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TIIE LONDON JOURNALS. EXTRACTS FROM THE I) f.Y MORNING PAPERS, July 5, 1822. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] There have been serious internal bickerings re lating to his Majesty's tour to the Continent. — It will be recollected, that during the King's re sidence in Germany last year, especially whilst he remained at Hanover, he was much indisposed, and thereby unable to mingle in the " sports and pastimes" of his loving subjects. His- Majesty's indisposition was said to be so-severe, that a guard was stationed in- the Park•of the Palace, to pre vent the abrupt appfoach' of the populace. This was a sad disappointment to the loyal and plileg matic. Hanoverian! ; 'but, .to repair the wound in flicted upon their feelings, his Majesty gracious ly pledged himself to return thither this season, and also to continue the route, as originally and exclusively stated in this . Paper.' A promise had likewise been exacted by Louis XVIII. that Paris should be visited on the Monarch's return to Eng land, from Vienna. The Elysee Bourbon,.first de corated by the tasteful fancy of Napoleon for the occasional residence of 'Maria Louisa, and since the residence of the Duke and Duchess of Berry, was most _sumptuously re-embellished for the abode of the Royal Guest and suite. To give commensurate splendour to this exhibition, an order was issued by the proper authorities here, to Messrs. Cooke and Co. to build three royal carriages for the occasion, and we believe they now remain in their worki'liop in an unfinished state. Government having • been pushed so hard by Parliament on the subject- of retrenchment, -is, we learn, the cause why Ministers. have protested against famishing the Wags' and Means to enable the Continental tour to be proceeded 'in. It would be - curious to see the very interesting corre spondence which took .place between the " High Contracting Parties;" and' the concessions made' by • Ministers on other most important points, which prevailed in the highest quarter, and induced Lis Majesty to give up the plan. . Ministers then suggested the policy of a journey to Edinburgh, and with unusual haste and .precipitancy, even before consent had fairly been . given to their entreaty, by 'the party most- interested, they dispatched 'messengers -in all directions to the North to prepare for the Royal reception, which orders were as speedily recalled. Thus the Continental tour,' and the journey to -Edin burgh, all the authentic :particulars of which, with their variations and changes, we were the first to give to the public, have at last dwindled down to an aquatic excursion to Portsmouth, round the Isle of Wight, and perchance a peep into the Bay at 'Weymouth, from thence . back again to the coast of Sussex, and with the ex-' ception of an occasional visit to the Cottage in Windsor Park, a return towards the close of au tuirin with the favoured coterie to enjoy the se cluded musieal batiquets at Bright On. The: in tended- fetes at the Pavilion are likely enough to be honoured with the presence of the King of Wurtemburg. - [MORNING POST.] The House of Commons was occupied last night in discussing a motion of Mr. Brougham's, for a Committee to inquire into the claims of certain Bankers at Calcutta upon the East India Company. To the public at large the subject was of no im portance, whatever interest it might have for the parties immediately concerned. We shall, there fore; content ourselves with observing • that Mr. Brougham, in his reply; gave his friend, Mr. Hume, a very dreadful scourging, whit!), though particularly pointing to the case immediately be for4 the House, was expressed in a• happy gene rality of terms that rendered it applicable to the whole public conduct of the lion. Member for Aberdeen. This appears to us " the unkindest cut of all," for it was giving the Ministerial side a - Very candid exposition of the contempt in which the front Whigs hold those talkative politicians of the third class who now con stiMe' so much of the time and patience of Parliament to no purpose: " - He who knows theM most can paint them best," and accord ingly—Mr: Brougham furnished a very pic turesque description of Mr. Hume " devouring documents with insatiable avidity," and wallow ing in all the luxuries of abuse—" not this side of the Cape, upon his honour." . Such a circumstance affords one. -a tolerable insight into the political jealousies which have destroyed any thing like union of principle or object among that hetero geneous jumble called the Opposition. They envy and distrust each other, and the public most justly despise and distrust them as a party. The Committee in this instance was 'obtained on a divi"- sion, the numbers being 82 for, and 39 against it. After the Committee was nominated, Mr. Coul lnrn moved the Order of the Day for the second re s iding of the Irish Insurrection Act. From the lateness of the hour at Which this subject came before the liodse'a mutual understanding took place that the Bill` should pass through the pre sent stage without discussion, its committal being made the first order of the day on Monday, that the question•should then be fully debated. The' other orders of the day were next disposed of,, after which the House adjourned. [BRITISH PRESS.] The House of Cornmons was delayed to'a late hour lasuniglit by the question of referring the claims of the Calcutta Bankers to , a Committee, Which qaeStiOn . was } carried,. and a Committee, comprising the chief of the active Members on both sides, was appointed.. This occupied so much time, that on Mr. Goulburn moving the order.of the day for the second reading of the Bill for the renewal of the Insurrection Net in Ireland, Sir Robert Wilson said,.that he hoped Ministers Would consent to postpone the debate to the next stage—that of the ' Speaker quitting the Chair forthe House to-go into a Committee. This was conceded, and the was finally read a second time,. the debate being.fixed for Monday. 'This is but •a brief respite to be Sure—happy would it be 'if the interval could furnish some more consoling measure ot policy for a country distracted with indescribable calamities, than one which only goes to add to their burdens,. and aggravate a system or coercion already in-1 sufferable. It is well known that in some parts of Ireland the Magistrates have prayed that their districts might not be cursed with Mr. Peel's Peace Preservation Bill. This was before the desolation of famine was so conspicuous as it is at present,and when no account had been received of whole parishes receiving Extreme . Unction in expectation of inevitable death by starva tion. What is the Insurrection Act but an ex tension of the Peace Preservation Act, the tran quillizing spirit of which was so much dreaded by some of the more considerate Magistrates ? Is this a remedy for the sufferings of a people who are described to be perishing in scores—black in the face, and suffocated with the agonies of un appeasable hunger ? Is this the only example Ire land is to have to distinguish the wisdom and vigour of the present Government from its pre decessors ? Which of you," says the Apostle, " if your children should ask you for bread, would give them a stone ? or if for a fish, would give them a serpent ?" Little was it ever thought that the literal sense of metaphor could ever be brought so near to a dread reality. NEW TIMES.] The Morning Chronicle is unwilling entirely to give up its protege, the Author of the Church robbery scheme. " The writer," says that erudite Journal, " has the merit allaying brought legreat deal of most useful matter within a very narrow compass, by means of excellently constructed tables."—" The enemies of truth may attach mighty importance to the real or pretended dis covery of inaccuracies in such a-work."—Oho! then, there are inaccuracies, are there, in this work of " prodigious knowledge and re search ?" Rather strange, this! And a man must be a great enemy of truth, not to suffer-inaccu racies to pass current for sound information !--; But let us take another look at the " excellently constructed tables ;" and observe, the question between our cotemporary and us is now somewhat narrowed. He admits that the man of research is not quite infallible ; aliquando dormitat orne rus. are inaccuracies ;, but they are trifling ! Well, we are willing to meet our brother Journalist on this ground ; and we hope that in return he will have no objection to favour us with plain answers to a few simple questions. 1. Does nc' the man of " prodigious knowledge" assert, in page .50 of his invaluable production, that " according to the last Diocesan returns to Parliament, there were 2533 Churches and Chapels of the Church of England ?" 2. Was there ever a Diocesan returned to Parliament, since Dioceses and Parliaments have existed, that said any such thing, or any thing in the least degree like it? 3. Were not the last Diocesan returns on this subject, those which were laid before Parliament in 1818 ? 4. Is there not at the cnd of those Returns (p. , 215) an Ab stract of the Benefices in each Diocese, and also of the number of Churches and Chapels ; and does not that Abstract state the number of Churches of the Establishment in the 26 Dioceses of England and Wales to be 10,192 ; and the number of Chapels of the Establishment to be 1,551; making for the " tottle the hoole" 11,743 ? 5. Does our worthy Cotemporary call the difference between 2,533 and 11,743 a trifling inaccuracy ? 6. What is the worth of that " prodigious knowledge" which leads men into such trifling inaccuracies as this ? [TII E TIMES.] It will be recollected, when the inhabitants of the lonian Islands discovered a natural sympathy with their brethren engaged on the neighbouring coast in a struggle for existence with their ty rannical rulers, that Sir Thomas Maitland re solved, if he could not extinguish all such offensive feelings, at least to punish every act resulting from them by means familiar, and not often dis agreeable, to the agents of despotic power. The plea resorted to by his Excellency on that occa sion, was the necessity of maintaining inviolate the neutral character of Great Britain and her . lonian dependencies, as between the belligerent powers of Greece and Turkey. No assistance was to be given (nominally) to either, that is to say, none (in reality) to the Greeks—no arms, no provisions, no recruits—on pain of the most grievous punishments ; among which was that of confiscation of property, and banishment for ever from their native country, in the case of such in habitants of the lonian Isles as should dare to visit the adjacent shore of Greece for the sake of assisting their countrymen. So much for the neutral ordinances of the Lord High Commis sioner. Now, a word or two touching the true intent and meaning of these ordinances. Infor , 'nation has arrived in London, that a vessel called the ilialvina, with a cargo of t provisions, sailed from. Zante, one of our lonian, and there fore neutral harbours, under the immediate eye and sway of the Lord High Commissioner, direct for Patras, the well-known Turkish fortress on the Gulf of Lepanto, and there delivered her cargo to the Paella, who paid for it by bills on Constantinople. Now, the town of Patras had been destroyed by the said Pacha, who retired with his garrison into the citadel, where he was, at the time of the arrival of this cargo, if not actively besieged, blockaded on the land side by the Greek patriots of the Morea. But the cargo of provisions, under the circumstances of this contest, the object of the Greeks being to starve out their enemy, was in every view of the subject contraband of war. A cargo of arms or ammunition might, with as much regard to the observance of neutrality, have been sent to the Turkish Pacha, as this one of provisions. And what did the Lord High Commissioner on this occasion? Did he attempt to embargo the vessel ere she sailed ? Did he affect to condemn the transaction when completed ?--- Did l►e issue another ordinance, enforcing neutrality, or threatening the violators of his own law with criminal prosecution or confis cation of goods ? No ; not a word of all this.— It is even said—but we hesitate s till further evidence, to credit it—that a British Consul was part owner of this unlawful equipment, and had availed himself of his official cha racter to bear the vessel unmolested through the armaments of the Greeks ! If this be neutrality—if this be the principle of our foreign policy—and such the distribution of its patron age by our foreign deparisnent, there is little dif ficulty in explaining the soreness often. manifest-- ed when offfcial hattretions happen fo be called for—whbn venality Is complained of in the ap pointment to certain offices—and when influence generally is menaced with any sensible diminu tion. [MORNING HERALD.. If we have for some time abstained from call ing the attention of our readers to the dreadful state of the suffering provinces of Ireland, it was not because we felt slightly upon the subject.— There are evils sa appalling to the imagination, so afflicting to the heart,. that it is impossible to speak of them. Where is the language. to be found that can place before the eye a mother stretched on the clay floor of her cabin, her six or eight children dead or dying around her, her husband's tears and her own dried up from excess of woe, and waiting for the hour that will extin guish life as the surest means of relief If any such family as this were discovered in this coml. try, it would come home to our feelings, and the charity of the people would be up in arms, as it were, to vindicate. their community from the im putation of such a scene. But what shall we say, when not only one family—not only ten or twenty, but hundreds of such families are at this moment, whilst we are writing, perishing in the southern and western parts of Ireland ! The supply which has been sent from England is, as yet, utterly inadequate even to check the pro ' gress of the famine. The cresses, nettles, and wild herbs of the fields, are all exhausted.— Fever, dysentery, and swellings of the most vio lent character, contend with Famine for her victims; but we must desist—we have not power to pursue the description. It makes the heart sicken.—Government ought no longer to talk of the maxims of ,political economy. It is dan gerous, say Ministers, to habituate the people to look to any other source than their own industry for their support. So doubtless it is; but while we are reasoning upon maxims, the' people are perishing on the land. This is a case pnprecedented. No former practice can furnish a rule to decide upon it—no future period is likely to witness any thing like it. In common,' or even serious cases, the maxim is perhaps wise ; but here is an overwhelming calamity, which no thing but the strong arm and the organised means of Government can resist. The charitable con tributions which have been hitherto made are too slow in their effect for such an emergency.— Generously they have been made—but it is not fair to tax the generosity. of benevolent indivi duals too highly. The selfish; the' unfeeling, ought to be made to contribute as well as the hu mane, and there is no way in which they can be compelled to do so, unless by taxation. Go vernment should send, without a moment's de lay, half a million to these districts of wretched ness. The time above all things presses— and even this sum will scarcely suffice for the terrible emergency. Much is expected from the collections about to be made from house to house under the authority of the King'S letter. Assuredly every family will sacrifice at least some portion of their usual luxuries to " feed the poor and the hungry" in this crisis. We would suggest that some little weekly re trenchment might be made in every house, and its produce 'applied to this charity, until the season of distress shall be over. That time will in all probability cover the present month, and the greater part of the next. It is not for us to speak . of the reward which surely awaits the per formance of such pious offices—or rather duties, for it is nothing less than a duty to assist our fellow-creatures in an hour of such agonizing misfortune. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE. —A few evenings back a person of respectability died from, the effect of the following singular fright : —He had been sojourning at a friend's house in Southampton-street, Holborn, to avoid the im portunities of a numerous body of creditors, and the more disagreeable visits of bailiffs, and he thought himself quite secure from their in trusions ; but by some curious means or other a Sheriff's officer who held a writ against the fugi tive discovered his retreat, and prepared measures for the caption. He repaired to the house at au unseasonable hour at night, and continued knock ing until the door was opened, when he forced in,.and asked for the gentleman by name, at the same time announcing the object of his visit.— The unfortunate gentleman was then in bed, but a person wept up to apprise him of the matter ; when he hetird it his colour left him, his frame became dreadfully agitated, and he fainted away. Surgical assistence was procured instantly, but life, was gene! Mr. STIRLING held an Inquest on the body on Saturday, when it appearing that apoplexy was the cause of death, a verdict was returned to that effect. DRUNKENNESS. - -Wednesday a man was ob served hi Theobald's-road, Gray's Inn, in a state of intoxication-; at length he 'leaned his head on a post, and remained in that situation some time, as if in a sleep ; a person went up to rouse him, but at the touch of his hand the .body fell—the man had expired !—Verdict, Died from excessipe Drinking. PIGEONS.—In a little village, for several weeks past, in numerable flocks of pigeons had filled the air in all directions. In the woods, about ten miles west, they had occupied a space for nesting, nearly ten miles in length, and from two to five miles in width. « All things above, beneath, around," seemed alive with,these lignt winged tenants • every tree was covered with their nests; frequently `2.1 or 30 upon one. Gentlemen of the village had been out, and 'ter spending but two or three hours in the woods, returned with vengeance satiated and pro •spect of a ,•;ood dinner in the shape of one or two hundred pi geon% So thick were they that 20 or 30 had in many instances been killed at a single shot. It is supposed that in one day more than five thousand paid for their dear-bought pleasures of love with their lives.--( New York Paper.) A distressing accident happened lately to a child, aged 16 months, belonging to Mr. Sher wood, at Bethersden : the little creature had strayed a few paces from the house where there is a pond, and attracted by seeing the' reflections of its face in the water, it got to the edge of the pond, when it fell , in, and was drowned before assistance could be procured. Yesterday morning, as one of the Paddington stages was passing neir' Da'bp:terrace, a boy, about 11 years of age, in crossing the road,: was struck by the pole of a coach, on the head : and killed on the spot., LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 4. This was the first Seal after Term. The LORD CHANCEL LOR came into Court at ten o'clock. REDUCED FIVE PER CENTS. His Lordship observed, that the day had passed by for the suitors holding an interest in the 5 per Cents. in that Court, to dissent from their being reduced ; therefore on all the applica tions hereafter to be made to the Court for the payment out of any sum of money that had stood in the five p - er cents., it must be made as standing in the four per cents. He would feel obliged to the Bar, in wording any order to that effect, if they would give him their assistance, so as it might be properly drawn up. HABEAS CORPUS. Mr. CULLEN moved for two writs of Habeas Corpus, to bring up on Tuesday two persons who were in custody. The Loan CHANCELLOR—Why are these applications made to me ? Before my time the practitioners of this Court never thought of making such applications here. The Legis lature, for the purpose of relieving this Court anti the Court of King's Bench, passed an Act lately, to enable any one of the twelve Judges to issue such writs, and hear and determine them at Chambers. There are nine Judges now in town unemploy ed, and why are not these applications made to them ? their being made to me is only defeating the intention, of the Legis lature. I cannot refuse such applications when they are made to me ; for if I did, I should be liable to a penalty of 5001. for each refusal, and also be incapacitated, as long as 1 lived, from holding any office under his Majesty. Mr. CULLEN.—Then your Lordship will allow the writs to be returnable on Thursday next ? The LORD CHANCELLOR.—I have no option ; 1 cannot re fuse the applications ; but if they are continued to be made to me, I shall consider it my duty to apply to the Legislature to adopt some measure for the purpose of carrying the intention of their Act into effect. TUE DUKE OF BEDFORD V. TILE TRUSTEES OF THE BEI TISII MUSEUM. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL asked the Lord Chancellor, whether his Lordship would be ready to proceed vr.th this case on Saturday next? The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he had sent to the Master of the Rolls to inquire if his Honour would find it convenient to favour him with his assistance on that day. THOMSON V. TROTTER. Mr. Trotter was again brought up to-day by Habeas Corpus, in the custody of the Marshal of the King's Bench; for the pur pose of being heard upon his Petition, complaining of irregu larities attending his committal under an attachment for a con tempt of Court, in not answering the proceedings filed against him on the part of the plaintiff . ; and praying that he might be relieved from such attachment, as he was unable to pay the costs and have it set aside in the usual way. The LORD CHANCELLOR pronounced his decision at some length, and said that when a party came into a Court of Equity to make a complaint against another, he ought, in order to entitle himself to the favour of the Court, to come in with clean hands. The petitioner, therefore, before he complained of the irregu larities of others, ought to show that he was himself regular ; and ought not to expect to use the authority of the Court against such other persons, whilst he was acting in disobedi ence to that authority himself. With respect to the petitioner's inability from want of funds to puree` himself of the contempt in the usual way, he was sorry for it; but that was only a sub ject for the consideration of the other party, and not of the judge, who was bound to act according to the law. Under all the circumstances, his Lordship felt - it his duty to dismiss the petition ; but would reserve the question of costs in the hopes of its leading to something advantageous to the parties. IN THE CASE or PRISCILLA STREET, A WAIII3 OF COURT, Mr. HORNE recalled to his Lordship's recollection an in junction granted by the Court last term, restraining the infant's mother and a young man named Horatio Reeves of Exeter, from having any intercourse with the infant. He (31r. Horne) had now to move for the committal of those parties, for a con tempt of Court in disobeying such injunction. The' Learned Counsel then read a number of affidavits, from which it ap peared, that notwithstanding that the order of the Court had been served upon the parties, the defendant, Horatio Reeves, who is a druggist, and the son of a pawnbroker at Exeter, con trived, with the assistance of his brother George (from whom the former is personally distinguished by asast in his eye), and with the mother's permission, to carry off the infant; the mother ha,ving,declared that her daughter should marry the de fendant in spite of them all, or she would be d—d if she would not shoot her; and' the defendant having statetb, when served with a notice, from the plaintiff's solicitor, of the infant having been made a ward of Court, that that (the notice) was only something for him to laugh at. His brother George also, on being cautioned against the consequences of such an affair, treated it with levity, saying, that if committed, he could get the rules of the Flea ; or if not, he would easily contrive to give them the slip. It appeared from the affidavits, that the fugitives proceeded from a public-house called the Flower-pot, in a car, as far as Paington, and thence by the stage to Bristol, where they were to have gone on board the Guernsey packet, the defendant's brother George having engaged the after-cabin for their accommodation. But it was not stated in the affida vits, or at least so much of them as was read by the Learned Counsel, what had since become of the parties. The Loan CHANCELLOR said he would first grant an or der for the parties, namely, the infant's mother, Horatio Reeves, and his brother George, to attend this Court; as it would not be right to commit them in the first instance before they were afforded'an opportunity, If they chose to avail themselves of it, of being heard. 'Should it be found impossible to serve de fendants, H. and G. Reeves, with a copy of this order, he would then consider service at their father's house sufficient. " But," said his Lordship, " take care that the old Lady does not come into Court with fire arms."—(Laughter.) COURT OF XING'S BENCH, JULY 4. PEARY V. GOULD. . _ The plaintiff in this case was a child of nine or ten years of age, who, by his guardian, sought to recover damages for an assault, in which his thigh was broken. It appeared In evi dence, that the little boy, with ten or twelve other children, was playing in an empty waggon of the defendant, when he came up and called out to them to desist. The plaintiff was attempt ing to get, out at tbe back of the waggon, when the defendant took hold of him by the le g to p u ll him down ; upon which he fell upon a heap of bricks and fractured his thigh. Gould, at first, seemed to suppose that the accident had been occasion ed by some one throwing a stone ; but on the child saying that it was caused by himself, he expressed his surprise, said that he did not intend it, and called to another lad to convey him home, and to take care not to hurt him. A medical gentleman proved the extent of the injury, and that its probable effect would be a contraction of the limb during life. Mr. SCAILLET T addressed the Jury for the plaintiff on the grievous nature of the injury ;_ and Mr. NPLAN, for the de fendant, contended that the misfortune was purely accidental, and that the justice of the case would be satisfied by very mo derate damages. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE, after stating the substance of the evidence, observed, that it was clear, the defendant never In tended to do the serious injury complained of ; but that still the plaintiff was entitled to some moderate recompence. In this action the Jury 'could not take into consideration th e surgeon's bill, as the father, and not the son, would be liable to pay it. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 101.— In order to prevent litigation, it was agreed that the amount o f the surgeon's charges, 51. ss. should be added, and that further proceedings should be stayed. The verdict, therefore, was taken for 151. ss. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JULY 4. DOVE V. DOBBS. Mr. Serjeant. LENS stated that this was an action brought against the defendant, the proprietor of a sulphuric acid manu factory, near Norwood, for a nuisance in the emission of the vapour. The Learned Serjeant called several witnesses, who proved the nuisance. Mr. Serjeant VAtionAN, for the defendant, proved that the manufactory' had existed since 1799, and that the plaintiff had come to reside on the spot in question in 1805, since which time the nuisance had been materially lessened instead of being in creased, by an improvement of the condensers and the retorts, by which less vapour escaped, and more acid was produced.— It was clearly the interest of the defendant to prevent the es cape of the vapour, as he would then obtain a greater quantity of acid at the same expence. The Jury seeming disposed at once to find a verdict for the defendant, Mr. Sergeant Lens chose to submit to a nonsuit. , . RENNIE V. ROBINSON. Mr. Sergeant TADDY stated this to be an action of use and occupation, brought against the defendant, to recover rent due in respect of certain apartments occupied by him in the neigh bourhood of Fitzroy-square. it appeared that Robinson had taken possession of the apartments by agreement with a Mr. Williams, and that Williams had' subsequently assigned the house to the plaintiff, and gave the defendant notice of the as siomme nt. Mr. Sergeant PELL addressed the Jury for the defendant, and stated that the person really entitled to this house was Mrs, 'Williams, to whom it had been given by her uncle's will before her marriage. That a marriage settlement had been executed, vesting the honk in trustees for the benefit of :Mrs. and that Mr. Williams had' no power or controul whatever over it. The agreement by which the defendant had become a tenant to 'Williams was executed by him - alone, :but the defendant had always paid rent to Mrs. Williams. The assignment .to the plaintiff was also executed by. Williams only. The Learned Sergeant contended that, under all the circtune . stances, it was clear the title of the plaintiff was not a valid title, and he must therefore be nonsuited. Mr. Sergeant PADDY having, objected to the production of evidence, chewing the property to be in Mrs. Williams alone, on the ground that a tenant could not legally dispute his land lord's title, Lord Chief Justice DALLAS gave him liberty to move to set the nonsuit aside, and to enter a verdict for the plaintiff for the rent due from the defendant Phillips. OLD BAILEY, JULY 4. Thomas Pierson was capitally indicted for burglariouslY breaking out of the dwelling-house of Francis M‘Gowan, and stealing a clock, a hydrometer, and some silver spoons. The prosecutor is a publican, keeping the Two Spies public , house, in Catherine-street, in the Strand. On the night of the 12th of June his family were alarmed at about 4 o'clock, and on searching, the articles in question were found missing. The till had also been opened, and emptied of its contents. The street-door was unbolted, and a window into the Bar had been forced open. A waiter, in the service of the last witness, proved that the prisoner was, on the night in question, at the house with some others. Witness was the last up in the house. He did not see the prisoner go out. When he went to bed the bar was locked, and all was safe. A watchman in Catherine-street saw the prisoner a nd ano ther young man between 2 and 3 o'clock on the morning o: the robbery. They walked past witness into the Strand. Each of them had a bundle under his coat. When a few yards onward, they looked round, and, observing witness look at them, ran away. Witness ran after them in the direction where he heard some glass breaking, and pursued them down Wellington" street. On reaching the bridge, one of the men took the stairs to the right, and the other to th e l e ft. 'Witness took the stair s- to the lett, and, the tide being out, followed the footsteps under the arch to the right. He saw the prisoner standing against the wall, bleeding from the mouth and nose, and took hirn.--" The prisoner had not been more than half a minute out of sight, but witness nad not seen his face until he took him. The toll-keeper of Waterloo-bridge proved, that about three o'clock on the morning in question he saw two men run.. ning. One of them took the stairs to the left, and the other to the right. They wer e p ursue d by the last witness- When the prisoner was brought up the steps by the watch man, he recognised him as one of the men who had gone down the steps. It was twilight at the time, and he had a full view of his face. After the prisoner was brought up, witness went down the steps, and saw a man running towards the Savoy, along the mud by the common sewer. The man who escaped had in his hand a handkerchief, containing an hydrometer, 59. in copper money, a snuff-box, and some silver spoons. These were afterwards claimed by the prosecutor. The watchman being re-called, proved, that about 4 o'clock the same morning he called up the prosecutor, believing that it was his property which had been stolen. When he got to the house, he found the street door unfastened, but shut to. The prisoner in his defence declared his entire innocence, and called one witness to character. The Jury found a verdict Not Guilty. Before the RECORDER and a London Jury. BIGAMY. J. 11. TV. Kitchinrhant stood indicted for feloniously mar rying one Hannah Hilliard, his former wife Patience being then alive. - Mr. ADOLPIIUS, in stating the case to the Jury, observe dl the crime with which the prisoner stood charged preclud the necessity of his entering into a detail of the circumstances 01 the case ; suffice it to say, that bigamy was a crime which was always reprobated by every humane and good man. Thomas James Terance was the first witness called, who stated himself to he the deputy clerk of St. Leonard's, Shore ditch, and produced the registry of that parish, wherein it was entered, that in the year 1800 John Kitchingham, bachelor , was married to Patience Little, spinster. Augustine Beken was then called to prove the signature 9 ' Witness had been prisoner's apprentice, and believed the hand' writing to be that of his late master and mistress. Mary Truce knew the prisoner and his first wife, and had done so for 15 years, having acted as their charwoman. Mary Ann Kitchingham examined.-1 am daughter to t he prisoner by his first wife. I believe the writings in the register to be those of my father and mother. I have no doubt of it" • My mother lives in Crooked-lane, and has not seen my father for a long time. He was in the hospital some time ago- - :' [Here the prisoner burst into tears, and became almost frantic on hearing the evidence of his daughter : he was removed 011 ". of Court by the turnkeys, where he remained some time a' length he became more quiet, and was again bar, but owing to bodily infirmity was indulged with a chair; During this interval, almost every person, appeared affected except the prisoner's daughter, a smart girl of e ighteen! whose eyes were roving about the Court with the most perfec" indifference.] eci Hannah Hilliard (the second wife) examined.—Witness lir , in Spital-fields ; had one child by the prisoner, to whom sh e was married at Christ Church, Newgate-street, in Decembe r ' 1815 ; had not lived with him for four years, owing to Solt domestic quarrel. During the time they were together worked at his business, in Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street. Mr. Knight produced the register of Christ Church, and k :: ferring to page 174, found the following entry Decemb er 17 2 1815. Married this day, John William Kitchingha n ? h_ this parish, bachelor, to Hannah Hilliard of the same Parl'" spinster, Sr.c." a the Hannah Hilliard was again called, and she identified of herself and the prisoner. She further SO ed that she never had any idea of his being a married man dul l "; the time of courtship, but from something she had heard f a,,,. made inquiry, but the result being satisfactory, her suspie o " were lulled. placed at the The prisoner put several questions to her ; all of which sr negatived. He then expressed a desir3 to call his daughter, but the Court suggested the propriety o f hi s rea di n g his fence first, to which he acceded. se A long written defence was th e n r e a d by the clerk, which forth that by the improvid e n ce and continual robberies of ha first wife, he was reduced to a state bordering on i n sanity, o n was often incapable of judging of his actions. The Jury returned a verdict of—Guilty. The RECORDER told the prisoner that a worse man ~i r r„ t never put to that bar charged with th e cr i me o f bi gamy . t taking into consideration his age a nd i n fi rm iti es , the ue"ert" would take time to consider its ju d gmen t ; b u t h a d i t n ot be ed. for those considerations, h e m i g ht d e p en d upon b e i ng visit with the utmost punishment which the law inflicts. I INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT, JULY 4. Henry Parry came up for the d ec i s i on o f t h e C ou rt, on h is petition to be discharged. bin The insolvent, who is the son of a gentleman of consident e a fortune in Hertfordshire, w a s examined on a former day, 1/ A. - , his discharge was opposed by Mr. Hudson, tobacconist , ford-street, and Mr. Joy, of the Grand Hotel, Covent-ga n ; on the ground of his having contracted debts without reaps' able expectation of being able to.pay them. It appeared, then, that the insolvent's father had d at him twenty pounds a-mo n th ; b ut t h at hi s expences very AL-he exceeded that sum : and it al so a pp eare d, t h at t h e aenol owed Mr. Hudson was contracted for gold snuff-boxes„ble watches, which were charged at cons id era bl y more than u°-„itie their value; and that his debt to Mr. Joy was thirtti pounds, charged for nine dinn ers f or hi mse lf on l y; and tu"tbat had paid Mr. Joy several bills before. It was not stated edit the insolvent had ever made any representations to obtain ' 3 :l, which was always given to him freely ; and that in the c, tiS• Mr. Hudson, he had called on th e i nso l vent severa l tinses ° Zoe . lodgings, with his watches and snuff-boxes, and in one bilinhe told him if he did not buy i mme di at ely, he would lose vt bargain, which should be given Co ano th er person w ho had fered for it. yr. The COURT, in pronouncing its judgment, said, neither ent „, Hudson nor Mr. Joy had made out a cases gainst the iiiato Mr. Hudson had not acted correctly in the sale of his c,%`1 1 01 gant articles ; and it could not be overlooked that Mr- J ° 6 7 t the been paid some of his bills ; and the Court could not doll. h i,4 insolvent when he said he expected further supplieS fl o urt father at the time he was contracting his debts. The ft ile therefore declared the insolvent en titl e d to t h e benefit ° Act.' . - , On the 4th inst., Mrs. Arthur BIRTHS Clarke, of Bishopsgafr ,,,, tre et Without, of a son. A , s ae, On Wednesday se'nnight, at M oor Cottage, near S. ''-- the Lady of Edward Good e , j un . E sq , of a daughter. MARRIED. „ o ld/ On the 4th inst. at St.Pancras N ew Ch urc h, Mr.S ou v r iTiiara of Bocking, Essex, to Ellen, youngest daughter of Taylor, Esq. of Frederick-place, Hampstead-road. f Jesus Lately, the Rev. Wm. Wil s o n , M.A. Fellow °to S i° College, Cambridge, and Vica r o f El ms t ea d, Essex , sw i z yth - Anderson, daughter of the late John A n d e r s on, Esq. ( ' waite Hall, in Wensley-dale, Yorkshire. DIED On the 2d inst., Elizabeth, wife . of the' Rev. John .L . "*" .8.D., Rector of Hilgay, an d M orn i ng P r eacher at the Foul' ling. A side' On the 3d inst., Harriet, wife of Mr. R. Johnson , _ On the 3d inst. at Crayford, T. 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