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London, England, 1822-11-07 00:00:00

THg NINO V. JACQUES.

Mr. BROUGHAM mitred that the Defendant
should now be committed. The Court hid been
moved on a former oceamoti against the De'endanr,
and oue Thick ; the I,iriaier for
practising, not bone regularly admitted as an at-
torney of the Couit. and thr iartrr far p-r 'noting
the Defendant to practise in his name. Ti,e mat.
ter was referred to the Master, aid he had report('
that the Defendant bad acted. It app.-an-it from
the cash book of the Defendant, that lie rook the
whole profits of the busunest, and allotted to
Thackragh a gullies a week. He (Mr. Brougham)
now moved, that under the Act of theft(' George 11.
sec. 11, for regulating attorneys, the Defendant be
now committed by the Court for any time nut ex-
ceeding one year.
The Defendant being placed on the foo► of the
Court, put in a great number of affidavits to be read
out his behalf.

The COURT inquired for the Defendant's cash
book. but it appearing that it was in the Master's
office, the Court ordered the Defenilaist In •tterwl
again Oil the morrow, when the book eroulJ be in
Court.

Tlll FONDS.—The market yeste►day wee very
stesdy, and nothing particular doing : Consols for
Account, 8221 • ditto fur Money, 82SI ; Re-
duced, 81ft ; 3.1 per Cent. 93k; 4 per Cents.
99a; New ditto, 10311; India Bonds, 49 50 pr.;
Exchequer Bills, 5 7 ; Small ditto, 7 9 pr.—
Foreign Stocks: New Spanish, 6814 k; Neapo-
litan, 80U#; Russian, 8811 ; Prruvi■ri, 861 87 ;
Colombian, 82 831 84 ; Spauirh New Serer,
3 to 3 pr.
By an Act passed early in the last Session of
Parliament, the sufferers by the acts of incendiaries
have a summary of means affo►ded them r.f recover-
ing damages for the injury so received by them,
when the amount does nut exceed 30/. instead of
having recourse to the more circnitous and expensive
mode of obtaining it by an action at law. The
mode pointed out by the Act is, far the pa►tici to
give orifice to the chief officer of the district where
the loss is bu.taiiird, who is directed thereupon to
summons the local Magistrate to hold a Petty
Sessions, they having a power given them to direct
a compensation to the sufferers, out of a fund to
be raised in the muoner particillarly pointed out by
the Act.

At the adjourned Sessions at Holt, on Friday
week, an important appeal of the parish of Thula.
ford against Shipdhant was heard. The pauper
had hired the garden of Sir CHARLES CHAD, in
Thursford, containing above 9.1 acres, upon the
terms of keeping it in order for its produce. He
disposed of fruit and vegetables for 474 to various
person., besides what he sold in markets, and also
exercised a right over au extensive common. For
the Respondents a gardener deposed, that. the gar-
den was of sufficient value to coustitute a settle-
ment. The Appellants adduced the evidence of
five or six witnesses to shew that the garden was
totally unprofitable, and argued that it was not the
value of the produce, but the profit that was in
constitute the settlement. The Magistrates, aping
the opinion of the Chairman (Mr. M ARSHAM EL.
WIN), quashed the order, but granted a C 1164: to the
King's Bench. Should the decisiou be confirnard,
a person occupying soo acres of Lind, and nut pro.
siting to the amount of 101. (no uncommon case at
present), will nut gain a settlement.
FIRS.- Last morning, at two o'clock, the inlia.
Wawa of Fleet-market were thrown into considera-
ble alarm, owing to a fire which broke out iii.the
extensive premises of Messrs. SHRA RS and SON,
coppersmiths, which extend from the west side of
the market to Shoe-lane. From the length of space
from the two entrances it was impossible far the
watchmen to discover the ravages in the interior,
and had it not been for rjouristlman baker observ-
ing the flames issuing from the premise., there is
little doubt but that the whole would have been at
this moment a heap of ruins. The fire raged with
fearful impetuosity, but through the timely arrival
of the engines, and the indefatigable exertions of
the firemen, the damage sustained is comparatively
incousiderable.

On Saturday evening las►, hetweeo the hours of
seven and eight, whilst Jima Fasts, au nideotri-
ous dairyman residing in • howe adjoining the
Lion Holt. in Babylon, in Ely, with his wile and
family took a walk to the fair.some villains entered
his house and broke open his bureau. and stole
thereout 43/. in notes, half a dozen silver tee-spouus.
and two silver table•spoous. A large fowling piece
sold half a sack of meal had been brought to the
water side, but the thieves, on see* FUMES and
family return rather too soon for them, decamped ;
but great hopes are eutertsined that they will•be
discovered sod brought to justice. Au entraace
wus made by taking out a pane of glass end open.
ing the window ; they cut a candle. which they
kept lighted all the time thiry continued there.