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scent of the tenant from the Renediek Blown who had Mar-
ried Fri ices Angel, ,it became Leeessary to show that Bene.
dick Bro•.vn. the grandfather of the tenant, had been lawfully,
married to Pleydye Brook, and the question, therefo e, at that part
of the case, was. whether that marriage had been utoted, and
whether it would not be overturned by the evidence with which he
(Mr. S.) should assail tt. It would he necessal for him to go
back to a period a jute earlier than the pretended marriage: What"
ever might be the bolo. of that inquiry, cure he was the teapot had
once regarded the rearriaree of his grandfather as a doubtful fact.
Let them observe all the codicils annexed to the will of Benedict
Blown, the grandfather. giving legacies of 1000/., one OW the
ether, to Weatcombe. Those legacies had been written by West-
combc himself, who had lived long with the Angel family, who
had been well acquainted with the family history, and who had
doubtless had the legacies as a sop to keep him safe when the father
of the tenant took the estate as a legitimate son. Then again, let
them look at the register which contained the marriage. He was
aware that at that perod great regularity had not existed In reg sters.
but they would see bow edit), it had been, where an much irregula.
larity existed, to place a marriage at a time when it had not taken
place. it had been said on the other side that the register had
been confirmed by: the transcript transmitted to the Bishop. But
how had dime tranacripts been kept ? Until modern times they had
been kept loole, and any liberty might have been taken with them
by permits pretending to investigate them. But a bond had been
produced on the other side, entered into by Benedick Brown, when
he had procured his marriage license, and that certainly appeared
to confirm the fact of the marriage. lie would frankly ennfess that
he had been surprised by that bond. One of his Learned Friends
had tut l hint a day or two ago that a roil was in pickle for him,
and he supposed that the bond was the pickled sod. How great
reason he had to be surprised the Jury would learn, when he told
them that at the iast Assizes no such bond had been in the posses-
akin of the tenant, but that another bond had been in his (Mr.
Seeded's) possession, differing altogether from the bard then pro-
duced. from that they would see the use of 7,0001. a year. Re-
peatedly had the demandant sought for the bond, in the presence of
the very person who had yesterday produced it for the tenant, and
as repeatedly had he failed in the search. Had he, therefore, not
reason to be surprised when the bond had been first presented yes-
terdcy ? But was it a genuine instrument ? It was s retnarksble
fact, that the register of the birth of Benedick, the elder brother of
the tenant's father, had been written on an erasure. It was re-
markable also. that it hail been thought necessary, in the margin of
the register of that birth, to *ate that the child's parents had
been married at %i'ilsford. But let them look at the register, and
they would find that the pages tot one whole year had been torn ern.
Another curious fact was, that from the year 1742 to 1754 no Vicar
or Curate had signed the registers at Caine, and that during
that period the registers appeared to he copied, as the same
ink had been used, and it seemed as if all had been written
at one time, and not at different periods. It was remarkable
41so, that the Counsel on the other aide had not called a
single person who had known the family. Certainly the
period was somewhat remote; but persons might have been
found at Caine who remembered the tenant's grandfather.
He (Mr. S.) would produce a witness, an old lady who lived at
Culne, and who would tell them that the common reputation had
been, that Benedick. the grandfather, had lived in a state of con.
cubinage, not only, with Pleydye Brook, but with her sister also:
that he had had children by both, and that it had not been until
after the dea•h of his brother William that he bed married Pleydye
Ilrook. That would be supported by a bond, which purported to
hare been given on a license of marriage having been obtained, ia
which Pleydye Brook was described as a spinster. The data of :t
was 1750. which would be after the birth of the tenant's father.
The bard, of course, was inconsistent with the bond offered on the
othet side, and it would be for them, if they could, to reconcile the
inconsistency. This, then, was the manner in which he propose 3
to make out his case. Ile was sorry to see the Learned Judge
shake his head : it was an ominous signal for his cause.
31r. Justice PARK--I am ready, Mr. Scarlett, if you like, to
hear this evidence, but I ask you whether it is worth white to ger
into it. Assuming that you have made out your first two points,
do you think that you have shown the register, the transcripts. and
the bond, to be forgeries, hedged in as they are by other marriages
which all correspond in the different documents?
Mr. Searti.r.Tr replied that if the Gentlemen of the Grand
Assize were of the opinion of his Lordship, he certainly should not
proceed further.
The Jury deliberated for a trament, and then said that they
were satisfied that there bad been a marriage, and that the father
of the tenant had been legitimate.
Vetdict for the tenant.
MASON V. STANDING AND M0011110USE•
This was an action against the Hundred, under the 51a George
111. e. 92, to recover a compensation for damage done to the
plaintiff's mill, by a mob. on the 27th April,
It was proved that on the 27th April, a mob of between 2 and
300 pi rsons attacked the mill of the plaintiff, which is situated et
Hargrave, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. and after gaining en•
trance, broke the power looms and damaged the property within.
The damage amounted in the whole to 3101., and to recover it.
the plaintiff brought his action against the two defendants, who
were inhabitants of the Hundred.
Mr. BROUGHAM anti Mr.:Slits:en, for the defendants, con-
tended that this case did not come within the provisions of• this
59.t1 Geo. lii. The words of the Act were, " boners, Shops, and
other buildings of the sante kind," and they argued that the eg-
pression " of the same kind" confined the meaning of the Act to
houses and shops.
Mr. Justice PARK said that when he was at the bar lie had the
pleasnte of once hearing a Learned Barrister, from Liverpeol
argue for two hours that a water mill did not come within the
meaning or " any other mill." (A laugh.) The present objection
seemed lobe of the same kind. He had no doubt that a mill cams
within the descrimin of the Act.
Verdict for plaintiff—Damages 3501.

The House of Assembly at Jamaica was dissolved on
the 12th of June, and the new House was expected to be
called together about the 20th of July.
There were no Orange processions in Belfast on the 12th
instant. The members of that Society have evinced a very
proper feeling in thus obeying the law of the land. We
have been informed that a number of men who formerly
belonged to Orange Lodges assembled at Aghalce, in the
county of Antrim, from various parts of the county. A
very considerable number also assembled at Dromara, Lis-
burn, and Lurgan.—Belfitst Newsletter.
Late on the night of Sunday, or early on the morning
of Monday last, Robert Adam or Adams, Edward Mae-
dougal, and John NPDanald, prisoners in Montrose gaol,
for acts of swindling and theft, effected their escape by
breaking through the north wall. Search bas been made
for the prisoners, but without effect.
INFAINTIcine.—At the Assizes of La, to. a female !Hurled
Racine was condemned to hard labour for life, for the
murder of a child. The prisoner, who had previously had
three children, stated in her defence that she had brought
into the world an ugly beast with a tail, and which made
frightful grimaces, and that she had been induced by htr
disgust to throw it into the river.
DEATH FROM STARVATION.—We are sorry to have to
state, that two cases of death from want occurred on Friday.
The one was a poor man, whose name is unknown, who
was found on the flag-way in Thomas-street, Dublin, be-
tween nine and ten o'clock at night, in a state of complete
exhaustion. He was removed to St. Catherine's watch-
house, and expired at twelve o'clock. On the same day, a
man of the name of Peter Blackliam was found dead in a
waste house in College-street. Alderman Archer, one of
the City Coroners, held an inquest on the body, when a
verdict was returned, that the deceased died from disease
of body and want of foal.—Dublin Paper.
BERWICK, Jen- 11.—On Saturday morning the Dun-
dee smack, of Dundee, on her passage from that port to
London. stood off our harbour, and sent a boat on shore
with the body of her captain, Robert Spink, who had died
suddenly in the course of the night. The preceding even-
ing he was in perfect health, and walked the deck in his
usual manner. Same day, a coroner's inquest was held on
view of the body, who, after hearing the evidence of the
crew, returned the following verdict—" That the deceased
had died by the visitation of Gal." The deceased was
about forty years of age, was highly respected by Isis crew,
and, we grieve to add, has left a wife 211(1 numerous fa-
mily to deplore his premature death. After the inquest
the Dundee proceeded on her voyage, and the remains of
Mr. Spink have been sent to Dundee fur interment.
COMPLAINT AGAINST A DUBLIN BOATMAN.--The
fist instance which has occurred these many years past, of
a complaint against a Dublin boatman, was preferred on
Friday last by an English gentleman, a Captain Elliot,
against a boatman of the name of Thomas Byrne. Cap-
tain Elliott and a foreign gentleman were landing at
Kingstown from one of the packets, and had agreed with
Byrne to take them on share for Is. each. On reaching
the stairs, however, he demanded '2s. 6d. from each, and
swore they should not have their baggage unless it was
paid. Captain Elliott offered 25., the aunt stipulated for,
but Byrne inunetliately commencd a volley of abuse, and
took up one of the oars to strike Captain Elliott. The fee.
reign gentleman at last complied with the exorbitant de-
mand, giving Byrne ss. for himself and his friend, and the
presence of a peace officer prevented any further intem-
perance on the part of Byrne. On Friday, Byrne was
brought up to answer for his delinquency before the Ballast
Board, when he was deprived of his license for three boati
which he had, and furthermore fined 40s. He was after-
wards bound over, at the Head Police Office, to keerthe
peace towards all his Majesty's subjects, by sea or land.
How much better it would have been for *Byene to hive
taken the 2s. quietly !—Dug/in Paper.
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