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London, England, 1806-01-24 00:00:00

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COURT OF OF KING. BEN, - . • • .. • f'
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'This beinz, the first day of Mau. • -• •
JederS carob down to tVesintiMpeet.H • .e
uStial proceotiont the Chancellor in hi: .t..te t ..,eh,
with the Officer. of his .I..rodflip'. (>•iet • tki.ig
the lead. 'I he other Sudges•fi flowing artereliiig to
th-ir precedence. Thi whole of - th- eavaVitie,
King's- Cwinsel, &v. colle..fle.i in Westmb•ster-Hell,
aid aft-r the accustomed ceremonies, the several
Judges repaired to open ern re,peElive Courts.
The proper Officer attended this Court, to make
the usual returns, upon oath; of the several collet:1s
under sentence of „transportatii ri, who, had. WI%
removed from the vst-iutt. gaols thrnu,•hout the king-
don, oil board •Flia Majesty's hulks, stati•ined in the
harbours of Woolwich, Portunott.h, Plyiniveth. Ace
representing them to be in a state of g..o.i'hfallth,
keptr ro hard labour at the King's works,' and
Unck-yards, and prevented the we of strong we
spiritunushtquors, exc-pt in a medi..isial way. '
The SOLICI TOK-GESte AI, applied, to the Const
to quash a Mandernet which had been duelled &o
the Bishop of Oxford, desiring him to licence the
Rev. Is VAC Knight, who had been chosen corgi by
the inhabitants of the parish of li iddiogton, la the
county of Oxford. . .
He moved this, on the grounds of insnliei-
enty in the affidavits upon which the original !ail
had been obtained last tett') ; these affidavits not
setting forth whether the Redtor had appreeed the
appointment, or whether it was an endowed enencj
or otherwise.
Tale Court granted a rule to chew easnie.
SISSY P. le. •
Mr. GAILIOW moved the Court, that the D.
fendant, who was a foreigner, might be diseharrii,
upon filing common bail.
This was an aElion of Troyer, brought for
to recover the possession of an annuity deed
a large pocket book, the property of the I%
i Upon agreeing to derst the deed and palm
book, in the -fiends of the proper Officer of tb
Court, and to pay costs, the Court granted the aj
plication.
Mr. Ittivis applied to the Coat to gnash tit
writ of if .bros Corpay, issued last terns. to .4ingn
the body of James Crera, detained ivn board ace 0
His Majesty's ships. It appeared. from dla• all
davits, that the ship in question had sw, at el
time since his being brought on board, heti nt si
for three months together; and that, by his oken d
sire, he had entered ; and at his own requert ha
been made carpenter's mate: that I e had recelvt
a portion of prize-money, and also S. for war
being rated at his own desire. Under the.* cirri.e
stances, the Learned Counsel conceived. t‘at Cr,
was not entitled to the benefit itf a Wk.. Cop
and from what had been disclosed in the arbri4v
must be considered as a regularly-rated seam,.
Lord ELLEN sottotmis observed, that at the sit
the application was made to'the Court, there e
prated sufficient grounds for granting the writ, al
the only remedy then left, was to make a return
the back of the writ, that the party had entered s
luotarily, and then the merits of the case giros
come properly before the Court.
cosestuM MEAS.
This being the first day of term, the Coon I
not sit until a very late hour, and did not then en
into any hnsiness 'which would be, in the slight
degree, interesting,to the puhlic. 'the Judges I
not_ sh for inure than an hour, by fir the Brea
part of which was consumed in justifying bail.
few. motions, of course, were then heard, and
Cour: adjourned until to.morrow.
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POLIC6.

RLIOVAIGH-STRILT
Yesterday Henry Watts, the person who st,
charged wth stealing plate in the dwelling-be
of Mrs. Wilkinson, under pretence of hiring lo
ings, underwent a second eumination. The ;
secutrix was prevented from attending at this v
mi :aCtin, by severe indisposition.
oknother charge was made against the Priem
by a person of the name of Marshal, for picl
his pocket of 431. on the 18th December. The 1
secutor stated, that he lost the property from
pocket of his small-clothes, whilst dosing by
fire-side, at the host,* of Mr. Sims, the IEI
Head, Bear-street, I..eicester•fielifs, but he k
nothing of the robber. It was, however, pin
by the landlord of the house, that the Prisone
company with a gang of three or four oil
strangers to him, were iu the room, and he obse
the Prisoner very near to the Prosecutor. '1
all retired on a sudden, while the landlord
gone into the •yard ; and a person saw the
soner with a quant.ty cf bank notes in his 1
befeie he left the recm.

It was stated by th' Prosecutnr, that an al
Witness aaually saw the Prisoner commit the

berg.
It was represemed to the MA 0 IS , that
strong attempts Lad seen made to induce
Wilkinson to decline prosecuting. The Pril
had been represeoted to her as the relation of se
very respectable charaflets, whose names we di
meutioaing, and that he i,ad been recently led
the company of abandoned churaifters.
The MAOIST a• EL observed, that he had dot
duty, and his advice WAS, that others shoal
careful to do so, as the very cirsomatance o
Prisoner being a young man of family, made
more fit ohjeet of preaccution.
The Prisoner was fully committed to ti
trial on both charges, and the parties were
over to prosecute.

A true bill has been found by the Grand Si
Surrey, at the instance of Mrs. Not v,
Mrs. Ifophiai ; so that the intricate question
child wai ton mother:, will speedily be broui
issue. It is for an assault said to have been
milted on this occasion the bill is found.

About nine o'cicck, yests.day morning,
young man was driving a team along Coy
street, the horse took fright. ran down Whitt
street, and, dashing round into Paxton-street
in the window of the wine vaults at the come:
horse fell on the pavement, and the driver, es,
ing in the cart, escaped =butt.