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LAW INTELI,I6ENCE. COT;RT OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS, SEPT. 9. 'l'lD)Mig GOODI , :IAN . V. SAMUEL E,ADY. The defendant was : opposed in his liberation, by PoLutcx, 'upon a greAt• variety , of fraudulent acts, nlieged to have'lieen committed by him in his contr:uls with sundry persons, some of whom ):ere not present,-or arOy noticed in his. schedule, tinc!er.the directi, -, ns of the Act of Pailiament.. The defendant complaine , dof ,the hardship,of on this occasion his own former Attorney . oppos,ing bun:, • •/- • The Learned Commissioner, mi... Sctjeant PALimcp, -observed, that the schedule- must be zmiend-ed, and fresh notices served on creditors not thlnlL.ti in the sellpduie. • The other obj,ctions wyre - suspended, until a FOper.Waedule lie fried or given. The : prisoner Was remanded for three weeks. :Mr. Pearce, head-elerk in a public office, was opposed on the - charge of not having renrnedin schindide the amount of the.s - tinis he drew from his' salary, ;since his. confinement, in advance, or the'halani.e retraining doe to-him. Theoprisoner, in explanation, stated, that hav ing- aNrile - and five children, -he wanted common ilpnort for them and - himself, liis salary being moderate. The Learned Serjeant desircB to know 'llow a bead' elvrk in a public-office could .dischargc his duty, - being in prison ; how he could draw in ad vancenpou his salary, Or who could Make the ad vance on the part of Government in stteh a case , The prisoner replied that his friend ivade the advanees for such accommodation on his owitibre dir Merely., the office not being a Government one Being asked if 1k was dismissed from his place? he replied in the negative, he hoped, as he had . no such intimation given to liiM, adding, that the omission in his schedule was only inadvertent, and owing to-his ignorance of the meaning of the Act in this resp€ct. The Learned Serjeant observed, that he was sorry to be forced to do- . here what he must do in every such ease--namely, to order the prisoner to he remanded, although he belieiied him to be an honest man, in difficulties, for 'One week only, on the ground of inconsistency between his first and second statements.—The prisoner was remanded for one week. POLICE INTELLI(iENCE. JOANNA SO UTEICOT rs oppomwrs. Thews; HALL. —A reverend expounder of the new light faith was brought before Mr. CH 4M. tees, charged by Collinbourn and Clark with col lecting together a mob of persons on Sunday last, (letting the time of divine service, in lirestmin ster-road. Collingbourn stated, that the reverend defendant was the declared opponent of die Rev. Mr Tozer, the high-priest of Joanna Southcott, and on Sunday, the 28th of August, had amused himself and edified his hearers, ,by holding forth at very considerable length in opposition to Mr. Tozer, even' at the threshold of Tozer's chapel, and was on that occasion taken into custody, and brought before Mr. CHAMBEkS, as a disturber of the public peace; lie was, however, discharged by :be Magistrate on his promise not to offend again in a similar manner: but notwithstanding' his pro anise thus given, and notwigiStanding his oppo nent had for the present retired from the Contest, are reverend teacher again mounted his rostrum_ in the same spot on Sunday Last, and in no veil,' ktimble tone published to the multitude;who were soon collected around him, the triumph be had obtaihed over his adversary. He was soon in terrupted, however, by the interference of Col lingbourn and Clark, who requested he would desist, and descend from the elevated post, ii , hich he had taken on the' top of an old table. preacher, however, refused to do .so, declaring be %Nis:mid wreak with them in t4spirit and confouvd them; and the Officers finding he would not comply with their recekest, and having more trust in the ,strength of their own arm of flesh than fear of the preacher's spiritual wrest/jeer, seized liiin by the collar • and notwithStanding the 'Talon- •strances of the congregation, bore him off and lodged Lin) .in dura?ieevile till - the following morn ing, when he was again taken before Mr. CHAN 3Ens, in reply to whose remonstrances lie said he was only addressing a prayer to his God, and 'en deavouring to conduct his fellow men into the. sight way.; and if he was not allowed to do this in any manner the spirit pointed out to b;in, he was careless bow the Magistrate disposed of his body. The worthy Magistrate observed he had no wish to interfere with his prayers, which he might offer -.tip in any way he thought proper, so that it did. tot interfere tVith•tbe public peace: but the de fendant must not be allowed.to collect the idle and disorderly by hundreds around him in the streets, .to the great annoyance of his Majesty's peaceable sUbjects; this he had done repeatedly, and to pre .eent him doing so again, he should now hold him 'n custody till he found bail for his future- good conduct: The'reverend gentleman not being pre pared with his sureties -was committed, and still remains in confinement. It appearS from the, in formation of the 011ieers, that the preacher is Well known to them, and during Six days out of the seveM he honestly and industriously employs himseif as a water-carrier and shoe-black in the oeighbourhood of Fitzroy-Square. THEATRICAL 80114, tluttnartALL.---The. celebrated equestrian, Salm 4ers, jun. was brought up upou a Warrant (having disobeyed a summons on a - fortner day); at.the in stance ofi Gentleman, an Underwriter at Lloyd's, to answer the claarg'e of a most violent assault, by which the Complainant was so beaten and bruised as almost to ` . endanger the loss of his eye ,s,ight, with other bodily harm. The prosecutor etated, that being n spe c t ator of the defendant ' s performance o s h the slask rope at Bartholomew on TueSday evening ; had e x p resse d hi s distiprobatio!' of sonic part of it by hissing. Al enzards, at the coricitNion of thte piece, th e d e _ - 1 7 enda61 janiped from the stage,.and abruptly taxed him with the offence, w hich he did not deny, an d he was' immediately assailed by the defendant with t'eiterated blows, which brought him to the ground, and who was seconded by others. In confirma non of this be exhibited biti eye, holind op, anti which• Was dreadfully swelled and ili'scoloure, The defendant alleged in reply, that the prose :cutor had 'continued hissing during the whole per formance, so as not only- to int , . rrupt the enter itainment of the audience, but placing him, de •fendant, in imminent danger Of l;r_eaking his neck. by a fall., lie was extremely exasperated, anti ;asking fOr an explanation, was answered -by the .epithet of "'Bh fellow !" which he .in 4erred was a sufficient licence to him for the vio :lence cornmir - ed, and having sent his, money :taker to him the next day to tender an apology. Alderman FLOW ER reprobated the conduct of the defendant, inasinuch as that the public were . privileged to express disapprobation, if they chose, at any public show. ..He would, bdweve , r, reconi-: mend the parties to settle the matter privately. The prosecutor said he would wave furth6- process, on the defendant consenting to pay lOL for the benefit of the'London Hospital, or other 'charity. The defendant; in'answer, pleaded in ability, upon which it was consented to reduce the forfeit to 51. ; • to this, hoWevcr, he preferred giving bail, which was accordiuglp entered. - DI7EL PREVENTED. TRE.ET:-Ml'. J. Levain, a me dical student, complained at this office, on Thurs day afternoon, that he had received a letter from Mr. Adair, another medical student, challenging him to fight a duel.. In consequenceof this iufor niation a peace warrant was issued, , and ‘T. Foy and Plank apprehended the Defendant. , The let ter containing the challenge was produced before the Magistrate, and it called upon the complain ant to meet the defendant at five o'clock in the morning, in Hyde-park. • The defendant would be prepared with pistols, and the complainant was desired to Itirtish powder and ball, otherwise he would be pasted as a coward. The parties had differed some time, and the defendant. had written the complainant a former letter. He was h«: 1 in sureties to keep the peace, himself in 2001. and his, sureties in, 2001. CURIO;ITS CASE. ilow-STREET.—Last night, two young men, getrteely dressed, of the names of Smith, and Ro billY071 ) were brought before Mr. SKETCHLEY, charged, under the Vagrant Act, with being beg gars. . Mr. SHEERMAN i Solicitor to Mr. Webb, stated, that Mr. W. had lately visited Cheltenham, where he diffused his charity to -many institutions sup ported• by contribution, and also to many poor children in Cheltenham and its environs. When he left Cheltenham, several persons"followed him to London ; and yesterday they had collected, •to . the amount of nearly an' hundred, opposite Rich- . ardson's Hotel in CoVent Garden. An Officer vas procured, who dispersed many of them ; the .pri soners, however, loitered about there forS hours. When Mr. Webb came out of the Hotel, they fol lowed him, and- begged charity ; 'they did not quit him until he was as far as St. James's, Market they then returned, and took their stations'oppo site the lintel, where the Officer took them into custody.—Robinson said he was a Tunbridge ware maker, and bad been four months in town out of employ.. Smith stated, that he lived at Chelten ham, and, had followed 'Mr. Webb to town, in. consequence of his having promised .to do some thing for him. - - Mr. SKETCHLEY repraated their conduct, and told them he-should send them to prison as vaga bonds.. Mr. SI-It/OMAN scat. , that ;.t was not the in tention of Mr.' Webb to prosecute, provided they would cease ,to follow. him, and return to their respective homes, which they promised to do, And were discharged with a suitable adMonition from tl,e worthy Magistrate. Mr. Webb, it appears, is at the expence of fifty shillings a day for. letters of application for charity. .13Ow-STREET.—John Cole was charged tv ith stealing a bundle of clothes and other propertyof John Hay, a sailor. He was committeillor fur ther examination. BATTON-GARDEN..—JaMCS Saunders, of No. 9, Falconberg.jcourt, Crown -street, Soho, appeared to a summons on an information charging him with having, on Monday the 22d' day of August last; sold one-dozen of squibs (for firing) ) for which he received one shilling in payment: The charge being clearly proved, he was fined i,i the penalty of 51. and costs. QuEN'S-SQU' ARE.—Yesterday INWarn Bland ford,- landlord of the Coach and Horses, North street, Westminster, was summoned to this (4ce by the Commissioners for Watching, &c. on .41 charge of having suffered a watchman to tipple at his house, about eleven o'clock, on Saturday night last. • The patrole found the man in the passage of the public-house, and the watchman said that he had taken one pint of porter, and the landlord refused to let him have any more. Bland z fOrd said, - that he conld prove the facts of keeping most regular house, ,and shutting up early ; and that this was the first complaint ever made against him for the four or five years that he had kept the Coach and Horses: The Magistrate (Mr. FIELD : - ING) said, that the charge was founded On 111 C Local Watch Act ) the 14th •Geo. 111. ch. 90. an Act that ought to be more generally known, as publicans might err in ignorance, N - vhich, how ever, would be no excuse; and the fact of the watchman being found in the house, and having taken porter was established, so that be should be compelled to convict_; and however well the land lord might have conducted his house, the Magis= trate bad no power to mitigate the penalty. The penalty for the first offence was twenty shillings; for the second, forty shillings ; and for the third offence, Si. The penalty in this case was twenty shillings. The Rev James Lynn, late Minor Canon of Rochester, has been collated by the Lortllßishop of Carlisle, to the Rectory of Calbec, i❑ CuMberland. The Dean and. Chapter of ROchester have aug mented the stipends of their Minor Canons, .from 121. to 301. per anntun.—Nxford Jour. Sept. 9). About 24,000 hogsheads of pilchards have been taken off the coast of Cornwall, and are in general fine fish. The prospect of a further catch is still . favourable, large quantities having been seen on the 'coast. nr.cov.grty •ov' svEtcrr. Elizabeth Cozens, 'alias Myers, and notorions impostors, were.on•Wednesday. prehended in Twerton porish, where they ,P,cul been imposing on the credulity of the inhabitants., Cozens issued hand-bills; purpOrting " that she was.a Doctress, born deaf and dumb, 'the di , uq.,oll- .ter of Alexander Myers, a very learned and emi nent physician, who was born in Lancashire, and v-.'ter an expensive education at the English Uni versities, travelled into foreign countries for .fur ' ther improvement ; at length settled, and married a wife at New York, North America, where 'the said Mrs. Myers iwas born. The Doctor was uni versally beloved and esteemed fl)r the many sue prising cureshe performed there ; and though this Lady was born deaf an-(1'- - domb, yet sh 9, by Di vine decree, having naturally an' extraordinary genius, her fitther took the utmost care and delight to instruct her, , espccially in the most useful reme dies ; from thence she embarked ,to her parents' native country, wit;i God's blessing, 'to the relief 'and comfort of her fellow-creatures." 'By means of the . above hand-bill, and affecting to be deaf and dumb, together with the assistance of pen rison, who acted as interpreter, she sold tiredi cijnes to a considerable' amount, and would have escaped from the parish with her golden harvest, bad she not been too covetous, and made free with a Lady's purse, in which were two st. notes, and 15s. in silver. They both underwent a long examination on Wednesday, and again yesterday, when they were both committed by G. ROBINSON and T. FARRANT, Esqrs. to Ilchester gaol,.to take their trial at the next 'Assizes for the felony.—• During the examination,. the (leaf and (lamb Lady quickly recovered her speech and hearing ! and many poor deluded young women came to the Magistrates with bottles of medicine, for which they had Paid 10s. Gd., 75., as., andotber sums.— (Bath Paper.) SUPPOSED iUICI DES. At the spread public-house; Mi}Thank, where a 'drag is kept v the 'Humane 'Society, and the other upparmus,for restoring Jife in the case of (frowned ber;ons; a 'very singular but melanOholy combination of circumstances has taken place during the week. ,Two corpses were yesterday lying at the house, both taken. out of the river in the course of the week. ' A Mrs. Tilling, who had kept the'said public-house nearly forty years, and Who, a few years, ago, had given. it Pt p to her niece and her•busbandistill continued to reside in the' house in a private apartment,, and was frequently in, the habit of taking 'a solitary walk on the tank. this Lady was about 69 years of age, and had a small independence of her own. She had never shewn any (4 3 satisfaction with her situation, hitt, on the Contrary; seemed to live comfortably -with her friends. Early Monday, howeVer, a .wa tertnan discovered something floating in the river, nearly opposite the house, and On his 'going out in, his boat, fOund it"to be the body of a Woman floating, with .her face - downwards. The body was brought to the very - house 'of. which 'she wa's an inmate, and was immediately recognized by her friends, who till then had not missed her. The Corobn.'s Inquest sat on Tnesday, and brought iu a verdict—Occidental Death. She was to , be buried yesterday in the afternoon. - Early in the morning of -yesterday, near the same house, a walkitig-stick was observed stuck nnright in the bank, with a hat upon it,' which immediately excited suspicion, as,no person was discovered near the place, that some man must have dro.vned himself near the spot. The drag, was immecflately got out, and the body' of a very well-dressed Man was - found close by the place Where the stick,stood, who appeared not to have been very long in the water. From some papers found on the body, it was discovered that this person belOnged to Pulteney-Street, Golden square,, where inquries were immediately made ; in consequence of which, it was found that the unfortunate man was a• master boot and shoe make( of considerable eminence in that street, and that he has lett a wife and five children to be wail his loss. No cause has been yet assigned for the rash and unfortunate act. CORONER'S 'INQUESTS An Inquest was held yesterday at the Sign of the 'Distillers' Arms,- Great Saffron Hill, before .GEORGE :HODGSON, Esq. on view af the body•of Thomas Quiltan, a labourer, residing in Hatton.- court, whose death was reported to be occasioned by a severe beating, received on Tuesday_.murn. ing from the watchman ; to - ascertain this point a t3urgeon was called, who opened the body, and found the left liing much diseased,. brit not from any recent cause, anti coagulated blood on the right - Side of the abdomen. These symptoms might be produced by a fall or a`bloF, no out ward marks of 'violence appearing on the body.- - lifter examining evidenee, the . Jury retarned 'verdict of-L—Died by the Visitation of God. Another inquest was held, yesterday,•before the same Coroner, at the house of Redmond Bowen, , the sign of the Red Lion, corner of Red Lion.; street, Holborri;on the,bodyof a gentleman, who lodged within a few doors, of the 'name of *Se nior Paddon, who, fell doivn in the street, and expired.—Verdiet, Sadden Death, by the Visita tion of God,' A LANCASHIRE - FAIILY.—JONATHAN A;cirrlf , x-, of Waterhouse; in the parish of Ashton-under- Line, and his nine sons, Were lately engaged by Lieutenant-Colonel SMITH, of the Ashton-under- Line Local Militia; to mow some hay grass. The father led the can, and the sons followed' according to their seniority. When the work was . com pleted, the father and his sons were respectively measured and weighed, and their Ages taken, which were found to be exactly as follows ": yrs - feet. inch, score. • lbs. Jonathan Andrews 56 6 0 10 0 James -- 39 , 6 1 9 ' 12 Samuel ------.. 34 0 3 , . 9 5 Aaron .-------- .33 6 2 • " 9 15 William 31 6 ' 1 ' 9 . 0 John .-w--...-.. 29 '6 1 9 4 Jonah ---......_ o 7 6 9 , 9 10 Jonathan 23 6' 2 9 10 Richard ............_ 19 5 IQ ' 8 0 Matthew ..------ .16 5 10 6 10 ' . : 303 GO 8 90 • t • ' rott °ll. 0;,,, • : s BIGAMY. —lle?rry, ag'ea 29 i tof'' r, From of 1 8 1 l_ i j l c. 1.1 i } 1 ;1 1 : ,t v n i a l t g ." , a 'lc t e e r of 1 ) 1 ac t I' l mat'ried Isabella FleMina the n c h il e s ( i i s h i f r ( ) ; 1 1 1 1 ' s -er , copy of. the marriage reg'i-l',i,110;-: tittalie , was put - in and swori`i-ta , exantined. 'in • suppcht Of the prosdcut-crl.iloh' prisoner being asked what he had to s ' h ' 4 o.l l y, ratite' a long and eurious.delenee• eel stating that: he was-left,to himself 'it 3r,t vife'4 fgey and 'became acquainted with his her father shOrt time previous_ to their ”1.1:1:"•`/Ili'fil latker at the time, ttithuoi‹;cot!' t ( nder sentence of transportation- it ) . I) ,;die cr / .:astle,forlelony, where lie rearaired till coot piration. of his sentence; that 1:') Carlisle, where , . he invited_ the prisoue''lL:eal'' wife, promising to provide for them ; l' 9 l t l ss sj l :l s . ll ' a m r_rived, he was coldly received hY °l ` . 5 ,4 , ho,aectsed him of stealing his claugoiercocir he was sure she would never have '" ))/1.1 :1" / an ill-looking, blind-eyed, round• Si' Pi ta' ahe was I"—that the old man (05314041 wards took his wife from him, and g°' out of his employ; and his wife, throug'' o r suasion of her father, declared she sool;111;„ pretr ises with him ; that she stripped his absence, quitted him, and went on he n . 6 "; cruize of seven months to Dumfries, 'Pict' i.ttirned, and confessed to him that she l'' , l s ' t iot e. , o r living the greater port of that time ag P h r r ' i l lif''„l After b he had taken to her again, her KO' i ticame worse than before she refused tcb'ildre''' thing for hitti, and continually beat tli c , c h ,o: ' he took the last notice of theno, t00n`,..5)e t c `; tired g-him they were none of his ; 51 :f . -ed of his company, a nd would "Hj Lis h----k--7e than his fitcc. [Fs wif e 11 „ g : I s 'and after .ahsence of two s` n -I t r itie "::;; _all returned, and presented him ' o.ld. This trifling errt i so 1) , 9 i76 overloOked ; but still her conduct c•oivif that he could not endure it ; on o'er, turned hint out,of the hOtise and got 3 men to' ill-use 'urging diem to thr) e .‘: io lt l : into tipond ; he had been advised w rut,,clc round her peek and sell her; sured the Court he Could not think of stch thing, as' his conscience would itc),‘. pjl",!'licb hint: i palm so arrant - a -iixen whatever. :The .simple manlier in recited his catalogue of grievances freYl,',llllti!,),-1; cited the risible' faculties of the Dol cil i j • i ce , tory. T, in! 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