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LAW INTELLIGENCE. COVRT OF CHANCERY,•LtuoIiesIIIX, FRIDAY; .JANUARY 14. IN THE MATTER OF BI NGLEY FREE. SCHOOL. THE ♦TTORNEY-GENERAI. q. THE *LIG N RTLEY. [For the ci►cumstances of this case ►ee this Paper of yesterday.] 'the Court was oc.nupier.l . until four o'clock in hea ,z the urgurtirsitoof junior Counsel in support of the information, et which hour the LORD CHAN LELLOa rose. COURT OF 14 I NC*4 R FAMES; Gunionasz, Fitsomi,JastAlFT 14. GUERICCE C. PES.L. The Plaingiffs had remitted wears front Portugal ; Messrs. Bermidisee, their agents, had exchanged them with the Defendant for rum, the balance having been paid in cash by the Defendant ; the agents lailed, rod the Plaintiffs claimed from the purchaser. The pretence was, that the agent. were not authorised by the Plaintiffs to dispose of their goorlistir each • manner. The defence offered was founded on the impossibility of purchasers knowing the precise conditions on which agents might be commissioned to deal. The Lotto Cum Jurists thought the case a novel one, for which he would offer a decision ac cordingly. It was his opinion that in the case of a purchase of goods from an agrut, where the transaction differed from the ordinary usage of trade, and it came out after that the principal had not actually authorised the 'gent to make a sale so differing, and the buyer was conscious that he woo dealing with au agent, then such buyer, as• his Lordship conceived, incurred the risk of being coiled to account by the principal. The case be fore the Court seemed to he of this description. The agents were commissioned to sell, but there was no proof of their having authority to dispose of the wines in exchange for rums. The question for the Jury would be, if the Defendant was conscious that he was dealing with an agent. The Jury retired, and returning again in a short time, save u verdict for the Defendant. OPERA BOXES. TAYLOR v. IBM. The Defendant is mails-seller and librarian in Bond-street. He bad lent various semi of money to Vim. Toilers, late proprietor of the Opera-housee As security for his money, Taylor, is the year 1813, made over to him hie box. No. eO, grosud tier of the Opera-Imam. In 1816 the theatre was sold, which did away the contingency by which the De fendant held the box. Taylor wrist into prison for debt shortly after. and mode over to his brother, Capt. G. Taylor, the present Plaintiff, three boxes, Noe. 40.41, and 58. The Plaintiff went to France, and after being there some time, he directed his agent. Mr. Birket, to let the boxes. For this pur pose Mr. Beb, clerk to Mr. Birket. called on the Defendant, who undertook to hire them. Mr. Beb now stilted the conversation which had occurred between him and Mr. Ebers, from which it appeared, that the Defendant, though now he claimed exemption front any payment for the box No. 20. because he 'till claimed possession on his agreement with the former proprietor, had admitted the tight of the Pl** lf. and while settling with the witness for the boxes el and 58, had promised payment for No. 20. After a long and tedious examination of the case. the CHIEF J USTICE thought it unnecessary to trou ble the Jury with further particulars, as there was no contradiction offered to the statements of Deli's evidence. The Jury immediately gore a verdict for the Plaintiff fur 2321. being the hire of the box for one season. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. FRIDAY, JANUARY 14. -.40.- florriet Hodgkinson was indicted for feloniously stealing in the dwelling-house of Mr. Baker, tal low-chandler, in Foley-street, Cavendialt-square. It appeared that the Defendant hail been re commended to Mr. Baker as a female servant, and io ten days after she had entered upon her servi tude, in order to recommend herself to her master, she toll him that he was robbed by night and by day, and that there were thieves in the house. Mr. Baker commended the gill fur her apparent fide lity. The Defendant repeated her suspicions, which /Aimed Mr. Baker to pay strict attention to his property. lie missed some part of it ; among the article. which were missing, were a great many candles; in ardor to identify any candles that might he afterwards token sway, lie placed a pin in each, ■nd covered the aperture with tallow, so that the pin, weer concealed. A servant to a Gentle man who lived in the house, wet; at first suspected to be the thief; circumstances however transpired to remove that suspicion ; the Prisoner then ob served, she thought Mrs. Payne respectable lady who lodged iu the house) niust have stolen the ar ticles missing. ►Mr. Baker not sat;sfied with this representation, applied 10 a Magistrate, when en officer was *VII( to ►rare!, the premises, who ,Recovered in a cinder tub I candles. In a parlour belouging to Mr.. Payne several candles were found covered with 44 liese which lad been deposited there dry the Defendant, and in the pocket of the Defeadatit several pieces of candles were found, covered with ashes. The Clyitittuu, addressing the Jury. observed bat the cape **a Of a most aggravated and danger. •-"" ileseriptiass. The rpsestion sits our partly of . 14w and Nat. if a person rernrwred property, with went to take it ATM. premises, it would hr 'na l. c'ent to constitute. felony. If they thought the Prisoner had retnuved.the candles with • felonious intent, they would convict her—if not, she should be discharged. The Jury returned n verdict of Nut Guilty. The CHAIRMAN reprimanded the Prisoner. and She was discharged. Ellen thuueolly and Judith Buckley were indict ed for uttering counterfeit sisperires. Mrs.. French. wife to the landlord of the Dove looblic.liouar, on Hoingerftwil-market. awed that the - Nome, Buckley went isitn'her ahop and called tor a pint o,:trifler.. and ,freed. iu vai.gent. Peace. Nimess, ar;erwarils, hand it uses bad one, end in 'heat Illye•m!nutei: oiler five Prisoner Connolly entered the house and called for Iwlfr pint of porter also, for which she give a bad six pence in payment. Buckley returned, and the two Prisoners continued together for half an hour; they appeared to he well acquainted. Mr. French corroborated the statement of his wife. Mr. Stephens, a baker, in Northunilserland street, in - the Strand, proved, that Mickley sp. plied to him for a loaf of bread, for which she gave him a bid sixpence. He followed the woman, and found the two women pitting and talking together. He brought them to his shop, and sent for a con. stable who searched the Prisoners. Isitc Pike, a constable, said hr searched Con nally, and found a boil sixpence in her pocket, and in the pocket of Buckley there was 41. 6.1. in copper, two good arid four bad bIXpePICCS, and one bad stilling. Mr. Petrxt.i., assistant Solicitor to ►he Mint, proved ttiat the sixpence produced was a coun terfeit. Mr. Pike recalled—lie received the sixpence produced from Mr. French, be was certain it was the same. The CHAIRMAN recapitulated the evidence. and the Jury returned a 1,1 dirt of Guilty nvilist boils the Privonere. They were sentenced to twelve mouths imprison ment iii Newgatr, and ordered to give security fur good behaviour for two years after. Burney lowland was indicted for uttering base and coanterfeit money, to which he pleaded tolilly. The Prisoner said he met a Jew in the stre e t, who offered him base money, at the rate of seven shil lings per 'rose, and he Weight fifteen shillings for ilk 6d. He was tempted to do so being out of work for six weeks before, and in extreme distress. The first attempt he made to pass past of the money he was taken up. The COURT ►entenced him to 14 days imprison ment iu the House of Correction. COURT OF REQUESTS. CAMS /MKT, TPWRSDAY, WICARY 13. DRURY LANE THEATRE. HOLMAN V. ELLISTON. Thi• was a proceeding on ■n emirr against the present lessse of the Theatre Royal Drury-lauc, calling un him to spew e:inse why he refused to ply into the Cuurt 20s. fur the Plaintiff's use. The Plaintiff stated, that he was occasionally employed at Drury lane as a .fignrante, receiving Ss. per night a reeauwe►stiou fur his services. During the first four nights of the new Pantomine, called, "Jack and Ike Bean Stalk," he attended, and danced in the piece; but on the fifth (Fri day) night he was linable to attend, and ou the following day, when I. attended to receive his salary, he was informed that in consequence of his non-attendance on the evening before, his money was to be 'topped, agreeably to a standing regulation of the Theatre. In a day or two afterwards he wrote a polite leti.er to Mr. Elbeton, requesting the payment of his four nights' performance,and hinting that if it was not liquidated, he would recover it by proceedings in the Court of Requests; but to ibis letter he received no satisfsciiny answer. Some days after he accidentally met the Defendant in the street, who jeeringly said," Why, Mr. Holman, I have been waiting for your srminons."—" You shall not wait long," was the answer; and on the following day Plaintiff did take out a summons, to which Mr. Ellistun refused to attend, till the present order issued. It was now cuutenikd by a Gentleman, who attended for Mr. Ellision, that the Plaintiff's claim was nut ignorable, in asmuch as he had been guilty of a breach of those rules and orders, by which the highest as well as the lowest performer was bound, and by the strict enforcement of which alone any thing like authority could be maintained is the Theatre. These reenlatiuna were rather numerous: but the clause of them which partictslarly applied to the Plaintiff was, fur ab senting himself without 'hewing cause fur so dome, or giving sufficient notice, in order that his place might be supplied by another. A number of regulations were then put in ; and amongst the rest was one which inflicted on any performer, &c. r week's salary penalty, fur absenting himself under the con dition,' shove stated. The Plaintiff said, that Mr. Elliston, with a view of saving expense as much as possible, lie supposed, kept no minor ballet performers on the establishaient, but employed such persons by the night when he wanted them, at the sum of fire shilling*. He denied having subscribed to any regu lations, or that ever the instrument produced had had his concurrence ; but even if it had, be contended that be was a nightly servant, and that its operation could nut apply to him. The Learned Commissioner, after a short deliberation, were of opiniens that the right of the Plaintiff was not at all affeeted by the regulations quoted, and they accordingly ad judged the Defendant to ray the whole of his thanand and costs. CREICTICY T. THP: CALIF. In this case the Defendant was summoned for the payment of a trifling debt claimed by the Plaintiff, a respeciahle cow-keeper in Drury. laise, fur carting a quantity of rubbish away from Drury-lane theatre. It appeared on the hearing of the case, that when Mr. Elliston took the theatre, he entered into a contract will) Mr. Cadozan, the surveyor of the parish el Si. Clement Danes, for carting away all rubbish from the theatre. The contract, tl gli the remissness of Cadogati'm MY= is, was Cot regularly fulfilled, and the constepienee was, that heaps of dirt and rnhhish were frequently lying in the street in frost of the building. The surveyor of the parish of St. klmtin's.imihe.Fields (in which Drury-lane theatre is show), having his attention called to this nuisance, gave frequent notice* to hare the rubbish cleared away, and on the occasion which formed the subject of inquiry, said, if it was nut removed within a limited time, be would lay an information against the lessee, which would subject him to a fine of 40s. and coals. In order to avoid this penally, an authorised agent of Mr. P.lliston's sent one of the men to look for some person who would undertake the removal of the rubbish ; and at a late bone on Saturday night the Plaintiff, by means of his men and carts, perform. ed that duty; but when he sent in Mx bill, nobody knew any thing of it, and he was driven to the disagreeable or ceseity of instituting proceedings. Mr. Ellision'a reprisentstive only wanted to be satisfied or the justice of this claim to pay it, mod that being dune, he felt satisfied. Extract from a Inter, dated Gibraltar, Decem ber 23 :—" The intercourse between Spain and this garrison, so lei% intercepted, will he re-opened to morrow, by order of the Governor." The navigation of the Thames continues inter rupted by the ice. No ship entered inwards, or cleared outwards, since ‘Vednesday. The fall of snow hits lately been greater in France than within the recollection of the oldest inhabitants. It was so heavy during the last week, as to impede in some parts the progress of the snail'. and the comtoiitticxtiuo between Paris and Calais was for some tinie interrupted. Au alarruing fire broke out yesUrday in the house bf 114r4. BALLY:uotte. • lady of fortine, siding it No. 18, Phil!more-places Kettsingtott, , b7, which. notwithstidtding the activity of the 13oxil, Ekchange mud tither engines, the premises *creep. itrely dastrused. OLD BIILEt JANWIT 14. tORGEJligis This noireillet.the following Presoote..tionse emit $. the - bar, •nd asreijoist spa. indictments for wilfofly Weir,* ea their pima's..sun forged Batik of fingl•nd nose•, cbirHy of Si. and 10/. Ilse following &ruled guilty to the minor oftener, wh,rb asbjl•Ci% them so fourteen yens% transport.' :—Willtaart Wood, Henry Hneknel (a hnO, Janie. 111rIciii, Drawee, JllllO , ll Carr,, Jalae• C01 , 1 , V, Henry Johlt•on,Jalaa • Wright, Edward Walsh, %Wham Garrrli (Viol Rorhard Hadley, James Rrysei, Anu Hall, Mary Kelly, SJrah arid Catherine Martin. Mr. RSYNOLDIk a Ceilniwi for the Bank, observed, that in each of the foregoing emirs these ...re two indictments against the primmer', one for the Capital, and the other for libel was called the minor offence. The indictments were in both rims found by the Grand Jury. The Primmer', as the Jury tonal have beard within the last bone in Conti, ed. Inntarily, and riiiirelv of their own sill, pleaded orally to the offence of having forged notes kauwiligly in their pos. session ; and the Hank in Ode, As in all miter Cafes, after paving the ul•trt minute attention to Ilse nature of the offcnce, as it affected them, the public interests, and the Pri soners, considered that they might on merciful costsiderat tuns for the last, refrain (ruin proceedingem Ilse capital charge, now that the Primmer" hid ',knifed guilty In indictments which subjected them to the p-iiiilly of 14 yeses traiiiiiortie lion. They hid then nu evidence, thrrerfesse,lo offer its sup. port of the capital charge.. The above Prisosers were then severally arraigned awl Arqftilled on the capital charge. l'he following were also put to else bar in the 11011114 of the morninx tin Minstar charges:. Jolt+ l'areans plead ed ed Gain.. after sialtivit set in effectioll aitcostit through Mr. Whirmto. hu Cuomiwl. put ..ff Ida trial sit. aceottist oldie abeetseea a treineta ethos be alleged to be, niaterial for his defence. Similar Pleats were recorded tor John Storey, Gets. Perms, William Saul, .I.onca Gartiey, Sarah' Paky, Auu Pritzker, and Aim Elizabeth Harwood. _ _ On JVns. Peery (cabinet maim) being arraigned Coe I. tering, knot.inetitrm to be forged, several la mud Si. noire, he pleaded Not Guilty to the minor offence of having Owe in hue posseaaton ; but VI/14 informed by Mr. Justice Hot.. PIOVD, that the ingliclenelit •gaiiii%t him WAS fur feloniously disposing of and plliting aria) the notes, not fix merely bay ing them iu 6i. possession. Prisoner —" My Lord, I ran only plead what is true—l had the noire in my poioleitiosi." The Cnt.nr—" Then do you plead i;:tiilp or Nol Chitty to t indict men( ?" . . . Prisoner—" ‘Vlty may I nut plead Godly in t►e •irur offence as well as ;mollies.'" The COURT—" You ire not charged with that. You may plead guilty if you please to the indictment read to you, but tills plea solrj•cts yon to the penalty of des.ll." I'riooner—" I emu plead nu other way ran pi having them in my possession." 'The Counr —" I again tell youth-it is not the charge, and if you obstinately won't plead, the eow.etpietice to you will he tern rilolr." The Pi isimer then pleaded GtriPy. The mats of these prisoners were fisted fur tomiorrow (this) minlllll/. In Ihr course of these arraiznments a difference of opinion pretniled A 111011! the London Jury re4pec!ine the choice of a Foreman. It is usual that the first ii.ro. railed .h,,uld lie the Foreman, and this practice was adhered to, after a .curt con ~,,, ton among the Jury. CHARGE or . MURDER. Joseph Skelton, dustman, was indicted foe the wilful mite. der of William Turney, by knocking loan its Clisinius street, tut the 23,1 December last, alien the abed uf a dray passed over him, whirls caused his death. Mr. At.t.s v stated the case for the prosectition exactly its the manner we have already detailid it to Hie ',oldie in our report of the Coroner's Inquest upon the derea.o. Hughes deposed, that Oil the evening mentioned in the indictment he accompanied the deceased, who was driv ing a coal.waggim, with four black horse's, t. It was dark at the lime, for the lamps had beer. just lighted. The waggon wag its the narrow part of the street, and g g out towards Covent-garden, about two ur three fret fr the footway. A potato.cart was on the oilier si d e of the way, and there was not room fur the waggon to pas.. The de ceased thereupon went to the Prisoner, and asked hint if he would b.: au Ruud as to remove his earl a yard furstaril—the latter using very coarse bowline, refused, and said there was room enough for any man to pass who knew how to use his whip. The deceased then said to witness, `• Go on ; I dare say we can go by if ally hotly ran." They did so, and in the attempt the waggon touched the Prisoner's dust-cart, but not so as lo do any injury. They gut by boils the Pri. loner's cart and the potato one. I 1111 l lellialtly un Ibis the Prisoner ran up to the elevated, hit him right mid left, and knocked hunt mailer the wheel. Witness caught the fore horse to pri vent his going on, and to save deceased from the wheel, when Prisoner rail at him, and with a blow knocked him against the potatmcert, the hones went tin, soil the a heel passed over deceased ; !atter might have had one kg broke before the horses could have been stopped, but he certainly would nut have been sn crushed as he was If witness had not been knocked clown by Prisoner, while in the act of aw.istiiig his companion. Deceased was then taken li, the Infirniary {Viten Prisoner struck witness it was light enough for 111111 (Prisoner) to see the situation of the deceased, who lived front Thursday night to Saturday morning. He did nut know Prisoner knew the deceased. -..-.. --... _ Cromerarnineil by .1/C. AN Paa w is —lie believed they were perfect strangers to each other. The team coosiated of young sprightly horses. He recollected that as they were passing the cart, the force of coming in contact with It made the horse wheel round. He knew that by pas.ing there was nut ruum, and yet Huy resolved to make the attempt. In answer to questions from the Jury, lie said that the Pri soner might have made more room with his cart, and he might also have helped sip the &crest d. In answer to a question (rum the Court, he said that the horses were studio,: when Prisoner gave him the blow ; but they wrist on before lie could recover laintself,uwing, be he. keyed, to the noise on the spot. James Gorman deposed, that he was passing slung the street, while this occurrence lock place. He corroborated the precirditig witness, and thought that sufficient room might have hero made by removing the slut-cart closer to the paveineot. There was a Hammersmith coach came up at the time, and the driver of it was knocked down by the Prisoner, while he attempted to pot his cart nearer the fool way. %Then the driver got sip, lie naked who if was that had airsick him, and Prisoner replied that he was the man, and if he would rouse out psi the street, he would serve him an again. Prisoner then went up, held his horse's collar, and defied ally twelve men in the street to move bins. It was then that he said there was room enough fur the deceased to play by. The latter then drove his 'noses on glossily, when they came in contact with the other cart. The coal WIECUII with the deceased puled on; Prisoner, after mime violeot language, ran after deceased, and knocked him under the b ini ,,,, ,, f eel , whirl, we r e their going on. Deceased cried out for somebody to stop the !tows, for God's sake. At that time Prisoner was so close ill burn as to have it in his power to a..ve his life, lint be made no attempt to do so; on the cows. trary, be knocked down the other man who was coining up to give assistance. Cron.traatined.—Was a stranger to either of the par ties; he then described that the affair took place in tare oar row part of the street, at the moment when the aletemied came in contact with the cart, there was a general ery,Aiii if be went on, he would endanger the people,* 19114 What the deceased was knocked down, Isis borneiaereriarupsdipu, but he believed they were Mopped by Hughes,ito Oulu' lyre-, blow, and it might be that the noise of the people maiie them go on. H e b e li ev ed that the waggon of the Oeceased ought to have gone at the aide where the potato.cart was, and not on that where Prisoner's dust-cart stood. R s . ezals ised..—fle positives ; believed. that the Priam*. might have sued the deceased a life, after be knocke!lZ . Aiwa, by drawing him from under lb* bums, if ha . wished to do so. 011410 - Yefferson, a eaaltallif fleP 4 *ft that .IS I C tiiiiiikt4-iirei4, when Th e Weir tuuk . ilace ; Ai iiseip mai l t 0 net tarp short MUM! II if by violence, and be i . • obeeeveil lie 'Ptlooser striking. the tieirsiseal. end he was certain the winos Wes 'tribal moment advancing, and the nom callingeast fee help. W's Men saw him lying tinder She horses' lege, said Ilweher, she foal aritnewytotking Priihiser why he bit his COIIIII2I a i )))) when Primmer knoelted kiss timra al•o. He (Hughes) appeared at the motor it to be goner to 4 atop the hone, which he might hive done. hid he not been knarked down; at that mains the wheel* metre.] over tile deceased, whose leg was broke in pieces U'ltttess took the Prisoner into custody, "Iwo a 111116/ named 41.,51e (she Pri. snores partner), came tivi r, '• Hilt, ii i• aN *rout !" and fur saying so, he took him into custody atm. , Croy: examined—He might, certainly, hive dragged the , decat...it from under the horses* legs Ita welt as she Primmer, if he had not gout so the baker's shop for a light • he had al the moment ens id•a :he man was is such onsiusal;ate danger Gout the wheels, and thought he might hale 'crumbled out of the way If Hoglirs had mutinied lay tst the horses heed% where he was, the mischief occasioned by dirk going use would not have happened. There wan snow noise at the time, which, probably made the horse. go on, fur they stop ped merely for the moment. The whole thing occurred is an instant. Luke Franklin spoke nearly to the same effect as the pre. name witurates. Mr. Henry Rend, [inure Surgeon of Weelminsier Hospi tal, recollected the deci-streilhring b ro ught th ere he had e severe eompound fracture on the left ler, and his left arm freet•ted. The leg ons ampotaled, and the mast died on the foilimiur mow. The crush of the wheel caused his di.ith. 'lse cage fur She prounecitlion hrioug closed, the Prisoner, on Swing calltd ■t fur hi. ule:ennte, gaol that she wit nen, Jed'►sun, had perjured ht ..elf. The following writoe•tre4 erre ormloced in his favour. Mary S]•lk,r 4161 tail. mo.irr 113.1 a homer in ( h4nulos. alms. Ssr reculleciell the squabble 81111ollir the eartamen, and a gr ea t d,...i u r nhounive brigntage pager .1 h. twerp thew. She lion draft 111. al that there wag out a warn for slue ultcraerd to pass and tureen tin lewu ilc tog.Ateol at emi•l7. oat A ibm artrnsuitli coachnt4ut 311C114101r ! to poll the Prisoner's honors and alit hoof-heal down. Tine d►ceased forced Ina horses thewaugh, and wheeled the doin.:art rotund i• a curious That was all she saw. George White kept • c„isiltaibop in Chanihmilrect. The drist.eart of the erieuner was lilting from his house, and whew the edal.nien tease np, he &stied ',simmer's pettier to draw aside tits rat t, which the latter refused, saying, he was allowed 411 asnirsies. A piece of work commenced be tween them, and witness said, Ilw bad totter COW for the dust soother day than make this noise in the street. The coal-man drove by, stud wheeled mond the dust-cut. Wit ae,g eau tent to So e who was the 0 Ml' pf ii,. cotti.o.ggoo. to ascertain the otstin's *AMP, and on his way he f d that the man bad 'Deese ruin curer. PriAtmer was a dustman who aliens , * came fur Ina dust fur the 1.1.1 Iwo years. He was an honest atiol ff. ailing man. _ . _ Re-examinad.—He did mot see the man NI under the horses. John 1 " 1 " •••• the e ,, a l -. ll reon come up while the dart. cart was at the door. There was not room fur the coal-wag gon to pas brivreen the potato cart and the dust one. A co:miima was behind the MAtt(9ll of the deceased, and called to him to go ..u. The coachman c sme down (ruin bir box, and using horrid I.olgo■ge, put his hand to the horse of the shirt tart, when our • of the du.tivien, he could not say whe ther the Prisoner or his partner, ran owl and knocked hint down. The coal shiver whipped on, and She wheels of Isis caul gratin cootai t wails Ihe .1 list-C:111, I.lliCh It !MIMI round wills peat yorleore, a n d war near tweaking all 11►. Miler windows. Jefferson, the courtable, raid, he hail enough to du to prevent a 11/01T11.1 from heiug jammed by it. A 'swatter of witnesses gave the Prieouer an excellent character for propriety of conduct. Mr. Justice HOLKOVI) summed up the evidence to the Jury. who return...l isuatettate verdict of—Guilty of Manslaughter. This trial I sated the wls3le slay. At five o'clurk in !Igo evening, l'ainnsas Braopka, was pat to the Bar, iadietel fur killing and slaying Catherine ku wife. It appeared in evidence, that in the middle of the night of the Ist Decembr IA the Prisoner came home drunk. Shortly after he came in the other lodgers in the house over-heard some altercatiou between him and his wife, soil they shortly afte► heard a uoise as if sourrhody had fallen, and a cry of murder several times. 0, going up to the room door, two female lodgers found the Prisoner standing outside and very muck intoxicated. On eutering the room, they saw the de ceased sitting clime to the bed side, and a gloomily of blood on the Hour. The deceased scerned very weak, and com plained that her husband had pulled her one of bed, and that she hail fallen and was much hurt. The poor woman, it seemed, from time evidence of a female fellow-lodger in the house, who caw to her ■ssistamre, was far advaurtil in preg. isancy. The landlady was called up to her assistance, bat the aufortunate woman died in about three quarters of an hour. The Prisoner rime in and out of the room once or twice white the woolen were assisting his wife, and the last time cried out to hi• wife, " come, old woman, have some. thing to drink," and waisted to put a bottle wills some liquor to her month. The woman world not let him, saying it was a pour recompense to give her chink after he bad killed her. He seemed, though drunk, quite uneasy at his wife's situa tion, he cried over her, tore his hair. mid said he would not part her. The B. mile and Watchman were brought in and they took hint low custody with some difficulty, as he said he would never quit hisnlil woman. He was evidently much in liquor. The deceased was a very passionate woman. Mr. Burgess, a surgeon, was called is, when fie found the women dying ; she was far advanced in pregnancy, and is a state of litter exhaustion from loss of blood. There was no external bruise on the body, hut on internal examination a large blood vessel was found ruptu►ed. This might have been rinsed by a fall or a blow, as in her slate of health the vessels were distended. He did nut think it could have happened without vmlence. The Prisoner, in bit defence, said that his wife wanted to keep him from going smut again after he came home, and that she jumped out of bed for that purpose, hot fell back against the smile of the bed. He aolemiely declared that he had isflieted upon her sin violence whatever. A person who knew the Prieuner a lung time gave him an earviivest character. Mr. Justice BURROUGH left it to the Jury to say whether the deceased bad fallen by accident on the floor, sold thereby ranged her death, or by any violence offered to her by the Pr 'sorer. The Jury, lifter five minutes consideration, found a ver. dict of—Not Gritty. __ ~. We have had winter during the lest week in all its risoor of trot end enuw. The frost on Friday re' Wit. we believe, was one of the severest. which Liverpool has experienced for a noinberof years; and we hare ',tell informed by a gentleunet who lilies at TAW-hill. that his thermoinctoe,,M. sever' Saturday morning, in an eserrC4 ' , knit*, Wei es low as seven degrees !—lLeiree• Letters front. ,Cadiz, dated December 24. once mere /ewe specalallwir when every hope appeared to be extitoisherl. on the subiretsif,, tile. expedition to South America. The earlieet petiod now named for the departure of the first division. which. on accpu'tt of die disasters hloett.i.o.liart lately experteneedoa fully spnoterstood to be inesot for the caracole, is the lettecenduf February; when the latter portion of !twill : sail. for. the subjtigoe tinn of Basisso—Aysaa and -Chili. the friends. of Spanish sac list south A merit* du • oot assign a period. Cleo, haUs of : health are still withheld from the troslera.to the port of Cadiz.; and no politic declaration hod, been issued, anuoyncinie the commusisa4Dis Vilb the neighbouring provusce of AndalUina. and with, Gibraltar. to tie on the same !opting as before the appearance of the fewer, though the health. of the city iteell is considered as perfectly restored. i . i ro rat RDITOR OP THE DRITIIff PRESS. Sim—Yum were kited erreerykie losers in your ?leper rotas lithe agn a letter I sent sespriating itpe de;smenuss mate of the font-pavements, and, in my humble orlon',,. • it wetly. This hawing no Weer, Nampa r■ will allow me to recom mend another mode—sialf hut ts, if ferry inhabitant would Rive particular oraers to their servants to throw not tome asks every 0001111111 f before their doors; by ro ening the y MOM have Ike pleasing satisfaction of pretesting many *viten limbs, and what is worse, depriving many a. poor aim Gum supporting his family when eurifisst d . for niusalts in es bnrpiul. Your mondani grathr; Wendororfk-road, Jemmy" 14, 1520, W. ~:. TO TIIE EDITOR OF TUE BRIM)/ PRAM. Stet—Time attracts contained in your Paper of this morn. log, respecting the population of rectal.. destructs to Ireland, are calculated to saute considerable surprive in the rnund• or those who have ant reflected on the opireteou of that barbirross melee( lows which still disgrace the of Oa wtpire. The true rause of the greet disproportion in the illeff•ft of the Pruteednut and Catholic popolstion is, in my °pinkie, to be found in the restrictive syvtem which). still sufficed to claret. I weed not iliform your traders, Mr. Ceti tor, of the harsh and exclusive regulate ~,, which have s'fcod ed the Catholic resideste in the cities and boroughs esireteg the greater part of a (*Merry_ The shalom cniuterpieucel, which has been, to drive the Catholics out of the tocrus, until they have become emphatically the agrieMturol *Tu. lation of Ireland. The mode of their levreel is will 'cumin; they ran subsist on their favourite vegetable, and a sma I goyimy of milk. They have, theretree, im motive to re strain them from marriage, art g from the fear of an .fr. sprung, to support which their means might prose mecum, tent. Ou the other band, the favoured sirs, to which the corporation-law• have 1.0 reference, hare at mistimed them selves to a mare tenurial' style of living. A numerous family operated as • drawback DO their accustomed esejoy.- melds, mid inaensilde lessened the dispmeitton to engage is matrimonial engagements. It is thns, Mr. Editor, Ihst lava so oppressive nltirnarely defeat the intentions of their promoters. Permit me to subscribe turns( your constant reader, and, as indicative of my Country (I may add, of my religion also), Narple-Bone, Januurp 14, 1820. BRITANNICUS. MYSTERIOUS CASE. During the last eight days the house of Mr. Irright, linen draper, of Fuley.place, Mary-to bore, has no less than user tinges been on fine, seder the most singular commotion-I, ; and yesterday morello( was the last time they woe wooled, when their house was cunsidevah!y injured. Mr. end Mr• . Wright, with their servant, are the ugly perons ill the and frequeatly when they have bad occasion to go to the drawers se the apartments where linen is hey t, on nprnii them flames have lamed out (and th• rehy ■ fire CUMRICIII , at apparently as if some combustible was placid ilitreiu. 7LI 4 happening so repeatedly, Mr. Wright applied to a Maizia. trate, and the °theirs made area y inipory, vown fi n d s ,,, grounds fur people ))))) , we understand that the ease will au.. dello a thorough investigatioe. ROBBERY BY A GINTL(3!AN On treslnesday a young gentleman, who possesses • free hold estate of near two hundred acres, minion, Ste. near Folkston', in Kent, and two of his nervants. were brought to town in ciistody of Hall , an officer of Option bath Pool assistauts. The facts of the rase are represented as follies : In May Nat a gentleman named Ditch, whip resiples at Hawk hunt, in Kent, was in Loinion on some Itissitico„ and psi up, as he usually did, at thug George Inn, in thr liorunth. He slept three one night, and on the following morning w..s in the travellers' room prepping Si, go h) the Bye comb. He put his great coat veer the hack ,if Ins seat, and l e ft the room to order the porter to bring his Imois. The only person ite the room when he left was the young gentlemm who is now in custody, and the pied watchman ; bat whole he was •hsent several persons might have entered and gone out again. On Mr. Ditch's retina, be put on his !sunlamp., Goat, and shortly after hr put his baud into his enat-pocket and missed a morocco pocket-book, which had his acme and adders, printed on it in gold letters, containing five ten pound Tenterden bank notes, a cheque for seventeen petilldS and two one pound Bank of England mgrs. Mr. D. called in the landlord, Mr. Schott-Gold, and told him of his misfortune. Mr. Sebulefield cap d the greatest concern, and in • very respectful manner hr asked the young Gentleman (sine, taken into custody), who, as well as Ms. Ditch, slept the preceding night at the George, if he kid seen a pocket-book ? tie iteclareil that he had nut; and after that Mr. Sclooleueld thought it almost criminal to suspect him, from his respectable situation in life. Mr. Ditch fin-- tuna', ly had taken the numbers of the IN. notes, and gave information at t h e Mitred'a bank, and about a fort night ago two of them were brought in and stopped. Hall, the officer, and Mr. Schulebeld, the proprietor of the George btu, went down, and traced the uotp• throttle yarning hands int• those of the Prisoner's servants, who had passed them at last Maidstone fair. The officer, with pr.. sons to assist him, apprehended the two setvants, and they implicating their Insister, he also was secured, and all three wear brought in custody to town. One of the servants euti feasted, that in May last, alien their master returned trent London, be told him that he had had great luck„ fur he had found • pocket-book, containing 501. in Batik mins, and he gave him and his fellow.servant part of the money, which they spent at Maidstone fair, Not so reveal the circumstance. His Royal Highness the Duke of KENT is, ae ore sorry to hear, indisposed with a .evert cold, which has confined him to his room since SUIPINy lust. A ball, which was to hare taken place. at Marsh's Rooms, to-morrow evening, tinder the patronage of his Royal Highness, is postponed iu consequltice.—(Exeter Paper.) In the Report of the Evidence of Mr. PowELL. of Surrey -street, Stroud, surgeon and apothecary to the parish of St. Clement Danes, on the !inquest held on the hotly of ANSI VONDER Tilt:93EN. there is a materiel error to correct. Instead of th e ' words, 46 I found her labouring under an advat:ced stage of consumption, with premonitory si talplon4, of approaching, dissolution." rood, •• trith,mi p re . monitory symptoms of approaching diskolut ttttt ." A Haishurgh- I'aper sap, that a furious insiirrec tign of the.titopulace, attended with bloodshed. has broker out at Smyrna, ut which the Palace or the Pocho was stormed, and that he himself e sc a ped with great difficulty. , CaIIPPLECIATE 11 . 41147 WITHIN.—Cf.O 4 I7.or TliF, SCRUTINY.—The scrutiny uu the poll for Com utem.Couuciltnen for this Weird closed on day, when Mr. Y.41.r.0w LEY. one of the losing r""" dedatea no the paai, and the Gentleman by whom the scrutiny was dermended, was declAreel duly elected. Tile following are the names of the VIII. didides..with the I sas they stood on the poll. the number of voters deducted from each by the scrutiny. and the total numbers when the scrutn , y was croncluded.:— • • Ne.ws Poll. Redsced on Scrod. Final rh," lts.Brotelea 412 Mr. ait9 77 '2:12 Mr. lOW 248 Vallueetey .. 231 45 1/11; 248 Me. ihniarse..... 174 Th .four. lint Gentlemen ,rare declared duly elected. • • P 4 I= . IF,