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PROPINCI.4 I. BANKS. N NT1111;11 DA \'X. We regret that di is not in our pimtr to hold out a ny hope that the Naut with *ilk will • reitstne its business. s e veral gentlemen in that neighbourhood hive-, we under stand, most handsomely rfferell to take the notes of the hank in payment as 'isn't!. on couttition that an individual (warty related to one of the firm) wou ld a t„, p i t ,4 o self to do so ; to this proposal, however, he has not thought proper to secede, and we fear the consequences may be such as we should 11e1 ply regret.—Marctegiehl Herald. KINtiSTON AND CHEIt'fSEV, BANKS. We are happy to learn, that the respectable. bank of Messrs. sh ru b s see mid Lambert of Kingston resented pay ment of its notes in ste.c'e on Motulay last ; and this day (yesterday) it begins paving the deposits of its customers. The Chertsey Bank of Messrs. La Coate has resumed pay ment several weeks. On the investigation which took into their affairs at the time of their stoppage, it w as ascertained that tLc it P.MIS to inert the demands against them amounted, as ru tidy as passible, to fortyithlllings in the pound. The reports as to the probable dividend on the erects of M es srs. riper awl I)ewctney, the bankers of Dorking, are extremely desultory. varying from la. 841. to ha. Notwithstanding assignees have been appanted.'en &arose. are making to effect an arrangement of the saint ("those gentlemen, by whisli the working the bankruptcy maybe rendered Utlllere isary.—Cesenty Chronicle. NEW CHELTENHAM BANK. On the 17th instant, a new hank is announced to he opened in Cheltenham ; the conductors of the firm will be the '3lernrs. Cripys, bankers, of Cirencester. 7HE SILK TRADE. yesterday a very rumeroos Meeting of the inhaltitanto of the parish of tit. Mettle,. Bethnal-getrin. took glace at toe parish church. poreuact to p.iblie notice, for the purpose of taking into rorunkratiar the dirretvort vate of the *ilk tvei.ver,, mot to adopt imh meamtro at might be deemed txpedieht, LI rider existing eumstances. Anent one &dock alr. Woon, one of the Chuichwardenti, wu calferl t 0 the chalk. . i. - i Mr. Geetteri, in - a wistech of some length. pet forth the preterit alarming - and • tuserecedetoed state of die mess into which whole parishes Imd been Moneyed, owing to a etagnadm In the itilit trade. As he underetivrd ;hat Mr. Brutton had a Memorial prepared, he mowed that it %boatel he rend. - - The /ter. 31r. littowx seconded the motien. Mr. Ilatoreoe theta presented himself mi the table, and was warmly welcomed. lie said he apposred befbre them in-a double capacity. that of einliaitor, and Vestry Clerk... He lied eketched the draught of a •Meniorial to the Board of Trade, but before he pro. eeeded to read It. he begged leave to offer a few observations. (Hear. btar.i lie was every to say dont the pictore drawn by 31e. (liable • we-. not over.coloured ; for, in his aided capacity as Veal Clerk. he hit been during two bye orlast week busily en. i rg ed, from 7 o'clock in the morning until 1') o'clock at night, in n aping out orders of removal, and lornishiog relief to the nume rous applicants who solicited i;. There were then in the workhouse between 900 and WO persons. and the out.pensioners amounted to upsets% of 121M1, which latter number cent the parish weekly the corn cif 1301. °ales( Tuesday alone there were 350 applications fu - rel;ef. " Oracimtelitiel !" exclaimed Mr. Brutam, " how has this misery arisen ? or where will it erd." Although he would nit wish to speak disrespectful of the dead, (Mr. Ricanlo),yet it was right to state that ed! the present distress owed hi existence to the influence of. dee fsecinjoinie wade " Free Trade" and " Politico! Economy.' Fee two yeats, he said, he had with the. weavers of Spitafilielde stroggled bard, but unsuccessfully, to resit the repeal of the Spi4llielde Amt. under which the Silk Trade had enjoyed such pootiction, end its anisette such happineea. The masters who had been the clime of briagtng forward that llinitUr.. were. he believed, now heartily sorry for it. He rueinteined that without prohibitory laws fur the protection of the Silk Trade in 'hie ceuntry it must . be teterly des:riled. Neither 30, nor 60. nor 90 per cent. would preyent smuggling, on the contrary it would only act as a bounty, *Mess a chain of vessels was drawn from the Lirard Point to the North hen. For every single piece of goods that would come into this country on' payment of the duty. ten would fleet AA/ Way wilhoutpaying any duty at all. He sincerely hoped hie hlejeety's 31inieters would abandon the project of carrying such a measure into effect, and he trusted the public press. that great orgui of the public voice, would Om came forwent at this m mists, and with their powerful aid assist so many thou. sends of their itellow.countrytiten -who were, without any fault or misconduct on their pens, reduced to the lowest state of human rais try. bit. Brutton then primed t 'high 'hiiloglunf in his-Mit jenty's Ministers; a better set of men, he believed, never held the ivies of deveroureof in theit hands (cheers), and if there be one 1 mom than ammeter that be Weaned!, it we that venerable Noble. man the hoed High Cheacelor, who fur upwards of 20 years had held the . "Of dim country with y wololionour to himself. Vet this u it not bran bad belt • owl leadisaail bemuse he ar 4eas app e eletennived ‘ most cenecipitioush, to dbit:harp his public duties. 31r. B. next referred roe recent Meetioo of Agriculturists in the county of Durset,a?,4 dwelt much wan die report of I clergy man's epoch on that pet-anion. (nab. which heread extracts (from the British Press of last Tilley ),ethene that Lhvine contended. that the agricultural and eribufacting nits-Tom were inseparably inter. woven with each intr. Ile jodulgesi the hope that Ministers would, through the Board of Trade, be indueed,'Oas anon as Parliament met, to extend the time tyr the encitudott of foreign silks Circe or five yea.* longer. No doubt this delay might cause some inconvenience to the French manpfactureys, who meibetely were all now busy in prepaing their July eiders ; byt wog ehoulk we care about their tueonectience? (Great ap lame.) Can we, without mingled feel. ings of sorrow and rt gret, car of this btunle at feyons when Beth nal.green is beggiag aud n tears? (A deafening applautte foie lowed this sentenco—te parish that has. under the prohibitory sys tem, for the last fifty . years advanced in a state of unparalleled prosperity, having du ri ng that tithe made sit increase of 1,5410 houees, anal etontaining a population of 50,000 inhabitants. He concluded by saying, that he trusted his Alnjesty . o 31inistere would pause before they.consigned so ynany thousands of his Majesty's lova! and industrious subjects to the worktiouee. Wrest applause followed the conclusion of Mr. Bruttnn's speech.) Mr. lin terries then commenced to read the memorial addressed to the Board of Trade. and which was of great length. It sets oat by stating the great distress into which the weavers are plunged.. draws a frightful picture of the misery in which they are placed. and stela that the stagnation so produced originated with the repeal est the prohibitory Feature, and the prospective importations of French and foreign silks under a zloty of 30 per cent. Irfurther states that it may b: deemed presumptuous to cell in question the wisdom of Parliament. or the measures of his Majesty's Govern went, as to the subject matter in tpieetion. They however feel assured that stall 'measures have been well intended : but if thou. lands of his Majesty's subjects in this part of the metropolis, who hate tiered large families under the prohibitory system foe a long seriee sergeant—is it of no consequence to the State that these thousands of people, brought up lei an their infalicy to man. Fowl in one pursuit, must have their grey hairs brought down with sorrow to the grave,' that the repeal ut tine prohibitory systmn will not only be the cause of the ruin Di - the ueands of operatives, but with client a great number of other respn . table tradesmen ; ' that the property and wealth of the parish have materially in ceased during the last few years ; diet a consitletable number of streets hare been inede, and many hundred new houses erected ex. pvesely for silk looms, the proprietors of such homier being induced to invest their capital thus employed by the flottrishing state of this branch of manufacture under the prohibitoly lase, the repeal of which will cause houses to be untenanted, mid the taxis to his majesty's gov e rn m e nt lost; that already the greater part of these houses have become useless property. the distress being sa great, the lanteloird cannot yet his rent ; that many respectable house keepers, who have Inc penes pea contributed to the poor -rate, are now beet me paupers) themselves. lit conclusion, is implored the Honourable Board to devise some incans that may tenet to check the evil that is hourly and daily iecretsing (West applause.) .Mr. Wen RT Es" ANT said there could be but one sentiment as to propriety of adoption the memorid just read. If the new regula tions were to be conical into effect, the Silk Trade would be completely crushed. lie therefore moved, that the Memorial lie approved. • Mr. We et.ieet Vogwo..who seconded the motion, drew a frightful picture of the state of trade this month, as contrasted with the corresponding month of the year before. Mr. PAYTON said, that rrom official document+ it appeared there bad been Imported into this country late year nearly 3.400.000 lb.. of raw silk, and allowing 30s. per lb. for wages. would of itself bring into circulation four millions anti A half. lie had been that day ii.tiirnicil by persons who woe examining the state of the do I:11. Mat MA one out of retry six were at work. Mr. ri 113 BoN s said half the slistreseve of the weavers were not known, as many of them lund sold their beds and bankets„ at this season ce the year, to provide bread for their children • and he had that morning ei;nessed the grates being carted out of ' their houses. and sold for the purposes of present relict. The select vestry would nn doubt do any thing in their power to ameliorate the condition re tame poor, but they wanted the means to reach the extent of the evil. 11e proposed that the Memorial 'Mould be laid in the vestry for sigrat milt ; that a Committee of 21 persons, with the Church. wades and perish officers. lee appointed to carry the resolutions into effect; and that Ile. Brunton. be requested to lend his assist. our. to the Committee. Mr. Bit r't TON said lie would cheerfully do every thing in his power to serve his tellow-pariehionere. A Committee of 21 orr eries was then appointee]. After which the thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. Brutton, and craned by acelaniation. hire 'intro Ton returned thanks in a neat 'speech thanking them for that .idtlitito al murk of their confidence. lie bud firmerly piedged himself at all times to come fervent, and he honed he had ream,' ed his pledge. (Cries tit " You hate, you have !") The thanks of itie meeting were voted to the Chairman, and the ere:little then separa;ed. We ol,scrve in a Paper of yesterday, following some re muks upon the canvass now carrying on for the livre t:t.tation of the Univetsity of Cambriil:"., the statement of rlpPrOtlit Lord Palmerston is to he created an English l'i•cout:t ; wt pc authorised to state that such a report has to . fotaitdition whateva.—Cc TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITIsIf PRESS• Sta—lt is my duty, as the attorney of Messrs. Hurst, Robinson, and Co.. to inform yen that the paragraph which appeared in the Times of this morning respecting them is not only unauthorised but false. The amount of their engagements is most grossly exaggerated, and it is untrue that they have made a general stoppage of payments. It is, however, not to be denied that bills have been dishonoured from the impossibility of raising cash in the present unex ampled state of the money market, though they have an abundance of funds to met t all engagements, and a hand some surplus of property. As false and exaggerated state ments are calculated to produce much unnecessary alarm, and deeply to injure, not only Messrs. Hurst, Robinson, and Co., but all those establishments which are known to be contwettd with them, you will greatly oblige them by sot admitting into your respectable columns any statement on the subject. An action will be commenced against the publishers of the Times this day. 1 sue, for Tuttle, self, and Gaunt, Sir, your very obetlient Servant, JAS. RICHARDSON. 33, Poultry, 16th Jan., 16213. WEST POAST or Araica.—We have been• favoured with the petuaal of a letter, written by an intelligent naval officer, which states that when the Anatine left the Cape the surveying squadron was about to proceed to the west coast of Africa. The Purser of the Leven, and a Lieu- tenant, died at the Cape ; awl 32 officers have fallen vic- dons to the climate since the surrey was begun, among whom are the two Lieutenants of tln.Espiegle. It appears that little has been done to check the progress of the slave trade in that part of the world ; one vessel had been cap tured by the Leven, and another by the Ariadne, off Ma• dasasesr, from which t 49 slaves were liberated, 32 of whom subsequently died. A number ot bodies were found on the beach, the Frenchmen having cruelly thrown them overboard. These .poor victims were cooped up in a vessel of only 80 tons, which took in her cargo on the cast coast, and was bound to Bourbon. The French in these seas carry on the abominable traffic with as much vigour as ever, and almost with impunity. When the Ariadne touched at Madagascar on her passage home, the King, Radamali, was turning the French and Arabs from every part of the island. Dreadful fevers had carried off thou. sand+ of his troops. and many rebellions have taken place, which had been as many times quelled. Ile possesses a fine army. and a powerful adviser in the agent, Mr. Ilastie; without him he could do nothing. Ultimately he will pos sess the whole of this extensive island, which is a fine country, and will one day be of some importance, having fine harbours, and abounding with cattle and timber.— finmpihire Chronicle. LAW PROMOTIONS IN Int t.Axo.—We have beard it stated that the following changes are contemplated :—Lord Norbnry retires. The vacant seat on the Bench, in the Common Pleas, to he filled by Mr. Sergeant Lefroy. Mr. Doherty succeeds Mr. Lefroy as Sergeant at Law.— Dublin Mot fling rust. _ TIIC SILK TRADE.—The account of the number of home standing idle, and weavers, &c., out of employ, in Spitalflelds and its environs, was forwarded to the Trade Committee last Saturday. The report was u follows: LOOMS. 13,000 ; weavers. &c., 15,060 ; adding wives and ehr;dren to this number, it may be fairly calculated that there are 30,000 souls at this inclement season suffering the most painful privations. In Betlniallreen parish the distress is felt most severely, particularly among the tradespeople, who, as they find the poor-rates increase, their means to pay them diminish. The following is a correct abstract from the workhouse books of the above pa . rish alone, up to Friday last, viz. :—Paupers in the house, 800 • ditto, receiving relief out of the !wipe, 1,000. Re ceived into the house on Saturday (in addition to the above number) 24' families, some of whom have from one to six children each. The house is now so full they are obliged to sleep three and four in a bed. The following fart relative to Rail-roads is valuable:— -r• - Goods from Lirerpool to London, by wagon, are charged 121. per ton, and delivered on the sixth day. By the canal, 41. per ton; delivered on the Bth, 12th, and 16th day. By the van, 161. per ton; and delivered on the third day ; and of so melt linportance is despatch in many commercial transactions, that the vans are often laden almost to break ing down. By the rail-road, 192 miles, calculated at the Stockton and Darlington price of 2d. per mile, a ton would only be 11. 12s. with certain delivery on the second day. The superiority of railway communication is therefore clearly demonstrated, for n combines all the r..quisitcs— safety, expedition, and cheapness.—Corliale Patriot. Last week, Kinross county gaol, long celebrated as a place of durance, was sold to a manufacturer of candles in that place, to be converted, we understand, into a manu factory of his commodity—a new gaol being now about finished. We have heard as many anecdotes of the old one as of the famous Heart of Mid Lothian. We have been assured that, at one period, it was no uncommon thing for the prisoners to bear the keys of their own apartments, and that on the public streets debtors have been heard soli citing their hard-hearted creditors for enlargement. A ma nufacturer of brooms went out regularly to collect materials for his work, anal, during certain hours of the day, made his prison a shop for the disposal of his goods.—Perlk Courier. On Thursday a county meeting took place at Derby, to consider the propriety of the abolition of negro slavery. There were present the High Sheriff, the Duke of Devon shire, Lord Kinnaird, Hon. G. Lamb, Sir Roger Gresley, Bart., Francis Mundy, Esq., M,P., W. Evans, Esq., M.P., &c. A number of speeches were made in Con demnation of slavery, and a string of resolutions in favour of petitioning Parliament on this subject, was adopted by the meeting. A singular proceeding was adopted on Sunday in the parish Chureit of St. ).!ary-le-Strand, immediately after divine service. It appears there has been a difference ex isting for some time between the parishioners and the clergyman respecting the appointment of parish clerk. The appointment is in the rector, the salary in the parish. The parishioners requested the rector to appoint an old parishioner of respectability, the curate recommended a stranger; the latter succeeded, and the stranger now offici ates, but the parish refuses to pay any salary. On Sunday, the Sth, the churchwarden desired the clerk to read a notice .for the meeting of a vestry in the usual manner, which he refused unless paid for; the churchwarden then directed him to make a charge; he read the notice, and the follow ing day sent in a regukar bill, charging 10e. ud. fur every notice delivered since his appointment. The vestry deter mirel to resist this demand, and it being neceiriary to pub lisp a particular notice in the Church on Sundry last, the I notice eras tendered first to the ch rk then to the curate to read ; both gave a distinct refusal, when, to the surprise of the congregation, immediately alter the sermon their at tention was directed to the beadle mounting one of the seats , by the font, and with stentorian lungs—tkeer ! Oyer! delivered the required notice. The matter is likely to end • I by st.consultation with some of the Long Robes of * Doctors' C 0 4121110115. SPORTIXG lA:DELUGE-ITE. TATTERSALL: S, Mein)AT, J.w. 16. Very little business was done till the close of the afternoon, many of the leading betters being absent till then. There isnot anything to notice, if we except the prinripal favourites for the (hike, Mignionette being now third favourite instead of first. Belzoni, for the St. Leger, gradually advances. Amongst the sporting gentlemen preqem were several from Lei cestershire, who are prevented enjoying the pleasures of the chase by the 'entity of the seather. DERBY. Si to 1 rept Monarch II to I apt Tredrille I:i to I apt The General 11l to I cyst Grantarie 20 to I agst Advance 22 to I apt Panic (Zulleta) 26 to I apt Sophist tni to 1 ago PoWens 35 to 1 agst Cedric' 3' to 1 agst ltolivar 441 to 1 agst Pluto (taken) SO to 1 aggt 11eray 150 to 1 agst Llarossa (taken) t to I agst Pawn i; to I ugstllagrea 6% to I apt 31ignionette II to 1 eget flizabeth 12 in 1 &get Mous 13 to 1 agsi Henry IT. ts:os:R. to 1 twit Bedlarnite 35 to 1 *gat Barefoot WI to 1 ago Brizont (taken) 50 to 1 agst Restless 12 to 1 r4!.t Crorader (takeu) 2000 to NI agotKingeole(taken) ,20 to 1 apt Ilaratalia 200 to :10 agst .t.:•.clphenson's colt 26 to 1 art talyvao (taker) i (tcltcn) .., misconduct on their putts; led • mis •ry. Mr. Brutton 'lke pa jeety's Ministers; a better set a MI rei:ss of Chnerineent in their h more th.m another that he ester • twin the I,orti High Chrticell held di t ali of anti country "wi this u st not loran bad beet appea deteriniVetl,.most cmi Os duties. Mr. B. next referred co t id the county of Ihnset ‘ reid tlwel man's vetch on that o...radon. the Brilish Prue of jut Ftilay P the agricultural and tnabufacti woven with each other. Ile pub P through the Board of Tirade, be to extend the lute tor the each lei yarn longer. No doubt this del to the French =ingratiate/a, IL.. preparin; their Juty orders ; I inconvenience? (Great applim inns of sorrow and r, Bret. hear i " nal-green is begging and in tt lowed this sentence)-1 parish tern, for the last fifty . years at prosperity, hating doting th , M. houses, and untaining a pont ✓e concluded by saying, that he ti IMP pause before they.consigned o local and industrious subjects followed the conclusion of Mr. in Mr. IInISTTOX then COMM led to the Board of Trade. and wh he by stating the great distress in led draws a frightful picture of MI and state, tint the stagnation s to Of the penhihitory S•atltes, I 'OIL French and foreigrt silks unde die i , states that it may be deemed ion wisdom of Parliament. or the led sent, as to the subject mat id, tainted that stirhmteenures h 3r- sands of his 3lajesty's subje In, who have rimed large Am rds for a long series of yeant—is i the these thousands of people, be Tr., hood in one pursuit, must bee de. sorrow to the grave,' that th ate will not only be the cause et fly but with them a grist num ter that the property and went rid, ceased during the list few lon streets have been iii , :de, and I ant prosily for silk looms, the pet iw. to invest their capital thus ore this branch of manufacture ney cf which will cause houses the Majesty's government lost; . at houses have become %toeless ell. the tataillad cannot yet hit uch kerp?rs, who have for yaws fives now ben me 'supers' themst llonoureble Boardto devise r s ;c; the evil that is hourly and de the Mr. STIJRTEV ANT Mad I saw_ 11TOpTiety Oi n AltoptiNg the m van tions were to be carriud in completely crushed. lle th On app roved. Mr. Wii.i.rAir Youyo, et- frightful picture of the state 'llf, the corresponding month of t We Mr. PAYTON said, that Ii out bed been Imported into this r.i. of rdw silk, and allowing bring into circulation four t to tley informed by persons e Tr. I;ons, that nut one out of e, Mr. titssows said half ,; , e known, as many of them lin 0, anion of the year, to proittli I that morning witnessed thee ti :t sad sold for the purposes of i I , v no doubt do any thing in I k a of t'de poor, but they wante fish evil. Ile proposed that the it d for sigraturt s ; that a Conon wardens and perish officers. ter, into effect; and that I.lr. lit dog antt, to the Committee. and Mr. fhtt!TTON 140 he w any power to serve his tellow.p , tolif was then appointed. .. %Tile were voted to Mr. Brutton, , the Mr. lid uvrax returned t at- for that addittm al mark c Out piet , geti himself at all times I if redee,, eA his pledge. (Cries I to 'the Os auks of the meeting rre:titig then separced. i or s•serrnes. na I, We olarrve in a Papal him marks upon the conifer ring t.:i.tation of the Utlivetsii pile 1 riper( !het Lord Poirot it of. ri•couin ; RI pre such , ion. iiii. YID . fotai3dition whale . ~. , _ THE BRITISH .PRi:tag. LAT AO ( ()CRT OF CHANCERY. DAR/CPI/PT PETITIONS Tflll nme•airoßE TUE )TASTER lII' TUE BOLLS SITTiso Eon I.OIII) . CYSNEPII.O2: PLEAS AND prom:fru:Ks lIEFOIIE THE VICE•CIIANCELLO2.! • COURT OF KING'S BENCH. CA031.8 TO ME TIIIET) RY SpECIAL TIMIS nAy AT WICATITINATER. ' Doe, on,thetientieenf the Bishop Met, a Fish'''. of London, ♦ 31erehell. Borman a Picketing. Brett • Beale* • Nem v Garth There willbe no Cnmmmt Jatirs to-day. 1..4 1V INtIadJGENCE. COURT OF CHaiNeiiHY, MONDAY, Jaw. 16. This being the fiat veal, end die Lord Chancellor being linable to sit in Count, the Master of the nods emend at eleven ti clock, and took hi 4 seat en the bench, to the left of the Lord Chan cellor's chair. MACI.TAN t'. PARK ANn OTHERS. Mr. Stratiwe.i.t. said this was a cause in which a bill was filed againet the defendants, for sic account ()rite personal estate of Allan Maclean, the testator mentioned in the pleadings. A decree Wan made, directing the accounts to be taken by the Master. In the course of the proceedings !t appeared that part of the testator's assets consisted of dividends, to be paid by the estate of Devayncs, Soule, and Co., bankrupts. Portions of these dividends were re ceived and paid, but a dispute has arisen about another portion of them, amounting to 1,5001., received by the defendant Maclean ; and the present application was on the part of Maclean's co-de fendant. Mr. Justice Park. that Modena might be mitered to pay the 1000/. into Court in the course of three weeks, and that it might be laid nut In the usual rummer until askew could be fully heard. The Darned Counsel tias not aware that the motion was opposed, but if the Court thought groperro make the order as prated, he would 'take it tin condition that no opposition arcs in tended to be made. The order was made, directing the rue td be spoken 10 again, if, on inquiry, any gentlemen was huntteis mutes thaatwoeion. Lord Girronn then went through the bar, but go gentleman will prepared to mote Isq other nwetali. ^•••-• 4, " --• Mr. SHADWELL said he believed the fact to be, that notice of his Lordship's intention to sit had heeh received so lately, that gen tlemen had not had time to be prepared. Lord 0I F ronn said he supposed that it ores an. fie understood notice had first been given that the hoed Chancellor would not sit to-day, without any intention that he (the Master of the Rolls) would sit in Ins lordship's place, and that this information had not been communicated till last night. As he multi be of on further use, lie rose, saying he would remain in the adjoining room for half an hour longer ; end if per chance any gentleman found he could move any thing in the course of that time; he would witli much plea/Ore again return into Court. Sir. SuanwEt.r. considered it quite unnecessary rot his Lord ship to take such trouble, Mid upon that the Court broke up. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, 310141)i`r, JAN. IG. GREAVES AND OTHERS B. HURL. AND OTHERS. Mr. SUODEN, in this case, moved for an injunction to restrain the defendants trom cutting down any timber or tiniber.like trees on certain estates in the pleadings mentioned, near High 'Wycombe, in the county of Bucks. formerly the property of a Dlr. Hicks, de ceased. .Mrs. Ilurl, the wife of the defendant, had a life interest in pin of the estates, consisting of about 6011 acre' of beech; which she bad threatened to cot down and sell. The plaintiff, who was an in fant, was entitled to the reversion, under the will of his grandfather. and if the defendants were allowed the opportunity of putting their threat into execution, the estate would be very materially injured. The question in the case was, whether, according to the custom of Bucks, beech was umber or underwood ? if It was timber, the de fendants ought clearly to be restrained from felling it; but if under wood, Mrs. Hurl, as tenant for life, would be entitled to it. The Learned Counsel then read several affidavits that had been Sled on the part of the defendants, slating that, in the county of Bucks, all timber trees, when felled, were adineasured and sold by the hint, forty feet making a load ; but beech was slow considered as tire. wood, and measured by the last, 2A2 hoot making a load. In contradiction to these affidavits the Learned Counsel read other affi davits tiled on rite part of his clients, stating the direct contrary, and also cited the case Aubrey v. Fisher, 10th East, 4411, where the Court of King's Bench had decided that beech was timber, and that it was act laid down by Lord Coke in the Ist and 2d Institutes. The Learned Counsel theretine submitted that the defendants were mistaken in their supposition that beech was underwood, and therefor; that the injunctuni should issue. Alr. HouNT. On the other side, contended, upon the. words of the testator's will, anti a subsequent codicil, that Mrs. Hurl took. a life interest "without Impeachment of waste," and consequently that she was entitled to cut the beech haquestion. The Vice-en/twee Laos was of opinion that there was no ground for the defence set up in this case, and that the weight of evidence as to beech being timber, according to the custom of Buckingliamahlre. was in favour of die plaintiff. He therefore granted the injunction in the terms prsyod. IX RE TOWNSEND. A BANKRUPT. This case was called on at the bitting of the Court, but the parties U.S appearing, it stood oyes. 417 ben as lauxase bad concluded, 11r. 310WTA0t7 appeared, and objected that the notice given for bringing on the ease was insufficient. The case had been set down to be heard before the Lord Chancellor, and it did not appear that it had been removed to the Vice-Chancellor's Court by his Lord ship's authority. The Vice-CtiaicerLf.cort said be had appointed this morning for hearing the case, in compliance with what lie understood to be the Lord Chtuicellor's direction. Mr. MONTAGU did not believe that the Lord Chancellor had given any such direction. Mr. Townsend (the petitioner, who appeared in person) said the notice had been regularly given to s Solicitor of the Court, and he thought the orporittion of Mr. Montagu, who knew all the cirmm stances of the case, was frivolous and vexatious. He (Mr. Town send) had been kept in Chancery for more than twenty years, anti when the Lotd Chancellor agreed to hear his petition his Lordship was taken ill, and the hearing was postponed to the 29. h December, and subsequently, front the same cause, to the 4th January. The Lord Chancellor being still unwell, application was made to the Vice. Chancellor, who, afire a knowledge of the facts, had ordered the case to come on the first thing this morning. Under these cir cumstances, he trusted his Honour would not consent to any further postponement, as he had been subjected to great distress and incon venience by being kept so long in Court without a hearing. Mr. Bloat TAO tr was only anxious that the business of the Court should be proceeded with regularly. In his opinion, the present arse was not of sufficient Importance or urgency to supersede other cases which would precede it in the usual counts. The N'ick-CHANCELLOR Raid he had not understood the facts when he appointed the petition to be heard the first thing this morning. Under all the circumstances, he would now order that the petition should be heard on Wednesday morning. _ _ COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WEITIIMSTER, JAW.I6. Sittings brjbre Lord Chief Justict ABBOTT and Special Juries. HOLLIDAY V. SIGEL, THE ELDEn. This was nn action brought by the plaintiff, a gentians!' of for tune, against the defendant, who is an attorney, to recover the sum of 500(.. being the amount of • Bank of England note, dated 10th May, 1023. and numbered 681:9, which it was alleged, on the part of the plaintiff. that he had lost, and that the defendant found it and applied it to his own purposes. The defendant pleaded Not Guilty, whereupon issue was joined. Mr. SCARLETT stated the case to the Jury, and by the evidence which he called in support of that statement, it appeared that both the plaintiff and defendant were sporting men, and well known on the turf. That on the Id of June, INV, the plaintiff having that morning received 3,01101. front his bankers, Messrs. Marsh and Co., consisting of Wm 51)0!. notes and some small notes, attended at Tatteritalrs, it being one of the great settling-days there, and paid away clime of the four large notes. He shortly after discovered I that he had lost the other 5001., and immediately informed his attorney, Mr. lee, who was .4.:40 gt Tnitertialrs ' of the circorn stance, and consulted him on the steps be should take to recover it. when that gentleman, on hearing that Mr. Holliday did not know either the number or the date of the rote, advitted him to keep the matter quiet for a little while, no that the person into whose hands the note might hale got might not be so far put upon his guard as to defer presenting it at the Bank, or of paying it away so as to admit of its being taken fo the Bank in the course of a short time. This advice was followed. and nothing more was heard of the note till the ensuing month of November, when 3lr. Lee set about tracing it out ; and having ascertained that it had been paid into the Bank of England by Messrs. Ransom and Co. the bankers, application was immediately made to them upon the subject. and it was then discovered that the note hell been paid into their hands on the 16th of June by the defendant. hut that it was` not entered to his account. because he (the deferalantfirst Ind the note exchanged f ur Other notes, 3 , ( 1 t h en paid in only :311111. of the money, and took away with him the other 21101. Upon thesc circumstances being communicated, Me. Lee forthwith applied to the defendant for further intelligence respecting the plaintiff's mite. He informed the defendant that he wan come to him about a 5001. bank note, which had been lost by the plaintiff. The defendant raid he knew nothing of any such note, and asked why Mr. Lee applied to hint shout it ? Mr. Lee then told him of the result of his inquiries at his Bite defendant's) hankers, and observed that the defendant must know something of the note. Whereupon the defendant produced his pass-book, to show that no note for 5001. had been entered to his account. On Mr. lees cross.etamination, he admitted that the defendant immediately afterwards observed, " 0, now you mention it, you bring it to my recollection, that I received a noteof 51101. from a Mr. Wilkins. on die 2d of J'ainte of whom I had won 051. of the Ascot races." The defendant further stated that Mr. Wilkins not having any rash about hint at the races, hail appointed the next Monday t being the 2..1 of June) to Meet him (the defendant) at the Spring-garden Coffee-house to pay it. That he accotdiugly met that gentleman there, who paid him the 55f. with a 5001. Bank note, and that he (the defendant! gave Wilkina a cheek for 34J1., as the differeriie; l tidt the defendant did not know who Mr. Wil kins was, nor wh ' ere he Melte had never seen hint before the Ascot Haew.nor since the meeting at Spring-gardens. On the fnatrer beingTfurthir i nve stlgatial it wait ascertained that a Mr. Chifaey and a. Mr. Streeter, who were both at TattersaWs oh the day the plaintiff lost his Wet saw the defendant there, and in the course of the marling they observed him to stoop and pick up vim:thing. Chifury Stkedsthe ilefadaut whether it was • • 'Sank nnt,t that he had taken up? when the defendant replied Ithat it was sogyaststali notes he had jost drpppel. Me, Strather at Ron atioposed tht.t he bnit•litdiself dropped them, and looked. at his porkerdiank, but found ail hia money safe. Just before the defendant stooped down both these , hesitant; had seen the plaintiff are by the very spot with lila hands kit his pockets. Mr. Strather denied lIMt the defendant ever showed t;itn either j 57.,0r any other pate on that occssio•t, us be liadstuted to .Mr. Lee when that gen skettitiii enrolled to him. b . • Litwin this evidence Mit Seas LETT "(Intended 'hat it was dear the note in question had been lost by the plaintiff.. and that as the identical note hail after's/aids been tracinl an the deft:ulant, whit had beim seen to OA up something at tattertnint, on the day when the h as occurred, these were COCPOOPIPpreS Co strong and enntinyintiny•of the tact dud tli.• note tht'i fn tnd was the pro pent of the tolaiiitifr, thou he submitted them with fcntiiiile , xe to the Jury, feeling assured that unless the ilvFontiant twadte4nt every strong rust:. to rebut the presumption, they would give Of: plain. .tiff their vettlici, and thereby close to be restored to him the property which had been very suspiciously, at least, withheld from him. Mr. littooortast. on the part of the defendant. contentl4 that the evidence was not sufficient to warrant the Jnry in satin/Wing the nose a hich the plaintiff claimed to have been found by the dr. fendant. There had been great remissness on the pan of the plain tiff, in not making his lots publicly known, by which means Per sons might be protected from the embarrassing situation in which his client was placed, of havirg received a last note (supposing it to be such) in the course at' hta •ranuctions on the turf, there precaution was not so serictly attended to as among commercial men, without having taken care of informing himself well of the individual of whom he received it. The fact was far it had been Stated by Mr. Lee on his cans-examination, that the note vrEfeli the defendant paid at his hanker's was received by him frond a Mr. Wilkins, of whom unfortunately the defendant had no far ther knowledge, and was thetefoteckprived of the benefit of the testimony to-day. lie should, however, be able to Wye that the check for 4451. was actually given by the defendant on the day in • qmotion ; and moreover he ehntilti shoat that the plaintiff had on • one Or two occasions given a very different account of the time and manner in which the loss et-veered. Betide', was it not pondhle MRS it lint probable, that 'at a place so crowded as Tate tersalrs, the• plaintiff might, in the confusion, have paid away the note with the others ? Such a mistake was very likely to occur laithosO any imputation hoingineonn on the respectable geatlaihaik, to whom those other notes were rah , . in the absence therefore of any porative proof that the note was found by the defendant, and ronsidering the great length of time that elapsed before the nlainrilif , made any inquiries about it, and espec;ally bearing in mind the ritcumsteace of the cheek being given in change by the defendant to Mr. Wilkins. and the contradictory statements that had been made by the plaintiff (Unwell as to the time and manner of the loss. the Learned Counsel submitted that thealury would not be justified in making the presumption Which 31r. Scarlett had contended for, but would, in the absence of more positive proof, coneider Ithe defendant as having beet:Mit tee bona fi,l% owner of the note under circumstances that could imply no want of ordinary caution on his part t it was mewing to the negligence soul remissness of the plaintiff alone in not duly apprizing the public of the note having been lost, that it had remained so long it; cirethation, and therefore the defendant, as such tuna /de holder cobld not st-soth a distance of time, and under such circumstances, be held liable to refund it to the plaintiff. Mr. O'Meara was then called. anti stated, that in the latter end of October, 1824, he saw the plaintiff at Newmarket : and was in his company at the Queen's Bead there. That in the course of the evening some conversation took place itbout the SON. which had been lost by the pleimill*: and the witness rather thought the plaintiffenid something about his having heard that Mr. Sigil (the defendant) had found it. Ile stated, however, that the lone occur red en the day when lie had had a row with the witness at Tatter sall's, and which was in the later end of Apia, 1823, full six weeks before the 2d ofJune. This witness did rot know any person of the name of Wilkins. A person of the name of Sayers. who lives at Tattetsall's. was called to prove that the plaintiff had mentioned his loss to him as being before the 2d of June, but did not recollect any such conversation. One or two other witnesses being examined. Whoie evidence was very unimportant, and which closest the defence, • Mr. SCAR er.r T addressed the Jury in reply, antdelid that the story of Mr. Wilkins was all a fiction, and that Mt. Wilkins him self was a creature of the irriaginatioD'lnerclri. As to the discre pancy that was attempted to he shown in the plaintiff's account of his loss, it amounted to a mere mistake in polio of time ; in all other respects, the evidence that had beets called by•Alr. Brougham had strengthened the plaintiff's case rather than weakened it; end he should leave it in the 'hands of the Jury Ishii the naive confi dence in which he had formerly done, feeling quite satisfied that nothing that hall been sold by his leaned Friend as to, the want of publicity of the loss. orahe contradictory accounts of the plain. till; was sufficient to induce' them to 'withhold 'their verdict from his client. • - • The Loan flinty Sl7dirt6s'aumrried'up the evidence, and Ob. served, that in his 'opinion that Which had been given Iln the part of the defendant had not vaned the cave ire sebwooce in any degree, and, therefore. the questions for the Jury to consider Were, whether the plaintiff did actually lose .1 note of )7)1301. and whether the note which had been traced by him to the defendant was such note ; and if so, whether the defendant did find it as had been repre sented, or whether he had beemile a lama fdc holder of it. In she lunar tore notelet eleeromohidie Owen a mon, sof caution ea his part in receiving it, theft verdict must:' - he for the defendant but if they did not consider him to be a &net ,fide bolder tinder such circumstances as would exonerate biter from want of tine cau tion ; or if they believed that the note he found was the one whit!' the plaintiff lest, their verdict Muse be for the plaintiff. The Joey immediately returned a verdict cur the plaintiff-- Damage:4We/. . . wextget *AST ANnifTra C. TSIT RAUL Or PORTSITOUTIt. This was an action brought by.ldweers. Baxter and Medley, co.u:hmakers. of Long.ucre,le recover the suns of 5771. 9s. 7d., being' he balance of an account owing to then) by the Right Hots. the Earl of Pertsmonthenat Ale, hired' a lardait and harness for tour horses, and also of a phenol) and harness for two. Mr. Seen LET T • stated:Ake case, and 'said tie *understood • the defence which would be,see.sin. was, the lunacy elf:the defendant. lie could not dispute, niter the tact had been establieheil by a Commission, that Lord Polteinisutlf Was •diratiged during the whole of. the thin Orer—whidi the plc ' s' demand extended. But before the CottimissiOn sat land POrtemoutit discharged all die usual offices of life, and had on various occasions acted in u public capacity. Besides, according to-law, a lunatic was not pro tected by his lunacy from actions for necessaries Which were suitable to leis Station and degree. The late Master of the Rolls lied, in the cants( Neil e. Morley. il.Veaey, 478, actually refused to set abide a contract signed by a lunatic, al th ough it was for a sum to a large amount. The Learned Counsel then prdied by . a clerk of the plaintiff's that Lord Portsmouth had contracted in the year 1813 to hire a phaeton and harness her five years Certain cat seventy • guineas a year; and that his Lordship liate,• in pursuance of that contract, mini the phaetomenti harness up .to the year 1883. That by another agreement (but which wets 1101 signed), his Lontaliip hired the landau and harness ftir 128 f. a year, for five years, end had used it for the full period. Indeed, the phaeton was sent down to Basingstoke, for the use of his Lordship,. while the Commission of lunacy was sitting. The carriages were of a very superior make, and were fitted op both for town and country use. Mr. 11110 IS ri II A3l said that lie, on the part of the defendant, should contend. that as by the writ of inquisition, which was re- ' turned on the 28th Fete. 1323. the Earl of 'Portsmouth was found " i to be of unsound mind from the hat of Jan. BM ; his Lordship was therefore incapable of making the contract that: had been proved by the plaititiff's witness. - The heels Culla , JUST tcE.—The fact of lunacy you admit, Mr. SCarlett. Mr. SCAR tETT.,-Yes, my Lord. Mr. !Snot:GUAM contended that there was a distinction between the case of infancy and that cf lunacy. lit the first case the law gave the infant a power to render void his contract if he chose, or otherwise he might avail himself of it e whereas in the case of a lunatic) there was no contracting mind at all ; there was no person capable of making a contract. Mr. Seani.Leter observed that Lord Eldon, in 13 Votes , . had said that a commie/don of lunacy would not protect a lunatic from .an action. The honn ell TRY' Jese fee: was of opinion that a person might recover of a lunatic reasonable sums, and that not upon the ground of a contract, but upon the ground of the lunatic being the (intuit user of the commodity, which was a very distinct case from a contract. AI. littovniiest thonght the latter cue was no other than an implied contract t and lee conceived that the incapacity of the lu natic was as applicable to an implied as to an actual contract. The LORD CHIEF J use . ICE said, it had been laid down in the books as a question, whether a person could set up against his own act his incompetency to make it. ills Lordship wished not to be understood to say that unexecuted contracts could bind a person 1 who was not capable of making a contract t but if a person who i lived at large in the world chose to hire carriage 4, and such other thing's as were suitable to his station in life, his Lordship was dearly of opinion he was bound to pay for themnrid that lie weenot at liberty to say that lie was a lunatic and incapable of contracting. Mr. Bnottossem said this action was tleteneded by the Com mittee of Lord Portsmouth, who wished to have his Lordships opinion on the question ; but undoubtedly after what bin Lordship had said he(Mr. Bronghnm) should not go so the Jury, eve:Sally as lie understood his Lordship to say that the question, whether the things were necessary or not, did not arise. The Loon Coln , JusTree did not mean to say dint if the charges were such as were quite unreasonable, and for things un snitable to the station of life of the lunatic, that the July misfit not thee say an unfair advantage had been taken of' the imbed. lity of tnind of the party ; but in this case there was no proof that any such advantage hail been taken. Mr. Bno tic HAM coral not say that there appeared lobe any ex travagant charges ; though seventy guineas a year was a large sum certainly to pay for the use of a landau. The Loon Cute)* Jeer te e.,-It might not be an unreasonable thing for Lord Portsmouth to have a very handsome catriege, and if he does he must pay n very handlottee price for it. lilt. BIIOUG HA SI hoped his Lortiehip would give him leave to move to set aside the verdict, and cater a non-suit upon the paint he hail mentioned. - The Loan Cuter ..lt•fticE—Oh ! certainly. A verdict was then found for the plaintiff for 5431. l JONES C. TIIE. NAtit. OF EGMONT. Thi s was an action le poinver the sum of 6001. on a Bill of EX. ' Ctrentes which the plaintiff had accepted fur the accoamdation of ' ,the Noble defendant . when Lord Pettit al, and which the plaintif f a:ad been pbligod ta pay. . . . Mr. 'Xistet;o:tAx stated that the Cue Aron mit Of sortie paper 7 ' trntwurations ih which Lord Egmont hall heen Nip I. lot thO PorOve of raising woo sums qt. money. ortd Oust:. :nought it was, a' Atter to be rei out of Orin Win )1 0. 4t ., • Mr. S'..titt.E . ol . , on the. part of the de*lrldini4 Egmont 11"/ N, pertretly ready to pay the mosey rl •t could tio . proved that i! -had "liven paid fty ..ahe plriatifr fokhr , i.rdshipt( use; sod be te. 4 .1 qui:c willing td swede to the r •' , ;'I00 or a "reticence. A verdict was tha' taken for the plaistta, subject to :±ferebee. • . . INSOLVENT nnitOßS' COURT, 3loisDaY. 'Alt. 16. . .. • . . AT .. ~ MOTION FOR AN T .6 ACIDIUNT OAINs:T tin: wARI)I4:;' OF. 'rcl FI A PRISON. Ix THE :.rsyrr.o * wee. YZAT MP. . A In thelourse of the ,Decesnber Sitti ngs Mr. e oLtirocic .nio t eo the Court for a rule nisi against, the 171wden of the Fteet =I, for coralltnetts refusing :o obey an ortie: of Veer' made rifles clause of 'recent Act of Patlianpeot, whiClt fa:Toweled 4 to itfla prisoners him the country for examination.. irr.this case en enter , had been made in the matter of cbe,above insolvent, for hi to Po removed from the Fleet Prison to the 601 of the ciii.of Weed 4, and hotwithstanding 1 bi. was tendered to the,said Wardeii-teae" -- the expense of such removal, lie had refused to aceePt the ilet;sc or obey the said tinier. Title day 'Mr. Brown, the warden, appeared ingtreprio ptrpriii, ti show cause against the said rule. He acid he wee obvert lbw* an{ious to obey the order, of the Court, when ,besooki do est with personal safety to himself. He had demurred to obey the 01110' 01-: luded to, because he consittereo it vague or informal, inesalendia as it was net rpm-Hie/illy directed to any person.. There would, fr 4, many eases, .be a heavy responsibility rest on him were he to Si...en ply with rhea : orders in the form in which they had 'tient he aOM ir drawn. Supposing a prisoner was char;s,ed at the suit of t se veral persons. and.only one of them Was to obtain en *din' o Iwo 1 moral ti am that Court, how could he comply with it when the other actions were falcon into consideration ? but in thl preesstdrie stance the party who obtained the order was, not a detaining creditor. at ill. lie (Mr. 13) then Art that wh ys , 4 , made • tratisk a a prisoner all . the eaue e . . of action upon witir,lt lie wee declined ought to he put on the retri), in like manner as in a We of habeas. corps. With all deference tale Mat. he (Mr. P..) had drawn up a form of order with which hetould safely comply if It wag adopted; but according to the present practice lie luul no guarantee: 1 ,‘ io ytanaiettfolloWed between Newts. Possneolll44 H vs.( it tale last gtntleman appeared for the insolvent 1 ernes), the result of which was. that the tole was discharged. • Tii?Cii t EF Co II !lISII to), xn said, it ire, easyfeir Unreel Gm, ilemen to say such and such a thing must be done; but the queedon was, who was to set tire machinery io motion, when the Court was guided by an Act of Parliament 2. The sobject,was on ima portant one. and he (tire Chief CUmnibisioner) would Le glad if a mandamus was obtained against the Coort,,so that it might be so lemnly argued. With respect to the present rule against Mr, Brown, the Court would certainly discharge it, and at the same time Bryant the insolvent a rule to be brought up before them to be e:canilPedon a fututetlay 4 ; anti then if the applicant was dissatisfied with t h e} Warden, he !meat proceed by inclictmlnt, of in such way ai he m:ght deem proper. ltule discharged. Mr. Commissioner Hankra said the Order was drawn up as conformable at it could be with the Act of Parliament; bet it woe on important ingredient in the care that the person applying foe the minting was not a detaining creditor. Of.D SESSIONS, MoNDAI, J**. ie. Julia Gadsdea, aged 24, and Wm. Simpon, aged 18, both bakers, a are indicted for atealing two feather bed. and other ardedes: value 61. the property of Nifni.;Yeartion, on the 12th December, hi. Somers-town. It appeared that Pearsim had been in involved tircomemocee at me time, and wag in hourly apprehension of an execution being put into his lodgings. His goods were removinat in tonsequence, and he was now a prisoner in Nrhitecrosatstreet, and did not ap pear. Mrs. P. identified the propetty. but cold(' nen tell et what church she was married. Simpson lodged in the boom, and was employed to remove the goods. Ile received a very good chord:ter. Uoth tae primmer,' were found Nut Guilty. Ccurge If ahem lierridge, aged 47, was put to the bee on a , charge of forging and uttering, in the city of London, as diet, a false and counterfeit recent Mettle payment of 581. Us. 4d. wide it tent to deliatul Alessre. aYbei Jenkins. and Charles 'rhelwell Ab bott. his employers. The prisoner had been convicted of lament' on Saturday. Air. Arenng,ws moved the Court to put ofe the trial tlk next • Sessions, on the ground that the prisoner lied, net lied suMdent. time to prepare his defence, a true bill not having bast Mend against hint till late out Saturday night. Ile observed that it wetikk be a hardship to pot the prisoner on his trial now, and requested further time, as lie bad been taken by stripes;:. gr. Ai t i.Xx, for the prosecution. was not aware that such an *F ri:cation would Le made. He said that there could be no hawdehtp in the case, as the Prisoner must have been folly aware of hit situ ation. The prosecutors, hoWever, had very humanely said, that they would rather pay the expenses of bringing the witnesses again from the country out of thek own pockets, than the Owned not have sufficient time, although they did believe it werillr= avail him any thing. .Alr. Justice Pane said, that if the prosecutors einewohed, the 4; 4;am Mid no wish to proceed in the trial row L but tbe prisoner Mis s when Peraigusid, that lie would take hiitrial now He Iltie 'asked the prisoner whether he would be tried now, ce piny to hake his itial postponed till next sessions? The prisoner hesitated far a moment or two, and then ilia low tone said, that he left it all ko his Counsel. • The trial was then put ou'till next sessions., and the prietthet . gas removed from the bar. Mary Coerce. a widow, aged 26, was convicted of Malailing !fell yards of silk and other ankles, the property of Sarah Hut - ter, and a shawl end o:lier attieles, the property of Men flonatrad. The prisoner threw herself on the mercy of the Court, and one of the prosecutrixeu recommended her to mercy. • [Before Mr. Sergeant Misfile.] J. M. Shaw and Charles Pratt were indicted for tantgladdaly entering the dwelling-hoose of Mrs. Frances Laver, in thwpedsh of Ldmonton, and stealing therefrom a hearth.rug, value Ifia„'alt 'Meets :10s.„ t wo counterpanes les., three yards of Russia ellwardng 145., two pett , eoats Is., one frock ls., five handkerchish3a., and some articles Inlimging to one of the servants. The following wit neeses were Calla to support the indlettlided— Mrs. Laver, the oroseetorix, deported as follows:—Witswea is it widow residing in Angel-place, I:dmonton. (In Sunday f the Ist of this month, at about half-past three in the mbefi i r e git e t was intinmed by a servant that the house had been bred* Open. When she got up she missed the property laid in the indidthent. It was deposited in a kind of lumber room, adjoining deka/de. There was a sleeping room next to it, with which there wit a MA trunication by a door. 'rhe goods were in a trunk and two days before the robbery. , Can't say how the robbers got It. Knows nothing of die prisoners. Cross.examined by Mr. PILiLLIPA—Wizen she went to bed she left a servant sitting up. Caroline Garrett was then called—Witness is servant to the mottecucrix.. Mad seen the trunk all safe on the 21th. 9lie Was. not the iiryttnt that alarmed her mistress. r Stephen Doglierty was a servant of fill a. Laver—He slept in. the kitchen, and the lumber room was on the first floor. Wickets fastened all the doors nt eight o'cloek. He was the last pereonwho went to bed. There is a eommunication with the lumber yoom from the stable by a trap-door. There was a ladder standing in the yard. No part of the house was broken. Witness lost a coat. witistelte;amallelittlies, braces, and at least eight farthings. Hid seen Shaw berme ; lie was standing before his mistress's house some day in that week; • John —, the watchman, was passing the prostrutrix's house about halt-past three in the morning. the coach-house dew was open. Ile went in and found no one. Ile then went to the bonse door, aid Stephen, the servant. opened it, and they went together to the coaelt.liouse. They felon d the house had been robbed. They afterwards went to Shaw's house, which was about two hundred yards oil: They implied under his window for about ten minutet ; whilst there they heard a whispering. They then called to him to open the door, but as they would not do it, they burst the door open. 11'itness stopped below, whilst two Bow.etreet ahem, who had joined them, went up stain. In a short (me they etune down with the stolen property, having the two prisoners in custody. T. H. Thomism'', one of the Bow.mreet petrol, wars nets! exs mined.—On the day mentioned in the Indictment he went to Shaw's house, which Ire er.fered with one of hie fellow officera. He ran up, stair.. and passed by Pratt, who was secured by hii fellow officer below. Pratt was pushing to get out; lie had no shoes:' but was hi other respects dressed. Witness found Shaw rip stain entirely dressed, with the exception of his shoes. He Mond a quantity of linen strewed tipon the floor, which was owned by Ales. Law's servant. They found other tondos in another room of the house. Pratt had about hint, a pair of braces, a bad shilling, and a teething. Richard Walton, a flow-street patrol, confirmed the evidence of the.last witness. Shaw had nine farthing* in a paper. Mrs. Laver identified the property produced to be hers. Stephen Dogherty recalled. Is sure that then were eight fir things, but thinks there were more. This was the case for the prosecution. The pripners made no defence. Mr. Etcrgeant Alining rammed up. and obserted to the Jury that although the burglary had not been distinctly proved; yet as the property stolen eeceeded forty shillings in 'slue, it wit a-ca pital offence. It was fcr them to decide whether the prisomai Were tre were not guilty. The Jury, after a short deliberation, found birth the pampers Guilty of stealing above the value of forty tatillingpt, J. lienky end R. Weiret were indicted for kursdariously en tering the house of James 1111111 y, stud stealing therefrom six bob bins of silk, on the fah January Tad. , It appeared that to the evening of the above day the primers were seen to enter the window of the prosecutor's parlour, from • whence they took the silk bobbies. They wets Immediately *few prehended. • • Tho Jury found them both Guilty. • ohn Wan, and . ii". Cox was indicted for feloniously (insulting. violently (sting Item hisperson a watch value 34/s.,on she Ilde De cember last. ag T e, h i e ,, Pr a oseeu gard ttit in , e i`e i hei ra n th l eps i Ti n s t' h elam n i i n l et— ii t nti l o i n " , ite.t a e: d i va e tyiega Sownaa articles in a wheelbarrow.. On the night laid in the indicirmest, at about a quarter past ten o'clnek, he was coming from tbat Eight Bells public-hoed : he had got affout two humennt yet& 'froth the house when a person, earn* behind him; and pushed him iewe. 'l'isi per men *tarred up out of the recd. lie ram held down by the mail