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GREENWOOD R.ET.LTII.

Mr. Trwatte moved the-Vice-Chancellor, on the part of
Messrs. Greenwood and Co. to grant an injunction to restrain the
defendant from publishing any maps of the counties oflagland,
copied from impressions, engravings, or outlines taken hum the
plaintiff's plates.
Mr Kxtritx, on the part of the defendant, stated he would ad.
mit that there wa. one cart of the plaintiff's awe which was not
met by the defendant's affidavits, and that he could not prevent the
injunction being granted u to the counties of Leicester and Bed_
ford r and he requested that the injunction might extend only to
such parts of the defendant's maps of those counties ma had beer
copied from original surveys ef the plaintiff.
ilir. TINNET represented that it was usual, in county surveying,
to obtain surveys and drawirgs of private estates and he thought
that the wink of the plaintiff should be wholly protected.
Injunction granted, limited to the countim of Bedford and Lei.
COW.

COURT OF_KING'S BENCH, SATranAir, MARCH 4.

HOT V. SIMPSON.

This was an action of trover to recover the ♦alue of a horse,
alleged to be wrongfully detained by the defendant.
Mr. GrRNEY and Mr. 1). F. JowEa conducted the plaintiff's
case: and Mr. SCAIILETT and Mr. COHYN the defendant's.

The plaintiff was an innkeeper at Dartford, and employed a
person named Prudence, a horse-dealer in Southwark, as his agent
for the sale of a certain horse. The defendant is a brewer. and, in
August 1824, having occasion fur such a horse as that offere_d for
sale by Prudence, he wished to have it on trial. The price de-
manded was thirty guineas. After some days had elapsed, Mr.
liiimpron was asked whether he intended to keep the horse ? He
said, " No, for he was old, and broken-winded." Prudence then
required the horse to be returned. This was refuted. A long
period then passed, and when the hire of the horse, at Ss. a day,
amounted to 47/. the bill was sent in. Mr. S. paid 301. as the
value of the horse. Prudence said he received this as part of the
hire, and again demanded the horse. Mr. S. refused, andstill told
Mr. P. that he would not purchase it. The present action was
therefore brought to recover the value of this horse, which the de..
fendant thus detained and refused to purchase.
Mr. SCAR LITT, for the defendant, submitted to the Jury the
improbability of the plaintiff's case, in which it was supposed that
his client would continue to keep a horse on hire, until the sum
thus due amounted to 471., when the value of the home was only
thirty guineas.
A witness was called, who proved that the objection made by the
defendant to purchase the horse was not absolute, but merely
conditional; he would not purchase until certain other horses, for
which he had occasion, could be procured.

The Loan turei JurrlcE told the Jury, that the point to
which they ought to direct their attention was, whether the horse
had been sold or Doi. If they thought be had been sold, they
would find for We defendant ; if not, they would find for We
plaintiff:
The Jury having consulted some minutes, returned a verdict for
the defendant.

The Court was eft-spied throughout the rernainder.at gia day is
trying Common Jury eases, of no kind of interest. The Court will
not sit ag%in before Linter Term.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.

NEWCASTLE, Mutat 1.

Meta Lows, aged 21, stood charged with the murder of her
newly-born male child, at the Turf Hotel, on the 24th of July last.
Mary Dawson examined--I was in the fume service as the pri-
soner. I slept in the next room to the prisoner ; there was nothing
but a thin wainscot between, and I could hear any thing that took
place in the prisoner's room. I was frequently disturbed at night
y the moaning of the prisoner. She told me not to be frightened,
for she was accustomed to moan in her sleep. On Sunday, the
24th of JOl7, prisoner went to bed before inc. When I went to b
I heard her re,ding a prayer, or some good book. I fell asleep,
but was awakened about tire in the morning by the gmans of the
prisoner. 1 heard her moan again about air. After this 1 heard
her dressing hetsclf. Prisoner then went down stairs, and after-
wards came back again, and about eight in the morning I heard her
lock her door. Just as the clock wax striking eight I heard two
labour pains, and afterwards I heard a child cry once. I then
heard a noise and audit:, and after that, I heard three distinct
blows against the bed-post, and then I heard blows in the chimney
place, as though struck with a brush. I then heard the prisoner
shut down her bax, and lock i,. After this I heard the ;iris:net
pull her.eif into bed, and cry "Oh dear ! Aluider ! Murder !
Murder !" three times. I went to prisoner's room door, peeped
through the key hole, but did not
.ask to be let into the room.
I went down stairs, and told Jane Darts that something particular
had happened to Rebecca. On the Monday arid Tuesday night
prisoner slept in the same room, but I was not disturbed by her.
On the Wednesday night I !hard her praying very earnestly.
Before the prisoner left the Turf lintel I searched for the child,
but could not find it at that time; I did not look Into the box. On
the Sunday, after the prisoner had left on Thursday, I found a
child in the kitchen due.

Croer-examined—l said before the Coroner that I heard three
distinct noises, but I don't know that I said I heard the blows
against the bed post, or that I heard her cry 66 Oh dear, olt dear !
Munier, murder, murder!" I was very much tarried. I did
tell Jane Darin that the cry I heard might hate been the ay of a
cat, and net the cry of a child.
SIN Paget, surgeon, examined—l have known the prisoner
above eleven yeses. I remember being sari for by the prisoner
on the 2;th of July. 1 visited her between the hours of two and
three. She told me she had has namely ill on the Sunday
night. On th,: Sunday evening I went to the Turf Hotel, and the
body of a male child was showu to me. Tim body was in a perfect
state. I examined the body, and found a mark on the child's ,
cheek, anti a bruise on the other cheek bone. There were mho the
marts of three fingers and a thumb on the eild's neck. The finger
marks were on the left side, and the thumb on the right. The
marks had been undoubtedly inflicted by force, because the coagu-
laden of the blood helots marked the place where they had been.
The marks on the head were not sufficient to destroy like.
The prisoner being called upon for her defence, said she had
nothing tour.
The mother of th prisoner deposed, that when her daughter'
came from the Turf Hotel, in July lea, she brodglit home a
quantity of baby linen.--(The witness produced the liven.)
Mrs. Ann Hogg was called, but she refusal to be sworn on the
Evangelists, alleging that she belonged to the Church of Scotland.
The oath was then administered to her according to the practice of
Scotland, and she deposed that the prisoner hail lived with her ;
that she had nothing but good to say of her ; and that while
prisoner was with her stir conducted herself with vary great
peopriety.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY summed up the evidence. He said he
anxiously hoped that the minds of the Jury were unprejudiced,
and that they would judge the 'prisoner by the eratlet.ec—and the
evidence alone. Fortunately he. the ',earned Judge, came with
his mind perfectly pure, for he had heard nothing about it. lie
bad ao reason to doubt but the witness Mary Dawson was a witness
of truth; but she certainly had stated things to-day width she did
not slate before etc Coroner. The Jury,
therefore, bad a right to'
doubt her accuracy. The surgeons bad been cross-examined with
great ability, and the Jury would judge of the facts which had
been thpicelicitcd. There were circumstanres of great suspicion '
attached to the case t but these circumstances might erica as well
from the tact of the prisoner being guilty of concealing the Meth,
from her being guilty of the greater cftance of murder.
The Jury retired tor a short time. ar.d a( iuitted the prisoner of
the der, but frond her Goilt lof concealing the Birth.
&ounce, two years' imprisonment in the House of Caro:den.

TOE BRITISH PRESS.

SURREY sEssloN.uvrt,RDAy, Monett 4.
Thomas Yaks, an iota old man. was indicted for unlaw-
fully and by false pretences obtaining from Lord Viscount Dud-
ley and Ward a certain sum of mosey, with intent to cheat awd
defraud him thereof.
Mr JEMICTT, on behalf of the prosecution, Arrived that the
Noble hoed was not Actuated by any personal feeling against the
defenchuit, but from a public duty, which particularly was tin-
posed upon him, being Vice-President of the 3leodicity Society.
The Learned Cotansel having detailed at considerable length the
tracts of the case, the following witnesses were examined in sup-
port of the charge:—
ll'm.
Lenten, Steward to the noble prosecutor, stated that the
Noble Lord was Vier-President of the above.named Society, and
that he was in consequence applied to from distressed families for
relief. 41n the sth of January last the following letter was addressed
to his Lordship :
B. St. Peter's-terrace. Il'alworth-common, Jan. 5.
"My dear Lord,-1 have in make many apatite.' for the liberty
I hare taken in trespassing on your Lordship's dine. In eonfi.
dental of your Lordship's nominees end humanity in affording
your generous aid to unfortueate persona. Under such im-
pressions, I have ventured to submit for yonr Lerdsi..p's hu-
mane consideration a distressing- cue of a Mrs. Mary Jones, a
native of Cheshire, who ha. been in n reputable way of business
in London, but owing to misfortunes and loss by RN, the property
nut being insured, and she having been since a widow, with an
infant family to support, she Is reduced to indigent currant.
stances. Ilex friends, with several gentlemen of my acquaintance
in Worcestershire, hare subscribed small sums.
" R. Val. Es."
Witness, in consequence of the direction of his Lordship, gave
a sovereign to one of his Lordship's servant*, for the purpose of
handing the-same to the Rev. Mr. Yates for the relief of the widow
Jones and family.
Richard Stockdale, servant to his Lordship, stated that on the
111th of January last be received a sovereign from the last witness,
with directions to go to IValworth and present die same to the Re-
verend Mr. Yates Witness went accordingly, accompanied by
two officers of the Mcndicity society, to Walweeth, to inquire tar
the Doctor, where he observed the dei'endaat on is knees washing
the stairs. Witness inquired for Mr. Yates, when the defendant
said the Reverend Gentleman was out and would Pitt return until
the following morning. Witness went again on the following
morning, when he Katy the defendant, who repiefpntell himself 114
the Reverend Gentleman. Witness then gave-the sovereign and
received the thanks of the defendant. Witness then gave a signal
tithe two Meadicity Society's officers, who apprehended the de-
fenderaL
Twn other witnesses confirmed the above evidence, and added
diet the defsmiant was a cooper by trade.
The Reverend Mr. Yates stared that the letteribrodueed was not
his baud-writing; and that he knew nothing of the case of 11ra.
Jones.
111 r. TuEssinza. on behalf of the defendant, took several oh.
jectiorts to the indictment, the letters and documents mentioned
being not copied verbatim ; and that there was ne evidence that
the letters. &c.. were sent by the defendant to hit *Lordship ; and
lastly, that the defendant ought to have been indicted for the at-
tempt, as his Lordship was -.ware of the Imposititm, inasmuch as
his Lordship sent two officers to apprehend Mtn itzimediattly on
his servant handing him the sovereign.
Mr.JEsratyrrr. having replied at much length.
The Corns was of opinion that there was sufficient evidence to
go to the-Jury.
Mr. Tirxxisicut then addressed the Jury at great length nn
the evidence, contending that it was not sufficient to support the
charge.
The eit AIRMAN having summed up.
TheJuryretnrited a verdict of Guilty against the defendant, and
he was sentenced to 'even years transportation.

INPASrIGATION its Me KING'S BRNO?' PRISON
On Saturday an investigation took place at the King's Bench
prison, befort the Manlial, upon the previous complaint of one of
the rulers, Air. Brown, a subaltern in the army. against Lieutenant
Delbell, of the 4th Light Dragoons. The following information
was sworn to by the runner gentleman against the defendant, who
was apprehended by Clarke, one of the officers of !Aim Hall.
John Drown, of No. 2, Lannlizth-roati, deposed that cn Monday
night, between the hours of nine anti ten, John DalbelL, Lieute-
nant of the 4th Light Dragoons, residing at No. 7, Queen-square,
farmed the deponent in the street towards hie, deponenetriodgings,
threatening with i large stick to mike him, and was pretested
from carrying hit threat into remotion only by the interference of
several persons who happened to be passing by at the moment ; and
the deponent further salth, that the said John Dalhell has since
made frequent attempts to enter the deponents residence at night,
for the purpose of doing him some injury, and that *Om the anal.
sinus disnosition, manifested by the said Delhell, sad the threats
used by him, the deponent ij in fear of his life, or of Wines bodily
harm.

It appeared that the above complaint arose In consequence of an
anonymous letter having been transmitted to the defendant's wife,
couched in language representing. that her husband was a complete
" Don Giovanni," and that no girl residing:in the neighbourhood
could escape from the snares laid by Mtn upon her virtue. Upon
the receipt of this coMmunication Airs. Dalbell, as might be ex.
pected, got into a vielent.rage with her spouse, and exhibited to
him, in 'e black and white," the charge or joainuatton of his in-
fidelity. Mr. Bothell, upon perusing the lager, :issued his wife
that there was not the slightest truth la ft, adding, that it was-
written for the sole purpose of exciting di4ctird between them.
This explanation quieted his wife's appreheogions, and he subse-
quently ascertained that Mr. Brown was the ehther of it. Imme-
diately on the discovery he proceeded to the confplainant's residence,
with whom lie had been on intimate terms, and having shown the
letter, vowed vengeance against the author of it. Mr. Itrown,...it
appears, contradicted the insinuation can upon him of his having
any knowledge of the letter, when the defendant, without further
ceremony, brandished a stick over his head. and had it not been foe
the hasty retreat of the party, he would in all .probability have
b keierue cudgelling. Tbs. defendant_ tab KJ trendy
esseelite. wss ales* the'imaking
cation to the Marshal ter his protection.
Upon Mr. Brown being sworn to the above inferrnation, the de-
fendaut requested to know of what religious persuasion he wais
The complainant replied that lie was a member of the Church of
England, rind that it was at the solicitation and advice of a mutual
friend, eolanel Tullah (who was present), that he proceeded in this
business, as that gentleman had informed him of the impetuous.
and violent teirper of the defendant. Mr. Brown assured the Mar-
shal that he was not the author of the production attributed to
him by the defendant, while on the other hand the Lieutenant ex.
pressed his conviction that-he was the person and nobody else.
After a scene of recrimination between the contending parties on
the subject of the offensive letter, tile hlarshal at length decided
the contest by calling upon the defendant to give bail to keep the
. . .

After this decision, the defendant requested that he might be al-
lowed to prefer a charge against me cctuplainant, whirit was, that
that gentleman had brutcu Lis rules, and was seen on Westminster
bridge a few llvs ar.
The complanuctt declared upon his honour that there was not
the les,t foundation for such a charge. Since his arrest he had
never been out of the limits of the Bench.

Lieut. Dalbell—l au bring forward evidenct to prove the
charge.
The Marshall however ohi,erved that he would for the present
postpone the Charge, but on Monday would investigate it
fully.

POLICE.

GUILIIH4II.I4.

A gang or thieves has sprung up in inthe city, which, from the
obscreatiuos of the police, appear to have come to the very singu-
lar determination of stealing only from wine and spirit merchants.
It consists. of four and sometimes fire young fellows, one of
whom carries a knot, and they will watch a wine-merchant's cart
or truck, or his cellar, where it opens into the street, for art hour at
• time, letting slip all other, though more favourable opportunities
to obtain bauty, whica occasionally resented themselves. A few
days ago a cask of brandy was stolen from the top of the cellar
stairs at a spirit-dealtt's in Cripplegote, while the man returned
below to tech up a second cask. A gill:tier mending a three-pair
of stairs' window nearly opposite observed the robbery, but coulli
not get down into the street in time to cause the thieves to be sc.
cured. About the same rime a large barrel of clove cordial iris
stolen front a distiller's cart in I,l'hitecross-street, while the
driver was delivering a cask at • wine-vaults there. In this In.
stance, however, the thief was overtaken and committed far trial.
On aisturelay a led- earned Cherries Marls brought be-
fore Mr. Alderman 11c vG AT X, charged with a similar offence.
It appeared that the carman of Messrs. Putlionirre, rectifiers,
Silver-street, lett his cart at the end of. Angel-street, in St. Mar-
tin's-le-Grand, on Friday afternoon, to deism a small keg, when
in an instant one fellow jumped into the cart, and handed out
smell cask of 'wren, value 61. to the prisoner- who had MI porter's
knot, anti they both made off in diflivent direction.. 't'he carman
returned in about two militates. and drove off without discover-
ing his 1051. The City toll-cavetor, however, who saw the rob.
hery committed, after talliering the prisoner to so about 300 yards
towards Smithfield, matte hint retrace his steps and carry the cask,
which was very heavy, to Messrs. l'uthouiere's, where he was given
.into custody.
_ _ . -

The.ptis.oner offered no defence, and was committed for trial.

MARLBOIOI7GHTHEET.

eAtrrlt?X appeared
to be principally appropriated to hearing charges against the
victuallers in the district of this office, IM having their houses open
and persons in them, though hot drinking, after half-past eleven
at night.
It cannot be too often mentioned, for the information of the
lieonsed victuallers, that the officers belonging to the difre•rnt
police establishments of the metropolis are ordered by the Ma-
gistrates to patio! the streets, and see that their houses arc abut
up at eleven or half.pnst eleven o'clock at night. T;tis is a duly
that we Indieve the officers would he glad to be dispettned with in:t-
hirsting; and, to the great credit of the publicans in the large
district of' this office, asinnrising the extensive and populous
parishes of St. Giles's in the Ficlda, St. tieorge's, Hanover.
square, and Bt. James's, only six victuallers had to attend before
the 3lagktratea to.day (notwithetanding.the strictness with which the
duty is obliged to be performed by the officers) to account for their
hewer having been found open after half.past eleven o'clock.
It is not necessary to mention the names of two of the throe
houses, nor their landlords, who unfortunately were fined 41. each,
and ills. costs, for a bleach of the regulation established by the Ma.

gistaterts but the case of Mr. Barks, of the King's Head, in Broad-
street, bt. Giles's, appears to us tube peculiarly severe. His house
fa known to be a watering house: and, therefore, according to the
common acceptation, a house open at Ice hours for coaches anti
travellers. Mr. Barka stated that fact to the Magiattate, but he
was told that that circumstance did not exempt him from the ge-
neral rule, and he was fined 4/.. and 10s. costs.
Two iadividuals were fined 10a. each, although the best character
was given to their houses by the officers and many neighbours, but
Mr. Goodfellow, a most respectable man, who has kept the Briton.
fda. in Berwick-street, Soho, tor 15 years, was called upon to answer
for his house having had lights therein, at half-past eleven o'clock.
From the statement of Mr. Goodfellow, which was confirmed by
the officers, there were at the hour mentioned four pe►sona belong-
ing to a benefit club, held at his house, in the first floor room with
the landlord, settling their accounts. The officers were instantly
admitted, and found on going up emirs that there was no liquor of
any kind on the table.
The Alagim.rate (Mr. Demo very much complimented Mr.
Goodfellow on the gond and regular manner in which he had for so
long a period managed the Britannia, but regretted to be obliged to
fine him in 10s. without costa.

On Saturday /Eby dims Wir gs. the driver of the hackney-coach
No. WI. was bought before Mr. Dime, charged with having
robbed Mr. Johnson, a gentleman residing at Yarmouth.
Mr. Johnson deposed that he en znged the prisoner on Friday
morning, who conveyed him and his sister from Hanover.square to
Kensington square. On striving at the turnpike, Hyde Park
Corner, he pulled nut his purse to pay the toll, and afterwards
he placed it on the seat. On arriving at their destination, his sir.
ter gave hint ss. to pay the fare with. and he then discharged the
prisoner. Upon his return to town in the shernonn, on feeling for
his purse he missed it, when lie recollected laying it on the rest.
II contained a 1111. rote, 10 sovereigns, and ten or twelve shillings
in silver. Having taken the nnmber he went to the Coach-office,
where he obtained the address of the owner, and *bout nine o'clock
In the evening he, accompanied by Scholefield, went to Williams',
Mews, Devonshire-street, and waited until the prisoner came in.
On his getting down from the box, he asked him whether he had
not taken a lady and gendeman in the morning to Kensington,
when he replied yes. He then asked him if he had not found a
purse entitanting the above money, but this the prisoner denied, and
also said he had not examined the coach, but lie had taken a lady
and gentleman up at the turnpike, and set them down at the White
frlorse Cellar t he then taxed the prisoner with having the money.,
When he arid that he did not recollect taking him up. licholefield
told him that be must be searched. when the prisoner said he had
found a 10/. note about two hours before, crammed into the cushion,
and which was the our which he had left with his purse.
Scheletield deposed that he searched the prisoner, when he found
clinched in his right hand the la note, and in his breeches pocket
nine sovereigns and and a half, and between twenty and thirty
shillings in Miter. The ptisnr.er said he had found the note, but
denied ever seeing the purse and the sovereigns. He then searched
the coach, but he could not find the purse. The prisoner was
rather in liquor; but he had since admitted that he found the
purse lying on the scat, and had he not been in liquor he should
have tetitmed the money.
The prisoner said he had nothing to say, as he was drunk at
the time.

Mr. Johnson observed to the Magistra.e that he eid not wish to
pros the charge, as the prisoner had admitted finding the money ;
and besides, it would be considerable trouble for hha to come to
London on the trial.
The Magistrate replied, that it waa caw; of those cases which
could not be passed over, and the prisower waa committed.