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LAW INTELLIGENCE, COURT OF KING'S BENEIT, OCT. 11. London -Idjoyencd .Sittings after Trinity Term, before the Chief Justice anti Special Juries. ROBINSON AND OTHEVS, ASSIGNEES OF PRINCE AND COMPANY, V. FAITH AND OTHERS. This was an action of covenant upon a charter party for the ship Magnet on a voyage front Hon duras to England. The plaintiffs' case was conducted by Mr. GUR NEY and Mr. ABRAW AM ; and the defendants' by Mr. SCARLETT and Mr. CoMYN. The case was this :—The Bankrupts being bro. ers in London, were employed in 1814 by their correspondents at Honduras to charter a vessel trout Pottsmouth to the latter place, to return with a cargo of mahogany. They accordingly entered into a charter party with the defendants for the ship Magnet, with the usual covenants for the performance of the voyage, and the accom plishinent of its objects, The ship arrived at Honduras in ballast, but after she had taken in her cargo, she was found to be unseaworthy, for which teason the Captain and crew refused to sail in her. In the result she was condemned and sold in lots by auction. Under these circum stances the present action was brought on behalf of the bankrupts, to recover the amount of corn mission and brokerage to which they would have been entitled on the sale of the cargo for the ship pers, in the event of its arrival, the breach of co venant relied upon being the unseawor(hiness of the vessel. The single question in the case was, whether in po;nt of fact the ship was seaworthy. -,scveral witnesses were examined on both sides— those for the plaintiffs being persons employed in the survey at Honduras, and those for :he defend persons who had examined the ship before she set out on ts'te voyage, and who proved that she was then sound and tit for the voyage. The case went to the; Jury under the Learned Judge's directions, and they found a verdict for the defendants. There Were no other cases of any public interest tried to-day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. M ANSION-HOUSE. ATTEMPT TO Itoß MR. FoX'S EIOUS I!.—Three men, one of whom was the coachman of .:Ir. Fr;!;, of Bridge-street, Blackfriars, .were yestero s, y ex amined, two of them upon the charge of It.,ing committed a burglary and felony in the h ouse of Mr. Fox, and the coachman on that of basing aid ed and 4 t ,sived in the felony and hurglary. Severd publicans oldie neighbourhood Mated, that they remembered having seen the coachman frequently in their houses, but none of t?tem•cnuld swear that either of the other prisoners accom panied him ; one was of opinion that he had seen till the prisonets in company. Mr. Fox deposed, that lie had received informa tion from a person that it was in the contempla ion of a gang to break into and rob his house. Ile consequently applied for assistance to meet the occasion. William Sellers, assistant watch-house-keeper, of St. Mary-le-Bone, deposed, that on the 27th of September he received information from a man mimed lierhert, that it was the intention of some persons to break into and tob the house of Mr. Fox, and that the thing was to be done through the instrumentality of the coachman. The in telligence stated that Tuesday night was the night appointed, and the witness immediately commu nicated to Mr. Fox what he had heard. The plan was, that one of the gang should be introduced to the hay-loft by the coachman, on the day the family were to go to Peckham, and that at d I at night, he should torn out from his hiding place, and adroit at the coach-house door the accom plices, who were to enter the house either at the kitchen or parlour window. WilFant lierbert, of Pancras-road deposed, that li e w as of no particular trade, hut was acquainted with the prisoners, and another person, who had all laid a plan to rob Mr. Fox's house. The coachman, he said, had proposed the robbery, and expressed a wish for the presence of a spirited fellow who was already in trouble, arid whose ab sence had for some time delayed the enterprise. Several appointments were made tool kept at va rious public-houses upon the subject, and upon one of those occasions an individnal of the gang said it would be necessary to muzzle the servant maids, upon which the coachmati immediately declared that the gills should be murdered before any detection should take place. After the plan had been sufficiently matured it was proposed, that the witness should hide iu the stable, in order to let in the others, and that Ire should have the direction of the proceeding. The witness at first refused to play so prominent a part, and another night passed away without the in tel.ded attempt. Next day, however, the wit ness agreed to take his station in the hay-loft, and all sa.as arranged for tire robbery. The witness was conducted by the coachman to the spot of conceal- Melo , nod covered over wi It hay. Before eleven o'clock, he beau! the voices of two females, silos passed under the loft, and fastened the stable and coach-house doors. One of them, in leis hearing, alluded to an expected robbery in the house, and said, after the doors bad been fastened, that perhaps one of Hinge engaged might be la y ing under the hay. She spoke of this as if sh e was a care that del.ign had been made to counteract the object of the robbers. Soon after 'gibe girls had gone hack to the house, the witness issued tiom his jilted of cooceialment and admired two of the prisoners and another mall. The coach roan was absent with the family. Those who had entered got along the leads, and upon getting into the yard tried the kitchen window, but that be ing fastened, they placed a ladder against the par lour window, which was 14 feet flour the ground, and one of them mounted and opened the win dow, after which he put half his body into the room. The robber then retired, and said to a cotorade—" Light the darky ;" a dark-lan:ern was instantly lighted and banded to the man on r he ladder, and upon holding it inside the window some one within struck at him ; he cried out and opped down. The gang then ran out, and the A witness amongst then►, for he did not know the Officers of Police. Clara Frazer, one of Mr. Fox's servant maids, deposed that she passed through the stable after 10 o'clock on the night of the burglary, accom panied by the other servant girl, Elizabeth Situ ter. They fastened the coach-house door; wit ness had heard that Mr. Wilson had brought in some men to protect the house, which it was ex pected would be attacked by robbers. Her fellow servant said " Good night—pleasant dreams ;" and one said to the other that the hay was rather high, and verimaps one of the men was there; her reason for saying so was, that Mr. Wilson had declared as much. Witness had Hot known at the time that the kitchen window was fastened; it was not to fasten it. • •The Lor.D MAYOR—Did you see any thing partic:dar in the conduct of the coachman at any time ? The witness said, she observed in the morning something very extraordinary in his behaviour, He appeared exceedingly agitated, and complain ed of illness in his inside. She said, she hoped nothing was the matter with his heart, and that if that was well it did not matter about any thing else. He replied, he did not know but it was his hedet, and went in and out frequently during the mottling. Witness soon after went into her mis tress's hed-rooni, and was surprised at being fol lowed by the coachman, who seemed very rest• less ; she told him her master would be angry if he saw him in the bed-room. The coachman then left the room, but followed witness to her own room, and asked her if she intended to sleep there, and whether she and the other girl slept well ? The answer to the last questing was in th e neg a tiv e; up on which the coachman said— " The best way is take laudanntn, that will make yon sleep." He then asked her, whether they would go to bed early that night ? She said, " after ten ;" and he advised that they should go to bed at ten. The coachman was n o t at all in the habit of going into the bed-rooms. The wit ness did not see at any time either of the other prisoners. Elizabeth Stutter confirmed the account of the conversation in the stable.—The prisoners w•er•e fully committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Dr. Paris charged ht. Footman with an assault and riot, under the following circumstances.— The prosecutor was at the London Tavern on Monday, and he desired his carriage to be in readiness at eight o'clock in the evening, at which helm. 'he defendant was not to be found, and Dr. Paris was driven borne without hitst, 11e, how• ever, found his way home between 11 and 12 o'clock, in a drunken state. The prosecutor de ',sired him to go to bed, which he refused to do, and made a blow at his master in the hall. He then ‘'erit below, bidding every one defiance; and it took four w'atchnien an hour to get hint out of the house, as be artned4himself with a pok er and kept them oritetime at bay. The defendant was ordered to fiiNd bail. BO W-STR EET. HORKIBLR CRViLTY•—Three desperate looking fellows, calling themselves Neland, Wigglemore, and Harmer, were brought in by the horse-pa trole, from the neighbourhood of flornsey, charged with stealing pigeons from the dove cote of Mr. Alexander Forsyth, at Muswell-hill. The patrolestated, that for the last six weeks there has scarcely been a night in which some depreda tion has not been committed in that neighbour hood, either among the pigs, the poultry, the sheep, or the pigeons. Several sheep, they said, had been found in the fields, front which a single leg or shoulder bad been cut, or rather torn away, whilst the pour animal was alive ! The prisoners denied all paTticipation in these hor rible cruelties, and said Chet they were going to ‘Vittehmore-hill, to " see for a job," whe❑ they were taken by the patrole. Mr. Forsyth's pigeons, however, having been found npon them, they were fully committed. One of the officers pi oduced a large clasp knife, with the handle Rod bkde co veted with blood, and this knife, ht . said, he found in the pocket of the prisoner Nelainl. Spirited Assertion of National Honour.—Extract of a Letter from Rio de Janeiro, dated 2d July : " It has long► been the custom here, whenever any of the Royal Family are met, either in or out of the tows't►, for every person to bend the knee to them whilst passing ; and should a gentleman be on horseback, he most get off, or in a gig, &e. he must get out, and down on his knee. About a week since, as Commodore Bowles, of his Majes ty's ship Creole, who certainly is no trifling cha racter, was going to St. Christophe, a village where the ILoyal Family have a palace, in cons , pally tvith either Air. Chamberlaio's (the Consul- General) son or nephew, they met the Queen conning to town, and being rather in a hurry did not alight, but passed on, and immediately they were attacked by the Dragoon Guards, pulled off their horses, and very ill treated. Our Commo dore immediately returned, and made a formal communication, through the proper channel, to the Royal ear, to this effect—' That unless an in at ant submission WNS made by the two officers commanding the guard, and such punishment in flicted on them as tire British flag and country required, he should remain) on board his ship %vitt.) his officers; that he should not pay any attentions j or respect to the Portuguese flag ; arid that he should sail in a few days for the river Plata, but would leave an officer with his orders to the above effect ; and on Iris arrival there, dispatch the first ship to England with the account of his treat ment,' Ihis bad the desired effect ; the two offi cers were inumediately taken into custody and sent to gaol, where they remained till yesterday, when under a woad they were fatten to tine Creole's quarter-deck, with the English flag flying over their heads, where the Commodore, Consul-Ge neral, and several Englishmen, bad come on the occasion', and before all the officers and crew (the officers in full uniform) they begged pardon in the most submissive manner for their conduct, and implored the Commodore's intercession for their forgiveness. They were again taken to pri son, but f believe they are to be liberated this day, at the request of the Commodore. You can have no idea of the sentiments of the English in this affair ; all warmly praise Commodore Bowles for him determined conduct ► "—( Plymouth Paper.) RENIIIEWSIIIRE COUNTY MEETING. [From The Glasgow Courier.] A numerous and respectable Meeting► of the Gentlemen of the County of Renfrew was held on Friday, in the County-hall, Paisley ; Colonel Mtnts, Vice-Lieutenant of the County, in the Chair. A letter from the Lord Lieutenant of the Coun ty was read. His Lordship requested the Meet ing to postpone the consideration of the Yeo manry Cavalry question► till his arrival, which he hoped would be in about a fortnight. Mr. MAXWELL, M. P., said, that a number of gentleman had met with him last Friday, to con• sider what would be best to propose at the Meet ing, and they were of opinion that it would be highly proper to finish the Ardrossan Canal. It would employ the idle manufacturers for some years, and would give them dexterity in labourers' work, and make them less dependent on the weaving. They were also of opinion, that it would be eligible to deepen and contract the Clyde, and to cultivate certain waste lands. It was hoped few would obstruct a plan at this time which combined utility with charity; and in requesting the Government to do something for the distressed operatives, it was necessary to point out some work at which they might be usefully employed. Some gentlemen were of opinion it would be a good plan to give up cultivation by horses, and cultivate entirely by the hands. The soil would in this way be much better turned up, and produce more abundant crops. He was sorry to say, that there was a great deal of distress in the country; but the gentlemen, he hoped, would continue to do every thing in their power to al leviate it. In adverting to the political state of the country, lie said it was needless to dispute whether this Administration or that Administra tion is the best, for the Laws and Constitution of the kingdom ought to be maintained by every one. The civil authorities in Paisley had lately been insulted, some property had been destroyed, and rhere could be no doubt hut there was a class of people who wished to acquire property even at the expellee df the lives of their fellow-citizens. When people were in distress, they were easily in hated and led astray; but the best way to pre vent this was to en:leavour, as far as possible, to pr►►vide them with work, in order that they might have food. The Clerk then read a memorial, which stated, that there was too much reason to fear the dis tress was not of a temporary nature ; that the people had borne their privations with exemplary patience; that the Memorialists had done every thing in their power to alleviate the distress; that 800 weavers had lately given in a petition to the Sheriff Court, in which they claimed relief as a legal tight ; but it was not certain bow far the Court could properly decide upon the subject ; if the decision was given in favour of the complain ants, the case would be carried to the Supreme Court ; that when the people were in distress, their minds were more ready to receive that poli tical poison which was so profusely administered; that all the weavers who had been employed by the county were always quiet and peaceable ; and that it would be expedient to endeavour to with draw the people from commerce, and turn them to cultivation. The Memorialists pray Government to grant them a loan, free of interest, of such magnitude as will enable them to expend 20,0001. annually, for 4 years, to complete the Ardrossan-canal, the whole to be paid back in 8 years, and the proprie ' tors to grant security upon their stock and profits; or it this should not meet the approbation of his Majesty's Government, the Memorialists request tt donation of 30,0001. to employ the over grown :population in cultivating waste lands, or in deepening and 'improving the navigation of the Clyde ; and they request a donation for the improvement of new roads and railways, and none to be employed upon it but the distressed ope ratives. They also pray that a Bill may be brought into Parliament, to regulate the time of appren ticeships to the weaving ; and they think that 5 years' apprenticeships will ensure the operatives greater benefits from their skill and labour. They also wish to be informed what assistance Govern ment will give to such people as may be disposed to emigrate to the Cape of Good Hope, or Cana da ; but, so far as their knowledge extends, they see no disposition in the people to emigrate to either place. Mr. CARLILE was very glad to see so much unanimity among the Gentlemen, and he thought that it would be very proper that one or two Gentlemen who were personally known to the Government should present the memorial. A number of qnestions would doubtless be asked, and some verbal discussion would take place ; and if two intelligent Gentlemen were present, it would have a good tft'ect. Provost JANtiEsoN approved of the motion, and said he did not know two Gentlemen better (plan. fled for the important business than Mr. Maxwell and Mr. Campbell, the two Represeotatives. Mr. CANIPM3LL said, it was Out of his power to go to London just now ; but he promised to use his best exertions when he did go. Mr. MAxwatA. said, be would sacrifice every object upon a business of so much importance; and, it the Meeting thought proper, he would go immediately to London. Mr. STEWART NICOLSON proposed that the Memorial be signed and sent off immediately, and he trusted they would have an answer back before the Meeting of Parliament. The Meeting agreed that the Vice-Lientenaßt should sign the Memorial, and transmit it to the Government. Mr. MAXWELL said, he had been talking with a friend upon spade cultivation, and he learned that it produced at least one-third more than cul tivation by,the plough. The horses consumed the very food which human beings are so much in want of; and if Gentlemen would put away their horses, and allow their land to be cultivated by the hand, it would show the people what exertions they were making for their relief, and it would certainly be attended with most beneficial effects at the present time. Mr. HOUSTON said, he knew from experience that spade cultivation produced two bolls an acre more than the plough. He was pursuing that plan, and paying-21-th a fall to the weavers, At that rate some of them could scarcely earn 7( 1 .. day, while Irishmen had offered to do it for 2d• The Meeting agreed to recommend spade col' tivation to their farmers. They then adjourned. A PREACHER.—On Sunday morning last, aboa seven o'clock, while the Rev. Mr. Smith, of Pen' zance, was preaching to a congregation of " c less than from four to five thousand persons (wb ° all paid the utmost attention, and observed due de' corum) in the Broadway, St. Giles's, some coo; stables violently seized the rei n s o f his horse, arl: dragged both horse and chaise wherein he stn""' to the Green-yard, next Sr. Giles-church, refusa ing at the same time to state by what a uthoa rity they did so; on one of the beadles avowing his intention to take Mr. Smith to the watch" house, there was a tumultuous uproar among the people, and many seemed inclined to inflic t summary punishment on the aggressors, until Mr: Manning and Mr. Finegan, two respectable 8 0 active inhabitants, who are well known in O. district, interfered, and by their seasonable and well-directed council, prevented much °lig' chief ; the cry of " Sermon, Sermon" not' withstanding became general, and the above' named Gentlemen having satisfied the Beadle., conducted Mr. Smith to the verge of the parish , at the end of Oxford-street. He there finishe d his discourse, without further interruption; many hundreds of the poor people pressed round his chaise when he was done, desirous to shake hands , and many returned to their homes weeping, from' the effects of the discourse.—(Morning Herald) FATAL ACCIDENT.—An Inquest was held yet' terday before T. H. Gem., Esq. Coroner, at tb° Upholders' Arms, Poland -street, St. James's, 04 the body of Mr. John Davidge, of 25, Poland' street, tailor and draper, a very old and respect' able inhabitant of the parish, who was unfortu' nately killed on Sunday morning last,as he was go' ing to the parish church. A number of witneistl were examined ; the following evidence comprise‘ the main facts of the melancholy accident :-- 0 ! Goring, of Villiers -court, Bond -street, stated Clot he knew the deceased well, being formerly in bi° employ. On Sunday morning last, a bo u t h a lf• past ten o'clock, he saw a horse and chaise going along Piccadilly at a reguiar pace; a Gentictuvi Hod a young female were in the chaise. Tile _ .• horse stumbled, and in recovering its feet, tbc shafts of the chaise were broken and sePs' rated from the axletree. The chaise turned over backwards, the persons were thrown upon tb 4 ground and seriously injured. The horse rat' along Piccadilly with the shafts and harness trail" iug along the ground. The deceased was crop" jog the road to St. James's Church, and persons called to him to avoid the horse ; but, in copse' quence of his looking in a contrary direction, lig did not see his danger. The horse ran again't him, and the splintered car struck him on 1 10 right temple, and laid him prostrate. The boric being entangled in the harness also fell upon the, deceased, and fractured hi s s k u ll. Th e d ecea se' was taken home insensible,where lie soon after es' pired. The horse belonged to Mr. Wm. Stevens , of Piccadilly, and was injured so badly that he is completely ruined. Verdict—" Accidental Death. Deodand, one shilling. LUSLTS NATUR.E.—A production of a mol t curious kind in nature has occurred in Blandford. A few days since, a sow belonging to Mr.Spoonere of the Crown Inn, had a litter of twelve little pigs of the usual shape, and one which very milelt resembles an elephant, particul a rly i n th e heat' (having a complete proboscis, or trunk), ea"' and feet. It has no eyes in the usual part of 0 6 head, but there is something like an eye diately under the proboscis, where the tuoutw should be, and the end of the proboscis resemble; the mouth of a pig. This ex t raor di nar y was born dead, but it is preserved, and may b ° seen at Messrs. Dansey and Baskett's shop, in th e Market-place, Blandford. The twelve little P' are all living. During the serial flight made by Messrs. L" VINGSTON and SADLER, from Liverpool, such vrt 4 the fright experienced by the game on the moors) near Over Damen, over which the balloon pal y ed, that great numbers (supposed to be from ow to IOU) flocked down into the valley, some ell e tering the houses, and others alighting on tb ° roofs, screaming i❑ a loud and terrified manner._ COURSE OF EXCHANGE, TugsnAr, Ocr. 19- Amstettlarn Ditto, at Sight ll 17 Rotterdam l2 1 Antwerp l2 3 lizimburgh 3 3 66 1 4 3 (Y6s vo Altona Paris, 3 Day's sight 25 3o 0 o. ' Ditto floiirdeatix, ditto Frankfort on the Main Madrid Cadiz Rilboa - - ElfectiC .. 3S/ Seville Gibraltar Wireeiona Imgnorn Genoa.. 431 -Venice, Ital. Liv 27 30 Malta .66 -Naples BBl Palermo Lisbo❑ Oporto Rio Janeiro ..... Cork-- 114 per Ceut. BULLION. Portugal Gold, in Coin 1.0 0 40 r tso a Foreign Geld, iu Bats 3 17 10i New Dollars 0 5 0 Silver 'in Bars, Standard . 0 5 2 1 BIRTH. Oa the t Gth instant, at Runcorn, the Lady of Captain Bradshaw, IL N., of a son. MARRIED. J O5 ; On the 19th instant, at Sr. George's, Hanover-squar e ' Marryst, jun., F,sq., of Wimbledon, to Mary, daug"" James Lindsay, Esq., Queen -street, May-fair. WO On Thursday last, at her E l house in Sloane-streets ' Susan St na eward, aged 63. W el On the 22d of August last, at Jamaica, Lieutenant -C° t ot . E. P. Sparrow, in the 35th year of his age, Deputy Adiu General at t hat station. ,t. Yesterday, Mr. Mark Marley, linen•eiraper, Oxfurd-itre ° LONDON: Printed 4,1. B. CARSTAIRS, of -No. 9-9 P GT Ormond-street, Queen-square; and published bY s s ori SCRIPPS, of N o . 7, South 111(4ton-street, at V g , o lel" Office, No. 114, Strand ; where Advertisements, Letters, &e. (poet-Tali) roust be a.direued, .1