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- LAW mrirL/GENci. ..„.....-- 'OO l l3lerVT inners Brscß, OVILDUAL VIF IMAINDA I`, OCT 01ZR Wt. 0 . 0 „„ 0 0 si tt e w pme r . Terris, before Ow Lord CAw . • .3ettiti MINOT •ad a Special Jo ry. . . for a noisance, In ) the city of I,on- TY WDAL conducted e defendant was a botcher, and that he .4 purpose of killing was a nuisance by the 4 He understood that prescriptive right. If this . with evidence to rebut It, which bad grown up within BOLLANZ—I tin • ward '‘e premises of No. 36 are 't, and are by him used known Warwick. daughter-houses used foe this por ago to carry off the blood e rionity contributed. I contributed any thing— not. The ■Pot is 'the its vicinity to the premiss of Mr. lull ; nt he did not slough ifter the cattle_ are and carts, and the , entrails. 'and hides eahales from them, Sundays. extensive now, than when examination in chief, witnesses. are a blacksmith, or leis, according ?—Why, yes, the opens her window that muter I cannot Is not very agreeable to some of your neigh- Warwick-lane ?—l'es. driven away by the nui- a live in Warwick-square ; I have I know Mr. Hall's premises t he Cif: .re on business very extensively. Bullocks are driven down the droves of eight or ten at a time ; and as aeon as one drove I. 1, another is driven In. They make the 'lane extremely , s. I pass up the lane two or three tidies every day. fin one occasion a bullock broke into my house, and got halfway up stairs. (A Intel.) Crosaaexamined by Mr. SCaILITT-.-i havabeen an Aldermen tlumryearn, Newgste-market belongs to the City of London. I did not know whether Smithfield belongs to the city ; but the city Milne the tolls of Smithfield.market. I was one of a number of perenns who, sorie• years ago, prosecuted Mr. Hall and other. for abet, mode of conducting their business, and convicted them. I walk up the lane every day ; tray frequently half.a.dozen times • day. By Mr. SCARLET?—How does it Armen, Mr. Alderman, that yaw heft so long escaped these perils 7—Why, I am obliged some. them to breaths a lit de country air. SCAII LIT T—i do not mean that. I ask how you have con. tilted is escape the horned caule so long 7-0 h 1 always take car t o keep out of the way of homed cattle Jf every descriptioo. This reply, which excited much merriment in the Court, as had, imiesd, the whole of the worthy Alderman's evidenca, which was given with great volubility and seal mingled with a cer. tan air of drunter, terminated the queries of the crime-examining Gems& Mr. James Beveridge.—l am a surgeon, residing in Negate. street. I have seen the state of the slaughter-houses, and I think they mast be very Injurious to the heath of the neighbourhood. Mr. Hall, the defendant, who was sitting directly opposite to the witness-box. was pointed out to Mr. Beveridge. Sc . you think Mr. 1141 in a bad state of health 7 ---.•• . Witnese.—He take. tare to reside out of town. Mr. SCARLETT.—Do you not knew that both he and his family reladileesetently on the premises in Warwick-lone ?—They may,. teenewsbing that I know. Beene esker witnesses were called, but their testimony added no thibisnitteehd So the plaintiff's case. Mr. Sean LETT now addressed the Jury for the defence. He wild that be did not stand there to say that a slaughter-bout was not an iseenvseient thing to modern senses and in modern times. He laid particular stress upon the words "modern senses and mo dern times," because in ancient times the slaughtering of cattle was looked upon very differently. They were h their s.aug-t at Fes. ninth. and • hundred at a time, in honour of their heroes, and to plevtiote their gods. lie was somewhat surprised that the city of London Should have. instigated this prosecution, for if the world did not greatly belie the members of its Corporation, they were Genoa( the greatest consumers of the produce of the slaughter. hoe& What wont(' heroine of the Lord Mayor's Day if slaughter houses should be put an end to ? He laid it down as a general role that there are some trades wish which, however disagreeable they ware be, we must make a compromise, because of the conve nient= they produce. The blacksmith's shop was a very ineonve- I eat peigh t sir ; so were the tallow-chandler's and soap-boiler's pre. tinges, and unhealthy into the bargain : but what then ? Among such s'nedgregated mass of the people ae was contained in the metropo ld, they must be borne with, because we cannot do without them. If the present daughter-house should be removed from Warwick. lane, where would another spot he found ? Would Bond -street, would Cheapside, be more eligible situations ? This was, however, no novelty. This nuisance was not a thing which had sprung up ybaerday. Ile should prove that it had been there always, at least as far back as tiring testimony can go. The spot was allowed to be es convenient • spot as could be found in the vicinity of Newgate and Smithfield Markets. The Learned Counsel concluded by say ing that be should rest the defence of his client upon these points-- that there was a prescriptive right; that this was as convenient • pike as could be found ; and that such slaughterhouses were ne cessary to supply the wants of the metropolis. John Liverson.-1 was formerly a carcass butcher in Warwick. lose; I have known it since the year 1764; the premises occupied I by Mr. Hall have been used as a slaughter-house since 1771. Cross-examined.—There is a great deal of country meat in New. gate Market; perhaps-it Is principally supplied by meat from the country. The meat slaughtered in Warwick-lane is for the most pert carried so other markets. I do not recollect any horned cattle issieg slaughtered on Mr. Hall's premises before he came there. Another witness was called, who reeollected that bullocks. Ace. hid been slaughtered in this Lane between twenty and thirty years, bet could not carry hi. memory of this praetice beyond thirty years. The Loan CIIIFF JUSTICE.— This evidence, Mr. Barlett, witi_not support your claim of • prescriptive right. • Mr. SCMIILETT—It will not, my Lord : I thought I had had evidence to sorry it further back. My case is of course at an end. The Jury, under his Lordship's direction, immediately returned a verdict a Goiter. Mr. SCAILITT—You will not deprive us of liberty to kill sheep? The ATTOUNEY:66IITIAL—CerIaitIIy not; the indictment only relates to horned cattle. The Court of Aldermen who di. rated this prosecution, have given me instructions to say, that they will grant Mr. Hall every possible accommodation for carrying on his business in a reasonable way. Mr. SCAJILLTT said he supposed that they would not take out amt to abate the nuisance till after the lord Alayor's Day. "There were two other indictments against persons for keeping idaeghter.bouses in Warwick-lane, in both of which there were verdicts of guilty, by consent. T AND •VOTHER N. wtcxe. .This Wa. an action of never, to recover damages for the value of &home, which had come into his possession, and which he refused toitive up to the plaintiffs. he plainti ff s are the executors of a M r . Whi te h ree d , a barge winter. Tnehorse in qacition bad been his faithful servant for many • ; thin horse he had, some t i me p rev i ous to hi s d eat h , lent to Mr. nits. the defendant, who was his wife's son. The only question Waiorhether, sours time subsequent to this loan, the horse was not given out and out to the defendant. i. r ~t . , for the plaintiff, ;ailed several witness e s. Th e s thatenal fact elicited was, a statement by one of them, that the death of Mr. Whitebiread was announced to Mr. Wicks, he'skiti, " it was a bad job for him that Initebrcarl had died, as he should Aare to deliver up the hone." . Mr. Motions's addressed the Jury for the defendant, and railed s-rrral witnesses, who concurred in the fact, that White. Woad had given the horse to Wicks, on the condition that he should natanr sell or give him mis and that when the horse should be unable, to work, he should be killed and boned. The Loan entre .11•rrter, without recapitulating the evi. ( . 1 •Ece. purply told the Jury that the only question was, whether N , itebread had given the hone to Wicks? If they thought so, ene„y would fii.d for hint. `The Jury immediately found a verdict fur the defendant. FACILE L. et as riaox •ND Sowa. This was an action of trove', to recover d mars for two bills of e_prhange which had come into ilia Lands of the defendants by fy r Wing, and which they refai.ed to deliver up. The bills in toes. Lion were for IDOL each ; they were drain. by Eickc on a person of the roam., of Decconte, and accepted by ham in payment of premium open aortae insurances. Eleke wan in want of money, and hariog MON difficulty an getting them cubed. Decointe said he would get it done, r id ' Thi- ^::" had barmen' a bankrupt, but the plaintlf was solvent, and of Wail was liable for bill. in the h a nd s o f t hi r d persons , as the share, lid he now sought to recover them from the defimdantes, Mr. CIURNEY, for the defence, said that Bows slalt a defendant only to exclude his evidence. Though Id teality.he had nothing to do with the bills, yet be happened to be so mixed up with the transaction, that he could not now be got out of the case. If he could have given his testimony, lie would have shown how the bills cane into the hands of Mr. Simpson, and a good defence could have been established. As the matter stood, how. ever, they were not in a condition to make any defence. The Jury, of course, returned a verdict fur the plaintiff'. Da_ mates—the amount said in the declaration, to be reduced to one ' chilling on the defendants' delivering up the bills. LONDON SESSIONS, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26. Tt is winning then Sessions conMenced before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Sheriffs, and a Bench of Aldermen. The Grand Jury were addressed by the RECORDER to the fol lowing effect : The Gentlerr.en of the Grand Jury were met to perform an im. portant duty, in which their fellow-citizens and the public in gene ral were deeply. Interested. Although the calendar contained 49 charges, there was only-one which required remark from him, And that was a charge relating to a child under ten. yeajp,,of age. which by law was deemed a capital felony. The Grand dory would look with extreme caution to the evidence of the infant who complained, especially as the life of a fellow.ereature was at stake, and in eaer 7 citing their best skill and judgment, say whether the ease ought or ought not to go before a petty jury. The Learned Recorder then adverted to a charge of perjury, which lie observed was a very grave offenes—for the lives, liberties, and property of the King's subjects depended on the observance of the solatin sanctity of an oath. Af ter making a few general observations, the Recorder dismissed the Grand Jary , with an orde r t o attend the Old Bailey to-morrow morning (this day). MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, WEDNI9DAT, OCT. 28. Before FRANCIS CONS?, Esq. Chairman. ASSAULT. .7olm Tilbury and Thomas Anthony were indicted for assaulting Mr. Dawson, the lleadborough of Poplar. Mr. Dawson deposed, that as he was going his rounds one Satur. day night after twelve o'clock, to see that the public houses were dosed, he found the two defendants (in company with others) drinking at one of the houses, upon which he desired them to de part ; but the defendants resisted and took his staff from him, and beat him most unmercifully with it. Ile called the watch. and with their and other assistance, succeeded in taking the defendants into custody. The Jury found them Grally. The Covar sentenced them to be imprisoned for two months in the House of Correction. RIOT. Edward Stockman, a notorious character belonging to the prize ring, and whose very appearance would mark him out as a des perate fellow, and one to be avoided by all who have a regard for their personal safety, James French, John Raines, and Field, were indicted for violently assaulting Peter Hob, a day-sergeant for the parish of Paddington, and Francis Bradbury, a watchman, on the II th July last, while in the due execution of their office : the defendants were also charged in a separate count of the indict ment, with having, in company with many other person', committed a riot, on the same day, at the someplace, and o t the same occasion. Mr. ANDREWS stated the case to the Jury. This prosecution was instituted by an order of the vestry of the parish of Pad dington, with a view to put an end to that disgraceful practice which was becoming daily more frequent in and about this me t tropolis, namely, of a set of idle, dissolute, and dangerous charac ters, assembling together in large numbers with the professed object of displaying their prowesa in the ring, but in reality, it was to be feared, with much more sinister purposes. The present in dictment was against-five persons, who had been held on bail to appear at these Sessions; but one of them, named Alexander Doby, not appearing, the Jury would proceed to try the four now at the bar. About seven o'clock in the evening of the day in question Holt, who was employed to perambulate the parish, for the purpose of keeping the public peace, saw a great concourse of people, to the number of too or three thousand, in a place tilled Parker's-fields, in Paddington. He went up to them, and ueertained that a light was going on. He immediately spoke to Stockman, who appeared to be one of the moat active persons there, and who was performing the part of a second to one of combatants, and told him that he could not suffer the diatrubance to proceed, and desired the mob, in the name of the King, to disperse. Immediately a shout was raised, and a cry of, " ho are those persons who would prevent us from going on here? Kill the b—y —." Holt perceiving himself to be in danger, fled for hit life, and went for assistance to the watehhouse, where he met Bradbury. These two then returned to the fields ; and on their approach a shout was again raised, that the officers were coming, and a flash word, of " a pig, a pig," was used, by which it seemed, in the fancy a slang, the peace-officers were designated; and again the cry was uttered of " Destroy the b—y ; kill them !" Bradbury went into the crowd, the ring being now broken, and seized Doby, who was one in the ring ; upon which the mob began to pursue both the officers, and to pelt them with every kind of missile they could get at, cow-dung, broken bottles, and brick-bats. Several persons received severe injuries from this vio lent and outrageous proceeding, but Holt was the principal sufferer. After receiving a great many blows on different parts of the body, he at last was struck so severely on the head, while his hat was off, with a brick, that he fell senseless to the ground ; and had not a medical gentleman accidentally come by at the time, and rendered him every assistance, there was no doubt but Holt would have lost his life. As it was, he remained in a most dangerous state at the watchhouse for three weeks, during which time it wits uncertain to say whether the defendants would have to be tried for murder or for riot only. But on getting better, he was removed to his own house, where he was confined for four weeks more before he en tirely recovered from the violence he had experienced. Several of the persons ware secured, among whom were the defendants at the bar. Stockman, ft had been already observed, was one of the most active in the affray ; and Raines was the person acting as second for the other party. French and Field were seen in the mob while pursuing the officers, and aiding them in their attack upon them. The wisdom of the law of this country forbade persons from assembling together for personal combat, inasmuch as it en. dsngered the public peace; and it made all who should be present at such meetings equally guilty for the injury that might ensue, although the act committed was done by one or two only. The parish, however, had no desire to press for any severe punishment against the Present defendants ; they only wished that an example should be made of some of them, in order that others might be deterred from disturbing the peace of the neighbourhood by similar ' 1 acts in future. Field now applied for leave to retract his plea of Not Guilty, and plead Guilty. Mr. AgnaEwa said he was willmg if the Court would permit it. to assent to Field's discharge on his own recognizance to keep the peace. The CHAIR maw consented to the proposal, and Field was accord. Ingly discharged on entering into his own recognizance of 201. for two years. . . _ Peter Holt was then examined :—On entering the ring he saw the two persons *ho were engaged in the fight sitting on the knees of Stockman and Raines; and when he demanded peace in the King's name; Stockman wished him to let them have another round or two, and that would finish the fight ; but he refused. The mob then tried out " put him out, who the h—ll is he that he should stop the fight ? He then went for Bradbury. The re. mainder of this witness's evidence was in confirmation of the opening statenvnt made by Counsel. He admitted that the second time he entered the ring he did not see either Stockman or Raines ; nor did he recollect seeing either French or Field at all that day. Wm. Lewin deposed that lie was attractlxl to the spot hy seeing a great multitude of persons assembled together. The fight had commenced before he got there. He saw Holt leave the ring, but did not see him return. He knew Stockman, who appeared very busy in the ring. When the Officers were coming Stockman and others cried out " pigs, pigs," and the ring was immediately broken. Bradbury took Doby out of the ring. The mob then began to pelt them with all sorts of missiles, but he could not say whether any person was struck. Francis Bradbury, in his examination, stated, that he knew nothing about either of the prisoners while in Parker's fields. He took Doby, and then heard the cry of " Pigs." When he seized Doby he had a watch in his hand, but witness did not know whether he was the time-keeper at the fight. The mob began to disperse on the officers going among them ; but when they observed that there were but himself and Hob, they rallied, and began to pursue and pelt them with all kinds of things. He saw Holt knocked down by something that smirk him, on the head. The mob cried out to Doby to lie down. and they could not then take him. He saw French and Field while the mob were pur. suing them. They seemed to be taking a very active part in the pursuit. Ile did not ace either Stockman or Raines. He should suppose there were two or three thousand persons col. lecied. Ile received a hundred blows in different parts of his body. French struck him repeatedly at the watchhouse, before he could be secured. Job Grant deposed to the facts as sworn to by the preceding wit- Haas. Mr. Kerby, a surgeon, deposed that he was accidentally pass. ing the stratehhouse. and saw llolt lying imienstble on the cmunl. He anemic(' him in consequence. The wound in the head was very serious Indeed, and be doubted whether the map would reeover for the first fottnight. It was, in his opinion. a for. tunate thing that he was passing at the time, or Holt, he believed, would have log his life. This was the ease for the prosecution. _ Stockman, in his defence: said, he and Raines were passing the and Ism a crowd of people ; they went up and found two men fighting ; one of them was much smaller than the other, and lie en. deavoured to persuade him to give over lighting, but the little man would not. atd asked him (Stockman) to second him and see him righted, which he did. When the officers came up, he sold Raines went away directly. They had been a month in confinement, and he should think they had suffered enough punishment for the affkit atreed Haines rut in a written stater:, in which he expressed his sor row for his error, and hoped it would be a warning to him as to his future conduct. He had never been arraigned in tiny Court of Jun. lire before ; he was a bootma'er by trifle , and he hoped that the (red 4tilten we being confined. He looked through the window when ,lillradbury came out, and striking him in the side, desired him to go sway. H 5 remonstrated 'with the officer, when they seised him by the Cellar, and he admitt e d h e did t h en endeavour to resist their tak ing him into custody. He had been in prison fire weeks, and had suffered much, in consequence. French called upon one of the Jury to speak to his character, who said he knew the defendant to be an industrious man, though some what fbnd of company, but he had never heard any thing against him before. The CHAMM AN addressed the Jury on the evidence, observing, that the charge was a most serious one, not only as it affected the parties, but as it concerned the public: and if the parties were guilty, it was incumbent on the Court to punish them severely. A riotous assemblage of 2.000 pees is was an alarming circumstance, and one that called upon them to protect the public peace from such dangerous mobs by enforcing the law against those who were found to he concerned in it. There did, however, appear in French's case to be some doubt whether he was involved in the riot, and u m Stockman and Raines, there was no eridence whatever to charge them with the assault, inasmuch as none of the witnesses saw them there on the return of the officers the second time. But that a riot was committed, and also a most violent assault, there could be no doubt, and if the Jury were satisfied that the defendants were present, it would be their duty to find them guilty. The Jory found French Guilty of an assault, and Stockman and Raines Guilty of a riot. The COCIIT sentenced the two latter to be imprisoned for the term of three weeks, they having been already in confinement five I weeks, and to enter into their own recognizatices of 20!. each to keep the peace for two years. French was sentenced to be imprisoned ' for seven days. a 1%7 . - termined tomieSellyntlenspt which might be made to deprive him of his freedom. Ills Worship, who seemed to consider the proof he iwkluerd of the soundness of his intellects as at least problematical, informed him that he certainly was not justified in arming himself for any such purpose; he even doubted whether it was not his own duty to detain him. This remark apparently roused the indignation of the applicant, who expressed. in very angry language, his dissatisfac tion at the evident doubt the worthy klagistrate seemed to entertain of his sanity, vehemently demanding wbetber he was at liberty to depart. On being answe-cd in the affirmative, he left the office. His Worship afterwards seemed almost to regret that he had not detained him, tearing some mischief might ensue from his being at liberty in so unsettled a state of mind. QUEEN-SQUARE. EXTIENSIVE EMBEZZLKIIIENT.—Yesterday a respectable looking man, named Rice William, about sixty years of age, holding the situation of chief clerk and cashier in the Coke De partment at the Westminster Company's flas-works, Ilorseferry reafi, was brought up by Weale,-the officer, who had apprehended him the night before, at his house. No. 6, Oardener's.place, Ken. nington lane, Lambeth, on the charge of embezzling upwards of 7001. belonging to the Gas Company. It appears that the prisoner has been employed as chief clerk and cashier in the establishment for the last seven years, and the highest opinion of his integrity was always entertained by the Directors and officers of the works. His salary was very considerable, and hod been augmented lately, the Company having the highest respect for him, and his family being very large. Latterly, on account of his health being vet much impaired, his accounts have fallen into other hands by which means a very large defalcation in the cash returns was discovered. The discovery was communicated to the Board of Directors, and an Accountant (Mr. Adams) was appointed to investigate the books, and to report the exact amount of the prisoner's peculations. This was immediately done, and it was ascertained that Mr. Wil liams was deficient in his cash accounts to the amount of 7001. and upwards. Mr. Gude, the Secretary to the Company. waited upon the frisoner, and communicated with him on the subject ; he con fessed at once to most of his delinquencies. A warrant was im mediately granted for his arrest, and he was taken into custody by 'Peale the officer, who declared, that in the course of his long ex perience be never witnessed such a heart-rending scene as ensued between the prisoner, his wife, and children, when he went to arrest him. Mr. Butler, Mr. Harmer's clock, attended on the part of the Directors, and requested the Magistrate would permit the case to stand over for a few days, as there were so many charges to bring against the prisoner, that he should not be able to prepare them for the present Sessions. The Magistrate said that ft would be first necessary to bring one case forward, and then, of course, he should have no objacUon to remand the prhioner. Mr. J. F. Seller stated that he was an assistant to Mr. Adams, the accountant, who was employed to investigate Mr. Williams's Recounts, and in the course of such investigation he had found a de falcation of several sums of money ; amongst other amounts was the sum of ten guinea•, which had been received by the prisoner of Mr. Warde, residing in Drummond-street, Somers Town, for gas imp plied to Pancras New Church, and had not been placed in the cash receipts. Mr. Adams mentioned the deficiency to the prisoner, who admitted having converted that sum to his own use. The Magistrate said, that as one charge had been proved against the accused, he should remand him for further exami nation. The prisoner, on being asked what he had to say, stated that he h., been ill • since last Christmas, and was now suffering dread fully ; he had put a few remarks to paper, which he handed to the M agistrate. Mr. WHITE, on looking at the paper, said he hoped it would prove so ; he trusted he was not so culpable, but at present he would remand him. The prisoner requested to be allowed to return to his family till the next examination ; but the request was of course refused, and he was conveyed to Tuthill-fields prison till Wednesday next. The gentleman pained Christopher Dickenson, who has been some time in custody on the charge of sticking up seditious pla cards against the walls of the Treasury and other public offices, tending to bring his Majesty and the Government into disrepute., was again brought up yesterday. Sir - R. BIRNIE attended on the occasion, and Mr. NETHER SOLE, the Solicitor. Mr. Dickenson was brought up from Tothill-flelda prison, by Pople„ the turnkey, and was conducted into the Justice-room, where he remained for some time. What passed was kept strictly private; but we understand the depositions that wer e t a ken aga in s t him on a former day were read over to him, and he was ordered to find good security to keep the peace towards his Majesty. The accused asked if one bail would he sufficient ? but he was answered in the negative, and taken back to gaol. WORSHIP-STREET. DISTRESSING CASE.—Yesterday Anthony Compere, an fate resting looking youth, whose tattered garments and woful coun tenance clearly indicated that he was labouring under considerable distress of mind, and had recently been the victim of serious want, was brought before Mr. Benett, the sitting Magistrate, charged by the night constable of Kingsland with being found loitering about the neighbourhdod of the Cock and Castle, Kingsland-road, in an apparently distressed state of mind, and without being able to give a proper account of himself. The youth, on being placed at the bar, burst into a torrent of tears, and in a manner bespeaking at onc e hat the tale he told pro. ceeded from an ingenuous mind, stated that he was the unhappy °Spring of a father who had a second time entered the bonds of wedlock, and as is too often the case in alliances of this nature, bad become the unmerited victim, not of the stepmother merely, but to the paternal relation to whom he owed his birth. To such an ex. tent indeed had their unkindness and persecution recently gone, that he preferred even the torments of death itself to the insuffer able continuance of such a life as that which he had been com pelled, from his religious awe of self-destruction, so distressiney to prolong. Ile had made many efforts, indeed all those which inge nuity or perseverance could devise, to obtain such r. livelihood as to enable him to quit that roof, and forego that protection, which as a child, an affectionate and obedient child, he had a right to expect from those who were destined to guide his future pursuits in life. The ill-success of his efforts was attended with an increased sere. rity on the part of those from whom, all he had already stated, he might have expected better treatment, and unable longer to bear their persecution he quitted home, with Providence only as his hope and guide. Still unsuccessful, famine and disease overtook him, and in this wretched plight he was found by the constable, who had now brought him before his IVorship, a situation which the natural consequences of his forlorn condition, and not crime, had placed him in. The tale was told with such clearness and such an appearance of truth, as to excite from all those who heard it the deepest feelings of sympathy for the wretched situation of the unhappy youth ; in which feeling the Bench itseifseenied greatly to participate. Mr. BENETT, the sitting Magistrate, who treated the case with great feeling, asked Compere in what manner he had been em. played ? If e stated that he had hitherto been in the employ of Mr. Jack. son, a stationer in the Strand ; but from his weak state of health, he was unable to perform the duties allotted to him. Ile would, how. ever, accept any situation rather than again obtrude himself on the bounty of those who had thus ill-treated him. Mr. BENETT having ascertained that his age was fifteen, and that in point of stature jand every other consideration he was a fit object for recommendation to the Marine Society, asked him if he would like to go to sea? The boy, with great eagerness, embraced the opportunity thus humanely suggested to him by the worthy Magistrate, and said he would gladly accept any employment, ho wever men i a l. The. Magistrate immediately gave directions for the necessary communications to be made to the leading officers of the Marine Society, and in the mean time thought it prudent to adopt means for acquainting the parent with the destination of his chtld. To this, however, the youth objected, observing, that from the recent treatment he had received from his father, he was persuaded that his future fate would be a matter of perfect indifference to bim. It appeared, on a question from the Magistrate, that the boy had been for some time without food. Mr. Benett humanely ordered some to be immediately procured for him, and requested the parish officers of tihoreditch to take care of him until he slimed hay: car ried into effect his arrangements with the Marine Society, which was accordingly promised. The father was stated to be living in Fetter-lane, Holborn. The body of Mr. Entwisle, of Great Marlow, was picked up on Monday morning, near Temple M:11s, about a mile up the river Thames. It wig discovered by some barge men, who carried it to the inn, where it awaits the coroner's inquest. The head of the deceased appears swoln, and looks dark about the forehead ; the complexion of the unfortunate gentleman was rather inclined to swarthy. The deceased's income was about three thousand a-year.lMr.Emwistle's bro ther arrived on Monday night at the Crown inn ; his agitation was very great; he inquired for his brother; the landlord informed him the body was found in the river; upon which he insisted upon seeing him immediately, and on being conducted'to the body be trembled every step. When he saw the deceased he fell upon him, kissed him, and was with difficulty removed from the room. The deceased was seen about eleven o'clock on Saturday night, by a barge man, who followed him a short distance, but who returned en discovering him to be a gentleman. On the same night he went into a public-house, and drank a glass of brand and water. It appears that the feet of the deceased stuck in the sedge on the hank of the river, and hie head fell into the barge channel. There was a strong fresh lore.'se on Saturday night, and had not his feet stuck in the mud, he must have drifted down the river. The spot where the rash act was committed was a favourite walk Of the de ceased's. On Wednesday, the 12th inst. as Mr. Thomas IS - hitsed, of C'rowland, Lincolnshire, was shooting upon certain lends called the Four hundreds, in that neig:Thourhood, he shot • white hare, which weighed, when hulked, nine pounds and a half. T i .; : / . I i ! /Et limo v. ?NONA) Batt. • T 11151,64 we %demeans against the defendant fi keepiogroottesegbam.basee for horned cattle within 414.4ai*11 at -Q and Mr. Tex] At,eo we ET -flax stated that the Milliestreying en an extensive business as a bowl etlimihmr.heests ie %Varwick.lane. for the pu &HAP* f/ Awed settle. This, he said, was • wssonsoof Anne, and also at common law. He the &Met intended to be set up was a prescriptive shotild Is attempted. he was prepared with evide end teettmen Werth. nuisance was one which bad g the Ws fets more: Kanidge examined by Mr. BOLLAIIIS bsedN of Cistle Baynerd Ward. The premise yrithhl that want, belonging to the defendant, and so=sightre:-house. ined by Mr. Scnixwee—l have hi letterer thirtv-two years ; there hare always bees I there. The defendant's premises were always us me. A sewer wan built a few years ago to Cat patlLlCib t some of the inhabitants in the vicinity do atiekricrw whether the city of London contribu ceetaidirthe Ward of Castle Raynard did not. '1 roasteonvenient that could De selected, from its gasket. Mrs. Harriet Becket—l live opposite the premix Mr. Smith occupied them before Mr. Hall ; but he tor mem c. Islet lionly sheep and pigs. Afte the blood is carried away in tubs am en sin the same manner. While the blood, en remain in the streets, a very disagreeable smell esti and this occurs every day in the week, even on Sin Cross-examined—The business is more extensive I lost went to live there. Me. John Lockett—This witness, on hie exami lllMsto the ;erne facts as the preceding Iv itnesse e d itexarnined by Mr. SCAILETT.—YOU ar an you ?—.Ves. ou employ a great number of men ?—Mere or as work mopes. How many forge* have yon ?—Two. Mow many anvils ?—Half a dozen. Yee malts a great noise. (hint you, sometimes ?. h moat touch the iron. ;And . rs. Becket. who lives opposite you. opt tolletint to the noise of your anvils ?—As to that say ninth. She douse yon make is not very agreeable to Ken boon I nosey ?—1 cannot tell. You had the College of Physicians in Warwick. By the Attorney-Heneral--Were they dnven a mince ?—I cannot tell. Mn Althorn's* Crowder.-11 live in Warwick heed there thirty-five years. I know Mr. Hall's pi nos on the slaughtering business very extensivel drafty down the lane in droves of eight or ten a semi as one drove lkslaughtered, another is driven the:lane extremely dangerous. I pass up the 1 . .. . SURREY SESSIONS, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26. Mr. THEMGER moved' the Court that William Anderson and certain other persons have admission to the House of Correa ' don at Brixton, for the purpose of measuring the work done therein by order of Messrs. Joh% and Banks/ The Court observed that this was a motion of the first impressiolt. Mr. TUMID ER observed that there was a precedent. litr. H EDGER, a Magistrate—Yes, in the case of Probert, on a motion made by a slagistrate, but there is no instance of such a motion by Counsel. The motion was granted. Mary Daly and Mary Brien were indicted for uttering counter-,. frit coin. It appeared by the testimony of the prosecutor, a gardener in the Borough market, that the prisoner offered to him a bat! shilling to purchase sonic parsley, and when charged with it, the prisoner Brien dropped a bad half-crown. ! The prisoners were found guilty, and sentenced each to one year's imprisonment at Brixton, and afterwards to find securities for their good behaviour for two years.. Richard Roach was indicted for stealing a tea-urn, value ss. the property of John Richmond, a broker. It appeared that the prisoner was moped by a pawnbroker of the ' name of Matthews, residing in China-walk, Lambeth, to whom he offered the tea-urn, and who suspected that it had not tome fairly into his possession. He therefore sent for an officer, to whom the prisoner said that the urn had been given to him to pawn, end. he' gave his name as John Williams. The urn was identified by the owner. The prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to seven year transportation. The CHAI n MAN expressed the approbation of the Court at the conduct of the pawnbroker. John Russell was indicted for stealing the sum of bs., the pro perty of Daniel Stroud, a bookseller. Daniel Stroud deposed, that the prisoner came to his shop on the 17th of September. and asked for Butler's fludibras, in two small volumes. Witness had laid 15s. on the counter. and while he went to look for the book, prisoner took be. from it. Witness saw him do this, and instantly went round and col. fared the prisoner, who denied the charge. He had seven shillings in his hand, which he said he had just taken nut of his purse, which was in his other hand. 1174tness returned him two shillings, and sent for an officer; as he only found 10s. when he was positive he had left 15s. The prosecutor's boy stated, that he saw the prisoner tike his purse out, and draw money from it. Ithen his master seized him, the prisoner said that he was robbing him, and de.. sired that a constable might be sent for. The prisoner, in his defence, handed in a written statement, in which he declared that he was employed by Messrs. Robins to purchase the book In question, and that he had taken no money from the shop of the prosecutor. The CHAIRMAN, in charging the Jury, observed that it was by no means impossible that the prosecutor might have left 15s. on the counter, and that bs. of it might have gone by other means than the prisoner. The Jury Acquitted the prisoner. Mary Jane Seark was indicted for stealing a silver tea-pot, and other articles, value 61., the property of John Wallis, her late master. John Wallis examined—l live at No. 33. Oreat Charlotte-street. I ant an architectural surveyor. The prisoner lived with me an set. rant for about ten months. On the 31st August I found her gone from my house; she had left a note, saying she had quitted my service in consequence of the house having been robbed. I sus pected her, and had her taken up. I went with an officer to her lodgings, in Eagle-street, Red Lion-square; she was there; the officer took her into custody ; she was brought up at Bow-street. iiiy property I missed the day after my return from the country, where I was when the prisoner left my house. I missed the plate, sonic sheets, and some shirts. The prisoner gave up some pawn brokers' duplicates to the officer. Samuel Dickens, an officer of Bow-street, examined—l took the prisoner into custody on the 2d September, by desire of the prose- MOT. I searched her the next morning, and found fifteen pawn brokers' duplicates upon her; they are.for dresses, shirts, &c. She gave me those duplicates voluntarily. I searched her on the night I arrested her, and I found nothing. I went in consequence to se veral pawnbro kers, and I found the articles had been pledged. One of them is named Cleve; at his house I found a lady's dress, a shirt, and three sheets. The property was identified by Mr. Wallis. Joseph Ilewetvon, shopmsn to Messrs. Cleve, pawnbrokers, of Tllackfriarm.road, stated, that the articles were pawned to his master by the prisoner at different times ; the gown nn the 13th of August, for I/. In the name of Ware. lie was present when the money was paid. The prisoner made no defelice, and called no witnesses. The prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to 14 years' trans portation. POLICE. (lUILDIIALL. ....... Air. Seplimus Miles. who has kept a watchmaker's shop on Ludgate-street during the last forty yearn, appeared before Alderman Lucca yesterday, upon the charge of assaulting a jour neyman watchmaker of the name of Holt, and the hearing excite , l some interest, from its involving the question, whether an overdue bill of exchsnge is a legal tender in payment fur goods to the party who should have honoured it. Hole's statement was very brief, namely, that he went into Mr. Al I Ice's shop on Monday afternoon, bargained with him for a watch and gold chain, for which he agreed to give 19/. and that having put the articles in hia pocket, he tendered in payment a sovereign and an overdue bill of exchange, Mr. Miles's own acceptance, for 18/. Mr. Miles said he would not take it. He asked him whether it was not his acceptance, to which Mr. Miles replied, that he (Holt) had nothing to do with that, and insisted on having du: watch returned, or Immediate payment in hard cash, as he was only selling by com mission, and must account for the money. Ile (Holt) then declared that he would not give it up, and Mr. Milts proceeded to tear a button oft his breaches pocket in attempting to regain possession of it, and on his stating, to prevent more violence, that it WAS in the pocket of his waistcoat, Mr. Miles took it from thence. The laying hands on him whd•J the *atoll was thus taken from him against his will, was the assault he now complained of. Mr. Mlles, in his defence, stated, that his first impression on finding the hill tendered by a stranger, and a person of the corn. plainant's appearance, WY, that he might have found it. or become possessed of it in some other inip - roper way. The bill had been presented, on the 16th inst. when it became due, by a respectable refiner, and he was not to suppose that an overdue bill would be 'taken by a third person, in any bona _fide transaction. It was in convenient to him to honour the bill Just now, but he would take care and do so at the earliest opportunity, and he wished to impress on the Alderman, that if the practice of paying a tradesman with his own acceptances were sanctioned by the determination of the Al derman, many a shop might be cleared of its contents, and the shopkeeper ruined. This was clearly a trick of Mr. nirchall, who drew the bill on him, toget value for it. by putting it into the hands of a stranger, who really did not himself want the watch and chain. Mr. Birchen, in reply, declared the negotiation of the bin was a bona fide tratioaction--a payment for manual labour. Mr. Alderman LUCAS could not understand how a respectable tradesman could object to considering a bill he was bound to give cash for whenever it was presented, as equivalent to cash. If the bill had a time to run; thee, he could see that it was not equivalent to money ; but in this case the bill had strived at maturity. A. to Mr. niles's apprehension about the bill having been stolen or found, that was quite groundless, for suppose that had been the case, and he had paid it, he would have been secure, the bill having the drawer's endorsement upon it, which showed it had passed out of his hands fairly, and a document of thin description did not iden tify, upon the face of it, the actual holder, at any time after it passed from thedrawer. tie should not, however, give shy deci. Mon upon this occasion, but would leave the complainant to present his bill to the Brand Jury, which would be sitting to-morrow (this day). There was some legal difficulty In the business, for if Holt had Dots bona fide possession of the bill, it was nor, perhaps, in his hands, a legal tender, and Mr. Miles might then he justified in using the necessary violence to regain hid property—Summons missed. 110 W-STREET. Yesterday morning a tall, middle.aged gentleman, baying much the air and appearance of an officer in the army, and carrying his right arm in a sling, presented himself before the Magistrate, to whom it seemed he had previously addressed a letter. flit' object, he said, was to inquire of his Worship whether he should be justi fied in carrying arms 'boot his person, in order to protect himself . . that the brain never „., .. ~....., o,c swm." 11141 IIIC neu in carrying arms about nts person, in order to protect himself nit done, and lioultrbrlniFtha cas -17 i . v7tro ‘ o 7 c . io ' cit.iii;, " 1 . ;o ' w . ev ic e 's r, 4 1p . U ' had drea d; received would be considered by the from an arrest, to which he considered himself exposed. Some FECFR.—ire regret to state, we. Lot done, and titinpatan, who had sold him a c a r goo r w h a l e . Court as a sufficient punishment for his offence. persona, he added, declared that he will insane, and had expressed has been so prevalent at Reinhart), in this county, that no Morning, it min . after 2. Eu 011 12 5 21 base some time previously, and now became very urgent for French denied being present at the fight at all. lie said he Was determination to have him confined. His application, however, less than ten persons fell a sacrifice to its ravages in a few pr by JW Caateoir, import, bad obtained these , bills from kir. Peculate. Deeointa going to his father's, and passed the watch - house at the tints the he considered would su ffi ciently prove his sanity, and he was de. days.—Esarx Her a ld. printed at THE BRITISH PRita Ogee , • • MISR ,WATER AT LONDON BR!DGA ni T . H2E sita DA t ile 181, litrand, and published by R. CANNos, saws place. - • ----- .. . . CORONER'S DIREADTIIL SCtictur.—An inquisition was yesterday evening taken betore Thomas Higgs, Esq., the Deputy Coroner for the City and Liberties of Westminster, at the Vs bite HOlll4l and Bower public-house, in the liorscferry.road, on the body of Mr. John Dungate, a respectable tradesman, residing in the neighbourhood, who allot himself on the afternoon of the previous day. presented a most appalling proof of the self d eterm i nation with having been sworn, proceeded to vie w t h e b ody, which The Jury which the fatal act was perpetrated, the head being literally shat. tared to atoms, and its contents dispersed in every direction. The sight drew forth an involuntary shudder from every perch] present. On the return of the Jury. the following evidence was taken blr. Day, plumber and glazier, residing at No. 2, Regent-street, Toddll-fields, being sworn, stated that he had known the deceased for this twelvemonth past. He was only 21 years of age, was married, and had one child. He carri ed on trade as an under. taker in the same house in which witness resided. About half. past twelve yesterday witness came home to dinner, and soon after hearing the report of a pistol, he ran out of his room into the landing-place, whence he saw the blood flowing from under the deceased's room door. In consequence he opened the door, when he found the decerted lying stretched en the floor, and weltering in his blood. The deceased lived on good terms with his wile. {fitness had not the least suspicion that any person was with the deceased at the time the act was committed. The deceased had been in low spirits for some time past. file. Painter, surgeon, of the Horseferry.road, was called in to see the deemed, who he found stretched on the floor, quite dead, Ile had neither coat nor waistcoat on. On examining the frag. meats of skull, witness ascertained that the pistol must have been placed in contact with the forehead, so that its entire contents must have passed into the head. Death must have been in. stantaneous. Witness picked up the bullet he now produces is the room, where he also found a small duelling pistol. The right hand of the deceased was stained with the smoke of gunpowder. The bullet produced was of large size, was quite flattened, and nearly severed in two. Several witnesses spoke to facts which tended to show the de. jected and deranged state of the deceased's mind. The Jury were unanimously of opinion that the deceased cony. mitted the act himself, being at the nate in a state of insanity. Yesterday an inquest was held in the Boardroom of Camberwell workhouse, before R. Carter, Esq. on the body of William Henry Richards, late organist to Camberwell old Church, who shot him. self through the heart on Monday evening last, in the parlour of the Grove-house Tavern, at Camberwell-grove. The body was de. posited in a shell in an out-hou se o f t h e wor kh ouse. The deceased appeared to be a man of between 30 and 40 years of age, and of remarkably genteel appearance. The mortal wound of which he died was visible ; it was immediately un d er t h e l eft breast , and ap. peered to have ben inflicted with a pistol bullet. It appeared by the evidence of Mr. James Baker, aurgeon Camberwell, who was accidentally in the house when the deceased killed himself, that all that the unhappy man said, on Alt. Baker's entrance into the room In which he wa s dying, wai ls "Oh , God forgive me," immediately after which lie expired. In answer to a question f ro m the Foreman of the J ury , M r. Baker said he saw a paper lying on the table, on w hi ch were se. venal sentences that appeared to have been recently written. A discussion took place between several of the Jury, as to the propriety of having this writing produced, which It was finally es. solved should be done. The Coroner then read it aloud. it was as follows, and at the end of each tenter ce a line was drawn along: " May God torgive the Rev. J. G. Stolle, Vicar of this parish, and the cause of this my unhappy state of mind and this rash act. I forgive him. Alay God preserve in health and prosperity my kind brother and sister, Gillingham. And, Oh God ! there is one to whom I would have proved faithful fervently pray for.—lllere the name of a female appeared to have been written, with the pen dashed through it.l—She is too good to share my misfortunes; let her live to possess a partner more fortuhate. God bleacher! I believe this to be the mercy of the Almighty, that I may rid myself of toils and troubles so ill.requited, and of a proud, merciless world. Oh God forgive all my enem i es, protect and bless all try friends, particularly those who have strived hard to prevent this disgrace." Immediately after this writing was read, a Gentleman who sat at the table near the Coroner rose, and that as a most serious imps. ration had been inflicted upon his charact er b y t h at which the Gentlemen of the Jury had just heard read, he thought he was most particularly called upon to refute it. My name, said lie, is John Jones Stone. About two years ago, when I became Vicar of this swish, I found the deceased holding the situation of Organist to the old church, which situation he held for a period of nearly four years, with great credit to himself, and satisfaction to the parish. A short time subsequently to my being ap, °kited view of the parish, the deceased met therewih two disappointments, the one was not being allowed to hold tuation of organist of the new church building in the parish, as well as the old one; and the other was his not being invited to open the organ at the new church on its consecration. In eousequence of these d i sappointments, the Revernend Gentleman said, and especially the latter, the de. ceased resigned his situation of organist to the parish. When I heard of it, thinking it was done in a hasty moment, I pre. vented his resignation from being given in, and advised him to consider well of it before he sent it in to the Committee. The de. ceased, however, on that occasion, refused to take the advice, and resigned accordingly. Upon a subsequent vacancy takingplace, I was surprised to find that he became a candidate fora situation which he voluntarily threw up a short time before, and when applied to for my support atthe election of organist, I certainly refused it, not wishing to subject the parish to the caprice of such a man, and another organist was appointed on the UM October. On the 2•2 d of the same month, I received a letter from •lie deceased, dated from lioll'cbuildings, Fetter-lane, the purport of *lnch was, that in consequence of my refusal to support him at the petal. ous election,he had come to the determination of destroying himself. When I received this extraordinary fetter, said the Reverend Gen. leman, I proceeded to a Magistrate, in order to have his opinion, sr to the possibility of placing Mr. Richards under some restraint, to as to prevent the possibility of such an act, as that he contemplated, but was informed, however,- that no Justice of the Pace would in. terfere in such a business, and I subsequently transmitted the letter to a friend of the deceased's, at Kensington, named Maddox, who I was given to understand, had received a similar letter from the deceased, and laughed at it, conceiving that he had no intention whatever of putting his threats into execution. The Reverend Gentleman conclud•d his statement by declaring that he never had the slightest personal enmity to the unfortunate deceased, whose death he lan e ited as much as any man, under the unfortunate circumstances in which it h d taken place. The situation of organist to either the New or the Old Church was not in his gift, but was at the disposal of a committee, one of which he was. The Jury, with one voice, expressed their entire conviction that there were no grounds for the imputation alluded to against the Reverend Mr. Storie, and came to an unanimous verdict, That the deceased shot himself; being at the time in a state of temporary mental derangement." THEATRICAL AMUSEMENT.--011 Wednesday night last, two gentlemen, from the neighbourhood of Williamstown, were taken into custody by Peace-officer Gallogly, for spitting from the upper gallery of the Dublin Theatre on ' thole beneath them in the middle gallery! Au a warning to other practical jokers,- they were sentenced to ten days imprisonment in Newgate.—Duhlia Popes. On Friday last, one of the workmen employed in exca vating the new tunnel at Hare Castle Hill, was buried in the bed of running sand, which he was endeavouring to stem. He was found in it standing perfectly upright, and entirely deprived of life.—Steftprdshire Advertiser. COAL MARKET, OCT. N. Ships at Market. Ship s S o ld. Pepe, 2l Newcastle - -111 i --Us6d to 44i Od 9 Sunderland . - II . - 34 i Gd to 453 3d I Stone Coal - . I • - 60. Od to —a tal I Connell Coal - 0 . . —a Od to .... Od 2e Small ditto - - le . - 211 ad to 24s 03 MUMS. On the 2.? d inst. at Swindon, Wilts, the lady of A. Dodder.!, Esq. of a daughter. On Sunday last, at his house In tipper Grotrrenor.str.et, the lady of J. S. Willett, Esq. of a son. MARRIED. • On the 20th instant, at Lower Christ Church, Wells, Mahn If. C. Streatfield, of the 87th Regiment, to Eleanor, daughter of the late Harry Darby, Esq. On the 25th instant, at St. Jamea's Church, William Jot.t) Symona, Esq. of Chapel-street, Orosvenor-place, to Anne Emma Crewe. DIED. • On the 23d inst. at her house in Devonshire-place, Mrs. Lamour, widow of the late Francis hauteur. Esq. On the 25th inst. suddenly, at Beverly College, Putney-bottom, Surrey, Mrs. Sarah Cawston, relict of Mr. Phillip Cawston, in the 66th year of her age. On the 25th inst. 'at the house of the Rev, John Wain foully, Brighton, the Rel. Dr. Bogue, of Gosport, in his 77th year. Be had been about fifty year. Pastor of the Church of Protestant Dissenter* at Gosport, was Tutor to the Missionary Seminary, and one of the first Promoters of the London Missionary Society. On the 11th instant, at his house, Rathmines. Major Jams Allen, late of the sth Dragoons, formerly Port Surveyor of Drog heda, a Magistrate of the county of Kildare, and late Treasurer of the Ordnance. lie entered the military service of his country at so early an age as to hare held the rank of Lieutenant in 17a5. and was distinguished under Generals Braddock, Amherst, and Wolfe, in the first American war, by the command of reversl deer-mos expeditions., which were conducted with ability, courage, and tur ner,. lie was present at the storming of Ticonderoga, where his father was killed, and at the taking of Montreal. In this country, he was subsequently Aide-de-Camp to Sir John 'twine, while Commander ut the Forces, and also to three Lords Lieutenant. r.