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LAW SITTINGS.

Sittings appoWted in Middleges and London. before the Right
lion. Sir Wit. Luca BEST, Knight, Lord Chid Justice a his
Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, in and after
Laster Term, NU

IN TERM.

MIDDLESZI.

LONDON.

POLICE.

MANSION.HOUSE.

TITHES IN THE CITY OF LONIDON.-4 number of the in.
habitants of the parish of St. Mary Woolnoth were summoned be-
fore
the Lord Mayor to show cause why warrants of distress should
not be issued against their goods for tithes due to the Rector, the
• Rev. S. Birch. The arrears claimed were for the extent of six,
• nine, and as far as twelve years. The first of the defendants pro-
ceeded against was Alr. Sltaw' for arrears of twelve years and a
quarter's tithes, which an ailidavit stated were unpaid on the house
he occupied.
Mr. HARMER, who attended for the defendants collectively,
said, this was an oppressive as well as an illegal proceeding. The
Act 'wider which this proceeding was instituted (the 44th (leo. HI.
cap. 89). enacted only that the Magistrate should levy upon the
goods after the tithes had been " lawfully demanded." These
words he contended, implied that the tithe should be demanded
once a quarter, or as often as the tithe rate was made, and that the
rector, if he omitted to do so, forfeited his right to recover. In
all these cases it could be proved that the tithes had never been de-
manded of the parties during the respective terms of their residence.
In sonic of the cases, the parties had resided in the parish only one
third of the time for which tithes were charged.
After hearing the case, the Lord Mayor refused the warrants de-
manded.
Mr. Thomas, the solicitor, afterward brought another case be.
fore his Lordahip, but a similar decision was made, as the circum-
stances were not materially different. The solicitor said he felt
I most confident in his law, and as the case was one of great im-
portance to the rector and to :he parish, as well as to the public, he
urged his Lordship to review his decision.
The Loa D Alaaou said, he was willing, as it might give more
general satisfaction, and tend to set the question as to these arrears
'of tithe at rest, to take the opinion of the City Solicitor but the
grounds appeared to him so clear, that even if the Learned Gentle-
man should dirtr with what his Lordship conceived, he should
not alter his judgnient. A day was fixed for the attendance of the
City Law offim, when the case will be argued tie nova.
THE Poviers SCHEME.A person named Geddes applied for
the interference of the Lord Mayor, under the following circum-
stances s—lie had, he said, been in the service of the " (azique of
Pope*" at the Land Office, in the City, for mere than 18 months,
and had only received 101. wages. It was agreed to " remunerate"
him, to give him a paasogeout to Poyais, with an appointment as
clerk In a " Government" office there, and • commission its the
•4' Poyais militia." These were in part given to trios by his High.
• nese the Cacique, and he was to have started a few weeks since;
but on his going on hoard with eight ethers, lie was charged with
having stolen a trunk from on shore, and driven back in a most
outrageous manner hy Colonel Lowe, the person who was to go
out to take charge of Alaegregor's affairs. The ship sailed with a
' great part of coniplainant's property. lie was refused all redress
• when on shore, and was now quite destitute. He produced a re-
iceipt for the trunk he was charged with having stolen from the fur-
• mcr owner, and he shewed some other documents in corroboration
of his statement. Amongst them was one with a wive seal, and
the signature of " Baron Bruchnin, Secretary to his Poyaisian
Highness," front which it appears that Macgregor was at Paris re.
et•ntly, and that he still maintains the self-crested dignity of Prince
of Poyais.
I The Lorin MAYOR regretted he could not interfere, as the corn-
, plainant's only remedy was by a civil action. This was the day
for humbugs, and it behoved every man to be cautious.

HATTON-HA RI) EN.
A VAGRANT T m rosroa.—On Saturdey a stout athletic Irish.
man, who gave his name Tim*? Rego*, wee forcibly brought
into the office, handcuffed, before Mr. Secjeant benne, charged with
being found begging in Btuuswick-sefuare. It appeared, from the
statement of two street keepers. that they observed the prisoner
that morning, in Dentswick-stram, begging, having Ma right
arm in a sling, and when accosting a lady or gentleman, he made
such piteous moans and wry faces, as if he was In great pain ; sust
rig him to be a gross impostor, they took him into custody; be
hard to be let go, a.-id pleaded illness and distress, but on
Or; that they intended to bring him before a magistrate, he
pulled his arm from the sling, and showed tight ; he made a deeps.
rate resistance, and struck at them both several times, and en.
deavoured to escape, but pawns coming to their assistance he was
oveopowered, and forcibly taken into the wotchhouse.
The prisoner admitted that he was begging, and although no
way disabled, had his arm in a sling; he could get no work, and
did not consider it a crime to beg, and had his arm in a sling
the better to excite pity, but that if his Worship would forgive
him that time he would never beg again, but return home to the
county of Mayo, where he would get plenty of potatoes.
The Magistrate committed hint for our month to bard labour
lin the House of Correction.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
DiSIMI ROBBERY Ix VMS WIAITNISITICRINTIaiutY.--
Yestaday a decently-dressed young man, about 71 years of me,
who stated his name to be Jo kis Lewes, was brought to thisol6es,
before J. E. 0 REGOIDE, Esq. in the custody of Watson, a parish
constable, charged with an audacious robbery in the Westminster
Infirmary.
John Dean, porter to the Infirmary, being sworn, stated, that
on Sunday morning, between eleven and twelve o'clock, a woman
brought a bundle tor a female patient named Mary Parker, whom
he desired to place on a table in the hall, and she then went away.
Witness was afterwards sitting by the fire, when the prisoner came
in, and walking into the passage, appeared to be engaged in read.
ing some regulations which were hung up against the wall. Wit.
nest thinking he had business with some of the students, took no
particular notice of him at the time; his returning, however, with-
out appearing to witness to have any motive for entering, roused
his suspicions, and looking immediately towards the table, where
he had also placed three shillings which he had received from •
person for the use of another female patient named Wentworth, he'
discovered the money was gone. Witness in consequence followed
and overtook him within a few doors, and bringing him back, fie-
cused him of the robbery. The prisoner at first denied it, but
said, that sooner than make any disturbance about such a trifle, be''
would give witness three shillings out of his own pocket, which he
did. Witness, on receiving the silver, examined it, and immediately
identified one of the shillings as the same be had laid on the table,
having remarked at the time a scratch that was on it. 'Witness now
first missed the bundle before-mentioned, and accused thdrisoner
of purloining it, who, after much hesitation, acknowled it, and
said that he had thrust it through • broken pane of g into a
broker's shop adjacent to the Hospital. In consequence of this
statement, a person was despatched to the house, the owner of
which informed him that a bundle had been left in the above man.
ner, but had been fetched away by a well-dreased man who said 11
that a friend of his had placed it there for a lark. (Witness ob-
served that this man, no doubt, was an accomplice of the pri-
soner's.) He (Dean) procured a constable, and the prisoner was
taken into custody.
The constable said, he searched the prisoner, and found on him
ss. 41. in money, two duplicates, a knife, and a few papers.
The prisoner declined for the present saying anything in his
defence.

He was remanded, in the hope of securing Ins companion, who
succeeded in taking off the bundle.

RLAOROUGH-STREET.

On Saturday, just as this office was about to close, Capt. o—,
of one of the regiments of Foot Guards, applied to Mr. Dyer, the
presiding Magistrate, for • warrant against Capt. F—, of the
Light Dragoons, under the following circumstances:—
He stated, that he had been informed, with a considerable de-
gree of surprise, that Capt. had expressed a determination
to shoot him where he could meet with him, and that he carried
about him a loaded pistol for that purpose. He was much sue.
prised, he amid, on being told this, as he had no acquaintance with
Capt. F—, nor did not even know his person. The cause of his
displeasure, he understood, bad relation to a female. This morn-
ing he (Capt ti—) had occasion to call on Lord S. Churchill, at
his house, No. 2t, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square, ani that
while in the act of knocking at the done a person answering the de.
scription he got of Capt. F— came up to him, and asked, in a
contused manner, if be was Capt. 6—, at the same time putting
his hand up to his breast, as if to draw romething from it. For.
tunately he, Capt. G—, had presence of mind enough to answer in
the negative, or in all probability he would have been assassinated.
The Solicitor of Capt. 6—, who accompanied him to the office !
with other friends, mentioned to Mr. Dyer that the reason that in-
ducted Capt. if— to take this course, rather than resort to the usual
one, was, that he (('ytam G.) had been unfortunately engaged in I
a duel, in which lie had shot his antagonist dead, and that his
(('aptain G.'s) friends were, in consequence, bound over in tering-
!
nizancei to a large amount for him to keep the peace. Mr. Deer
immediately granted the warrant, and ordered chief-officer Plank to
proceed forthwith to the execution of it. Plank lost no time
in doing so; and, after some inquiry, he discovered that Captain '
F— was in custody of Thoroughiood, the sheriff's officer, for !
debt. Plank, expressing a wish to be fully satisfied that smell I
was the fact. Thoroughgood immediately produced the writ, which '
of course put an end to Plank's commission. Captain F., however,
said, that he had every reason to expect that he would be liberated
that evening, and that he would on Monday attend at this office.
He was liberated according to his expectations, but Immediately
left town to juin his regiment, which is on foreign service. Between
foul and five o'clock on Sunday morning Captain G., arrompaniel
by a friend of his, drove up to Plank's house in a chaise, and re-
quired of him to proceed with them to Portsmouth, to execute the
warrant, to which place they said they understood Captain
gone. Plank, however, having more urgent business on his hands
an town declimd to do so, hut gave the warrant to Captain G.'s
friend, and they drove off with the intention of proceeding to that
port.