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The file.li.ts arai Vett serve is Ifs etireei* la the neigh.
baerhourf of Usariretwaa rteP is it DiNbigh. Ai a *4'll
Grin called I.ll7hedflia, peer Ceirel cilirtgeoe,elestp!rd by H.
Joan, a teams* a Charles Writer Minh, E.(' the rffeet•
of the Ischtaing Pere eipirelef+e.hteptoee—ahe eteettie
mimed a haiklisa, ektrels, ewe Ave cows, Caws-at'
*WO ie.* killed as she *pet. . Cita baikhalt 140411 f• aw 4
Was eutirtly epheeined, Ittfftlitef with a qualatty of 14y,

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111ELANCIIOLY ACCIDEIVT.
de *Mitred", Morning melancholy !evident occurred
41 a ladli'r7 AO &Mitten. Mee Sorne/ey: Between nine end
tee o'clut k rleven on. n, employed lit that colliery, were
ancsiiilinit from. one pr the pile, Saki after bevitic nearly
reached the top the brig gee. eat, and tee than, hreaklette
the whole were •newtotttely preeipit•ted to Ihe hottest, a
depth of nearly nutty yard. Six of them acid kiled,eml the
rentaletlerite dreadfully injured se Or leave but little bores
of their redivery.

lAQUEST ON SIN. SAMUEL HARMER.

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Saturday eveniog an hop Galion Was held by Mr. Shelton
on Hie body Mr. Harmer, who writ shot on Thsarsalay by his
wife, as stated in our Paper of Saturilatr. The Jury kr.t
Met at the Hat s.id Shears polilie-horse, ston-sireet,
whence they.sdjoitrwed to the vestry-room in Toolre-street
Having been amoral, they prove° •ed to Mr. Harmer's to view
the body. Ois their rttorn to the vestry.toons Hannah Stocd
was examined She repeattel Stir evoleuce *Lich star.gave
before the Magistrates at the Tower Hall, adding, that the
heard her mistress, who hail beret to a banker's in the city,
sad received 40 Mai, adri.ing Mr. !Isomer to conweit
his out. a mho gold as soon as possible. Mr. lisrmer, she
said, was its respectable circurnsmores, and stied as town
*gem to his father, as einineed iron•foutider in' You inkier.
Cross-examoined.—When witness saw her mistress b. hind
Ike parlour door she smiled at liar, kos which the Priiimer
turned round and smiled again. No costrarsatiuo passed,
and toilsome went down again to the kitchen. Bk. Haim
beard her master and Prisoner talking, and the demoted
laughing. The Prisoner spoke lus,. Witness lid not bohr
what they thee said. They appeared to be wrangling, but
whether in jest or ranted witness tumid rot say, but
tbooght it was in play. After some rinse she &reseed -ut-
tered a shocking look, said said he irooll shoot isor•mis.
tress, on • halt she heard Ilse latter say, " Oh! pm tenant,
is that what yea's* got to fly to; why dose. you oat pane
halide, as I slur' Witness alien heard tho snapping of se so-
loaded pawl, as she had fiegiseutly laud before, for 'lvry
were always playing with pistols said 'lightening lark utliek,
Mr.. Harmer auvarliairs kepi the petiole in a cupboard near
the ire-place, behind where his chair was, but Hay wets
generally lying about. Soon after the asappiug whisk att-
ain de.cribed, she heard a report as of loaded ire-arms.
Witneas then detailed the re-nits to slot tame elf.-Et as its her
essosiantion in chief. Witness immediately ran up stains
ajun het mistress came rum.. or out of she hark miroorf
said " Oh, I have murdered my liteibssirl—l have *limiting
—I did not know the pistol was loaded." She them menspid
and said, " 011! Ilasinals did you see him load ohms r
She ran oboist as if mad, and bid oilman son for somebody
directly. %%Intestines very much friglacated, nod is,. .town
lab the street, sod a man' whom she dawned to go for
a dotter. Wile, then ran bona sod saw her mistramt
standing al the door of a ueighbutal sissie' ran is, sad
her mistress ran in after her.
In sonover to further question., she stated, that tin WM.
nesilay the tleceseed had reptestetl his sufe to remain in bed
with him dialog the whole day, as he knew he would apt
live low; and is the coarse of the same day he was hewn%
talking incoherently to himself. Whome had often hrarst
her mistress say she was afraid she should ha shot, ifs rim
or Is earnest, arms liaise or other. ON Saturday wit k
new. by tle*We at the Primate,. carried the pistols to Mrs.
lieresee's mother, lies. Hamm, saying. she was afgaid
to he ins the hoes, with lire elerreerer, lest be shosoht
shoot her. Wiloorm mistiosed her emirate es falissus:
—Mims the defeated missed the piat,ls, be maid nit"
what bad become of thews, and I luld hi.. they were al Mrs.
Deladanit's ;he replied, " Oh! d—d nottmusk—go for them,
and fetch sue a pennyworth of crocus, awl ele*. Mewl "
I weal, but Mrs. Delahust sad Mrs. Harmer (oho was
there with some lathe.) prevented ••• bum lahlog them
home. The following day l fetched them away by order tdf
my mistress. My matter toss Maplewood when Le mimed elm
pistols.
Mr. W. Jamieson, of No. 7, Wesino-sirret, surgeon, d.-
posed, that about eight o'clock on Thursday miming -too
sae Mrs. Harmer rap out of her house into a useighboor'a,,
apparently in great distress, and the servant following leer ;
be hem d the sit exclaim, ' Ob. God! send fur a dor.
tor !" Whiner weal to the bowie of the d se d, whose
situation be proceeded to describe. Mr. Harmer died in
about a admits or two eller witness entered. Wawa/a as.
silted in opining the head. The frootal ,hmse was frothiest
over the lett eye, and the ball was.forod lodged in the bock
part of the head. The pistol that had been fitted elf was
Wog *AIWA reach of the deceased Ore the returu yf Mr..
Ilarrogr, she said, " Uh, God! is it true; is he dead ?" and
bop grief was most dissiteminog. •
Mr. U. Alkinans, of 78. Tooley•street, gorges., proved
haring found the ball about as inch ands ball Whiled the
✓ight ear. It was a small bullet, and had driven the eye War
the casity of the beau'. Is otter respects this wi tura Nitro.
b.rated dm Minaret of the foregoiNg witness.
Alfred Kay, of the New Road, Ratcliffe Highway, do-
' pored that lie brought some Imams sad pistols to hie .waster
from Mts. Delahont's (his mother-in-law); mid that he said
us that occasion. that the people is the garde* disturbed
hiss, mod he should late to blow their brains oat. Oa Mon-
day evesiog his master gas e him the ballet mould, sad wit-
ness-teat sinew tea bullets. Hie sesmer, •tr ho wale load at
liquor, and who, of late, was frequently iskilicatei, said Bof
his wife," It is a pity one of these bullea in not I. my
brains" Mrs. Harmer trplied, as I. joke, " Yea, it la."—
Mr Harmer was not offended se the reply.
One or two neighboues, who was pretreat immediately
ear the transaction bad Mhos plotre.mem called; but loa-
thing material witasdueittated frogs *tic illslualorry.
The Coroner theta charged the Jury is a very intelliest
and able manner; he recapitulated this whole of the evi..
deuce to the Joey,. who, Ate some tmossitittluo return-
ed, at eleven o'clock, a verdict of—Aceidinetal Does;h.

PCPLICE.
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DARING STREET ROBBERY.
On Saturday William Fowl* wee brought le this office
end underweut asp examination before Geurga
fiat the mistime Idagistrine, charged by -.Hr. Edmiluds, of
with violently atanelting bias, sad robbing bins
of seals, chain, 4r.e. .The Prowecettir stated, that ON Primo,
treeing, between eight evil nine liCkbek. as he was panting
through Shoreditch he was net by the Prisoner, who Ist tacki.4l
bins, and forcibly switched at his watch chain sod seals, at
the same time trivia( Lira such a trenienJous blow that be
wee knocked down by the force of it, land the violence of
his Lill caused his watch chain to break, whit* saved his
watch. The Prisoner then ra off with the nests end
.part
of the chain. Lines, the constable belouging to the shove
spike, happened to he nett the spot, and us the slsrm beteg
gime, pursued cud took the Prisoner. On searching lint
Neither the seals nor chair week foetid, although no
dumb. wsia rnteriebeed bat that be hod rem of with them;
however, between three sad fuer o'clock as Ilatenlay neigh
img a watchman found them near the spot where the
thane was taken.—Hs was committed.
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A most extensive robbery was committed in the
night of the 14th instant, at the mansion of the
Kee. Dr. POSTItit PIGOTT, Merewoith, Kent :
the thieves entered the house vnthout disturbing;
the family, and succeeded in carrying elf property
to the amount of upwind* of 200/. and got elver
of with their booty. Amongst the plunder were a
large colleution of gold and silver cons and medal,,
two watches, two brace of blues barrelled pistols,
and o quantity of hoen.

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LAO' INTELLIGENCE.
COURT ltih? CIIANCF.RY, Lintiout's lox,
asTalloAT. MAT 14. , •
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' • BANKRUPTCY.
BX-TaRTE Runes IN THE SIATTRR or irOats.
Mr. OwaN, on the part of the bankrupt in this
case, had obtained ow order, not upon petition, but
• verbs! statement, to the effect that the proceed-
ings in the lemkruotcy 01°01 he stayed, and that
the assignee should be restrained from the sale of
the bankriiiit's freehold 'stole.
Mr. HART rose to move that the injunction,
Which hod been surreptitious]; obtained, might be
dissolved.
Mr. Owes observed that it was extremely un-
pleisiond to have an ollegaiiiiii made that be had
surreiri.ionsly obtained au order.
.4r. Mar said lie wits far Irons applying his ob.
astrvaloot to the Learned Counsel.
Mr, OweN remarked, that he did not like to
have it sled even of his client. To skew there had
been nothing surreptitious, he woolsd beg leave to
mate the facts : the commission of bankruptcy had
been taken out in Jantsary lost; and a Petition to
..aperverle it presented to March. The poor man,
who wus the object of the commission, happen-
ed, mato Moiety fur lam, to be in such a awe of
health, that although he hope(' to he able to attend
his fast examinittion, yet he found it utterly out of
his power, and the time would hive elapsed if it had
;1.1 been for the order made upon the swiml appli-
satiou. sod by whieli order the time was enlarged,.
tor proceedings under the commission suspended,
and the restraint placed olio') the Sate of the bank-
t'upt's ororerty. Notwithstanding this order the
risiogure, who vow slot only sole assignee, but soli-
itor rod petitio o creditor, chase to prueeed with
the sale. Thep maw, the bankrupt, was his.
tressed at the idea of having his estate sold ; parti-
colerly us lie impeached the validity of the commis-
sion, on the ground that there was no petitiouing
creditor•;slebt, and on net of bankroptcy ; sod
that the evideoce of the debt hind been obtained by
yeas fraud. It war under these circumstances lie
had presented the PeCoion to supersede the cow-
intssitm.• The mottos oo oo g vellum's debt was •
mortgage, obiels the bankrupt insisted was frets.
sluleto.
It was upon this statement that the Lord Chan-
cellor, when he prohibited the vale of the estate,
sodered that affirlasi,s should be tiled on the other
tide. Those affidavits had been filed, and they
furnished it strong ease of imp, ersion. The as-
'done had filed uo less than fourteen affidavits, one
of them containing 200 folios. The poor wretched
cripple, his client, whore property hod been taken
noisy from him, was usiable to procure copies of
the •115.1svits—yet he was told, in spite of all jus-
lice and propriety, that he was expected to appear
to Court and answer them in a few days. In
this sitinsiion how was the poor was to obtain even
n kilter/ledge of the contents of the affidavits?—
'l'o obtain copies would curt him near 2W.; if he ap-
plied .it the Ilankrupts'-office for permission to read
them, u consideration would be required more Mill
lie was stile to comply with. But this was not the
.shale of toms ease: the Court would be surprised to
h.eir that, slur the sale had been adjourned, the
(.71intrnissiiiiiers under this commission had summons
• him to So indon, in Wills, a distance of 90 miles,
for the purpose of being examined. %V hen he came
before them, lie begged them not to proceed with his
examination till his Attorney was present to advise
The ChmMis•ii.ners told biro lie was tint en.
1%,1ed to have his attorney; he, however, refused to
put his hood to soy exainioutiois in the absence of
his Irgal advisee, upon winch they committed him
to gaol, and three he lay at this moment ; and this
matt in a gaol, or out of a gaol, must tiecessarily
be lying on a bed of sickness: neveitheies• suds
was the way in which lie had heen treated. The
Learned Coulon-I, upon the whole, trusted his
Lordship w.suld dismiss the motion for dissolving
the itijimetino, and give the bankrupt a reasonable
time to see the affidavits, and to triply to them.
Mr. Mitre raid, he never remembered an in-
stance but sole in which the Court lead interfered
to prevent the assignees from sellinr, a bankrupt's
teal estate. That was the ease of Mr. Bryant, and
Pe might 'real to I.is Lordship the inconvenience
*shish* had resulted from it. In that ease the Court
I ad prevented the useigntes from taking povsession
of on estate, under the presumption that Bryant,
without that estate, had abittidant funds to satisfy
leis creditors, which turned out tint to be the cast.
This was the second application of the same kind.
Now, lie would Ask, what possible prejudice could
The bankrupt sustain by his estate being sold ? If
the commission should be ultimately superseded,
the sale would ben nullity—it would be set aside—
all the expense would fall on the shoulders of the
assignee, and the bankrupt might again take pos-
sersiou of his property. to the toms time the affi-
davits stand that this estate was the only property
*ith which the bankrupt had to pay his material
creditor: it was in tuortgage to the petitioniug cre-
ditor fir more theft it was worth. It consisted of
old buildings, which were daily falling into a state
of (!ilapillation, and if the whole was sold to-mor-
row, they would leave the creditor's debt unpaid
by many hundred pounds. Was their any thing
la the assignee going oil to sale ? If his
Lordship sustained the application to prevent the
site, lie believed there never would be a commis-
sion in which there would not be some affidavit or
statement just UM strong and us true as the errs-rat
one, Ind an ex.parte order to paralyse the pro-
esertiligS.
Mr. OWES—" My Learned Friend talks of porn-
siog the proceedings; he dots nut think how the
proceedings have paralysed my client, who is
literally lain tip with the palsy."
51r. OAR? raid let, knew tint whether lie had the
palsy, but be bad bren nifoisned that when the
..11i..tr aeut to take Inin into custody lie frond him
carousing ; and with great agility be ovindeit him
liy jumping out of the window.
The LORD CHANCELLOR examined the proceed-
ings for soma lime. His Lordship then said, " 1
base l inked at the affidavits, anti I do nut see any
reason fur preventiog the aisle of the propeity."

CONSISTORY COURT, FRIDAY, MAY 2S.
LORD BRUISE e. LADY CRISINi.
Some time since proceedings mete instituted id
tie Spiritual Court by Lord Erskine sgsins his
Lid;, he preying fur a divorce by tenon of her

adultery. On the part of Lady Erskine a respon-
sive allegation has been given in, of a recriminatory
arid defensive nature, retorting upon his Lordship
charges of iidultry and of cruelty; and the case was
assigned to be argued.
This day an application was Made by the Proc-
tor of his Lordship, praying, on his behalf, that the
Coart would be pleased to diem's' all parties from
further observance of the sni►. The application
was opposed by the Counsel for Lady Erskine, and
by her Proctor, who prayed the Court to admit en
affidavit (-worn to by himself and hia clerk) to be
read, which, besides setting forth a conversation
(of which the particulars did not fully transpire)
between the Proctor and the mother of a wit-
'was (the niece of Lady Erskine), which con-
versation was alleged to he of the highest import-
Lance to Vie case of the Defendant, went to impute
to Lord Erskrise an attempt to keep back the tea-
firmly of the said witness,. It further declared
them the evidence of• this person. a yowttg► woman,
was materiel in prove the adolterons connexions
which his Lordship was said to have formed, and
the fact of her being token by Lord Erskine in a
carriage, for the purpose of being carried to a
boner of unbecoming celebrity.
Dr. SW ABBY ohjected to the affidavit being read,
as a proceeding altogether irregular. He objected
also to the imputation thrown out against Lord
Erskine, ielative to an attempt to withhold ■
material witness from this canoe. The fart was,
that she had been served with a compulsory Nits is
a species of peremptory citation), and bed been
produced in consequence. Ile owned it did appear
extraordinary to I hat this 'witness could depose
to the particular house to which they were going in
the carnage, seeing that that very circumstance was
likely to prevent her know►ng. Moreover, these
facts sl►uukl have been introduced into the cause,
not in this irregular manner, but by plea, which
would hove afforded Lord Erskine an opportunity
of replying in it by a couc.ter plea.
Dr. LUsIIINGTOR contended that the affidavit
. was perfectly to point, to show that Lard Erskine
hail einleavoitred to keep this witness out of the
way. •
Sir WM. Sco're thought that this aff►davit could
not lie admitted. 'llse proceeding wee irregular,
and if the facto were meant to be pleaded at all,
they ought to be put in a dilli!relit way. , „
The affidavit was therefore rejected.
Dr. Swam and Dr. JeatrEa Lord E►skine,
and Dr. ADAMS and Dr. LUMINGTON fur his lady,
then proceeded to argue the queen's.' rot the dire
mission of the suit, as 'brayed by Ina Lordship.
Sir Wm. Scary Willi he would take time to con-
sider the libel sod allegution, aid give his judgment
on a future day.
RUB MARQUIS OP VONVOAL AGAINST MAT,
' FALSELY CALLINO MERSIILF SIARCUIONESS OF
"RPOSEGAL.
Dr. Pnsitatunite, en behalf of the Marchioness
of Donegal, prayed the Court to issue its 'nutrition,
previously to the further progress of this rust, for
L the purpose of citing the next of kin. to see pro-
ceedings. These parties were married' so long ago
as the year VMS, and the presesat suit was fur nul-
lity of marriage under the Alarmage Act. The
Court was aware of the extreme severity of that
Act ; and no length of time, secretly, deprived the
Suitor of his remedy. 'lite only persons on whom
the Noble Defendant relied for her ptoof, and who
were present at her matriage, were very old ; and
this. pincers was the only our upon which she could
rely, tor the better maintenance and protection of
those high digoritrea, interems, and posseatiosis which
were insphcated w Ibis suit.—Monitiou granted.

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DUELfIIi ■AT 23.

THE LORD LIEUTENANTS FI.AG.
This mai k of 41111611Ci1011, Which has been adopted
in comeguence of his Majesty having issued his
Royal Warrant to the Lords )))) era of the
Admiralty for the purpose, as stated iu the Dabliit
Guzette, was hotated, we umferatand, far the first
time an his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant going
on board the William and Mary yacht on Susdsy
evening. the 13th tomato, when he embarked fruin
the Pier of Dunleary for Liverpool.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Moir 22.
CUTHBERT R. BROWSE.
At the sitting of the Court the argument in ibis
cause was resumed.
Mr. BLACILBUBNE, for the Defrotdsnt, com-
menced. tie said it would be impossible, upon any
principle's of kuown law, to sustain au action of
tins kind. All the authorities were again►t it. 'Phis
Plaintiff complained of the charges lie had been put
to for the accouchement of his wife, and the aupptnt
of the child, but the Court could nut listen to such
a complaint.
Mr. BLACHBURNE mole • very powetful argu.
meat, and cited a great ouniber of apposite autho-
rities, and concluded witl► stating, that if an action
of this kind were tolerated in a Court of Jostler,
Xll the first, and firmest, and soundest principles
of law must be overturned, and sip the most valua-
ble principles of civil society unsettled.
Lord NoRBURY—" It you sonetiou ►his you will
encourage unprincipled men to endeavour to get
rid of contracts solemnly entered upon."
Mr. 1101. WELL WAISIIK appeared on behalf of
the Plaintiff to reply to Mr. Illackbaroe, but the
furilier argument in this case was adjourned till
Friday next, being Law argument day, when it will
be leauuied.