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LAIT INTELLIGENCE. enz:r.T OF CHANCERV-FRIDAy, Jrt.r 16. THE MATTES Or VII ORE 30111 r FACE 1 VIINEr.• riot Lt.; MORI: applied for an early day to be appointed to „,, it ditirtmed, vibe:her the traverse in this rave should really go, , that without forth..? &flair. or whether the order giving liberty I. inverse should be discharged altoo her. LOR DSO I —Dr. Satherland has delivered to me his judg. naot in writing, and stated. that from oterrvations made by him cn different days, when he has been with S.r Gregory Page Tuna. is coadJent that rile Gergary is dreidelly of an unsound Mind oil be delivered that paper to me by expriv.n 'bat be had ! acre: known a person more It to be the sutijnt of t a r emmuisaion of air. PHILLIIIOIILE—Then. my Lord, the simple application m ake is, that rut Lordship's order may be drawn sap or die turned altogether. r. SrODrIC-4 should like my client's to have nixiee of such „ao application. Loansit tr —Then let your clients. Mr. Phillimme, give vuiee to the other side, that you will make the application on Marne! morning. I should likewise mention just now, that re. I ccire from day to day applications from diferent persons ytplrioß who are Sir Gregory and his friends with considerable sums for :;ta g, with a view to know how they are to lie re-paid. Now. I Volk I hull:setter state, by way of preventing any such futuretp. riiirationA. , that those who give them orders to make such supplies. ;suit psi them. Mr. PILL en IMOSE—Th do understand your ►lonlrhi H p that you will hear this in your Lordship's private room oil Mon. iby morning? Ills Loitosult—l . will heat it any where—l don't care *N em. Mr. Cr anew—Why should it be beard in the private room ? 1 . 1 ere is no secret about it; all toe world knows it. tlr. PittLitsiwiss-1 only wished to know how it wan to be. Ilia Lottnaata •— l shall kart that to the parties themselves to decide. COURT OF KING'S BENCII, JI.ILT 16. • MACAU" AY r. SHACKCLI.. Mr. PARK, before the Jury was sworn in the came which stood foe trial, mule an eppliestion in this cause to put off the trial until ' the proceedings in the Fain of Chancery should be carried to a tiwniinotion. The delevileits had pleaded a jostilicatio:r, and ap plied to the Court of Chas eery kir a Commission to eternise wa rms' abroad. The application As &Used. bemuse the Lord Clisncellse thought that two bills were accessary foe two Commis sims, in the widely distant places whee the examinations were to take piece. His niotion now was, therefore, to pot off the trial till this commissiou shined be granted and carried into effect. Mt. StARLETT said he certaiely meant to oppose the motion riresas, as unprecedented, unjustitiable, and dangerous. lie kern well that she defendants never meant to come to trial. It was the drat time he sue heard of an application to a Conc. of is '0 lend itself I. the defendants in a Court of Etptite. Me../u.tiee LITTLEDALE wished the application to be mode to the Lord Chief Justice- Id found that the Lord Chief Justice would not take it out of this l'ourt ; that elm cense, if not postponed, would come on to nionuw• and that Mr. Attorney-tietieral and Mr. liroogbani, who were engaged in it, were to be engaged soon after ten, before the Privy Council. After some observations on both sides, it was agreed to mention the subject nt the end of the first cause. 11011,I\ CAIIIDZN AND OTHERS. Mc. TINDALL opened the pleadings. Mr. ATTOU NEY-Ot ERA'. detailed the circumstance' at great length to the Jury. The plaintiff had brought this action to vin dicate his character teem aspersions cast upon it in a newsparr called the Times, of which the defendants were proprietors. Ihe circulatioa of that paper, which, in their own language, extended to every part of the known world, made a calumny inserted in its columns peculiarly injurious. The libel arose from the connexion ot the plaintiff' with the alendicity Society, of which he was first Howeran Secretary. and afterwards Assistant 31anager. The latter office was an experiment. and 'he plaintiff held it without re si;ning his afire of Hannay Secretary. For his service in the thauetet of' Assistant Manager, which were mint valuable to the Society, and reduced the expenses of the Society ter y considerably, tie Society considered 30U1. a-year justly due. In That capacity he aced for a year and tight months, and received 31101. A 3lr. Walla then socceded him. The libel now coniplainedolconsiated in remarks made upon the plaintiff's conduct and salary in this etSce. An annual account was published by the Society, in which the item of Sea was stated for the Assistant Manager. A let:er in We Tinter animadverted open this charge, and upon the plain. tit Mr. Bodkin, as receiving this money in disguise for a sinecure tthce. The Society consisted of the highest and most honourable individuals; the fluke of York was President, end Lord Suffield the original founder. Mr. Bodkin had uniformly received the thmls of the Society, and they had considered 2"01. a-year but a very inadequate compensation for his labours. Mr. B. sought not money by this action, but vindication of his character. The de fendants had not ventured to enter a justification on the record, bat pleaded the general issue. Mr. Bodkin, finding this attack made upon him in a widely circulated newspapm, applied to a pro le:nice:ll gentleman to get an explanation. None was given, but mother article appeared. Mr. Bodkin was al%n Honorary Secretary fur the Institution for the " Houselem Poor." For this he had no fee or mid. The lailtutioe was at an end. but there are coo miJer.ible funds remaining. The second article in the Times im rated to Mr. Bodkin' a deep scheme of transferring the funds to IRd 1.100-s q uare (the office of the Mendicity Society), and of Introducing some of the members of the Institution for We House less poor into the management of the Mendicity Society, under the !mpresaion that he was to have a permanent office with a high salary. In all this there was not a word of truth. These were the libels complained of. •• Gentlemen.," corainued the Learned Counsel. "we are all at the mercy of the public press. I mean not to.complain of the liberty of the press. On the contrary, it is the best guardian of all our liberties." But it was a runt tenni dahle engine when directed against an individual. The Times was particularly formidable from its circulation. It was widely dif nowd. Undoubtedly it was conducted with great talent, and hence its wide circulation. Money was net the object of tile pleintiff, but money was the only measure by which a Jury mold ttrress their muse of. the injare done to character. ''hey would therefore give web damages as would express their tense of the injury done to, the character of his very respectable client. The Honourable Charles Shore, examired by Mr. I: E laid be had been a mensker of the Illeritheity Society for three years. 11r. lksikin was Honorary Secretary, and also Assistant Manager. The annual account produced was published by the Society. Th. account was read in evidence. . . WOness- --- ThetutieTwere v Toreiglit houn a day in the summer. they were of a eerie:duces nature. • ense-esalnined Mr. SCAR I.ETT-1 was not a mescbcr at the licarwasoment. I cew lulling of 31r. Bodkin. I have been told that he acts in a variety of aces. Great pains were used to call mblic attention to the Society. It was certainly my view that it * 1 •• as association of independent gentlemen, who were to devote their latsars patuimnsly m a great public purpose. The Board of w 6 acted in enstirin, had the sane d to perform as the Assistant Manager. Mr. Tooke is Honorary Solicitor, and re oistvan emolument whatever. When the Autumn Slanager was Maimed there were twenty-two 31ana‘-ers Present. It we...nu:done •puhl:c meeting of the subscriber*. The proceeding was not pabli•lird. There was no pubilc notice, and no intimation given tethe pubic that Mr. Bnilkin was appointed Assistant Manager 445 a Wary. There was &so a dinner. 31r. Ikalkin's health was think cab sp7lsuse. Great pains were taken to publish that. Vlsy neat Alas were taken by the Managers to vindicate 3lr. Bud. kin's chuaeor. I think those efforts were successful, and that 3lr. il?dkin's character-NM completely cleared front any delusion which 1111W3 have exi‘teel respecting him. emir; appointing an Assistant Manager, the emir. ; roAkt not suortvsfulty glen! against impostures. The sp. painentot was the mean. of grest saving. An admission of the deknalr ma being proprletors, publishers. &c. 01 t to T;s c4 , was read. The hist one:charged as libel was read. It was dated January 17. 1821 ;it %WA toms at a letter addr,aed to the Editor, anti reNreted is atrom t terms upon the vote of SOUL to Mr. 'Bodkin. the Ilderetioy, fur acting as Asaiat a ne 31arager, at the rate ut 301.11. per annum. This ass dennotteett a. a thainumuous trick to get 3001. a year her Mr. Honorary rieas'etitry The leading 'click of the atone paper. moat cordially recommend ng the I eorr of ••.1 hint to Cp.. Pour" to public attention, and Wan Ti Itlyetti a tlC to the char ge of :iteof. as a most flagrant deception, was d. . • alibellous Me. GcovnY wasproceeding to put in the second article charged shin 111 r. St ant. T objected that there nos no prooaf of the :kW. haying been voted in point of fut. The lihel only stated that the item It 3,* rhaf:!cd .n the imbli,hed rep ort , an d the published report no proof of the aCtll 41 rote. sir. Ntephenn, who acted as clerk, read from the books that in ffioil. 1122, at a me et i ng, w h en 31. .Martin, Esq . was in ;he chair, 'lisdtin ' 1(1 ‘ 1 " 1 " 1 was , lormed. toting ? 1 1W. a year to the plaintiff: 31r. rontinem to set till the next November, in aff one year and t ight luoltlei Ile sots p a id 2 9 0! . f or the eight months. tro u-exareirtll—There was ho %peel:a vote for the NO!. There .Js no tn.,. of :MN. in one sum. 'file checks for the 200/. were te..!td July for lOW., and in December foe 1001. There were ' 4 7 tso managers present at each time. The minutes set forth mint% were examined, and the cheeks signed. 1 cannot ssr.r ; em • •tm account," added to the in July, was written et t ! 't •e.• 1 „:„ •.'• • • 1 Or e la no entry in the boek of any ',articular as thu cheek+ were stgned. '1 here was un annual el t erx: ere February. -the checks wer e sa n ct i one d a t th e g eneral tae, 7. it. • • 3 .;. tat cir sithibitttql that there was no proof or the AIM" - a rer.,,n 0: money, viz. Mil.ll. was voted." 'rite al -. ti.ideri:nl by setting forth that the libel was •• of ti., caulof of . N'• It it xi'. contended th a t there etas pruof of Attif. having been toied• A% I ivied upon the entry in the report, distinctly ' .* r- 1.1 TT 1.1. DA I.E was of opinion that there was U. ,. idieg.aloa to go to the Jury, and was proceeding . 1 , I i.ll—My Lord. lam quite satisfied. .4 . t i, ncr . .n...k ettarged is libel WWI th en rea d, dated January i , 11 :; . 11;ntk was a Manager of the Society for the "11 ou re. 'ltch Mr. Bodkin was Secrcury, without any —rta o." 7 .tti—Tite funds were by no means exhausted. They are c „ s id at ig z . 7g,. Tropo.itinr. was made to my knOTiediro2 fie dispoing of those fun.N. I myself made a proposition for trans. (erring a great part of the funds to other charities., chiefly to the Society for Visiting the Sick NOT. I had no view of transferring arty pr.rt to the Mendicity Society. I swear I never heard front Mr. Bodkin of any preposition to tr.nafer the funds to the Meng& city Society. Mr. Stephens was recalled by Mr. SCA ittr.TT, and stated that Mr. Walker, who succeeded 31r. Bodkin, had only 200. By Mr. lienNev—The labour was much left than it had been. Alt. SCAR/.:TT addressed the Jim. The AahnneyAinteral had been interrupted by him, when he state.! that applicatina had been made to the defendant fw an explarstion. Ile had &nisi proof. The defiance was met by silence upon that point. No contradiction or explanation had ever been asked. Theonly op : plication was for their solicitor's name. Mr. Bodkin at once deter ' mined to bring his action. The plaintiff had been amply vindicated by the resolutions and votes of thanks, which had been circulated : in the same widely di ff used vehicle which conveyed t'ie stain. For ' these alleged libel., which he would contend were not only innocent but honourable, Mr. Bodkin wished to rut money in his pocket. The Attorney-General could not state this to then, and there fore he called fir money only as • vindication of character. The first Witllell stated, that, in his opinion, Mr. Bodkin's at chat I natter required no means of vindication. Beim; a member of the Mendicity Society, he would not befoul his own nest. But every public [restitution required to be jealously watched. The snare connected they were with the generous feelings of our nature, I the more apt they were to degenerate. lie illustrated this doctrine ' by referring to the story of Fabric Ms, the inset, becoming assist. ant manager of the poor under Don Manuel 13inne:, who explain. : ' cd to the surprised Oil Blas that he RINI his chief gut more of the money than the poor. Mr. Bodkin was mainly instrumental in I founding the Society, and his name was praised in every speeelt, I report, and publication. Built was under the iii.a that it was a society of gentlemen who were to hare 119 private emolument. Among them was Mr. Bodkin. known only as the humane, beset' vol rat, independent. Mr. lloskin. The propriety of appointing alt'. Assistant Manager had been diact...e.l ic,tore the general meeting in February, Ittll. No mention WAS malt: at that meeting about the appointment of Mr. Bodkin ; he was appointesl by a meeting of management in March, hill. A general meeting again WOK place in February for ,wing. ',Vas the appointment mentioned Jan ? Not a word i but NW. were voted again by a few ins. pagers. log. was afterwards twice paid by two manageca. When was all this published ? Not till February, Ifi.M. The putlished report centained no account of the appointment, or explanati..n or the reasons. Until the explanations since given appesred. Hata transaction was full of suspicion. lie 'Muhl never descend to praise &newspaper, bat if there was a paper which devoted its pllbTiCa. Wwllll to matters of pebble 'swam& to the exclusion of private slander, it was :he flows. It was never re-slat the tea-table in order to learn what slanders were abroad. Ile avowed and adopted every word of comment which was made upon this transac tion as fully justified until it was explained. No editor was fit for his duty who could shrink from such an exposure. Ile would de mand their verdict for the del..ndant., unless they were to hold that a public document, which was open to the animadversion of every out, must nut be animadverted on in a public news. " nen SRIATT hadconc l ude d hi s to the Jury, CA * a 31r. Justice LITTLF.I.ALE minutely went thraugh the evittenc,, nd left it to the Jury to consider whether the commentary by the 1 :ewe was a boned it commentary, aa, if they were of that opinion, they must find a verdict tor the defendants ; if °therein., for the plaint tl: The Jury rrtird at three o'clock. At a quarter-past eleven, the :Viso: late was informed that a gen tleman, aged serenty.six, requested a glass of water, as he west nearly exhausted. . . Bellsmy—bet it he given hint. At a planer-past twelve, the Jury knocked, and as the door being n?ened, a Jurymen said, •• 11 e are not likely to agree ; look there," pointing to a Juror who was lying down, and the only in dividual persisting in an opinion contrary to all his brother Jurors. Mr. Balamy—l can give no fella': it is not in my power; I re gret it, but I can only doss I have done. At different intervals the edict, who had the Jury in charge came to Mr. Bellamy, and asked if a cettain Juror ( Mr. Robinson) who felt ill, might not Wallowed the indulgence of a little water. Mr. Ihdlemy—lf the gentleman be really ill, let . him have it. In lime Mire after a nu to e was handed to'Mr. Bellamy, contain icg a requftt that the Jury might be furnished with a pack of cards and cribbage-board, in order that they might amuse them selves until they entild agree. Mr. Ilellamy—Tell the: gentlemen we can glee no answer. At twenty ininutes be! ire two o'clock, .lr. Bellamy received • note from a juror. requesting him to send a note to his wife, that, in consequence of being d e tained on the jury, he could not go home Ito hit woe. _ _ Mr. licildmv.—This has no relation to the cause, and I can give no answer. This note is addressed to one of the Judges, and, as regards the gentleman'. wife. 1 have no j urisdiction. The agcnt. of the parties still remained. Up to rise o'clock ;he Jury had not returned their verttet, and it is iiimossibl, for us to delay our publication over that hour. The anxicy of thepartiesmumned unabated, and such was the feeling of the friends ot the Juror., thst many of their wives and families came to the Court to ascertain whether their husbands and fathers had nut met with some fatal accident. _ _ lkyond hunger, thirst, and want of 'deep, we heard of no accident up to Ohl hour—a quarter past lire. CONTEMPT OF COURT. Shortly after five o'clock, Mr. SCARLET', maid he had an ippli ea:,on to make to the Court intimately connected with the due ad. L aitaituration aquatics. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE—I am quite ready to hear it. Mr. SCAILETT then observed, that in the passage leading from this Court, 31r. Plstt, the respectable attorney for the defendants. had been - assaulted by Mr. Brock. one of the witnesses tor the plaintiff in this cause. Ile therefore moved that such measures might be adopted as the Court thought tit. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE ordered Mr. frock to stand on the Boor of the Court. Mr. SCAN I. ET T then examined a person of the name of !licks (as we understoodh Ile heard Mr. Platt ask Mr. Brock if he would repeat an assertion he had just used, namely, that he was a bad character ? To this Brock made no reply, but trod on his Cllr. PA) toes, breasted him with his elbows, and rushed by him. Cross-examined by Mr. Brock.-1 am a proprietor of the Tinter newspaper. Mr. It. Wilson, a Juryman in waiting, corroborated Mr. Platt, lint added, that lie considered Mr. Brock was seized with apoplexy. ilk only heard Mr. Platt say, •• Good God! what do you mean by that ?" Mr. Platt examined by Mr. SCAR LET T—l was outside the, door of the Court, when \lr. Brock addressed me, saying—" Why do you look so at me when you see me ?" The witness denied the right of questioning him, significantly adding, it is impossible to forget what is engraven on the tablet of the memory. Ile did look particularly at A 1... Brock. and could rot with patience hear any man say he was no gentleman. That Mr. Brock, in saying so, had prostlincal upon his strength, in the utterance of what was not true; upon which Mr. Brock seized a stick, as if to assault witness. The wit. net. then went fur a ;rood, end r.skett 31r. Brock to repeat his for mer assertion; bet the only reply was, " it is all nonsensical." Crows-examined by Mr. Bmck—M hat do you r. can by sn;•ir!7 about certain ions on the tablet of my meinn ry an swer to that would rimier it necessary for me to look tack upon a case which as vet no verdict has Leon pronounced. Mr. Brock—l asked the question lest it might he supposed that Mr. Ilan alluded to or knew any thing of toy private life, which could be brought against me. 1 deny having assaulted 3lr. Platt. The Rev. Mr. Pottinger heard Mr. Platt say to Mr. Brock, that he was Mr. It's. superior in every reapect, and that he would not put himself on a level with 3lr. 1:., to which he rerlied, " I think not." Other words passed, and Mr. B. said, `• are you an idiot ?" and rashest by Mr. Platt ; 3lr. I'latt pushed his hand against him , on which Mr. 11. said, •• don't disgrace yourself ; a blow from me would crush you, but I would not strike rml tier the words." Brock might have trod on the toes of 31r. Platt, but I saw no assault. Mr. Robinson examined_l am a grocer, anti have known Mr. Platt and 3lr. Brock fur many year', and the truth is, they were both in a passion ; I saw no assault. Mr. SCA 11. ET T said, as Ida Lordship had heard the evidence, it was now for him to of the case as he thought proper. 3lr. Justice LITT LE DAL E-11aVing heard the evidence, I do not feel myself called upon to do any thing in the matter. Mr. Itruca then left the Court. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FIUDAY, JCLY ALDRED PIPER, Mr. COMYX opened the pleadings in this ease. which was an or L ion brought for goods sold and delivered. The deloulant plead. ed non.liabilny or payment, and hisue was joined to try whether he was ►iable or not. Mr. Sergeant Pert. stated the plaintiffs we. The plaintiff and defendant in this action were both respectable persons, re siding at Hyr.ate. The former was a linen-driller ; and the fatter ! a thrmer, tell-monger, a:i,l wool-stapler. '1 his action was insti toted for the recovery of payment of several articles furnished by the plaintiff, in the line of his business, to the defendant's family. The plea art up by the defendant against payment was, as he un derstood. that these artich.l were furnished to his daughter, who was an infant, and therefore not legally liable for any debt she might contract. lie would meet this ground of defence by calling the defendant's daughter into the boa, who would prove that they were furnished on the credit of her father. This was the only I. mode lie had of establishing that point, as lie kept no apprentice, and his wife was the only other person present at the time the con- tract was entered i .to. lie confidently looked forward to a ra vourablpe result for his client, when lie established, by the eel-, deuce, the liability of the del.:r.dant. Mary .Iniie l'iper was then called and examined--1 am the daughter of the detendant in this action. I live with my father, I at about half a mile from Ityegate. lam now seventeen years of age. The goods stated in the bill were f unishcd tome I used to! scut my brother in a shop at Hyegate in condorting hit invites,. I went in the t turtling at eight o'clock, and returnee: Iv my father's in the evening. fart of the bill has been paid. I paid myself two sovereigns of it, and one two-pound note. Some or the furnished were Mr a servant whom he troy father) had engaged to board and clothe. There was also a muslin stripe for my sister. I I never saw an account of this kind in my father's house. The bill which I saw contained the word* for goods delivered." It was, however, to the Same amount. Cross-esantintil 3lr. Sergeant ROVL—The first time I went into the plaintiff 's shop wan to purchase a pair of black gloves. Hit wife was in the shop. She asked me if I wanted a summer dress. I replied I nut could not pay fur it. She replied that did not signify, us I might pay fer it at my convenience, by instal ' 'tient, These articles were furnished to me. 'l'.•ry could not, in my opinion, amount to 2W. There was also a charge made rot eating, laete, Bouncer, and a veil. These drama I wore at the i Inc at Short-litchi, for the rrearery of MIL which she bad invested deep, big not at home. I used to kayo them at night with Alm in certain grounds which were put up fir Pole, and which in the %mums. limn whom the heave was rented. When I paid the . bill of sale were described as being subject only toe pepper corn out mites Mr. Aldred, I was furnished with a bill, and with another nominal rent , and being equivalent to freehold ground. letbsequently. These bill+ I placed in Mre. Sinimorts's clock, but The definite set up wee, that the condition of the ground Mrs. Simmons wait I told apprehemave theAl th might be diswevi. mentl, were stilliidently set forth in the bill of pude, so as to make any nfterwards burned then. Maug my. person who may wish to purchase the property. err invest their father that they came to so much. :me told me she would not. and mo ne y i n i t , acqua i nte d with the terms on which it was to be said that she often did ouch things for the young people of nye- done. elite. I never wore these ortichis of drew at home, err in my fa- The Otter. .1 I'S TICE —The terms should be set forts in the ,nees prisoner. I used to wear them at church on Sunday, but hill of sale so axis mislead neboily. and it was dear that the lady , my father and I did not freqiient the soot,_ ch urc h. Th e Ina hod been deeeireil ice this e.t,e, by giving the ground i diaraeter nf :unotanted to Atil. 13s. and was cunt:acted in the euout,ts of Marcb being sukieet only to a nominal rem, and equivalent to a freehold, . and April. whet was not the ease, in foe. Mrs. N. Johnson—Witness is a dents-maker residing at RTe.! Verdict foe the plaintiff; a stein 'pewee, ter the daughter.' DE PRE v. SD A 1.0 ROSS. of 3ei ;the r.Ps in per.. a T e ttrit up art s 41" s. ides n rrc fetched home by the defendant% I Mr. Sergeant P;:t.a seated the plaintiff's ease in this eeriest, which servant, and hie wife paid f..r making them np. In her °risk= was brought fora breach of warranty of a horn. The plaintiff was there was CO article in the bill w idth was tiotaittited to a member eF, a mason residing in Savoy Wharf, Strand. He purchased a horse Mr. Piper's family. who was a respectable tradesman in very cotn- t for SOL which was warranted is ,milord, and capable of drawing. fartakile earninnstances. f As soon as he came into the plaintiff'. he tried him ..... ......--- Cross-eitansined—These articles might he very plessaat for this yr:nig female to have, but they were nut mciaaary, and might be very well done without. Mary Sutton examined—Witness lived as servant with the de &Want, and was to be destined br him whilst she lured to his ser vice. She went to the plaintiff 's shop with :Hiss Piper, and got there a gown and shawl. These articles she wore in the presence of the defendant. She knew that some of d:articles. and the bill. were furnished ; that sane of then were for Miss Martha Piper.. a girl of only nine years of age; among them also were a pair of Mockingly &c. tot a ling, the brother of Mita M. A. Piper. On her crow-examination she admitted that Mies M. A. Piper grit money for the payment of the articles of drat which were got for her wear. The Cesar Justin:cr remarked. auk the permits of this young' woman were exhibiting her as a very wicked petsun. Mr. Sergeant Clings addressed the Court on behalf of the fondant. It was true, that the sum which was sought to be re- ' covered by the present action was inconsiderable, but the principle tivolved in it was of the uttnoat importance to every parent in she ' country. He was tuitialied the Courts of Law would not encourage those persons who may be disposed to entice infants to prodigality and acts of extravagance ; but that they would extend their pro. nation to parents against the unfair claims which may be made upon them by seducing their children into such ■premier.. Nothing could be. more dangerous; there w* not a man of continua feeling who would not shudder at the extremity to which a young female way he driven by thus indulging esperitte dresses sad other costly anises which wars aotaxispeiredity h aitra in swim ; andtlw I charge of s. hich she was not abl: to defray. Notorious as the truth of this w 4 ‘• yet were line dresses furnished to this young female without the knowledge of her parents. 444 under circumstances which he would explain. and which he contended would disentitle the plaintiff to recover anything by the preaent action. The le. / fendant, who was a farmer, rmiced with his Wally at a short diet. ante from Ityegate ; he established a small shop in that town, in which he placed his son and daughter, with a view of augmenting his incur:le. Either the defendant's daughter was to be believed, or she was not; it' not to be believed, thon her evidence was of no avad ;ifto be believed, it was equally an. What was her story? She admitted that she procured the clothes clandestinely ; that I she wore them clandestinely, taking them off when she went home, and putting them on when she returned to the shop. Thus it appeared her parents had no knowledge nor opportunity of know. Mg the transactions between their daughter and the plaintiff What right had the plaintiff to apply to the defendant then, and say " I furnished these dresses to yiur daughter as necemaries ' certainly none. He would read Ora observation of a Learned Judge of the last century on a simdar case. An action had been brought to retiner a milliner'a bill of 3W. for furnishing' ornamental apparel to a young woman under age. The Lnirned Judge observed. t• No man snould dictate to another what clothes his child shall wear, or from whom to purchase them. Every parent should be permitted to exercise his own discretion on this pant; he knows his own cireuinatances, and the:afore knows what' apparel is suited o the situation of his family: and as it appears that this young woman was properly clothed, we will not encourage a person who would inveigle a young woman into the purchase of ciuravagant dresses without the 'knowledge other parents." There (amid not be a rase to which these observations were more directly apnlicabie than the present. Ile would ask, if any proof had been offered to 'hew that the articles supplied were necessaries ? No such evidence was tendered. With the exception of a pair of shoes far the boy, and a frock for a younger sister, there was not an article of necessary apparel in the bill. Perhits the plaintiff hoped for a verdict on account of these articles being necessary ; but that hope would be defeated when the Jury recollected that tour pounds' had been already paid in account, which was more than sufficient to cover the cost of these articles. As the young woman bad re. ferred to Mrs. Simmons and her brother, he would call them to the witneaa's box, to sustain the testimony she had given ; and he looked with the fullest contSdence to a verdict for the defendant. Mrs. Simmons was then called, and deposed, that the defendant's son and daughter kept a shop at her house for the sale of gloves and gaiters. She remembered the delivery of the articles of dress to Mary Anne Piper, but dil not make her father acquainted with the fact of her haring gut them. CH I Jt:ST I C E.—Anil why did you not acquaint him 7—No answer. C H le r des Tlc r..—Your conduct has been very shameful In not acquainting this young woman's tacks of the circumstance. ExAmination resuinvll.-31nry Anne Piper kept those things at my house. She changed her I•cis (very day, ap she came from my house. Two bills came to ha kause far paAmeas smiths clothes. When the last bill wan presented the plaintiff asked for money. Mary Anne promised that she would shortly let him hate some. :the was to pay him by instalments. On her cross.exatnination she stated, that the defendant came to ha shop generally on Tuesday. Miss Piper did not wear any of her finery on the occasion of his visits. Her brother was seldom at the shop, being engaged in the purchase of wool. Witness was a married woman, and lived with her husband. Severnl witnesses were then called, who deposed as to the pay ment of the four pounds by MIAs Piper. 11 hen the last in stalment was paid she went in by the back door; it was on a Sunday. The brother of Miss Piper deposed, that he never saw his sister habited in those clothes. Mr. SE nCeEANT PELT. replied--The question for the Jury to try was, whether the plaintiff was or was not entitled to recover 161. for the things furnished to the defendant's daughter, with his knowledge and consent. It was not necessary that the articles should be ex pressly ordcrel by him; there might be art implied as well as an express credit. If the defendant, on hearing that his daughter had been furnished with those articles, disapproved of what had been done, he ought to have gone to the phantiff and told him to take back the articles he had tarnished. and to send her to more. If he tailed in doing so. he regniskel the contract, and was liable for the payment of the rtr..sses. Sath a recognition was made in the present instance. It was stated doe the tither visited the shop at Ilyegate on every market clay, :Mel was it to be believed this lady, who wort her finery every other day, would divest herself of it on such a public day as the market-tiny of Ityrgate, and cehibit her self in the dress of a faxner's daughter. It such were the fact, would it not have excited the attention and surprise of the people at llvegate—would not the circumstance have been communicated to her facile:, and ii it were so, did it not require the strictest inves tigation on his part. It was said flint the girl's condition in society did not render 'etch clothes necessary for her. This he denied . ; besides it was incumbent on the father to chew that he 'loathed his daughter properly. Ile did not produce such evidence, and th:refore lie must take the rcnscqucnce of such omission. Atall events lie should have sent back the articles of apparel when be came to the knowledge that they had born furnished, and vs it was not his intention to pay far the: t. This had not been done, however, up to the ii:xsent day. lie therefore hoped the Jury would not permit t h e ile.endant not to pay for the things, and also , to keep them. Tire 1401113 CIIIFF JUSTICE onlercil Miss Piper again to be called to the witress's box. In reply to several question% pat by the Court, she said, that since that action had been brought her tattier had seen her wear some of therm dresses ; she did not know what became of the other part. ' She got the four pounds, which she paid to the plaintiff, partly for ' work and partly paid it out of money of her father's, which she gave away without his ~ ,:rniisson. The two sovereigns which she last gave she borrowed from a yo tog carpenter. The eit I F./i JUST t cr. in charging the Jury said, that whatever ditlerenec may pree. , •! on other points of this case, it involved one principle of great itormance. on which no difference could', exist; that was, that if any man supplied a young woman with dress unsuited to he: situation, without the knowledge of her parer", I and for which she could not afford to pay. he aimed 40 do her a great j itJury and positive mischief. lle crested feelings of extravagance in her mind which led her to apply the money of her parents, or money perhaps acquired in a worse way, to support the extravagance I into winch see was ir.:•ei ; ;lcd. 'Forte could no; be a greater enemy to female virtue than the titan who would furnish a young woman in the situation of the defendant's daughter with tine clothes with ! out the direction of her parerts. The sum which the plaint& ought to recover was 11W., and notwithstanding the conduct of the plaintiff was highly to be cm:drained, vet he was afraid that a verdict should pass in his favour for part of the money. If the girl had said that part of the father's money was applied to the payment or part of the bill, then h_• %%nag Five dire:•ted them to apply the money thus paid to the payment of the articles which had been got with the consent and knowled;•: I defendant for the use or the ser- vans, Ili, daughter Martha. aril other articles; but this was not the case ; unfortunately she was obliged to apply for the money to a young carpenter, thereforr a verdict he feared should pass to the amount of the . des t!,us proci,red. The conduct of 31es. Snit, mons was highly to oared. Ile e•gretted that there w a s a s h o p i n sty, g , i i e .7 .I,lnt h.ll •nrlt principle. as the plaintiVs wife had stated. It' the rldentlent disapproved of his daughter having th e sni c k s of apparel she thus got, he e:rtainly was bound to return then. to the plain:in . ; if be diet not, his omission amounted to a recognition of his elaught,i's cimtract, anti he was bound to make it good. More:ice:, the defendant bail seen his daughter wear the clothes. Was not this a ra-ignition of the contract. If they thought so they were obliged to find a verdict for the whole value of the ..r. tides, but whether at the price stated in the 6.11 was a queseion for them to theme tipm. 31r. tierr, , aat l uues reminded his Lordship that if his daughter made a coatract it was not in the power of the fattier to rescind it. The Voir r .11•,•rti..): said, the questinn was not whether he had rescinded the contract. but whether he had recognised it. 51r. Sergeant titus, requested that his Lordship would take a note or his objection. The tuner .It•sT r. said lie certainly would. If i; was fair to express it, lie hail been looking for n nonimit from the beginning of this mse, but ciiithl not grim:ids Mr it. Atter the Jury had consulust together a few minutes, tehzy Te -1 turned a verdict for the plaintitr—Damages 61. ticrr striritst.t.. This was an aztlon broogin l'y a lug agalnstan auctioneer mid _L. the pt... posseesiouJie , hist un der a load, and found him quite useless, as be would not draw, and could not be convened to any purpose for which he was recom mended. Betides, he wita unsound, and amongst. other diseases was affected by the megrims. He remained for site months in the plaintiff's possession, and was finally sold fur fftcen pounds, by order of the Judge, viltboat prejudice to either party in the present action. The horse had Bert reomousended in the highest terms by the defendant, who was a farmer at Barnead, IN Surrey, and who said he parted with him becau s e he w as too heavy for the work for which he wanted hint, Ile nen described him as " running away with the plough." Several witnesses were celled, who sustained the statement of Counsel and it further appeared that he had been previously seld for twelve pounds, as an tisoioutid No material contradiction of their allegations was made on the part of the defence, turd otter a short charge from hi. Lordship, the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintif, making allowance for what the horse had been suh•eptently soh, P4o, the charge of keeping hint whilst in the plaintiff's possession, and a few other incidental expenses. OLD RULE); Juii 16. Before Arr. Jrgeice BC CROUGH Med Mr. Jastic4 GASS LEE. M lURDER. Thomas Fish, ageti was indicted for killing and slaying Themes 11'atkins, on the 22d June. Mr. LAW appeared for the permeation, and stated, that paha lily the Jury might dismiss from their minds the serious charge of murder as attaching to the prisoner ; and it would be for than to say whether he had been guilty of the minor crime of manslaugh ter. as this unfortunate occurrence took place in a fight. Richard Linton being called, stated, that he was a tailor. raid ing in Salisbury mews, New-road , that he saw the prisoner and the deceased quarrelling the mewl, and that they afterwards went into Quebec-street, and fought there. After fighting avail minutes, the prisoner struck the deceased an the aide of the neck, and he fell against a cart r aisin g at the time. The deceased, after this blow, said he would light no more, and went to a public-house about fifty yrrils distant. George Cortield deposed, that the deceased struck the first blo• . and was envious to fight. Mr. alattliew Norton, a ',moon, deposed to his having been ailed opal to attend the deceased, about four hours after the fight, but that he did not then know thrr it had taken place. The de ceased complained of a pain in the bowels, and witness prescribed sonic opening medicine for him. The next time he called to ace him he knew about the light, and examined the deceased. He found that he had received blows on the body, neck, and lace. We complained then of hilt bowels. Watkins died on the 27th Jena He had no doubt that the deceased's death was occasioned by mats tification of the bowels; but whether the inflammation that pro duced it was occasioned by blows he could not say. A Juryman asked if the deceased, being heated by fighting, drank cold porter, whether that might not produce inflammation ? The witness said it certainly might, lie had opened the body, and found the bowels greatly inflamed. James Marshall, a fellow workman of the deceased, had teen him the evening before the tight. lie was then in good health. He was not at the beginning of the fight, but saw the three last rounds. The prisoner struck the deceased on the neck, head, and each side of the body, whilst he wax there. Mr. Norton was again called. He said he could not assert that Ithe inflammation was realer ad by blows, although the parts of the body that the last witness described as having been struck, ex actly tallied with those parts of the bowels that were described. (Marshall pointed to each side under the ribs.) - Fildl ' the dieessed's father, deposed that the prisoner and the deceased drank a shilling's worth of cold gin and water together as soon as the tight was ended. Mr. Justice Be a ROrttit summed up to the Jury, who, without hesitation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. FORGERY. IFiMite nnu, aged 21), was indicted for forging and uttering a bill of exchange to Elizabeth Nicholls, of the nominal value of 221. with intent to cheat and defraud her. The presecutrix stated that she was a single woman keeping a broker's shop in Chelsea. On the 2tith of October the prisoner came to her shop, and looked at goods to the value of 141. On the Ist of November he called again, and offered a bill accepted by a 31r. Wm. 31ills whom she knew, in payment for the goods. He had called several times between the 26th of October and the Ist of November, am: on tie 31st of Ocestser he showed her the bill in question, not accepted. The day after he called with the bill ac cepted. She gave her brother the bill to take to Mills, who said it was not his acceptance. The goods were packed up, and taken away by the prisoner on the let of November. . . . . . l''ronS . -eximiined by Mr. COOCE—IIex bmther had only been staying with her about a week. lie had been suffering in a good cause in the house of correction for a twelvemonth. James Nicholls (•he prostecutrix's brother) mated, that he had known the prisoner about three years, and that on the Nth of last October he came to his sister to purchase goods. He looked our between 14/. and 15/. worth, which were packed up, and taken away by a porter he hired for the purpose, on the Itt of November. He Dever saw the prisoner again until he apprehended hint in Oxford. street, about a fortnight since. The prisoner gave the bill to wit. neas's sister, saying at the same time that he had come into a good fortune, and that Mr. Mills owed him SOL; and on that account she took it. When he went to Mills with the note, he said it was not his acceptance. Cross-examined--He had lived with his stater for nine or ten years, without ever having another lodging. He had never been away from his sister's. He had once been in a lodging where he paid no rem for some time; it was for a twelvemonth. It was in the house of correction. Mr. Cootie then asked the witness under what charge? Mr..!uatice (LetELEE staid that it was bis duty to tell him he need not answer that question, unless he chose to do so. The witness declined answering it. lie was brought up to the Westminster Sessions last week ; but it was only fora common as. sault. lie was positive there was no other charge against him, but a common assault. lie never told the prisoner to buy the stamp for the bill ; he never gave him the copy of a bill; he never maid the drawing and executing this note ten a mere matter of form. He' knew a person named 31illst, a carver and gilder; when the bill was brought he wax present. He had never seen the prisoner write ex cepting when he indorsed the bill ; he had looked out some goods before the fourteen pound's-worth ; he had never pointed out goods' to the prisoner to purchase. He had never been in the counter; but he had been in Tothill-fields prison for two days. 31r. Coo It r., in this part of the examination, addressed his Lord , ship and said, however loath he might be to do it, he was under ' the necessity of appealing to the Court to protect him in the dis charge of his duty from the vulgar insolence of the man in the wit. ness box. He had called him " Mr. Impudence, " and had said, " if such a thing as that less out of Court wit hout his wig and gown, I would be even with him." Mr. Justin Gas E tr. r. Cooke., I was taking notes at the time, and certainly did not hear the witness snake use of any such offensive expression, or I should have stopped him ; but I ani certain he has made use of them from your having told me so. Mr. Coos E--M y Lord. I ani sure you did not hear theirs, other wise I shooed have been protected by your Lordship. Mr. Justice (lasi:LEE then addressing himself to the witness said, " Your conduct is such, that if it be repeated, I GM assure you I will send you to another place; and, let, ma tell you, Sir, if you ever again appear in a Court of Justice to give your evidence, you most cor.dnct yourself properly." William Mills was then callish but his Lordship said he could not be examined as to the writing of the acceptance, as he was in ! terested in the payment of it, if it were not a forgery. Buckeridge, the officer, produced the note, which was Hen : tified by the prosecute.: ; hut no one appearing to prove the hand i writing of Mills, his Lordship directed the Jary to Argnii the prisoner. /leery Leroy, aged 17, stood indicted for stealing a hall clock. two silver sp ens, nod other articles, value forty shillings, the pro ; petty of John Bevis, on the 13th of June. The prosecutor. who lives at Bethnal-green. and keeps a pub ' lie-house there, stated, dint he went to best on the II th ofJune at about eleven so'clisil. ; but his wife ami servant did not go to bed till three the next morning. At the tune they went to bed the property was safe in the bor. A neighbour of the prosecutor was in a gordeu that he had the care of at site o'clock in the morning of the 12th, when he saw the prisoner with a bag in his hand. Hr asked him I what he lout got th,Te 1i The prisoner replied, nothing that belonged to him. 11'ihitss however seized him, and brought him to an offi cer, when a clock was found in the bag, two silver spoons in his pocket, sod a ph,sipliorus box. He knew the prisoner, tor he lived about a t wel v einont is a4n s the pros.mtor. He informed the prose:uoir of the circui:,N.anco, who attended in consequence at the pol ice-011;er. . . . The property wit< proi:Lx?d in Court, and the prosecutor iden tified it.—GAlly. Ale.rander Fah . ) was caritslir indicted for stealing four gold seas, value Ili. the icor. fty of itobert Johnsqn Attention anal his partner. . . . ------ 31r. A N nu rws appeared tot the prosecution, a. , d called Jeweph Spenci.r. w ho deposed that he was a jeweller, and his part ner was Robert Joh• son Allanson, and they carried on their bust ni,,S in the parisa of fit. John. rlerkenwril. The prisoner came into their service na the :Id of .lay. On taking stock on the 23d June. at news missed a great dial of property, three se is he parti cularly niissed. 31r. Ilearcroft afterwards *hewed him the seals. ( . 11mi-examined by Mr. !taupe. sticit.—Prisoner was not eu thorised to take out any articles for sale that west not given to him by wit:..ess or his partner. The prisoner never cipremed any wish that the stock shohld be takea, but continued in lite employment till the stork was taken. lie was taken into custody at his own house. It occupied two days to take the stack. The prisoner was there on one of theme days, and witness then told him that he should not want him after that week. Wm. licarrrotr, shopr.:an to M. Wood, a pawnbroker, in High- 'street, St. filet's, pridueed t-3 , ,v that had bee^ yietlged hf the prisoner in the name of John James, at his master's shop, Oil 17th June : he lent 2:. on them. IL J. Altai:son, Spencer's partner, proved that he never aatto rimed the prisoner to pledge the seals produced: Crlss-essinined.—He entered into partnership with Spencer In April. Prisoner had insinuated things 'Omit tipeneet, ,sod he wa• sure faisc entries were made in the o';. is knew apr j son canted Saunders, hut he 1.:41 never told him that the prisoner and witness had rt.;red to take away part of the stork. being sorry that he entered into partoer..hip with Spencer.. Ile told Saunde 4 that he was fining to meat the prisoner on the 224 of June, at the. Colonial Collie -house. Witness told Saunders. that the prison,. was to wait a: the l'ektnial Collite.house, with the sock that he had taken ou: for the flay's sale; and lie might have told him that it Ilt3v. for the purpre Media Spencer to a disoniution of part nership. Ile remembered whget the 'lock rows token; it see the 23.1 of June. The rheum. tram It tie shop an that dey. It.-esamined...—U imam saw &mindere I. roo.equenor of baviv • tailed upoo him, he haring been a *aqua of the partnership, mil witness thought that he mi ght give some account of the property missed. The prisoner nu de the insinuations against Spencer n't the : 5 .15: of June, at night ; Dever before the 2lst ; sot sin or befut, the 17th of Jruhe. lib the 6 1:11117.—.The stork the prisoner returned a ith oa 22.1 of June Was larger than he usually carried gut. Kerte, the officer, apprehended the prisoner at hi* lodgings in Ctharlone street, Fitiroy-sousrt, oa the ligth of Jame. Nothing material passed at the tone. , ,pencer proved the prop,/ to belong to the partnemhip. he prisoner, in his defetseg, Raid that he hr.l entered the rings as sold, beam* be, was amid of not appearing to make asks. lie paid ready money (or one of the meals to hie employees, and entered the other two as told for credit; sr.d when the lime arrived for their being paid for he accounted far them, and therefore coa -I.sidered the seals as hisnim. Mr. Justice Gasttec, in ratnitiing up to the Jury, obserini, the: it' they were satisfied of the guilt of the prisoner, they roust also satisfy tbstaseltes that he took the property all at one time, to make it a capital Greece t for if the seals were taken at sera: • •1 times. their static singly was so near Ws. that the Jury wouit probably find under 40t. Lie thought, if any thing material turnosl upon Saunders's evidence in favour of the prisoner he might have been protium*. Mr. piton atc it said he was then in Court. aml naked permis. siott to call him. to which his Lordship assented. Arthur Saunders forded, that he had seen Mr. Allmison, Whp hert told hits, that ho directed the prisoner to meet him .•t the Otiontal Cofree-house on the 2241 ofiune, with a large portion of the stock. to force Spencer to a dissolution of Partnership, but that he amid I not meet him there, and had sii)t his father to tell him to go borne. Anniston told him that he was dissatisfied with his cotioaahe with Spencer. 'His Lordship then proceeded to enish his summing up I ansi the Jury, in a few minutes, returned a verdict of " Holley of stealing under ads." ftie -7 protonez was detained co tw3 other indictments, which wst• withdrawn. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Fktoir, Jet.l. A MOR %I. SCHOOLMISTRP.d.si. 4 ., mong the appeals which came before the Reach of Maestratki ;•.•..-day. was one against an order ef affiliation made by the are. gi- irate, of flatten-garden, which culled considerable raerriesert in Court. The circumstances of the case were briefly as Viol . :-4 sit. Elisabeth Perry, a lady of no very prepossessing aypearanee,pwly forty yeas of age, .ad who keeps a school for little dtiß to freak Lower Routh-. Northampton-square. appearqd a sliort.tkoti ago, areampanied the parish o ff icers of Islingtin, to eansilner. 'to the imilitistra , cs she had an additions! pupil for bee Meal by the hi of a child, for which acquEntion *be ark l ie n:title a young ollw (of reepeetsble connealtatal named Jewai 'than Bunt. Their Intimacy, which was but of three days' that. tion, was enteral/ formed by her meeting bin) in the meet ! aid op the kw day. In White Conduit (Jardine, I little OW eight o'clock, in the month of May (when of count dr medusa ekete crowded), her connexion with the other sex, foi. the Eta sod lON time of her life, took Mac:. ' In consequence of her positive .swea t int the order wag lank. which gave tine to the present appeal. Mr. C. Pm LL tea conducted the case (debt wpdiant. blr. ALLEY appeared on the part of the pinrh.b. It was admitted by the young man, tint "after rcfreshin this rts 4 lunteer cheer /tone with some negus, they might have Ines/gad Is a little an.orous dalliance, but a rest, •zt for public deseacy pre vented any further intercourse at such a crowded place, caw si So early an hour. Miss Berry examined by Alt. Pritsrtrs.....Wkitaht ill a schoolmistress ; of course fond of little children; cestardflas soak place in the tea-gardens. Are there any beds there besides bedim of roses ?—Nate. After a few more questions respecting the bees its fee, the beamed Counsel commented on the romantic selection of oboe made by the lady ; and after dwelling on the monwrows Ineweinder of her story, eallei a respectable gentleman, who eastandiatad Iry statement in some Imporant points. The Cot: lIT was however of opiniOn, that they Mad Mk teeth the order ; wit some warm conrersaaon occurred between the ' Chairman and Mr. Phillips, arising, we believe, hem theta wilaap. prehending each other. r. PutLl.tre Was about la intrados, fiNteliessouvesdhs4llr. porter err an evidence, as his notes of theme. as Otellaingt ik tlllP °Nee would material!) , contradict some of her stateasiests ie The Customs:l dal not however conceive that the Dates soak% be admitted in evidence. The order was confirmed. IMPORTANT TO COAL-MERCHANTg. BETSROiriII AUAI\ST A CONVICTION O• Z. mazicLANn. E ~Q. This was an appeal of the plaintiff, a coal-menthant of Chelsea. against a conviction of Mr. Markland, a magistrate*, Queen-stow police office, charging Mr. Betaworib wit two offences under ri , y Coal Acr, upon which he was convicted. The proceedings were instituted by the principal coal meters of Westminster, in order err abolish the practice of coal-merchants sending out trucks and cart* loaded with coals for sale in the streets, with which they usual v neglect sending any meter's tickers. Mr. ALLEY, on behalf of the conviction, was proceeding to call witnesses, when _ _ Mr. A DaCO'S admitted the fact of .tenilin , ' out coals in ezra for ittee; the Ad of Parliament not allowing sending out more than eight buithels of coals at one time, without a meter's ticket. This fact With 1160 admitted. The true' linen observed, that the whole eight bushels most be proved to be sold to one person, to require a meter's. ticket. W. Field said, in this Mee there were thirteen bushels in the cart. The Cum a MAN 913 i I Ciat wets of no consequence, for the cox'.v were sold in entailer quantities than eight bushels. Mr. ALLEY, on referring to the Acts of Parliament, fot:nd there expressed: " All coals sold or to be sold ;" therefore cf., Chairman dismissed the conviction. Another appeal by Mr. lletswotth was then beard ; he hal Ist!!!' convicted at the same time for sanding out cowls in sacks ul illegal dimensions. Mr. ANDREW'S contended that the .Ict merely refrrreil to the vending out a greater quantity of coahL than eight bu4helo. or the bringing cosh from on board Whips, fie. The (imn sr AN however thought otherwise, and tharfore or tinned the conviction. 3lr. An:mews expressed a wish to have t!-.e cave argand in the Court of King's Bench, which Sh. At.tty declines!. A Coroner's Inquest has been held at the Rovel Cw.:ufze.. in IVortiting, before J. L. Ellis, Evq. the Coroner for the western division of the county, on the bodies of John Ink • pen and Robert IWaden, who were drowned on Friday week in attempting to bring some contraband spir:ts to , the abort.. The Ju►y returned a verdict of " Accidental Death," and levied a deodand of one pound on the beat. The widow of lukpen is left in great distils.% with five small children. A subscription has IK-en raised for be• relief. The bodies were interred in the church-rani a: Broadwater.—Brightnit Ga77.rite. COAl"1 ACCIPENT.—On Monday afternoon, b:1:•.*:ott four and tire u'cluck, the Wigan coach, in attempting to limes tM Bolton Union coach, going op Loudon Road, rune In contact wit! • it near the Green Mao and Still, and in consequence the Bolton coach was driven against the lampspoid at the corner of Moassetreet. by which the wheels on that gads came off, and the coach came down white tremendous crash. We are sorry to learn that mom: passengers are seriously hurt, and one of them dangemusly. The inexcusable pretext of competition could not be mod on this occasion, as we understand both coaches being to the same eon. cem ; the conduct of the driver was thareedr* mast wanton anal reprehensible.—Lirrrpoot (':wrier. An inquisition was taken yesterday at a public-house Little Saffron-hill, before Thos. Stirling, Etc. Comm; on the body of Mr. Thomas Newton, wno lived for upward. of (.0 rears at 20, Back.hilL The deceased was • cooper. 78 years of age t. he. had been ailing • ems days before his data; and en Tuesday evening he walked out for the benefit of the Mr. oral intschciL advice ;on his return he sat on the stein a shoe.vaacer's anm at the corner of Ilattun.wall and Saffron-hill , and expired. Vev.ii:t Died by the visitation of Cod." PRESERVATION FROM DROWN:Nt..-0 t IV - canterlas evening as 30111 C ladies were walking on the Dm!: of the !tattoo Drain, near the bridge, a boy ran up to them in great distress. at. stated that one of his companions, who 1%0 gi.te into the ware to bathe, was drowning. They liveried to the spot, and per ceived near the opposi.e bank the hands of the suflerer elevatr! above the surface, but the rest of his was completely in.- me.nied. Their shrieks attracted the attention of a soi•INN longing to the I;th, who was walking in the titids at inure itbdanc;, and who made towards thin with the umiost +mid. Its this time the body had entnly disappeareil. On Ica-ning the cause of their alarm, the solder off his e..;• and brit. and witii the greatest promptitude and 11 rnrm plunit,d into the drain. Atter diving several tinioi, he sn..rzeded in bringing - the body. and lo.lging it on tie bans. The hoe (whose fisrll, ISUIMUIk) was in a state of perfect inocoobilice. and c•hibt every appearance of death. but try I..r.,verance in the means conin.ended he such occasions, he was gradually restored to r mation, and conveyed home; the soldier was aso in a se.if , great exhaustion. We are inforiled that lie was the meant saving the life of a fellow-creanire, under similar cir:iiinstanork a fiwaier occasion. The parents of the boy arc nut 1:1 a silostion reward his humane and 111.7 - slo:11511 conall:t. hut we trait it out pAss u:ututiccd in odic! ya,rten.—!//.:1 .. --y_ S btu.' t • ta c•• 19 t../ OD 40 «4tl • i • i• I Ivey had wise Pr . micro nor rt ive 4,0 plil:~ Cr ill !I‘.;ur Ivo! . 1111M' in the a. he tb cetv. vs' !p , 1 .1. faibcr t, re: b e t liry. 1 k, A ~~ ~ ~~ ''l