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bt:endernplucalchairiltant:i;:osls.tedantitel hittZertraleiryeantfle men, accustomed' me with latent to do me tome S^vcre mischief. I was on the dr.!
speaking. a kern eye to i ?ensile, however, rushed in, caught the knife, and threw him down
thir own interests, dealt with these accommodation bill.. The very a pecoud time; and this was the whole that took place, as I can
ss,tc who, no toiling a mortgage would sottish Mr. Sugden, I prove by the evidence of a dozen pinions elsewhere, if it should be
Mr. Proton, null other greater lawyers, as to the sourdtins of the thought neceseary.
tide. woti:l advance ow -.y upon otee of these pieces of paper Mr. Man LAN n--('an you prove it by a witness here?
withipit tiny hoptiry at all, although it frequendy turned out that Mr. Watson said he eintki, and called 3lr. Joseph Stevenson,
the bill was worth only MI much waste paper. Aftermene further who corroborated his statement to the letter, and proved that Mr.
remarks relative to Ole principle *moo wht ch lands Thutlow arid Collins wax *tittering for nearly half a minute before Mr. Watson
Loughlomitigh hail acted in throe emu, he corelorled with ex- I struck him. and that it wu a fair stand-up fight. lied not Mr.
!pressing en ipiuitot, that h.• mail tag, with justiec to all parties,' Wausau se;z.d the knife the result might have been more serious.
!!;raet the prayer tai this petition. Ile .n,1141. however rtiurve his Mr. A LLLY now asked Mr. Watson whether he had not been
I
hail Judgment until the whole rinesti.m came before the Court. lent in the
inhand.
I Mr. \Vson said that he had received a small wound.
air. derla-ed that was got against his mouth.
Mr. ALLEY LOW begged to inform Mr. Collins upon a point of
law of which he nought not be aware, and that was, that if he came
into a room and provoked a man to fight by insulting language. or
otherwise, for the purpose of afterwards wounding him with a knife'
such an act would become a capital offence under Lord Ellenbo.
rough's Act. lle advised Mr. Collins in future, if he mixed
:moon" gentlemen, to pay hi. sporting debts, and not content him-
mit with rre:iving without paying.
Mr. Collins said, that such was his practice ; but this Mr. Wat-
son flatly chided.
Mr. 31•2 s LAND stopped the altercation by dismissing the war-
rite, and stating it to be his impression, that Mr. Collins had been
the first aggressor.
11 r. Collins *aid this was Improbable, as he wee under a surgeon's
beeds ; and expreesed a hope, dent the worthy Magistrate would
bind 3lr. Watson over to keep the peace against him.
3lr. 31 • n saw no ground for this application, and Mr.
Collins took nothing by his mossua.
lIATTON-OARDEN.
On Saturday, a country bumpkin, netted Brown, • higgler,
from Bedford, charged a girl of the town with robbing him of his
watch, and what money he had about him. Ile stated that the
preceding evening he was passing up Saffron-hill, when the girl
11.15 standing at her door. She politely asked him to take • cup
of tea with her, which offer he accepted; hut had not been long
with her before she and a compsnion threw him on the bed, robbed
him, and then kicked him out of the house for a fuel.
She was remanded.

COCitT OF KING'S IILNI•11, SATURDAY, MAT 211.

Anniversary rf the Itratoration of King Chinks
V.:14 olinerted a holiday in this Court, exeilit that
LiTTLEIMIE 11. It fOI 1/6-0111 AM hour for theju.tifica-
liten of hail, ni,d taking s!,:irt of nn litbwlc irtereat.
At Guildhall, lon don, the I.oun t•iiit:r .1 UNT 64, fora
%bort bins to try utoldtiohlt ra,cl4 of this denciiption
wire tried, bin none of th..ni were of any general kilt-rest.

Th;4 h.

OF EXCIWArEtt, SATURDAY, 31AY

/fOLI.IIII JEMMETT.
Mr. TAUNTOV. with W!Nitil was Mr. (.HILTON, stated the
ease. It ye,. an nenon brought by the plaintiff, as the
ont bin father, to recover a room of money glue oil a ha_
lame frau) the di 'senile:the (fatlwr and his son). The plaltiiilTl
was fhsatiny ail canonry in l'itatite, in Oxfordshire, and who fur
length or time ete attorney tuol privyte friend of the rlete.olanis.
11r was Ml...mud try them of the embarrassments they latinured
ter, rind ai.plied to, tor the purpose of obtaining a settlement.
The father briny; entitled to some estates in tail, entered into an
agreement with the son to dispose of the property. The father
Was th tarots+ tit i-vesting 1,0110/. for his daughrer's marriage
settlement, and 11,9n0t. for it life annuity, and 111,1onll. to be paid
to the moo. The concern% of the tither and son became IMIXISI
and blended top .titer ; acd, after this agreement, they gave a
fewer of Attorney or the plaintiff to receive the rents of mime
Milton estates, and make distress:lr when requisite. In the settle-
,
ntect of these cncerns, considerable advnncor were made by plain-
tiff; Anil in 1111 1, die arronnts were drawn out and debited, and
cher tan examination were allowed by Mr. Hem, Jemmett. The
first aternint was headed, " Henry Jetroneu and John Jemmett,
to Jahn Hollier debtor." This account was brought down to
1411, and anuttoded yr 2,7191. 17s. fid. ; and an acknowledgment
was written ureter Ley fither and son, that he was to have interest
for the balance. The next amount was to Al iclielnuo, 1813,
amounting to ...MU. 1 Is. Id. and an acknoaledttment was in like
manner given by father and son. The account down to Michael-
mas 11111, left a balance due to the defetidnuts of 771. 17s. Hid.
These asTOUnts were sent to the father, who was in \Valor. and in
his limns, which he intended to read to the Court, he allowed the
charges mite of the ralvanres matte by llcllier, Inn made no objee-,
turn to them. In 18111, some arrangensent took pLyce between the
father and son, and the father, instead of abiding by the former
urns... went. assigned over the whole property to the son, upon his
anent/Mg him a certain rim yearly ; bat anbacquent to that arrange-
ment, the plaintiff continued to make advances for the defendant's
benefit. Having thus described the minor of the case to rite Jury.
he 1 Mr. 'l'auntrini Hui only to state the amount claimed up to
IMO. The stint claimed for advaacen mode on amount of the fa.
ther and son, WAS 3.3tAti. pia. 7d. And should the Jury be of opi-
nion he was entitled to the advances made since Ifild, then the
antenna would Ire 3, e2.9f. Ifs. and a charge fur interest of
Vrlf Ys. 61, made a total of 3,117111/. 13s. fol. This was the sum he
sought front the haunts of the Jury. He should in the course of
the case he obliged to stwe a variety of fitmres, which would ren-
der It more °implicated, and lie expected and hoped (hat it could
hove been settled otherwise; some gentleman, he imagined, could
have better settled this matter in his private room, father than have
brought it before the Court. lie, however, should sate the case
as briefly as possible, anal felt confident he shankd convince the
Jury he was entitled to the sons he &mended.
31r. J earls, who appeared on behalf of the defendants, agreed
to the suggestion 1 and a verdict was therefore taken for nominal
damages of 10,0011 L subject to a reference.

LAMBETH-STREET.
DARING DORRF.RY ler FEMALT.ll.—Saturday, Sarah Far.
and Cutlwriur Kelly, young women, but of the most desperate
character, were brought nir, charged. with having robbed a Mr. Long,
of Maidstone, Kent, at 20 sovereigns, under the most daring cir-
cumstances.
31r. I.o:ig stated, that es Friday last he had occasion to came to
town, and was proceeding alon Whitecbapel, when the prisoners
acceded him, and he ultimately accompanied them to a house in
which they said they resided. Ile had not been there long when
the prisonte rocs suggested having something to drink, for which
she esit Kelly, on whose return they quitted the room, and shut
him in. From what bad taken place, lie had no doubt but they
committed the robbery. They were afterwards taken in custody.
Lea. the officer, proved apprehending the prisoners at a notorious
house in Whitechspel, where he found the prisoner Fact slumber-
ing by the side of a notorious prize tighter, with whom she coha-
bited, and who II:14 lately been in custody on charges of rubbery
at this office.
They were fully committed.

TOWN-HALE.
On Saturday, Ekanor Sta.f/n d, a strapping wench, was charged
with (Testing a disturbance in a house in Tooley-street, thrashing
Jim,. of the watchmen, and kicking them into the street.
The row was proccd, and Eleanor consigned to durance, in de.
fault of bail.

111011 COVRT OF DELEGATES. SATURDAY, MAT ?I.

MUST° v. 311113T0.
This was a suit instinned by Sir Wastel Brio*, against Lady
Bristn, for a separation, by fC34111 of adultery. The Mlle hu
been s'reral times decided during the long period It has been in the
F:ccloiAstical Courts, but continued by appeal from one Court to
another. Saturday wan fixed for hearing the arguireents on the
Liett appeal before the Delegates, assembled at the Judge's Cham-
ber, Sergeant's Inn, assisted by Mr. Baron ()arrow and Mr. Jus-
tice Burroughs.
The lot ST. after a short comultation, adjourned until Tom-
day, and ordered the WWII to be paid in the interim.
It Is supposed the coats amount to upwank of 13.11001.

POLICE.

GUILDHALL

Saturday Mr. Peter Crisaold, a boll broker, was brought up on
a warrant, to answer the complaint of Mr. John Wm. Birmingham,
tic unlawfully detaining a bill given him by the complainant to get
discounted.
Mr. Hu wPH It EY, the Solicitor, attended for the defendant, anti
Mr. NEW MAN. the City Solicitor, attended PS assessor to Mr. Al-
dertnan Cox, the Sitting Magistrate.
Air. ltinuinghain noted, that he had been a Lieutenant in .the
'6lkh regiment, and that 111 r. Martin, the /llernte:r of Parliament
for lialfway, was a friend of his ; and on the 17th of April last, be
gore the defendunt a bill for 2701. drawn by him (Mr. Itinninghain)
on Mr. Martin, rd accepted by Mr. Martin, which the defendant
undertook to get discounted, and to give the cash to complainant,
but he hail never since given him any money or other value on ac-
count of said bill, snit had refused to deliver it up, alleging that
he bad gin en it to another person to get it discounted, and pronlis.
log to get it hack and return it.
The delendant being called on fin his defence, said thc COM.
Martin,
had applied to him to procure cub fur a draft on Mr.
Martin, which he uodenook to do. supposing Mr. Martin's accept-
ance would be negotiable. The complainant accordingly brought
the hill, but when he attempted to pass it, he found it avoid mot be
looked of im the mart,et ; he was, in consequence, tillable to obtain
cash for it.
The Alderman inquired why he did not return ft?
The defendant replitil, he had given the complainant three pounds
an account of the bill, et the acme time Ise received it, and OAS now
willing to return the bill on being repaid that sum.
Mr. Ilu strums: y produced the bill to shew the defendant was
in a condition to perform what he bad proposed. it appeared the
bill hind been indorsed by two names which were erased. The de-
fendant said the MIMIC% were his own and that of a friend, and the
indorsements were made for the purpose of obtaining cash for the
complainant ; not of converting the bill to his own use. The com-
plainant positively denied that he had ever received a shilling from
the defendant. either in money or ally kind of value.
The Magistrate, after some deliberation, said he would dismiss
the criminal charge, but would retain the bill in his possession
till the Court of Requests should deride on the ilcfenilailea claim
of debt against the complainant, to whom he would deliver the bill
when that claim was satisfied.
141' EEN-SQI'ARE.
FIGHTING row Cu Al IT v.—SatorttaMr. Watson, a gentle-
man known in the sporting circles, wan brought to the office this
tiny helm E. Moak LAN IN Esq. upon a charge of assaulting a
Mr. Collins, who is also distinguished for his connection with the
attain of the turf and the ring.
Mr. ALLEy attended as Counsel for Mr. Watson ; Mr. Collins
appeared sot...
Mr. ('oldies. on being called on to support his charge, stated,
that on Thursday evening last he was sitting in the eolfee-room of
, the %%like Bear, in Piccadilly, when Mr. Watson came in and sat
himself down in the same box. After a few moments hesitation,
Mr. Watson makes' him for MI, which he said he (Mr. Collins)
owed him upon a het, which he had lost upon the late Newmarket