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LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT 0? CfIANCE.HY, lAN( OLN . I D.R, !theta 24 WHITE O. HALL. The further consideration of this case (the parti. eulars of which we gave in our Paper of Friday last) was resumed this morning. Ihe LORD CHANCEL cog thought this a case of jpsoch importance, and deferred' giving his fi nal idgraent upon it until Wednesday next. ritaitee U. THARP!: This cause came on before the Court, upon ex. eeptions to the blasir's Report, approving of Mr. Charles Wedge, of Vs'estleybottom, in Cambridge shire, to be the receiver in the cause. T,he ATTORNLY-GEMER4L, for the application. after citing casts to pro* that the Court could act upon cases coming before it i.s this shape, stated that a gentleman of the name of i hat pe had been pos sessed of an estate of 10001. per annum. in Caen. bi idgeshire. and also a considerable property in Ja maica. His eldest son died, leaving isioe one sots and one daughter. He himself having returned to the West Indies, soon after died there, and by his twill left the great bulk of his property to these in failt grandchildren; particularly the Cambridge estate, called Chippenham Park. to the boy. when be should attain his twe ity-fourth year, vesting the whole of axis property in a number of executors, or trustees, among whom were. Mr. Alderman Hib herr, MK Dashwood, Sec, The former gentleman Only, of all the trustees, had acted. By the same will, the testa:or directed, that during the minority of his grandson, his own son John, the eldeit then living, should occupy the family mansion of Chip penharn Palk, free of rent, &c. with liberty to mak • use of the game, and strid injunctions to keep tie park, gardens, lawns, house and offices, in perk& ordi r and repair, at the expellee el the testa tor, and to flat! 10,000 useful and ornamental trees upon it, t vet y season.. And further, in caw of failure of issue male, by his grandson, then this estate was to revert to his son, the said John. The ! testator, n hen leaving this country, executed a power of Aunt rey. to neatly the same effect, to the said Johc, corjointly with Mr. Dashwood, the lat ter bring chosen to inspeit anti dited t!-.e manage ment of the e.tan', John 1 harpe being unwed to a country lite. and ignorant cf the management of a term. On the death of the testator, it was necessary to have a receiver ; the parties went before the Master, as lin ae pointed Mr. Wedge, a gentleman admitted to he rif an unimpeached and good char titer, bat who resided upwards et* fourteen miles from this estate, and could not I be supposed to have the same interests for the pee serv.vi, n of the estate, as Mr. John Tharpe must, :seder all the circumstances, have had. The leari.ett Counsel therefore contended, that the real inten. teem of the testator seat, that his son John should, during the minority of his grandson, be the repre imitative of his family, and in that capacity was the mold natural and proper perscu to be appointed re (Liver. Ile therefore submitted, that the report oboald be sent back to the blaster fo- a revision. Mr. PURCIVAL, on the other hand, adduced se "feral cares, where it was the derided opinion of several Equity Judges. that a receiver was not re :trove:o)le, except it could be shown he was an im proper person ta, be epiointed. In the present case, there were no such grounds. Mr. Wedge was a rrlable gentleman, of the most unequivocal mpcathed charade:, who had all his life been accustomed to this sort of business, and the only thing like an objedicn to him was, his residing shout 14 miles from the estate. He had been re commended by Mr. Hibhert, the only atting trus tee ; whereas, Mr. John 1 harp., was neither a trus tee under the will, nor did he stand in any ramjet situation whit's should induce the Master toere him the preference. The Loan CHANCE! tot, in pronanncing his lndgmtnt, sad, that were that Court the Master's Chamber, and he sitting there as the Master, he should have ailed precisely in the manner he had done. The Mastei's Rtpnrt was accordingly con traawd. lOAK LENT ASSIZES, (Cta.tin isei from our Paw of March 17.) 1 8, ifr 'Pk two", a boy about 15 years of age, was Iniiitied on what k commonly called " Lord Ellen. botorgh's As," for maliciously assaulting Elm a. kith :Stridden, of Swillington, near Leeds, with a hammer, with intent to murder her, or to do her some fnievous bodily harm. .1 he first ‘Vitress eramined in support of this charge w.is Elia/shear Stockden, who stated that she has been in the set vice of Mr. Scholefielii about nine Lo ea k rs p t ia i c h e at t c he u f s ;; s m t J ofisthire pc an r d icd si t r h u is s t c r i a i n oi sa tfi ct e i l o d n the Witness and a servant bay, Peter Atkinson, the Prisoner ; that Mr. Scholeficld, from his situation, as Stewatd to Vocnontess Irwin, had frequently oc casion to be at Tarr ple-Newcome, and it happened that on the Vld of Sept. the day the assault was asommitted. Mrs Schnlefield was also them so that the house was entirely left to her and the Pt isoner ; the Witness proccedcd to state. that on the t 3.1 Sep tember, she had got up at the usual time, six o'clock ' e t t he ntorrenr, and had opened her room door, when she s..w the Prisoner standing opposite to her door ; there was an appearance of saysgenegs in his looks, which rath.-r tetrified her ; she saw that he bad a hamw.er it hig hand, and he told her, that he was gains; to kill her, and immediately struck her a violent blow on the Ll:e with she claw end of the hamm-r ; the Mow, thongh it di,i not deprive her of recollettion, caused her to fail on the landing r!ace of the stairs, near her ronnhiloor, with her Lack to tee rtrotint! ; the Pri,niier Xotiontied to strike her, as she lay n the floor. on both sides of her h • 1 , 1, with the same wearon,,notwithst-nding her c ies for mercy sr: a Witness supposed that the Prison a- did not least her until he thought his plarpote was aCCOMOISLed. On 'tieing further in terrogated hp the Judge, she said she was rare I: ry as the Pt;snlet that used her so ill, and that the first blr,sw Was struck with the claw end.— lhe Wit, ass firth.r added, that soon after the Prisoner had got e do wn the stabs, slit heard a noise like the breaking ofglav, and board tow kitchen door open t as soon as the Wimps had a . little recr,vered tram the Mooning divas of the blows she bad re- celved, she west down stairs sea locked the hitches door ; she then found that the kitchen window was so broke as to admit the body of a man ; having se cured this door, and also an intermediate one be tween the kitchen and the front door, she went to the front of the house in the hopes of procuring as sistance, when she SAW the Prisoner lal me hold of a girl of the name of Mary Hewitt, and whom he ap peared to be endeavouring to drag from the house. 'the Witness called to her to come to her assistance ; on hearing her voice, the Prisoner left the girl and came towards the house, and the Witness immedi ately bolted the doer. The Prisoner appeared to go to the back of the house, and the poor woman, ap prehensive of his obtaining admittance, eletted the last remains of ber strength, and escaped to the home of Andrew 'Whitehead, a person who lives within about 200 yards of Mr. Scholefield's house. On the part of the Prisoner, Mr. WILLI A sts, his Counsel, stated, that a hammer was not such a weapon os was in contemplation of the law, and with which a person could properly be said to be ens. This ohjeftion, after considerable argument, was over-ruled. Andrew Whitehead was called by the Prisoner's Counsel, and stated, tsar when Elizabeth Stockden came to their house, she said, after describing the conduit of the Prisoner, that she thought he was crazed ; from this it was meant to be inferred, that in the opinion of the Prosecutor, the Prisoner was deranged in his mind. Several persons were called to the Prisoner's charade!, who represented him as a quiet, honest lad. The learned Judge, in a very able charge, in which the ohjedions made by the Prisoner's Coun sel were distindly stated, said, that he should leave the Jury to decide, whether, judging from the evi dence given, they were convinced that the blows were given by a weapon within the contemplation and meaning of the Al, of which the Pthener was indi.Sed, and trusted, that on a charge which al. feded the life of the Prisoner, they would maturely weigh the evidence, and come to no,tash conclusion on the subjetl. The Jury, after deliberating a few mensents, and without retiring, returned a verdid of—GaWy— Death. The execution is respited until the opinion of the Twelve Judges can be taken on the point of law alluded to. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, MARCH 13. The Marquis Lucchesini returned here on the I Ith inst. since which it has been asserted that we are to remain on an amicable footing with Prussia. Count St. Vincent, an Austrian General, is ar rived here as Ambassador, provisionally from the Court of Vienna. Prince Murat has left us ; some report for Italy, while others assert he is gone for By a recent decree, all vessels re-taken at sea by Frenchmen, prisoners on board, shall be law ful prizes to the captors. vitiator:a, am 20. His F.xcellency M. Beanharnois, Minister of France, had a special audience of the Queen, when he delivered to Her Majesty a lt.iter from the kam peror Napoleon, deeled atory of his friendly regard towards ller Majesty. FRoNI TUE GERMAN PAPERS. VIINNA. MARCH I. Our late Ambassador to PATH', Count Philip Co bciitzvl, by a Cr nvention agreed upon with France, returns th thet, -bid M. De La Rochefoucauld is looked for in this city. Belgrade is said to have surrendered to the Ser vians. statics+ 5. General Berthier, the nephew of the French Mi nister at kVar, and Gen. Talleyrand, nephew of the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, lately arrived here. I Lily conferences have since been held among our Ministers, but the subject has been kept pro foundly secret. Baron Thugut will remain here till April next. The Stare Paper has again experienced a consider. able depreuion. AUGSBURG, ?A RCN S. Several Bavarian Journals say, that I lis Majesty has received a Courier from Paris, bringing the agreeable intelligence that the differences between trance and Prussia had been adjusted ; adding, that the plan of a Convention, carried to Berlin by the Marquis Luechesini, had been assented to by the Prussian Cabinet in all its parts. ST. PET!RIIURGfI, 71511. Our Curt Casette, of to-day, contains the follow ing article, dated Kjachts, Dec. 16 :-- " The Chinese Embassy, consisting of 1211per inns, will enter on the territory of our neighbours, the 20th inst. on its way to Pekin. " The Ambassador, Count Galnwkin, in order to facilitate his journey, and to prevent misunder standings, dispatched the Secretary of Embassy, B.iykow, to Urg, in the beginning of Oftober, where b e received from the Chinese blandarine, Waun and Ambamm, the most amicable professions, in the name of their Sovereign. " The whole road from kjachata to Pekin has been divided into 60 stages, at each of which the Government of China has caused 200 camels and 700 horses to be stationed. 1 Mangoes Princes and 11 Officers have been charged to accompany the Embassy to the vicinity of Urge. where a feast is to be prepared for it ; (tom thence it will be con duftsd to Pekin by the Waner, the Emperor's brother-in-law, and on its arrival within the great walls of Kulga, will be received by a Minister of the Imperial •I'ribrnate. " During the abode of the Embassy at Kjachata, which had been longer than was intended, in con sequence of the measures to be taken for colleiling camels and hones, in the desert of )(obi, there ar rived there a body Physician of His Chinese Ma jesty, whu had been charged by his Monarch to re pair from Pekin to Kjachata, to offer his services to the Ambassador, His Majesty having learned that the Ambassador was unwell, after his long journey." CO EE AA it: On the 4th instant arrived here the Asiatic Com pany's ship Nemo', from China, and three West Indianian; which may be cotuddercd as something extraordinary at this season. NAVAL treriLtlcENct. TORBAY, Arrived last evening the Urania, from Portsmouth, and remains with the Kiroe.4, and Heron. Put into Torbay, by cortrary wind% the outward bound West India, and the MeLtherranem fleets.— Wind S.W. TAL!AOUTH, MARCH I. Yesterday arrived the Snapper schooner, from a cruise. Also, the Gannet and Merlin sloops of war, from Portsmouth, to give instruaions to the out ward bound West India and Mediterranean ships. Sailed His Majesty's ships Hibernia, Bat "(sir, Formidable, and Revensie b for a cruise off Wrest; and Speed*, Leton, for the coast of Africa. Arrived to-day the Betsey, Steet, from Pasfs'ow ; and the Berry, Stocks, from Ireland.—Wind S.E. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 22. Sailed the Eleanor, hired armed ;hip ; His Ma jesty's ship Minerre, Capt. Fielt'ing, on a cruise ; and the Divatch sloop of war, with a cs.nvoy, to the Westward. Came in the Coupance, sloop of war, Capt. Yea ; she has been cruising for a few days after the French privateers which have been so troublesome to our Coasters. The Ifirne Frtendt, Lukes, from Rotter dam ; Mary, Nit-A.4).ton, from &doe, bound to Al tuna, detained by the Nappy Return privateer ; Pa pillion, Le Mesuritr, from Jersey ; Tonalurken, Vctries, from Saloe ; Ranger cutter, from a cruise ; also the Caroline hired cutter, and riper and Staunch gun-brigs. L'Argus and Enchnatrett sloops, are undocked, and refitting in Hamonze ; and the Penelope frigate, taken into Dock. The ships i■ Cawsand Bay remain, as before, waiting for orders. __ YARMOUTIT. MARCH el The fleet, under command of Admiral Russel, sailed again, yesterday, on a cruisefoff the Teel, in consequence of the wind comi )g variable; as also several packets and outward-bound vessels, which had put in here by contrary winds. DEAL, MARCH AZ. Sailed 12 Inuaorialile frigate (Commodore Owen), Valorous praam, and several gun-hrigs, on a crui,e off the French coast ; And I:Amiable frigate, fur Yarmouth. Came down f,nm Sheerness, the Lord Melt;lk East Indiamaa, and several other outward-hound vessels, which remain in the Downs with the rest of the ships as per last. P. S The Desestatiors bomb, with the East India men and outward-bound, are preparing to sail.-- Wind E. S. E. DUBLIN. Id4Rcii 20. TIM IRI3II CkTtIOLICS. A meeting of . the Roman Catholics of this city was hold at the Farming. Repository, Stephen's green, this day sc'nnigbt, in consequence of a notice to that died appearing in one of the Morning Pa pers, to consider of the propriety of urging their claims at this period. M-. Val. O'Connor, sen. was called to the Chair, when a number of Resolu tions were presented, some of them implying a se vere censure on those who had latterly acted in the name of the Catholic Body of Ireland. This brought on a warm debate, in which several Gentle. men delivered their opinions at considerable length. On one side it was contended, that the means hi therto adopted by those who had undertaken the management of Catholic affairs, were inadequate to the end, the aggregate sense not being taken ; while, on the other hand, it was alleged, that, with martial law staring them in the face, and the Hotta, Corpes As' suspended, with a prejudiced magis tracy, ready to take advantage of any popular as semblage, it was impossible the great body could be so consulted. It appeared to be the wish of the ma jority to preserve unanimity; and a party, manifest ing a strong indication of displacing another party, for the sole purpose of obtaining leadership of a great body, now rendered highly necessary to the Minister from the pressure of the public exigencies ; while the other party, with equal zeal to support the condu.i hitherto adopted, displayed every possible exertion. In this posture of affairs, the meeting seem ed generally of opinion, that the cause of either party had nothing to do with the general good of the whole ; and, after an unavailing discussion, which lasted two days, a motion of adjournment, for one month, was put fey the Chair, and unanimously adopted. &in:lay. Mr John Bramll was liberated from the county Waterthrd gaol, by a special order from his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, after having been confined since the month of August, 1803, ander a Secretary's warrant. On Monday last, Mr. John Palmer was brought up from Kilmainham gaol, by a writ of Habra, Cirric, to the house of the Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, and discharged by his Lordship, after a confinement of nearly three years. Monday evening, arrived in the packet from England, Mr. liandcock, house steward of his Excellency, the Duke of Bedford, and some other persons, in the service of his Grace, who is to leave London for this country, on Monday next. Every packet and other vessel at this side, in the service of Government, capable of accommodating passengers, were yesterday ordered to sail for the Head, to assist in bringing Lver the Vice-regal pair, and their domestics, as it was feared the yacht would not be able to make that place in time. It is expected they will arrive in this city on Sunday. Great preparations are making at the Ca<tie for their Graces' reception. Many mire bed, fur ser vants have been ordered to be gnt ready. There are to he great changes at that place. Many warn ings have been given, down to domestics who have grown grey in office. it is said that the Duke of Bedford, our near Chief Governor, has taken the Duke of Leinstcr's country residence at Carton, as a sporting lodite ; and it is also reported that the Ductless of Gordon, who is to accompany her Grace the Duchess of Bedford, will reside at Leinster House, as her city mansion. A misfortune with two house• in this city, this week, occasioned some stroag sensations among the public. It is attributed to a stoppage having been put to cnntracts, on account of the return of our army from the Continent, in cotteermence of the failure of the plans of the confederated Powers. . THE MAJtKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, Maria! 21. The supplies 0( Wheat to-day, are rather short in quantity, which early in the day eaultd a triskileas in Fairs , at a swill advance • but tarter dull ailaussarrt. There it a to;erattle st*. ply of Barley, more than equal to tho dr•itrand; arsl the forr sample; of hoe are railorr darer. Malt is heavy of sale. le Peas or Beans, of beth Lets, little alteration. There be;rit scarce arts arrivals of Oats, this.tradta IS named a trifle tlearor. Far prima sampler% and prices of Floor, as-last week. CURRENT PRICE OF GRAIN. Wheat ........13s. 59a. 741. 1 Beank(Ntw)....32.. 004 04. Fine d0........74% 75t. Od. Tick &dna (du.) 46. 39.. 00. )(ye 36s dOa. (4 Oats 44. 47- 434. Barley oGs. 345. 64. P..lasul. 30s 31. 64 Malt. ' .. 641. 1.6•. Od Rape Seed 1111. 441. (A. ^ice Pea. 34.. dos. 01. Fiji F.our 601. 63.; ...i. Grey P..at 304 341 0.1. Seca dr ble. an 04. PRICE OF SEEDS IN MARK-LANE. Carraw ay 7H Od to 761 04 per cwt. Coriander l4t Od to 1M is , r Tref t 6. Gd to 32. Od Red Cover ?se o.i tt, h.t. pd ... 7544 —• Od White ditto 3 ,2s Cd to 74s t'd Rye-Gros 9B Od to :31fs Od White Mortara Seed. lt.. 0.4 to tie Od per buslasi. Brown ditto Tmnin - 04 to —8 04 11$ Beans Long POCId 2S; 04 to 2118 Od Tares CAnAry sos 04 to GU, Od to 64a PRICES OF HAY AND STRAW. SATURDAV. IT lA/Atei WHITIC 444 4. Hay.... 51 0. a 41 14. s 1 Itay Steaw..ll 191 a 21 14, --d New 01 Os a 01 01 Clnser 4l .44 a 51 3s Straw PRICE OF HOPS. 11A0f. fOCKITI. Kent 61 is to 71 41 I Kent 61 Sf to 71 141 Sussex—. .61 Cs to 61 16; Sussex 61 Ss to 71 Faux 61 Os to 71 Of Farnham... 61 --Alai 11 •e SMITHFIELD, MONDAY, MARCY 24. To sink the 0.61-..sserSto44 c 4 Olb. Bite 4s 84 to 5. lid Veal ..4s 64 to Gs 04 Os 0,1 ti Oat P..tk.......:1s Od to 60 / I ea 4 of Cattle this Day, Reicts, shout 4064—Sheep and Lambs, 7,700 NEWGATE AND CEADENHALL MARKETS. Ry the Cafesoe. 11^ef 31 111 to 41. 81 I Veal N1utt0n....4. 41 to 5, 44 Port 04 tr 6. 04 RAW EIDES. Peat Heiress and Steen, pm stunt, 32. 44. to 3,. 11Ti1dlinga Ss. 0.1 to 3a 14. • (Odium, IA. to 2a. lad. Market Calf —12 s. 6d ra h. . . English Huse l7s —.l. to 2Js. each. Shefsis Skuis ...35. 64. I. is. 04. PRICE OF TALLOW. St. Jatae:'s Marko 4,.. Od Nedlow Russia.. 65.ied 66s Od Clare Market ... Wliitechapel Market. Ss lld Sep ditto .. --et —.l 64s ad Per suru err i Bib, _—_-. Melting Stuff....-.s .;4s Od 11s 11 , 1 Ditto toligh --s Si's Averts* Price— is 111 Graves ..-4 Its Town 'Lino* 641. Od 6% Od I Greet The 0.......... —a Illis Yellow Snap, —4 a 711..—Motile', Stk-Curd. SZ.s. Pries& Oindleii, per doz. Its 0.1:-Ndoulds, 111. ill ritICE OF LF.‘TitER Ruts, se ‘. 16th. each Dine, 60 to d2lb. each 2ad to 26.1 Merchants 4acks 22.1 to 234 Dre.i.., Ilides..• 201 to 214 Fine Coach Hides 224 to Irl I Crop Hides fur cutting 22J to 241 Flat Ordinal.? . 204 to 914 Calf Skins, 34 to 40Ib. per Dozen 'old to 42d Ditto. 20 to 7elb ~.37d to eld mt Ditto ' 70 to ItOlb 32d to 57d It Small Seals (Greeulal,d) 404 to 42d ? Largertitto tins to 199 s pet doze*. • • Tanned !tome Hides 2.5 s to 081 per hale. COAL-MARKET, Mach 24. Ships at Market. Sold. Price. 21..Kewasstly 10 431 6.1 a 521 Od I...Sundsel. , nd 1 . Sturie,Coal I.. Cinders .. 1 39s tol a —a Od PRICE OF ST• WKS, YESTERDAY. 3 per Cent. Cent .'l 6of fi b per Cent. Nary 9211 Imperial 3 per Cent 59 74 60 Imperial Aeiluicree 9 1.16 Fxcliequcr Bills. - die. Engli.ll Lottery Ticktts .. C.,rosaul• for T. IUSH, Stock Broker, No. 4, Cornhili, and 9, Charing-Crow. PRICE OF IRISH STOCUS—Moacn HI. Gov. Debenturea,3l pet Cent Pt Ditto, 5 per Cent Grand Canal Loan, 6 bier tent. 7J BIRTHS. On the lith inst. at fichnts --- urgh, Mn.s Major West, &loth Charlotte-street, was safely deliverei .4 a Daughter. the Tuesday last, at Blandlonl„ ueu S.lllllWir, the Lady of Dr. Heywood, of a daughter. At Chanelizod, Dublin, the I.2dy of Colonel Lege, of a elau6hter. MARRIAGF. On Thmettay last, ao --- F:.1;;;Ce ' to the county of Lincoln. John Make, Est of the 43;h Regnocnt, to Mlii TJy erson, third Jaughter of ttte Rev. Henry loylet.on, ot Stokt , by, in the county of York. DEATHS. the 6th in-t. at Rahni:Cosyh,county of Meath, Anthony Sontloro,F , ti orfi •7 sears. 1.)11 WrO.ot,4l.ts, the 12th .ntat. Mrs. Eliatbeth Goldon i of George %Lett, Partman.syuare, aged SO. HIGH WIITEII THIS DAT AT LONDON BRIDGE- Mom• .IHI will. Ow 5 I Eirtn..... 42 min. alur 5. SALE BY AUCTION. ROOKS -mlby Mesas. 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