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iylB t,ONAOIT JOURNALS. RIETRACiIi FROM TH DAILY SIDII141?10 PAPERS) February- , 1, 1823. • ITIIE, TIKES.] it 14 a remarkable circumstance, -that - On the .gter the King's sPeech in France, the funds of that country,. which were expected to continue falling, suddenly rose one and a half per cent. We should have been at a loss to assign a reason far so unexpected a change, but we are spared the pain of conjecture by. adopting, if we, like, that which was given at the time—namely, the occurrence of something by which war was rendered less probable. The sound of peace is agreeable,tio doubt ; but if it were to be purchased by the surrender of Spanish independence to such a man as the old Vrench Bourbon has shown him- self to . be, Were we Spaniards, we would sooner see. the country, from one end to the other, overrun by the crtmch military. To accept from the hand of Louis XVI il.sucha creature as Ferdinand Vll. in the character of an absolute Monarch, in order that thislatter worthy may give his subjects a free Constitution !!! would be such a process in 'politics and legislation as was never before gone through by any nation, civilized or uncivilized. We therefore, if we were free to choose, should say' . ir war,"" rather than the submission of the vhdle Spunish nation to terms like these : we should say 44 war," rather than submission to any foreign dictition whatever, The Neapolitans submitted : and what have they gained by it ?---. A foreign army to maintain, and a name con temptible, beyond all power of description, throughout Europe. And then as to any change on the part of the Bourbons, which was not evela alleged as the cause for the rise of the French funds, we wish that family to change indeed but it is nothing less than a change of mane* that can secure their own happiness, and the peace of Europe on a basis of rational liber ty. will repeat the notable expression of the Kitt , ' of France's speech -- u Let Ferdinand " s 11. be free to . give his people institutions " ulircli (hey cannot hold bud from him." Have thirty years" exile taught you no better philoso phy than this, old man ? Go to school, go to school again, Sir; not for your improvement, but for the benefit of these who send you thither. ['MORN! NG POST.) 0 received last night, by Express, French Journuls to the 3Oth ult. The . only fact of. im portance which they FlllllOllllCe is an unexpected rise in the Funds, for which they assign no rea son. Private letters of the same date supply the deficiency, and attribute that symptom of reviv. In t ; confidence to various reports of a pacific na ture which prevailed in the French capital. , One of these asserted that the British Ambassador at Aladrid had intlnced the Cortes not to issue a, Declaration of Wur, notwithstanding the me- 'flues and preparations of France, but to as. . sumo a tone of conciliation and to leave it to , ti►at Power to , undertake the responsibility _ of. commencing a perilous and in!quitous con. test. Other.rumours stated:the' tan official assur. ance had been received from the •British Go :vernment, that England would maintain a strict neutrality. Thu Papers, however, are silent on both these reports, and instead of attempting to revive hopes of peace, detail fresh arrangements ‘which spew that the preparations for immediate war continue without. interruption. The Quoit. die.nne confidently says—" We shall have three armies in Spain. That which bears the name of the army of the Eastern Pyreneesor of Catalonia,will he placed under the orders or the Duke of Ragusa. IVlarshal-Oudinot, Duke of Reggio, will command the arm y of the centre' in A rraion ; and the army 4af the Western Pyrenees, or of Navarre, will be 'under Lieutenant-General Comte do Lauriston. The Duke of Angonletne will hare the supreme eotnmand over these three. artnies 4 . and the Mini ster at War (the Duke of IleHutto). will discharge the functions of . Major:Penefal under that Prince. It Is added,; .that 'Cre."Ceetlognet be made Under Secretary of State,aud will hold the war portfolio during the_ absence of the 'Duke of Beiluno."—These arrangements are too minutely detailed and' too probable in themselves to be. the mere offspring of rumour or imagi. oatiou. ' , MORNING Cli RON ICLE We received the Paris Papers of Wednesday, last night by express. The accounts of the Goeks are more and more cheering every day. 'Letters from various quarters represent their pro. spects as' very favourable indeed. Even when a aumercus Turkish army happens to gain any success, no advantage can be derived from it.— " -As the whole population is armed, it is said in a letter from Tine, in the Journal des Db. oats, even in the remotest mountain districts, 'the Turks will never be masters of more 'ground than they stand on."' We have here another cheering example of what can be done by a people when actuated by a feeling of hide. pendence. The Greeks have in this struggle acquired immortal renown ; and a future Hero. dotds and Thucydides will convey the remem brance of their deeds to a grateful posterity. We 104-ro from the lonian Islands that , the haughty contempt which was at first manifested for 'Ott Greeks, has now given place to very different feelings.. The constancy, the skit. ful combinations, the daring valour displayed by 'thes'e men who have had to struggle against such feerful odds, and :under 'so many disadvan• urges, may well excite admiration. It is now, discovered that they have' inherited along with the fine form of their ancestors alt their inventive pining and active eneerprise, and that opportu• very is only wanted for 'the development of :them. Even the 4ustrian Pbserver is forced to. respect their exertions. [MORNING . lIERALD.3 Private accounts, and some Journals of Wed. .t fide date, were received yesterday from -Pith, The Papers which have as clamorously *Ott as it has turned 'out, so sttccessfully called for vox', state detail. of the movements of troops - from 'various . pointi upon the frontier. The 4ngouletne has not yet set oat, but woula start is a day or two. He acts as Ge- Oeralissimo under the direction (if it be not a solecism in language) of the Marquis de la Tour-Maubourg, Minister of the King's House hold, and lately Minister of War. M. Mao* Bourg is a veteran officer of reputation, and was, we believe, some time Buonaparte's Ambassador at the Court of Russia. The other Generals named are of inferior note, either wholly or nearly un. known in the recent military history of Europe. None of the Marshals appear to be employed. — It is singular that some private letters from Paris still talk of peace, and even of the countermand ing some regiments on march. In any other case this would be the height of absurdity ; but where shifting and changing through every variety of aspect has been the mode, the prodigy would be to find either consistency or reason. In any other case we should think war as certain as if the Pyrenees had been crossed. It would appear that even the French Ultras and the Cossacks think " the Regency" too bad. A new one is to be got up, which, says one of the Papers, " is to proceed into Catalonia before the French army." There is surely a slight mistake in this, and it should be " after the French army." [lsm limes.] We repeat ottr confident persuasion that there is no ground for apprehension in regard to our funds. The nation at large is too sensible of the benefits of neutrality not to adhere steadily to that policy. The rage and fury of the liberal Papers. is no doubt meant to plunge us' nto a war with France; but it defeats itself by its extravagance. Every man of sense or decency must be disgusted at the vulgar abuse heap ed on the French Monarch in yesterday's Morning Chroniele.,We shell not repeat the loath some virulence. Coming from such a quarter, it is perhaps the best testimony in favour of the measure adopted by France. It shews the rooted malignity of the liberal faction against the Throne'of kiranci: and it shows that that malignity is likely to be frustrated by the war. For our own parts, looking to the total want of • means on the part of the Spanish Jacobins to carry on a war, we should not be. surprised to see them abandon the contest before it is well begun. The French Funds rose on Wednesday to nearly 79 for Account ; and one great cause of this was a rumour that the British Minister et Madrid had prevailed on the revolutionary Government to adopt more moderate Councils. Most earnestly do we hope for such a termination to the present unhappy differences. We do not wish, and never have wished, to see a French army enter Spain ; but it is perfectly absurd to suppose that any thing short of the submission or flight of the Jacobin Leaders there can prevent in vasion. The French Papers are full of the movements of troops towards the South. A Gentielnan who reached London yesterday in. formed us that he met several regiments between Paris and Calais, all advancing in the highest virits, with songs, shouts, and evident maim. slam), to meet the foe. Those persons who ex pect from the present French army another itebetiion of the Ilundred Days, are totally ig norant of the spitit by which it is animated. DIRITISU M EM) Some of our contemporaries are extremely anxious to obtain credit fer the gift of prophecy, and the. less real sagacity they possess, the more outrageously importunate they are . to be ranked among the sons of the prophets, if but an equle vocal expression of theirs can be adapted - to the events which they would fain have predicted.— , The efforts of CObbett and the Courier ) in this humble way, are as notorious as they are con temptible. We pretend not to the gift of pro. phecy ; our means of acquiring and communi. eating the course of human affairs are altogether natural and common to mortality. Rut as we are assiduous in learning, so we are unreserved in communicating whatever it may concern our readers to know and it is our business to state for their information. Among the duties' of a daily journal none holds a higher rank, or re quires a more cautious exercise of attention and judgment than the duty of forming a just opinion upon the relations of foreign states, ' which are likely to result from their dispositions and inte rests. To form a just opinion upon this extensive and complicated subject, has been, from the first movement, of this journal under its present aus. picos, peculiarly difficult, yet incomparably im portent..The course to be adopted by allied Sove reigns,entrenched behind the accumulated abuses of neglected time, tyrannical pow er,obstinateigno. ranee, and infatuated pride—against nations exert ing the rights of nature, and Pre-eminently of than-- it appeared almost impossible to ascertain. All our contemporaries, without one exception, confidently and repeatedly proclaimed their conviction that it would be . war,* that the conflict would be the conflict of arms, and that France would make war against Spain. Uniformly have we, alone, whether the . merit be due to our honesty or to our sagacity let our readers judge, but we' have uniformly avowed our ietled belief, that war; would not be the result of all the loud threats and insolent swaggering of selNidored idiots, who partake of' humanity only to be its curse. The dark solemnities of the Journal des Abbots, the, mysterious permission of Cs:ingress to France, the: unmanly and jesuitical note of M. Villele, the in. tricate expression "of unidead arrogance exhibited in the circular of Verona, and the garrulous im potence of the superannuated King of France, we have never' failed to treat as the unequivocal language of enraged hnhecility, as remote from the vigour Of war as from the composure of peace. The Editor of the British Press says, that " all his con. • , temporaries, without one exception, confidently and repeatedly proclaimed their conviction that it would be war." The Editor of the on the other hand, said list Thursday, " while all our contemporaries were either declaring their opinion that' peace would be preserved, &c. tee." he alone contended for; wttr !"In this contention :for the honours of prophecy, one or: other of our Brother Editors is evidently in the wrong. For our own. Ports we fuel be allowed to say,:that though we never ventured on Pranction, we were thefirst to point out the pro hahility that peace would be maintained,--a probability that west not destroyed until within a few hours of the meettog of the French Chambers; end we uniformly endeavoured to draw. our inferencei from the espect.of public events.; and not from an preconceived notions tiuintooted views of our own. We n ice to-the eolelnee of Tin OfiW s for therttofe of the truth of this statement, and of the cautious conduct which we have uniformly pursued aim the announcement at the discussions' . respecting Spitin...-Enrroxt. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF. CHANCERY, JAN. 31. PRACTICE or THE COURT.— IN THE CASE pr BATEMAN AND ANOTHER. Mr. SPENCZ said that he had a motion to make which at- I fected the practice of the Court. It was usual in the service of process in the County Palatine of Lancaster to apply to the Chancellor of the Dutchy, who thereupon issued his mandate to the Sheriff, and the Sheriff making his return to the Chan cellor of the Duchy, the latter officer returned to the Court._ This process, to make it of similar efficacy with writs served in other counties, was generally accompanied with a concurrent order to the Sheriff' to compel a speedy return. This was the custom in common law, and he wished to have the same con. current and peremptory order to aid the service of process which was to issue from this Court. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought that it was impossible for him to grant an order to compel the Sheriff, before knowing of any neglect on the part of that officer. If it could he shown that the order asked was consistent with the policy of the Court, he could have no objection to grant it. lie would thank Mr. Spence to make some nquiry on the subject, and inform him of the result. At present he could not grant the appli. cation.. IN TIIE MATTER or rARQUARSON V. BALFOUR. Mr. Haar, for t in dafendant, prayed that the plaintift* might be prevented Continuing to issue proceedings upon his bill, until); certain exceptions to the.MasWr's report on the answer shodd be argued. It appeared that there had been a bill filed. to discover books and accounts by which the plaintiff hoped - to show the purch ase o f an estate in the West Indies, which had been afterwards disposed of to another per. son, and also the payment of 1,5001. which the plaintiff al ledged that he had The into the posse ss i on o f t h e d e f en d ant , by way of deposit. Tile ticcounts asked for were in the West Indies, anti the defettitent had no sufficient uteattefox:ssattakty big with the desires of tha plaintiff, who, nevertheless, urg forward his suit without waiting to have the exceptions before. mentioned argued. • Mr. AGAII charged the behaviour of the defendant as being highly contumacious to the authority of the Court. He had put in four answers,. which were each in turn reported by the Matter to be insuf fi cnint, and instead of mending them he chose to litigate the report itself. He (Mr. Agar) apprehended that the Court would not allow such trifling with its jurisdiction on the part of any defendant. The LORD CIIANCELLOR would not undertake to say that the defendant had done wrong, because the exceptions might be quite enough, on hearing, to justify the course which he had taken. His Lordship w o u ld see Master Cox before the sitting of the Court on the morrow, and have some convers a tion w i t h him about it ; after which he would be better able to judge of ,what had been done. • . VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Jaw. 31. PENNINGTON V. AJ.DEN AND ANOTHER. Mr. ROUPELI. moved on behalf of the defendant that the plaintiffmight be directed to amend her bill, by striking out the name of Joseph Lowe, her next friend, and substituting some competent person in his stead. This was a suit instituted by the plaintiff, Mrs. Pennington, against her husband, and her brother, Mr. Alden, to comp el the continuance of an allow. anec to herself and children, fly their support. The plaintiff, It appeared, had parted from her husband, in consequence of differences between them, and a certain sum had been allowed her and the children, amounting to about 3001. per annum t ultimately a deed was executed, under which Mr. Alden, the defendant, agreed to become hound to indemnify the husband against the debts of the wife, but did not undertake to make any allowance for the support of this lady. Sonic time after the separation from her - husband, Mrs. Pennington (and the Learned Counsel had now no difficulty in declaring • the fact) lived with Mr. Lowe, her present prochein aniic. An action of damages was brought by the husband against Mr. Lowe, and 250/. was recovered. Mr. Lowe had since applied fur his discharge under the Insolvent Act, and being op posed with effect, was ordered by the Court to be confined for Li months. lie was now.in prison, and had made an af fidavit, swearing that he was not worth a shilling. The In. solvent Court, in consequence, had directed the husband to allow hint sixpence aalay for his support. Thus it appeared, that the next friend had been reduced to hewn, and was wholly unable to fulfil his engagements, under which his situa tion placed him of being responsible for the costs of the suit now instituted to compel Mr. Alden to continue the allowance. — The children hall been censored from the custody of the mo ther, and were sepatately maintained. Under these circum. et..........., 44. ut00.. , 40;410.4.4.........5. a&tat AI -n*w. next .frign4 might be appointed. The Vic e.(3ii AV CE et.nn thought, the better form of the motion would have been to stay all proceedings in the suit, un. til a new next friend was named. Although it was in the power of the Court to remove the next friend, yet it could not compel the appointment of another. This he conceived to be a mere dry question of practice, in which the merits of the case would have no weight either way . Mr. ROOPELL WAS aware of the distinction between the proeliein gunk of an infant, and of afeme covert, but he con ceived as a prochein atnic could not sue in forma pauperh, the Court would interfere to _prevent a beggar continuing next friend. Although the authorities were few on this question, yet all the books agreed, that a next friend must be a man of substance and respqnaibility. lie cited two cases from More. ley's Rsports, p. 110 and 47, in t h e l a tt er of which a new next friend was actually appointed. Mr. COWE, on the other s id e , c i te d t h e case of Squi r r e l v . Squirrel, in Dickinee Reports, p. 705, to show the opinion of "' fl u or to dal lo g o e k rft tooss i to n remove iceiy a into n h e is x tffietdi circum stances., _ ..... aintrdoTiathuarcloowu,rttlotuntgliitt 71iFteVrcE-CiraNcEt.r.ott thought the question of far too much impo rtance to decide without looking over the cases, and consul ting with the Lord Chancellor and the Master of the VIII HYDE PARKER V. MARTIN. This was an application by Mr. HEALD on behalf of Lady Parker, the mother and guardian of Miss Fanny Parker, and other infants, that she might b e at libe r ty to attend th e p ro . t eedings, as f she were a codefendant, and also to attend cer. tofu references to the Master ? in which he had been directed to inquire into the nature and circumstances of a debt of 41,0001. out-standing, and due to the estate of the late Sir Hyde Parker. Mr. HooleE on theother side objected, that no motion could be made by this lady, she being no party in the cause. Mr. IIEALD represented the pressing nature of the case, that one of the infants would next month be of age, and he was de. sirous that no technical objection should defeat the just objects of the parties. The 'VicE.CiraivEELLan said, that a petition ought to be presented, unless the application were made by the infants themselves. He could not now listen to this application in its present shape. When a petition was presented, he would hear it as soon as an order for munediate hearing was obtained tivm the Lord Chancellor. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 31. THE I; . ING v. °SALMON. Mr. CAMPBELL moved for a writ of certiorari to remove an indictment for perjury from the Old Bailey into this Court.-- The- defendant wive te highly reepectable merchant In the city, who was charged with perjury in an affidavit of debt made iti the Lord Mayor's Court to ground an attachment. The affidavit stated the debt as arising - on a large difference on the sale of Spanish stook ; and the defendant, in support of hispresent application, swore that he believed nice questions of law might arise on the trial, and that it Wait very important to his interests to have the cause tried by a special jury. Mr. Justice HOLUOYD, who was the only Judge then in Court, granted the writ. Mr. F. POLLOCX moved that a defendant, against whom a true bill had been found for receiving stolen goods, should be brou g ht i up and admitted to b a il. lie was orginally charged with re. calving one nil skin, and four calf skins. and taken before a .Magistrate I blithe produced the man from whop) he purchased the skins, add was set at liberty on finding sureties to answer any charge which might be preferred .against him at the Se e . eons. At the Sessions he appeared, but no bill was preferred against him, and his recognisance* were discharged. After this, a bill had be e n preferred at the Sessions and found by the Grand Jury, on which be was arrested and committed to pri. son. His original statement of the mode in which he obtained the• shins was now corroborated by the affidavits of several re. spectsble witnesses. Mr. Justice iloLanyn granted the motion. IBTIMATIOB TO THE BAR. Soon after the sitting of the full Court, the Loan .OMP jus;reele said, that as it was of high importance toile public and to the suitors in the .particular causes in which rules nisi for new trials had been ' minted, that those rules should be dis. Toted of durinte.the term, or so soon -efter as Neale, the er Court would only bib to hear one Coonsel on each They therefore requested that the junioni in each case would not offer to address th e m after their leader had . been heerd i unless they felt thithe.had Miami to notice some important fact or some material arg ument which ought to be presented to the attention of the Co urt. They did not mean to lay down a right ode that they would beer only nee COnnisel on each aide, which might be productive of inconvenience y 'biet they trusted to the discretion of the bar quo occupy ghat film* by gang severnlir *rough the whole ease white it was not ab so l ute l y necessary 1 to the interest of their clients. The ease of Hollis v. Goldfinch, which stood next in the new trial_paper, was then called on. It was an action of trespass for breaking and entering a close, which was tried before Mr. Justice Park at the last Hampshire Assizes, and involved no point of interest to the public. Mr. OASELEE now showed cause against the rule for a new trial in a speech which lasted nearly three hours. As soon us he had concluded, Mr. SELWYN rose and said, I am on the s ame s id e w i t h M r . Gaselee, but in conformity with that rule which your Lordships have this day laid down, I refrain from adding any observations to those Which you have already heard. But in the peculiar situation in which I stand, as the first victim of this regulation, I feel it due to myself and to those who surround me to say, that I trust this regulation will cease with the occasion which has caused it, and will not be applied at all times and to all Cans. Tile LORD CHIEF JUSTICE...-. I am very much surprised that such an observation should be made. The Court has laid down no regulation, nor has it placed any one in the situation of a victim : it has only thrown out an intimation, which the great press of business and the public interest seem absolutely to require. Mr. SELWYN.—I felt it my duty to make the remark which I have made, because I will never have it sa id t h at I surren dered the rights of my profession. The LORD CHIEY JUSTICE (attempting to interpose).— There are no rights in question. Mr. SELWYN (continuing).—lt shall never be said that I, situated as lam to-day, expressed no dissent from a regulation, which, if permanently adopted, would make a desert of these benches, and would deprive the juniors of the bar of those op. portunities of addressing the Court which may give them ex perience and a just confidence in their powers, and may qualify them in due time to become leaders of causes. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.—I AIR very much concerned that such a remark should be made, and I am sure it is not call e d for by any act on the part of the Judges. The intimation is not new. Long before the time when I first had the honour to sit here, a similar notice was more strongly given, , and was ~ .01ftuidasunalat . that can be urged by the Gentlemen of the Bar • and know that their observations are not only calcul a ted to benefit them. selves, but to serve their clients, and inform th e judgment of the C ourt ; and it is with great pain that I refrain from hearing them at length. We do not mean to say, that we will hear only one Counsel even now, but we put it to the Gentlemen of the Bar, whether, in the present state of public business, they will occupy the time of the Court with a repetition of argu. ments already presented to its attention. Mr. SE LWY N.—i trust that I have made the remark which I felt bound to offer, with all the respect which is due to the Court. The LOUD CHIEF Jt:STICE.—Why the word " victim" might have been omitted. Mr. ScAnLETT rose and said, that he well remembered the case to which his Lordslaip had alluded. It occurred in the time of Lord Ellenborough, when there was an armar of rules for new trials, when the rule of hearing only one Counsel on each shle was laid down and rigidly acted on , but it was under. stood that it would not be permanent. Mr. Law Es, on the same side with Mr. Selwyn, made a few observations on a part of the case which he thought had been misunderstood. Mr. P. Wit.t.taNts rose to argue in support of the rule for a new trial, but was informed that the Court would not trouble him. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE proceeded to give judgment in favour of the application for a new trial. After observing that the case had been argued with great ability by Mr. (laselee, he said,—" And here I cannot go on without observing that we are always—for myself I say it most conscientiously—desirous of hearing every thing which gentlemen of the bar think ran be beneficial to their clients. But when a case has been thoroughly sifted, as this has been—when it has been pre sented to us in all its aspects and bearings —we think there would bo no advantage in consuming the public time by hear ing those arguments which great research, great ingenuity, and great learning, would have presented to us, had the other Learned Counsel bsen heard.' His Lordship then proceeded, at considerable length, to give his reasons for thinking that there ought to be a new trial. Mr. Justice BAYI.E r, in commencing his judgment, !thick he gave at length in the same case, observed, that he Witssurs the rule which the Court had, with great pain, been compelled by the pressure of business to lay down, would not in the least injure the intercom of clients of Mr. (lattice, who had pre sented to the Court every topic which co u ld f a i r l y b e urge d in their favour. Mr. Justice ilotitoyn anti Mr. Justice BEST LieliVeTeil their Opinion seriatim in favour of a new trial, the rule for 'Which was accordingly made absolute. COURT OP COMMON PLEAS, JAN. M. The Court eat in Banco this morning till twelve o'cloct, but nothing: of importance occurred. At 12 o'clock the Lord CIUEI'•JtJSTICE went to doildhall and sat at Nisi Prins. CASSOM Mtn WIFE v. Towratxr. This was an action to recover damages for an injury sustain ed by the plaintiff's wife by the alleged negligence of the d e . fendant. Mr. Sergeant PELL stated the case to the JuvyThe de. fendant keeps a shop next the Globe Term, in Fle .— et.sireet.— The plaintiff is a poor weaver: his wife was generally employed as a charwoman. On the 21st of December, 1821, she was passing by the plaintiff"' shop it was about- eight in the evening. A sun-blind, which had been fastened up in a box over the window, fell and hurt her leg very severely. She was at that time in a state of pregnancy, but in a few days after_ owing to the injury and the fright, she missearried, and had not been well ever since. These facia were proved by Mary Hyam, who was in cote. piny with Mrs. Cassom at the time. This witness was cross-examined at some length, for the pur pose of showinf, first, that the injury was not such as was coin. plained of, an secondly, that ft arose from the temp estuous state of the wea ther, and not from the negligence of the de fendant. Nothing of importance, however, was elicited from her. She Admitted that Bits. Cancan had told her that ti Gentleman had called to see her on the part of the defendant, to inquire into the state of her leg. Some offer of compensa tion, as she understood, had also been made. For the defendant Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAS contended, that the injury complained of was not caused by the fall of the blind, and secondly, that the fall was not owing to any n-viimee on the part of the defendant. To prove this , he called the watch. man, who was near the spot whenthe blind fell ; the defendant's shopman, who went out when he heard the noise; the surgeon who attended Mrs. Cassom, by orders of Mr. F on . faille.; and one or tw o ot h ers w h o ha d spoken to Mrs. CllllOlll on the subject of this accident. The sum of the testimony given by- these witnesses was, that it was about 10 o'clock when the accident happened; that It was a very tempestuous night, the woman complained o f th e bli n d being left thus, in a careless ' state, but walked away apparantly unhurt; that she afterwards complained not of her leg, but her shoulder; that the blind had been in a sound condition ,before this, and that when the surgeon visited Mrs. Cassom, which wag some time after, she, was nursing, and did not appear to have recently miscarried— On the cross-examination of one of those witnesses, it appeared that a sum of 101. and. Coots had been offered to the plaintiff, but was refused. Mr. Sernt PELL replied, and after bearing the summin g up of the Le arned Judge, the Jury retired fora bout 20 minute*, and returned a Yalliet for the pltitr.—Dautages, PALACE COURT, ! Tau. 31. 110ELBROOKE v. GRAY. Mr. MANGLES stated the case. It was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant, to recover she sum of 42/. 3s. 3d. for various articles of silk, &c. supplied to the de fendant, Mrs. Gray, alias Court. In October last, a bill drawn by the plaintiff was accepted by a Mr. Smythe for 421. and up wards, mad e payable at Messrs. Conn*, but which was not paid, there being no cam. Witnesses were celled, from whose evidence it appeared that the defendant lived at No. 33, Thornhaugh-street, where the plaintiff, who was an Itinerant vender, furnished her with the articles in question, for the amount of which he subsequently took Mr. Smythe's bill. M. THESSSOER, for the defendant, contended, that in the first place Haulbrooke had adopted th e cre di t of Smythe in stead- of Gray ; and secondly, with respect to the situation in life of the defendant, it was perfectly clear the plaintiff felt sa tisfied with the credit of Smythe. An itinerant vender, besides going into haunts of wretchedness, in order to captivate the minds at the expeuce of th e c h ast i ty of females, ought to IN ceive nothing at the hands of the Jury. Mr. Aloniticr, Judge of the Court, summed up the evi. dence, and observed, that persons lending themselves to aid and support others, living in a profligate manner, could never re. cover in a Court of Justice. The plaintiff in this case hati na shop, but was in the habit of supplying houses of Ile fame and consequently there ou g h t to b e an end put to it, by a verdict being given for the defendant. The Jury consulted together for a few minutes, and then re. ulrnsid their verdict fee th e defondot, In Paris ) Mcones storks in English 041T1 be purchased for one pound ; in England, we bet Lim, the price is nine pounds. AGRICULTURE, &c. 'MONTHLY REPORT FOR J AN UARie 4I44 . - counts from the country, with respect to the AO. d weather upon the wheat crop, arc universally faveutsbit. first dry frosts were beneficial in killing slugs and mu vermin, and checking the too great luxuriance of the et sown wheats ; whilst the succeeding snows have proved a e and protection. The continuance of severe wahrr, ever, has put an entire stop to tillage, and confined the eP dons of husbandry to carting dung and ditch-raelh manure, road-work, threshing, and tending cattle. FM dry state of th e s ell, t h e p as t ure s have remained Peei d4 unusually long, and a great stock of fodder has b een cps —The turnip crop has turned out wonderfully 1104 c, tine, and, the quality hitherto greatly superior to expretlu. indeed, had the wi n t er p rove d mild, it would have be en 0 1 Bible to have con sume d th e c r op—a circumstance which 4 . not go to prove a diminished extent of farming altar. quantity of hay has been spared, since scarcely *AY 04 the lambs have stood in need of it. The last crop b$ and oats, it is probable, were greater than WAS SUPPO Sea ' the stocks in hand considerable. Potatoes are rising In wool little doing, excepting fine wool. store pito baler ' considerably, and unexpectedly. The meat lostk ertr : steady; indeed the best articles have generally produ cl ' siderable price, the times considered. CORONERS' INQUESTS . FAT At, M 1 ST Aletr,.—UTl evening > d oes v" guest was held at the White Wart, Drury-lene, 9 ; ,4 3e,: NTIRLI Ns, Esq. on - the body of George illorkithl i to died in consequence of swallowing a portion of u: ai d a mistake for Epsom Salts. Edward Kingtion. d oge in the same house as deceased, No. 3, Sinart's-11400 was not intimate ; in consequence of hearing a h t h i s dO4 misting proceeding from the deceased's room , he s e l l ., idol to the tamily, who lod g ed in the floor under him' , " owl that he considered deceased unwell. On witness e:141 going into his room, he found him dead. Ale se ",, 4o o l who lodged under the d ecea s e d, said he was verfribeife him. On Wednesd a y m o r n in g , about ten o'elee . "len, ' a great noise in his room, and afterwards a heatt — bofeh diately Mr. Kingdom ems for them. On going it ""010,, deceased lying on the floor, having fallen on a Jets l / a basin which lay under him. NVitness lifte d earn re o, when he u t t ere d t h ree gasps, and expired. a tea-cup, also some moist sugar, and a spoonf - ib e sr' Bellamy said, the deceased was frequently dTinking and after being so he would take 09,,:netiet! feverish. In her opi n i on he took the poison ol/ 2009 1 , accident, the same b e in in a cup, that bad beeL t the fire. The deceased was distressed, but Tirpte"l mind, excepting being low spirited.—Mr. foo l sent for to attend the deceased, and on Ids 0 991 `1 1 dead. In his opini on h e h a d expired abc tu.— t iet 19 '" , was impossible t o ass i st hi m . A wo men Ja to of l4 ' handed the witn ess a tett - cup conta i n ing ' °il acid; she, at the tithe , intimated he had taken rt.:0,01 he was deranged in his mind ; but had the 1714.ne „tied ranged, he might have taken the oxalic acid in eet%, Epsoni salts.—The Jury being of opinion thet,";b e it tr: e e taken the oxalic acid in a mistake, returne d vi - os etew " That the deceased died in consequence of L s ' in a mistake for Epsom salts." 31ELANCIIOLY SUICIDE. —Yesterdart /11°11 ..i t ri t t, 1 5 1 ! mutes before two o'clock P at. a most dreadful 7,..31 8 , 11 milted in St. George's, Southwark. Jane S'1 . 0 111 ; Smith, foreman to Messrs. Body and Woul tir i e ir 1 '; Prospect-place, had been out on an errand 9 . 1 ,0,0 0 'b time aGa b f o tec y ab l . s 4 : B l ."l :l ett e e l , iet nebe t h l' o s. w a i e ) hd % v v e. ex , rrePeTtur:Qer(ll iant tthhee andin her t ou nv t a in qu ti a w ri r e t r xl 'o to k f e whe t e l e n n uu t t u e l t in t l i o lutp t l i ta r ul e ll t ie ft h Yr e e d r a l77 :, bo tscct i reo l l ,, , ' , Homan about years of age , celled in t o s e I "' t saw sitting on the side or the bed : fi ndinfl at , 41 . answtri sue went down *taint and spoke t4l J" - housekeeper and then both w ent • - deft to )4e, toile ed . site way lit'r ..en 1144 41 aatabiehlMlo, o r__ aetlYt;et 9 ." side, they percetveu s le was ItlapePkted men tFa, S packing cord, which was entwine d three neck ; her features were much distorted, and "" every effort to restore animation was used, blhlattil,' she was dead and cold. Th e un h appy fonat' g Mt; married six weeks las t S un d ay, and was 55 Y 9 `" tko husband was at work near Camberwell dur ing d ort s iod They appear to have been perfectly hapPY_at respectable in their line of life, and had each j r- j 1020, 111 1 i of money, which are deposited in the Bank ,° 1 1 .4/ 0 "' grounds are yet ascertained as to what could is the perpretatlon of so horrible a deed. filur Three men who resid e i n the neigh o b° 4 ll ,ll 4 l Crowcombe, were found on Sund a y morning ielel 0 1 0 1 , snow, between that villag e an d pore btitlfrd drinking at th e l a t ter pl ace on Saturday Ing` k ;iley _ temperately or not we are not informed. _lprd children to bewail their lost..._{ Takata,' Con' rig COAL.MARKET, * E t Ships at Market. Ship& sold 31 11 to" • 27* Newcastle . lBl • ,01 Sunderland . . 5 ' low 1 COURSE OF EXCHANGE/ if , I mita dll11l Ditto, at Sight .. Rotterdam Antwerp .1 A , Hainhorgh .............................. 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