street. 4;oodman's-tields. Witness had occasion to watch his house at halt-past six o'clock on the eeeniog of the dtb alt.. io company with Lee, another officer. They watched nearly an hour. They stood in en alley nearly opposite Woolt's house. The wit. nest saw three men, one with a package on his bark, pass the agcy. Abrahams had the package on his back. Wheelie passed Abra hams to Worth's dlor. Woolf was standing at the doer. which was open. Abrahams followed to the door. and lie and Ntheeler went in, the third man waiting outside. AVitness and Lee thso crossed towards NVisoirs house, and the man at the door ran oft The per sons inside endeavoured to shut tile door, but Witness put his shoulder against it, and opened it. Witness went into the back kitchen, where Abrahams was taking the package from his shouktee. Woolf and Wheeler were in the passage. Witness asked A tralutins what lie had got ? lle replied he did not know, but a men had given him a shilling to carry it ; he then brought Wheeler into the kitchen, where the prisoners were secured. Wheeler said be went there to buy a hat, and that he had been there an hour, and appealed to Woolf, who, however, said, No, I know nothing about you." Witness and Lee then took the pri soners and the package to the Police-office. The package con. THE BRITISH PRESS. tained ten 'bawls, cloth,• ice. and au invoice, Mating the prices to amount to about 171. James bee. also an officer. corroborated Forster's statement. Ile stepped Wheeler, who wished to go out of the house. Mr. Jardin stated, that he W4ll the person for whatn the goods were intended ; he expected to receive them ; and the package ex actly corresponded with what he had ordered. Ihe bale was then produced, sod had on it the address of Mr. JAMUL The prisoners were found Gaikv. The RECORDER, in passing judgment on the prisoners, said, it was quite clear they were part of a gyn. , who infest the streets and rob carts, coaches, and passengers, of whatever is possible to be re moved ; it was therefore ne.Tuary to make an example of thuu by transporting them for seven years. C'aiher hie Entannel, a very handsome Jewess, of about twenty, was charged with stealing a gold watch, and two gold seals, the property of Jacob Fletcher. Mr. CARRINOTOU conducted the prosecution. and it appeared that Mr. Fletcher, who was an eminent manufacturer at Man. cheater, had been dining with some of his friend", and had met the prisoner, whom he accompanied to Shire-lane, when he missed his watch. lliv charged the prisoner with stealing it ; shs denied her guilt, and said another girl had got it. The pri.oner then begged of her to get him his watch again, and in about four hours she brought him the duplicate. Verdiet—Net PERJURY. . _ Jolts Afullry, the younger, was indicted for obtaining by &false oath, a licence for the purpose of marrying Catherine Cooper. Mr. BRODERICK and Mr. AnoLrut:s opened and stated the case for the prosecution. John Matthews, clerk in the Viear-Oeneral's Office, at Doctors' Commons, in which office the rtarrisge licences are wanted, stated, that the defendant came to the office on the 16th of Au gust to obtain a licence ; the usual affidavit was sworn to by the defendant. The affidavit was read, it stated, that he helievol Catherine Cooper to have been above 21 years of age ; that no impediment lay in the way of their marriage, and that both he and Catherine Cooper had resided in the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn. The witness was cross-examined at twine length. The marriage licence was then read by the Clerk. Mr. G. A 1 ussey produced the will from Doctors' Commons, of John Cooper, the deceased. Farah Cooper. the mother, deposed, that she resides in the county of Suffolk ; is a widow • when her husband died , he left her ten children, eight of whott are daughters; Catherine Cooper, now Mulley, her daughter, wan born on the 21st December, 1007; up to August last, she lived with her, and it was with the wish of the guardians that she should remain under her care; witness never saw the defendant until he brought her daughter home from Loudon, nor had she given any consent whatever to her marriage. On her daughter coming of age, she will be entitled to WOI. and considerable property after her (witneses)dcath, should she survive her. Johannah Ilenew, one of the married daughters, sister to Cathe rine .Mulley, formerly Cooper, saw the defendant on the 12th July last, at Stow market fair; she was with her sister. There was then no acquaintance between them, nor did she ever see him at her mother's house. On Sunday. the nth August, as she and her sister were coming out of church, they saw defendant in the church-yard ; he came after them, and in consequence of a heavy r.in, and being but lightly attired, they went into the cottage of Mrs. Gardes. Money came in also; they remained there until seven o'clock, and in the interim had sent home for dry clothes. ;Malley had gone out about six o'clock, and, when he returned, he called her sister out, but witness did not know what for. After they had walked a little way front the cottage her sister saw a post-chaise; her sister cried before she got into the chaise, and she was helped into it by the defendant and the post-boy, each taking hold of her arm. Witness did not think she was willing to go. hVitness also got into the chaise. There were then four inside. They proceeded to &'towmarket. Her sister wanted to stop there, when the defendant told the postboy D drit.e on faster, and they went to Ipswich. :Bulky had a pistol with hint, and said if any one came to stop the chaise, he would shoot him. They remained at a tavern for some time, when a coach to London came up, on which witness and her sister were scald on the outside, as was also the defeudant and another person.We had no other clothes with us than what we wore, nor had we any intention of coming to Lon don. On our arrival in town we went to the White Horse, Fetter. lane, and afterwards to the Bell and Crown, Holborn, where we remained until next day, when my sister was married to 3lulley. A conversation about ages took place. At this moment the proceedings of the Court were interrupted by the fainting of a young men, who it appeared was the husband of the young woman under examination; he was taken out of the Court. The witness also burst into a flood of tears; she was con veyed front the box, and although repeatedly called to resume her examination, she was unable to attend. Mr. ADOLPH': s--Then, my Lord, this is my cue. Mr. ALLEY said that be certainly should not cross-examine her. Mr. A LLtY took several objections, which the Court over-ruled. Ile then addr,ssed the Jury on the behalf of the defendant, and called three witnesses to his character. . . The Com MON -Sr.RG VAX T summed up the evidence, when the Jury retired, and on their return at 11 o 'clock, they pronounced the defendant Guilty. It is not a little remarkable, that a person named //cuts, who war the fourth in the chaise with Miss Cooper, Mrs. lienew (then also a Miss Cooper), and the defendant, Al ulley, is to be tried to morrow morning at nine, on a similar indictment charging him with perjury in an affidavit to obtain a licence for him to marry one of the witnesses in this prosecution, on which occasion it is expected that Mrs. 31ulley will be celled as a witness fur the pro secution. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, MONDAY, Nov. I. S. Bellamy was indicted fur picking the pocket of Mr. Finlay son, in St. Alartin's-court, of a silk handkerchief. The Jury found him Guilly. The Court deterred posing sentence. It'. .11We was convicted of a similar offence, and sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment in the House of Correction, and to be whipped. POLICE. MANSION-HOUSE. ATTEMPTED 31u1iiia:-.:Ven reka - IZmnd Da v it, a man of sh.tbby appearance, about thirty years of age, was brought before the LOILD 111sToa, charged with shooting Sarah lie. vall, his wife, with a pistol loaded with ball, on Saturday night last. George Limbs, a watchman of %ralbrook Ward, staled, that about a quarter before nine o'clock, on Saturday night last, he heard the report of a pistol, which was succeeded by the shrieks of a female ; he ran to the end of Bucklarsbury, and saw the prisoner striking a woman with great violence, with a pistol, about the head. Witness went up to hint and seized him, and he uid, " the wo- man was his wife, and she had proved treacherous to him, and he had had his revenge." The prisoner offered no resistance what ever. Witness heard the female exclaim, after she was shot, " I am a dead woman !" The prisoner 'aid, " I ant satisfied with what I have done:" and witness gave him into the custody of Smith, a street-keeper. James Cecil, another watchman, corroborated the above state ment, and added, that he heard the prisoner say, " I ant sa tisfied." Mr. John Elliot, of No. 47, Cheapside, stated, that he came up at the time the female was lying on the ground, bleeding at the head, and he assisted in carrying her tu Ilooper and l'o.'s, surgeons, in Queen-street, and from thence to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Charles Madan, who resides at 40, Bueklersbury, produced • pistol, which he found dorm the area of his house, just after the wo man had been shot. Smith, a constable, produced a knife and a quantity of pow der and shot, which he found in a snuff-box, on the person of the prisoner. . . . . . . 1 he LORD MAYOR asked the prisoner, it he had anything to say, when he replied, " nothing whatever." The Loan 3i ATOM, then ordered the prisoner to be remanded till ‘Vednesday nest, when the fate of the unfortur ate womann will, in all probability, be determined. A young man. rained Ileneyonan, who was charged some days ago upon suspicion of having been one of the gang of thieves who stole the parcel containing between 13,000/. and 14,00 W.. the pro perty of tha Nlaidstune Bank, was brought before the Lottn Id AVOW for a final examination. This case forms another instance in addition to those recently presented to the public of the uncer tainty of evidence as to personal identity. It will be recollected that, on the first examination, the book keeper of the coach.office swore, " to the beat of his belief," that the prisoner was the person who stood at the coach-office door at the time the parcel was stolen ; that a second witness. a coach proprie tor, whose attention was particularly directed at the time to the person who was standing at the coach-office door, swore positively that the prisoner was the very man ; and that a third witness, a chambermaid of the inn where the suspected robber slept, and was seen frequently, swore still more positively that the prisoner was that person, whom she knew, nut only by by his person, his fen tures, and the colour of his hair, but by his voice and manner. To corroborate this apparently powerful evidence, the prisoner was remanded, in order that a young woman, who came to town by the aidz of the suspected person, on the coach, might be brought frrwatil to give her evidence as to his identity. To put her power of deciding the question to the test, Mr. Brown. the Marshal, caused the prisoner to be placed in a room amongst several other persona. She wax conducted to the room, and asked whether the man who rode by her side was present i• At the first glance she ' , fixed upon the prisoner, and said, " That is the man :" but, upon a more close examination of the countenance, she said, she was mistaken. The witness, Anne Spurge,. a servant girl, residing at Brain. tree, then stated, that on the morning the parcel was stolen she was to London in the coach by which it was sent. The person who was charged in the yard with the robbery, and who is now be lieved to be the thief, sat by her side during the whole of the journey, and libe frequently ohserveil hid face during the four hours they were feltow travellers. lie spoke to her several times as they approached Loudon. l't c prisoner was extremely like hint in fkure, feature, and complexion, but the other person was marked with the spiall pox in a manner not perceptible at a distant glance. The prisoner on the contrary was completely tree from any marks of the kind. This was the only difference so far as witness was able to calzulate, but is distinguis:uta the prisoner effectually in her j Udire' tat. The Loan Maros said, that ttis criderce would In decisive with hint in favour of the prisoner. The cridcnce of the other wittti..t.cs could rot fir a moment stand against that of the last witness, who lied opportunities fur such king and close examina tion. It was clear that they had been mistaken, and that the pri soner had the nii.fortune to resemble closely some other individual. He had derived this advantage iron. the postponement of the in quiry„ for if the inquiry had closed with the first examination, tie prisoner, though innocent, must have been sent to the Old Bailey, upon the uncontradietcd evidence against him. The prisoner's Solicitor zeclared that he was prepared with com plete and irresistible evidence of an °AK The prisoner was much affected, and said It was a dreadful thing to be charged so positively with a tremendous robbery, with which he had nothing in the world to do. People. he said, should be more cautious, before they placed a poor fellow.ereature's life in jeopardy. The Lone MATOR—The witnesses who supposed die prisoner to be a suspected person, had spoken to the best of their belief, and were entirely mistaken. The accusation was a misfortune to which innocent persons were often liable. Mr. Itrown, the City Marshal, stated that he must say. in behalf of the prisoner, that his strong resemblance to another person, who was a had character, had, on a former occasion, caused him to be placed in a situation similar to that from which he bad been just released. _ . . . The LORD MAYOR esinetscd his regret to the prisoner for the pain and inconvcnicnce to which he had been subjected, and dis charges, hint. BOW-ST R E ET. RAGNIOS—Mary Clerk attended yesterday to prefer a charge against a gentleman, of breaking two windows In her house, in /lart-street, Covent Garden. The complainant stated, that the gentleman came to her house with two females of a certain description, and after going up stairs, and remaining there some time, the watch was called and the gen tleman came running (lawn with a poker in his hand, demolishing every thing that came in his way ; the consequence was, that she luelgetl him in the watch-house, in default of payment.—The de. Pendant, who was in a state of the greatest agitation, informed the Magistrate, that he had unfortunately taken a little too much wir. on Saturdly, ar.d in that condition he yielded to the entreaty of two women to accompany them to the complainant's house. They went up two pair of stairs, and the females locking the door. de manded all Its money ; they forcibly took from him thirty shillings, and endeavoured to get a quantity of gold out of his waistcoat rocket ; as it was, they took a valuable gold seal ; finding himself ing robbed in this manner, he called for the watch, and acknow ledged that he had taken every means to escape. The woman, Clerk, encoAvoured to shield the two females, (who have kept out of the way.) Sir R . MINIX discharged him, but with strict injunctions that he proceeded to the overseers of St. Martin's pariah, in order that thu house might be indicted. The gentleman bowed, and said he certainly would. HATTON-GA RDEN. • • - REWARDS To FlREMEN.—Yesterday, Robin:nye, Esq. of Harper-street, Red Lion-square, appeared to a summons for not paying the due sums of money to the different firemen connected with the offices, u adjudged by the Magistrate. ' lle stated) in defence, that he did not wish to resist any fair claim that might be made, and that no one felt more than he did the pro. priety of encouraging firemen to give the most prompt assistance when required. There was, however, a system now adopted which he thought should be suppressed, and on that ground only he re sisted the payment of the paltry sum claimed. Ile stated, that on the 13th instant he had invited Rollie friends to dinner, and atter the culinary duties were faithfully discharged by the cook, she went to make some experiments on the " dripping," which having over_ boiled, there was an apprehension of fire for a few minutes. Mr. Robinson inspected the kitchen, and was so well assured of the saute of his premises, that he returned to his company, and an pounced to them that all was safe. In a few minutes, how. ever, the parish engine arrived, speedily succeeded by three or four more. 'l'he g entlemen who were dining with him felt rather cha grined at th eir being disturbed by those officious persons, but still the engines were determined to do their duty. Mr. Robinson did not appeal upon the paltry grounds of the sum adjudged to the parties, but merely to expose the system. The Magistrate fully concurred in Mr. Robinson's view of the case, and accordingly reduced the bounties to one-half of the OTi gwal demand, and to the tunicock, who elaimed ten shilling*, only lialf-a-c-own was awarded, ss it was proved that several engines were waiting before he came, and of course, if their services bad been necessary, they could not have acted. A respectable looking lad, named Leggett, was brought up in the custody of Lloyd, charged with embezzlement, under :be following circumstances:— Mr. Lamb, s shoemaker, at No. 33, henry-street, Pentonville, deposed, that the prisoner had introduced himself into his family, and represented himself as a person connected with the press ; that he was employed as a compositor in a house at Chelsea. but he was engaged with Messrs. Bentley and Co. in Saltsbury-square Mr. Lamb stated that the prisoner was entrusted by hint to de liver different nrticles, which he afterwards found that the prkoner converted to his own advantage, as also the receipts of numerous bills. --- The prisoner made no defence, and was remanded to give oppor tunity of discovering his numerous frauds. FIRE-WORES.--in consequence of repeated complaints made on the subject of lire-works being let of r by inexperienced persons, in the neighbourhood of Somers Town, Pentonville, lalington, Mount Pleasant, and in some instances even in the heart a the me tropolis, the Magistrates of this Office have deemed it advisable to issue printed notices, cautioning all persons to desist from such practices, under the several penalties allowed by Act of Parliament to be adjudged against them on conviction before any Justice of Peace; and all police officers, bailiffs, constables, &c. are strict'y commanded to apprehend, without distinction, all persons found sa offending. The law, as regards tire-works, is more severe against the vendor than the actual exploder, the penalty against the former being 51. and the latter only 20s. M A RY-I,A -BON N E. RIOT IN EARL-STREET, LISSON Uttoez.—.on Sunday morning, &half-past 11 o'clock, a number of Irishmen gathered in Earl-street, and cotunienced a desperate affray. Staphs, an officer of this establishment, was near, and endeavoured to persuatta them to depart, but ineffectually, for an Irish gentleman threw his hat into the air, biddirg defiance to any officers, as he was de terinined on having a light. Staples finding el at fair means were of no use, secured Afettaft, and safely lodged him in custody. There were at least 200 persons parent. Mr. llawtorloat, the presiding Magistrate, ordered that war rants should be issued for the other rriacipalnoters, as be was de termined that the Sabbath should not be so continually a scene of rib: and disorder. Moffatt was ordered to give 24 hours notice of bail. Cu•uoi: Or FE LON T.—Mary Ann Grimsby was charged by T. Turnagain, with having robbed hint of seventeen sovereigns, four half sovereigns, and three duplicates, der three watches, and eight silver spoo ns. . Mr. Tumagam stated, that he went to the Braun Head, Lisaon street, where lie had been with his wife; three young men wished to go to his house and finish the evening, which was done ; a few minutes afterwards the prisoner came and asked for one of the party, and sat by the bed. The prisoner was close to the pillow of the bed, and under the pillow the purse was laid with the property missing; die (the prisoner) must have seen the red purse, as it was rot three spars between them. The prisoner was the only person that had an opportunity of taking the purse, as site accompanied the witness to go to bed, as she felt ill by drinking half-and-hilf ; every one else had left the room. A young man, earned SoUy, was seen the next day with sovereigns in his pocket, hut as he had been without shoes for same time, and the ;molter was her intimate friend, he was suspected of being the receiver of part of the propsrty. Mr. Haw at meow said that really it seemed that Mr. Turnagain had lost his money, and as he could scarcely be understood, and that sonic further elucidations might take place. he would have the prisoner Grimsby brought up for another exatuinatian, and would detain Sony. QUEEN.SQUARE. Ilridget Rickey was brought up ' yesterday charged with steal ing some money front a till, the property of yesterday, ltaddon, land lord of the Three Elms, St, Anne's-street, NVestminster. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor's son, that his mother gave him six sixpences on Sunday morning, whiat he put into the till, between 7 and 8 o'clock ; the prisoner was in the bar cleaning it, and told witness to stir the fire; while doing so, he heard a noise at the till, and on looking saw the . prisoner draw lux hand from thence, he said, Biddy, what are you doing there ?" She replied, I ant doing nothing." Its went and examined the till, and discovered that four sixpences had been taken away. He then called his mother, and told her what she had done, in the presence of the prisoner. She strongly di hied it : and atter eta. mining her, they found cone of the money on her person. Witness sent fur an officer, and on his appearance. she confessed baying taken the money, and pointed out the shelf where site had placed it ; and he found the four sixpences behind a phial on the shelf. The prisoner, who was in tears during the whole of the examine tiOn, said, that her mistress had been :Away, very kind to her, ar d she could not account for acting with such ingratitude towards her, and expressed great contrition. Mrs. Haddon did not wish to press the case. The prisoner was remanded for a week. UNION HALL. Yesterday a man of decent appearance, ranted That. Ward, was brought before R. J. CHAMBERS, Ewa. in custody, on a warrant, chat ging him with having been concerned in illicit distillation, at • house in Church-street, near the Coburg Theatre. The defendant's wife stepped forward. and with tears in her eyes begged that the Magistrate would not take away the life of her hu•banel ; " For (added she), your Worship, he was not the prin. cipal—he was only the workman ; die real owner of the stiil being in the publ;c line, and keeping a gin-shop." The Magistrate, in consideration of this fact, then told the de. fondant, that he would convict hint in the penalty of 20:. and in default of payment, imprison hint at the tread-mill fur the space of six months. The Magistrate, howcvei, consented to let the case stand over until to-morrow (this day;, in order that the amount of the penalty might be paid. _ At Clonnwl Sasions on Wednesday last, a man named Byrnes w•as put to the bar, but not arraigned. The man's offence consisted la his having in his possession some rustic specimens of pottry ; a " Lamentation for the death of the unfortunate men executed at Galmoy for the murder of Mr. Marvin, and " their lest speed and dying clic-Lira:ton. - The Magistrates, having conferred a short time, Mr. Blacker ordered the prisoner to be discharged.—Cork &ith e:7z Rep:r . ter. PRICE OF LEATHER, per lb. Butts, 50 to 56Ibs . . - 20.1 so EA Ditto, 58 to 661bs - - . 231 to 2411 Dressing Hide& . - - -17 d to 18,1 Fine Coach Hides - 204 to 22d Light Crop Hides, for Cutting. 3:i to 40Ibs • 160 to 154 4 ' Ditto, 43 to 501bs - - - -18 d to 21 Calf Skins, 36 to lHbs -16 d to 2'.. Ditto, 50 to 701bs - . - - 244 to :. Ditto, 70 to Killbs . - - - 224 to 2',..: Small Seals (Greenland) - - - 174 to V.“ Large Ditto - • - . 16d to 19'. Tanned Horse Hides - - -13 d to 1.54 Spanish Horse Hides - - - 134 to 24: COAL 31 AItKET, Nov. 1. SHIPS •T M•REET. SHIPS SOLD. PRIM 1061 Newcastle - 81} . 33s Od to 421 rd 37 Sunderland - 34 - 34. Od to es t: 1 Cinders - - 1 . 23s About 170 sail of colliers arrived for this day's marker. A fire broke out vesterday morning, at three o'clock, r the house of Mr. hely. in King-street, Golden-square. which destroyed part of the building and stock of a fruitetri and green-grocer. DREADFUL 01:78•6E.—We have to relate anoth:r of those disgraceful outrages, the frequency of whose cccur rence in this country has almost made us view theta u matters of course :—On the night of Sunday last, the house of a person named Wynne, in the parish of Dorn riney, in this County, was attacked by a banditti of ruffi ans, who, after turtling out his wife and children, ad breaking every article of furniture, proceeded to pull down the house, which having completely effected, they titpartud. Fortunately for Wynne he was 016. 1 from home, otherwise he would undoubtedly have sut• fered. What considerably adds to the aggravation of' dui ease is the fact that the family, who had thus bean from their home, were obliged to lie all night in the lieldt every one of their neighbours refusing to give them shelter, alleging that if they did so they would be similarly pir rashes:. The only supposable reason thet can be assigted for the above outrage is that Wynne had bought a sac's 0- oats, Ls desire of his master, Mr. Russell, which he (MI. R.) had seized for rent.—Westmeath Journal. BIRTH. On the 19th ult. at Pakenham Hall, Ireland, the Comunt Longford, of a ace, still-born. MARRIED. On the 30th ult. at Croydon. the Rev. Edward rzemcold rec.!. only eon of the late Dean of Ely, to tleorgrans Clueneth area , ' daughter of tleorge Smith. Esq. M.P. DIED. At the Wand of New Providence, in the %Vest Indies, W. R. Dawkins, Commander of his 3lsjesty's ship Helicon. On the 2 4 3 d ult. at Queen's Lim, Bruniptuo, Lieutenant-0 01 W' Reginald James, late of tl:c :t7t!) regiment, aged 54. October 2lith, at the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, in his. year, Lieuter.ant George Augusts* spearing. ---------- 111611 WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON DRIDI.• Morning 23 min. after 10. Afternoon 64 n.in. sArt Printed it TIIE Blt 1 TISII PIIESS Office. by J. W. Cenito , 181, Stead. a. 1,1 pellleheel by R. CM( NOY, same place. MA li KR TS. CORN EXCHANGE, Now. I. In consequence of the continuum of boisterous west),,,, market was but thinly supplied with any Grain last week, and t'.. srrivas fresh in this morning arc not extensiv e . Th e w heat opened very brisk this morning, and fine samples realised 2 a to lt per quarter more than last Mondry, but we had not a corre s p„, ing advance in inferior ones. The price of the best finio or so i. mewled from 635. to 70s. per sack. Superfine samples of g od ,; ware scarce, and commanded 30a. per quarter; but the Kt .", mudity gave way in price Is. to 2s. per quarter from the g Liotat . 4 of this day week. Our buyers of Oats hold off front p ure l,, at present, as they anticipate considerable supplies when the ir ....1 changes; those olbliged to purchase today were compell e d ~, pat_ small advance on the prices of this day week. Be ans were t: sale, though not cheaper. Peas were in demand, but not da ft linseed is held at higher prices, which our crushers do not r eo d: submit to. Rapeseed scarce, and rather dearer. Th e Cloe,--7 Mode was very heavy and cheaper, both on Wednesday sod hi: but to-day the market was rather brisker at the decline. WHEAT. RE•MS. Kant and Essex(red) 444 to 75s Ticks • 34t0 ft 4 , Do. ( w hi te) . 4 8 s to 78s Harrows . 4 2 , io Suffolk it Norfolk Small - - 4 '.• (red) 44. to 734 )(ALT. Ato 4, Ditto (white) . 48s to 78s Norfolk (tole) kh 00, North Country -60 s to 744 Suffolk & Essex (do.) P..S to k Irish - as to 82s Ditto (brown) . s o , Rez - -32 s to 34s AAAA A . 14 R, English Malting . 44s to 48s Foreign -22 s to h i Grinding -34 s to 311 s Lorstab. OATS. English - 440 to * Feed, Essex . 19. to 22s Foreign - 364 to th Lincolnshire 111. to 22s RAPESEE D, Yorkshire 19. to 22. English (per last) 231 ~,3 r{ Irish . 18. to 21% SEEDS. Poland, Lincolnshire 20s to 24. Hempseed (per qr.) 38. to Yorkshire . 20s to 24% Foreign (di t t o) 392 to i::: Potato Lincolnshire 21s to 25s 3lustardseed (brown) Yorkshire 21s to 2.5 s per bushel -12 s ss 141 Scotch . 22s to 27s Ditto (white) • 96 to 111 Irish -20 s to 25. I Clover (red) per ear. 40s to 4, PEAS. Ditto (white) - oo s to 84 , Trefoil - Yes to lt, Carrawayseed (new) 48s t o A t , Coriander - is to i * 'fares - 54 041 to 6% se, Hog 3.5 s to 36s Maple Grey -37 s to 384 Whitt 40s to 411 s Boilers 4k to 58. OUILDFOI Wheat per I. ISI Os to 18l Os Newditto . 161 Os to 20/ Os Oats per qr. It 411 to It Ills Old ditto - 01 Os to 01 Os tD, Ocr. 30. Hye Illhw vA Barley - 11 INs to 21 r, Beans - 21 21 to 21 ti Orey Peas - 21 Oo to 21 y IRD, MT. 30. HERTFOI Wheat, per load of five bushels . 31s to 61,1 v New . . —$ to --s Barley, per qr. . WA to ills Beans, par load Ve to h Peas - - 2es to* Rye - . •—• la - 4 Tares - - ris 14 ni SMITHFIELD, 3lostwalr, Nov. L Beef - 3s 4d to is 04 I Veal - 3s 4d to Ss la Mutton - as 44 to 4s 4d Pork . 3s Od to Is s Lamb Os 04 to Os 04 'MUD OP CATTLE THIS DAT : Beasts, 3,137 I Sheep, 20,100 ; Ca/res, 100 I Pip, 230. HAY-MARKET. Hay (Old) . 51 Os Od to 31 19. Od New Inferior . 31 10. OA to 41 I 5 Od Clover (Old? - 51 10$ 04 to 61 10s 04 Ditto (Inferior) . 41 4s Od to SI Si 04 Straw . 21 Os 04 to 21 Os 04 NEWGATE AND I.E.IDENUALL—(Dy the Carcase). Deer - 2s id to 3s id Veal . 3s tkl to 45 CI Mutton . 2s lid to 3s li I d Pork - 3. Od to Ss Ic Lamb Os Od to Os ed PRICE OF BREAD. The highest Price of Bread in the Metropolis is lld. t the four.pound Loaf. There are others who sell from a halipeory three halfpence below that rate. PRICE OF POTATOES, Nov. I. Potatoes 3/ Ids Od to 6l Os Od per Ton. PRICES OF lIAY AND STRAW. IT. JAMES . III. Hay -84 s Od to 1101 041 Hay - Od to 1146 41 Ditto (New) —s Od to —s Od Inferior . --s Od to Clover - OOs 141 to 110 s Od Clover -96 s Od to IA Straw . 141 to 1171 Od Straw -42 s Od to Ms 41 PRICE OF RAW FAT, pee Stove of 81b. Price by Tallow (u stated by the Tallow !lichees), PRICE OF TALLOW Town Tallow .ut. eti I Yellow Russia .yia Oil White ditto . 6d ', SOAP, ke. per 1121 b. Yellow Soap - 70. II 3loaded -73 s .2 Curd -82 s ti Graves -16 s at Good Dregs . 6) ld Snap ditto Mating Stuff Ditto Hough 34 6d sus od 19. Od PRICE OF CANDLES—TaIIow Chandlers Hall. Price of Candles, per dozen, 8. Bd-11Ioulds, 10. tkl Sixpence per dozen allowed for ready money. N.B. The prices in the general retail shops are trom 7d to It per pound. MILE OF 1101 POCNETS. Kent - Sussex Essex per Cwt. Nov. 1. SAGS. I 5 1 15s to 81 Os Koss - 51 b. to 61 ISt . L 1 5s to 81 Os Swot: - 51 Os to 61 15t 4/ 121 to 81 Os Essex - 51 5s to 11 es RAW I I DEs. Best Heifers and Steers: — " Ordinary- - 2s 8d to 2s led re stone - 3s ad to 31 gd Market Calf (each) - 8s Od Middlings .3s Od to 3s 2d SHEEP SKINS. Polled, 3s Od to 41 Od I Sheep, Os Od I Downs, 2. 41 to 25 Od Fells, Os I.otl to O Od I Lambs, Os Od to Os Od T !,.