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• : INTLLLICENCF► COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Gummisift FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21. folure Chief Justice ABBOTT, and Special .7-win. HIGH PEAK JUNCTION CANAL. ni.*Otir. N. WALTON. LOSILEY, WOODS, GRAY, AND °THESIS. This was an action to recover It 4/. 15s. Gd. for work and labour done,) l or which the Defendants 'tad promised to pay. The Defendants pleaded the g enersrirsue, and the Statute of Limitations. Mr. ScaittAcre stated the case. He said, that the Plaintiff *as Mr. hermits, the engineer, concerning whose merits and distinction in his pro fessiou ally observation from him was unnecessary. 11 , they must be .perfectly well known to all who heard him. In that Gentleman England could boast of the greatest engineer in the world— rd a man consulted on all public designs of im portance, not only in his own country , but by every .aline in t urope. He (Mr. Scarlett) had himself , he pleasure of knowing Mr. Rennie, and in meet ,,;.! with him it had frequeutly occurred to his nand what a rare felicity it was to one individual to hare planned sod superintended the structure of .liree of the proudest efforts of human art and indus try, awl the noblest motiumentr of human geniis; Waterloo-bridge, the bridge iit the end of that street (the Southwark), and the Plymouth Breakwater. •fhe time of such an individual, it was apparent, was highly valuable; any man's time was worth what he could make of it; and it would he no .ex cuse to the Defendants to say they could get Mr. A. or Mr. B. to do 'bat the Plaintiff bad executed on their acrouni, rot a smaller remuneration. It would appear, that in the year 1810 the Defend ants had formed themselves into a Committee in the Metropolis, for the purpose of applying to Par ildineot for its sanction to undertake and to ca 1, rt subscriptions towards the formation of ti new 1 cmril, to be celled the High Peak Junction—that they appointed clerks, Rad held different meetings with this object. Thinking that the enterprise held out a prospect of considerable advantage and emo lument to those who would embark in it, they em ployed Mr. Rennie to assist the engineer previously appointed in the country to make the surveys, and draw up the necessary plans preparatory to the application to the Legislature ; being probably anxious to have the countenance of his recommen dation and advice, aware that it would deservedly weigh much with a Committee either of the !louse of Lords or the House of Commons, and be • powerful inducement to the public to venture their property in the speculation. Accord ingly they caused him to give his opinion on the then imperfect plans, and directed him to go down to Derbyshire, where the intended hoe lay, to make a survey, and verify, and, if necessary, correct the surveys of his coadjutor. At their request, he also composed a prospectus, giving minute details of the proposed work, to be submitted to the public, with the view of procuring subscribers. He did every thing that was required of him. For some reasons, however, with which the Plaintiff had i to concern. the idea of the *lnk was abandon ed. Mr. Rennie sent in his bill, and no objec tion was ever made to it. He was not in a harry for payment ; but after a considerable lapse of time, lie applied personally to different indivi duals among them to be informed to whom he was to apply to have his account discharged, but could get no satisfactory answer. A written correspond trice then ensued between him and Mr. Pearson Walton, but without any good effect. Under these circumstances, he was compelled, in the year 1816, to direct Messrs. Weston and Teesdale. solicitors, to write to the Defendants ; and on that occasion Mr. Walton addressed a letter to the Plaintiff, which would clearly take the case out of the Statute , of Limitations.—[This letter will be found lower down.]—lt only remained to say, that Mr. Rennie was yet unpaid, and finally found himself under the necessity of prosecuting the action. • Mr. Heath was then examined. He recollected the Defendants forming a Committee in 1810 to undertake a canal, called the High Peak Junction. He and Mr. Sloper were made clerks to them. Mr. Sloper is abroad ; attended different meetings of the Committee ; knows that all these Defendants attended there at one time or another as members thereof. Mr. Rennie attended the Committee from time to time, and witness received instructions to correspond with him ; the witness then produced different letters, dated io September or October, 1810, addressed to Mr. Rennie, and written by himself or Slope'', directing him in the name of the London Committee, the first, to see Mr. Brown, the county surveyor, before leaving Manchester, in order to revise his plan, to be deposited, pursuant to Act of Parliament, with the Clerk of the Peace. The others. directing him to transmit his report to the Committee on the intended line, and informing him of a meeting to be held subsequently at the George and Vulture, Cornhill, to receive a more detailed report. The report was also read, which witness stated the Plaintiff caused to be p . dat the desire of the Committee. and circulated among the subscribers : also a draft of an agreement among several members of the Committee, copied into three books, to receive the signatures of the remain der of the subscribers, in the following terms : tt We approve and appoint Mr. John Rennie to be our engineer." Cross-examined.—Has no positive knowledge whether Mr. Rennie was applied to by the Corn tuittee sitting at Manchester or at London. At the dithrent meetings in London, Mr. Reouit's name and employment were the subject of conversatiou; has not been paid yet himself. The letter front Mr. Walton to the Plaintiff was then read, it was to the following effect : " February 28, 1818. 6111..0a my arrival from Manchester, I was extremely sorry to find you should think it Necessary to commence lets' proceedings spigot me respecting the High Peak Junction Canal. I am awry that your bill has mut bees discharged lung sioce—it has not have owing to soy neglect or relax.- tins of cooties@ on my part that it bas sot. As 1 do mit mutate* having iodrvidually employed you, I gusset but think it ratios hard that I abeold be Cagiest out as the sub ject of as amiss, particularly wham it is coosidered what imputes sad ism of time has bees already Coerced by me is the triessctioa. At least I &might yop would hey. waited till a reference had been made to the High Peak Joactise Casa! Camipsoy, they heists is jostles Wooed to discharge you tioissed. If yea CHI statist to Ilda delays .•, s s tad t they refuse, 1 sheihl have no objection to contribute ety fair proporthm . of your demand. - '. • • • " 'P. 'WA t.tON, • Mr. MAltitTkl7, for the Defendant, argued, that there was no evidenee of the Plaintiff having been.employed by the D•fendauta, or of any inti mation that they were to be responsible for his de mands. The CHIEF JUSTICE inclined to the opinion, that Owe was satisfactory evidence of both these point*: and the Jury accordingly found a verdict fur the Plaintiff, with full ditinaoer. ELOXASI AND OTHERS t. ELLIOTT. This was en action by the assignees of a Mr, Fourdrinirr spinal the Defendant, to recover • eum of 751.. being the amount of th►ee quarterly payments, according to the terms of an agreement entered into previous to the bankruptcy between the partici; in consideration of the Defendant's be ing granted the use of a ue►r machine. for the more rapid manufacture of paper, for which a Mr. Gam ble and Mr. Fourdrinier, now the sole proprietor, had obtained a Recut on the original invention. and which was afterwards thought of such publ•c utility, and such ingenuily and industry in the contrivance, that the Legislature granted a further extension of the term. on conditio►► that a speci fication of the invention, with She improrements, should be recorded in the Court of Chancery within six months. The Defendant pleaded, that he was not bouul by the contract. inasmuch as such a specification as the law required had not been recorded, and on this fact the issue was taken. The enrolment of the specification in Chancery was proved ; and the ispeOfication, an accompanying ex planatory drawing, and a model of the machine, were exhibited. Mr. Bryan Donkin, a civil engineer. sta!eil, that the model had been formed according to the Act of Parliament, and that the specification and drawing corresponded with the machinery, except to minute parts, and that the principle of the machine hail been so plainly described, that any engineer or inge nious mechanic turning his attention to the subject could construct one without being obliged to have recourse to experiments. Mr. W. J. Brunell. inventor of the block ma chi wery at Portsmouth, corroborated the testimony of Mr. Donkin, and said, that he had never seen a more satisfactory drawing of any invention. The Defendant's leading Counsel, Mr. SCAR. LETT, contended, that the specification and draw ing were defective, insufficient, and illegal, for two reasons—lst, Because there was no scale of parts added to the drawing ; and, Wily, because it was not expressed therein that all the pints bore that proportion to each other which would be required in the actual construction of a machine. Mr. Donkin was then called a second time. and in answer to a question by the Chief Justice, said. that if one material part of the machine were first made of a certain size, and all the other parts after wards added in the same proportion in which they were laid down on the plate—a perfect machine would be formed. His Lordship, in charging the Jury, expressed his opinion that the objections of the Defendant were not well founded—and a ver dict for 751. was given in for the Plaintiff. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. FRIDAY, OCTOBIIII 34. At the opening of the Court this morning, the Clerk read a new Commissionorhich had been issued to the Magistrates to hold the Sessions. The old Commission had become so obliterated, that it was found necessary to issue a new one under the Great Seal. ARTICLES OF THE PEACE. Mr. Jolliffe, M.P. appeared ou the Bench, and exhibited articles of the peace against a persou named Theubald Cowling. Mr. ALLEY, in makilig this application to the Court on the part of the lion. Member, said, that the Defendant had been for three or four years in the habit of annoying Mr. Jolliffe in a variety of ways with► importunities for pecuniary aid. He had written a number of letters for money, some of which, particularly the last, were of a description that would very nearly have warranted a capital prosecution against the writer, for using threats to extort money. The Learned Counsel said, that he would confine himself to one act of the Defend ant's, which was sworn to by Mr. Jolliffe in the ar ticles now exhibited in Court, to phew the necessity of Cowling's being compelled to find sureties to keep the peace. On the 6th of October the De fendant met Mr. Jolliffe in Jermyn-street, and ac costed him in the following terms :—" It is fortu nate fur you that I have not met you at night, or you would be sorry for it. I have no fear—l have nothing to lose : I will he a Bellingham to you."— It was quite clear that a man who could use such threats, and declare such sentiments against ally person, ought not to be allowed to go unrestrained to carry his threats into execution. The CHAiIIMAN-.." Theobald Cowling, you hear what Mr. Jolliffe has urged against you. Are you prepared to give sureties to keep the peace ? Cowling. who is a meats-fookiag little man, with rather a wild expression of features, took from un der his arm a large roll of !misers, and said, " Real ly, Sir, I know not what offence I have committed. I have yet heard no charge adduced against me." The CHAIRaJAN then read to bins the express sions set forth in the articles of aware. Cowling—" Oh, Sir ! I can explain that. But let Mr. Jolliffe he examined—let us hear what he has to say. 1 have my documents here (pointing to his papers)—my defence is made out-1 shall read it in proper time." The CRAIRIIAN--" It is not necessary to call on Mr. Jollitle to re-state what lie has already sworn and preferred in the articles of peace exhibited by him against you." Cowling was now preparing with a great deal of composure to 'mange his papers, said push the other prisoners who were near him from the bar, for the purpose, we suppose, of having full room " to suit the action to the word," in a naming harangue, when Mr. ALLEY rather unceremoniously interposed. and reminded the Court that they could bear no speech from this crater—that he could not be suf. freed to otter his invectives, if he hid any, in that place. Many, many years ago, it had Imo! de. c i ided is the Court of Klug e s *oh, tq the cam of Lady Strathmore, that a paws. efitttt libelsoi* ~~z~: 1! •.! $ t .1.. I ! . • ties of the peace h:tel been esl.ib steel. cowl" s i qt be heard in the form of a speech its a Court of Justice. but must be immedistely called upon and required to enter into suitable snretied. The CHAIRMAiII litteeittrd tO Aiiry'S 'kW of the low, and imowerliately upon Cowling to emir into sureties to keep the peace for one year toward. Mr. Julliffe. himself hi the seen of 501. and two sureties of 25/. each, sod to be comeniited unttl he foihiel the same. Cooling—" Is is pcolible. that I won't be heard ?" Mr. At.t.t2.. No. I must insist on the rule of law—find the sureties." Cowling—" It this a Court (Of Justice, and will a man be sefused making his defence?' The Ctlatausts—.. l'etie are not upote bird ; you are only called upon (or securities. and you mug give them." Cowleng—" Then lam not to he heard?' I pro. test against your proceeding. I have my defence, and you won't hear it. I can't cell this justice by any means." Ile was removed from the dock in custody. pro testiog and reclaiming io violent term. against the course that used been taken Inwards him. Mr. A 1.1. CY said. that this person had obtained money from Sir John Shelley anti °thus. by his pertiuscity on writing to them. SWIN DUNG. Anthony Janes Jones. a young snsn of dashing appearance, was indicted for obtaining. oti the lath of September last, by false preteltii. trom Wlll. Taylor, two superfine coats, three fair of t era, and a waistcoat, by falsely representing himself to be Captain Illigh, of the Coldstream Guard.. William Taylor said he was a tailor, residing in Bury-street, St. James's. On the evening of the 18th September, the Prisoner came to loin, and represented himself to be Captain Bligh. of the Coldstream Guards, at the same time naming an officer of that corps, as having recommended him to witness. The latter said he did not stook for any gentleman in that corps; and the witness said it was nn consequence. he wanted some mourning clothes in a great hurry, and would pay on delivery ; he added, that Meyer soil Miller were his bout. makers. Witness took the order, and had the precau tion to send to Meyer and Miller, and inquired if they knew Capt. Bligh, of the Coldstream Guards. They replied they did, that l►e wear good customer and most respectable gran, the son of Me. Bligh, of Grosvenor-place. and relative of Earl Darnley. They also described his person as a tall, thin, din lc complexioned man, about 30 year• of age. This description exactly corresponding with that of the Prisoner, witness delivered the clothes at the Pii soner'a lodgings, 31. Bury-street. St. James's, where they were received es for Captain Bligh. He should not have given the Piistintr credit, except on the belief that he was the gentlemen whom he represented himself to he. Richard Kerrie', the foreman of the last witness, corroborated his evidence, and proved the delivery of the clothe.. Both witnesses, itt answer to roes ' tions from the Prisoner, identified him as being the person who obtained the clothe. by personating ' Captain Bligh. and stating that be had hut just arrived from the Continent. Richard Gregory, a tailor, had worked five years for the Prisoner, whose name was Junes, and who conducted business with his moths; as a tailor, to t. •+: The Prisoner, on being called upon for his de- I fence, addressed the Court in the coolest and most plausible manner. He admitted that he hod represented himself to the Prosecutor in the name of Blight. hut positively denied he had annexed the dewription of any regiment. He was induced to change his name to avoid a legal pro cess, which, he apprehended, had been issued against him. Ile had fallen tinder the lash of an attachment from the Court of Chancery for a sum of 6,0001., and had been imprisoned under it 22 mouths. Ile got out by giving a warrant of attor nev for GM. which he was afraid the Sheriff, or his officer, was about to enforce. lie was allowed by his mother 3001. a year, and would have paid cash for the clothes, had the bill. according to his direc tion, been sent home with them. Ile got the clothes for the sake of going to Doncaster, where lie was to receive a large sum of money. He had beesi brought into Chancery by the executors of his father, who charged him with disposing of Load. in India honds—a charge which they now knew was un founded. He meant to have paid fairly for the clothes, if the bill had been sent in with them. Indeed he thought that a great deal of unnecessary observation had been made upon the business. The Jury, without a moment's hesitationb found him Guilty, and the Court sentenced 1 to seven years transportation. The Prisoner flirted up his heir with his hand, settled the collar of his waistcoat quite in • dandy manner, and withdrew from the bar with great sang ft old. CONJUGAL BOSS. Catherine Cooney, a decently dressed rental., was indicted by her husband for emaulting him in a violent manner. Maurice Cooney stated that it was his fate to have been united to the female at the bar, in the bonds of wedlock, for eleven mouths. In collie. quence of sundry differences, they had, after the manner of greeter persons, separated from bed end board, and he agreed to allow her 10s. a week for her separate maintenance. Her attachment op peered. from the Prosecutor's statement, to be too ardent for this sort of separation to he of long duration, and she in a variety of ways re minded him of her existence. Ott the last occasion she went to the coachmaker's (Mr. Adatos'i) where lie worked, and introduced herself to his recollec. tion by flinging at his head a large sledge hammer, of 10Ib. weight. She rendered this memento of her acquaintance more inipresive in following it up, by giving the same destination to several iron spars which lay near the hemmer. The CHAIRMAN called os the female for her defence. She with great candour admitted the act of Ring ing the hammer. but exploined that she hod. cm intention whatever of hurting • hair of Lie bead ; she only meant to bare irritated Aim. He bed seed her very wrong, for their mom of difforenee arose from the circumstance or her being married eleven month., without having the good .fisetone of giving her husbeit4 as heir to hissogim This. she pro. tested, was out her fault, bat "the will of God," I • , ; • 'ind her hispintiatisad no % - iglit to uPbra . :.l her for it In the swami,' he trims iiecUstonsed tot The CIIAIRMAR—" But *tam you Separated from him, and while he paid you the allowance agreed upon betirceeltt- yob, there was no excuse Pr your conduct in gong and interrupting WM Waite engsged at his work." The Prisoner—" But, Sir, I did not marry him to separate from birii so soon. soil in that manner." Toe CHAlrtgksto--" have you any friend.?" The Prisoner..-" No, I um quite a stranger in town." • Tile iltisberwl—" No, Catherine. yon are not; yon hive a broiner, a bootusaker. in London." The Prisoner---'rYea. but don't you know, he'll. do notlititg for me ?" The Iluslosiril+" That's because of your mis behaviour to me. yon know." Th. Jury buena the Prisoner Gwilly, and she was sentenced to one mouth's imprisonment, mid to find sureties to keen the peace towards her hos baint, who significantly nodded to her at he with drew from ()wort —s mark of aNection Which she returiord with a gloliCe very expressive of the sense she entertained of his kindness in bringing this pro secution to a close. A fellow of the name of Cromwell (no had name for a dating &stns.!' of law) was convicted for besting all @gra father, who would not stippoit I iu idlene.s.—Sentence, one year's imprison ment, and to find sureties to keep the pence. Mary Curry was convicted of stealing one penny, in a Louse where she lived as serviiiii.—Senteoce, three mrw►ths itolaiaoament. Au old offender, named Benjamin Wellington, was convicted 1,1 stealing glasses out of butt *es, and sentenced to seven yowl,' transportation. In the course of the day the Court was disturbed by I ,ughter, occasioned •mot% the crowd by • contest heaven a door-keener end a huge black druninter, alio released to pull off his turban cap, or strike the crescent, which was emblatoned on the front of it. iu the presence of a Court of Justtcr. 'flee door. keeper stormed, and the black drummer hurled loud defiance, and went nut sooner than sub mit to be doffed of the imposing ornament of his cap. BOROUGH OF ST. ALBANS. The Quarter Sessions for this liberty and borough commenced on Thursday lan before the new Mayor and a very respectable Bench of Magistrates, when several cases of felony were tried, the most remarka ble of which was that of Benjamin Lee, for a rob bery : the particulars of which, as stated by the Counsel for the prosecution, ESPINASSS and BA2IIY, were as follow : Wm. Partridge, the prosecutor, deposed, that he was at Bernet fair on the 4th of September peat, when he was accosted by the Prisoner for the pur poee of purchasing a mare, that he, the Prosecutor, hail taken to the fair to sell, and that after some conversation he was induced to accompany him to • house in the fair, which he supposed to have been ■ public-house, where the Prisoner was joined by two other men, ■nd all of them appeared to be f■- miliarly acquainted with each other. In • short time they proposed to play, and the old game of hiding and chalking the table was resorted to, and all the variety of tricks practised on those occasions were employed ; at length the Prosecutor was as sailed, Ares sojoios thew in the play, which he re fused, and then shew his money. which he also re fused, until intimidated by their menaces, parti cularly by those of the Prisoners, he took • Batik note not of his pocket and put it on the table. then 17•. 6J. in silver, and lastly his watch, chain, and seals, which he hail no sooner done than the Pri soner put them into a hoot on the table. Buil another of the Prisoners ioostintly emptied it of all its contents. and rushed out of the room. crying out as he was running down stairs, " I have won. I have won," and effectually recaped. the Prisoner pre venting the Prosecutor from pursuing him, when he and the other confederate left the Prosecutor, end ran out of the house. The Prisoner was sub sequently apprehended in the course of the seme evennig, and on heing searched no part of the Pro secutot's property was found, but in a pocket-hook in his possession there were found several flesh notes. Mr. ANDREWS, who went down special for the Prisoner. cross•ettstnined the several witnesses who were called in support of the Prosecutor's testimony. The Prisoner was round Guilty, and the Courr, to mark their sense of his offence, instantly sen tenced him to be trsosported for the term of seven years. In an appeal case of the perish of St. Pancras, Middlesex, against the parish of ltedbourn. Hers., the Court, after hearing Mr. BAIIRT for the Re spondents, and Mr. PLATT for the Appellants, quashed the order of removal. TIIE LA7'll DUKE ol? RICHMOND. It is now folly asce►tained. that the death of this lamented Nobleman was occasioned by the bite of ■ mod fox.—The following extract from The De mocratic price. a Philadelphia Paper, of the 10th November IBIS, shears that hydrophobia, from a lilts cause is very common in North America PETTIMUNIMI (VA.), NOTIIIBta 3. HYDROPHOBIA AMONG THE FOXES. " We have men several !Gentlemen from the Northern Neck, who state that the hydrophobia exists at present to the most alarming degree ansoag the fours. In the county of Northumherlsmi, upwards of forty penises. have been hitters who have been wrist to she Slope. A twist realm kable circumstance attends the malady, which is, that the 'acted animal in place of avoiding Ilse human species immediately makes towards them, and eve. caters blouses is the middle of th e jay.—We have seen oaf Gentles's, who states, that a fox entered a house yard in his preemie*, notwithstandiag there were several dugs; and that the dogs, in place of stocking the animal, imme diately retired, exhibiting great gigue of fear. Os asuther uteasios, a fox made towards a hos olm was waiting along the road. The latter to avoid Ines leaped into a waren§ which was rosier, bolt the fop perused and bit him is sevenal places—Much injury has likewise been done to the cattle ; and we are informed that the greatest 'messiness ?Mao among to inhabitants; us seism,' of obis singular and extraordinary naalady."—{Frew Ms Men York kepolgkan Chronicle.) LORGToRD Et.RCTlON.—ThilielfetißlSvriejimiied tni the 19th ihstent, air. WRITI heirihg drehtii;j any Gaither contest. The nnenbrrs were.— • • Fur RI, U IL Fetbremoe, lien. Laity White, 114. ...... , . VC. .- iltsj•rity ler At harm .. ~....111141' I.tcg. SUPPOSE!) ROBBERY OF THE It EG EINTrIt r!I AH A R t L. mO. !• • • I " —..— NIC INSTITUTION, ARGYLE ROOMS. We ,latest, ou Thursday, that Mows Merrisme an 1 „Minh/ tattlltoon were charred with twilling Inhale, which I - longed to the warehouse of the above lipottutiow; 21 roasts paper. The Secretary of the Institntion fouod she paper supposed to be stolen at Mr. Gaiartord'a, c beeremso ger, Lodigate-hill, and he gave up Harrison, the peoprwini . f a ham and beef shop ' Broadway, Bleckfriam, N. the peewit , belled parehated it fr..m Harrison gave op otilbeau is ih. person he hod purchased it front, and the Wier %Ist/ 4, that he bought it from Mr. Todd, cliemensoner, St. Nl.ertiseo le.Graitit. Yesterday Prier Drown/ow, a lad, heal put to the 1,1 , , charted with selling the music to Mr. Toilet Mr. Todd stated, that the Primmer was in sloe habit of drabs% in his shop for months for sae+ arlic . e. a. ha add, On the LI of September he asked hint if lie would purchase, some waste paper. He answered in the affirmative, tool be brought him about 40 lbs. which he purebnitert at 31.1. per lb. part of which he (the witness) sold it. Sullies's. The paper now produced he believed to be part of what lie par. chased from the Prisoner, as he remembered seeing Ow name of the Insiitntitin on it. Mr. Robert Aleroft, music-printer, :I, Cron , yourn-r I, Leicester-aglitter, slated, that the Primmer had berm in I , tik employ, and was an excellent servant, for which re •-..11 ho gave him the waste paper as a perepsisite. He ('he •ettne..:`: printed for the Regent's Harmonic Institution, amid some oi* their waste sheets might have been among.l those i.e gar.. the Prisoner. Oa looking at the sheets produced, he ostd they were waste; for instance, in one sheet ... )1 begin with rk. Coma RoNg, and ended with 71. Poorer' Bear}. He was asked how he could make out that the layout ite sir by Cramer, was waste, when it was slam) rd by the 'damp of the Institution, and Most have been perfect Mititee it re. eeived that stamp? In his answer he said, be w i .ho4 %I, Cramer was present, fur lie, as well as mp.) , other whin. „t composer', often came, and had an alteration Mode it the regretter, In their composition., after numbest Pad Poets sent to the Institution, and the engraver snit the original sheet, wish the proof corrected, to him, the prlovir ; the original never was returned, but considered wattle paper, a• it was nod perfect music, and moat probably that was the way the stamped sheet got among., what hr had given •11.. Prisoner. It was perhaps neves.," to wiitiiiii, Ilsat it, .- was a very small proportion of she paper gyres. to the It,l. 1 loner, that the Institution were concern. el in. It ans as •1i: paper, in the course of trade, from printing done for other Sir Charles Flower (the sitting Mae ohiterved, ha had most patiently investigated this business. and ha wI4 sorry that serious charges had h. ea, in the first ittstancr, brought against respeetahle persons, which bad delis trail them for a short time of their liberty, whit] tin rc was not .s shadow of evidence in support of such • chat Ka. TitgfP was not a person who was attempted to be implicated that had not most honourably acquitted himself of any guilty loiter.. lion, and at the sante time had given every assistance hr trace it to the gust vender. This they bad most satisfarto. rily (lone, and the printer of the Institution had roma hir ward in a manly manner, and accounted for its being distri buted in ebeesemongers' shops, and in his (the sootily At. derrnan's) opinion, had fully proved that it was waste p ipa.„ according to the custom of the trade. lint if the agents of the institution did not believe the assertions of their own printer, they might bring an action at law against him fur converting good paper into waste. It was, however, his nines to discharge all the persons who had been so impro perly brought before him. George Browne was brought up, charged with Bleating Ave plank,. Wm Turner, foreman to Mr. Peto, builder, tittle Brits. n, stated, that about Ave o'clock on Thursday :owning the P.. - loner came to him in his master's shop, and mked Lim f,,r job; be told him he could not thee, as the wok was * ry slack, but he might call again. A few incoutes afterward*, as the witness was coming out of the null shop, he saw the Prisoner carrying five plaaks sway on his shoulder ; Ise lowed him, and had him taken into custody. The Prisoner was committed for trial. Joke Crisekloy was committed fur trial foe a tirrOar offence, stealing four planks front Mr. John Watt,,,, tioners'-court, box•inaker. BOUTIIRAPIi. A case arising out of an Mil diorite betoisei• th. ...ty London and the county of Sarre', orrnpioil the attention or the Magistrate the greatest port of yesterday. It w4s .5 complaint made by David Hoskins, a private rtinstable em ployed by the inhabitaists of Lent-street, agaissat Daniel Heron, night constable of St. George's parish, for it.rtatilt iiiz him, and refusing to take a charge.. _ . Hoskins, the complainant, said there was an itnrlrrsfand- Lag that all Prisoners should be taken to the wateltunie, an.l Rot to the Compter. Mr. Ellis (Solicitor and Treasurer to the Commissioners of Pavements), observed that the refusal of Henna to take the, charge was founded on a particular order (rum the parish. Mr. E. dies called upon the Magistrate fur his ditehlirge., The Worthy Alderman said, that if he was to pay any respect to the Complainant's oath (mid he saw no craw. s to doubt it) a case of assault was rumpleiely essabits.h.d i but he thou&bt it would be most advisable to *utile the mat. ler amicably. After a great deal more anaconda's Ur. Ellis tysve hn.l Heron's appearance, and expressed his determination of try lag the matter at the Smarms. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT By FIRE. Yesterday afternoon the neighbourhood of Norton f;.';.7tic was thrown into the greatest consternation and alarm !ty ..e"! cries of fire, which proceeded from the house of Mr. Kii•ght, oil and colournian, which originated 011111'f the following circumstances:—Mrs. Knight was attending a pot.coutaitt iug some varnish shirt) was holing on the fire in the bath parlour, and by some means the vessel was upset, awl in as instant Mrs. K. was enveloped in flanales--her NM &eke brought her husband to her •Inistartee, who, in rota. veering to extinguish the Bastes was severely burned. Mrs. Knight ran into the yard surrounded by fire, and on her way through the passage, the flames set tire le some turpentine, which slued by, and burnt wirb the greatest rapidity, and threatened total destruction in the *hole neighbourhood. At length the parish and othe r en gine. arrived, and having a plentiful snap!, of WIWI'. It wen got under without spreading further than the parlont, which it began. Sir Was. Bliasrd was imnsethatt ly sent for to attend Mrs. Knight, who was barns in a most dreadful manner, and little hopes are entertained of be, recovery. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Arrived the Fox and Family transports frogs Jerry ; In tegrity transport Bros Guernsey; Loathe's Pedal, Scot, from Havre tor Idadeira; Orient. Galilee, from Zsntr, 111 38 days—she left loading the Vigilant sod Estee, the fo.rt er to sail in two days . ; spoke off Altana the Newt, —, Irons Neafoitudland for Leghorn. PLYleolrea, Ot 20. Arrived the Petry, Palmer, from tint bec. S.ited the Spartan on *cruise; moil the Grecian schooner for Portsmouth. vAulovri. °cream 19. Arrived the Rwiama,Coortsay,frora Petersborgb fur Br irtol ; Die mite roe oil board of by a brig two day. ago, irbicli ear. tied away ber bowsprit, he. • • pria.2.. et-Toots 21. Arrivtd tks Vittoria, 801111611% trout Qoaabec • Mary sad Elise, troop Pstriliv ; Coapack.T.appiag,fra ' m A ham; Nautilus SlOGallindallMiliweDo• Awe; ; AeArlepr, Lawry. front Shields for am.; sad hie 11.iryiii ship Lail, (rung Lesti; for Knoneetts. a ~~' DAI Oa fro issi*:—Th o r t aliZZ .oft iciscoks. Acibe, ota ~ in i robbed of plate 'War -tiny's" /*As valii - Of about SOL - . ~'