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'T • •'. qi * . may .. one occaaio n i:77r , ten the plaintiff applied to the detelithint for . money, she VIVI just going to Vauxhall in • co.ch, and site told the plaintiff alle.had not got any money fot him then, but if h• would call the nest day she would let him hare some, if she was fortunate. . . The witness Was.eress-examined, but nothing particular was eyed from him. ay wea in the service of the defendant during the da* ..4=1 1 1; plaintiff's house. The defendant received gentles --..: abe had no other means of pig: bee living. TM ' eelle(131,- O\ 0 • aliiioemio). • i m7ntlf bad ca. there what gentleman .... ,t been in the house, upon or eaccasion the plaintiff' called and waited in the parlour •.. srAlst witness weht to pledge some things to raise him some . mangey...the defendant was at that time up stains with a gentleman. tiiir, , Tinwtstutn ,„ in reply, agreed with Mr. Common-Sergeant amie° the low which he had laid down, that if a man let a house for L ithe putpage if a (male pursuing that infamous course of life 0 wbich thuds fendant pursued, he could not recover the rent he had FheMr; but there was not any evidence in this case to show plaintiffwas at all aware of the course of life the defendant pursuing. until after she had been two months in the house. sad his contract with the defendant could not be void unless it was „videos In it 4 foundation. He (Mr. Thessiger) did not stand there to defend the laxity of morals of his client, for it was no part of the duty. of that Court to control morals. but to decide legally the ears brought before it ; lie sincerely regretted that he should ha,ve liteland Mere to advocate the cause of such a man as the plaintiff, he (blr. Thessiger) felt that he was not a man who was 'to any very favourable considdation et the bards of the At any rage, however, the defendant was not a person who titled to a more favourable consideration ; but he would not ler misfortunes by any harsh observations on her cha ' , because they all too well knew that deluded and unfortunate olom, en were frequently necessitated to publish their own infamy to Aft world, in order to avoid payment of those debts which, in the Airof their career of infamy , they had contracted. He trusted, et, that as there was not any evidence of the plaintiff having let tblshoase, for the purpose for which it was afterwards used, his subpagrent conduct would not prevent him recovering in the pre sent seam. r • • 'ilea igtaD Carr r JUSTICE told the Jury, that If the plaintiff )pt this house to the defendant, knowing that it was to assist her in gostituting her person, he could not recover his present claim. When, after letting the house, he discovered the course of lite the defendant was pursuing, it was his duty to get her out of the house, which, she being only a weekly tenant, he might easily have done. If. therefore, the Jury thought that the rent he now claimed had "trued after the plaintiff ' s knowledge of the defendant's course of 'be defendant' -- - •.itled to a verdict. the defendant. .drive, 'SON AND DLINCA.W. ; plaintiff, who carries on bu. A pod., to recover from the de. .row, damage* for the injury sus. a libel upon his character which ardian Society for the Protection Sharpen," at the instance of the in a circular sent by the . the Society, and in which person of suspicious character, Mr. Swears, a Member of ie circulars, and that a Alt% i) shop, he communicated the . Founds afterwards got poe. seen br the plaintiff; but it • Mr. Swears, he destroyed it. di the publication, a - .inns *eked on the defendants, in respecting some goods which the which they had refused to de. plaintiff had since sold them : 'utiff complained of his name ." being a list for the , pro. witness under.tooll.' tA _d the defendants of having defendant Hewitson replied, motives for it. and if you will bill for the one we now hold, we list, otherwise it shall remain." and the plaintiff's Attorney, were e contents of the paper, but the Illations of Mr. Searlett lest be latter could only speak to a the plaintiff, containing the prove that it was the identical in the Secretary. said the publication of the paper t defendants, and that the plain. •imited• -A.+ lest • V. YOUNG. - danteges for a treepeaa, an asiaaa, Plaintiff, stated, that his client Carsitor.street, Chancery lane; of the Court of Conscience for since* match at Cricket was between , called the Regency, and the Enfield Club, __. sum, and the plaintiff was made -holder. The match was partly played, but the Enfield the game was whist them, refusal to play it out, and i eir part of the stakes from the plaintiff, but be (plain to pay it, upon which an Lcuon was brought in the -.sort of Conscience, to recover the sum of 11. 19s. I Id.. heirg the sitigest the: cache recovered io that Court. The plaintiff kneeing, _himself to be a citizen of London, and not liable to the jurisdiction Of the Court, did not appear to the action, anti the consequence was, • Mat judgment was signed against him. A precept was then put Apo the hands of the defendant, Young, not to levy the debt and ' Amts on the goods of Wilde, but to take his person into custody, sod -commit him to Whitecrota-atreet Prison for forty days, Mama the debts and costs sheuld be sooner paid. When the de indent called on the plaintiff to elecute this warrant, the plaintiff .sold him that he was not liable to such a preens, because his house }cos within the City of London, but the defendant insisted on taking hp • th e plaintiff was therefore obliged to go to his attorney in the morM7sly of the defendant. That gentleman again represented to 5 dehndent that the process of the Court could not ever d to Mr. ide, aid explained the law upon the subject; but the defendant • persisted in detaining the plaintiff, and said he would risk all flepeoqueaces. The debt and costs, amounting to 2f. Its. 7d. were geemetirepaid, in order that the plain tiffshoul I not betaken to prison, bat notice was at the same time given that the present action 'would he brought. Mr. Seariett observed. that if officers acted iggga wrong - add ineelicient authority, they did so at their own' peril. - It was very necessary to keep them to their jurisdiction, and that could only be dime by a Jury visiting them with damages %entree theyebould tithatep that jfrrisdiction. at.d deprive persons of their period& freedeat, s tirider colour of a pretest which was Nepal. . The 'alined's sermon roved that the defendant came to ,Merosestret's beisse, and that Mermen' sway together. Theetetorney for the islaietiff preyed that the Plaintiff came to him in custody of the defendant ; that the conversation, as stated Sy, the Learned Counsel, then took plate ; that the money was paid, ore trice of Wien given. Several other witnesses were then sailed, to prove that the house of the plaintiff is tfituste within the City. .The collector of the tithes . for the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, laid the hotve was always rated as being within the city. The tithe -rate, and consolidated rats. were hinge tbe City. and he *tykes collected them from the pplaililt The IlediVese doddered Seib, die boundary of the pedei v oetetlite Oily; the sere been thin went being in tbs perish of St. Demethe, •in the county et Mr. Hilbert bad collected Milton races for toady yews from the occupiers of -the house, as being within the thy. Mr. lea an babel delbeiest. e n i f li virar " =4:o " r 4ll4llllll lart daa rip of th e IMortde in wide& lid ereeetatabllldae. woo II ideates -14f *WA* -Ibßod• aide* the Oa. Counsel thee addrimal eM ANY. 0 . 4 tallll . Yt no p * lo bae* di thet latteed was. that the *loaf man west tong elliiker the plaintifrs attorney, who lived in Hattenirassiem aid Om if 'ilaimeet was any wan% lit tam medal meeinli bane. wdadbvie lbeetly within the ceteney. limbeitabLimw, nit wham* to preen that the house was within tit emetay , , and that ass smelt 111111111 was thrrefnee legoL At ail meniey ff• be Aosta emeedislinithis pan be centeded n• seem don neminei deenitas M be wIN en, die taritejthe pidadif t neenegrovalaw tdlela 11.41101dWairm _aM lwwwaw ef the cityb lo r op Mr. abeineenrY.tltwritdea, VlM** the beau in question, I S NSA OM& WIMP 101111 AI !A- A** one, and It abeam ~la la city m let, be made • ee tar itsgheir 0111* tlt dietiainey of letallems, ind dband - elat ibe ancient tide Alai isidet no both, had beat •raginared tbeYwt be. this *Anew MOM* Ala It wee dim* Miewnained anemia% duet dubbin be le (M 4 did net brew whether it wee dwtfrate dhe OA a /AO :L lNT .fete of ebs one in question) wee hicsepedy timoAbei es babe within *nmity. 111 r. Was, • law etatiowev we. allied Ma Ilimderick, but this Maine. en his aoss.esamlasamt, midtbe bates of the plain tiff was always considered to be within the City. Mr. flciltettv replied and said, that as the defendant's own witnesses had proved the fact that the plaintiffs house was situate within the City, it would no longer be contended that the proems on which the arrest was made was legal ; and if not legal, it was impossible that the defendant could make a good-earliest apse It even in the county. The damages to which the plaintiff we. One titled were, at all events, the money paid by him to sloe deArdapt, and as much more as the Jury should consider the eirettinselenese to require. The Loeb Cater JUSTICE esid, that the single nuestien was, whether the plaintiff wu arrested in his own house ; if he was, he would be entitled to a verdict; but whether he was or not, he would be still entitled to a verdict, lfor the fact of the defendant's going into the house was a trespess, as it was quite clear the house was not in Middlesex. Ae to the first point, it had been said the the arrest was not made till the pieties were at the house of the plain. tiffs attorney, in flatton-garden ; this. however, was not very ap. patent. for when the defendant was told he had no right to arrest the plaintiff; lie did not reply that lie had not arrested him, but contended that he had a right to do so. it was however quite clear that the bowie was within the City. At all events, the Jury must give the rdaintiff the 21.115. 7d. which he had paid to the defendant, and any further sum which they should topsider him entitled to. The Jury consfeljed for a few moments, and returned a verdict foe the plaintiff—Damages M. wEST RAY v. PI E TICZ COAX. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a printer, to recover from the defendant, who is proprietnr of Pierce Elton Life in London newspaper, the sum of 71. 66.8 d. for work sag labour. Mr. SCAnt.ETT observed, that it seemed the defendant yea a person who felt disposed to encourage that manly courage among °urea:nu-men at home which tended so materially to make their courag!coeseiceons abroad ; of this he had no objection, but at the same time 31 r. Egan Should not decline paying the coats which this laudable disposition of his necessarily occasioned him. It seemed that in June or July last something was going on at the Fire's Court for the benefit of Richard Ayres, and the defendant pre. peed a hand-bill, and employed the plaintiff to print it. fhe plaintiff knew nothing of Ayres ; he received the order of Mr. Egan, and that gentleman he naturally looked to for his money. The bill did not relate to a priu.tight, which per haps his Lordship' would say would not have been quite a legal ground fur an action, whatever might be the utility of the custoni ; but this was for a sparring match. which sea an ex ercise to which any gentleman ought, without any impropriety, re sort. The next item was a hand-bill, fora jolly party on the water, for the benefit of Jem Purcell ; and there was another charge for cards, which were to be sold at se. each. The next item was for cards for another water excursion, fur the benefit of Dutch Sam's son, the whole of the demand amounting to 71. 64. lki. Ile should be able to prove that these several orders were executed by the plaintiff at the express direction of the defendant. He had been Wormed that it was not one of the parts of Li in London that "Irene we. its own reward. 'file sale of these tickets for the benefit fif the different gentlemen of the ring and the fancy, it was shrewdly .esspeeted, were converted by Mr. Egan to his own emolument in- Millied of the pmeeeds being devoted to the defraying the expenses ateseidant on ;he duties which the defendant voluntarily imposed on Palkinif for their benel't. It was quite certain that the orders were ee:to the plaintiff by him, and that therefore he was liable to pay mount now demanded. The daughter of the plaintiff proved that she had called at Mr. Egan's office in the Strand for copy of the bills in question, and that they were written by the defendant himself, who. at the bottom of the bills, made a memorandum of the number to be printed, signing it with his On crosA.exannna non, she itod she had heard her father speak of his haeing applied to the defendant to recommend him some busi. ness,.bot he did not say that he had asked him to recommend him to the boxing men. The plaint ire son, a little boy, proved the delivery of the hand bill. and cards. W. Roberts, a printer. pmves; that all the copies of the hand. bills and the cards were in the handwriting of the defendant. Mr. Egan sometimes employed him. Cross-examined by Mr. Bnoromax—lilr. Egan prepares the hand-bills for them boxing men, wit .-..annot write for themselves. They sometimes catne to witness, but be never printed an• bills fur them without first obtaininga reference to some respectable house keeper, as a security fur the payment. Mr. BROVODASI then addressed the Jury on behalf of the de fendant. His Learned Friend Mr. Searlett had said that if this action had been for anything which had reference to a prim fight, he should not have gone into it. lie believed his Learned Friend might have gone further, font had been decided by the Court of Common Pleas, that where any action was for the rent of a Five's Court, for instance, that had any thing to do with encouraging this species of amusemeet, the plaintiff would not he allowed to re cover. But the defence in the present case would not be founded ueen this ground. He should show that no credit was given to the di fendant. He did not deny any of the charges, nor that Mr. Egan wrote the bills and gave directions for their being printed, but this wax done merely as acts of friendship on his part towards the per sons for whsee benefit those bills and cards were printed, and this the plaintiff well knew. The prevent action WAS a mere after.. thernght. The plaintiff never thought of bringing this action until he discovered that he could not get hit money from the fighting men ; from them he mould get only a note of hand, which he de clined to take. Indeed he (Ilt. Brougham) should not like to take any thing . under their hands—neither their promis sots, note. nor their knocks, for the one would be very light, and the other very heavy. He had a letter of the plaintiff's addressed to the defendant, in which he asks Egan whether he bad written to Purcell for the money, whether he had heard of Mr. Ayres, and whether Dutch Sam had paid up. Here was proof positive that the plaintiff had hitherto looked to these men for the money and not to the defendant. Besides Mere was a bill in the plaintiff's own hand-writing, delivered subsequently to the defendant, for other work, and for which he had been paid ; it was unreaermahle therefore to snppose that if the plaintiff' had at that time considered Mr. Egan liable to the present demand he would have settled an account of a later date, without at all allud- ing to the former Lill, which made the ground of this action, lie should call 'Ms witnesses, and prove that the plaintiff' had applied to the defendant to be introdueted by him to the persons for whom these bills were really printed, and having proved that be should feel be hail entitled the defendant to a verdict. Alexander Richardson called—Witness has been clak to die defendant for three years. He remembers the . plaintiff calling on 'defendant, and saying he should be obliged if defendant would re commend hitu "to any of those persons." Witne:s believes he meant the fighting men. Mr. Egan %Sid whatever he could do for him he would. • Plaintiff called once when Mr. Egan was out, and saw Mrs. Egan; lie wished to knew where Ayres lived, that he might be able to apply to him for the money; at another time be called and wished Mr. Egan to write to Purcell, for he (the plain- Off) could not get the money, and be wanted to.know where Dutch Sam lived. Mr. Egan said he would give him their addresses it he should be able to flout them out. Cross-examinesi—Witness does not recollect Mr. Egan telling :•the wleinsiff to write to Purcell in his name, and that he might add 19s. mere to the bill, se Purcell owed hint (Rgan) that sum. Nor did he know wits: her Mr. Egan sold any of the cards, or gut any profit by their sale. hir.SCARLETT said In reply, that as the plaintiff had never seen any of those persons whose names 'had been mentioned and who were it appeared of most slippery characters, 'it was very improbable that he-should look to any one but to Mr. Effan for payment, be being the person who gave his written authority to have the bills and cards printed. The LORD CHIEF JCSTICE said the only question for the Jury to consider was, whether the plalmilfdid the work In question upon the credit of the defendant, or upon the credit of Purcell, Ayres, and the eon of Dutch San). If be did it upon the credit of the latter persons, then finding he could not recover from them, it was I not competent for him to turn round and demand payment from the detendant. II they should think the plaintiff acted upon the orders of the defendant, then they would give him their verdict, but if not, they would then find a verdict for the defendant. The Jury consulted for a few minutes, and futind a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 71765. 6J. A work of considerable interest and importance is an nounced for publication, edited by Lord Braybrooke. We allude 'to the Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq., Secretary to the Admi ralty during the reigns of Charles 11. and James 11., and the inti mate &kmd of the celebrated John Evelyn. They concise of his 'Diary, written in short-hand, which has been preserved in the Peppily. Library, at Magdalen College, Cambridge, and lately iffeciphered tinder the superintendence of the Master, the Hon. and PO. George 'Neville—and a selection from his Private Correspond- Wpm with the most eminent men of ha time. The Diary, we nn commences immediately before the Restoration, when r. Pe pys sailed with Admiral Montague (afterwards Earl of, flandwichy to bring over the Wing from Breda , and is continued' j 'almost uninterruptedly for ten 'years ; containing much curious and j ;almost historical matter. Independently of the naval transactions, which are detailed with great exactness, the pogas we hear, *bound Mt: ll E l l9sta ?I:deedless of Charles If. and his Court; and 1 111r.tPeppe iivlntbits of obsereatitm led him generally to record itballsollt characteristics of the times in which he lived. _~ -if- A.L'hi.L'w .., . ~. lAilr INTPLLIGENCE. .40144441.11111,11Marr1, VlltbitzsoaT, hint IS. - vjurlii• u m , _... .: eviargrifirs Ow rerli t &Art the Lot Cult's Jussict Ha Commas .!aria. e ( vies um wrack oat of list this rooming, to arthisrtatorys Twit Wog phapent, and the Conn was _ . ' - ra rwsweta w. sanukcsnonwod. • y .I.Tettrausti eteitdibil tp be as an* For the nonag a • .'• • . a iv. odd, bile WlllMMatitilkile dipfplaintif Rom Miss he the lea end occapadan of . -.. • ) "1 . ."' • . • . Lasalledweel. game se; thio . .; la -4 was, am the haw alloold •. • • • • di ; • • a meek lbw die wee or the beams In which sae a famishOd ear. The Learned Ceineel • " ; e occupation and the valise of the home by two wit- aoCnitod illniessarr, for the defendant, ROPMeltlaiiinti isn' est, in seder to show that the defendant was a lady of =tit JusTiet —Rot, Mr. Common Sragem, 40 plat die may, I apprehend she mast pay tor thelshasi eh 'she Reel. rli asit th i r plaintif Bita let —Burt apprehend, my of i f t 'u f e l the• defendant i ha Salada/OUS occupation, he cannot • . no Cans Jnerrics—That, I think, will bp rather s for pm to maks out ; but if you do, it will certainly she: .4. CYR. cOMMON S then addressed the Joey. It was a pa maxim In law, that if a man furnished a female with weir- apparel for the purpose of assisting her fn prostitution, he sot recover the value of the goods he so furnished ; and upon ' Seine principle, if a man let a house toe female for the pun. „pm of bet prostituting her person in that house, he could not re- cover soy rant that such a female fright agree to pay for such f • lie would prove that the plaintiff' knew the course of life =the defendant was punning in this home, and that upon ' lei* spoken to upon the subject, be replied he did not case a d-4 how his tenant got berinoney, so as he got his rent; the pi iiv also lived within a few doors of the house in question, and meat be swam of the defendant's course of life, and if his breaell this home to the plaintiff, the defendant would be ...a:4*d toe Sevilla. 4 *son named Btsket, who resided in esinehall-street, proved . t%gt he had frequentlyeeen different gentlemen calling on the de- . lat the house in question, that she was a very fine woman, awes a regular frequenter of the Theatres, Vanithall, &c.; he V . plowed having a conversation with the plaintiff upon the sub. O lot_ of the rent of this house, when plaintiff observed that de. Want got her money easy, and could therefore afford to ply well ; upon one occasion , when the plaintiff applied to the defendant for . aecrued aftn the plaintiff's knowledge of firs the defendant would be entitled to a The Jury immediately found for the d LIBEL • GOLDSCIIEIDEII V. HEWITSO2 .'!'his was in action brought by the plai nests at No. 7, Little St. Thomas A posl 'fendanta,who reside in Paternoster-row, d *aired by hint in consequence of a libel u ;tad been published by the " Guardian & ar. Trade against Swindlers and Sharpen, ..deresidants. The libel wn contained is tet :••etaty to the different Members of tit, I aintiff was represented to be a perm • t to be trusted. 6 : ` It appeared by the evidence, that a Mr Git Sociem, had received one of these ci . rtilsods having seen it in his (Swears') sit ,fikenistance to the plaintiff Mr. Foe . ..apenon of the letter, and it was seen limiting been subsequently returned to Mr. t m order to connect the defendants with tl .-.. . , called who stated that he had wake . . pany with the plaintiff, respecting toth them, but t which he plain '... ' este illisud of r lapu tbese thrlaPerwse oe d ca o : f ions the plaintiff t be of en sw inigr indle tet r i a in an a d csr sh l a i m n e lli n t— m " b it ...ngthi.„) cause And otfheit.plwaintwiffhicchhaltlheengdedef: .I' . If we have done so we have onr motiv . give us 1001. in cash, and another bill for prill take your name out of the list, 01 Tba Senetary of the Society, and the i *llse called in order to prove the content 4ormer declined to answer the questions ithould criminate himself, and the late liasii.g been shewn to hint by the it question, but he could not prove t received by Mr. Swears from the i. Lower CHILI' JVSTICZ said dm 4t *not been brought home to the defend, mast therefore be called. ; ,Xbe plaintiff was accordirmly ron mites' WILDS V. YOU NI .1.. ya o is was an-amion to recover damsges false imprisonment. 7 V. SC AZLZT T. On If 0; the Plain ,1 1 lamp publican, living at __6, Corsa ,sgui def e ndant wasan officer of th .e,iiii County of Middlesex. Some time sin ..Cdon between two parties, one ad the En held Club, foe • small sum, I the stake-holder. The match was part! Aide, {Meting the game was against them, I landed their part of the stoles from th oefuscd to pay it, upon which an 1 rt of t_ontcience, to recover the sum —_....t._. ~.... 1,... ..... ....,i ;., that co. w THE ER 1111811 PRESS. LONDON ADJOURNED SESSION), wrDwompay, M AT 26. ip ,:ill . Ann Harris was Indicted fee aemaklag John Rogienbels the Out of March last. The prosecutor is a tailor, midis/44n Goswell-street ; the defen-, dant is the wife of a person confined in the Fleet Prison for debt. 'On the above-mentioned day he called on the prisoner's husband, sit the Pelee% lad demanded of him a settlement of a claim which Wield ei MAI, tithe executor of a will, by which prnperty had been h .., easted labia upwards of thirteen yea* ago. The defendant's In imply to his expostulation, COMUlell“Al an assault on of h r i , ,t7.:1 at this minute the defendant entered the room with a pot !pOrteehi her band, the contents of which she threw aver him, and Laitillstanla belaboured him with the pewter pot, and inflicted an Wiry an his back. from the effects of welch he still coffer e • calese.examiaed by Me. Pnietirs—Had not previously to this affeay advised the wanton of the fleet not to let Mr. Harris have the rules. Mv. Pates-les—And pray is not Mr. Harris a little fellow with a pot belly, whose breath yen could knock out of his body with one Mow ? Witness--Little as be is, he was big enough to wring my nose the other day at the Old Bailey. (A laugh.) Thomas Bailey confirmed the prosecutor's statement, and in ad dition stated that he was so much injured as to be obliged to lean on witness's shoulder. Cross-examined—The peasemitor did not return the blows aimed at him, but merely acted on the defensive. Wm. Walter gave similar testimony. Crese-exaniined—Mt. Harris is a very short man, end aimed his lbws at the prosecutor's head, but moat of them failed, as he was Seeable to reach so high. (A laugh.) .1114. PHI curs addressed theJary for the defendant, and argued *strong improbability of " Little Harris" having committed the Molt in which the affray at present under discussion originated. He was even a little tailor, and had not wind enough in his body in his best days to mount the shoe -board, and It was not likely, there fore, he would attack a man much taller and stouter than himself. At all events, if it even was so, Harris was a most valiant tailor, stud Rogers a most patient one. 1 - hy, his own goose would not have borne it more philosophically. (A laugh.) lie was instructed that witnesses would prove the complainant to be the Tt a ggr essor. lwitnesses for the defence failed in proving thus much, and the Jew imbed a vtrdict of Guilty. Juldielligared. ...rt etei' O.' Meese 11# -7. ••••, ••••11 . • POI.ICE. GUILDHALL. The ' .. The driver of the hackney charint No. 1.035, was, on the infor mation of Richard Martin, Esq. 31.1' summoned b efore Mr. Al derman 'f nom esox, for wantonly and cruelly treating a horse, on the 21st Inst. in Combat. Mr. 31artin deposed that the horse in question was wealed in a most dreadful manner ; ore weale particularly reached nearly from the head to the tail of the animal, and when the Honourable Member placed his hand thereon the flesh quivered. He did not seethe whipping inflicted, bitt the driver at the time acknowledged the offence. In his defence, the driver denied that he had whipped the home, although it certainly haul been whipped. No other person had driven it that day. The horse was his own, and he had never been summoned before. • Under these circumitsnees, 31r. Alderman To oet Peen ordered deadefendant to pay the expenses, and trusted that the drivers of coaches would take warning by the example. The driver of a cart was fined ten shillings for negligent driving in the streets. /lOW-STREET. COmniteearoer.—Yesterday. Front), Moron, riritlitrm Smith, James Doughty, and Charles Whitehead, journeyman shoemakers, were brought up under a warrant, by Skillem. one of the conduc. tors of the Bow-street patrol, charged by 31r. Scars, of Ileerietta. street, with refusing tocomplete their work. The prisoners were, after much difficulty, apprehended last night in a public house in the neighbourhood of Regent-street, where nearly leo journeymen were assembled, debating their question with the trade. Mr. Sears, with great lenity, die, not wish to press the caseagairat these individuals, provided they would promise to perform their work. Their refusing to do so originated in one of their fellow workmen being continued in employment after he had refused to advance two guineas towards an association for the protection of trade. Mr. Illiwsnuex., the preelding Magistrate, expressed his opi nion, that if 31r. Sears had urged the case he should certainly have committed each of the prisoners to two months' hard labour; under the circumstances, and on their expression of penitence, he dis- Cl=them. being dismissed, however, the congratulations of their numerous friends, who were waiting outside, seemed to alter their Intentions, and for a great part of the day Bow-street was in an uproar. Samuel &biro, a brother of the boxer, was on Saturday com oilseed to take his trial for picking the pocket of a gentleman on Irma rece-course. When he was taken he made considerable Illielance, and was aided by other persons in endeavouring to get away from the orreers. Yesterday morning, his brother, Abraham lielaseo, Appea:cd before G. B. 311 asII I' Le, charged with assault leg Franca Lee, and also one of the patrol of this office, and at sempting to rescue his brother from the custody of the officer who had hint in charge. It was stated that the defendant said, "Meg, Out away, he shan't be taken:" that he also pushed Mr. bee aside. The Magistrate thought the charge a serious one, and held the defendant to bail, himself in the sum of 60/. and two sureties in 40/. each, to appear at the next Sessions to take his trial. QUEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday John Smith, a respectable-looking young man, was brought h. tore Mr. ‘VIIITE, the sitting Magistrate, by flanks, an officer, charged with robbing Charles Gray, in the pit of Astley's Theatre, on Tuesday eveniog, of two sovereigns and four shillings in silver. The prisoner was fully committed to llorsernonger-lane gaol for trial. WORSHIP-STREET. ROADI:UT IN Cr.trwoen's Iwar.—A person of respectable appearance, named William Calvert, who wait stated to have been formerly an attorney's clerk, was yesterday brought before Air. l'svreoun, fur examination on a charge arising from the following singular circumstances:— It appeared that early in the month of April the chamber, of Mr. Warneford, No. 13, Clifford's Inn, Fleet-street, were broken into, and four Bank of England notes, of 101. each. was several gold and silver witches stolen, value altogether about 1001. The usual pre cautions were adopted for stopping payment of the notes. and about three weeks sines one of the notes were presented at the Bank, and subsequently traced to the poniession of a person who keeps a tailor's shop in George-street, Shoreditch. That person was then taken into custody, and underwent an examination at this office, whets he stared that two men came to his shop to purchase some articles of clothing ; one of them being in want of a pair of panta loons, be (the tailor) on taking memnre found it correspond with LI pair of pantaloons he had pledged at a pawnbroker's shop in the neighbourhood. He mentioned the circumstance to his customer, who gave him a 10/. note to redeem the pantaloons. He sent his wife to the pawnbroker's, and on her return the customer pm chmed the pantaloons, and received the change out of the ten pound note. The other man then made some purchase, in payment for which he also tendered a 10/. note ; and change for this second note being obtained from a publican is the neighbour ' hood, the tailor received part of the money in payment for his clothes, and handed over the remainder to the stranger. The note which was paid to the pawnbroker was afterwards stopped at the Bank, but the other note has not yet made its appearance. The tailor, being known as a tradesman in the neighb• was then discharged on his own recognizance to appear when= on; and so the matter rested until Tuesday, when Vann, the officer, succeeded in apprehending the prisoner, from the descrip. don which had been given to him of the two men by the tailor. At yesterday's examination the tailor swore positively that the prisoner was the person from whom he had received-one of the notes. The prisoner then, he said. gave his name and address, Nickel, Provost-street, Hoxton " with which he endorsed the note before lie sent It to-be charged. He said be should be also able to identify the other man. The prisoner was then reananded for further examination. CORONERS' INQUESTS. + 4 An inquest was held before T. SHELTON, Esq at the Crown public house, St. Dunstan't.alley, Tower-hill, on the body of Thos. Harris. aged 30 years. It appeared that the deceased was a respectable fish salesman, residing at Barking, in fitness, and during his stay in town occu. pied apartments in the above-mentioned house. On Monday morn ing, about three o'clock, he was called up as usual to attend to his business in Billingagate market. Deceased got out of bed, and tappedm the window on the first floor in answer to the call. Being a verrpetaetsal man, some tears were entertained that something had to detain him, as he was subct to fits. A person was theesfinsdespatched to look after him a bout tour o'clock, who observed his great coat on the cellar stairs, which induced him to go down, and he discovered the deceased on the floor of the water closet, which is a very confined place, doubled up, and so cam. pletely jammed in that it was with difficulty he could be got out. There was every appearance of the deceased haying struggled hard. He was conveyed into the tap-room, and a surgeon attended as soon m possikle, who bled hion(very little flowed), and pronounced him dead. The deceased las afterwards put into bed, and his body becoming quite warm, another surgeon was sent for, and nearly a pint of blood was takes from him. Other Meal!. were used, but without success. Verdict—" Died by the visitation of God !" Another intone was held before the same Coroner, at St. Bar. tholoniew's Hospital, on 'he body of Eliza Rice', a child nine years of age, whose clothes accidentally caught fire daring the temporary absence of her aunt, with whom she resided. Verdict— " Accidental Death." An Inquest was also held before the same Conner and Jury touching the death of Hiovinti Oneto, a poor Italian 13 years of age.—The deceased, ltappeared, had very lately arrived in Oil country, at Gravesend, where be met with shameful ill-treatment from a man who is now in - Maiastone gaol for ,the assault, and it was supposed be some of his countrymen that his death was occa. siosiod . by the thieriei :WI then recetvedz but it was satisfactorily proved:the deceased died in consequence of the small-pox, of the Most inveterate kind, and a verdict to that effect was accordingly returned. DESTRUCTION OF CUMBERLAND GARDENS TAVERN BY FIRE. —f— Yesterday morning these extessivi premises were Many eon. sumed by Are. The fire was discovered by two young They retnening home, about II minutes befeet four o' cloc k. were pasting over Vauxhall.hridge, when they observed smoke bursting from the roof just above the kitchen. They immediately alarmed the persons who kept the tap, and having leaped the garden rail toga, they amused the instates of the tavern. In a abort time the wasters and the female' in the house were got down stairs. almnet all without an other clothes than those they slept In. In a few minutes Jar. Knott, Alr. Belly's partner in the tavern, returned from town, and he, with the assistance of the young gentleman be- Ibre mendened, and others, succeeded In saving the money and books in the bar, and other parts of the house, and almost all the bedding, furniture, &e., with the exception of one or two bed sisals. Sheets and blankets were the only coverings which could bellimialied to the females, who were sheltered by the neighbours, Mesta. Wicker, Smith, White, and Wells, to whose noun, and Ms hers, what property was saved was also taken. Having Ned flip that was possible, in which they encountered much den. se the cattlemen next turned their attention to procuring engines. - Two of sir R. Burnett's were soon got into the garden, bat in con sequence of the wind blowing very strongly down the river, the tide, which was at low ebb, and much lower than usual, together with the shortness of the engine hoses, which could not reach the water, these machines were useless. The engines of' the different fire offices in town then arrived, but, from the same cause, were unable to work for an hone and a quarter; during this time, owing to the violence of the wind and the quantity of wood In the building. Oho lon t roo:n being entirely of that material and plaster), the tame were making an astonishingly rapid progress towards the d Lion of the whole premises. At last the Sun Fire 2oating etigine arrived, and threw a vast body of water on the flames ; while on, of the Globe engines was got on the beach, and supplied one of the Westminster in the garden, by joining their hoses together. antli thus enabled the latter to play on the flames. Notwithstanding these and other strenuous exertions, the roof of the ball-room fel in at a tivarter to Ma o'clock, and that of the tavern at about seem o'clock. The tavern part of the premises being of brick work might probably have been saved but for the difficulty of procuring water. Two plugs of the South Lambeth Weter.Works were opened, but fora considerable length of rime they supplied no water. The un fortunate waiters, who lost their clothes, at first appeared so amazed and stupified, that they leaned on the railings, and were unable te render any assistance for a considerable time; while some of the firemen seemed to be very willing to transfer their share of the labour to the zealous and active inhabitants of the neighbourhood, who exerted themselves to the utmost in attempting to subdue the flames. The only part of these extensive premises now standing are part of • wall and a stack of chimneys. fader these are the cellars containing the most valuable of the stock, which, it is to be hoped, will be found but little damaged. The proprietors of the tavern had but recently laid In a very large stock of wine', spirits, ale, doe. ; and we regret to say that we fear their insurance, which they were about to increase, will be very inadequate to the amount of their loss. They had the prospect too of a most successful meson before them, having been engaged to entertain different par. dos on almost every day from next week till the middle of August. Miss Bally received a contusion by the falling of part of a bedstead on her back. 111 r. Knott was considerably hurt on the side and leg by the falling of a chest of drawers; and one of the young gen demen who first discovered the fire had one of his boots burnt and his hands considerably scorched, in his exertions to save the pro. perty • while the foreman of tie Sun Fire-office actually fainted front the excess of heat. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. As the watchman on duty on the Vauxhall Bridge road, at half. past three o'clock yesterday morning, was going his round, lie per. eeived much smoke issuing from the upper part of the Cumberland Tavern. After knocking at the door of the 'fap for some time, he informed Ireland, the night constable, who, without delay, alarmed the neighbourhood by ringing the watchhouse bell, after which he collected the whole of the watchmen of the parish, and proceeded to the - Tavern, when they found a great volley of flame was is. suing from out of the windows of the staircase leading to the ballroom. The noise made by the watchman at the door of the tap, suc ceeded in waking an apprentice-boy who slept over it. who went to the room in which two females were sleeping. This room is situated in the (tont part of the house, and the inmates had barely time to escape with their lives, being obliged to run out into the ; gardens, attired in their night-clothes. The servants of the house also succeeded in getting out of the house in time to escape the fury of the flames. At about a quarter to four o'clock the china-closet, and several other rooms over the flue of the kitchen copper, were on fire. Ire. land, assisted by the watchmen, immediately . set about saving the furniture, which was thrown through the windows of those rooms which were not yet in flames. The engine belonging to Sir Robert Burnett's distillery was the first on the spot ; it was shortly followed by that belonging to the Vauxhall Gardens : but their endeavours were completely fruit. less, as there was no water to be obtained ; the nearest fire-plug be. ing close by the Vauxhall turnpike,a distance of nearly six hundred yards from the Tavern. The tide at the time was at its lowest ebb, and just on the turn ; therefore the only means of obtaining water was from a pump oat the premises, which, with the utmost exec. tions, did not yield a sufficient supply of water for Messrs. Bur. nett and Co.'s engine. Shortly after four o'clock the \Vest of England Company's en gine arrived, and immediately after the Globe engine came at a ra. pid rate across f auxball Bridge. The Globe engine at first went to the water side, but the engine only having two tiler, and the tide hating turned, the engine was obliged to he shifted, and the fine men went to the plug opposite the turnpike gate, where it waited the arrival of the Beacon and other engines,anto which the Globe engine played. and by that means were enabled to throw some water on the flames. The 'West of England Company's engine, the Hand-in-Hand, and several other engines, snout half.past tour o'clock, got a good supply of water from the Vauxhall Creek, which runs alongside of the gardens, and the Sun The office floating engine, which is calculated to throw nearly • ten of water • minute, was stationed on the river opposite to the gardens. The flames continued burning with rapidity in both directions, owing to a considerable breeze which at the time was blowing from off the river. At five o'clock the whole of the roof fell in with a tremendouVerash, and a fcw minutes after a piece of brandy burst with a considerable explosion, and added vigour to the conflagra. tion, which at this moment was dreadful, in defiance of the most vigilant exertions of the firemen. The firemen at six o'clock found their exertions were of no avail, as no power could save any part of the premises. Several o ffi cers of the Union Hall Police Office Sr. rived about half-past five o'clock, and protected the effects which had been saved from the flame.. The flames continued to rage until near seven o'clock in the morning, when they began to abate for want of fuel, and at eight o'clock the firemen were able to relax their duty ; and at nine o'clock there was nothing standing with the exception of six of the chimneys, and the wall by the side of the road. The tavern is the , properly of the South London Water-works, and is held by Illesars. Baily and Co. the landlords of the tavern, on lease, of which nearly 24 years are unexpired. The premises are insured in the Globe Fire-office for one thousand pounds, and the stock, is instead in the sante office for two thousand pounds. .51r. Baily left the tavern about two months ago, in censer . % of health, and is at present residing at Illargate. 31r. brother set off by the steam-packet yesterday tr.ornirig to infers him of his lost. The stock is expected to be saved, with the exception of the brandy, which exploded. Of course some of it is damaged, but the principal part still remains in safety, as the cellar was, soon liter the breaking out of the fire, covered with the ruins. The amount of the property destroyed is estimated at about seven thousand pounds. A poor servant girl lost thirteen guineas, the produce of her savings for sonic years past. None of the servants have saved any of their apparel; some household furniture was saved. At one o'clock, the firemen, after pulling down the stacks of chimneys, ascertained that the wine in the cellar was nat damaged to any considerable degree; a few hoiden were broken. Such has been tha mortality among the young lambs this lambing season, in the county of Berke, that a dealer in lamb skins, at SVantage, has purchased upwards of 30,000 skins. MINING INTLI.LIGENCE.—COppOT OTC" PO Tru at ro, May 19, 2,169 tons ; average produce 64 ; quantity of fine copper, 169 tons 13 cwt.; amount of sale, 15,1091. lOs ; average standard, 1221. 10s. iViSTEax SHIP CANAL—The Committee of the House of Commons came yesterday to a unanimous decision that the Promoters of this measure had fully proved the pre amble of their Bill. The general merits of this under taking being thus satisfactorily established, after a most patient investigation, the Bill will now proceed through its regular stages in Parliament.—May 23, 1823. ItICIIM•N ' S PYROFUGE, OR COMPLETE AND Clarion Fraz Escapr.—F. Richman respectfully begs leave to inform his friends and the public in general. that he has invented, and ob tained his Majesty's Letters Patent far, • Fire Escape Machine, the only one ever yet invented to effect a safe, ready, and complete Escape from • House when on Fire, without the aid of persons from the street, with other machines, ladders, at., which seldom ar. rive in time. The instantaneous and magical production of this Machine can only properly understood by bei ng seen , as a child may produce an Escape for the whole Family in an instant. The Apparatus may be seen daily, front Eleven to Four, at the House of the l'atentee, 35, Great Pulteney-street, Golden-mare. Who ever will take the trouble to inspect the above Machine, will confess that it is complete in every respect; and henceforward no person need apprehend danger from fire wherever it is erected. Hazard and Co . 's great success !!—No. 9,183, a Prize of '20,000f., drawn 12th of last month, wu sold by Huard said Co. iu a Half and Eight Sixteenth Shares. Hazard and Co. sharal and gold the following Capitals, drawn on the same day : 8.185 . moo() 9,063 £3lO 9,579 - 2,000 3,776 - - 213 115 . - 525 7.522 - 215 9,403 . 524 6,337 - . 215 Huard and Co. are selling for the new Scheme (for which the are the Contractors), containing Two of 30,000 1 ., Tw o of 10,000 k, Two of 5,0001., dr.c.-ite., and No Blanks. All is One Day--nrat Tuesday—Royal Exchange (late, 26, Ccuthill ; 324, Oaford street, end of Regent-street. SOH OF THE LATE POPE. The following is the subject of much conversation is Rome. It is commonly asserted that, when on his death. bed; his late Holiness acknowledged a son—Legort en ctr course he:fore he embraced the eeelesiastiesl profession, and by a second codicil to his will, in which latter lie provided tor his legitimate relatives, he constituted this fruit of his juvenile indiscretion residuary legatee, directing letters t, that effect to be written to him by the Prelate S—, and Cardinal G—. Upon receiving intelligence of the Pontiff's decease, this person applied to the Papal agent at Florence fte a passport, in order to betake himself to Rome; bat b e received for answer that orders had been received for with holding from him such paper. At length be contrived to reach the Ecclesiastical capital, and havin g ma d e k nown his case to the Cardinal Minister, and obtained through his Eminence's interposition the usual carte de suede, his next step was to submit his claims to the executors, Prince C—, Prince B—, and a Prelate. The first received him with his wonted urbanity, and referred him to the others. Prince B whose sister is married to the nephew of Pius VII., is reported to have Heated the applicant as an impostor, and to have threats' cued him with imprisonment. Finding that nothing was to be obtained troni the executors, he was advised to apply to the laws for redress —employed Counsel-- and commenced proceedings. In the mict ti me , t t e period for which the carte de suede halt been given, being near expiring, be demanded at the Police-office its reanwil, but was assured there that he might remain tranquil, as such formality would not be considered as necessary. Relying upon such intimation, he returned to his dwelling, and continued to pursue his process. One evening, however, he was called by a loud knocking to his door. Upon opening it, his apartment was immediately occupied by a party of gensdanues, headed by a police officer, who peremptorily demanded inspection of his cag e de surete. Notwithstanding his sepses( ntatiou of what had been communicated to him by the police magistrate, he was, upon failure of producing the required document, ordered to be arrested, his papers seized, and he was con ducted to the prison annexed to the police-office where h e still remains, deprived of communication with his friends. It is said that he bas more than once been privately tr_ mined, and has answered every interrogatory with firm. ness and consistency, protesting loudly against the oppres sion to which has been subjected. As his late Holiness has left very considerable residuary property, as appears lot, several documents found after his death, this claim may tit liable to contest ; and the imposture, if it be one, should ix severely punished. The mysteriousness, however, of the transaction, involves much doubt. If it should be wished to conceal an incident of human frailty, it might have been preferable to hush the matter up. It is edded, that Co. vernment itself has begun to be tired of this delicate affair, and has even afforetl the prisoner opportunities of escape, which, in proud conscientiousness of the justice of Lis cause, he has disdained to avail himself. BENEFIT SOCIETIES. At Worship-street Police Office. yesterday, the Secretary and se veral of the members of a Benefit Society, called the " Frieadly Society," which has existed for upw ar d s o f a century, in spiral ' fields, consisting of thirty-one members, appeared before Mr. Twyford, on a summons obtair. , cl against them by James Dow. hog. to show cause why they had expunged his name from the books of the Society. The complainant stated, that he had been a member of this So ciety for fifteen years, but having lately removed from London to Oakingham, in Berkshire, he sent one pound in a parcel to hut daughter in London, with directions to her to pay his contribution t t the Society on their meeting night, the sth of February. The pixel arrived in London a week before that time, but owing to mate negligence in delivering it. his daughter did not receive is until Sunday morning, the Bth of February, the morning atter the meeting of the Society. She immediately went and offered pay. went of the money, but the Stewards refused to receive it, telling her that her father was " scratched" (i. r. that his name had been crossed off the books), and that he no longer belonged to the So ciety ; and all subsequent applications on his part having proved unavailing, he was if nren to the necessity of seeking redress at the hands of the Magistrates. The Sectmary said, that the complainant's daughter did not ap ply to the Stewards of the Society as stated ; but he was informed that she applied to one of the members, and offered the money to him. The Secretary then submitted to the Magistrate, that the ' Stewards were not empowered by the rules of their Society to rt. celve money from members, if not paid in at the proper time. The member who had been alluded to by the Secretary stated that Dowling's daughter brought the money to him on the Sunday morning, and he told her he thought the Stewards would Rot they. receive it, as her father had been „ scratched." She however lett the money with him until she could communicate the circumstances to her father, and it remained in his possession a fortnight. The 10th rule of the Society, under which the complainant had been" excluded, was now read by the Magistrate as follows " That every member of this society shall clear off his account., what is owing to the box, on the quarterly night, or else he shall forfeit od. to the box ; and if he does not clear *hat is owing to the box in one month after that time, he shall be excluded this society, and his 3d. for expenses on a quarterly night shall be considered es money owing to the box, and to be taken out of the box for the reckoning owing." The month allowed lay this rule for the payment of arrears basing expired on the sth of February, the members then present had pro ceeded to " scratch" the complainant. The Magistrate said he thought the proceeding of the Society was, to say the least of it, a very harsh one, anti appeared to him to I eve gone beyond the meaning of the rule, which could not hate been framed to exclude members, the payment of whose cootnbu tion had been delayed by mere accident, as it had been in thin case. it having been proved that the complainant had sent his money before the required time. The 31agistrate afterwards discovering that one of their rules made ft imperative fpr the Secretary to call a general meeting of the members in'cases of dispute between the Stewards and a member, advised that that course should now be adopted, saying lie was core the good sense of the meeting would lead them to restore Dowling's name to the books of the Society. The Secretary promised to act on the Magistrate's advice, and the parties then left the office. CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 25. The supplies of Grain and Flour fresh up since Monday hare been but trifling. We had a very dull trade to.day for all Grain ' (espetlally Wheat), without any material variation in prices from Monday. Nf r"RDE R.—Considerable consternation has been excited in this city this morning by the discovery of a murder which Ms been perpetrated by some person or persons unknown. Early tbis morning a young man's attention was arrested by something against the bank of the river side towards I)olmead, which an examining it proved to be a sack containing the body of a man in a state of nudity. On the left breast was a cut extending some Inches down. wards, and below it a stab which had perforated the beast. Se►eral other marks of violence appeared in various parts of the boar, which is now undergoing examination. In the bottom of the sack•, which was securely fastened. was found a large stone ; the body has not yet been identitied.-Batl Gazette, May 24. BIRTH. On the 24th inst., in Berkeley-square, the Hon. Mrs. Bitlby Thompson, of a son. MARRIED. ' At St. AnoesChureh, Dublin, on the 18th inst. DanietKinahan. jun. Esq. Barrister at law. to Louisa Ann Stuart, eldest daughter of the late John Robert Moller, of Russell-square, Lando°, and of Longbridge, Wstrwickshire, Esq deceased, niece of the Hoe. C. H. Hutch;ineon, M.P., and granddaughter of late Sir James Bood, Bart. _ _ On Thursday last, at the British Ambassador's, Paris, Jos. T. Forster, Esq. of Seaton Bum, Northumberland, to Slade. J. Jam bert, of St. Germain. At Bideford, Roar-Admiral H. R. Glenn, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late H. lucledoo, Esq. of Bideford, and sista 10 Captain Incledon, R.N. On Monday last, at Liverpool, Mr. William Brown, wine-mer chant, to Emma, only child of the late Thomas Helif Price, Esq. of Bristol, DIED. On the Ikb ofJanuary lass, at Mama, boom Thomas Roberts. Esq. • . On then* twit in Oesect e met e Pagmemmure, Mary, the wife of pkarls Gokionoy. of4lookioll in the county of Berke, hoe amooloor of osomillowdoo, Esq. of Plowdet. Hall, in the county of Salop, In the NS year of her age. On Tuesday, the 24th inst. at Richmond, Sir John G re y Eger ton, Rart. of Egerton and Oulton Perk, Cheshire, in the 60th year of his age. At Clifton, out the 19th inst. after • long and painful ilium, aged 28. Fanny, the wife of 111. H. Castle, Leg. and fifth doellbor of the late R. H. Saddam, Esq. In Russell place, in the 81st year of his age, lieutenant-omnd Thomas Trent. of the Hon. East India Company's Service. After a short but severe illness of two days, %has Mary Brewer aged 21, wood daughter of Themes Brewer, Req. of Barlby, Selby. This young lady was to have beat married on the very day on which her funeral took place. nest - HIGH WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON BRIDOE. Morning 22 min. after d. Afternoon 84 nun. attar 13. - --- weal/ Printed at THE BLUISH PRESS 0120 t. by JAY• CAsLT° 1 181, Strand, and published by K. 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