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gly. , 1 • . LAI? IN TR LI:IG COURT or CHANCERY, LivroLl'6-131x, SvirmtoAr, Allover 13. DRURY-LA NE TH EITRPL JUDGMENT. The T.ORD CH iNCTLLOIL said, he had read over the palms, the btll, the Olfithavihr, and Acta or l'ar !worn' eisoneettA with t:,ia case, upon which he flow prepAr,ll to give his judgment. Lordship .orol the present iojtattiittoo gfalited on am application mute by S.r S. Hominy, on 1):- !vill o f Mr. owl Fr ven other intlividiaais, prying tkat an neeottiit of the debts doe f Drury-lane Tlwatre, to performer. sod other., 3 ,p1 the propesty possessed by the Thtatre applicable to the itaysepost of the sisal., should he smolt o p ; that VI *II:II or money equal to the diacharkebf those (14sts shoo:41 be raised by mortgige, or sale of Vitt of the property of the Theare ; and thifthe De fetplasots, five griudemen, entiopobing the Sub- Cimilnlttri! of tllntialgrrnellt, 111,0U1s1 be restrained, limier an injunction, from re-opetting the Theatre, •ogaging pet former=, oage-totmager, or other per - 11,11.. lur the porpoto of theatrical represntationli, or from otherwase interfering with the conc - eriis on the prolwrty, wail arrangements were made for clearing tho Theatre from its einhwrrleisnietit.. 11.4 Lordship observed, the motion was certainly one of 4 qiist.leraLle importance to the parties, and lie was therefore anxious to chyme of it with the least possible delay. Tsro Acts of Parlioinent lard been ;tripod fur regulating the concerui trf this Theatre—one in 1810, the other its 1812. T - A we," Acts his Lordship proceeded to adeek., anti com ment/II on them, clause by thus*, sat eon it length. His 'Lordship observed, that it. 1802 eun . . sielerable tli.ruseion took piece in Chancery relative to the coticerni . nf this Theatre. Ott that'occasion he, front feelings of oersteial regard to the lute Mr. Sheriehio, devoted much lime, both in and omit cif Court, to being abo u t such en arrangement on might le. necessary to all parties. Under the urrangeinent then made the Theetre proceeded till it was sow for.unately de.truyed by lire, ut which time the property was inured for uu sometimes 31.0 410 L In 1810 ;in Act was peseed Tor re-10144ring the Theetre; those who interested themselves in this object iltoog!it it would lie advantageous to the Company that they should he erected into a body carpeted...— This was door but with the edvaiiinges which they gained by thre proceeding, thee ul-n entailed o n themselves the disadvantages belonging to it. By the Act then pooled. the Comp any were authorised to noise 300,000/. t.r rebuilding the Theatre, arid for setiliog the claims of the proptielois, awl other, belonging to the former oee. The Thea tre had ti.indued and opened c m . th e o ur p,,,, lef throttled representation.. The piesesit case, therefore, differed materially from that of the }(-Kent's Cahill. It was not like the crew of a Speeulation, undertaken with the sanction of so Act of Parlieruetit, which expres•ly ant hreriawi the expenditure of 300,0001. ; sod olio+ 340,000/, hating tires. expended, it wait discovered diet as . lit ich (wire was wanted to complete the wink.— In such a ( . 4! , e the C-art of Chancery would inter fere, but in the pretreat ismailer there was nu such ground for interfeienCe. On looking over the Act of Parliament it would appear that the building and opening of this Theatre were connected with et-t -hew letters patent, end it wits s 'question worthy of the considemtion of the parties. how far it would ler prodeist lot hem to close the Theatre. they holding 34 patent restraining the public from having the ttr. conimodation army other in its stead. Under t h us first Act in 1810, there was constituted a Gerieral Assembly, a Special General Assembly. and a Gr uen:l Committee. but there was not a word in the Act relative to the Sub-Committee. The Act then went on to name test individuals, who were to select eleven others Irom the body of Proprietors. and these twenty-one were to form the Generul Committee. l'hese ten iiitlividuals were all highly respectable ; lie was not now called on to give an n o n:i-iti whether they were well qualified to moorage a theatrical Concern, otherwise he should say lie 0111,1 see oar name amongst them which would 11. , Ve! Inc., as well 0 ttt t ted ; that was the name of his old len aid, Mr.W. Adam, now at the head of the ury Court in Seotlinid. These ten gentlemen, haw i.ver, st•lected eleven others, amongst whom were the lade Mr. Whitbread and Mr. I'. Moore. one it the present nefendents. Mr. Moore was also a trustee, and it did appear hod acted with more li hermlity towards the Theatre than lie was called on to do. Ilia Lordship proceeded to read this other Sections of the Act of 1810, and to curnmeitt of them at length, and observed, if the t: Ales could nut agree, the result of coming to Chancery, us In the case of the Opera House, would be the sale of the property. if, indeed, a sale of the property bf a corporate body could be accomplished. Next came the Act of Isle, which repealed certain torso of the Act of 1810. By this Act of 1812. the Committee were authorised to put the seal of the Company to writings, iellownig to the old loiters Is, 3d. rid other advantage. 3 on every inolit of performance. iii lieu of eloimb they lied ortsi:ig out of the Theatre. There mei ithwi power ! .;seti to the Committee by this; Act to g iant !WI WI. it.'141::111 all interest of live per cent. to l. Ind out of the proceeds of Ow Tlit•zor to cl not* postponing their Defirlieien.ts said 34.000/. of these bonds acre no:So.:col in the 80,0001. due by OW Theatre. Under the ',coves ol this Act also the Committee had grauteel Irwin of private bnxes, for which they had rr coved from individuals 38,00111.. TA:- Act provided that the Special Gracile Cioniti.ii.••• sit twentyaoue might ninny Ave out of their body, who were to be a Sob-Committee for the suainigeonent of the Theatre; and hosing made this appoilitinent, they were, within fourterii days lifter, to etnivene, by odvertiorowit, a General Arrieni bly. which Assembly was to have the power of re jecting any of these five, and electing 0: litrs out of the (oily of 91. This Sub-C '.ter, ap proved. were to act without fee or eliehriberit, sold were to pirweis the rimer of ellKAgitig fug .lIC/14 aril oil Other persons authorised to lee employed under the Act, sod to gve them such salaries, Be. .t. they, the Stile•Coutinit e e, ehould coneider for the henelit of the concern. •I t wee . a ., nut a single word in the Act requirMg them to sulitisit their acts to the tippr ,, vat or not of the General A.ersubly. This first Sie-rotionittee wire to veutisbe fur three seasons, Ayr cinch the ab-Comm'irce was to be re.-eict . ttel by the GeLeral Committee within three months after the expiration Of each theatrical session, when the new Sub-Com- Miner wrfe tusuccerd to all the powers of the first Sob-Committre. A question h,d arisen, whether the pr e sent Sob-Committee were legally comfits toted. they lost litivitz hem submitted to the opt.. Mon of the General AsseiAbly ; neither, it appeared, bad soy Sub-Comiutitee since the inigniel one. That queseiois ilia not at all call on hien far au answer h ow. It lhr COMMitier sti;:re not legally 'constituted, theta they had no power to act, 'oil the 6103110.0 U WAS WilleCtilifY. The result lei the Whole in his mind was, that the first Act of Piellintuteit constituted the proprietors a coiporate body; this was continued by the se ettlid Act ; and itie Legislature Is id given to (er ten,' select parts of this body the power or auiug cattails acts, and ekrrcising CerlAiii powers; and whilst those select pacts could exercise the 'powers vested in it, there was not the slightest ground to *say th9t, even thotigh'the management or the Stsb- Cumiiiiiitee might be iodise:reel, the General As sembly coull exercise time powers delegated by law to a sleet bode. The Act gave no power to any one but the iGeoProl Special Committee of 'tweittly-one, and the Sub Cot 11111 l ttre. Taking them, as Ile did at present to be. well constituted. it must be a strotig case indeed which would induce the Court of Chancery to interfere. The General Assembly might *deist.. oast it would he well that the Committers shout(' attend to that advice, but the General Assembly haul no power to dictate. If the Coinnitttee were not regularly constituted. or lied not properly ilischargrd the powers veined in I mein. the questing must lie decided, not ils the pro. visions or those particular Acta of Parliament, but on the law, as it relates to corporate bodies general ly. This was a view of the cage, which he thought it would not Ise for the benefit of any of the parties to lake. tie could not but thick there was also a want of pit tar:s lo;fre the Cowl. The tenet rs and bond creditors iirep looterept in this trestion or bbot 'mit the Theatrc. The el ;) anent of their demand depended isf, j.l ' , w i ng , open. individuals who paitl eSt-t.nte.d. for Ih• tr ioirme boars had also Ms interest to like litiritioit of opening or shutting the Theatre. All tli.*e 11:1:•ties had a right to a hearioe; they hod hot been head. and on that ground, if there wets no other, lie thought it would Ise imptissitile in mistletoe ilie enjoin:6(lB4- 11e run hl not. in the atoiettce of Owlet. mistier, pot an end to the rewriter. of Drury-Issue Theatre. He was ready to mitres. Is- felt serious appreleenw stoles of tl.e evils who h would arise to tlio:w con cerned hoot its going ale stutter existing cieCUID stances; but he also felt that the.rvils likely to re sult from closing it would be argue! magnitude; 'sod, therefore, it was sus m • lie ought not to interfere, mod that the injunction should be dissolved. Tllf. BEDFORD CHARITY. The I,tittn Clisat:Et.s.ust said, Iw lisa considered this yisrrnuo aids work atwiitioo, sod hid come to a ilecimon un rare part of Cat: 11. , pliry. Ile was dr cidr.llr of iiii ~ to, that Jew boys were wit eligible to be elected luau the school ; how far persons or the Jewish p..isuasion were to be allowed to parti cip.re lii the uthrt advantages or the Charity, was a question I.e hail out yet detu rmioed on. THE OPERA HOUSE. wcruas r. TAYI.OII. The LORD CIIANCLI.L.ta said he vllll,Oll bit on IVlesitlay mid Turbifay to give judgineith, Mill tills Mai Mit 111 the cube* in winch l►e wuuld deliver Oil LLG4L DIFFICULTY. A moat extr,orilinary, and istilretl mirecetlonted circuimtatice h..s jut or in the City of Gloo. tester. 0:5 Wcsltiesday eveuih,l List, Mr. Ricardo, the I legit Shari, and his r.- nor, iiroceeded, about ten o'clock, in order to nett the Judges. Sir Wil liam Garroo amt Mr. Justice Ili,lroyd, WI the rood fau n s Monmouth, where the business bad detained thou rattier ail tiutvio2ll ktigtli Or tom,— Sir Williaru Garruw had ;;one tur.varil from Mon mouth with the sitinost expedition; but all his efforts did hot enable Isms to reach Gloucester br fure twelva o'clock. When Sir William was in the Slitiiff's cll3‘ Is, Mr. Ricardo suggested the probability of tile illegality of u l sruii, g the CUM missiou ou the 1311 t instea.l of the lah, which was the specific day. This, st first, did out very forci bly strike Sir ‘Villiant oa u serious objection; and lie opened the Comincoiois as usual. In the morn ing the Judge, Sheriff, &r. attended the church, and the Assist sermon was preschyd by the Rev. James The Grand and Petit Juries were sworn in, sod other proceedings commenced. Mr. Justice liolroyd sun:veil iu Gloucester about three o'clock in the afternoon, and a consultation was held on the *object of the two-opening of the Commission on I th e wilt. Mr. Jill 6% Mr. D.lttistey, Mr. Pugh, and several olier gentlemen gave their ) i )) iosis; and at length it w:,s deter iii i i led that great mischief. I/001 tin the Crowe illld cis ii bide of the bar, sitig'nt ensue, should the Judges pruceed to trial under these extraot.limov eircuinstimer*. The Court was Ilion m e adjourned uhul 011% iiiii (S.liurtlu)) Had the Under-Sheriff went uffssitit sill po n ,ible ex . perlition to the Chancellor iu miler to have his opt iii, and to kilo-s if the ha...mitt of the Asz•izrs could be Lgally proceeded on, or if it were lie erssury that u new Cutrunis , :hou shusild be issued. Gloucester then lrecaude a scour of isideocribable confusion. Lawyer* and their divots were seen rus.uing mu all directions. The witnesses, oil of *loots were obliged to remstio at Clutter.- ter, were lamenting the Lois of time they should sustaiti-Lbarrisitera were renewing their terms of ludgisig ; awl indeed nothing Could equal the appearance off' the city wisest the tidings of the stljoursintetat of the als,•izeis were Made known. The cosisequences of proceeding to trial were not a t first colijectured. They Might have beau of the m o st lamentable and mischievous kiln). Pri• mown. might hove been slcs used illegally punished. decisions of law-suits modal have cull null void, soil evess the Slone!) . himself, had he proceeded to the esecution of a +entailer of death, Might have been inflicted for wilfol murder. The anxiety that pervades the city it is probable may hot Speedily be ferintuated ; for it is Uncertain how soots the Chao ' cellar may decide tlii momentous, sod as we before said, miprecedenteil s;iiebtioii. I !i% Lord hip may even Otto!: it necess.iry to anciatioei meeting of the Pniy Council, and at titii season of tit.: year such a alerting c:.nnot be speedily asie.tiLled. iron► this evil and inconvenience. liourvtr, good may eventually pr.weecl ; and the pr.setit steremtity tiler- n for tt Jut a, iu propriri lrrr,runu, to tyros the Cumuti , aio.,, m.e}• lie .rt .k.,41 w Srrlie4lsl sent fur,voird for this purpose, %lieu the bli+iiirpb of the vrecedlog Armee in of unu , ,ual magnitude. POLICE. --.1..- mAnotoN•Hot7ss. • Aease of ..1111P importance, RS it re:nrii , Ship , mstetli 0111.1 C a p"'"", .•11 Satto..l.l heard before the Lord Mayor The Clot/bits and p.irt.mener of a large merchant reabri in the Thames sets n few days Alp eallr,l upset by the tither owner, Mr. N a inerchaut at IV•poistg, to give op the tifirate of the rcgtatty of me ship, hut he refitsesl, tiotwith standirig his heisig warned of the consequences that would ensue. Mr. N. out heing ahle In prevail nano. him, applitti on Friday to the Lord Mayor for a warrant to apprehend the Captain. The Lord Ms)or at first doubted a hither he had the power to grant osse; loot alum reference to a statute of the 28th Geo. 111 c. 34, the following clause appeared :—" the master of soy vessel, who shall have received the certi ficate sof the reentry thereof (whether he be part owner or nut), shall wilfully detain and refuse to deliver up the smne to the proper officers, upua the owners, or the major part of them, requiring him w to du, lie may he apprehended, and 11111111 consiet before any Justice of the Peace, he shall forts it the slim of 1001.; and its default of payment he shall be imptssusted in the common gaol for a term Not kill than six ha, nor more than twelve." The lisitn Matron immediately granted the warrant, and the Captain was brought before him. lie Isola for some lime firm in his resistaowe of the demand for the certificate, lout al length, aware of the very tlisaveratile cosiseqlsessese of a refusal, he I:mounted to give op the document required, and the matter terminatrd.. —••••••—• John S*ith was remanded no a charge of utteriag • ged note. GUILDHALL. Patrkh Flaherty visa charged with cruelly beating his wife. Mrs. Flaherty stated dist it wns with the utmost reluct ance she had C ome forward, lust the safety even of her life demanded it. She hold barn many years the wife of the man at the bar, and hail been in very good circumstances, but by misfortunes they were reduced in absolute poverty. Within the last few months be had bee 1111 l r acquainted with a ur.urird W4llllll/1 of property. who pampered him and sup plied 1 with plenty of money. 11f this, however, he took esperial care that she should not partake. aml she was compelled to sunk very hard fur a emu) , subsistence,. while he was heitog in homy Soucy lots acquaintance with this woman his conduct 1,0 her (Mrs. F.) bad been of the most brutal 010 scriptinio. He repeatedly heat her wily severely, and on Friday loght, at twelve o'clock, he came home, knocked for mlniiitance, and upun her opening the dour he saluted her with a violin. link. He theu beat her most cruelly. and catehing her by the thrust would hive sit an gled her but fur the lasidlorol of the house, who besting her screams. burst sprat the door, and rescued her from his gra►p. The face and rots of 11w unfortunate woman bore ample testimony of the brutality of ben husbau.l. Flaherty, Ito derrne at:cased lois wore of oirnitheome-s, and said she tie screed what sloe got. The landlord and his wore firmly denied that Mrs. F. erre cot intoxicated. The Magistrate strongly reprobated the cotoluct of the Prisoner, and, is default of bail, culuinateri him to the Cumptcr. BOW-STILL CT. On Saturday Joseph Parish, a watermatt, was brought to the otter, charged with a new °fester under the Act of Par liament for huffiling and regulating Waterloo Bridge, which cossets, find nu waterman shall ply for fares on the horse or foot-path leading to WAirlito Bridge, and that they shall nut exceed n ccrlaiu spice at the top of the stalls, 1/111 each side of the bridge ; and as a caution to watcrint. rut to offend under the Act of Parliament, printed uutices arc pottied up, signed by the Clerk of the Company. %Valium Westrapp, a collector of the tolls at the Bridge, ;dated, that the Pei ..... sir had pistil fur a fare two or thee. times on the foot• path leading to the Bridge, to the inter rum hot of the passengers who were going over or returning from the Bridge. He cautioned him against punning inch conduct, when the Prisoner replied, he would do it in spite of him, upon which he seized him, as the Act authorised, and brought hint to the office. The Prisoner was convicted in the mitigated penalty of ten shillings; hut lie deuying the chance, pledged himitelt to appeal against the conviction, and produced hail for that purpose. Sim* was charged nn suspicion of hieoking ■ml emir/lug the public-house known by the situ of 3futher Red Cap. on the Holloway rood, Isle on Thursday 'tight, or Pokily on Fridsy owl sterling a variety of articles of plate, &c —He was committed for 'sulker examination. Mr. Bellchandwr• the loisbabd of Mrs. Witch: miters, who is ..inning at Vauxhall Gardens, was charged before Mr. Mont • with Pending a lima:ening letter to Mr. Corri, the tunsie.mnstre and composer, who was about to sloe the origin of his connection with the Prisoner, his wife being • scholar of his, that he loot procured her she eligiagement at Vauxhall Gardens, &c.; but the Magistrate declined healing the lionory of their private trunsaCtsuns. . . _ _ . . - A professional Gentleman attended for Mr. Corti, and banded a ktter to Mr. Monte, which lie said Mr. Corti had rill...nett (mom Mr. Deitch...inhere, which held out a lineal of revenge Slid boriCy iujury. Mr. BeHelmuth. in admitted the letter to be his writing, but called the attention of the Magistrate to one word M it, which, he contended, did away the evil tendency of the threat sit the leper, which was, ff Mr. Corri behaved in en impolite way In his wife, or acted in a similar way to whit he had lately door, he would then act in the way towards Mr. Coari lee had threatened to do; but as be hail not acted tows, den his ie.& as be expected or feared be would. he abroad not put his threat into execution; it was therefore coudi- Donal, amid the word if dish it away. The Magistrate admitted that the defence was an ingest. , on. one, and bad sortie good sense in It; however he swore Mr. Corsi as to whether, ilidrPerldelll or the teller , he wear is bodily fear of ,Mr. Bellebanthers, which Mr. Corri swearing to, and that be eerily believed that he woold do him fume bodily harm, Mr. Bellehambera was ordered to find hail to answer Mr. Correa complaint at the rowing Sessions to keep ilk peace. Bohol Freemen Thompson was charged with feloniously stratiog a horse from a tint belonging to Messrs. James and John Wiision, of Weston Hall, near York. The horse was flared by J. J. Smith, belonging to the Office, into the possemion of Mr. Walker, in llaker's.row, who bought it of the ostler belonging to the Illisinghouse, in the Kingaland. road, who I/might it of the Pinafore, and will be the luster of his money. The Prisoner Mai committed for further rumination. auar.soitation•rmare. IXIG CASE EXTRAORDINARY. ..... Jiii!gment in this ease. the partial particulars of which appeared in our Paper of Friday, wn4 even sin Saturday, by Mr. Justice Iltaaows and Mr. Justice Dinitt, in cavorts. of the Proaerutur, who after coiornesiling up the evitirace adduced by each party, will, prat force sad mapicuity, weic ilcciilr4'y of opinion, that the ideality anti continued poptges,jim vr the animal fr l3 hiclis hail been prove.' in the must satisfactory manner 'file PrnsectitM's Solicitor waived the gnestion of penalty, intuit Mr. Curio - lea Solicitor isurhertaking to pay all the costa. ostine-HALL. Friday Mr. Ju nn elderly zentlyinnei, and Ira. Ilaunnh Si•the, boils of Att.. it piaci., Mick(' mil...wail, op. peered to pr.f r i (barge a•qiult RIO battery soma hluArr IYiltrarw Iloupyr, of the saw place, a boy about fire year. of we. Upvn lb. ir inakiiii thi-ir eumptiiiit to the Nlniotrase, it leveed slit to be uu frivuluttv;, that sifter CRUII. nrnl dtal et lausy s totir, it it'us dismissed, very mode to the batiatoetiun 44311 piewut. The Tyne, lit:LL; .:eld the Earl St. Vincent, SI MPSON. with g hive II.1 . 1!ed IMO Cork, ru: t..w S;euila S IEIE4 ItY FAIR. Thee prices ut Irma at Sitrewahnry Fair ow Wednesday, appeared arertt4ll4y the great emporia! ttttt s which have UP. cent'y taken place. Fll.l. fierce!, sold Janet see. h. u s per • ; Oiarsm Gum 27a to musk attire very few pritsse 4,48%40es went 441f...ti11er higher at the cwittneurrineitt ; teeny parka rcinaltee.l unsold y..alettlay gre . uitiot. Lao the ball 0,6 cl. aced by evening. Louth% wool Is. 10.1. to .a.. td, per lb. Three *ere malty beast• hrongl o l f.4r .aale, chiefly lean and half-fatied, but which were without ticklers : an me few fat beasts mold and tip.; fat sleep felclbed 7.1. per Of butter and cheese an unusually kale supply MA, fur sale : thr former set:rt.:ooz lid. per lb.; prone- di mrs oaf Ilse hilts f. irked ids. to his. parcel., as dull lids. to 17 , 5. a otle a very brisk sale : biscuit 10J. per lb. IRE LA A D. DUBLIN. AUGENT 11. CITY OF CORK ASSIZES. WHITE V. o'DEISEOLL. Th . ,. trial cinnt, uu un Friday, the 7th, before Baron Sm ITH .I.sll a revretable Jurv. It wann on action I ght by the Plaintiff, Wm. Preotin White, a , :faiiinit the Proprietor or the Cork Southern leeporter, far ni, Alegeil libel, ttttt :tined 111 HIS inlvertn.ement, I,atis in the 'mine 01 . Weil. Th(mipson, and insltli,he,l in that Paper n q the IA o f F e bruary List. hin tlaat;e4e. Were lai.l et One Thou,inti PuundA, and the Dviradaat pleaded the Gruirral 1,40 e. lit his Address to the Joey, Moon SMITH said, that the action sv.IIA founded on an ad velt,prairett, out sin asionyinona advertiseuielit, but tire that ascertainsd al once the author, beginning ash his name and ending with Ina address inserted in the common course and routine in it poblie Paper, whieli had uniformly, fir a number of years, been elm ducted by the soli great correctiteas, Hod which had frequently contained pai.graphs compli mentary to the Plaintiff ; a circumstance which ne gatived the idea of malice or personal The pre* pinto was too, th it the rontents were unknown to the Defendant, who won 111 he likely to rend the paragraphs but not advertisements, to which his Paiier gave nilinission. The action arose out of a publication which, though libellous, was barely so, and barely tians greased the limits set by law. It was brought against the publisher, and not ageing the author. And this was not a mutter of iiccessity, bolt of choice. For the Editor had at once offered to give sup the author and the. manuscript ; thus nil n i,ly directing the Plaintiff to the right quintet., but furnishing him with evidence to support hit arson , namely, the limid.writing of the author. It is said that to vindicate his character is the object of the Plaintiff. Surely this would he best vindicated in an action against one who would have the means of joatifying, if truth and law enabled hint to do so ; slid who in failiog to do so, would chew that he was a calumniator. But here the Plaintiff rejected this surrender, and the reason which he assigned was, that the author was no mark for damages or costs. This might be true; but what became of those generous canna 111 l s which his Counsel were instructed to in dulge in. The Plaintiff here seemed to recollect his pocket and forget his reputation. Out time whole, the Learned Judge said he felt himself obliged to direct the Jury to find for the Plaintiff, but they would probably be disposed to console themselves, under the neceasity of follow ing those direction*, by awarding damagvs of very small amount. The Jury found a verdict fur the Plaintiff—GJ. damages and lid. costs. COUNTY ASSI zr.s. The County criminal business terminated on Friday, when Baron Smith tor tttttt unced sentence upon thirty-two persons, a great majority id whom bud been convicted of sheep-stealing. IVith not 'e than one or two except they are►euted a t miserable and squalid appearance, and we can ever with truth, having listened to the circumstance► of et•ery case, that the must bitter distress, and in litany lust/users, total destitution, was the great incentive to the commission of the offence. We do nut memo to 'loge tyro slut cause in justification of the crime; but it it here a proper opportunity to say, that it is ill wain to expect any other state of society, while the ioretture of want is 60 great as it evidently it on the lower orders of the people; and the statute hoook, we repeat, will be referred to in vain, the deoutocoatioot of the law pronounced without effect, and property, oh. d even life, lorogres,ively grow more internee, if the condition of toe people be toot, in tome degree, umr litoruted. In pasting sentence of //coris on hale of these miterable bri n k, yesterday, Huron Smith said; that that moutual and I.'llllllll duty (Otto's%d upon him in cooosequeolee of the prevalence of crime in jbis mid the nighbowing counties, mod ',remote t* Grand Juicy load declined to exerfo, the powers granted by the statute. of ',retaining them as fit objects of clemency. It is hoped, loot e'er, they will experience is merciful interpo , ttoott. The cote of the first-stained ',ems tie the h•t, is one in which the Crown osiotecuted, and very pro perly; but Mitre were circumploinces •ttendit g it which resider it of some Conseilueoce, patticblorly as it drew forth from the Baron tsterday, lit !cu.*. Mg widener; of death, a few toueol and woeful Ado pervations on the summer of adminipteting the law% ao ssssss g the class of persons to which the unfortu nate 10:01 104000, old the too free lire of their itrispq Will ch the. outlay are permitted to txerePw, in annoy rates where ti Pc are celled upoti to aid the civil iron NM/Sher/I arri.olcr.) Ever ready, throogh the chaonel or our Gaper, to give itahtilv to 111 , tittmoons where the welhate of mankind is ic . itenctril, it it with pleastge tre can our It, a PubliraTiiin it importance Hill shortly mike iu appearance from the 11ed.cal Botta in Corm Chas lune street, Illickfrinwissiaci, comai oo it ig Practical Ohicttatittes oe prevailitie Disease*, at Palt:ie omit emnuating from that Foll..l49.l.suctit ato clicrlu will he read with afid,t:i t w o , trio, hiave toren ad .t 1.31, awl iitehn;.B huplep•rly treated. by pciamiii unary:noted with all impoitani Woods o f I I". Pro fessioui it wilt al.. he tocieful to Sludeuts mud )uuste Practi tioner*. Messrs. Coopeit and C.o. after forty years practice in rations tioccisic.ilit abroad and iu this curaropitlia, are eon soilicil .laity at 11'ou.l.tock•“Irett. ChtfOrd skeet, and at the %l dlral hoard, Chruluctr-Huuse, Great ehorhote.street, (creci-ely from twelve until eight an the evcn.t.g. where:llll6e, is mom gratis on Tuesday, Thursday, rod Numbly Molotov, until twelve o'clock. Letter., witt ing pnrlltut.rs, anti ow tattling a consulohig fee, immediate ly aticurird to. DEgriltlerlr F. FlR.''. On We.lllCS , lily afterinuth last, ali•int twee ll ' elt/Ck, 2 fire ben :e not ill the I crlll 1,, loari th ; 1.. boa Wije A ly, st 1111. CA, 11l the ovelipaisou of Mr. %Vs t dliu , a• tettaat In the Busi - d of 111. i s thee. It we., thin discovered by Mrs. [Sorrell, as she was plasum Ise Cilitls..; and she uifie d...tidy gave notire to some 1.1110111 . -'rN, whip 1111 to lIIC spot and used every . trort ti. it ; hot it soon cominu nicated to the barn, and so tepid, is resistible, and devasta. tarots was its rostra", that ill less than so b our the whol e of Ilse stock and premises, enususulg of wheat•rarim, hay ricks, pea said bean t icks, dwelling-house, bares, stables, soil ottis r buildisigs, wirie retis.ly rediterd ill orates. About thissy sacks of old *twat, a earl, • waggon, mod a cart coll. were almie saved. It it nut yet ascertained to whist extent M.. Milton will be injwrd, nor can the origioal cause of lb,. cats. wady ha ascerta'ned. It is conjectured to have loam occa sioned by some prison who haul beets I ri king near the pre . lia is e ., h av i ng thrown the remains i.f Los pipe tutu yard. IVhen thscriveriot It Kure as latile met that threaten ing appears lice which it souls asbuineil, that the no, o el:. deavoured to extinguish it by di •trilinting it alhoad with their prong% and tramplang ulnm it. A pliff of wind blew the embers toward the barn and • risk, and, la a few militates, these two, •t a distance of 30 yards s p oi l, blared with ell the fury nod sir. opts of the met ignited materials. 11 r. Font,' had °lily just Ahmed poi erasion of the farm. He was not insured The hiss, it is supposed, will not prove to mutant to liss than 3,0001, the wield hlown from an opposite direction, it wjisld lI3Vo rove.l im p o.aihse lip IMo Ilfe Jrsbuetinn of Hilses lull lacks, and of al: Ilse houses ler:errty in that quarter. We ore requested lip state, that although all endeavours to 8411/11.1C the tise proved uoaeaslii.g , yid Mr Follto is holy herisilik of, and graceful for, the assi: , thime so promptly dered him 11111011 this il:Aressing alit 'wrie r ells lineoiahed chararters oho were prereiii; and he essielest owlet the earliest oppiirtithily of 'churning thaw, its ..ell all .oil hers, Isis sancere thanks; alit enough he is eitrilele• ler particularise the. whole, y. a he cannot be ilethed the I.h. Ply to tuenti tttt the names ut Lord Howard, Sir Lucia. ('std., Bars. acid C. 4.1.1110 Faressillarson. acid the 011ie. r• tits VAII regiment stimoned at Hilsea barracks, whi...se rusted tares tuns were eonspicetuusly trveal. 7'llR Tli Ide. WORCEsTEK KAi El. AUCW , T 11. ANo eepotakeg of 102 g. earh, f • 11 axes. Two mak* (13 "{shoe. • Sir IV %V. Wymt`o PietaOar. 4 yr. old .. Mr. Pitti!ips's (terming Molly, II vii old 1.4 Foley'. b. C. by Doctor, 4 yrs old .... 'llw City Sli miters' nue of BO?. for all ages. 'Moe ode !seals. Mr. 11'06%, ;Cir.,/ of Dismowis, aged Mr. 11':u I's b. g. Edwin. 4 yrs obi ns►war. The Gold Cup, .31er 100 iv. the rcdtaitioler is gooney, by sith-crip:t ssss of 19p. each. Eon eider. (la S.W.) • Ir. Cburhmi'd Indio, yns Sir W. IV. 11 pas Piseatur, 4 yn old Mr West's Leah, 4 yrs old Ur. 3142,16.1's 11 :2 011 , 3 Yr* old Link Joe and nuplicate also slatted, birt wart not pinata. The Coosa) Mt tubers' Plate of NJ. for Hindi ; added to a Sot up‘takes of 3ge. earls. Four utile Isedis. Mr liollaturs Is. to Mos Martin 1 1 Mr. l'ickt Famish% b. f. 4 rit old Lord Dterburst's ale. us by Kuustslry, aged 13 LAN DFORD RACES. Tu Etn,tv, 111JGVOIT 11. The Gold Cup, by 3,81)04.ra/era of I ga. curb, fur 3 yr-olski, ; Mur, Tat. 7111.; five, Bat. alb ; s.ix, s.t. 11 lb.; and aged, 90. Four wiles. (II Sul r• ; Mr. lien's hr. h. Gaiushorougla, by Rub.or,S ys% old I Lord Rivers'a b. h Scarecrow, 3 you old Mr. Farquharsou's b. g Garov,ll yrs old " . . Mr. Wilhums% b g. 6iirassirr,ll yrs old . 4 A Maiden Plate nr W. for three yr•olds, fist. 191 b.; four, Bst. ; five, Bst. 1011.; six and aged, list Four iitilr lusts. Mr. Show ' s vh c. J rrmy Grodus, 3 yrs old Mr. Felluwes% b. m. Birmingham Countess, 5 yrs old 2 di WFDNESDAY. Fitly Pounds, fur three yf-idols, att. ; sad four, Sat. Mr. King's h. c. S..her It .. . i ... 4 yrs old Mr. Snores ch. c. Jeremy Grad's, 3 yrs e1t1...... 1 2 The Members Plate of 50/. fOr four yr.tilds, Tel. 1216 ; lie s Sit. 121 h. ; six, 9st.; and aged, 3.1.8113. Four mile hem.. Mr. g. Garus,6 yrs old Mr. Fellowca's b. g. Upright Ju.iige, 8 yrs old MEETINGS ON CREDITORS AT GUI I. lIA TO-MORROW . W. p. J. Prichnrcl, \Whiff/Th/Iml, cooper VI"l'omtilmoo Nowngham, brbvrdnwbrr 3 In . . I'. Hornsby, Comb'll, stock-looker T. Hooflorunke, late of Hick 14,,Ilsforts, linen-diaptr 2 10 . . J. Abbott. Wrytaoulli.eir.et, huiclur W. Abhult, H.mt•ylatu-market, butcher J. H. Barlow, late of Vere.atreet, jeweller J .Churcher, Brumley, curdiraint; 1 12 G. Home, DIVIDEND. !reef, wisir-nterchat t lO CERTIFICATES R. Shari:nt, of Exeter, saddler.—T. Carr, of °afoul, ;racer.—A. Solomon and D. Solom o n, of e, on n con I, Threadsierdle-strvii, London, welch loss —R Tiwnir, 1 1 1)woulli buck, Revolt, wine-merchant.—J to of Cumberland...trent, 011141 in-road, Nlobib.,,t, moor mason.—W. /Wiley, late of 6•4we1l street, 11411. rex, lace na.m.—J. Boardman, late of Mesaion, Leland of SW', but now of Liverpool, merchant Owen, of IVorrester, ironer:Looter —U. Wrbli, of Wiovloo, Hes , lor.l, farmer-IY. A. Brown, of College-kilt, London, merchant. why, of North Anatoo, York. apothecary.—T. Wall worth, of Stockport, Clirmrs, innunfarnarer. IVe ore sorry to hear from s Correspondent that Mr. Hawthorn, Commissioner of Excise, is de , - gerously indisposed at Doctor Diszpot.. this City, has been written for to anew{ him !intro* atonally. We underatsoll that he lots set Of for that put pose. —( Erehimg Post.) DEATHS. On Irri.lay, at Southampton, its the 93,1 year of her a m the Dowager Lady ILdtlolph, 'elk. of the late Sir Tbro uf fitrottry, A few ago, at the village of at heist, 1111 r. James Bath:tut, aged 92 yc.ua, gardelo.. 10 the Id , : Lord Fairfax; an etniarat change-ringer and real ciondavtiv.-- The oleceaard aloud at tine time 14 bunk tud 44 miaow , avAtlbe HIGH WATCH TIIIS DAY AT LON ININ MUDGE :Morning 5 afirr 3. I Eveiong 24 RR 3 PRICE OF STOCKS UN SATURDAY. 3 per Ct. Red. 77 7611 ludo !kalif...". 91 pr. 3 prr (.'t. Cons. 76175 i Bt.Nilla, 2... 2 0 IS 31 per Cent. (New). tl7l Data. ti .... 19 1 7 1 0 . 861 Lottery TtykAp 191. 4 per Cents.... 96i 96 Ototiimon.. fit 3 a 5 per Ct. N.An... 105 j Cons. for Aor 76a Bank L. Ann. 20 9-16 75i 76 78 LONDON: Prinicel and Puhlialted at the Office, No.VM. S!oancl; *lnn , Aare, tiaritieria are received. and I et" (lost-paid) mind ha addeeaseal....C. SMITH, No it elemeuec Inn, Printer Nu. 1,