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r t i.llll.llll ~• i 1 - adz:, was sworn. He said that he anti his trother had lnrg suspected that the prisoner was robbing them; and with the in tention of detecting him. witness put eight marked shillings and other marked pieces of into she shop till, on the morning or the Gilt September, 111:15. Ellis v.-as requested to attend lie $1101) that scorning earlier than usual. Several shillings acre received at the toilette?, and dropped into the till IttoNre breakfast ther morning. Witness had observed tile defendant, in putting what it? received into the till. occasitutally dray Lack his hand. nral ilita his three lingers closed as if he retained something. Shortly after he would put nix band in his waistcoat. picket. Witness examined the till after breiskfost, and found that it contained but Ss. 6:1.. whilst witness eticulated it should have contained at least a pound. 11'it ' lies , communicated this fact to his mother, and they agreed to send for at. officer. The prisoner was subsequently searched, and 14s. Rd. were found in his waistcoat pocket. Of this there were seven of the shillings which the witness hod previously marked. (The marked money was here produced.] They were in witness's possession shice the Sessions of October. 1623, when, after the con viethm of the prisoner before the 31agistrates for embezzlement. ►lderman Phillips handel them to witness. Mr. Phillips is now Lid up with the gout. and is too ill to attend here. Witness is quire positive that the shillings produced were some of those mocked and placed by him in the Xi on the 6th of September, 1025. The mark on them was die erasure of the y in the motto, hold nit vat rrwf , posse. {Witness erased the v with his penknife. Wit ness did sot expect that be nor any of his family would derive anything from this trial: he had some hopes from his conviction. Prisoner was already convicted of embezzlement. Witness used the money received In the snap for his own use as well as the general purposes of the business. After a long cross-examination of this witness, in which nothing material was elicited, Mrs. Newman was called, and stated that by her husband's will letters of administration were granted to her alone. The property was left to the widow, if she continued unmarried, and the children . share and share alike. The object of this inquiry seecrned to be, to prove that Mr. C. Newman was an interested witness, having a share in the property which he was managing, and with the embezzlement of which the prisoner was charged. Being called on for his defence, the prisoner put in a written paper, denying all the charges in this and the other indictments. 1; referred also to the good opinion which the late Mr. Newman had of the prisoner, and expressed in his will. Amongst other bequests to his •ervants, 51r. Newman left priaoper a gold watch chain, Raying, that " as he was well off, compared with others, in money matters, this remembrance, perhaps, would be more ac ceptable to him." The prisoner added, that he had been long imprisoned, and called on the Jury to redress his wrongs, as seve ral charges were made against him, and much prejudice excited, which was the reason that he was now brought before a County Jury inwead of being tried iwthe City. The prisoner called several witnesses to his character. They said they knew nothing to his disadvantage before the present change. Mr. Justice LITTLEDAT E having summed up the case, re. qn•s•eil the Jury altogether to forget that there was any other in ,.l.linent against the prisoner, except that on which the evidence was now before them. The prisoner's allusion to his being tried t.y. a Cmintr Jury referred, he supposed, to the circumstance, that on application to the Court of King's Bench it was ordered that those indictments should be tried by a Jury of the County, to guard against any prejudice towards the . prisoner if he was tried b; a City Jury. After a short consultation, the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, but recommended the prisoner to mercy, on ac eonnt of the good character he had received. There were two other indictments against the prisoner, charging him with embeszling the monies and goods of Susan Newman, but as no evidence was adduced in support of them, the prisoner was acquitted on them. It was stated out of Court, that when the prisoner was appre hended in September last, a sum exceeding 7,0001. was found in his boxes and trunks. There was 1,000/. in gold and silver in one bat, and rolls of Bank notes, from 1,0001. down, in another. Those who knew him thought those boxes contained ores and minerals, in which the prisoner affected to be very curious. The money is now lodged at a Banker' s here, and will, in all probability, be. come the subject of future litigation between the Corporation, the Dean and Chapter, and Mrs. Newman, whom many conceive has the boat right to it. The ease excited intense local interest.l The Court was crowded to excess. (Before Mr. Justice LITT LEDAI.E.I SIR aL. M. LOPEZ, 2•11 T., V. ANDREWS, PETO, DOWER, MID OTHERS. Mr. Sergeant WILDE stated that this was an action of milieu, brought by Sir 11. 111. Lopez, who was well known to the Jury,. The defendants were 'peculators in mines, and the present action was brought in consequence of their having disfigured and ruined, by their mining operations, the beautiful estate of Maristow, the twat of the plaintiff, at the southern extremity of the county. It was supposed that a lead ore, or some other mineral, of inconsider. able Table, was situated in a part of the plaintiff's property, on the other side of the river Tavey, opposite Maristow. Lite defendants, 'it appeared, were authorized by Sir Manaaseh to search this part of his property ; but when he consented to this, he had nal the least contemplation of any intrusion upon Maristow estate. The trespass he now complai ted of was, that the defendants ram their shafts under the river Tavey, and worked a considerable way into the Maristow estate. They were proceeding in this way, sad the expectation was, that they would next be found under Sir Ma., :much's drawing.room. In their answer the defendants pleaded that the mines they worked were the property of the Crown is right of the Duchy of Cornwall ; and also that they had license from Sir 'Manasseh, to drive the Phalli in Wiiticliff wood, directly opposite to Maristow. Ile was instructed to say that no license to this effect had been given by the plaintiff, and he was sure the Jury would consider the importance of the aggression which the defen dants had made on the plaintiff's property. The evidence pro. Raced for the plaintiff went to prove that the river Tavey ran between Maristow, the seat of Sir M. Lopez, and 'Wit ticliff wood, which was also the property of Sir Manauteh, and which he called his ornamental wood. Maristow was in the parish of 'ramerton Folio?, and Witticlif wood was in the peri..ll of Beer Feria. In March, 182 a, witnesses, under the direction of the plaintiff; in. slimed the shafts driven by the defendants, and found they ran under the river Tasty, and went several fathoms into the Maristow estate. The mine produced lead ore, and the plaintiff was to re. (wive a tenth part of the produce, as lord of the manor of Maristow. 'Wi , neases bad seen a quantity of ere exceeding twelve tons measured out for Sir Manasseh as his portion of the produce. The last ore weighed nut for the plaintiff was in December. 1822. Mr. Heywood was the lord of the manor before the Mr. SELWYN (with whom war Mr. MANNINO for defendants), then addre.aed the Jury. Ile said Sir Manasseh Massey Lopez t.o dotibt was well known to the gentlemen of the Jury. They knew him perhaps is his character of a Senator, in which he 811e.1 A large pace in the public eye. Perhaps too, they had seen him (meted i'ng the rights of hospitality at his seat at 31artaton, and wit. ;levied the luxuries of bis table, dazzled —tt inter mensal !anseeque!titritee." Me entreated the gentlemen of the Jury, if they hail seen er par. taken of those feerice scenes. no longer to remember then), tut to sensidez thir. case as if both parties were perfect strangers to them. .From what they already heard. the Jury were aware that Sir Manasseh bail witnessed with the most evident satisfaction, the protress of the defendants in working this mine, of whirls he was tat have a poetitn of the produce. It was dear he had preferred the vrwula win which the mine produced, to the delightful prospect of his ornamental wood of WitticlifT. It wan in evidence that Sir Manasseh received twelve tons of the produce of the mine, but niter that sonic demon whispered in his ear that he did not derive enough by his bargain, and that the defendants ought ( s l im lowed him more, to satisfy his art i rasa famrs. He then be thought himself of commencing the present action ; and if this did not succeed, there was another at the heel of it (standing next in the cause paper) That was an action of ejectment, so that Sir Vaeasseh seemed resolred to drive the defendants front the mine, by some means or another. But they had commenced these works by the license and consent of the plaintiff, and he therelitre trusted that the Jury would not aid Sir 'Alanaeseh in his desire to get rid of them front his estate. Winwsles were then called for the defendants. They stated that r filanseseh !knee frequently crossed the river Tavey. to view the mining operations. On one °evasion he crooned in his boat, sxprettersi Limeelf much gratified whh the progress of the works, bpi calliee the men r •und him, told them that they had to thank tam for the work., and that he had got on those works for their good, and to Five t hem employment. The men were all very grsee ful, and thanked Sr Manasseh. On this occasion six of the work men tweed Sir 31anaseeh back to the filarintow side of the river, and no his lancing one of them asked if his Honour was going tosgise e n anything ? to whits Sir Manasseh replied, " I did not come .bet: to give you my money; . I came to ao you all good by the werite. Sir Manssselt then took sixpence from his pocket, and gise the men who rowed him over one penny a p;eor. (The wines, who related this was interrupted by a eneral laugh.) Time byte of the nine runs from north to south. In working it the defendants found it necessary to erect a steam-engine. At this Sir filanansell (zoomed his eatiafaedon, and said if such a mine was discovered in his lawn, or even in his garden, lie would allow a shaft to he Inn through it. One of the wimeesea, in the presence of Sir Manasseh Ind Lady Lopez. said that he knew, by the bubbling of the water, that there was a mine, when the trater.purtip was sunk. Sir file. wessch said he world consent that a shaft should be run even there, if there was a mine there ; hut Lady Lopes said the witness was a /ogee, to suggest any snch thing. This conversation hatipened in 1023. The defendants were working the mines from 1621 to the resent time. Sir Manasseh often came to see the work. On one oecaalon Sir Manasseh fell back ; witness remembered that pant truistic. because Sir Manasseh wore boots which were pieced at the toes. Wttneestroyeted them, beennee he thought that, if the tops were cut off, they would make eicellent boots to work under ground with. Several other witnettees were examined. Ale. Sergeant 'll't EDI! addressed the Jury in reply. The Learned JIUDG t: then sunlit:l.d uhf; Red the Jury found Poi the phantif—dainagee 21. I.OW DON V. MITCHEL. This was en issue directed by the Court of King's Bench, to try the validity of a judgment obtained by the defendant, against one Pierce,William for 95.11/ on a warrant of attorney, which plaintiff' contended was raudulentl rven. It appeared that the p a ntili is the possessor of a landed pro perty in the parish of Whitstone, and that the defendant rents a small for at Ezeter. gnat, and is the brother.M.law of a person tanned Place, who rented an estate from the plaintiff' at %VlM atone. Piaintif found his estate so much injured, that he thought wooer to enter an action against Pleace for daniuges. Pierce ailifired 'taiga:tot to go by deF4u/t, but afterwards roc:tared a writ of error. Only a fcw days before plaintiff's final judgment would haveheen obtained, a warrant of attorney was executed by Place to the defendant for 11ZA.17., upon which judgment was immediately entered, and a writ of jferi facias issued against plaintiff's goods. This writ was place d without delay in the Sheriff's hands; who proceeded to sale, and two tlnys after the plaintiff lodged his fier; pc ;us. It was now contended, that from the defendant's poverty it was quite unreasonable to suppose that lie could have lent Plcace such a I Pun' as 9507. This view of the case was supported by the fact that the promissory notes produced were all dated subsequent to 11121, though ft was alleged that the money was lent so far back us the year 11108. The circumstance was endeavoured to be accounted for by the defendant, by stating that the original notes having been turn and injured by frequent endorsements, new notes were passed. After a great number of witnesses had been examined on the part of the plaintiff, the defendant's Counsel declined to address the Jury, admitting th.it there was enough in the evidence to afford a presumption that there had been a collusion between the defendant and Place. Verdict for the plaintiff. OXFORD CIRCUIT. H ERTFORD, JOEY 27, 1026. Vesterdsy the Commission was opened here by Ni. Justice flunsouoft. who attended divine worship at Saint Peter's Church. ''his morning, at ten o'clock, Mr. Baron ()ARNOW took his seat on the Bench 3t the Crown Bar; and Mr. Justice DURROUUS presided on the Stde. CIVIL SIDE. THOM•S V. JONES, Ci.EIX. This was an action brought by an acorney against the defend ant, who was a clergyman, to recover the amount cf his bill for professional services. 'flier.: was nothing important in the cause, and the only thing in it worthy of notice was a manifestation of that unutterable repug nance which on this circuit we find Welsh witnesses have to give evidence in English. Lewis Williams, a witness of this description, being put into the box, was asked—" flow old are you ?" Witness—You must speak it in Welsh. This was a poser for the beamed Counsel who put the question, for It was completely out of his latitude. The question was re peated over and over again, but no answer could be obtained, as the witness" stood mute by the visitation of Ilidsh." Mr. Justice I.lnnuouutt, by a little ruse de id, obtained the desired object. The JUDGE—Don't you understand English? Witness—No, I don't understand it at all. (Laughter.) The Jr nc E—Nn ! Where did you come from? Witness—Front Merionethshire, my Lord. The JUDGE—Do you intend to go home by the same road that you came? Witneint—Yes, to be sure I do, my Lord. (Laughter.) The JUDGE—Come, I think you will do. Bow many brothers and sisters have you ? Witness—Four brothers and five sisters. The J U DOE—That is very good English. Now you are sworn, and you must go on and speak the truth. The case then proceeded, but ultimately the plaintiff submitted to a nonsuit, in order that he might bring a fresh action. CROWN SIDE. HORSE-STEALING. A person of respectable appearance was indicted for stealing a bay gelding at Hereford. It appeared from the evidence that on the day stated in the in. dietment the prisoner hired the gelding in question, for the purpose of riding to Shrewsbury, and, on his artivaLthere, lie attempted to sell it to Mr. Peters, the landlord of the Hell. Mr. Peters agreed for the price, but would not conclude the bargain unless the pri soner procured a letter from Hereford. to be brooght by the guard of the Hereford mail, in order to satisfy him that the horse was the prisoner's property. The prisoner promised to do this, but, having failed to comply with his undertaking, a constable was sent for, and lie was conveyed back to Hereford, when it came out that lie had hired the horse only, and had not bought it IS II he lira! alleged. When Mr. Peters was examined, the prisoner requested that he might put a question or two upon his evidence. Mr. Baron Haatoow told him to put any question he wished. Prisoner—Now, Peters, do you know the Ten Commandments ? IVitness—Yes. Prisoner—Let us see. What is the ninth commandment? Witness, after some consideration, said he forgot the ninth com mandment. _ _ . Mr. Baron °minor reminded the witness that it was—" Thou shalt not hear false witness against thy neighbour;" and asked the witness if he had told the truth. The witness replied that he had. Prisoner—We Phan lee about that. Can you read the oath you have taken, forl don't believe you have told the whole truth ? Wl•itness replied that he could • and was then closely cross-ex amined by the prisoner upon several immaterial points in a manner that plainly showed lie was no novice at cross.examining. When called upon for his defence, he stated that about six months previous he had left a brooch to be repaired at Shrewsbury, and he borrowed the horse in question to ride over there for it. On his arrival there he put up at the Bell, and, after having taken a jug of ale, he became intoxicated, and, just by way of a joke, pre tended to offer the horse for sale; but as to his having any real in. tention of selling It, it was all moonshine. The fact was, he had been in his Majesty's service, and had fought at the battle of Tra falgar with Lord Nelson, and there he received a wound in the skull, which injured his brain, and ever since, after having taken any liquor, he became unconscious of what he did. tinder these circumstances, he hoped his Lordship would put a lenient construe ti m on his conduct, and not suppose that he ever contemplated the ' commission of a felony. Mr. Baron °ARROW, in charging the Jury, told them that the law with respect to horse-stealing was this : if a man borrowed a horse with a bona fide intention of returning it, but afterwaids altered his intention and sold it, it was not horse. stealing. If, o n the contrary, at the time he borrowed the horse he did so with au intention of selling it, and afterwards sold it, then it was felony. His Lordship thought, that under all the circumstances, it was clear that the prisoner hired the horse with an intention to sell it; it was, however, for the Jury to decide. The prisoner —My Lord, I beg to say that I differ entirely with you is opin'on, and I hope the Jury will differ with you too. The Jury, after deliberating for upwards of half an hour, found a special verdict—Guilty of stealing, but without an intention of selling at the time he hired the horse. Mr. Baron Gaaltow add that if the Jury were of that opinion, they must find &verdict of Not Guilty. The Jury again deliberated, and then found the prisoner Guilty generally. The prisoner then begged his Lordship to be merciful; and again told ilia Trafalgar tale. Mr. Baron GARROW told the prisoner that he believed he should only do his duty if he left him for execution, because his Lordship was well aware that he was a person in the habit of violating the law. He had only been fourteen days out of Monmouth gaol, where he had been confined for passing off gilt farthing,' for sovereigns, and therefore lie deserved to be made an example. His Lordship, however, sass inclined to be merciful, and would recommend that the se,tence of Heath might he commuted ; but *prisoner must expect to be transported for life. TURN-OUT AT DUBLIN, ON ACCOUNT OF THE CURR.R.NCY. At an early hour on Tuesday morning, several hundreds of the libourin;; classes assembled, and proceeded by Rouitil 7 tOvin and Rathfarnham to the different manufacto ries in that neighbourhood, obliging those who were em ployed at thtm immediately to have their work. They visited the cloth manufactory of Mr. Russell, beyond Rath farnham, so early as half-past seven in the morning, and compelled his men, sixty in number, to quit the looms; they then proceeded in the direction of Ballyboden, and continued throughout the day to parade the country, visit ing in like manner every manufactory that came in their way. The men in Mr. Russell's employment earn 1/. 10s. to 1.55. per week of the late currency, and in more eros perous times some of them could earn as much as St. per week. Now, taking the average paid by Mr. Russell to his men at 11. Ss. each per week, it would amount to a weekly payment for labour of 751. The increased wages demanded by the workmen would amount to 6!. Ss. per week, or 32.11. per annum, which would he sufficient to give empluymint to five or six additional hands. This single instance will shots, that however trivial the differ ence may appear between paying in English and Irish cur rency when considered in detail, it becomes an important object to the employer who has a number of men to settle with every week. A party of the horse police were in attendance through out the day, to watch the proceedings of the people, and to prevent any breach of the peace; but we are happy to say no violence was offered to any individual, nor was a single weapon carried by them. The police are ordered to be in attendance for the same duty to-morrow morning. A complaint was made on .Titesday to the Ma gistrates of the lleati Office, by Mr. Jones, button manu facturer, of Cork-hill, that four of his apprentices had left his employnn nt in consequence of the general " turn-out" for English currency. The Map,istrates immediately causztl the young gentlemen to be taken into custody, and com mitted for three months to Bridewell, under the Act 3lst George 111. cap. 513. Several of the workmen employed by Mr. Ilodgen% glass manufacturer of Ringsend, attended yesterday pt Col lege -street Police Office, to answer the complaint of that gentleman, for having quitted their work without giving a week's notice, as they were bound to do by agreement. They expressed their determination not to work unless they were paid in English currency—but said they wou!cl return to Walt their week. THE BRITISH PRESS. LAW NOTICES. COURT OF CHANCERY. ■■IORM TM■ LORD CHANCILLOR, IN LINCOLWR INN DAL!, TIIIS DAY, AT Remsin{n; MotloOß. VICK-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. UFOS{ THE VICE-LOLNCSI.LOH, IN LINCOLN'S INN, Tali OAT, AT lIALF•PAST TIN. Remaining Motions, after which Cause Petitions. ROLL COURT. The Master of the Rolle will hear elitism, Further Direction's, and Pe tition.. by consent, this day week , Aug. 5), at nine in the morning. Cause•, Further Directions, and Petitions, must be set down before two o'clock on Friday neat. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, FRIDAY, .1 In Y 211. The Court wee occupied the whole of the day V. ith hearing several motions in the ordmury course of the Seal, none of which were of the smallest impudence to the public. VICE.CIIANCELIAM'S COURT, FRIDAY, JuLy 28. DI NEIDAI.E V.RYDEkt. . . In this caw, Mr..l;(7o7§saidliCitad - I;een instructed to make a motion of rather a novel nature. some time since the present de fendant brought an fiction against Mr. Hinsdale (the row plaintiff) for the recovery of a stem of 90t1/. alleged to be due by him to a Person deceased, of whom he (Ryder) represented himself to be the executor. Mr. Hinsdale believing that he had a good de fence to the action, neglected to call upon Rider to show that he was really the executor, in consequence of which neglect, judg ment passed against the present plaintiff, and for the amount of the verdh t and the costs of the suit he was thrown into prison, where he still remains. The plaintiff had, however. recently discovered that Ryder was not in fact the executor of his deceased creditor, but that another person of the sante name actually was, and who threatened him with a fresh action to recover the amount of the same debt. He (Mr. Jacob) was thereiore instructed to apply to the Court for its interference on behalf of the plaintiff. It was un fortunately too late to apply for arrest of judgment, and no writ of error would lie. The present was, therefore, one of those in which retief could only be obtained through a Court of Equity. A diffi culty certainly presented itself in moving for an order, as there was no precedent to guide him respecting its form. Ile could not ask the Court W discharge the plaintiff; but that the defendant should be required to consent to his liberation. The VICE-CIIANCPMCOR said, that that would be requiring of the Court to do a thing which it had not the power to do. To order his discharge would he to pronounce a decree In the cause. Motion refused with costs. DELAYS IN CHANCERY. IIIERDUNi V. BUMFORD. Mr. Hewer. applietinthi;eaaefiiiheCOMmittal to prison of the defendant, for centempt, by disobeying an order of the Court. From the statement of the Learned Gentleman, it appeared that is the year 1820 an injunction was granted by the Court. to restrain the defendant from raising coal in a copyliold estate, the property of the plaintiff, situate in Lancishire. A few weeks subsequently, a motion, smiler to the present one, was made, which woe, how ever, ordered to stand over to the seal before the then following Hilary Term. In the interim, the father of the defendant under took to secure to the plaintiff the value of the coal already raised, oti which the plaintiff' consented that the committal of the dekn dant should rim he pressed, the defendant undertaking, at the same time, to pay the costs of the Suit, to refrain from working the nines, and to permit the plaintiff to inspect them whenever he should require. <The injunction was, however, not dissolved.)-- The defendant violated tide, his undertaking, and in consequence a motion was made in that Court. in the gear 1821, for the committal of the defendant, on the ground of, his leaving refused to permit the plaintiff to inspect the mines, and of his having resumed the work ing of them. On that representation the Conn granted the mo tion, and an order issued for the committal of the defendant to the Fleet prison. In the month of August following (1821) an appli cation on behalf of the defendant was made to the Court, for the discharge of that order. After hearing the arguments of Counsel in support of the application, and in opposition to it, the Court di rected two issues to be tried ; the first to ascertain whether or not the property in question was copyhold ; the second, whether any and what amount of coal had been raised by the defendant. On each of these issues a verdict was given in the affirmative for the plaintiffs. The order of committal was accordingly renewed, and the defendant and his father were ordered to pay the costs of the trials at law and of the suit in this Court. It was necessary that the nyder for committal should be signed by the Lord Chan cellor, but, upon its being laid before him, his Lordship expressed that he felt great difficulty to do so, as hr entertained doubts of the nropriety of such a proceeding, he being unacquainted with the facts Of the case. The committal of the defendant did not, conse quently, take place, and he has eve* since continued (as the Learned Counsel said) to violate with impunity the orders of the Court ; and, up to the present moment, the plaintiff had found it irT.possible to obtain redress. The VICE.CHANCEI.Lon—How can I grant your application, Mr. Heald, or what relief can I afford to your client, if my ordtr is to prove nugatory ? If the Lord Chancellor refuses to act, un less he himself shall hear a cause, of What benefit will it he to you that I hear this cause a second time? Either this Court ought not to be called upon to hear and decide in such a case, or it ought to have the power to enforce its decree. I swish, 31r. Heald, that you would take an early opportunity of mentioning the case to the Lord Chancellor, anti perhaps his Lordship may say, that if I make the order he will sign it. It is a very proper case to mention to his Lordship, for should he continue to refuse signing such an order, the nsult must be, that all orders for committal must be made be fore his Lordship. AI-. HEALD said he would take an opportunity to comply with his Honour's suggestion in the course of the day, if possible. He fully concurred in the justice of the observations just made by his Honour. He had himself, within the last twelve months, fre quently mentioned to his client the utter inutility or again applying to this Court, while the Lord Chancellor should continue to refuse his signature to the order of committal. POLICE. lli.twsiox•HoV 8r0w,,, a woman who has been long an annoyance to the City. anti who has supported herself and her husband, whenever cntitined in Newgate, by levying contri butions on drunken gentlemen, was brought before Alderrhan SMOLT:Y., charged with having endeavoured to rob several per sons last night, in the neighbourhood of Moorfields. The patrol stated that the prisoner, who labours hard in her vo cation, and throws a sort of disguise over is by carrying a child in her arms, followed several gentlemen. evidently for the purpose of robbing them. She was observed to be more attentive to gentle men who were drunk than to those who were sober ; but, notwith standing her tklll and experience, she failed altogether last night, and finally got, as she called it, herself " shoved into the - watch-house." Not liking her lodging, or the gentry by.. which she was recognised, she made a blow at an ancient pro'ector of the peace, and soon Lid him flat. Before the astonished watchman could recover his legs, she gave him a kick in the ribs, which rat tled as if they were the ribs of his lantern ; up ran another of the , fraternity, who was now able to parry her blows, but his face soon proved that though it escaped her lista, it was reached by her nails, which made a riddle of his cheek. Site " served out" several others of the watch in like manner, but was at length overpowered. Dur ing her exertions her tongue kept pace with her hands, and she bestowed upon the whole of the pritileged residents of the watch house such names as they were ashamed to mention. The defendant said she never meant any offence to the gentlemen, and declared that she had quite altered her way of life for the last two years. Alderman Sc HOLEY hoped that a residence and wholesome ex ercise in Bridewel for a month, would serve her morals and con stitution, and committed her accordingly. CITY FEASTING. GUI inuALL.—A young man was placed at the bar, on a charge of having knives, forks, wine, and cider, in his posscsaion, the u perry of the Ironmongers Company. The patrol of Castle Baynard Ward stated, that about eleven o'clock the ni.;ht before, he saw die prisoner carrying the basket now produced, in Thames -street; and, perceiving it very heavy, praccedrd to examine the contents„ when he *Mind h nearly lolled with knives and forks, and three bottles of wine. Tho prisoner then said he was bringing it from Ironmonger's Ball, where it had been given him by a waiter. The beadle and cellarman of the Ironmongers' Company, stated that the kr ives and forks had been given to the waiter to clean, and would, no doubt , have been safegreturned. One bottle of wine had been given to the waiter, and the other, they had no doubt, was obtained by adding the bottoms of bottles left after drinking together, till they made up a full one, and giving it to the coin. pany, and keeping a fresh one in lieu of it. The third bottle was cider. The worthy Alderman said, he was confident there was great pilfering of the wine belonging topublic Companies ; he supposed, as he hail dined with the Ironntoligors' Company yesterday, that he had got his share of the, bottoms that were added. It was ne cessary to make an example to prevent the practice of pilfering; he would therefore remand the waiter, and discharge the assistant, who appeared to have received the basket innocently. ASSAU LT. - - Bow-ST REET.--Julat Murialtrt w as charged by a .man named Kelly with having assaulted him; be stated that he had been summoned by the prisoner For debt, and on leaving the Court of Requests, the prisoner followed, and jo,7,rd him, saying, that if he was hal ja man he would spiphficate inm. Sir IC. Rs w har trade are you ?—emnplainant— A painter.—Did he 10,.e the day then ?—No ! only half of it. Did be lose the cause ?—No I but he lost Ids temper. Ordered to find bail. I TA 14411 s; IMPOSTOR. Mant.aonouoti.aTHEET.—Nesterday:Luni. an Ita lian image boy, about 10 or 19 'years old, was brought from St. George% watch-house, chargedes a disorderly impostor. Cl .rk, the watchman, stated that he saw the prisoner in Regent. street, on Thursday evening, rearing lustily over the fragments of some pluter.of-paris figures, which he was telling the by-standees a man had broken and run away without paying tor. Instead of a board to hold the Images, is is customary, the prisoner had a basket, at the bottom of which; under a piece of green baize, were 'concealed other fragments. Witness told him he was an impostor, and that he hail no business la-the Meesits. The prisoner said he was pot offering the cants !braille; hAtaing to take them to Windsor. ! le still kept roaring, and a mob. Having seen • - - the prisoner attempt the trick before, witness took him to the watch-house. Schofield, the officer. abaut three weeks since, drove him out of Portland-place for a like imposition. The prisoner then had no thing but pieces of plaster figures, and was exclaiming to the crowd that a man had knocked his images down and broken them. The fragments were exhibited on the Magistrate's table—a ri sible association of the fragile endurance of sublunary things, the last remains of Wellington and Venus, Napoleon, Cupid, and the dexter paw of a nondescript, all in "confusion worse confounded," but so completely smashed, that no accident could have been the cause of such destruction. The prisoner said he could mend them if the pieces were returned to him, and he rely wanted a few halfpence given to him for the hiss of mending. To show the impracticaliility of the prisoner's speculation in co alescing trunk and tripod, several of the officers attempted a loca tion of the fractured members, by placing the " head and front" of the hero of Waterloo on the soft and silky bust of the wife of Vulcan. Sir GEORGE FAR/I*NT told the awkward adapter that " it would not lit," and permitted the Impostor to depart, on his pro mise never to be seen attempting the trick again. GROSS ASSAULT. Catherine flairjpenny, air old appplewoman in Coventre.st reel. was brought from St. Ann's watch-house, fur abusive and threaten ing language. • An elegantly-dressed young lady deposed, that on Ther , dll evening, about eight o'clock, in passing through Covettry.oreet, a man with a large basket on his head dragged it past her bonnet sn forcibly, that she thought it was torn ; she remonstrated with him on his carelessness, when the prisoner came up, and abused her in very gross and insulting language. Witness told her slit wanted to hive nothing to say to her, when she aimed a blow at witness's face. Witness stooped and avoided the blow, which the prisoner repeated several times. A gentleman present was se obliging as to give her his card, and attend that morning. The prisoner was given in custody of the street-keeper. Sir GEORGE FAIMANT desired the prisoner to be locked up for bail, and desired that the business was not suffered to be compro mised. A " !ARK." A fellow named Illargrath was ordered to find bail, for assault ing Jolin Jackson. The prisoner was passing along the New-road, when some one hit him on the crown of his hat, which pressed it over his eyes. Th., blinded predicament of the prisoner created • laugh in the joker+, which he being unable to endure, vented his indignation by seizing a brickbat and striking Jackson on the eye. The poor fellow's temple was much cut, and bound up in a hand ker,hief. file prisoner said he was angry at the " lark," lie did not mean to hurt the prosecutor intentionally; it was an accident. The witnesses assured the Magistrate it was no accident; he stooped down for the btickbat purposely. SI NM' LA It ACCUSATION. rierts ir I. T..—On Thursday, a short time previous to the case of Poole n. Elision, being called on for investigation, a numerous body of persons entered the office in a great htustk, and amongst them was respectable-looking young woman, who appeared in cots. siderable agitation. She was supported by two or three gentlemen, who addressed the sitting Magistrate, M. Swabcy, Esq. describing that she had been given into custody a short time before by Colonel Bunbury, on a cliDge of felony, fur which there was not the slightest ground. The constable who brought the young woman in custody to the office, said that Colonel Bunbury had insisted on his apprehending her on a charge of felony. Ile (the esnstable) WWI not aware of the circumstances attending the charge, but from the peremptory man. nor in which the Colonel iseisted on his taking her a prisoner, he considered it was his duty. The Magistrate called upon the complainant to produce his witnesses, and substantiate the charge upon which lie had given the young Iranian into custody. Colonel !Sunbury stood forward and stated, that the prisoner hal formerly been in his service. She had left it some time ago, and soon after her departure, a table-cloth was missing, which he had since ascertained, beyond all doubt, was stolen by her. Magistrate—Where are your witnesses to support the charge ? Colonel Bunbury—l have none at present in Court. In fact, I have only seen the girl within this last quarter of an hour, in the neighbourhood of the Sessions-borne, and bad her immediately taken into custody. The young woman frequently interrupted the Colonel during his statement, declaring that there was no truth in the accusation. One of the Gentlemen who accompanied her, a Captain in the army, in whose service. it appeared, she was then living, expressed great indignation at the conduct of Colonel Bunbury in alleging such a charge against the young woman. The facts were these, the Captain said :—The girl at the bar formerly lived as servant with Colonel Bunbury, but had recently quitted his service in conse quence of the continual seer,es of quarrelling and fighting between the Colonel and his wife. Subsequent to her leaving the situation, several of the respectable inhabitants of Brixton (where all the parties resided) had come to the resolution of indicting both the Colonel and his Lady at the present Sessions as nuisances: on Re count of the perpetual disturbances they caused in the neighbour hood, and far the purpose of establishing the case, the young woman now charged with felony was actually subprenued as one of the witnesses on the trial. The Capt iin added, that Col. Bunbury, aware that the person whom he had now charged with robbery was to give important evidence agait.st him, adopted this expedient for putting her out of the way. The young woman here produced a subpecna, directing her to attend the same day at the Sessions-house, for the purpose of giving her evidence in a case wherein Colonel Bunbury was the defendant The Magistrate expressed his astonishment that the tirl should have been given into custody on such a loose charge, and plainly told Colonel Bunbury that he was not justified in the manner in which he had proceeded towards her. There was no pretence what ever for detaining her. Colonel Bunbury—My table-cloth was stolen by her. The young woman here said, that during the time she was in the service of Colonel !Sunbury, Mrs. Banbury's sister had sponta. neously given her an old table-cloth, which present the Colonel now wished to construe into an act of felony, for the purpose of pre. venting her from attending to the subpaua with which she had been served. A gentlemen stepped forward, and expressed a wish to address a few words to the Magistrate on behalf of the girl against whom such an unfounded accusation had been brought. Mr. SWABEY said there was no necessity for saying another word on the subject. The girl watt discharged, and there was no pretence whatever for keeping her in cust ody. The gentlemen who accompinied the young woman, whose name is Mary Constable, intimated their determination of procuring re dress for her, in consequence of the injury she had sustained at the hands of her late master. _ _ The Magistrate, addreaeing the accused, directed her to proceed immediately to the Sessions-house, Lind attend to the subixena which had been served upon her; and if she was fearful of 3"V takefurther impediment, he should despatch an officer with her, to tae care she should not be insulted. The gentlemen who accompanied her thanked the Magistrate, saying there was no necessity for the presence of an officer; they would protect her to the Sessions-house. Two of them then offered their arms as her escort, and they left the office together. The Colonel appeared much disappointed that the girl against whom lie made such a charge was 00t remanded. IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE WEAVERS. On Thursday evening a Meeting of Journeymen Silk Weavers took place in the ground of the Three Colts public-house, Grove. street, Bethnal-green. At Meetings previously held, a " General Protection Society" had been established, for the purpose of af fording mutual support in resisting the attempts of such of the masters as were paying less than the book prices for their work. At the last Meeting 110tH) persons had enrolled themselves as Mem bers to pay Is. each entrance, and a trilling contribution weekly, as a fund to support those who might be thrown out of work for re fusing to accept a reduced rate of wages. It was proposed that previously to taking any more decisive step, deputations of the journeymen of each of the manufacturing houses should wait upon their employers to ascertain their sentiments, and if possible obtain their acquiesence in the measures of the men. The Meeting of Thursday WPS convened for the purpose of receiving the reports of the deputations on the answers of their etnploycrs, and was one of the most numerous that has been witnessed in this neighbourhood. The greatest anxiety seemed to pervade the whole assembly, but the proceedings throughout were conducted with perfect order and decorum. iilr. ISAAC Rex[: in the Chair. Mr. THOSlrsox, one of the Committee, then read the Reports of the various Deputations. The answers of the undermentioned houses were to the following effect : " We are determined not to reduce our prices ; and if a majority of the mssters will agree to it, we will pay you the Ina price, and should be happy to do it." Messrs. Cockin and Saunders, Richardson and Makeham Rel iance, Giles, and Smart, of Cnion-street ; Jennings and Son, \\'m. Smart, Son, and Nephew, Parson's Green ; Reid, Brunskill, Cow ing, and Wm. %Wilson, of Steward-street; Remington and Mills, Cole, D av i s and \Washington, Stephen Wilson and Sons, Lea, Bousfield, anti %Wilson, Cook, Murrell, and Jones, and Jennings, of Spital.squnre ; Buttress, Appleing, Biggs. Ileylin and Bishop, and Iloare, of Altiennanbury ; Aims and Atkins, Illaddiek Rugg, and liunt ' of Duke-street ; Robert Graham, Edmunds, Comber, Tilliard, Elks anti Stevens Jourday, Adams, and Roll, Jacque s Bridges and Campbell, Gibson, Harmer, Duff and Brookes , Diem and Kent. . _ The answers of the following were not considered favourable : Messrs. Tarrant, Verrall, Ames and Atkinsen, and Wadden. And the following ol.ve decided! opposed to any advance . 111e , srs. Eastman and Hill, Witte an d Rodicks, De!mere, Carter, and Vavasseur, Bennet, Wilson, itloore,'and Robinson. After several hours passed in the discussion, it was resolved :- 1. That id the opinion of the meeting, there is, under the present circumstances, a necessity fur a meeting of the masters, to meets deputation of the journeymen, to decide the question of a return W a standard price. 2. That an advertisement to that erect, naming the time mid i place for such meeting, should be inserted in the Morning News. patste•s. len • petsons were then appointed to draw up the advertise ment, and to meet the manufacturers. Thanks haying been voted to Mr. 31acNab, for the use of his. remises, and to the Chairman, the ineeeingewalisaolved. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. • CA Mllll IDGE, FR MAY, Jt• The office of Esquire Bedell h vacant by the death 01 Ware, Esq., who succeeded the late Mr. Isola, in the y, George Leapingwell. Bag.. M.A., of Corpus Christi Coli n posy Esquire Bedell, is Candidate for the vacant offi ce , e j tion to which will be determined by the votes of the benne. On the 2lst inst. the Rev. George Powis Stopford watt' by the Lord Bishop of Peterborough, to the Rectory of in the county of Northampton (vacant by the death of Daniel Waueliore). on the presentation of her Grace the Dowager of Buccleuch and Queensberry. THE AVM'. The third detachment of the 17th Regiment of Warn arrived ut Liverpool, from Scotland, and marched for W: Detachments of recruits arrived in town, yesterday from Coventry, on route to join their respective Corps am A detachment belonging to the Ram India Company' received orders to embark yesterday evening, at Aillir•.r git Gravesend, on route to Chatham. A detachment belonging to the 62.1 Regiment of marched yesterday morning, from Westminster, for Bri route to Ireland, A det.ici.ment belonging to the frilth Regiment marched yesterday morning, from Weetminster, for B i route to Plymouih. _ _ _ The depot of the 30th Regiment of Infantry 1)43 inarzhed Colchester to Chsthstn. A detachment of the 90111 Regiment of Foot received embark yesterday, on board a vessel in the River, for Shi route to Carlisle. MARKETS. GORN.EXCIIANGB, FRIDAY, JULY 27. Our supplies this week consist of 3,2,50 sacks of Ibur, qrs. Wheat. 200 qrs. Barley, 2.9 t qrs. Oats, with en extemire arrival of furrign Wheat and Oats. The Wheat trade 'was rt. ceettingly dull to-day, and prices of Monday were bartl7 supprlved. Barley was likewise dull of sole, thougir having but little on hard was not cheaper. English Oats were held at higher prices, as there is now scarcely a chance of the ports opening for foreign neat month. Beans were in very limited request, at Monday's cur rency . Peas continue scarce, and very high prices are aske d for the few samples which come to hand. :011Til FIELD. Fein*vr, JULY 28. The supply of Beef In Smithfield to.day has scarcely ever been exceeded at a Friday's market, and the quality also being bs t i. the few eases effected have been at a reduction of from 44. to id. per stone. Mutton is an exceedingly heavy trade, at a declined 4d. on the terms of Monday ; and Lambs of the very choicest qua. lily get two offer beyond ;W.; the general price of good ones does not exceed 4e. Bd. per stone. Veal is plentiful, and :ales are freely made at 44. below the prices of Monday. Indeed we have, alto. getlier, a very drooping market. To sink the offal, per stone of tilbs. Reef Lamb ...... 4s 4d to Os ad 111 AD OP CATTLN THIS OAT. Beasts 707 4.Sbeep 13,66./ J Calves IV7 I Pigs 80 NEWGATk AN LEADENHALL—(ST Iran CAILCASW. Reef Mutton Lamb COAL MARKET, Juts 28. Stiles at Masket. Ships Sold. Price. Newcastle l'2 27s 04 to :►!s 9 19 Sunderland 7/ . [From the New Lowdon Price Current.] FRIDAY. JULY ' 8. COTTON.—The purchases of Paton this week, including the public sales, are estimated at nearly.:3oo bags ; by private con tract the late prices were maintained ; the public sales went off heavily and lower. The following are the particulars, viz-611 PClnArlig 10d. a 104 d.; 80 Bowed% lid. a 64d ; 300ileans 770 Surat 4?,d. a Shc. ; 920 Bengal 3: 1 .d. a lid. in bond; and, duty paid, 200 Demerara 011. a Il&d.; 100 St. Domingo 74d.; 130 (ire. nada Bd. a 94d. At a late hour to-day, 1100 bags sold, thicfly Silents, at fid. From the manufacturing districts the accounts are more promising, and at Manchester the stagnation is changed. for " more business doing," hut the market wan by no means brisk. Till Wednesday last the Cotton Market at Liverpool was in a dreadful state, the prices going lower each succeeding day ; the accounts from Manchester slope the tall, and the sales on that day were 1030 bags. SVGA 11.—The Sugar market has been apparently dull during the present week, yet we found at the conclusion of each day that the sale averaged about 9011 casks; it is therefore ,Iracluded that the sales privately have been considerable. The pri...s are without the slightest variation.—The public sale of 7.761 bags Mauritius Sugar to-day went off Is. higher for the inferior, and 25. a 3s. fot the good and fine qualities; good yellow Mi. a 605., brown 30s. 6d. a 531. The whole sold with great briskness.—The demand f rile. fined goods has been very general; the quantity taken for thehxne consumption of the country rather extensive. The prices are a shale higher.—This morning the market was again firm, and every ap pearance of a further improvement; no low lumps oiler und•t 74... 61, and good ate much higher in proportion. Malaise: 2.15.1 id. There is quite a new feature in the market to-day ; Green Bastards, an article formerly in demand for home consumption only, has be come extensive demand for export, on account of a bounty being now fixed at' 75.; the quotation is 17s. a 265. fre on hoard. The foreign refiners suppose they can Intake low Lump Sugar out of these Bastards.—ln Foreign Sugars the transactions are not exten sive; the prices are rather higher. East India descrieitions are scarce. COFFER.—The public sales this week have gone off with some briskness, at an irregular advance of 2s. a 4s. from the late 'oast prices. St. Domingo, which was sold for money at 425., is held about 455. a 48..; good ordinary Jamaica, which sold at 445. bell for 48a. ; the others nearly in a similar proportion. It will be ob served that we have taken the lowest pricey. of the market last ask, but the extreme depression was never the current prices of the market. There were no public sales this forenoon, and scarcely apy purchases by private contract. Very few parcels are offering. We quote St. Domingo Coffee 455. a 485.. but the market is in such an extraordinary state that it would be difficult to operate in haying to any extent, without creating a considerable alteration in the currency. SPICES.—The inquiries after Spices appeared to revive yester day, but the actual transactions were not extensive. Pepper is higher, no light offers under 4d. ; Cinnamon and Cassia also in more request. PIMENTO.—By public sale on Tuesday, 104 bags Pimento, fine quality, sold at Nisi. and 100 bags Iti4d. and IRISH PROVISIONS...-Beef and Pork are unvaried; Bacon dull, 60s. a Ms. Dutch butter Ill Os.; Irish, free on board in Ire land, 80s. a 84e. There is little doing in Butters, on account if the late favourable weather. FRUIT.—In consequence of the brisk demand for Valentin Raisins. and the quantity on hand being small, the proprietors are asking a further advance, and hold out the 505., which it is be lieved ban been obtained; Red Smyrna Raisins are in consequence "more sought after, but the holders of those also are demanding higher prices ;in other descriptions no alteration. • TOBACCO.—The purchases of Tobacco this week are confined to about 50 hbds. Virginia, to the trade, 34d. a 41., and a few small parcels to exporters at the same prices. lt1;31, BRANDI*, and BOMA NDS —The Rum market is decidedly more firm ; several small shipping orders have cleared the market of the few Leewards that were offering • we do not think proofs could now be purchased under Is. Ild.; the chief !Airtime* have, howeyer, been mule in fine Jamaicas for the home consumption; 30 to 3'2 over 3a. a 3s. V.—Mandy is loser than ' during the live depression ; old, newly landed, offer about St. 10d., and the new 3s. lid. per imperial gallon, but there appears to be no buyers; no la•ge parcels are, however, proisieg on the market. Geneva is without variation. IN DIGO.--Sinde the sale the demand for this article has con tinued brisk, and some of the bought-in lots have been sold at 3d. per lb. advance. The East India Company have been obliged to employ an additional number of hands, and to work extra hours such is the anxiety of the merchants to ship their late purchases' The public sale to-day, 138 cheats East India Indigo, went off heavily. TEA.—There is no alteration in Tea. OILS.—The accounts from the Northern Fisheries were tae vague to have much effect on the market; the demand previous y was considerable. chiefly for home consumption. HEAFP at.d TA I.LOW.—The Tallow market Ss not so fi:os to-day, the nearest price is 344. Hemp unvaried. fly public sit.: to-day, 442 bales sound Hungarian Hemp, taken in 301.. 341., and 25/. ; 129 casks Petersburgh Soap Tallow, 325. W. tuktn in; 10l casks Siberia ditto sold 335. and 335. BIRTHS. Thumlay, the lady of the Rev. Edward flimflam, of a dauglar. On Sundiy last, at Eden Hall, Cumberland, the lady of ..r Philip Musgrave, But. M.P. of a daughter. On Monday last, at Clapton, the lady of Thomas Pares, Esq. of a daughter. 31ABRIED. Yes'erday, at St. Clement Banes, by the Rev. William Gurney, M.A. Rector, Mr. Richard Buckle Bennah , - of Essex-sine% ta Ann, third daughter of the late Thomas Elam, of Sunbury, dleacx. Esq. At Bath, on the 25th lira. by the Rev. Dr. Gardiner, W. Lloyd Ca'deem. Eeq. to Sarah A. H. Straghan, only daughter of tita late Ilugh Williams Siraghen, Esq. of Barb:Woes. DI ED. At Stockholm, on the 29th of June, Mrs. Anna Ccilcrixvg. '1 lioriday, at renstone's Hotel, Cork.street, Elizabeth riea Holston, only surviving child of Frederick Holston, Esq. of (land" Surrey. On the 26th in't. Mrs. Elizabeth Rawlinson, of I•is`on•street , Paddington, in the 99th year of her age. Thursday, at Weston, Sir George Throckinorton, Bat. in the 72d year of his gr. RION *ATER TIUS HAY AT LONDON Immo:. Morning .... min. after 9 l Evcnlng... . rain• aft o 9' 101, P&ESI3 Olice„by J. W. ceiturON, No. *held by 111. GANZiON, wait pIACt• r • . ttr.v I of fitsgt lett PA ' tie rs De. tithe elec. Instituted, Warkton F the Re s , se Buchess 34 be et Pantry ha t Viesn, minnicr, fel eetri- e ' r..gste, 1 11 f Infants" ,/ Bristol, o,' At of p c ,..„ to Bristol, oe, it 'rated from orders t o ihietds, on • bur. 4,r01 extenin e • e was et. "PPlirod. tle on hard prices, as nreign neat • lr the feweurrieney • y ever been being bed. • t 4d. to id. I decline of wicest qua. ones does is are key have, alto. 1 j 54.1 to 3i Oe 94.1 to 4.4 sd ASIV. 4d to Ss 64 4d to 41 Sd rice. to 34s 9 to 33s 94 JULY 2A minding the private eon- -43 went off' rs, 3 RI ; 77V1 and, duty .; 130 Gres told, cliicfly ccounts are lunged, for • neans brisk. tol was in a . g day ; the on that day dull during ach slay that eluded that are withoct s Mauritius 2s. a 3s. Pot awn 50s. lid. sand I r Re. for theh wse s are a shale every so- otier under use. 21v. Sd. en Bastards, nly, has be- ounty being iOard. The sugar out of e not erten- triettions are if with some e late lowest 2s. ' is held at 4.11. bold will be ob- et last wet k, ,rites of the scarcely acy Feting. We is in such Eat te in buying ation in the evive pester- Pepper is ;asaia also in ga Pimento, tied ; Bacon oard in Ire- account t f or Valentin sprietors are tich it is be- consequence demanding are confined 1., and a few in market is have cleared we do not I.; the chief ror the home beer than out '3ll. 10d., are to be no the market. isle has eon. n sold at 3d. I obliged to extra hours- purchaaes‘ go, went of • iest were do d previous y not so fietti public nib: 341., and ,lttn in; hit r a daughte". ledp..of S:r