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COURT OF SESSION, EDINBURGH.

A few days before the Court of Kessiott rose for
the autumn vacation, the Second Division decided
a point of importance to the Church of S0101411(1.
The Rev. D►. James Crichton. Minister of Holy-
wood, was served with a libel by the Presbytery
of Dumfoica, containing charges of a very serious
description. Previous thereto, Dr. Crichton bad
been imprisoned in the gaol of Dumfries by some
of his creditors, where he remained cosifilied, and
could not, in consequence, attend the Diets of
Presbytery in person. In this dilemma, the Pres-
bytery applied by Petition to the Court of Session,
proposing that they, as well as the Sy I, should
hold their sittings in the Court-house of Dumfries,
and craving that Dr. Crichton should be brought
by a proper warrant front the prism's to the Court-
house, to attend the different meetings. The Court
appointed the Petition to be intimated to Dr.
Crichton, and to his incarcerating creditors, and
therefore remitted to the Clerk of Process to search
for precedents. The Clerk having reported that
there were two cases very much Itt point, and one of
them bearing a strong analogy to the present ap-
plication, the Court prououuced the following
in-
terlocutor

7th Jai,, ISIS—The Lords having resumed considera-
tion of this retitle., with the Report by the Clerk in terse
of the last iaterkientor of Court, they appoiot thefacie-
trate, of Dosafries to allow the Presbytery and Synod of
Dumfries to meet is the Court-hush there, from time to
time, fur the purpose vacationed in the Petition; and grunt
warrant to authorise sad ordain the Magistrates of Dom-
fries and their giolet to bring the person of the Rey. Dr.
J. Crichton, from the prison of Dumfries to the mid Court-
house, under a sore guard, to be present at the bar of the
said Presbytery and Synod, at such limes as they may kohl
sittings, fur trying suit proceeding in the said cause, till the
final issue thereof before these Judicatories respectively, iu
the event of the said Dr. James Crichton being willing to
obey the eitatioos of the said Presbytery and Synod to ap-
pear Wire them at lb, Diets to he Seed by them, the said
Dr. James Crichton being to remain iu custody daring the
whole cootionassee of such sittings of the Presbytery and
Synod, and to be iruntedistely after earls sitting returned to
the prison where he i• at present confines), and dispense
with the ntioote.book."

Upon the 1I th current the Court pronounced •
judgment in the same terms, 111/011 the suplicstioit
lathe Presbytery of Stirling, in the ruse of the
Rev. Doctor Moodie, Minister of Chickinsuitan.

Counsel f•r the Pre►byteries of Dumfries •nd
Stirling, John Connell, E.g. advocate ; agent,
Mr. Julin Mornay, W.S.-1(;largoto Herald.)

A Commission has just passed the Great Seal.
spirt; • g e Board to inquire into the best means
411 preventing the Forgery of Bank slates, to examine
evidence. and to receive any plena that shall be of-
fered. The Members are—Sir Josseit Kix IS. Sir
Wit. CUPORLYE. WM. COMMA:NAY. F.q. M.P.
DAYIES GILSERT. E.g. M.P. JEREMIAH H•a-
I* A N EN. Governor of the Rank, WM. HYDE
Wou.serux, M.D. and CHARLES tIAtcMETT.
E-q. From a Board thus constituted, the public
may indulge a hope that something will proceed
which will diruissiali a crime that has been nicer**.
nig in u most frighoful ratio during the last frw
years. and which, if not checked by preventive
means-- puisishonents having proved unavailing—
threatens to comas! with &luta' r.rry privult in the
Nleiropols,. Tile hut rittH,r, t0..16 plat% On 'roes.
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CHELMSFORD. JULY eh
The A imites ror this C otaii.y commenced lire* )es
terchiy, Mr. Juvtiee A SRO rt 'avoided in the Cri
Court, dud Mt. Serie...int LENS 111 'he Civil `Side.

CROWN SIDP..
♦fANSLAUGHTER.
Willintai Prise was ioodocted for re!oninorly kill-
ing and slaying Robert Floorsemais, ut 11'althaonstow,
ow the 24t1, of March last. The circumstances
proved in evidence weir these t
The Prisoner and the deceased had been eperidin;,•
the evening at a public-house at Walthainstow, un
the 29d of March, and a number of other loans:
people of both sexes bring present, they joined
dance to the music of one of the party, allll could
play the flute. Some oftener 'nolo,. been gives' by
the deceased to the female cousin of the Poisoner, the
latter resented it, as the protector of his relative+
when some high words passing, the Prisoner was in..
cited by the challenge of the deceased to settle the
alrair in • bruising match. The Prisoner refused
fo► some time to determiur the affair in this almoner
but the first offence being aggravated by personal
language of indognity, he accepted the challenge.
and the combatants adjourned to the yard of the
public•house to light it out. The landlord, how..
ever, refused to permit the cunle't being deter,
mined on his premises ; and consequently the com-
batants and their seconds crowed the river Lea. and
there the fight proceeded in due form. After 4
battle, which lasted nearly so hour, in whirl' hods
combatants received some dreadful Wows, the dr,
ceased fell senseless to the ground, cuois..poence
of a finishing blow from hie antagonist. lie W 44
carried off, and notaithstasoling every effort to re-
store him, he expired in • quarter of an hour.
The wit*, for the prosecutioot admitre.l that
the Prisoner was a very peaceable and tosoffroosive
young nom, and that his conduct on the ground
was perfectly fair, he himself hating received sti
dreadful beating.
A surgetin was examined, who stated, that the
death of the deresised was produced from a blare
on one of the jugular veins, which caused all ex•
travoutation of hlooul mo the h►tio.

The Jury found the Prisoner Guilty. and he
will sentenced to four mouths anspresatitnetst its It*
County Gaul.

CIVIL RI DE—SEOUL"
Furcii C. %visa.

This was on menus; bruutiht by the Plaintiff, a
botcher, residing at (Wimp Ihntowead, in this cord). ,
sihrainst the Defendant, M nialister, of p.soall !woven) 6
for the ',eduction of the Plaint tra datteliter.

The cave, as stated by Mr. illAttlieATr, for the
Mime, sad •s developed by the cross-ems 000 o ias
lion of Mr. Gis RN EY, for the De1...1.4w. war this ;
The lady its question, 32 years of age, had received
the addresses of the Defendant fur more than four
yeara. The courtship had been owned iris with
much ardour, both at the house or the lady's lather,
and that of her uncle. nod she had beets ststfereol to
sit up with her lover after the families had retired
to rest ; particularly at the house of the former,
where she admitted that reciprocal
taken place to a very considerable extent. The,r
liberties, however. had passed after a pnlinisr of
marriage had beets givenj and the result of the
amour being a flue buy, the present action was
brought for its stipport, rod the loss of its sorbet'•
services to her fattier.

The Jury found a verdict for the Plaintiff—n
damages loot
SALISBURY ASSIZES.
CIVIL SIDE.
DORE V. ARTROBUS and ASOTIIE.II.
This was en action brought by the Plaintiff
against the Defendants, Sir E. Antrubus, Bart. mid
Omits Trotter, Esq. executors of the IKtr Ler I of
Peterborough, to recover the reproves incurred in
conducting the funeral of that Nobleman, soil was
set down on the Special Jury list. Three Special
Jurors. however, only attended, and a tales was
therefore prayed on the part of the The
pleadings having been opened, by which st appear..
ed that the Plaintiff's claim amounted to the sum
of 3.00 et. of which 2,0004 had beets paid tow
Court, Mr. Serjeunt POLL stated the general cira
cumataiires of the case.

The Plaintiff was • person engaged in a very ex.
tensive Imo of husinese in the city of Bath, where
the late Lord Peterborough had for some time be.
fore his death generally resided. He died, how.
ever, in Jour, 1814, at his test at Mulvey, distant
from Bath about 26 miles. Upon this occasion sp.
plication was made to Mr. Dore to undertake the
superintendence of the funeral on a svide of un-
usual magnificence. It was natural that he should
accept this offer, as it not only involved a very con-
siderable profit, but furnished the opportunity of
displaying his skill in a very peculiar branch of
business. He was sure the minds of the Jure
would not be unfavourably prepossessed towards that
claim of his client, merely on account of the extent
or apparent enormity of his demand. The question
depended on the torture of the contract, and on the
fact of the work undertaken having been performed.
The payment of a large portion of the debt into
Court excluded from comideration every point ex-
cept the hare reasonableness of the various items of
which the Plaintiff's demand was composed. Tim
sum now disputed amounted to 900/. and us all
infernos at so amicable adjustment of this differ.
euce had unfortuusitely failed, his client lied !wen
driven to his action against the executors. It would
appear in evidence, that Mr. Dore received his first
instructions on this subject. from MI itelittiste
friend of the late Lord Peterborough, Mr. Smith,
who informed him that the funeral was to be con.
ducted iu uo ordinary way, and that he must exercise
his own judgment in the preparation ad, on a 'iolsei
of adequate splendour. In addition to this. it *mild
be proved. that Mr. Coatis Trotter, one of the exe-
cutor,. persoually attended the funeral, and must
have been aware of its nature, and the expen-e
which it necessarily involved. He might remark
also, that although the bill was scoot in immediately
after the funeral, no objection was made to the
charges it contained for a period of six mouths.
The Defendants had not, tlwrrfore, been very
suddenly .track with the excess cf the demand
made upon them. He would state, also, with.
out fear of contradiction. that the cerennoly hail
been crinducied in every respect with the up.ot
perfrct order, and ..to strict conformity to the gene.