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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S WENCH. Gitif.ollALL,
FRIDAY, IiFtFIIRER 17.

110DGiON r. D %i 9.

This WWI an action in grower 11w value of Eon& deli.
vend Si, the euattnly of the Defendant, and gold by him,
fur which be refuse) I/1 111T1.1111..

Owe Defendent kept the Castle Inn, at Woodford, and had
failed in it. The Plaintiff took possessiou by virtue of a bill
of sale, but retained the D..fettilsitt to • on the business.
Liquors to the amount of 1,3331. were supplied by the Plain-
tiff. The Defendant bring called on to 'teeming at She coil
of six months, declared Oat the receipt* hail been barely
equal to the expenditure, tool proof was now pot in that
the concerti was a osing one during the whole time.
Mr. Seattt.trr, for the Plaintiff, proved tint there were
liquors sold, in the lime which at prime covt amounted to
3751.; there had been beside* $0 days employment for a
chaise, which he took at the rc4eeed rate of 255., making
al least 11)01. The prufit on the liquors sold was proved to
be equal to the mime cost at the lowest. Now, he would
allow an ample maintenance for Mr. Bass, his family. and
establivhment, and thee lie thought the Plaintiff fully en-
titled to at least the prime sot of has g In.

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The CHIEF Junta-to concurs...l in Oita (pit t i tttt .
The Jury, after
ecrtliet fur 1501.

POLICE.

Itow•.Tam.
A ease of considerable importance, particularly to pawn-
brokers, has been under invest igsti )))) for the last few days.
Mr. Mehemet..., a highly.respectable silversmith, in Serie.
street, Lincoln's. lim.fiehls, lately sturimetetl that he was
roldrial in his busines., and upon instituting en inquiry to
satisfy his mind is to his suspicions bring well-grounded, a
man in his employ nbscimiled, which left no doubt of his
being the robber; and upon eNansining the spirt/pet Iy left Iw.
bind him, a book and papers were foolish which clearly
proved his infamous conduct, as it was rerouted when he
stole the different artii les of plate, the difli•rent places
is here hr had disposed or them. particularly the pawnhrokets
where they were pledvil, Ib.r sums they I laced,
There were on less than fire pawnbrokers at which plate
bad been pledged to the amount of several hundred pounds—.
at one of them plate wes Wedged to the amount of 170/.
at aat cond of lON, ..f c se the value of the plate was
worth considerably more; the three other pawnbrokers had
root received plate to such large amounts. It was stated to
the pawnbrokers by Mr. 3lakepeace that the property had
been stolen from him by a servant, and requested that it
might be given up to him, which they refused, saying,
produce the thief and prosecute to conviction, then they
wont.' be compelled to mature the property, as is the general
law upon lIIC case ; but this was not in the power of Mr.
Makepeace to do, as the thief had made his escape, soil
every exertion hail turn made to trace him in vain. The
pawnbrokers persislieg its sl. is deb rininat 1111 l , Mr. Make.
peace applied to 31r. Bien', fir informal• how to act.
The worthy M agisti ate. sieter hearing the case filmed, granted
warrants to search their I 1111 l sc. tor stolen property, Mr.
Mekepence hating noses that to hi. belief property stolen
from him was at the limises of the pawubrukers,
Lanes were dispatched to %easel. the premises, when they
accordingly found the souls n plate described by Mr. Make_
peace. which they brought away.
On Thursday the rase was investigated before Mr. Conant,
aloe, it bring under the Art of Parliament called the
PaaalbrUkerS. Art. which directs that the decision must he
made by the Magistrate who grants the w arrant, it was post-
poned, its order to be heard before Mu. Birnie.
It appear.' that the property hail lava principally pledged
by a woman, and it remains to be proved, whether the
pan brat rs acted strit ily accuiding to the directions or the
Pawultrokers' Art, its questioning the woman, as to where
she lived, if the property she offered to pledge was her own,
or whose it was. In I-30a allele the Act has not been strict-
ly complied with, it has ovcterrid that Magistrates have
tiered the restmaliou of mobs property, although the thief
had out beets found.

A' Flaunt r% Mril luiy• aimed, bringing. BruPeel%

THE 7URF.

••••••
BETTING AT TATTERsALLI, Dzetwara 17.

nuaur.
10 to 1 agin Mr. Pitree'sc. I 10 to 1 apt Brother to
II to 1 agat Briseis )Chick's
15 to 1 agat P•iidaree 20 to 1 agat Sailor
17 t.. 1 alai The Duke 100 to 4 31,1 d Barone, Cat,
17 to I apt Blucher Castrell, and North.

OAK'.
to I on she Md.

IRE IaIN

1111111.1 N, DTCTIIBER 14

Ifonilav last his Excellency the Lord Lit utt arid pass-
ed tbroticb Athlone. Ilia approach was ammunet dby a
rocs salute from the Castle; and he took hit departure
amidst peal+ of artillery discharred from the bakeries. nit
may was merely for w few minister ; after basing obtained
fresh her.`, he *et off for the noble mansion of Lord Chin-
bench, where he will renstin for a few days. Nis Excellency
war actompanied by two Gentlemen ■ud two servants.—
(Athlone Herald)
Ari!Yeil Hilton's Hotel yesterday the Nlarrpris of Clio.

We rczret 10 'date, that limns the 110 n. Sir Wm. Cusack
Smith, 11.0-1. is confined by indisposition at his seat in the
count. V.

FAIRS.

There was 3 larze shew of tattle at the fair of Laugher,
on the Rlh instant, hot few porehasers. The prices for
horned cente were considered setisfartory. The demand for
•dory, horse., and pigs, were rather limited. figs expert-
rocr.l a cleat reduction in price.
llte fair of Roscommon, for the last
present so !lege and Melt a supply of fist cattle, as on 11,4.4.1ay
sennight, nor 11.1 genes al a ronertiww of bo3eis, almost from
every part of Ireland. In the morning, for about sit hoar,
the re wee...mirk salmi, at ads:owed rates. Thin was succeeded
rathernwldenly by a I: meow. 31111 declension, which einitioued
ihronzliout the ehiy, so that little or no business was effected,
and the great body of that stork retiortie.l I ln wait a
twirl:. I. Sheep went off tolerably well. lwifers
of one and two years old commanded very high prices.
Polk was in ',reticular request; and milt+ cow. uniformly
winiolaincil a constant and growling demand, and, in sonic
insimn rn, the prices Wife exiirmusdivary.

CRIMINAL LAWS.

(Conlinverlßorn Olt Paper of illehrolley, Dtember 4.)

REPORT.

The Select Committee of the Howse of Commons appointed
to colo,olor of .o much of the Cruninal LIU. as relates to

Capital Piini::binelit in Felonies, have :1;mld upon the
fullimini, Report :
On the three capital felonies or, Privately stealing in a
shop to the amount of five shillings—of Privately steal-
ing a dieeiliii4 house: to the amount of forty shillings
—and of Peivati ly stealing from vessels in • navigable
river to the amount of forty ahilliugl—tlw House of Cummins
have pronounced their opinion, by passing Hills for reducing
the punkiiineet to transportation or imprisonment.
_

In proof-I,lg to oeviee those Bills, your Committee feel a
singular satisfaction that they are enabled to present to the
House so considerable a body of duvet evidence in support
of opinions, which haul hitherto chi' fly rested on general
erasouing, nod were ofif n alleged by their opponents to
be contradicted by experience. Numerous and respectable
witnesses hove borne testimony, for themselves and fur the
classes whom they 'prawn', that a great reluctance
prevails to prosecute, to give evidence, stud to cogivirt,,in
the VW, of the three last-mentioned offences; and that
this reluctoure has had theeffect of produciug impunity to
sash a degree, that it 'nay lie considered as among the
temptations to the commission of crimes. )'our Committee
be: leave to direct the attention of the House to the curs
deuce of Sir Archibald Macdonald, on this and other parts of
the general subject, in which that venerable person has stated
the result of many years experience in the administration of
criminal law. They forbore to desire the opinion of the
present Judges, out of consideration to the station and duties
of these respectable Magistrates. It appeared unbecoming
and inconvenient that those whose office it is to execute the
Critnisogl Law should be called on to give an opinion whir.
thee it ought to he altered. As the Judges could not with
prolific's censure what they might soon be obliged to •n•
force, they could scarcely he considered as at liberty to de-
liver an unbiassed opinion. Of the Judges who have retired
from the bench, Sir William Grant and Sir Vicar, Gibbs,
found it iticonvenweit to attend when they were requested;
auffl the C e dispensed with their attendance, having
reason to believe that both adhere to the opinions which
thee funnel ly maintained in Parliament OU opposite sides
of this ques . Lord Erskine was lOW 111 frosty London
when it was proposed to examine hint; but the Committee
are well assns.,' that his opinions entirely concur with their
own. Sir James Mansfield, and Sir Allis Chanihre, appear
to have formed no opinion, and the Committee, at their re-
quest. dispensed a lilt thew attendance.
But highly as the Committee esteem and respect the
Judges, it is not from them that 11w most suretwate and satis-
factory evidence of the eth•ct of the Penal Law can reason-
ably be expected. They only see the exierior of criminal
proceedings after they are brought into a Court of Justice.
Of the eases which nevi r appear there, and of the causes
which prevent their, apswarance, they can know nothing. Of
the motives which informal the testimony of witnesses, they
can form bat a hasty soil inadequate estimate. Buren in the
rut' is& of verdicts, they essay 'Ain be deceived. From
any opportunity of observing the indigence of punishment
those classes of - - whom malefactors

PRICES OF 11A
RT. JAM re fl.

Hay :11 lOs 0.1 to 51 O. 0.1
Straw 11 7.; 0,1 to 1/ Ills 0.1
Cloveso/ Os Od to 01 Os Od

PRICE OF RAW F,
As Matta by the Tallow

51elleig.

Price by Ta110w.... 3a b!il