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11."' . 41gr apprehensive 'that the greater part of the lA:tailless had now fallen into other hands. TheetizaT JUATICE recommended Vir. Gurney to toile back the goads and come to +one agree ment with the Defendant for the loss incurred. After some tonantlation between the Control I lend the, partief. it ins egr.ed that a verdict should ohe taken for the Plaintiff for 5,000/., the &image* declaration. the goods to he given up, and the verdict rheas to be left with Mr. Venning, the -Ferentan of the'Jory. for 'him to sterile w h a t .11magea beyond sone shilling the Defendant should 11:1v, after the fullest coneiderstiou of the whole of the Metier iu queitien. HAVVIES N. LACHLAN. TRANSPORTATION OP THE Bet Milt ARMY. This was ea action to ',cover money pant to tie.: Defendant tar the Plaintiff 's use. Mr. GUSSET staged, that the Plaintiff had given the lowest tender Tar bringing home the British army from Frasier, according to the Treaty of Aix. la•Chapelle. He had, through the agency of the Defendant, whom he had always employed as hi. brayer, executed the con'ract in a most prompt and satisfactory manner. It was thought while the int.inese was going on, that the Plaintif f would ruetain a great loss. The weather became un y tine, and the Plaintifthaving exerted himself to a most extraorilniary way, the profit which ise. Trued amounted to 2,b00/. The Defendant re ceived payment for the service done. The Plain- Of called on him for payment, when the Defen (hint claimed 1.4001. for Isis share as a partner in the i•affliaction, instead of 4501. which was the amount • f ',is agency. The quest.on was, whether the De fe.,claut had bent a partner in the transaction tar Ittchart!son, clerk in the Transport Service, p-orlaced the tender which► had been given into the Offrw, with the name of the Plaintiff• subscribed at the bottom, and that of the Defendant in the margin. Titre witness proved that the Defendant, though so agent, frequently meted as a principal. Thomas Powis, clerk is the Navy Pay Office. produced bills *ivied by the Defendant, for the s►rvice dune by the weasels 4. through the wawa* spot or Mr. Hawker," the Plaintiff, which bills were ;mid in due course. 'l•he amount of the sum to be awarded for mgpney, was now deferred until the que►tion of p.iritiership %boob] be determined. Mr. CAMPBELL. for the defence, undertook to ttttt ve the partnership, and that the service had ►teen effected so satisfactorily, chiefly through the 1110'41114 of the Defendant!, who had procured Si *tooo till, of the 46 engaged. The Learned Coots. art admitted that the partnership was a secret one, against which there was no statute (and if any of& cist re , ,- Illation existed ugainat it, it was fur the. Phrintift to prove it), but he produced letters which had paused between the parties, its which the Plaintitrs language seemed to imply an ag►ee urent of partnership. Robert I.4clilan, son of the Defendant, proved coovrr•atioos which had taken place between the parties before the delivery of the tender, iti which ►t 1 , 7141 been agreed that the profits should be divided betwerii them. Tl.e witness testified to other con yerNstions, in which the same agreetneut was re -11.0e..111.C11 after the fultiltnent of the contract. Wit erre, had seen the punier calculating how much p.otit would her made by each, the *um expected Iteiog bow 7001. to t,000!. The only tummy ad lwer., was by she Defendant. Air. Besse! load been employed by the Plaintiff• to embark the troops at Calais. Witness had fre quent conversation% with the Plaintiff at Calais, in wlttch the Plaintiff• had repeatedly given witness to vetler%tosid that it was a joint contract. The Cuter JUSTICL waso f up,siion that the I►artoershrp was proved, and Mr. CURNET Contented to be non-suited. tAxaT OF COMMON PLEAS, Trvutv, Arvin 11. Adjourned Sittings ti/'ter Hilary Tern:. tr.YETIN. RING. AND COMPANY, n. DREW. OR THE IMPERIAL. ASSCRANCE COMPANY. 117 r STetiiCMs opened the plea.lings is this ease. SuticiTOß-(.FNERAL staled the Plaintiffs' ease. The prevent action had been Inoitcht for a sum of upwaed• eff 0,400/. against the Defendants, who are Dieeefors of the linpirri•l Assurance Company. The Plaintiffs were easy rsvpretsbie and opulent rugar-refiners, residing in While. elispel. This was a wilt wily of a very large stem, amount ing to about 70,0001 which had bete austaintd by fire in November, 1819. The ouly question arising between the prices turned either upon points of law, or relat es) ru the mariner and regularity of effecting the insurance. Leven/us and scientific men contrived to produce the re. quistie degree of hest by pipes of Wiling water, coiled and irninecsed into the ryi op or sugar. But this difficulty arose, that the sugar would out boil at the same heat as the water, and therefore a high pressure, attended with much danger, was required. At Liverpool tallow was in common use for this purpose ; but this was found extremely offensive, and to obviate its inconeeniencies ' Mr. Wilson bad invented a a process fur using lased oil. This oil was pal into a large irioil, and from it a coil of pipes passed into the sugar, which it was intended to bring into a boiling state. The oil reqn'ired a I. inpeta titre of six hundred degrees of Fah. reeihrit for boiling. soil sugar three hundred and flay. This was %deers e of hal:punters below may beat that could it-orate danger. 'lie fiist question therefore would be, she. their by ntraiis of 11114 communication there was any in . canoe uf risk; aild, secondly, whether the loss Ras oircs. . siiisost thereby—as hr understood, instead of bring increaiii tit, the risk was upon a comparison with the ftWlN.'r made. One of the risks attending the former mode was that of the sitcor boiling vet e, in *bleb case the pee imp, must be infallibly destroyed. By the new process, a 11.11r:umAir was fixed in the host, sod, a, scion as the oil was heated to the decree of I byre hu n dred anti tiny, it *sited IMO pipes which convey.' it theoseli tie 511f-.r. till,like the circulatiou of the blood. it ri tben e d dots lice ..tort. It ....gild lie idle tu suppose that. aqua a question of this na. turf., he was nut aßafe Of smut: of those grounds which sunlit he falten oil the 001(.6 stale. It would be said, as he app.thrtuleil. Mbat the pipes 'might Insist ; hat this was against by the v : i!res'beiug smaller than the dia m.ter ul'llbe pine. bat then it might be urged, that gas lie (gratis! ; and lii tilt, he would reply, that gas was thol CfesliAlly turd 0.4 Aintri it mitred at a temperature of liesurvii l'ea degree+, long before which the titer siotineter would hate exploded. Ter be • brought to such a- ivisiperatnre, Ilse, beat trust be continued fur a long • tient* ill a state of almost incredible intensity, fur the, steeer..ion of brat hernete very slow after a certain point. From the retort a small pipe ascended fur the purpose of c:m)ringoff saris alr Xs 'might rem-till in the pipes, and In a wart not always full. If any gas want created, it must escape through the. pipe. Again, it might be urged, that tai• kir might be driven dounWards by a euilden•ilraisght • -.La remit,. certainly, to be looked fur to an ordinary room, vdttlfllled into these premises, would hare &Naiad the whole process winch was earrytag ea. Every drabgfii Was esigrully preveartil,•aotl the - tire fed by nines! +u. l adMitled from behind it. Re itmletateod, alO, That if any gas shookd escape and ,nix with the sir, it never could co escape in any proportion, that by the . coniact of fire could produke•either • dotage! ni eipfosion. All 'this he stated ON the authority ilf fa:es•us long familiar with experiments, and daetily veriest is siabjicts Ilf Ibis nature. It would perhaps be said, that the *attire of Sill Might be changed by the renewed application of heat, and that wlicn so eliango.l, it wool I emit gas at 30b &grecs. This, how. ever, he hail reason to believe was Utterly falsE ; and al though the oil might be.reudereil thicker, the re.appliratioss of heat would restore it to its former state. The fart also was, that it hail 'no continunication with the external air. The retort 11411 been recently taken off and repaired ; and he might undertake to demonstrate that the risk was leas than by the former method. With regard to a pan that was still in Ilse, it was eisongts to remark, that it woo • mere soh siltation for sine used previously Ili the insurance. As to the rirennistanees attending the fire, fie should boat brio Ay advert to them, as they would appear in erisicure, clearly and satisfactorily, before them. After it was ratingoisheti, K 3 it was natural to imagist that twine explosion might .are barn the cause, the apparatus was inipected, and the rebut found without any seat we §wore in it, awl with iiia nibef mark than that impressed by the sisperiorninhent weight which hail tallest spina it. A topper holier was also Mend melted; bet it would be proved that the 11W14 under it, sod is a state of igoition, gave a satisfactory • xplana lion of that ciretinestsece. This was the ewe which he should sow proceed to substantiate by .evidrare; and, having as 'dose, be was sure the Jury would feel satiefartion in securing to a gentleman, wits bad paid so large a ',regains, • full indem•iication for the WWI which bail been incurred. _ _ . The CHIEF JUSTICE asked, Whether sloe process in /nem lion was peculiar to Ilse Plaiaiiiiris sugas-hutise ? The Somerron4lrstaiAL ►eplied in the negative. and added, that the same Imamate Office had uaderwrisseu se trfAi warehouses of the same tlesertpituu. The policy having been pet in, On the auggr•lioo of Mr. SekIiLETT, she cunditintis of the policy were read at length, sad the Solicitor un dertook to thew that there was a special agreement ass this ease. George Luke was then called, and slide(' that he was a mill wright, and had been three year's in the employment of the Plaintiffs. He left the premises on the 9lb Nov. the slay pre. cembis4 the fire, shout half-past eight I. the evening. The only person whom be left behind him was, to the h. st et his knowledge, the engineer. The fill-bussms, where the retort was placid, was in the lowest part of the pi emises amid the warehouse on the next awe immediately above. ' lVlsesi he returned at seven o'clock the meat day, the fire had broken out, and had been raging for same time. Ile was acquaint ed with the new mil apparatus. That pot of it winch con sisted of a pan leul bee. used before, smut the whole had tiaras at wook about three months. The tire kept tinder theca was less than it Needle be by the former twilit'''. When the oil breathe healed les a degree of between 320 and 3.6.0, it was considered lo be in a fit state for working. The pump was thee set um, sod by mean. of its suc tion the heated liquid was conveyed through Opel. As the sugar was told the heat of the oil decreased by its nit-slime, and became just seliteleat to cause the angle to boil. la the warehouse there vas always a quantity of sugar lying about mum the Suer ; and living the place where the packing was performed these was generally a consider able quantity of empty hogitheada, paper, and straw like wise. The retort pipe catered a Meant-vent, and the air escaped by an speniume in the side of the chimney. This wane's, on his creenexaminalion, said, the pipe from the retort did not go to 'hemp of the steam-vent, which was 70 feet bleb. The pipe in question ru-c shunt 16 from the vessel. AU the Gres were owl when lie left the place WI the evening of She 9111. There was nu fire-place, nor any lire generally kept in the warehouse. In answer to a question from the galena, witness added, that uu fire bad takes place in the premises during the three years before the new primers. was adopted, amid that this new process had been at work wily theme tbs. Henry May deputised that he was emeine-keeper at the time of the fire; be was au the premises ma the evening of the 9.115, till about nine o'clock; when he went away, nu one, to his knowledge, wash ft behind but lime watchman, and ail ap peared to him to Ise safe mud right. Ile returned a few mi litates after thiee o'clock the next morning, and went to time engine-house to get the engine ready. The fire hail be. as lighted, as nasal, befuse became; he however proceeded to make it up, and towed nothmeig wrong at that moment. Wit ness then stated, that in souse time after he braid an ..larsa of fire, mud pi revived that a tire had briikeu mot tas the *4l, house. (7hrislian Lampe, ■ man employed in the warehonae, stated, that on the dill November hr had packed ilKre or four hogsheads, and on the following-day six or seven 1111./e emptied, which had perhaps increased she quantity of wood mid straw about the Moor. He hails dem inct view of the oil apparatus, and must have seat the mischief, daisy were taking place; hat he saw none. George Wick, a sat;arretaer, who lined near the pre wises, deposed, that he ruse io consequence of on alarm of fire at the time already specified. lte approached within a yard mid half of the till.hume in l'nion.sireet, ■ad at 20 minutes past four be 111 recited neither 5911Uke 1110( tire with in it. Samuel Atelier stated. that he elan resided in the same neighbourhood, and being awakened by the nalchinans rattle at as early boor 1111 the Nib November, he proceeded to a spot where be contil see through a nimbus of the ware house. The lower part of this window was on a level with his breast, the fill.house being considerably below emend. He then perceived a quantity of fire and smoke opposite, part of whirls appeared to bier to dirrireuel Mtn toe fill-house. Henry Wylliog. *limber stinker:in en the same premises. confirmed the evidence of the preceding in all its essential points. Mr. Henry ITilsion said, that the apparatus had been put put up almost exclusively under bid direesion. He corsair ed that the ordinary mode of refiring sugar was emended with both incouveuiemce and danger. Vu, great danger was that of the sugar boiling over; another, that of its emitting very inflammable gases, arising from the combustibility of sugar when in • desiccated state. Aaron :Booby deposed, that lie-sas an iron-manufacturer, aud had constructed the vessel in which the oil was buil. al. He attended the formatioe of the vessel, which aas sprite perfect. It had no Saws or defects in it. The leakirge welch had been spokes) of occorred i• COnS41111 . 111:e of the common effect of wear and tear. All engine* were subject to the same deterioration. Such wear and tear, and their effects, could not be avoided. Mr. J. Harris, and Mr. Rubinson, segar.refiners ; Mr. Samuel Parker, Mr. W. Brand:, Mr. F. Arena', Mr. W. Allen, and Mr. J. Barry, ebywiats; and several other sit. nesse*, corroborated the testimony before reeib d. At i quarter before six o'clock the Plainiqrs' case was closed, and the Court adjourned till the following day. Yesterday morn►ng Mr. SCARLVIT addressed t h e Joey on behalf of the Defendants. He pledged himself to Ming a strong body of arty respectable evidence to contradict what they bad heard said the day harem. Many scieuttfie gentle men of great reputation would stale to them, that so far from the machinery used at the premises in question bring safe, it was of the most dangerous description ; and that oil, instead co being less inflammable than the substance before used, was much mom so, and much more litely to generate a •a. pour, that would take fire if brought iu contact with soy Ignited matter. Several gentlemen of great cloymictil sci . *nee, had given ma opirion favourable to the Plaintiff the day before, hut he could assure the Jury, highly as he re rpected their opinions, that there was no science more fluc tuating, or so subject to such rcrulatious of opinion as chymiatry. He should sliest from the evidence of persons who saw the lire actually bursting not of the ware house, and of Milers who made •ariuus experiments, with a view If investigate the mirsliotio its dispute in the present ease, that the must probable cause of tire tire was that it was occasioned by a quantity of isillsruntable air latent; from She Mated oil, mad instead t f awendiosp through tie Gullet at the sup of the vessel, th acordiroy, • forced back by wove eddy, as ofseu orcorreil in snaultry chistinies, and Shen after ' haviug Meal (*.weed back, coming io couture t ♦ ali the gas hell', sail causing that explosion in the rower part of site building whirls one of the ottoman would prove had lakes' place --a' the lairued Gentleman dwelt strongly *a tilhefon. aloe in puiut of producing isfillOooltbis .sputa Worm fresh oil, and' cell that had be fectlismilf l*Blesl• Al though the former required a temperature of near pup el. goers, before rodgling infisibmatile capour c as some of the witillevies ba d slated ou the precrilime dois ft could lie proved lii them by Gentlemen who bad lately !bade expen meets, that oil which had been *Res exposed Si boat, woohl lie capable of emitting that vaporer, at • .isesperatrre of between 300 and 4110 degree". Some, I IVellouglibe, a horse porter, was thee called. and filmed, that passing by the premises in question, shout ten minutes before fiver o'e/ock on the morning of the 10th No vernier, he saw a window (which be pointed met on another model of Ilse rates hoe of the premises to be in the lower part of the building) burst out in a moment, and a large body of fire dart foesh, and rise up slime the wall of the building. Had he hero oppmite to it, et would have killed hint. John Webs's', a watchman, and the first person who came up, oil She alarm given by the lost witness, confirmed his account of the violent appearance of the flames. He heard WI explosiun. Jolt* Yonng proved nothing very material. Mr. Luckey, a surveyor, had beer informed by Mr. Bishop, lasts onmer, that he intended to introduce a new improve. mein lets the apparatus, whirls be understood to be a boiler for ail. Hail he been arming for she Phoenix Company (las sits precines occasious) he would have file it his duly to coin 11)unit-we ate them what he had heard. William Christopher, a bricklayer, excreted the brick wink for the boiler in 1818; saw the machine word twelve or thirteen time* in the presence of Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson ordered that in his absence the oil should be heated to 4W degrees. When he was there himself be sootelintes had the oil heated to near four Numbed degrees, sail then weed to order the 0111111 to pomp to let in cold air ; wheu the pomp stopped, the heat would rim to sear SOO thief, whoa the heat ems very Niels, tke pipes broke, and the oil mixed wish the angst. Mr. Wilms then immediately raked elle fire, and white doing SO the beat rase to 600, and the nil kept hobbling out at three pl.ies at the top and four as the Wither, is consequence Of which they all went away. It. his cruwoexaminstion lie said, that when the thermo meter rose to 800, there was Ito danger of hue. Samuel Witkinsole, forename to Messrs. Taylor and Marti eseate, chemists and engineers, was directed by Mr. John Toe lor, it. relerisaty List, to prepare for some experiments on oil. Mr. Slay:ism-an tried one in a boiler resembling that in the model, made of wrought iron, Rod containing between 20 and 30 gallons of common whale oil. The wilursa their described the process of kis experiment, she ✓esult of which went ua establish the conclusion, that cum moss oil when mixed wish nil that had been boiled, produced inflammable vapour at a lower temperature tban whet. used by itself. Another experiment detailed by the witness, sheer ed that ice proportion as new oil was exposed to beat dewing a certain p. rind of several successive days, the lower was the temperatuse required to cause it to emit inflammable V.I Nur. Mr. Michael Ferriday, assistant to Mr. Brandt, at the Royal Instil tenon, was of sopini oe that the mode of refining organs by means of oil, was more haaardors ihan the old method ; that obese was the greater danger fruin tot long healed, and that from particular circumstances the vapour might descend instead of going up the steam vent. • Mr. Scaat.err's statement and the previous evidence was strengiliened by the testimony of Mr. Rickard Phillips, lee- Neer it. chemistry at the Royal Military College; Dr. Roe. tank, chymical lectern at Gay's Hospital; Dr. (fro. chil dren. Mr. John Taylor, Mr. Martineau, Dr. J. Aikin, and others. .- - The case for the defence closed it half-put Bre o'clock, whim the Court adjourned till to-morrow (t►it) morning ". I R•PIPMFMI -~,- OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. IWYDNIntDAVi APRIL fl The shave Sesainna tout sensed this morning at Jestice null befute the Right kionmorahle the LORD MATOD, Mr. Ito rou Wool", Ms. Justice PARK, the Comatom-SatusANT, and Aldermen. Morris Jones, a boy about 15 year. of are, was iarlieted Sir bargieriously breaking and entering the dwelling termite of Stephen Skitnwe, of St. George's, Haauver.sysare, its the night ur the 234 tsl" March, and stealing curve table town. The Prisoner was found Gatilly—Death. Thomas Pools. std IS, was intlieti .1 for lutrelariowsly breaking the Jirelleux-house of Stephen Within' Ynrup , , of I'..l:soJdlrrei, St. James's, with latent to steal, on the 28111 of February last. The Jut y funuil she Primmer Not Gritty. OU FRAGE AND ROBBERY. . _ Henry flan-kin:, aged 18, was indicted for btirglariously enteriug the daelliug-house of William Drew, of Portugal. street, Lincoln's and-stesling therein a tin cash box, containing 331. in stoles, some sovereigns, sad other property, un the 19th of February last. Ann Drew deposed, that she was lice wife of Mr. W. Drew, of Portugal-street, stationer. Site was sitting in her parlour, behind the shop, between eig;ll and nine 0.0 " k its. the evening of the 19th February. Der husband had just guile out, and the door was closed. She heard the shop door in a short lime open, mid she ruse to see who it was, when a man inimetl,ately shot the dour to ; at the moment the party advanced into the periwig , , and holding a pistol up to her head, swore if she made any noise he would blow her Mains out. Witness' screamed out, when the Mall struck her a violent blow un the head with the pistol, and site fell. Seeing the Prisoner stand over her as if about to strike her again, she rose up and Woggled to keep him of, when he again struck her five or six times with the pistol, and left her. She became almost insensible, and remained so until one of her screams came. She saw 110 Other person there, and aas now certain that tibia person was the Prisoner. lie was brought to her room iu two hours afterwards, when sits instantly recognised him. She was positive of his identity. Mr. W. Drew said; be was the owner of the home and slop in question. On the night of the robbery he went out shortly before nine o'clock. Previews to this he husk shout 451. from his money-box, sail left in it abo u t 331. w i t h a lease and several papers. On going out of his house he saw three men (one of whom was the Prisoner) standing near Lis linear. He thought them suspicious characters, and took particular notice of them by the aid of a gas light. Dprort his return home he forma his wife had been grossly injured, and his shop robbed of the ea.b-box, &c. Wigwam went 111j1h all officer to the Cart awl Horses, Bow-street, and there saw a buy whom he had istfine seen on the same even ing standing near his house. He seat went to smother pub lic-house, at the corner of Beristniow street, where nit of about forty persons be selected the Prisoner as one of the p ar ty he 11.,d seen standing between his own and Mr. Clarke's house on that night. Two others of the party assembled at the publie-house were also surpected, mid wills Haskins takers back to his house. They were eles in separately before hid wife, mid upon seeing the Pr:buster she instantly declared him to be the person who bad attacked and rub bed her. • Forsemart, the officer, 'Weil, that he took the Prisoner and too others into eusiudi at the Soo public.hunse, and accompanied him to the bemire of Mrs. Drew. IVetness in troduced the two other men into the pemenre of Mrs. Drew ; but she did riot recognise either. Dawkins was next intro dared, when she shook her held, and said, "That is the wait" The Prisoner avowed his intioenter, mud ealletl four or fire uitortoto, lobo pave him au • !cc( 'lent character. Mr Jumice PARK summed up the eetaeorr, and the ttletr t Mill I much hesitation, Lama the Primmer Guilty— Mr. Drew immediately addressed the Court, in recom mending the Po ironer to merry. Mr. Jarbee PARR said, he hod no doubt the reeontsnenda. tiou proceyekd from the most buntline motives. He could lint. 'iniver, p►urlse . that it world be attended withiatteh sneer's, for oberearc enmity, sneb at bad in This rate been iirnetised, it smell he a false humanity altugttber to affect ploy far the Knit'' , lonely. 'floe J so y said. Woes this feeling which bad indicted them to withhold their rorotantentlttion. HIGI. WATER TOM DAT AT LONDON RRIDGE. Norma; 42 anti. 2 I Eveniug 44 after 2, • MIDDLESEX SESSION'S, APRIL 12. Two men, named Rorer and Metcalf were in dicted for assaulting Mr. Thomas •Watson, at Stepney Fair. Thomas Watson said he went to Stepney Fair on the 3d of July last, where Rutter kept a booth ; there were several gentlemen in it. A bottle of wine wits called for; sandwiches were also called for, and seven shillings were paid. Rutter said they had not paid for the sandwiches, upon which Pro...entor gave him his demand, one shilling.— Rtitt.sr. then called him a swindler, :Kul struck him severit tunes with the greatest viiileo.re. Prowess t.ir Ii u.I given no provocation whatever. Metcalf joined in committing the assault, and was assisted by other persons. Prosecutor could not of course resist the combined efforts of the persons who as saulted him. On hiu eruns-enomMtnion the Prosecutor said. Rutter indicted him, but he was acqui•trd. lie offered a ►um of 51. but Rutter wonted to/. Two wit...vies were examined for the 'molten. Their testimony went merely to the some het., and to confirm the evidence given by Mr. Watson. On the pert of the Defendants three witnesses were produced, who gave quite a different state meta of the transaction; they differed with the wit mimes for the prosecution, and they differed with themselves. They admitted. however. that the Prisoner Rutter, on demanding the price of the sandwiches, called Mr. Watson a swiudler ; so lit tle, however, did he appear inclined to use personal violence. that he kept his hands quite at ease in his pocket', Whilst he deliberately called Mr. Watson a swindler. One of the witnepsev. the "cutter-up," se he stated himself, of the Prisoner Rutter, gave hit evidence in a very theatrical and impassioned manner ; he iwore that the Prosecutor gave Rutter the first blow, and there was such a cosi - anon of blood about hpini is was shocking to the eye of man to behold.—The next witness, a boy in the service of Rutter. coald merely say, that he saw the first blow given by the Prosecutor Mr. Watson. The CHAIRMAN recapitulated the evidence. and in the course of bit charge to the Jury, he took oc casion to lament that so many cases were brought before the Court, in which different witnesses, swearing to facts which could not be mistaken. had yet given accounts of those facts as opposite as black to white. The present, lie said, was precisely one of those cases where a melancholy and du. graceful difference appeared in the evidence `of the witticisms for the different parties. and the question was, to which side the Jury would incline to give credit: VIII' respect to the fact that the Prosecutor had offered money, in order to prevent the case in the first instance front appearing before the public, th:it only proved the reluctance of a young gentle man from bringing the matter into Court; opposed as be was to persons of a description such► as now stood at the bar. The witnesses for the prosecu tion, all of them persons of respectability, two of them persons unconnected with the Prosecu tor, gave the same evidence in a clear and con sistent manner; but, on the other hand, the wit. noses for the Defendants gave a representation of the matter altogether contradictory and inconsis tent. Under all the circumstances of the case, he left it to the Jury to judge between the conflicting evidence of the witnesses, mini to find a verdict ac cordingly. The Jury found a verdict of Gnilly against both the Prisinwra. The Count, after a severe and ju , t reprimand, sentenced the Prisoner, Rutter, to pay a line or 90/. to the King, and sentenced Metcalf to be its. prit,oned for two months in the House or Car. rection. -- Barmen, a boy of about seventeen years 4 age, was indicted fur feloniously receiving a mai. tary cloak, the property of his late Majesty, cows trary to the blet we. In support of the prosecution, • rerjeant of the Life Guards stated, that between the months of October mud January last. there were eleven will ies,/ cloaks stolen out of Knightsbridge Barracks, belonging to his regionesst. The corporal, who owned the cloak its question, proved that it was stolen, and that he had not since found it. Jonathan H•sslin, a private of the Coldstream Guards, was next produced. He ►tated that he was the pr►son who actually stole the cloak and sold it to the Prisoner. On his cross-examituition he stated, that the Prisoner was not the only person he had accused respecting this property, though he had actually stolen the cloak himself, lie accused a soh.' dirt of his own regiment of paring stolen it.— The men was brought to a court-martial for this offence; witness appeared against him, and swore that he hod stolen the cloak ; but notwithstanding his evidence, the Mail was honourably acquitted. Two officers, who attended with the last witness to the ileighbourhood of the Prisoner (Rosemary lane), in order to search fur him, stated, that the wittiest' brought them into the house of a person of the name of Jacob, instead of the Pri.oner'r, and the n 000000 ent lie saw 3.arulis son, he said, that he was the Ip...roan who recrivril the cloak from bins. On the other hand, the corporal, whose cloak was stolen, positively maksl that lie had been all the time with the itrieur Hasslin, that he went into Jaculi s house aid, him, and that he declared that was unit the house where lie sold the cloak ; bet Out the boy, pointing to Jacob, was like the per.' . son to whom he sold it. On being taken to the, next house, which was the hone of the Prisoner, the Prisrmer's father denied Inni, but the serjraist went into a bads room mid brought[ lain out ; on seeing him trasslin assrsled that be was the person who bought •t he cloak from him ; he swore BO before the Magistrate, and never retracted it. Gamble, a girl who was with the witness liasslin when he dllloarti of the cloak, having been brought to the room where the Prisoner was to custody, surrounded by a number of persons, and having been asked to point him out, immediately identified him. Tlw CHkIRMAIr stated to the Jury, that nil. doirlitrilly the evidence of Hassler, who confessed himself to liege been •thief; a perjurer, end a Mire accuser, was little deserving of consideration, unless in those points where it was supported bribe tes. !lawny of other' and more cOitible wituesitl— I there the Jot, Pot boutsel, hot tinged to belied timi • *antis, but the facts. The Learned r , 4 „„ detailed the evidence at length, and !, ease to the Jeri?. The 4ary re►urned a verdict of f;ndio. but in consequeoce of the youth of the mi. ►Arr recommended him to the merry of tlir The COURT was pleased to say that tltir tnendatiois would be attended to. Adjourned till to-morrow. AGRICULTURAL IN7'Ellit,:T. A very respectable meeting of owner. und piers of land in the county of Kent, cAnity Members. wee held at Cant, "bury on 'li.. instant, at which several Ife.idiatio.,, neve paned, stating that the depreesion to W.sl4* I ; I azn. culture is now. and has been for time. subjected. is viewPd with sedum alarm ; ti. it the inability of affording employineid to i;.e 14. bowing classes, has occasioned st very gt at 'l. crease or the poor's rates in the d.ti.-rrnt throughout the eouuty. and thereby tea.ttrri4ll a 1.1% to the distress so much felt by the which extends its influence loon clio•seo of t I;e cow - munity ; that several farmers have Arroliy Irft farms, being enable to remain thereio, anti Ilia' itta,ty more most inevitably be obliged to do tie %our • unless some relief is speedily afforded. A o-tin„ founded upon these Resolutions was Own and ordered to be presented to the Flolow vt Coq). woos, It is with pleasure we observe that a NB ettin4 of the agriculturists is to be bidden at ;le Stir too, Maidstone, on Thursday, the 20th instant, for purpose of considering the best means to be adopted for relieving the distress *lnch at preterit pervades that useful class of society. Sinai's,. siseri 7 Tugs here been held at Canterbury and Ashford, and we trust they will he followed tip by o►lier places throughout the coisiitry. SIIICrrt I y w e tell. gratulate the homers oil the exertion. which are now making in their behalf, and on the prospect of their being saved from that roils which, appears :It pre-cut to threaten all those who are engaged is, uglietilturel tkurmiiit. it is generally Iklieveit 11111/ this subject w►ll be one of the first that will Ise li.. cursed alter the meeting of the new rdrhaturill. Dud we hope ere long to behold the farmer rqii.4 protected as the tradesman is, fr foreign romp... 1111 l for surely the former is entitled ts. p.s !Wier quite as much as the latter.— (.{Jaidsione Gazette.) Government have instituted the oft-iciest itsquirr into the writ-founded complaint of g reJs Wier of different kinds of gram hruug inglitic stiiiiggled into the river Thames, to %%finis iv a veciiv. ed the illegal depression of the Corn Nlaikt-t; now operating vo injitriouvly to the landvil 'tarns& of ear own couiatry.—/1bi41./ NAVAL INTELLIGEIVer. 110113711MOUTIPI, APRIL it. Arrilfeti the George Dash, from. Lawlor' for Rico Jariciro lied (lope, Cellia., from 411iin fur Neirlostiediami Sailed the !)ot.- of lurk, Futtaro*, G.r Loudon. •stielt. In. Arrived the Astirlope. Lorry, foam Shit-Ids for Matilda, Cumming, fruits Atessrus f.ir Am,trrdem , aiiis sailed again; Itiibrrt Edwards, Shrrhurirr, f lttadiin I.lr Citation; nail Aim, Putt., film London for non J.t.srJru. Sailed Ilse rive Sisters , kir Falmouth. rAtAILIC7N, •PR?L 9. - - - - Arrived Ike Prince Evilest packet with a 0113116 um t.i•hnn is le days; and &Krim, Nelson, from Iburdeaux for tul in eight day'. Sailed the Duke of ►Marlborough packer for I..iithon, and Pisan packet fur she Mediferrantar—feels with a wail. COWLS, APRIL 11. Arrived yesterday the Clay, !Wallop, truer Antwerp, take in specie fur !Warta. ARAM, APRIL 11. AtliYea amt sailed for the River the Alhissia, Lynn, from floiebny; Grantham, Vudr►wuod, from FOrnirrara; mid Friendship, Heck, fruity China, last from Ararrica, tu► Law erg,. (fame down from the River the Latunix, Lovie, amt Richard, Williamson, frrom Demerara; they remits' with the oaratard.bnewil, except the WomDowd, elsoptura, rut India, which ship has sailed to the westwarJ. BORN IfICHANGE, APRIL It We have not had any fresh 'trivial, since Monday, hut the quantity of Wheat then unsold ass via) , tainsiikrahh., mi d fur %hints there ems very little demand this morning; c 0...., - fluently thr sales were exceedingly heavy. and °lily are. picked samples obtained Munilay's prices. All uglier Sorts may be considered fill Is. per 416131.4-r lower. nor Barley lorsisit scarce, prime samples went tilf freely un fall 34 gus..t Serous se us Mondsy, hut the middling qualities were very heavy sale. lit Watts, Prue, and Oats there is no altera tion. COAL MARKET, Arno. rt. Shineat Market Ship* SOM. l'rire. 43! Nettrosile b fiNsiok-rland I emit r. MARRIAGD:. O. Monde, last, at the parish church of 1%..q Windsor, 1. 7 the R. v. J. Graham. Mr. James F.glestane, or itisoluor, Ihr Mary Elias'wilt Tucker, of Goawell slurry', same place. . Muisday Not at Eton. by the lieu. Gr. Graafian.. Mc John Biota, saddler, of I`fandoor, au Mir. Pyste, ut H strew., iVindour. thr Muuday se'neight, at 81.1' Norton, by the Rev. C!tlrlt Nowise, R. G. Arnyut, E.q. of the Colonial ltegtotry In M.s. %Tinian% Booharn, of Leistort, Suffolk. Go Sunday last, at Bow Church, Mr. Jostles Murray, Curahill, to Maus Mary Mack, of Pimlico. DEATIP4. (ht Tuesday, at the residence of Lady Bloke, in liury Edmiston., highly respected, in her 84111 year, Dowager Lady Gag.., grandmother of the present Sir Thomas Gage, Bart. lately in Saliahu►y-date, Nerrroad, George Eystun, Esq. in his 11/.1 year. rRPCE OF STOC Baut• Stock .... 218 3 per Ct. tied 6Bll 3 per Ct. Coos 64. 69 681 31 per Ce5t.....7 6 / 2 ,11 4 per Cents..." 81ili I Bask L.•An`i 18-lf .HS YESTERDAY. 5 per Ct. N. An. 104 104 105 I Insp. 3 per Ct. Ann. (;S! I [Wile Bosnia.. so 4I pr. EL Bin.. 2.... 3 4 pr. I Lottery Tieketr 18.. Cons fin Mai.*** fell - 1 •t Hoe mi AM" komin Pimps sad taik !: Sin4kibp c: coRSITI I 94, I . • .y: i F , Z7'" — ' , a 9 " . 611 1 7 -- ■ .6 i', 1