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COURT OF CHANCERY, LAINCOI.IOI.:2N-HALL, Ay,. 17. a setworfitter.
Yesterday AM G'se. was ht before hum
Ex-plate scfrotro, Ike ~tier af RN AV. R2AD, Eire charged with d.vehrfs6ttefonies.
This was a Petition against the Commissioners of Mary, the *if, of Rkpard Oliver, of Sum-square.
Bankrupts, of the town of Lancaster, and for super- Kent Road, said. that es Moods? afterisenswhe,lo It
seding a Commission of Bankruptcy, charged to
instant, betweeo three nod four o'clock, else pr. Aarhave been by them executed partially, and in dirca came' to vi •w net fs slit was to he let ;
sae
violation of an order of the Lord Chancellor, re- showed it to him. When the/y.6mo :o the heck par-
quiriug them to choose an Assignee, noly by the tout, he :tweed a tinter. pretending he wined to as-
votes of such Crediters as should prove their debts certaia its depth. , The closet eoutaisaird several at-
" the second exemincion. The Commissioners Odes of plate.. He made art excuse to go up mart.
aerated charged with taking the affij,eia of the Beni- to look at some glasses; she followee him 'Wen
mom, before the second examination, and with hay- he returned, slit observed h;at go into the beck par-
ing struck off the file or fin of dears. an item of lour, and then leave the house. As moo as he was
2,0001.; an exercise of an auli why which belongs gone. she discovered that two large tabilesPlorts
only to the Great Seal; and although they Ind re- , were ssitsh.g. She went to the door and sill/'the
fused to allow the debt of a .4r. Lemming. on the prisoner running. Sue called out ;top Weft"
ground of his having no probate of the will of the The rat isoaer was pursued. taken, and sects to throw
tootator. to whom such debt was dm:, and it had the spoons away.
been the Chancellor's meaning. by his order on the The pris ,nor was charged with s sireilar et secs
former petition. presented against the Commis- by Elizabeth Fort. of Union-Mir. Kett-Hoed, in
sifters for their partiality, that this Mr. Lemming stealing a watch. lie seas also charged with a like
was not to be the assignee, yet he is (enrol to be the °len st hr
.lltee. the •eife of John B tan, of Uniile•
assigr.ee appointed, without waiting for t.e second Court, Old Brood-sheet, in steelsng a valuable gold
examination; nn the event of which the order di- watch.
retied the choice of an assignee to be founded on Pile prisoner WAS ennwohted for 'urther examine-
the choke of the cieditors proving their debts on tion. He hes tete,' re nape t 're n Neer Soodi Wales.
such second ex sruineion The petitioner prayed
the costs in h, direfted to he paid by the Commis- On Fotty, the sum of 1•00 t, in Book Notes, WAS
sicners out of t!,..ir own peckets. stolen from a box beinngtng to an malt r in Hoses-
The Lord Chancellor having granted an oppor- for, the amount of his saviligs for thine years, ar .
'unity to these Commissioners to make affidevita in which he had lately sold out of the steeks,
exculpation of their charetter from the strong and being silly enough to talk about it. the at -•
• pointed charges Of partiality and rniseoodutt under- stance of hie being in possession of the sea e
the commission, they only returned by their certia• was pretty genereliy known. 0 s the disc ave.+ i
care an explanatory vindica,ian of their conduit, the robbery, intormation was sent to the
upon their words and honours e adding a tug- Office, Bow-street, and Adkins and Pearks were
geirion, that in this free constithim it would be an pitched in pursuit of the roloh-r, arid to fatties:Deur
high indignity to them to sere> ne the slightest to recover the property the offi s noon their
imputation on them in their judicial capacity. or arrival at Hounslow, searched every person belong-
that they should condescend to answer the charges ing to the inn where the ostler resides, and the hod.*
by affiJavits ; and they reserved the finally grant- also, without being able to trace the property, u:
ing the certificate until his Lordship's opinion might discover the robh:r. The Officers, determined to
be taken as to the regnlarity of their proceedings try a scheme, and pretended to leave the owns. but
under his Lordship's order. returned to the inn in two hours, arid proceeded to
Sir Sawurs i(OsusLLY stated, that a more import-• search ag .in, when they found the bank aotes
ant case than tt.e present never was moved in any plated in the hoe belonging to the osthr. from
Court of Chancery ; for it was neither mote nor less whence relee, but the robber remains undiscovered.
than this, namely, whether di'. Court cf Chancery Cardiff Great Sessions concluded without a Biopic
had possessed ant. authority at all over the officers conviction occurring at the crheinal bar. A cause
of its own appointment, and more especially when was tried at these s-ssions, wherein the Marquis ,of
there gentlemen, so far from 'hewing marks of in- Bore and the Lail of DUAYSItS were Missies.
tegrity, as lion-•r ;o•igfl would be ready to do. Ly and Jonas Jewsaas, Defendant. The edit)," was
excih: • asees,, when clot eed with cnrrup- bsought against the Defendant, for breaking dews
tion or partiality, had /[Noted so /44G: moos-es ar .d destroying the wall of a pound. at Llariblethien,
under the affeaatinn e# eonseslu-nce and peat in Glamorgamhire ; but the Plaintiffs, being linable
portent's; whereas, in fad, they were no more in to penes the pound to be their property, tacit, non•
greatness or consequence, on this occasion. than Sc- suited.
heitors of this Court were, who at. always, at the A sew days since a man applied m a tradesman in
discretion of the Court, subjetteal to costs for gross Wercester to have some notes struck off from a
miscondue. plate which he produced of one of the Dublin
The Loin Ca AKCILLOS observed, that he re- Banks ; hut, after a few were printed, some suspi-
membered rattly one instance of his having gives at.. arose that thiswas aforgery, nod the ma soon
costs against a Commissioter, and disconti ..mg after absconded.
him as soeh Commissioner, Ti?.. the CU* of Cou s- A few days since as PHOISS LAIOIO2D was Lay.
',Nor Johnson, a country Commissioner (we under. Making in a field near Axminster, she jocosely sob-
sutured Worcester), who was likewise the banker served, no young man had offered to save the bay
in that case. He leered he could not grant the with her; on this a man ran after her, and said be
costs in this case. improper as the eondoet of the would ; I 'caught her. and they fell together, with
Commissioners manifestly appeared to him to have such to ce, that she instantly died, as she never
been, insomuch that, in the order which he ronved or s,oke aftarwards.
should dire& in this case for a new commission, he On Sundae last, the roof of the house of Mr. S.
should make it a part of such order, or otherwise HALL, of Skipton, Yorttshihe surveyor of rases,
take care, that he should never send another corn- fell in with a violent concushon. Fortunatele the
mission to toe same Commissioners, who are the family was from berth-, and consequently no !lives
settled Commissioners of that town, and in constant were lost. 'I hrough the exertions of Mr. Goooera,
pradtce there. the Duke of Devoe/setae's bailiff, the valuable
The sitting, at Lincoln's-Inn Hall concluded, but property of Mr. HALL was preserved without any
11;$ Lordship will attend to-morrow, (this day), and material damage.
Wednesday morning, at Chambers, ,to decide On Saturday last, a young man of the name of
'CALMS specially reserved. Sesame, WAS shot dead, at Hatton-Bushel, star
Scarborough, by his companion.• who was inwtua-
ing him in the use of arms. It appears that the
fattier of SPENCt had healed the gun in the morn-
ing for the purpose of sheeting birds. and not hav-
ing discharged it, the piece went off when they
came to the order 64 Fire!" and lodged its contents
in the body of h s unfortunate son, who died almost
instantly. The same day a lady, the wife of a very
respetteble geetleman, is that neighbourhood, coal.
mio ch (bee !Cul set of suicide.
In duly 1105, two toils were shut up in a small
empty box, and the box deposited about two feh
helow the surface at the earth, when it was 'eh ar'T
covered up; in July 180 s;, the toed.; were taken ep,
examined, and exhibited all the appearance of good
health tliey were then recurred to their subter.a•
neous abode, incl. sed in the box as before In Ile
1807, they were .gun taken up, and examined, tarl
looked as healthy and well as they did when first en-
closed in their dark dwelling, having lived two years
apparently without either fond or air. Kirkham.
gath near WM:afield, is the place where these ani.
mils are deposited.

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DROGHEDA ASSIZES.

DEFAMATION.
The Assizes for Drogheda commenced on Thurs-
day last, before the Hon. Baron M•Clelland, who,
after swearing the Grand Jury, of which the Hoa.
Henry Foster was foreman, proceeded on the Record
business. There were two tried of no public import,
and one which excited great curiosity. It was an
*Rion brought by the Rev. Daniel Gartland, a men-
dicant Friar. against William Byrne, Esq. a respect-
able linen manufaCturer of Drogheda. for declaring.
that, is the month of July, I 406, about the hour of
ten o'clock in the evening, he saw the Plaintiff, Mr.
Gartland, in company with a woman of ill fame, in
the City of Deblin ; and that he went into a house
of the same description in Suffolk-street, with her,
and remained there some time, to the great injury
and prejudice of the said Daniel, in hi: credit and
reputation, &c. The damages were laid at SOM. to
which the defendant pleaded not guilty, and a jaai-
fiuticn.
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Mr. Duna, in an impressive address to the Jury,
stated the Plaintiff's case: and, atter an examina-
tion of eleven witnesses on the part of the Plaintiff,
Mr. Scar/rem, fur the Defendant, called upon the
Learned JudAe to nonsuit the Plaintiff, which his
Lordship declined, but saved a point made. Mr.
Solar as stated the Defer clant's case, and produced
Mr. William Ki.san, a young gentleman who was
in cornrany with Mr. Byrne, at the time stated in
the declaration (and against whom a similar adios
was depending), who fully proved the justfication
pleaded by Air. Byrne.
The Defendant's Counsel offered evidence as tp
the condua of Mr. Garland in several parishes in
which he bad been stationed, which %%Paz, overruled
by the Court.
The Ker. Mr. Jocelyn, a Protestant Clergyman,
and several respeaable in'rahitants, gave evidence
As to the moral conduct of !tie Plaintiff.
The Plaintiff produced the Rev. Mr. Stewart, a
Clergyman of Adam and Eve Chapel, Dublin, who
underwent a long dire& acid erosrezaminatito, sad
Mrs. Mitcnell, of the Braun Head Inn, Bridge.
street, to prove an cal.
After a patient examination of witnesses, and able
armaments of Counsel on both sides, the parties ohm,
their Case. The Learned Judge cliarg-d the Jury.
who retired, and atter remaining live tours locked
up, and no likelihood of their agreeing. and the bmi-
ness of the Messes being over, were brought to the
verge of the County by the Judge, attended by the
heriffs, and there Jutclaiirge,l. I he anion brought
by Mr. Gar land against Mr. Krems was not tried.

Wednesday last. a provincial grand lodge was
held at the Town-hall, Bridpnrt, Dirsetshare, in
honour of the hitch day of His Royal Highness the
Prince of WALL,. Grand Master of Masons in Eng.
lend ; when Brother Pans, D.P G.P.I. presided in
the absence of Brother Jevri.ftv, P.G.M. who was
prevented attending by lis Parliamentary duties.
Several LoJges waited from Devtin and Somerset.
and the meeting was numerously stranded. Tile
Brethren, after the Lodge we. Orened, went in it.
gular prineerian to chi:rids, where an excellent Ser-
vs to was preached by Brother finial, the Provincial
Grand Ctiailain ; Brother Lewis read peeress.
After divi,re service, the Brethren returned in the
same ceder tir the Town-hall, where they partook
of dinner, prepared by 13:0'llet SAIANDIIIs
A'naut five miles distant hose Bombay, in the
East Indies, Is a small island, whicii contaias one
of the most inexplicable anticinitirs in the world.
At the loot debit!, near ate landing place, you see
the figure of an elegant, of a natural size, (sit
coarsely in stoic. An easy slope then leads yore to
me portal of a mavniti -vat temple. hewn tire o 4 tt •
send rock. It is an oblong, eighty fret lost:,
and fell broad. The root, which is ten fe Mgt-,
is cut A t, and suppor.ed by regular sows
with kapi?..ls re.semnli.sg routhi cusi:ions. •
by the thrum!)• nt mountain. At the .
are three gigantic statues, %Lich were mini
the Portuguese, when this iii4nd was in
session It now belongs to as highs!),
called Elephanta.

r feet loop,
tea feet Alf.
ws of pills:s6
as it pressed
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mu, ed by '
n ttsir pos.
and is