The Sun. — London, England, 1823-12-09 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, De:. O. [MORNING PORT.] . 'rench -Papers to the 7th inst. and, the Etoile. of Sunday reached us last night by Express. — Their contents are not without interest. A corn promise seems IQ have taken. place since the re turn of the Duke 'd!Angouleme, between the VitraJtoyalists and the Ministers. The former, who considered themselves insulted- and attacked 'by the removal of the Duke of Belluno from the War; Department, had prevailed upon him to re ject'tkeembassy.to Vienna, and to prefer a pri vate life to.a situation which would keep him at acifSta,nce.froahis,.party. They have afterwards airected', : their: efforts to .a more mighty object, and Atruggled'hard to prevent the appointment of his antagonist, ,Guilleminot, to the post of War Minister, : which they conceived to. be holden IWArtisVby the , .Baron De Damas forhim,,— Circumstanceagave them a great advantage in the struggle : for the determination of the Ministers, after dissolving the .Chamber, to propose Sep tennial Parliaments, could scarcely be carried into effect without..their support. „Hence they . were enabled .to make . terms, and those terms 40pArtrtolutve . .been; . that Guilleminot - should be fleo :An'thassadov to Constantinople. But an 044,,difACUlty'retnairied to be overcome. Gen. GUMOIOI4IOI '-was the acknowledged favourite of theiDti)o d'Angottlerne, and it was thought that •thit . "•llere of France" would never consent to the retisoval . of the man to whose wise arrange -4044 he mttiuly owed the success of big campaign in the,Peninsula.„ The Royal Duke seems, how eyer, to have -proved more tractable than it had 4en:antkipated. Perhaps the coldness of his reception in the capital had inspired him with a hprobler opinion of his achievements in Spain ; or o,e excessive praises of hired panegyrists, compared with the little which he really had an opporinnity to perform, had made him sensible ,that samething like.ridicule would attach to his name - if stood on the greatness of his ser vices. ,However this may be, he has given way ; and Guilleminot is to repair to•Constanti nipple on the condition that Belluno will go to Vienna.' The latter is said to have agreed to this arrangement after receiving a fresh invitation from. the King, and to be already preparing for his departure. The former, who is still iu Spain, waiting to know what his Protector could elfect for him, will probably feel equally disposed to bend to the force of circumstances, and by a little prudent temporizing to secure the continu 'etl.of:hia.future Monarch. [NEW Mt ES.] The chief foreign news received yesterday was that from Lima. The letters from that place come up to the 9.lst of August, and their ,general tenor seems to skew that the Spanish party, under General Conteree, which kept pos session of Lima till the..l6th of July, was in full retreat before the united Colombian and Peru vian army. Very different accounts are given - of' the behaviour of General Camerae, whilst be occupied the town. According to one letter, he seized property to the amount of a million of dollars, of which 100,000 dollars worth was British property. According to another the contributions levied were moderate, and British property was so far respected that there was only a duty of 15 per cent. imposed on it. ft seems, however, that the commercial .prnspects in that quarter were gloomy in the extreme. • Cutir TIMES.] Saturday's French Papers bring two Decrees of Ferdinand; but not a word in either about mercy or justice—about the forgiveness of his Constitutional suhjects, or the recognition of the national debts. One of these decrees authorizes an immediate dissolution of the corps of Royal voliniteers throughout Spain, in the shape of dis charges to those who are " desirous of dis cantittuing 'their services. The second de c.:4e, aftdr a' dismal' preface, lamenting the exhausted' Condition of the treasury, com mands a reduction of salaries to the mini mum on which the public servants can well exist, as tlh only means of re-establishing the finances. Now, as a great proportion of the public functionaries Of Spain have for a long time past gone with only the name of salary—that is to say, have been reduced to the minimum called " nothing," there may be some difficulty in ex tracting any sensible benefit from the proposed economical reform. A medal, it appears, has been struck to commemorate the triumphant entry of the Duke of Angouletne into Paris.— Itis Royal Highness is represented on horse back, with the standard of France—faith fut warriop—citizens of Paris—crowns of bldrer, &c. Could not the artist have found room fora few sacks of Louis d'or in the back ground ? Among the emblems of victory, surely the eauges of it need not have been forgotten. The Court old the Cabinet of France are, it is said, too much' occupied with the rejoicings and the intrigues to which the return of the Duke of Angouleme has given rise, to think of foreign afrairs. According to a saying of Prince Talleyrand, " the violence of the American fever < 4 ha 4 very' much subsided ;" the Mi. Misters think that they wilt have quite eifough to do keep peace in Ferdinand's d'orninions on this side of the Atlantic, without, giving him the additional trouble of governing AMerica. Russia, however, urges France nearly za zealously to undertake un expedition across the Atlantic, as across the Pyrenees. There is yo douht at all entertained at Paris of the mean- Pezzo'S skec h to the King of Spain ;, he hc fl i se lf moos , no attempt to keep the key of the' eriigrnq. 141(1111$11 NIERS.) TWO deereeS mere have been issued by Far: diptgrid of Spain ; they form a public acknow ledgment, i,r the face of all Europe, of the dis tress and destitufion of this despicable tyrant...— 14 e in'fact„ disbands the Royalist Army, and sends (be Faith cut-throats to their old trade ` of banditti, under the mock pretence of consider. ately allowing them to return to their homes.— The decree orders" that the Chiefs of the Roy " alist Corps should forward to their inspectors, " a list of all the corporals, drummers, and soldiers under their' orders, in order that tc when these lists have been forwarded to the " Ministry, absolute discharges may be trans " mitted to those: who wish to return to their 44 homes." This is in fact disbanding the rabble of the Faith, the,advanced guard of the French army when it entered Spain. Ferdinand can not pay them : his treasury is without a ducat ; and the mere guard of halberdiers who now sur round his person are the only troops who will be retained. Such are the present resources of Spain—such the happy state of its people ! The second Decree is a humiliating confession from the tyrant, of utter and abject poverty. — But, in place of attributing the unexampled miseries that now afflict Spain to the execrable government that so long paralysed her best capa bilities, and has now returned, under a foreign power, to'curse and desolate the country again, the perfidious despot imputes " the painful situ ation to which the Spaniards have been reduced" to the democratical faction that governed them. " It calls (he says), particularly for his sovereign 44 attention, and requires his paternal solicitude " to dry their tears and heal their wounds."— Here is a tyrant affecting commiseration for the suf ferers under his rule, and every day adding, by new and more atrocious acts, to the weight of wretchedness and misery that too deeply affect that country. It is clear, however, that things are very far from tranquil in Spain; deadly strife had already begun even in the capital, be ween the French and Spanish soldiers and in habitants ; several have been killed on both sides. Neither the French nor Spanish Papers dare to give any true account of the affair ; but private letters from Madrid, which we have seen, speak of it as most sanguinary and serious. These letters say, that numbers of the French garrison were continually assassinated in the streets at night. [MORNING CH RONI cm] We bad imagin(4l that Mr. Justice Park really postponed the trial at Hertford on account of the prejudice which he supposed to have been excited against the Prisoners in all minds but his own, by statements in the Newspapers, and which preju dice he would himself have shared, had he not re ligiously abstained from reading any of the state ments in question. One of our cotemporaries, how ever (The Times) has endeavoured with great shew of plausibility, to prove that " the real and just cause of the suspension," was ' 6 the novel and lamentable occurrence that gave occasion to the Mandamus," and that the whole of the declara tions of the Learned Judge, belonged to a class of allegations for which there is a well-known term in the law of England.—ln that case we must say, that without reference to the un fortunate catastrophe, the thing wus admirably managed, for from the earnestness of manner, we could have sworn that the Learned Judge spoke from the bottom of his heart. It is asto nishing what perfection in the art long practice gives. Not one approximation to sneer, none of those equivocal tones which, in spite of the po sitiveness of the language, infuse a suspicion into the hearer. What simpletons we Journalists are, with our impulses, our convictions, and all that But habit is a second nature. However, another time we shall not be so credulous. Jeremy Ben tham had, indeed, warned us beforehand, that the difficulty lay in the opposite direction from that which astonishes us; but there is nothing like one's one experience. [MORNING HERALD.] Saturday's Paris Papers were received yester day. The news of the French capital is but an echo, growing now somewhat fainter, of all the 66 pomp and circumstance," fulsome congratula tions, bad witticisms, and worse verses, which have signalized the return of the Duke of Angou lone. The share of the King of France in doing honour to his nephew—the business which he transacts, and the fact of his taking an airing in the suburbs of Paris,—disprove the rumours of the extreme state of bodily infirmity to which he was reported to be reduced. Some para graphs in these papers indicate that the respective partisans of General Guilleminot and Marshal Victor are still engaged in eager contest and in trigue for the supremacy of either of these rivals. The friends of Cuilleminot send Victor as Ambassador to Vienna; and those of the latter send the former in a similar capacity to Constantinople. In the mean time Victor is at Paris, paying his court to the King ; and Guil leminot, notwithstanding his reported return, was still at Madrid, where his presence appears to be far from unnecessary. The latest accounts from Madrid describe that capital as by no means tranquil. A quarrel took place, on the. 30th of November, between some Spanish and French soldiers, in which, one of the former was killed and three wounded. The intervention of the respective officers prevented more serious con sequences. The spirit of the people at Cadiz seems still mere violent and alarming. An Order of the Day has been issued, which proves the deadly hostility entertained against the garrison. it commands the inhabitants not to pass on the same side of the way on which a sentry is posted. This must arise from the fear of assassinatiee —at least, of attack. Indeed, we have heard that, since the occupation of Cediz, a great number of French soldiers have fallen victims to the rage and hatred of the people ' of Cadiz. Yet it is under these circumstances that the French Journals announce—with, , as we think, little appearance of truth—that the French troops are to be withdrawn from Spain in six months. it is true that their remaining is not without embarrassment in' the exhausted state of the Spanish treasury, which is descrihed as utterly unable to afford any thing towards their subsistence ; and whatever may he the new Consitution of the French Chamber of Deputies, it is likely that after having voted 100,000,000' francs for war, a similar vote for (laming the expellees of , peace would he received with , some 111.1furnour. Two Decrees have re(AntlY been issued by King Ferdinand—the one having for its abject a reduction of all sale- ries in the public administration—as some re lief to the Treasury ; the other a Decree of more importance, which, by a sweeping order, dittembodies and discharges all the troops of the Faith; corporals, soldiers, and drummers.- • - The Chief, called the Empecinado, made his sub mission on the terms of capitulation of Badajoz ; but appears, in violation of them, to be detained a prisoner. The physician Castaign, convicted of having poisoned two brothers, his patients and friends, from having an interest in their inherit ance, failed in his appeal to the Court of Cassa tion, and has had the sentence of death executed upon him. lie appears to have persisted in his declaration of innocence to the last. LAST INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Dic. H. Soon after 10 o'clock the LORD CHANCELLOR arrived, but so much afflicted with the gout that it was with much difficulty he walked into his private room, where he was employed until we left the Court in hearing a matter of lunaey, in the pre• sence of the parties interested only. COURT OF !ONO'S BENCH, Ds°. 8. This day the Sittings for London were resumed before the Loan CmEr JUSTICE and Common Juries. THE COMPANY OF TOBACCO-PIPE-MAKERS V. BUR- COYNE. This was an action by the Company of Tobacco-pipe makers, to recover penalties from the defendant, under a bye.. law, made in pursuance of their charter. It appeared that the Company, under a charter granted in the time of George 11., were empowered to make bye-laws, regulating their trade all over the kingdom, subject to the approbation of the Lord Chan cellor, the Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bepch, and the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. They accord ingly made bye-laws, by which all persons carrying on the trade were required to attend the Court on summons, take an oath, and pay 61., and were subject to certain penalties on refusal. The defendant, who had carried on business as a tobacco-pipe-maker in IVindmill-street, Westminster, for nine years, was summoned, but refused to take the oath or pay the tine. A verdict was taken for the plaintiff's for two penalties of 40s. each, subject to the opinion of the Court on a special case, as to the validity of the charter, the obligation of the bye.law, and a question of variance between the bye-law and the record. DIXON v. COLE. This WAS an action by Mr. Dixon, a horse-dealer, to recover the amount of a . bill of . exchange for 2(d. of which he was en dorsee. The defence was usury ; and it was proved that Mr. Peacock, a servant of Mr. Dixon, discounted the bill for Si. and afterwards endorsed it to his master. The bill had been several times renewed, on nearly similar terms. The Loan CuiEr-JusTics left the Jury to decide whether this transaction, unquestionably , usurious, was within the knowledge of Mr. Dixon. The Jury found a verdict for the defendant. RAYMOND v. ARCIIRR. This action was brought by Alr. Itapmond, a tradesman in Stamford, to recover twelve guineas, for a quarter's rent of a shop In that place let by him to the defendant. It appeared that the defendant in March took the shop of the plaintiff for the purpose ofdisplaying his goods for sale at Stain• ford fair, but undman agreement determinable at a month's notice, and payment of arrears. Mr. Archer, however, did not long use the shop, although he gave no notice to quit ; and in April, a dispute having amen as to the terms, he accompanied the plaintiffto Mr. Thom son's office, at Stamford, in order to inspect the agreement. On the paper being produced, he took it, declared it was not what he had signed, tore it in pieces, and threw them on the fire. Mr. Thompson turned him out of his office, and afterwards collected the scattered papers, arrang ed them, and pasted them together. It was proved that the plaintiff did not resume possession of the premises ; but he brought this action for four weeks' rent, which was settled, and now brought this action for subsequent arrears. Mr. PLATT, for the defendant, called witnesses to proye that Mr. Archer sent the key back by the coach ; and argued, that as the plaintiff had nut returned it, his conduct was evi. dence of a waver of the contract for notice. The witnesses did not, however, conclusively establish that the key was re. ceived, and The Lona CHIEF JUSTICE intimated an opinion, that if such proof had been complete, it would not have entitled the defendant to a verdict ; but expressed a hope that some arrange ment would be made to prevent a third action. The Jury found a verdict fur the plaintiff—Damages 121.125.:' COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, rise. 8. TAYLOR. ANT) ANOTHER V. SINGLE. Mr. Barber Beaumont was the actual defendant in this cause and the matter of action wns an alledged injury done to cer tain premises at Mile-end, whereby the reversionary interest of the plaintiffs was prejudiced. The Learned Judge suggested the propriety of referring the case to arbitration, considering the difficulty of establishing satisfactory . evidence in a Court of Law, with respect to sll the the intricacies of local situation. The plaintiff's Solicitor still persisted in his deterthination to proceed ; and the cause was ordered to stand over till to-morrow morning, in consequence of the great number of witnesses that must be examined on both sides. SCHOLEY v. GOODMAN". This case has been before the Court for some time, and the merits of it have recently come before the public. It was an action to recover from the defendant a sum be. 141. and 151. laid out by the plaintiff on account of the defendant's wife. Mr. Sergeant Pr t.r., in opening the case for the plaintiff, said, that in consequence of some differences between Goodman and his wife, they bad agreed to live apart from each other, he agreeing to allow her twelve shillings a week as alimony, and a deed of separation to that effect was drawn up. The plaintiff, who was the wife's father, was appointed trustee. Ile under stood that two modes of defence would be resorted to on the present occasion. The first was to raise a question as to how far a deell of separation between husband and wife was at all binding; and the second was, that the wife had committed adultery, and had therefore forfeited all claims on her husband. With respect to the latter, he apprehended it was no def e nce whatever ; for if a man chose to live separate from his wife, and she ehose to commit adultery, it was no answer to the de mend of a third person who had supported her, unless that third person was aware of the fact of her having so misconducted her self. if, however, the third party was conscious of it, then he could not bring an action to recover on the part of the wife ; for a husband who was justified in turning his wife out of doors, could not a fortiori be called upon to pay for her. But in the present instance it could not be shewn that the adultery had been committed with the knowledge of the plaintiff, and it would be very hard if he was not to be repaid the money ha had ad vanced as trustee under the deed. John Powell examined—Knows the defendant, but not the plaintiff'. Was present when Mr. Bezant, an attorney, called on the defendant for money. Mr. Bezant said he was employ ed to recover it; the amount was between 101. and 121. The application was made on the fith September, 1822. The attor ney advised Goodman to pay the money and avoid a law-suit; but he answered that sooner than pay another farthing, he and his children would go to the workhouse. By the CounT—Mr. Bezant applied tar the money as - being due on account of Goodman's wife. Goodman admitted hay ing.already paid 101. 13) , 111r. &tient PELL—The reason Goodman gave for not: paying the money was, that his wife was living in adultery with another man. Cross-examined—Goodman admitted having paid IW., but refused to pay any wore, u his wife was living with anoth er . man. I don't know that the name of the adulterer is Pitt. I .never saw the man-in my life. The deed of separation between Goodman and his wtfe was here _read. _ _ iottliBtringfield, the uncle of Goodman's wife, .stated that Goodman t►me to him in June, 1822, .and asked his advice' eespecting the stipulated payment to his wife. 11e wished to. know whether he should continue paying or not, as her father: .atulµ►rne person with hint had been applying to him. Witness .advised him by all WAILS to pay the moneyond avoid trouble. Goodman aid It-would be better to do so, and that he would' send it by the boy. lie afterwards said he would bring W Cross-examined.—Witriess was appointed to receive the mow. 4 person named Smedley had received it previously. This was the case on the pa r t of the plaintiff. Mr. Serjeant , VAICCItiaN, as Counsel on the other side, asked if the Court would deckle the case on the deed of sepa. ration ? Mr. Justice Ilunitounti said he should have no hesitation to do so, as he considered it a valid instrument. Mr. Serjeant %TAW:IO*N then addressed the Jury fo r t h e defendant. flc considered the question as to whether such instruments were valid, a most important one, us itinvolved considerations of the greatest.moment with regard to the D ubu c at large. His client was a very poor man, and not able to carry his case up to the Route of Lords; but the opini on of the Learned Judges *maid be taken on' the points, and it liar to be. hoped the result would be hit favour. The Leurnea Serjeant then submitted, that there was a solid bar to this action, in the fact of adultery on the part of the wife. Nothing could be more cruel than that a husband should continue mak ing a weekly allowance to a wife who was living in open adul tery, and might foist a spurious offspring upon hint. It ap reared, that after the first separation several temporary recon ciliationatook place between the parties, and that circumstance alone was quite sufficient to render the deed of separation null and void. Mr. Justice BUR4OUGH—I think that adultery cannot be pleaded in defence to this action. Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN—Very well, my Lord, I must submit. Mr. Serjeant PEEL—Very well; the defence to the ,action falls to the ground. After some other observations between the Counsel on both sides, the Court allowed evidence to be adduced of the reconci liation between the parties, to see. how far it went to nullify the previous deed of separation. Elizabeth Goodman, the daughter of the defendant, stated, after the separation, her mother came to the house the night after Twelfth NiBht, in January 1822. It was in the evening, about half-past six o'clock ;it was before the su pp er hour, and witness's mother laid the cloth, and sa t ' at t h e table. Wit ness's father was at home at the time. 'Witness's father and mother appeared very " comfortable" together. They slept together that night, but her mother went away next morning. She came again on the Saturday night, and went away on the Sunday morning. She also came again the Saturday follow. ing, and staid till Monday, and then went away as before. She came repeatedly afterwards. James Goodman, the nephew of the defendant corroborated the testimony of the last witness, as did also another witn ess , who stated that on the first night the wife came to the house, he saw the panics shake hands together ; upon which the witness said, " I am glad to seeyou .so comfortable once more, and we'll now drink success to the second wedding."—(A. laugh.) Mr. Serjeant PELL replied, and maintained that the evi dence of the witness Stringfield was conclusive on the point, as it showed that Goodman had acknowledged his liability under the deed of separation. Mr: Justice BURHOUGH summed up the evidence, and the Jury, under the direction of the Learned Judge found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 10/. • LEVI v. EDWARDS. Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN stated this was an action to recover compensation in damages for a wanton and unprovoked as sault, comntitted by the defendant on the plaintiff on the 25th August, 1822. The plaintiff was a respectable man attached to the Neapolitan legation, and the defendant was a paper. monger, and also a constable, belonging to the parish of Virliftechapel. On the day in question, which was Sunday, the plaintiff was walking with a friend across Stepney Fields when they observed a squabble between two boys.. The de fendant rushed in and seized one of them, placing a pair of handcuffs on him at the same time. The plaintiff seeing this, remonstrated in civil terms with the defendant on the se-, verity as well as illegality of such treatment ; but the other became outrageously Indignant at his interference imme diately collared hi m , and - having struck him with a cane, marched him along like a common thief to the watch. house, followed by an immense mob. He was next day brought to the police-office,' but the Magistrate considered the charge to be altogether without foundation.—The Learned Serjeant submitted, that if the defendant had in reality any ' authority as a police officer, he ought to exercise it in a much less violent way, and not offer injurtes and insults to respectable people, who knew how to conduct themselves. George Dennis examined.-1 am an attorney of the Court of King's Bench. The present transaction occurred on Sunday, August 25,1822. It occurred in Stepney-Fields. I was going across the Fields at the time. There was a crowd of boys col. lected. I saw some persons whom I took to be officers. I saw the defendant with a boy in custody. I saw Mr. Levi walking with a friend. I saw him leave his friend and walk up to the officer. The boy was handcuffed. Levi said to Ldwards, " you have no right to handcuff the boy, Edwards." He spoke In a very mild manner. Edwards then turned round, seized the plaintiff, and said, " you shall go to the watch house too." I saw Edwards take up his stick, and place him self in a striking attitude. Edwards wanted to take me to the watch-house also, but did not strike me. Cross-examined.--I live at No. 4, Brighton-place, Hackney road, and am an attorney, but not engaged in this cause. I saw no provocation that could justify the conduct of the defend. ant. There might be 200 persons in the field-at the time. I heard no noise, and saw no fighting. Re-examined.--The bay, who was handcuffed, appeared about fourteen years of age. William Kell stated, that lie was present on the day in question. There were some boys fighting before Mr. Levi came up. The officer twilled in upon the boys and hand cuffed ono of them. The plaintiff then said, " Edwards,, you know me, and you have no business to go beyond your duty , in handcuffing the boy." The defendant upon thisiaid, " Ili by the collar, I have l) d d ra you g g u e p d felon. The defendant raised up his cane, and Levi put up his t i t irni " to an th d e irn w a' atct ia h t o e u ly se : l a es s ed if il l i i m e was a common arm to defend himself, and the cane dropped in the mean time. Cross-examined.--Witness considered the defendant to have been an officer from the authority , with which he acted ; was quite sure that Levi never held the coy of any of the boys who were fighting. Witness is a retired licensed victualler, living on his property. James Pawsey, a stock-broker, corroborated the evidence of the last witness, and stated in addition that he saw the defend. ant strike the plaintiff twice on the arm, and that the cane fell out of the defendant's hand with the force of the blow. The plaintiffgave no provocation to Edivards. Mr. Levi is a Navy Agent, and a respectable person. Another witness gave evidence to the same effect. Alexander Levi, the brother of the plaintiff, was next called, and stated that the charge m a d e aga i nst t h e plaintiff by the de fendant, appeared so groundless to the Magistrate that he re fused to entertain it. Mr. Serjeant PELL, for the defendant, first took a legal ob jection to the serving of the writ as irregular, and then said that the next point for th e C ourt to consider was; whether such an assemblage as that represented in the evidence, was , not con trary to the Act for preventing Disorderly Meetings on Sundays, during the hours of Divine Service. Mr. Justice Buntouan 'said it did not appear that the plaintiff had taken any part in the disorderly proceedings. Mr. Serjeant PELL submitted that he had interfered with the defendant in the discharge of his duty. Mr. Justice Buanouctu observed that no evidence had been adduced to show that the plaintiffbad acted in a riotous manner. Mr. Se!jeant PELL then addressed the Jury, and said he should-bring evidence to chew that the plaintiff had taken an active part in the disorderly conduct of the boys. Thomas Weston, Headborough of Whitechapel parish, stated that he saw a crowd of - persons in Stepney-fields, on the day in question, and that he •liesiteted to go among them, they being so numerous. However, witness and Edwards milled in among them. Witness pursued one of the boys several yards, and took him amidst great shouting and confusion.-- The boy was stripped, and all over blood and dirt. Levi tame up, and hustled against witneas, saying " Let the boy go ; the oilier boy is let off' by Edwards." Levi was in the ring among the boys, and witness was surprised to see so respect able a looking man there. The boy was notrhandeuffed at first; and when witness saw Edwards, he told him that a person, whom he afterwards understood to be Levi, wanted .to rescue the boy from him. Witness and Edwards were then going to hand Cuff the ahoy, but Levi rushed in to prevent them, and took a stick by force out of Edward's hand. Levi 'still stood in the way, and would not leave it till at last he was tAken to. the watch-house. The boy was locked up-at the wateh-hquae, and Levi's brother forced his ,way in, threatening an action, and saying he was an attorney. Witness answered—, " I want no Jew attorney." Cross-examined—Levi insulted witness as well &ibis brother officers, and the charge was given at the watch-house to that' effect.. Witness was ordered out of the room during theexa ruination before the Magistrates, and was never called h after. wards. Joseph Crabtree deposed to the same effect as the last witness. John Wells, a bricklayer, living at Mile End, represented the plaintiff as having taken an active part in the fight be tween the boys, calling. out to have a ring made,, and holding the coat of one of 'them. Witness heard the constable, Ed wards; remonstrate with th e plaintiff' on the i m p ropr i ety of his conduct. gtrieant of lengt h, the .fury Cross-examined—Wit ness was once a constable. but is not :sioi n i a r l . V 's er j eant VAIIGRAN replied now in that situation. Has worked with Edwards occa- Mr. Justiee B u *no u C at ano which-- afle to the merits of the evidence. H called the tte Verdict for the plaintilf—Darnages, 40s. PREROGATIVE COURT, DEC. 8. In this Court only one cause Am heard today; that of "Sells, by:their guardian, against Sells; the particularsof which will be reported when the argument shall be completed. DEmPsTlitt, the trum who swallowed the knife, is better than he was last week : he does not such paia.--(Carlisle Patriot.) LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The pi ice of 16e 41b. Lnaf is stated at 9d. by the fult.prised bakers. There are others of the trade who sell how penny to three halfpence below that rate. IMPORTATIONS OF GIiAIN LAST WEEE.• English. It isb•-• FormaWheat - ..--, Barley - ....... Malt Rye s - ---- • ....... Beans . 443 ---.....--- Peas Tares - --"' Rapeseed . ----. —.... Mustard Seeds 209 Flour Blank - --"" ,_ Linseed — .•--_ SEEDS, Dec. a. Old Engjish Clover, 511 s 546 75 s—fine, —s—new , 6 e57 1 1 1141 Ditto (Freign) 345 4es 72s—fine, 60.745 78s new,76 1 1 0 Whiteditto 62s 38s 72s—fine, 801 905 90 Trefoil .. per cwt.. 16s 43s —s—new 10$ 166 441 per cat. Ribgrass ... 2Bs 346—new, 40$ 426 Carraway Seeds Coriander do 16514 s—fine, 136 Tares per bushel.. St. Foin 3os to 33s—fine —r per qt. Rye-Grass... .. 16s to 44s—fine, 30s 33s — O l P. lO4lF ' Canary per qr 46; 606 to Us Od peril'', White Mustard Seed lOs to 10s6d Brown ditto 96 les 14s Od Winter Tares —s to —6 oil —s per qr. Rape Seed .. l6l lus—ncw, 251 461 Os per 1.1 1 /t.: New Turnip Seeds lOl to 155 Od pr. bush. Linseed —s—fine, —s .-4 par ti„, Nt.II:IIATE AND LEADENHALI. AlAtthlsTs, Dec; l' By the Carcase. Beef 46 Oil to 3s Od I Veal 4 * 83 to 41 If Mutton ..... is 4d to 3s 4d I Pork 46 4d to 41 lle Lausb, Os Od to 06 Od. _...... .-- ST. J AMES'sliitym I 0. Hay 31 b e Od to 51 15s ad Clorcr, 41 Os Od to 6105 O d New Hay of u s O d t o of Os Od Straw li 101 6d to el et Oil SMITHFIELD. Old Hay ... 41 104 t/d to 51 Os Od--Average, v 41 1 55 n a, Straw Clover II 16s Od to 41 Os Od--Average, II 100 Cd 51 101 Od to 61 Os 00---Average, SI 155 WI - 11'1E1' EIA PEI.. Od Hay 1 1 4. o3 od od to to sl ol lo o e s Od d --__te e r r n as gr e: 4 0 i , 1 4 1: to: New ditto O4 Straw - Od C10ver...." 41 8s ad to 61 ios od-AveraKey Si fvl Nitta. 1J!• HOPS. per Cwt., Dec. 8. Gnowrss, 1883. Kent Pockets 91 os to lot 10s to 1310 1 East Kent, Canterbury 131 18s to 1810 s Sussex Pockets 81 es to 91 9s to 10101 Essex Pockets 91 os to 101 ;us to ►4l 0 1 Farnha►u, fine, 161 161 to tot Os—Second, 111 0, to 161 Kent Bugs, 81 8s to 101 101 to 141 Sussex Bags, 71 7s to 81 8s to 101 lOs Essex Bags, 81 as to 91 156 to tot los - ~...orup.... UAW tituBs. Best Heifers & Steers, per st. Ordinary .... is ed to it L a Ss 241 to Ss 41: Market Calf .. each.. st O d Middlings 4s 10d to ss rid Lambs.... Os O s l tabs " SHEEP SKINS. Polled Downs .1 Lambs Os od t —po 0"- PRICE OF LEATHER. Butts, 50 to 581bs each per lb 24d t• 1 Ditto, Sti to 661bs each Dressing Hides lBd to in Coach Hides Crop Hides, 35 to 401 ha for cutting 194 t° 2° Ditto .... 45 to .501bs Calf Skins.. St; to 401bs Ditto 50 to 70Ibs Q 3d to lid Ditto 7O to bulbs sad to 18d t° t l e i w " Small Seals (Greenland) Bd Large ditto Tf6ll to 17 anned Horse Hides Spanish Hors e Hides 14. .--..;....01•••••••••• PRICES OF TALLOW, AO, Town 'Follow 41s Od —a Od YelloW limpet& as* ad nd White ditto .. —* od —;* th! Soap ditto.... Stis Od Od Melting Stuff 32s Oil —s od Ditto Rough.. 2ls Od Od PRICE OF CANDLES, FRW Price of Candles, per dozer ed per dozen allowr .. b. ... ... ... • .. . . .... .. ................ m TALLOW CUANDLXO it, Bs fid —Moulds, tos od. rd fur ready monql---_. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per St one o f glh.--D"' 6 ', d Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Menus), COUNTRY GUILDFORD MA Wheat per I. 1110 s to 141 lOs Old ‘l'lleat 1310 s to 171 10s Oats, per qr 11 Os to II tOs Old ditto .. 01 Os to 01 os MARKET. RICE?, Dec. G. Barley. 1141 to 119. r eans, per qr. 11 141 to go perqr. 11 Hs too Igo Rye, per qr 11 its COAL MARKET, Dec. S. Ships at Market. Shinn sold. Price. . co Oi 104* Newcastle q co 17 Sunderland SMOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Saturday night, a s Mrs. KEMPTON , of Holloway-lane, Shored ito/ the wife of a sawyer, the mother of five Whirl' and far advanced in pregnancy, was Ping, II quest of her husb an d f rom Ch ar l es -street, ha' ton-garden, where she expected to meet him, to the Crown publi c -h ouse , Islington-road, whe re s was directed, on going through Middleton-stree: Saint John's-street road, where there are ion new houses building, it is alleged that she be ; came a little fatigued, and leaned a ost for piece of timber that had been laid woo, protection, when, it is th oug ht, it gave "'l'd, which she was p rec i p i tate d i n t o the area, iloia melancholy to relate, l os t h e r life. It ii ,;; s t• by , shortly after the watchman came to her i n „ ance, and conveyed h er t o Clerkenwell ' t o r n, house, where, after exp er i e ncing every atto".red and what m e di ca l s kill cou ld d ev i se , she egP i in half an hour after, the r e An order has b een rece i ve d, directing r , moval of Captain LITTLE, to WWII ) for the s i r oi. pose of takin g hi s t r i a l at t h e Ad m iralty S' es vi iifut which comm e nc e on the 19th inst. for t he . t he murder of John Mason, on the high 09 : 1 1 , 1 11 ,41 1 ' Maid; in the mouth of October last.- - (" 1 " vertiser,) —.......... ------ ...........--__ BIRTIIS. oti'l 0( ► On the Gth inst., the Lady of Tannauti , Henry - , daughter. r Dow ,A 0 oi On Sunday, the 7th inst., hfra. John Al L id c hi ld ' 1 , 4 'place, in the Hackney-road, of a daughter-- 11 err i L e ..1414 ° On Sunday mo rn ing, Airs. E. A. Wilde, ""-* ,SO/1. the 6th inst., isir. i li t u ß z ß we lE H, D o . f I,ondori, i fou O rt n hdaughte ' r of Alt. Wm. Barber, of l'o rk '-' , ° '.4llll.:4'rijeelll: ..------ I , On the oth inst., at Nt. Mar 's Islington, JOie;teroce" Er+, of fled Lion-square, 0 Mis s Munro, of P alive , m es Islington. _, /Or , o°l 0 On Saturday, the Pith inst. at Lewisham, Kest► i r , JO Heath, of Blackheath, to Sarah, eldest Ibilghter 01 ' l idding , of Cornhili. DIED. ,ed 6 1 %, Yesterday, at Blackheath Mr. Peter Young , i t'dolghw" On the sth inst., aged 13' Elisabeth Anii• Mr. Edward Gedge, lower'Thanies-stre et. the 014 On the 7th inst., at I3oreham, EAsex , Reb° L aded 67 1 John Mellersh, Esq;, late of Sha!ford, SurreL,," .510. Ha • On the 17th ult., at Warren-house Siann; i ty of m . relict of Joseph King, Esq., late of Tapia" , 4 . ) Ingham. • P7ii — tertand fur the Pno rsO i'"' ut s, at "11 °MCI, St.nuld, by J. Li, (1,14';"'